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Trevor Heald plays bike polo in the Memorial Union quad during the Bicycle Extravaganza on Thursday.
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2nd annual Bicycle Extravaganza, sponsored by the Student Sustainability Initiative, promotes bicycle usage, safety for Corvallis community By Lara von Linsowe-Wilson The Daily Barometer
Despite the typically gloomy Oregon spring rain, bicycle enthusiasts gathered in the Memorial Union quad on Thursday for a day of riding challenges and activities held by the Oregon State University Student Sustainability Initiative. The event was designed in 2012 in hopes of displaying the various aspects of Corvallis bicycle culture and promote safety. “This is the second year of the event and we’ve increased the awesomeness by tenfold,” said Jacob Kollen, SSI transportation and project coordinator. Kollen has been involved with the SSI for the past two years, and was a member when the Bicycle Extravaganza first began. “My favorite part of working with the Student Sustainability Initiative is working with a really enthusiastic bicycle community,” Kollen said. “It’s all about having fun.” According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Corvallis currently holds the largest percentage of bicycle commuters in the Unites States. Throughout the day, representatives from various bicyclerelated organizations shared free information and tools for riders. The tools included a mechanic bay for bicycle safety checks, a photo booth and a table where participants could deck out their bikes free of charge, called “Bling Your Own Bike.” Prizes were given out to those who could correctly answer bicycle trivia questions geared toward enlightening the community on bicycle laws and safety measures. Greg Wilson, the Corvallis transportation program coordinator, is all about sustainable transportation options and educating the community about safety and bicycle laws. “Getting people involved in cycling is very important. I’m interested in seeing more people bicycle instead of driving their cars,” Wilson said. The event kicked off with a series of polo pick-up games and a small bicycle-riding course. Some of the more skillful riders competed in an event featuring their sprinting, skidding and track skills. Those who wanted to seek out even more adventure had the options of participating in a mountain bike ride through the forest and a 20-mile road bike ride down the highway. The event also featured a wheelie competition. Perhaps the most eye-catching event of the day was the mass ride event, in which participants took to the streets clad in their wildest biking attire. The final event of the day was the Corvallis Community Alley Cat Race, a secretive event in which riders took off to an undisclosed location immediately following the mass ride with nothing but a helmet and a Corvallis bike map in hand. Junior Elliott Highfill, who rides his bike to and from campus almost every day, says he is glad to see an increasing amount of bicycle encouragement and safety events on and around campus. “Sometimes it’s easy for drivers to view bicyclists as a nuisance, but in reality it should be the other way around,” See BICYCLE | page 2
Owners of popular Monroe Street cafe and pub say they are unable to negotiate lease with landlord
“We asked to purchase the building,” The original deal was similar to that of a Terry Wylie said. triple net lease, but not fully. However, the two parties were unable to A triple net lease is where a tenant agrees to pay for all real estate taxes, building agree on new lease terms. Since May 2011, the Wylies have paid insurance and maintained cost. By Spencer Ingram The original contract was a full-year $1,864 per month for base rent and have The Daily Barometer lease with a two-year option to continue it. responsibility for 75 percent of the property. “I felt uncomfortable not having a lease The Brew Station will close on June 14, However, at the end of the lease in 2011, the due to irreconcilable differences between Wylies sought to pursue a different avenue. See BREW | page 2 Brew Station owners Terry and Roger Wylie, and Bill Cohnstaedt, their landlord, on a lease renewal. Terry and Roger Wylie, who are wife and husband, expressed dismay at its closing. “[It’s like] the death of a family member,” Terry Wylie said. “The Brew Station means a lot to Oregon State University campus.” Roger Wylie said Cohnstaedt made it hard to renegotiate fair terms for the lease. “Bill Cohnstaedt [offered a lease] structure where we have no power and have no plan to make money,” Roger Wylie said. Terry and Roger Wylie’s original lease ended with Cohnstaedt in May 2011. Since that time, the Wylies have tried several initiatives to renew the lease option with Cohnstaedt. “We [have] been trying to negotiate the lease for two years,” Roger Wylie said. During the interim period of negotiating a new lease, the Wylies have been operating on a month-to-month basis with Cohnstaedt. mitch lea | THE DAILY BAROMETER In the original contact between the Wylies The Brew Station, located on Monroe Avenue, will close because of differences and Cohnstaedt, the Wylies paid $1,600 month and two-thirds of the property taxes. between the tenants and landlord of the property. n
Students practice the way of the sword OSU Kendo Club teaches discipline, character through martial arts
After the bogu is put on, the es with other teams such as the for the space we practice in,” club performs the first sparring University of Oregon and the Lui said. University of Washington. The After a series of other drills, drills, where members partner majority of these tournaments the group then prepares to begin up and repeatedly vertically strike each other’s heads, which happen in the winter. sparring. are well protected by the bogu. By Ryan Dawes Practice Blue proThis is because it is central to The Daily Barometer for the OSU tective body learning better aim in kendo. Kendo Club I’ve become a little Oregon State University armor called This is followed by the actual Kendo Club members shout as begins with a bogu is worn nicer to all people, sparring, where opponents series of disthey warm up for another disciwhen sparboth people I know ring, and for make swift, calculated strikes plined practice of their martial ciplined drills and parries, focusing heavily on art, “Ichi, ni, san, shi, go, roku, for warm-ups. the purpose of and also strangers their form. Then everyone shiti, nachi, qyu, jyu.” these matches, on the street. The sparring and the drills, participates in a special bam“Kendo is a discipline that you boo training however, are only part of the bring home with you,” said Brian mokusatsu, Tsz Pang Lui sword is used. Kendo discipline. Lui explains Cox, OSU Kendo Club secretary. a moment of OSU Kendo Club president Known as a how it also affects his personal “Not only is it a form of exercise, stillness where they attempt to shinai, it con- character. but it is also a lifestyle.” “I’ve become a little nicer to clear their minds of everything sists of four bamboo slats put Kendo is a Japanese martial art all people, both people I know other than kendo itself. This together instead of a single piece practicing swordsmanship that and also strangers on the street,” is followed by bowing to each of wood. This makes it safer for focuses heavily on discipline. Lui said. “This has happened In Japanese, it literally means other and directly to their right the members sparring by delivthrough the way of the sword.” towards the wall of the gym. ering less jarring blows and also “way of the sword.” Originally, “This is to show respect not makes the sword itself stronger it was an art practiced by the Ryan Dawes, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com samurai and later was used by only for each other, but also and able to last longer. the Japanese military. After World War II, it was temporarily banned by the Allied States but later was brought back as a sport. Today it remains as a mark of the strong cultural heritage of Japan. “All martial arts use a specific way to become a better person,” said Tsz Pang Lui, OSU Kendo Club president. “We are aiming to become better people by using a sword.” The club also offers an opportunity to practice iaido, another form of sword martial art that focuses on the motions of swordsmanship rather than sparring. The club was founded in 2000 by former OSU student Kevin Harris, who, after taking a class in the sport that was only offered once, wanted to continue practicing it. In 2004, Ko Pholsena | THE DAILY BAROMETER it was accepted into the Pacific Northwest Kendo Federation, Kendo Club members Karen Zhen and Brian Cox assume the “sonkyo” position, or crouch where it could now have match- position, as they focus and ready themselves for a sparring match. n
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(CNN) — Buffeted by Republican criticism for its handling of last September’s deadly terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, the Obama administration is mounting a coordinated response. Thursday, at a Rose Garden news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President Barack Obama went out of his way to challenge Republicans to fully fund security for America’s diplomats. Republicans have ripped the administration for not providing adequate security for the Benghazi mission at which four Americans, including Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, were killed. The White House, in response, has accused Republican lawmakers of cutting diplomatic security funding.
“I am intent on making sure that we do everything we can to prevent another tragedy like this from happening,” Obama said. “But that means we owe it to them and all who serve to do everything in our power to protect our personnel serving overseas.” The president said the administration has been taking steps recommended by the Accountability Review Board report, completed last December, that examined the circumstances surrounding the Benghazi attack and made 29 recommendations. “I’m calling on Congress to work with us to support and fully fund our budget request to improve the security of our embassies around the world,” Obama said. After the Benghazi attack the State Department reviewed security at posts around the
world and submitted a request to reallocate $1.4 billion in fiscal year 2013 resources to begin work this year that was approved by the Congress. The next fiscal year budget request, the administration says, provides over $4 billion for embassy security programs, including $2.2 billion to support increased embassy security construction recommend by the review board. In a move coordinated with the White House, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez on Thursday introduced a bill funding construction at high-risk, high-threat diplomatic posts around the world. The New Jersey Democrat said the State Department currently is allowed to construct eight to 10 facilities a year but is funded for only two to three. The bill also would fund Arabic
language instruction and provide more training for diplomatic security personnel. In a nod to Republican criticism that no officials were fired in the wake of the Benghazi attacks, Menendez pointed out that “at the administration’s request” the bill “will authorize disciplinary action in cases of unsatisfactory leadership by senior officials.” The new bill and Obama’s comments followed the release Wednesday of almost 100 pages of e-mails between administration officials working out controversial “talking points” on Benghazi that were relied on by the administration to explain events around the attack and that Republicans suggest were downplayed for political reasons. At the State Department, CNN asked spokeswoman Jen Psaki whether the administration’s counter attack of Republican criticism was “damage control.”
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Alex Wylie, co-owner of the Brew Station, works the bar counter in the restaurant.
BREW n Continued from page 1 deal,” Roger Wylie said. Roger Wylie said without a lease deal, he has withheld from doing improvement projects. “We had contacted a patio paver company and had suggested collaborating to replace the sidewalks [under a new deal],” Roger Wylie said. But Roger Wylie did not want to start the new project without a new affirmed lease deal and with Cohnstaedt not contributing. Roger Wylie said he wanted to build an accessible walkway, but he opted not to because the cost would be forced on him as a tenant improvement. “I do not think he wanted to share the cost of [the improvements],” Roger Wylie said. When the new deal was presented on May 3, both parties were at odds.
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“Two weeks ago, we were surprised with additional fees and other incurred expenses,” Terry Wylie said. “The new deal on May 3 presented new terms and things I did not understand,” Roger Wylie added. The new deal raised the total base rent to $4,650 per month, more than doubling the current rent “Bill Cohnstaedt changed the base rent and the calculation method for it,” Roger Wylie said. The new deal called for charging $1.35 per square feet for interior floor space, $1 per square foot for the porch and 50 cents per square foot for the basement and dirt. In addition, the new deal called for operating interior expenses to be covered 78 percent by the Brew Station, which Roger felt were new expenses. “[There was] no way for the
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ea to the rain. It was nice having all the sunshine, but we’re happy it’s raining
again. Nay to forgetting to wear a rain jacket because you thought it was going to be 80 degrees and sunny. Yea to the Salmon Bake on Wednesday. The food was delicious, the dancing looked good, the drumming sounded great and we had a swell time. Be sure to check out the grand opening of the new Native American Longhouse Friday at 4 p.m. and the powwow going on at Gill Coliseum this Saturday and Sunday. Nay to forgetting to take an online test in a class. Yea to the Civil War series this weekend. We can’t wait to see the Beavers crush Oregon’s dreams yet again. Nay to the University of Oregon deciding they don’t have a spot in their huge press box at PK Park for our baseball beat reporters. Because, you know, getting a spot in the press box at Oregon’s precious baseball stadium should be much more difficult than the Alamo Bowl, CenturyLink Field or even Matt Knight Arena. Yea to softball making it to the postseason. Yea to “The Office,” one of the greatest television comedies in the history of history. Nay to “The Office” experiencing two disappointing seasons after Steve Carrell’s departure, crushing every hope we had that the series could live on without Michael Scott. Yea to “that’s what she said,” “I declare bankruptcy,” Afghanistanannis, Andy singing “Zombie” by The Cranberries, Jim and Dwight’s antics, the episodes that make you loath and empathize with Michael, the appearance of Stringer Bell and many, many more good memories from “The Office.” Yea to the mercy killing of “The Office” finally coming. Yea to the return of “Arrested Development.” Yea to the Brew Station, an excellent spot to day drink. Nay to the Brew Station announcing it will be closing this week, it will be missed. Yea to Amy’s Baking Company of Scottsdale, Ariz. At least now we have the gold standard in how not to react to criticism on the Internet — we’ve been having fun watching the owner’s meltdown both on Gordon Ramsey’s television show and the company’s Facebook page. Nay to not being able to handle criticism. No one is perfect. Yea to the ASOSU senate for once again demonstrating its consummate professionalism this past Tuesday. Yea to the weekend. Watch some baseball, do some homework, check out the powwow in Gill and call your mother since you were too blacked out at Shasta last weekend to remember. Stay frosty.
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‘Ask an ethicist’ Greetings members of the Oregon State University community. My name is Thomas McElhinny, and with the help of my cohorts in the applied ethics master’s program here at OSU, I would like to help address any ethical conundrums, concerns and challenges we might face. Discussing ethical concerns, and morality more generally, are often volatile conversations. Questions concerning what it might mean to live a “good” life,
how to act when values conflict and how to cultivate ethical habits are long standing and important avenues of inquiry. Every week I intend to offer my perspective on situations sourced from the OSU community, and perhaps punctuate by answering emails with original content I find important, interesting and nutritive. Speaking of emails: I need your help. Do you have an interesting ethical question or situation in your life? Email me at: AskAnEthicistOSU@gmail.com. It can be anything from a concern about lifestyle
choices, conflicts with neighbors or business practices here in Corvallis. Surely, this is not an exhaustive list and I expect to see some novel questions. My aim in this column is not simply about “solving” ethical puzzles, but about engaging the OSU community in a discourse centered on ethical issues. I hope this column will not only unlock some of the expertise already available in our networks, but expand it. See you next week.
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ear Ask an Ethicist, I’ve been at Oregon State for four years now. Here I’ve learned how to adapt to a changing world, which includes adapting to the realities of climate change. Our society continues to negatively affect our world. Since I live in the United States, I know I’m disproportionately adding to the mess, when compared to the average worldwide contributor. I also know my potential children might be more harmful than I am. So, my question boils down to this: Is my desire to have children in the future potentially immoral? -Mr. Toasty Well Mr. Toasty, if that is your real name, you have laid quite the quandary on my hands. The scope of the question is appropriately limited to a personal choice given the context of proven environmental realities. The analogous question as to whether we ought to institute population controls that would limit how many people can have children, and determine what number of children each family could have, is difficult
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The Daily Barometer to answer even if we grant, for the sake of argument, it was a good idea. Population controls have proved to manifest a number of unintended consequences, including, but not limited to, sex imbalances and disproportionate negative externalities borne by lower-income populations. Since the framing of your question has more to do with justifying the choice to one’s self, as opposed to making invasive policy decisions, we can proceed from here. It is worth noting, as many readers surely know, that just this month the Earth’s atmosphere crossed 400 parts-per-million carbon equivalent emissions, well beyond top U.S. climate scientist James Hansen’s prescription for 350 ppm as a moderately safe level. Apart from the environmental concerns, there are some obvious resources needed to care for a child.
Put simply, if one doesn’t have the time or means to care for a mediumsized dog, one should probably hold off on having a child, if at all possible. Assuming basic needs for the child could be met, we can move along to the meat of the question: Is it responsible to knowingly reproduce given the realities of climate change? According to The World Bank, the average yearly carbon emissions were slightly more than 17 tons per person in the United States in 2009, versus the world average of four and a half tons per person. Nearly 12 of the 17 U.S. tons per person arise from commercial and industrial sources. Producing future persons who are careless with their activities may very well be irresponsible. However, raising any kind of careless persons, be it in terms of care for others, care for themselves or poor participation in civic duties, would also be irresponsible. What we really need are people
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ethics. The opinions expressed in his columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. McElhinny’s “Ask an ethicist” column will run weekly, every Friday. He can be reached and questions can be submitted at AskAnEthicistOSU@gmail.com.
Letter to the Editor Response to Iler’s May 15 news article
ASOSU, Barometer need to get along The article about the Associated Students of Oregon State University Senate meeting of week 7 that was published Wednesday, May 15 in the Barometer was juvenile and included many inaccuracies. All four pieces of legislation that passed were resolutions — the title of the article itself is incorrect — and some statements were misrepresentative of the conversation. The issues that were addressed in the meeting are probably some of the most relevant student issues discussed this year — along with the First Year Experience and tuition equity. The article was a half a page and the content of the resolutions was four bullet points which reflect the original concerns of the gallery — that articles published are not reflective of actual sentiments of the student activities. I’m disheartened that the Barometer has taken away from student issues to instead talk about squabbles that they may have with ASOSU. I personally worked very hard with ASOSU as well as campus organizations to get these issues on the agenda and because of personal issues between representatives of our organizations, these issues didn’t get the appropriate coverage or attention. Please, for the sake of the students, can we just report the news and respect each other? I apologize for the manner in which the gallery addressed the Barometer, but as a singular senator, I really don’t have the authority to guide their speech. As someone who was elected to serve the students, I have and plan on continuing to do so. ASOSU and the Barometer need to stop, reassess their motives, and realize we’re on the same team; we’re here for the students. Senator Rhianna Taniguchi
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who are going to think carefully and raise wise children going forward. Even though a certain amount of environmental harm will result directly from having a child, it is precisely these worried people who should be having children. Good parents will impart the importance of individual conduct and habits as they relate to environmental concerns, as well as others. Sure, some harm may come moving forward, harm disproportionately borne by non-human biotic life and those less prepared for the negative consequences of climate change, like those living in the global south. But, future persons will also participate in abating and adapting to all the accumulated and rolling problems we will face. Teach your children well and prepare them to be a part of the solution.
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s much as the Oregon State baseball team wants to focus on each pitch, inning and game first and foremost, sophomore left fielder Michael Conforto would be remiss to disregard the significance of this weekend’s Civil War series. If the No. 6 Beavers (41-8, 20-4 Pac12) sweep, they will be crowned Pac-12 champions. “I’d be lying if I didn’t say we didn’t talk about that a little bit,” Conforto said. “We’re aware of how the standings would work out.” After leaving the Bay Area with another sweep, and extending their winning streak to 12 games, the Beavers have a one-game lead over No. 10 Oregon (42-11, 19-5) in the Pac-12 standings. Both teams have another conference series after this weekend, but only OSU can claim conference supremacy on Sunday afternoon. College baseball is mostly an afterthought compared to football and basketball, but with the stakes this high, and the fate of the conference being decided by two teams that are less than an hour’s drive apart, this weekend will be one of the most significant moments in the history of OSU athletics. And if they sweep, it should go down as one of the top-five greatest triumphs in the history of this program. Taking away the football Civil War, has there been an OSU vs. Oregon meeting with as much at stake as this? The last two Civil War series were big, of course. But neither of those OSU teams had been a virtual lock to host an NCAA Regional and Super Regional. This will also be the first year that both the Beavers and Ducks are in the running for a national top-eight seed in the NCAA Tournament. No matter how these games play out, there will be an abundance of implications after the final on Sunday. The Beavers know this. “I think it is [more magnified], especially now,” said sophomore right fielder Dylan Davis. “National seeds on the line, Pac-12 is on the line, all that kind of stuff just magnifies it even more.”
Friday, May 17 Softball @ NCAA Regional (Hofstra) 1 p.m., Colombia Mo. No. 6 Baseball @ No. 11 Oregon 6:30 p.m., Eugene (Pac-12 Networks TV) Men’s Golf @ NCAA Regionals (Golden Eagle Golf and Country Club) All day, Tallahassee, Fla.
Saturday, May 18 No. 6 Baseball @ No. 11 Oregon 2 p.m., Eugene (Pac-12 Networks TV) Men’s Golf @ NCAA Regionals (Golden Eagle Golf and Country Club) All day, Tallahassee, Fla.
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State. Win one game and OSU would be tied, but the Ducks would hold the tiebreaker. Get swept and Oregon more than likely takes home first place. While the Civil War series has never meant more for both teams, the Beavers say they are treating it like any other conference match up. “It’s just another road series,” said senior lefthander Matt Boyd. “It’s a little different, because we get to stay in our own beds, but other than that, it’s just another road Pac-12 series.” “Everyone knows about [the situation], but it’s not really something we talk about,” added freshman right-hander Andrew Moore.” A lot has been made of Moore and his return to his hometown of Eugene. The freshman has never pitched against the Ducks and will be throwing against a team that started recruiting him in his junior year at North Eugene High School. There will be a lot of weight on the shoulders It will be the of the 18-yearbiggest challenge old, who will start Saturday’s we’ve faced all game. year. They have a “It’s going to pitching staff that be fun playing in front of some shuts people out. family and friends I haven’t Pat Casey pitched in front Head coach of for a while, but I can’t let that get to me,” Moore said. “When I get on the diamond, it’s going to be all business and focusing on the batter in the box.” While the players are downplaying the pressure that comes with playing for the Pac-12 title, the team still appreciates the significance of having both state schools in Oregon at the top of a premiere college baseball conference. “[The Ducks] put out a good squad each year, and it’s a testament to how good baseball is in the Northwest, as well as the state of Oregon,” Boyd said. “It’s a great representation of baseball and Pac-12 baseball.” “It’s really cool having both teams be so good,” added senior shortstop Tyler Smith. “We’re not only competing, but we’re better than teams from California. It’s pretty awesome.” With the series meaning as much as it does, OSU is excited about the timing of the matchup. The Beavers are riding a 12-game winning streak and played well in every facet last weekend at Stanford. “After last weekend, I thought we put everything together,” Smith said. “The defense was good, the offense was good, the pitching was outstanding. That was a great weekend of baseball.” The matchup between the two schools from Oregon is compelling not only because of the stakes and the rivalry but also because of the similar styles of play both schools play. OSU is first in the Pac-12 in earned run average
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Oregon State men’s rowing is taking four boats down to Sacramento, Calif., to compete in the Pac-12 Rowing Championships this weekend. The team has had two weeks without races to prepare for the championships. The focus has been figuring out the best combination of rowers for the four boats they are taking. “We have been looking for the fastest eight guys,” said senior captain Chad Swenson. “We have been doing a lot of seat racing where you switch guys back and forth to find the fastest.” The Beavers are planning on taking their Varsity 8, JV 8, Freshmen 8 and Varsity 4 boats to Sacramento. Head coach Steve Todd said the biggest change the team has made was moving senior Ty Louis from the second boat to the varsity boat. “Ty Louis has been a catalyst for that
crew, making that boat very aggressive,” Todd said. Despite all the changes made in the last two weeks, the team is confident in the boats they are taking to the championships. They say the switches are for the benefit of the team and the individuals. “A different lineup changes the boat a little bit, but it helps guys adjust to different changes, making them better overall,” said freshman Bobby Vernazza. The two weeks the team had without races has allowed them to recuperate for the coming weekend. The team says they’re heading into the championships at the peak of their performance this season. “I think that we have improved the last couple weeks exponentially,” Swenson said. “We have improved at least five to 10 seconds.” The varsity boat doing well has helped prepare the other boats by pushing them to fight in the trailing position. See MEN’S ROWING | page 6
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Senior rowing captain Karly Laney believes the Beavers are starting to build a legacy of success for the younger generation of Oregon State rowers. The Oregon State women’s rowing team is looking to make a stand in this weekend’s Pac-12 Championships. The Pac-12 is the most competitive conference in the nation with five schools ranked in the top 10. “We are slowly trying to create a legacy for our team, and this year we have produced the most speed the team has ever seen,” Laney said. The team hopes to sweep Washington State this year at the championships. The Beavers have swept the Cougars and feel they are in top form
going into this weekend. The Pac-12 Championships are the biggest indicator of whether a team makes it to nationals. The NCAA looks at the entire season when selecting atlarge bids, but the winner of Pac-12s Championships gets an automatic place at nationals. “We are trying to rally the team up to think of Pac-12’s [Championships] as a huge step in the right direction,” Laney said. In preparing for the championships, the Beavers had three weeks in between their last race and the races this weekend. During that time they were able to focus on getting their speed up. “It was nice to have three weeks because it added another week for us to prepare and get our training in before we tapered off,” said head coach Emily Ford. The Beavers are taking four boats See WOMEN’S ROWING | page 6
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The Oregon State softball program is rich in tradition. From 1999-2007, the Beavers reached the postseason eight consecutive times. But in 2008, a run of four consecutive losing seasons began. That year, OSU finished three games below .500 (28-31). In 2009, they finished five below .500, then seven below in 2010. In 2011, they won just two of 21 Pac-10 contests. It was at that point, August of 2011, that then-head coach Kirk Walker called a four-time Olympian softball player who was working for the Los Angeles Police Department at the time, Laura Berg. Berg had told former UCLA coach Sue Enquist that she was looking to get back into collegiate coaching, which she had been out of since 2006. Walker knew Enquist, which is what led to him contacting Berg about a job opening on his staff. Walker’s pitch to Berg was simple: The Beavers had talent. They just, as Berg recalls, “needed some new blood.” Current senior Maggie Doremus, who started 42 games for the 2011 team that finished 19-28, recalled the complacency that had set in amongst players. “Two years ago, we were getting so used to losing that it was kind of OK,” Doremus said this week. They needed to regain their competitive edge. Enter Berg, who accepted Walker’s offer to join OSU as an assistant, and then was promoted to head coach after Walker left for UCLA last August. A true competitor This week, six players were asked what first comes to mind when they think of Berg. Without being prompted, all six brought up Berg’s competiveness. “She’s the highest level of competitor I’ve ever seen in my life,” said sophomore center fielder Dani Gilmore. Junior Bailee Niehus said, “She’s the most intense, competitive person that I’ve met.” “Her competiveness,” said senior catcher Ally Kutz. “She competes in every single thing she does.” A bunting drill she decides to partake in, called a game of cards, involves picking up balls and tossing them into a bucket after batting practice. Whatever the activity, Berg turns it into a competition that she refuses to lose. “We went fishing up in Alaska and she
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wanted to catch more fish than everyone else,” said assistant coach Geoff Hirai. “It’s just the way she is. She wants the biggest fish. She’s just a competitor.” Berg said she realized the extent of her competiveness at a “very, very young age.” “I have two brothers and a sister and all of them are athletic,” Berg said. “We’re competing for who can get the mail, who gets the last bread roll, kick the can, hide and seek, whatever it is, we’re always competing.” Over the years she’s had to learn to restrain herself. “It’s really ruined nights,” she said. “A fun game of pool with my friends, I’m losing and I get pissed and the whole night is ruined. So I’ve really had to learn to control it.” The thing is, Berg doesn’t lose often. A former outfielder for the United States national team, she’s the only softball player in the world who’s medaled in four Olympics. As a player at Fresno State, she reached the Women’s College World Series three times and helped the Bulldogs win the 1998 national title as a senior. As an assistant at Fresno State from 2000-03 and 2005-06, the Bulldogs never finished worse than 14
strictly pitching coach [in 2012]. During games over .500. Berg said she wasn’t worried about practice, it’d be like, ‘Where’s Kirk? He’s joining an OSU program that had lost in the bullpen.’ Coach Hirai and coach 24 more games than it had won over the Berg were on the field doing whatever the heck they wanted.” previous four seasons. What Berg and Hirai did was “I wasn’t really worried about that make everything a because I knew the competition. potential was there,” Berg said. “I knew it “We’ll say we want She was exactly wouldn’t be a problem 90 percent of the to get the competitivewhat this program bunts to be down, or ness out of our team.” 90 percent hit-andneeded to move runs down, someSo began the transforward, just to spark thing like that where formation of Oregon State softball. it up, put a fire back they’re always comBerg said. Changing the into Beaver softball. peting,” “The orange vs. black culture vs. white, whoever The first thing Berg Liz Santana scores more runs gets — and Hirai, who also senior, shortstop to pick conditioning joined the coaching — stuff like that.” staff prior to the 2012 As a result, the players’ attitudes began season — did was change the way the to dramatically change. Beavers practiced. “My first two years it was the same Walker, who was entering his 19th season at OSU, gave his assistants a lot repetitive thing, and you just would dread coming to practice,” Doremus of freedom to run practice. “[Walker] kind of realized that there said. “Now, you look forward to practice needed to be a dramatic change, so every single day because there’s a new he kind of took a step back,” Doremus challenge every day.” The players’ competitive spirit came said. “Kirk went from being the hitting coach and doing some of the defense, to back, too.
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“My first two years it was playing to play, playing to have fun,” Kutz said. “It wasn’t, ‘Let’s play to win.’ The last two years, we’ve been playing to win.” “[Berg] hates losing, and she tells us that,” said senior shortstop Liz Santana. “She’s a winner.” With that, OSU started winning. The Beavers won 17 more games last year than they did in 2011 and broke their four-year postseason drought by advancing to the Norman regional final. In August of last year, Walker accepted an assistant coaching position at UCLA. The right woman for the job While Walker made the lineup and in-game decisions during the 2012 season, it was Berg and Hirai’s voices that resonated most with players. “[In team meetings] Kirk would start the talking, then he’d ask what [Berg and Hirai] had to add,” Doremus said. “We were so bought into those two that we just kind of listened to them, to be honest.” Which is why no one batted an eye when Berg was promoted to head coach in September of last year, a move she hadn’t expected to happen for “five, six, seven years down the road.” “We were excited,” Santana said. “Just the impact she made in the program last year, seeing how she treated us, we were really excited to have her become head coach. She was exactly what this program needed to move forward, just to spark it up, put a fire back into Beaver softball.” Niehus said this year’s coaching staff does a great job of connecting with the players. “A lot of people were intimidated by our old coaches,” Niehus said. “They didn’t seem like people-people. But these coaches have made it a point that they want us to be comfortable talking to them. We’re adults, they’re not going to treat us like children.” Under Berg’s guidance, the Beavers finished the regular season 33-22 this year and will play Hofstra today at 1 p.m. PST in the opening round of the Columbia regional. With 69 wins the past two seasons and back-to-back postseason appearances, it’s safe to say OSU softball has been resurrected. And there’s no denying who deserves that credit. “Berg made it clear when she first got here that this program is not what [it was from 2008-2011],” Santana said. “That we were going to make a new name for ourselves.” grady garrett, sports reporter on Twitter @gradygarrett sports@dailybarometer.com
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the job, whether it’s the starters, the bullpen or the closer. “A lot of things we do are really similar, and that’s why I think we’ve both won a lot of games and are where we are. It should be a really good matchup if you’re looking at everything on paper.� Regardless of what the matchup looks like on
in the Pac-12. Most importantly, OSU is first in Pac-12 n Continued from page 4 wins, and the Ducks are second. The Beavers anticipate that this weekend and second in the nation at 2.12. The Ducks are second in the Pac-12 and 10th in the nation. will be their toughest test of the season. “It will be the biggest challenge we’ve faced The Beavers are third in the conference in runs scored, while Oregon comes in at fifth all year,� said head coach Pat Casey. “They have a pitching staff that shuts people out and does
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What I want to commend about this team — and am a little surprised about — is the relaxed nature they have. Whether it’s junior pitcher Ben Wetzler trying to wrestle the OSU media relations rep after practice, or players standing behind cameras during interviews in an attempt to make their teammates slip up, this team is taking it easy. “That’s how this team is,� Conforto said. “We’re always loose. We’re always playing like we’re going to have a lot of fun. I think that’s when we play the best — when we’re having fun.� Not to say they aren’t taking things seriously, but rather, they’re ready for the pressure. “You’ve got to embrace it,� Davis said. “There’s not too much pressure, it’s just more fun. That’s how you have to look at it.� Davis and Conforto aren’t afraid to say they think this weekend’s Civil War series will present more difficulty and hold more weight than anything they’ve felt this season. This team still, however, follows a strict business model. One game at a time. “They’re a good squad, but that’s the way you have to approach any Pac-12 series,� said senior pitcher Matt Boyd, who will start Friday night’s
series opener. “The opponent shouldn’t matter. As long as we take care of things on our end and build on what we did in the last game, it should work out for us.� “We’re more worried about the next game, the next series,� added freshman pitcher Andrew Moore, Saturday’s starter. It’s the way head coach Pat Casey operates and it resonates with his club. And it works — they’ve been doing it all year. This OSU team has a chance to be a special story. They have a chance to win the conference for the first time since 2006. They have a chance to — dare I say it — win it all for the third time in nine years. That’s the future, and it’s all hypothetical. The present is a short drive down the road. Sweep Oregon and win the conference. Sweep Oregon and host a regional and Super Regional. Sweep Oregon and be immortalized. But, make sure to be immortalized one game at a time. “These are the games you live for and play for,� Davis said. “It’s a big game for us. Oregon, Pac-12 standings, national seeds — but you can’t look too far ahead. We have to take it one game at a time.� Warner Strausbaugh, managing editor On Twitter @WStrausbaugh managing@dailybarometer.com
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on their synchronization of the blades entering the water. They n Continued from page 4 also focused on their approach of getting quality over quantity to the championships this year, to practice before next season. “This is everything we have for each stroke. the varsity 8, second varsity 8 and The Pac-12 Championships novice 8, plus their varsity 4 boat. been training for, so it is exciting are the culmination of the team’s Each boat has a different to get to that point where all your underlying agenda. The varsity hard work is going to come out in work this season. “I think a medal is something boats are looking at the champi- one race,� said freshman rower that the whole team would be onships as a chance to qualify for Gabby Maxwell. In preparation for their last proud to come out of the Pac-12s nationals, while the novice team will use the race as a last chance race, the novice team has focused [Championships] with,� Maxwell said. Sarah Kerrigan, sports reporter On Twitter @skerrigan123 sports@dailybarometer.com
paper, the Beavers know this weekend could define their season up to this point. “We know what the stakes are. It’s clear the Pac-12 could be decided this weekend,� Smith said. Andrew Kilstrom, sports editor On Twitter @AndrewKilstrom sports@dailybarometer.com
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Oregon State men’s basketball head coach Craig Robinson announced Thursday that combo guard Malcolm Duvivier has signed a National Letter of Intent to join the program for the 2013-14 season. “I’m extremely pleased and excited that Malcolm Duvivier is joining our 2013 recruiting class,� Robinson said. “Malcolm’s commitment comes at the perfect time. He can provide help at both guard positions. He is a player that makes other players better but also can score points in bunches. He has good three-point range and can defend either guard spot well. As important, Malcolm will be a great fit off the court and in the Beaver community.� Duvivier, a 6-foot-2, 175-pound guard from Toronto, Canada, was ranked the No. 116 prospect in the Class of 2014 and a three-star recruit by Rivals.com but chose to reclassify to the class of 2013 and sign with the Beavers. In the Province of Ontario, players can stay in high school for five years or leave after four. “Our recruitment of Malcolm was initially for
the 2014 class, but when a scholarship came open for 2013, we both reevaluated our strategies and decided that 2013 worked for both our needs,� Robinson said. “We had Malcolm and his mom, Jennifer, in for a visit and we were fortunate enough to sign him. He and Hallice Cooke have already been in contact and are very excited about playing together.� Duvivier represented Canada at the 2011 FIBA Americas U16 Championships for Men and the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship for Men, and was named the Tournament MVP at the U17 Canadian Championships. He attends St. Michael’s College School and has been on the AAU circuit with CIA Bounce this spring. At the 2013 Ryerson Rams Battle of the Boards, Duvivier hit the game-winning shot and finished with a team-high 19 points to lead Independent South 1 to the OFSAA AAAA championship with a 76-75 win over Toronto Public. Oregon State’s 2013 class includes Hallice Cooke, a 6-foot-3, 185-pound guard from Union City, N.J., Cheikh N’diaye, a 7-foot, 230-pound center from Carlsbad, Calif., and Duvivier.
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Pac-12 Championship as a test run for nationals. The team needs to perform their best this n Continued from page 4 weekend if they want to make it to nationals “Last week [we] did a lot of good racing with next weekend. “I expect us to have the best performance the varsity,� Vernazza said. “I think that has prepared us to get a good sense of where we of the year, and hopefully it is a kind of preare and how to catch up when we are behind.� nationals race,� Todd said. This year, the men’s NCAA Rowing Sarah Kerrigan, sports reporter National Championships will also be held in On Twitter @skerrigan123 Sacramento, allowing the team to treat the sports@dailybarometer.com
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Obama: Pentagon leaders ‘ashamed’ IRS scandal adds fuel to Obamacare fire over sexual assaults plaguing military (CNN) — U.S. military leaders are “angry� and “ashamed� over sexual assaults plaguing the armed forces, President Barack Obama said Thursday after ordering top Pentagon officials to “leave no stone unturned� in the effort to stop the abuse. The president’s comments came the same day legislation was introduced in Congress to ease the victims’ quest for justice, a move that followed news this month of two high-profile cases involving sexual assault in the military — allegedly by the very service members tasked with preventing such crimes. Obama summoned Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He told the two that it was imperative they find a solution to the abuse that is undermining trust in the military. “Not only is it a crime. Not only is it shameful and disgraceful. But it is also going to make our military less effective than it can be,� Obama told reporters after the meeting. “As such, it is dangerous to our national security. So this is not a sideshow. ... This goes to the heart and core of who we are and how effective we’re going to be.� During the meeting, Obama heard from Hagel, Dempsey and other Pentagon leaders: “They care about this. They’re angry about it. I heard directly from all of them that they’re ashamed by some of what’s happened.� The military has been hit hard over the issue of sexual assault among its ranks, with the Defense Department this month releasing results of a survey that found there were an estimated 26,000 cases of unwanted sexual contact, which ranged from rape to groping, among troops in 2012. The findings were a 35 percent jump from the estimated 19,300 cases in the 2010 report, the Defense Department said. The alarming figures were released as two cases under investigation brought the problem to front and center in media reports. An Army sergeant first class assigned to the sexual assault prevention unit at Fort Hood, Texas, is being investigated for alleged sexual assault, pandering, abusive sexual contact and maltreatment of subordinates. The military has not identified the soldier, but said he has been relieved of duty while investigators look in to the allegations. In early May, an Air Force officer who worked with an assault prevention unit was charged with sexual battery and removed from duty. He is accused of grabbing a woman and groping her buttocks and breasts in an Arlington County parking lot not far from his Washington office. On Thursday, the head of the sexual harass-
ment prevention unit for the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, was relieved of duty after he was arrested in a domestic dispute. “This is a domestic matter between a man and wife,� said Army spokesman George Wright. Lt. Col. Darin Haas turned himself in to Clarksville, Tennessee, police on allegations of violating an order of protection and stalking, police spokesman Charles Gill said. Hagel has said he’s disgusted over the most recent allegations and has called for a re-evaluation of how service members are chosen to work in sexual assault prevention units. He’s ordered that everyone who currently works in those units be retrained and rescreened, and that they have to earn their credentials again. The president’s order came as Democratic Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand of New York introduced legislation Thursday that would remove what is known as chain of command from a process that victims have to go through to get their claims heard. Gillibrand wants to give military prosecutors the power to decide whether cases are investigated. The current system of reporting often works like this: When someone wants to report that they’ve been violated, that person typically goes to commanders who decide whether the claim is legitimate and can be passed along for further investigation. The system, the senator asserts, opens the victim up to retaliation. Gillibrand and others feel that a commander cannot be an impartial figure and may be inclined to protect not just the victim but the perpetrator who is also his or her subordinate. “When we just talk (to victims) informally, they tell us they don’t report because they are afraid of retaliation, being marginalized, having their careers end or being blamed,� she said on CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper. “And so what we have to do is create a different dynamic so they feel more comfortable reporting.� The military defines unwanted sexual contact as sexual crimes prohibited by military law, from rape to abusive sexual contact. Of those estimated 26,000 cases in the Pentagon survey, only 3,374 came forward to report an alleged sexual crime in 2012. While that disparity is clear; the lower number still marks a 6 percent increase in the report of alleged sexual crimes compared with 2011, the report showed. At a Thursday press conference, survivors of sexual assault spoke about the hell they’ve been through and how difficult it was to have their cases investigated.
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Ballroom dance clubs show their contemporary moves OSU Ballroom Dance Company to perform at Corvallis High School today, tomorrow with varied routines inspired by West Side Story, Men in Black
Oregon Dance. This is the third year the company has contained New Shoes, while Cool Shoes is a much older club. “A lot of the time people think ballroom dance is old-fashioned, but this show is meant to be more contemporary,” said Cathy Dark, executive director of the OSU Ballroom Dance Company. The dance company has been at work since winter term on By Jack Lammers The Daily Barometer this performance. Its performance incorporates inspiration from “Men in Black” and “West Side Story” through West Coast Swing Ballroom dance is back in black. Oregon State University’s Ballroom Dance Company will per- interpretations of both movies, and will also feature a swing to form “Ballroom in Black” Friday and Saturday in the Corvallis High “Jail House Rock” by Elvis Presley. “The costumes for both ‘Men in Black’ and ‘West Side Story’ are School auditorium. The company contains both the Cool Shoes Dance Troupe and New Shoes, and will be joined onstage by East black, and ‘Ballroom in Black’ is taking something very popular Dream Chinese Dance Group, Willamette Chinese School and and recreating that onstage,” Dark said. Thirty-eight students from across many majors and ages make up the company. Members have toured through the Pacific Northwest and Southern California. The College of Public Health’s physical activity program sponsors the group, which holds auditions and satisfies elective credit for those involved. The performance will balance contemporary and classic ballroom dance styles, with numbers including the Charleston and Lindy Hop from American history, as well as a traditional Chinese fan dance by the Willamette Chinese School. Tickets to the event are $10 for general admission and $8 for students and seniors and can be purchased at the door. Corvallis High School is located at 1400 NW Buchanan Ave. “I hope people have an evening filled with entertainment, enjoyment and hopefully a little bit of inspiration to try dancing on their own,” Dark said. n
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