The Daily Barometer, April 5, 2016

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Candidates sound off

ASOSU hopefuls debate over student issues

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ASOSU presidential and vice presidential candidates debated in the SEC Plaza Monday afternoon ahead of the upcoming election. Voting opens to students on Wednesday and will conclude on Friday. More information on candidates and the election can be found on the ASOSU webpage.

By Sarah Weaver News Reporter

Around 20 Oregon State University students and community members gathered in the Student Experience Center Plaza on Monday to watch the ASOSU President and Vice President and Speaker of the House candidates face off in a mid-campaign debate.

The debate gave the audience the chance to see all the candidates at once and compare their platforms, goals and plans if elected into office.

Saul Boulanger and Chip Campbell, Tabitha Pitzer and Chris Willett and Brett Morgan and Rachel Grisham, the three president and vice president tickets, began the debate by giving opening statements.

“The support and the trust of the student body is conditional and must be earned and re-earned every day,” Boulanger said in his and Campbell’s opening address to the audience.

Grisham and Morgan emphasized their desire to serve the student body in elected to president and vice president.

“We really value servant leadership,” Grisham said.

Pitzer and Willett opened the debate by discussing their aspirations for their time in office, pending elections, specifically increasing connectedness between ASOSU and the student body.

“We also believe that in order to reach out to students we must form an active community,” Willett said.

The first portion of the debate called for the each pair of candidates to answer two pre-written questions read out by one of the moderators, after which the other two tickets would be allowed a

30 second rebuttal.

The questions were based on issues that OSU students face on a daily basis such as campus safety, sustainability, elected student government officials being relatable to students and diversity and inclusion.

When questioned on diversity and inclusion, Boulanger and Campbell expressed their desires to have a more diverse ASOSU next year and if elected, will take steps to increase diversity in student government.

Upon being questioned about affordability in higher education, Grisham and Morgan discussed their plans to make OSU more affordable for students. A 2.1 percent tuition for increase was approved by the OSU Board of Trustees last Thursday.

Grisham and Morgan discussed their plan to make textbooks and academic resources more open to students and introduced a plan to have “open academic resources” in 50 percent of bacc core classes by winter 2016 if elected.

Pitzer and Willett, when asked about how they’d be more relatable to students, discussed their plans to be more available to students through hosting events such as fireside chats in public spaces on campus.

When the issue of campus safety came up, it was discussed in the context of transportation issues such as biker safety and parking.

While Boulanger and Campbell discussed plans to reform OSU’s parking, Pitzer stated her discontent with the topic in the context it was being discussed in.

“I think it’s ridiculous that we’re talking about campus safety

in terms of bikers and pedestrians and roads when one in four women and one in 16 men will be assaulted in their time in college,” Pitzer said.

When asked about sustainability, Grisham and Morgan discussed their desire to reach out to student sustainability activist groups in order to collaborate and work towards improving sustainability on campus.

Pitzer and Willett, when asked about what their first order of business would be if elected, stated that they would make OSU, as well as ASOSU more welcoming to students as some places on campus such as Gill Coliseum and Arnold Dining Hall are not welcoming due to having names allegedly tied to racism.

The audience also got to write in questions for the candidates to answer. Students and community members submitted questions about ASOSU’s connection with CAPS and Student Health Services (SHS), the structure of ASOSU and the disconnect between ASOSU and the cultural resource centers (CRCs).

When asked about ASOSU and its connections to CAPS and SHS as well as their goals to increase awareness of mental health issues, all candidates agreed that there needs to be more discussion on mental health awareness.

“We want to reduce the stigma,” Boulanger said.

Grisham and Morgan discussed the utilization of services outside of CAPS and SHS, specifically, Rec Sports’ wellness programs.

“One thing we can do is increase the wellness alignment,”

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(Left) Tabitha Pitzer and Chris Willett are one of the three tickets on this yearʼs ASOSU ballot for president/vice president. (Right) Rachel Grisham and Brett Morgan are another. Both tickets, as well as Saul Boulenger and Chip Campbell (pictured above left side of stage) debated topics such as student safety and diversity Monday.

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19 “Flip or Flop” cable channel 20 Dueling sword 21 Stare unsubtly 22 Slammer 23 Wreck completely 25 “Moi?” 27 __ Lingus 28 Reason for an R rating 31 “I __ thought of that”

34 Place to overnight 35 Crooner Cole 36 Stat that’s better when it’s lower 37 *Lock insert 41 Expressive rock genre 42 Architect Maya __ 43 Serengeti grazer 44 Crease-resistant fabric 46 Sewer system entry points

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67 Bread served with chicken tikka masala 68 Go to pot ... or a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues

11 *Temporary housing for Fido 12 Behind schedule 13 Green-eyed monster 18 “Son of Frankenstein” role 22 D.C. insider 24 No longer working: Abbr.

26 Sharpen 28 Computer invader 29 Hunter’s garb, for short 30 Thames school 31 Captain’s position 32 Opera highlight 33 *”The Court Jester” star 38 Stare rudely at 39 “He’s a priest,” not a beast, per Ogden Nash

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H or oscope today and tomorrow. Profit from socializing over the next month (with Venus in Aries), despite a pull toward introspection over the next few weeks (with Mercury in Taurus). Share your dreams.

Venus in Aries, especially today and tomorrow. With Mercury in Taurus for about three weeks, you’re clever with bookkeeping and budgets. Determine shared priorities.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Assume more professional authority today, tomorrow, and over the next month, with the Moon and Venus in Aries. Communication and team collaboration come easily for the next few weeks. Hold meetings, parties and gatherings.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — You’re more confident today and tomorrow. Try a new style. Begin a financially savvy phase over the next few weeks with Mercury in Taurus. With Venus in your sign for four weeks, you’re irresistible.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Expand your territory over the next month, with Venus in Aries.

Study and travels flow, especially today and tomorrow.

Your communications skills advance your career, with Mercury in Taurus for the next few weeks.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — You’re especially creative and productive over this next month. Your work is in demand, especially today and tomorrow.

Make agreements, promises and sign contracts over the next three weeks. Collaborate and compromise.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — Savor peaceful introspection today and tomorrow. For four weeks with Venus in Aries, fantasies and dreams abound. You’re especially clever for the next few weeks, with Mercury in your sign. Your creativity seems boundless.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — You’re especially brilliant with finances and negotiations over the next month. Earn more and save more. Plan a trip to study a fascinating subject over the next few weeks. Broaden your horizons.

Today’s Birthday (04/05/16). Expect a year of adventure and learning.

Review options carefully, planning action for after 5/9 and larger investments after 8/13. A two-year collaboration phase sparks on 9/9. Professional developments after 9/1 lead to spiritual renewal after 9/16. Reconsider dreams, ideals and beliefs. Look for hidden answers. Listen to your heart.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 6 — Collaborate with friends

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Have fun with your partner over the next month, with

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Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Learn voraciously over the next month, with Venus in Aries.

Study what you love, especially today and tomorrow. Beautify your home over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Taurus. Read and write.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — This next month (especially today and tomorrow) can be especially lucrative. You have a special gift with words over the next three weeks. Write your novel. Share what you’re learning.

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Vote OR Vote Campaign in full swing on OSU campus

Initiative aiming to register 8,000 students this year, continuing previous work

By Lauren Sluss News Reporter

Encouraging students to become civically engaged in the OSU community, the state-wide Vote OR Vote campaign began March 28 and hopes to register over 8,000 OSU students to vote within one year.

The annual campaign is hosted by the Oregon Student Association, which is a non-profit, non-partisan student-lead organization fighting for higher education affordability and accessibility for all students across the state of Oregon.

Last year, the Vote OR Vote campaign registered over 55,000 students to vote.

Almost all member campuses of the OSA are participating, as well as a few non-members, giving each campus the opportunity to register students to vote, according to ASOSU Assistant Director of Government Relations Christian Mello.

“The purpose of the Vote OR Vote campaign is to encourage civic engagement among our college students,” Mello said. “They are a large demographic of people who are seen as not being engaged, or even not having power to make changes around them.

We want students to be a group of people who have a voice.”

Giving students the opportunity to register to vote increases their legitimacy, according to ASOSU Executive Director of Government Relations Tabitha Pitzer.

“We are often overlooked and not seen as a legitimate constituency, so when students register to vote we can help legitimize ourselves and be seen as a powerful group, which we are,” Pitzer said. “If you want to make a difference

and help students gain power and legitimacy in the Oregon legislature, you have only two choices: vote or vote.”

The campaign provided a method of reaching out and aiding other students for Pitzer, who was affected by witnessing a fatal car accident involving two people she knew before coming to OSU. “I felt like, because I couldn’t save their lives, I couldn’t help anyone,” Pitzer said. “When I came to OSU, I got involved with the Vote OR Vote campaign, and it totally changed my way of thinking, and it let me know that I can actually do something again to help people.”

Through phone banking and clipboarding in the MU Quad, Pitzer, Mello and a core volunteer team of around 10 students hope to reach their goal and register 3200 students must be registered by April 26.

To vote within the state of Oregon, one must be a US citizen, 17 years of age or older, and have an address within the state of Oregon. Out-of-state and resident hall students can register to vote as well.

Students may register to vote by filling out the registration cards. Vote OR Vote volunteers approach students with the registration forms in the SEC and MU Quad.

Voting during elections is not only an American privilege, but also a civic duty, according to Vote OR Vote volunteer coordinator Jacqueline Logsdon.

“I committed to the Vote or Vote campaign because I believe in the power of democracy and our individual voices being heard,” Logsdon said. “Several people fought and died for our right to vote, and is it an important duty as citizens of the US to vote.”

Not only does the Vote OR Vote campaign register students to vote, but also encourages them to educate themselves on local issues, according to Mello.

“One of the most important and most overlooked parts of college is teaching

Debate

Continued from page 1 Grisham said.

Pitzer and Willett also discussed reducing the stigma surrounding mental health, specifically with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and its effect on students.

“Let them know that this is okay, that this is normal, and that there are services available to them,” Pitzer said.

When questioned about the connections between the CRCs and ASOSU, all three pairs of candidates expressed interest in building relations with the centers while still being respectful of their privilege.

The candidates were also questioned about

people to educate themselves,” Mello said. “By registering people to vote and reminding them they have a voice, they will in turn go out and educated themselves about what's going on, instead of just relying on what they hear third party or through Facebook.”

Being registered to vote and educated may encourage students to become more involved with campus issues, according to Logsdon.

“Last week the Board of Trustees approved a tuition increase, and not a lot of students even knew,” Logsdon said. “I think if students were registered to vote and more civically engaged, we could have pulled together and rallied before the increase.

Students who wish to register through the campaign may fill out the registration cards, located both in the ASOSU office, and the Vote OR Vote tabling and clipboarding events in the MU Quad throughout the term.

The Vote OR Vote campaign encourages students to register and become engaged in the community in order to make a difference in the community, according to Pitzer.

“The amount of change that we can create by being civically engaged is endless,” Pitzer said. “We've seen ballot measures and elections that wouldn't have gone through without the student population voting, things that wouldn't have happened. We can be an active part in creating history.”

the structure of ASOSU and the accountability of the people within it.

Boulanger and Campbell stated that the government can only be governed by the laws within it and nothing else.

“A government cannot be governed by whims or mere desires,” Boulanger said.

Grisham and Morgan discussed how students need to evaluate their government in order to strengthen it.

“I think we need to bring in students outside of the student government to evaluate it and be critical,” Morgan said.

Pitzer and Willett discussed fostering a supportive environment for students.

“We would do our utmost best to make sure people feel supported,” - Pitzer said.

After closing statements and a 10 minute

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Saul Boulanger and Chip Campbell answered questions and debated student related issues Monday as part of the ASOSU debate. Voting opens Wednesday.

OSU administrator possibly leaving

Western Washington selects provost, executive vice president as preferred candidate for open president spot

By The Daily Barometer

Oregon State University’s provost has been named as the preferred candidate as president of Western Washington University.

Randhawa, who was named OSU’s provost and executive vice president in 2005, has been scheduled for a Monday and Tuesday visit as the preferred candidate to be the next president of the university located in Bellingham, Washington, according to a release from the WWU website.

Karen Lee, WWU board of trustees chair, drafted the letter outlining the board’s choice to choose Randhawa as their preferred presidential candidate.

“This past Tuesday the Board of Trustees and the Presidential Search Advisory Committee (PSAC) announced that Sabah Randhawa, the provost and executive vice president at Oregon State University, has been selected as the preferred candidate to be the 14th President of Western,” Lee wrote in the letter.

The Associated Press reports that Randhawa would replace outgoing president Bruce Shepard.

Information on the University of Nebraska website has also mentioned Randhawa as a finalist for UNL chancellor earlier this year, which included three other finalists.

The provost’s current responsibilities at OSU have included implementation of the university’s long-term strategic plan and management of various academic colleges across campus, according the OSU website.

Steve Clark, vice president of university relations and marketing at OSU, said it’s typically not unusual for someone in an administrative position at a university to retire or take positions elsewhere.

“Oregon State has been very fortunate to have the long tenure of President Ray and long tenure of Sabah as provost,” Clark said.

“It’s rather unusual for that duration to occur.”

In the event that Randhawa is offered the position, OSU will then go through a process of implementing an interim provost and executive vice president through a committee search or appointment from OSU President Ed Ray, Clark added.

The search for a permanent provost candidate would come later in the form of a national search.

Typically a national search would take as long as, if you will, a year for that next person to start their employment at OSU,” Clark said.

More information on Randhawa as a WWU selection can be found at presidentdesignate.wwu.edu.

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break, Speaker of the House candidate Josh Kaufman and Christian Schuster took the stage to address an audience of five people about their ideas and plans pending election. The third candidate, Zoe Baumann, was not in attendance.

Like the previous debate, both candidates had the opportunity to answer pre-written questions from the moderators, followed by a 30 second rebuttal from the other candidate. The audience would then have a chance to submit their own questions.

When asked about collaboration between the House and other entities within ASOSU, both Kaufman and Schuster agreed that it comes down to accountability from all entities within ASOSU as well as student engagement.

“It all comes down to accountability,” Schuster said.

Kaufman stated that student engagement is also pivotal to the success of ASOSU and collaborations between the groups within it.

“Right now we have fewer students running for seats in the senate than there are seats in the senate,” Kaufman said.

Kaufman and Schuster discussed their ideas for improving rapport and getting past differing ideologies in the House. Kaufman said that he

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wanted to take on a facilitative role in the house while Schuster discussed his desire to increase collaboration between members of the House.

After the prepared portion of the debate, the audience was invited to write in questions for the candidates. No questions were submitted.

The candidates then gave their closing statements. Kaufman discussed his plans to reform ASOSU’s congress as the current one, in his words, is “very white, very male, and very Greek”.

“The voices of students of marginalized communities have been drowned out,” Kaufman said.

In his statement, Schuster discussed student engagement and participation.

“We do need to have students at large to have a voice,” Schuster said.

Students will have the chance to make their voices heard and vote for who they think should be on the ASOSU executive council starting on Wednesday April 6 and until Friday April 8, students can vote online at asosu.oregonstate. edu/elections. baro.news@oregonstate.edu

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DIY ‘Takes Up Space’ Corvallisʼ first punk underground swap meet takes place on campus

By Natalie Vega News Contributor

Local zines, records, posters and more filled the basement of the Arts Center on Sunday. Members of the Corvallis community gathered to share their punk-related projects with one another.

“A lot of people in Corvallis don’t realize that we have such a vibrant DIY music scene, so we organized Take Up Space as a way to make it easy for people to see how much we have happening here,” said Indiana Laub, one of the organizers of the event and a Corvallis resident.

KBVR FM, Secret Pennies Records, Sucker Mag, Allied Students for Another Politics (ASAP) and the Benton County Skateboarding Alliance were just a few of the groups represented at the swap meet. Those without their own projects to present were still given the chance to get creative.

The ‘You Can Button That!’ table provided comic books, magazines and other tools for community members to make their own buttons.

“DIY communities are made up of people who are supportive of each other and challenge each other to be better and stronger people,” Laub said.

At ‘Take Up Space’, friends encouraged one another to sign up for ‘Band in a Hat’, an event where those who signed up were randomly assigned to bandmates and will perform a live show at Interzone.

Fans of musicians SZA and Thundercat were especially fortunate as KBVR FM was giving away free tickets to their shows at the event. More freebies could be found at the table for Secret Pennies Records, where compilations of local Corvallis music were handed out in CD format.

In addition to music, politics were also present at the swap meet. ASAP, the organizers behind the most recent protest against OSU’s tuition increase, were tabling at ‘Take Up Space’.

“DIY culture and radical politics connect in a lot of ways and historically there has been overlap so it seemed to make sense that it was a place that we could find receptive people, or at least have some good conversations,” said David DeHart, ASAP member and a junior in environmental sciences.

Although it was a small event, those who attended ‘Take Up Space’ felt like it had been successful in its goal to showcase local and underground projects. Even for those outside of the punk culture, the event still proved to be accessible.

“It was very welcoming and it was a cool experience for me. For starting up, it was good in size.

I think it will only go up in numbers,” said Juan Flores, a junior in environmental sciences.

Jessica Tafoya-Soberanis, a sophomore in women, gender and sexuality studies enjoyed the event, even though it was not exactly as she expected it to be.

“I thought it was going to be a little bigger, but I liked the variety of booths that attended,” TafoyaSoberanis said.

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(Left) The ʻTake Up Spaceʼ event, promoting local zines, records, posters and more took place Sunday. (Top) Several organizations, students and community members were in attendance at the swap meet.

For more Corvallis DIY info and an upcoming events schedule, visit their Facebook page, or www.corvalliscity.org. *** ʻBand in a Hatʼ will take place May 13, 2016 at Interxozone.

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UConn vs. a WNBA team? Not so fast

Could the best college teams in any sport ever be as good as the pros?

By Jeff Jacobs The Hartford Courant

INDIANAPOLIS—Greatness spawns comparisons. Greatness sets us off in search of touchstones. It is deep in the fabric of American sports. It is deep in human nature.

Sure, a team or player is great. But how great compared to this Hall of Famer or that dynasty?

Invariably, a remark ignites the debate. In this case it was Mississippi State coach Vic Schaefer following his 98-38 loss to UConn March 26 in the Bridgeport Regional.

“Today it felt like I was playing a WNBA team,” Schaefer said. “I don’t know what team in the league they can’t compete with. They got all the pieces.”

The words were striking. The Huskies are on the cusp of becoming the first team in women’s Division I history to win four consecutive national championships. They are on the cusp of becoming the first basketball team, men’s or women’s, to win an 11th NCAA title. They have won 73 in a row, all by double figures, and arguably have the greatest player in college history.

So was Schaefer right? On Saturday, Washington Mystics guard Kara Lawson, WNBA All-Star, Olympic gold medalist and ESPN analyst, shook her head.

Nope. Nada. No way.

So is it bull?

“Yeah,” Lawson said. “We hear it a lot in sports.

People say, ‘Oh, Alabama can beat whoever the crappy NFL team is.’ Last year, it was, ‘Kentucky men can beat the Sixers.’ It’s not how it is. There are 12 WNBA teams, 12 players. It’s the most exclusive pro sport there is in terms of how hard it is to make it and how good you have to be in that league.”

UConn beat a WNBA team?

“Not going to happen,” Lawson said. “I just laughed at it. ... This UConn team has Breanna Stewart. That’s why anybody is entertaining the conversation in the slightest, because they have a superstar player.”

Lawson says, regardless of what happens in the Final Four, Stewart is the greatest player in women’s college basketball history.

“Next year are you going to say UConn can (beat a WNBA team)?” Lawson said. “No. It’s because of her presence. She is going to walk into the league and be one of the 10 best players from day one.

She’s great. But she doesn’t play with other people at that level. I don’t want to demean them in the slightest. (The Huskies) have other good players who could eventually go on and have great pro careers.”

Annually, ESPN brings its top analysts to meet with the media on the eve of the Final Four.

Annually, Lawson, Rebecca Lobo, Doris Burke

bring their A game.

“Could UConn win a game against a particular WNBA team?” asked Burke, who played at Providence. “I would think probably, but if you were going to play a series against them?

Absolutely not.

“You’re talking about more experienced players. Scouting at the WNBA level is very high. They expose weaknesses very quickly. I don’t think it’s out of the realm of possibility they could win a game, but if you’re asking me if they can compete consistently, the answer is no.”

Lobo played in UConn’s first perfect season in 1995 and went on to play in the WNBA. Asked how this UConn team would fare in the WNBA, Lobo answered, “Not well. WNBA players are really, really good. Stewie is a WNBA player. So are Moriah Jefferson and Morgan Tuck. Right now, nobody else is.

“If you took three great WNBA players now and gave them Katie Lou Samuelson and Kia Nurse —nothing against them—but they wouldn’t do well against other WNBA teams. It’s a completely different level. I think (the argument they could compete with WNBA teams) is flawed. They’d struggle defensively. Stewie would be behind them, so that would help. Don’t get me wrong, (the younger UConn players) are WNBA players down the line, but just look at how much Maya Moore has gotten better since her senior year in college, going overseas, playing against WNBA players.

Size-wise, everything, it’s a different level.”

The comparison annoyed Lawson. She doesn’t hide it.

“I don’t think people respect the athletes who are in the WNBA, respect the fact there are players who have played 10 years pro,” Lawson said.

“These are grown women who have worked on their craft a lot. To say flippantly like Schaefer did, ‘Oh, a college team could beat (a WNBA team)’ is

disrespectful to all the players in the league.

“But if I lost by 60 I might be saying something like that, too.”

If you’re looking at a one-game argument, you’d need to specify the circumstances, of course, and if you’re comparing UConn with the Tulsa Shock (3-31) of 2011, the 8-24 San Antonio Stars of 2015 or one of those terrific Minnesota Lynx champions of recent years?

“First of all what rules are you playing by?”

Lawson said. “If you’re playing by WNBA rules, that’s a long 3-point shot. WNBA rules, Stewie can’t sit in the lane and block everybody’s shot because she’s got to be outside. There is defensive three seconds. WNBA rules, you can be more physical.

You can mob. You can attack different players.

If you play by college rules and Brittney Griner doesn’t have three seconds, good luck with that.”

True, Griner might as well sit back there waving her finger like Dikembe Mutombo.

As a random comparison, Lawson took the hometown Indiana Fever, which finished third in the WNBA East and lost to the Lynx in the playoff finals. “(Fever point guard) Briann January is a heck of a player, a grown woman, goes against WNBA point guards every night. It would be hard, very hard for Moriah Jefferson to go against her. The strength, the physicality, the savvy.”

Lawson named other Fever players of note.

“Tamika Catchings. Natalie Achonwa has applied her trade for two, three years. She’s a much better player than she was at Notre Dame. Devereaux Peters, four years in, she’s had to go against Maya Moore and Seimone Augustus (of the Lynx).”

Lawson said a lot of people, even those who watch the college game, don’t watch the WNBA in the summer and miss the maturing and nuance of individual improvement.

“My best year, I was 31, my peak year,” said

Lawson, 35, who played at Tennessee. “Diana Taurasi ... it wasn’t until her late 20s and early 30s that she mastered the game. It takes time, seven, eight years as an average to maximize it. There’s a heck of a jump.”

That, Lawson says, is what is so scary about Stewart, Elena Delle Donne, even Maya Moore.

They are on an upward arc.

“Take Tina Charles, I played with her in her rookie year (with the Sun),” Lawson said. “She got a lot of numbers. She didn’t know what the heck she was doing half the time. She couldn’t call coverages. She was late on calling them out defensively. Asjha Jones was having to point to where she needed to go on plays.

“If you looked at the raw numbers, all those rebounds, you’d say she was a great player from day one. No, she was talented. Now, I go against her, last year she was one of the best in the league calling out coverages, anticipating. She’s telling everyone else where to go now. She’s a different player.”

Size, strength, physical and game maturity, the depth of all of those attributes on a WNBA roster ... you don’t need to be John Wooden or Geno Auriemma to see it at the Sun games.

“Obviously, you have players who have transcended talent and can affect the game immediately at the next level,” Burke said. “But I think it takes a good three, four years to really get it underneath your belt. You understand the schemes coming at you, where they are exposing your weaknesses.

“It was so eye-opening for me when Richie Adubato took over the Liberty. When they started the WNBA they took college coaches and tried to play a college game. It was when the NBA coaches came in, they looked to exploit matchups, prepared differently.”

Stewart, Tuck and Jefferson were named WBCA All-Americans on Saturday. Jefferson: Defensive player of the year. And besides being named AP player of the year a record third time, Stewart: Back-to-back Wade Trophies. Yes, comparable to back-to-back Heisman Trophies.

“We all compare, that’s what we do,” Lawson said. “You see something as dominant as what UConn has accomplished, it’s so great that you want to think of something greater that it can touch. Instead of ‘We haven’t seen this before, this is awesome,’ it’s ‘I don’t even know what to compare this to, so I’m going to say (the Huskies) would win the Olympic gold medal if they went to fricken Rio.’ “Why do we have to make up something that’s not true? Forget all that. Stop comparing. Just look at it and say, ‘This is crazy. We’re in the middle of something we’ve never seen’ and celebrate (UConn) and talk about how amazing it is.”

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Notre Dame’s Folston no longer down and out After a Torn ACL Tarean Folston is back and ready for redemption

hold a lot of promise.

Instead, it turned into a theme for a team that lost nine starters to season-ending injuries. But rather than lick his wounds, Folston focused on mending and coaching up his backfield mates —C.J. Prosise, Josh Adams and Dexter Williams.

By Paul Skrbina “It’s not that it’s nasty or anything,” he said Chicago Tribune of the injury suffered in the first quarter of the SOUTH BEND, Ind.—Tarean Folston was first game against Texas. “It’s just like, it didn’t down, then out last season with a torn right look like anything.

ACL. “As far as making the cuts, first day I was like, But the Notre Dame running back is back, and ‘OK, I’m out here but should I put all this weight admitted he was a little down while he was out. on this foot, this leg?”

“I couldn’t really do anything,” he said.

But time, as usual, has helped heal his “Knowing you’re out for the season and the wounds. season didn’t really start yet, it was real tough.

Folston needn’t look far to find consolation.

I was down, but I had to keep my head up and Adams, a freshman, tore his ACL during his get over it.” junior year of high school. The injury shelved “It” was a routine cut Folston said he has him for eight months and caused a lot of his watched once or twice—“Didn’t want to see it scholarship offers to be yanked.

Adams said the key to not unraveling is turnagain”—a play that occurred three rushes and 19 yards into his third season that seemed to ing your back to the future and letting a person

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experience the rehab in their own way. He said Folston, whom he called a mentor, was upbeat during his time off the field.

“The calendar moves slowly,” said Adams, who ran for 835 yards and six touchdowns, including a 98-yarder, the longest play from scrimmage in school history. “You have to take it easy, but as an athlete you don’t want to. You have to stay patient. You hate being away from the game. It’s not what you wish for, but it happens. The key is to stay positive.”

Folston filled the 12 days between injury and surgery bracing himself for what was ahead. He said he was nervous during the days leading up to the procedure. But he was bent on not wearing his emotions.

He spent time strengthening his quad and his resolve.

“I’m not one to show weakness,” Folston said.

“I didn’t wear a brace or anything. They couldn’t tell I was hurt.”

Maybe not outwardly.

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The amount of days we left until the Beaverʼs Spring Football Game.

But inside, Folston felt some crumbling.

“It was real tough those first couple of days,” he said. “I was extremely nervous right before the surgery.”

There were some positives, though. Namely, the injury allowed Adams some unexpected playing time.

“I’m glad Josh got a chance to get on the field,” Folston said. “(He) got a tremendous amount of reps. I feel like that helped us out a lot.”

Folston hopes to get that chance himself this fall.

Coach Brian Kelly said Folston probably won’t be tackled during spring practices, even though he is healed. Folston will compete with Adams to try to earn back the starting spot that disappeared during a routine play last September.

“It’s strength and volume for him, but he’s in all of our drill work,” Kelly said. “I suspect that he’ll do quite a bit with us.”

And, Folston hopes, for the Irish.

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UConn set to make history in tournament UConn will prepare to face Huskies in next section of finals face off

By Steven B. Brooks Newsday

INDIANAPOLIS—Connecticut women’s coach Geno Auriemma compared his dynasty to the greatest one in men’s college basketball history, and it rang true.

Auriemma said Monday that his top-ranked Huskies—winners of three consecutive national titles and 74 straight games, second only to UConn’s 90-game streak from 2008-10—are in a place similar to where the UCLA men were in the 1960s and ‘70s. Coach John Wooden’s Bruins won a record 10 championships, including seven in a row from 1967-73. “I really do think,

from a historical perspective what the UCLA men were doing in the late ‘60s, early ‘70s, is where we’re at today,” said Auriemma, who can earn his 11th national championship by defeating Syracuse on Tuesday night. “I mean, this NCAA Tournament didn’t start until 1983, I think, right? So we’re really, really young in our history. So we’re probably where they were.”

The women’s tournament actually started in 1982, but Auriemma’s point wasn’t lost. The Huskies won it in five of the previous seven years and are 115-1 the past three seasons.

This year, Connecticut (37-0) has won its five NCAA games by an average of 41.6 points. But Auriemma doesn’t want this team to get lost in the historical significance of winning a fourth straight women’s title.

“This particular team is its own entity, and this is their one opportunity to win a national

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championship,” Auriemma said. “It’s this particular team with this group of individuals, and we happen to have three seniors that have been there for the other three. We’re trying to treat it as it’s for this particular team keep that focus the way we kind of have all season long.” One of those seniors, three-time Associated Press Player of the Year Breanna Stewart, said four years ago her goal was to win four national titles.

“I’m on the verge of getting it, and kind of live up to my words,” she said. “I don’t wish that I hadn’t said that I want to win four national championships.” Coincidentally, the fourth would come against Syracuse, which is located five minutes from where Stewart grew up. She spent many nights cheering for the Orange, and Auriemma called the situation “storybook.” He said Stewart likely would admit she still has a soft spot in her heart for Syracuse, but quickly

added that won’t be the case Tuesday night.

“I do believe ... it’s making things full circle to play Syracuse in my last collegiate game because that’s where I grew up,” Stewart said. “Being able to play against them is completely cool. It’s cool for the people back home.”

If the Huskies succeed, it will add to an amazing legacy for Stewart. But she said it’s up to others to determine the impact she’s made on the program.

“I’ll play and do the best I can on the court, and then you guys are supposed to decide,” she said. “But if I had to choose, I would like to be remembered as someone who was a winner. A winner, a great teammate, someone who loved to have fun. And then you guys can figure out the rest.”

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Cheapest ways for fun in the sun

By Jackie Keating Forum contributor

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lthough we’re still going to be plagued with occasional rainstorms (this is the Pacific Northwest, after all), the weather is getting increasingly better, and students are coming out of their hibernation caves in alarming numbers to soak up some sun.

Therefore, I’ve come up with an inexhaustive list of ways to maximize your spring fun without making too large a dent in your wallet.

Buy a blanket you’re not going to care about Getting the right picnic blanket is important.

It has to be sturdy, like a Pendleton blanket, but ugly, inexpensive and something you won’t care about ruining, unlike a Pendleton. I would head down to the Walmart in Albany and check out their selection of inexpensive items, or you can get a “real” picnic blanket for around $20 on Amazon, which is composed of a water-resistant, mat-like material on one side and a sort of flannel material on the other side. Whatever the case, you’re going to need a blanket that can withstand many different terrains, like the MU quad, the sand on the coast, or a nice spot on Mary’s Peak.

Acquire a rope in order to make a sheet tent If you’re willing to take your sunshine time

one step forward, you can invest in a rope with which to make a secret hideout in your backyard or anywhere with fence posts or trees. Simply tie a rope to two sturdy objects, make sure it’s taut, and cascade a sheet over it, preferably in slow motion as if you’re in an artsy Sundance film. Then pull the two ends of the sheet out and stabilize it with some rocks, so that the end result looks like a crude tent, which is what it is in fact supposed to be. Put your blanket on the ground inside and chuckle to yourself as you hide from your roommates.

Buy sunscreen I understand that sunblock isn’t exactly cheap, but a sunburn will significantly lessen your enjoyment of the sun for days on end. Have your mom come visit you under the premise that you genuinely enjoy her company, and coerce her into buying sunscreen for you. Now the sunblock is free and you can avoid skin cancer! That’s a winwin situation if I’ve ever seen one.

Catch a baseball or softball game Would you like an excuse to sit in the sun for hours on end but not feel bad for being unproductive because you are engaging in school spirit?

Great! Grab yourself a ticket to one of our baseball or softball games, slather on the sunscreen and be prepared to watch athletes stand around in a field. There will be a baseball game on April 8 at 5:35 p.m., and the softball players will be playing the same day at 3 p.m. Cheer on our Beavs while getting a tan all of your friends will envy.

Purchase a bunch of books from local bookstores and read while you tan There’s something more summer-esque about reading a novel in the sun as opposed to doing homework. If you’d like to throw your assigned reading to the wind and engage in some reading you’ll actually enjoy, head to the Corvallis

Government process needs more students

By Sean Bassinger Forum editor

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olleges, universities and politics: I’ve seen a few things since my time working for student papers.

When I first started as a reporter for The Commuter, Linn-Benton Community College’s student newspaper, I got to work closely with representatives at the LBCC Student Leadership Council, which worked to address the college’s board of directors and legislatures in Salem.

The top issue, more often than not, was tuition cost inflation, or the platform known as “affordability.”

I was also around as a reporter for The Daily Barometer between 2013 and 2014 when tuition freezes were approved for colleges and universities across Oregon for the first time in more than a decade.

Months and years prior saw continued participation in the political process, which could be one credit toward how the legislature managed to maintain some flex room to make sure this happens.

But student political participation as of late has seemed much more lackluster.

The Associated Students of Oregon State University elections turnout, for instance, has experienced a steady decline. Last year’s saw around 9 percent, while the year prior had nearly 15 percent.

The amount of diversity in terms of the candidates’ backgrounds—some of them admitted this themselves in Monday’s debates—also appears to be dwindling.

It’s easy to say “the student government doesn’t do their job,” but this can easily become a catch 22 situation.

People like to contest the state of campus politics and budget decisions, yet debate and campus government events continue to draw low turnouts in addition to the usual suspects and occasional news stories.

So where do we start with this?

One candidate for speaker of the house, Joshua Kaufman, said it’s up to different people of different cultural backgrounds to solve their own problems, seems very problematic.

He may have meant that it’s up to different students from various cultural constituencies to reach out to ASOSU and other student government bodies if they feel something more needs to be done with our current political system.

At least, that’s what I hope he meant.

Two presidential candidates, Tabitha Pitzer and Chris Willett, went out of their way to address the issue of sexual assault in regards to campus safety, an issue that audience participants later noted weren’t focused on well enough during the debates.

Did ASOSU know about these concerns? If not, what needs to happen so they know and acknowledge such concerns in the future?

It is definitely the responsibility of student government to engage, first and foremost, with students from other backgrounds to make sure that representatives have the best interests of students at heart.

To that level, it is up to student leaders—past and present—to assist in helping any and all who have issues that require resolution.

We already know student government is capable of amazing things.

Though in the past two years, we’ve seen nothing but “business as usual,” just as OSU President Ed Ray has acknowledged that he wants to get rid of.

I’ll say this once and I’ll say it again: It’s definitely a group effort, and not the core responsibility of one single entity on campus.

On that note, I personally hope that candidates of the future student government can do something more than idly sit by and observe as student participation in political issues continues to dwindle.

At the core of the issue, I don’t believe student leaders are corrupt or “evil.”

I do, however, believe many have been way too apathetic or neutral.

So here’s to a future of action, because this sincerely must change in years to come.

Otherwise, we can all look forward to more tuition increases, more textbook cost increases and less compromise with state legislatures and administrators.

The opinions expressed in Bassinger’s column do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. baro.forum@oregonstate.edu

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Local Library or one of our local bookstores and peruse some shelves. The Book Bin, Grassroots, and Browser’s Bookstore, all booksellers located downtown, have great options at hard-to-beat prices. And of course the local library has tons of options for free with the use of a library card, which only takes a quick form to attain.

Ideally, you’ll do everything on this list and combine them: you’ll read a locally-acquired book while lying on your all-purpose blankie in

your sheet tent while at an outdoor sporting event.

But if this proves impossible, you can try to implement just a few of these in order to make the next few sunny days extra pleasant.

Enjoy!

The opinions expressed in Keating’s column do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. baro.forum@oregonstate.edu

Think, talk more about acceptance

By Mahalee Evans Forum contributor

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n Nov. 16 this past fall term, OSU minority students came together in Gill Coliseum to share their experiences.

They spoke about increasing racial sensitivity and overall inclusivity to all who came to listen on an open invitation.

Having attended the event in person as a fellow minority, I felt that the words spoken were very powerful and it was certainly a moment of clarity for all those that attended to hear about student experiences through new sets of eyes.

Although there were some moments of tension, I felt that the respect shown to those speaking was very great.

This respect however, was not shown at all online.

On a site called “4chan,” a blog where people can blog and discuss a variety of topics anonymously, several comments were posted using hateful and racist speech with the purpose of degrading the entire event. President Ed Ray commented on this the next day in a mass email: “…the racist, negative and hateful comments and behavior that were captured on social media during Monday’s ‘speak out’ are unacceptable and are completely against

our values and aspirations as members of the Oregon State University community.”

As someone who believes in acceptance, I am also someone who believes in protecting the freedom of speech. According to the American Civil Liberties Union or ACLU, “…the defense of freedom of speech is most necessary when the message is one most people find repulsive. Constitutional rights must apply to even the most unpopular groups if they’re going to be preserved for everyone.”

The ACLU has frequently represented most groups that people find unpalatable including but not limited to; Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members, accused terrorists, pornographers, communists, anti-LGBTQ+ activists, and flag burners.

With the rise of the Internet has also come the rise of new outlets of communication to censor, and the ACLU is constantly combatting those. One of their main objectives since the 1920s has been protecting the rights of free speech in schools.

As an outcome of this speak out, a meeting was scheduled a week later with President Ray and other unspecified university leaders to “address concerns; improve safety; and effectively and measurably ensure that OSU is a more collaborative,

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inclusive and caring community that strives for equity and equal opportunity.”

Ray then pledged to keep the Oregon State community up to date on the next steps by the end of the fall term. Since then, a position for a Chief Diversity Officer and Director have been created to oversee institutional changes in regards to “diversity, equity and inclusion” I believe that as a country as we have become more politically correct, we have forgotten that the Constitution applies to all United States citizens not just to those whom we think are “correct” or “good.”

I believe in acceptance, yes, but I do not believe in only accepting those who share my way of thinking, life, sexuality, race, or political affiliation.

The concept of acceptance is thrown around too often by those who do not embrace the full sense of the word, not knowing that you don’t have to agree with, or even like someone to accept them, and this goes for everybody all across the board.

The opinions expressed in Evans’ column do not necessarily reflect those of The Daily Barometer staff. baro.forum@oregonstate.edu

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ʻBatman v Supermanʼ delivers a dynamic theatrical experience Review by Nick Sullivan The Daily Barometer

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oday we exist in a world of great comic book inspired films that have been blessed by the visual quality of modern cinematography. Additionally, we exist in a time of rampant escalation between Marvel and DC comics. The result is a precursor to the Justice League which is the DC equivalent of “The Avengers.” With several Avenger films already in existence, “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” is muddled proclamation that there is a new sheriff in town.

“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” takes place 18 months after the events of “Man of Steel” which left Metropolis partially destroyed by Superman’s conflict with General Zod. As it turns out Bruce Wayne, played by Ben Affleck, was in Metropolis at the time of the encounter and was deeply influenced by the excessive destruction of the city.

This has led Wayne to seek out his revenge on Superman, played by Henry Cavill, by attempting to acquire Kryptonite with lethal intentions. Also on the hunt for Kryptonite is Lex Luther, played

by Jesse Eisenberg, who also views Superman as a threat.

In addition, the events of the movie introduce the characters of Wonder Woman, The Flash, Cyborg and Aquaman.

One film aspect that “Dawn of Justice” crushed was the engagement of the audience. The movie is so action-packed that my eyes felt continuously glued to the screen despite the run time of 151 minutes. Part way through the movie I developed a headache because of the 3-D glasses, but I was so captivated I didn’t even think of taking them off.

Let me put it this way — at one point in this film, a nuclear weapon is launched and detonates

Not only are the action sequences engaging, so are the developments of different characters and the use of subtle confrontational language... in space, however when compared to the other events that occur, it wasn’t a big deal.

Not only are the action sequences engaging, so are the developments of different characters and the use of subtle confrontational language, as shown in the trailer.

All things considered, “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” is still a fair bit short of flawless when it comes to plausibility of both the story and characters.

So much of what defines Bruce Wayne is the traumatizing and violent death of his parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne. These deaths were extremely influential and are a major factor as to why Batman exists.

The conflict between Superman and General Zod is also deeply disturbing to Wayne, so much that he sees it as reason to seek out and kill Superman.

However, later in the movie, Batman lets his hatred for Superman go for a very inane reason and they decide to team up. Within an hour Batman goes from wanting to kill Superman to claiming him as a friend to a third party.

Wayne is still unable to let go of the anger

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Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill star in the new “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.”

3. Dialog from his parents’ death after decades — and yet Superman gets a pass after less than two years.

4. Atmosphere Overall, this was a respectable film that showed 5. Characters the assembling of many heroes and villains in an 6. Plausibility action packed clash of powers.

7. Engagement Once again DC Comics solidifies their place as a formidable competitor of Marvel with a film 8. “Cool” Factor adaptation almost good enough to forgive Ben 9. Visuals Affleck for his performance in “Daredevil.”

10. Sounds The score I have decided to give Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is 78%. This rating Each of the categories is then given a value system is based off of the following categories: between zero and ten, where zero denotes terrible 1. Story and ten is exemplary.

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Thao & The Get Down Stay Down want you to listen up to their emotionally charged album

accentuates the band’s sound with a sampling technique that is reminiscent of his work under the tUnE-yArDs moniker.

In the album’s press release, Man Alive” by singer and songwriter Thao Thao and the Get Down Stay Down Nguyen stated, “I wanted ‘A Man was released March 4 2016 on Alive’ to be beat and bass-driven—rather than guitar-based— Ribbons Records. extending and elaborating upon With this new album, Thao the hip-hop influences of the and the Get Down Stay Down previous record.” blend alternative folk with cutThe guitar riffs are cut apart, and-paste hip-hop and garage spliced together, altered and funk. warped. Vocal parts are clipped It is recommended if you like: and distorted. The addition of tUnE-yArDs, St. Vincent, Beck 80s drum machines supplement or Mirah. the rock-solid, groove-centric Producer Merrill Garbus natural drum beats.

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hand claps and a defiant nonsolo of fuzz guitar warped by a granular delay.

The subdued R&B number “Guts” features a rich, bassdriven groove and a synth with just the right amount of distortion in the chorus. It pairs a sweet melody with the accusation, “Taught to be loyal, never shown loyalty” as well as the heartbreaking couplet, “You know, I’m so easy to find, you won’t come get your girl.”

The emotional centerpiece of the album is ballad “Millionaire”.

The track is built around a quiet, fingerpicked acoustic guitar arpeggio and is probably the only song here that could still CREATIVE COMMONS really be called folk. Nguyen’s Thao Nguyen, lead singer of Thao and The Get Down Stay Down, is a singer-songwriter voice drifts over distant drums originally from Virginia and now based in San Francisco. Some of her lyrics discuss personal and shimmering synths as she sings, “Oh Daddy, you broke me relationships and her childhood. in a million pieces, that makes Styles are mixed togeth- more unhinged, which is more song “Departure.” you a millionaire.” er as well; the garage rock what I’m like live.”

Starting out with subdued “Meticulous Bird” is hip-hop riffs lead into soulful 60s Lyrically, Nguyen explores acoustic guitar and resigned in the vein of mid-90s Beck. It grooves, soaring rock and themes of abandonment, recognition in the line, “We’re roll descends into slinky R&B betrayal, anger and forgiveness, not born for departure, but we has a powerful message accompanied by inventive, glitchy and resigned folk transitions focused around her own con- do learn to take it.” to dub reggae. flicted feelings about her father.

A snatch of guitar and 80s drums and synths. “It’s about Although seemingly a Her father left her family while drum machine that could easily various abuses of power, sexual form the backbone of a song by assault and abuse in particular,” departure from the normal Nguyen was a pre-teen.

She told NPR, “This record, The xx, leads into an ominous Nguyen said in an interview sound of previous albums by Thao and the Get Down Stay you know a lot of that is me synth bass for the chorus. The with NPR. “I wanted whoever Down, Nguyen maintains releasing whatever I have to and song keeps changing, never to be able to scream ‘I take my that the album comes closer grieving in whatever way, and returning back to the same verse body back.’” This track is best at to capturing the band’s live having a lot of anger and then twice. high volume. trying to sort of move forward, sound.

An attention-grabbing snare With “A Man Alive,” Thao She told Wonderland mag- to forgive. But then a few songs drum kick-starts “Nobody Dies,” and the Get Down Stay Down azine, “In this record there later, I could leave him for dead.” an instantly catchy, summerhave crafted a work that pushes On the opening track, rock-festival-ready anthem. was definitely a concerted This is the simplest, most the boundaries of rock music effort to capture the energy “Astonished Man” Thao sings, of our live show. We did a “You don’t look for me how I accessible song on the record, and has managed to make an which isn’t saying much — it album that sounds both deeply lot more tracking live in the will look for you.”

The band pushes into more is still packed with little details, personal and universal. studio. I wanted to be raw and spontaneous and vocally experimental territory with the like snatches of conversation, baro.arts@oregonstate.edu