In Sanford, Fla., in the hopeful days heralding the Ides of March, in possession of convenience store treats, adorned in his teenage hoodie, African-American student Trayvon Martin was murdered.

Women don’t need hoodies to be murdered.

Women don’t need dark skin, broad noses or kinky hair in a blond-haired, blue-eyed culture to be battered.

UPDATE 03/25/12, 11:57 a.m.: Someone claiming to be Matt Weaver sent the following email Sunday morning, with the subject “ceaste,” followed by a second one with essentially the same request:

Please *fix your statements. I am not, nor ever have been the editor of the koala. Thank you

SAN MARCOS, Calif. – Matt Weaver, editor of the controversial The Koala newspaper known for its homophobic and racist views, has been arrested and accused of election fraud at California State University San Marcos.

Campus police arrested Weaver on Thursday night after being tipped off by information technology officials about suspicious activity on a university-owned computer, officials said.

CSUSM spokeswoman Margaret Lutz told the North County Times:

March is National Women’s History Month, and this year’s theme is “Women’s Education — Women’s Empowerment.” It’s a nice mom-and-apple-pie theme.