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ASOSU president vetoes bills for House seats THE DAILY BAROMETER
Associated Students of Oregon State University President Taylor Sarman announced late Wednesday night that he had decided to veto a bill that would have created more seats in the House of Representatives. The bill, JB-06.21, required that students be able to prove they were a part of the group they planned to represent in the House. In the email, Sarman expressed concern that the bill violated the ASOSU Constitution, that the bill required candidates to prove group membership for the seats and that “process errors” marked the bill due to the bill being “rushed through Congress without due diligence.” The Daily Barometer received the email announcing Sarman’s decision at 11:57 p.m. The letter addresses the ASOSU Congress and OSU community. ASOSU has strived to increase diversity in the House of Representatives, where currently only one woman and one multi-ethnic man serve. JB-06.21 was the most recent incarnation of ASOSU’s attempt to be more inclusive. Earlier bills would have allocated seats to each cultural resource and support center, but the ASOSU Senate cited inconsistent language between the bills and advocated replacing them with one bill, JB-06.11. JB-06.11 only allocated an additional 10 seats to the House, but did not specifically allocate any of the seats to cultural resource and support centers. Sarman urged Congress to pass another bill that meets the shortcomings of JB-06.21 “within the week and prior to the end of the session,” according to his statement. ASOSU elections begin next term, and candidate applications are due Friday at 5 p.m. See Friday’s paper or visit dailybarometer.com for updates.
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Kathie Dello examines effects of warm winter weather on Oregon snowpacks, water By Abigail Erickson THE DAILY BAROMETER
The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the temperatures range from anywhere between 40 and 60 degrees and it’s still technically winter in Corvallis. The past few weeks have seen a much warmer, and on some days wetter winter than in previous years. Reactions to the sudden change in weather have been rather mixed. “I love the sun,” said Madison Rich, a sophomore in exercise and sport science. “It makes me excited for spring term, but I kind of miss the rain.” While students flock to the quads and soak up the sun, concerns have risen with regards to why the weather is so unseasonably warm and what effects, if any, of this shift in weather will have on the future. Kathie Dello, associate director of the Oregon Climate See WEATHER | page 3
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In response to outbreak of meningitis at U of O, SHS stocks newly-approved vaccine By Chris Correll
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Following the recent outbreak of meningococcal meningitis at the University of Oregon, Oregon State is allowing its students to immunize themselves at their own discretion by offering the vaccine at campus clinics. Meningitis is a rare but serious ill-
ness that causes inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. Initial symptoms often resemble a severe flu or fever. If left untreated, these early indicators can lead to severe damage of the nervous system and death. The U of O outbreak has not spilled over to OSU; there have not been any reported cases on OSU’s campus. Associate Director of Medical Services Jeff Mull said there is “no immediate threat” of a similar incident in Corvallis now that mass vaccinations are being conducted
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Student Health Services stocks a new vaccine against strain B of meningococcal meningitis.
at U of O. Most Oregon children receive inoculations against common meningitis strains. These standardized treatments offer protection from strains A, C, W135 and Y. However, a vaccine for strain B, the disease which left three University of Oregon students seriously ill and claimed the life of another, was only approved in the United States a few months ago. U of O’s administration, collaborating with county and state health professionals, set up several clinics for large-scale vaccinations March 2-5. This is the first significant distribution of the vaccine since its approval by the Food and Drug Administration last October. Mull said the risk of the B strain spreading to OSU was technically possible, though “not highly likely.” The bacterium that causes meningitis typically spreads through both direct contact with an infected individual, such as kissing or sharing a drink, and “very close contact” over a period of several hours. Only a small number of cases actually display symptoms; most infected people experience no ill effects but are still carriers who can infect others. The close-quarter living conditions on college campuses, See VACCINATION | page 3
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Student staff member greets SEC visitors, provides information By Jasmin Vogel
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The new Student Experience Center glimmers in the sunlight on a beautiful Wednesday, standing tall and new as students and workers enter and exit its doors. Amidst the construction chaos outside, students relax on comfortable blue chairs, studying in the windowlined lobby. Construction workers come and go while occasional students wonder about looking at maps and exploring the heightened ceiling design. Upon entering the SEC, students, faculty, staff and visitors can look forward to being greeted by a friendly voice behind a large, modernized, wooden desk. Lydia Martin, a junior working for Student Leadership and Involvement, is often the first face visitors to the SEC will see. As she sits behind her desk, organizing fliers, answering phones and directJasmin Vogel | THE DAILY BAROMETER ing students, Martin and other SLI Junior Lydia Martin works to assist student employees now have a new students at the front desk of the role by being the main front desk of See MARTIN | page 2
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Discussing autopsies and opiates Calendar Thursday, March 5
Medical examiner, OSU alumnae to give talk in Corvallis By Justin Frost THE DAILY BAROMETER
Monday, March 2
Failure to obey An officer cited a man for failure to obey a traffic control device after two vehicles collided, resulting in a noninjury accident, according to the log. The man allegedly struck another driver with his vehicle at the intersection of Northwest 3rd Street and Northwest Jackson Avenue. Both vehiclese were reportedly towed.
Sunday, March 1
Beer and marijuana An officer cited a man for open container and possession of less than one ounce of marijuana after the officer contacted him drinking and smoking. The officer emptied the beer and seized the pipe for evidence, according to the log. The officer cited the man for open container and possession of marijuana, less than one ounce.
Unlawfully loud An officer issued a special response notice and a warning about unlawful amplified sound to an apartment resident along Northwest 11th Street at about 3:38 in the morning, according to the log. An officer also noticed a guest who reportedly “was noticeably intoxicated” and a minor. Police cited the man for minor in possession of alcohol.
DUII An officer arrested a woman for driving under the influence of intoxicants after reportedly stopping her for failure to drive within lane. The woman allegedly failed field sobriety tests and had a blood alcohol content of .04 percent when she took a breath test at the Benton County Correctional Facility.
40 in a 25 At about 2:41 a.m., an officer stopped a man who was allegedly “driving 40 mph in a 25 mph zone” along Southwest 3rd Street. The officer arrested the driver for driving under the influence of alcohol after he reportedly failed sobriety tests. The man reportedly had a blood alcohol content of .13 percent.
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the new SEC. Martin is a transfer student from Chemeketa Community College and had heard that obtaining a student job at Oregon State University would be difficult. “I was just looking at Beaver JobNet, I applied and got an interview,” Martin said. She began attending OSU fall term 2014 and started working for SLI. “I had worked in an office for student leadership at Chemeketa,” Martin said. The Chemeketa Community College and OSU jobs Martin have worked at have been very similar in that she spends her time assisting and directing students to critical campus resources. Martin explained that she loves meeting new people: Her previous Chemeketa job allowed her to make great friends, and working at SLI has provided her with the same opportunity.
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Karen Gunson, a medical examiner for the state of Oregon, comes to Corvallis this Thursday to talk medicine, forensics, decomposition and opiates. Filled with incisions, microscope slides and careful examination of dead bodies, Gunson’s Monday morning would make even 8 a.m. organic chemistry seem like a leisurely way to begin the day. “I’ve done five autopsies so far,” Gunson said. “It began at about 7 this morning. I took a look at a person that overdosed on heroin, suicide by hanging, a victim of a drunk driving accident, a body decomposing in the Willamette River and an IV drug user who passed due to complications from a heart infection.” Such a mentally and emotionally taxing job is handled with relative ease by Gunson, who said that working with deceased patients is in many ways less demanding than living ones. Gunson will speak Thursday, March 5 in the Linus Pauling Science Center, room 125. Two talks are planned for the evening: “Decomposition and Drugs” at 5 p.m. followed by “A Taste of Forensic Pathology” at 6:30 p.m. The talks are open to all students and community members. Gunson said that she wasn’t necessarily drawn to the autopsies and often dirty work of a medical examiner so much as she enjoyed the histology component of the position, which allowed her to utilize the lab skills she’d learned as an undergraduate. “I would ask patients to eat better, quit smoking, things to improve their lifestyle,” said Gunson. “I’d send them out repaired and they’d come back broken.”
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This, in combination with a state investigation program, love for laboratory work and managing all aspects of the pathology, led to Gunson delv- state medical examiner proing into the world of histology gram and has responsibility for and subsequently crime and the technical supervision.” forensics. This is the preferred work “I enjoy seeing a wide variety of Gunson, whose interest in of cases,” Gunson said. “I also forensics was sparked by her love providing closure to fami- time at Oregon State University. lies and explaining my findings Originally attending Whitman through a various media in a College in Walla Walla, Wash., Gunson headed to OSU seekscientific manner.” ing a degree in To take zoology from an example a university from a recent I entered with a wider case, Gunson medical school range of scimentioned ence courses. believing that I the death From virology of a women wanted to go into to pathogenic in Eastern microbiology, family practice, but I Oregon who Gunson took had died from found that it was full advantage heart infecdifficult to of the science tions resultofferings in mentally step-back ing from proCorvallis. longed IV drug from patients that “Thanks abuse. During were non-compliant. to the supeher time in rior classes at the hospital, Oregon State, the women’s Karen Gunson I was able to boyfriend had Oregon state medical examiner find what I been injecting her with drugs in order to avoid was interested in,” said Gunson. “This freed up time to study withdrawals. other courses in medical school, “I entered medical school since I met the competencies believing that I wanted to go in microbiology and virology into family practice, but I found courses.” that it was difficult to mentally Gunson contributes much of step-back from patients that her undergraduate success to were non-compliant,” Gunson said. “I thought that maybe I’d the demanding professors and enjoy medical pathology and I challenging curriculum offered ended up loving my rotation in in Corvallis and is proud to be the medical examiner’s office.” serving the state in which she was born and raised. It so happened that a position “I feel really lucky to stay in the State Medical Examiner in Oregon. My family has Division was opening just as been here for over 100 years,” Gunson graduated from mediGunson said. “To give back is cal school, and she seized the so rewarding; I would even say opportunity. As one of six medilife-affirming.” cal examiners in the state of The job is demanding, Oregon, Gunson’s duties range from examining bodies in according to Gunson, but the autopsies to testifying in front only aspect she doesn’t enjoy of grand juries for murder cases is getting tied up in civil cases around most of the state, with and paperwork. “I just don’t care to get the exception of Lane county caught up in the issues and and Southern Oregon. According to the website drama of others when money of the Oregon State Police, is the focal point,” Gunson “The purpose of the Medical said. Examiner Division is to provide Justin Frost, news reporter direction and support to the news@dailybarometer.com
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As the jobs were very similar, she has found it difficult to adjust the way she answers the phone. SLI was previously housed in Snell Hall within the Associated Students of Oregon State University offices. “Before, we were separated from our office,” Martin said. “We are SLI, and a lot of people thought we were ASOSU.” With the move to the SEC, SLI employees have been able to connect with the rest of their staff. “The biggest change is that we are with the rest of our department, and now we can match names to faces,” Martin said. They’re not only able to connect with their own staff better, now they’re more social with visitors. “It’s easier to direct people,” Martin said. “We don’t do printing anymore; some people are upset that it didn’t follow us into this space.” The new services SLI are providing for the SEC are administratively focused.
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Women’s Center, 3-6pm, MU Horizon Room. International Women’s Day celebrating the the struggles/power of women of all cultures and backgrounds. Food provided.
Monday, March 9 Meetings Waste Watchers, 5:30-7pm, Gilkey 104. Weekly meeting - Help plan and get involved with waste reduction events, education and outreach!
Tuesday, March 10 Meetings ASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU Journey Room.
Events OSU Campus Recycling, 2-4pm, Bing’s Café. The OSU Waste Watchers and UHDS want to reward you for using a reusable mug - bring one with you to get a cup of fair-trade coffee. While supplies last.
Wednesday, March 11 Meetings ASOSU House of Representatives, 7pm, MU Journey Room.
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Thursday, March 12 Meetings Baha’i Campus Association, 12:30pm, MU Talisman Room. Are Humans Noble or Sinners? - A discussion. ASOSU Elections Committee, 6-8pm, MU 110.
“We are providing services and reception for more organizations, we provide job applications and tickets for (the Student Events and Activities Center),” Martin said. “It’s a lot more efficient.” As it’s Martin’s first year at OSU, she is content with being part of an active student organization. “I’m a lot more involved and know more of what’s going on around campus,” Martin said. Martin majors in new media communication and hopes to someday work for a small film company or temporarily work for a larger company. “It would be an awesome experience; I really like motion media,” Martin said. In addition, Martin enjoys the public relations side of media companies. “There’s a lot of options and a lot of opportunities,” Martin said.
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especially residence halls, are part of the reason a normally uncommon condition like meningitis can be problematic. Neither the general inoculations against strains A, C, W135, and Y or the new vaccine for strain B are currently mandated for students attending OSU. V i c e Pre s i d e n t o f University Relations and Marketing Steve Clark said in the event of a meningitis strain B outbreak, university administration, in collaboration with the Benton County Health Department, state and possibly federal health professionals, would assess the danger, and, if necessary, follow U of O’s example. Nicki Silva
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Student groups enjoy the unseasonably warm, bright weather Wednesday in front on the Memorial Union. This winter has been unusually warm, and may set records.
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He also said OSU is presently “evaluating our requirements for immunizations� of meningococcal meningitis. “We are moving to consider and likely require that students receive both,� Clark said. “It will likely be covered by insurance providers.� Decisions regarding required vaccinations ultimately come from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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“They — the CDC — will rule on policies associated with the B vaccine,� Clark said. In the meantime, the twoshot inoculation treatment against strain B — taken a month apart — isn’t covered under all insurance plans yet. Getting both shots costs $145 without a provider. Ruth Haldeman, a clinic nurse with Student Health Services , said SHS “will order more (doses) as needed, depending on the demand.�
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“We’re seeing about 10 percent provided us with a sort of free of what we normally do.� water supply, and we’ve taken A point map by the advantage of that for a very United States Department long time,� Dello said. “If this of Agriculture and Natural is the direction our future is Resources Conservation heading in regards to weather, Service National Water and Climate Center indicated that however, then we can’t rely on the majority of snowpacks those snowpacks forever.� along the cascade mountain The National Weather range are seeing anywhere Service predicts that the weathfrom 0 to 39 percent of their er in Corvallis for the rest of normal capacity. Snowpacks further east are seeing any- the week will continue to be sunny, with where from 1 high temperto 79 percent of their usual atures in the capacity, with This winter is going mid-60s and a select few to be documented as low temperaactually full. one of our warmest tures ranging “There from 29 to 43 are certainly winters on record. degrees in the some surface evenings. water conKathie Dello cerns current“I think the Associate director of the Oregon Climate ly,� Dello said. sun is temptChange Research Institute “There are a ing us,� said few months to go of really wet weather, how- Madison Bauer, a sophomore ever, so hopefully we’ll see an in education and English. “It’s increase in surface water as the just enough that I got my summer pants out, but I know I’ll year continues.� Dello noted that this cur- have to put them away in two rent weather presents a great weeks.� opportunity to study alternaAbigail Erickson, news reporter tive methods of water storage. “The snowpacks have always news@dailybarometer.com
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Breanna Fraser-Hevlin, a senior in public health and human development and family sciences, helps Max Afshar, a senior biology major, with a game about bike safety laws in Oregon.
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Kathy Mullet, associate professor in design and human environment, is assisted in correctly putting a bike in a bus bike rack by Alaina Hawley, alternative transportation student worker with the OSU sustainability office and a sophomore energy systems engineering major.
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Members of the health promotion department for Student Health Services’ Peer Health Advocates informed students Wednesday afternoon about bike safety in the Memorial Union quad. “This particular event is a campaign that we have been working on for the last two terms called Beavers Bike Safe. It’s essentially a campaign to help promote safer behaviors, not only for cyclists, but for pedestrians as well,” said Breanna Fraser-Hevlin, Peer Health Advocates student coordinator and senior public health and human development and family sciences major. “Some of
the things we are trying to do is encourage students to wear a helmet, hence our slogan — ‘Be a Beaver. Wear a DAM Helmet’ —as well as wearing lights — ‘be visible, be bright, wear a light.’ We’re also trying to teach students hand signals, and just let the greater campus know that even if you don’t bike, it’s still going to affect you as a motorist or a pedestrian.” In regards to bike safety laws, the Peer Health Advocates had a truth and lies game that allowed students to test their knowledge on the state’s laws for bikes on the road. “There are a lot of misconceptions. There are varying laws from state to state, so we’re trying to be out here to educate people within Oregon, but also from others parts, on what the common practices are in Oregon to keep people safe,” said Adriana Aguilar, a senior public health major.
Peer Health Advocates often collaborate with other student organizations, companies and groups throughout Corvallis. The Department of Public Safety and a representative from Corvallis public transportation were present in the MU quad Wednesday afternoon. Students were allowed to register their bikes with the Department of Public Safety, and were also assisted by a student worker from the OSU sustainability office in learning how to put their bikes on a bus bike rack. The Peer Health Advocates will promote bike safety throughout the year and encourage students to find out more information on alternative transportation online at: oregonstate.edu/atac/. Nicki Silva, photographer news@dailybarometer.com
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Special Campus Public Safety Officer Steve Beaudoin helps Naomi Figley, a senior in human development and family sciences, register her bike in the Memorial Union quad.
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Trader Joe’s showed up to the National Nutrition Month event in the Memorial Union quad Wednesday.
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Little cups of fruits and vegetables covered Trader Joe’s table Wednesday in the Memorial Union quad.
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The nutrition and dietetics club put on “Bite Into a Healthy Lifestyle” Wednesday in honor of National Nutrition Month.
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Sabreena Krause, a sophomore business major, pedals the Mill Bike, which mills whole grain into flour. Nicki Silva
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Jen Still, the marketing manager for UHDS, talks to Austen Hsiao, a senior chemistry major, about saving 10 percent by using Orange Rewards.
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Sophomore Callahan Anderes pedals the fender blender, which blends smoothies using the bike, while registered dietician Tara Sanders looks on.
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ook to the corners of the stadium. When fans are sitting even in the corners, that’s when you know you know your fan base is fully behind your team.” Its an older quote that former NFL coach Tony Dungy loves to use. And as I looked into the corners of Gill Coliseum on Wednesday night for the 344th Civil War basketball game, I saw something that hasn’t been the case in Corvallis in a long time. Fans in the corners. The 9,339 onlookers formed the largest crowd of any game this season, albeit to watch an eventual 65-62 loss to Oregon, and witnessed what may be the last men’s basketball game in Gill Coliseum this year. The final home game of last season was watched by an announced crowd — and a generous estimate at that — of 1,351 people. Also a season high: there were 2,106 students on hand, instilling heart into the OSU fan base just like junior guard Gary Payton II fueled the Beavers with a near triple-double (13 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists), while sophomore guard Malcolm Duvivier stoked the fire with 18 points. But there was more to Wednesday’s crowd than numbers. Gill Coliseum has been much more full this season — an increase in attendance of almost 45 percent, largest in the conference and a significant factor in OSU’s record setting 14-0 start at home — but the actual crowd noise hasn’t always followed suit. Bigger crowds, sure, but not the most raucous of fans. But the Civil War was different, as it should be. The fans reciprocated the Beavers’ stingy defense with consistent noise, and Gill was uncharacteristically fervent. Sure, a home game against the Ducks should be louder than most any other game in the season. But even in last year’s biggest games, the atmosphere was passable at best. Take for example a game a year ago to the day: March 4, 2014, when then-No. 3 Arizona came into town and the Beavers nearly pulled off the upset. The home crowd of only 5,651 was something the Wildcats were not used to in Pac-12 games. “Usually every road game we play, it’s a sellout,” said Arizona guard Gabe York after the game. “We were in shock almost, like ‘oh wow, its not filled for the first time this season.’” Compared to what Oregon senior guard Joe Young had to say after Wednesday’s game, the two games were worlds apart. “This was my second time playing in Corvallis, and this was the loudest I’ve played in,” he said. It didn’t hurt for OSU fans to witness one of the best storylines of the whole night and the year — five walk-ons starting in the final game of the regular season and maybe their collegiate basketball careers. They checked out of the game after 28 seconds, committing two turnovers, two fouls and allowing three points while scoring none, but the way fans cheered their efforts made it seem like OSU had just gone on a 15-0 run. The fans’ applause for the walkons was louder than in any basketSee WORDEN | page 6
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The starters only lasted 28 seconds, and by the time the regular starters took the floor, the Beavers trailed the Ducks 3-0, which ended up being the difference in a closely contested 65-62 victory for the Oregon Ducks.
In an effort to honor the five walkons, head coach Wayne Tinkle decided to insert the five non-scholarship players, all hailing from the state of Oregon, into the starting lineup in what could be their final game at
“It was the Civil War, and I thought starting walk-on Oregon kids would be a heck of a tribute to all they have meant to us,” said Tinkle. “It was to honor those guys for their commitment to the program.”
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“Especially that they are from Oregon and they really know the history of the Civil War,” said sophomore guard Malcolm Duvivier. “I felt that it was a good thing to show our appreciation to them for the amount of work they put in and for how they pushed us everyday.” The 344th installment of the Civil War was one for the ages. It had all of the elements a college basketball fan would want in a rivalry game — down to the wire finish, multiple lead changes and runs, players diving on the floor for loose
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OSU men’s basketball head coach Wayne Tinkle talks with one of the referees during the 344th Civil War in Gill Coliseum March 4.
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Making it 22 wins in a row, OSU baseball gets week started with win over Portland By Brain Rathbone THE DAILY BAROMETER
In his first career start in an Oregon State uniform, freshman righthander Sam Tweedt retired the first eleven Portland Pilots batters, while the Beaver offense continued to swing a hot bat which resulted in a 14-2 beating of the Pilots for the 22nd consecutive time Wednesday afternoon in Portland. Tweedt, who had strictly been used out of the bullpen for the Beavers (9-3), gave up four hits over six innings while striking out
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six Pilot (4-12) batters. He carried a no hitter into the fourth inning until sophomore designated hitter Kevin Wade hit a two-out tape measure shot to break up the perfect game, as well as a the shut out. The OSU offense provided an early cushion for the young pitcher, as the Beaver bats carried over from their series against Grambling State — 44 runs in the three game series — and took advantage of See BASEBALL | page 6
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Freshman right-handed pitcher Drew Rasmussen sends one towards home against Grambling State in Goss Stadium Feb. 28.
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balls, clutch shot after clutch shot, great individual performances and even a little chippiness between the heated rivals. Exactly what you would expect in the most played rivalry in college basketball. When the final horn sounded, the Ducks ( 23-8, 13-5 Pac-12) made the extra plays down the stretch to give the Beavers (17-13, 8-10) their second loss at Gill this season. “I give a lot of credit to Oregon for making plays down the stretch,” Tinkle said. “This is one (game) that we felt we should have got, but they made the plays and we didn’t.” The Ducks hit their last six freethrows of the game — all with under 30 seconds left in the game — to keep the score at a two possession game. Oregon finished 19-24 from the line, while the Beavers went 8-11. The disparity in the number of free-throws frustrated Tinkle, as only three Beaver players attempted free-throws — including seven of the team’s 11 that came from junior forward Jarmal Reid. “It’s really hard when (your opponent) makes 11 more free throws than you and shoots more than twice as much as you, even when they shoot more threes than you,” Reid said. Duvivier and Reid led the way for the Beavers, finishing with 18 and 16 points, respectfully. Reid was See MEN’S HOOPS | page 6
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On quality work at the plate, Beavers improve winning streak to 7 in Hawaii Spring Fling By Mitch Mahoney THE DAILY BAROMETER
Through the first two games of the Hawaii Spring Fling, the Beavers are 1-0. Oregon State (17-5) defeated Longwood (2-9) with a final score of 7-3, and it had a second game scheduled against Hawaii, but the game was rained out in the top of the third inning with the Beavers leading, 3-0. The game will not affect either team’s record, nor will it be made up later. After allowing three runs in the second inning to Longwood, the Beavers trailed early. But the Beavers used a strong seventh inning to notch their seventh win in a row. Freshman pitcher Rainey Dyreson got the start on the mound and pitched the first five innings. She allowed seven hits, two earned runs and struck out four batters while walking three. However, sophomore pitcher Taylor Cotton was credited with her first win of the season after relieving Dyreson in the sixth inning. Cotton didn’t allow a single hit and struck out two batters. Offensively, the Beavers scored first. After doubling to left center, senior centerfielder Dani Gilmore scored on a single from junior Sammi Noland. After allowing three runs in the second inning, the Beavers tied the game after earning a run in both the fourth and fifth innings. Senior Kori Nishitomi scored on a fielder’s choice, and Gilmore scored her second run of the game to tie it in the
fifth inning. With the score knotted at 3-3 in the seventh and final inning, the Beaver offense awoke. Four consecutive singles opened the inning, and an error by Longwood amounted to four runs for Oregon State. In the inning, Gilmore scored her third run of the game. She had two doubles, a single and a base on balls. Senior third baseman CJ Chirichigno had three hits, which were all singles. She also had three RBIs. Nishitomi and Noland were the other Oregon State players with multi-hit games. In the bottom of the seventh, Cotton forced a groundout, then struck out the next two batters she faced to seal the victory. In their second game of the evening, the Beavers were cut off by rain in the third inning. They had scored three runs in that inning alone prior to the game’s cancellation. Freshman leftfielder Lovie Lopez started the scoring with a solo home run — her third of the season. Following the home run, senior second baseman Ya Garcia doubled, then was driven home by freshman shortstop McKenna Arriola. The final run of the game came when senior catcher Hannah Akamine singled and Arriola made it home. Junior pitcher Bev Miller got the start, and through two innings she didn’t allow a single hit and struck out two batters. The Beavers will continue the tournament on Thursday when they play East Carolina (6-11) at 3 p.m. Mitch Mahoney, sports reporter On Twitter @MitchIsHere sports@dailybarometer.com
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an early error by Portland’s junior pitcher Cole Doherty, which helped OSU score in the top of the first inning. But it was in the second inning that the Beavers jumped on Doherty. Sophomore second baseman Caleb Hamilton singled home sophomore rightfielder Kyle Nobach and got the offense going. Then with two runners on, following a walk by sophomore shortstop Trevor Morris, junior centerfielder Jeff Hendrix launched his fourth home run of the season — doubling the number he had a year ago of two. Freshman first baseman KJ Harrison capped off the six run second inning when he doubled home senior catcher Dane Lund, who singled and stole second. The Beavers tacked on four more runs — freshman leftfielder Joe Gillette hit his second homerun of the season, scoring Nobach in the third inning, and a Nobach sacrifice fly scored Hendrix in the fourth — before the Wade home run put the Pilots on the board. It was a strong start for Tweedt, who gave up one run over six innings of work while surrendering four hits and adding six strikeouts, all while earning his second win of the season. Tweedt turned in the second quality start by a freshman pitcher for the Beavers following up a 7.2 inning, nine strikeout performance by fellow freshman Drew Rasmussen last Saturday Feb. 28 against Grambling State. The OSU bullpen has been inconsistent in the early stages of the season; Wednesday, however, the three Beaver pitchers — freshman Luke Heimlich, Mitch Hickey, and sophomore Scotland Church — threw three innings, only allowing a single Pilot run in the eighth inning. While the Pilots where only held to six total base hits against the Beavers, five of them went for extra base hits: Wade’s homer along with four doubles by centerfielder Geoffrey Lee, pinch hitter Jason Rosen, who hit for Lee, second basemen Kevin Farley and leftfielder Turner Gill to lead the Pilot offense. The Beavers have now won five games in a row and have done so in a dominating fashion. During the streak, OSU is averaging 14 runs a game while outscoring its opponents by nearly 12 runs per game. It is also the fifth time this season that the Beavers have eclipsed 10 runs in a game. The Beavers return to Goss Stadium, this weekend, for a four-game series against Fresno State starting Friday, which includes a doubleheader on Saturday.
ball game I had ever been to in Corvallis. And I grew up here. And then the uproar after the Ducks called a timeout two minutes into the second half after successive OSU 3-pointers surpassed that cheer, as did multiple other times in the game. “For Beaver Dam and the rest of the crowd … man, they’ve been awesome as far as getting it cranked up here in Gill,” said head coach Wayne Tinkle. “We all gave a little applause walking off the court because potentially this could be the last home game for us. Man, it was a fun ride.” The crowd watched — helped cause, even — critical Oregon turnovers down the stretch and 16 missed 3-pointers on 22 attempts. Even the ambience during time outs was noticeable. It was louder in stoppages of play on Wednesday than during actual games last year. “When coach Tinkle came in, we envisioned all this,” Duvivier said after the game. The game would end with a sour taste for OSU: a 65-62 final score, sending the Beavers to 8-10 in the Pac-12, falling just short of being the second OSU team in the last 25 years to have a .500 conference record or better. But as the buzzer sounded on Wednesday night, there was something different in the air in Gill Coliseum. The Beavers have already turned one corner, and they’ve filled the rest.
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them in the starting line-up will be one of my proudest moments.” The Beavers end their regular season on a threeespecially effective, carving out space down low to game losing streak while losing six of their final seven. Up next is the Pacfinish for easy baskets. 12 tournament in Las Junior guard Gary Payton II almost turned Vegas next Wednesday, I would do it all in his second triple-double of the season and where they will try to the third in school history as he came up one over again. ... extend their season and assist short, finishing the night with 13 points, surprise teams that may Putting them in 10 rebounds, nine assists and even finished with be looking past them in six steals. But in the span of 15 seconds midway the starting line-up the tournament. through the second half, with the Beavers clingwill be one of my “Teams go in there and ing to a 44-41 lead, Payton II picked up his third might get on a roll and proudest moments. and fourth foul, forcing him to sit for extended could make something minutes. crazy happen,” Tinkle Following the departure of Payton II, the Wayne Tinkle said. “Our batteries might Ducks went on a 7-0 run to take a 48-44 lead Head coach be drained, but we have — the Beavers would never regain the lead the all of the off season to take remainder of the game. care of that. We have to be hungry for more.” Criticism will come for starting the five walk-ons, but Brian Rathbone, sports reporter the first-year head coach couldn’t care less. On Twitter @brathbone3 “I would do it all over again, Tinkle said. “Putting sports@dailybarometer.com
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Students shouldn’t be punished with debt
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uesday, March 3, the Allied Students for Another Politics hosted a protest against exorbitant college student debt. Debt is the wide, yawning numbers waiting for you when you graduate and scramble to pay it all off within the six month grace period. Provided you finished college on time, knowing the massive dollar signs that you will have to drag around until your indentured servitude is up. We applaud the efforts of ASAP! and the Oregon State University students who attended the protest. One of the criticisms against efforts like these are to claim that the protesters are some kind of morons who decided to go into liberal studies and are trying to scrape the bottom of the government cookie jar to get some sort of undeserved financial relief. After all, it’s their fault for deciding to major in such a useless, financially draining study, right? Wrong. Liberal studies have career prospects, provided an individual knows what to do with it. And we aren’t just saying that because some of the editors here major in the liberal arts — we have a biology major and computer science major on the editorial board alone, not to mention a history of reporters who studied science or engineering. But liberal studies graduates can pursue careers in writing, editing, digital media, law, education and anywhere where critical and analytic thought is needed. Lumping together an answer for college debt and planting it on liberal studies majors is a cop out from dealing with the larger issues at stake. The national numbers for student debt are calculated from both students who are graduating with debt and those who drop out of college with unpaid debt. It happens — college just isn’t for some folks, or they feel forced into an institution that they have no interest in because of family pressure. Engineering and math majors have been known to flunk out as well as your garden-variety liberal arts major. Granted, an engineer may wind up making more money on average than the liberal arts major. But that doesn’t make liberal arts a “bad” choice. It’s all about what you do with your choices, where you decide to go in life and what kind of experiences you want to pursue. Even if one major is more responsible for debt than others, do they deserve to be punished with crippling student debt? No, they do not. College debt is a given for most students, because unlike in the ‘80s, we can’t pay our way through. Even with that bright red lingerie. Don’t try to crush us as students before we have a chance to join the fulltime workforce and start families. We all deserve a chance.
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Be supermarket savvy, avoid junk foods D
o you ever feel overwhelmed by the idea of going grocery shopping? For those who are living off campus, the grocery store is a weekly — and for some daily — stop. Living on campus, a trip to the grocery store may be less frequent but it is still necessary to stock up on some much needed items that you are either not able to get or are overly priced on campus. Here are some practical tips for shopping to help navigate the grocery store and limit overspending and impulse buying. First of all, eat before you head to the grocery store, therefore you are less tempted with items that look or smell good. If you are budget-conscious, make a weekly menu and add the food items to a grocery list and try to stick to it. For me, I follow my list and yet allow myself one ‘surprise’ item that’s fewer than $5 to buy. This satisfies my urge for impulse buys, making me prioritize my purchase while combating overspending on unnecessary items. Another tip for keeping costs down is to choose a basket or a bag to carry your items around the store. When it gets heavy, you know it’s time
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Ask Dr. Fit to head for the checkout. Shopping with others also makes you put more food in your cart. Although grocery shopping with others may be good for social wellness it induces peer-pressure and enables you to justify your impulsive purchases. If you go with others, tell your friends that you will meet them at the register in 30 minutes so you can focus on your food selection. Grocery stores place essential items like meats and dairy at the back of the store, making sure that shoppers go through the aisles to get to them. This encourages grab-and-go purchases of other food and snack items when you were ‘just running in for some milk.’ Point-of-purchase advertising refers to the foods that reside at the end of an aisle in the grocery store are commonly grabbed by shoppers as an impulse buy. Those manufacturers selling — crackers, cereals, chips and soda — pay upwards of $200 per aisle end per day per store to be in this prime location. That’s an additional $1,400 paid by manufacturers for one aisle end display for a week.
It is definitely a lucrative way to spend one’s advertising dollars, as we all find it difficult to walk by without saying “I need that.” Resist the urge. Be sure to fill your basket or cart with foods from the perimeter and only visit the aisles that you need to. Most grocery stores have a familiar layout in which the perishable foods — meat, grains, fruits, vegetables and dairy — are on the outside of the store. Fill your basket or cart with these items first as they tend to be closest to the food’s natural state. Weighing your fruits, veggies and bulk items will give you a better idea of how much you will pay for your items. Sometimes fruits, for example grapes, are on sale for $2.99 per pound, which seems like a good price, however they tend to come pre-bagged — usually in two to three pound bags — and this quickly adds up to six or eight dollars for the bag. Feel free to make your own bag of grapes to decrease your food waste. Additionally, watch the register when you’re checking out, as knowing the approximate prices and double-checking what gets rung up at the register can save you money. If there is a price error or something is more expensive than you anticipated, you can request a price check and don’t need to buy it.
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Lastly, take your time and be flexible when shopping for food. Looking at the price of items, sale items, price per ounce or unit pricing and ingredient lists help you to better understand what is truly a good deal verses what seems like a good deal. Even sale items can be more expensive in comparison to the brand right beside them, but people purchase them because they are ‘on sale.’ Also, be flexible in the fact that you want to look high and low for your foods. Targeted products are usually placed at eye level whereas bargains are found either on high or low shelving. Regardless of where you shop, there are always healthful options for food. Resist the urge to splurge — too much — and happy shopping. t
Dr. Erica Woekel is an Assistant Clinical Professor and the Program Director of the Lifetime Fitness for Health Program. The opinions expressed in Woekel’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. They can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.
Potential candidate Carly Fiorina: Welcome voice in Republican Party
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ust like any other political nerd, I am very excited about the 2016 Presidential Race. While I have a few favorite candidates picked out, for the most part I am going to listen to what all candidates have to say and keep an open mind — except Rick Santorum. Forget that guy. While I am not committing to vote for anyone this far out, there is one candidate whose voice I am excited to possibly have on the campaign trail and I would like to take some time to talk about her. I first heard Carly Fiorina by watching a YouTube clip of her having an exchange with White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett about equal pay for equal work. Fiorina made the case that the biggest impediment to equal pay in the workplace is the seniority system,
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Vandever a system supported by unions and government bureaucracies, both of which tend to be major supporters of the Democratic Party. It was refreshing to see a conservative woman challenge an Obama administration official on an issue that the left is clearly used to having an advantage on. Later I was happy to learn that Fiorina is considering making a run for the 2016 Republican Presidential nomination. I have been eager about the prospects of a Republican woman making a strong play for the presidential nomination for a while now,
but unfortunately, the closest options have been Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin. Fiorina, however, is someone I am finding myself more and more excited about. Fiorina is the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, the first female CEO of a Fortune 50 company. She worked her way up from a secretary to a titan of industry in Silicon Valley. Fiorina made an unsuccessful bid for the United States Senate against California Senator Barbara Boxer, but aside from that is a relative political outsider having never held public office before. At the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference Fiorina gave a remarkable speech taking on Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren and President Obama directly. Fiorina Criticized Secretary Clinton on a laundry list of issues including Benghazi, foreign policy towards Russia, taking money from foreign governments and refusing to answer questions about her own office’s pay levels.
While it would take a lot for me to vote for a Presidential candidate who has never served in public office before, I am very excited for Fiorina to be on the debate stage. Similarly, I am excited to have Ben Carson’s voice on stage as well, not because of the diversity in terms of demographics that Carson and Fiorina bring, but because of the diversity of perspectives. Is it possible that Fiorina fizzles out or has some skeletons in her closet that tank her Presidential ambitions? Absolutely, but until that happens I am going to make sure to keep an eye on Fiorina and try to see what the Republican party can learn from her to move the party forward better than ever. The goal of a truly great party is not only to win, but to be worthy of winning, and I think if Republicans take a minute to listen to Fiorina, then we will be one step closer to reaching that goal. t
Jacob Vandever is a senior in Political Science. The opinions expressed in Vandever’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Vandever can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.
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In a grandiose display of self-serving, moral vacuousness, a candlelight vigil was held on campus to commemorate “people, world-wide, who have endured social injustice and hate crimes.” Originally hosted by the Ettihad Cultural Center, the latest ethnic identity enclave to emerge on campus, embracing all nations and religions in the Middle East, except apparently, Jews and the nation of Israel, those who officially qualified as sufferers of injustice were three Muslim students killed in North Carolina in a dispute over a parking space, two African Americans who died assaulting cops and a guy resisting arrest suffering from poor physical conditioning. Conspicuously absent among the list of “world-wide” sufferers of racial and ethnic injustice were the 12 people killed in the Charlie Hebdo
massacre, five Jews murdered in a Kosher supermarket in Paris and thousands of people slaughtered by followers of ISIS and other Islamic extremists. In other words, people actually murdered for their race, religion or ethnicity, not coincidently in random incidents. The entire event had been originally arraigned by the Ettihad Cultural Center, however, owing to the obvious tone-deafness of raising three Muslim students killed by an irate neighbor to the level of martyrdom in the face of video beheadings and mass executions, the event was broadened to include a somewhat wider list of ideologically approved victims more “progressives” could get behind. In the end, the “plea for peace” came off as dishonest and insincere. If you want to be taken seriously, you’ll have to do better than that. Harry J. Mallory Corvallis Resident
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Swing by the Carousel Museum in Albany O
n the morning of Monday, March 2, I took a lovely drive to Albany to check out the Albany Historic Carousel and Museum downtown. When I walked in, several beautifully hand-carved and painted carousel animals greeted me. The museum is open and free to the public, and you can see the carousel animals in different stages of completion, as well as watch the carvers work. Wendy Kirby, the Museum board president, gave me a tour and told me about the Museum. Wendy said that she was inspired when she was on a visit to Missoula, Mont. and saw the carousel that the town had made. “That’s when I came back with the idea,” Kirby said. Since then, the Museum has put in “over 152,000 recorded hours to create something magical,” according to the carousel’s website, AlbanyCarousel.com. Even more impressive is the fact that all the work done is done by volunteers. “Everyone volunteers;
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Jolly Joyfulness (Operations Manger) Tyson (Brown) is the only one who is paid,” Kirby said. The process for creating one of the carousel animals is extensive, time consuming, and can involve 7-8 different people. Kirby explained that the project starts with a sponsor, who funds the animal and gets to choose what kind of animal they want, as well as the color scheme and size of the piece. This makes each animal completely different and really interesting, because each has its own story. “They’re very personal,” Kirby said. “Some people want a ton of stuff, like medallions, or the names of their grandchildren.” She pointed to a giraffe, whose sponsor had been to Africa a number of times, and to a black horse with stars on its
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mane and Vincent Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” on its saddle blanket. “(The sponsor is) an artist,” Kirby said, “and this is her favorite painting.” Once the sponsor decides on what carousel item he or she wants to contribute, the description is then sent to the designer, who creates a large, detailed image of what the animal is going to look like.Once the design is approved, the dimensions are sent to Salem Wood Products, which sends wood in blocks. Then a number of carvers, sometimes one, sometimes as many as four or five, will get to work. When the animal is done being carved, which can take two or three years, it is sanded, primed and painted. The painting process takes another year. The timeline of a carousel animal varies widely. “It depends on the availability of carvers,” said Kirby. “A lot of them are retired, and some only come in once a week.” It also depends on the size of the piece and how many carvers
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I spoke to Bob Facto, one of the volunteers who was carving when I arrived. He said that the one he was working on was his third. “This one was pretty rough when I started on it,” he said as he screwed a small piece of wood onto an intricately detailed wooden pegasus. Facto gets animals that have been carved into the general shape of the animal, and he puts the finishing touches on the carving. While they’re waiting for the Carousel, the completed animals that aren’t in the museum are located in shop windows in
downtown Albany. I noticed a llama in the window of a consignment shop as I was getting to the museum. The carousel, once complete, will boast 52 of the hand-carved animals. The building that now houses the museum and workshop will house the carousel, the museum and an updated gift shop. There were some blueprints of the building, and the designs look beautiful. Although the carousel has a long way to go before it’s complete, it is going to be a sight to behold, and will hopefully help bring tourism to Albany. “One intent of this project is
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to be one of the anchor attractions/businesses encompassed within and supporting Albany’s downtown revitalization effort,” according to the website. The carousel will be in Albany’s history for decades to come, so if you’d like to take a look at the animals before they are painted and observe how the process is done, pop by the museum. It is open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and free to everyone. t
Jackie Keating is a sophomore in English. The opinions expressed in Keating’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Keating can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.
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ivinity: Original Sin” is an isometric fantasy RPG made in the spirit of the classics like “Baulder’s Gate,” but not a mere rehash of the olden days. Players create two main characters and customize their fighting style however they wish. Together they travel across the world of “Rivellon” to fight monsters and solve mysteries on the hunt for those who wield dark magic. You may command both of your protagonists — or a friend could take control of one. And this option is no tacked-on co-op mode; rather, “D:OS” was built from scratch to capture all the fun of classic RPGs in a fully cooperative experience. Neither character is secondary — you and your friend can split off, stick together or both can talk to all manner of NPCs, even advancing the plot alone. This is highlighted at the outset of the game, where you must solve a murder in a small town. You and your companion can split up to follow various leads. Your characters can enter conversations with one another, arguing over a certain decision or commenting on each other’s actions. Overall, the dialog works well to make the game feel cooperative, but if you’re looking for an in-depth role playing experience, you won’t find it here. Most opportunities to choose your character’s behaviors and personality are very contrived — though there are some genuinely interesting moral choices to make. Dialogue made to advance the “relationship” between your two
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characters boils down to “choose the compliment or the insult.” But while the dialogue choices are simple, the writing is pretty good and very amusing. Rivellon is fantasy setting that doesn’t take itself too seriously, and there are a lot of cool and funny sidestories and characters. For instance, there’s Arhu, the enthusiastic wizard who spends much of his time transformed into a cat — when he’s not building robots and lasers to defend his medieval fantasy town. Or you could undergo a quest to unite the tavern-cat Sam with the rich mayor’s cat — and in this make the wizard jealous. Admittedly the game isn’t great at giving you directions. Sometimes it might not be clear where you’re supposed to go or what you’re supposed to do; this isn’t inevitable, but if you miss something it might result in a frustrating “what now?” experience, wondering who you’re supposed to talk to or in which room you might have missed a key. Where the game truly shines is its combat and exploration.
The game gets off to a slow start, with a poor tutorial area and a few lackluster fights, and then goes into the murder mystery. The mystery is a good way to highlight the cooperative dialog system and the agency the game gives you in how to go about solving a problem, but it’s rather slow. However, the moment I first left the city to explore the wilderness and fight monsters was when I fell in love with the game. The world is not “huge” by “Elder Scrolls” standards, but is densely packed with fights, treasure and stories. And the fights themselves are honestly the best tactical combat experience I have ever had. Combat is fully turn-based, granting you a certain number of “action points” per turn. These points can be saved up between turns, so you won’t waste them. Spells and abilities are not limited by a mana pool system. Rather, cooldowns determine their usage, so you may have to wait a few turns before using the same power again. Furthermore, terrain is very important, as
it employs a system of environmental effects: Water, ice, fire and the like can cover the ground. Many games try this kind of system, but this is the most well-implemented I’ve seen, partly because it’s so pervasive and integral. A spell that only creates rain and a puddle of water is incredibly useful. It can put out fires and wash away poison ooze or oil, and you can electrify the puddle with a lightning bolt to stun everyone inside. Ooze explodes if set on fire, and putting fire to a pool of water creates vision-obscuring mist. But it isn’t just the spell casters throwing around elements who get to have all the fun. Warriors get a lot more options than “run up and hit with sword.” In fact, warriors get many special abilities to hit several opponents at once. Such moves range from abilities that hit everyone in a circle around you to bull-rush attacks that let you charge across the field to knock down everyone in your path. Getting yourself in a great position to bowl through several enemies is immensely satisfying — just don’t charge through fire. Perhaps some of the fun I’ve had with it is colored by being able to strategize with my friend. The implementation of co-op is another part of what makes this game so special. So, if you’re a fan of classic RPGs, dungeon exploration and tactical combat, I strongly recommend “Divinity: Original Sin.” If you have a friend who likes these things, drop whatever you’re doing right now and check out this game. t
Carson Dougan is a practicum writer for The Daily Barometer. The opinions expressed in Dougan’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Dougan can be reached at forum@ dailybarometer.com.