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The student fee process: (1) Campus organizations present their funding requests for the upcoming year to the Student Incidental Fee Committee, who then critique the proposals in budget hearings and (2) recommend the agreed upon student fee levels to the Associated Students of Oregon State University at the SIFC open hearing.

(3) ASOSU then votes to approve the fees and move them onto the ASOSU president, or votes the fees into (4A) mediation where they will be further debated with the SIFC. (4B) Once an agreement is reached, the ASOSU president will sign the fees and pass them onto the Oregon State University president.

(5) The OSU president will then sign the fees and (6) send them onto the Board of Trustees who will look over the fees carefully before approving them and sending them to the Higher Education Coordinating Commision or the State Legislator, who sign the fee levels into effect.

Student funded units include: - Athletics -Associated Students of Oregon State University (ASOSU) -Diversity and Cultural Engagement (DCE) -Student Organization Resources for Student Engagement (SORCE) -Memorial Union (MU) -Orange Media Network (OMN) -Performing Arts, Student Access Family Resources (SAFR) -Recreational Sports, the Student Sustainability Initiative (SSI) -Bad Debt -Contingency -Student Facilities Improvement -Administration and Assessment -Student Health Services (SHS) -Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)

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2 • THE DAILY BAROMETER • Monday, February 22, 2016

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MONDAY, Feb. 22

Meeting 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. SORCE (Student Organization Resources for Community Engagement_ Location: Oregon Convention Center SORCE will be conducting the Activity Funds hearing, and it is opened to the public. For more information, contact sorce@ oregonstate.edu

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13 Fairy tale villain 14 Visitor from space 15 Soft drink nut 16 “You almost had it” 19 2016 Hall of Fame inductee __ Griffey Jr.

Meeting 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. OSU Healthy Aging Club Location: Waldo 400 We will be delivering our newly designed t-shirts, and preparing for Silver Screen and the photo contest.

20 Weighty books 21 Curved fastener 22 Flabbergast 23 UPC-like product ID 24 “Mork & Mindy” or “Mike & Molly” 32 Beef cut 33 Reason for a cold sweat 34 GI chow 35 Writing fluids

36 Parking __ 38 Gaucho’s weapon 39 Dental suffix with Water 40 Slim racetrack margin 41 Slightly open 42 Event where many dress as Stormtroopers or Klingons 47 Question

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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24

Event 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. The Career Development Center Location: CH2M Hill Alumni CenterWinter 2016 AllIndustries Career Fair Meeting 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Advocacy Subgroup Meeting of Prevention & Advocacy Coalition Location: CH2M Hill Alumni CenterWinter 2016 All-Goal OSU culture of relationships, free of sexual assault, harassment and violence 10-min at start for public comment

THURSDAY, Feb. 25

Event 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Baha’i Campus Association Location: Talisman Room, Memorial Union 105 The Need for a Universal Language Event 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. The Career Development Center Location: CH2M Hill Alumni Center Winter 2016 Engineering & Technology Career Fair

FRIDAY, Feb. 26

Meeting 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. SORCE (Student Organization Resources for Community Engagement_ Location: MU 212 SORCE will be conducting the Activity Funds hearing, and it is opened to the public. For more information, contact sorce@ oregonstate.edu Speaker 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. ASOSU Location: MU 212 During this informational session students will learn about cash flow/budgeting/saving and investing with a focus on employer sponsored retirement plans like 401ks from the OSU Credit Union.

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Event 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Salmon Bowl Location: MU 212 Salmon Bowl is an academic science bowl with an ocean science twist! High school students from all over Oregon and Idaho come to compete, test their ocean know-how.

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63 Smile ear to ear 64 Enjoy a novel 65 After 1-Across, pregame football ritual, and what’s literally found in this puzzle’s circles

22 The “Star Wars” planet Tatooine orbits two of them 23 Lasting mark 24 Mishaps 25 Greek column style 26 Kipling mongoose Rikki-__-Tavi 27 Many times 28 Bridal bio word 29 Texting icon 30 1964 Tony Randall title role 31 Thirst (for) 36 Lampoon 37 Spanish “that” 38 Array on a dugout rack 40 Japanese-American 43 Get to the bottom of 44 Marked with streaks, as cheese

Horoscope Today’s Birthday (02/22/16).

Persistent professional efforts pay off this year. Expand your networks.

Personal discovery (after 3/8) precludes a turning point in shared finances (after 3/23), which thrive over a two-year phase beginning 9/9. Partnerships blossom (after 9/1).

Take charge for personal results (after 9/16). Share passion.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Embrace your creative inspiration at work under the Full Moon in Virgo. Apply artistry to your efforts. Hold off on making decisions. One phase ends as another begins in service, health and labors. Complete old projects.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 5 — Take time over the next two days for fun with family and friends.

One game folds as another begins under this Full Moon. Reach a turning point in a romance, passion or creative endeavor.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 5 — A turning point at home draws you in with this Full Moon. Domestic changes require adaptation. A new

phase in family life dawns. Balance new work with old responsibilities.

Renovate, remodel and tend your garden.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 6 — Begin a new phase in communications, intellectual discovery, creative expression and travel with this Full Moon. Shift your research in a new direction. Start a new chapter.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Profitable new opportunities bloom under the Full Virgo Moon. A turning point arises in your income and finances. A busy phase has you raking in the dough, and it could also require extra expenses. Keep track.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — This Full Moon in your sign illuminates a new personal direction. Push your own boundaries and limitations. It could get exciting!

Contemplate possible changes. As you gain strength, you also gain options.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — This Full Moon shines on a spiritual fork in the road. Complete old projects, and begin a new phase.

Love’s a requirement, not an option.

Enjoy peaceful contemplation. Make

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plans.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — A new social phase sparks under this Full Moon. Doors close and open with friendships. Share appreciations. Talk about what you want for each other. Discuss possibilities.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 6 — Reach a Full Moon turning point in your career.

Shift focus toward your current passions. Expect a test. Begin a new professional phase. Hold off on launching a new endeavor.

Investigate all possibilities.

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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — The Full Moon reveals a new educational direction. Begin a new phase in an exploration. Wax philosophical as you experiment with new concepts. To really learn, visit the source. Plan your itinerary before flying off.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 5 — Consider the emotions involved before taking action. A Full Moon turning point develops in shared finances. Balance old responsibilities with new ones. The stakes could seem high. Work out the next phase together.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — A fork in the road appears.

Begin a new phase in partnership with this Full Moon. It could get spicy. Compromise and work together for shared commitments.

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MONDAY, February 22, 2016 • THE DAILY BAROMETER • 3

Budgeting student fees SIFC, ASOSU have final student say in fee setting process

By Riley Youngman News Editor

Irfan Khan | Los Angeles Times

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks after winning the Nevada caucuses at a rally at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Clinton victory in Nevada boosts her campaign

By Anita Kumar McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON —Hillary Clinton is finally able to breath a sigh of relief. Not a full throated victory cheer, but at least she can exhale.

Clinton scored her first clear win over Bernie Sanders in the Nevada caucuses Saturday, her first in three tries. And strong support from blacks signals strength heading into South Carolina next week and Super Tuesday states just beyond.

But her narrow margin of victory overall, and her loss among Latino voters specifically, still suggests surprising challenges and a possibly long slog for the Democratic presidential nomination.

“Some may have doubted us but we never doubted each other,” Clinton told supporters at a victory party. “And this one is for you.”

The win was a comeback of sorts for the one-time dominating front-runner who just weeks ago had been expected to easily win the diverse state with help from the large Latino population and union workers. But she had to hold off a late surge from Sanders, fresh from a virtual tie in Iowa and a 22-point landslide in New Hampshire.

Sanders in Nevada showed he could broaden his appeal to minorities after doing well with white, rural voters in the first two states. The independent senator from Vermont won the Latino vote in Nevada, but he lost the overall nonwhite vote to the former secretary of State who received strong support from black voters, according to preliminary entrance polls.

Clinton’s camp angrily disputed that she lost the Hispanic vote, lashing out at a Sanders statement boasting of his Hispanic support.

Clinton campaign spokesman Nick Merrill said in response to an email inquiry that it would be would be “irresponsible” to make that claim when Clinton won many Latino-majority precincts.

Sanders indicated his finish signaled strength for a long battle.

“Nevada was supposed to be a state ‘tailor made’ for the Clinton campaign, and a place she once led by almost 40 points,” Sanders wrote in an email to supporters. “But today, we sent a message that will stun the political and financial establishment of this country: Our campaign can win anywhere.”

Still, Clinton is expected to do well in next Saturday’s primary in South Carolina, as well as on Super Tuesday, March 1, where she leads in most of the 11 states that have contests.

In a sign that she thinks she’s in very good shape in South Carolina where blacks are likely to make up 55 percent of the vote, Clinton’s first stop after leaving Nevada will be Texas while her husband, former President Bill Clinton, heads to Colorado.

She is favored in Southern states with large black populations, but she may have trouble with other states with large Latino population, including Texas. A new poll this week suggests the race in Colorado may have tightened.

Sanders isn’t expected to go anywhere.

He has said he will fight all the way to the Democratic convention in July. With an enthusiastic group of volunteers and a bank account full of money, he has no reason to stop.

Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist who talks about launching a “political revolution,” has successfully

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The student fee setting process has gone into mediation to decide the fate of dollar amounts going toward three student fee-funded departments.

The joint session hearings between the Student Incidental Fees Committee and the Associated Students of Oregon State University will take place Monday evening to further discuss agreements on proposals for the performing arts, the Student Sustainability Initiative (SSI) and ASOSU’s own budget plan.

One reason the SSI fee was sent to mediation according to discussion at the ASOSU hearing was over concern with the current Night Owl bus transportation service provided by the Corvallis Transit System. Currently student fees pay for the majority of that service.

“The SIFC operates as a recommendatory committee, we have no power to take money specifically from one unit and give to another unit for a specific program,” said Peter Schwartz, the SIFC vice-chair and a junior in finance.

“Congress had issues regarding some of the details surrounding the Night Owl contract and for that reason sent the budget to mediation.”

Members of the ASOSU Congress also wanted to take a closer look at the decision to fund Mock Trial within the Performing Arts budget as well, and voted to mediation for this reason.

After going through the SIFC and now ASOSU, the mediation hearing will be the last step of the fee setting process in which students have a direct say in the outcome.

“Currently we are about to enter mediation for three budgets, Student Sustainability Initiative, Performing Arts, and ASOSU,” said Claire McMorris, the SIFC Chair and a junior in political science. “We are hoping to resolve mediation and pass our recommendations up by this week.”

The fee setting process works to set the amount of money students pay per term for fees and decides where the dollars go. The process begins annually with each unit that is funded through student fees working internally to determine a proposed student fee for the next year.

Using their last year’s fee as a base for their next year proposal, units then factors in mandatory increases that factor in non-negotiable cost increases. These mandatories include Operational Pay Expenditures (OPE), as well as inflation and rising building costs.

“It starts with each budgeting unit working with the accountants at the student fee auxiliary business office to create a budget for the next fiscal year, which for universities is the next academic year, so 2016-2017,” McMorris said.

A unit may request an increase in fees on top of the mandatory to help fund new programs, positions, initiatives or any other expense the unit may foresee encountering, which are known as decision packages.

The units then present the proposed fees to the SIFC. These presentations are spread over two days and allow for the SIFC to carefully analyze and question the proposals. The SIFC uses these presentations to make recommendations to each unit about their proposed fees and gain further clarification on each part of the proposed fees.

“The unit will then pass a budget through (in most cases) its student advisory board and then submit the budget, along with certain written responses and explanations, to the SIFC,” McMorris explained.

After the open budget hearings are completed, the process moves into the SIFC open hearing stage, in which each unit presents their final presentations to the SIFC. The SIFC will then vote to recommend the fee for each individual unit to the be approved by the ASOSU. “The SIFC will then have a chance to adjust to any changes and reconsider budgets with discretionary increases at the Open Hearing which results in a final recommendation to the ASOSU Congress,” McMorris said.

Once the fees pass pass through SIFC and the levels have been recommended, the ASOSU comes together in a joint congress to vote on each fee. If the fee is approved, it moves on to the ASOSU President to be signed. But if the fee is not approved, it is sent to mediation.

“Most recently we had the joint session where the SIFC presented our recommendation to the ASOSU Congress.”

Peter Schwartz , the SIFC vice-chair and a junior in finance explained. “Media-

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tion will allow us to ensure that the correct decision is made.”

The mediation hearing consists of seven members from the SIFC and seven members of the ASOSU, and works to find add further clarification and compromise, and ultimately provides a fee that is approved.

After mediation, the ASOSU President will review the budgets and send them on to the Oregon State University president.

After the OSU president reads over and approves the fees, they go to the Board of Trustees for a more scrutinous examination. Once all questions and concerns are addressed, the Board of Trustees will sign the proposed fees into effect and they will be sent to the Higher Education Coordination Commision or the State Legislature for final approval.

“The Board of Trustees has the ultimate approval in the process of the entire student fee level.”

At this point, the process is complete and the student fee levels for the next year have been set.

Schwartz said this year’s process was different that those in the past, primarily because of the amount of time the SIFC had to work. After an emergency election the end of Fall term, the members had only weeks to come together and start the process. Schwartz has praised this year’s SIFC for their work, especially considering the circumstances surround the emergency election they found themselves in last term.

“Due to some issues within ASOSU last spring, a committee was not elected during the general election,” Schwartz said. “On the whole, our group has meshed incredibly well, especially so considering our substantial time restraints. The group is comprised of some fantastic individuals who all truly care about the students they’re representing,” Mykael Moore, the ASOSU speaker of the house and a senior in human development and family sciences, spoke to the work SIFC has done, and their collaboration with ASOSU throughout the process.

“SIFC has been in a state of transition since the spring of last year, and the work they do is laborious and intensive,” Moore said.

Moore said the decision to take the

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4 • THE DAILY BAROMETER • Monday, February 22, 2016

D.C. mourns Scalia’s death

Clinton

Continued from page 3 drawn on anger building in the country by those fed up with stagnant wages, companies sending jobs overseas and big money in politics.

Not surprisingly, Sanders, whose message of lifting up the underpaid, overworked American worker has been resonating with new and young voters disillusioned with Washington, won liberal and independents voters as well as those under 44 years of age.

Matthew Wilson, a professor of political science at Southern Methodist University, said Clinton’s narrow in Nevada win likely doesn’t change anything. The race “will continue to slog on with her as the favorite, but him continuing to persist with no pressure to go gently into that good night.”

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By Michael Doyle McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Airline pilot Jason Turner flew about 1,400 miles Friday to honor the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

The Chicago-area resident figured his one-day, round-trip trek was the least he could do.

“Scalia was one of the great Supreme Court justices in history,” Turner said, while standing in line outside the court. “I’m no constitutional scholar, but I think when you look at history for the past 50 years, he was the first ardent voice to stand up against the radical left-wing court.”

Turner joined thousands of other Scalia fans, history buffs, court-watchers and just plain citizens who bundled up against the chill weather and gray skies Friday to pay their respects. Many waited outside for nearly an hour before they could enter the court’s Great Hall and circle briefly around Scalia’s flag-draped casket.

“He’s been a wonderful jurist for 30 years, and he’s a patriot, so that’s why I’m here,” said Mary Jo Bieberich, who made a 62-mile round-trip from Annapolis, Md. Some, of course, didn’t have to stand in line or travel quite as far to take part in what court officials described as “The Lying in Repose of Justice Scalia.”

The eight remaining justices convened in the Great Hall, along with Scalia’s family members, for a half-hour private ceremony that began when his casket arrived shortly before 9:30 a.m. Eight Supreme Court police officers carried the casket up the steps, which were lined with current and former court staffers.

None of the justices spoke during the private ceremony, and they did not don their black judicial robes, though they sent a signal of sorts by standing arrayed in their new order of seniority.

When he died last Saturday at the age of 79, Scalia was the longest-serving justice.

Scalia’s widow, Maureen, whom he married in 1960 after his graduation from Georgetown and Harvard Law School, was present, along with their nine children and several dozen grandchildren. One of his sons, the Rev. Paul Scalia, delivered brief remarks along with the Lord’s Prayer.

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Continued from page 3 three units to mediation rose from the ASOSU’s duty to represent the student body and their best interests.

“We, as ASOSU, have done our best to support SIFC in their process, but we also recognize our place as student leaders within the process.”

According to McMorris, in an effort to protect students from unprecedented increases in tuition and fees, Oregon State legislation statutes ensure that an fee or tuition increase over 5 percent that is approved by the Board of Trustees will have to receive additional approval by the Higher Education Coordinating Commision (HECC), or the State Legislator.

The HECC helps guide Oregon’s public universities and community colleges to make sure the actions of the institutions are in line with state higher education vision and policy.

McMorris, Schwartz and the rest of SIFC have made clear their intention to keep the total student fee increase below 5 percent and remain within the guidelines that have been laid out by the HECC.

Clinton’s campaign had longed hoped Nevada would be part of a so-called firewall capable of halting Sanders’ early momentum. But she saw her double-digit lead from December vanish as both campaigns engaged there.

In recent days, Clinton’s campaign had sought to lower expectations, with a spokesman saying Sanders might do well because Nevada had 80 percent white voters. But whites made up only about 60 percent of the Democratic caucuses, according to preliminary entrance polls of those attending.

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Pallbearers carry the body of Justice Antonin Scalia into the Supreme Court where he will lie in repose on Feb. 19, 2016, ahead of his burial in Washington, D.C. “In your wisdom you have called your servant Antonin out of this world,” intoned Scalia, a Roman Catholic priest from Arlington, Va. “Release him from the bonds of sin, and welcome him into your presence so that he may enjoy eternal life and peace.”

After the justices and family members filed out, a public viewing began at 10:30 a.m. and was to run until 8 p.m.

Once inside the Great Hall, visitors passing behind red ropes saw Scalia’s casket resting atop a wooden catafalque, originally built to hold Abraham Lincoln’s casket in 1865. Scalia’s former law clerks took turns standing watch at the casket, four at a time for a half-hour each.

“He was like a father to all of us lucky enough to clerk for him,” one of the former clerks, Lawrence, Kan.-native Kannon Shanmugam, recalled

via Twitter after Scalia’s death.

“First, it truly is in the best interest of students.

We know that the number one concern of students at OSU is college affordability and we want to fight for that,” McMorris said. “Secondly, if we don’t enforce it here, things could get complicated later on. As students we feel that we have the best perspective of the needs and wants for student fees.

If we increase over 5 percent that could be left for someone else to cut down the road.”

The SIFC’s recommended student fee increase came in at almost exactly 5 percent. Over 4 percent of that increase, however, came from mandatory increases, McMorris said.

Despite some discrepancies between the SIFC and the ASOSU with the ASOSU fee particularly, and more specifically additional proposed funding for the SafeRide program, Schwartz does not believe that ASOSU is upset with the recommended fee level for ASOSU that came from SIFC. Rather due to the complexities of that scenario, he felt ASOSU believed it would be valuable to send the budget to mediation to take a closer look and ensure that the decision being made has the best interest of students in mind.

“I don’t think it would have been possible to get anything done this year without the collaborative

effort between SIFC and ASOSU,” Schwartz said.

“An incredible effort was made on both sides to educate the members of congress regarding what we do and how it all works which helped the process run more smoothly.”

Red-and-white flower arrangements sent by the House and Senate added color. At one end of the hall, visitors saw an oil portrait of Scalia painted in 2007 by the late Nelson Shanks, a onetime University of Kansas student whose other artistic subjects included former President Bill Clinton.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama paid their respects Friday afternoon, but were not expected to attend the funeral Mass, which was scheduled to be celebrated Saturday at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. The burial afterward was to be private.

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According to McMorris, one positive aspect of the process this year was the emphasis on heightened collaboration between SIFC and other units. The SIFC has incorporated a mindset of approaching the fee setting process form a holistic view, which has led to more success than before, McMorris said.

Clinton came into the state first, opening her first campaign office last April. Her national campaign manager Robby Mook ran her Nevada operation in 2008 when she narrowly lost the state’s delegates to Obama. Her state director, Emmy Ruiz, led Obama’s re-election in Nevada in 2012, when he defeated Mitt Romney.

Sanders came in October, but opened more offices across the state, 12. He outspent her on advertising in the state by nearly two to one and sent out more multilingual door hangers and fliers than the Clinton campaign.

Clinton portrayed herself as a pragmatic leader who would build on Obama’s legacy and work with Republicans and Democrats to get things done in a town where little gets done. She won handily among voters who want to continue Obama policies.

She also won the female vote, which she had lost in New Hampshire, as well as those whose top quality desired in a candidate was their ability to win in a general election and experience.

According to Moore, the mediation will be held today at 6 p.m. in SEC 254, and is open to the public.

Clinton supporters had worried that Sanders would benefit from same-day registration from new voters and Sanders did benefit from a high number of first-time caucus-goers. Entrance polls showed that 62 percent of the Democratic caucus goers came out for the first time Saturday. Fifty-three percent of Sanders supporters attended their first caucus, the polls show. Sanders won those whose top quality desired in a candidate is trustworthy and cares about people.

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“I felt that the hearing went smoothly, I was incredibly proud of the work that the ASOSU Congress and the SIFC did with all incidental budgets, and especially the work House Appropriations and Budget committee members did,” Moore said. “In my own opinion SIFC and ASOSU has not had any dramatic controversy regarding the fee setting process.”

MONDAY, February 22, 2016 • THE DAILY BAROMETER • 5

Beavers reach tipping point after Civil War loss OSU hoops have time to right the ship after losses

By Josh Worden Senior Beat Reporter

It’s a good thing for the Oregon Ducks that the Civil War is played twice each year.

Saturday’s home win for Oregon, in which the Ducks held a 25-point second half lead over Oregon State before cruising to a 91-81 victory, was essentially the polar opposite of the Jan. 3 home win for OSU, when the Beavers held an 18-point second half advantage and ended with a 70-57 win.

The script from the second Civil War was flipped 180 degrees from the first, with just about every aspect in the Beavers’ favor slipping the other direction.

OSU had five more rebounds in the first Civil War but had five fewer in the second game. Oregon had nine second chance points on Jan. 3 but totaled 16 on Saturday.

Same goes for points in the paint: 24 Duck points in the first game, 36 in the second.

But, if opposite circumstances continue to be the trend for OSU, that might not be such a bad thing for the Beavers; that is, following a game against Oregon by going in the opposite direction after that win or loss. After all, OSU followed its victory over Oregon on Jan. 3 by losing the next game, four of the next five and six of the next eight.

If the Beavers can go from a big win to some tough losses, maybe they can use a tough loss as a springboard for some big wins.

It’s not the conventional method, but then again,

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Five of OSU’s players take a moment to collect themselves after the Beavers’ 91-81 road loss to Oregon. From left are Stephen Thompson, Jr., Malcolm Duvivier, Drew Eubanks, Gary Payton II and Tres Tinkle.

Saturday’s Civil War was anything but a normal game.

The Ontario-born Dillon Brooks got a technical foul — aren’t Canadians supposed to be nice? — Elgin Cook missed a dunk but the ball shot several feet up in the air and

dropped back in the hoop and Dwayne Benjamin banked in a shot clock-beating 24-foot jumper.

“It was one thing after another,” said junior guard Malcolm Duvivier.

“They were getting every-

thing,” added senior guard Gary Payton II. “Everything was dropping. So the only thing you can do is keep fighting. You know they’re going to play good at home.”

after Jan. 3, but this time in a positive direction. “Flush it” were the words of choice from freshman forward Drew Eubanks. Of course, it’s a lot harder to start a winning The Beavers have to shift streak than a losing one. directions just like they did In order for OSU to get

some critical wins in the final four games of the regular season, starting this week with the Washington schools coming to Gill Coliseum, the Beavers have to take a lesson

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Tinkle reminds us it’s a run, not a sprint

By Michael Kiever Sports Reporter

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Head coach Wayne Tinkle calls out instructions during Saturday’s game.

Tinkle earned his first Civil War win earlier this year but is 0-2 in Eugene.

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Following Saturday evening’s 91-81 loss to Oregon, head coach Wayne Tinkle carried an air of optimism into the postgame media scrum that huddled around him.

On the surface, it felt odd. Coming off the heels of a rivalry-game beating that also carried huge implications, I was unsure what to expect from the fiery coach. It certainly didn’t seem like a performance that would inspire any sort of optimism out of him.

When he mentioned the word “rebuild,” however, things were immediately put back into perspective.

“Part of rebuilding and building a [team] is trying to develop that culture, that DNA that you

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play your tail off everyday--every second of every day--and it carries over to the game,” coach Tinkle said. “Those are still some of the things we’re trying to develop.”

Indeed, the Beavers are a rebuilding team, and the successful culture that Tinkle has created so quickly makes that easy to forget. Tinkle is only in year two of reconstructing a program from the smoldering remains of former OSU head coach Craig Robinson’s tenure. Remember when OSU basketball was bad enough that the university paid Robinson four million dollars to hit the road?

The most impressive feat that coach Tinkle has accomplished so far is slyly creating a winning culture out of a team that was mostly used to losing. Tinkle had no part in recruiting many of the players on the roster, and this year’s freshmen class has been his only opportunity to get hands on with his architecture of the team’s future.

The first half of Saturday’s Civil War was a sobering reminder of the state of the team. Oregon blew up for a 51-28 lead, and OSU’s veteran leaders in junior guard Malcolm Duvivier and senior guard Gary Payton II made little impact because of early foul trouble. The Ducks, wielding a great deal more continuity under sixth-year head coach Dana Altman and a more talented roster, were off to the races.

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Continued from page 5 from three teams, all of whom OSU head coach Wayne Tinkle alluded to after the Civil War. The first team to learn from is Oregon. The next is last year’s Beaver team, and the last one is the OSU squad that played the second half on Saturday. Not the first half, just the second.

Coach Tinkle pointed to multiple things the Ducks did well on Saturday: attacking the rim offensively, getting in passing lanes defensively and getting transition buckets.

Oregon scored 36 points in the paint, drew 24 fouls, forced 10 turnovers, used a disruptive press for most of the game and had a 10-4 advantage in fast break points.

As for OSU last season, Tinkle pointed to tempo on defensive possessions.

“We slowed teams down and got them to late in the shot clock,” Tinkle said. “For some reason we haven’t been able to do that (this season), and Oregon’s done a nice job of that this year.”

And finally, there was the effort from OSU in the second half on Saturday that wasn’t there in the first 20 minutes.

OSU outscored Oregon 53-40 in the second half, a nearly opposite — there’s that word again — performance from before halftime.

“We just weren’t ready to begin the game,” Eubanks said. “A lot of that falls on me because I’m the back line of the defense and I wasn’t ready to play. That’s why I didn’t play very much in the first half. But I’m proud of how we came out in the second half.”

“We challenged guys at halftime to not throw in the towel,” added coach Tinkle.

“We didn’t defend great, but we defended better, and we fought a lot harder.”

If the Beavers can take those three role models and apply the attributes each of those teams excelled in — offensive aggressiveness, defensive disruptiveness as well as energy and resolve — they will be just fine. Maybe it will result in a late surge to the NCAA Tournament. OSU’s program is still a work in progress, and coach Tinkle understands the direction of the ship he’s trying to steer.

“We just need all hands on deck,” Tinkle said. “We’ve got two games at home, starting with a very good Washington team. If we can regroup these few days — we usually do respond at home — we can get some momentum back.”

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Redshirt sophomore heavyweight Amarveer Dhesi works for a takedown against sophomore Gabriel Gonzalez.

OSU Wrestling retains the Axe Beavers win Border War 36 to 9 on Sunday afternoon

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In preparation for the Border War, head coach Jim Zalesky emphasized to his team to not have a letdown before the Pac-12 championships next weekend.

The message was heard loud and clear.

The No. 24 Beavers put together a dominating performance over Boise State, 36-9. The victory increased the win streak to four over the Broncos and ensured the Axe would stay in Corvallis.

Oregon State (11-6, 3-2 Pac-12) strung together three pins, one technical fall, one major, and three decisions in route to their victory.

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Continued from page 5 However, the second half represented the values that Tinkle is working to instill in the team. OSU came firing back, outscoring Oregon in the second half 53-40 and never throwing the towel in. Fittingly, freshman forward Tres Tinkle was the leader with 23 points for the Beavers at the end of the game.

It was a proper metaphor for the season— the Beavers may not have a roster that compares with the titans of the Pac-12 quite yet, but the tantalizing potential of the freshmen class can occasionally glimmer bright enough to raise expectations, sometimes higher than they should be.

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well,” Zalesky said. “I thought the effort was there today and when we had the chance to get bonus points, we executed.”

Redshirt sophomore 157-pounder Abraham Rodriguez was proud of the way his team performed but knows his side could have done even better.

“We pretty much came out and dominated,” Rodriguez said. “We obviously didn’t shut them out though, I was kind of hoping we were going to.”

The meet started at heavyweight where No. 10 redshirt sophomore Amarveer Dhesi made quick work of his opponent. After a series of takedowns, Dhesi pinned his opponent with 1:44 left in the first round.

“Coach told me to go out and get a fall,” Dhesi said. “So I did just that.”

Dhesi had no problem going first—noting he would actually prefer it.

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“That was great to see,” Zalesky said of Thomas’ performance. “You can’t go out any better than that.”

Oregon State dropped the 174 pound match before finishing strong and getting a pin at 184 pounds and a technical fall victory at 197 pounds.

“We wrestled well and gave a good performance,” Dhesi said. “I think we are peaking at the right time as well.”

The Beavers return to Tempe on Saturday where the Sun Devils will be hosting the Pac-12 Championships.

Zalesky is hopeful his guys perform better there than they did last time where they were defeated 24-12.

“We are wrestling really well right now,” Zalesky said. “In order to qualify for the tournament we are going to have to wrestle better down there and I’m confident we will.”

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to get a little too excited at the first taste of potential to get into the Big Dance. Even coach Tinkle himself admitted to putting too much emphasis on this game.

“I maybe made this a bigger game than I should have,” coach Tinkle said. “Maybe it was just a little bit too much for us right now.”

Saturday’s Civil War loss did deal a deathly blow to the Beavers NCAA tournament chances, but the game should not be marked a failure. The fact that the team is in such a position to even have NCAA tournament hopes is impressive in itself.

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“I actually really enjoy going first,” Dhesi added. “I really like getting the crowd and team fired up and I think I did that today.”

The Beavers would rattle off three more victories to increase their lead to 16-0.

Boise State (3-9, 1-5) would win the 149 pound match as No. 15 sophomore Geordan Martinez beat redshirt junior Joey Delgado 7-3.

Rodriguez would get the Beavers back on track as he won 5-3 over redshirt senior Chris Castillo. Rodriguez was down 0-1 midway through the second round but stayed motivated and confident he was going to win the match.

“I just kept wrestling the whole time and kept attacking,” Rodriguez said.

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ASOSU takes student fee process on ‘SelfishRide’ Editorial Oregon State University students are being taken for a ride.

The driver: Our student government, which appears to be systematically impaired.

The Associated Students of Oregon State University met with the Student and Incidental Fees Committee for a joint session on Wednesday, Feb. 17 to approve and deny funds toward student fee-funded programs.

Out of each organization that presented, three did not receive approval from the ASOSU Congress for their proposals. These included the Student Sustainability Initiative, the performing arts and ASOSU’s very own budget.

The student government should not be allowed to approve, stall and mediate their own budget at the expense of taking funds away from others.

The three that did not pass will go into mediation until representatives from each side can come to an agreement.

ASOSU student leaders believe that they did not get enough time to present the case for their own budget, because two out of six hours—that’s more than any other organization that presented—is not enough.

The word “SafeRide” was mentioned more often than any other

part of ASOSU’s budget, which seems to be the case at most of these meetings.

Look, we get it: ASOSU wants the funds for this program to increase dramatically because you want to see it grow.

Regardless, their arguments and reasoning behind its growth seems ridiculous. What’s even more is the fact that their manner about seeking these funds is childish.

As it stands, ASOSU has little to offer us this year outside of late budget deadlines, skewed charts and senseless bickering.

First, they automatically assume their programs are the most important on campus.

Other budget organizations came together to not exceed a five percent gap, acknowledging the fact that Student Health Services—quite the vital service, we might add—could obtain additional assistance over the next two years.

If everyone else needs to cut back, why can’t ASOSU? Second, they’re still going to receive additional funds just as they did last year.

These request increments for around $250,000 need to stop, especially when they’re not even clear on the overall mission of SafeRide.

Finally, there seems to be a great desire in slashing the entire Student Sustainability Initiative budget over two words mentioned at last Wednesday’s meeting: Night Owl. Some of their student leaders hate public transportation or the very idea of utilizing these resources.

The president herself, Cassie Huber, said many students feel “uncomfortable” with the thought of using public transportation or taxicabs—Huber mentioned her own “germaphobic” tendencies as a personal reference. At the same time, ASOSU refused to accept their own budget proposal due to “inadequate funding” for their own transportation service (SafeRide).

Mind you, this is the same president that Mykael Moore, speaker of the House, accused of improperly using a motor pool vehicle to take an extra shopping trip. Surely a student-ran night transportation service could be abused in similar ways.

As a whole, the SSI works to better achieve the university’s own mission for crafting students who are ready to make our communities more sustainable and energy efficient.

The fact that ASOSU would even consider taking funds from a more sustainable transportation method in favor of extra diesel-burning vans is deplorable.

Though we will admit this: In terms of SafeRide, credit should be placed

If everyone else needs to cut back, why can’t ASOSU? where it’s deserved.

The ASOSU administrations of the past have done well to help maintain and expand on what the SafeRide program offers the university.

The workers, drivers and managers of the program should be commended for their continued efforts toward making sure the organization continues to help students.

But the last thing any ASOSU administration should do is think they automatically represent the voices of each and every student on campus without so much as considering other avenues.

We’re sorry that some of these student leaders feel uncomfortable on those apparently dirty, dingy buses and taxicabs.

We suggest that if this is the case, they should consider investing in their own vehicle with their own hard-earned money instead of thinking they can yank additional funds out of everyone’s student fees.

If you have more credible evidence from the majority of the student body

as a whole, we suggest you gather it.

We’re not buying the wait time argument, either. If college students can wait for a pizza they pay for, we don’t believe it should take an additional 200 grand to fund an already free service. Why can’t SafeRide simply encourage students to call ahead?

Let’s also not forget the fact that ASOSU representatives have admitted to not yet trying alternative forms of funding (see: advertising on the vans themselves).

They need to fix their systems with what they already have to work with—seems to be plenty enough— before they consider robbing from other student organizations for their glorified expansion.

And contrary to popular belief, we’re tired of writing about this.

This entire situation is a complete waste of student fees no matter how you look at it.

So we hope that they reach an agreement that fairly supports all student fee-funded organizations so we can all get on with our education and find ways to better our communities.

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International degree program suspension (The Daily Barometer’s) recent article on the suspension of the International Degree prompts me to write.

I was involved with the original proposal and the implementation of the program.

I was struck by the explanation for the suspension being that “times are different” and “students have changed.” I am sure this is true but I believe that what

is different and what has changed argues in favor of expanding the ID program, not suspending it.

Today the world is much more interdependent than when the ID started and the need for OSU students to have the opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of another culture is more important than in the past.

I believe current OSU students are tuned in to global

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realities and value the ID program for that reason.

I hope you hear from them.

The level of student interest in the ID program has grown over recent years.

This is not the time to suspend a program that has been very successful and is more relevant than ever to the future careers of OSU students.

Jack Van de Water Dean Emeritus

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Socratic club meeting I was disappointed to learn that the OSU Socratic Club was pressured into cancelling its upcoming debate on the grounds that the topic was offensive.

I can only assume that none of the potential demonstrators have ever actually attended a Socratic debate, nor do I consider their actions to be consistent with my alma mater’s finest academic traditions.

The Socratic Club’s premise is essentially that people should develop informed views on important issues. It is virtually the only remaining “safe space” at OSU where conservatives and progressives can discuss contrary ideas on their merits in a civilized manner.

I credit those fora with teaching me the value of learning from those with whom I may disagree, and with moderating my attitude toward such individuals, groups, and ideas. Stated otherwise, I am a kinder, smarter person for having participated in Socratic Club events.

Anyone who would protest such a forum, rather than participating in it, only undermines

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the credibility of their own cause.

According to Aristotle, “it is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” This incident serves as further evidence that the administration is failing in its mission to create an environment of critical thought and investigation, in which students value opportunities to educate themselves by considering opposing arguments in order to arrive at informed, evidence-based conclusions about critical issues. I feel once again vindicated in my longstanding decision not to donate to the University or join the Alumni Association, but I will take this opportunity to donate directly to the Socratic Club to ensure that its mission continues apace.

Respectfully, D. Thomas Ordeman, Jr. Alumnus ‘05

In the column titled “Pistol club helps promote safety” that ran Friday, Feb. 19, the OSU pistol club was listed to have meetings every Tuesday and Saturday. The meetings are actually on Tuesdays and Sundays. The Daily Barometer apologizes for the error.

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“Phase” by Jack Garrat One listen to Jack Garratt’s debut, “Phase” (Interscope), and all the excitement about the 24-year-old British singersongwriter-producer suddenly makes sense.

Take Ed Sheeran’s knack for writing simple, memorable melodies and weld it to the forward-thinking, groove-oriented electronic soundscapes of James Blake (including the quivering falsetto) and you have a guy who sounds like pop from the future.

There’s an electronic hum that sits behind Garratt’s warm voice on “I Know All What I Do” that is initially the only marker that this is a new creation, rather than one that’s centuries old.

Then, he stacks feedback layers to add drama and intensity for his simple tale.

He manages a similar trick on “The Love You’re Given” with an operatic loop that serves as a guide as Garratt moves from

restrained to soulful, before it explodes into a fuzzy EDM drop and clattering cymbals.

He uses a clever switch on “Chemical,” dropping out nearly everything but hand claps to point the spotlight to his well-crafted verses.

“My love is overdone, selfish and domineering — it won’t sit up on the shelf,” he sings. “So don’t try to reason with my love.”

But for the chorus, the part most songwriters want you to remember, he distorts it with big, thudding beats, an edgy falsetto and loads of distortion.

Garratt seems to relish turning current pop conventions on their heads, generally to emphasize his stories.

On the single “Weathered,” Garratt hangs a lot of cool tempo shifts and stuttering rhythms to add another dynamic on what’s already an uplifting love song. On “Worry,” he fashions an emotional bit of “London soul” that would have easily fit on a Sam Smith or Disclosure album.

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That’s what has Garratt supporters so excited. On “Phase,” he matches current hitmakers on their home turf and then takes it to the next level.

The bottom line is that this debut from Britian’s most buzzed about artist is promising.

Album grade: B+ “Painting With” by Animal Collective

With its 11th album “Painting With” (Domino), Animal Collective seems like it’s at a crossroads.

It opens with “FloriDada,” a crazy-sounding hodgepodge tribute to both the Sunshine State and the European art movement that sounds like Noah “Panda Bear” Lennox, Dave “Avey Tare” Portner and Brian “Geologist” Weitz

On the sleek, synthy “Bagels in Kiev,” their intricate harmonies make the fascinating story more dramatic, even as they declare “Bagels for everyone!”

So will Animal Collective continue its sound experiments or opt for a more c o n v e n t i o n a l f u t u re ?

“Painting With” offers no real clues, but maybe that’s part of its charm.

Album grade: B Newsday