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When Audri Rousseau first met 2002 Miss America winner Katie Harman in the third grade, Rousseau fell in love with the idea of beauty pageants. Rousseau, an Oregon State University student, was named Miss Linn-Benton 2013 in a competition held on Feb. 16 at the Hult Center for Performing Arts in Eugene. “I was completely shocked,” Rousseau said. “I basically just burst into tears because I didn’t think that I was going to win at all.” Originally, Rousseau signed up for the competition to gain experience, but ended up winning the competition. According to Joce DeWitt of the Salem Statesman Journal, there were five events in the competition, including interview, evening gown, lifestyle and fitness, or swimsuit competition, talent and onstage questions. Rousseau performed a jazz dance for her talent event. “My dance and cheer background made me so much more comfortable on stage,” Rousseau said. “Being comfortable on stage is, for a lot of people, the biggest hurdle to get over.” Rousseau started taking ballet lessons in kindergarten and later took pre-jazz lessons the summer after second grade. Rousseau took lessons until her freshman year of high school, when she began cheerleading for West Salem High School. “[Dance] has been a creative outlet for me,” Rousseau said. “If I’m bored, upset, or have too much energy, I just dance.”
Audri Rousseau, recently crowned Miss Linn-Benton, notes dance as a creative outlet for her and has competed in pageants since she was in the seventh grade.
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Sticking to a tradition of vinyl Happy Trails What: Record Store Where: 100 SW 3rd St Corvallis, OR 97333 Hours: Monday-Thursday 10:30a.m.-7p.m., Friday and Saturday 10:30a.m.-9p.m., Sunday 12-6p.m. Phone: (541) 752-9032 Services: Selection of records, CDs, collectibles
Happy Trails Records attempts to keep its doors open while others shut down
Doug DiCarolis, owner since 1986, still sits behind the counter organizing old CDs and vinyls wondering how much longer this will last. As music moved to digital and downloads, the need By Ricky Zipp for vinyl and CDs has dropped off the map. There The Daily Barometer becomes less of a need to go down and wait outside On the corner of 3rd and Monroe, with music post- the local record shop for the newly released album of ers and advertisements for local shows covering the favorite bands when people can sit inside the comfort storefront windows, one local business tries to hang of their own homes and have their songs delivered on to what seems like the death of an industry. straight to their computers. Since 1974, Happy Trails Records has been one of “In 1991, when we were on 2nd St., we had a a handful of used and new record stores within the midnight release,” DiCarolis said. “There were 200 city of Corvallis. While others have come and gone throughout the years, Happy Trails stands alone. See HAPPY TRAILS | page 2
Singing, uniting as a chorus Chorus Festival 2013 brought together high school talent, OSU men’s, women’s choirs
women’s choir. “It was super fun having all those young women singing [with] us all. [There was] a giant stage full of high school students with the college students. So, we really enjoy that outreach.” By John Aljets Singing with college choral groups special to The Daily Barometer can help young singers become better, Music has the power to bring peo- but it also helps the older musicians as ple together. This last Monday, the well. Chuck Gidley, a senior majoring in power of music brought together choirs business who sings with the men’s choir, from around the local area, including said singing with the high school stuOregon State University’s very own dents can help put it all in perspective. “I think sometimes [the singers] lose choral groups. The Chorus Festival 2013 at LaSells [sight of] how far they have come, and Stewart Center showcased the talents that’s kind of a confidence boost for of high school singers from West Linn, them,” Gidley said West and South Albany, Crescent Valley, This term, the choirs have been Springfield and Corvallis. The high focusing on preparing the songs they school groups even joined the OSU sang at the festival. Now that it’s over, men’s and women’s choirs on stage at the focus is going to shift towards their the end of the show to form massive big trip to New York this May. They have groups. planned performances at the Lincoln “[The event] went very well,” said Center and at Saint Paul’s Cathedral, Tina Bull, director of Bella Voice, the said Russ Christensen, the director of n
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The OSU men’s and women’s choirs sang alongside singers from West Linn, Albany, Crescent Valley, Springfield and Corvallis at LaSells Stewart Center on Monday. the men’s choir. “We are going to be combining forces along with the symphony for a major work, Vaughan Williams’ ‘Dona Nobis Pacem,’” Christensen said. “Our soloists
will be former OSU grads. Anyway, it’s a big undertaking, and we are excited about it.” John Aljets, Orange Report KBVR reporter news@dailybarometer.com
Diveristy Development, Music Ensemble remain at original budget proposal levels By Ricky Zipp The Daily Barometer
During last week’s joint session, the House of Representatives voted down two budget proposals from the Student Incidental Fees Committee: Diversity Development and Music Ensemble. Because both bodies of the Associated Students of Oregon State University had to approve each proposal, the budgets were moved to mediation, which is made up of House, Senate and SIFC members. Tuesday night the mediation committee met to discuss the main conflicts of both of these budgets. For Music Ensemble, the conversation centered on its budget’s lack of detail. Brad Alvarez, Student and Incidental Fees Committee chairman, said the budget was cut and pasted from last year and turned in late. While he was supportive of a proposal for the contingency fund, Alvarez and other committee members could not deny the problems with the proposal. See MEDIATION | page 2
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OSU to hold career fairs today, tomorrow for students from all experiential backgrounds By Jenson Vliss
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Headhunters from 140 companies will speak with students during the next two days at the winter career fair in hopes of picking the best candidates for openings within their companies. Today’s fair will encompass companies ranging from Fortune 500s, startups, non-profits, military and representatives from graduate programs at other universities. Tomorrow’s fair will have engineering companies, but Lindsey Reed, employer relations manager at Oregon State University Career Services, emphasizes students from all majors can attend. “They are not interested in hiring a degree, they’re hiring a person,” Reed said. Even if a student isn’t ready to shift from student to professional, the fair is still valuable. Employers typically scout interns and full-time jobs well before the start date. It is a great service for students to familiarize themselves with the hiring process before they are thrown into it. “If it is your first time and you are feeling a little awkward, just go and observe,” Reed said. “Then when you are ready, you will feel a little more comfortable.” Students interested in attending the fair are suggested to spend time reviewing the schedule on oregonstate.edu/ career/career-fairs and consider which booths they want to visit and brush up on the basics of the companies. The fair will take place at the CH2M Hill Alumni Center both days from 12-4 p.m. All students are encouraged to bring updated resumes, and to remember the companies are here to hire OSU students, Reed said. Jenson Vliss, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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MEDIATION n Continued from page 1 “They really need to get on top of this,” said committee member and Senator Tyler Hogan. “This process does mater and they need to take this process seriously.” Speaker of the House Jacob Vandever was at the Musical Ensemble’s presentation and was able to attest to the minimal amount of information and the last-minute presentation of information. “I don’t know what they could expect SIFC to do except lower their budget,” Vandever said. The vote was taken and came through unanimously, upholding the original SIFC proposal at $2.20. However, the options of receiving funding through contingency funds are still open and look promising, Alvarez said. Diversity Development has received a lot of attention from both the board, ASOSU and student support in the last few weeks with its budget. The main discussion is about the hiring of full-time staff positions. Last week they stated the reasons for hiring are not just to help out current employees, but to provide opportunities for mentorship for students. Diversity Development requested a fee
HAPPY TRAILS n Continued from page 1 people outside waiting in the snow, partying … that was the high watermark of our business.” According to DiCarolis, there had always been three or four record shops in Corvallis, but they are no longer in the city. Oddly enough, business is fueled by the purchases of vinyl, a music medium seemingly archaic when stacked up against the iPods and online options available today. “It’s always a struggle,” DiCarolis said. “But we are selling more vinyl and less CDs … I don’t know if buyers of vinyl will be enough money to keep [Happy Trails] going.” DiCarolis began pulling out albums he had for sale pointing out the cover and explaining the importance of listening to full
increase for the hiring of two positions but the committee did not find sufficient evidence to justify the increase. According to Hogan and other members, the increase would be dramatically high at 50 percent and there would be difficulty in passing the increase with such little information. There was a discrepancy between the mediation committee passing the proposal allowing for Diversity Development to hire its positions — an increase of $2.23 from the proposed $14.30. • Members for the increase reasoned the process could be started and professional staff could be hired as quickly as possible. • Members against the increase were not worried about the committee not extending the funding. Clarification within the committee guidelines also stated there are mandatory increases for programs. The committee also looked at the need to keep equal standards for all institutions and proposals. Senator Madison Parker addressed this issue at the joint session, saying the committee does not approve the funding of new positions without job descriptions that have been worked through human resources. • Those in favor of the increase found it was not specifically written down that committee could not approve funding for positions without a job description.
albums in the order that was intended. While jazz and classic rock fill the majority of their shelves, new bands and modern releases of vinyl albums are also available. He continued to explain the missing aspect of music when songs are shuffled around and bits of them are heard before skipping along the playlist, when a couple walked in looking for a specific album. DiCarolis told them he did not have it but could order it for them. Then they asked if there was another place in town to buy music. “No” was all DiCarlos was able to say and he told them the closest places would be in Salem or Eugene. But it is not just the local shops that have taken a hit. Even stores like Borders have shut down and Fred Meyer’s music has become a
LINN-BENTON n Continued from page 1 Rousseau’s mother, Lisa, said her daughter was devoted to dance and cheerleading at West Salem. Rousseau stopped dance lessons in high school in order to focus on her grades and school work. “She may have started dancing before she started walking,” Lisa Rousseau said. “She has always loved to perform for an audience, whether it be for mom and dad at home, at a dance recital, or dancing and cheering for her high school.” The Miss Linn-Benton competition was not Rousseau’s first beauty pageant. In 2011, Rousseau was awarded the Distinguished YoungWomen scholarship, another competition including talent, interview, evening gown
Diversity Development presented a working job description to the mediation committee. • Members against the increase of funding said while it was not written down, it was an implicit and strictly followed rule. The reasoning was repeated by several members of the committee that last year funding for a position was made without a job description and led to a delay in human resources. Today, that money is still unused and the position remains unfilled. The majority of the meeting was held in this discussion and mainly members explaining and re-explaining their points. Parker, Hogan and Terra Setzler along with Alvarez said they were not debating the need for these positions. ASOSU President Amelia Harris was not in favor of voting down an increase along with Representative Matthew Palm. The mediation committee after a 10-5 vote, kept funding at $14.30 for fall, winter and spring terms and $8.30 for summer. There was an agreement about the need for continued communication with Diversity Development in order to make sure they will be as prepared as possible for the contingency proposal. Ricky Zipp, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
shell of what it once was. Is there an importance in having some physical piece of music? “There’s one fatal flaw with downloading,” DiCarolis said. “That item doesn’t physically exist. When you have a collection it actually retains value, when you download music it’s worthless.” For DiCarolis, this does extend beyond simply money. He spoke of how music held the ability to inspire cultural movements. Listening became an activity and when he had a new album everyone would come over to listen to it. There was a whole experience to consuming music that is slowly fading out, DiCarolis said. “It saddens me from an artistic standpoint,” DiCarlos said. “When you invest yourself more inside the music, it can really inspire and move you when it is not just background noise. … On
and on-stage questions. “I think that experience helped a lot with getting ready for this [competition],” Rousseau said. Rousseau said in seventh grade she begged her parents to let her compete in her first pageant. When she was granted permission, she placed as the fourth runner-up out of 190 other girls. “I was over the moon and so excited,” Rousseau said. “My parents let me do it as, ‘OK, we’ll get this out of her system and then we’ll be done,’ and I did so well, so they were like, ‘Oh no, now we have to keep doing this.’” Rousseau is now preparing to compete in the Miss Oregon competition in Seaside from June 26-29. She will compete with 20 to 25 others for the title. Rousseau plans to revamp her dance, watch her eating, work on her interviews and
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the one hand I understand the new way, but I have experience in the other way as well and it was better.” DiCarolis said no one knows what the future holds. He talked about how Eugene’s record convention last year was larger then ever and while there is a loyal customer base, he sees more and more college students coming in and buying vinyl. But even while vinyl slowly climbs in popularity, it would be highly unlikely for vinyl to grow large enough in Corvallis to solely pay the bills. DiCarolis said larger cities will always have a place for used record shops and stores selling only vinyl records but Corvallis may not be able to match their abilities.
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Calendar Wednesday, Feb. 27 Meetings ASOSU House of Representatives, 7pm, MU 211. Socratic Book Club, 7-8pm, MU Talisman Room. Reading and discussion of Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World.” The discussion will focus on the first three chapters.
Events Campus Recycling, 5-7pm, Recycling Warehouse (644 SW 13th St.). February Repair Fair. Bring your broken bikes, housewares, electronics & clothing; volunteers will help you repair them! Asian & Pacific Cultural Center, 5-7pm, MU 206. Henna Night. Learn about Henna and tattoos in Asian & Pacific culture. Get a free henna tatoo of your own. College of Education/Cultural & Linguistic Diversity Work Group, Noon-1pm, Furman Hall 303. Popcorn and Video - Lunchtime Chat. We’ll watch and discuss Chimamanda Adichie’s powerful TED Talk: “The Danger of a Single Story.” Career Services, 11am-4pm, CH2M Hill Alumni Center. Winter Career Fair, University Wide (All majors).
Thursday, Feb. 28 Meetings College Republicans, 7pm, StAg 107. General meeting.
Speakers College of Forestry, 3:30-5pm, 107 Richardson Hall. 2013 Starker Lecture Series - Forest Biomass: Energy & Beyond. “Sustainable Integrated Forest Biorefineries” by Dr. Shri Ramaswamy, Professor of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota. Pre-med Society, 5pm, Owen 103. Dr. Lauretta Young, psychiatrist from OHSU Medical School will talk about the OHSU Integrative self-care initiative.
Events Career Services, 11am-4pm, CH2M Hill Alumni Center. Engineering Career Fair.
Correction An article published on Tuesday, Feb. 26, titled, “Recycle, reuse give back to the earth,” contained inaccurate photos. The photos were not from the Student Sustainability Initiatives’s worm bin workshop, they were from SSI’s recycled garden container workshop. The objects pictured were not worm bins but recycled containers used to plant seeds. The Daily Barometer regrets the error.
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very place of residence should have a carbon monoxide detector — it’s relatively cheap and simple enough to install, and it could make a huge difference, especially if it saves your life. Landlords are only required to install carbon monoxide detectors if a “dwelling unit” has a carbon monoxide source located within the unit, the structure containing the unit or if the room with the source of monoxide is “located by a door, ductwork or a ventilation shaft,” according to ORS 90.316. If you live in a house or apartment with a carbon monoxide source and don’t have an alarm, we strongly urge you to talk to your landlord. House Bill 3450 defines “carbon monoxide source” as “a heater, fireplace or cooking source that uses coal, kerosene, petroleum products, wood or other fuels that emit carbon monoxide as a by-product of combustion.” As defined in Division 47, “Petroleum products include, but are not limited to, kerosene, natural gas or propane.” Carbon monoxide poisoning increases during the winter months because we use heaters more often, we let cars idle, we close off the outside — which decreases ventilation — and we bundle up in the evening and let our heat source run through the night. When carbon monoxide is absorbed into the bloodstream it displaces oxygen and, eventually, can cause permanent brain damage and death. It’s sometimes referred to as “the silent killer” because it’s a poisonous, colorless, tasteless and odorless gas that can creep up undetected by humans. This is why it is so important to have a carbon monoxide alarm. Carbon monoxide kills more than 200 people each year and thousands more develop symptoms requiring them to seek medical attention, according to the Boston Children’s Hospital webpage. In April 2004, “Weird Al” Yankovic’s parents were found dead in their home. They died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Yankovic’s parents had started a fire in their fireplace with the flue closed, according to Yankovic’s personal message to the world. In his message Yankovic asks, “Please, go out and get carbon monoxide detectors for yourself and your loved ones.” This is not meant to start a panic. We only wish to bring awareness to our fellow peers, Oregon State staff members and the Corvallis community. Installing a carbon monoxide detector or alarm is a preventative measure worth taking. It might mean spending a few less days eating out this month, or taking a weekend off from drinking. We understand financial struggles, but when it comes to priorities, our health should always be at the top of the list. If you’re living with a carbon monoxide source and you don’t have an alarm, it might not cost you anything more than time. Ask your landlord about installing a detector, or contact the Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal, which worked to develop the minimum standards of carbon monoxide alarms, for more information at 503-378-3473. t
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’m sure we have all heard of the “So God Made a Farmer” commercial during the Super Bowl. Many would argue it was a great representation of the daily struggles and lifestyle of farmers in the United States. To others, it showed a lifestyle that perhaps they did not comprehend. The goal of those who put it on was achieved: It got people to think and — even if briefly — recognize and appreciate the day-to-day struggles farmers face. This is one way agriculturalists are bringing agriculture to the general populace, through television. Today, there are more communication mediums than ever before. The Internet, social media, television and other sources are growing markets for advertising. To expand agricultural education, agriculturalists will have to use all these forms to reach their audiences. Is it up to agriculturalists to garner interest in agriculture, and therefore spur people’s interest in learning about the industry, or should agricultural education already be part of our curriculum? Anyone from a smaller school would have experienced agriculture as part of their curriculum. Considering the importance of agriculture in smaller communities where agricultural activities spur the economy, as well as through organizations such as FFA or 4-H, these organizations heavily advocate for students to join.
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Pike An Advocate for Agriculture However, budgets cuts often threaten these vocational agriculture programs, as they did in my town. Twice it went up for a vote for whether my town should keep the agriculture program. Twice, the voters rendered it important enough to keep. Budget cuts affect education in many ways, but when we come to budget shortfalls, why is education cut at all? When education funds are cut it puts more strain on schools statewide, and indeed even more so on smaller schools. When this occurs, vocational agriculture courses come to the chopping block. This in turn hurts current students within these agriculture programs, and prevents future students from having the opportunity to learn about agriculture. So then how do we educate the populace about agriculture? With the economy still in a pit and with the possibility of more budget cuts looming, can schools afford to have vocational agriculture classes, or will they cut them? If they are cut, how do we educate people? This brings up an interesting question: Why should those in large urban
centers not be educated about agri- — but, over time, I would believe the support for such programs would cultural practices? There is a level of discontent only increase. between urban voters and rural votAgricultural education goes beyond ers. The urban voters outnumber the grade school and high school. I would rural voters, and sometimes vote on a advocate for any student even somesubject they know little about — such what interested in agriculture to take as wolf re-introduction or manage- a class within the college. ment. This leaves the rural voters There are agricultural classes that feeling infuriated, and among other fill baccalaureate core requirements. things, misrepresented. This may The College of Agriculture is more be due in part to a lack of education than just classes labeled, “AG.” It about subjects that affect agricul- involves geography, geology, fisheries ture. Agriculturalists and wildlife, botany, can change this by animal sciences, adapting new comcrop science, crop Agriculturalists munication mediand soils sciences, should adopt new ums to educate rangeland sciences, voters and teachcommunication biological and ecoing them about logical engineering, mediums to help agriculture. plant pathology, relate the importance entomology, toxicolI think agriculturalists should ogy and many more. of agriculture and adopt new comWithin the College to expand the munication mediof Agriculture, you ums to help relate consumer’s mind can find a class that the importance of sounds interesting of what agriculture agriculture and to to you. It may lead is exactly. expand the conto a new passion, or sumer’s mind of it may just help you what agriculture become more eduis exactly. Grade schools and high cated on something you may know schools — regardless of population little about, and didn’t get the chance size — should integrate vocational to appreciate when you were younger. agriculture programs, and when budt get cuts come from Salem, fight to Tyler Pike is a junior in agricultural sciences. The opinkeep such programs alive. They may ions expressed in his columns do not necessarily represent meet resistance at first — there will those of The Daily Barometer staff. Pike can be reached be people who say they do not care at forum@dailybarometer.com.
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Letters to the Editor Editor’s Note: The following letters are in response to the editorial “Greek life shouldn’t have exception,” published on Feb. 26.
Reflects poorly on Greek life as a whole
Greek housing do provide a relief to this financially. You lose me in how you somehow think that money is going to [lure] in gullible freshman. Give them some credit — no one is going to want to join Greek life and sign themselves to the commitments they have just so they can have less expensive living. While houses want to be able to offer the opportunity for freshmen to live in, it is not required in most houses and most houses on our campus do not need them to live in. The real issue here is trapping freshman to live in situations less than ideal and financially straining. I would also like to point out that binge drinking is a campuswide issue and that the only people on campus required to go through alcohol safety classes are those in Greek life. Also, the all Greek GPA for Spring 2012 was a 3.02, while the entire university’s average was a 2.99. Before lumping OSU Greeks in with the entire population of Greeks, I think more research should be done. So instead of focusing on negative blatant stereotypes, we should be focusing on how much money this is costing future students, how many students will not choose to go here based on money, and how Co-ops are also a part of this. And the Co-ops are a great place of residence for freshman, without years of obligation. Britta Rasmussen
My name is Aaron Estoup and I am currently a junior in the College of Business program and a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. I am sending this email because I am outraged by today’s editorial article that was regarding Greek life’s “exception.” I am not commenting regarding the diction of the article and the “facts” and statistics that were used throughout the article. The attack of Greek life, even if only the extreme cases, still overall reflects Greek life as a whole. I would love to see current facts that would show advantages of joining Greek life and our philanthropic efforts toward society. The Sigma Chi freshman GPA has been over the overall freshman GPA the last three years. Sigma Chi has also raised over $35,000 for Doernbechers Children’s Hospital in the last three years. Over $20,000 have been raised already this year by Greek members to various institutions which none has been noticed by the Barometer. I understand these are the opinions of editorial staff, but there is ignorance in the fact that Greek life provides Sophomore in sociology nothing to this campus and nothing to this community. I look forward to an email explaining this article Why Greek life should and to future attempts to show that be granted an exception Greek life is full of alcoholics. This I would like to contend why Greek is a campus-wide newspaper and I, along as many others, would like to life should be granted such an excepsee the entire campus represented tion from the First Year Experience. The editorial does point out some in more than a negative [manner]. Aaron Estoup disheartening facts about the college Junior in business drinking culture, whether among dorm or Greek life residents. My sister is a freshman in an OSU dorm, Greeks have a higher and assures me “parties, binge drinkGPA than the university ing and poor academic influences” Not many people are happy about are not absent there. However, it being forced to live in the dorms their fails to mention the positive value first year. These people are mostly Greek life adds to the experience of those who cannot afford to live in students who choose to associate the dorms due to such high costs themselves with these organizations. for living and dining. Co-ops and Greek life organizations have a
proven history and tradition of producing some of the world’s finest political, humanitarian and business leaders. According to national statistics provided by the University of Missouri-Kansas City, since 1910, 85 percent of Supreme Court Justices have been fraternity or sorority members. Seventy-six percent of U.S. senators were fraternity or sorority members. All but two presidents since 1825 have been fraternity members. Of our nation’s 50 largest corporations, 43 are headed by fraternity or sorority members. Greeks contribute approximately 10 million hours of service annually, making it one of the largest networks of volunteers. Dr. Linus Pauling, the only man to have ever won two Nobel Prizes, lived in a fraternity at OSU as a freshman, as did OSU’s only Heisman winner, Terry Baker. Mercedes Bates, better known as Betty Crocker, is a member of a sorority from OSU. According to the “Oregon Stater” publication from spring of 2010, Greeks are twice as likely than other alumni to give back to their alma mater. That fact seems to address the First Year Experience “effort to increase the likelihood of freshmen connecting to the university.” These facts are no coincidence. Greek life has an immensely positive impact upon its members for life. They should be allowed exception from a program which will have crippling affects on all these organizations. The editorial notes, “We’re just worried the exception to the First Year Experience program might lead easily-influenced freshmen down a path they would have otherwise steered clear of.” I contend these students won’t seek Greek life just to get out of the dorms unless they view dorms as an inferior product, and of course their parents agree. It will not influence those to join an organization they don’t truly desire to associate with. The exception is for those who wish to be members in Greek life, allowing the freedom to live in their chosen chapter houses. Matthew Sheets Senior in political science
Don’t lump all Greeks together Although I’m sure you’re already receiving comments in response to your recent article about Greek life being an exception to the first year housing, I need to voice my own personal disgust. First of all, if you have to proactively apologize for “lumping all sororities and fraternities into a group” then don’t do it. I’ve heard generalizations about Greek life, but this is an all-time low. First of all, sororities have minimum GPA requirements and the members are held to these standards. We (I’m a proud Alpha Chi Omega) also put in over four hours of study tables a week. I also chose to move into the sorority house winter term of my freshman year, and received a 4.0 that term. Aside from academics, we have community service requirements, participate in philanthropies and volunteer around the community. I’d love to know what the members of The Daily Barometer are doing around campus other than writing negative articles about other groups on campus. None of your statistics or research comes from Oregon State University. While I’m sure there are some Greek houses in this nation that don’t care about their standards, Oregon State does. As a member of Alpha Chi Omega, I was one of the girls who lost their sisters to suicide last spring. This suicide had nothing to do with alcohol, contrary to popular belief, as Lauren did not drink. When Lauren passed away, the support of the entire Greek community was unbelievable. If you think that we are all binge-drinking hoodlums, you obviously haven’t been lucky enough to be involved in Greek life with the rest of us. I hope you quickly realize how ignorant this editorial was. Please don’t ruin this opportunity for the incoming freshman, because it is absolutely not your decision to make. Emma Woodruff Marketing student
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No. 1 MinoTaurs Starting five Brad Halberg Will Storey Alex MacLean Michael Brady Connor Hamlett
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The MinoTaurs are essentially the old Lambda Chi team, which won the All-U championship last year and finished second two years ago, minus Tito Garcia (go-to scorer) and Michael Smith (extremely athletic), plus Connor Hamlett (6-foot-7, OSU football player) and Will Storey and Jack Lomax (former OSU football players). We’ll call that an even trade off, considering Hamlett averaged 19 points and 10 rebounds as a senior in high school.
No. 2 #getnbuckets Starting five Michael Levos Ravi Patel Josh Makepeace Matt Triplett Nate DuFresne
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Jordan Makepeace, Michael Levos, Ravi Patel, Josh Makepeace, Nate DuFresne, Brett Leavitt, Matt Triplett, Jake Fowler.
High School Varsity North Medford ‘10 3 Sweet Home ‘05 3 North Valley ‘06 4 Canby ‘08 1 Beaverton ‘09 3
We made fun of #getnbuckets’ team name earlier this term, but they really do get buckets. They outscored their opponents 253-110 in the regular season. In their last game, an 82-17 win, they held their opponent scoreless until the 6:14 mark of the first half. They’re also so hotheaded and competitive that they complained about calls late in the second half when they were up by 50-plus points, so don’t expect them to take it easy and lose to a team they shouldn’t.
No. 3 Yeeders Starting five Brandon Blair Sam Nelson Tyler Hagan Tyler Maes Chris Evola
High School Varsity Sprague ‘09 3 David Douglas ‘09 0 El Segundo ‘10 4 David Douglas ‘10 3 Westview ‘08 0
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No. 5 Fanta Starting five Kevin Jarvis Mark Sandoz Nathan Rooney
The highest scoring team in all of IMs, Yeeders eclipsed 70 points three times in four games. Blair can stroke it from the perimeter, Evola grabs every rebound in his vicinity and throws outlet passes like he’s Kevin Love, and Hagan… wait a second, according to the official Whittier College athletics website, a Tyler Hagan from Segundo, Calif., played in 15 games last year for the Poets, GRADY GARRETT | THE DAILY BAROMETER a Division III team in Los Angeles. We believe Tyler Hagan, Austin Bedart, Brad Alvarez, Chris Evola, Sam that makes him ineligible for IMs. Nelson, Tyler Maes.
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Fantasy Factory has a great starting five but no bench to speak of. Literally, they don’t have any players coming off the bench, and could struggle in the later rounds of the playoffs because of that. With one or two solid bench players Fantasy Factory easily could have cracked the top three. Their lineup is a traditional one with a quick point guard (Kevin Jarvis) who can shoot, a small forward (Mark Sandoz) who is their best player and constantly slashes for layups, and both bigs are good on both ends of the court.
No. 6 S High School St. Louis ‘09 Jesuit ‘09 La Salle ‘08 Philomath ‘05 La Salle ‘09
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Money Team might only be fourth in our power rankings, but they have a legitimate shot at winning the championship. This team’s a lot like the Houston Rockets. They love to run and put a ton of points up. Cook is as quick as anybody and Phillips III has possibly the best all-around game in IMs this year. They have size down low, so Money Team theoretically matches up with any team out there. Now throw in the fact that all five players on the court are aboveaverage shooters from 3-point range and you’ve got a contender.
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High School Bend ‘09 Bend ‘09 Tillamook ‘10 Tillamook ‘09 Tillamook ‘09
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The Cheeseballs, who cruised through a weak time slot, don’t have any individual stars you have to worry about, but there’s something to be said about teams that have good chemistry and play together. IM games so often resemble games of pick-up basketball rather than organized basketball. Considering so many of the Cheeseballs played together in high school, including two twins who have probably played together their whole GRADY GARRETT | THE DAILY BAROMETER lives, we imagine this team will have a chemistry Blaine Kuehnert, Madison Boehm, Zach Reynolds, Daniel advantage over nearly any team they’ll face. Gienger, Taylor Reynolds, Nate Seaholm.
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The Honey Badgers aren’t particularly tall, nor are they a particularly great shooting team, but they do have something most teams don’t: Possibly the best pure point guard in IMs in Applebee. He plays the game differently than most of the point guards we watched this term. He’s extremely quick and good with the ball and gets into the lane at will. We see that creating match-up problems for whoever the Honey Badgers face. We should note that the Honey Badgers are made up of Sigma Chi members, but aren’t recognized as an official Greek/co-op team.
No. 9 Charge it to the Game Part II Starting five Jeff Garmire Trevor Tatone Grant Patton Kyle Shick Rick Bettinelli
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High School Gladstone ‘09 Gladstone ‘09 Gladstone ‘09 Southridge ‘09 Elgin ‘09
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These guys could be really good if they played their best players more minutes. Charge it to the Game Part II has had as many as ten players this year, and some are clearly better than others. Nonetheless, this team has a solid starting five and a couple of capable bench players. Garmire is as good as anyone in the league when he wants to be (trust me, he’s not always in the right state of mind ANDREW KILSTROM | THE DAILY BAROMETER if you know what I mean), and there’s a good mix of Rick Bettinelli, Kyle Shick, Wilson Johnson, Mitch Kunstel, Jeff guards and bigs. Kunstel has solid post moves, but Garmire, Trevor Tatone, Grant Patton. lacks physicality despite being 6-foot-4.
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High School South Salem ‘08 South Salem ‘09 Roseburg ‘07 West Salem ‘07 Burns ‘08
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The Scrubz played in a joke of a time slot, but we still think they’re pretty legit (average margin of victory: 24.5 points). Aicher is a perfect example of why you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover; he doesn’t look like a baller, but he’ll light you up from deep. You may recognize Tommasini because he’s a former OSU baseball player. And yes, Thomas’ last name really is Ghost Dog; we know because we found an article about him playing in a high school all-star game, so he obviously wasn’t lying about his varsity experience either.
SAE entered the final week of the season outside the Editor’s Note: The camera died during the top 10, ranked behind fellow Greek teams Lambda picture... sorry guys. Starting five Michael Alessi Reid Paulson Ben Eggert Kevin Smith Erik Eagon
High School Bishop Blanchet ‘12 Woodinville ‘11 Tigard ‘09 Redmond ‘07 Beaverton ‘11
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Chi and Sig Ep. The only somewhat decent team SAE played, Varsity A, they beat by two. But then Sig Ep (the tallest team in IMs) laid an egg in its regular-season finale, and Lambda Chi didn’t particularly impress us with a six-point win over a team that didn’t make the playoffs. So we’ll anoint SAE the favorite to emerge from the Greek/co-op bracket by default. A Greek/co-op team has won the All-U title five of the past six years, but we’ll be surprised if that trend continues.
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1. Soccer Junies (4-0) I’ll set the Soccer Junies’ odds of winning the championship at 3/8. For those unfamiliar with gambling lingo, that means they’re four times likelier to win the women’s A title than the Miami Heat are to win the NBA title (3/2 odds). Essentially, this same group of current/ former OSU women’s soccer players won the A league two years ago and finished second last season. Unlike the Division I athletes who play in the men’s A league, these girls actually take this seriously and play like they want to win. And they’re in five times better shape than any team they’ll face — while half the women’s “A” league is probably hungover on Friday mornings, most of these girls are up at 6 a.m. going through grueling workouts. Basketball-wise, they’re obviously tough to score on because they’re so quick and athletic. At 5-foot-10, Erin Uchacz gives them size inside. If Jacy Drobney, a fouryear varsity player in high school, was four inches taller, I think she’d be playing Division I basketball instead of Division I soccer — she can really shoot and handle the ball. Ashley Seal played varsity ball, too. All that said, I would have put the OSU
that beat the soccer girls in the championship game last year. But this team has a glaring problem: It doesn’t have enough players. Twice this season High Fives and Smiles was forced to play with just four players. I asked one of their players if they’ll have five players for the playoffs, and she responded: “I don’t know… I don’t really care.” OK then. • Kappa Kappa Gamma (2-2): The Kappas lost by six to Let My People Free Throw (respectable) and beat High Fives and Smiles (playing with four players) by 21. Their other loss came in overtime, and was a game they would have won had their opponent not hit a game-tying 3-pointer at the end of regulation. • Charisites (3-1): In their three wins, the Charisites outscored their opponents 130-44. But against the Soccer Junies, they lost by 24. • Alpha Phi (4-0): Three of their four wins came by three points or less. So they’re kind of a fluky 4-0. • Delta Gamma (2-2): The DG’s only real To be honest, I think it’s a two-team race for the title… but I’ll at least label the follow- loss was by three to Alpha Phi. Their other loss came via forfeit. ing teams “potential contenders.” women’s soccer team’s odds of making the NCAA Tournament at about 90 percent after it started the season 9-1. So, uhhh, yeah… nothing is guaranteed. 2. Let My People Free Throw (4-0) If there is a team capable of knocking off the Soccer Junies, it’s Let My People Free Throw. Playing in by far the toughest time slot, Let My People Free Throw went 4-0 and averaged a league-high 44 points per game (by comparison, the Soccer Junies averaged 34.5 points per game). Pretty much everyone on this team played at least two years of varsity basketball in high school, so they’re probably overall better basketball players than the Soccer Junies are. But for what it’s worth, I asked a player who faced the Soccer Junies last year and Let My People Free Throw this year which team was better: “The soccer girls, definitely.”
• High Fives and Smiles (2-2): This team features three girls who were on the team
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Hagel confirmed as U.S. defense secretary, bruised after political fight WASHINGTON (CNN) —Chuck Hagel’s rocky and inauspicious path to leadership of the Pentagon could haunt him if he doesn’t watch his step. “If people feel Hagel makes a mistake in the future, they will come after him even harder than if this ugly process of recent weeks hadn’t happened,” said Michael O’Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a co-author of “Bending History: Barack Obama’s Foreign Policy.” The former Nebraska senator’s nomination as defense secretary was subject to harsh criticism from some fellow Republicans over past statements on sensitive political and national security matters. His shaky performance at his confirmation hearing and the subsequent fierce political wrangling over his selection and on unrelated matters did not help his case. But efforts to further delay his nomination were swept away on Tuesday as the Senate confirmed him, 58-41, with a handful of Republican votes in his corner. Hagel will be sworn in on Wednesday, succeeding Leon Panetta. President Barack Obama, a former Senate colleague, called Hagel a patriot who “fought and bled for our country.” Obama said he will count on Hagel’s “counsel and judgment” as the United States ends combat operations in Afghanistan and stays “ready to meet the threats of our time.”
The task for Hagel, 66, going forward is to swiftly move past the protracted nomination battle, prove himself a strong and capable Pentagon chief, and repair relationships on Capitol Hill, said Fran Townsend, a former homeland security adviser to President George W. Bush. “Of course, when he walks through the door he is bruised and battered. But I think we shouldn’t overestimate the impact of that,” Townsend said. “Frankly, once he is confirmed as secretary of defense and once he sits in the seat and takes on the mantle of responsibility, everyone in the Pentagon is going to stand up and salute smartly, as well they should.” Hagel, a decorated Vietnam veteran, said in a statement that he was honored to have been nominated and confirmed, and pledged to work closely with Congress to “ensure that we maintain the strongest military in the world.” With Hagel’s confirmation, Obama has put in place another crucial piece of his second-term national security team. John Kerry has been installed as secretary of state and John Brennan is awaiting Senate action on his nomination to be CIA director. Thomas Donilon is already serving as national security adviser. O’Hanlon said Hagel would not “be damaged goods” and the political outcry over his nomination would
quickly be overshadowed by the latest budget drama engulfing Washington over spending cuts, which would hit the Pentagon hard, if enacted. Bad feelings about Hagel stem, in part, from his 2007 comments that the “Jewish lobby intimidated lawmakers.” Republicans who are already uncomfortable with Obama’s policies toward Israel are uneasy about a defense secretary holding such views. Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, said in a statement that Israel “looks forward to working closely” with Hagel. Hagel’s criticism of the Iraq War, the Patriot Act, and his past positions on Iran and on U.S. military intervention also raised red flags with his opponents. Moreover, he spoke about an ambassadorial nominee in the late 1990s as being “openly, ggressively gay,” remarks for which he has since apologized. Obama ended the prohibition on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military. And Hagel hasn’t been sparing in his criticism of conservative and GOP figures, saying radio show hosts like Rush Limbaugh “try to rip everybody down” but “don’t have any answers,” and labeling George W. Bush as callous on Iraq when he was president. Last week, 15 GOP senators sent a letter to Obama calling on him to withdraw Hagel’s nomination. Arizona Sen. John McCain, the rank-
ing Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee and a fierce Hagel critic, did not sign the letter. But he led the charge against him in the Senate, stalling the nomination at one point in exchange for more information from the White House on the deadly September terror attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. That sentiment gained traction in conservative circles. “There is simply no way to sugar coat it. Senator Hagel’s performance before the Senate Armed Services Committee was remarkably inept and we should not be installing a defense secretary who is obviously not qualified for the job and who holds dangerously misguided views on some of the most important issues facing national security policy for our country,” said Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas. There was a healthy serving of politics behind the Hagel pushback, some experts say. He isn’t the only potential member of Obama’s first or secondterm Cabinet to be grilled during the nomination process. At the start of his first term, Obama’s pick to lead the Treasury Department, Timothy Geithner, emerged from a tough confirmation fight in the wake of recession to help push through Wall Street reform as well as the banking and auto industry rescues. His successor, Jack Lew, is expected to be confirmed. Some Republicans also believed
that Hagel, like Susan Rice, was vulnerable in a divided political climate in Washington made more sharply partisan by Obama’s re-election, according to experts. Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, withdrew her name from consideration for secretary of state after drawing heavy criticism from McCain and other Republicans over her public statements about the Benghazi attack. Democratic supporters of Hagel came to his defense this week as the vote drew near. “The president wants him in the room as he’s making important decisions. There’s no question about his integrity of character. I think the president deserves to have the Cabinet he wants as long as the person is qualified,” Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill said on “Fox News Sunday.” The consternation over Hagel’s confirmation has been “kabuki theater,” said David Rothkopf, editor of Foreign Policy magazine. “The political divisions that dictated the pace and twists of his confirmation process pre-date him and will postdate his confirmation,” Rothkopf said. “The reality is that Hagel won’t drive (defense) policy, the president and Hill politics will.” And time will heal even these political wounds, Rothkopf said.
US weighing nonlethal aid to Syrian opposition, sources say still ruling out giving weapons to rebels WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Obama administration is moving toward increasing aid to the Syrian opposition, including providing nonlethal military equipment and possibly strategic military training, sources told CNN Tuesday. The changes are under dis-
cussion with allies as well, as part Secretary of State John Kerry’s meetings this week in Europe, a senior administration official said. The sources said the United States is not considering providing weapons. The administration is also
moving toward giving humanitarian aid directly to the Syrian Opposition Coalition, the official said, adding that this was already happening in limited amounts.
The United States is also looking to remove restrictions on “dual-use” equipment, such as those involving communications, body armor, flak jackets, night-vision equipment and The consideration was first military vehicles, according to reported on Tuesday by The another source familiar with the policy discussions. Washington Post.
Such items are defensive in nature, but they could be used to aid in combat. The training would be intended to help rebels allocate resources and set objectives, strategize and possibly train a potential police force, the source said. “They are doing a redefi-
nition of what is lethal,” the source said. “They have been working on this for a while.” The source said the United States is also helping the new Syrian government in exile get on its feet by developing government institutions, strategic communications and outreach.
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