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CAPS begins installing signs with emergency helpline as last line of suicide prevention By Chris Correll THE DAILY BAROMETER
Students using the top floor of the parking structure or other rooftop locations on campus may have noticed recently installed signs with a simple message, “there is help,” followed by a number for Oregon State University Counseling and Psychological Services’ crisis helpline. There are currently only a handful of signs up, with plans for more in the future. Suicide is still the second leading cause of death among people ages 13 to 24. Most suicide attempts are unsuccessful, but in 80 percent of deaths due to suicide the victim doesn’t reveal his or her plan to anyone or seek any kind of help, according to Suicide Prevention Coordinator Jim Gouveia. College in particular can be a vulnerable time for young people. The high stress of classwork and managing a social life leaves many students experiencing distress with no healthy outlet to handle it. “Some of the mental health probSee CAPS | page 3
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Counseling and Psychological Services is placing signs, like this one above the parking garage, around campus that could serve as a last line of defense against suicide.
Students respond to governor’s resignation An end to violence against women OSU students share thoughts on Gov. John Kitzhaber’s announcement to resign By Hanna Brewer and McKinley Smith THE DAILY BAROMETER
John Kitzhaber, Oregon state’s governor of 12 years, announced his resignation in a letter addressed to Secretary of State Kate Brown. The letter detailed that his resignation takes place Wednesday, Feb. 18. At this time Brown will be sworn in to continue the remainder of Kitzhaber’s term. Kitzhaber was asked to resign by Speaker of the House Tina Kotek and Senate President Peter Courtney. A scandal regarding Kitzhaber’s fiancé, Cylvia Hayes, led up to the announcement. “Kitzhaber had handed Hayes’ roles as an unpaid clean energy and economic policy adviser in his office, and as a consultant paid to promote the same topics. Since
Kitzhaber took office in 2011, Hayes Handeland said. had collected at least $213,000 There have been some questions from contracts, records showed,” and confusion about how this resaccording to The Oregonian article ignation will affect the Capitol, contitled “Governor John sidering the mere Kitzhaber announces three months that his resignation.” Kitzhaber has been in office this term. St u d e n t s gave “This is new termixed responses on ritory, some quesKitzhaber’s departure. tions on how to elect “We’re relieved that a new secretary of the governor’s office is state.” Handeland corruption free,” said said. “I would not Donald Handeland, be surprised if there president of the OSU are some new laws College Republicans. for future elections “We wish that he would in order to move have come forth earforward from the lier, in November; there scandal.” could have been time The next step is for and money saved.” Oregon Secretary of Handeland was not John Kitzhaber State Kate Brown — sure whether or not there was a lack of communication who had flown back from a conference in Washington, D.C. abruptly at the governors’ office. last Tuesday when the allegations of “Oregonians initially endorsed Kitzhaber’s resignation began — to him merely three months ago, and See KITZHABER | page 4 now are calling for his resignation,”
OSU hosts its first ‘One Billion Rising’ event Saturday
and one of the organizers of the event, said she felt Corvallis should be a part of this movement. “A year ago, a friend, Antigone Cook By Minelle Merwin and myself, who are deeply comTHE DAILY BAROMETER mitted to women’ issues, wanted to The Memorial Union Ballroom was attend a ‘One Billion Rising’ event, full of music, sharing and dance as and we realized it was being organized its first “One Billion in Portland, Salem Rising” event unfoldand Eugene, but ed Saturday, Feb. 14. there really wasn’t I have more According to the one happening in campaign’s webawareness about Corvallis,” Hyrapiet site, “The camsaid. “So we decided violence against paign, launched on to plan, organize women. ... I didn’t Valentine’s Day 2012, and execute one in began as a call to realize how prevalent 2015. We have been action based on the planning this event it was. It made me staggering statistic for almost a year. that 1 in 3 women want to support Last fall we called on the planet will be together a group of this effort. beaten or raped durlike-minded people, ing her lifetime” and Sharna Prasad and Camila Matamala-Ost has become “the bigOSU students Swathi Event attendee gest mass action to Sr idhar, Abbey end violence against Martin, Bailey Ross women in human history”. and Razan Tanab. These seven people Shireen Hyrapiet, an instructor of geography at Oregon State University See RISING | page 4 n
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Brake light check turns to DUI Around 2:45 a.m., an OSP officer stopped a driver for a possible broken brake light. The officer logged that the driver agreed to and then failed standard field sobriety tests. The officer then arrested the woman for driving under the influence of intoxicants. At the Benton County Correctional Facility, the woman’s blood-alcohol content was allegedly determined to be at 0.19 percent. The officer cited the woman and released her to jail staff.
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Two OSP officers were on foot patrol Friday evening when they reportedly spotted three people on the roof of West Dining Center. When officers reached the roof to investigate, the three people allegedly appeared to be coming down off the roof. One man allegedly tried to run away from the officers, but came back when told. In OSP logs, officers described all three individuals as “cooperative and compliant.” Officers cited all three for criminal trespass in the second degree.
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Parking structure parkour Wednesday evening, officers from both OSP and the Department of Public safety responded to the OSU Beaver Store parking structure for reports of man with a black bandana on his face scaling the walls of the parking structure. Officers were able to contact a man matching the description and when asked, the man allegedly told officers he “was trying to prepare for American Ninja Warrior” and “he often practices his stunts on OSU property.” Officers logged they were able to confirm the man is not an OSU student and proceeded to ban him from all OSU-owned property. The Daily Barometer news@dailybarometer.com
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Starting from scratch: Sigma Nu revives Delta Tau chapter Fraternity’s return to OSU after four-year absence lets ‘re-founding fathers’ decide brotherhood’s future.
tor Alex Taylor’s role in Delta Tau is gradually shrinking. Sigma Nu’s students are taking a greater part in running semantics every day. Bremmeyer said the founders will be making all decisions By Chris Correll “immediately after recruitment ends”. THE DAILY BAROMETER Reaching a fraternity leadership position Last November, two directors from Sigma Nu’s would normally take years of learning how expansion and recruitment division paid a that particular Greek house runs things. However, since there aren’t any previous visit to Oregon State University. During their stay, they met with students, classes to compete with, the “first class” staff and the Corvallis community while laying members have an equal chance in running the groundwork for the fraternity’s Delta Tau for any position in the upcoming elections, after taking a “crash course” held by Sigma Nu. chapter to return to campus in 2015. Sarles said he’s hoping to secure an officer At the time, the two of them knew reviving the organization after it disbanded voluntarily, post in order to “learn from the leadership due to lack of members in 2010, was going to over my last two years at OSU.” take considerable time and effort. So long as they uphold the organization’s They needed to build ties with other fra- core codes of conduct, “Love, honor, truth,” ternities, gather support from the Center for and a strict policy of anti-hazing that goes Fraternity and Sorority Life back to the group’s founding, and most importantly, they the re-founding father’s deciI was interested needed student leaders willsions will determine the path ing to take on a huge project. in the re-colonization and success of Delta Tau. After months of recruitment, They’ll decide which chariprocess and creating they have enough members ties to fundraise for, establish to start reintegrating. something from the first house traditions and Nathan Sarles, a junior in set the standard for Sigma Nu the ground up. accounting, is one of a few culture at OSU. dozen students who stepped Students aren’t the only Nathan Sarles up to the challenge and ones who will benefit from Junior, accounting accepted his bid. the new presence on campus. He and his colleagues are Alex Taylor said that over the next several going to have their hands full for the next few months, but for him, the unique opportunities months, Delta Tau is going to be searching a new fraternity chapter provides were too for charity partners that aren’t currently being utilized by other fraternities. good to pass up. Their goal is to have as big an impact as “I was interested in the re-colonization process and creating something from the ground possible without necessarily overlapping with up,” Sarles said. “Outside of this, there isn’t what other groups are already doing. normally a time when you can start someTaylor said one staff member will stay on thing brand new and get to leave your mark at OSU to oversee “infrastructure building” on Oregon State’s campus.” during the spring, offering suggestions and Hundreds of new pledges join OSU’s frater- guidance until the university officially returns nities each year, but most of them enter into Sigma Nu’s charter later this year. a framework that’s existed for decades. Sigma Their house is currently occupied by anothNu’s members will have both the blessing and er tenant, Alpha Sigma Phi, with an exact date burden of creating their own. for the transfer of occupants not set. Recruitment is still ongoing, but Adam Chris Correll, news reporter Bremmeyer, one of the directors of expansion news@dailybarometer.com and recruitment, said he and his fellow direc-
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“We know that if you delay the impulse just lems that underlie suicide are reaching the by five minutes, the potential for saving a life years of peak prevalence. Things like depres- is huge,� Gouveia said. sion, first onset of schizophrenia can occur in OSU’s administration is hopeful that makearly adulthood,� said David Kerr, associate ing the helpline present will act as a last line professor in psychology. Kerr has conducted extensive research in of defense for would-be victims. depression and suicide prevention among The 24-hour number connects the caller youth. with a counselor who can “try to mitigate the “It’s also a time of transition for young risk,� said Nina Gilliland, clinical specialist adults where they’re establishing indepen- at CAPS. dence,� Kerr said. “Their time in college may She said that when someone calls the numbe their first time away from family.� ber, they’re guaranteed to Many students suffering speak with a “master’s-level from depression are unwilling or unable to seek help We know that if you counselor.� from CAPS. Stigma and misAdditional signs will go delay the impulse just conceptions surrounding up in residence halls and five minutes, mental health services or other prominent campus fear of judgment can keep the potential for buildings. them away. saving a life is huge. Installing signs is only the According to the Young first step in CAPS’ prevenAdult Development Project at the Massachusetts Institute tion campaign. The departJim Gouveia of Technology, the human CAPS suicide prevention coordinator ment also intends to put brain doesn’t fully mature physical barriers on OSU’s until well past adolescence. roofs as an additional safety The prefrontal cortex, the measure, but Gouveia said area of the brain responsible for rationality the “enormous� cost of doing so is delaying and long-term decision making, is only finthem for the time being. ished developing at about age 25. There are also plans for “universal depresGouveia said many who plan on suicide make attempts in moments of extreme sion screenings,� which would be sent out to depression. The state of mind needed to make students, who could respond voluntarily, to an attempt is unstable, but Gouveia said it assess their levels of depression. also doesn’t last very long. Chris Correll, news reporter The rooftop signs are “means reduction� meant to give potential suicide victims a news@dailybarometer.com
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A body was discovered in Alan B. Berg Park on the east side of Corvallis, according to reports from the Corvallis Police Department. Officers responded to the 911 call shortly after 10:30 a.m. Sunday. A single individual was confirmed to be deceased, and the cause and manner of death are still under investigation. The investigation is receiving assistance from the Benton County Sheriff’s office, Oregon State Police, Philomath Police Department and Linn County Sheriff’s Office. CPD is treating the incident as a criminal event. The department has yet to confirm the individual’s identity, which will be withheld until investigators can notify next of kin. Additional details may be released after 9 a.m. Monday as the investigation continues. news@dailybarometer.com
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Antibiotic use could have drastic and complex impacts on microorganisms that live in the guts of animals, according to a press release that was issued by Oregon State University. The study, published in the journal Gut, suggests that antibiotics are affecting not only the microorganisms that live in digestive tracts, but they are also damaging the cells that line the intestines. “Prior to this most people thought antibiotics only depleted microbiota and diminished several important immune functions in the gut,� said Andriy Morgun, an assistant pro-
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Saturday at the Chinese Association’s “China Night” event, Chenchen Fan, a student in biology, preforms solo Wushu.
China Night The Chinese Association of Oregon State University held “China Night” Saturday, Feb. 14 at the LaSells Stewart Center, celebrating Chinese culture with prepared food and performances throughout the evening.
Photos by Victoria Pence (Above) At the LaSells Stewart Center Saturday night, elementary school students from the Willamette Chinese School danced to celebrate the coming year of the goat for the Chinese Association’s “China Night” event. (Right) Students Yuzhu Lin, Helin Fu, Yue Ma, Ziwei Yan, Yan Liang, Chunxiao Li and Yongbin Liu perform a modern Chinese dance.
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formed the core planning team for the 2015 ‘One Billion Rising’ event.” The event included many unique, interactive elements such as dancing, which was meant to encourage a reclaiming and re-embracing of one’s body, and shared rhythm playing, where attendees were all given drums and similar instruments to continue in time together. The performers included the Tribal Rising Dance group, Drum Circle Connection, OSU Women’s Choir and Leela Devi, who organized the flash mob at the end of the event.
“We would like to thank the governor for his legacy of promoting progressive values in the state of Oregon,” said Erica Fuller, president of College of Democrats at OSU. “We are looking forward to working with Kate Brown to advancing our shared goals over the next two years.” Handeland shared Fuller’s sentiments about the secretary of state. “We wish Kate Brown Luck,” Handeland said. Fuller said she did expect Kitzhaber’s resignation considering what was going on. Some of the students, after hearing that Kitzhaber has been a political figure for more than 30 years and held the position of governor for the longest in history, felt that he had outlasted his ability. “I think he’s been in position too long that he’s lost sight of what’s best for the community,” said Gabi Godier, a sophomore biology major. Handeland felt that it was time to let another party step into power during the next elections. “This event will definitely make 2016 elections more interesting, because every party will be represented. We are wondering how the scandal will come into things,” Handeland said. Fuller said that Kitzhaber’s resignation should not affect his successor in 2016. Hanna Brewer, news reporter McKinley Smith, managing and news editor news@dailybarometer.com
“I think this event was really interactive,” said Shivangi Agrawal, a psychology major who volunteered at the event. “It was really different than all the other events I’ve been to. It was fun. It felt so good to be in solidarity because it’s something going on all over the world, in the smallest cities. I especially see that as an international student.”
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The speakers included Letetia Oregon State University holds its “One Billion Rising” event Saturday in the Memorial Union Ballroom to Wilson, director of the Center of raise awareness about the prevelance of violence against women and support change. Rape and Domestic Violence, Penny “I will end with a quote from York of the Corvallis City Council Matamala-Ost said after attend- space created and was proud of and Lorena Reynolds, who is on the ing the event. “I didn’t realize how OSU for being a part of such an Secretary General of the U.N. Ban prevalent it was. It makes me want event. board of directors for CARDV. Ki-moon,” Hyrapiet said in her closReynolds contributed a heartfelt to support this effort. I liked the idea Many organizations also had ing remarks. “There is one universal talk on the importance of sharing of sharing from the speech given. It tables around the MU Ballroom. truth, applicable to all countries, and reaching out and supporting was awesome to hear ‘this is what One, by the Golden Z Club, held cultures and communities: Violence one another to heal, as well as how would be helpful’ from (Reynold’s) numerous different pairs of shoes, against women is never acceptable, this very act might hopefully lead perspective.” ranging from sandals and Nike never excusable, never tolerable. to greater solidarity and an end to One attendee, environmental tennis shoes to doll-like ballet flats, And thus we rise.” violence. sciences major Annie Kersting, said meant to symbolize survivors of vioMinelle Merwin, news reporter “I have more awareness about she was impressed with the speech lence with short stories from actual violence against women,” Camila by Reynolds, the surprisingly safe survivors written by each pair. news@dailybarometer.com
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By Brian Rathbone The Oregon State men’s basketball team was forced to evacuate its flight after a scorpion was found on its plane back to Portland. Unfortunately for the Beavers, this was probably the most exciting moment of their trip to California. After a 13-point loss to USC, the Beavers most certainly could not have handled the physical sting, to go along with the emotional sting, of losing to the team with the worst record in the Pac-12. The Beavers (16-9, 7-6 Pac-12) gave USC (10-15, 2-11) its first victory in 10 tries, when the Trojans outscored Oregon State 42-17 in the second half en route to their 68-55 victory over the visiting Beavers Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles. Just like they did against UCLA, the Beavers let USC hurt them from behind the arc, with freshman guard Elijah Stewart making five three-point shots. The Trojans as a team finished with a combined eight threes in the game. For 15 minutes of the first half, the Beavers led the Trojans and led by as many as six in the opening half. But they eventually found themselves unable to convert extra opportunities off of USC turnovers and offensive rebounds to close out the first. With 2:06 left in the first half and holding on to a 26-20 lead, the Beavers controlled the ball for the final 1:36. But the Trojans outscored the Beavers 6-2 in the closing minutes due to missed free-throw and turnovers, including a turnover by sophomore guard Malcolm Duvivier that led to a USC dunk at the buzzer. The Beavers entered the intermission with a 28-26 lead. The second half went about as well for the Beavers as it did the final two minutes of the first half. USC opened on a 15-3 run in the first six minutes, giving
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Friday night, the No. 8 Beavers (23-2, 13-1 Pac-12) hosted the 12thranked Sun Devils (21-4, 12-3). In one of the stranger games of the season, the Beavers survived and came away with the victory, 70-64. “Sometimes it felt like it was a prizefight, and then other times it felt like it was finesse,” said head coach Scott Rueck. “It was called so weird, and so it was so physical, and then all of a sudden it couldn’t be physical. I couldn’t figure it out all night.” Rueck’s frustration boiled to a point
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(Top) Sophomore guard Sydney Wiese takes some time for the camera against Arizona State Feb. 13 in Gill Coliseum. (Bottom) The OSU women’s basketball team talks strategy during a timeout against ASU Feb. 13.
Women’s Basketball What: Oregon State vs. Colorado Where: Boulder, Colo. When: Friday, Feb. 20 at 5:30 p.m. Air: Pac-12 Networks
that he was even called for a technical foul. “I was just confused, and so I asked a question and I got a technical for asking a question,” Rueck said. Rueck’s technical came with 9:10 remaining in the game and the score at 50-43. At the time of the infraction, Oregon State had been called for seven second-half fouls compared to two for Arizona State. “Anytime anything like that happens, it might fire the other team up, but we get fired up too,” said sophomore guard Sydney Wiese. “I know that coach Rueck is fighting for us, so we have to fight back.” By game’s end, each team was called for 18 fouls, but regardless of how the game was officiated, the Beavers led for 35 of the game’s 40 minutes. They led for the entire second half. As lopsided as that stat may seem, the Beavers’ largest lead was just 10 points, and their advantage was in the singledigits for the majority of the game. The Sun Devils would cut the margin to three points with as little as 90 seconds remaining in the game, but clutch free throws put the game on ice. The Beavers shot 18-of-21 from the charity stripe on Friday. “The team played through that adversity,” Rueck said. “We made big plays when we needed to, we got stops when we needed to, and once again we fed off an incredible home crowd: over 5,200 tonight.” In the game, Wiese set an Oregon State school record for career 3-pointers when she hit her 179th career three in the first half. How appropriate then, that Wiese would catch fire from beyond the arc in the second game of the weekend. Against Arizona (9-16, 2-12),Wiese made 6-of-8 attempts from long range. At one point in the second half, Wiese went on a 9-0 run after draining three See WOMEN’S HOOPS | page 6
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Friday, OSU (2-1) defeated the Northwestern Wildcats (0-3) by a score of 2-1. Junior righthanded pitcher Andrew Moore led the charge for the Beavers, throwing seven innings and allowing just a single run, while also striking out nine batters. But the win against the Wildcats went to freshman right-handed pitcher Mitch Hickey. It was Hickey’s first appearance in a Beaver uniform. Moore, one of the few returning Beavers to the mound, wasn’t worried about the young pitchers behind him going into the game. “Their stuff is just as good; physically they are just as good as us.” Moore said. Northwestern led for the majority of the game, but crumbled late on a costly mistake by freshman right-handed pitcher Tommy Bordignon that led to an OSU victory. After senior right-handed pitcher Brandon Magallones exited the game for the Wildcats, the bullpen couldn’t hold the 1-0 lead on the Beavers after senior catcher Scott Heelan drove justin quinn | THE DAILY BAROMETER in freshman infielder Grant Peikert on a double into left field. Sophomore infielder Trever Morrison prepares The Beavers tied the game in the sixth when for the next pitch against Washington in Goss Stadium May 18, 2014. See BASEBALL | page 6
Softball moves to 8-3 over weekend thanks to blow outs, close wins
had lost to NDSU to open the five-game road trip in Southern California, 4-2, but a triumphant last-ditch effort against the Bison gave the Beavers the last laugh. OSU By Josh Worden is now 8-3 on the year. THE DAILY BAROMETER Down 5-1 in the bottom of the seventh The Oregon State softball team closed out inning, the Beavers put five runs on the the Campbell/Cartier Classic in San Diego board in the final frame and stole a walkwith a dramatic and vengeful victory over See SOFTBALL | page 6 North Dakota State on Saturday. The Beavers n
Senior infielder Ya G a r c i a concentrates on the ball against Arizona State M a r c h 16, 2014.
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Junior righthanded pitcher Andrew Moore pulls back to release a pitch against Write State March 2, 2014.
WOMEN’S HOOPS n Continued from page 5 after three after three in a span of 1:38. All six of her threes were assisted, and three of them came via sophomore guard Gabriella Hanson. “They went down today, Gabi set me up well with some great passes,” Wiese said. “I got picks set for me, and coach Rueck put me in a position where I could be successful. I always say I have the easy job just to make the shot, and they were open today.” Perhaps one of the reasons Wiese was open was because Hanson’s assists were no-look passes. “On offense, Syd is always a person that you need to know where she is, defensively and even for us as a team because everything goes through her,” said Hanson. “I never lost track of Syd. I knew where she was the whole time. I don’t think I had to look at her to pass it.” Wiese’s sharpshooting led the Beavers in their second half dominance against the Wildcats. After going into halftime with a single digit lead, 39-30, the Beavers outscored Arizona 34-18 in the second. “I thought the team did a great job coming out of the locker room at the half; there was a different
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out one en route to the final two outs at the top of the 10th. Sunday, OSU was blitzed by a flurry of New Mexico offense as the Lobos defeated OSU by a score of 7-4. Oregon State had control of the game early, jumping to a 2-0 lead on Harrison’s single and solo home runs. Freshman left-hander Luke Heimlich started the game for the Beavers and was superb, but he only worked four innings before showing signs of tiring. Once Heimlich exited the game, the Lobos took over offensively and the OSU bullpen couldn’t hold the lead, as the Beavers went through six relief pitchers who gave up a total of six runs to New Mexico. A late rally by the Beavers was led by junior center fielder Jeff Hendrix, as he hit a two run home run in the bottom of the ninth to end the scoring at 7-4. The Lobos (2-1) stayed patient offensively and were led by freshman first baseman Carl Stajduhar, who went 2-5 with 3 runs batted in. Sophomore right-hander Kevin Flemer was saddled with the loss for the Beavers, as he gave up the two run home run that gave the Lobos the lead. Oregon State continues play Monday at noon in Surprise Ariz., against New Mexico. Brenden Slaughter, sports reporter On Twitter @b_slaught sports@dailybarometer.com
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than 30 minutes; the bench was very thin against the Trojans with Jarmal Reid in foul trouble. The junior forward, who has averaged 24 minutes a game the last three games, only played 17 minit a 41-31 advantage over the Beavers. utes and resulted in the Beavers’ bench being Then a pair of threes from junior forward outscored 20-3. Langston Morris-Walker cut into the Trojan lead. Morris-Walker led the Beavers with 17 points, Morris-Walker’s second three brought the Beavers while making four threes, and junior forward within five with just under 12 minutes, but that Daniel Gomis flirted with a double-double, as he was as close as it got. USC wore down the Beavers scored 10 points and collected nine rebounds in and cruised to a 13-point victory, snapping its the losing effort for the Beavers. nine-game losing streak. With the loss, the Beavers drop to 2-9 away from It was a rough night shooting the basketball Gill, where they will play their next game against once again on the road for the Beavers, as they No. 11 Utah on Thursday; they will try to keep shot 32.8 percent from the field and 29.4 from their perfect record at home, where they are 14-0. behind the arc — USC on the other hand shot 45.1 Brian Rathbone, sports reporter percent from the field and 44 percent from three. On Twitter @brathbone3 Every single starter for the Beavers logged more sports@dailybarometer.com
seventh inning. Gilmore went on to cross the plate in the same frame for the winning run. What: Oregon State vs. Kentucky With two outs, senior catcher Where: Palm Springs, Calif. Hannah Akamine delivered the When: Friday, Feb. 20 at 11:30 a.m. knockout blow with a single to left field to close the book on the Bison. It wasn’t all the new players that Gilmore and freshman shortstop lead OSU to the win, however. Senior McKenna Arriola scored on the play center fielder Dani Gilmore, herself to turn a 5-4 deficit into OSU’s eighth with 57 hits last year and 14 already win through 11 games. Arriola had an this season, paced her team with two RBI single earlier in the inning, as did runs batted in, including a solo home junior first baseman Mikela Manewa. The NDSU win is one of the most run in the fourth — the only run for the Beavers in the first six innings — important of the season so far. The before adding an RBI single in the Bison made the NCAA Tournament
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Senior infielder Ya Garcia releases the ball towards home against the Arizona State Sun Devils in Corvallis on March 16, 2014.
Against SDSU, the Beavers recorded last year and have won the Summit League Tournament five times in the five hits but never scored. Coming last six years. back in the Seton Hall win, OSU used The Beavers had time to stew over 15 hits and 11 walks to open up the big the NDSU loss on Thursday, which lead. Combined between the second was the only game of the day for and sixth innings, the Beavers scored OSU. Three games, two days and two 16 times. wins later, the Beavers took the field OSU has had four big offensive not long after the finish of the 17-3 outputs this season against Pacific, drubbing of Seton Hall. The offense Indiana, CMU and Seton Hall, totalwasn’t quite as prolific against the ing 53 runs in those four games. In Bison: the final four players in the the other seven contests, meanwhile, batting order all ended hitless, but OSU has scored 19 a top-heavy offentimes. sive effort was just Gilmore is now enough for a 6-5 win. OSU has had four second on the team Junior pitcher Bev big offensive outputs with a .368 average Miller tossed a comthis season against this season and has plete game for OSU, two of her team’s giving up only two Pacific, Indiana, earned runs through CMU and Seton Hall, eight home runs. seven innings. She is Manewa leads the totaling 53 runs in now 4-3 on the seaBeavers with a .464 son, but her record those four games. average and a .600 is not indicative of clip with runners in her performance scoring position. She this year; she has is in her first year in only given up seven earned runs Corvallis after transferring from the through 44 innings and her three College of Southern Nevada. losses came during games when the The Beavers will continue the trend Beavers scored a combined two runs. OSU returns to Corvallis with three of weekend road games in the near more wins and two more losses and future, including five games in the stand at 8-3 overall. Last season, the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Cathedral, Calif. starting this Friday. team finished 18-31. The nightcap on Friday is a matchup The Beaver offense has had plenty of extreme highs and lows already this between the Beavers and Cal Poly, the season: part of the reason why Miller’s second such meeting between these steady pitching performance has two teams. Cal Poly took a 1-0 win sometimes turned into blowout wins over OSU on Feb. 8 in eight innings, and sometimes low-scoring losses. the first loss of the season for the The 17 runs scored against Seton Hall Beavers. came on the heels of a 2-0 loss to San OSU’s first home game this year Diego State from Friday evening. will be March 21 against Stanford. The Beavers also ran out to a big Josh Worden, sports reporter lead over Central Michigan on Friday On Twitter @BrightTies and incited the five-inning mercy rule in the 13-2 blowout victory. sports@dailybarometer.com
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freshman catcher KJ Harrison opened the inning with a triple to right center. His first career hit set the table for sophomore Billy King, who was pinch hitting. He doubled in Harrison on a ball that flew over the left fielder’s head. Eventually though, the otherwise stagnant Beaver offense came to life in the bottom of the ninth. Oregon State loaded the bases with one down in the bottom half of the ninth against the Wildcats’ reliever, freshman Tommy Bordignon. While pitching to sophomore infielder Trever Morrison, the right-hander hitched before going to the plate and therefore was called for a balk, allowing freshman infielder Joe Gillette to come in from third. Gillette was pinch running for sophomore catcher Logan Ice, who led off the inning with a single. Offensively, OSU was led by freshman outfielder Elliott Cary, who made his collegiate debut and went 2-for-4 to pace the Beavers, who finished the game with eight hits off five Wildcat pitchers. Saturday, the Beaver baseball team earned a 4-3 win in extra innings against Michigan State. A walk off hit in the bottom of the 10th inning from sophomore outfielder Kyle Nobach broke the tie and gave the Beavers their second win of the season. Junior transfer right-hander Travis Eckert started his first career game for the Beavers and worked six full innings, allowing five hits and a run while giving up two walks, but also struck out two. For the second straight game, the OSU starting pitcher did not factor in the decision. Saturday, the win went to freshman right-handed reliever Sam Tweedt, who struck
intensity to them,” Rueck said. “We challenged shots at a different level, dominated the boards; they didn’t get any second opportunities. We kept them off the line, defended without fouling and we had good offensive possessions as well.” Over a stretch of nine minutes and 35 seconds in that second half, the Wildcats didn’t score a single point. The score went from 53-38 to 69-38 during that time. With the two wins this weekend, the Beavers remain atop the Pac-12. Even if they lose their four remaining games, they will finish no worse than fourth in the conference, which means they’ve clinched a first round bye in the Pac-12 tournament that begins March 3. “We still have done nothing, for what we want to accomplish,” Rueck said. “Everybody wants a bye, of course, so that’s great, but I don’t think we’re satisfied until you win the ones you have to win. We’ve got four games to go to get to where we want to be.” The Beavers will hit the road next weekend to play at Colorado and Utah. They’ll return home the following week to close out the season against No. 19 Stanford and California.
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riday, Feb. 13, former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber announced his resignation. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Kate Brown will take over as Governor Wednesday. Despite the fact that this is the second time this year Oregon will be nationally recognized for something in the general gray area — ahem, library girl — we do have one thing to say. We’re pretty stoked about this. Kitzhaber has been in office for too long. That wouldn’t be an issue if he had been persistently good at his job, but every horse gets a little old and sometimes sprains an ankle. It’s time for a change. A change from alleged moneyembezzling fiancés and healthcare website collapses. But we will miss his urban cowboy couture and fluffy mustache chic. Our former governor was essentially emulating Clint Eastwood from his Spaghetti Western days. We will miss reading about the scandals every other week. Kitzhaber had noble intentions in terms of positive policies for Oregon — trying to put a focus on accessible education for all and making a solid attempt at getting Cover Oregon functioning were cool ideas. Hard to achieve ideas, but cool. What we’re really excited about is Kate Brown. Brown is Oregon’s first openly identifying bisexual woman governor. In the wake of the victory against the bigoted bakers of Sweet Cakes, this is a pretty big win for equality. Issues that might have been ignored by our longtime mustached cowboy due to his lack of understanding or relation to said issues. They have a better chance of being brought to light under Brown. She already made her mark on campaign finance reform and LGBT rights while she was secretary of state and became Oregon’s first female majority leader in 2004. She’s set to serve out the rest of Kitzhaber’s term to 2016 and will hopefully go on to serve many more, provided the quality of her work remains superb. News sources like CNN anticipate the challenges she’ll face as an openly bisexual woman against the small conservative regions of Eastern Oregon, “And if she survives 2016, she’ll have to again go through the gauntlet again in 2018 if she wants to earn a full four-year term.” We are going to be woefully optimistic and keep on rooting for her success in government. So far she has shown nothing but the fact that she is a sensible, savvy and experienced public servant with a keen eye for issues. It was nice having a guy with such a funny last name and a mustache — but it’s time to get serious and move forward.
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s many of you probably heard, U.S. President Barack Obama came under heavy criticism last week when at the National Prayer Breakfast, he made a comment comparing the atrocious acts of ISIS to the brutality of the Christian Crusades. He said in a quote from ABC News, “Lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ. In our home country, slavery and Jim Crow all too often was justified in the name of Christ.” There was an uproar around the country from the Christian base. Whether it is Rush Limbaugh, for-
ground compared to the others, as there has always been horrific acts done under religious covers. Derek Yes, the Crusades took place far in the past, but this does not mean that there were not some who committed disgusting acts in the name mer Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore of Christ, like today there are some or one of the many guests on Fox who do so under the guile of Islam. News, the outrage was voiced loudly What many are taking wrong is by many, saying that Obama was completely out of line to compare that Obama is not condemning Christianity, he is using it as an the two events. They think that it is impossible example to show that although there to compare the acts during the will be some who do terrible things Crusades, which took place 800 in its name, this does not mean that years ago, to the savagery that is every Christian should be convicted. being committed today. Like how even with radical terrorI don’t believe President Obama ist groups performing atrocities in was wrong in his comparison. the name of Islam, such as ISIS and What he is trying to say is that Al-Qaeda, not all Muslims should be there is no religion with a moral high condemned.
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ansas Gov. Sam “Sammiches” Brownback signed an executive order Tuesday that takes a brave stance in favor of discrimination and bigotry against the LGBT community. His executive order eliminates the protections against discrimination on the basis of sexuality or gender identity established for Kansas state workers in 2007 by Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. In a short statement released afterwards, the governor of a state that once was forced to integrate its schools by the Supreme Court claimed that “any expansion of ‘protected classes’ should be done by legislature and not through unilateral action.” And while the issue of guaranteeing protections against discrimination for LGBT workers will undoubtedly be intensely debated among the members of the overwhelmingly Republican Kansas state legislature, Brownback’s executive order stands as part of bold stance by the GOP to support a continuing campaign of hatred against the LGBT community against the wishes of its constituents. In 2014, polling showed that the majority of Americans supported homosexual marriage and believed homosexuality to be morally acceptable. And in 2011, a poll confirmed that 89 percent of Americans believed that transgender people should have
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Obama made reference to the days of slavery and Jim Crow, a much closer and more meaningful reference for our country. Unfortunately it is true that Christianity was used to justify slavery by some, and there were terrible acts committed under Jim Crow that were rooted in Christianity. There were thousands of lynchings done to innocent black people in the south during the late 1800s and early 1900s. And the lynchings were done by evangelical Christians who based their opposition of blacks in the Bible. President Obama’s remarks were incited after the tragic burning of a Jordanian pilot by ISIS.
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the same rights and protections as anyone else. But as Wendell Phillips once said, “Government exists to protect the rights of minorities.” And the Republicans have taken to protecting the rights of violent bigots all over the country with an almost righteous zeal. Florida State Rep. Frank Artile did his part to stand for the rights of trans phobic conservatives everywhere by filing a House bill to ban transgender individuals from using public facilities the same week the LGBT community mourned the fifth transgender woman of color to be murdered this year. Small government champions of the Arkansas Senate took things a step further earlier this week by approving a law that prevents local governments from passing any law that would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexuality or gender identity. At the same time, Republicans in more than 10 states — including right here in Oregon — have been bravely pushing for “Religious Freedom Restoration Acts” that would allow businesses to discriminate against the LGBT community by claiming a religious exemption from the law. Even conservative rock stars are getting into the game. Fox News commentator, presidential hopeful and model train enthusiast Ben “Loverboy” Carson was the keynote speaker for anti-LGBT hate group, Pacific Justice Institute, and both Rand Paul and Mike Huckabee are scheduled to appear in the documentary “Light Wins: How to Overcome the Criminalization of Christianity,” a film complaining about the unjust legal discrimination Christians have faced in a country where 12 states still have laws against sodomy. Of course, I know it can be difficult for politicians to take a firm stand on an issue. So, when it comes to violence and discrimination against our LGBT brothers and sisters, I do think it’s nice to know for certain where conservatives stand. And their strategy might just pay off for them. After all, in 2013, the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs reported more than 2,000 incidences of hate violence directed against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals by monstrous hateful bigots. So, that’s at least 2,000 votes for Republicans right there.
However, many want to forget that acts just as terrible were done in this country not long ago, with similar justifications. You would find both of the killers of Emmett Till in church on any given Sunday. In any case, the barbaric murders that have taken place, whether by the hands of ISIS or in this country under Jim Crow, are not something representative of a whole religion. This is where people mistake what Obama was trying to say. He is not justifying what ISIS and other radical groups have done. He wants Christians in this country to understand that they do not the moral Many want to have superiority to forget that acts condemn all just as terrible Muslims based the conduct were done in this on of few, just like country not long Muslims don’t ago, with similar have the right condemn justifications. to all Christians You would find based on the conduct of few. both of the So with killers of Emmett another act of Till in church... vile terrorism that took place in Denmark on Saturday, it is important for people to know who to be against. There are more than a billion Muslims on this planet, and condemning them all based on the deeds of few is not right. We need to come together in opposition against the groups who are actually terrorizing the world, not the innocent people who are powerless against them.
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