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SPORTS

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NEWS

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WOMEN’S HOOPS: Beavers lose big to Stanford.

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4 – VP on dating violence 4 – Fed serving school lunch

Green never looked so good 22nd annual Recycled Fashion Show hosted yet another large audience last night in MU

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As Adele’s voice energized the

audience at the Memorial Union Ballroom on Thursday night, the crowd waited for the 22nd Annual Recycled Fashion Show held by the OSU Fashion Organization to begin.

Soon the charged atmosphere died down to an excited murmur

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Katie Younger models a dress by designer and event coordinator Sharon Gutierrez.

as directors Sharon Gutierrez and Thea Matos introduced the first designs to walk the runway.

The theme, “Green is the New Black,” invited everyone to join, including students who were not apparel design majors. The only rule deemed that designers could spend no more than $5, relying solely on the use of recycled materials to mimic fabric.

Junior in apparel design and merchandising, and director of the Recycled Fashion show Thea Matos said, “The Recycled Fashion Show is all about encouraging designers to use unconventional materials in creating their pieces. It’s a great way to challenge the designers.”

Tayler Worrell, sophomore and apparel design major, spoke of these challenges. “It’s always a challenge to work with different materials, and design-wise it’s about fitting all the materials together to make a cohesive look,” she said.

Unlike other shows put on by OSUFO throughout the year, the Recycled Fashion Show boasts an aura of playfulness and informality.

What proceeded was a blend of playful and eccentric pieces that spoke to the creativity of the designers and stood as a testament to their talents.

Between sashaying down the runway and the calm, collected walks by the models, ethereal and edgy ensembles made of coffee filters, shower curtains, tire tubes and other recycled materials flitted down the runway.

While some designers modeled their own work, some models gave charming performances, delighting the crowd and extracting chuckles.

Model Tasha Livingstone, junior and forest management major, said, “I’m always so excited for the fashion shows, but then it’s over. It goes by so fast.”

The fashion show sold more than 490 tickets, all at $5 each. Proceeds

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benefit OSUFO for further events and activities.

Nicole Ognibene, senior and vice president of OSUFO said, “I get so excited to see the culmination of

Queer studies position opens up for first time

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The Pride Center is one of the OSU campus’ main resources for the LGBTQ community.

For first time in OSU history, School of Language, Culture, Society seeks out new Queer Studies faculty hire

school can offer a variety of classes completely focused on queer studies taking into consideration the various interests and knowledge bases of students.

The new hire for the queer studies position will join the School of Language, Culture and

By Alex Hilborn Society along with other new faculty members The Daily Barometer Oregon State University currently seeks to in ethnic studies, German and anthropology hire two employees for positions supporting come fall of 2012. The first of four candidates the LGBTQ community of the university by for the position has already given a sample lecture about what he could offer the univerfall of 2012. sity, with the three remaining candidates set to An expanded university budget for new give talks through March. hires has allowed the School of Language, A selection committee picked the candiCulture and Society to fill a dedicated queer dates out of hundreds of applicants based studies position for the first time in university on their credentials and which services they history. might bring the OSU community.

Despite Oregon State University’s reputa“A lot of candidates were excited to see tion as one of the most LGBTQ-friendly camqueer studies in the context of social justice,” puses in the nation, rankers have previously Shaw said on the socially proactive nature penalized OSU for its lack of solid queer studof the position, compared to other schools. ies-centered curriculum.

“There weren’t a lot of ads up this year, which “It’s an area that we want to build on. There sets us apart. There’s a lot of diversity in the has been a lot of student demand,” said Susan finalists.”

Shaw, transitional director of the School of With the addition of a queer studies posiLanguage, Culture and Society. “Throughout tion, the school has set the goal of eventually the proposal process, the Provost’s Office has offering a minor in sexuality studies, using a given its full support.” blend of classes already in place and those In the past, some degree programs have that the new position will help create. offered courses with non-heteronormative The new courses created under the queer themes, but the focus may have been more studies position may also count toward centered on the programs’ discipline. Now See POSITION | page 3 with a position dedicated to queer studies, the n

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Kierra Leigh Smith models her own design made of dryer sheets tinted with gold dust. The look was complete with bold gold shadow on Smith’s eyes. everyone’s hard work. It’s nice to take a step back and see how it all comes together.”

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SIFC hears from Music, Educational Activities, ASOSU about funding, student fees

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Last night, the Student Incidental Fee Committee met in the Memorial Union to hear budget proposals for fiscal year 2012-2013 from three different groups, Student Music, Educational Activities and the Associated Students of Oregon State University. The committee tentatively passed all three budgets.

The committee heard from Student Music first. Student Music requested a fee of $4.71 per student, which results in no increase per student.

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Payroll tax deal heads to final passage A bipartisan group of congressional negotiators signed off on an agreement Thursday to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits while avoiding a fee cut for Medicare doctors for the rest of the year.

The measure, a top priority of President Barack Obama, now goes to the House and Senate for final votes that could come as soon as Friday.

Obama has said he will sign it if it reaches his desk, and he issued a statement Thursday urging Congress to send it to him without delay.

“I thank the many Americans who lent their voices to this debate in recent months,” Obama said in reference to his calls for people to pressure their elected representatives to pass the deal. “You made all the difference.”

However, none of the three Republican senators on the 20-member House-Senate conference committee that negotiated the compromise signed it, signaling possible GOP resistance when the measure comes up in the Senate.

Other panel members including Senate Democrats and member of both parties in the House signed the deal to provide the needed majority for approval.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, earlier called the deal “a fair agreement and one that I support,” while House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, said: “I don’t see a scenario where our members will vote against it.”

Senate Democratic leaders also expressed support for the deal and noted the apparent split over it between Republicans in the Senate and House.

“I don’t get how not one Senate Republican conferee would sign a deal negotiated by their own party and endorsed

by Speaker Boehner,” Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, told reporters.

Each party’s top member on the conference committee also endorsed the plan, with Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana calling it “very good for the country” while GOP Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan said he was “confident this can be concluded ... and we’re moving forward.”

The roughly $100 billion payroll tax cut, a key part of Obama’s economic recovery plan, has reduced how much 160 million American workers pay into Social Security on their first $110,100 in wages. Instead of paying in 6.2 percent , they’ve been paying 4.2 percent for the past year and two months — a break worth about $83 a month for someone making $50,000.

The agreement came together this week after House Republicans dropped a key demand Monday, saying they would accept the extended payroll tax cut without including spending cuts elsewhere to pay the $100 billion cost.

According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the agreement would increase the federal deficit by $89 billion over 10 years, mostly through decreased tax revenue.

Boehner defended the decision to move forward with an unpaid payroll tax cut extension, a move previously opposed by Republicans, by arguing it was the only way to prevent a tax hike demanded

by Democrats to help pay the cost.

“We were not going to allow Democrats to continue to play

games and cause a tax increase for hardworking Americans,” Boehner told reporters on Wednesday. “We made a decision to bring them to the table so that the games would stop and we would get this worked out.”

While a number of conservatives are upset that the deal will add to the deficit, some GOP House members have nevertheless said they expect the package to ultimately pass with support from a majority of Republicans as well as Democrats.

“It’s the art of a deal. I mean, it’s a compromise,” said Rep. Steve Latourette, R-Ohio. “You have people that didn’t get ... 100 percent of what they wanted.”

The agreement covers all three measures — the payroll tax cut, the unemployment benefits extension, and the socalled “doc fix” — for the rest of 2012. The latter two measures — costing a combined $50 billion — will be paid for.

Funding sources to pay for the benefit extension and the doc fix include savings from broadband spectrum sales, increased pension contributions by new federal employees, and cuts to Medicare hospital and specialist fees that would not affect patients, according to the House Ways and Means Committee.

One top House Democrat — Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer — said he would vote against the package because, in his opinion, it treats federal employees unfairly by requiring new hires to pay a larger percentage of their salary for their pension.

Under the terms of the deal, in states with unemployment rates higher than the national average of 8.3 percent , the max-

imum time an unemployed person can receive benefits will drop from 99 to 73 weeks. The maximum length of benefits for people in states with an average unemployment rate or lower will drop to 63 weeks or as far down as 40 weeks.

The jobless have been able to collect up to 99 weeks of benefits since November 2009 as part of the nation’s unprecedented response to the recession.

In addition, states will be allowed to perform drug tests on individuals applying for unemployment benefits if those people lost their previous job because they either failed or refused an employer’s drug test.

Individuals receiving unemployment assistance could also be tested if they are seeking a job that generally requires a drug test.

Also, welfare beneficiaries will be banned from accessing public assistance funds at ATMs in strip clubs, liquor stores and casinos.

The payroll tax cut, unemployment benefits and enhanced doc fix payments are currently set to expire at the end of February — a timeline put in place through a short-term agreement reached

by Congress in December.

That agreement also set up the conference committee that resumed negotiations last month on a longer-term deal.

Monday’s decision by House GOP leaders to drop their insistence that the tax cut extension be paid for by offsetting spending cuts was a sharp turnaround for House Republicans. Top party members previously insisted that a failure to fully pay for the tax break would be financially reckless.

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New Jersey approves same-sex marriage bill New Jersey lawmakers have passed a bill that would provide same-sex couples the right to wed — a move put forth in defiance of the state’s Republican governor, who’s vowed to veto the measure and has instead called for a referendum to settle the issue.

State assembly members on Thursday voted 41-33, with two members abstaining, in favor of the “Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act.” The Senate approved the measure on Monday by a 24 to 16 count.

But Gov. Chris Christie, the subject of political speculation as a possible GOP vice presidential candidate, has said the issue “should not be decided by 121 people in the statehouse in Trenton.”

The governor is expected to “act swiftly” to knock it down when the bill reaches his desk, said Michael Drewniak, a spokesman for Christie.

Recent polling, meanwhile, suggests that New Jersey voters are slightly in favor of legalizing such unions.

Fifty-two percent of state voters approve the measure, according to a recent Quinnipiac University poll.

Still, Christie’s push for a referendum may offer a few insights into the governor’s political acumen, which continues

to excite the Republican party.

A popular vote would largely absolve him from making good on a pledge to veto a bill coming from a Democratcontrolled legislature — a move, analysts say, that may help preserve his conservative credentials for the national stage while also adhering to the apparent will of New Jersey voters.

But Christie’s Democratic opponents argue that a referendum shouldn’t be used to decide civil rights issues, pointing to historic legislative and judicial decisions regarding the rights of AfricanAmericans and women.

If Christie vetoes the measure, “the battle for overriding the veto begins,” said Steven Goldstein, a spokesman for the organization Garden State Equality, which has lobbied for the bill.

Lawmakers would need a two-thirds majority in both houses to override a veto and will have until the legislative session ends in January 2014 to do so.

But the bill’s opponents have pledged to the block the potential override.

“Since the legislature will have two years to come up with the votes to override the veto, there will be significant pressure placed upon those legislators,” said Carlos Ball, a law

professor at Rutgers University in Newark.

At the same time, lawmakers in New Jersey are expected to pay close attention to upcoming state elections in New York, looking for signs of fallout after four Republican state senators sided with Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo to legalize same-sex marriage.

New Jersey currently allows for civil unions, which Christie says he supports, though a series of discrimination lawsuits are also currently working their way through the state courts.

With Hawaii and Delaware joining the list last month, five other states currently recognize civil unions.

A similar battle is also shaping up in Maryland, where Gov. Martin O’Malley — a Democrat — has pushed for his state to join the seven others that allow same-sex couples to marry.

Washington state, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Iowa, New York and the District of Columbia, currently allow such marriages.

Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire signed a bill to change the law on Monday.

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Kennedy makes House bid for Frank’s seat official Democrat Joseph P. Kennedy III officially announced his Congressional bid Thursday to replace retiring Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts.

Kennedy, son of former Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II, used a video on his campaign website to lay out his platform, detail his credentials and play up his last name, ahead of the Democratic primary in the state’s fourth Congressional district.

“My family has had the great privilege of serving

Massachusetts before. They taught me that public service is an honor given in trust and that trust must be earned each and every day,” Kennedy said in the over two minute video.

“That is exactly what I intend to do.”

Kennedy, the grandson of former senator and U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy and grandnephew of former President John F. Kennedy, served in the Peace Corps after college before

attending Harvard Law School and working as a prosecutor and assistant district attorney in Massachusetts. The 31-yearold stepped down from his DA post in early January when he announced plans to explore a run.

Frank, a high-ranking member of House Financial Services Committee, represented the heavily Democratic district for 16 terms. In a nod to the prominent representative, Kennedy said “he leaves very

big shoes to fill.”

“You can always count on me to fight for small businesses, seniors, veterans and for you to make sure you get the constituent service you’ve come to expect,” he said.

The political family held at least one seat in Congress for 64 years, until Kennedy’s second cousin Patrick Kennedy decided against a reelection bid for his Rhode Island congressional seat in 2010.

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Calendar Friday, Feb. 17 Events

The Pride Center, 11am-1pm, The Pride Center. Express yourself through an afternoon of cookie decorating and an open discussion on gender identity and gender expression.

Monday, Feb. 20 Meetings

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

Events Black Cultural Center, 6:30-8:30pm, MU Lounge. Panel Discussion of Black women.

The Pride Center, 10am-7pm, The Pride Center. Come contribute to a collage that celebrates and supports those that have struggled with the AIDS Virus.

There will be supplies to make pieces in the center all week, which will then be assembled and displayed.

Tuesday, Feb. 21 Meetings

ASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU 109A. Convenes to discuss student issues. Students and student organization delegates are welcome to attend.

Speakers Women’s Center, 3-5pm, Women’s Center. Budgets, Credit & Savings...OH MY! SisterScholars is hosting a budgeting and money management workshop to help women prepare to be financially independent and savvy!

Events Black Cultural Center, Noon-2pm, BCC. Jeopardy and wings. Jeopardy about black history, in collaboration with SOL. The Pride Center, 10am-7pm, The Pride Center. Come contribute to a collage that celebrates and supports those that have struggled with the AIDS Virus.

There will be supplies to make pieces in the center all week, which will then be assembled and displayed.

Wednesday, Feb. 22 Meetings

ASOSU House of Representatives, 7pm, MU 211. Convenes to discuss student issues and concerns. Students and student organization delegates are welcome to attend.

Baha’i Campus Association, 12:301pm, MU Talisman Room. Tranquility Zone – Interfaith meditation, devotions and prayers – share your favorite inspirational reading or story.

Events Career Services, 11am-4pm, CH2M Hill Alumni Center. University-wide Career Fair. Connect with more than 100 employers from various industries and graduate schools there to network with students and alumni, offer jobs and internships, and provide other future career opportunities.

History Students’ Association, 5-6:30pm, Kearney 212. History Beyond the Classroom Career Fair. A history degree is only the beginning to endless possibilities. Representatives from various occupations including education, archives, library sciences, journalism, law and politics. Additionally there will be opportunities for networking with graduate and law admission programs and career services.

The Pride Center, 10am-7pm, The Pride Center. Come contribute to a collage that celebrates and supports those that have struggled with the AIDS Virus.

There will be supplies to make pieces in the center all week, which will then be assembled and displayed.

Thursday, Feb. 23 Meetings

OSU Pre-Law Society, 6pm, StAg 111.

Regular meeting.

College Republicans, 7pm, StAg 132.

All are welcome no matter what beliefs or political party.

Events Black Cultural Center, 5:30-7pm, BCC. Evolution of Hip-Hop. How hip-hop has changed over the years, in collaboratin with NSBE. Career Services, 11am-4pm, CH2M Hill Alumni Center. Engineering Career Fair. Connect with employers from various industries there to network with engineering students and alumni, offer jobs and internships, and provide other future career opportunities.

The Pride Center, 10am-7pm, The Pride Center. Come contribute to a collage that celebrates and supports those that have struggled with the AIDS Virus.

There will be supplies to make pieces in the center all week, which will then be assembled and displayed.

Friday, Feb. 24 Events

The Pride Center, 10am-7pm, The Pride Center. Come contribute to a collage that celebrates and supports those that have struggled with the AIDS Virus.

There will be supplies to make pieces in the center all week, which will then be assembled and displayed.

Saturday, Feb. 25 Events Black Cultural Center, Noon-2:30pm, BCC. 2012 OSU Black Affairs. Call to action regarding black issues in Corvallis.

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Art of Leadership Conference starts tomorrow Free event encourages students to pursue opportunities to lead community, attendance expected to surpass past years

By Katja Kozber The Daily Barometer

Oregon State University’s Memorial Union Program Council and Center for Leadership Development are once again coming together to put on this year’s Art of Leadership Conference.

Following the Center for Leadership Development’s mission of helping students become better leaders and understand leadership on a deeper level, the conference has been increasing in popularity over the years. With already several hundred students registered for the event, this promises to be the biggest conference they’ve had yet.

Part of the reason for this growth has been the introduction of scholar-

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Part of their budget also included funds for a planned trip to Japan and a trip to New York City. Money also went to new instruments and for travel expenses for the band to travel with athletic teams to some away games.

A reason a large portion of their expenses goes to renting performance space is because the LaSells Stewart Center charges approximately $1,800 to $2,000 for a bare minimum dress rehearsal and performance.

Mousa Diabat, an ASOSU senator and a non-voting exofficio member of the committee, questioned why fee money was going towards international trips.

Representatives from Student Music responded that the trips helped increase the recognition of the university and provided invaluable developmental experience to the students.

The budget passed unanimously.

Second, Educational Activities presented its budget. Educational Activities acts as a catchall for 23 different student clubs and activities and approves funds for those clubs and programs. Its bud-

POSITION n Continued from page 3 Baccalaureate Core requirements or have an interdisciplinary approach, which allows for cross listing in various degree programs.

The school desires to make the classes accessible to as many people as possible, so that education on LGBTQ topics can help to generate greater understanding and support for the community and the issues it faces. Beyond providing education on LGBTQ topics through classes, Shaw said the school hopes to hire a candidate who will also take on a position as a role model in the LGBTQ community.

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ships to the conference during the past couple years. OSU students who sign up for and attend the whole conference will be entered in a drawing for a chance at one of the three $1,000 scholarships being offered.

OSU students won’t be the only ones there, though, as for the first time ever the conference will be including students from other colleges like University of Portland, Portland University, University of Oregon and Lewis & Clark University.

This year’s theme will be “Our Generation, Our Purpose” and will be focusing on teamwork, peer-leadership, and “how we can utilize each other,” said Corrin Neff, event coordinator for the MUPC. The conference will have a more holistic approach than it has in the past, emphasizing collaboration.

Another point of discussion presented by the conference will be what it means to be a college student today.

“Being a college student now is dif-

ferent than it’s ever been,” Shingle said. “The hope is that students can begin to understand what their generation looks like.”

Keynote speakers include: Tim McMahon, part-time consultant to the Holden Center and a program development specialist for the Center on Diversity and Community at University of Oregon, and Alex Polvi, who is an OSU alumni and cofounder/CEO of Cloud Kick Computing.

Breakout sessions will be held between the keynotes and will cover a wide range of topics, such as spirituality, student activism, service as leadership, mentoring and strength development. There will also be a Q&A after the first keynote speaker.

Overall, the conference will be “a day for students to come and learn about leadership and bring what they learn into their lives,” Neff said. She encourages students to not just “let the information sit,” but instead apply what they learn. Shingle agrees, saying

get includes funding for many torial staff members make diverse programs — including around $5 an hour, well below minimum wage.

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“Turnover is really high and Educational Activities requested a fee of $11.36 per with the higher pay we will be student, a decrease of 76 cents able to recruit and retain a highper student from last year. The quality student staff,” Downey budget presented included two said.

Diabat raised questions as decision packages, one allotting $8,995 to the Beaver Yearbook to why funding went to many — to account for slow yearbook of the programs and clubs sales — and another allotting represented by Educational $5,397 for pay increases for Activities.

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Many groups that that deserve fundBeaver Ye a r b o o k exist in Ed Act do ing,” Diabat “Many explained the not represent the said. groups that extra money in was needed diversity present e x i s t (Educational because of on campus.

Activities) do decreased not represent expectations the diversity of yearbook Mousa Diabat present on sales. So far ASOSU Senator campus.” this year, Jennifer staff members have only been able to Creighton-Neiwert, finance sell 89 yearbooks, while they and accounting manager for are required to purchase 400 the Auxiliaries and Activities from their publisher. Beaver Business Center, explained that Yearbook editor Natasha Educational Activities served Mackey said the staff was as a catchall and incubator for looking at many ways to help many smaller groups that do not have a funding board home increase sales of the yearbook.

Levi Downey, business man- of their own.

The committee tentatively ager of The Daily Barometer, explained the extra money for and unanimously approved the pay increases was needed to Educational Activities budget.

Finally, the committee heard bring editor pay up to the same level as other student jobs on ASOSU’s budget. ASOSU procampus. Currently many edi- posed a fee of $20.42 per stu-

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“I see that as important,” said Rylan Wall, internal coordinator at the Pride Center.

“A role not only to teach, but someone involved in the LGBTQ community.”

The additional leadership in the LGBTQ community would help offer greater support to its members and cover gaps in the community’s official university support structure.

Since July, nobody has sat in the office of LGBTQ Outreach and Services which oversees the Pride Center, leaving the community without its official university representation. To see the community through its transition to new leadership, several other OSU employees have stepped up to aid the

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“The biggest issue is knowing who to talk to about what,” said Marisa Moser, external coordinator of the Pride Center. “Me and Rylan have had to take on extra administrative duties.”

According to Allison DavisWhite Eyes, Director of American Indian Initiatives in Intercultural Students Services, three candidates for the position of the Office of

that he hopes “each student can have at least one ‘take away’ in terms of their view on leadership and life after college.”

Kylah Reynolds, a peer leadership consultant at the Center for Leadership Development, is also excited for the conference. She hopes to walk away with “a better sense of my leadership style and add to what I already know (about leadership); there is always room for improvement.”

The conference is free, and while registration is now closed, a certain amount of walk-ins will be accepted.

Breakfast and lunch will be included for all attendees. It will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday, Feb. 18, for those who would like to discuss the ideas presented further.

“We’ll be continuing the conversation after the conference,” Shingle said.

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dent, which is a decrease of four cents from last year’s fee.

ASOSU reported additional expenditures for Safe Ride and ASOSU legal services due to a larger student body. Also, they had to contend with a $20,000 overcharge left over from last year as well as over expenditures in travel expenses.

Next year’s budget includes allotments for pay that are consistent with ASOSU statutes that are based off the established minimum wage. Since the Hopoi administration took office, some ASOSU executive members have been paid more than the amount they should have been according to ASOSU statutes. This was discovered by members of the House Ways and Means Committee last week.

When asked what was being done about the overpayments, Hopoi said she was still working on it with the Ways and Means Committee.

“It happened when the new administration came in,” Hopoi said. “Red flags only came up last week.”

Questions were also raised about the money being spent for the graduate affairs task force director. Currently the graduate affairs director is paid on a scale commensurate with other graduate employee teaching and research assistants. This amount is significantly larger than what other

LGBTQ Outreach and Services will come to campus in March to demonstrate what they have to offer the position.

“We want someone out there who engages the community and forwards the discussion on LGBTQ issues in university community,” Davis-White Eyes said. “We are excited for queer studies and ethnic studies. We hope to do some co-programming.”

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The Memorial Union Advisory Board intends to amend its bylaws to reflect these changes in the MU President and Vice President student-leadership positions: • Both positions will be moved out of the ASOSU General Elections process and will be hired through selection processes.

• The MU Vice President position will transition into serving as the Director of the Memorial Union Program Council (MUPC).

For more information on these changes, visit mu.oregonstate.edu/about/mu-board If you have any questions, comments or concerns about these changes, contact Ashley Barnes, MU President, at mupresident@oregonstate.edu prior to 2 p.m. on Friday, February 17.

task force directors are paid, but was deemed necessary to make the job attractive to graduate students.

After discussion, the committee moved to tentatively approve the budget so long as the graduate affairs task force director provided testimony at the March 1 open budget hearing. The motion was passed by four members with an abstention by Hopoi.

The Student Incidental Fee Committee will be holding its next budget hearing Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. in the Memorial Union Journey room. It will be voting on approving all budgets during an open budget meeting March 1 at 6 p.m. in the MU ballroom.

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Tomorrow from 8:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. in the auditorium of the Linus Pauling Science Center, Oregon State University is sponsoring a workshop with the purpose of encouraging middle school girls to pursue careers in science and engineering.

The regular program is an annual event that has been held at OSU for the past 20 years. Several additions have been made within the last several years, through which younger girls became the target participants.

According to event organizer OSU Entomology Professor Sujaya Rao, due to additional support from the university, transportation has been provided to girls and their parents from the Woodburn and Salem areas for tomorrow’s event.

“We made some presentations and before we knew it we had 30 girls signed up,” Rao said.

Lectures from two different women in science will be given after an introduction of the event, followed by handson activities, like building a catapult for cotton balls and tours of labs on campus.

The event allows the girls to experience “a little bit of creativity and hands on activity,” Rao said.

Rao organized the event with the help of a team of faculty and students. The program is funded through the Provost’s Office.

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ay to week 6.

Nay to love.

Yea to discount Valentine candy after Valentine’s Day. Now, when your mother comes to visit and questions you for the thousandth time if you’re dating anyone, you can lie and use the candy as an example of the candy your “boo” got you. It’s OK, we won’t judge you. We’ll talk about you behind your back, but we won’t judge you.

Yea to role-playing.

Nay to role-playing a crime scene. A couple in Oregon was arrested this past Tuesday, after cops saw a “bound and naked woman” in the back of a car.

According to Nikolas Harbar, he and his girlfriend were only “role-playing” and “just having some fun” when he tied her up naked and tossed her in the Subaru.

Nay to the human mind.

Yea to rewarding your employees for all the “hard work” they do.

Nay to not having any authority to actually do that, which would spend student fee money that you don’t have.

Yea to student government. Always keeps it exciting.

Impeachments, mistrust and bickering between the executive and legislative branches — it’s almost like the real thing.

Nay to Voodoo Donuts. We don’t get the appeal. We just don’t.

Yea to diversity. Without diversity, where would we be in this crazy world of ours?

Nay to world hunger. Self explanatory.

Nay to death. See world hunger.

Nay to the printer.

Nay to being told, “You look…interesting.” How bad must you look for someone to bypass the “you look bad” and instead go with “interesting?” It’s like they feel bad for you, but don’t want to necessarily lie.

Yea to Yogurt Extreme hosting a singles night on Valentine’s Day. Nay to that just being a gathering of lonely people.

Yea to Barometer IM team. We won again this past Sunday. We know. We know. We’re impressive.

Nay to our IM record, amazing personalities and blatant advertising doing nothing to help our search for that special someone. Maybe our friends are right; we’re hopeless.

Nay to self-pity.

Nay to drunk driving.

Yea to the hotel shuttle bus driver. After dropping off a pilot at the airport, he called police, suspecting the man to be drunk. The pilot evidently failed a blood-alcohol test shortly after authorities pulled him from the plane.

Nay to TCU’s drug bust. Fifteen students, including four starters on the football team, were involved in selling a number of narcotics. Wait, a private school? No way...

Nay to burglaries. An Indiana woman, Ashley Murray, returned to her home with her son and found Keith Davis, a burglar, in her house. Mr. Davis didn’t take anything besides some orange juice. Instead, he folded her clothes, swept the floor and cooked dinner. But, still a burglar, so yeah, he was arrested.

Yea to thoughtful houseguests, however.

Yea to knowing when you need a helping hand.

Nay to that helping hand being the same people who are kind of after you, like, let’s say, the police, because you’re a fugitive. Richard Vincent, a fugitive from Prineville, Ore., called the Unita County Sheriff’s Office when he ran out of gas. They happily supplied him with a ride, to jail of course.

Yea to Prineville, Ore. Keep producing upstanding citizens like Mr. Vincent; you make Oregon proud.

Nay to Eugene.

Nay to communication failure. It doesn’t work when one person talks over the other. Or when every sentence includes an “I.” Yea to productive communication. Give and take, give and take.

Nay to the fact that birth control is still even a debate.

Yea to pitchers and catchers reporting. For all the criticism baseball receives over moving too slow, they sure know how to keep the game rolling.

Nay to Jeremy Lin puns. We wouldn’t dare.

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Together we must end dating violence M

ore than twenty years ago, I read a study of junior high school students in Rhode Island that included one finding I’ve never been able to get out of my head.

Students were asked if a man who spent money on a woman during a date was entitled to force her into sexual activity. An astounding 25 percent of the young boys said yes – and even more astounding, 17 percent of the junior high school girls agreed.

You may think that sounds like a long time ago – and it was. But sadly, dating violence remains a very real problem in our country – especially on college campuses.

Today, while in college, nearly one in five women will be a victim of sexual assault and one in ten teens will be hurt on purpose by someone they are dating. These aren’t just statistics, these are people you know: your roommates, your friends, your sisters, your classmates. This is a problem we all have to face.

My dad used to say that there’s no worse sin than the abuse of power. Whether it was raising a hand to someone weaker, or using any advantage to push people around, he taught me that if you saw

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The Daily Barometer abuse, you had an obligation to attempt to stop it. It’s a lesson to remember every day, but especially this February during Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.

Awareness is the first step to pushing back against a problem this big. When I held Senate hearings on violence against women more than two decades ago, domestic abuse in American society was rarely spoken about in public. I’ll never forget the stories of abuse I heard in over a thousand hours of hearings.

The brutality of family members, acquaintances and strangers against the women in their lives was absolutely devastating.

It was those hearings that led to the Violence Against Women Act, and since then annual incidents of domestic violence have dropped by more than 50 percent. But for women in college and younger today, the risk is still much too high.

That’s why I joined with Education Secretary Arne Duncan last April to announce historic new guidelines for colleges and universities about their responsibilities under Title

IX to prevent sexual assault.

Under the federal civil rights law, schools have an obligation not only to respond appropriately when an assault occurs, but also to create a climate on campus that makes such violence unacceptable.

I also started an initiative called 1is2many to help reduce dating violence and sexual assault among teens and young adults. We harnessed the power of technology to get our message out, launching a national contest to develop “Apps Against Abuse.” The two winning apps – which will be available later this spring – will let you get in touch with your friends quickly and safely so you can call for help if you need it and stop violence in its tracks. We’ve also made sure the National Dating Abuse Helpline can be reached by text, online or phone 24/7.

Last month, the FBI changed the way the federal government defines rape. The narrow, outdated definition – unchanged since 1929 – said the assault had to be forcible and against a woman’s will to be classified as rape. It’s just not true, and it’s a point that I make on college campuses all across the country.

Rape is rape and no means no.

No means no whether drunk or

sober. No means no whether in the dorm room or on the street.

There is never an excuse.

Young women and men alike need to understand this. Under the new definition, rape occurs when there is no consent, and it also includes sexual assault against boys and young men in national law enforcement reporting.

These are important changes, but ending dating violence and sexual assault isn’t just a matter of laws and legislation. It’s about education. It’s about attitudes.

It’s about your participation. I need your help to address this issue in your dorms and on your campuses. Studies show that men’s ideas about what other men think is one of the strongest determinants of how they act. So guys, you need to speak out.

The ultimate measure of a civilized society is how its laws and culture treat the abuse of women. Attitudes can change.

Violence can end. But it can’t happen without universal understanding that dating violence and sexual assault will never be tolerated anywhere, at any time, for any reason. Period.

That’s all of our responsibility.

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I-Spy books a world of creativity, nostalgia N

ostalgia is one of the strangest emotions human beings are capable of. It can be triggered by something as simple as the lofting smell of your mother’s freshly baked cookies, or your favorite climbing tree in the back yard.

As I grow older, I find myself experiencing this more frequently; and the occurrences seem to increase in intensity, reminding me how fast time goes and encouraging me to reminisce on my youth — the simpler times.

My parents, as of late, have taken the liberty of gifting me items I was immersed in as a child. The most recent and current favorite is Scholastic Book’s classic memory game: I-SPY. For those of you who are unaware of these works of art, I-SPY is a picture book in which your objective is to find items listed at the bottom of the page. Sounds like a piece of cake? A walk in the park?

Kyle

Hart Not so fast, my friend!

These pictures maximize the clutter and specialize in making you go completely insane.

Some of the pictures are set up strategically, like in the form of a haunted house, crowded beach scene, or the disorderly desk of a deranged delinquent. I digress; some of these images in these books would make Sherlock Holmes search until his eyes bled.

An underrated and overlooked aspect of these masterpieces is the quality, artistic ability and creativity of the photos being taken by author Walter Wick.

These pictures are extremely expressive and, if made into painting or poster form, would be excellent additions to any art

collector’s gallery.

The images range in many different seasons, themes and overall atmospheres. To name a few: I-SPY Christmas, I-SPY Fantasy, I-SPY School Days and I-SPY Treasure Hunt. Not only are the possibilities endless, but these books also come in varying difficulty levels.

These books could also become a key component in encouraging creativity at a young age, and in the classroom. In elementary and middle schools, teachers can, and have before, used these photos in creative writing assignments.

The hardest part about creative and artistic inspiration is finding a subject field that is expansive enough to generate a consistent flow of ideas. With so many diverse objects crammed into a picture, it can become the fuel to keep the inventive fire burning red-hot.

These books kept me company on many road trips, family outings and places where I

needed an excuse to zone out and not pay attention. Likewise, they positively impacted my innovative thinking ability and played a huge role in developing my brain as a child.

In a world where present day children are more prompt to play 10 hours of Call of Duty than pick up a book, we could really use what I-SPY has to offer to our advantage. I encourage you, Oregon State Student Body, to order one of these books on Amazon or eBay when you have the proper funds. They truly are works of art, often unique and original — capable of providing the reader with hours of entertainment, no matter the age.

“I am searching for abstract ways of expressing reality, abstract forms that will enlighten my own mystery.”

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No such thing as a free lunch, or the one you made T

his past Tuesday, the Carolina Journal reported an elementary school student in West Hoke, NC had their own, home-prepared lunch substituted for a school provided one. The child was supplemented with a more balanced meal — one that meets the new USDA guidelines for public school lunches.

The Carolina Journal is not a daily newspaper — rather a monthly publication which is known for its “analysis and opinion,” but also “investigative journalism,” according to their own website — but the report stands for a serious critique of the recent attempts at nutritional reform. Between a 28 percent

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Considering the Horizon nationwide obesity rate and a CDC estimated $147 billion in obesity-related medical costs, our school lunch menus are a perfect place to start — just not by force.

Over the past few years, there’s been plenty of criticism on the increasing role of government in our personal lives. As the Democrats take control, the GOP are quick to accuse the admin-

istration of overstepping their bounds. At the same time, the past administration welcomed a larger role of government as well — for example, the No Child Left Behind Act and the 2005 Energy Policy Act, which mandated that the total U.S. gas supply contain at least 7.5 billion gallons of biofuel by 2012. Imagine the grievance from the right if Obama were to push those two through.

Each administration increases the role of the government from the one prior to it; it’s the nature of our system, of getting what you need and what you support through a role of power.

With the Obama administration’s recent changes to the guidelines and standards for

public school lunches, and this controversy in West Hoke, it only reinforces this idea of government fixing free-will — what is right and wrong for you is up to them.

However, at least in this narrow case, there’s something to be said for attempting to correct student lunch menus. First, the USDA’s move to nearly double the amount of fruits and vegetables, and set a maximum on how many calories, sodium and trans fat can be provided should not worry the parents — as if putting trust in the school cafeteria was ever made in confidence in See resto | page 5

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Still, it’s a fitting notice to the inadequacy and ineptitude of our government to fix anything. It is permanently defective.

Deciding exactly what items fit into which the first place. There’s no reason to argue with setting an example of healthy foods, group, and how much of each is required is especially when the student and parent have one thing. But to expand it in order to “substitute” a child’s home-prepared lunch is a blaceded the day’s meal to the school anyways.

Moreover — and a more obvious defense tant infringement on parenting, on responsiin requiring menu changes — public schools bility, on choosing to prepare, eat and live how receiving money from the state, receiving you wish. The brown bag does not become a loans from the federal government, will always property and responsibility of the government be obligated to follow whatever mandates the once the child enters school grounds.

Promoting healthier lifestyles isn’t the issue; administration — whether through the Food and Drug Administration or USDA — chooses few would argue against mere suggestions. But actively altering lifestyles goes against every to implement.

A private school, completely dissociated sense of free-will.

And this overstepping of bounds isn’t a sinfrom the federal government for monetary gle offense. The recent birth support, has complete license control controversy proved a to serve their students whatsimilar infringement. ever they wish — no one is ...it’s a fitting Any hospital taking funds forcing them to attend. But from the federal government notice to the every other student is providshould absolutely be subject ed an education by the state, inadequacy and to a government-mandated and they are subject to every control coverage or desire and inclination of our ineptitude of our birth supply. However, private policy makers. hospitals — which do not government to Unfortunately, just as the include tax-exempt religious new nutritional guidelines fix anything. institutions that take federal were set to go into place, law— have every right to makers finished some last It is permanently funds shoo the feds away. A little minute tweaks, classifying help from the government pizza and it’s tomato sauce defective. is nice, but it doesn’t come as a vegetable, and prohibfor free; they give you someited any limit on french fry thing and ask for something amounts. Big Food can’t make itself more obvious, and it’s the only hitch — as in return.

Hopefully, within the country, the same with any industry — to serious reform.

And with the current case, according to the parties fighting for the government to stay out Carolina Journal, the state agent’s inspection of the bedroom, to stay out of the womb are of student lunches follows the standards set fighting government intrusion in a student’s by the Department of Health and Human lunch bag. And the parties arguing the governServices, which essentially require all served ment does have the right to limit abortion, but lunches in pre-kindergarten programs to meet has no place in administering contraception, USDA guidelines. When any “home-packed should be on the side with the school to tell the lunches” do not meet such guidelines — ones child what they can and can not eat.

But that’s not how the debate has fallen. All that do not have all the required food groups — the state agents must provide the child with we see is hypocrisy from both sides; government control is only good when you agree the missing items.

The child who was picked out of the cafeteria with it.

It’s a wonder how our government has for a poor lunch — which consisted of a turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips become such a failure, lacking consistency and apple juice — was supplemented with a and control. We could start by looking at the more balanced plate, including chicken fin- people they serve, and how no one can keep gers, the only items the child chose to eat. The their priorities straight. t specifics of the case — the worker involved and Armand Resto is a senior in environmental science and editor of the forum. The opinions expressed exact standards that were or were not properly in his columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Resto can be reached followed — are still being sorted out. at forum@dailybarometer.com.

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Hezbollah denies it had role in recent bombings of Israeli targets The head of Hezbollah denied involvement Thursday in attacks this week on Israeli targets in India, Georgia and Thailand. “We are not afraid to say that we had nothing to do with these explosions,� Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised address from an undisclosed location in Lebanon.

He denied that the death of a Hezbollah commander in 2008 in an explosion in Damascus, Syria, inspired the attacks. “The blood of Imad Mogniyeh will always haunt the Israelis,� he said, referring to the commander whose death Hezbollah blamed on Israel, and Israeli denied. Hezbollah has longstanding close ties with Iran and Syria. “It is quite insulting to accuse Hezbollah of plans to kill average Israeli civilians in retaliation of killing our leaders,� Nasrallah continued. “Those who we will take our revenge from know themselves very well and they will need to keep taking precautions for their safety.�

Hezbollah is a Shiite Muslim group active in Lebanon that the United States views as a terrorist organization.

Nashrallah’s remarks came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Tehran for the attacks. “Iran is a threat to the stability of the world; they are targeting innocent diplomats,�

he said. “The international community has to denounce the Iranian actions and to indicate red lines concerning the Iranian aggression.�

But Ramin Mehmanparast, a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, “condemned the blasts and said that Israeli agents are often the perpetrators of such terrorist acts,� Iran’s staterun Press TV said on its website.

And state-run Iranian news agency IRNA quoted an analyst as saying the Israeli allegations against Iran involving the bombings in India and Thailand represent “a prelude to terrorist attacks against the Islamic Republic.�

Thai state-run MCOT Television said Thursday that the country’s criminal court had issued arrest warrants for four Iranians on charges related to Tuesday’s Bangkok bomb incidents.

The approval came after police submitted closed-circuit television pictures, explosive devices seized from their rented house and testimony of witnesses, MCOT reported.

Thai authorities said they are holding three Iranian suspects — Saeid Moradi, 28, whose legs were blown off by his own bomb — and Mohammad Hazaei, 42, who was taken into custody Tuesday at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport as he tried to board a plane to Malaysia.

Masoud Sedaghatzadeh, 31, was arrested

Wednesday by Malaysian authorities in Kuala Lumpur, MCOT said.

All three face charges that include joint assembling of explosive devices, joint possession of explosive devices without permits and causing an explosion injuring other persons. Moradi also faces charges of attempted killing of state officials on duty and the intentional attempted killing of other persons, it said.

A fourth Iranian, a woman identified as Rohani Leila, remained at large. She is suspected of renting the house where the first device exploded, apparently by accident, MCOT said.

A Thai police official said Wednesday that Israeli diplomats were the intended target of the Bangkok blasts. “I can tell you that the target of the operation of this group is specifically aimed at Israeli diplomats,� Police Gen. Priewpan Damapong told CNN affiliate Channel 3.

His comments came after a senior Thai security official had drawn a tentative link between the Bangkok blasts and attacks aimed at Israeli officials in India and Georgia, saying the materials used in the explosive devices were similar.

Last month, Thai authorities charged a Lebanese man they said they believed was a member of Hezbollah with possession of explosive materials. The police charged the man, Atris

Hussein, after finding outside Bangkok “initial chemical materials that could produce bombs.�

The authorities said they believed Hussein was trying to attack spots in Bangkok popular with Western tourists.

In the events Monday, a device attached to an Israeli Embassy van in New Delhi exploded, wounding four people. Another device, found on an embassy car in Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital, was safety detonated.

Indian police said Thursday that they have not established an Iranian tie to the New Delhi bombing.

The materials used in the Bangkok bombs were similar to those used in India, the Thai National Security Council said.

The attacks and accusations come amid tensions between Israel and Iran. Israel had made clear it is considering attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities. Israel, the United States and other countries have expressed concern that Iran is seeking to build nuclear weapons, despite Tehran’s insistence that its nuclear program is intended solely for peaceful purposes.

Iranian officials have openly antagonized Israel, and Israeli officials have described the regime in Tehran as an existential threat. — CNN

CNN Poll: Half oppose President Obama birth control insurance plan Half of all Americans say they oppose the Obama administration’s new policy concerning employerprovided health insurance plans and their coverage of contraceptive services for female employees, including those at religiously affiliated institutions, according to a new national survey.

The push by the White House has been sharply criticized by Catholic Church officials, and many political pundits have said that the controversy could hurt President Barack Obama’s re-election chances with Catholic voters. But a CNN/ORC International poll released Thursday also indicates that the vast majority of Catholic Americans say they don’t always follow church teachings on such issues as abortion and birth control, and few American Catholics believe artificial means of birth control are wrong.

According to the survey, 50 per-

Americans about the details of the policy — details that some other polls show to be popular — the public is likely to split along party lines. Many will dislike the plan simply due to the fact that this is an Obama initiative.� “It’s a lot like President Obama’s overall health care measure, which most Americans say they oppose even though they approve of many of the specific programs in the new law — opponents can use it against the president as long as they can keep the focus on who made the policy rather than what the policy actually does,�

Holland said.

The President announced an accommodation Friday in the dispute. Under the new plan, religiously affiliated universities and hospitals will not be forced to offer contraception coverage to their employees.

Insurers will be required, however, to offer complete coverage free of charge to women who work at such institu-

tions. Female employees at churches themselves will have no guarantee of any contraception coverage — a continuation of current law.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops denounced Obama’s compromise last week soon after the president’s announcement, saying the proposal raises “serious moral concerns,� according to a statement posted on its website.

But the poll indicates that Americans, including American Catholics, are unconcerned about contraception and birth control.

Roughly eight in ten disagree with the belief that using artificial means of birth control is wrong, and nearly nine in 10 American Catholics say that they don’t feel the need to obey Church teachings on moral issues like abortion and birth control. “This is not a new phenomenon,�

Holland said. “Polls have found widespread support for artificial means

of birth control since the 1980s, and since the 1990s, polls have found that American Catholics believe that they should make up their own minds on moral issues rather than always following Church teachings on those issues.�

According to the survey, there’s also a partisan divide on the issue, with seven out of 10 Democrats supporting the new Obama administration policy, independent voters divided, and the vast majority of Republicans opposed.Both congressional Republicans and the GOP presidential candidates have been critical of the president and the White House on this issue.

The CNN poll was conducted by ORC International from Feb. 10-13, with 1,026 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey’s overall sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points. — CNN

su • do • ku Joint Chiefs chair concerned about Taliban prisoner release

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The nation’s top military officer said he is concerned about transferring prisoners from Guantanamo in a deal to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table.

The deal to transfer five Taliban prisoners has not been decided on, but the Obama administration has had the intelligence community assess the prisoners being considered for release.

Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he is “concerned about our ability to maintain

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cent of the public disapproves of the Obama administration policy, with 44 percent saying they approve of the plan. The margin is right at the edge of the poll’s sampling error.

Surveys on this topic tell a mixed story because many Americans know little about the issue. Recent CBS and Fox polls indicate support for the new policy, using questions that describe the new policy in some detail. But in the CNN poll, when asked their opinion of the Obama policy with no details spelled out, support was much less and a large partisan divide emerged. A recent Pew poll also suggests Americans are closely divided, and that poll may hold the key to the differences. Nearly four in ten Americans say they have heard nothing at all about this controversy. “The CNN poll illustrates the road ahead for the White House,� says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. “If the administration can’t inform more

vigilance and control of those individuals� if they are released, though he added he is supportive of the reconciliation talks with the Taliban to end the conflict in Afghanistan.

Dempsey’s comments came during testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told the committee that no prisoner would be transferred out without his certification that they will not return to battlefield, a

requirement created by Congress. “I have made very clear that unless I am convinced that in this kind of situation those steps are taken to ensure that these individuals do not wind up going back to the battlefield, I am not going to certify that kind of transfer,� Panetta said.

Republican Sen. John McCain, who raised the issue during the hearing, noted to Panetta that one-quarter of those released have returned to terrorism in the past. — CNN

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ly did compete hard defensively,” Rueck said. “We did control the tempo, they just executed so well that they put a big offensive number up on us. I thought we had some good offensive possessions, but we still have a long way to go.”

Rueck said the game will serve as a learning tool going forward.

“Anytime you play an elite team, every weakness you have is exposed, so this is a valuable film for us down the stretch,” Rueck said. “We can see what we need to do better next time.”

A win Thursday night would have done wonders for the Beavers’ resume, but Saturday’s game against California is just as important.

The Golden Bears (10-4, 19-7), fresh off an 83-71 win over the Ducks in Eugene, are second in the Pac-12 standings. If the Beavers can pick up a win Saturday, they’ll pull within a game of Cal with three games remaining.

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Junior center Thais Pinto had a good night, scoring nine points and grabbing four rebounds in 16 minutes of action. one, there can be no hangover,” one loss. We are not concerned next game.”

Rueck said. “We have got work about streaks. Winning is nice, Jacob Shannon, sports writer to do to finish our season, it is but we have to worry about the sports@dailybarometer.com

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Aside from her production on the court, the Senior Day ceremony will celebrate her growth as a student and a person.

Her experiences at Oregon State have given her a lot to reflect on.

“I have learned to be patient and humble. I had to come here and really rely on other players, [have]the patience to be able to rely on teammates, and other people,” Marchbanks said. “Oregon State really taught me to trust and believe and to always try, and no matter how my game is going, there is always something I can contribute.”

Oftentimes, it is Marchbanks dictating the pace on the offensive end of the floor, quick as a guard but never shy of the post.

If she hasn’t created an opportunity to score

for herself, then she has for her teammates.

“A lot of my game comes with experience,” Marchbanks said. “Slowing things down last year really helped me see the floor. I am 5’ 8” and have to play the post or run the floor.”

Leadership is also something Marchbanks has provided.

“We are dependent on Anna for that energy, that spark, she is our senior leader,” coach Scott Rueck said. “She gives us extra chances, draws the double team and does a great job finding open shooters.”

“Anna is a great leader, that person we can all rally around,” sophomore guard Alyssa Martin said. “She gets emotional and that helps us in games because it makes us want to try that much harder for her, especially because it’s her senior year.”

Marchbanks cherishes the fact that her final set of home games are so meaningful — the Beavers are making an improbable run at an NCAA Tournament bid.

“I have been playing without a care to hold anything back, making a point to live out this dream,” Marchbanks said.

“Winning as much as we have this season is my high point, every day is our winning season, and being a part of this is my high point.”

The remaining four conference games, Pac-12 Tournament, and realistic shot at the postseason is enough to think about as a competitor, but where basketball takes her from there will be interesting to follow.

“Right now, I am focused on playing this season, and hopefully after that, too. I would love to play overseas,” Marchbanks said. “I don’t think I am done playing basketball but I don’t know, I haven’t turned that page.”

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vors have been able to, the fight that they’ve had on a daily basis.”

Cancer is something that has affected most of our lives in some way or another, which is the case for some of the members of this OSU team.

“It was a special meet for me because my grandma passed away of ovarian cancer,” said sophomore Brittany Harris. “So she comes to all my meets, I take a little picture of her everywhere. So it’s like she was still there with me.”

“My grandmother died of breast cancer my sophomore year,” Vivian said. “So it’s kind of always been something extra than just competing.”

The meet is also special for senior Leslie Mak. “It means a lot to me because I’ve had family members who have had breast cancer,” Mak said. “It’s a pretty special thing that we’re able to combine what we love doing and supporting such a good cause.”

The crowd, as always, will probably be the largest attendance of the season for gymnastics. With Gill already being a factor, topped with a huge crowd, and two Pac-12 opponents coming, one of them being a top-ten opponent, this clearly has the makings of a very significant meet for the Beavers.

“UCLA is one of the top teams in the country, if not the top team in the country,” Chaplin said. “They’re always strong year in and year out. Cal is another one that’s on the rise. They’re doing a really good job turning around that program with their new coaches this year.”

Momentum will surely be on OSU’s side from last week’s meet, which was one of their best meets of alltime based on their scores. Their score of 197.400 in the meet with UC-Davis and Sacramento State was the fifth-highest in school history. But the team isn’t looking to stop there.

“I felt where we were (last) weekend, it was good, but we can always improve,” Harris said.

Last year’s Pink Out paired OSU against UCLA, a meet which came down to the wire. UCLA ended up topping the Beavers by 0.5 points, making OSU feel a little extra incentive to defeat the Bruins. The hope is that the high scores of last week translate to Friday’s meet for a win in their biggest meet of the season so far.

“Feelings of revenge have risen, extra motivation in the gym this week, also coming off a big win last week, so that’s also motivating us,” Vivian said. “It’s that extra boost of confidence knowing that we can get those scores.”

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A month and a half ago, the Oregon State women’s basketball team went down to Palo Alto, Calif. and gave the No. 4 team in the nation fits.

The Beavers lost that game 67-60, but players would say that game was a turning point in the season.

It gave them confidence — confidence that eventually propelled them to a six-game conference winning streak.

It also apparently upset Stanford, because the Cardinal (23-1, 14-0) came into Gill Coliseum last night and beat Oregon State by 33 in front of 2,474 fans.

“We knew they were going to come out ready to kill us, and they did exactly that,” said sophomore guard Alyssa Martin after the Beavers’ 78-45 loss.

The loss ended the Beavers win streak, which was the program’s longest conference win streak since the 1994-95 season, and dropped them into a tie for third place in the conference with Arizona State University.

Thursday’s outcome was never in doubt, as Stanford jumped out to an early double-digit lead and limited the Beavers to 16 points on 6-of-25 shooting (24.0 percent) in the first half.

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The Cardinal defense locked down Ali Gibson and company Thursday night at Gill Coliseum. The Beavers shot 33.3 percent as a team, and Gibson, OSU’s leading scorer, was 2-for-9 from the field. us, they played us perfectly to start with,” head coach Scott Rueck said.

“Nothing was easy, and we didn’t hit the shots I thought we needed to hit early in the game to get us to relax.”

The Beavers, frankly, had no answer for Cardinal forward Nnemkadi Ogwumike. The senior scored 27 points on 10-of-16 shooting.

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verting inside the key, it was one of Stanford’s guards draining treys.

The Cardinal shot 10-for-22 from beyond the arc. Toni Kokenis and Bonnie Samuelson hit three treys apiece.

The Beavers didn’t get that kind of production out of anyone. Their top two scorers on the season, freshman guard Ali Gibson and senior guard Earlysia Marchbanks,

combined to score 12 points on 5-of-15 shooting.

Sophomore guard Alyssa Martin (11 points) was the lone Beaver in double-figures, though junior center Thais Pinto had a nice game, scoring nine points on 4-of-6 shooting.

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PALO ALTO, Calif. — The Oregon State men’s basketball team lost its third game in a row Thursday night, falling to Stanford University 87-82 at Maples Pavilion.

The loss erased any realistic chance that the Beavers (15-11, 5-9 Pac-12) would finish in the top half of the conference.

With just four regular season games remaining, the eighth-place Beavers are three games out of seventh place.

Thursday’s game was a bit less dramatic than January’s 103-101 quadruple-overtime contest, as Stanford’s lead hovered around eight or so points over the game’s final 10 minutes.

OSU’s Roberto Nelson was the story of the first half. The sophomore guard scored 15 points and was perfect (3-of3) from 3-point territory to help OSU take a 41-40 halftime lead.

But Nelson missed seven of eight second-half shots, as well as two free throws.

Junior guard Jared Cunningham scored 22 points and hit 4-of-9 from beyond the arc. It was the third game of at least 20 points for the conference’s leading scorer.

Cunningham had a chance to pull the Beavers within four with 1:54 remaining, but a fastbreak dunk attempt bounced off his head and out of the basket after initially going through the hoop.

Stanford scored 14 seconds later to extend its lead to eight.

The Cardinal, led by Chasson Randle’s 24 points, shot 54.5 percent from 3-point land (12-for-22).

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Two years ago, Earlysia Marchbanks made the bold decision to transfer to a program that was amid turmoil.

With two years of eligibility remaining, it was safe, it seemed, to assume Marchbanks wouldn’t be around by the time the Oregon State women’s basketball program turned things around.

But the Beavers (17-8, 8-6 Pac-12), who were picked 11th in the Pac-12 preseason media poll, are third in the conference standings and their lone senior is a big reason why.

Last year, Marchbanks averaged 8.7 points per game and 5.6 rebounds for OSU. Her statistics have improved with the circumstances.

The Salem native, who started her collegiate career at Central Arizona before transferring to Yakima Valley Community College, ranks in the top 15 in the conference in scoring (11.8 points per game) and rebounding (6.9 per game).

Her role as the team’s only senior gets lost in the program’s success story — the spotlight only has room for one thing at a time, and understandably the team comes first.

But Saturday, before the Beavers take on California in a showdown between two of the conference’s top three teams, the spotlight will shine on Marchbanks before she plays her TAYLOR HAND | THE DAILY BAROMETER final regular season game at Gill Earlysia Marchbanks, the Beavers’ lone senior, ranks in the top 15 of the See MARCHBANKS| page 7 conference in scoring and rebounding.

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Olivia Vivian said the Pink Out Meet is “about fighting for everything, for things that are bigger than us.”

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The Pink Out Meet is always one of the biggest home meets for the gymnastics team, and bares meaning beyond gymnastics

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It’s more than just a meet.

That’s the phrase reiterated by everyone on the gymnastics team in their description of the eighth annual Pink Out. OSU gymnastics will be competing against No. 7 UCLA and Cal in Friday’s 7 p.m. meet, but they will also be competing for a bigger cause than that. Pink Out will take place over the course of Friday and Saturday, beginning with the gymnastics meet Friday night.

“Pink Out’s always been a little something bigger than just competing,” said senior Olivia Vivian. “It’s about fighting for everything, for things that are bigger than us.”

The weekend festivities include a Pink Out breakfast and silent auction with proceeds going to the Corvallis Clinic Foundation’s Project H.E.R. – a breast health services program for women in Benton, Linn and Lincoln counties.

“It’s an opportunity for us to compete for something that’s much bigger than sports,” said head coach Tanya Chaplin. “It’s life, and what the survi See GYMNASTICS | page 7