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TUESDAY MARCH 3, 2015 VOL. CXVII, NO. 96
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Community gathers at MU to light hope for peaceful world By Jasmin Vogel
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Flickering candlelight surrounded the Memorial Union staircase Monday night as students, faculty, staff and community members gathered together in the spirit of hope to commemorate people worldwide who have died or endured social injustice and hate crimes. “I think it’s important to display solidarity with victims of oppression and that their struggle is our struggle. If we allow oppression anywhere, then we are complicit in their persistence,” said Matt Enloe, a senior majoring in philosophy. The gathering was hosted by the Ettihad Cultural Center, which had originally planned to hold a vigil for the three Muslim students who were killed in North Carolina, but also wanted to include other domestic and international victims such as the 43 missing Mexican students, a 57-year-old Indian man who was severely beaten by police officers in Alabama and the social unrest in Ferguson, Mo.
As the planning for the event began, event leaders Alisha Mitchell and Abdulrahman Alsulaim decided to make the gathering more focused around the word hope. “Hope for all victims, hope for a community without hate,” said Alsulaim, a junior majoring in industrial engineering and liaison for the Ettihad Cultural Center. During the candle-lit gathering, students, faculty, staff and community members had the opportunity to speak out about injustices they had seen and endured as well as discuss the importance hope has on community efforts at Oregon State University. “Not only does it bring people together who may not have an opportunity to talk. It also emphasizes that Beaver Nation is one body, especially in times of conflict,” Enloe said. “We always come out to support each other and make a positive difference in the world.” Social problems and stigmas motivated peer facilitator, Marwah Victoria Pence | THE DAILY BAROMETER Al-Jilani, sophomore majoring in Junior French major Kyra Henderson listens to a speaker at the Ettihad Cultural Center’s Monday night candlelight See SOLIDARITY | page 4 event at the Memorial Union steps.
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Tutor programs pair struggling students with peers who have taken same class By Chris Correll
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Microbiology sophomore Lisa Park receives biology assistance from graduate student Maggie Buktenica at the Vole Hole.
Nearly all students have come to a point in their education when a course gives them more trouble than they bargained for. Fundamental classes such as Math 111 have high failure rates because they introduce a large amount of new material in a short time frame. It can be a tall order for incoming freshmen or even upperclassmen who are rusty in math or the sciences, and attending classes by itself isn’t always enough. The professors’ pacing in the classroom often leaves some students behind, and crowded rooms make it
harder to get any one-on-one help. When you find yourself studying one thing when you thought you were getting another, or when office hours leave you competing with dozens of others for assistance, tutoring is always a viable option. Senior chemistry major Rachel Wold said getting help from another student is a more relatable “level playing field” than going to an instructor, and she would know; she’s been on both sides of tutoring sessions. She often used the chemistry department’s Mole Hole in the Collaborative Learning Center to get through tough classes as a freshman. “My whole first year of chemistry — that’s where I got all my help from, and I felt that those students really See TUTOR | page 2
Forestry club hopes to include more trips, welcomes newcomers OSU forestry club welcomes new members, offers escape from ‘daily grind’
much about the club. “I’d think they’re a group of chill people who go survey trees and come up with projects to help the environment and the community,” said Meghan Davis, a senior zoology By Courtnee’ Morin major. THE DAILY BAROMETER “I’ve heard that they do chainsaw There are dozens of clubs across the Oregon State University campus juggling; I’d like to check them out that fulfill all sorts of interests. The if I had some spare time,” said Bart OSU forestry club is one of them, Degeneffe, a senior in biology. Braden Britt, a junior in forestry with some misconceptions that the management and the forestry club members wish to address. Indeed, not all OSU students know president, describes the forestry club as a group of people who travel n
together to go to events, like taking mill tours. They also help with community events, such as science night at elementary schools or National Outdoors Day. “It’s almost like a study group, though you don’t have to be a forestry major to join. But it’s a great way to meet new people and make networks,” said Chase Kinion, vice president of logging sports and a senior in the forestry program. Logging sports is an entity within the forestry club that competes in events such as wood chopping, speed
climbing, axe throwing and power sawing. A competition occurred last weekend at the Peavy Arboretum. Five colleges, from areas like Montana and Southern California, participated. Logging sports will also go to Idaho and Montana in April for more competitions. But the forestry club is not only about logging sports. “It’s a fun club and a good escape from the daily grind. A lot of people assume the club is just logging sports, and we’re trying to show people that See FORESTRY | page 2
Women’s golf deals with tough weather conditions Sports, page 5
OSU, Oregon Food Bank host courses in vegetable gardening THE DAILY BAROMETER
A partnership between Oregon State University’s Extension Service and the Oregon Food Bank has produced the Seed to Supper program, which is a free five-week course provided to lowincome families, according to a press release from the university. Since starting 2013, the program has helped more than 800 people learn how to grow and cook vegetables for themselves, Pami Opfer, a coordinator for OSU Extension’s Master Gardener Program, said in the release. The program has expanded to other counties in Oregon, such as Jackson, Klamath, Hood River and Deschutes, among others. According to the release, those who participate in the program receive a 96-page handbook, seeds and starts, along with classes that teach the basics of starting and maintaining a vegetable garden. The program was founded by Jennifer Klammer, an OSU Extension Master Gardener, and volunteer Donna Durbin. Klammer and Durbin also started a garden at their church that donates more than 2,000 pounds of produce to local citizens. “Working in the garden and donating food, it seemed like there was a missing link,” Klammer said in the release. “This gives people a sense of control of their food source. It’s especially hard for low-income folks to get high-quality produce. It’s expensive. But if you can grow a salad bowl on your deck and it’s easy, why not?” The Daily Barometer
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