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OSU, OHSU researchers lead study to counteract cancer in both dogs, people By McKinley Smith The Daily Barometer
More than half a million Americans will die of cancer in 2013, the American Cancer Society estimates. What that figure doesn’t show is the number of pets that also die of cancer, but pets may play a role in fighting cancer in the future. “They have a very similar lifestyle to us,” said Shay Bracha, an assistant professor in oncology in the College of Veterinary Medicine. “They get cancers just like we do. In fact, the same types of cancers.”
Dogs often receive the same treatments for cancer as humans, like chemotherapy and radiation, Bracha said, but they tolerate chemotherapy better, often with fewer side effects. Bracha collaborates with Oregon Health and Science University researcher Charles Keller who led the study to combat cancer in canines and people. “Shay and other veterinary oncologists and I had the general idea that we can learn from treating canine patients with bone cancer, how better to treat children with bone cancer, particularly the children who failed with conventional therapy,” Keller said in a phone interview. Eventually, the approach may be used to treat children with bone cancer if the cancer relapses,
Keller said. Bracha and Milan Milovancev, another key researcher on the project, collect cancer cells from dogs and send them to the veterinary tissue bank they established at Oregon State University. From there, they send samples to OHSU where Keller grows the cancerous cells and introduces them to new, targeted drugs. The drugs are specific to different elements of cancer cells. Ranadip Pal, a researcher at Texas Tech University, takes that data from the screening and calculates what makes a drug effective. He uses a system Keller calls “cancer math.” “It gives us specific information not only why a See CANCER | page 2
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Campus chef Jason Phillips named Iron Chef Champion in event benefitting the emergency food pantry By Lara von Linsowe-Wilson The Daily Barometer
Oregon State University found out Wednesday night which chef’s cuisine reigned supreme. Chefs from the OSU campus competed for the title of Iron Chef: McNary Champion in a setting similar to that of the hit TV show. University Housing and Dining Services held the event in collaboration with the Human Services Resource Center as a fundraiser for the OSU Emergency Food Pantry, which supplies food to students and community members in need. McNary Dining Hall, located on the east side of campus, hosted the event. Students and faculty members stopped and stared as each contestant used skill and finesse to create a masterpiece dish. Three chefs from across campus competed in the event with only the help of a single companion. Each team received 50 minutes to cook their meal, and then 10 minutes to plate their creations. Participating chefs had a box of secret ingredients commonly found in the OSU Emergency Food
Pantry at their disposal. The chefs then used the ingredients to create a meal worthy of the title Iron Chef champion. Despite tough competition from the other chefs, Jason Phillips was able to use the skills he gained during his childhood to come out on top. Phillips grew up in Portland, and was inspired to cook by his grandmother. “She was passionate about food and spent hours in the kitchen,” Phillips said. “She started preparing dinner at 7 a.m.” Phillips is currently a student in the OSU nutrition program, and spends his free time volunteering at the Jackson Street Youth Shelter teaching basic cooking skills to children. Second place went to Shilpi Halemane, who grew up in a South Indian vegetarian household in New Jersey. “My mother taught me to cook various Indian dishes, never relying on exact recipes but cooking by way of tasting and understanding the palates of those we fed,” Halemane said. Vaughan Heppe placed third in this year’s competition. His love for cooking stemmed from his desire mitch lea | THE DAILY BAROMETER to eat healthier during his high Jason Phillips, Oregon State nutrition student, comptes in Iron Chef: See IRON CHEF | page 2 McNary competition on Wednesday. Phillips took first place.
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OSU’s Active Minds lays out daisies in MU to show support of those affected by suicides, remember OSU students By Dave Downing
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Active Minds will be displaying their annual Daisy Project in the MU Courtyard. The project set up today is a silent display that represents the 1,100 lives lost to suicide each year on college campuses. Every year Active Minds members lay 1,100 daisies outside the MU to show their support and commitment to those who have been affected by these tragedies. This year, Active Minds will display a row of four yellow daisies to represent the four students lost to suicide here at Oregon State during the 2012-2013 school year. “Suicide has become the leading cause of death for people between the ages of 18 and 24,” said Jim Gouveia, clinical social worker in Oregon State’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) department. “In the state of Oregon, people in this age group are more likely to die by suicide than they are by car accident.” The Daisy Project gives both students and faculty
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Active Minds works closely with CAPS to ensure that its students receive the information needed to utilize their services. Their main goal is to engage in the conversation that is so often overlooked — the conversation about mental health. “Active Minds meetings are an open place for students to discuss both mental health issues, and ways to raise awareness of the resources available for students to maintain their own mental health,” said Becca Smith, vice president of Oregon State’s a glimpse at how big of an impact suicide has on Active Minds chapter. “We find that although peothis young population. Active Minds puts on this ple join Active Minds as a way to build their resume, event, in addition to many others throughout the they stick around because they begin to realize the year, as part of an effort to raise awareness of mental importance of a flourishing college campus.” health on Oregon State’s campus. The Oregon State Active Minds meets every other Monday at 6 p.m. University chapter, led by Becca Van Drimmelen, is on the third floor of Snell Hall – two floors below part of the larger Active Minds Organization. “Active Minds is a student-run organization that CAPS. Its next meeting is on June 3. Meetings are is giving students the opportunity to give a voice open to anyone who wants to learn more about to a silent issue on college campuses nationwide,” what Active Minds is about, and what they are Van Drimmelen said. “Mental health is something involved in on campus. If anyone has any questions or wants more that every college student deals with, but few talk information about the organization, they should about.” This organization was built not only to raise contact Dave Downing by email at downingd@ awareness of mental health, but also to reduce the onid.orst.edu. stigma that surrounds mental illness and prevent Dave Downing, Active Minds membership chair suicide. news@dailybarometer.com Active Minds: Dave Downing — Membership Chair, downingd@onid.orst.edu Counseling and Psychological Services: Phone: 541-737-2131, 24-Hour Toll Free Number: 1-800-2327192 National 24-Hour Crisis Line: 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800784-2433)
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Sustainability Initiative to host 2nd annual event to benefit the OSU Emergency Food Pantry By Lara von Linsowe-Wilson The Daily Barometer
The Oregon State University Student Sustainability Initiative will host their annual Bicycle Extravaganza fair on Thursday. The event will go from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Memorial Union quad and is open to all, free of charge — but attendees should remember to bring a helmet. Throughout the day, representatives from various bicycle-related organizations will be hosting booths in the quad with information and tools for riders, including a mechanic bay for bicycle safety checks, a photo booth and a “Bling Your Own Bike” table. There will also be several bicycle polo pick-up games and a small bicycleriding course. See BICYCLE | page 2
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Joint committee on committees would select students to serve on other ASOSU committees By Don Iler
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The Associated Students of Oregon State University house of representatives was able to meet for the first time in two weeks, passing three bills that would change the structure and nature of committees in the ASOSU congress. The first bill passed, JB 04.01, eliminates the house educational activities committee. The bill’s author, Michael Robb, said the committee was no longer necessary because of changes in the makeup of the educational activities committee. The second bill, JB 04.03, would make the joint congressional committee a permanent committee, which currently must be renewed at the end of every year. The committee’s job is to report on either chamber’s activities to the other chamber. It passed unanimously. The third bill, JB 04.02, would create a joint committee on committees. This committee on committees would be responsible for appointing students to various committees as needed on campus. This job is currently performed by the ASOSU chief of staff. Robb said the bill would increase the transparency of who was appointed to these committees. Matt Palm said he was concerned about having four people on the committee, saying the house already has problems making quorum for its weekly business meeting. The bill passed unanimously. See HOUSE | page 2