Man hospitalized after fight near University of Oregon campus
UOAlert! sent out a mass text message on April 16 urging students to stay away from East 16th Alley and Alder Street after a fight broke out in the area that evening.
A witness at the scene, Laura Rose, said the fight occurred between two white males who appeared to be under the influence of alcohol. When a bystander got involved to break the fight up, he was cut in the arm with a hatchet.
“The guy got cut a big chunk in the arm, super deep. Blood was gushing everywhere,” Rose said.
Police search for two suspects after Market of Choice robbery on Franklin Boulevard
At 10:30 a.m. on April 20, a man and woman attempted to shoplift items at the Market of Choice on Franklin Boulevard. The two suspects escaped from the store after an employee tried to stop them.
They got away with the stolen items and were last seen on mountain bikes heading south on Orchard Street.
The male suspect — estimated to be in his twenties — was described as white, around 6-foot-4 with a medium build and blond hair. The woman was described as white, 5-foot-5 with short, dark brown or reddish hair.
Divest UO holds a fake wedding between the UO Foundation and fossil fuel companies
On April 21, Divest UO held a mock wedding marrying the UO Foundation to the fossil fuel industry in a culmination of the campaign’s 35-day sit-in at Johnson Hall.
The ceremony featured a smokestack in a wedding dress marrying a duck-head man dressed in a suit.
Faculty Senate President Randy Sullivan was in attendance and participated by speaking out against the union.
Divest UO is now focusing on promoting a national fundraiser called the Divest Fund to support universities that divest from fossil fuel. If the UO doesn’t commit to divest by the end of 2017, any money pledged to the UO fund will be dispersed among other schools that have committed.
I’m with UO Candidates win remaining seats in runoff election
In the ASUO runoff election, I’m with UO won the last five open seats with more than 800 votes for each position.
The second runoff was prompted after the elections board excluded some candidates from the ballot during the first runoff election.
This concluded the third and final week of voting for the 2016 ASUO elections.