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Council hears OSU plan, voice parking, other concerns By Emma-Kate Schaake THE DAILY BAROMETER
The OSU campus planning staff updated the City Council on the upcoming OSU District Plan at a council work session Monday evening. The current campus master plan has been in place for the past eight years and during that time, the university has grown and changed in many ways, sometimes pushing against the boundaries of Corvallis. The campus master plan is a comprehensive plan, which addresses everything on campus from parking to natural space for the coming years. It is large and all-encompassing to address the state of the university as it grows and evolves. “The purpose of monitoring is to find out how well we are doing with the plan we have, how we are doing with mitigating,” said Councilman Dan Brown, who was a council member during the original plan’s implementation. “I think mitigation could be improved.” As the new plan moves forward, the council and the OSU planning division will look to the past for future improvement. “We realize that there are opportunities for improvement based on what we’ve learned over those eight years,” said OSU’s campus planning manager Dave Dodson. Many of the major concerns moving forward were identified through Collaboration Corvallis partnership, which focused its efforts on neighborhood planning, parking and traffic and livability. Dodson identified some of the concerns to be addressed in the plan as transportation, housing, neighborhood relations and natural features. See COUNCIL | page 4
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Author Kayla Garcia documents in new book how the work of 18 Latino leaders reshaped society By Ria Rankine THE DAILY BAROMETER
Author Kayla Garcia once said, “Latino issues are everyone’s issues.” In her latest book, Garcia, a Spanish professor at Oregon State University, explains how this is true and how the actions of some have a consequence on all. In Garcia’s second book, “Latino and Latina Leaders of the 21st Century”, she steps into the work-life of 18 Latino leaders to show how they’ve contributed to creating a better society. From activists to politicians, Garcia follows men and women who go beyond the Latino community to create changes on a global scale. “I’m trying to get the message out about how Latinos are contributing and how they’re connected to many causes,” Garcia said. “All the contributions they’ve made to our society in many different ways and how they’ve improved our lives.” Garcia may have written the book, but the message belongs to the leaders she depicts within its pages. One such person with whom Garcia spent time is activist Dolores Huerta. Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers to create a more hospitable environment for farmers, many of whom were immigrants. She fought to give the workers toilets on the side of the field, along with water to drink and to wash their hands.
“Because of (Huerta’s) efforts and the efforts of all the farm workers unit, we now have produce that is cleaner and picked under more humane conditions,” Garcia said. “So that affects our food — everybody’s food.” The book, which took Garcia two years to complete, sheds light on a variety of issues. Pedro Arenas, a senior at OSU majoring in history, believes the awareness created with each story is, in some way, a solution to the problem. “A solution for me doesn’t mean that we’re going to go out and solve poverty,” Arenas said. “You can go out and solve problems ... but first, you need to make people aware of it.” Arenas took Garcia’s ethnic studies class in winter 2013, during which the students read and discussed “Latino and Latina Leaders of the 21st Century”. Arenas likes the book because it appeals to the general public. It doesn’t target one group — it was written for everyone. Since reading the book, he’s asked himself, “What can I do on campus to take the role as a student activist?” Arenas is a community relations facilitator for University Housing and Dining at OSU. “What we do is form dialogue in regards to social justice issues,” Arenas said. Arenas, who believes people should work together for a common cause, strives to make a stronger community on campus with the diversity initiatives program. See GARCIA | page 4
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Pay it Forward talks push along HECC continues to discuss no principle feasibility, interest college repayment plan
a capstone project proposal at Portland State University, would allow college students to pay off their tuition through a percentage based on both their income and the schools they attended. By Sean Bassinger For example, a student who takes THE DAILY BAROMETER a full school year worth of 45 credits The Hi g h e r E d u c a t i o n at a four-year institution would pay 1 Coordinating Commission con- percent back from their work check. tinued talks regarding the Pay it According to Donna Lewelling, Forward initiative Wednesday. HECC policy analyst, the commisThe plan, which originated from sion concluded that a grace period of n
six months, like many other federal aid programs, would be the default amount of time until students had to begin repayment. Original proposals outlined a grace period of two years, but the HECC decided it could pose challenges because of students who move away. “Students are already kind of used to that window for (financial aid),” See PAY IT FORWARD | page 4
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Clark takes part in global conference, writes report regarding environmental issues
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In order to celebrate the protection of the environment and the planet, Earth Day began in the United States exactly 44 years ago. Since the first Earth Day in 1970, with ever-changing technologies, an increase in global population and heightened demands for more
resources, new challenges for Earth have arisen. Despite efforts toward maintaining a healthy planet with annual environmental panel talks, awareness events and the passing of laws, these challenges have made protecting the environment a significantly more difficult task. Globally, scientists are attempting to get a grip on the situation. Peter Clark, a professor in the College of Earth Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, is one of
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Oregon State’s student media department has filled two more student positions. Both positions last throughout the 2014-15 academic year. Sean Bassinger, who currently works as a beat reporter covering higher education for The Daily Barometer, will serve as the editorin-chief of The Daily Barometer. He will also serve as editor-in-chief for the 2014 Summer Barometer. Bassinger is a digital communication arts major within the College of Liberal Arts. Previously, he was the editor-in-chief at The Commuter, Linn Benton Community College’s student newspaper. Eric Pinnock, a pre-public health major in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, has been selected to serve as business manager for the Barometer. Pinnock is currently the distribution manager for the Barometer. managing@dailybarometer.com
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Communication breakdown Corvallis police reported to a resident who observed someone allegedly keying a car. The observer passed on the license plate of the suspect to police. When officers talked to the suspect, he said he keyed the car because he didn’t want his wife to park there. He thought if she continued to park there, the car would get towed and he would have to pay the fine. The victim didn’t want to pursue criminal charges. Saturday, April 12
Just plain creepy A report of suspicious activity was called in from Sancho’s Mexican Grill at 11:32 p.m. A female said she was using the bathroom outside the restaurant when an unknown person walked in and allegedly stuck their phone over the stall. The female believed the person
some shrubs. She was so intoxicated she couldn’t provide any information. She was cited for minor-in-possession of alcohol and transported to Good Samaritan Hospital for treatment. Friday, April 18
tried to take a picture, so she said “hey” and the person quickly exited. There is a video camera outside the restaurant, which Corvallis police will use to identify a suspect. Thursday, April 17
Anything’s comfortable when you’re drunk Corvallis police were dispatched to the intersection of 21st Street and Jackson Avenue for an allegedly intoxicated female. Officers found a 19-yearold female sitting in the middle of
Needed to cover that trail Around 11 p.m., a hit-and-run was observed near the intersection of 23rd Street and Monroe Avenue. A car allegedly hit a telephone pole, which resulted in it being knocked over, and then left the scene. Corvallis police followed the trail of debris and radiator fluid to a house on the 900 block of 15th Street. Robert Combs, 21, was still sitting in his car at the home. He failed standard field sobriety tests and was arrested for driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless driving and failure to preform duties properly. managing@dailybarometer.com
Tuesday, April 22 Events
Career Services, 2-4pm, MU 206. Speed Mock Interviews. Practice interviewing with Employers & Career Specialists! Bring resume. Sign up on Beaver JobNet. School of History, Philosophy and Religion, Vegans and Vegetarians at OSU, 7pm, Milam Auditorium. Free screening of the film Speciesism - The Movie. Everyone who attends gets a free raffle ticket and chance to win prizes. Student Health Services, Women’s Center, CAPS, 1-3pm, MU Quad. Becoming Part of the Solution: Men as Active Bystanders. An interactive photo activism project that will encourage men (and all people in general) to think about practical ways that they can work toward ending sexual violence.
Wednesday, April 23
Oregon’s debate over gay rights spans 25 years
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SALEM — What a difference a decade makes — or a quarter century. In 1988, Oregon voters overturned a governor’s executive order — applying only to state employees — banning discrimination based on sexual orientation, a measure that was quickly overturned in court. Ten years later in 1998, the Oregon Court of Appeals became the nation’s first to recognize samesex domestic partnerships in Tanner v. Oregon Health & Science University. In 2004, Oregon joined 13 states where voters amended their constitutions to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman, thereby barring marriage by same-sex couples. But now again, 10 years later, a federal judge will hear two related challenges to the ban in a Eugene courtroom this Wednesday — and judges have overturned similar bans in other states. As an aside, Christine Tanner and her partner Lisa Chickadonz also are parties to one of the latest challenges. Massachusetts — the first state to allow marriages by same-sex couples back in 2004 — has been joined by 16 states and Washington, D.C. If the case is not enough, Oregon United for Marriage is poised to submit 160,000 signatures for a ballot measure to repeal the 2004 constitutional ban. Repeal advocates need 116,284 valid signatures, but will hold off submitting them to the secretary of state pending the federal case. “We are in the catbird’s seat, and I am confident that in 2014, we will bring the freedom to marry in Oregon,” said Mike Marshall, campaign
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Events International Students of OSU, 5pm, International Resource Center in the MU. Cultural Exposition. An exposition of culture through songs, poems, cultural stories and presentations of cultural items.
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Lisa Chickadonz (left) and Chris Tanner (right) are first in line as couples begin lining up outside the Multnomah County offices in Portland in 2004. manager. In the Oregon challenge, unlike most of those in other states, no one will have legal standing to appeal a decision that strikes down the ban because neither Gov. John Kitzhaber nor Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has chosen to defend it in court. The other side Still, Oregon voters might have a chance to weigh in on a different aspect of the issue this year. The Oregon Family Council was the chief backer of the 2004 constitutional ban. Measure 36 qualified for a statewide vote quickly after Multnomah County issued 3,000 marriage licenses to same-sex couples — the licenses were declared invalid the following year by the Oregon Supreme Court after Measure 36 passed —
and galvanized some churches to mobilize signature-gathering efforts. The council now is backing a proposed ballot measure, requiring 87,213 valid signatures filed by July 3, to allow businesses to refuse to provide services in connection with same-sex weddings or related ceremonies. The measure is in the same vein as, although not identical to, a measure vetoed by Gov. Jan Brewer in Arizona. “Oregonians will have the opportunity in 2014 to protect religious freedom and individual conscience rights now and for future generations of Oregonians,” said Teresa Harke, spokeswoman for the council. Rep. Vicki Berger of Salem was among a handful of Republicans to support the nondiscrimination law and domestic partner-
ships for same-sex couples in 2007. Berger said this year she supports a removal of the marriage ban because the 2007 law already provides for an exemption she helped craft for religious organizations. Marshall of Oregon United for Marriage said he assumes that the council’s measure will qualify for the general election Nov. 4 — and he does not want to fight a two-front war by putting a repeal measure on the same ballot, assuming that the judge will strike down Oregon’s ban. “I have to be a good steward of our resources,” he said. “We need to pull out all the stops to defeat this discriminatory measure. We not only want to defeat it, we want to stomp on it because if it passes in Oregon or even loses narrowly, you will see it in 10 different states.”
Israel home to fan with largest collection of Blazers gear By Geoff Norcross
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PORTLAND — As the Portland Trail Blazers embark on the postseason, Blazers fans all over the world are donning their gear to cheer on the team. If you doubt the global reach of Blazer fandom, consider Rich Brownstein. He is perhaps the most fanatical Blazers fan, but he doesn’t live in Portland, or even in America. He lives in Israel. And he has what he claims is the largest collection of Blazers stuff in the world. The size of the collection is beyond Brownstein’s comprehension. “I couldn’t begin to count,” he says. He also declined to have his collection officially declared the world’s largest. “My wife’s not interested in being married to a Guinness book record holder for such a silly thing,” Brownstein said. But he is comfortable claiming the title, until a challenger comes forward. So far, nobody has done so. Brownstein, 52, is a Portland native who moved to Jersualem in 2003. He got his
first piece of Blazers memorabilia from his first-grade teacher: a mini basketball autographed by Blazers All-Star Sidney Wicks. From there, the collection has blossomed into the usual pile of jerseys and hats _ but it also includes some obscure and bizarre items. Brownstein has Blazers Barbie Dolls, a Blazers windsock, even Blazers underwear. His flashiest item? The scoreboard control panel from the Memorial Coliseum, used when the Blazers won the NBA championship in 1977. The most spiritual? A Blazers yarmulke, on “permanent loan” from his brother in the states. The most unusual? A orthodontic retainer with the Blazers logo on it, donated by his niece. He says, “She used it. She’s done, and she thought it would be good for the collection.” COURTESY OF RICH BROWNSTEIN Brownstein is not in it for money. He Brownstein has what he claims is the says he’s never sold any of his collection, largest collection of Blazers stuff in the although he’s donated items to fellow world. collectors.
Student Health Services, Women’s Center, CAPS, 9am registration/ check-in, 10am race start, MU Quad. Move Toward Hope 5K/10K Walk/Run. A FREE event focused on increasing participants’ awareness of sexual violence and the importance of bystander intervention in the prevention of sexual violence.
Monday, April 28 Events
Student Health Services, Women’s Center, CAPS, 7pm, MU Journey Room. Film Screening: “Brave Miss World.” The film explores the trauma and stigma of sexual assault, thorugh one woman’s inspiring journey from teenage victim to empowered survivor, lawyer and advocate. Face AIDS, 6:30pm doors open, MU Ballroom. Condom Couture 2014. OSU’s third annual Condom Couture Fashion Show. HIV/AIDS awareness event. All the outfits are made almost entirely of condoms.
Tuesday, April 29 Speakers
OSU Events, 7-9pm, LaSells Stewart Center. DISCOVERY Lecture Series. Adam Braun is the Founder and CEO of Pencils for Promise, an award-winning nonprofit that has opened more than 200 schools across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Events Gamma Alpha Omega Sorority Inc., 5:30-7pm, Centro Cultural César Chávez. Celebrating the 14th birthday of Gamma Alpha Omega Sorority Inc. Kappa Chapter. Small presentation with cake & refreshments to follow. Campus Recycling, 6-8pm, 644 SW 13th St. April Repair Fair - Receive free fixes for broken or damaged belongings and learn how to repair them yourself!
Wednesday, April 30 Meetings
College Republicans, 7pm, Gilkey 113. Come join us for discussion on current events in the state and nation. W7OSU, 5pm, Snell 229. OSU Amateur Radio Club meeting.
Thursday, May 1 Meetings
Baha’i Campus Association, 12:30pm, MU Talisman Room. A discussion - Empowerment of junior youth.
Friday, May 2 Meetings
OSU Chess Club, 4-6pm, MU Commons. Come play with us and learn more about this classic game. All skill levels welcome.
Sunday, May 4 Events
International Students of OSU, Noon-4pm, MU Quad. International Spring Festival. Come eat food from different cultures, interact with different cultural associations on campus and find out more about their culture. There is going to be live music.
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Officer worried suspect might take hostage before shooting By Kristian Foden-Vencil
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PORTLAND — The officer who shot and killed Kelly Swoboda near Wilson High School last month, was worried Swoboda might take a child and hold them hostage -- according to the grand jury transcript released Monday. The transcript tells how Portland Police Officer, John Romero, stopped Swoboda on March 12 -- after a 911 report about a suspicious vehicle trailing students. Romero told the grand jury he had to jog to catch up with Swoboda and when he got close enough, he told him to sit on a wall. Swoboda complied, but because he wouldn’t take his hands out of his pockets and because of the way he kept looking around, Romero thought he might run. But Romero told the grand jury, Swoboda then stood up, pulled out a gun and shot him in the hand. Romero says he then returned fire from 10 to 15 feet away. Swoboda died at the scene. Swoboda was wanted for an alleged kidnapping in Clackamas County earlier this year. He also had prior bank robbery and firearm convictions.
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quite docile because they have no hive to defend. “You want to deal with the swarms, but PORTLAND — It’s swarm season. That means urban and rural residents please don’t kill them,� Andersen says. Swarms cling in a cluster — often landcould be outside enjoying an Oregon spring when suddenly thousands of hon- ing on trees, fences or the sides of houses — for at least a few hours, but usually for eybees buzz in like a dark cloud. “Don’t get excited and get out your bug about two days, Andersen says. That prospray can,� says Paul Andersen, presi- vides a little leeway to collect them. A beekeeper will come out, shake them dent of the Oregon State Beekeepers Association. “And don’t swat at them or into a box, and take them away once they settle. stir them up.� It’s better to have the swarm collected Swarming is how bee colonies expand, when a queen bee leaves her colony in the than to let them find their own new home, company of a large group of worker bees, Andersen says, because they could find out to create a new hive. Swarm season their way into chimneys and walls, creatstarts in early April, peaks in May and ing a nuisance. tapers off into July. When honeybees swarm, they usually Honeybee populations are in crisis — a land a few hundred feet away from their potential problem for the nation’s food hive. People seeing the swarms often supply — so Andersen asks people not don’t even realize they were living near a to freak out if they see a swarm. Just walk beehive, he says. away, pick up a phone and call a beekeeper About one-third of the nation’s food to come collect it. He recommends people supply depends on pollination from honcall a beekeeper in his association, which eybees, Andersen says. In recent years lists its members on its website. there’s been high death rates among bees, Bee swarms may intimidate onlookers, linked to colony collapse disorder, parasitic he says, but swarming bees are usually mites and pesticides. PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP
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these scientists working to provide the most accurate data on the state of the earth’s climate. Clark became involved in 2009 with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a report to provide governmental policymakers with an assessment of the scientific understanding of climate change. The IPCC was first developed in 1988. Since 1990, there have been five landmark reports released and the research on climate change has become clearer — the climate system’s changes since 1950 are observably unmatched throughout recent decades to millennia and its cause is human induced, according to the report. The most recent report is divided into three working groups, each releasing its own report. Clark was involved in working group one, which involved assessing the physical science of climate change. The report was released in September 2013 following a meeting in Stockholm with the world’s government’s delegates to approve the report. Working group two of the IPCC assessed the impacts of climate change, and working group three assessed the measures needed for the mitigation of climate change. Each government recommended a slate
“I did this all at OSU and my compensation from OSU for my time to be involved in the IPCC report was to teach one less course,� Clark said. “It was definitely a lot more effort than that — overall, during the three-and-a-half years that I was involved, it probably took close to about 50 percent of my time.� The document that the delegates comment on is called “The Summary for Policymakers,� a synthesized summary of the whole report, which was more than 1,500 pages in length. This summary distills the most essential information that would be of greatest interest to policymakers down to about 25 or 30 pages. For Clark, an exhausting five-day period was spent going over every word from start-to-finish through the summary for policymakers, nearly 300 delegates from more than 100 countries present at the meeting in Stockholm. This meeting, known as a plenary meeting, gives the delegates the opportunity not to question the science — they’re not allowed to change the science that went into the report — but to ask for clarification and to ask for some possible rephrasing or rewriting of statements that are policy relevant.
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of scientists to be considered for involvement in the assessment and scientists were nominated from each country. The United States nominated Clark, and in 2010, he was selected to be the cocoordinating lead author of the chapter on sea-level change with John Church, a scientist with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, a national science agency in Australia. “Overall, the biggest issue was the pressure to get all the details of a complex situation correct, and communicate it clearly,� Church said. The report consists of 14 chapters, with each chapter addressing some aspect of the physical science of climate change. Clark and Church solicited information from other scientists who were carrying research on the field and could contribute to the chapter The chapter ended up with 57 contributing authors. “Our chapter was considered a synthesis chapter, because we synthesized a lot of information that appeared in other chapters,� Clark said. “In our particular case, we were interacting with eight of the other 13 chapters in terms of making sure that what we said was consistent with what they said and visa versa.� Each of the 14 chapters went through a total of four drafts. Clark and his team had to then respond to each of the 50,000 comments that delegates provided.
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Creating awareness and inspiring change may be the strongest messages in the book, but Garcia did have a second agenda while writing. “I feel that in the mass media, Latinos are often portrayed as criminals,” Garcia said. “My book is an attempt to offer the other side of the story that often is not mentioned. The general reading public may change their views toward Latinos and be happy to find the good news about all of these incredible people.” The book tells the stories of Latinos who worked hard to represent their community. They overcame daunting challenges and reaped success for themselves and for the people for whom they fought. Garcia reveals positive role models that students can look up to, role models that can end the misrepresentation of Latinos. “I think that Latino students will be really inspired by these stories and may go on to make a difference for themselves,” Garcia said. Rebecca Simmons, a first-year graduate student at OSU, took Garcia’s ethnic studies course, Latino activists, in winter 2013. She appreciates the stories of courage found in the book and believes there should be more stories of this nature. “It’s really important to tell these stories that average, everyday people can make a difference and that everybody has a capacity to change the world around them and make it a more positive place,” Simmons said. Simmons, who is going for her master’s in contemporary Hispanic studies, will head to Guatemala for the Guatemala Human Rights Commission in August. There, she will meet activists involved in the organization. “This course and her book definitely gave me inspiration and motivation to pursue that opportunity,” Simmons said. “The stories were very informative and empowering. They gave me a desire to make a change in the community, both locally and abroad.” By highlighting significant issues, “Latino and Latina Leaders of the 21st Century” strives for change and calls for leaders. “They’re fighting for greater issues that include everyone,” Arenas said. “So it’s calling for others to align — be activists within their own realm.”
Parking has been a point of contention for the city and OSU in recent months in light of the preliminary implementation of the city’s residential parking districts and OSU’s redesigned plan to utilize spaces on campus, and many councilors were concerned with parking in the new plan. “I wanted to call out parking to make sure it’s on the list,” Brown said. Dodson said traffic and parking will be addressed, especially in terms of mitigation for neighborhood impact. “Issues of transportation are OSU’s financial contribution to CTS and Linn Benton loop and especially parking on campus,” Dodson said. Councilwoman Penny York insisted on the importance that OSU make parking on campus more accessible without spreading to city streets. “We know parking is more of a problem than it was eight years ago,” York said. Councilman Biff Traber was also concerned with traffic impacts as the new OSU parking plan takes place starting next fall. “The traffic counts that we typically do include the intersections on campus and
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the intersections adjacent,” Dodson said. Dodson said the planners will revisit the sections that are analyzed throughout the process, especially in light of changes. The OSU District Plan, formerly called the Campus Master Plan, will go through a process of outreach and engagement over the next 11 months. Within that timeframe, the planners will address the City Council an additional four times to update the council on progress. Following outreach, the application submission and public hearings will take place approximately eight months before its final adoption in December 2015. “I like the idea of getting council input soon so the city and the public aren’t in the dark,” said Councilman Brown. For successful implementation, the new plan needs City and OSU input and approval. Within the projected timeline, the process will begin in OSU Capital Planning and Development, then move to a Community and Technical Advisory Committee, followed by an OSU steering committee and the city Planning Commission before finally reaching the City Council. Emma-Kate Schaake
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assistance from graduated students and employees who pay into it. However, the fund does require an initial Lewelling said. “So for the Pay it Forward, contribution from the state. “It’s money that has to be invested by that seems appropriate to mirror it.” Rob Fullmer, HECC commissioner and the state in order for this program to get Pay it Forward workgroup chair, said the off the ground,” Fullmer said. commission wants to consider a $25 milUnlike a loan, Fullmer said, there exists lion pilot program that would allow a small no principle or interest amount. number of Oregon high schools to par“There’s no balance to pay down,” he ticipate in the first stages of the initiative. said. “It’s just based on a fixed percentage “Whether or not there will be a pilot is of your adjusted gross income.” still very much in doubt,” Fullmer said. The Pay it Forward initiative was initially “The intent is to change the culture of high scheduled to debut in the beginning of schools where students haven’t always 2015. Students who have already received thought of themselves as potential college federal aid when the program starts could attendees and graduates.” still apply for eligibility in the program At the current stage, the pilot has to be since it operates on a per-credit basis. approved by the student success subcom“By making it by credit hour, we’re putmittee on the HECC, followed by approval ting the greatest amount of flexibility into of the entire commission itself. the program for students,” Fullmer said. Unlike the Oregon Opportunity Grant, which sometimes experiences shortfalls Sean Bassinger due to lack of state funding, the Pay it Higher education reporter Forward plan would primarily receive managing@dailybarometer.com
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Cooke transferring adds to list of concerns for 2014-15 season O
regon State guard Hallice Cooke is transferring, according to a CBS Sports report released Monday afternoon. Cooke, who averaged 7.7 points per game and shot 45.8 percent from 3-point territory as a freshman this past season, was widely considered OSU’s top returning player heading into next season. The 6-foot-3 guard will have three years of eligibility remaining after having to sit out a season due to NCAA transfer rules, assuming he opts to transfer to a Division I school. The blow figures to be a massive one for an OSU team that will enter the 2014-15 campaign with an abundance of question marks. With Cooke gone, here are a few notable statistics concerning Grady OSU: • The Beavers will 4th and 5 lose their top five leading scorers — Roberto Nelson, Devon Collier Inside OSU men’s basketball and Angus Brandt to graduation, Eric Moreland to the pros and Cooke — a group that accounted for 77.6 percent of the team’s scoring this past season. • Junior-to-be Langston Morris-Walker, who averaged 4.1 points per game this past season, will be OSU’s top returning scorer. • The Beavers will return just three players who started more than two games this past season: Morris-Walker (17 starts), senior-to-be Challe Barton (14 starts) and junior-to-be Victor Robbins (11 starts). • The Beavers will return just two players who averaged more than 10 minutes per conference game this past season: MorrisWalker (24.3) and sophomore-to-be Malcolm Duvivier (10.6). Attempts to reach Cooke on Monday were unsuccessful, and OSU players were not made available for comment. But here are a few quick thoughts I had regarding the news: 1. Cooke (probably) just wants to win On March 15, Cooke tweeted: “Smh I gotta know what that NCAA tourney feels like ASAP,” and, “There’s nothing more important than the NCAA tourney.” It’s cliche to say there’s nothing more important than winning (and reaching the Big Dance), because what player enjoys losing? But in the case of Cooke, a guy who rarely lost during his days at powerhouse St. Anthony High School, you’d have to think he expects to win. The guess here is that Cooke took a long, hard look at the pieces OSU has coming back and decided he didn’t want to be a part of a rebuilding project. Even with Cooke, it likely would’ve taken OSU two seasons to develop the experience and talent necessary to compete for an NCAA Tournament
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Oregon State senior center Roman Sapolu (center) lines up on the ball with the rest of Oregon State’s offensive line at spring practice Friday.
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Oregon State looks to replace 3 starters from last season, battle injuries in spring practice By Andrew Kilstrom THE DAILY BAROMETER
When asked about the state of his offensive line Monday, coach Mike Cavanaugh was blunt. “Wide open,” he said. The Beavers lost three starters from a year ago — Michael Philipp, Josh Andrews and Grant Enger — and are still looking for the trio’s replacements. Oregon State ranked 114th in the nation in rushing offense a year ago and is determined to regain the balance of run and pass that Mike Riley’s teams have traditionally been predicated on. OSU saw progress late in the season from a ground-game perspective, seeing increased usage as well as production. Cavanaugh said patience will be the key to the run game next year. “We’ve got to call the run, that’s how it starts,” Cavanaugh said. “We called it the last two games and we ran well. Patience has to be our philosophy when talking about the run game. … Not every run is a home run but if we stick with it, we can be effective.” While working on the development of the running game would be OSU’s ideal focus, the offensive line’s top priority has been staying healthy. Like last spring, Oregon State has battled injuries on its offensive line and struggled
to send a consistent starting unit onto the practice field. Roman Sapolu, Gavin Andrews and Nolan Hanson— all expected to see some type of playing time in 2014 — are fighting through ailments amid others, and projected starters Isaac Seumalo and Josh Mitchell are already out for the entire spring. Despite being banged up, Oregon State is looking toward next season. The Beavers hope to have the starting lineup nailed down by fall camp. “With the O-line, it seems that every year we battle injuries in the spring,” said head coach Mike Riley. “Now we have to point toward the season. We’ll look at a couple guys getting back and we’ll look at the development of certain guys.” Cavanaugh said he was pleased with the work his unit has put in but that there needs to be faster growth across the board. He singled out Andrews and Bays — two guys expected to at least have an impact this year if not start — but still wants to see more development. “Gavin Andrews is having a great spring,” Cavanaugh said. “Grant Bays is having a great spring and then there’s (Sean) Harlow, who’s been good, but the rest of us have to come along a lot faster.” Injuries have been the single biggest obstacle in the way of the offensive line this spring. Lack of healthy bodies have Riley wondering if the team will be able to play the spring football game, and has already forced a position change. Dustin Stanton has moved over to left
tackle after spending the past two seasons as a tight end. The 6-foot-4 sophomore has practiced with the offensive linemen the past three practices, even seeing some time with the first-team unit. Despite his inexperience, Cavanaugh is excited about Stanton’s potential and natural ability at left tackle. “He’s a work in progress, but we really like what we see from him,” Cavanaugh said. “He’s got to learn fast, but he does things naturally that are pretty impressive. For a guy that’s 260 (pounds), he’s got good strength. He’s got to get stronger, but he’s willing, working at it and working hard at it.” While the offensive line has struggled to stay healthy, Oregon State has benefited from the health of senior fullback Tyler Anderson — another player important to OSU’s blocking. Riley said the senior looks much better than a year ago after recovering from knee surgery and should help the Beavers in the ground and passing game. “Tyler is one of our best football players — he can run, he can block, he’s a good pass receiver, he’s on punt team, he’s on kickoff team,” Riley said. “I think now he’s fully recovered from his knee.” As of right now, Riley said he wasn’t sure there were enough healthy offensive linemen to play the spring game May 3, meaning the Beavers have just two weeks to get the unit healthy. Andrew Kilstrom, sports editor On Twitter @AndrewKilstrom sports@dailybarometer.com
Baseball blows lead at Sacramento State
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Freshman guard Hallice Cooke dribbles the ball up the court against Stanford Jan. 9 in Gill Coliseum.
Junior Michael Conforto leads OSU at the plate Monday, pitching collapse leads to Hornet victory
dance of relievers replaced him. After the Beavers scored the first two runs of the contest, the Hornets responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the first inning. Oregon State extended its lead with a THE DAILY BAROMETER four-run output in the top of the second No. 5 Oregon State built a 6-1 lead inning, but struggled to put Sacramento Monday night before blowing the early State away for good. advantage against Sacramento State, evenThe Hornets scored twice in the fourth tually losing, 7-6. inning and added another in the sixth. Oregon State had a chance to tie or take Sacramento State threatened again in the lead when junior left fielder Michael the seventh inning when the Hornets put Conforto led the ninth inning off with runners on first and third with no outs. a walk, but three consecutive outs gave Sacramento State managed to plate two, Sacramento State the win. tying the game at six while forcing OSU Junior left-hander Jace Fry got the start to sub in No. 2 starter Andrew Moore for on the mound for the Beavers (27-8, 10-4 Schultz, who eventually got out of the Pac-12). He allowed three runs on nine hits inning with a strikeout going into the in four innings of action before an abun- eighth inning. n
Freshman shortstop Trever Morrison led off the inning with a walk, but a strikeout and double play ended OSU’s threat. Sacramento State then scored the gamewinning run in the eighth inning. Senior ace Ben Wetzler closed out the inning, replacing Moore, but OSU failed to score in the top of the ninth, ending the game. Junior left fielder Michael Conforto did the majority of the damage at the plate for the Beavers, going 3-for-3, including a home run and three runs batted in. It wasn’t enough, however, to prevent the OSU loss. Oregon State faces Sacramento State again Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the final game of a two-game road trip. The Daily Barometer On Twitter @barosports sports@dailybarometer.com
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Softball Pac-12 power rankings By Josh Worden
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1. No. 1 Oregon (40-5, 14-1 Pac-12)
the conference season with Oregon and UCLA will either be a huge momentum surge with a couple of wins or a brutal losing streak at the LastWeek: 3-0 against California. This week: end of the regular season. Stanford 4. No. 9 Arizona (34-9, 9-6) Talk about momentum. Oregon received Last week: no games. This week: Utah all 20 first-place votes in the USA Softball Arizona still has a significantly better Collegiate Top 25 poll and amassed a 31-6 run differential against Cal conference mark than Washington, but the Wildcats could drop below the with two mercy-rule endHuskies if they don’t win at least ings. That came after the two games against Utah this Oregon State series with a weekend. The Utes have been 37-7 cumulative total and two mercy-rule playing well as of late, but the games. It doesn’t get much harder with Huskies recently split a pair with Stanford up next, but Arizona and Arizona Arizona State and look like they’re on the rise. State are looming.
5. No. 11 Washington (25-12, 5-8)
7. Oregon State (13-26, 3-13)
Last week: 0-3 against UCLA. This week: Washington The Beavers got swept again, but the three losses to UCLA looked a lot better than the three to Oregon. OSU made the Bruins fight for each win, and OSU can at least rest easy for the time being now that the toughest part of the schedule is through. Washington will still be a tough matchup this weekend but a similar effort from the UCLA series should be enough for at least one win, if not two.
8. California (22-20, 4-9)
Last week: 0-3 against Oregon. This week: UCLA The Golden Bears have played three conLast week: 1-1 against Arizona State. This secutive series against top-10 teams. They week: Oregon State The Huskies barely had their heads above will make it four this weekend when No. 2 UCLA arrives Friday. So far, water just a couple weeks ago, nearly dropping Cal has gone 1-8 in those to the bottom of the Pac-12 games and UCLA is last in the standings. Washington, howfour-weekend stretch. Cal has ever, had a top-heavy cononly totaled more than three ference schedule and beat runs in a game in that stretch just two times. Arizona State once in two games. Take out the Huskies’ one loss to 9. Stanford (26-18, 3-12) Stanford two weeks ago and Washington has Last week: 1-2 against Utah. This Week: allowed only seven runs in the last six games. Oregon 6. Utah (20-20, 5-12) What is most surprising about Stanford Last week: 2-1 against Stanford. This week: 3. No. 5 Arizona State being in the conference’s cellar is that the Arizona Cardinal are still receiving votes in the national (39-7, 13-4) The Utes have refused to become the top 25 poll. Stanford reached as Last week: 1-1 against Washington. This doormat of the Pac-12, even taking hold of high as No. 13 in the nonconferweek: Southern Mississippi the first-place position in the ence schedule but plummeted The Sun Devils have managed to beat conference behind the powdownward once Pac-12 play all the teams they should erhouse teams. Every other began. The Cardinal are currently except for Oregon State. team is ranked in the top 11 four spots outside of 25th place and they But, that was the first Pacand Utah has played four of haven’t even played UCLA or Oregon. 12 series of the season and those five teams already. Utah ASU has swept Stanford, Cal plays Arizona this weekend but also has to Josh Worden, sports reporter and Utah in the meantime. ASU only lost once play four nonconference in a span of two days On Twitter @WordenJosh sports@dailybarometer.com to Arizona and once to Washington. Finishing leading up to that series.
2. No. 2 UCLA (39-4, 12-3)
Last week: 3-0 against Oregon State. This week: California UCLA could easily be in the top spot in the conference right now if the only higherranked team in the nation weren’t also in the Pac-12. Still, UCLA could move up should Oregon slip against Stanford, but it’s possible that the Bruins win out in their last nine games and still finish second. The Ducks, however, have yet to play Arizona, while both UCLA and Oregon need to face ASU.
GARRETT n Continued from page 5 bid. So, best-case scenario, Cooke would have had one realistic crack (his senior year) at reaching the Big Dance. 2. Who’s going to step up? When Jared Cunningham declared for the NBA Draft two years ago, I wrote that the pressure would fall on Nelson to step up in Cunningham’s absence. When Ahmad Starks announced that he was transferring last year, I wrote that either Morris-Walker or Robbins would need to have breakout sophomore seasons in order for OSU to contend in the Pac-12. But this is different; the impact of Cooke’s (and Moreland’s) decision extends far beyond one player. There’s no point in saying, “OSU might be OK if this player and that player have breakout seasons.” Everyone in the rotation will have to make considerable strides if OSU wants to make anything whatsoever happen next season. As for that rotation: Cooke’s departure likely cements Duvivier as the team’s starting point guard, and expect Morris-Walker to once again start as OSU’s “3” (maybe he’ll move to the “2” if Robbins is inserted as the “3”?). But outside of Duvivier and Morris-Walker, who knows who will start for the Beavers? Don’t be surprised if one or two of the freshmen — perhaps guard Gary Payton II, given OSU’s lack of depth in the backcourt — earn starting nods. 3. This could seal Craig Robinson’s eventual fate In a letter released in late March, athletic director Bob De Carolis wrote that Robinson had “presented (De Carolis) with a plan that will move the Oregon State men’s basketball program forward to achieve the goals that this university supports.” Whatever “plan” Robinson proposed probably didn’t include a solution for replacing the team’s top returning player. Without Cooke — whose decision to leave comes a little more than a week after Eric Moreland announced he was entering the NBA Draft — the Beavers will almost surely be picked to finish last in the Pac-12 next season. I don’t think they’ll go 0-18 in conference — but I don’t think it’s out of the question, either. And if next season goes even half that bad, how can De Carolis possibly bring Robinson back for an eighth season? Beyond next season’s outlook, Cooke’s departure raises the following troubling question: What’s it say about Robinson (and the program) if players are bailing on him? This marks the second offseason in a row that an OSU player expected to contribute the following season — Ahmad Starks last year — opted to transfer. To sum things up: It’s all bad. Grady Garrett, sports reporter On Twitter @gradygarrett sports@dailybarometer.com
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hen the fire alarm goes off at 3 a.m., or during a power outage, you think it can’t get any worse. But it can. It gets worse when you evacuate and it’s 30 degrees Fahrenheit and raining outside. That’s what happened last week when a gas line near Gill Coliseum was punctured and multiple buildings on campus were evacuated. Murphy’s Law states that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. This law applies to university students just as much as the laws regarding underage drinking and noise violations. The disgruntled comment of Capt. Edward A. Murphy Jr., an engineer in the Air Force, regarding a frustrating experiment, has become a famous idiom. Since its beginning, Murphy’s Law
Brooklyn Di Raffaele
The Daily Barometer has been studied and written about from a scientific point of view regarding the human perspective. The law uses the rules of probability to support the occurrence of something bad happening. Murphy’s Law lends itself to many fields, but the most familiar and common is everyday life. It is one of those theoretical laws, which has no absolute principle or rules, but still has significant power over us. It depends on our tendency to dwell on the negatives more than the positives — common on any college campus.
If you get a bad grade on a midterm, then the rest of the term begins to look absolutely dreadful. If a date goes bad, or if the person is a no-show, then the prospect of future dates are horrifying, thanks to one lousy fool. After a while, you just start to ask the universe, “What else is going to go wrong now?” We feed our belief in Murphy’s Law with our need to blame someone or something — other than ourselves or random coincidence — for our misfortunes. When life is going well, we’re generally and naturally happy. But when something goes wrong, we tend to look for a reason or scapegoat to blame. College campuses are breeding grounds for Murphy’s Law. Around midterm season, belief in it surges. Yes, bad grades and failed projects
happen, and it sucks. But it isn’t the end of the world. Think of it more like a plot twist in your life story. The fire alarm going off during a power outage when it’s raining outside is just the plot thickening. Maybe it’s because I’m an English major, but I find dealing with bad things in life is sometimes easier if I pretend I’m just a character in someone else’s narrative, or if I think of it as research for future reference. Murphy’s Law can be destabilized by utilizing the positive outlook instead of brooding on the negative when life hits a speed bump or five. t
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Letter to the Editor Regarding last week’s ASOSU elections
End of race doesn’t have to mean end of candidate involvement In the last few days of this year’s Associated Students of Oregon State University elections, current President Brett Deedon’s full endorsement of candidate Taylor Sarman created a small controversy. Sarman’s opponents, Anderson Duboise and Brendan Sanders, expressed understandable disapproval of the action, which the latter called a “lack of ethical thought or character.” While this may be a fair assessment, the rest of Sanders’ commentary rings hollow. The claim that the endorsement “robbed students of their ability
to determine their own path” in the election is a laughable exaggeration of what was at worst an inadvisable action by Deedon. It’s disappointing to see such rhetoric manifest, as it comes off as petty whining, truly devaluing the democratic process by lowering its level of discourse. However, the race has ended, and Taylor Sarman will be our next ASOSU president. However, with 990 votes, less than 4.4 percent of the student body voted for him. If anyone in the organization wants to open a conversation about democracy and student involvement, it has to start at voter turnout. Duboise and Morrison’s experience with the Vote or Vote campaign would have been a good trait for the leadership, but their electoral
loss may not spell the end of their involvement. Sanders and Nemer have shown an extraordinary ability to organize students in the creation of the Great Orange Party. Duboise and Morrison have experience building political involvement. Sarman andWilliamson have experience in the organization, and at the end of the day, they won. The tendency after an election is for the losers to go home while the winners enjoy the spoils. However, if they all work together, they have the potential to create an involved student body and a better ASOSU, which could truly make a difference. Andy Baldwin Sophomore in physics, math
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Murphy always gives us someone to blame
Social media journalism will W only continue to expand year ago this month, the Boston Marathon bombings shocked and stunned America. Many of us forewent the too-slow traditional news sources and turned to Facebook and Twitter for by-the-second updates, as well as for attempts to contact friends and family. Phones were too slow. So were email, snail-mail and traditional news stations and newspapers. Crowdsourcing and social media journalism aren’t exactly new, but they’re a phenomenon of the current decade more than of the noughties or nineties. This new type of journalism really took off in 2010 with the Arab Spring, and in 2011, when Iranians protested the rigged elections. Enough uncensored video clips and news, coming from the citizens themselves, were getting out of the country that the Iranian government shut down the Internet for an hour the day after the election. The citizens were uploading the news to social media sites, but also to CNN and BBC. The social media site that made the most newsworthy difference at the time was Twitter, since it was harder for the Iranian government to shut down than Facebook, because Twitter operated on more platforms than Facebook. It’s true that relying on Twitter for breaking news usually results in valuing speed over accuracy, and can result in disseminating incorrect information and having to print corrections. However, the speed of responses on the site means that incorrect information is usually corrected quickly by other users, unless it’s an actual misinformation campaign. The Arab Spring and the Iranian protests, which happened within a year of each other, both coined a new phrase: “Twitter revolution.” Protestors during the Arab Spring organized through social media, uploaded videos to YouTube and the world saw those videos once the major outlets picked them up. Social media may be given too much credit in these cases, but mainstream media now rely more on social media and crowdsourcing than it did before. The big names are still a little resistant to social media journalism, but it’s a growing field and an excellent tool for journalists. But just because you can crowdsource doesn’t mean you’re a detective or a journalist. Investigative reporting and detectiving take years of schooling and experience, as well as knowing when not to pursue seemingly perfect evidence. A year ago, after the Boston Marathon bombings, a subreddit dedicated to finding the bombers was pouring through photodumps to find the suspects. Tens of thousands were listening to the Boston Police Department’s scanner on the Internet, and were tweeting what they heard, while CNN was still replaying a clip of a guy who ordered Dominos Pizza.
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here are many excuses to choose from. The sun could be in your eyes, your dog could eat an important document, your car could be on the fritz or your grandma could be ill. But the best and most relevant excuse to us now is: “I’m a college student.” We use this phrase as a universal getout-of-jail-free card. Bad eating habits? You don’t have time to eat healthy. A jerk to the opposite sex? Relationships will come and go. Poor because you can’t manage your money? College is sucking you dry. Besides, it’s not like the things you do now are going to shape who you will become. It’s almost funny how much leeway we give ourselves. Now, I understand that it’s a strange and taxing period in our lives. There are things that we experience now that we will never experience again (unless we go on to get another degree or — heaven forbid — attend graduate school). There are far too many late nights of studying, lab work, writing and struggling to stay awake to read one more word or comprehend one more theory. We fight against the odds to pass our classes and graduate with a degree. All the while, there’s this inexplicable pressure to stick with it. But — and this is a big “but” — these excuses aren’t good enough. Practice makes perfect, so whatever we’re practicing is going to be perfected. Our rationalization of behaviors and practices is generous, to say the least. Professors, I’m sure, are the most popular recipients of excuses. Generally, the correct response from professors when excuses come their way is to consider them rationally and with constancy throughout their classes, according to the Maryellen Weimer’s “How to Handle Student Excuses.” Life is always going to have difficulties. We can’t always look to the future in anticipation of things being perfect. We can’t just sit around and wait for things to be perfect before finally choosing to do the right thing. It’s all about perspective. Maybe an excuse is legitimate, and needs to be brought to someone’s attention — but most of the time it’s probably just a way to get out of trouble or make yourself look like less of a slacker. Well, this is a reality check. College students are individuals with the power to do themselves a favor and stop making lame excuses. Right now, this will help us in our personal lives and in school. It will also help us in the future, because dealing with this tendency to excuse ourselves will help us to establish a no-nonsense attitude when it comes to our own whining later on in life. t
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OSU’s plays more than what you see on stage P
eople go to a variety of plays here at Oregon State University. They make you laugh, they make you cry and they make you think. You leave with the experience and maybe you even learned something. But something people don’t take into account is the time put into each production, which includes auditions, rehearsals, building props and the set. That time is what really makes OSU’s Theatre Program the gem that it is today. I was able to get a great glimpse of the play currently rehearsing, the American classic, “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Watching the actors and actresses go through their lines, simultaneously working on their mechanics and the smallest of gestures, made me realize how hard they work at their craft. They practice 3-4 hours a night for months in order to get everything perfect. Things that can seem mundane or irrelevant to the audience, such as lighting or sound cues, are designed and directed down to the smallest detail. The greatest thing I found about the different people who work with the theater program is their simple love for doing it. They aren’t after accolades. They
The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
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The Corvallis Repertory Singers and the Oregon State University Chamber Choir present “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace” by Karl Jenkins on Saturday at the LaSells Stewart Center from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. “Armed Man” is a courageous examination of war and peace expressed in a bold, classical-ethnic-ecclesiastic musical composition, with orchestra, soloists and accompanying film. Tickets are available at Grass Roots Bookstore in Corvallis. Ticket prices range from $1520. Online tickets prices range from $20-25. OSU students will be admitted for free with Student ID.
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don’t get bouquets or uncountable demands for encores. What they do is more impressive. They build team chemistry with one another, and in merely a matter of months, create a play that takes on an identity of its own. Whether a play is directed by a student director or a professor, all plays are treated as equal. By valuing all plays the same way, a certain atmosphere is created that is fun for all of those who are involved. Next time you go to a play, don’t just focus on the main actors or actresses and their lines. Focus on their fluid movements on stage, admire the set that was built by hand, look at the different lighting cued up by the tech group. Finally, look at the passion they have for what they do. Because that’s what makes our theater program great. Alec Grevstad, A&E writer forum@dailybarometer.com
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Director George Caldwell gives instruction to actors Brittany Potter, Bryanna Rainwater and Erin Wallerstein.
‘Fargo’better than Gopher hockey? You betcha O
key dokey, for those who watched the series premiere for FX’s “Fargo,” dontchaknow how lucky you are? You betcha. Listening to Martin Freeman talk in a Minnysoota accent was almost as bad as watching the Gophers lose in the Frozen Four. Oh jeez, that was aboot the worst sports moment for us Minnysootans since the Vikings lost alla dem Sooper Bowls. But let’s not dwell on the past, eh? This new show, “Fargo,” may be the best derntootin’ new series. I could not channel it to another program for the entire 96 minutes. It stars Freeman, who is one of dem hobbits in that innerestin’ fantasy-land program, and Billy Bob Thornton, who just has a great name, far as dat goes. Thornton plays a menacing killer who comes to Bemidjii, Minn., and causes quite the ruckus. Oh yah, he does. Although he comes from the outside and talks kinda funny, I’spoze he does a pretty good job, but, oh-fer-jeez, I would not want to run inna him in a dark alley. Thornton’s character, Lorne Malvo, comes to little ol’ Bemidjii happenstance after wreckin’ his car. His relationship with Lester Nygaard (Freeman)
is going to be the most inerrestin’ development to follow. Nygaard is an insurance salesman (based on William H. Macy’s character in the “Fargo” movie, which used dem wretched accents dat made us Minny-sootans look so foolish — but we’re usedtuv-it, oh yah), and is one of those sleazy ones, putzin’ around with selling dopey insurance for folks with junkers with bad teers that spin slower than the moose travels. Nygaard can’t much stand up for himself, as we see early on, but the introduction of Malvo changes that. Malvo is as cold-blooded as they come, and tha’s saying something when you compare ‘im to all the folks around those parts. It’s darn-near froze-up every time we Minny-sootans step outta da hoose, yah know. Malvo isn’t s’poseta be in Bemidjii, but after his run-in with Nygaard and his shady encounter in the first scene, he sticks around and teams up with Nygaard, who does not know exactly what he’s just got himself into. On the other side of the law, we have Officer Molly Solverson (played by newcomer Allison Tolman), who is hell-bent on findin’ out about all
the mischief in town. Like Freeman’s movie comparison, Tolman’s character is quite like Frances McDormand in the “Fargo” movie. She says “oh yah” and “oh jeez” more than the regulars, far as dat goes. What this show does so well is makin’ connections, and there’s a whole-big-tinga connections to be had, you betcha. Everything is tied together, and it has a nice combination of familarity to the Coen Brothers’ film and originality with new writers, directors and a derntootin’ stellar cast (which also includes Colin Hanks, the son of Tom Hanks, dontchaknow). The series follows the anthology mold, which I’spoze means we may not get Thornton and Freeman in season two. But the dern-tootin’ good part about that is there are no restrictions on what can and can’t be done — so enjoy it while sippin’ on a pop. After a single episode, I’m as sold on the series as I am on a nice hawt deesh o’ somethin’ after a long day out ice fishin’ at Bear Lake. Warner Strausbaugh, editor-in-chief On Twitter @WStrausbaugh editor@dailybarometer.com
The 55th season of Chamber Music Corvallis continues with the “Ariel Quartet: From Israel to America” on May 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the LaSells Stewart Center. The Ariel Quartet will play Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Quartet in A, Op. 18, No. 5”; Benjamin Britten’s “Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36” and Claude Debussy’s “Quartet in G minor, Op. 10.” Individual tickets are available online, at the door and from Grass Roots Bookstore in Corvallis. Ticket prices range from $24 to $27.
Sarah Jarosz, with Alex Hargreaves and Nathanial Smith Sugar Hill Records and the Corvallis Folklore Society present Sarah Jarosz’s trio, performing at 7:30 p.m. on May 8 at Corvallis High School. A recent New England Conservatory graduate, Sarah Jarosz has already appeared on “Austin City Limits,” “Conan,” “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” and BBC’s “The Transatlantic Sessions.” The trio includes Sarah Jarosz, Nathaniel Smith and Corvallis native Alex Hargreaves. Tickets are $22. Call (541) 740-9633 for details.
‘Transcendence’descends minute by minute E
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thical science-fiction thrillers can be fantastic. I love a movie that makes me think about the repercussions of how we live, about how we treat others and how we science. I also love turning nouns into verbs. But sometimes, these movies try to take on too much. They leave the audience asking, “huh?” and, “what just happened?” and sighing, “well, it started off with potential.” As is the case with Johnny Depp’s new film, “Transcendence.” I’m all for thinking about the ethical implications of our staggering technology. There are times when I’ve thought, “Woah! This text is going to space before it gets to my friend’s phone.” That is crazy. Even crazier is the development of artificial intelligence, the concept around which the film
is based. In present-day California, Dr. Will Caster (Depp) is at the forefront of A.I. studies, working tirelessly to create a machine with the ability to be self-aware. With his wife Evelyn (Rebecca Hall) and good friend Max Waters (Paul Bettany) by his side, Will’s consciousness is uploaded onto a computer, quickly adapting to its new surroundings and becoming more powerful than anyone imagined. The audience is left wondering if this really is Caster, or if the A.I. has taken over for more malicious reasons. It sounds like an awesome premise, right? The problem is that writer Jack Paglen tried to take on too much. Eventually, the action became outrageous and unbelievable. Had this been made 10 years ago, I probably would have eaten it up. As it is, I was internally groaning
as it wore on, and on, and on. “Transcendence” is advertised as a scientifically based psychological thriller. But, it’s really more of a doomsday, science-fiction love story. And though the major question of if the A.I. is actually Caster or not is answered at the end, the explanation is a little sloppy. My film degree senses are detecting a lastminute change to the ending. In fact, this original screenplay probably went through a lot of changes after its green-lighting process; characters played by big names (Morgan Freeman, Kate Mara and Cillian Murphy) are small enough to make me think they played a bigger role when the actors first signed their contracts. Even worse, Depp’s name is the one opening this film — and
yet, he’s hardly around once the second act starts. On the bright side, his hair is absolutely fabulous. I’ll hand it to Paglen and director Wally Pfister for creating a sound story; every craft element is just where it needs to be. Each gun featured in the first act went off by the third. Chekhov would be proud. But had they kept out some of the explosive action or over-thetop powers of the A.I., the story could have been enough to create something really thought provoking. I say wait until the vending machine rental makes this a cheap experience. Shelly Lorts, online editor On Twitter @ShellyLorts forum@dailybarometer.com