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WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013 • OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY CORVALLIS, OREGON 97331
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Anti-war activist advocates world peace in annual lecture By Kate Virden
Schools participate in science, engineering activities in semi-annual ‘Discovery Days’
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Thirty-three school groups from Linn and Benton counties came to Tuesday’s half of the semi-annual Discovery Days event, with grades as young as kindergarten and as old as sixth grade represented among the expected number of nearly 1000 children per day. Discovery Days is sponsored by the Colleges of Science and Engineering and relies on volunteers to run stations showcasing science and engineering for children from schools in cities like Sweet Home and Lebanon. Nearly 75 volunteers — mostly Oregon State University students — submitted applications to assist. Margie Haak, Discovery Days coordinator and a senior instructor in chemistry, has been working with Discovery Days for 10 years, but can remember chaperoning her oldest son’s class to the event when it was called Museum Days — her son is now 28. The event provides an opportunity for students to gain exposure to “doing science rather than reading about it,” Haak said. “We’re in the position that we can offer them things that they can’t do in the schools,” Haak said. “These are our future students.” Discovery Days takes place at the LaSells Stewart Center on the south side of the OSU campus. Jasper LaFortune’s station featured a beaker of water and dry ice that produced carbon dioxide, which students scooped up in plastic cups. “Kids can take a cup and dip it in and drink it and throw it on their friends and have a lot of fun with it,” LaFortune, a freshman in computer science, said. The sorority, Sigma Delta Omega, was also represented, presenting two demonstrations featuring dry ice. “It’s just a really fun way for us to interact with children and expand the knowledge of science throughout our community,” said Rachel Grisham, a freshman in biology and a Sigma Delta Omega member. “Teaching students, especially female students, about science is very important,” Haak said. Taylor McAnally, a freshman in human development and education, helped children learn about light, reflectivity and temperature.
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OSU’s Sigma Delta Omega sorority, leads kids through a dry ice experiment during Discovery Days at the LaSells Stewart Center. “They get a chance to come play and really learn one-on-one with hands-on stuff,” McAnally said. For Abdu Alyajouri, a second grader from Franklin elementary school, it was his sixth time at Discovery Days. His favorite station was one that involved static electricity because he “got to shock people,” he said. Sophia Bell, another second grader at Franklin, also said she liked the static station. “I like the static one because it’s really fun to shock people,” Bell said. Bell said she likes science and wants to be a teacher. Discovery Days continues from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday. McKinley Smith, news reporter
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Brad’s World Reptiles brings a juvenile alligator to Discovery Days.
“The only sane policy for the world is that of abolishing war,” as said by Linus Pauling, was the quote with which Leah Bolger chose to end her anti-war activism lecture for the 30th annual Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Memorial Lecture for World Peace on Tuesday night. Leah Bolger served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years. She did not join the military for ideological reasons; she needed a job. Bolger revealed that she never shot at anyone and never had anyone shoot at her, but that did not prevent her from feeling the impacts of military life. The lecture features speakers who are recognized for their efforts in promoting world peace or related concerns. Larry Rogers, the dean of the College of Liberal Arts, opened the night. He mentioned how Ava Helen Pauling “committed herself” to issues of world peace, justice, human rights and the preservation of wilderness and natural areas. Bolger highlighted the importance of OSU students reaching out to Congress. “Students today graduate thousands of dollars in debt,” Bolger said. “Some students in other countries go to school for free, because that is where their priorities [lie]. You may not see the change, but if you don’t do anything, that’s what you’re going to get.” Bolger spoke of the moment that triggered her passionate anti-war activism; she went to an Eyes Wide Open exhibit with her husband shortly after the United States invaded Iraq. At the exhibit, which was created to remember American soldiers that died in the Iraq war, she saw pairs of boots and dog tags in rows, each representing every American military person killed in combat. The exhibit also featured the shoes of Middle Eastern civilians. Kate Virden, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
Thoughts on Mars One? What would you miss from Earth? Mars One is a not-for-profit organization that hopes to establish a human settlement on Mars by 2023. They hope to use the existing technologies from industry leaders worldwide. Funding for this mission will be obtained by broadcasting every aspect of the mission, from astronaut selection to how they live out their lives on Mars. Currently, the Mars One mission is accepting YouTube applications for people who want a chance at being the first humans sent to Mars. Note that this is a one-way trip to Mars. Once the selection process, starts in the second half of 2013, picks the 20 astronauts, the astronauts will begin a rigorous seven-year training program to prepare them for life on Mars. As of yesterday, more than 20,000 YouTube applications have been submitted and can be viewed by the public by going to mars-one.com.
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That’s just crazy. There is no infrastructure on mars, but it would make for the perfect TV show. I would miss Pacific Northwest greenery and smell. Sean Gertzt
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No, I don’t like heat much. I heard things about water on Mars, but I think temperature is a concern. If that’s what people want to do with their lives then great. I would miss the trees and environment.
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Good luck with that. Sounds terribly lonely because of the fact that it’s one-way. I would miss lamb gyros.
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It’s a step toward the future of living outside this planet. I would miss the amount of interaction with many people.
I would go if it became habitable. Why is it one way? I would miss the Internet. Kishan Patel Junior, psychology