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‘Take Back the Night’
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Last year the Take Back the Night event saw hundreds of OSU students, staff and Corvallis community members march and speak in support of sexual violence survivors.
Event tonight encourages support, empowerment By Lauren Sluss News Reporter
Acknowledging the ongoing issues of sexual violence, Oregon State University’s annual Take Back the Night event allows students and community members the opportunity to listen to key speakers, participate in a campus and community march and hear survivors of sexual violence speak out. As a part of April’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Take Back The Night begins tonight in the Student Experience Center Plaza at 7 p.m., and will end at 9 p.m. at the MU steps. “It is a way for students, faculty, staff and OSU community members to get together and acknowledge the sexual violence that’s happening not only on campus, but in society as well,” said Rebecca Amanita, event coordinator. Originating in 1975 in Europe, Take Back the Night is an international event held at different times of the year, and serves to create safe communities while ending sexual violence. OSU’s 2016 Take Back The Night will open with local key speakers, including survivor advocate Brenda Tracy, who was a victim of sexual violence at OSU in 1998. “OSU did not handle her case very well, and she came back years later to discuss it with Ed Ray,” said CAPS coordinator of student workers Bonnie Hemrick. “They partnered together and now she is a consultant for OSU to help us in our endeavors of improving our responses to sexual assault.” President Ed Ray will be introducing not only Tracy, but also
current ASOSU President and Vice President Cassie Huber and Lyndi Petty and OSU student and advocate Kadijah White to speak at the beginning of the event. After the key speakers, participants will have the opportunity to partake in a march around campus and in the community, walking up to Monroe Avenue. “The march is a stand throughout campus to show that we don’t advocate any behavior that is going to result in sexual assault, and to show survivors that we do support them and we stand with them,” Hemrick said. After the march, Take Back the Night will end on the MU steps with a survivor speak out, which is
the most vital portion of the night, according to Amantia. “It’s for survivors to come up and voice their experiences, or even begin the transition of considering themselves a survivor instead of a victim,” Amantia said. “Giving survivors a safe space to talk about their experiences is meaningful because often in society they are voiceless.” The night will then conclude with a performance by the OSU Divine acapella group. Throughout the event, CAPS clinicians will be available, and can provide aid to anyone who wishes to speak privately, said Hemrick. “These clinicians are not mandated to report sexual assaults, so
someone can come speak to them in total confidence and the issue would not need to be reported or escalated in any way,” Hemrick said. Survivors of sexual violence will not be the only group to benefit from Take Back the Night, according to Amanita. “It helps people who either know someone who has experienced sexual violence, or have not experienced it themselves to have a better understanding of it and how it really affects not just the person, but the wider community as well,” Amanita said. Students are encouraged to gain a better understanding of sexual violence on campus not
just through Take Back The Night, but also through OSU’s newly developed bystander intervention trainings—Beavers Give a Dam, said Assistant Director for Violence Prevention Michelle Bangen. “We are really aiming to get people to understand what sexual violence looks like,” Bangen said. “It can look a lot of different ways, and is not necessarily just what people have seen in a Lifetime movie, or on an episode of CSI.” Beavers Give a Dam has worked with several different communities to customize their curriculum, including OSU Greek populations. “We are teaching people to understand not only what sexual violence looks like, but also the skills so they can effectively and safely intervene to prevent bad things from happening,” Bangen said. Students or OSU community members can contact the Survivor Advocacy Resource Center for information or help regarding sexual violence. Take Back the Night encourages students to reach out to the community and end the silence, according to Bangen.
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“It’s a way that we can all show support for survivors,” Bangen said. “What they have experienced in their lives is horrific, and it is in no way their fault. It is important for us to come forward and help to show that we are there for them and we believe they can be whole again. baro.news@oregonstate.edu
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With a view of the Port of Oakland and the Bay Bridge, Ellie Bahadori, left, a design support associate at 99designs, and Kelsey Bryant, head of designer marketing, work on their laptops. By Marisa Kendall The Mercury News
OAKLAND, Calif.—When Uber opens its massive new headquarters near downtown Oakland next year, flooding the area with as many as 3,000 workers, it will become part of an already thriving tech scene. As the city makes an effort to become more tech friendly, dozens of other startups have joined longtime anchors Pandora and Ask.com in Oakland over the past few years. The growth provides an early sign that the city may be on its way to becoming the next San Francisco or Palo Alto. “I think in general there is a realization across most tech companies right now that there is unrealized value over in Oakland,” said T3 Advisors managing director David Bergeron, who helps tech clients find office space. But just as Oakland’s startup culture is making a name for itself, costs in the city are skyrocketing. Oakland’s commercial rent prices have increased by almost 34 percent this year— the biggest hike in the city’s history, according to data from JLL, a Chicago-based commercial real estate services firm. The average yearly rent for high-quality spaces in Oakland’s business district jumped from $38 per square foot in 2015, to $51 per square foot this year. That’s still cheaper than San Francisco, where average comparable rents were $75 in the first quarter of 2016, according to JLL. Rents in Palo Alto’s business district were $102 at the end of last year, according to the most recent data available. But as a possible consolation to the higher rents, Oakland startups are drawing more attention from investors. Vas Natarajan, a partner with Palo Alto-based venture capital firm Accel partners, said five years ago, the firm had no Oakland ties. Since then, the firm has invested in graphic design company 99designs and Oakland-based mobile photography company VSCO. “We’re crossing the bridge more than ever,” Natarajan said. The expansion of Uber’s headquarters into Oakland likely will inspire more tech movement to the city, but the effects may not be noticeable until the office opens next year, said Amber Schiada, vice president and director of research for JLL. Uber is renovating a historic Sears building—a seven-story structure with 330,000 square
feet of office space and plans for retail shopping on the ground floor. Uber also will open a new, expanded campus in San Francisco. Though tech accounted for just 3 percent of jobs last year, according to the Oakland Chamber of Commerce, the city already is winning out over the larger tech hubs in the eyes of some entrepreneurs. Graphic design startup 99designs moved its U.S. headquarters to Oakland’s uptown neighborhood last summer after the company outgrew its San Francisco space. CEO Patrick Llewellyn said after five years in San Francisco, he had some reservations about making the move across the bay. “I was concerned about changing the routine too much,” he said. But after struggling to find a space in San Francisco that wasn’t too expensive or in an inconvenient location, he ended up finding his dream office in Oakland’s uptown neighborhood. He’s outfitted the 14,000-square-foot space with all the quintessential startup trappings. The fully stocked kitchen, lined with huge windows that look out over Oakland, is complete with beer on tap, an espresso machine and a faucet that dispenses sparkling water. There’s an exercise area with weights and yoga mats, a pingpong table and showers. “We’re paying about the same as we were paying in San Francisco,” Llewellyn said, “but we’re getting double the space. So it is significantly more cost effective.” As Oakland’s startup scene expands, so do the services in the city that cater to entrepreneurs. Organizations are popping up to train aspiring tech professionals, such as the Learners Guild and LearnTech Labs. Co-working spaces also are becoming more prominent in Oakland—Impact Hub opened in 2014 in an abandoned car showroom, and the Port Workspaces expanded last year. Many entrepreneurs also take a certain amount of pride in their Oakland location. VSCO, a digital photography startup that’s been in Oakland since 2014, says its address differentiates it from the competition. “I think it really embodies how we see ourselves as a company,” said spokeswoman Elisa Richardson. “Scrappy and hardworking, but we are very diverse and we have an international community.” Other companies are trying to make
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sure Oakland doesn’t turn into a mirror image of the tense scene in San Francisco, where tech workers are blamed for skyrocketing rents, housing shortages and clogged streets. Clef, an Oakland-based authentication startup, hosts weekly community dinners as part of an effort to connect techies and their non-tech neighbors. A year ago the company cofounded the Tech Equity Collaborative with the goal of creating a more diverse and inclusive tech ecosystem. The city is getting involved as well. Mayor Libby Schaaf reached out to Roofstock, an online real estate investment platform, when the company launched in Oakland last month, said CEO and co-founder Gary Beasley. “She said, ‘Listen, we’re trying to be much more business friendly, and just wanted you to know we appreciate you being in Oakland,’” Beasley said. In 2014 Marisa Raya became Oakland’s first official liaison between the tech community and the city. The very existence of her job is a testament to the tech sector’s growing prevalence in Oakland. Raya says that growth has pushed downtown’s vacancy rate to less than 5 percent. “That is definitely exerting some upward pressure on rents,” she said. “As a city, we’re trying to get ahead of that and offer more resources for nonprofits or cultural artsbased businesses that maybe might not be able to adjust as quickly.” For the Pan Theater, Oakland’s commercial growth has made it hard to find additional space for rehearsals and classes. The theater’s lease is up next year, and its landlords haven’t decided if they want to renew, founder David Alger said. If they decide against it, the theater will be in a difficult position. “For us, it is a double-edged sword,” Alger wrote in an email. “The increased population has increased show and class attendance. The downside is the impact on rents and on space availability.” The Mercury News
Linda Katehi, the chancellor of the University of California, Davis, has apologized for the university’s hiring of image consultants to bury Internet references to a pepper-spraying incident of student protesters by campus police and has promised a series of public forums to answer questions. “The university’s identity has been shaken by a series of highly publicized missteps,” Katehi said in a statement released late Monday amid calls for her resignation. “Some were my own doing. All occurred under my watch. For that, I sincerely apologize.” In a widely criticized November 2011 incident, a university police officer dressed in riot gear sprayed peaceful protesters. Images and video of the incident quickly went viral and triggered nationwide controversy and generated calls for the chancellor to step down. Documents obtained by The Sacramento Bee showed that the school, determined to improve its image and that of Katehi, paid at least $175,000 to a consultant to clean up its online reputation. In her statement, Katehi said the university’s Office of Strategic Communications “hired outside firms specializing in what is known as ‘search engine optimization’” to improve the school’s image following the “highly regrettable” police episode. Katehi cited the “importance of philanthropy to UC Davis” and the need to make sure people searching for information about the school got a “complete picture” of its achievements as reasons for hiring the image consultants. During Katehi’s tenure, the university increased its communications budget by $1.6 million, including $800,000 allocated for new and existing employees to work on social media, Web development, videography and news. The school also paid $1 million for a statewide advertising campaign highlighting its contributions to California agriculture, she said. None of the costs for consultants or the advertising campaign were paid from state general fund appropriations or student tuitions and fees, she said. “In hindsight, we should have been more careful in reviewing some of the more unrealistic and ridiculous scope-of-work claims in the written proposals of our outside vendors,” Katehi said. “What might be accepted
industry hyperbole in the private public relations world falls far beneath the high standards of a public institution of higher learning.” Katehi said none of the communications actions were intended to “erase online content or rewrite history” and said the university has implemented a series of reforms, including an “overhaul” of its police department, since the pepper-spraying episode. Police at first contended that pepper spray was the most appropriate tool they had on hand to deal with what they described as an unruly mob encircling the officers. At the time, the Occupy Wall Street movement had spilled onto college campuses, combining with student anger over rising tuition and cuts to higher education to spur protests and sit-ins. However, a UC report from a task force appointed by Katehi and then-UC President Mark Yudof in April 2012 declared that the pepper spraying violated policy. The report rebutted campus police claims that the protesters, who had pitched tents on a UC Davis quad, posed a violent threat. In 2013, John Pike, the former UC Davis police officer who sprayed the students, received $38,055 in workers’ compensation after claiming he suffered depression and anxiety as a result of the public outcry. Pike, who had filed for the compensation from the UC system, also cited stress from death threats he received after the incident. He was fired in July 2012 after being on paid administrative leave for eight months. The University of California student association on April 15 called on Katehi to resign. The revelations about the image consultants come as Katehi has drawn increasing criticism for other actions such as accepting paid outside board positions, including serving on the board of John Wiley & Sons, a college textbook publisher, from 2012 to 2014. On April 14, Democratic Assemblyman Mike Gatto said Katehi should resign. “The chancellor serving on the board of a textbook company was sufficient enough grounds to suspect that the best interests of the students weren’t being served,” Gatto said in a statement. “But the recent disclosure that the university made substantial, questionable PR expenditures cemented it in my mind.” Los Angeles Times
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engagement as well as academic performance. This program forms Living-Learning Communities (LLCs) in various halls around based on academic programs where students can live with others in the same major or college, have easy access to tutors and explore academic By Regina Lee Pieracci specific events and activities. A&E Contributor According to assistant director of LLCs Ben Spring in Corvallis usually marks prime hous- Medeiros, these communities are meant to offer ing search season, and many students’ first opportunities for experiential learning. instinct is to look for off-campus housing. But “These experiences promote a higher level Oregon State University offers an on-campus of engagement in their college experience, they housing program in coordination with academic get more out of it, and are more successful as departments that is meant to improve student a result of their participation,” Medeiros said.
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dents are more class specific. Students belonging to Arts and Social Justice are required to take courses together while the Adventure LLC requires the completion of the Adventure Leadership Level One Certificate. Francisco Alberto Boschetti Tofano, a sophomore in mechanical engineering and a Resident Assistant for the Engineering LLC in Buxton and Hawley Halls, said that there are definitely nice advantages to living in an academic community. “The tutors are a really good help. When’s it’s 9 p.m. where are you going to go? There’s a tutor sitting downstairs sometimes during the week, so I can just go down there and get some help,” Tofano said. While not all LLCs provide tutors inside the building, other perks can make a difference as well, Tofano explained. “Your neighbor is in your class with you and can help on homework,” Tofano said. “Or they might have already taken classes that you’re taking right now so they can give you the books, or tell you what professor to take.” According to an OSU resident survey last year, satisfaction ratings were higher for students in LLCs than non-LLC students. The results included a 7 percent increase in being able to meet new people, a 4 percent increase in interactions with faculty, a 6 percent increase in learning about diversity and social justice and a 4 percent increase in improving integration into college. “We care not just that our students come to Oregon State, but that they graduate, they move on, and that they keep progressing,” Medeiros said. Current LLC students also ‘get first crack’ at signing up for housing, before incoming students are assigned, according to Medeiros. Students can learn more about LLC’s and Special Interest Housing on the University Housing & Dining Services website, or from the UHDS office in Buxton Hall.
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Oregon State University’s LLCs include the Arts and Social Justice, College of Business, Engineering, Global Village, Health and WellBeing and the Honors College Program. For the 2016-17 school year, OSU will introduce two more LLC’s. Explore will be for students in University Exploratory Studies, and Adventure will be for students interested in the environment and getting outdoors. The LLCs are separate from the Special Interest Communities that OSU also offers. “Special Interest Communities are where students share an identity or choose to live together, but there are not necessarily the same resources and services available to those students,” Medeiros said. “There is a different expectation and living arrangement with the people on that floor.” These types of communities include a Collegiate Recovery Community for students with a history of addiction, Female-only and Male-only, Gender Inclusive, Study Intensive, ROTC, Substance Free, International and Sophomore and Above. The LLC’s and Special Interest Communities sometimes inhabit an entire building but usually only occupy specified floors or wings. The engineering LLC occupies the entirety of Buxton Hall while business students can reside in Weatherford or Poling Hall. Grace Jenkins, a junior double majoring in merchandising management and sustainability, lived in the Business LLC in Weatherford her freshman year. An LLC event that stood out to her were weekly visits from various CEO’s, CFO’s and other successful business partners. The events were a part of the Austin Entrepreneurship Program directed by Sandy Neubaum. For Jenkins, the business LLC had more of a ‘family feel’ compared to other residence halls. She felt that the advisers and staff “saw potential” in her, which motivated her to pursue work experience in Weatherford where she is now an event coordinator and TA. Other opportunities available to LLC resi-
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Senior second baseman Mikela Manewa in the field against Oregon April 9 earlier this season.Manewa recieved an All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention award last year.
Mikela Manewa wasnʼt aware of last weekendʼs professional softball draft until hearing about being selected By Josh Worden Senior Beat Reporter
As the Oregon State softball players prepared to board a flight for Los Angeles and the series against UCLA this weekend, the conversation turned to professional softball. Mikela Manewa, the starting second baseman, is one of only two graduating seniors on the team but she laughed off the idea of playing in the National Pro Fastpitch League. “I’m getting too old for this,” she said half-jokingly to her teammates. Shortly thereafter, with Manewa’s phone turned off during the flight, she was drafted 40th overall by the Scrap Yard Dawgs of Conroe, Tex. “As soon as I turned on my phone, I got a bunch of text messages,” Manewa said. “I’m like, ‘What is going on?’ The first one that I saw said ‘Congratulations.’ I was confused, so I looked at another text and my friend took a screen shot of the Twitter of the NPF. I was like, ‘What the heck?’ I didn’t know that was going to happen. The first person I showed was (head coach Laura) Berg. She was fist pumping, it was so funny. I was like, ‘coach Berg, let me know. I don’t know what’s going on!’ It was crazy.” “I didn’t even know they were doing a draft.”
Manewa, who is in her second and final year at OSU after transferring from the College of Southern Nevada, has started 91 games with the Beavers and is batting .328 this year with 10 doubles, three home runs and 21 runs batted in. “How awesome is that?” coach Berg said. “One of the owners of the team was texting me, asking if we had gotten to see it. I was like, ‘Oh crap, no. We just landed, but that’s exciting.’ I immediately tweeted it out. I’m extremely proud of her.” “Me and Mikela have a really great friendship, so just seeing her get drafted is amazing,” added freshman outfielder Jessica Garcia. “I’m happy for her.” Manewa was an All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention last year as a junior and has helped OSU secure a winning season this year and possibly the Beavers’ first NCAA Tournament berth since 2013. As for the professional softball career and moving to Texas, the Kapolei, Hawaii native will be in for some new experiences. “I’ve never ever been to Texas,” she said. “A lot of people keep telling me its hot, but nothing compares to Hawaii because it’s hot and muggy. So I think Hawaii wins.” Manewa was planning on getting a job after graduating, but getting drafted changes things. Now, she says, “all my summer plans are gone.” To go from a junior college to a Pac-12 school and now the professional ranks, Manewa has yet to fully take in the significance of the situation. “I don’t think it’s hit me just yet because I’m so focused on this season, but when I do think about it on my off time I think it’s crazy that even happened,” Manewa said. “Not a lot of girls get to
go play pro.”
2017 class announced
OSU officially signed three newcomers for the 2017 team on Tuesday who will be eligible next season. The three players are Sierra Mark, an infielder from Las Vegas and a three-time Nevada Club State Champion, Stephanie Merwin, who garnered first-team all-conference honors three times as a utility player at Richland High School in Richland, Wash., as well as Fallon Molinar, an all-league player from Morro Bay, Calif. The only graduating seniors on this year’s roster are second baseman Mikela Manewa and pitcher Bev Miller, and OSU addressed those areas in particular with one pitcher and three position players that can all play infield. OSU already had one signee from the fall: Nerissa Eason, a pitcher from Grass Valley, Calif. Eason was ranked No. 12 of all high school softball players in the national in FloSoftball’s Hot 100 Class of 2016. She’ll be eligible to play next season in 2017 along with Mark, Merwin and Molinar. The Beavers still have three series left this regular season before a potential NCAA Tournament berth, starting this weekend with a home matchup against Washington that starts Friday in Corvallis. The games will start at 1 p.m. on Friday, 1 p.m. on Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday. On Twitter @ BrightTies
By the numbers: OSU baseball takes on Pac-12 leader Utah After dropping Pac-12 series last week to Wazzu, Beavers turn focus to Utes in Salt Lake City By Brian Rathbone Sports contributor
Oregon State at Utah
• Series: Oregon State (24-9, 6-6 Pac-12) at
Utah (13-20, 8-4) • Time: Thursday and Friday 5 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. • Location: Smithʼs Ballpark in Salt Lake City. • Last meeting: Beavers won 10-2 on Feb. 22. Last year the Beavers nearly swept the Utes in Corvallis, they tied the final game of the series after the 15 inning affair was called due the Utah having to catch their
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Utah’s winning percentage in Pac-12 play, the best in the conference.
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Oregon State’s conference winning percentage, sixth best in the Pac-12
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The average that opposing batters hit against Utah pitchers—the highest in the Pac-12.. As a team, the Beavers hit .297, highest in the conference
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The number of times a Utah batter has been hit by a pitch this season, that is 12 more times than the next highest team in the Pac12.
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Utah’s winning percentage outside of conference play, the lowest in the Pac-12.
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OSU’s non-conference winning percentage. Highest of the Pac-12 schools.
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The number of times Utah base stealers have been caught stealing. OSU catcher Logan Ice has thrown out 11 of the 25 the runners attempting to steal on him.
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The strikeout total junior pitcher Jayson Rose, which leads the Pac-12. Rose also leads the conference with 12 wild pitches. Oregon State has struck out a Pac-12 low 178 times.
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Sophomore outfielder Christian Donahue is currently on a seven-game hit streak. During that stretch, Donahue has gone 16-31 and raised his batting average to .369.
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The number of Pac-12 series wins the Utes have in their four years since joining the conference.
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OSU football’s post spring depth chart OFFENSE:
WIDE RECEIVER (Z) 2 Hunter Jarmon, junior 7 Xavier Hawkins, junior 88 Rahmel Dockery, senior
LEFT TACKLE
77 Sean Harlow, senior 73 Blake Brandel, redshirt freshman OR 60 Will Hopkins, junior
DEFENSIVE END
52 Sumner Houston, sophomore 90 Phillip Napoleon, junior
OUTSIDE LINEBACKER (F)
47 Bright Ugwoegbu, sophomore 32 Jonathan Willis, sophomore
WIDE RECEIVER (R) 16 Paul Lucas, sophomore 7 Xavier Hawkins, junior
LEFT GUARD
QUARTERBACK
64 Fred Lauina, junior 61 Drew Clarkson, sophomore 68 Sosia Tauaho, senior
10 Darell Garretson, junior 3 Marcus McMaryion, sophomore 15 Mason Moran, freshman
CENTER
INSIDE LINEBACKER (M) 55 Manase Hungalu, junior 58 Hamilton Hunt
INSIDE LINEBACKER (R) 35 Caleb Saulo, senior 5 Kyle Haley, senior
76 Yanni Demogerontas, sophomore 65 Leo Fuimaono, junior OR 75 Brayden Kearsley, junior 63 Mason Johnson, sophomore
RUNNING BACK RIGHT GUARD
62 Gavin Andrews, senior 51 Kammy Delp, sophomore 70 Gus Lavaka, freshman
34 Ryan Nall, sophomore 23 Damien Haskins, junior OR 16 Paul Lucas, sophomore 33 Kyle White, junior OR 20 Tim Cook, senior
OUTSIDE LINEBACKER (B) 93 Titus Failauga, junior 41 Shemar Smith, freshman
TIGHT END
CORNERBACK
10 Caleb Smith, senior 82 Tuli Wily-Matagi, redshirt freshman
RIGHT TACKLE
14 Treston Decoud, senior 28 Shawn Wilson, redshirt freshman
74 Dustin Stanton, senior 67 Trent Moore, sophomore 78 Sam Curtius, junior
SAFETY
H-BACK WIDE RECEIVER (X)
13 Jordan Villamin, junior 18 Timmy Hernansez, sophomore 86 Andre Bodden, redshirt freshman
3 Brandon Arnold, junior 25 Jalen Moore, redshirt freshman OR 19 Omar Hicks-Onu, redshirt freshman
81 Noah Togiai, sophomore 42 Ricky Ortiz, senior 25 Jaylynn Bailey, junior
DEFENSE:
SAFETY
26 Devin Chappell, senior 30 Gabe Ovgard, sophomore
DEFENSIVE END
WIDE RECEIVER (T)
95 Baker Pritchard, junior 96 LaMone Williams, sophomore
6 Victor Bolden, senior 19 Trevon Bradford, freshman
CORNERBACK
29 Dwayne Williams, sophomore 22 Xavier Crawford, redshirt freshman
NICKELBACK
NOSE TACKLE
24 Jay Irvine, redshirt freshman 17 Cyril Noland-Lewis, senior
97 Kalani Vakameilalo, sophomore 91 Noke Tago, senior
DEFENSIVE TACKLE
56 Elu Aydon, redshirt freshman 57 Chris Mengis, redshirt freshman OR 98 Andrew Iademarco, redshirt freshman
SPECIALISTS: KICKER
21 Garrett Owens, junior 27 Ian Crist, senior
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Do what you love
By Jackie Keating Forum contributor
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’ve heard it a lot, and it bothers me every time— something along the lines of “I would have gone with (insert subject that I enjoy here), but it’s not like I could do anything with that degree, so I’m a (subject that society says is more valuable) major.” The idea that you can’t get a job unless you get a science, engineering or business degree is a misconception that can greatly alter how content some may be with their overall college experience. I’m not saying someone with a degree in history is going to have the same salary and opportunities to obtain that number as someone who majors in chemical engineering, because although that would be nice, it’s just not probable. What I’m saying is that if you really love history, and getting a degree in that field would make you not hate life inside the walls of your classrooms because you genuinely enjoy learning about it, then think twice about skipping that option. Despite popular belief, there are jobs
for hardworking people in just about any field. There is also a misconception out there that you will have to get a job in your field of study. When people find out that I’m an English major, the main common question, besides the classically passive-aggressive “what are you going to do with that,” is the more specific “so do you want to be a teacher?” In a word, no. I do not want to teach. But I understand the question, because people assume that my options after graduation will be very limited due to my liberal arts background. Personally, I’m not entirely sure what I want to do after graduation, but I know that I don’t have to stick to the usual English teacher/librarian options that others tend to associate with my degree. English majors, if they want to stick with jobs in their field, can end up going into television, publishing, web editing and writing, politics, speech writing and lobbying, for example. I am currently working for The Daily Barometer and get paid for writing, which I love doing. The beauty of it, though, is that you don’t have to get a job in your field. My mother received her undergraduate degree in Psychology and became a flight attendant for Pan Am following graduation. My father got a degree in history and became a stockbroker before deciding to become a teacher. You are not limited to the degree that you decide to pursue, so why stress about it? The point of this column is
obviously not to bash people who go into STEM fields. I admire people who have those skills, and probably most of the students in those programs love what they do, which is awesome! The point is that students who decide to go down other paths shouldn’t be less valued because of their choice of major. Again, I know that it would be great to be able to pick a field of study that you love without ever having to think about your marketability after graduation, but I also understand that that’s not really how our society works. So, if you pick a major that prompts that “What are you going to do with that” question, just know that if your work ethic is strong, you form strong relationships, complete an internship or get involved some other way, that you can build a strong resume no matter the degree you pursue. I understand that it can be hard to choose a major that society doesn’t see as valuable, or at least as valuable as other majors, but if it’s possible, at least take into consideration whether you’re happy in your field of study. If you think another option is going to make you happier, take a chance, do what you love, and prove the haters wrong. The opinions expressed in Keating’s column do not necessarily reflect those of The Daily Barometer staff. baro.forum@oregonstate.edu
‘Hazardous’ is not necessarily ‘radioactive’ Letter to the editor The Friday, April 8, 2016 edition of The Daily Barometer featured a cover story detailing the fines levied by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) against Oregon State University for a variety of compliance issues. Per the article, the major concern was improper labelling and storage of chemical waste, which was largely limited to Weniger and Gilbert halls. A large image of a radioactive waste drum with an affixed placard reading “Caution: Radioactive Materials” accompanied the article. We feel that this is an egregious misrepresentation of the story that is being reported and an inappropriate characterization of the handling of radioactive materials on campus. The EPA fines were unrelated to radioactive materials. While the EPA monitors radioactive releases to the atmosphere and public drinking water, they are not the organization that regulates radioactive waste storage or labelling on campus. Furthermore, the image used is incongruent with the description of the violations in the article, as it represents a properly labelled disposal container with spill safeguards. As students who regularly work with, around, or on projects that involve radioactive materials, this distortion of the narrative is particularly distressing. Radioactive mate-
rials and nuclear research frequently receive significant, undue negative implications from a variety of media sources. Treatment of diseases, advances in physical sciences, and production of significant quantities of carbon neutral electricity are often overshadowed in movies, television and news reporting by baseless fear mongering. This unjustifiably damages the reputation of people who work in this field, and we feel that the improper use of the image accompanying this article represents a continuation of this trend. We appreciate The Daily Barometer’s willingness to retract this image, and would be happy to communicate our research to all members of the campus community. Tours of the Radiation Center will be offered on Mom’s Weekend (April 29 – May 1) to anyone who is interested in viewing our facilities or learning about our fields of study. We hope to use this time to generate enthusiasm for working in the versatile and dynamic field of radiation sciences, and look forward to answering any questions about our work. Sincerely, Students of Radiation and Nuclear Sciences
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Movie review: Hanks scores in ‘Hologram for the King’ By Colin Covert Star Tribune
in. While Alan’s picaresque adventure taps every friendly wheedling skill he has, his assignment feels more like a kamikaze run each day. Since he’s desperately chasing the deal largely to finance his beloved daughter’s college tuition, he feels like a fundamentally humane guy to sympathize with, the sort of role Hanks automatically makes full of personality. There are a few characters here who recognize those qualities. Alan’s Arab driver (an ebullient performance by Alexander Black) awkwardly tries to be friendly by offering trashy American cassette rock and a side trip to check out the public executions, but over time he and Alan build an alliance. The worker piloting the excavator outside the tech team’s tent initially ignores Alan’s daily “hello” waves like he’s an alien. Eventually he waves back. The film is about the specific experience of losing contacts in your faraway home and finding a seemingly fitting circle of friends where life has landed you. A painful back brings Alan into the care of a lovely doctor (Sarita Choudhury) who sends subtle signals that her interest in his well-being may extend beyond professional boundaries. Or religious ones; women in conservative Saudi face an outright ban on romantic and sexual contact with non-Muslim men. And yet there is an appetite for freedom dancing in her pupils. Alan’s last-ditch run for the deal of a lifetime may have nothing to do with commerce. Director Tom Tykwer (“Run Lola Run”) manages to view Alan’s exile as both enchanted and nervous, connecting it to the rootlessness and ever-evolving values of our time. It’s not entirely free of stereotypes or sentimental moments. What it is, though, is amazingly likable. ‘A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING’ 3 out of 4 stars
God bless Tom Hanks. Can I get an amen? He’s one of Hollywood’s most talented and popular actors in the golden years of a landmark career, and he keeps picking novel, interesting, rewarding projects. Hanks makes movies where cars don’t hit each other and the point of the story isn’t promoting a theme park adventure ride. The star is equally admirable in his latest comic drama, “A Hologram for the King,” based on the wry 2012 novel by Dave Eggers. He plays Alan Clay, a garrulous business executive who earned a fine living at Schwinn bicycles. He felt a poignant level of empathy when he informed the nameless strangers at the plant that their labor was being outsourced to China. His sensitivity ticked up several rungs when he was downsized, too. His economic drain-circling gets a bizarrely bouncy interpretation in an opening that quickly sketches the story’s themes. It’s a postmodern bit of comic hyperbole, a dreamlike karaoke take on Talking Heads’ Afrobeat cult hit, “Once in a Lifetime.” The lyrics put the discontents of middle-class middle age into an infectious groove. “You may find yourself without a beautiful house, without a beautiful wife,” Alan quotes as those trophies surrealistically explode behind him, “and you may ask yourself, ‘How did I get here?’” He sees the Silicon Age as a soul-sucking roller coaster ride that he endures with faux-cheerful smiles. Getting back on the winning team drives him to Saudi Arabia to sell a high-tech 3-D video messaging system to the king. Well, try to pitch it. America’s wealthy, antiquated, futuristic, obstinate ally is a maze of cultural, bureaucratic and geographic jumbles. Reaching royal leaders who promise meetings nonstop but never arrive is even tougher. The ever-lengthening sales mission bounces him from manic energy to exhaustion. His young tech squad is housed by the Saudi government in an inhospitable tent in the desert Rating: R for some sexuality/nudity, language without food or – gasp! _ Wi-Fi. His patronizing boss calls him for instant progress updates, then and brief drug use. hangs up on him as more important calls come Star Tribune
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