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Morgan, executive director of government relations for the Associated Students of Oregon State University. “Flip that around to this year, about 75 percent of tuition is paid out of student pocket and 25 by the state.” ASOSU is working closely with the appeal effort By Chris Correll in the hopes of making a dent in this “continual THE DAILY BAROMETER trend.” Tuesday, April 14, marks OSU Day — a chance Tabitha Keefer, a junior in anthropology, is makfor the people behind the laws affecting Oregon’s higher education to meet directly with representa- ing the trip because she’s concerned about the ever-increasing expense of getting a degree and tives of Beaver Nation. wants to be more involved. Anyone with a voice to speak out on the future “I feel this is important because rising tuition of government funded universities is allowed and costs is something I’ve been focusing on in the encouraged to do so. media. It just concerns me as a young person and As part of a concentrated effort to increase fund- a future parent how much college is going to cost,” ing for Oregon State, a group of motivated students Keefer said. will travel to Salem to appeal directly to legislators. OSU Government Relations Director Jock Mills “Roughly 30 years ago, on average, about 75 said the group meeting with legislators is targeting percent of tuition was covered by state dollars and See TRENDS | page 4 about 25 percent with students’ help,” said Brett
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A week of Kappa Delta’s Mock Rock philanthropy has led up to Saturday’s final event, the Mock Rock competition itself. Kappa Delta’s philanthropic purpose is to raise funds to fight domestic violence through local programs such as the Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence, and national ones like Prevent Child Abuse America. Kappa Delta has raised more than $290,000 for the cause since 1988, according to the chapter profiles on Oregon State University’s website. Each year, there is a theme for the week, and this year celebrates all things British, especially Britain’s historic influence on music. Participating Greek houses will go head-to-head, performing choreographed dances and lip synching along all the while. The theme comes in through one
Mock Rock
What: Kappa Delta philanthropic competition Where: Gill Coliseum When: Saturday at 7 p.m. Tickets: $10 if purchased in MU quad $15 at the door
special rule: Each performance must feature at least one British smash hit in the sequence. The women of Kappa Delta have been hosting events, such as a tea tasting and Memorial Union quad check-ins throughout the week to raise money. The Mock Rock competition starts Saturday in Gill Coliseum at 7 p.m. Tickets can be bought in the MU quad for $10. Tickets at the door will be sold for $15. The Daily Barometer news@dailybarometer.com
It just concerns me as a young person and a future parent how much college is going to cost. Tabitha Keefer Junior in anthropology
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The Student Experience Center has been selling tickets for the various upcoming cultural events that will be held on the Oregon State campus. The events include: India Night, Latin Night and the annual Oregon State University Luau. India Night will take place Saturday, April 11 from 5-8 p.m. in the LaSells Stewart Center. Dinner and performances will be provided with the purchase of a ticket. OSU students with an ID can purchase up to two tickets at $13 dollars each. General admission to the event is $15 dollars. The event is being hosted by the Indian Students Association. Latin Night will take place Sunday, April 19 from 5-8 p.m. in the Memorial Union Ballroom. Dinner, skits, games and dancing with a live band named Orquesta Monte Calvo will be included with the purchase of a ticket. OSU students with ID can purchase up to two tickets at $5 dollars each; general admission tickets will be $10 dollars. The theme this year will be the “Blending of Cultures”. The event is being hosted by the Association of Latin American Students. The annual OSU Luau will be celebrating it’s 60th event Saturday, April 18 at 5-8 p.m. in the LaSells Stewart Center. The event will include dancing and performances as well as a dinner with the purchase of a ticket. OSU students with ID can purchase up to two tickets at $9 dollars each, and general admisson tickets will be $12 dollars. The event is being hosted by the Hui O Hawai’i with the Polynesian Cultural Club.
Jock Mills gives a training Thursday night in preparation for OSU Day.
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The OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport will celebrate Marine Science Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 11. The free open house will feature a behind-thescenes look at the research happening at the center, with several research exhibits on subjects such as whale bioacoustics and deep sea vents and volcanoes. The acoustics research group will give visitors the opportunity to ‘see’ their voices on a spectrogram and visualize the sounds of the ocean through a large hydrophone and sub-woofers. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will also host activities for attendees and their families, and with this also being the 50-year anniversary of the center, special exhibits and highlights from the last 50 years will be shown. Attending members will also have a chance to learn about pinnipeds such as sea lions from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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During the last hour of the open house, Tim Miller-Morgan, an extension veterinary aquatics specialist with Hatfield, will deliver a presentation on fish health management and sustainable fisheries on the Rio Negro. Bob Cowen, director of the center, is excited to show the community the work that is being done at the center and give them a chance to interact with animals and the research projects. Cowen also looks forward to celebrating the 50-year anniversary with former faculty, staff and students of the center. The open house will also feature exhibits about the new Marine Studies Initiative at OSU which aims to host 500 in-residence students at the Oregon Coast by 2025 and expand the university’s marine science program. The Daily Barometer news@dailybarometer.com
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officer after the officer contacted them in the skate park after hours at about 12:47 a.m. Both people were reportedly in possession of meth and one of them reportedly also had less than an ounce of marijuana. The man received citations for possession of methamphetamine, giving false information to police and being in the park after hours. The officer reportedly told the man to contact his parole officer in the morning because of his probation violation. The officer cited the woman for possession of methamphetamine, giving false information to police, possession of less than one ounce of marijuana, being in the park after hours and a warrant.
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DUII At about 1:13 a.m. an officer stopped a woman at Northwest Harrison Boulevard and Northwest 11th Street, according to the log. The woman had reportedly “failed to drive within her lane.” She allegedly failed sobriety tests and had a blood alcohol content of .19 percent. The woman received citations for driving under the influence of intoxicants and recklessly endangering.
An officer reported to an area along Southwest West Hills Road after a report of a racial slur spray painted on the fog line in front of a residence, according to the log. The caller reportedly told the officer that it was not the first instance of graffiti, including racial slurs, in the area.
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Officers forced entry into an apartment Wednesday evening after a woman reported that A man reported that someone had broken a win- someone was in her apartment, according to the dow of his office, according to the log. Someone had log. Police reportedly found a man hiding in the reportedly “used a stool sitting in the patio area” to bathroom and arrested him for burglary in the first break the front window. degree and theft in the third degree. The man had allegedly eaten “two or three brownies” and drunk Wednesday, April 8 “about a quarter bottle of wine” from the apartment.
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Distribution of handbills and advertisements: The city of Corvallis Code of Ordinances forbids the distribution of advertisements or handbills on private property in several different circumstances. The section doesn’t apply to newspapers or U.S. mail, according to subsection 5.03.020.040.06. Section 5.03.020.040 includes several limitations on distributing handbills and advertisements. According to subsection 5.03.020.040.01, they can’t be distributed on private property if “the owner or person in charge of the property” requests they not be or if there’s a clearly-placed sign, such as a “No Trespassing” sign. Other subsections forbid placing such material if prior material hasn’t been removed or if the premises is vacant. They also prescribe that placed materials must not be able to be blown away by the wind and that distributors access “only public ways, streets, alleys or sidewalks and the private walkways provided for customary approach to private premises” to place the material. Violations can result in a Class B infraction. The Daily Barometer
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Calendar Friday, April 10 Meetings
Student Organization Resource for Community Engagement (SORCE), 2-4pm, SEC 354.
Events
Craft Center, 11am-1pm, Student Experience Center Basement Level. “Bring Your Kid to Work” Special Craft Event. Fun craft activities for student and staff families. All materials provided!
Sunday, April 12 Events
Vietnamese Student Association, Doors open 5:30pm, Event starts 6pm, MU Ballroom. Annual cultural show with entertainment, skits, performances and traditional food!
Monday, April 13 Speakers
Office of the Provost and OSU Foundation, 7:30pm, The LaSells Stewart Center, Austin Auditorium. Provost’s Lecture with Dr. Richard Besser. Dr. Besser will be speaking on A View from Both Sides of the Camera: Using Television to Promote Public Health.
Tuesday, April 14 Meetings
ASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU Journey Room. Senate meeting.
Events
Student Health Services, 1-2:30pm, MU 208. Survivor Resource Panel. Part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. World Languages and Cultures, 3-5pm, 210 Kidder Hall, The Little Gallery OSU. A reception for: Pain and Perseverence in Guatemala - an exhibition of photographs documenting those who risk their lives to defend human rights in Guatemala.
Wednesday, April 15 Meetings
ASOSU House of Representatives, 7pm, MU Journey Room. House meeting. 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. Craft Center, 1-3pm, Craft Center, Student Experience Center Basement Level. Watercolor Wellness. Supplies provided.
Friday, April 17 Meetings
Student Organization Resource for Community Engagement (SORCE), 2-4pm, SEC 354.
Events
Student Health Services, 9:30am, Snell International Forum. Fourth-Annual Social Justice Conference and Fourth-Biannual International Health Conference: Gender and Violence. Part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
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OSU Center for Civic Engagement, 8am-4pm, SEC Plaza. Earth Day of Service. We will be hosting 3-5 projects with variable start times throughout the day. Transportation and refreshments provided. OSU Pride Center, 11am-2pm, Pride Center. Mushroom Patch Workshop. Attendees will learn how to cultivate a mushroom patch & participate in the construction of the Pride Center’s patch.
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Bob Kerr shares an example of an artifact that will be featured at the celebration: a Panhellenic rush pamphlet from 1965 that features photo of two Greek houses that no longer have chapters at OSU.
Greek life centennial scheduled for Saturday THE DAILY BAROMETER
Saturday, April 11, the Greek community will host the Oregon State University Greek Centennial Celebration Dinner in the CH2M HILL Alumni Center Ballroom, in order to celebrate 100 nonstop years of national and international Greek Life presence at OSU. The theme of the night will be “Birth to Destiny,” in honor of the first 100 years and accomplishments of Greek Life at OSU. “This is an opportunity for the Greek community to really learn about itself,” said Bob Kerr, coordinator of Greek Life. “We hope to inspire people that the next
100 years is just as beautiful and just as inspiring.” There is a full agenda ahead for the event Saturday. Two MCs — one an Interfraternity Council and one a Unified Greek Council alumnus — will walk guests through the night’s happenings. Honorary national speaker and Corvallis resident Will Kein will speak as the event’s keynote speaker. Kerr explained that a list of particularly honorary alumni will be spoken of during the event. One such alumnus is Linus Pauling himself, who was a founder of Delta Upsilon’s chapter at OSU. Alumni from different Greek chapters throughout the past century
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Monday, April 20 Events
Student Health Services, 4pm, Asian Pacific Cultural Center. Cultural Barriers to Reporting. Part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Student Sustainability Initiative, 7am-1pm, MU Quad. Justice Mural. It’s become a tradition each year during Earth Week to create a chalk mural to create a space for OSU communities to share their visions of justice creatively where lots of students can see it. OSU Pride Center, 10am-7pm, Pride Center. Free Strawberry Plants. We’re giving away free strawberry plants collected from our permaculture garden. Student Sustainability Initiative, 6:309pm, Avery Park. Sunset Trail Run. A 5k run through Avery Park will be a fun way for people to engage in Earth Week celebrations, get outdoors, enjoy nature, and foster sustainability though healthy practices and reaffirming a connection with nature.
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Debate continues on where Portland will grow By Jim Redden
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PORTLAND — Portland planners say the city can house half the people expected to move to the metropolitan area during the next 20 years. They predict 123,000 new housing units will be built in Portland by 2035. The Metro Council heard that prediction from Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability Director Susan Anderson and Principal Planner Tom Armstrong last Tuesday. Anderson and Armstrong had been invited to give the council an overview of the comprehensive plan update that will guide Portland’s growth until 2035. “Portland has essentially half of the region’s capacity over the next 20 years,� Anderson said. The council had requested the briefing to help decide whether it needs to expand the urban growth boundary it administers later this year. Most of the councilors seemed impressed with the presentation, with some saying Portland’s planning process could serve as a model for other cities in the region. But the housing projection is based on a controversial premise. According to Anderson and Armstrong, the vast majority of the new housing — 75 to 80 percent — will be multifamily housing. For that to happen, multifamily construction will have to more than double the rate of the past 14 years. BPS defines multifamily housing to include apartments, condominiums, auxiliary dwelling units, duplexes, rowhouses and townhouses. The vast majority are apartments and condominiums. According to the Bureau of Development Services — which issues construction permits — 31,563 such permits were issued between 2001 and 2014. That’s an average of 2,254 such permits a year. But to reach the draft comp plan update goals, between 4,612 and 4,920 such permits will have to be issued every year for the next 20 years. That rate has been questioned by the Home Builders Association of Metro Portland, which does not believe such a building boom can be sustained
for so long. In fact, the highest number of multifamily permits issued so far was 4,486 last year. The home builders argue that much of the construction is the result of pent-up demand caused by the slowdown during the Great Recession, not a trend that will increase and continue for two decades. Metro President Tom Hughes acknowledged the controversy during the briefing. He said that Oregon legislators ask him whether Portland’s goals are realistic whenever he visits the state Capitol. “I keep hearing that Portland can’t live up to its promises,� Hughes said. Anderson assured Hughes and the rest of the council that the goals are realistic, however. She said the number of multifamily permits have increased in each of the past few years, and predicted the trend will continue because of demographic changes sweeping the nation. They include increasing numbers of young people moving to cities and aging baby boomers who are downsizing. “Portland is not unique. The same thing is happening in other cities,� Anderson said. All Oregon cities are required to have detailed comp plans by state land-use planning laws. The last time Portland updated its plan was 35 years ago. The new plan has been in the works for years, beginning with the VisionPDX community meetings initiated by former Mayor Tom Potter and the Portland Plan written under former Mayor Sam Adams. The appointed Planning and Sustainability Commission that oversees PBS is scheduled to vote on a recommended Comp Plan to send to the City Council in May or June. The council is expected to hold hearings and approve a final version by the end of the year. During the briefing, Anderson admitted that some Portlanders are pushing back against the amount of new apartment and condominium buildings called for in the current version of the draft comp plan update. Among other things, she said the controversy over the lack of parking for some of the new apartment buildings on Southeast Division
Street has created divisions. “Some people complain about the lack of parking, but others like the new restaurants the apartments support,� Anderson said. According to Anderson and Armstrong, the draft comp plan update attempts to preserve livability by concentrating the majority of new development in the most urbanized parts of Portland. It calls for 30 percent of the new housing to be built in the central city, which includes downtown and the innermost neighborhoods. Another 50 percent is targeted for designated town and neighborhood centers, such as the Hollywood business district, and along well-traveled corridors. The remaining 20 percent will go in residential neighborhoods, although Anderson said it will be mostly additional singlefamily houses, duplexes, and townhouses. Some residents have questioned whether all centers and corridors can take that much growth, including members of the Multnomah Neighborhood Association board of directors. A greater concern to Anderson was the increase in housing costs likely to result from all the new construction. In fact, several recent studies have found Portland already is becoming increasingly unaffordable. A recent study by the Zillow real estate economists found that 50.3 percent of Portland homes for sale are unaffordable by historic standards. Zillow also found Portland rents increased 7.2 percent last year, the fifthhighest increase in the country. “People with money are going to keep moving to Portland, and I’m worried sick that a lot of families are not going to be able to continue living here,� said Anderson, who suggested lower-income people may need to move to communities like Beaverton and Milwaukie. Metro is the elected government in the region charged by the state with land-use and transportation planning. The council asked for the briefing as part of a work plan to help decide whether it needs to expand the Urban Growth Boundary it administers. The
UGB limits where new development can occur. State landuse laws say it must always maintain a 20-year supply of buildable land. The council is scheduled to decide whether it needs to be expanded by the end of the year. An urban growth report adopted by the council last year argues the that the urban growth boundary does not need to be expanded. The staffprepared report says there is enough capacity to accommodate the 300,000 to 485,000 additional people expected to move within it by 2035. But that conclusion has been questioned by the home builders and others. They say it depends on nearly half of those people being willing to live in apartments and condominiums in Portland — even if they can all be built on time. Around 10,000 new housing units were expected to be built by 2035 in Damascus, Oregon’s newest city in east Clackamas County. That is growing increasingly unlikely, however. For the sixth time, at the March 2015 special election, Damascus voters rejected the comp plan needed to start construction. Property owners adjacent to Happy Valley are annexing into it. Legislation is currently moving through the 2015 Oregon Legislature to make it easier for Damascus voters to leave and disincorporate their city. The Metro Council may not be able to expand the growth boundary by the end of the year even if it wants to, however. It wants to expand the boundary into areas that have been designated urban reserves, and that process has been anything but smooth. After years of legal challenges, the 2014 Oregon Legislature stepped in to approve urban reserves and approved previous growth boundary expansions in Washington County. But it did not do the same thing for Clackamas County, where urban reserves have yet to be ratified. Until they are, Metro cannot easily expand the urban growth boundary in Clackamas County, even though some property owners in the Stafford area want to develop their land.
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SALEM — Them’s fightin’ words. Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch� Otter this week suggested that Oregon lawmakers might want to back off a commission recommendation to place a statue of Chief Joseph in the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington, D.C. In a letter received by Senate President Peter Courtney on Wednesday, Otter politely suggested that the spud state has a more righteous claim than Oregon does to the leader of the Wallowa band of Nez Perce, a Native American tribe indigenous to the Wallowa Valley. The governor’s and secretary of state’s offices also received copies of the letter. “Chief Joseph’s story and legacy in the Northwest is indeed historically notable,� Otter wrote. “But a close examination of history may indicate a more significant historical tie to Idaho than any other state in our region. I therefore would urge a careful analysis of the chief’s history, and I will be grateful for your kind consideration of Idaho in this regard.� Courtney was commenting before the Senate Rules Committee following recommendations by the Oregon Statuary Hall Study Commission, which has been studying replacing the statues of Rev. Jason Lee and Dr. John McLoughlin for more than a year. The commission, led by former Willamette University president Dr. Jerry Hudson, was assisted by the Oregon Historical Society, which held a public vote on its website.
In early March, the commission held its final public hearing and announced the result of the OHS online voting. The ninemember commission, which included former state Sen. Margaret Carter and former Oregon Rep. Darlene Hooley, then cast seven votes among four finalists. Seven votes went to Chief Joseph while six votes were cast for suffragette Abigail Scott Duniway. The late U.S. Sen. Mark Hatfield received five votes and and Gov. Tom McCall received none. At the rules committee meeting, Kerry Tymchuk, executive director of Oregon Historical Society, shared ways the committee might pay for the creation and transportation of the two new statues and the return of the two existing ones. He said federal law requires any request for replacement be adopted by the state’s legislature and approved by the governor, and that the existing statues have been displayed for more than 10 years. The Lee and McLoughlin sculptures have been on display since 1953, Tymchuk said. “Some states, such as Kansas and Ohio, have taken financial responsibility for replacing their statues, which was authorized by the U.S. Congress in 2000,� Tymchuk said. “Might I suggest a working group to study ways to fund this effort, which might include creating license plates for Chief Joseph and Abigail Scott Duniway.� He estimated the total replacement project might cost about $1 million. Courtney was praising the commission and saying its work was “the Oregon way� when the committee’s vice chairman and
Senate Republican Leader Ted Ferrioli asked him about the letter from the Idaho governor. Looking chagrined, Courtney nodded to Ferrioli and reminded the audience that Ferrioli himself is a direct descendent on his mother’s side of Chief Joseph the Elder and Joseph the Younger, seven and six generations removed respectively. The two men were known for leading the Nez Perce people, and the young Joseph’s tribe was forced by the United States to leave its Oregon reservation in 1877. Chief Joseph is perhaps best known for his surrender speech, which ends with the words “Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.� Ferrioli said it was ironic that Idaho wants to lay claim to Chief Joseph given that he sits on the Rules Committee, a direct descendent, next to Sen. Ginny Burdick, who is the half sister of Mary Wood, a descendent of Lt. C.E.S. Wood, who was witness and scribe to Chief Joseph’s surrender speech at Bears Paw Battle. “The eyewitness and speaker’s progeny sitting side by side,� Ferrioli said. “It’s incredibly ironic. I have no doubt we’re making the right choice.� The Idaho governor notes in his letter that Idaho “may or may not exercise its right� to rotate statues to the Statuary Hall for some time, but that he wanted Oregon to be on notice “prior to any final legislative action.� The bill, SB-942, remains in the rules committee.
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funded by tuition fees, including restoring September Scholars, a three-week summer bridge program for “incoming underrepre$755 million total in funding for the university sented minority students enrolling in science, as well as six other four-year college institutions technology, engineering, or mathematics.” within the state. The current amount, negotiated An investment of $4 million would supbetween the school and lawmakers, is $670 mil- port “underrepresented student retention,” lion, less than what the school received back particularly from migrant and seasonal farmin 2007. worker families. Expansions in staff support The additional $85 million would go toward to make navigating admissions, financial aid, several large-scale campus projects normally registration and schedule planning easier on
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Students enjoy pizza during the training event leading up to OSU Day, an opportunity for students to lobby for lowered tuition.
incoming undergrads are also planned, as well as developing community college and high school partnerships with OSU. More state funds helps alleviate the amount colleges need to demand from their students. Should the proposal be passed, it would help “buy down” tuition fees and limit their growth, but success will depend on the state’s economic condition and the size of the lobbying force. “The more students we have here, the more
impact we’re going to leave,” said Mills, who encouraged any students considering joining the movement next Tuesday to do so. The $85 million proposal won’t be settled overnight. Morgan said OSU day will serve as a jumping off point for continued negotiations later this year at the Joint Ways and Means Committee meeting in Springfield, April 23. Chris Correll, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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Oregon State junior right-hander Andrew Moore has unfinished business, eyes postseason, another run at leading Beavers to national championship
Last Friday Andrew Moore allowed just four base runners in 7 2/3 innings against the No. 8 team in the nation. Despite giving up four inches and nearly 20 pounds to opposing UCLA pitcher James Kaprielian — a player Baseball America projects to be selected in the first round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft — Moore did as he’s usually done in his career: win. What would be a major accomplishment for most collegiate baseball players, however, wasn’t even something of significance for Oregon State’s junior right-hander. At this point in his career, a regular season victory doesn’t mean much if it doesn’t lead to the national championship Moore has been chasing since he first arrived on campus. While Oregon State (22-9, 5-4 Pac-12) experienced a slower start to the Pac-12 schedule than it originally hoped for, there’s a lot of baseball to be played. Moore knows better than anyone that playing OSU’s best baseball at the end of the season is more important than finishing first in the regular season. “If you look at our record, we’re 5-4 in the Pac, and a couple of those losses we had a lead late in the game,” Moore said. “If we turn those things around and win some big series — even if it’s too late to win the Pac-12 — we can at least set ourselves up to make a deep run. Just two years ago UCLA did the same thing, and we don’t see any reason why that can’t be us.” OSU head coach Pat Casey frequently alludes to the game of baseball being similar to life. There will always be ups and downs. Overcoming the hard times is what separates an ultimately successful team from one that doesn’t quite make it. No one knows this better than Moore, who has had a unique experience in each of his three seasons at Oregon State. Moore’s career began with a freshman season that may never be matched by an OSU pitcher. The Eugene-native went 14-2 with a 1.79 earned run average in his freshman campaign, tying a record for wins by any player in Oregon State history. He was named a First Team All-American by Baseball America, was the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and was a semi-finalist for National Pitcher of the Year. Moore was expected to come out of the bullpen in his freshman campaign, but an OSU injury a week before the regular season began gave Moore the opportunity to show his worth as a starter. “My freshman year coming in, I had expectations of playing, but I didn’t really expect it to be as a starter at least in the beginning,” Moore said. “I didn’t second guess it. I just had fun pitching.” He threw 5 1/3 innings of four-hit baseball in his first career start — a win against Gonzaga. Moore continued to improve as the season progressed, culminating in a trophy case full of awards and a Pac-12 Championship at the end of the regular season. “It was probably as good a season as I’ve ever seen from a fresh-
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Head coach Pat Casey has not been pleased with the performance of his ball club, heading into the all important Civil War series when the Beavers infiltrate Eugene for a three game series starting Friday evening at PK Park. “It’s frustrating to us (coaches) to see our guys not do some things that we feel like we can do,” he said. “It’s probably frustrating to them too.” As back-to-back Pac-12 champions, OSU finds itself in unfamiliar territory: ranked sixth in the conference and already with four conference losses after only losing seven and six the years it won the conference crown. “I don’t think we are playing anywhere near the type of baseball you need to play to play in this conference,” Casey said. “That’s obvious by the way we have played.” Oregon (18-15, 2-7 Pac-12) much like OSU (23-9, 5-4), finds itself underachieving at this juncture of the season. Prior to the start of the season the Ducks were ranked in the top 10 nationally and were picked to dethrone the Beavers and win the conference. But inconsistent play now has the Ducks near the bottom of the conference standings. Despite the Ducks’ record, there is a reason they started the season ranked so high: they have a lot of talent. “We get them ready the same way we get them ready for any other series,” Casey said. “You are talking about an extremely talented University of Oregon team.” Sophomore outfielder Kyle Nobach echoes his head coach, pointing out that even though it is a rivalry game, they are taking the same approach as they would for any other team in the series. “Everyone in this league is good,” he said. “It’s a challenge every week so it’s really no different; we aren’t preparing any different.” Taking the bump for the Beavers Friday will be junior and Eugene native Andrew Moore, in what will be the second time he takes the mound in front of his hometown. “Having a lot of friends and family for me personally is really cool,” Moore said. “It’s been a great place for me to pitch and we are all excited for this weekend.” The last time Oregon State played at PK Park, Moore pitched a gem as he threw a complete game, two hit, while shutting out the ducks en route to a 9-0 victory. “Andrew is always going to give you complete effort,” Casey said. “I love his makeup, I love his energy — he always give you his best shot and that’s you can ask.” The Beavers will be looking for the second Pac-12 series victory; they have dropped series on the road against Arizona State and UCLA while sweeping Washington State. The Ducks, on the other hand, are still searching for their first series victory of the season after getting swept by Cal and Arizona and losing two of three against Arizona State. First pitch is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday April 10. Brian Rathbone, sports reporter On Twitter @brathbone3 sports@dailybarometer.com
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When the Oregon State softball team takes on Utah on Friday to kick off a three-game series in Corvallis, it won’t be the first time that OSU head coach Laura Berg will face Utah head coach Amy Hogue. Utah has been in the Pac-12 since 2012, but Berg and Hogue first met in 1994 during their own playing days: Berg as a freshman at Fresno State and Hogue as a senior at Utah. Berg’s memory of Hogue sounded like a scouting report that Berg might have prepared for one of Hogue’s current players. “Second baseman,” Berg said of Hogue. “Hitter, slapper. Good speed.” More on Berg’s mind now, though, is how her OSU squad (23-14, 4-8 Pac-12) will defeat a Utah team (26-14, 4-8) with a similar resume. Utah, like OSU, has also garnered an improved record compared to the 2014 season. “Ever since she’s took over the position, they’ve gotten better and better every year,” Berg said. “They’ve beaten some very good teams.” Friday’s game, starting at 1 p.m., is the beginning of a series that could possibly be the deciding factor in OSU’s postseason fate. The Beavers currently sit at No. 40 in the RPI rankings with Utah five spots ahead. “Its definitely going to be a battle to the very end with conference, fighting for that postseason spot,” said junior pitcher Bev Miller. “We want to
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be there, we can be there, we should be there. And we just need to prove it to everyone else.” The Beavers missed the postseason last year but made it the prior two years. This weekend’s series will also be a chance for the Beavers to redeem themselves in Corvallis after being swept by Arizona this past weekend. The No. 16 Wildcats outscored the Beavers 38-8. “That wasn’t us, that one game was not us; it was not Beaver softball,” Miller said. Miller, in her first year at OSU after transferring from Monterey Peninsula Junior College in California, has her own personal goal for this season: an earned run average below 3.0. She’s currently at 3.23 and is looking to chip away at that number as the season comes to a close. She’ll have the first opportunity to do so against the Utes, though Utah is not necessarily the same type of program as in recent memory. Utah may have been a sight for sore eyes in the past, especially compared to the rigorous line of Pac-12 powerhouses like current-No. 2 Oregon and No. 8 UCLA. From 2002 to 2007, the Utes had just one season with a .500 record or better. Since Hogue’s debut in 2008, Utah has had four such seasons and is in the midst of its fifth this year. “They’re doing a great job over there,” said senior center fielder Dani Gilmore. “They’ve really taken on the identity of the underdog and the nitty-gritty
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MOORE n Continued from page 6 man pitcher,” Casey said. A couple weeks later Oregon State defeated Kansas State, propelling the Beavers to the College World Series for the first time since winning a national championship in 2007. It was a dream come true for Moore, who chose Oregon State over his hometown team largely because of the program’s national championships in 2006 and 2007. “Honestly I think my favorite moment is still (the last out) to get us to the College World Series,” Moore said. “I’ve never experienced anything like the thrill of getting to dog pile, knowing you’ve just accomplished something you’ve worked so hard for.” While OSU fell a few games short of capturing its third national title in less than a decade, Moore and the Beavers returned in 2014 with redemption in mind. The team got off to a blistering 19-3 start and found itself ranked No. 1 in the entire country. 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While Oregon State continued to March 25. win, running away with its second- has at any point in his career. “He’s able to throw four pitches where that develops pitchers well, who meets consecutive championship, Moore “The stats kind of speak for them- he wants and when he wants, and I the requirements that we’ve set, then I’d didn’t look quite right. selves,” Ice said. “He’s pretty much think that comfort of knowing that he be ready to go,” Moore said. “But I love He finished the season at 6-5 with dominating, giving us at least seven can do those things Corvallis, I’m close to a 2.77 ERA — numbers most pitchers every time he’s coming out, if not more.” has played a great role family — this team is would drool over — but was still looking going to be tough to Moore has become the unquestioned in his success,” Yeskie to find his 2013 form. beat next year, and ace of the staff in his third year wearing said. I’ve told our team “Last year things got a little off kilter the orange and black. With a 3-1 record, another year under An MLB team will before and I’ll keep and I started over thinking things,” 1.63 ERA, 55 strikeouts and just seven almost certainly draft coach Casey and Moore said. “I had some mechanical walks, Moore has become one of the Moore in a couple of telling them. We’re coach Yeskie would flaws I had to work out and I struggled best in pitchers in the nation. be great for my months. The 6-foot, good enough to do it. through them.” development.” Moore credits much of his early 180-pound Moore Not surprisingly, Moore found his season success to the time he spent sports a 92 mile-perRegardless of what Andrew Moore groove at the perfect time, striking out this summer playing for Team USA as a hour fastball, 12-6 Moore decides at the Pitcher a career-high 14 batters in a 2-1 vic- reliever, where he took time to reinvent curveball, wipeout end of the season, tory over North Dakota State in the first his changeup. both he and the rest slider and vastly game of the NCAA Regional. of the Beavers hope he does so after “Just being around the best of the improved changeup. “I think he had best — pitchers, hitWhile some scouts and analysts winning a national championship. some arm issues that While not many people outside of ters, coaches, every- might find Moore a little smaller held him back a lit- If I keep throwing well one — was unbe- than their ideal pitcher, the Oregon Corvallis expect the Beavers to contend tle bit that year, but lievable, Moore said. State pitcher more than makes up for for a title at this point in the season, and get a good offer “Everything we did any size deficiencies with heart and Moore isn’t worried. once he got it going we saw how good he Like his matchup with Kaprielian and was first class.” determination. from a good is,” said sophomore UCLA a week ago, he’s used to being He also credits his “You can judge people based on their organization that catcher Logan Ice. coaching staff — par- stuff; what kind of movement they have counted out. Oregon State will decide “We saw him against develops pitchers well, ticularly Casey and or how hard they throw,” said freshman its own fate this season, and it’s safe North Dakota State, pitching coach Nate pitcher Luke Heimlich. “But you can to say Moore will be a big reason why. who meets the how much he domi“Everyone works to get to Omaha,” Yeskie — for his pro- also judge people based on their heart, requirements that nated in that regional and I’ve never seen anybody that goes Moore said. “Getting there was a memgression as a player. game.” Moore has seen out and competes harder than Andrew.” ory I try to remember every time I’m liftwe’ve set, then I’d be Almost a year later, his velocity increase While Moore said his decision to ing weights or running as motivation.” ready to go. … after falling short of “I’ve told our team before and I’ll and his command either stay in school or leave will be a national champiimprove over the largely depend on the team that drafts keep telling them. We’re good enough onship once again, Andrew Moore course of the past him, he was adamant that he has unfin- to do it.” Moore returned for a Pitcher three seasons. The ished business at Oregon State. Andrew Kilstrom, sports reporter third try, this time in a result is a guy capable of carrying an “If I keep throwing well and get a On Twitter @AndrewKilstrom brand new role, pitching better than he OSU team back to the postseason. good offer from a good organization sports@dailybarometer.com
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In the new era of head coach Gary Andersen, the contest to find out who will be the next Oregon State University football program’s starting quarterback has been narrowed down to two. On Thursday morning, Oregon State announced that sophomore Luke Del Rio — who was the backup to former OSU quarterback Sean Mannion last season — would be transferring away from the school. As a backup behind Mannion, Del Rio took part in limited play last year and only accumulated 141 yards passing. Del Rio, like Mannion, is more of a pocket passer and was better suited for former head coach Mike Riley’s pro-style offense than Andersen’s spread. Del Rio Del Rio had been vying for the starting position with redshirt freshman Nick Mitchell and true freshman Seth Collins, but now it seems they will be the last two standing. The sophomore quarterback had been a part of first-team reps last week, but was heading the second team at Tuesday’s practice. Del Rio will now search for his third school in almost as many years, after walking on at Alabama and redshirting in 2013 before transferring to Oregon State last year. Del Rio is the son of Oakland Raiders head coach Jack Del Rio. The now head coach is a former linebacker who played in the NFL for more than 10 years. If Del Rio were to transfer to another Football Bowl Subdivision school, he would be required to sit out next year according to the NCAA transfer rules. The Daily Barometer On Twitter @barosports sports@dailybarometer.com
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ithin the past year, we have seen a significant number of reports pertaining to police brutality and the use of excessive force. And while this may be in part due to the media choosing to take advantage of a popular topic, this uproar from the general public suggests that our current system could use a makeover. Although we are used to seeing stories that tend to focus only on the actual issues at hand, it is important that we take a step back and look for ways in which we can correct what
that many believe the use of lethal weapons such as firearms is unnecessary. But although our communities Jesse would undoubtedly benefit from a decrease in the amount of violence, it is necessary for the police to have is ultimately behind these problems. the proper means of defending With recent cases including the themselves in order to adequately shooting of Eric Garner, as well as enforce the law. Those who are completely against the shooting of Walter Scott in South the use of firearms would do well Carolina, there is a definite gray area in the need for excessive force by by trying to put themselves in the place of the police officer, in order to police officers. understand the need for protection. We can see from the recent conSee Hanson | page 8 troversies portrayed by the media
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ear Dr. Ethics, There’s so much wrong with the world I don’t know why I should care about ethics. When I think about the environment, I get depressed and anxious about how we’re killing the planet and I can’t do anything to stop it. What’s the point? — Student Avoiding Depression Dear S.A.D., For those who are paying attention, the amount of human-caused suffering in this world is unfathomable. The destruction of the planet, its life-support systems and its inhabitants, in addition to other moral atrocities, arouses our moral sentiments and desire to respond. Yet the enormity of such problems thwarts our efforts, leaving us feeling overwhelmed, anxious and
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Ask Dr. Ethics depressed. When the evils of planetary suicide appear insurmountable, caring about ethics seems pointless. Your letter asks one of the most common questions I receive from students. I sometimes ask this myself. The cause that provokes our moral anxiety may vary, but we share the anguish of how to survive what Hannah Arendt calls the “banality of evil.” After all, it’s hard to study ethics without addressing the dark side of humanity. I could answer by explaining debates about moral motivation — the philosophy term for the “point of ethics” — but I sus-
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pect you don’t need me to tell you why you should care about ethics; you already do, deeply. Your pain for the world is evidence of that fact. Instead of why you should care, you’re asking how to care. That’s the struggle, right? Doing ethics commits you to the impossible task of saving the world. How do you ethically care for yourself and others when “we’re killing the planet and (you) can’t do anything See Jenkins | page 8
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Yeas & Nays W ea to ending the week with some sunshine. The ground may still be mushy, but we will take it. Nay to the inevitable mood swing weather quality of April — we know it will be some time before we get regular sunshine, but trying to play the “guess which shoes you need today” game is just one more thing we don’t want to deal with. Nay to the militarization of police forces. Unless you’re some kind of Vin Diesel or Steven Segal character, there is almost always an alternative to outright killing someone. Yea to our society not being down with unnecessary force and violence and demonstrating against it. Nay to said unnecessary force and violence continuing to persist. Yea to Oregon State University’s boxing club going on to nationals — give them the old one-two. Yea to ponies visiting in the Memorial Union Quad. Ponies are pretty much the best things in the world, next to Christopher Walken. Nay to pony poop. Enough said. Yea to the Memorial Union Plaza Canopy being completed — we aren’t sure why we like it, we just do. Yea to a hopefully new era of student government with diverse new candidates who appear to care passionately about student issues. Nay to both candidate platforms appearing to say the exact same things. We would like to be able to tell the difference between your plans when we vote for you on the ballot. Yea to baseball season being in full swing. See what we did there? Yeah? See? OK, that’s enough. Yea to our lady gymnasts snagging a spot in Nationals — proud of you. Nay to softball losing to the Wildcats. We will live to fight another day. Yea to week two in the cool new digs of the Student Experience Center. Yea to getting regular and consistent response from our readers. Nay to that response being weirdly focused. Yea to getting out of the SEC early on most nights. Yea to candy in the candy jar again. Yea to discount Easter candy. Nay to the Peep-induced stomachache that follows. Nay to people who drive their carts too slowly in the grocery store as we are on our way to get our discount Easter candy. Yea to correctly served cocktails, good and bad movies and baking yourself a cake. Yea to equal opportunity cake — cake for you, cake for you and you and you. Yea to our forum’s graphic celebrity, Eraserface, finding love on top of a cake. Yes, he has a name. And a home. And a wife. Yea to the end of the week — let’s make like a banana and split. Keep on singing, Corvallis.
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ust like the Earth goes through its sudden or gradual cycles of cooling and warming, society goes through its cycles of normativity at amazing speeds. Our cultural and societal norms do not have a constant — especially with new technology changing the way we view every aspect of life and societal changes toward gender and race. This century has brought all new technologies and ways of living that have made for better standards of life with new opportunities, and this is slowly phasing out archaic practices. Marriage is one of those practices that is losing its appeal and place in current society for many reasons. The United States would not lose much if this institution became a thing of the past, no longer a label of success and marker of happiness. Millennials are not in favor of marriage, which is not surprising since the United States is a culture rich in divorce. According to Pew Research Center, almost 42 million adults have been married more than once and 50 percent of all marriages end in divorce. That same report also showed that 50 percent of people polled were fine with people having priorities other than marriage and children. Besides the lousy social standing of marriage today, there is a stronger culture of education than a few decades ago. More and more people are getting degrees in higher education, which in turn makes them want to go out in the career world, establishing themselves as professionals before settling down. This also aids in the movement toward non-marriage because of accumulated student debt. Thirty years ago, immense student debt was not a problem to young adults looking to get married, but now it is a major concern. How could you plan to get married when you owe thousands of dollars? I guess young adults are being more conscientious of this than older generations would think. All these societal observations and trends aside, I agree with the new motion of moving toward a norm of marriage not being a priority and this tired label of “success” being left in the past. Some call this selfish, to establish a career, travel and do what you want to do with your life before or instead of getting married. To those who think that, I question you. Why would you think it is selfish for a young adult who has an education, wanting to work hard for themselves and experience what the world has to offer instead of settling down in a house with a spouse and not being truly happy? Instead of rushing into a marriage before age 30 because of pressure from society, I think it is more responsible to make oneself in the world before they sharing one’s life fully with another person. It is the opposite of selfish. Some social scientists along with other writers are calling this movement “the marriage apocalypse,” and besides being witty in its nature it is true in its meaning. Young adults are looking toward other possibilities to fulfill their lives, and marriage is becoming a last choice; not even a choice at all for some. I feel sorry for those who feel that they have to be married by a certain age so that they seem successful and feel fulfilled to have their name attached to someone See di raffaele| page 8
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Vaccine debate revived in Oregon Legislature By Saerom Yoo
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SALEM — After a controversial bill designed to take away parents’ option to claim nonmedical exemptions from school shots failed, its sponsor has come back with a bill that tries to find a middle ground between Oregon’s current relatively lax school immunization law and the stricter boundaries that were originally envisioned. This time, the bill, Senate Bill 895, is being considered in the Senate education committee. The public hearing on Thursday was packed with familiar faces who vehemently opposed Senate Bill 442 earlier this session. They accused Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, D-Beaverton, of simply repackaging SB 442, giving it a new name and slipping it into the education committee. In fact, SB 895 would preserve parents’ ability to opt out of school-required shots for personal-belief reasons. Instead, it calls on schools to notify parents of their nonmedical exemption rates on report cards. It also would, with an amend-
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PORTLAND — Gov. Kate Brown has now thrown John Kitzhaber under the bus twice. The first time happened when then-Secretary of State Brown publicly questioned Kitzhaber for calling her back from an outof-state meeting when he was considering resigning as governor in February. Her willingness to publicly criticize him is believed to have hastened his departure — and her succession as governor, as provided by the Oregon Constitution. Now Brown has released approximately 94,000 emails between employees of the governor’s office and Cylvia Hayes, Kitzhaber’s fiancee, who is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice for influence peddling. The release came as both Kitzhaber and Hayes are in court fighting to prevent the release of emails they claim are personal. Many of the emails released by Brown undermine the assertions made by Kitzhaber and Hayes that Hayes was not a public official. The April 2 release of the emails came after the national news coverage of the federal investigation into Kitzhaber and Hayes had all but dried up. Although the Oregon media has continued reporting on it, few national news outlets have. One exception is the conservative American Spectator, which has started a series on Kitzhaber and Hayes titled “Oregon Trial.” “The scandals from Salem are rocking Oregon daily. Because of the heavy East Coast concentration of American media, ‘the West Coast’ is usually shorthand for ‘California.’ That means the Duck and Beaver State often gets short-shrift. Which is a shame, because the food in Portland is way better than New York, and the corruption is every bit as juicy,” American Spectator Managing Editor Jeremy Lott wrote in the first story, headlined “Oregon’s long statewide nightmare isn’t over.” Full article available online at portlandtribune.com
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fronting criminals in possession of lethal weapons. And it is for this reason that it becomes difficult to develop change within our current system, because in order to implement new ideas we must ensure police safety. Furthermore, while this change may take time, it is crucial that our society views the need for change from a positive light. If we truly wish to inspire productive changes in our current system, we must work to
That being said, one can most definitely hope to see change in the next couple of years that leads more and more police departments straying away from the use of excessive force, toward more practical means such as rubber bullets or Tasers. However, this may be difficult to enforce, because it would likely put the officers at a disadvantage when con-
provide credible ideas and possible solutions to lawmakers. We need change, and nearly all of America knows it. But being upset about something accomplishes nothing. Proactively initiating discussion and creating movements changes the world. t
Jesse Hanson is a sophomore in physics. The opinions expressed in Hanson’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Hanson can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.
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happy. Most of you reading this are in college and will have a higher education, and I hope that you else. all do something great with the education you Because of this trap-like thought pattern, have received instead of settling for domesticity more people end up miserable and stuck in life because it is ordained by the larger thoughts of than if they had avoided walking down the aisle. the masses. I am not saying that I think it is wrong to get t married. Di Raffaele is a senior in English. The opinions expressed in By all means, if you want to go for it, do so. But Brooklyn Di Raffaele’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily what I am hoping for, as a societal movement, Barometer staff. Di Raffaele can be reached at forum@dailybarometer. is that marriage is a last choice for people to be com.
to stop it”? While there’s no easy answer, I presented your question to two philosophers committed to social justice and self-care. Both respondents are members of the Phronesis Lab instructional team teaching a philosophy class about peace and social justice to students from the College Hill High School Alternative Education Program. Tenagné Downes advises you to “gravitate towards the good things people do” and participate. “When we see the evil in our world, it makes us believe there is little to no good. You forget
the people who are sacrificing their lives, time, money, and resources to help others. You must realize there is far more good than evil.” Francesca Lee suggests a strategy she learned in PHL 251 (Knowers, Knowing, & the Known) while studying David Hume. “It is always important to ask why something is happening rather than to just accept that something is happening. When we ask why, we have the opportunity to understand the world in a different way. This gives you the ability to find the actual cause of a problem, which can bring us closer to a solution.” Finally, I will add: know you’re not alone. Connect with a community that shares your
values, concerns and suffering. You can’t save the world alone, but finding others who will help you try is the first step toward a better future. Peace & Virtue, Dr. Ethics Are you curious about ethics and philosophy? Do you have a moral dilemma or want respond to this week’s column? Send your questions to forum@ dailybarometer.com or use the hashtag #askdrethics on Twitter. t
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immune system, or an elderly inept organization and maybe person who needs extra protec- somewhat corrupt,” he said. tion from preventable diseases. One mother, Holly Garland, She added that videos are said she did not want anyone to not adequate to achieve true take away her or her children’s informed consent for parents. individual rights. Critics of the bill claimed that Sen. Mark Hass, D-Beaverton, the school exemption rate statis- responded with a question of tics would be used to shame fam- his own. ilies and breach confidentiality. “What Steiner Hayward about my responded by rights to send saying that the I have rights, a first-grader numbers would to school in too. Parents have be aggregate an environonly. The statisrights, too. ment where tics are already I know he is public through Mark Hass safe and not the OHA. Senator, D-Beaverton going to con“This is not tract measles, about shaming diphtheria, but about community conversamumps, pertussis and small tions and parental awareness,” pox?” Hass said. “I have rights, she said. Among supporters of the too. Parents have rights, too. We bill were the Oregon Academy don’t give people rights to go 150 of Family Physicians, Oregon miles an hour on the freeway for Medical Association, Oregon the common good of others.” Attorney Robert Snee said the Nurses Association and Coalition bill was designed to make opting for a Healthy Oregon. Sen. Jeff Kruse, R-Roseburg, out of vaccines more difficult, challenged proponents of the rather than help educate parents. bill, asking why a vaccine against J.B. Handley said the bill was hepatitis B was necessary for effectively a vaccine mandate if newborns and whether Oregon health care providers refuse to actually did have outbreaks sign the exemption paperwork caused by underimmunization. for parents. He also said Oregon should not The committee ran out of time be basing its policy on the recom- before everyone who signed up mendations of the Centers for to testify had a chance to speak. Disease Control and Prevention. Chairman Sen. Arnie Roblan, “The CDC, in my opinion, on D-Coos Bay, said another hearing many levels is somewhat of an would be scheduled.
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ment, eliminate online video modules produced by the Oregon Health Authority as an option to fulfill the law’s education requirement before claiming a nonmedical exemption. If the bill passes with the amendment, the education requirement could be fulfilled only through the signature of a physician (including naturopathic physicians), physician’s assistant or a nurse practitioner vouching that the parent had received consultation on the risks and benefits of immunizations. In addition, children who are on an approved vaccine catch-up schedule would not have to claim an exemption. Oregon has the nation’s highest vaccine opt-out rate for kindergarteners, at 7 percent. It’s a figure that has been rising steadily over 15 years. Some schools have exemption rates as high as 16 percent, according to Aaron Dunn, who testified on behalf of OHA. That exemption level is concerning, experts say, because it threatens the community’s ability to stave off disease outbreaks. Steiner Hayward, a family physician and sole sponsor of SB 895, told the education committee that making immunization rates of schools readily available to parents allow them to make informed decisions if at home they have an infant who is too young to be fully immunized, a child who has a compromised
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