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Attendees of Sunday night’s Omani Night enjoy traditional cuisine prepared by the Omani Student Association. The event featured food, dancing and story-telling to celebrate Omani culture.
Omani students celebrate unique culture By Jyssica Yelas
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Sunday, March 1, the Omani Student Association hosted Omani Night 2015 in the Memorial Union Ballroom, where cultural traditions and stories were shared with the OSU community. Ahmed Al-Attar, a junior in nuclear engineering, is an active member and former vice president of the Omani Student Association. He and other members of the OSA had been planning Omani Night 2015 since last summer. The celebration featured Omani dancing, a gallery and free food; Al-Attar’s role was to plan and choreograph the
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to decide which dances they should and African skit. The skit was pictured in three scenes, shouldn’t include. They then decided on a program that would plan beginning in an Omani out the night’s activities. market. The scene portrayed two market venThe OSA consists of dors negotiating on a If you want to about 104 students, selling price of a market including 14 freshmen. know about the item. The second showed Each time a new Omanis, you ask a group of Omanis at sea, Omani freshman comes who are then abruptly the Omanis. to Corvallis, he or she is attacked by pirates. The welcomed by the assothird featured their final ciation, and is oriented Ahmed Al-Attar arrival to Africa, and the to campus life through Junior in nuclear engineering, member of skit ended in an African the help of their new Omani Student Association dance performed by sevOmani peers. This orieneral members of the OSA. tation includes showing According to Al-Attar, the African skit students how to get home, how to adjust took about two months to plan. to their new university life in America He had been preparing and gathering and mentorship from students who ideas since summer, and then he met See Omani | page 4 with other students of the association
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Idrees Al-Riyami, sophomore in mechanical engineering, and Ahmed Al-Attar, junior in nuclear engineering, enjoy the Omani cultural night, which they have been planning since summer.
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Associate Dean of the School of Design and Human Environment, Minjeong Kim, meets with apparel design senior Ish Guevera.
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When Kim was young, she could not stop drawing cartoons and stories on any piece of paper that she could get her hands on. Her teachers and parents thought that she would be a writer, and she herself thought that she was going to go into journalism, because By Hanna Brewer she loved focusing on the stories of THE DAILY BAROMETER the cartoons. It took a couple of relocations, “I used to get in trouble when I degrees and eye-opening moments was really little; my father had a book before Minjeong Kim became the keeping business and he had such associate dean of the School of Design nice paper in his binders, and that and Human Environment. Recalling was during the time that paper wasn’t her experiences growing up in South as available,” Kim said. “I would draw Korea to her journey to Oregon State on the back, and only told my sister, University, Kim illustrates her dynamic but when we fought, she would tell past and present. my mother and I would get in trouble.” When she went off to Seoul, she started out wanting to be a high fashion Kim grew up in Busan, South Korea, designer, dreaming of graduating and living on the island with her sister and See DEAN | page 2 parents. n
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heading off to Paris or Milan to be immersed in high fashion, but it was not the creative outlet that she had in mind: that ended up being looking at swatches of fabric and contemplating hemlines. Kim ended up getting her bachelor’s degree in textile industry. “By the time I was finishing my undergrad, I thought that I should go somewhere else to study. I went to Ohio State, thinking that I would study textile sciences, but the people in the program at that time weren’t doing any active scholarly activity in my field,” Kim said.
Off to the states Kim came to the U.S. when she was 25, without knowing anybody here. “I could read well, but I couldn’t write or speak very well because the only education training we had was reading comprehension, so we could do well in the grammar tests, even though we couldn’t necessarily say it,” Kim said. “In the second term of Ohio State, I met my lifelong mentor, Sharron Lennon, who was involved in the consumer psychology department. I switched my major to more of consumer behavior from textile sciences. It was one of the best decisions I had ever made, even though I had already put two years toward textile sciences, but it all worked because my textile science background helped my with internships that I had.” When Kim first started looking for internships at big companies, her adviser had warned her not to get her hopes up too high because at the time, there wasn’t a big pull for international students to get them. But Kim succeeded and began an internship at Abercrombie & Fitch, where she created technical sketches for them and made it higher up in the ranks because of her graduate degree. “I was the only non-U.S. born (intern), and the culture was quite difficult and discriminating at the time,” Kim said. “But, it was a growth opportunity, even though it was hard.” In addition, Kim did freelance work for Lane Bryant. This was a stressful time in her life, as she was kept busy with being a student and having full-time jobs. After working, Kim finished up her master’s degree at Ohio State University. “I wanted to take a rest, and have a little more of a quality life instead of working so much.”
An ugly truth She then took an internship at Express as a technical designer for dresses and ended up loving it and stayed on full time. “It was an international company, so there wasn’t the culture of discriminations, but had a better atmosphere,” Kim said. “I was very fortunate to meet some of the best people in the industry.” One of the biggest changes in Kim’s life was realizing the domino effect of how the design industry works. She traveled to some of the sweatshops and saw the conditions workers dealt with, and this opened her eyes to the darker side of her industry. “From a buyer’s point of view, they have to follow the trends, and in order to make the original due date, someone farther down the line has to work overtime without getting paid,” Kim
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At this time in her life, Kim was influenced by the Lifetime Movie “Damaged Care,” a documentary about the unethical business practices of health maintenance organizations. “Being a teacher is a calling. You want to be able to help people, and I felt that calling,” Kim said. Even if she didn’t make it to the states, Kim thinks that she would still end up becoming a teacher even if she were still in Seoul. “Being an educator, we are more likely to have a positive impact on more people,” Kim said. “Sharron Lennon, my lifelong mentor, showed such dedication. She showed me, not by telling me what to do, but by showing me that she was always open to new things — really showed me the way.” Having great mentors was a very important issue of Kim’s life, and the positive interactions she’s had with people she meets fuels her desire to be that person for others. When Kim was finishing up her dissertation, she had four job offers on each coast of the U.S., but the West was where she and her husband wanted to settle down. Kim grew up near the ocean and wanted to be somewhere near it to have that peace of mind and share it with her children. Kim came to OSU as an assistant professor when the School of Design was still a part of the College of Home Economics, before it was moved into the College of business in July 2012. She became assistant dean in January 2013. “I came in with a unique design side and business side because I had a background in textile and clothing, but had also worked with merchandising management, so I had a little bit of a crossover between the two,” Kim said. “I do have that appreciation for design as well as working with the business side that some people don’t have.” Kim loves the dynamic role of being an educator and being able to adapt her teaching and mentoring style to fit each individual’s need. “As an educator, you really have an opportunity to instill empathy into your students, spark their curiosity, and give your own experiences to them so that they can run with it,” Kim said. Ish Guevara, a senior in apparel design, was thankful for Kim’s empathy when he missed his early morning meeting and she was able to set aside time in her afternoon schedule to meet with him. There have been so many curriculum changes in her college at the administration level, but Kim approves of the direction of the program because it gives the students and
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said. “Although I had such a wonderful time at the company, it was difficult learning how seemingly logical decisions had a perpetual impact on the sweatshop.” After spending some time in the factories, Kim had some heartbreaking realizations and it really changed her views on the industry. “I knew those things before, but after seeing it for myself,” she said, “it was one thing to know the problem, but the corporate side is seemingly disconnected, making decisions for their business, but there are always unintended consequences down the line.” Kim, after a lot of thinking and encouragement from her mentor, went back to school. She really wanted to share her experience with others to raise awareness and create a level of empathy for the industry’s next generation.
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Kim has two sons, ages 7 and 4. She loves raising them in Corvallis and being able to share the nature with them and raising them in a small town without the hustle and bustle of a major city. One of Kim’s greatest secrets is her silly side that she mostly shares with her sons; not even her husband gets to see her crazy facial expressions and funny dances that she puts on for both of her sons. “I get to be a mom and make a mess; it’s my favorite thing in the world,” she said. Another little known fact about Kim is her adventurous side. When she was a young adult, Kim went on a backpacking trip to Europe with her sister with only a reservation in London, a train pass, travelers checks and a credit card. “My sister and I didn’t speak German, Italian, nothing else. We traveled to about 14 different countries,” Kim said. “People here probably can’t imagine me washing my hair at a train station in my life. We were young, it helped. In that sense I’m very adventurous, but I’m also cautious in the workplace, which is a good balance I think.” With all of her experience and knowledge, Kim loves to share her messages with the students who come and go through the halls of Oregon State. “You don’t have to know everything, as long as you’re open to being a lifelong learner — it’s the most important tool. If you are open to it and enjoy learning, It will give you more joy in your life and your work.”
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On Saturday, Feb. 28, Oregon State University’s Phi Kappa Psi chapter gathered for their annual Founders Day banquet to honor 163 years of activity since the fraternity’s establishment in 1852. The banquet is the final event in a two-day series of receptions and meetings, where members new and old can catch up on Phi Kappa Psi’s recent activities and see where current leaders plan on taking it in the future. Accomplished alumni from around the country traveled to pay their respects and enjoy an evening with old friends. However, for several of them, Founders Day was also their first chance to meet with students they’ll be getting to know very well over the next few years. As part of a new mentorship program being enacted at OSU, Phi Kappa Psi undergrads have begun being partnered with alumni in their field of study. The mentees will receive advice on how to further their education, potential internship opportunities and connections that could lead to a job once they graduate. Ryan Ruark, chief organizer for Founders Day and Phi Kappa Psi alum board member, said the program “has been an idea we’ve had for several years,� but that until recent growths in the fraternity’s membership, they never had the manpower to get it up and running. One of Phi Kappa Psi’s
According to Dick, alumni partnership with specific students is still a relatively new idea, but “there is (a very strong) trend in the country right now for mentoring programs.� Dick’s chapter in Ohio has already been practicing the program for a few years. He said mentors’ experience and motivational encouragement of undergrads has had “a very positive� influence, and that he “looks forward to the relationship� with his mentee. From now until Collier and CHRIS CORRELL | THE DAILY BAROMETER the other students graduate, Tyler Colesar, bioengineering senior and president of Phi their mentors will be periKappa Psi at OSU, speaks at the Founders Day banquet. odically checking in to make sure they’re on track for their major goals this year is decades of experience in mar- chosen career paths. increasing alumni involv- keting and owns his own busiIt’s possible that with conment. So far, they have about ness in Corvallis. tinued support, mentorship twenty student-alumni partDick has also been one of nerships, with expansion in the biggest proponents of the programs will become a standardized part of Phi Kappa the works. mentorship program, having Psi’s—or even fraternities and Student mentees received founded COMCOA Inc.—a email notifications with their company with the specific sororities in general’s—infraalumni partners’ names just purpose of building closer structure for upcoming years. a short time before Founders ties between fraternities and Chris Correll, news reporter Day. news@dailybarometer.com alumni—in 1970. Sophomore business marketing major Matt Collier met with his mentor Hal Dick for the first time last Wednesday at a Shari’s restaurant. “After talking with him and getting to know him I’m really Help Wanted excited to do this (mentor- SPRING BREAK WHITEWATER RIVER ing),� Collier said. “Someone GUIDE SCHOOL Whitewater guide trainwho’s gone through that ing, a true adventure of a lifetime. Summer employment opportunities. Details at www. whole process, lived their HighCountryExpeditions.com / 541-822-8288. whole life—in Hal’s case, fifty Services years longer than I have—they know the ends and outs. Just HYPNOTHERAPY TRAINING FOR NATIONAL being able to get advice that CERTIFICATION. Basic thru advanced, $1500. they wish they had known at (541) 327-3513 (Albany) for info, or enrollment. the time, to make it easier on Hypnosis for Test Anxiety. Calm your me, is incredibly valuable. I nerves and pass that test! Contact Patty at 503816-9274 or www.terrahealing.com. couldn’t put a price on it.� Recreation In Collier’s case, there aren’t many businessmen that Benton Brigade Hurling Club would make a more benefiNOW RECRUITING Try this fun and unique sport. cial mentor. Dick, a graduate No experience needed from Ohio’s Bowling Green All equipment provided State University chapter, has More info at: www.bentonbrigade.com
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Shawna Harvey (left), a Corvallis community member, and Barbar Wirtz (middle), a Eugene Glenn Weiss, world ballroom champion, coach and adjudicator, demonstrates with Gail Zera, community member, participate in Glenn Weiss’ (right) demonstration. community organizer of the ballroom dancing workshop and co-owner of Z Place to Dance. n
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This weekend, students, faculty and community members could be found swirling and twirling to a calming voice, which belonged to international ballroom dancing superstar Glenn Weiss. Weiss participated in a dancing workshop on Oregon State University campus on Saturday and Sunday. “We were really excited; it’s a great opportunity for the school,” said Christina Anttonen, a senior double majoring in business management and teaching. Anttonen is the president of the OSU Ballroom Dance club; the club partnered with dancing company Z Place To Dance, led by community members Gail and Mike Zera to host a dance workshop. The Zeras had previously taken dance lessons from Weiss and his partner, and thought that bringing him would be a positive learning experience for the community and OSU students. “One of the exiting things is to expose people to different ways of learning ballroom dance,” said Gail Zera. Weiss has appeared on the hit TV show “So You Think You Can Dance?” as a choreographer for the contestants. He specializes in international ballroom dancing and is professionally ranked fourth in the world, according to
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World ballroom champion and guest coach, Glenn Weiss, teaches members how to interpret and incorporate the music to their dance, during this weekend’s workshop. his website. Oregon State Ballroom Dance club, and their courses, focus on social dancing, moving from one partner to another and learning the ability to adjust to different dancers. Weiss teaches international dancing, which is the ballroom style used worldwide and competitively. “The styles don’t connect with the community; most students learn from OSU classes,” said Leona Zhou, a junior in chemical engineering. “This workshop helps connect students with the community.” Not only did the workshop help to connect the university
and the community, it also introduced participants to new styles of dancing. “He teaches International style and it’s new to us,” said Mandy Liu, a sophomore majoring in pre-pharmacy and the Risk-management leader for the OSU Ballroom Dance Club. The OSU Ballroom Dance club decided that partnering with Z Place To Dance would be a great way to integrate the community into OSU courses and expose interested dancing students to a high-ranking dancer. “It will widen the perspective; I doubt they have had the ability to dance with someone of
this caliber,” Mike Zera said of the event. “Just having that will broaden their perspective. If they watch him on TV or competitors, it may increase their learning.” The OSU Ballroom Dance Club hosts workshops every Wednesday of the academic term. They are free to the Corvallis and OSU community. The lessons go from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. and are followed by open dancing from 8 to 10 p.m. The workshops take place in the Women’s Building in room 116. Jasmin Vogel, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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OMANI n Continued from page 1 have endured a similar experience and adjustment of their own. Omani Night was a hit and ended up selling out of tickets. Shivangi Agrawal, an international student and junior in psychology and anthropology, said she found out about the event through social media, and had been excited for the event since. “I liked the dance and the food a lot,” Agrawal said. “The dessert is my favorite thing.” The traditional food was indeed one of the most anticipated and celebrated parts of the evening. One of the dishes was a dessert called Basbousa, which was rumored to be a favorite of many Omanis and non-Omanis alike. Omani Night provided a fresh international experience for many students. Al-Attar thought this event was a great way for the community to get to know more about Omani students. “In my personal opinion, if you want to know about Italians, you ask the Italians; if you want to know about the French, you ask the French,” Al-Attar said. “If you want to know about the Omanis, you ask the Omanis.” Jyssica Yelas, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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“Our mind was right today — after we got over the initial emotion of Ali’s day and it’s 8-0,” Rueck said. “But it didn’t surprise me, and I knew that when we settled down that we’d play well today, it just had that feel.” By Mitch Mahoney California’s largest lead of the game THE DAILY BAROMETER With 6,238 in the stands to bear wit- was eight points, but that lead was ness, the No. 7 Beavers defeated the erased completely within 10 minutes. No. 24 Golden Bears, 73-55, for the first The Beavers took their first lead of Pac-12 regular season title in Oregon the game when sophomore guard Gabriella Hanson completed an andState history. “That was a movie scene out there,” one to go ahead, 21-20. Hanson was instrumental in Oregon said head coach Scott Rueck. “That’s what it was — if you know the whole State’s early comeback, and she finstory, that’s a movie. I just sat there ished the game as the Beavers’ secondwhen we were celebrating, the place is leading scorer. She had 14 points to go going crazy and (Athletic Director) Bob with four assists and three rebounds. “I couldn’t take her off the floor (DeCarolis) gives us today. She was makthe trophy, I’m shaking plays on both ing my head like ‘Is (Athletic Director) Bob ends of the floor, she this real?’” aggressive, she With the win, the (DeCarolis) gives us was had the right mindBeavers (26-3, 16-2 the trophy, I’m set — buried her first Pac-12) snapped three,” Rueck said. a 15-game losing shaking my head “Everybody refers to streak to California. like ‘Is this real?’ her as the X-factor, They were led by and she absolutely is. sophomore guard When she plays like Scott Rueck Sydney Wiese, who that, we are a tough Head Coach scored a game-high team to beat.” 23 points on 8-of-10 shooting, includOregon State’s barrage kept coming, ing 7-of-9 from deep. Senior guard Ali Gibson, the lone and the Beavers outscored the Golden senior on the team, had nine points, Bears 22-6 in the closing minutes of the two assists, two rebounds and two first half. They entered halftime with a blocks in her final regular-season 40-26 lead. “Today, this was a team that wasn’t game in Gill Coliseum. She was 3-of-5 from three-point range, and with 1:21 being hunted, this was the team that remaining in the game, she fittingly was doing the hunting,” Rueck said. “The other night, we were the opposcored the game’s final basket. She was subbed out a few moments site. We were hoping to win that game later, and Gibson was greeted with instead of making sure we won it. bear hugs from the entire Oregon State Today, we took the game.” Two nights earlier, the Beavers sufbench. The final buzzer sounded just a few minutes later and cemented this fered their first and only home loss of the season to No. 19 Stanford. team’s place in Oregon State history. “I never pictured it to be like that,” Saturday’s performance showed that said Gibson. “It was just so special. I’m they had regrouped and moved on so grateful to the coaches and all my from Thursday’s disappointment. “Today’s sole focus was, ‘Are you teammates who got us here.” Despite the final score, the Beavers playing the best possession of your got off to a slow start. California (21-8, life, right now?’” Rueck said. “It’s this 13-5) forced three turnovers in the 26 seconds, then it’s the next 20 secfirst four minutes of the game and onds, then it’s the next 20 seconds, prevented the Beavers from scoring then it’s the next 30 seconds, and that’s for the first 3:29. Before Oregon State it. Today, we focused possession-byended its scoring drought, the Golden See WOMEN’S HOOPS | page 6 Bears had shot to an 8-0 lead.
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OSU wrestling went up early, never looked back in 4th Pac-12 Championship title By TeJo Pack
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The Oregon State University wrestling team celebrates their fourth Pac-12 Championship title in Gill Coliseum March 1.
It was another beautiful Sunday morning in Corvallis, not just because the sun beat down from a cloudless sky, but it was the day of the Pac-12 wrestling conference championships at Gill Coliseum. The Oregon State wrestling team, which was coming into the event with four Beavers — freshman 125-pounder Ronnie Bresser, redshirt freshman 133-pounder Jack Hathaway, senior 157-pounder Alex Elder and 197-pounder redshirt freshman Cody Crawford — ranked as No. 1 seeds, was looking for its fourth consecutive team title, and individual automatic berths into the NCAA Championships. Bresser continuing in his season success, came out and took his first matchup against CSU-Bakersfield’s sophomore wrestler Sergio Mendez 17-1, winning by technical fall. Bresser then followed up the lopsided first-round win by winning a
decision — in the semifinals — over ASU’s junior Ares Carpio 8-3. Hathaway, who had a bye in the first round, had his first matchup in the semifinals against Cal Poly’s freshman wrestler Jason DelaCruz. Hathaway took care of business early, winning the matchup by fall just 1:39 into the battle. Elder would have one of the most impressive starts to the tournament when he came out and won by technical fall 17-0 over Cal Poly’s sophomore Colt Shorts in the 157-pound class. Elder followed up the decisive win by taking down ASU’s sophomore 157-pounder Oliver Pierce. Elder fell behind early in the match 4-1, but stormed back to win by decision 5-4. In the 197-pound weight class, Crawford got a first round bye, and managed to fight his way through a tough matchup in the semi’s against CSU-Bakersfield’s redshirt freshman Matt Williams to win by decision 6-5. By the time the semifinals had concluded, the Beavers had a commanding lead in the team competition. Oregon State was up on ASU and Stanford — which were tied for second See WRESTLING | page 6
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Senior 174-pounder Joe Latham smiles while on the top step during the Pac-12 Championships in Corvallis March 1.
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OSU softball just two wins away from last year’s total after dominating in Classic
Softball What: Oregon State vs. Longwood Where: Honolulu When: Wednesday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m.
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The Oregon State softball team’s offense was unstoppable over the weekend in the Fresno State Classic, going 5-0 in California while scoring 64 runs. The OSU pitching staff also delivered, with the highlight coming from a no-hitter from junior pitcher Bev Miller in a 13-0 win over UCSB. Miller only needed five innings to toss a complete game due to the five-inning mercy rule, finishing with one walk given up and 51 total pitches. The Beavers, now standing at 16-5, are two wins away from matching the entire win total from last year’s squad that went 18-31. OSU has won six straight and eight of its last nine. The Fresno State Classic was the first road trip that OSU has returned to Corvallis with all wins, though the Beavers have never played in any round of games without ending up with a winning record. The Beavers nearly recorded double-digit runs in every game, with the 8-3 win over
Rutgers on Sunday being the lowest scoring contest of the five games. OSU scored at least 13 runs in every other game, including a 13-0 rout of UCSB. The high offensive production was necessary in two of the other matchups, though: both in the 13-8 win over St. Mary’s College to open the Classic and the 16-12 victory over Fresno State. Senior center fielder Dani Gilmore led the way, recording at least one hit and one run scored in every game. She finished with 10 hits and 10 runs in Fresno, including a 4-for-4 effort against UCSB with six runs batted in, three runs scored and a three-run home run. She’s easily leading OSU in batting average on the season at .471 and has a team-high of five home runs. In the five games, the Beavers had 18 different times when a player recorded multiple hits in one contest. The very beginning of the road trip was shaky, starting with four runs allowed in the top of the first inning to SMC. Senior pitcher
Melanie Dembinski was pulled after the first inning, but the OSU offense responded in the bottom of the first with four runs of its own. Freshman pitcher Rainey Dyreson entered for the second inning and went on to pick up the win. Dyreson got her second career start in the 14-5 win over UCSB and improved to 3-0 on the year. Junior pitcher Bev Miller leads the team in earned run average at 2.52 after a solid weekend in the circle. She started three of the five contests, tossing complete games all three times and picking up three wins. After her no-hitter on Friday, her start in the second UCSB game was a little less smooth, with OSU committing four errors and allowing seven unearned runs. She came back in the very next game and allowed just one earned run in the win over Rutgers, however. OSU has one more nonconference road trip before the Pac-12 schedule starts in Eugene against Oregon on March 13. Starting Wednesday, the Beavers kick off a fivegame stand in Honolulu that starts against Longwood University, the former team of senior outfielder Kori Nishitomi. Josh Worden, sports reporter On Twitter @BrightTies sports@dailybarometer.com
at 76.0 points apiece — by 39.5 points. It appeared as if a fourth title was on the horizon, but the sun had not yet begun to set. When the sun finally did descend, it was Oregon State that found itself on top once again. Hathaway, Bresser, Elder and Crawford all won their weight classes for Oregon State, but it was the fourth seeded senior 174-pounder Joe Latham who was the king of the night. Latham wrestled with energy and focus all day and was rewarded not just with a title
WOMEN’S HOOPS n Continued from page 5 possession, which you have to do. I think we grew a lot since Thursday.” The Golden Bears would close the deficit to five points in the second half, but the Beavers were able to respond. “When they made that run at us, just to remain composed — this team was laserfocused today,” Rueck said. “This is the team that is Pac-12 Championship worthy. It was nice to see us break out and be ourselves again.” When it was all over, after the confetti fell and the trophy was presented, the Beavers got to cut down the nets for the first time ever. “It was (Ali’s) Senior Day and there were a lot of emotions,” Wiese said. “We knew if we
Wrestling What: NCAA Championships Where: St. Louis, Mo. When: Thursday, March 19 .
and NCAA berth, but he was also named Most Outstanding Wrestler of the championships. In the end, OSU wrestling beat next-best ASU by 32.5 points, 139.5 to 107.0. With the win, the program joins the women’s basketball team in celebrating a successful weekend. TeJo Pack, sports editor On Twitter @pack6124 sports@dailybarometer.com
Women’s Basketball What: Pac-12 Tournament Where: Seattle When: Friday, March 6 at 6 p.m. Air: Pac-12 Networks
won this game we’d win the title outright, like that was all on our minds. We ultimately just told each other, ‘This is for us. This is for the 12 of us and how hard we’ve worked in the offseason, during practices, every single game. This one is just for us.’” “We rallied with each other, we celebrated,” Wiese said. “I mean, it was a picture-perfect ending.” The Beavers now look toward the Pac-12 Tournament that begins Thursday. Oregon State has clinched a first round bye and won’t play until Friday. Mitch Mahoney, sports reporter On Twitter @MitchIsHere sports@dailybarometer.com
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OSU baseball sweeps Tigers decisively in three-game series over weekend By Brenden Slaughter THE DAILY BAROMETER
Oregon State baseball started the weekend on a wet Friday afternoon that saw the team tally nine hits and score 10 runs. Sophomore outfielder Kyle Nobach’s two-run double in the eighth inning snapped a 7-7 tie, and sent the Oregon State baseball team to a 10-7 win over Grambling State Friday night at Goss Stadium. Nobach blasted a 1-2 pitch from junior reliever Creighton Hoover into right field to score two after the Beavers had loaded the bases. Freshman pitcher Mitch Hickey got out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth to send the Beavers to the victory. Hickey improved to 3-0 on the year, while Hoover dropped to 0-2. Junior right-hander Andrew Moore took a perfect game into the seventh inning in his third consecutive start of the season. He did not figure into the decision. The Beavers returned to the diamond on Saturday, Feb. 28 for a double header with the Tigers. OSU jumped on the Tigers early, due to strong starting pitching and four two-run home runs by junior Trever Morrison, Nobach, sophomore second baseman Caleb Hamilton and senior outfielder Michael Howard; the Beavers cruised to a blowout 25-3 victory. Hits came with ease for OSU as it tallied 21 hits against four Grambling State pitchers. Freshman right-hander Drew Rasmussen started the first game of his career for the Beavers and picked up his first win of the season. Rasmussen was sharp from the beginning, striking out nine batters and only allowing one earned run in seven
Baseball What: Oregon State vs. Portland Where: Portland When: Wednesday, March 4 at 2 p.m.
looked back after that, as they continued to hit the ball with ease, scoring another six runs. “We as a team are seeing the ball really well, and we hope we can keep it going,” said freshman catcher KJ Harrison. Junior transfer Travis Eckert got the start on the mound, picking up his first win of the season in his third start of the season. He struggled early with his control, but eventually settled down and only allowed four hits and gave up one earned run. He gave way to sophomore right-hander Scotland Church in the top of the ninth, who walked a pair, but did no damage and got the final three outs. The Beavers were led offensively by junior infielder Gabe Clark, who had three RBIs and a home run; it was his second home run of the weekend. Nobach, Harrison and Gillette all added two RBIs apiece. | justin quinn THE DAILY BAROMETER Junior southpaw Dion Holbrook started on the Junior right-hander Travis Eckert looks to deliver a strike against Grambling State in Goss mound for the Tigers (2-8 overall); he lacked conStadium Saturday, Feb. 28. sistency and gave up six runs on six hits. Grambling State then had to dig into its already razor thin innings of work. He then gave way to senior relief Grambling State Saturday night, the second game bullpen, as it had used four pitchers in the first game. The Tigers used a total of four pitchers in pitcher Clay Bauer, who finished the game strong of a double header. not allowing a hit. OSU defeated the Tigers by a score of 9-2 the nightcap — OSU then capitalized on the lack Offensively, the Beavers were paced by sopho- Saturday evening, as the Beavers’ offense continued of quality pitching en route to a 13 hit performance. The Beavers continue their non conference slate more Caleb Hamilton, who lead OSU with four to be red hot. RBI’s and a home run. OSU got on the board in the bottom of the sec- as they take on the Portland Pilots Wednesday at 2 Junior pitcher Andre Wilson started for the Tigers ond on a single from freshman Joe Gillette, who p.m. in Portland. and took the loss; he struggled from the start, giving drove in Nobach. OSU then took its first lead of Brenden Slaughter up nine runs on eight hits. the game in the bottom of the third on a RBI single On Twitter @b_slaught sports@dailybarometer.com The Beavers wrapped up their series with by Nobach, scoring two runs. The Beavers never
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blue and black? A Texas man even went out and got a tattoo of the dress on his leg after the photo went viral. away. These were significant, incredSlow clap for the death of prioriThe ongoing process of how to ible shifts that affected us as a ties, anyone? handle net neutrality hit ground- society. But what the heck, we’ll throw breaking news when a policy was And yet, all that anyone felt introduced to assure that the necessary to gab about was what our hat into the ring — note, the Internet, as we know it would colors are on a dimly lit dress in a Editorial Board shares a single hat. The majority of us saw white and remain untouched by government Tumblr photo. or corporation. Good lord, is it white and gold or gold in the dress, though the dress ast week, beloved “Star Trek” and “Fringe” TV star Leonard Nimoy passed
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itself is black and blue. And here is the science behind it so that the viral trend can be laid to rest. Dim lighting is the main reason for some of the confusion. The dress is held in juxtaposition to a kind of blue-white color scheme of noontime, giving it a way to stradSee EDITORIAL | page 8
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ere are three truths about the Oregon Dr. Jon Dorbolo State University network. 1. Reliable 24/7 Internet access is a necessity to students. 2. OSU has a direct responsibility to provide dent’s course work is online — that is data that I excellent Internet connectivity to students and all shall seek to ascertain — but feel it safe to say that university members. almost no OSU student can operate academically 3. OSU’s Wi-Fi needs improvement and has without reliable 24/7 internet access. smart and dedicated professionals who work conGiven the need for ubiquitous campus constantly to safeguard and improve our network with nectivity, it is apprehensible how students become a distinct priority on student needs. frustrated when they cannot find a usable hardInternet access comes in three forms: hard-wired wired workstation and Wi-Fi service is fickle. Ethernet, Wi-Fi wireless and cellular network via To better understand the facts and plans mobile devices. for improving Internet connectivity at OSU I At OSU, Ethernet connections (via ports and spoke with Jon Dolan, Director of Infrastructure cables) are available at the library, Services, and Johan Reinalda, labs, classroom computers and Manager of Network Operations, most staff and faculty offices. of Information Services. The idea that Wi-Fi is a local area wireless Consider the challenges that our ordinary technology (radio frequency) confront them in managing an possessions and by which devices are able to institutional network. participate in computer netOSU has about 40,000 people environmental works (bonus points if you can using the campus network in features will name the woman who invented many ways. wireless networking). Wi-Fi conOn a typical day this winter be constantly nectivity is available, in principle, term Reinalda measures 21,000 connected to online at all locations across the OSU users across the network. data is known as, enterprise. Valley Library Wi-Fi demand Individuals subscribe to comfluctuates between 800 to 1,700 “The Internet mercial cellular networks, which simultaneous users with peaks of Things. provide Internet connectivity, up to 3,000 simultaneous uses though many devices revert to during finals week. Wi-Fi networks when available. Unlike Ethernet connections, I find that most students use all three forms of which are built around one port/one user, Wi-Fi Internet access and have some common concerns is a shared on-demand dynamic system in which about connectivity at OSU. hundreds of users are vying for resources with Reliable 24/7 Internet access is a student neces- unpredictable conditions. sity because many required course materials and The Valley Library has 66 wireless access points assignments are only available online. (WAPs), each of which is capable of handling 100 I do not know what percentage of a typical stu- simultaneous devices. OSU as a whole has 2580
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WAPs across campus and extension. OSU students presently carry an average of 2.7 wireless devices, including laptop, tablet, and phone; for Engineering students the average is 3.1 wireless devices. Our world is on the cusp of a connectivity explosion in which just about everything you own will add to the Wi-Fi load; cameras, fitness bands, smartpens, credit cards, scanners, printers, athletic shoes, garbage cans, smart watches, car keys, headphones, adaptive clothing, piercings, augmented reality glasses, dog collars and much more. The idea that our ordinary possessions and environmental features will be constantly connected to online data is known as “The Internet of Things” and this advancing condition will change commerce, daily life and pose many challenges to network managers like Dolan — whom to my knowledge does not have any Wi-Fi enabled piercings. With cognizance of these complexities, Dolan laid out a five-year plan to increase the capacity, speed, stability and security of the OSU network. His plan begins by “identifying and prioritizing areas of greatest student demand,” to which will be applied “an ongoing series of investments to improve campus wireless overall.” In year one of the five-year plan, starting summer 2014, OSU invested $500,000 to upgrade See Dorbolo | page 8
Conservative Political Action Conference palooza of absurdity T The Satire Express
I think I almost died. At least it was more fun than the drinking game last year, in which you drank every time you saw a member of a minority group. I’ve been to Christian youth retreats where I drank more than I did
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adequate defense is, but presumably it involves her admitting that she personally coordinated the attack and prevented US forces that year. pitch his presidential campaign to from teleporting into the area with the use of an annular confinement Anyway, the point is that between conservative voters. He told attend- beam inhibitor. ees that conservatives need to “start the ungodly hangover, the pressing But the biggest topic of the weekneed to confront my self-destruc- being for things” and stressed the tive binge drinking and the fact importance of sensible immigra- end was complete ignorance about that I think I’m repressing a decent tion reform that acknowledges the U.S. response to Daesh activichunk of this weekend, I’m going the logistical impossibilities of ties in the Middle East. Sarah Palin to keep this column short and just deporting 11 million people. His criticized the six-month bombing campaign and hit the highlights (i.e. the things I appeal to rational thought and san2,500 airstrikes as actually remember). ity earned him a not being aggresAdmittedly, The famed neurosurgeon Dr. Ben staged walkout sive enough for her Carson took a break from denying during his speech, starving to death tastes. Meanwhile, biological principles that form the boos and jeers in a gutter is a Rick Santorum foundation of his profession in from the crowd, expressed his pretty good way order to kick off CPAC 2015 with and a whopping concerns that an inspirational speech that posi- 8.3 percent in the of not becoming not enough U.S. tioned him as the compassionate CPAC presidential dependent on forces are being sort of conservative who only wants straw poll. killed in the to cut social welfare programs to something. The winner of Middle East and prevent the poor from getting too the straw poll and called for 10,000 dependent on them. closet roller coastground troops to Admittedly, starving to death er fetishist Rand Paul bragged about be deployed. in a gutter is a pretty good way the tax cut he will fail to pass in the In what was probably the most of not becoming dependent on Senate in the next few weeks. He something. Carson also called on also claimed that Hillary Clinton’s laughable display of complete ignoconservatives to “call out” any “pur- failure to provide an “adequate rance of foreign policy, Marco Rubio veyors of division” that any of the defense for Benghazi” during the claimed that the president was conservative voters attending CPAC 13 hearings, 50 briefings and release avoiding a direct confrontation — a conference that bans LGBT of over 25,000 documents should so as not to upset Iran, a country conservative sponsors, speakers result in her permanent retirement that has committed thousands of military forces to fighting against and panelists — might come across. from politics. See Chambers | page 8 Paul didn’t elaborate on what an Jeb Bush made an appearance to
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Letter to the Editor In response to Brooklyn Di Raffaele’s Feb. 24 column
Not representative of Pastini’s Dear Daily Barometer editor, Pastini Pastaria would like to respond to Brooklyn Di Raffaele’s recent article in the Daily Barometer, “Mediocre Italian fare gives real stuff bad name.” Ms. Di Raffaele certainly had a point about many of the Italian chain restaurants she mentioned; most do indeed use pre-packaged sauces and soups, and products like frozen pre-breaded calamari and frozen prepared entrees. But Pastini Pastaria does not fall into this category. Had she called us and asked some question before writing this article, she would have found out that we make all our soups, sauces, pestos, meatballs, salad dressings, lasagna, cannelloni and tiramisu from scratch with fresh ingredients, and everything is made on the premises. We even make the croutons for our Caesar salads. About the only things we don’t make in house are ice cream and bread. Most pasta dishes (except dishes like lasagna that must be pre-assembled) are what we call “built to order,” in other words, when the dish is ordered, it is cooked individually by sautéing garlic and olive oil, adding the meat and vegetables to sauté, pouring in a bit of cream or stock to make the sauce, and finishing with fresh herbs and seasoning. We get our produce, meats and cheeses in fresh daily and use local vegetables and lettuces in season whenever we can, from places like Calcagno Farms in Aurora, Yamhill County Mushroom farm, Herbco Organics (fresh herbs) and Cal Farms in Oregon City, and we buy our bread from Big River Breads in Corvallis. Information about all our local producers is readily available on our website, where Ms. Di Raffaele could have found it if she looked. While we do focus on sales (after all we do have to stay in business, otherwise our 45 terrific employees wouldn’t have a job), we work very hard and do extensive research to create our dishes. I know this because the R & D goes on in my home kitchen, where my husband and partner Craig creates the recipes. Our business partner Kara Hale and I get to taste test and critique (yes, it’s a great job). Granted, some of our dishes are more American-style pastas, because our customers love them — Spaghetti & Meatballs and Fettuccine Alfredo with Chicken are our two best-selling pastas. But we also make a wonderful, traditional Bolognese sauce, cooked for six hours and served with fresh pappardelle pasta, that I’d put up against any high-end trattoria’s. And we serve many very authentic pastas like Spaghetti with Roasted Cauliflower & Radicchio, Orecchiete with Italian Sausage and Capellini Pomodoro. One more correction: marinara sauce comes from “spaghetti alla marinara” or “spaghetti mariner’s style.” This is a quick-cooked sauce, so named because the sailors of seafaring Italy could fix it quickly on board ship with just a few ingredients. It shouldn’t simmer all day, but only for about an hour, or it will turn into tomato paste. So, if you want to come to a familyowned Italian restaurant, come to Pastini. Our two families are proud owners, frequent diners and genuine pasta aficionados. And we hope that Ms. Di Raffaele takes that fact-checking class for journalism students before she graduates this year. Or if she really wants to do some research, we’d be glad to give her a tour of our kitchen and buy her a great bowl of pasta. Sincerely,
Susie Bashel Co-owner Pastini susan@pastini.com
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EDITORIAL n Continued from page 7 dle human color perception. According to Adam Rogers of Wired, this quandary deals with how light hits our retinas and how our brains are processing that information. Rogers states in his article, “Critically, though, that first burst of light is made of whatever wavelengths are illuminating the world, reflecting off whatever you’re looking at. Without you having to worry about it, your brain figures out what color light is bouncing off the thing your eyes are looking at, and essentially subtracts that color from the “real” color of the object.” Because the dress is held in this weird, half-twilight, it confuses our eyes — which evolved for primarily daylight activity. Those who are early birds are going to see the dress as white and gold because of this preference to daylight, whereas night owls will most likely see blue and black out of a consistency of nighttime activity. The background in the photo is also messing with perception — the slight blue highlights behind the dress can translate the color scheme into either or. Wired’s photo team concluded that the dress is, in fact, blue and black, after white-balancing the image as white and gold and coming up empty, but receiving confirmation when balancing the dress and black and blue. Point being, this kind of viral trending is exactly what the Internet of today looks like. And we love it in all of its weird glory.
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The multimillionaire television star used his time to blame beatniks and hippies for STDs and link the religion of Islam to Nazis Daesh, spent over $1 billion in military aid for and Joseph Stalin in a clear demonstration of Iraq and publicly urged the U.S. to take a larger the sort of compassion and unity that was at the heart of the conference. role in operations against the organization. All in all, it was a fantastic few days. There Of course, Rubio is only a member of the Committee on Foreign Relations and the was pageantry, drama and even love if you Select Committee on Intelligence. He can’t be were willing to troll Craigslist for anonymous sex with hypocrites. And isn’t that what politics expected to keep these things straight. is really all about? But perhaps the best part of the entire shinNow, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go spend dig was “Duck Dynasty” star and forgotten ZZ the rest of the day on the floor of my bathroom Top member Phil Robertson taking the stage to receive the “Defender of the First Amendment trying not to vomit. t Award” for almost suffering some sort of social Chambers is a senior in English. The opinions expressed in consequence as the result of bravely denounc- Travis Chambers’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily ing homosexuals as an inherently evil group Barometer staff. Chambers can be reached at forum@dailybarometer. of “god-haters.” com.
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DORBOLO n Continued from page 7 Wi-Fi WAPs in residence halls and $120,000 into Valley Library Wi-Fi. Also in year one of the network plan new buildings are coming online; the Student Experience Center, Austin, and the Learning Innovation Center, which will seat 2,200 students simultaneously. The residence halls and new buildings are exemplars of what Dolan and Reinalda aim to achieve campus-wide in the next few years. In order to gauge their value to you, visit one of the new buildings or residence halls and test-drive the Wi-Fi. To enable student input on network needs and progress
Dolan and Reinalda will team with TAC to create a “network suggestion box.” I believe it safe to say that you will experience improvements in Wi-Fi quality at OSU even if you will walk in June, in which case congratulations on your success. It is also likely that you will cross paths with the Wi-Fi weak points on campus, which ebb and flow with the churning demand. You can take two actions to improve your own Wi-Fi experience. Visit the walk-up computer help desk on the main floor of Valley Library to optimize Wi-Fi on your devices. Contribute to the network suggestion box at oregonstate.
edu/tac/students. If you have persistent connectivity issues, OSU’s network professionals may be able to pinpoint your device and figure out what is going on with it. I will investigate and report on OSU network progress as a regular feature of this column. Send your connectivity questions, frustrations and successes to Dr. Tech so I may ensure that your voice is heard. t
Dr. Jon Dorbolo is the associate director of Technology Across Curriculum at Oregon State University. Dorbolo supports instructors and students with technology and teaches philosophy. The opinions expressed in Dorbolo’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Dorbolo can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.
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