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‘It’s On Us’ campaign event unblurs lines, supports discussion on sexual consent

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The reason we say enthusiastic is because it’s a clear message of consent.

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Scott Etherton, co-associate director of bias prevention and education, speaks Monday, Feb. 23, at an “It’s on Us” workshop on defining consent.

Counseling and Psychological Services held an event Feb. 23 to speak frankly with students about questions many hesitate to ask: What exactly does consent entail? And how can you always be certain it’s present?

“I think there’s confusion because of the way consent is portrayed. It differs based on where you came from and what you see on television and in movies,” said Logan Adams, civil engineering freshman who attended the workshop.

Last September, President Obama formally addressed the pressing issue of sexual assault on college campuses by launching the “It’s On Us” campaign. The campaign seeks to ask the average citizen to step away from the sidelines and become part of the solution.

Since then, universities across the country have partnered with the program and begun establishing their own local branches to fight sexual assault by educating students on consensual gray-areas.

Monday’s presentation, “Culture of Consent,” emphasized the importance of active communication and recognition of a partner’s signs. Many of its key points are hot-button topics in the larger discussion of what’s considered appropriate consent.

Oregon State University official policy defines consent as “knowing, voluntary and clear permission by word or action, to engage in mutually agreed upon sexual activity.”

In addition, policy also states that sexual interaction must be “informed and reciprocal,” “freely and actively given,” “mutually understandable” and retractable at any time.

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OSU students attend Hispanic leadership conference, gain knowledge, empowerment

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Ashley Champagne, freshman in recreation resource management, tells Kaitlin Wood, junior in nutrition, about the upcoming Recycle Fashion Show.

DAMchic hosts Recycled Fashion Show

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said Taylor Collins, a freshman in merchandising management.

The motto for this year’s fashion show This year, DAMchic magazine will host the 25th anniversary of the Recycled is “Reduce, Reuse, Refashion.” The event Fashion Show. This week, tickets to the will include a presentation on recycling, show will be sold in the Memorial Union a drawing for audience prizes from Her Campus and the fashion show itself. quad from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tickets are $5 presale and $7 at the “Every year they put up a recycled fashion show, and it’s a whole bunch of door. The Recycled Fashion show will be students who come together and they held Friday, Feb. 27, in Austin Hall from create different garments and dresses 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and such out of recycled materials, and Nicki Silva, photographer everything has to be under five dollars,” news@dailybarometer.com THE DAILY BAROMETER

Inspiring speeches, motivation and empowerment awaited the Oregon delegation of students at the 33rd annual United States Hispanic Leadership Institute conference, held in Chicago from Feb. 12 to 15.

Oregon State University was able to pair up with other colleges from around the state, including the University of Oregon. Combined, Oregon brought 101 students to the conference; the group was one of the largest delegations from a single state.

According to the USHLI website, the conference is the “largest cross-generational Hispanic conference in the nation,” with high school and college students, professionals, senior citizens and public officials in attendance.

“We Were, We Are” was the theme of the 2015 conference, representing the idea that students can learn from the past and use that knowledge to push to the future, breaking boundaries and sharing the empowerment with their communities.

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OSU students were among delegates from across Oregon who traveled to Chicago to participate in a hispanic leadership conference Feb. 12 to 5.

“It’s so interesting to see where America is going next, and that everybody is going to be on the same level,” said Vanessa Otamendi, a junior in public health who attended the conference. “It was really cool to see that ‘Ah-ha’ moment, where the students

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get it and realize that this is going to be a change in their life.”

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Study reports ocean acidification threat to coasts Calendar

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A man reported that someone had damaged three of his At about 12:31 in the morn- car tires so that they deflated, ing, an officer stopped a woman according to the log. The tires’ after she allegedly ran a red valve stems reportedly were light at Southwest Madison found to have sustained the and 3rd Street. The woman damage. reportedly failed sobriety tests, and had a blood alcohol content of .16 percent. The officer An officer responded to a arrested the woman for driving under the influence of alcohol, suspicious activity call along then booked her at the Benton Northeast Second Street, according to the log. Someone County Jail. had broken an exterior door Thursday, February 19 handle between 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 15 and 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, the business owner Early Thursday morning, reportedly told the officer.

The Pacific Northwest’s oysters aren’t the only ones threatened by ocean acidification, according to a news release from Oregon State University.

A study recently published in Nature Climate Change identifies areas of the coast whose hatcheries are most vulnerable to the phenomena.

“Ocean acidification has already cost the oyster industry in the Pacific Northwest nearly $110 million and jeopardized about 3,200 jobs,” said study lead-author Julie Ekstrom in the release.

Ocean acidification occurs when carbon dioxide from the atmosphere gets trapped in

the water, where it is can dissolve and convert to carbonic acid. Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide thus translates to increased carbonic acid in the ocean, raising its acidity.

This rise makes it difficult for oyster larvae, and the larvae of some other species, to build their shells.

George Waldbusser, an OSU assistant professor in the College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, studies bivalves and ocean acidification and coauthored this study.

“This clearly illustrates the vulnerability of communities dependent on shell-

fish to ocean acidification,” Waldbusser said in the release.

“We are still finding ways to increase the adaptive capacity of these communities and industries to cope, and refining our understanding of various species’ specific responses to acidification.”

Unless carbon emissions are cut, there will be increasingly fewer ways people can address the issue in the short term, Waldbusser said in the release.

“We will be stuck with a much larger long-term problem,” Waldbusser said in the release.

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Singing loudly A man received a citation for open container after allegedly “singing at the top of his lungs” and drinking beer at the corner of Southwest Jefferson Way and Fifth Street, according to the log. The man reportedly “agreed to quit singing so loudly.”

Laser misuse A man reported encountering another man, “who began swearing at his vehicle and pointed something with a laser mounted on it at him” while driving along Northeast Belvue Street, according to the log. The officer responded to the area, where he cited a man — who allegedly had a flashlight with a laser — for disorderly conduct.

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Criminal mischief:

Criminal mischief in the third degree covers tampering with someone else’s property to inconvenience someone, according to OregonLaws.org.

Criminal mischief in the second degree is more severe.

A person can commit criminal mischief in the second degree in two different ways. Committing criminal mischief in the first degree and causing damage of more than $500 is considered criminal mischief in the second degree, according to OregonLaws.org. Intent is also important: If the perpetrator “intentionally damages property of another” or “recklessly damages property” causing damage more than $500, it’s criminal mischief in the second degree, according to OregonLaws.org.

Both criminal mischief in the first and second degree are misdemeanors, but criminal mischief in the third degree is a Class C felony.

For criminal mischief in the third degree, the perpetrator must act with intent to damage property and commit various acts defined by ORS 164.365, including but not limited to damaging or killing livestock, causing damage of $1,000 or more or damaging property using explosives, according to OregonLaws.org.

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“A lot of organizations on this campus specifically like to reach out to underrepresented populations,” Otamendi said.

“So they were just saying to continue with that, this is a time to build your skills so you can bring back those skills to share with those who couldn’t come, because everybody deserves a chance at education.”

There were many different opportunities at the conference.

“My favorite was the Latina empowerment breakfast,” said Nayeli Ruiz, a sophomore human development and family sciences major who also attended the conference. “They have a lot of speakers that have gotten through a lot of obstacles and are very successful now. I think it’s just something that Latino women are really underestimated, and at the conference, they put us up so high and they say that were really good leaders and inspire

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us a whole lot.... It’s something who want to go to this conferdifferent that you never get ence and have this opportuanywhere else. Going to the nity: You need to want to be breakfast, it just makes me feel open-minded and you need like I am capable of anything.” to want to grow and want to Many of the speakers at expand your knowledge.” the conference were previous Along with traveling to the USHLI attendees and returned conference, the delegates were to the conference to speak and able to expand their knowledge share their stories with new of other cultures in the United generations.

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“It’s just so amazing to see “And there is a little bit of free someone with that much motitime to roam around Chicago,” vation to educate the comOtamendi said. “The culture is munities,” amazing. Just Otamendi walking down said. the sidewalk You need to want She was you can hear to be open-minded very inspired 10 different by some of and you need to conversations the ideas that in 10 different want to grow and the speakers languages. It’s shared. want to expand beautiful.”

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a traffic stop resulted in the confiscation of marijuana, according to the log. An officer reportedly stopped a woman along Northwest Grant Avenue near Ninth Street, after being alerted by the drug detection dog. The woman consented to a search, and the officer allegedly found “a small nugget of marijuana,” which he preceded to confiscate.

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Wednesday, Feb. 25 Similarly, the need for an “enthusiastic” aspect of consent is only found in the workshop’s intern Continued from page 1 pretation. Scott Etherton, co-associate director of The workshop’s defined consent as “mutual, bias prevention and education, said it’s an imporsober, freely-given and ongoing,” as well as “an tant factor for students engaging in sex to consider. enthusiastic ‘yes’ to sexual activity.”

“The reason we say enthusiastic is because it’s a clear message of consent,” “Clear permission by word Etherton said. “And if you’re not or action” refers to non-verbal cues as well as spoken consent. sure, if you’re not in a relation(We’re) making Kelsey Greer, sexual violence ship where you can express that, it less taboo, less prevention coordinator, said it’s then you probably shouldn’t be awkward to talk best to verbally “check in” with having sex.” your partner. about, so you make Monday’s workshop was just She also brought up the awkone of several awareness events sure you and your wardness many couples feel scheduled for the year. CAPS partner are on pausing sexual activity to ask for has already been engaged in a agreement, stating that checkthe same page. series of community dialogues ing in reaffirms your respect for and events such as “A Call to your partner’s wishes.

Men,” which focused on “shiftKelsey Greer “(We’re) making it less taboo, ing social norms that negatively Sexual violence prevention coordinator less awkward to talk about, so impact our culture.” you make sure you and your partner are on the Greer said a number of recent “high-profile same page,” Greer said.

Use of alcohol and other intoxicants before or cases coming to the media” helped lay the groundduring sexual interaction is strongly discouraged work for “It’s On Us.”

by OSU’s policy, but not expressly prohibited. In Future “It’s On Us” programs include Sexual situations where another party’s intoxication may Assault Awareness Month in April and its finale be affecting their ability to grant permission, “the event, “Take Back the Night.” prudent course of action is to forgo or cease any Chris Correll, news reporter sexual contact.” The “It’s on Us” workshop encouraged sober sexual activity. news@dailybarometer.com

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By Dashiell Paulson THE REGISTER-GUARD

EUGENE — The line of Duck fans waiting to see the University of Oregon’s first Heisman Trophy up close stretched more than 800 feet at Matthew Knight Arena on Sunday, and wait times to see the 131/2-inch-tall cast-bronze statue averaged an hour.

Before a home basketball game pitting Oregon against Utah at noon, the line looped from the campus-side entrance to the other end of the arena, then zigzagged all the way to the waiting trophies — the Pac-12 trophy, the Rose Bowl trophy and the Heisman Trophy, awarded to Marcus Mariota.

The awards were put on display during the basketball game to honor the football team’s 2014 season.

Fans of every age, from babies to seniors with walkers, could see the awards, pose, snap a photo, then leave quickly after shuffling in line for 45 minutes or more. The overwhelming reaction was satisfaction.

“We waited in line for maybe an hour, but we really wanted to see it,� said Gregg Sheldrake of Portland, who came to the game with his wife, Danielle, and son, Hudson. “It’s really a special award for our school and I’m glad it’s here. I wanted to hold it up for pictures but they said that wasn’t allowed; Oh well,� he joked.

About 2,000 fans decked out in green and yellow for the game against Utah, had passed through the line by 12:30 p.m. according to a line attendant.

Oregon quarterback Mariota was awarded the Heisman in December for his stellar performance on and off the football field.

The Heisman goes annually to an “outstanding college football player whose performance best exhibits the pursuit of excellence with integrity,� according to the Heisman Trust. The last time a Heisman came to Oregon was in 1962, when Terry Baker from Oregon State University won the trophy. The Heisman tradition dates back to 1935, and the statue’s pose — foot-

ball tucked under the left arm, the right held out stiff while the player breaks left — has become iconic. Many fans struck the position in photos. “It was a really good season and the trophy represents that,“ said Bryan Bierce, 26, who graduated from the UO in 2013.

He and his friend, Dave Tefft, took selfies. Attendants on hand could take photos of anyone who handed over their phone or camera. “We will post them to social media,� Tefft said with solemnity. Though the wait was long and the moment at the trophies brief, few complained. Some opted out, though. “We’re not going to wait in that line, bud,� said one dad to his son. “Oh man! This is BS,� said one youth after seeing the line stretch into the distance.

Brad Franklin, 27, who came with his wife Sara, 26, said the Heisman presages more fame for the Ducks. “I think it means more than can people can explain right now,� he said. “It’s going to mean great things for the program.�

Kitzhaber’s retirement nowhere close to salary as governor

By Hannah Hoffman STATESMAN JOURNAL

SALEM — Retirement is likely going to mean a big pay cut for former Gov. John Kitzhaber, who resigned last week amid a flurry of investigations, questions and calls for him to step down.

Kitzhaber’s annual pension was worth $42,350.28 on Jan. 1, 2011, according to the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS).

That was the last time he received a check from PERS before taking office for his third term.

That is less than half the salary he made as governor.

Kitzhaber’s salary was $98,600 last year, according to the Department of Administrative Services, but even four years at that rate does not add much to the pension he is likely to receive.

Kitzhaber originally retired on July 1, 2006, PERS spokesman David Crosley said. He had 21 years and 11 months of service at the time, and he received his pension for about four and a half years.

It ended in 2011, when he went back to the governor’s office.

PERS will recalculate his pension when he retires again, Crosley said. There are three different calculations available to Kitzhaber: full formula, full formula plus annuity, and Money Match.

He previously used the full-formula-plus-annuity option, Crosley said, but that could change next time. Retirees use whichever calculation gives the largest pension, he said.

It’s impossible to estimate exactly what Kitzhaber’s retirement will be. PERS does provide an estimate calculator, but it requires logging in to a member account to use it.

Crosley provided the guidelines for the three calculations, and if Kitzhaber used the full formula, his pension would be about $42,812.

Oregon State Police begins probe into leaked emails

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SALEM — The Oregon State Police last week began a criminal investigation into emails leaked from the state’s Department of Administrative Services regarding former Gov. John Kitzhaber’s behavior while in office, at the request of agency director Michael Jordan.

On Friday, Jordan also launched his own internal human resources review of two high-level managers inside DAS, both of whom have been placed on paid administrative leave.

The two reviews are not necessarily linked, spokesman Matt Shelby said, and no one has been placed on leave related to the criminal investigation.

Gov. Kate Brown’s office did not request either review and is not involved, Shelby said, other than to remain informed of any findings. Brown’s office directed all questions to DAS. The emails in question included thou-

sands of pieces of correspondence between Kitzhaber and his fiancee, Cylvia Hayes, as well as at least one email between Kitzhaber and his private attorney.

That email appears to have breached attorney-client privilege, Shelby said, and the leak itself appears to have violated the state’s internal information security policies.

Kitzhaber had requested DAS delete the emails, via a Feb. 5 email from his executive assistant Jan Murdock, but staff at the agency raised concerns that the request was inappropriate and ultimately refused to do it.

OSP will decide whether any criminal activity occurred in leaking those emails, Shelby said.

Meanwhile, Jordan has made several changes inside the department since WillametteWeek, Portland’s alternative newspaper, published a story about the emails on Feb. 18.

First, he reorganized the management structure for the Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) division of DAS, which housed

those emails.

Going forward, Chief Information Officer Alex Pettit will oversee the division, and Stefan Richards, the state’s chief information security officer, will oversee the division’s security.

The ETS division provides IT services across state agencies, and it was already undergoing a comprehensive review of that function, Shelby said, which played into Jordan’s decision to change its leadership structure.

The division is also coordinating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation on fulfilling a host of criminal subpoenas.

In addition, two high-level managers have been placed on leave.

Michael Rogers, the interim administrator of ETS, and Marshall Wells, a member of the management team, are both on paid leave and are the primary focus of the HR review, Shelby said.

Jordan informed his staff of the criminal investigation on Wednesday, shortly after Brown was sworn in as governor.

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Peer Health Advocates are promoting physical fitness workout week by asking students to participate in the Pac-12 Fitness Challenge.

“We found out about the Pac12 challenge, and we wanted to integrate it into our physical activity committee, so we decided to host a week-long buddy event, where students can work out with a buddy — that way there’s motivation between the two,” said Melissa Nguyen, a senior public health major and student coordinator for the Peer Health Advocates.

Each term, the Peer Health Advocates focus on several different health topics; this term, they are promoting physical

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Students fill out surveys while Peer Health Advocates promote their suggestions for increased physical activity. activity and physical fitness.

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In Thursday’s 47-37 Utah victory, only one player from each team had 10 or more points. That’s a stark contrast from last year’s team: Oregon State’s game against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville on Nov. 26, 2013, for example, had 10 players that finished in double-digit scoring. Against Radford on March 19, 2014, the Beavers got 92 points all from only four different players.

OSU’s 72-58 win over Colorado on Saturday was the highest scoring output the Beavers have allowed in a Pac-12 win this season.

In the first halves of OSU’s games against Colorado and Utah, the Beavers allowed a combined 28 points. Colorado sophomore forward Wesley Gordon was the only Buffalo to make a field goal in the first half.

OSU scored 37 points against Utah.

The Beavers scored 34 against Colorado — in the first half.

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OSU men’s basketball head coach Wayne Tinkle talks with junior forward Daniel Gomis against Washington Feb. 8 in Corvallis.

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n the locker room before Saturday’s matchup with Colorado, head coach Wayne Tinkle reminded his players of the message he gave them when practices started in the fall.

Improve every day, he said the first practice, so that the best play will come when the time is right.

And with his team on a three-game losing streak but still in the thick of the Pac-12 standings with a 7-7 record, Tinkle declared: “That time is now.”

The Beavers would take a 34-12 lead back to the locker room at halftime and ultimately beat the Buffaloes, 74-58.

But that’s not to say the OSU squad has experienced a steady, gradual growth this season.

In fact, it has been mired with mental mistakes, inexperience and lapses in Josh judgement — and I’m not talking about the off-court troubles of junior forward My Eyes Are Up Here Victor Robbins.

None of that is surprising for a team with no seniors on the roster, a host of walk ons filling the gaps and few players who got significant playing time last year, one of which was none other than Robbins.

But the Beavers’ mental development and execution has been frustrating for Tinkle, even while experiencing a wildly successful first year at the helm with 17 wins already under his belt. Both Tinkle and his players realize the necessary strides ahead. ”Some days, we look nice and crisp and coach is happy,” said junior forward Jarmal Reid. “Some days, it’s not going too well and coach lets us know.”

In the home Arizona State game on Jan. 8, for example, Tinkle said afterwards that there had been seven times his team messed up an offensive set coming out of a timeout.

Go back even further to the exhibition home game against Western Oregon — yes, the Beavers went 14-0 in Gill Coliseum after losing to a Division-II team, remember? — when OSU was unable to facilitate any steady offensive production in the 57-47 loss.

But partway through the Pac-12 schedule, it seemed to get better. The offense came more easily; the defense stayed rigid.

A young team, with a first-year head coach, was growing as it should be.

“I think it’s gotten a lot better from day one, especially from the exhibition game against Western Oregon,” Reid said shortly after the Beavers’ first road win of the season over Washington State. “It’s still something we need to work on, but I think it’s gotten a lot better.”

But then the tides turned dangerously backwards. The next four road games all ended in losses, and then came the worst part: a home loss, finally, to No. 9 Utah on Thursday. The perfect home record, the feather in Tinkle’s cap, not by his own admission and not even that he thought much of the accolade. It was and still is the highlight of his first year in Corvallis.

But the Utah game was a relapse of sorts, falling off the

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Sophomore guard Malcolm Duvivier looks to block a Mississippi State players’ pass in Gill Coliseum Dec. 13, 2014.

Freshman first baseman KJ Harrison was named Pac-12 Player of the Week, becoming the 66th Beaver to win the honor and the first freshman to win the award for Oregon State since former infielder Kavin Keyes won the weekly award in 2011.

In the five games that the Beavers played a week ago — New Mexico, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Oklahoma and Kansas — in Surprise, Ariz., the Hawaiian native went 10-22 from the plate, with two doubles, a triple, and two home runs — including a grand slam in the Beavers 15-5 victory over Kansas — while driving in 10 runs.

In the early stages of the season, Harrison leads the Beavers in numerous offensive categories. He’s leading the team in batting average (.441), home runs (4) and RBIs (13), Harrison and has hit safely in all eight of the Beavers’ games to open the season, including four multi-hit games, which have helped the Beavers to a 5-3 record to start off the season.

Harrison, who opted to keep his commitment with the Beavers after being drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 25th round of the 2014 MLB First-Year Draft, had provided the big bat for the Beavers, who had to replace former Beaver greats in Michael Conforto and Dylan Davis, who provided much of the offense a season ago.

Harrison and the rest of the Oregon State baseball team will finally get to play at Goss Stadium this week, as they have their home opener against Grambling State in a three-game series starting Friday at 5:35 p.m.

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Monday witnessed the wrap up of the Westbrook Spring Invitational for the Oregon State women’s golf team, and by all measures, the Beavers had a good outing.

The event, which took place in Peoria, Ariz., featured a 15-team field and was played on the par-72, 6,269-yard Westbrook Village Golf Club.

Senior golfer Anica Yoo was the highlight of the weekend, when on Sunday she came out and shot a 4-under 68. Yoo’s finishing-card total for the round was not only good enough to help her team finish the day tied for fourth, but was also a tie for the school record for a single-round of golf. Yoo managed three bogeys on the day, but made up for them by carding seven total birdies in the Sunday round.

Yoo managed a 1-over 73 in the morning round — which pared with her 68 — to lead her into Monday tied for third.

Monday would turn out to be not as favorable for the Beavers as three OSU athletes — junior Chelsea Saelee, sophomore Krissy Peterson and freshman Haley Nist — all shot a 1-over 73, while Yoo and junior Ashlee Pickerell drove, blasted and putted their way to a 3-over 75.

Despite not being able to card under par on the final day, the OSU team’s

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Senior Oregon State golfer Anica Yoo measures up her shot before taking a swing during the Pac-12 Championships in Corvallis April 27, 2014. total was good enough to tie them with Oklahoma at a 10-over 874 for sixth place.

The Beavers will now travel to Tarzana, Calif. to take part in the Bruin/Wave In the end, two Beavers shot their way Invitational that starts Monday, March 2, and concludes on Tuesday. Both days into the top-20. Yoo finished out the inviof the invitational will be all day events. tational tied for 12th place with an even 73-68-73—217, while Saelee came home The Daily Barometer with a 1-over 70-74-73—217 which was On Twitter @barosports sports@dailybarometer.com good enough to tie her for 16th place.

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WORDEN n Continued from page 5 slope to which the Beavers had already drawn precariously close in terms of mental development.

Players missed defensive assignments, gave up open 3-pointers, and didn’t communicate properly. Even in a game with OSU allowing just 47 points to Utah — a top-10 team averaging nearly 74 points per game — Tinkle was unsatisfied with his squad’s defensive composure.

“At some point, you wonder, is it ineptitude or are the guys just not capable,” Tinkle said. “That has to do with focus, but it also has to deal with IQ and communication. I think its more that this team still hasn’t been able to get that part of it, where we’re communicating and focused for 40 minutes. Our IQ has come a long way, but we’ve got to continue to improve. We’re in year one and we’re doing things a lot differently than maybe they’ve done in the past, so it’s going to take some time.”

Developing mental fortitude is not as tangible of a process as improving a jump shot, of course. So how does a coach instill that attribute in his players?

“You’ve got to put them in situations every day in practice and demand it; change the environment so that they’ve got to focus their attention,” Tinkle said. “The hard part is we haven’t been able to practice a

the blame for his team’s defeat.

“He’s trying to guard everybody out there,” Tinkle said, speaking more to Gomis than to the cameras. “I love that. That’s what we’re supposed to be building this program on, is effort like these guys bring and energy. And there’s frustration, but you’ve got to play through it. The one thing you can’t do is drop your chin, start to mope and pout. We can’t have that. We have to battle until the end, baby.”

Junior guard Gary Payton II had made nine 3-pointers in Pac-12 games leading up to the Colorado contest, but went 2-for-4 in the first half.

In addition, Payton II set a school record against Colorado with 7 blocks. As a team, the Beavers had 13 blocks to the Buffalo’s one.

Payton II’s 24 points on 8-for-15 shooting against Colorado was supplemented by a pair of dunks in the final minute of the contest.

Sophomore guard Malcolm Duvivier, who had five assists in the game, made the pass to set up both dunks, including the alley-oop with 55 seconds left.

OSU has been outrebounded in 10 straight games, going 5-5 in that span.

Coming into the Utah game, OSU was undefeated in conference games in which opposing teams shot below 40 percent and winless in games in which the opponent finished above 40 percent. Utah nearly ended that streak, taking a double-digit lead late in the game while shooting below 40 percent, but a late run with four consecutive makes to end the game put the Utes at 42.5 percent shooting.

Colorado shot 34.6 percent in their loss to OSU. Freshman walk ons Tanner Sanders, Dylan Livesay and Matt Dahlen all played in the first half against Colorado after no walk ons played versus Utah. Livesay’s 3-pointer late in the first period gave him his first points in a Pac-12 game and was the second field goal this conference season from an OSU walk on.

Against Utah, the Beavers went 3-for-8 from the free throw line.

Against Colorado, the Beavers went 18-for-24.

Colorado missed four shots in one possession — by way of three offensive rebounds, albeit — and missed 14 consecutive shots near the beginning of the game.

Even though OSU beat Colorado by 14, the Buffaloes ended with more rebounds, second chance points, bench points and assists.

Colorado senior guard Askia Booker shot 2-for-14 on Saturday and finished with 9 points after averaging 21.4 points per contest over his last five games. It was only the third time in the last 20 games that he has been held to single digit scoring. He dropped 43 points on USC at the beginning of that five-game stretch.

Junior forward Olaf Schaftenaar has made one 3-pointer in each of the last two games after going four straight contests without one.

Still, he has made just two of his last 23 attempt from deep.

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Sophomore guard Malcolm Duvivier goes up for the block against a UCLA Bruins player in Corvallis on Jan. 22. whole lot because we’ve got guys with nagging injuries, guys who are fatigued. That’s why I think we haven’t seen the amount of improvement down the stretch that we would normally have.”

Tinkle said immediately after the Utah game that the next 48 hours, culminating with the Colorado game, would reveal the character of his players. The 14-point win was a solid start, but Tinkle issued the same sentiment after the win and heading into the road trip to Stanford and California.

Even after the Utah game,

though, Tinkle found himself transitioning from his frustration with his players’ mental mistakes to a sense of expectation.

“I’ll ride with these two,” Tinkle said in the postgame press conference, with sophomore guard Malcolm Duvivier to his right and junior forward Daniel Gomis to his left.

He would say the same of the entire team, too.

It was Gomis, though, who he exemplified after the Utah loss. The junior forward had just apologized profusely for defensive lapses and tried to shoulder

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ounseling and Psychological Services held a “Culture of Consent” workshop Monday,

Feb. 23.

This event is one in a series initiated by the national “It’s On Us” campaign, which explores “consent, bystander intervention and supporting survivors,” according to the Division of Student Affairs’ webpage.

There, students were invited to discuss their perceptions of consent and explore what the correct determination of consent would look like.

Consent is pretty simple if you read Oregon State University’s policy.

It is enthusiastic — both people are honestly enjoying themselves.

It is “informed, reciprocal, freely and actively given, mutually understandable” and retractable at any time, according to the policy.

But when in doubt, the most helpful thing is to remember what consent is not.

It is not an unwilling partner, silence or being pressured into sexual activity for the benefit of others. It is not someone too drunk or drugged to function — to stand upright on their own or speak coherently. It is not someone dressing “too provocatively.”

Because all of the above would constitute as rape and sexual assault, and only an absolute creep would attempt to argue said situations as consensual.

Being too drunk or dressing provocatively should not elicit being punished with rape. Sadly, all of the above are very common with date rape.

Date or acquaintance rape is one of the most common and least reported types of sexual assault in a college environment because people are not usually expecting such a betrayal from someone they know.

According to the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), “approximately two thirds of rapes were committed by someone known to the victim,” and “73 percent of sexual assaults were perpetrated by a non-stranger.”

The reason people are not prepared is because it is easier to train people to protect themselves from stranger rape — one of the most reported, but rarest manifestations — it’s easier to get ready to defend yourself against a faceless monster than someone you know.

Especially in this current “party” culture, where there is a social expectation to get absurdly drunk.

These events are a way to shift the focus from fighting an unknown assailant to facilitating awareness and change.

Talking about these issues, however discomforting, is important in order for our society to grow.

It will change the way that bodies are seen and treated in public and the media.

It will change how survivors are treated — shifting from slut-shaming to respect, kindness and dignity.

It will change the conversation surrounding these issues and enlighten others in how they treat their fellow humans.

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espite the dominance of conservatives during the midterm elections, there are so many things that continue to threaten America. Things like ISIL, Obamacare, the declining representation of white men in media, net neutrality, and countless other vague threats that should definitely terrify you because the greatest country in the world is shockingly fragile.

But the most dangerous threat to our American way of life is the devious and insidious plague of labor unions. These sinister organizations continue to threaten this country like a serpent coiled in the soft bosom of Tom Hanks, and if we don’t do something soon about them, we may lose everything we hold dear.

Now, you might be assuming this is all hyperbole.

After all, thanks to the brave efforts of anti-union patriots such as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker or Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, the percentage of workers belonging to a labor union has dropped to 11.1 percent and 24 states have managed to undermine the collective bargaining power of unions with “right to work” laws. So, aren’t unions just a thing of the past?

A conservative boogeyman from a time when workers believed they could dictate terms of their employment to their employers instead of being treated like the peasants that they really are?

And yet despite the best efforts of groups like the National Right to Work Committee, who spent

Rick Berman, a man who once Travis Chambers described the fight against unions as an “endless war” — spent more than $3 million in 2011 alone and $5 million attempting to crush bravely took a stand for freedom of these parasites last year, unions speech by refusing to report where are beginning to stage a comeback. most of the money came from.

Reports of wide-scale walk offs by These people have joined togethsteel and oil workers have begun to er with some of the greatest corpocome in and even fast food workers rations in the countries. Walmart have had the gall to make pathetic has trained their managers to attempts at protesting their low report any employee talking about wages and lack of benefits. unionization to the home office, and McDonalds is These protests currently fighting are no laughing against the ludimatter. Unions are Unions are crous claim that dangerous threats dangerous threats employees should to the efficiency to the efficiency of be able to negotiof the American ate with the central economy. the American company instead According to a economy. of with the individrecent study done ual franchise office,

by Dr. Robert just because the Bruno of the central company holds the majorUniversity of Illinois, employees who belong to labor unions enjoy ity of control over wages, benefits, higher wages and increased ben- hours, employee training and safety efits when compared to employees standards. not protected by a union. Even These are excellent starts and worse, a study that appeared in admirable Americans, but it’s not the American Sociological Review enough. If we are going to beat found that increases in union par- the unions and stop them in their ticipation could lead to a decrease greedy efforts to continue defendin overall income inequality, taking ing workers’ rights, every one of us away money from the hardworking needs to fight tooth and nail against people who inherited it fair and the anti-democratic collectivists square. that are ruining our economy.

But luckily there are people workAfter all, if we work together, we ing hard to eliminate labor unions can do anything. completely from our shores. The t Koch Brothers famously spent more Travis Chambers is a senior in English. The opinions than $1 million funding anti-union expressed in Chambers’s columns do not necessarily efforts in Wisconsin and the Center represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Chamfor Union Facts — a group led by bers can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

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an a joke go “too far”?

Well based on Sean Penn’s questionable comment at the 2015 Oscars Awards, it can.

For those of you who did not catch it, many Americans are riled up about a “green card” joke Sean Penn made at the expense of Mexican-born director Alejandro Inarritu upon announcing his award.

And with several outraged Americans on Twitter calling Sean Penn a racist and questioning the meaning behind his joke, one cannot help but wonder, is this where we are at in today’s society — getting truly upset over a comment that someone obviously intended as a joke?

I find the backlash from this comment to be completely ridiculous, especially when Inarritu himself was quoted after the ceremony stating that he “found it hilarious.”

But unfortunately, this is where we are at in today’s world.

Over the past few decades, society seems to have traveled down a path towards more serious tendencies, as government control and general restrictions have become increasingly evident — limiting what we can say, what we can do, and ultimately what we can find humorous.

These increased restrictions have gradually begun to impede the happiness of every day Americans.

My parents constantly tell stories of when our nation was a much less sensitive place to live — where children were able to be more adventurous and the repercussions were far less drastic.

Which leads me to believe that responses such as the one towards Sean Penn’s comment are undoubtedly due to today’s increased sensitivity.

So how can we become a less sensitive society?

Learn to laugh a little.

I personally try to live by the idea that one can find humor in anything, and while some situations may be awkward, tense or even a little bit sad, by broadening our sense of humor we allow ourselves to see the brighter side in life.

If any of you are familiar with Daniel Tosh, then you are probably not surprised that he is one of my favorite comedians.

Through the vulgarity of his jokes — most of which are usually based on extremely sensitive subjects — Tosh often receives a large amount of backlash, and it is for this reason that he is one of my favorite comedians.

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Nowadays, the importance of making light of a serious situation is greatly underestimated.

Unfortunate circumstances are a part life, so why not try to make the most of these moments and view them in a brighter light?

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‘Hot Tub Time Machine 2’ first omen of February film drought F

ebruary is the worst.

At least in terms of film releases.

We are in the middle of undoubtedly the worst time for new movies of the year, stretching from January to March — luckily this year was blessed with the late releases of “Selma” and “American Sniper” in January.

With classics like “Ghost Rider” and “Pompeii,” February gives me little hope.

Unfortunately, “Hot Tub Time Machine 2” does nothing but reenforce the February stigma.

Way back in 2010 when the first “Hot Tub Time Machine” was released, it was surprisingly decent.

There was not much expected from a movie staring John Cusack, Darryl from “The Office” — Craig Robinson hadn’t quite gained stardom yet — and that bald guy who you know you’ve seen in something (Rob Corddry).

I don’t really remember much about it, besides its great name, but I do remember that it was at least somewhat enjoyable to watch.

It’s the type of movie that I might watch on FX on a Monday afternoon, but not something I’d expect to have a sequel.

In the modern day though, sequels are seemingly inevitable, so here we are with a “Hot Tub Time Machine 2.”This time around, Cusack saw the light (or lack of) and bailed on the sequel.

So what we’re left with is the aftermath of the original time travel, which leaves Lou (Corddry) and Nick (Robinson) immensely successful.

Lou used his knowledge from the time-travel pit in the previous movie to become a multi-billionaire in the tech industry after starting the search engine “Lougle” — get it, it’s

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‘Better Call Saul’worthy source material F

orgive me, TV enthusiasts, for I have sinned.

In this golden age of groundbreaking shows, I’m ashamed to admit I never finished the universally exalted “Breaking Bad.” Everything beyond the first two seasons of Walter White’s excellent adventure is a mystery to me.

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In the original series, Saul — Bob Odenkirk — plays the part of Walter’s criminal lawyer. Suffice to say he’s involved in much more of the former than the latter, making shady deals to keep his clients out of prison at all costs.

Now this complex figure is taking center stage in his own story, the much anticipated brainchild of “Breaking Bad” known as “Better Call Saul,” a prequel series that premiered earlier this month.

Given the hype surrounding the first show, I went in making zero assumptions and tried to keep an open mind.

But I wondered: Could a spin-off possibly meet the inevitably overblown expectations from viewers?

Could Odenkirk ever hold a candle to Bryan Cranston’s now iconic performance as Walter?

Oddly enough, the series’ creators actually considered answering those questions themselves with a gigantic ‘no’ during development.

For months, “Better Call Saul” was on the fence production-wise as the writers tried to figure out whether to proceed as a half-hour comedy format or go with a drama made up of full-hour episodes like its predecessor.

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he notion that started the founding of the United States of America was freedom of speech and religion.

Our forefathers fought for that right and now it is the blood of the nation.

Our forefathers also fought for us to do business as we liked without unfair taxation — even though in today’s world that is a little funny to think about.

Capitalism came to be how our nation did business and that is what makes America great.

We can have any business we want, mass produce anything and sell any idea we can think of.

But this notion of sales should not Brooklyn be how we make food.

I think Food Critic capitalism has its advantages and I do not like to hinge on anyone’s freedom of that.

The problem I have with it is that the sale and image becomes more important than the food sold at big restaurant chains and how they degrade the culture and food of different countries.

The biggest problem I see with this business model is how it tries to sell Italian food to the consumer.

You know what restaurants I’m getting at.

Carrabba’s, Pastini’s. Old World Spaghetti Factory, Macaroni Grill and the Olive Garden.

The OG. These places are, like any business, focused on the profit and the sales and not the actual enjoyment felt by the customers or the quality of their products.

These chains are mediocre representations and an insult to Italian food.

Everything on the menus at these restaurants are over-priced and under-seasoned.

Each of these restaurants has their “claim to fame” and how they have chefs trained in the “Italian way,” use traditional recipes or use all fresh and local ingredients.

Blah, blah, blah.

That is the flavor and quality you get at a mass market Italian eatery.

I choose local over multiple whenever I can because I know that the people who make the food and own the place want to make their customers feel comfortable and satisfied with their experience.

When was the last time you felt comfortable at The OG? If you can actually answer that question, well then I feel sorry for you.

Let’s look at Olive Garden for a moment.

Their food is bland, over-priced and mass produced. I don’t know about you, but when I have a craving for some Italian, I don’t want my minestrone or Italian wedding soup to come from a pre-mixed package and heated up with water in a big pot sitting around all day.

Nor do I want my calamari or lasagna to be frozen when I pay $14 for it.

I can get better frozen Italian food from Amy’s in the grocery store for less than half of the price. That is another big factor that gets to me as well: why spend so much on pasta when you can make it better and cheaper at home or get it better at a real Italian restaurant?

What makes Italian food special is the warmth and love that you taste.

Knowing that the marina sauce had been simmering all day, made from fresh Roma tomatoes and basil.

That the chicken Parmesan was all hand-breaded and layered with precision. The real stuff that mama taught.

It is unfortunate that in Corvallis we do not have any real Italian restaurants.

We have great places to get other authentic food, but not Italian.

In bigger cities there are the smaller restaurants that have amazing food and don’t have anything mass-produced.

I seriously urge all of you to do some research the next time you want to adventure in eating out for Italian.

Don’t fall prey to these fake and flavorless excuses for restaurants.

Go to a family-owned restaurant, and if you can’t find one near you, make the dish yourself.

It will be fun, cheaper and taste better.

Big business can keep its hands off my eggplant Parmesan.

Derek

like Google, but Lougle.

While Nick has rescued his failed music career by stealing hit songs from people before they can even write them. Both are still not great people.

Also, the fourth wheel from the original, Jacob (Clark Duke), who we found out to be Lou’s son, has moved up into a more major role.

Here he plays Lou’s butler, and is subject to a plethora of insults and aggravations from his father.

Cusack’s character Adam earns only a mention for his absence, after it is told that he wrote a book and is off discovering himself.

With Lou being the constant despicable person, he is shot in the crotch (of course), and then Nick and Jacob drag him to the time machine in a quest to discover his attacker in 2025.

This is the basic premise, and the movie really doesn’t get into any more than the guys barely trying to search for the attacker, and mostly just partying, because you know it’s so crazy and awesome and hilarious. The jokes are overly raunchy, not clever and seem to be extremely forced.

There is no charm that the original had; at least back then, there were a couple people that were likable and could be cared about.

Here we get none of that; not even any cool ‘80s things.

And all the luster of a hot tub being a time machine is lost.

Adam Scott makes and appearance as Adam Jr. when they travel

Mediocre Italian fare gives real stuff bad name

They stuck with drama, and I think we’ll all benefit from it.

Like “Breaking Bad”, “Saul” proves to be a powerful character study at heart.

A simple premise with endless possibilities.

America absolutely loved watching Walter’s transformation from unassuming family man to merciless drug kingpin.

We all knew his ethics were breaking down, but it was slow and deliberate enough that we never stopped rooting for him.

It was the kind of character psychology that’s rare in television these days, and a welcome break from the one-dimensional qualities the average program provides.

The only difference this time is that we — and by we, I mean those of you well versed in the source material — know how the story ends for our friend Saul.

Having seen the first few episodes, I’m relieved to say the experience is no less rewarding for anyone coming in ignorant, like me.

There are references and cameos from familiar faces, but nothing that necessitates watching a whole different show as preparation.

The narrative begins six years prior to the events of “Breaking Bad”.

Saul isn’t Saul just yet.

He’s still going by his real name James McGill, and if his working conditions are humble later in his

career, they’re abysmal at the start.

Struggling to find work and living in the shadow of his older brother’s firm is slowly driving James into the grey area of criminal law, and as expected from Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, the presentation is phenomenal.

Nearly everything you liked about the first show is here and as good as ever.

Characters are deeply flawed but sympathetic.

Scenes progress at a brisk pace, moving effortlessly from comedy to cynicism, and you can see the refinement and lessons learned from five seasons of shooting and scripting.

It’s very surreal watching a grown man counsel two young con artists on how to step up their game, but somehow you never feel alienated by what’s going on.

I won’t spoil too much since there’s so little content at this point, but the path being laid for the lead is definitely one you want to walk with him.

Whether it has what it takes to stand beside the show that spawned it remains to be seen, but if the departure of “Breaking Bad” left a hollow space inside you, there won’t be a better opportunity to get your fix.

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