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Campus Crest approved

By Emma-Kate Schaake

public hearing and deliberations from the City Council, councilors reviewed the specific stipulations of the comprehenAnother round of discussion on the sive zone change and text amendment Campus Crest proposal made it through with clarification from city staff.

City Council Monday evening, with final “Corvallis has a chronic housing probapproval of the amendment and subdivi- lem,” said councilman Mike Beilstein in sion modifications in close 5-4 and 6-3 a self-proclaimed lengthy statement in votes, respectively. support of the motion to approve the The deliberation was met with heckles proposal. that Mayor Julie Manning silenced, an Councilors were concerned with speaction she has taken many times before cific safety regulations, like bicycle and during hearings on this controversial pedestrian safety and general traffic calmissue. ing issues. They were concerned with a Following several months of review shifting of liability between the city and between the Planning Commission and the developer if problems arise down the THE DAILY BAROMETER

line once the property is occupied. The negotiations for the contract will be ongoing with the developer, so it is difficult to solidify terms with a property that has not been built yet.

“I’m going to put my trust in future city councilors,” said councilman Richard Hervey.

Campus Crest is planning to build a 296-unit, 900-bedroom apartment complex north of Harrison Boulevard and west of 36th Street.

Emma-Kate Schaake City reporter managing@dailybarometer.com

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A sign from CHeBA Hut owners regarding the store’s closure was posted on the shop’s window.

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CHeBA Hut, the marijuana-themed “toasted subs” shop on Monroe Avenue, closed due to an expired Department of Human Services license.

The restaurant gave no indication of the close on its website or social media pages, but the outside sign has been removed and the windows have been covered.

A posting at the shop from the Department of Human Services indicated that the shop’s license expired, and no restaurant can operate without a valid license displayed visibly on the premises.

The violation of any of the provisions of the Oregon code classifies as a Class C misdemeanor.

The shop opened in April 2012 and the same owners of the Arizona-based franchise have another location in Eugene.

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Students at Oregon State University struggling with alcohol and substance abuse have access to resources that could help with potential legal ramifications.

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, an estimated 1,825 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die from injuries related to alcohol consumption each year. OSU offers various education and outreach programs as part of Student Health Services.

If students receive sanctions for alcohol abuse, most typically minor-inpossession charges, they’re required to then participate in the IMPACT program in order to receive a diversion.

Minors at OSU who take part in the IMPACT program could avoid the consequences of an MIP charge. In some cases, students enroll in IMPACT before even appearing in court.

MIP diversions could be violated in one of two ways: The student either doesn’t report to the IMPACT program or the student has a new offense on his or her record.

The consequences of receiving an MIP charge include suspended driving privileges for a year.

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Robert Reff, substance abuse coordinator at OSU, said around 235 students completed the IMPACT program during fall term.

In addition to working with sanctioned students in the program, Reff promotes preventative educational methods through various campus outreach programs. These programs also focus on various myths and discuss more responsible drinking habits.

“We talk about what it means to be in a community, take care of each other

and make healthy choices,” Reff said. “It’s important for us to have them be safe.”

Around 2,869 total students attended a series of 51 outreach sessions held during fall term. More than 60 percent hailed from Greek houses and approximately 6.1 percent lived in residence halls.

Reff also works with various on-campus partners to assure students receive the help they need, whether they are looking to learn more about responsible drinking habits or require more immediSee DRINKING | page 4

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On the first day, the Waste Watchers team caught 16 students “green-handed.”

They gave away prizes to students who were practicing proper recycling, and entered them into a raffle.

Starting Monday, as part of Oregon State University’s RecycleMania national competition, Waste Watchers is encouraging students to be on their best “green” behaviors while they hold their “Get Caught Green-Handed” event.

For this event, students seen using positive recycling habits will be rewarded by the Waste Watchers team, who will be keeping an eye out across campus for students recycling responsibly.

Positive recycling habits can include placing

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recyclable materials in the appropriate receptacles on campus, using reusable coffee mugs or water bottles and other behaviors that help reduce waste production.

Prizes include T-shirts, travel mugs, gift certificates and the ability to enter into a raffle to win a prize bag of reusable good ies once the event is done.

The “Get Caught Green-Handed” event will continue through Friday, though more events will take place to celebrate the five weeks left in the RecycleMania competition.

Oregon State University is three weeks into the competition, which promotes waste reduction on college and university campuses nationwide. managing@dailybarometer.com

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The 2014 Oregon State Legislature regular session continues to show promise for students investing in in-state higher education, despite some delay in voting.

The House of Representatives received a recommendation from the Full Committee Monday to pass House Bill 4019 with amendments. The motion came after analysis from four separate committees and sub-committees.

The bill requires higher education institutions to create a “fact sheet regarding program requirements, costs of education, loans, average salary or wages, loan default rates and related data prior to enrollment.”

Prior to enrollment, all incoming students will have access to the fact sheet, which will include data that would later be provided in an annual report to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission.

Recommended amendments to the bill specify that degreespecific statistics are required only if information is available without creating undue burden on institutions. If the collection of specific data would create additional hardship, only institutionwide numbers will be necessary.

House Bill 4097, regarding stu-

dent loan interest rates, is also currently ensconced in committee, though its motion to move forward failed to pass. HB 4097 prevents interest payments made on student loans from being included as taxable income.

Sponsors created the bill to provide tax incentives for higher education loans to help alleviate students’ financial burdens, according to the official Oregon State Legislature website.

Another bill pertaining to student loans, House Bill 4102, is currently undergoing revision within the Senate Committee on Education and Workforce Development. Instead of focusing on interest rates, HB 4102 deals with contracts between higher education institutions and financial management companies.

The bill prevents public and private higher education institutions from entering into contracts with student financial aid management firms unless certain transparency terms are met.

According to the bill, students often get charged additional fees when a third-party financial firm manages their loans. A clear and concise fee schedule and upfront consultation process will be required before any third party could manage student loans, should the bill pass.

HB 4102 passed Feb. 17 in the House but remains in a committee within the Senate.

Tori Hittner Higher education reporter managing@dailybarometer.com

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PENDLETON — The phrase “dog tired” couldn’t have been more appropriate in the case of an exhausted canine rescued in deep snow, miles from home.

Brian Stewart and his teenage sons Erik and Tyler heard the dog’s frantic bark Saturday morning during their annual backcountry snow camping trek. The Pendleton trio, along with two friends, had set up their pop-up wall tent on a plywood base southeast of Pilot Rock along Pearson Creek, and then climbed aboard snowmobiles for a long ride.

After 14 miles in rutted snow, they took a break at Granite Meadows. They removed their helmets and were taking a breather when a dog’s bark broke the calm.

The boys investigated, cruising toward the noise on their snow machines. Expecting to find a dog playing with his owner, they instead discovered a bedraggled Airedale terrier all by himself struggling to move in the deep snow.

“We had been seeing tracks of something, but weren’t sure what they were,” Stewart said.

“We followed them quite a ways.”

Stewart sent the boys back to camp to fetch a sled. They loaded the dog and ferried him back to camp.

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Wednesday, March 5 Meetings

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Thursday, March 6 Meetings

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

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

University Housing & Dining Services, 6-8pm, Marketplace West (NW Conference Room). Celebration of life: Peter “Ping Ping” Gidlund, an OSU student who died on Feb. 6, 2014.

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Women’s Center, 1-2pm, Women’s Center. SANE Program. Susan Keister and Kelly Kendall from SANE and Judy Neighbors will present in collaboration with the Women’s Center on the SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) Services at SHS and other services for sexual assault survivors offered through SASS. Women’s Center, Noon-1pm, Women’s Center. Voices is a CAPS sponsored support group for OSU women. This confidential drop-in group is designed to be a safe place to offer and receive support and information surrounding a variety of concerns related to interpersonal/sexual violence and harassment.

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A Pendleton man and his two sons came upon this dog while snow camping and a 14 mile snowmobile trek. He was exhaused and so weak he could barely walk.

“I got the dog to the creek to get him some water,” Stewart said. “He was drinking the water like he hadn’t seen it in days. Then he was hurting and so tired he could not make it out of the creek.”

Stewart helped him out and offered the dog some food.

“He ate it like it was going out

Search continues in Siskiyou County for Portland woman

By Kyle Aevermann KOBI-TV

SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — Search and rescue crews in northern California are now on their third day looking for a woman from Portland who they think is hurt and in danger.

27 year-old Grace Sabots went missing Saturday.

The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Department says they made contact with her last Friday and tried to check back in with her Saturday, but she was nowhere to be found.

Sheriff deputies say they found evidence around her vehicle that she was possibly in danger or injured. They won’t comment on what exactly that evidence is or if anyone else is possibly involved.

But they do say fresh footprints were found at the Skeahan Bar River Access, entering the river but none exiting.

The search expands about 11 miles along the Klamath River.

The weather is putting a damper on the search efforts.

The overcast skies mean helicopters can’t search from above.

Because it’s raining the water is murky, diver’s can’t go in the water.

Meaning crews are left searching by foot. Much of the river bank is overgrown with vegetation, making that even difficult.

Sabots is described as 5’3’’ weighing about 130 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair.

The sheriff’s office says they’re still trying to determine why Sabot’s in Siskiyou County.

If you have seen anything, even if you are unsure, they want you to still give them a call.

of style,” Stewart said.

They placed him inside a tent and turned up the portable heater.

“His feet were like ice,” Stewart said. “We got him warmed up.”

The dog drank more water and slowly revived. His tail started wagging. He is now

tucked away at a farm near Birch Creek, the home of friends.

Stewart and his sons are seeking the dog’s owner.

“This dog fought hard through three feet of snow for a few days,” Stewart said. “He has a right to his owner.”

Cover Oregon announces deal to partially pay Oracle

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PORTLAND — Cover Oregon says it has reached a transition agreement with Oracle, the company that’s been building Oregon’s health exchange website.

It means that any legal fight between the two organizations can be delayed — at least until after the health insurance enrollment window closes.

For the four months from November to the end of February, Cover Oregon says Oracle billed about $70 million for the website.

Cover Oregon says it’ll pay about $43 million, but it’s withholding the rest because of the website problems.

The disagreement could end up in court. But Interim Cover Oregon Director Bruce Goldberg says the agreement ensures Oracle won’t stop providing service, at least for the next 60 days, “Both sides had something that the other wanted. You know, they had people and expertise and we had dollars that’s what we came to an agreement about,” said Goldberg.

Under the agreement, the state says Oracle will provide transition services, maintenance and repairs. Both sides maintain the right to go to court.

Calls to Oracle weren’t immediately returned.

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“Stabilization and Crisis Unit� employees provided the Oregon legislature with photographic examples of job-related injuries. $60,000 to $80,000 to fix, he said, including ripping out toilets and tearing sinks out of walls.

Further, staff said some clients — particularly those coming out of prison — can be very violent. “Our children see us leave for work and see us come home looking like this,� Matt Orser said, pointing to a poster board with photos of gruesome injuries, including a bite with a chunk of flesh gone. “We’re stuck in the 20th century. We need to get to the 21st century.

Our training is behind.�

Orser is a trainer in the Eugene and Lebanon areas, and he said staff simply aren’t equipped to deal with violence, and neither are the state’s laws.

Neglect and abuse laws are designed to protect developmentally disabled people who require special attention.

However, they’re extremely rigid, don’t account for violence and can ruin a career if violated.

For example, restraint laws are very strict for this popula-

tion, but that makes it nearly impossible to stop someone from being violent, staff said.

One client broke a worker’s jaw by swinging an aluminum water bottle as a weapon.

Another kicked a worker so hard it broke the worker’s ribs.

Randy Ridderbusch, representative for American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 1246, said every house has at least one person like this.

He told the story of a man with autism who lives in a home and has very difficult behavioral problems, as many people do in these settings. His roommate, however, is indiscriminately violent. When he gets angry, the autistic man must be moved to another part of the house to keep him safe, which is both traumatizing and disruptive for him and exacerbates his own behavioral struggles.

Staff told the committee they want the Oregon Legislature to examine the laws surrounding these homes. Most are in resi-

dential areas, near schools and playgrounds.

For example, one house in Keizer is less than a mile from Clagget Creek Middle School and Hallman Elementary School.

What’s more, they said, Oregon law doesn’t require neighbors be told who is in these homes. The state holds informational meetings, Lorsung said, but the neighbors generally think the house is a “group home� but aren’t told if the residents have criminal histories, including sex abuse.

Thompson said he found the staff’s account of these homes compelling. “It’s only a matter of time that we’re going to kill someone,� he said. “My guess is we’re going to need a different kind of facility and a different kind of training.�

Ridderbusch said those are the kinds of solutions they’re looking for in the legislature. “We don’t have the answers,� he said. “We just want your help.�

‘Seven Wonders of Oregon’ TriMet launches targets Northwest tourists talking buses

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PORTLAND — Yesterday was the premiere of Travel Oregon’s latest campaign, entitled, “Seven Wonders of Oregon.� The $3 million venture kicks off with a one-minute video of seven natural wonders around the state. It aired during last night’s Academy Awards, and was seen in regional markets including San Francisco, Boise, Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. “All we can figure is whoever named the ‘Seven Wonders of the World’ never set foot in Oregon...

So we see your wonders, world, and raise you seven of our own.�

Andrew Dickson, Wieden + Kennedy copywriter who worked on the campaign, says the team had the idea of “seven wonders� to remind people of Oregon’s beauty. It took the 14-man crew two weeks to zigzag 3,000 miles around Oregon, and cre-

ate their checklist of can’t miss sights. “As a team, we’ve been to every part of the state,� he says. “Each one of these places is a vacation on top of itself.�

The campaign will roll out through August, highlighting each place in 30-second commercials and always ending with #traveloregon, in hopes of gaining some social media traction. Travel Oregon Global Communications Director Judiaann Woo says the tourism company has always been social and people coming to Oregon want to share their experiences on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Dickson says the crew came up with 17 places that could be considered a wonder of Oregon, but the ad could only name Mount Hood, the Oregon Coast, the Columbia River Gorge, the Painted Hills, Smith Rock, the Wallowas and Crater Lake as the state’s seven wonders.

By Kristian Foden-Vencil BEAVERTON — Ukrainians around Oregon are reacting to events in their ancestral home.

One Beaverton family is anxiously awaiting the return of their mother.

Pianist Taras Levkiv lives in Beaverton with his mom and dad.

He just finished an associate’s degree as

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PORTLAND — TriMet’s “talking buses� began running Monday. Five bus lines are equipped with devices meant to protect pedestrians.

The buses will alert pedestrians when the driver turns the steering wheel. TriMet and the Federal Transit Administration are testing three pedestrian warning systems.

The FTA awarded TriMet a $400,000 grant to analyze devices that alert people when a bus is turning.

Roberta Altstadt is with TriMet. She says 45 buses are in the pilot program. “We do hope that it will prove effective in increasing awareness around buses,� Altstadt said. “So it will be interesting for us to do this assessment and see if people are really noticing the talking buses.�

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a Registered Nurse and is about to take his board exams. But some of his attention has been diverted to the webpages and video streams coming out of Ukraine.

He says he recently spoke to his mother, Lesya Levkiv who’s there looking after relatives. “Her nephew did say, watch for a phone call because they’re technically recruiting or enlisting people, for example if a war was to break out to come and help,� said Levkiv.

“So that’s what’s she’s concerned about and she’s afraid. She wants to make sure she leaves safely and is able to actually leave,� he said.

Lesya Levkiv is scheduled to return Thursday.

About 20,000 Oregonians identify themselves as Ukrainian according to the U.S. Census Bureau, with sizable populations in Gresham, Southeast Portland and Beaverton.

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SALEM — About three weeks ago, Gordon Lorsung found himself and his coworkers confronting a woman brandishing a pointed, broken piece of bamboo as police officers stood nearby, serving as “back up.� The officers eventually did step in and wrestle her into the vehicle Lorsung’s team brought to the school, where she had barricaded herself in a stand of bamboo.

They sedated her after she tried to kick out the car windows, and she eventually went home.

Home for this woman is one of the state’s 23 Stabilization and Crisis Unit group homes for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Lorsung and his colleagues from around the Willamette Valley told the House Health Care Committee on Wednesday that the people coming into these homes have changed over the years, and today, their training and facilities don’t live up to the violence they’re seeing.

The crisis homes originally housed people coming from Fairview Training Center, the Salem facility for those with developmental disabilities. In recent years, however, they’re receiving many people coming from the Oregon State Hospital or the state’s prisons, and it’s a very different crowd, they said.

Rep. Jim Thompson, R-Dallas, is one of several legislators who asked for the information hearing Wednesday.

He has workers in his district, although none of the homes are in his district. He said it’s a very serious problem.

For example, residents have done damage to homes that would cost an estimated

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Pacific smelt are back on the menu

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ASTORIA — Pacific smelt are back on the menu for the first time in more than three years at local seafood markets, after a recent decision earlier this month by the Oregon and Washington departments of fish and wildlife.

The small fish are more properly known as Thaleichthys pacificus, candlefish and hooligans.

On average they are 8.5 inches long, weigh 2.5 ounces, and are running between $4 and $5 a pound fresh at local markets since a limited commercial fishery on the Columbia River opened Feb. 10.

It runs through Thursday.

The markets are buying hundreds of pounds at a time. At some locations, they’ve been offering smoked smelt for upward of $10 per pound.

“I can’t find any restaurant to buy them,” said Ron Neva, co-owner of NW Wild Products, about the 200 pounds he bought last week from the fishing vessel Nancy Ann, which had taken in about 1,500 pounds two days earlier.

Restaurants, he said, might be unused to cooking with the fish, because it has been on the Endangered Species List and unavailable for harvest since 2010.

“They used to be the No. 1 bait for sturgeon,” said Neva. “Now with sturgeon (fishing) being closed, there’s not many markets for them.”

Being eaten Some guides, such as Andy Betnar of World Class Fishing in Astoria, have bought hundreds of pounds of smelt for the catchand-release sturgeon fishery.

But most of the smelt are going toward human consumption.

“We haven’t smoked them for six years,” said Terry Hartill, co-owner of Bell Buoy, a seafood

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Diminishing returns Since 1992, the average run of smelt, represented by commercial landings, declined by 90 percent, according to a report

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Landings averaged 20,000 pounds, or 1 percent of their pre1993 levels, for 12 straight years, as a result of fishery restrictions in response to low abundance.

In 2010, the southern population segment of smelt were placed on the Endangered Species List. The southern populations encompass smelt in Washington, Oregon and California, extending from the Skeena River in British Columbia south to the Mad River in Northern California.

“It is harder to monitor the smelt numbers,” said Anthony Siniscal, a biologist for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

“Our best tool for monitoring smelt numbers is having people fish for them.”

A joint state report said conservation-level fisheries would provide the opportunity to gather fishery landing and pounds per landing data to help assess the strength of smelt runs in the Columbia.

Indicators for 2014 don’t yet point to a declining or improving

return of smelt.

Mismanagement Gary Soderstrom, who has been fishing smelt off and on for the last 20 years, said smelt are a case of mismanagement by the agencies. “There was no reason for them to be listed,” he said.

“They went as far last year as writing people tickets for picking up … dead smelt off the beach.”

In March 2013, reports came in of a 20-mile-long mass of smelt moving up the Columbia and near the Cowlitz River. The run last year was one of the best in a decade based on larval counts, and 2014 is expected to be similar.

The National Marine Fisheries Service identified climate change and its effects on ocean conditions as the most serious threat to smelt populations. Out of 16 major threats to smelt, commercial fishing was listed as the ninth worst, and recreational fishing 13th.

States with the populations took precautionary action after the species listing as endangered, prohibiting commercial sales from the Columbia and its tributaries starting Dec. 10, 2010.

Recreational fisheries closed Jan. 1, 2011.

Limited seasons Commercial smelt fishing using 2-inch nets has been permitted from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. for eight days on the Columbia, on Mondays and Thursdays, ending in three days. That means a potentially limited time period to find smelt in the markets.

No commercial dipping in the tributaries was allowed.

A limited recreational fishery was opened, with dipping from the bank allowed in Oregon’s Sandy River from 6 a.m. to noon March 1 to 22, with a limit of 10 pounds per person per day.

On the Cowlitz River, a limited recreational fishery was opened between 6 a.m. and noon Feb. 8 through March 1, again with a limit of 10 pounds per person per day.

The U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife still lists Pacific smelt as endangered. It remains to be seen how a limited fishery will help change that.

There are also efforts to measure the smelt run by counting the number of eggs and larvae.

But the fish are small and spawn out of sight, making them difficult to count. Other ventures are trying to measure runs with sonar.

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SALEM — As soon as you walk in the door, they hand you a new identity.

Teachers, leaders and citizens assumed new roles: a 7-year-old with ADHD, a single dad with two kids and a grandson, a brother raising his siblings while his dad is in jail.

You’re assigned a family, each member playing his or her role based on real families in the community. For one hour you try to survive on your limited income, resources, time and energy before the clocks runs out. Most families live at or near the poverty line.

“It’s an opportunity to humanize poverty and recognize the negative impact of poverty in the community,” said Lori Beamer with CoActive Connections, a poverty education nonprofit.

Leaders in Mt. Angel, Silverton and Scotts Mills invited CoActive Connections to lead the poverty simulation last week in Mt. Angel.

Once the timer starts, families have 12 minutes to work, shop, find assistance, cash checks, get kids to daycare and pick them up before the buzzer sounds for the week. Then they get three minutes for the weekend when everything closes.

Long lines at key resources such as the grocery store and the pawn shop eat up valuable time. If you don’t pay your rent or utilities, you might get an eviction or shut off notice. If you don’t pick your kids up from daycare, you could go to jail for neglect.

That’s what happened to one family. The brother who was taking care of his three siblings couldn’t pick up the youngest because he ran out of transportation vouchers. He went to jail.

A 20-year-old single mom couldn’t go to school because she didn’t have money for child care, and another sat at home because she didn’t have a transportation voucher, which cost $1.

Siblings as young as 9 got stuck watching their younger brothers and sisters because families saw no other option.

“I’m 13 and I’m not at school so I’m watching my 3-year-old brother,” said Kristin Gimbel, communications director for Oregon’s chief education officer.

“Being a 13-year-old and having to take care of so many adult responsibilities it becomes apparent how secondary school becomes.”

Those who weren’t assigned families took service provider roles, including Gloria Sprauer, who worked at the child care center. In real life she’s a community resource coordinator with the Oregon Department of Human Services.

“People develop these incredible networks, good, bad or ugly, that get them around,” she said. “It isn’t long term.”

When the final buzzer for the month sounded, everyone at one table collapsed in their chairs. Barb Poitras, who played a single dad of two, was shaking. She is the homeless liaison at Eugene Field Elementary School in Silverton.

“I feel tense,” she said.

Beamer asked the crowd “who was not stressed,” and no one raised a hand. Then she asked who neglected their children in the simulation, and about one-third raised their hands. The rest likely didn’t have kids.

“It’s very eye-opening,” said Gabriela Cervantes with Family Building Blocks.

Before she might counsel her parents about why they didn’t get this or that done, but now she understands that their lives are hectic and there are so many requirements and not enough time.

“It gives me a new appreciation and makes me more empathic to the families we’re serving,” she said.

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In one instance, a resident assistant discovered an unconscious student who had alcohol poisoning. After the experience, the student reached out for help through Reff and others at SHS. “She probably would have died if it weren’t for the RA and calling 9-1-1,” Reff said. “She was scared out of her mind when I met her because of how close she came to death.”

University Housing & Dining Services prepares RAs to watch for warning signs and to take appropriate actions if any students require assistance, said Anna Marie Klotz, associate director of UHDS residential education.

“Their role is to obviously contact the police, ambulance and to support the student as they need it,” Klotz said.

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address the potential of overdose and dangers of alcohol abuse and becoming intoxicated too fast.

“It can sneak up on people,” Haubenreiser said.

Laws providing medical amnesty for minors under the influence could help promote additional conversations moving forward, according to Haubenreiser.

Oregon’s medical amnesty law under House Bill 4094 passed Feb. 20 in the Senate.

Once signed into law, minors who have friends under the influence will be allowed to reach out for medical assistance without the legal ramifications of an MIP charge.

Haubenreiser said medical amnesty for minors in Oregon would allow for additional opportunities to reach out to students aside from education alone.

“That’s much more effective than telling students what to do,” Haubenreiser said.

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Harrison breaks records at Pac-12 Championships Oregon State sophomore Sammy Harrison won the 1st swimming Pac-12 Championship in school history

time earned her an A-Standard time, guaranteeing her a place at the NCAA Championships.

The OSU swim team traveled to Washington last weekend to participate in the Pac-12 Swimming and Diving Championships. The team had been hoping to peak at this meet,

By Scott McReynolds and it showed. The Beavers saw multiple THE DAILY BAROMETER History was made last weekend for the season- and career-best times at the end of Oregon State swim team. Sophomore Sammy the weekend.

Harrison wasn’t a one-hit wonder, either. She Harrison achieved what no other swimmer at also broke the school record in the 500-yard OSU has ever done. freestyle — her first event of When she looked up at the Pac-12s — placing fourth with board at the end of her race, a time of 4:40.30. Her mark hit The fact that my she was filled with a wave of a B-Standard, not guaranteeemotions. whole team was ing her to continue further in “It was just the greatest experience I have ever had,” there, and I know that this event, but her time gives it meant as much to her the 22nd-best time in the Harrison said. “The fact that nation. The top 40 usually my whole team was there, them as it did to me make it to NCAAs. and I know that it meant as was also incredible.

“It boosted my confidence much to them as it did to me and I felt a lot better than I was also incredible. I’m just did when we first got there,” so happy.”

Sammy Harrison Harrison said. “It set me up Harrison had just won the Sophomore swimmer with a really good mindset first individual Pac-12 title in going into the mile.”

Oregon State swimming hisHarrison also finished 23rd in the 200-yard tory. She finished first in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 15:55.57, breaking her own freestyle (1:48.88).

Harrison was not alone in her success for school record, which was set at 16:17.78. Her

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Oregon State.

Senior Crystal Kibby, in likely the final meet of her college career, finished ninth in the 200yard breaststroke in 2:13.48 and 18th place for the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02:70).

Fellow breaststroker freshman Andrea Young, placed 25th in the 200 breaststroke (2:20.31).

Senior Aya Fujimura, in her final collegiate swim meet, finished with a time of 2:02.10 in the 200-yard butterfly, earning her a 22nd-

place finish.

Sophomore Amani Amr finished in the top 25, taking 23rd in the 200-yard backstroke (2:01.58), while freshman Taylor Frank followed Harrison, taking 24th in the 1650 freestyle (18:13.10).

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Freshman shortstop Trever Morrison high-fives teammate Caleb Hamilton against Wright State Friday in Goss Stadium.

ince the start of the Oregon State baseball season in mid-February, it’s often seemed like there was only one player on the team.

Ben Wetzler’s NCAA suspension has taken over the front pages of newspapers in Oregon and even made a dent in the national media.

Now that the senior left-hander is back with the suspension behind him and the No. 5 Beavers (9-3), it’s time to turn the attention to the team that was oh-so-close to winning it all eight months ago.

The Beavers are coming off a 3-1 weekend at home against Wright State and continue the action Tuesday at Goss Stadium against Portland.

Here are the most significant nonWetzler storylines from the first three weeks of the 2014 season: The freshman five Head coach Pat Casey has never shied away from playing freshmen, but this

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Strausbaugh My Name is My Name season is unprecedented.

One-third of the regular lineup is made up of freshmen — catcher Logan Ice, shortstop Trever Morrison and third baseman Caleb Hamilton — and two pitchers are getting meaningful innings in their first year — right-handed starter Jake Thompson and right-handed reliever Chandler Eden.

Of the five, Morrison has easily been the standout. One of four players to start in all 12 games, Morrison is batting .304 with a .400 on-base percentage and a team-leading 16 runs. His defense has been a little suspect so far (four errors), but that aspect of his game is what

everyone said was his strong suit before the season, so expect some progression.

Hamilton, Morrison’s counterpart on the left side of the infield, has been the biggest surprise among the group.

Senior Kavin Keyes was expected to man third base for most of the season, but Hamilton started the second game at third, moving Keyes to first, and he hasn’t looked back since. He’s hitting .286, has five runs batted in, seven walks and just one error on defense.

Ice hasn’t shown up with the bat yet, but by the pitchers’ accounts, the young catcher has filled in nicely behind the plate. He’s 3-for-7 throwing out stolen base attempts, but does have two passed balls.

Of the pitchers, it’s been Thompson, not top-50 MLB Draft prospect Chandler Eden, who has excelled. In his two starts, Thompson is 2-0 and has allowed only See STRAUSBAUGH | page 6

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After a record-breaking tournament its last time competing, the Oregon State women’s golf team is off to a slower start in the Bruin Wave Invitational.

The Beavers shot a 34-over 301-309— 610 Monday in Tarzana, Calif., putting them in eighth place after the first day of competition.

The lower scores could be partially attributed to the playing conditions, as the course experienced a rainstorm over the weekend prior to the first round.

Senior Lauren Sewell kept her hot play going, leading the Beavers with a 1-over

73 in the morning round and a 5-over 77 in the afternoon session. She sits in a tie for 21st place overall.

Sophomore Chelsea Saelee battled back from a quadruple-bogey early in her first round to post a 13-over 78-79—157 and is currently tied for 48th.

Sophomore Ashlee Pickerell, meanwhile, is tied for 54th after shooting a 15-over 82-77—159.

Six players shot under par on the tournament’s opening day, led by Doris Chen of USC. She shot a 5-under 72-67—139.

The final round of the Bruin Wave Invitational begins at 7:30 a.m., Tuesday.

The Beavers are paired with California and Colorado.

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Sophomore swimmer Sammy Harrison is The Daily Barometer Athlete of the Week after a career day and one of the best in Oregon State swimming history.

In her second year at Oregon State,

Harrison set two school records and won the first Pac-12 Championship in school history.

Harrison broke her own record in the 1,650-yard freestyle, finishing first with a time of 15:55.57, which surpasses her own school record by more than 20 seconds. The time also gave her an NCAA A-Standard time, automatically qualifying her for the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive year.

Harrison also set a school record in the 500-yard freestyle, finishing fourth overall at the tournament with a time of 4:40.30.

That time gave her an NCAA

B-Standard time, which doesn’t automatically qualify her for the NCAA Championships, but puts her at 22nd overall in the nation, which generally is high enough to qualify.

Harrison qualified and competed in the 500-yard and 1,650 last season at the NCAAs, finishing 43rd and 31st, respectively.

Harrison will represent the Beavers at the NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships March 20 in Minneapolis, Minn.

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Baseball Pac-12 power rankings

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1. No. 5 Oregon State (9-3)

While the Beavers probably expected an even better start than their 9-3 record, OSU gets the nod at No. 1 to start the season, thanks largely to their returning roster and what they did last year.

It’s true the Beavers played 15 nonconference games before losing last year, and USC actually has a better winning percentage up to this point in the year, but the Beavers are the returning conference champion, and might have the best pitching in the Pac-12. They’ve already beat notable teams in No. 10 Indiana, Washington and Nebraska.

The return of senior Ben Wetzler only makes this team that much scarier.

6. Washington (6-4-1) The Huskies are another team that has been a pleasant surprise for the conference early in the year. Washington finished a respectable 15-15 in Pac-12 play last year, but went only 9-17 in nonconference play. UW has flipped the script this year, including a three-game sweep of UC Davis and close losses to both Oregon State and Indiana.

7. Arizona (6-3)

The Wildcats are as low as they are mainly because of the level of competition they’ve faced so far this season. Arizona has played Kent State, Utah Valley, Alcorn State and Seton Hall this season, and has lost three straight.

2. California (6-2) It’s probably a big surprise to many, myself After winning a national chamincluded, that Cal is this high early in the seapionship two years ago, Arizona son. The Golden Bears went 23-31 overall last was an average 15-15 in conferyear and 10-20 in conference, ence play last season and didn’t but have won six of eight to contend for a Pac-12 Championship. start the year and are riding a 8. Arizona State (6-4) five-game winning streak.

Their only two losses came against No. 18 Once one of the dominant teams in the PacTexas in a series split. It’s early in the year, but 12, Arizona State has fallen off a bit the last few the Golden Bears are off to a great start. years. The Sun Devils have played a decently tough schedule to date, but 3. USC (8-2) a 6-4 start isn’t great in one of While the Trojans sit at third for now, they the best baseball conferences likely won’t last near the top for long. Like Cal, in America. Near .500 baseball Southern California seems like an anomaly won’t cut it come Pac-12 play. at this point in the season. USC finished an identical 23-31 and 10-20 in conference play 9. Utah (5-5) like Cal a year ago, but that was in While 5-5 doesn’t seem like a great start, it a year when the Trojans fired their head coach less than a week into could be an encouraging sign for Utah. The the season. They’re 8-2 to start the Utes have struggled mightily in their first two year and have even beaten No. 4 seasons in the Pac-12, going 7-23 in the Pac-12 Cal State Fullerton in their only matchup. All last season. They finished in last place two years ago and tied for last in 2013, but that being said, USC has played nine of its first could make slightly improve10 at home. ment this season considering 4. No. 14 Oregon (8-3) Washington State is off to as bad The Ducks are probably a little low on this a start as it is. list considering who their three losses came against. Oregon has only lost to that same No. 10. Stanford (4-7) 4 Cal State Fullerton team that After a relatively successful 2013 season, USC knocked off earlier this the Cardinal have struggled out the gates. It season, but considering the seems as though Stanford misses its Ducks were swept in the threeace, Mark Appel, who left for greener game series, they get dinged for now. pastures, the MLB, after last season.

The fact remains, however, that Oregon is They come in second-to-last in my the third-highest ranked team in the Pac-12 first edition of 2014 power rankings. and will likely contend for a Pac-12 title once again this year.

11. Washington State (2-7)

5. No. 11 UCLA (7-4)

Last year was a rough one for the Cougars — The Bruins get the benefit of the doubt early 23-32 overall, 7-23 in conference — and 2014 in the year considering they’re the defending isn’t off to a much better start. national champions. While they may have lost At least Washington State can the conference title to the Beavers fall on the excuse that it’s faced a a year ago, they won where it matbrutal schedule up to this point. ters the most, the College World The Cougars have faced Cal State Series.

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has been hard for her and the coaching staff.

“That’s always the tricky technical side of swim coaching,” said assistant coach Jaime Jackson. “We’ll probably go two weeks max of really hard training, then start resting again.”

The coaching staff hopes the success of this season can serve as motivation for the team going into the spring, summer and ultimately, next season.

“I think that can give us a lot of momentum going into the spring as far as how hard we’re willing to train,” Jackson said. “My hope is that seeing how successful she was can set them up for (next season).”

Harrison will be heading to Minneapolis, Minn., for the NCAA Championships, which start Mar. 20.

one earned run. Eden clearly has electric stuff, but has struggled to get batters out, giving up four earned runs in five innings of work.

Center field carousel Max Gordon was scrappy and had as much heart as his 5-foot-8 frame would allow, but he seemed like an easily replaceable starter. Going into the season, replacing Tyler Smith, Danny Hayes and Jake Rodriguez in the lineup appeared to be a much more formidable task than finding someone to take over for Gordon.

That hasn’t been the case. Sophomore Jeff Hendrix started six games in the first two weekends, but an injury limited him to just one at-bat in the Wright State series.

Hendrix started the season white hot, going 8-for-15 at the plate with six runs and seven RBIs. In his stead, junior transfer Michael Howard and senior Nick Rulli have platooned in center. Both have been suitable, but neither have excelled. It looks like it’s still Hendrix’s job to lose, but his injury status might force Howard or Rulli to step up.

Patience at the plate OSU’s offensive numbers don’t jump off the statsheet — except for one: walks.

When asked about the team’s tendency to take walks this year, Ice used the analogy of the Oakland A’s and “Moneyball” to explain that reaching first base — whether

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EUGENE — Oregon keeps hearing the question fans are asking: “Will the Ducks get into get into the NCAA Tournament?”

“To be honest, I don’t know,” senior forward Mike Moser said. “I don’t follow RPIs, BPIs, LPOs, whatever. I just play. Hopefully, we will be one of those teams that are in instead of those that are out.”

Nobody knows if Oregon (20-8, 8-8 Pac-12) will get a return invite to the NCAA party, but its status will be clearer after hosting Arizona State and No. 3 Arizona this week to close out the regular season.

Sweep, and Oregon is likely in. Split the games and the Ducks probably need a win or two in the Pac-12 tournament next week to feel safe. If they get swept, they may have to get to the tournament title game to have a chance.

“It’s a big homestand,” junior guard Joseph Young said. “All the fans come out and support us.

Defensively, we have to pick up the intensity and support our seniors the last two games.”

Oregon is in a three-way tie for seventh place in the conference, but the Ducks are just one game back of three teams tied for fourth. Arizona State is third at 10-6, and Arizona leads the way at 14-2.

“We go home and play two very good basketball teams this week. We have to play well,” Oregon coach Dana Altman said. “We have done nothing but get back to even. For us to keep making this climb, we have to play better against Arizona State.”

It’s an early start to the week with the Sun Devils arriving Tuesday, giving Oregon three games in six days that started with a double-overtime win Thursday over UCLA. “That’s not that tough,” Young said. “We are at home and we are athletic, so I am pretty sure we can get more recovery done. We will get our bodies well-rested and get ready for Tuesday.”

“It’s a big deal,” Young said of the road sweep. “We know our fans support us and wanted us to come out with two wins in California. I wish we could have done that more often. We just have to worry about these next two games at home.”

Oregon suffered two tough losses in Arizona three weeks ago, losing late leads at Arizona and

Arizona State. Oregon has faced three other teams that beat it earlier in the season and won rematches.

“It’s going to be a big week,” said Moser after getting 32 points and 32 rebounds in the Los Angeles sweep. “Quick turnaround for a Tuesday game, but we will be ready. I’m really excited. It’s going to be a huge week and we want both of them.”

After playing double overtime Thursday, Altman used his bench more against USC and got 35 points and 12 rebounds in 105 minutes from his reserves.

He may need a similar effort against the Sun Devils.

Depth will be even more important if Damyean Dotson is not fully healed from a sprained ankle that limited him to 13 minutes against USC. Backup point guard Dominic Artis played a season-high 27 minutes against USC and had four points, four rebounds, two assists and two steals.

Junior guard Jalil Abdul-Bassit, who didn’t play against UCLA, earned positive reviews from Altman for his defense in 10 minutes against the Trojans.

“I thought Jalil came in and got a couple hands on the ball on big defensive possessions and really helped us,” Altman said. “D.A. really gave us some good minutes. He played good defense down the stretch and gave us a chance.”

Artis was Oregon’s starting point guard last year, but he was suspended the first nine game this season by the NCAA and has struggled since.

Johnathan Loyd started his fifth straight game, but Altman kept Artis on the floor for the end of the USC game when the Ducks pulled away.

“It was going good,” Altman said. “He was guarding. We stuck with Johnny when he was going good and D.A. had it going, so there was no reason to make a change. Defensively, he was solid and his ballhandling was good and he was getting guys in the right sets and then hit his free throws. He did a nice job.”

Oregon’s losses at Arizona and Arizona State capped a frustrating five-week stretch when the Ducks lost eight of 10 games, including four by two points. Since then, Oregon has won five straight.

“It’s a long season,” Young said. “We went down, but the team didn’t give up. We overcame adversity.

The good thing about this team is we all have each others’ back.”

Playoffs take center stage for area boys, girls

By Ben Schorzman THE REGISTER-GUARD

EUGENE — The wrestling and swimming seasons are done, and now the state turns its attention to the girls and boys basketball playoffs.

Classes 3A through 1A are already to the quarterfinals, with teams earning trips to Coos Bay, Pendleton or Baker City over the weekend. The bigger schools are just getting started, though, with the Class 6A playoffs beginning Tuesday.

Sheldon is the only local girls team in the 6A postseason. The Irish (17-7) play at 7 p.m. Tuesday against Central Catholic (12-10).

The Rams, the defending state champions, are ranked No. 21 by the OSAA. The 6A boys tournament starts

it’s via hit, walk or hit by pitch — is what scores runs.

I doubt Casey is forcing a walk quota like Billy Beane did, but I’m sure he’s happy about the results.

The Beavers have 73 walks in 12 games, an average of six per game. Arizona is the next highest in the Pac-12 for walks with 46. OSU’s .422 on-base percentage is 11th in the nation.

The bats haven’t shown much power early on (.373 slugging percentage, one home run), but they’ve been efficient at seeing and taking pitches, which prolongs innings, starts rallies and forces opposing coaches to go deeper into the bullpen than they’d want.

Rotation commanding, bullpen subordinate Any concern about the rotation losing some of its luster with the departure of Matt Boyd was erased in the first week when Thompson and senior right-hander Scott Schultz both threw gems.

Now with Wetzler back, the Beavers have five capable starters for four spots.

It’s a good problem to have.

Wetzler, Schultz, Thompson and sophomore Andrew Moore all have ERAs lower than 2.00, and junior lefty Jace Fry is still sitting pretty at 2.82.

Those five are responsible for 87 of the team’s 108 innings and have a combined 1.86 ERA. The bullpen, however, has not been where it needs to be, which is something

Wednesday. Sheldon (18-6) hosts Canby — the same school that ousted the Irish from the football quarterfinals in November.

South Eugene (13-11), which finished second in the Special District 2 standings behind Sheldon, plays Wednesday at North Medford (16-7), and Thurston (14-10) is at McKay (14-11).

The second round of the 6A girls tournament is Friday. The boys play Saturday. The state quarterfinals are March 12-13 at Moda Center in Portland.

Class 5A still has the play-in round to go before the 16-team bracket is set. The Churchill girls play at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Sherwood. On the boys side, Springfield is at home against Benson and Marist plays at

Silverton.

The state quarterfinals are March 12-13 at Matthew Knight Arena.

The Class 4A first round is Friday and Saturday.

In the eight girls games on Friday, top-ranked Sutherlin hosts Madras, and Brookings plays at 7 p.m. at Cottage Grove. Elmira, fresh off its first Sky-Em League championship in more than 25 years, plays at Henley.

The Cottage Grove boys (18-5) play Sutherlin at 7 p.m. Saturday at home. Marshfield plays at 4 p.m. at home against North Valley, and Sweet Home travels to No. 1-ranked Philomath.

All winners move on to the state quarterfinals at Gil Coliseum in Corvallis March 12-13.

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Oregon State freshman third baseman Caleb Hamilton makes a throw to first base against Wright State Sunday in Goss Stadium.

With OSU’s abundance of starting Casey stressed at practice last week. OSU’s pitchers, it will be no surprise if Casey opts relievers have a combined 6.00 ERA. Of particular concern is sophomore to bring Schultz back to a reliever role to try to bandage the ailing bullpen. left-hander Max Engelbrekt, who has only First pitch against the Pilots will be thrown 2 1/3 innings, but has surrendered six hits and two runs. Casey went to the Tuesday at 5:35 p.m. lefty in a crucial bases-loaded situation in the eighth inning Saturday, and Engelbrekt gave up a hit to initiate a three-run inning.

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Women’s hoops College roommates are deserves your blessings in disguise support R

omen’s basketball is underrepresented here at Oregon State University and pretty much everywhere else.

A lot of us don’t think it’s as exciting as men’s basketball, because there’s no dunking and the players’ heads aren’t skimming the clouds.

But finally, Oregon State University has another sport. Our claims to fame have been baseball, wrestling and gymnastics — the dropoff from them to our other sports is laughable — but now we can add women’s basketball to the list of awesome.

There were more than 5,000 people in attendance at the last home game for women’s basketball. That’s the best attendance the women’s basketball program has seen at a game since a home game for the Beavers against the University of Oregon in 2007, which was also the last time attendance broke 5,000.

To give you some context for how amazingly large that crowd is, last season’s average attendance was 1,198 people per game. Attendance didn’t even clear 3,000 once last year. The program that year (2012) lost $1.1 million.

The Beavers beat Arizona State, a top-25 opponent, Sunday. They’ve won nine straight games, all by double digits, and have catapulted to a secondplace tie in the conference.

This year, we finally have a sport besides baseball, wrestling and gymnastics that has a chance of making it big.

OSU is looking good for the at-large bid for the NCAA tournament.

The Pac-12 Tournament starts Friday. The Beavers are the No. 3-seed, but Stanford, the No. 4 team in the nation, is the one seed to rule them all. That tree is going to be tough for the Beavers to gnaw down.

So while it would be awesome if they win the Pac-12 Tournament, or get an at-large bid for the NCAA Tournament and win a game or two, we’re not holding our breath.

This a call for OSU students, faculty, staff and anyone in Corvallis. This is a team worth paying attention to.

The 5,000-plus crowd shows that this community is responding. Now we ask for all of you to keep it going.

This is a rare opportunity for Beaver Nation. An OSU basketball team hasn’t made the NCAA Tournament since 1996. This school’s athletics leave a lot to be desired, aside from the select few that repeatedly make postseason appearances.

It’s time to embrace this women’s basketball team. This isn’t just an investment for this year, it’s an investment for the future.

This team currently only has two upperclassmen. The majority of these players going to be around for a while, and will likely keep improving.

Get on the bandwagon now, before it fills up.

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Privacy, home sanctuaries necessary for student sanity

oommates come in all different forms. Sometimes they’re your best friends. Sometimes they’re necessary to fill rooms and pay rent. They can be a pain in the butt.

But no matter what the circumstance, roommates are good to have — especially in college.

In order to prove my credibility, I’d like to point out that I live with eight other girls. I’m pretty sure there was a secret ballot — which I wasn’t privy to — that elected me as the resident dishwasher and bathroom cleaner.

We all have different schedules. Some of us don’t believe in inside voices. A few of us go to bed early, while others don’t sleep until they pass out at three in the morning. There’s music playing at odd times of the day, cooking can be a “get in line” scenario and every single person is different.

Plus, I share a room.

Believe me, I know roommates can be frustrating at times.

However, they help us in ways that often go unheeded when we’re with them.

They allow us to practice getting along with other people who aren’t members Gabi of our family. They can help us be more financially responsible. Most of the time, they’re there for us when we need them, like when we’re locked out, need a ride, want to vent to someone or just kick back and watch TV with someone.

Roommates can be good for one another. Moods are often contagious, so if you’re coming home from a rough day, being met by roommates who you know will be up for a chat or that will at least be uplifting, can have a dramatic positive effect on you. Even if they simply take your mind off of your stress, it can be helpful.

This is when picking the right roommates comes into play. We don’t always know what we’re getting ourselves into when rooming with someone else, but it’s important to choose roommates who you know will be reliable. There will always be things about that person or group of people that irk you from time to time, but living with someone who you know will get the rent check in on time, who will be a somewhat positive influence in your life and who has decent communication skills is very important for peaceful living.

Next year, I’ll be moving out of the big house into a somewhat smaller living situation. Coming with me is one of the people I live with now, as well as two acquaintances of hers — only one of whom I’ve met. I’m taking a gamble, but I know my roommate is a reliable person and that she wouldn’t put herself in a living situation with people she doesn’t fully trust.

For those who still aren’t sure, George Fox University has supplied a helpful guide to choosing a roommate or roommates. A few of its suggestions are: to be thoughtful about who you are and what you would appreciate in a roommate, to maintain open communication with potential roommates concerning your criteria for future living situations and keep in mind that “a good friend does not always make a good roommate.”

There will always be unpleasant things about living with other people. But in the long run, living with roommates is a far better way to live than enjoying a few moments of peace before wallowing in loneliness.

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hen it comes to roommates, I’ve had relatively OK experiences.

Over time, though, I’ve come to the conclusion that what I need is a small box to myself, wherein I can hide from everything and hiss at the sunlight in peace.

Even though this privacy comes at a higher cost, every single, solitary second of it is worth the price.

It’s especially worth it after listening to your friends’ discussion of genuinely horrible roommate experiences.

I’ve heard my collective group of friends talk about roommates who refused to compromise over room temperature.

I’ve heard of roommates with horrific and typically self-caused body odor tendencies — specifically the ones who only eat Calabaloo’s burgers and pass gas every five minutes.

I’ve heard the horror stories of roommates who let their animals have the run of the house despite their tendency to excrete on all available surfaces.

There are the roommates who wander home at four in the morning drunk as skunks and as loud as proverbial bulls in china shops.

And from what I’ve heard, the most common are the ones who can’t handle doing their assigned chores.

But what college experience wouldn’t be complete without the roommates who awkwardly develop crushes on their leaselocked pals, who then proceed to make said pals’ lives a living hell when the feelings aren’t reciprocated?

Sometimes roommates are a necessary evil — you need a place to live, they need a place to live and money’s tight.

Occasionally these situations work out, and reluctant roommates can end up being best friends for life.

Then there are situations such as the one Brooklyn Di Raffaele, a junior in English who also writes for the Barometer, went through her freshman year.

“My roommate had her boyfriend in our room all the time, even though he lived in a single on the same floor,” she said. “And they would always be in Cassie the ‘throes’ of something.

“This same roommate also needed attention from everyone, was spoiled, rotten and had no concept of real life. The biggest thing with her was that through a long spiderweb of events that she thought happened, she falsified a police report saying a friend of mine and me keyed her car while drunk, which isn’t true. We were in Portland the night (she) said I keyed her car.”

College students already have an extra helping of stress as is. What is perhaps crucial to surviving the college experience is being able to have a sanctuary as a home base, not a three-ring circus.

The National College Health Assessment, a study done in 2012 by the American College Health Association, determined that more than half of college undergraduates reported above-average stress levels. Thirty percent said stress had a negative impact on how they performed in school, according to State News’ “Study shows college students deal with high amounts of stress.”

What most students need is a place to relax and unwind, so they can succeed in college — that place works best if it’s where they live.

If you can’t relax and feel happy and whole in your home, then you’re going to have problems.

There are steps that can be taken to try and find common ground between a roommate and yourself. But when those fail, I have two suggestions to solve your problem: One, get your own Fortress of Solitude, even if it costs more. Two? Stop finding roommates on Craigslist.

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eyond Therapy” is a witty play, laced with profanity and performed by an exceptionally quirky cast. Christopher Durang wrote the play in the 1980s, and it has become extremely popular on college campuses across the country. This performance at Oregon State University feature student-director Davey Kashuba-Reum and an ensemble that includes OSU students.

The play encompasses just how crazy the world is and the interactions between the cast are no different.

The play revolves around the dating interactions and progressive nature of the relationship of Prudence, played by Melissa Cozzi, and Bruce, played by LJ Duey.

The audience can tell early on that each character is unique and riddled with nuance. Whether the audience is watching Prudence’s therapist, played by Chris Morrell, “help” her with her life or watching Bruce cry whenever his emotions get the best of him, we see constant evolution of the characters.

As college students, we can all relate to Alec the pros and cons of dating. Meeting new people is hard. Getting along with them is even harder. “Beyond Therapy” shows that differences between individuals don’t mean sincere connections can’t still be made.

The reason this play stood out to me was the cast.

There are six actors, two of whom are veterans of the stage. Three are freshmen; two are new to the theater.

The actors are so good at their roles that I couldn’t tell who the ones with experience were. Bruce’s life partner Bob, played by Kolby Baethke, and the ever-so-late waiter, played by Jonathan Thompson, were among the brilliant performers.

Eight weeks into the term, it was easy to tell that the acting was natural and the chemistry on and off the set was fun to watch.

That the entire stage crew is composed of students helps create an atmosphere in which everyone feels comfortable around each other.

The word that summed up the play for all the mem-

The 55th season of Chamber Music Corvallis continues with the “Ebene Quartet: Mozart Meets Lennon and McCartney” on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the LaSells Stewart Center.

The Ebene Quartet will play Mozart’s “Quartet in E-flat, K. 428”; Bartok’s “Quartet 4” and arrangements of jazz and popular songs by Arlen, Shorter, Corea, Springsteen, LennonMcCartney and others.

Individual tickets are available online, at the door and from Grass Roots Bookstore in Corvallis. Ticket prices range from $24 to $27.

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From left to right: Kolby Baethke as Bob, LJ Duey as Bruce, Jonathan Thompson as Andrew, Melissa Cozzi as Prudence, Sarah Sutton as Charlotte and Chris Morrell as Stuart. bers of the cast was “connection.”

Even though people aren’t perfect, we still need the opportunity to connect with other people.

“Beyond Therapy” shows our idiosyncrasies are things to connect over, not things we should allow to separate us.

Laughing at the quirks of different characters and the sarcastic banter, and watching the actors’ creative mannerisms makes being in this play’s audience a joy.

Sarah Sutton, who plays Prudence’s therapist Charlotte Wallace, captured the atmosphere in the

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he most fabulous night of the year is over.

I watched every moment of the Oscars with a riveting passion for the medium of film and seething jealousy, because I wasn’t dolled up in thousands of dollars worth of jewels, hair extremely flammable with pounds of strong-hold hairspray and a small gold man in my hands.

This was the year of McConaughey, of outer space innovation and Disney’s continued dominance in the Best Original Song category.

Though there were no surprise winners that night, Ellen Degeneres was full of witty, quirky, good, clean humor. I don’t know how the woman does it. She somehow managed to be charming and hilarious, and simultaneously G-rated.

There was a little sprinkle of inappropriate innuendo during her opening monologue, when she looked at “Wolf of Wall Street” supporting actor, notafraid-to-do-a-nude-scene Jonah Hill.

“You showed us something in that film I have not seen in a very, very long time,” she said.

Then she scanned the room with a cheeky smile and asked, “Get it?”

If the actual award-giving and generic acceptance speeches were boring (any cut-away to Kate Hudson’s face told the story), Ellen was its antidote.

The evening’s highlights included: • Poor, gorgeous Zac Efron having trouble reading from the teleprompter; • Best Documentary Film winner Darlene Love belting a hymnal at the podium; • Ellen ordering pizza for the stars in the audience; • Ellen soliciting money from the stars in the audience to pay for the pizza; • The pizza delivery boy enjoying his surprise moment of fame; • Newcomer Lupita Nyong’o accepting her well-deserved merit for “12 Years a Slave.” I cried. Sorry, I’m not

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sorry; • Kevin Spacey starting his stage-time with a Frank Underwood southern accent; • Best Actor winner McConaughey’s speech about God, family and hard work; • Best Actress winner Cate Blanchett thanking her make-up team for attempting to make her look beautiful — cue the audible groan from the entire viewing audience; • Ellen comparing the Oscars to the Hunger Games: “I mean, there are cameras everywhere, you’re all starving and Jennifer Lawrence won last year”; • McConaughey taking a moment before climbing onstage to give fellow nominee Leonardo DiCaprio a hug and kiss; • Ellen giving Bradley Cooper some lottery Scratch-its as a consolation prize for yet another loss, this time in the Best Supporting Actor category; • Jamie Foxx dropping the beat for “Chariots of Fire” while presenting with Jessica Biel. People always forget just how talented that man is; • And finally, the best moment of the night: Ellen setting out to take the most epic TwitPic of all time and succeeding with a selfie, which included some of Hollywood’s biggest names and literally shut Twitter down for a hot second.

The winners may have been predictable, and DiCaprio will have to spend another year with nightmares about little gold men, but the night was nothing less than spectacular.

What else would we expect from a room full of people who know how to put on a show, with Ellen as the ring-leader?

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theater perfectly.

“The cast has fun, and hopes that audience can not only see that, but be able to feel it as well,” she said.

I don’t know about you, but dying with only 15 cats to mourn my passing isn’t something on my bucket list. It’s probably not on most peoples’. It’s why the motto “reach out and touch somebody” is so important in context to the play. It tells us all that we don’t need to be alone.

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‘True Detective’keeps breaking rules

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ime is a flat circle. Everything we’ve ever done or are going to do, we’re going to do again.

If you’re still with me after those first 19 words, you’ll know that I’m taking Matthew McConaughey’s lead.

No, I wasn’t prompted about who my hero is and decided that it’s myself in a decade. McConaughey’s acceptance speech Sunday night at the Oscars did feel reminiscent of Rust Cohle, McConaughey’s character in “True Detective.”

And we’ve already come around on that flat circle. The Oscars are finished, it’s back to television and it’s time to look at the best show on television right now.

Warning: The following contains spoilers of “True Detective” We’re in the home stretch of HBO’s killer anthology series. The sadness that McConaughey and Woody Harrelson’s run is nearing its end is the only thing that outdoes my excitement for Sunday’s season finale.

Director Cary Fukunaga and writer Nic Pizzolatto have set up a big one.

They’ve somehow created a season of a show that has the same wild, gritty, jarring and sometimes over-the-top feeling that the final season of “Breaking Bad” had.

And they achieved that without fiveand-a-half seasons of context.

“After You’ve Gone,” the show’s penultimate episode that aired Sunday, brought us entirely to the present.

We’re past the flashbacks. We’re past the interviews. There’s nothing predictable about where this show is heading.

The beauty of an anthology series, like “True Detective,” is that there is nothing holding back the showrunners from ending it how they want.

“True Detective” is going to continue, but it won’t have McConaughey, Harrelson, the yellow king or every single bayou in Louisiana.

This is gold for people who love

good television. There is a downside, of course, because who wouldn’t want to see McConaughey playing a drugged, drunk borderline psycho? At least there’s “Dallas Buyers Club” and “The Wolf of Wall Street” for that.

Fukunaga and Pizzolatto could kill off both all-star actors and feel no backlash from the audience — because we knew there would be only eight episodes of this storyline.

That probably won’t be how this saga ends, but the fact that it’s on the table is what makes “True Detective” so exciting.

We’re now engulfed in the presentday narrative of Cohle and Marty Hart (Harrelson). The gang is back together, and they’re getting ever closer to catching their scar-faced white whale.

This reunion is closure for both of them. Cohle and Hart ended on bad terms in the past. The last time we saw them before Sunday’s episode, Hart was nose-diving into McConaughey’s red truck.

We’re rid of all the distractions — Cohle is (sort of) sober, Hart isn’t ruining his marriage and Brother Mouzone from “The Wire” is no longer grilling both of them (he’s just getting directions from the spaghetti monster he’s chasing).

“True Detective” is finally approaching its own closure. There are no more distractions. “After You’ve Gone” brought the audience what it deserves: knockout performances from McConaughey and Harrelson.

Sunday’s finale should be more of the same, but with a lot more yellow king and a lot less microwavable dinners, Match.com and string-tying to corkboards.

This show has a lot of “Twin Peaks” in it, and lucky for us who watch, we know we’re not going to have to wait any longer to find out who killed Laura Palmer.

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“Fiddler on the Roof” is performing in the Corvallis High School Main Stage Theatre this weekend.

The production features the work of award-winning professionals, local artisans, talented community actors as well as wonderful students from Corvallis and Philomath school districts.

Performances are at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, with 2 p.m. matinees on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $10 for general admission, $8 for students 12-19, $5 for youth aged 11 and younger and are available online.

The Majestic presents the Vagabond Opera The Vagabond Opera will perform on the Majestic Theatre’s main stage Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

The Vagabond Opera is a six-piece, Portland-based, European-style Bohemian Cabaret, featuring vintage Americana, Balkan belly dancing, neo-classical opera and old-world Yiddish theater.

Vagabond Opera presents the new wave of opera — lusty voices singing in 13 languages and presenting a cabaret of rich musical phrasing, sparkling lyrics and indomitable stage presence, all played with exuberance, skill and a gritty Vagabond edge. Vagabond Opera’s goal is to liberate and reinvent Opera so it’s enjoyable for everyone.

Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door (the advance price will still apply at the door for students, seniors, veterans and Majestic members), and are available online at majestic.org/tickets or by phone at 541-738-7469.

‘Beyond Therapy’ Oregon State University Theatre’s 2013-14 Season of American Voices continues with Christopher Durang’s “Beyond Therapy.” Durang’s play, student-directed by Davey Kashuba-Reum, follows two adults as they try to better themselves through therapy, and also — more importantly — find love.

The show will run in March, Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Withycombe Hall Lab Theatre.

Tickets are $4 for OSU students, $6 for seniors and $8 for adults, and are available at the OSU Theatre box office, online or by calling 541-737-2784.