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Knowing your ASOSU: The Senate n

In part one of the ASOSU break-down, senior reporter Kristin Pugmire explains the responsibilities of the Senate

By Kristin Pugmire The Daily Barometer

If you have ever attended or read about a meeting of one of the Legislative Branches of the Associated Students of Oregon State University, you know the governmental jargon and procedures can be difficult to sift through, making it hard to grasp student government’s function and significance.

So here it is: a comprehensive write-up in two parts explaining how each legislative body operates.

Q: How does the Senate differ from the House of Representatives?

A: The primary difference between the two, according to Senate President Pro-Tempore Brett Deedon, has to do with the types of issues on which each branch focuses.

While the House of Representatives focuses more on financial matters, the Senate tends to focus more on internal issues, such as statutes.

This distinction influences the types of bills that each branch proposes.

“Bills that propose ASOSU budgetary changes originate in the House, while bills that propose changes to the function of ASOSU originate in the Senate,” said Crystal Boyd, ASOSU senator.

The Senate contains three standing committees: Student Government, Student Academics and Activities and Oversight and Ethics. In addition, the Joint Committee for Congressional Correspondence contains members from both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

According to Deedon, senators are required to serve on at least one committee, but may not serve on more than two.

From time to time, special committees are formed to address specific issues for which current committees may not be equipped.

For example, Sen. Jacob Vandever recently served on a special committee tasked with investigating the relationship between ASOSU and the Oregon Students Association, and currently sits on a committee that will draft a Student Bill of Rights.

Q: Why do the committees exist?

A: According to Deedon, the Senate will refer a bill to the appropriate committee if questions regarding the bill come up during discussion. “Then the committee looks into it and brings back some information so that we can have a better understanding of [the issue]…then the discussion continues,” Deedon said.

Committees are occasionally consulted when problems or issues arise that are not affiliated with a specific bill or resolution.

Oversight and Ethics

Q: What do the committees do?

The Oversight and Ethics committee is responsible for holding all members of ASOSU accountable for following its code of conduct. “[The committee] generally makes sure that everyone is playing by the rules,” Vandever said. “They sometimes issue a warning, or impose censure or other disciplinary actions.”

For example, the Oversight and Ethics committee was consulted prior to ASOSU President M. Tonga Hopoi’s impeachment trial, reviewing the ASOSU statutes and the constitution for guidelines, according to Deedon.

Student Government

This committee addresses bills dealing with constitutional or statutory changes, according to Vandever. It also handles other issues related to student government.

‘Feeble-Mindedness of Woman’ begins tomorrow n

Play discusses women’s experiences, struggles in science professions, on stage

By Kim Kenny The Daily Barometer

This Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Withycombe Hall, the Oregon State University Lab Theatre will run its first showing of “The Feeble-Mindedness of Woman,” a play within a play that tells the story of the first American woman to win a Nobel Prize in science.

Gerty Cori was a pioneering biochemist who together with her husband, Carl Cori, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1947 for their discovery of the mechanism for blood glucose recognition — how it is broken down in muscle tissue and stored as a source of energy. Their contributions aided in the treatment of diabetes and other diseases with a metabolic basis.

Gerty Theresa Radnitz was born in 1896 into a Jewish family in Prague and at age 16 decided she wanted to be a doctor. She met Carl Cori in medical school in Prague and married in 1920 before emigrating to the United States in 1922.

Though Carl was encouraged to cease working with his wife in the academic sense because it might have been considered “un-American,” the two conducted medical research together the entirety of their careers, first in Buffalo, N.Y. and then St. Louis,

Mo. Gerty died in 1957 at age 61 from a rare form of bone marrow cancer.

The two-woman, three-man cast will use the format of a play-within-aplay to highlight the struggles and discrimination encountered by women, not only in science, but in theatre and other professions as well, while suggesting that perhaps these challenges are not entirely things of the past.

Vreneli Farber, the play’s director and former OSU professor of Russian, says that the story of Gerty Cori has much to teach about how a constant determination in pursuit of one’s goals and ambitions can ultimately lead to success.

“The Feeble-Mindedness of Woman,” made possible at OSU through Professor Charlotte Headrick’s efforts in pursuing a grant to fund the play, was written by Staci Swedeen in 2003 when she was commissioned by the Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to write a play about women and science.

The dramatist will be on campus the entire five-day run of the production.

While honoring Gerty Cori, Swedeen attempts to find parallels between “then” and “now” by questioning how much progress women have made in the past hundred years in breaking stereotypes and achieving equality with men.

“I do think it is important to fully realize the struggles of women in the workplace, that although tremendous See FEEBLE | page 3

Alexandra Taylor

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Senate meetings are held weekly on Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. in the MU and are open to anyone interested in attending.

For example, the committee was responsible for organizing the recent ASOSU town hall meeting, during which students were asked to voice their opinions regarding the structure and effectiveness of student government.

activities, according to Boyd.

Previously, the committee was responsible for approving and recognizing campus clubs and organizations, Deedon said, but those duties have been taken on by the OSU Student Organizations program.

Q:Why should students care about the Senate?

A: Though it may not seem obvious, “[This committee] is responsible for trou- ASOSU’s actions affect all OSU students in bleshooting all other issues that students important and tangible ways. The Senate or groups may face on campus that are not is ASOSU’s primary lawmaking body, and already addressed by another standing com- has the ability to create and pass bills that mittee,” Vandever said. have a profound effect on students — for The committee may also review resolutions that relate to student academics or See SENATE | page 3

Student Academics & Activities

Close games cause higher enjoyment of suspenseful ads n

Study asks participants to watch, rate advertisements in relation to sporting events

By Michael Mendes The Daily Barometer

When it comes to sporting events, a close game is more suspenseful and tense than a blowout victory, and often more fun to watch for both sides.

As it turns out, this may be a boon to advertisers as well; new research supports the idea that suspenseful games lead to greater enjoyment of suspenseful ads shown after the game is over.

This study was a collaboration between Oregon State University business Prof. Colleen Bee and University of Oregon business Prof.

Robert Madrigal. College undergraduates were shown footage of either a high-suspense basketball game or a low-suspense game where their favored team either wins or loses.

Two ads were shown halfway through the game, and two more were shown at the end; a third group of students was shown just the ads as a statistical baseline. The participants then rated their enjoyment of the ads.

Basketball was chosen as the sport because points are scored often and a team can gain or lose the lead very quickly, leading to greater suspense.

The postgame suspenseful ads were rated higher in the groups watching the suspenseful game.

In general, both groups rated suspenseful ads higher than non-suspenseful ads.

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Study shows that when audiences view close games, like the OSU- Southern Cal game above, they will enjoy subsequent suspenseful commercials.

Finally, the ads viewed at the game’s halfway point were not rated differently by the groups.

“One of the keys to the emotional transfer, is that it occurs after the outcome of the game,” Bee said.

One surprising result: it didn’t matter if the viewer’s favorite team won or lost.

“The excitation of a close game still has a positive effect on advertising whether the favored team wins or loses,” Bee said.

Many previous studies on the subject did not occur in a laboratory setting, instead surveying viewers of major broadcast sporting events about which advertisements they remembered. However, these

studies could not investigate the different effects that may contribute to that recall, which is what the authors of this study set out to do.

“We did another paper before on suspense in sports programs, looking at [the] emotions fans experience while watching sporting events,” Bee said. “Our goal in this study was to specifically assess a transfer effect. We feel it fills a gap in previous research.”

Future studies may investigate and contrast a tense sporting event’s affect on other ad types, such as humorous ads.

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World seeks next step on Syria Intense blasts that echoed through the Syrian city of Homs on Monday were just a part of the latest violence ravaging parts of the country, as world leaders sought a new strategy to end the deadly fighting.

At least 74 civilians were killed Monday across Syria, according to the Local Coordination Committees of Syria, an opposition group that organizes and documents anti-government protests.

Most of the deaths occurred in Homs, it said.

The violence came two days after China and Russia vetoed a U.N. Security Council draft resolution that would have demanded President Bashar al-Assad stop the violence and seek a solution to the 11-month crisis.

“They chose to side with the Syrian regime and implicitly to leave the door open to further abuses,” British Foreign Secretary William Hague told the House of Commons on Monday.

“Such vetoes are a betrayal of the Syrian people. In deploying them, they have let down the Arab League; they have increased the likelihood of what they wish to avoid in Syria — civil war — and they have placed themselves on the wrong side of Arab and international opinion.”

Chinese and Russian representatives said they want the violence to end and to see dialogue among Syria’s opposition factions.

“The Syrian regime may have drawn comfort from events at the U.N. Security Council, but we will do everything that we can to make sure that comfort

is short-lived,” Hague vowed.

“This is a doomed regime as well as a murdering regime.

There is no way it can recover its credibility internationally or with its own people.”

The United States closed its embassy in Syria and pulled out remaining staff after the Syrian government refused to address its security concerns, the State Department said.

Hague said his country called its ambassador home for consultations. He demanded that Syria protect the British Embassy in Damascus.

Britain also called Syria’s ambassador for a meeting at the foreign office.

Hague vowed that Britain and other countries will remain focused on pressuring Syria on numerous fronts, “undeterred

by Saturday’s vote.”

Opposition activists in Syria said the Syrian regime stepped up its brutal crackdown over the weekend after the Security Council failed to pass the resolution, leaving hundreds dead.

“It is horrible. Especially today, it is horrible,” said Abu Omar, a local activist who said the Syrian army was attacking without warning. “Usually, they are using mortars. They are now using rockets in the sky.

We can see them in the sky.”

Four children and four women were among the dead Monday, the Local Coordination Committees said. According to the group’s statement, 47 of those killed were in Homs, 12 in Damascus Suburbs province, 9 in Idlib, 3 in Damascus, 2 in Aleppo and 1 in Hama province.

“The U.N. gave them the green light to inflict more violence,” another opposition

activist, identified as “Danny,” said from Homs. “If it wasn’t for the U.N., they wouldn’t have did this. It gave them the OK to kill more. If the U.N. had done something about this, this regime would be a little bit scared.”

Danny said Sunday’s casualties included a girl who lost an eye to gunfire and a boy whose jaw was shot away. Many of the casualties were treated in makeshift field hospitals set up in civilian homes, including some who died from wounds that would not have been fatal with proper care, he said.

“We haven’t got enough doctors. We haven’t got enough medication,” he said.

Omar said one child killed in the violence “was almost in pieces.”

Syrian state-run TV said “armed terrorist groups” were attacking citizens and members of law enforcement in several cities.

Two children were killed by an explosive device planted by a terrorist group in al Bukamal, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency reported. In Daraa, the city’s chief warrant officer and a conscript “were martyred by an armed group’s gunfire,” SANA said. And in Jboren village west of Homs, “an armed terrorist group today massacred” a family of eight with “bullets and sharp knives,” SANA reported.

A “terrorist group” also targeted a gas pipeline in Homs late Sunday, “blowing it up with an explosive device, causing gas to leak in the area,” SANA reported.

“The terrorists also shelled with mortars several neighborhoods of Homs. They also set off an explosive device in al-

Khalidiye neighborhood that caused no injuries or casualties,” one SANA report said.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s office issued a statement saying he “is appalled” by the violence. “The lack of agreement in the Security Council gives no license to the Syrian authorities to step up attacks on the Syrian population. No government can commit such acts against its people without its legitimacy being eroded,” he said.

“The secretary-general calls upon all concerned in Syria and in the international community to redouble efforts aimed at stopping the violence and seeking an inclusive Syrian-led political process, in accordance with international law, that respects the will and legitimate aspirations of the Syrian people to a democratic and pluralistic political system.”

Arab League SecretaryGeneral Nabil Elaraby condemned Syria’s heavy bombardment in some areas that led to scores of deaths.

“We are following the developments anxiously and extremely disturbed about the situation on the ground in Syria, especially in Homs and the suburbs of Damascus, in the escalation of the military operation and the usage of heavy artillery against the civilians,” Elaraby said in a statement.

He called it “an obvious breach” of international humanitarian law and Arab League human rights commitments, according to the statement.

— CNN

Apple manufacturing plant workers complain of long hours, militant culture Miss Chen stares curiously at the iPad. Even though she works overtime in a factory in southwestern China that manufactures them, she’s never seen the finished product.

“Wow, I want it,” said Chen, brushing her finger across the glossy screen with curiosity and amazement.

The 18-year-old student from a village outside of the southern megacity of Chongqing is one of more than one million factory workers at a Chinese company that helps manufacture products for Apple Inc.’s lucrative global empire, which raked in a record $46.3 billion in sales last quarter.

At a factory about an hour west of Sichuan’s capital Chengdu, Foxconn Technology Group, one of Apple’s biggest manufacturing partners. Foxconn employs hundreds of thousands who work day or night shifts, eating and sleeping at company facilities, as they help build electronics products for Apple and many other global brand names, such as Amazon’s Kindle and Microsoft’s Xbox.

Chen’s name has been changed for this story. She told CNN that all her Foxconn colleagues have been instructed not to talk to any reporter or “criminal liability shall be investigated according to law.”

Rights groups like Hong Kong-based China Labour Bulletin and Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior say that Foxconn’s stringent military-like culture is one of surveillance, obedience and not challenging authority. Workers are told obey or leave.

It’s an oppressive culture that labor groups say contributed to a slew of suicides in 2010 at the company’s Shenzhen plant — prompting Foxconn to install nets in an effort to prevent employees from jumping.

As a poor college student with no work experience, looking for job in China’s

competitive market is an uphill battle.

So when Chen was offered a one-month position at Foxconn during the Spring Festival — with promises of great benefits and little overtime, she jumped at the chance.

Her heart fell after arriving at the Foxconn factory, when she found out only senior employees get such benefits and sick leaves. Ms. Chen said she’s also forced to work overtime on a regular basis.

“During my first day of work, an older worker said to me, ‘why did you come to Foxconn? Don’t ever think about it again and leave right now’,” said Chen, who plans to return to her studies at a Chongqing university soon. “Foxconn employees have a saying, “they use women as men and men as machines.”

Foxconn is a part of Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. which supplies iPads and iPhones. Foxconn recently released a statement defending its corporate practices, stating its employees are entitled to numerous benefits including access to health care and opportunities for promotions and training.

“Foxconn takes our responsibility to our employees very seriously and we work hard to give our 1.2 million employees in China a safe and positive working environment and compensation and benefits that are competitive with all of our industry peers in that location,” said Foxconn in an email statement to CNN. In response to questions from CNN, Apple released this statement: “We care about every worker in our worldwide supply chain. We insist that our suppliers provide safe working conditions, treat workers with dignity and respect, and use environmentally responsible manufacturing processes wherever Apple products are made. Our suppliers must live up to these requirements if they want to keep doing business with

Apple.”

Apple officials also noted last month it became the first company admitted to the Fair Labor Association, “a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving conditions for workers around the world.”

In an email to Apple employees, CEO Tim Cook said the company cares about every worker and “any accident is deeply troubling, and any issue with working conditions is cause for concern.”

Despite widespread reports of poor working conditions, some experts say Foxconn factories still offer better benefits and surroundings than most factories in China — providing air conditioning, heating and clean dorms for its employees.

“These companies are making huge profits but workers feel that they are not getting a fair share,” said Geoffrey Crothall of China Labour Bulletin. “But just because Apple is making a profit doesn’t mean they are passing that onto Foxconn; the margins are slim.”

Crothall said it’s important to empower workers. But it’s also a challenge for Apple to find a manufacturer that delivers the quality and speed Foxconn can with its vast resources, he added.

After three weeks of applying more than 4,000 stickers a day onto iPad screens by hand and working 60 hours a week in an assembly line, Chen says she’s ready to go back to school and study hard so she’ll never have to return to Foxconn.

“It’s so boring, I can’t bear it anymore.

Everyday is like: I get off from work and I go to bed. I get up in the morning, and I go to work. It is my daily routine and I almost feel like an animal,” said Ms. Chen, who aspires to become a biologist.

When asked why humans do machinelike work at Foxconn, she responds, “Well, humans are cheaper.”

— CNN

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

Student Diversity Budget Board, 3-9pm, MU 211. Budget Hearings.

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.

Graduate School, 4-5:30pm, MU 109.

Forum for international graduate students to provide feedback to the Graduate School.

Black Cultural Center, all day, BCC. Health Awareness. National black HIV/ AIDS awareness day. Education on safe sex.

Women’s Center, 7-8:30pm, Women’s Center. FAT: Size Discrimination Series: Part 1 - Deconstructing sizism, myths and stereotypes. What does it mean to be fat in our society? Learn about size discrimination and about embracing all body types, shapes and sizes.

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.

Diversity Development, 8am-4:30pm, MU 213. Cesar Chavez Cultural Center, Asian Pacific Cultural Center, Women’s Center and SDBB administrative budgets will be presented.

Events Black Cultural Center, 6-7:30pm, BCC. Intersection of Afro-Latinos. A documentary about Afro-Latinos, in collaboration with the CCCC.

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.

College Republicans, 7pm, StAg 132.

All are welcome no matter what beliefs or political party.

Diversity Development, 10am-Noon, MU Joyce Powell Leadership Center.

Final approval of the Student Diversity budgets before they are presented to Student Incidental Fees Committee.

Speakers College of Public Health and Human Sciences, 10-11am, Hallie Ford Center 115. Seminar: “Understanding Nutritional Challenges Faced by Individuals, Families, and Communities” by Joseph Sharkey, PhD, RD, MPH.

Sunday, Feb. 12 Meetings Vegans & Vegetarians @ OSU, 5pm, SSC, 738 SW 15th St. We eat, chat and exchange recipes. All are welcome, even if you aren’t vegetarian.

Monday, Feb. 13 Meetings College Democrats, 5pm, MU Board Room. Come talk about current events, local campaigns and international news with like-minded people!

Socratic Club, 7pm, MU 110. Sponsored book study of Timothy Keller’s book “The Reason for God” will meet to discuss Chapter 2. This meeting is free and open to everyone.

Events Black Cultural Center, 5-7pm, MU Lounge. Panel Discussion of Black men.

Tuesday, Feb. 14 Meetings ASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU 109A. Convenes to discuss student issues. Students and student organization delegates are welcome to attend.

Wednesday, Feb. 15 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 your battery – Interfaith devotions and prayers – bring your favorite inspirational reading to share or just listen.

Events Black Cultural Center, 4-6pm, BCC. QPOC meeting. Monthly social event for Queer people of color. Organized

by SOL. Black Cultural Center, 6-8pm, BCC. Love and Chocolate. Relationships in the Black community, in collaboration with BSU and SOL.

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Romney campaign targets Santorum Mitt Romney’s front-running campaign on Monday took aim at trailing rival Rick Santorum, indicating concern that the conservative Santorum might be poised for a strong showing in this week’s Republican presidential contests.

The GOP hopefuls face caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado on Tuesday, along with a nonbinding primary in Missouri. On Saturday, Maine wraps up its caucuses, followed by a break until a Feb. 22 debate on CNN and Feb. 28 primaries in Arizona and Michigan.

Romney strengthened his leading status in the GOP presidential race with a solid victory Saturday in the Nevada caucuses. It was his second straight triumph and third in the five contests so far, bolstering the perception he may be unstoppable in his second bid for the Republican nomination.

Santorum is competing with Newt Gingrich for conservative support to try to halt Romney’s momentum. He has campaigned hard in Minnesota and in Missouri, a state where Gingrich failed to get on the

ballot, to position himself as the leading conservative challenger to the more moderate Romney.

In response, the Romney campaign put former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty on a conference call with reporters Monday to criticize what he called Santorum’s legislative history of supporting spending earmarks and increasing the federal debt ceiling.

“He has been part of the big spending establishment in Congress and in the influence peddling,” Pawlenty said of Santorum.

The Romney campaign also issued a statement that challenged Santorum’s constant attacks on the Massachusetts health care plan Romney implemented as governor in the 1990s.

It cited reports on FactCheck. org and PolitiFact.com in recent weeks that rated as “not true” or “mostly false” the statements by Santorum that the Massachusetts health care law created a government-run system.

The two websites also disputed Santorum’s claims that the Massachusetts plan

increased premiums and waiting times for patients, and that Romney advocated the Massachusetts model for the entire country.

Santorum’s campaign responded with its own statement that repeated some of the claims cited by the Romney campaign. A separate statement from Santorum spokesman Hogan Gidley said Romney’s attacks on Santorum showed he was feeling the heat.

“Mitt Romney can’t attack Obama on any of those major issues because Gov. Romney agrees with Obama on all of them — and his attack and smear campaign is his way of avoiding his liberal record,” Gidley said in the statement.

Santorum kept up his criticism of Romney on the health care issue, saying at a campaign event in Rochester, Minnesota, that his rival’s record on health care makes him a poor choice to run against President Barack Obama in November.

“The problem is that we have a candidate who is running, who is now seen by the media as the prohibitive favorite, who is the worst possible

person in this field to put up on this most fundamental issue of this campaign, and that is Governor Romney,” Santorum said, adding later that Romney is “simply dead wrong on the most important issue of the day and should not be the nominee of our party.”

Santorum sounded congested in his speech and told the audience that he caught a bug from his 3-year-old daughter, Bella.

“As you can see, I’ve got my own health care issues,” he joked.

In the Nevada caucuses, Santorum finished last among the four candidates, with Romney getting 50 percent support, while former House Speaker Gingrich had 21 percent, Rep. Ron Paul had 19 percent and Santorum at 10 percent, according to certified final results released Monday.

However, the attention that Romney’s campaign paid to Santorum indicated the dynamics of the Republican race might be shifting, at least for this week’s caucuses and primaries.

— CNN

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Correction The Daily Barometer

The article “Animal shelter goes Hollywood” that ran on Monday, Feb. 6 contained inaccuracies.

The article implied the fundraiser was for the City of Corvallis, when it actually raised money for Heartland Humane Society.

The article said the event raised $70,000 last year. The event last year raised $52,000, while this year’s event raised $70,000.

The article also said Heartland is one of four local animal shelters that take in wild animals when in fact it does not.

The Daily Barometer regrets the errors and apologizes for any inconvenience the article may have caused.

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FEEBLE n Continued from page 1 gains have been made, there is still a long way to travel for all women to have equal pay and recognition for equal work. It’s easy to think, ‘Oh, those issues don’t really exist anymore.’ But they do,” Swedeen said, describing one of the things that inspired her to write this play.

In the play, a modern day acting group is rehearsing a play about Gerty Cori to perform to high school students in New Jersey. The role of Gerty will be played by Madison Shirley, a freshman in environmental science.

Playing opposite her in the role of Carl Cori is Sam Thompson, a junior in psychology. Megan Grassi, a senior majoring in theatre, will play the modern day group’s director named Mildred. Chris Peterman, a sophomore majoring in

example, the Senate was responsible for the creation of the bill mandating a campus-wide smoking ban, which will go into effect this fall.

The Senate has an obligation to represent the needs and opinions of the entire student population, so it is up to students to pay attention and get involved in the decision

theatre and Matt O’Brien, a graduate student in political science, will play multiple roles ranging from rabbis to college professors to research students. The assistant director is James Burgess and the stage manager is Davey Kashuba.

Kevin Ahern, a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at OSU, helped teach the cast who were unfamiliar with working in a lab how to use scientific equipment. Ahern, who is familiar with Cori’s work, also provided lab equipment appropriate to the 1930s and 1940s.

“The Feeble-Mindedness of Woman” will run throughout the week at the OSU Lab Theatre in Withycombe Hall. The last showing will be Sunday at 2 p.m.

Kim Kenny, staff reporters

making process. Currently, the Senate is looking for ways to restructure itself and get more direct involvement and input from student organizations.

In addition, ASOSU is a member of the Oregon Students Association, which means ASOSU is playing an active part in lobbying for students’ rights in Salem, fighting to keep tuition as low as possible.

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Tomorrow at 6 p.m. in Memorial Union room 211, Counseling and Psychological Services will be screening a video on depression and bipolar disorder. Kay Redfield Jamison will be the main speaker in the film, discussing “Depression and Bi-Polar Disorder in Young Adults.” The video will be followed by a session of Q&A and a personal testimony by a staff member about her experiences with bipolar disorder.

For more information on the event, contact CAPS at 541-737-2131.

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The session will review Oregon’s new health care reform plan, which involves doctors creating treatment plans for patients to reduce hospital visits, therefore cutting costs; Governor Kitzhaber’s educational reform plan and new childhood programs, abolishing 36 county-level commissions and the Oregon Commission on Children and Families, a policy developer; and the usual handful of jobs bills.

Kitzhaber’s real goal is the push for his educational reform plan. The current Senate Bill 1581 would require school districts to sign “achievement compacts,” which essentially set goals for districts to meet (e.g., graduation rates). He also expects for schools to “measure and report on the readiness of all kindergarteners by fall 2013,” according to the Oregonian.

Furthermore, GOP representatives have been pushing for a new jobs plan that would “generate an estimated 50,000 new jobs” within the next five years. The plan involves tax credits for businesses that specifically hire the “long-term unemployed,” and added incentives for other businesses or homeowners willing to invest in “capitol improvements” right now.

But the most notable affair — one that was of most immediate and wide-ranging concern — would be the proposed budget agreement.

Still, the legislature was able to get a proposal through on the very first day, which included the closure of a minimumsecurity prison in Salem. According to the Oregonian, the Department of Corrections estimates the closure of the facility would save roughly $1.6 million for the state in the two-year budget plan, and $8 million in the following one. The agreement would trim a total of $30 million through “government ‘reforms,’” with nearly $25 million in savings from reducing the number of employees in state agencies and public affair offices.

All in all, what does the February session look like? The state of the nation.

Considering Oregon has an 8.9 percent unemployment rate, the GOP’s supposed jobs bills seem to be in good taste. Yet, at the same time, it costs money, which is ideally being retrieved by a prison closure and government reforms — both involving the elimination of jobs. It’s a catch-22.

Meeting halfway has been all the talk both nationwide and statewide, but it doesn’t seem possible. Creating incentives for the “long-term unemployed” only makes it harder on those who are merely transferring from another job or coming out of college. Reform to the health care plan asks for more time — and possible borrowed time — from doctors and employees at hospitals to have patients face fewer hospital visits and expenses.

Cutting jobs from state agencies and public affair offices to save money — $25 million nonetheless? This isn’t compromise; it’s a hindrance. There’s more to an issue than a simple lack of available jobs. It involves reluctance for businesses, companies and organizations to bring on new employees, considering salaries, pensions and benefits. It involves an ill-prepared workforce — one without legitimate skills or knowledge to succeed in the job market.

It involves a lack of motivation for people to search or accept a lesser paying job for the time being.

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Reevaluating student representation on campus I

remember vividly the day that Tonga and I received the call that we had won the 2011 ASOSU Election. However, the experiences that would come afterward pale in comparison to my expectations of this position.

Now, here we are heading into the middle of winter term, and our simple plan of accountability, responsibility and sustainability tested in multiple ways. Our administration failed to consider responsibility and accountability in terms of the actions taken with the Oregon Student Association. The student government, both the executive and legislative branches, did not think of the full impact regarding the effort of student involvement and trying every which way to get campus involved.

Yet with anything in life, lessons are to be experienced. If there is any lesson to be taken learned from those ordeals, it is that having your voice heard is better than not having a voice at all.

As I presented to the Student Congress during the hastily planned State of the Students Address, I observed as vice president (and consequently president of the Senate, and for a time, acting president) that our whole student government needs to undergo a renewed sense of vision. We have the ability to practice

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This past week, many people discussed the topic of student representation within the Legislative Branch. It is clear that our bicameral system is not working to be the best it could be. It is time that we work together to improve participation and involvement from a greater amount of students on campus.

I do not mean to increase representation, but rather look into how we can create a legislative body that is effective in providing the necessary representation for the fast-paced student life here at OSU. Before we do this, we must remove any notion that we should model our government after the federal government, the state or a city — we are none of these.

In order to meet the needs of our student body, we must realize we are a university campus with a student government that is responsible for upholding shared governance with the university in representing the stu-

dents here on campus, locally, statewide and federally. We must hold ourselves accountable and responsible in order to transition from year to year in a sustainable fashion.

Does this really mean that we need to have a legislative body modeled after the U.S. Congress? Not necessarily. Does this mean we need to have a single legislative body? Not unless people voice concerns over it.

This issue of increased student participation should revolve around what is best for us as a university. We must always remind ourselves that we are in a unique situation only found on a university campus — nowhere else. A university cannot function without students, and students must always push for more involvement in their educational experience.

Whatever the legislative body will look like in the future, my only advice to those who choose to continue working on this issue is to have open-minded conversations. We must be transparent, ensure that all voices are accounted for, understand that mistakes can and will happen and always strive to be better and continue to learn.

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egardless of your financial status, we have all been in situations where we simply cannot afford someCharles thing. In these rather tough economic times, these situations may have presented themselves The Pen is Mightier in greater frequency. With more nosed baseball player, has seen people out of work or pennypinching, it is easier to sympathize more headlines in the last decade with those who are not as well-off for his failed business ventures financially. But it is definitely hard resulting in bankruptcy than for to feel sorry for those who make his playing career. There are many more former promillions and milfessionals like lions of dollars for him, who at one playing a game, As the most lovable time were being only to lose it all.

ESPN recently form of one-percenters, paid more money many make reported that athletes represent the than in their lives to Terrell Owens, a financial inequality play a kid’s game, former football star whose star rampant in our culture. but are now in the red. has more or less These athletes are paid disappeared from We all value more than we will the football galathletes for the axy, has lost nearentertainment ever hope to make ly all of the wealth they provide — in a lifetime. he accrued over following a team his career. That’s can offer a weltens, maybe come diversion hundreds of milfrom the struggles lions of dollars down the tube on of daily life. But the increasingly cars, homes and party boats. And extravagant contracts and salaOwens isn’t the only ex-athlete ries numbering in the hundreds of to fall victim to poor financial millions can make even the most choices. die-hard sports nut stop to think.

Lenny Dykstra, a former hardIt’s easy to rant and rave that

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professional athletes are paid way too much; that topic has been beaten into the ground. But I’m going to keep doing it.

As the most lovable form of one-percenters, athletes represent the financial inequality rampant in our culture. These athletes are paid more than many of us could ever hope to make in a lifetime.

For instance, star baseball player Albert Pujols recently signed a contract worth more than $200 million. What’s more frustrating is that some players may not even make the money last until they are 50. In an era where many are unemployed, in debt, or just doing their best to make sound financial decisions, such wastefulness is angering. At least CEOs know enough to save for retirement.

You could argue that with all the money athletes are spending on exotic cars, vacation homes and jewelry, these multimillionaires are stimulating the economy. But unless they start balancing the federal budget instead of buying cars for all their friends and a boat for each day of the week, they aren’t helping much.

There was a time, not long ago, when entering the world of professional sports was by no means a financially rewarding career.

Many sports stars of the past were

forced to work in the offseason to supplement their income. Even today, many unknown professional athletes, while still receiving an ample paycheck, do not make nearly as much as their all-star counterparts.

The sports entertainment industry is a billion-dollar enterprise. The revenue generated from ticket sales, merchandising, advertising and TV deals is staggering — imagine all the money that emerged from Super Bowl Sunday. And in the quest to bring in more of this revenue, teams will pay top dollar — a lot of dollars, in fact — to sign the best, most popular players and put butts in the seats. It is hard to imagine this practice will let up anytime soon, as contracts for prized athletes only continue to grow.

If there is to be any sort of movement to reduce the wealth disparity and waste of financial resources in our society, it may not be a bad idea to address professional sports. Sports may be fun to watch, play and follow, but they aren’t worth paying a first baseman $200 million. t

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New and unorthodox methods of male contraception M ost men on campus probably enjoy pregnancy-free sex, taking measures like using a condom or, for women, using the pill, plus a condom for good measure. As Van Wilder said, “Don’t be a fool, wrap your tool. Write that down.”

While these aren’t entirely foolproof methods, they’re better than “pulling out.” However, a new method of male contraception that scientists are working on seems very suspicious. One method involves blasting the testicles with ultrasound, while the other increases progestin secretion. Scientists claim that both methods are entirely safe, allowing for a man to have children later in life with no known side effects.

According to BBC and the Examiner, the ultrasound method is the newest and still requires

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damaged” once sperm production China and Australia have been prohas started again. The University viding this form of contraception to of North Carolina assures they men for a few years now with posido not intend tive results. to make damThe concern aged sperm and Exploring different comes from the children, which fact that scientists methods for is the reason have tried a conmore research is contraception is traceptive method required. with men before, great...but going The second involving testostersci-fi on contraception method for male one, which resulted contraception is or messing around in decreased sex a two-step prodrive and/or violent with hormone cess of implant mood swings. This injections seems a and injection. current study hasn’t Men receive an had any of those little out there. implant of proproblems, but there gestrogen, the is still something hormone in the fishy about messing contraceptive pill for women, and with hormones in the human body. are given testosterone shots every Contraception has definitely four to six weeks to maintain sex

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Rebel without a pulse more research. Currently, the test is being done mainly on mice. They found that when they blasted the rodents with ultrasound energy, their sperm-producing cells essentially shut down. Dr. James Tsuruta of the University of North Carolina believes this method should allow for six months of contraception without side effects from one treatment.

However, Dr. Tsuruta admits that he still doesn’t know about the full extent of his research. One scientist said to the BBC that “sperm might be damaged, and any baby might be drive and male characteristics.

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he other day I saw an interesting comTrevor Thompson mercial — a social network satire — in which a man is walking down the sidewalk, sending friend requests to people out loud by saying, “Friend request?” People either tion with the person actually in front of you? At responded by saying “accept” or “deny,” and the what point does it become discourteous to those best part was probably when the main character around you, especially when you are out havbumped into a big fellow accidentally. Getting a ing coffee or grabbing something to eat? Doesn’t dirty look from the big man, he turns tail and runs it kind of say, “Hold that thought, something a away yelling, “Deny, deny, deny!” little more important than you just came to my In reality, this isn’t at all how our society func- inbox”? Physical interaction and a tangible prestions, or how it should. Yet today, people will sit ence — these have both become neglected and in front of computer screens for hours on end abused because we are so engaged in our online wondering where the time went, pull out their technological world. phones and pretend to text in an effort to avoid Yes, it allows us to communicate faster, but this contact with someone or pull up their hoodies doesn’t necessarily mean we communicate better. and toss on their earphones, zoning out their How many times has someone sent you somesurroundings. thing you didn’t know how to take? Whether they Walking up to somebody and were being sarcastic, ironic, asking, “Friend request?” isn’t genuine or just weren’t descripsomething we do. We don’t even Physical interaction tive enough in what they said, bother to say “hello” anymore. so much is lost without a voice, and a tangible Somewhere along the line, many without a physical presence. of us have unlearned small talk, In many ways it becomes a presence — these pleasantries and basic modes of catalyst for argument and a communication. have both become hindrance to what we actually meant to say or get across, It is a time waster — the neglected and bringing a whole new meaning inconvenient comfort that is taking away our ability to speak abused because we to “reading between the lines.”

I am not discounting techto strangers, acquaintances, are so engaged nology completely; however, friends and even family. What isn’t all of this a little bit true? It are we communicating to one in our online isn’t just used as a tool any lonanother these days, with our eyes glued to iPhones all day technological world. ger. We can’t go a day without it, and we allow such things to long? How do we get to know enable a false sense of security. new people in a world where There’s an intrigue in deleting someone from “hello” is an outdated expression and you can’t click “friend request” next to the cutie on the our phone, feeling the power of such an action bus? It’s the comfort we seek in such things that when you press “OK,” thinking to ourselves we will allow us to deny the real-world sentiment of never hear from him or her again. But let’s be honest, it only sets you up for an awkward encounter interaction.

What it comes down to is the simple fact that at Safeway or an interesting story about a new many of us have spent so much time in our own phone and losing your numbers.

The only time it is truly alright to go and talk to plastic bubble that we’ve forgotten how to interact other people these days, just for the sake of talking with others.

Saying “hey” to the girl in the elevator, for or meeting someone new, seems to be when caminstance, or saying “hi” to the guy at the gym. pus has a power outage and everyone walks out of But all of these places have become awkward their dorm rooms shaking their head as if they’ve and such interactions are far too up-close and awakened from a dream. There is a disconnect in personal. They’ve become an imposition in the being so connected all the time.

Take a break and unplug for a day. Turn off your modern age; we can do Facebook, just not faceto-face. Because of this, people will go to extremes phone during dinner with your boyfriend or girlin order to loosen up their tongues and feel com- friend. Try and talk to someone you’ve been wantfortable in their own skin, most of which happens ing to and haven’t yet. But most of all, don’t go running to your phone if you feel uncomfortable. on Thursday and Friday nights.

We are a tech-savvy generation — from mini- Try talking instead of texting. Who knows, maybe disc Walkmans to MP3s and iPods to touch- you will surprise yourself, and other people could screen iPads. Have you ever walked on campus too.

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FIX n Continued from page 4 given men and women more freedom in their lives, allowing them to make more decisions about if and when they want to have children.

But there are also some very negative side effects.

Look at many of the contraception methods for women that are advertised on television; most of them lead to potential blood clots or increased risk of one disease or another. Many new female contraceptive methods get taken off the market a few years after being introduced because they do more harm than good.

The generic contraceptive pill that women take now, which is deemed “safe,” still has side effects like increased chance of blood clots if the woman smokes, and can drastically modify the hormones of a woman. Recently, scientists found that some women lose interest in their partners or have a change in what they find attractive in a partner after stopping the pill.

I’m not trying to scare people away from using contraceptives, because scientists have definitely made them safe for use with minor side effects. No method is absolutely 100 percent free

of side effects. Exploring different methods for contraception is great, and scientists may find a safer and easier way for people to “get it on,” but going sci-fi on contraception or messing around with hormone injections seems a little out there.

Using ultrasound to break up blood clots or to view a fetus is fine and dandy, but why not go with a different, less Dr. Evil-type approach to preventing men from producing sperm? Not to mention injecting men with more testosterone with a progestrogen mixer has to have more side effects than scientists believe.

For more details regarding contraceptives, just to see what everyone is doing? Have you ever both male and female students can visit Student read your text message history to see what was so Health Services on campus in the Plageman important you had to send it during a conversaStudent Health Center across from Weniger Hall.

There, you can get more information about — and how to use — various contraceptives, if you don’t already know. Also, SHS provides men with the ability to get condoms if they are still too embarrassed to go to Fred Meyer or any store with a health aisle to buy condoms. Women can go to SHS as well to receive contraceptives. t

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members and expenses. It involves a growing population — a majority of whom rely on There’s more to an issue government-funded programs than a budget deficit. It and institutions.

February’s session may involves poor decisions in funding — from outrageous prove to spell success in the educational spending, seem- sense that the legislature can ingly producing no results, agree on measures, pass sevto new health care plans that eral bills and kickstart new, only open the door for more long-awaited programs, but

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Letter to the Editor No debate on biospheric carbon

Compelling reason to act I concur completely with Friday’s rebuttal to Tuesday’s column on global warming, but I think there’s at least one larger point worth noting.

However little debate there is in the scientific community on the human role in global temperature change, there is even less debate on the human role in global changes in biospheric carbon — a separate issue.

Even skeptics of IPCC conclusions generally concede that we are to blame for the rapid (geologically unprecedented) rise in CO2 levels since the late 1800’s.

What they object to is the conclusion that this human-caused surplus of carbon is actually to blame for turning up the Earth’s thermostat.

Very well. But the chemical and biologi-

cal effects of too much CO2 (leaving aside the thermal effects being debated these past days) still justify many of the same shifts of thinking, planning and technology. Even if we were to ignore the consensus enunciated by the IPCC — simply accept the Tuesday author’s views on the causes of global warming — it wouldn’t relieve us of the most difficult political and economic choices that the author is evidently hoping to avoid.

There are also chemical and biological reasons why we need to reduce our carbon footprint(s) substantially. And I have no financial or political stake in drawing this conclusion.

In fact, I don’t find it convenient at all. But I do find it compelling.

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British court grants Massachusetts stranded-dolphin death toll up to 92 bail to radical cleric A court in the United Kingdom has granted bail to a radical cleric accused of links to al-Qaida, the British Home Office said Monday.

Abu Qatada has been imprisoned for years while fighting deportation, according to British media reports.

The Home Office had opposed bail, and said after the decision that its view had not changed. “This is a dangerous man who we believe poses a real threat to our security,� the Home Office said through a spokesperson. “... This is not the end of the road and we are continuing to consider our legal options.�

The Jordanian national has been fighting to remain in the United Kingdom since he was first arrested under anti-terrorism legislation nearly a decade ago.

CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen said Abu Qatada was the spiritual adviser to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian Islamic militant who became the leader of alQaida in Iraq. Zarqawi and his followers were blamed for some of the bloodiest attacks of the eight-year war that followed the U.S. invasion in 2003.

Bergen said the case highlights the problems governments face in dealing with religious leaders accused of inspiring terror plots without carrying them out themselves. “It’s not like these guys were mixing the chemicals for the bomb,� Bergen said. But he said clerics like Abu Qatada “sort of give spiritual sanction to their followers [to] do violence, and that’s what makes these kinds of cases hard to prosecute — because thought crime is difficult to prosecute.�

But Bergen said the conditions of Abu Qatada’s bail make

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it “very difficult for him to do something.� “He can’t be deported, and yet the British courts have also said he can’t be imprisoned,� he said. “So where does that end up? That ends up with him living under some form of house arrest in the UK, for an indefinite period.�

In 2002, the British government said it suspected Qatada was a terrorist and a national security risk. Refusing him leave to stay in Britain, it ordered he be deported and detained him.

Earlier this month, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the United Kingdom could not deport him to Jordan, because evidence obtained by torture could be used against him there.

British officials have described him as an “inspiration� for terrorists such as Mohammed Atta, the lead hijacker behind the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States.

Abu Qatada — also known as Omar Othman — arrived in the United Kingdom in 1993 and applied for asylum on the grounds that he had been tortured by Jordanian authorities. He came to the United Kingdom on a forged United Arab Emirates passport, according to court documents, and claimed asylum for himself, his wife and their three children.

The British government recognized him as a refugee and allowed him to stay in the country until 1998.

Qatada applied to stay indefinitely but, while his application was pending, a Jordanian court convicted him in absentia for involvement in two 1998 terrorist attacks and a plot to plant bombs to coincide with the millennium. — CNN

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cape, Moore said this event is extraordinary in its “protracted� nature as well as the number of dolphins involved. “We’ve seen see an (annual) average of 228 strandings of dolphins and seals over the past 12 years� in the International Fund’s Northeast region, which spans from Virginia to Maine, Moore said. “There is a large variability year to year,� she said, but this event represents “more than half my annual average in a month.�

Moore said the International Fund staffs a 24-hour hotline, and when they get reports “from beach-goers or anyone who finds an animal,� they alert one of their 300 trained volunteers and dispatch them to the scene. These responders are able to relay information about the dolphin’s species, sex and condition.

Once beached, a dolphin is vulnerable to predators and susceptible to organ damage and sunburn. If a dolphin is still alive, the responders get it onto its stomach, if it is not already, for easier breathing, keep away seagulls that would otherwise peck at it, and warm it with blankets or cool it with water as necessary, Moore said.

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formed on nine of the dolphins, and blood and microbial swab samples have been taken from some that were found alive, Moore said, but so far no pattern of disease or trauma has been found that would point to a cause.

Although the winter and early spring are the normal time of year for dolphin strandings to occur, the weather this season has been unusually warm, leading to speculation about climate change and subsequent “distribution of prey� as a possible causes.

Last week, Wellfleet harbormaster Michael Flanagan explained that usually, in the winter, “the harbor ices over and inhibits the animals from coming close to the shore. But now that the water is warmer, we’re seeing lots more dolphins washing up than ever before.�

However, the International Fund’s Moore cautioned, while climate or other external factors such as acoustic disorientation can’t be ruled out, “we don’t have a single answer.� “As time goes on we can put more of the pieces of the puzzle together,� she said. “The sad fact in these events is that we often never come up with that answer, and that is incredibly

frustrating.�

She did, however cite the nature of the dolphins and the geology of Cape Cod as two contributing factors in these events, historically: “Common dolphins are incredibly social animals and form bonds to forage for food and avoid predators,� she explained. Those bonds, while they serve the animals greatly in the open ocean they’re accustomed to, can be devastating when the creatures are brought in contact with Cape Cod’s gently sloping shallows and convoluted estuaries, which are “very foreign to these species.�

Moore said the event, because of its scale and duration, is taking “a huge toll� on the resources of the animal rescue and advocacy group, financially and physically. “This is very hard labor.

These animals can weigh 200 or 300 pounds each,� she said.

The organization, which gets its funding through donations and grants, has a base operating budget of less than $300,000, and she estimated this event has coast “at least 50 or 60 thousand dollars,� not including staff time. — CNN

Parents rally outside L.A. school at center of child abuse cases Parents and community leaders protested Monday outside a Los Angeles elementary school at the center of two child abuse cases and called for the teachers allegedly involved to be fired. “We’re saying enough is enough,� community leader Morris Grifton said.

Grifton was outside Miramonte Elementary School in South Gate, Calif., around 7 a.m. with other residents concerned about how students are being treated in the Los Angeles Unified School District. “We want cameras in the classrooms, in the hallways and around the school,�

Grifton said.

Two teachers at the school were arrested last week. One is accused of taking bondage photos of more than two dozen students in his classroom, and the other is accused of lewd acts on children.

Tom Waldman, a spokesman for the district, said Miramonte will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday “to take a break.�

Waldman said both days will be “pupil free days,� but he did not say whether

staffers will be in the building.

Although school was open Monday, many students were kept away by parents who were participating in the morning rally. Some of the parents planned to spend several hours outside the school to wait for a meeting scheduled for later in the day with school officials. “We feel it’s time for officials to get out and start showing what they’re made of,� said Pedro Baez, the political director for the L.A. Urban Policy Roundtable. “This type of situation should not be allowed to be continued to go on,� he said.

In addition to adding cameras, Grifton said some rules regarding teacher personnel files needed to change.

Now, information in those files are held for 60 days. Grifton said he believes the information should be held for at least a year. “They’re keeping it from the public,� he said. “Whether it’s insufficient for not, we want to have access to it.�

Baez, who carried a sign that read “protect our children,� agreed that there needs

to be more transparency and urged local leaders to consider making changes.

He also thanked the pharmacy clerk who called police after seeing the disturbing photos. “If it hadn’t been for him, who knows how many other victims may have fallen prey,� Baez said.

Teacher Mark Berndt, 61, is accused of taking the bondage photos, some showing suspected semen-filled spoons at the children’s mouths, authorities said.

The investigation into Berndt began in October 2010, when a CVS drugstore photo technician in Los Angeles County’s South Bay area told the Redondo Police Department about finding the images of blindfolded children in a processing order, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sgt. Dan Scott said.

The case was turned over to the sheriff’s office, and after an initial investigation, investigators notified school authorities, who removed Berndt from his classroom in January 2011. — CNN

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The unexplained beachings of scores of dolphins over the past month along Cape Cod, Mass., is the largest “singlespecies event� of its kind on record in the northeastern United States, a marine mammal specialist said Monday.

A total of 129 common dolphins have been found since the animals began stranding themselves in early January, said Katie Moore, marine mammal rescue and research manager for the International Fund for Animal Welfare.

Team members have been able to successfully release 37 of the 54 they were able to recover alive, but 75 others were dead or had to be euthanized on the spot, for a total of 92 dead, Moore told reporters in a conference call.

Specially equipped trailers have been used to treat and transport the living dolphins.

The ones that are healthy enough are taken to the outer Cape Cod coast to be released.

Nine of the dolphins have been tagged with satellite tracking devices, and most of the six that are still transmitting are north of Cape Cod, “where dolphins should be.�Moore said.

While dolphin strandings are not uncommon on the

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Beaver Weekly Update Men’s Basketball Pac-12 standings

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

9-2 8-3 8-3 7-4 7-4 6-5 6-5 5-6 4-7 3-8 2-9 1-10

16-7 18-6 16-7 16-7 16-8 16-7 13-10 15-8 12-11 7-16 5-18 6-18

OSU individual stats

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

PPG RPG APG 18.0 3.7 2.8 13.1 4.6 1.9 12.8 2.1 2.6 9.7 3.1 2.7 9.0 6.2 3.0

Last four, next four

Last four: 01/21 USC W, 78-59 01/29 @ Oregon W, 76-71 02/02 @ Colo L, 82-60 02/04 @ Utah W, 76-58

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Women’s Basketball Pac-12 standings

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

11-0 20-1 8-3 17-6 7-4 12-10 6-5 15-7 6-5 15-7 6-5 12-10 5-6 13-10 4-7 15-7 4-7 12-9 4-7 10-13 3-8 10-12 2-9 13-10

Next four: 02/09 WSU 02/12 Washington 02/16 @ Stanford 02/18 @ Cal

OSU individual stats

PPG RPG APG

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

12.7 12.2 9.4 8.5 8.2

4.0 6.9 5.2 3.5 4.0

2.7 3.6 0.3 2.2 2.8

Last four, next four

Last four: 01/21 @ USC 01/28 Oregon 02/02 Colo 02/04 Utah

W, 65-61 (OT) W, 67-60 W, 65-45 W, 62-49

Next four: 02/09 @ WSU 02/11 @ UW 02/16 Stanford 02/18 Cal

After playing five games, they competed against Oregon, but just couldn’t pull out a win.

“We played a really tough game against University of Victoria right before the final game, and it really wiped us out,” said Zane Michael Rogers, a player for OSU. Oregon is usually ranked in the top 10 in the nation as a team.

“Going into this weekend, I had really low expectations, but we played extremely well,” Hervey said. “Our new guys made really good choices and I was really proud.”

After this weekend, the team realized they have the potential to go far this year.

“I was really happy with how the team played, and we had our foot on the gas pedal the entire time,” Rogers said. “It was a lot of fun, and it’s great to be a part of that team.”

The team prides itself on how close they are on and off the field. With so much time spent together during practice, they have been able to form bonds with one another.

“It is honestly like a family, not just between our team, but between all the teams we play against,” said player Andy Jung. “We’ve formed a lot of connections and it’s a great way to meet new people.”

Caitie Karcher, sports writer sports@dailybarometer.com

Gymnastics National rankings (top 10)

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

Team average 197.031 196.675 196.667 196.630 196.613 196.605 196.435 196.113 196.031 195.855

OSU ranking by event

Wrestling

OSU individuals in top 20

Leslie Mak • T-2nd (beam) • T-7th (bars) • 12th (all-around) • 20th (floor)

Makayla Stambaugh • 17th (all-around) • T-17th (floor) • T-18th (bars)

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)

Olivia Vivian • T-14th (bars)

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

• Floor (T-2nd) • Bars (T-4th) • Beam (9th) • Vault (18th)

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Team finished short of nationals last year, has high expectations this year after solid showing in own tournament

Sunday games?

one of the regulars go down, like Tang three weeks ago.

“We tell them,‘Hey, everybody has to be ready,’” Michael Chaplin said. “Anything can happen during the season. But until they actually get into it and it actually happens, it becomes more real to them.”

It won’t be until the end of the term when it will be more apparent exactly how much of an effect having so many all-arounders on the team will have. Fatigue may come into play, but the emergence of some freshmen can offset any concerns about depth.

Warner Strausbaugh, sports writer

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The Oregon State men’s ultimate frisbee team finished second this past weekend in a tournament they hosted at Student Legacy Park. has never advanced to nationals.

Last year, they placed fifth in regionals, just one place short of qualifying for nationals.

“Our goal this year is to make it to nationals, especially after this last weekend. We have high hopes,” said Zac Hervey, a senior on the team.

Last weekend, OSU placed second in a tournament they hosted, losing the final to the University of Oregon team.

Drew Larson was responsible for helping make the tournament happen. He is a third-year member of the team and one of the officers. Larson’s efforts brought 12 men’s teams and eight women’s teams together.

The tournament was held at Student Legacy Park, and OSU was hoping to protect its home turf.

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Beavers hoping younger gymnasts will provide depth It’s hard to find holes in this year’s team, but lack of depth could be one concern

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Four meets into the season and it has become obvious that Oregon State gymnastics will probably go deep into the postseason once again, but depth concerns might be a cause for the team wearing down later on.

In every meet so far, OSU has had at least three of its six spots in each event reserved for all-arounders Leslie Mak, Makayla Stambaugh and Brittany Harris, who are being relied upon each to week compete in all four events.

“It’s more of a product of those individuals are where they need to be, and where we need to be as a team,” said Associate Head Coach Michael Chaplin.

Chelsea Tang may be a regular allarounder down the road too. She did it once before this year, but suffered a sprained elbow, which limited her to only vault last Friday. Kelsi Blalock also competed in all-around last Friday for the first time this season, and Olivia Vivian normally will compete in three of four events.

Long story short, the Beavers are essentially relying on a smaller amount of gymnasts than most teams do. Competing in all-around is tough enough physically. While not certainly happening by any means, the long-term effects could hurt this squad come postseason time.

“Depth is always a concern,” Michael Chaplin said. “The season’s long and there’s always injuries. But I think the team realizes that, and they’re doing their job of stepping up.”

How does the team fix it?

“We’ll try to ­— here hopefully in a few weeks — put a couple people in

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he Oregon State men’s basketball team will host games against the University of Oregon and the University of Washington this month.

Without question, the two biggest home games of the season.

But neither will take place on a Thursday. Nor will they take place on a Saturday.

They’re slated for Sundays.

WHY? Sure, I get the whole television thing.

It just sucks for students.

I hope it goes without saying that this is a light-hearted column.

The final score of a game is not affected by the day of the week the game is played.

I’m sure Craig Robinson doesn’t care what day of the week his team plays. Nor does Jared Cunningham or Roberto Nelson.

But the fans?

That’s a different story entirely.

College basketball games — much like college football games — are campus-wide events.

Basically, you gather at a friend’s house (or a bar) an hour or two before the game, you make the rather-enjoyable walk to Gill Coliseum (while making new friends), then claim your spot in the Beaver Dam, where you’ll spend the next two hours either telling the official to “get off his knees” or trying to pick a fight with the player on the end of the opponent’s bench.

The student section experience is one of the best parts of being a college student.

But it’s not the same on Sundays.

Not even close.

Those “did you know (insert high number here) percent of college students have less than four drinks a week?” posters would say differently, but all it takes is one walk down Monroe Street on a Saturday night to know a fair amount of Oregon State students wake up feeling not-so-great each Sunday.

This creates an obvious problem.

If Oregon State plays at, say, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, students who went out on Saturday night may not make it out of bed in time for tip.

And if they do go to the game, they probably won’t be bursting with energy like they would be on a Thursday or a Saturday.

So instead of a section full of students who are at the peak of their weekend, the section is full of students who are at the “why did I go out last night” or “crap, tomorrow is Monday” point of their weekend.

And Sunday games aren’t just a nuisance to students who go out Saturday nights; they also pose a problem to another group of students.

Sunday is notoriously known as the day everyone suddenly remembers how many midterms they have to cram for, or how many papers they have to write.

That’s why the library — and the M.U. parking lot — is so dang packed each Sunday.

A good amount of those students will turn down Sunday games, citing school-work as an excuse.

And if they do decide to trek to Gill, they certainly won’t engage in typical pregame activities, due to the fact that they have to be productive afterwards.

With that said, this weekend’s game against Washington is a Sunday game.

So get caught up in school this week. Go to bed a bit earlier than usual Saturday night. And don’t flip your calendar from Saturday to Sunday when you wake up… that way, maybe it’ll feel like a Saturday game.

Because that’s how it should be.

By Caitie Karcher While many believe that throwing a frisbee around is all fun and games, the Oregon State men’s ultimate frisbee team would have to disagree.

There is more to the sport of ultimate frisbee than just tossing the disc around on a sunny day.

The sport consists of cuts, plays and quick decision-making, all of which come together to make a fast-paced game.

“When people hear the word ‘frisbee,’ most people just think about throwing a frisbee on the beach with their dog, but it is so much more than that,” said Greg Meshnik, a member of the team.

The club consists of about 50 members, with 18 of them participating on the traveling team.

They meet Monday, Wednesday and Friday for practice. They also have workouts outside of practice times.

“We have a lot of fun, but we also have a certain amount of commitment we expect from our members,” Meshnik said.

With this club, the time commitment ranges from 12 to 15 hours a week.

Besides the time commitment, anyone can join the ultimate frisbee team. Whether you’ve been playing for years or you’ve never thrown a frisbee before, the team would welcome you.

“This is a great sport for those people who played varsity sports in high school and still want that thrill of competition,” Meshnik said.

They also have around three tournaments per term, with their peak coming at the beginning of spring term. This is when they compete to go to regionals and then nationals.

The team goes to regionals nearly every year, but

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Chelsea Tang has stepped up her freshman year, but is currently battling a sprained elbow. Injuries can be problematic for a team that has three — if not four — regular all-arounders. on different events,” said Head Coach Tanya Chaplin. “It’s hard to manage that and keep the scores up there.”

And that’s just the balance the team and coaching staff has to find: maintaining their usual production, while also working in some of the younger, more inexperienced gymnasts.

That youth has been impressing players and coaches alike, though, making the concerns about longterm depth a lesser issue, as long as they can step up later on.

“At the beginning of the season, we were a little concerned about depth,” Blalock said. “But especially the freshmen have really stepped up.

It is apparent every day in the gym that everyone is working so hard, and

working their butts off to get in lineup and to push those people who are already in lineup to do better.”

Among the freshmen, Tang is the most prominent so far. In the first two meets of the season, before the elbow injury, she was a regular in the lineup across the board. Katelyn Ohlrich and Cerise Witherby have also seen some action for OSU. “There is a thing with depth, but there’s something special with this team,” Vivian said. “How no matter what happens, there’s always someone else ready to step up. The freshmen have been absolutely amazing.”

And the team knows that’s the case, and adjust accordingly when

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