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Senators pass 3 resolutions, including bill asking national legislators to reconsider ban on gay men donating blood

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The Associated Students of Oregon State University voted in favor of supporting three resolutions that would ask legislators to reconsider existing policies regarding blood donations, medical amnesty and not-for-profit housing during their meeting Tuesday evening.

Senators heard from the ASOSU task force director of queer affairs, Sam Kelly-Quattrocchi, who helped draft the resolution asking national legislators to reconsider the lifetime ban preventing gay men from donating blood. The resolution points out that modern technology and widespread education have made an untapped donation population’s blood safe and ready to save lives.

Kelly-Quattrocchi stressed that the resolution would not be asking legislators to remove the ban, which would See SENATE | page 4

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2 underwear thefts occur within 1 mile Corvallis police have taken reports on two thefts that center around the theft of women’s underwear in northern Corvallis.

The two separate incidents occurred about a month apart.

The first theft occurred Jan. 25 around the 900 block of Hayes Avenue.

The second occurred Thursday near the 600 block of Walnut Boulevard, only a mile away.

However, Capt. Henlsee of the Corvallis Police Department couldn’t speculate.

“We have no evidence to prove that the two cases are related,” Henslee said.

The January case also proved to be the second for that resident. A similar thing happened a few months prior, but it wasn’t reported due to thoughts that police couldn’t do anything about it.

There is no suspect in any of the cases due to the victims not being home during the time of the thefts.

The cases will not be investigated further until evidence is found to support a proven lead.

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Speaker, vice president sponsor bill to amend constitution, add constituencies to House

By Tori Hittner THE DAILY BAROMETER

The Associated Students of Oregon State University House of Representatives may contain constituency groups for future elections, should a bill proposed in Tuesday night’s Senate meeting pass final student approval.

The ASOSU Senate heard the first reading of the bill, which would create the possibility for change within the House’s system of representation. ASOSU Vice President Victoria Redman and Speaker Thomas Bancroft are sponsoring the bill, which calls for an amendment to

the organization’s constitution that would allow representation through constituency groups.

The proposed bill suggests that the number of seats and constituency groups would be fluid, changing annually depending on a two-thirds vote from the House and Senate or a signed petition of at least 5 percent of the student body.

The process of choosing constituency groups would be outlined in the ASOSU Statutes and therefore be susceptible to amendments proposed

by Congress. Bancroft said this would theoretically allow the constituency groups to fluctuate as university enrollment continues to grow.

Should the bill pass both the Senate and House of Representatives, it will move to a student body-wide vote. As with any amendment to the ASOSU constitution, 15 percent of the student body must vote on the matter, with

two-thirds of that turnout voting in favor of the bill.

Even after passage of the bill, all students would still be eligible to run for a congressional position. According to Bancroft, student organizations would simply “endorse candidates annually to run in the election for their respective seats.” Should no candidate be sponsored by a particular constituency, the seat would remain open for any student to fill.

“I believe this reform will provide students with better representation because all representatives will have a specific constituency to whom they will answer,” Bancroft said in a letter written for student and faculty leaders. “I also believe each organization will benefit from being directly involved with the political process.”

Bancroft provided 25 proposed See ASOSU | page 4

Oregon high school graduates may have an opportunity to attend community college for free in the future.

Similar to the “Pay it Forward” option to allow free tuition for students around 2015, the Oregon House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 1524 Tuesday, which will allow the Higher Education Coordinating Committee to investigate the option of free community college for students. Lawmakers refer to the overall program as the “Oregon Promise.”

The law passed in the House with a vote of 57-2. The Senate also approved the bill Feb. 6.

Rep. Chris Gorsek, D-Ore., said community colleges help students “become empowered, employable and engaged,” according to a news release from the Oregon Legislature. Gorsek served as a community college teacher for several years.

Oregon State University and Linn-Benton Community College offer a dual enrollment partnership for students interested in taking classes at both institutions.

Overall, students attending both schools save money on tuition costs and only have to fill out a single enrollment application.

Students in the degree partnership program also have the option to live on campus and take advantage of university dining options.

The spring deadline for the degree partnership program is March 10. Graduate students are not eligible for the program. managing@dailybarometer.com

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Administrative Services Committee hears from Corvallis community Tuesday about potential property maintenance code

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It was tenants against landlords at the Administrative Services Committee meeting Tuesday evening.

Property owners, renters and community members alike spoke during public testimony regarding a property maintenance code.

Lexie Merrill, a former OSU student and participant in Collaboration Corvallis last year, finds a change of standards necessary. In her experience, most of the issues were the fault of landlords. One of her friends had to spend time in the hospital due to illnesses related to mold and perpetual water leakage.

Several tenants elected speakers to read anonymous letters of their complaints, because they were afraid of potential backlash from their landlords.

Brian Jones, a real-estate agent in Corvallis and

Albany and a third-generation Corvallis resident, said he was concerned that the new code will create more problems of hearsay between renters and tenants with the city as the middleman.

“I think the renters have legitimate concerns and complaints,” Jones said. “However this is for the entire city, not just renters, not just OSU.” A property maintenance code may change the outlook of these renter, tenant and city relationships.

This code and the current changes are a result of recommendations from the Collaboration Corvallis workgroup on Neighborhood Livability.

The property maintenance code would be a broader adaptation from the current rental housing code, which has been in place since 2002. The current code covers issues of structural integrity, plumbing, heating, weatherproofing, smoke detectors and properly working door locks and window latches.

The new code is based on the International Code Council’s international property maintenance code, and certain changes have been made to vary the code based on property and occupancy types as well as old and historic properties.

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The recommendations look to expand neighborhood and community outreach and education for tenants, renters and neighborhood associations.

The outreach would specifically look to integrate city services in parallel with OSU student-focused services.

For example, one change from the current code encourages, but doesn’t require, tenants to communicate with their landlord before filing a complaint and these complaints cannot be anonymous.

To implement the new code would cost the city approximately $530,000 annually, which adds about $250,000 to the budget for the existing code.

Approximately 34 percent of the budget will come from property taxes, and the remaining 66 percent will be gathered through rental fees, which will increase from $12 to $30 a year.

The next Administrative Services Committee meeting with deliberations on the code will be March 5 at 3:30 p.m. in the Madison Avenue Meeting Room.

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One too many vodka Red Bulls Corvallis police arrested Derek Huizinga, 23, after the Peacock Bar and Grill staff detained him at 12:44 a.m.

Huizinga allegedly grabbed a female and attempted to punch a male inside the bar.

As the bouncers were walking him out of the bar, he ripped a bouncer’s shirt, valued at $25, and didn’t leave once he was outside. Officers were forced to cuff him and place him in leg hobbles after he continued to attempt to break the police car’s windows. He was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital and then the Benton County Correctional Facility where he was charged with harassment, criminal trespass II, attempted criminal mischief II and disorderly conduct I.

of alcohol coming from the vehicle. The driver, Kevin Barton, 26, allegedly spoke with slurred words and had bloodshot eyes. He consented to standard field sobriety tests, which he failed. Barton was arrested for driving under the influence of intoxicants and was released to his wife.

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whiskey. Residents were able to recover the laptop, but when questioned about the other items Bereket allegedly threw a glass bottle and took off. The residents chased him down a block away on 26th Street. When questioned, Bereket admitting to stealing whiskey but suggested that someone just put the laptop in his bag. He was arrested for theft I, attempted assault II, disorderly conduct II and minor-in-possession of alcohol.

Be free, sheep Oregon State troopers and Benton County sheriffs reported to Walnut Boulevard for an alleged hit-and-run at the Oregon State University sheep barn at 6:45 a.m. Authorities at the scene found a vehicle crashed into a fence, but no driver. OSU faculty said there were no sheep in the barn at the time. Deputies later arrested Torry Joyner, 42, at his Friday, February 21 residence for the crime. After several tests That awkward moment when there’s and searches were performed, he was Saturday, February 22 a laptop in your bag arrested for driving under the influence If only McDonald’s delivered Multiple officers had to report to a of intoxicants, reckless driving, criminal fight at the intersection of 26th Street and Benton County sheriffs pulled over a mischief II, failure to preform dutiesHarrison Avenue. As Raphael Bereket, 20, driver for an improper left turn into the property and unlawful possession of was leaving a party, he was questioned McDonald’s parking lot on Third Street. marijuana, less than one ounce. about a missing laptop and bottle of Deputies could allegedly smell the odor managing@dailybarometer.com

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CRAMming: an effective method The ASOSU CRAM program, also known as Coordinate your Rides and Motor-vehicles, grew in popularity despite rising gas prices.

The program supplied rides to and from campus for “at least 150 university students a year.” Mostly used by commuters, the CRAM Volkswagen bug picked up students from Salem, Eugene, Monmouth and even Depoe Bay. The project originally had an operating budget of $30 per year but was hoping to earn more funding with the increase in student use.

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When the smoke clears

Students could no longer smoke inside the Oregon State coliseum after six signs were placed around the lower balcony reminding spectators that smoking would not be tolerated in the indoor location. The smoking ban was placed after smokers allowed “burning cigarettes to fall on the playing floor which burn(ed) it and (left) permanent marks.” Only the lower sections were adorned with signs, as it was more difficult to enforce the rule in higher seats.

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The Oregon State College communications club compiled a pamphlet “containing the amateur radio station and operator license call letters held by students” in Corvallis.

The gathered list would provide students the opportunity to communicate with each other more efficiently via Ham radio. Only two women were listed as “licensed amateurs” who frequently communicated on the amateur Ham station.

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The Oregon Senate passed a new bill to help regulate the health and wellness of honeybees and other pollinating insects on Monday.

House Bill 4139, which passed Feb. 14 through the Oregon House of Representatives, aims to implement regulations on pesticides that could harm bees and other pollenating insects. Working with Oregon State University, the State’s Department of Agriculture could better regulate practices for ensuring proper care techniques.

The impacting actions would include enhanced training for employees who use pesticides, a task force committee to study pollinator health and report on any unsatisfactory findings.

The assembled task force would include a representative for retailers, a master gardener and a master beekeeper, according to the bill text.

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Lottery fund initiative OK’d by Supreme Court

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GRANTS PASS — An idea that originated in Josephine County to redistribute Oregon Lottery revenue, so that counties would receive a portion of proceeds directly to be used to support public safety, has cleared legal hurdles that will allow signature gathering to begin.

Cliff Thomason, a member of the local group Securing Our Safety, said the Oregon Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of the ballot title’s language. The court is scheduled to certify its decision March 3, Thomason said.

Organizers will then have until July 3 to collect 116,000 signatures of registered Oregon voters in order to place the question on the statewide November ballot.

Voters will be asked to amend the Oregon Constitution so that 50 percent of the lottery’s net proceeds would go to counties “for specified public purposes (economic development, education, natural resources), plus public safety,” the ballot title states.

Local supporters previously collected 1,000 signatures, the amount required to have the state attorney general review the ballot title. The group then appealed the attorney general’s revisions to the Oregon Supreme Court, Thomason said, because they weren’t satisfied with the revised language.

“Our No. 1 opponent to this initiative is the state, because it takes away their control of that money,” Thomason said.

As it stands, all lottery money is used for specified public purposes such as economic development, education and natural resources, but not public safety.

Thomason said it took two months for the final ballot title to be approved, leaving supporters with a narrow window to collect signatures.

As a result, the group intends to use direct mailings and hire professional signature collectors.

To pay for that, Thomason said he will be touring the state in an effort to raise $400,000 over the next six weeks.

Portland sees progress in sexual assault investigations

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PORTLAND — The Portland Police Bureau says it’s making changes to sexual assault investigations, in line with the recommendations of a city audit.

A new audit was released Tuesday on the Portland Police Bureau’s sexual assault investigations. It’s a follow-up to a report issued seven years ago.

In 2007, the City Auditor’s Office issued a report on how Portland was responding to sexual assault cases. It found the city falling short: few medical resources were available to victims, many 911 operators weren’t consistently providing victims procedures on how to preserve evidence, and there was high turnover among detectives.

The new report finds progress overall. More medical resources are available to victims. Turnover among detectives is lower, but 911 operators are still inconsistent in giving instructions to victims about how to preserve evidence.

Drummond Kahn is the director of Audit Services for Portland.

He said this audit compares operations with 2007.

“And what we found was that there’s been significant improvement in many areas, but the audit recommendations point to the few areas where progress can still be made,” Kahn said.

Kahn said those include requiring detectives to try to follow up with victims before they close a case.

Sgt. Greg Stewart with the Portland Police said the bureau has made significant changes to policies, procedures, and training.

“A couple of the items that we can’t implement are related to data and that’s only because we’re implementing entirely new records management system.”

Stewart said it’s a gradual change, but the bureau hopes to become better at tracking information.

Calendar Wednesday, Feb. 26 Meetings OSU College Republicans, 7pm, Gilkey 113. Join us for discussion of club and current events. Come have fun with like-minded people.

Recreational Sports, 9-10am, Dixon Recreation Center Conference Room.

RecSports Board Meeting.

Speakers Women’s Center, 10am-1pm, Women’s Center. Special guest speaker Baba Wagué Diakité will be speaking about the people of Mali, the Mali and African culture, the importance of storytelling, and its place in social functions.

Events Political Science Honor Society, 5:30-6:30pm, Gilkey 305. “Pizza and Politics” returns! Take a break from studying for the upcoming finals to eat pizza and discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. All are welcome!

International Programs, Noon-2pm, MU International Resource Center.

Explore 10 short term study abroad programs that OSU faculty will lead this summer and fall.

Thursday, Feb. 27 Meetings Baha’i Campus Association, 12:30pm, MU Talisman Room. Soul, Spirit and Mind - A discussion.

Speakers College of Forestry, 3:30-5pm, Richardson Hall 107. 2014 Starker Lecture Series - Working Forests Across the Landscape. “ A Luxuriant Landscape: Oregon’s working forest landscapes, an ecological perspective” - Tom Spies, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station.

Events Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center, 5-6:30pm, Snell 427. Come and play a game of Jeopardy based off of Black History.

Campus Crusade for Christ, 7pm, MU Lounge. Ask Me Anything: OSU professors and local pastors answer your questions on God, faith and Christianity. All are invited to come and ask questions.

Women’s Center & Ettihad Cultural Center, 6-8pm, Women’s Center. International Women’s Social. Celebrate the upcoming International Women’s Day. We will provide dessert and activities.

Friday, Feb. 28 Meetings Educational Activities Committee, 11am-12:30pm, MU 207. Meeting.

Events Women’s Center, Noon-1pm, Women’s Center. Voices is a CAPS sponsored support group for OSU women. This confidential drop-in group is designed to be a safe place to offer and receive support and information surrounding a variety of concerns related to interpersonal/sexual violence and harassment.

Saturday, Mar. 1 Events Coalition for Community Dialogue, 10am-4pm, MU 211. Winter Training: Exploring Systems of Oppression. This training will guide participants through an examination of these systems and their impact, as well as provide a space to envision modes of resistance.

Free, RSVP required.

Sunday, Mar. 2 Events Omani Students Association (OSA), 6-8pm, MU Ballroom. Omani Night (Cultural Night).

Monday, Mar. 3 Meetings Campus Recylcing, 5:30-6:30pm, Student Sustainability Center. Waste Watchers Weekly Meetings - Come learn about volunteer opportunities and help plan waste reduction events and outreach around campus.

Events Women’s Center, 3-5pm, MU Lounge.

History Reception. Come learn and celebrate how far women have come & how far we want to go. Come enjoy the celebration & activities.

Wednesday, Mar. 5 Meetings OSU College Republicans, 7pm, Gilkey 113. Join us for discussion of club and current events. Come have fun with like-minded people.

Thursday, Mar. 6 Meetings Baha’i Campus Association, 12:30pm, MU Talisman Room. The Causes of the Difference in the Character of Human Beings - A discussion.

Events Women’s Center, Noon-1pm, Women’s Center. Mental Wellness Series. Join us and learn how to manage depression and anxiety during stressful times.

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Homegrown program goes to next level

By Kathy Aney EAST OREGONIAN eastoregonian.com

PENDLETON — Here’s one recipe for academic success.

Take a slice of the educational world such as schools in northeast Oregon. Introduce students early to the idea of attending college, and let it marinate. Give them access to college classes while still in high school at only $10 per credit hour.

That’s Eastern Promise in a nutshell.

Robyn Frye, for instance, graduated from Hermiston High School only last spring, but is already a junior at George Fox University. Her mother, Lisa Frye, a chemistry teacher at HHS, said her daughter also took two classes directly from Blue Mountain Community College, but most classes were taught in high school by Hermiston teachers. “The financial savings were huge,� Lisa said. “By shaving off those two years, she saved close to $80,000.�

Eastern Promise is a collaboration between three colleges (Blue Mountain Community

College, Eastern Oregon University and Treasure Valley Community College) and 33 northeast Oregon school districts. The Intermountain Education Service District is the glue that holds them all together. The pilot program kicked off in 2011 and soon attracted grant funding from the state. The state’s Department of Education is now accepting proposals for similar programs in other parts of Oregon.

The state’s Chief Education Officer, Nancy Golden, called the program a model to replicate. “This is the best model we have going so far,� Golden said. “Nobody has really cracked the code on accelerated learning like Eastern Promise.�

Monday, her voice flowed from a speaker phone sitting on a conference table in the office of Intermountain ESD Superintendent Mark Mulvihill. Gathered around were Mulvihill, Eastern Promise Executive Director Danny Mielke, Blue Mountain Community College President

Camille Preus, Eastern Promise K-12 Director Kris Mulvihill and IMESD Communications Director Casey White.

The mood was celebratory, the ambiance of a group that had tasted success in even greater measure than they had originally dreamed.

Even the $465,000-$650,000 DOE grants bear the program’s imprint in the moniker — the Eastern Promise Replication Grant. The state will award two or three of them in April to consortia in Oregon that must be constructed similarly (with at least one Oregon university, at least one community college, at least three school districts and at least one education service district).

Mielke said students in the region racked up about 4,000 credit hours in the last year. “We have two overarching goals,� he said. “The first is to increase access to early college credits and the second is to create a college-going culture.�

The latter is accomplished by talking about college in grade school and helping students formulate their own plans and imagine themselves

in college. High school freshmen take a college course called Success 101.

Kris Mulvihill talks about Eastern Promise with undisguised passion for a program that gets students to college and gets them there cheaply.

Theoretically, a student could earn a college degree for less than $3,000. “Not only does Eastern Promise prepare students for the rigors of college, but it saves them money,� she said.

Robyn Frye’s mother said her daughter didn’t have to slave every minute to cut two years and $80,000 from her college journey. She participated in theatre and helped with a church youth group. In her senior year, she worked a part-time job. “She dedicated herself,� Lisa Frye said, “but it was very doable.�

Mark Mulvihill, along with everyone else at the table, has worked long hours on the program. He said he is proud of the grassroots effort. “This is organic,� he said. “We started it out of our own budgets.�

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PORTLAND — The Metro Council unanimously backed a legislative compromise Tuesday to salvage long-term growth plans just ahead of a public hearing in Salem.

Metro’s move is a vote of confidence in legislating revisions to Portland area growth maps, in the wake of a devastating court decision.

It took years for Metro and the three counties to agree on a map of rural and urban reserves to chart growth over the next five decades.

The reserves drew court challenges from property owners and interest groups.

A few weeks ago, legislators worked up changes to the reserves’ map - a move that Metro councilors opposed, at first.

Then, the Appeals Court ruled and blew

big holes in the approved map, finding fault with how counties identified areas for growth or conservation. “The court decision changed everybody’s attitude about the value of holding out, of not compromising, basically,� said Metro president Tom Hughes.

As it stands now, the legislative plan leaves much of the reserves map alone, though it would alter some particularly controversial spots.

Metro councilors weren’t entirely happy.

Carlotta Collette represents much of Clackamas County on Metro. “I mean I think this is a pretty good outcome from a pretty serious remand from the Court of Appeals, “ Collette told her council colleagues. “I’m a bit concerned about my district, concerned about where this puts us for the next urban growth boundary decisions.�

A majority of Clackamas County commissioners have expressed their opposition to the bargain, arguing it helps Washington County at their jurisdiction’s expense.

Hughes expressed confidence that a deal has the support of Governor John Kitzhaber - given the role of the governor’s adviser. “He was scheduled to be with us for an hour to help mediate on Friday, and he blew off two other meetings and stayed all the way through until five,� Hughes said. “I think he was pretty sincere about getting something done.�

Hughes says the deal doesn’t alleviate a concern he’s had about the reserves’ map. He wanted more urban reserves designated for future development. By his quick math, the new draft map shrinks urban reserves by a few thousand acres.

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Hundreds line up to honor soldier’s sacrifice, generous spirit

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BEAVERTON — John Alexander Pelham made his mark on the world in the highly disciplined, tough-as-nails grind of a U.S. Army Special Forces Unit.

Lurking beneath the stonefaced bravery depicted in his military photos, however, was an eager-to-entertain free spirit — one who, as his younger brother recalled on Monday morning, liked to spend leisure hours in orangecolored Crocs. “My brother and I always made fun of him for wearing them, but he told me it didn’t matter because he liked them,� said Dylan Pelham of his older sibling’s fondness for foam footwear. “We asked him what you could do in Crocs, and he said, ‘You can do anything you want in Crocs,’ and started running laps around the property. “He was always willing to make us happy.�

Dylan was among the family members and friends who lovingly shared stories about the son, brother and nephew they knew as “Alex� at a memorial service for him at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in Beaverton, Ore. .

Close to 1,000 friends, relatives, military veterans, public safety workers and respectful

members of the community turned out for the 90-minute service honoring U.S. Army Spc. Pelham, a 2010 Sunset High School graduate killed in action on Feb. 12, in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan.

Se r v i n g his second “Operation Enduring Freedom� tour of duty with the 2nd Batallion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Pelham, 22, was struck and killed by enemy small arms gunfire.

In addition to those who packed the LDS church’s sanctuary and adjacent gymnasium, dozens more lined the flag-marked funeral procession route on BeavertonHillsdale Highway to pay their respects as Pelham’s body was taken to Willamette National Cemetery in Southeast Portland for a full military burial. Flags flew at half-staff not only at Beaverton-area public buildings, but across the state after an order from Gov. John Kitzhaber on Friday to honor Pelham’s sacrifice to his country.

Bishop Stuart Harris of the church’s West Hills Stake led the memorial service, which featured touching musical interludes including the hymns “Have I Done Any Good?� and “Onward Christian Soldiers,� and family friend John Peterson sing-

ing “Oh That I Were an Angel,� accompanied by JaneAnne Peterson. Applause followed a heartrending version of the “Star Spangled Banner� sung

by Halle Lederer, Alex’s 5-yearold niece. “Anyone want to follow that?� asked Alex’s father Wendall, who followed his granddaughter to the podium, adding “my heart is extremely full of love and compassion.�

Explaining his son’s decision while at Sunset High School to go by the name “John� to honor his grandfather and other family members with the name, Wendall noted the family’s proud military lineage. “The Pelhams are very blessed,� he said. “We come from a very long line of distinguished service men and women ... . We were blessed to have numbers of soldiers fight in the Civil War ... . It’s in our family blood. It’s part of our tree.�

Wendall praised his son’s generosity and willingness to help those in need. “John Alexander Pelham ... was bigger than life, and God bless him, he’s even bigger than death,� he said. “Everything he did was big.

John had a heart as big as his life. Those who were considered downtrodden or not popular, or just different, he’d be the one to go take care of

‘em. He’d be the one to step up and go, ‘Really, you want to pick on this guy? How about me? Go ahead, take your best shot.’� “We were so blessed to have him in our lives.�

Fighting back tears, Alex’s mother Dawn spoke of her son’s big smile, infectious laugh and knack for an engaging story. One of his favorites involved coming across a soldier who’d gone through some basic training classes in his wake. “When they were introducing him, the (soldier) just said, ‘No way!’ “ she shared. “He said, ‘Yep, I’m John Pelham.’ He’s just shaking his head. Alex goes ‘What?’ The guy said, ‘We thought they made you up, man!’ (Alex) is like, ‘No, here I am. I did it all.’ “He had to be the best at what he did,� his mother explained. “He loved being in the military, he loved serving his assignment and his (military) brothers. We’re grateful that he lived the way he wanted to live, that he accomplished what he wanted to, and we’re so grateful to know he’ll forever be part of our family. “Alex, I love you so much. I miss you so much. I can’t wait to see you again,� she said. “Thank you for being my son.�

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PORTLAND — If your drinking water comes from Oregon’s Bull Run watershed, and you live in a home built between 1970 and 1985, the Portland Water Bureau has some bad news for you.

Your drinking water could have high levels of lead.

The Portland Water Bureau tests the water in the kitchen sinks of 120 high-risk homes twice a year. In the latest round of testing, more than 10 percent of the homes tested had water that exceeded the EPA’s lead standard of 15 parts per billion.

The Portland Water Bureau does treat Bull Run drinking water to make it less corrosive by raising the pH of the water. Instead it does takes a less aggressive approach to treatment than many large metro areas and focuses on educating the public about the risks of lead in homes, according to Scott Bradway, a water quality manager with the Portland Water Bureau.

“We proposed to the state that instead of building additional treatment facilities, the best benefit for the public and the public health would be

to utilize those resources to help fund lead paint hazard reduction throughout the community,” Bradway said.

According to the Portland Water Bureau, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 10 to 20 percent of a person’s potential exposure to lead may come from drinking water.

In response to the elevated test results, water bureaus in the Portland metro area have mailed letters to 25,000 homes where lead in drinking water could be a health concern.

Bradway says a relatively small portion of Portland homes are at risk.

“Where lead is found in Portland is in household plumbing. And in particular, it’s found in a small portion of homes; generally those that were built between 1970 and 1985 that have copper pipes and lead solder. “ Bradway says it’s a common misconception that homes with some of the oldest pipes have lead in them. But very old pipes were made of iron.

The Portland Water Bureau has made an effort to notify households with pregnant women and children under six, who are particularly vulnerable to health problems caused by lead.

Proposal to study online voting advances

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SALEM — With submitted public opinion running heavily against the idea, the Senate last week voted to pass a bill to the House that proposes studying the feasibility of Internet voting in Oregon.

Sen. Bruce Starr, R-Hillsboro, carried Senate Bill 1515 and told the chamber that he’d been advised that the Secretary of State’s office had said it could absorb a study under the current budget, “so cost wouldn’t be an issue,” Starr said.

But a half-dozen Oregonians commenting in earlier com-

mittee hearings voiced strong opposition to online voting for a variety of reasons.

Sam Croskell of Portland wrote that the state’s track record with Cover Oregon’s website and the recent security breach at the Secretary of State’s office were sufficient proof that the risks associated with online voting weren’t worth taking.

Albany resident Wendy Frome also asked the senators not to move SB 1515 forward.

“It would be wasting taxpayer funds to study Internet voting. We need to be working to make our elections more secure, not spending money to study less-secure methods of

voting,” Frome said.

And Senate Republican Leader Ted Ferrioli, R-John Day, told his colleagues on the Senate floor that he was “vigorously opposed” to online voting.

“But this vote is for a study,” Ferrioli said. “We need to do what we can to increase voter participation, especially among young people, and this study could talk about that. It could also address all that could go wrong with online voting. I personally believe Internet voting would destroy the sanctity of the secret ballot, but this is about a study, so I am voting for it.”

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During the meeting, senators also approved Senators passed the resolution, 7-1, with one a resolution regarding the Collegiate Housing abstention.

Despite only having heard the first reading, Infrastructure Act. The resolution asks that senators dispensed with tradition and voted to donations made to Greek houses for facility approve a resolution regarding medical amnesty improvements be tax deductible. According to for inebriated minors. The resolution, being a Vice President Victoria Redman, current loop“little behind the game,” according to Taylor holes make it difficult for not-for-profit student Sarman, the ASOSU executive direction of housing to receive proper upkeep and repairs. government relations, was amended to reflect Tori Hittner the recent passage of a similar bill in the state Higher education reporter legislature. managing@dailybarometer.com

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Twenty-two of the seats represent particular constituency groups, while three seats remain at-large for any student to fill.

The proposed bill lists the 5.8 percent enrollment increase

from 2012 to 2013 and concerns in recent years about Congress’ structure as major evidence pointing to the need for reform.

Bancroft and Redman believe the amendment would create greater involvement within student government and better represent the needs of particular student groups on campus.

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Morris-Walker’s climb from 13th man to starter Sophomore guard Langston Morris-Walker has morphed into a starter despite barely playing early in season

at the bottom and he’s worked his way into being…”

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By Grady Garrett State sophomore guard evolved into a THE DAILY BAROMETER player worthy of the adjective Robinson Craig Robinson has an extensive eventually chose. vocabulary, one he extracts words from Trying to be a scorer as effortlessly as a Division I basketball Rewind to April 2013. Morris-Walker player converts an uncontested layup. was coming off a respectable freshman Unless, apparently, he’s talking about campaign, one in which the athletic Langston Morris-Walker.

6-foot-5 guard earned 9.7 minutes per “Langston should be a case study in game by playing hard-nosed defense college basketball playing,” Robinson and developing a reputation for being said at a press conference earlier this an “energy guy.” month. “… I just love the fact that he was “He was probably ahead of all the other n

guys (Victor Robbins, Olaf Schaftenaar, Jarmal Reid) in his class,” Robinson said.

But Morris-Walker wanted a bigger role for his sophomore season; he just needed to figure out how to go about securing one. And when sharp-shooting guard Ahmad Starks announced in April that he was transferring to Illinois, the answer became clear in Morris-Walker’s mind.

Morris-Walker, who averaged a paltry 1.8 points per game as a freshman, needed to score.

“I’m a way better scorer than what I showed,” he told The Daily Barometer on the day news of Starks’ decision broke.

“I wasn’t needed to be able to score (as a freshman), but as a sophomore with

t’s been nearly 20 years since an Oregon State University basketball team has made it to the NCAA Tournament.

The last time the Beavers were represented in March Madness was when the women’s team qualified back in 1996. The men’s team hasn’t been invited since 1990.

There is a very real chance that streak will end next month.

In 2014, it’s becoming more and more likely that Oregon State will be sending its women’s team to the Big Dance. The Beavers currently own a 19-9 record, including 11-5 in conference games, which puts them in a tie for third place in the Pac-12. As a result, ESPN has the Beavers penciled in as the 64th and final team to make the tournament.

But much like the tournament itself, anything can still happen.

There are two games left, the season isn’t over, conference tournaments have yet to be held and the Beavers haven’t clinched a berth in the tournament by any means.

In fact, the only way they can guarantee themselves a spot is if they win the Pac-12 tournament.

It could happen. Stranger things have.

The Beavers are riding a remarkable seven-game winning streak, all coming against conference foes, and all of them by 10 or

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Mahoney more points. If they win either of their games this weekend, they’ll have a bye in the first round of the conference tournament. Friday they play Arizona, owners of a 1-15 conference record and lost to the Beavers earlier this season.

Even with a first-round bye, though, the path to a Pac-12 championship is likely to go through Stanford again, as it does every year. It’s hard to see Oregon State running the table with Stanford lurking.

So if the Beavers don’t win the Pac-12 Tournament, they have to be invited via an at-large bid.

The 32 remaining spots are given to the 32 best remaining teams, regardless of what conference they’re in, so it’s anyone’s guess as to how the selection committee ranks teams and conferences.

A year ago, the Pac-12 sent four teams.

Fifth-place Washington did not receive an invitation after a 19-10, 11-7 season. Two years ago, only two teams from the Pac-12 made the cut. Third-place USC missed See MAHONEY | page 6

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Former Oregon State football players Scott Crichton and Rashaad Reynolds participated in the 2014 NFL Combine Monday and Tuesday to show off their skills for teams.

Crichton — who has been projected to be drafted as high as the late first round by ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay — had mixed reviews after his performance Monday.

The 6-foot-3, 273-pound defensive end performed best in the three cone drill, finishing in 7.19 seconds, which was good for sixth out of all defensive linemen.

His 4.84-second 40-yard dash was 14th for all defensive linemen. He also recorded 24 reps in the bench press and

recorded a vertical of 31.5 inches.

Despite running slower than expected, ESPN analyst Steve Muench, who was at the Combine, didn’t think the results would affect his draft stock.

“Oregon State DE Crichton ran avg 40, didn’t jump well and looked ok on field. Not worried. Tape speaks for itself. He can play #Combine,” Muench tweeted.

Reynolds, on the other hand, exceeded many people’s expectations across the board.

The 5-foot-10, 189-pound cornerback tied for Crichton first among all cornerbacks in the 20-yard shuttle (4.0 seconds), tied for third in bench press with 30 reps and tied for fourth in the three cone drill (6.72 seconds).

His vertical jump was recorded at

37.5 inches — higher than fellow Combine participant and former teammate Brandin Cooks — and his 40-yard dash time was officially 4.51 seconds.

Reynolds participated Tuesday, the final day of Reynolds the Combine.

The 4.33-second 40-yard dash Cooks recorded Sunday ended up being the second-fastest time of any player at the Combine and was first among wide receivers.

Cooks, Crichton and Reynolds are all expected to participate in Oregon State’s Pro Day, the last chance the trio will have to impress scouts before the 2014 NFL Draft on May 8.

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The OSU swimming team has been working hard the entire season to prepare for one meet in particular: the Pac-12 Championships.

The Beavers have been tapering, making sure their bodies are well rested going into this meet, the final of the season for many.

Oregon State is in Washington for the Pac-12 Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships, which start Wednesday and last through Sunday.

This meet will end up being the last of the season for many of OSU’s swimmers, unless they qualify for the NCAAs. While anything can happen at championship meets, the Beavers will most likely be sending two swimmers further in the postseason — senior Crystal Kibby and sophomore Sammy Harrison.

Harrison is ranked in the top 40 nationally for the 1,650-yard freestyle, and will have top competition for her event at the Pac-12 Championships.

“At Pac-12s I’m going to be fifth in the mile,” Harrison said. “So I’ll be in the finals heat and I’ll be with the top girl who goes the time that is my goal time.”

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MORRIS-WALKER n Continued from page 5 Ahmad and Joe (Burton) leaving, we’re going to have 20 points to fill in.”

That number ballooned to 43 when it was revealed in July that the Beavers would begin the season without forwards Eric Moreland and Devon Collier, who received 12- and one-game suspensions, respectively.

The formula for playing time, MorrisWalker surmised, was attempts plus makes. So he forced shots in preseason practices, eager to prove he was a better offensive player than his 32.6 field goal percentage as a freshman indicated.

Only Robinson wasn’t impressed.

“Psychologically, when you think you want to be a scorer but your role isn’t to be a scorer, you take bad shots because you think you should be scoring,” Robinson said.

Morris-Walker was to, as Robinson put it, “focus on everything but scoring.”

“I wasn’t very accepting of it,” MorrisWalker admitted.

By the time he relented, it was too late. Robbins had earned the starting small forward (or third guard) role — the one Morris-Walker had set his sights on — and Schaftenaar’s 3-point stroke and Reid’s perimeter defense had earned each of them roles in the rotation. There was no room for Morris-Walker.

“Once he got it,” Robinson said, “he had to go down to No. 13 and fight his way back up.”

SWIMMING n Continued from page 5 16:06.86. Harrison’s best time this year is 16:19.81.

This meet is the most important due to the fact that this is when the swimmers should be peaking. Most of the season they are working, building speed and endurance, which can sometimes tire them out during their meets. Now that they are tapered — or rested — they should be hitting their top times.

“Clearly we are working on a lot more speed,” said head coach Larry Liebowitz.

“We’re doing a lot more quality work now.”

Both Kibby and Harrison have hit B-standards for the postseason — Kibby in the 200 breaststroke and 200 IM and Harrison in the 500 and 1650 freestyle.

This gives them the chance to go to nationals, but making an A-standard time guarantees them a spot, something

Feeling like a walk-on Morris-Walker was a forgotten man on Oregon State’s Oct. 1 media day, when he was left to hoist jumpers and goof around while reporters flocked to his teammates. He went ignored because Robinson had just finished a 35-minute, tell-all press conference in which he didn’t mention Morris-Walker once.

Once games commenced, he found himself bolted to the bench, checking in only after outcomes had long been decided. He was often the only OSU scholarship player on the court at the end of blowout victories.

“I would get tweets (saying), ‘Langston, you are a walk-on,’” he said. “After awhile, I started taking it. ‘I am a walk-on.’”

Making matters worse was the coaches’ distrust in Morris-Walker’s understanding of the offense. In one preseason interview, Robinson, in regards to Morris-Walker, said: “When you’re depending on five guys to be on the same page (offensively), if you have one guy who’s not, it hurts the trust factor.”

So Morris-Walker played a total of 13 minutes in OSU’s first eight games.

“That was a hard time in my life,” he said. “I felt like I had done what I had to do to be able to play.”

Did the thought of transferring ever cross his mind?

“My mom said, ‘You have to finish what you start,’” Morris-Walker said.

“She kept preaching that.”

they’re both aiming for.

The rest of the team will be competing alongside Kibby and Harrison, and although they might not be going to nationals, Liebowitz wants everyone to succeed in their own way.

“I expect them to smile when they look at the scoreboard,” Liebowitz said.

“Regardless of where we’re finishing, that if the times are where we want them to be, we’ll be smiling.”

Despite Kibby and Harrison leading the way for most of the season, Liebowitz said he expects that a few others could surprise some people, but didn’t want to reveal who those swimmers were.

The meet will begin on Wednesday and end on Sunday. It will be aired on the Pac-12 Networks, Monday at 9 p.m.

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So he logged extra hours in the gym and routinely visited coaches’ offices to go over plays. In practice, he tried to prove he was willing to do whatever the coaches asked of him.

By mid-December, he had set a goal for himself. He wanted to play three to five “good” minutes per game. By “good,” he meant minutes that counted. Not minutes reserved for walk-ons.

Making the most of an opportunity Morris-Walker got his chance at the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii.

Robbins was amid a shooting slump, and neither Schaftenaar nor Reid had proven they deserved more than the 13-or-so minutes they were averaging.

And perhaps even more worrisome was OSU’s susceptibility to lackadaisical stretches.

Looking for a sparkplug after OSU lost to Akron on Dec. 23, Robinson played Morris-Walker for 17 minutes versus George Mason. Two days later, Morris-Walker logged 12 minutes versus Hawaii.

He left a favorable impression on his coach.

“Once he stopped trying to focus on scoring, his game opened up,” Robinson said.

The next game, Morris-Walker made his first career start.

He’s started every game but one since.

Looking at the stats, it’s hard to figure out how he has maintained a spot in the rotation — let alone a starting gig.

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And his best measurable attribute — his 3-point shooting — isn’t nearly as impressive as it once was; he’s 5-for18 on treys since beginning the season 11-for-21.

Robinson, however, has a counterargument to every unimpressive stat.

If you asked him to sum up MorrisWalker’s contributions in one word, he’d say they’re “immeasurable.” But he’d prefer to go into detail.

For starters, there’s Morris-Walker’s defensive prowess. Robinson called him an “absolute stalwart defender,” and he often draws the opponent’s best perimeter scorer.

There’s his skewed rebounding average (2.2 per game), which doesn’t reflect how often he tips missed shots to teammates.

MAHONEY n Continued from page 5 out after a 17-11, 12-6 season.

This year, at 19-9 overall and 11-5 in the Pac-12, the Beavers already have as many total wins as Washington did, and another win this weekend would put them on USC’s level in terms of conference victories. No Pac-12 team has ever been denied an invitation with 20 total wins and 12 conference wins.

Meanwhile, the Beavers are having an improbably good season.

Almost no one thought this team would be this good, not even its head coach, Scott Rueck.

Prior to the season, Pac-12 coaches voted on how the conference standings would look by the season’s end.

Oregon State was picked to finish in eighth place in the Pac-12, which

Rueck initially thought was too high.

The Beavers are just one year removed from a 10-21 season, including 4-14 in the conference.

That year, they finished 11th, and this year they feature a roster that includes nine underclassmen and just two upperclassmen, so it’s incredible what this group has been able to do.

But if you add that to the fact that the Beavers have not registered a win against a top-50 team this season, it should be of some concern that the selection committee might view their season as a fluke. A win Friday against Arizona is unlikely to tip the scales because they are not a top-50 team.

If that’s the case, then everything the Beavers have been working for this season will boil down to one game: the regular-season finale.

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“He gets two of those a game,” Robinson said. “And at very critical times.”

There’s the belief that he leads the team in floor burns.

“Every single hustle play,” Robinson said, “he’s either the guy who initiated it or the guy who ended up with the ball.”

And there’s the fact the he serves as the team’s Energizer bunny.

“Just me playing with a lot of energy makes the team play with a lot of energy because if someone doesn’t, they’re going to look like a sore thumb,” MorrisWalker said.

Morris-Walker’s evolution is something Robinson loves to discuss, the kind of thing that “warms his heart as a coach.”

As for that adjective?

“He’s irreplaceable.”

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State Sunday, and an Oregon State victory would go a long way toward clinching a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Arizona State is a perfect example of the elite team that Oregon State has not beaten this season.

The Beavers are tied with the Sun Devils for third place in the conference, and each team is still trying to make it into the NCAA Tournament.

If that’s not motivation enough, the Beavers haven’t forgotten what happened when these teams met earlier this season.

The Beavers let a seven-point lead slip away in the final 95 seconds, giving Arizona State the win.

With everything to gain, Sunday could be vengeance day for Oregon State.

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Despite the Beavers’ skill with the aluminum and leather, college baseball teams and players rarely make the national spotlight outside of the College World Series in June.

That all changed two weeks ago when news broke that the NCAA was suspending OSU pitcher Ben Wetzler.

In June 2013, the Philadelphia Phillies selected Wetzler in the fifth round of the MLB Draft. College baseball players are eligible to leave for greener pastures after their junior year, and have the choice of whether to leave a year early for the pros or return to college for their senior season.

Wetzler chose to come back to the Beavers with the hope of returning to Omaha, Neb., for another chance to win a national championship.

Shortly after he decided to come back to OSU, he told one of our reporters that he gave the Phillies a signing bonus figure during negotiations — a dollar amount he said was purposely high because he had to be overwhelmed if he were to leave the Beavers — and they didn’t match it.

A few months later, the Phillies, in a childish and devious manner, ratted him out to the NCAA. During negotiations, Wetzler had an adviser in the room with him, and because this person was involved with contract negotiations, it was an NCAA violation.

The NCAA investigated this for three months and ultimately came down on Wetzler with an 11-game suspension Friday.

Wetzler is a college student. His parents are farmers. This was his first rodeo.

And guess what? Nearly every other player in the same situation has done the same thing. The difference was that the Phillies were upset with Wetzler for not signing, so they turned him in.

They snitched.

While there is a bylaw in the NCAA rules about this, it’s become clear over the past two weeks that an unwritten rule exists, which says that having someone to help players — who are sometimes not even old enough to legally consume alcohol — with six- or seven-figure contract decisions is acceptable.

Wetzler’s actions are no different than jaywalking. If you cross Monroe Avenue in the shortest possible distance to Qdoba, even if a patrol car is right there, no action will be taken — unless it’s 2:30 a.m. and you’re stumbling and vomiting.

The national media’s reaction to the Wetzler story has defended him as much as it has chastised the NCAA and the Phillies. “ ... every year, a handful of players change their minds about sign-

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Writing opinion pieces for the Barometer, I’ve had to dig deep inside my internal opinion bin and pick out thoughts I could develop strong views on. This process is easy for some topics and harder for others.

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Scottaline white-knuckled grips. When this is the case, it’s understandable that opinions are muddled and twisted into pseudo-fact.

We’re so used to omitting “in my opinion” or “how I see it” from the beginning of our sentences that our conversations or friendly dialogues turn into full-fledged heated debates.

Friendlier interactions could be generated if we acknowledge the fact that our opinions are opinions (see

what I did there?).

However, facts won’t always change peoples’ minds. A study done

by University of Michigan revealed that misinformed people, when told facts, were still uninterested in the truth and held strong to their opinions, according to “How facts backfire” by Joe Keohane. In some cases, people would cling tighter to their opinions after being told the correct facts.

This is not particularly shocking, considering people often find their identities in what they believe. If they changed their thoughts and opinions, then they might change as a person. That idea can be scary.

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Orgasms not always sole goal of sexual intimacy

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ear Dr. Sex, I have been in a relationship for the past four years now, and our intimacy and connection is only getting stronger. I know for a fact we are both happy and love each other very much. However, we have been having this problem lately.

He is having a hard time ejaculating.

He says that he feels it coming but then it just goes away. My boyfriend has told me many times that it is not my fault, that what I’m doing feels good (intercourse and oral) but he just can’t seem to finish. We never used to have this problem. At first we

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thought it was stress, but that wasn’t Ask Dr. Sex it. This makes me upset; not because to pleasure my boyfriend again.

I feel as if it’s my fault, but because I Signed, Hoping for a coming like pleasuring him just as much as I solution like being pleasured. I feel like when Dear Hoping, this issue occurs that it drops a negaWithout more information, what tive mood over the rest of the night you are describing could be given when this kind of stuff should make See GREAVES | page 8 us both happier. I just want to be able

Regarding Bassinger’s Feb. 25 article, “Picking up the pieces”

Earth to Provost Randhawa, can you hear me?

Recent statements by Oregon State University Provost Sabah Randhawa reported in Tuesday’s Barometer reveal the existence of serious administrative problems at OSU. Is he really this disconnected from students, faculty and staff?

Beginning with “The entire industry was on our case because the decision got leaked, in a sense.” Is this really what he believes? The uproar was directed at the decision — firing Terri Fiez, head of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science — and how ineptly it was handled with total disregard to a due process, not that it was “leaked.”

Next, he claims “We’re very transparent in terms of almost everything we do.” If so, he should be able to explain to Terri Fiez — and to everyone else — why she was fired. Now he seems to be blaming a dean that he fired — “It was ultimately the dean’s decision” — rather than admitting that Terri’s firing was something that he publicly endorsed multiple times and a topic that “I will not revisit.”

Furthermore, it was Randhawa who fired Fiez on Feb. 14. Her appointment as head of EECS did not end until June 30.

Randhawa also said, in a college-wide meeting Feb. 19, “I know this decision was a little disruptive.” How’s that for an understatement? This decision, and his previous decision to unilaterally support the dean (now ex-dean) when the dean fired Fiez in September, has seriously affected many people.

He fails to recognize the gravity of the situation that has created uncertainty and confusion inside and outside OSU. Does he just not get it?

Randhawa’s abuse of his authority has weakened the core foundation of shared governance, trust and collegiality, upon which a university stands.

Kartikeya Mayaram Professor, School of EECS

Regarding Feb. 25’s VS: “To curve or not to curve”

Curving is necessary I recently read the debate in The Daily Barometer, “To curve or not to curve: Do professors’ grading methods hurt you?” I think curving is necessary now more than ever because of the amount of grade inflation that exists within the current grading system. In order to get an “A,” one needs to get 93 percent of the answers right. Dropping 8 percentage points to an 85 percent and one earns a “B.” On the GPA scale, this means dropping from a 4.0 to a 3.0, a much more substantial drop — and all that for a mere 8 percent points. This type of grading system allows very little room for error, which is a shame, because people often learn the best from mistakes.

Furthermore, this system discriminates against all the students, both the good ones and the bad ones. For example, if three students score a 95 percent, 85 percent and 75 percent, they are respectively labeled “A,” “B” and “C” students, with 20 percent points separating the “A” and the “C” student. However, the same three students score a 59 percent, 25 percent and 10 percent they all fail, even if the student with

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COURTESY OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY

Recently hatched fall chinook salmon from the Columbia River.

How a dam increased fish survival by managing its water

By Courtney Flatt EARTHFIX

RICHLAND, Wash. — For better salmon survival: be sure to keep salmon eggs and newly hatched fish under the water.

Those are the key findings of a new study that says large numbers of fish survived when a Central Washington dam carefully controlled its water releases.

The study looked at an area of the Columbia River known as Hanford Reach, a 50-mile stretch in Central Washington along the Hanford site. It’s one of the longest free-flowing areas of the river.

Several times during the 1970s water was drained too quickly out of the Hanford Reach area, killing large numbers of juvenile fall chinook salmon and redds. The two main problems that happen in those situations are: Fish can basically suffocate in a process known as “dewatering,” which is when water levels drop and fish or eggs do not stay underwater.

Fish can become stuck in small pools of water that are disconnected from the river, when water levels drop too quickly.

The pools can dry up and kill the fish or become too warm for the fish to survive.

The dewatering problems in the 1970s

GREAvES n Continued from page 7 three different labels: male orgasmic disorder, anorgasmia or delayed/inhibited ejaculation. These conditions are much more common in women. Some studies indicate as many as 50 percent of women report orgasmic difficulties. For men, however, it is considerably less common, at maybe 8 percent.

Generally speaking, most sexual problems — particularly things like arousal and orgasmic difficulties — are psychological or relational in nature and not physical, but you seem confident that your relationship is strong.

If, as a couple, you didn’t have this problem in the past

led to two agreements to better manage water releases at Priest Rapids Dam. Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory studied a 30-year time period that took place before and after those agreements. The study is published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

Ryan Harnish, the study’s lead author, said after the agreements 40 percent of juvenile salmon survive at Hanford Reach, compared to 10 percent of chinook populations throughout the Northwest.

“Forty percent is off the charts and is pretty high for any chinook salmon population in the Pacific Northwest,” Harnish said.

Harnish said that makes the Hanford Reach fall chinook population is one of the most productive populations in the Northwest.

To achieve these results the Grant County Public Utility District said dam operations have been greatly altered to protect salmon.

During periods when fall chinook salmon are spawning, dam operators have reversed the normal hours when they generate energy.

and you’ve been together for four years, then the best thing to do is figure out what has changed recently. You also said you don’t think it’s stress, but that can be a very common explanation.

I would reconsider this as a possibility and think about how stress may have increased in recent months. The more stressed and preoccupied a person is, the less able they are to relax and enjoy the pleasure normally associated with sexual stimulation and physical, intimate interaction with a loved one.

If you are certain we can rule out relational and psychological issues, then we can move on to medications.

Many medications can interfere with orgasm, specifically SSRIs (Selective Serotonin

the 59 percent is clearly better than the one with 10 percent. In essence, the current system makes it very hard to separate the top students from the average students, but very easy to separate the bad students from the very bad students.

This can all be fixed if professors designed their tests to have a 50 percent average. This is helpful for everyone involved as it lets everyone see where they rank among other students in their class. Though people may not like this “competitive” aspect, a world where everyone gets “A’s” and is a winner might be sustainable in elementary school, but it isn’t in college.

CLeMeNt BOMMier Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry

Regarding Ruud’s Feb. 24 column

You don’t need the soapbox Dear Ms. Ruud, First, I’d like to express my admiration of your near-daily contributions to the Daily Barometer this year. Your efforts are indefatigable. Having been a Forum writer, I’m well aware of the difficulty of writing relevant opinion pieces weekly. I cannot imagine the added burden of churning out a piece daily. However, by using the Forum page as a personal soap-box to broadcast pet-peeves, you demean it and yourself. There are plenty of things that bear direct relevance to yourself and the Oregon State University community on which you can write — your front page listed a legislative agenda that could provide weeks of fodder; development of a governing board for the university; OSU divestment; even the abrupt change of personnel in the College of Engineering; these are all subjects worthy of our time. I don’t mean this criticism harshly — you are clearly a driven writer. It’s time to take it to the next level.

Best, SteVeN MCLaiN

Reuptake Inhibitors). These medications are commonly prescribed for depression, anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive D i s o r d e r, Premenstrual Syndrome and even for smoking cessation.

Other medications include opiates — narcotic pain killers like Codeine, Vicodin, Oxycontin, Percocet, Darvon, Demerol, etc.; antihypertensives, which are high blood pressure medications; antiandrogens, which can be used to treat prostate cancer; antihyperlipidemics for high cholesterol; antiarrythmics for irregular heartbeat; antipsychotics used to treat serious psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder; benzodaizapines and anxiolytics, which fall in a category of tranquilizers and are used for anxiety, muscle

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spasms and insomnia; anticonvulsants used to treat seizure disorders, most commonly in people with epilepsy.

I doubt this is an exhaustive list, particularly considering I am neither a medical doctor nor a pharmacist.

Certain medical conditions can also interfere with orgasm and ejaculation. I talked about one such condition in last week’s column — diabetes.

When men’s blood glucose levels aren’t well managed, it affects the microcirculation to the tiny blood vessels that feed the pelvic nerves that tell the penis that whatever stimulation it’s getting feels pleasurable. If this goes on for some time, it can result in diabetic neuropathy.

Abuse of alcohol or other recreational drugs can interfere

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tion or else people with more knowledge and experience will take advantage of them.

Wetzler chose to come back to college for his senior season, to finish his education and try to win a title with a group of teammates he most commonly refers to as “family.”

He turned down a $400,000 signing bonus to do so.

The Phillies are cowards, and considering they went 73-89 last year and have a horribly aging and overpaid roster and an equally horrible farm system, they seem to have their priorities in the wrong places.

The NCAA can fix this problem. Abandon this rule. Allow prospective pro players to have one person represent them in the negotiating room.

After all, the NCAA slogan is “There are over 400,000 NCAA student-athletes, and just about all of us will be going pro, in something other than sports.”

So instead of commending Wetzler for staying in his school and completing his education, in case the pro sports thing doesn’t work out, they choose to punish him for having someone in the room to help him with a six-figure contract.

If there is any positive out of this situation, it’s that Wetzler could be the poster-child for the NCAA finally making a change in its bylaws.

It’s not fair for the kid from Clackamas, though. At least now he can know, without a doubt, that the Phillies weren’t a team worth joining.

As soon as he becomes eligible to play Sunday, he can pitch his way to a more respectable team and a higher draft slot.

And maybe win a national title along the way.

ing, and teams ordinarily just grumble privately about it. When the NCAA contacts clubs asking if there was a violation of the ‘no agent’ rule, teams deny it,” Aaron Fitt of Baseball America wrote Saturday. “There is no reason for big league clubs to cooperate with NCAA investigations, because big league teams have an incentive to preserve good relations with players, coaches and agents.”

Grantland MLB writer Jonah Keri tweeted Friday that a baseball agent with multiple high-profile clients said his company is shutting down all communications with the Phillies.

“The obvious elephant in the room is this — almost every player in every year’s draft has an advisor in this day and age,” Tony Blengino from Fangraphs wrote Tuesday. “The top prospects not only have representatives of 30 teams traipse into their living rooms, they also have a handful of agents doing the same exact thing.”

If players didn’t have some sort of representation, if they are all expected to negotiate their own contract and signing bonus, then it isn’t any different than the way Buscones were taking advantage of Dominican players for decades.

Buscones (who can be loosely defined as agents) would receive a 30 percent commission on young uninformed Dominican players’ signing bonuses, and then the MLB team would equally abuse the players by giving them a dirtcheap deal.

In contrast, the MLB’s highest-paid agent, Scott Boras, received a 4.7 percent commission last year.

Obviously that analogy doesn’t exactly pertain to Wetzler’s situation, but the point is that players need representa-

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in a sexual encounter. For many couples that’s the case, but sexual pleasure can be experienced without reaching orgasm. The problem you are having now is that with each successive sexual encounter, a lot of pressure is put on both of you to achieve this very specific outcome.

It could be very helpful if during the next five to 10 sexual encounters, you agree that orgasm is not the goal. That relieves the pressure for both of you, and just allows you to experience each other’s body for what it is.

with orgasm, particularly those that are classified as depressants. Nicotine, particularly at high consumption levels, is a common recreational drug associated not only with male orgasmic disorder but also erectile dysfunction.

One way to generally eliminate all but psychological or relational issues would be if your boyfriend still had the ability to masturbate to orgasm. If he can do that, then it’s probably not medications, recreational drugs or medical conditions. Unfortunately, that means that it probably is relational or psychological.

I think the first step would be for your boyfriend to get a comprehensive physical, including a full blood panel. This could eliminate a lot of the possible causes I just mentioned.

A final suggestion would be to stop having orgasm and/ or ejaculation be your goal

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faculty member in the college of public health and human sciences. Greaves hosts sexuality and relationship Q&A sessions in the residence halls and the co-ops, in sororities and fraternities, in the cultural centers and for community groups. The opinions expressed in Greaves’ columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Greaves can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

SCOTTALINE n Continued from page 7 One of my biggest problems with forming opinions of my own is that I often give the other side enough leeway to wiggle through and overtake my side. But maybe offering your converser a chance to change your mind isn’t such a bad thing.

Adolescence is a pivotal stage of establishing an identity. This often involves taking on opinions and values from parents. So what happens when these things are questioned, or when contradictory facts are thrown at these opinions and values from outside sources? Those people begin to question their identities, which may lead to an identity crisis. This happens more frequently and significantly in adolescents.

I think we can all indulge on our own personal opinions by letting others in on them from time to time. But I don’t think shoving personal opinions down throats does anyone a favor — says the opinion writer.

By all means, be passionate about what you believe in. But offer up some respect to other people, by giving them the floor every once in a while. ▼

Gabi Scottaline is a senior in English. The opinions expressed in Scottaline’s columns do not

necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Scottaline can be reached at forum@ dailybarometer.com.