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A hard oak table with six chairs, three young women laughing, a woman fixing dinner and the faint smell of vanilla floating through the air best describes the home of Rocky Sloan, mayor of Philomath. “Rocky, like the mountains,” he said. Sloan became involved in politics seven years ago when Starker Forests, Inc. considered building a driveway and gate. At city council meetings about the issue, Sloan said he kept a clear head when other citizens were getting angry. “I was the only voice of reason,” Sloan said. The councilman who led the meeting remembered Sloan and told him kate virden | THE DAILY BAROMETER about a city councilor position. Sloan Seneca Sloan, Shea Sloan, Rocky Sloan, Mandi Jahn and Shelbie Sloan. Rocky Sloan serves as the Mayor See SLOAN | page 2 of Philomath and succeeds Ken Schaudt, who served two terms.
Discourse held on the dangers of covenant theology Florida State University professor of religion leads ‘Letting God In To The Public Sphere’ focused on extremities of faith By Spencer Ingram The Daily Barometer
Abraham Heschel, a prominent Jewish thinker, proclaimed, “God only will return to us when God returns into our courts, Congress and society.” On Tuesday, Oregon State University’s school of history, philosophy and religion hosted “Letting God In To the Public Sphere,” a lecture discourse on the dangers of covenant theology, in Milam 301. Martin Kavka, a professor from Florida State University, led the event. Covenant theology is the narrative framework through which people of particular faiths follow the covenant relationship with God, a covenant relationship being the relationship between followers of a faith and their god. “I am worried about people who care more about heaven than Earth,” Kavka said. Kavka in particular believed that “religious
Heschel wrote, in his 1954 book “Man’s Quest voices are being flattened in heaven views.” Kavka throughout the event focused on the for God,” “that God will return...if we identified connection between right-wing Christians and as God’s people,” meaning people had to strictly follow the covenant in order to be viewed favorliberal Jews. “American culture in various ways has flattened ably by God. our sense of religion, and we steFischer expresses that “God has reotype it with fundamentalism,” spent 50 years exiled because of Kavka said. not being wanted.” Covenant theology is During the event, Kavka Kavka has stated that these referred to a theological conalways de-secularizing individuals represented ideology nection between Heschel, Mike because it is bound up with that “rest[ed] on the theology of Huckabee, former governor of the covenant” of their particular the notion of God. Arkansas, and Bryan Fisher from religions. the American Family Association. The covenant dictated the relaMartin Kavka Kavka asserted that all three tionship between God and folFlorida State University professor individuals promoted societies lower, and not between follower having heavy connections with and his or her faith toward God. God. They believed in historical agents acting in “Covenant theology is always de-secularizing divine commands through the covenant of God. because it is bound up with the notion of God,” Huckabee was outspoken about the absence Kavka said. of religion in our schools. In response to the Kavka worries that covenant theology does not Newtown, Conn. school shootings, Huckabee allow people to “be creative with their rhetoric and asked, “Should we be so surprised that schools See GOD | page 2 would become a place of carnage?”
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Memorial Union to host Healthy Masculinity Conference Thursday, Friday By Kyle Reed
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Oregon State University will host the Healthy Masculinity Conference — which will be devoted to discussing masculinity in a broad sense — from May 16-17 in the Memorial Union. “It’s about helping the OSU campus and community really start to explore what masculinities look like here at OSU, [what they] have looked like in the past and maybe where masculinity is heading in the future,” said Nick Daily, graduate assistant for Men’s Development and Engagement at OSU. There will be a variety of topics addressed at the conference’s six sessions such as masculinity and media, video games and masculinity and the influence of masculinity on femininity. The panels will discuss around themes of the socialization and performance of masculinity, masculinity at the intersections, masculinity and social justice and re-conceptualizing masculinity: man-ifesting change. One of the panels will feature spoken word artist Carlos Andrés Gómez, who will be presenting on Thursday evening at 6 p.m. Gómez has starred in HBO’s “Def Poetry” as well as the film “Inside Man.” Signed copies of his book, “Man Up: Cracking the Code of Modern Manhood,” will be raffled for the event. One of the primary goals of the conference is “to create an intentional dialogue to define what masculinity is and a lot of the problematic things that we associate with masculinity and how we can be a part of redefining that definition,” said Jessica Martinez, graduate assistant for Team Liberation. “Once we understand that it’s a socially created concept, I think it then empowers people to say ‘Well, I’m a part of a society, how do I want this to be defined?’” The event draws inspiration from the Healthy Masculinity Summit, which See CONFERENCE | page 2
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SLOAN n Continued from page 1 ended up running and winning the election in 2008. “He’s a friendly and helpful neighbor who puts a lot of time and effort into the community,” said Sloan’s long-time neighbor, Suzanne Dachtler. “He’s been part of the community for a long time, he’s a hard worker and he’ll do anything for the town,” added Philomath Middle School teacher Greg Hudson. On his ambitions as Philomath mayor, Sloan highlighted the plans of a future downtown. Philomath is gathering and saving money through evaluated tax assessments. Sloan wants to see new sidewalks, curb safety and new plants to create a more-inviting atmosphere that will reduce speedy drivers. He hopes businesses will fill in vacancies and help Philomath continue to grow. “We have a very good staff who treat the money as if it were their own,” Sloan said. He highlighted that the city council staff are committed to Philomath and care about the small town. “I think that’s the greatest asset our commu-
nity has,” Sloan said. Part of the downtown reconstruction has to do with the main roads that flow through Philomath, and some roads were redesigned a couple years ago. More recently, it has been noted that the same Philomath roads many trucks must drive to get through are not designed for the amount of weight they sustain. However, Sloan said the roads are holding up remarkably well. Aside from the political duties in Sloan’s life, he is a family man. When asked, he immediately said that he loves being a stepfather. He enjoys motorcycling and owns two Honda sport bikes. Also, he is a huge Beaver fan. “He is not just a mayor, but a neighbor,” said Sloan’s neighbor Rita Thompson. The daily duties as mayor of Philomath include holding the gavel at city council meetings and maintaining order. “I truly volunteered for my community, and I look back knowing without question that I did everything I could,” Sloan said. Sloan plans to run for mayor in 2015. Kate Virden, news reporter
GOD n Continued from page 1 [thinking] of religious ideas.” Covenant theology in Kavka’s view is constraining and requires a strict interpretation of religious following. Kavka noted Huckabee’s quote “end[s] up blaming the dead for their own death.” Kavka disagrees with Huckabee’s notion that Adam Lanza is a symptom of the American society abandoning God. Ultimately, the danger of covenant theology is “the way in which people talk about God and God’s people,” Kavka said. Toward the end of the event, Kavka asserted that religion should be an open dialogue and not guided by the extremes of covenant
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CONFERENCE n Continued from page 1 was held in Washington, D.C. last fall. Daily hopes to garnish a similar effect locally. “We’re moving towards having conversations about how we can make our campus safer and more equitable for everyone by talking about redesigning our masculine identities,” Daily said. Registration for the event is free, and a full list of the events may be found at http://blogs. oregonstate.edu/mensdev. “I think that this conference is a chance to really engage faculty, students and community members in a dialogue about how we want to define masculinity and how we want to support it so we can step outside of the rigid vision that we currently have,” Martinez said. Kyle Reed, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
Calendar Wednesday, May 15 Meetings ASOSU House of Representatives, 7-8:30pm, MU 211. Weekly meeting.
Speakers Pride Center, 2-3pm, Pride Center. Jennifer Boylan, author of multiple pieces including a best-selling memoir She’s Not There. We will be serving lunch and guests will have an opportunity to ask questions. Pre-Med Society, 5pm, Milam 019. Debbie Melton, Director of Admissions for OHSU School of Medicine, will speak.
Events Native American Longhouse Eena Haws, Noon-3pm, MU Quad. 15th Annual Salmon Bake. A cultural celebration with traditionally cooked salmon, other free food, drumming, singing and dancing. English Student Association, 4-6:30pm, MU 208. A costume party and information fair. Dress as an author or book character. Free food, activities and costume contest.
Thursday, May 16 Meetings Baha’i Campus Association, 12:30pm, MU Talisman Room. Learning through consultation. Devotions and discussion. SIFC, 6:30pm, MU 207. Weekly meeting. Educational Activities Committee, 5-6pm, Student Media Conference Room, 120 MU East/Snell Hall. Discuss funding requests and policy changes. OSU College Republicans, 7-8pm, StAg 132. Come join us for fun events and friendly discussion.
Speakers OSU College of Forestry, 3:30-5pm, 107 Richardson Hall. 2013 Starker Lecture Series. “Oregon’s Biomass Experience: An Integrated Approach to Forest Biomass” - Matt Krumenauer, Senior Policy Analyst, Oregon Department of Energy.
Events Vegans and Vegetarians at OSU, 9:30am-3pm, between Milam Hall & Gilkey/People’s Park. Get paid to watch a 4 min. video! Women’s Center, 2-3pm, Women’s Center. Learn how you can change your bad eating habits one step at a time.
Friday, May 17 Meetings OSU Chess Club, 5-7pm, MU Commons. Players of all levels welcome.
Events Native American Longhouse Eena Haws, 4-6pm, Native American Longhouse Eena Haws. The Grand Opening of the new Native American Longhouse Eena Haws.
Saturday, May 18 Events Pride Center, 10am-1pm, Finley Wildlife Refuge. Wildlife excursion. RSVP at Pride Center. International Health Club, 8am-5pm, Milam Auditorium 026. 3rd International Health Conference. Theme: Upstream Global Health. Breakfast and lunch provided. Native American Student Association, 1-10pm, Gill Coliseum. 37th Annual Klatowa Eena Powwow. Experience Native American culture. Drum groups, dancers and Native American crafts/food will be present. Free dinner at 5pm for first 200 people to show up. Type 1 Beavers & Native American Student Association, 9am, Native American Longhouse. 5k Fun Run - Jim Thorpe’s Dash for Diabetes. Free glucose screening, diabetes awareness, free registration.
Sunday, May 19 Events International Health Club, 8amNoon, Milam Auditorium 026. 3rd International Health Conference. Theme: Upstream Global Health. Breakfast provided. Native American Student Association, 1-5pm, Gill Coliseum. 37th Annual Klatowa Eena Powwow. Experience Native American culture. Drum groups, dancers and Native American crafts/ food will be present.
Monday, May 20 Events Vegans and Vegetarians at OSU, 10am-3pm, MU Quad. Explore the giant inflatable barn to find out about farm animals. Grab some free vegan jerky and vegan cookies.
Tuesday, May 21 Meetings ASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU 211. Weekly meeting. Educational Activities Committee, 5:30-7pm, Student Media Conference Room, 120 MU East/Snell Hall. Discuss funding requests and policy changes.
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The digital era will revolutionize our jobs, economy
Obama F administration has gone Nixon he government has overstepped its boundaries. We’re not OK with it. Secretly, federal investigators seized two months worth of phone records from The Associated Press’ reporters and editors. The A.P. is calling it a “serious interference with A.P.’s constitutional rights to gather and report the news.” And that’s exactly what it is: a serious interference with the media’s constitutional rights. Not to mention, it is an invasion of those individuals’ privacy. It seems the Justice Department informed the A.P. on May 10 that its phone logs had been taken, which apparently happened sometime in 2013. The reasoning behind this is somewhat unclear, but it seems to link to a report the A.P. broke about the CIA thwarting a bomb threat from Yemen in 2012. Will Bunch, from the Philadelphia Daily News, compared this to the Nixon era in a post titled, “The day the Obama administration went all Nixon on us.” Bunch makes a fair comparison. Apparently, the A.P. is being investigated for those who “leaked” the information about the CIA investigation on the 2012 bomb threat. As Bunch compared, this investigation into the press’ sources resembles Nixon’s operatives who looked into whistleblowers who leaked information to the press. We thought we were protected from these kind of blatant intrusions. Then again, we’re a college newspaper in Oregon. And working in the media in Oregon has perks. Oregon’s Shield Law protects our sources — which is obviously a huge issue concerning A.P.’s phone records being seized. It’s unacceptable for the government to seize these records, but it’s worse — and on a whole new level — when they do it in secret. That’s simply not what we expected to read on Monday. It’s unclear how the seizure of said phone records was approved — usually this sort of thing takes a subpoena. Maybe there was one — a secret one. Under Oregon’s Shield Law, though, even with a subpoena, our sources, paperwork or other information is safe. If only there was a federal shield law. At the federal level, our Oregon Constitution and shield law don’t quite apply. That’s the problem with federal laws overruling state laws, though. The kind of shenanigans the A.P. is experiencing is exactly why we need a federal shield law. Journalists have been prosecuted for refusing to hand over sources and information gathered on the job for far too long. The last step taken to implement a federal shield law was when Rep. Mike Pence introduced the Free Flow of Information Act of 2011. It did not pass in the Senate. We had higher expectations for the Obama administration, especially when it comes to treatment of the press. Seriously, we’re supposed to be protected in the U.S. Constitution.
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acebook and Twitter are revolutionizing today’s society in ways we have not seen since the dawn of radio and television. Now the average person can comment on anything as trivial as the weather outside, to providing up-to-the-minute updates on any event news agencies cannot get to. It could be argued that social networking is a new frontier of human communication, and some would say it is just another step in our progress as a technological species. Many people will tell you this: Facebook and Twitter can be pretty awesome at times. I mean, there are those times where a person may start drama, but if we decide to look at it from an objective point of view, it’s great. Never in history have people been so connected to one another. Now this can be argued that we are not connected physically, but that is irrelevant. We are now more connected to one another than we have ever been in our history. But
Hunter Murga
The Daily Barometer like all good things, it does have its cons at times. Many of us have had the worry-monster parents that warn us of terrible people that lurk on the Internet, especially on these same social networking sites. But on a more serious note, I think this digital revolution is comparable to the industrial revolution. Now before any history majors go off on a tangent either defending or eviscerating this, just keep in mind this is a huge step for today’s society. When the industrial revolution occurred, the fabric of society changed forever. People began moving from the countryside to the factories of the cities. Of course, this means that there is rapid urbanization of these same cities and it caused quite a bit of stir. Now goods are being manufactured to be sold
rather than raw materials being sold to be made into goods. With this came some more negative aspects, however, that blighted this age to a certain extent. For example, the tenements of many of these cities grew out of shacks and eventually sprawled out and about. Disease was rampant. The living conditions were terrible. But for many this was a hope for a better society. While the implications of social media may not be as unforgiving or grim dark as the industrial revolution, it will impact the world’s economy. This means one thing: Where jobs will go. With the Internet already revolutionizing the way people go about their business, social media will only invigorate this particular aspect of Internet browsing. Those ads you see on the side of your wall? Those ads are what keep Facebook afloat, and with a hefty profit too. I am sure that businesses will now focus less on those television ads, and more on social media
ads. And this will be true to local businesses as well. Prepare to see businesses no longer take out ads on newspapers, but on Twitter. What does this mean for the people that will make it all possible? It means that we need them. And not just what we have. Don’t be surprised if the biggest jobs for the next generation are going for anything related to technology. This next generation of programmers and computer scientists will become the next engineers of society, working behind the scenes to bring us the next generation of networking and personal computers and electronics. I’m not trashing on engineers (please forgive me my fellow Wilsonites) I am saying that it is becoming a hot job. And for good reason. However, this type of development has implications beyond what we see on the surface. It may be hard to look at, but there are privacy concerns as well. As we became more connected, we opened ourselves up to the world. This is convenient for us, but the fact that people can, at a glance, look at our birthdates and some of our most personal information is alarming. This has all kinds of potential for abuse that I am sure would be addressed by our future legislators. But our embrace of this new technology will soon be upon us. The best we can do is look to previous revolutions, and learn from them. Because if we don’t, history shall repeat itself. But don’t worry, this isn’t going to be like the industrial revolution if we mess up. No child labor or exploding steam broilers. But it is ripe for potential abuses of a fledging new era, which we must address in order to overcome its inherent problems before they become more than we can handle. t
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hones, cars, computers and every product sold by private companies improve. Some companies innovate better than others. Some companies appear and disappear. Some companies survive over decades. But innovations, whether radical or incremental, never stop. Twenty years ago, phones were the size of someone’s arm and were carried in a huge case. Today, we enjoy the luxury of phones that fit in our hands and are stored in our pockets throughout the day. Who produces phones? Private companies. One-hundred years ago, the first cars didn’t have stereos, rear view cameras or many of the amenities that private companies add to their cars now to appeal to the consumers. Fifty years ago, government school buses were the big yellow ones we’ve all seen. Today, government school buses still are the big yellow ones we’re all familiar with. The bigger the role the government has in any field, the lower the rates of innovation. Private transportation companies have improved busses to include air conditioning, individual seats and movies during the ride. The government shouldn’t necessarily have movies playing for children on the way to school or on field trips, but very little improvements have happened over the years. It’s uncommon to hear that the government stifles innovation and hurts the economy. It’s unpopular to hear that the government worsens the economy with everything they try to implement. However, Martin Luther King said unpopular things. Majority does not mean correct.
Drew Pells
The Daily Barometer All these inefficiencies created by the government stare us in the face everyday. But, why do we not notice all the negative effects the government produces? The government “educates” us and would never want us to even consider the possibility that the government is wrong. Just imagine that starting tomorrow, Wal-Mart has a monopoly on “educating” our children. Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m., children from 6-years-old to 18 attend Wal-Mart schools. Each room is fitted with heroic pictures of all previous Wal-Mart CEOs looking down the children, while the teachers constantly tell the students how glorious of a position it is to become the CEO of Wal-Mart. The students sing songs about Wal-Mart, pledge allegiance to the corporation’s flag every morning, and never question anything about it. Peter Schiff, the CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, created this analogy, which is quite the comparison to the government education system. If Wal-Mart started running schools tomorrow, we would all think it’s crazy. No one would allow their kids to attend a WalMart school, but when the entity carries the name of “government,” many blindly accept its words and actions. President Barack Obama recently gave a commencement speech at Ohio State University saying, “Unfortunately, you’ve grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than
some separate, sinister entity that’s at the root of all our problems... They’ll warn that tyranny is always lurking around the corner. You should reject these voices. Because what they suggest is that our brave, and creative, and unique experiment in self-rule is somehow just a sham with which we can’t be trusted.” Again, because the government does it or says it, we should accept it, and not entertain any contradictory idea? Of course not. Also, the government is not “us.” We are not the government. The average citizen doesn’t write laws. The average citizen doesn’t enforce laws. The average citizen doesn’t interpret the laws and rule on court proceedings. How then are we engaging in self-rule? Why should we trust a government that wiretaps phones without warrants? Why should we trust a government that locks up citizens for non-violent crimes? Why should we trust a government that kills innocent men, women and children in foreign countries because a small group of diplomats from America don’t like a small group of diplomats from another country? In the 18th century, the Kingdom of Prussia created one of the first tax-payer funded public education systems. Schools consisted of courses on arithmetic, writing and reading, but also extended to ethics, discipline and obedience over eight years. In the 19th century, many members of the Whig party, a now-defunct political party in the United States, fought for legislation to create and fund elementary public education. We all think the government’s effort
to “educate” the people comes from an altruistic entity, which cares for the people, and many of the legislators in Congress now do believe they are doing the right thing. However, the school system we have is based not only on indoctrination and blind obedience to the government, but also one that is from over 200 years ago. What actual product or service do we still use from the 1700s? The American Revolution saw the use of muskets to fight. The current wars and revolutions around the world use bombs, rifles, tanks, and many other improved products. When the government tries to intervene, the industry, field or service stops innovation and improvement. We gained the ability to work at night 200 years ago because of kerosene and candles, while electricity became the source of light. Why then do we still insist that learning can only be done from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., from the ages of 6 to 18, only because the government does it? Do kids in schools today learn, or memorize? Are they taught how to think, or what to think? Do the dissenters receive praise for creative thinking, or become silenced by an authority figure and viewed with contempt? Maybe the Prussian “education” system did to us exactly what it intended to do hundreds of years ago to the Prussian citizens. t
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Senior shortstop Liz Santana’s arrival at Oregon State and the softball team’s drastic rise are no coincidence By Grady Garrett The Daily Barometer
It was April 12. Utah had just scored two runs in the top of the fifth inning to tie things up with Oregon State. The Beavers didn’t have any momentum. They hadn’t scored since the first inning, and big-picture wise, they’d lost nine of their last 10 games. With runners on second and third base in the bottom of the fifth, senior shortstop Liz Santana stepped into the batter’s box. Moments later, she was sliding into second base after ripping a shot to center field. Before dusting herself off, she turned to the OSU dugout with a fiery look in her eyes and emphatically “popped” the top half of her jersey. “Every time I replay that game, I pause it right there because I love that part,” said sophomore second baseman Ya Garcia. “I tell Liz, ‘I don’t want anyone telling you that you can or can’t do that. That is who you are.’” The Beavers are perfectly content with who Santana is. In her two seasons in Corvallis, the transfer from UC Davis has emerged as one of OSU’s most dynamic players. Last year, she became the fifth player in program history to be named All-Conference First Team after leading the team in batting average (.344) and RBIs (41). This year, she’s batting .309 with a .423 on-base percentage. But when teammates talk about Santana, it’s not the stats they bring up. It’s Santana’s passion for the game. “Liz plays from her heart. You can see it in her eyes on the field, the way she possesses herself out there,” said senior Maggie Doremus. “She definitely is a leader by example. She’s that person you look up to. She’s that person you want at-bat for the game-winning hit. You want the ball hit to her. She’s that girl.” “Liz is very passionate about this game, and it really shows up on the field,” added senior third baseman Desiree Beltran. “She really gets the team going.” Like the Utah game, when Santana’s go-ahead double and ensuing rallying cry served as the turning point in an eventual 6-2 OSU win. “That passion gets everyone juiced,” Doremus said. “We look to her for that.” Teammates say Santana is a “lead by example” type of player, noting that she doesn’t speak up often, but they all know to listen when she does.
Mostly, she leads through her actions — whether it’s driving in a run, throwing a runner out at first or simply playing with emotion. “I definitely play with emotion because I’ve always been that type of player,” Santana said. “I want my teammates to know this is how much I love the game. I don’t take these moments for granted. When I did the whole thing with my jersey, I wanted them to know how proud I am to be a Beaver.” OSU wasn’t in Santana’s original plan, though. After receiving offers from the likes of North Carolina and Florida out of high school, the Fontana, Calif. native opted to stay in her home state and attend UC Davis. She was Big West Freshman of the Year in 2010 and batted .318 as a sophomore. But she had grown unhappy. “They promise the world when you’re a recruit, and there were things proposed to me that I didn’t get, mostly support in the academic world,” Santana said. “I love those girls, loved playing with them, but unfortunately the head coach and I didn’t see eye-to-eye with certain things and needs.” Santana knew Dana Sorensen, OSU’s pitching coach at the time, because Sorensen was an assistant at UC Davis when Santana was being recruited there. Sorensen encouraged Santana to give OSU a look after the 2011 season, and when Santana visited Corvallis, she instantly “fell in love with it.” “It made me feel like this is where I should have been all along,” Santana said. “Knowing I had a second chance to play at the highest level, in one of the best conferences, it was my dream. I decided to come to OSU and it was the best life-changing decision ever.” It didn’t take Santana long to make an impression on her new teammates. “I knew we were getting something good when I first met her,” said sophomore center fielder Dani Gilmore. “She’s just got that demeanor about her, that attitude. She has that aura about her that you gravitate toward.” Santana immediately won the starting shortstop job and has started all 114 games in her OSU career. She’s as big of a reason as any player for why OSU, which won just two Pac-10 games in 2011, is in the postseason for the second straight year. “She’s exactly what we needed to turn this program around,” Doremus said. Santana, who will return to OSU next year as a full-time student to finish her degree before applying for pharmacy school, is satisfied with how her career has played out. kevin ragsdale | THE DAILY BAROMETER “I’ve always wanted to go out knowing I was at my full potential,” Santana said. “I truthfully feel if I Junior shortstop Liz Santana makes a throw against UCLA on Saturday. Santana has accumulated a .309 batting average and .423 on base percentage this season. See SANTANA | page 5
The Daily Barometer Athlete of the Week only has 29 at-bats this season — Davis is leading Oregon State in batting, hitting .342 in 47 games. He’s also been a major source of power for an OSU ball club that hasn’t hit many home runs this season. Davis leads the Beavers in doubles with 19, and has tacked on two long balls. Davis also leads the team in RBIs, driving in 42 thus far, and slugging percentage at .508. Davis’ high school teammate and roommate, sophomore left fielder Michael Conforto, was a breakout star for the Beavers last season, but Davis has arguably been better this season, at least statistically. The freshman All-American Conforto is second to Davis in batting average (.328), RBIs (34) and slugging percentage (.489), but leads Davis Dylan Davis in home runs (seven), walks (34) and on base percentage (.456). The Daily Barometer If both players continue to play the way they Sophomore outfielder Dylan Davis served as have this season, Oregon State could be lookan offensive catalyst over the weekend, propel- ing at its first College World Series appearance ling the No. 6 Beavers to a three-game sweep of since 2007 when the Beavers won a national championship. No. 25 Stanford. Davis went six-for-13 at the plate in the threeThe Daily Barometer game set, driving in eight runs. The sophomore On Twitter @barosports sports@dailybarometer.com had a career-high five runs batted in during Saturday’s 10-4 victory alone. After slumping in the second half of his freshkevin ragsdale | THE DAILY BAROMETER man campaign, Davis came out of the gates hot Sophomore outfielder Dylan Davis and hasn’t slowed up in 2013. The Washington swings at a pitch against Cal on native played both in the outfield and as a pitcher May 3. Davis compiled six hits last season, but has seen action primarily in the and eight RBIs in the three-game field this year. Outside of junior catcher Beau Day — who sweep of Stanford last weekend.
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Missouri regional. They’ll likely have to go through No. 6 Missouri in order to advance to next weekend’s super regionals. A tough task, but they feel hadn’t have come to OSU, I wouldn’t have reached like they have the leader to get them there. “I know if I hop on Liz’s bandwagon,” Garcia my full potential. I’ve pushed myself to my limits, said, “she’ll lead me to the top.” and that’s all I ever wanted out of the sport.” But the ride isn’t over yet. The Beavers will play Hofstra on Friday in the opening game of the
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