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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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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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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
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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.
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Thursday, May 16 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.
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(CNN) — Several people were killed and more than 100 others injured Wednesday night when a possible tornado cut a wide swath through north Texas, officials said. Kathy Jividen, a spokeswoman for the Hood County sheriff’s office, said there were “multiple fatalities” in the wake of the storm that touched down in Granbury. Matt Zavadsky, spokesman for MedStar Mobile Healthcare, said there were reports of at least 100 people being injured. He said the tornado touched down several times in Hood, Tarrant, Dallas and Parker counties. “With these types of tornadoes, they touch down; they lift up; they touch down. They tend to hopscotch,” he said. “This is truly breaking news, and again the darkness doesn’t help, but the crews on scene are doing a really good
The house then heard four resolutions in their first reading. These resolutions all passed the senate during Tuesday’s meeting. · JR 72.05 encourages the university to make reporting of standardized testing optional when applying to the university. · JR 73.06 urges ASOSU to make Saferide services available to student parents and their children by winter term 2014. · JR 72.07 urges the Valley Library to keep more textbooks on reserve and for instructors to actively seek books that are less expensive for students. · JR 72.08 urges the university to continue to train instructors who speak English as a second language to speak English, while at the same time acknowledging cultural diversity at the university. The ASOSU house of representatives meets again next Wednesday in the Memorial Union at 7 p.m.
job to try and reach out to the folks that might be trapped or unable to get to a shelter or the triage area.” There were reports of homes in Granbury being flattened with people inside, Hood County Judge Darrell Cockerham said. Donna Martin, a worker at a local veteran’s organization, said some suffered injures. “There are a lot of traumatic injuries,” Martin said. “My husband told me that a car was lifted in the air. It just came in and hit so fast” City officials were sending school buses to affected neighborhoods to help with evacuations. The National Weather Service warned that a mile-wide tornado reported by spotters had shifted its track and was moving “right at the city of Cleburne,” a community of about 15,000 people in north Texas.
CANCER n Continued from page 1 particular drug worked in a drug screen, but what other drugs may work as well, if not better,” Keller said. If the cancer cells die and the drugs aren’t too expensive, Bracha gives the dogs the treatment. They also need to know that the drug won’t harm the dog. The crux of the project is to individualize cancer treatment. Dogs get care designed specifically for their type of cancer. Even in specific types of cancer, like bone cancer, the cancer may behave differently depending on the individual’s genetics, Bracha said. “The whole approach is becoming personalized,” Bracha said. “They will respond differently to treatment.” The college is “one of the leading schools in the field” of taking a personalized approach to treating cancer, Bracha said. “I can’t say we’ve had only successes, but the successes we had, the dogs that did well with that, had outstanding results — survivals which I’ve never experienced with this disease,” Bracha said. Bracha said there have been some failures. The model needs refining. But the approach is innovative and hopefully will help both dogs and people. Keller is spearheading another study to refine the process. The dogs are given the same “standard of care,” usually including chemotherapy first. If the disease comes back, they start the new treatment, but only if the owner has consented to be part of the study,
which includes collecting cancer cells for the tissue bank. No lab animals are used in the study. One dog was given three rounds of chemotherapy to treat bone cancer, and then developed a fatal tumor in its lungs. The dog was then treated with a drug tested specifically with its cells. “A dog with metastasis to the lungs usually only survives for less than 60 days,” Bracha said. “With this dog, we started a new treatment and it’s been eight months now and the disease is almost completely gone.” The cost of personalized cancer treatment can range from hundreds to thousands of dollars. “Unfortunately, many times the treatments we can offer are too expensive for many clients,” Bracha said. Some funds exist for canine cancer treatment. Currently, the tissue bank has more than 70 samples representing different cancers, Bracha said. “If any of the researchers at OSU decide they want to do cancer research on a specific type of cancer, they have this resource that’s already banked and stored all these tissues,” Bracha said. “They’re ready to go.” Lara Davis is another OHSU researcher who helped establish cell cultures of human and canine cancer cells. Bernard Seguin, a veterinary surgeon formerly of OSU, designed part of the study before moving to Colorado State University’s cancer center. McKinley Smith, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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BICYCLE n Continued from page 1 SSI Transportation and Project Coordinator Jacob Kollen has been involved with the SSI for the past two years, and was a member when the Bicycle Extravaganza first began back in 2012. “The purpose of the Extravaganza is to get people on bicycles, display different aspects of the bicycle culture, and promote bicycle safety,” Kollen said. “This is the second year of the event and we’ve increased the awesomeness by tenfold.” The first event of the day will be a competition showcasing riders sprinting, skidding and track skills. Other events to be held include a mountain bike ride through the forest, a 20-mile road bike ride down the highway and a wheelie competition. All events will start in either the MU quad or Brick Mall. Some of the most anticipated activities of the day will be held last, including a mass ride event that departs from the MU quad promptly at 3 p.m. Participants are encouraged to don their craziest combinations of bikes, clothing, lights, music and colors for the ride. The final event of the day will be the Corvallis Community Alley Cat Race, which will take place immediately following the mass ride at an undisclosed location. For more information on the Bicycle Extravaganza or to see a complete schedule of the day’s activities, visit oregonstate. edu/ssi. Lara von Linsowe-Wilson, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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.
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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.
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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, 8am-Noon, 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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Why do we A continue to write about this? e could say we are disappointed, even ashamed, at the theatrics of Tuesday’s Associated Students of Oregon State University senate meeting. But when it comes to the legislative branch of ASOSU, it is what we have come to expect. We could spend the majority of this editorial looking at the toothless resolutions encouraging the university administration to do all sorts of things, from lowering the cost of textbooks to not requiring those applying to the university to submit SAT scores. But, since these wastes of paper will amount to nothing — they are entirely unenforceable resolutions — and are the sum total of the senate’s accomplishments for the term, we will let them revel in their small, inconsequential victory. We could also point out how the house of representatives has twice failed to make quorum this year, failing in its obligations to hold weekly public meetings. But this happened last year, and we continue to witness half-empty chambers and meetings that are delayed because members are not showing up on time. We could also mention the legislators removed from office, or the weeks of meetings that went by in which nothing happened beyond the approval of minutes and whether to sing the alma mater. Or, we could look at how the appointing committee has filled the senate with men from the same fraternity instead of trying to pick more diverse and qualified candidates. But you’ve already heard us rail against their antics, and you think they would have got their act in order. But they won’t. Instead, the legislative branch continues to affirm its unnecessary existence by meeting weekly, talking about things and sometimes introducing legislation. It’s a good thing none of the members of the legislature are paid, except for the speaker of the house and the clerk; otherwise it would be a waste of student fees. There is a positive side to this year’s ASOSU congress, at least they haven’t tried to impeach the president. And this is the reason congress’ grade is merely a “D-” instead of an “F.” So what do we propose? Get rid of the whole system. It is broken, inconsequential and a waste of time. But at least it’s as entertaining as an episode of “The Real World,” minus all the roommate hookups and boozing on camera. While it is important to give students a way to address issues and be heard, the ASOSU congress is not that. It is an exercise in childish hubris. With such a low grade, we encourage the student body to continue to ignore its student government because its governance has been downright embarrassing.
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s you may or may not recall, my column a week prior discussed the multiple and severe physical, mental and internal repercussions of alcohol use and abuse. So, it seemed ideal for me to pack my bags with plenty of Coppertone sunblock, my favorite snapback hat, diamond earrings, board shorts and tank tops to join a few friends on the trek south to Shasta Lake. While Corvallis residents were, most likely, celebrating the absence of the normally rowdy and obnoxious partygoers, that didn’t hinder the time-oftheir-lives experiences had by students last weekend in Northern California. Armies of neon trucker-like snapback hats reading ridiculous slogans, things like “sex, love and dubstep,” infiltrated and ransacked the luscious, blooming shores of Shasta Lake. Here, they effortlessly enact their every will on all things living while essentially killing their livers and brain cells with hooch. I understand my column last week created an ultimate bias against alcohol. However, there is no rational reasoning or answer to obscene amounts of littering, carelessness and sheer disrespect for Mother Nature and our natural surroundings. Don’t disregard any further comments because of my “hippie” or “earth-friendly” stances against pollution. I have a difficult time fathoming how college children — who are presumed to be adults — can’t refrain from chucking Keystone Light cans and red Solo cups into the refreshing and, used to be, clean waters and shores of Shasta Lake. It was extremely distressing to look along the water’s blue, clear surface only to find it had been marauded by cigarette butts and Ball Park hot dog
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my name forever or considering this an attack on Greek life, I also have a few positive attributes to this annual weekend of binge drinking and pisspoor judgment. The festivities and events captured in the long weekend at sea invite a sense of communal belonging and acceptance by (just about) everyone. Granted, levels of intoxication may play a pivotal role in this happenstance, it doesn’t remove the positive and upbeat smiles radiating from the faces of many. The act of giving to random strangers was an aspect that warmed my heart as much as the scotch whiskey warmed my gullet as it cascaded to my belly. This electric and satisfying atmosphere can only be duplicated, in my opinion, by means of large-scale music festivals (such as Sasquatch or Coachella) and strictly nudist Aborigine tribes. Feelings of unity, happiness and overall great vibrations from attendants re-instilled my faith in booze-guzzling aficionados, which I thought I was going to completely lose before I left and headed back to Corvallis. Sure, the ceremonial weekend at Lake Shasta may be filled with endless amounts processed food, alcoholinduced naps in floatable chairs and chain-smoking on houseboat rooftops. But the simple fact distinguishing it from other weekends experienced in Corvallis, and the characteristic shining bright with positivity, was everyone who was there truly wanted to be, and displayed that through outward actions of the happiness they were experiencing within. t
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woke suddenly, my eyes slowly adjusted to the dark. It was after 1 a.m. A hooded figure faced me. He stood just feet away from where I was sleeping with his back to the bedroom door from which he’d come. He had closed the door. His hood shadowed his face, obscuring his features. He must have noticed I woke because he startled, turned, opened the door and ran. I sprang from my bed to slam the door shut. After securing the lock, I sat on my bed. I told myself it was a bad dream. I convinced myself I had imagined the man. I finally fell back to sleep. The next morning I woke to a text from my roommate. “Hey did ya’ll put my undies from my drawer all over my bed last night?? I don’t care, I’m just creeped out and want to make sure it was one of ya’ll,” it said. Another roommate said she heard someone running down the stairs the night before. At the time she had thought it was one of us. It wasn’t. We immediately called the police. The police questioned us. Were we drinking? Did we have a party? Was the front door locked? We assured them we had locked the door before going to sleep after a calm evening of studying. Moments after the police left, we heard a knock at the door. They were back. They pointed to the siding of the house outside the front door. The siding was marked with scuffed shoe marks leading to the second story balcony. They also pointed to the drainpipe, which was severely dented. “Have these marks always been here?” Officer Andrew Christoson asked. The marks were new. A number of other women have also reported a man had broken into their homes or entered their bedrooms in December 2012. Two women were attacked near campus in January, although police do not believe the attacks are related to the home invasions. The police have not made any arrests and the cases remain open, said Corvallis Police Lt. Cord Wood. An anonymous donor is offering a $1,000 reward to whoever can provide information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the man who attacked the two young women. Wood said students should walk in groups at night and immediately report suspicious behavior. “If someone breaks into your home, call 9-1-1,” Wood said. “If you have a peeping Tom, call 9-1-1. Call right away. Do not wait.” The man who broke into our home, and several others, may have moved on or been frightened away. As the months pass, victims of the home invasions continue to struggle with fear. Several months have passed since the break-ins and assaults, but women continue to question the safety of Corvallis. “I feel as though Corvallis has become much more of a high-risk area for breakins and attacks on young women,” said Hailey Midrano, a junior human development and family sciences student. “I was never one to be afraid when I was home alone at night, but now I am much more uneasy. I find myself constantly checking my doors and windows to make sure they are locked.” Midrano is a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority. Every member of the house now carries pepper spray. “I feel somewhat safe carrying my pepper spray with me at all times,” Midrano said. “But I can’t help but think, is that enough?” The night after the hooded man entered our house, my roommates and I all slept in the same room. Every creak in the floorboards, every commotion outside made us jump. We have long since returned to our own rooms. We now not only lock outside doors at night but our bedroom doors, too. t
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Thursday through Saturday, the Oregon State men’s golf team will be on the other side of the country, competing in the most crucial event of the season. For the seventh-straight year, Oregon State has clinched a spot in the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships. The Beavers, along with 12 other schools, were chosen to compete in an NCAA Regional that will be played in Tallahassee, Fla., on the prestigious Golden Eagle Golf & Country Club course. There are six regional sites nationwide, and all are three-day, 54-hole tournaments. These six regionals will then determine who will play in the NCAA Championships in Atlanta. The lowest five teams from each of the six tournaments will qualify. The Beavers were no stranger to the NCAA Regionals, but it is rare that they are able to take that next step to the NCAA National Championship. In addition to this being their seventh-straight appearance, the Beavers have played in a regional in 15 of the last 21 years. However, the Beavers have only qualified for the National Championship three times since 1993. For head coach Jon Reehoorn and his team, it has been the goal all year to play in Georgia. With OSU as the nine-seed, the odds are against them. Facing the Beavers will be Washington, Georgia Tech, Florida State, North Florida and Oklahoma, which are seeds one through five, respectively. Additionally, Wake Forest, North Carolina State and See MEN’s GOLF | page 6
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Sophomore outfielder Dylan Davis sprints for first base against Utah on April 14. Davis leads the Beavers in batting average (.342), RBIs (42) and doubles (19).
In the second half of last season, as a true freshman, Dylan Davis watched his statistics and playing time decrease with each passing game. After a hot start in nonconference play, Davis struggled during the Pac12 schedule, mustering a meager .167 batting average and only three extra base hits in 72 at-bats. By the end of the season, he was in and out of the lineup, and generally a nonfactor at the plate. 2013 has been a different story. Entering the weekend series with No. 11 Oregon, Davis is leading the No. 6 Beavers in batting average (.342), runs batted in (42) and slugging percentage (.508). He’s also hit two home runs on the season and leads Oregon State in doubles with 19. “His numbers are really good for our conference,” said head coach Pat Casey. “He’s matured as a hitter. He’s got confidence.” The confidence Casey mentioned is what Davis said is the biggest difference in his game. Some say that baseball is 90 percent mental and only 10 percent physical. That 90 percent is where Davis has worked on improving his game. “It’s just a new mentality and confidence level with myself,” Davis said. “Last year I was struggling with pitch selection and thinking, ‘I have to hit this pitch because I can’t hit that pitch.’ And this year I’ve gotten deeper into counts and know that I can hit any pitch I want. ... If I’m having a bad day at the plate, I won’t let it carry over for the whole game if I come up in a big situation.” His teammates have noticed the change. Davis’s high school teammate, roommate and best friend, sophomore left fielder Michael Conforto, has seen major strides. “Once you start to struggle a little bit it can be hard to keep confidence in yourself,” Conforto said. “He feels more confident in himself, as well as the rest of the team, the coaches and just people coming to watch. I think he believes he’s a great hitter when we all See davis | page 6
Softball notebook: previewing Oregon State’s regional By Grady Garrett The Daily Barometer
The Oregon State softball team arrived in Columbia, Mo. — via a chartered flight for the first time this season — and will begin postseason action on Friday. The Beavers (33-22, 8-16 Pac-12) face Hofstra, champion of the Colonial Athletic Association, on Friday at 2 p.m. PST. If they win, they’ll play Saturday at 12:30 p.m. PST against the winner of Missouri vs. Stony Brook. Missouri is the tournament’s No. 6 overall seed. If the Beavers lose to Hofstra, they’ll face the loser of Missouri vs. Stony Brook on Saturday at noon PST. The fourteam regional is double-elimination. If there is any question what OSU’s ultimate goal is, one must just look at what’s stitched onto the sleeve of their practice jerseys: “OKC,” as in Oklahoma City — the site of the Women’s College World Series. OSU would need to advance out of the Missouri regional and then win a best-of-three Super Regional in order
to reach OKC. “They’ve got OKC written down the sleeve for a reason,” said head coach Laura Berg. “That’s the ultimate goal.” The idea came about before the season began. “That was my idea,” Berg said. “I wanted some kind of bracelet, something they’d have to wear all season long. But it was [senior] Maggie Doremus’ idea to put it on the sleeve.” Other news and notes as OSU prepares for Friday... • Gilmore update Sophomore Dani Gilmore, OSU’s starting center fielder and leadoff hitter, is not expected to play this weekend. She has missed OSU’s last eight games since getting hit in the head by a pitch against Arizona on April 28. Gilmore’s .269 average in conference games is second highest on the team, and OSU has struggled mightily to replace her. The Beavers don’t go to their bench often; in their first 18 conference games, they used the same starting lineup (not including the pitcher)
13 times. Eight players, including Gilmore, started all 18 of those games. Gilmore’s injury meant the insertion of somebody who wasn’t used to playing. Three players who totaled five conference starts prior to Gilmore’s injury — Doremus, junior Bailee Niehus and freshman Christie Langlois — have seen an increase in playing time the past two weeks. The results have not been pretty. Since Gilmore’s injury: • Doremus: 1-for-10 (four starts) • Niehus: 0-for-12 (five starts) • Langlois: 1-for-4 (one start) That’s a whopping .077 average in place of somebody who was named All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention last year after hitting .322. Still, Berg said she’s seen some things she’s liked from the trio. “I liked Christie’s aggressiveness; she’s got her swing back,” Berg said. “Bailee’s just missing. She’s hitting the right pitches, she’s just missing it a little bit.” On the season, Doremus, Niehus
and Langlois are hitting .134 (9-for-67) collectively, though Langlois has been limited due to a nagging knee injury suffered last year. • Hampton’s recent surge It appears freshman Natalie Hampton has found her stroke at the plate again. Hampton hit a team-high .433 prior to Pac-12 play, but then did not record a hit until the Beavers’ sixth conference game. Through OSU’s first 18 Pac-12 games, Hampton hit just .150. But since a doubleheader against Portland State on April 30, Hampton is 9-for-19 (.474). “She’s on a hot streak,” Berg said. “She’s not doing too much. She’s just doing what she does, taking care of business, not putting pressure on herself.” In OSU’s 3-2 win over UCLA on Thursday, Hampton collected her 49th RBI of the season — a single-season program record. “That’s huge. That’s somebody who understands the pressure and deals See SOFTBALL | page 6
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knew he was.” Davis’ offensive success could also potentially be attributed to his focus on hitting and playing the outfield. The righthander pitched at times last year and early in 2013, but hasn’t taken the mound in Pac-12 play. Casey said keeping Davis’s bat hot has been a priority. Letting him focus at the plate has been the plan for a while. “He’s doing well at the plate and we want to continue that,”
His journey ended suddenly Tuesday when a pickup truck struck and killed him on U.S. 101 in Lincoln City, Oregon, about 250 miles south of Seattle. His death was announced on a Facebook page, Breakaway Brazil, he set up to document his trek. “It is with a heavy heart to notify you that Richard Swanson passed on this morning. His team, family, friends, and loved ones will miss him and love him dearly. You made it to Brazil in our hearts, Richard. Team Richard,” the post said. Supporters want the ball Swanson was dribbling to be in Brazil. Police said it was recovered from the accident scene. “Someone should see to it that his ball makes it to the World Cup,” Megan Cruz wrote on the page for Breakaway Brazil. “Maybe the first ‘play’ could be done with his ball, then returned to the family.” “First kick at 2014 WC should be with his blue ball,” Peda Knezevic wrote under Swanson’s YouTube video. One World Futbol Project noted Swanson’s death in a tweet and on its website.
Casey said. “And when he had some stiffness in his back early in the season, we didn’t want to chance that.” While Davis might not pitch again this season, he’s always ready to do his part and carry the same mentality from the plate to the mound. Davis threw multiple pitches recorded at 100 miles per hour last season, and is expected to contribute from a pitching standpoint sometime in his young career. “I certainly think he will have an impact on our program on the
Berg said. “They’re hitting their stride when they should be. Playing in the conference we play in, it really does get you ready for with it very well,” Berg said. “Especially for the postseason.” Andreana found her rhythm a couple of a freshman coming in hitting in the fourhole in this conference for crying out loud.” weeks ago, being named Pac-12 Pitcher of Hampton left Saturday’s game after get- the Week after allowing just two runs in 15 ting hit by a pitch and did not practice on innings of work against Arizona. But in her last five appearances, she’s Monday or Tuesday, but is expected to play allowed 17 earned runs on 21 hits and this weekend. walked 23 batters in 16 1/3 innings. • State of the pitching staff Saturday against UCLA, she allowed eight One advantage the Beavers have in a runs (seven earned) on 10 hits in 5 1/3 postseason setup that forces teams to play innings. as many as five games in three days is that Most of that damage came in UCLA’s they don’t rely on just one pitcher. seven-run sixth inning, and Berg said Seniors Tina Andreana (9-7, 3.74 ERA) Andreana’s final line didn’t tell the whole and Marina Demore (20-11, 3.03) shared story. the workload for much of the season. “Tina actually didn’t throw that bad Andreana appeared in 17 of OSU’s 24 [against UCLA],” Berg said. “She didn’t conference games, starting 16. Demore have a great start on Thursday. Friday she appeared in 16, starting seven. came in as relief for Marina and threw well. “I feel like we’ve got the one-two punch,” Saturday she did well. We didn’t neces-
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sarily take care of the ball on defense [on Saturday]. If you get rid of the sixth inning, we’re still playing the game. I was very pleased with her pitching this weekend.” One of Demore’s best performances of the season came in relief on Thursday against UCLA. She held the Bruins scoreless for 6 1/3 innings after relieving Andreana, who walked five of the first seven batters she faced, in the first inning. If Andreana and Demore are used this weekend, as they were for most of the conference season, look for Andreana to get the start on Friday and Demore on Saturday. Junior Amanda Najdek and freshman Sarah Shadinger are available in relief if needed, but they combined to allow 24 earned runs in just 17 2/3 innings of work during Pac-12 play. Grady Garrett, sports reporter On Twitter @gradygarrett sports@dailybarometer.com
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“We are extremely saddened to hear the news about Richard. He was a very inspiring man, our thoughts are with his family,” it said via Twitter. Police are investigating the accident, and the driver of the pickup that hit Swanson was cooperating, according to reports from CNN affiliates KPTV-TV and KATU-TV in Oregon. The Breakaway Brazil Facebook and the YouTube pages were filled Wednesday with tributes to Swanson from soccer fans around the world. “Please know his death was not in vain, his story reached all corners of the world,” wrote Rena Gerlach from Portland, Oregon. “Your name will never be forgotten by my dear Brazil,” wrote Vanessa Gonçalves. There were postings in German and Portuguese. And posts from Japan and Canada. And one was from Swanson’s oldest son, Devin. “You are an inspiration to all to continue doing what you love! One day ... I will continue your journey in your name!”
mound before he leaves,” Casey said. “He’s capable, but right now I think he’s enjoying hitting in the four-hole for Oregon State and doing a nice job for us.” “In the back of my mind, I’m always ready to throw,” Davis added. “It’s a different mentality than last year, in that I’ll do whatever it takes.” Davis’s improved consistency at the plate has benefited not just himself, but Conforto, too. Hitting in the cleanup spot, the right-handed hitting Davis has provided protection for the lefthanded hitting Conforto.
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