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MLK day inspires ‘Reclaiming the R[evolution]ary Dream’ celebration at Oregon State

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tration,” Russell said in a phone interview.

“The uncertainty of what they’re going to do is driving everybody nutty.”

Russell returned home at 4 a.m. on July 4, 2010, after the Oregon American Legion building beside his business burned down. Upon arrival to his home five miles out of Albany, he found two people who had broken into his home and held them there at gunpoint until the police arrived.

Firearms and ammunition of any kind are prohibited on the Oregon State University campus, with exceptions for on-duty law enforcement, the Pistol and Rifle clubs, military programs like ROTC and family housing residents, but not residence hall tenants, according to a

This year’s MLK celebration, titled: “Reclaiming the R[evolution]ary Dream,” is dedicated to giving the community a chance to reflect on the life and legacy of King and to relay his message to future generations.

“This theme is meant to represent the evolution in Dr. King’s thinking throughout his life as a revolutionary,” said Roni Sue, equal opportunity associate for the office of equity and inclusion. “It was important for the community to recognize that Dr. King’s message changed over time with the escalation of the Vietnam War and is evolving focus from issues strictly related to race to a more inclusive agenda.”

Festivities began on Jan. 14 with the showing of “Ghosts of Ole Miss,” and a discussion folMeeting new people lowed the film; a film showcasing one of the who may be diferent significant Civil Rights from themselves, movements. engaging with new Throughout the week, community ideas and in positive members and stuactions [can] benefit the dents alike attended community as a whole. events on campus centered on the celebration of MLK’s legacy.

Roni Sue Events ranged from Equal Opportunity Associate “Social Construction of Disability” to “Managing Difficult Conversations: Resolving conflict without giving in.”

“Students should take part in events on campus because there are learning opportunities at every event,” Sue said. “Meeting new people who may be different from themselves, engaging with new ideas and in positive actions [can] benefit the community as a whole.”

One of the most heavily attended events by students was the Day of Service sponsored by the Center for Civic Engagement.

“The specific goal of the Day of Service was to further MLK vision by bringing people together to enrich our beloved community through direct service,” said Emily Bowling, civic engagement and service coordinator.

Bowling continued to discuss the importance of investing in one’s space — one’s community. She encourages all participants to remain involved after MLK day and address the root causes of why people are hungry and homeless.

She noted people should ask what else they can do besides direct service, adding the importance of supplying those in need with the tools to prosper.

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Firearms are prohibited on Oregon State University with exceptions including Pistol Club, pictured above. Anyone who wants to carry concealed firearms in Oregon now must obtain a permit and meet competence qualifications.

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OSU’s gun policy remains while gun sales, concealed handgun applications rise in Benton County

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Ripples from the shootings that occurred across the nation, from Newtown, Conn., to the Clackamas Town Center in Portland are being felt in Benton County as yet another shooting took place in Houston yesterday.

“Since [Jan. 1], applications have doubled for concealed handgun permits,” said Benton County Sheriff Diana Simpson in a phone interview.

In the state of Oregon, anyone who

wants to carry a concealed firearm is required to get a permit after meeting a number of qualifications. Applicants must, for example, be over 21 and “demonstrate competence” with a handgun as defined by Oregon statutes.

Before that, Simpson said there were typically only eight to 12 applicants per day. Concealed handgun permit applications are handled on a county-by-county basis.

Nick Russell, 62, local business owner of Albany Guns, Coins and Jewelry, has been in the business for over 30 years and has owned the shop in Albany since 2005.

“Anybody in the firearms business has seen a giant spike in gun sales, nationwide, created by the uncertainty of the adminis-

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Fine arts in rural facades Andrew Myers, OSU drawing instructor, has work on display in Sweet Home, filling up empty storefronts

about the development of their idea, the process of installing the work, the unexpected challenges and their rewards.

The reception began with an explanation of how the project came to be.

“The Arts Center obtained a grant from Oregon’s

By Alice Marshall Art Commission with the idea of putting artwork The Daily Barometer in storefronts that are empty in communities like Andrew Myers, a drawing instructor at Oregon Sweet Home,” said Hester Coucke, gallery curator State, is displaying his artwork for the first time in a for the Corvallis Arts Center. “This was specifically Sweet Home storefront as the Corvallis Arts Center artwork that wasn’t intended for sale, it was intended presents the “Art in Rural Storefronts” exhibit. to be a site-specific installation. It was intended to The large-scale drawings in “Origins of Sweet be artwork that otherwise would not come to these Home” create a captivating installation within the communities.” windows, and describe the history of the rural town.

Once the Art Center obtained the grant, a jury was He, and two other Oregon artists, were chosen to formed to decide which artists would be best for the participate in the exhibition opportunity, which project. was funded by grants from the Rural Development “This was the first thing ever done like this,” Initiative through the Corvallis Arts Center.

Coucke said. “Next year we will have the same project A reception was held at the Sweet Home Economic but are hoping for more opportunities.”

Development Offices and was hosted by Hester For the coordinators and organizers of the project, Coucke of the Corvallis Arts Center. During the See ARTS | page 2 reception, two of the three artists spoke to guests n

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This panel of Andrew Myers’ piece, “Origins of Sweet Home,” depicts a large creature placing houses onto the two small towns preceding Sweet Home.

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The 2013-2014 fiscal year budget for ASOSU was not approved during last night’s House of Representatives ways and means committee after several irregularities were discovered in the proposed document.

The proposed budget included increases in student pay, increased funding for the SafeRide program and additional funding for the Oregon Student Association. The budget also included an increase in the travel budget, but committee members later decided to drop that decision package in favor of increasing funding to the Human Services Resource Center to alleviate cuts to that department as well as making up for a $15,000 shortfall in pay increases due to faulty arithmetic in the original budget.

The proposed budget would lower the per student per term fee

ARTS n Continued from page 1 the biggest challenge was finding store owners willing to allocate their space to artists. Brian Hoffman, Sweet Home’s director of economic development, played an integral role in working with the Arts Center, finding the storefronts and organizing a jury of Sweet Home locals. “It was important to have people on the jury who were from Sweet Home and not just Corvallis,� Hoffman said. “The thing about small communities like Sweet Home is that we don’t have the capacity to do these projects. We don’t have the ability to bring artists and organize projects like this. It was great to partner with Corvallis Arts Center and it cost the local community nothing.

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to $19.29, down from the current $20.42.

ASOSU was able to increase the expenditures for the other areas by eliminating one professional staff position, the administrative and logistics advocate, as well as a savings from not having a graduate research assistant as the graduate affairs task force director. Also, all task force directors budgets would be lowered from $900 to $750 per year.

Representative Matt Palm said the increases in SafeRide were needed because of long wait times during peak usage days and the need for an additional van to serve more students. He said the program would most likely see more usage in the coming year because of proposed changes that would not allow first year students to bring their cars with them to campus.

The committee will meet again to approve the budget tonight after corrections are made at 7:30 p.m.

As group members trickled back into McAlexander Fieldhouse, students described their previous acts of service. “Even though we weren’t there long I felt a sense of self-worth just by doing some simple maintenance work,� said volunteer Rebecca Gibbon.

After their service, volunteers were greeted with hot soup and a meaningful discussion on the importance of serving others.

Coordinators have set up a banner and encourage students to draw and write all over to express themselves.�

The banner decorated by a mixture of 170 students, staff and faculty was

document provided by Jack Rogers, director of the department of public safety at OSU. Concealed weapons are included in the ban and are not allowed on campus. “The university position is to keep the campus as safe as possible,� Rogers said. “Now, more than ever before, people are sensitive to crimes involving firearms.�

Rogers said the policy has been working well and has remained unchallenged.

Both the pistol and rifle clubs at OSU stress safety for those with and without a background in firearms. “We provide a really good, safe learning environment,� said Jordan Jones, head coach of Pistol Club. “We have a perfect safety record and we like to keep it that way.�

According to Nicolle Miller, president of the Rifle Club, many people come to learn about firearms at the club. Everyone who wants to shoot at Rifle Club must go through a 20- to 30-minute training program. “We teach you as if you know nothing, so that we know we’ve equipped you with the knowledge to handle firearms safely,� Miller said.

The pistol club also has a mandatory training session that lasts about an hour. “[People who attend Pistol Club] get overall a greater understanding of the perspective of firearms in general,� Jones said. “I would hope that they [understand] the safety aspect of it is the number one thing that we stress and that we want them to learn.� news@dailybarometer.com

weekends that I could work.�

Myers’ piece consisted of three sets of windows on one building in a diorama. Myers used charcoal, graphite and ink to paint a picture of how Sweet Home came to be.

A multi-armed giant is depicted reaching and placing buildings, as if playing with Legos on one side of the storefront. On the other sets of front windows, giant figures dominate the space. “I developed a proposal that described the history of Sweet Home,� Myers said. “It kind of continues the theme I’ve been working with of giant figures interacting with the land.�

Myers is known for his largescale human-like creatures, one of which was recently on exhibit in a gallery in Portland and in Fairbanks Hall at OSU. “I wanted to see what these creatures could do with the

proudly hung over the Memorial Union ballroom during the 31st annual Peace Breakfast on Monday.

According to Sue, the largest event in the series is the MLK Peace Breakfast that is always held on Martin Luther King Jr. day. The event provides the opportunity for OSU community members to come together for education.

The take-aways should include community building and inspiration, Sue said.

Members of the community, students, faculty and staff packed into the MU ballroom.

During the breakfast, the Phyllis S. Lee and Frances Dancy Hooks community awards were handed out to individuals who had “built bridges across cultures.�

In addition to the award ceremony, Maria Chavez-Haroldson, associate

Calendar Wednesday, Jan. 23 Meetings Educational Activities, 5-7pm, Student Media Conference Room, 120 MU East/Snell Hall. Budget presentations to the Ed Act Committee.

ASOSU Ways and Means committee, 7:30 p.m., MU 211. Committee will approve budget for ASOSU for FY 2013-2014.

Events

OSU Campus Recycling, All day, MU Quad. RecycleMania Kickoff Display.

Visit the recycled jellyfish sculpture, bottle igloo and trash display.

OSU Women’s Center, 5-7:30pm, Women’s Center. Religion and women – how religion defends the right of women, and how women have contributed to major movements of all religion.

OSU Sociology Club, 4-6pm, Fairbanks 305. Sociology student and faculty meet & greet. Interact with Sociology students and faculty in a fun, relaxed setting; snacks and beverages provided.

Thursday, Jan. 24 Meetings Educational Activities, 2-4pm, Student Media Conference Room, 120 MU East/Snell Hall. Budget presentations to Ed Act.

Events OSU Campus Recycling, All day, MU Quad. RecycleMania Kickoff Display.

Visit the recycled jellyfish sculpture, bottle igloo and trash display.

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something we’ve wanted to do in recent years and hopefully we can do more.�

Andrew Myers and Gale Everett, a mixed media artist from Albany, installed work in Sweet Home. Everett used paper, wire, clay and lights to produce a tribute to the native fish of the Willamette Valley titled, “Unseen Natives.�

Both Everett and Myers, and Avantika Bawa, who installed in Philomath, needed to come up with a general idea for their work, since they didn’t know exactly where they would be installing it. “It was a chicken-and-theegg kind of scenario,� Coucke said.

For Myers, time proved to be the biggest obstacle. “I had about one month to do the entire project,� Myers said. “Since I was teaching, there were pretty much just

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space to describe what happened,� Myers said. “I was lucky enough to find that Sweet Home was built on a petrified forest and I found that to be pretty cool with the three sets of windows.�

Myers turned his work into three main themes on three windows: one window addresses the creation of petrified forest, the digging of the river, and the making of plants and mountains. He also conveys the creation of the two small towns which later became Sweet Home.�

Myers’ “Origins of Sweet Home� is located in the windows of 1344 Main Street and Everett’s ‘Unseens Natives’ is located at 933 Main Street. Both works are in Sweet Home.  Alice Marshall, arts reporter news@dailybarometer.com

director for outreach and engagement at the center for Latino and Latina Studies and Engagement delivered a keynote speech.

As the week of festivities wraps up, students are still encouraged to attend the last few activities. Students can sign a pledge wall to reaffirm support for non-violent social change, equality and justice, freedom and peace. “My hope is that people will come away with new information, inspiration, and engage in lifelong learning and action related to social justice issues,�

Sue said. “I hope they meet new people with new ideas and forge new and lasting connections.�

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Friday, Jan. 25 Meetings SIFC, 4pm, MU 212. Weekly meeting reviewing budgets and the budget wprocess.

Educational Activities, 2-4pm, MU 207. Budget hearing for Ed Act.

Events OSU Campus Recycling, All day, MU Quad. RecycleMania Kickoff Display.

Visit the recycled jellyfish sculpture, bottle igloo and trash display.

Monday, Jan. 28 Events

OSU Campus Recycling, 6-8pm, Recycling Warehouse, 644 SW 13th St. January Repair Fair. Bring your broken bikes, housewares, electronics and clothing; volunteers will help you repair them!

Wednesday, Jan. 30 Meetings

SIFC, 6:30pm, MU 212. Weekly meeting. Discussion of incidental fee issues and budgets. All students are welcome.

Thursday, Jan. 31 Meetings

Baha’i Campus Association, 12:301pm, MU Talisman Room. The Equality of Women - Devotions and discussion on the role women are playing in the progress of the global society.

Wednesday, Feb. 6 Events

Career Services, Noon-3pm, MU Ballroom. Nonprofit & Volunteer Fair: Representatives from more than 50 local and national nonprofit and government organizations representing a wide variety of fields who are seeking OSU volunteers, interns and employees.

Career Services, 11am-Noon, MU 206. Marketing Your Service Experience: Meet a panel of nonprofit professionals who will share tips and strategies on marketing your service and volunteer experience to potential employers.

Career Services, 11am-Noon, MU Journey Room. Pursuing a Nonprofit Career: Gain insight into the nonprofit industry.

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tudent fees for the 2012-13 school year total about $450 per term, per person.

Four hundred and fifty dollars a term is a very pretty penny, but student fees have a purpose. Instead of complaining about them, you should exploit every opportunity these fees provide. It’s the equivalent to stuffing your face at a buffet — it is where you get your money back.

If you’ve caught the lovely flu going around, swing on over to Student Health Services. Basic services in SHS are free for students.

Unlike Counseling and Psychological Services, there isn’t a five-visit cap at Student Health Services, but they do expect you to be on time and call in advance to cancel an appointment.

Student Health Services also participates in the Oregon Contraceptive Care program. CCare is a federal program that provides free contraceptive services. Among the birth control methods available, CCare provides Plan B, the ring, the patch, IUD, and male and female condoms.

If you already have a child, there are two on-campus sites where childcare is free for currently enrolled students. The Valley Library and Dixon Recreation Center offer students an opportunity to study or exercise while professionals watch over their child.

SafeRide, another program paid for by student fees, offers free transportation to and from campus. During winter term, hours of operation are from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. A student ID is required to board the buses.

Student Legal Services, blanketed under the ASOSU portion of student fees, also provides free services to students. That being said, any costs incurred outside the office are the student’s responsibility.

As long as the dispute does not pertain to Oregon State University or arise between two Oregon State students, Student Legal Services is happy to provide legal advice and representation. Areas of dispute include, but are not limited to, landlord/tenant disputes, credit issues, traffic infractions and criminal charges.

Finally, if you need an emergency loan, the Office of Business Affairs, in the Kerr Administration Building, offers a maximum withdrawal of $350. Unfortunately this comes with an interest rate of 12 percent annually, and the debt is added to your OSU bill.

This service is advantageous if you are a couple hundred dollars short for textbooks. Or, come the end of spring, if you’re looking to move out of the dorms, you’ll soon realize the cost of getting into an apartment is shocking. Knowing you have access to a few hundred dollars is helpful.

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Letter to the Editor rate office park 15 years ago.

The prefabricated concrete — on the fourth Design could have been better floor, and between the second and third While the architectural firm designing the floors — is a significant contributor to its Student Experience Center understandably unattractiveness. made an attempt to match the new building Also, the building looks boxy. with the Memorial Union, the latest design While placating historical interests is reasonlooks like something seen in a suburban corpo- able, not enough emphasis was placed on creat-

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ing a stunning, architecturally beautiful edifice.

Too bad. Oregon State University deserves to have a student center that isn’t so dull. We could have done a lot better, especially since this is such a prominent location on campus.

Josh Kahan Master of Agriculture, 1990

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orestry is a big part of Nor t h we s t e co no my, accounting for about 7 percent of Oregon’s economic output, according to oregonforests.org.

Biomass is becoming an increasingly important aspect of the forestry industry, and has perhaps been overlooked as part of a solution to our energy and environmental woes.

Biomass is not necessarily a new thing, but it may help us solve some of the problems we as a nation, or the Northwest as a region, face. Biomass is defined by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources as the by-product of forestry management practices. Biomass is often burned on-site, or left to decay.

However, the initiative of companies such as Hermann Brothers Logging and Construction Inc., in Port Angeles, Wash., has lead to biomass being used in ways beneficial to both the forestry industry and the environment.

The Hermann Brothers company transport the biomass from its operating site to biomass cogeneration plants — plants generating electric and thermal energy — in Port Angeles, where the plants then use the biomass for energy and heat.

Biomass provides both clean energy that can be transferred to a power grid, and heat that can be used for

Tyler

Pike An Advocate for Agriculture industrial purposes. Considering the pollution from factories and other buildings of industrial use, biomass may provide an answer for finding clean energy that is both renewable and beneficial to those involved.

The reduction of forest fire fuels and the prevention of disease are benefits of utilizing biomass. While fires are beneficial to forest ecosystems — allowing natural regeneration for forest sustainability and health — overly destructive ones severely damage the forestry ecosystem and industry. By cutting down on fire fuels, foresters both lower the chance of fires occurring, and allow for controlled fires to be more manageable by minimizing excess fuels. The prevention and reduction of diseases and pests is yet another benefit of using forest biomass. Many diseases can affect forest health and forest harvests, which can affect ecological health.

Due to the current increase in demand, the use of biomass would also create jobs. Forest biomass jobs are green, sustainable and provide a living wage for employees. This

would help boost our overall economic output.

The use of biomass can impact us here in the Northwest and nationally. Energy from oil and our dependence upon foreign oil are national concerns.

If we adopt forest biomass as an alternative energy source, we can decrease our dependence on foreign oil — provided we, as a nation, adapt forestry biomass as an alternative energy source. This seems feasible in the Northwest, and in many other regions of the United States as well, because we have abundant forestry resources.

The adoption of forest biomass may cause some to become concerned about an increase in tree harvests. This can be overcome through replanting strategies used by timber companies, in addition to other management practices. This assures forest harvests for future generations, and also ensures that others may uphold the beauty of Oregon’s forests.

We must also be careful not to use too much biomass — this is because the biomass serves ecological purposes, such as nutrient cycling, creating soil organic matter and hydrological function. This is where we must be careful to implement carefully throughout and nonobstructive management practices.

The many potential uses for for-

est biomass can help alleviate some of the concerns over the environment and energy. Considering we can generate both heat and energy from forest biomass, what is stopping us from using it as a more widely accepted source of energy for factories? There is a current growing demand for biomass, according to Timber West magazine. With this increase in demand, there are opportunities to utilize a resource from which we can benefit.

Energy from forest biomass would be worth investing at state and national levels. Through research, we can refine the biomass process to get the most benefit.

The opportunity for human and ecological gain is now, and we cannot let it pass.

We have an opportunity to find a green energy in a place we have perhaps overlooked, and forest biomass may be more efficient than some of the other alternative energies we currently use, such as ethanol. We also have a chance to cut down on forest pests and diseases that can affect our forests ecologically, and reduce forest harvest output. Forest biomass is an opportunity we must explore and research. t

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OSU men’s basketball has begun Pac-12 play with five losses, looking for a home win tonight vs. Washington

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few years ago, if you would have told me the Oregon State men’s basketball team would be 0-5 in the Pac-12 on Jan. 23, 2013, I would have asked you a simple question: “So, is Craig Robinson still the coach?”

If you had said yes, I would have asked who the leading candidates were to replace him at season’s end.

Yes, at one time I was as naïve as every Oregon State fan out there who thinks the Beavers’ fifth-year head coach’s job is in jeopardy.

Robinson is not going anywhere anytime soon, nor should he. His seat is not hot, and it’s time you all get that in your heads.

The last two-and-half years have not gone as well as they should have. The Beavers should have won more than five conference games in Robinson’s third season (2010-11).

They should have been at least a NIT team last year, and they sure as heck shouldn’t be 10-8 through 18 games this season.

So be it.

I write this because now I don’t want to waste any time later this season discussing Robinson’s future if things continue to go south for the Beavers, who will try to pick up their first conference win tonight against the University of Washington.

Next year, if no one transfers or turns pro, the Beavers will have everyone back except senior forward Joe Burton. Their starting lineup very well could feature four seniors and a junior.

It wouldn’t make much sense to make such a veteran-heavy team start from scratch with a new coach, would it?

“It wouldn’t make sense, it wouldn’t make sense at all,” said junior guard Roberto Nelson. “If you look at the team next year — I don’t even want to talk about next year— but if you look at the team we have now with more experience, plus Angus [Brandt] and Daniel Gomis…

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Freshman forward Jarmal Reid faces a swarming Arizona defense in an OSU loss on Jan. 12. The Beavers have lost by at least 10 points in four of their five conference losses.

After finding no luck in Los Angeles, Oregon State returns to Gill Coliseum tonight.

In an attempt to get its first Pac12 win of the year, the OSU men’s basketball team will take on the University of Washington.

The Huskies (12-6, 4-1 Pac-12) and Beavers (10-8, 0-5 Pac-12) both come into this matchup carrying some disappointment on their shoulders.

Oregon State is mired in a fivegame losing streak — its worst to open conference play since 200708 — and the Huskies lost their first Pac-12 game on Saturday to Utah at home, 74-65.

The last time these two teams met, the Beavers upset the Huskies in the Pac-12 Tournament last season, which likely prevented Washington from making the NCAA Tournament as a result.

Washington did beat OSU both times in the regular season in 2012, though.

“I hope we don’t go 0-2 before we play them in the Pac-12 Tournament, because we need wins right now,” said senior forward Joe Burton. “We’re 0-5 and we just need to get back to our groove.”

Head coach Craig Robinson doesn’t expect the Huskies to dwell on last year’s loss to Oregon State.

“I expect them to be hungry because they just lost a game ... and they’re a team that has a winning culture,” Robinson said. “And they’re used to winning often so they’re going to come in trying to win, just for the sake of winning.”

Fans should expect to see a lot of deep shots in this game. Oregon State is second in the conference, shooting 36.7 percent from threepoint range, while the Huskies are fourth, shooting 35.9 percent.

Freshman guard Langston Morris-Walker is confident the Beavers can stop Washington’s three-point shot.

“They’re a good run and gun team,” Morris-Walker said. “So definitely just try to stop their two shooters on the wings. I know See MEN’S HOOPS | page 6

The Daily Barometer Athlete of the Week weekend when he recorded a major decision against No. 25 Air Force and then won by decision against No. 13 Wyoming two days later.

The weekend showing was especially impressive considering Sakaguchi was coming off of an ankle injury that kept him out since Dec. 16.

The team captain continued his hot run with a pin against Stanford in what head coach Jim Zalesky called an “overmatched contest.”

Sakaguchi not only earned a 3-0 mark for the week, but also sparked the entire No. 10 Oregon State team, propelling it to three wins.

Sakaguchi and the Beavers (5-3, 2-1 Pac-12) Scott Sakaguchi will try to keep things rolling as they travel to the East Coast to take on Lehigh and No. 8 The Daily Barometer Cornell this coming weekend.

Junior Scott Sakaguchi, currently No. 8 in After getting out to a mediocre 2-3 dual the nation in the 149-pound weight class, record to start the season, Oregon State — is The Daily Barometer Athlete of the Week thanks in part to Sakaguchi — has gotten after going 3-0 this past week, and scoring 13 back to its winning ways after the undefeated points total in three meets. week.

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1. No. 6 Arizona (16-1, 4-1 Pac-12)

Yes, Arizona lost to the Ducks in Eugene, but I think the Wildcats are the better team on a neutral court. However, I also think UCLA will upset UA tomorrow night. That would be a good result for the conference, considering UCLA would jump into next week’s top 25 and UA wouldn’t drop very far. Arizona still owns, without question, the best resume in the conference.

Last week: @ ASU (W, 71-54) This week (predictions): vs. UCLA (L), vs. USC (W)

2. UCLA (15-4, 5-1)

No matter how talented they are, freshmen will be freshmen from time to time. UCLA’s superb trio of newcomers (Shabazz M u h a m m a d , Jordan Adams, Kyle Anderson) shot just 32 percent from the field in last week’s loss to UO. Chalk it up as nothing more than an “off day” for a team that was riding a 10-game winning streak.

Last week: vs. OSU (W, 74-64), vs.

UO (L, 76-67) This week (predictions): @ UA (W), @ ASU (W)

3. No. 16 Oregon (16-2, 5-0)

It’s kind of crazy to think the Ducks would be a top-10, maybe top-5, team nationally, if not for a triple-overtime loss to UTEP in December.

I’m definitely buying UO as an NCAA Tournament team, but I do think UCLA and Arizona’s ceilings are rather higher.

Last week: @ USC (W, 76-74), @ UCLA (W, 76-67) This week (predictions): vs. WSU (W), vs. UW (L)

4. Washington (12-6, 4-1) Just when it looked like the Huskies were about to declare themselves legitimate contenders, they went out and lost to freaking Utah, which entered

the game with an 0-5 conference ibly tough schedule, and eight of record. I have no idea what to make their 11 losses (including all three of this team, but if I had to guess, Pac-12 losses) have been I’d say the loss to the Utes was an by single digits. anomaly (as were nonconference Last week: vs. UO (L, losses to Albany and Nevada).

74-76), vs. OSU (W, 69-68) Last week: vs. Colo. (W, 64-54), vs.

This week (predicUtah (L, 74-65) tions): @ ASU (L), @ Arizona (L) This week (predictions): @ OSU 9. Cal (10-7, 2-3) (W), @ UO (W) What’s wrong with the Golden Bears? They’re easily the confer5. ASU (14-4, 3-2) ence’s most disapThe Sun Devils haven’t beaten pointing team to anyone noteworthy this season, date, considering and they’re about to they were picked get their third chance third by the media in in as many weeks when they host UCLA the preseason poll and have lost on Sunday. ASU seven of their last 11 games. has all the makings of a bubble Last week: @ Stanford (L, 59-69) team that won’t get into the NCAA This week (predictions): @ Utah Tournament because it lacks signa- (W), @ Colo. (L) ture wins.

10. WSU (10-8, 1-4) Last week: vs. Arizona (L, 71-54) Nothing to see here. The Cougars This week (predictions): vs. USC weren’t expected to be good, and (W), vs. UCLA (L) they’re not good. They have, however, done 6. Colorado (12-6, 2-4) something OSU hasn’t The Buffaloes have lost close — win a Pac-12 game. games to the conference’s two best Last week: vs. Utah (W, teams (Arizona, UCLA), and lost 75-65), vs. Colo. (L, 49-58) on the road to two This week (predictions): @ UO (L), decent teams (ASU, @ OSU (L) Washington), so 11. Utah (9-9, 1-5) they’re better than their 2-4 conferIn case you were wondering, ence record indicates. But if they Utah is one of two want to make a run at a second Pac-12 south teams consecutive NCAA Tournament, (Colorado being the they better start winning ASAP. other) that OSU plays Last week: @ UW (L, 54-64), @ WSU twice.

(W, 58-49) This week (predictions): vs. Stan. Last week: @ WSU (L, 65-75), @ UW (W, 75-65) (W), vs. Cal (W) This week (predictions): vs. Cal (L), vs. Stanford (L) 7. Stanford (11-7, 2-3) The Cardinal got a much-needed 12. OSU (10-8, 0-5) win at home over rival Cal I can’t help but laugh at anylast week to avoid falling to 1-4 in-conference. one who thinks the Beavers might not win a conferMaybe that’ll be the start ence game this year of a midseason run for a (yes, I’ve heard that team that was picked to this week). This is the finish fourth in the conference by Pac-12, not the NBA’s the media.

Western Conference.

Last week: vs. Cal (W, 69-59) This week (predictions): @ Colo. They’ll pick up a win eventually (Saturday?). Until they do, they’re (L), @ Utah (W) stuck in the 12th spot.

Last week: @ UCLA (L, 64-74), @ 8. USC (8-11, 3-3) The Trojans might be the most USC (L, 68-69) under-respected team in the con- This week (predictions): vs. UW (L), ference. They’ve played an incred vs. WSU (W)

Oregon State rugby club, now Division I-A, lost on Saturday to Central Washington, 39-13

By Alex McCoy

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The Oregon State men’s rugby club learned it can’t just show up and win.

Although the team went undefeated last year and won the Northwest Collegiate Rugby Conference, a tough match against Central Washington University on Saturday in below-freezing temperatures resulted in a 39-13 loss for the Beavers.

“The scoreboard doesn’t really tell how we performed,” said senior Rob Kennedy. “I think we performed well, but we didn’t perform to our maximum potential.”

The team recently moved up from Division I-AA to Division I-A, and with that comes new, and better, competition.

“The competition isn’t nearly as hard as it is in [Division] I-A,” said sophomore Clancy Smith. “I’m disappointed we lost, but I’m happy with our performance and that we didn’t just get blown out of the water.”

CWU is arguably one of the best collegiate programs in the Northwest, which is what Oregon State is striving for.

“We want to continue developing the club in terms of how we perform on the field and having a good relationship with the alumni,” said head coach Anthony Lally. “We ultimately want to lift the standard of play in the region.”

The alumni play a big part of the OSU men’s rugby team; the team has never had a coach who wasn’t an alumnus in the program’s 50-year history.

Lally carries on that tradition, having played in 2002. Lally is in his second year as head coach for OSU. Before coming back to Corvallis, Lally coached at UC Santa Barbara and Northern Sydney in Australia.

A popular comparison Lally makes is when he compares rugby to chess.

“Coach says it’s like ‘chess on steroids,’” said senior club president Steven Fenaroli. “It’s a lot about thinking. It’s continuous. Lots of things can go wrong and you have to figure out how to adapt to make it work. It’s all about seeing the next thing coming.”

For those who are unfamiliar with rugby, there are 15 players from each team on the field and those 15 players play both offense and defense.

“Everyone gets to touch the ball,

everyone gets to tackle,” Smith said.

“It’s the ultimate team game.”

Experience and size aren’t needed either. It’s the intangibles that lead to a quality rugby player.

“A guy with a lot of determination and a lot of drive that wants something is what makes a great rugby player,” Fenaroli said. “It’s all about what you put in and how bad you want it.”

Fenaroli is the smallest player on the OSU team, coming in at 5-foot-4 and weighing about 115 pounds.

“The good news about this game is that all our mistakes are things we can fix,” Smith said, mentioning terms like dropped balls, scrumming and line-outs.

Improvement is what the team is seeking after a loss like Saturday’s.

“We’re almost there,” Kennedy said.

“We just need to focus more in practices, and keep our game the way we play it and not the way they play it.”

The Beavers will take on Washington State next Sunday at noon on the Intramural Fields and will travel to Vancouver, B.C., after that to battle the University of British Columbia on Feb. 2.

Alex McCoy, sports reporter On Twitter @alexmccoy21 sports@dailybarometer.com

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Men’s Basketball vs. Washington, 8:30 p.m., Gill Coliseum, Pac-12 Networks (TV)

Friday, Jan. 25

Women’s Track @ UW Invitational, 1 p.m., Seattle,Wash.

Swimming vs. Washington State, 5 p.m., Corvallis, Ore. Women’s Basketball @ Washington, 6 p.m., Seattle,Wash.

Saturday, Jan. 26

Women’s Track @ UW Invitational, 10 a.m., Seattle,Wash.

Swimming vs. Idaho, 1 p.m., Corvallis, Ore. No. 10 Wrestling @ Lehigh, 11 a.m., Bethlehem, Pa. Men’s Basketball vs. Washington State, 2 p.m., Corvallis, Ore., Pac-12 Networks (TV) No. 16 Gymnastics @ Metroplex Challenge, 5 p.m., Fort Worth,Texas

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Now that we have that settled, let’s move on to the next question: Is Robinson capable of leading this program to its first NCAA Tournament since 1990?

He has the rest of this season, and all of next, to prove that he is.

Though you can’t blame the Beavers’ shortcomings this season on Robinson — they’ve been decimated by injuries (Brandt, Gomis) and had to deal with suspensions (Eric Moreland, Victor Robbins) — he hasn’t given anyone any reason to believe he’s better than a middle-to-lower-tier Division I coach.

And middle-of-the-road only cuts it for so long.

We know Robinson is a good, maybe great recruiter (considering he’s convincing kids to come to a school in Corvallis that doesn’t have a practice facility or a recent history of winning).

He’s also a great motivator — according to those he’s in charge of motivating — and someone the players can relate to, a father figure of sorts. That goes a long ways.

“Before the X’s and O’s, I think [Robinson] has done a great job of getting these guys to believe in him,” said associate head coach Doug Stewart, who coached under Robinson at Brown University for two years before coming to Corvallis with him.

Ah, the X’s and O’s. The jury is still out on whether or not Robinson is a good enough X’s and O’s guy,

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though Stewart said that hasn’t been an issue this season.

“Look at the Oregon game (a 79-66 loss), the strategy and scheming, we had a lead at halftime,” Stewart said.

“A lot of the other games, like the Kansas game (a 84-78 loss), the strategy and schemes have been solid, we just have to be consistent.”

Robinson said you can’t judge his schemes just yet, because he’s had to vary them so much in his time here.

“I’d like to think that I’ve gotten better each year coaching different styles,” Robinson said. “Once we get a couple years of doing things one way, we’re going to be in good shape. This is really year two of playing the way we’re playing.”

So, what are Robinson’s shortcomings as a coach?

The things he must fix if he wants to stick around for a seventh, eighth, ninth year?

We’ll start with the most glaring concern with Robinson-coached teams, including this year’s: defense.

“I have to become a better man-to-man coach,” Robinson deadpanned Tuesday.

The Beavers are last in the Pac-12 in scoring defense at 69.7 points per game, as they have been each of the past two seasons. They’re also last in field goal percentage defense (42.5 percent).

At times last year, the Beavers got away with outscoring teams — they averaged 77.1 points per conference game. This year, they’re averaging just 66 points per conference game, which has made their atrocious defense stick out like a sore thumb.

“All the jobs I’ve had have been inheriting bad programs and turning them around, and one way to do that is to play a lot of zones, play a lot of changing defenses to slow the game down,”

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Robinson said. “I’d like to get better at the whole concept of man-to-man defense.”

The other thing Robinson must fix: getting his team to play better at the start of the second half.

Whatever Robinson’s saying at halftime isn’t working, because the Beavers have been outscored 55-28 in the first five minutes of the second half of Pac-12 games this season.

“I’m trying to improve on getting my teams to come out of halftime playing better,” Robinson said. “I didn’t think I struggled with that [in the past], but this year it’s rearing its head.”

Oregon began the second half versus OSU on a 15-2 run, ASU began it on a 16-7 run, Arizona a 14-8 run, UCLA an 11-2 run and USC a 9-4 run.

Maybe opposing coaches are better at making halftime adjustments than Robinson is.

There are plenty of other things Robinson must fix, but those are the two things that have stuck out most to me.

Three years ago, I would have undoubtedly said this was a program on the rise.

Now? I’m not so sure.

“This is the nature of our jobs, people want quick fixes, even if it was a horrible place to be just five years ago,” Robinson said.

“That’s what I signed up for.

If my evaluation is wins and losses, my evaluation is wins and losses. You got to keep winning if you want to keep these jobs.”

If Robinson hasn’t won enough by the end of next season, it may be time for OSU to look elsewhere.

Until then, Beaver Nation needs to relax and see if he can fix this thing that he started five years ago.

Grady Garrett, managing editor On Twitter @gradygarrett managing@dailybarometer.com

MEN’S HOOPS n Continued from page 4 they’re gonna let that thing fly so I’m sure we have enough defense between me and [freshman] Jarmal [Reid] to be able to lock them down.”

Morris-Walker’s confidence has statistics to back it up, too. The Beavers are tied for the conference lead in defense against the three ball — only allowing opponents to shoot 31.6 percent against them.

In the Beavers’ last three g a m e s, Mo r r i s - Wa l k e r has seen increased playing time — averaging 19.3 minutes — and Robinson has been pleased with his improvement.

“I think he has turned a corner here,” Robinson said.

“He is a terrific defender and ... he was a very big part of our comeback, defensively, against USC. And we’re going to be looking to use him more and more.”

On the other end of the spectrum, junior guard Ahmad Starks has been in a bit of a slump lately. He averaged only 2.5 points per game and shot a collective 20 percent from the field on the Beavers’ L.A. trip. Against USC, Starks didn’t score and attempted only one shot for the first time in his Oregon State career.

“He shouldn’t have taken just one shot,” Robinson said. “He passed up some shots so I have to work on getting his confidence level back up because, as I’ve said many times, we can’t win a lot of games with Ahmad and Roberto not playing well.”

Still, Starks is second in the conference — behind the Huskies’ C.J. Wilcox — in three-pointers made, averaging 2.39 per game.

Wilcox comes into Corvallis as the Huskies’ leading scorer and tied for second in the Pac-12 with 19.1 points per game.

As noted before, stopping the Huskies’ outside shooting will be key if Oregon State wants to get a victory.

Although he isn’t a prolific scorer, Washington center Aziz N’Diaye is a sevenfooter and is averaging 9.6 rebounds per game.

Burton knows he’ll have his hands full, but the senior has faced seven-footers before this season and is confident in his abilities.

“Just remember the story of David and Goliath,” Burton said. “I’m David in these matchups.”

The Beavers, as an entire team, are playing the role of David on Wednesday night.

It remains to be seen whether or not they will finally be able to get the monkey off their back and pull off the upset.

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By Ricky Zipp

The Daily Barometer

ASOSU’s town hall meeting was intended to field responses from the student body about the new student initiative. Instead it became an informative session about plans the students who were in attendance knew apparently nothing about.

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The main topic under discussion was the university’s introduction of the first-year experience, which requires first-year students to live on campus in residence halls. The motivation for the initiative was to help increase retention amongst younger students and to provide academic support.

Once the initial information was given, questions immediately came from the students in attendance from the Greek community. Issues regarding the ability of Greek organizations to recruit freshman, seeing college experiences beyond academic accomplishments but also as social accomplishments and the issue of going to college and now being forced to comply with more rules.

Michael Stohr, a member of Alpha Tau Omega, was the most vocal of the students in attendance. Stohr raised issues about the speed in which this initiative is being put into place and the lack of student input into the process. “I know 2,000 students who will not be supporting this initiativ,� Stohr said.

Stressing that on-campus housing representatives were not the totality of all students’ opinions, especially considering

the large portion of the student population the Greek community makes up.

When questions of how students could get involved Senators Terra Setzler, Tyler Hogan and Dylan Hinrichs encouraged students to attend ASOSU meetings and their opinions can become officially documented. Hogan also pointed out that ASOSU has taken hard stances before when they felt the student body was not in support of university plans.

The second portion of the meeting covered the new city ordinances that have been approved

by Corvallis Neighborhood Livability Committee. Eight motions regarding neighborhood livability and three motions regarding neighborhood planning were passed.

The recommendations which will be made to the Corvallis City Council brought the most questions from students regarding: increased fines relating towards alcohol code violations, special response notices becoming mandatory on first visits, the social host initiative now extending to all tenants and extending the jurisdiction of the OSU Student Code of Conduct to off campus behavior.

Setzler said these initia-

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tives were passed as a package instead of being passed individually and will now move to the OSU Corvallis Steering Committee. If the second committee passes the initiatives it will then be placed into the city council to be voted in and go into effect if passed.

After the meeting was concluded to an unhappy crowd, ASOSU members rushed to the Memorial Union for Tuesday night’s Senate meeting.

The bulk of time was taken up by the approval of title changes within ASOSU positions, town hall updates and summaries and a report from the director of multicultural affairs, Agustin Vega-Peters.

The only new business was the first reading of a new piece of legislation presented by Senator Thomas Bancroft, the “Tuition Equity Resolution.� The bill addresses that “all high school graduates in Oregon, regardless of documentation status, are to be eligible for in state tuition at all seven public universities in Oregon.�

Next week will be read a second time. Then the Senate will vote on it.

Ricky Zipp, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com

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