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Student groups begin to settle into long-awaited building By Kat Kothen THE DAILY BAROMETER
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Peer leadership consultants for the Center for Leadership and Development Jessica Raleigh, a senior, and Grace Zetterberg, also a senior, adjust to their recent move to the Student Experience Center.
Veterans await increased benefits
MU location of Joe’s Burgers plans on March opening THE DAILY BAROMETER
After months of delays due to problems with construction, the replacement for Carl’s Jr. that Oregon State University students were promised is preparing to open. The restaurant’s original premier date was slated for the start of winter term; however, due to problems with the Memorial Union’s vents, the opening was pushed back. Kiki Hanover, marketing director of Joe’s Burgers, said the previous restaurant used a different method of cooking from theirs, and that it became necessary to resize some of the building’s ducts. They’ve been working with OSU administration to make the changes to one of the campus’ most important buildings. “It’s been a long process,” Hanover said. “But finally the equipment is in place.” A restaurant manager has already been hired, and the staff are waiting to be trained. Assuming there are no further complications, Hanover said the business will likely open the first week of March. The Daily Barometer news@dailybarometer.com
Bill passed to get veterans, veterans’ dependents in-state tuition at college
of out-of-state charges while using their well-deserved education benefits,” according to the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014. Oregon State University has, in the By Hanna Brewer last few years, had an increase in veterTHE DAILY BAROMETER ans attending and accepting benefits. In August, 2014, a bill was passed in “In 2012, we only had about 500 legislation that would amend section veterans at OSU; now we have over 702 of the Choice Act. 1,200,” said Scott Swanson, Associated This bill would allow for all recently Students of Oregon State University task force director of discharged veterans veterans affairs. “It and their dependents quick, and we to be eligible for inIn 2012, we only had jumped only have the number state tuition at the colabout 500 veterans for veterans getting lege that they choose, benefits, but I’m sure even if they have not at OSU; now we that there are many yet qualified for resihave over 1,200. others who are under dency. State residency the radar.” has been an issue for veterans returning from Scott Swanson One pivotal issue is deployment who disASOSU task force director of veteran affairs that the veterans are charge and wish to start only able to extend school, but cannot qualify for in-state the benefits to their dependents within tuition because of their service. three years of their discharge. “These new requirements will ensure “We see a lot of veterans come in who that our nation’s recently discharged have retired and have no more interveterans, and their eligible family memSee VETERANS | page 4 bers, will not have to bear the cost n
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A new bill could help veterans and their family to be eligible for in-state tuition.
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The exterior of Oregon State University’s newest building matches the brick masonry that many other campus structures share. Step inside and it’s a different story. Compared to the confines of some of the older buildings on campus, there’s scarcely a place in the Student Experience Center that isn’t bathed in light. “People come in and the first thing they do when they walk in is stare at the ceiling and look amazed,” said Lydia Martin, junior in new media communications and receptionist at the front desk of the SEC. An expansive foyer welcomes those who open the large, south-facing doors of the building. In its center, the circular walkways of the second and third floors frame the mirror ball-like ceiling. The migration of student organizations into the SEC began earlier this week. As of Feb. 19, the groups that have moved in include the Associated Students of Oregon State University, Student Experience and Activity Center, International Resource Center, International Students of Oregon State University, Center for Civic Engagement, Student Sustainability Initiative, Center for Leadership Development, Memorial Union Program Council and the Center for Fraternity and Sorority Life, according
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An officer discovered two instance of graffiti and two damaged bicycles at about 1:37 a.m. “DNACE” was reportedly painted in black on the side of Gilfillan Auditorium facing east, while “Keep at it!” — also in black paint — was written on the northeast side of Rogers Hall. The handwriting of the two tags was different, according to the officer’s log. Two bikes locked to the bike racks near Gilfillan’s defaced wall had also been damaged; a wheel from each bike was bent.
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A strong odor At about 8:20 p.m. an officer followed up on a complaint of someone in a pickup truck “doing cookies and driving fast” along Southwest Campus Way, according to the log. When the officer stopped a vehicle that matched the caller’s description, he reportedly “smelled a strong odor of green marijuana.” Those in the vehicle allegedly denied that they had any marijuana until the officer told them he’d call a drug detection dog. At that point, one of the vehicle’s occupants reportedly gave the officer “a jar with 27 grams of marijuana inside of it.” The officer then cited the man. The Daily Barometer
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into a new space in the middle of the term could be daunting task, organizan Continued from page 1 tions are taking it in stride. “Everyone is getting settled in, and to Martin. The Orange Media Network is set to I’m sure by next week it will look like move into the fourth floor of the SEC we’ve been here for eons,” said Josh within the next month; the fourth floor is Kaufman, a member of the ASOSU House of Representatives. still currently under construction. Kaufman is a freshman in economics “I really like being more central,” Martin said. “We’ve been getting a lot and finance. more foot-traffic.” Robin Ryan, associate director of SEAC, Previously, the Student Leadership said that the student organizations being and Involvement front desk was located closer in proximity is creating a positive inside of Snell Hall. Now, the student and energetic atmosphere. receptionists, like Martin, are some of “It’s phenomenal,” Robin said of the the first to welcome students walking building. “It’s not done, yet we can start to into the SEC. envision what’s next. There’s more energy “My favorite thing is how open it is,” and light. And there’s more creativity and Martin said. “We look more like a front positivity.” desk, and people will actually come talk The SLI is a resource for any club on to us.” campus; Ryan said there are currently While moving an entire organization more than 400 clubs at OSU.
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There has been a lot of legislation work- located here on campus, agreed that ing towards that. It’s been complicated, the focus of the task force should be on though. There would still be a lot of ser- meeting actual veteran needs. vices that OSU just can’t offer — things “The number-one rule of helping By Minelle Merwin that require specialists.” someone is recognizing what they need THE DAILY BAROMETER Swanson said that he hopes the uni- and want. Help people the way they Imagine finishing years of active duty versity will continue to work toward need help. (As a veteran) all you’re doing and then trading in a military uniform finding a solution to those medical is changing careers. Most young service and all that went with it for a sweatshirt, needs issues. He also believes that even members do exceptionally well when backpack and the hope of a new career with certifying officers, who he said they go to college,” Wood said. “They’ve after college. have the most contact with veterans already worked for four years, held The transition from military life to on campus, available in the registrar’s leadership positions. They understand college life is as much of a lifestyle shift office in the Kerr Administration, there hard work. I know one young man who as it is a change in career trajectory. has still been a level treats it like his job. He While there are plenty of benefits of disorganization this gets up at 6:30 a.m. and offered to veterans at Oregon State year that was causing goes until 3:30 p.m. The number-one rule University, navigating the maze of a disconnect between and he’s done. He has paperwork and logistics can be a night- outreach efforts and of helping someone time at night for his mare for those who don’t know how to veterans. is recognizing what family and everything go about it. The Associated Students of else. A lot of veterans One reason Swanson they need and want. bring self-discipline, Oregon State University Veteran Affairs thought might be causTaskforce hopes to make that process ing this was the lack of maturity, the abilHelp people the as smooth as possible. to work in groups, a university employee way they need help. ity Scott Swanson, this year’s task force coordinating all veterleadership skills —— director of veteran affairs, is himself a ans affairs as in prior so they do well, and Richard Wood veteran in college pursuing a degree years, like Gus Bedwell, are very attractive to Captain and commanding officer of the in economics with a minor in political who left near the end of employers.” Naval ROTC at OSU science as he prepares to graduate this 2014 and has yet to be Efforts to help have spring. Only three days after graduat- replaced. included larger caming from high school, he left for the Although a search to fill his role is paigns like the veteran START program, Army, where he served for just under in process, Swanson feels the empty to smaller, meaningful acts of respect five years. position is ill-timed with increases in like handing out Challenge Coins, typi“It just kind of makes you more aware veteran attendance and the growing cally given out by high-ranking officials of everything going on in the world. You need for more connection and aware- as symbols of excellence and recognican get hung up on the news and big ness of all that is offered at OSU to make tion to veterans at sporting events. Swanson also hopes to host biweekly issues, but it’s a lot more personal than the transition smoother. it seems. It definitely makes you grow One answer to this has been the events this spring in the Memorial as a person,” Swanson said. beginnings of a Veteran Start program Union quad. One example is bringing Swanson said his role as veteran that, similar to the START program that people from the VA medical center in affairs task force director is primar- orients freshmen and transfer students, Portland to answer questions. “(Swanson’s) phone rings more than ily to be a liaison between the differ- specifically targets the needs of student veterans and helps to anyone else’s,” said Alexander Vickeryent groups on campus get them connected Holland, ASOSU task force director of that assist veterans, with all of the services campus affairs. “I’ve never seen (him) and his focus this year We have a lot of and opportunities that be idle — he’s constantly working. has been on making are available on cam- The number of veterans has doubled sure student veterans people who are in the last few years. I think it’s really and elsewhere. don’t have to choose willing to make things pus“Some between taking care vets that important that someone’s advocating happen.... We just of their medical needs I’ve talked to feel like for them.” Swanson emphasized that veterans’ and going to classes. they’re not being heard need to know you at times by the uni- voices matter. “Vets have five years care about an issue. versity, but there is so “We have a lot of people who are willof complete medical much support, and ing to make things happen,” Swanson care covered after getwe’ve made a lot of said. “We just need to know you care ting out,” Swanson Scott Swanson said. “But the only VA ASOSU task force director of veteran affairs progress. It’s just about about an issue — we need to know your really getting them concerns — and we need to know your hospital available is in Portland, and scheduling can be from engaged,” Swanson said. “Some see feedback on what’s working, which we a month to three months out, which is support as a crutch, and some just want get all the time from veterans who are really likely to conflict with classes that to be informed of what’s going on and just happy to see that OSU veterans have haven’t even been scheduled for the what’s offered. We don’t like assuming a presence. And hopefully we’ll get more next term yet. There’s a smaller clinic what veterans want. So we don’t push people involved each year.” Swanson’s veteran affairs task force in Salem that does X-rays and some initiating (anything) without prior feedpsychological services, but they don’t back. 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Student organizations seem to be buzzing with excitement in their new home. However, Martin said she’s spoken to people asking if there were spaces, such as conference rooms, within the center that students could reserve. “Those spaces are only for organizations, so that’s disappointing to some people,” Martin said. Lydia McClaran, a sophomore in general science, spent part of her afternoon studying in the first-floor lounge of the SEC. “Kelley is my favorite spot to study, (the SEC) is smaller; I don’t think I’d come here all the time,” McClaran said. McClaran also thought the lounge area in the SEC could be a good place to work on group projects.
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Oregonians debate proposed U of O, health officials ramp up effort to end outbreak immunization mandate By Christian Hill
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SALEM — Tense testimony about a proposal to eliminate nonmedical exemptions from Oregon’s school immunization law continued for more than three hours Wednesday afternoon as Oregonians discussed conflicting scientific claims, parental autonomy and personal experience with infectious diseases as well as vaccine complications. An amendment to Senate Bill 442, introduced by Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, D-Beaverton, would replace language in the current school immunization law that allows exemptions from vaccines based on religious and philosophical beliefs. People packed the hearing room and overflowed into another where the Senate Committee On Health Care and Human Services meeting was broadcast on a screen. Both sides told heartwrenching stories. Oregon’s current school immunization law is among the more lax in the country, and the state’s nonmedical exemption rate is the highest in the country — 7 percent as of the 2013-14 school year. Public health officials have expressed concern that if current trends continue, the state could see a resurgence of infectious diseases due to a weakened herd immunity. Particularly at risk are those who are medically fragile, pregnant women and infants who are too young to be fully immunized. The Legislature in 2013 tightened the law by requiring parents to demonstrate they’ve been educated on the risks of denying vaccines before claiming a nonmedical exemption. However, Steiner Hayward was unconvinced that it was improving immunization rates. Committee chairwoman Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson, D-Gresham, attempted to limit individual testimony and asked attendees to maintain decorum, however, impassioned speakers regularly went over the threeminute cap, and the crowd occasionally clapped or reacted vocally to testimony. Dr. Judith Guzman-Cottrill, a pediatric infectious disease specialist with Oregon Health & Science University, told a story
about a leukemia patient who had recovered enough to go back to school, but he was not yet well enough to receive live virus vaccines. Within a year, the boy was exposed to chicken pox at school three times, she said. “After each exposure, he was urgently seen at Doernbecher (Children’s Hospital in Portland) to receive an injection of varicella antibodies, in attempts to prevent him from becoming infected,� Guzman-Cottrill said. “Unfortunately, despite the third antibody injection, he developed chicken pox and varicella pneumonitis. He was admitted to our hospital and was very ill.� The boy survived, she said. Rep. Knute Buehler, R-Bend, testified it was part of the government’s responsibility to protect the most vulnerable people in the state. “We need to lead people to do the right thing even if it’s difficult and controversial,� he said. However, for parents who believe vaccines injured their children or caused their autism, the would-be mandated vaccination was difficult to swallow. Dr. Diane Gudmundsen, a Hillsboro chiropractor, said her son suffered a severe reaction — a high fever — after he received his second measles, mumps, rubella shot. “His fever broke and I thought, all is well,� Gudmundsen said. “All was never well again.� She said her son then began acting out and was kicked out of three preschools and expelled from his grade school. At age 18, he was diagnosed with autism, she said. “I’m not anti-vaccine,� Gudmundsen said. “I do, however, feel that if there is going to be a law passed that forces parents to provide any and all vaccines, I feel that they should be safe beyond a shadow of the doubt.� “I constantly will have to live with my doubt giving the MMR vaccine to my son because of the severe reaction he had and the behavior changes afterward.� Many also challenged the constitutionality of the bill, and an information hearing on March 9 will address that question, Monnes Anderson said.
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SALEM — Sounding more like a forensics round table than a discussion about a fish and wildlife bill, speakers and members of the House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources on Thursday, Feb. 19, spent a good deal of time talking about wound tracks, bullet velocity and fragmentation when a major bone is hit, gut piles and blood-shot meat. The topic at hand was House Bill 2503, which would make the Oregon Legislature the sole arbiter of restrictions on hunting ammunition and fishing gear. Or in simpler terms any prohibitions or restrictions on lead in ammunition or fishing sinkers and other gear would have to go through the legislature. The discussion about bullets and critters had to do with the lead issue in human consumption of sport-killed meat as well as the effects of bullet fragments remaining in what was left after the animals are field-dressed when carrion-eaters from coyotes to crows consume it. There also was back-and-forth about the increased expense of alternatives to lead ammunition and about how counties and other jurisdictions imposing restrictions on lead could lead to a patchwork of conflicting rules. All of which ignored the real question in the bill: Is the legislature or the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife the best arbiter of the materials of which bullets and sinkers are made? “This is where we make major decisions about Oregon’s way of life ‌ and how we manage it,â€? Stan Steele said about the Oregon Legislature. Steele was testifying for the Oregon Outdoor Council, a hunting advocacy group. He added that the bill doesn’t tie the hands of either the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife or the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission. “It allows you to provide the oversight, the governmental oversight, to make sure that good policy is what rules the day,â€? he said.
EUGENE — Public health and University of Oregon officials ramped up efforts Thursday to stop an outbreak of a contagious bacterial infection that has hospitalized three UO students and may have led to tumbler Lauren Jones’ death. Acting on a recommendation from health officials, the university began publicizing in a campuswide email the availability of the vaccine that protects individuals against meningococcemia and related diseases for students who want it. It also plans to invite students at the greatest risk of infection to receive it, including those who lived in Jones’ on-campus dormitory, Barnhart Hall. The university has been planning — weeks before Jones’ death on Tuesday, actually — large-scale vaccination clinics on campus to inoculate as many students as possible. No decision has been made on whether to hold the clinics, said Mike Eyster, executive director of the UO Health Center, but an aim of the smaller-scale vaccinations is to reduce the size of a clinic or negate its need entirely. “We’re trying to get a jumpstart on that,� he said. Lane County Public Health, which has been working jointly with the university since the first case of infection was confirmed in January, meanwhile, is putting more manpower toward its investigation of the outbreak. In its email to students, the university encouraged anyone who had close contact to Jones last week to call Lane County Public Health at 541-682-4041. The agency will have more employees available to take those calls as well as answer more general questions. The steps by the university and public health department are intended to quell worries raised by students, parents and community members about the outbreak. The email to students noted the news of the death of Jones, an 18-year-old member
were infected. All three students have been released from the hospital. The university has sent out an estimated 3,300 notifications to students who may have been in close contact with the three students and Jones. Hundreds of those students have received an antibiotic that kills the bacteria in the body. The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention doesn’t recommend the reliance on antibiotics beyond close contacts to stop an outbreak. Some people, known as carriers, can harbor the bacteria without it causing any symptoms or harm, but they are still contagious. If they don’t take the antibiotic, they can continue to spread the bacteria to others who may be susceptible even if they’ve taken the antibiotic because the protection is short-term. The antibiotic also isn’t guaranteed to kill off the bacteria. The vaccine empowers the body to attack the bacteria and render it harmless. The bacteria “can’t get traction and create the invasive infection,� explained Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease specialist at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. The protection from the vaccine can last months and likely several years, he said. Recently, the Food and Drug Administration approved two new vaccines, administered in two or three separate doses, to protect against the type of bacteria most prevalent in the Pacific Northwest, which is at the center of the UO outbreak. Although new to the U.S., the vaccines have been used in Europe and are proven to be safe and effective, Schaffner said. “If the vaccine is made available to you, get to the front of the line,� he advised students. “If my son or daughter was at the university and they were offering the vaccine, I’d say, ‘Kids, roll up your sleeves. Don’t wait. Get it as soon as you can.’�
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SALEM — Oregon’s economic growth means individuals could receive $349 million as a personal income tax kicker in 2015, and schools will receive an extra $56 million from the corporate income tax kicker. State economist Mark McMullen told legislators Thursday morning that revenue is up about $100 million over the December forecast, which puts the state’s revenue above the threshold for a kicker. It’s up $379 million since 2013, about 2.4 percent more than was projected at the time. Oregon’s kicker law, which requires a tax rebate when the state’s general fund grows at least 2 percent larger than projected, hasn’t been used since 2007 when the economy was booming. Individual taxpayers will see the effect on their 2015 taxes, with either smaller bills or larger refunds, depending on how much they owe, McMullen said. This will be the first year the corporate tax kicker will go to schools rather than back to companies. Voters passed Measure 85 in 2012 that redirected that money to K-12 education, but there has not been a kicker since then. Oregon is unique in using this policy. It creates some ambigu-
ity in the economic forecast because it puts more money into the economy, but it also takes money away from the state budget. Rep. Ann Lininger, D-Lake Oswego, said it seemed like an odd public policy to give back not just the amount of money above the kicker threshold but all the money above the last forecast. It may seem confusing, McMullen said, but that is how it works. The potential 2015 kicker likely won’t drag down the state’s general fund too much, he said. Estimates show the state will lose about $21 million in 201517which is not a large amount in the context of the budget. It likely won’t mean cuts to state services or programs, he said. While the budget will take a small hit, the 2015 kicker is a good sign for the overall Oregon economy, as it shows more income tax revenue than economists could have predicted two years ago. Corporate income taxes, in particular, are up much further than expected three months ago, about 21 percent more. The economy is nearly where it was during the housing boom, McMullen said, and right now a large influx of younger adults is helping drive economic activity
VETERANS n Continued from page 1 est in school, but want to be able to pass the benefits to their spouses and dependents.” Swanson said. “This bill will definitely help resolve that issue.” There’s been a push for longer periods of time in which the accommodations can be allotted due to the average age of those in the service when they discharge. “A lot of people do the bare minimum and get out, so they might not have college-age dependents at the time, or even high school for that matter.” Swanson said. “The threeyear part is definitely going to be interesting.” Swanson himself is a veteran from the Army and has a child on the way who will not be able to use such benefits when it comes time for college because of the time limit. “Starting July 1st, if the school in the State of Oregon doesn’t recognize all veterans
and job growth. Economist Josh Lehner said Oregon has never had more jobs than it has now. However, the long-term future may not look this bright. Aging workers are going to put a “tremendous weight” on the labor force, McMullen said. As more people retire, the workers who replace them will have lower wages, pay fewer taxes and drive less economic activity, he said. The economy will likely keep growing, he said, “but it will be hard work to match the pace we have seen.” And while there are more jobs in sheer numbers, fewer people are actually working full time as a percentage of the population, Lehner said. When underemployment and lack of participation are included, he said, the economic recovery is only about halfway back to its boom years. Lawmakers were happy with the forecast, but some worried about what it would mean for the state’s budget in the long term. “If a personal kicker is triggered, it will mean less money for our schools, health care services, and public safety, but the continuing economic recovery should lessen the impact on the services that Oregon families depend on,” House Democratic Leader Val Hoyle said.
or qualified dependent and spouses to get in-state tuition, then the VA is not going to certify anyone.” Swanson said. “OSU has an application in with the VA right now, so we are just waiting for that to go through.” The biggest debate that postponed this $16 billion federal law was the Senate’s hesitation to allot the benefits to the veterans’ dependents as well as themselves. “Dependents and spouses make just as much as a sacrifice as the veterans themselves,” Swanson said. “They earned it themselves.” As of now, there is only a wait for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to certify OSU to be able to honor those who served. “We are mostly waiting on our initial application from the VA to see where we stand in their eyes,” Swanson said. Hanna Brewer, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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Lab studies coral, anemones Weis lab in Department of Integrative Biology studies cnidarians
“It’s hard to make connections with this to conservation, but we try. By getting a better understanding of what’s happening beneath the organismal level, we get a better ability By Courtnee’ Morin to predict effects and events. We’re not going THE DAILY BAROMETER to solve coral bleaching, but there’s a point to Under Oregon State University Professor doing basic biology,” Kitchen said. Most of the work occurs in the laboraVirginia Weis, graduate students and undergrads alike research cnidarians, a group of tory with the use of the sea anemone Aiptasia. organisms including sea anemones and coral. Aiptasia is easier to manipulate in the lab while Among the graduate students working in Weis’s controlling for variables and much easier for lab are Sheila Kitchen, Camerron Crowder and investigating at the cellular level than using coral. Trevor Tivey. Tivey, a second-year graduate student in Weis’ lab studies cnidarians at the molecular and cellular level, focusing on small signals that integrative biology, also studies the symbiotic can lead to larger impacts on the organism, in relationships in cnidarians. His work focuses mostly on symbiont and host ratios, and how a ‘bottom-up’ way. a host maintains its symbiont levels. Kitchen, a graduate student and teachTivey hopes to find out if the formation and ing assistant at OSU with a large focus in cell division of symbionts and host cells occur cnidarians, currently works with Weis to simultaneously or if one deterteach a “Symbiosis in the mines the fate and amount of Environment.” the other. He also looks at the In the lab, Kitchen studHopefully my different species of symbionts ies symbiosis of cnidarians, findings can lead to utilized by cnidarians, hoping particularly the onset of their to see if the different species the generation of a mutually beneficial relationhave the same function and ships as well as the break down lot of hypotheses that relationship with their hosts, and regulation. She started I, or others, can look or if they work differently. this work in 2010 and hopes Crowder studies cnidarians, to finish up her study by the at down the road. but doesn’t focus on their symend of this year. biotic relationships. Instead, “I’m very interested in how Camerron Crowder she looks at cnidarian reprosymbionts and organisms like Graduate student researcher ductive systems, specifically coral ‘choose’ each other; what those of coral. makes them decide to work Crowder looks at the two different types of together and help each other,” Kitchen said. reproduction in coral: broadcast spawning, Symbiosis is the interaction between two which involves the mass release of eggs and organisms that are closely associated. sperm into the surrounding water, and broodThe students in the lab are interested in ing, which involves the uptake of sperm into the effects that symbionts and environmental the female, where the larvae will develop and change have on the process of anemone and be released. coral bleaching, though this is not their main More energy goes into brooding, so fewer focus. offspring are made. Specifically, Crowder studies what might “I’ve studied the lipid signaling pathway that determines cell fate. A high amount of affect reproductive timing, especially the role one type of lipid will promote cell survival, water temperature plays. Crowder looks at the while a higher amount of another lipid type gene expression of the corals using a molecular promotes cell death. And in coral bleaching, and cellular approach to larger-scale questions. “My studies are not hypothesis driven; I’m there is a shift of survival to death over time,” just trying to see what I can find out — it is Kitchen said. Kitchen hopes that understanding a process discovery based,” Crowder said. “Hopefully like coral or anemone bleaching at the molecu- my findings can lead to the generation of a lar and cellular level will allow scientists to lot of hypotheses that I, or others, can look at predict the onset of processes like bleaching down the road.” in the ocean, though she doesn’t believe this Courtnee’ Morin, news reporter will solve the problem. news@dailybarometer.com n
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(Top) Junior forward Deven Hunter drives to the hoop against the Sun Devils Feb. 13 in Corvallis. (Bottom) Sophomore guard Sydney Wiese on the bench against ASU. Justin Quinn
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For the third time this season, a member of the seventh-ranked Oregon State women’s basketball team was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week. The latest recipient was sophomore point guard Sydney Wiese. Last week, Wiese became the Oregon State career threepoint leader after averaging 17.5 points and four assists in wins against No. 12 Arizona State and Arizona. Wiese is the third player to win the award after junior guard Jamie Weisner and junior center Ruth Hamblin both won it earlier in the season. “I’m really happy for them,” said head coach Scott Rueck. “I’m happy for them to be recognized — I’m happy for our team because that’s a team award. You only win that if you’re winning, unless you put up ridiculous numbers.” Since three different players have won the award, it exemplifies how almost any player can put up big numbers on any given night for Oregon State. “That’s the thing about our team: we are balanced,” Rueck said. “We don’t have somebody averaging 16 rebounds or 25 points per game because no one plays enough minutes to do that, typically, and we don’t play that way. We are a balanced team, and to get recognition means that the team is achieving and we’re getting great performances.” With the emphasis the Beavers put on playing together as a unit and having team-oriented goals for the season, it doesn’t surprise coach Rueck that the accolades, the wins and the No. 7 overall ranking hasn’t changed the team dynamic. “When people win Pac-12 Player of the Week, it’s not like we put them on a pedestal. It’s a great award, but they know that’s not what we’re about. It’s
ll good things must come to an end, even if it happens before you want them to. Junior Forward Daniel Gomis’ face said it all as he sat at the podium in the Beavers’ press conference room. It was the same face the rest of the team had as they passed me in the basement hallway of Gill Coliseum. They all the looked like their season had ended. All season the over-achieving Beavers have found ways to win at home; it didn’t matter who they were playing, whether it be Corban University or Arizona, the Beavers protected their home court and brought back an excitement and energy that I could only imagine through the stories from my parents, who were students at OSU when they ruled the West in basketball. But even with many members of the Beaver Dam suited up in their Sunday best, the Beavers could not find a way to pull out their 15th straight home victory. The opportunity to knock off their second top-10 team at home this season was right there in front of them, but they could not put the ball in the basket. And as good as Utah’s defense is — ranked ninth in the country in points allowed — when open shots were available, the Beavers couldn’t knock them down. 16-48 from the field, 2-15 from three, and 3-8 from the free throw line. The Beavers weren’t only outshot by Utah, but the Oregon State Robotics club had more success shooting at a moving, robotic hoop than the basketball
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other Utah game this year. Utah and OSU came into the matchup ranked What: Oregon State vs. Colorado first and second in the conference Where: Gill Coliseum in scoring defense, respectively. The When: Saturday, Feb. 21 at 8 p.m. halftime score was 16-14, putting Air: Pac-12 Networks Utah on pace for its lowest scoring By Josh Worden game in the three-plus years under THE DAILY BAROMETER The Oregon State men’s basketball into the contest tied for first in the head coach Larry Krystkowiak. Though the second half didn’t give team finally suffered its first home Pac-12 and with back-to-back wins way to any offensive fireworks, Utah loss of the season Thursday after a of a combined 31 points. OSU (16-10, 7-7 Pac-12) is right in began to outpace the Beavers offenschool-record 14-0 start to the 2014the middle of the conference after sively and ran out to the 10-point win. 2015 season. “We started the second half with For any team to beat the Beavers Thursday’s 47-37 loss to the Utes in Gill Coliseum, it was likely going (21-4, 11-2), who held the Beavers too many jumpers, so we attacked to be the No. 9 Utah Utes, who came to a lower scoring total than in any some mismatches but couldn’t finish at the basket,” said head coach Wayne Tinkle. “Defensively we did a great job, all but four possessions: four breakdowns late in the shot clock cost us four 3s. I’ll take the heat for that, because obviously I didn’t make it clear enough how we’re going to defend at the end of the shot clock.” Utah junior guard Dakarai Tucker knocked down a pair of key 3-pointers partway through the second half, and ended up leading his team with 11 points. A 3-pointer from junior guard Brandon Taylor with the shot clock winding down and 2:41 left in the game gave Utah an insurmountable 11-point advantage. The Beavers never managed to build a hot streak from the justin quinn | THE DAILY BAROMETER field, ending 2-for-15 from beyond Men’s basketball head coach Wayne Tinkle walks off the court after the the arc and shooting 33.3 percent n
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Senior infielder Ya Garcia rockets a ball deep against Portland State in Corvallis April 29, 2014.
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two outs in the bottom of the seventh, and with runners at second and third base. The Beavers were trailing 5-4 to North Dakota State, although the comeback was well underway prior By Mitch Mahoney to Akamine’s at-bat. THE DAILY BAROMETER “It was stressful,” Akamine said, The last pitch the Oregon State “mainly because there were two outs softball team saw was a game-win- — not that I feel too much pressure ning single. Senior catcher Hannah See SOFTBALL | page 6 Akamine stepped to the plate with n
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SOFTBALL n Continued from page 5 — but it did come down to me hitting, and if I didn’t get it done, it was over.” Akamine was down in the count, 1-2, before she drilled one to left field and scored freshman shortstop McKenna Arriola from third and senior center fielder Dani Gilmore from second, capping a remarkable comeback that saw the Beavers score five runs in the final inning. “If it doesn’t go down the lineup like that and our freshman pinch-hitter Gina (Bond) doesn’t get a walk, if (freshman pinchhitter) Alysha (Everett) doesn’t get a hit, and then it goes down to (junior first baseman) Mikela (Manewa), McKenna, Dani and all them — it wouldn’t have happened where I was up with runners at second and third,” Akamine said. The comeback put an exclamation point on a weekend in which the Beavers (8-3) went 3-2. “That was awesome, I mean, that was unbelievable,” said head coach Laura Berg. “I wish people could have seen it, because reading it on Twitter or reading it in a postgame thing is not the same as being there, feeling the energy and feeling the fight.” The energy and fight that helped spark the comeback is something that coach Berg has been searching for this season from her team. “That fight has to be something that lasts from the first inning through the last inning,” Berg said. “It can’t be just the last inning, it has to be every pitch
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of every game that we play this season.” The Beavers are hoping to recapture that fire when the Mary Nutter Classic begins play on Friday. The Beavers begin the tournament against a topranked team in No. 9 Kentucky (7-2). “I’m excited to see how we react. We’ve got a top-ranked team in Kentucky who is in the top-10 and who is an SEC team,” Berg said. “I want to see how we react and how we accept the challenge.” In the second game of their Friday doubleheader, the Beavers will have a rematch against Cal Poly (5-5). When the two teams played two weeks ago, it was a pitcher’s duel between OSU junior pitcher Bev Miller and Cal Poly sophomore Sierra Hyland. Through seven innings, the game was knotted at 0-0, and the International Runner Rule placed a runner on second base to start the extra inning eighth. That runner ended up scoring against Oregon State, who wound up losing 1-0. The Beavers are eager to face them again. “We’re ready,” Akamine said. “We definitely did not come out with our A-game against Cal Poly, and we want to prove to them that we’re ready and we’re going to put them down.” Saturday’s games begin with
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Senior outfielder Kori Nishitomi prepares to make contact with the ball against Oregon in Corvallis April 14, 2014. another rematch, this time against Nevada. The Beavers won the first contest 4-2, but like Oregon State against Cal Poly, Nevada wants revenge on OSU. The second game on Saturday is against BYU, (6-4). The Beavers own a 10-2 series advantage against BYU, with their last win coming in 2013. The Beavers will wrap up the tournament with a game against Nebraska (4-6) on Sunday, and the Cornhuskers are receiving votes in both the USA softball poll and the NFCA poll. Miller expects to be on the mound this weekend, although she doesn’t know yet in which
games she’ll appear. Miller has pitched 44 of 70.1 total innings for the Beavers, and her 1.11 ERA is the lowest on the team. Her record is 4-3. “I’m really happy with where my ERA is at right now,” Miller said. “I’m mad actually that a couple have scored, that I had walked, so I know that could be lower. Those are things that I am continually working on to do better, so I am liking where my ERA sits right now, but I know I can do even better, and I want to be better for my team.” With the pleasant weather in Corvallis this week, the Beavers
MEN’S HOOPS n Continued from page 5 overall. OSU sophomore guard Malcolm Duvivier led all scorers with 12 points, but no Beaver shot 50 percent or better from the field. “We tried to get some confidence in our guys,” Tinkle said. “For whatever reason, guys that are capable shooters and scorers aren’t scoring.” In terms of tempo, however, Tinkle liked what he saw. He saw his team execute in terms of offensive speed but simply not convert on open looks. “We did a really good job of getting that thing in our pace, even though we weren’t making shots,” Tinkle said. “At halftime we said, ‘who’s pace does this favor?’ And we were all in agreement: it favored us.” Though the Beavers suffered their first loss of the season, OSU still looks to get a decent seeding in the Pac-12 Tournament that begins March 11, especially considering the preseason prediction of OSU finishing dead last in the conference. Postseason tournaments are still several weeks away, but the Beavers still have giant implications in the final four regular season games, starting Saturday at 8 p.m. against Colorado in Gill Coliseum. OSU has an immediate opportunity to bounce back after the first home loss of the
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were able to move practice from the Truax Indoor Center to their practice field outdoors, which was a welcome change. “How awesome is this?” Berg said. “It’s unbelievable. It’s different practicing indoors. It’s different seeing the ball off the bat than it is outside. On dirt and grass, the ball takes a different hop than on turf. Turf is more of a truer hop. It’s definitely better for them to be outside versus inside.” With Oregon’s weather being kind to the team, the Beavers enter the Mary Nutter Classic in Palm Springs prepared for the challenges that await them. “This is going to be the tall weekend for us,” Akamine said. “It’s going to be, ‘Are we here to compete, or are we here to just play.’ We want to get our name out there, and we want people to have a target on our backs.” Mitch Mahoney, sports reporter On Twitter @MitchIsHere sports@dailybarometer.com
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Utah junior guard Brandon Taylor (left) and senior guard Delon Wright celebrate after a late three pointer by Taylor against the Beavers in Gill Coliseum Feb. 19. year against Colorado before a road trip to face Stanford and California. On Thursday, defense was still the strong suit for the Beavers, keeping the game close until late. OSU stayed at arm’s length for nearly the entire game, never trailing by more than four until the second half but playing from behind for nearly 35 minutes of the contest. Utah’s seven-foot freshman center Jakob Poeltl, who came into the contest averaging nine
points per game, did not score until the closing moments of the contest. He collected seven rebounds but did not attempt a field goal until his lone basket with 48 seconds left. Ute senior guard Delon Wright finished 4-for-10 from the field with 9 points despite leading his team this season with 14.3 points per game. In the end, though, the Beavers couldn’t do enough on the other side of the floor to keep pace. A 3-for-8 night from
the free throw line didn’t help, nor did only six points from bench players. With 13 seconds left in the game, though, junior guard Gary Payton II recorded his first and only steal of the game, keeping alive his streak of at least one steal in every game this year. He is the only player in the Pac-12 to do so. Josh Worden, sports reporter On Twitter @BrightTies sports@dailybarometer.com
just a neat thing that came along with it. Celebrate that person, give them a clap and let’s move on. We’ve got to beat Colorado or Utah today. I’ll be honest — yesterday I almost forgot to even say something about Sydney.” With that, the focus is on preparing for the next slate of games as the regular season begins to wind down. With just four regular season games remaining, the Beavers (23-2, 13-1 Pac-12) will travel to Boulder, Colo. to play the Buffaloes (11-14, 4-10). “Colorado is a good team; they’ve got good inside play,” Rueck said. “(Senior forward) Jen Reese can score whenever she feels like it, (junior forward) Jamee Swan is just a beast on the inside and then they’ve got great shooters on the perimeter.” Swan, who stands 6-foot2, is averaging 13.4 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game this season. Reese, who also stands 6-foot-2, averages 12.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. The Buffaloes also have several
team. And thus, the perfect home record stopped. With one streak ending, the Beavers are now officially on another a streak: a three-game losing streak heading into their matchup against Colorado on Saturday. Their matchup against Colorado is the biggest game the Beavers have played all year. It will be a major gut-check game for them. Lose against Colorado and the season could spiral out of control. “It’s going to take character,” head coach Wayne Tinkle said after the game. “We’re going to find out what we’re made of and who is going to step up (for Saturday).” What has killed the Beavers in the last three games is their inability to get any kind of offense going. In the last three losses for the Beavers, they have averaged just more than 50 points per game. Olaf Schaftenaar has reverted back to being “The Three-Point Specialist Who Can’t Make a Three” after the junior forward has gone one for his last 20 from behind the arc. That needs to change. When the Beavers are at their best offensively, they have everyone contribute. Looking up and down the box score from Thursday’s game one player — sophomore guard Malcolm Duvivier — scored in double figures, no one else had more than seven. They need to find a way to get out of their team-wide shooting slump, or they could find themselves adding onto their three-game slide. “We just have to come out and start a new streak,” Duvivier said. “We can’t let it get to us and we have to bounce back for Saturday.” Brian Rathbone, sports reporter On Twitter @brathbone3 sports@dailybarometer.com
players who are threats to score from behind the arc. Senior guard Lexy Kresl is shooting 40 percent from three and averages more than two 3s per game. Also dangerous from 3-point range is sophomore guard/forward Lauren Huggins. Huggins is almost entirely a spot-up shooter on offense, as she hasn’t made a single 2-point field goal the entire year. Huggins has made 33-of-94 field goals this season, including 33-of-91 from deep. The Buffaloes are coming off a weekend that saw them win in blowout fashion against Washington State. The Buffaloes used their size to out rebound the Cougars 52-33 en route to the 72-51 victory. “It didn’t surprise me that they beat Washington State last week,” Rueck said. “Statistically, the Buffaloes are in the top half of the conference, so they are just a good team that we are going to have to play really well against.” The Beavers play the Buffaloes at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, and they’ll play Utah at 11 a.m. on Sunday. Mitch Mahoney, sports reporter On Twitter @MitchIsHere sports@dailybarometer.com
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Yeas & Nays T ea to the Oregon State University Tae Kwon Do club putting on a bake sale as well as providing a resource for students to learn how to defend themselves. Yea to beautiful people and sunshine. Yea to freakishly warm, spring weather in February — Hello Mr. Sun, we missed you and we will do anything to make sure you stay. Nay to freakishly warm, spring weather February — we aren’t fans of sweating and we are certain that global climate change has something to do with this. Yea to not caring because the weather is so pretty. Yea to the random people who were playing glow in the dark tag last Wednesday night in the Memorial Union Quad — you remind us of our youth and we want to join next time. Yea to resident assistants and their daily bravery in watching over their residents. Nay to the under-compensation and disrespect RAs receive for their work. Yea to the Student Experience Center being open on select floors. Nay to impatience. It’s the pits. Yea to Girl Scout Cookies — we don’t care that our New Year’s Resolutions are pretty much wrecked by this event, bring us those Tagalongs and Thin Mints. Nay to eating too many cookies. Yea to MacKenzie Zathan and her determination to keep students safe through organizations such as SafeRide. Nay to students potentially feeling unsafe. Yea to the briefest respite from midterms and class projects — we know finals are just around the corner, but we’re going to take the opportunity to breathe. Yea to the Blood Drive — we feel special donating enough blood to save three lives. Nay to the oldest stereotype of homosexual men not being allowed to give blood. The ‘70s were a long time ago and people of all sexual orientations are much safer (hopefully) about their sexual interactions. Yea to modern society growing up and moving forward. Progress. Yea to getting dressed up for the Career Fair and hoping against all hopes that there will be a job opportunity awaiting you. Nay to finding out all you can do is sales. Yea to knowing that there is a place for you if you don’t write your great novel. Yea to it finally being time for Beaver baseball — take us out the ballgame please and thank you. Yea to OSU track and field doing so well. Keep on singing, Corvallis.
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his is a message to all the millennials and emotionally vested social media users. I say this with concern for the development of human kind everywhere. The Selfie Stick must die. I said it and I stand tall in my statement. This new device that enables the inner narcissist has become popular all over the world and originated in China. Selfie Sticks were a big-ticket item this past holiday season and sold out on many stores online. The fact that this thing even exists and is used so much is just discouraging. The Selfie is a new phenomenon
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Running on caffeine to grace the Internet and to indulge in one is fine once in a while, but they are taken too much and have started to infest the minds of the active social media activist with self-promotion on a physical level. The occasional selfie is fine; I’m partial to them myself — even the photo you see accompanied by my columns was a selfie — but this contraption takes a moderately OK practice and making it unbearable.
The selfie stick has made news recently because of its banned use in many museums and tourist attractions around the world. Yes, taking selfies with a threefoot stick is now banned in many prominent places. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, all Australian galleries, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C., the Getty Center in Los Angeles and most of South Korea just to name a few. Selfie sticks have been banned in these places because people were damaging art, property, causing foot See DI RAFFAELE | page 8
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Ryan Mason is a senior in graphic design
Spring time offers exciting opportunities T hrough the dark and gloomy winter months, many choose to stay hunkered inside, safe from the constant rain and blistering cold. But with sunny days upon us and spring on its way, we begin to shift from our current hibernation full of endless Netflix marathons and move towards braving the outdoors once more. Moreover, with spring term almost a month away, it is sure to sink in that our school year is nearly two-thirds of the way finished — leaving some of us wondering where the time has gone. We started out the year with great
fairs, spring intramurals and of course, softball and baseball games. With the great weather that comes along with spring term, physical Jesse activity courses and intramurals such as beach volleyball provide an excellent chance to meet new people ambitions and high expectations, and enjoy the sun. Moreover, with educational events but where has the time gone? such as the career fair, students It is down to one final term, and with these last few months we have have the opportunity to solidify the opportunity to make the most their plans for the summer and posof our time here and get involved sibly obtain an exciting internship position. on campus. But most importantly, all of these Thankfully, spring term is opportunities allow students to take undoubtedly the busiest term, with See HANSON | page 8 events such as DAM JAM, career
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he retail giant Walmart committed public suicide on Thursday when it announced a minor wage increase for a halfmillion of its employees. According to an announcement from the company, they plan to raise wages to a minimum of $10 per hour by 2016. CEO Doug McMillon even defended this insanity, saying during a quarterly earnings call, “Overall, these are strategic investments in our people to reignite the sense of ownership they have in our stores.” First off, anyone who thinks reinvesting in the scum-sucking parasites that make up your labor force should be driven out of the company. Preferably with torches and pitchforks. Secondly, the only sense of ownership anyone working in retail should feel is the sense that the company owns you. Anything else is moving awfully close to the idea collective ownership, comrade. What’s next? Is McMillon going to stop its policy of closing stores when the workers attempt to unionize? Folks, this is a dangerous direction for the largest private employer in the U.S. It’s also one I don’t think they can recover from. This ridiculous plan is set to cost them an additional $1 billion in payroll expenses. That’s nearly 0.2 percent of the $485.7 billion in revenue they reported See CHAMBERS | page 8
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By Tyler Francke PORTLAND TRIBUNE
PORTLAND — A convicted youth offender who served the majority of his time at a correctional facility in Woodburn was granted a commuted sentence by former Gov. John Kitzhaber as one of his final acts in office Tuesday. After becoming embroiled in ethics and criminal investigations involving him and his fiancee, Cylvia Hayes, Kitzhaber announced his resignation Feb. 13. He officially stepped down Wednesday, when his successor, Kate Brown, was sworn into office. The day before, Kitzhaber signed an order reducing the sentence of Sang Dao, 25, who was convicted in Multnomah County in 2008 of attempted murder, unlawful use of a weapon and assault. The state’s constitution gives sitting governors the power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons. Dao was originally sentenced to 12 years, with November 2018 being his earliest release date, but under the terms of the commutation, he will be released March 17.
DI RAFFAELE n Continued from page 7 traffic jams and interrupting other patrons’ enjoyment. If this device is being banned in public places all over the world for the distraction and disgruntlement it causes, then it shows it has gone too far. Selfie sticks need to stay up in the coat closet where shoulder pads, Tamagotchis, inflatable furniture and scrunchies hide. These sticks will soon be a thing of the past that we will all look back on in shame, so why not speed up this process? Like I was saying, there is nothing wrong with the occasional photo of oneself; sometimes you’re having a gorgeous hair day and it needs to be shared. But what also gets me about the selfie stick — besides causing foot traffic and disruption of museum enjoyment — is that even taking a regular selfie looks funny, but with a three-foot stick it just looks ridiculous. You look like a self-entitled moron when you are using one. Sorry, but you do. Do you really want to be that ridiculous
The order notes that Dao had previously applied for a commutation, but that he withdrew his request Feb. 14 (the day after Kitzhaber confirmed he would resign). Dao’s commutation, which differs from a pardon in that it alters the penalty but does not erase the convictions from his record, came in the midst of a flurry of speculation that Kitzhaber — whose opinion on capital punishment in Oregon is wellknown — would reduce the sentences of the state’s 30-plus death-row inmates. He did not, nor did he explain his reasoning for granting Dao’s request, beyond saying, in his order, that Dao’s continued incarceration in the Department of Corrections “does not serve the best interests” of either the state or the prisoner. Dao was housed at MacLaren following his conviction in April 2008. He remained there until November, when he was transferred to the Santiam Correctional Institution in Salem due to aging out of the juvenile system. Full article online at portlandtribune.com
person at the beach taking a photo of yourself with a stick? We get it that you’re supposedly having a fun time wherever you are and you are compelled to take time away to take that selfie hoping for praise online. The message you really send is “please like me and think I’m doing cool stuff.” We’re turning into Dorian Gray; we are so obsessed with a picture of ourselves that we will do anything to preserve the way we look or what we’re doing. The selfie stick is causing physical problems in public spaces, which is annoying, and the biggest problem that is not being discussed is that lack of connection and enjoyment in life. We truly have become too obsessed with simply documenting where we are, who we’re with and what we’re doing. Instead of remembering the trips we took and the sites we’ve seen, we have a phone full of photos that cloud our memory of that moment — we’re too concerned with showing society what we’ve seen. t
Brooklyn Di Raffaele is a senior in English. The opinions expressed in Di Raffaele’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Di Raffaele can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.
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your cumbersome studies and explore Corvallis’ surrounding area with friends. Many of us will only live here for our four undergraduate years, and it would be shame to go that time without taking the chance to appreciate just where we are in our lives and make the most of our currently endless opportunities.
softball games, and spend quality time with friends. Part of what makes Oregon a break from their academics beautiful is the wide variety of and enjoy the sunshine for weather and scenery, and here at Oregon State we have several once. surrounding areas that provide During the winter, it can be great opportunities to enjoy the especially easy to sit inside and outdoors, such as hiking trips focus the majority of your time to Mary’s Peak or Dimple Hill. on academics, as there are few So I encourage you all to take valuable alternatives. the time in the next upcoming However, spring weather weeks and months to not only leaves students with the chance cement your educational or to play Frisbee in the Memorial professional plans for this sumUnion quad, enjoy baseball and mer, but also take a break from
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Jesse Hanson is a sophomore in physics. The opinions expressed in Hanson’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Hanson can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.
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It’s disgusting and a betrayal of the stockholders who depend on Walmart to provide for them. And all for what? To increase wages to the point that a married during the 2015 fiscal year. couple with no children will be just over the I don’t know how they’re going to afford it. Analysts have suggested that the higher poverty line? Please. Next they’ll stop discriminating against samepay will attract more talented workers, reduce turnover and improve customer service for the sex married couples. company, but that is the dumbWhere does all this SJW est idea I have ever heard. You Tumblr nonsense end? don’t make money by paying Corporations only have one People made a your workers and giving them guiding ethical principle: make benefits. ton of money by as much money as possible. You make money by slashing They are not responsible for not having to do earnings to the bare minimum, their employees, their comsilly things like lobbying against employee promunity or anything else that tections, and basically doing doesn’t have to do with makpay their workers everything you can to make ing a profit. They exist only to or treat them sure you can get away with increase revenue on the backs giving employees as little as with basic of a permanent underclass of humanly possible with absocitizen who have little to no human dignity. lutely no consideration of conhope of escaping a lifetime of science or morality. backbreaking labor and misery. I mean, let’s be real here, Don’t like it? that’s why slavery was so awesome for everyone. Try living without CEOs, executives, managers People made a ton of money by not having and other administrators. Try to run a business to do silly things like pay their workers or treat or a factory without a group of shareholders them with basic human dignity. And that money demanding increases in short-term profits that flowed down from the top and everyone benefit- harm the welfare of workers. ted from it. Try working together as equals. Of course, now we have touchy-feely corporaJust try it. tions that cave into protests, legal settlements t and general overwhelmingly negative public Travis Chambers is a senior in English. The opinions expressed in Chamopinion after only a decade or two. bers’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer What a joke. staff. Chambers can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.
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JENKINS n Continued from page 7 ously submitted work.” Your friend is correct that submitting the same paper for more than one assignment is plagiarism. This means multiple submissions — without instructor approval — is a violation of academic integrity that could result in serious penalties in accordance with OSU’s Student Conduct Code. Of course, pointing out that an action violates a code of conduct is not equivalent to proving it’s immoral. As you would learn in PHL 205 (Ethics), ethical judgments sometimes, but don’t always, overlap with social, professional and legal norms. Discordance between morality and law, for example, is the justification for civil disobedience. While I won’t fully address why plagiarism is wrong in this column, I’ll urge you to think about academic integrity in terms other than respect for property rights. (Learn more about property and its significance to social contract theory in PHL 207, Political Philosophy.) The popular char-
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acterization of plagiarism as “stealing someone else’s words” fails to capture the moral significance of scholarly citation practices. Additionally, the “plagiarism as theft” account generates confusion about the nature of self-plagiarism for students. You can’t steal your own smartphone or car, so how can you steal your own writing? Self-plagiarism will make more sense if you think about it as a violation of the moral obligation to honesty. If you still think self-plagiarism is morally permissible, ask yourself why you don’t tell your professor that you wrote the paper you’re submitting for a previous class. Are you afraid the professor would be upset or lower your grade? If so, that’s a good indication that you’re attempting to deceive your professor for credit. Or, to consider this issue in another context, imagine you’re freelancing as a journalist after graduation. After completing your most recent article, you submit it to two editors at different news outlets. Both publications print the article and pay you for your work. How do you think your bosses will respond when they discover that you
recycled your article? Do you think you’ll keep your job? A simple way to avoid this problem is to be upfront about the nature of your work and clearly mark its publication details. In fact, it’s common for articles online to be “crossposted” or for publishers to reprint essays in multiple books, as long as the appropriate citations are provided. Similarly, if you would like to resubmit a paper for a different class, you must get permission from your instructor first. If you’re interested in some arguments against cheating in general, read my Jan. 30 response in the column “Bacc Core Blues.” Peace & Virtue, Dr. Ethics Are you curious about ethics and philosophy? Do you have a moral dilemma or want respond to this week’s column? Send your questions to forum@ dailybarometer.com or use #askdrethics on Twitter. t
Dr. Stephanie Jenkins is an assistant professor in the School of History, Philosophy, and Religion and co-director of the Phronesis Lab for Engaged Ethics. The opinions expressed in Jenkins’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Jenkins can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.
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