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App Challenge returns for 2nd year, coordinators want exponential improvement

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Imagine an app that tells you when your produce is ripe. Or a flashcard app that revolutionizes the old paper method of learning.

At the 2014 App Challenge, there may be an app for that.

The 2014 App Challenge, formerly known as the App Hackathon, will allow students to compete app-to-app with their very own designs.

Nicole Phelps, a senior studying electrical engineering and computer science, revived the challenge after competing in last year’s event. Phelps won for most commercial potential with her app, Just Ripe.

“Just Ripe helps users determine ripeness of produce when at the grocery store,” Phelps said. “The app also includes other features such as nutrition and storage information and recipes.”

Last year’s Hackathon motivated and inspired Phelps to become more creative in her projects, which is why she brought it back a second year in a row.

“I wanted other students to … possibly find a passion for mobile development like I did, so I started the App Challenge this year,” Phelps said.

There is a winner for each of the four categories and one overall winner. Categories are: innovation, completeness, presentation and people’s choice.

The overall winner will receive a $200 gift card to See APPS | page 4

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Students interested in taking the Law School Admission Test have the opportunity to gain experience and practice through free test preparation Saturday.

Sponsored by the OSU Pre-Law Society, the preparatory event will be held at 10 a.m. in Gilkey Hall 113 and feature an exam and review session. Instructors from TestMasters, a leading exam preparation company based in Los Angeles, will facilitate the session.

Each TestMasters instructor has scored in the 98 percentile or higher on the LSAT and will “introduce students to a variety of important techniques that they can use to maximize their score,” according to an event notice from the company. Students who participate in Saturday will also receive $200 off a TestMasters live LSAT course.

Interested students are asked to pre-register online to reserve their spot. Registration forms can be found on the OSU Pre-Law Society’s website.

The campus organization hosts similar preparatory events four times a year, as well as a variety of workshops and mock trials for those interested in the legal practice. managing@dailybarometer.com

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Benton County Habitat for Humanity recognizes National Women Build Week with home-building projects exclusively for women volunteers.

Habitat for Humanity National Women Build Week is in its seventh year, encouraging women to devote at least one day to eliminating poverty housing in their community. The organization’s worldwide celebration of women building is Saturday, but builds have been happening around the country all week.

Benton County Habitat for Humanity executive director Karen Rockwell said the worldwide organization focuses on the national week for women to come together to strengthen community and inclusivity for women.

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Volunteers raise a wall together during Benton County Habitat for Humanity’s National Women Build Week project Thursday.

Gus Bedwell serving OSU veterans since 2012 Military, veteran resources coordinator strives to improve students’ college experience

become a great bonding experience between me and my boys.”

Bedwell and his two sons currently own more than 300 Buzz Lightyearrelated items. In terms of his work at OSU, he views the expression, “to

By Sean Bassinger infinity and beyond,” as his everyday THE DAILY BAROMETER mantra.

The first things anyone may notice “I’m always striving to do that next in the office of Gus Bedwell are his Buzz Lightyear posters from “Toy step for people I work for and with,” he said.

Story.”

Following his time as a mechanic Bedwell, who serves as the military in the U.S. Army between 1992 and and veteran resources coordinator 1998, Bedwell was a returning vetat Oregon State University, said his eran student himself, who received fascination with the character grew a bachelor’s degree in family studies after a co-worker referred to him as from Corban University.

“Buzz” in 2000.

After that, Bedwell began his career Since then, he’s been attempting to as someone who represents veterans. establish the biggest Buzz LightyearBedwell moved to Oregon in 2005 related collection recognized by the and started working as an accredGuinness Book of World Records. ited veteran services officer for the “For me, it’s become more than See BEDWELL | page 4 a collection,” Bedwell said. “It’s n

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Gus Bedwell, veterans resource coordinator, sits in his office in the Kerr Administration Building.

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Sophomore Hussain Al. Balushi bowls during Pride Week’s Community Celebration in the Memorial Union basement.

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Week ends with Queernival, slumber party in MU quad

party, all located at the Memorial Union quad.

Other events throughout the week have included anything from the pracBy Kaitlyn Kohlenberg tical, such as free HIV testing at the THE DAILY BAROMETER OSU Pride Center, to the fun, such as The Oregon State University the Community Celebration Thursday Rainbow Continuum’s Pride Week night in the MU basement, and the 2014 offered students a chance to informational, such as the Trans 101 learn and participate during its inclu- presentation Tuesday in the MU. “These events are just important sive events. for building community,” said Megan Friday, the final day of the 2014 Ham, a junior philosophy major. spring pride celebration, will host a See PRIDE | page 4 5K run, a “Queernival” and a slumber n

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Not today, trash can Corvallis police allegedly witnessed a 21-year-old kick over a trash can near the intersection of 21st Street and Van Buren Avenue. The female was polite and picked the trash can up, but was cited for tampering with property.

Glory days Around 11:42 p.m., Corvallis police could allegedly hear loud noise and screaming coming from a resident on 600 block of 21st Street. After further investigation, it was deemed the residents were playing beer pong with their mothers.

One of the residents was cited for loud noise and given a special response notice.

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The Daily Barometer’s Ryan Mason was announced as the best cartoonist in the Northwest.

The Society of Professional Journalism’s Region 10 announced the winners of the Mark of Excellence Awards Monday.

Mason, a junior in graphic design, took home the regional award for editorial cartooning.

There are 12 regions in SPJ, and Region 10 consists of universities from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.

Three other Barometer staff members were honored as topthree regional finalists.

Editor-in-chief Warner Strausbaugh was a finalist for best sports photo, for a photo of Max Gordon’s diving catch at the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. Former photo editor Jackie Seus was a finalist for best breaking news photo, for a shot of an explosive ordinance disposal unit member entering the forestry building last year when there was a bomb threat.

Former science reporter Dacotah-Victoria Splichalova was a finalist for best general news photo, for a photo of stinkbugs on a plate of food. managing@dailybarometer.com

of Phi Delta Theta and stated it was their parking lot and didn’t think the crowd at Impulse Bar and Grill could see him. He was still cited for human waste.

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He’s no Craig Kimbrel Two men were spotted exiting the FillKing Laundromat on Kings Boulevard Sunday, May 4 at 12:14 a.m. After being approached by I can do whatever I want with my Corvallis police for being there so late, parking lot one man was identified as Kimball Craig, Someone was allegedly seen urinating 55. He had a valid warrant on record and in the parking lot near the intersection was transported to the Benton County of 14th Street and Monroe Avenue. The Jail. man, 21, identified himself as a member managing@dailybarometer.com

Navigators at Cover Oregon haven’t been paid in months

By Kristian Foden-Vencil

“But there’s laws also. There’s laws, you’ve got to pay people in a reasonable time. The PORTLAND — Executives sorting out prob- contract says within 30 days you’ll be paid. lems at Cover Oregon say about a thousand Well last time I looked it was seven months.”

Cover Oregon’s interim director Clyde navigators haven’t been paid, some of them Hamstreet said approximately $900,000 is in months.

Navigators help people buy health insurance owed to agents.

Four staff members have been hired to sort by guiding them through the troubled website.

West Linn insurance agent Steve Cox esti- out the payments. mates he’s owned at least $7,000 from processCover Oregon also just signed a new $2.9 ing up to 200 claims. million contract with Deloitte Consulting -“I’ve been in the insurance business almost to figure out how much extra work might be 30 years and I’m not used to doing it for noth- needed to transition to the federal website and the Oregon Health Authority. ing,” he said.

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Study: Minority students in Oregon more likely to be suspended

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PORTLAND — A new study finds that minority students in Oregon are more likely to be suspended or expelled than their white peers.

Regional Education Laboratory Northwest analyzed data from school districts including Beaverton, Forest Grove, Hillsboro, Portland, Reynolds and Tigard-Tualatin. The report focuses on the 2011 school year.

The report found that boys are more likely to face exclusionary discipline than girls. Special education students are disciplined more often than students not in special-ed.

Rob Larson is with the research nonprofit Education Northwest. He says the state findings parallel national trends.

“We’re looking at ways to become more respon-

sive to children of all cultures and all student sub groups so we can really eliminate the disparities that exist across student subgroups,” he says.

Larson says the goal is for the study to help school officials understand discipline disparity and how it occurs in their schools. He hopes to see it guide policies and practices.

Crystal Green, a spokeswoman for the Oregon Department of Education, says the state is working to address the problem.

State officials say they’ve been aware of the problem for years. In 2013, the state legislature passed a school discipline bill that makes suspensions and expulsions a last resort, instead focusing on preventative measures aimed at keeping kids in school.

State agencies and school districts are developing databases to track exclusionary discipline rates.

Beaver Idaho men plead guilty to timber theft Yearbook editor selected for 2014-15

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Oregon State University’s student media department selected Jodie Davaz as the editor-in-chief for Beaver Yearbook in 2014-15.

Yearbook, which is in a transitional period, is an annual publication. Davaz, the current KBVR FM station manager, will develop a new and sustainable model for the publication.

“I’m really looking forward to bringing the Beaver (Yearbook) to a new generation of high-tech students,” Davaz said.

Davaz, who will be a senior next year, is a digital communication arts major with a minor in writing. She plans to utilize print and online versions of the Yearbook, and wants to crowdsource using OSU students for what she calls a “feature magazine.” managing@dailybarometer.com

BOISE, Idaho — Two Idaho men pleaded guilty last week to theft of timber from the Malheur National Forest in 2013.

Terry Kevin Burton, 46, of Wilder and his son Brent L. Burton, 22, of Homedale entered their pleas April 30 in U.S. District Court in Boise.

The Burtons admitted they made trips to Oregon and into the Malheur to unlawfully cut lodgepole pine posts and poles for commercial sale, without a commercial timber license or contract. They also created an illegal trail through the forest to get to the timber, resulting in damage to the area.

They agreed to pay $3,880 in restitution. Sentencing is set for July 9 before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill at the federal courthouse in Boise.

Theft of government property can bring a sentence of up to a year in prison, a maximum fine of $5,000 and up to a year of supervised release.

The Burtons were indicted by a federal grand jury Oct. 9, 2013.

The plea agreement would resolve multiple counts faced by the men, including conspiracy to commit theft of govern-

ment property, injury to government property, and additional counts of theft of government property.

According to documents filed in federal court: The investigation began March 11, 2013, when Forest Service Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) Aaron Henrichs was working on the Malheur Forest and noticed a truck and trailer parked off Highway 26.

Henrichs saw the Burtons come out of the forest on a snowcat and ATV, hauling firewood and lodgepole pine posts and poles - wood that was not allowed for cutting at that time of year on the Malheur.

Contacted by Henrich, the Burtons showed a personaluse firewood permit from the Malheur, and said they were cutting some of the wood for firewood but planned to use longer lodgepole poles for personal use, to build a fence at their house.

“However, they had failed to tag the wood after they left the cutting site, as required; they had cut larch, a species of firewood which was not supposed to be cut at that time of the year; and, their permit did not authorize them to use any mechanical equipment, such

as the snowcat, to bring the firewood out of the forest,” the filing recounted.

Henrichs showed the Burtons the conditions listed on the back of their firewood permit and explained they were in violation, but he did not cite them then.

On May 19, 2013, Henrichs was patrolling about six miles from that site and found an illegal trail off Forest Road 2645 on the 155 spur. Henrichs found the trail was about 12 feet wide, with ruts, exposed soil and eroding areas. Saplings had been run over and trampled by an ATV making repeated trips on the road, and recently cut lodgepole - in commercial lengths, 8 to 12 feet long - was found stacked along the trail.

The filing says Henrichs installed a motion-sensing camera near the end of the trail to try to find out who was using the illegal trail system.

Later he found a modified Ford pickup truck, which turned out to be registered to Terry Burton, parked on the road not far from the trail. The truck, originally owned by a railroad for service work, had a hydraulic system and a crane on it, and had a long trailer hooked up to it.

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Friday, May 9 Meetings

OSU Chess Club, 4-6pm, MU Commons. Come play with us and learn more about this classic game. All skill levels welcome.

Speakers Spring Creek Project, 7:30pm, LaSells Stewart Center C&E Auditorium. DJ Spooky: That Subliminal Kid. Composer, multimedia artist and author Paul D. Miller, AKA DJ Spooky, will speak on his gender-bending art, vast catalogue of music, and work in social justice.

Events Asian and Pacific Cultural Center, 2-3:30pm, Asian and Pacific Cultural Center. Chinese Cuisines. Participants will learn about four major Chinese cuisines systematically.

Rainbow Continuum, 3-4pm, MU Quad. Rainbow Run - 5K - Part of Pride Week 2014. Kickoff the Queernival by participating in the Rainbow Run 5K. Dress in rainbows to show support.

Rainbow Continuum, 10pm-9am, MU Quad. Queer Campout - part of Pride Week 2014. Bring your board games, camping chairs, tents, flashlights, blankets, friends, snacks, cards and come have fun with us under the stars.

OSU Blood Drive Association, 11am4pm, First United Methodist Church.

American Red Cross OSU sponsored blood drive. Come donate or volunteer.

Each donation saves ~3 lives.

Saturday, May 10 Events

Ettihad Cultural Center, 5-8pm, MU Quad. Second Annual Ettihad Cultural Festival featuring cultures of over 15 countries from SW Asia and North Africa! There will be catered dinner, music, performances, henna, caligraphy and lots of giveaways!

Rainbow Continuum, 7-9:30pm, LaSells Stewart Center. Drag Show part of Pride Week 2014. Let hostess Lucille S. Balls take you into the world of drag performances. Explore the boundaries of gender and have a fun time doing it.

Monday, May 12 Events

Terra Magazine, 6-8pm, Majestic Theater, 115 SW 2nd St. Science Pub Corvallis: The Future of Oceans. Speaker Andrew Thurber, OSU College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences.

Tuesday, May 13 Events

University Events, 10am-2pm, CH2M Hill Alumni Center. Celebrating Distinguished Professors. The title of Distinguished Professor is the highest designation and academic honor that OSU bestows on our faculty.

Human Services Resource Center, 10am-2pm, MU Quad. #Textbookscost - Join HSRC in a social media campaign to raise awareness of the issue of educational material access and affordability on the OSU campus.

Wednesday, May 14 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.

Events International Students of OSU, 4pm, International Resource Center in the MU. Cultural Heritage. An informative educational event led by a panel of students and teachers who will answer questions having a cultural background and cultural knowledge.

This is a great opportunity to gain knowledge about customs around the world and to meet international students.

Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center, 5-7pm, MU Quad. Food, music, games, poetry. Remembering the freedom of African Americans.

Human Services Resource Center, 10am-2pm, MU Quad. #Textbookscost - Join HSRC in a social media campaign to raise awareness of the issue of educational material access and affordability on the OSU campus.

Thursday, May 15 Meetings

Baha’i Campus Association, 12:30pm, MU Talisman Room. A discussion - A world commonwealth.

Events Asian and Pacific Cultural Center, 6-8pm, MU 211. The Question of Palestine. This event will examine the occupation of Palestine from a historical perspective, looking at it as a process of ongoing settler colonialism.

The role of Palestine within racial justice organizing historically and today will also be examined.

Human Services Resource Center, 11am-2pm, MU Lounge. What is being done on campus to increase affordability of and access to educational materials? Join OSU faculty, staff and students to discuss various efforts on campus.

Friday, May 16 Meetings

OSU Chess Club, 4-6pm, MU Commons. Come play with us and learn more about this classic game. All skill levels welcome.

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GOP Senate hopefuls share goals, not strategy Oregon’s teen pregnancy rates hit historic low

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Portland surgeon Monica Wehby is running as a Republican for U.S. Senator. who came out of the primaries — not as liberal as them, but closer than Conger.�

Ron Saxton, a Portland lawyer and the 2006 nominee, lost to Democratic Gov. Ted Kulongoski. Chris Dudley, a businessman and former player with the Portland Trail Blazers and other teams, was the 2010 nominee who lost narrowly to Democrat John Kitzhaber.

Neither has strong name recognition Harper Polling, a Republican firm in Pennsylvania, says its results show the Senate race is far closer than the public may think, but that neither Conger nor Wehby is particularly known statewide. The polling was conducted in early April, before Wehby’s TV blitz, and Conger did better than Wehby in matchups against Merkley. “The money appears to be going to Wehby,� Moore adds. “But we do not have any independent evidence that it is making a difference with the electorate.�

Final pre-election reports were due today with the Federal Election Commission, but Wehby had raised $1.1 million — about $600,000 during the first quarter this year — and Conger had raised under $300,000.

Conger’s first-quarter amount was $64,000, about 10 percent of Wehby’s, The amounts exclude $106,000 spent independently on anti-Conger TV ads by Andrew Miller, president of Stimson Lumber of Forest Grove, who has been linked romantically to Wehby, although neither would discuss the relationship, and Nevada businessman Loren Parks. They also exclude $76,000 provided for TV ads by New Republican, associated with GOP political consultant Alex Castellanos, to promote Wehby.

Merkley raised about $1 million, during the period, and has stockpiled $3.6 million in the bank.

The 2008 Senate campaign cost a record $27 million, counting spending independent of the candidates’ campaigns.

Wehby’s views Wehby, a pediatric neurosurgeon at Randall Children’s Hospital, is making her first run for public office. But she’s not new to politics.

Wehby was the chief petitioner for a 2004 ballot measure, which voters rejected, that would have allowed lawmakers to limit liability for doctors.

As president of the Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland and the Oregon Medical Association, she was involved in discussions about overhauling health care, including a proposal developed by Sen. Ron Wyden as the Healthy Americans Act in 2007 and 2009.

That bill had similarities to what Congress finally adopted in 2010 as the Affordable Care Act, although President Obama said it went too far in changing employer-based care and supported something else.

Wehby said she liked Wyden’s bipartisan approach, although she did not associate herself with its financing. “He always tries to work with both sides and get his legislation to be bipartisan, where you have the interests of both sides represented,� she says. “One thing we need to see more of is being able to find common ground without sacrificing your principles.�

Wehby assailed Merkley, in contrast, for being “the most liberal senator.� But the National Journal rating on which Wehby based her criticism was only for 2011, when Wyden was ranked 17th. During the five years they have served in the Senate together, Merkley and Wyden have been relatively close. And in 2013, Wyden was 34th and Merkley 38th on the liberal scale.

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BEND — Teen pregnancies in Oregon and around the nation have hit a historic low.

According to a recent study by the Guttmacher Institute, teen pregnancies in Oregon have dropped by almost 50 percent between 1990 and 2010.

Oregon has one of the lowest teen pregnancy rates nationwide. On a scale from 1 to 50, with 1 being the state with the lowest teen pregnancy rate, Oregon is No. 37. New Hampshire and Vermont have the lowest rates, while New Mexico, Mississippi and Texas have the highest rates.

Some experts believe reality shows like MTV’s “16 and Pregnant� are having an impact on kids. Others credit Oregon’s sex education in public schools. “There’s much more access to comprehensive sex education, and far more access to birth control than we’ve ever seen before,� said Stacy Cross, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette, said Thursday.

About 5,800 teen pregnancies have been reported in Oregon since 2010.

One of the biggest obstacles for teen parents is balancing school work and looking after their child. Bend High School is offering help for teen parents to stay on track with their school work.

The Teen Parent Program is offering day care for the teen moms and dads. Bend High also is bringing in experts from the community to talk about sex education.

Mary Evers, teen parent coordinator at Bend High, thinks teen parents are often misunderstood. “A lot of time, people say things about them and have these misconceptions about them,� Evers said. “But from my perspective, they are some of the hardest working students we’ve got, and I’m really proud of them.�

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PORTLAND — The two leading Republicans in the May 20 primary are taking different roads in their bids to face Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley in the fall.

Monica Wehby, a Portland surgeon, advertises herself as a fresh face in politics. But she’s also relying on big campaign contributions — some of them from Washington, D.C. — that have put her on the airwaves. “It does not matter how great a candidate you are if nobody knows who you are and you can’t get your message out,� she says.

She also has big-name endorsements from Mitt Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, and Newt Gingrich, the former U.S. House speaker.

Jason Conger, a lawyer from Bend, unseated a Democratic incumbent in the Oregon House in 2010. He has raised far less than Wehby and hasn’t been on the airwaves in the Portland media market, which reaches more than half of Oregon’s voters.

But Conger is relying on his legislative record and his life story — which took him from poverty to prosperity, via a law degree from Harvard — to win the nomination from more conservative Republican primary voters. “I am much more in alignment with twothirds of the GOP in Oregon,� Conger says.

Three other candidates in the race are Mark Callahan, an information technology consultant from Salem; Tim Crawley, a lawyer from Portland; and Jo Rae Perkins, a former Linn County Republican chairwoman from Albany.

Though the candidates have appeared jointly at forums, there has been only one face-off between Conger and Wehby, and that was limited to attendees at the annual Dorchester Conference that took place March 7. Wehby rejected a proposed one-on-one appearance at Portland TV station KGW. Wehby won the straw poll at Dorchester, an unofficial gathering of Republicans, but Conger also addressed a gathering of more conservative Republicans the next day in Clackamas.

The two will appear together May 16, four days before the primary, at the Portland City Club.

Whoever emerges from the primary will face Merkley, a former Oregon House speaker from Portland who unseated two-term Republican Gordon Smith in the 2008 election that swept Barack Obama into the presidency.

Merkley has advantage Although Oregon has sided with the Democratic nominee for president seven straight times, and last elected a Republican as governor in 1982, Democrats have held both U.S. Senate seats only since Merkley was elected to join Democrat Ron Wyden.

Before then, Democrats held both Senate seats during a decade-long stretch from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s.

Even though it is Merkley’s first re-election bid, political commentator Jim Moore said he starts with an advantage over any Republican rival. The major national rating services — Cook, Rothenberg and the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia — list the Oregon seat as safe or likely Democratic. “Conger, on paper, looks like someone that the Republican electorate will support,� says Moore, who teaches politics at Pacific University. “Wehby, on paper, looks like the last two Republican candidates for governor

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PRIDE n Continued from page 1 “That’s really important for students to not feel isolated.”

Ham said that in her own experiences, she initially felt as though none of her peers also identified as members of the queer community. She said participating in events through the Rainbow Continuum and OSU Pride Center, she was able to get in touch with a larger, welcoming community.

Joyce Contreras, the coordinator for the Queernival Friday, said support and recognition of the LGBTQ community is an important and central part of pride week.

“The queer community is not as recognized as other diverse groups on campus,” Contreras said. “I’m hoping people just really come together to the MU quad and are open to the idea of the Queernival and having fun, even if they don’t identify with the community.”

The all-encompassing welcome is one of the things Ham finds so great about the pride week events, including the Community Celebration, which she coordinated.

“It’s cool to just have an evening that ... anyone can come,” Ham said. “I really tried to stress that.”

Friday events will start at 3 p.m. with the 5K Rainbow Run, which will be followed by the Queernival and campout in the quad.

Contreras said she is hoping for a large crowd at the events “just to get people out and support the queer community and just making it a friendly environment for everyone to come out and have fun.”

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Volunteers Kangda Zhou, Cami Miller and Janiece Dimick hold up their end of the wall Thursday during Benton County Habitat for Humanity’s National Women Build Week.

HABITAT n Continued from page 1 were expected at the 300 Habitat for Humanity affiliates across the nation from last Saturday to this Sunday.

“It’s dedicated to giving women, who maybe wouldn’t be comfortable, an opportunity,” Rockwell said.

Awareness projects like Women Build are meant to work past stereotypes of strength and ability to allow equal opportunity for women to become involved. Volunteers of all skill and experience levels were encouraged to participate.

“It’s in our culture that the women will often defer work and the men will end up doing the work,” said volunteer and project leader Lynn Mattes.

Mattes, a volunteer with Habitat since 1999, was a project leader Thursday, helping the team of women volunteers from Lowe’s in raising the walls of a duplex on B Street in Corvallis. This project makes a total of 32 houses under her volunteering belt.

Mattes enjoys lending her vast experience to volunteers, answering questions, instructing them and teaching them new skills needed for the build.

“It’s about being a part of your community,”

BEDWELL n Continued from page 1 Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs.

Through this position, he worked with various college campuses to help connect students to the resources they need.

Bedwell’s work with OSU began in 2012. Since then, he’s worked to help improve veteran concerns throughout campus and connect veterans to the resources they need.

James Benavidez, a senior in electrical and computer engineering at OSU, said Bedwell helped him connect and become more involved when he first attended the university.

“He was really good at sitting me down and talking me through what I needed to do for the GI Bill,” Benavidez said. “He took a scary, harsh situation and made it very mellow.”

With assistance from Bedwell as an

APPS n Continued from page 1 Amazon, and category winners will each receive a $75 gift card to Amazon. Other prizes include Google paraphernalia and Urban Air Shift products.

Scott Kveton, an OSU graduate who founded OSU’s opensource lab, is the CEO of Urban Air Shift. He will also be one of four judges on the panel. “(Kveton) made a difference in the community of computer science students,” Phelps said.

“He is an inspiration to me because that is what I am trying to do as well.”

One way Phelps has worked to inspire students is by making this year’s competition more relevant than the last.

“Last year, most of the development was on Titanium and Android,” Phelps said.

“This year is focused on Native development.”

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Mattes said.

In the same neighborhood where the current duplexes are being built, Mattes said a house she worked on last year for Women Build was just dedicated and the family moved in.

“It’s great to see that with something we did,” Mattes said. “A family is living there now.”

The current duplex project is for the Dominguez and Hernandez families, and Jesus Dominguez was there working on her new home.

“I’m very, very happy,” Dominguez said.

Lowe’s participates in National Build Week around the country, and these local volunteers from the company’s district center in Lebanon are from the Lowe’s Heroes program, which encourages employee participation in community projects.

“We like to sponsor events in our community,” said Lowe’s district center employee Kangda Zhou.

Zhou has volunteered with Habitat worldwide and brought her team out for the duration of the Thursday, Friday and Saturday build weekend.

“This is my way to get involved in the community,” Zhou said.

adviser, Benavidez served as president of the Veterans and Family Student Association.

“He’s been extremely supportive in everything we do,” Benavidez said.

Sid Cooper, veteran and assistant building services director at the Memorial Union, said his initial experience, as a returning student in the 1980s, didn’t go so well before Bedwell’s time.

During his first visit with a veterans representative who only worked once a week, Cooper received very little information or support.

“I didn’t find that helpful at all,” Cooper said. “After one visit, I never went back.”

With a combination of his own experiences as a veteran student and his own family, Bedwell’s perspective brings an exceptional professionalism to veteran affairs on campus, Cooper said.

“He understands what it’s like to be a veteran with dependents,” he said.

In addition to the VFSA, veteran’s

Phelps said, is its popularity in the tech industry, which makes it a rewarding innovation.

Phelps said she wants to see the competition return every year, more exceptional than the last. She plans to include better prizes and perks that will benefit every participant, such as mentors for coaching.

“I was hoping to get mentors for (the participants) to help them develop and get information on general things,” Phelps said.

More than that, Phelps hopes to see students outside of OSU participate.

“It would be so cool to make it nationwide,” Phelps said.

“Maybe that’s ambitious, but it would be cool.”

To help with the 2014 App Challenge, Phelps turned to David Meehan, a senior studying electrical engineering and computer science.

Meehan, alongside Phelps, taught a week-long app development course prior to

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lounge in the MU and resources already available to veteran students, Bedwell said the department of veteran affairs is currently working to create a new website system specifically designed to assist student veterans with relocation in the Corvallis area.

In terms of locating resources to help veterans enrolled in college, Bedwell said it’s important for students to realize they could qualify for additional aid outside of their traditional GI Bill benefits.

“There’s free money sitting on the table, sitting for you as a student that you should apply for,” Bedwell said.

Meanwhile, Bedwell remains at his post as a prime resource for new and continuing student veterans.

“They can come here and know they can get the answers to the questions they needed,” Bedwell said.

the challenge. While Phelps helped students design apps for iOS, Meehan showed students how to design apps for Android.

Meehan helped with the challenge to increase the awareness of new technology within computer science. He feels that’s lacking at OSU. “Mobile apps being the new big thing, we thought we could get people more interested and create a community around it,” Meehan said.

He encourages people to come to the challenge even if they didn’t make an app.

“It’s a way to get involved in their community and meet new people,” Meehan said.

“And if you want to meet the CEOs of tech companies in Oregon, it’s a really good networking opportunity.”

They also plan to give away prizes.

Kevin McGrath, an instructor in the School of Electrical Engineering & Computer

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Science, who also taught Phelps in several EECS courses, lauds Phelps for recreating the challenge. He thinks that transforming this competition into a nationwide event is a real possibility.

“If (Phelps) can get somebody like Google, Rack Space or Intel, all of which are fairly large in the mobile space, they can fairly easily get it nationwide,” McGrath said.

With the popularity of crossplatform development, and the surge of mobile app downloads, McGrath is surprised there isn’t a nationwide competition like this on a university level.

The OSU App Challenge is Saturday from 2-4 p.m. at the Kelley Engineering Center main atrium. Students who attend can vote for their favorite app to win people’s choice.

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No. 2 Oregon State and UCLA’s three-game series this weekend pits two teams that are headed in opposite directions against one another.

The Beavers (35-8, 17-4 Pac-12) are on the up-and-up, having won eight straight games, recently jumping into first place in the Pac-12 standings.

UCLA (23-22-1, 10-11), on the other hand, has plummeted in recent weeks, falling to sixth in the Pac-12 standings.

The Bruins are just 5-12-1 in their past 18 games and are struggling particularly on the offensive side of the plate. It’s a surprising turn, considering UCLA was playing its best baseball of the season around this time last year.

While Oregon State won the Pac-12 Championship in 2013 with Oregon finishing second, it was UCLA that joined the Beavers at the College World Series, eventually winning a national championship.

Despite the recent dry spell for the Bruins, Oregon State isn’t taking this weekend’s home series lightly. Just a game ahead of No. 6 Washington in the loss column, OSU realizes every Pac12 game is of the utmost importance.

“This weekend will be big just like every weekend in the Pac-12 is big,” said head coach Pat Casey after Tuesday’s 4-3 victory against Oregon justin quinn | THE DAILY BAROMETER in 12 innings. “We know UCLA is another good ball club. They won the Senior second baseman Andy Peterson (1) celebrates with senior pitcher Ben Wetzler against Northern Illinois See BASEBALL | page 6

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Former Oregon State wide receiver Brandin Cooks was selected 20th overall in the 2014 NFL Draft Thursday night by the New Orleans Saints.

Cooks was the fourth receiver taken in the draft behind Clemson’s Sammy Watkins, Texas A&M’s Mike Evans and LSU’s Odell Beckham Jr. Cooks pulled in 128 receptions for 1,730 yards and 16 touchdowns in 2013, and rushed for 235 yards and two scores as well in 2013. His reception and receivingyard totals were both Pac-12 records, earning him the Biletnikoff Award for the nation’s best receiver.

The Stockton, Calif., native racked up 1,151 receiving yards and nine touchdowns in his sophomore season, but wasn’t expected to leave early for the NFL until his breakout season this past year.

He ran an official 4.33 40-yard dash time at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis, which was highest among wide receivers and the second-highest time of the entire Combine.

Projected as a second-round draft pick when he first declared for the NFL Draft after the seaCooks son, Cooks climbed the board thanks to his performance at the Combine and in individual interviews with teams.

Cooks is the first Oregon State football player selected in the first round since Steven Jackson was taken 24th overall by the St. Louis Rams in the 2004 NFL Draft.

Oregon State defensive end Scott Crichton and cornerback Rashaad Reynolds could be drafted in day two of the draft Friday.

Both Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay of ESPN have projected Crichton to be selected in the middle of the third round and Reynolds is ranked in the top 15 at his position by both as well, meaning he could go anywhere from the third or fourth round on.

The second round begins at 5 p.m. PST Friday.

Wide receiver Markus Wheaton was the last Beaver to be drafted. The Steelers took Wheaton in the third round.

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The Oregon State track and field team is heading into its final regular meet of the season, and the Beavers’ last meet to prepare before the postseason.

The first meet of Oregon State’s postseason will be at the Pac-12 Championships, and this weekend’s Oregon Twilight in Eugene will either propel athletes forward or backward.

The Oregon Twilight will be held at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus.

The Beavers will be sending a

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group of 16 to the meet, starting with the discus at 4:30 p.m., which freshman thrower Melissa Ausman will highlight for the Beavers.

Oregon State will be competing alongside roughly 500 athletes from across the Pacific Northwest. Six Division I schools have athletes competing — Eastern Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Portland, Portland State and Seattle University.

This meet will be important for both the psyche and progression for the athletes, as a

poor outing could affect them moving forward.

With this being the final meet before Pac-12s and the NCAA West Preliminary Championships, Ausman is trying to get more throws under her belt as well as experience. Redshirt freshman Morgan Anderson, meanwhile, will be going for results and a top-50 time in the West region.

“Originally, I thought I would go for it at Pac-12s,” Anderson said. “Because we weren’t going to run this weekend, but we are. Because there are people there who have already qualified at Pac-12s, they might not go out as hard, so if it doesn’t go out the way you need it to, you can’t rely See TRACK | page 6

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Freshman Holly Cavalluzzo (right) races in the 1,500-meter at the Oregon Relays April 19 at Hayward Field in Eugene.

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In her eight years as head coach of the OSU women’s rowing team, Emily Ford has led the Beavers to the NCAA Championships once.

That was in 2009, when Oregon State was ranked as high as No. 11 in the country. At the end of that season, Ford was named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year.

Flash-forward five years and the Beavers have not returned to the National Championship. That could change this year.

The Beavers are the No. 19-ranked team in the nation, and they stand a decent chance of being one of the 22 teams that will row in the NCAA Championships, which begin May 30 in Indianapolis.

“This is the best shot we’ve had since 2009,” Ford said. “We have more ability and more confidence than in recent years, and a lot of it is due to how we’ve practiced and trained this year.”

To qualify, 11 teams will receive automatic bids for winning their conference championship. A selection committee will then invite the next 11-best teams in the nation.

As it stands, the Beavers are on the borderline of being invited, and they

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Leading up to Thursday night’s Pac-12 game against Stanford, head coach Laura Berg and Oregon State said the goal was to finish the season with three straight wins on the road.

While the Beavers will miss out on the postseason after qualifying last season, they still had an opportunity to finish the year on a high note with three games this weekend.

That goal will have to be two straight wins after the Beavers (16-30, 3-17 Pac12) fell to the Cardinal (30-23, 5-17), 8-2, in the series opener.

Stanford jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead in the first inning behind shaky Oregon State defense. Stanford collected only six hits in its eight-run outburst — Oregon State also finished with six hits — but the Beavers committed a season-high six errors leading to the loss.

Junior shortstop CJ Chirichigno committed three errors herself, which was also a season-high.

Oregon State fought back despite the early deficit, scoring a run in the third and fourth innings, but ultimately weren’t able to overcome the large deficit. Stanford tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the fourth, and never looked back, securing the victory.

Senior pitcher Amanda Najdek allowed all eight runs in 3 1/3 innings, but only one score was earned. She scattered six hits and walked three, while striking out two batters. Junior Melanie Dembinski came in for relief, tossing six innings of no-hit softball in relief.

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Freshman Christina McDonald watches a javelin throw at the OSU High Performance Meet May 2.

BASEBALL n Continued from page 5 whole thing last year and are as dangerous as anybody.”

On paper, the Beavers are a tough matchup for UCLA. While the Bruins have outscored opponents 175-166 this season, they’re averaging just 3.8 runs per game. That number has been even lower at 3.5 runs per game in the last 18 games.

UCLA could have an especially hard time scoring runs against Oregon State’s starting rotation of Ben Wetzler, Andrew Moore and Jace Fry. All three pitchers’ earned run averages are south of 3.00 — Moore (2.81), Fry (1.59), Wetzler (0.78) — and have a combined record of 21-5 this season. The three are averaging more than 7 1/3 innings per start in Pac12 play and Fry is coming off a complete game shutout.

Tuesday’s win against Oregon was positive for the Beavers in that their bullpen pitched well for an extended period of time.

OSU used six different pitchers, by far the most Oregon State has used in any one game this season, and relievers combined for 10 innings in the 4-3 win.

“We got good pitching from our bullpen,” said junior left-

hander Zack Reser. “We had to go to them early and they came through for us. I don’t think they allowed a run after the fourth inning and got big outs.”

Tuesday was also good for Oregon State, considering the type of game it was. OSU struggled defensively, committing three errors, and had a hard time scoring runners once they got on base.

Even if this weekend’s game is close, the Beavers are confident they can win any type of ball game.

“We know we can win any kind of game at this point because we’ve done it,” said sophomore center fielder Jeff Hendrix. “We know we have good pitching and we know we can score runs when we really need to. I think we’re playing the best we have all season.”

Since Kavin Keyes broke his thumb April 13, OSU has struggled to find a permanent replacement at first base.

Junior Jerad Casper and freshman Billy King have been inconsistent and are battling injuries.

Keyes was in uniform Tuesday, but still had a brace on his hand and thumb. His original timetable was tentatively four or five weeks. It’s been 26 days since the injury, meaning the senior could be back in the

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on that.”

Anderson will be trying to qualify in the 1,500-meter.

In her last two meets she finished with times of 4:27, and would need to cut that time by four to five seconds in order to move into the top 50.

Competing alongside Anderson will be sophomore Kelsi Schaer.

One other athlete who could be making a push just a week before the Pac-12 Championships is sophomore thrower Rachel Picknell. She will be competing in the discus and the shot put, for each of which she is ranked in the top 15 in the conference, but could move up in depending on her results.

Freshmen Helen Ann Haun and Annie Sidor will again be competing in the pole vault, continuing to make OSU history.

They became the first OSU women to compete in the pole vault earlier this season.

The meet will start at 4:30 p.m. with the discus, and will end with the 1,500 at 9:12 p.m. The meet will be televised live on the Pac12 Networks beginning at 7:30 p.m.

only two Beavers to record multiple hits. Bouska went 2-for-3 at the plate with a double and run scored, and Aarhus went 2-for-2, scoring Oregon State’s only other run in the game.

Junior center fielder Dani Gilmore and junior second baseman Ya Garcia had the other two hits for Oregon State in the loss.

Freshman pitcher Madi Schreyer threw all seven innings for the Cardinal, allowing six hits while walking four. She struck out only one Oregon State batter but also allowed just one extra-base hit.

Senior outfielder Leah White led Stanford at the plate, going 2-for-4 while scoring the first run of the game. Sophomore catcher Jessica Plaza

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ROWING n Continued from page 5 only have one more event on their schedule — the Pac-12 Championships May 18.

It will feature seven teams from the Pac-12, including No. 3 Stanford, No. 4 California, No. 7 Washington, No. 8 USC, No. 12 UCLA, No. 16 Washington State and No. 19 Oregon State.

“The Pac-12 is the most competitive conference in the nation right now,” Ford said. “I think everybody heads into the Pac12s expecting it to be the most challenging event of the year.”

Coach Ford explained that if the Beavers can finish in the top four, they should have a good chance of making the cut for the NCAA Championships. Any finish worse than that and their

went 2-for-3 for the Cardinal, including two runs batted in.

Oregon State was coming off a win against UNLV and had been swinging the bats better of late having scored 34 combined runs in the last four games. The Beavers knocked the Rebels off, 10-7, Sunday in their previous game before falling to Stanford Thursday night on the road.

The Beavers and Cardinal face off in a rematch at 5:30 p.m. Friday before their final game of the season Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

Oregon State is currently in last place in the Pac12 standings, now two games behind Stanford, but could jump the Cardinal with wins in the final two games of the season. OSU could also pass Cal, who currently has four wins in conference play.

chances will dwindle.

In other words, the Pac-12s could either make or break the Beavers’ season.

“To me, this is the most exciting time of the year because of the pressure,” Ford said. “It’s energizing, and you get to see everyone racing at their highest level, because the stakes are that much higher.”

Oregon State’s Varsity 8 crew has already demonstrated it can perform under pressure. In their latest race, the Beavers went head-to-head with Washington State.

During the first half of the V8 race, the Cougars established a lead of about 3/4 of a boat length. Then, over the final kilometer, the Beavers slowly closed the gap on WSU. The two teams ended up crossing the finish line at exactly the same

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time, resulting in an extremely rare tie.

“I don’t know that I’ve ever tied,” Ford said.

Ford has been coaching for eight years at Oregon State, coached for 11 years at the University of Michigan and rowed in college for four years.

In all that time, this is the only tie she’s been a part of.

The Beavers’ grit in their effort to come back and tie the race impressed Ford.

“This is definitely one of the most confident groups we’ve had,” Ford said. “We’re excited to race in the Pac-12s and we’re excited about the possibility of racing in the National Championship.”

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lineup sooner than later.

Until then, Oregon State is relying on the rest of its infield, as well as the leadership of its veteran players.

“With Kavin Keyes out of the lineup and King and Casper dinged up, we’re a little messed up searching for someone at first base,” Casey said.

“Peterson and Michael and Dylan have kept us together thankfully.”

While Tuesday’s game was a nonconference matchup with the Ducks, OSU is using the extra-innings win as motivation for this weekend’s series. With just 11 regular season games remaining, every contest is beginning to feel like a postseason game. “(The win) was huge,” said senior pitcher Scott Schultz.

“When we get into the playoffs, every game is going to be really competitive and close. As long as we can keep battling with teams, I think we have good enough players to always come out on top.”

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Global warming vs. climate change vs. uninformed dolts

Yeas & Nays I ea to a renewed love for journalism.

Nay to a national writer with “a source with knowledge of the situation” breaking the story that Craig Robinson was fired. It’s amazing how big the difference is between a reporter saying he or she is from Sports Illustrated or from The Daily Barometer.

Yea to Oregon State firing Craig Robinson. It was cool, fun and interesting that he was President Obama’s brother-in-law, but the honeymoon phase ended after the second season and all we were left with was a continually bad team.

Nay to Athletic Director Bob De Carolis for writing a public letter of endorsement for Robinson at the end of March and then firing him five weeks later.

Yea to making jokes about the Secret Service swarming the Barometer offices because they received word of our editorials bashing Robinson.

Nay to OSU paying Robinson $4.2 million over the next three years for Robinson to sit on his couch — or, more likely, pick up a job with the Pac-12 Networks and make even more bank analyzing college basketball, which he clearly is not qualified to do.

Yea to Brandin Cooks for being drafted by the Saints in the NFL Draft.We cannot wait to watch Cooks play on Sundays.

Nay to watching the OSU receiving corps in spring practice and becoming increasingly concerned about the prospects of the Beavers’ passing game.

Yea to looking forward to summer in Corvallis.

Nay to the absence of civilization in Corvallis during the summer.

Yea to the months of sunny weather that will make us forget we live in Oregon.

Nay to the random torrential downpour Thursday that made us want to curl up in a blanket instead of walking around campus all day.

Yea to bonding with roommates.

Nay to sharing too much personal information after a few too many beers.

Yea to that one time a parking spot is actually available.

Nay to walking back to the car to watch the lady writing a parking ticket, yelling at her that you’re leaving right now and pleading for her to not give a parking ticket, only for her to say “sorry” in the most unsympathetic tone.

Yea to parking tickets costing only $10 in Corvallis.

Nay to the severe lack of free parking in this city.

Yea to an exciting week of news.

Nay to having two inexcusable errors on the front page of the paper this week.

Nay to the woman who called in to tell us about a typo. We have no problem when people call or email in to correct something, but when you talk in the most condescending tone and don’t understand how the newspaper is made at all, we’re not going to be your biggest fan.

Yea to the woman who called and condescended, because it was from an OSU office line, meaning we know exactly who you are.

Nay to holding grudges.

See you at the Peacock.

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f I had a nickel for every time I’ve seen someone chuckle with misinformed idiocy during a snowstorm or rainstorm and heard them quip, “So much for that global warming garbage we’ve been hearing about,” I would have too many nickels for even the campus parking meters.

The aforementioned attempt at cleverness is the result of an individual who slept through too many science courses and probably watches Fox News and thinks that it portrays actual news.

It’s not that person’s fault — he or she is probably not technologically intelligent enough to ask Wikipedia for a quick description on how the process of global warming affects climate change. To remedy this, let us review:

where is going to get hot all at once, the average nincompoop would only be partially correct.

Yes, things will heat up. But that’s Cassie not all that will happen. Global warming creates climate change, modifies rainfall patterns, amplifies The term “global warming” origi- coastal erosion, lengthens growing nated in a 1975 Science maga- periods in some regions, melts ice zine article by geochemist Wally caps and glaciers and alters the Broecker, titled “Climate Change: ranges of some infectious diseases, Are we on the Brink of a Pronounced according to Earth Observatory.

Why does this happen?

Global Warming.” Dunce-wagons The answer is simple. Earth’s ran with the simplicity of the word atmosphere transforms visible “warming,” and took it literally. sunlight energy into infrared light The National Aeronautics and energy, and this is absorbed into Space Administration defines global greenhouse gases. This means warming as “the increase in Earth’s that said energy leaves Earth’s surface temperature due to rising atmosphere very slowly and sublevels of greenhouse gases.” While sequently raises the temperature. your average nincompoop will think See RUUD | page 8 this means that everything every-

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t’s your senior year, and you’re on the verge of getting your civil-engineering degree. You are officially almost done — false.

Little did you know that just like pre-med students need to take the MCATS, and pre-pharmacy majors need to take the PCATS, engineering students need to take an engineering exam.

Just when you thought that learning only what you needed and regurgitating what your teachers wanted was a charade you would be done with, these happen.

What makes these tests intense is that they’re not just some PAC class

when you took your SATs, and how long you had to sit in a 12-year-old desk and pour over a Scantron form like your life depended on it. Now Alec double that time, and triple the suckitude.

Undergrad exams are tough, but merely scratch the surface when jogging exam, but an actual test on it comes to the bigger picture — life. Not only do you need to pass to life tests standing in the way of get into your profession, you need beginning your aspiring career and to somehow dust off the drunken starting graduate school. If I had weekend cobwebs and recall the to choose between writing a thesis last four years of everything you’ve paper and getting a root canal, I’d learned that’s even slightly relevant easily be a bicuspid short. to your major.

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Grevstad

Regarding Dr. Sex’s May 7 column

Correcting an error A minor note of correction — homosexuality was removed in 1973 from the official list of mental disorders by the American Psychiatric Association, and not the similarly named “American Psychological Association” as cited by Kathy Greaves in her, otherwise accurate, May 7 column, “Dr. Sex answers questions related to homosexuality,” and several previous columns.

Mainstream psychiatrists, who are medical doctors with an M.D. degree, previously blamed domineering mothers and weak fathers for making their sons gay and believed homosexuality could be cured with Freudian psychoanalysis.

The “Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders” (a.k.a.

DSM) was commendably created to improve academic medical research and treatments, but its listing of homosexuality was misused to deny government security clearances and exclude gay men from the military, except during the Vietnam War, when openly gay men were involuntarily drafted to serve in the military.

Today, the DSM diagnostic codes are also routinely used by medical insurance providers to decide what is covered, which is why so-called “gender identity disorders” were left in place so that hormone therapies and surgical treatments would be available to intersex and transgendered individuals who have treatable medical conditions that are often confused with sexual orientation.

Thomas Kraemer Founder, OSU Foundation Magnus Hirschfeld Fund

Regarding Ruud’s May 7 column

Reasonable to not vaccinate I am writing in response to Cassie Ruud’s May 7 column on the idiotic anti-vaccination movement. I suppose I am one of the people she thinks is idiotic and lacking brain cells.

Dear Cassie, please watch the video “Beyond Treason: Depleted Uranium & Anthrax Vaccines,” which is freely available on YouTube.

Also, please take a look at this article (freely available online through the OSU library): “Experimental oral polio vaccines and acquired immune deficiency syndrome” by Edward Hooper. From the abstract: “The simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) of the common chimpanzee is widely acknowledged as the direct ancestor of HIV-1. There is increasing historical evidence that during the late 1950s, kidneys were routinely excised from central African chimpanzees by scientists who were collaborating with the polio vaccine research of Dr. Hilary Koprowski, and sent … to vaccine-making laboratories in the USA and Africa … While there is no direct evidence that cells from these kidneys were used as a substrate for growing Dr. Koprowski’s oral polio vaccines, there is a startling coincidence between places in Africa where his CHAT vaccine was fed, and the first appearances in the world of HIV-1 group M and groupM-related AIDS … AIDS may be an unintended iatrogenic (physiciancaused) disease…”

Perhaps closer to home are findings about Gardasil, published in 2008: “JudicialWatch … obtained records from the FDA documenting 28 deaths in 2008 associated with Gardasil, the vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV) … The total number of Gardasil-related deaths is 47 since the vaccine was approved in 2006.

Overall, the FDA documented 6,723 “adverse events” related to Gardasil in 2008, of which 1,061 were considered “serious,” and 142 considered “life threatening.”

Laura Wilson

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UO studying conduct code Orangutan death led to Oregon Zoo dismissals

By Diane Dietz

THE REGISTER-GUARD

EUGENE — The University of Oregon is re-evaluating its student conduct code in light of federal law governing investigation and discipline in sexual misconduct cases.

The UO review included hiring an outside expert who in December recommended code improvements, UO documents show.

The UO student code is likely to govern the UO’s investigation of the three men’s basketball players who had sexual encounters with a female college student in March.

A complaint was filed over that incident, so federal law requires that the UO conduct its own investigation.

“A criminal investigation does not relieve a school of its independent obligation to conduct its own investigation — nor may a school wait for a criminal case to conclude to proceed,” according to a report released in late April by the White House Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault.

Students whose offenses are not prosecutable under criminal law because the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard is too hard for prosecutors to prove may still be held to account under the student conduct code with its lesser “preponderance of evidence” requirement for determining culpability.

UO officials say that, because of federal student confidentiality rules, they cannot discuss anything about — or even the existence of — any investigation regarding the basketball players.

UO President Michael Gottfredson said Tuesday in an email to the campus: “The university has rigorous internal conduct processes that we follow when we receive a report such as this, as well as legal processes and a moral commitment to our students.”

The student conduct code is the subject of controversy on campus.

The UO Coalition to End Sexual Violence, which includes law, psychology and sociology professors, contends that the conduct code is written — and administered — in a way that is stacked against the accuser and fails to sufficiently hold perpetrators to account.

“We’ve got one (student) expulsion in four years. We’ve got people writing some essays (as discipline).

We’ve got suspensions, but of course those individuals come back,” said Jennifer Freyd, a psychology professor and member of the coalition.

Last fall, the UO hired Allen Groves, dean of students at the

University of Virginia, to fly to Eugene and review the UO’s student conduct policies and procedures for compliance with federal Title IX gender equity requirements.

Groves spent two days in Eugene in late September; his final report was dated Dec. 16. The university paid him $4,305, including airfare.

Groves lauded the university for a “significant effort recently devoted to addressing the issue of sexual misconduct,” but found some weaknesses.

Federal law requires the school to “swiftly undertake an investigation, with the goal of completion in 60 days,” according to the report. In the case of the basketball players, the incident occurred on March 8, but the UO did not begin its investigation right away out of deference to police, officials said.

Groves wrote that it’s unclear who at the UO is in charge of investigating allegations of sexual misconduct. The UO policy says the director of student conduct and community standards is responsible, but Groves found evidence that the director doesn’t enter a proceeding until after the investigation.

Groves highlighted several features of the UO student conduct code that he said give accused students more control over the proceedings. The accused decides whether the case should be made in front of an administrator or in a hearing before a panel; the accused has the right to personally question the complainant; and the accused gets an attorney paid for by the Associated Students of the University of Oregon, but the accuser does not, Groves found.

Another concern: Federal rules are clear that the school apply the “lowest evidentiary standard (preponderance of the evidence) when adjudicating claims of sexual misconduct,” Groves wrote.

The preponderance of evidence standard requires a hearing panel or administrator to decide whether it was more likely than not that the alleged violation took place.

The UO applies the lower standard when determining whether or not a student has violated the policy. But for meting out the most severe penalty, expulsion from the UO, the code requires “clear and convincing evidence” that the alleged act took place. That standard requires a finding that the act was highly probable or reasonably certain.

Groves’ University of Virginia is on the list of 55 colleges and universities under investigation

by the Office of Civil Rights for its handling of sexual misconduct, said Carol Stabile, UO Women and Gender Studies professor. Under pressure, that university changed its standard in sexual misconduct cases from clear and convincing to preponderance of evidence.

Under the UO’s existing rules, the UO could suspend a student for as long as a decade using the preponderance of evidence standard, UO spokeswoman Rita Radostitz said.

But the UO is changing its conduct code so that it can expel a student under the preponderance of evidence standard, she said.

That proposal is before the UO Senate, she said.

The UO’s student conduct code is meant to be educational as well as disciplinary, according to the code. Its aim is to create a place where “the rights, safety, dignity and worth of every individual are respected,” the code says.

The UO’s policy requires that students obtain “explicit consent” before touching another student sexually. The permission has to be voluntary and clearly communicated through statements and/or acts unmistakable in their meaning, Groves wrote.

“Consent given to one form of sexual activity does not negate the obligation to obtain explicit consent to other sexual activity,” he wrote.

The March 8 events between the female college student and the three basketball players took place over several hours and included extensive sexual contact, according to the 24-page police report.

The female student told police that, early in the incident, she was trying to hold onto her shorts because the men kept pulling them down. She told police she said “stop, don’t” during the incident.

She said the men were persistent and did not stop when she said she did not want to do anything.

The players said they believed she consented to all the acts and stopped when she started to cry, the report said.

For the basketball players to be within the bounds of the UO student conduct code, “they had to get consent from her, verbal or by some conduct, for every single act they did — not just one act but every single one when they went further and further,” UO law professor Caroline Forell said.

“It’s hard for me to imagine these young men got consent for everything they did — verbal or clear consent. That’s sexual assault for (UO) purposes,” Forell said.

RUUD n Continued from page 7

Our summers continue to get hotter, and malaria-carrying mosquitoes eradicated from Florida in the 1940s Essentially, more heat energy equates have started showing back up again, to more changes in the environ- with 65 cases of the disease in 2012.

Global warming exists, and it causes ment, if we want to look at this from a very simplistic angle, according to climate change. End of story.

Now that I have successfully taken researcher Michael Ranney, quoted in a National Public Radio piece explain- away your excuse for ignorance, please promise me you’ll move on to jokes that ing global warming.

So yes, the atmosphere is going to are actually relevant, and come from a get hotter, but no, this doesn’t preclude place where it’s funny because it’s true.

Anyone can take an untrue statesnowstorms and cold weather. It means we’ll probably get them in much more ment and try to make it humorous. But the sad truth is that they will wind up extreme forms.

We’ve had two snowpocalyspes here being the only ones laughing. t at Oregon State University so far this Cassie Ruud is a senior in English. The opinions expressed academic year, and I know I wasn’t the in Ruud’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The only one who was surprised at the mas- Daily Barometer staff. Ruud can be reached at forum@ sive amount of snowfall that piled up. dailybarometer.com.

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PORTLAND — Metro has broken its silence on the recent dismissals of Oregon Zoo Director Kim Smith and Chief Veterinarian Mitch Finnegan.

In a statement released Thursday morning, the elected regional government said the dismissals were the result of an investigation onto the death of Kutai, a Sumatran male orangutan.

The 20-year-old Kutai died on Jan. 5. At the time, zoo officials said Kutai had been ill for about a month but had been recovering.

He died following what officials described as minor surgery after his health suddenly declined.

“It’s a devastating loss for everyone here.

Our animal-care staff did all we could for Kutai, but we just couldn’t help him through this,” Finnegan said at the time.

By Phil Wright

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HERMISTON — The Hermiston Police Department is looking at hefty medical bills for a rape suspect in custody in a hospital.

Police Chief Jason Edmiston said in an email that officers arrested Michael Gibbs, 47, around 9:15 p.m.

Tuesday for first-degree rape, coercion and first-degree sexual abuse. Gibbs knew the victim, Edmiston reported.

During the arrest, Gibbs complained about back pain, so police took him to Good Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston. Staff there found Gibbs had a preexisting injury that will require surgery.

Edmiston said he could not reveal where the injury is because it could be related to the sex crimes investigation, but he confirmed the injury was not to Gibb’s genitals.

Police also have kept Gibbs under constant watch, Edmiston said, another big cost. He said the charges are too serious to merely give Gibbs a citation and let him show up for court later.

Hermiston police Capt.

Darryl Johnson explained Oregon law holds the arresting agency respon-

What frightened me even more than the idea of a “life test” were the repercussions of taking one.

When my friend got home from taking the engineering exam, he seemed 10 years older — his soul was only a fraction of what it was before. He recovered by eating two medium pizzas and imbibing a solid quantity of alcohol — you know, the American way.

At this point in our college careers, we need to think about whether or not the tests we take will actually affect our future careers and lives.

Look back at the prerequisites on your transcripts and try to remem-

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Kutai was second Sumatran orangutan to die at the zoo following an illness and surgery in four years. Batik, a 22-year-old female orangutan, died in August 2010. At the time, zoo officials said she had been suffering from a gall bladder infection and abnormal kidney.

According to the statement, the investigation into Kutai’s death revealed procedural and communication lapses related to the death, including possible inaccuracies in reports about it.

Metro owns and operates the zoo, which is located in the West Hills of Portland. Key findings from Metro’s investigation include: • Standard operating procedures and best practices were not followed.

• Lapses in procedures and protocols were tolerated.

• There was a lack of trust regarding the accuracy of reports and whether important facts regarding animal care were omitted.

Rape suspect’s hospital bills on police dime

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sible for the bill. The Law Enforcement Medical Liability Account under the Oregon Health Plan reimburses medical providers for treatment of “injuries related to law enforcement activity.”

If a police dog bit a suspect during an arrest, for example, the account would pay the bill.

But Gibbs was in police custody when he went to the hospital, and his medical conditions were not the result of law enforcement activity. “At this point we’re on this hook,” Johnson said.

“We’re trying to figure out what we could do.”

Local jails face a similar dilemma, shelling out big bucks for inmate medical care. A new law that kicks in Jan. 1, 2015, will compel insurance companies to continue coverage for people in jail. Umatilla County Jail administrator Lt. Stewart Harp spoke about the issue Wednesday at a Umatilla County Commissioner meeting in Pendleton.

Harp said the sheriff’s office has $780,000 for inmate medical costs — $137,000 for outside treatment and the rest for treatment in the jail, such as medical check ups and screenings. The new law

ber what you learned in your math 111 class. You, like me, are probably drawing a blank.

College exams have gone away from testing the actual knowledge of students and have instead become a gauntlet of cramming two days beforehand and regurgitating everything you picked up all at once and immediately forgetting the entirety of the class as soon as it’s over.

If this is the case for normal exams, I can’t even imagine taking a four-year cumulative exam.

Luckily, I’m a speech communication major. All I need to do is be able to articulate my feelings and be really good at the name game.

The average college test is losing a

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could reduce those costs.

Harp told commissioners there is not a lot of information yet about what the law will do, and the state does not have answers, either. A big question, he said, is if jails will be able to bill for medical services.

Um a t i l l a County Community Corrections and county law enforcement have enrolled about 20 offenders into health insurance, Harp said, a move to get on the front end of costs.

The jail often gets inmates who have not received medical care for long time, and in some situations the jail must provide care after release.

“Our hope is if this doesn’t help us today, it will in the future,” Harp said.

Mark Royal, community corrections director, said this is part of Oregon’s health change to direct services where they belong. Offenders often seek help first in emergency departments, the most expensive end of care, and this would get them lined up with a primary care provider.

Meanwhile, Gibbs remains in the Hermiston hospital, and police do not know for how long. Edmiston said he is not one bit happy with the situation.

lot of what it is trying to accomplish.

Rather than dishing exams out like weekly readings, teachers should instead implement projects. With projects, students gain a firm grasp on the course material, and learn how to apply the knowledge in an actual life context. The teachers get the satisfaction of making their students apply themselves in class and students no longer need to make it rain quarters in the nowinconveniently located bookstore to get Scantron forms or binge study for 29 hours straight. t

Alec Grevstad is a senior in speech communications.

The opinions expressed in Grevstad’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Grevstad can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

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