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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012 • OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY CORVALLIS, OREGON 97331

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VOLUME CXV, NUMBER 77

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SPORTS

8 – Men’s hoops at home 7 – Women look for 5 in a row

NEWS

3 – KBVR puts on competition for Sasquatch tickets in the quad

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Beavers face WSU tonight in Gill Coliseum.

DIVERSIONS

5 – Story behind Benton Hall 6 – Where to eat on campus

Friends of professor share her legacy

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Dr. Deanna Kingston was recognized for her encouraging attitude and her work with the residents of King Island.

Dr. Deanna Kingston died over winter break; friends, colleagues discuss her contributions

mitted to students having real world experiences and was often finding ways for them to interact directly with the people they studied.

Q: What will you remember about Dr. Kingston?

By Tony Santilli KH: I will remember Deanna as a strong, vibrant, The Daily Barometer brilliant woman who was taken from all of us too soon.

Dr. Deanna Marie Paniataaq Kingston was an anthro- She gave extraordinary gifts to those who knew her, she pology professor at Oregon State University. Dr. Kingston wanted nothing more than to share and give something contributed her intelligence, passion and support to of [herself] to others. I will always be grateful to her for the Native American Longhouse, her studies, friends showing me a part of western Alaska that meant so much and students. Having tragically passed away over winter to her and now means so much to me.

Her time was cut short, and she had so many things break due to breast cancer, Kingston left a legacy that Kai Henifin, Cathleen Osborne-Gowey and Brenda Keller that she wanted to do and was still pursuing until she physically could not anymore. I hope that her students, wanted to share with the OSU community.

Q: Can you describe some of the contributions Kingston colleagues and friends find ways to finish her work and carry on her legacy. made?

Q: Describe your relationship with Deanna.

KH: Deanna showed great leadership in developing CO: It’s hard to summarize my relationship with her... interdisciplinary research and finding ways to bridge she was my mentor and friend. She taught me how to live western science and traditional ecological knowledge. in two worlds... both Indian and non-Indian at the same She was always thinking about the complex relationships time.

She took my hand and showed me who I could be... between people, both native and non-native. she believed in me in a way no one ever had before. We Her intelligence and curiosity made her an incredible See KINGSTON | page 3 resource for students and colleagues. Deanna was comn

A look at OSU’s progress toward carbon neutrality n

2025 goal for zero greenhouse gas emissions in affect with visible improvement

By Drew Wilson-McGrath The Daily Barometer

cent of the university’s net CO2 emissions for that year.

Though it may seem like an overwhelming statistic, those numbers reflect a general decrease of approximately three percent in comparison to the 2008 recordings for OSU. Not perfect, but progressive nonetheless.

Brandon Trelstad is the sustainability coordinator at OSU, and although OSU has not exactly peaked in every category mentioned in the university’s climate plan, Trelstad remains confident that the progress that has been made will continue until the 2025 goal is reached. Trelstad filed a report with the ACUPCC in January declaring OSU’s net emissions to be 105,438 metric tons of CO2, a significant decrease from prior years.

“We have targeted a few specific projects as a result of the climate plan, but generally [speaking], much of the sustainability related work you see, including energy conservation projects, additional bike parking, support of the transit system, etc., is really business as usual for OSU,” Trelstad said. “We are fortunate in that OSU has a pretty solid founda-

tion of sustainability related projects going on at any one time.”

OSU is exceeding the expectations laid out by the State of Oregon regarding the general reduction of gross CO2 emissions by the year 2050.

Oregon’s projected goals include achieving statewide GHG emissions that are 10 percent less than those recorded in 1990 by 2020, and by 2050, achieving GHG emissions that are a respectable 75 percent less than numbers recorded in 1990.

As per OSU’s 2009 Climate Plan, the university has pledged to do all that it can in order to ensure that by 2020, this institution’s net CO2 contribution will be less than 75 percent of calculated 1990 totals for the campus, and by 2025, the university plans to be completely carbon neutral.

OSU Strategic Plan for Sustainability states, it is the university’s hope to encourage “economic, social, cultural and environmental progress for people across Oregon, the nation and the world.”

In April of 2007, Oregon State University President Ed Ray signed an initiative put forth by the American College and University President’s Climate Commitment with the goal of making OSU “carbon neutral.”

In order to achieve this goal, the OSU campus has to have a net total of zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2025, as stipulated by an internally developed climate plan for the university.

The ACUPCC was established in 2007 with the intention of soliciting a concentrated effort from universities across America to raise awareness of the issue of global warming.

In the 2008 fiscal year, OSU was responsible for producing over 116,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents, a unit of measurement reserved for GHG emissions.

See Carbon | page 3 At that time, the figure represented a significant decrease from the 2007 data logged for the university, which crested at over 131,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions.

As a charter signatory for the ACUPCC, OSU was required to establish a plan for university-wide climate neutrality within two years of signing the agreement.

This plan, drafted with the help of graduate students and a number of university and community leaders in September of 2009, needed to include both interim and long-term goals for the university to control CO2 and other GHG emissions.

To this day, it focuses on everything from public transportation and agricultural development to a reduction in OSU’s air travel expenditures.

In the fiscal year of 2010, air travel accounted for approximately 18.7 percent of the university’s CO2 emiscontributed photo | courtesy of Nathan Hinkle sions. That, combined with OSU’s purchased electricity and stationary OSU’s goal of sustainability is based on the Climate Plan. The Energy Center, sources, made up just below 84 per- above, is capable of producing 50 percent of the power used by campus.

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Chris Daly was approached by the Department of Agriculture to create a national zone map for the Internet.

Engineering professor creates national plant map n

Professor Chris Daly produces new plant zone map that is now usable on the web

By McKinley Smith The Daily Barometer

For every plant that has undergone undue suffering due to unanticipated weather, the new Plant Hardiness Zone Map released this year represents a beacon of hope.

Chris Daly, an engineering professor at Oregon State University, was approached by the United States Department of Agriculture in 2007.

“Their last Plant Hardiness Zone Map was getting old; it was done in 1990,” Daly said. “The last map was hand-drawn; they wanted something to put on the web. It was something we were asked to do.”

According to the USDA website, the PHZM displays average annual extreme minimum temperature using information from the National Weather Service from the years 1976 to 2005. Daly used PRISM, a climate mapping technology he developed himself, to create the map.

Long-lived perennials that must

survive the winter are most at risk from colder temperatures, according to Daly. Orchards and vineyards are therefore vulnerable to cold temperatures, and technology such as the PHZM can help farmers predict where to plant, or not plant, their crops.

“The USDA is a risk-management agency that uses this program to see what kind of specialty crops grow,” Daly said.

The PHZM can also be used as a tool for gardeners, with the USDA website listing the limitations of the technology as well as the application.

According to the USDA website, this year’s PHZM is cutting-edge as far as accuracy goes, but it does admit that it is unable to predict “microclimates,” or minute differences within a larger climate.

Daly hopes the map will be updated every five to 10 years, but questions the feasibility. People stopped using the old map because it became unreliable.

“I would like to think it won’t be another 22 years before a new map,” Daly said.

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Obama administration looking to resolve contraception controversy After an avalanche of criticism, the White House is working on a way to thread the needle on a new health care policy which will require all employersincluding religious institutionsto cover contraception in their health insurance plans.

Policy makers are angling for a loophole that would ensure women receive coverage without forcing Catholic charities, hospitals and institutions to pay for it, two senior administration sources told CNN Wednesday.

The administration is especially interested in the Hawaii model, in which female employees of religious institutions can purchase contraceptive coverage directly from the insurer at the same price offered to employees of all other employers.

Sources said policy makers are also looking at laws in 28 states that have similar coverage requirements.

One source prominent in the progressive Catholic community said the Hawaii plan is a “reasonably good vehicle to try” for a solution that can allay the concerns of Obama’s Catholic allies.

Another favored plan, the source said, would be legislation that would allow women employed by religiously-affiliated employers to get contraceptive insurance from the exchanges created under

Obama’s sweeping health care reform, rather than from their employer’s insurer.

But the source added the administration has not yet reached out to leaders in the progressive Catholic community to work on a compromise.

Senior administration sources said while the Hawaii plan has appeal, it would not work nationally because the federal government cannot compel insurers to provide a side-contraception plan.

As for a timeframe, policymakers will announce their decision when the Department of Health and Human Services officially releases the rule, sources said.

The new policy stirred an outcry last week among conservatives and religious groups— particularly Catholics, whose teaching opposes abortion and the use of contraceptives.

While churches are exempt from the rule, hospitals and schools with religious affiliations must comply. The new policy goes into effect on August 1, but religious groups will have a year-long extension to enforce the rule.

While the regulations have caused a firestorm of criticism, a new study released by the Public Religion Research Institute shows the majority of Catholics support the administration’s plan. Nearly 6 out of

10 Catholics think employers should be required to provide this kind of insurance coverage.

Among Catholic voters, support for the measure is slightly lower at 52percent .

The administration first signaled it was softening its stance on the rule on Tuesday, when White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said the administration was seeking alternative solutions for the issue.

“The president’s interest at a policy level is in making sure that this coverage is extended to all women because it’s important,” Carney said. “(On) the other side is finding the right balance...concerns about religious beliefs and convictions. So we will, in this transition period ...seek to find ways to implement that policy that allay some of those concerns.”

On Wednesday House Speaker John Boehner called the policy an “ambiguous attack on religious freedom” and announced the chamber would pursue legislative action to prevent the rule from going into effect.

“If the president does not reverse the department’s attack on religious freedom, then the Congress, acting on behalf of the American people, and the constitution, that we’re sworn to uphold and defend, must,” Boehner said on the House floor, adding the Energy and Commerce committee would

spearhead the effort.

The Republican presidential candidates have also been vocal about the policy on the campaign trail. Frontrunner Mitt Romney has said he would eliminate the rule on his first day in office.

But on Thursday the White House hit back repeating an argument used by Romney’s GOP opponents and pointing to a Massachusetts law in effect while Romney was governor that required hospitals-including Catholic ones-to provide emergency contraception to rape victims.

“This is I think ironic that Mitt Romney is expressing — criticizing the president for pursuing a policy that is virtually identical to the one that was in place when he was governor of Massachusetts,” Carney said.

Romney, however, vetoed the original bill, and his veto was overridden by the state legislature. Responding to Carney’s remarks on Thursday, the candidate said Carney needs to “check his history.”

“I worked very hard to get the legislature to remove all of the mandated coverages, including contraception,” Romney said during a media availability. “So quite clearly he needs to understand that was a provision that got there before I did and it was one that I fought to remove.”

— CNN

Calendar 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

Infants, medical staff among dead in Homs crackdown Four straight days of shelling and bombing by Syrian government forces into the besieged city of Homs have left residents cowering, afraid to escape and fearing for their lives as bodies lie in the streets, unable to be recovered.

That’s how activists in Homs described the situation Wednesday. One, identified only as Abu Rami, out of fear for his safety, said he hears explosions every few minutes from bombs launched by unseen forces outside the city limits.

Not even infants or medical crews have been spared, he said, calling it “a huge crime against humanity.”

“They are shelling from a far distance,” Abu Rami said. “They are using many kinds of weapons — heavy weapons, antiaircraft, they are using nail bombs.”

He said more than 60 people have been killed in Homs, including women and children and five infants who died at a hospital because the electricity was cut off. Medical conditions are worsening too, he said.

“Yesterday they targeted the field hospital in Baba Amr (a Homs neighborhood) and they killed three doctors of this hospi-

tal,” Abu Rami said. “We have a shortage of medical tools and medical supplies.

“We have at this moment more than 100 wounded people. We can’t rescue them or make for them any necessary assistance.”

Families who tried to escape from Baba Amr were captured by government forces and killed, he said.

The medical charity Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday the Syrian regime is attacking the wounded and the staff who treat them.

“In Syria today, wounded patients and doctors are pursued, and risk torture and arrest at the hands of the security services,” said Marie-Pierre Allie, president of Doctors Without Borders. “Medicine is being used as a weapon of persecution.”

Patients are using false names and doctors are giving false diagnoses to help elude security forces, who search for patients with wounds consistent with those sustained in protests or demonstrations, she said.

CNN cannot independently confirm reports from either side in Syria because the government has restricted journalists’ access to the country.

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Another activist in Homs, identified only as Danny also out of fear for his safety, told CNN via a satellite Internet connection that people are scared to leave their homes because of snipers — and that if they venture out, they cling to walls or wind through alleys to avoid the gunfire.

“I have lost more than 30 of my friends,” Danny said. “Ten or 12 of them died right in front of me ‘cause I couldn’t take them to the hospital, because I couldn’t move them from the street.”

He held up a rocket that he said landed on a house and a mortar bomb that he said hit another house and killed a 2-year-old.

Danny said he is living in a house with about 20 others, armed with only two handguns. He said he is certain they will be tortured and killed if the Syrian army captures them, because he said he has seen bodies with signs of electrocution or even cut in pieces.

He pleaded for international help.

“We want someone to move,” he said.

“We are living like animals in our houses.

We are scared.”

— CNN

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Thursday, Feb. 16 Meetings OSU Pre-Law Society, 6pm, StAg 111.

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College Republicans, 7pm, StAg 132.

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Monday, Feb. 20 Meetings College Democrats, 5pm, MU Board Room. Come talk about current events, local campaigns and international news with like-minded people!

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Hunt for the elusive Sasquatch will end on Friday n

KBVR sets up its game in Memorial Union quad tomorrow, anticipates winners for concert tickets

By Drew Wilson-McGrath The Daily Barometer

Tomorrow, Feb. 10, KBVR FM, the studentrun radio station at Oregon State University, will be hosting an event that will result in one lucky person going home with a pair of free Sasquatch tickets, courtesy of Student Media.

The five contestants that will be competing in the Quad on Friday are Andre Sampier, Shale Flora, Samantha Walter, Kandyce Johnson and Simon Mashinchi. These five students will participate in a variety of small contests that will ultimately result in playerby-player elimination until one contestant remains and earns two tickets to one of the most nationally renowned musical events of the year, the Sasquatch Music Festival.

Tickets for Sasquatch are being released for general purchase across the country on Saturday, Feb. 11.

For those who aren’t aware, Sasquatch is a large outdoor music festival that takes place at the Gorge, located on the Columbia River in George, Wash. KBVR’s acquisition of tickets for this festival is just one of many steps the station is taking to increase its impact on the OSU campus.

“We are embraced by these musicians,” said KBVR Station Manager Elizabeth Elder. “They want us to promote and support them.”

The festival, which has a focus on independent music, has garnered quite a large following amongst young adults and music junkies in recent years because of its welcoming,

KINGSTON n Continued from page 1 traveled together and worked long hours in the field.

I don’t have one single memory that stands out, but rather ten years of memories... some good, some complicated. I have so many that they flood my mind at times and I can’t remember a time without her in my adult life.

Q: What are the main things people should know about Dr. Kingston?

CO: She was an unfailing supporter of students of color, she worked tirelessly with Native [American] students, advising and co-advising many native graduate students over her 10 plus years at OSU. Working as an advisor for the Native American Longhouse, she supported native students and faculty alike at OSU and served as one of the finest role models of a colleague, friend, mentor and scholar.

In 2003 she received a National Science Foundation

party-infused atmosphere. Whichever student walks away from Friday’s competition victorious will be getting these highly sought after tickets one day before they are released nationally.

The Sasquatch Weekend Pass Giveaway will be taking place from 12 to 2 p.m. Friday, and KBVR urges students to come watch while getting a chance to earn “swag” and even free concert tickets on behalf of KBVR FM and Student Media.

KBVR is also in the process of developing a news program that will, for now, air once a week. The project, which is still in the early stages of development, will focus mostly on issuing news to students via articles and reports from the Corvallis Weekly, thus integrating Student Media even more and encouraging collaboration between key news sources around campus and in the Corvallis community.

“Right now we are working on formatting everything and trying to get enough stories to fill a half hour,” says Kurt Hagan, news director for KBVR FM. “Most of the time the stories will probably be pre-recorded and DJs will be able to play a short news segment during their shows.”

Hagan is hopeful for the future of the program and is currently organizing his news team and getting the word out about its development.

KBVR currently has 76 DJs on staff and plays host to a wide variety of music and topics that are predominantly student controlled. They encourage student involvement on many levels, and can be heard on 88.7 FM or online at www.kbvr.com/listen.

Drew Wilson-McGrath, staff reporter 737-2231 news@dailybarometer.com

grant to document and compare scientific knowledge with traditional ecological knowledge of King Island, Alaska.

Thanks to her work through this grant, many King Island peoples were able to return to King Island and share their knowledge and wisdom with younger King Islanders.

Q: How would you describe Deanna as a person?

BK: Deanna was a person who [when] you came into her world, she tended to hang on to you. She was an extremely open person, very willing to share herself and any of her skills and interests with you.

What was unique to Deanna was her world view. She brought a different view than anybody else that I’ve ever encountered.

Some of that was because of her native background, so she had an insight into that world that I’d never experienced.

Most of us tend to hold something back, but Deanna was completely willing to share all of her life and interests.

CARBON n Continued from page 1 High hopes to be sure. But another statute of the climate plan emphasizes the importance of education and community outreach as mandatory to helping us attain this goal. Since the plan’s inception, concerted efforts have been made around campus to increase the visibility of renewable energy sources and long-standing climate research that the university partakes in.

Evidence of this rests in student groups such as the Student Sustainability Initiative and Sustainable Energy Initiative, which have increased their activity on campus with programs such as the Energy Civil War and Building Energy Challenge.

Another testament to the administration’s support of the goals set out by the ACUPCC can be found in the number of buildings on campus that have garnered a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification of Silver or higher.

The United States Green Building Council developed the LEED framework as a means of giving concise guidelines to building contractors and business owner/operators across the nation for “Green Building” development and management.

To date, Reed and Heckart Lodges, as well as the Sports Performance Center and Magruder Hall-Large Animal Hospital maintain their Silver LEED certification.

Three other buildings on campus have obtained Gold Certification, and The Energy Center, which is capable of producing almost 50 percent of the power used to operate the campus on a daily basis, has achieved Platinum Certification

by LEED standards. Even Reser Stadium manages to rise above expectations in regards to the schools effort to establish a greener future for the state, as it currently consumes energy at a rate that is 32 percent lower than Oregon code.

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Q: What did you appreciate the most about Deanna?

BK: Deanna was so young when she passed away and I had been talking to her for years about the different research [and] projects, but until I sat down and looked at what she had participated in and accomplished, I hadn’t realized how productive and impactful she had been.

Deanna’s work on the King Island Place can be found at http://www.kingislandplacename.com/ and her personal diary is deeupdates.blogspot. com. Despite the frequent heavy topics of her blog posts, Deanna strived to find humor and insight in every situation and communicate both to others. Her courageous and kind spirit will be remembered.

Tony Santilli, staff reporter

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Humanitarian crisis continues in Syria As the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad continues its relentless assault on the city of Homs, the United States says it is still too soon to determine how a humanitarian aid package could be effectively delivered to those who need it.

“We’re not prepared to speak about what the delivery options might be,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Wednesday at a daily briefing with reporters. “We have quite a bit of work to do with other governments, so I’m not going to speculate.”

After a Russian and Chinese veto of a United Nations resolution aimed at stabilizing the situation in Syria, the United States is working to create a mechanism, possibly outside the U.N. Security Council, that could best serve besieged areas of Syria.

One such option would be a “Friends of Syria” contact group of U.S. allies and partners who support a free and democratic Syria, Nuland said. The group would support the Arab League plan on Syria that served as the basis for the failed U.N. resolution.

A meeting “may be held in the near future,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said at a White House briefing on Wednesday. For now, the United States is pursuing a “political

solution” while considering humanitarian assistance.

While the United States is not ruling out providing humanitarian aid unilaterally, “we’re working with our partners,” Carney said.

But before any discussion begins on what kind of aid may be extended, the United States is consulting with individual countries about what such a group could do, who would join, who would be eligible for aid, and even where the group would meet.

“We on the U.S. side have already been looking at what we can do to prepare ourselves on both the financial and legal side(s) so that we’re ready to provide humanitarian aid, such as food and medicine,” Nuland said. “But we’re going to have to work with our international partners, we’re going to have to work with neighboring states to identify coordinators on the ground who could assist in receiving this aid and in distributing it.”

Sen. John McCain of Arizona said more needs to be considered. McCain has been vocal in calling for the Syrian rebels to be given more arms. In an interview to air Thursday on CNN’s “John King, USA,” the Republican senator said “peaceful means” have been exhaust-

ed, and other options need to be considered.

“We could do things by providing them with intelligence information, with satellite information, with information on the movements of the Syrian armed forces,” McCain insisted in the interview, adding that the United States and allies could provide medical help as well as work with Turkey to provide refuge for fleeing Syrians.

Some longtime Syria watchers say that so long as the Assad regime continues its attacks, getting humanitarian aid to those who need it most will be difficult.

Delivering aid is “virtually impossible without the consent of the Syrian government or a formidable armed military from outside coming in to safeguard any convoys of the like,” said Ted Kattouf, a former U.S. ambassador to Syria.

Assad is “going to try and do everything in his power to bring the fighting to an end through sheer force, and so, no, I don’t see any humanitarian aid getting in at this point,” Kattouf said.

And with Syria’s more heterogeneous and mixed population centers, establishing a safe haven, like the city of Benghazi during the Libyan uprising, is extremely difficult.

— CNN

Poll: Obama leads GOP candidates in Virginia President Barack Obama edged out Mitt Romney in a hypothetical general election match-up in Virginia, according to a new poll.

It is the first time the president led the former Massachusetts governor in the Super Tuesday state among registered voters in a Quinnipiac survey during this election cycle.

Obama captured 47 percent to Romney’s 43 percent , a wider margin than the two percentage point difference in the December results. But Romney fared better than his GOP rivals in the likely swing state.

Obama led Newt Gingrich 51 percent to 37 percent , Rick Santorum 49 percent to 41 percent and Ron Paul 47 percent to 40 percent .

The Republican White House hopefuls will first face each other on March 6, when Romney is favored to capture the state’s 36 Republican delegates. Gingrich and Santorum failed to qualify for the ballot and Romney bested Paul among likely GOP primary voters 68 percent

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Sen. John McCain won the state’s 2008 GOP primary with 50 percent of the vote to former Gov. Mike Huckabee’s 40.7 percent and Paul’s 4.5 percent . But then-Sen. Barack Obama went on to win the state in the general election with 52.63 percent of the vote to McCain’s 46.44 percent .

Wednesday’s poll also indicated the Senate battle is still neck and neck with former Democratic governor and Democratic National Committee Chair Tim Kaine capturing 45 percent support and former Republican governor and Sen. George Allen with 44 percent among likely voters.

The poll questioned 1,544 registered voters between Feb. 1 and Feb. 6 with a sampling error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.

The Republican primary results included 546 likely voters with a sampling error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.

— CNN

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Proposition 8 shows America still stuck on social issues Editorial The case will ultimately head to the Supreme Court for further review, with apparent discrepancies between the voters’ decision and court ruling.

Either way, the ruling sets some precedent for other courts to look upon to weigh any future decisions on same-sex marriage, or even other equal rights issues, such as employment discrimination.

The ruling is effectively an admission that the traditional practice of marriage — one with religious roots — has become a legal issue.

It is no longer defined by religion, but rather our legal and economic system. Therefore, as marriage stands today, it’s absolutely subject to all the freedoms and restraints of any federal practice.

Same-sex marriage has seemingly moved beyond a simple “definition” of what true marriage is. Call it civil unions or whatever you wish; either way, same-sex marriage isn’t tainting the practice, it’s only meeting the needs of an evolving society.

But Proposition 8 is more than just a sign of the times. Instead, it only reinforces the significance of social issues in America.

Many politicos and poll-enthusiasts would argue social issues rarely dominate the politi-

cal scene, or specifically sway an individual to one side or the other. But in reality, we see anything but.

For instance, Rick Santorum’s primary upsets on Tuesday night weren’t because of his economic or foreign policies. With the recent controversy of the Susan G. Komen foundation and Planned Parenthood, and Obama’s mandate on Catholic hospitals to uphold the health care standards, the debate over abortion, birth control and religious freedom are center stage at this moment. Santorum took the majority vote because of his faith and his position on pro-life with these issues.

Should a gay or lesbian couple want nothing more to be married — or form some sort of legal partnership — no matter what foreign, economic or environmental policy one candidate proposes, they will side with the candidate that supports same-sex marriage.

A Christian raised on and continuing to support the “sanctity of life” will never side with a candidate who defends pro-choice practices, such as abortion.

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into America illegally, could never support a campaign looking to strictly and actively enforce immigration laws — no matter the possible benefits of said campaign on their socio-economic class.

Everyone has their passion — what they consider the most significant issue of our time — and they will always vote according to that decision. A candidate could be perfect in every other aspect, but if he or she does not agree with the one principle held above all the others, then that candidate will not earn the vote.

Critics may argue that the economy nearly always trumps social issues. But the economic positions typically follow suit on the social ones. Any American, should he or she have their eyes and ears open, knows we’re a devout, selfish bunch — we aren’t happy unless we get our way. There’s no middle ground here.

If Proposition 8 reveals anything, it’s that America isn’t anywhere close to real equality. And we aren’t ready to fully accept the prospect, either.

...as marriage stands today, it’s absolutely subject to all the freedoms and constraints of any federal practice.

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arlier this week, a federal appeals court rejected California’s Proposition 8, which effectively banned same-sex marriage. The court found that Proposition 8 unconstitutionally discriminated against gays and lesbians in denying their right to marriage — specifically, it violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

As the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion stated: “Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples.” It’s a message so blunt and sincere, only a judge could put it in such a manner.

While supporters of same-sex marriage rejoice in the decision, the court’s ruling is still significantly narrow.

First, the ruling does not explicitly state that same-sex marriage is required under the Constitution. Proposition 8 was a voterapproved ban, as it was passed with 52 percent back in 2008. The Court’s ruling homed in on the specific circumstances of this case, in which California’s Supreme Court had originally ruled same-sex marriage was legal — many couples then married — and then Proposition 8 was approved, effectively banning the practice. The Court found this specific action to be unconstitutional.

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ending machines can be a great thing. We know that most — OK, all — of the delicious prepackaged snacks behind the glassy confines of the vending machine are unhealthy.

But sometimes after a late night at the library or on a hurried lunch hour, there’s nothing quite like indulging in a bag of Cheez-Its or downing a Diet Pepsi. Even though the Ranch Corn-Nuts probably have enough sodium to blast me into hypertension, I appreciate their salty, crunchy goodness for those late-night, high-stress study induced states.

We’re used to the candy bars and sodas, but students at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania now have vending machine access to a new, on-thego need: the emergency contraception pill, Plan B. That’s right, you read it correctly. After a recent Shippensburg University study showed that 85 percent of the student population was in support of offering emergency contraception via vending machines, the university began providing on-the-go emergency contraception.

Plan B, also known as the morning-after pill, is a form of contraception taken after participating in unprotected sex. This pill can prevent unplanned pregnancies so long as it is taken within 72 hours of having unprotected sex. It does not, however, protect against any sexually transmitted infections.

The decision to offer emergency contraception on campus at Shippensburg University has been both praised and condemned among students, political groups and health professionals. Contrary to rumors, the school does not make a profit by selling Plan B in vending machines; the school pays $25 per package and charges students the same. Plan B is not paid for by student fees.

According to Shippensburg University Vice President of Student Affairs Dr. Roger L. Serr, between 350 and 400 doses of Plan B are purchased through the on-campus vending machines per year. This means roughly 10 percent of the female population on campus has utilized the vending machine for Plan B. The vending machine is locat-

a popular night for hook-ups. If you wake up Saturday morning regretting the prior night’s activities, you may not have access to Plan B until Monday. Plan B preSarah vents pregnancy up to 72 hours later, but is more likely to be successful the sooner you take it.

On the Bright Side Shippensburg University would ed inside of the health center — be better off placing additional meaning that students have some- vending machines in establishwhat limited access to the vending ments that are open later and on machine Plan B because of the weekends — like the gym, library health center’s hours of operation. or near female restrooms.

For example, students could not Some argue that by placing Plan access the vending machine in the B in vending machines, students evenings and on the weekends. will abuse the drug as a form of This vending machine offers preg- regular birth control. Though the nancy tests and condoms as well, instructions are clearly contained but again, these products aren’t in the package, not all students accessible 24-7. read detailed instruction bookSome feel that offering easy-to- lets — especially under stress. access to emergency contracep- Students using any form of birth tion will encourage students to control should receive counseling partake in unprotected sex. But prior to doing so, so as to discuss emergency contraception is called safer sex protocols and, as with all emergency contraception for a medication, possible side effects. reason — if students are planning Though I think it is smarter for on having sex, they will most likely students to meet with a health use other preventative methods care professional prior to engagof birth control, not emergency ing in sexual activity, I know that contraception. If we have to be students are realistic. If a stusexually active, it is too busy, When it comes to dent makes sense for embarrassed or them to access preventing unwanted ashamed to meet other, less expenwith a health sive birth control pregnancies, care professional methods. Plan discuss sexincreasing access to B is reserved for ual health, they those incidences should not be to birth control in which birth denied emergencontrol wasn’t an methods is a cy contraception option, not as a if they need it. smart move... regular form of Shippensburg birth control.

University should promote Offering conversations Plan B in vending machines provides access to about sexual health and contraemergency contraception — and ception methods among students on a college campus, this is a and health care professionals as good thing. However, these vend- the best option for preventing ing machines should be placed in pregnancy, but should also offer areas that have a wider availability Plan B in vending machines as a of hours. By offering Plan B to stu- last option. When it comes to predents from nine to five, Monday venting unwanted pregnancies, through Thursday, and until 2 p.m. increasing access to birth conon Friday, the student population trol methods is a smart move — is missing out on crucial hours. whether that is condoms in the Students may have class all day restroom or Plan B in the vending and may not be able to access machine.

Plan B any other time because t the health center is closed in the Sarah Paeth is a senior in public health. The opinions expressed in her columns do not necessarily represent those of evenings.

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et me start off by saying that Allison Mermelstein Valentine’s Day is not the most important day of the year. It was a holiday invented for card companies to sell more cards. However, Valentine’s Day gives If you pick something unique and can you an opportunity to tell the people who explain why you picked it, you’ll get lots are most important in your life that you of points. Try a pink carnation, signifying care about them. That’s what makes this gratitude, a daisy for innocence, a forgetday special. me-not for remembrance or a yellow tulip, There is no other day specifically which says you are hopelessly in love. designed for sweethearts, friends and famGrocery stores are filled with candies ily to show each other they care without emblazoned with hearts and pink this time any other considerations or traditions. It is of year. While candy makes a great gift, there because Valentine’s Day is so trivial that it are a lot more personal things you can do makes people feel special when you recog- that taste way better than conversation nize them on this day. hearts.

With all this out of the way, the question If your significant other loves chocoremains of what to give people to show late, why not give him or her their favorite you care, especially conkind, rather than a heartsidering that most of us shaped box half-filled are students without a with things they probably Don’t be scared that big budget. But it’s OK, won’t like. If you’ve got because you don’t need there’s nothing for the time and the courage, to spend a lot of money to you can bake or make a you to give or do if make someone feel loved. dessert. You can never The easiest thing to the object of your go wrong with chocolate give on Valentine’s Day covered strawberries or affections isn’t into is a card. This is where brownies. candy and flowers. your art skills will come If you’re feeling literin handy, even if they Who says Valentine’s ary this Valentine’s Day, haven’t progressed much why not take a trip down Day has to revolve since fourth or fifth grade. to one of the bookstores A handmade card makes around these things? downtown to buy a used the person you give it to copy of Shakespeare’s sonfeel like you spent more nets or another volume of than five seconds on his poetry the two of you can or her gift. It’s easy to take a trip to the store read together. You could even check out a and grab the first thing you see, but if you copy from the library. If the weather permake it yourself, you get the “aww,” or the mits, a small picnic might be the perfect “that’s so cute.” Those words will make it complement to this romantic date. worth all the effort.

Don’t be scared that there’s nothing for The next, most traditional gift for you to give or do if the object of your affecValentine’s Day is flowers. This is where a tions isn’t into candy and flowers. Who says little creativity can be really appreciated.

Valentine’s Day has to revolve around these Roses are lovely, but not everyone likes things? It’s better to give something specific roses, and they’re a little cliché, not to mento the person you have in mind because tion they can be pretty pricey. Different that teddy bear with the heart pillow might flowers have different meanings, and often just sit in the corner and gather dust. a single flower can make just as big of a Do something together — maybe taking statement as a flashy arrangement. a bike ride, working out, going to dinner or volunteering somewhere. The important thing is to be together, not what you do.

Whether or not you want the main theme Letters to the editor are welcomed and will be printed on a first-received basis. Letters must be 300 words or fewer and of your Valentine’s Day to be sweet and seninclude the author’s signature, academic major, class standing timental, there are always things you can or job title, department name and phone number. Authors of do to show the people in your life that you e-mailed letters will receive a reply for the purpose of veri- care — even if all you do is call your mom fication. Letters are subject to editing for space and clarity.

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Benton Hall, oldest building on campus, is now home of OSU’s music program, though it has also played many other roles over the past century

By Annecy Beauchemin The Daily Barometer

Music from the windows of Benton Hall is a feature of the park-like setting of OSU’s lower campus, but it wasn’t always. While Benton Hall is known today for housing Oregon State University’s music program, this is only the latest role of many held by the oldest building on campus, not the first — and, according to music students and professors, not the best.

Built in 1888 and conceived by an unknown architect, Benton Hall looks the part of the oldest building on campus.

The building’s current exterior dates back to its last major remodel in 1899, when an entrance to the second floor from a large staircase was removed and its original brick exterior was cemented over. Since then, only small and superficial details have changed: a network of pipes and fire escapes wrapping the building, a working clock that took until 1988 to install where a clock face had been merely painted before.

The most significant change to Benton Hall since its earliest years has been repurposing the administrative building into a music hall, which the acoustic and spatial state of the aging building was not designed for.

“It’s difficult to be in a building that wasn’t built for music,” said Stephen Marshall, a sophomore in music education.

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BENTON HALL n Continued from page 6 mills, transportation outlets, administration buildings, hotels and more, coming into its own as a western city. The growth and accessibility combined with the Willamette Valley’s agricultural richness made Corvallis the perfect place for the Oregon Agricultural College and its farms.

Benton Hall originally was built to house the entirety of OAC, a construction funded by the citizens of Benton County. Before being joined by other campus buildings, Benton contained within its walls all of the college’s labs and classrooms. Until 1918, it housed the library, and non-music administrative offices occupied Benton until the 1940s. The music department first moved in in 1916, meaning that for a time, it shared Benton’s limited space with both. Bandstands are seen built near Benton in archival photos from as early as 1910.

Today’s Benton Hall is far from one of the most spacious buildings on campus, arranged vertically with high ceilings and not too much floor space. It is hard to imagine the coexistence of several departments inside without envisioning crowding, especially as musical instruments began to move through the halls with students, as done between classes today.

The symmetrical halls and their twin staircases are painted in powder blues and greens. The first thing to be found by each entrance is an ornate radiator of the type that helps to heat the campus’s older buildings — a ghost machine. Along with Benton, students who have taken a class in Milam or Covell know what these radiators sound like. All the traveling clicks and groans of a real haunting — without the meddling spirits — the way they probably have sounded for many decades.

The only thing louder is the music from room 106, a multipurpose room used mostly for ensembles, and in the gaps of its busy schedule, sometimes a practice room. Those who practice there would do well to play their best — 106 is not furnished to reduce sound, and the offices next door can hear everything loud and clear. This is an issue for offices on every floor, despite some practice and performance rooms attempting to reduce noise with curtains and soundproofing tiles. There is only so much that can be done about loudness with walls

that were originally made to house only books, quiet offices and classrooms.

The second floor of Benton is split by its largest room, the Captain Beard Band Hall, which can be entered from a stairwells on either side. On the south side, a few professors’ offices and studios line a hallway wide enough only for one person to conga. One of the rooms here is the office of Neil Grandstaff, instructor of jazz and guitar.

The question of sound quality in Benton is inherently amusing to the experienced musician — he, like many who have taught in Benton’s repurposed rooms and listened to a day’s steady stream of classes from a Benton office, knows that the plan for the building was not for a music hall. So, acoustics are a matter of luck. The best places to play, he explains, depend on where one is standing.

“It’s a good place,” Grandstaff said, “if you’re going to play guitar in the halls.”

Feet and voices sound fine in the halls of Benton, too, possibly due to its echoing ceilings — when class gets out every hour, the sound of student traffic lights up the old building. Additionally, Grandstaff singles out choir room 303 as a room that is good for its current use.

Music major Ashley Copeland, who is primarily a vocalist, agrees about room 103, but after class she said, “I prefer to practice at home.”

Benton’s practice rooms, mostly clustered in close proximity on the third floor, are notorious for the failure of their yellowing soundproofing tiles.

Students in practice rooms can easily hear one another — including the drum set room located a floor below the other practice rooms.

“I use (the practice rooms) regularly because I need the practice time, but it’s usually hard to focus,” Copeland said.

Many students who go to OSU live in apartments, dorms or other highdensity housing, where singing or playing most instruments at full volume is rarely appropriate with neighbors so nearby. Students such as drummers and those in the trumpet section of the wind ensemble will use the rooms only for their convenience and only when they absolutely must.

“Practicing sucks unless you’re in one of the bigger rooms,” said Brian McFadden, a music education major and member of the wind ensemble trumpet section. The rooms he means are like room 106. McFadden and the other members of the trumpet section avoid the practice rooms whenever pos-

sible, agreeing that even their best playing does not sound good in them, and the fact that they can be easily heard by those in other rooms is no help.

“The sound never goes away,” said Trevor Wilson, also a music education major and member of the trumpet section.

McFadden describes the cumulative practice room experience as a “morale beatdown.”

On observation of the practice rooms themselves, one discovers that ineffective soundproofing of the walls is only part of the story of why the rooms fail.

Many of the practice rooms have windows, which serve as glass holes in the rooms’ soundproofing. These windows are the ones from which passing students hear music, and Benton’s walls also help to let that same sound back into other windowed practice rooms.

Every time a student outside enjoys the music from a practice room, a student inside doesn’t.

The top floor of Benton is one of the busiest, housing not only the practice rooms, but professors’ offices and the choir facilities. Like everywhere in Benton, most rooms are multipurpose.

The former location of a student lounge has been rearranged to act as an office, a use the room was better suited for in size. Hallways on this populous floor take turns to fit all facilities in that are interesting, to say the least. In one corner, a long hallway is featureless, excepting an adjacent office and men’s bathroom at the very end.

The scrambled array of rooms results in those in offices once again finding themselves audience to those in classrooms and even padded practice rooms.

Director of Bands Dr. Christopher Chapman works in one of these offices, and while he notes the lack of quiet, his greatest concern is Benton’s unsuitability for instrumental ensembles such as his own, which include the wind ensemble.

“We only have one rehearsal space for all our ensembles,” Chapman said, referring to the Captain Beard Band Hall, the largest space in the building.

Chapman offers a listen to the wind ensemble to demonstrate how that one room treats the sound of a major ensemble. Once the hall is filled with students and chairs, it is not so spacious anymore. The ensemble is large, and the space is also used for instrument storage — the barred lockers lining the north wall resemble a pound for escaped and feral tuba cases. The

sound of the musicians has a boxed-in undertone that is in no way due to skill, as though there is more sound than the room can fit. The wall opposite from the lockers is covered in a heavy curtain to contain the room’s volume, but it is of limited help.

Music has its own spatial needs, which makes it just like any other subject taught at OSU. Like mechanical engineering needs its machine shops, music performance is optimized in an environment built to both contain and promote sound. Teaching music performance in a room that was made for a library is like holding a history class in a chemistry lab.

“High schools have better facilities than we do,” Chapman said. OSU bands know because they visit high schools, and the difference is that many of their music rooms were either made for music or structurally adjusted for sound — sound curtains hung on the walls are not their band halls’ first line of acoustic control. “Our hope in the near future is that there is a new building for us,” Chapman said.

Though Benton’s capabilities are presently limited for music, Chapman said, “We think, frankly, what we’ve done with this space is tremendous.” All in all, the music department, from professors to students, have done an admirable job at making the most of what the building does have to give.

OSU has the largest music program in the Northwest, attracting a growing number of students through the quality of its teachers and the honors of its music students, many of whom reach high levels of skill, even if they can hear each other between practice rooms. Fixtures of every floor of Benton, from the top floor down, are framed collections of monochrome photos and documents from Benton’s history in the OSU music department.

Many of these collections focus on accomplished teachers and bandleaders such as the eponymous ROTC leader, Captain Harry Beard, who is notably clean-shaven in every photo.

Benton Hall has not changed much since the pictures were taken, but neither has the department’s quality.

Of schools with newer facilities that OSU’s bands meet in their travels, Chapman said, “I think some of them think we have terrific facilities because of how our ensembles play.”

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Calendar Feb. 9 MUSIC Benetit for Breast Cancer Awareness: Jenna Summer Smith, Three Quarters Gypsy, Susie C. @ Cloud9 Bustin’ Jieber @ Bombs Away Café **Jackie Greene, Jabe Beyer @ WOW Hall Doors: 7:30 Show: 8:00

THEATER “The Feeble-mindedness of Woman” @Withycombe Hall 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 10 MUSIC 100 Watt Mind @ Bombs Away Café **Medium Troy, Yogoman Burning Band, Tribal Spectrum @ WOW Hall Doors: 8:00 Show: 9:00

THEATER “The Feeble-mindedness of Woman” @Withycombe Hall 7:30 p.m.

Feb, 11 MUSIC Michael Manring @ Bombs Away Café Xenat-Ra @ Cloud9 On The Rocks @ McDonald Theater Doors: 7:00 Show: 7:30 Falling in Reverse, Oh Sleeper, Skip the Foreplay, In Her Memory @ Hawthorne Theater

THEATER “The Feeble-mindedness of Woman” @Withycombe Hall 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 12 MUSIC Pinehurst Kids, Blood Owl, Dead Remedy @ Doug Fir Lounge

THEATER “The Feeble-mindedness of Woman” @Withycombe Hall 2 p.m.

Feb. 13 MUSIC **Dr. Dog, Purling Hiss @ Crystal Ballroom Doors: 7:00 Show: 8:00

Famished? We rank the best places to eat on campus n

With all the choices available, we do the hard work for you

By Alex Crawford, Kyle Hart Photos by Sarah Gillihan The Daily Barometer

Oregon State University houses a plethora of conveniently placed cafés that offer a wide variety of delectable delicacies. Depending on your cravings, these eateries can offer you anything from a mid morning snack to a fullblown meal. We feel that these “birds” have flown under the radar and have been greatly underutilized for far too long.

It’s time the public knows the truth about the magic happening in and around these refectories on a daily basis.

Alexander Crawford and Kyle Hart decided to let their ferocious appetites fuse with the power of the pen to bring you our list, ranking the best

eateries on campus. This list excludes eating establishments that are currently in dining centers. Components that were considered in our write-up include, but are not limited to: customer service, timeliness, creativity, ingenuity, and general taste.

1. e.Café (Kelly Engineering Center): Any food substance from e.café will absolutely dominate your taste buds, which makes this eatery our number one choice, hands down.

Like many other cafes on campus, e.café offers a “build your own” sandwich option with a vast meat selection and many mouthwatering bread options, including ciabatta.

They also offer gourmet sandwich options that combine an interesting variety of different flavors. Of the most popular, the “Turkey Gobbler” incorporates turkey, cream cheese, lettuce, cranberry sauce and

your choice of bread. E.café’s staff is very friendly, attentive, and set a welcoming atmosphere for all to enjoy. With all of these components in place and perfectly balanced, e.café has earned our top honors and is an exceptional spot to grab a quick snack before class, or take a lovely lady on a lunch date.

a passport to Western Africa or a trip to Florence on a warm Italian night. Although their regular menu is more than adequate, we recommend trying any of their daily menu specials. If variety is the spice of life, then it doesn’t get more spicy than Pangea Cafe.

2. Pangea Café

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(Memorial Union): Pangea Café is the Eli Manning of Oregon State eateries. Often overlooked and not considered as good as his brother, Eli is actually one of the most clutch quarterbacks in the league and just seems to get the job done. Similarly, OSU students are more apt to hit up the MU to get Panda Express or Carl’s Jr. when in reality, Pangea is the best location there. Their menu is more international than a meeting of the United Nations and their food specials change daily. A trip to Pangea can be

3. Dixon Café Recreational Un n e c e s s a r y

amounts of testosterone and yoga pants aren’t the only things you can find in Dixon these days. Dixon Café has the capability and versatility of satisfying the hunger needs of any customer that walks through the door. Many facets of Dixon Café, I find simply remarkable. To start, each of the wraps offered on the daily menu are delicious, cost efficient and monstrous in size. Just finish an intense lift

session, a lengthy run on the indoor track, or just desperately need your thirst quenched?

Any Dixon smoothie, which contains 100 percent of your daily-recommended intake of fruit, will satisfy your every need and are offered in a variety of delicious flavors. Sliced apples and peanut butter play a role on the menu much like Jaquizz Rodgers’ role for the Beavers several years ago.

Although they may seem small to the naked eye, both pack quite the punch. The sliced apples and peanut butter are cheap, filling and especially delicious at Dixon Café. They are highly recommended.

4. Ava’s Café (Linus Pauling Science Center): Named after the loving wife of OSU’s most famous alumni, Ava’s offers both hot and cold sandwiches — most notably gourmet PB&Js. Ava’s Café is the perSee FOOD | page 7

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FOOD n Continued from page 6 fect example of what an oncampus eatery in an academic building should be. Ample seating that says, “Hey, come sit down to eat and converse with friends, but also feel free to study.” Overall, the vibes inside the Linus Pauling Science Center are very good.

At Ava’s, Kyle and I got one of the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and a grilled tuna melt. The PB&J was not your ordinary brown-bag variety.

This was high-grade peanut butter, marionberry jam and bleu cheese, all served warm on toasted brioche bread.

This might be too ritzy for the average PB&J fan, but for those of us who are connoisseurs of the American elementary school lunch staple — this was a bomb sandwich.

For the sake of time I will

only briefly touch on the tuna melt; it was really good (I could live off tuna melts and PB&Js). As the new kid on the block in terms of OSU campus eateries, Ava’s is already better than most.

5. Buenos Burritos (Memorial Union): Looking for a quick and delicious way

to spice up your day? Look no further than Buenos Burritos, located in the Memorial Union with the “Cholula” lined windows. Their massive burritos are a fulfilling meal in itself, not to mention hot, and crispy tortilla chips are included in every purchase. Upon our visit, quesadillas, which are mounded with cheese and

come with your choice of protein and condiments, were a very popular item. Healthy alternatives like tofu, black beans, wheat tortillas and an assortment of freshly cut veggies are also offered as options on your meals. However, I will give one playful but urgent disclaimer: Top 40 Pandora station seems to be a popu-

just felt that the other five eateries we explored were either tastier or had more to offer. Bing’s is a classic cafésandwiches, coffee, gelato and a modified calzone called a calzini. The sandwiches at Bing’s are always fresh and they allow for you to include a myriad of different veggies.

It is also worth noting that the coffee at Bing’s is from Starbucks. Every other coffee location at OSU is serves either Allann Bros. or Portland Roasting Company (expect for the Peet’s Coffee in the new lar music selection at Buenos, International Living-Learning and they enjoy their music Center which serves...well... “bumpin”.

Peet’s). The number one reason to visit Bing’s is actually not the food, but an opportunity to talk to Carol — the (Weatherford Hall): Let Bing’s manager — a legend on me start off by saying that the OSU campus. although Bing’s is at the botAlex Crawford, Kyle Hart tom of this list, it is by no 737-2232, managing@dailybarometer.com means a bad spot to eat. We

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After a four-year absence, indie rock pioneers Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are back. With the 2011 release of “Hysterical” and a whole lot of touring, they have reappeared in the alternative spotlight. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah formed in 2004 after meeting at Connecticut College and hit it big in 2005 with their debut album “Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.” They are infamous for their do-it-yourself approach to music and have self-released all three of their albums. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah will be performing at Sasquatch Music Festival in Washington Memorial Day Weekend. Oregon State University’s KBVR FM was able to catch up with them before their Nov. 7, 2011 show at the Hawthorne Theatre in Portland.

KBVR: How do you prepare for a major tour like the one you guys are on right now?

CYHSY: We used to prepare by not preparing at all, and we would just go out and sort of throw it out there, whatever state we were in. Now, we actually practiced for two days before we came out here and talked about different set lists. I think we’re generally much better prepared than we were in the past.

KBVR: Do you have any pre-show or pre-tour rituals?

CYHSY: Actually, Tyler, the bass player, and I go running a lot, that’s one thing. And I do a little warm-up with my drumsticks, and then Robby always just disappears right when we’re about to go on stage. He’ll run to the bathroom or something; we’re constantly waiting for Robby. I don’t know what his ritual is, but he does it alone in the bathroom.

KBVR: So you guys went on a fiveyear hiatus.What did you guys do then?

Were you working any jobs, working on any projects? What was your plan?

CYHSY: We were all active in music.

Tyler was doing some soundtrack work, and he actually took composition classes at Brooklyn College; Lee was working on soundtrack stuff and his own music;

I was producing records, one by a band called Conversion Party, another one by a guy named Tom McBride. Robby founded a label called Uninhabitable Mansions, there’s a band of the same name, and then he also plays drums in Radical Dads. Alec put out two solo records, so everybody was really busy.

KBVR: So it was all music-related?

CYHSY: Pretty much. Tyler works in IT a little bit here and there, which is useful. I think some people were freelancing and doing other stuff.

KBVR: You guys are pretty much a do-it-yourself kind of band. What are some of the pros and cons to doing that?

CYHSY: The pro is obviously that you have the freedom to do things your own way and not have to answer to too many people. The cons are that in building the infrastructure that used to be a label, essentially is what you’re doing, you come up against a lot of problems, and often you don’t figure them out until you’ve made a bunch of mistakes. So it’s sort of like you just bang your head against the wall until you realize how things could be done a little bit better, and we’re always doing that. I think that’s maybe something that a band on a label happens to have a little more guidance with, a little more of an infrastructure around them. Our management kind of takes up a lot of that role and then Tyler and Robby do a lot of the Internet stuff; Robby does a lot of the art stuff, so we do pick up a lot of the roles of a record label.

KBVR: Who does recording work for you guys?

CYHSY: We actually do a bunch of demos. On this album, “Hysterical,” specifically, we did a whole bunch of demos, like 20, 30, 40 demos of all the songs done in a bunch different ways, and then got it all together and took it in to a studio with a producer, John Congleton.

KBVR: So you guys are from Brooklyn, and Brooklyn has a pretty killer music scene, so what are you listening to right now?

CYHSY: I think we’ve all discovered that we all listen to different stuff.

Robby probably has his finger on the pulse a lot more than the rest of us, who generally stick to the stuff we liked growing up and the classics, but I know

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Robby is listening to bands like Plates of Cake and Saturday Night Duets. With Brooklyn bands you sort of go out to see your friends’ bands. Conversion Party, Radical Dads, you know, we always go out to see those guys play.

KBVR: Did you all go to college and were you part of your college radio station?

CYHSY: Yeah, we all went to Connecticut College in New London, Conn., and I had a radio show; Tyler and Lee had a radio show, it was WCNI in New London. Everybody else would listen to the radio, but we were all more involved on the band side of things.

There was a music club there.

KBVR: How do you think college radio really assists bands today? Do you have any interaction with college radio stations?

CYHSY: We try to get to the college radio stations and play there. It’s sort

of like a life-blood of finding a new audience, especially when we’ve been around for so long, there’s a generation of people that, at this point, probably have no idea who we are.

KBVR: Well, you’re huge on our station.

CYHSY: That’s great to know, and it’s good to find a way to speak to those people.

KBVR: This is your third album. In what ways does this album differ from your previous albums?

CYHSY: The first record was done over about a year and a half at a couple different studios, and we were sort of new at what we were doing and kind of green. The second record was done off the road, so we were touring really heavily, then we were thrown into the studio off of tour, and we sort of didn’t give a ton of time to arrange the songs the way that maybe we should have.

So this one, we really deliberate about arranging the songs correctly and getting more of a live feel and less of a studio record kind of thing. Also, I think it’s a little bit more polished than the others. We wanted to make sure that the album didn’t sound…D.I.Y., for lack of a better word. It sounds like a real record.

KBVR: What are your plans for after the tour?

CYHSY: I think there’s been talk of a fourth album. It’s basically just balancing home life and also getting out to tour and then trying to figure out how we’re gonna record and write and all that, because we’re spread out. I’m in Boston; Robby, Tyler and Lee are in Brooklyn, and then Alec’s in Philly, so it’s a bit of a logistical wrangling to get it all squared away. A lot of buses. A lot of time in the bus.

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Most Ukraine cold deaths alcohol-related, minister says Alcohol has been involved in most of the deaths blamed on the extreme cold in Ukraine, the country worst affected by the icy temperatures gripping Eastern Europe, a government minister said Wednesday.

Nine out of 10 of the deaths reported have been alcohol-related, Emergency Situations Minister Viktor Baloga said.

At least 135 deaths have been reported in Ukraine in the past two weeks, but he suggested the actual number that can be blamed on the winter weather is somewhat lower, at 112.

About 3,000 people have been hospitalized because of the cold since Jan. 27, officials said.

Authorities in Ukraine have set up an emergency hospital to deal with people suffering from cold-related conditions, and distributed 3,000 emergency relief tents across the country, they said. The tents are heated, and people with nowhere else to go can get hot food and drinks.

Ukraine’s capital, Kiev, has more than 14,000 homeless people, authorities said. They are among the most vulnerable to winter’s bitter chill.

Dr. Anatoliiy Vershigora, doctor-inchief at an emergency help station in Kiev, told CNN many of those suffering frostbite, hypothermia and in some cases death were alcoholics —

but that others had been drinking in the mistaken belief it would help keep them warm.

Outdoor workers, such as those at market stalls, were also suffering frostbite in the extreme conditions, he said, as were some children whose parents had let them spend too long outside.

Joe Lowry, a spokesman for the International Red Cross in Europe, said: “It is an unfortunate fact that a lot of homeless people are alcoholic or dependent on other substances — it may be why they are homeless in the first place.

“Alcohol creates the illusion of being warm, so it’s not surprising that people are drinking and not surprising that they pass out,” he said, adding that this is when hypothermia can occur.

“Our approach would be to try to get to these people before they have too much to drink, if we can find them and get them to safety. Obviously, a full belly or hot drinks is far, far better for you than vodka.”

Red Cross volunteers have been working with authorities to help distribute warm clothing, boots, hot food and drinks in Ukraine and elsewhere, Lowry said, speaking to CNN from Slovakia.

But, he added, the people who are most in need of help are often hard to locate. “These people are outside the

normal safety nets, difficult to find, and don’t realize the great danger they are in.”

Dr. Sam Zakhari, director of the Division of Metabolism and Health Effects in the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism at the National Institutes of Health, said consuming alcohol is dangerous in cold weather for two main reasons.

One is that alcohol causes the dilation of blood vessels in the skin, which means they are wider and more blood passes through. This makes the person feel hot, which is not an issue if the person is warmly dressed and indoors, Zakhari said. But “if he or she is not wearing enough warm clothes they will lose heat rapidly, and that can contribute to hypothermia.”

Secondly, he said, a person who is inebriated may not have the ability to judge what’s happening or respond appropriately. He or she may slip and fall in the icy conditions and risk becoming unconscious, or fall asleep as alcohol depresses the central nervous system, he said.

Zakhari advises those who are inebriated to stay inside for safety, where possible, or if they must be outside to dress in several warm layers to stop heat escaping and try to ward off hypothermia.

Kiev marked its 24th consecutive

day of below-freezing temperatures Wednesday, with a low of minus 18 Celsius (minus 0.4 Fahrenheit), CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller said. It could normally expect a high of minus 2 degrees Celsius at this time of year.

And there is little respite in prospect for those suffering in the unusual cold.

Another surge of frigid air is pushing westward out of Russia into the rest of Europe for the end of the week, with Central and Eastern Europe catching the brunt of the coldest air, Miller said.

Temperatures in some of the hardest hit countries, such as Ukraine, Romania, Hungary and Serbia, will once again drop below average by as much as 15 to 20 degrees Celsius (25 to 35 degrees Fahrenheit).

Warsaw, in Poland, which would normally expect a high of 2 degrees Celsius (36 degrees Fahrenheit), has now spent 15 days below freezing, while Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina has spent 14 days in subzero temperatures, well below the average for this time of year of 5 degrees Celsius (41 degrees Fahrenheit.)

Temperatures are likely to remain below average well into next week, at the least, with no significant warming likely until late February, Miller said.

Parts of the Danube River, one of the most important rivers in Europe for commerce, have nearly frozen over for

the first time in 25 years, showing not only the intensity of this cold snap, but also its longevity.

The sustained cold spell is also putting a strain on power providers across the region and has raised questions over Europe’s reliance on Russia for gas, as supplies sent via Ukraine have dipped below the expected levels.

Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuri Boyko said electricity consumption in the country is historically high.

But in an interview with CNN, he rejected suggestions that Ukraine has been siphoning off gas as it transits from Russia to Europe.

Boyko said the main reason for the 30 percent drop in gas reaching Europe was the extremely cold weather in Russia, which meant a smaller than usual amount of gas entered Ukraine. Instead of Ukraine receiving the expected 500 million cubic meters per day, only 400 million cubic meters came to its western border, he said.

Gazprom, Russia’s gas monopoly, has denied sending lower volumes of gas to Europe.

But Boyko said he believes the real answer is that given by the deputy chairman of Gazprom, whom he quoted as saying the company was not ready to send additional supplies to Europe during the cold spell.

— CNN

Los Angeles authorities find 200 more photos in teacher case Los Angeles County investigators have found 200 more photos allegedly taken by a former public elementary school teacher now facing 23 felony counts of lewd acts with pupils, a sheriff’s spokesman said Wednesday.

Authorities have been able to identify pupils in 175 of the 200 photographs and they are trying to identify those in the remaining 25, said Sgt. Dan Scott of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Authorities declined to provide further details.

Authorities now have a total of 600 photographs allegedly taken by former teacher Mark Berndt, 61, of Miramonte Elementary School, who was arrested last week and accused of taking bondage photos of more than two dozen students in his classroom, including some with suspected semen-filled spoons at their mouths.

The school board fired Berndt a year ago; Berndt appealed but he dropped the appeal and resigned last spring, Waldman said.

Berndt is now being held in lieu of $23 mil-

lion bail, authorities said.

In their expanding investigation into a teacher sexual misconduct scandal at Miramonte, authorities also charged this week a second teacher, Martin Bernard Springer, 49, of Alhambra, California, whom the school board board fired Tuesday.

Springer pleaded not guilty Tuesday to three felony charges of lewd acts with a girl pupil under the age of 14.

Springer was arrested last week on allegations that he fondled two girls in the classroom, but the formal charges involved only one alleged victim.

When asked about the other alleged victim’s accusations, spokeswoman Jane Robison of the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said Wednesday: “At this time we have only enough evidence to charge him with one victim.”

In the wake of the teacher misconduct charges, the Los Angeles Unified School District is restaffing the entire 70-teacher school, which was closed Wednesday, as it

was Tuesday.

The 1,400-student school is scheduled to reopen with entirely new staff, including a new principal, on Thursday. On Wednesday, the new staff was being trained in the school auditorium, according to one new special education assistant, Contisia Davis.

“It looks good in there because everyone is doing their job and doing the best they can,” Davis told CNN. A 16-year teaching veteran,

Davis said she was specially selected to work at Miramonte and had been assigned to the school system’s Manual Arts High School until she was told of her school assignment Tuesday.

Miramonte is a kindergarten-through-6thgrade school located in unincorporated Los Angeles County within the Florence-Firestone area, south of downtown Los Angeles.

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Romney promises to get more aggressive with Santorum Suddenly facing new questions about the strength of his candidacy, GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney indicated Wednesday he’s prepared to wage a more aggressive campaign against Rick Santorum, the surprise winner of all three of Tuesday’s Republican contests. “We think we can beat Sen. Santorum where we compete head to head in an aggressive way, and we obviously didn’t do that in Colorado or Minnesota to the extent that (Santorum’s) campaign did,� Romney told reporters in Georgia, one of the 10 states voting on Super Tuesday. “There’s no such thing as coronations in presidential politics. It’s meant to be a long process,� he added. “It’s not easy to get the nomination (and) it’s not easy to be elected president. ... And so far we’re doing pretty well.�

Romney blasted Santorum and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, calling them both bigspending Washington insiders.

Republicans in Washington have “spent too much, borrowed too much, (and) earmarked too much,� he said. “Frankly, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich were a big part.�

On Tuesday, Santorum won caucuses in

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that,� Marchbanks said.

Tonight, Oregon State plays Washington State (10-13, 4-7 Pac-12), a rematch of a game they lost in double overtime on New Year’s Eve. “Last time against Washington State, I don’t think we executed offensively in that game, and I think the team that had the most experience closed that game at that time,�

Rueck said. “They made the plays down the stretch, and that is one of the areas that we have improved.�

The Cougars rank near the bottom of almost every scoring statistic, their only top spot is turnover totals.

It is to note that the matchup is between the two most efficient teams in the Pac12, as OSU ranks No. 1 to WSU ranks No. 2 in turnover margin. “I’ve seen a little bit of them.

They are efficient, they have improved,� Rueck said. “They

know what they are doing, they are a good defensive team, and really make tough for you to score. They don’t turn it over a whole lot, they get to the line, they are efficient, and have a couple players that can finish.�

Also, the Beavers are ranked No. 2 to the Cougars No. 4 in the Pac-12 for assist-to-turnover ratio. This statistic really measures the effectiveness of the guard play. Both teams are confident when it comes to passing the ball around the perimeter until they get the right shot. “Coach calls them ‘million dollar shots’; where if I hand you the ball and if you make it you get a million dollars, where would you want to shoot from? Everyone will pick a layup,� Marchbanks said. “Coach always tells us to take million dollar shots and go to our strengths. One thing that is definitely important the second time around is to compete and take great shots.�

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Junior forward Patricia Bright and the Beavers have won four straight games. the post season since the 2000-01 campaign, where they went to the NIT. Junior guard Sage Indendi, who won a Division III national title under coach Rueck at George Fox University, knows how important it is for the team to continue to work together if they want to play in the post season.

“One of our themes is ‘I got your back your got my back,’� Indendi said. “Earlier in the season we were still feeling each other out, now at this point in the season our mind is focused on bigger things.�

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The Beavers outside shooters, namely Ahmad Starks and Roberto Nelson, are going to need to get out of their slumps to help the Beavers win this one. Starks and Nelson have shot a combined 6-for-31 (19.3 percent) in their last two games. “Unfortunately, I’m in a slump right now and I don’t think this is gonna last for too much longer,� sophomore guard Roberto Nelson said. “It’s more of a confidence thing for me and I’m trying not to get too down on myself and hang my head so I’m just trying to take each shot and go into each game with more confidence and just try to build from it.�

The Beavers’ “One Day At A Time� mantra has become

so prevalent that shirts reading “ODAAT� are currently onsale in the campus bookstore.

Despite the commitment to this edict, it is well known that the Beavers have hopes for a NIT berth if not a trip to the “Big Dance.� Closing out conference play strong is crucial if they want to make a relevant postseason tourney and the Beavers believe they can do it. “When we started the Pac12 season we thought we could beat anybody on any given night,� Robinson said. “I think now that we’ve been through the league halfway and played everyone, I think our team knows that they can beat anybody on any night. We have to use that confidence to our advantage, especially when we’re playing here.�

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down the road at district and state conventions — but the news media, including CNN, used their results to make unofficial delegate count estimates. Romney ended the night with 115 delegates, compared to 38 for Gingrich, 34 for Santorum, and 20 for Paul, according to CNN’s count.

To win the GOP nomination, 1,144 delegates are needed.

While Tuesday was a stunningly successful night for Santorum, it was a terrible night for Romney and for Gingrich, who has been competing with Santorum for the support of conservatives.

Gingrich spent little time or money in the three states, instead focusing his now-limping campaign on the Super Tuesday contests of March 6 that will be worth more than 400 delegates from 10 states.

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Tuesday, with Santorum winning 40 percent of the vote to 35 percent for Romney, 13 percent for Gingrich and 12 percent for Texas Rep. Ron Paul In Minnesota, Santorum got 45 percent of the vote to 27 percent for Paul, 17 percent for Romney and 11 percent for Gingrich, according to the secretary of state.

In Missouri, Santorum had 55 percent to Romney’s 25 percent and 12 percent for Paul, according to unofficial results. Gingrich didn’t make the ballot there.

Santorum’s victories in two states Romney won in his unsuccessful 2008 presidential bid — Colorado and Minnesota — was a strong statement by the former senator that he remains a major challenger to Romney. A low turnout in all three races, however, signaled possible dissatisfaction among Republican voters with all of the candidates.

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His campaign raised about a quarter of a million dollars online Tuesday night, Santorum said, adding that the last two weeks have been his best for fundraising.

The victories by the former senator from Pennsylvania bolstered his contention that he is the strongest conservative challenger to the more moderate Romney for the GOP nomination. “I don’t stand here and claim to be the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney,� Santorum declared to cheering supporters outside St. Louis. “I stand here to be the conservative alternative to Barack Obama.�

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MBB: Who made back-to-back 3’s with only one shoe on earlier this year?

A. Roberto Nelson B. Ahmad Starks C. Angus Brandt D. Jared Cunningham

Sports Editor’s Note: We here at the Barometer are curious how knowledgeable OSU athletes are about OSU athletics, so we decided to find out. Each week, we’ll ask two athletes from the five OSU winter sports five questions each. We’ll reveal their answers in The Daily Barometer and keep track of how many questions each team has gotten right over the course of the term. The team that produces the most correct answers will be crowned winter term champions. (Women’s soccer was our fall term champion.)

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Gymnastics: What is the team’s high score this year?

A. 196.525 B. 196.800 C. 195.975 D. 197.000

WBB: When was the last time the program won four straight conference games (before now)?

A. 1990 B. 1997 C. 2001 D. 2006

Wrestling: Senior Clayton Jack wrestles in which weight class?

A. 165 B. 184 C. 141 D. Heavyweight

Swimming: Name ONE of three swimmers who have qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials...

Total Correct

Jared Cunningham

A (Nelson)

B (196.800)

C (2001)

D (HWT)

Jenni Dole

5

Roberto Nelson (MBB)

A (Nelson)

D (197.000)

C (2001)

D (HWT)

Jenni Dole

4

Leslie Mak (Gym)

A (Nelson)

B (196.800)

B (1997)

D (HWT)

Jenni Dole

4

Taylor Keeker

C (Brandt)

B (196.800)

B (1997)

D (HWT)

No answer

2

Earlysia Marchbanks

A (Nelson)

A (196.525)

C (2001)

D (HWT)

No answer

3

Katie Schrock (WBB)

A (Nelson)

A (196.525)

C (2001)

D (HWT)

Jenni Dole

4

Pat Rollins (Wrestling)

B (Starks)

B (196.800)

C (2001)

D (HWT)

Jenni Dole

4

Ty Vinson (Wrestling)

A (Nelson)

B (196.800)

D (2006)

D (HWT)

Shelby Webber

4

Amanda Rose (S)

A (Nelson)

A (196.525)

B (1997)

D (HWT)

Jenni Dole

3

Marisa Warman (S)

A (Nelson)

B (196.800)

B (1997)

D (HWT)

Rachel O’Brien

4

Correct Answer

A (Nelson)

B (196.800)

C (2001)

D (HWT)

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(Gym)

(WBB)

Standings 1. Men’s basketball (19/30)

2. Swimming (18/30)

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T3. Women’s basketball (17/30)

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Devon Collier

Vital Statistics (Sophomore forward)

2011-12 Season Career

9.4 2.0 2.0 9.4 2.0 2.0

PPG RPG APG 13.1 4.6 1.9 9.6 4.5 1.2

Angus Brandt

Reggie Moore

1

Vital Statistics (Junior guard)

PPG RPG APG 2011-12 Season 9.1 2.5 5.5 Career 10.5 2.6 4.3

Marcus Capers

0

Vital Statistics (Senior guard)

PPG RPG APG 2011-12 Season Career

4.8 4.4 1.7 4.8 3.8 1.6

3

NEIL ABREW The daily Barometer

Why go?

The Beavers haven’t played at home in nearly three weeks. Not to mention, there’s a good chance you’ll go home happy — the Cougars are 0-5 on the road this year in Pac-12 play.

Last time around Washington State beat OSU 81-76 in Pullman on Dec. 31. The Cougars are decent at home, but some would say that was a game (along with the ASU game) the Beavers should have won.

Ahmad Starks

Vital Statistics (Sophomore guard) PPG RPG APG 2011-12 Season 12.8 2.1 2.6 Career 10.0 1.4 2.0

55

Roberto Nelson

Vital Statistics (Sophomore guard) 2011-12 Season Career

PPG RPG 9.7 3.1 8.5 2.4

APG 2.7 2.1

The ball is in the Beavers’ court to close the regular season out with a bang.

Five of their final seven games are at home — where they have a 10-2 record — and they have been on somewhat of a roll lately, winning four of their last five.

Regardless of these favorable conditions, Oregon State (15-8, 5-6 Pac12) still has an obstacle to overcome tonight in the form of Washington State University.

The Beavers lost to the Cougars 81-76 earlier this season, but Head Coach Craig Robinson and the rest of the squad expect a different game this time around.

“I would say we’re a lot different both offensively and defensively,” Robinson said. “I think that from a defensive standpoint we are playing better defense now. We, finally, are starting to understand you need to focus on defense no matter how many points you can score in a game.”

Unfortunately for the Cougars (1211, 4-7), they will be without senior guard Faisal Aden, who’s second on the team in scoring. Aden tore his ACL in his left knee on Jan. 26 in the Cougars’ loss to the University of Arizona. Although Aden only had one point the last time these two teams met, he was averaging 14.5 points per game this season and had earned Pac-12 Player of the Week honors just one week before injuring his knee.

Even with Aden out of the Cougars’ lineup, the Beavers will have their hands full with Wazzou big man Brock Motum. In the New Years Eve game, Motum had 26 points and eight rebounds.

“I feel like our frontcourt is long enough and athletic enough to guard him. We just have to do it,” Robinson said. “I didn’t think we executed it well when we played them the first time and he got off to a really fast start and was playing at home with a lot of confidence and had a great game. We can’t let him do that on See MEN’S HOOPS | page 10

Women’s basketball looks to extend win streak n

OSU has won 4 in a row for first time in a decade, but face team they’ve already lost to

By Jacob Shannon The Daily Barometer

“The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success,” said the great songwriter Irving Berlin.

Last week, the mountain schools were a tangible showcase of just how far Oregon State (15-7, 6-5 Pac-12) has come, really announcing their recovery as program.

They’re currently on a four-game win streak and playing for the upper ranks of the Pac-12. If they win just three of their final seven conference games they would double their win total from last season.

However, the balance between being overconfident and proud is fine line.

“Just keep focusing, we are nowhere

OSU vs. WSU

When: Tonight, 7 p.m.

Where: Pullman, Wash.

near perfect. We are becoming more comfortable, we are understanding each other and playing a lot cleaner,” said coach Scott Rueck. “There are still gaps in our game that we need to close, so there is not time to feel good or complacent, just keep pressing on and looking forward to the next challenge.”

“It takes a lot of belief to win four games in a row, it’s a lot of hard work in the gym, believing, and coming out every night and executing,” said senior guard Earlysia Marchbanks.

The Beavers are 1-4 as conference visitors this season, and don’t expect improving on that record to be easy.

“Every road game is tough, no question. This week we have to change our mind set a little bit, remember what it takes to win on the road, how tough you have to be you can’t take anything

for granted,” Rueck said.

One thing to make the future look more familiar is that the remainder of the Pac-12 schedule is a second chance at the same opponents faced earlier in conference play.

Which team has improved more since their last matchup, and can stay mentally composed down the stretch of the season will be the true test for Oregon State as a program.

“We have improved, and I know our opponents have improved. I think everybody gets better as the season goes on,” Rueck said. “That’s the chess match, we are all evolving as teams, we have to figure out where their strengths are now and count them.”

“Now there’s nothing new.

Everybody has played 10 games, and we know what to expect, and we know the other team’s threats, players, or HANNAH GUSTIN | THE DAILY BAROMETER weapons. We know how to beat them now since we have learned how to do Guard Mollee Schwegler drives to the hoop in Oregon State’s 13-point win See WOMEN’S HOOPS | page 10

over Utah last Saturday.