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Student leader, former president of OSU College Republicans Jacob Vandever making run at District 16

By Sean Bassinger THE DAILY BAROMETER

Oregon State University student Jacob Vandever, 21, wants to represent Corvallis and run for State House District 16.

After Benton County Health Department’s Brian Cooke had to forfeit his place in the running for the district seat, Vandever decided to attempt to fill the slot.

Rep. Sara Gelser, D-Corvallis, who currently occupies the seat, will run for a seat within District 8 of the Oregon Senate. Gelser will run against current Sen. Betsy Close, R-Albany.

As an OSU senior studying political science, Vandever has assumed various college leadership roles.

He currently serves as the assistant to the advocate in the Associated Students of Oregon State University.

Vandever said he’s looking forward to discussions with as many people as possible.

“There’s a lot the people of Corvallis and Philomath can teach me about them,” Vandever said.

Before this, he served as an ASOSU senator, speaker of the house and as president of OSU College Republicans.

Vandever knew he was ready to run for office once various com-

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Marijuana Monday: Applications in process Monday opened applications for Oregon medical marijuana dispensaries, 298 applied

and shops are set to open within the next few weeks.

Monday marked the first day that applicants hoping to open medical marijuana dispensaries could file for licenses.

By Emma-Kate Schaake THE DAILY BAROMETER The Oregon Health Authority The Oregon law allowing medical received 298 applications, the overmarijuana dispensaries to operate as whelming majority of which were from a legitimate business has taken effect Multnomah County, which includes the n

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Portland metro area. Benton County had less than 10 applications.

One such Benton County business is Corvallis’ The Healing Center, owned by former OSU students Ryan Smith and Jake Lewis. In the interim before approval, they have established a system allowing patients to pre-register in order to use the facility as soon as it is See MARIJUANA | page 4

munity members encouraged him to consider the opportunity.

“When you take up responsibilities like this, it shouldn’t be for your own ego,” Vandever said.

Vandever wants to tackle matters involving student affordability and further securing Oregon’s economy.

“If we’ve got students in the State House, they’re going to have to listen to us a little bit,” Vandever said.

Dan Rayfield, a commissioner on the board of the Linn-Benton Housing Authority, is Vandever’s only opponent. Rayfield announced his candidacy in October 2013.

Donald Handeland, current See VANDEVER | page 4

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OSU professor seeks discourse to fight hate speech on campus

By Kaitlyn Kohlenberg THE DAILY BAROMETER

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Marketplace West Dining Center’s February memorial displayed a photograph of 20-year-old resident assistant Peter Gidlund.

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Oregon State University Housing & Dining Services invites friends and acquaintances to celebrate the life of Peter “Ping Ping” Gidlund in Marketplace West Dining Center’s northwest conference room from 6-8 p.m. Thursday.

The 20-year-old former OSU wrestler took his own life by jumping off Bloss Hall in the early morning of Feb. 6.

As Gidlund was a Hawley-Buxton resident assistant, the well-being of students and staff located on the west side of campus was a priority for the university.

Ann Marie Klotz, associate director in UHDS residential education, said despite the challenging situation, staff found ways to celebrate Gidlund’s life.

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The message was scrawled across a wall of a men’s bathroom Friday in Kidder Hall.

“Only good Indian is a dead Indian.”

Adam Schwartz, an assistant professor of Spanish and linguistics, found the speech and was caught off-guard by the blatant placement of the note.

“This was in a really conspicuous area for someone that was just opening the door,” Schwartz said. “You couldn’t miss it.”

As it was a Friday evening when Schwartz saw the writing, he did not report it immediately to Oregon State Police, which is located on Oregon State University’s campus. Instead, Schwartz took a picture of the writing and made the decision to post it on the well-known Facebook page, Things Overheard at OSU. “I began thinking, ‘How can I at least get a conversation started (before Monday) that might be able to inform the conversation that I have

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An example of graffiti in the women’s bathroom in Kidder Hall. on Monday with folks on campus?”

Schwartz said. “So what if I share this image? If I put it up … what will students do with this? What could come

out of this if we dig deep in a conversation in this space?”

Schwartz said he was hesitant to post on the webpage, saying he views the Facebook page as a place for students, not university employees. His decision to post the image came from a curiosity to see how students would respond and interact regarding the image and its implications.

“For me, this held many, many implications,” Schwartz said. “I know that I’ve sort of been socialized … to sort of see bathroom graffiti and just look the other way. It is what it is, but at a certain point ... there’s a sort of passive attitude about this stuff.”

Schwartz’s concerns about the dismissal of bathroom graffiti became a topic of discussion on the Facebook post, which has since been taken down.

“Eventually the conversation got to a point where there was a lot of good being created, but there was a lot more harm than good being created,” Schwartz said. “What I found was that raising awareness about this hateful act, actually produced See GRAFFITI | page 4

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both allegedly bit each other and the woman punched the man. After an investigation was complete, both members were taken into custody for assault IV. Don’t tweet and drive Sunday, February 23 Just after 6:30 p.m. Corvallis police True Blood were dispatched to the intersection of A report came in to Corvallis police Philomath Boulevard and 35th Street for about a domestic dispute near the 200 a non-injury traffic crash. A 17-year-old block of Kings Boulevard. During an female allegedly entered an intersection altercation between a male and a female, she was stopped at when she thought

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She was cited for failure to obey a traffic control device and operating a vehicle while operating a cellular device.

Records are meant to be broken Corvallis police reported to the intersection of 14th Street and Monroe Avenue at 12:22 a.m. for the report of a male in the street. Police found a 19-year-old male allegedly stumbling along the sidewalk while running into people.

The man believed he was in Eugene and didn’t know where he was going.

He provided a blood alcohol content of 0.321 percent. He was then transported to Good Samaritan Hospital and cited for minor-in-possession of alcohol.

Taking a joke way too far A frustrated student contacted Oregon State police about harassment issues on Facebook. She complained that someone continued to make fake profiles with her name and pictures. One post from the fake user revealed the victim’s phone number and said to call the number for a good time. Authorities passed along information about keeping her own profile safe and suggested contacting Facebook to get the user banned. managing@dailybarometer.com

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Oregon State Disability Access Services offers variety of programs, services to help students learn

By Tori Hittner

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Some students are considered auditory learners.

Many others learn best via visual cues.

And still others prefer hands-on, kinesthetic learning methods.

Students may learn through a variety of ways, but no matter their preference, each individual deserves the same opportunities and resources to achieve academic access.

This principle of diversity and social responsibility founds the core of Oregon State University’s Disability Access Services, a department that firmly believes academic resources should be provided to every student.

Martha Smith, director of the OSU DAS program, said they serve more than 900 students each term.

“Like the rest of the university, we’re experiencing an increase in the number of students that we serve,” Smith said.

DAS provides OSU students with a variety of academic aid services intended to help all students reach their potential in the classroom. One of the most utilized resources provided through DAS is assisted notetaking.

“We find students in classes who are willing to provide copies of their lecture notes for students with disabilities, who maybe for different reasons aren’t able to take notes,” said Brianna McNall, notetaking and access services assistant. “It’s a great service for our students; they find it very helpful.”

The program currently employs more than

400 OSU students. Compensation for their services, as with all DAS programs, stems from the student affairs general fund. This means the department is centrally funded through the university and state as opposed to through student fees.

Students interested in accessing resources like the notetaking program must be deemed eligible through the DAS office.

“It’s not just enough to have a diagnosis,” Smith said. “It’s really more about how it is affecting you or how it is creating a barrier for you.”

OSU DAS works closely with other academic programs on campus like Student Support Services and the Academic Success Center to make sure every student’s academic needs and goals are being met in an easily accessible manner.

In addition, DAS employs professional interpreters and transcribers, as well as some students, to provide in-class, live resources.

Depending on the particular needs of the student, various technological tools can be used to relay class discussions in real time.

One such tool is the FM system, which uses a small transmitter attached to the professor to project and amplify the lecture directly to a headset-wearing student. The special system does not project the professor’s voice to the rest of the classroom.

“For a lot of students with hearing loss, when there’s lots of rain, or paper shuffling or people moving, it can be very hard to hear the professor, particularly in some of those larger classes,” Smith said. “So (the FM system) is a way that they can hear what the professor is saying while blocking out the other extraneous noises that are going on.”

Transcribers serve as another helpful in-class resource, typing class discussions to provide an electronic record of the class immediately accessible to students via a

computer screen. Sign language interpreters and ADA-compliant furniture are also readily available upon request.

For aid outside the classroom, DAS offers specially licensed etexts, brail printers, PDF files that can be read aloud and a dictation software program that can be trained to recognize individual speech patterns. McNall said these tools save students valuable time when drafting essays or completing written homework assignments.

DAS also offers aid to students with temporary physical disabilities, like broken limbs or surgical recuperation. Cindy Franklin, who works with student and staff support services, said DAS can proctor extended test sessions or hire personal scribes if given advanced notice.

With an increasing university population, DAS will likely see an increase in the utilization of its services and programs. Franklin mentioned that student outreach will continue through important events like START and University Day. All three women noted that while DAS caters to a specific portion of the student body, it benefits and touches a major part of the campus population. McNall specifically highlighted the incredible lessons in empathy student workers receive through their department.

“It’s a great way to employ some students on campus and for some of (the student workers) to maybe learn a little bit more about students with disabilities,” McNall said.

DAS resources and professionals can be reached through the department’s offices in the Kerr Administration Building or online via its official website.

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With or without terminal, oil trains through Vancouver on the rise

By Tony Schick EARTHFIX

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Opponents of a planned oilby-rail terminal urged Port of Vancouver USA commissioners at their meeting Tuesday to cancel its lease with terminal companies Tesoro Corp. and Savage Companies, raising several arguments against what would be the largest oil-to-marine terminal in the Northwest. But that terminal might not be the biggest factor affecting oil train traffic through the city.

Also in Vancouver Tuesday, the city’s chamber of commerce organized a meeting with BNSF Railway and local businesses, where the railroad carrying crude oil through southwest Washington explained its safety plans and fielded questions. One of the themes out of the meeting that chamber and BNSF representatives discussed afterward: Terminal or no, more oil trains are headed through Vancouver.

The rail line through the Columbia River Gorge and Vancouver to Portland is an attractive one for railroads to use for unit trains of crude oil because

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An oil by rail terminal has been proposed at the Port of Vancouver USA. it lacks the elevation changes present elsewhere on routes through the Cascades, Chamber of Commerce President Kelly Parker and BNSF spokeswoman Courtney Wallace explained.

Steep grades can create problems for long, heavy trains and their brake systems. The oil train that derailed, exploded and killed 47 people in Lac Mgantic, Quebec last year was a runaway train on a downhill grade.

For that reason, the railroad sees routing trains through Vancouver as a safer option,

despite its population. Beyond that, every route BNSF trains can take to terminals and refineries on the West Coast means passing through at least one population center.

“It’s such a tough spot to be in.

If we could create the world as we want it we would say ‘why don’t you move that oil somewhere else?’” Parker said after the meeting. “But the reality is — and what we heard today — is the east-west line of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Rail that runs through the Columbia River Gorge is the

safest route from their perspective because you don’t have to go up and over a mountain to bring oil through.”

The Port of Vancouver has also used this inevitability argument to support the planned terminal.

“Either we understand them and create benefit, or we simply sit on the sidelines and watch the trains go by,” port CEO Todd Coleman said in an opinion piece published Monday in The Columbian and on the port’s website.

Meanwhile in Portland, another a city also watching through traffic of oil trains whether it’s involved or not, the port said Tuesday it is passing on crude oil terminal plans for now.

In Vancouver, with a terminal already in the works, Parker said the decision isn’t so easy.

“This is hard because we don’t like the idea of oil coming across our tracks in Vancouver and we are horrified by the pictures we’ve seen of the six accidents we’ve seen nationwide and in North America,” she said. “Underneath that emotion is the fact that we already have oil coming through our town.”

Calendar Thursday, March 6 Meetings Baha’i Campus Association, 12:30pm, MU Talisman Room. The Causes of the Difference in the Character of Human Beings - A discussion.

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

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

Friends are invited to gather and share memories of Peter as we spend tie together in community.

Friday, March 7 Meetings Educational Activities Committee, 11am-12:30pm, MU 207. Meeting.

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

Saturday, March 8 Events Kalmekak, 1-2pm, Dixon Multipurpose Room 3. Free cycling class. No previous experience needed. OSU ID required. Arrive early.

Monday, March 10 Meetings ASOSU Elections Committee, 4pm, MU 208. Candidate meeting for the ASOSU election. Required for any potential candidates.

Events Corvallis Science Pub, 6-8pm, Old World Deli, 341 SW 2nd St. The Science of Skin. Speaker: Arup Indra, OSU College of Pharmacy.

Women’s Center, 9am-6pm, Women’s Center. Bring in your old clothes and get some in exchange or just come in and get some new clothes!

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Wednesday, March 12 Meetings Campus Recylcing, 5:30-6:30pm, Student Sustainability Center. Waste Watchers Weekly Meetings - Come learn about volunteer opportunities and help plan waste reduction events and outreach around campus.

OSU College Republicans, 7pm, Gilkey 113. Join us for discussion of club and current events. Come have fun with like-minded people.

Events Women’s Center, 9am-6pm, Women’s Center. Bring in your old clothes and get some in exchange or just come in and get some new clothes!

Thursday, March 13 Meetings Baha’i Campus Association, 12:30pm, MU Talisman Room. A discussion - Can Wealth and Poverty be Balanced?

ASOSU Elections Committee, Noon, MU Council Room. Candidate meeting for the ASOSU election. Required for any potential candidates.

Events Women’s Center, 9am-6pm, Women’s Center. Bring in your old clothes and get some in exchange or just come in and get some new clothes!

Friday, March 14 Meetings ASOSU Elections Committee, 2pm, MU 211. Candidate meeting for the ASOSU election. Required for any potential candidates.

Events Women’s Center, Noon-1pm, Women’s Center. Voices is a CAPS sponsored support group for OSU women. This confidential drop-in group is designed to be a safe place to offer and receive support and information surrounding a variety of concerns related to interpersonal/sexual violence and harassment.

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State keeps lid on marijuana dispensary locations

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GRANTS PASS — A medical marijuana dispensary might soon be coming to a location near you, but don’t expect the state to tell you where.

Monday was the first day that people could apply to operate a dispensary in Oregon, under a new law approved last year.

Nearly 300 applications were filed statewide.

However, state law mandates that the locations of dispensaries be kept confidential, unless an applicant agrees to go public. The topic is so sensitive that state officials won’t even specify how many applications have been received to operate dispensaries in more rural

counties, keeping their answers to only “fewer than 10.�

Karynn Fisha, a spokeswoman for the Dispensary Program in Salem, said revealing how many applications have been received in counties when there are fewer than 10 applicants would violate the spirit of the confidentiality law. “It is our policy to not release numbers,� she said. “That is how we are interpreting the law.

I will say, though, we’ve invited applicants to waive their confidentiality. We think most of them will. We just have to make it not that easy to pinpoint where they are.�

Eventually, a directory of dispensaries _ containing a list of dispensaries that have waived confidentiality protections _

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In a related matter, the state Legislature continues to debate whether to allow local governments to ban dispensaries.

On Tuesday the House Rules Committee approved a compromise measure that would allow cities and counties to control things like the hours and locations of the medical pot outlets. Local governments that don’t want the facilities would be able to ban them until May 2015.

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Westhead is best known for winning an NBA championship as the Los Angeles Lakers head coach in 1980 and guiding the Loyola Marymount men’s program to three consecutive NCAA Tournaments and a run to the Elite Eight in 1990.

The 75-year-old’s head coaching career also included stints at LaSalle and George Mason at the collegiate level and with the Chicago Bulls and Denver Nuggets in the NBA. Westhead coached the Phoenix Mercury to its first WNBA championship in 2007.

After Oregon’s season concludes,Westhead would like to start a new basketball life somewhere else. “I’m up for the hunt,� Westhead said. “I enjoy the game and I look forward to having future basketball experiences.�

EUGENE — Paul Westhead views each season as a lifetime. “This lifetime isn’t over,� he noted.

But Westhead’s days as the Oregon women’s basketball coach are officially numbered.

On Tuesday, the athletic department announced it will not renew Westhead’s five-year contract, which included a $675,000 salary this year, after it expires on March 31.

The former NBA and WNBA championship coach has an overall record at Oregon of 65-90, including a 27-64 mark in the Pac-12. “It’s really hard to value what you’ve done at a university or at a professional team based just on wins and losses,� Westhead said moments after informing his players of the news. “I think any coach or any program would have liked to have won more games.

But I think it was a nice experience for me and the players. ‌ “We were competitive and we were driven to do certain things like the running game.

Would I have liked five more wins, 10 more wins, one more win? Sure. I guess I’ve learned that it’s a good idea to value your team or yourself more than wins or losses.�

The 2013-14 Ducks (15-14, 6-12) wrapped up the regular season with wins over No. 20

Arizona State and Arizona last weekend.

Oregon, the No. 10 seed, will face No. 7 Washington State in the opening round of the Pac-12 tournament on Thursday in Seattle. The Ducks would be in solid position for a WNIT berth with at least one victory at KeyArena.

Westhead wanted to deal with his professional future at Oregon before the team leaves for the tournament today. Players were not made available to the media on Tuesday. “This is the time to step up,� wasWesthead’s message to the team. “This is not the time to feel, ‘Well, this shouldn’t have happened right now,’ or whatever. You have to cope. And I think they’re ready to do that.�

Two of Westhead’s star pupils, Jillian Alleyne and Chrishae Rowe, were honored by the Pac-12 on Tuesday. Alleyne, the nation’s leading rebounder, was selected to the allconference first team. Rowe was named to the all-freshman team.

There is a talented foundation laid for the next coach to build upon. Westhead did not want to comment on whether any of the assistants should be considered to finish the job.

A source told The Register-Guard that Gonzaga’s Kelly Graves is likely the first candidate Oregon’s search committee will target. Other worthy candidates with ties to

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legally open for business.

“We definitely have lots of people registered,” Smith said.

“We’ve got a nice following.”

Smith, along with the 297 other applicants, has sent off his information and is now waiting for registration confirmation from the state, a process that will take place within the next few weeks.

“Once the application is approved, they can begin to operate legally,” said OHA Spokeswoman Karynn Fish.

Following the application and payment of the corresponding fee, background checks are administered, and proof of residency, on-site security systems and appropriate zoning are required.

The premises must be on a site zoned for commercial, industrial, mixed use or agricultural land.

Dispensaries cannot be located

within 1,000 feet of a school or restriction of who can be on the another registered dispensary premises.

“This ensures patients have and cannot be on the site of a registered marijuana growth site. safe access to medical marijuana Following approval, OHA staff and makes sure of community will visit existing dispensaries safety,” Fish said.

On Tuesday, to ensure all the Oregon of these codes House voted and requireFrom a law 51-6 to allow ments are local governbeing met. enforcement ments more “Law perspective, if control on requires everyone follows the dispensainspections to the premise rules it should be fine. ries, including imposing once a year,” a ban until Fish said.

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Fish Corvallis police chief Corvallis has acknowledged made no such that dispensaries have operated previously move and has thus allowed those all over the state but it was the potential dispensaries to open goal of the law to allow gov- once approval from the state is ernment regulations for safety finalized.

According to the Corvallis and efficiency as the number of medical marijuana patients in Police Department, there were Oregon continues to grow. The a total of 117 cases dealing in law gives grounds for inventory which marijuana or marijuana control, safety regulations and a contraband was seized. Of those

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“From a law enforcement perspective, if everyone follows the rules it should be fine,” said Police Chief Jon Sassaman.

The risk of driving under the influence of marijuana is a major concern. Because the drug is still an illegal, controlled substance, little is known about how marijuana could impair driving.

Strong safety measures controlling a potential increased accessibility to the drug for minors is also a chief enforcement concern. All patients must present valid medical marijuana cards to enter a dispensary and receive their dosage. If any operating dispensaries raise concerns, OHA is permitted to more than the annual site visit to ensure the safety and legitimacy of these businesses.

“If the system works, there should be repercussions,” Sassaman said.

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CELEBRATION n Continued from page 1 For at least a week, Marketplace West Dining Center set up a memorial for Gidlund so students had the opportunity to write him or his family a note of support. The letters were eventually mailed to Gidlund’s family in San Diego.

People also had an opportunity to participate in the orange ribbon campaign as a way to honor Gidlund’s memory and to support the community. The memorial and the HawleyBuxton front desk provided ribbons to the public following Celebration his death. of Life RAs began making 1,000 Who: Peter Gidlund paper cranes as another way What: Celebration of Life to show their support.

Where: Marketplace West Per university protocol, when there is a death on camDining Center’s northwest pus the university, the Student conference room Care Team reacts. Counseling When: Thursday, 6-8 p.m. & Psychological Services, the Academic Success Center, Dean of Student Life Office, Department of Public Safety, OSU’s Oregon State Police branch, Residential Education, Student Conduct and Community Standards and Student Health Services are all the entities that contribute to the Student Care Team.

CAPS worked with RAs starting Feb. 6, and held community grief and loss support groups throughout the following weekend.

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still happen is important,” Whitebear said. “Pretending like this doesn’t happen doesn’t more hate — fighting hate with help anything.”

Other members of the OSU hate as opposed to productive discourse, and that was very community have voiced similar concern and interest in disappointing.”

Productive discourse is what discussion.

“This isn’t the first time many groups on campus are hoping to create following the something like this has come to our attention,” said Maleah incident.

Luhui Whitebear, coordina- Harris, who works with tor at the Native American Intercultural Student Services.

Longhouse on campus, said “There’s been a noose hanging she hopes to pull together and we’ve had the blackface some educational programs controversy. Around Halloween and events to help create dia- it seems like we always address logue about hate speech and this issue, the cowboys and how it affects students and Indians (as costumes), that sort of thing.” communities.

Though this incident has “Having open discussion about it and acknowledging garnered certain infamy from that these kinds of things do its presence on social media,

it is certainly not an isolated event. OSP dispatch explained that protocol for vandalism involves recording the vandalism and then calling out campus maintenance to handle the cleanup.

By the time Schwartz returned to campus Monday, the graffiti in Kidder Hall did appear to have been painted over, as was a responding note on the wall, which Schwartz could not make out under the fresh layer of paint.

For hate crimes, OSP said officers handle each case individually and determine the actions necessary for each situation.

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Time after time, Arizona strung together modest leads.

Oregon State bounced back from a nine-point deficit in the first half and a seven-point hole in the second, staying with the No. 3 Wildcats (28-2, 15-2 Pac-12) until the final minute.

The last push by Arizona was the difference as Oregon State started off the last week of the regular season with a 74-69 defeat in Gill Coliseum.

Oregon State (15-14, 7-10) locked up the 10th-place spot in the conference while Arizona already had the Pac-12 regular season title in hand before Wednesday night.

The Beavers managed to hang with Arizona the whole way but couldn’t overcome 17 turnovers and a 55 percent free throw shooting night.

“We did shoot ourselves in the foot by not making foul shots and turning the ball over a little too much,” said head coach Craig Robinson. “All of that stuff notwithstanding, we were still right there at the end of the game.”

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The Beavers only made 5-of-14 free throws after halftime.

“I missed a lot of free throws,” said senior guard Roberto Nelson. “If I make those free throws, I think we have a better chance of winning.”

Nelson was 9-for-13 from the line himself while using 22 field goal attempts to get to his team-leading 25 points.

“I was just off, it was bad,” Nelson said. “Even when I made (shots) in the first half, something didn’t feel good.

I wasn’t shooting the ball up enough, it was coming off my fingers wrong.”

He added five rebounds and three assists, but also six turnovers.

OSU commanded a 43-34 lead on the boards but allowed 12 offensive rebounds.

“They’re the best team in the country when it comes to getting secondchance points and as a collective unit hustling throughout the whole game,” Nelson said.

Arizona put together multiple miniruns, including the first 3:07 of the game when Arizona sprinted to a 7-0 advantage.

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Arizona junior guard Nick Johnson claps his hands in Wednesday night’s victory against Oregon State in Gill Coliseum. Johnson finished with 25 points in the win.

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Oregon State women’s basketball head coach Scott Rueck was named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year Wednesday as voted by the media who regularly cover the Pac-12 conference.

It’s the second time in Rueck’s fouryear tenure as OSU’s head coach that he’s been given the honor.

Rueck orchestrated a 21-9 season, going 13-5 in Pac-12 play, and has seen his team win its last nine games.

The Beavers tied for second place in the conference and earned a firstround bye in the Pac-12 Tournament.

OSU is currently ranked 28th in the AP poll. An Oregon State women’s basketball team hasn’t been ranked in the top 25 since the 1995-96 season.

Rueck and the Beavers are back in action Friday for the second round of the Pac-12 Tournament.

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Senior center Daniel Jones warms up before Wednesday’s game.

Roberto Nelson can be as calculated off the court as he is on it.

Take the sequence of events that preceded Tuesday’s players’ press conference, for instance.

Senior walk-on Daniel Jones was set to make the first and likely last media appearance of his Oregon State career.

“Scoot in a little bit,” Nelson told Jones seconds after sitting down to Jones’ right.

Jones moved toward the center of the podium.

Nelson then nudged a microphone closer to Jones. Angus Brandt, seated to Jones’ left, did the same with a different microphone.

“You get two mics,” Nelson announced to Jones.

Brandt chuckled, as did Devon Collier.

Clearly Nelson, Brandt and Collier — three seniors who have fielded hundreds of questions over the course of their careers — wanted the spotlight shone on Jones, who’s logged just 41 minutes in four seasons as a Beaver.

Picking up on the cue, reporters proceeded to familiarize themselves with the least-known member of OSU’s

four-man senior class, who will be honored at the Beavers’ regular-season finale Saturday.

So what was revealed?

Here are five things OSU fans probably didn’t know about the man known as “Jonesey” inside OSU’s locker room.

1. Daniel Jones is “the perfect walk-on” That praise comes from his coach, Craig Robinson.

“You can’t do what we’ve done for the last four years without guys like Daniel Jones,” Robinson said.

The 6-foot-11 Jones, who chose OSU because it was a “prime fit” academically and athletically, typically spends practices impersonating the upcoming opponent’s starting center.

Robinson credited Jones for “showing other walk-ons how to be walk-ons.”

He added that Jones, who has appeared in just two games this season, “never complains” about his role.

2. He has diabetes Jones was back home in Hamilton City, Calif., for spring break in 2012 when he started experiencing persistent flulike symptoms. When he returned to Corvallis, he underwent blood tests.

It turned out he had diabetes.

Ever since, he’s had to watch his diet, use an artificial

Walk-ons playing key role for Oregon State gymnastics OSU has relied on 3 walk-ons in multiple events this season

we gave them a spot. But it’s hard to get a walk-on spot on the team. We just don’t let anybody on.”

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By Scott McReynolds into the rotation this season, competing THE DAILY BAROMETER at every meet so far. Both Keeker and Typically, the majority of athletes who Casey have finished as the top Beaver make up major college sports teams in events multiple times. At the most are scholarship players. While only so recent event, Keeker was the top Beaver many scholarships are available to dole on vault with a 9.900 and Casey shared out, only a small percentage of players the top spot on bars, also scoring a 9.900.

Keeker also competes on bars and are walk-ons and even fewer actually contribute meaningful playing time or Ohlrich competes on beam.

“It’s really humbling to be a walk-on participation in meets.

That’s not exactly the case for Oregon and also being able to make it into two State gymnastics, however. Senior lineups,” Keeker said.

All three competed last season, but Hannah Casey, junior Taylor Keeker and junior Katelyn Ohlrich are all gymnasts this season Casey and Keeker have for Oregon State who aren’t currently been hitting their stride. Both have on scholarship, and all three have been had multiple career-highs this season, important contributors for the team seeing steady improvement. While Ohlrich hasn’t hit her career-high this this season.

“It’s a huge help to your team, because season, she has been near it at almost it’s like icing on the cake,” said associate every meet.

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Junior Katelyn Ohlrich performs on the beam against Nebraska and Arizona State in Gill Coliseum Saturday.

The Oregon State athletic department has received a $2 million anonymous donation to complete the second phase of the Whyte Track and Field Center.

The money will be used to complete the construction of the grandstands, a press box, hammer throw area, scoreboard, main entry plaza and other amenities.

The donation came from an anonymous benefactor who only recently became acquainted with the Oregon State track and field program.

It was the donor’s intention to “encourage others to do whatever they can to help in the completion of the Whyte Track and Field Centers so that the vision of total track and field program and the opportunities it will bring will become a reality.”

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1. No. 4 Stanford (28-2, 17-1 Pac-12)

where coaches predicted they would finish, but the Cougars have to be hungry after missing a Senior forward Chiney Ogwuumike was named the Pac-12 chance to put away California in their penultimate Player of the Year for the second straight season. regular season game. They have a first-round She was also named the Pac-12 Defensive Player matchup with Oregon. of the Year for the third straight season. Ogwumike averaged 27 points (a conference-best) and 12.1 8. Colorado (16-13, 6-12) rebounds (second-best). If the NCAA had an MVP Pac-12 coaches predicted that the Buffaloes would finish the award, Ogwumike might have won that too. She led the Cardinal to a fantastic season for the fourth year in a row. season in third place in the conference. By season’s end, they’ve finished in a tie for ninth. The season hasn’t gone like the coaches predicted it would, but 2. Oregon State (21-9, 13-5) Colorado did end the season winning two out Head coach Scott Rueck was named Pac-12 Coach of the Year of three games. Included is a 20-point victory Wednesday. In the preseason, OSU was picked to finish eighth against the Bruins, who Colorado plays again in the conference. After a 2-4 start to conference play, the Rueck-led Beavers surprised a in the first round of the tournament. lot of people by going 11-1 to close the season.

9. UCLA (13-17, 7-11) That includes a nine-game winning streak in The Bruins have two players on the All-Pac-12 team. Senior which the Beavers have looked pretty unstopforward Atonye Nyigifa and sophomore guard pable. Their last three games have been 20-, 30- and 23-point Nirra Fields are two parts of a three-headed victories. This team is scary right now. scoring trifecta. Also included is senior guard Thea Lemberger. The three of them accounted 3. No. 20 California (21-8, 13-5) for 80 percent of the Bruins’ points this season, Junior forward Reshanda Gray has had a remarkable season.

The 6-foot-3 forward was named to the All-Pac-12 team along- but that attack hasn’t produced as many wins as they would have side teammate Brittany Boyd. Gray averaged liked. UCLA plays Colorado at noon Thursday.

17.3 points on an uber-efficient 60.4 percent 10. Oregon (15-14, 6-12) field goal percentage. Against Washington The high-flying Ducks scored a conference-best 93.3 points State, Gray scored a Pac-12 season-high 43 points. The Golden Bears were getting ready per game for the season, which is 15.1 more points per game to end the season on an eight-game winning streak, but the than the second-highest scoring team in the conference. On the flip-side, the Ducks allow a conference-worst loss to Washington in the season finale has to sting a little.

89.2 points per game, which is 14.6 more points than the second-worst defense in the 4. USC (18-12, 11-7) conference. In other words, the Ducks have Senior forward Cassie Harberts was named to the All-Pac-12 team after averaging 16.2 points scored a lot of points with little success to show for it. Additionally, and 7.5 rebounds. She and junior forward Ariya the Pac-12 Tournament will be head coach Paul Westhead’s final Crook (15.8 points) led USC to a tie for fourth games with the team, as the Ducks announced Wednesday that place in the Pac-12. The Trojans play Arizona in they would not renew his contract after this year. Oregon plays the first round of the conference tournament, Washington State at 6 p.m. Thursday. with the winner playing Arizona State in the second round.

11. Utah (11-18, 4-14)

5. Arizona State (22-8, 11-7)

The Utes are most successful when they keep scores low.

The team averages just 60.2 points per game.

The Sun Devils have some huge wins under their belt. They Despite this, the Utes have the eighth-highest beat No. 11 North Carolina, No. 20 Syracuse scorer in the Pac-12. Senior forward Michelle and No. 15 California. But that was early Plouffe averaged 18.3 points per game en route to in the year, and losses have started to pile being named to the All-Pac-12 team. Utah plays up lately. After an amazing run to start the Washington at 8:30 p.m. Thursday. The winner season. Arizona State limps into the Pac-12 plays Oregon State Friday at 8:30 p.m.

Tournament with a 2-5 record in its last seven games.

The Wildcats finish the season with one lone conference After the Huskies played spoiler to Stanford’s perfect conferwin. It came against in-state rival Arizona State ence season, the Huskies had another upset Feb. 9 when the Wildcats won by 19 points. In victory Sunday. This time it was against Cal. that game, they shot 55 percent from the field Tandem stars Kelsey Plum and junior guard and held the Sun Devils to 32 percent shooting.

Jazmine Davis were each named to the AllTwo weeks later, the Wildcats jumped out to a Pac-12 team. Plum, who averaged 20.9 points 20-point first half lead against Colorado, but and 2.9 assists, was also given the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year award. Plum, Davis and the Huskies have a first-round matchup ultimately lost in overtime. That game serves to illustrate how frustrating this season must have been. Arizona plays USC at with Utah in the Pac-12 Tournament.

2:30 p.m. Thursday.

7. Washington State (15-15, 9-9)

A guard-oriented team, the Cougars finished with neither a winning season nor a losing season. They finished two spots above

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MEN’S BASKETBALL n Continued from page 5 afterwards — his 3-point play just 18 seconds later and an assist for a Roberto Nelson 3-pointer on the following possession forced the Wildcats to take their own timeout with the lead down to one.

The Wildcats gradually pushed their lead to nine, capped by junior guard Nick Johnson’s dunk with 3:53 left before the break.

It gave Johnson 14 points for the half — he would finish with 25 — but the Beavers got their next jump-start from sophomore forward Olaf Schaftenaar 13 seconds later with a 3-pointer that led to a 7-0 run.

The Wildcats outscored the Beavers 17-6 in between those two spurts but the halftime break only delayed Arizona’s rebuttal.

After Arizona got two quick buckets to start the second half, Nelson played the spark-plug role with five points in 32 seconds before assisting on two 3-pointers from freshman guard Hallice Cooke that gave the Beavers a 46-44 lead.

Robinson noted that the Beavers kept the game close the entire way — something they didn’t do Feb. 9 against Arizona.

“That team ran away from us the last time we played them at their place and they’ve run away from a lot of teams since then,” Robinson said.

For Arizona, Johnson and York made all seven of the Wildcat’s seven 3-pointers and Johnson added three offensive boards — the last of which resulted in a 3-pointer by sophomore guard Gabe York that eliminated the last lead the Beavers would own.

“This was a game where if we came out with a win, people would have understood what we’ve been saying,” Nelson said. “We’ve been preaching that we can play with anybody. … I think we showed it tonight but people will overlook us with the loss.”

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The Oregon State women’s golf team placed eighth at the Bruin Wave Invitational, and senior Lauren Sewell placed in the top20 individually.

The Beavers concluded the tournament with a 62-over 301309-316—926 at the par-72, 6,173-yard El Caballero Country Club to place eighth overall in the 17-team field. Pac-12 rival No. 1 USC placed first overall while Pepperdine and UCLA finishing in second and third, respectively, in the tournament. The Beavers beat notable opponents No. 43 UNLV, No. 44 San Diego State and No. 52 Colorado.

Sewell finished in a tie for 18th place with a 10-over 73-77-76— 226. She led the Beavers with six

birdies in the three rounds of play.

Senior Seshia Telles tied for 31st with a 15-over 75-76-80— 231 and junior Anica Yoo finished just behind her with a 20-over 75-83-78—236 for a tie for 47th place. Sophomore Chelsea Saelee finished in a tie for 55th with a 23-over 78-79-82—239 and sophomore Ashlee Pickerell shot a 31-over 82-77-88—247 for a tie for 73rd.

The top three individual placements were all held by No. 1 USC with Kyung Kim claiming medalist honors with a 3-under 213, followed by Doris Chen and Annie Park, who both carded 2-under 214.

The Beavers will get a long rest before the next tournament on March 24 at the Anuenue Spring Break Challenge in Kapalua, Hawaii.

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GYMNASTICS n Continued from page 5 especially crucial for the Beavers, considering freshman Kaytianna McMillan and senior Kelsi Blalock are injured and unsure of when they’ll return to the lineup.

“It’s a huge help, that’s one of the reasons you want to get a few walk-ons,” Chaplin said. “And some of them have just flat-out earned spots.”

As walk-ons, the trio often feel a need to prove themselves.

“There’s always that fire just to prove that you’re good enough,” Keeker said. “Look how far I’ve come, and look where I started and look where I am now. It’s really cool to see the progression throughout the years.”

“Walking on, you never really know what your place is going to be,” Ohlrich added. “This shows that my hard work is paying off.”

While college athletics are intense with a premium on winning, Keeker said the thrill of competing is why she goes through the daily rigors that come with being a student-athlete. The opportunity to earn a scholarship is always possible, but that’s not why OSU’s walkons are in it for.

“It was never really about getting a scholarship for me,” Keeker said. “I just knew I wanted to do another four years of gymnastics.

Just to be a part of a team environment that’s very different from Junior Olympics. I just wanted to do gymnastics.”

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6. Washington (17-12, 10-8)

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JONES n Continued from page 5 insulin pump and submit to regular blood tests. When his blood sugar level isn’t where it needs to be, he can’t practice.

He’s taken it in stride.

“Mainly, it’s been a huge learning experience,” Jones said. “But it’ll be alright in the long-run.”

Robinson was more blunt about the challenges Jones has faced.

“Watching him fight through that has been courageous — absolutely courageous” Robinson said. “He doesn’t want to miss a day of practice. Some days he can’t practice, other days he’s the toughest impersonator of (Arizona center) Kaleb Tarczewski we have.”

Several Beavers have taken on motherly-like roles, reminding Jones to watch himself when he’s eating something he maybe shouldn’t.

“We do it because we love him,” Brandt said.

3. He once served as the Beavers’ sixth man for a game Perhaps Beaver Nation has erased OSU’s 2011 game at Arizona State from its memory — for good reason.

But Jones likely never will.

After more than half the team received coinciding one-game suspensions for violating team rules, OSU entered the March 5, 2011, game against ASU with six available players — one being Jones, a freshman at the time.

Jones went on to play a careerhigh six minutes in the contest, which OSU lost, 80-66. It remains the only time Jones has appeared in a collegiate game with the outcome hanging in the balance.

“I remember being heartbroken that I had to throw him to the wolves like that,” Robinson

said. “But he got in there, and for three-fourths of the game, we were right there.” “(Jones) got the opportunity,” Brandt added, “and he seized it with both hands.”

4. He may be the best dancer on the team Jones represented the team in last April’s “Beavers Got Talent” show, performing a country western swing dance.

And when OSU traveled to Europe two summers ago, Jones tried his hand (and feet) at the “flamingo” dance on stage with professional dancers.

“He has a good spirit about him,” Robinson said. “He doesn’t take himself too seriously.”

And he probably wouldn’t be a bad date to, say, The Peacock’s “Western Wednesday.”

“He’s a 7-footer with some moves,” Nelson said.

Jones’ favorite dance, Collier claims, is “the jerk.”

5. He’s always willing to offer a helping hand Brandt said Jones “will go out of his way to help anyone on the team, any time of day, no matter what he’s doing.” Robinson said he relies on Jones, the selfdescribed “team mechanic,” to fix anything that is broken.

And when it recently snowed in Corvallis, Jones navigated the roads in his pick-up truck, looking to help strangers in stuck cars, according to Nelson.

“That’s the kind of person he is,” Nelson said.

Robinson believes Jones, who’s majoring in Agricultural Business Management and aspires to one day run his family’s farm, will be “extremely successful” in life.

“We’re going to miss him,” Robinson said.

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e all know that men and women are different.

We learned that lesson far earlier than our parents would have liked. But the difference in our communication methods is a whole different ballgame — and most of us don’t seem to know the other team’s strategy.

At an early age, we see that boys and girls use fairly dissimilar techniques to form friendships.

Girls establish trust with one another by sharing secrets, revealing emotions one-on-one and by discussing opinions and problems, whereas boys often get together in groups, centering hangouts around activities and often abandoning conversations, according to “10 Ways Men and Women Communicate Differently” by Susan Sherwood.

I’m not saying one gender has it all figured out and the other is com-

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Scottaline pletely clueless. The most challenging aspect of interaction between men and women is dealing with disconnect between genders.

But keep in mind that even though stereotypes are often accurate, they can also be proven inconsistent.

One of my close guy friends and I used to go on short road trips together fairly frequently. When we were in his car, he would ask me about specific things as well as how I was feeling, while I would fixate on what we were going to do when we got to our destination. I was so excited to go swimming and hiking that I would

often just talk about that.

I was thrilled to be his friend and adventure buddy, but the communication roles were occasionally reversed. Maybe I was trying to dodge a few hard questions he nudged my way or maybe I was more excited to do than to talk.

Either way, we don’t always read from the script that says girls are sensitive and guys are blunt and closed off.

But speaking in terms of generality, men and women follow different patterns of communication. Even our body language is often drastically different.

Men often touch women to demonstrate dominance, which is not to suggest that guys often touch women violently, it is just a statement of intent. Women are more prone to touch others to show concern and support, according to “Four Serious

Dating has changed over time, but is still an American legacy

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ating in this day and age couldn’t be easier.

In seconds, you can decide whether you want to meet someone on your Tinder app, while simultaneously ordering bass fishing equipment online through your Amazon app.

But ask yourself, what if dating weren’t so easy?

Imagine if we lived in a world without Twitter, smartphones, computers or the ability to Facebookstalk your potential love interest.

Imagine the majority of the 20th century.

before responding promptly. As far as high stakes are concerned, taking a woman out to go shoot muskets or for drinks and dancing at the local Alec pub is way up there.

We are now in a society in which asking someone out is a lot less personal.

I can say unequivocally that my No longer are all your feelings, grandpap, even my dad, had much hopes and dreams riding on a more game than I ever will. random encounter. We can now Picture this scenario: A random text, tweet, Instagram and send guy had to approach a random Snapchats of how we feel at our leisure. woman and ask her if she wanted to This leads to text messages like go out. That woman than needed to assess whether he looked like a killer See GREVSTAD | page 8

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Women, men communicate differently, not in different languages

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ny man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind,” John Donne wrote in his well-known poem, “No Man Is An Island.”

We all feel that truth whenever we lose people, regardless of the manner of their passing, who they were to us or if we knew them.

But it strikes deeper when we know and care about someone who takes his or her own life.

Oftentimes, people reflect on themselves: What could I have done to prevent this? How did I not know he or she needed my help?

This is normal.

But instead of locking ourselves within our minds, and in some ways taking selfimposed responsibility for someone’s death, we would hope individuals would break outside of that and mourn with his or her community.

After campus found out 20-year-old Peter Gidlund, a resident assistant in Buxton Hall, took his own life early in the morning of Feb. 6, we watched as students came together through social media.

Some knew him and wanted to share their grievances. Others only heard someone had jumped from Bloss Hall, but wanted to express their condolences for Gidlund’s family and friends.

Students in the Hawley-Buxton residence halls gathered in the lounge and watched “Frozen.”

And there was a memorial set up in Marketplace West Dining Center, which allowed students an opportunity to take a moment and write either Gidlund or his family a note.

In sensitive times like these, it’s important to show compassion. It’s important to come together as a community and to make it known, no matter how alone you may feel, there is someone who would be more than willing to talk to you.

Through this difficult time, we are proud to be Beavers and to exist within such a strong community of people.

Outside of the casual community gatherings and support, there are invaluable resources available on campus for students who need them.

For example, Counseling & Psychological Services offers free counseling to Oregon State University students. If you or someone you know needs to speak with a counselor, please call 541-737-2131.

During office hours, this line will put callers in contact with a receptionist to schedule an appointment. After hours, this number provides people a crisis line, which allows callers to speak to someone at anytime.

CAPS also offers group therapy sessions and the Mind Spa — which is a reservable space where individuals can soothe their minds.

CAPS is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., and is located on the fifth floor in Snell Hall.

There will be a Celebration of Life for Gidlund Thursday in the Marketplace West Dining Center northwest conference room, from 6-8 p.m.

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Ryan Mason is a junior in graphic design

Mistakes We Make in Reading Body Language” by Ronald E. Riggio.

Even though it may seem like we are from totally different planets, hurt women shouldn’t feel inclined to hate men and men shouldn’t jump to disrespecting women if they’re misunderstood.

The more we focus on our differences and blame the other gender for not being in sync with us, the more of a divide we are creating.

This divide is not doing anyone any favors.

Being empathetic and not barreling through miscommunications may get you a lot further than throwing your hands in the air and chalking the difference up to the other person’s hormones or incompetence. t

Gabi Scottaline is a senior in English. The opinions

expressed in Scottaline’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Scottaline can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

Brooklyn Di Raffaele

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Odd phobias exist for everyone

I

am scared of lobsters.

Yes, lobsters. They are terrifying, concentrated evil in a shell.

Whenever I see a lobster, even if it is just a photo, I get that itchy sensation all over my skin and I can’t put my feet on the ground, because I think lobsters are crawling on the floor, just waiting to claw my feet.

I get very edgy.

Even reading about lobsters gives me the heebie-jeebies.

A few terms ago, I had to read David Foster Wallace’s essay “Consider the Lobster.” It was the stuff of nightmares.

Even now, I’m freaking out a little, because all I can think about are big, red, nasty-looking lobsters, crawling around and being all creepy and hard-shelled.

My friend is scared of moths. She had a terrible experience with them as a child when they flew out at her in a pack. Now, she can’t stand to even hear the word “moth.”

There are many, many odd and nonsensical fears out there that people actually have. There’s Alliumphobia, the fear of garlic; Zeusphobia, the fear of God or gods and Triskaidekaphobia, the fear of the number 13.

My personal phobia is called Kabourophobia, which isn’t excluded to lobsters but includes crabs.

Everyone has an odd fear; some of them are even phobias. Even former U.S. President Herbert Hoover had Triskaidekaphobia. You’re not alone, and you’re not a freak.

Most irrational fears stem from childhood experiences or episodes.

They stay with the person for life.

Part of my fear of lobsters came from an awful dinner at Red Lobster during which I was taunted with a lobster claw.

Though these fears seem outrageous and strange, they’re still valid.

According to helpguide.org, a phobia is “an intense fear of something that, in reality, poses little or no actual danger.” As seen so far this is true: garlic and the number 13 aren’t exactly steeped in danger.

However, for the individuals who are scared of these things, the phobia can really impact their lives.

Phobias are a type of anxiety that can cause many different reactions.

It depends on each person and how intense the fear is. Many people with phobias experience panic, nausea, anxiety attacks, flashbacks and debilitating fear.

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PSU faculty set strike authorization vote

By Rob Manning

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PSU professor Randy Blazak. the administration offer pres- Gallagher said. ents faculty with a choice: The faculty’s final offer more compensation or more includes a complicated salary say in making policy. scale aimed at bridging ineqThe first option according uities. The union also wants to Gallagher is, “a four percent multi-year contracts after four raise over two years, continu- years at PSU. The administraing the health care and pen- tion would offer them after five sion benefits that the AAUP or six years, and not necessarmembers currently have, but ily to every eligible professor. some clariBoth sides fication of say they’re the contract looking This is a newer thing out for the terms around policy makwelfare of for me here, I am ing and students. learning from governance.”

Faculty Americans, how they members The other a rg u e t h e option is a fight for their smaller raise, freedoms. So, I like it. university has to offer the same benlonger-term efits but more Hamoud Alotaibi contracts favorable polPSU student from Saudi Arabia and sufficient icy language. compensaGallagher says PSU has a budget hole, tion to keep and attract the and spending too much on kinds of professors students faculty will wind up costing expect. students.

PSU junior, Lydia Grijalva “So, any time there is a was dodging rain drops at last discussion around salary and week’s rally, handing out fliers compensation, it directly and cookies.

“Well, basically, we want affects the cost of tuition and that’s a big concern for us,” to be able to be going to a

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PORTLAND — Just as the Portland school board approved an agreement ending worry about a teachers’ strike in the state’s largest K-12 school district, the possibility of a strike is flaring up at Oregon’s largest university.

T h e Po r t l a n d St a t e University faculty scheduled a strike authorization vote for next week. That announcement came after both sides submitted their “final” contract offers Monday.

Hundreds of students and professors streamed onto the park blocks at Portland State last week. They were rallying on the faculty’s side in a contract dispute with administrators.

Randy Blazak has taught sociology at PSU for almost twenty years.

“I’ve never seen the faculty more ready to strike. I mean they are so alienated, and sort of dissatisfied with how they’ve been treated by the administration. That - we could strike tomorrow, I feel like everybody’s ready to go, because it’s now or never.

We want to stop the erosion of higher ed, and this is our attempt to do it,” said Randy Blazak, who has taught sociology at PSU for almost twenty years.

Faculty sentiment will be tested March 11 and 12, when the American Association of University Professors at PSU will hold a strike vote.

Talks are in a cooling-off period, so faculty couldn’t actually strike until next month.

The faculty union and administrators filed their final offers late Monday.

Three of the biggest sticking points have been around faculty compensation, the length of contracts for professors who don’t have tenure, and the union’s role in university policy.

Scott Gallagher with Portland State University says

school that supports teachers, because their working conditions are our learning conditions,” Grijalva said.

But not all the students at the rally were unflinching faculty supporters.

Ray Zou is an international student from China. He’s asking for balance.

“I don’t want to see something like, either a strike, or they’re paid less, or ask students to pay more about their education. We’ve already paid a lot of money on our education,” Zou said.

Ray Zou doesn’t want to see a faculty strike, but he and his friends from overseas sounded impressed by the rally.

Hamoud Alotaibi is a PSU student from Saudi Arabia.

“This is a newer thing for me here, I am learning from Americans, how they fight for their freedoms. So, I like it,” Alotaibi said.

Administrators say PSU would stay open if the faculty did strike. But officials say they haven’t drafted a strike plan and hope they won’t need one.

Governor intends to sign sage grouse legislation

By David Nogueras

information relating to the landowner, his or her business and property.

Bill Hoyt is a rancher and lobbied for the PORTLAND — Governor John Kitzhaber says he intends to sign a bill the legislature bill on behalf of the Oregon Cattlemen’s passed last month that proponents say Association.

He says most conservation agreements will help conserve sage grouse in Oregon.

It would protect the personal information require ranchers to divulge a host of perof ranchers taking part in conservation sonal information that some want to keep private. efforts.

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And I think this is really a joint effort,” Hoyt said.

The governor’s office put out a statement calling the legislation a “great next step forward.”

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service has until 2015 to decide whether to list the sage grouse as an endangered species.

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GREVSTAD n Continued from page 7 “wht u doin tonite??” or “The cops busted this party and now I’m in jail, can you help me make bail?”

Our new system has diminished our accountability. It shackles us to lowered self-confidence.

Have you ever asked out that cute guy or girl out on Facebook, only for your dreams to be crushed when they said no? Recall how bad that felt.

Now rub some dirt on it and walk it off, because even just 20 years ago there was a lot of rejection going around.

Let’s be honest: The amount of nerve a woman had to have to make a split-second decision like saying “yes” to a complete stranger is something we don’t have to muster up very often today in the First World.

We have numerous rules in

today’s society, like don’t get in a car with strangers.

Now picture going on a date and getting picked up in a one-horse power wagon by a complete stranger. Maybe you misjudged the situation and want to leave, but there’s no turning back now.

Nowadays, we worry about keeping up with the latest trends, buying the newest and fastest toys and being environmentally friendly. Back then, society wasn’t as shallow.

Comparing the two cultures makes today’s society look fragile, even timid.

Compound that with our need for instant gratification and you have a serious problem.

Today, we have the texting game: You wait five minutes before answering that special someone’s text so you won’t look too desperate. But you have to balance it against waiting too long and looking like

you don’t care. Because if you don’t get a reply within an hour, it means the worst.

You know what’s slower than a text?

A snail-mailed letter.

Keep that in mind the next time you’re driving yourself crazy, racking your brain for any possible reason your person didn’t text you back immediately.

When looking back at our history, dating is a courting ritual that has endured in America, and is somewhat of an accomplishment.

Besides dropping the ball on sexism, racism, systemic inequality, elitism and obesity, we can at least look back on America’s dating history and swell with pride. t

Alec Grevstad is a senior in speech communications. The opinions expressed in Grevstad’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Grevstad can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

DI RAFFAELE n Continued from page 7 Anxiety is just as important as any other mental health issue.

We need to look past the odd fear, that might even be amusing when seen from the outside, and realize the true fear and restlessness that a phobia can cause.

There’s always help for people with a phobia. Judging them isn’t helping them.

Strange fears are terrifying to some and slightly humorous to others. Regardless, keep in mind that a lobster could be just a lobster to you, but to someone else it’s a diabolical and fearsome crustacean. t

Brooklyn Di Raffaele is a junior in

English. The opinions expressed in Di Raffaele’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff.

Di Raffaele can be reached at forum@ dailybarometer.com.