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Conduct yourself in this world as if you are here to stay forever, and yet prepare for eternity as if you are to die tomorrow. From one of the flowers handed out on Friday
Hundreds of roses, a single message Muslim students gathered Friday on campus hoping to spread peace, love By Gabriella Morrongiello
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ast Friday, Muslim students greeted their peers and faculty with flowers. From 11 a.m. to noon, roughly 40 Muslim students, spread throughout various campus locations, handed out red and white roses to passersby. Attached to each rose was a short quote from the Prophet Muhammad. “The project began in New Zealand and our national organizers hoped to get as many cities as possible to participate in the gesture on February 8th,” said Fatima Alramadhan, a secondyear graduate student at Oregon State University and one of the project’s organizers. With frequent negative ideas in the media concerning Muslims, the students who organized this event hoped it would counteract potential misconceptions. “For me personally, I just felt it was a good idea,” Alramadhan said. “[It is] breaking stereotypes against Muslims and gives people a different perspective.” The OSU community made what these students hoped to achieve easy with an overwhelmingly positive response. Prospective students touring the campus smiled as they were greeted with roses in the library quad. For current students hurriedly making their way to class, the action caught them by surprise. “I thought it was a really nice gesture,” said William Mays, a sophomore at OSU. “It definitely made my day.” The choice of red and white roses did not go without purpose, according to the event’s organizers. “We chose red and white roses because they symbolize love and peace,” said volunteer Hawra
Above: Mohammed Alnasser, a freshman in bio-engineering, hands out roses in the MU quad, symbolizing peace and love. Right: Tawah Albahrani, a junior in interior design, spreads a message across from the bookstore. Jackie Seus
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Food and Fermentation club spends weekend making feta cheese for OSU Food Pantry By McKinley Smith The Daily Barometer
Cheese is not a conventional weapon, but in the fight against hunger, the Food and Fermentation Club is using cheese to strike a blow. The club spent the weekend at the creamery in Withycombe Hall making and packaging feta cheese in order to take it over to the food pantry on Monday in time for their Monday pantry. “We wanted to make a food product for the pantry that would have a good protein content because I know that’s something they always need over there,” said Melissa Sales, a second-year master’s student in food science and technology, and a member of the Food and Fermentation
Club. The group used money from the Paul and Sandy Arbuthnot Fund to purchase milk from Lochmead Dairy in Junction City. The Arbuthnots, a couple from Portland, donated $860,000 to Oregon State University for the fund. Part of the fund will endow a dairy professorship in the food science and technology department. “We have a locally produced raw commodity,” Sales said. “We have the milk coming from Junction City, it’s being processed here locally by students in the food science program, and it will be distributed to local people in need through the OSU emergency food pantry.” Sales said food science can help develop solutions for hunger issues. The Food and Fermentation Club is striving for increased involvement with processing food “to address See CHEESE | page 2
Aljomaan. While handing out red and white roses was a simple gesture, according to Alramadhan and her collaborators, preparation for the event was tiring. She and her roommates stayed up late the night before the event printing out quotes from the Prophet Muhammad and tying them to each of the 1,300 roses. One quote read, “Conduct yourself in this world as if you are here to stay forever, and yet prepare for eternity as if you are to die tomorrow.” “Putting it together took a whole week and a half,” Alramadhan said. “We spent eight hours on Monday trying to organize everyone and last night I was working at 7 p.m. and [did not] go to bed until 4:30 a.m.” The event not only helped to narrow the gap between Muslim students and the rest of the OSU community, but to educate students as well. Alramadhan said many students asked questions about the Islamic prophet Muhammad upon receiving roses. The core belief that Alramadhan frequently shared with inquisitive students was that “all Muslims believe there is no God but Allah, and Prophet Muhammad is his messenger.” “Allah” is the Arabic translation for “the God.” In the seventh century, Muhammad claimed the angel Gabriel visited him and revealed the words of Allah. Muslims believe in the biblical prophets, but regard Muhammad as Allah’s final prophet. The large Muslim community on campus helped to make the event possible through word of mouth and generous donations. The 40 volunteers all sported the same white crewnecks with a logo and quote by Muhammad. See MUSLIM | page 2
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Business partners, community team up in Valentine’s Day Amazing Race to help out lower-income families By Katherine Choi The Daily Barometer
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Claire Oslund, junior, Melissa Sales, masters student in food science and technology and Virginia Usher, senior, serve in the Food and Fermentation Club.
While many couples plan to spend their Valentine’s Day indulging in red velvet cheesecake and cocktails, a handful of couples in Corvallis have different plans in store for their special day. Nelson Sherry, the manager of Peak Sports, remembers last year when several couples came in and out of Peak Sports, bicycling and searching for clues, rushing to win a race that meant much more than a See FUNDRAISER | page 2
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During a more than three-hour-long session Saturday afternoon, the Student and Incidental Fees Committee tentatively approved the budgets for Diversity Development and Recreational Sports for next year. Diversity Development’s fee was approved for $12.82 per student per term for fall, winter and spring, and $8.30 for summer. The fee for Diversity Development was $13.84 for fiscal year 2012-2013. Recreational Sports was approved for
FUNDRAISER n Continued from page 1 romantic adventure. The race gave an opportunity to aid those in need. Corvallis Parks and Recreation organized a Valentine’s Day Amazing Race event from 10 a.m. to noon on Feb. 9 in downtown Corvallis to raise funds for the Family Assistance Program. Many couples, including their families, participated in the race. The Family Assistance Pro g ra m , c o o rd i n a t e d through Corvallis Parks and Recreation, creates opportunities for low-income families to enjoy leisure activities like swim lessons and lacrosse. These financial scholarships cover many recreation programs, including those at Parks and Recreation and the Osborn Aquatic Center. Scholarships are awarded based on the Federal Poverty Guidelines. The guidelines state that if a family’s income
CHEESE n Continued from page 1 food insecurity.” Lee Nauman, a member of the club and a senior in food science program with a technical option, has worked at the plant for about a year. This is the first year the club has made cheese for the food pantry, Nauman said. “Last year, we were still in start-up mode,” Nauman said. “Hopefully it will be an annual thing. . . . Two times a year would be wonderful, if we could pull it off.” Sales estimates they produced about 30 pounds of feta cheese for the pantry over the weekend. The group repasteurized the milk before adding cultures. After letting it sit, the cheese
$66.08 per student per term fall, winter and spring, and $58.61 for summer. Last year, Recreational Sports fee level was $66.20. Diversity Development serves as a budgeting board for the cultural center and many cultural groups on campus. Discussion about its budget during the meeting centered on how the submitted budget did not meet the guidelines SIFC had requested. Questions were also raised on the hiring of professional staff requested in decision packages, all of which were denied by the committee. “We need to see a more transparent budget of how money is going to be spent,” said Tyler Hogan, committee member. SIFC gave Diversity Development until the open hearing on Feb. 12 to reformu-
is between zero and 150 percent, it can receive 100 percent off the cost of activities and classes. In other words, it may receive up to $150 in financial assistance per family member every fiscal year. If a family’s income is between 151 percent and 200 percent, it can receive 50 percent off the cost of activities. “Anyone who applies and meets those guidelines is automatically approved and not a panel or anything,” said Mike Fischer, the special events coordinator at the Osborn Aquatic Center. “Do they have the requirements? Do they have the documentation? . . . Then yes, a scholarship is awarded.” The scholarship money is composed of donations from the Benton County Foundation, businesses and individuals. Firestone, Peak Sports, New Morning Bakery, The Toy Factory and several other local businesses offered to donate prizes for the event.
was cut into curds, drained of whey and placed into molds overnight before being removed from the molds, cut and finally packaged. Zak Wiegand, an OSU alumnus currently employed by Lochmead Dairy in quality assurance, participated in the process. “I’ve always been really involved with the food science department and the food science club,” Wiegand said. Wiegand Hall is named for Wiegand’s great-grandfather, who helped develop modern day processing for maraschino cherries and conducted “a lot of work with food preservation,” Wiegand said. McKinley Smith, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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Additionally, sponsors, including the Oregon Zoo and Carmike Cinemas, offered gift certificates, free passes, tickets and admissions for prizes. “I think it’s a good program,” said Kaylynn Weiss, a mother and participant in this year’s race. “I think it’s a fun way to help raise money for the program and give back to the community.” According to a 2008 report from the U.S. Census Bureau, 13.2 percent of the nation’s population had incomes below the Federal Poverty Level. Fundraising organizers like Corvallis Parks and Recreation believe 13.2 percent of the nation’s population spends less or no time participating in recreational sports or activities than middle-income families, which is why it has created a Family Assistance Program. Since low-income families have longer work hours, usually amounting to more than 40 hours per week, they don’t have the time or money to
spend on activities that seem less important than food being on the table and having warm clothes for winter. However, families who are unable to engage in pastimes and sports are less physically active and have higher obesity rates, according to a case study on low income in recreation by Jessica Guidace. Interviews conducted by CBS news reported that recreation was also associated with personal and social development. This could mean a lack of participation in recreational activities can be harmful to an individual’s health. The high prices of recreational programs leave some low-income families sitting at home, leading to community fundraisers like the Valentine’s Day Amazing Race. “If the community’s reaching out, we’re all for it,” Sherry said. Katherine Choi, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
MUSLIM n Continued from page 1 These sweatshirts and the 1,300 roses were mostly paid for by donations, leaving little financial burden on the event’s organizers and participants. The event brought a lot of publicity to the Muslim community on campus. Many of the volunteers who [were not] busy handing out flowers were instead filming the event and taking various photographs. Ahmed Alsaihati, a freshman studying mechanical engineering, was one of the volunteers filming the event. Alsaihati works for KBVR but takes pleasure in shooting footage for various events put on by OSU’s Muslim community. “It is all my own equipment,” said Alsaihati. “I enjoy doing it, it is mostly a hobby.” With thousands of students and faculty passing through campus each day, the gesture reached out to the community. “I really care about this community,” said Alramadhan. “To bring the message of our prophet and let people know this is what our prophet tells us was really gratifying.” Gabriella Morrongiello, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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late its budget and the decision packages to submit to the committee. Recreational Sports budget was approved without much questioning. The committee also approved two contingency funds requests. One was for $3,155.02 to send the women’s rugby team to nationals. The other was for $75,000 to purchase new equipment for Dixon Recreation Center. SIFC meets tonight in MU 213 to hear the Educational Activities budget at 6 p.m. and the music budget at 7:30 p.m. The final open hearing is tomorrow from 5 to 9 p.m. in the Memorial Union ballroom.
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Don’t limit access to information P hey’re flat, wingless insects usually mistaken for a flea or a cockroach. They live in the walls and under floorboards. They come out at night and feast on their sleeping human host. They are known as bedbugs. A new bill was introduced to the legislature earlier this year regarding information pertaining to bedbugs. House Bill 2131 would keep information about bedbug infestations confidential from public record. The bill would be exempt from current Oregon State law that would otherwise allow the public access to information pertaining to bedbugs. The bill is trying to redefine the boundaries of what a public record. This is not only concerning from a journalistic point of view, but from a civilian’s standpoint. According to the Associated Press, the bedbug legislation “was requested by Multnomah County officials who said pest-control companies would only agree to disclose information about bedbug treatments if they could be certain their customers’ identities wouldn’t be publicly released.” It’s understandable wanting to keep affected employees or customers personal information classified. It’s another thing to hide almost all the information from the public. As paying customers, we have a right to know which locations have been infested with bedbugs. Under the proposed bill, however, information cannot be disclosed to anyone other than the public health authorities, the State Department of Agriculture, the Occupational Safety and Health Division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services or the Pesticide Analytical and Response Center. Normally, ORS 192.410 through 192.505 would allow civilians access to information of this kind of information. Normally we would have the right to look through the information regarding where infestations are occurring. Normally we would have the the right to request other information. House Bill 2131 sidesteps these rights completely. The current laws regarding the inspection of public records already do not disclose on request a “home address, home telephone number and electronic mail address,” or a “public employee identification badge or card.” So it would seem the original basis for this bill is faulty. There are two other pieces of legislation also being put forth: Senate Bill 369 and House Bill 2734. These bills are also looking to limit the public’s access to information. Senate Bill 369 would cut our access to information about pensions for retired public employees. House Bill 2734 would prohibit the disclosure of lottery winners and which store sold the winning ticket. We have a right to information. These bills are taking away that information.
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eople enjoy receiving verbal confirmation for a job well done. Regardless of who it’s from, these words can instantaneously instill someone with pride and inspiration while elevating their feelings of self worth. Praise from an athletic coach after a good catch or an encouraging phrase from a professor after an exceptional exam score is satisfying. However, there is no denying many people in committed relationships adore getting positive affirmation for actions resulting in your partner’s pleasure. Sex and sexual acts are components of most adult relationships, as well as a basic human drive. It establishes a physical and emotional connection with another person that should, in theory, possess pleasure parity. Sadly, oftentimes this is not the case. According to NBC News, males reach their sexual climax 75 percent of the time while the female counterpart only recorded a dismal 29 percent. In 2011, Dr. Gayle Brewer of the University of Central Lancashire conducted a small sample survey of 71 heterosexual women between the ages of 18 and 48. A resounding 80 percent of these ladies admitted making pleasure sounds (such as moaning and groaning) when they actually weren’t feeling any sexual pleasure whatsoever. Is this a gesture of well wishing? Is it strong hearted or polite? Frankly, coming from the opposing perspective, it feels a lot like receiving a participation ribbon after a last place finish in a pin wood derby race. This
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The Daily Barometer “pat on the back and thanks for playing” sytem doesn’t remove the sting of a lackluster performance — it just disguises it. While one party may become engulfed with a sense of achievement, it is the fakers who endure the unfortunate burden of unrelieved sexual tension. I am certain a few of us have had a sexual experience which was a tad uncomfortable, awkward or just plain hurt. For most, instead of blatantly telling someone what he or she is doing is unpleasant, the continued counterfeit fakes it until his or her partner reaches a climax. According to Psychology Today writer Noam Shpancer, males rely heavily on the indirect feedback from females in the form of vocalization. Plain and simple, female arousal is much more difficult to interpret and thus can be easily fabricated. It’s pretty hard for a male to fake an erection. Communication is a crucial component in any fully functional relationship. The bedroom is no different. It may not be ideal or commendable to tell your lover mid thrust that what they are doing is stroppy. Waiting until an opportune time to discuss bedroom preferences may be the path of least resistance. Bear in mind, after successfully falsifying one orgasm, that will make it easier to do so for subsequent ones. As St. Augustine so wisely stated, “Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes a necessity.” Beyond that, usually someone is
under the assumption he or she is performing exceptionally well due to the shrieks and moans being spewed from a faker. This conveys misinformation that the sexual activity is pleasing and should be continually repeated. This slippery slope could cause someone who repeatedly fakes it to never reach orgasm. Nobody knows your body better than yourselves. You can’t just wander around blindfolded at the party and expect to pin the tail on the donkey. You can’t tell a single good one-liner at a house party and expect to be be the next Bill Murray. You can’t go wandering in Big Bear and expect to find Christopher Dorner. It takes knowledge and rehearsal to become exceptional at any trait. Although it may seem harsh when you procure it in your head, telling someone what they are doing right and wrong will permit them to focus on the things that truly make you feel orgasmic. Sex based on lies and deceit will quickly become monotonous and dreadful. A fake orgasm is just a desolate experience when comparing to a real orgasm. Charlene Muehlenhard, a professor of clinical psychology at University of Kansas in Lawrence, sums sexual activity communication perfectly: “I think that in general, honesty is the best policy.” So speak up, be heard and get yours. t
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ational security threats often invoke images of bombs, guns and invading military forces, but one of the most pressing threats to the United States involves none of these things. Instead, powers hostile to the United States and its interests have quietly launched domestic cyberterrorism attacks against U.S. banks and, most recently, against popular American news agencies. Such subtle acts of espionage, and the likelihood that they will only become more damaging, translates into a dire need for Congress to quickly pass legislation that beefs up cybersecurity defenses. The issue of cybersecurity came to the forefront of national discourse last Wednesday, when The New York Times revealed that they had fallen victim to a four-month-long network security breach that was reported to have originated in China. The initial breach occurred around Oct. 25, 2012, the publication date of an article reporting on the family of the country’s prime minister. This disturbing news was followed by revelations that The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News and The Washington Post experienced similar issues within their own networks. The fact that unfriendly powers are carrying out such breaches against institutions of free speech is unsettling enough, but the threats extend beyond mere invasions of privacy. Large attacks were leveled in September against the online systems of JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, U.S. Bank and PNC Bank, resulting in at least daylong denials of service. Such attacks indicate that much more is at stake, with some especially problematic areas being not only economic institutions and tech firms but also power grids for nuclear power plants and water purification systems. “Nation-state attackers will target critical infrastructure networks such as power grids at an unprecedented scale in 2013 ... These types of attacks could grow more sophisticated, and the slippery slope could lead to the loss of human life,” said Chiranjeev Bordoloi, CEO of security company Top Patch. According to a CNN interview with James Lewis, a cybersecurity expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, at least 12 of the world’s largest military powers are working to construct complicated cyberwarfare systems. It would be no stretch to say that the United States has the most to lose at the hands of these powers if our government continues to put cybersecurity on the backburner. Though the media’s constant bombardment of the public with images of war-ravaged Afghanistan would suggest otherwise, the events in a remote desert nation do not necessarily pose a greater threat to national security than seemingly less dangerous cyberattacks. The recent infiltrations should remind our legislators of this and prompt them to not only engage in serious discussion with other nations such as China, but also quickly pass legislation that would re-allocate substantial defense resources to building a stronger cyberdefense system. Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) spoke to the immediacy of the situation in an interview See CUEVA page 7
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t’s fitting, isn’t it, that the last time the Oregon State men’s basketball team won a game that was decided in the final minute was because its opponent choked at the free throw line. It was last year against Washington in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament, when Tony Wroten missed four free throws over the final 18 seconds with the Huskies down one. I doubt I’m alone in thinking it will take a similar stroke of luck for the Beavers to win a down-to-the-wire game this season. A new chapter was added to OSU’s how-not-to-close-a-game novel Sunday night when the Beavers lost to Colorado, 72-68. For the seventh time this season, the Beavers trailed by four points or less with 1:00 remaining. And for the seventh time, they ended up losing. You read that right. The Beavers trailed by one point at the 1:00 mark, but failed to score on two of their final three possessions while the Buffaloes made 5-of-6 free throws to hand OSU yet another excruciating, oh-so-close loss. This particular late-game collapse began after Devon Collier put OSU up by four with 4:29 left. From that point on, the Beavers had more turnovers (4) than field goal attempts (3). The turnovers were bad turnovers, too, like simple entry passes into the post that sailed over the intended target’s head. The Beavers (12-12, 2-9) could easily have four or five conference wins at this point if their late-game execution was simply average. But for some reason, whenever the game is on the line they make losing plays at the same rate as Jay John’s infamous 0-18 squad. “When you watch these guys in practice, I have all the confidence in the world that they think they can win,” said head coach Craig Robinson. “When I watch them play [in games], I see it. Then at the very end, something happens.” But why does that “something”
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Colorado became the ninth Pac-12 team to rise above OSU this season, defeating the Beavers 72-68 at Gill Coliseum on Sunday night.
The last month of Oregon State basketball might as well be a sequel to “Groundhog Day.” Every game seems the same: close game, Beavers seem to be pulling ahead and then they lose it in the final minutes. Sunday night was no different as Oregon State (12-12, 2-9 Pac-12) lost to Colorado, 72-68, in Gill Coliseum, its fifth straight loss by single digits. Head coach Craig Robinson attributed the inability of the Beavers to close out tight games to their lack of execution. “I don’t think it’s effort. I don’t think it’s lack of talent so I always go back to execution,” Robinson said. “If you broke it down within execution, I think it’s consistency. If you can execute for 37 minutes, you can executive for three minutes.” Leading by four points with 4:29 left, OSU turned the ball over four times in four minutes to give Colorado (16-7, 6-5) a lead they never gave up. “You can’t play against team this good and turn the ball over 21 times,” Robinson said. The Beavers finished with 21 turnovers compared to Colorado’s nine. Robinson gave several explanations for the turnovers. “Nerves, youth — a couple of them were freshmen, a couple of them were guys trying to make plays. And then bad decisions, too,” Robinson said. “And it’s a shame because I thought we were playing so well, playing so hard, we were making them miss. And we’d go down in transition and we’d just turn the ball over.” After trailing by as many as 13 points in the first half, Oregon State ended the half on a 26-14 run to take a one-point lead into halftime. The Beavers were fueled by 17 points by junior guard Ahmad Starks during the run. Starks would finish with 20 points including six 3-pointers — tied for his second-highest amount of 3-pointers in a game this season. “It was just the way the game went,” Starks said of his shooting performance. “I got a few passes from Joe and Roberto that were easy knockdowns and towards the end I just got into a good rhythm there and that’s just how it went.” Junior guard Roberto Nelson was the leading scorer for the Beavers finishing the game with 21 points — his fourth game in a row scoring at least 20. Also contributing for Oregon State was big man Joe Burton, who has been on a hot streak for the Beavers lately averaging 16.0 points, 8.3 rebounds and 7.7 assists in the three games coming into Sunday night. He finished with 15 points, See MEN’S BASKETBALL | page 5
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Wrestling combines to outscore opponents 92-4 over the weekend, overmatching Pac-12 teams By Andrew Kilstrom The Daily Barometer
The most points a wrestling team can possibly score in a NCAA dual is 60. That would require a team to record 10 pins in 10 matches. No. 9 Oregon State nearly did that Friday night when they beat Cal Poly, 50-0, thanks to three pins and three forfeits. The Beavers (103, 5-1 Pac-12) then followed the win up with a 42-4 victory over Arizona State Saturday. Friday’s outcome was never really in question because Cal Poly (2-8, 0-4) forfeited three weights before the meet started, but OSU put any doubt to rest. Oregon State’s Seth Thomas, a 165-pound redshirt freshman, recorded a pin early in the first round to put OSU up 6-0 in only his second dual in Gill Coliseum. The pin sparked Oregon State and set the tone for the rest of the meet. “I was excited to get to start this one out and knew that the expectation of starting one out is with a fall,” Thomas said. “So I just went out there and went for it. I think a pin just helps set a tone for the dual and we kind of feed off See WRESTLING | page 6
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Senior 141-pounder Mike Mangrum pinned Cal Poly’s Brandon Rocha in six minutes and 33 seconds in Friday night’s 50-0 win for Oregon State.
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The Oregon State gymnastics team continues to impress away from the friendly confines of Gill Coliseum. The No. 12 Beavers concluded their run of four-straight meets on the road Friday night in Tempe, Ariz., with a 196.300 team score, besting Arizona State’s 195.450. The Beavers’ total was their second highest of the year. OSU continues to gradually
progress its scores as the team crosses the halfway point in the seasonº. Senior Makayla Stambaugh once again led the way for the Beavers on Friday night. The highlight of the meet was Stambaugh’s 9.950 on uneven bars — the highest individual score of the season for any Oregon State gymnast. Stambaugh also finished first on the night in vault, with a 9.875. She also finished as the top allarounder (competing in all four events). Sophomore Chelsea Tang has been a pleasant surprise for the Beavers this year, and has quickly become a mainstay in lineup. Tang took the balance beam
title with a 9.875, and also finished with a 9.800 or higher on uneven bars and vault. The Beavers have won their last two Pac-12 meets — knocking off Cal last weekend — and look to keep the winning ways going when they return to Gill for the first time in more than a month. Oregon State will need to bring its best, because No. 4 UCLA will be coming to Corvallis. Even with scores going down to the thousandth of a point, the Beavers and UCLA ended up in a tie in last year’s meet.
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The Beavers went 3-3 at the Kajikawa/ASU Classic, defeating Stephen F. Austin (9-0), Northwestern (7-3) and San Jose State (1-0) and losing to Oklahoma (14-2), Creighton (5-3) and Kentucky (5-3). Here are five storylines from the trip: Cavestany’s walk-off caps off weekend: In the Beavers’ sixth and final game in Tempe, senior outfielder Lea Cavestany hit a two-out, walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh to give OSU a 1-0 win over San Jose State on Sunday. Demore pitches well: Senior pitcher Marina Demore appeared in five games — starting three — and altogether had a quality tournament in the circle. Demore pitched two complete-game shutouts: Thursday versus Stephen F. Austin (7.0 IP,
3 H, BB, 5 K) and Sunday versus San Jose State (7.0 IP, 6 H, 0 BB, 5 K). In Saturday’s 7-3 win over Northwestern, she allowed three unearned runs on eight hits and two walks. Demore’s only real struggles came against Oklahoma, when she retired just two of the eight batters she faced. Hampton’s big weekend: Freshman first baseman Natalie Hampton had quite the debut to her collegiate career. She homered in the season opener and was the Beavers’ most productive player at the plate all tournament long, going 8-for-19 (.421) and driving in nine runs, six more than anyone else on the team. Hampton’s big weekend included a grand slam versus Northwestern. Shadinger Ks nine: Prior to the start of the season, head coach Laura Berg said freshman pitcher Sarah Shadinger
could “make the ball do things I’ve never seen before.” In her one appearance at the ASU Classic, Shadinger backed up her coach’s words by striking out nine batters in six innings of work versus Creighton. The effort came in a loss, however, as Shadinger was tagged for a 3-run homerun with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning that ended up being the difference in a 5-3 defeat. Gilmore limited: Sophomore centerfielder Dani Gilmore, who started all 59 games last season and was second on the team with a .322 average, missed the Beavers’ first three games with an illness. She hit leadoff the final three games of the weekend — collecting two hits and eight at-bats — but did not play in the field. Grady Garrett, managing editor On Twitter @gradygarrett managing@dailybarometer.com
MEN’S BASKETBALL n Continued from page 4 12 rebounds, and three assists against the Buffaloes. Robinson attributed this to both the Beavers’ need for a big man to step up and Burton realizing that he has limited games left in his Oregon State career. For Colorado, Spencer Dinwiddie had an almost perfect game, shooting a perfect 6-for-6 from the field and 8-for-8 from the free throw line to contribute a game-high 24 points for the Buffaloes. The Beavers did a good job of keeping Colorado from grabbing boards. The Buffaloes came into the game averaging 38.1 rebounds per game, but Oregon State outrebounded them 39-30 and held the Pac-12 leader in
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The Oregon State women’s basketball team extended its losing streak to six consecutive games, falling to No. 21 Colorado and Utah this weekend. In Sunday’s game against Utah (13-10, 4-8 Pac-12), the Beavers went down at the start of the game and were never able to shift the momentum in their favor, losing 40-66. The Beavers (9-15, 3-9) went down 12-0 after turning the ball over seven times in the first eight minutes of the game. Oregon State’s first bucket did not come until 10 minutes into the game. Similarly against Colorado (19-5, 7-5), it took the Beavers six minutes to make a single basket while the Buffaloes scored 14 points. In both games, the early deficits were due to turnovers. Oregon State had a total of 42
turnovers in its two games this weekend. The Beavers currently have the second-highest rate in the conference for turnovers per game (17.5). Against Utah, the Beavers were not only plagued with turnovers but with poor shooting as well. Nothing seemed to be falling for the Beavers, as they only shot 29.6 percent from the field. Oregon State managed to shoot 53.8 percent from threepoint range against Colorado on Friday, but it was the opposite story Sunday, as the Beavers shot 16.3 percent against Utah, going only 2-for-12. The Utes’ ability to hold freshman guard Jamie Weisner to only six points was a key factor in their win. Weisner was able to put up 22 points Friday night against Colorado, but struggled to find shots against Utah. Fellow freshman Ruth
GARRETT n Continued from page 4 happen? It’s not due to a gap in talent. If talent were the issue, the Beavers wouldn’t consistently find themselves in a position to win. It’s not experience. Four of the Beavers’ top five players are in their third or fourth year of playing significant minutes. It’s not effort. Say what you want about this team, but it hasn’t quit. So what is it? Robinson said it’s execution, because “if you can execute for 37 minutes you can execute for three minutes.” Maybe it’s a mental barrier they can’t get over. “Subconsciously, when you lose games at the very end, that might be in the back of our minds,” Robinson said. Sunday’s game didn’t come down to a lastshot scenario, but we have no reason to believe the outcome would’ve been any different had it. Five times this season the Beavers have had the ball last with a chance to tie or win, and five times they have failed to score. Down three to Alabama, Roberto Nelson’s long-range prayer didn’t go in. Down one to Towson, Nelson caught a full-court pass and laid it in at the buzzer — but pushed off in order to do so, and was whistled for an offensive foul. Down one to USC, Collier got the ball in the key with three seconds left but couldn’t do anything with it. Down three to Washington State, Ahmad Starks’ 3-pointer came up short. Down three to Cal, the Beavers inexplicably didn’t get a shot off. Robinson said they practice late-game situations, but that they’ll have to start practicing
Hamblin came in and made a difference right away for the Beavers against the Utes. She had a team high of eight points and six rebounds with all eight of her points coming within the team’s first 10 points of the game. The Beavers continue to rely heavily on their freshman class as together they combined for almost 50 percent of the teams minutes. They have strength in their freshmen, but are dealing with some of the struggles that come with playing a young team. They have a chance to redeem their two overtime losses against the Washington schools this weekend as they face Washington State this Friday night at 7 p.m. at Gill Coliseum. The Daily Barometer On Twitter @barosports sports@dailybarometer.com
them more often. As for what he can do differently at the end of games, Robinson seemed at a loss. “I’ve tried a lot of different things,” he said. “I’ve tried not calling timeouts, I’ve tried calling timeouts. I’ve tried calling the actual play for them, and I’ve tried letting them do it on their own. Short of getting out there and playing myself, there’s not much more that I can do from that standpoint.” Okay then. Several weeks ago, I wrote that Robinson should not be in danger of losing his job no matter how many games OSU drops this season. But I acknowledged that he has his flaws as a coach; things he needs to fix if he wants to stick around for a seventh season and beyond. Late-game coaching has emerged as perhaps his No. 1 flaw. If it’s a mental thing for the players, then figure out how to get through to them and help them get over that barrier. If it’s an X’s and O’s thing, then get the right players on the court and find a way to put them in a position to succeed — I can’t recall a time this season when the Beavers have ran a play at the end of a close game that made me say, “Wow, that was a nicely drawn-up play.” Winning the “50-50” close games is what separates good teams from great teams. It’s also what separates bad teams from average teams. At 2-9 in conference, I think you know which category the Beavers fall under. It’s really a shame, because they’re capable of so much more if only they could learn to finish. Grady Garrett, managing editor On Twitter: @gradygarrett managing@dailybarometer.com
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SEATTLE — Oregon State freshman multi-sport athlete Sara Almen set a personal record by clearing 5’ 10” in the high jump and in the process became just the seventh woman in OSU history to reach that height, leading a sextet of Beavers at the Husky Classic in Seattle on Saturday. The Santiam Christian product cleared both 5’ 4¼” and 5’ 6” on her first attempts, took two tries to jump 5’ 8” and crossed the 5’ 10” threshold on her third attempt at that height. She finished tied for first place in the event with four others. Since team scores were not calculated at the meet, there was no jump off and misses were not taken into account to break the tie. “We saw a lot of improvement in two weeks and can’t be anything by thrilled,” Oregon State assistant coach Travis Floeck said. “To come back in two weeks off of what was a fantastic opening mark and better that by over two inches and PR is amazing. She’s a great athlete, a great competitor and it was really exciting to watch.” At Dempsey Indoor two weeks ago, Almen tied for third in the high jump with a mark of 5’ 7¾”. Today, she also had two very good attempts at 6’ 0”, but wasn’t able to clear the
bar at the magical mark. Only six other Oregon State female student-athletes have ever jumped 5’ 10” either indoor or outdoor: Joni Huntley 6’ 2¾” (1976); Carina Westover 6’ 2” (1984); Kim Fenton 6’ 0” (1988); Sonya Crowther 6’ 0” (1982); Sue Blake 5’ 11” (1982); and Cindy Greiner 5’ 11” (1981). Almen, a three-time Oregon state champion in the high jump during high school, cleared 5’ 9” last May to set a new 3A state record and qualify for the USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships. “What she did was a pretty significant improvement in that short of a time,” Floeck added. “Being indoors and coming off of volleyball, it’s pretty remarkable. The higher the bar goes up, the harder it is to make those big gains.” In addition to Almen, Kristin Oenning came in 16th with a height of 5’ 2¼” and Justine Bird in 30th after jumping 4’ 10¼”. Mary Claire Brenner created a buzz at the meet as the first competitor to represent Oregon State in the shot put since 1988. The former four-year softball letterwinner threw 37’ 5¾” on her first attempt to finish ninth in her flight and 33rd overall. “I think we were all really proud of her,” Floeck said
of Brenner’s performance. “When you put it in perspective, it was her first track and field competition ever. She talked about how her heart had never beaten so fast when she got in that ring to throw, but ... she handled it really well. She’s a true competitor and was part of history today.” In preparation for possibly competing in the heptathlon during the outdoor season, Michele Turney and Kaitlyn Mason both ran the 60-meter hurdles and participated in the long jump. Turney ran 9.76 (42nd) in the former and jumped 16’ 7¼” (26th) in the latter. Mason finished 46th in the hurdles after running 10.06 seconds and came in 18th in the long jump with a distance of 16’ 11¼”. “I think they did a great job,” Floeck said of the pair. “They improved on their marks in the long jump, which we said would be a great goal, and they went out and competed hard in the hurdles. Michele is fresh out of high school and Kaitlyn is only a sophomore so they’re young and we are really happy with how they performed.” The Beavers have one more meet on the indoor calendar, the UW Final Qualifier on March 1, before opening their outdoor season at the Linfield Icebreaker on March 2.
WRESTLING n Continued from page 4 that.” Friday’s dual was notable not only for the lopsided shutout, but because it was senior night as well. Five seniors — 133-pound Anthony Harris, 184-pound Cody Weishoff, 184-pound Ty Vinson, 141-pound Mike Mangrum and heavyweight Chad Hanke — were honored and four of them wrestled against the Mustangs. No. 4 Hanke and Weishoff won via forfeits, Vinson won by a 5-4 decision and No. 3 Mangrum earned a pin on senior night. “The crowd got to honor them tonight,” said head coach Jim Zalesky. “It’s good for those guys because they’ve been like a foundation for our program and those seniors are great guys.” Even with the disappointment of Cal Poly forfeiting three matches the seniors appreciated everything senior night had to offer. “It was pretty cool,” Vinson said. “We were all kind of disappointed that they had three forfeits with two of them against our seniors, but we didn’t let it bother us and ended up having a pretty good night.” Saturday’s match against Arizona State (7-11, 2-2) was equally impressive, though the Sun Devils forfeited the 197-pound weight class. After not getting the opportunity to wrestle Friday night, Weishoff got Oregon State off to a hot start with a technical fall in what could be his last match as a Beaver. “It was pretty big going out in the last home match of my career,” Weishoff said. “This is something I will remember for the rest of my life.” Oregon State also got a boost from Joey Palmer, a 125-pound freshman, and Drew Van Anrooy, a 133-pound freshman, in the two wins. OSU’s unranked wrestlers have been inconsistent at times this year, but were nearly flawless this past weekend. If Oregon State wants to make any kind of run at the regional and national duals, it will need those guys to step up. “That’s been the difference maker from early
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Oregon State’s Scott Sakaguchi had one of the team’s three pins in the 50-0 blowout of Cal Poly. on when we lost to Michigan to now,” Hanke said. “It’s been our young guys, our unranked guys, that have been stepping up and really coming through for us.” The two wins push Oregon State’s winning streak to eight duals as the Beavers are enjoying their best wrestling of the season. “I like our aggressiveness and I like our preparation,” Zalesky said. “You can really see the focus coming from the team.” The timing is ideal for an Oregon State team that hosts the regional duals this Sunday. The matchups and times will be announced later this week. Andrew Kilstrom, sports reporter On Twitter @AndrewKilstrom sports@dailybarometer.com
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Why State of Union speech may do little to fix Washington WASHINGTON (CNN) — It is the second big speech of his presidency’s second act, but there is little or nothing to suggest President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address offers any hope of a new beginning or a new spirit in divided Washington. Consider the vast partisan differences in expectations. “Obama core supporters are getting what they hoped for in 2009,” says veteran Democratic pollster and strategist Peter Hart. “He is a president who seems both more confident and at the same time at home with himself both legislatively and philosophically.” If there is one certainty in today’s political climate, it is that when one party is happy, the other is not. “Republicans should wear asbestos suits to the House chamber because they’re going to be torched,” said longtime GOP operative Ed Gillespie, a veteran of senior jobs in the House leadership, the Republican National Committee and the George W. Bush White House. “President Obama seems to think that the best way to get things done is not by retail persuasion but by wholesale attacking.” The president’s wish list already has him on a collision course with the GOP on several fronts, from the familiar sniping over taxes and spending and red ink to new battle lines over White House calls for sweeping changes to immigration and gun laws. Veterans of previous administration note the first year of the second term is critical. “Of his second term, this is the one that will get the most attention,” said Karen Hughes, the George W. Bush confi-
dante. “This is the list of what he still wants to accomplish as president.” As such, Hughes said, the biggest challenge is focus. “It was never my favorite speech because it is a legislative laundry list and everyone is trying to get their piece in,” Hughes said. Huge challenge: How will we reduce the deficit? The biggest immediate challenge is a carryover from the first term: Navigating differences over how to achieve a substantial deficit reduction package. A March 1 deadline looms when temporary fixes enacted in the first term essentially expire and across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration loom if no new plan is passed. “The economy still languishes and the obvious threat is sequestration, which is omnipresent,” is how Hart described the moment to CNN. “But I think the president can look presidential and put the GOP between a rock and a hard place.” There is little doubt that the president has the upper hand in the battle for public opinion: what he calls a “balanced approach” of more tax revenues and spending cuts including, again in the president’s words, “modest” savings in Medicare and Social Security. “I am prepared, eager and anxious to get a big deal, a big package that ends governance by crisis,” the president told House Democrats this week in offering a bit of a State of the Union preview. But there is no hint of any big deal in sight, and the president himself has called for another temporary fix to push the deadline back a few months. It is a glaring example of
Washington dysfunction, and the longer the stalemate goes on, the more extremes in both parties try to block the path to any grand bargain. Conservative groups, for example, warn of retribution against Republicans who consider giving the president any additional tax revenues, and liberal groups repeatedly are reminding newly elected Democrats of their promises not to support Medicare cuts. As this plays out, again, White House aides talk confidently of the president’s place in the political debate. But even in “winning,” there could be a price. A crisis of confidence GOP pollster Bill McInturff notes a post-election drop in consumer confidence and says there are parallels to past battles over the debt ceiling and the fiscal cliff. In a consumer-driven economy, a collapse in confidence because of more Washington paralysis could stall an economic recovery that is critical to the president’s second term political standing. “Economic confidence plays a key role in building the type of optimism that encourages businesses to hire and people to spend,” McInturff writes in a presentation offering his take on what he labels “The Washington Economy.” “It is important leaders in both parties begin to recognize how the tenor, tone and outcome of the policy debates in Washington are actually retarding economic confidence in a way that makes building a sustained recovery more difficult.” What about immigration and gun laws? Question marks also can be
attached to other top State of the Union priorities. Some congressional action on immigration and gun laws seems likely, though what emerges could be significantly less than what Obama wants. Immigration is the most likely source of a major package. But it remains a highly divisive issue, and both parties will be tested. The biggest question mark, perhaps, is whether the Republican-controlled House would pass legislation granting a path to citizenship to the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States. And if the House passed legislation granting legal status but not full citizenship to such immigrants, would the president accept that compromise? There is little question the president won’t get his way in the gun control debate. He wants new universal background checks for gun purchases. More robust background checks do appear to have significant bipartisan support, but not as sweeping a plan as envisioned by the president. At the moment, the math is against the president when counting votes in Congress for his proposals to ban assault weapons and magazine cartridges that hold more than 10 rounds. On guns, Democrat Hart sees it this way: “The president has the moral high ground but not necessarily the political high ground. It is still an intensity issue.” Republican Hughes recalls how President George W. Bush later regretted putting a push for Social Security reforms ahead of immigration, an issue that, back then, had better prospects for bipartisan action.
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