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Missing OSU alumnus, business owner Missing Person
Family asks for help searching for missing family member Chad Ferschweiler, owner of Pita Pit By Courtnee’ Morin
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Last Seen Monday Feb. 16th 2015 in Corvallis Oregon 34 Year Old Male 5’11’’ Small/Medium Build Drives a Red Pontiac Vibe Plate #006 DTU Please Contact the Corvallis Police Dept. If You Know His Whereabouts. 541-766-6924 His Family and Friends Are Worried About Him. Courtesy of Marie Petrie
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Feb. 16, Corvallis Pita Pit owner Chad Ferschweiler placed a sign on the door of his restaurant stating that it would be closed for President’s Day. He hasn’t been seen since. The Corvallis Police Department received a call Feb. 20 from Ferschweiler’s parents, reporting him missing. Police said the last time he was seen was by his roommate Feb. 16. Pita Pit has since been closed. “Ferschweiler’s roommate is the last person to have seen him; his phone is broken, which makes it harder to find him, but we’re hoping by getting the word out all across Oregon that we can find him,” said Lt. Cord Wood of the Corvallis Police Department. Police do not suspect foul play. They said his car is also missing. It is described as a red Pontiac Vibe with a Bill Murray sticker and license plate 006 DTU. The police do not know where Ferschweiler may be or if he is alone or not and urge anyone with any information about Ferschweiler or his whereabouts to contact the police. “Our hope is that he’s just taking a few days to do whatever he wanted to do and will come back or contact someone,” Wood said. Ferschweiler is 34 years old and has lived in Corvallis for 16 years. He graduated from Oregon State University about 10 years ago, and he has owned the Pita Pit on Monroe Street since Feb. 2013. Since his disappearance, the Corvallis Police Department have contacted all other Oregon law enforcement agencies, providing his information and a description of his car. Courtesy of Marie Petrie Ferschweiler’s cousin Kim Knutson has contacted many Chad Ferschweiler, the owner of the Corvallis Pita Pit, has been missing since See FRESHWEILER | page 2 Feb. 16, 2015.
Fighting blood cancer, disease with community Be the Match on Campus at Oregon State prepares for dead week registration drive
Blair Fettig, the philanthropy chair of Phi Delta Theta, has a personal investment in Be the Match, an organization that matches people for bone marrow transplants and stem cell donation. By Jyssica Yelas Blair Fettig’s brother, Matt Fettig, THE DAILY BAROMETER was diagnosed with leukemia two The president of Be the Match years ago in August. On Campus at Oregon State, Blair “When something like that hapFettig, remembers the Oregon State pens, either one of two things can University chapter’s beginning. happen: either it will bring you n
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all closer as a family or things will all fall apart,” Blair remembered. “Thankfully it brought us all together.” Blair immediately rose to action by starting a fundraiser philanthropy called “Fight for Matt” to help pay for Matt’s hospital bills. Soon after, Be the Match headquarters contacted Blair, asking if he wanted to start a chapter at OSU. See Match | page 3
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The intersection of Northwest Circle Boulevard and Northwest Ninth Street rates among the top-10 most collision-prone locations in Corvallis.
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Corvallis Police Department works to reduce vehicle collisions around city By Abigail Erickson THE DAILY BAROMETER
Every year, the Corvallis Police Department compiles a list of the top-10 locations for traffic collisions in Corvallis and sets a goal to reduce the total yearly collisions by 10 percent.
According to CPD Lieutenant Cord Wood, there have already been a total of 31 collisions in Corvallis in 2015. “Our target was to only have 47 collisions total this year,” Wood said. “It’s February and we’re only 16 short of that total.” According to Wood, the intersection that has seen more collisions than any other in the top-10 this year so far is the intersection of Northwest See Collisions | page 2
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Juniors Jesse McGinty and Blair Fettig show off a Be the Match Oregon State T-shirt. McGinty and Fettig are both involved with Be the Match Oregon State.
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Editorial: Stay safe when driving, biking or walking at intersections Forum, page 7
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Suspicious driving An officer arrested a man after neighbors called in and reportedly said he was driving with open containers of alcohol in his vehicle, according to the log. The officer arrested the man for an outstanding warrant, driving under the influence of alcohol and driving while suspended. According to the log, “there was also concern he was trying to lure a young girl into his car.” The man allegedly admitted he was drinking, but would not take a breath test.
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Stolen bike A $940 bike was stolen Sunday morning, according to the police log. Multiple officers searched around Southwest 7th Street for the bike recently after the theft, but were unable to find it. The victim reportedly told an officer that he’d left his bike outside his home while he went inside. When he returned, the bike was gone, according to the log.
Human waste An officer cited a man for human waste at about 2:15 p.m. According to the log, a father and two children saw the man urinate beside his own vehicle in an empty lot on Northwest Ninth Street near Carl’s Jr. The man reportedly denied he’d done so until the officer pointed out that there were witnesses and a puddle beside the car’s back bumper.
DUII At about 3 a.m. an officer arrived at Northwest 3rd Street, where the officer reportedly witnessed a car pull out of a driveway without headlights on. When the officer stopped the driver, the driver allegedly admitted to drinking “a shot of tequila.” The officer conducted standard field sobriety tests and arrested the driver for driving under the influence of alcohol, according to the log. The driver reportedly had a blood alcohol content of .13 percent when he took a breath test at the jail.
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A sign is posted on the glass of Pita Pit, announcing that the restaurant is closed and the owner, Chad Ferschweiler, is missing.
media sources around Oregon to try to increase awareness, and created the Facebook page “Find Chad Ferschweiler,” which had received more than 2,100 “likes” as of 9:05 p.m. Tuesday. “He has really strong roots in the Corvallis community and a huge family; it’s not like him to not communicate or be away from all of the people in his life,” Knutson said. Knutson said this is not like his normal behavior. She described Ferschweiler as a free-spirited and fun-loving person who values his friends and enjoys being a part of the Corvallis community. As a student at OSU, Ferschweiler wanted to work with teens and was a believer in giving people second or third chances, Knutson said. She hopes he will at least
contact his family or friends to let them know that he is okay. “It’s alright as an adult to make the decision not to come home, but he should try to communicate that he’s OK. Friends and family are worried,” Knutson said. Knutson also cannot think of anyone who would be with him. Ferschweiler was last seen wearing a green zip-up hoodie, Pita Pit hat and chinos; pants made from chino cloth. He is 5-foot-11-inches tall with a small-to-medium build. Knutson said some family members think that Ferschweiler could have become depressed — which could be playing a part in Ferschweiler’s actions — and that the past few months, during which things have not been going the way he may have wanted, could have led to this disappearance. Knutson believes that run-
ning the Pita Pit was harder than Ferschweiler thought it would be. “If he just wants to let us know that he’s okay, he has a lot of friends and family to turn to if he needs to, and we can get him the help he may need,” Knutson said. Knutson hopes that Ferschweiler is still in Oregon, and does not see a reason for him to have left. “I know he enjoyed going to Portland and listening to the bands there, so he knows that area, and his family has a place on the coast around the Newport area. He’s lived his whole life between Gervais and Corvallis; he’s always been in Oregon, so it’s not like he’d be drawn to another place,” Knutson said. The Corvallis Police Department can be reached at 541-766-6924. Courtnee’ Morin, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
MIP An officer contacted a man after he appeared “to run in the opposite direction” of police around Northwest 2nd Street and Harrison Boulevard, according to the log. The man allegedly gave the officer an incorrect birthday and last name. He also reportedly ran from the officer “while in mid conversation” with him. The man allegedly had a blood alcohol content of .16 percent and received a citation for minor-in-possession of alcohol by consumption. The Daily Barometer
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It is in violation of a Corvallis ordinance to “deposit or discharge any human waste on property open to or visible by the public,” according to the Corvallis Code of Ordinances. According to the code, violation of this ordinance is a Class A infraction. Corvallisoregon.org lists the fine for human waste as $150. It is also illegal to improperly dispose of human waste while operating or riding in a motor vehicle, according to oregonlaws.org. Under Oregon law, throwing urine or other human waste out of a motor vehicle or leaving the waste on or beside the highway is a Class A misdemeanor. Fines for Class A misdemeanors can be up to $6,500, according to oregonlaws.org. The Daily Barometer
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Ninth Street and Northwest Circle Boulevard. This intersection has had nine collisions alone since Jan. 1 this year. The other top-10 include the following intersections: Northwest Third Street and Northwest Harrison Boulevard with four collisions; Northwest Ninth Street and Northwest Harrison Boulevard with three collisions; Northwest Highland Drive and Northwest Circle Boulevard with one collision; Northwest Fourth Street and Northwest Van Buren Avenue with two collisions; Northwest Kings Boulevard and Northwest Harrison Boulevard with three collisions; Northwest Sixth Street and Northwest Buchanan Avenue with one collision; Northwest Fifth Street and Northwest Harrison Boulevard with two collisions and Northwest Ninth Street and Northwest Van Buren Avenue with two collisions. Wood added that CPD only tracks collisions that occur where enough damage is present that a police report must be filed. “Some of these intersections like Ninth and Circle are perennial problem areas for us,” Wood said. According to Wood, the strategies that the CPD uses to combat these problem areas differ, but the overall goal is to educate drivers in safer driving methods so as to reduce crashes. “When our officers go out to do traffic enforcement, we will sometimes tell them to go and do enforcements in specific areas, such as those collision-prone locations,” Wood said. “One of the ways in which we can try to educate people MANAGING and NEWS EDITOR MCKINLEY SMITH 541-737-2231 news@dailybarometer.com
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is to give out citations for engaging in behaviors that distract us when driving. Citations, in a way, are a way to educate people and prevent further issues.” Wood also noted that the CPD examines the intersections themselves to look for anything in the road design that may contribute to collisions. “We look at those problem intersections and how they’re designed,” Wood said. “We investigate as to whether or not there have been any changes made to them lately or if there’s something in the design that is a problem for drivers. We look at a lot of different factors as we try to reduce the collisions that occur in the city.” Wood said that the CPD also works with city groups like Public Works to discuss potential changes that may need to be made to certain intersections to reduce the number of collisions in that area. The reasons behind these collisions vary from issues like distracted driving to speeding. According to Wood, while the top-10 locations will change from year to year, the CPD has noticed that there have been more collisions so far this year than at this time last year. “I would encourage people to avoid those behaviors that distract you while driving, such as cell phones, texting, radios, etc.” Wood said. “If you’re focused on the task at hand and what’s in front of you, you have a better chance of avoiding a collision with someone who maybe is distracted. I’d also add that people should drive within the speed limits. They’re there for a reason.”
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Juniors Jesse McGinty and Blair Fettig work with Be the Match Oregon State. McGinty is an intern for the chapter and Fettig is the chapter’s president. registered on campus, 19 have Jordon, or PJ. Jordon received the notifying email Jan. 16 and been matched with a patient. To the OSU chapter’s knowl- is waiting to find out if he is the edge, two lives have been saved best match, on a scale of one to because of registered students. 10, for the patient. Blair Fettig encourages stu“I was jumping up and down dents to confull of excitetact the chapment like ter if matched, ‘Holy crap, I was jumping up as a recordI have the and down full of breaking 123 potential to students were excitement like ‘Holy save someregistered body’s life crap, I have the at the most right now!’� potential to save recent drive. Jordon said. “If you’re With an somebody’s life contacted, upcoming right now! tell us,� Blair drive during said. “You are dead week Patrick Jordon a hero if you and OSU’s Phi Delta Theta alumnus are matched.� past leading results, One student who may have the oppor- Blair Fettig and the team have tunity to be such a hero is a Phi big goals for Be the Match at Delta Theta alumnus Patrick Oregon State. The team hopes
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MATCH n Continued from page 1 The Fettig brothers began the process by having their cheeks swabbed — the first step of joining Be the Match’s registry. Erik Fettig, the oldest Fettig brother, happened to be Matt’s match. Statistically, there is a 30 percent chance that a patient’s match will be a sibling. The other 70 percent comes from the registry. Registering candidates have their cheeks swabbed, and the sample is sent to a lab to identify each person’s blood tissue type. If one’s blood tissue is eventually matched with a patient, he or she can donate through one of two procedures. The most common procedure involves a four-hour donation of stem cells from both arms. The least common is a bone marrow transplant from the hip. Although the latter method is more intensive, Blair’s brother Erik Fettig donated through a bone marrow transplant and was able to go out on the town with his friends three days later. Jesse McGinty, vice president and intern at the OSU chapter, as well as a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, said more people don’t donate because of a lack of awareness. “If our community knew how easy it was to save a life, I believe that every single student at OSU would be registered,� said McGinty, a student in public health. “You could be a hero, and it starts with getting your cheek swabbed.� Although statistics report that there is a 1 percent chance of being a patient’s match, OSU has an upper hand on the national average. Out of the 435
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Tuesday afternoon, members of the Academic Success Center tabled in the Memorial Union quad promoting academic success strategies as well as job openings. “We talk a lot about things like time management, study skills, test prep, those kinds of things,” said Chelsea McVay, a senior in biohealth sciences and current academic coach. “We’re also hiring, so we’re kind of getting that out there as well, but we’re just trying to promote the idea of coaching and kind of tell students that it’s not just for people who are struggling, but that it’s for anybody.” Students were asked to share their favorite study tips and write them on sticky notes in exchange for candy. There was also a Jeopardy-style game with different categories related to self-care, success tips and studying techniques, where students could win prizes. “We’ve tried to do outreach at least once a term, but it kind of varies on how we do it,” McVay said. “We do a lot of presentations to specific groups. But in particular, we were hoping to get more people interested in coaching because we tend to see lag through the middle of the term, and that’s kind of when people need to be coming in because that’s midterms.” The Academic Success Center is currently accepting job applications to become an academic coach. Along with coaching services, they offer advising appointments, supplemental instruction, writing feedback and more. The Academic Success Center is located in 102 Waldo Hall.
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Late in Oregon State eventual 72-58 home win over Colorado on Saturday, the Beavers showed a glimpse of what they need to bring on road trips like the upcoming one with a Thursday game against Stanford and a Sunday tilt with California. OSU, standing at 1-6 in Pac-12 away contests but 17-10 overall and 8-7 in conference, used a duo of crowd-pleasing slams in the final minute from junior guard Gary Payton II — one on an alley-oop from sophomore guard Malcolm Duvivier — to If he didn’t throw drop plenty of icing on it, it wouldn’t have the proverbial cake. It was a type of swaghappened. It’s ger that the Beavers will just teammates need in the California trip, along with the being unselfish. stout defense that has plagued visiting Gary Payton II opponents in Corvallis Junior Guard and an altruistic shot selection. “That’s that man right there,” Payton II said of the alleyoop while looking toward Duvivier. “If he didn’t throw it, it wouldn’t have happened. It’s just teammates being unselfish … And on that last dunk, the big fella (head coach Wayne Tinkle) said ‘Go ahead,’ so I’ve got to listen to him.” Tinkle said that he hoped the dunks weren’t seen as unsportsmanlike, but since Colorado was still pressing defensively, “you can’t pass that up.” “I was going to go regardless,” Payton II added before
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Junior guard Gary Payton II gets his hands up in the face of a Colorado Buffaloes player during the Beavers’ victory in Gill Coliseum Feb. 21.
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Freshman all-arounder Dani Dessaints chalks-up before competing on the uneven bars against Arizona in Gill Coliseum Feb. 7.
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It has been a tough year for the Oregon State women’s swim team. Collectively it has only managed a few wins this season, but outside of its collective wins, the team has been impressive individually. Junior distance swimmer Sammy Harrison has dominated all year in the 1,000-yard freestyle and has had more than a handful
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For the second weekend in a row, the Oregon State women’s gymnastics team headed out on the road to take on another inconference opponent, and for the second week in a row the Beavers managed to go into someone else’s house and come home with a victory. The No. 10 Beavers — who have won three meets in a row — took down the Arizona State Sun Devils 196.275 to 193.475 on Friday in Tempe thanks to the athleticism of senior vault/uneven bar specialist Taylor Keeker and sophomore all-arounder Madeline Gardiner. Keeker, who started out the meet on the uneven bars, set a career-best for the second meet in a row when she posted a score of 9.850. Keeker’s score — which stood the test of time — was good enough to tie her for first place in the event with teammate sophomore
For the fourth time this season, the Oregon State women’s track and field team will travel North to the Dempsey Indoor Center in Seattle. But this time around the Beavers will be looking at not just placing their 27 athletes well within the individual competitions, but look to return home with a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship title. The meet — which starts on Friday for the women athletes — will mark the end of the initial season for the OSU track and field team. The 27 participating athletes will mark big progress for the recently reinstated program, which witnessed only 16 participants during the 2014 Pac-12 Outdoor Championships, a little more than 14 months ago. The Beavers have gotten progressively better as the season has come and gone, See TRACK | page 6
Women’s Gymnastics What: Oregon State vs. Utah Where: Gill Coliseum When: Friday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. Air: Pac-12 Networks
all-arounder Kaytianna McMillan. Keeker also managed to bag another first place tie on vault where she tied with ASU junior vaulter Taylor Allex with a score of 9.900. Another OSU gymnast who had an impressive night was Gardiner. Gardiner — like Keeker — managed not one, but two event wins on the balance beam and in the floor exercise. Gardiner was ahead of two Sun Devil gymnasts in both events, where she scored a 9.875 on beam, and a 9.900 with her floor routine. After two weeks away, the Beavers will now return home to the confines of Gill Coliseum, where they will host No. 4 Utah on Friday at 7 p.m. The Daily Barometer
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Junior jumper Michele Turney competes in Eugene April 19, 2014.
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of first place finishes in the 500-yard free. Her last outing against Utah witnessed the junior defeat her next bestplaced competition by more than half a minute in the 1,000. In addition, she managed to win the 200-yard free on the day and the 500. Sophomore breaststroker Czsarina Isleta also managed to hit the wall first most of the season in the 100-and 200-yard breaststroke, including recently against Idaho at home on Jan. 31. — the last home meet for Oregon State — which the Beavers managed to dominate their competition 151-111. Junior backstrocker Amani Amr had a dominant season within her respective discipline. Amr most recently took first in the 100-and 200-yard backstroke during the Beavers’ meet against Idaho, and has finished
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Junior guard Gary Payton II takes a break on the bench against Colorado in Corvallis Feb. 21.
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within the top three of the two events most of the season. The Beavers will now have one more shot to individually and collectively prove their worth when they take part in the Pac-12 Championships up north in Federal Way, Wash. The end of the season event will start on Wednesday evening with the 200 medley relay and 800 freestyle relay, before shifting to individual events on Thursday. The Championship is set to run through the weekend, concluding on Saturday, Feb 28. All four days will be viewable on the Pac-12 Network. The Daily Barometer On Twitter @barosports sports@dailybarometer.com
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TRACK n Continued from page 5 breaking school record after school record. During the UW Husky Invitational on Feb. 13, the Beavers managed to set five school records, most of which were individuals breaking their own records set a couple weeks earlier, but in the case of freshman sprinter Venessa D’Arpino, it meant breaking a record that stood for more than 35 years. D’Arpino managed to cross the line in the 400-meter dash with a time of 55.61 seconds, which was good enough to take down the previous record of 56.90, set by former OSU athlete Kathy Weston in 1979. D’Arpino and her teammates will need to bring that high level of competitive spring to Seattle, as only the top-eight places in each event will be scored. Following the MPSFC Championship, the track and field team will take a two-week break before competing in the NCAA Indoor Championships set to begin Friday, March 13 in Fayetteville, Ark. The Daily Barometer On Twitter @barosports sports@dailybarometer.com
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looking to Tinkle. “Thank you for the green light, though.” Now OSU looks to complement Saturday’s win with a successful road trip, a task that has tripped the Beavers com currently has OSU as the top team making the CBI. up this whole season. Stanford (17-9, 8-6 Pac-12) stands a half Tinkle said his team “can’t afford” to get game above OSU at fourth inconference caught up in any speculation about where while California (16-11, 6-8) is in sole pos- the team will be headed in mid-March, session of eighth place. OSU and UCLA but the possibilities and implications of are both tied for fifth with an 8-7 mark. the upcoming games are not lost on him. The Cardinal have a decent resume, “Its really neat that we’re even having with two wins over top-25 teams, but are those discussions (about postseason still looking for their first signature win in conference. The closest Stanford has is a tournaments),” Tinkle said. “Its exciting for the guys to think if 19-point win over ASU, they take care of busia 7-7 team in the Pac-12. ness down the stretch, Stanford has not beaten To be honest, I they make something a team currently in the happen.” didn’t think we top half of the conference standings. “To be honest, I didn’t were going to have Though OSU and think we were going to a chance for any Stanford have nearly have a chance for any the same records, the postseason play postseason play when two teams’ rosters are we first came out,” when we first almost on opposite ends Payton II added. “But we came out. of the spectrum in terms worked since day one of experience. OSU has and we know we’re going no seniors on the team, to have some (postseaGary Payton II while Stanford has six son) tournament.” Junior guard seniors, including a trio Thursday’s road game will be the next of fifth-year players. “They’ve got great leadership,” Tinkle opportunity, especially for a Beaver team said. “They’re very experienced. They’re still learning to win away from Corvallis. talented, they’ve got good depth and a It’s likely, after all, that OSU will only have good staff. I think it’s their maturity that one more home game this season, barring has put them in the position they’re in.” a CBI or NIT game in Gill Coliseum. “It’s the next progression for us,” Tinkle The Pac-12 Tournament, which starts March 11 in Las Vegas, will be the next said. “Let’s find a way to get it done on stop after the regular season ends with Thursday.” the March 4 Civil War in Gill Coliseum. Josh Worden, sports reporter The Beavers’ main hope for making the On Twitter @BrightTies NCAA Tournament would be to win the Pac-12 Tournament — bracketmatrix. sports@dailybarometer.com
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ars are dangerous. People are dangerous. Cyclists are bloodthirsty. And intersections allow all of the above to meet in truly brutal showdowns. We have all had run-ins with the eternal problems of intersections. When driving a vehicle, the issue revolves around traffic signage and what the pedestrians are doing. Sometimes pedestrians do very stupid things — like walk into traffic while texting or not looking both ways. And cyclists remain relatively well-behaved since cars are bigger. When walking, the perspective shifts to seeing what the cars are doing and what the traffic signage allows you to do. Cars are very big and very scary and this can lead to a “deer in the headlights” mentality when you realize that something is several hundred pounds heavier than you and can turn you into a people pancake if it chooses. And cyclists want to eat everyone. When riding a bicycle, the goal suddenly turns to mow anyone and everyone down in sight and ride on all of the sidewalks that say “No Bicycles,” because screw the patriarchy. Cyclists hate slow walkers and have issues coming to terms with their true natures — they are, in fact, vehicles that have to obey vehicular traffic safety laws. Point being, with these impressive giants of human transportation, trying to get them to behave in conjunction with each other can get difficult. A tense kind of harmony must be maintained. Otherwise, tragedies happen — such as in Springfield, Ore. Feb. 24 when a mother and her three children were hit while crossing the street. The children, who ranged from ages 4 to 8, were killed and the mother critically injured. Springfield’s mayor expressed that there had been an understanding that the Main Street Corridor has needed improved safety for years. This tragedy reminds us that we need to work together through constant awareness — bikes, cars and pedestrians — in order to remain safe. Look both ways before crossing the street, and pay attention the signage around you. Look absolutely everywhere when you are driving or biking so that you don’t hit anyone or anything. Use your blinkers to communicate to others which direction you are turning if in a vehicle, hand signs if you’re on a bike. Don’t text while crossing the street, driving or cycling — constant vigilance. Paying attention to your surroundings can and will save lives. Your fellow humans surround you every day and if we want to survive as a species we have to make sure we’re not killing each other with avoidable accidents.
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hen I first got interested in politics I was a big Ron Paul guy. I cut my teeth in the libertarian wing of Republican politics, which has pretty substantial — sometimes radical — anti-war sentiments. Neocon was a dirty word and the invasion of Iraq a blunder of epic proportions for me when I was 18. While my politics have evolved a lot since that time, somewhere in the back of my mind there is still that 18-year-old kid in a “Ron Paul Revolution” t-shirt. As I write this, that kid is throwing an absolute fit. But I believe it is time for the United States Congress to authorize the use of military force against ISIS.
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President Obama has made a request for the Authorization for Use of Military Force or AUMF, from Congress. Some people argue that this is unnecessary because of the original AUMF in Iraq from the early 2000s. I would disagree; the original AUMF is obsolete and outdated, dealing with nations and groups that no longer exist, and such openended Executive authority for war
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without approval from the congress Muslim, Christian, Syrian, British, is not something Japanese, Jordanian that should occur and American. in a democracy I make a point to The victims (of ISIS) with checks and watch every one of balances. are reporters, the ISIS videos I can, While I have no aid workers, not because I have a desire for America sick fetish for snuff soldiers and to be in a state films. of perpetual war, piolets, Muslim, ISIS is a real threat Because it reminds Christian, Syrian, to not only the me that there is real United States, but British, Japanese, evil in the world and also the civilized shows me how lucky Jordanian and world. I am that I have the American. I have watched option to safely lay in almost every bed at night and prevideo released tend like there isn’t. by ISIS. The victims are reporters, See VANDEVER | page 8 aid workers, soldiers and pilots,
Oregon bill to ban gay conversion therapy for youth should be passed
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onday, Feb. 23, a bill was drafted in Salem to ban conversion therapy for homosexual-identifying youth. Conversion therapy in application to repairing sexual orientation is defined by the Southern Poverty Law Center as “a dangerous practice based on the premise that people can change their sexual orientation, literally ‘converting’ from gay to straight.’” Conversion therapy has been discredited by many major American medical organizations, and determined to do more harm than good. At its gentlest, which is insulting, methods of conversion therapy
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express masculinity or femininity in an outward fashion. One does not equal the other. The next step in this stairway to hell is spiritual condemnation, which is — you guessed it — application of religion into the therapy in order to repair the individual’s misguided notions. Application can include telling a person that they will go to hell — that they are “abominations” and some ministries suggest parents disown their children if they come out. But the filthiest, most medieval form of conversion therapy is aver See RUUD | page 8
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very time I say it, I want to scrub my mouth out with hydrochloric acid using a cactus leaf as a brush. “I’m excited about graduating and joining the real world” or “I can’t wait to get a job in the real world” all invalidate our experiences in college. I never got a memo that college wasn’t “real.” College is a step that many people take to advance their lifestyle, whether that means following their passion or making a lot of money. Both if they happen to be passionate about money. It is not a deferral on life. The clock doesn’t stop. College students struggle with difficult issues. We deal with tuition fees while going to school and often working other jobs. We fall in and out of love. Some of us have health problems. Some of us deal with the death of loved ones. It might be a party for some people, but the rest of us are working hard to move forward in our lives. Even those seemingly engaged in the party lifestyle aren’t immune from life. The party ends sometime, and after that comes the hangover. Saying that college isn’t real life diminishes all that we accomplish in spite of the challenges we face. Two weeks ago, students from all over Oregon gathered at the capitol to protest the trend in rising tuition. They were actively engaged in their community at large, fighting for change. A year and a half ago, students counterprotested the Westboro Baptist Church’s protest of a local soldier’s funeral. That’s the real world right there. We students make artwork, write stories, conduct research and volunteer. Some of us are married. Some of us have children. Perhaps college can be considered preparation for our life to come, but that is a conclusion derived from the fallacy that our path through life is linear. Has anyone really told us what we’re supposed to be preparing for, anyway? We’ll spend our whole lives preparing and being caught unprepared. Some of us have switched majors several times, and many of us — about 73 percent of us, according to an article “Only 27 percent of college grads have a job related to their major” from the Washington Post — won’t even get jobs related to our majors after college. College is the real world. It’s just another part of it. t
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pose in the future. America, as the most powerful military force in the world, has the responsibility of at least debatISIS has global ambitions and has already taken ing intervention. Could getting involved militarily have negative roots in Northern Africa, and in one of its latest videos made a comment about conquering Rome. and unforeseen consequences, absolutely? I, for one, would rather deal with the negative Recent reports claim that ISIS intends to use its new foothold in Libya to launch attacks into consequence of trying to combat evil, than deal with the negative consequence Europe. of sitting on our hands as evil How many gruesome execuruns amuck in the world. tions videos, ISIS inspired terAre we going to The use of boots on the rorist attacks, and more recently ground is another discussion cyber attacks by way of the wait for an invasion that we can get into at a later “Cyber Caliphate” do we have of a NATO country? time. to sit through before we get Right now we need Are we going to serious about stopping this conversation. organization? wait until we are We need to bring these bruAre we going to wait for an hit here at home? talities into the light. invasion of a NATO country? At least for now I hope that the Are we going to wait until we United States Congress approves are hit here are home? the AUMF and that the Obama Are we going to wait until after administration gets serious about combating more Americans are brutally executed? this threat. When is enough, enough? t While I don’t always like the way that America Vandever is a senior in Political Science. The opinions expressed polices the globe, regardless of your opinion on Jacob in Vandever’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily foreign policy you cannot deny the threat that ISIS Barometer staff. Vandever can be reached at forum@dailybarometer. poses now and the even bigger threat they could com.
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butts and look at pictures of repair him. glamorous women smoking. His hands were tied together All while smelling the putrid- and placed on blocks of ice and ity of rotten he was shown sion treatment. images of men This breed of therapy is tobacco and holding hands defined by “Mind Disorders” other people’s create an as “a form of behavior therapy mouths. What is wrong with to aversion of It was very in which an aversive (causpeople that this kind men touching ing a strong feeling of dislike effective. If an adult of therapy is still legal him. or disgust) stimulus is paired “It worked with an undesirable behavior chooses to in 40-plus states? really, really, in order to reduce or eliminate partake in really well,” aversion treatthat behavior.” he said in the Such treatment can include ment then that video. “My but is not limited to, use of is his or her electric shock, bad tastes and own determination as a legal dad could barely even hug me anymore and I would scream smells, loud noises, use of adult. They are given a contract to out in pain.” chemical and pharmacological What is wrong with people stimulants to induce physical sign that details all of the things pain. Usually these unpleasant the therapist will be allowed to that this kind of therapy is still legal in 40-plus states? sensations are used in conjunc- do to them. But subjecting a kid to this? Conversion therapy was tion with images of whatever forced on 17-year-old Leelah That is disgusting. the patient is trying to become averse to. Conversion therapy only Alcorn by her parents, a transAversion treatment is typi- works to help people hate gender youth who took her life cally used as a last ditch attempt themselves and emotionally on Dec. 27, 2014. Sadly, it has taken events like to change an individual’s scar them. It tries to solve something this to gain national attention behavior in terms of unhealthy addictions such as smoking, that has never been and never for the inherent wrongness of conversion therapy — there will be a problem. pathological It leaves kids is a White House petition to gambling, feeling isolated, enact “Leelah’s Law” to ban all drug abuse Conversion therapy scared and with LGBTQ+ conversion therapy. or alcoholhigher chances So Oregon, fellow students, ism — and only works please pay attention to this bill for suicide. it has been to help people successIn YouTuber and keep it going — make sure ful in those Laci Green’s it gains traction and support. hate themselves Because this kind of therapy regards. video on conand emotionally version ther- is wrong on so many levels and No, seriscar them. apy, “Pray the too many kids have taken their ously, one gay away — lives as a result of this primiof my great Exposed,” she tive practice. aunts was used footage t trying to quit smoking back in the 70s and one of the aversion from the documentary “I’m Cassie Ruud is a senior in English. The opinions in Ruud’s columns do not necessarily treatments she was subjected to from Driftwood,” wherein a expressed represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. was having to lean over a bucket young boy described how aver- Ruud can be reached at forum@dailybaromof rank, juicy, used cigarette sion treatment was applied to eter.com.
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