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Army ROTC holds annual award ceremony, honors promising cadets with medals of achievement, scholarships By Chris Correll
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Lt. Col. Eric D. Larson presents the Battalion Commanders Plaque to biology senior and Army ROTC cadet Benjamin Stubbs during Friday’s annual Army ROTC award ceremony.
For the past four years, Cadet Benjamin Stubbs has persevered as an officer-in-training of the Oregon State Beaver Battalion. Last Friday, March 6, he stood before peers, parents and decorated veterans — including soldiers from World War II and Vietnam — to receive an award acknowledging his outstanding service to OSU’s Army ROTC branch. The plaque recognizing his leadership as battalion commander was the last in a long line of medals, scholarships and other awards granted to the cadets who displayed the most hard work and achievement throughout the year. Life as a student and a cadet with obligations to the program is a demanding task. Rising to leadership positions with ever-expanding responsibilities is encouraged in ROTC, but cadets who do exceptionally well in their roles are given due credit at the annual award ceremony. Thanks to contributions from the Benton Community Foundation, thousands of dollars in scholarships go toward helping ROTC candidates every year — more than $280,000 since 1991. Stubbs falls within a special section of cadets. As a senior drawing close to deployment, his concerns about Army ROTC are focused on the less experienced cadets he’ll be leaving behind. “I feel honored, but I’m more honored to see all of the younger cadets being recognized in that way,” said Stubbs, a biology major. Before graduating, Stubbs intends to leave his mark through the development of other capable leaders.
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Library study rooms provide another avenue for dead week studying By Hanna Brewer THE DAILY BAROMETER
public health major. Each of the rooms are available to undergraduate students and staff for a maximum of three hours, while faculty and graduate students are allowed a six hour maximum, based on availability.
The Valley library offers many According to the Valley Library resources to the students of webpage, there’s a 15-minute Oregon State University. Often grace period for picking up the there are tired students inside its key card; if the card isn’t picked walls well into the wee hours of up within that time, the reservathe morning. tion is cancelled and the room One resource becomes availthat the library I’ve never used the able to others. offers is the study study rooms, but it rooms. These Some of rooms can be looks like it would the rooms are reserved online designed for be awesome. ... or at the circulaspecific ways to tion desk in the Especially for writing study, for examlobby near the out cycles and things ple, some rooms library entrance. a monitor like that for biology have Each one has that can hook up been slightly and chemistry. to laptops, other soundproofed rooms are accesand is guarded by sible under the Holly Chapman an electronic key. Americans with Sophomore, environmental sciences “Honestly, I Disabilities Act don’t get them and others have an entire wall very often, but I think that that doubles as a whiteboard. they are extremely useful,” “I’ve never used the study said Adriana Villegas, a senior rooms, but it looks like it would be
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Rooms featuring monitors and projectors with connecting cables are available for reservation in the OSU Valley Library. awesome,” said Holly Chapman, a sophomore majoring in environmental science. “Especially for writing out cycles and things like that for biology and chemistry.” The specialty rooms are available on the first, second, fifth and sixth floors. There are only six dry erase wall rooms and six rooms with monitors in them: three on the first floor and three on the fifth floor. The rooms can be reserved
online, bringing out the modern technology to be able to reserve the rooms on the go. Reminders are also emailed out to those who’ve reserved rooms. “Everybody does things online; I really like the way that technology is going,” Villegas said. “I think the more high-tech we can possibly have, then no one will complain.” See Whiteboards | page 4
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Interim Director of Counseling and Psychological Services Marcey Bamba said dead week and finals week create “more pressure and stress to perform” than any other points in the term. CAPS puts on dead week activities designed to “assist students in finding balance and perspective” during their scramble to study. * SUCCEED — Stress Under Control: Create, Energize, Excel, Determine — workshop Monday, March 9 at 2 p.m. This workshop showcases a variety of stress-reduction and management techniques to aid students in “improving performance and well-being.” * Cookies and Compliments will be taking place in the Memorial Union quad Tuesday, March 10. Free cookies and words of encouragement will be given out as long as supplies last. The event starts at noon. * Mindfulness drop-in groups will also be taking place Tuesday at 3 p.m. These relaxing meditation sessions clear the mind and allow for better focus. This service will continue into finals week. There’s also a special session specifically for staff Wednesday at noon. * Soothe your body and mind in the MindSpa, a “unique sanctuary” where students can unwind both physically and mentally. Consultations are Tuesday at 5 p.m. The Daily Barometer
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Crash into house A man reportedly crashed his car into a home along Southeast Goodnight Avenue at about 12:35 in the morning. An officer arrested the man for driving under the influence of alcohol, criminal mischief in the second degree, reckless endangering and reckless driving. According to the log, the man’s blood alcohol content was .20 percent. The officer booked the man at the Benton County Jail.
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Shoplifting An officer cited a man for shoplift in the first degree after the man allegedly stole nearly $85 worth of nutritional supplements from Market of Choice. According to the log, a security staff member had seen the man put the supplements in his bag. When the officer reported to the location, the man was reportedly “in custody and compliant.”
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The Oregon State University council of the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal organization, receives their charter document Saturday, March 7 from the college council development representative of the supreme council.
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Taxes In a possible case of identity theft, a woman reported that she’d encountered a problem while trying to file taxes. According to the log, the IRS told the woman that someone else had used her social security number to file taxes. The Daily Barometer news@dailybarometer.com
Need to Know Prohibited noises: They city of Corvallis Code of Ordinances includes a list of specifically prohibited noises under Section 5.03.030.020. For instance, “erecting, excavating for, demolishing, altering, or repairing a building, roadways, or utilities” can only lawfully take place between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. unless it’s vital for public safety or the city manager issues a permit for the work, according to the ordinance. If the one doing the work occupies the property, that person may do work from 7 a.m. all the way up to 9 p.m., according to the ordinances. Other prohibited noises include “using a gong or siren upon a vehicle, other than a police, fire, or other emergency vehicle” and promoting business in public by “crying, calling, shouting, or by means of a whistle, rattle, bell, gong, clapper, horn, hammer, drum, musical instrument, or other device,” according to the ordinances. The section also prohibits using “sound communication devices” like radios and speakers if the sound is “plainly audible” in another dwelling between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. It also prohibits sound from sound communication devices if that sound can be heard from 50 feet away. These rules don’t apply for public events for which a permit has been obtained from the city, according to the ordinances. The Daily Barometer
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Governor making herself a home at Mahonia Hall By Carol McAlice Currie STATESMAN JOURNAL
SALEM — Gov. Kate Brown and her husband, Dan Little, have traded up for a newer house. The couple, who were finishing a move Sunday into the governor’s official residence in the Fairmount Hill neighborhood of south Salem, left behind their 101-year-old refurbished home in the Woodstock neighborhood of southeast Portland. And, with apparent delight these past few days, unpacked their belongings in an only 91-year-old residence known as Mahonia Hall. They couple say they share a love of older homes and established neighborhoods and are looking forward to being part of the energetic south Salem area with sweeping vistas of the Willamette River and the West Salem hills. “It feels so comfortable already,� the governor said, referring to the four-story, 11,409-square-foot Tudor-style building that was purchased not at taxpayer expense but through private donations by individuals and businesses in 1987. “We’re so happy here. We love older homes and working to restore them. This is heaven for us.� Gov. Kate Brown and first gentleman Dan Little outside of governor’s official residence, Mahonia Hall, on Sunday, March 8, 2015, in Salem. (Photo: BRENT DRINKUT / Statesman Journal) Brown and her husband, a U.S. Forest Service employee who can work out of his home, wherever that might be, gave the Statesman Journal an exclusive look Sunday afternoon at the first floor and grounds of what some call the governor’s mansion.
They showed it off graciously, with a pride that suggested it was their own home instead of one they’re just stewards of, and they spoke eloquently of the building and the people and wildlife they have met and seen this week. A great room in the official residence, which is protected by the Oregon State Police, features a state-of-Oregon-shaped stained glass, while another one filters light over the seal of the state. Sunlight forms large puddles in the room as it streams through windows occupying large expanses of wall throughout the home. A baby grand piano is positioned in front of French doors, and soft furnishings give the residence a homey feeling. It is neither stuffy nor ornate. It is stately, but not sterile. Brown, who said she has long rented space and spent one or two nights per week in Salem while serving as secretary of state, said there was no way she would make the commute from Portland to Salem now that she is governor. She mentioned that when she had to return to Portland this week and couldn’t get back to Mahonia Hall, she found herself already pining for its peaceful embrace. “It’s such a quiet place, a way to get away from it all,� Brown said. Little added, “It’s so beautiful, really spectacular.� The pair, who are keeping the house in Portland, are looking for ways to maintain their relationships with neighbors there while forging new relationships with the ones they are meeting along John and Lincoln and Luther and Fairmount streets. “We’ll have to negotiate with our old neighbors. It’s a little
like having in-laws,� Little said. “We’ll have to work something out, like one year here, one year there, an every-other-year deal. We’re known for hosting the ice cream at the neighborhood block party and having Halloween and Christmas events at our house.� Brown added, “I expect we’ll have to hire a van and bring those neighbors down here and introduce them to our new neighbors to keep traditions alive.� Angela Zagarella, who lives close to Brown in Portland, said the governor and her husband were “great neighbors.� “They were very friendly, helpful and open,� Zagarella said. “They will be missed.� Adding their own touches The governor, who succeeded John Kitzhaber after his resignation in February amid controversy, said she and Little are still acquainting themselves with the donated collection of art scattered around the residence and inventorying the furniture they’ll need. The living room, for instance, does not have a sofa, so they’ll shop for one themselves. Last week, they bought a futon for an upstairs guest room. The governor said they are given an allowance by the Department of Administrative Services, which manages operation of the governor’s residence, but they don’t expect to use much of it. “We will consult with a professional restorer and probably paint some rooms,� Brown said, pointing out a fresh minty colored nook off the kitchen, a room she expects will get a lot of use. “But look at this leaf impression in the texturing of the walls,� Brown said, reverently touching the patterned wall.
“We want to do what’s best, and that means we’ll have a bake sale if we have to. We feel strongly about giving back, and this is a way to do it.� Brown and Little said they had planned to buy some new furniture for their Portland home, so they’ll buy it and use it at Mahonia instead until they return to the Woodstock neighborhood. Adding their belongings will help keep the home from feeling like an extendedstay hotel. They both like to garden, so as they adjust to their new home, they’re exploring ways to plant blueberries in its backyard and perhaps add some raised beds. The governor said she favors vegetable-bed gardening. Little enjoys flowers. When the dust settles a bit, they hope to have time to do both. Already part of the community “My days are pretty full,� Brown said in laughing understatement. “Hopefully now that it will be daylight longer, we’ll get to be out and about more. He bikes, I walk, but I think we’ll both walk at Bush’s Pasture Park as well as continue our yoga at Indigo Wellness Center and me working out at the Kroc Center.� Brown is allergic to cats, so there are no first felines on the prowl at Mahonia. Little said some dog dander bothers him, but he is planning to retire in June, and they muse that they’re exploring the possibility of getting a dog with less fur and dander, perhaps a poodle. It would put them in good stead with their new neighbors, many of whom walk their dogs regularly in the area. The couple belly-laughed, though, when talking about the governor bringing her horse, Tazo, to town.
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ROTC n Continued from page 1 “That’s the main goal,” he said. “Leaders of character, integrity. Leaders who can make decisions under stress and adapt to all these kinds of complex environments we’re going to be in.” Stubbs accepted the plaque with a smile and a handshake from his commanding officer before taking his place among his fellow cadets. During the reception, he and the others met with proud parents and spoke to veterans who were once in their shoes. Many parents traveled a long way to see their children receive an award. Senior finance major Jacob Beck, who organized the ceremony, said it’s one of the few times parents get a glimpse of cadet life. “I think for the most part family and friends might not know exactly what we do in an ROTC program, and this is a good environment to see it and have their kids or friends be acknowledged,” Beck said. While some cadets got
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caught up with their parents, others took the rare opportunity to meet some of the distinguished veterans in attendance. Every year, veterans are invited to hand out certain awards and scholarships in a gesture meant to build relationships between soldiers past and present, and keep army ROTC at the standards held by cadets from previous generations. “Any major institution is made of the traditions and history and values that helped it move forward. The army is the same way,” said Sgt. Maj. Charles Beauchamp. “We look back and see the names of General McAlexander and all of those that came before, and it gives you inspiration.” Beauchamp visits OSU to grant awards like the Military Order of the Purple Heart to keep his “connection with the program.” He said it’s “heartwarming” to see the young cadets in their moment of success. Chris Correll, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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The library also allows for maximum technology usage for the students. The main lab is on the first floor, but there are computers on every floor. The second, main floor is a hub for moving and quickly printing, meeting with study groups and getting quick assignments done. It is not always the best place for quiet studying because there are no rules on talking for this floor. Finding a table can be competitive, with people searching the floor in their hunt for a spot, waiting in the shadows of the aisles to pounce on a table. “Yeah, it gets really crammed unless you’re here all night and all day to get the same spot,” said Alejandra Gonzalez, a junior public health major. “It’s pretty loud.” As a study resource for students to take advantage of during dead week, the library has extended its hours Friday and Saturday so that it’s open until 3 a.m. to accommodate the night owls cramming for finals. Hanna Brewer, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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Colorado completes the upset of tournament defeating top-seeded Oregon State in quarterfinals By Mitch Mahoney THE DAILY BAROMETER
A week after winning the Pac-12 title for the first time in school history, the Beavers (26-4, 16-2 Pac12) entered the conference tournament as the No. 1 overall seed. A first round bye set the stage for Oregon State’s first game, a second round contest against ninth-seeded Colorado. By the time the game had finished, the Buffaloes had become the lowest seed in Pac-12 tournament history to defeat the top seed. They won, 68-65. “Hats off to Colorado — I mean, they played a great, inspired game tonight,” said head coach Scott Rueck. “They brought great energy from the beginning, and it took us awhile to match it.” The Buffaloes stormed out of the gate, as senior guard Lexy Kresl caught fire early. Kresl hit three three-pointers and added a layup — all within the first three minutes of the game. She finished with a
game-high 19 points, shooting 5-for-5 from behind the arc. By the time the Beavers called their first timeout, the Buffaloes led 14-7 and had yet to miss a shot. “Kresl set the tone,” Rueck said. “She came out and shot lights out. This team scored 18 points in the second half against us two, three weeks ago on their home floor. Today they had 18 points in four minutes. That’s a trend in the wrong direction.” The Buffaloes would stretch their lead to as many as 10 points before the Beavers answered. Trailing 30-20 with 6:15 remaining in the first half, the Beavers began making their comeback. They held the Buffaloes scoreless for the final six minutes of the first half, and they even managed to take the lead into halftime, 33-30. “By the time we settled into a rhythm, they had already felt like they could win this game,” Rueck said. “We needed to come out with a different defensive mindset. We needed to dictate the game a lot more than we did on that end of the floor, I know that.” The Beavers scored the first bucket of the second See WOMEN’S HOOPS | page 6
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Sophomore guard Sydney Wiese fights for the ball with a Stanford player during the two teams’ regular season game in Corvallis Feb. 26.
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Oregon State women’s basketball head coach Scott Rueck throws his hands up during the Stanford game in Gill Coliseum Feb. 26.
Beavers’ pitching shines through weekend sweep Civil War on the horizon Oregon State baseball uses starting pitching, bullpen effectively to tame Bulldogs
to take on the Fresno State Bulldogs for a four game series. Freshman catcher KJ Harrison hit a solo home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to send the Oregon State By Brenden Slaughter baseball team to a 2-1 win over Fresno THE DAILY BAROMETER State. Junior pitcher Andrew Moore After a brief one game road trip went 10 innings, allowing just three against the Portland Pilots, the Beavers hits and a run while striking out 10. returned to Goss Stadium Friday night Freshman pitcher Mitch Hickey then n
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Sophomore catcher Logan Ice extends for the pop up catch on a bunt against Fresno State in Goss Stadium March 8.
entered in the 11th, who kept Fresno State off the board to earn his fourth win of the season. OSU returned to the diamond on Saturday for a double header, its second in two weeks. OSU won game one, effectively taking over after a two-run home run by junior designated hitter Gabe Clark in the third inning that pushed OSU to a 4-1 lead. OSU and Fresno State then traded runs as the Beavers won 5-2. The win went to freshman pitcher Drew Rasmussen, who started and worked 7 1/3 innings. Rasmussen, who was making his second career start, improved to 2-0 after allowing eight hits and two runs with five strikeouts. Freshman pitcher Mitch Hickey recorded his second save of the season with a scoreless ninth. OSU’s offense exploded in part two of the doubleheader as the Beavers won 12-2. Junior outfielder Jeff Hendrix led Oregon State with four runs batted in, while Harrison homered and doubled. OSU kept Fresno State pitchers weary all evening as they tallied 16 hits off four pitchers. Already up 3-0 after two innings, the Beavers sent 12 batters to the plate in an eight-run third inning for the big See BASEBALL | page 6
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Carolina on Saturday. The Beavers have finished the nonconference season with an 18-6 record. In the nonconference season last year, the Beavers notched nine By Josh Worden wins and 18 during the entire seaThe Oregon State softball team son. OSU has 28 games remaining took three of four games in Honolulu in the regular season, with each win during the Hawaii Spring Fling that See SOFTBALL | page 6 ended with OSU’s 8-5 win over East n
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SOFTBALL n Continued from page 5 surpassing last year’s total. The next stop will be one more road trip in a Eugene edition of the Civil War with games on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. In Hawaii, OSU only lost to the host Hawaii Warriors with a 4-1 final, while beating East Carolina twice and Longwood University as well. The first East Carolina meeting needed an eighth inning to decide the eventual 2-1 OSU victory. Sophomore Amee Aarhus came in to pinch run in the eighth inning and was sent home by a single from senior third baseman CJ Chirichigno. The Beavers recorded eight hits in the game but left 10 runners on base. Junior pitcher Bev Miller allowed a run in the top of the seventh in what could have been the final frame, but the Beavers didn’t allow the game to slip away. Miller can’t take much flak for her performance in that win, either: the earned run in the seventh was the only run scored by East Carolina and she struck out nine batters while allowing just three hits. She stands at 10-5 on the season now with a team-leading 2.45 earned run average. Of OSU’s 108 strikeouts this year, she has been the instigator of 73. She’s been in the circle for exactly 100 innings this season, almost exactly two-thirds of all
BASEBALL n Continued from page 5 advantage. Junior pitcher Travis Eckert started for the Beavers and went 8 2/3 innings for his second victory of the season, he scattered four hits and two runs while striking out five. The Beavers saved their most impressive performance for Sunday, as OSU overcame extreme adversity to complete the series sweep, winning 2-1 behind an impressive eight innings pitched by the bullpen. The Beavers’ pitching depth was challenged almost immediately, as sophomore pitcher Jake Thompson had to exit the game after pitching just 1/3 of the first inning, due to a back injury. Thompson, who was the midweek starter last season, figured to be a key cog of the Beavers rotation. This is Thompson’s second injury of the season; he has no timetable for return. OSU was concerned but not worried about how the bullpen would react. Clark had all the confidence in the world. “It sucks when you have a guy like Thompson come out of the game early, but we are always confident in our staff
possible frames. The Beaver offense wasn’t as potent in Hawaii as in previous weeks, but it provided enough scoring for the three wins. Senior catcher Hannah Akamine, with a Pac-12 Player of the Week award freshly added to her resume from the prior week’s games, went 2-for-3 in Saturday’s win. Five Beavers recorded multiple hits in that game alone, including a 4-for-5 performance from junior first baseman Mikela Manewa. Pitching may be the most important key in the upcoming Pac-12 schedule, however. Miller and senior pitcher Melanie Dembinski will be likely be called on to start against the No. 2 Oregon Ducks, who scored in double digits in all three games against OSU last year. The upcoming weekend will be the only regular season meeting between OSU and Oregon. Last season’s Civil War series came in mid-April in Corvallis. The Beavers did not fare well versus the highly touted Ducks, who swept the series with a combined score of 38-7. The Ducks, currently at 18-3, have also yet to play in their home stadium but will have that chance starting Friday. The Beavers will have their first home series the following weekend against Stanford. Josh Worden, sports reporter On Twitter @BrightTies sports@dailybarometer.com
and Casey always puts the best guys out there.” Clark said. The bullpen, which was heavily scrutinized for not being able to close games or provide meaningful pitching, proved it was up to the task as it held Fresno State to just one unearned run in eight innings of work. OSU used a total of seven pitchers in the win. Before the weekend, OSU was told by many outsiders that it couldn’t be a competitor in the Pac-12 conference if its bullpen didn’t improve on its 7.20 ERA. OSU made a statement Sunday that it is here to win the Pac-12 and return to Omaha. The OSU bullpen allowed just five hits and one unearned run in a defensive masterpiece that saw the Bulldogs frustrated at the plate and off balance all day. “Our bullpen needed to show up, and only giving up one unearned run was sensational,” said head coach Pat Casey. OSU was also limited by the Bulldogs in the amount of offense that it could muster. Fresno State pitched effectively and mostly shut down OSU’s bats, as the Beavers only tallied six hits. Senior pitcher Garrett
Mundell led the charge on the mound for the Bulldogs, only allowing two earned runs. Clark continued to see opposing pitches well, as he hit a solo home run in the 3rd to give the Beavers just the amount of cushion that they needed. It was his sixth home run of the year. The Beavers figure to build off of this impressive sweep of Fresno State and carry the momentum into their conference opener against Arizona State in Tempe this weekend. The better the opponent gets, the more work the bullpen figures to see. “Hopefully our guys will build some confidence going into ASU, and I’m proud of the way that our young guys have stepped up,” Casey said. OSU plays a midweek game with the Portland Pilots Tuesday at 5:35 p.m., before heading to the valley of the sun to take on Arizona State in its conference opener. The Saturday and Sunday games will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks, and the Friday game can be live streamed through OSU’s athletics website. Brenden Slaughter, sports reporter On Twitter @b_slaught sports@dailybarometer.com
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Senior guard Ali Gibson communicates with her teammates during the Beavers’ loss against Stanford in Gill Coliseum Feb. 26.
WOMEN’S HOOPS n Continued from page 5 half, which gave them their largest lead of the game at 35-30 and capped a 15-0 run. That lead, however, would not last. “Whenever we had a chance to gain momentum, they answered right away,” said junior center Ruth Hamblin. Similar to how Kresl could not be stopped in the first half, the same was true of senior forward Jen Reese in the second. During one stretch, Reese scored 10 straight points for her team and prevented the Beavers’ lead from growing. “Jen Reese took it over for a stretch in the second half, and I thought that was a key stretch for them,” said Rueck. “During that stretch where it was like we were trying to get momentum, she kept answering,
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hitting big shots and kept them in it. They hit big shots, and if you look at the shooting numbers, obviously we did not have a great shooting night tonight, and ultimately that was the difference in the game.” The Beavers entered the game averaging 38.2 percent from three-point range, but shot just 6-of31, or 19.4 percent, from long distance against the Buffaloes. “We got so many good looks tonight, the ball just didn’t go down,” said Rueck. “A three for us is like a lay-up, and that’s been true all year, so it’s always going to be a big part of what we do.” Regardless of their poor shooting numbers, the Beavers hung right with Colorado for the majority of the game. They even held a lead with as little as 2:54 remaining, but were unable to hang on. The Buffaloes used an 8-0 run to propel them into the lead for good. Trailing by five with about a minute to go, the Beavers began fouling intentionally, but they could not recover. “You miss some shots, they have a great night, you lose; that’s all it is,” Rueck said, “It’s like OK, what can we do to improve? Let’s move on.” Despite their performance in the Pac-12 tournament, Oregon State’s postseason is not done. The Beavers still have the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament for which to prepare. The first round will begin March 20, and the top 16 seeds will serve as host sites for the first two rounds. For No. 8 Oregon State, this likely means that Gill Coliseum will serve as one of those host sites. “This team knew it had another day to live, no matter what happened,” Rueck said. “Now it’s oneand-done from here on out. When this team comes out with that mindset, when we’re the hunter … we’re a really good basketball team. When we take the foot off the gas pedal just a little bit, then teams have played with us.” The bracket for the NCAA Tournament will be revealed Monday, March 16 at 7 p.m. on ESPN. Mitch Mahoney, sports reporter
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he average intelligence Dr. Jon Dorbolo of the human species is increasing. Increasing intelligence — getting smarter — is not equivalent to col- of 190. lecting factual knowledge. It is a fair question to ask what A primary purpose of universities IQ tests actually measure and the is to create improvement, and get- consequent debate is ongoing. ting smarter is your most important However you look at it, IQ tests reason for being at Oregon State measure something and it is clear University. that whatever it is, people are getJames Flynn, a philosopher at the ting better at it. University of Otago New Zealand, The Flynn Effect is ongoing to discovered the sustained and sub- present and while few scholars stantial increase in measurable deny its existence, there are many intelligence in the hypotheses to 1980s. explain it. Flynn anaFlynn’s explanalyzed standard- The gains in IQ scores tion is that a comized Intelligence bination of techare mainly due to Quotient (IQ) test nology and eduintellectual skills that scores since 1932 cational practice involve visual and found that creates the condioverall perfortions for increasrelationships, for mance, IQ scores, ing intelligence. was increasing at a instance being able to Information rate of about three mentally rotate three- technology in points per decade. dimensional objects the 20th century produced a masThis phenomand predict patterns. sive proliferation enon, known as of visual media, ”The Flynn Effect,” which you and I was not recognized earlier because the scale for rating can now only be outside of through IQ tests is periodically revised to conscious effort; visual/audio complexity is our norm. keep the average IQ score at 100. The gains in IQ scores are mainFlynn’s analysis compensated for the standardization of scores and ly due to intellectual skills that demonstrated a steady increase of involve visual relationships, for measured IQ over the decades for instance being able to mentally many countries in Latin America, rotate three-dimensional objects Asia, Europe, and North America. and to predict patterns. Another area of IQ gains is in At the upper end of the IQ scale are geniuses like chess master Gary abstract inferences involving genKasparov and writer Marilyn Vos eralization and categorization. This point about abstract and Savant, both with measured IQs
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relational intelligence is illustrated in studies conducted by Russian psychologist Alexander Luria (1902-1977), such as the following excerpt of an interview with a rural Russian: Q: In the Far North, where there is snow, all bears are white; Novaya Zembla is in the Far North and there is always snow there; what color are the bears there? A: I don’t know. I’ve seen a black bear. I do not talk of what I have not seen. Q: But what do my words imply? A: If a person has not been there he cannot say anything on the basis of words. If a man was 60 or 80 and had seen a white bear there and told me about it, he could be believed. This instance does not show that people from a certain time or place are inferior. Rather it shows something about you, because I am certain that you immediately grasp the inference about the white bears — if not, please let me know. Luria’s extensive interviews show that a generation of rural people born in the nineteenth century did not have the logical intuitions that are so natural to you. Such inferential reasoning is not new; Luria’s questions are based upon syllogisms of the categorical See DORBOLO | page 8
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epublican politicians appeared in record numbers at the three-day event this weekend to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the marches and protests that had led directly to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. An estimated total of 23 Republicans joined a congressional delegation of more than 100 senators and representatives to celebrate the brave men and women that Republican lawmakers have worked hard to disenfranchise. “This is about ensuring equal justice and learning from the lessons of the past,” Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) said, describing the stories of Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), who was hospitalized by an Alabama state trooper during the 1965 march as “powerful.” But strangely, when asked if he supported the Voting Rights Amendment Act being advocated for by Lewis, Portman admitted to not even being aware that the bill existed. Another odd moment came earlier this month, when the Republican-led Congress unanimously approved to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the “foot soldiers” who marched to end discriminatory voting practices. But out of those 535 members, only six Republicans have co-sponsored the legislation that would re-establish a key section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that was struck down in the Supreme Court in 2013. The section in question contained the formula for determining what states and voting districts had a history of disenfranchisement and discrimination against voters. Under the act, states and districts described by this formula as having a record of discrimination and disenfranchisement are required to seek federal approval before changing their election laws. The states that fell under this section of the Voting Rights Act included Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia, as well as parts of California, Florida, New York, North Carolina, South Dakota and Michigan. However, the Supreme Court argued that the requirement being made of these states is “based on 40 year old facts having no logical relationship to the present day.” Because if there’s one thing we know, it’s how much of a bastion of tolerance and racial sensitivity Arizona has become in the last 40 years. The Voting Rights Amendment Act is an attempt by legislators to re-establish the protections offered by the Voting Rights Act. It updates the act so that only states with recent records of widespread voter discrimination are required to seek preclearance. Yet despite this attempt at reform, as well as their deep love for the people who marched in Selma, there has been little to no Republican support for this bill. Which is weird. It’s almost as if Republicans only care about the optics of the situation and have no actual interest in the actual aims and goals of the Civil Rights Movement. But that would be ridiculous. We’re talking about Republicans, See CHAMBERS | page 8
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logic developed by Aristotle (384-322 BCE). What is new is the widespread adoption of categorical cognition throughout the global population, which Flynn proposes to account for the increase of IQ. Philosophers use the idea of “weltanschauung,” a conceptual framework through which we organize our experience and understanding of our world. Flynn posits that in the 20th century the global weltanschauung became increasingly visual and relational resulting in most people seeing reality through what he calls “scientific spectacles,” meaning that we naturally organize data into abstract categories and conceptual relationships — which is what the raising sections of IQ tests are designed to measure. One important implication of increasing IQ is that intelligence is not a fixed factor but involves dynamic cognitive skills that may be improved. Another is that your own 21st century intelligence partly depends upon abstract reasoning and conceptual problem-solving skills. Sometimes I hear students complain that they must take courses that are not in their
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order to win elections due to rapidly changing demographics. If that were true we would have seen somea political party that was even more support- thing like GOP officials in states like Texas and Mississippi promising to ive of the Voting Rights Act establish and enforce restricof 1965 than the Democrats tive voter ID laws that overwere, and it’s not like they It’s not like the whelmingly target minority went on to spend the last 50 groups only hours after the Republican Party has years engaged in a twisted preclearance section of the strategy of exploiting racial built itself around a Voting Rights Act was struck tension in order to win the base of racism, down by the Supreme Court. votes of southern states. And so, in the absence of It’s not like the Republican bigotry and resentment any real evidence that the Party has built itself around over the Civil Rights Republican Party is founded a base of racism, bigotry and Movement. on racism and bigotry, I think resentment over the Civil we have to assume that the Rights Movement. whole thing is some sort of It’s not like they’ve had a oversight on their part. prominent political strategist and advisor to two presidents caught on tape The GOP is a busy bunch of people and explaining how the policy platform of the sometimes they overlook this stuff. party was based entirely on appealing to white I’m sure they’ll get around to it. supremacists. t And it’s certainly not like Republicans rely on Travis Chambers is a senior in English. The opinions expressed in Chamthe sort of discrimination and disenfranchise- bers’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer ment the Voting Rights Act protected against in staff. Chambers can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.