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SIFC, ASOSU consider transferring health fee from student and incidental fees to mandatory fees By Kat Kothen
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Ashley Moore poses on horseback for DAMchic, a studentrun fashion magazine at OSU.
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What started as a difficult class assignment has rapidly become a widespread success among style and clothing enthusiasts in the Corvallis area. Capitalizing off what they’ve accomplished so far, the student publication DAMchic is looking to broaden its horizons. See DAMCHIC | page 4
Decisions made in the next few weeks could change how the budget for the health fee, required of all students, is determined. There is currently a push to explore moving the health fee, which includes fees for Student Health Services and Counseling and Psychological Services, from being a student and incidental fee to a mandatory fee. This change will mean that the Student and Incidental Fees Committee will no longer govern the health fee body; instead, it will be the University Budgeting Committee. Among those supporting the change is Priscilla Macy, senior in natural resources and chair of the SIFC. “It’s a major conversation that is not finalized by any means,” Macy said. “We want to do this the correct way.” Macy said that the move from SIFC budgeting to UBC budgeting would allow the budgets of both SHS and CAPS to reflect the long-term goals of these organizations. Sherm Bloomer, Oregon State University’s director of budgeting and fiscal planning, agrees that this move would allow for better long-term planning. “What’s really important is getting the process right for the long-term,” Bloomer said. Bloomer said the UBC, which budgets tuition and the mandatory fees, look five years into the future when planning the budgets. The proposed switch would mean that SIFC would lose their role in budget recommendations for the health fee, so those involved are making sure all questions are answered before any decisions are finalized.
Library apps streamlines study groups Finding friends in library made easier by Find-a-Friend app
finish it, new students took it on. The new students were employees in the Valley Library’s Department of Emerging Technologies. They worked By Courtnee’ Morin mostly on tweaking the code and making THE DAILY BAROMETER what was there more efficient, as well as At the beginning of winter term, adding onto the functhe Oregon State tions of the app. University Valley “I hope that it’s a I hope that it’s a way way that students can Library launched a website appli- that students can ease ease communication cation called study groups, as communication with with “Find-a-Friend.” there is a lot of probThe idea for the study groups, as there lems with assigned application came study groups moving is a lot of problems from another camor miscommunicawith assigned study tion,” said Helena pus with a similar app, and OSU librarBales, a sophomore groups moving or ians noticed students in computer science. miscommunication. spending a lot of time “There are email looking around for updates if the study people in the library. Helena Bales creator has changed The app started as Sophomore, computer science the meet up place a computer science or time. If you’re in capstone project, with seniors working on it last year. When they were unable to See APP | page 4
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“What’s the benefit?” asked Taylor Sarman, Associated Students of Oregon State University president and junior in political science. “What’s the cost to student autonomy?” For Sarman, a voting member of the SIFC, these are questions that need to be answered before any changes are made to the health fee. He said that if the health fee budget were moved out of the hands of SIFC, then ASOSU would most likely never be able to switch the health fee back to being budgeted as a student
incidental fee. His main worry is the potential loss of student voice. Ultimately, to begin the switch, SHS and CAPS need to support it. This decision lies with their respective student advisory boards. According to Ryan Boone, chair of the Student Health Advisory Board, SHAB has already voted yes to exploring the option of changing to the mandatory See SIFC | page 4
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Students’ robots navigate timed challenges during the FIRST Tech Challenge, hosted by OSU Saturday in the Kelley Engineering Center.
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Saturday, Feb. 7, FIRST Tech Challenge returned to Oregon State University for its annual qualifying competition. This is the first of four competitions for the first run of Oregon Robotics Tournament and Outreach Program. ORTOP and its Oregon affiliate partners run the tournament with help from OSU. The building of the robots starts in the beginning of September, and then teams enter competitions. Middle and high school teams compete in the competitions. Those who qualify will move onto the superqualifying rounds. Half of those teams will go from there to the state See ROBOTICS | page 2
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Harassment halted Officers from OSP interviewed a woman who alleged that a man had been following her and “acting creepy” for the past five months. Following that interview, officers located and interviewed the man, who allegedly admitted to the behavior of which he was accused. Officers advised the man to stop harassing the woman. Officers from DPS informed the man that he would henceforth be banned from all campus housing aside from his own residence hall. A resident director was informed of the situation and was present as a witness while officers interacted with the alleged perpetrator.
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Hit-and-run Officers from Oregon State Police and Department of Police Safety responded to reports of a vehicle-to-vehicle hit-and-run incident that allegedly occurred in the north parking lot of McNary and Callahan Halls Saturday evening. According to OSP logs, officers spoke with the witness, who had reported the incident, and were able to determine a license plate and vehicle description of the suspect’s vehicle. Officers were able to contact the owner of the vehicle that was hit and provide the victim with a case number. Officers logged they were able to later contact the suspected perpetrator and interview the driver and passengers who were in the car at the time of the incident. Through these investigative interviews, OSP officers determined that the driver was unaware that he had hit the victim’s vehicle. Officers collected both victim and suspect information, and a crash report will be filed.
Missing wallet A student contacted university dispatch to report that he had forgotten his wallet at Dixon Recreation Center, and when he retrieved it, $73 was missing. An OSP officer investigated the situation and logged that he contacted the manager at the recreation center. The manager allegedly told the officer that the center’s video surveillance “has not been functional for several months,” and he could not provide names of individuals who had checked in at the center within a specific time frame.
Need to now Neighborhood Watch reports: Corvallis Neighborhood Watch committees have participated in a long-term collection of data on crimes in the city of Corvallis. According to a report tracking burglaries from 2006 – 2014, a little more than 1,500 residential burglaries took place between Jan. 1, 2006 and Dec. 31, 2014. This provides an average of roughly 14 homes burgled per month in Corvallis. According to additional data from the report, unlocked homes are about three times more likely to be burgled than locked homes and thefts from vehicles take place just as often during daylight hours as they do during nighttime. Roughly 70% of burglaries did not appear to involve forced entry, implying that homes and vehicles were not locked at the time. Corvallis Neighborhood Watch urges residents to lock their homes and vehicles whenever they are away from their homes as well as when they go to sleep. The Daily Barometer news@dailybarometer.com
Wednesday, February 4 cash and soda was stolen from the machines. The machines were reportedly broken on two separate dates, Feb. 1 and Feb. 3, and were located on two OSP investigated an incident of property damage separate floors of the hotel. The machines have at the Hilton Garden Inn on Southwest Western since been repaired. Boulevard. A staff member reportedly told officers that two Coca-Cola vending machines had their The Daily Barometer locks drilled out and an undetermined amount of news@dailybarometer.com
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especially because it was a they had made to the stuteam of girls I saw,” Jordan dents, and they even took the said. “Many times we see girls students on a tour of where are team leaders, especially they work. Martha in middle Kemple, school teams a teacher because they at Bandon The teams get pick up on School technical so excited and start High and a coach s t u f f re a l quick, and yelling and screaming for the competition, was they are betand just get excited to see ter with the so animated. her students team buildto compete ing and the with a robot Dale Jordan speaking they had FIRST Tech Challenge board member aspects of been working team leading on since October. At Bandon, before the boys.” The robotics club from the robotics team was formed OSU was at the event, having as an extracurricular class shown some of the robots which students from all
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Middle and high school students’ robots compete in Saturday’s FIRST Tech Challenge at Oregon State University.
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competition, and those who pass the state round will go to the world championship in the middle of April in St. Louis. “The key purpose of this is to provide a fun way to learn about engineering and math and science,” said Dale Jordan, a board member of the FIRST Tech Challenge and a field tech at the competition at OSU. “There are also a lot of technical and even non technical aspects to this, like team work.” The tournament teaches students how to work together and share information and strategies, even the basics of scouting. “You’re really encouraged to work together and be creative: You’ll be partners with a team in one round and opponents with them the next. It teaches you to work and share with teams you don’t know. The real difference between this and athletic competitions is that with athletics, the plays are made by the coaches, and here the teams make the designs and the plays. The coaches provide skills, but it’s ultimately up to the students,” said Bruce Schafer, executive head of ORTOP and the lead inspector at the competition. To complete the timed challenge, robots pulled down a lever, dropped small balls into the tournament space and then took a ball up a ramp. Each group, red and blue, had two teams that were switched out through each round. “The teams get so excited and start yelling and screaming and just get so animated; that’s what we like to see,
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grades could join. Her team consists of four freshman, five sophomores and two juniors. “It’s great to see the teamwork of the students come together, and it’s really great to have this as a class. It’s really hands on and the students get to explore this stuff for the whole year. The class focuses on design, programming and implementation, as well as making sure the students can work together and provide a large dose of creativity,” Kemple said. After this competition, the students will focus on the underwater robotics competition coming up later this year. Courtnee’ Morin, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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Teenage love reignites 30 years later By Joce DeWitt
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SALEM — Debbie Payne’s passport is littered with purple stamps. They show a variety of dates and Spanish words, but most have a destination in common: Chile. Once a representation of her fondest teenage memories, the country has in recent years taken on a new meaning for Payne. It’s the home of her first love, Francisco Javier Cabello Moraga, and the place where she intends to relocate so that after more than 30 years of separation, the two can reunite permanently. She said the love story that brought her and Moraga to where they are today started when Payne, now a Salem resident, was 16 and attending Silverton High School. Through the student exchange program American Field Service, Payne, who had never traveled, left her Silverton home behind and headed for South America. “Our high school would receive kids from other countries and send some out,� she said. She had expected to live in Chile with her host family for a year and leave in December 1980, but because of political unrest, exchange students were held in the country for an extended period of time, she said. This wasn’t a problem for Payne, though, because by that time, she was already in love. She met Moraga when he lived down the street from her host family. “He was raised in a really small pueblo, and the schools aren’t very good,� she said. “His mom sent Francisco to the bigger city to get an education.� It wasn’t until her host brother got married, though, that they became more than friends. Moraga was in charge of the music at the wedding. With bold intentions, Payne walked over to him and asked
whether he had a girlfriend. He said no. She also asked if he liked someone. He said yes. “We were flirting throughout the wedding ceremony,� she said. “He asked to see my class ring I was wearing, and it got stuck. We went to the bathroom to take it off, and that’s when he kissed me the first time.� The pair were inseparable from then on, Payne said. She got to know his family — a single mom and two sisters — in his home of Pumanque, Chile. But soon, her extended stay timed out, and she had to return home, leaving Moraga behind. She had every intention of returning after graduating, she said. “It was a real true love,� she said. The two kept in touch by writing letters for six months after she left Chile. After she graduated, she got married to a high school boyfriend and around the same time learned that Moraga intended to get married, as well. Months after her own wedding, they wished each other well, Payne said. “Then there was no contact.� But even when they weren’t in touch, Payne thought about Moraga consistently. She frequently searched for him online. And then one day, in September 2009, she typed Francisco Javier Cabello Moraga into the search bar on Facebook and got results she had been seeking for nearly 30 years. She found the profile of a man with the same name. In the one picture she could see, he was balding. “It didn’t look like him,� she said. But with the same boldness that she showed at her host brother’s wedding so many years before, she typed a message to him. “Eres tu?� she asked. Is it you? The man responded with “Gringa,� the word used to describe foreign girls and what he called her when they first met. Moraga and Payne continued to talk, and several months later, she went to
visit him and stayed for nearly a year. She learned he had kept old letters she had written him, just as she had kept his. He had been separated from his wife for 11 years, and her marriage ended in divorce after her trip. She returned to spend time with family in the summer and then traveled back to Chile on a tourist’s visa. That cycle continued for years until Payne’s family obligations drew her back to Oregon for longer periods of time. “I was never setting up my roots. I was just at my brother’s house or my son’s house, never planning on staying,� she said. Throughout her travels, Payne has learned to speak Spanish fluently, but there are times when communication can be a challenge, she said. “He can tell when I don’t completely understand by my face expressions, so we laugh about it,� she said. “We figure it out.� Debbie Payne, 51, of Silverton has reconnected with her first love, Francisco Javier Cabello Moraga, of Chile. The two met when she was a 16-year-old exchange student. (Photo: DANIELLE PETERSON / Statesman Journal) Last summer, the routine changed and Moraga came to Oregon for the first time. Payne said he had an eye-opening experience, and she showed him many places, like the redwoods and Crater Lake. His favorite things, they discovered, were garage sales. Because of visa requirements, Moraga returned to Chile, and the two have no plans to see each other until summer, when she will make a permanent move and find work in Chile. The couple have also discussed marriage. “Our dialogue between Francisco and I is we’re getting too old for this separation stuff. The time is too precious. Every day it’s the same thing: I miss you; I don’t want to be without you.�
SEIU Local 503 outlines legislative priorities By Hannah Hoffman STATESMAN JOURNAL
SALEM — The state’s largest public employee union has a well-known political function that is heavily involved in both campaigns and the Oregon Legislature. Many state employees give money to this function as part of their dues —not all; it’s not mandatory — and it’s very public what Service Employees International Union Local 503 supports during campaign season, not least because all campaign finance transactions are published online. It is perhaps a bit harder to know what the union is doing in the Capitol. I sat down with several representatives from SEIU to learn what they have planned for this year inside committee rooms and legislative offices. The union has joined Fair Shot Oregon, a group set up to advocate for changes to workplace policies, such as sick time and minimum-wage laws. Both parties have said helping the middle class and expanding the economic recovery to struggling rural Oregon are priorities this year. State workers will likely notice that this platform actually has little to do with them. Most are already paid more than the proposed minimum wages being discussed, which range between $12 and $15 per hour. State workers already receive sick leave, and they have an excellent retirement program.
The SEIU platform doesn’t stop with the Fair Shot agenda. The union has some of its own goals it hopes to accomplish, which are more specific to the people it represents. It is focused on the budget in four areas: seniors and child care, higher education, health care, and in-home care. Home care workers joined SEIU a few years ago, but they are legally exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act, which means they are exempt from laws that mandate things such as overtime. The union is working to get this changed at the state level, which could affect a large number of its members. The state budget is, of course, crucial to state employees. If the state stops paying for a service, it no longer needs employees to provide that service. The union has one more idea it wants to promote this year, which it says will raise revenue and create an incentive for companies to pay more than the minimum wage, even if they’re not required to. The union calls it the “Employer-Related Public Benefit Fee.� There is no bill drafted yet, but it would require any company with more than 250 employees that pays wages less than $12 per hour to pay a fee to the government, which would reimburse taxpayers for the social services — welfare, food stamps, rent assistance, etc. — those low-paid employees are likely using.
Attorney General mulls Hays probe, recall petitions too early reported Hayes does not appear to have reported some of her PORTLAND TRIBUNE income during this period to SALEM — SALEM — Oregon the IRS. Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said her office is looking into whether to launch an investigation of First Lady Meanwhile, two prospective Cylvia Hayes’ private consulting business and Gov. John petitions to recall Kitzhaber Kitzhaber’s possible involve- were filed with the secretary ment in securing some of those of state’s office this week. On Friday, two members of Repubcontracts. “Recent allegations relat- lican Dennis Richardson’s 2014 ing to Gov. Kitzhaber and Ms. gubernatorial campaign filed Hayes are very serious — and a petition with the secretary of troubling,� Rosenblum said in a state’s office. Charlie Pearce was Richardstatement emailed to the Pamplin Media Group/EO Media son’s campaign manager, and Group Capital Bureau Friday Jacob Daniels served as the morning. “My office is consid- campaign’s attorney. Pearce ering all of our legal options to confirmed in an email Friday ensure that we are best serving that they filed paperwork to create a political action comthe state.� Rosenblum issued the state- mittee called Oregonians for ment after Republican state Public Integrity to raise money lawmakers called for her to in support of the recall effort. Pearce and Daniels includinvestigate Kitzhaber and Hayes’ activities. News has con- ed several allegations against tinued to trickle out in recent Kitzhaber in their petition, months that Hayes used state including “facilitating the resources to further her con- first lady’s use of the goversulting business and was paid nor’s mansion in order for his by groups with an interest in household to make financial gains,� and “withholding pubstate policy. Willamette Week first report- lic records requests from being ed in October that Hayes was disclosed which are relevant to paid at least $85,000 for work this pay to play scandal.� Oregon City resident Arin that overlapped with policies on which she was an official, Marcus also filed a recall petialthough unpaid, adviser to the tion earlier this week, that governor. The Pamplin Media included allegations Kitzhaber Group/EO Media Group Capi- failed to protect Oregon busital Bureau reported Jan. 27 nesses, families and children. Under the Oregon Constithat Hayes was paid an additional $118,000 by a Washing- tution, the governor or any ton, D.C., nonprofit called the other official must be in office, Clean Economy Development in his or her current term, for Center that worked in 2014 to six months before anyone can organize a coalition in support launch a recall effort. That led of a permanent Oregon low- Secretary of State Kate Brown to announce Friday evening carbon fuels standard. When an additional job that that the petitions were filed too paid Hayes $25,000 in 2011 is early. Kitzhaber’s term began factored in, Hayes’ contracting Jan. 12. Any recall effort would also work during Kitzhaber’s third term appears to have brought have to collect a large number of valid signatures to move in more than $200,000. Willamette Week has also forward: equal to at least 15
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percent of the votes cast in the most recent election for governor. Based on ballots cast for governor in November 2014, that would be 220,458 verified signatures. Recall petitioners would have 90 days to collect that many valid signatures. Once signatures are certified, the official who is the target of the recall has a choice: Resignation, or a statement about why he or she refuses to resign. An election must be scheduled for no later than 35 days after the resignation deadline. If the official is recalled, the secretary of state would become governor. It is not unprecedented for an Oregon governor to remain in office, despite facing multiple recall attempts. Barbara
Roberts was the target of three recall attempts while she was governor from 1991 to 1994, but none of those qualified for a statewide vote. Daniels was not deterred by the number of signatures necessary or other challenges of a potential recall. “We think we can get the 220,000-plus signatures,� Daniels said on Friday evening. Daniels said the Oregonians for Public Integrity political action committee would work on building support for a recall and file another prospective petition in mid-July. Hillary Borrud is a reporter with the Pamplin Media Group/EO Media Group Capital Bureau in Salem.
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editors and models — all of them OSU students. Creative Director Brooklyn During summer 2012, for- Cochran, a junior in pre-graphic mer School of Design and design, said DAMchic’s content Human Environment instructor is designed to appeal to as wide Keith Nishida gave his fashion an audience as possible. “It’s students on campus, styling class a tough final projboth boys and girls — basically ect: produce a 40-page magaanyone that’s into fashion,” zine in just four weeks. His students took to the Cochran said. Readers can keep up with challenge, and after meeting with Oregon State University activity blogs on social media alumni in the apparel industry, or view full online issues. According to Eliot Frack, edithey finished tor-in-chief, what would the magazine later be their gets a large It’s students on first issue, portion of the simply titled campus, both clothing in its “DAMchic.” boys and girls — spreads from The publocal retailbasically anyone lic took an ers. Stores instant likthat’s into fashion. like Second ing to their Glance, work. Based Maurice’s and Brooklyn Cochran on the posiLulu’s allow Creative Director of DAMchic, junior, pretive response OSU’s volungraphic design from readers, teer models Nishida and to “portray a his students Northwest lifestyle”. decided to form an official club. Now that they’ve developed Since then, the magazine a steady following, DAMchic has been produced at the start is looking to Portland, the largof fall, winter and spring term. est fashion center in the state, They’ve been nominated for for new clothing and sponthe Portland Style and Fashion sors. Several of their spring Courtesy of Teresa Yoshiura Awards’ “People’s Choice” twice 2015 issue’s photo shoots have (From left to right) Student models Amanda Finstad, a pre- and won in 2013. already taken place in the The staff, which started at just Portland area. merchandising major, and Rebekah Holman, a food science eight from the initial fashion “We’re kind of breaking out and technology major, pose for a DAMchic photo shoot. styling class, has grown to more into new and different markets than 50 writers, photographers, … to see if we can get clothing from people at Nike or people with Portland brands,” Frack said. “When you talk about the E F uge ly E $$ fashion capitals of America, $ UG E ne you’ve got L.A., New York — SAV Air Portland is kind of its own disp Shu ort tinct vibe that we have going ttl on. It’s very unique, very Keep e Portland Weird, but also you have some really cool stuff that’s coming out of there.” For reservations: By tapping into the profitable market in Portland, the magawww.omnishuttle.com Fly $
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zine is hoping for more clothes and more ads. Promotion from Portland designers will also open the doors to what Frack called “the next level of professionalism.” That transition, however, is still a ways off. The club’s faculty advisor, Allison Ramsing, said DAMchic’s expansion is in its “baby stages.” “It really is brand new,” Ramsing said. “The magazine is growing tremendously …
the quality has skyrocketed since our first issue. We’re in the process of reaching out to stores there and featuring clothes from Portland and advertising Portland businesses in the magazine.” Ramsing said that with enough funding, they could potentially afford print issues rather than keeping to a strictly online format. Chris Correll, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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make it better.” The Instructions and Emerging Technologies Librarian, Laurie Bridges, also hopes to hear student feedback so that the app can be improved, a class that you don’t know anyone in, you can as the ultimate design is to help students. look at the app and see that they happen to be “This application was designed by students studying for the midterm.” and implemented by students, so we’re really Brandon Straley, another computer science looking for feedback. The ultimate design is to major, also helped with the project. help students study and find each other in the “As a fifth-year senior, I wish there was some- library,” Bridges said. thing like this in my first or second year to connect Find-a-Friend works through ONID log-in, with friends and find a place to study,” Straley and emails can be sent through the app to other said. “So having an app to find a place to study students to schedule meet up times in or out of and have a discussion board to talk if maybe the library. The app also allows for anonymous someone couldn’t make the time that was set up posting, for students not wanting to give out their is a godsend. Even now, having something like names at first. this is a good asset.” “We hope this will give a way to bring people Straley and Bales might end up working with together who have similar classes and make a the app more as student feedback comes in or if group and meet new people,” Bridges said. there are bugs to work out with the system. The app can be found off of the library website “Hopefully as people use it, they can give us or at findfriend.library.oregonstate.edu. feedback,” Straley said. “Things to fix, things to ask. Even though we’re finished and launched, Courtnee’ Morin, news reporter I hope people can give us feedback and we can news@dailybarometer.com
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fees system. “We are exploring to make sure the student voice is heard,” said Boone, a graduate student in biochemistry and biophysics. “We want to make it so students have a stronger voice.” Macy said that if the new fee process for the health fee were adopted, the SHS and CAPS student advisory boards would be merged into one holistic health advisory board. She said this board would include members of ASOSU, the CAPS advisory board and the SHS advisory board. It would the responsibility of this board to reflect the needs of CAPS and SHS in their budgeting recommendations, which would be sent to the UBC and then to OSU’s president Ed Ray. “It would be a wide array of students making the decision,” Macy said. “Rather than just six people.” However, the university is not
currently required to maintain open house hearings to make the new health advisory board their decision. The open house, which is Feb. 12, is where all if it were created. But university administrators student fee funded organizahave expressed support for the tions present their budgets to proposed new board. Bloomer SIFC again and SIFC detersaid that he doesn’t see any- mines the recommendations thing changing in terms of they will pass to ASOSU. If approved by both boards, student voice and the presence Macy said she would like to see of a student advisory board. “This wouldn’t change the legislation to make the switch student consultation part of it,” be passed through the ASOSU joint session, Bloomer said. which occurs “It’s incredibly Feb. 18. important to We are exploring to “ASOSU both SHS and CAPS.” make sure the student has to decide the To move voice is heard. ... We that’s process the health fee want to make it so they want,” to mandatory Bloomer said. fees, first both students have a “Nothing hapCAPS and SHS stronger voice. pens if ASOSU student advidoesn’t come sory boards forward with Ryan Boone would have to a suggestion.” Student Health Advisory Board Chair, vote yes to the The SIFC graduate student, biochemistry and biophysics switch, then open house is legislation would have to pass through the open to the public. It is 5 to 10 ASOSU Congress, ending with p.m. in the Memorial Union approval from Sarman and Ray. Ballroom Feb. 12. SIFC has given SHS and Kat Kothen, associate news editor CAPS a deadline of the SIFC news@dailybarometer.com
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“I personally think defense is great. I love it.” That is what junior guard Gary Payton II had to say following the Beavers’ 64-50 victory over the visiting Washington Huskies, a game in which the Beaver defense held the Huskies without a field goal for the first 12 minutes of the game. “Our guys went out there and made good plays,” said head coach Wayne Tinkle. “Setting the tone defensively was huge.” Even when the shots were not falling for the Beavers (16-7, 7-4 Pac-12) who went on five minutes without a field goal late in the first half, they were able to turn Husky (14-9, 3-8) turnovers into easy buckets. The Beavers scored 17 points off of the 22 Husky turnovers, 12 of which were off the fast break. Whereas the Huskies only managed two fast-break point and nine points off 16 Beaver turnovers. “When you get those steals and you get those big stops, it’s a big weight off your shoulders,” said sophomore guard Malcolm Duvivier.
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Junior forward Victor Robbins focuses before taking a shot at the free throw line against Mississippi State in Gill Coliseum Dec. 13, 2014. The three games leading up to Sunday’s contest, the Beavers struggled offensively, averaging 48 points during that stretch. Against the Huskies the Beavers were able to get their offense back on track — despite not making a three-pointer until two minutes left in the game. Four Beavers eclipsed the double digits scoring, with Payton II leading
the way with 17 points. Duvivier added 14 points, junior forward Langston Morris-Walker — who has been in a shooting slump the last couple games — added 11 points, with junior forward Jarmal Reid contributing 12 points off of the bench. “We were just moving the ball,”
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Oregon State junior forward Victor Robbins, 20, was arrested and subsequently released early Sunday morning. Robbins was cited and booked at the Benton County Jail Sunday for driving under the influence of intoxicants. Robbins, who was already serving a 10-game suspension for violating athletic department policy, was at the Beavers’ game Sunday against Washington. Fewer than eight minutes into the game, Robbins was approached by a member of the programs’ staff, which led to Robbins leaving the court and heading for the locker room. The junior forward — who hails from Compton, Calif. — was a key component to the Beavers’ resurgence early in the year, especially in their upset of then No. 6 Arizona. Since his absence, the Beavers have gone 5-3, with all of those losses coming on the road. At the time of his departure, Robbins had been third for the team in points per game (10.3), while averaging 3.5 rebounds, and was in double digits in the steals column. He was set to return in mid February. Robbins’ bail is listed at $12,500, with a court date still to be determined. The Daily Barometer
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Oregon State women’s basketball earned its first conference loss this weekend — on the road — to Washington Friday night. But the Beavers were able to rally for a win against Washington State Sunday afternoon. Going into the away games against the Washington schools, Oregon State (21-2, 11-1 Pac-12) knew that it was in for a challenging weekend after the last time these schools met at Gill this season.
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The first Oregon State versus Washington State (13-10, 4-8) game was a thriller, with the Beavers coming back from a 16 point second half deficit to win 73-70. Likewise, the first Washington (17-6, 6-5) matchup was very close until the Beavers pulled away late in the second half to win 75-67. But this time the Beavers faced these two opponents, they only came out on top against the Cougars. Friday night, Oregon State
faced the Huskies in Seattle, and nothing could go right for the Beavers. They shot a season low of 37.7 percent from the field, well below their average of 46.4 percent. Oregon State could not find production from the floor, while Washington found it from all parts of the floor. The Huskies saw an even point spread of their fieldgoals coming equally from the paint, midrange and behind the arc. Oregon State senior guard Ali Gibson came up big for the Beavers in the first half and kept them afloat. However, Washington went into halftime off a three point justin quinn | THE DAILY BAROMETER score at the buzzer to lead 37-31, Sophomore guard Sydney Wiese takes a shot from behind the arc against the UCLA Bruins See WOMEN’S HOOPS | page 6 Feb. 2 in Corvallis.
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a 0-0 tie forced extra innings. Even the Cal Poly score in the eighth inning was unearned.
The OSU offense was stagnant against Cal Poly, recording just one By Josh Worden hit and four walks through eight THE DAILY BAROMETER 18-31 record from last year. Strong innings while striking out 10 times. The Oregon State softball team pitching was the basis of success for Senior third baseman CJ Chirichigno was the lone Beaver with a hit, going nearly opened the 2015 season with OSU in Arizona. 1-for-4 after being held hitless the a perfect 6-0 mark in the Kajikawa Junior pitcher Bev Miller tossed Classic in Tempe, Ariz., losing only three complete games, allowing previous games against Wisconsin the final of the six games in extra just one earned run between those and Nevada. The Cal Poly contest was an atypical game for OSU in innings to Cal Poly Sunday, 1-0. games. Though she was credited the young season: the Beavers had Cal Poly scored in the bottom of with the loss in the Cal Poly contest notched double-digit runs in two of the eighth inning to take the victory, Sunday, it was as hard-earned of a but the Beavers are 5-1 and already loss as it gets. She held the Mustangs their first five games while going 5-0. well on their way to improving their scoreless through seven innings but See SOFTBALL | page 6
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In the Beavers’ 5-0 win over Wisconsin on Saturday, seven of the nine OSU players with an at bat notched at least one hit, while Miller reciprocated the effort in the circle, pitching a complete game shutout. Miller ended the Kajikawa
Even the stellar pitching in the Cal Poly game couldn’t quite push the Beavers to a 6-0 record against Cal Poly. The offense was crippled by the 10 strikeouts, while the eight players left on base only exacerbated the issue. Cal
While Miller handled the majority of the pitching duties for OSU, senior Between the 13-0 win over Pacific pitcher Melanie Dembinski spent nine on Thursday and the 10-6 victory over innings in the circle, collecting two wins Indiana on Friday, OSU tallied 25 hits in the process. She allowed just one run and 13 walks. and two walks while striking out 11.
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and the momentum shifted coming into the second half. Washington looked much like the Beavers usually do by spreading the floor with quick passes to find the open player. The Beavers found themselves down 12 with just less than 12 minutes left in the game, but they were unable to overcome the large margin and got their first conference loss 76-67. Oregon State was able to bounce back from the loss and get the victory Sunday afternoon against Washington State. It did not look good early for the Beavers, as they once again found themselves down 16 against the Cougars only seven minutes into the game. But like last time they faced Washington State, the Beavers maintained their composure
Poly didn’t make it easy: the Mustangs didn’t commit any errors and held to Beavers to 1-for-9 hitting in two-out situations and 1-for-6 with runners in scoring position. Meanwhile, Cal Poly freshman pitcher Sierra Hyland pitched 164 pitches to the 94 pitches tossed by OSU’s Miller. Neither team recorded an extra base hit. Even though the Beavers were outhit against Nevada, 10-5, they scraped out the 4-2 victory. With a runner on third base and less than two outs, Nevada was 0-for-2, while the Beavers went 3-for4. OSU left 11 players on base but still managed to come out with a victory. The Beaver defense started the year strong, going the first two games without an error. After committing three errors against Indiana in the third contest of the season, OSU limited itself to two defensive mistakes in the last three games. OSU will only have a few days of rest before heading on the road again Thursday for the Campbell/ Cartier Classic held by San Diego State University. Between Feb. 12 and 14, the Beavers will play five games: one each against Central Michigan, San Diego State, and Seton Hall, and twice against North Dakota State. The first Pac-12 game for the Beavers will be March 13 against Oregon, while the first home game of the season will come March 21 versus Stanford.
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and slowly fought back to come within one point heading into halftime 30-31. The Beavers found their stride in the second half and looked more like their usual selves on the court. Yet it wasn’t until eight minutes into the second half that Oregon State got its first lead of the game. It came from none other than a three from sophomore guard Sydney Weise. In addition to being a turning point in the game, it placed Weise at the top of the record books at Oregon State with the all-time records for three pointers made at 179 and counting. After taking the lead in the beginning, The Beavers only gave it up once before the end. They were ahead by seven at one point, but ulti-
mately won 61-56. It was a battle for both teams, and the deciding factor ultimately came down to production at the charity stripe. Each team had six successful 3-pointers, and Washington State had two more made baskets than Oregon State. But the Beavers were 13-20 at the free throw line, while Washington State went 4-6. The teams were fairly even in most stats categories except one: turnovers. The Beavers had a total of 19 turnovers, while the Cougars only had 10. Washington State was able to get 12 points off those turnovers and the Beavers were fortunate that they didn’t have more. The Beavers were happy to come out of the game with a win. Their next match takes place in Gill Friday, Feb. 13 at 6 p.m. against Arizona State. Sarah Kerrigan, sports reporter On Twitter @skerrigan123 sports@dailybarometer.com
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Junior guard Gary Payton II looks on during the Beavers’ game against Washington in Corvallis Feb. 8.
MEN’S HOOPS n Continued from page 5 Payton II said. “The ball wasn’t sticking and everyone was getting easy buckets at the rim. It was just hard for them to guard.” Oregon State, not usually a team known for its depth coming off the bench, outscored the Husky bench 18-4. The bench was Reid, who followed up his 20 point effort against Washington State with 13 points going 3-4 from the field while going a perfect 6-6 from the free-throw line. But it was center Cheikh N’diaye with the unexpected lift for the Beavers off of the bench. The 7-foot sophomore scored six points in his 13 minutes of action — the most minutes he has played in conference play — after Reid and junior forward Daniel Gomis got into early foul trouble. “He gave us a big put back when (Washington) was starting to get momentum,” Tinkle said. “(N’diaye) made a cou-
ple of plays at the rim that altered some shots and got us a couple of loose balls or offensive rebounds to get extra possessions.” With the victory the Beavers are now a perfect 14-0 at Gill Coliseum, which is a first for the program; against the Huskies a season high 9,114 fans were in attendance. “Our players are the one to respond and get us the wins,” said Tinkle. “But we thought the crowd gave us the energy.” Winning at home is one thing, but playing and winning on the road has been a difficult task for Oregon State; this week they will travel to Los Angeles hoping to bring a little of that Gill magic on the road where the Beavers are only 2-7 away from Corvallis. “I’m proud of them for getting that momentum,” Tinkle said. “Now we just have to learn how to take this on the road.” Brian Rathbone, sports reporter On Twitter @brathbone3 sports@dailybarometer.com
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piritual wellness was not on the original health triangle back in our days of awkward middle school health classes. There was physical, mental-emotional and social. As a result, spiritual health is often times neglected or written off. But spiritual health is not something that should be ignored. Spiritual health is just as significant as other areas of health and should be given just as much nourishment. A common misconception is that it has to include religion to be functional as “spiritual” health. While this is a noteworthy factor, it’s not the over-arcing meaning, being defined by the University of California, Riverside as “a personal matter involving values and beliefs that provide a purpose in our lives.” This can be as simple as feeling thankful for your mere existence on a sunny day, meditating or regularly attending a place of worship and religion. These actions are crucial to maintaining a healthy perspective on life. We strongly suggest attending the upcoming events for this Spiritual Wellness Week, the theme of which is “Courage, Compassion and an Open Heart.” Monday, there is a meditation walk, and Shabnam Mogharabi, the CEO of the organization SoulPancake, will be speaking in the Memorial Union Ballroom. For those of you who know and love Kid President, you should definitely check this out. Tuesday holds a wide series of discussions and events ranging from all campus worship to an information fair to cultural spirituality. Wednesday has a Door of Opportunity event that takes place throughout campus, inviting students to take the next step in a journey toward spiritual health, as well as a talk from Mark Unno, a Buddhist priest and University of Oregon professor of religion. Thursday will conclude the week with an Open Labyrinth Walk, a talk from the Latter-Day Saints Student Association on Salvation and a Multifaith Faculty Panel presentation. Hopefully, the conclusion of this week will not mean the conclusion of spiritual health for many students here at Oregon State University. We understand that midterms are upon us and finals are creeping around the corner and both are possible excuses for not attending these events. But having a healthy outlook on life is just the base work for leading a healthy life. Don’t ignore your spiritual health.
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his past year, specifically May 2014 for Oregon, has been a huge step forward in the advancement of gay rights in America, with multiple states across the country striking down their ban on gay marriage — even in Alabama. Unfortunately, even with these steps forward, that does not mean that discrimination has been eradicated on a personal level, even though it may be on a legal level. In January 2013, a battle started between Aaron and Melissa Klien, owners of a Gresham, Ore. bakery named Sweet Cakes By Melissa, and lesbian couple Rachel Cryer and Laurel Bowman. The Kleins denied to make a cake for Cryer and Bowman’s wedding, saying that it went against their Christian beliefs. This sparked a national debate, with many people taking opposite sides on this hot topic. Eventually, Cryer and Bowman decided to take their case to court, citing that the Kleins violated the Oregon Equality Act, which protects discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgender people. Last week, an Oregon judge decided in favor of Cryer and Bowman, saying that the Kleins did in fact violate discrimination laws. This means that the Kleins will be required to pay up to $150,000 in damages to the couple, who were officially married last spring after
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the change in Oregon Law. A case like this has cause emotion to stir on both sides of the argument. Those who side with the Kleins argue that they are having their religious freedom violated and should not have those freedoms infringed by their business. Those on the side of Cryer and Bowman argue with the law that nobody should be refused of service because of their sexual orientation. At the most basic level, it seems like a really poor business model to refuse service to a fairly significant group of potential customers. On a moralistic level, it is preposterous to refuse somebody based on their sexual orientation. To cite a religion that is supposed to be loving and accepting of all as the reason for discrimination goes against what that religion is really all about. To those who say it should be the Kleins’s right to serve and not serve who they wish, this sounds a lot like arguments that were made before the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Not serving somebody based on See SALING | page 8
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he 2015 Munich Security Conference ended on Saturday, and while most of the attention was focused on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, another important issue was the unfair sanctions the United States and the U.N. have placed on Iran in order to halt development of an Iranian nuclear weapons program. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Iran’s foreign minister Javad Zarif to discuss a possible agreement that would bow to the bullying that Obama and his administration infringe on yet another country’s right to bear nuclear arms. The pattern shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. President Obama has publicly expressed a desire to live in a “world without nuclear weapons” and approved of new sanctions against North Korea in 2013 following their continued attempts to develop a viable nuclear weapons program. The president has repeatedly shown himself to be an enemy to nuclear rights and perfectly willing to use whatever means necessary to steal, destroy and restrict the nuclear weapons of global citizens. Of course, this is anything but stupidity or ignorance on the president’s part. His efforts at nuclear disarmament are another step in his plan to control the world as a tyrant-king. Once he has successfully forced foreign countries to abandon their
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Early learning key to Kitzhaber’s education plan By Joce DeWitt STATESMAN JOURNAL
SALEM — Walking into Mrs. Maria Rodriguez’s classroom at the Bethel Head Start in east Salem is a lot like walking into your best friend’s cozy living room. Natural light pours in from the north wall windows that look out over sprawling farmland. The room itself is filled with children at small tables who hold different games that, at a glance, seem like they would be played just for fun: blocks, glass containers with colored sand, coloring stations and Play-Doh. But look a little closer and it becomes apparent that the kids, ages 3-5, are not just playing around. They are stacking colored blocks into recognizable patterns, forming the Play-Doh into shapes and writing letters in the sand with their fingers. They’re engaged in “purposeful choice time,” said Stephanie Whetzel, student services coordinator for Early Childhood Programs in the Salem-Keizer School District. This time includes activities meant to enhance fine motor skills, communication and sharing. Student projects also mark the walls and shelves throughout the classroom — and one hanging above the carpeted area opposite the windows seems to display the effectiveness of these activities. The project tracks the students’ progress in drawing self-portraits. White pieces of paper mounted on black cardstock show portraits drawn by the students in September and January. In September, a student named
traction. But the governor’s education policy adviser and leaders in the state’s early learning initiatives said conversations about early childhood education that are now swirling in the Legislature and communities are a result of his emphasis on the subject.
Melissa scribbled messy lines and egg-shaped circles across the entire sheet of paper. Four months later, she drew what was clearly a person with stick legs, eyes, a nose and hair. “With our self-portraits, we are definitely working on fine motor skills. Students are also learning about what people look like, how people are different and how they are alike. They are developing basic math skills such as shape recognition and understanding the part-to-whole relationship. They are naming facial features and are learning to follow steps in a sequence,” Whetzel said. Ahtziri Hernandez, 5, looks at her painting during a Head Start class at Bethel School near Salem on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. (Photo: ANNA REED / Statesman Journal) This classroom and the preelementary school instruction are at the heart of Gov. John Kitzhaber’s focus on early childhood education. Invest more now; reap the benefits later. In other words, this demonstrates Kitzhaber’s strategy to bolster early childhood learning with the intent of increasing the state’s academic performance, preparing more students for college and careers and decreasing future spending on prisons and social services. Proposing the investment of $135 million into Oregon’s early learning programs, Kitzhaber has positioned early childhood education as a hot topic for this legislative session. With years of research that support early learning’s effectiveness, some wonder why this issue just now is gaining
Kitzhaber’s vision Kitzhaber’s education goals have been clearly detailed. Ten years from now: 95 percent of third-graders reading at grade level, 100 percent high school graduation rate, and 40-40-20 — which says 40 percent of adult Oregonians will have at least a baccalaureate degree, 40 percent will have an associate degree or career certificate, and the remaining 20 percent will have a high school diploma or equivalent. One of the governor’s strategies to achieve this goal is investing in an education that begins at birth. The American Educational Research Association wrote in a 2005 article that it was becoming widely accepted that quality early childhood education helps prepare students for school and helps decrease racial and ethnic achievement gaps. Studies found that at-risk children who participated in highquality programs had better language and cognitive skills in their first few years of school than their counterparts who did not participate. They tended to score higher on math and reading tests and were less likely to repeat a grade, drop out and get in trouble with the law. Economic analyses indicated every $1 invested in early childhood learning generates
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Christian community. Owners like the Kleins need to realize that marriage in this country is not solely their sexual orientation is the same as not a Christian practice. If they don’t accept and agree with serving somebody based on their race. Just think if the roles were reversed, gay marriage, what’s stopping them and a lesbian couple that owned a bakery from making a cake for an atheist’s or a refused to make a cake for a Christian Muslim’s wedding? The Klein’s and people who share their couple, just because they don’t agree with their religion. That would be outrageous, views need to understand that they are and would produce as much from the living in the past; the unfair, discrimina-
a return to society of $3 to $17 because of reduced costs in special education and crime rates, and increased higher adult earning and tax revenues, according to the article. Such research appears to fuel Kitzhaber’s strategy of increased emphasis on early childhood education. In December, he told the Statesman Journal editorial board that the early years are the “one investment we ought to make.” Now is the time, he said, to make the investments that will accomplish this vision. He called on not only education organizations but also taxpayers, nonprofits, schools and civic leaders to put early childhood and early elementary education ahead of their own interests. As a result, Oregon would spend less down the road on prisons, social services, educational remediation and other programs.
Building emphasis The governor’s budget proposed that $135 million go to early learning: $25 million for early years to kindergarten, specifically to support students and families through Early Learning Hubs; $25 million for birth to age 3 to invest in early screening for children’s health and wellness; and $85 million for quality child care and preschool, namely to make it more accessible and improve quality. Education policy adviser Dani Ledezma said these investments are up significantly from the 2013-15 budget proposal. Full article online at statesmanjournal.com.
tory past and the days of being able to decide who is and is not mighty enough for their business is over. Fortunately, we live in a state that protects basic rights and liberties, and hopefully in the future, situations like this will be a thing of the past. t
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Dr. Jon Dorbolo is the associate director of Technology Across Curriculum at Oregon State University. Dorbolo supports instructors and students with technology and teaches philosophy. The opinions expressed in Dorbolo’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Dorbolo can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.
CHAMBERS n Continued from page 7 nuclear weapons program, there will be no one to stop him from taking control. This is why it is vital that access to nuclear weapons be completely unrestricted and unregulated. Small foreign countries need nuclear weapons to protect themselves from the possibility of the U.S. government trying to take over. Think of how much differently things would have gone if North Korea, Iraq, or North Vietnam had access to a large supply of nuclear weapons. Wars and conflicts would never have begun with nuclear weapons acting as deterrence. Or, if they did, they would have probably ended much more quickly. And it’s not like bans or restrictions on nuclear weapons will do any good. Rogue states will always manage to gain access to nuclear weapons because they don’t follow international law anyway. There’s no way that bans on nuclear weapons and the materials used to make them would ever reduce or eliminate ease of access. They would just buy them on the black market or steal them from existing stockpiles owned by law-abiding countries. There are benefits to arming the entire world with nuclear weapons as well. For example, it is well known that the only thing that can stop a bad country with nuclear weapons is a good country with nuclear weapons. If a dangerous country does attack someone with a nuclear weapon — as unlikely as that is — another country will be able to attack back quickly before any harm can come to anyone else. Except for the original country or countries being bombed. And the country that attacked them. And possibly a few more countries that would be destroyed in a brief confused nuclear exchange that might follow where no one is quite sure who is attacking who and why.
There are also significant diplomatic benefits. Diplomatic talks and negotiations would go much better with the knowledge that all the countries involved could wipe all your people from the face of the Earth at the press of a button. Especially since people are always perfectly rational actors motivated by logic and reason. Emotion never factors into a declaration of war or a breakdown in diplomatic negotiations and weapons are never used in a moment of anger. Now, some people might be reluctant about this idea because of the inherent destructive capability of nuclear weapons, but they have been brainwashed by the liberal media about the dangers of the nuclear bomb. It is a tool, like any other, and it is only dangerous when it is used in dangerous ways. Just because you increase the availability and access to nuclear weapons doesn’t mean that it’s more likely they’ll be used in a dangerous manner. That’s not how statistics work. To help people understand this and get over their irrational fears of a weapon of mass murder, I suggest that countries should start normalizing nuclear weapons by displaying them openly. They should put their nuclear weapons in the open where people can see how they aren’t dangerous or scary at all. There should be nuclear bombs in the center of crowded cities where it is totally appropriate to keep them and where they’ll never make anyone uncomfortable. How great would that be? And how wonderful would it be to finally live in a world of peace? A world where all nations respect each other out of the shared fear of mutual self-destruction? Wouldn’t that be a better world? t
Travis Chambers is a senior in English. The opinions expressed in Chambers’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Chambers can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.