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Committee approves parts of SafeRide budget, including salary for professional staff member

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The Student and Incidental Fees Committee met Thursday evening to decide budgeting of various student organizations, including that of SafeRide.

SafeRide, the student organization that provides Oregon State University students with safe transportation at night, is a part of the Associated Students of Oregon State University.

Lately, SafeRide’s future has risen to the public’s attention following an email from ASOSU President Taylor Sarman. The email warned SafeRide’s ability to serve students could be compromised by the SIFC’s decision if they decided to limit proposed financial See SIFC | page 3

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Food and fermentation science club educates public through candy-making workshop

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Whether you’re in a relationship or single this Valentine’s Day, Oregon State University’s candy lovers are invited to a special workshop hosted by the food and fermentation science club.

The Valentine’s Day workshop begins at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at the sensory kitchen in Wiegand Hall and is open to all OSU community members.

The club, known for its delectable foods and beverages, often holds seminars with specific themes in mind, designed to educate people about the finer specifics that go into preparing the things they eat every day and to teach them how to make

brand of beer for Dads and Family Weekend.

Club President and senior Jack Twilley said the “proximity” of these events is a chance to give the public a small taste of what it’s like to work in food science.

This weekend’s theme is popular Valentine’s candy. Couples, groups of friends or anyone else looking for a way to spend the day can create candies from scratch under the guidance of food science and technology students.

By offering the things consumers Chris Correll | THE DAILY BAROMETER associate with certain times of the The food and fermentation science year, the club brings people in for club will hold a Valentine’s Day good food and drinks while also giving them a step-by-step breakdown workshop to make candy. of how to make it. some of their favorite snacks.

Twilley said it’s difficult for people In the past, they’ve held work- to fully understand how much attenshops for all kinds of dishes, includ- tion and detail goes into what they do “until they’re in it.” ing desserts on Moms and Family See SCIENCE CLUB | page 2 Weekend and their own unique

Conference takes positive approach to masculinity Healthy Masculinities Conference takes place Saturday in Memorial Union

Oregon State University’s Men’s OSU’s Men’s Development and Development and Engagement will Engagement works to positively suphost the event from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. port men’s development and gender identity and eduThe conference is cate the OSU comexpecting more than munity regarding 170 attendees.

By Jasmin Vogel It brings together masculinity.

THE DAILY BAROMETER “It brings together “It’s great to people of all genders people of all genders Saturday’s third-annual Healthy Masculinities Conference will seek in understanding how in understanding how see how much it has grown; the to inform students and community we’re all affected by we’re all affected by prominence and members about the roles men play a system that doesn’t truly benefit anyone,” a system that doesn’t the interest in in society. it,” said Bradley “We’re excited to have the confer- said Myriah Dooley, truly benefit anyone. Boovy, assistant a senior majoring in ence,” said coordinator Romeo Lopezprofessor in world Gonzalez, an employee for the College women, gender and languages and culMyriah Dooley sexuality studies. of Education. tures within the Senior, women, gender and sexuality studies Lopez-Gonzalez said the goal of “Having a conference College of Liberal like this will show the conference is to educate the Arts. “Especially people what healthy masculinities community. how people come to expect it and looks like.”

“Once they have an awareness, they the fact that it is all student run and can take action,” Lopez-Gonzalez This year’s theme is “Connecting the See MASCULINITY | page 2 Dots: Awareness, Action, Commitment.” said.

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Pastry chef Chandra Gjullin prepares a freshly-baked, hot-pink cake with pink sprinkles.

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McNary Dining baker prepares specialty-baked goods, makes Valentine’s Day desserts

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At RainTree Coffee Co. in McNary Dining Hall, there are freshly made breakfast pastries and desserts prepared every morning. The baker and artist behind the counter is Chandra Gjullin. Since she started working there seven years ago, she has been the only baker in McNary Dining Hall serving specialty-baked goods, all made from scratch.

“When I came here originally, they didn’t actually have specialty-baked goods or any fancy cakes; everything pretty much came in frozen,” Gjullin said. “So when I came here, I transitioned a lot of things into what it is now. It’s been a lot of work, but it has been very rewarding.”

Gjullin was born and raised in Walla Walla, Wash., and moved to Portland

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to attend school at Western Culinary Institute, where she got her degree in patisserie and baking and her certification as a pastry chef. She met her husband of four years in Portland and decided to move down to Corvallis with him so he could finish school at Oregon State University. She recently became a mother to an almost 1-yearold child.

“I’m kind of surprised there hasn’t been more attention directed to her baking. To me, this is so high-end.

She’s just so talented,” said Teresa Clifton, coworker and restaurant manager at McNary Dining Hall.

Every holiday season, Gjullin likes to keep things festive by creating a theme using the colors or any related references to the holiday. For Valentine’s Day, she has created heart-shaped cookies with raspberry filling, cream puffs with pink colored filling, a hot pink cake with pink sprinkles and more.

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and attempted to break objects at the center. According to Corvallis Police Department logs, officers held the man at stun gun point until they were able to calm him down. The man was allegedly making comments implying an interest in suicide, so an they transported the man to Good Samaritan Hospital. An attending officer cited the man for disorderly conduct in the Wednesday, February 11 second degree, physical harassment, two counts of interfering with public transport and two counts of attempted A deputy from the Benton County criminal mischief in the second degree.

Sheriff’s Department went to Northeast Officers logged that they left the man in Elliott Circle in north Corvallis to inves- the care of hospital staff. tigate a report of a man sleeping on railroad property. According to BCSO logs, the officer was able to find a man who Wednesday morning, a CPD officer allegedly told the officer “his feet were sore” and he was walking to Salem. The reported to the skate park on Southwest officer logged he contacted dispatch to B Avenue in response to reports of sevsee if the man had any active warrants, eral “transients” drinking alcohol. The which dispatch confirmed the man did officer logged that he spoke with several have. The deputy handcuffed the man people in the area and ended up arrestand transported him to Albany Police, ing one man. According to CPD logs, who handled the man’s warrant arrest the officer arrested the man for one count of open container of alcohol and from there. one count of failure to report as a sex offender (the officer noted that the man is allegedly registered at an address Several city police officers responded in Alsea, Ore.). The officer logged he to the Downtown Corvallis Transit brought the man into custody and left Center following reports of a man who him in the care of staff at the Benton had allegedly hit a transit employee County Jail.

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Disputed payback A CPD officer tended to an incident at the Chase bank branch on Northwest Circle Boulevard Wednesday evening. The reported dispute was between two men and involved a disagreement over a return of allegedly loaned funds. One man allegedly told an officer that he had loaned an acquaintance $500, but the acquaintance had allegedly refused to sign the I.O.U. document written up for the bank. The man allegedly told officers that he had gotten into the acquaintance’s car and insisted that he sign the document, but the acquaintance allegedly refused, attempted to push the him out of the car and hit him in the back of the head with a plastic soda bottle. According to CPD logs, the man wants to charge his acquaintance for the alleged soda bottle assault. The investigating officer logged that he was able to contact the acquaintance, who allegedly told the officer he was at the intersection of Interstate-5 and Highway 34 and would return to town. The officer logged that the man did not appear to return to town “as promised.” The officer has since forwarded the case to the district attorney.

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According to this curfew, minors under the age of 18 are not allowed to be out on any street, park or other public location between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. Sunday through Thursday. The curfew is reduced during weekend hours, allowing minors to stay out an extra hour, but still requires they be on a private residence between the hours of 12 a.m. and 6 a.m. Friday through Saturday. Minors accompanied by a parent or guardian who is older than 21 years old are permitted to be out during the enforced curfew hours.

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Music blasting, sun shining Many other influence my college hotspots, and getting lei’d. It was quite organizations consent, life positively. the afternoon at the “Get Lei’d teamed up and the difin the Quad” event Thursday with SHAG for ferent places afternoon. this event. The on campus Breanna Fraser-Hevlin The Sexual Health Advisory DJs from the Student coordinator, Peer Health Advocates open for Group held this second-annual morning talk support. event for students to come by show “OSU The PHA is and learn about the organiza- Love Talk” helped hand out the also looking for volunteers to tion, get some tips on safe and supplies. “We got a lot of people join them, and have extended healthy sex and receive the lei’d,” said Conrad Cartmell, a applications until the end of goodies the group was hand- junior in math. week seven. ing out, including love kits, a Cartmell co-hosts with Holly “I’ve been a member for four variety of condoms stapled to Clausen and Austin Tipton on years, and it’s helped influence leis and different types of lube. KBVR FM every Friday morning my college life very positively,” “Normally, we just give out from 7-8 a.m. said Breanna Fraser-Hevlin, love kits, but this time we let “We wanted to help get the student coordinator for them make their own and students to talk freely about PHA. decide what health and Being a volunteer allows stukind of condesires and dents to act as a peer advocate doms and relationships. for the organization and serve We wanted to help lube that they That would on the committees each term. get students to talk wanted,” make every- This term, they are working on said Hannah thing safer,” bike-pedestrian safety, sexual freely about health Zyirek, a Cartmell said. health, mental health awareand desires and junior in The DJ trio ness and physical activity compublic health was not the mittees that work to involve relationships. and a memonly group students in campaigns and ber of SHAG. who came to events.

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Calendar Friday, Feb. 13 Events OSU Music Department, Noon, MU Lounge. Music å la Carte: David Rodgers and James Edwards, period music on original 19th Century guitars

Sunday, Feb. 15 Events Gamma Alpha Omega, Inc., 1-3pm, MU Journey Room. Mujeres Unidas: A timeless reflection, a tea party informational. Come hear about our story at OSU from the Kappa Chapter founders.

Monday, Feb. 16 Meetings Waste Watchers, 5:30-7pm, Gilkey 104. Weekly meeting - Help plan and get involved with waste reduction events, education and outreach!

Tuesday, Feb. 17 Meetings ASOSU Joint Session, 7pm, MU Lounge. A joint meeting of the ASOSU Congress to approve student fee levels for the 2015-16 school year.

Events OSU Career Development Center, 2-4pm, MU Multipurpose Room. Speed Mock Interviews. Sign up on Beaver Careers to practice interviewing with Employers & Career Specialists! Bring resume.

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OSU students can gain understanding of masculinity and engage in 12 break-out sessions that will include staff and graduate students from various universities, including keynote speaker Shaun Harper, a professor in the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, Africana Studies and Gender Studies.

“I would like to go; I think it’s something that needs to be talked about on campus. ... How much masculinity boxes men in,” said Molly Paeth, a senior in women, gender and sexuality studies. “We talk about women’s oppression, but not a lot about men. In reality, we’re all oppressed.”

The topic to be addressed during The day-long conference will be defining masculinity and the various components that attribute to the role men play in society.

“It has potential to open a discussion on men and masculinity; it will really give us an opportunity to think critically about the issues surrounding men in society,” Boovy said. “There’s a lot of attention around the country around men. To shift masculinity to look and consider power and privilege.”

The part the Healthy Masculinity’s Conference can play in the education of the future is positive in the eyes of many people.

“The best thing for people to do is to be aware of how their actions effect themselves, their families, friends and community,” LopezGonzalez said.

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Meetings ASOSU Elections Committee, 6-8pm, MU 110.

Friday, Feb. 20 Events OSU Music Department, Noon, MU Lounge. Music å la Carte: Left Coast Sax Quartet

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Waste Watchers, 5:30-7pm, Gilkey 104. Weekly meeting - Help plan and get involved with waste reduction events, education and outreach!

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ASOSU Elections Committee, 6-8pm, MU 110.

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SCIENCE CLUB n Continued from page 1 “We do things for Mom and Dad’s Weekend a lot because a lot of our parents don’t really get to appreciate what food science is,” Twilley said. “This is a way for us to show some of the things we’ve learned or share some of those experiences.”

For college students — who are often still figuring out how to prepare a balanced diet — some of those experiences can be very practical, such as knowing how one careless mistake could potentially be the difference between food that’s delectable or inedible.

“It’s one thing reading about it in textbooks, seeing it in graphs and writing a paper on it,” Twilley said. “It’s another thing entirely to watch it and see how the textures change before your eyes, and if you don’t catch

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it just now, you’ll get something that’s much less desirable, and you’ll actually know why.”

Sophomore Kaitlyn Kornberg has been leading workshops for a while now, walking everyone through tempering chocolate or stretching taffy until it’s just right.

Kornberg said the process of making candy, which she calls “a mix of food science, creativity and hands-on learning,” is easier than most people assume, and that the club often chooses to workshop foods that even novices can pick up quickly.

“It’s a relaxing way to learn food science,” Kornberg said.

“And you get to eat it at the end,” said Liz Hagerman.

Hagerman is a junior in food science and technology and the club’s vice president.

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SIFC n Continued from page 1 expansion of the program.

At Thursday’s open hearing, SafeRide and ASOSU received SIFC’s final recommendation for their budgets. “We got partial of what we were asking,� said MacKenzie Zathan, external coordinator for SafeRide.

The decision reached from a five-to-one vote by SIFC will provide SafeRide with a $128,607.45 contingency agreement to assist in funding an extra van and a tentative professional staff coordinator for the SafeRide program. “This is huge for SafeRide’s training and direction for all staff and all elements of our program,� Zathan said.

The tentative budget decided Thursday night by SIFC for the ASOSU and SafeRide budget changed from what was tentatively agreed upon Tuesday night, as SIFC became aware that Drew Desilet, ASOSU faculty advisor, was the sole supervisor for both the SafeRide

receive “15-20 calls from point A to B, point B being home.�

Macy, SIFC chair, responded by recalling an instance in which she had seen SafeRide dropping people off at the Peacock Bar and Grill. “Do you know how many people are using SafeRide as a bar service?� Macy asked.

Zathan stressed the importance of safety and overall wellbeing of all SafeRide riders, providing the committee with emails she had received from riders.

Students who used SafeRide and received the email were asked in that same email to provide support for the program.

Zathan shared riders’ fears of being sexually assaulted while waiting for rides or not being able to contact SafeRide due to the high volume of calls the program receives.

Macy said that Zathan couldn’t quantify what exactly the risk was for students waiting for SafeRide. “Students are using SafeRide as a way of transportation means — which will inherently lead to abuse,� Macy said.

Macy attributed the issue to a “problem in employee training.�

Macy said the service that SafeRide provides is only used by a small number of students and the original budget proposal would not be beneficial for the student body as a whole. “We’re serving a small population, but I think we can do something more feasible for the student body,� Macy said.

Macy recommended sustainable growth of SafeRide by gradually fulfilling its needs with “sustainable growth vs. exponential, unplanned growth.�

During the ASOSU SafeRide budget hearing, Sarman was the sole member of the SIFC sixperson committee to vote “no� on the SafeRide budget decision.

Sarman did not abstain from voting, despite his affiliation with the program.

Macy abstained from voting on the Recreational Sports budget, citing her potential desire to seek employment there as a conflict of interest.

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program and the entire ASOSU organization.

The committee did not grant ASOSU’s proposed plan to expand SafeRide’s marketing and the advancement of the ASOSU SafeRide-specific app.

According to SIFC’s budget records, the SafeRide budget for the 2014-2015 academic year was $175,750, which included four vans. The budget approved at Thursday’s meeting for the 2015-2016 academic year consisted of $175,750 plus an additional $128,607.45 to help with expansion, and $70,534 for the professional staff member to oversee SafeRide.

The committee asked many questions about the effectiveness as well as the intentionality of the “no judgment� policy enacted by SafeRide.

Although SafeRide has the right to refuse service, intoxicated students can use the program; it is not solely transportation for academic purposes.

Zathan and Priscilla Macy spoke heatedly regarding the effectiveness of SafeRide.

Zathan said that many of the drivers who work for SafeRide

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Following a 2014 campaign that saw the Oregon State baseball team selected as the No. 1 overall seed, and then upset by UC Irvine in the Corvallis Regional, the 2015 Beavers look to lean on a young group of players to lead them back to Omaha.

The 2015 Beavers start this season with drastically different expectations than last year. In 2015 they enter the season in unfamiliar territory, unranked for the first time since 2011; they were also picked to finish fifth in this year’s Pac-12 preseason standings despite winning the conference the last two years in a row.

The Beavers open the season Friday, Feb. 15 in Surprise, Ariz. as part of the Surprise College Baseball Classic. The Surprise College Baseball Classic will feature 4 teams that are all outside the top 25 poll.

OSU will open on Friday against Northwestern, which finished ninth in the Big Ten Conference last season. Junior Andrew Moore will lead the

Top 2 Pac-12 teams face off for second time OSU women’s basketball hosts No. 12 Arizona State Friday in annual DAM Cancer Pink game

ber one,” said head coach Scott high pressure defense.

“They have one of the best Rueck.

Oregon State had 20 turnovers; defenses in the country, and they are very aggressive and fast and six above their season average. handsy, as our assistant coach Arizona State’s high pressure Mandy likes to say,” said sopho- defense leads to many fast break opportunities for them. more guard Sydney Wiese.

By Sarah Kerrigan “We can’t let them get out in the “They get out and run on steals, THE DAILY BAROMETER so if you take care of the basket- open court, so that means taking The last time these two schools ball then you have opportunity care of the basketball, taking good met this season, they were the to keep them out of transition, shots and not giving them anyonly two teams left undefeated so taking care of the basketball is thing easy,” Rueck said. “They’re in conference play. Oregon State number one — absolutely num- a team that every mistake they’ll (21-2, 11-1 Pac-12) came out the victor, but these two teams are still one and two in the conference.

Each team comes into the weekend with a loss and will be hungry for a win. Oregon State had its first inconference loss last weekend to Washington.

“I think we’ve put it behind us.

It’s a good lesson and I think it will better us in the future and we’ve become a better team because of it,” said sophomore forward Kolbie Orum.

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capitalize on it.”

It’s essential for the Beavers to take care of the ball and transition will also be a key factor in this game, particularly on the defensive end of things.

“It is all D-Transition. Our three’s get back and stop the ball so it doesn’t get in the post. We’ve been working hard to slow down the ball and slow down their point guards,” Orum said.

When asked how the Beavers plan to slow the Sun Devils,Wiese said, “defensive transition, and make sure we make good shots offensively and take care of the ball. That will keep them out of getting fast breaks.”

Offensively for the Beavers, being patient in the half court will be crucial, because hurried play usually leads to turnovers for Oregon State.

Composure will need to come from running the point and setting the pace of the game how Oregon State wants it to be played.

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charge for the Beavers on the mound, as he receives his second straight season opening start.

“It’s always fun to get the first pitch; you get to set the tone for the whole year,” Moore said.

Northwestern returns a host of starters led by sophomore infielder and Freshman AllAmerican Pete Hoffman. The Wildcats are led

by Paul Stevens, who is in his 27th season as head coach; he is the winningest coach in Northwestern history with 637 career wins, all at Northwestern.

Saturday, the Beavers will take on Michigan State, which they played last season in Surprise, Ariz. and lost to the Spartans 8-7. In that game, Michigan State out hit the Beavers 13-7 and forced the Beavers deep into their bullpen, with former pitcher Max Engelbrekt eventually taking credit for the loss. The Spartans finished sixth in the Big Ten last season before ending their season with a loss to Indiana in Big Ten Tournament Championship.

“We know that Michigan State is talented and almost has all of their starters back,” coach Pat Casey said.

Offensively the Spartans are lead by senior Blaise Salter, who hit .317 last season and led See BASEBALL | page 6

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The Departed Ben Wetzler, Jace Fry, Scott Schultz, Brandon Jackson, Chandler Eden, Philip Belding

The Returner Andrew Moore, Jake Thompson, Mak Fox, Trent Shelton, Zach Reser, Kevin Flemer, John Pomeroy

The New Faces Sam Tweedt, Mitch Hickey, Drew Rasmussen, Ryan Mets, Luke Heimlich, Travis Eckert If you thought the outfield took a hit from players signing MLB with the losses of Michael Conforto and Dylan Davis opting out of the final year of eligibility, the pitching staff arguably was hit just as hard.

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Sophomore infielder Trever Morrison pulls back to sling the ball to first against The Cardinal in Goss Stadium April 6, 2014.

Junior right-handed pitcher Andrew Moore winds up for the release against Wright State in Corvallis March 2, 2014.

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rotation after suffering a broken leg in the fall.

No other Beaver pitcher logged more than 30 innings a year ago. Sophomores Mak Fox, John Pomeroy, Kevin Flemer and Trent Shelton, along with senior Zach Reser, all took the bump for the Beavers but did not pitch significant innings.

A lot of the pitchers could get the treatment Moore got as a freshman. The coaches would give Moore early opportunities to pitch, if they pitch well. Moore, of course, was able to work his

2.0 — Fry 1.80 and Wetzler with a 0.78 ERA. Also gone is Scott Schultz, who was the fourth man in the Beavers’ rotation and was also served as the team’s closer, who went 7-2 with a 1.61 ERA including six saves. He also threw a memorable two-hit complete game shutout facing elimination against UC Irvine in last season’s regional round.

The combination of Wetzler,

game last year he struck out 14 North Dakota State batters in the Beavers’ opening game of the Regional round.

Throw in Moore’s innings from last season into the players from last year, and they made up 89 percent of the starts and 75 percent of the innings pitched.

Needless to say, this is an inexperienced pitching staff. After Moore, there is only sophomore Jake Thompson, who made six starts as a freshman while going 3-2 with a 4.25 ERA. Thompson, however, will be eased back into

Fry, Schultz and Dylan Davis — the regular right fielder who also pitched — started 39 or the 59 games and pitched 58 percent of the team’s innings. That is nearly 60 percent of the innings that need to be filled by players who have not pitched an inning for the Beavers.

Returning for the Beavers is junior Andrew Moore, last year’s Saturday starter who went 6-5 a year ago; a down year from his freshman year when he won 14 games and was named Pac-12 freshman of the year. In his final

WOMEN’S HOOPS n Continued from page 5 execute our offense, just reading it,” Wiese said.

The Beavers will need to take advantage of junior center Ruth Hamblin down in the post since they were able to find production there last time.

“Offensively when you throw to Ruth, keep it so they can’t mess with her passes.

So keep the ball away for Ruth,” Orum said.

Besides being a very important inconference game, there is an added importance because it is the Pink Out game.

“We wait all year for our pink game. We are always in the same colors, orange and black, orange and white, so this is pretty exciting for us. We are excited for the cause; we have a lot of family members and friends that are breast cancer survivors, so it is nice to do this for them,” said Orum.

Oregon State will be decked out in its pink uniforms to support breast cancer awareness and a profit from its DAM Cancer shirts will go to Corvallis Clinic’s Project H.E.R. “I think it’s really cool because you’re fighting for something bigger that just the game, so it means a lot. It is really cool to be able to support such a great foundation,” said Hamblin.

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and support the cause,” Wiese said.

The Beavers are set to take on Arizona “We were planning on cutting our hair State and promote breast cancer awareness at the end of the season but last week I just Friday at 6 p.m. in Gill Coliseum. thought, hey it’s breast cancer awareness Sarah Kerrigan, sports reporter month — how long is our hair going to grow On Twitter @skerrigan123 in a month or two — why not cut it off now sports@dailybarometer.com

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standings, narrowly missing out on an NCAA tournament berth.

2014 was the first time in four years that the Lobos didn’t make the NCAA tournament.

The Lobos were picked to win the Mountain West Conference for the 3rd consecutive season.

New Mexico is the only team in the Surprise College Baseball Classic picked to win its respective conference.

The Lobos hope to follow the path of their previous two teams, as they won the Mountain West by a record seven games in 2013 and tied for the championship with UNLV in 2014.

The Lobos are led by AllConference junior infielders Sam Haggerty and Jared Holley at second base and shortstop, respectively. Sophomore designated hitter Danny Collier leads the Lobos offensively, hitting .351 and having an on base percentage of .419 in 2014 as a freshman. New Mexico is coached by Ray Birmingham, who is entering his eighth season with the Lobos. In that time, Birmingham has eclipsed 240 wins at UNM — he is the quickest coach in school history to do so.

The Beavers will look to continue their dominating streak in season opening games under Coach Pat Casey, as they have won five straight season openers, and are 75-30 in such games.

the Big Ten in doubles with 22.

Jake Boss Jr. is the head coach of the Spartans, entering his seventh season as head coach; he has guided the Spartans to five straight 30-win seasons, the Big Ten regular-season championship in 2011 and the NCAA Tournament in 2012. OSU expects to start junior transfer Travis Eckert against the Spartans.

Sunday and Monday, the Beavers finish the tournament with two games in a row against New Mexico as they round out the weekend.

“New Mexico has really been an offensive team over the last couple years, and we’ve got to play good baseball to be successful,” Casey said.

Freshman Luke Heimlich will start for the Beavers on Sunday; Monday’s pitcher is to be announced for OSU. New Mexico finished its season second in the Mountain West

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Travis Eckert, a junior transfer from Clark College, is expected to make the start in the Beavers’ second game; he will be the first to get that opportunity when the right-hander takes the mound against Michigan State.

Freshman Luke Heimlich will get the third start for the Beavers; the southpaw out of Puyallup Washington was named the Gatorade MVP and Louisville Slugger All-American when he went 11-0 with a 0.66 ERA his senior year.

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ea to random Valentine’s Day plans on the horizon. We hope everyone has some fun and eats all of the discount chocolate the day later.

Nay to the fact that it is basically a commercial grab for flowers and chocolate that makes some single individuals feel bad.

Yea to the impending approach of St. Patrick’s Day, on another note.

Yea to being one week closer to spring. It’s time for warmer weather already.

Nay to puddles flooding sidewalks in town and on campus. There’s no worse feeling than when your shoes turn into sponges.

Yea to obvious weather solutions such as rubber rain boots. Sounds like a solid investment.

Yea to puddle pallets, our unsung heroes in a world filled with miniature lakes.

Nay to potential safety concerns involved with pallets. We suppose it’s best to wait for a long-term solution.

Yea to the Student and Incidental Fees Committee taking the time it needs to review budgets. These individuals are responsible for fees we all pay into, and it’s important to keep an eye out or speak up if we disagree with any new implementations.

Yea to the idea of establishing a professional SafeRide coordinator. These students work long, hard hours in the program and need more guidance.

Drew Desilet has enough to deal with as a faculty adviser for ASOSU. Nay to scare tactics or any implication ASOSU releases saying SafeRide is “going away” or “threatened.” The funding amounts and contingency agreement — which grants them a new van this academic year when needed — speak for themselves in this matter.

Nay to continuing issues with Gov. John Kitzhaber. Between investigations of criminal activity and attempting to get rid of emails, maybe it is high time he resigned from office.

Nay to continuing struggles to find balance and order within the world of politics.

Yea to the completion of the Student Experience Center. It took a while for everything to get in order, but things seem to be looking up for the new facility.

Yea to legitimate diet methods as opposed to fad diets, misleading pills and other questionable weight loss methods.

Nay to “bad” food tasting so good and “good” food sometimes being less desirable. Some of us love vegetables, but really — some snacks are hard to resist.

Yea to cakes, brownies and all the chocolate-loaded crap we probably shouldn’t eat.

Nay to potentially empty parking lots and confusion surrounding the ongoing parking system on campus.

It’s definitely time we had another survey or open forum to discuss how the parking system continues to operate.

Yea to student and community input.

Keep on singing, Corvallis.

Sean Bassinger Editor-in-Chief McKinley Smith Managing and News Editor TeJo Pack Sports Editor

ohn Kitzhaber is a legend in Oregon politics; nothing is ever going to change that.

He has been a key figure in Salem since the 1970s and was recently elected to an unprecedented fourth term as Oregon’s Governor.

Amid a potentially criminal investigation from the Oregon Attorney General, an ever evolving scandal involving Oregon’s First Lady Cylvia Hayes and pay-to-play politics, and the possibility of a recall election on the horizon, there was a good amount of speculation that Governor Kitzhaber would resign, when Secretary of State Kate Brown (Who is next in line of suc-

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Vandever cession) abruptly left a conference in D.C. to return to Oregon.

As of Feb. 11, however, Kitzhaber has denied any intention of resigning.

Governor Kitzhaber, or King Kitz as I like to call him, is a brilliant individual and very skilled politician.

His ability to bring folks together for the PERS “Grand Bargain” was

nothing short of remarkable.

But for too long have Oregonians turned a blind eye to the blunders of his administration just because of the magical (D) next to his name on the ballot.

If you are unfamiliar with the stream of scandals involving our Governor — because you actually have a life — I will take you on a journey to explore just a few of them.

Let me be the Virgil to your Dante and guide you through a few of the many transgressions of the Kitzhaber Administration.

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he Internet is great.

It helps you on that midterm paper, gives you ideas on how to throw a birthday party for your hedgehog, provides endless cat photos, hilarious memes and tells you if Patrick Dempsey played McDreamy or McSteamy.

The Internet is a wonderful platform for all these very useful things and more. But what are we really doing on it?

I know at times my Internet habits are atrocious, but Pinterest always calls me at my most productive moments.

All of us have those sites we go on for hours and hours.

What does any of that accomplish?

Yes, you may have found the greatest image of Left Shark ever, but that doesn’t contribute much to society unfortunately.

This week was all about spiritual wellness, and to kick off the reflective week, the CEO of the SoulPancake came to speak about wellness and she touched on social media habits and platforms.

Shabnam Mogharabi said at the kick-off event that we are forgetting about “real life interactions.”

Mogharabi said social media as it “stands today is going to be obsolete in a few years, I think it’s going to be replaced with something that conSee DI RAFFAELE | page 8

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conformity.

Loving someone always requires compromise.

You might, for instance, attend a concert to check out your significant other’s favorite band, because even if you’re not a fan of the music, you know you’ll enjoy making her happy.

Planning an inexpensive

anna Date?

After all, Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and everybody needs something sweet on Valentine’s Day. How do you like your dates?

Do you prefer the soft, sugary and gooey ones, or the hard, chewy and honey flavored?

By now you either understand what I’m talking about, or you’re completely confused.

Let me explain.

I’m talking about the fruit — not dinner and a movie.

Dates have been a staple food of the Middle East for thousands of years.

They are believed to have originated in Iraq, but have been cultivated since ancient times throughout Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Remember the tainted dates that killed the monkey in Raiders of the Lost Ark? Those are the dates I’m talking about, just the non-poisoned kind.

The date, perhaps the oldest known cultivated tree crop, was brought to North America by the Spanish conquistadors.

However, commercial production didn’t begin until a Colorado River

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ear Dr. Ethics, I hate Valentine’s Day. It’s a fake corporate holiday and I’m forced to buy stuff for my girlfriend to prove I love her. If I don’t, she’ll get mad. I think it’s wrong to do something out of peer pressure and I don’t have extra cash to buy roses and a fancy dinner. I try hard to be a good boyfriend, but she’s hinted many times that she’s expecting me to buy a special gift for her on Valentine’s Day. Is it ethical for me to pretend to care about a stupid holiday simply because it will make my girlfriend happy?

—Jaded Cupid Dear Jaded Cupid, You’re in good company; I hate

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Ask Dr. Ethics Valentine’s Day for its glorification of heteronormative, patriarchal and materialistic models of romantic love.

I didn’t always dislike the holiday.

I required a heavy dose of philosophy before I was able to question its popularity as a courting ritual, so I can understand your girlfriend’s perspective.

After all, Valentine’s Day wouldn’t amass billions of dollars in profits if buying that “something special” you mentioned didn’t invoke such strong feelings and widespread

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for creativity, laughter and anyone — on music, movies, artwork, cartoons, stoperspective.

Alternative social media ries, writing, editing, songs, outlets I highly suggest are books and other items. nects us more.”

If you’re a creatively-drivMogharabi also mentioned SoulPancake, KickStarter and en person wanting to subthat these media platforms hitREcord.org.

SoulPancake is a great web- mit work online that could create a culture of compotentialparison and self-promotion site for gainly be used instead of connection like ing some good by M r. they were first being used for. insight and An online Gordonpositivity on Social media is great, presence is Levitt on life, even when but we need to start using it comes to important in today’s a p r o j the Internet for more good ect and the hard stuff, instead of comparison and age, but it see what and come promotion. others on — who doesn’t all I’m not saying that pro- doesn’t love are creathave to consist of moting you, your life or what Kid President? ing, then you’re thinking should not memes and a this is a This little be part of anyone’s media beam of hapgreat site LinkedIn account. habits, but to start introduc- p i n e s s w i l l to spend ing grander concepts into our brighten some online usage rather than just everyone’s day time on. I another cat photo or pedes- with wisdom beyond his 11 recently found hitREcord trian status update. years. Either going on the and I love it; I’ve submitted Mogharabi and Spiritual YouTube channel and watch- some writing to the site and Wellness week have enlight- ing its many videos is great, read others’ works as well. ened us to be more open to or going to its website and I think it’s fun and more others, connected and aware collaborating on ideas and fruitful than spending that of others and ourselves, and thoughts with like-minded same amount of time on why not transfer these ide- people is also a great social Facebook. als to our very alive habits alternative.

An online presence is online?

KickStarter has become a important in today’s age, It isn’t a scary concept to well-known website for any- but it doesn’t all have to try out; who knows, you may one trying to get funding on consist of memes and a even start to like a new online their inventive ideas, but you LinkedIn account. regimen that can also go Actually connecting with makes you through the others and looking at differf e e l m o re website and ent ideas is important, and Social media connected see what oth- will advance the use of the is great, but we and creative ers are try- Internet and humans’ abilwith others need to start using ing to do to ity to relate to others with while gainimprove the compassion. the Internet ing new perworld.

Take a moment and for more good spectives on You might reflect on your online life and the even find instead of usage and on what Spiritual world. a new pascomparison and Wellness week has had to sion or idea I have a say. promotion. you want to h a rd t i m e Be more open to others get involved with this as with yourself. in everyday life and online well because as well. hitREcord.

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Right off the bat, Cover Oregon was Oregon’s state insurance exchange set up under Obamacare. The project was a massive failure, with $300 million in taxpayer dollars allocated to developing a website that failed to enroll a single person.

Under Kitzhaber’s watch nearly $190 Million dollars were spent on planning, forecasting, engineering and no bridge, not even a single shovel full of dirt moved on the Columbia River project.

As reported by The Oregonian’s Betsy Hammond on July 16, 2013, Rudy Crew was picked as Kitzhaber’s Chief Education Officer; Crew raked in a $280,000 salary, took nine weeks in paid time off —

JENKINS n Continued from page 7 Valentine’s Day date might be one of the concessions you make to please your partner.

A handwritten card listing the many things you love about her, a bar of dark chocolate, and dinner at home might be the “something special” she desires.

Will participating in Valentine’s Day feel like a violation of your values or require you to perform disingenuous emotions?

If so, you shouldn’t “pretend to care,” which means you’ll have to explain your position to your girlfriend.

This leads us to a different ethical problem that underlies your question: honesty.

Direct, truthful and compassionate communication isn’t just an important moral virtue; it’s also an essential component to any relationship.

While philosopher Immanuel Kant’s analysis of the Categorical Imperative — a moral standard you can learn about in PHL 205 (Ethics) — doesn’t address responses to

including a six-week vacation — and would travel around the nation on the taxpayer’s dime, sometimes on trips that in no way benefitted the State.

Sounds like a pretty cheery gig, right?

Even with all that, Crew quit after only a year working for the State.

Our illustrious First Lady Cylvia Hayes has admitted to illegally marrying an Ethiopian man so he could get a green card, planning to purchase land on which to grow pot and now has caused a criminal investigation from Oregon’s Attorney General into whether she illegally made money off her private consulting firm while working as an adviser to the Governor, then failing to report that money to the IRS. John Kitzhaber has a long list of achievements during his time serving Oregon, and if it were not for the train wreck of Cover Oregon I think he would have replaced Kathleen Sebelius as Health and Human Services Secretary.

the romantic-industrial complex, it’s safe to say neither her “hinting” nor your “pretending to care” count as truth-telling.

Consider initiating a straightforward conversation about your relationship and how you want to express your love for one another. Handing her this column is an easy way to start that conversation.

We often think of love as a strong “good emotion” that one person causes in another. When teaching about the philosophy of love in classes likes PHL 417 (Feminist Philosophy), one of my favorite books to discuss with students is bell hooks’s “All About Love.”

In this book, hooks argues against the popular notion of love as something we feel, to develop an account of love as something we do in accordance with the values of respect, equality and justice.

According to this definition, many actions we associate with love turn out to be its undoing.

Reading “All About Love” with your girlfriend could make an inexpensive and

But the ever-mounting scandals have become a distraction during a time when the people of Oregon need a leader.

Politically speaking, I am not thrilled about elevating Secretary of State Kate Brown to the Governorship by way of a recall election, giving her a great advantage were she to run again. However, taking off my political hat and thinking as an Oregonian, it would be wrong for us as a citizenry to fail to hold John Kitzhaber, or any other public servant for that matter, accountable.

The Governor has let down the people of Oregon, and if his ego is getting in the way of him doing the right thing and resigning, then we will have no choice but to recall him.

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The opinions expressed in Vandever’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Vandever can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

memorable date. And, in your conversations about the book, you might discover that Valentine’s Day is an enemy of love.

If you want to learn more about upcoming philosophy classes, come to the School of History, Philosophy, and Religion’s student/faculty lunch on Wednesday, Feb. 18, from noon to 1 p.m. in Milam 301.

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pollinate female palms with the male pollen.

They watch the female palms, and when a bloom opens they climb up into the palm, sever the bloom, and powder the females with dike broke flooding the Imperial and Coachella pollen. valleys of Southern California early in the 20th The dating game begins. century.

Skilled laborers who climb ladders attached But let’s talk about the romance and sex life to the trees perform manual pollination. They of dates. brush, blow and shake pollen onto the stigma Every time a date seed is planted a new of the female palms. kind is originated, just as every time a child is Less often the pollen may be blown onto the born, a different human being is brought into female flowers by a wind machine. the world.

There are three ovaries in the female flower.

Nature has never repeated on people, nor Two of them drop off after pollination. has she repeated date palms grown from seeds.

The remaining ovary becomes a drupe.

The only way to perpetuate This drupe develops into a a variety is to propagate its cluster of dates. offshoots.

Each of these clusters Each of these Each palm produces five to weighs 20 to 25 pounds, and clusters weighs 20 25 offshoots at its base. contains about 200 dates. to 25 pounds, and The parent palm, both male A single tree can produce up and female, produce offshoots contains 200 dates. to 40 of these clusters a year. of their own sex.

At first the dates are green A single tree These offshoots will always and hard, but as they ripen be identical to the parent they become soft and turn can produce up plant. yellow, brown or red. to 40 of these The new shoots are planted The date palm will bear clusters a year. in rows, 48 females and one fruit for more than 100 years male per acre. if annually pollinated.

The males are of value only In spite of the fact that a as pollinators, so the 48:1 ratio allows growers date palm is a desert plant, it requires as much to use their resources for the fruit producing water as an oak tree. female plants.

Date gardens are flooded every week to Date palms are like people; they too have simulate the effects of an oasis, the date’s their families during their younger years. native habitat.

After five to 10 years, an offshoot has develAccording to ancient tradition, a date palm oped its own root system and can be harvested must have its feet in the water and it’s head in from the parent and planted. the fires of heaven.

After an offshoot is planted, it takes eight to Save the date: tomorrow is the big day.

10 years to become fruit bearing.

Make sure to romance your plate with the Nature made no adequate provision to pol- perfect date. linate female palms. t Bees and insects refuse to even visit the Gregory Christensen is vice president of the agricultural executive female plant until it has been pollinated. council at OSU. The opinions expressed in Christensen’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Christensen can Therefore, farmers are forced to artificially be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

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