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Concerns surface regarding voter turnout of about 2.8%, role of candidates, elections committee with students

By Jasmin Vogel

The ASOSU elections committee met Monday night to discuss the outreach With four days remaining in the efforts of both presidential candidates.

Associated Students of Oregon State The committee sent out an email to both University elections, fewer than 700 candidates and The Daily Barometer news staff that detailed the commitstudents have voted.

The election has been in progress tee’s concerns regarding “a general lack for eight days now with 678 students of energy and enthusiasm” from the who have voted as of Friday at 2:11 campaigns. p.m.

“Our concerns go beyond just voter Last year’s voter turnout reached turnout, but how your actions this cam15 percent of the student population. paign season may be indicative of your Currently, 678 students of the 24,383 future efforts as a leader,” the email read. students who pay student fees have “Prove to the students of Oregon State University why they should vote for you voted, a total of about 2.8 percent.

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in this year’s elections, and why you are their ideal leader.”

The committee voiced general concern about voter turnout for the 20152016 election.

According to Sami Al-AbdRabbuh, a graduate student who is part of the ASOSU elections committee, the situation is “not pleasing.”

Less than 1 percent of OSU students who took part in voting in the ASOSU elections identified as international in a post-voting survey. Less than 2 percent See ELECTIONS | page 4

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Undergraduate in biology researches human aging processes

By Meghan Vandewettering THE DAILY BAROMETER

In the lofty, sun-lit labs of the Linus Pauling Science Center, Stephanie Zhao and her fellow researchers hope to shed light on the aging process in humans by studying the effects of the chemical rapamycin on mouse cells undergoing stress.

Zhao, a junior studying biology, is an undergraduate research assistant and the latest recipient of the Oregon State University Retirement Association Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to students who exhibit excellence in academics and contribute to research related to healthy aging.

“Stephanie, congratulations on your scholarship,” Tory Hagen, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and healthy aging researcher called out to his pupil, who smiled and then shook her head modestly.

Zhao is finishing up her third year as an undergraduate research assistant in Viviana Perez’s healthy aging lab in the LPSC. When she’s not rock climbing, coordinating volunteer activities

for Epic, which is the Asian American Ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ, or playing second violin in the CorvallisOSU Symphony Orchestra, she’s working with mouse cells in order to understand stress and cell mechanisms that cause aging.

Cells are the functional units that make up all biological life. As the body ages, its cells become more susceptible to toxicity and harm because protective mechanisms start to fail, and proteins become dysfunctional.

The proteins in a cell are essential for many biological processes. If the proteins act in a dysfunctional way or fall apart, the cell is harmed. Usually dysfunctional proteins are removed by cellular mechanisms, but with age these mechanisms shut down. How and why these mechanisms shut down is unclear.

Zhao studies a specific protective mechanism in the endoplasmic reticulum, the place in the cell where many proteins are made. She’s been studying the unfolded protein response, or UPR. “When proteins are misfolded or they aggregate, they cause stress, which is something that happens as we age,” Zhao said. “I look specifically at stress Meghan Vandewettering | THE DAILY BAROMETER in the endoplasmic reticulum and the UPR, which is a branch of protective Undergraduate researcher Stephanie Zhao works in Viviana Perez’s healthy aging lab, studying the chemical See AGING | page 4

rapamycin’s effect on stressed mouse cells.

On the winding road to graduate school da Vinci Days resurrected in form of smaller events Student preparing for graduate school speaks to integrative biology club

during his senior year to get a job and became a father at 20 years old. At the time, Hubert’s dream was to make a living as an artist, which he accomplished by becoming a tattoo artist.

But Hubert soon discovered that

By Courtnee’ Morin THE DAILY BAROMETER tattooing was not the profession for The path to graduate school is not him, and his hobby in science was always a linear one. A striking example something he was steadily becoming is David Hubert, who told his own more passionate about.

Since Hubert did not complete high story at a meeting with the integrative school, he knew that he would have to biology club.

Hubert is currently the lead prep start his path of higher education via staff member for the introductory community college, and did so at Linnbiology 21X series, and is preparing to Benton Community College. attend graduate school next year withAt LBCC, Hubert quickly made conin the Integrative Biology Department. nections with professors and faculty, Years ago, Hubert would not have earning a glowing letter of recomthought this possible; he had not even mendation that led him to receive completed high school. an internship at the Hatfield Marine Hubert dropped out of high school Science Center during his first year of n

college as well as a job in the Biology Department in laboratory preparation.

“I did this by making myself known in class, staying after class to talk to my professors and making sure that they knew me. I wanted to be more than a name on a roster,” Hubert said.

Hubert also used these connections to ease the transfer into Oregon State University. With a letter of recommendation from his boss in the biology department in LBCC, Hubert managed to get a job as a laboratory preparer for Lori Kayes, an instructor in the Integrative Biology Department.

“You find the angle you need to stand out; for me it was teaching.

Make connections, be flexible and take opportunities,” Hubert said.

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Corvallis da Vinci Days returns with smaller events around town

board president for da Vinci Days, announced that da Vinci Days would slowly be working its way back to full speed.

June 2014, a recommendations

By Abigail Erickson report was issued to Corvallis Parks and Recreation, outlining potential THE DAILY BAROMETER The year 2013 was a difficult one for changes and improvements that could the annual da Vinci Days celebration, be made to the da Vinci Days program. as the festival operations had been According to the report, provided suspended. With little news since the by Corvallis Parks and Recreation suspension two years ago as well as no Director Karen Emery, community festival in 2014, speculation began to members in Corvallis were surveyed arise as to whether or not the celebra- by the da Vinci Days board of directors to hear how they felt about the festival. tion would ever resume again.

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Credit card fraud A man reported to police that three purchases had been made to a retailer in Louisiana earlier that day, according to the log. The man’s bank reportedly contacted him, “canceled his card and advised him to contact the bank on Monday to dispute the charges,” according to the log.

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Fraud An officer responded to a report of fraud Friday and learned that a man had reportedly been scammed by a work from home company. The man received a check from the company for $1,950, which he deposited into his own account, but had to A man allegedly threatened his roommates with deposit $1,770 into one account and $109 in another a hatchet, raising it “to about shoulder level” after as per the company’s instructions, according to the someone was in his room without permission. The log. After the man had done so, the company’s check man reportedly told one of the roommates that “if he to him for $1,950 reportedly bounced. went into his room again he would kill him.” Police arrested the man and took him to jail for menacing.

An officer reached out to a local business after a fraudulent check from that business’ business account was cashed at another business in Corvallis, A man received a citation for smoking in Central according to the log. The fraudulent check was for Park Saturday. Section 5.03.080.160.02 of the city $600. of Corvallis Code of Ordinances prohibits smoking in parks that are owned or managed by the city of Corvallis.

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Vietnamese Student Association holds show, creates friendly atmosphere

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Despite being a recent transfer student, Keven Saleumvong, a senior majoring in public health, has found a home at Oregon State University.

After joining the Vietnamese Student Association, Saleumvong instantly felt like part of the VSA family.

“They were very welcome, and I’ve met really great friends who are very supportive,” Saleumvong said.

The 43rd annual Vietnamese Cultural show was held Sunday night in the Memorial Union Ballroom. This year’s theme was Ve Nguon: Back to Our Roots, and the event showcased various traditional and modern aspects of Vietnamese student’s merging understanding of American and Vietnamese cultures. The show’s performances of dance and music portrayed the narrative of an American-Vietnamese family that discovers the importance of love and family unity.

The event was orchestrated and written by VSA President Louis Nguyen, a junior majoring in microbiology. Inspired by various personal experiences as well as collective experiences of others, Louis Nguyen and active VSA member Tina Kieu wrote the script for the performances which emotionally captured the audience’s attention.

“I think it went wonderfully,” Louis Nguyen said.

According to VSA event coor-

dinator Julianne Nguyen, the show had been in progress for more than 10 weeks and sold out within three hours. Julianne Nguyen, a junior in pre-pharmacy, was enthusiastic about the community support VSA had received.

“It’s a pretty big honor from the OSU community. It shows that there is a lot of love that supports us. It makes us really proud,” Julianne Nguyen said.

Members were surprised and grateful for all the support from students and Corvallis community outside the VSA community.

The International Students of Oregon State University supports the VSA community, which is one that is revered by many members as being inclusive and family-like.

“The minute I walked into VSA, I felt like family,” Julianne Nguyen said. “We welcome anyone from the community.”

Members of VSA even “interact and bond” outside the club, which she attributes to the family-like atmosphere the club exudes.

“I personally liked how both of the two backgrounds were represented and showed how Vietnamese and American cultures overlap,” said Thanh Nguyen, first-generation American student.

Thanh Nguyen, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering, hopes VSA can bring cultural awareness to the OSU campus.

“It’s a more personal look into our lives,” Thanh Nguyen said.

“Everybody is really friendly and welcoming.”

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of smaller community events this year rather than one large celebration in the summer.

According to Dalton, this years’ series of small events is a first step in a three-year plan for da Vinci Days.

“We’re hoping to bring (da Vinci Days) back,” Dalton said. “We’re looking into a revised structure for it.

Right now this is a year of board meetings and smaller community activities as we continue to work on our build-back.”

The first of these smaller events is a celebration of da Vinci’s birthday, which is April 15. According to Dalton, activities will be held at the Old World Deli this Saturday to commemorate da Vinci’s legacy.

Ted W. Cox, owner of the Old World Deli, said he was “honored to host the first of these small events as da

Vinci Days continues to grow again.”

The first of the celebration is a color and light festival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., followed by a wine tasting from 4 to 6 p.m., sponsored by Emerson Vineyards. Dalton also added that the band Pink Martini will be visiting Corvallis in May to support da Vinci Days. “(da Vinci Days) is a unique celebration of what is special around Corvallis,” Dalton said. “It’s a celebration of science, technology, engineering and math around Corvallis.

That is what is unique about Corvallis and the Oregon State University community.”

More information on da Vinci Days and other upcoming events can be found at visitcorvallis.com.

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student lounge in Cordley Hall.

The second position is an education coordinator, who will help with events such Hubert stresses that he got to the posi- as Discovery Days to make the research tion he is in by taking every opportunity happening in the Integrative Biology available to him. Through his job in the Department more accessible to children Integrative Biology Department, Hubert and the community.

“Students who want to join the club can just was able to help develop a lab that he later come to meetings like this represented at a meeting of one or ‘like’ the Facebook the National Association of page where I’ll post events Biology Teachers in Atlanta.

You find the angle and updates. The club is In addition, he was asked open to all students in all you need to stand to help write out the lab for majors,” Olarra said. publication. out; for me it was Molly Cordell, an assis“Most of the opportunities teaching. Make tant officer this year, due are terrifying at first, but you to missing fall term for an can do it,” Hubert said. “The connections, be internship in Namibia, urges only way you can fail is if you flexible and take students to take advantage don’t do it.” of the club and its services. opportunities.

Jennifer Olarra, integrative “It’s a good way to figure biology club adviser and acaout what is going on in the demic adviser, also attended David Hubert department and to meet the meeting to help club Lead prep staff member, BI 21X a lot of people and make officers explain upcoming connections like David said; events and changes to the make friends and talk with graduate students. club.

The club is currently hiring new officers You can see all the research opportunities for next year, as well as opening two new and get involved — get your foot in the door,” positions, the first of which is an artistic Cordell said. coordinator, who will help to oversee the art Courtnee’ Morin, news reporter and mural being put in a new undergraduate news@dailybarometer.com

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Several key issues relating to admission fees, locality of talent and art, focus of the events and general content were all raised by surveyed community members. The surveyed members wanted to see more work from local artists for lower admission costs, and to see an overall change from the more “boring” elements of the celebration.

Emery added that the da Vinci Days committee has approached the City of Corvallis budget committee asking for $15,000 to support events for next year’s festivities. The budget committee has not yet reached its final decision on the matter.

Emery said that da Vinci Days, while working to get reestablished, is doing a series

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Socratic Club, 7-8pm, MU Lounge.

The Socratic Book Club will discuss the Epilogue of Tim Keller’s Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism.

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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.

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Craft Center, 1-3pm, Craft Center, Student Experience Center Basement Level. Watercolor Wellness. Supplies provided.

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OSU Pride Center, 11am-2pm, Pride Center. Mushroom Patch Workshop.

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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, 6:30-9pm, 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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In Your Corner: Couple at wit’s end with Oregon tax man Corrections STATESMAN JOURNAL

SALEM — Wendy Rowell has a difficult time putting her finger on which crisis in her life has been more traumatic: fighting alongside her husband, David, as he endured surgeries to defeat renal-cell cancer or battling standard operating procedure at the Oregon Department of Revenue.

It’s not as though each trouble hasn’t taken its own exhaustive toll on the 70-year-old, who said she gave her youth to a two-decades-long career as both a deputy sheriff and a corrections officer in White Pine County, Nevada.

It was in Nevada that the couple met during their work in corrections. David likes to say that they were accompanied on their first date by 87 inmates and then took a drive for a perimeter check afterward.

After years in the Silver State, they settled in Oregon determined to spoil their pets and move past their grief.

They were trying to put behind them the lingering death of Wendy’s daughter Jessica, who died of brain tumor complications a decade ago when she was 42. The slight, soft-spoken woman hoped focus on the good that her daughter brought to the world as a special-education teacher and anticipated moving beyond the daily pain.

It was not meant to be.

Losing one’s child and coping with the hospital bills and expenses from her longterm medical care was trying enough. Then came the couple’s run-in with the Oregon tax man and a confrontation with a cancer diagnosis.

Cradling one of her two dogs, Attila the Hon-ey, and recalling her younger days, Wendy inhales deeply at the thought of reliving the pain. Bleda, her second Chiweenie dog, not to be upstaged

by Attila, yips at her feet, and her cat, Sweetfeet, takes her place around Wendy’s neck like a soft, furry bed stole as the couple tell their story. It’s a serene scene in the tight quarters of their small rental home on the western edge of Dallas. “I was a lot thinner and prettier then, but as carefree as I was, I never imagined us in this spot,� Wendy said. Surrounded by vintage books and pictures of her daughter, Wendy and David say they are at wit’s end and add that they don’t think the tax system is friendly to most of the people who use it.

She and David repeat their thanks for the Statesman Journal’s effort on their behalf, and they say they doubt they would have been able to untangle the knot they found themselves in recently.

The Rowells readily admit they owed the Oregon Department of Revenue back taxes. They are contrite and say it was fear and weak finances that drove their decision not to pay. A search of the Oregon Judicial Information Network turned up no out-

standing legal action against the couple or criminal records for either of them.

Wendy tells the story of how David drove a tractor-trailer for himself before he became ill, and when they discovered the complexities of self-employment taxes, they sought help from an accountant.

When the accountant estimated it would cost them $1,000 to prepare their tax returns, they panicked. “We didn’t have the $1,000 to pay for the preparation let alone pay the taxes, so we just didn’t file,� Wendy said. “We knew it was wrong, but I just thought we’d pay a penalty for filing late and get on with it.�

They never imagined David’s discovering he had cancer or the struggle that accompanies a life-altering diagnosis like his. She forgot about the state as her husband faced surgeries that consumed every waking hour of her life and interrupted some of her sleeping hours, as well, for almost a year. “We had previously worked out a $50-per-month repayment plan with the DOR on the debt, which was about $14,000.

Then David got sick and had two surgeries, including one to remove a tumor on his left kidney that took a section out of his kidney. We fell behind and couldn’t make the payments. I was overwhelmed. I thought I’d told him to call the department and I thought he’d done it. But he had a lot on his mind, and just plumb forgot. It should have been a priority that I followed up on, but just dealing with his cancer was all I could handle at the time,� Wendy said.

While they were focused on David’s recovery, staff at the Department of Revenue were doing the work they’re expected to do. The agency must assume after a taxpayer stops making prearranged payments that it is reneging on its agreement. It garnisheed the couple’s checking and savings account, taking about $2,200, Wendy said, which was almost all of her monthly pension check from Nevada and her federal Social Security income, as well.

The late January attachment to their bank accounts drained them of their month-to-month living income and caused nearly a dozen checks to be returned for insufficient funds, checks that had been used not frivolously, but to pay the most basic and ordinary expenses such as rent, utilities and groceries. “Suddenly, that money was gone, and Bank of America was charging us like $35 for each returned check, and that left us in even bigger negative numbers,� David said. “We had no money, a returned $625 rent check and no groceries.� “They left us penniless, unable to buy prescriptions, pay for medical insurance and food,� Wendy added. “I’m just grateful we bought enough cat food, otherwise Sweetfeet might rise up and smite us. The B of A branch was so nice to us, and helped

Democratic faction pushes sharp raise in Oregon minimum wage

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SALEM — Oregon lawmakers are holding a series of hearings today on the possibility of raising the state’s minimum wage.

The main public hearing will take place at 6 p.m. tonight before both the House Business and Labor Committee and the Senate Workforce Committee.

Various different proposals before the Legislature this session would increase the minimum wage from the current $9.25 an hour to between $12.20 and $15 an hour over the next two to three years.

Lawmakers are also weighing a bill that would lift the current state preemption that blocks local governments from setting their own minimum wage.

Proponents say a significant bump in the minimum wage is needed to fight income inequality, and to help low-income workers make ends meet and reduce their dependence on government support. Such a bump would also lead to additional consumer spending, they say, and stimulate the economy.

Opponents argue that a large hike in the minimum wage will lead employers to lay off workers and drive up the cost of goods and services. It will also make Oregon less competitive economically with other states, they say.

Some argue that an increase in the minimum wage will actually decrease the amount of net spending power for many low-income workers as they lose eligibility for some government assistance: a phenomenon known as the “benefits cliff.�

The ultimate fate of a minimum wage increase remains uncertain at this point. Some leading Democrats are wary of passing both a statewide sick leave policy, which has wider support, and a minimum wage hike in the same session.

us out with some of those charges.�

The Rowells phoned the DOR and said they were told that they were in default of their payment plan and that there was nothing that could be done, Wendy said.

She tried to explain her circumstances but was rebuked. Scolded, she said, for trying to make the DOR the “bad guy� when they themselves were to blame for their troubles. Wendy contacted the Statesman Journal when she said she “ran out of options trying to reason with the DOR.�

Bob Estabrook, speaking on behalf of the Oregon Department of Revenue, said he and the agency could not comment specifically on the Rowells’ case due to privacy concerns. He said he could speak only to the department’s “best practices.� “Unfortunately, not calling us would be the wrong thing to do,� Estabrook said. “When folks are facing collection, it’s extremely stressful; we know that. But it’s then that they really should reach out.

But unfortunately, if they can’t pay, they don’t engage us, and that has serious consequences.�

Estabrook said that when residents have legitimate extenuating circumstances that can be verified, they should immediately contact the department. “If taxpayers can provide us with proof, we’re going to look and see what we can do.

The No. 1 rule taxpayers should take away from a case like this is that communication with us is always going to be best for the taxpayer. We know it’s hard to ask for help, but when residents don’t, the situation is going to get worse instead of better.�

He said the department understands that people lose jobs, have their hours reduced, or have an illness or death in the family. The DOR has a fair amount of flexibility to work with taxpayers who make it aware of diminished circumstances, he added. “For instance, we know that identity theft is a growing problem and that these things come up in life, but we don’t know that there is a problem unless the taxpayer communicates that with us,� Estabrook said. “We regularly work with taxpayers who have significant issues going on.�

Estabrook said the state Department of Revenue had about 71,000 taxpayers on payment plans in 2014, which was down from 79,000 plans in 2013. He explained that the number is constantly in flux as some payment plans are satisfied or reworked as well as broken by taxpayers.

The typical tax payment plan is for about 12 months, he said, though the department can negotiate longer or shorter terms as necessary.

In the Monday, April 13 edition of The Daily Barometer, the caption accompanying a photo on page four in the article “India Night� incorrectly identified the man in the photo as Siddarth Rai Mahendra. The man is actually Post Doctoral Scholar Sumit Saha.

Also in the Monday, April 13 edition of The Daily Barometer, the caption accompanying a photo on page four in the article “Kappa Delta rocks anti-violence philanthropy� incorrectly identifies the photo as an India Night performance put on by the Indian Student Association. The photo actually depicts a Mock Rock performance.

The Daily Barometer regrets these errors.

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By Justin Frost

THE DAILY BAROMETER

With pandemics from Ebola to H1N1 impacting populations around the globe, interest in how these diseases are transmitted, how best to mitigate them and how to relieve the panic around their spread draws the attention of the public.

Richard Besser — former acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, current ABC News correspondent and practicing pediatrician — addressed some of these issues and shared tales of covering these topics from around the globe Monday evening as part of the Provost’s Lecture Series.

“I believe in using stories to share messages about health,” Besser said.

“We can use media in order to improve health in communities.”

Besser’s journey to his current position as the chief health and medical editor for ABC News began while studying emergency preparedness and response in Israel in 2009, when he received a phone call suggesting that he was a leading contender to serve as acting director of the CDC during president Obama’s transition into office. Serving as acting director of the CDC from January to June of 2009 gave Besser the opportunity to grapple with an array of public health issues and learn about communicating appropriately and effectively.

When H1N1 broke out in Mexico and began to spread into the United States, Besser made sure to gear all actions toward improving human health and directed resources toward the most impactful approaches in combating the new strain of flu. According to Besser, a major emphasis was placed on communicating how to curb trans-

mission through preventative tech- You can use communication to evoke niques and maintain a consistent mes- a particular response about health.” sage regarding how to respond to the This communicative ability in addipandemic. Once his time in the CDC tion to more than 20 years in the medihad passed, Besser sought a change cal field has allowed Besser to thrive in career. in journalism and as a public health “I wanted a new challenge after the figure.

CDC,” Besser said.

“He really knows how to bring This desire for a new path was fulfilled after Besser was contacted by human perspective to otherwise various television news networks to dry studies and issues,” said Gloria Krahn, the director of external relaserve as a health correspondent.

Since shifting career paths from tions for the College of Public Health the CDC to journalism, Besser has and Human Sciences. “At the CDC had the chance to refine the way the he was so respected by the staff; he government and public communicate really brings the real truth rather than with one another in regards to infec- sensationalizing.” tious disease as well as general public Besser participated in a luncheon health. According to Besser, studies with faculty members earlier in the and surveys from the Harvard T.H. day, followed by a Q-and-A session Chan School of Public Health suggest with students in veterinary medicine, that people’s trust in pharmacy and public the government and health.

CDC were as high Both sessions were I believe in using as ever during the filled with engagestories to share H1N1 outbreak due ment and energy and to clear and concise messages about were centered upon communication. improving public health. ...

Besser now tackles policy, according to a broad spectrum of We can use Shelly Signs, director health issues, rangof University Events. media in order to ing from measles “One of the most improve health in and marijuana to interesting parts Ebola and epidemicommunities. about working with ology. His approach Dr. Besser is the fact of emphasizing indiRichard Besser that he’s a national vidual stories rather ABC News correspondent news correspondent,” than divulging data Signs said. “There was has helped to humanize some of the more unfamiliar global health issues, a clause in his contract stating that he could cancel at any time in the event such as the Ebola pandemic.

Besser showed a clip from his cover- of an emergency; we were certainly age of the outbreak in West Africa, shar- relieved upon hearing he’d made it.” ing the story of a man who was taken Besser plans to continue working for dead but actually was fighting for for ABC News and hosts weekly Twitter his last few hours of life. chats regarding health alongside regu“Our goal was to put a face on lar broadcasts on ABC News.

Ebola,” Besser said. “We wanted to folJustin Frost, news reporter low the story of one person in order to engage audiences in the United States. news@dailybarometer.com

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since “some students don’t realize that voting will affect them whether they vote or not.” of students who took the survey Huber and her running mate, identified as graduate students. Lyndi-Rae Petty, have been in This turn out and representa- contact with the administration tion is “very unnerving,” accord- of college of graduate employing to Al-AbdRabbuh. ees as well as graduate teaching “(Many international stu- assistants. Huber said she heard dents) don’t see anyone who there “is some sort of drama would represent them or even to motivate students,” possibly talk to them,” he said. due to actions of the elections Antonio Saavedra, multicul- committee. tural affairs task force director at ”I don’t like drama, don’t like ASOSU and sophomore studying that conflict is being used,” public health, noted that running ASOSU political campaigns Huber said.

Suek said she and her and her is not a one-person job.

“This is a team job in order running mate, An Vuong, have to succeed,” Saavedra said. “We worked to connect with graduate probably aren’t putting forth our student employees to find out best strategic efforts; we could what graduate students need. probably use better tactics.”

“ASOSU has been very reacSaavedra has suggested both tive,” Suek said. “We want to be candidates attend cultural more active.” events to meet and understand Both candidates said they student concerns. In addition, have reached out to various onhe remains concerned about the campus affiliates through email connections the candidates have and have received nothing in made with other on-campus response. But both candidates organizations. plan to hold an electoral debate “I do feel that Greek life is Thursday at the International overrepresented. (Minority popLiving Learning Center to engage ulations) probably feel excludwith international students. ed,” Saavedra said. “We all come The candidates are confrom different backgrounds and cerned that the cultures, and ASOSU elections we cannot committee has succeed if we This is a team job in made too many do not include these people.” order to succeed. ... requests of their conAccording We probably aren’t campaigns sidering they to Rachel putting forth our best have such a short Grisham, member of strategic efforts; we period of time for campaigning. the elections could probably use committee “It’s a little better tactics. and a junior unrealistic to get studying pubso many voters lic health, low with two candiAntonio Saavedra voter turnout dates; our man Multicultural affairs task force director, and participapower is very ASOSU tion compared little,” Petty said. to last year is the electoral com- “(The elections committee) only mittee’s main concern. Grisham see the numbers.” said they received twice as many Suek shares similar concerns. votes the first day of last year’s “Had there been more promoelection as they’ve had this year tion and attention brought to the altogether.

“How legitimate is your elections, the voter turnout may administration if only a small be different,” Suek said. percentage of the student body The candidates met Monday is voting?” Grisham said. night after they received the Ariah Suek and Cassie Huber, ASOSU election committee’s opposing presidential can- email and drafted a response. didates and members of the “The conclusions and opinsorority Delta Delta Delta, work ions offered by the Elections together in the same office at Committee, in regards to the low ASOSU. Huber, a junior studying voter turnout, is not indicative speech communication, is the of our campaigning efforts of executive director of community our drive to engage the overall programs. Suek, a junior who students populations,” the messtudies public health, serves as executive director of diversity sage read.

The email continued to critiprograms.

In addition to Grisham and cize the elections committee for Al-AbdRabbuh, International the lack of student education of Affairs Director Jeakwan Suh is the ASOSU elections. concerned with the outreach The polls to vote will close by candidates to international Friday, April 17 at 10 p.m. students.

Additional information on “I want candidates to physi- elections can be found at cally reach out to international asosu.oregonstate.edu/book/ students,” Suh said. asosu-elections.

Suh attributes the issue of Jasmin Vogel, news reporter voter turnout to the awareness of elections on campus, especially news@dailybarometer.com

AGING n Continued from page 1 mechanisms in the cell.”

During the UPR, a cell will halt protein production, remove all dysfunctional proteins and then create proteins that will aid in assembling proteins correctly.

Zhao tests mouse cells’ UPR mechanism in the presence of a drug called rapamycin.

“Rapamycin has been shown to extend life span in mice,” Zhao said. “We’re looking to see what role it has in the endoplasmic reticulum in terms of stress. I’ll be adding stress to my cells and seeing what happens and interpreting the data from there.”

While the mechanism behind rapamycin’s effects on cells is allusive, its impact on the health of mice shows promise. Lifespan and health of mice treated with rapamycin was comparable to those that underwent caloric restriction, a tested strategy for increasing longevity in mice.

By studying rapamycin and its specific effects on the endoplasmic reticulum, Zhao and her lab hope to understand the mechanisms of rapamycin as they relate to aging, and eventually apply their findings to humans.

“If (rapamycin) actually has beneficial purposes and we apply it to a human model, we’ll be able to not only increase life span, but increase the number of healthy years that someone lives,” Zhao said.

While Zhao presses that her research is in preliminary stages, she’s excited to continue with this research in tandem with her collaborative, supportive lab group.

“Viviana is the sweetest woman ever — I love working for her,” Zhao said. “Our lab is such an awesome atmosphere; I feel like I’m super, super close with everyone I work with, and it’s just a very supportive community.”

Meghan Vandewettering, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com

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here’s no question: This weekend was a disappointing one for the Oregon State baseball

team.

Losing two of three games to in-state rival Oregon — a team that’s been reeling as of late — was bad. What was even worse was the fashion in which the Beavers lost.

First, a quick recap of how this weekend unfolded.

Oregon State held a 2-1 advantage heading into the ninth inning of Friday’s series opener. An error on a routine groundball led to the game’s eventual game-winning run: a basesloaded RBI walk.

After tying the series at a game apiece with a 4-2 victory Saturday, the Beavers looked poised to redeem Friday night’s missed opportunity with a series win in the rubber match Sunday.

OSU grabbed a 3-0 lead in the second inning, but quickly relinquished it when the Ducks tied the game in the bottom half of the frame. Seemingly unfazed, the Beavers fired back with six runs the very next inning.

Oregon kicked the ball around the field with two errors and a myriad of mistakes during OSU’s explosion, making it the Beavers’ game to lose.

But that’s exactly what happened, as the Ducks methodically cut the OSU lead to three in the bottom half of the third, and then tied the game at nine in the fourth.

What happened next was reminiscent of Friday night, as a routine ground ball to second base turned into a Beaver error. Oregon’s Phil Craig-St. Louis singled the very next at bat, giving the Ducks the lead for good.

There’s no sugar coating the two losses.

Oregon State choked.

The Beavers had a chance at a conference sweep, but instead came away losing their third Pac-12 series in four tries.

But while losing to its number one rival is hard to swallow, it’s important Oregon State maintains perspective.

Considering the Beavers just completed the worst three-week stretch of their season to date, they’re really not in that bad of shape.

Consider the following.

Oregon State actually improved in the conference standings from sixth to fifth, and remains .500 in conference play at 6-6.

Two of the teams OSU has lost Pac12 series to this season — No. 9 UCLA and No. 11 Arizona State — are first and second in the standings, respectively.

Oregon State will play at home for 12 of its remaining 18 Pac-12 games, and the combined conference record of the two teams OSU has to play on the road — Washington April 30-May 2 and Stanford May 15-18 — is just 8-19.

Oregon State is 14-2 in home games this season.

OSU’s RPI is about as bad as it has been in the past few years, but at 23-11 overall, Oregon State is still in great shape to make the postseason.

Yes, Oregon State hasn’t looked like the same team the past three weeks.

The offense has been wildly inconsistent, the pitching isn’t as good as it’s been the past two seasons and the defense looked as bad as it ever has under Pat Casey.

But there’s been no real indication that Oregon State can’t bounce back.

While the entire team was adamant all last week that youth is no longer an excuse for the team’s recent struggles, that doesn’t mean it isn’t still a factor.

OSU has been spoiled in recent years by the phenomenal play of underclassSee KILSTROM | page 6

By Brenden Slaughter THE DAILY BAROMETER

By Brian Rathbone THE DAILY BAROMETER

There is a battle brewing on the turf of Reser Stadium, and the winner will be the starting quarterback of the Beavers for the foreseeable future. True freshman Seth Collins and redshirt freshman Nick Mitchell are the last remaining candidates for the position after all other competitors have either transferred or changed positions.

The major storyline of the spring football season so far has been how head coach Gary Andersen wants a quarterback to do three things: beat the defense with his mind, arm and legs. Seth Collins fits this mold better than anyone on the roster. Collins has already proven that he has the mind and the legs to win the starting job, and while he has struggled to throw the ball early in camp, he has made huge strides in his mechanics. He has also showed superb athleticism in scrimmages, earning high praise from spectators. He has only been on OSU’s campus since winter term; anyone who can make those kind of improvements in that short amount of time deserves to win the competition.

Collins should earn the job based on his amount of raw athleticism and competitiveness in a quarterback that OSU hasn’t had since the days of Heisman Trophy winner Terry Baker. Collins and Mitchell can both run, but Collins is the more natural runner: he is a run first quarterback, which is necessary for the spread offense that Gary Andersen is currently installing. Offensive Coordinator Dave Baldwin has been impressed with what Collins has been able to do so far.

“He is an athletic competitor and he wants the ball. That’s what you want in a quarterback.” Baldwin said.

Collins has also made mind-boggling strides since the beginning of spring camp, where he entered No. 7 on the depth chart. Granted, there have been a few transfers and change of positions for the other six, but he has shown the guts and determination to work his way up the ladder in just a few short weeks. Head coach Gary Andersen has been extremely impressed with his progression as well.

“Seth has matured, and he has grown and developed in his mind, and I see that improving in him every single day,” Andersen said.

Collins’ growth in such a short time makes him the most logical pick for the starting job at this point. If he has grown this much in just one spring on campus, how much could he grow over the entire summer and even the course of a season?

Regardless of who starts at quarterback for OSU in the fall, the simple fact remains: The Beavers will start a freshman against Weber State and beyond. Beaver Nation wanted a coach who would inject life into this program and fan base, and now Andersen has a quarterback he can utilize for that exact purpose: Seth Collins. Soon you will see him running circles around Weber State defenders on Sept. 4.

Do you think Nick Mitchell will play for OSU in the season opener?

I think you’re right. He’ll play deep in the second half after Collins leaps into the endzone for his second rushing touchdown of the night and the Beavers lead by 35. But the starting role will soon be conquered, likely for the next four years, in the hyperactive, youthful hands of Seth Collins.

Seth Collins has already won the starting job among the general public and in Beaver Nation. Not only that, but he also already has a Twitter page campaigning his future Heisman Trophy victory.

After growing tired of the pro-style, drop back passing game that has had statue-esque quarterbacks running the offense, the arrival of Collins and the new offense attack that first-year head coach Gary Andersen has installed has Beaver fans everywhere envisioning a Marcus Mariota type quarterback running the show for OSU. I can understand why everyone is willing to jump on the Seth Collin’s bandwagon. First off, he is offensive coordinator Dave Baldwin’s guy.

He recruited Collins when he was coaching at Colorado State prior to taking the position at OSU. Collins was verbally committed to San Jose State before flipping to OSU with the arrival of the new coaching regime.

Second, he is the exact opposite of the type of quarterback former head coach Mike Riley would have under center. Riley did not leave Corvallis on the highest of notes; a large population of Beaver Nation has the “Out with the old, in with new” mindset. Collins fits that bill.

At this juncture of the football season, the idea of Seth Collins is better than the actual play of Seth Collins.

Which leads me to ask this question: Why not go with the quarterback who is performing better now and gives the team the best shot at winning?

If that’s what you are looking for, then the choice is redshirt freshman Nick Mitchell.

Throughout spring camp, it has been Mitchell who has shown to be a more developed passer and well as showing more than enough athleticism — not quite Collin’s status — to run and exceed in Andersen’s spread attack.

Andersen wants a quarterback who can beat defense with his arms, legs and mind. Mitchell is the better of the two in that area — Collins completed less than 50 percent of his passes during his senior year of high school, and being able to throw the ball is arguably the best trait for a quarterback to have.

Above all, it has been Mitchell who has been able to lead the offense on lengthy drives and converted them into touchdowns; Collins, on the other hand, has done most of his damage when the offense is strictly practicing in the red zone — rarely in a game do you start that deep in your opponent’s territory.

The great thing about the dual-threat quarterback is that he can beat you with his arm or legs; he forces the defense to account for all 11 offensive players turning the game into an 11-on-11 matchup.

But when a quarterback can’t throw the ball effectively, he loses one of those threats and turns himself back into a one-dimensional player, and the defenses can key in on that just as easily as a quarterback who can’t run.

There will come situations throughout the season in which passing the ball is going to be required to win the ball game, and from what I can tell it is Mitchell who has the confidence in his arm and the savvy to lead this offense.

A lot can change from now until Sept. 4 when the Beavers have their first game against Weber State. But if the season started this Saturday, I’d give the ball to Mitchell to lead the Beavers to victory.

Brenden Slaughter, sports reporter

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By Josh Worden THE DAILY BAROMETER

The Oregon State softball team looks ahead to this weekend’s series in Tempe, Ariz. against the Arizona State Sun Devils after losing all three games in Corvallis to Utah this weekend.

A rough offensive weekend dropped OSU’s team batting average from .312 to .304 this season, which is still better than last year’s total — a school record — of .287.

ASU (27-15, 13-2 Pac-12) is one of the strongest teams in the conference. If being swept by Oregon is a significant correlation, however, ASU and OSU are in the same boat. The Sun Devils, who came into the Oregon series at No. 19 in the rankings with a No. 12 slot in the RPI standings, followed suit less than a month after OSU’s three

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losses to the Ducks. ASU and OSU both lost their threegame stints in Eugene by a combined score of 65-18.

The 35-5 Ducks are ranked No. 2 in the nation.

The Beavers will remember last year’s ASU series well; the No. 5 Sun Devils traveled to Corvallis and lost two of three against OSU. The two Beaver wins were by 3-2 and 3-1 scores, using six hits from junior left fielder Kori Nishitomi to push the Beavers over the edge.

Heading into this season’s series, Nishitomi is 3-for-7 in OSU’s last two games with a run batted in and a run scored.

After the ASU series last year, the Beavers went 3-13 in the Pac-12 to finish out the season and is now 7-24 in conference games since the ASU matchup.

The 7 p.m. start times for the Friday and Saturday games against ASU are later than any other Pac-12 game the Beavers have had this season.

ASU has played four extrainning games this season with nine total added innings

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Junior pitcher Bev Miller makes a play on the ball against the Utah Utes in Corvallis April 10.

between those games, including a 13-inning loss to Washington, 8-7. OSU has had just three games that went past the normal seven frames, each lasting just one more inning. The Beavers won two of those three games while ASU went 2-2.

Senior outfielder Dani Gilmore remains the most common name found in OSU statistical categories. She is either first or second on the team in batting average (.369), slugging percentage (.669), on base percentage (.448), runs scored (38), hits (48), runs batted in (31), doubles (13), home runs (8), walks (19), at bats (130) and total bases (87). She did not record a hit in the Utah series, however.

In categories that Gilmore is not in first place — but often in second — such as on base percentage, runs batted in, triples, walks and stolen bases, each player leading that statistical category is in their first year in the OSU program. Gilmore, meanwhile, is on the only player on the roster in her fourth year at OSU. Junior pitcher Beverly Miller has struck out 15 batters looking this season; no other OSU pitcher has more than four. She also leads her team in opposing batting average at .263.

Senior catcher Hannah Akamine is leading the Beavers in the hit by pitch statistic with 13 walks drawn by being hit. No other player has more than four.

Freshman first baseman Alysha Everett has still yet to commit an error this season while recording 47 putouts.

Josh Worden, sports reporter On Twitter @BrightTies sports@dailybarometer.com

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Coming off a heartbreaking series loss to Oregon in Eugene over the weekend, there’s finally some good news for an Oregon State baseball game that has gone 3-6 in its last nine games.

The Beavers (23-11, 6-6 Pac12) travel to Salem on Tuesday to take on a University of Portland club they’ve dominated in head coach Pat Casey’s tenure.

Oregon State has won 59 games against the Pilots (7-31) with Casey at the helm, including the teams’ previous two matchups earlier this season.

Oregon State won the first meeting with Portland, 14-2, on March 4 in Portland, and the second matchup, 12-3, in Corvallis.

Oregon State is happy for the chance to play right away following a tough weekend.

“We’ve got a chip on our shoulder and we want to play,” said junior center fielder Jeff Hendrix after Sunday’s 10-9 loss. “We want to come out and prove to ourselves we can play and stick

together.”

It also bodes well for Oregon State that the Pilots are amidst a losing skid, having lost their last six games.

Oregon State is 3-0 all time at Keizer Volcano Stadium where the two teams will square off Tuesday. The Beavers won, 8-4, against Portland in the same neutral site last season.

OSU hopes that Tuesday’s game will serve as an opportunity to fix some of the struggles it has had in recent weeks. Apart from the nine runs scored Sunday, the Beavers have had a tough time scoring runs in recent weeks.

Oregon State also had a tough time defensively this past weekend, committing a slew of uncharacteristic errors in crucial moments.

Casey was critical of his team after Sunday’s game, but Hendrix said the team is still confident and ready to prove itself Tuesday and this coming weekend against Arizona.

“We can’t put (the losses) on one defensive play here or there, or this game or that game,” Hendrix said. “It’s a team effort and we need to execute better from top-to-bottom, start to finish.

“We’re going to try to get bet-

ter every day, every practice and every game, and we’re going to piece it together.”

The Beavers are confident they can bounce back despite the disappointment of losing an important Civil War series.

OSU still sits at fifth in the Pac12 standings, and will try to use the past weekend as motivation for Tuesday.

“Any time you’re losing to your rival school, the school you look forward to playing every year, it’s going to be frustrating,” Hendrix said. “But regardless, a loss is a loss, so we need to get better. … Baseball’s a funny game, but we can turn it around just by working hard and keeping our heads up.”

Tuesday marks the last time Portland and Oregon State will play this season, and is the thirdto-last nonconference game the Beavers have remaining on their schedule — OSU has two remaining chances at revenge against Oregon on May 5 and May 19 in Goss Stadium.

Tuesday’s game against the Pilots, meanwhile, is scheduled for 6:35 p.m.

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Sophomore infielder Trever Morrison runs the bases while playing against Portland in Goss Stadium March 10.

KILSTROM n Continued from page 5 men right out of the gates. What players like Michael Conforto, Dylan Davis, Jace Fry and Andrew Moore were able to do as true freshmen isn’t common in college baseball.

In most cases it takes time for young players to feel out the college game.

Oregon State will need everyone if it wants to make a deep run in the postseason, let alone make a regional in the first place, meaning the team’s youth will need to turn the corner sooner rather than later.

But to think Sunday’s loss was indicative of what OSU will look like when the season ends is unrealistic.

Oregon State has too much talent and Casey is too good of a coach for the current trajectory to continue.

Oregon State probably won’t make the playoffs if it continues its recent play the rest of the way.

But with over half the Pac-12 season left there’s no need to panic in Corvallis. Oregon State remains in relatively good shape.

Andrew Kilstrom, sports reporter On Twitter @AndrewKilstrom sports@dailybarometer.com

7 •Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Editorial

Take your pick: Schools or prisons

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uesday, April 14, Oregon State University lobbyists will speak with state legislators about funding for higher education.

Let’s hope they listen.

And here is why they should look to spend more money on higher education and seek to lower tuition.

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the national priority in a fight between funding for prisons versus higher education has typically been funding for prisons.

Particularly for Oregon — corrections spending nationally jumped up by 141 percent in 2013 and Oregon spent twice as much as 11 other states that spent more funding on corrections than higher education.

We do get it — rehabilitation of prisoners is important; if you put more money into helping them reintegrate then the risk of them relapsing is less likely.

Here is our suggestion: Stop them from ever getting to prison by giving more money to schools with the intent of making higher education more attainable.

Lower tuition and make it more accessible for the lower and middle classes.

Here is how financial aid functions right now for those classes.

There are ample opportunities for folks in the lower class, plenty of full ride scholarships and grants just waiting for applicants. But these are not well advertised.

One of our editors on the board came from a small town where only one scholarship package was presented to high school seniors, disregarding multiple other opportunities.

Low-income students don’t often try to pursue higher education because they are unaware of the resources available to them.

Middle-class students may attend college based on the chance that their parents decide to pay for them. Whether or not parents have preexisting debts is not accounted for.

If the parents say no, then the answer is loans, since there are hardly any scholarship opportunities for students whose families have enough to pay for their college education.

If people can’t afford to go to college, then they won’t, because why would anyone sign up for something that could sink them into doldrums of debt?

All this current formula of spending more on prisons does is alienate the classes and create desperate situations for desperate people who may decide to do desperate things.

Because this system does not work.

There is more money being spent on the broom that cleans up broken glass than teaching people not to rough house with the broken glass. Create a scenario in which college is not just a pipe dream, but a real, financially feasible option.

Or legislators: You can continue to funnel more money into prisons — places of past mistakes — rather than preventing future ones by making college reasonably accessible to all potential students.

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Vandever King Barack — or Master of Ships — Whichever is a better correlation for Secretary of state.

With no rivals of any prominence among the ranks of the Democratic Alliance, House Clinton is positioned as the undisputed frontrunner.

Unfortunately for Madame Hillary, undisputed frontrunner was a title she also held during the Presidential Wars of 2008 before being “usurped” by the current Protector of the Realm, King Barack.

Since the primary contest is expected to result in a victory for House Clinton, members of the Republican Compact have already begun to take aim at the Clintons.

Ser Randal, son of Ronald, of the House Paul has already announced attack ads on the Clinton forces in the key battlegrounds of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada and The Riverlands.

But by the Old Gods and the New, Madame Hillary will not go down without a fight.

House Clinton has played the “Game of Thrones” for years, so Madame Hillary will have no problems finding coin to fill her campaign coffers nor with finding conscripts or building infrastructure.

Hillary Clinton has a historic chance to be the first woman to sit upon the Iron Throne.

The challenge of her campaign will be whether or not she can convince the people that she is not a stale Washington insider that only represents the past.

After being the First Lady of Arkansas, First Lady of the United States, Senator from New York, a Presidential candidate and the Secretary of State, there are few people in public life who have recreated themselves more.

Her entire campaign will be plagued with questions about Benghazi, private email servers and whatever other Clinton scandals pop up in the next few years, but she has the advantage of national name ID, a wide range of political experiences and a last name that is associated with the good economic times of the ‘90s.

If Hillary Clinton can find a message that connects with the American people and is successful in combating the onslaught of attacks coming her way, then she may just be the winner of the 2016 “Game of Thrones.” t

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Brace yourselves, Hillary is coming: ‘Game of Thrones’ style n Sunday, April 12, Hillary, first of her name of the House Clinton, announced her campaign to take the Iron Throne — er, White House.

The Presidential candidate let the world know of her aspirations in a message by raven — the Westeros version of Twitter and YouTube.

“Everyday Americans need a champion and I want to be that champion,” Madame Clinton stated in her announcement.

Immediately House Clinton’s banner men answered the call and a campaign team was established.

Hillary brought together a group of powerful operatives consisting of House Clinton loyalists and those pledged to House Obama.

Ser Robby Mook has been selected to command the Clinton forces.

Ser Mook is the man responsible for granting Lord Terry of House McAuliffe victory over the forces of Ser Cuccinelli and securing him dominion over the Virginia region.

Madame Hillary of House Clinton has an overabundance of experience that would prepare her to rule from the Iron Throne.

When her husband, King William “The Slick” sat on the Iron Throne, Hillary led the charge on issues relating to women and girls and on the push to reform the realm’s system of maesters and healers.

Hillary would go on to serve as Senator from the New York province and later as Master of Whispers for

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rom a very young age we are taught that life isn’t always fair — a reality that follows us throughout the rest of our lives.

At first, we see that sometimes others have an advantage over the rest — whether it is being academically gifted, financially stable or just purely talented.

And inevitably, we perceive this advantage as unfair.

We think, “Why do they deserve to have such benefits as opposed to me?”

And to be brutally honest, sometimes they don’t.

Being born academically gifted or uncommonly athletic is an advantage that some possess by no means of their own.

But in the same sense, everyone has a gift that is intrinsic to themselves.

And as a result, these advantages and disadvantages tend to balance themselves out.

Conversely, when we focus on other aspects of life, such as the families we are born into and our surrounding environBeing born ment, we enter into a realm academically that does not gifted or always allow for complete uncommonly fairness.

And it is for athletic is an this reason that advantage that the issue of fairness has been some possess the crux of gov- by no means of ernment affairs their own. for centuries.

Even now in America, we see controversy centered on the differences between the rich and the poor.

How is it fair that someone be born into to wealth, as opposed to those who are born poor? Is it fair?

Well in essence, it usually is fair.

We live in a nation where success is rarely handed over, but rather earned.

Therefore, it is not the fairness of the child that is born into the wealthy family that we must consider, but instead we must look at the family who worked hard in order to support their future family.

For these families, it is most definitely fair that their children be born into wealth. After all, our nation was founded on the principle that anyone has the opportunity to achieve the American dream of prosperity and success.

However, it would appear that much of today’s society does not tend to see it this way, resulting in the increased backing of more socialistic tendencies such as the redistribution of wealth, and taxes on the top 1 percent.

But what supporters of these movements fail to realize is that with increased fairness comes increased complacency.

Should the United States continue down the path toward Socialism, we will continue to see heightened stagnation in technological advances, as well as a decrease in the general prosperity of our nation as a whole.

It is critical that we suppress this fixation with achieving what is fair, and come to learn that it matters not how many chips you start out with, but rather how you use them.

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react to mundane roommate situations.

There aren’t too many laughout-loud, gut-busting moments.

Instead you will find yourself constantly amused, with a little smirk always creeping on your face.

Where the movie keeps interest is with the likableness of the characters. Although they do partake in killings — sometimes graphic — it’s the absurd way they carry themselves that make them a little lovable, like Viago trying to lay down some newspaper before killing a woman, because he doesn’t want the carpet to get stained.

After an attempted feasting, one of their would-be victims, Nick (Cori Gonazalez-Macuer), gets turned into a vampire by Petyr.

He struggles with the transition into vampirism, like explicit vomiting after eating a French fry, and also that the rest of the guys prefer his human friend, Stu (Stu Rutherford) over him.

Stu provides some of the best work in the film, whether he is showing the guys how to use Google or teaching them karate.

If you are completely unfamiliar with the vampire genre, you might miss a lot of the jokes — FYI, vampires can’t see their own reflection — so the movie might not play as well.

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Both are technically true — the new FX mockumentary series about the making of funny television has a lot more to offer than I expected from trailers — and the co-stars behind the laughs aren’t halfbad at what they’re doing either.

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At the same time, the moments that shine only make it more disappointing that “The Comedians” isn’t a perfect slamdunk, and a lot of the successes and shortcomings stem from the initial setup. This is just my guess, but I have a pretty good notion the creators had a little too much to drink during the conception of this show.

Let me ask you this: Have you ever run out of things to watch — impossible, I know — and thought Mike Wazowski from “Monsters Inc.” and that snowman from “Frozen” should have their own series? No? Well, somebody did, and I honestly don’t know how to feel about that.

Seasoned performer Billy Crystal and newcomer Josh Gad have surprising, if limited, chemistry — demonstrated by how gracefully they try to undermine each other — as fictional versions of themselves learning to coexist on-screen and off.

The fact that these two can function as a duo at all makes no sense, but when they hit the mark, they really hit it. The most rewarding parts of the pilot were the most simple; just the two leads joking back and forth about the real humor in being an actor.

I’m glad no one turned this pet project — Crystal is also a

he Memorial Union has a new eatery as many of you already know.

After long months of construction and remodeling, the burger counter finally opened for business.

I would listen as I walked through the MU about when, and if, the new restaurant would open.

Personally I was not too excited for another burger place to open in the MU, but I get the thought of wanting to open the same type of cuisine in the former Carl’s Jr. spot.

I was also a little surprised to find out that the new tenant is another chain restaurant. There is even one at Portland State University, and the University of Oregon will be getting a cart version soon.

Fast food does nothing for me nutritionally or taste-wise.

It is all mass-produced and over-priced.

Brooklyn Joe’s Burgers claims that it Food Critic uses all natural and local ingredients, which is great for it as a fast food place, but also that is just good business practice in this part of the country.

It offers varieties of burgers, salads and sides like any other burger place and everything is high-priced for what the product is.

If you want to go from a single patty burger to a double patty you have to pay an extra $1.50.

There are also different chicken sandwiches, fries and milkshakes as well.

Again, the same sort of menu at any other burger place ever established.

I have to admit that I have It offers not yet eaten at Joe’s because I looked at the menu and was varieties of not impressed enough to shell burgers, salads out the money for its prices and sides like on ordinary fast food fare, and thought my turkey sandwich any other burger would be a better lunch. place and Joe’s Burgers seems fine if everything is you want a normal burger and fries and are fine paying high-priced for over $10 for it; otherwise I what the would suggest trying one of the unique MURFS restaurants. product is.

Since I decided to pass on eating there, I went through online to see what others thought of Joe’s.

I found the same old mill-produced saying of “it is great because they use local ingredients.”

Blah blah.

But the most interesting comments I found were on the “things overheard at OSU” Facebook page.

A fellow student posted a photo of a burger on the page to announce the opening of Joe’s and the comments that followed made my search so much better.

The first few comments were about prices and if the food was actually any good and then the answers of its average taste and menu options.

Then the conversation went way off topic about the burgers at Hasty Freeze in Albany.

Comment after comment came in about how great the Hasty Freeze is, and despite the fact that it’s an outdoor joint, the burgers are great.

Then, being a conversation about cheap food and college students, Taco Bell came into play.

Joe’s Burgers was not interesting enough anymore to be the conversation topic on a post about the burger. That is how I feel about this place in real life — it is really not that interesting or amazing to remember after the initial mention of the restaurant.

Joe’s is good in its intention to bring in the final variety to the options at the Memorial Union restaurants. Burgers are back on the menu for that in-between class bite if you are so inclined.

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co-creator — into an excuse to subtly promote their own past careers, obnoxiously reminding the viewers that they were in things that made a lot of money.

Instead, they just self-advertise out in the open as part of the joke, and it’s hilarious — Crystal because no one can remember half the things he’s done and Gad because his biggest claim to fame is selling a million metric-tons of Olaf plush toys.

Extras smile, laugh and nod in agreement at everything being said to them, another jab at Hollywood’s social-climber culture. The self-awareness is a blessing, because a lack of it can suck every iota of fun from even the biggest winners in television.

“The Comedians” is still not a winner — at least not yet. For

every bit that pays off there’s another that trails off awkwardly, or drags on forever and expects us to find that funny on its own.

Things get stretched even thinner when Crystal or Gad have to carry a scene by themselves — I didn’t find either one a strong one-man comic.

It does, however, have a lot potential.

With only the first episode to go on, it’s hard to grasp how well this shaky start will readjust itself in the future. If they can buckle down and focus — at times it really does seem like there are two people vying for control — I might just revisit it. t

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iven the abysmal selection of first run movies right now, I decided to review something a little less mainstream: an indie film, “What We Do in the Shadows,” currently playing at the Darkside Cinema this week.

Directed, written and starring New Zealand filmmakers Jermaine Clement and Taika Waititi, the movie is a mockumentary following a group of vampires living together in modern day New Zealand.

Although it may sound like the premise of a short sketch, Clement and Waititi manage to get a feature length of excellent material out of the idea.

We follow the lives of Viago (Waititi), Vladislav (Clement), Deacon and Petyr, a small clan of vampires that have been living together for more than 100 years.

Viago is kind of the leader of the group, though more just the one who tries to get everybody organized — like making sure the bloodstained dishes are cleaned.

At 183 years old, Deacon (Jonathan Brugh) is the young, cool friend that is up for the more daring aspects of being a vampire — like picking fights with a group of overly polite werewolves.

Then there is Vladislav, the classic vampire, who brags of his torture chambers and transformation ability. Petyr (Ben Fransham), the oldest at 8,000 years, appears to be the vampire on which Nosferatu was based.

I suppose technically the plot is about what the guys do leading up the big monster masquerade, but the movie is much more focused on how vampires

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