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Sigma Alpha sorority to have 6 speakers February to celebrate, connect women in field of agriculture By Jasmin Vogel
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Unhoused sorority Sigma Alpha gives women in agriculture an opportunity to get together. “We focus on academics and leadership across campus,” said Emma Miller, second vice president of Sigma Alpha. “It’s a great way to get 60 new friends, like a family away from home.” Miller is a junior majoring in agricultural science and also an officer of the nationally recognized professional sorority within the College of Agriculture. The unhoused sorority is built on four pillars: scholarship, leadership, service and fellowship. All different areas of agriculture are represented in the club, allowing members to learn and develop a broad understanding of agriculture. “I wanted a sorority that was focused more towards my career path,” said Ashley Reese, a freshman majoring in animal sciences with a pre-veterinary option. Fall term rush, Sigma Alpha initiated 17 new members, bringing up their membership to 59 active members. The addition of new members has allowed Sigma Alpha to Nicki Silva
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Construction of the Student Experience Center, located at the intersection of Southwest Jefferson Way and Southwest Waldo Place, continues, steamrolling over projected move-in deadlines.
SEC move-ins delayed Crucial part held up in transit, pushing back permit for occupancy By Abigail Erickson THE DAILY BAROMETER
The Student Experience Center is nearing completion, but recent delays have pushed back the move-in dates for many Oregon State University programs. Sid Cooper, associate director of building services at the Memorial Union, serves as the communications conduit between the SEC construction team and the MU organization. Cooper has been overseeing much of the construction since its inception. “I ferry questions, comments, requests for information, construction, event and activity schedules back and forth, keep MU intrusions on construction space minimized and help keep students safe from impacts to connecting pathways
along or through construction areas,” Associated Students of Oregon State University, one of the organizations that Cooper said. will be moving into the According to Cooper, SEC upon completion, the completion of the SEC also noticed the delay. has been delayed due to a I was told that we are variety of reasons. “I was told that we are “There are thousands waiting for a part to the waiting for a part to of parts composing our smoke detection systhe smoke detection modern facility,” Cooper tem,” Sarman said. “This system ... This has said. “Some of them are has delayed approval late in arriving due to delayed approval from from the fire chief, and scheduling and producASOSU’s move-in to the the fire chief, and tion issues caused by perSEC has been delayed mit delays, market condi- ASOSU’s move-in to the until February 2015.” SEC has been delayed tions and other problems. Despite this, there is One part in particular, until February 2015. still no major impact which happens to be on ASOSU as a whole, crucial to our required Sarman added. Taylor Sarman fire safety smoke test, is Cooper said there are President of ASOSU delayed in transit, stuck no other parts to ship, in a shipping container somewhere in the and once the part for the smoke detection port of Los Angeles.” See SEC | page 4 Taylor Sarman, president of the
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International, American students divided Stereotypes, misunderstandings put distance between international, American students at OSU
for some students, there’s still a sense of foreignness. Physical distances no longer divide OSU students, but distances in communication sometimes do. Some students say that By Elizabeth Elder the stereotypes — both of United State THE DAILY BAROMETER citizens and International students — Every day, international exchange stu- often cause harm to chances of finding dents and American students at Oregon commonalities with each other. “I have always wondered how is it State University walk past each other on the sidewalks, shop at the same gro- that international students can afford cery stores and participate in the same to come to America, pay much higher group projects for classes together. But tuition and then buy brand new cars: n
Mercedes, BMWs, Chargers, Range Rovers, Porches?” said Ryan Fox, a senior majoring in psychology. “I’ve even seen a white Aston Martin on campus, which run at an upwards of $100,000.” Khalid Almarzooqi, a student in electrical and chemical engineering who is originally from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, drives a 2014 Chrysler. “One of my American friends said that my car looked like a grandma’s car
Ilene Kleinsorge, Oregon State University’s dean of the College of Business for 12 years, has announced her retirement, effective June 30 of this year. Kleinsorge was the dean and Sara Hart Kimball chair of the College of Business and executive dean of the Division of Business and Engineering for the university. “It has been a privilege to lead, serve and be a part of such an accomplished community of alumni, students, faculty and staff,” Kleinsorge said in an OSU press release. “Together we have evolved our curriculum, experiential learning opportunities and programs to provide a business education that prepares our graduates to be ready to work in local, regional, national and global economies.” During Kleinsorge’s time as dean, Austin Hall was planned for and built, the design majors moved into the College of Business and the college transitioned to the professional school model, among other achievements. The Daily Barometer
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Allegedly intoxicated visitors An officer from the Department of Public Safety logged that he, along with Oregon State Police backup, had to assist an allegedly intoxicated individual back to a residence hall. According to the logs, the individual allegedly said she was not an Oregon State University student, but was visiting friends on campus. Officers allegedly determined she was “intoxicated and unable to care for her own safety or the safety of others” and assisted her back to a residence hall where she had friends who allegedly promised to care for her for the rest of the night.
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Bicycling safety An officer from DPS stopped a bicyclist for alleged unsafe cycling habits. According to the officer’s logs, the individual had been riding along Southwest 26th Street, after dark,
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Meetings Gaming Club at OSU, 7pm, MU 222. Dixon Recreational Sports, 9-10am, Dixon Rec. Conference Room. Recreational Sports Board Meeting. ASOSU House of Representatives, 7pm, MU Lounge. Weekly meeting. ASOSU, 5:30pm, 149 Snell Hall. ASOSU Public Meeting and Open Hearing for 2015-16 budget request.
Thursday, Jan. 22 Events Campus Recycling, SSI, Waste Watchers, 5:30-7:30pm, OSUsed Store (644 SW 13th St.). January Repair Fair - Bring your broken items and volunteers will help you learn how to repair your belongings!
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Saturday, Jan. 24 Events Oregon State University Polo Club, 5-7pm, Benton County Fairgrounds Arena. OSU Men’s (horse not water) Polo Team vs. Colorado State University. Free parking and bleacher seating. OSU Polo since 1923. Come and watch this exciting and fast-paced game in person.
Sunday, Jan. 25 Events Oregon State University Polo Club, 10am-Noon, Benton County Fairgrounds Arena. OSU Women’s (horse not water) Polo Team vs. Colorado State University. Free parking and bleacher seating. OSU Polo since 1923. Come and watch this exciting and fastpaced game in person.
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Megan Konzelman, development coordinator at ABC House, receives the Community Organization/ Nonprofit of the Year award. was awarded to ABC House. ABC House is a nonprofit that services children who have been victims of abuse or neglect, and though it receives no tax dollar funding, no family has been turned away. The Future First Citizen award was given to Kate Bird, a senior at Crescent Valley High School who is highly engaged in her school and volunteers at several organizations in addition to her 4.0 GPA. The Good Stewart of the Planet award, which honors local businesses that take steps to make a positive impact on the environment, was given to Farmland LP, which promotes large-scale sustainable agriculture. The Entrepreneur of the Year award was awarded to Kate Lynch, the owner of Forks & Corks Catering, who also catered at the event that evening. Lorena Reynolds won the Junior First Citizen award for her work to end domestic violence and sexual assault in Corvallis through her pro bono legal firm. The Business of the Year award was given to Henderer Design + Build, which has contributed high-quality construction materials to more than 30 schools and nonprofits on an annual basis in the area. Tom Gerding, CEO and President of Gerding Companies, was awarded the Robert Ingalls Businessperson of the Year award for his active support of numerous nonprofits and his service on the Corvallis Capital Improvement Projects Commission. The Senior First Citizen award was granted to Kathleen Petrucela for her continued involvement and volunteer work for several local nonprofits. Petrucela was also
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By Abigail Erickson Each year, the city of Corvallis chamber of commerce hosts the annual Celebrate Corvallis event, where members of the chamber, along with local businesses, nonprofits and politicians, come together to honor those who have worked hard to serve their community. “We like to call this the Academy Awards of Corvallis,” said chamber of commerce Executive Director Kevin Dwyer. “This is an opportunity to honor people in a variety of disciplines and highlight achievements of the community.” Celebrate Corvallis acknowledges the accomplishments and service of local businesses, entrepreneurs and community volunteers. According to Dwyer, people and businesses are nominated by their peers to receive awards at the event, and committees look further into each nominee to determine the winner. “I think it’s an opportunity to recognize the community, especially the businesses in a smaller community like Corvallis,” Dwyer added. Jan. 16, the chamber of commerce hosted the 67th Annual Celebrate Corvallis event at the CH2M HILL Alumni Center at Oregon State University. This year’s “Wizard of Oz”-inspired theme, “There’s no place like Corvallis,” amused and delighted the crowd of 400 attendees. Emcees Mike McInally from the Corvallis GazetteTimes and John Marler from Marler Communications announced winners for community awards. Sponsors and small businesses gathered in the CH2M auditorium, and local politicians such as Corvallis mayor Biff Traber and Senator Sara Gelser made appearances at the event. “(Celebrate Corvallis) is a great celebration of the community here,” Gelser said. “The people here are so engaged, and it’s great to be reminded of the businesses and nonprofits we have here.” OSU Athletics helped sponsor the event, and athletes worked as valets for the guests. After a welcoming speech from board President Megan Schneider, McInally and Marler took the stage and kicked off the festivities. A total of 11 awards were given out over the course of the evening, the highest award being the First Citizen award, which is granted to an individual between the ages of 42 and 65 for making a substantial impact on the community. Other awards were given to Corvallis youth like the Junior First Citizen award, or entrepreneurs like the Entrepreneur of the Year award. The festivities began with the Patron of the Arts award, given to Joan Caldwell for her years of volunteer work to promote the arts in Corvallis, specifically her support of classical music. “(Corvallis) is a place to start beautiful things,” Caldwell said during her acceptance speech. The Community Organization/Nonprofit of the Year award, given in recognition of organizations who promote the overall health and livability of Benton County,
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Volunteers to descend on OC clinic in honor of MLK PORTLAND — Kaiser Permanente gave Clackamas Volunteers in Medicine Founders Clinic a $7,500 “Martin Luther King Day of Service� Grant, making it possible for the clinic to provide an extra day of health care this week, in addition to its normal clinic hours, for families and individuals residing in Clackamas County. In recognition of Dr. King’s dreams, practitioners of the Founders Clinic and Kaiser partnered to “seek and treat� those in need of medical attention as part of their shared community service mission. Since February 2011, Oregon City’s Clackamas Volunteers in Medicine Founders Clinic, the first free clinic in the county, has been providing medical services to the uninsured and underserved thanks to numerous volunteers, community grants and donations. With the newly announced grant, Kaiser recognizes the local clinic as one of only eight local Safety Net Partnership clinics.
Clinic Director Karen Shimada says CVIM Founders Clinic is using the extra day for especially targeting those who live in outlying areas of the county. Almost every day, Shimada said, the volunteers help patients avoid the emergency room by treating conditions that would soon get worse without proper care. “This gives them a chance to see the clinic and get a sense of what we do here,� she said. “A lot of the doctors who came to the first one are coming back, and it’s a way for them to give back to their community. They were all moved by how appreciative that patients are for the personal attention so they don’t slip through the cracks.� Services provided on MLK Day include routine, non-emergency care, treatment of chronic medical conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma and heart disease along with providing education and equipment for self-care. Patients and visitors can also receive help in signing up for Oregon Health Plan/Cover Oregon. “Our annual service days honoring
Martin Luther King Jr. are an important part of our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve,� said Rich Smith, Kaiser vice president of human resources. “These funds will help the clinics expand access and deliver high-quality health care to vulnerable populations.� Jaenada Osburn, employee health specialist with Kaiser Permanente, is a longtime MLK Days of Service volunteer. “It is important to volunteer and dedicate time because it gives you a sense of purpose,� Osburn said. “It’s a great feeling when you have completed a project and can look back and say ‘I helped make a difference.’� Call the Founders Clinic at 503-722-4400 if you or someone you know is in need of medical attention or to help volunteer. Interpreters will be on site (more are always welcome) and transportation will be made available to those in the rural, outlying areas of Clackamas County. For additional details, visit clackamasvim.org.
Activist says current events bring King’s message to life By Dash Paulson THE REGISTER-GUARD
EUGENE — Actress and activist Holly Robinson Peete told a crowd of 200 tonight that current events in the United States have made Martin Luther King Jr.’s movement against racial inequality all the more important to a younger generation. “We’ve become complacent in fighting for social justice,� she said. “Martin Luther King’s dream does exist today but as evidenced by some archaic mindsets around America, that vision has yet to be fully realized.� Robinson Peete’s speech came after a full day of activities in Eugene and Springfield designed to remember and advance the ideals championed by King, the civil rights leader and preacher slain in 1968. The events included a community march this morning in which participants walked down the Eugene boulevard named for King, starting at PK Park next to Autzen Stadium, and making their way to downtown Eugene, where speech-
es were made at the Shedd Institute for the Arts. Several marchers held signs referencing the deaths of unarmed black men killed by police officers in the past year — a theme echoed at other events across the country commemorating King’s legacy. In the afternoon, a second local march was held — this one in Springfield. That march, which began at the Springfield Justice Center and concluded at Springfield High School, was followed by a program that included speeches and the announcement of student contest award winners. Multiple sponsors for the events included the EugeneSpringfield chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and several LCCaffiliated groups, including the school’s Black Student Union. The mood at LCC’s celebration was warm and collegial, with rousing applause for several award winners, including Eugene city Councilor Greg Evans, who received the black student union’s Social Justice Award. Evans is also a longtime
was so distant and seemed to struggle with telling me he loved me,� she said. “His detachment was a direct result of the emotional shutdown of his own father...which was a direct result of racism and segregation.� Robinson Peete snuck in some references to Eugene locales in her speech, namedropping downtown’s Barmuda Triangle and the Bijou Metro, to make a wider point about how the civil rights movement has won African-Americans the right to frequent such locales everywhere without fear of being relegated. “A lot of nameless people marched, got beaten, spat upon, hosed and sometimes even killed so that you could enjoy a cold Stella or a Cosmo at Jameson’s without issue,� she said, referring to the bar on West Broadway. She concluded her speech by calling King’s dream a “marathon,� not a sprint, and said the younger generation must take up the mantle of earlier civil rights leaders. “Who will pick up the baton?� she asked.
organizer of the annual King celebration. Robinson Peete, who received a standing ovation, said it’s “hard to give an MLK speech without talking about what’s happening around the country. Watching the news with my Mom, she said it sometimes looks like 1965...� Robinson Peete said it’s no coincidence that the racial unrest portrayed in the current film “Selma,� about King’s 1965 march to Montgomery, Ala., to push for voting rights, mirrors the current racial tensions in such places as Staten Island, N.Y., and Ferguson, Mo. “I truly find it to be a ‘divine alarm’ and we as a country cannot afford at this moment to hit the snooze button,� she said. “We have to answer it.� Robinson Peete shared a story about her Aunt Sheila, her father’s sister, who she said contracted scarlet fever as a child and died after being denied care at a whites-only hospital. She only found out about her Aunt Sheila in her 20s, Robinson Peete said. Learning her story “answered so many questions about why my father
Salem man attacked by owl in Bush’s Pasture Park By Alisha Roemeling STATESMAN JOURNAL
SALEM — Ron Jaecks of Salem was on his usual morning run in Bush’s Pasture Park on Tuesday when he was attacked, or so he thought. Jaecks was jogging near the baseball field about 5:15 a.m. Suddenly in the morning darkness his stocking cap was pulled from his head, and almost simultaneously he felt something puncture his scalp. Jaecks thought he was dying. “It was like a huge electric shock ran through my body, but also like I got hit in the head with a two-by-four all at the same time,� Jaecks said. “Or maybe a strike of lightning.� Jaecks, 58, immediately began to run faster, trying to escape his assailant. Running in circles and screaming, the general surgeon for Kaiser Permanente began to think that he was having a stroke or an aneurysm. Jaecks took off in the direction of Mission
Street in hopes of being seen by someone at Salem Hospital, not knowing exactly what had happened in the park. But on his sprint toward safety, the attacker struck again, and this time Jaecks didn’t have a hat on. Jaecks felt the blunt force. He thought to look up and saw a large winged animal. He thought it was a massive bat. Now realizing that an animal was responsible for the attacks, Jaecks went home and washed his scalp instead of heading into the hospital. He then made a phone call to his friend David Craig, a biology professor and animal behavior specialist at Willamette University. “I called David and described what had happened,� Jaecks said. “He immediately said it was either a barred owl or a great horned owl.� According to the Nature Conservancy, great horned owls are the most powerful of the common owls. According to Seattle radio station KPLU,
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parts of a Seattle park were closed following several reported attacks on people in 2012. Every morning for about an hour, Jaecks runs laps around the perimeter of the park just across the street from Salem Hospital, where he works. He’s intensified his workout for the past three months so he can fit into a green and gold Green Bay Packers jumpsuit each Sunday. Jaecks grew up in Wisconsin and is a lifelong Packers fan. He tries to attend every Super Bowl that the Packers play in and plans to attend the game this year if the Packers advance. He was not wearing the suit Tuesday morning. According to Craig, great horned owl attacks that produce injuries are not common, but they’re not unheard of either. “When owls are nesting, they’re really territorial, Craig said. “Great horned owls as well as barred owls often swoop down on people, but a very small percentage get clawed and attacked like that.�
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PORTLAND — Organizations representing racial and ethnic minorities, who now constitute one of every five Oregonians, have outlined three main goals for the 2015 legislative session. Just 25 years ago, they constituted one of every 10 Oregonians. “We have a lot more people of color in our state and this is an exciting opportunity,” says Jen Lleras Van Der Haeghen, director of the RACE Program at the Western States Center in Portland. She and three panelists spoke at the Friday Forum of the City Club of Portland. The three priorities are paid sick leave, steps against racial profiling by police, and a ban on questions about criminal history on employment forms. Oregon’s growing diversity is not confined to the Portland metropolitan area, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Jefferson County (39 percent) in central Oregon, Malheur County (38 percent) and Morrow County (37 percent) in Eastern Oregon lead the state; Marion County, where Salem is, is at 32 percent. Multnomah County is at 28 percent. Oregon lawmakers start their 160-day session on Feb. 2. Two of this year’s three priorities were introduced in the 2013 session, and one of the two was heard by a legislative committee but did not advance to a vote. Panelists offered these details:
Paid sick leave Paid sick leave for employees is proposed at the rate of one hour accumulated for every 30 hours worked, starting after the first 90 days of employment. Although a bill failed to advance past a House committee in 2013, Portland instituted such a requirement a year ago, and Eugene is scheduled to do so July 1. Connecticut, Califor nia and Massachusetts have such requirements. Kathy Wai, policy director for the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon, says nearly half of Oregon’s private-sector workers — and 130,000 people of color — would benefit from such a requirement. She says its absence tends to hurt low-wage workers, particularly those who are single parents or people of color. “Without having paid sick time, it makes it harder for them to keep a job,” she says. But the Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association is organizing opposition, saying that the mix of wages and benefits should be left in private hands. President Obama called Thursday for federal action on paid sick leave, but Wai says Oregon should continue to pursue action on its own.
of crime. The bill would ban the practice, require police agencies to collect data on contacts such as traffic stops, and designate the state attorney general to receive complaints. A similar bill, modeled on a 2009 New Mexico law, was introduced but not heard in 2013. There have been efforts to collect data on traffic stops by police, although on an agency-by-agency basis, and a state panel to analyze the data. Police and minority groups have differed on this issue. “I think a lot of times, people in law enforcement say it’s a perception, not real,” says Kayse Jama, executive director of the Center for Intercultural Organizing. “But in communities of color, we know it is a reality we face.”
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“Ban the box,” which describes a proposed restriction on asking about an individual’s criminal history on initial employment forms. Portland and Multnomah County already do so, along with about a dozen states, although some of those bans apply only to public employers. Portland adopted its ban last summer. Michael Alexander, executive director of the Urban League of Portland, says such a law would not bar employers from asking relevant questions of an applicant Steps against profiling, a prac- during an interview or conducting tice using race or ethnicity to help criminal background checks. He police determine whether people also says employers could impose should be stopped on suspicion restrictions in sensitive jobs.
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Amy Choi, who is originally from Korea, is a staff member at the International Resource Center and president of the International Students because typically people get chargers of Oregon State University. In addition, and stuff — muscle cars. I personally she’s a senior who studies electrical think that they just want to flaunt it,” engineering. Choi had some queshe said. “At home, I am considered tions of her own, specifically surroundmiddle class, but here in America, I am ing Americans and how they form very wealthy. friendships. “But that doesn’t explain buying “Between Americans, how do you expensive cars. For myself, I am going back home, and so it seemed like a know when you are friends with someone?” Choi asked. waste of money.” Choi spoke of an Maria Angelica experience that she I notice that here, Siborutorop, who is had where she met originally from Jakarta, Americans take more an American classIndonesia, majors in mate for coffee. Choi time to establish a chemical engineersaid they greeted each ing. She said some of friendship, trust, to other warmly with the cultural miscontrust the person. hugs, had an enjoyable ceptions come from and lengthy conversaa lack of essential tion and then waved Khalid Almarzooqi information. goodbye with promStudent in electrical and “Yes, most internaises to hang out again chemical engineering tional students buy the soon. full car when they get The promises, said to America,” Angelica Siborutorop said. “You are only seeing Choi, ended up being empty and left her some of our wealthiest people though; upset and questioning how American for instance, if you took the wealthiest culture works. “I met one friend in class, it seems that Americans’ children and sent all of them to another country and then everything we had fun and it was nice, but then that in that country was cheaper than in was all, and I still don’t understand why,” their own country, they would probably Choi said. take advantage of that situation as well.” Almarzooqi responded to Choi’s story.
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But he says that while African Americans constitute 2 percent of Oregon’s population, they also are 12 percent of the 32,000 in state prison or under community supervision of the Oregon Department of Corrections — and they have difficulties even getting a shot at a job that would keep them out of trouble. “We know many of these individuals are able to demonstrate they are on a path to rehabilitation and they are able to be contributors,” he says. “We also know there is a disproportionate impact on communities of color. If the box is checked, it (an interview) rarely happens.” Alexander acknowledges that some released from prison or community supervision will commit new crimes. “But the box on an application form does not distinguish between that kind of person and a person who is vested in the future and has made a successful transition back into the community,” he says. The moderator for the Friday Forum was Jesse Beason, director of public policy for the Northwest Health Foundation. Western States Center, joined by six other organizations, produced a 2013 report, “Facing Race,” that awarded grades to lawmakers based on 18 votes in the session. Five were given double weight. Democrats, who held majorities in both chambers, tended to score higher than Republicans. The report followed up an initial report in 2011.
“I notice that here, Americans take more time to establish a friendship, trust, to trust the person,” Almarzooqi said. After this statement Almarzooqi told a story of his own. In Dubai, if he were to meet a roommate of a friend and see that man the next day, they would stop, shake hands and have a conversation. He said he feels the experience is different in America. Tye Abbey, who is originally from Bend, Ore. and a junior majoring in chemical engineering, feels that the friendships between Americans seem to embody the ideals of America. “It’s easy to meet people and be friendly. It happens all the time,” Abbey said. “Though my real friends have been there for me when I needed them the same way I consider them and their wellbeing.” There are classes at OSU that teach students about other cultures and cultural sensitivity. However, OSU offers its native students opportunities to meet, speak, learn and form relationships with peers from all around the world without having to even leave campus. Choi said that although the doors may read International Resource Center, they are open as a resource for all students interested in culture and new friendships at OSU. Elizabeth Elder, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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system is installed and the smoke test is passed, the MU can get its certificate of occupancy from the city of Corvallis for the building. After that, groups can begin moving in. The SEC will not only house ASOSU, but also the MU Craft Center, the programs and activity support of Student Leadership and Involvement, the Auxiliaries and Activities Business Center, Intercultural Student Services and Diversity Development, the International Resource Center and the Orange Media Network, to which The Daily Barometer belongs. “Some of these programs and activities will lose student participation over winter term and some will even lose revenue now,” Cooper said. “The Craft Center is unable to access their space to unpack until we get the certificate of occupancy. The Graduate Student Success Center is also held off from moving in the MU until programs there move to the SEC.” The construction in general also has an impact on the day-to-day lives of other students. “(The construction of the SEC) has a big impact on my ability to get around campus,” said Camden Mullins, a sophomore in graphic design. “I’m constantly making trips to Student Media Services to pick up prints for my job, but due to some of the delays I’ve had to wait near about 10 minutes at times just to cross Jefferson street.” According to Cooper, construction on the SEC will be “substantially complete” when programs are finally allowed to occupy the building. “There will still be some areas behind the construction fence a little longer,” Cooper said. “The Plaza Canopy area will complete on March 31.” Cooper wished to remind OSU students and staff to be alert to traffic once the construction fence comes down on Southwest Jefferson Way this coming week. “Slow down and be safe until everyone gets used to the changes,” Cooper said. “And be aware that the sidewalk between the MU and Valley Library is now open for use.” Abigail Erickson, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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Feb. 21, Sigma Alpha will host Pasta Bingo in Bexell Hall as part of their philanthropy with Oregon engage in more volunteer oppor- Agriculture in the Classroom, tunities and create more active a national non-profit organizaparticipation in the eight com- tion focused on the education of mittees designed to enhance the students K-12. The organization sorority socially, academically and works to provide understandmonetarily. ing and awareness of agriculture “We are really excited to elect through discia new historian plines such as and reboot our math, science website,” said I think it will be and history President Marisa an amazing while working Owens, a senior opportunity to speak closely with majoring in anithe College of mal sciences. with women in the Agriculture at This y e a r, career I’m going into. Oregon State. Sigma Alpha
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aims to focus on Spring rush Ashley Reese networking with for Sigma Alpha Freshman in animal women currently will begin the sciences, pre-veterinary option in agriculture second week of careers. A profesFebruary. Former freshman rushsional symposium will be held ees Taylor Battey and Reese are with a panel of six women with careers in the field of agriculture. excited to experience rush from The event will be held Monday, a new perspective. Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. in the MU Horizon “I get to see the other side of Room and will be free to the the process and the anticipation public. in the girls’ faces,” said Battey, an “I think it will be an amazing animal sciences major. opportunity to speak with women Jasmin Vogel, news reporter in the career I’m going into,” news@dailybarometer.com Reese said.
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The Beavers return to Gill Coliseum for a pair of home games against UCLA and USC after splitting the Washington road trip, falling to Washington by 13 and beating Washington State by 15. The contrast between the Washington and the WSU games was particularly evident for junior guards Gary Payton II and Langston Morris-Walker: against the Huskies they combined for eight points on 3-for-15 shooting; two days later, they posted 35 points with a 10-for-18 shooting clip. Morris-Walker had no rebounds against Washington but nabbed a career-high 11 boards against WSU. His 22 points were also a career-high. Two days after the Beavers went 9-for-10 at the free throw line against Washington, Morris-Walker alone finished the WSU game with nine free throws on 10 attempts. It was yet another career-high on Saturday for the Berkeley, Calif. native. Against the Huskies, the Beavers made only two of their last 21 shots in the first half and went into the halftime break with 15 points. WSU finished Saturday’s game shooting 29.2 percent from the field and 5-for-25 from behind the arc. The Cougars had just 16 points in the first half and finished with 61 points fewer than their matchup two days prior against Oregon, a 108-99 overtime victory. Since the Beavers lost their Pac-12 opening game against Oregon, the Ducks have gone 1-3, including an 18-point loss to then-No. 7 Arizona, while OSU has gone 3-1 and a 58-56 win over Arizona. Junior forward Jarmal Reid had 10 points against the Huskies, his fifth double-digit scoring game of the year. Reid hadn’t eclipsed the 10-point mark in the first 58 games of his career. Without junior forward Victor Robbins, who missed the Washington and WSU games to begin his 10-game suspension for violating athletic department policy, the Beavers had 17 bench points combined in the twogame road trip. Robbins was averaging See OUT OF THE BOX | page 6
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No. 9 Oregon State women’s basketball defended its undefeated record at home this weekend with two close wins against the Washington schools. “I think we are going to learn a lot from this weekend; fortunately we got two wins and we move on,” said head coach Scott Rueck. Oregon State (16-1, 6-0 Pac-12) started the weekend with a nail biter 73-70 win against Washington State (11-6, 2-4) Friday night. The Beavers struggled against the unique Washington State zone defense and went into the half down
nine points. The Cougars opened their lead to 16 with 16:53 left in the game. But Oregon State slowly clawed its way back into the game with the support of the home crowd and took the lead with 6:13 left in the game. For most of the game — the crowd of 3,000 strong — struggled to support the Beavers’ sloppy play. When the Beavers made a few key plays and the crowd woke up and brought the noise, the team responded and turned up the intensity to match the crowds. A similar situation arose Monday night in the Beavers’ game against Washington ( 14-4, 3-3), during which the Beavers were looking a little sparse and the crowd got behind them to boost the energy.
“Once again, incredible atmosphere for women’s basketball. Incredible atmosphere to play and compete in,” Rueck said. “So thankful for beaver nation coming out supporting us like they did.” The 75-67 game was close throughout, with the largest lead for either team being nine points. There were also eight lead changes and three tied scores. “We couldn’t get away from them. We’d get up eight and then we’d have a turnover. We’d make a shot that maybe didn’t go down and they’d turn it into a bucket or a foul and free throws at the other end,” Rueck said. Washington ran the floor very well and was able to get points in transition that the Beavers were unable to answer with fast break points of their
own. Washington had 15 fast break points to Oregon State’s 6. “I think the whole game — with the exception of transition — that was our Achilles heel tonight, and that is what they did a great job of,” Rueck said. “They turned every mistake we made, whether it was a turnover or a bad shot, into points on the other end.” Oregon State struggled early to adjust to Washington’s defense, and had some sloppy passing around the perimeter and feed to the post that lead to turnovers. Washington looked to take away the dominant presence of junior center Ruth Hamblin by doubling down low. “Here they brought in the weakside defender in to help so it was See WOMEN’S hoops | page 6
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After a brilliant performance in Oregon State’s road game Saturday night against the Washington State University Cougars, junior guard Gary Payton II is The Daily Barometer Athlete of the Week. Though struggling early in the week on the road against the Huskies only going 1-for-4 from the field, Payton II pulled out all the stops and helped lead the Beavers to a dominating win against the Cougars. The junior guard finished the night recording a double-double scoring 13 and snagging 13 rebounds. In a style resembling that of his father, Payton II had five steals and a blocked shot. With his performance Saturday night, Payton II now leads the team in almost every column of the stat line. The most impressive of those is probably his steals; he has already recorded 50 on the year, which is more than any other three Beaver players combined. He is dominating the glass on the defensive side of the floor,
where he has recorded over 100 rebounds on the season for the Beavers. In fact, in the rebounding department, he is the only Beaver to have eclipsed double-digits so far this season, which is an amazing stat for a player in the guard position. Before transferring to Oregon State, Payton II spent his freshman and sophomore years at Salt Lake Community College where he helped lead his team to two back-to-back Regional 18 Championships. And in 2014 during his sophomore season, he was named the Region 18 Tournament Most Valuable Player. Those wins enabled the team to participate in the NJCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championships in both years. Payton II will have a chance to continue building his stats Thursday when Oregon State hosts UCLA at Gill Coliseum at 6 p.m. The Daily Barometer
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Junior guards Langston Morris-Walker and Gary Payton II recorded double-doubles as the Beavers bounce back from their loss against Washington on Thursday and defeat the Washington State Cougars on the road for a 62-47 victory in Pullman Saturday evening. The Cougars (9-8, 3-2 Pac-12), who entered the game riding a three-game winning streak while averaging 86 points per game in that span, were held to 47 points against the Beavers’ (12-5, 3-2) 13th-ranked defense. It was a career night for Morris-Walker, who had one of his best games as a Beaver — the junior guard shot the ball well in all facets of the game. He went 5-7 from the field, 3-4 from behind the arc and a near perfect 9-10 from the free-throw line. With less than five minutes left in the game, an Ike Iroegbu layup cut the Beavers lead to seven points, and it looked as though the See MEN’S Hoops| page 6
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Big second half propels Huskies win over Ducks SEATTLE — Oregon made half of its three-pointers and found its way to the rim for a half-dozen dunks before it headed to the locker room at halftime against Washington with a 10-point lead. When the Ducks returned after the game, they were trying to figure out how that lead turned into an 85-77 loss to the Huskies in front of 6,912 on Sunday at Alaska Airlines Arena. “It was a tale of two halves,” said freshman forward Dillon Brooks, who was Oregon’s leading scorer. “We had a great first half. We were killing them. We had great ball movement, we were pushing the ball and playing defense. In the second half, we absolutely stopped doing all that stuff.” Washington needed less than seven minutes to wipe away Oregon’s halftime lead, capped when Mike Anderson made a threepointer to put the Huskies ahead 52-50. Oregon never led again. “We got out fought,” freshman guard Ahmaad Rorie said. “The first half went pretty good, but in the second half we just didn’t compete like we should have. We held them to 32 points in the first half and then gave up 53 in the second half. We gave them a lot of easy threepointers and layups.” Washington (13-4, 2-3 Pac-12)
was 11-for-30 from the field in the three assists. “And we didn’t have first half before making 19-of-29 the transition game we did in the shots in the second half, including first half.” Andrew Andrews had 15 points 6-of-9 three-pointers. “It was defense,” Oregon coach in the second half to finish with Dana Altman said of the momen- a team-high 21 points for the tum switch in the second half. “We Huskies, and Nigel Williams-Goss scored 77 points, 42 in the first half had 16 of his 20 points in the secand 35 in the second, but they shot ond half. Benjamin’s dunk before half36 percent in the first half and 65 in the second half. You cannot win time put Oregon ahead 42-32, but Washington opened the second with that on the road.” half on a 9-2 run Brooks led with WilliamsOregon (12-6, 2-3) Washington needed Goss starting the with 16 points, half with a threeincluding 10 less than seven pointer and later straight points late in the second half minutes to wipe away adding a basket that got the as Oregon tried Oregon’s halftime Huskies within to rally. Dwayne lead, capped when 44-41 with 16:36 Benjamin scored Mike Anderson made left in the game. 13 of his 15 points Brooks went in the first half and a three-pointer to put inside for a basJalil Abdul-Bassit the Huskies ahead ket and Benjamin provided three added a dunk, three-pointers to 52-50. Oregon and Oregon went finish with nine never led again. ahead 48 -41 . points. Williams-Goss Joseph Young hit a three-pointSteve Mims was 3-for-12 from er and Andrews Reporter the field and finadded another as ished with eight Washington cut points along with Jordan Bell and Elgin Cook. Oregon Oregon’s lead to 50-47. Williams-Goss followed with a shot 41.7 percent from the field. “We weren’t making plays for basket and Anderson hit a threeeach other, not moving the ball pointer to put the Huskies ahead like we were in the first half,” said 52-50 with 13:10 left to play. “We got rattled because they Rorie, who had six points and
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rejections on the season, tops on the team. Payton II has kept alive his streak of at least one steal in every game for OSU. His 2.87 steals 10.3 points per game and had set his career high per game ranks first in the Pac-12 and second in the nation. He has a lot of ground to make up if in points three separate times this season, most he wants to overcome Virginia Commonwealth’s recently with a 27-point output against DePaul senior guard Briante Weber, however. Though on Dec. 18. there are 67 players in the country who average Payton II had a number of resounding blocks two or more steals per game, Weber is the only in both the Washington and WSU games. He had one who totals more than 2.87; he averages four five against the Washington schools and has 19 steals per game, more than eight entire teams
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were scoring a lot of points and we’d try to do it ourselves,” Brooks said. “We were not going back to moving the ball around and getting open shots. I think we were rattled from their offense and we weren’t doing our defense and that translated into a loss.” Michael Chandler scored on back-to-back possessions for Oregon and Abdul-Bassit hit a three-pointer to tie the score 59-59 with 9:47 to play, but Washington scored the next 11 points. Donaven Dorsey made two three-pointers, Shawn Kemp Jr. converted a three-point play and Williams-Goss added a layup to put the Huskies ahead 70-59 with 6:32 left in the game. Brooks hit back-to-back threepointers to get Oregon within 79-74 with 1:15 left to play, but Anderson got a rebound basket and WilliamsGoss added a pair of free throws with 32.7 seconds, pushing Oregon to its second straight loss. In the first half, Washington took an early 14-6 lead after an alley-oop to 7-foot center Robert Upshaw, but the Oregon took control, responding with a 23-2 run. Benjamin hit back-to-back threepointers and Casey Benson added a three-pointer to put Oregon ahead 15-14. After Upshaw scored, Bell, Young, and Brooks each had a dunk to put the Ducks up 21-16 with 10:53 left in the first half.
on the season. Payton II has multiple steals in 10 straight games, tied for the fourth-longest streak in OSU history. If the Beavers beat UCLA on Thursday, OSU’s 13-5 record will be its best since the 15-3 start from the 1989-90 team. That squad was the OSU team to make the NCAA tournament. Josh Worden, sports reporter On Twitter @BrightTies sports@dailybarometer.com
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something for me that I had to adjust to and I thought in the end we were able to sort it pretty well. It gives us more looks in the kick out,” said Hamblin. Despite the double team, Hamblin was able to get 19 points and 10 rebounds on the night, adding to the double-double she had Friday night against Washington State with 31 points and 10 rebounds. Her performance against Washington State earned her the honor of Pac-12 Player of the Week, announced Monday morning. Hamblin wasn’t the only Beaver with high point production on the weekend. Classmate junior guard Jamie Weisner had 25 points against Washington State and another 26 points against Washington. “That’s what I feel like my team needed from me this weekend, and they got me the ball and they definitely helped in on Ruth a lot, and so that opened up the outside for me to hit open shots,” Weisner said. Sophomore guard Sydney Wiese had an uncharacteristically slow weekend with only one point and five assists against Washington State, and only seven points and twelve assists against Washington. Her first field goal against Washington didn’t come until the second half. Even without one of their key outside shooters having a good game, the Beavers got the job done for both games this weekend. “I thought we showed a ton of heart just like we did the other night, in closing this one out,” Rueck said. “I thought it was another gut check game but showed the character of the team.” The Beavers remain only one of two teams undefeated in conference play, the other being Arizona State (17-1, 6-0). With the highest national ranking in the conference at number nine, Oregon State is going to see the best from everyone else in the conference. “I think we have a huge target on our back being ranked in the top ten in the nation, you are going to get everyone’s best effort every night,” Weisner said. The Oregon State Beavers hit the road next weekend to take on the Arizona schools in what is sure to be a showdown in the desert. Sarah Kerrigan, sports reporter On Twitter @skerrigan123 sports@dailybarometer.com
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average of 43.1 percent. The Beavers did a good job of frustrating Washington State’s second leading scorer who entered the game averaging 15.4 points per game, sophomore forward Josh Hawkinson, holding him to 3-8 shooting and only 11 points. The Beavers relied heavily on their starting rotation; with Victor Robbins being suspended the next eight games, the Beavers’ health and depth will be tested. Against the Cougars, both Payton II and sophomore guard Malcolm Duvivier played all 40 minutes, with MorrisWalker playing 38.
Cougars were going to make a final push and potentially steal the victory from Oregon State. But that was when Morris-Walker shut the door on the Cougars’ comeback effort. Following a Wazzu lay-up, Morris-Walker responded the very next possession with a dagger three-pointer, pushing the Beaver lead back to 10 points. Morris-Walker came up big the final five minutes of the game when he scored 11 of his
career-high 22 points, including going a perfect 8-8 from the free-throw line down the stretch. He was active on the glass, finishing the game with 11 rebounds. Payton II, while not have the same offensive night that Morris-Walker had, finished the game with 11 points. But where he really shined was on the defensive side of the ball and cleaning up the glass, where he finished the night with a game-high 13 rebounds and five steals. As a team, the Beavers outrebounded the Cougars 37-22 and held the Cougars to 29.2 percent shooting, down from their season
Robbin’s scoring absence is evident. Before the suspension, he was scoring just more than 10 points a game off the bench. Against Washington, the Beavers’ entire bench scored six points. The Beavers split their first road series of the season; they will now return home where they are a perfect 10-0 at Gill Coliseum to take on UCLA Thursday at 6 p.m. Brian Rathbone, sports reporter On Twitter @brathbone3 sports@dailybarometer.com
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hey told us fall term: We might be able to move into the Student Experience Center. Then winter term — just a few weeks into the New Year. Now the carrot is dangling in spring term. Not just for us at the Barometer — or even the rest of the Orange Media Network — but also for every program that was promised some little corner of the SEC: We find ourselves twiddling our thumbs and waiting. Or, in the case of the Craft Center, jumping the gun too soon and becoming unavailable for student access thanks to the continued delays and broken promises. We have been waiting and watching the black hole of construction in the center of campus for two years, hoping that as students who helped pay for the creation of the SEC, some of us might be able to enjoy it before we graduate. We know that construction does not need to take this long — look at Tebeau Hall and Austin Hall — and it is depressing that what was promised to the student population as an awesome addition to our red brick campus is dragging its heels toward completion. Not to mention the fact that the SEC used to be a perfectly convenient parking lot, but whatever, we can just clog up central campus with constant noisy construction for a supposedly awesome building that won’t be enjoyed or used by any students for the foreseeable future. Fine, we concede that sometimes construction gets delays due to myriad things — in this current case, the extremely late delivery of a part for the smoke detection system and its random vacation in Los Angeles. We concede that sometimes problems come up and can throw a monkey wrench in the proceedings. But herein lies the rub. We as college students understand the importance of deadlines and due dates, and if any one of us treated our deadlines the way that the construction of the SEC has been treated, you can bet we would be put on academic warning or probation. When there are problems and delays, the trick is to work around them — if the average college student can do it, then a supposedly top-notch institution can do it too. Smoke ventilation system part is delayed? Get it from somewhere else. Don’t be afraid to think outside the box, because the alternative is a useless hunk of brick and concrete sitting in the middle of campus benefiting no one for the present day. As students, part of our fees have gone to feed that building and the construction around it — it would sure be nice if we got to enjoy it for longer than just one term.
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hether by design — top down — or by evolution — bottom up — humans have survival advantages: agile hands, big brains, language, culture and technology. Wise creatures implement their given advantages fully before seeking to acquire others. Since Google is a technology available to all, learning its full capabilities gives you an edge in school and life. The following are Google functions that I find useful; because web browsers vary, these descriptions are based on my experiments in Chrome — Google’s browser — and in the search text field at google.com. All of the resources mentioned are referenced in my blog and bookmark links — jondorbolo.com. Talk to Google: open Chrome, go to google.com, make sure your mic is on, say “OK google” and tell it what you want such as “OK google, plaid cats” or something. Just be careful to mute the mic if you talk in your sleep. Google Timer: enter a command such as “set timer 5 min” which is the duration to prepare a soft-boiled egg. Choose hours, minutes, and seconds for whatever tasks you want an alert beeper. Google daylight: enter “sunrise Corvallis” to find out what time the sun raises in the rain; this works for “sunset” and “dusk” and also the dates of holidays such as “Guy Fawkes Day.” Google Eat: Know what you are eating by comparing options in the search field such as “hotdog vs. celery.” Google Scholar: strategically search the academic literature and be sure to cite the sources that you use. Google Scholar is a useful addition, not
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Ask Dr. Tech a replacement, to Oregon State University’s superior library search tools. Google Alerts: Create research bots that deliver results faithfully to your email inbox. Google Calculator: Enter math equations or conversions directly into the Google Search field, including 2-D and 3-D graphs. Google Fonts: Preview and tweak text to find fonts that suit your need then download them at “google.com/fonts.” Safe Browsing: You can easily review any web site for activity history related to malware. This is a must-do before downloading anything and a good tool for checking out suspicious links in emails. See my blog post for a full explanation. Google Flight: enter departure and designation in the search field for flight information such as “Portland to Riyadh.” Google culture: Find lists of “poems by Hughes,” “books by Plato,” “paintings by Mary Cassatt,” “photographs by Adams,” “architecture by Gaudi,” “sculptures by Maya Lin,” “images by Banksy” or “songs by Weird Al Yankovich.” Big data: Google’s Big Picture Group produces experimental data visualizations of large-scale dynamic data. Every university graduate needs to understand big data. Google Charts: Add dynamic data visualizations to your websites and apps from online data sources. Google Code: Dart is Google’s web programming language that is intended as a successor to Javascript, which along with PHP runs the web. Google
sets out to make learning Dart accessible to beginners. Your education will not be complete until you have some ability in programming, because having that skill is the difference between being a consumer and a producer; college graduates need to be producers. Google Business: Every university student should start and run a small business for the experience that it brings. Google’s “Get Your Business Online” tools are useful once you have a business plan. You will never have greater access to resources for starting a business than at the university. Build with Chrome: The 3-D web is our future, and learning to build there is a critical skill which you may practice by building Lego structures in virtual Corvallis or anywhere using Chrome at “buildwithchrome. com”. If you want virtual 3-D creation help contact OSU’s TAC. By the time you read this, Google will have new native functions, as will other web tools. Share what you find. Those who know how to find and use new functionalities gain advantage; my point being that it is to your advantage to know how to fully use what you have before seeking something new. Happy hunting and gathering. t
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he Iowa state caucus may be almost a year away, but the so-called “invisible primaries” have already begun. Presidential hopefuls from across the country are meeting with the representative donors, lobbyists and interest groups who bear the heavy responsibility of choosing the two candidates we will be voting for in 2016. The Democratic Party has managed to streamline the process this year by choosing their candidate back in 2012, making it unimaginable that anyone will be particularly surprised to see Hillary Clinton get the nomination. Of course, there is always the wild card of President Obama, who could invalidate the U.S. Constitution and declare himself president for life, but he’s made no recent effort to reach out to any of his major supporters, and unless he starts fundraising soon, he’ll find himself lacking the financial support necessary to fulfill his mad ambitions for power and build a new world order. Meanwhile, the Republican Party has managed to narrow down the list of potential candidates to every Republican that is, was or has yet to be. The best representative of the “was” category would be Mitt Romney. Romney has recently begun openly fundraising, courting donors and establishing committees to explore the possibility of him failing at another bid for the presidency. This could be very attractive to members of the GOP who are wary of the new kinds of failure entering the race and want to stick with a known failure with a proven record at failing to become president. Another name being tossed around is Jeb “Jazzy Jeb” Bush. The former governor of Florida has strong appeal with people who wish it were 1992 so they could go see “Encino Man” in theaters. However, he was once overheard saying that not all undocumented immigrants are subhuman parasites and that taxes are sometimes necessary according to The National Journal and Politico, so it’s unlikely he’ll get very far. Of course, Marco Rubio’s thirst for power means he’ll probably make an attempt. Scott Walker is poising himself for a potential campaign by pushing for an approach to education as odd and disturbing as he is, but the real name to watch out for is the governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie. The governor has announced that he’ll be forming a political action committee and publicly denied that he has made any decision yet: the two major signs someone is definitely going to be running for president, but reportedly the big money behind the Republican party is nervous about putting its money and influence behind a man with the same style of governance as Tony Soprano. There are other politicians to consider. Rick Perry finally remembered the third department of government he was going to close and is going to be back to share it with us, Ted Cruz publicly renounced his Canadian citizenship, making him our problem now, Paul Ryan might show up on stage to pitch the nation the benefits of Crossfit and Rand Paul is reportedly working hard to become as much of an irrelevant joke as his father. Even Rick Santorum is throwing his hat back in the race. He’s reported to be meeting with multi-billionaire Foster Friess in order to find financing for his candidacy. Santorum once told rape victims to “make the best out of a bad situation” and came out in support of the Crusades according to a piece in The Huffington Post and The American Conservative. I don’t have anything funny to say about him. He doesn’t deserve it. The point is that while the puppet masters of the Democratic Party — George Soros, Warren Buffet, the Reptilian Elite — have chosen their candidate, the GOP is still struggling with the lack of focus and coherent vision that crippled them in the last election. The disorganized fields of candidates reflect real fault lines in a party that is being barely held together by its common fear and hatred of minority groups. If the cabal of conservative leaders ruling the party from the shadows doesn’t get its act together, it might not have a candidate groomed in time for the actual primaries. And then how are people supposed to know whom to vote for? t
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t is CulinaryWeek again in Corvallis and it’s time to eat in new restaurants and taste new dishes. The theme of this year’s culinary week is truffles and truffle oil. Chefs at the participating local restaurants will create dishes featuring truffles. The misconception about truffles is that they are extremely fancy and very expensive, and that they are found by pigs sniffing for them in the woods. Or, if you are like me, you think of chocolate. The truffles featured by Corvallis Culinary Week are a kind of fungi, like mushrooms, that grow in woodland areas. They have a mushroom taste, with earthy and nutty flavors. Truffles are considered a culinary delicacy and a little scary to approach, but this star ingredient for this year’s food celebration is made to entice everyone. January 19-24 is the time to go out and try exciting new meals. Participating restaurants this year are 101 Eat & Drink, Aqua Seafood & Steaks, Big River, Brew BQ, Cloud & Kelly’s Public House, FireWorks Restaurant, Luc and Magenta.
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Food Critic Each restaurant will have two to four dishes participating in the culinary week, and each restaurant will price their meals respectively; most meals are cost less than $20 and can be enjoyed by any adventurous eater or patron of any of these great local places. Many of the dishes on the hand-crafted culinary week menu are known meals like mac and cheese, grilled shrimp and white pizza, all spiced up with Oregon white truffles or truffle oil. Check out the grilled shrimp and truffled aged white cheddar grits made by Brew BQ. Or the mac and cheese with Tillamook cheddar, white truffle shavings and garlic crumb topping served by 101 Eat & Drink. If you want to get your sizzle on, taste the Tempura Truffle Fried Mushrooms served by Aqua Seafood & Steaks.
There is also white pizza with prosciutto, mozzarella, Parmesan reggiano, pecorino Romano, garlic-infused olive oil, baby arugula and Oregon white truffle oil served by Big River. Brouillade aux Truffles, created by Cloud & Kelly’s Public House, is Oregon truffled soft scrambled eggs on brioche with mascarpone and fresh herbs. In the mood for pasta? Try Penne Tre Funghi with Smoked Bacon with fire-baked pasta with truffle, shiitake and crimini, with a seasonal vegetable sautee, served by FireWorks Restaurant. And don’t forget truffle Yukon fries with black truffle and mushroom dip served by Magenta. Go out and try some of these delicious creations this week. If you have never had a truffle or truffled anything, go try a familiar dinner with truffle accents. This is another great local event that shows off what Corvallis has to offer. t
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ne of my favorite animated comedies is finally complete with its experimental “Archer Vice” phase and getting back to the premise that got the show off the ground. I admit I felt relieved when season five’s finale reset the premise back to its roots from seasons one through four, with a few small changes. Warning: there will be spoilers. For the unfamiliar, “Archer” premiered back in 2010 as a fresh, inventive satire of the spy genre. The show’s popularity gradually picked up as viewers were drawn to its odd style, memorable quotes and innumerable references. It’s one of those shows that you’re either going to like or dislike right away. Even though there’s a ton of action, the humor is largely driven by dialogue. There’s tons of bickering and fighting between people who are supposedly on the same side in every episode, and it can cut pretty close to mean-spirited at times.
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I don’t normally go for that kind of thing, but because everyone gets ripped on more or less equally you never stray from the notion that it’s all in good fun. It’s like a Comedy Central roast of the CIA. Most of the cast has these gigantic flaws that they’re clearly making very little effort to deal with. The fact that it’s animated just gives the writers more creativity to work with. That’s where the majority of the laughs come from. For example, titular protagonist Archer — voiced by H. Jon Benjamin — is a hilarious manchild who fights like James Bond and parties like Van Wilder. He’s feared as an elite agent but can barely function as an independent adult. And unlike Van Wilder, he manages to get on everyone’s bad side by somehow being witty and obnoxious at the same time. So why do people put up with this guy? Because he’s the best, and somehow always gets the job done — but not before screwing it up first. His ex, agent Lana — Aisha Tyler — is the one who tries to keep him from acting on his every impulse, to little success. When she’s too busy, it’s divided between his manipulative mother slash boss, the neurotic accountant Cyril — Chris Parnell — or a couple of random office workers along for the ride. My favorite by far is Krieger — Lucky Yates — an insane scientist in the research department. Most of his experiments are too inappropriate for me to discuss here. I’ll leave it at that. When their base of operations was destroyed and their agency outlawed in season four, Archer and co. became criminals, even changing the program’s name to “Archer Vice.” I guess they were going for something edgy and new, but it seemed kind of pointless; these people were never saints to begin
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‘Selma’powerful, relevant to society of now
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t would be hard to go through a viewing of “Selma” without the unfortunate recollection that the historical images in the film are of white police officers coming down on unarmed black civilians — a concept that has been all too present this past year. With the recent events in Ferguson and Staten Island, the timing of director Ava DuVernay’s “Selma” is sadly perfect, with the message of the film resonating strongly. We start with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. — admirably played by David Oyelowo — receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in late 1964 and are forwarded a few months to the story’s main focus: King’s attempt to secure voting rights for blacks in the south. King is hindered in his attempts, mostly by President Lyndon Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) who has the same goals as King, but feels it politically unwise to move forward. Johnson’s lack of action frustrates King and his organization, and they set their plan in place to conduct a peaceful march in Alabama from Selma Derek to Montgomery, in order to gain awareness to their cause. Alabama governor George Wallace (Tim Roth), alongside local and state police, decides they will not allow the march to happen. After a first attempt to march results in brutal police beatings on the protestors, thousands flock to Selma, both black and white, after seeing the horrors on national television. Pressure mounts for Johnson to get legislation done before the next march happens, and more blood is shed. Eventually King’s plan works, legislation is passed and the march takes place without any incident. Although the ending is already known, this does not take away the tension or power of the film. What DuVernay does best is show the humanity of King. Such an iconic figure can be blurred into a godly person who is only involved in historic demonstrations and pieces. One scene stands out in showing the importance of what King is trying to accomplish. A woman named Annie Lee Cooper (Oprah Winfrey) is attempting to register to vote. The registrar quizzes Cooper with a series of questions and she answers perfectly, but is denied the right to vote when she cannot name every single county judge in the state of Alabama. King goes on to explain how even with the Civil Rights Act, if the blacks aren’t allowed to vote, the whites will still rule the local communities and continue to be institutionally discriminated against. In “Selma,” we get a view of King the behind-the-scenes worker, who gets frustrated, disappointed, and tired just like the rest of us. Even a guy like him needs to lounge on the couch with his shoes off. I was reminded a lot of the 2012 film “Lincoln” because both films showed the tedious political maneuvering that takes place to get legislation passed. Where Lincoln had to be politically tactful, King was forced to act on a much grander scale. Oyelowo’s performance was excellent, and he was unfortunately snubbed of an Oscar nomination. With an acceptable resemblance to King, Oyelowo shows good range, whether it is delivering a powerful speech or showing the strain on trying to be a husband who gets death threats issued toward himself and his family on a disturbingly regular basis. “Selma” is one of the most powerful films in recent times, and a great reminder of why school was closed Monday and why we celebrate such an important man.
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with. I mentioned earlier that season five didn’t agree with me. That’s not to say it was bad, just that it wasn’t really what I wanted to see. Critics and viewers liked it almost as much as earlier seasons, and it had some of the series’ funniest moments. Trying to smuggle cocaine by molding it into a full body cast and sticking it on a secretary is funny. Having the drugs seep into her skin until she’s addicted enough to start eating her way out is how “Archer” does funny. Lana’s pregnancy was a recurring focus throughout season five, but the child’s birth and subsequent reveal that Archer is the father was the cliffhanger we
were left with going into season six. Now they’re parents and legitimate agents again. The tangent is over. The writers know how to let their characters grow without taking away the faults we enjoy. The formula is back to how it was, just with one new addition that lets them joke about raising kids like they joke about everything else. Give it a try, if only to see what the hype is about. It’s a crude, clever and strictly adult good time. t
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