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For the first time ever, Oregon State University will be offering American Sign Language (ASL) classes not only online, but on campus starting fall 2013. ASL is a visual language in which students must use their hands and body language to communicate. Susan Shaw, the director of the School of Language, Culture and Society, highlights the opportunities the on-campus ASL class brings to OSU students. “Students will learn another language, and in the process discover issues relating to diversity, disabilities and justice,” Shaw said. OSU is presented with an opportunity to broaden its cultural awareness by offering American Sign Language in the fall of 2013. Shaw reiterates the importance of an aware campus. “I hope by offering this sequence Oregon State University can say to the deaf community that we support them and value the contributions of deaf people in all areas of life,” Shaw said. Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the course that Shaw highlights is the professor, Amy Lazzaretti. “The sequence will be taught by a deaf instructor and will provide an amazing opportunity for students to learn the language and interact with a deaf person on a regular basis,”
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Rise of the Robotics Club OSU Robotics Club increases its membership, has dedicated competition teams
grown exponentially. Funding from the College of Engineering, the NASA Space Program and other companies have given the club the lab space and resources needed to make the club become what it is today. By Warner Strausbaugh “As soon as the robotics club had a The Daily Barometer Inside the basement of Covell location and a real legitimacy ... they Hall, formerly a bomb shelter, there grew very, very quickly,” Hurst said. Now the Robotics Club has more is a faction of Oregon State University than 100 members, and six faculty students at work. have been added. The OSU Robotics Club had only The uniqueness of five members in the club stems from 2008. But robotics freedom given to was still a new and What we’re really try- the the students. emergent field of ing to do is enable “It isn’t driven by study. faculty members students to do what The College of they’re excited about in saying, ‘Here’s our Engineering saw an opportunity. Belinda a relatively unstructured project. Work on it,’” Hurst said. “It’s for Batten, the former environment. students coming in mechanical engiwho have something neering department that they really want Jonathan Hurst head, and Kagan to do.” Assistant professor of mechanical engineering Tumer, a professor Being a self-startof mechanical engineering, sought out a professor who er is critical for members to succeed. The club has three competition had experience in robotics. Jonathan Hurst, who received a doc- teams: aerial, underwater and the torate in robotics at Carnegie Mellon mars rover. The teams compete in University, came to OSU in 2008. Hurst international competitions each year. But to have a shot at winning, the is currently an adviser for the robotics club, is an assistant professor of students have to be dedicated. These mechanical engineering and teaches aren’t graduate students receiving funds to do this. They’re undergraduan engineering class on robotics. n
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Left: Miller and club vice president Ryan Skeele work on one of the robots in the laboratory. Miller and Skeele participated in the International Aerial Robotics Competition in 2012.
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The Socratic Club at Oregon State University will host a debate tomorrow titled, “Hell and the Love of God,” designed once more to engage the Corvallis community in intellectual discussion. Starting at 7 p.m. and located in Milam Auditorium, the debate will explore questions such as, “Can a loving God send people to hell or is it contrary to God’s nature?” Todd Miles, an associate professor of theology and hermeneutics at Western Seminary in Portland and an OSU alumnus, will argue the existence of hell is compatible with belief in a loving God. Christian Piatt, who describes himself as “an author, editor, speaker, musician and spoken word artist,” and who is also the director of church growth and development at First Christian Church in Portland, and the creator and editor of the “Banned Questions” book series, will argue that a belief in hell is incompatible with the biblical teaching that God loves all humanity. “If pursued in terms of the problem of evil, the question of this debate is central to understanding the Christian God, thus striking at the heart of the Socratic Club mission,” said Matt Rueben, Socratic Club president.
Products compromising workers’ quality of life ASOSU debate Migrant workers from Indonesia spoke to students about workers’ rights in tour put on by United Students Against Sweatshops
As a part of the national United Students Against Sweatshops [USAS] four-stop tour, migrant workers from Indonesia came to speak about workers’ rights on Monday at Oregon State University’s Memorial Union. USAS, a national organization fighting the injustice of workers’ rights, obtained visas for the speakers and By Katherine Choi funded the tour. The Daily Barometer Rather than monetary payments, Adidas offered Yudo Sasmito rolled up his pant leg to reveal a large food vouchers to its factory workers. More than 1,000 wound, recently acquired from a motorcycle accident. Living in poverty conditions, seeking medical treat- former workers rejected the offer. “After the factory closed and we weren’t paid, we ment would be his last priority. experienced a lot of economic hardships,” said former Sasmito spends his time selling packages of food on worker Asmiati Wandoyo. “I’ve had a lot of trouble the streets of Indonesia to support his wife, two kids paying the administrative fees that are required for and a third child on the way. He couldn’t afford to pay my children to go to school.” the mortgage, so he was forced to sell the family home. Wandoyo is a single mother trying to support her Now, Sasmito and his family are living off the cost family after the death of her husband four years ago. of their house, struggling to meet the basic necessities She, along with thousands of other workers, is strugin order to stay alive. gling to keep her family alive and well. However, Sasmito is not alone in this battle. Another worker, Busri, killed her only child and The recent closure of Adidas’ PT Kizone factory led committed suicide by throwing herself in front of a to Adidas’ refusal to pay $1.8 million in legally owed bus after facing increasing debt once she was denied severance to 2,700 Indonesian workers, according to See SWEATSHOP | page 2 the Worker Rights Consortium. n
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motors ... and those broke.” The following year, the team increased its efforts to have a better showing. “We decided after that competition to make a robot that was the exact opposite of what we had made,” Slone said. “After that, in 2010, we came back with a much better design ... and we got first place.” Members of the club come from most fields in engineering, as well as computer science. The diversity allows for fluid communication, with many offering a variety of expertise. Hurst takes a hands-off approach as an adviser to the club. The individuality and motivation from the club members makes it distinctive, and that’s what impresses the faculty involved. “What we’re really trying to do is enable students to do what they’re excited about in a relatively unstructured environment,” Hurst said. “The people who stick around a lot, and are working on projects and getting the most of it, are definitely self-starters,” Miller added. OSU is currently looking into legitimizing robotics more within the university by potentially adding a robotics program or option within the College of Engineering, and adding staff who are more specialized toward robotics, rather than just mechanical engineering or computer science. Miller said when he first joined the club twoand-a-half years ago, he would often be the only one working in the lab during the course of a day. Now, it’s easy to find the lab filled with 20 or more students, all doing what they love. “This is the easiest place to do what we want to do,” Miller said. Warner Strausbaugh, managing editor On Twitter @WStrausbaugh news@dailybarometer.com
“By taking a stance, we’re able to be the voice for [the workers] and really make a difference, especially at our university, for the future,” said OSU student and USAS member Nicthe Verdugo. Although they didn’t get to speak with President Ray, USAS members and the migrant workers were able to talk to OSU’s administration about terminating the contract. The administration said there must be an agreement between the Collegiate Licensing Company and Adidas before any terminations can be activated. Indonesia is only one of many countries affected by this issue. Honduras, Haiti, India, Guatemala and several other countries are facing Adidas’s denial to paying legally owed severance. “One thing I’d like to ask the students of Oregon State University is to stop buying Adidas goods because for us, that’s a sign of oppression,” Sasmito said. “Behind all of those labels are the blood, the sweat and the suffering of the workers.” Katherine Choi, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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Calendar Tuesday, April 9 Meetings ASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU 211. Weekly meeting. Ed Act, 5:30-7pm, 120 MU East/ Snell Hall (Student Media Conference Room). Committee meeting.
Events Centro Cultural Cesar Chavez (CCCC), 5-6:30pm, MU 206. Jose Gutierrez from Partnership for Safety and Justice will be talking about issues within the youth community.
Wednesday, April 10 Meetings ASOSU House of Representatives, 7-8:30pm, MU 211. Weekly meeting.
Events OSU Divest!, Noon-1pm, MU 206. Should OSU be investing in fossil fuels? Informational meeting about campus fossil fuel divestment campaigns. Free pizza! OSU Socratic Club, 7pm, Milam Auditorium. Debate - “Hell and the Love of God,” by speakers Todd Miles from Western Seminary and author Christian Piatt. Free and open to the public.
Thursday, April 11 Meetings Baha’i Campus Association, 12:30pm, MU Talisman Room. Rethinking Leadership - Devotions and discussion.
Speakers OSU College of Forestry, 3:30-5pm, 107 Richardson Hall. 2013 Starker Lecture Series - Forest Biomass: Energy & Beyond. “Wood to Wing: Envisioning an Aviation Biofuels Industry Based on Forest Residuals in the Pacific Northwest” - Dr. Michael Wolcott, Regents Professor and Director, Institute for Sustainable Design, Washington State University
Saturday, April 13 Events Association of Latin American Students (ALAS), 5pm, MU Ballroom. The “Flower Festival.” Live music and entertainment. Dinner will be served. Seats are limited, first come, first served basis.
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here has been a lot of sneezing in the newsroom lately. No, we don’t have colds. We’re dealing with something else: Seasonal spring allergies. It’s no surprise that with the blooming of trees and flowers, we’d feel a little ibogged down with allergy symptoms. Spring allergy symptoms include a runny nose, watery eyes, sneezing, an coughing, itchy eyes, itchy nose and dark circles under the eyes. According to AccuWeather.com, for the rest of the week we’ll be experiencing a moderate rate of tree pollen. Even kthough we’re itching for the sunshine, these rainy days actually help keep the pollen from floating through the breeze and up our noses. Still, eventually we will experience a beautiful, sunny Corvallis day — which & means we’ll have to confront the pollen n the Willamette Valley is so famous for. When pollen works its way up the nose of someone who’s allergic, that e person’s immune system goes into overdrive. The reason those of us who suffer from allergies might feel like we have a cold is because our body thinks the pollen is a foreign invader. Naturally, our body fights back, which m. takes energy. According to WebMD, this battle triggers the runny nose or other symptoms normally attributed to allergies. Pollen can travel for miles. The higher the pollen count, the more those fighting it feel miserable. If you y feel like you’re suffering from allergies now, you’re not going to like it when the grass starts blooming. Alfalfa hay is Oregon’s fifth most valuable crop. The Oregonian reported that the sale of alfalfa hay grossed $272 million in 2011. According to OSU professor Bill Young, Oregon growers harvested more than 400,000 acres of grass seed crops in 2012. All that grass may be great for Oregon’s economy, but it irritates our sinuses. Thankfully, we keep tissues on hand. There may not be a definite cure for this suffering, but there are plenty of medications and treatments that can help. In the case that medications fail to adequately control allergy r symptoms, your doctor may recommend allergy shots, also known as ______________ immunotherapy. ______________ Allergy shots consist of a series of injections. These injections contain y small amounts of the substance to which the patient is allergic. Eventually this lowers the patient’s symptoms. Allergy shots are something to be discussed with your doctor. Oregon State Student Health Service advises r against students administering injections outside of a medical facility. Student Health Services provides the OSU students who require immunotherapy with a place to store their allergen solution. A nurse assists students with injections. Students can receive injections from Student Health Services without an appointment, but having an appointment decreases wait times. Students should be aware that there are fees associated with receiving these injections. The allergy and asthma clinic nurse can provide further information about these fees. You simply have to ask. It is estimated that 35 million Americans suffer from pollen allergies, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation for America. If you’re suffering, like we seem to be, it might be in your best interest to stroll over to Student Health Services and consult a doctor.
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hen Steve Jobs died from cancer in 2011, Harrison Pride the cover of the New Yorker was Saint Peter at the pearly gates, using an iPad as an angelic Steve Job approached. When Roger Ebert died last week, a slew of images were published of him the need to accomplish these tasks in the time that sitting down with his former movie-going partner, we do have, in the life we have now. What lights a fire Gene Siskel, on a white fluffy cloud, eating popcorn under your bum more: The idea that you have a limited and giving some angel a thumbs up. amount of time to complete a task, or that you have Please stop putting dead people in heaven, espe- all of eternity to finish it? cially those who did not believe in heaven. Steve Jobs Of course, there is the idea that we’re missing out was a Zen Buddhist, and Roger Ebert was a Humanist. on something when we die. Even if we live a grand, Both of which have vastly different pictures of what adventurous lifetime, we’re still going to miss all the happens after death than the Christian belief of heav- amazing stuff in the future. Ebert won’t be able to see en. Ebert, while suffering from throat all of the great movies that will come cancer, wrote in a column about dying out from this year to forever. This is earlier this year. He said, “I know it is perhaps the worst part of dying: We Please stop putting coming, and I do not fear it, because want to see everything we will miss. I believe there is nothing on the other dead people in We just lack the lifetime and the big side of death to fear.” heaven. ... Eternity is blue box to see it all. Ebert did not need the mythos of But consider the alternative prenot a reward, but a sented heaven to feel comfortable about by most afterlifes: eternity. dying, and we shouldn’t need that hellish punishment. Eternity is a really long time. You mythos to grieve about those we could keep living until the death of have lost. There are plenty of ways to the universe, some 15 billion years say goodbye to an individual without from now, and still have all eternity to live through ignoring their beliefs by pasting their image in the and comprehend. That’s enough to drive any percookie-cutter shape of Christian beliefs that pervades son mad. Eternity is not a reward, but a hellish the U.S. culture. punishment. While the majority of individuals in the United Even if my eternal soul was able to meet every artist, States are certainly Christians, a Pew poll found that writer and hero for the rest of human history, eventu20 percent of the population answered “none” to the ally there will be an end to humans, and an end to new question, “What religion are you?” That’s a significant people in heaven. And even after meeting every person portion of the population that has turned their back possible, I still have all of eternity to suffer through. Be on the Christian idea of heaven, and yet the rhetoric it an eternal party filled with virgins, or an eternity of surrounding those who have died is always, “They’re being in God’s presence, there needs to be an end to in a better place now,” or that “their spirit is with us.” my life in order for it to have meaning and purpose. Having seen no evidence for the afterlife in any I will gladly take this life I have now and fill it with form, I feel that death is the be-all and end-all for amazing experiences and people who I know exist, life. When we die, our brains stop working, and who over the possible premise that praying and wishing we are, our personality, simply goes away. There’s no could get me. going to a better place, they just cease to exist. This is t a harsh picture for many to swallow. We don’t want life Harrison Pride is a senior in microbiology. The opinions expressed in his columns to end, we want a happy ending where things always do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Pride can be reached work out. But the lack of an afterlife only reinforces at forum@dailybarometer.com.
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sports. It was the 11th-straight meeting between the Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers in the preseason. There was a constant stream of fighting in the stands throughout the game. After the game, one man was found in the bathroom. He was beaten unconscious. Another two men were found shot dead in the parking lot. We’re talking about shootings and beatings over a football game. A preseason game. It didn’t event count. Andrew Kilstrom, our sports editor at the Barometer, was on the sideline for that game. He has worked as an intern on the Raiders’ equipment staff for the last three summers. “It was probably the craziest thing I’ve ever seen at a sporting event,” he said. “Every 50 feet, there would be a cluster of people fighting. All the players weren’t even into the game. They all had their backs turned around watching the fights.” This wasn’t a rivalry between just two groups of fans. It is an ongoing class war between two neighboring cities. In a lot of ways, this rivalry is like ours here in the state of Oregon (you know, minus the shootings and beatings). Corvallis is Oakland in this analogy: Working class and blue-collar (with the Port of Oakland being likened to the farming- and agriculturerich area of Corvallis). Before I continue, I want to make sure it’s clear that Oakland and See strausbaugh | page 5
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Sophomore Storm Woods runs with the ball during Monday’s practice. Woods is the anticipated starter at running back after totalling 940 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns last season.
Spring football: A look at RBs Redshirt freshman Chris Brown will battle for playing time as the third running back
condition for the season. Agnew was a great competitor, he pushed all of us to our limits.” With the loss of Agnew, redshirt freshman Chris Brown is coming into By Sarah Kerrigan camp with more responsibility and a The Daily Barometer chance to see the field in the fall. His The transfer of running back position is similar to Woods’ a year ago. Malcolm Agnew to Southern Illinois Woods come off his redshirt year as the leaves a gap in the Oregon State foot- offensive scout team’s most valuable player, and ended up being named ball team’s depth at running back. The Beavers currently only have the starter. “[Brown] gave a lot of good minutes three running backs for spring camp. Although this means they lack depth in on the scout team,” said offensive the position, it also allows the players to coordinator Danny Langsdorf. “He has receive more repetitions in a short time. shown some ability to run the ball, so he “We are getting a lot of reps,” said will have to learn our protections and be sophomore Storm Woods. “But at the physical in that part of the game.” Woods was able to earn himself same time we are going to be in great n
a regular spot in the fall lineup last year because of his receiving and pass protection skills. Brown has not shown the same immediate competence that Woods showed, and looks to improve on that. “That game-changing element is the fact that they can block,” Langsdorf said. “So Chris, especially, needs to improve on that part of it, but he has shown some toughness.” The biggest challenge Brown faces at the beginning of spring camp is gaining familiarity with Oregon State’s playbook and offensive scheme. Running back coach Chris Brasfield said the main focus for Brown is getting up to speed to understand the offense.
“I am just asking lots of questions, studying the playbooks, watching a lot of film,” Brown said. Brown has shown noticeable improvement according to his coaches and teammates during the first week of camp. As spring continues, Brown is a player that could potentially emerge as a playmaker. “Brown looks better every day,” Woods said. “[At] first he didn’t know the plays . . . Now he knows the plays, so he is getting the ball faster.” Spring camp is different for veterans Woods and junior running back Terron Ward. Each is able to hone in and focus on more individual aspects of their running game. See football | page 5
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Tuesday, April 9 No. 6 Baseball vs. No. 11 Oregon (Nonconference) 4:05 p.m., Goss Stadium Pac-12 Networks (TV)
Friday, April 12 No. 24 Softball vs. Utah 3 p.m., OSU Softball Complex Pac-12 Networks (TV) No. 6 Baseball vs. Utah 5:35 p.m., Goss Stadium Women’s Track @ John Knight Twilight TBA, Monmouth, Ore.
Saturday, April 13 No. 24 Softball vs. Utah 3 p.m., OSU Softball Complex No. 6 Baseball vs. Utah 2:05 p.m., Goss Stadium Men’s Rowing vs. Washington TBA, Lowell, Ore. (Dexter Lake)
Sunday, April 14 No. 24 Softball vs. Utah 2 p.m., OSU Softball Complex Pac-12 Networks (TV) No. 6 Baseball vs. Utah 12:05 p.m., Goss Stadium
Monday, April 15 Women’s Golf @ Fresno State Lexus Classic All Day, Fresno Calif.
Tuesday, April 16 Women’s Golf @ Fresno State Lexus Classic All Day, Fresno Calif.
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In an NCAA Regional that Oregon State gymnastics can only look back on as disappointing, sophomore Chelsea Tang was a bright spot. Tang qualified — along with teammates Makayla Stambaugh and Brittany Harris — for the NCAA Championships on April 19. The sophomore tied her highest score of the season on balance beam at the regional, a 9.900. Tang has been exceptional on beam all year, and
was named a First Team All-Pac-12 selection for the event this year. Tang didn’t compete in the all-around this season until Jan. 26, but contributed in all four events for the rest of the season, besides a Feb. 8 meet at Arizona State. In regionals, Tang scored a 9.775 on vault, a 9.775 in the uneven bars, 9.900 on the balance beam and a 9.850 on floor exercise. Her score of 39.300 in the all-around was the third-highest total of her career. After battling an elbow injury in her freshman season that limited her to vault and balance beam for most of 2012, Tang burst onto the scene for Oregon State this season. She recorded a season- and career-high 39.400 in the all-around on Feb. 22, followed by the second-highest score of her career on March 1. Tang didn’t top 39.000 again until NCAA Regionals on Saturday. Tang and teammates Stambaugh and Harris will participate in the NCAA Championships as individuals on April 19. Tang and Harris will compete as all-arounders and Stambaugh will compete on floor. The Daily Barometer On Twitter @barosports sports@dailybarometer.com
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Sophomore Chelsea Tang competes on the balance beam in Saturday’s NCAA Regional.
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The Ducks invade Corvallis for a nonconference game today at 4:05 p.m. By Andrew Kilstrom The Daily Barometer
While Oregon has enjoyed supremacy over Oregon State in football and basketball during the past few years, baseball is one sport where the Beavers still maintain bragging rights. The No. 6 Beavers (25-5, 7-2 Pac-12) will try to continue the trend today at 4:05 p.m., when they host the No. 16 Ducks (23-8, 9-3) for the first time this season at Goss Stadium. Oregon State won four out of five games against the Ducks last year — OSU went 3-0 against Oregon in conference play and 1-1 in nonconference play. Today’s game is a nonconference game, meaning the outcome doesn’t affect the Pac-12 standings. But, while the game doesn’t have any implications on standings, it’s still a Civil War game, and Oregon will likely come out seeking revenge after OSU ended Oregon’s hopes of winning the Pac-12 title last year.
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Oregon lost four of five against the Beavers last season but split the two nonconference games, winning in Corvallis. Maybe the main reason for Oregon State’s dominant play over the Ducks last season — the Beavers outscored Oregon 24-9 in the five games — was the pitching of senior righthander Taylor Starr. Starr threw a combined 16 innings against Oregon last season, allowing only five walks and four runs. In the first nonconference game between the two rivals — a 7-1 OSU win in Eugene — Starr threw 6 1/3 scoreless innings. After a less successful outing in the second nonconference game, where Starr
allowed three runs in 2 2/3 innings, Starr shut down the Ducks again in the third game of their Pac-12 series, clinching an OSU sweep. Last year was supposed to be Starr’s last season as a Beaver. He was granted an extra year of eligibility, however, due to previous injuries, and could start today. If Starr doesn’t get the call, junior Dan Child is the other likely candidate to start on the mound for Oregon State, as he has been the primary starter on Tuesday games this season. Oregon State will also look
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Redshirt freshman Chris Brown receives a carry on Monday. Brown enters spring camp as the third-string running back.
“The main thing from those guys is their intensity,” Brasfield said. “They have a better feel of what we are doing, what we are asking them to do. They always have high expectations of themselves.” With both Agnew and senior wide receiver Markus Wheaton gone, new faces have a chance to become familiar. Woods is looking to step into a leadership role and that starts with mentoring Brown. He also said that he is aiming for more than 1,000 rushing yards in 2013. As spring camp continues, there will be an opportunity for improvement in the running back position for new and old players. Brown is listed as No. 3 on the depth chart. He will have to fight for it because freshmen Lawrence Mattison and Damien Haskins will arrive in July for fall camp. “Spring ball is a time that everybody gets some work, everybody gets some reps,” Brasfield said. “Everything starts to matter a little bit more, [have] a little bit more sense of urgency.” Sarah Kerrigan, sports reporter On Twitter @skerrigan123 sports@dailybarometer.com
The Shoah in Fiction Ruth Klüger was born in Vienna in 1931. During the war, she was interned at several camps, including Auschwitz and Theresienstadt. Her memoir, Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered, is well known and much praised. After the war, she came to America, received a Ph.D. at Berkeley, and taught German literature for many years, especially at UC-Irvine, where she is professor emerita. Professor Klüger will discuss recent trends in depicting the Holocaust through fiction. As a survivor and a noteworthy author and scholar, she brings a special dimension to her review. She will do a book-signing after her talk.
for a lift from sophomore leftfielder Michael Conforto. Conforto has struggled offensively in recent weeks compared to the type of production Beaver Nation has come accustomed to over the past two years. However, Conforto showed last year against this same Oregon team that he can impact a game in more ways than with his bat. In game two of the conference series, Conforto threw out Aaron Payne at the plate for the final out of the game — the run would have tied the game. OSU will need that type of defense if they want another win. An advantage the Beavers didn’t have last year is hot hitting sophomore Dylan Davis. Davis wasn’t much of a factor against Oregon last season, but has shown consistency in 2013 and should be a big contributor. While this game might not be as important as the three games the two teams will play at the end of the year, it should still contain the fun of any other Civil War matchup. Andrew Kilstrom, sports editor On Twitter @AndrewKilstrom sports@dailybarometer.com
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Senior Taylor Starr gets ready during the Civil War series last season on May 25. Starr shutdown Oregon twice last season.
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This isn’t football, sure. But convincing students to show up to OSU baseball games is a different column (They’re sixth in the nation. Corvallis are vastly different. For starters, C’mon, people). Beating Oregon in a sport is what fuels OSU Corvallis has an 83.8 percent demographic of fans. Sure, it’s an exhibition. There are no Caucasians. Oakland is 25.9 percent. In 2008, Corvallis was named by the Farmers postseason implications by beating Oregon. But let’s be honest, Oregon has owned the Insurance Group of Companies as the most Beavers lately. OSU fans need to appreciate secure place to live in the U.S. In 2011, the New York Times named Corvallis the city with the times the Beavers win in this rivalry. In sports that both schools have teams in, the least risk for a natural disaster. women’s basketball is the Meanwhile, Oakland only one the Beavers have comes in at third in the U.S. won against the Ducks since in violent crime rate and sixth Having a rival that the start of the school year in homicide. Not to mention, fall. the Bay Area is always susmakes your blood lastBut baseball is the one ceptible to major earthquake. sport OSU fans can proudly boil even when But for the sake of argusay is better than Oregon. ment, let’s continue with they aren’t playing Two national championthis blue-collar versus whiteships, and a 15-7 record collar analogy. With Eugene your team is what against the Ducks since 2009 being the San Francisco of the year Oregon brought sets sports apart — this rivalry. back its baseball program — The Oregon State baseball is something Beaver fans can team takes on the University from anything else. gravitate toward. of Oregon today. The game Embrace every game doesn’t count as a Pac-12 against the Ducks in the game. It will only count as a nonconference same way Oakland and San Francisco fans game. do, even when it doesn’t count. But why shouldn’t it matter? I take that back. Embrace the passion they Rivalries in sports are what drive the most have for their teams in a rivalry game, and be passionate fans. Having a rival that makes the opposite of Raider Nation. Just don’t bring your blood boil even when they aren’t play- a gun. I don’t want to be responsible for giving ing your team is what sets sports apart from that one crazy guy an idea. anything else. The Civil War is a rivalry for a reason. People The Ducks are that for Beaver fans. care. Don’t be the one who doesn’t. It looked like Mardi Gras in Corvallis the Warner Strausbaugh, managing editor night Stanford knocked off Oregon’s football On Twitter @WStrausbaugh team. managing@dailybarometer.com
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with Smedinghoff in Jordan. “She always got people interested in what she was involved in. ... Whenever I knew I was going to see her, I’d always make sure I was brushed up on foreign affairs. She was one of those people, you didn’t want to let her down,” he said. “She pushed you to be better.” It was clear that “there was no better place for her” than the Foreign Service, her parents said in a written statement. After a tour of duty in Caracas, Venezuela, Smedinghoff volunteered for an assignment at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul and had been working there since July, her parents said. “We are consoled knowing that she was doing what she loved, and that she was serving her country by helping to make a positive difference in the world,” they said. Before she joined the State Department, Smedinghoff served on the board of directors for the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults’ 4K for Cancer program, spending a summer cycling across the United States to raise money and awareness. “Anne was an incredibly optimistic, fearless, and giving person,” said Ryan Hanley, the program’s founder. “We mourn a life cut short,” he said Sunday, “but are blessed to have shared in it.” Mother: ‘She was just so exuberant about everything’ Smedinghoff ’s Facebook profile gives a glimpse of her life in Afghanistan. One photo shows a group skiing in the Afghan mountains. Another shows her standing behind a lectern at the embassy, surrounded by American flags. Another, titled “Helicoptering around Helmand,” shows a smiling Smedinghoff sitting beside men in camouflage, wearing a helmet and a flak jacket. The prospect of her working in Afghanistan worried her parents at
first, but her passion for the job and ambassador there to be the lead the good work she hoped to do won person because of her capabilities,” he said. them over. This weekend, Smedinghoff “was “She really thought there was a lot to be done there, and she could be just trying to deliver books, bring part of it. ... As parents you always knowledge to people — books in want to make sure no harm comes their own language — in order to help to your children, but I knew that she them know about the possibilities wanted to embrace this opportunity,” of life,” Kerry said on Monday. “And her mother, Mary Beth Smedinghoff, some wanton terrorist, out of the said Monday, “so she had our full- blue, nameless and faceless and now hearted support and blessing to apply lifeless, attacked this group of people and took five lives.” for that position.” Neighbor: ‘She had candle power’ Public outreach projects like delivResidents in the River Forest, ering textbooks to schools, organizing educational efforts and working with Illinois, neighborhood where the women’s groups to promote equality Smedinghoff family lives said they were parts of her job she particularly were devastated by the news. “Anne Smedinghoff was one of loved, her parents said. They spoke to CNN Monday morn- those rare people who, you were ing from Dover Air Force Base in lucky if you were near her. She had candle power,” one Delaware, where neighbor told CNN they were awaiting the arrival of their The world has really affiliate WGN. “She everydaughter’s remains lost somebody who brightened one’s life.” just over a week after was going to do a lot Katie Whiting, their last conversation with her. of good things. Every whose sister was Smedinghoff’s best In that Easter chat, dangerous place she friend, told the she excitedly told her parents about wanted to go there, CNN affiliate that “beautiful and Kerry’s recent visit because that’s where the brave” diplomat was to Afghanistan. She the hard work was. doing her dream job. sent them photos “The world has and a congratulatory Katie Whiting really lost somee-mail she received sister was Smedinghoff’s best friend body who was going from the ambassato do a lot of good dor for her work durthings. ... Every dangerous place ing the trip. “She was just so exuberant about she wanted to go there, because everything that had transpired that’s where the hard work was,” during that trip and what she had Whiting said. In Smedinghoff’s memory, CNN done,” Mary Beth Smedinghoff said. “Obviously, we were very proud of affiliate WBBM reported, American flags lined the road near her family’s her.” Kerry was emotional Sunday as he home on Sunday. A large photograph she posted on spoke of Smedinghoff’s death and described his experience meeting her her Facebook profile less than three weeks ago shows another road on during the recent Afghanistan trip. “I remember her — vivacious, the other side of the world, lined with smart, capable, chosen often by the Afghan flags.
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(CNN) — Anne Smedinghoff lived Kerry offered a sharp condemnation inside a heavily secured compound. of the violence as he spoke to U.S. But the public diplomacy officer for diplomats stationed in Istanbul. “The folks who want to kill people, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul was always and that’s all they want to do, are pushing to get out. “We thought she was relatively scared of knowledge. And they want safe in the embassy compound, but to shut the doors and they don’t as it turned out, Anne really wanted want people to make their choices to do a lot more,” her father, Tom about the future. For them, it’s ‘You do things my way Smedinghoff, told and if you don’t, we’ll CNN. throw acid in your “She was always When she was face. We’ll put a bulfinding projects and let in your face,’ to a assignments that passionate about young girl trying to took her outside to something, she would learn,” Kerry said. the various provinces within and around let everyone know. “So this is a huge challenge for us. It is Afghanistan, and you could just tell a confrontation with that was what she when she got in modernity, with poswanted to do,” he said. “That was what the foreign Service, sibilities, and everything that our counreally drove her.” she saw that this try stands for, everyThis past weekend, the 25-yearwas her opprortunity thing we stand for, is in what old was trying to do to make a big impact embodied Anne Smedinghoff just that — delivon the world stood for.” ering books to a Fr i e n d : ‘She school in southern Christopher Louie pushed you to be Afghanistan — when Close friend better’ a suicide bomber Smedinghoff smashed into her convoy Saturday, killing Smedinghoff graduated from Johns Hopkins and four others. She is believed to be University in 2009 with a degree in the first U.S. diplomat killed since the international relations and joined the September attack in Benghazi, Libya. Foreign Service soon afterward. “I remember how excited she was Her death was a grim reminder of the risks and importance of pushing when she got in and started her trainfor change in “one of the toughest ing. She would always talk about places on earth,” U.S. Secretary of it, because she was one of those natural leaders,” said Christopher State John Kerry said Sunday. It was an “extraordinary, harsh Louie, 26, a close friend who first contradiction,” Kerry said, to see an met Smedinghoff in college. “When attacker kill “a young, 25-year-old she was passionate about something, woman with all of the future ahead she would let everyone know. ... You of her, believing in the possibilities of could just tell when she got in the diplomacy, of changing people’s lives, Foreign Service, she saw that this was of making a difference, having an her opportunity to make a big impact impact, who was taking knowledge on the world.” And her enthusiasm was infectious, in books to deliver them to a school.” Officials did not say who they said Louie, a medical filmmaker in believe was behind the blast. But Washington who recently vacationed
Suspect in Syria case removed from ‘no fly’ list, now jailed in U.S. An FBI affidavit said Harroun crossed into the wartorn country in January and fought forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. He posted photos and videos of himself on the Internet handling rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons, it said. The United States never asked Turkish authorities to arrest him. Harroun flew to Washington’s Dulles airport in Virginia on March 27 and agreed to another interview. Agents arrested him then on the charge of conspiring to use a rocket-propelled grenade while fighting with the al-Nusrah Front, a branch of al Qaeda in Iraq. The United States broadly supports the rebel effort in Syria. But officials have said militants have infiltrated opposition groups. Al-Nursa is said to be one of the best-armed and efficient fighting groups among
the Syrian opposition, but has been designated by the United States as a terrorist organization. Harroun’s lawyer, Geremy Kamens, said his client was charged with fighting the Syrian regime — opposed by the United States. Additionally, he pointed out an FBI agent who testified at Monday’s hearing said there was no evidence Harroun was involved in any terror activities. U.S. Magistrate Judge Ivan Davis ruled Monday the government had enough evidence to allow the case to proceed, and ordered Harroun to remain in jail pending trial. Davis rejected any form of bail and said he found Harroun’s admissions during his FBI interviews to be convincing. “There is no stronger case than the defendant’s own confession,” said Davis. The judge also said Harroun had bragged about his actions in Syria on social media.
The affidavit said he postHarroun said nothing in court. He has not been asked ed photos and videos on the to enter a plea and has not Internet showing himself handling weapons including RPGs. been formally indicted yet. Burwell said at Monday’s According to a March 28 affidavit, Harroun entered Syria hearing that Harroun knowand later told the FBI his inten- ingly worked with al-Nusra and tion was to fight with the Free said the group wanted to make him its Adam Syrian Army, Gadahn. the main Burwell said rebel group. There is no Harroun Harroun refused. allegedly told stronger case than Gadahn is the FBI he the defendant’s the California participated own confession. man who in a joint became a attack with ivan Davis, spokesman the re b e l U.S. Magistrate Judge for al Qaeda. force and Burwell the al-Nusra Front and jumped in the back said the offense Harroun faces of an al-Nusra truck and was is a serious terrorism charge that carries 30 years to life in taken to one of its camps. Harroun allegedly told prison, if he is convicted. Harroun allegedly said he the FBI the al-Nusra fighters initially treated him like a tried to recruit 300 people, prisoner and took his weap- including U.S. citizens to ons, but later he was accept- fight in Syria. Harroun’s lawed and assigned to an team yer scoffed at that claim and equipped with rocket pro- suggested the prosecutor had simply tallied up the number pelled grenades.
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(CNN) — U.S. authorities had a former soldier they were investigating removed from a “no-fly” list and allowed him to travel from Turkey to the United States where he was promptly arrested on charges related to fighting alongside a terror group in Syria. That unusual step, revealed on Monday by a federal prosecutor in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, allowed authorities to get Eric Harroun back in the United States without having to ask Turkish authorities to arrest him. Harroun, 30, of Phoenix, was not in FBI custody during the flight, but agents were aboard and observed him, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Carter Burwell. He did not say when Harroun had been placed on the “no-fly” list or whether he was aware of it. The FBI interviewed Harroun three times in March in Istanbul about his alleged activities in Syria.
of Harroun’s Facebook friends. According to the court affidavit, Harroun told the FBI that he estimated shooting 10 people during fighting in Syria but didn’t know if any of them were killed. His attorney questioned the FBI agent who wrote the document and asked if the agency could verify he shot people and said there is no video of him actually firing an RPG. FBI agent Paul Higginbotham said the government had no independent confirmation. Kamens said after Harroun was taken to the al-Nusra camp he wanted to return to his own group. He said Harroun had told authorities he was afraid if he didn’t participate in attacks with al-Nusra its members would assume he was an American spy and kill him. Harroun served in the U.S. Army from 2000 to 2003 but was never stationed overseas.
The OSU Socratic Club presents…
A debate free & open to the public, sponsored by SEAC & Ed. Act.
Hell and the Love of God
Spirited debate is always welcome!
Wednesday, April 10 • 7 p.m • Milam Auditorium
Does God punish some people for eternity or will everyone eventually get to heaven? Is Hell a spiritual reality or a figurative expression of our separation from God, here on earth? Can a loving God send people to Hell or is it contrary to God’s nature? Did Jesus talk about Hell? Why might God create such a place? Our two speakers will present divergent views. TODD MILES, Associate Professor of Theology and Hermeneutics at Western Seminary, Portland
After earning degrees from OSU in Nuclear Engineering and spending several years in research, his interest in religious issues led Todd to pursue a PhD in theology and biblical interpretation. His latest book, A God of Many Understandings? The Gospel and Theology of Religions, explores the relationship of Christianity to other faiths. Dr. Miles will argue that the existence of Hell is compatible with belief in a God of love.
CHRISTIAN PIATT, Director of Church Growth and Development at First Christian Church, Portland.
He describes himself as “an author, editor, speaker, musician and spoken word artist.” He is also the creator and editor of the Banned Questions book series, which include Banned Questions About the Bible and Banned Questions About Jesus. He blogs on “Patheos” and is a contributor to the Huffington Post. He will argue that a belief in Hell is incompatible with the biblical teaching that God loves all humanity.
For more information, visit: groups.oregonstate.edu/socratic. Use the contact form to request special accommodations. Broadcast live at: live.oregonstate.edu. More than 20 of our previous debates at: youtube.com/user/orstsocraticclub
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Leading Senate talks falling short Search for U.S. couple, their missing sons focuses on Cuba of universal background checks WASHINGTON (CNN) — The leading Senate negotiations on gun control legislation favor expanding background checks, but the effort would as of now fall short of the universal approach backed by President Barack Obama and many Democrats, CNN has learned. FBI background checks are currently required for commercial sales. The proposal being considered would expand them to gun shows and Internet sales, but would not require checks for other private transactions, according to multiple sources from both parties who are familiar with the talks. Sources familiar with the negotiations between Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, and Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, tell CNN they exchanged proposals and ideas over the past few days and will soon get a better sense of where things stand. Obama made another pitch for his gun control agenda on Monday in Connecticut, not far from the town of Newtown where a December school massacre jolted the nation and prompted current efforts in Washington for stricter gun laws. Obama, in Hartford, angrily chided lawmakers, saying overwhelming support among the American people for measures like universal background checks should force action in Congress. His message was crafted as much for lawmakers as it was for the families of Newtown victims. They sat behind him on stage and were to travel to Washington with him on Air Force One to lobby members of Congress. “Newtown, we want you to know that we’re here with you,� Obama said. “We will not walk away from the promises we’ve made. We are as determined as ever to do what must be done. “ The Senate is expected to begin debate as early as this week over proposed firearms legislation, but Democratic sources admit that the gun bill as currently written does not have the 60 votes needed to break any Republican filibuster. The powerful National Rifle Association is staunchly opposed to the measure. Putting new pressure on negotiators, a spokesman for Mitch McConnell said the Senate Republican leader would support efforts by GOP colleagues to filibuster the Democratic legislation. Democratic leaders are hopeful that a deal on background checks that can win enough Republican support will emerge from the bipartisan negotiations.
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(CNN) — The search for a U.S. man who allegedly abducted his two young sons last week focused Monday on Cuba, with a Florida sheriff’s department saying it had received information that the man, his wife and sons had arrived in the island nation, possibly by sailboat. A State Department official in Washington told CNN that the U.S. Interest Section in Havana “is aware of this case and is in contact with local authorities to get more information.� The official would not comment further, citing “privacy considerations.� Authorities believe the father, Joshua Michael Hakken of Louisiana, abducted his sons Chase Hakken, 2, and Cole Hakken, 4, early Wednesday after breaking into the Florida home of the children’s grandmother and tying her up. In Havana, Lynn Roche, an official with the U.S. Interest Section, said section officials couldn’t discuss any case of an American who hasn’t signed a privacy act waiver. And an official with Cuba’s foreign ministry said Monday evening that his agency was unaware of the case and had not received any requests for help from U.S. officials. The boys had been removed from the care of Hakken and his wife, Sharyn Patricia Hakken, last year, and on Tuesday, the couple’s parental rights were terminated in Louisiana, investigators say. The abduction report triggered an Amber Alert for the children, but there were no reported sightings. Joshua Hakken, described as an anti-government protester, is believed to be armed, according to the Hillsborough County sheriff’s office in Tampa, the site of last week’s alleged abduction. Investigators believe his wife is with him. On Monday, the sheriff’s department released a statement saying it had “received information that the Hakken family had arrived in Cuba.� The brief statement did not offer any specifics about the information but added, “We are currently working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation who is in contact with the U.S. State Department to verify this
information.� That followed a statement Friday from the same department saying it had obtained information that Joshua Hakken recently bought a 25-foot sailboat. There is no extradition treaty between Cuba and the United States, although there have been recent cases in which Americans sought for crimes in the United States and discovered in Havana have been sent back by the Cubans. The FBI currently estimates there are around 70 fugitives from U.S. justice in Cuba, which is one of the reasons Cuba remains on the U.S. list of countries that support state terrorism. Most of the American fugitives in Cuba have been there for decades and have ties to revolutionary movements or radical groups. On Thursday, the police department in Slidell, Louisiana, issued its own statement offering background on the Hakkens and why the boys were taken from the parents last year. In June of 2012, Slidell police responded to a disturbance report at a hotel where Joshua and Sharon Hakken were staying with their sons, the police statement said. “When police arrived, both Mr. and Mrs. Hakken were acting in a bizarre manner that alarmed officers. They were talking about ‘completing their ultimate journey’ and were traveling across the country to ‘take a journey to the Armageddon’,� the Slidell police statement said, adding, “Let it be noted that both of their children were present in the hotel room at the time.� Because of the parents’ behavior and “the fact that narcotics and weapons were located inside of the hotel room,� the children were taken by child welfare officers, and Joshua Hakken was arrested on drug charges, the statement said. “Approximately two weeks later, Slidell Police were notified that Mr. Hakken had shown up to the foster family home ... with a firearm demanding the return of his children,� the Slidell police statement continued. “The foster parents called 911, and Mr. Hakken fled with-
out his children. We have heard nothing until (Wednesday).� At some point over the past few months, the children were sent to Tampa to live with their grandmother, Patricia Hauser, the mother of Sharyn Hakken. “Somehow they found out where the kids were,� said Detective Larry McKinnon of the Hillsborough County sheriff’s office. Sheriff’s investigators say Joshua Hakken entered Hauser’s home at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday. She told police that he tied her up and fled with the children in her silver 2009 Toyota Camry. That vehicle was found later
Those investigators told CNN they believe Joshua Hakken joined up with his wife, who was waiting in their pickup truck, and the family drove to a parking garage. A short time later, investigators said, Hakken is believe to have taken a sailboat out of a private slip in nearby Madeira Beach. Surveillance images showed the boat sailing into the Gulf of Mexico about three and a half hours after the boys disappeared from their grandmother’s home, investigators said, adding that the photos showed adults and children onboard.
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Poet’s murder mystery: Chile exhumes Pablo Neruda’s remains (CNN) — Pablo Neruda wooed readers with his romantic poetry, but the latest lines in his story could be ripped from a murder mystery. The Chilean poet’s 1973 death certificate says prostate cancer killed him. But his former chauffeur has another theory involving an unknown assassin, a lethal injection and the South American country’s notorious military coup. On Monday, authorities started putting that theory to the test, exhuming the poet’s remains as part of a high-profile investigation that could take months to complete. Manuel Araya, the chauffeur, said he’s received threats for making the controversial claim, which has riled some of Neruda’s supporters. That won’t stop him from speaking his mind, Araya told CNN Chile.
“I am not afraid of anyone,” he said. Chauffeur: ‘They silenced him.’ Neruda died on September 23, 1973, just 12 days after a right-wing military coup ousted socialist President Salvador Allende and brought Gen. Augusto Pinochet to power. The poet, a Communist Party member, had criticized the coup and Pinochet. Less than two weeks later, he was dead. He had been planning to go into exile the next day — and the timing of his death was no coincidence, according to Araya. Neruda was a well known political and public figure, having served as a lawmaker and diplomat in addition to his literary career, which earned him a Nobel Prize in 1971. “I believe that Pablo Neruda was murdered, because Pablo Neruda was a very relevant fig-
ure in history, as much in this country as in the world,” Araya told CNN Chile. “He was going to go into exile on September 24 and they silenced him before then.” Thousands of people disappeared or died during Pinochet’s rule, and many have accused his government of using death squads to wipe out political opponents. Araya alleges that Neruda was poisoned in a clinic where he was undergoing treatment. That claim and several other alleged discrepancies surrounding the poet’s death drew the attention of Chile’s Communist Party, which called for Neruda to be exhumed in 2011. Evidence suggests that a third party was involved in Neruda’s death, said Communist Party attorney Eduardo Contreras. Chilean Judge Mario Carroza ordered the exhumation in February.
Caught in the middle: Asian immigrants struggle to stay in America WASHINGTON (CNN) — It should have been a happy day for Raymond Jose: He had been accepted to college, with scholarships to help pay for it. But when he told his parents, his mother started to cry. “I was puzzled why she was crying after hearing such great news,” said Jose, who was to attend Montgomery College in Maryland. “That was when she started to explain to me we were undocumented, that we had overstayed our tourist visas.” Jose’s family had come to the United States from the Philippines in 2000, when Jose was 9. They first lived in the Tampa Bay, Florida, area but moved four years later to Maryland. Jose had been assimilated into American life and culture and didn’t know that he was undocumented until that day. When he found out, he was heartbroken. His undocumented status prevented him from using scholarship money to help pay for school. “Every day after that, it was really hard to get out of bed,” Jose said. The debate over immigration reform has been focused on border security and immigrants from Latin America. But the Asian population in the U.S. grew by more than 40 percent between 2000 and 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The number of those identifying themselves as Asians, either alone or in combination with another racial group, grew from 11.9 million to 17.3 million. Of the more than 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S., 1.3 million are from Asia, according to the Department of Homeland Security. As this year’s immigration reform efforts began, Asian-American advocacy groups laid out their priorities to the Gang of Eight negotiating a bill in the Senate, along with other key legislators like House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Their priorities in the immigration debate include establishing a humane pathway to citizenship, restricting the use of electronic employment verification systems such as E-Verify and reducing visa backlogs. The groups are also trying to fight efforts to increase the number of business-related visas at the expense of those that allow immigrants to join resident family in the U.S. and change the policy of deportations for minor offenses.
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The Asian American Justice Center, based in Washington, has been focused on family visas. “Lindsey Graham and others have been very public on eliminating the married adult children category and brother-sister category,” Mee Moua, president and executive director, said of the Republican senator from South Carolina. The justice center has met with legislators to argue that such visa categories shouldn’t be eliminated and has provided information for Asian-Americans, Latino Americans and those in the African and Caribbean communities on the impact if these visas were to be eliminated. “Our aim is to fight for and be the champion for a common-sense solution for the family visa situation,” Moua said. Meeran Mahmud, a staff attorney at the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, has an older sister in Pakistan who is waiting to be reunited with her family in the U.S. Her uncle applied for their papers in 1986. Mahmud was able to come to the U.S. 10 years later, but her sister had turned 22 and was no longer eligible. Her sister has since married and had children of her own. “Been waiting since she was a little girl, and she will be turning 40 this year,” Mahmud said. Another major issue for the Asian Pacific American Legal Center is the detention and deportation of immigrants and refugees. Anoop Prasad, a staff attorney for immigrant rights at the Asian Law Caucus, points to the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 as increasing deportations. Prasad says that under the law, the U.S. can deport someone who was convicted of minor offenses as a teenager, like possession of a small amount of drugs or shoplifting. The law has severely affected the Cambodian, Laotian and Vietnamese communities, Prasad said. “It is a complicated question but has a good deal to do with issues with refugee resettlement issues in the ‘80s. Many were dealing with mental health issues from the (Vietnam) war. Almost all Cambodian refugees had lost a relative in the genocide, and many had seen relatives killed or starved to death.”