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For now, Oregon will not follow Colorado schools’ appeal to feds to research marijuana

By Chris Correll

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While the date of recreational marijuana’s legalization draws closer, conflicting state and federal laws still prevent Oregon’s universities from pursuing cannabis research.

The state attorney general’s office of Colorado recently sent a letter on behalf of the state’s colleges, asking federal health and education officials for permission to cultivate their own marijuana for study purposes.

Along with Washington, Colorado was one of the first states to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012. If granted government approval, they would be the second state with federally-sanctioned cannabis, the first being Mississippi.

Now that the idea of legalization is becoming less unrealistic, appeals like the attorney general’s letter may grow more common. Many professors and researchers see the potential benefits of studying marijuana.

The drug’s application as a medicine is already utilized by medical marijuana distribution centers. Research programs on college campuses could potentially create effective treatments for even more illnesses.

There are, however, legal obstacles that prevent most schools, even schools from states that have passed legalization measures, from growing their own crop. Larry Curtis, associate dean at the College of Agricultural

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The passing of Measure 91 makes recreational marijuana legal in Oregon as of July 2015. Even so, legal obstacles may delay marijuana research at public universities like OSU. “We have a lot of federal grant sup- campus, we’d be in violation of federal Sciences, said it’s “inconsistency between the state laws that were port,” Curtis said. “And so if we were law and they could withhold that grant passed and federal laws” that make to have possession of marijuana or support.” the issue complex.

THC, which is a Schedule I drug, on Oregon State University relies on

tens of millions of dollars in grant money to fund a variety of programs, including student aid. As a result, the risks of pursuing research outweigh the rewards.

If Colorado’s appeal is successful, others with legalization laws — Alaska, Oregon, Washington and the District of Colombia — may follow their example. As the industry grows, research may become necessary to prevent unforeseen problems.

For example, there are currently no registered pesticides for marijuana because they would need to be approved by the Department of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Agency.

Safety concerns about what exactly goes into the product being sold are also an issue. Curtis said that other chemicals in marijuana plants besides THC “have activity that hasn’t been completely assessed.”

Patricia Lacy of the ASOSU office of advocacy said there was a potential safety benefit to allowing research.

“It increases our ability to protect the health and safety of Oregon citizens, and anyone who purchases marijuana in Oregon will have greater safeguards when we allow research to be conducted in well-managed environments,” Lacy said.

Formal studies could increase productivity. Marc Friedman of ASOSU Student Legal Services said when it comes to the emerging industry, “agricultural research is likely to be a critical component of this success.”

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Oregon enjoys great year for local wine in 2014 Cops: film n

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Oregon wine grape harvest experiences ideal conditions, students rejoice

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The secret to good wine is good grapes.

The 2014 growing season produced grapes that have left wine enthusiasts, from researchers to winery owners to students, excited.

To have good wine, there must be good grapes, and to get good grapes, there must be a favorable climate. Climate is, however, unpredictable and variable.

Grapevines need a lot of sunlight during the growing season and then 25 - 27 inches of rain during the year to produce high-quality grapes, according to Danielle Gabriel, the communications and outreach manager for the Oregon Wine Research Institute. Ideally, the rain will take place mostly in the winter and spring, when the grapes have already been harvested.

If it starts raining while grapes are still on the vine, many problems can crop up. Grapes can split open or become moldy.

“The optimal weather conditions during the growing season are long, warm, summer days and cool nights, allowing the grapes to hang on the vine as long as necessary to ripen and develop the right balance between the acid and sugar levels in the grape,” Gabriel said.

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Several regions in Oregon are ideal for growing wine grapes, which require the right weather conditions at the right time during their growing season and harvest.

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Cop genre doesn’t accurately reflect police work, but captures police camaraderie

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Film portrayals of law enforcement fall criminally short of reality.

Police depictions are often exaggerated for comedic or heroic effect. For instance, the average cop does not sit around and eat donuts all day, a la “The Simpsons’” Chief Wiggum.

Lt. Teresa Bloom, the station commander of the Oregon State Police on Oregon State University’s campus, said the reality of police work is far more mundane than media might imply. “(In movies) either the cop’s the big hero or the cop’s kind of bad and dirty and doing things he shouldn’t be doing,” Bloom said. “The majority of what police work is we’re just doing our jobs. We’re not those extremes.

On average, we are more just doing our jobs and doing what needs to be done to protect and serve the public.”

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Wednesday, January 7

Sleeping in the park Around 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday, an officer from the Corvallis Police Department approached a man whom the officer had allegedly seen sleeping in the gazebo in Central Park. The officer logged that he proceeded to arrest the man after learning about an active warrant for the man’s arrest.

The officer also ticketed the man for unlawful possession of methamphetamine after finding a pipe in the man’s jacket pocket.

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The Corvallis Police Department has released several public service announcements regarding a series of thefts and attempted frauds that took place between approximately Dec. 15 and Jan. 7.

The holiday season is a known for the increase of thefts and home burglaries. Perpetrators especially target college towns, like Corvallis, because students typically leave their residences in town to visit family for the holidays.

Many people reported stolen mail or packages that had been left on the porch by mail delivery services. One way to prevent mail theft is to have a friend or neighbor collect your mail while you are out of town. Thieves are less likely to attempt a burglary on a home where it appears someone is taking care of the property.

Police have also been informed of several attempts of phone fraud. People have reportedly received phone calls from individuals claiming to be police investigators or debt collection agents. Corvallis police urge people not to give out any personal information, specifically anything pertaining to credit cards or bank accounts.

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Centerpointe Drive where a cold burglary had allegedly taken place. According to officer logs, the resident of the apartment said the alleged burglar appeared to have entered the residence through a rear entrance of the apartment sometime between 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 1 and 2:30 a.m. on Jan 2. Several items were reported stolen including an iPad, a 10-foot charging cord for the iPad, a 46” flat screen TV Monday, January 5 and an iPhone 5 phone-charger. The estimated value of the stolen items is just Friday, January 2 under $2000. The officer reported that the area was dusted for fingerprints but none were found. There is currently no Corvallis police responded to a home on Southwest 3rd Street for reports Around 3 a.m. on Jan. 2, a CPD offi- found evidence or suspect information. of a domestic dispute. The attending cer visited an apartment on Southeast news@dailybarometer.com officer logged that, upon arriving on the scene, he confirmed with dispatch that one of the individuals involved had an active warrant out for his arrest. The officer arrested the man, who was then held at the Benton County Jail on his warrant for failure to appear in court for burglary in the second degree, theft in the first degree and criminal mischief in the second degree. The officer also arrested the man for a new charge for possession of methamphetamine.

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Woman involved in U of O basketball sex case sues university, Dana Altman

By Josephine Wollington THE REGISTER-GUARD

EUGENE — The University of Oregon student who says she was raped by three UO basketball players is suing the university and head basketball coach Dana Altman for allegedly violating her federal civil rights for recruiting one of the involved players after he had previously been accused of rape elsewhere.

In the lawsuit filed today in U.S. District Court in Eugene, the 18-year-old woman, referred to as “Jane Doe,” argues that the UO and Altman also prioritized winning basketball games over her claim that she had been raped repeatedly by the now former players, Damyean Dotson, Dominic Artis and Brandon Austin.

Austin was recruited by the UO athletic department from Providence College, where he was suspended indefinitely in November 2013 and for the remainder of the season in December 2013 after the school found that he violated the school’s conduct code related to an alleged sexual assault. The Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office found there was insufficient evidence for a statewide grand jury to consider charges against Austin.

The lawsuit argues that Altman and the UO had “actual knowledge of the substantial risk that Austin would sexually harass other female students at UO based upon his prior conduct.”

As a result of the UO’s “deliberate indifference,” the lawsuit says, the woman was “subjected to extreme sexual harassment in the form of rape by Austin and his accomplices.”

She alleges that the UO delayed punishing the players for several months until

the end of the 2013-14 basketball season and spring academic quarter. Two of the players — Dotson and Artis — played key roles in Pac-12 Conference tournament and NCAA basketball tournament games, the suit said.

Altman earned $50,000 in bonuses related to the NCAA tournament.

UO Interim President Scott Coltrane said the university disagrees with the allegations in the lawsuit.

“We feel we acted in accordance to the law,” Coltrane said in a telephone interview today.

An athletic department spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the suit.

The suit does not specify a dollar amount that the woman is seeking. Such a figure would be determined at trial, if the two sides don’t settle.

The woman, however, is asking the university for a reimbursement of all of her tuition or tuition-related expenses; payment of her expenses related to the sexual assault; damages for “deprivation of equal access to the educational benefits and opportunities provided by UO”; and damages for emotional pain and “severe mental anguish.”

The woman, who is still a UO student, is also demanding that the UO “redress its violations” of a federal civil rights law by enforcing and implementing — with the help of outside experts — a comprehensive sexual harassment policy. The UO should expand its victim assistance and protection program and adopt a more rigorous process for punishing perpetrators, according to the suit. UO officials also should conduct an annual independent

review by the president’s office, with help from outsiders, on the athletic department’s compliance with sexual harassment and recruiting policies, the suit said.

The lawsuit alleges that the university violated the woman’s Title IX rights because the university’s actions prior to and following the alleged sexual assault “deprived her of access to educational opportunities and benefits by creating a permanent and extreme hostile educational environment.”

Title IX is the federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program or activity. It’s been used as a basis for action in complaints against universities regarding their handling of rape cases.

The woman is being represented by Eugene attorney Jennifer Middleton, who has represented individuals in discrimination and sexual harassment cases, and

by Boulder, Colo., attorney John Clune, a high-profile lawyer involved in federal civil rights litigation and campus rape cases nationwide, including a case involving Florida State University quarterback Jameis Winston.

The UO banned the basketball players from the university last year for at least four years after a UO investigation found them responsible for sexual misconduct. Lane County District Attorney Alex Gardner declined to charge the players, citing lack of evidence.

The players told police that the sexual activity was consensual.

The case has garnered national attention and sparked multiple protests by students and professors on campus, leadSee SEX CASE | page 4

Calendar Friday, Jan. 9 Meetings Student Organization Resources for Community Engagement (SORCE), 10-11:30am, MU Board Room.

Student Diversity Budgeting Board, 10am, MU 211. Members of OSU’s Women’s Center will be presenting their projected FY16 budget.

Student Diversity Budgeting Board, 9am, MU 211. Members of OSU’s APCC Cultural Resource Center will be presenting their projected FY16 budget.

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Student Parent Advisory Board, Noon, Barometer Conference Room (120 MU East/Snell Hall). FY16 Open Budget Meeting.

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COPS n Continued from page 1 In September 2012, Film.com released a list of “The Top 15 Worst Cop Movie Cliches,” calling out a handful of the “extremes” Bloom mentioned.

“Hero cops never play by the rules to get the villains,” wrote journalist Jason Guerrasio, who listed “Dirty” Harry Callahan as a character who epitomized the role of a good cop breaking the law for a supposed greater good.

Guerrasio’s list called out the movie genre for depicting unrealistic successes and specifically noted movie cops’ seemingly endless supply of bullets.

“Even when the bad guy thinks the cop has run out, there’s always one left in the chamber,” he wrote.

An August 2014 article from Esquire questioned the image that police in

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films give to police in real life. Author Stephen Marche focused on how police violence in films has affected public and law enforcement perceptions of what it means to be a police officer.

“The cops who count are the ones who don’t listen to the rules,” Marche wrote. “The main narrative we have consumed for the past 50 years has been that the forces of law and order are up against apocalyptic powers that known no limits to their capabilities.”

Bloom felt that inaccuracies from the media seem to lead the general public to believe that cops are capable of more than they truly are. She noted that TV shows like “CSI,” “Cold Case” and “Law & Order” depict unrealistic speed and ease of solving cases.

“I think it gives a perception to the public that every case has DNA or fingerprints in it, and that is not always the case,” Bloom said. “In reality, it takes a

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Gosh, it just takes so much time to do those cases that TV and movies kind of make it seem like you can just solve a case instantaneously.”

Still, Bloom said she understands and is able to recognize that sometimes it’s necessary to portray an exaggeration of the truth in order to push a storyline in one direction or the other. She added that participating in police ride-alongs and spending time with actual law enforcement officers could give writers and directors a better sense of reality, but admitted “its going to conflict with their storylines.”

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Bloom said that there are some truths that shine through in films and called out “End of Watch” as a recent addition to the list of cop movies that break out of many of media’s police stereotypes.

“I think what they get accurately, in my perception, is the camaraderie and the family and the closeness,” Bloom said. “It’s a really serious job, and we have to count on each other day in and day out, so that family atmosphere, of how close police officers are to each other — taking care of each other’s families, checking in, stuff like that — I think they show that and I think that’s a reality.”

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Women’s body image debated in 2014 ‘Perfect Body’ campaign revives debate over unrealistic depiction of women’s bodies in the media

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In 2014, Victoria’s Secret released the “Perfect Body� campaign to sell the “Body� bra. The campaign was criticized by people who believed the advertisement attacked women’s personal body image. “The fashion industry is resistant to plus-size modeling, who are typically size 8, and by doing so it is dangerous not to represent variety,� said Kryn FreehlingBurton, a women studies senior instructor at Oregon State University. FreehlingBurton specializes in sex and gender representations in the media.

According to the Huffington Post, backlash against the Victoria’s Secret campaign was initiated by the website Change.org.

With more than 27,000 signatures, the Change.org signers demanded an apology be made publicly by Victoria’s Secret for their controversial representation of the

“perfect female body.�

Freehling-Burton said that the fashion industry is primarily male dominated, and that positions of power aren’t being represented by females. She said magazine and television advertisements are mostly made by men, which is why many advertisements are over sexualized and often photoshopped to depict inaccurate portrayals of women’s bodies.

Freehling-Burton credits social media as an outlet for change and development of how women’s bodies are accurately portrayed. “Social media has opened up a forum for people to talk about these issues, which has made a lot more people aware of the problems women are facing,� FreehlingBurton said.

The emergence of positive body empowerment has made people more aware of the issues surrounding women’s bodies and the perception of them.

Some students at OSU felt the Perfect Body campaign was a misrepresentation of women’s bodies. “The Victoria’s Secret definition of per-

Oregon alumni group adds Salem watch party for game

By Carol McAlice Currie STATESMAN JOURNAL

SALEM — After cutting off reservations to a Beaverton watch party, the University of Oregon Alumni Association has added a Salem venue so more fans can view the Ducks take on the Ohio State Buckeyes in the national championship game Monday night.

With more than 500 reservations holding for the Beaverton/ Portland watch-party, the Portland and Eugene chapters of the alumni group quickly marshaled their resources Thursday, and booked the Santiam River Room at the Salem Convention Center for the 5:30 p.m. kickoff on Monday, Jan. 12.

Heather Campbell, program manager for the Portland chapter, said they had no choice but to close registration at the Beaverton Cinetopia after it became too full. The two groups worked feverishly on Thursday afternoon programming the website with the additional site news and trying to spread the word.

Campbell said admission to the Salem watch party is free. It will include light refreshments and two big projection screens in the largest room at the convention center. It can accommodate up to 500 people if Mid-Valley fans can match the Portland effort. Complimentary parking will be available in the underground lot at 201 Liberty St. SE. “All fans are welcome,� Campbell said.

Registration is recommended although not required, she said.

Registered fans will be admitted 15 minutes earlier than those who show up at the door on game day, and doors will open at 4:45 p.m. in advance of the 5:30 p.m. game time.

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The Salem Convention Center watch party is the second Salem location being offered to Oregon fans by an alumni group.

The Oregon Club of the Willamette Valley will host one as well at Gilgamesh Brewing on Monday night.

Amy Inskeep, manager at Gilgamesh, said the brewery is expecting a full house as well. It’s offering a deal similar to one it hosted for the Rose Bowl game: all-you-can-eat pizza and wings for $15 per person. Beer will be sold separately.

The game will be shown on an 80-inch big screen at the front of the house, and Inskeep said they’re expecting the crowd to double in size. No advance reservations are necessary, but she recommends arriving early to get a good seat. “It’s going to be crowded,� she said.

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fect is linear: They all look the same — even racially,� said Brendon Allen, a junior majoring in industrial engineering. “Victoria’s Secret sexualizes women’s bodies, which is a misrepresentation to men of what women’s bodies actually look like,� said Katlyn Herrera, a freshman majoring in biochemistry and biophysics.

The Huffington Post referenced a bodypositive campaign by lingerie company Dear Kate that was created as a response to the Victoria’s Secret advertisement.

The Dear Kate campaign depicts “women who are often neglected by the media and traditional retailers� and shows models of different sizes. “This campaign presents a realistic image and empowers women’s individuality, opposed to the Victoria’s Secret one,� said Charlie Ransom, a senior majoring in biology.

Herrera said that the Dear Kate campaign was well-planned. “There is no such thing as a perfect body,� she said. “Your body is perfect.�

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By Hannah Hoffman STATESMAN JOURNAL

SALEM — Gov. John Kitzhaber might be focused on education reform this year, but leaders in the Oregon Legislature want to put together a package of transportation projects across the state.

Any bill that passes will likely include an increase to the state gas tax, higher fees at the DMV or some combination of both, as those are the only state revenues used to pay for highway projects.

Senate President Peter Courtney and Speaker of the House Tina Kotek said Tuesday the state needs comprehensive infrastructure improvements, and it will take bipartisan effort to make it happen.

If they succeed, the legislature will be sticking to a consistent schedule for big infrastructure packages: it passed one six years ago in 2009, and it passed one six years before that in 2003.

The 2009 package, called the Jobs and Transportation Act, raised $300 million per year for highway projects across Oregon.

House Bill 2001 increased Oregon’s gas tax by 6 cents per gallon (bringing it up to 30 cents), raised DMV fees and increased weight-mile taxes on semi-trucks to pay for 37 projects statewide.

Among those projects were the Newberg-Dundee Bypass, the Sunset Corridor on Hwy 212 and the Woodburn Interchange on Interstate 5.

The battle over HB 2001 was contentious, with both Republicans and Democrats supporting it and opposing it.

Seven of the 24 Republicans in the House of Representatives

and six of the 12 in the Senate voted in favor of the bill, and several Democrats in the House voted against it.

The tax increase was a tough sell with the GOP, and many environmental Democrats disliked its emphasis on highway projects with no funding for mass transit projects.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski eventually signed the bill, but he had originally opposed attaching specific earmarks in the bill and had wanted other projects included.

Once he signed it, the rightwing Taxpayers Association of Oregon tried to refer it to the ballot but ultimately didn’t make the deadline for signatures.

Kotek and Courtney acknowledged Tuesday that it would likely be no easier this time.

Kotek’s spokesman Jared Mason-Gere said the details will have to be worked out during the session and no specific projects have been decided on now. Lawmakers will have to talk with businesses, transportation advocates and local governments to identify the best uses of the money, he said.

Oregon has a long history of maintaining its infrastructure, Courtney said, and it’s important to continue that effort. “We can get it done, but we need your help,� Courtney told business leaders at a conference Tuesday. “We need you to want to make it a reality as much as you want to talk about it. In the end it’s not up to me. It’s not up to Tina. It will only happen if you want it bad enough. “Let’s get Oregon out of the mud,� he said, referencing the former Oregon Highway Department’s slogan of 50 years ago.

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Thursday morning, Epic representatives propped up a chalkboard with the prompt “I am not perfect because … ” written at the top and encouraged students walking by to write something down in exchange for a cookie.

The Epic Movement is a Christian ministry on campus that is a small subgroup of the national Cru ministry. Epic mostly consists of Asian American students. Every term they have a theme, and this winter, their theme is “No Perfect People Allowed.”

“We want to let people know that God is good, and God loves; He doesn’t hate on people,” said Epic intern and speech and communication alumnus Blane Higa. “And also for the Christians, people that are saved, we want them to have a place to grow.”

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(Above) Jackie Nguyen, a freshman in chemical engineering, begins to respond to the prompt.

(Left) Epic representatives set up in the Memorial Union quad Thursday to share their ministry and invite students to write on their board and take a cookie.

For true Duck fans, high cost worth it to attend championship game

By Mark Baker

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EUGENE — Jill Carter does not claim to be clairvoyant.

But she is a supremely confident fan of University of Oregon football.

When did she book hotel rooms for last week’s Rose Bowl football game between her beloved Ducks and Florida State?

Last year — as in last January.

And for Monday’s inaugural College Football Playoff championship game in Arlington, Texas, between Oregon and Ohio State University, at a reasonable $110 or so a night at a Residence Inn in Fort Worth? In July.

Also, back in October, she booked airfare ($824 for two tickets) on Southwest Airlines from Portland to Dallas on Saturday, for her and husband Marl Carter.

That the Ducks would need to go all season with just one loss and qualify for the Pac-12 championship game and win it and then be selected for college football’s first-ever final four? Mere details.

The Carters say they weren’t too worried, not with Marcus Mariota leading the way.

Besides, they could always cancel the hotel reservations and use the flights for another trip.

SEX CASE n Continued from page 2 ing the UO to create several groups charged with studying how the university handles cases of sexual violence.

Coltrane today said the university was not aware that Austin was being investigated by the Providence Police Department in Rhode Island for an alleged sexual assault when he transferred to Oregon. Coltrane also said the UO did not delay disciplining the players to win basketball games or to keep the team in good standing with the NCAA. UO administrators at the time said they did not inform the athletic department of the alleged sexual assaults because police said it could hinder the investigation.

“We were not manipulating the process in any way,” Coltrane said.

That’s the planning, faith and dollars it takes to get relatively budget-priced deals to watch the Ducks play in a Rose Bowl and in a national championship game 11 days later.

“You sacrifice something to live a passion,” says Jill, a retired Eugene elementary school teacher and 1968 UO graduate, sitting with her husband in the living room of their Coburg home.

“It won’t always be there,” Marl says, of the Ducks’ chance to win a national football title.

The financial sacrifice this season was attending only one UO away game, at Levi’s Stadium against the University of California Bears on Oct. 24. In past years, they’ve attended most away games.

“We decided that if we’re going to do it (Rose Bowl and national championship), we have to be frugal,” says Marl, a 1970 UO graduate and a 40-year employee of the former Staff Jennings Boating Center in Eugene, from which he retired in 2010.

The couple estimates their combined costs for attending both games, including game tickets, is about $4,200, and that’s after a separate annual donation to the Duck Athletic Fund that positioned them to be eligible to buy playoff tickets.

But many Oregon football fans cannot afford to attend both a Rose Bowl game and a national championship game in

In a statement he released today to the university community, Coltrane said UO officials “have been as respectful and supportive as possible of the student, including immediately implementing support services and appropriately honoring her choice of process, once hearing of her experience.”

A Eugene Police Department spokeswoman said previously that police were not concerned about who participated in the NCAA tournament as it conducted its investigation.

UO Athletic Director Rob Mullens said previously that the athletic department knew Austin had been involved in a student conduct matter at Providence College but was told the incident was not serious.

The lawsuit alleges that Altman, assistant coach Tony Stubblefield and other UO

the same season, let alone less than a couple of weeks apart.

These are the most expensive tickets in the history of college football, and that’s on top of airfare, hotel, meals and other costs.

Oregon and Ohio State were each allotted 20,000 tickets to sell to seasonticket holders for the first-ever College Football Playoff championship game at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, in Arlington.

The price fans pay for those tickets: $450 or $650 (based on a priority system for the season-ticket holder’s amount of annual donation and how long one has been a season-ticket holder), plus a $20 handling fee tacked on by the universities.

Thus, the Carters paid $1,340 ($670 x two) for their two 20-yard-line tickets to Monday’s game.

Many who are able to buy tickets at those face-value prices turn around and sell them on the secondary ticket market for much more.

On StubHub, the top online secondary ticket marketplace, prices on Wednesday ranged from $473.25 for a ticket in the uppermost part of the stadium to $7,610 for a “Mezzanine Prime South” seat.

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employees were “fully aware of the basis for Austin’s seasonlong suspension.”

When asked by attorneys, Austin’s mother said she told the coaches everything.

“They knew everything,” the suit said.

The suit further alleges that the UO agreed to not expel the students permanently and to not include that they violated the UO’s sexual misconduct policy on their transcripts.

The suit said the victim did not receive a copy of the outcome of the UO’s investigation.

The woman also claims that UO administrators demanded access to transcripts of her counseling session with a confidential therapist at the UO Counseling and Testing Center. Such an action would violate federal student and health privacy laws, as well as state protections for medical records, the suit said.

all of your friends? Those go for $30,126 to $240,000, the latter a “Touchdown Suite” in the east endzone.

The ticket prices this year “are a little more than last year ($325 and $385 at the 2014 BCS Championship Game between Florida State and Auburn) and way less than the Super Bowl (about $2,000 on average),” said Bill Hancock, executive director of the College Football Playoff, the conferences-controlled entity organizing the playoffs. College Football Playoff is the successor to the Bowl Championship Series, or BCS. Proceeds of ticket sales go to the College Football Playoff, confirmed Craig Pintens, the UO’s senior associate athletic director for marketing and public relations. The money eventually is distributed to participating conference universities, including the UO. “It’s been very good for everybody,” Hancock said of the inaugural CFP playoff. “We’re delighted. There will be more fans at this game who are passionate about one of those teams than at any other sporting event. I’m really proud of that, that the tickets get into the hands of people who really care.”

Shirley Burrus wants to be there. And she will be.

The Creswell Middle School principal attended the Rose Bowl with her sons

WINE n Continued from page 1 last year’s harvest.

Gabriel said that Oregon is a great place to grow grapes. Oregon has the right temperature and is near the water, which buffers grapevines from drastic weather changes.

“Oregon has 17 winegrowing regions, about 540 wineries and produces 72 different grape varieties,” Gabriel said.

The main varieties of grapes grown in the Willamette valley are pinot noir, pinot gris, chardonnay and riesling, Gabriel said.

Good grapes help make good wine, but there’s more too it than that.

“A lot about what makes a good bottle of wine good is personal preference,” Gabriel said.

The appreciation for Oregon wine extends to some Oregon State University students.

“It’s super cool: especially in recent years, Oregon wine has been taking the spotlight,” Daylon Hutton, a junior in construction engineering and management, said of the good grape season. “It’s great that we had a good year; it’s going to continue to perpetuate that and help the wine industry to continue to thrive.”

and their wives and is headed to the Dallas area this weekend.

“It’s hard to do both these trips,” she said.

She’ll use personal leave days on Monday and Tuesday to attend the game, she said.

She’ll attend Monday’s game with son David Burrus and his wife, Elise.

Shirley Burrus has not added up the cost of both trips. “No, I don’t want to know,” she said with a laugh.

As a longtime season-ticket holder, Burrus ordered her tickets through the UO at the face value price and believes they were the $450 tickets (plus the $20 handling fee).

“We love the Ducks, and it’s what we do. I’ve been to a lot of bowl games, and it’s just fun,” she said.

Many Oregon football seasonticket holders who’ve bought those spendy tickets to Monday’s historic game may now wonder whether to turn around and sell them for a tidy, tax-free profit.

“Probably could sell them,” said Duck fan Larry Newby of Eugene, who is already in Arlington, where his daughter, Amber Patterson, a 2000 Sheldon High School and 2004 UO graduate, now lives. “But no deal. This is a oncein-a-lifetime deal we’ve got going.”

Hutton said that college students should care more about wine and take a break from drinking whatever will get them intoxicated the fastest.

“Enjoy it and appreciate it for what it is,” he said.

The Register-Guard spoke with winemakers across the Willamette Valley, and they were in agreement that 2014 was a spectacular year for making wine.

“The stuff in my tanks is exuberant, it’s vibrant; we’re jumping up and down about it,” Steve Girard, co-owner of Benton-Lane winery, told The Register-Guard.

Nice weather and personal preference play big roles in what makes a good bottle of wine, but Gabriel also explained what makes a bad bottle of wine.

Wine can become oxidized, meaning it becomes exposed to too much oxygen, and become dark, brown and bitter. Wine can also have too much sulfur or become heat damaged.

The Oregon Wine Research Institute is a partnership between OSU and the Oregon wine industry. They support and conduct research that deals with Oregon grapes and wine.

Kat Kothen, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com

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he Beavers’ win Thursday night was anything but pretty.

As head coach Wayne Tinkle pointed out in post-game interviews, “They (ASU) really got physical defensively.”

Physical would be putting it mildly.

On the night, Arizona State committed 21 total fouls, and those were the ones that were called. For anyone paying close attention, it was obvious that the Sun Devils came out onto the Gill Coliseum floor looking to live up to their name.

The physicality of ASU defense was, in the end, only a small part of the clunky game that the two teams produced.

“We messed up offensive sets seven times tonight,” Tinkle mentioned when talking about the lack of fluid play that came out of the Oregon State players.

This was clear when watching the team on the floor, as several times players were not where they were suppose to be, or ran around confused about what they were suppose to do.

As Tinkle pointed out and junior guard Gary Payton II expounded on, the lack of solid communication as a team led to transition turnovers.

Many times, Tinkle would be on the sidelines calling a play, and what happened on the floor and the hand motions that were used to call the play were not the same.

“We ran something totally different than what we were suppose to,” Tinkle said. “That’s very draining.”

The draining effect this had was evident by the time the game reached the second period.

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Sophomore guard Malcolm Duvivier gains his composure before completing a clutch free throw in the Beavers’ win against Arizona State at home Jan. 8.

As Malcolm Duvivier broke the huddle and started his walk to the free throw line after the Beavers let their once double-digit lead in the second half shrink to down to three points, he gave the coaching staff a wink as if to say, “I’ve got this.”

Then right on cue, the sophomore guard calmly and confidently went 6-6 from the free throw line to close out the Arizona State Sun Devils (8-7, 0-2 Pac-12) and give the Beavers (10-4, 1-1) a 55-47 victory, the first Pac-12 victory for first-year head coach Wayne Tinkle.

“I was just blocking out everything — the crowd, everything,” Duvivier said, “and just focused that moment and making every shot.”

Duvivier finished the game with 15 points, five rebounds and with five assists. On a night where he struggled from the field — going 2-8 — he was nearly perfect from the charity stripe, going 10-11.

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Junior forward Daniel Gomis charges to the rim against Arizona State Jan. 8 at Gill Coliseum.

When Oregon State triumphs, one player is chosen to “mark the board” by adding a tally mark to the whiteboard in the locker room, each mark representing an OSU win.

The player for the Beavers’ 55-47 win over Arizona State was junior forward Daniel Gomis, who played a bigger game than his five points on 2-for-3 shooting represented.

Gomis delivered the ‘presence’ that head coach Wayne Tinkle was hoping for this week, especially considering how critical it is for opposing teams to respect the threat

of a capable OSU post.

“We’ve got to have that inside-out balance — otherwise, teams are just going to face guard these guys on the perimeter,” Tinkle said after his team posted 22 of its 55 points in the paint.

“The more that comes around … the more point production we’ll have.”

Gomis wasn’t featured in the post on a consistent basis, nor did he even receive the ball in the key more than a handful of times. A large portion of the points in the paint, in fact, came by dribble-drives from the guards.

Regardless, the Beavers did enough around the basket to keep ASU honest.

“We didn’t get a ton of back-to-thebasket points,” Tinkle said. “They’re not what you would traditionally think: throw it to a big hoss, back them in, jump hooks and up-and-unders …

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Two weeks ago, Oregon State’s nonconference schedule came to a close. After opening the season with 10 straight wins, including a 70-55 victory against No. 6 North Carolina, the Beavers had a date with No. 8 Tennessee.

A gritty, hard-fought battle ultimately ended the Beavers’ perfect season, as the Lady Volunteers escaped with a 74-63 victory. The Beavers’ perfect season was over, and Oregon State completed its nonconference schedule on a bit of a down note.

But when Pac-12 play opened for OSU on Jan. 3, the Beavers regrouped.

“I wondered what the Tennessee game would do to us,” said head coach Scott Rueck.

“I think that it gave us confidence; that’s what my hope was, and I think we did see that. They came out with just a laser focus.”

The Beavers went on to notch a 65-47 victory against UCLA and then a 76-66 victory against the defending Pac-12 Champions in

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USC. The Cardinal and the Bruins were able to beat the Beavers in their first meetings against the team last year.

“If you sweep a road trip in the opening weekend of conference play,” Rueck said, “That sends a message — everybody else has to do it now. If you can sweep road trips, you’re putting yourself in a great position for the postseason.”

The Beavers are one of four teams to sweep their first Pac-12 games, so if they keep winning, they will set the pace for the rest of the league. In that pursuit, the Beavers (12-1, 2-0 Pac-12) have back-to-back games against the rival Ducks (8-5, 1-1) this weekend. Their first matchup is at home on Friday, with tipoff slated for 7 p.m. The second is in Eugene on See WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | page 6

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GOMIS n Continued from page 5 I thought we got a lot more focused to driving.”

Gomis still drew attention from help-side defenders when his teammates drove and also opened up driving opportunities with ball screens.

For junior guard Gary Payton II, Gomis’ passing ability helped open up offensive opportunities.

“He’s a decent passer, so we can cut and he’ll find us,” Payton II said. “We can go in and out. He just makes plays for us.”

Gomis has had an up-and-down season so far, missing time to open the year with a shoulder injury. Even after the Beavers graduated senior posts Angus Brandt and Devon Collier — and junior forward Eric Moreland left for the NBA — Gomis has only moderately increased his playing time from 10 minutes a game to 15.

“He’s been struggling a little bit, he’s just frustrated,” Tinkle said. “He’s so banged up. He’s even said ‘I’m letting the team down.’ He hasn’t been playing the way he thought he should, but we know he’s not 100 percent (healthy).”

The offensive side of the court has been particularly enigmatic for Gomis, who has scored more than seven points only once this season.

Possibly more importantly, though, is his affect on the defensive end, where he allows the OSU guards to do exactly what Tinkle was worried ASU

would focus on: doggedly pressuring the guards while worrying very little about the posts near the basket. The Beavers were hounded by the Ducks’ guards in the Civil War, but one game later, OSU returned the favor against the Sun Devils.

“We know we have a guy who has a presence down in the paint, so it makes us play more physical because we have a guy playing behind us with presence,” Duvivier said.

Gomis finished with three blocks in the game and is second on the team with 12 this year. He also tied the team lead with five rebounds, helping OSU out-rebound ASU, 34-24. Against the Ducks, the Beavers lost the battle of the boards by eight.

Half the reason Gomis was able to offer a consistent presence was because he, as simple as it sounds, played. Against Oregon, he was on the court for 10 minutes, only three of which came after halftime.

On Thursday, however, Gomis stayed in the entire second half and played 35 minutes.

“His practices this week, guys,” Tinkle said, turning to Duvivier and Payton II, “(Were) the best we’ve seen from him all year. The most energy. He was rewarded tonight — I’m not saying by me — he was rewarded with his play because of his focus and his mental approach to tonight’s game.”

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Junior guard Jamie Weisner steps out onto the floor against Concordia at Gill Coliseum Nov. 22

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Friday’s game at home will be the first game OSU has played in Gill Coliseum since Dec. 6.

“This time of the year has a rhythm to it that you get into,” Rueck said. “Knowing you have two games every week, and the fact that home is a part of the equation is a great thing for us.

This place is good to us and so we’re really excited to be back home.”

The Ducks feature a new head coach this year, as Kelly Graves has taken over for PaulWesthead, who had been Oregon’s coach since 2009. With the new coach, the Ducks have implemented a new system. Where Westhead

valued pushing the tempo on offense and trying to score as many points as possible (the Ducks averaged 93.2 points per game last year), Graves values a more methodical approach.

“They’re more efficient from a high-functioning standpoint,” Rueck said. “They have fewer lost possessions, their shot selection is a lot better, of course, and they are defending at a higher level. They are emphasizing the defensive end of the floor.”

Although the Ducks scored more points than anyone in the Pac-12 last year, they gave up the most, as Oregon allowed 89.1 points per game last year. With all their scoring, it only resulted in a 16-16, 6-12 record. This year, with Graves coaching, the Ducks average 68.7 points of offense while giving up just 63.8 points.

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The two games this weekend could be the only times these teams face each other, and since it has been so long since there’s been a game at Gill, the atmosphere figures to be heated as rivalry games usually are. But the team isn’t too concerned with what the rivalry means; instead, they’re just going to come out and play basketball.

“What we can control is playing our best basketball game and just being the best team that we can be,” Rueck said. “If we do that, we’ll have a chance to win, and if that makes Beaver Nation happy, then that makes me happy.”

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“I thought our guys showed great toughness and resiliency through some up and down play to close the game out and get the win,” Tinkle said.

As a team, the Beavers struggled on the offensive end, as they shot 39 percent from the field and committed 15 turnovers. But they made up for their poor execution with grit, aggressively chasing down loose balls.

Oregon State was able to control 12 offensive rebounds, which led to 15 second chance points — nine more second chance points than the Sun Devils got.

The Beavers showed that grittiness when junior forward Langston Morris-Walker fought and collected one of his two offensive rebounds following a Duvivier missed lay-up; he then used a nolook pass to find junior center Daniel Gomis wide open under the basket for an easy two-handed dunk, which sent Gill Coliseum into a frenzy and gave the Beavers a nine point lead.

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entered this game ranked 17th in the country in points allowed, holding their opponents to 56.9 points per game.

Thursday, they held the Sun Devils to 22 points lower than their season average of 71.7 points per game, including holding their top two scorers — sophomore forward Savon Goodman and junior guard Gerry Blakes — to two points each, well below each of their season average. ‘‘The guys’ effort defensively, we were as locked-in to the game plan for most of the game as we have been,’’ Tinkle said.

Thursday night’s victory

marks the first conference victory for first year head coach Wayne Tinkle, while the Beavers also improve to 9-0 at Gill Coliseum.

For them to get their 10th win in a row at home, they will need to knock off No. 7 Arizona, which visits Corvallis on Sunday for a 7 p.m. tipoff.

Arizona, a team that nearly went to the Final Four the previous season, will come in with a 14-1 record after defeating the Oregon Ducks 80-62 Thursday evening in Eugene.

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If Oregon State manages to fix its communiaround, you could hear Tinkle yelling for the cation problems and avoid draining mistakes, Sunday may provide another chance for the players to get back on defense.

Eventually, Arizona State cut the lead to three, Beavers to “slug one out” with another team and it was at this time that you could see the from the Copper State. lack of communication getting to the Beavers.

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ea to another new term and a fresh start at classes.

Nay to our farewell of amazing feasts, (hopefully) fun moments with family and Netflix binges.

Yea to establishing healthier study habits, sleep schedules and other efforts to keep ourselves more balanced and organized … we hope.

Nay to the piercing cold weather coming and going. We really wish the state would make up its mind.

Nay to waking up freezing in the morning and wanting to go straight back to bed.

Yea to Sony actually deciding to release “The Interview,” regardless of quality. We cannot forget the significance of the First Amendment.

Nay to the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo offices in France. Nobody should have their lives put in jeopardy because of what they express, regardless of controversy.

Yea to progressive conversations and community dialogues that help us move forward from such tragedies.

The more we understand society, the sooner we can begin to rebuild.

Nay to rash assumptions and misinformation. Keeping a closed mind before consulting additional points of factual evidence will get us nowhere.

Yea to the recruitment of new Oregon State University head football coach Gary Andersen. Here’s to a future of new possibilities for the team.

Nay to the end of football season and no bowl game opportunities.

Perhaps next year will be better.

Yea to at least one Oregon football team making it to the national championships. They still represent strengths of the Northwest and Pac-12.

Yea to realizing you’ll have a longer spring break when you look on a class syllabus and discover there’s no final.

Nay to finding out your last class may still have a final due at the end of finals week. So much for extended vacation planning.

Yea to opportunities available to students on campus in terms of financial aid, work study resources and other funding options.

Nay to the rising costs of tuition surpassing the amount students receive for aid. College should not cost more than one acquires from financial aid and work combined.

Yea to the release of Beaver’s Digest and other expanded learning opportunities within the newly established Orange Media Network.

Yea to new Daily Barometer kiosks with a sharper look.

Nay to the absence of those “miniature newspaper houses” we used to have across campus. They had a certain charm about them we won’t soon forget.

Yea to new staff members who continue to join our team.

Yea to the university’s switch toward what appears to be a smoother online management system than Blackboard.

Keep on singing, Corvallis.

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y name is Dr. Stephanie Jenkins, but for this column, I will be known as “Dr. Ethics.”

The Dr. Ethics column, which you can read weekly on Fridays in The Daily Barometer, will discuss ethical issues, dilemmas and concerns of studentcitizens of Beaver Nation.

In the process, I hope to introduce you to relevant concepts in ethical theory, demystify philosophy as a discipline and identify the benefits of studying philosophy at Oregon State University.

In addition to ethics in classes such as PHL 205, I also teach courses about political philosophy, philosophy of art and music, feminist philosophy, and European thought. This spring, I will teach PHL 150: Great Ideas in Philosophy.

My research explores the margins of the moral community by asking who — and what — matters in moral thought and action.

For example, I am currently completing a manuscript about disability ethics, tentatively titled “Incorrigible Ethics”.

What is philosophy, you ask?

While some philosophers might define the discipline as the “love of wisdom” in reference to the term’s etymology in Ancient Greek, I prefer to consider philosophy as the practice of what Michel Foucault calls “problematization,” or the questioning of the “self evidence” of the self-evident.

In other words, philosophy is a technique for critically examining, evaluating, and responding to the world, what we know about it and what we do in it.

Because philosophy offers a method for inquiry, philosophy can be about any topic that you can imagine!

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Glories, wonders of G-Spot stimulation ear readers, My last column of fall term talked about how to bring a woman to orgasm by stimulating the clitoris. I ended the column with the following: “Another possible way to bring a woman to orgasm is via her G-spot.

I think I’ll leave you all on the edge of your seats — for about half of you, I guess I’m leaving you on the edge of your vaginas — until January to hear more about the G-spot!”

So, here we go.

The G-spot is an area in the vagina that some researchers feel is particularly sensitive to sexual stimulation.

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t is not a shocker to hear about Portland having a democratic school where the students are in charge of their education at the high school level.

Portland is a freedom-loving city with bizarre subcultures and traditions, which makes the city such a great place.

One of those off-kilter institutions that Portland harbors is a high school where the students are in full control of what they learn, while receiving no grades and having no mandatory classes or tests.

Isn’t this a nifty idea?

The Village Free School in Portland is an alternative high school where the emphasis for students is studying what the individual wants, and moving on to the next level of education when they are ready.

A school like this causes a lot of controversy because of the loose structure and high tuition bill. Looking at this school’s structure, you could compare it to a normal university setting.

Students get to choose what they study, move on to higher courses and set their own graduation rate as they see fit.

But in a normal university setting, students do not have the same freedom as these high school students do.

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n a world ruled by the rapid advancement of modern technology, the innovation brought about by three-dimensional printing is not only fascinating, but should not be overlooked.

With recent breakthroughs such as 3-D manufactured prosthetics, kinematic printing of clothing and revolutionary disaster relief shelters for temporary housing, the realm of 3-D printing is becoming less and less limited as the possibilities continue to expand.

So what does this mean in the long run?

Well for starters, it means that with more and more efforts and funds being dedicated to advancements in 3-D printing technology, developments such as life size relief shelters are only a sign of great things to come.

In scientific fields especially, we have already begun to see the possibilities for medical uses and various other beneficial productions.

That being said, I personally believe the most important outcome of the recent strides in 3-D printing is the ability for families to buy their own 3-D printer at a reasonable price.

The idea of an affordable household 3-D printer not only seems incredibly convenient for families, but also shows how far we have come with modern technology.

Moreover, with basic 3-D printers currently going for anywhere within the range of a few thousand dollars, we are swiftly approaching the day when affordable 3-D printers become a reality. With this in mind, investing in top of the line 3-D printing companies before the boom of what some are

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Studying moral philosophy helps you acquire the skills necessary to not only identify ethical issues, but to also determine their scope, significance, stakeholders and responses.

Unless you’ve had a chance to study and practice ethics, you probably base your decisions and judgments on values you received from a community that’s important to you; your family, religion, peers and Beaver Nation are just a few examples. Learning about and practicing ethical philosophy gives you freedom in relation to your preexisting moral beliefs, values and habits. It gives you the opportunity to discover not just what you think and how you act, but also why you hold such beliefs, values and habits at all.

This step — your initiation into philosophical practice — empowers you to reflectively and intentionally become the person you want to be.

The “Dr. Ethics” column is designed to be an advice column about all things related to ethics — which, as you now know, could be pretty much anything.

Start brainstorming your questions and send them to forum@dailybarometer. com.

A word of warning: philosophers tend to respond to questions with more questions, so I’m not quite sure what kind of advice “Dr. Ethics” will offer, but I’m excited to find out with you. t

Dr. Stephanie Jenkins is an assistant professor in the School of History, Philosophy, and Religion and co-director of the Phronesis Lab for Engaged Ethics. The opinions expressed in Jenkins’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Jenkins can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

GREAVES n Continued from page 7 minutes in many women, they may never experience the sensitivity of the G-spot.

That doesn’t mean they don’t have one, but simply they haven’t received enough stimulation to experience sexual arousal.

I would also add that many sexual partners of women don’t take the steps to adequately stimulate the clitoris — which is much easier to find than the G-spot.

Therefore, it stands to reason that even fewer women are going to get adequate G-spot stimulation.

Some women who report experiencing G-spot orgasms also report an ejaculation of sorts.

This substance comes out of the urethral opening — not the vaginal opening.

Women have Skene’s glands located around the urethra, and their ducts empty into the urethra.

Thus, it is hypothesized that the liquid expelled during orgasm comes from these glands.

Many women are hesitant to report such an experience because they believe the fluid was urine. As people are more educated about female ejaculation, more women will report the experience.

Some media reports create the impression that a woman who has an “internal” orgasm, meaning one that is the result of intercourse, is “more” of a woman — that a G-spot orgasm is a more sophisticated orgasm.

This is not the case.

Many women don’t regularly reach any type of orgasm during a sexual encounter because they receive inadequate stimula-

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tion. Inadequate stimulation is very often the case for couples where one or both members incorrectly believe that women’s orgasms are the result of intercourse.

So what’s the best way to achieve a G-spot orgasm you ask?

Well, it can be extremely challenging, though not impossible, to achieve a G-spot orgasm through intercourse.

The reason it is challenging is because the penis would have to enter the vagina and then press up on the top wall of the vagina to be able to apply pressure. This type of movement is more likely to come from a prehensile penis, something that male humans do not possess.

If something is prehensile, that means it is capable of grasping or searching.

For example, some monkeys have a prehensile tail.

There are, however, some animals that have a prehensile penis, namely elephants, one type of octopus, flat worms, barnacles and ducks.

Given human males aren’t so lucky, it is best to rely on fingers or, even better, a G-spot vibrator when trying to achieve a G-spot orgasm.

You can find a G-spot vibrator in any adult store or in many places online. They are perfectly curved to enter the vagina and apply upward pressure, and they apply just the right type of pressure for an extended period of time — certainly longer than anyone’s fingers could hold up without cramping. t

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one would be wise to take advantage of the current underestimation of its usefulness.

Moreover, I encourage those who are calling the third industrial revolution may interested in the field of 3-D printing to explore the opportunities available to them not be the worst idea.

But I take no responsibility for anyone’s on our campus.

Not only do students have access to finances other than my own, so if you would MakerBot 3-D printers at the OSU Valley much rather waste your money on gum, Library, but there is a newly formed 3-D then by all means go right ahead.

Rather, what I hope you take away from printing club on campus. Students can email this is the importance of 3-D printing and 3dprintingclub@oregonstate.edu for more the opportunities made possible by the information. t recent focus in this area of technology.

Jesse Hanson is a sophomore in physics. The opinions As we look toward the future, 3-D print- expressed in Hanson’s columns do not necessarily represent ing is undeniably one of the most exciting those of The Daily Barometer staff. Hanson can be reached at current advancements in today’s world, and forum@dailybarometer.com.

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offerings this term demonstrates the various topics philosophers study.

In PHL 280 — Ethics of Diversity with Prof. Figueroa — you’ll learn about discrimination and prejudice in the human community and analyze how complex social identities like race, class, and sexual orientation generate and maintain power relations.

In PHL 399 — Special Topics with Prof. Orosco — you’ll investigate the philosophical arguments underwriting our modern notion of universal human rights.

Curious about how science works and what counts as evidence? PHL 470-570 — Philosophy of Science with Prof. Clough — will examine the messy details of scientific practice.

So while the topics discussed in philosophy may be infinite, this column will highlight the subfield of ethics.

Why a “Dr. Ethics” column?

What interest might a busy — and probably sleepy — college student have in reading an article about moral philosophy?

Isn’t ethics just for people who don’t already know the difference between right and wrong?

Even if you’ve never studied philosophy, or even if you’ve never read an ethics book or column in your life, you’re practicing ethics all the time.

Every decision you have ever made — or will ever make — in your lifetime involves an ethical component.

Some choices, of course, are more important than

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DI RAFFAELE n Continued from page 7 education, students would do better and enjoy being in school.

Here at Oregon State University, we do get to decide what major we want to pursue and choose from a pool of classes, and take the required courses for these majors.

Most students tend to enjoy the classes for their majors because it is material they actually want to study.

I know I prefer my literature classes to science courses, and many students in my major feel the same way.

But what gets in the way of really enjoying school are the prerequisite and baccalaureate core classes that delay the pursuit of higher education.

Programs like the bacc core have a good intention in trying to make students well-informed citizens of the world and give them a “well-rounded” education.

That intent sounds good on paper and in presentations to donors, but as for the students who pay for it and have to take classes they do not find interesting, their end goal is not to be well-informed on subject matters they do not care about.

It turns into a rat race of boring lectures and trying to get a passing grade.

I think that a university would do better for undergraduates if the students truly could create their own path of study.

Take out the classes that are not applicable for the student studying engineering or business; many do not want to take art history or Shakespeare.

If students were able to craft their own plan of study, they would enjoy being in school and engage in the material more, want to find internships applicable to their field, spend less on tuition and supplies and graduate sooner.

Because we are forced to take classes in subjects we are not interested in, why would we care about retaining that information other than for the exam?

Yes, the knowledge gained in a history or social studies class will help us be better human beings, but school should not be the only nutrient of bettering people.

We all come to a university to get a degree in an area we find interesting and want to pursue for a big part of our lives.

We should not have to dredge through filler and fluff classes to fulfill a university requirement when we have grander goals to conquer. t

Brooklyn Di Raffaele is a senior in English. The opinions expressed in Di Raffaele’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Di Raffaele can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

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