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International programs find home in MU Global Commons By Courtnee’ Morin THE DAILY BAROMETER

Getting information about study abroad has never been more central to campus with the launch of The Global Commons in the Memorial Union April 2. The Global Commons will be an area for ambassadors of the IE3 Global program and the Office of Global Opportunities to talk to students about the international programs or to chat about their own experiences. Anne Kornberg, a senior in human development and family sciences, is excited about the move and the new accessibility this provides for the Division of International Programs, which was formerly housed at University Plaza. “This is a great way to get study abroad and international programs some publicity and give a place for students interested in studying abroad — or international students — a place to hang out. A place to learn about the world,” Kornberg said.

Kornberg is also an ambassador for the office of global opportunities, along with Hannah Goelzer, a junior in biochemistry and biophysics. As ambassadors, Kornberg and Goelzer provide information for students wanting to study abroad and help them through the process. Ambassadors also handle the office of global opportunities blog and Facebook page. “I like showing people that they can study abroad, that it’s affordable and can help them get the credits they need,” Kornberg said. “This is the time to study abroad: When you’re a student and can get credits and get paid to travel. You can’t get scholarships to go abroad after college.” After college, Kornberg will head to Washington University for an internship with Intervarsity, a Christian fellowship at the college. Kornberg also received a job offer in Spain while she was studying abroad to do ministry work, which she is also considering. Andrew Morse, a senior in French, also finds it rewarding to help students achieve their dreams to study See GLOBAL | page 2

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The Associated Students of Oregon State University will hold electoral debates on the Memorial Union steps for president, vice president and speaker of the House candidates Monday, April 6 between 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. The debate, which takes place before elections start each year, serves as an opportunity for candidates to answer questions from students and offer responses to one another. Representatives from The Daily Barometer and KBVR TV will be pres-

ent at the event to moderate debate questions. Additional information and coverage on elections will be posted at dailybarometer.com, and footage will become available at youtube.com/ user/KBVR26. Online voting officially begins April 6 at 12:01 a.m. and ends Friday, April 17 at 10 p.m. Students can visit oregonstate.edu/book/asosu-elections for additional info on voting and candidates. The Daily Barometer

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CCCC celebrates Chavez Centro Cultural Cesar Chavez begins ‘Estamos Unidos’ tribute month by honoring namesake

violence and injustice in the United States toward immigrants. It also commemorated the life of Cesar Chavez and honored him for his advocacy and activism for farm workers and grassroots organizing across the nation. By Jasmin Vogel April is the CCCC’s official tribute month, and the THE DAILY BAROMETER group aims to commemorate Cesar Chavez and focus on Oregon State University’s Centro Cultural Cesar Chavez education and inclusion of various cultures, ethnicities held a kickoff event Tuesday celebrating the birthday of and identities all over OSU campus. The tribute month is Cesar Chavez. titles Estamos Unidos: United Through Our Roots. The event was intended to be a candlelight vigil, but According to Haniya Ferrell, peer facilitator at the CCCC according to Israel Salgado, senior leadership liaison for who is also a sophomore majoring in business, the title the CCCC, staff decided that a vigil might be too emotion- Estamos Unidos means “we are united.” The events for ally loaded for a celebratory kick-off event. Staff wanted a the month of April are intended to enlighten, incorporate kick-off event to be more lively, while still paying tribute and include all attendees. to those who are suffering through hardships. “No matter what your background, we are all united This was the first year the event was held at the CCCC. See CCCC | page 3 The event that took place Tuesday paid tribute to recent n

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Innovative walking robot to be special feature at next DARPA Robotics Challenge in June By Chris Correll THE DAILY BAROMETER

Earlier this month, the Oregon State robotics program made waves with their human-sized, bipedal robot designed to navigate difficult or uneven terrain. The project has been in development since 2010, when associate professor Jonathan Hurst and his students set out to create a machine that could walk with the precision and responsiveness of an animal. Now, the product of more than four years’ research, dubbed ATRIAS, has been invited to give a special presentation of its groundbreaking walking mechanism at the DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — Robotics Challenge later this year. According the challenge’s overview, the Robotics Challenge is “a competition of

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The Centro Cultural Cesar Chavez displays a mural of Cesar Chavez in the entryway of the center. The CCCC is putting on Estamos Unidos: United Through Our Roots, an event series that takes place during April.

robot systems and software teams vying to develop robots capable of assisting humans in responding to natural and man-made disasters.” Students working with ATRIAS are hopeful it will one day be a key player in crisis response operations. The way ATRIAS moves through environments is fundamentally different from most modern robots. Slow, deliberate steps are replaced by dozens of small balancing corrections per minute as the main body shuffles on long, birdlike legs. Christian Hubicki, a Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering, said bipedal machines like ATRIAS have the potential to further our understanding of how legged animals get around. The current model,

as well as two others built and then gifted to other universities, was designed to “embody the principles of biological locomotion.” Many of the most well-known achievements in robotics, such as Honda’s ASIMO — Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility — support themselves by standing on wide squares with a large surface area and still walk with bulky movements. The downside of machines with “big, platform feet” as lead engineer of the project Mikhail Jones puts it, is that they’re forced to adjust their center of mass in order to stay upright while moving, which makes motion more awkward and doesn’t allow for much improvising in real-life situations. “Our robot has to constantly move its feet in order to balance,” Jones See ATRIAS | page 3

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Saturday, April 4, the Microbiology Student Association will host a research symposium in the Linus Pauling Science Center. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. and the event concludes at 5 p.m. following a lunch break at noon. Topics from the 13 speakers hailing from Oregon State University, Portland State University, Oregon Health and Science University and Reed College will range from microbes living in extreme locations to genetic paradigms involved in autism. The keynote speaker, Mike Riscoe, will conduct a talk titled “Back to the Future (II) for New Drugs to Combat Malaria.” Admission is free, and a mixer/poster session will follow. The Daily Barometer

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South Albany fire suspect on probation for arson at time of arrest Calendar By Alisha Roemeling STATESMAN JOURNAL

Thursday, April 2

ID theft A man reported that someone had used his and his wife’s Social Security Numbers to file a fraudulent IRS return, according to the log. The IRS reportedly told the man to contact local police.

Wednesday, April 1

Stolen books The owner of a bookstore “reported several pornographic comic books” went missing from the book store, according to the log. The owner reportedly told the officer that the theft occurred between one and two months before.

Dog on it An officer and a K9 assisted a Philomath officer at a traffic stop along Southwest Philomath Boulevard and Southwest Country Club Drive at about 10:10 p.m., according to the log. The K9 reportedly “alerted,” after sniffing around the car. Police then arrested the driver and passenger for attempted distribution of a controlled substance.

Monday, March 30

Credit card charges A woman reported to dispatch that someone had fraudulently used her credit card, according to the log. The woman reportedly told an officer that she’d recently been at the Los Angeles Airport, but had received charges on her credit card days after she left for stores in the Los Angeles area totalling nearly $2,000. The woman still has the credit card. The Daily Barometer

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SALEM — The man accused of setting two fires that destroyed the South Albany High School cafeteria and a nearby recreational vehicle early Wednesday was on probation for a conviction last year on arson charges. Zachary Lee Burghart, 28, was arrested Wednesday evening by Albany police on accusations that he set the two fires within minutes of each other. He was arraigned in Linn County Circuit Court on Thursday afternoon on three counts of arson and one count of failure to perform the duties of a driver, according to online court records. Burghart was being held in the Linn County jail. Capt. Eric Carter of the Albany Police Department said investigators arrested Burghart after firefighters at the cafeteria scene provided the license plate number of a car they’d seen leaving the school around 3:30 a.m. Linn County court records show that Burghart was convicted on arson charges in November. Burghart pleaded guilty to four counts of criminal mischief, four counts of arson and one count of reckless burning in connection with a string of fires in Scio in October that scorched two vehicles, a barn and more than $15,000 worth of hay. Burghart was sentenced to five years of supervised probation following the plea. Court records show he also spend several days in jail. Back at the school cafeteria on Thursday, police and fire agencies worked to investigate the charred scene. Yellow and red crime-scene tape surrounded the entire 11-building high school campus as crews with the Albany Fire Department began to pry the hanging sheet metal from the roof of the black cafeteria building. Insurance agents milled around the campus to assess the damage.

abroad and show them that it’s possible. Morse works in recruitment and outreach as an ambassador for IE3, which is another department within the office of global opportunities. “I really like sharing my experience to show how doable it is; it’s the best thing I’ve done in college,” Morse said. “The Global Commons really helps us be in a common place, and it will be the Times Square of study abroad opportunities.” Goelzer has always wanted to travel the world, and studying in Paris has only solidified that passion. She plans on traveling the world as a career, and is hoping to work with international crisis relief. “I get paid to talk to people about traveling the world. It’s kind of my dream,” Goelzer said. “It’s exciting to help others. When we meet people that are really excited about it, we can talk for an hour.” Studying abroad is important to each of these ambassadors for multiple reasons, and they urge students to take advantage of the opportunities: Oregon State University offers more than 100 options in more than 70 countries.

Meetings Student Organization Resource for Community Engagement (SORCE), 2-3:30pm, SEC 354.

Tuesday, April 7 Meetings ASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU Journey Room. Senate meeting.

Wednesday, April 8 Meetings ASOSU House of Representatives, 7pm, MU Journey Room. House meeting.

Friday, April 10 Meetings Student Organization Resource for Community Engagement (SORCE), 2-4pm, SEC 354.

Monday, April 13 Speakers Office of the Provost and OSU Foundation, 7:30pm, The LaSells Stewart Center, Austin Auditorium. Provost’s Lecture with Dr. Richard Besser. Dr. Besser will be speaking on A View from Both Sides of the Camera: Using Television to Promote Public Health.

Tuesday, April 14 Meetings ASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU Journey Room. Senate meeting.

Wednesday, April 15 Meetings ASOSU House of Representatives, 7pm, MU Journey Room. House meeting.

Friday, April 17 Meetings Student Organization Resource for Community Engagement (SORCE), 2-4pm, SEC 354.

Tuesday, April 21 Meetings

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Wednesday, April 22 Meetings ASOSU House of Representatives, 7pm, MU Journey Room. House meeting.

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the school fire. But Albany police officials would not confirm that, saying that they didn’t know which fire started first. Upon arriving at RV fire, officers attempted to evacuate the Nowackis as well as surrounding neighbors. According to Sellin, one of the officers kicked down the door of the Nowacki house and helped them get out through the backyard. School on Monday While the investigation into the fire at South Albany High School is just beginning, officials say the school will reopen Monday. There are no classes on Friday because the day had already been scheduled as an inservice day for teachers. Jim Haggart, executive assistant to the superintendent of the Greater Albany Public School District, said everything will be “business as usual” after the weekend, with regular class schedules, sports practice and games and other extra-curricular activities. Haggart also said the nearly 4,000 meals that the cafeteria prepared each day would now be provided by three other schools in Albany that have large kitchens. The 18 employees who worked in the high school cafeteria will now work in the kitchens at West Albany High School, Memorial Middle School and Timber Ridge School. Technical and mechanical issues at South Albany High School won’t be as easy to fix. “The main reason school is closed today is because many of the buildings are lacking heat and plumbing,” Haggart said Thursday. “Crews have opened up the access tunnel with a forklift and will close off those pipes to the cafeteria.” Haggart said heat would also be restored to the rest of the campus before Monday. While the Albany community could be described as “shaken,” they’re determined to rebuild and move on. “You just never think something like this is going to happen,” Sellin said. “But we’re a strong little community. I’m just glad no one was hurt.”

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The fire ripped through the cafeteria building beginning around 3:20 a.m. Wednesday and eventually drew 60 to 70 firefighters from a half dozen agencies. Firefighters drenched the structure from ladder trucks for about five hours. The building, which was also the choir and band room, was deemed a total loss. Wanda Omdahl of the Albany Fire Department said the agency would not comment on the specifics of the investigation, but said it had been turned over to the Albany Police Department. Piecing things back together “They’re about to start taking apart the roof so they can head inside and investigate,” said Jerry Morrison of the Albany Police Department. “The firefighters told me that the fire started in a dumpster just outside the building and quickly caught the roof on fire.” Pointing to a chunk of the cafeteria wall seemingly unaffected by the flames, Morrison explained that the lack of color marked the source of the fire. “See that white spot?” he said. “(Firefighters) think that’s where it started.” Down the street from the high school, neighbors of the family whose RV exploded early Wednesday were still reeling from the incident. Rod and Lucy Nowacki declined to comment on the incident or the damage to their home. Steve Sellin, a next-door neighbor of the Nowackis, compared Wednesday morning’s explosion to a war scene. “The fire was raging so intensely and then there was a big flash,” Sellin said. Sellin recalled waking up to a loud bang on his door followed by shouts from an Albany police officer to get out of the house. “Just as I was turning the door knob, one of the tanks exploded,” Sellin said. “I’m standing there in my underwear, and all I can say is ‘what the hell is going on?’” Sellin and other neighbors say police had showed up in their neighborhood long before the propane tanks exploded because they were sweeping the area for suspects in

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Journey drummer to donate after South Albany fire Dog bites cop, shot by Eugene SALEM â&#x20AC;&#x201D; When Tim Sinatra heard on the news that an â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s rocker was making a donation to help South Albany High School replace band instruments lost in a fire, only one name came to mind. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got to be Deen,â&#x20AC;? said Sinatra, executive director of the Boys & Girls Club of Salem, Marion and Polk Counties. Sure enough, Deen Castronovo, a Salem native and drummer for the rock band Journey, is donating $10,000 to the South Albany band program. A building that housed the band room, which contained all of the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s instruments, was destroyed in a four-alarm fire early Wednesday morning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passion is to make sure youth have access to music and to expose their talents, even if they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford it, because it changed his life,â&#x20AC;? Sinatra said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so generous to make sure thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no interruption for those kids. I think heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sending a statement that this is important and that he hopes others follow.â&#x20AC;? Castronovoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offer is just one of many. Dozens of calls and hundreds of emails have been pouring in to the Greater Albany Public School District offering everything from financial contributions to cleanup at the site. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had all kinds of support from our community and actually statewide,â&#x20AC;? said Aimee Addison, development director

for the Albany Public Schools Foundation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still in the process of assessing what the needs are.â&#x20AC;? The foundation has established the South Albany High School Fire Relief Fund for financial contributions. Wells Fargo announced Thursday that it is donating $5,00 to the fund and also will match donations its employees make to the school from $25 up to $5,000 per individual this year. The school district will coordinate the donation of physical items, such as musical instruments. At this time district officials are accepting only the contact information of potential donors. Seven pianos have been offered, for example, but the district has no place to store them, let alone know whether that many are needed. The building destroyed by fire also housed the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s central cafeteria, which provided food to seven elementary schools, according to district spokesman Jim Haggart. Several restaurants and grocery stores offered their services, but Haggart said the district has three other production kitchens which can provide for those schools and ensure that students are fed. Haggart also wanted to make clear that the district has fire insurance on the building, although it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how much of the contents will be covered. In addition to the band room, the choir room and facili-

ties for the cheerleaders and the state champion Southern Belles and dance team were in that building. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those groups lost everything, and I think that just really tugs on peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heartstrings because they care about music and dance,â&#x20AC;? Addison said. Castronovo is a perfect example, and his donation should come as no surprise to the SalemKeizer community. He has long been a supporter of the local Boys & Girls Club, donating time, money and equipment for the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Journey to Music Program. He spent upwards of $40,000 of his own money in 2009 to launch the program â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with a fully furnished, state-of-the-art music studio â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and has continued to be a benefactor. The club is looking to expand and build two more studios in the basement where members can reach their musical potential not just performing, but recording and producing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a program if it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t for him. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that simple,â&#x20AC;? Sinatra said. Just within the past couple of months, Castronovo has volunteered on several Monday afternoons to give drum lessons and donated an electric drum set and an electric guitar. A friend in Salem sent him a text message about the fire and the loss for the band program. Castronovo sent back something to this effect: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Find out where to send the check.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just knew it was the right

thing to do in my heart,â&#x20AC;? said Castronovo, who was reached by phone Thursday afternoon at a hotel in Dallas, Texas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Music and the band department, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where my heart lies.â&#x20AC;? He spent much of the day doing phone interviews with members of the Oregon media. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was trying to keep it on the down-low. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want any accolades,â&#x20AC;? said Castronovo, a former Keizer resident who recently bought a house in South Salem. Music and band were important in his childhood. He grew up in Salem, attending Kennedy Elementary, three local middle schools and South Salem High before dropping out to pursue his passion, the drums. A month later, he was on the road with Blue Oyster Cult. He has since played with several bands, including Bad English and Ozzy Osbourne. Castronovo has been the drummer for Journey for 17 years and when heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not on tour, he has a new band, the Revolution Saints. He handles drums and lead vocals for the Saints. He was preparing to depart Thursday for the NCAA Final Four in Indianapolis, where Journey is scheduled to play a 90-minute concert and where a state law has spurred nationwide debate over religion and discrimination. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is not a political thing,â&#x20AC;? he said of the Final Four. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t jump on any bandwagon. We just play music.â&#x20AC;?

Three banks grow through merger, adding a branch By Ilene Aleshire THE REGISTER-GUARD

EUGENE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a season of change for locally based banks, with one being acquired by a larger regional bank, one acquiring another bank and one expanding outside Lane County for the first time recently. Walla Walla-based Banner Corp. has completed its acquisition of Florence-based Siuslaw Bank in a deal valued at $57.5 million. Dianne Larsen, senior vice president of Banner Bank, said there are no plans to close any of the 10 former Siuslaw branches. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over time, we may be adding to those branches,â&#x20AC;? she said. Siuslaw clients will now have access to Bannerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 100 total branches, which will become 200 branches once Bannerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s merger with American West is completed, Larsen said, and will also have access to new services. For example, the former Siuslaw clients will be offered free checking with no monthly minimum or service fee, and free use of any ATM in the country, Larsen said, with Banner rebating any surcharge imposed by another ATMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pretty significant difference for Siuslaw clients,â&#x20AC;? she said. Because of Bannerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s size, it also will be in a position to offer more, and larger, loans in the Lane County area than Siuslaw could, Larsen said. Banner also offers new electronic and mobile banking services, she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;which is really important in a community such as

CCCC n Continued from page 1 as people despite our different ethnicities,â&#x20AC;? Ferrell said. Jasmine Gonzalez, peer facilitator at the CCCC who is also a sophomore majoring in zoology, said that the Tuesday event was â&#x20AC;&#x153;a nice kickoff to a month dedicated to Cesar Chavez.â&#x20AC;? The event schedule is varied between locations and event topics for the entire month of April, including grand openings for the Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center and the Asian and Pacific Cultural Center. The upcoming 13 event topics include documentary screenings, open houses, group discussions, and a tribute month dinner.

Eugene, where you have a large student population. About 35 percent of the students at the University of Oregon are from out of state. Banner has a presence in one-third of the top 15 states represented at the university.â&#x20AC;? The acquisition of Siuslaw was important to Banner because it filled in a blank space on the Washington companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s map, Larsen said, and also because of its strong business banking presence. Larsen said she foresees a continuing trend of mergers and acquisitions in the financial industry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certainly a strong possibility weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see more consolidation,â&#x20AC;? she said. The regulatory environment is such that meeting reporting rules can become onerous for small institutions, Larsen said. And, she added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Size does matter. Size enables banks to price their products more competitively ... and lend money with better assurance that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re taking appropriate risk. Lending money in general is risky.â&#x20AC;? Pacific Continental Bank also has been growing through acquisitions, with its most recent deal closing last month when the former shareholders of Capital Pacific Bancorp, a commercial bank with one branch, in Portland, voted to become part of the Eugene-based bank in a deal valued at about $42 million. About 70 percent of Capital Pacificâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shareholders chose to receive cash only for their shares, about 9 percent chose to receive only shares of Pacific Continental and about 16 percent chose to receive 40 percent cash

Events will be held between April 7 and April 30. Ferrell hopes these events can inspire students to dig deeper into the educating aspects of the cultural resource centers on campus as well as enlighten OSU students about different identities and ethnicities. Salgado also hopes the events will motivate students to believe that societal issues can change through active participation. Ferrell, Gonzalez and Salgado all want to attend and support other coworkers at the CCCC and various other cultural resource centers during events held in the next month. Jasmin Vogel, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com

and 60 percent Pacific Continental shares in the deal. (The remaining shareholders either didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make a choice, or made an invalid one.) Because the cash-only option was oversubscribed, Capital Pacific shareholders who asked for just cash instead received $7.55 in cash and 0.598 shares of Pacific Continental stock for each share of their Capital Pacific stock. While Banner and Pacific Continental were expanding geographically through acquisitions, Eugene-based Summit Bank is growing by opening a branch. Summit has submitted an application to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to open an office in Bend. The office, at 560 SW Columbia St., would be Summitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second location. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As we reviewed our strategic plan, opening an office in Bend elevated to the top of attractive initiatives,â&#x20AC;? Summit Chairman Paul Weinhold said in a prepared statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are confident that Central Oregon will continue to see tremendous growth,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We also have deep ties to the community and currently have several million dollars in loans in the area. These factors, as well as the absorption of seven community banks in Bend since 2008, make it an ideal area for us to offer our relationship-based banking.â&#x20AC;? Summit expects to open the new branch around July 4, pending regulatory approvals. It will focus on serving professionals and small to medium sized businesses.

ATRIAS n Continued from page 1 said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But what that also does is allows us to examine the actual problem of locomotion, and come up with more dynamic controllers for a robot thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always falling forward like a human would be. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the most efficient way.â&#x20AC;? The ATRIAS seriesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ability to correct their own missteps makes them ideal for responding to emergency situations. OSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brainchild will travel to Pomona, Calif. in June to be part of a presentation of recent robotics achievements taking place during the DARPA Robotics Challenge. Robots entering the challenge will need to be able to perform a

sequence of complex tasks that require intricate movements. However, none of them will be able to match ATRIASâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; walking speed of 1.3 meters per second, according to Jones. Masters student in robotics Andrew Peekema said there are still improvements to be made before the technology can be practically applied in the field, and that the robot still occasionally falls over. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hopeful that in the future, a more advanced version of ATRIAS will be able to save lives as the first form of mechanical crisis relief in environments too hazardous for humans, such as burning buildings or areas with nuclear radiation. Chris Correll, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com

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EUGENE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A Eugene police officer shot and killed a dog after it bit him in the hands and legs when a couple, suspected of trespassing in a wooded area of west Eugene, allegedly threw the dog at the officer, police said. Police did not say what breed of dog was killed. They said they are still looking for its owner, Joshua Thomas Horn, 40, of Eugene, who fled the scene. Police released a photo of Horn later in the day. Horn faces charges that include second-degree assault, interfering with a police officer, first-degree theft, disorderly conduct, second-degree criminal trespass and unauthorized use

of a motor vehicle. He also is wanted on an unrelated warrant. Elizabeth Jean Hulsey, 34, of Eugene, was cited for seconddegree criminal trespass. The incident started at 6:47 p.m. Tuesday, when police were called to Pitchford Avenue and Westec Street. Horn and Hulsey were accused of trespassing in the wooded area, and were found in possession of a stolen bicycle, police said. Horn had a dog next to him that was growling and barking, according to police, and the officer asked Horn to hold onto the dog while he gathered information. Full article available online at registerguard.com.

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Former EPD officer sentenced to 7 years on child porn, privacy invasion charges By Chelsea Gorrow THE REGISTER-GUARD

EUGENE — BEND — A former Eugene police officer was sentenced to seven years in state prison after pleading guilty today to 21 charges that accused him of possessing and duplicating child pornography, and invasion of privacy. Jeffrey Wade Argo’s arraignment, plea and sentencing happened in Deschutes County Circuit Court before JudgeWalter Miller. The sentencing amounted to three years longer than a plea agreement that was submitted to the judge by both parties. The charges relate to crimes that occurred in four counties: Lane, Deschutes, Clackamas and Marion. The 12 counts of invasion of privacy include crimes committed when Argo installed miniature mobile video cameras in the men’s bathroom of the Eugene Police Department and filmed at least six officers urinating. He then uploaded those videos to his Google Drive account. Those crimes prompted a terse courtroom statement on behalf of the police

department victims made by Eugene Police Chief Pete Kerns. Kerns told the judge that Argo’s bizarre behavior was difficult to comprehend, violated the trust of the police department and disrupted the sanctuary that the department is expected to provide to officers. One of the invasion of privacy charges involved an incident in which Argo and fellow Eugene officers went to Bend for a work retreat. In Bend, they stayed at the home of one of the other Eugene officer’s relatives, and Argo placed a camera in the home’s bathroom and recorded an officer urinating. Argo also admitted to filming a fellow officer at the police academy in Salem between October 2012 and January 2013; and getting into or out of the shower and filming four high school track team members in a rest stop bathroom off the freeway in Clackamas County in April 2013. Argo, a 41-year-old Eugene resident, duplicated approximately 20 images of child pornography onto his Google Drive account, which he found on the

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social media site Tumblr while in Bend in 2013. Those images came to the attention of Google, which alerted authorities, prosecutor BJ Park told Miller. A criminal investigation was then initiated. Argo pleaded guilty today to eight charges of first-degree encouragement of child sexual abuse related to those duplications. During the investigation, detectives also found a child pornography image on his iPad, leading to an additional count of second-degree encouragement of child sexual abuse. Argo’s attorney, Jim McIntyre, told Miller that his client has a severe sexual addiction and has been attending Sex Addicts Anonymous meetings since June of last year, a few months after resigning from the Eugene Police Department. Argo was hired in 2012, and worked patrol for the department. The Oregon Department of Justice informed Eugene police of its investigation in March 2014, just two months after Argo completed his employment probation. He resigned the following month. McIntyre told the judge that Argo

immediately accepted full responsibility for his actions and made no effort to contest the charges. Park and Argo had agreed to a four-year prison term in their recommendation to the judge, but Miller added an additional three years to the sentence. McIntyre objected to the longer sentence, but did not indicate whether Argo would appeal. Kerns, in giving his statement on behalf of department victims, called the experience humiliating for officers and said it has forever altered their sense of security within their workplace. “Some people wonder why the law enforcement community at times appears insular,” Kerns said in his statement. “Like so many professions, it seems only other police can understand the life of an officer. Given the very real...danger officers face while on the street, the community of officers and the police station become safe sanctuaries. Mr. Argo, with his clandestine obsessions, interjected himself into the safety of our community and

Oregon Legislature takes on sex in a modern world By Hannah Hoffman STATESMAN JOURNAL

SALEM — Let’s talk about sex. Someone must have said that to the Oregon Legislature this year because laws surrounding sexual assault and humiliation are ubiquitous in the Capitol this year. So many have been introduced and discussed, it’s hard to keep track of them all. The bills below reflect changing technology and a changing society. Smartphones and social media have made sharing photos and videos easier than ever before, even ones meant for intimate consumption only. They have also made it far easier to take photos no matter the circumstances. At the same time, people have become more open about sexual assault and rape, and society has struggled to define and understand those issues. Political leaders seem to be becoming more aware of legal questions around those issues that need to be addressed. Here is a sampling of bills related to sex crimes the legislature has tackled this year. House Bill 2317 Oregon law currently allows

sexual assault survivors six years to report the crime. This bill would extend the statute of limitations, but with three proposals on the table, no one has decided what the new limit will be. Lawmakers have proposed 12 years, 20 years and indefinitely. It was inspired partly by a woman named Brenda Tracy, who told the Oregonian last year that she had been raped by four Oregon State University football players in 1998. She reported the crime to the university as well, but the statute of limitations had run out, and they were never prosecuted. The bill had its first public hearing on Wednesday and is scheduled for another on Tuesday. Senate Bill 188 The practice of posting some naked or otherwise explicit photos and videos on social media is known colloquially as “revenge porn.” There is currently no law against it unless the subject is under 18 years old, in which case it is child pornography. SB 188 would create a law against revenge porn, and it was introduced at the request of Attorney General Ellen

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Rosenblum. Her legislative director Aaron Knott told the legislature earlier this year that the images involved are usually obtained during the course of a romantic relationship, but after the breakup, they are uploaded to the Internet without the consent of the person depicted. They often include the person’s name, address, workplace, email and social media contact information, Knott said. “This has the dual effect of exposing the victim to anonymous criticism and harassment via all forms of digital communication, as well as guaranteeing that an Internet search of that person made by any employer, landlord, family member or friend would likely reveal the explicit images,” he said. The Oregon Senate passed the bill on Feb. 26, but it has been sitting in the House Committee on Judiciary since March 6 and has not been scheduled for a hearing. House Bill 3476 Right now, a man or woman who reports a sexual assault to his or her university has no guarantee the report and information contained in it

will be kept confidential. This bill would change the law and require universities to consider those reports privileged information. It would apply to people “seeking services related to domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking,” and to victim services programs and advocates. This idea also came from Rosenblum’s office, and the point of it is to make sure sexual assault victims feel comfortable making a report without fearing retaliation from the school or others. If those reports are not confidential, the identity of the victim is not necessarily confidential either. It has broad bipartisan support and had its first hearing on March 26 and has a work session scheduled for Monday. House Bill 2596 The practice of taking photos known as “up-skirting” or “down-blousing” seems to have been growing. This bill would make that behavior a crime, classified under “invasion of personal privacy.” The House of Representatives passed it on Thursday, and it will now head to the Senate. It hasn’t been scheduled for a hearing yet.

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our police station.” Even more disturbing than the invasion of privacy offenses, Kerns said, was Argo’s crimes involving child pornography, “aiding a human trafficking market that subjects our most vulnerable people to appalling crimes.” Kerns asked for a “just and lengthy” sentence. The maximum sentence that could have been given Argo was 97 years in prison and a $2.2 million fine. Argo tearfully apologized to the victims and said he hoped they would forgive him. He also apologized to Kerns and the Eugene officers for letting them down. He broke down when apologizing to his family for the stress and embarrassment he had caused them, and McIntyre had to finish reading his statement. Argo, in words read aloud by his attorney, called this the worst experience of his life. He said he acknowledges guilt and accepts the punishment, ”and again I am sorry for the things that I have done.”

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PORTLAND — A debate over the future of a state industrial investment program may pit Washington County, its largest recipient to date, against the rest of Oregon. The Senate Finance and Revenue Committee, on a 4-1 voteThursday, April 2, advanced a bill to continue the Gain Share program but divert more of the income taxes it generates into state education programs. Gain Share offsets part of the property tax breaks granted by counties under a 1993 law, known as the Strategic Investment Program, for minimum amounts of $100 million in urban areas and $25 million in rural areas. Instead of the current 50-50 split between the state and counties, an amended Senate Bill 129 would divert more into the state school fund, state grants for career and technical education in middle and high schools, and expansion of statewide services provided by Oregon State University. “We all want to do more for these programs, so it’s a brilliant political move to get support for it,” says Sen. Chris Edwards, D-Eugene, the lone dissenter. “However, I have big questions about the value of Gain Share and how much it is really needed.” Although Edwards supports the Strategic Investment Program, which offers 15-year property tax breaks, he questioned whether Washington County needed the added incentive under Gain Share to sign multimillion-dollar investment agreements with Intel and Genentech for their manufacturing plants in Hillsboro. In the first three years of state payments under Gain Share, Washington County received 99 percent of the almost $75 million paid out. If lawmakers do not act, the county will get $94.2 million of the $94.9 million projected in the next two-year budget cycle. Full article available online at portlandtribune.com.

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Beavers defeat 6th-ranked Bruins in first game of series, bounce back behind Andrew Moore after disappointing last week against Cal Poly By Brain Rathbone THE DAILY BAROMETER

It was a matchup that featured two of the top pitchers in the conference — junior James Kaprielian of UCLA and junior Andrew Moore of Oregon State — and it happened Thursday evening at Jackie Robinson Stadium in Los Angeles. In the early parts of the game it was a complete pitchers’ duel. Kaprielian struck out seven Oregon State batters in the first four innings, while Moore retired the sixteen batters he faced. As the game progressed, Moore methodically and efficiently worked his way through the UCLA lineup, finishing the game going 7.2 innings, allowing one unearned run on four hits. He also did not walk a Bruin batter while striking out eight all on 107 total pitches. The Beavers began to pile up the quality at bats against Kaprielian — who carved up the Beaver bats earlier in the contest — with long, sustaining at bats that raised the Pac-12 leader in strikeouts pitch count and forced him to make an early exit after only going 5.2 innings. Still, it was the Bruins who got on the board first after a double by junior catcher Darrell Miller Jr. scored sophomore outfielder Kort Peterson after junior right fielder Michael Howard slipped in the outfield, allowing Peterson to run home to give the Bruins a 1-0 advantage. But a rare mishap in the field for the Bruins — who led the conference in fielding percentage entering the game — opened the door for the Beaver offense. A pop fly by junior designated hitter Gabe Clark in foul territory down the third baseline was misread by UCLA junior shortstop Kevin Kramer, who was unable make the catch that See BASEBALL | page 6

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After jumping to 2-0 lead, Beavers fall to Arizona behind strong offense by visitors By Josh Worden

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The No. 18 Arizona Wildcats came into Corvallis on Thursday, spotting the Oregon State softball team an early lead before bouncing back for a 9-3 victory. The Beavers were up 2-0 after four innings, but a nine-run burst between the fifth and sixth frames gave the Wildcats an insurmountable advantage. OSU (23-12, 4-6 Pac-12) will continue the series with another 3 p.m. start Friday before a noon matchup on Saturday against the Wildcats (29-9, 5-5). OSU will remain at home the following weekend for a Friday-throughSunday series versus Utah. On Thursday, the Beavers tallied just three hits but managed three scores, helped by a pair of solo home runs to give OSU an early lead. Senior shortstop CJ Chirichigno sent an

0-1 pitch over the left field fence in the fourth inning after a solo shot from junior Mikela Manewa in the second. Arizona tied the game in the fifth inning on a two-run homer from redshirt senior shortstop Kellie Fox. The Wildcats then broke the tie with a seven-run sixth inning, including Fox’s two-RBI double. Fox came into the game leading her team with a .411 batting average and raised it to .419 after collecting two hits and four runs batted in for Arizona. OSU’s leading hitter, senior outfielder Dani Gilmore, went 0-for-4 at the plate. The Beavers used four pitchers, starting with junior Beverly Miller, who allowed one hit and no earned runs in 1 1/3 innings. Sophomore Taylor Cotton replaced her in the midst of a 1-2-3 frame but ended up earning the loss after giving up five earned runs between the fifth and sixth innings. Freshman utility player Heidi Hall got her first collegiate playing time in the pitcher’s circle when she See SOFTBALL | page 6

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No. 12 OSU women’s gymnastics will face 3 Top 25 programs in regionals THE DAILY BAROMETER

On Saturday, April 4, the No. 12 Oregon State women’s gymnastics team will travel to Oklahoma to take part in the NCAA Norman Regional Championships in Lloyd Noble Center at 2 p.m. This will be the 44th season in a row that the OSU program has reached the regional round of competition. Within 42 of those years, 31 individual gymnasts have won 67 regional titles, while the program as a whole has won 10 regional titles, with the latest being in 2011. Two Oregon State gymnastics members — sophomore Kaytianna McMillan and senior Chelsea Tang — are a part of the individual regional title statistics, as they tied for the title on beam in 2014. The meet will include six total schools including No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 13 Penn State and No. 22 Southern Utah. The team has seen none of the opponents they will face off against Saturday in 2015.

One of the programs the team will be looking forward to seeing again will be the Nittany Lions. Last year at the regionals, Penn State knocked the Beavers out of second place and sent them home for the NCAA Championships with a solid ending on floor. The Beavers will start the meet with a bye followed by uneven bars, balance beam, another bye and floor exercise, and will finish on vault. Oregon State has had some struggles throughout the season, but managed to finish the season — to this point — on a positive note with a fourth place finish at the Pac-12 Championships. In a conference where seven of its eight teams are ranked within the Top-25, including two within the top-10, a fourth place finish is nothing to skulk about. The OSU squad will enter the event seeded in second. The meet will be streamed live via soonersports.tv and will air on FOX Sports Southwest and FOX College Sports Central. The Daily Barometer On Twitter @barosports sports@dailybarometer.com

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After finishing the Duck Invitation in Eugene in fifth place on March 24 behind solid finishes from Alex Franklin and Brian Jung, the Oregon State men’s golf team returns to action Friday,

April 3 and Saturday, April 4 when they travel to Tempe, Ariz. to take part in the 43rd annual ASU Thunderbird Invitational. The tournament, which will be held on the par70, 6,971-yard ASU Karsten Golf Club, will feature 14 schools including Arizona State, Arizona and Washington State. The Beavers will run a squad consisting of seniors Franklin and Scott Kim, juniors Jung and Chris Tedesco and sophomore Kevin Murphy.

Charles Nelson has already proven himself on offense, special teams at Oregon By Steve Mims THE REGISTER-GUARD

EUGENE—The big story at the beginning of spring practice for Oregon has been Nelson’s move to cornerback after compiling 428 yards and five touchdowns on offense last year as a true freshman. Nelson, who spent a small amount of time working on defense during practice last season in case he was needed as an emergency replacement, was asked by coach Mark Helfrich after Oregon’s loss to Ohio State in the College Football Playoff National Championship game about making the switch this spring. “I was OK with it,” Nelson said after Oregon’s second spring practice Wednesday. “I’m willing to help the team wherever needed. The coaches felt like this was a better move for me in the future and things like that, so I went ahead and told them I’m OK with it.” Nelson had 23 catches for 327 yards and five touchdowns last season and ran 11 times for 101 yards. He was named Oregon’s special teams player of the week three times. “Charles is one of the better football players I’ve been around,” Oregon offensive coordinator Scott Frost said. “He came in and it took him a while to learn it, but once he did he was impressive not just catching the football, but running with it and blocking and playing defense. I have no doubt Charles will be great

wherever we have him.” The 5-foot-8, 170-pound Nelson said this spring will serve as a tryout with the defense. “Right now it’s just an experiment during the spring,” he said. “If everything is going well, I will stay there. If I’m not getting it and nothing is really happening, they said I can always go back to offense.” Wide receivers coach Matt Lubick also referred to the spring as an experiment for Nelson. “Charles has proven he’s a good offensive player, but we have a little more depth at receiver and we’re developing depth in the secondary,” Lubick said. “If he goes over there and he can help our team, then that’s the best decision.” Oregon returns its top four receivers from last year, although Devon Allen is recovering from a knee injury and Darren Carrington is facing a possible NCAA drug suspension. The Ducks graduated starting cornerbacks Ifo EkpreOlomu and Troy Hill. Wa s h i n g t o n’s Shaq Thompson and UCLA’s Myles Jack are linebackers who also played running back in recent seasons, and Nelson has the talent to play on both sides of the ball as well. “He has the flexibility of playing both ways,” Lubick said. “Because he does know the offense and he’s getting more familiar with defense, we could have a package for him. We’ll let it develop and see what hap-

pens. It’s neat to have a skill set like that.” Nelson said he has been told that he could be a two-way player at times. “It’s not set now,” he said. “They said it could happen every now and then depending on how well I know the defense and how I’m helping out and everything like that.” Asked if he could still find a few plays for Nelson, Frost joked: “I don’t know how much he can still remember after he gets all the defense in his head.” Helfrich said he doesn’t want to overload Nelson with too much information in the spring. “Charles is a guy we have to be conscious of because if it was his choice, he’d play every snap on both sides of the ball and every special team,” Helfrich said. “Charles is like Keanon Lowe. Keanon didn’t want to take one rep off. He’s a guy you have to pull back on, and that’s a good thing.” Nelson, who played safety in high school, said the switch has been positive so far. “It’s going good,” he said. “It’s a new beginning. There are a lot of things to learn.” Nelson said communication has been one of his early lessons. “There’s a new coach, new people I’m around, but it’s a good move,” said Nelson, who added that “it’s a whole new way to talk to the rest of the players out there. The language is different so I’m learning as it goes.”

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BASEBALL n Continued from page 5 would have been the third and final out of the inning. Moments later, Clark made them pay with a single through the hole between shorts and third, bringing home junior centerfielder Jeff Hendrix, who doubled earlier in the inning to tie the ballgame. Sophomore shortstop Trever Morrison replicated Clark with a single of his own, which was followed up by a walk to sophomore leftfielder Kyle Nobach to load the bases. The Beavers then took the lead when junior pitcher Cody Poteet walked home Howard. The Beavers manufactured an

Saturday. The top-four golfers from each five-man team — with the lowest scores for each 18-hole round — will combine scores for each round. After the Thunderbird Invitational, the Oregon State squad will travel to Dublin, Ohio to take part in the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate on April 10 and 11. The Daily Barometer On Twitter @barosports sports@dailybarometer.com

insurance run in the top of the ninth inning when sophomore third basemen Caleb Hamilton reached on an error, who was then moved over to second on a sacrifice bunt by sophomore catcher Logan Ice. After a wild pitch moved Hamilton to third, freshman second basemen Christian Donahue drove a fly ball deep enough to center field to bring home Hamilton. Clinging to a 3-1 lead with one out in the bottom of the ninth and the Bruins threatening with a runner on second after an unsuccessful double play try by the Beavers, the reigning Pac-12 Player of the Week, junior leftfielder Ty Moore, dropped a line drive into the gap in left-center. But

a diving do-or-die catch from Nobach got a critical second out and saved a run. The Bruins added another run in the bottom of the ninth, but freshman Luke Heimlich closed the door on UCLA, striking out Nick Valaika and securing the victory for Andrew Moore and the Beavers while picking up his third save of the season. The Beavers will return to Jackie Robinson Stadium Saturday, where they will pitch freshman Drew Rasmussen, who is making his second start since throwing the first perfect game in school history against Washington State. Brain Rathbone, sports reporter On Twitter @brathbone3 sports@dailybarometer.com

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Senior infielder CJ Chirichigno gets ready to make contact with the ball on what would be a homerun in Covallis against Arizona April 2.

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Defensively, neither team committed an error. Both teams left seven runners on base. Arizona freshman pitcher Trish Parks earned replaced Cotton in the sixth. She allowed four the win, improving to 10-4 on the season. She allowed just one earned run in three innings runs without recording an out. Thursday on one hit. Offensively, the Beavers were successful when Arizona was coming off a series with Arizona making contact. OSU only recorded one hit that State in Tuscon, in which the Sun Devils took wasn’t a home run, and it was an RBI single two of three games. OSU will play ASU after the in the seventh inning from junior right fielder Utah series, starting April 17. Sammi Noland. Josh Worden, sports reporter Four different Beavers earned a walk but four On Twitter @BrightTies other Beavers also combined for six strikeouts. sports@dailybarometer.com

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ea to a (seemingly) productive and new term. Nay to the inevitable grogginess from the fact that we only got a week off. Winter break always spoils us rotten. Yea to summer education, internship and work opportunities following our days at Oregon State University. Nay to sometimes feeling like you’re still in limbo when it comes to the future. On the bright side, we’re all in this together and have an abundance of resources for support. Yea to Orange Media Network settling into its new home at the Student Experience Center. It took some time, but things are coming together. Nay to currently unoccupied filing cabinets. At least we’re solving problems as they come along … and they do look pretty. Yea to the decades of service Snell Hall did provide (formerly) to Student Media, Associated Students of Oregon State University, Student Leadership and Involvement and other organizations that moved. The building’s quite aged now, but served its purpose and didn’t kill us. Nay to moving and moving troubles in any way, shape or form. Yea to random karaoke runs, because sometimes you just need to sing in the middle of week one. Nay to being stuck in a.m. classes because you couldn’t find courses for the afternoon. Yea to collaboration, cooperation and critical discussions on continuing changes. Yea to the opening of Joe’s Burgers at the Memorial Union. Seems to be coming along and quite delicious so far. Nay to not being able to decide where to eat on campus because there are too many prime locations. Then again, we suppose “the Monroe food problem” is a good bind to be in. Nay to on again, off again rain. Seriously, is it spring or not? We need to know at some point, Oregon. Yea to switching completely to Canvas instead of a half-and-half system with Blackboard. It’s nice having everything in one place. Nay to having to learn a whole new system all over again. On the bright side, the half-and-half period gave us some time so we weren’t completely shocked. Yea to Dr. Tech providing additional resources to assist us on our continuing Canvas excursions. Yea to the completion of the SEC plaza and impromptu couples dances that take place underneath it. Nay to seemingly sneaky tuition increases and the lack of student turnout to question these increases. Yea to increased attempts to promote elections and involvement with ASOSU and student government. Nay to the way things have been for far too long — on that note, we’ve talked about this enough. Keep on singing, Corvallis.

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had crossed my mind as I held that commencement informational pamphlet I got in the mail this week. The post-grad blues. Brooklyn I am not just making up mental insecurities or creating problems where there aren’t any, but postRunning on caffeine grad blues are also another hurdle I and many of you will receive the to jump over. Think about it: we all live with most expensive piece of paper we have ever gotten and be expected to or down the street from our closest friends; we have decent part-time be adults once we receive it. jobs and are taking semi-interesting We all know commencement day classes to wrap-up our education; is coming and this brings sadness we are surrounded by people filled and joy all mixed up together. It with passion for what they are doing adds more to the quarter-life crisis and are perusing their dreams; we that we are all feeling, and yet it feels are in a beautiful and historic camlike it is about time we finished up. pus that we get to grace daily and no I wrote about the terrible ailment one looks at us badly when we go for of the quarter-life crisis before, but See Di Raffaele| page 8 now another major world of thought

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Participation awards kill progress in America

ailure is inevitable. It is something we must all deal with at some point in our lives, and depending on where we grew up, along with the influences of our surrounding community, many of us are used to dealing with failure through different methods. Moreover, it is these methods — how we deal with failure on a dayto-day basis — which ultimately determine our ability to succeed. Because from the moment we are born, we are faced with failure. Falling down on our first attempt at walking, losing a playoff game in

gressed into modern-day society, the importance of failure has become increasingly overlooked. As a matter of fact, we have come Jesse to a point in our culture in which it is more acceptable to mask our failures than recognize and grow the state tournament, or flunking a from them — cue the rise of the critical final exam are a few, to say participation award. the least. This approach toward dealing But it is these failures that moti- with failure is a failure in itself, for vate us to get back up on our feet and by sheltering our youth from the work even more strenuously toward harsh emotions brought about by failure, we deprive them of the desire achieving success.

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The not-so-cool post grad blues I came home from school on the first day of this term and found that day’s mail sitting on the floor next to the front door after being pushed through the designated mail slot. I peeked through the bills, wrongly addressed catalogues and newsletters, coupons and fliers to find an envelope from Oregon State University, and inside the envelope was a nifty pamphlet about the upcoming 146th commencement ceremony. I saw my whole college career flash before my eyes in that instant, because post-grad life has become all too real. It is only the first day and already I have to face my imminent college mortality. This sounds a little dark but it is so true. I have 10 weeks left before

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ear Dr. Ethics, I started sort of dating this girl a couple months ago, but I hooked up with someone else over Spring Break. Does that count as cheating? Was it wrong? Should I tell her? —Potential Cheater Dear Potential Cheater, The moral fate of your Spring Break fling — whether your actions count as cheating and if you are blameworthy — depends on what your obligations were to the woman you’ve been “sort of dating” at Oregon State University. If you agreed to an exclusive relationship with her, then you’ve violated your commitments to her. However, given the ambiguous status of your relationship, I suspect you have not discussed the expectations, desires and boundaries of your romance. In the absence of a commitment to sexual fidelity, your hook-up doesn’t “count as cheating.” While the ethics of sex might seem exciting, complicated, and well, sexy, the moral obligations relevant to when, how and with whom you have sex are consistent with your duties in less stimulating areas of human existence. Whether you’re hooking up for one night or until death do you part, treat your sexual partners with basic human decency. Be respectful. Be honest and true to your promises. Practice active consent and respect others’ boundaries. Sexual fidelity is a special, rolebased obligation you take on when you agree to enter a monogamous relationship. This is why you’re not cheating on your roommate or best friend when you have sex with your sort-of-dating-partner. That agreement is also what morally distinguishes cheating from other relationship types like casual dating or consensual non-monogamy that might involve sex with multiple partners. However, just because you didn’t cheat, doesn’t mean you’ve earned a moral “get out of jail free” card. Did you mislead the woman at OSU to think that you are in an exclusive relationship? Did you exploit the ambiguous nature of your “sort of” relationship for personal gain? How did you treat your spring break hookup partner? Did you imply to this person that you wanted something more? These are a few examples of other ways your behavior over break could have been morally problematic. Questions about cheating and ethics often focus on distributing responsibility for infidelity. Who cheated? Did it “technically” count as cheating? Whose fault was it? Yet it’s important to not limit discussions of sexual ethics just to cheating. This leads me to your final question: “Should I tell her?” My answer: Sort of tell her. But first, use this situation as an opportunity to decide what kind of relationship you want and then take action to create it. If you want an exclusive relationship, tell her. If you don’t, tell her that. But whatever you tell her, do so compassionately. Also, don’t assume that learning about your spring break adventures will upset her. For all you know, she hooked up with someone too. If you’re interested in relationship ethics, you might enjoy attending today’s (April 3) presentation by Applied Ethics graduate student Julio Orozco, “From Traditional Marriage to an Open Future,” about marriage, law and ethics. At the School of History, Philosophy, See Jenkins | page 8

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SALEM — Salem Health and Oregon Health & Science University will sign a letter of intent in early May to form a clinical and financial affiliation, officials said Wednesday. The two organizations have been in talks since last March. Salem Health had asked a handful of organizations to submit affiliation proposals, and landed on OHSU. The letter of intent will put in place a structure of the partnership, Salem Health’s board chairman Bob Wells said. The details of the partnership will be worked out for the final agreement, which could be signed by the end of this year. — Salem Health and OHSU will integrate their clinical and financial functions. OHSU’s education and research missions are not included. — The two organizations will retain independent governing boards, but they will work collaboratively. — Employees of each organization will remain separate, also. — The deal does not involve a transaction of finances or assets, but once the integration is complete, the two hospitals will share financial risks and rewards at the end of each quarter. — A management company will be formed and it will have a CEO and other executives who will oversee the integration of financial and clinical functions of the two organizations. It will report to both boards. — The term is 40 years. Salem Health spokeswoman Sherryll Hoar said the management company will make this affiliation the first of its kind. While it’s unclear what the partnership will mean for patients’ care and experience, Wells pointed to the hospital’s existing partnership with OHSU’s Knight Cancer Institute, which allows more cancer patients to receive treatments in Salem. OHSU could help Salem Health

build capacity in specialty care. Salem Health could also take less complicated patients, while allowing OHSU to focus on the most challenging cases. Wells said he expected lots of discussions on the most effective care setting for patients. Peter Rapp, executive director of OHSU health care, said he hopes to find efficiencies by focusing on what each facility does best. Because Salem Health’s costs are lower for the same quality, more middle-acuity patients could be seen in Salem, he said. That would free OHSU to treat patients with the most complicated conditions. “It’s early, but we feel that there probably are patients who are treated at OHSU who should be and can be treated in Salem,” Rapp said. “And with additional support, some of the services we have here and are not available in Salem, we could organize differently so they could be done in Salem.” Salem Health’s move to affiliate with OHSU is part of an ongoing trend for standalone hospitals who are bracing for increasing pressures to reduce costs of care, Wells said. “You’re looking for partners to more efficiently deliver patient care at a reduced cost,” he said. Silverton Health began talks with Legacy Health for a potential affiliation in March. Dr. Bud Pierce, a hematology oncology physician and board member of WVP Health Authority, said Salem’s doctors are excited about the hospital’s move to affiliate with OHSU. Besides the high level of expertise Salem doctors will have ready access to, the intellectual rigor of OHSU would help doctors practice medicine at a higher level, he said. “This is a big positive for Salem because we really couldn’t affiliate with a better partner in Oregon than OHSU, and I’m happy the administration and board chose this route,” Pierce said. “It’s a win for us.”

By Eric Mortenson, Capital Bureau

Commission, which will regulate er $587 million, Crawford said. wholesale commercial production That makes the farm gate value of under Measure 91, has yet to draft Oregon’s pot exports alone greater PORTLAND TRIBUNE than the combined value of hazelPORTLAND — Pot quality would specific rules. nuts, pears, wine grapes, Christmas Underground economy suffer and Oregon’s conventional The law, which was approved trees and blueberries, according to farmers would swamp the market if they turned their skill, equip- by voters in the November 2014 Crawford’s estimates. Crawford said ment, land and infrastructure to election and takes his figures are marijuana production, an Oregon effect July 1, allows based on selfindividuals to posState University expert says. ...marijuana reported data Seth Crawford, who teaches a pot sess up to eight would likely be at from growers he policy class at OSU, said Oregon ounces of pot and the top of the list of reached through already produces far more high- grow up to four “chain referral” quality cannabis than the state plants per housecommodities in terms asurvey technique, consumes, and could meet the state hold for personal of production value. in which the first demand on 35 acres of farmland in use. respondents invite As pot prohibiSouthern Oregon. others in their Crawford said Oregon’s growers tion laws begin to Bruce Pokarney social network to could supply the total U.S. cannabis recede nationally, Spokesman, Oregon take part, and the however, the prosmarket on just 5,000 acres. Department of Agriculture sample size grows “Throw in another 500 and you’d pect of bigger marin a snowball fashcover Canada, too,” Crawford said. kets and industrialHe said Oregon now grows the sized grow operations occasionally ion. Still, the underground nature best pot in the country at reason- comes up in casual, just-wondering of the industry makes it difficult to able prices, and quality would type of conversations, some pro- get precise information, Crawford decline if large growers jumped into ducers say. What if Oregon’s grass acknowledged. Bruce Pokarney, spokesman the business. Existing growers have seed growers decided to grow the refined their techniques over 20, 30 other kind of grass? What if the for the Oregon Department of or 40 years, in some cases, he said. state’s nursery operators turned Agriculture, said the department “There’s a difference between their greenhouse expertise to mari- has no way to assess the state’s cannabis crop value. “But, assumlarge-scale agricultural produc- juana production? Crawford said they shouldn’t ing the OSU numbers are correct, ers and these marijuana producers,” he said. “They’re still small bother, because supply already marijuana would likely be at the outstrips demand. top of the list of commodities in scale compared Crawford said terms of production value,” he said to a 10,000-acre cannabis — unoffi- in an email. wheat ranch. The The way the Oregon cially — is Oregon’s The department assists other comway the Oregon market evolved market evolved was most valuable crop, modity groups with research, marketwith an estimated ing and regulations, but is in a holding was thousands of thousands of small annual v a l u e pattern as the Legislature decides how small growers proapproaching $1 to implement Measure 91, Pokarney ducing high qualgrowers producing Based on said. “Once the Legislature provides ity products and high quality products billion. his surveys of legal direction, we will have a better idea of unique products. and unique products. and illegal growers, how we will be involved in supporting You couldn’t do it the state’s “inter- the industry.” on an industrial nal marijuana scale.” Crawford teaches a sociology Seth Crawford demand” in 2014 class, “Marijuana Policy in the 21st T h e re d o n’t Sociology professor, OSU was about 150,628 Century.” Students were asked to appear to be any pounds. At $150 an produce a collectively-authored conventional farmers clamoring to jump into ounce, that’s $361 million. paper with their recommendathe market. And for now, seeding Medical marijuana growers grew tions for how marijuana should the back 40 with sativa isn’t legal. and exported 391,694 pounds above be grown, sold and distributed in The Oregon Liquor Control the Oregon demand, worth anoth- Oregon.

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and Religion’s Graduate Student Symposium, you can also learn about other exciting projects. Graduate students from both History of Science and Applied Ethics will present their research work in panel discussions throughout the day from 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. in Milam Hall, Room 318. The keynote address will be given by Ted Toadvine

hashtag #askdrethics on Twitter. (Philosophy/Environmental Studies at the University of t Oregon) at 4 p.m. Dr. Stephanie Jenkins is an assistant proin the School of History, Philosophy, and Schedule and additional fessor Religion and co-director of the Phronesis Lab details are available on the event’s for Engaged Ethics. The opinions expressed in Facebook page: facebook.com/ Jenkins’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Jenkins can events/1581458045425656/ be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com. Peace & Virtue, Dr. Ethics Email questions for the colAre you curious about ethumn to forum@dailybaromics and philosophy? Do you eter.com, with the subject “Ask have a moral dilemma or want Dr. Ethics.” respond to this week’s column? Your name will not be pubSend your questions to forum@ lished. dailybarometer.com or use the

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sensitivity of today’s society — our youth will lack the ability to feel that emotional sting of coming in last place. And without that sting festering in the back to excel. of their minds, how will they ever develop the And for what? Because some parent cannot stand to see drive and determination necessary to succeed his or her child’s disappointed face upon not in today’s world? In short — they will not, because by eliminatreceiving a ribbon? ing failure, we breed complacency. Well guess what: Tough love is still love. And in an ever-changing world, complacency Whether we like it or not, it is a necessary component of parenting that teaches our children is the holy grail of failures. It is time we rise up against the overly sensithat life is not always fair. tive, and bring end to the era of the participation And it is for this reason that I cry, “Down with award. the participation award!” t For until we have the hearts to expose our chilJesse Hanson is a sophomore in physics. The opinions expressed in Handren to the bitterness of failure — something that son’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer ,of course, is in no part related to the increased staff. Hanson can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

DI RAFFAELE n Continued from page 7 the third beer at the bar. Being in college is a wonderful time, and soon all of these great aspects that have been a part of our daily lives will be fond memories. I know I am having a tough time with that because I don’t want to let go of what I have cultivated for the past four years. This community and campus are where I found what I want to do and be and soon I will only be a visitor. We all feel accepted here in whatever we do and we cannot feel lonely in a place with so much character.

Post-graduation life will suck a little and be lonely and terrifying. I don’t like adulting very much, but it will be an allencompassing feature. The key is to recognize the changing future but not to let it become everything you think and worry about. It is tricky to conquer but it can be done. Instead, take advantage of everything this campus and town has to offer. Finally, check-off everything on your graduation bucket list and be proud of the work you have accomplished. Yes, college is some of the best years of our lives, but only so far.

There is still so much to do and so much to see. Everything seems bleak right after commencement day because we don’t know what to do or where to go and that is only temporary. Remember that you do not have to settle for anything you don’t want and making plans for your future will help you visualize what you really want to do. There are still awesome times to have after you leave college, and the blues will fade away. t

Brooklyn Di Raffaele is a senior in English. The opinions expressed in Di Raffaele’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Di Raffaele can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.