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TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2014 • VOLUME CXVI, NUMBER 71

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Students, student leaders work with administrators to raise awareness of ongoing, unmet Americans with Disabilities Act standards on OSU campus

By Sean Bassinger THE DAILY BAROMETER

Outdoors, Oregon State University has more than 5,000 barriers interfering with accessible pathways, according to a survey conducted by SZS Consulting Group using 2010 Americans with Disabilities Act compliance standards.

Students, members of the Associated Students of Oregon State University and other community members have voiced their concerns regarding ADA compliances and issues with accessibility for several years.

OSU has been unable to remedy the overall situation.

“We don’t have a single building on campus that’s ADA compliant,” said Bryan Williamson, ASOSU director of accessibility affairs.

Williamson and a new campaign he helped create, Raise the Blue, focuses on access to education for all individuals. Williamson said the campaign is not about labeling, but focuses on awareness of ADA concerns and other barriers, including financial predicaments or preventing See ACCESSIBILITY | page 4

Parking permits considered for new residential zones Committee develops plan for easing traffic in residential parking districts near campus

by residents who felt that traffic diminished the quality of their neighborhoods.

“There just wasn’t enough onstreet parking and it was being used

By Emma-Kate Schaake by vehicles that were assumed comTHE DAILY BAROMETER muters,” said Corvallis Public Works Parking has been the dominat- Director Mary Steckel. ing focus of the Urban Services The workgroup then made recomCommittee for months, and the mendations in early August 2013 to potential plan for the new residen- the Urban Services Committee, one tial parking zones is now available of three separate committees within for the public.

City Council, which was then tasked As a part of Collaboration with finding the best solution for the Corvallis, the partnership between expansion of the residential parkOSU and Corvallis for quality of ing zones. The committee explored life improvements, the Parking and permit, metered or limited two-hour Traffic Workgroup evaluated probSee PARKING | page 4 lems brought to their attention n

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Students seek input for mural

COURTESY OF ELENA VALDES-CHAVARRIA

A group of students work to design a mural for the Centro Cultural Cesar Chavez

so it’s something that I already am very involved with. Also it is something that is very ingrained in our culture because it’s a way of getting a message across to the public.”

Valdes-Chavarria said the goal

By Kaitlyn Kohlenberg is to get as much input as possible THE DAILY BAROMETER for the mural.

As a part of her graduate proAmparo Mata, a sophomore in gram in contemporary Hispanic Spanish and math, worked at the studies, Elena Valdes-Chavarria is center’s temporary location when working with fellow students to Valdes-Chavarria invited her to parcoordinate the creation of a mural ticipate in the planning committee. to be painted in the Centro Cultural Mata said it was awesome to see Cesar Chavez. the cultural connection bring stu“I did my undergrad in music dents together from across campus. and art,” Valdes-Chavarria said.

See MURAL | page 4 “I’ve done other murals as well, n

Kayla Martin, Rachel Tholl, Esther Rodriguez, Carmen Lopez, Teresa Vargas, Amparo Mata, Elena Valdes Chavarria, Guadalupe Garcia and Sheslly Zamora.

OSU leaders return from Pac-12 summit The Associated Students of Oregon State University president Brett Deedon and vice president Victoria Redman returned Saturday from a Pac-12 student government summit in Salt Lake City.

Deedon and Redman traveled to the University of Utah to share ideas and concerns with other student leaders across the western United States. The Pac-12 Student Leader Summit, which lasted from Jan. 23-25, combined breakout sessions and networking activities to encourage collaborative work.

“We had a couple breakout sessions that focused on professional development … which were good,” Redman said. “But the most valuable aspect of the Pac-12 leadership conference was creating our mission statement and initiatives and talking about what we, as the Pac-12, can stand for in solidarity and actually implement on our campuses together.”

According to Redman, the conference was the first of its kind in the United States, prompting coverage from prominent news agencies like the New York Times.

The conference is scheduled to be held next year at Washington State University and will focus on similar goals of unity and collaboration. Redman hopes Oregon State will one day host the annual summit.

“It was so inspiring to listen to all the other initiatives that the other universities are taking,” Redman said. “It really invigorates your spirit for why you do this, why you put so much time into this.” managing@dailybarometer.com

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SALEM — When Virginia’s new attorney general announced this week that he would not defend the state’s ban on samesex marriages against a legal challenge, it made national news.

Similar hands-off actions were taken earlier by attorneys general in California and Pennsylvania.

Oregon has taken a different track. But so far, it appears as less than a robust defense of its own ban.

Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is scheduled to respond by March 10 to two federal lawsuits challenging the state constitutional ban, which voters approved as Measure 36 in 2004.

Judge Michael McShane agreed this week to consolidate the cases for argument on April 23 in U.S. District Court in Eugene.

The cases were filed a couple of months apart but raise similar issues. Both name three state officials, including Gov. John Kitzhaber and the Multnomah County assessor, as defendants.

The sponsor of the 2004 measure was the Defense of Marriage Coalition, a political action committee that included two officials of the Oregon Family Council.

Although the council has not sought to intervene as a participant in the Oregon cases, “we call on Gov. Kitzhaber and Attorney General Rosenblum to uphold their oaths of office to defend the constitution of Oregon by defending the people’s duly enacted marriage amendment,” said Shawn Lindsay, the council’s legal counsel and a former state representative.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon represents the plaintiffs in one of the cases.

“I think it’s a little early to characterize the state’s defense of Measure 36,” said Dave Fidanque, ACLU Oregon executive director.

“I think we will not have a clear picture until the state responds to our motions for summary judgment,” which allows the judge to decide a case without a fullblown trial or expert testimony.

“We could have a decision by late spring or early summer. Of course, it’s up to the judge.”

But based on an earlier opinion by the Oregon Department of Justice and the agency’s preliminary response to one of the federal lawsuits, the state’s lawyers have signaled that the ban may not stand up against the federal constitutional guarantee of equal protection of the laws.

“The state recognizes that significant and serious questions exist as to the legal defensibility of laws that deny same-sex couples the opportunity into civil marriage in Oregon,” wrote Sheila Potter, deputy chief trial counsel for the Department of Justice, in a Dec. 13 response to one of the lawsuits.

“These legal questions are ultimately for the court to decide.”

On Oct. 16, Deputy Attorney General Mary Williams — the No. 2 official at the Department

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Cosgrove Norstadt (right) and Jeff Foote embrace during their wedding at San Francisco’s City Hall in California in 2013. When the 9th Circuit Court lifted the stay on same-sex marriage in California, it sent a flurry of couples to city hall. of Justice, who since has retired — advised state agencies that it is “legally defensible” to recognize marriages of same-sex couples performed elsewhere.

“The DOJ memo does not answer the question regarding a same-sex couple’s ability to legally wed in Oregon,” Michael Jordan, the state’s chief operating officer and director of the Department of Administrative Services, wrote in response.

“However, it makes a clear case for all legal marriages performed in other states and countries to be recognized in Oregon.”

The opinion is binding only on state agencies.

McShane has not received requests from other organizations to participate as intervenors. But ACLU’s Fidanque said questions are raised if other parties, such as the Oregon Family Council, seek to substitute for the state.

Background Last summer, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a decision by the California Supreme Court to overturn that state’s 2008 ban on marriage by samesex couples. The justices never decided that case on its merits, only that the case did not reach the court properly.

Neither Gov. Jerry Brown nor Attorney General Kamela Harris chose to represent California, and the justices decided that advocates of the state’s ban could not step into the case.

“It is clear from the California case that even if there were intervenors and a finding by the judge that Measure 36 violates the U.S. Constitution, they would not be able to appeal,” ACLU’s Fidanque said.

The high court, in a separate decision announced the same day, struck down part of a 1996 law barring federal benefits to same-sex couples. The justices did not decide whether state bans on same-sex marriages in 33 states violate federal constitutional rights.

Seventeen states and Washington, D.C., allow marriage by same-sex couples.

The manager of Oregon United for Marriage said that the campaign for a ballot initiative to repeal Oregon’s ban would proceed, regardless of the result of the legal challenges.

“The lawsuit is entirely in the judge’s hands, and as we’re seeing in Utah and Oklahoma, federal marriage equality cases are full of twists and turns,” Mike Marshall said. “Even if the judge finds Measure 36 unconstitutional, the discriminatory language that excludes same-sex couples from marriage will be in Oregon’s constitution until Oregonians vote to remove it.”

The U.S. Supreme Court put a stay on the Dec. 20 decision by a U.S. district judge in Utah, pending an appeal from that state to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, so it blocks new marriages by same-sex couples. Such lawsuits, including those in Pennsylvania and Virginia, are likely to reach the Supreme Court eventually.

Oregon lawsuits One of Oregon’s federal lawsuits was filed Oct. 15 by two same-sex couples, both from Portland. Two are women who want to marry in Oregon; two are men who have married in Canada and Washington. They are represented by Portland lawyers.

That lawsuit was filed the day before the Oregon Department of Justice advised state agencies that they should recognize all out-ofstate marriages, including those of same-sex couples.

The other federal lawsuit was filed Dec. 19, also by two samesex couples and the Basic Rights Oregon Education Fund. Staff lawyers for the ACLU of Oregon, and cooperating lawyers who are employed by other firms, represent the plaintiffs.

“We were not planning to file a lawsuit in Oregon because we were going forward with the (repeal) campaign,” ACLU’s

Fidanque said. “But two things happened. One was the filing of the first case, and the second was the attorney general’s opinion that the state has to recognize valid marriages from out-of-state.”

A couple named in the second lawsuit are Christine Tanner and Lisa Chickadonz, whose names also were on the state lawsuit that resulted in a landmark decision by the Oregon Court of Appeals in 1998.

The appeals court ruled in that case that state agencies, including Oregon Health & Science University, could not deny benefits to same-sex couples that are offered to opposite-sex couples. The decision effectively canceled a ballot measure that voters approved in 1988 to overturn a governor’s executive order banning discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Previous state case A similar challenge to Oregon’s 2004 ban on same-sex marriages failed in state courts.

Juan Martinez, now development director at Basic Rights Oregon, and 21 others sued in Marion County Circuit Court to overturn the ban. They argued that Measure 36 resulted in multiple changes amounting to a “revision” of the Oregon Constitution, which only the Legislature can propose.

But they lost in circuit court in 2005, and the Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the earlier decision on May 21, 2008. The Oregon Supreme Court declined to review it.

What’s next Judge Michael McShane is scheduled to hear oral arguments in two cases challenging Oregon’s state constitutional ban on marriage by same-sex couples. The arguments are scheduled at 1:30 p.m. April 23 in U.S. District Court in the Wayne Morse Courthouse, 405 E. Eighth Ave., Eugene. Entry to a federal building requires government-issued photo identification.

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Economist: Rural Oregon’s economy ‘dire,’ not hopeless

By Eric Mortenson EAST OREGONIAN eastoregonian.com

PENDLETON — Damage inflicted on rural Oregon’s economy during the recession will “soon become irreversible� if talented young workers continue to flock to the state’s urban areas, according to Oregon’s state economist.

The state’s rural areas are stuck in a “negative, perpetuating cycle� in which young people leave because they can’t find jobs and companies don’t move in because the workforce is leaving, said Mark McMullen, with the state Office of Economic Analysis.

In some rural counties, deaths now exceed births, and an aging demographic dim economic growth.

Counties that have resisted that trend, such as Umatilla, Morrow, Hood River and Marion, have done so by attracting Latino families, which tend to be younger, McMullen said.

Speaking Thursday to the board of directors of the EO Media Group, McMullen said Portland and Oregon’s rural counties each lost about 8 percent of jobs during the recession, but Portland has largely recovered. Rural areas are just now beginning to regain jobs, McMullen said.

Portland’s advantage has been its more diverse economy. While rural areas rely heavily on government employment and construction, “Portland also has advertising executives and ballet dancers,� he said.

The city attracts high tech and other ambitious, skilled workers — many of whom came from rural Oregon, he said. “Rural Oregon is a tremendous place

to raise workers,� McMullen said. A study showed that a person born in John Day in 1970 had a one in seven chance of being in Oregon’s highest income group today. A person born in east Portland at the same time, however, had only a one in 11 chance.

Workers from Oregon’s rural areas come to Portland looking for opportunity and with expectations of success. “You might be poor, but you have examples of (successful) folks to follow,� he said, while disenfranchised groups living in Portland’s impoverished neighborhoods don’t see such prospects.

Northeast Oregon — Baker, Grant Morrow, Umatilla, Union and Wallowa counties — surprisingly weathered the recession better than the rest of the state, even better than Portland, McMullen said.

Three factors made that so: Federal spending, especially the millions spent to destroy chemical weapons at the Umatilla Depot; extensive wind farm development; and the high price of wheat, which in turn triggered farmers to buy new equipment. “As goes the price of wheat, so goes Pendleton, I’ve been told,� McMullen quipped.

But the bloom is off that rose, McMullen said. The cleanup project is finished, wheat prices have slipped back toward normal and wind energy development is stalled. “All those tailwinds have kind of gone away, so they’re coming back to earth,�

McMullen said of the northeast counties.

McMullen pointed out some economic bright spots. Agriculture has been “surprisingly strong,� he said, and a January report by the land-use group 1000 Friends of

Oregon backs that up, estimating that $5.8 billion worth of farm and ranch products induces $22 billion in goods and services annually.

The same report showed the staying power of food processing in particular.

From 2007 to 2012, during the depth of the recession, Oregon’s manufacturing sector as a whole lost 15.8 percent of its jobs. But food manufacturing jobs increased 7.8 percent during that same period. “That’s something we’re having hard time getting a grip on,� McMullen said during his talk. “The conventional wisdom is that they were dead. But then something happened in terms of competitiveness, a change in crops, and now they’re bigger then ever and there are more operations in the off-season, which is encouraging.�

Oregon’s north coast kept going with an increase in exports, he said. Commercial fishing, a high value-added industry, did well in bad times but in terms of raw numbers is not a big part of the state’s economy, he said. Also, a growing number of professional service jobs can be done remotely from rural areas, but the impact at this time is unclear, McMullen said.

Japan’s economic growth rate, projected at 7 percent after years of stagnation, is good news for segments of Oregon’s exporters, such as wheat ranchers.

Economic recovery is spreading to rural areas, McMullen said, but Oregon may not regain all the jobs it lost until the end of 2014 or 2015. “Although the situation is dire, it’s not hopeless,� he said.

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PORTLAND — Two wildfires burning along Oregon’s coast range are expected to be contained by mid-week. That’s according to the Oregon Department of Forestry.

The two fires erupted separately late last week in slash piles owned by Stimson Lumber Company and Weyerhaeuser Columbia Timberlands.

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Lertora says while winter wildfires are exceptionally rare, these blazes have left many wondering what this year’s fire season could look like if continues to be as dry as it has. “I think that’s the $64 million question,� she says. “I think that it will all depend on how much rain we get this spring.�

Whether this coming fire season will be worse than last year’s might be called the $122 million question. That was the record-breaking cost of the 2013 fire season. Last year also set a record for acreage burned.

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BEND — As they plan for the new Oregon State UniversityCascades campus, Bend residents say they want their city to be “a town with a college, not a college town.�

The new branch campus, expected to open in 2015, is projected to draw an enrollment of about 5,000 students.

At a recent meeting with city officials and planning commission members, residents wanted to know just where all these new students were going to live, and how they would impact traffic patterns in the High Desert city. “I have lived in a college town -- I know exactly what it’s like,� said Bend resident Marie Matthews, who lives near the future Westside site of the university. “I loved the students. I didn’t like the mess and the unsightliness.�

Assistant City Manager Jon Skidmore said his office is in the process of hiring some more staff to help with the transition.

Skidmore also presented a timeline of four projects the city will be involved in during the process of the university’s expansion: Project 1 includes OSU-Cascades’ site plan application and the development of 10 acres and construction to get the university started.

Project 2 is the development of OSU-Cascade’s master plan, including development of the entire 46 acres. Planning starts in the spring of 2015, and the city will be involved in public hearings and broader polices guiding the site development.

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ACCESSIBILITY n Continued from page 1 students from receiving equal educational opportunities.

“Blue is just embodying the issue of accessibility,” Williamson said.

By providing interactive tours on campus, Williamson has students manually propel themselves in a wheelchair up certain ramps or other inaccessible areas in order to gain a first-hand perspective of accessibility barriers at OSU. Starting near Furman Hall, there are two options to access the Memorial Union quad.

One route is up the sloped path, which winds between the Pharmacy Building and Gladys Valley Gymnastics Center. The second option is to travel up Jefferson Way. Neither option is ADA compliant.

“From a social and civil rights perspective,” Williamson said, “it’s just wrong,” Williamson said many ramps on campus are too steep, have no signs, wrong angles, incorrect railings or a combination of these issues.

According to a comprehensive accessibility plan OSU drafted in summer 2013, the total cost to fix all outdoor barriers could cost close to $20 million. The plan also describes an external survey conducted to identify the 5,000 outdoor barriers in greater detail.

Of the barriers outlined, 34 percent require immediate removal, 37 percent were recommended for removal, 15 percent were a hindrance and 13 percent fell under the “low severity” category.

MURAL n Continued from page 1 “(Valdes-Chavarria) also has people who have never heard of the center before but they still feel affiliated with the Latina community,” Mata said.

Every Friday, a group of students meets at the Valley Library in the group study areas behind the printers on the second floor. To make the discussion even more open, students who attend the Friday discussions meet up throughout the week with students who cannot attend.

The report lists an additional 15 barriers as “technically infeasible” in regards to removal.

Steve Clark, vice president of university relations and marketing, said the college’s administration has acknowledged the issue and continues to work to raise funds.

OSU will seek an additional $10 million from the state after the upcoming legislative session in February, Clark said.

“This is an effort to substantially accelerate those improvements,” Clark said.

Gabe Merrell, director for accessibility in the office of equality and inclusion, said OSU needs to focus more on inclusion through environments that work for as many people as possible.

“Disability is often left out of the conversation with diversity and inclusion,” Merrell said.

The projected cost to remove only highpriority facility barriers is estimated to be more than $10 million, according to the accessibility plan.

Though students, staff, faculty and administrators know of the issues at hand, Merrell said the college’s comprehensive plan only tackles what the university needs to address now.

Merrell said OSU should continue planning for the future as it keeps looking for additional ways to improve accessibility on campus.

“We have a lot more work to do,” Merrell said.

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“We have about four subgroups,” Valdes-Chavarria said. “Our main concern is that we don’t want to leave anybody out that would like to participate in the project.”

Valdes-Chavarria said once a design is decided, an image will be made with a graph overlaid on the image. When the actual painting process begins, a similar graph, either with string or charcoal powder, will be placed on the wall where the mural will be.

“It’s going to be a process in which everybody can participate, starting from now

because we need those ideas,” Valdes-Chavarria said. “It’s something that’s going to stay there for a long time, hopefully, so it needs to represent the student body.”

Mata feels a personal connection to the center and the mural project.

“As a Latina, a first generation coming here, (to have) a place where I connect with people, … it’s a home away from home,” Mata said.

Kaitlyn Kohlenberg Campus reporter managing@dailybarometer.com

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Kitzhaber: CRC now or never

By Jim Redden

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SALEM — Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber says the 2014 Oregon Legislature must either fund a state-led Columbia River Crossing project or spend its transportation money on something else.

And he wants a final decision by March 9.

The Legislature is scheduled to convene for a 35-day session on Feb. 3. In a Jan. 27 letter to State Senate President Peter Courtney and Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek, Kitzhaber said he strongly supports the $2.8 billion project.

“Replacing the bridge and improving the adjacent Oregon interchanges are critical infrastructure investments for the safety of our citizens and the future vitality of our state.

Businesses from all over our state rely on this bridge to get their goods to and from market. Yet businesses that haul goods critical to our state’s economic well-being must rely on a bridge that is both seismically at risk and an obsolete design that leads to increased accidents and gridlock in the corridor. For Oregon, there is no viable alternative plan that is less complicated or less expensive,” the letter said.

At the same time, Kitzhaber said the time has come to either proceed with the project or shelve it.

“Oregon must either decisively move the project to construction or refocus and reprioritize our resources. A project in limbo is the worst and most expensive outcome for Oregon, and continuing expenditures to sustain work without progress is a waste of money and resources,” the letter said.

Although the 2013 Oregon Legislature approved $450 million as the state’s share of the controversial project, it stalled after the Washington Legislature refused to do the same. Kitzhaber then ordered the Oregon Department of Transportation to study whether the state could do a scaledback version of the project without Washington’s funding.

Kitzhaber calls such a project possible in his letter, but says time is running out to make the decision.

“I have notified Governor Inslee, our federal and local partners, Oregon Transportation Commissioners and ODOT Director Garrett that without the appropriate action from the Oregon Legislature by March 9, 2014, and the appropriate action from the state of Washington by March 15, 2014, ODOT will close the project and begin archiving materials,” the letter says.

PARKING n Continued from page 1 parking in its deliberations.

Since then, the Urban Services Committee developed a plan to eliminate all free parking in the new designated residential zones with the implementation of residential parking permits.

No finalized plan has been brought to the City Council for official approval, but the working plan has been made available to the public.

There are currently three residential parking zones, which, under the new plan, would expand to seven.

In the proposed plan, only vehicles with a parking permit would be allowed to park in these zones from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The permits would be issued for the resident’s specific zone and would not be transferable to other districts.

“The permit scenario is the one that deals with the issue of traffic commuting,” Steckel said. “It will drastically reduce the traffic driving around the area.”

Some streets may have

enough parking capacity to issue commuter permits, but they would cost an estimated 115 percent of the OSU faculty permit, which is currently $178 for a year, discouraging non-residents from adding unnecessary traffic to these neighborhoods.

Because many of the commuters who have been parking in residential zones are OSU students, staff and faculty, OSU has also made moves alongside the city to incite change.

One of the proposed changes is a system of permits purchased through OSU’s Transit and Parking Services that would charge drivers less for parking in the lots located farther from the core of campus, like in the currently underutilized Reser lot.

“The timing works well with OSU as it develops its own plan with tiered parking,” said Corvallis Mayor Julie Manning.

The aimed implementation date for both the city residential districts and OSU’s tiered parking permit structure is Sept. 1.

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Census: Fewer newcomers moving to Oregon

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PORTLAND — New census figures show a drop in the number of people who moved to Oregon in 2013. Nationally, the state fell two notches down to the 16th spot.

The 2013 Census shows 16,590 people moved to Oregon last year.

Internationally, Oregon attracted people mainly from Asia and South America.

Domestically, people mainly moved from California to Oregon. But many Oregonians left for Washington state.

“The employment opportunity is getting better every day, every year,” said Kanhaiya Vaidya, an economist with Oregon’s Office of Economic Analysis. “As long as we have job opportunities and our state is nice place to live people will keep coming.”

Vaidya said the state’s population grew by about 30,000 people last year. Migration is the primary reason for that growth.

Fewer Oregonians are having babies and, with the state’s older population, deaths are outpacing births.

Oregon’s population growth is slightly higher than the national average.

An annual permit in these districts would cost $20 and would be available for residents based on the size of their lot.

“Every single one of these parking districts have their own set of unique characteristics,” Manning said. “The level of complexity involved with these districts is great.”

After their deliberations, the committee also favored the permit plan for its efficiency for law enforcement.

Two-hour parking would require officers to frequent the streets in these areas, noting the license details of the vehicles, and return to see if the same cars were there and in violation of the parking limit. If an officer’s timing is not just right, vehicles breaking the law can easily slip away without a citation.

With permits, an officer can move though a district quicker and be more responsive.

“It’s easier and less cumbersome to know which vehicles are in compliance and which are not,” Steckel said.

One issue that has arisen from residents with this system is how guests are going to park when they visit the affected zones.

As it stands, the city urges guests to park on the residential property, and not on the street. If that isn’t an option, guest permits will be issued to permit-holding residents.

The details of how many and when these guest permits can be issued are still up for debate.

After the Jan. 7 Urban Services Committee meeting, postcards were issued to the residents in the proposed zones, explaining the definitions and allocations of the guest permits and the potential upcoming changes.

The committee hopes to receive considerable feedback, questions and concerns about the program before their next meeting on Feb. 4.

Emma-Kate Schaake City reporter managing@dailybarometer.com

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A trio of freshmen have performed well for the Beavers early in the 2014 season

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In the typical frenzy of fans at OSU’s gymnastics meet on Saturday, the cheering of one name was different from years’ past. A lot of it was directed toward a freshman — Kaytianna McMillan.

While there was loud cheering for last year’s standouts as well — seniors Kelsi Blalock, Brittany Harris and junior Chelsea Tang in particular — the excitement the crowd had for McMillan, a local product out of Coburg, was obvious.

“I love it,” McMillan said. “It just gives you that warm, fuzzy feeling that your friends and family, since I grew up here, came out to support me and see what I’m accomplishing.”

Whether or not the cheering was from old or new fans, the fact remains that OSU’s class of freshmen is providing an immediate impact.

Oregon State’s Madeline Gardiner and Megan Jimenez, in addition to McMillan, have stood out.

McMillan and Gardiner have participated in all three meets — Jimenez has competed in two of the three, missing one due to a finger injury — and all three have been top performers.

Gardiner has a pair of third-place finishes, one fourth and one fifth.

Jimenez has a pair of fifth-place finishes and McMillan has one firstplace, one second-place and a pair of third- and fifth-place finishes.

Associate coach Michael Chaplin knew the young group had potential, See GYMNASTICS | page 6

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Oregon State freshman Kaytianna McMillan gets ready for her floor exercise in Saturday’s home meet against Iowa State.

Seniors Crystal Kibby and Aya Fujimura set the tone for Oregon State during their senior day weekend.

Kibby tallied three first-place finishes Friday against WSU and two more Saturday against Idaho. Fujimura finished each day with a first-place and second-place finish.

Kibby started Friday off winning the 100-yard breaststroke (1:05.57), followed by wins in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:19.58) and 200-yard Individual Medley (2:07.19). She won the 200-yard breaststroke (2:19:55) and the 200 IM (2:07.15) Saturday.

Fujimura placed first on Friday in the 200-yard butterfly (2:05.34), and on Saturday finished first in the 100yard butterfly (56.98) and second in the 200 butterfly (2:06.26).

Despite the strong results from Kibby and Fujimura along with a pair of first-place finishes on both days by sophomore Sammy Harrison, the Beavers were unable to pull away with wins in either meet.

Oregon State fell to WSU, 148114, on Friday, and Idaho 188-86 on Saturday, Jan. 25.

Harrison finished first in the 1,000yard freestyle (9:57.87), before taking first in the 500-yard freestyle (4:59.03) on Friday. On Saturday, Harrison won See SWIMMING | page 6

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The Oregon State men’s golf team opened its spring season at the Arizona Intercollegiate on Monday, playing two of three rounds.

The Beavers shot a 34-over 303299—602 at the par-71 Sewailo Golf Club, putting them in 11th place in a 14-team field.

Southern California and California were the only clubs to shoot under par in the tournament’s first day.

Junior Alex Franklin, in his first year with Oregon State, posted the best day for the Beavers, shooting a 74-72—146, which puts him in a tie for 19th place on the individual leaderboard.

Franklin recorded two birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey in the morning period, and slated two birdies, 15 pars and a triple bogey in the afternoon.

Freshman Kevin Murphy is tied for 28th overall behind a 7-over 73-76— 149. He started well, notching a birdie and three bogeys in the first round to three bogeys, but had finished with seven bogeys to just two birdies in the second round.

Senior David Fink, OSU’s most consistent golfer during the fall season, finished with a 12-over 154, tying him for 55th overall at the tournament.

Sophomore Brian Jung rounded out OSU’s scoring, finishing with a 13-over 77-78—155, putting him in a tie for 60th place.

USC’s Anthony Paolucci holds the clubhouse lead after the first round with a 7-under 65-70—135.

The final round begins Tuesday at 7 a.m.

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points and 13 rebounds at home and 3.3 points and 4.8 rebounds on the road.

• Together, Brandt and Moreland are averaging 31.3 points at home and 11.8 points on the road (conference games only).

• Senior forward Devon Collier is averaging 7.0 points when he plays 22 minutes or fewer (six games). When he plays more than 22 minutes (12 games), he’s averaging 18.4 points.

• Collier scored 23 points in 27 minutes against Washington, the first conference game he’s played more than 22 minutes.

• Collier ranks first in the conference in field goal percentage overall (62.6 percent) and is third in conference games (56.4). He attempted at least eight field goals in 10 of 11 nonconference See GARRETT | page 6

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regon State men’s basketball practice was closed to the media Monday and players and coaches were not made available for interviews, marking the first time in my three-plus years on the beat that Craig Robinson has instituted such a policy (as far I can remember).

So, while we wait to hear how the Beavers (11-8, 3-4 Pac-12) plan on bouncing back from Saturday’s second-half collapse in Seattle, I dug up a wide variety of stats I found interesting.

• In the season-opening loss to Coppin State, sophomores Jarmal Reid, Victor Robbins and Olaf Schaftenaar combined to play 72 minutes. Freshman Hallice Cooke and sophomore Langston Morris-Walker, meanwhile, combined to play six minutes.

• In seven conference games, Reid, Robbins and Schaftenaar have combined to play a total of 66 minutes — Cooke and Morris-Walker have combined to play 369.

• Senior guard Roberto Nelson, the conference’s leading scorer (22.2 PPG), has scored at least 20 points in five straight games. Three players share the program record for consecutive games with more than 20 points (nine), the most recent being Jose Ortiz in 1986.

• Senior center Angus Brandt is shooting 45.5 percent and averaging 8.5 points per Pac-12 road contest. At home in conference, he’s averaging 16 points and shooting 55.2 percent.

• Brandt is 2-for-9 from 3-point range in conference games and 5-for-18 on the season. Two seasons ago, Brandt led OSU in 3-point percentage (49.2), knocking down 29 of 59 attempts.

• Junior forward Eric Moreland is averaging 15.3

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Oregon State huddles up during a dead ball against Oregon on Jan. 19. The Beavers are coming off a loss to Washington on Saturday.

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Ryan Sparks, left, and Zach MacDonald are back in action for Oregon State on Feb. 1 at Lake Havasu in Arizona at the FLW College Fishing Western Conference opener. They are shown here at the Jan. 19, 2013, tournament at Lake Oroville, Calif.

Oregon fishing teams face off in Arizona

By Henry Miller

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SALEM — Four Oregon two-person teams — two from Oregon State University and two from the University of Oregon — will compete on Feb. 1 at the season-opening FLW College Fishing Western Conference bass-fishing tournament at Lake Havasu, Ariz.

Bass fishing is a club sport at both universities.

The Oregon State duo of Ryan Sparks, of Gearhart, and Zach MacDonald, of Willits, Calif., will be joined by Erick Stickler, of Corvallis, and Ryan Lampi, of Warrenton.

MacDonald and Sparks had a strong year on the 2013 college circuit finishing first at a Feb. 23 event on Roosevelt Lake,

Ariz., third at Jan. 19 tournament at Lake Oroville, Calif., sixth at an Oct. 12 at the Clear Lake Invitational in California, and 22nd at the April 19 National Championships at Beaver Lake, Ark. Joining Sparks and MacDonald at Lake Havasu are the Beaver team of Eric Strickler, of Corvallis, and Ryan Lampi, of Warrenton.

University of Oregon will be represented by the teams of Kaitlin Tanner and Daniel Marshall, both of Eugene, and Mitchell Cole, of Jefferson, and Eric Lee, of Mather, Calif.

In 2013, the team of Tanner and Lee took 22nd at Lake Oroville, 10th at a May 18 tournament on the California Delta, 26th at Roosevelt, and 33rd at the Clear Lake Invitational.

FLW stands for Forrest L.

Wood, the founder of Ranger Boats, the primary sponsor for the college-fishing circuit.

At stake at Havasu are a $2,000 top prize and a berth at this year’s Western Conference Invitational.

Anglers will take off at 7:30 a.m. from Lake Havasu State Park at Lake Havasu City, with the weigh-in at the park starting at 2:30 p.m.

The Western Conference has schools competing from Oregon, Washington, California, Utah, Nevada and Arizona.

FLW College Fishing teams compete in three qualifying events in one of five conferences.

The top 15 teams from each regular-season tournament qualify for one of five conference invitational tournaments.

The top 10 teams from each conference invitational tournament will advance to the 2015 FLW College Fishing National Championship.

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Oregon State freshman Madeline Gardiner competes on uneven bars against Iowa State on Saturday in Gill Coliseum.

GYMNASTICS n Continued from page 5 and that freshmen in gymnastics can come into college programs and immediately be among the best.

Still, the college season has its differences, and freshmen, who are transitioning from club gymnastics, face many challenges.

“It’s a lot more meets than they’ve ever been used to from club competition,” Chaplin said.

Oregon State has a meet every week until the NCAA Regional Championships, and will be traveling on the road for four of those meets.

Not only will the amount of meets affect them, but the stresses of traveling could take its toll as well.

Chaplin said he has seen improvement already from the group, and believes they are beginning to wrap their heads around the college competition forum.

Both Gardiner and McMillan achieved season highs in their events at Saturday’s meet.

Gardiner improved by 0.250 in her floor routine and McMillan improved by 0.100 on the bars and 0.075 on the beam.

“We’re excited about what the freshmen bring to us,” said head coach Tanya Chaplin.

The coaching staff aren’t the only ones excited.

Harris, Tang and Blalock all expressed their excitement for what the freshmen could bring to the team at the beginning of the season.

“It’s awesome to see how calm and collected they are,” Blalock said after the team’s Orange and Black Exhibition meet.

McMillan attributes her and her fellow freshmen’s transition to the support of leaders on the team and the coaching staff.

Besides McMillan, Gardiner and Jimenez, the team added two other freshmen for the 2014 season: Kana Kobayashi and Taylor Ricci, both of whom have yet to competed this year.

“I love it, you’re not doing it by yourself,” McMillan said. “You have other people who are experiencing it new with you.”

McMillan, Gardiner and Jimenez, along with Ricci and Kobayashi, have been working with the team since July.

With NCAA Championship aspirations, the Beavers will need to have a complete group of gymnasts who can compete at a high level.

The progressive maturity and skillset these freshmen have over the course of the year may go a long way toward determining OSU’s fate in the postseason.

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SWIMMING n Continued from page 5

breaststroke, and the 200 IM. Harrison improved in just one event since the team’s last meet, the 1,000 freestyle.

Sophomore Amani Amr also came out of the 500-yard freestyle (5:01.13), and took first in the weekend with a strong performance in the the 1,000 freestyle (10:12.85).

Despite both losses, at this point in the 200-yard backstroke, placing first on Friday in season the goal is to continually improve indi- 2:04.25 and second on Saturday in 2:07.38. She vidual times. It’s especially true for Kibby and also placed second in the 100-yard backstroke Harrison, who both have a shot to make the (57.57) on Friday.

Head coach Larry Liebowitz wants his team NCAA Championships.

It would be the first postseason appearance to peak at the Pac-12 Championships, the last for Kibby and second for Harrison, who made meet for most of team.

Oregon State will have one more chance to the cut last year as a freshman.

Both are trying to peak their times at just show its improvement in a meet before the the right point in their season, at the Pac-12 Pac-12 Championships Saturday at Boise State.

Championships.

Scott McReynolds, sports reporter Kibby improved her times from her last meet On Twitter @scottyknows80 in all three events this weekend, the 100 and 200 sports@dailybarometer.com

GARRETT n Continued from page 5

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The Oregon State baseball team will open the 2014 season ranked in the top three by both Baseball America and Perfect Game USA after each media organization released its top 25 rankings Monday.

Baseball America ranks the Beavers No. 2 in the nation while Perfect Game USA has OSU at No. 3.

Oregon State trails only Virginia in Baseball America’s rankings, and Virginia and Cal State Fullerton in Perfect Game USA. No. 11 Oregon and No. 12 UCLA are the other two Pac-12 programs to start the season ranked in the top 25 by Baseball America.

The Beavers are the defending Pac-12 Champions and played in the College World Series, finishing the year ranked No. 4.

OSU returns two of three starting pitchers and four position players, headlined by Pac-12 Player of the Year Michael Conforto, Pac-12 Freshman of the Year Andrew Moore and senior left-hander Ben Wetzler.

Junior right fielder Dylan Davis, senior second baseman Andy Peterson and senior third baseman Kavin Keyes round out OSU’s returning starters.

Moore, Wetzler, Conforto, Davis and senior right-hander Scott Schultz have also earned preseason All-America honors.

Oregon State’s season begins Feb. 14 against Gonzaga at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Arizona.

contests, but has attempted fewer than eight field goals in six of seven conference games.

• Collier missed 13 of 21 free throws between Dec. 23 and Jan. 11. In three games since, he’s made 16 of 23 (69.6 percent).

• Moreland started the season by making just eight of his first 17 free throws (47.1 percent), but has made 14 of 17 (82.4 percent) since.

• Three OSU players — Morris-Walker (first at 69.2 percent), Cooke (fifth at 51.7 percent) and Nelson (tied for sixth at 50 percent) — rank in the conference’s top 10 for

3-point percentage in conference games. Nelson is the only player in the top 10 who has at least 30 3-point attempts.

• Cooke has made nearly twice as many 3-pointers in seven conference games (15) as he did in 12 nonconference games (eight).

• Morris-Walker has committed a total of three turnovers in seven conference games.

The rest of OSU’s starting five (Cooke, Nelson, Moreland, Brandt) have committed 59 (an average of 14.8 apiece).

• Nelson committed just three turnovers total against WSU and UW after committing 13 in his previous two contests.

• Freshman guard Malcolm

Duvivier has averaged 2.3 minutes in OSU’s three conference wins and 15 minutes in OSU’s four conference losses.

• Junior guard Challe Barton has averaged 14 minutes in OSU’s three conference wins and 7.5 minutes in OSU’s four conference losses.

• Duvivier has only attempted 16 shots in seven conference games, but he’s made 50 percent of those attempts (including 5 of 7 3-pointers).

• Barton has attempted at least one shot in just three of seven conference games, and he’s scored in just two of those contests.

Grady Garrett, sports reporter On Twitter @gradygarrett sports@dailybarometer.com

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Junior forward Eric Moreland takes a breather against Oregon on Jan. 19. Moreland is averaging 15.3 points and 13 rebounds per game at home this season.

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Editorial

Facetious suicide references need to be reconsidered

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e’re all guilty of miming the gun to the head during classes, when the professor’s facing the board and we’re trying to make our buddies laugh.

But suicide isn’t funny, no matter how many times people facetiously reference it. Nor are guns.

In 2013, there were 11,419 gun deaths in the U.S., according to the data gathered by Periscopic from online news sources throughout the year, though Periscopic admits that it is certain not all gun-related deaths were caught by its researchers.

Something most people don’t know, however, is that gun violence has been on the decline since it peaked in the 1990s, and that suicides by gun have outnumbered homicides by gun since 1981, when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began collecting data on causes of death from death certificates.

In 2010, 61 percent of all gun deaths — 19,392 of them — were suicides, according to the CDC statistics. That’s more than three-fifths of all gun deaths.

This was brought home to us last week when Corvallis police recovered the body of a suicide victim in Willamette Park.

Violence always seems like it happens somewhere else if we haven’t had to confront it face-to-face in our hometowns, but that’s not true.

It only seems hidden because we don’t talk about it enough, because it’s taboo in our society. Open dialogue about violence, victimizing and thoughts of self-harm draws the poison from the topics and make it easier for people who want or need help to seek it.

So you’d think that laughing at the dark and depressing things would make them easier to talk about, and it does — sometimes. The problem is, though, it’s been so trivialized that people make comments like, “If he doesn’t start writing better soon, I’m going to kill myself with the stapler rather than read any more of his stuff,” not even considering that to someone they’re talking to, or to someone who might overhear if the comment’s made in public, it could be like rubbing salt in the wound left by a suicide attempt, death of a loved one or being the victim of assault.

We’re not trying to take away your freedom of speech — we’re journalists. We would all be out of jobs if that happened.

We’re asking you to think before you speak. If it’s not something you’d feel comfortable saying in front of or to your parents, maybe you shouldn’t be saying it in public, where little kids and strangers wander freely.

Guns, death and violence aren’t funny. We can’t stop you from laughing at it, and wouldn’t if we could, because it’s your right to do so. But keep in mind what you’re laughing about, who you’re laughing about it with and where you’re laughing about it.

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Sharing living space: The great roommate debate R

oommates can be one of the best aspects of being out on your own, or one of the most infuriating. You’re living on your own now and the liberties are endless. You can stay up (or out) all night, you can eat Cheetos in bed, you can sleep through your morning classes, all the while keeping up a decent (if not great) college career.

Some pre-college students might assume that having roommates would only be the cherry on top of this Sunday of fun. But the harsh truth of it is, roommates can be the rain on your parade sometimes.

But that’s OK. It’s important to put up with the little discomforts in life in order to enjoy the rest of it. Roommates can be a pain, but rooming with people can also offer companionship, a different perspective on life, and a way to know yourself and understand others — as well as a break

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Scottaline on the rent.

Give in to learning about empathy during this time, and try to enjoy the companionship.

Would you rather live solo and have a fortress of solitude to retreat to during these years, or hang out with people who could become your new best friends, enjoying the ups and downs of college with company?

Some people are eager for the living alone option. But for me, I’ve lived with eight or nine roommates for almost two years now, and while I’m really ready to narrow down the numbers, I wouldn’t have had it any other way.

I’ve developed friendships that I

know will last a lifetime. It’s all about pushing through the hard, annoying stuff to get to the good stuff. I couldn’t imagine trying to live alone for the past 18 months.

But being your roomie’s BFF isn’t essential. As a matter of fact, you shouldn’t allow yourself that expectation coming into a roommate situation. Companions are great, but there are many other ways to meet people and develop close relationships in college.

If you just want to live with your roommates and not be best friends for life, there are a few good tips for starting and maintaining a healthy relationship with them — I hate rules, but I see the importance of establishing guidelines.

If you’re not a fan of being around illegal substances and can come to a mutual agreement with your roommate(s) about having them in the house, go ahead and put that on the table.

The more communication up front, the better Try not to let things fester, and don’t walk around with a chip on your shoulder. People respond well to careful honesty. Don’t let your M.O. be talking behind your roommate’s back while giving him or her the silent treatment.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: College is a relatively short period of time compared to the rest of your life. There will be time for new experiences later on — e.g., having fewer roommates, leading a quieter lifestyle, being less inconvenienced.

For now, don’t let your living situation get you down. Embrace it. Eat those Cheetos in bed. You’re only in college once — hopefully. t

Gabi Scottaline is a senior in English. The opinions

expressed in Scottaline’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Scottaline can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

Good communication skills more important than you think

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ver been asked a personal question by someone you hardly know? Of course you have; we all have. It’s always immediately followed by that dead-air pause while you confront the moral dilemma of whether or not to answer the stranger.

I mean, that stranger could be a spy for the Russians. You don’t know whether he or she is going to take your admission back to the motherland to be used against the United States — if we flashback to the Cold War.

Joking aside, we’ve all had a run-in with that individual who is tantamount to a serial-conversation-killer — who answers your questions in vague monosyllables and appears to have no interest in getting to know you.

But just when you think that the conversation is going to give up the ghost, the other party decides to put it on life support and launches in with those questions most people generally don’t ask until they’ve reached BFF status with their conversational partner.

Metaphorically, if the conversation were a date: Have the decency to ask me what my job is or if I’ve ever traveled before you try and unzip my pants with questions I may not feel comfortable answering. Especially if you’ve given me nothing but the impression that you don’t actually care and are probably going to skip out in the morning.

I’m not talking about shy folk, here — shyness automatically gives someone politeness points, and draws conversa-

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tions toward deeper and more interesting topics.

Conversation is an interchange of ideas and concepts between one or more parties, typically with equal participation from said parties.

Communication skills allow the other person to get to know you and vice versa. They’re pretty important when it comes to functioning in society.

Normally, I wouldn’t care too much about societal thinking, but being raised by a business-major mother, who is also a Future Business Leaders of America educational adviser, the concept of communication skills being essential to survival — if you’re going for a job in which you need to communicate with people — has been drilled into me since middle school.

The three main skills employers look for are: strengths in written communication, oral communication and technology, writes Nancy MartinYoung in “Communication Skills in the Workplace: Employers Talk Back.”

Communication is key — unless you’re running your own business from inside your house and have the “Lost in Space” robot to hire and fire all your employees.

This is emphasized in the Department of Labor’s how-to guide on building good communication skills: “To an employer, good communication skills are essential. In fact, employers consistently rank good communication skills at the top of the list for potential employees.”

Communication skills are important in forming healthy and long-lasting relationships in life, and not just for surviving in the cubicle jungle.

One of the beautiful things about college is that it comes with a pre-set list of questions to ask strangers to find out more about them. Right now, in these years, you can ask someone why they’re studying what they’re studying and get to listen to what they want to do with that — why they’re passionate about it, or why they find it interesting.

If we end up working in a “The Office”-esque workplace, we just won’t really be able to get to the same level of interest and enthusiasm in life that students have in college.

When in doubt, remember the wisdom of the great prophet Dynamite, “Girls like guys with skills.” t

Cassie Ruud is a junior in English. The opinions

Ryan Mason is a junior in graphic design

expressed in Ruud’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Ruud can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

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Puss ‘n Boots: Put Pero out to pasture W

hen I bought this cartridge at a comic shop in Anchorage, Alaska, I was specifically looking for the most embarrassing and strange game I could find at the time.

Mission accomplished.

Regardless of my intentions, I was still hoping for a little more than I got out of “Puss n’ Boots: Pero’s Great Adventure.”

Players assume the roll of Pero, the kind and noble cat that gets sent back in time by an evil wolf scientist — Dr. Gari-gari — after refusing to kill a mouse in Count Gruemon’s castle. The cat hero still has a chance to locate both villains and steal their time machine, but there’s only one other problem: By displaying his reluctance to kill a mouse, he violated Cat Kingdom law.

Because of this, players must fight dozens of ticked feline assassins before reaching the main antagonists.

So ... if Pero got sent back in time by Gari-gari and Gruemon, why did they feel it was necessary to follow, therefore giving him any sort of chance to escape?

Second, how did all of these other cats in the past — all around the world — find out about his violation of the Cat Kingdom law so fast? This all seems to be a little too convenient for our villains, but whatever. Maybe I’m analyzing too much.

Let’s just go over the basics of the game.

Players encounter the best graphics in the game at the title screen. The bland, choppy graphics following after this point help hinder the overall experience going forward.

The unappealing interface features numbers and letters closely meshed together to form some kind of scoreboard catastrophe. The generic sound effects, when actually present, consist of no more

itself could have been utilized for this since it doesn’t even do anything.

The first level is just a disaster of random objects being hurled in Pero’s direction. Some areas present themthan a “boing” here and a “ping” there. selves as believable forms of environThe controls consist of one giant mess. ment, while others make no sense at all.

For example, if players want to drop down Enemies who run into Pero completely from a ledge, they’ll have to push down fall off the screen and disappear to God while holding the same button responknows where. Jumping, another buggedsible for firing one’s selected weapon. This up feature, causes the entire screen to makes no sense at all. shift faster than if players simply walk.

If players wind up in a situation that Erratically hopping will also increase the requires ducking and shooting at the speed of certain enemies, which can be same time, they’ll probably jump to the an unpredictable inconvenience. next level down in the process. Selecting Players who are adventurous enough a weapon between the gun, bombs and to continue this messed up tie-in will boomerang is also a chore, requiring you witness similar problems throughout the to pause the game and then choose with game, including poorly designed lightthe directional pad. The “select” button ning bolts, odd-looking boss battles, and a balloon level that’s more irritating than uplifting. There’s even an abysmal level called “Space Wars,” which seems to be nothing more than a skyward adventure in an airplane. To its credit, though, a random space-related UFO does appear near the end.

“Pero’s Great Adventure” could have been better if it were executed properly.

Like most tie-in “buy me because I have this name on it” releases, it unfortunately failed on every level.

Bad graphics paired up with questionable controls keep this from being a rich and meaningful retro gaming experience.

If you have an NES yourself, stick with the instant classics. Even Capcom’s “Mickey Mousecapade” (which I did not get along with very well) feels like an epic improvement over this disaster.

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KBVR Live presents Tango Alpha Tango W

e h a ve n e w preachers in the rock ‘n’ roll pulpit.

They’re called Tango Alpha Tango, and their performance at KBVR-FM was darn near a religious experience.

The Portland rock ‘n’ rollers shredded live on KBVR-FM before their Wednesday evening show at Bombs Away Cafe.

The group’s members are: frontman Nathan Trueb singing and playing guitar, his wife Mirabai on bass, Joey Harmon on drums and Danny Jones on keys and guitar.

Their sultry in-studio set

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KBVR-FM: Dam Good Radio started with “Boom Boom,” an experience of high-energy synthy keys, highly distorted guitar and a precise tip-tapping drum rhythm to which nary a head could resist bobbing.

Soon after, they transitioned to the title song off their album, “Black Cloud,” which drove the blues bus through country picking and soft, Dylanesque vocals, before taking a hard right through Funk City.

“White Sugar” was next, transitioning the band from

funk and introducing their indie side at its finest, with rolling and rollicking guitar, distorted vox and space-agey keys.

In these three songs alone, Tango Alpha Tango demonstrates a unique blending of genre that gives Portland indie its “weird” quality.

Not only does this bank have a fantastic sound, but they’re a delight to speak with.

Kristy Wilkinson, KBVR-FM’s public relations director, chatted with them after the set

about their successes in the last year, their hopes for the future, and, of course, some of their best tour stories.

“I don’t know what it is, but sometimes it gets kind of weird after a show,” Harmon said.

“Sometimes, out of nowhere, someone will just start dancing with me and really get into it.”

Listen to their music online at tangoalphatango.bandcamp.com and hear their full live performance, interview and more Dam Good Radio at KBVR.com.

Jodie Davaz, KBVR-FM station manager fm.manager@oregonstate.edu

Then all of a sudden, Dorothy Parker appeared T Arts & Entertainment

here’s a tactic that many novelists use in their stories: They bring in a famous person as a character in the plot. Everyone from Ernest Hemingway, Ayn Rand, Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra have graced the pages of a novel as a character in a story not their own.

Writers keep to the celebrity persona in their tall tales, and bring in these characters to add significance or wit to the story. In some cases, these famous additions play only a supporting role.

In others, they’re the star. But is this idea of bringing in an already-established persona and character a cop-out for writers when it comes to creating their own characters and stories, or does it add something the writer wouldn’t be able to manufacture?

A 2013 book was based on this idea.

“Farewell, Dorothy Parker,” by Ellen Meister, is centered around the real, notorious, wisecracking author Dorothy Parker. Parker was known for her wit, sarcasm and larger-thanlife attitude. Her spirit rematerializes from

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the guest book at the Algonquin Hotel to assist the protagonist of the book, Violet Epps.

Violet is a movie critic with a feisty and opinionated printed voice, but outside a movie review she’s timid and soft-spoken.

Dorothy Parker is Violet’s idol, and Parker helps Violet get over her shyness to become in life the person she is in print.

Meister interweaves legit zingers from Dorothy Parker in her novel, and writes as Parker spoke back in the early 20th century.

But is this a legitimate approach to fix writer’s block? If a famous person is brought in as a character to a story, the reader is expecting a lot from the author, which can be dangerous.

Most authors can’t live up to the persona of the celebrity, and their writing isn’t true to who their chosen celebrities are — or

were — as people.

The only way I can see this writing approach succeeding is if the author can channel the famous person in question. I don’t want to read a book in which Hemingway is a character, and his character as written is completely the opposite of the impression I, an avid Hemingway fan, have of him. I don’t think any other reader would want to, either.

If a celebrity can serve a deeper purpose in the story, rather than a brief cameo intended solely as an attention-getter, the tactic can be interesting.

In “Farewell, Dorothy Parker,” the wellknown writer’s vivaciousness and spicy attitude fosters confidence and life into the main character of the book — it was an appropriate and successful use of bringing in this writer. Could it have been done as well with an original character? I guess we’ll never know.

Brooklyn Di Raffaele, A&E writer forum@dailybarometer.com

Crossroads International Film Festival The 2014 Crossroads International Film Festival features six engaging films from around the world. Screenings are each Sunday in February at the Darkside Cinema in downtown Corvallis.

Showing Sunday: “As It is in Heaven,” a Swedish musical dramedy showing at 1:30 p.m.; “Chico & Rita,” a Spanish animated, musical romance showing at 4 p.m.; “English Vinglish,” a Hindi and English musical dramedy showing at 6:30 p.m.

Admission is $6 per film. Discounted festival “passports” are available for $30 — each passport entitles the holder to six tickets for the price of five. For more information email crossroadsosu@gmail.com or call 541-737-6310.

Auditions for ‘Gypsy’ at the Majestic

Auditions for the Majestic Theatre’s production of “Gypsy” will be held Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. and Feb. 10 and 11 at 4:30 p.m. on the Majestic’s main stage. Ages 8 and older are welcome to audition.

Chamber Music Corvallis

The 55th season of Chamber Music Corvallis continues with the “Atos Piano Trio: Genius of Bohemia” on Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the LaSells Stewart Center. The Atos Piano Trio will play Josef Suk’s “Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 2;” Bedrich Smetana’s “Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15” and Antonin Dvorak’s “Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 18.”

Individual tickets are available online, at the door and from Grass Roots Bookstore in Corvallis. Ticket prices range from $24 to $27.

The Majestic presents Deborah Allen

Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Deborah Allen will perform a Valentine’s Day concert on the Majestic’s main stage Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, and are available online at majestic.org/tickets or by phone at 541-738-7469.

Hoolyeh Israeli Dance

The Corvallis Folklore Society holds a Hoolyeh International Israeli Dance class on Sundays at Gatton Hall in the First Congregational Church in Corvallis from 7-9 p.m.

The cost is $3 at the door, $2 for CFS members.

‘Walter Mitty’ inspires epic zone outs while watching

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oning out is completely normal, especially when talking to stupid people. Or when your mother is trying to get you to clean your room. Or when your mother is trying to get you to come home to visit more often.

In Ben Stiller’s new movie, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” zoning out is more like blacking out — and then hallucinating, and losing all touch with what’s real and what isn’t.

Directed by Stiller and adapted by Steve Conrad from the short story of the same name, this film starts off entertaining.

Walter Mitty, a humdrum, ordinary man who balances his checkbook after every purchase and who only has adventures in his own head, is afraid to do anything even mildly fun. As the photo-acquisitions specialist for the fictional Life magazine, he is about to run out of time to get coworker-girl-ofhis-dreams, because hipsters in suits are closing down the magazine.

To save the publication, his job and his budding relationship, Mitty finds himself on a real-life adventure to acquire the “quintessential” final cover photograph.

From the start, Mitty’s central irony is clear — what he wants is a stable life, what he needs is to let loose (again). But the character falls flat as his reasons for being so boring aren’t alluded to or revealed until the end of the second act, and the chemistry is lacking between Stiller and his leading lady, Kristen Wiig.

Even screenwriter Conrad loses interest in his zone-out device, leaving the pseudo-adventures behind about 30 minutes into the film. With big names like Shirley MacLaine and Sean Penn, I was hoping for more.

This film could have been amazing. The lines of reality and hallucinated adventure could have been blurred to leave the viewer wondering in enthralled entertainment.

I wasn’t impressed with how it turned out. The greatest part of this film was Adam Scott playing the corporate d-bag pretending to understand the business world in which his well-groomed beard landed him.

This movie might be fun to watch at home on a streaming service for which you’re already paying. Other than that, I recommend you not waste the money on an expensive theater ticket or rental fee.

Shelly Lorts, online editor On Twitter @ShellyLorts forum@dailybarometer.com