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Award-winning Professor
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(Left) Christopher Nichols, an assistant professor of history at OSU was awareded a Andrew Carnegie Fellowship last week. His book (Above) offers a historical perspective on U.S. foreign policy.
Nichols awarded fellowship By Gaby Mudd NEWS CONTRIBUTOR
I have pledged to accomplish a lot with the fellowship that I think will have an impact here. Christopher Nichols Assistant Professor of History at OSU
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Christopher Nichols, an assistant professor of history at OSU was awarded one of the 33 prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellowship awards last tuesday for his work with the social sciences and humanities. The Andrew Carnegie Fellows program is awarded to more than 30 scholars supports research by providing up to $200,000 to recipients in order to support furthered innovation on topics with regard to challenges to democracy and international order. The program selects a collection of scholars, journalists, public intellectuals and leaders in order to gain broader knowledge in the areas of law, technology, business, and public policy. The recipients were chosen based off of nominations universities and other foundations. Nichols has taught at history OSU for four years, primarily with a focus on the U.S. role in the world and American isolationism and internationalism. He has authored several academic journals and papers as well as published books such as Promise and Peril: America at the Dawn of a Global Age. Nichols pledged to write a book that will cover American international foreign policy from founding of the United States to today. He also plans to incorporate summer institutes regarding internationalism and foreign policy at OSU. Nichols spoke about the impact of winning this award. “It hasn’t settled in quite yet,” Nichols
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said. “I do not know the real impact yet, but I do know that these awards are very rare in the liberal arts field, specifically with regard to the humanities and history. I have pledged to accomplish a lot with the fellowship that I think will have an impact here.” Nichols spoke to the methodology behind why his research is important and how history can aid in contemporary times. “I like to use the humanities to address important contemporary challenges,” Nichols said. “We are much more comfortable sticking with the past however intellectual discussions can be used to draw out the connections between the past and present. There are clear connections that a lot of the stuff I have written about from a historical standpoint still impacts us today. It is these ideas that drive my passion.” Nichols also commented on how the humanities can inform and help address urgent, important problems. “A cautious answer is that history can only help,” Nichols said. “It does not always solve our problems, but it informs us in the present and gives us the tools to solve contemporary issues. There is no perfect parallel between the past and present, but it can give ideas on how to address problems.” Nichols has also served as the Director of the Citizenship and Crisis Initiative, which looks to address issues regarding the relationship between citizenship and crisis. The initiative has puts on events throughout the year that look at contemporary social issues.
Samantha Trunkett, a senior in political science, worked with Nichols on the Citizenship and Crisis Initiative and spoke to his passion behind his work. “We have been working on various events and panels throughout the year,” Trunkett said. “Dr. Nichols has been so supportive, a great mentor and a wonderful person to work for.” Trunkett also spoke to the work that Nichols has done. “Dr Nichols puts his all into everything that he does,” Trunkett said. “It does not ho unnoticed by his colleagues, students and others outside of the university. This is an amazing award and I am very excited for him.” Ben Mutschler, the director of the school of History, Philosophy and Religion, spoke to Nichol’s character and work ethic as a colleague. “Dr. Nichols is a committed teacher and quite important scholar,” Mutschler said. “He is a wonderful, consciences, generous colleague to work with.” Mutschler spoke to Nichol’s talent of working with a broad range of individuals and his ability to spark interest in history. “He combines deep academic learning with real engagement with a broad public,” Mutschler said. “He is a public intellectual that has support for a really important new book and he is also bringing a whole range of thinkers to OSU. He does a lot of outreach including visiting lectures and panels. I think he helps bring public attention to focus on the discipline of history.” Nichols was also recently
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Students win award for social venture, NEWS, PAGE 2 Fighting like sisters, SPORTS, PAGE 6 Letter to the editor, FORUM, PAGE 7
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Horoscope Today’s Birthday (04/28/16). Play together this year. Deepen bonds with loved ones after 5/9. Plan for financial moves after 8/13. New love sparkles after 9/1. Begin a two-year phase of increased energy, work and vitality after 9/9. Shift directions in a group endeavor after 9/16. Raise your game. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 6 — Double-check financial data over the next few weeks, with Mercury retrograde. Review statements and account activity for errors. Pay off bills. Secure what you’ve gained. Re-affirm important commitments.
Guard against communications breakdown with patient reminders. Revisit creative ideas from the past. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 6 — Practice makes perfect over the next three weeks, with Mercury retrograde, especially with group activities. Nurture old connections. Keep or change your promises. Keep your team in the loop. Have backup plans. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Be cautious with tools and time for the next several weeks, with Mercury retrograde, and make repairs immediately. Avoid misunderstandings at work. Revise and refine the message. Rethink your professional core values.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — Get into a three-week revision phase with Mercury retrograde in your sign. For the next three weeks, grant extra patience around communications. Organize your many ideas. Backup computers and files.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — Make plans and itineraries over the next three weeks, with Mercury retrograde, for travel after direct. Disagreements come easily. Communicate carefully. Keep confidences and secrets. Organize, sort and file papers, especially regarding academics.
Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 5 — Go through data to find the truth over the next three weeks with Mercury’s retrograde.
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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — Allow extra time to resolve misunderstandings with a partner over the next three weeks with Mercury retrograde. Support each other through breakdowns. Practice and review. Develop shared goals. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — For the next three weeks, with Mercury retrograde, reminisce, review and put in corrections at work. Listen carefully and stay respectful. Revise strategies and plans. Edit work carefully before submitting. Keep equipment repaired.
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Students win big at Clinton Global Initiative Miller, Shay win S o c i a l Ve n t u r e Challenge By Lauren Sluss News Reporter
After competing against 1,200 students early this month at the Clinton Global Initiative University, five teams consisting of Oregon State University entrepreneurship students are looking to once again receive funding for their business models by applying for the CGI U Innovation Fund, launched this week. Started by President Bill Clinton, the CGI U looks to support and feature the most effective student innovators from around the world. With the help of Chelsea Clinton, Conan O’Brien, and the CEO’s of Khan Academy and Pinterest, the CGI U allows students to compete in five focus areas—education, environment and climate change, peace and human rights, poverty alleviation and public health. The OSU teams were given $10,000 from student affairs to compete in the CGI U, according to Associate Director for Global Diversity Initiatives, Amarah Khan. “It is an excellent use of that money,” Khan said. “I am very proud of our efforts, and hopefully with more funding next year we will have more engagement to send even more teams to compete.” Five different OSU teams contended early this month for the $7000 grant to fund their business plan. OSU entrepreneurship team Steven Miller and Moriah Shay won the CGI U category Social Venture Challenge with their business plan, Enterprising Education. “I co-founded Enterprising Education, a social venture designed to help improve educational outcomes of both undergraduates and impoverished students in the K-12 system,” Miller said. Developed last November, Enterprising Education was inspired by OSU’s entrepreneurship maker’s spaces, according to Shay. “A makerspace is basically a space for students to tinker, toy and make
whatever they want using the fabrication equipment,” Shay said. “For Enterprising Education, we take a maker’s space and put it in the back of a 40-foot cargo trailer and can take it to disconnected or rural communities.” The mobile makerspace will be partnered with a STEAM curriculum— science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. Rural communities are in need of programs such as Enterprising Education in order to fund after-school activities, according to Miller. “United Way of Benton County did an assessment and found that students after school were spending their time doing activities that were not positive for the community,” Miller said. “There was some community concern over the youth and finding them productive opportunities to help them develop skills.” Enterprising Education is completely undergraduate student-run, and gives undergraduates the opportunity to mentor students, particularly local kindergarten students. “Undergraduates will be able to help cultivate the soft skills they need to be successful in the workplace by implementing the Enterprising Education program that will provide students in the K-12 system with resources and programs that they otherwise would not have,” Miller said. After winning the Social Venture Challenge, Miller and Shay received not only $7,000 in seed funding from the CGI U, but also were invited to join the Resolution Fellowship, one of the world’s most prestigious international fellowships designed to offer networking and mentorship to the future leaders and changemakers of the world. These connections will help launch Enterprising Education’s future plans, according to Shay. “This summer we will use the funding to purchase and make the entire portable innovation lab over the summer,” Shay said. “We will then launch the pilot program in the Monroe School District in fall of 2016, and after we will perform research on how we can improve.” The inspiration for Enterprising Education stems from the opportuni-
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ties the founders were presented growing up, according to Miller. “Being adopted from an impoverished household in South Korea, and given the chance to grow up in the United States, I recognize the fact that
I have been given an opportunity that For Shay, growing up in a rural commost other individuals in the world will munity with little opportunity inspired never have,” Miller said. “I am driven her to give back to those who are in the to use the resources at my disposal to same position as she was, Shay said. impact and empower those less fortunate than I.” See CGI U Page 4
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Presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the media after his sweep of five states’ primaries on Tuesday.
Trump sweeps Super Tuesday By David Lightman and Lesley Clark McClatchy Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Now, Ted Cruz has to win Indiana’s Republican primary next Tuesday _ or possibly read his campaign’s political obituary the next day. Cruz has been eager for a oneon-one matchup in the Hoosier State for weeks. Now he’s got what he asked for thanks to an alliance that has third-place GOP candidate John Kasich agreeing not to contest the state anymore. And that Cruz has to win, as anything besides a clear victory could well be seen as a fatal stumble. Should front-runner Donald Trump win, Cruz will be out of states where he can rebound, and Republican insiders are likely to start coalescing around the brash billionaire as the inevitable nominee. This is the landscape after Trump on Tuesday notched a second-straight week of big primary victories, sweeping Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. He was in position to pick up at least 90 of the 118 pledged convention delegates, boosting his total to around 935. Cruz was unlikely to get many, if any, while Gov. John Kasich of Ohio could receive a handful. The math now is weighted square-
ly in Trump’s direction. Only 10 primaries, including Indiana on May 3, are left, offering 502 delegates, with 1,237 needed for the nomination. Cruz and Kasich already know they cannot possibly win the nomination on the first ballot at the Republican National Convention. What they can do is create momentum for stopping Trump before that. Cruz and Kasich backers refuse to regard Indiana as make-or-break. “You have to get to 1,237. If no one gets that on the first vote we feel confident about our chances on a second or third ballot,” said Lionel Rainey III, a Louisiana-based Cruz strategist. The centerpiece of that strategy is this week’s extraordinary Cruz-Kasich alliance, with Kasich promising not to spend resources in Indiana, while Cruz will reciprocate in Oregon and New Mexico. That essentially makes Indiana make-or-break for Cruz. “If Donald Trump wins Indiana, there will be very little energy or hope left among those who want to back a nominee other than Donald Trump,” said Republican consultant Whit Ayres. Three recent polls show Trump averaging 39 percent, enough for a slight lead over Cruz. The Cruz camp needs to convince
Kasich voters to come their way, a task complicated by Kasich’s comment Monday that his supporters “should vote for me.” Their biggest challenge is convincing Kasich loyalists, who tend to be more pragmatic than Cruz’s army of hardcore conservatives, to back Cruz. Ryan Cooper, senior adviser to the NeverTrump PAC, points to polling showing about one-fourth of Kasich and Cruz voters in Indiana are motivated largely by opposition to Trump. If even a small slice of the Kasich voters can be convinced to back Cruz, that would be enough, Cooper said. “You don’t need to move all the Kasich voters,” he said. Just what will motivate those voters is the biggest question mark. Indianapolis-based pollster Brian Howey noted that Indiana voters are not easily swayed by strategic arguments and don’t appreciate being told what to do. Adding to the uncertainty are the state’s Republican leaders. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has met with all three candidates but has made no endorsement. Another anti-Trump player, the conservative Club for Growth, which has taken credit for slowing Trump in other primary states, has
spent $1.5 million on advertising in Indiana, urging anti-Trump voters to go with Cruz.
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There’s hardly any assurance Kasich can win Oregon May 17 or New Mexico three weeks later. And Trump remains far ahead in polling in the June 7 states of New Jersey, with 51 delegates, and California, with 172. The stop-Trump forces are convinced, though, that there is no point at which insiders will say his nomination is inevitable, that even a Cruz loss next week is not the end.
“Growing up I never thought I could go to college,” Shay said. “Through relentless hard work and support I was able to come to OSU, and so I see myself in a lot of the students we go help. That’s why I’m so passionate and driven about this project.” Shay and Miller, along with the four other OSU teams who
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“The tipping point is 1,237,” said Katie Packer, chairman of Our Principles PAC, which is running Stop Trump ads in Indiana. “There is no vehicle to just give him the nomination short of that.”
Indeed, even if Cruz wins Indiana, he’s hardly on a smooth path to topple Trump.
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Nichols
appointed to the Oregon Historical Society (Portland) Board of Trustees as the first historian from OSU. This appointment will include working with the Board to aid with the education and outreach of the humanities specifically with regard to youth according to Nichols. In addition to this Nichols also is the vice president of the new honors society Phi Beta Kappa that is being inducted to OSU for the first time. Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest and most prestigious honor society that celebrates excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. Only 10 percent of arts and science students will be invited to join each year. The society includes 17 US presidents and 39 supreme court justices. Nichols, a member himself, spoke to the prestige of the chapter. “This is a great opportunity for students,” Nichols said. “This can go on a resume right next to your degree and employers know that it is an obvious mark of honors.” Mutschler commented on the overall potential of Nichols with regard to him receiving this fellowship. “Dr. Nichols is a combination of a very serious scholar who has a gift for engaging the public,” Mutschler said. “This makes a very good combination and I look forward to seeing what he will do with this award.”
“If you don’t want Donald Trump to win, your choice comes down to this: math,” the group says in a 30-second spot. It’s confident enough that enough Indiana voters will agree that it’s begun to plot strategy for California’s June 7 primary.
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Christopher Nichols, OSU Associate Professor of History has been awared Andrew Carnegie Fellowship.
competed at CGI U, are now applying for the Innovation Fund. Launched this week, the Innovation Fund offers accepted students additional seed funding for their business, ranging from approximately $2,000 to $10,000. The Innovation Fund is an extension of the opportunities presented to the students who competed at the CGI U, which was an unforgettable experience in itself, according to Miller.
“Being able to participate at CGI U was a life changing experience, and one has significantly impacted the course of my longterm career,” Miller said. “It was surreal to be surrounded by intelligent, innovative and passionate individuals who truly desire to change the world, and to partake in an inspirational and encouraging experience.” baro.news@oregonstate.edu
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Staff Picks: 2016 NFL Draft DE DeForest, Buckner Oregon:
By Brenden Slaughter Associate Sports Editor
Buckner was an absolute animal at UO, and there isn’t any reason as to why it won’t transition to the NFL. Buckner took on NFL quality offensive linemen in the Pac-12 and took them down time and time again. This guy will be the next Von Miller.
OT Jack Conklin, MSU:
By Max Braly
Connor Cook attempted to throw the ball a grand total of 408 times last year and only 18 times was he sacked. While Cook was a fairly mobile quarterback, I think much of his success has to do with his rock star offensive line. Conklin was the best player on the line and already knows a pro-style offense. Seems like a good recipe for a great career in the NFL.
QB Carson Wentz, NDSU :
He played in the NCAA FCS and never really played a marquee opponent in my mind. Huge Bust. Wentz is predicted to go first or second overall, which is about 255 draft picks too high. Wentz can ave fun being the next JaMarcus Russell
WR Josh Doctson, TCU:
It’s hard to qualify as a bust if the player isn’t picked in the top 10, but as one of the top wide receivers in the class Doctson might be the biggest bust for his position. He has had the luxury of a pass happy system with an excellent quarterback in Trevone Boykin.
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DE Joey Bosa, Ohio State:
By Brian Rathbone
The Denver Broncos just showed what an elite pass rush can do for a team in their run to the Super Bowl. Bosa is one of those rare pass rushers who have both a high floor and a high ceiling. He has the bloodlines, Bosa’s father, John, also played in the NFL. He has the measurable, his combine measurables are identical to J.J. Watts’, and the high-motor that is needed to be top-end pass rusher.
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OL Laremy Tunsil, Ole Miss:
If Tunsil was a quarterback, he’d have Andrew Luck-level prestige. Since he plays left tackle, he doesn’t get as much press, but he deserves it. Tunsil has the technique and the strength to be the best overall player in the draft.
QB Jared Goff, Cal:
I see that Brenden did not choose Goff as his lock in the draft after talking about him like he IS Joe Montana. Goff may have the weakest resume of a first round quarterbacks selected in the past decade. 7-11 conference record his final two season (7-20 in his career), played in a pass-happy offense under Sonny Dykes and no big-time wins at his time at Cal. Plus, you know what they say about quarterbacks with small hands... They can’t hold onto the ball.
DE Shawn Oakman, Baylor:
He’s ridiculously athletic and strong, but he’s a human pile of fool’s gold. He was mediocre against top competition and lacks lower body strength. He’d have a fantastic career doing Old Spice commercials, though.
By Josh Worden Senior Beat Reporter
DB Jalen Ramsey, Florida State:
By Cooper Pawson
Being compared to the likes of Darrelle Revis, Richard Sherman, and Patrick Peterson, Ramsey may be the next island that receivers will look to avoid for the next decade or two. Speed, physicality and high football IQ lands ramsey at the top of my list of the players most likely to succeed in the NFL for years to come.
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RB Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State:
Although the role of running backs has changed since the birth of the read option, only few running backs of Elliot’s stature have transferred well into the NFL. Guys like Denard Robinson and Ameer Abdullah still have lingering questions about their contribution to the success of their team. I don’t believe the league is made to support quick and elusive running backs that don’t have the size to transfer their skills into the NFL. His college style won’t transfer and to me he isn’t even the best running back in the draft.
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True freshmen outfielder Jessica Garcia (left), sophomore outfielder Lovie Lopez (center), true freshmen outfielder Shelby Weeks (right.)
Fighting like sisters
Shelby Weeks and Jessica Garcia came to OSU together and became starting outfielders By Josh Worden Senior Beat Reporter
For being extremely close friends, Shelby Weeks and Jessica Garcia fight a lot. They first met when joining the same club softball team at age 14 and quickly created a close bond, eventually becoming teammates and roommates at Oregon State. Both earned starting spots as true freshmen this year in right field and center field, respectively, and have helped put the Beavers on pace to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2013. Sometimes, though, the connection between the two central Californians descends into a mini melee. “They fight all the time. They just constantly fight,” said senior second baseman Mikela Manewa. “They’re literally like sisters.” Weeks and Garcia are quick to point out, though, that this fighting is always short-lived. The two passionate softball players are quick to make up and usually the fighting is more of a playful, pranking type rather than real bitterness. “Just the other night I woke her up out of mid-going-to-sleep by pulling her covers,” Weeks said with a laugh. “She came over and wrestled me on the bed. I was just fooling around, though, and it was funny.” “There’s times where we’ll bicker, but it’s not a fight,” Garcia said. “We’re obviously going to bonk heads and stuff, but I’ve known Shelby for so long, there’s times where we don’t even need to talk to know whose ball it is [in the outfield]. I can just say, ‘Shelby,’ and she’s already there.” Weeks first committed to OSU as a sophomore and Garcia followed suit not long after. This season, Weeks and Garcia transitioned smoothly into Division-I softball; both have started all 44 games this year for the Beavers, handling two of the starting outfield positions while committing just three errors all season combined. Weeks in particular has been a force at the plate, posting a .357 batting average that ranks second on the team as well as a team-leading 33 runs scored. Together, Weeks and Garcia account for 19 of the team’s 49 stolen bases. “It’s been really fun to see them grow,” said head coach Laura Berg. “They still have room for improvement, like we all do. But it’s been really fun to watch them play.” “They’re super hard working obviously, since they’re starters,” Manewa said. “I’m actually pretty jealous of them because they’re both so close, they both are at the same school together, JOSHUA LUCAS | THE DAILY BAROMETER and they have three more years together. They have a lot of Jessica Garcia Sprints towards first against Washinton. potential. They’re going to do big things.”
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Their friendship is bigger than what they contribute to the OSU softball team, though. Both place a high value on living together at the same school and maintaining the close-knit bond they’ve cultivated the last five years. “Jessica and I are always together,” Weeks said. “We’re always doing crazy stuff together. We just have that sister bond. We’re really close off the field and on. Living together is really cool, having that experience and knowing I’ll always have that one person I can depend on.” “Playing next to her, it just feels comfortable,” Garcia added. Besides everything else they have in common, Weeks and Garcia are two of the tallest players on the team at 5-foot-8 and 5-foot-10, respectively. They’re also both slap hitters and are capable fielders as well. “We’re almost the same person at times,” Garcia said. On the other hand, both come from different backgrounds. Garcia was the do-it-all athlete in high school; she turned down the chance to join the soccer and track teams at Hughson High because she was already committed to three other sports. Weeks started playing softball at age eight and never got distracted, playing volleyball for just one year of high school and competing on the track team for one year — but even that was to help develop quickness for softball season. “Jessica has always been the more athletic one, always wanting to do more,” Weeks said. “She’s that type of person, and I’m more of the laid-back type.” Garcia earned some non-softball recruiting from college coaches based on her four all-league selections between volleyball and basketball, but she couldn’t choose against softball. The left-handed batter notched a .636 average her senior year, earned Cal-Hi All-American honors and capped off her career with her fourth consecutive section championship. Not that all her accolades were limited to athletics; she also was her senior class representative. Weeks was a three-time all-league selection at Merrill F. West High School in Tracy, Calif. and batted above .535 her sophomore, junior and senior seasons. Now, the 18-year-old is in the top-five at OSU in batting average, on base percentage, runs scored, hits, triples, walks, stolen bases and fielding percentage. The Californian duo has a lot on the horizon. OSU will likely make the postseason this year for the first time in three seasons and Garcia and Weeks have three more years afterwards to replicate that success. “The more experience we have together, the more we can grow from it,” Weeks said. “Just knowing where we started from and where we should finish, it’s mind blowing how good we can be and how much talent all of us have.” One thing is for certain: they’ll remain close friends throughout their time at OSU and beyond, fighting and all. On Twitter @BrightTies
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Stay alert, cross safe By Jackie Keating Forum contributor
B
y now you’ve probably seen the signs around campus from our friends at Transportation Services warning you to be safe in on-campus traffic situations like looking up from your phones and making eye contact with drivers while crossing the street, for example. Although these tips may seem so simple and self-explanatory that these signs are laughable, they were put up because people are still endangering themselves and others by making careless and stupid errors. So alas, here are some tips to stay safe, even when those around you are being nincompoops. Take out the earbuds: Seriously guys. I know listening to music on the daily commute is enjoyable and seems to make the time go more quickly. However, if you think time moves slowly on your walk to school, think of how slowly it will move in a hospital bed. Although there is no law prohibiting bikers or pedestrians from having earbuds in, they can distract from the world around you, and the world around you is especially important, especially if you’re a pedestrian on Monroe street, for example. Our hearing is an incredibly useful asset when assessing potentially dangerous traffic situations. This is notably paramount for bikers, since they share the road with motorized vehicles that
may not be able to see them on an overcast day. Which brings me to my next point. Make yourself visible: This can be a tough one, because when you’re dressing yourself for the day you’re probably thinking about practicality, comfort, style, or a number of reasons that outweigh visibility. But if you can fling a brightly-colored or reflective jacket on just for your walk or bike to and from campus, you could really help keep yourself safe. This is especially true if you tend to commute in the early or evening hours of the day. Making yourself visible will really help drivers, because we’ve all been startled by a walker or biker wearing dark clothing at night, and it’s no fun. Also, if you choose to bike, putting lights on your bike will really lower your chances of getting struck at night. And lights also come with fun flashing sequences or cool colors. Mix and match! See how fun safety is? Crosswalks are made for crossing: You may want to sit down for this particular tidbit but crosswalks are called that because that is where you’re meant to cross. Crazy. I mean, it must be crazy, because people around campus are exceptionally bad at crossing at designated areas, particularly on the campus itself and on the gauntlet that is Monroe street. This problem is made worse when people have their eyeballs glued to their phones and cross without looking both ways. Being aware of your surroundings while putting yourself in the way of traffic is something that your mother probably taught you about when you were three years old. We’re in college now. I believe that we can navigate through traffic without being complete doofuses. The ability lies within. The red hand isn’t a suggestion: We’ve all been there: the light at the crosswalk won’t turn to the little walking guy. Class is going to start in a few minutes, so we glance around and run across the street, the big red “stop” hand reflected in our guilty,
Don’t make drivers angry on purpose.
guilty eyes. Ok, so maybe it’s not quite that dramatic. But the lights at intersections are a comprehensible system: everybody gets a turn, and when it’s your turn to cross, the poor bloke in the car just has to wait for you to get safely to the other side. You can really aggravate him by dropping a penny in the middle of the crosswalk and then stooping to pick it up and examining it to see what year it was minted. Just kidding. Don’t make drivers angry on purpose. Basically, waiting your turn at the crosswalk could take you out of a potentially dangerous situation, especially if a driver is also facing distractions and may not see you. These are pretty basic tips that may seem like they don’t make a lot of difference. So what if I like to bike with headphones? Who am I hurting if I cross the in the middle of the street if no one’s there? Honestly, these things might be fine in an ordinary day. But it’s that unordinary day, the one you weren’t expecting, when you’re crossing the street or wearing dark clothing and someone doesn’t see you that you’re preparing for. It’s like biking without wearing a helmet. Sure, you can go without one, and maybe nothing will happen. But in the off-chance you do get hit, you’re sure going to wish you’d been wearing one. If you’re going to gamble, you might as well gamble in favor of your personal safety and that of others. The opinions expressed in Keating’s column do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff.
OSU College Republicans out of touch Letter to the editor In the midst of global climate change, daily reports of the cruelest types of violence at home and abroad, a crumbling infrastructure, unreasonably expensive educations and medical costs, as well as a host of other dire problems, our Oregon State University College Republicans rallied around their 11th Annual Second Amendment Week. If you bought a raffle ticket you might of won an AR-15 rifle, a shotgun, or a Glock 45. Outside of perhaps the shotgun, the other two weapons are either used for target practice or killing humans— in self-defense or not. With such time and energy spent over a perceived threatened Second Amendment, it’s no wonder that the Republican Party has won the popular vote in a U.S. Presidential election only once since 1988, a streak that will not end soon. Perhaps the Republicans and their clubs and organizations would fair better if they put more energy into actually helping our beleaguered environment along with the people of our nation. Instead, they work to revive the status quo that peaked in the early 1960s. A better and more relevant Republican Party would be helpful to the Untied States. Drew Robertson Corvallis resident
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