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The new Native American Longhouse acquires more space, cultural accommodation By Ryan Dawes The Daily Barometer
This term, the Native American Longhouse changed homes near the corner of 26th and Jefferson. Eena Haws, the new Native American Longhouse, stands to promote cultural awareness and community campus-wide. The story of the longhouse dates back about four decades. In 1975, a storage shed use by Langton Hall was remodeled into the first Native American Longhouse directly behind Moreland Hall. The building would serve as a meeting place for NASA, the Native American Student Association and AISES, the American Indian Science and Engineering Society.
It was meant to be temporary and a more authentic longhouse was supposed to be built soon after, but financial reasons prevented it. It wasn’t until about seven years ago that NASA, AISES and those working for the longhouse began being able to seriously push for an authentic longhouse. Last year the construction started, and the new longhouse officially opened at the start of this term. “We’re still known as the Native American Longhouse, but now also called the Eena Haws,” said junior Nadia Alradhi, secretary of the Longhouse. “In Chinook Jargon, a common trade language spoken between Pacific Northwest tribes, it means ‘Beaver House.’ “This is to not only honor the Pacific Northwest Indian tribes, but also to create a sense of community campus-wide,” Alradni added. “This way people can come to the
longhouse as an OSU Beaver, not necessarily having to be Native American.” The longhouse includes a lounge, a study area, a kitchen, a large open space for events known as the Gathering Hall and a separate sacred room for meditation and smudging. Smudging is a traditional Native American practice using the smoke from sage, cedar or sweetgrass for spiritual cleansing. The lounge also features a large totem pole carved from a fallen 600year old cedar tree and donated to the longhouse by Jim White. White has donated to OSU in the past, including the new track and field. The longhouse hosts multiple events throughout the year open to the OSU community, including a powwow, a salmon bake and a regalia showcase. The regalia showcase, julia green | THE DAILY BAROMETER a new event this year, will display The Native American Longhouse, located at 26th and Jefferson, serves as a meeting place for the Native American student groups. See longhouse | page 2
Creating a safe place for struggling minors Jackson Street Youth Shelter provides for homeless youth through live-in, outreach programs tailored for their success
home intends to be there to improve the minors’ circumstances. In an interview with one of the young women from the shelter, discussed the ways the shelter has benefited her life and become a home for her. “If I didn’t like it, I wouldn’t keep going,” she By Kristy Wilkinson said. The Daily Barometer While sitting outside the shelter she discussed On the front steps of the Jackson Street Youth Shelter, a sign reads: “This is a safe zone.” The her daily routine. “I come here a couple of times a week,” she sign is small, but the meaning isn’t. For the homeless youth in Linn and Benton said. “They help me with my homework, we have counties, the shelter is one of the only places dinner and on Fridays we watch movies.” Jackson Street Youth Shelter serves as a home specifically designed to help them succeed. It is and outreach program for Linn and Benton their safe zone. Other than volunteers and youth in the pro- county youths struggling with homelessness. “It’s about 75 youth a year that stay with us in gram, no one can go inside. Everyone in the n
the shelter,” said Jackson Youth Shelter Director Ann Craig in a phone interview. “We serve about 70 other youth that are in the outreach program.” The shelter itself has 12 beds. Craid said on average about four to five people sleep there a night, but they often reach capacity, it depends on the circumstances surrounding the youth in need. The shelter has been up and running for about two and a half years now, and the staff see a need for growth in the area. In a letter on the Jackson Street Youth Shelter’s website, Craig states the following regarding their mission. “Although one individual or organization can positively impact a life, it takes a village
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From the peak of Middle Sister in Central Oregon looking south at South Sister, Broken Top and Mt. Bachelor. In October, Duncan and Schroeder created an official website where people can purchase prints. Eventually, the duo wants to create prints themselves, sign them and ship them to customers. “I don’t know how much our signatures are worth right now, but that’s the basic idea,” Duncan said. In the future, the pair is interested in creating calendars, to further showcase their work.
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“Taylor has made a couple before, but it is really expensive to do unless you buy in bulk,” Schroeder said. In addition to calendars, M.T Landscape Photography features photos from all over the state of Oregon and in other locations, including Wisconsin and Switzerland. “I live in Wisconsin, so every time I come
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Two Oregon State engineering students have started up their own photo business in addition to classwork
OSU students Mark Schroeder and Taylor Duncan double as backpacking and mountaineering enthusiasts when out of school, and run a photography business in their spare time. A friendship begun in the halls of Weatherford has blossomed into a successful business partnership. “We both discovered that we both take pretty good pictures, and we just started going on adventures together wanting to take photos,” Duncan said. “We just went up snowboarding and did a couple backpacking trips together while taking photos,” Schroeder added. After a few photo adventures, the pair decided to Taylor Duncan open a business together. In August of last year, these sophomore engineering students started their Facebook group M.T Landscape Photography with the hope of spreading the word about their art and to find future customers. “We just wanted to get the word out and have a way to advertise our photos,” Mark Schroeder Schroeder said.
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The Student and Incidental Fees Committee reviewed presentations for the 2013-14 ASOSU budget on Wednesday night. After nearly two hours of discussion, SIFC came to an agreement for a tentative student fee of $19.15 for fall, winter and spring in 201314. This is down from the original proposed fee of budget two’s $19.50. For the 2013-14 summer term, the committee agreed on a student fee of $6.72. “We’re relieved we can save students a little money,” said Matt Palm, a graduate student who co-presented the ASOSU proposed budget. Palm and Sãketã Dixôn, Oregon State student and executive director for ASOSU, began the night by copresenting the budget for the public hearing. Among other topics of interest, SafeRide took a front seat in the hearing. “SafeRide is still overwhelmed,” Palm said. With current wait times averaging around 30 minutes, the increased on- and off-campus usage and a projected increase of the student body, SafeRide’s main objective was to get a third van running in both the early and late shifts. “[SafeRide’s] been so significantly underfunded these past years,” said Amelia Harris, ASOSU president. “They have had challenges working only with two vans.” Currently SafeRide can afford three vans only on the early shift, from 6-9:30 p.m. The bulk of the calls SafeRide receives, however, come between 7 and 11 p.m. With the increased usage comparable from fall 2011 to fall 2012, SafeRide asked for this funding to help keep wait times down. The justifications for increasing
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The ASOSU House of Representatives was set to move on the “Resolution for Student Involvement in the First Year Experience” Wednesday night, but further questions forced a second tabling of the legislation. The main questions regarding the resolution were similar to Tuesday night’s presentation by Dr. Larry Roper. The lack of student involvement in the plan and the speed of implementation being put forth by the administration were concerns for the House. The majority of the House voted to table the legislation for next week. Representative Saul Boulanger said additional dialogue would be beneficial, and that during the week the language and details of the bill
Roper also addressed the rescould be tightened up. Representative Tom olution’s request for the univerSanderson was the only nay sity to delay implementation vote against postponement. of the first year plan until the According to Sanderson, he 2014-15 school year Tuesday believes that time could be run- night. Roper felt aspects of the ning out for any effect to be plan could be delayed, but it’s not likely the entire plan will be made. “They are thinking about able to. methods, but haven’t hashed The “Membership everything Clarification out. They Act,” which should push passed in the They are thinking it back,” Senate last Sanderson about methods, but night, had its first readsaid. “[But] it will be too haven’t hashed every- ing tonight late if we keep thing out. They should in the House. The bill will tabling.” push it back. [But] change the At Tuesday it will be too late if definition of n i g h t ’ s “elector” in Senate meetwe keep tabling it. the ASOSU ing, Roper statutes to explained how “Cor vallis Tom Sanderson the First Year campus stuRepresentative Experience dents paying Plan was moving into the implementation the student incidental fee during phase, so planning avenues the academic term in which an for student involvement are election occurs.” Since it was the first readclosed.
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SIFC n Continued from page 1 SafeRide’s budget relied on the data. It is estimated that 5.5 percent of the student body used SafeRide in January. It is also estimated that 81 percent of the student body does not have a car on campus. SafeRide was also asking for $8,000 for maintenance funding. Brad Alvarez, Student and Incidental Fees Committee chair, questioned why the maintenance fund should be so high when the University Motor Pool should be maintaining the vans. As it turned out, the $8,000 was based off a situation where SafeRide staff did not, for whatever reason, call in for a maintenance request. This resulted in a motor blowing out and SafeRide paying out of pocket for the repair. Alvarez encouraged Lexie Merrill, director of Community Resource, to refer back to the rental agreement and use
LONGHOUSE n Continued from page 1 Native American ceremonial wear on either models or mannequins. “These are making the OSU community more culturally aware in a fun way,” said Sade Beasley, freshman in civil engineering. Of the events, the salmon bake is one of the largest. Last spring 1,000 people attended the event, a 200 person increase from the previous year, and were served fresh salmon donated by Oregon tribes. This year the longhouse staff estimate around 1,300 people will attend. “While the salmon bake is a very chaotic time for staff, it’s also my favorite,” Anna Marquez said. “It’s really cool to serve so many people.” Apart from serving the OSU community, the longhouse also seeks to help Native Americans make their way successfully into and through
college. Over the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, the longhouse’s external coordinator, Tyler Hogan, met with a group of junior high school students from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation to discuss college. “We want to reach out and show Native Americans on reservations that if they want it, college is equally for them as it is for anyone else,” Alradhi said. While helping Native Americans find their way to college and providing a safe place for them through college, the longhouse seeks to make this a campus-wide effort in letting all students celebrate Native American culture. “We want people to be able to appreciate the culture and feel welcomed,” Marquez said. “We want the campus to know Eena Haws is here.” Ryan Dawes, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
PHOTOGRAPHY n Continued from page 1 back to school I do a road trip and take lots of photos,” Duncan said. “I’ve done Yellowstone, Glacier National Park, Yosemite National Park and my dad lives in Central Oregon, so I have a lot of photos from out there.” Schroeder explains he takes most of his photos on backpacking, mountaineering and climbing trips. “It all started when my dad took me backpacking in high school, and the hobby just grew from there,” Schroeder said. “I have a lot of photos from Jefferson, Central Oregon, Sisters and a backpacking trip over
SHELTER n Continued from page 1 to provide ongoing support through a lifetime of struggles. We are stronger as a community when we work together.” The shelter currently has over 59 volunteers helping with various tasks, but they mainly focus on mentoring the youth in the shelter. The goal of the shelter is to provide an environment where the youth there feel they have a future. In an interview with Megahn Amort, an employee of the Jackson Street Youth Shelter, she discusses how they attempt to provide normalcy. “We really try and reconnect the individuals with their families, whether that means a Mom, or Dad or Aunt and Uncle, and if that’s not possible we try and find them the next best place,” Amort said. Amort is one of 17 employees at the shelter. Like the volunteers, the employees work with mentoring as well as providing a touch stone of normalcy for
the summer through Switzerland.” The pair also explains how difficult it is to take new photos and balance the business with engineering and school. “It was easier in the beginning because we both had a lot of photos already,” Duncan said. “The hard part is going out and getting new material.” “The hardest part of the business, I would say, is finding time to take trips to get new photos and getting the word out about our business,” Schroeder added. After finding the time to take trips they explain how they take hundreds of photos only to use about one or two of them. “After I choose a photo, I only adjust the contrast and maybe the crop the photo
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University Motor Pool maintenance ser- was justifiable. The night wrapped up with cutting vices. Alvarez cut the $8,000 from the proposed budget, but moved an addi- unjustified funds and rearranging those cut funds. The committional $2,000 into fundtee eventually settled on ing a third van. Alvarez also took issue We’re relieved we can the final student fee rate for 2013-14 at $19.50 for with ASOSU’s request save students a little fall, winter and spring. for increased payroll Afterwards, Palm funds. The justification money. ... We can felt “good” about the presented by Palm and continue to provide presentation. Dixôn was that it created “We can continue to a “cushion.” After a dissafe transportation provide safe transportacussion, Alvarez eventuto students in a cost tion to students in a cost ally kept the increased effective manner. effective manner,” Palm payroll funds in the said. proposed budget. He The final hearing also requested the excel Matt Palm will be next Tuesday, sheet the increase was OSU graduate student Feb. 12, at 5 p.m. in first based on by the final the Memorial Union hearing. There was also discussion regard- Ballroom. The hearing will be open to ing travel expenses. The Student and the public. Incidental Fees Committee seemed split Megan Campbell, forum editor for some time about whether the $10,000 forum@dailybarometer.com
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ing, questions were asked but no debate will occur until the second reading. Representative Nick Rosoff had questions as to the timing of this legislation. “In the spirit of unity, why a voter purge right before the elections?” Rosoff asked. Rosoff clarified his seriousness, after a few laughs at his choice of vocabulary, and said student government is meant to benefit the community at large, so he’s wondering why the eligibility requirements for ASOSU voting are being changed. The bill states, “Knowing who are and who are not members of the ASOSU provides clarity for who can receive services, who is a constituent of elected officials, and who can vote in ASOSU elections.” The bill, which has passed in the Senate, will be up for vote in the House next week and be put into immediate implementation.
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the youth in the shelter. Amort emphasized the youth shelter’s purpose is not a permanent home, but as a place to help improve the minors’ circumstances and reach their goals. “We often get letters and phone calls that tell us ‘this place changed my life,’” Amort said. The shelter serves as a home to as many as 12 live-in youths and serves far more. Both Amort and Craig see the need for an outreach expansion in the community. Amort believes what Corvallis really needs is a youth drop-in center. Craig discusses how the youth shelter plans to expand in the next few years. “We want to fill in the gaps for this population,” Craig said. “We want to help both in preventing the Linn and Benton county runaway and homeless youth, as well as provide more [recourse].” Kristy Wilkinson, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
slightly,” Schroeder said. “We don’t like altering the photos so they look surreal.” Encouraged by friends and family to pursue what was once a simple hobby, Duncan and Schroeder are considering continuing the business after graduation. “We aren’t really sure what the future holds, but I really enjoy doing this,” Duncan said. “The only problem is you have to take a whole bunch of photos to make a living, and there are a lot of opportunities to explore within engineering.” M.T Landscape Photography can be found online at www.mtlandscapephotography.com. Callie Simmons, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
Baha’i Campus Association, 12:301pm, MU Talisman Room. Rethinking Prosperity - Devotions and discussion on the meaning of prosperity and our search for it. College Republicans, 7pm, StAg 107. General meeting. OSU Sociology Club, 6pm, Fairbanks 305. General meeting. Special election for Vice President and general club business. Anyone welcome.
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Pride Center, 5-8pm, Pride Center. Get your gayme on! We’ll be playing Halo 4, XBox Kinect’s Dance Revolution and a variety of board games! Snacks and drinks provided.
Friday, Feb. 8 Events OSU Music Department, Noon, MU Lounge. Music å la carte: The Lyric Trio. A musical journey through English and American Poetry.
Saturday, Feb. 9 Meetings Student Incidental Fees Committee (SIFC), 2pm, MU 213. Student Diversity and Recreational Sports will be presenting their budgets.
Monday, Feb. 11 Student Incidental Fees Committee (SIFC), 7pm, MU 213. Educational Activities and Music will present their budgets.
Events
Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center, 5-7pm, Snell 424, 4Cs Centro Cultural Cesar Chavez. Cultural Taboos. Discuss the stereotypes of Black people and how it affects their everyday lives. Pride Center, 10am-7pm, Pride Center. Make cards for partners of the same, or different, gender. Campus Recycling, all day, all OSU Residence Halls. Residence Halls EcoChallenge Month. Choose 3 environmental pledges. Through March 1.
Tuesday, Feb. 12 Meetings Student Incidental Fees Committee (SIFC), 5pm, MU Ballroom. Open Hearing. The SIFC will make a final vote and decision on all incidental/health fee budgets for next year and set the fee level. ASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU 211
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Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center and Asian & Pacific Cultural Center, 4-5:30pm, MU Journey Room. Lead by Example. Pride Center, 10am-7pm, Pride Center. Make cards for partners of the same, or different, gender. Center for Civic Engagement & Campus Recycling, 5-8pm, Java II, Library. Recycled Craft ‘n Care. Create recycled decorations to donate to Corvallis Manor and HomeLife. Make recycled cards and stickers for others.
Wednesday, Feb. 13 Meetings ASOSU House of Representatives, 7pm, MU 211.
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Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center and Black Student Union, 4-5:30pm, Snell 427, Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center. Love Jones with BSU. Pride Center, Noon-1pm, Pride Center. Book Club: reading “Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious” by Chris Stedman. The book explains how he went from a closeted gay evangelical Christian to an “out” atheist and humanist. Pride Center, 10am-7pm, Pride Center. Make cards for partners of the same, or different, gender.
Thursday, Feb. 14 Meetings Baha’i Campus Association, 12:301pm, MU Talisman Room. Foundations of Civility - Devotions and discussion on the spiritual basis for civility. College Republicans, 7pm, StAg 107. General meeting.
Events
Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center and SOL, 5-7pm, MU East/Snell Kitchen. Chocolate Truffle Workshop. Pride Center, 10am-7pm, Pride Center. Make cards for partners of the same, or different, gender.
Friday, Feb. 15 Events OSU Music Department, Noon, MU Lounge. Music å la Carte: Kate Hamilton, viola and David Oliver, piano. Lyrical works from the 19th and 20th Centuries.
Monday, Feb. 18 Events Campus Recycling, all day, all OSU Residence Halls. Residence Halls EcoChallenge Month. Choose 3 environmental pledges. Through March 1. Vegans and Vegetarians @ OSU, 10am2pm, MU Quad. Free cookies and jerky! We would love if you sign our petition.
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ape is bad. Apparently, we don’t say that enough. Tuesday, Oregon State held a town hall meeting discussing personal safety tips, prevention, recovery services at OSU and opportunities for students to get involved with campus safety efforts. The meeting mostly consisted of a question and answer period during which audience members had an opportunity to discuss what’s been happening on campus regarding sexual violence and awareness. An audience member addressed the prevention-heavy coverage of sexual assaults. Apparently, her concern was that we aren’t stating the obvious, and instead are focusing on ways women can protect themselves. It’s true, as the Barometer is part of the media presence pushing prevention tactics, we have focused on ways people — not just women — can protect themselves. We assume our readers know rape is bad. But, you know what happens when you assume. We’re not trying to facilitate sexual violence, we just thought “rape is bad,” went without saying. It’s our job to report the events happening around campus, and we take on the responsibility to find ways our community can gain confidence in dangerous situations. If we reported that there was an assault on campus and simply said, “The attacker has not been apprehended. It’s important to know rape is bad.” No one would feel safer, and the article would have only perpetuated fear. Rape is bad, but saying that won’t stop those pushing women down on campus streets. What stops those attackers is an increased awareness in the student body and Corvallis community. What stops those attackers is the victim’s courage to fight, kick, scream, run away and call the authorities. What stops those attackers is the Oregon State and Corvallis police efforts. What stops those attackers is educational classes that teach the student body about not perpetuating rape culture. What stops those attackers is the efforts of programs like Sexual Assault Support Services, Men’s Development and Engagement and the Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence. Saying rape is bad, is like saying the ocean is blue. It’s a fact. It doesn’t help future victims protect themselves; it doesn’t help current victims find strength; it doesn’t help community members find a sense of security. Above all, it does not stop sexual violence. What we can do is learn. We can take preventative measures so the likelihood of sexual assault decreases. So we at the Barometer will continue to promote SafeRide, checking in with friends and family members as you walk home, traveling in groups, equipping yourself with rape whistles, mace and self-defense tactics. In a world with dangerous people who are not ethically or morally burdened by attacking others, preventative measures is the best thing we can do to take control. t
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Ryan Mason is a Sophomore in Graphic Design
Minimum wage hurts, should be abolished
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recently returned from an incredible semester spent in America’s distant, more attractive sibling: Australia. My experiences there gave me a new perspective on – among other things – minimum wage laws. While studying at the University of Canberra, I worked part-time at a college pub near the school. Although this meant passing a bartending certification exam, it basically required knowing that alcohol poisoning is bad. Moreover, thanks to Australia’s obscenely high minimum wage, the job paid an impressive-sounding $23 an hour. Because our dollar is currently worth less than Australia’s, this ended up being a fantastic salary when I got back to the US. It was considerably less remarkable, however, when I was actually in Australia. Unfortunately, it turns out that doubling everyone’s wages doesn’t make everyone twice as rich, it just makes everything twice as expensive. Vending machines, for example, charge $4.50 per drink, and I couldn’t find a barbershop that charged less than $35 for a buzz cut. I learned more about minimum wage laws while traveling around New South Wales. I met two young Germans who had come to Australia through an amazing program called WWOOF, or Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms. In exchange for helping out on a small farm, travelers who sign up with WWOOF can obtain free room and board all over the world and learn how to grow food in the process. However, because the work is unpaid, minimum wage advocates are less than thrilled about
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Kansas St. Collegian the idea and are working to shut the program down. According to a May 7, 2011, Redding article, Allan Griggs, a California farmer who participates in the program, is now “forced to pay his WWOOFers the minimum wage of $8 an hour if they work more than four hours a day,” which “may make it economically impractical for him to use them in the future.” Minimum wage laws ostensibly exist to improve existing opportunities. When it comes to WWOOF, however, the laws are simply taking opportunities away. If this sounds like the exception to the rule, consider that, according to the US Small Business Administration, “Small businesses employ about half of U.S. workers.” These firms do not have secret pits of money that they delight in withholding from their employees. Whenever the minimum wage is increased, these businesses may simply have to employ fewer people, ironically leaving the most downtrodden workers jobless and thus worse off than they were before. A 1981 National Bureau of Economic Research paper by Charles Brown et al. found that teenage employment reliably drops whenever the minimum wage is raised by a certain amount. In January 2011, a joint study by economists from the universities of Pennsylvania and Chile titled “The Labor Impact of Minimum Wages” found that minimum wage increases have “a significant negative effect on
the probability of staying employed.” Conversely, the data that minimum wage advocates have to offer is less than compelling and, frankly, suspicious. A 2006 Show-Me Institute Paper by Dave Neumark says the study “cited most frequently by minimum wage advocates” is a 1994 phone survey of New Jersey restaurants by David Card and Alan Krueger. Sure enough, the Economic Policy Institute has cited this “landmark New Jersey study” as recently as July 2012. However, in 1996, a different think tank — the Employment Policy Institute — thought to obtain the actual payroll data from these restaurants. In a blistering 16-page paper titled “The Crippling Flaws in the New Jersey Fast Food Study,” it was found that Card and Krueger’s numbers bore “no relation to numbers drawn from the payroll records of the restaurants the New Jersey study claims to cover.” Tellingly, even the most credible minimum wage advocates have continued to recycle this discredited study for 16 years. The repetition, apparently, isn’t working. Even the U.S. Department of Labor now seems to be aware of the damage these obstructive laws can do. According to the DOL website, exceptions to the minimum wage are now sometimes allowed for “workers with disabilities, full-time students” and “youth under age 20.” Minimum wage exists because it’s been imposed on us by utopians who cared more about whether the policy sounded nice than how it would actually work. Ian Huyett
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he majority of undergraduate seniors have faced a single dreaded question: What am I going to do after graduation? Ideally, we anticipate and expect to be placed in a dream job within our chosen field of study. Oftentimes, even with the aid of internships or field experience, it is difficult to find a career in the field you studied. Yes, the job market is currently in shambles. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 12.3 million people are unemployed in this country. A high paying job will not just fall out of the sky into your lap like a Corvallis winter drizzle. While I agree with both of those proclamations, I believe far too many students are coaxed into attending college by societal pressures. Colleges nationwide are currently manufacturing breeds of mechanical, corporate drones. The promises and expectations that come with a college degree are nothing more than tricks. College is one gigantic hoax. According to Business Insider, about one third of college graduates end up acquiring a job that doesn’t require any sort of degree. College attempts to rob you of your creativity and true passions, while simultaneously transforming you into a caffeine-addicted, stress-filled basket case. The pressure placed on consistently performing well in your college can propel many down a path of agonizing all-nighters and mind-numbing energy stimulants. NBC News reported that one in five undergraduate students feels stressed all or most of the time. Additionally, Amy Gonnella, of the College of Agriculture at the University of Kentucky, conducted a study that showed positive correlation between caffeine intake levels and GPA. The anxieties that accompany completing the requirements of your major of choice can be overbearing, and seemingly unconquerable for some. Here is the question everyone should ask him or herself: What would I do if money were no object? Granted, the opportunities and people you are confronted with in your four, five or six years of undergraduate study can, and oftentimes do, have a strong and revolutionary impact on your life. They may cause you to drastically alter the moral stances, life goals and characteristics that symbolize your version of an “enjoyable life.” I wouldn’t trade the friendships I have established or the life experience I have gained in my Oregon State University tenure. It can be explained in a very simple equation. Let’s say you choose to enter a field of study you despise but know will have a great payoff upon completion. Dragging through the monotonous lectures, exams and group projects, you finally obtain a degree and a job in your hypothetical field. Then you’ll spend, essentially, a lifetime doing things you don’t like for people you can hardly stand in order to go on living your daily life. This is foolish. What’s better? This is an ill-advised philosophy we so blindly practice, which we then dispense to our children in hopes they live a satisfying life. And so the cycle continues. According to a Right Management survey of 1,000 Americans and Canadians, 84 percent of employees admit they are currently dissatisfied with their job. Why spend the duration of your life doing things you hate? I urge you to not be complacent, to take risks, to follow the passions that motivate you. Don’t just play it safe and roll over. t
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Defensive signees Dashon Hunt Cornerback Rivals.com 4-star Westlake, Calif. (Westlake HS)
Brandon Arnold Safety 3-star Winnetka, Calif. (Crespi HS)
Titus Failauga Defensive end 3-star Waipahu, Hawai’i (Pac-Five HS)
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Junior/community college signees Edwin Delva Defensive tackle 3-star Miami, Fla. (Antelope Valley College)
Siale Hautau Defensive tackle 3-star Ephraim, Utah (Snow College)
Steven Nelson Cornerback 3-star Warner Robins, Ga. (College of Sequoias)
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• It was a strange year for the Beavers, because the list of 23 signees does not have a single player from Oregon. None from Washington, either. “We tried for a few guys here in Oregon,” said head coach Mike Riley. “We recruited some courtesy of hunter jarmon | CONTRIBUTED PHOTO hard and wanted them, and they elected some place else, which OSU recruit Hunter Jarmon catches a pass in double is part of the deal. I don’t feel too coverage. that transition,” Jarmon said. “I know it’s going bad about that because I know what we put into it. We were able to cover our to be hard in college. I’m down for anything, any of the challenges. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime bases elsewhere this time around.” • Wide receiver Hunter Jarmon from Waco, to opportunity to play football and baseball at Texas, is looking to become one of the few two- a Division I program that’s really successful. So why not take it?” sport athletes at Oregon State. The last player to try both football and base“[Jarmon] is a good all-around player, a really good baseball player,” Riley said. “He might ball was All-American cornerback Jordan Poyer. have aspirations to do both and probably is Poyer played baseball early in his sophomore capable of doing both sports. I know it’s hard year, but ended up dropping baseball to solely focus on football. to do.” “I talked to [Poyer] a little bit about that when Texas Southern, Washington, Baylor, Arkansas, LSU, UCLA, Texas A&M and Texas I was on my official,” Jarmon said. “He said it was pretty tough but he knew football was State recruited Jarmon for baseball. He started playing baseball at 5 years old, but going to be his future so he wanted to focus on didn’t start football until eighth grade. He main- that and have a future in football because he tains he’s better at football though, because he thought he was better at that.” • Riley and company signed multiple athletes had more offers. Jarmon is excited about being a two-sport who will also be two-sport athletes, competing in football and track (Victor Bolden, Walter athlete. “It was pretty easy in high school making Jones, Corey Lawrence). “We’ve proven guys like Brandin Cooks, obviously, and Markus Wheaton — they’ve done it,” Riley said. “They’ve done it at a high level in track and a high level in football. Kids are interested in track, they like it.” • Speaking of Bolden, he’s received high praise from Riley at the press conference. “Victor Bolden, no doubt in my mind could move over and play corner. I watched him in a camp play corner and thought he was a prospect at corner. He’ll probably play wide receiver.” | courtesy of hunter jarmon CONTRIBUTED PHOTO • Kyle Kempt,
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A year ago on National Signing Day when Mike Riley went up on the podium for his annual press conference, there was some obvious disappointment. The 2012 recruiting class saw four-star cornerback Devian Shelton bail on his commitment to OSU for Southern California. Three-star cornerback Cleveland Wallace also bolted from the Beavers to join former OSU secondary coach Keith Heyward in Washington. This year, everything came through on the defensive backs front. The Beavers nabbed four-star (according to Rivals) cornerback Dashon Hunt (their highest-rated recruit), and three-star corners Charles Okonkwo and Steven Nelson (a junior college transfer from the College of the Sequoias). “The DB core that’s coming in is going to be a really good class,” Hunt said. “I’m excited. I talked to a couple of the guys and we’re all excited to get up there and start playing.” OSU also bolstered its safeties by adding three-stars Brandon Arnold and Justin Strong. It’s no coincidence that the six-win turnaround from 2011 was a factor in landing the amount of solid recruits the Beavers got Wednesday. But the coaching staff is always a reason recruits come to Corvallis. “The success that they had this year boosted [my interest] a lot, and then the main attraction was the coaching staff and Coach COURTESY OF BRANDON ARNOLD | THE DAILY BAROMETER Riley,” Arnold said. “The majority of them … have been together for 10 to 12 years, that was good to see instead of coaching staffs Safety Brandon Arnold gets ready to drop back into switching around every year.” coverage for Crespi High School. With this recruiting class, gone are the days of switching offensive players to the secondary (Malcolm Marable, Jovan “That’s one of the things I’m most pleased with,” Riley said. Stevenson, Tyrequek Zimmerman, Peter Ashton, to name a few “Recruiting corners, we haven’t done that well. And this year we in the last two years). came through with guys we looked at as corners, recruited as corners, and they signed as corners.” Hunt, out of Westlake, Calif., comes in as the only fourstar recruited and is rated as the 25th best defensive back by Rivals. “I feel like I’m a really physical corner, but at the same time, I love going for that ball,” Hunt said. “I’m not afraid to come down and make a hit or to compete in a jump ball. I like to be versatile and work on both power and speed. I’m hoping to come in and hopefully make an impact for the team.” With 2012 First Team All-American Jordan Poyer now gone at corner, Hunt could be seen as the next Poyer. “I really like [Poyer’s] gameplay and I’m hoping I can be an impact player like he was,” Hunt said. “That’s kind of my goal right now.” This group is likely going to be looked at as the future of the secondary for the Beavers, with Poyer gone, and cornerbacks Rashaad Reynolds and Sean Martin are both seniors this year. “We have a lot of competition coming in that we think are going to be players,” Riley said.
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Lawrence Mattison Running back 3-star Spring Branch, Texas (Smithson Valley HS)
Jordan Villamin Wide receiver 3-star Fontana, Calif. (Etiwanda HS)
Sean Harlow Offensive lineman 3-star San Clemente, Calif. (San Clemente HS)
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obvious she had been hiding her alcoholism from him. “Slowly but surely, she started showing it,� Mattison said. “It just got to a point where my dad’s dead, and after that my mom — she got even worse.� She started kicking him out of the house on random occasions. The situation reached its lowest point in the summer between Mattison’s sophomore and junior year. “My mom was taking my social security check and she was blowing it on alcohol,� Mattison said. “She had a friend that she was going out to see, she went out to California, she kept leaving me in this apartment. The bills started adding up, things started adding up.� He said he wouldn’t have been angry at his mother if she had used the check for paying bills. But rent, car and cell phone payments were never made, and Mattison was on his own. His mother is currently getting sober at an alcohol rehabilitation center in Dallas, but Mattison also says he heard she had been in California and Colorado. He hasn’t talked to her in one or two months, he said. Mattison’s teammates and two close friends, Berry and Diego Hodges, were some of the first to know about Mattison’s troubling past. “He came here and had problems no one really knew about,� Berry said. “Me and Diego are two people that I think he was able to open up to. Me and him were his first friends at school.� Students and staff at Smithson Valley eventually started learning about Mattison’s story, too. “He’s very sincere about what happened, and he tells you the truth and how it’s affected him,� said school principal John Montelongo III. “It’s one of those things where you almost can’t believe it.� Mattison’s football career, and personal well being, took off once he initiated a concerted effort to straighten out his life, and shut out the death of his father and the failure in parenting by his mother. Larry Hill, Smithson Valley’s head football coach for the last 20 years, remembers the
time he was in Oregon,â€? Riley said. “We had interest early, but he committed relatively early to Cincinnati. ‌ When it opened back up, we reevaluated him, looked back at his film and said let’s go after him.â€? • Running back Damien Haskins ran for 3,207 yards on 288 carries and scored 52 touchdowns last season. While only a two-star recruit, and having played at the 2A level, Riley still believes Haskins was the biggest steal of this year’s freshman recruiting class.
exact moment when he knew Mattison had special talent. “We ran a draw play and he made an unbelievable cut ‌ to the backside, not even where the hole is,â€? Hill said. “This was probably a 20 to 25 yard run, and at or near the 5-yard line the safety had him cornered. He just dropped his shoulder and exploded, just exploded, the safety and scored standing up.â€? In his junior year, Mattison rushed for 1,943 yards and scored 27 touchdowns. Those statistics — and the 6-foot-1, 225pound frame he has — were bound to get noticed. Oregon State was interested in him as a future running back, but never knew they would stumble upon someone with a story like Mattison’s. “Frankly, it’s pretty callous-sounding, but the first thing that attracts you to these guys is talent,â€? said OSU head coach Mike Riley. “Then you’ve got to find out, ‘OK who is this guy?’â€? Running backs coach Chris Brasfield, a native of San Antonio, immediately made a connection with Mattison. Brasfield relayed Mattison’s story to Riley, but it was still a different feeling for the head coach when he met him in person. “When I first met him, he just breaks your heart,â€? Riley said. “You can just tell ‌ he wants to feel good about something, about what he’s going to do.â€? Brasfield and Riley were both striving to get Mattison to Corvallis, because they saw him as someone who was “hungry.â€? “When you don’t have some of the advantages sometimes, I think you go one of two ways,â€? Riley said. “You go to a different direction and try to do things the easy way, or you fight like heck to make it better. I think Chris got the sense early that this guy is going to try to make it better for himself.â€? That thought rings true throughout Smithson Valley High, as well. “I’m very proud to say that I was fortunate to get to know him,â€? Montelongo III said. “Because he’s a hero, in my book.â€? Mattison has been living with his fiance, Brianna Johnson, for the last three months. Everything seems to be in order. With Oregon State looming closer, the 180 degree turnaround will be complete
“[Running backs coach] Chris [Brasfield] was really excited about Damien Haskins’ ability. And then we were too, it was easy to see on film. ‌ I think Damien was, frankly, under the radar in Texas. I know that there were some people that, all of a sudden at the end when he committed to us, took note and tried to recruit him. And to his credit, he stayed loyal to his commitment to us.â€? Warner Strausbaugh, sports editor On Twitter @WStrausbaugh sports@dailybarometer.com
soon enough. “He’s positioned himself to really go and better himself and make something, and I’m not just talking about on the football field,� Hill said. There is a roadblock in the comeback: Mattison is still not academically eligible to be guaranteed to come to Oregon State in the fall. Those setbacks in his early teens are still haunting Mattison. “With his background, he was behind,� Hill said. “To try to catch up at a pretty highachieving school like ours is a little overwhelming. He’s still got some work to do on that, but he’s made a lot of improvement.� Riley and Brasfield are sold on Mattison and will go the extra mile to get him to Corvallis this fall. “He has work to do academically, it’s not a finished story,� Riley said. “When I met the kid I told Chris, ‘We’re all in on this guy.’ We’ll wait for as long as we need to wait. We’ll help him any way we can. And we are the right place for him.� Riley says his status will be determined over the next few months. Moving to Oregon may be a daunting proposition for Mattison, who is accustomed to the southern U.S. It wasn’t about where he was going though, it was about who he was playing for. “It’s a big family atmosphere here,� Mattison said. Mattison will be leaving Berry, who signed on Wednesday to play defensive end for Texas State. “He will always my brother,� Berry said. “If he goes to Oregon and I don’t talk to him for the next 10 years, as soon as I see him again I just know it’ll go right back to where it was, back in high school.� It was the unlikeliest of outcomes in a story that could have ended in a dark place for the lively running back. Mattison is still in disbelief that he’s close to playing college football, and more importantly, that he feels like he’s in a good place. “It’s crazy,� he said. “I never would’ve thought me. Never.� Warner Strausbaugh, sports editor On Twitter @WStrausbaugh sports@dailybarometer.com
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GARRETT n Continued from page 7 double in program history and held Utah’s leading-scorer to two points. Every time the Utes made a mini-run in the second half, Nelson or Burton stepped up and made sure the Beavers’ lead stayed at a comfortable margin. “Those guys kept fighting,� said head coach Craig Robinson. “They were going to make sure we weren’t going to have one of those slip-ups.� When Utah cut OSU’s lead to eight midway through the second half, Nelson hit a jumper and a 3-pointer on consecutive possessions to extend the Beavers’ lead to 13. When the Utes narrowed the margin to nine points with 4:38 remaining, Burton converted a lay-up, then assisted Nelson on a 3-pointer the next trip down the floor. A minute
later, Nelson scored inside to complete a 7-0 run and put OSU up 70-54. Game over. In the second half alone, Burton and Nelson totaled 31 points and seven assists. Between the two of them, they either scored or assisted on 14 of OSU’s 16 made field goals. Without question, that’s the mark of two veterans who haven’t given up on the season. They were stellar last week in the Bay Area, too. Nelson scored 25 versus Cal and 20 versus Stanford. Burton finished the trip with 34 points, 17 rebounds and 15 assists. Asked if he’s noticed anyone step up as a leader over the past couple of weeks, Robinson mentioned both Nelson and Burton. “I think Roberto’s stepping up today and being a real leader out there is a sign that we’re moving in the right direction,�
Robinson said, later adding: “The way Joe’s playing, he’s just feeling more like a leader.� Burton and Nelson go way back, having played several years of AAU basketball together in Southern California as middle and high schoolers. You have to wonder what their conversations at home have been like in recent weeks. This couldn’t have been the way they envisioned their final season together going. However those conversations went, they must have ended something like, “We’re going to do whatever it takes to turn it around.� You have to respect Burton and Nelson’s approach. And you can’t help but feel happy for them — they’re two of the most likable guys on the team, and they deserve better than how this season has gone. Just ask Hoover, their roommate and Nelson’s best friend dating back to their days at
Santa Barbara High School. “It’s finally a relief because I know what they can do together,â€? Hoover said. “Just to see Roberto play the way he’s been playing, and Joe the way he’s been playing‌ I just want Joe to go out with a bang. He works so hard. If we can’t turn things around, he at least deserves to play well. “And Berto, I’ve been waiting for this because I know what he’s capable of. He’s back to his old self. In fact, I planned on telling him when we got home tonight that it looked like he had number 20 on out there, because that was his high school number.â€? With Nelson and Burton leading the way from both a production and leadership standpoint, the Beavers finally have something they can hang their hat on.
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Nelson, Burton take charge
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n a three-bedroom house off of Satinwood Street near Good Samaritan Hospital resides Malaki, a golden doodle, and Budd, a yellow lab. As for human residents, there’s Johnathon Hoover, a 21-year-old Oregon State University student and team manager on the men’s basketball team. And then there are the two people who are responsible for breathing life into the Oregon State men’s basketball team and giving us reason to believe the Beavers have a remote chance of turning their season around. If not for the recent play of Joe Burton and Roberto Nelson, the Beavers would be headed for a lastplace finish in the Pac-12 and we’d be discussing where they rank among the worst teams in program history. Burton, OSU’s lone senior, could have felt sorry for himself after a 1-8 Pac-12 start and decided to finish his collegiate career in cruise control. Don’t act like we haven’t seen past OSU seniors do that very thing. Nelson, OSU’s best player this season, could have grown frustrated to a point where he thought, “The heck with this, I’m still getting my numbers.” But earlier this week, Burton and Nelson sat before the media and said all the right things. They said they were trying to stay positive. They said they weren’t throwing in the towel on the season. They said they believed OSU could turn its season around. It was no coincidence that Burton and Nelson were the two players chosen to attend the press conference. They’re the heart and soul of this team. They proved it earlier in the week with their words, and Wednesday with their play. The Beavers picked up their second Pac-12 win of the season Wednesday night, defeating Utah by 18 at Gill Coliseum. Nelson had the most efficient offensive game of his career, scoring 26 points on just 10 attempts from the field. Burton finished three rebounds shy of the second tripleSee GARRETT | page 7
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Senior forward Joe Burton finished three rebounds shy of a triple-double in Wednesday’s win over Utah. He scored 17 points, grabbed seven rebounds and collected 10 assists.
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Eric Moreland attempts to bring the house down with this slam, which he missed.
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The Beavers start the second half of Pac-12 play by picking up their second conference victory of the season By Alex Crawford The Daily Barometer
Although Joe Burton and Roberto Nelson had said the Oregon State men’s basketball team wasn’t desperate, it sure looked like the Beavers were on Wednesday night. OSU (12-11, 2-8 Pac-12) played with a sense of urgency not yet seen in Gill Coliseum this season, defeating Utah, 82-64. Nelson credited Utah’s Jarred DuBois for getting the Beavers fired up after he threw an elbow — unseen by the refs — into Nelson’s stomach about 90 seconds into the game. “I think tonight we came out with a lot of fire because [DuBois] had a — I don’t want to say cheap shot, it’s all part of the game, I understand what he was doing, but I’m glad he did it because it got us riled up,” Nelson said. Head coach Craig Robinson said he was surprised the refs didn’t call a foul on the play, but added that the Beavers would have played must-win basketball regardless of the incidence. “When you’re 1-8, you just come ready to play, but I couldn’t believe that that happened,” Robinson said. “Listen, if it helped fire us up, that’s good. I liked our response to it and the guys just weren’t going to back down.” Despite the gut shot, Nelson was the scoring leader for OSU with 26 points on only 10 field goal attempts while going 9-for-9 from the free throw line. It was his third straight game scoring at least 20 points. “I was lucky to make all my free throws tonight,” Nelson said. “I’ve been kind of struggling with free throws this year. I just think that when I was making free throws it kind of gave me a little more confidence to take shots.” With 17 points, seven rebounds and 10 assists, Burton almost became the second Beaver ever to record a triple-double. “I really don’t think about my stats a lot, just trying to get the win,” Burton said. “When we’re up is when we’re playing well and I’m playing well, so it’s a good thing we got the win.” Both Burton and Robinson were more pleased with the senior’s defen-
sive efforts against Utah center Jason Washburn, who entered the game averaging 11 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. Burton held Washburn to two points on 1-of-4 shooting. “Everybody’s going to talk about his offensive game, but I want to point out the fact that he held Jason Washburn to one basket, and it might have happened when Joe wasn’t even on him,” Robinson said. “When you’ve got a 6’7” center playing against a 6’10” center who’s a prolific scorer, that sort of anchors your defense.” OSU had one of its best defensive efforts of the season, holding Utah (10-12, 2-8) to a 35.7 percent field goal percentage. The Beavers also grabbed more boards than their opponent for the third straight game, outrebounding Utah by eight. “We were doing well at [rebounding] prior to the start of the conference,” Robinson said. “I thought not having Eric [Moreland] was a big part of [our struggles]. We’re getting our sea legs under us, basically. This team has rebounded better than any team I’ve coached, so I think we’re just getting back on track.” This game was the Beavers’ largest margin of victory since Dec. 31, when
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Freshman Olaf Schaftenaar attempts a 3-pointer Wednesday night at Gill Coliseum. He finished the game 1-of-5 from beyond the arc. they defeated Texas-Pan American, 84-59. Coming into Wednesday night, the Utes were only giving up an average of 60.9 points per game. OSU’s 82 points were the second most scored against Utah all season. “I think when we win by a large margin like that we play well, we play
together, we have trust, we just go all out for 40 minutes,” Burton said. “It’s good to get our second win in conference, but we still have a lot of games left.” Alex Crawford, sports reporter On Twitter: @dr_crawf sports@dailybarometer.com
Junior guard Roberto Nelson scored 26 points against the Utes. It was Nelson’s third straight game of scoring at least 20 points.
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