The University of Oregon Police Department named a new chief last week. Here are five things about Matthew Carmichael you need to know.

He starts on September 12, 2016

After three months of open external searching, the 12-member committee made its decision on hiring the current UC Davis police chief, Matthew Carmichael. His 28-page resume stood out the most out of the final three candidates, Andre Le Duc, assistant vice president of UO’s Risk Management told the Emerald. His last day at UC Davis was Sept. 1.

University of Oregon is Carmichael’s first out-of-state job

An undergraduate at Union Institute and University, Sacramento Center; Napa Valley College, Napa and California State University, Sacramento, Carmichael has a long track record in California. His first job was at the Police Department in Pinole, California, where he got to work with “amazing law enforcement professionals who served as role models and mentors.” In 2002, the Vallejo native joined the UC Davis force. He became the police chief in 2011, after the infamous pepper spray incident happened on campus.

He took over UC Davis after the pepper spray incident

In 2011, a group of UC Davis students held a peaceful protest against a tuition increase. The students, who were part of the Occupy Wall Street movement on campus, occupied the quad on campus. The police force was at the scene, trying to retain the violence, until a police officer doused a row of students in orange pepper spray. The incident made national headlines and put UC Davis police under scrutiny. The police chief at the time, Annette Spicuzza, was immediately put on administrative leave – Carmichael started to act as interim police chief and later gained the permanent position in 2012. Coming into the job, Carmichael admitted “it was not easy” as the relationship between police and the community was at an “all time low.”

Carmichael is a 30-year veteran in law enforcement

Serving as police chief for the campus of more than 42,000 people and 8,000 students living on campus, Carmichael takes on the responsibility to keep the community safe and connected. In the last four years at UC Davis, he initiated several programs that were welcomed warmly on campus.

UC Davis’ SafeRides is a 24/7 service, operated by UC Davis security officers via a mobile application, for any students who prefer an alternative to walking at night. He started Cadet Academy — a scholarship program for seniors and graduates at UC Davis who are interested in law enforcement, forensics and criminology. He also implemented the first mass shooting preparedness plan, a K-9 program at UC Davis as well as the Student Advisory Council.

He has got a lot to catch up with

UOPD has a history of instability – the most recent example was the sudden departure of the last UOPD Chief Carolyn McDermed in March. She was the third chief in a row to leave the department suddenly, the Emerald reported. The UOPD has not had a permanent chief finish his or her contract in a decade. UOPD was also taken to court last year over the wrongful termination of a former police officer.

According to current UOPD officer Adam Lillengreen, UOPD is understaffed with 11 officers rotating shifts to keep campus with the population of 24,000 safe. “The challenges we faced over the last five years [at UC Davis] have truly prepared me for taking on the role of police chief at a new organization such as the University of Oregon Police Department,” Carmichael wrote in his cover letter.

A male student of University of Oregon is seeking to overturn the university’s decision to suspend him for an alleged sexual assault case in Lane County Court Sept. 6, the Register-Guard reports.

The student, identified in court documents by the pseudonym “John Doe,” claimed that he was falsely accused of an off-campus sexual assault. He also stated university officials gave him an unfair disciplinary hearing before banning him from campus for two years.

His attorney, Lissa Casey, asked Judge Jodie Mooney to postpone the suspension so he could complete his undergrad program this upcoming fall term.

“This particular student is so close to his degree that (the suspension) would be a substantial consequence for him,” Casey said. “…Our position in this case is that this was not a fair process.”

Attorney Amanda Walkup, representing the university, said the university had done its due diligence in the investigating process; therefore, the student’s claim should be denied. She said a ruling to defer the suspension would “undermine the university’s entire disciplinary process.”

Mooney urged the two parties to reach an agreement that would lift the suspension but still protect his accuser and the UO’s disciplinary process before noon Sept. 8.

If they fail, Mooney will issue the ruling.

According to court documents, UO investigated in a claim made by a female student in February 2016 that she was sexually assault by John Doe. The alleged incident has caused her panic attacks, damage in academic consequences and fear of seeing John Doe.

By May, UO reached a decision to suspend John Doe until the end of the 2018 summer term and placed a “negative notation” on his transcripts that can be removed at the end of his ban.

The student’s attorneys say that the UO’s decision was not supported by any substantial evidence. They also accused the university of violating the student’s procedural due process rights by not allowing him to cross-examine his accuser or other witnesses, not swearing in the witnesses prior to giving testimony and not having a “neutral decision-maker” impose sanctions against John Doe.

This case is not the only of its kind. Three former UO basketball players, Brandon Austin, Dominic Artis and Damyean Dotson, are also suing the university for mishandling their cases. The university is asking a judge to dismiss the suits.

Forty six cases of crime were reported to UOPD from Aug. 13 to Sept. 1, including 15 cases of warrant arrest and 19 cases of bike theft.

The Emerald had a chance to witness a warrant arrest made on Sept. 2 in front of Barnhart Hall around 10:30 p.m. Eden Benson, a non UO affiliated individual, was taken into custody after Officer Adam Lillengreen found her trespassing on the university residence hall.

Benson, 25, was high on heroin at the time, Lillengreen said, according to his interaction with her. He later found seven syringes in her two backpacks, all of which had their needles taken out. Benson told the officers that she used them to inject heroin anally, a method called “poofing.” Lillengreen said he has never heard of it before.

UOPD found 7 needles in Benson’s possession on Sept. 2. She was later taken into jail under five warrants. (Tran Nguyen/Emerald)

Benson, originally from Michigan, moved to Eugene, Ore. about two years ago, she told Lillengreen. This was not the first time Lillengreen gave her a citation either – he encountered her roughly a year ago when she was with a man named “Mickey,” Lillengreen recalled. This time, she was by herself, and her possessions were limited. She had a bike, some marijuana, two pocket knives, some pain pills, basic toiletries and a beer in her two backpacks.

Benson was arrested under five warrants including fraud, possession of meth and heroin and identity theft. Each warrant costs $50,000 in bail money. When Lillengreen was checking her in to the Lane County Jail in Downtown Eugene, he asked Benson if she would consider getting off the drugs.

“I don’t have anyone,” Benson said as she stopped struggling with the handcuffs and sat up on the wooden bench. “I have been doing drugs for 17 years now.”

“You matter,” Lillengreen said. “Sometimes it’s going to take 100 times, but you have got to try.”

“Thank you,” Benson said. It was the last thing she said to Lillengreen before deputies took her in jail.

Eden Benson was caught trespassing Barnhart Sept. 2. She was later taken into jail under five warrants. (Tran Nguyen/Emerald)

Other notable crimes are also listed below.

August 13 

Criminal mischief: Lot 31

Warrant arrest: 11 Coburg Road – Arrest

August 14

DUII: East Broadway & Ferry

August 15

Criminal mischief: Lot 04

Theft: Spencer View Apartments

Criminal mischief – Graffiti: East 11th & Franklin

August 17

Criminal mischief – Graffiti: Knight Library

Bike theft: Fenton Hall

Theft: 90 Commons Drive

August 19

DUII: 1859 Franklin Blvd

Bike theft: EMU

Bike theft: Spencer View Apartments

Criminal trespass: Spencer View Apartments – Arrest

August 20

DUII: 510 E Broadway

Unlawful Possession Firearm: E 12th & Hilyard – Arrest

DUII: E 12th & Hilyard – Arrest

Assault 4-APA: E 12th & Patterson – Arrest

Bike theft: Walton Complex

August 22

Theft: Knight Library

Theft: P.K. Park

August 23

Theft: Spencer View Apartments

Theft, Interfering with Police, Disorderly Conduct: Moshofsky Center – Arrest

Theft: 2260 Providence St. – Arrest

August 24

Criminal trespass: Knight Library

Bike theft: 735 E 14th

Theft from Vehicle, Unlawful Entry of a Motor Vehicle: Lot 57

August 25

Criminal mischief – Graffiti: Lillis Hall

Bike theft: Clinical Services Building

Theft from Vehicle, Unlawful Entry Motor Vehicle: Lot 16 – Arrest

August 26

DUII: 1400 block Onyx St. – Arrest

Warrant arrest: 555 E 15th – Arrest

August 27

Theft from a Vehicle, Unlawful Entry of a Motor Vehicle, Fraudulent Use Credit Card: 1801 E 18th Ave – Open case

DUII: E 19th & Alder Alley

August 28

Minor in Possession of Alcohol: E 14th & Patterson

DUII: E 12th Aly & Alder – Arrest

Warrant Arrest, Possess Meth: Carson Hall – Arrest

Warrant Arrest, Possess Meth, False Info to Police: Carson Hall – Arrest

Bike theft: Spencer View Apartments

August 29

Warrant arrest: E 8th & Hilyard – Arrest

Bike theft: Spencer View Apartments

Theft from Vehicle, UEMV: 1370 Bond Ln

August 30

Theft from Vehicle: 1735 W 10th Ave

Hit & Run: University St & Johnson Ln

September 1

DUII: Franklin & Walnut – Arrest

Harassment: Portland campus

Burglary: 200 SW Market St

The recreational marijuana industry is “doing phenomenal” in Eugene, Oregon.

That’s what Courtney Delaplain, the manager of a local dispensary named Casper’s, said of Eugene’s newest industry.

A recent report published by the Department of Revenue shows that Oregon state-licensed dispensaries sold $42.2 million worth of recreational marijuana in June and July combined. This comes after selling $59.6 million worth from January to May.

Recreational marijuana has generated $25.5 million in state, tax revenue so far in 2016, while state economists only predicted $10.75 million for the whole year.

One person who is adding to this state’s newest source of revenue is Tallia Riemel, a 23-year-old local grower who has been in the industry for the last eight months.

Riemel invested nearly $20,000 to start, including $3,750 a year to maintain a state license.

Many like Riemel are getting into the industry, but the first steps are expensive.

Owner of Oregon Microgrowers Guild Adam Jacques says that, “[The costs] add up pretty quickly. If people can’t keep up with the requirements, they will be washing out.”

It’s been a year since legalization, and many hiccups in the emerging industry still remain.

As a Schedule I substance, the federal government groups marijuana with other drugs such as heroin and LSD. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration continues to reject requests from several state governors to declassify weed as a dangerous drug — stating it has no medical benefit.

Eugene has deep roots in marijuana culture – people have been growing and consuming the Schedule I drug here for decades, Jacques said. Having grown medical marijuana since 1998, Jacques is noticing changes that are turning the industry upside down.

“It’s very cost-prohibitive,” Oregon Microgrowers Guild manager Jon de Kluyver said. “You have to be business savvy to stay sustainable in this business.”

From high-priced licensing to the overregulation of farms, the system has become too bureaucratic, said Jacques.

“The state really overregulated a lot of this market,” Jacques said. “They’re treating it as though it is a poison, or like we’re dealing with nuclear weapons, when it’s just plant-growing.”

 

Jon de Kluyer searches for spiders under a marijuana plant in the Oregon Microgrowers Guild. (Aaron Nelson/Emerald)

At his 20,000 square foot outdoor cannabis farm, Jacques said he has 42 surveillance cameras running at all times. According to state regulations, farms must be equipped with video surveillance systems that can monitor the whole farm in any lighting conditions.

“It’s easier to rob a bank than an [Oregon Liquor Control Commission] approved weed farm. Only idiots would do it,” Jacques said.

Temporary regulations for the industry can be found in a 78-page document located at Oregon.gov.

Before recreational marijuana was legalized, there were no regulations, OLCC spokesperson Mark Pettinger said. “So any amount of regulations can be considered overregulated.”

Qualifying to be a recreational weed grower is not difficult, Pettinger said. The state only requires that applicants be Oregon residents for at least two years and possess a clean background without drug and alcohol violations or a history of felonies; however, of the 829 growing license applicants, only 194 have been accepted.

Although he says that qualification to apply is simple, Pettinger acknowledges the inspection process is complicated and time-consuming – considering there are only seven inspectors on the team for the whole state.

All applicants must file a Land Use Compatibility Statement. The process requires applicants to submit a form stating the use of the land to local government, along with a fee of $130. After local government inspects the proposed site and ensures it adheres with local land use regulations, applicants then submit the date stamped form to OLCC. Only then is OLCC able to begin its own inspection process.

Incomplete applications will also not be processed right away.

When Measure 91 was passed, it didn’t only affect growing, processing and selling weed. Medical marijuana users were also impacted.

Delaplain agrees. Because the dosage of medical marijuana is now capped, she has seen many patients struggle. Although patients can go to multiple dispensaries to acquire enough, it’s a big inconvenience, she said.

One dose of cannabis-infused edibles can have no more than 15 milligrams of THC.

“Now I’m hacking people’s doses in half,” Delaplain said, referring to the 180 milligram chocolate bars she once sold whole.

Some patients are able to meet their needs on the black market, Jacques said. Although the legal market is thriving, the black market is here to stay as long as marijuana remains a schedule I substance, Jacques said.

Jacques said most growers in Oregon are “guerrilla growers,” who grow marijuana without registering with the state. They often smuggle it out of Oregon to the Midwest and the East Coast.

OLCC is joining in the Franwell Metrc Cannabis Tracking System to prevent licensees from leaking their cannabis product to the black market, Pettinger said. The technology uses a unique serial code system that allows the government to track the mass of every plant.

Since April, OLCC has received over 1,298 applications for laboratory, processor, producer, retailer, wholesaler and research certificates, with the overwhelming majority being for recreational producers.

Eugene’s marijuana industry is now established, and with growing profits, there are regulations and taxes. As marijuana seems to be moving toward normalcy, it faces many problems that other successful industries have overcome.

“[Marijuana] is still a taboo,” Jacques said. “There’s a large market out there, and it’s only been tapped in very few states.”

Update at 6:48 p.m.: Oregon linebacker Torrodney Prevot has been suspended indefinitely for a violation of the university and Department of Athletics codes of conduct, head coach Mark Helfrich said. His status as a student-athlete will be further evaluated.

Oregon senior linebacker Torrodney Prevot, a key player for the Ducks defense, is under investigation for a criminal offense, according to the Eugene Police Department.

A former University of Oregon athlete said she’s filed a police complaint against Prevot, claiming he physically assaulted her twice earlier this year.

The Emerald requested the complaint from EPD. EPD declined to release a copy of the criminal complaint, saying the case is under criminal investigation. A clerk told two Emerald reporters that the matter has been referred to the EPD Violent Crimes Unit.

Prevot was expected to play a major role in the upcoming season, but was not listed on the UO football team depth chart released Friday. Prevot played in all 13 games last season, starting in the final five.

UO spokesman Tobin Klinger was not able to provide details, citing the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. He said all allegations involving “dating violence” are handled through the Title IX Office. Representatives of the UO Athletic Department could not comment on the matter. Prevot declined to comment.

A group of ten faculty, staff and students, under the leadership of UO law professor Merle Weiner, met August 25 to start tackling the new mandatory reporting policy.

The work group is working on a tight timeline, Weiner said. Ideally, it will have to come up with a rough draft of the policy by September 28 to present to the UO Senate Executive. The changes in policy have to be presented to the Senate body by October 19 and must have the permanent policy passed by November 19. This gives the group roughly less than a month to write up a policy that not only aligns with Title IX but also protects students, newly named Title IX Coordinator Darci Heroy said at the meeting.

The work group includes Weiner, Heroy, Director of 90by30 and co-director of the UO Center for the Prevention of Abuse and Neglect Phyllis Barkhurst, psychology professor Jennifer Freyd and economics professor and Senate president Bill Harbaugh. Two students, representing undergraduates and graduate students, were also at the meeting. UO law professor John Bonine also sat in the meeting.

UO President Michael Schill signed off on the interim mandatory reporting policy on August 18, starting the 180 day deadline for the Senate to draft a new policy.

At this first meeting, the group talked about the history of the policy and reasons for the new one. The group will, once again, focus on defining when UO knows, or reasonably should know, of sexual harassment and defining responsible reporters.

The group also laid down some principles to keep its focus further on in the process–ideas such as, “do no harm,” “protect academic freedom,” “survivors and their needs are diverse,” “policy needs to be grounded to the reality,” and “to recognize the survivors are adults that can make their own decisions.”

Heroy said the current interim policy was written with good intentions, but “was rushed towards the end.”

Freyd suggested the work group is not trying to address all of the problems, but is focusing on core issues that were brought up during Senate meetings in May.

The work group will also be focusing on how to educate students and faculty on the policy, as most people don’t even know about it, Freyd said at the meeting.

The group is planning to meet at least once a week, Weiner said. It also plans to hold a public forum to get student feedback on the matter during the first week of fall term.

Here’s the list of the sitting members’ emails.

We went to the meeting, so you didn’t have to.

ASUO Senate failed to meet quorum the second time this summer, due to miscommunication. Senate president emeritus Max Burns, called in via Facebook from a cafe in Cambodia to prevent the body from holding another emergency meeting.

Burns has been volunteering in Thailand the last two months to help the elephants. He has not been involved with ASUO business since then.

“Thanks for saving the day,” Senate President Ednaly Jimenez-Gomez said to Burns.

Last month, ASUO senate held an emergency meeting after three senators didn’t make it to the meeting on July 27. The body passed seven requests to return to surplus from NASU, KP, MTG, ROAR, Student Insurgent, CPLA and AMA.

Student publication Student Insurgent and ROAR requested $957.81, a considerable amount of summer senate surplus, to cover the cost of a new computer. Back in Spring term, the two groups transferred funds within their budget to order two new computers.

According to the letter they sent to the senate, only one of the computers made it to their office.

“[T]here was a bit of a mix up with the other and it wasn’t delivered to the ROAR Center in time to come out of the 2015-16 budget,” the letter read.

Since it wasn’t delivered in time for 2015-2016 fiscal year, Student Insurgent and ROAR were not able to use the money within their budget. Now, the two groups hope senate can cover the cost. Their budget for 2016-2017 is $12,462, and it would set the two groups back 23 percent if they spend it on the computer.

Augustine Beard, the head of ROAR, said the two groups could also tap in Executive’s equipment repair fund, which ASUO President Quinn Haaga was looking into.

Burns criticized ROAR and Student Insurgent for “dropping the ball” during Spring term when the two groups requested the transfer for the computers.

Senate decided to pass the two groups’ requests because that would be “the easiest option,” Jimenez-Gomez said.

Senate voted to table the American Institute of Architecture Students’ request of $641 in reimbursement for a conference trip to Washington, D.C. in July.  

The Men’s Center requested $480 to cover “monthly” telephone charges. None of the members of the student group showed up to the meeting to answer questions from the senate.

Senator Madison Moskowitz speculated the request was to cover the annual flat cost for the group’s telephone charges, but the Men’s Center did not reach out the summer senate with its request, Moskowitz said.

Burns hesitated to authorize the request because it was nearly 10 percent of the summer senate’s budget. Senate voted to pass it anyway.

Earlier this year, ASUO voted to pass a $65,000 increase in the Men’s Center budget in hope of hiring a professional director. It was the biggest bump, a 249 percent increase, among all 170 ASUO-recognized student groups.

University of Oregon President Michael Schill signed off on temporary changes in UO’s mandatory reporting policy August 19, giving the UO Senate time to draft new language for a permanent policy.

Changes to the preexisting policy include the clarification of terms such as “responsible employee” and “confidential sources,” according to an email from UO Vice President and General Counsel Kevin Reed requested by the Emerald.

The emergency policy requires all university employees to report prohibited discrimination, including sexual harassment and sexual violence, to the Title IX Coordinator, the Office of Crisis Intervention and Sexual Violence Support Services, and the Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity.

“Confidential sources” that are not required mandatory reporting include the Office of Crisis Intervention and Sexual Violence Support Services, Health and Counseling Center and Ombudsperson. “Reports made in a privileged context” will also be exempt from the requirement. These include information made available to legal services, to labor unions, at Take Back The Night events, in an Institutional Review Board-approved research, or in the context of an academic assignment.

Schill’s temporary policy also adopts the Title IX Coordinator’s training for certain employees to be exempt from the reporting requirement.

UO Senate voted down the proposed language of the new mandatory reporting policy in May 18, because of split opinions on the policy at the time. UO Senate’s Responsible Reporting Work Group, led by law professor Merle Weiner, will continue working on the permanent policy that will be voted on before these temporary changes expire in 6 months.

“It is my hope that the senate can run an open and transparent process, one that relies on subject-matter experts and finds a careful balance between supporting a student’s control of whether to initiate a formal response to an incident of sexual harassment or prohibited discrimination and the university’s need to receive information necessary to stop and prevent discrimination,” Reed said in the email.

If they fail to pass the policy then, the president will have authority over it and can do whatever he thinks best.

University of Oregon requires many things of its students, but the latest may be vaccines against meningococcal and other meningococcal diseases.

As of January 2016, 36 states and the District of Columbia have implemented a policy that requires either education of college students about meningococcal vaccines or proof of meningococcal vaccination for attendance, University Health Center Executive Director LeAnn Gutierrez said.

Oregon wasn’t one of them, but Gutierrez said the university is following CDC’s lead in the process of considering the change in its immunization policy.

“UO is in the process of updating the required immunization policy and is recommending the UO require proof of MenACWY (MCV4)—which means students under the age of 22 would need to provide documentation of one dose of meningococcal quadrivalent given within five years of their anticipated first day of University of Oregon attendance,” Gutierrez said.

The result of not getting these vaccines can be rather deadly.

When Lauren Jones was taken into PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center University District  in February 2015, she was diagnosed with an “influenza-like illness,” with symptoms such as coughing and high fever. She was given Tylenol and ibuprofen before being sent back to her residence hall.

The Oregon acrobatics and tumbling athlete died in her room hours later from the fatal bacteria called meningococcemia, or Meningitis B. Jones was one of six confirmed cases of Meningitis B but the only one who died during last year’s outbreak.

In 2012, Lill Pagenstecher, a member of the Chi Omega sorority, also died from bacterial meningitis.

Meningitis B and other meningococcal diseases are not new to the University of Oregon or other college campuses around the country. Out of five serogroups, Meningitis B is by far the most deadly strain for young adults who attend colleges, due to large populations living in a close quarters.

Princeton reported nine cases of Meningitis B in February 2015. Providence College in Rhode Island confirmed two cases at the same time.

In Oregon, Meningitis B accounts for 55 percent of the cases, according to a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Meningococcal diseases are generally transmitted through the exchange of saliva, but not as contagious as the common cold or the flu. A person would need to have close contact with the patient for several hours over a week in order to contract the illness. Its symptom shares some similarities with the flu, including fever, headache, stiff neck, confusion, drowsiness and rash.

Despite its fatal nature, Meningitis B can be prevented with vaccination, which was recently made available in 2014, the Centers for Disease Control said. In response to the outbreak in 2015, UO offered emergency antibiotics and conducted large-scale vaccination events for students.

Over 19,000 doses were administered for Meningitis B to UO students,  Gutierrez said.

Gutierrez also said it’s impossible to predict the damage of any outbreak, but the university is taking steps to educate students of the fatal consequences of meningococcal diseases.

According to the Emerald report in 2015, the price to get vaccinated on campus is $170 and is covered by most insurance providers.

“Some insurance companies will cover Meningitis B as preventive care when obtained at an in-network provider,” Gutierrez also said. “Eligible UO students can obtain the vaccine at the University Health Center and have charges sent to their student accounts.”

At least 15 printers on campus were hacked on August 1 and printed racist fliers, according to UO officials. This was a part of a national racist rant, and UO wasn’t the lone victim of the hack.

The racist message was signed by “Weev,”or Andrew Auern­heimer, the same hacker that created waves of controversy in March when he hacked thousand of printers on campuses across the nation.

“[Auernheimer] will find any publicly accessible printers out there – even banks and stores –wherever with printers to blast this stuff out and hope it sticks,” UO Chief Information Security Officer Will Laney said.

@rabite A friend sent me this. Did you do this? >.< pic.twitter.com/Wzt5uI144D

— Subversive (@BayAreaShitlord) August 1, 2016

Director of Strategic Engagement and Communications Kelly McIver said the affected printers were not set up with a password and were open to public access.

The message calls for “extreme violence” against people of color. It went on encouraging “the killing of children,” which it said is “completely in line with the poems that founded European morally.”

The message also praises Anders Breivik, who was convicted of mass murder of 77 people in a bomb attack and a shooting spree in Norway 2011.

“We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children. We must secure this by any means necessary. Our enemies have made it clear: us or them. Let it be us. White genocide cannot continue,” one of the graphs states.

UO Outdoor Program Operation Coordinator David Villalobos, whose the printer was hacked, said he felt unsafe when he read the message on August 1.

“At first I thought it was somebody just doing research, but the more I read into it, the more absurd it got,” Villalobos said. “Being a person of color, with children and with my wife being Jewish, this is a problem.”

In March, over 100 printers were affected. Laney said since then, the university has taken proactive steps to minimize the hack.

“We did block so many printers since the last episode,” Laney said. “We’re also working with departments to locate all the printers to block them.”

University of Oregon Police Department is not looking further into the case, McIver said, as Auern­heimer took the responsibility for the message the next day on Twitter.

All the things I can’t say on Twitter because they’ll ban me I just print to 50k printers and retweet when people cry about what they see.

— Andrew Auernheimer (@rabite) August 2, 2016

Laney encourages departments on campus to contact the Information Security Office to secure printers and prevent unauthorized printing.

The Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005 prohibits the act of using “any telephone facsimile machine, computer, or other device to send, to a telephone facsimile machine, an unsolicited advertisement,” the Act reads.