ASUO released three upcoming ballot measures
Students can vote on these three measures on DuckWeb starting April 4:
- One would make ASUO services universally accessible by requiring ASUO to implement universal design. The measure won’t increase the incidental fee and will provide accommodations for all students for ASUO meetings and events regardless of disabilities, ages, culture, religion, etc.
- Funding initiatives will grant ASUO-recognized programs or services more money if they get signatures from 10 percent of the student body.
- An update would require the ASUO president to appoint committee members by Oct. 1.
Mother of Lauren Jones filed $2.5 million lawsuit against PeaceHealth
The mother of Lauren Jones filed a $2.5 million lawsuit against PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center University District claiming medical negligence and wrongful death.
Jones passed away last year from meningococcemia. On Feb. 17, 2015, PeaceHealth diagnosed Jones with an “influenza-like illness” when she went to the hospital with a 103 degree fever. She was sent home to her residence hall with Tylenol and ibuprofen, where she was later found unconscious that same day. She never regained consciousness.
The lawsuit alleges the hospital failed to perform a blood test and have her evaluated by a specialist for infectious disease.
Former basketball players Dominic Artis and Damyean Dotson filed a lawsuit against University of Oregon
Artis and Dotson are seeking $10 million each from the university, claiming the investigation against them in the wake of rape allegations in March of 2014 was biased, denied them due process and diminished their chances of playing in the NBA.
Former player Brandon Austin was also accused and sued the university last October. All three players were dismissed by the UO and banned from campus for up to 10 years in May 2014. Austin filed his own suit seeking $7.5 million in October.
In August 2015, the survivor of the alleged assault settled her suit against the UO for violating her Title IX rights, receiving $800,000 and free tuition.
A crash involving an EMX bus and a truck near campus sent a child to the hospital
The crash occurred at Franklin Boulevard and Orchard Street around 12 p.m. on March 17. It sent five people to the hospital with minor injures, including a seven-month-old child. According to EPD reports, the child was brought to the hospital after hitting her head on a metal pole during the crash, but was reportedly unharmed. The accident was caused by a Ford F-350 pickup truck when it ran a red light while trying to make a left turn onto Orchard Street.
Both students studying abroad in Brussels accounted for after attacks
Bombings at the airport and a metro station left 30 dead and 230 injured. Two UO students in the area were confirmed as safe and accounted for following the attacks.
Jennifer Eyler is one of the students studying international studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. She wasn’t near the attacks but said a bomb squad came after a suspicious package was reported near the school.