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Office of business affairs launches campaign to help students avoid money mistakes

By Chris Correll THE DAILY BAROMETER

In honor of Financial Literacy Month, several motivated students worked with Oregon State University’s office of business affairs to make the student body more aware of OSU’s financial resources.

Their new program, Money Matters, is designed to help avoid common errors that can follow graduates well into life beyond their degree.

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, at $1.2 trillion, student loans are the number-one source of national debt, surpassing credit card debt — currently $700 billion — back in 2010.

In a survey by the Center for Economic and Entrepreneurial Literacy, “54 percent of college student respondents had overdrawn their bank account, and 81 percent underestimated by a large margin the amount of time it would take to pay off a credit card balance.”

“I think budgeting is something that they don’t really cover,” said Kallum Gagnier, a junior in busiSee MONEY | page 2

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Heartland Humane Society promotes healthy living with the adoption of pets such as Thaddius, who is currently up for adoption.

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Student Health Services

Student Health Services used the National Public Health Week opportunity to promote the Health kicked off Monday, April 6 with the Inequities Symposium, which takes goal for the U.S. to become the place April 21 and 22.

Eileen Grigsby, an alumna of the healthiest nation by 2030.

College of Public Health and Human To show support, Oregon State Services, represented SHS and hopes University hosted the National to work with communities to increase Public Health Week fair in the access to food, specifically fruits and Memorial Union plaza Wednesday, vegetables.

April 8.

“I’ve been helping with the symThe fair brought together the posium since summer, so I thought different public health organiza- I would help out until it happens,” tions from OSU and the Corvallis Grigsby said. community to promote a variety of SHS brought members from Peer Health Advocates, a group dedicated to public health topics.

Services from across campus, Corvallis promote health, wellbeing at Public Health Fair

promoting healthy behavior and raising awareness of student health issues.

The volunteers from PHA hosted a booth on bicycle safety, a continuing concern for campus and the Corvallis community.

“The rules of the road also apply to the roads on campus,” said Casey Collins, a freshman majoring in nutrition and a PHA volunteer. “Bicyclists need to pay attention to the stop signs on campus, as well as walk their bikes on the MU walkway and look out for pedestrians. Pedestrians should also make sure to be aware of bicyclists.”

In addition, the PHA are issuing a challenge on Instagram to promote bike safety, tagging posts with

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Public Health Fair brings together health-related services to the Memorial Union plaza Wednesday afternoon. #OSUBeaversBikeSafe.

“Our graduate programs help increase professional and research skills to build public health presence in communities, the nation and our lives,” Christianson said. “If we can give The College of Public Health and young people the skills to push public Human Sciences also attended the fair health, I think we have a chance.” to inform students about the different graduate programs they offer. The college offers degrees in nine different programs from biostatistics to health Mental health is another impormanagement and policy. tant aspect of health that was not Julee Christianson, the public health forgotten at the fair, with Counseling programs manager, believes that and Psychological Services tabling to increasing the amount of people purinform students about the services suing public health would be a move that CAPS offers. in the right direction for national and See HEALTH | page 3 international health.

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log. The man was allegedly camping a fenced-in area beside dumpsters on the property of an apartment complex on Southwest Second Street. The man allegedly told officers “he wished he had a gun so he could shoot us (the officers) or any other police officer he comes in contact with.”

Police arrested a man for possession of heroin and possession of a schedule four controlled substance Bank statements, DVDs and checks while arresting him for an outstandwere reportedly found in a restroom ing warrant. According to the log, the along Northwest Ninth Street. The man had a “spoon with heroin residue belongings have been taken into evi- and numerous syringes” as well as five dence, and will remain there until the Klonopin pills, which he reportedly owners can be reached, according to said he’d got from a friend, and 7.42 grams of heroin. the log.

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Trespassing and threats

Identity theft

Wallet found An employee from a business along Northwest Circle Boulevard turned over a found wallet to police, according to the log. The officer reportedly attempted to contact the owner and entered the wallet into evidence.

Dog fight A pit bull allegedly attacked another man’s dog, inflicting a “small laceration above its left eye and on its lower lip,” according to the log. The officer cited the pit bull’s owner for unprovoked attack.

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Unauthorized use of a vehicle

A man allegedly took his acquainA woman reported that someone tance’s girlfriend’s car without permisA man verbally abused officers during an encounter around 2:40 a.m. in which had opened a Discover card in the sion. The man was arrested for unauhe received citations for unlawful camp- name of her 90-year-old father, accord- thorized use of a vehicle in Portland. ing on private property and trespass ing to the log. The woman reportedly The Daily Barometer news@dailybarometer.com in the second degree, according to the told police that her father had received

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Recent car break-ins: According to a security alert sent to the Oregon State University community from the Department of Public Safety and the Oregon State Police, “since April 1, OSU has experienced 22 vehicle break-ins.”

The alert notes that the incidents have occurred in the Crop Science building parking lot, the fifth floor of the parking structure and the gravel lot near the Softball Complex.

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Natural building seminar sparks conversation about building community, helping sustainability

Art Reception: “I AM”

A new art exhibit hosted by The Arts Center, “I AM” showcases works made by individuals with developmental disabilities as they use art to communicate. This exhibit will be open until May 23, 2015.

Time: 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Location: The Arts Center, 700 SW Madison Ave. in Corvallis Cost: Free Age Restrictions: None More information: Visit theartscenter.net for more information.

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Raising a family in a natural building for the past 20 years has given artist Kiko Denzer an “outlaw existence” that he embraces.

Horticulture students, surprised by the lack of natural earth buildings on campus and community involvement invited Denzer to speak Wednesday night at the Agricultural and Life Sciences building about the art of natural building.

Addressing a small crowd of students and community members, the author and artist acknowledged his “illegal life made out of mud,” with smiles.

Natural buildings are built out of earth materials, like clay, without using mechanical tools. Most natural buildings are illegal according to state, federal and international building regulations if they’re larger than 200

able campus, but we don’t have any square feet.

Natural buildings often have hidden, green roofs or community gardens,” albeit-significant designs that tell a said Marcie Nelson, president of the story of the community that helped horticulture club. “The goal is to incorporate artistic ideas that bring peobuild it. ple together and get As an example, excited about nature.”

Denzer noted his experience teaching The horticulThe goal is to young students how ture club secured a incorporate artistic to finish a mud wall Student Sustainability and whether to use a ideas that bring Initiative grant in shiny trowel or their which they plan to people together hands to plaster the build a cob oven and get excited mud. The difference — also known as a between the two is mud oven — at the about nature. that using a trowel Oak Creek Center for gives a mechaniUrban Horticulture.

Marcie Nelson cal and impersonal Mud ovens offer a President of the horticulture club appearance, whereunique way to cook as handprints show a wide range of foods a personalized, lively texture that that notably include pizza, breads changes with every angle, Denzer said. and stews.

When constructing a natural buildThe mud oven is expected to be ing, “The only requirement is creativcompleted over the summer and will ity,” according to Denzer. be open to organizations and groups of The seminar was an attempt by the students who sign up and follow prophorticulture club to show how natural er safety and maintenance procedures. buildings help build and enhance community and sustainability.

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Community Poetry Reading

India Night

The Indian Students Association at OSU is hosting its annual “India Night” to celebrate Indian culture and increase awareness of Indian heritage.

Time: 5 - 9 p.m.

Location: LaSells Stewart Center, 875 SW 26th St. in Corvallis Cost: $10 for OSU Students/$13 for general admission Age Restrictions: None Website for more info: Buy tickets online at oregonstate.edu/lasells/events Information courtesy of Visit Corvallis at visitcorvallis.com.

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MONEY n Continued from page 1 ness who’s helping Money Matters get off the ground.

“I was bombarded with costs I didn’t know existed when I left the dorms because there you can put it all on the university tab. When you’re out of the dorms, it’s something you need to budget for and have money in your pocket to pay.”

The university’s U-Engage program offers a financing class — also called Money Matters — in the fall for incoming freshman.

There are also currently three online OSU courses with insight on the subject of financial literacy: Financial Literacy for College Students, Financial Literacy for Graduating Students and Financial Literacy for Startups.

Taking a course in financial education isn’t mandated

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at Oregon State, but office of business affairs Associate Director Lissa Perrone said she considers it “a very good idea” for undergraduates to get informed about their options as early as possible.

“I know students have a pretty high course load as it is, and that there’s a cost to the student for taking a class like that, but from just sort of a general education life-skills perspective, I think every student ought to,” Perrone said.

Perrone is one of the faculty leaders behind Money Matters. She and the other contributors plan to make the program an annual student

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April and May. Student volun“Students can get a refund teers will be offering informaas part of their financial aid tion about and still owe financial money on literacy — their student Students can get a everything account from openrefund as part of their because a a bank scholarship financial aid and still ing account to or federal aid owe money on their how to hanisn’t going to dle idenstudent account … cover a parktity theft — ing ticket, or Mondays a library fine, Lissa Perrone at Dixon or a Dixon Associate director of the Recreation equipment office of business affairs Center checkout,” from Perrone said.

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

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Events Student Health Services, 1-2:30pm, MU 208. Survivor Resource Panel. Part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

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College Republicans, 7pm, Gilkey 113. Join the College Republicans for friendly conversation on current events and politics.

Events Student Health Services, 5:30-7pm, Centro Cultural César Chåvez. Documentary Screening: The Mask You Live In. Part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

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Events Student Health Services, 9:30am, Snell International Forum. FourthAnnual Social Justice Conference and Fourth-Biannual International Health Conference: Gender and Violence. Part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Monday, April 20 Events Student Health Services, 4pm, Asian Pacific Cultural Center. Cultural Barriers to Reporting. Part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Tuesday, April 21 Meetings ASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU Journey Room. Senate meeting.

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Senate Oks bill limiting when disruptive studetns can be suspended, expelled

By Saul Hubbard

ing to suspensions) are just misguided.�

He added that the statistics appear to SALEM — Oregon elementary schools show that racial biases play a role in school would be barred from suspending or expel- suspensions. “This is a statistically valid sample that ling students for causing repeated disruption or other minor disciplinary problems, shows some kids get treated differently than under a bill moving through the Legislature. others in our schools,� he said.

But Sen. Betsy Johnson expressed conThe policy takes aim at disciplinary tactics that schools disproportionally use cern that the bill implied that schools are against minority students and students with “capriciously� suspending students, when schools often turn only to that option as a disabilities, backers say.

The Senate approved Senate Bill 553 on last resort. “We hire professionals to run our schools. a bipartisan 27-3 vote today. It now heads We ought to trust them to make judgments to the House.

Under current law, public schools must about the kids. I wonder if this is too proconsider a child’s age before suspending or scriptive,� she said.

The bill in its current form isn’t opposed expelling them. But advocates of SB 553 say that even so, 8,000 elementary school stu- by school boards or administrators.

Morgan Allen, a lobbydents were suspended in the ist with Oregon School 2013-14 school year, most of Boards Association, said them for minor infractions, I heard that the bill had been drafted which include repeated in a way to avoid being too classroom disruption. number, and I “burdensome� for schools. “I heard that number, and said ‘Good grief “Nobody thinks that susI said ‘Good grief with gravy, pending students of that with gravy, we’ve we’ve gotta do something age is the best way to alter about that,’ � said Sen. Sara gotta do something their behavior,� he said.

Gelser, a Corvallis Democrat about that.’ Gelser is also sponsoring and chief sponsor of SB 553. two other bills that attempt SB 553 would allow to tackle the same issue. schools to take an elemenSara Gelser One, Senate Bill 556, would tary student out of the classSenator, Corvallis Democrat prohibit public schools room only if they caused from expelling K-12 stu“serious physical harm to students or school employees� or if a school administrator dents for repeated absences or truancy. “determines student’s conduct poses a It has also been approved on a bipartisan direct threat to the health or safety of stu- vote in the Senate, and awaits action in the House. dents or school employees.�

The other, Senate Bill 554, would provide Gelser said grade school students have a right to go to school “no matter how chal- a yet-to-be-determined amount of state lenging they are to address.� Otherwise they money for professional training for teachlose valuable class time and fall behind their ers aimed at reducing the overall numbers peers, leading to more serious problems of suspensions and expulsions in all public schools. The training would also key later, she said. “Taking away an eight-year-old’s educa- in on lessening the higher-than-average tion is too much of a punishment, regardless suspension rates for minority students, low-income students, and students with of what the infraction is,� she added.

Research has shown — both nationwide disabilities.

Gelser said she’s unsure whether lawmakand in Oregon — that minority students have higher suspension rates than white ers will be able to fund the concept this session, given the state’s already-stretched students.

The Portland-based advocacy group education budget.

But schools need help in handling stuYouth, Rights, & Justice, which drafted the bill, found that, during the 2012-13 school dents who repeatedly act out, as lawmakers year, one out of 28 African-American stu- restrict to some forms of discipline they can dents was suspended or expelled in kinder- use, she said. “We have a lot of serious behaviorial garten, compared to one out of 100 white students. African-American students in the issues in our districts,� she said. fifth grade were also around three times as likely to be suspended or expelled as white students, the study found.

Students with disabilities are also more likely to be suspended from school, Gelser said.

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Groups from around the Oregon State campus and the community come together Wednesday to share health and wellness service information.

CAPS has counseling services with language service associates, sexual assault support services, suicide prevention and risk reduction and the Mental Health Initiative, which helps to promote positive mental health and well-being. CAPS also has the workshop SUCCEED, which helps with stress management and performance improvement.

The Mind Spa is another resource that CAPS extends to students. The Mind Spa contains massage chairs, light therapy, space for meditation and yoga and biofeedback programs to help students obtain a better understanding of their own bodies.

The Mind Spa and the rest of CAPS services are free to regularly enrolled OSU students who have paid the student health and counseling fees. “Mental health goes with overall wellness,� said Jacob Dilla, who works in student outreach with CAPS. “You can’t

work out if you’re depressed — it’s all interconnected.�

Heartland Humane Society The fair also featured a booth for the Heartland Humane Society, which brought a 2-yearold Labrador, Retriever and pit bull mix named Thaddius.

The Heartland Humane Society is a municipal shelter and works with the animal control and police of Benton County. Heartland will celebrate its 50-year anniversary with Benton County next year.

Heartland performs adoptions and offers foster care and plenty of volunteer opportunities. “We promote the benefits of having animals in your life.

They’re known to decrease stress, and a lot of students volunteer to take a break from classes,� said Lauren Garcia, the humane education coordinator for Heartland. “We encourage students to come read to the animals and get their homework done while helping the animals socialize.�

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Boys and Girls Club of Corvallis The Boys and Girls Club of Corvallis set up a booth at the fair to talk to OSU students about internship opportunities and how they help the youth of Corvallis.

Intern and OSU student Anna Taylor, a senior in public health, is currently working on helping to develop the summer curriculum and help with the drug prevention program. “The Boy and Girls Club is so much more than an after school club. It is geared towards creating a positive environment and the opportunities they have for kids there is great for the community,� Taylor said.

Taylor has a degree in exercise and sport science, but wants to do work with health and policies. This has led to her pursuing a second degree in public health. “Health is where everything stems from. If you’ve got good health, that’s all you need. Everyone should have the opportunity to be healthy,�

Taylor said.

Amanj Habibi, a senior majoring in health promotion and health behavior, agreed with Taylor and wants to help people and do so through promoting health. “If you maintain a healthy lifestyle, you’ll not only live longer, but live better. You’ll be happier and more fulfilled,�

Habibi said.

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Craig Halaas throws a punch at his University of Washington opponent at November’s Battle for the Brave show.

Omar “The Hurricane” Murillo and coach Dan Dunn take a moment between rounds for a pep talk at Battle for the Brave.

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OSU boxing club sends 2 members to compete in national-level fights

region of the United States. The three-day tournament begins April 10 and ends Sunday.

Halaas, a senior in exercise and sport science, and Murillo, a sophomore in pre-business, have had quite a journey leading up to the national competition, including their recent regional competition in Reno for the western region of the U.S. “We were the smallest team there,” Murillo said. “Nobody knew about us, and we came out and represented OSU.” The two athletes represent-

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Oregon State University boxing club members Craig Halaas and Omar Murillo left yesterday to compete in the National Collegiate Boxing Association’s national competition in Florida.

The two will fight while representing not only OSU, but the entire western and mid-western

ed the university with a win, and Murillo also won Most Outstanding Boxer in the upper weight division that night.

If the two win consistently at the national competition, they will each have the chance to fight three times at the tournament.

This kind of victory will take strength and endurance, but the fight isn’t purely physical.

“It’s a sport that really brings out who you really are,” Murillo said. “A lot of people think they’re tough, and when they get in the ring and get hit in the face, it’s the

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quiet guys who succeed. It’s a big mental game.”

Before competition is even considered, the members must first endure months of intensive training and conditioning.

The club practices four times a week for two hours at a time.

A typical practice includes a two-to-three mile warm up run, jump rope, hand wrapping and shadow boxing to get ready for a comfortable transition into boxing. Then the coach gives a run-down of what that day’s practice will entail. The team then focuses on core, followed by overall fitness training for an hour, and then cool down.

Practices don’t just serve to shape the body, but the soul.

“It’s more than just physical training,” said Keely Cummings, a junior in political science and vice president of the boxing Club.

“I’ve personally gotten a lot of self confidence. It’s not a club where you meet once and go home. It’s a family. It’s where I go with my closest friends and we make each

other better. Its not a hierarchy.”

Cummings is one of four women on the team.

Every athlete has different rituals for preparing for and for its aftermath. For Halaas, mental imagery does the trick. He pictures himself in the match before he is inside the ring.

Double training and clean eating also play important roles, but post-match rituals are a different story.

“Pancakes are definitely on my mind,” Halaas admitted with a laugh. “Coach has a big joke about it. Before my matches I can’t get pancakes, so we’ll go to breakfast the day after and I’ll get my pancakes.”

Murillo keeps a similar postmatch agenda.

“Eating is probably the first thing,” Murillo agreed. “Then telling your friends and family, then praying and thanking God.” The teammates encourage any student who is interested to join in the gym at a practice, which is hosted at Life Community

Church, just off of Highway 99. Halaas become a boxer by chance when Coach Dan Dunn approached him while he was working out in the gym in November 2013. He’s been improving and enjoying boxing since.

“Give it a shot,” Halaas said.

“We love meeting new folks. If you’re a natural, great, and if you’re not the next Muhammad Ali, at least you got a good workout in.”

The three-day national tournament kicks off Friday. Other members of the boxing club will compete April 18 and 19 at the Fred Enslow Memorial Tournament hosted by West Portland Boxing. The event is located at Garden Home Recreation Center at 7475 SW Oleson Rd in Portland. Several newer members will compete, and the club invites any interested party to cheer the fighters on.

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By Brian Rathbone THE DAILY BAROMETER

Whenever an error or a mistake was made by freshman pitcher Luke Heimlich, his teammates would be extra critical of him and jokingly telling him to “go back to high school.”

An appropriate response, considering the fact is that is where he should be: in high school.

Instead, the left-handed Heimlich is one of the top arms coming out of the Oregon State bullpen facing Pac12 batters, most of whom are four years older than he is.

Despite his age and the jabs he gets from his teammates for early mistakes, his first bullpen session when he arrived in the fall caught the eye of the ace of the pitching staff and former Freshman All-American, Andrew Moore. That small pitching sample showcased the talent of the youngest member of the Beavers.

“That was one of the best bullpens I have seen in my life,” Moore said. “Where he was dotting his fastball both sides (of the plate) and had good movement and good life.”

Needing to fill the void after losing two left-handed All-American pitchers — Ben Wetzler and Jace Fry — from last year’s Pac-12 championship team, the OSU coaching staff went four hours north on I-5 to Puyallup, Wash. They wanted to talk to the Gatorade Player of the Year and Louisville Slugger All-American about joining the Beavers.

What started off as a standard recruitment of a junior See HEIMLICH | page 6

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Freshman Oregon State pitcher Luke Heimlich looks to deliver a strike to the plate while pitching against the Fresno State Bulldogs in Goss Stadium March 7.

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OSU football has tight-knit group of wide receivers, adjusts to spread offense together

By Sarah Kerrigan THE DAILY BAROMETER

In the new offensive system that Oregon State football uses under new head coach Gary Andersen, the position of wide receiver has seen some shifts in position and players.

The biggest change that the wide receivers have needed to adjust to is the lack of breaks in between plays that they used to get with the pro-style offense that utilized the huddle.

“Last year we were used to slowing the game down, and now we are up tempo and getting to the ball and lining up quick, and that is the biggest difference,” said senior wide receiver Victor Bolden.

Players are adjusting not only to the pace of the play but also still learning the new system of the spread offense.

“I think there is still a lot of learning going on. With the receivers in the past, they’ve had a thirty second break between every play and now its a lot shorter than that and so being able to know what to do, get lined up and play with good effort and intensity and detail all that stuff,” said wide receiver coach Brent Brennan. “That’s what we

are working towards, and quite frankly it needs to happen a lot faster.”

Not only do the players need to play faster, but they need to learn the new system faster if they hope to be successful in the coming season.

Another aspect of the game that will need to change if the wide receivers want to be successful is the number of players that will see the field. Luckily for Oregon State, the team has some good depth in this position with numerous veteran players.

“It is the same people coming back out here and getting used to the offense and getting lined up fast and making plays,” Brennan said.

“We are a close, tight-knit group.

Me, Villy and Vic all came in the same class,” said sophomore wide receiver Hunter Jarmon. “We’ve been close since day one so we have a little experience and depth now at the receiver position. I think it’s the most depth we’ve had with us three: Richard Mullaney, Rahmel Dockery and Malik Gilmore.”

Oregon State has a wide range of abilities and strengths in the wide receiver position, as well as a good height range from 5-foot-7 to 6-foot-5.

That variety in size leads to good matchups against other teams and will justin quinn | THE DAILY BAROMETER serve the Beavers well in the coming fall. Junior wide receiver Victor Bolden and sophomore Hunter Jarmon share a moment after a big catch from Bolden against Arizona State in Reser Stadium Nov. 15, 2014.

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Softball Pac-12 power rankings

By Mitch Mahoney THE DAILY BAROMETER

By Mitch Mahoney THE DAILY BAROMETER

No. 2 Oregon (32-5, 10-2 Pac-12)

The Ducks have one of the best pitchers in the game and one of the most potent offenses. Junior pitcher Cheridan Hawkins has been named Pac12 Pitcher of the Week three times this season, and her ERA of 1.06 is seventh in the nation. The Ducks are also batting .363, which is the second-highest rate in the loaded Pac-12.

three games against Oregon, one of three games against UCLA and split a shortened two-game series with Arizona State. A series with Arizona awaits them this weekend.

Junior first baseman Courtney Gano leads the Pac-12 with 17 home runs, placing her third in the nation.

Utah (26-14, 4-8) The Utes have the fewest fielding errors in the conference, and were able to take the series from a slumping California team last week. With the same conference record as their next opponent, the Utes are travelling to Corvallis to play the Beavers this weekend.

No. 16 Arizona (31-9, 6-3) The Wildcats completed a sweep of the Beavers last weekend and lit up the scoreboard in the third game of the series. Arizona took the final game, 22-3, in a contest that saw sophoNo. 20 California (27-9, 5-7) more right fielder Katiyana Against non-conference teams, the Golden Mauga record her 16th Bears have been outstanding. They are home run of the season. 22-2 against teams outside the Pac-12 and Senior catcher Chelsea Goodacre hit her notched wins against then15th and 16th home runs in the same No. 10 Tennessee as well as game, and the duo is tied for second in then-No. 9 Florida State. the conference on a team that leads the Against the Pac-12, they’ve conference in batting average. struggled. On the season, California has yet to be No. 9 UCLA (31-8, 6-3) UCLA just finished a series with the swept, although they’ve lost their series with Ducks, and after taking the first game, Arizona, Arizona State and most recently Utah.

Oregon State (23-14, 4-8) 8-1, the Bruins dropped The Beavers have already won more games the next two, including a 10-0 shutout. That than they did all of last season, but they’ve shouldn’t detract from still had trouble competing against the top this team’s talent, as teams in the conference. They were swept

by Oregon and Arizona, junior outfielder Allexis but they played well Bennett leads the conagainst California and ference with a .500 batting average (55 hits took a game from them. in 110 at-bats). Additionally, no team in the A sweep of Stanford is Pac-12 has a lower collective ERA than the their lone series win so far, and the Beavers Bruins at 2.13. will host Utah this weekend.

No. 19 Arizona State (26-11, 5-3) Stanford (16-22, 1-8) The Sun Devils won their series against The Cardinal just have one conference win Arizona and California, and it should be telling to see how they fare against the of the season. That was a 4-2 victory against Utah two weeks ago. Their schedDucks this weekend. ule up to this point has been fairly They are sixth in the lenient as well, as they have yet to conference in batface the likes of Oregon, Arizona, ting average, seventh UCLA and Arizona State. Stanford in ERA, and fourth in has the second-lowest batting fielding, although they average in the conference and the keep managing to come away with wins. highest ERA. No. 18 Washington (34-9, 6-5) Mitch Mahoney, sports reporter The Huskies have had a difficult schedOn Twitter @MitchIsHere ule up to this point. They took one of sports@dailybarometer.com

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Freshmen pitcher Luke Heimlich pulls back for the release against the Fresno State Bulldogs in Corvallis March 7.

HEIMLICH n Continued from page 5 player quickly turned into a quick moving process to get him to Corvallis as quickly as possible.

The OSU coaching staff discovered that Heimlich was already slightly ahead in his school, only needing four credits to graduate, while a typical student needed six.

“I could jump at the opportunity, finish my schooling that summer,” Heimlich said. “I just really wanted to come down here; it’s a great school, great program and I just wanted to get started as soon as I could.”

And after the type of season Heimlich had as a junior — pitching what coach Nate Yeskie called “video game type numbers,” after finishing 11-0 with 0.66 earned run average while leading Puyallup High School to an undefeated state championship season — the coaching staff wanted him, too.

So why not make the jump and test his talents in one of the top conferences in college baseball

for one of the premier baseball programs over the past decade?

“I could either compete at the high school level or I could compete in the Pac-12, which is one of the best conferences in the nation for baseball,” Heimlich said. “At that point it was like, ‘Why would I not want to come here and compete at this level?’”

Yeskie, along with the rest of the coaching staff, was excited that Heimlich decided to accept the challenge and test the college waters.

“He is the type of kid who wanted to challenge himself,” Yeskie said. “So when it was brought to our attention that it was something that he was encouraged at the opportunity to be able to do, he went full speed ahead and got himself ready to go.”

It is not uncommon for high school athletes to leave early and enroll in college. But what makes Heimlich’s situation so unique is that he enrolled at OSU a full year early and missed his entire senior year of high school, including his final year of high school baseball.

Heimlich began the season in the starting rotation starting games against New Mexico and Oklahoma. But after struggling in those starts and the emergence of fellow freshman Drew Rasmussen, Heimlich is now one of the first pitchers out of the bullpen.

He is second on the team with two saves, the most recent coming against No. 8 UCLA, where he went 1.1 innings in relief of Moore securing the victory for the Beavers.

Despite the mixed results at this juncture of season, Yeskie is still excited about the type of pitcher that Heimlich can become during his career, due to his high baseball IQ and having the drive to better his craft.

“He has done some tremendous things thus far that are only going to get better,” Yeskie said.

“I still think there are miles of growth, and I mean that in the best possible way for him to really grow and develop.

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accustomed to him as well, but we’ve threw a lot with these guys in the off season and we looking to see what we can do and get better everyday.”

Another major adjustment the wide receivers are dealing with is the transition of a new starting quarterback. There has been no designation yet as to who will take the place of former quarterback Sean Mannion, so the receivers have been getting a rotation of the quarterbacks.

“We have some talent at the wide receiver and we need to throw it better,” Andersen said.

There have been some pretty looking plays for the quarterbacks to the receivers. However, there have also been some very ugly plays thus far in the spring season.

Regardless, the receivers are confident in their teammates and put time in during the off season with each quarterback to help the transition.

“We threw a lot in the off season, so we are used to everybody except for Seth, because Seth just came in,” Jarmon said. “So we are getting

The team takes it one day at a time and seems to be handling all the adjustments well, considering how much has changed since the beginning of winter season. Overall, the players are making the needed adjustments to have the potential of success.

“I think they are doing a great job of adjusting.

They are working their butts off. I think the players are enjoying it and I think the best thing no matter what you are doing, that the players are all in, and I think they are all in and I think that’s what matters,” Brennan said.

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Militarization of police unnecessary, violence pointless

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uesday, April 7, a video surfaced of Officer Michael Slager shooting an unarmed man who fled from him. Following this, the North Charleston, S.C. officer was dismissed and charged with murder.

Slager pulled over Walter Scott, a middle-aged African American man, for a traffic stop. A scuffle broke out between the two and Slager’s initial report claimed that Scott had taken his stun gun and he feared for his life.

The video shows the truth behind Scott’s death.

Scott is Tased by Slager and begins fleeing from him. Slager responded by shooting Scott in the back approximately eight times and then planting the stun gun by the body.

Obviously this event was unnecessary in the most extreme sense of the word.

There was no need to bring a gun against a man who was fleeing, unarmed, unless the intent was to hit a leg or show that the possibility of deadly force was an option.

This “shoot first” mentality has been seen more and more in the news since the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. — white officers using deadly or extreme force against unarmed African American men in often times minor infractions.

We feel that this is due to the frenetic militarization of police forces throughout the country.

Surplus Army gear has trickled down or been given to officers, anything from Army grade Kevlar to tanks.

We repeat, tanks.

This influx of new, dangerous toys does not create an image of a police officer as someone to go to for help — it makes them look like apocalyptic, war-torn storm troopers ironically named “peacekeepers.”

Watching your friendly neighborhood officer suddenly become decked out in fatigues and high grade weaponry is only going to help foster one thought: War. If you treat people like they are the enemy, they might just start acting like the enemy — then violence begets violence and that doesn’t help anyone in the long run.

We get it: a police officer’s job is dangerous, infuriating and sometimes requires force.

But as a society, we need to change our gunslinger mentality, this “us or them” thought process where the first thing our officers go for is the gun.

Further training needs to occur involving a shift in perspective: reaching for non-lethal deterrents such as Tasers, pepper spray or batons initially before using a gun.

We are glad that the visual evidence in the recent South Carolina case was enough to hold Slager accountable for his actions, as opposed to the case of Eric Garner in New York.

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ear Dr. Fit, What is the difference between regular yogurt and Greek yogurt? Which is better or healthier for you?

— Dairy lover With the rise in popularity of Greek yogurt over the last few years this is a great question. Both yogurt and Greek yogurt are healthy food or snack choices, but there are some major differences between the two.

The process of making regular and Greek yogurt are really similar; however, Greek yogurt is strained more extensively to remove the liquid whey protein and lactose, which is why Greek yogurt has a thicker and creamier texture.

This is why Greek yogurt is more expensive in comparison to regular yogurt, as it takes more milk to be strained to make one cup. In fact in other countries, they don’t call it “Greek,” they call it “strained” yogurt.

Nutritionally speaking, Greek yogurt provides more protein in comparison to regular yogurt, which makes it a good post-workout snack,

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Ask Dr. Fit especially when you add some fruit to it. Plain Greek yogurt contains about half the amount of sodium and carbohydrates in comparison to regular yogurt.

For many of you, the chances of choosing plain yogurt are pretty slim, so when fruit or sweeteners are added to Greek yogurt, the carbohydrate/sugar count goes up.

Eating plain Greek yogurt and adding your own honey or fruit gives you more control over the sweetness with fewer additives.

Greek yogurt has about three times more saturated fat than regular yogurt unless you chose the non-fat options.

It also has less calcium per serving in comparison to regular yogurt — so if you are trying to strengthen your bones, go for the regular yogurt.

On a personal note, I often eat non-fat vanilla flavored Greek yogurt because I enjoy the taste, tanginess and texture.

Additionally, I eat non-fat plain Greek

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with fruit or add it to my smoothies.

In choosing Greek yogurt, you need to be sure to look carefully at the label to see if it is true Greek yogurt or ‘Greekstyle’ yogurt. Some brands that are top Greek choices are Fage, Voskos, Chobani, Stonyfield Organic or the Greek Gods.

These brands are authentic Greek yogurt containing milk and live and active cultures (probiotics) with no funky add-ins. “Greek-Style” yogurts are just look-alikes, as they are thickened but not strained. Therefore they add more ingredients to create a similar texture as Greek yogurt but do not go through the same straining process.

These imposters may have fewer calories but have higher additives that you don’t see from a brief skim of the food label like sugar, pectin and cornstarch.

Some of these are Activia Greek, Yoplait Greek or Oikos traditional Greek

Yogurt.

You will notice that in the grocery store there is an abundance of Greek yogurt in other food products like Greek yogurt covered raisins, granola bars, pretzels, or cereal.

Because of the lack of standardized labeling practices, these foods with “Greek yogurt” on the label can be misleading, as they contain either very little Greek yogurt, powdered Greek yogurt or more sugar/additives.

Therefore, these labels are more about the marketing of the granola bar or dried fruit product and less about the nutritional benefit of the Greek yogurt.

Taste is another big part of the puzzle, but I encourage you to try Greek yogurt a few times before making your decision.

Our taste buds need time to adapt to different foods, so give it a go; you just might discover your new favorite snack. t

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2016 candidate decisions: Rand Paul is not Ron Paul In the next few months we will see many of the major Presidential candidates announcing their campaigns — both Marco Rubio and Hillary Clinton are expected to announce before the end of April.

As that happens I will attempt to present you with information on those candidates one by one as they announce.

Unfortunately, Ted Cruz announced while I was away on Spring Break, so I will be a little late on that one, but it is coming.

Recently, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul became the second major candidate to announce his candidacy

mitted my vote to any candidate, this is a campaign that I am very excited about.

While it may come as disappointment to many people, let’s get one thing clear: Rand Paul is not Jacob his father.

Ron Paul is the undisputed Godfather of modern libertarianism and a folk hero to a great many people.

Ron Paul was a very ideological man and consisfor President in 2016.

Being a libertarian-leaning Republican, I have tently voted in a way that aligned with his ideology.

He was much more known for voting against closely followed the political career of his father, Texas Congressman Ron Paul, and I have followed things than for shepherding legislation through conthe political career of Rand Paul since his announced gress. Without compromise, Ron Paul was anti-war, his 2010 run for the Senate. While I have not com- anti-tax, anti-government, pro-liberty, pro-market and pro-Constitution.

Ron Paul’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns for President spawned a movement that now looks to his son Rand Paul for leadership.

Rand Paul is different from his father in many ways.

Where his father was a hardcore ideologue, Rand has proven himself to be far more pragmatic and a much better politician.

While Ron was amazing at being the ideological leader of a political movement, he has never been very skilled at political strategy. On many issues — especially concerning foreign policy — Rand’s positions tend to be a moderated version of his fathers.

To his credit, Rand Paul has been doing a good job of making his own way.

Paul has been smart about positioning himself and taking on issues outside of the Republican mainstream in an effort to grow the party and expand his support base.

The presidential candidate has worked with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) to reform sexual assault reporting in the military, worked with Cory Booker (D, N.J.) on criminal justice reform issues and is working on restoring voting right to nonviolent felons.

Rand Paul has a big challenge ahead of him.

Paul will split votes with the other “Tea Party” conservatives running, such as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.

Paul will have to compete with the massive Bush fundraising apparatus, filling Jeb Bush’s campaign coffers.

Finally, Paul will have deal with the constant attacks from the Neoconservative wing of the party relating to his foreign policy stances. In fact, it seems the only reason Senator Lindsey Graham (R, S.C.) is considering a Presidential run is so that he can throw rocks at Paul’s foreign policy from the debate stage and campaign trail. In order to win the Republican nomination, he will need to keep the hardcore libertarian base that supported his father happy, while simultaneously attempting to attract mainstream Republicans, minority voters, techies and youth voters.

Rand Paul is running for the Presidency as a different kind of Republican than we have ever seen before. While he has a tough battle ahead of him, it is clear that his campaign will be anything but boring.

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Trickfinger: Funk Daddy, John Frusciante, loses momentum M The Daily Barometer Known for his superior fingerpicking, composing and songwriting for countless years — off and on — with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Frusciante’s solo career has faced a tumultuous wave of golden treasures that feature his melodic masculine croon in albums such as “Inside of Emptiness” (2004) with pieces such as “What I Saw” and “Look On” that encapsulate an era of music sincerely missed.

Unfortunately, with his electronica endeavor, Frusciante failed to tie in any of his favored attributes that his fans crave: the range in which his sound evolves with every detailed riff and the avant-garde idealism he intertwines in his lyrics.

Trickfinger begins with an ambient instrumental, “After Below,” that sets a decent flow of soothing repetition that seems to reminisce electronica roots stemming from the early 2000s.

It carries a fluid beat that extends into “Before Above” midway through; however, this is where the listener either generates one of two reactions: “the album is solid for what it is” or “I absolutely loathe the entire project.”

Songs on the collection such as “Sain” and “Phurip” only paint an even more abstract and washed-up version of a gifted artist gone astray.

Trickfinger tails behind a discography that heavily rested on synthpop, alternative rock and lo-fi ballads that can be enjoyed in his earlier albums such as “Niandra Lades,” “Usually Just

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a T-Shirt” (1992) and “Smile from the Streets You Hold” (1997).

With an artist like Frusciante, he refused for the longest time to engineer generic products. Each album stands independently from the one prior, but no one album can flourish without the comparisons that are only achieved by viewing his transitions as a whole.

But in my opinion, we have finally reached an impasse.

Trickfinger does not contain the stamina or weight to content against any other electro artists in the industry today. The pool of DJs now caters to deeper cuts of the electronica scene through notable festival scenes, something that Frusciante has always been opposed to.

“I really don’t think of myself as a performer anymore. It was never something that came naturally to me.

It was something that I adapted to, but it was never really an expression of who I was,” Frusciante stated about his disdain for fame in an interview with Billboard.

Frusciante, a successful musician in his own right, does exemplify the skill to contrive exceptional compositions in every project he takes on.

Regrettably, Trickfinger lacked the soul of a troubled performer who has been through Hell and back, and only gave us a mediocre taste of what has been out for years prior.

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Kat’s list of springtime fun

s it just me, or does spring term kind of suck right now? The weather is still supporting a vitamin-D deficiency, campus is dead and everyKat one seems exhausted.

Maybe because spring break is so short, it feels like week 12 of winter term Six Feet of Sass right now.

Let’s hit the refresh button this weekA bit out of the city is the Starker end. Here’s some ways to shake off those continued winter blues, even before the Arts Park, home to a couple of trails, a pond and a community garden. It’s sun starts shining again. gorgeous and peaceful, and there are really cute ducks walking around. For those community service oriented and et out with a few extra hours of time, volunteer opportunities at the SAGE garden, into nature which supports hunger relief programs, are available.

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Bald Hill Park

Located down by 53rd Ave, Bald Hill Natural Area is a great place to get a quick dose of nature close to campus.

For a quick walk, there’s a mile and a half paved path around the base of the hill. For more of an adventure, there are footpaths that weave around and up the hill. Dogs aplenty, wildflowers and refreshing air are in abundance at Bald Hill. For extra stress relief, climb to the top of the hill, look down on the city of Corvallis and scream some expletives.

Socialize Log off Facebook and put down your phone A study published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior last June found a correlation between Facebook activity and lowered mood. So, put away your phone for an hour, sit down with a good friend, drink some tea and catch up. In college there is limited time to balance school, work, sleep and friends. Make it easier on yourself by replacing time spent on Facebook

or Buzzfeed, and have a good conversation with someone you have been meaning to catch up with.

Support OSU events OSU’s India Night takes place this Friday in LaSells Stewart Center starting at 5 p.m. Put on by the Indian Student Association, it should be filled with music, dancing, food and fun. Cultural nights are a great way to take a break from academic thoughts, while also supporting and celebrating OSU’s various cultural groups.

Also on Friday night, at 7 p.m. in Gill, is Kappa Delta’s Mock Rock. Greek houses from across campus will be dancing and lip-syncing to Britishthemed music, while raising money to support the Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence.

Treat yourself Make a cake. That’s it, just make yourself a cake, you’re worth it.

Don’t let this so far horrible spring term get you down. Pull on your rainboots, splash in the puddles and mud and have a good time. t

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