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McNary Dining Center food service coordinator spreads hope, positivity in community By Abigail Erickson THE DAILY BAROMETER
My faith really drives me to love people and be involved in their lives. I have such a desire to work with young people and help them avoid the pitfalls I encountered as a kid. I like to try and be an extra adult figure in their lives.
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Rodney Baney sits at his desk in the back of the McNary Dining Center. Baney, the food service coordinator, has worked at the McNary Dining Center for eight years.
A typical day for Rodney Baney, food service coordinator for the McNary Dining Center at Oregon State University, starts between 3:30 and 4:30 a.m. as he prepares to make the commute from his home in Tangent, Ore. to his work in Corvallis. At work, Baney is busy putting away merchandise, keeping his student workers organized and placing food orders for the dining center. If he is short a worker or two, he can sometimes be seen at RainTree cafe serving coffee. Despite his early mornings and busy schedules, though, Baney still has time for his wife, six children and three dogs, as well as his active community involvement. “The thing about (Baney) is that he’s tucked away in the back, but he has such amazing customer service skills,” said RainTree manager Teresa Clifton. “There’s no one in McNary he can’t help out it seems, and he does such a wonderful job.” Baney grew up in the small town of Cut Bank, Mont. with a population of about 3,500 people. After moving to Oregon when he was 21, Baney worked a variety of jobs See BANEY | page 2
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Darkside Cinema screens lost movies for free to entertain, educate community By Abigail Erickson THE DAILY BAROMETER
For almost a year now, local film buff and Oregon State University claims representative Ygal Kaufman
has worked with Darkside Cinema to screen classic films for free. Every Tuesday night from 7 to 9 p.m., Kaufman and the Darkside host “Free Community Movie Night,” where anyone in Corvallis can walk into the theater and enjoy a free movie screening. See DARKSIDE | page 3 Courtesy of Everett Bouwer
The Greek community gathers after a barbecue for a group photo at the end of last year’s Greek Week event. This year will be the centennial anniversary of Greek Week.
Students plan for inclusive Greek Week Abigail Erickson
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Darkside Cinema, located in downtown Corvallis, screens free films every Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.
Multi-term planning effort precedes centennial anniversary of Greek Week
weeklong, annual event called Greek Week. There will be games, food and fellowship, but in order to make it all happen, months of preparation must go into it first. By Jyssica Yelas Planning for Greek Week takes six THE DAILY BAROMETER different committees to handle and Planning for Greek Week, a celebra- distribute the workload: opening certion and unification of all of Greek life emony committee, marketing commitMay 17 to 21, is in full swing. tee, block party committee, community Week 8 will bring an array of celebra- service committee, awards/points comtion and events to campus through a mittee and closing ceremony commitn
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tee. Each committee has its own chairman to oversee its members. On the opening ceremony committee is Drew Turner, a junior in biology and a member of Chi Omega. Turner explained that a few positive changes will be seen in this year’s Greek Week. “This year, (the event) will not just include IFC and Panhellenic organizations, but UGC and independent orgaSee GREEK | page 2
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news@dailybarometer.com • 541-737-2231 ‘several times.’” The man also reportedly stopped the woman from leaving by using “physical force.” The log also adds that the man “more likely than not,” threw the woman’s phone across the street, breaking it. The officer arrested the man for assault in the fourth degree, coercion, strangulation and criminal mischief.
Cake theft A mother and daughter reportedly worked together to steal an ice cream cake from a supermarket. Both received citations for theft in the third degree.
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After an officer responded to a complaint of a loud party along Northwest 11th Street, the officer discovered that the noise could be heard from nearly a block away, according to the log. The officer noted in the log that there were people in front of the address and nearly 200 people within. Two people were cited for unlawful amplified sound and two other people were cited for minor-in-possession of alcohol. One of the people who received a citation for unlawful amplified sound also received a special response notice.
An officer arrested a woman for trespass in the first degree at about 11:08 p.m. after she was reportedly seen trespassing at her mother’s home. According to the log, the officer caught the woman as she fled across a footbridge.
An officer arrested a man after he allegedly bit his girlfriend’s face and threw “her to the ground
before landing his current position at McNary Dining Center. “I had been working as an assistant manager at the Blockbuster in Albany, and a few of my more frequent customers worked on campus,” Baney said. “They told me about the position available here, so I applied, and I’ve been working here ever since.” This is Baney’s eighth year as food service coordinator, and while his mornings may be early, he said he likes the fact that he can still spend the weekends with his children. Baney and his wife Katti have been married for 19 years, and in addition to their six children, the youngest being 4 years old and the oldest being 17, the couple also will take in a foster child or two. “My faith really drives me to love people and be involved in their lives,” Baney said. “I have such a desire to work with young people and help them avoid the pitfalls I encountered as a kid. I like to try and be an extra adult figure in their lives.” In addition to his foster work, Baney served as a youth pastor for 18 years. “I struggled with depression and alcoholism in the past, and when I was around 20, I tried to turn my life around,” Baney said. “I started going to church regularly and figured if there was a God up there that loved me, then maybe things could get better.” Baney said that he saw other young people go through the same struggles he did in his youth, and looked for the best way to offer them hope. Though he isn’t a youth pastor anymore, he still volunteers at his church when he can, and continues to spread messages of support and hope to the young people he works with. “I also coach varsity boys
soccer and junior varsity boys volunteerism, work and family basketball at Central Linn High commitments can sometimes School,” Baney said. “I have a be tough, he is incredibly family-oriented and loves what huge passion for sports.” Baney had coached his chil- he does. “My wife is amazing, especially dren’s American Youth Soccer Organization team for 10 years during the sports seasons when in Albany prior to his current I’m coaching,” Baney said. “My kids are all split between differcoaching jobs. “One day my son had a ent schools and my daughters game in Halsey, Ore., which take dance, too. She gets the kids is a really small town,” Baney to where they need to be and said. “I loved the environment really is a ‘Supermom.’ My kids there, and I saw that they had a are great, too; the older ones are basketball coaching job open, especially good about helping the so I applied. They opened the younger kids and cheering them soccer program up last year, on. I’ve been super blessed.” Baney added that Saturdays so I started coaching that too. It’s kind of my second home are usually a day of rest for him and his family. now I guess.” While working as food coorIn addition to his coaching and volunteer work, Baney is dinator, Baney was able to a songwriter for the Christian earn a degree in psychology band Faceless Hero and has and family studies online from a strong love of comic books. Corban University in Salem, “I was growing up in the late Ore. Several of Baney’s student ‘80s, early ‘90s in Montana, workers and and comic coworkers books weren’t spoke highly cool back I struggled with of him, notthen, so it was depression and ing that Baney sort of a secret thing,” Baney alcoholism in the past, always displays a high said. “But and when I was 20, I level of comnow comic mitment and tried to turn books are support to really popumy life around. everyone he lar thanks to works with. all the movies Rodney Baney “(Baney) and TV shows Food service coordinator for McNary is amazing,” based off of said Katherine them, which I love to watch too. It’s cool Schultz, a junior in human because this is something I development and family scican share with my kids as ences and education. “He’s a huge mentor who reaches out well.” Baney added that he loves to people and provides a lot the dynamic of Corvallis as of support. Day or night, he’s a city because he enjoys the available to you.” Baney said that his main diversity of the students on campus mixed with the small- motivator at work, volunteering or at home is providing a town feeling. “It’s a really nice blend,” positive influence for everyone. “I just see my student workBaney said. “I love diving into and learning about other cul- ers as individuals,” Baney said. tures, and you can encounter “I try to let them know that no so many different people on matter what, someone cares campus while still enjoying about them and that there is that Corvallis is still a small hope.” town.” Abigail Erickson, news reporter Baney said that while his news@dailybarometer.com
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According to the city of Corvallis Code of Ordinances section 5.03.080.070, it is a Class C misdemeanor to appear in public in a state of nudity. The Corvallis Code of Ordinances defines nudity as “uncovered or less than opaquely covered, post-pubertal human genitals, pubic areas, the post-pubertal human female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola, or the covered human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.” Class C misdemeanors are punishable with a fine up to $500 or up to 30 days imprisonment, according to section 5.03.160.040 of the Corvallis Code of Ordinances.
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by popular demand. A surprise final event to happen on Thursday night is in the works nizations as well,” Turner said. as well. Joey Spiegelberg, a junior in This will be the first time Greek Week will have included history and education as well non-housed fraternities and as the Interfraternity Council sororities. This effort to promote secretary, and Cailin Palumbo, a diversity and inclusivity will junior in business management allow academic fraternities and and entrepreneurship as well as the Panhellenic vice president sororities to take part. “A leader or president from of campus relations, are the cochairs of this each frayear’s event. ternity and The two have sorority will A leader or been planrepresent president from each ning since each group week one of by speaking at fraternity and winter term. the beginning sorority will represent “It started or the end of as me and each group by the opening Cailin, then ceremony. speaking at the we made They’ll talk the combeginning or the about what mittees that (their organiend of the opening make up the zation) stands ceremony. planning,” for,” Turner Spiegelberg said. said. “Then Drew Turner One essenthe re a l Opening ceremony committee member tial step to actions begin planning the ceremonial portions of the week to take place.” The other committees is to research and find an appropriate speaker for the event. This became involved week eight year’s speaker is so far unan- of winter term, and the entire nounced, as there has yet to be group has met weekly ever since a decision made on the speaker. to strategize and plan for the Last year’s proceeds were best possible Greek Week. Some primary goals for this donated to the Jackson Street Youth Shelter. The Greek houses year’s event include promotengaged in a friendly weeklong ing student excitement and competition, with the Greek encouraging more students to community placed into 10 participate in conversation with teams, or “sectors.” Each sec- students with whom they nortor comprised multiple Greek mally wouldn’t. “(The point is) to be proud houses in order to promote community and togetherness in your houses and proud as throughout the week. Other Greeks in general, to be proud events included the barbecue in who we are and that we can block party, Memorial Union stick together in our shared quad check-ins and even a soft- values,” Spegelberg shared. “We ball match pitting the Greeks want to make our campus and against the Corvallis Police the world a better place.” May 17 will kick off an event Department and Corvallis Fire Department at Chintimini Park. that is anticipated to be bigger This year, OSU’s Greek com- than before, and will celebrate munity will celebrate 100 years the Greek community and any on campus. Many of last year’s accomplishments that happen events will return this year, but throughout the year. on an even bigger scale. The Jyssica Yelas, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com barbecue block party will return
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$7.26 billion education budget heads to Gov. Brown SALEM — The Senate passed a $7.255 billion budget for K-12 education Monday, over the objections of Republicans, who said the number should have been at least $7.5 billion to give schools the resources they need. The House of Representatives passed the budget last week, and it will now head to Gov. Kate Brown’s desk for her signature. In spite of the budget’s passage, few seemed convinced of its adequacy. Democrats said $7.255 billion was the most money the Oregon Legislature could commit without making substantial cuts to other budgets. It would lend school districts certainty in creating budgets locally and was enough to pay for full-day kindergarten in every district. However, they said that number is meant to be a “floor,� with the hope of adding more money after the May revenue forecast is announced. Republicans were nothing short of incensed over the $7.255 billion number. Sen. Jeff Kruse, R-Roseburg, was visibly upset during his testimony about the inadequacy of the budget proposal. “Our kids deserve better than this,� he said. “I’m not seeing any of that here, and I probably shouldn’t have expected to see it because I know what the numbers are.� Republicans tried a variety of tactics Monday to prevent the bill from passing, but all of them failed. They tried moving the bill to other committees, pulling other bills to the floor and filling the room with visual aides. None of their attempts swayed the Democrats. Monday morning, the Senate GOP unveiled a plan they said would bring schools up to $7.5 billion, and some Democrats said it would be worth discussing those and other ideas later in the session. Sen. Chuck Thomsen, R-Hood River, said the K-12 budget should not be treated as political leverage. “I always have said we should fund schools first, but I never said we should
DARKSIDE n Continued from page 1 For each screening, Kaufman selects a film that is unique in some way, including lost films and cult classics. “All the films we show are in the public domain,� Kaufman said. “People have sort of forgotten about these films over time. Sometimes, they’re really popular classics that people recognize, like ‘Charade’ with Cary Grant, but other movies we show can be more obscure.� So far, the community nights have been a great success for Kaufman and the Darkside. According to Darkside manager Joey Bauer, each screening draws in an average of 30 audience members or more, and full houses are frequent occurrences. “There have been multiple times where we’ve had to turn people away because it’s been so full,� Bauer said. Regardless of the age or genre of the film, Kaufman works to find something strange and interesting to screen. Approximately 40 Corvallis community members sat down for the most recent screening Tuesday, April 7. The film, “The Girl Was Young,� was originally released in 1937 by Alfred Hitchcock. The film tells the story of young writer Robert Tisdall, who has been falsely accused of the murder of his girlfriend, as he sets out to prove his innocence. While the film isn’t as well known as Hitchcock’s other works, Kaufman said that he felt all of Hitchcock’s films were important, and was excited to screen the film. Before each screening, Kaufman takes time to present a few production notes or interesting facts about the film along with any bits of information regarding the film’s historical context.
underfund them first.� Sen. Chris Edwards, D-Eugene, said he believed the state has a structural problem in funding schools, beyond even those smaller issues brought up by Republicans. The thing to do was give schools a budget to start working with, he said, but then work to improve school funding permanently, in the long term. Edwards talked about his son, a seventh grader with autism, who has made education funding Edwards’ top priority. Cuts mean his son has a harder time finding individual instruction from his teachers along with fewer other resources, Edwards said. “I get pretty exorcised about these terrible budgets, year after year,� he said. “It’s real. It’s raw. That’s what dads do. They fight for their kids.� Fixing the problem permanently will mean reforming the state’s tax system and growing the economy, he said. Both parties need to accept responsibility for those solutions, he added. “Democrats, you need to get serious about rural economic development. Our party has not done all that it could,� Edwards said. “Republicans, you need to get serious about revenue reform. I don’t think you guys have done all that you could.� Numbers from the Legislative Fiscal Office seem to suggest the situation is not as dire as one would imagine by listening to Monday’s debate. The state school fund has grown 37 percent during the past decade, far above the rate of inflation. The $7.255 billion budget that is considered “inadequate� for 2015-17 is a 9 percent increase over 2013-15. Some of that increase is eaten up by more than $200 million for full-day kindergarten, but it is well above the rate of inflation. However, the numbers show schools are only now making up ground they lost during the Great Recession. In 2007-09, before the recession, the school budget was $6.013 billion, but in 2009-11, it was cut by 10 percent. In 2011-13, the state budget was still 5.6
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“Sometimes I give warnings or an even deeper look into the historical context of a film depending on the content and whether or not people might find it offensive,� Kaufman said. Kaufman also includes newsreels and cartoons from the era the film was originally made in prior to screening the film to provide an even deeper level of historical context. Some community members expressed concern about “The Girl Was Young� coming to the Darkside. In accordance with the concerns surrounding the film, Darkside Cinema owner Paul Turner spoke to the audience members about the use of blackface in the film before screening it Tuesday night. Turner had received a letter from Darkside Cinema regular Cristy Barsky, urging him to not screen the film. Barsky spoke to the audience before the film was screened and said that the film was inappropriate for a community event because of the use of blackface. Barsky said in her talk to the audience that entertainment shouldn’t divide a community, but rather unite it, especially at a venue such as the Darkside Cinema. In response to Barsky’s email, Turner consulted OSU film professors and other colleagues on the matter, as well as watched the movie himself. After much deliberation, Turner decided to continue to screen the film, as well as open the floor to discussion from within the audience after the show. “I realized there was no real line here,� Turner said in his address to the audience. “I couldn’t find a definitive answer
percent less than it was in 2007-09. Often, “cuts� to state budgets refer to budgets that are smaller increases than agencies had hoped for, but in this case schools were actually given less money for four straight years. It wasn’t until 2013-15, the current biennium, that the K-12 budget finally had more money than it did in 2007-09, six years before. It was an increase of 10.6 percent, almost exactly in keeping with inflation between 2007 and 2013, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In those years between 2007 and 2013 (and now 2015) schools faced major changes to programs, including full-day kindergarten and substantial changes to standardized testing. Schools are also facing pressure to add back programs, as the legislature has pushed hard this session to increase vocational programs in schools. It was this backdrop to the conversation that led Democrats to vote for the budget, even though they too believed schools likely needed more money in the future. Sen. Richard Devlin, D-Tualatin, said he and fellow budget co-chairman Rep. Peter Buckley, D-Ashland, had agonized over the budget and simply could not find more money for education without sacrificing too much money for other programs. Sen. Arnie Roblan, D-Coos Bay, said that if anything has become clear, it’s that different budgets are intertwined, and there is still time left in the session to do more work. “We shouldn’t approach this budget with a vacuum,� Roblan said. “We must keep in mind that every area of our budget is interconnected with the others.� The conversation is not over, Devlin said, but at least $7.255 billion is a starting point for schools and gives them a concrete number to plan on. Meanwhile, he said lawmakers will keep talking about money, taxes and budgets. “There is not a soul in here that doesn’t care about the welfare of children,� Devlin said. Joce Johnson contributed to this report
to the issue at hand and it munity wants, then there is no was really frustrating. I am reason to continue.� a white, male, heterosexual Kaufman still remains enthuAmerican. When you think of siastic about the community privilege, you think of me. I movie nights and noted that he don’t have the words, knowl- finds it still important for people edge or insight, so I figured let’s to go and experience movies in play the movie and let you all actual theaters. think and talk about it.� “The community nights are While Barsky was not alone really fun,� Kaufman said. “We in her opinions, and Turner show a lot of weird stuff and offered to take time and facili- a lot of odd and interesting tate a discussion after the film films, and many of them are was over, audience members great classics. We’re going to be did not flock to debate post- showing a lot of amazing films, screening. Audience mem- we have a lot of regulars that I bers with their own opinions, know now and it really is a comwhether they were positive, munity event.� The next community movie negative, or neutral approached night will take Turner afterplace Tuesday, wards and April 14 from 7 voiced them, We show a lot of to 9 p.m., and but much of weird stuff and a lot will showthe feedback, case “The if any, was of odd and Sin of Harold given quietly. interesting films, and Diddlebock.� Despite Fo r m o re many of them are concerns, details on the Turner still great classics. community said that the movie nights, screening Ygal Kaufman visit cmnyk. went as well Oregon State University wordpress. as it possibly claims representative com. More could. information on the Darkside “My job is to play movies, not censor them,� Turner said. “Ygal Cinema can be found at darkhas done a very good job of mix- sidecinema.com. The Darkside Cinema is ing cartoons and newsreels with the feature, and he has a great located at 215 SW 4th St. in sense of cinematic literacy. If we Corvallis. can’t trust his literacy and my Abigail Erickson, news reporter ability to know what the comnews@dailybarometer.com
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Supriya Kapur, a freshman industrial engineering major, pets polo pony Randy in the MU quad Tuesday afternoon.
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Arden Babb, a freshman ecological engineering major, holds the reins to polo pony Randy in the Memorial Union quad Tuesday afternoon.
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On Saturday, April 4, the Oregon State University women’s rowing team held its annual Oregon State Classic out at Dexter Lake. The 2,000-meter course, which was more specifically located at the Dexter Reservoir, hosted three ranked teams, including No. 5 Stanford, No. 8 Washington and No. 17 Louisville. Oregon State, along with Minnesota, was not ranked in the Top-20, but received votes this week in the CRCA/ USRowing coaches poll. In the case of the OSU squad, the votes should translate to a placing within Emily Ford the rankings, head coach as the Beavers dominated for the better part of the day. The Beavers had a strong day out on the water, especially in the Open 8 and 4 races, where the team went a perfect 4-0 against the Ducks in a makeshift Civil War. The Duck program is a club-based one, but that didn’t stop the Beavers from making sure they came out and dominated. In the first race of the day — the Women’s Open 4 — the Oregon State athletes rowed their way into the topthree spots, with all three boats finishing seconds ahead of the Oregon squads. The next race in the regatta was the Varsity 4, where the Beavers managed a third place in Race 1 behind Louisville and Vita Scaglione Minnesota. The next two assistant head coach races would be the Second Varsity 8 and Varsity 8 events, and the Beavers would win them both. In the Second Varsity 8 race, the Beavers fought stroke-for-stroke with the Cardinal before hitting the line at 6:34.8, less than a second faster than Louisville’s 6:35.4. In the Varsity 8 race, it would again be Oregon State edging out the Cardinal, but this time around it would be more of a landslide victory. The Beavers managed to beat the No. 17 school in the country by nearly six seconds. Overall, the Beavers’ Second Varsity B squad managed to go 3-1 on Louisville and Minnesota on the day, while the Varsity 8 crew managed two wins over Louisville and Minnesota. The Beavers will now get a couple of weeks off to prepare and train before heading to Clemson, S.C. to take part in the Clemson Invitational April 18 and 19. The Daily Barometer
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With an important Civil War series with Pac-12 opponent Oregon just two days away, Oregon State used the practice Tuesday, April 7 to prepare for the three games in Eugene. Here are some notes from head coach Pat Casey on the state of his team heading into the conference series.
Beavers not playing like they need to Casey stressed that his team isn’t playing up to its potential up to this point in the season. He said the Beavers need to make fast improvements before Friday’s game. “I don’t think we’re playing anywhere near the type of baseball you need to play to play in this conference,” Casey said. “That’s obvious by the way we play.” Oregon State has struggled the past two weeks, going a combined 2-4 against Cal Poly and No. 8 UCLA. Despite giving up a three-run lead to the league-leading Bruins in Saturday’s justin quinn | THE DAILY BAROMETER rubber match, Casey said there were Junior infielder Gabe Clark looks out from the dugout during the Beavers’ game against Portland in Goss some positives, but that improvements Stadium March 10. are needed. “UCLA’s really good and you can get some positive out of anything,” he said. “There are some positive things, but Beaver Baseball there were some things that weren’t What: Oregon State vs. Oregon so good, and the things that weren’t Where: Eugene, Ore. so good cost us. Unless we play better When: Friday, April 10 at 7:30 p.m. baseball, we’re going to get the same Air: Pac-12 Networks results.” them as well.”
Youth no longer an excuse
The Beavers are one of the youngest teams in the conference this season, which is one of the reasons expectations for the season from outsiders weren’t as high as they were the past two seasons. While some might chalk up OSU’s initial struggles in Pac-12 play to general lack of experience — the Beavers started seven different freshmen in the series against UCLA — Casey said youth is no longer a factor. “There is no more being young,” Casey said. “It’s just a major excuse. We’ve just got to play better baseball. … It’s frustrating to us to see our guys not do some things we know they can do, and it’s probably frustrating for
Beavers getting acclimated to the Pac-12 With three conference series under their belts, the Beavers have quickly learned that the level of competition is greater than what they saw during their nonconference schedule. While OSU has been no slouch in conference play — the Beavers are a combined 5-4 against No. 11 Arizona State, UCLA and Washington State — the team hasn’t performed as well as it did during it’s 17-5 start in justin quinn | THE DAILY BAROMETER nonconference. Sophomore infielder Trever Morrison connects with the ball against San “We have a great understanding of See BASEBALL | page 6
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Senior catcher Hannah Akamine lets the pitch slip past her while playing against Arizona in Corvallis April 2. By Josh Worden THE DAILY BAROMETER
The Oregon State softball team dropped a 22-3 decision to Arizona Saturday, April 4, bringing OSU to 4-8 in conference. The Beavers are still 23-14 on the year with 11 games left in the regular season. Last season’s team set a school record with a .287 batting average. This year’s team is sitting at .312.
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OSU is getting much of its production from new faces this season. Of the 235 runs scored this year, 128 (54.4 percent) have been from players
who were not on the team last year. Junior utility player Sammi Noland, for example, is second on the team with 26 runs in her first year with the Beavers after transferring from Nebraska. The transfer market has been productive for the Beavers: OSU has used eight players this season who have played at a different college before OSU, and most of them have been
regular position players or pitching options. The Beavers have a winning or tied record on every day of the week except for Tuesday, on which OSU has not played a game this season. A doubleheader at Portland State is scheduled for Tuesday, April 21. OSU’s most successful day is See OUT OF THE BOX | page 6
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OUT OF THE BOX n Continued from page 5 Saturday, totaling 7.5 runs per game and a 9-4 record. All other days amounted to 5.7 runs per game and a 14-10 mark. The Beavers have had their share of offensively productive games as well as paltry performances. OSU has had 10 games (winning nine) with double-digit scoring, including five straight in late February. OSU has also been held to one run or fewer in six different contests. Two of OSU’s remaining Pac-12 opponents are some of the toughest in the conference: No. 8 UCLA and No. 20 Arizona State. The Pac-12 as a whole is a precarious gauntlet: of the nine schools with softball programs, five are ranked
in the top 25, with Oregon standing at No. 1. In her final year on the OSU softball team, senior center fielder Dani Gilmore is leaving her mark on the stat pages. She leads her team in batting average (.393), slugging percentage (.713), on base percentage (.472), runs scored (38), hits (48), doubles (13), home runs (8) and total bases (87). Senior catcher Hannah Akamine is leading the Beavers in the hit by pitch statistic with 12 walks drawn by being hit. No other player has more than four. Freshman first baseman Alysha Everett has still yet to commit an error this season while recording 47 putouts. Josh Worden, sports reporter On Twitter @BrightTies sports@dailybarometer.com
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ing has been solid all season long — OSU currently has a team-earned run average of how difficult this conference is,” 3.06 on the season — Casey Casey said. “We talk about our said the Beavers got into some conference from the day that trouble against UCLA due to they walk in the door. They’ve some erratic accuracy. He also said that the pitchseen how many national championships teams in this confer- ing staff could be dealing with ence have won. They’re pretty the added pressures that come naïve if they don’t know how with a lack of run support, as Oregon State has scored just good this conference is.” 16 runs in its past six games. “As a staff I think we need to improve at throwing the baseball where we want to throw it,” While Oregon State’s pitch- Casey said. “There’s been some
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situations where they probably made some mistakes they’d like to have back. “Maybe some of it’s the pressure they’ve been under not to give up any runs because we haven’t been scoring a lot of runs.” Oregon State takes on Oregon Friday at PK Park in Eugene for the first game of a three-game series. First pitch is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Andrew Kilstrom, sports reporter
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r. Sex, I don’t normally read The Daily Barometer, but on April 1 column, “Dr. Sex Answers Degrading Questions” I picked up a Kathy copy. I was disappointed in how you responded to some of the questions. At the end of the column, you emphasize how Ask Dr. Sex important it is that our culture has become more casual sex without being a whore. sex positive. This person clearly isn’t using “whore” to mean I agree completely with that. However, I don’t feel that the way you answered some questions “anyone who has casual sex ever.” She means “person who has indiscriminate casual sex.” reflects that. My interpretation of the question is that she Surely the questions were a bit crass, but it doesn’t make someone an unethical person to wants to have casual hookups, but wants somewant to “piss in (his) girlfriend’s anus.” There are thing a bit more safe and meaningful than posting plenty of women out there who would consent to on Craigslist. Thank you for reading. that in the context of a healthy relationship with Signed, First-time Reader good communication. Instead of acknowledging that, and telling him Dear First-time Reader, to have a conversation with his girlfriend, you Oh, if I had a dime for every suggestion I got shamed him for his sexual desires from a reader as to what I “should and shamed any woman reading have” said in my column. who would consider consenting part of the issue is that to that under any circumstances. In my defense, I youI think aren’t a regular reader. It’s the same with the quesMost of my regular readers am willing to bet tion about jizzing on a woman’s my past 25,000+ students) face — it can be degrading, but that none of those (and know that I am a firm believer doesn’t have to be in the context in the idea that everything is fair questions came of a healthy relationship. Neither game as long as it is consensual. of these things should be done from a sex The reality is I only have so without consent, but to immedimuch space to address very comately write off both just reinforces postitive place. plex issues and it takes time, and the sex negativity you want to likely more than one column, eradicate. to fully understand where I am Lastly, I do agree that it is coming from. degrading to refer to women as “whores,” but I I do agree with you that at one point I discourthink you were too quick to jump on the person age certain behaviors but then seem to contradict who asked about getting casual sex if you aren’t a myself when I end the column by encouraging a whore or into parties. sex positive attitude. In my defense, I am willing You say it’s circular logic because the question to bet that none of those questions came from a suggests that anyone who has casual sex is a whore. sex positive place. But that’s not what the question suggests. You suggest that I am interpreting the meanThe question clearly suggests that you can have ing of some of the questions, but you are as well.
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I don’t want to play the Ph.D. and 20-years-ofexperience-teaching-human-sexuality cards, but I do think both give me an advantage when interpreting questions submitted by 18-22 yearold college students — the population from which these questions came. If there is one thing I feel I know, it is my audience. I have been interacting with, teaching, and informally educating the writers of these questions for 20 years. As such, I can nearly guarantee you a few things about the young man who inquired about “pissing in his girlfriend’s anus”: 1) He probably intended it to be funny and crass but didn’t realize how degrading it actually was; 2) I highly doubt he actually wanted to piss in his girlfriend’s anus; 3) I highly doubt he perceived the act to be sexual at all. 4) Let’s not forget that this act is nearly impossible as he needs an erection to enter the anus and most men can’t urinate with an erection anyway. I have to disagree with your suggestion that “There are plenty of women out there that would consent to that.” I think you are going to be pretty hard-pressed to find even a few women, much less “plenty,” who would like their partner to urinate in their anus — even in the context of a healthy relationship with good communication. I’m not saying there aren’t any women, but I highly doubt there are plenty, particularly in the age group about which we are talking and even more importantly, See GREAVES | page 8
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Albany fire shows necessity D of taking care of our veterans ednesday, April 1, South Albany High School went up in flames. A short while later, a second fire broke out on Del Rio Southwest, from a propane tank explosion. The arsonist in both cases was allegedly 28-year-old Zachary Lee Burghart, who reportedly has a history of starting fires, according to an April 2 piece in The Oregonian by Emily E. Smith. Burghart has since been arrested, questioned, reportedly admitted to having lit both the fires and arraigned. He had been on probation for fires he lit back in October 2014, according to an April 3 piece in The Statesman Journal by Alisha Roemeling. This article also indicated that Burghart suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder since his service in the Navy, symptoms of which can include irritability, outburst, aggression and self-destructive behavior, according to the Mayo Clinic. We could very easily rail against this situation. Against the fact that this man with a history of arson was still out walking around instead of getting treatment. Against the fact that only with these last incidents has Burghart been required to schedule a mental health assessment. Against the fact that, to our knowledge, Burghart was not being treated for his PTSD or arson-tendencies and was allowed to go this long and destroy so much property as a result. But really, this whole thing just makes us sad. All of the above points frustrate us, but the fact is that veterans in this country don’t always get the treatment they need after their service has ended. The RAND Corporation ran a piece Nov. 14, 2014 about how community-based mental health providers are often not prepared for the needs of veterans and their families and sometimes need more training in order to deal with disorders common among veterans. It is something of a step up from the treatment of veterans in the 1970s and 80s, post Vietnam — as most returning soldiers came back addicted to drugs, hated by a generation that didn’t want such a war and blamed for their participation, often times winding up homeless. But we need to get immediate support to the soldiers who come home with too many nightmares and no way to get rid of them. If we expect these men and women to risk their lives, limbs and mental health for this country, then we need to follow through in providing quality care for them when they come home. They give everything when they decide to sign on to protect our nation. And we can and should always give back.
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in the OSU student population which tends to be more conservative than liberal. In terms of the casual sex question, I think you are splitting hairs, debating semantics and possibly even reinforcing the negative stereotype associated with women who participate in casual sex. By suggesting there is a difference between desiring casual sex and participating in casual hookups and indiscriminate casual sex, you are suggesting that the latter is what it means to be a whore while some other type of casual sex is okay. Again, this is just my interpretation of what you’ve written. In sum, I think more of my responses are based upon my knowing the audience and not generalizing the questions to the larger U.S. population. My ultimate goal was to show how these questions could be degrading and hurtful, not that they are necessarily always degrading and hurtful.
home. I think the majority of us who have evolved can understand that the above-mentioned discrimination is absurd as well as a poor business decision. But there are always outliers or some form of dunce-wagons who think that they can use the same logic of discrimination against their faith. See the case of Colorado-based Azucar Bakery, wherein Christian customer Bill Jack requested a cake in March 2014 with anti-gay messages on it, according to Yahoo News. The cake was designed to be Bibleshaped with script on it that read, “Homosexuality is a detestable sin. Leviticus 18:22,” with an image of two men holding hands with a large X over them. The owner, Marjorie Silva, agreed to make a book-shaped cake, but refused to include the hateful message. Jack then screamed discrimination against his faith as a Christian and cited legislation from the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, which forbids discrimination based on race, sexual orientation, religion or sex. Cough, cough, erhm, Jack, see the phrase above that says “sexual orientation.” It’s the one right next to “religion.” The general consensus has been that Jack wasn’t really looking to get a cake; he was looking to make a whiny political statement in the wake of discriminatory bakeries refusing to make cakes for gay couples. Here’s the thing Jack: There is an inherent difference between discrimination against religion and whatever junior high stunt you were attempting to pull. Examples of discrimination against religious belief
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include, but are not limited to: 1) The Holocaust, wherein human beings could barely access public accommodations because of their faith — things like buying an apartment or going shopping. 2) Native American beliefs being determined by colonists as “superstitious” and a whole culture being subjected to erasure and assimilation. 3) Hate crimes committed in the past months against people of Muslim faith for their religion. 4) Beheadings and murders of Christian missionaries in the Middle East by ISIS or ISIL or whatever they are calling themselves now. Those are examples of discrimination based on faith — not a petulant demand to have an angry, hateful cake decrying a factor that people are born with. With religion, there is the option of personal determination. Everyone has that freedom. Comparatively, asking for a cake that rages against homosexuality is discriminatory. What’s next? Will the Ku Klux Klan be asking for cupcakes with burning crosses on them? Jack may as well have been asking for a Ferguson themed cake with racial slurs written on it. There is nothing wrong with a bakery refusing to make a cake that has a discriminating message on it. For tunately, The Colorado Civil Right Division upheld integrity and human decency and ruled that Azucar Bakery did not discriminate against Jack. And Azucar Bakery has started selling T-shirts that say, “Because God loves everyone … let’s eat cake.” I completely agree, Azucar Bakery — because at the end of the day what matters most is that we are humans, we love each other and we have an unhealthy desire for cake. t
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