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TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012 • OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY CORVALLIS, OREGON 97331

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VOLUME CXV, NUMBER 70

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SPORTS

8 – Pinning down Pena’s success 7 – Beaver weekly update

NEWS

3 – Siuslaw National Forest headquarters moves to OSU

Pena: Leads the nation in pins with 18.

FORUM

4 – Corvallis sustainability fees 8 – Natural global warming cycles

Monroe:

The spirit of Corvallis’ coffee culture n

A peek at one of Corvallis’ busiest streets, which offers a cup of joe for every drinker

By Gwen Shaw Photos By Neil Abrew The Daily Barometer

College and coffee is a common combination. The concept of college students drinking coffee due to a late night or to stay awake for the next 24 hours, cliche as it may be, is extremely prevalent in Corvallis culture.

And what better location to ana-

lyze this cliche than the street that is home to some of the city’s most popular college eateries: Monroe Street.

Monroe seems to be Oregon State University’s main place to go on break; whether between classes or on the way to campus, many students stop here to get their desired meal and cup of joe.

The Daily Barometer took a stroll down Monroe, from west to east, to discover just what makes it the college coffee experience. Not including restaurants or convenience stores that may serve coffee as part of a

Interzone

larger variety of food and drink, there are four coffee shops located along the street near the heart of campus: The Beanery, Brew Station, Dutch Brothers and Interzone.

We found that although coffee may be the common denominator for these shops, it is one of the only things they have in common.

Each menu offers something different. Each location has its own vibe.

Each one brings something special to their customers, which in the end begs the question: Where should you go for your next coffee break?

On the far west end, The Beanery is located on the corner of 25th Street and Monroe Street. This is one of three Corvallis locations, with six more around Oregon. Manager Hillary Williams estimates that in one day there are 400-500 customers that come through, and that they sell around 20 pounds of coffee. “I feel like I’m lowballing all these (numbers),” Williams said.

Like many places on campus, the coffee served at The Beanery is Allann Bros., a company based in Albany.

“We pride ourselves on our coffee beans,” Williams said. “Our president actually cups every single roast that comes out of it. Every bag of coffee, he’s already tasted before we even get it.”

The Beanery serves a variety of pastries and has various food choices which are all delivered fresh each day. But both Williams and employee John Serra, a fifth-year political science major, said that drip coffee is by far the best seller.

“Besides that (drip coffee), I would say our sweet mocha, which is a mocha with Mexican chocolate (is the next best seller),” Serra said.

Since The Beanery is located very close to many science buildings on campus, both Williams and Serra said they see many graduate students and science professors, along with many other students.

“It’s good for people trying to get caffeine as quickly as they can.

Sometimes it’s their only opportunity to get out,” Serra said

The Beanery

Dutch Bros

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Able Student Alliance files 10 complaints regarding campus structures n

Several new buildings non-compliant to ADA regulations, according to ASA

By Kristin Pugmire The Daily Barometer

On Jan. 17, the Able Student Alliance of Oregon State University filed 10 official complaints with the Office of Equity and Inclusion.

The complaints address several locations on campus that are not compliant with the regulations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Locations include, but are not limited to, the Milam Hall ramp, the Linus Pauling Science Center entrance, the Furman Hall entrance, the Gilfillan Auditorium ramp and various paths of travel on campus.

Many buildings on campus are several decades old and have yet to be renovated to become compliant with ADA regulations. Some

of the complaints, however, address locations that have been recently constructed or renovated, and yet according to ASA President Jeffery Evans, are still not ADA-compliant.

These problems could have been avoided, said Evans, if the university had consulted ASA before completing the projects. For example, though ASA requested to see the floor plans for Linus Pauling Science Center prior to its construction, the request was never granted. Now, according to the filed complaint, the building contains a segregationist entrance as well as an enclosed ramp that places individuals with disabilities at risk of assault in a low-traffic area. Many buildings on campus have similar problems, according to Evans.

The Office of Equity and Inclusion was not permitted to comment on the filed complaints due to issues of confidentiality. However, Angelo Gomez, interim executive director of equity and inclusion, was able

to comment on the office’s typical procedure once a complaint is filed.

“Our office investigates (the complaint), determines what the facts are and decides whether there are any violations of university non-discrimination policies,” Gomez wrote in an e-mail. “If the complaint is formal, we issue a written determination and also work to correct any problems.”

In addition, according to the Office of Equity and Inclusion website, once the office has received and acknowledged a complaint, copies will be sent to the appropriate administrator, a university legal advisor and the chancellor of the Oregon University System. Within 30 days, the university must notify the complainant of the final status and resolution.

According to Evans, this is not the first time the ASA has filed accessibility-related complaints with the

university.

“We filed complaints in 2009, and I appealed three of them to the chancellor and asked that a hearing be held,” Evans said. He did not receive a response.

In 2010, the ASA filed additional complaints. At this time, the university appealed to the chancellor’s office for an extension on the required 30-day response time. The extension request was granted, and according to Evans, he has not since heard from the university regarding the complaints.

Vincent Martorello, director of facilities services, said he is not in a position to comment on ASA’s complaints. He added, “If there are any aspects that are found to be noncompliant, then we will certainly take the necessary measures to correct them.”

According to Evans, however, the university has been aware of the problems for some time and has not

yet taken the appropriate corrective actions.

“We told them there weren’t enough disabled parking spaces serving the intramural fields in November 2010 — before they finished the project.

Nothing has changed. We told them the ramp into Gill Coliseum was a violation in October 2010. Nothing has changed. We told them the ramp serving Gilfillan was dangerous in September 2011. Nothing has changed,” Evans wrote in an e-mail.

As of press date, Evans had not yet heard back from the university confirming the receipt of the ASA’s complaints. Ideally, accoding to Evans, the administration will respond by either hiring a consultant to assess every building on campus, or by consulting the ASA regarding future campus improvements.

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Despite ban, protesters vow to stand their ground at Occupy DC camp U.S. Park Police began enforcing a ban Monday on camping in two Washington parks, with Occupy protesters at one site defiantly huddling under a large blue tarp that they dubbed the “tent of dreams.”

No one had been arrested as of early Monday afternoon at McPherson Park or Freedom Plaza, Park Police spokesman Sgt. David Schlosser said at an impromptu news conference frequently interrupted by protesters. But some protesters had voluntarily agreed to remove sleeping bags, pillows and housekeeping supplies, he said.

On Friday, the National Park Service set a noon Monday deadline for protesters who have occupied the parks for months to remove their camping gear. Park officials said protesters would be allowed to remain around the clock and keep up tents, so long as one side of each tent remains open at all times, officials said.

Georgia resident Dane Charles Primerano filed a complaint and motion for a temporary restraining order in U.S. District Court in Washington on Monday claiming that “the term ‘camping’ is defined over-broadly.”

Acting as his own attorney, he argued that sleeping in the park “is unavoidable for desti-

tute participants in a long-term political assembly,” adding that calling it camping “implicitly and wrongly (suggests) that the behavior is somehow trivial, frivolous or optional.”

“This is not about ‘camping,’” Primerano wrote. “It is about preserving political discourse, a good more sacred than any warrior’s statue, and infinitely more fragile than the park’s Bermuda grass.”

The threat of arrest didn’t deter many in the Occupy DC movement.

On its official Twitter feed, the group claimed Monday evening that 50 to 75 protesters were on site — including a “bunch of new occupiers.”

“I’m going to do the best I can to stay here,” said Emily Margaret, who has been staying at the McPherson Park camp.

“If they want to arrest me, they can.”

John Zangas said many fellow protesters have removed prohibited gear from McPherson Park, but others have moved in and deliberately set up camp to challenge police.

As Monday’s noon deadline passed, protesters pulled the tarp over a statue of the park’s namesake, Civil War Gen. James B. McPherson, to create what they called a “tent of dreams.”

“Let us sleep so we can

dream,” they chanted.

Protesters have been camping in McPherson Park since October to rally against what they consider to be corporate greed and financial abuses.

Occupy DC said in a statement posted on its website Sunday that members “will defend the public space we have used as our center for activism,” calling possible arrests of protesters a “politically motivated attempt to suppress the free speech of the disenfranchised 99 percent .”

Pastor Brian Merritt of Washington’s Palisades Community Church said area churches have discussed helping house some of the protesters overnight so that they could continue a 24-hour vigil if park police began enforcing the rules against overnight encampments.

Whatever happens with the camps and police, Caty McClure said it would not alter her and fellow demonstrators’ commitment to their cause or their activism.

“The park and the occupation of the park is a tactic. It’s not the movement,” she said, calling the camps “a really important symbolic statement.”

“If we can’t sleep here, that does not end the movement,” McClure said.

One man was arrested

Sunday after he allegedly went from tent to tent, removing notices from the Park Service. A video posted online showed the man walking away from police as officers tried to grab him.

One officer used a Taser on the man, who fell to the ground and was handcuffed.

Schlosser said Monday that the incident was under review.

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee’s website indicated that more than 15,000 people had signed an online petition criticizing the incident and calling on the Park Service to “stop buckling to political pressure and to respect free speech on federal land.”

White House spokesman Jay Carney mentioned the general situation unfolding at the two parks, both blocks from the White House, in his daily press briefing Monday.

“Our position has been and continues to be that we need to balance First Amendment concerns of the right to demonstrate, the right to speak freely, with public safety concerns and public health concerns,” he said. “And we understand that local law enforcement as well as, in this case, the National Park Service and U.S. Park Police are weighing those considerations when they make these decisions. And that’s appropriate.”

— CNN

State Department looks to drones to protect diplomatic corps Iraq and other “high-threat” areas such as Afghanistan are the focus of a U.S. State Department plan to use unarmed surveillance drones for the protection of American diplomatic facilities and personnel.

“The State Department has always used a wide variety of security tools and techniques and procedures to ensure the safety of our personnel and our facilities,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters. “We do have an unmanned aerial vehicle program.”

The program is emerging about a month after U.S. troops departed Iraq and it’s an example of the diplomatic corps moving into territory that was once the exclusive domain of American military and intelligence.

Recent political insecurity and an uptick in sectarian violence in Iraq are among the dangers facing personnel from the State Department, which has a huge presence in the country.

The State Department, which has a huge presence in Iraq, is concerned about political insecurity and the uptick in sectarian violence there. The same concerns hold true for Afghanistan, where the United States and its allies continue to fight the Taliban and other militants.

Nuland emphasized that the drones cannot fire weapons but provide images of facilities and traveling diplomatic personnel. The drones are about the size of model airplanes.

“These are tiny, little things. They are not armed. They are not capable of being armed. And what they are designed to do is help give us pictures over our facilities to help in their protection,” Nuland said.

She said the operation “is extremely limited in scope. It is only going to even be considered in critical threat environments.

I’m not going to get into the where, for obvious reasons. We don’t get into our precise security posture anywhere around the world.”

The latest State Department Diplomatic Security Service annual report said a “successful test” had been conducted in Iraq in December 2010.

State “coordinated with the U.S. Department of Defense and other government agencies for researching “low altitude” and “long endurance” drones “in high-threat locations such as Iraq and Afghanistan,” the report said.

“The program will watch over State Department facilities and personnel and assist Regional Security Officers with highthreat mission planning and execution,” the report said.

Nuland wouldn’t say where the program is being used. A pilot program is being bid out for broader use, she said.

The effort, first reported on Monday in The New York Times, comes as the State Department focuses on security for its overseas resources.

State is “operating a small fleet of surveil-

lance drones” in Iraq “to help protect” the U.S. Embassy, consulates and American personnel, the Times said.

The report quoted criticism of the program from some Iraqi officials who believe the activity violates the country’s sovereignty.

Nuland said State always works closely with a host government to protect its personnel.

Last year, a State Department pre-solicitation notice issued “a requirement for a qualified contractor to provide worldwide Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) support services.”

“The mission of the UAV program is to provide real-time air surveillance of fixed installations, proposed movement routes and movement operations, and special events thereby improving security in high threat or potentially high threat environments,” the notice said.

The program is designed to “automatically generate and disseminate high quality video imaging,” the notice said. It will “disseminate threat information for use in route planning” and “respond to a security incident at locations remote from the core of operations.”

The United States initially used armed drones to conduct strikes in the traditional al Qaeda strongholds of Pakistan and Afghanistan, along with areas of Iraq, but has expanded it in recent years to include locations in Yemen and Somalia.

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Florida troopers reopened I-75 shortly before deadly crashes Florida authorities had reopened a section of Interstate 75 barely half an hour before a pileup on the smoke-shrouded highway that killed 10 people over the weekend, a state Highway Patrol spokesman said Monday.

The interstate was closed for about three hours early Sunday, after a pair of lateSaturday crashes on I-75 and nearby U.S. 441, just south of Gainesville, Lt. Patrick Riordan told reporters Monday afternoon. Troopers, state Department of Transportation officials and local sheriff’s deputies reopened the road after determining that conditions

were improving, he said.

Riordan said the interstate reopened at 3:26 a.m. Thirtythree minutes later, callers began to report chain-reaction crashes in both the north and southbound lanes of I-75.

“I can’t see anything. It’s so dense — the fog is so dense — and we just hit a guardrail, and I think there was another accident behind us,” the first caller told an Alachua County sheriff’s dispatcher.

The bangs of several subsequent crashes could be heard in the background of nearly 13 minutes of 911 recordings released Monday. The voices on the calls reflected the fear

and confusion of the predawn scene.

“Here comes another one.

He’s coming too fast. Here comes another one. Oh, yep — see, there he goes ... that one was a bad one,” one woman told dispatchers.

In the end, at least 12 passenger cars and seven semis were involved in the crashes. Subsequent fires burned three of the 10 dead “to a point where positive ID has been a hurdle for us,” Riordan said.

He said state troopers “did their due diligence” before reopening the road, but, “Sometime after the roadway was reopened, the conditions

changed quickly.”

In the wake of the crashes, he said the Highway Patrol would “review this situation and determine if our process needs to be changed.”

“Certainly, we’re open to that,” he said. But he added, “All drivers need to be prepared to change their driving based on the roadway conditions.”

Florida Gov. Rick Scott said he has asked the state Department of Law Enforcement to investigate the circumstances behind the crash, promising to make “any and all resources” available for the investigation.

— CNN

Calendar Tuesday, Jan. 31 Meetings ASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU 109A. Convenes to discuss student issues. Students and student organization delegates are welcome to attend.

Educational Activities Committee, 4-7pm, JPLC Talisman Room, MU. Budget review.

Events Campus Recycling, All day, Surplus Warehouse, all UHDS service centers, MU 103, Women’s Center, APCC, ALS loading dock. Free clean styrofoam recycling.

Wednesday, Feb. 1 Meetings ASOSU House of Representatives, 7pm, MU 211. Convenes to discuss student issues and concerns. Students and student organization delegates are welcome to attend.

Baha’i Campus Association, 12:301pm, MU Talisman Room. Recharge yourself – Bring your favorite inspirational reading, prayer or devotion to share in an interfaith surrounding.

Educational Activities Committee, Noon-2pm, MU 110. Budget meeting.

Events Women’s Center, 2-3pm, Women’s Center. Coffee and Tea from Around the World. International women from all over the world will come and discuss their cultural traditions, social customs and women’s roles. Cupcakes, coffee and tea will be served.

Campus Recycling, All day, Surplus Warehouse, all UHDS service centers, MU 103, Women’s Center, APCC, ALS loading dock. Free clean styrofoam recycling.

Thursday, Feb. 2 Meetings Educational Activities Committee, 4-6pm, MU 110. Budget meeting.

OSU Pre-Law Society, 6pm, StAg 111.

Regular meeting.

Events Dept. of Design & Human Environment, 8:30am-12:30pm, CH2M Hill Alumni Center. Career Symposium.

Industry professionals network and share professional experiences in apparel design, housing, graphic design, interior design and merchandising management.

Campus Recycling, All day, Surplus Warehouse, all UHDS service centers, MU 103, Women’s Center, APCC, ALS loading dock. Free clean styrofoam recycling.

Friday, Feb. 3 Speakers College of Public Health & Human Sciences, Noon-1pm, Hallie Ford Center 115. Seminar: A Social-Ecological Perspective on Vulnerable Youth: Toward an Understanding of Sexual Development Among Urban African American Adolescents.

Events Campus Recycling, All day, Surplus Warehouse, all UHDS service centers, MU 103, Women’s Center, APCC, ALS loading dock. Free clean styrofoam recycling.

Monday, Feb. 6 Meetings College Democrats, 5pm, MU Board Room. Come talk about current events, local campaigns and international news with like-minded people!

Events Women’s Center Sister Scholars, 2-4pm, Women’s Center. Game Break!

Come to play games and hang out with rad ladies!

Tuesday, Feb. 7 Meetings ASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU 109A. Convenes to discuss student issues. Students and student organization delegates are welcome to attend.

Events Graduate Women’s Network, 2-4pm, Women’s Center. GWN is a great place to connect with other grads and take a break. This month we welcome Dr. Brenda McComb, Dean of the Graduate School.

Wednesday, Feb. 8 Meetings ASOSU House of Representatives, 7pm, MU 211. Convenes to discuss student issues and concerns. Students and student organization delegates are welcome to attend.

Baha’i Campus Association, 12:301pm, MU Talisman Room. Interfaith meditation or devotions – bring your favorite inspirational reading to share.

Thursday, Feb. 9 Meetings OSU Women’s Network and Assn. of Office Professionals, Noon-1pm, MU 208. Baby Boomers Unite: Working Through Issues Together. Gather with peers and share knowledge and experiences relevant to issues faced by those in the Baby Boomer generation.

OSU Pre-Law Society, 6pm, StAg 111.

Regular meeting.

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COFFEE n Continued from page 1 Serra has been working at The Beanery for two years now and said that he loves to see the variety and assortment of all the people who come in. He enjoys interacting with customers and meeting new people.

“Our company culture is quite a bit different. It’s a little bit more individual. Our motto is ‘fiercely independent,’ so I think we stay true to that.”

Down the way a couple blocks to 23rd Street is Brew Station. Manager Alex Wylie said that they serve probably about 100-300 cups of coffee a day, depending on the time of year. Though this is the only location, Wylie said they wish to eventually expand.

When Brew Station was established three years ago, they had only five employees. Now they have 25 employees, 23 of which are OSU students.

Wylie said the best seller is their house coffee. “We have the best-priced house coffee on Monroe,” he said. “And not only is it the best-priced, but the most premium coffee; it’s Stumptown Coffee Roasters’.”

If customers bring in their own mugs, a house coffee is only $1.10, which goes up to $1.60 if a mug is not brought.

Like The Beanery, Brew Station sees a lot of graduate students and professors, and a smaller number of undergrads. “We have our random customers, and we’re building our client base every day. But we have a very, very large regular crowd that comes in,” Wylie said.

Derek Rau, a senior in chemistry, and Lynsey Barton, a senior in nutrition sciences, both come in pretty regularly. Barton, who normally orders tea, said she loves the heater in one side

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 • 3 of the shop, and that there is usually room.

“They have better prices on coffee and better coffee,” said Rau, who gets the special of the day whenever he comes in. Last week he ordered a caramel macchiato and said it was one of his favorites so far.

“Everything we do is all about our customers,” Wylie said. “We have a three-second greeting rule, and likewise (customers) have to be said ‘thank you’ and ‘goodbye’ to before they leave.

All of our staff is very friendly and outgoing. We try to learn all of our customers’ names.”

Brew Station also has a large food menu as well as many different types of beer, both on tap and bottled.

Continuing east on Monroe another few blocks is Dutch Brothers, on the corner of Kings Boulevard. Known for its numerous drive-thru locations, the walk-in Corvallis Dutch Bros. is rare. There is only one other walk-in store, and that’s in Grants Pass, where the company originated, according to manager Brendon Gilbert.

The owner of the Corvallis shop is originally from Grants Pass and remembered how much he enjoyed being able to hang out at the store, so he pitched the idea for a walk-in near campus.

Gilbert said the Monroe store serves somewhere between 500-1000 customers a day. “We have so many popular drinks, depending on what people like,” he said. “I wouldn’t say any one drink stands out from anything else.”

The customer base at Dutch Bros. ranges wildly. Gilbert said he sees everyone: high schoolers, college students and older professors.

“We’ve got an 85-year-old couple that comes in here every day and have their morning coffee together,” he said. “It really depends on the time of day.”

Gilbert said that he thinks Dutch’s service and welcoming environment are what make them

Aside from it’s variety of coffee and food, Brew Station also has beers— on tap and bottled.

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stand out. “We really try to make sure that everyone in here has a great experience,” Gilbert said.

Morgan Rooney, an undeclared sophomore, stops by Dutch because it’s convenient. “It’s just a really friendly environment,” she said.

“It’s a real central place to campus. Lots of people just come in to hang out and meet up,” Gilbert said.

“I like the atmosphere and location,” said Mackie Marinello, a senior in public health.

“And it’s cheaper than anywhere else.”

Gilbert finds the best thing about this shop is its relationship with OSU. “We give a lot back to Oregon State because Oregon State gives a lot to us.”

Last on Monroe is Interzone, located on the corner of 15th Street. Owned by William McCanless and his wife Iris, Interzone boasts a large selection of drip coffee. Kelly Tilmanis, a transfer student in nutrition, explained that the house roast is available at all times or that customers can choose a roast that will then be grinded and filtered on the spot in a single serving.

Serving 12-15 pounds of coffee per day, McCanless said his best sellers tend to be either the Rivermud, which is the only blend they ing process.

“We are incredibly excited to move in with carry, or the Ethiopian roast, which he pushes the Corvallis Forestry Sciences Lab,” said Forest a lot.

The grinds come from Pacifica Coffee, a localSupervisor Jerry Ingersoll in a press release announcing the move. “It is a wonderful opportunity to collaborate with researchers and the university.”

Employees were indeed very excited about the move, not only because they get to work near forestry researchers, but also because of OSU’s connection with forestry.

“We have been looking forward to this for quite a while, and we’re happy the day is finally here,” said Joni Quarnstrom, a public affairs officer for the Siuslaw National Forest, right before the big move.

The new headquarters are now located among the forestry labs on Jefferson Way. Since they are next to Peavy Hall, which houses OSU’s department of forestry, it will be easy for employees of the headquarters to interact with students as well as host lectures or programs. As it is, Quarnstrom mentioned, there is already talk about a speaker session.

The headquarters isn’t just for the forestry students though, and anyone who is interested can visit the office Monday-Friday between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The front desk has forest permits and recreational passes, as well as maps, books and other things meant to “help everyone understand the natural world a little better,” Quarnstrom said.

Siuslaw moves headquarters to campus n

Corvallis offers reasonable location for forest office, university allows employees to interact with students

By Katja Kozber

The Daily Barometer

The Siuslaw National Forest Headquarters has officially relocated to Oregon State University’s campus.

At 63,000 acres, the Siuslaw National Forest stretches from Tillamook to Coos Bay along the Oregon Coast. It passes through several ecosystems, from coastal forests to sand dunes, and has been recognized nationally for more than 100 years.

The headquarters moved to Corvallis several decades ago, originally located downtown before moving to their last location on Research Way in 1985. Corvallis was chosen for the headquarters’ location for several reasons.

On the practical side, Corvallis is central to the Siuslaw district offices, while also being within driving distance of their regional office in Portland. Beyond this, employees enjoy the atmosphere of Corvallis and having a connection with the university, which will be made all the stronger by the move.

Siuslaw National Forest publicized their decision to move onto OSU’s campus about a week ago. With the lease expiring on their old location and discovering an opportunity on campus, the headquarters scooped it up and started the mov-

ly owned and run coffee company, and is completely organic and fair trade.

“It’s definitely the best coffee I’ve had — and I’ve tried other places,” Tilmanis said. She orders the avocado bagel sandwich at least once a week with the Ethiopian roast. “(At) other places you need cream and sugar, but here you can have (the coffee) on its own.”

McCanless said he sees all sorts of people: engineers, professors, college students and a large number of scientists and oceanographers.

“We have a really steady and loyal clientele. I feel like our day is built on seeing the same faces day and day again,” he said.

McCanless’s confidence is in their coffeebrewing skills. “I think we know how to brew coffee correctly. I think a lot of places don’t use the right proportions, or the right temperatures of water. But we get complimented on our quality of coffee,” he said. “I have people tell us routinely that our coffee is better than Stumptown.”

Interzone has many food choices, including an extended breakfast menu for the weekends.

During the week, they’re open until midnight while school is in session.

“I like how it’s pretty laid back,” said Ryan Schalk, a junior in environmental science. “I come here because of the atmosphere.”

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Corvallis T sustainability fees n October 2010, the Corvallis City Council approved the Sustainability Initiative Fees, which would go into effect the following year in February. The “green fees” would go to transit operations, and sidewalk and tree maintenance.

The transit operations fees — which essentially provide for free bus transportation services — cost the homeowner $2.75 and the apartment owner $1.90 a month. As the fee has been scaled according to the price of a gallon of gasoline, the fee will increase this February to $3.73 for homeowners, and by about a 36 percent increase for apartment owners and other commercial businesses. Over the past year, the city has collected nearly $880,000, above the amount the city expected at initial passage, $850,000.

Generally, free bus service has been accepted.

According to the Corvallis Transit System, ridership has increased roughly 40 to 50 percent over the past year, with stark rises over the school months. But for those who use their bike, walk or drive, how does a small additional cost per month benefit them?

For one, a free bus ride — and the proof of increased ridership — means less cars on the road, or at least fewer people taking up lanes if they bike. A small nuisance, but it’s also a small fee. Moreover, as years go by and fees continue to rise incrementally, the bus routes should eventually expand — both in routes and hours of service. It opens up a lot of opportunity even for those who have never used the bus system.

On the other hand, the sidewalk and tree maintenance fees have seen less of an impact.

The two fees were to repair damaged sidewalks, and plant, care for, prune and remove trees in parks and along sidewalks. The fees are expected to remain the same as the past year, 80 and 50 cents, respectively.

The sidewalk fees have amounted to roughly $148,000 and the tree fees around $89,000.

Neither of which would amount to a visible and physical impact on much of the city. There are plenty of sidewalks needing to be repaved, and there are always trees falling down, cracking the sidewalks and generally in need of care.

Corvallis Parks and Rec claim to have seen a boost in maintenance calls, but this annual collection alone won’t amount to much change.

Overall, the fees have done — or at least begun to — what they were intended to do: promote sustainability within the city. Tree and sidewalk maintenance may seem trivial, but in reality, so is 80 cents a month.

Nevertheless, some continue to make the point: Sustainability fees are simply a tax. Fees would theoretically bring some benefit or payment for some past grievance to each individual, while a tax ideally benefits society as a whole, not necessarily individual citizens.

Practically, the sustainability fees are benefiting the city as a whole, not every person.

But theoretically, we are all individually getting something out of it — whether directly or indirectly.

Unfortunately, like most policy, there’s always a good part and bad part, it would seem the best part is the public transit. Sidewalks and trees are hard to notice, or at least hold serious weight on our minds. But the transit benefit alone outweighs the small costs and incremental impact of the other two fees. As of now, only transit operations fees are expected to rise, but the two smaller programs will be evaluated within the next three to five years. Maybe by that point, ridership will be doubled from today, and isn’t that the ultimate point of these fees?

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here is no more denying that global warming is real. Melting ice caps, rising ocean levels, growth of deserts and increases in global temperatures are all proof that the planet is getting warmer.

However, the debate over the cause of the warming remains. Many scientists argue that artificial expulsion of carbon dioxide and methane from fossil fuel burning and deforestation are creating an enhanced greenhouse effect in Earth’s atmosphere, and consequently causing warming.

However, I believe that the recent public outbreak to stop global warming is no more than a publicity stunt put on by giant corporations to popularize “anti-warming” technologies. Industry figureheads such Al Gore are preying on the conscience of innocent civilians by using hysteria to manipulate the masses and drive up profit margins.

It soon becomes clear, Gore, that this is a “Convenient Truth.” One so convenient, that according to the The Telegraph, you are poised to become the first “carbon-billionaire.”

This atrocious idea, that Gore and others

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First, let’s analyze what Gore and “greenenergy” supporters stand to gain. The New York Times report that Gore’s venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, invested $75 million in Silver Springs Networks, an electric grid hardware and software company in 2008. Later in 2009, the Department of Energy passed $3.4 billion in smart grid grants, $560 million of which went to Silver Springs contracts. Conflict of interest? I think so.

Additionally, Gore’s film, “An Inconvenient Truth,” ranks third in all-time earnings for

documentaries, raking in $49 million worldwide. Gore and others, are direct beneficiaries of the greatest hoax the world has ever seen.

So if humans aren’t the problem, then what’s cooking our planet?

Matt Dynesius and Roland Jansson, researchers for the National Academy of Science, published a paper titled “Evolutionary consequences of changes in species’ geographical distributions driven by Milankovitch climatic oscillations” in 2000.

It states that MCOs are variations that occur every 10,000-100,000 years. Dynesius and Jansson divide MCOs more specifically into the change in the obliquity of the earth’s axis, eccentricity of the earth’s orbit and annual timing of the Earth-sun minimum distance, which consequently affect earth’s climate.

The obliquity of the Earth’s axis refers to the direction the earth’s magnetic poles are oriented. The Earth’s axis can be changed gradually overtime or in massive expositions of nature such as the 2011 Japan earthquake See Leathers | page 7

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ownhouses. These Earthtoned structures are popping up everywhere around Corvallis, since vacancy issues have forced builders to construct narrowly upwards, as opposed to more conventional, wider dwellings. With more on the way, it is not hard to imagine a future when all housing around campus consists of $2,500 per month townhomes. While these may offer more housing options for students, the downsides of this current fad are everywhere.

Seemingly every block of available space in the areas around campus has fallen under the spell of the townhouse. Older residences are being torn down, and once vacant lots are ripped up to make way for the cheaply built sardine cans of student housing. On the outside, they may look like fancy, expensive and desirable dwellings. But their odd, narrow and tall layout, close proximity to other townhouses, and the fast manner in which they were constructed mark them as a classic example of quantity over quality. Their design provokes an image of the distinct cookie-cutter homes that dot suburbs, not the small-town college feel that Corvallis likes to pride itself on.

The townhouses also maintain certain negative connotations about their residents. Usually, the people who live there are fairly well off, meaning they can afford the rent. And the homes have also become popular options as liveouts for fraternities and sororities.

This is nothing against the Greek population, or the more financially well-off, but in general these groups like to party a little more than the average student, which makes many townhouses in Corvallis a hive of bass-bumping, wild Thursday, Friday, Saturday and the occasional Sunday nights. The loud music, yelling, and subsequent trash and broken glass the next day can be a strain on the neighbors, be they students or non-students.

Of course college students would party anyway, regardless of where they lived. But the high density living offered by the townhouses, as well as amenities such as porches, garages and ease of access from the street makes partying more accessible. From the number of cars parked in the streets and alleys around the

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Leineweber The Pen is Mightier townhouses, it can be deduced that the garages are not always put to their intended use, unless their intended use has always been to house beer pong tables.

These townhouses do serve a distinct purpose though. As Oregon State continues to grow at an unhealthy rate, the surrounding area has faced a severe shortage of housing opportunities and the Corvallis community has been strained for space with the influx of students. This issue has been beaten to death as of late, but one of the ways that property owners have tried to combat the problem is to build higher density housing, such as the townhouses.

But if property owners want to help the issue of overcrowding in Corvallis, while still providing quality living options, breeding townhouses around the city like rabbits may not be the best way to do it.

Instead of thinking rows of skinny homes, stacking them on top of each other may prove to be the better option. The number of two or three bedroom apartments that could be placed in the space occupied by townhouses could provide more housing than the townhomes currently do, and still leave room for ample parking spaces. While they may not have the same curb appeal, or money making capability, apartments may be a better alternative to townhomes.

The university’s current unrestricted growth is a large, contentious issue and the impact it is having on the community is something that needs to be addressed.

But if the housing problem is to be fixed, it needs to be well thought out through planning and building well-constructed residences. When it comes to where people are living, quality should not always take a backseat to quantity. Unless you want to party, then just build more townhouses. t

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here is still nothing more romantic than to be whirled around a dance floor, no matter what style of dance. There is also nothing quite so attractive in a prospective partner than a dancing ability, or at least a desire and willingness to dance.

You might be wondering what makes a great dancer.

Knowing the steps is important of course, but the most important thing in a dancer is confidence. Even if you have to fake it a little bit. Nobody cares whether you’re good or bad. If you look like you know what you’re doing and you have fun, you’ll always be asked to dance again.

Part of a dancer’s confidence stems from understanding his or her role in the dance. Traditionally this means that men are the leaders and women are the followers, but before you bite my head off for not being feminist enough, it’s vital to remember that these roles are not set in stone and both of them are equally important.

The leader can also be called the innovator or initiator. His job (yes, these are the typical gender pronouns) is to make something up. Not only does he need to make things up, but he also has to know the steps involved in order to execute things correctly. This requires a good degree of planning because you have to have time to draw the follower into the next step. It also requires some creativity. No one wants to do the same step without any variation.

The follower’s role is equally necessary. As my ballroom dance teacher said, “Ginger Rogers could do everything that Fred Astaire could do, but she had to do it backwards while wearing heels.”

Her job is to make sure everything looks natural and seamless. If she doesn’t implement the leader’s suggestion, then nothing gets done. The follower has to be completely tuned in to her partner so that she can read his body language and follow it.

Of course, nothing in a

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It doesn’t matter how great of a dancer you are, if you don’t pay attention to your partner, you’ll both look foolish.

Ballroom dance, or really any partner dance, may seem obsolete in today’s world, but the roles of followers and leaders are constantly being presented to us.

In classroom situations, especially the dreaded group project, these roles are overtly put into practice and may even be assigned to certain people. After college, job teams are also set into similar hierarchies.

Most people place particular importance on the role of the leader. Scholarships are doled out to people who have demonstrated their abilities as leaders and companies look for this in workers. However, nothing can be done without a follower to put the leader’s ideas into practice.

The follower has a burden to do a great deal of work to make someone’s vision come to life.

They often fulfill the motivational needs of a team, understand the practical aspects of a goal and are good listeners.

Not everyone can be a leader, and not everyone should be a leader. If the world were made up of nothing but leaders, then nothing would get done. It takes both parts of a team to make a system work, and no one part is less important than any other.

Don’t get worked up if you aren’t a natural leader or if you aren’t good at implementing someone else’s ideas. Strive to become the best you can be at your natural role, whatever your gender. If you concentrate on your strengths, then your team will enjoy a truly spectacular dance. t

Allison Mermelstein is a junior in English. The opinions expressed in her columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Mermelstein can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

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t shifted the Earth’s axis by 10 cm. The eccentricity of the Earth’s orbit refers to the irregularity of the shape of the Earth’s orbit. According to Dynesius and Jansson, the obliquity of the Earth changes within a 41,000-year period, the eccentricity of the Earth varies within a 100,000-year period, and the Earth-Sun distance fluctuates within a 21,000-year period.

They go on to explain that “orbital oscillations cause variation in insulation that, combined with earthbound feedbacks, produce large and rapid changes in temperature and precipitation… The 41,000 and 100,000 oscillations cause larger temperature changes toward the poles.” According to National Geographic, current temperature increases have been recorded closest towards the poles of the earth. Therefore, according to their findings, the current increase in global temperature coincide with MCO theory.

The primary objective of Dynesius and Jansson’s paper is to present a concept called “orbitally forced species dynamics.” This term explains how the obliquity of

the Earth and the eccentricity frequency (minimum of every of the Earth’s orbit affect both 10,000 years and a maximum the evolution of life on Earth of every 100,000 years), the and the survivability of such most evolutionary sophistilife. This concept should solve cated species to walk the Earth discrepancies in the different experienced 300-3000 MCO geological eras humans have fluctuations before abdicating discovered through archeo- extinction. According to an article published by Universe logical research.

For instance, according to Today, humans have been on archeological fossil records, Earth for about 200,000 years, but recorded “The mean history only duration of a dates back species in the Before we condemn 6,000 years. fossil record By this same varies among ourselves as the calculation, taxa from most ecologicallyhumans about one to 30 million destructive species in have expeyears, implyour planet’s history, rb ieet nw ce ee nd ing that they let’s educate ourtwo and four possess properties that selves on the natural MCOs. According allow them to explanations for our to Science survive many Daily, the Milankovitch planet’s warming... most modoscillations.” ern account According to of dramatic the United States Geological survey, the climatic fluctuation was the last Earth is approximately 4.54 ice age, which occurred approxbillion years old. When these imately 13,000 years ago. This two figures are combined, makes sense, because accordthey show that even the most ing to Dynesius and Jansson, supreme evolutionary beings MCO fluctuations occur at a to ever live on Earth only lived minimum of 10,000 years, for approximately .02-.66 per- which strongly suggests that cent of Earth’s total existence. we are entering another phase Based on calculations of of heavy MCO fluctuation. By species duration (maximum this account, relatively rapid of 30 million years) and MCO changes in global temperature

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012 • 5 and climatic conditions can be attributed not to human causes, but to natural MCO cycles that have been archeologically proven to exist.

The Earth has its natural cycles, but so does the sun. According to National Geographic, “Simultaneous warming on Earth and Mars suggests that our planet’s recent climatic changes have a natural — and not a human-induced — cause.” Data from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor and Odyssey Missions in 2005, demonstrated that Mars’s southern carbon dioxide ice caps had been melting for three consecutive summers.

The warming cannot be explained by the greenhouse effect, simply because Mars has no atmosphere.

Habibullo Abdussamatov, head of space research at St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory in Russia, believes simultaneous warming of Mars and Earth is evidence that our current climate change is caused by the sun. Abdussamatov goes on to state, “The solar irradiance began to drop in the 1990s, and a minimum will be reached by approximately 2040…It will cause a steep cooling of the climate on

Planned obsolescence and the role in society In order to install iCloud, I needed to have the OSX 10.7, the latest operating system. Because I had the OSX 10.5, an older version, I had to purchase this new Angela system. The catch? I had to first purchase and install OSX 10.6, then purchase and install 10.7.

A non-traditional view Then I had to install Windows 7 because longer life span, but by producing said my XP operating system wouldn’t work product, this would — ­ in essence — cost anymore with the new OSX operating the company more in sales reduction. system. The end result? A whopping $250 In the 1930s, it was proposed to spent to be able to efficiently run my iPad. General Electric that flashlight sales Was this contrived by Apple? Absolutely. would increase if they built a flashlight This form of planned obsolescence crewith a lamp that only lasted through one ates repeat buyers as we are forced to battery change instead of three. It was the purchase new systems in order to run start of a new era in the consumer market new software.

But what about the ethics of delib— deliberately engineering products to erately creating a prodfail. In 1934, the Society uct that is designed to of Automotive Engineers fail? With the creation of proposed that more profIf you acquired “disposable products” its could be made if autosomething that ran are we not transforming mobiles were designed to have a limited lifespan. forever, you wouldn’t accountability into an obsolescent concept in Even today, Gillette has need another one, itself? Disposable prodmanufactured a shavucts have become a burright? But if your ing cartridge with a blue den to the environment; stripe that fades, indicatproduct was to stimulate consumping when the user should engineered to break tion we are consuming replace the blade, regardresources at a faster rate down after so less of whether it needs and filling our landfills replacing or not. many hours... with these “disposable With this new comproducts.” puter age, planned obsoWe have become this lescence has taken a new “upgraded society” where we discard turn in the consumer market. Why give products for newer, better and faster ones consumers a full range of options and — the byproduct of which is the creation software when they can be doled out little of more pollutants. This is the dark side by little, forcing consumers to replace cell of obsolescence, if we are not careful, phones, gaming stations and computers man will be the next obsolescent product, with new ones in order to have access to whether planned or not. these products? I can attest to this form t of obsolescence — I recently acquired an Angela Cail is a sophomore in new media communications. The opinions iPad 2. In order to sync my iPad with my expressed in her columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Mac computer, I needed to install iCloud. Barometer staff. Cail can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

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This got me thinking: why had my coffee maker of three years stopped working?

Were three coffee-maker years considered like 80 in human years? I doubt that.

I remember that my parents still had their stereo system that they had bought in the 1970s, and it still worked. We had lugged that stereo system from country to country, spanning three continents. I remember that it weighed a ton, with massive wood and metal components. The speakers themselves contained enough wood to start a small housing project. They had been dropped, tilted and sat on, but they still worked and showed no signs of wearing out. I think my parents plan to be buried in them.

So the question that I had was this: why are things wearing out at a much faster rate now than they used to? Is obsolescence planned? If a product lasts forever, or an inordinately long time, how would that affect sales?

If you acquired something that ran forever, you wouldn’t need another one, right? But if your product was engineered to break down after so many hours, then you would be forced to replace it and this is where business economics and ethics clash.

Companies plan their products with a specific wear cycle. Many components are now made of plastic that are engineered to wear out after a specific amount of time. It would not cost the companies more to produce a product with a

issues because of their ecological impacts with respect to heavy pollution and habitat destruction. However, their correlation with global warming is simply a skewed misrepresentation of scientific evidence. Natural theories of climatic variance such as Milankovich climate oscillations and solar cycles provide explanations for recent warming trends.

Before we condemn ourselves as the most ecologically-destructive species in our planet’s history, let’s educate ourselves on the natural explanations for our planet’s warming, and hence avoid falling into the economical snare set by anti-warming industry leaders.

Earth in 15 to 20 years.”

The current symptoms of global warming we are experiencing today are only the lingering effects of a century of high solar irradiance. With solar activity in decline, a cooling phase will set in and give Abdussamatov’s claims empirical support.

According to E.N Parker, author for the scientific journal Nature, the magnetic field of the sun has doubled in the past century and the number of sunspots has doubled over the same period of time. By this accord, the rising global temperatures during the last century are due to this solar variance. The fact that carbon dioxide levels are correlated with rising temperatures must therefore be coincidence.

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Beaver Weekly Update Men’s Basketball Pac-12 standings

1. Cal 2. Washington 3. Oregon 4. Colorado 5. Stanford 6. Arizona 7. UCLA 8. OSU 9. WSU 10. ASU 11. Utah 12. USC

7-2 7-2 6-3 6-3 5-4 5-4 5-4 4-5 3-6 3-6 2-7 1-8

17-5 14-7 15-6 14-7 15-6 14-8 12-9 14-7 11-10 7-14 5-16 6-16

OSU individual stats

Cunningham, J Starks, A Collier, D Nelson, R Burton, J

PPG RPG APG 18.2 3.9 3.0 13.6 2.2 2.7 13.1 4.7 2.0 9.9 3.1 2.7 9.3 6.1 3.0

Last four, next four

Last four: 01/14 @ ASU L, 76-66 01/19 UCLA W, 87-84 01/21 USC W, 78-59 01/29 @ Oregon W, 76-71

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Women’s Basketball Pac-12 standings

1. Stanford 2. ASU 3. California 4. USC 5. UCLA 6. Colorado 7. OSU 8. WSU 9. UW 10. Oregon 11. Utah 12. Arizona

Next four: 02/02 @ Colorado 02/04 @ Utah 02/09 WSU 02/11 Washington

9-0 18-1 6-3 15-5 6-3 15-6 5-4 10-9 5-3 10-10 4-5 15-5 4-5 13-7 4-5 10-11 3-6 11-8 3-6 11-10 3-6 10-10 2-7 13-8

OSU individual stats

PPG RPG APG

Gibson, A Marchbanks, E Bright, P Martin, A Indendi, S

12.9 11.7 9.7 8.8 7.9

4.1 6.8 5.5 3.2 4.2

2.9 3.6 0.2 2.1 2.9

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Last four, next four

Last four: 01/14 Arizona 01/19 @ UCLA 01/21 @ USC 01/28 Oregon

ultimate goal though, of winning a national championship.

“I’m hoping to pin everyone I can, but I think I’ll get at least in the 20’s,” Pena said. “I really just want to help my team, though, and be standing on that podium as a national champion at the end of the year.”

L, 58-56 L, 69-60 W, 65-61 (OT) W, 67-60

Next four: 02/02 Colorado 02/04 Utah 02/09 @ WSU 02/11 @ UW

This past weekend, the team sent Ryan Sparks and Zach MacDonald, two members of the team, to a FLW tournament at Shasta Lake in California, where they took first place and won $5,000.

The team is hoping to continue with this momentum at their next tournament.

“It gives you a stepping stone for people who might want to pursue angling or for those who just want to go out and have a good time,” said Zach MacDonald.

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Gymnastics National rankings (top 10)

1. Utah 2. Arkansas 3. Florida 4. Georgia 5. Oklahoma 6. Alabama 7. UCLA 8. Oregon St. 9. Nebraska 10. Penn State

OSU ranking by event

• Bars (3rd) • Floor (3rd) • Beam (10th) • Vault (18th)

Wrestling

OSU individuals in top 20

Leslie Mak • 1st (beam) • 8th (all-around) • T-8th (bars) • T-12th (floor)

Makayla Stambaugh • T-12th (floor) • T-16th (bars) • 17th (all-around)

OSU individual stats

Record: Clayton Jack (30-1), Mike Mangrum (30-2), Scott Sakaguchi (29-5), RJ Pena (249), Pat Rollins (22-12) Pins: RJ Pena (18), Clayton Jack (13), Mike Mangrum (10), Pat Rollins (8)

Melanie Jones • T-12th (floor)

11/18 11/20 11/25 12/10 12/11 01/08 01/15 01/20 01/22 01/27 01/29

Results

Simon Frasier Boise State Missouri CSU Bakersfield Cal Poly Arizona State Wyoming N. Colorado NDSU Boise State Stanford

W, 44-6 W, 32-10 L, 21-18 W, 45-4 W, 36-6 W, 32-18 L, 23-22 W, 35-9 W, 20-13 W, 18-16 W, 22-14

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Sophomore R.J. Pena leads the nation in the pins with 18 a year after redshirting

By Andrew Kilstrom The Daily Barometer

There aren’t many moments in sports as exciting as a referee counting down as a wrestler forces the shoulder blades of an opponent against the mat. This much was on display Jan. 20 when Northern Colorado visited Gill Coliseum.

“One!” The energy level raises a couple notches as each wrestler fights to outmuscle the other.

“Two!” Fans suddenly rise to their feet in anticipation, and the opponent from Northern Colorado squirms wildly in an effort to break free.

“Three!”

The whistle blows and the Oregon

State bench erupts. The Beaver faithfuls cheer wildly as redshirt sophomore 157-pounder R.J. Pena shakes his beaten foe’s hand and gives an exuberant fist pump to the crowd before running over to celebrate his record-tying pin for OSU sophomores in a season with his teammates.

In every sport, there’s a type of play that can completely change the momentum of a game. In recent years, Beaver Nation has enjoyed many of these exciting acts of athleticism, whether it’s a spectacular run from Jacquizz Rodgers, a gravity-defying slam-dunk from Jared Cunningham or a monster home run from Andrew Susac.

In wrestling, that play is the pin, and it’s something that Pena has been doing a whole lot of this season.

In fact, Pena not only leads the Beavers in pins, but he leads the entire nation with 18. Considering Pena has an invitational, the Pac-12 Tournament and the NCAA Championships remain-

ing, he has plenty of time to add to his total with the possibility to finish in the mid-20s. He could realistically climb to third all-time at OSU for single-season pins.

“There’s a really amazing legacy in terms of past wrestlers here at OSU, and it would be pretty amazing to be on that list for any record at all,” Pena said. “Pins are such an important part of wrestling, it just makes it that much sweeter.”

The record is coming after a year where Pena redshirted to add the necessary weight and strength to move up a weight class from 149 to 157. It’s amazing to think that of the 29 wins Pena was able to accumulate as a true freshman, only 13 were pins.

This year he’s already amassed 23 wins, and all but five of them have been pins.

“I figured he was going to have a good year, but I had no idea he’d get this many pins,” redshirt junior 174-pounder Cody Weishoff said. “He’s gotten a lot

stronger and he works really hard. He’s only going to get better.”

The scariest part about Pena’s recent wrestling is there is still room for improvement. While he has earned 24 wins on the season, he’s also lost nine matches, most of which have been incredibly close.

If Pena can find a way to rectify his close match struggles, and win with the consistency the coaching staff thinks he’s capable of, there’s no telling how far the Beavers and Pena could go in the NCAA Tournament.

“When he gets on top, he tries to pin people,” head coach Jim Zalesky said.

“Sometimes he gets out of position by almost being too aggressive, but he’s looking for the fall and that’s the best thing about him. He’s always looking for the pin and maximum team points, which can be the difference in duals.”

Because the No. 17 ranked OSU wrestling team is loaded with talent and top performers in the Pac-12,

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Pena is often overshadowed by other wrestlers and storylines.

Three wrestlers for OSU currently have more wins and four have a higher current ranking than Pena on the season, but Pena has rapidly been adding to his win total in the past few weeks. His continued improvement has given him and the coaching staff high expectations for what’s to come.

“He can be a guy that can win the nationals,” Zalesky said. “That’s his goal and he’s shown he’s capable of it. There are some things he needs to work on here and there, but he’s improving every day, and his goal is to win the national tournament.”

While Pena is out of contention for the overall school record for pins in a season, 40 by heavyweight Howard Harris in 1980, he plans to improve his total and increase his record for a sophomore.

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Team competes against 40 other Division I schools, can win up to $5,000 at tournaments

By Caitie Karcher The Daily Barometer

The state of Oregon is well known for its salmon, steelhead and trout fishing. Unbeknownst to most, though, is the fact that bass fishing is giving the other fish a battle for popularity.

The Oregon State Univeristy bass fishing team is a clear representative of that.

“A lot of people have gone fishing for trout or salmon, but not bass. It gives you an opportunity to learn more about that specific kind of fishing,” said Dan Hough, coach and co-founder of the OSU Bass Team.

The bass fishing team was founded in 2009. It first consisted of eight members, but has slowly grown to around 14.

The team competes against 40 other Division I schools across the country for a chance to win money, not only for their club, but for their school as well.

If a team places in the top five at tournaments, they can win anywhere from $1,000 to $5,000, which would be split between the school and the club.

The club goes to two main kinds of tournaments each year. The first are tournaments against other clubs around the country, whereas the second kind are Forrest L. Wood, better known as FLW tournaments.

Forrest L. Wood was the founder of Ranger

Boats, so FLW Outdoors named the tournaments after him in 1996.

In these tournaments, the club typically sends two to three teams, consisting of two people per team.

Each team then goes out on a boat, accompanied by professionals who help monitor the fishing.

They are allowed to weigh in five fish per team, and the team with the largest fish wins the tournament.

During the fishing process, the teams are able to keep six fish in the live well. That way, if they catch a bigger fish, they can release one of the smaller ones they have in the well.

After the weigh-in, all fish are released back into their environment.

“This club offers you a great experience. It’s not very often you can fish with professionals and win money for the school,” said club member Colton Thomas. “Here at the bass fishing club, we explore this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

The team also has a Civil War against the University of Oregon twice a year during fall and spring terms. This has been going on since the club was founded.

At the last Civil War, Oregon State was able to beat Oregon to tie up their Civil War series.

They are hoping to continue their winning streak against the Ducks this coming spring.

To do so, the team tries to practice as much as they can.

Practicing isn’t always the easiest, but the team prefers spots like the Willamette River and Dorena Lake in Cottage Grove, Ore.

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Zach McDonald and Ryan Sparks show off the $5,000 dollar check they won with a first-place finish at a tournament at Shasta Lake. The check is split between the club and the school.

“We all have grown friendships, so when we want to practice it’s more like just going out and fishing wherever we can,” said Nick Layton, secretary of the team.

Joining the team is not too difficult.

They have some fishing poles and tackle available to rent for those who want to try fishing before going out and buying their own gear.

The team is also currently working with the

school to try and get more rental gear for students and faculty.

“This is a growing club, and we are always looking for new members, even if they haven’t fished before,” Thomas said.

With more tournaments approaching, OSU started off on a high note this term.

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