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The Special Collections and Archives Research Center houses a model of Linus Pauling’s office, complete with a blackboard containing some of his final works.
The subtle reminders of past alumni and major influences are evident in the names of buildings and streets alongside the paintings, photos, sculptures and artwork that are housed within them at Oregon State University. Students busily hurry from classroom to classroom and hall to hall, rarely taking time to adsorb the legacies left by the namesakes. Few alumni have an entire day devoted to their life and work, as is the case of OSU scientist and humanitarian Linus Pauling. From the Linus Pauling Institute housed within the Linus Pauling Science Center to the special archival collection on the fifth floor of the See PAULING | page 4
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Student art collaborative Montage plans to revive student travel program, reconnect with Corvallis community through artwork By Chris Correll
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Saturday marks official holiday recognizing life’s work of OSU’s most famous alumnus By Justin Frost
Local painter Jennifer Lommers has sold her own cards and prints on the website Etsy since 2007, and is offering a workshop to help online entrepreneurs hone their skills this weekend. Saturday, Feb. 28 from 1 to 4 p.m., Lommers will host this Etsy workshop at The Arts Center. According to Lommers, the first hour of the course will be dedicated to a teaching session, where Lommers will give an overview of Etsy and some of the general policies related to selling online. Next, Lommers will break the participants into work groups. One group will go over how to photograph work and make appealing photos for their Etsy shops, the other will learn how to generate text for a shop setup and the last group will work on actually loading their items into their shops. “Afterwards, we will look at everyone’s shops and do a group critique,”
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Saturday, Feb. 28, marks a rare opportunity for the student artists of Montage, a long-standing Oregon State University art organization. Thanks to the cooperation of the Corbins — a fourth-generation Corvallis family — who have allowed their home to be converted to a private gallery, Montage members will have the chance to show off their talents in the First Annual Student Art Exhibit and Reception. A gathering of a few dozen enthusiasts may seem like a small venture, but according to fine arts junior Madelaine Corbin, the intent behind it runs much deeper. Corbin has spent 21 years living in Corvallis with the university close by, but wasn’t involved with campus culture until she enrolled. She says that’s when she first noticed “the separation” between the community and the students. “I’ve been a part of the community side of things up until I transferred here to OSU, but when I came back, I was part of the student side of things and really saw the disparity,” Corbin said. Corbin said she believes the division is a loss of opportunity for both sides. An OSU artist can get a head start on his or her career, forming “relationships that can last” with influential connections by branching out into a market — albeit a small one — that’s so close by, said Montage Vice President Kaitlyn Carr, a senior in fine arts. Corbin noted that, likewise, Corvallis has access
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As part of the Corvallis All-City P.E.O. event this Saturday, Feb. 28, Emily Ho of the Linus Pauling Institute will give a talk on the role of nutrition as it relates to preventing cancer. Ho will be giving her lecture, titled “You Are What You Eat: The Role of Nutrition for Cancer Prevention, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Olleman Hall in Calvin Presbyterian Church in Corvallis. “Cancer is still one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. and one of my passions is trying to understand how what you eat in your diet can affect your risk of cancer,” Ho said. “My talk will focus on foods that may be helpful in the prevention of cancer. There is a tremendous amount of work ahead of us to fight the battle against cancer. However, this battle is not only for researchers and the medical community – but also lies with many people in the community. Making simple choice in what you eat can have a huge impact in keep yourself healthy and possible cancer-free.” The event costs $3 to attend and is open to the public. Calvin Presbyterian Church is located at 1736 NW Dixon St. in Corvallis.
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Student Sustainability Initiative promotes sustainability with Campuses Take Charge By Courtnee’ Morin THE DAILY BAROMETER
The month of February brings recycling and sustainability to Oregon State University. The Student Sustainability Initiative has challenged students at OSU with Campuses Take Charge, a new form of annual resident hall sustainability challenge. For the last few years, this challenge was called Campus Challenge Nationals, which is a national college competition for sustainability and conservation. In this previous challenge sustainability was quantified by meter readings off of the buildings.
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Montage will hold a First Annual Student Art Exhibit and Reception Saturday.
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This method did not work the best for OSU, so the SSI changed to the CTC this year, as sustainability was more important to them than the competition. See SUSTAINABILITY | page 4
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A man told police that he thought his neighbor’s exboyfriend had broken into his residence and stolen about $500 in “unique currency that was hidden under a towel that was sitting on top of the refrigerator,” according to the log. Police contacted the accused man, who reportedly denied being involved and consented to a search, which did not yield any of the money.
Tuesday, February 24
Stolen motorcycle A man living along Southwest Sixth reported a motorcycle, valued at $3,000, stolen, according to the log. The man reportedly said the motorcycle was “a red and white 2003 Honda CFR450, off road style kick start motorcycle.” An officer canvassed the area, but none of the neighbors had noticed anything suspicious or the theft itself, according to the log.
Sunday, February 22
DUII An officer arrested a woman for driving under the influence of alcohol early Sunday morning. The woman allegedly failed to stay within her lane as she drove west along Southwest Philomath Boulevard, and so the officer pulled her over, according to the log. The woman allegedly failed standard field sobriety tests and had a blood alcohol content of .10 percent when she gave a breath sample at the Benton County Correctional Facility.
Hit-and-run Two cars were damaged in a hit-and-run accident at Northwest 23rd Street and Northwest Polk Avenue, causing more than $1,500 in damage, according to the log. Witnesses reportedly said that the third vehicle drove away northbound.
Friday, February 20
Flagger A Safeway manager reported that a woman was “swinging a shovel over her head in the middle of the roadway,” along Southwest Fourth Street, according to the log. An officer spoke with the woman, who reportedly said “she was a ‘flagger’ and was swinging the shovel to stop traffic.” The officer took the shovel and cited the woman for disorderly conduct in the second degree. The Daily Barometer news@dailybarometer.com
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Nearly 100 percent of OSU campus vaccinated; university has contingencies for potential outbreaks
In addition, the vaccine is required for admission. For international students, the procedure is addressed upon arrival. In the case of an emergency, OSU has an Infectious Disease Response Team that frequently practices and discusses table-top drills, which address what By Nicole Gibney would be done if the worst were to happen, THE DAILY BAROMETER Oregon State University has prepared for the Mull reassured. Less than 1 percent of OSU’s population is potential of a measles outbreak in the event one should occur on campus, regardless of not immunized, enhancing the herd immunity, according to Mull. Herd immunity works when rising case numbers across the nation. In December 2014, 17 cases of measles those who have not been vaccinated are prowere confirmed at the Disneyland Park by tected by the immunization of the majority of the California Department of Public Health, their peers, who limit the ability of a pathogen which made for a very unhappy epidemic in to spread and evolve. Without the frequent vaccinations of children and even adults, this the happiest place on Earth. kind of system becomes threatened. These contributEmily Calandrelli, producer and ed to the more than host of FOX “Xploration Outer 600 diagnoses in It’s very sad I think. Space,” aerospace engineer and 2014 alone, the most STEM literacy advocate, emphasized recorded cases in the One person is the importance of acceptance and last 20 years after the responsible for a exploration of scientific consensus virus was considered in drawing conclusions. lot of lives.... The defeated in 2000. STEM regards an individual’s abiliThe concern for measles vaccine is ty to both understand as well as apply public health comes to extremely safe. concepts from science, technology, the forefront in locaengineering and math in order to tions as highly trafsolve complex problems. An example ficked as Disneyland. Jeff Mull of one of these problems could be Outbreaks in such Student Health Services, medical director whether vaccinations cause autism. places can be proband physician “There are certain communities lematic because of of people who distrust scientists and tourism, but in the United States, it’s not foreign visitors who are the primary concern for the medical community. These communities transmission. Much of the problem is rooted are not persuaded by facts regarding the safety in the fallacy that draws a connection between of vaccinations. Well-meaning parents put vaccinations and the development of autism more weight on the anecdotal stories they’ve in children, leading to large of unvaccinated read on the internet than by the advice given by medical experts who have spent years people. The man primarily responsible for these researching the topic,” wrote Calandrelli in misconceptions is Andrew Wakefield, a former an email. “These people are not dumb; nor gastroenterologist at the Royal Free Hospital are they maliciously trying to spread disease in London. Wakefield published his findings, around the world. They are simply ill-advised, which associated autism in children with the worried parents who are trying to do the best measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, in the for their children. However, their beliefs are misguided and their actions are dangerous.” “Lancet” in 1998. Calandrelli reaffirmed the efficacy of After further research involving several thousand kids in Denmark and Finland, as opposed vaccinations and its association with herd to the 12 used in Wakefield’s experiment, the immunity. “I don’t think government-mandated vacGeneral Medical Council in the U.K. revoked his medical license in 2010 and retracted his article. cines are the right answer. Not because I don’t Jeff Mull, the medical director and physician believe vaccines should be ubiquitous, but for the past 31 years at Student Health Services because I think that would fuel the controat Oregon State University, said that Wakefield’s versy around the vaccines,” Calandrelli wrote. false publishing that sparked the anti-vaccina- “I do, however, agree with other groups and organizations, like public schools for example, tion movement has caused a lot of damage. “It’s very sad I think. One person is respon- mandating vaccinations (with only medical exemptions) for their participants. Mandating sible for a lot of lives,” Mull said. Mull said that the correlation between autism vaccinations at this level is one way to ensure and the vaccine Wakefield made in his study was herd immunity in communities.” The virus is most false, with no real evidence to support threatening in chilWakefield’s findings. dren because it has “The measles vaccine is extremely I don’t think a higher chance safe,” Mull said. of leading to cases governmentMeasles is a highly contagious of pneumonia or respiratory infection caused by a mandated vaccines encephalitis. Twentyvirus that can infect a host when an are the right answer. eight percent of individual breathes in, or is in contact children diagnosed Not because I don’t with, the infectious fluid that can be with measles had to emitted by an action as simple as believe vaccines be treated in a hosa cough or sneeze, according to an should be ubiquitous, pital between 2001 overview of the virus by Kids Health. and 2013, according The virus can live for several hours but because I think to the Centers for on any given surface after expulsion that would fuel the Disease Control and from the body. Prevention. A child controversy around The virus typically resides in the is recommended mucus at the back of the throat, the vaccines. to have two doses where it is easily expelled into the of vaccinations; atmosphere. Fortunately, in the 31 first between when Emily Calandrelli years of Mull’s employment, he can report of only one case of measles Producer and host of FOX “Xploration Outer they are 12 and 15 months old, and then Space,” STEM literacy advocate at OSU. again when they are The large numbers of people at Oregon State University could present a between 4 and 6 years old. According to Kathleen McDonnell, director potential for a local outbreak, but there are procedures, precautions and regulations set of the Child Development Center at OSU, of in place to prevent it. Measles vaccinations the 106 students admitted to their preschool all are offered at the Student Health Center for are required to have vaccinations upon admis$60, plus a $13 injection fee. The vaccination sion, with exceptions made upon the grounds of is often times covered by insurance. See MEASLES | page 3 n
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ETSY n Continued from page 1 Lommers said. “It gives us a chance to give each other pointers.� The cost of the course is $40, and it’s encouraged that attendees bring a laptop, smartphone or tablet if they can along with a few smaller items that they wish to sell on Etsy. This course is currently full, but Lommers added that if there is enough community interest, the center will consider hosting another session in the future. For more information on this and other Arts Center events, visit www.theartscenter.net. The Arts Center can be found at 700 SW Madison Ave. in Corvallis. The Daily Barometer
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gious exemption, but must be informed of the risks of not immunizing your child,� specific religious exemptions. Crawford said. Rob Ring, chief science offiThey even provide family advocates for some underprivileged cer at Autism Speaks, made an online statefamilies that ment on enforce this the website expectation, A parent can of Autism as well as prochoose religious Speaks, the vide additionexemption, but must world’s leadal assistance ing autism and services. be informed of the science and If faculty are advocacy risks of not notified of the organization. existence of immunizing “Over the virus in a your child. the last two student, spedecades, cific measures extensive Dana Crawford are taken. research has Child Development Center, “If measles asked whethhealth service coordinator was preser there is any ent, anyone not immunized would have link between childhood vaccinato leave,� said Dana Crawford, tions and autism,� Ring wrote. health service coordinator at the “The results of this research are clear: vaccines do not cause Child Development Center. Crawford elaborated further autism. We urge that all chilon the conditions of religious dren are vaccinated.� exemptions to the vaccination. Nicole Gibney, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com “A parent can choose reli-
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Alexander Vickery-Holland leads campus affairs task force By Minelle Merwin THE DAILY BAROMETER
Students walked briskly through the Memorial Union quad, enjoying the sun, as I greeted Alexander Vickery-Holland to learn more about his campus affairs task force vision for 2015. Proudly sporting his Phi Kappa Psi Greek letters over a flannel shirt, he began to share his passion for Oregon State University’s campus and this year’s goals. “My favorite thing about our campus is that there’s a ton of people that go here and it’s incredibly easy to get involved. We have over 400 clubs on campus — so there are always opportunities to get involved and find community. That’s really important for where we’re all at in life,� VickeryHolland said. “For some, it’s residence halls, Greek life, intramural clubs, you name it. And the group of people at ASOSU this year are a wonderful team that’s able to get a lot of stuff done.� As this year’s director for the Associated Students of Oregon State University campus affairs taskforce, Vickery-Holland has absorbed two taskforce director roles from the previous year, one focused on campus community outreach and the other on academics. Like other taskforce directors, he was originally introduced by a friend, in this case his Phi Kappa Psi fraternity brother Conner Boyd, currently executive director of finance at ASOSU. With a double-major in history and Spanish and a minor in religious studies, Vickery-Holland embodies the old adage of handing tasks to the busy person to get things done. Not only has he previously held the position of resident assistant for two years and tour ambassador through the office of admissions, but he has also worked with OSU fundraising and been a START leader. This new position at ASOSU, he said, is very much a “jack of all trades� role. “It was different taking this up because it’s very much your own,� Vickery-Holland said. “It requires you to take initiative and
take action in a self-guided way. It’s all about what you feel most passionate about and how to best serve the students. And for this year, that means meeting students where they’re at.� Being a self-described extravert fits well with the need to connect with students and make sure their needs are being heard. “I was the kid who never shut up in school when I was younger,� VickeryHolland said. “I got written up so many times. And now that’s my job.� When asked what his specific goals for this year have been, Vickery-Holland emphatically asserted his goal of not spending money. His work thus far has been mostly with outreach events and participating with various councils in order to have a timely and accurate understanding of student needs. His role has also included duties such as helping to connect the Student Athlete Advisory Council with the Greeks on campus, organizing the awards and speeches at the upcoming Student Experience Center Grand Opening Celebration and assisting students who are looking to lobby causes in Washington, D.C. He also joined forces with Esther Kim, a graduate teaching assistant student in the office of the dean of student life, to create a Yik Yak awareness video, which was hosted on campus to promote student compassion. The video can be found on YouTube. “A lot of students feel intimidated by (ASOSU),� Vickery-Holland said. “But if 800 students are facing something, we shouldn’t wait for someone to come talk to us. We need to know what’s going on and be a voice for the prevailing issues.� Olyvia Chac, a senior majoring in public health with a minor in psychology, has known Vickery-Holland for a couple of years now and has been working with him on the SEC Grand Opening Celebration. “He is a ball of sunshine,� Chac said. “He has a lot of energy, is highly motivated and just makes things work. It’s easy to get burned out in these kind of positions, but I’ve never seen that happen with him. He just always manages to find a solution. He’s excellent at finding resources, connecting
with people and keeping relationships. Helping him in this has been a blast.� Vickery-Holland said the SEC is a fantastic building. “The building is gorgeous,� VickeryHolland said. “It’s really nice having the ability to meet and collaborate in a central location. It has made it so much easier to get things done.� Lexie Mikesell, a junior majoring in fisheries and wildlife science and this year’s environmental affairs task force director, also works with Vickery-Holland and said his role and responsibilities can overlap with many of the other directors because his taskforce is so broad. “He takes over anything that we can’t handle,� Mikesell said. “His position is reworked this year to include both roles from last year, so it covers a lot.� Both Vickery-Holland and Mikesell advocated the internship class offered this spring as a way for students to get a taste of ASOSU and to get involved. “The internship class is held once a week, and for every five hours of work you do per term, you get one credit,� Mikesell said. “So for 10 hours, you would get two credits. And you can work with just one task force or try more than one if you’re interested. But you don’t have to be in the class to get involved here. (We’re) always looking for more people.� While Vickery-Holland keeps track of the campus pulse, he also welcomes all those who are looking to get better connected with people and resources on campus. “Again, it’s really all about meeting students where they’re at,� Vickery-Holland said. “So even if I don’t have the answer, I know the right person to connect them with.� Vickery-Holland’s office is now located in room 110 in the Student Experience Center. He encourages students and faculty to email him or drop by at any time during his office hours to ask questions, give feedback or be connected with resources on campus. Minelle Merwin, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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receive two points for attending the events SSI is hosting. The winning dorm will receive a prize The dorms on campus receive and gain points for the Interhall Challenge. points as they post photos or status “It’s all about lifestyle choices. They updates to social media sites such as have a relatively small impact, but they’re Instagram, Facebook and Twitter using super necessary,” said Jesse Pattibone, #TakeChargeOSU. Students can post pho- an environmental economics and policy tos of themselves using reusable water major at OSU and the director of the SSI. bottles or shower timers. “I hope people will try new things and see “It allows students to be creative and how easy it is and keep it up.” have fun with it while Pattibone came to be staying on track, since it director after his posiis a whole month,” said on the fee board It allows students to tion Katie Kasabian, an ecothat worked with the SSI. nomics major at OSU and be creative and have While he does not have a the water projects coordirole in the planning and fun with it while nator with the SSI. development of CTC, he staying on track, A winner is chosen each supports the goals and week from the students plans of the event. since it is a whole posting on social media CTC recently had a month. and they will win a prize, capture the flag event such as shower timers or Feb. 18, which Kasabian gift cards. Katie Kasabian felt went very well. SSI, water projects coordinator In addition, residence Student participants halls will receive points met in the Memorial Union quad after by participating in the Energize Corvallis sundown and used glow-in-the-dark neckwebsite, which gives students and citi- laces and bracelets, with different colors zens of Corvallis a way to increase their for the different team. sustainability. SSI is also hosting a film screening to be One point comes to each student reg- held Wed., March 4 at 7 p.m. in the Snell istering through the CTC website, as well International Forum. The film will be as one point for each social media post “Elemental” and will follow three differincluding the #TakeChargeOSU tag and ent people who advocate three separate the dorm name. Finally, students can sustainability avenues.
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Agricultural College — in 1922. “Many of Linus’s qualities incubated at OAC; he was very Valley Library, the legacy left gratified by the instruction he by Pauling is unmistakable on received here,” said Stephen campus. Lawson, the administrative Feb. 28 has been proclaimed officer of the Linus Pauling Linus Pauling Day in the state Institute and a former colof Oregon in recognition of league of Pauling’s. “Professors recognized his his efforts for ability and world peace, drive, which genius in Professors recognized opened an chemistry, of discovery of his ability and drive, a r r a y opportunithe molecular which opened an ties during cause of sickle-cell ane- array of opportunities his time as an undergrad.” mia, being a during his time major foundThese as an undergrad. er of molecuopportunities lar biology ranged from and his purStephen Lawson performing suit of truth Linus Pauling Institute, administrative officer research on and devotion cement to to the good of humanity. This teaching the general chemistry work led to his being the only course where he met his liferecipient of two unshared long companion, Ava Pauling. Nobel Prizes, one in chemistry “Linus met Ava teaching a (1954) and one in peace (1962). general chemistry class for Linus Pauling received his home economic majors,” said bachelor’s degree in chemi- Chris Petersen, a senior faculty cal engineering from Oregon research assistant in the special State University — then Oregon collections archive. “Being a
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After the screening, there will be a discussion regarding the film, and prizes will also be given out at the event. Students looking to join the challenge can sign up via Energize Corvallis and choose three-to-five goals to complete in order to increase their sustainability, then update on progress through social media sites. “It only takes a few minutes to sign up; you get mailed a coupon sheet at the end if you take a survey. (Energize Corvallis) gives quantitative data of what your actions have done, like how much water and energy you have saved. When you see your actions, a lot of people don’t realize that small changes can make a real difference, so why not help?” Kasabian said. Those who would like to join the SSI can be connected to coordinators that match with their interests or look at the contact information on the website to help with events or join. Interns will also be hired during spring term of this year. Within the SSI, there are seven project coordinators, one each for water, energy, food, waste, landscape, garden and transportation. There are also marketing and outreach coordinators. Each coordinator works with committee’s to help with initiatives and events, like speeches and making rooftop gardens. Courtnee’ Morin, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
student at OAC and a member and theoretical and applied of the Delta Upsilon fraternity medicine, as well as nutrition. helped him to overcome his As a native of Oregon, shyness and realize that he Linus Pauling contributed a was really quite capable, both great deal of thanks to his socially and academically.” time at OSU and announced Ava Pauling and Linus his intention to donate his Pauling would eventually get and Ava Pauling’s papers to married and remain together OSU in 1986. They remain for more than 60 years. Ava there today, housed within the Pauling pushed Linus Pauling Ava Helen and Linus Pauling to get involved in humanitar- Papers archive in the Special ian work alongside being his Collections on the fifth floor of the Valley Library. primary support system. “Pauling is an example for According to Lawson, Linus Pauling shouldered a large students; he worked exceptionintellectual workload while ally hard,” Petersen said. “He helping to support his fam- found happiness in new ideas ily by working during college, and was quite interdisciplinary, including a summer on a high- which helped him make such a way paving crew in Southern wide range of discoveries.” Oregon and While this working in Saturday the chemistry marks the Pauling is an storage faciliofficial celexample for students; ebration of ties at OAC. Linus Pauling Lawson, he worked a small who worked exceptionally hard. ... Day, “birthday with Linus He found happiness party” will be Pauling for approximatein new ideas and was held Friday from noon ly 15 years, noted his bril- quite interdisciplinary, to 1 p.m. on the first liance in the which helped him floor of the sciences, but make such a wide Linus Pauling also highlightrange of discoveries. Science ed Pauling’s Center. The courage, sense event was of humor and Chris Petersen planned genial nature. Special Collections Archive, senior faculty by Lawson According research assistant and Linda to his biographical timeline published Richards from the College of by the LPI, Linus Pauling’s dis- Liberal Arts and offers free cake coveries included work in the to those who come early enough. fields of inorganic chemistry, Justin Frost, news reporter theoretical physics, biology news@dailybarometer.com
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ART n Continued from page 1 to a wealth of talented artisans who are, for the most part, undiscovered. She hoped Saturday’s event will help “bridge the communication gap.” For student artists, an exhibition represents the payoff of months of hard work and preparation. Like an internship, attending art functions is a way to gather practical experience in the field. After graduating, fine arts and other related majors will face a steep learning curve in promoting, negotiating on and selling their artwork. They can practice at the gallery, where members of the local art community will be present and looking to buy. The exposure also offers something else a budding professional sorely needs: feedback. Sophomore fine arts and photography major Kaylee Weyrauch has spent two years working with professional OSU staff to refine her technique, but said advice from people who are familiar with your work can stop being helpful after a while. She emphasized the importance of “a fresh perspective” of one’s work. “They — the buyers — are just seeing the final product, what we have at the end of the day, rather than every stage of the process,” Weyrauch said. Some of the exhibition’s profits will go toward reviving funded trips to galleries and museums in cities across the northwest. The program formerly sent students to galleries and museums in Portland, Seattle and Chicago, but hasn’t seen activity for the past few years. Corbin said that with luck, Montage can jumpstart the trips again. She and the other club members plan to make Student Art Exhibit and Reception a Montage fundraising tradition. The exhibit is an invitation-only event. However, interested parties can contact Madelaine Corbin at corbimad@onid. oregonstate.edu. Chris Correll, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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Oregon State women’s basketball lost its first home game of the season to No. 18 Stanford Thursday night in a disappointing double-digit loss. Right out of the gate, the Beavers struggled to find a rhythm offensively and never had any consistent production throughout the rest of the game. “I think they came out and hit us first, and from there we were always on our heels, and then same thing with the second half — they came out again and jumped on us and from there, there was scoreboard pressure,” said junior guard Jamie Weisner. The Beavers shoot only 36 percent from the field on the game, and were only 10-33 in the second half, while Stanford was able to shoot 42 percent on the game. Standard got an early lead and held on throughout the game, letting the Beavers only have the lead for a total of 9 seconds, and that came in the very beginning of the first half. Our team really followed through on a good game plan,” said Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer. “We had five players in double digits and when we have four players in double digits, we are successful.” The Cardinals are 11-0 when they have four or more players in double digits. Their offensive option of coming off the high screen and shooting the pull up jumper was effective all night. They shot fewer than half their points in the paint, showing their effectiveness across the court. Oregon State is usually very successful from all points of the court, but they really struggled to find any kind of consistent production. “Stanford played a great game tonight: came in with nothing to lose, played loose, hit big shots all game long,” said head coach Scott Rueck. “They had a good defensive game against us and we just never got comfortable.” It was a combination of the Beavers unable to find production in the paint from junior center Ruth Hamblin, but then they also struggled from behind the arc. Hamblin was just 3-9 from the field, and as a team, the Beavers were just 6-28 from 3-point range, making just 1-11 in the second half. “Our advantage — clearly Ruth on the inside — and we were not able to get her going, and then we didn’t shoot the three well enough to make them pay for doubling inside,” Rueck said. As a team, there was not that usual spark that the Beavers play with. It seems very similar to their other conference loss against Washington where nothing seemed to go right for the Beavers. Every time Oregon State was getting back into the game and the crowd was behind them, The Cardinal was able to put up a big shot, or answer with a run of their own. “It was a major gut check and whenever we made a run at them, they answered,” Rueck said. Going into halftime, Oregon State was able to go on a run to pull with in one point; however, they were unable to regain that momentum in the start of the second half, and The Cardinal extended their lead to 7 point within the first four minutes of the second half. The Beavers were never able to get closer than within nine points for the rest of the half. Despite having an off night shooting as a team, juniors Weisner and Hunter had big production nights — both with 18 points — and Hunter had 14
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rebounds while Weisner had six. “They both came to play tonight and they were both extremely aggressive. They embraced the environment and played big within it,” said Rueck. But even with these performances, Oregon State was unable to get that elusive win over The Cardinal, despite having the best season in school history. They had a chance to win the Pac-12 title outright and were unable to clench it with this victory. “It is what it is — it is one game. What can you do about it now: its over, so you move on, just like we did with Washington, just like we did with Tennessee. This one’s done so just learn from it,” Rueck said. Fortunately for the Beavers, they still can win the conference title outright with a win in their game on Saturday against Cal. Sarah Kerrigan, sports reporter On Twitter @skerrigan123 sports@dailybarometer.com
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The legend of Oregon State’s head softball coach continues to grow. Laura Berg, the most decorated Olympic softball player in American history, will have her college jersey retired by her alma mater, Fresno State, on Saturday. “It’s pretty amazing, pretty special to me because I loved every minute of playing at Fresno State,” Berg said. “I kind of hoped they’d develop a 10-year plan while I was playing there, because I wished I had more than four years to play there. That’s how much I loved it.” Berg wore the No. 44 during her four years at Fresno State where she was a four-time AllAmerican. She led the Bulldogs to a National Championship in her senior year, which she said ranks as one of her proudest moments to date. “Absolutely — that and the gold medals. Shoot, we were the underdog. We were playing the topranked team Arizona. They had beaten us three times prior to that game, and for us to be able to shut them out and beat them 1-0 was pretty amazing.” In that 1998 College World Series, the seventh-seeded Bulldogs defeated second-seeded Nebraska, third-seeded Michigan and fourth-
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Senior outfielder Dani Gilmore runs off the field against Washington April 27, 2014.
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seeded Washington before taking the title against first-seeded Arizona. Berg graduated the same year she won the title, and by the time her college career had come to a close, she ranked first in school history in triples, runs, hits and stolen bases. Her 396 career hits still rank second all-time in NCAA softball history. When Saturday comes around, Berg will have her number retired, then immediately afterward, her current team will face off against her former team. The Beavers play the Bulldogs at 5:30 p.m., but Berg said she’ll treat Fresno State just like any other opponent. “When we’re on the field they’re my enemy,” Berg said. “Off the field I will always check what they’re doing, how they’re doing and be friends with their head coach and all that. On the field, it’s like playing against my twin sister; they’re an enemy on the field.” Adding to the intrigue, Berg has a personal relationship with Fresno State’s current head coach, Trisha Ford. The two coached together on the 2013 USA Junior Women’s National Team and developed a relationship. Last month, it was Ford who broke the news to Berg that her number would be retired. Despite the fact that Fresno State is honoring Berg’s past, and despite the fact that a personal friend will be in the opposing dugout, Berg remains focused on the present. “Fresno State is a strong team. They’re receiving votes in the top-25, and they’ve got some hitters that can put the ball over the fence. They can hit and they’re aggressive.” The Fresno State game is just one of five that the Beavers will play this weekend in the Fresno State Classic. “We’ll face Saint Mary’s, we’ll face UC Santa Barbara twice and we will face Saint Mary’s, so all are teams that want to beat a Pac-12 team.” Berg’s goals for the Beavers in this upcoming tournament are straightforward. “We need to go 5-0, plain and simple,” Berg said. “These next two tournaments we need to go 5-0. We need to go into the Pac-12s on a high note.” The Pac-12 season begins March 13 with a three-game series against the No. 2 Ducks. Mitch Mahoney, sports reporter On Twitter @MitchIsHere sports@dailybarometer.com
Baseball season in Corvallis will finally get underway, as the Oregon State baseball team plays in front of their home crowd for the first time this season when they host the Grambling State Tigers for a three-game series. The Beavers (5-3), who return to Goss Stadium to face the Tigers (2-5), are coming off of a fairly successful twoweek road trip to Surprise, Ariz., where they played in two tournaments — the Surprise College Baseball Classic and the Pac-12 - Big-12 Challenge — where a high-scoring offense has been held back by an inconsistent pitching rotation. “We need to be much, much better on the mound if we want to compete in this conference,” said head coach Pat Casey. “We have to pitch; I am disappointed in the overall performance.” This is a very young and inexperienced pitching group compared to the Beavers’ pitching rotations in the past, leaving question marks in this weekend’s rotation. As it stands, the weekend rotation will start with a pair of right-handed juniors making the first two starts of the three game series, with Andrew Moore (1-0, 2.70 ERA) and Travis Hickey (0-0, 4.50 ERA) making the start on the first game of the Saturday double-header. The second game of the double-header has yet to be named, after sophomore righthander Jake Thompson (0-1, 10.50) and freshman southpaw Luke Heimlich (0-1, 8.86) struggled in each of their first starts of the season. Part of the struggle with the young staff is not being able to put hitters away after getting ahead in the count, by allowing the hitters to either get a hit, or allowing hitters to work the count in their favor. Moore, the undisputed ace of the staff, believes that the early jitters will eventually pay dividends for the pitching staff later in the season. “Maybe it was first game jitters, but some guys went out and struggled a little bit,” Moore said. “That might be a good thing, light that fire and give an edge to them.“ While the pitching is in need of improvement, the Beaver Bats are coming off a great stretch where they scored 36 runs in four games during the Pac-12 - Big-12 challenge. Friday’s game against Grambling will provide many Beavers fans their first glimpse of the freshman first baseman KJ Harrison, who has already been named Pac-12 Player of the Week and National Hitter of
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Sophomore infielder Caleb Hamilton warms up in preparation for Washington May 18, 2014.
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the Week in the first two weeks of the season. The five games the Beavers played last week, the Hawaiian native went 10-22 at the plate, which included two doubles, one triple, two homeruns and 10 runs batted in. His “see ball, hit ball” approach has helped the ball that he is swinging at look very big. “I felt great, seeing the ball well,” Harrison said. “It’s nice to know that all the hard work in the fall is starting to come together and pay off, but I gotta keep on going.” Not to be outdone by the newcomer, returning sophomore shortstop Trever Morrison and junior centerfielder Jeff Hendrix have been
swinging a hot stick as well. In the previous four games, Morrison is 9-for-15, while Hendrix is 10-for-24. The last two games for the duo has been even more impressive, as they have combined to go 9-for-17 with three doubles, a triple, one home run and six RBIs. There is still a lot for Casey and his staff to figure out about this team; each player is given an opportunity to play and to compete, but to also learn moving forward. Speaking on where the team is now after the two tournaments, Casey said, “[We’re] finding out what it means to be a teammate; (we) played a lot of guys. We learned a lot about what we need to work on, work on things that we can be strong in and we are excited to play in front of our home crowd.” Brian Rathbone, sports reporter On Twitter @brathbone3 sports@dailybarometer.com
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Yeas & Nays A ea to the temporary return of “spring” we had during the middle of this winter term. Nay to the subsequent return of real winter. We’ll miss you until May, Sun. Nay to still somehow catching a cold during the temporary sunny weather period. Yea to club soda, chicken noodle soup and all the other stereotypical cold remedies that don’t knock us out cold (no pun intended). Yea to Oregon State women’s basketball preparing for the NCAA championships and maintaining a recordbreaking season full of wins. Nay to men’s basketball receiving its first home loss. At least the team still has the most solid record of home wins to date. Nay to pennies. Honestly, how are they still a thing? Yea to student organizations moving in to the nearly completed Student Experience Center. Nay to the time it took because of delays and lost equipment. But now it’s in the past, so this should be the last time we need to say “nay” to this at all — we hope. Nay to packing boxes, unless you truly enjoy packing. Yea to new facilities and new technology for the future of Orange Media Network. Yea to Counseling and Psychological Services, the office of equity and inclusion and Student Health Services for hosing an informative workshop on consent. It’s essential that we continue these conversations moving forward. Nay to blatant misconceptions of what constitutes a “yes.” Yea to the impending approach of spring break. Nay to the inevitable Netflix binges that will devour our lives. It probably won’t be a bad idea to listen to those messages that encourage us to go outside and remember what surrounds us. Yea to the end of midterms, final projects and other time-consuming endeavors that consume us during weeks eight and nine. Nay to the approach of finals. At least we have dead week to maintain some focus. Yea to approaching fresh starts and class registration for another term. There’s no better feeling than knowing you’ll get a second chance. Nay to procrastination and forgetfulness, the two sworn enemies of week one assignments. Nay to classes being packed out or full. There has to be a better way to deal with overflow in certain programs than some of the processes we currently have in place. Yea to when second classes open and we have room to allocate for the space on campus. Yea to the new classroom building that continues to be built. Seriously, we’re thinking we really need this thing for the space, given that we can only register for so many positions in so many classes. Keep on singing, Corvallis.
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s we progress throughout our undergraduate education, the material covered in our courses inevitably increases in difficulty, and rightfully so. But along with this rise in course intensity, we tend to notice a general decrease in class averages on exams, sometimes as low as 50 percent or below. Not to mention the circulating horror stories of students scoring a high of 28 percent on some exams. Now with this correlation causing frustrated students to question the decisions of their professors, one cannot help but wonder whether professors are instituting proper
cable to the real world — a tactic that can be extremely beneficial to students in their studies. Jesse While this can be a good technique when properly employed, professors sometimes have a tendency to go overboard in their examination techniques. attempt to stretch students’ thinkThe question of whether or not ing, something that often results in professors should make examina- a decrease in average test scores. tions more straightforward can be Not only is such poor examinadifficult to answer. tion performance disheartening A paramount reason for the to students’ academic confidence, decrease in overall class averages but it reflects poorly on the profesis that professors of upper-level sor’s ability to teach, as well as write courses tend to push students to think about situations where their examinations that will accurately See HANSON | page 8 examination content may be appli-
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Ask Dr. Ethics Regan Brashear, director of the movie “Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement”, debated this and other topics with Oregon State Students this week during a series of events organized by the Oregon State University Disability Network and the Hundere Endowment for Religion and Culture. While cognitive enhancement can refer to electrical stimulation of the brain or even computer implants, you’re asking specifically about the moral permissibility of using prescription pharmaceuticals
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hanks to technology, we can communicate with people we never would have had the opportunity to interact with before. We can talk to and learn from people all over our country and the world. We have access to information as fast as a Google search goes. With all of this access and connection, we have grown, accepting and learning about other cultures and being open to diversity. Diversity is essential for personal and professional development. I am supportive of all people, no matter race, creed, religion, sexual orientation or origin. If you treat me nice, I will be nice right back to you. I do not have ill intentions toward anyone; discrimination is wrong. But what I do have a problem with is ignoring an entire race and culture because of the past. What I’m talking about is white guilt — the fact that European culture, or mainly white cultures, are not as recognized or even acknowledged in society because it would seem bad to celebrate the majority. That is just race ignorance, the result of a bad attempt at being politically correct. It is the collective act of ignoring the big elephant in the room, and I am tired of it. As a white, heterosexual woman with a college degree I am seen as having privilege and I understand and accept that. I know the pain and suffering that other people have gone through in the past and I am well aware of how it is unfortunately still happening today. But what I am tired of is being punished and blamed for what whites have done in the past. I’m tired of being made to feel like I still have to pay for those deeds done by other white people. I have tried to share these thoughts with cultural centers and advocates for social justice, trying to bring in another perspective of culture and identity. I was called intolerant. Just because I wanted to bring in a different perspective to social justice. Does society just like to forget the fact that many Caucasian cultures were rejected in America when they first came over? That Irish, Italians, Poles, Russians and Germans were discriminated against because of their culture? Everyone is quick to forget those historical events because now, supposedly, they have the upper hand in society. Everyone forgets the signs hanging in store windows stating, “No Irish need apply” and offensive Polish jokes thrown around for decades. I am not, by all means, saying that this injustice is on the same level as other discrimination, but this intolerance is also a part of American history. This habit of ignoring a group of people and their different perspectives and cultures is a form of racism called colorblindness. According to psychologytoday.com, “colorblindness has helped make race into a taboo topic that polite people cannot openly discuss. And if you can’t talk about it, you can’t understand it, much less fix the racial problems that plague our society.” We all just ignore each other’s race
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ear Dr. Ethics, A friend recommended that I try using Adderall to help me study for exams. I don’t have a prescription or ADHD, but he said he knows someone I can buy it from. Something about this seems wrong to me, but I really need improve my grades. My friend claims it helps him study all night but still be alert for an exam the next day. What do you think? — Grade Deficient Student Dear Grade Deficient Student, Your question addresses the ethics of cognitive enhancement, or using technological developments to improve normal brain function.
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SALEM — Former first lady Cylvia Hayes is asking a court to block release of her emails in response to a Jan. 29 public records request made by The Oregonian newspaper. Hayes asserted her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in a court document filed Wednesday, Feb. 25, and stated that her Constitutional rights supercede Oregon public records law. The complaint filed by Hayes’ attorney in Marion County Circuit Court also restated many of her previous arguments against the records release, which the Oregon Department of Justice rejected early this month. It included the claim that Hayes was never a public official and therefore
her emails are not subject to the state’s public records law. According to Hayes’ attorney, Whitney P. Boise, “Any functions Hayes performed for the state were unpaid and largely advisory or ceremonial in nature.” Hayes is engaged to marry former Gov. John Kitzhaber and for most of Kitzhaber’s third term, Hayes served as an unpaid adviser on state energy and economic development policy. Kitzhaber resigned Feb. 18 amid state and federal criminal investigations into allegations that Hayes used her position for financial gain.
emails specifically containing the phrase “first lady” or the acronym “FLO” that Hayes sent, received or was copied. Hayes used several private email accounts to correspond with public employees regarding state policy, travel arrangements and her private consulting business. She never had a state email account, and instead used a Gmail account with the signature “Cylvia Hayes First Lady State of Oregon.” On Feb. 12 the Oregon attorney general’s office ordered Hayes to turn over the emails, after The Oregonian filed a petition seeking the records. Hayes opposed that petition and argued that she was not a The Oregonian newspaper public official and thus not subsought Hayes emails concern- ject to Oregon public records ing state business received or laws. Deputy Attorney General sent by Hayes after Jan. 1, 2011. Frederick M. Boss rejected that The newspaper also requested argument.
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and culture and pretend everything’s OK, especially when it comes to white culture. I’m not asking for a holiday or cultural center. I’m asking to stop pinning all the racial evils of the world on one race. Humans are cruel to one another and have been since the dawn of time. It is not fair for anyone to be treated terribly because of what they look like. We’re taught this, but we don’t practice it when it relates to Causasians. My words here may cause anger and name-calling, but for what? Because I said what many others are feeling but aren’t saying? It is hard for me to believe that we are all on the same side of equality when there is still a group of people attacked and left out. We can’t truly be equal until all of us are treated the same. t
test students’ knowledge on their specific subject. It would be beneficial for professors to act diligently towards increasing the efficiency of their examination techniques, in order to optimize student learning and limit drastic decreases in class averages on examinations. At the college level it can be easy for professors to become lackadaisical in their teachings, and fail to motivate students to succeed in their courses. But it is incredibly important that professors continue to inspire their students, and do so in a way that propels them to actively develop in their undergraduate careers. Applying classroom material to the real world is undoubtedly beneficial to students, but professors need to find a way to do so without further discouraging their students, as low class averages often do. It is common knowledge that people appreciate seeing their hard work pay off, such as performing well on an exam after several long hours of studying. And it is for this reason that it is crucial that professors provide their students with the opportunity to succeed — because if hard work is too often followed by failure, the desire to succeed eventually fades away.
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JENKINS n Continued from page 7 Would you have responded differently if your friend had suggested you try cocaine or methamphetamine to help you study for exams? If so, it’s probably because the prevalence of ADHD and the corresponding rise in stimulant prescriptions reduces the social stigma and moral inhibition to using Adderall, but the legal and medical risks of taking your friend’s advice are similar to using street drugs. Of course, as the history of alcohol prohibition and the evolving national debate about marijuana legalization demonstrate, drug policy might not correspond with moral judgments about drug use. Alas, we’ll have to leave that topic for another column — send your questions to forum@ dailybarometer.com. Using Adderall for cognitive enhancement also differs from other brain boosters like caffeine and nutritional supplements, because they’re not equally available to all students in your class. If you use the medication
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won’t download the contents of your textbook into your brain, nor will it help you critically analyze or synthesize its contents. A more effective, and less morally troubling, way to improve your grades would be to exercise strategies known to support learning and academic success: attend your professor’s office hours, study in regular, short sessions instead of cramming and utilize the resources available at OSU’s Academic Success Center. After all, taking care of your self, as I’ve learned from philosopher Michel Foucault, is an essential component of ethics. Peace & Virtue, Dr. Ethics
for enhancement, as opposed to therapeutic purposes — a distinction you’ll learn about in PHL 444: Biomedical Ethics — you might be gaining an unfair advantage over your peers. In fact, there’s an ongoing debate in higher education about whether the use of “study drugs” without a prescription should count as cheating in academic honor codes. Furthermore, the bioethicists interviewed for the film “Fixed”, shown at OSU on Wednesday evening, express concern that cognitive enhancers will exacerbate existing structural inequalities. Of course, these problems are only a concern if using Adderall as a study aid will actually improve your grades, which leads us to another difference between Adderall and a cup of coffee: its effectiveness at boosting attention span. Yes, as your friend points out, Adderall will likely help you stay up all night studying and it might even temporality improve your working memory. However, while your friend’s advice might help you avoid some of the consequences of procrastination, popping a pill
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