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House Bill 4124 would address potential shortage of staff, remove potential access barriers for individuals in need

By Sean Bassinger THE DAILY BAROMETER

Oregon lawmakers continue to work on a bill that would improve resources available for youths going through rough times.

Rep. Sara Gelser, D-Corvallis, introduced House Bill 4124, which would improve resources available to Oregonians ages 10-24. In addition, the state’s youth suicide prevention coordinator would be renamed the youth suicide prevention and intervention coordinator.

The bill passed through the Oregon House Saturday and is currently awaiting a second reading in the Senate.

Oregon policy assures individuals recognize warning signs and direct others in need of assistance. However, Gelser said Oregon hasn’t implemented any additional prevention methods since the 1990s.

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UHDS, OSU friends of former Hawley-Buxton RA gather to celebrate, remember his life

By Megan Campbell THE DAILY BAROMETER

Despite the tears and somber sniffles, people couldn’t help but laugh and giggle while watching Peter “Ping Ping” Gidlund flash across the projector in a photo slideshow that his family donated. Images of a man making silly expressions or wearing a Beaver suit reminded people of the fun-loving man they knew.

This was the same slideshow that played at the family’s memorial service in San Diego a few weeks ago.

The 20-year-old former Oregon State University wrestler and Hawley-Buxton resident assistant took his own life Feb. 6. Gidlund struggled with and was overcome by depression.

To honor and remember him, more than 70 friends gathered to share their stories in the northwest conference room in Marketplace West Dining Center at 6 p.m.

MEGAN CAMPBELL | THE DAILY BAROMETER Thursday.

McNary Hall staff decided to make 1,000 paper cranes as a way to show their support to Peter Gidlund’s family.

University Housing & Dining Once the project is completed, the cranes will be mailed to the family in San Diego.

Services hosted the event and provided attendees with a spread of “The first couple of weeks were pret- cranes, which totaled 760 at the start of charts for attendees to share their food fit for Gidlund’s competitive eatty rough,” said junior Laura Gordon, a the Celebration of Life, will be mailed favorite memories of Gidlund or funny ing tastes. phrases he used. Like the cranes, Picking some of his favorite foods, senior RA in McNary Hall. “We think to his family as a symbol of support. about it every day.”

Throughout the evening, friends UHDS will mail these to his family. like hot dogs and pizza, people gathGordon and her staff decided to contributed to the effort and added to Before watching the slideshow, asso ered and found community support make 1,000 paper cranes as a way to the collection of colorful cranes. in this difficult time. show their support to the family. The UHDS also hung sheets from flip See GIDLUND | page 4

OSU toxicologist carries out drug testing on dogs at the Iditarod Sled Dog Race

By Dacotah-Victoria Splichalova THE DAILY BAROMETER

Mushers and their dog teams are currently midway through 1,049 miles of treacherous mountain ranges, thick forests, barren tundra and miles of wind-piercing coastlines. Temperatures are lower than zero degrees, winds can hinder any visibility and the dangers of traveling through long hours of darkness are constant.

All of this is standard for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race.

Long before the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1973, dog sleds carried indigenous people and explorers along the snowy Alaska terrain. The trail is the Gold Rush route of the early 1900s — the same trail later used to transport diphtheria serum in 1925, when the epidemic had expanded to as far as Alaska’s remote outreaches.

Sled dogs and mushers made it possible to cross the nearly 700-mile treacherous path from Nenana to Nome in order to stop the outbreak.

A statue honoring Balto, one of the lead dogs on that team, was built in New York City’s Central Park in 1926.

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Morrie Craig, an OSU professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, pets one of the sled dogs working at the Iditarod.

Joe Reddington watching snowmobiles take over, discarding the sled dogs’ importance. He organized a race to protect sled dog racing. He chose the Iditarod trail to memorialize the diphtheria run of 1925.

As the race gained popularity, complaints from animal rights activists about the treatment of the dogs rose.

That’s when four leading mushers contacted Morrie Craig for help. They asked Craig, professor of toxicology in

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the College of Veterinary Medicine at Oregon State University, to design the initial drug-testing for the Iditarod two decades ago.

At the time, Craig had published his book, “Care of the racing greyhound: A guide for trainers, breeders and veterinarians,” and had become nationally recognized as the go-to professional for this kind of work.

Craig was asked to be the chief of drug testing and he has been working

at the race ever since.

This year’s race began Saturday.

The goal behind Craig’s work at the Iditarod is to provide quality care for the dogs by giving them drug testing, which maintains the integrity of the race.

There are 16 dogs per team and 70 teams total.

“We don’t test every dog on the team, instead we pick from a select number of dogs, usually six to nine dogs out of the 16, and it’s our choice,” Craig said.

Because it is too expensive and timeconsuming to test every dog, Craig designed a testing system with an approximate 87 percent chance that if a dog were juiced, Craig would catch it.

Craig’s group is looking at a range of approximately 300 different types of drugs. The design has the drugs broken down into several classes such as nonsteroidals, steroids, corticosteroids or beta-blockers.

This method fosters a high probability that if someone were using drugs on their dogs, it would be caught.

“One simply cannot ask me how many teams we have caught,” Craig said. “Every major sporting event as long as it’s been around has always tested for drugs. We leave it private as to how many we catch and the penalties because this is a non-profit group of racers, and we aim to maintain the

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Property managers, Corvallis police, Oregon State University guide potential student renters

By Emma-Kate Schaake THE DAILY BAROMETER

The approaching spring term brings with it the looming end of contracts and leases, leaving students wondering where and how they will live come fall term.

The first annual off-campus housing fair, hosted by Associated Students of Oregon State University, aimed to present resources for students as they try to navigate the rental housing market.

Property managing groups, and other OSU and Corvallis entities, gathered in the Memorial Union ballroom to answer questions and offer advice on renting and appropriate student conduct.

Representatives from the office of Student Conduct and Community Standards were set up at the fair to See HOUSING | page 4

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Employees didn’t notice while the crime happened, but it was discovered when inventory was taken the following day.

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During the previous night, someone put super glue in the two-door locks, rendering them useless. There are no suspects in the case.

Excuses so random they have to be true Someone called in a noise complaint and possible domestic case near the 900 block of 15th Street. The complainant a fenced area and put the border collie said they heard screaming, banging noisin a kennel. The victim explained that es and crying coming from an apartment. the dogs chased him and attempted to When Corvallis police arrived, they found bite him. Both dog owners were cited for a male and female arguing. The female said she was allegedly crying about her unprovoked attack. schoolwork and the male was arguing with her about it. Authorities noticed Tuesday, February 25 scratches on both people. The male said Revenge on a different dog his was from a badminton accident and An employee from the hot dog vendor the female’s was from popping a pimple.

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Oregon State Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships busy preparing for next term, next year

By Tori Hittner

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The Oregon State University Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships will award roughly $250 million in scholarships, loans and grants to students for the 2014-15 academic year. More than 19,000 students will benefit from the large amount of aid.

With requests for both spring term and the 2014-15 academic year flooding in, the financial aid office stays busy trying to provide for the needs of as many students as possible.

Thus far, the OSU Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships has received for consideration more than 30,000 Free Applications for Federal Student Aid, a number reflective of growing enrollment.

“We look at the pool of applications and start making awards later in March to kick off the next year,” said department director Doug Severs. “We consider each (student) for financial aid and email them an award letter.”

This time of year, the financial aid office

works closely with the enrollment and admissions department to gain pertinent information like expected acceptance rates. Collaboration is key when the financial aid office must determine how much funding can go to each student.

“We work in conjunction with admissions and registrations and coordinate that way,” Severs said. “We look at the student population, the students you’re recruiting (and) how they fit into the scholarship application process.”

Providing adequate funding for so many students can prove to be a challenge, but Severs said more money will continue to trickle in as funds appear from various scholarship donation campaigns.

These added awards will help defray the stress placed on scholarship funds from increased enrollment.

Student applications will continue to be considered and evaluated until the beginning of spring term, when most students will receive their financial award letters. The application process for summer financial aid will occur toward the end of the term.

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Rockne “Rocky” Freitas was honored Thursday with the E.B. Lemon Distinguished Alumni Award.

The Oregon State University Alumni Association gives the award, considered to be the highest honor from the association, annually to alumni “who make significant contributions to society and whose accomplishments and careers bring acclaim to the university,” according to an OSU press release.

Freitas will return to Corvallis April 25 for a ceremony to receive the award. He is currently the chancellor of the University of Hawaii-West Oahu.

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Why Northwest mills want China to buy lumber instead of logs Story and photos by Cassandra Profita EARTHFIX

TILLAMOOK — Mark Elston followed his father into the timber industry back when business was booming.

“When I started, you could really mess things up and still make good money,” he said.

“You can’t do that anymore.”

Elston runs a lumber mill in Tillamook, Ore., for Hampton Affiliates. The company has spent millions on energy efficiency and technology upgrades that allow his mill to make the most out of every log.

But despite those investments, the mill was on the ropes after the U.S. housing market collapsed in 2008.

Northwest lumber mills suffered a one-two punch in the wake of that collapse: First, they lost their home-building customers in the U.S. Then, log buyers in China drove up the cost of their feedstock logs.

Even after laying off workers and cutting operations, the mills were still limping along. They needed to make more money on their lumber to make up for the higher cost they were paying for logs. They also needed new customers.

The answer? Hampton started asking Chinese companies to buy lumber, too. Elston said it took another round of investments before Hampton had the expertise to cultivate a customer base in China and produce lumber those customers wanted to buy.

But investing in lumber exports has paid off for his mill.

cent of the total cost of doing business with a sawmill,” Culbertson said. “So, when log prices rise that dramatically, of course it’s going to have a huge impact on the total cost of their doing business.”

As the U.S. economy started recovering, Northwest mills were competing for logs with their counterparts in China.

Chinese sawmills were receiving the raw logs from the Northwest and cutting them Tillamook mill manager Mark Elston says without efforts to into lumber that was primarily being used to make forms for export lumber to China, his mill would have gone under. concrete buildings.

“Had we not, we may not be of a building boom. So, timberElston said Northwest here today,” he said. land owners in the Northwest mills can easily out-compete Competition for milling started selling raw logs to Chinese mills in every way but China instead of local mills. one: Paying higher log prices.

Northwest logs The Northwest timber And as more and more logs “That’s what we’re up industry’s export story of late were sold overseas, the price against,” he said. “They’re willof those logs went up. hasn’t been about finished ing to pay those prices for logs, “We haven’t seen log prices and many domestic mills can’t lumber, though. It’s been about raw logs. Log exports from the as high as they currently are pay those prices.”

Northwest grew by another 20 in over 10 years,” said Gordon percent last year, and they’ve Culbertson, a Northwest forest industry analyst with doubled since 2009.

The surge in raw-log exports Forest2Market. coincided with a dramatic drop in demand for lumber for home-building in the U.S. - a drop that was devastating to Northwest lumber mills.

“We had the Great Recession Research shows milling in the U.S., and it was horlumber in the Northwest rific on our industry and our creates more local jobs than company in particular,” said Logs head into Hampton’s exporting logs.

Steve Zika, CEO of Hampton Tillamook mill.

Affiliates. “We didn’t close any Getting to China to buy Sawmills, of course, need sawmills but we were laying off lumber instead of logs people because we just didn’t raw logs to operate. And thanks The fact that logs were have demand in housing in to rising log prices, their operating expenses were going up bypassing local mills on the U.S.” their way to China reignited The Chinese economy up at time when business was a debate over whether log already down. wasn’t having that problem.

See LUMBER | page 3 In fact, China was in the midst “The cost of logs is 75 per-

Calendar 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.

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

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

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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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Thursday, March 20 Meetings Baha’i Campus Association, 12:30pm, MU Talisman Room. A discussion - Is there a universal language?

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new log export proposal for “We’ve somehow got to con- has to be packed in containers the Port of Newport is danger- vince them to buy lumber ver- before it can be shipped. That ously close to his company’s sus logs,� Zika said. means you can’t ship lumTillamook mill and could comMaking the switch ber out of any port. Hampton exports are actually good for had to get its lumthe Northwest economy. While pete for logs from some of the same timberland ber onto ships at the log exports helped buoy forest Port of Portland. It landowners and loggers during the mill relies on. “I will be the one had to hire new peothe recession, they put local who has to go down ple, change its sales mills at risk. there and tell them that office hours to cater “I think everybody would to its new customagree that it would be bet- we may have to close this sawmill down if ers across the Pacific, ter if Oregon logs were proand adjust its sawcessed into higher-value prod- the log export situation doesn’t change,�

Zika mills to cut lumber ucts in Oregon,� said Oregon in new dimensions.

Department of Forestry econo- said. “That’s what keeps me up at night.� “It’s hard,� Zika mist Gary Lettman. Research Zika’s strategy to presaid. “It requires shows sending logs to local more working capimills creates three jobs for serve his company’s tal, more patience. every million board feet of tim- sawmills - in Tillamook Half of the lumber made at Hampton’s and elsewhere in the It’s not just pickber while exporting the same Tillamook mill is exported. ing up a phone and volume of logs adds less than Pacific Northwest - is not to shut down all saying, ‘Hey, here’s one job to the local economy.

Hampton’s effort to export the building products com“There are considerably log exports but to get more more jobs from domestically Chinese builders to buy lumber lumber to China started when pany in China.’ It doesn’t work the company was shopping for like that. You have to develop processing logs than there is instead. new customers to make up relationships.� from exporting for the dismal U.S. housing Kit LaBelle, Hampton’s global them,� Lettman market.

Zika said he found logistics manager, said shipsaid. a lot of potential in China. ping lumber to new overseas China’s build“It’s hard to picture until markets has been a gameing boom has you go over there,� he said. changer for the company. In also spurred “It’s huge. There’s so many five years, Hampton has gone Chinese compapeople. There’s just a lot from shipping about 5 percent nies to import of opportunity over there. of its sales to Asia - China, lumber —just They don’t have a lot of Japan, Korea and Taiwan - to not nearly as their own wood products.� 25 percent. And it’s not just much lumber as But changing operations exporting lumber from its own raw logs. to sell lumber into Asian mills but from other mills as Zika says sawmarkets wasn’t something well. mills could still that could happen over“Our company grew quite a be in trouble if night. There are language bit on the international side,� log exports conbarriers and logistical hur- LaBelle said. “There’s a lot of tinue to grow. A Lumber destined for export markets. dles. Unlike logs, lumber cargo we didn’t used to do,

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a bit of a shortage,� she said. “Then the domestic price would go up because all of a sudden you have less wood because it’s gone overseas, right?�

Hampton’s mills are still running at two-thirds of capacity, but Zika’s hoping that could change if lumber prices go up. “If lumber prices continue to go up, then we can outcompete the Chinese for logs,�

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but now we know how. I think there’s a lot of hope that sending lumber overseas will open another door for the business as a whole.�

LaBelle said the same principles that drove up log prices - lots of demand competing for a limited supply - could also drive up lumber prices. “If we get rid of a whole bunch of lumber here, it creates

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ciate director in UHDS residential education Ann Marie Klotz shared a message sent from Gidlund’s mother.

In the note, she said she would never stop missing her son, and she hoped this would serve as a reminder of how depression can take a severe toll on a person’s life. She wrote that it is OK to say “I need help.”

Jim Gouveia, a licensed clinical social worker for Counseling and Psychological Services, attended the celebration in case anyone wanted or needed to talk.

CAPS has provided support to students and UHDS staff since early February.

After the slideshow, silence filled the room before people gradually shared personal stories about their encounters with Gidlund.

Among them was Chelsea Duke, a previous RA who knew Gidlund from last year.

Duke said one of her first encounters with Gidlund was in MarketplaceWest Dining Center.

He was eating ribs from Cooper’s MEGAN CAMPBELL | THE DAILY BAROMETER Creek when she pointed out that Attendees shared favorite memories of Peter he had a spot of barbecue on his Gidlund.

These will be mailed to his family. cheek. With barbecue-covered hands, he wiped at both cheeks, underwear. which covered his face in the sauce.

After several people spoke, Klotz stood Duke said Gidlund seemed happiest and asked that people focus on these when eating ribs. memories and keep them alive.

Everyone agreed that Gidlund had a Afterward, for those who wanted to fierce enthusiasm for life that fueled his share their stories with Gidlund’s family, goofy, fun spirit.

UHDS provided a video camera so people Sam Fricke, who was not in attendance could record personal messages to mail to but knew Gidlund from last year, shared San Diego. one of his favorite memories highlighting For those who are looking to speak Gidlund’s goofy manner. with a counselor, CAPS is located on Fricke described the way in which his the fifth floor of Snell Hall and is open former RA used to sneak to the restroom Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. in the residence hall.

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address,” Gelser said.

The newest bill would require public reports made each year with information on youth suicides, information on them and how various Oregon campuses were affected by them, Gelser said.

“That is going to help us have a more public conversation about youth suicide, which historically has been difficult to have,” Gelser said.

Taylor Sarman, executive director of government affairs with the Associated Students of Oregon State University, said the bill would help ensure students stay safe and focused on their higher education goals.

“I think we’re lucky to have a representative like Gelser who’s bringing these issues to the forefront,” Sarman said.

Many students recently mourned the loss of Peter Gidlund, a student who took his own life Feb. 6.

“When an event like this happens, it really sends wavelengths across Beaver Nation,” Sarman said. “This is why we need to keep providing resources to students and make sure we know they’re available.”

Jackie Alvarez, director of Counseling and Psychological Services at OSU, said counselors reach out to as many students as they can during times of campus-wide distress.

In terms of loss, community members could experience a range of emotions and require someone to talk to.

“Depending on the nature of the situation, we try to individualize the response for the communities most affected,” Alvarez said.

Alvarez said counselors work closely with community leaders across campus to ensure other students know where to find assistance.

CAPS functions as a 24-hour service that allows students to reach out and talk to someone when needed.

Students are encouraged to call CAPS at 541-737-2131, or 888-232-7192 for afterhours assistance, if they need someone to talk to. If there is an emergency, call 9-1-1.

Megan Campbell contributed to this report.

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The Iditarod costs about $2 million to put on each year, and it is thought to bring around $60 million into the state of Alaska annually, according to Craig.

This year, Craig and his group tested about one-third to one-half of the teams Feb. 23 before the race began. The group tests approximately two-thirds of the teams on the trail, followed by testing the final 25 teams that will go on to compete toward becoming this year’s winner.

“The race is nine days long, and boy it looks like they may break a record this year,” Craig said.

Due to warm weather conditions this year in Alaska, the snow has melted. With dropping temperatures, sometimes as low at 30-below zero, coupled with the wind chill factor — the snow that remains has turned into perilous sheets of ice.

The lack of snow to buffer the fallen tree limbs and rocks along the trail makes this year’s race really rough, Craig said.

This year, there have been a record number of dropouts.

“It’s cold and the dogs have been moving fast all along — that’s quite impressive since they’re basically running on ice,”

HOUSING n Continued from page 4 let students know of the existing policies and resources available on campus.

“We want people to be aware of our office, the purpose of our office and how we can help you succeed,” said Sophie Wilson, graduate student and hearing officer with the Office of Student Conduct.

The Student Code of Conduct applies both on and off campus, which means the university will deal with violations of state, local or federal laws, as well as university code.

Students just moving into their own place may be surprised to see a police officer knocking on their door instead of a disciplinary parent or resident assistant.

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The nine-day, 1,049-mile Iditarod Sled Dog Race stretches through Alaska’s treacherous mountain ranges, thick frosts, barren tundra and wind-piercing coastlines.

Craig said.

For Craig, every year working at the The dogs are happy in the colder tem- Iditarod is a challenge, but it’s one that perature because they are so well insulated. makes it worth enduring the phenomenal The cool helps them not to get overheated. cold and ongoing sleep deprivation.

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munity now and you need to understand your responsibility as a tenant and community member,” said Corvallis Police Officer Nick Hurley.

Hurley explained that tenants do have a right to host a party in their house or apartment, but they also have a responsibility to their neighborhood and greater community. He also emphasized safety and education to help students make the transition.

All the property management companies represented at the fair presented their options and advice for students, but Corvallis Housing Program Specialist Bob Loewen suggested that students take a measured approach to choosing their next place to live.

“I equate housing with dating,” Loewen said.

In other words, if you don’t love

the first place you see, there are other options out there.

“There are resources and choices,” Loewen said.

However, those choices can be overwhelming, especially for first-time renters.

Many students, like freshman in exercise and sports science Kelley Girouard, went to the fair to learn the basics of renting.

“How do we know what’s going to be available and when it will be available?” Girouard asked.

Girouard and her potential roommate for next year, freshman in exercise and sports science Madison Burgdofer, both lived in a dorm this year, under the fall 2013 OSU policy that requires freshman to live on campus.

“I want to know how the whole process works,” Burgdofer said. “I’ve never rented a house

before.”

Patti Lundeen of Sterling Management Group suggested students establish parameters before searching for available units.

“Make a list of what you need,” Lundeen said. “Then you can filter out what’s not going to work, and narrow down.”

Lundeen and her associate, Steve Omernik, were pleasantly surprised by the student turnout and took the opportunity to answer all of the frequently asked questions they receive throughout the year, and connect with potential renters.

“It’s great to spend a little more quality time with students on how the process works,” Omernik said.

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he Pac-12 Tournament became a bit more important for the Oregon State men’s basketball team this week.

See, the Beavers want to play in a respectable postseason tournament — like the NIT, not that one thing they won in 2009.

And a .500 league mark typically gets power-conference teams into respectable postseason tournaments.

Well, the Beavers’ conference record dipped to three games below .500 with Wednesday’s 74-69 loss to No. 3 Arizona. They have one regular-season game remaining: Saturday’s home date with Arizona State.

Do the math.

They’ll finish either two or four games worse than .500 in conference.

So yeah, OSU (15-14, 7-10 Pac-12) probably needs to make a bit of noise in Las Vegas next week to feel good about its postseason outlook.

How much noise is anyone’s guess.

Had the Beavers upset mighty Arizona, or not blown a double-digit lead at UCLA three days earlier, they’d be looking to all but lock up an NIT bid Saturday.

What happens in Vegas is now equally as important as the ASU game.

So let’s peak ahead and look at how the Pac-12 Tournament field is coming together.

Here are three things we know about OSU’s draw: 1. The Beavers will be the 10-seed.

They’ll face the seven-seed, which could be any one of four teams (more on that below), at 6 p.m. Wednesday inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

2. If OSU wins its first-round matchup, it’ll face two-seed UCLA at 6 p.m.

Thursday. The Bruins are solid but beatable, as OSU proved in a 71-67 win on Feb. 2.

3. Arizona and OSU are on opposite sides of the bracket. A silver lining to being a 10-seed.

Who might OSU play in the first round?

Either Oregon, Cal, Stanford or Utah.

Three games on Saturday could play a role in determining which team it’ll be.

• Utah @ Stanford • Arizona @ Oregon • Colorado @ California Here’s how it breaks down: Oregon (21-8, 9-8) The Ducks will be the seven-seed if: • They lose to Arizona and Stanford beats Utah; or • if they beat Arizona and Cal beats Colorado Likelihood: A coin flip. The Ducks are certainly the odds-on favorite to end up as the seven-seed.

Why OSU may like this matchup: The Ducks built an early 19-point lead last meeting by connecting on their first seven 3-point attempts. Seven!

And the Beavers still fought back and made it a game in the second half.

Odds say the Ducks’ won’t repeat that feat.

Why OSU may not like this matchup: The Ducks are hot. Perhaps as hot as they were when they opened the season 13-0. They’ve won six straight to re-enter the NCAA Tournament picture. It’s scary to think they could run their streak to seven by upsetting Arizona and still end up in this game.

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The Beavers face Utah in 2nd round Friday at 8:30 p.m.

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Oregon State’s 2013-14 regular season was historically good.

For the first time in program history, the Beavers (21-9, 13-5 Pac-12) have won 13 conference games. They finished in a tie for second place in the Pac-12 standings, which the program has done only once before.

The Beavers also ended the season on a nine-game winning streak, the school’s longest since the conference originally formed in 1986-87.

Freshman point guard Sydney Wiese averaged 13.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and four assists per game this season en route to being named to both the All-Pac-12 and the Pac-12 AllFreshman teams.

Wiese broke the school record for made 3-pointers in a single season (94) and is second all-time among OSU freshmen in single-season assists (121). Despite the historical significance of her season and the unforeseen success of her team, Wiese has See WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | page 6

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Junior guard Ali Gibson and freshman guard Sydney Wiese walk up the court against Arizona Friday in Gill Coliseum.

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Freshman guard Hallice Cooke crouches on defense against Arizona Wednesday in Gill Coliseum.

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In the first round of the Pac-12 regular season, Oregon State lost to No. 3 Arizona and Arizona State by 22 and four points, respectively.

OSU made a 17-point improvement against Arizona in the 74-69 loss Wednesday night.

The Beavers (15-14, 7-10 Pac-12) will only need a five-point uptick against ASU (21-9, 10-7) Saturday in the final game of the season in Gill Coliseum.

OSU’s 86-82 defeat to the Sun Devils was the second overtime game in three contests and the fourthconsecutive game decided by six points or less.

Since then, OSU has gone 2-5 with the only two single-digit differentials coming in the last two games to Arizona and UCLA. The Beavers have taken a seat in the 10th-place spot in the Pac-12 standings, which will not change

regardless of the result Saturday.

In the meantime, ASU has elevated to a third-place tie in the conference with a 69-66 double overtime triumph over Arizona a week after the win against OSU. A pair of losses to Colorado and Utah followed that upset.

For the Beavers, bouncing back from a grinding defeat Wednesday will be key in taking home a win on senior night.

“They were really disappointed,” said head coach Craig Robinson. “We use whatever motivation we can and I want them to be confident. I think confidence along with disappointment leads to a good outcome. That’s how we came into (the Arizona) game after the UCLA game.”

UCLA dissipated an 11-point Beaver lead in the game prior to the matchup with Arizona, feeding a similar sense of disappointment that was also apparent Wednesday night.

“After that first run where (Arizona) got up (7-0) and we came back, that was a perfect example of having the kind of confidence to know that you can be in this game,” Robinson said.

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No. 5 Oregon State enters a four-game weekend series against Northern Illinois coming off two convincing victories.

The Beavers (10-3) went 3-1 against Wright State last weekend and knocked of the University of Portland Tuesday in Goss Stadium.

The Beavers gave up only 12 runs over the five-game span, and are coming off a shutout against the Pilots.

Of the five pitchers that have started for Oregon State this season, only junior left-hander Jace Fry has an ERA higher than 2.00, and his is still just 2.82.

Sophomore Andrew Moore leads the Beavers’ starters in earned run average at 0.89, followed by senior Ben Wetzler (1.17), freshman Jake Thompson (1.42) and senior Scott Schultz (1.99).

While OSU’s established threeman rotation for Pac-12 play will be some combination of Wetzler, Moore and Fry, both Thompson and Schultz are among candidates battling for the fourth rotation spot for midweek games and eventually postseason play.

Schultz has primarily been a reliever in his four years at OSU — and

pitched in many late-inning situations out of the bullpen for much of last season — but has shown the ability to start in three games this year.

Thompson, meanwhile, is a perfect 3-0 in his first three collegiate starts.

“Jake’s got good stuff,” said head coach Pat Casey after Tuesday’s game with Portland. “He’s been good for us this year and we’d like to use him in that (midweek) spot for the time being. He’ll get better with experience.”

Thompson threw five scoreless innings of one-hit baseball in addition to seven strikeouts Tuesday night. He was eventually replaced by fellow freshman Trent Shelton, who allowed only one hit in four scoreless innings himself.

With sophomore lefty Max Engelbrekt struggling early in 2014 — he’s posted a 7.71 ERA in 2 1/3 innings and four appearances — Shelton could see himself in a bigger role if his success continues.

The freshman hasn’t allowed a run in six innings on the season.

“We need someone to fill that lefthanded reliever spot and he could be the guy,” said junior left fielder Michael Conforto. “He was great (Tuesday night) and really showed what he’s got.”

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OSU gymnastics is headed into a difficult stretch of its schedule, and an important one for its postseason aspirations.

The No. 15 Beavers’ remaining meets will all be held away from Corvallis, starting Sunday at fellow Pac-12 school No. 18 Arizona.

They want to put together a run of good meets. OSU hopes to build off of its last few competitions, in which the Beavers have been successful but have made a few mistakes that they hope to correct.

“We’re going to be all away meets from this point forward,” said associate head coach Michael Chaplin. “Postseason is away, so it helps start to prepare you for the postseason.”

Along with the pressure of propelling themselves into the postseason with good performances, Oregon State also have the stress that every student has as the end of the term rolls around.

Finals.

“It’s definitely really stressful, things are definitely getting crazy,” said junior Katelyn Ohlrich. “But when I come into the gym, it’s a good time for me to relax.”

“There’s more thrown at them, but that’s why we work so hard all the time so when this time of year rolls around we’re ready,” Chaplin added. “We try to reduce that stress as much as possible and typically they do a great job of

(handling it).”

With travel comes the difficulty of focusing on schoolwork. Chaplin says that the coaching staff tries to ensure that when the gymnasts have schoolwork to do, they do everything they can to get in and out of the gym as quickly as possible.

Junior Taylor Keeker says having a big team is helpful because many of her teammates are in the same classes and are able to help each other out with homework.

The team hopes that the preparation that they have put in during the regular season has prepared them to succeed.

“These first few meets, you get used to being in the big arenas, going against Pac-12 teams,” Keeker said. “Now going into postseason, everyone is neck-and-neck at this point and we have to go into each competition with the stance that we are going to go aggressive, you don’t hold back you can’t have regrets when you go out there.”

The team will be without senior Kelsi Blalock due to a leg injury suffered at last weekend’s meet, and possibly freshman Kaytianna McMillan’s, whose prognosis is day-to-day, though she’ll travel with the team this weekend.

With these injuries, Oregon State hopes to show its depth, which it has done the past couple weeks.

Sunday’s competition begins at 12 p.m., and will be aired live on the Pac-12 Networks.

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nation — he doesn’t think his team is where it needs to be.

“We still haven’t put everything together,” Thompson threw Tuesday, it’s likely Schultz will Casey said. “We’re not playing, offensively at least, the way we want to. There’s still a lot of get the nod as the fourth starter.

Offensively, the Beavers aren’t yet where work to be done and our guys know that. We’ll they want to be. Despite nine walks Tuesday, be better for the start of (Pac-12) play.”

Oregon State and Northern Illinois’ first game OSU only had seven hits en route to its five is Friday at 5:05 p.m. in Goss Stadium. runs scored.

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Colorado beats Cal Likelihood: Maybe? Three things have to happen, which makes this maybe less likely Stanford (18-11, 9-8) The Cardinal will be the than Stanford’s maybe.

Why OSU may like this seven-seed if: • They lose to Utah and matchup: The Beavers won’t have to deal with altitude Arizona beats Oregon Likelihood: Stanford has in Las Vegas. They slogged lost three straight. Utah has through an 80-69 loss to the won three straight. Arizona is Utes in Salt Lake City. Oh, and Eric Moreland, who had Arizona. Maybe?

Why OSU may like this just returned from a 12-game matchup: The Beavers are suspension, was nowhere near 1-0 against Stanford and 1-3 midseason form.

Why OSU may not like this against the rest of the teams on this list. OSU beat the Cardinal, matchup: The Utes’ dreadfully 81-72, in Corvallis back on poor nonconference strength of schedule has prevented Jan. 9.

Why OSU may not like this them from receiving much matchup: When was the last national love this season, time an NCAA Tournament despite the fact that they’re team lost to Oregon State simply better than some of twice in the same season? The the 36 teams that will receive Cardinal, if you didn’t know, NCAA Tournament at-large should make the 68-team field. bids. A capable team that knows its only chance to get Utah (20-9, 9-8) The Utes will be the seven- to the Big Dance is to make a deep run in the conference seed if: • They lose to Stanford, tourney? Dangerous.

Cal (18-12, 9-8) Oregon beats Arizona and The Golden Bears will be

the seven-seed if: • They lose to Colorado, Oregon beats Arizona and Utah beats Stanford Likelihood: Not going to happen because home court dominates in this conference.

Cal and Stanford each lost at home Wednesday. No way they both lose consecutive home games, right?

Why OSU may like this matchup: To avenge the Jan. 11 game in which OSU blew a 10-point halftime lead at home to Cal. And the Golden Bears are vulnerable right now, having lost eight of their last 12.

Why OSU may not like this matchup: Quality point guards have had their way with the Beavers this season.

Cal has one of the Pac-12’s best in senior Justin Cobbs, who scored all 20 of his points versus OSU in the second half.

What happens if he decides to attack from the get-go?

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The Oregon State softball team came back from California undefeated in the Long Beach State Invite — albeit with only one game played due to the weather.

Five games were postponed because of rain, though the matchup with UC Santa Barbara has already been rescheduled for April 2.

The Beavers defeated Cal State Fullerton, 5-2, in their first and only game of the tournament.

“It was a great win against a great team,” said head coach Laura Berg. “They beat (No. 13) Oklahoma, and for us to come out and play well the way we did is fantastic.”

The next five contests were canceled, including a matchup with No. 4 Michigan.

“It was disappointing but I’m proud of my teammate for getting out and doing her job against Cal State Fullerton,” added junior pitcher Melanie Dembinski.

The teammate she is referring to is senior pitcher Amanda Najdek, who recorded

a complete game against CSF, allowing only five hits.

“It felt great — just hitting my spots, making the ball break and getting my team ground balls,” Najdek said.

Inducing ground balls has been Najdek’s method of success this year, getting 87 outs on grounders compared to 30 from fly outs.

Najdek faced the Titans in her Oregon State debut last year, recording a season-high three strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings of relief work.

In that game she replaced Tina Andreana, who has since graduated along with fellow pitcher Marina Demore.

Najdek has replaced Andreana and Demore by being able to fill either role of a starting or relief pitcher, a transition Berg needed from Najdek.

“She has done a great job accepting any role we throw at her,” Berg said. “She could be a starter, she could be a reliever, she could be someone that we need to get out of a big inning.”

Against CSF last week, Najdek’s 11 strikeouts were the most by a Beaver pitcher in one game since Andreana matched that mark in 2011.

With the complete game, Najdek has now pitched 27 of the last 29 innings for Oregon State while tossing 528 pitches

MEN’S BASKETBALL n Continued from page 5 The Beavers were in control at various times against the Wildcats, but 17 turnovers prevented a consistent offense.

“We were playing and playing together, it was just the turnovers that messed us up,” said senior forward Devon Collier. “If we minimize those, we win most of our games.”

“We just have guys who are being aggressive and trying to make plays,” Robinson added. “The plays that we’re trying to make could easily go the other way.”

In the first Arizona State battle, the Sun Devils were paced by 25 points from senior guard Jermaine Marshall and 23 from sophomore guard Jahii Carson.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL n Continued from page 5 managed to stay humble.

“It’s an honor to get that, definitely, but I couldn’t have done it without my teammates,” Wiese said. “Everyone has been stepping up their game offensively and defensively, like I’ve been saying the past few press conferences. I just happen to hit a few shots, but they do all the hard work to get me to that point.”

Sophomore center Ruth Hamblin was named to both the All-Pac-12 honorable mention and the Pac-12 AllDefensive Team after averaging 10.1 points, 8.6 rebounds and 3.8 blocks per game. The 6-foot-6 center has recorded 115 blocks this season, the second-most in the NCAA and tied for the most in Oregon State history.

She’s helped the Beavers hold opponents to 35.4 percent shooting and 61.8 points, both of which are the second-best marks in the Pac-12.

“That’s a championship mindset,” said head coach Scott Rueck. “They’ve found joy in defense, and that’s a special thing. It really epitomizes what the team is all about. This team is a true team that’s willing to do whatever it takes to be successful.”

Adding to the postseason accolades, sophomore guard Jamie Weisner was named an All-Pac-12 honorable mention after averaging a teamhigh 13.8 points along with

in that span.

“I could see Amanda doing that all season long,” Berg said.

“With the experience she has — this is her fourth year in college ball — she knows what Division I is about and has experienced postseason play.”

Helping Najdek and the rest of the pitching staff along the way has been freshman catcher Kylie Padilla.

Padilla is one of five OSU players who currently has a .300 batting average or better — Padilla is sitting right on the .300 benchmark — but when asked if Padilla’s offensive or defensive production is more important, Berg simply says, “both.”

“She’s a mainstay; she’s a leader behind that plate,” Berg said. “She does a very good job of handling these pitchers and controlling the field. That’s a great compliment to a kid who’s a freshman.”

The teamwork between Padilla and the pitching staff will be key in the UCLA Tourney, which gets underway Friday for OSU, with games against Charleston Southern and Georgetown — both teams that OSU has never faced before in school history.

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Senior center Jordan Bachynski pulled down 15 rebounds along with 17 points in that game with seven blocks, one of seven different times he has recorded at least seven rejections this season.

The Sun Devils are the only team of the two that can change their Pac-12 standing, but with the last game before the Pac-12 Tournament, both teams are looking to head to Las Vegas coming off a win.

“We’re at the last conference game of the season and then we’ve got a tournament where anything is possible,” Robinson said. “I like our chances against anybody.”

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5.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists.

Weisner has been out with a hand injury since late January, meaning that Oregon State has reeled off nine consecutive wins without its leading scorer even playing.

Freshman guard Gabriella Hanson was named a Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable mention after averaging 9.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists per conference game.

Hanson finished the season shooting 44.3 percent from 3-point range, which is the highest clip in the Pac-12. She is closely followed by Wiese’s 44.1 percent from deep, which is the second-highest in the conference.

“We’re playing at a high level because we aren’t looking at one person,” Rueck said. “We’re moving the ball so quickly, our awareness of what’s going on inside is there, and that’s the toughest team to guard. You don’t know where it’s going to come from.”

Wrapping up the postseason awards, Rueck himself was named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year by both ESPN and the Pac-12 media. Rueck took a team that was predicted to finish eighth in the conference and coached them to a tie for second. Rueck has said that this season has exceeded his own expectations.

“Our coaches prepare us for anything,” Wiese said, “and they’re always prepared ahead of time. They always seem to be 20 steps ahead of us and everybody else. It’s incredible how much work they put into preparing us and themselves for any situation.”

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The Beavers are also incredibly young, with nine of 11 roster spots taken up by freshmen and sophomores.

Oregon State hopes its regular season success carries over into the Pac-12 Tournament, with its overall goal being to reach the NCAA Tournament after that.

With all the success they’ve had this year, the Beavers still aren’t satisfied. Unless Oregon State wins the Pac-12 Tournament, it isn’t be guaranteed an invitation to play in the NCAA Tournament. The Beavers realize they still have work to do.

“It’s been a challenge during the winning streak because you want to get excited about the wins and celebrate a little because we’ve earned them,” Wiese said. “Then again, you’re still fighting every single day for the ultimate goal, which is the NCAA Tournament and hopefully a national championship.”

The Beavers’ postseason begins with the single-elimination Pac-12 Tournament.

Having earned the third overall seed, the Beavers have a bye in the first round. They’ll play Utah, the No. 11-seed that upset six-seed Washington Thursday night, 65-53.

Oregon State’s secondround game tips off at 8:30 p.m. Friday, airing live on the Pac-12 Networks.

Mitch Mahoney, sports reporter On Twitter @MitchIsHere sports@dailybarometer.com

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t a young age we’re taught to share. Share your Game Boy with your sister, share your snack with a classmate and share your time with family. We’re told to go the extra mile because it shows we care, and that’s what helps form relationships. However, we don’t hear as much about over-sharing etiquette.

Picture a peaceful morning at home. You’re in the middle of a quiet breakfast, thinking about what your day is going to look like — or about how you wish it weren’t so early — when suddenly your roommate bombards you with the dream he

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Space aliens were invading his closet and his shoes were turning into jellyfish while his girlfriend was being abducted.

He thinks it’s a sign that he should break up with her, but you know that those signs have actually been as numerous as they’ve been obvious

ever since they started going out.

Regardless of his profound interpretation of the dream, he goes on to describe it in even greater detail.

Eventually, you wonder if he’s just making things up. That’s when you resolve to keep your own dreams to yourself and never burden anyone with the misfortune of sitting through a retelling of an intangible hallucination.

My biggest pet peeve about people sharing their dreams is that often, the dreamer doesn’t understand that no one cares. It was so real or awesome or profound to them that they can’t

fathom that anyone could be bored or aggravated listening to its lengthy retelling.

There have been many times when I found myself in an awkward threesome with friends and their dreams.

I’ve felt ridiculous, nodding and asking about the details like they were important, like I cared.

I understand that dreams are mysterious and sometimes enlightening, but sharing them is usually a tedious task forced onto the listener.

I remember when I was young, my older brother told me that he didn’t See SCOTTALINE | page 8

People prioritize imaginary fears more than realistic ones W

hen I was a kid, I developed a bizarre fear of eyes. Specifically, eyes staring out from the indeterminable darkness of the corner of my bedroom.

It was an irrational fear, but it still affected me for a decent amount of time.

Comparatively, the idea of my home burning down wasn’t as terrifying to me — we’d done the whole stop, drop and roll thing in kindergarten. We learned the all-important numbers of 9-1-1. I knew how to crawl under the dangerous smoke and to do whatever the firemen said.

I was set.

The act of planning what to do in a terrifying situation made what would be genuinely terrifying real-

ent in humans today. It’s made evident by the active protesting of children in Western culture when going to bed alone.

Cassie But how is it that people are able to shoulder and deal with real-life horrors — the world being polluted, world situations secondary in terror government corruption, potential to imaginary things, like a horde of war, disease and natural disasters — without this same feeling of terror? zombies.

A piece in The Huffington Post So why these adherences to illogical essentially blames it on: enveloping fears of imaginary things?

The answer goes back to when oneself in faith, chewing gum, not humans lived in hunter-gatherer situ- listening to National Public Radio and ations, according to “The Monsters talking to your mom.

Under the Bed Are Real: Why Children The concept of closing yourself Protest Bedtime.” Back then, leaving off to the news is something I find a child alone in the dark to sleep on particularly interesting, because it its own was just asking for a predator suggests that real-world problems to come along and eat it. do have the potential to bring about This evolutionary echo is still pres- concern in others. It’s only by ignor-

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ing it that we can achieve relaxation.

And then, of course, we all go and see “Devil’s Due” in the theaters and scream through our popcorn.

Director Rob Zombie’s take on this is that we exist in a jaded society, according NPR’s “Extreme Horror: Basic Escapism or Simply Base?”

“They go to their job every day … and they want to go to the movies, and they want an experience,” he says. “They either want to be scared, or they want to laugh, or they want to cry — they just want to be affected by something.”

But is this better or worse, that society would rather be horrified by fiction than by what is going on in the world?

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Beware: Oregon spring weather is fickle

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arch is upon us, and with March comes the inevitable two-day span when the sun comes out and everybody’s fooled into thinking the weather is getting nice again.

It happens every year. The temperature rises above 65, and people go into summer mode.

If you walk down Greek Row, you’ll see frisbees being thrown, barbecues fired up and bikinis and bro-tanks on every lawn.

The sand volleyball courts at Dixon Recreation Center will get used for the first time in 2014.

If you have a class in the Milam Hall auditorium, you’ll know what it feels like to sit through a lecture in the depths of hell.

Lawnmowers will roar throughout the campus, especially right next to your classroom’s open window.

As it goes every year though, the nice weather will pass in a couple days, and we will be back to the gloomy showers that exemplify an Oregon spring. I just hope I can get in a round of golf while the ground is somewhat dry.

Don’t be surprised to go from wearing flip-flops, shorts and a tank top Monday to sweats, a sweatshirt, boots and a raincoat Tuesday.

It’s almost as big of a disparity in happiness as finishing watching “Tosh.0” and having it be followed by

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ea to the 2014 Academy Awards. It was one of the best groupings of films in one year we’ve seen in more than a decade. We thoroughly enjoyed the minimal coverage we were able to give it.

Yea to Lupita Nyong’o’s brother for photo-bombing the TwitPic that literally broke Twitter. He somehow managed to sneak into a photo with Jennifer Lawrence, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Kevin Spacey, Ellen DeGeneres, Bradley Cooper, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep and his sister. Nicely done, Peter Nyong’o.

Nay to Oscar season being over, and the sad realization that the “Need for Speed” movie with Aaron Paul might be the biggest movie to come out for a while. We love you, Jesse Pinkman, but that movie looks more hideous than that old Winnebago.

Yea to Oregon State University assistant professor Stacey Smith getting published in The New York Times.

Nay to being a few days behind on stories.

Yea to medical marijuana dispensary applications opening Monday. We won’t comment further on this “yea,” for the sake of not confirming some of the stereotypes about journalists.

Nay to Ken Griffey Jr.’s interview on ESPN this week. Griffey looked and sounded like he just came from a three-hour trip at a medical marijuana dispensary.

Yea to the newsroom rocking out to Information Society over and over and over again. OSU soil science professor James Cassidy is the truest example of a legend. We’ll walk across the soil every day for the rest of time, and we’ll love the dirt beneath our feet because of you, James Cassidy. Thank you for your everlasting awesomeness and we can’t wait for the next time the band plays in this great, soil-filled state.

Nay to the dirt beneath our feet when it rains and it’s mud that gets everywhere.

Yea to pure energy.

Nay to driving “What’s On Your Mind — Pure Energy” by Information Society into the ground (more like, into the soil) to the point that everyone is already sick of it after two days.

Yea to the renewed bursts of energy we get during week nine to feverishly do all the work we put off in the other eight weeks.

Yea to another impressive week of news, sports and editorials.

Nay to putting in a correction to correct an entire article. Yikes.

Yea to a Barometer legend getting a new, better job and moving back to the valley.

Nay to certain newspapers in certain areas of the southwest part of Oregon being slaves to their advertisers. It’s one thing to fit a stereotype of a journalist; it’s another to throw away all journalistic integrity for the sake of a couple more bucks.

Yea to the rising excitement for the return of Major League Baseball.

Yea to OSU catcher Logan Ice referencing the Oakland A’s and “Moneyball” in Sunday’s post-game interviews. In Billy Beane We Trust.

See you at the Peacock.

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The old trolley bridge at the end of Portland Avenue in Gladstone.

GLADSTONE — Rising waters have lent some urgency to efforts to determine whether to save or scrap the old trolley bridge at the end of Portland Avenue in Gladstone.

Nature, by destroying the bridge during this late-winter storm, may make the decision for several groups who haven’t been able to come to a decision in time.

Last year Metro gave $201,892 to the city in the hopes of providing access to people walking and biking across the Clackamas River by studying the feasibility of rehabilitating the historic bridge as an extension of the Trolley Trail into Oregon City.

Officials are warning boaters not to pass under an abandoned trolley bridge after it appeared to be tilting under the stress of a swelling Clackamas River early

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Aaron Hunt, spokeperson for current bridge owner Union Pacific Railroad, could not estimate a timeline for determining possible next steps, as railroadcompany engineers are still evaluating the situation.

“We are working with local emergency responders to assure that residents in the area are not impacted in any way,” Hunt said. “The cause of the settling is under investigation.”

Last year, railroad officials said the bridge had “passed recent inspections to verify structural integrity.” But Oregon City officials called it “severely undermined” and worried that its nearly 1,000 tons of iron, steel and concrete will fall into the river, disrupting the fragile ecosystem around Clackamette Cove.

In a letter to Union Pacific in January 2013, Oregon City officials put the railroad company on alert.

“Once again, the abutment foundation on the Oregon City side appears to be experiencing severe erosion from the Clackamas River,” City Manager David Frasher wrote. “In response, the City Commission has requested that further investigation and/or remedial action be undertaken by UPRR and/or the State of Oregon to address these concerns. I am transmit-

ting this letter to respectfully request that UPRR more substantively address the concerns raised about the safety and stability of this structure in Oregon City.”

Those turned out not to be idle concerns. Crews working near the old bridge connecting Gladstone with Oregon City — about a mile upriver from the confluence with the Willamette River — observed its piling shifting early on March 6. Within a few hours, the top of the piling had shifted four feet towards Oregon City, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office.

County engineers brought in to examine the bridge assessed the movement and “significant and alarming,” according to a sheriff’s office new release. There are now renewed and more dire concerns for bridge stability.

Officials are advising boaters to avoid the bridge and instead use launches either above Riverside Park or below Meldrum Bar Park.

The bridge is part of an abandoned trolley line between Oregon City and Portland that was run from the early 1900s to the late 1950s by the nowdefunct Portland Traction Company. The line was purchased by Southern Pacific Railroad, which merged with Union Pacific in 1996.

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bikes, you get to have the dilemma of deciding what to wear while you ride. A coat could keep you dry, but you could work up a sweat by the time you get to class. Or you could go with no coat, and risk getting drenched by a quick spring shower.

But be realistic in the eventual sunshine, and give thanks that we’re blessed with at least a few days of warmth.

Those of us who are staying in Oregon over spring break can only hope we hit the weather lottery, and get a few warm days over the hiatus in the last week of the month.

But until then, stop complaining about how bad the weather is.

We all know. We live here.

“Kroll Show.”

“Kroll Show” is awful, if you didn’t catch that.

I’m not one of those people who complains about the rain.

I grew up here. I’m used to it.

This is a warning for those of you who are transplants, who will struggle with the false hope that March’s weather is going to give you.

Corvallis gets an average of 4.44 inches of rain each March.

It gets better quickly though:

by May, that number is nearly cut in half, with temperatures averaging in the high 60s.

It gets better. Cling to that, if you have to.

Springtime weather in Oregon fluctuates wildly. Be prepared for sun and showers on any given day.

For those of you who ride

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RUUD n Continued from page 7 Does this make us the ultimate horror fans, due to this escapist immersion, or does it instead make us the ultimate fraidy cats, because we can’t handle the real-life horrors that exist in our world?

At least with the real-life concept of my house burning down, I was told what I could do to help myself.

When you grow up and have to face the music of a world falling apart either naturally or with human assistance — that’s a monster under the bed that can’t be grown out of. t

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SCOTTALINE n Continued from page 7 have dreams. I assumed it was a boy thing, because everything at the age of 11 could be explained in terms of the divide between boys and girls.

The truth is, he probably didn’t remember his dreams — which might have been why he had so many friends.

Most dreams are forgotten after waking up. This is partly contributed to the lack of the norepinephrine hormone in the cerebral cortex, which is a fancy term for the region in your brain that influences memory, language and consciousness, according to “Why Do Memories of Vivid Dreams

Disappear Soon After Waking Up?” by Ernest Hartmann.

But because we are so based on emotion and routine, the dreams that pull at our heartstrings or occur frequently are the ones we often remember the most.

It’s natural to want to share dreams that stimulate sentimental reactions or plague our nights with encores. So if you must share, start practicing your editing skills. Only give your audience the good parts, keeping in mind that they’re probably thinking about something else anyway. t

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