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OSU begins tackling opportunity President Ray, administration admit change is necessary Gaby Mudd News Contributor
Oregon State University’s energy consumption during the 2015 fiscal year.
OSU working to reduce greenhouse emissions By Chloe Stewart News Contributor
Right now, they are working to develop the mechanics and options within the plan itself. Specifically, Trelstad hopes to develop a list or “menu,” of sustainable practice options ranging from decreasing paper use to incentivizing the inclusion of sustainability in curriculum to engaging with students. The plan allows each college can select which policies work best for them. According to Ann Scheerer, advisor for the sustainability double degree and instructor, this new model shifts the focus of the plan
to taking more practical steps. “I definitely think it is a great model for implementation,” Scheerer said. Scheerer’s past research has focused on climate action plans developed by cities like Portland and New York. Another critical element to implementing the climate action plan will be involving students. Carter Frantz-Geddes, energy projects
Revising their climate action commitment, OSU plans to offer specific options for individual colleges to implement localized action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. According to Brandon Trelstad, OSU sustainability coordinator, this new plan is designed to let each of the different colleges decide how they can implement sustainable practices in their own operations. See Climate Page 4 In the past, the climate action plan took the form of a single, broader document that sought to implement sustainability across the entire university. The plan first came to be in 2007, when President Ray signed the President’s climate commitment stating that OSU would combat climate change by eliminating the school’s greenhouse gas emissions and become completely climate neutral by the year 2025. This year, after the Sustainability Office and the OSU Policy Analysis Lab revisited the plan, the idea for a more localized action plan emerged. “I was at first a little skeptical because that isn’t standard procedure,” Trelstad said. “But that doesn’t mean that it’s not the best procedure.” This January, Trelstad and his colleagues began meeting with the deans for each of the colleges present on campus to HONG LIN | THE DAILY BAROMETER discuss the plan and build connections. According to Trelstad, The Oregon State University Energy Center currently produces 41 percent of the energy the responses have so far been that OSU consumes in a year. OSU is planning on cutting down greenhouse emissions. mostly supportive.
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Oregon State University has pledged to address the inequality in receiving a degree in higher education based on socioeconomic status. According to OSU President Ed Ray in his State of the University Address in Feb., the university is going to work towards increasing the success of students in the bottom quartile of income in the country. “Higher education in America is deepening the divide in our nation between haves and have nots, and this chasm is tearing at the fabric of society and undermining our democracy,” Ray said in the address. According to Ray, receiving a degree in higher education ranges from 82 percent for students from the upper quartile of income distribution, to 9 percent for students that come from the lower quartile. Ray also addressed the university’s’ lack of providing a respectful and inclusive educational experience for diverse students. “It is well past the time for OSU to improve how we serve all students of diverse backgrounds,” Ray said. Susie Brubaker-Cole, the vice provost for student affairs, said OSU recognizes financial need as one of the factors in students’ acceptance, retention and graduation rates on campus. “We have begun to calculate the unmet need for students,” Brubaker-Cole said. “We know that our current financial aid resources leave a gap between the cost of attendance and the aid we can offer. We need to make up that gap through other means, and we are committed to closing that gap as much as possible.” There are several programs and facilities on campus that target students that come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and help them persist to graduation. The Director of Educational Opportunities Program (EOP), Janet Nishihara, said some students face many difficulties in college. The mission of the EOP supports students that have traditionally been denied access to higher education including first-generation students, low-income students and students of color. According to Nishihara, the EOP offers services in counseling, smaller course sizes for core subjects such as reading, writing and math, as well as additional programs. “In our country there is a strong tie between being a person of color or being first-generation in college and coming from a low-income background,” Nishihara said. “This compounds to what can feel like very high barriers to overcome.” Nishihara also spoke about how students who qualify for these services do not have to be enrolled in the program in order to take the specialized smaller-sized classes that provide higher levels of success. “It is a common misconception, you don’t have to be enrolled in the program to take the classes,” Nishihara said. “If a student wants to take the classes we offer, and they qualify to do so, we can help them.” The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) offers students who come from migrant and seasonal farm work services with education. This program works more specifically with the enrollment and completion of first-year CAMP students. Greg Contreras, an academic counselor for the program, said these students face challenges more traditional students don’t. “CAMP exists to serve students of farm working backgrounds, agriculture or farm related activities and to assist these students in their transition into a university,”
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This day in history: Franklin Deleno Roosevelt is innaugerated and becomes the 32nd U.S. president. Calendar MONDAY, March, 7 Event Waste Watchers Location: MU Quad The Waste Watchers are going to give prizes to people that they catch recycling
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1 Call of the wild 5 Shade 11 ‘80s defense prog. 14 Competent 15 Walk down the aisle, maybe 16 Dough unit 17 Hangout for Hyacinth in “Fantasia”? 19 Poetic preposition
20 Condescend 21 “__ Louise!” 22 Agreeable word 23 Moon observation 25 Bk. before Job 26 “Skyfall” singer 28 Hangout for Tchaikovsky’s Odile? 32 Dendrite counterpart 33 Mediterranean country 35 Hoop holder
36 Pewter part 37 Hangout for Heckle and Jeckle? 38 iPhone, e.g. 39 Lawyer letters 40 Warm to the max 41 Runs out of gas 42 Hangout for Mickey and Minnie? 44 Pep squad output 46 Panda maker
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1 44-Across cries 2 Story of a lifetime 3 Canine filler 4 Some bank agents 5 Japanese IT services giant 6 Linguistic practices 7 Maker of earthquake pills and dehydrated boulders 8 “Ain’t gonna happen” 9 Oscar winner Penelope 10 Vulcan and Klingon, briefly 11 Honey alternative 12 AFI’s third-greatest movie villain 13 Bad day for Caesar 18 Hydrated gemstone 22 ‘60s trip cause 24 Maintain, as golf clubs
TUESDAY, March, 8 Event 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. OSU Healthy Aging Club Location: Waldo 400 We will be preparing for this term’s final Silver Screen and the photo contest. WEDNESDAY, March, 9 Event Waste Watchers Location: MU Quad The Waste Watchers are going to give prizes to people that they catch recycling THURSDAY, March, 10 Discussion 12:30 p.m. - 1 p.m. Baha’i Campus Association Location: Talisman Room, Memorial Union 105 Should Religion and Science Agree WEDNESDAY, March, 30 Event 10:30 a.m. 2 p.m. Waste Watchers Location: MU Quad Recycling: How Does It Rank? Come learn about the impact you make by recycling
47 __ ed 48 Explicit message 49 Eleanor’s successor 52 Rub the wrong way 56 Ab __: initially 57 Hangout for Garfield? 59 Like a fiddle? 60 Still together 61 Tenderfoot 62 Something for the inn crowd 63 1979 title role for Vanessa 64 Simon __
25 U.S. dept. with a lightning bolt on its seal 26 War on Terror epithet 27 “Ingenious gentleman” of classic fiction 28 Basted, say 29 Entanglements 30 Some kind of trick 31 Baroque and Classical 32 “Lemme __!” 34 Portuguese cape 37 Tech news website 41 Leaves high and dry 43 Met 45 Shot provider 47 “Gotcha!” 48 Couch potato’s spot 49 Cherry variety 50 Sundance Kid’s gal
Horoscope Today’s Birthday (03/04/16). Reap what you sow professionally this year. Plan your moves, before a profitable two-year phase begins (Jupiter enter Libra, 9/9). Breakthroughs include in personal matters (3/8) and partnership or marriage (9/1). Change directions regarding shared resources (3/23) and your own plans (9/16). Collaborate and prosper together. Kindle passion. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — Take new professional territory. Your influence is on the rise. Push past old barriers. Abrupt decisions could work out well, although patience is useful. Pay attention for perfect timing. Take advantage of optimistic trends. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — Visit or accept visitors. It’s a good time for cultural exchange. Travel and study. Friends open the door to a new world. Respect others, and share resources. Provide support when you can. Relax and enjoy. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — Changes are proposed.
Talking relieves anxiety. Impress your partner with your research. Apologize for past disparaging remarks. Support each other with a profitable venture. Increased productivity equals increased profit. Follow a passionate insight. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Track appointments and financial obligations closely. If you can’t make something, call the moment you find out. Extra communication avoids arguments later. Spend time with your partner or significant other. Enjoy simple pleasures.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Get into a creative project. Your work is attracting attention. Play with your passions, enthusiasms and talents. Dress the part. Simple pleasures with family and friends feed your heart. Discover romance when not looking.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Count your blessings. It’s a great time to get outside. Personal growth sparks in the unlikeliest of places. Make a positive change. Use power rather than force. Who will you be in the matter?
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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — Dig for the info you need. Avoid chatter and gossip, and learn voraciously. Write your discoveries. Tap into hidden assets. Tempers could get short, especially around money. Find a quiet place and get productive. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — There’s money available, if you work for it. Shop later. Things could get chaotic. Financial disagreements look likely. Create a safety net. You can overcome a domestic irritant. Listen more than you speak.
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is a 5 — Handle chores and repairs at home before settling into domestic comforts. Maintain household infrastructure and study inexpensive beautification tricks. Get expert advice. You can find the necessary funds. Do the homework before buying.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Keep your cool, despite high demand for your attentions. Complete one task and prepare for the next. Conditions may seem unstable. Don’t take anything for granted. Figure out your bottom line and get creative.
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Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 5 — Consider how you would like things to be, and what you can do about it. Plan your strategy. Don’t worry about money or spend much. Look back for perspective on what’s ahead. Friends inspire you. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Rely on your team. Stay in communication, and clarify misunderstandings. Provide support to your crew. Expect nothing in return. Show loyalty and find it when needed. Respect others, and be respected. Learn from each other.
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minor injuries to her knee. Reckless driving The man in the car was An OSU student accelerticketed for Fail to Obey ated during a left turn onto Bike vs. car crash SW 3rd Avenue from SW A man driving a Jeep Stop Sign. Washington Avenue and lost Wrangler stopped at a control of his vehicle, spinstop sign going north on Theft Two people were arrest- ning his vehicle 180 degrees 11th Street, ready to cross Monroe Avenue, then pulled ed for stealing two root around, and damaged parkout and collided with a bicy- beers, one package of ing meters and a second cle heading eastbound on gummy bears, one Popcorn vehicle parked on SW 3rd Monroe. The man claimed Chicken container and one Street. The damage was he did not see the bicyclist Frappuccino drink (total substantial, and the person was arrested for Reckless because of the dark and value: $25.95). rain. The bicyclist sustained Driving.
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Thursday, March 3 Disorderly conduct Police were called to a bar downtown at 1:30 a.m. to respond to a fight between a woman and her boyfriend. A bar employee intervened between the woman and her boyfriend, and was hit on the forearm by the woman. The woman was charged with Disorderly
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Stolen Phone A woman called Corvallis Police to report that her son’s phone had been stolen from a gas station on 9th Street. The suspect was identified and located on SW Linden Street and admitted to stealing the phone. The phone was returned and the suspect was not charged.
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Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to a couple thousand supporters in Louisville, Ky., on Tuesday.
By David Lightman
McClatchy Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON—Donald Trump could win the White House in November. His victories in Super Tuesday states accelerated his march toward the GOP nomination. He’s not there yet, and Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio showed strength in small doses. But the real estate mogul won Tuesday from New England to the South, in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia. He proved he can beat heavily funded, politically sophisticated opponents despite increasingly ugly, often disturbing, attacks and insults. And he’s shown strength in blue-collar areas that could put onetime battlegrounds such as Pennsylvania back into play for the GOP. Taken together, “he’s a formidable candidate” in a still-hypothetical but increasingly likely fall matchup against Democrat Hillary Clinton, said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University poll. Trump was already sounding like a November candidate Tuesday. “I’m a unifier,” he told supporters in Florida. He talked about how he could get
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people together in the Oval Office. He had praise for Planned Parenthood’s work for women’s health, vowing, “I’m going to be good for women’s health issues.” Trump showed some humility; asked whether he felt as though he were the presumptive nominee, he said, “I feel awfully good.” He even praised rival Cruz, who won Texas and Oklahoma. None of that means Trump is a sure thing in the fall. And as he emerges as the presumptive Republican nominee, he faces a new series of challenges. The national map features electorates far more ideologically and racially diverse than the Republican base Trump has so effectively wooed. He’d have to compete in states where African-American and Hispanic voters are influential blocs, and they’ve shown little inclination to back him. Most daunting, Trump could face not a pair of first-term U.S. senators, a softspoken retired neurosurgeon or a niceguy governor, but a former secretary of state with considerable experience in waging brutal campaigns. Clinton is expected to raise questions about the volatile Trump’s judgment and temperament, as well as provide vivid reminders of his broadsides against Mexicans, Mus-
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lims and women. Trump would also face challenges such as those he’s begun to endure only in recent days, questions about his resume as well as his style. “The criticism now concerns whether he’s a con man, not an entertainer,” said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion in New York. Trump’s temperament has also made him vulnerable. After he appeared to fumble an interview question Sunday about the Ku Klux Klan, Clinton and Democratic rival Bernie Sanders branded him a “hatemonger.” Trump’s rivals did offer some warning signs Tuesday. Though Trump won Virginia, Rubio, a senator from Florida, was leading among better-educated, higherincome and moderate voters as well as independents, according to network exit polls. In Vermont, Kasich was topping Trump among women, seniors, higherincome and better-educated voters. Also, Trump still refuses to release his tax returns, even though there’s no legal reason he cannot. Critics are raising questions about the Trump Entrepreneur Institute, whose Better Business Bureau ratings fluctuated while it was open. McClatchy Washington Bureau
Mar. 8 Maha Shivaratri – Hindu Mar. 13 Cheesefare Sunday – Orthodox Christian Mar. 13 L. Ron Hubbard birthday – Scientology Mar. 17 St. Patrick’s Day – Christian Mar. 20 Equinox
Mar. 20 Ostara – Wicca/Pagan (northern hemisphere) Mar. 20 Mabon – Wicca/Pagan (southern hemisphere) Mar. 20 Palm Sunday – Christian Mar. 21 Norooz (New Year) – Persian/Zoroastrian Mar. 21 Naw-Rúz (New Year) – Baha’i
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Potential Zika virus outbreak in Florida possible By Franco Ordonez McClatchy Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON—Urging Congress to provide more resources in the fight against Zika, a top federal health official on Wednesday warned Congress that the virus is likely to spread into tropical areas of the United States such as Puerto Rico and South Florida, where the Aedes aegypti mosquito is common. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Thomas Frieden told members of the Foreign Affairs Committee that the number of U.S. Zika cases has risen and cautioned that if the virus takes root, it could spread as rapidly as the chikungunya virus did in 2014, when the disease, also carried by mosquitoes, crisscrossed Puerto Rico in less than a year. Frieden, acknowledging that a case of Zika was spread through sexual contact in Dallas, said much was still unknown about the virus, including the depth of its health effects and how long it could survive in bodily fluids. He said mosquito eradication remained the best way to fight the virus. “There is the enemy,” Frieden said, directing the attention of members of Congress to a picture of an Aedes mosquito, distinguished by white markings on its legs. “It hides in closets, under tables and places that are harder to get to ... . It can bite four or five people in the course of one blood meal, meaning it can spread the disease very quickly. Our efforts to control it are challenging.” Rep. Curt Clawson, a Republican from Florida’s Gulf Coast, expressed concern that despite widespread publicity in recent weeks about Zika, not enough is being done to combat the virus. He peppered Frieden and Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Health, with questions about vaccinations, outdoor spraying and the possible use of genetically modified mosquitoes to disrupt breeding patterns. “This is one that is sneaking up on us and we’re not paying enough attention,” Clawson said following the hearing. “If we deal with it prior to an outbreak we’d be much better off.” More than 30 countries and territories have reported local transmissions of the Zika virus, which, when contracted by pregnant women, is thought to be the cause of a birth defect characterized by an unusually small head and developmental problems. The World Health Organization declared the rapidly spreading virus a public health emergency, reflecting the concern internationally. President Barack Obama has asked Congress for more than $1.8 billion in emergency funding to fight the Zika virus domestically and internationally. The money would be used for testing and surveillance to help control any potential outbreak. It would also be put toward finding a vaccine. Fauci said work was underway on finding a vaccine but that finding one wasn’t likely before the end of 2017. In Florida, Gov. Rick Scott declared a health emergency last week after at least nine new cases of the virus were found in four counties. At least 16 cases have been discovered statewide, including six in Miami-Dade. Frieden said Florida was one of the key tropical areas of the United States likely to face a challenge controlling Zika. He noted the region has a huge number of mosquitoes, as well as sporadic outbreaks of dengue and chikungunya, both which also are carried by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. Chikungunya was discovered in about 450 people who traveled through Florida in 2014. Eleven people contracted the virus in Florida. Dengue fever struck Key West in 2009, infecting 27 people, and again in 2011, infecting 66 people. McClatchy Washington Bureau
Student leaves university due to racist comments By Eva-Marie Ayala The Dallas Morning News
DALLAS _ One Texas A&M student who was part of a group that used racist slurs against Dallas teenagers visiting the campus has left the university, officials said Wednesday. But the school says it can’t say why the student is no longer enrolled. And officials won’t say whether any students face disciplinary action for the racially charged confrontation. University President Michael K. Young said that the Brazos County District Attorney’s Office has declined to pursue any criminal charges related to the incident and that the university’s investigation is over. About 60 juniors from Uplift Hampton Preparatory, most of them black and Latino, were touring the A&M campus on Feb. 9 when a group of white students began taunting them. The college students yelled things like “go back where you came from” and racist names, which were also directed toward a staffer from the charter school. In an earlier incident that day, two Uplift teens were throwing pennies in a fountain when they were approached by a young white woman. As the conversation progressed, the woman pointedly motioned to her Confederate flag earrings, asking the girls if it would be acceptable to wear them at the Dallas school. Young said federal privacy laws prevent him from saying whether the one university student who has left A&M was expelled or quit voluntarily. The student’s name was not released, nor was any other information about the student made available. “We realize these results don’t necessarily satisfy because we can’t be public about it,” Young said.
Two investigations had been underway into the incidents, one by police and one by university officials related to A&M’s code of conduct for students. During the investigation, authorities said, numerous people were interviewed in College Station and Dallas. No video of the events has been discovered. Young said all findings were shared with Brazos County officials to ensure transparency. Young said that if any additional information was brought to authorities’ attention, he would want university police to reopen their investigation into the incident. A&M students and officials swiftly disavowed the embarrassing racial incidents after they became public. Texas A&M leaders, including Young, visited the Uplift teens in Dallas to apologize personally for the incidents. A&M students sent them thousands of letters saying such racist acts don’t represent their core beliefs. Prompted by the treatment of the Uplift students, a group of black students marched across campus and sat in silence for 53 minutes, representing the 53 years African-Americans have been accepted on campus but faced hostility. Uplift CEO Yasmin Bhatia released a statement thanking Young for the university’s transparency and response. “Moving beyond this incident, we hope the issue of inclusion continues to be a priority for A&M and the other larger higher education institutions in the state, as we unfortunately know this is not an isolated incident on just one campus,” Bhatia said. “We as educators need to come together to work collaboratively to ensure that all students feel accepted and supported while in college.” The Dallas Morning News
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Oregon State University has announced plans to become climate neutral by the year 2025.
Climate
division of student affairs to communicate with students and encourage them to get involved in what ways they can. Continued from page 1 “We’re making big changes on camcoordinator at the Student Sustain- pus, ” Frantz-Geddes said. “Students ability Initiative, hopes to promote the care, we hear about it (…) It’s just a plan and take the lead student engage- matter of if we will devote the time and resources.” ment opportunities—in addition to the Whether or not the university will student engagement options on the maintain the original goal of climate sustainability plan “menu.” neutrality by 2025 has yet to be deterFrantz-Geddes plans to work with the mined. This goal will be reexamined and
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very challenging and new, and our program provides so many services to these students to help them succeed throughout their college careers.”
Contreras explained. “Often According to Contreras, times their parents didn’t go to college and they are first- CAMP offers students sergeneration. This transition is vices in mentoring, tutor-
possibly modified along with the rest of the plan, according to Trelstad. In the meantime, Trelstad and his colleagues hope to complete their “menu,” of options by the end of spring term and continue to make progress and connections across campus. “Let’s not focus on the plan, let’s focus on the action,” Trelstad said. To find out more, visit the sustainability office website.
ing, supplemental support, book allowances, recreational activities, as well as provides students with internship and job opportunities. The program hosts 35-40 students and requires them to take 36 credits per year to show successful completion and advancement in the program. “These students do not come from high income families, they are just making ends meet,” Contreras said. “For us to be here and to help these students who come from low income families and help them get a degree, is an honor.” The ASOSU Director of Campus Affairs Isamar Chavez, focuses on interconnectedness for the entirety of the OSU campus. Chavez works to provide all students with the resources they need in college, and promotes a welcoming community for the student body. According to Chavez, some of the main struggles for students that come from lower income backgrounds include high tuition rates. “I have come across a lot of students that face adversity, but still want to come to school and learn,” Chavez said. “Because of this, I want to make sure that everyone on
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campus is getting the resources they need to graduate and be successful.” Chavez also works to ensure that students understand that they have the right to advocate for inequality they see on campus. According to Chavez, her goal is to empower students and to explain to them it is their right to demand the institution to be meeting their needs. “As students you have the right to demand the resources you need to graduate,” Chavez said. “As a student you have the right to make the university to work for you.” Administrators said the university continues to look for ways to close the gaps in graduation rates between students that come from different socioeconomic backgrounds and to aid all students on campus in their pursuit of a college degree. “We are tremendously proud of the number of students from lower-income backgrounds who come to OSU” said Brubaker-Cole. “We are committed to doing more to help them succeed in their studies including providing more scholarships and grant aid.” baro.news@oregonstate.edu
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Stepping it up
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They’re not alone in leading OSU to a 14-2 record, but Kaylen Shafer, Natalie Hampton and Meehra Nelson have highlighed OSU’s run to the top 25 rankings.
OSU Softball team off to one of the best starts in program history
14-2, ranked No. 22 in NCAA and tied with Baylor, which OSU plays Friday
Gosh, I want to kick their butt. When I’m not playing against them, I’m rooting for them. I keep tabs on what they’re doing of course, as they’re my alma mater. But on the field, we’re enemies.
By Josh Warden Senior Beat Reporter
Two teams in Oregon State softball history have won 14 of the season’s first 16 games. One is the 2006 squad, which finished 43-16 and made the Women’s College World Series. The other is this year’s team. At 14-2 so far, OSU earned a No. 22 ranking this week to enter the top-25 polls for the first time since 2013. That was also the last year OSU made the NCAA Tournament. There’s plenty of tough competition com-
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ing up, including three games against ranked opponents this weekend and a volatile Pac12 schedule starting March 19. But so far, this season of OSU softball — highlighted by performances like Natalie Hampton’s 29 runs batted in, Meehra Nelson’s 1.50 earned
This weekend:
The Judi Garman Classic in Fullerton, Calif. with games against No. 3 Michigan, No. 21 Fresno State and No. 22 Baylor.
run average and Kayleen Shafer’s Pac-12 Freshman of the Week award on Tuesday — has been markedly different than the last two postseason-less years.
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OSU Gymnastics taking on Senior Night Seniors Radermacher, Perez to be honored tonight at Gill Coliseum
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OSU gymnastics celebrates their victory over California on Febraury 21.
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they take on Ball State and Seattle Pacific in their final home meet at Gill Coliseum. Despite the fact that Perez transferred to OSU as a junior, she has still competed in Gill Coliseum throughout her collegiate career. The senior attended fellow Pac-12 school By Michael Kiever Arizona State her first two years of college, Sports Reporter meaning the first two years of competing at It has been a whirlwind of a week for the Gill came in a different uniform. Anyhow, 20th-ranked OSU gymnastics. Perez has come to love the fan base and First, they beat high-quality competition on atmosphere all the same. Feb. 29 against Stanford, relying on freshman “I have competed in Gill for four years, McKenna Singley to deliver the victory. With and it’s an amazing fan base. With all of our the season almost wrapped up, the meet car- students and all of our alum, leaving that is ried extra importance as a source of momen- gonna be really tough,” Perez said. “There’s tum going forward. a special aura in the air, definitely. I’m just “We were tied going into the last routine on cherishing the moment.” floor. Our freshman McKenna Singley nailed Radermacher, who also transferred to OSU her routine, and that put us over and helped in 2015, is similarly doing her best to seize us win the competition,” said head coach the moment. Tanya Chaplin. “They were in the Super Six “I’m excited to be competing (today,) last year, so it was a big win for the girls and a because I love competing, but at the same big confidence booster.” time it’s kinda sad because I don’t want it to Tonight at 7:00 pm, OSU will be honoring seniors Jamie Radermacher and Risa Perez as See Gymnastics, Page 6
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Coaches Corner: Jim Zalesky
Zalesky reflects on season, preparing for NCAA tournament By Danny Rice Sports Reporter
After an inconsistent regular season, the No. 22 Beavers finished strong by winning their fifth consecutive Pac-12 title. Oregon State also finished the season going 11-6 in dual meets and 3-2 in conference play. Next up for the Beavers—the NCAA tournament. Zalesky talked with the Daily Barometer’s Danny Rice on Wednesday to reflect on the season and how his team is preparing for the biggest tournament of the year. Danny Rice: As the regular season has now concluded—on a scale of 1-10 with ten being phenomenal and one being unsatisfactory—rate your team’s performance throughout the season. Jim Zalesky: It depends on the meet. There were some meets where we deserved like a nine or a ten, and then there were others where we deserved a two or a three. I think we were inconsistent this year, especially early on in the year. We kind of started off slow at the beginning and it’s probably why we didn’t put ourselves in good enough position at the Pac-12 tournament to earn more spots for the NCAA tournament. DR: Did the team fall short, meet or exceed your expectations? JZ: I think we have guys who should be going to the NCAA tournament that aren’t but I think it’s because of how we started. (Cody) Crawford was hurt all summer so that’s probably why he started off slow. (Abraham) Rodriguez started off slow but came on strong at the end of the year but didn’t do enough
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Head coach Jim Zalesky is confident in his team ahead of the NCAA tournament. at the Pac-12 tournament to qualify. I feel like those guys should be moving on to the NCAA tournament but they aren’t. DR: What was the best moment of the season for you thus far? JZ: Winning the Pac-12 title again and the way we had to win it. Last year we kind of just blew through it and won it before the final round. This year, every match we won made the difference, getting pins and getting bonus points—we talk about that all the time in practice. We’ve won duals because of it and it’s the reason we won the Pac-12 tournament. DR: What was the low point of the
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Continued from page 5 “We’re going to kinda shove it into people’s faces, but at the same time we’re going to keep working hard because we have so much more to prove,” Hampton said. “We’ve worked hard and we’re going to wear that and own that.” Hampton’s 29 RBIs ranks second in the nation and puts her on pace to shatter her own single-season OSU record of 50 RBIs. Nelson is 9-1 in the pitching circle this year with a .164 batting average allowed and she was named Pac-12 Player of the Week on Tuesday, just seven days after being named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week. Not to be outdone, Shafer earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors Tuesday while batting .447 this season with two home runs. They’re not alone in their on-field production: sophomore shortstop McKenna Arriola, for example, leads the team with a .517 batting average. All together, they lead a team batting .397 this year, nearly a full .100 better than the program record set last year at .298. And if hitting the seams of the ball wasn’t enough: OSU’s pitching has returned the favor with a 1.77 ERA compared to 7.74 from opponents. So what is different this year? “I would have to say team chemistry,”
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season for your team? JZ: I think it was our first home meet. We wrestled Rutgers and got beat there and came back and wrestled Utah Valley and we just didn’t recover. A lot of guys didn’t recover and we got beat. The first two meets we had at home, we lost, so that made the coaches really look at where we were at and pick it up from there. DR: Who is the MVP of the team this year? JZ: It’s hard to say, we have two guys ranked in the top ten in Amarveer Dhesi (No. 8) and Ronnie Bresser (No. 7). They are both looking to do big things at the national
Hampton said. “The bond that we have, I’ve never felt anything like it since I’ve been here. Even freshman year.” There was a shift in that team chemistry, says head coach Laura Berg, in the team retreat in September. The entire squad went to Cape Meares, located on the Oregon coast north of Pacific City, where the team-building workouts created a cohesion that has translated into actual game play. The team went through conditioning drills in the sand, sit-up workouts in the water and a blindfolding activity where players had to follow the direction of teammates’ voices to avoid obstacles. “We pushed them to the limit and beyond, and they realized they can go beyond the limit,” Berg said. “They realized how talented and how much heart they have.” Maybe it wouldn’t seem as significant if OSU wasn’t winning games now, but the Beavers are on a hunt for the top of the Pac-12 standings. A big part of that has been plenty of huge individual performances — including junior third baseman Madison Anthony’s walk-off three-run home run to beat No. 11 Oklahoma this weekend — all contributing to the team goals. “It seems like every game, no matter what, someone steps up and gets a big hit or gets a big play,” Shafer said. “If
tournament so it will be easier to say after NCAA’s. They both have had good seasons and both are ranked pretty high. Other guys who have had pretty good seasons are Corey Greigo and Seth Thomas—who is our leader. I think there are a lot of guys who’ve had pretty good years but it’s about how you finish.
DR: Who is the surprise or breakout wrestler this year? JZ: It’s not a surprise to us, but Greigo has done well and the crowd likes watching him wrestle and how he gets after it. He wrestles well on top and is a grinder. He’s the guy who has come in and sparked our team.
someone isn’t performing that game, we know there’s always someone behind them who will pick them up.” Shafer has a point: across the board, OSU has gotten consistent performances so far this season. Eight of the nine players with the most at bats are hitting .347 or better, and five players have an on-base percentage at .500 or above. Whether it was preseason practices or the team retreat that served as a clue for oncoming success, the success has not come as a surprise for the team. “I knew that they were all going to kill it from the start,” Nelson said of her teammates’ contributions. OSU has already played up to competition this season, going 2-0 against top-25 teams with an 8-0 win over No. 16 Kentucky and the 6-4 victory over Oklahoma. This weekend in the Judi Garman Classic in Fullerton, Calif., will be one more test, with three top-25 matchups including a game against No. 3 Michigan. “Let’s do it. Let’s bring it on,” Hampton said. “So far we’ve done great. I don’t want to sound cocky but I think we’re definitely confident, we work hard and we’re ready. We’re ready to take on anybody in the nation because we know that we can do it individually and as a team.” On Twitter @BrightTies
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DR: With five wrestlers guaranteed going to the NCAA tournament—mostly likely six with Joey Palmer earning an at-large bid—was that the amount of wrestlers you were expecting to take to the NCAA tournament? JZ: I thought we could’ve had more, but halfway through the year, that’s what it looked like. I thought we could’ve had more with Rodriguez and Crawford but at the other weights, we just didn’t wrestle well. At those weights, we just have to find ways in the off-season to get better. DR: What are you doing to prepare for the NCAA tournament in two weeks? JZ: We kind of took it easy earlier in the week. We’re getting back on the mat today and working back into it. We’re going to take the weekend off and have a really good training phase next week and then we leave a week from Sunday. DR: With no All-Americans the past two years, are you doing anything differently to prepare and are you confident you are going to walk away with at least one All-American? JZ: Earning All-American status is what it is all about. Your last competition is what you remember. The last two years have been disappointing, especially when you get guys in the round before placing. But this year, it’s a new year and once we’re there, it doesn’t matter what your record or what you’re ranked. You have to go out there and wrestle. The goal is to wrestle on Saturday and if it’s not in the finals, it’s in the morning in the placing rounds. To prepare, for us, it just about getting mentally right and having a good training phase. On Twitter: @DRice1730
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Continued from page 5 end,” Radermacher said. “I just want to never leave this place.” At the very least, the seniors can feel good about leaving the program in good hands. Evident from Singley’s performance against Stanford, the freshmen class has been stepping it up of late for OSU. “Our freshmen have been working extremely hard. We’ve really seen them come out of their shell, and I’m so excited to see what they do in the next three years,” Perez said. “I’m incredibly proud of all of them.” Going into today’s meet and beyond, OSU will need all the help it can get. Although the opponents won’t be of the usual tough Pac-12 variety, Ball State and Seattle Pacific will not be any pushovers. The competition for the Beavers does not end there, either. “It’s going to be good. (Seattle Pacific) is one of the top D-II programs and Ball State is right up there,” Chaplin said. “Plus, the fact that you aren’t just competing against those two schools. Our (competition) is score-based, so you’re competing against everyone in the country—and we know that.” Expectations for the meet are high, and the seniors will look to put on one last show for the Gill Coliseum crowd. “We’re gonna do great. We have an amazing crowd, we have an amazing team, we know how to conquer adversity and I think especially going against Stanford this last week, it really showed just how much fight this team has,” Perez said. “We’re going to do incredible things this year. We already have.” On Twitter @michaelkievaaa
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Reflect on positives By Skye J. Lyon Swift Serenity
Crude actions of disdain, jealousy, and disgust have—at one point or another—clouded my judgement and pushed me to hurt those dearest to me. And with every regret, I display it like a distinct battle scar that can never properly heal unless treated with active care. It is because of this, that every malevolent action evoked on others has an equal or greater reaction that cyclically returns back around, and the question should not be a jaded, “why should I care?” but rather an exertion of, “how can I learn to love myself and others?” Being the odd teenage girl I was many moons ago, I vividly remember Mr. Gary Mantey, my Washington Middle School principal, stating habitually over the PA system during morning announcements, “The choices you make today, will shape your world tomorrow.”
And despite the obvious clichéd aesthetic of his words, they still strum the chord of base human logic in my life today. If we choose to invite hate into our heart, the consequences will begin to ail our mental health, that is, unless we take action to change our imperfect perspectives on love. By broadening your meditative practice and extending it into the realm of love, you will slowly begin to feel the satisfaction you have always craved. Begin your practice by sitting still in the comfort of your bedroom, whether that be laying on your bed or sitting at your desk. Close your eyes and practice your three/six interval breathing. With each inhale, you will be envisioning a person in your life. You will be your first subject. Think of the positive qualities and at least three points of pride you can acknowledge about yourself. Control your breathing and stay focused on yourself for two minutes. Now that you have a basic understanding of how this practice will unfold, you are going to be focusing on five other people: a family member, a friend, an acquaintance, a difficult person, and this group as a whole and how they affect your life. Spend two minutes on each person and ask yourself a series of questions while you breathe: How does this person affect me? Positively? Negatively?
The more you include others into this specific meditation exercise, you will slowly start feeling misplaced anger leave your system...
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If you were at the town hall on Monday, February 29th; you would have probably been sitting front and center. Being there was intimate, for our standards, having no access to the sixth floor of Kerr hall without a special key code. The town Hall event was a good dialogue for members of the community but you probably didn’t see it because you were sitting front and center in a dialogue with Ed Ray, in a nice big open space with calm lighting. Earlier in the day I saw Ed and Sabah as they wandered the MU concourse into the Journey Room, twenty minutes later a stream of professional staff appeared for what was an informational meeting, about what I don’t know. Ed had a long day of posturing, public relations and time in front of the spotlights and very close, very endearing, public scrutiny. What wasn’t appreciated, amongst Ed’s selfdeprecating referral to himself as potentially being a dope, or stupid, was when a paisley tied gentleman from the fourth row spotted the Gazette-Times reporter in the front corner of the room snapping pictures of the event. Now I understand our anonymity as student leaders, as ASOSU representatives is significant. Most people attending probably didn’t catch sight of it. The paisley-tied man, spotting his opportunity, saw the Gazette-Times reporter walking to the back of the room from the front of the room. He got from his seat and grabbed the reporter, escorting him to the hall. Ten minutes later they both came back into room 128 of the LInC and nobody was the wiser. Until someone who had walked in five minutes late and sat in the back row spoke up to attest to what had happened, what had been seen. We had been represented, certainly the Gazette-Times reporter startled, and he left with his cameras about 10 minutes after taking some more pictures of President
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If negatively, how can I shift my feelings about that person? How can I help these people around me live a fuller and happier life? In total, this exercise should take you roughly 10 or 12 minutes to complete; however, more time can be spent if other people are added to your list. The more you include others into this specific meditation exercise, you will slowly start feeling misplaced anger leave your system, which will not only alleviate your tension physically but spiritually energize you tenfold. The opinions expressed in Lyon’s column do not necessarily reflect those of The Daily Barometer staff.
Let student leaders be visible, sought out By Max Patterson
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Ray, and none more of the crowd. I’m not saying anyone here is in the right nor are they in the wrong, but what I saw maybe could have been forgotten. The man in the paisley tie said he had asked the reporter to ask for the crowds’ permission prior to posting photos publicly—all attention on Ed. I’ll say now to membership of the media, to the Gazette-Times, the Corvallis Advocate and the Orange Media Network: Take my picture and show that I’m a leader of the community to be sought. Without my face in the media there won’t be a way to connect our leaders with our community. Members of the community: ensure you’re are heard in earnest, get to the events attended by OSU’s Kerr Building Representatives, don’t let the men in paisley ties influence whose faces end in the media. Representation in the media is a powerful tool for community action organizing. It’s reasonable that the newspaper would include a picture of our leader, Ed Ray. It’s also reasonable for the media to include the real reason for the holding of the meeting, mis- and under- representation of minority groups on campus and in the community. We’re in the process of building a new order, a new batch of leadership at the University that is equitable and accessible, capable and committed. We’re certainly busy at work finding causes to advocate for, without our names and faces visible—who will be able to find leaders when we’re needed? I’m not worried about my safety. I think we’ve moved passed the point of public violence against community leadership—at least in our humble burg of Corvallis. But if it were to come down to it, this gay boy would be a martyr for a cause I believe in. I already have been once. Max Patterson is a student studying political science at Oregon State University and a guest columnist for the Daily Barometer. baro.forum@oregonstate.edu
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NAY to everyone getting sick all at once, even though the weather appears to be getting better. YEA to the curative powers of cough drops (use sparingly). NAY to everything tasting like cherry menthol for the next one-two hours. YEA to the Black Lives Matter vigil that took place in the SEC plaza. NAY to people who shout out the expression “all lives matter.” You may think your heart’s in the right place, but it appears rather dismissive to BLM protesters and event sponsors. YEA to saving money on food shopping with soup, granola bars, lunchables and other holy ramen-like objects college students can get their hands on. NAY to our country’s horrible, horrible nutrition habits. Let’s hope we get this right some day. Until then, here’s to pizza on bagels and other such culinary abominations. Sent from your mom’s iPad. The opinions expressed by the editorial board do not necessarily represent those of the entire Daily Barometer staff.
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Kanye West’s new album is a beautiful, disjointed work of art The album’s second half sees the rapper going into a deeper, more personal realm. Henry Robins
By Henry Robins Arts & Entertainment Contributor
West gives insight on faith, family, fame If 2013’s “Yeezus” was the beginning of Kanye West completely reinventing himself, then “The Life of Pablo,” his seventh studio release, is the rapper’s longer, more incohesive continuation of that process. With the album only available for streaming on TIDAL thus far with no commercial single being released, it is clear that West has moved away from wanting to create radio hits or platinum selling albums. But instead the rapper has chosen to go down the experimental route and push “aesthetic boundaries as far into the Avant as possible,” according to Chris Coplin from the Consequence of Sound. Supposedly beginning work on the album in late 2013, West seemed to be continuously promising the follow up to “Yeezus” was right around the corner. And even after taking three years to create, “The Life of Pablo” was still subjected to numerous title and tracklisting changes in the week leading up to it’s release. The official title itself was not decided by West until the day before it dropped. That being said, it makes sense that many of the album’s songs feel as if they were thrown in at the last minute.
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Kanye West’s album, “The Life of Pablo” is currently on TIDAL, a subscritoon based music streaming website. TIDAL claims to support artists by providing them with more royalties than any other alternative. court case of Bill Cosby on “Facts.” West acknowledges his ego and eccentricism, rapping tongue-in-cheek lyrics such as, “Name one genius that ain’t crazy” on the track, “Feedback” and “Kanye loves Kanye” in “I Love Kanye.” While this may sound like more of the same from West, the album’s second half sees the rapper going into a deeper, more personal realm. In “FML” — arguably one of West’s most touching songs, he talks about being a faithful husband and father,
Lyrically, “The Life of Pablo” sees West dealing with a diverse range of topics, from having intercourse at dinner parties on “Freestyle 4” — to the struggles of becoming a devoted family man, “FML.” The album opens with West dealing with his religious faith on “Ultralight Beam” and features an excellent guest appearance from Chance the Rapper. Other tracks see the rapper mention social issues such as police brutality on “Feedback” and even the
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rapping “God, I’m willing to make this my mission. Give up women before I lose half of what I own.” He deals with similar issues on “Real Friends” by rapping about the effects of being a family man and how it can alter one’s social life and friendships forever. We even see West deal with themes prevalent in his 2008 album “808s & Heartbreak” with the song “Wolves” where he mentions his mother Donda West, who passed away in 2007. For these few songs, we get a rare glimpse of Kanye West’s humanity and more vulnerable side. In terms of musical direction, it seems as though West has decided to take a step back after the heavy experimentalism on “Yeezus.”
Many of the songs on “The Life of Pablo” harken back to 2008’s “808s and Heartbreak” era, with tracks such as “Ultralight Beam” and “30 Hours” being reminiscent of the low-key, ambient aura of “Say You Will” or “Coldest Winter.” Even a track like “Real Friends” sounds as if it could easily fit on a Boards of Canada album. The influence of soul and gospel is often heard, prevalently on tracks such as “Ultralight Beam” and “Wolves.” West even went as far to say “This album is actually a Gospel album” on Twitter. However, despite West’s attempts at making another experimental project, this album, seems to fall short of this idea. Most of the tracks simply go back to the sound
of earlier albums, such as his 2004 album, “The College Dropout.” The overall product seems too incohesive and thrown together at the last minute. So while this album may not come off as anything too new or surprising to listeners, it will definitely please any devoted Kanye West fan. It might be pretty difficult to tell what West was trying to do with “The Life of Pablo.” If he was looking to continue the experimental reinvention he began with “Yeezus” then this album is arguably slowing down that process. But if he is trying to return to his roots and the sound of his earlier works, this album isn’t a bad place for him to start. baro.arts@oregonstate.edu
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