The Daily Barometer, January 11, 2016

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OSU honors Dr. King OSU honors legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with workshops, talks for the next two weeks

By Riley Youngman News Contributor

Running for two weeks, Oregon State University will honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a wide variety of events, talks and workshops. Planned by the Office of Equity and Inclusion, this year’s celebration has events planned for nearly every day from Jan. 11 through Jan. 22.

“When I was a student, I always remember that MLK Day was talked about as it should be a day on, not a day off. It is so easy for all of us to look at a vacation day and feel like we need to take a break and we should unwind and go do something fun and enjoyable, but I think being able to have one day where you are focusing on these topics, and seeing the opportunity to engage, is very valuable for people,” said Gabriel Merrell an associate director in the Office of Equity and Inclusion.

The celebration will begin Monday at noon with the Kick-Off Event in the MU Horizon Room, where Dr. Joseph Orosco, an associate professor and director of OSU’s Peace Studies Program, will give a presentation titled, “Places of Injustice.”

The talk will focus on topics Orosco has discussed previously and will touch on places at OSU that are named after historical figures that have ties to racism and slavery.

“Certain members of the faculty from early on in our founding were members of the Confederate army (...) so we are having a conversation about what it means to have a name that is associated with racism,” said Merrell.

One of the largest events is the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Jan. 16, put on by the Center for Civic Engagement. The annual event consists of several different volunteer opportunities available to students throughout the day, including work with Habitat for Humanity, Corvallis Parks and Recreation, Linn Benton Food Share, Produce for People and several others.

According to Annie Corkery, a junior in English and political science who works with the Center for Civic

See MLK, Page 6

More Info: All events are free, except the Peace Breakfast.

Registration for the Day of Service can be found at the Student Leadership and Involvement web page.

Business as usual, Beavs beat Ducks Second half comeback lifts Beavers past Ducks for 11th straight time

By Jonathan Parrish Sports Reporter

Sunday’s crowd of 2,806 at Matthew Knight Arena, with a solid showing of orange and black, wasn’t nearly as big as the 4,462 in attendance for Friday’s Civil War at Gill Coliseum, but the result was no different. Oregon State’s second-half run and fan support fueled a 59-45 win for the fifth straight season sweep and 11th straight victory against Oregon.

The Ducks (11-4, 0-4 Pac-12) didn’t get blown out like they did against OSU (12-3, 3-1) on the opening game of the Civil War series, but still found themselves on the losing end thanks to a balanced effort on the part of the Beavers. All seven players that scored had at least seven points, and most players contributed in rebounding and assists as well.

“We talked about balance going into this weekend,” said head coach Scott Rueck. “We talked about needing it from everyone, and everybody contributed.”

Senior center Ruth Hamblin and junior guard Gabriella Hanson led the way for the Beavers with 12 points each, along with 11 from senior guard Jamie Weisner. Hamblin had nine rebounds, and freshman guard Katie McWilliams was the leading passer with five assists.

The Ducks were resilient Sunday and led the Beavers 25-24 at the halftime break because of a 13-7 advantage in the second quarter. It was the first time since Jan.11 of the 20132014 season that OSU has trailed the Ducks at halftime, partly due to Oregon’s ability to create pressure and turnovers in the halfcourt set. At the intermission, the Beavers had 11 turnovers, nine of which were steals. In total, the Duck’s had 11 steals to OSU’s four.

“We knew they were going to come after us,” Rueck said of the first-half deficit. “I didn’t love the way that we handled that pressure, necessarily, but then again it’s not surprising as you’re on the road in a Pac-12 game. They were very physical with us that quarter, so that was basically the challenge to play through that.”

The second half was claimed by the Beavers, JEREMY MELAMED | THE DAILY BAROMETER who committed only five turnovers in the final Senior guard Jamie Weisner celebrates with freshman guard Katie McWilliams

See Civil War Page 4 during the Beavers 59-45 point victory over the Ducks on Sunday.

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Government protections rejected for wolf in decline

By William Yardley Los Angeles Times

SEATTLE — For more than two decades, conservation groups have argued that a wolf and the rainforest in southeast Alaska where it lives are at risk.

While the groups have won strong restrictions on logging of the Tongass National Forest, the nation’s largest, they have been denied in their efforts to win federal protection for the wolf.

This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service denied them again: The agency determined that the wolf, known as the Alexander Archipelago wolf, should not be listed as an endangered or threatened species.

While the government agreed with conservationists that the wolf is declining in parts of its range and that loss of its habitat from logging is playing a role in that decline, it said the overall population of the wolf appears to be healthy.

“Although the Alexander Archipelago wolf faces several stressors throughout its range related to wolf harvest, timber harvest, road development, and climate-related events in southeast Alaska and coastal British Columbia, the best available information indicates that populations of the wolf in most of its range are likely stable,” the Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday.

Named for a collection of remote islands, the wolf actually ranges across much of heavily forested mainland

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The Alaska Archipelago wolf population is declining in parts of its habitat due to the effects of logging, the overall population is healthy. southeast Alaska and the coast of British Columbia in Canada.

Conservationists pressing for its protection have focused on wolves in the archipelago, which includes on Prince of

Wales Island, an expanse of nearly 2,600 square miles with about 6,000 people.

Part of Prince of Wales is being logged under one of the largest timber sales in the

Tongass in two decades, and estimates say the island could now have as few as 50 wolves, down from about 300 two decades ago. Logging can also reduce habitat for deer, a criti-

cal food source for the wolves.

Conservationists built part of their argument on scientific evidence showing that wolves on the islands — an area the government calls “GMU 2,”

for Game Management Unit 2 — are genetically distinct from those roaming the mainland. The government agreed

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At least 1,340 Clinton emails contain classified material

By Anita Kumar McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — At least 1,340 emails that Hillary Clinton sent or received contained classified material, according to the State Department’s latest update from its ongoing review of more than 30,000 emails.

The State Department released a new batch of 3,007 pages of Clinton’s emails after 1:30 a.m. Friday in response to a court order. Of those, 66 contain classified information.

None of Clinton’s emails were

marked as classified during her tenure, State Department officials say, but intelligence officials say some material was clearly classified at the time. Her aides also sent and received classified information.

Clinton has been under fire for months for exclusively using personal email routed through a private server while serving as the nation’s top diplomat. The FBI launched an inquiry into the handling of sensitive information after classified information was found in some.

In response to a public records

lawsuit, the State Department is releasing Clinton’s emails at the end of each month after partially or entirely redacting any containing sensitive U.S. or foreign government information. So far, it has released 43,148 pages of emails.

But the State Department failed to meet a court-imposed deadline on the number of Clinton’s emails to be released in December so it released another batch this week. It had missed a previous deadline, but had caught up in recent months. The emails released Friday also were not

fully processed, officials said.

“We are releasing the documents today so as to be responsive to the court’s December 31st goal for posting 82 percent of the Clinton email collection by that date,” according to the State Department. “With today’s production, the State Department will meet the page volume anticipated by last week’s production goal.”

“Now with dozens of additional emails found to be classified, we know Hillary Clinton exposed classified material in more than 1,300 messages, including information that

was classified at the time it was sent as well at some of the highest levels,” Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said.

“Hillary Clinton’s pursuit of secrecy at the expense of national security was undeniably reckless and shows she cannot be trusted in the White House.”

Priebus called on Clinton to request the State Department commit to a “more open process” and not release the emails in the middle of the night or on holidays.

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9 Macaroni shape 14 Vintage soda 15 Chisholm Trail city

16 Red, in roulette 17 Mine extracts 18 Club used for chipping

19 Capital of Ghana 20 *Mattress support 22 Spoken for 23 Skinny fish 24 Quick message 25 Blue Ribbon beer 28 Palm Pilot, e.g., briefly 30 Carve in stone 33 Attributive menu words 34 Parisian partings 37 Leave rolling in the aisles 38 Sermon topic 39 *Light, friendly punch 41 Sitter’s handful 42 What some missiles seek 44 Stevenson title doctor 45 “I warned you!”

46 Gothic fiction author Rice 47 WWII espionage gp.

48 Bugs and Jags 50 “Fire” bugs 52 Bourgogne and Chablis 54 Longstocking of kiddie lit 56 Spots for airline magazines ... and, literally, what the first words of the answers to starred clues can all have 61 NBA great Shaquille 62 Footnote “p” 63 Sitter’s handful 64 Modern mil. treaty violation 65 Egg cell

66 Humdinger 67 Knuckleheads 68 Short- or long-sleeved tops 69 Marked, as a ballot

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40 Backup strategy 43 When the big hand is on two 49 In working order 51 Leans slightly 52 Beating around the bush 53 Agenda bullets 54 Common koi habitat 55 Look __: investigate 56 Washday woe 57 Nesting site, perhaps 58 Essence 59 Leafy veggie baked for chips 60 Gym specimen

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Trump persists in questioning Cruz’s eligibility to be president

By Maria Recio McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Canadianborn Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, continued to come under fire Sunday over whether he is a “natural born citizen” eligible to be U.S. president.

Cruz, a lawyer, has said his citizenship is “settled law,” and on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday said it is “clear and straightforward” that he became a U.S. citizen at birth in Calgary because his mother was a U.S. citizen. His presidential primary campaign released his mother’s U.S. birth certificate over the weekend after denying she had become a Canadian citizen, although her name appears on a 1974 Canadian federal election voter roll.

But Donald Trump, another presidential candidate who stoked the issue last week by saying that Democrats would sue if Cruz was the nominee, continued to press his case on several Sunday news programs that the foreign birth was “a problem” that the Supreme Court ought to decide.

Asked about his eligibility as a citizen on CNN Sunday, Cruz said: “The substance of the issue is clear and straightforward. As a legal matter, the Constitution and federal law are clear that the child of a U.S. citizen born abroad is a natural-born citizen.”

Cruz was born in Calgary, Alberta, in 1970 when his Cuban father, Rafael Cruz, and American-born mother, Eleanor Cruz, were living

and working in the oil industry. The father became a Canadian citizen, as Rafael Cruz told NPR in 2013.

And both his and Cruz’s mother’s names appear on Canadian voter rolls in May, 1974, in documents obtained by McClatchy. Only Canadian citizens are eligible to vote in that country.

The Urban Polling Division document of the “preliminary list of electors” for Calgary as compiled by officials, called enumerators, who went door to door to compile voter lists, includes Raphael Cruz, selfemployed, and Mrs. Eleanor Cruz at a southwestern Calgary address.

The document includes that spelling of Rafael Cruz’s first name.

Cruz said on CNN that his mother didn’t vote in a Canadian election.

“My mother didn’t because she was a U.S. citizen. And my mother — look, the Internet has all sorts of fevered swamp theories, but the facts are simple. My mom was born in Wilmington, Delaware. She was an American citizen by birth. She’s been an American citizen all 81 years of her life. She’s never been a citizen of any other place.”

While Cruz seemed to rule out the possibility that his mother was a dual citizen, he himself was a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada and renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2014 in anticipation of his a presidential campaign.

As for the “natural born” clause of the Constitution being clear-cut, several constitutional law scholars, including Harvard University’s

Today, almost every Republican candidate is attacking me. That kind of suggests maybe something has changed in the race.

Ted Cruz United States Senator Laurence Tribe who taught both Cruz and President Barack Obama, said it was not.

“I don’t agree that it’s ‘settled law,’” Tribe said on ABC. “The Supreme Court has never addressed the issue one way or the other, as I believe Ted ought to know.”

Trump on Sunday invoked Tribe as he revisited the prospect of Cruz as a contested nominee.

“So what happens is I was watching Laurence Tribe of Harvard yesterday, who’s a constitutional expert; one of the true experts. And according to him, it’s a real question mark,” Trump said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

“Let me tell you: From Ted’s standpoint and from the party’s standpoint, he has to solve this problem. Because the Democrats will sue him if he’s the nominee,” said Trump. “If Ted is the nominee, he will be sued by the Democrats.

And according to one of the great lawyers of the country at Harvard, with strong opinions on this, the

know. It depends. Does ‘natural born’ mean born-to-the-land, then he’s not. But nobody knows what it means. It hasn’t been adjudicated.”

Cruz, on CNN tried to deflect attention from the circumstances of his birth. “And so the law is simple and straightforward. And it’s actually come up a bunch of times in our nation’s history. So, John McCain was born in Panama, but he was a U.S. citizen because his parents were citizens.”

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, was born to a U.S. military family in the Panama Canal Zone when it was a U.S. territory. And McCain, who has clashed with Cruz in the Senate, offered him no support last week saying in a radio interview that “I don’t know” if the Texas senator was a natural-born citizen.

Cruz suggested Sunday that his rising poll numbers in Iowa—where he now leads the Republican candidates — were the reason for the interest in his citizenship.

“Three weeks ago, almost every Republican candidate was attacking Donald Trump,” Cruz said.

“Today, almost every Republican candidate is attacking me. That kind of suggests maybe something has changed in the race.”

whole thing has not been—as he said, this matter has not been determined.”

Trump’s solution: “I would say that I would want the Supreme Court to rule because they haven’t ruled.”

On “Fox News Sunday,” asked whether he was “trolling” Cruz by spreading negative information about him, Trump said he was not.

“What he should do is ask for a declaratory judgment,” Trump said. “I think I’m going to win. I don’t want to beat him this way.

I’m just saying, in my opinion ... the Democrats are going to bring a lawsuit. If it’s Ted, the Democrats are going to bring a lawsuit. He’s got to have this thing worked out.”

Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., who is running for Senate, has said that he will sue over Cruz’s constitutional eligibility if the Texan is the Republican nominee.

(Fort Worth Star-Telegram research Asked whether he thought Cruz director Cathy Belcher contributed to was a natural-born citizen, Trump this report from Fort Worth, Texas.) said: “I don’t know. I really don’t McClatchy Washington Bureau

Federal officials want to end manatee’s endangered status

By Tony Pugh

recover manatee populations, their numbers are climbing and the threats to the species’ survival are being reduced.

If implemented, the change in status won’t affect federal protections the manatee is afforded under the endangered species act.

Public comments on the proposal will be taken until April 7, 2016.

U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., sent a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service saying the decision would be “misguided and premature.”

Buchanan said the government needed to continue to protect the species, citing experts that have projected that the current population of manatees could drop below 500 in the next century.

“I urge the agency to withdraw its misguided and premature proposal immediately and help save this treasured species,” Buchanan said. “The government must not downplay the severity of these threats to the manatee’s survival.”

McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — The West Indian manatee, Florida’s beloved sea cow, could be downlisted from endangered to threatened status under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday.

Population growth, improved habitat conditions and a decline in direct threats to the gentle creature have prompted the change in status.

Federal law defines an endangered species as one facing possible extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range, while a threatened species is likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future.

“The manatee is one of the most charismatic and instantly recognizable species,” said Michael Bean, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks at the Department of the Interior.

“It’s hard to imagine the waters of Florida without them, but that was the reality we were facing before manatees were listed Kate Irby of the Bradenton Herald contribunder the Endangered Species Act. While uted From Bradenton, Fla. there is still more work to be done to fully McClatchy Washington Bureau

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Youth and Years: Offensive Depth OSU’s multifaceted attack of young and old defeats Cal

By Brenden Slaughter

By Josh Worden

Sports Reporter

Women’s hoops proves they are the “Big Sister” The Civil War: It’s an annual rivalry between the Oregon State Beavers and the Oregon Ducks in all sports.

However, eight consecutive losses to Oregon in the Civil War football game has dampened OSU’s reputation to the degree that, to some eyes, the Beavers became the younger brothers of their rivals from Eugene.

The Oregon State women’s basketball team did their best to help OSU fans forget about football, as they carried the torch for the orange and black with a decisive 59-45 victory over the Ducks Sunday at Matthew Knight Arena.

Call the rivalry whatever you want, but as of late the Beavers have made the Ducks look just plain silly. In the now 11 consecutive victories against the Ducks, the Beavers have won by a margin of 16 points per game. The games haven’t even been close, and that is why the Beavers are elite and the Ducks are just playing second fiddle to the best women’s basketball team in the state of Oregon.

The game ended up being closer than most pundits projected as the Beavers entered heavy favorites after a blowout win on Friday, but OSU showed poise, grit, and determination in getting the win, after the Ducks led at the halftime break.

Head coach Scott Rueck has turned the Beavers into a consistent top-10 team over the last two years and so far this season with the exception of a losses to some of the nation’s top teams (Notre Dame, Tennessee, UCLA) the Beavers have dominated the 2015-2016 season so far.

By sweeping the Civil War for the fifth consecutive year, the Beavers not only have the advantage over the Ducks in the win-loss column, but being so dominant in the on-court performances also helps the Beavers in off-thecourt contests as well.

Perhaps most importantly, beating your in-state rival so convincingly the Beavers gain a leg up in the most important battle of them all; Recruiting.

If you are a dominant basketball player in the state of

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Oregon State found an offensive attack in Saturday’s 77-71 win over California perfectly suited for the team’s strengths.

There was depth, with 10 different players scoring and 42 bench points to Cal’s eight. There was explosiveness, with three players above 10 points. And there was Gary Payton II, who had 20 points, 11 rebounds, eight assists and four steals.

“One guy after the other kept making plays for us, and that really gets us to feel good about what we’re doing,” said head coach Wayne Tinkle.

Tinkle pointed out the freshmen in particular: OSU’s rookies were up for the task against California’s freshmen duo of star recruits in Jaylen Brown and Ivan Rabb. The No. 1 and No. 5 prospects of their class, respectively, combined for 30 points, but OSU’s Stephen Thompson, Jr. and Tres Tinkle had 26 of their own and Drew Eubanks added five more.

“We’ve got a ways to go, but the neat thing is when their guys stepped up and made big plays, our younger guys and veteran guys didn’t fall apart,” Tinkle said.

He couldn’t have hit the nail more squarely on the head: after OSU’s 14-point lead evaporated to as little

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Freshman forward Tres Tinkle dunks on a fast break in the second half of the Beavers 77-71 victory against Cal on Saturday night. Tinkle finished with 15 of the team’s 42 bench points. as two, multiple players stepped up in the final five minutes. Thompson, Jr. buried a step-back 3-pointer, Tinkle sunk a miraculous almostover-the-backboard jumper and Payton II’s and-one with 30 seconds left put the game on ice.

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Senior forward Daniel Gomis scored five points off the bench in the Beavers 77-71 victory over Cal on Saturday.

Did OSU’s freshmen outplay Cal’s first-year players? Thompson, Jr. was understandably noncommittal — “both groups of freshmen played really well,” he said — but its a debatable point. Rabb was quiet, going just 2-for-4 from the field, while Brown’s 20 points was marred by his 2-for-8 effort from the free throw line.

OSU’s freshmen didn’t just contribute offensively: including Gligorije Rakocevic, they totaled seven rebounds and four steals. Other players chipped in some key buckets, like Jarmal Reid’s eight points, Olaf Schaftenaar’s five and Daniel Gomis and Cheikh N’Diaye’s four.

“We had great contributions, even a couple of guys who didn’t score for us,” coach Tinkle said. “Some of our vets were instrumental in helping us get organized in our offense, or defending the way we’re supposed to defend… even the guys that didn’t play. Their energy on the bench: it’s reminding us more and more of last year’s bench.”

Even more surprising is the players who didn’t play much on Satur-

day but could make an impact in upcoming games and have done so earlier in the season. Coach Tinkle mentioned freshman guard Derrick Bruce without prompting; Bruce did not play against Cal but has been a reliable backup point guard this year. Gomis and Reid are also gaining momentum after early-season injuries and both figure to factor largely into OSU’s success as the season progresses.

“That’s the strength of our team, we have depth,” coach Tinkle said.

“Be ready and stay positive, because we’ll call on you next time and you’ll make the same contributions the other guys did the night before.”

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20 minutes. They took a 38-31 lead going into the fourth quarter and they never had a smaller lead after. That third period proved to be the clincher that continues the lengthy success OSU has had over the Ducks.

“I just felt we had a different focus,” Hamblin said on the deciding second half. “We were really sharp and dialed in on all our plays and our execution was great.”

Four seniors — forwards Deven Hunter and Samantha Siegner, Weisner and Hamblin — completed the career sweep over the Ducks and established themselves as the reigning victor again in the age-old college rivalry.

“I think it’s huge,” Weisner said. “I think all of us came off the court with big smiles on our faces and it’s huge just to do it for our fans. You know they’re here with us through it all and that’s the biggest game of the season for them. To have a bunch of Oregon State fans behind us in the crowd is huge and we love doing it for them.”

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Senior guard Jamie Weisner has not lost to the Ducks in her college career.

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The average margin of victory for the Beavers over Ducks during the 11 game win streak.

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L 196.175-195.425 Auburn

W. Basketball

W 59-45 Oregon

M. Basketball

W 77-71 Cal

Wrestling

W 26-9 Central Michigan

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It was a ‘super fun’ game for Bill Walton

By Brian Rathbone Sports Editor

Bill Walton loves his life. The Basketball Hall of Famer, NBA World Champion and charismatic broadcaster found his way back to the Pacific Northwest to call Saturday’s clash between Oregon State and Cal in a pivotal conference game early in the Pac-12 season.

Unlike most broadcasters, there is not a mob of fans spanning from young kids to grown adults, wanting autographs, photos and to reminisce about his playing days.

Walton brings a wealth of basketball knowledge that few in the business can match. If there was a Mount Rushmore of college basketball players, Walton’s bust would absolutely be carved into the side of the mountain.

The lengthy list of basketball accomplishments include being named Naismith College Player of the Year three times, two NCAA championships, an 88-game winning streak while at UCLA, two-time NBA champion (including bringing home the Portland Trail Blazers only champion-

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Continued from page 4 Oregon or Washington, you are going to go OSU because they have core values that lead to proven success. Values that were hammered in stone

by Rueck when he arrived.

Flashback to June of 2010.

Rueck is hired to take over an OSU program that was in such a state of disarray that the players in the program either left entirely or voiced their opinions about former coach Lavonda Wagner’s unethical styles of coaching.

Not be be unfair to the OSU players that were in the program when Rueck arrived, but the talent level was almost zero and he had

ship in 1977), NBA league MVP, NBA Final’s MVP and Sixth Man of the Year (The only player in NBA history with all three of those honors, despite having an injury plagued NBA career.

Now he finds himself calling the game he loves in the Pac-12 conference where his legacy started, or as he routinely calls it, “The Conference of Champions.” His exuberant and philosophical style of calling games — saying that Gary Payton II “has an intergalactic presence” during Saturday’s game — is entertaining among college campuses in the conference.

Walton takes pride in being a champion and what it takes to become a champion saying “there’s nothing like being a champion.”

When it comes to comparing championship teams he will tell you to not compare championship teams — he has the same rule for comparing concerts, children and congraduations.

Brian Rathbone: What were your thoughts on tonight’s game?

Bill Walton:It was super fun, it was everything that I had hoped for — I was hoping that Cal would play a little better because I’m a huge Cal fan. But this Oregon State team I really like them, they have a lot of players, a lot of different looks, they have a great blend of veteran leadership and young fresh coming in and the crowd today was awesome. This is the portent of the future, young people around the land will watch

this game, will come to this game, and this team will change their lives, and they will be inspired to new levels of greatness in their own lives, but also for generations who will come down to play for Wayne Tinkle at Oregon State.

BR: You played for some legendary coaches in your career, John Wooden (UCLA and Dr. Jack Ramsay (Portland) What has impressed you about Wayne Tinkle?

BW: His commitment, his enthusiasm, his passion.

You take every single value, you take every single human attribute that is embodied in John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success that is on the wall in player’s lounge in the Oregon State basketball facility — and Wayne Tinkle epitomises that.

There are a lot of great coaches in this conference, a lot of great young coaches which is fantastic for us because The Conference of Champions is appropriately named. Wayne Tinkle is a champion, but you have Andy Enfield (USC), Sean Miller (Arizona) who is the gold standard, platinum standard, thorian standard right now. The Bruins are back, USC is coming on, but this Wayne Tinkle, he’s got it all. What he represents in terms of teaching, guidance, mentoring, leadership and all the different things of making a program, making a life, he is a dad, he’s a husband and is just absolutely spectacular. In the short time that I’ve known Wayne Tinkle — It isn’t about him,

to hold open tryouts just to field a team.

When Rueck arrived, he told his players that if you believed in his ideals and put the work in, the success would follow.

“Everybody that has been associated with this program from day one has had a belief that something special could be built at Oregon State,” Rueck said. “We have had a philosophy in place with a way to play the game, a way to treat each other, and the (success) is a testament to people believing in us, our coaches working hard in every way. ” Flash forward to today: The Beavers didn’t play their best game of the season, en route to only a 14-point victory. But

the thing to take away from the game is that the Beavers marginal performance will still beat the Ducks’ best performance time and time again.

The fact that the Beavers are still able to annihilate the Ducks even when they committed 16 turnovers speaks volumes to the kind of machine that Rueck has been able to build at OSU. “The just keep coming at you time and time again,” said Oregon coach Kelly Graves. “It speaks to their program and what they have been able to build.”

The building of a program requires both skill and patience, which Rueck displayed immensely while JEREMY MELAMED | THE DAILY BAROMETER bringing OSU up from the bottom. He went from out- Oregon State head coach Scott Reuck wanders the sideline of Beavers 59-45 house to penthouse. Zero victory on Sunday against Oregon. Reuck is now 11-1 against the Ducks. to hero. And perhaps most importantly, he did it the of wins the Beavers are pil- the advantage on the football remain the Big Sister to Oreright way: He had a plan, and ing up. field, but as long as Rueck is gon on the hardwood. executed it and the results are evident in the number The Ducks may still have at the helm, the Beavers will On Twitter @b_slaught

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BR: You won a lot of games in college BW: Not Enough! (laughs) BR: One of the games that you did lose was here at Gill Coliseum BW: Ralph MIller is a hall of famer, some of those players that played for Oregon State came up to me after the game, and I can’t believe we loss that game (shaking

his head with a laugh).

BR: Did you have a relationship with (former OSU and NBA star) Gary Payton?

BW:I broadcasted Gary’s career and I’m a huge Gary Payton fan and I can never thank him enough. Gary and Luke joined the Lakers at the same time and Gary, Shaq, Kobe, Karl and Phil all treated him really, really well.

BR: What did you think of his son, Gary Payton II, tonight?

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er. I love GPII, he plays to win, there’s no nonsense, there’s no self-promotion, there’s no ego out of control, he plays to win the game and he does everything. He’s so fun to watch — the team is fun watch. And this crowd, the band and the cheerleaders and Gill Coliseum it’s fantastic. I’m ecstatic for this region, I’m ecstatic for this state and I’m ecstatic for the this conference, because so many of the teams are on the rise and Oregon State is on the rise.

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Continued from page 1 Engagement, last year’s event had 290 students volunteer. This year there are 12 projects, which can accommodate around 300 volunteers.

Corkery said those interested in participating must pre register on the Center for Civic Engagement webpage. Each project is on a first-come, first-serve basis, so early registration is important. A wait list will be established for projects that fill up before the deadline.

“This is one of the largest events the Center for Civic Engagement puts on throughout the year. It is important to hold because it gets lots of students involved,” said Jeremy Chu, a sophomore in biology who also works with the Center for Civic Engagement.

Corkery, as well as others with the Center for Civic Engagement, see a great importance for holding the Day of Service each year.

“MLK Day is celebrated throughout the community and we see it is important to build on that community.

Participating in the Day of Service connects the community and allows us to reflect on problems we face and ways to reach a more peaceful and connected solution,” Corkery said.

The most well known event of the celebration, the Peace Breakfast, falls on Jan. 18. The breakfast itself consists of several speakers, including a keynote speaker that is selected through the Office of Equity and Inclusion’s MLK celebration committee. Open to students as well as the general public, the popular event fills the MU Ballroom each year, according to Merrell.

“The Peace Breakfast is absolutely the biggest event. All of the OSU community is invited, and comes to some degree, and so is the greater Corvallis community,” said Merrell. “We average 500 to 600 attendees every year. It fills the MU Ballroom.”

This year’s keynote speaker for the breakfast is Jeff Chang, the executive director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University. Chang is well known for several books he has published, as well as his public speaking, according to Gabriel.

Other speakers will include the exec-

Provost’s Literary Prize $500 AwArd

And publicAtion on cAmpus Sabah Randhawa, Provost and Executive Vice President, requests submissions to the 28th Annual Provost’s Literary Prize for undergraduates at OSU. The prize consists of an award of $500 and publication for on-campus distribution.

Rules

The literary work may be fiction, poetry, drama, or creative nonfiction written for a general audience. The prize is open to currently enrolled undergraduate students at Oregon State University who may submit their own work or have work nominated by faculty members.

Submissions must be the student’s original work, typed, no longer than 14 double-spaced pages for prose or drama, or eight manuscript pages for poetry, and include full name, year in school, current mailing address, phone number, and student I.D. number of the author.

Deadline

Submit work to Prof. Keith Scribner, Chair of the Provost’s Literary Prize Committee – School of Writing, Literature and Film main office, Moreland 238 – by 5 p.m., Monday, February 29th, 2016.

Announcement

The Provost will announce the winner in May.

utive director of Equity and Inclusion, OSU President Ed Ray, and institutional awards that recognize diversity related work by any individual in the community will also be handed out.

The celebration of Dr. King will end the night of Friday, Jan. 22 with the Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. Dance in the Snell International Forum. The dance begins at 9 p.m. and goes until 2 a.m.

“It is good to talk about and visit our history and individuals in our history who have done really positive things for us, as well as recognize the work all of us on campus are doing around these topics,” said Merrell.

In his second year working directly with the MLK Celebration, Merrell looks forward to the event each year.

“One of the things I love about the celebration is that it isn’t just one office that is putting on a lot of events, it is an opportunity for anyone in the community that is interested in these topics to come together and have conversations and go to events that are led by a very diverse group of individuals and offices.”

Wolf

Continued from page 2

there are differences but said they were not strong enough to warrant listing the island wolves as a distinct species.

The best available genetic data “do not indicate that the GMU 2 population harbors significant adaptive variation, which is supported further by the fact that the GMU 2 population is not persisting in an unusual or unique ecological setting,” the government concluded.

Bruce Dale, the director of the division of wildlife within the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, which argued against a listing, said the state was committed to protecting the wolf through improved forest management and hunting practices and other means.

Despite the declines, he said

Hor oscope Today’s Birthday (01/11/16). An emotional barrier dissolves this year. Reassess your progress and destination. Complete old promises and invent new possibilities. Plan thoroughly before April action. A status rise beckons, especially after spring eclipses spark your creative muses. Take an educational path after autumn eclipses invigorate your communications. Express passion.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 6 — Examine personal opportunities. Friends give you a boost. Cash in on something you’ve kept in reserve. Your suspicions get confirmed. Some of your worries are well founded. Teamwork pays off.

Provide well for family.

watching. Do the homework before speaking. Make sure you know what you’re talking about. You learn quickly. Follow an older person’s advice. Don’t throw your money around. Reaffirm a commitment.

Make a good impression.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 6 — Friends help you advance.

Check out an interesting suggestion.

Keep it practical. You can find what you need. Get family to help. Obtain necessary materials. Feed everyone who shows up. Show a skeptic about love.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Little successes breed selfesteem. Money flows to you. Argue your points in your head first. Don’t make anything public yet. Play by the rules. Be willing to get your hands dirty. Flex your artistic muscles.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — Balance physical work with social demands. Consider the consequences of inaction. Can you work from home? Collaborate with your team to spread out the work.

Take their ideas into consideration.

They come through for you.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Make your preparations very carefully. Add structure. Use something you’ve been saving. Send someone ahead to set up. Keep secrets and confidences. Trust your own good sense. Imagine the whole thing working out perfectly.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Important people are

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — Tidying up makes a good

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wolves and deer on the islands remain abundant relative to other parts of the range.

“That doesn’t mean they weren’t more abundant before,” he said.

The decision was a victory for the region’s remaining timber industry. Only one large sawmill remains on Prince of Wales Island.

The Fish and Wildlife Service said it expects wolves on the island to decline further in the next 30 years from “the cumulative effect of stressors.”

“However, wolves here constitute only 4 percent of the range of the Alexander Archipelago wolf and 6 percent of its current estimated total population. Therefore, negative population impacts on these islands will likely not affect the rangewide population in a significant way,” the agency said.

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TUESDAY, Jan. 12:

Event 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Political Science Program Location: Gilkey 305 2016 Cuba Study Abroad Final Information Session. Come and learn about the opportunity to study about and travel to Cuba! The spring and summer program is open to all majors.

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13:

Discussion 12:30 p.m. - 1 p.m. Waste Watchers Location: SEC 206 meet people who share your interests in sustainability, while learning about ways you can get involved to reduce waste at OSU.

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Discussion 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Recreational Sports Advisory Board Location: Dixon Recreation Center Conference Room Advisory Board Monthly Meeting

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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Travel may include a group event. Ask your network for ideas, and discover practical opportunities. Try not to rush to the conclusion. Spend time with your partner. Get out and enjoy new scenery together. Enjoy the process.

Discussion 12:30 p.m. - 1 p.m. Baha’i Campus Association Location: Room 105, Memorial Union Religion as a Progressive Educational Experience

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Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Think about beauty and love. Set long-range goals and create a schedule. Add artistic touches to your home. Enjoy time with dear ones. Share resources and opportunities. Tend the fire. Delegate the details.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — Make the commitment.

Review your plans for stability.

Employ some elbow grease. Keep control of expenses. While you work, think about how to present it. Invent a tagline and short, sassy descriptions.

Choose a color scheme.

Event 12:30 p.m. - 1 p.m. OSU Surplus Property Location: OSUsed Store, 644 SW 13th St. Weekly afternoon public sale at OSU’s on-campus thrift store.

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impression. Do the work that nobody will see. Move ahead slowly to avoid mistakes. Gain through private transactions. Make sure your partner is in agreement. Show respect and gain love.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 5 — In a disagreement about priorities, get a second opinion.

Another obstacle presents itself.

Additional financing is available, through compromise. Emotions could run high. Let associates hold down the fort. Watch your step, and wear the right shoes.

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Poetics Corvallis Kicks off the Year

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Participants Ethan Heasser (left), an English and communication science junior and Bryan Smith (right) reading poetry at Interzone Cafe.

Locals from Corvallis gather to share poetry during open mic night

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small open space behind all of the chairs was completely filled. There was a slight hum of chatter while others watched and sipped their coffee and tea.

As soon as the the first reader went up to the mic, everyone hushed and intently listened in silence. Even the baristas paused from their work to lean over the counter and listen to the reader. Those who signed up read off of their cell phones, laptops, papers or even what they remembered off of the tops of their heads. Through these gatherings Frank Hall, the host of Poetics Corvallis, strives to create a non-judgmental environment created for local artists to share their work.

“We are not a competitive poetry slam. We provide a supportive, non judgmental, non competitive place for poets to share their poetry.” he said.

Hall presented poems such as William Stufford’s “A Ritual to Read to Each Other.”

For students like Ethan Heasser, a junior in English and communication science, the event provides a comfortable space where he can present his poetry to supportive open ears.

“Last year I was new to Oregon State so I was asking people around if they knew of poetry things because that has always been an interest of mine,” Heasser said. “They told me that this was the place to be for that.”

Heasser shared an assortment of his poems in both rounds of the open mic.

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People from around town came together at Interzone cafe last Friday, Jan. 8 to start the first Poetics Corvallis open mic night of the year.

The poems that were read ranged from individual works, to poems taken from books. The cafe itself has walls that are covered with many paintings and artwork.

Before the poems were read, the cafe was filled with the sounds of chatter and the harsh buzz of coffee machines. The mic was set at the far end of the cafe in front of completely filled seats. The event operates by having a simple sign-up sheet set out prior

to the event. The first round nine people read aloud, then there was a short break.

Afterwards, a few more remaining speakers got the chance to read their poems. Each person has up to ten minutes on the mic.

Poetics Corvallis started about five years ago, at a bar called Cloud & Kelly’s Public House. After a few years of bouncing around they ended up at Interzone cafe located on Monroe Ave. There was a diverse crowd of local community members as well as Oregon State University students. The ages of participants represented multiple generations and perspectives. Even ‘Dancing Mike’ was there to share two spoken word pieces about his life and beliefs.

The night started out with the featured artist and musician, Dusty Santamaria.

Santamaria played a few of his original songs on his guitar to warm up the audience for the night. He strummed his guitar and sang as more people came in. Soon the

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Coachella, another rock reunion

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Anyone surprised by the news that Guns N’ Roses will reunite at this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is clearly forgetting one of Axl Rose’s signature mantras: “All we need is just a little patience.”

Wait long enough these days and it seems you’ll see every band that has ever broken up come back together, one result of a struggling music industry that’s increasingly relying on concert tickets to replace record sales. Chances are good too that many of those reunions will take place at Coachella, which since launching in 1999 has developed a reputation for luring A-list rockers and rappers out of retirement.

So it makes perfect sense that some semioriginal version of Guns N’ Roses—with a lineup that includes Rose, guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan, according to various social-media posts—is set to perform at the high-profile festival in Indio, Calif., especially after last year’s headlining set by AC/DC proved that crusty dudes with guitars still had a home amid Coachella’s pop stars and EDM bros.

The manicured expanse of the Empire Polo Club, where Coachella 2016 is scheduled for April 15-17 and April 22-25, is an ideal setting to hear “November Rain,” “Don’t Cry” and “Sweet Child o’ Mine,” sweeping rock songs with a sense of scale now rarely heard in rock.

Yet the inevitability of GNR’s return also contributes to a feeling that Coachella’s traditions are beginning to harden into something more obligatory: mere maintenance, essentially, for one of music’s most closely watched brands.

That feeling is only bolstered by another of this year’s headliners, LCD Soundsystem, whose fans haven’t needed nearly as much patience in awaiting its comeback: This lovably wry New York dance-rock outfit played a so-called farewell concert less than five years ago, which indicates the lengths the festival will go to fulfill its reunion promise. Perhaps the young men of One Direction will climb back in their still-warm saddles in 2017.

It seems significant too that both Guns N’ Roses and LCD Soundsystem are reportedly using Coachella to kick off extensive tours that will take them far beyond the desert east of L.A. That’s always happened, of course—the Pixies

(in 2004) and Rage Against the Machine (in 2007) didn’t limit their comebacks to a single gig. But the vaunted Coachella reunion used to carry a convincing one-off electricity, as though the festival had made the impossible happen. Now it’s simply a reliable component in a carefully calibrated marketing strategy, as we saw when Outkast headlined in 2014. Performing for the first time in years as part of the trailblazing hip-hop duo, Andre 3000 looked prematurely exhausted by the summer he’d committed to spending on the road.

There are other ways in which Coachella’s latest lineup feels a bit routine, from the high number of repeat visitors—including Ellie Goulding, Disclosure, Zedd and Calvin Harris, all of whom played in 2014 — to the presence of James Bay and Of Monsters and Men, who will uphold the festival’s troubling commitment to dreary, vaguely folky alternative rock. (Hopefully, neither of them attempts to cover Morris Day and the Time’s “Jungle Love” as Hozier rather embarrassingly did last year.)

None of this means Coachella has lost the charge that arguably makes it America’s most prestigious live music event. To some degree, the festival’s predictability, along with its deluxe amenities and celebrity clientele, is what enables it to sell out of regular passes before each year’s lineup is even announced.

And unexpected bookings are peppered throughout the bill, including Rae Sremmurd, the rowdy Atlanta rap twosome; Kamasi Washington, the adventurous L.A. jazz saxophonist; and the buzzed-about country singer Chris Stapleton, who’s also slated to appear this year at Stagecoach, Coachella’s roots-music companion festival.

Major surprises could be in store, as well, during performances by serial collaborators like Major Lazer and ASAP Rocky, while Ice Cube’s advertised solo set could easily turn into an impromptu N.W.A show.

But then again, that would be just another reunion—precisely what Coachella has trained us to anticipate.

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