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Imagine having worked on and completed a senior thesis, successfully graduated and defended it, and then left the university, only to find six months later all your information and documents had been deleted from your university account, and were now lost forever. This is a scenario students at Oregon State University may face after graduation. OSU deletes ONID accounts six months after graduation in order to clear space for incoming students, according to OSU Information Services. However, most students hold significant amounts of information on their school emails including contacts, and data from Google Drive, according to Carlos Jacinto, the director of school outreach for GradGopher, a company dedicated to helping students save schoolwork post graduation. Most graduating seniors do not real-
ize the importance of saving their data. There are also several misleading solutions on how to save files from a school email account according to Jacinto. “Every student we have talked to has lost data on their student accounts,” Jacinto said. “There are common misconceptions on how to save files. Specifically that ‘shared with’ and ‘owned’ files from a Google Drive are deleted if the host account is deleted. Saving their files comes down to how educated about this they are.” According to Jacinto, 62 percent of a student’s google drive files are ‘shared with.’ This percentage includes work from projects, papers and work files that are shared with a student throughout college. Jacinto said there are many solutions available for this problem, including both paid and free software. Through his company’s software, users are able to transfer their student email accounts into their personal email accounts, including their contact lists, shared files and
the organization of their school drive, according to Jacinto. “This software is specifically tailored to help graduating students,” Jacinto said. “We want to make sure students aren’t losing files that they have spent months of their time on.” Another alternative to using this software is through Google Takeout, according to Jacinto. Google Takeout allows students to export their data that is stored within Google products. However, Google Takeout does not save shared files, according to Jacinto. Another way to save Gmail files is through downloading or moving files between emails, according to Jake Moses, a staff member at the walk up service desk for OSU Information Services. “The easiest way is to download everything from your account to a thumb drive,” Moses said. OSU graduating seniors are encouraged by the university to save the data from their ONID accounts before it is deleted.
Students can also share data by creating a new file in their personal Gmail accounts and moving data from their ONID accounts into the new files, which transfers the file and does not delete when the ONID account is removed, according to Moses. “If you move the file it is not making a copy or sharing it,” Moses said. “It actually moves the file from one account to the other.” Michael Flores, a graduate student in the department of horticulture, admitted he was unaware that his school email address would be deleted. Flores has his 106 page thesis and other shared documents from his professor in his school Google Drive. “I would be upset if I would have lost access to my thesis,” Flores said. “It would be nice to get an email alerting students that our Gmails are going to get deleted and be given information on how to save our data.” baro.news@oregonstate.edu
Sanders wins Oregon primary The Daily Barometer Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has won the state of Oregon primary. Yesterday was the last day that voters across the state were able to turn in their ballots and make their vote, and voice heard for the Oregon primary. According to ASOSU Executive Director of Government Relations Tabitha Pitzer, over 40 students turned in their ballots at the table in the Memorial Union Quad and another 80 turned in their ballots in the ASOSU office. Pitzer does not know how many ballots were cast at the Valley Library
dropboxes and will not know until fall term when voter data is released. Oregon State University and Corvallis community members had the opportunity to cast their votes at multiple on-campus locations including the Valley Library, the ASOSU office and the Oregon Student Association’s Vote OR Vote table in the MU Quad. The Vote OR Vote campaign registered over 3,000 students to vote since the beginning of the year and distributed another 3,200 educational fliers, gave class presentations and held tabling and clipboarding events in the MU Quad, Pitzer said. Vote OR Vote also collaborated with
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other schools to run phone banks reminding people to perform their civic duties and turn in their ballots. The overarching goal for Vote OR Vote is to register 8,000 voters by the end of 2016 because it is a general election year. “We’re a little over 40 percent of the way there,” Pitzer said. Over the summer, Vote OR Vote plans to register at least 800 more voters, and another 4,000 once school gets back in session when Election Day is closer. Yesterday’s tabling event marked the end of Vote OR Vote’s efforts for the 2015-2016 school year. baro.news@oregonstate.edu
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Students, faculty, staff and community members came to the SEC Plaza Tuesday for the ‘Unwind in the Plaza’ event put on by the Memorial Union.
‘Unwind in the Plaza’ relaxes students Event featured yoga, massages, coloring, advice for healthy living By Rose Kearsey Practicum Contributor
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Organizations had booths at the event.
For those feeling the pressure from week eight’s midterms and projects, yesterday’s event, “Unwind in the Plaza,” which took place in the SEC Plaza on campus provided students and staff with free tips and tools on how to manage their stress in a positive way. This was the first year that this event took place underneath the SEC Plaza, greatly increasing access and visibility. Featured activities included professional massages, yoga, guided meditation, mandala coloring and lessons on mindful eating. Campus organizations such as the Nutrition and Dietetics Club, Memorial Union, Academic Success Center and Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), promoted their services while engaging students passing in between
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classes. “I think it’s important for students to learn coping mechanisms because we’re stressed for a majority of the term,” said Virginia Tat, CAPS representative and event coordinator. “Having these different resources on campus lets people know it’s available to help them focus in school, and also with time management”. A year ago, CAPS held its first annual “Yoga in the Quad” aimed at giving students a chance to de-stress. After seeing the positive response from students, plans were created to expand the event by including more activities and booths. “Last year we just offered yoga. We had a table with CAPS resources, but there is definitely a lot more collaboration this year” Tat said. The OSU Craft Center invited students to color mandalas with markers and colored pencils, taking their minds off the daily hustle and bustle of life. “I think that drawing uses a different part of the brain, allowing people to focus on an activity that is non-stressful,” said Susan Bourque, managing director of the Craft Center. Rafid Chowdhury, Memorial Union President, helped behind the scenes with putting the event together. As a student himself, he knows what it’s like to feel stressed out in college and wanted to help the event grow. “Compared to last year, we had more
Having these different resources on campus lets people know it’s available to help them focus in school, and also with time management.
Virginia Tat CAPS representative activities and was thus accessible to more people and spread over a longer amount of time” he said. “My favorite part was the guided meditation. It doesn’t require any extra effort or learning, but is based on being in the present with the body through breath,” Chowdhury said. “It’s very relaxing and can be performed at anytime at any place for even a few seconds.The ease of access and the effectiveness it has makes it my favorite resort for stress management.” baro.news@oregonstate.edu
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Mahler: Symphony No. 7 Marlan Carlson, conductor Tuesday, May 24, 7:30 PM LaSells Stewart Center, OSU Reserved Seats: $22, $27, $32 www.cosusymphony.org CAFA and student discounts apply General Admission: $20 Grass Roots Books & Music Gracewinds Music COSUsymphony.org 541.286.5580
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TUESDAY, May 24 Meeting 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. OSU Board of Trustees Location: Kerr 650 (Pres. Conf. Rm.) The Finance & Administration Committee will consider quarterly management and investment reports.
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Today’s Birthday (05/18/16). Prioritize sweet time with family and friends this year. Steadily grow your nest egg. It’s all about passion. Weave it into your work for new discoveries this spring that lead to a busy two-year phase. Balance stillness with movement. A new personal door opens, before team changes this autumn. Listen for the heart. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Study money, and review your resources today and tomorrow. A profitable opportunity requires consideration, then action. Watch for hidden agendas. Keep customers satisfied. Clean any messes. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — It’s a good time for getting your message across. Develop strong partners today and tomorrow, taking advantage of diverse talents and views. Intuition dictates timing. Discuss decisions before announcing.
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Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Love blossoms over the next few days. You’re developing a new perspective from someone interesting. Find what you need close to home. Get lost in diversions and entertaining pursuits. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 6 — Your home and family require more attention. The gentle approach works best now. Listen to other perspectives, rather than forcing an outcome. Don’t spend on something that doesn’t feel right. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Sharpen your concentrated focus (because you can) over the next few days. Studies, research and writing projects come together. Present your argument tactfully, anticipating resistance. Defuse tension with humor and a smile.
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Meeting 10:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Nutrition 447 Pangea Take Over Location :Memorial Union Pangea Cafe Come out and enjoy the exotic flavors of Vietnamese cuisine! The menu features traditional Phó, Banh Mi, and Summer Rolls.
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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 9 — Pour energy into your work for extra cash over the next two days. Track income and expenses for a positive balance. Watch your steps, to avoid expensive pitfalls. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Take time for personal matters over the next two days. Stay in communication with your support team to navigate changing circumstances. No more procrastination. Use your power responsibly. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 5 — There’s no need to hurry. Conditions are improving. Wait and plot your course today and tomorrow. Observe, prepare and adapt to changes at the top. Hold off on a decision. Clean messes.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — You’d like to spread your wings. Take a long look and clear the way. Refine your itinerary. Trim the fantasy to fit the budget. Don’t follow blindly. Answer the tough questions.
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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Confer with allies for the next two days. Your friends are your inspiration. Guard against being impetuous or impulsive. Committees are especially effective. Bounce ideas around until one sticks.
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Clinton and Sanders setting campaign records By Anita Kumar McClatchy Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Hours after Donald Trump accused Hillary Clinton of playing the “woman card” in the race for president, her supporters received an email asking them to donate, even just $1. “This campaign is going to need deep resources for the wild ride that likely awaits us,” a Clinton staffer wrote. That led 21-year-old Anna Lawson to push the red “donate” button on the email and contribute to a political campaign for the first time in her life. She charged $5 to her credit card. Online support doesn’t mark the end of starstudded fundraisers where wealthy donors give the maximum amount allowed. But digital fundraising has quickly become the preferred and efficient method. In 2004, Howard Dean was widely credited with being the first presidential candidate to connect the Internet to fundraising. In 2008, Barack Obama set records with his army of
online donors. In 2016, Bernie Sanders became the first major presidential candidate to raise nearly all of his money online. This year, both candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination, Clinton and Sanders, are aggressively courting donors through online ads, Facebook, Twitter and, of course, email, which is by far the most successful form of online persuasion, where every detail matters, from who signs it to the message conveyed. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, might do the same as he begins to raise money. For supporters, donating online is simple and makes them feel connected to their candidates. For campaigns, it broadens their audiences, enhances their data about their donors and gives them recurring, steady streams of cash. “It sends the message that the campaign is for everyone, that you have a stake in something,” said Gillea Allison, who held a senior role on the 2012 Obama campaign’s digital team and now is the director of community for Blue State Digital, a digital strategy agency. “Not only are you getting more people, ultimately they are
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part of that campaign.” In the days after Sanders’ landslide win in New Hampshire, his campaign raised $8 million. The independent Vermont senator urged supporters at his victory party to donate at his website, according to Sanders aides. After Trump’s “woman card” comments, 118,000 donors contributed $2.4 million to the former secretary of state’s campaign, according to Clinton aides. “I was a little offended by what he said,” said Lawson, the first-time Winchester, Va., donor, who works in a grocery store. “You don’t say that stuff to people.” Campaign finance watchdog groups say they prefer online fundraising because it makes it easier for all Americans, not just the wealthy, to be involved in politics. “This doesn’t mean we have solved the problem,” said Stephen Spaulding, policy counsel at Common Cause, a nonpartisan group. “Many citizens still feel they don’t have a voice.” More than 94 percent of the money Sanders has collected has come in online, according to the campaign. About 60 percent of his contributions have come from email solicitations, his campaign says. Sanders had received more than 7.4 million contributions from more than 2.4 million donors, totaling $210 million, through the end of April, according to the campaign. More than 98.5 percent of his individual donations have been made online. “Americans are rejecting the old way of doing business _ and now that Bernie Sanders has shown fundraising can be done a better way, I think more and more campaigns will adopt his model,” said Scott Goodstein, CEO of Revolution Messaging, the firm responsible for Sanders’ online fundraising. Both campaigns claim to have received as little as 3 percent of their donations from people who have given the maximum $2,700. Sanders’ success with small donations from lower- and middle-class supporters fits with his message championing the underpaid, overworked American, experts say. “It feeds into the narrative he is projecting,” said Adam Levine, a government professor at Cornell University who studies political participation. “People think the Sanders campaign is listening to them and sharing their concern.” Clinton had raised $213.5 million from 1.2 million donors through the end of April, though her campaign declined to say how much came
It sends the message that the campaign is for everyone, that you have a stake in something. Gillea Allison Director of Community for Blue State Digital in online. In February and March, more than half of her money came in online, up from 31 percent in December and 37 percent in January, according to the campaign. Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, who have big-money ties after 40 years in public life, still raise millions through traditional fundraisers. She has attended dozens of such events, from New York to California, hosted by politicians, business executives and movie stars. Each contributor can donate $2,700 for the primary, but hosts are asked to become volunteer fundraisers or bundlers, collecting tens of thousands of dollars from friends. Sanders had a handful of fundraisers last year that his campaign describes as rallies attended by hundreds or thousands who had paid $25. As he began raising millions of dollars online, Sanders stopped the fundraisers. “At that point he may have decided the $25 was just a barrier to entry, so we stopped doing fundraisers at all,” said Kenneth Pennington, the campaign’s digital director. For the first three months of this year, Sanders outraised Clinton, a stunning feat for a selfdescribed democratic socialist who was initially dismissed as a fringe candidate. In April, after it appeared that Clinton would secure the nomination, she raised more than Sanders. “This campaign is powered by contributions from more than 1.2 million people, most of whom have given small donations online,” Clinton spokesman Josh Schwerin said. “That grass-roots support represents the millions of Americans who know Hillary Clinton is the best candidate to break down barriers facing Americans and win in November.” McClatchy Washington Bureau
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Thank you. Thank you for making me terrified of college while not even attempting to prepare me. You convinced me the professors wouldn’t help me. That no one would help me, that I’d be completely on my own. You made me scared that I wasn’t good enough to actually go to college. You always said my high school years would define my life. Wouldn’t you have wanted me to be prepared rather than terrified?
Then could you please explain to me why most tests I have taken allow one page of notes or a notecard? Most professors allow at least some notes. Memorization is only key in some classes. We’re likely going to have assistance in our careers, why should it be denied to us now?
classroom with a creaky floor and an annoying radiator, this was a daunting prospect. But now that I’m here, I like the independence that college gives me. I can choose from a massive range of classes, not just a list of five electives. I don’t have to sit through 8 hours of class every single day. If I dislike a teacher, at least I know I’ll be done in 10 weeks. I like that You told me: “The classes are much bigger than they there is less structure. That I’m free. That I can are here, it won’t be an easy adjustment.” control my education.
The first class I walked into here at Oregon State I was shocked to find held only around 30 You told me: “Your professors IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO students. Not that don’t care about you, you’re on KNOW THAT I WOULD FIND MY there aren’t many larger your own.” PLACE HERE, EVEN IF IT TOOK A classes, but you had me LITTLE BIT OF TIME. IT WOULD HAVE convinced I would be in Yet all of my professors have BEEN NICE TO KNOW THE REALITY massive lecture halls like been willing to work with me OF COLLEGE. Milam or the Learning as long as I communicate. If Innovation Center at anything, college has made all times. Coming from a small high school, I was it easier for me to discuss any issues I may have. used to classes of 25 students, max. I was surprised After missing a due date my first term, I explained to find college class sizes weren’t so much different, the situation to my instructor and she allowed me and it made me feel more at home. another chance. Some professors may not be so lenient, but in my limited experience, they’ve been You told me: “You’re on your own.” more than ready to work with me. You told me: “You don’t get notes during tests, ever.”
So? Yes, to 17-year-old me, sitting in a rundown
So, thank you. Thank you for leaving me unprepared. No. Really. I mean it. Maybe I needed to figure this out on my own. Maybe I needed to be slightly misled so I enjoyed the reality a bit more. Maybe I needed the lies so I’d appreciate the truth. But you can’t tell me that you didn’t consistently use scare tactics to make me do better in high school while avoiding the task of preparing me for the reality of higher education. It would have been nice to have known that my professors aren’t these rarefied creatures who don’t care about me. It would have been nice to have known that I would find my place here, even if it took a little bit of time. Thank you, from an angry—yet grateful—former student.
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PaPado P Poulos My name is Nicolas Papadopoulos. I am Greek and from Cyprus. I love my country. I bear the most common name in the Greek world—Papadopoulos is the equivalent of Smith. My face is typical Greek. I speak English with a very characteristic Greek accent. I grew up listening to fairytales from the Greek mythology—stories of legendary heroes like Hercules, Ulysses and Achilles. Cyprus, where I was born, is known as the island of Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love. I know the glorious Greek history inside out and I am very proud of my ethnicity. Why am I telling you this? It’s because I have a problem— actually a big problem. I fell in love with America the beautiful. It was love at first sight. It came so suddenly that I did not have the time to prepare myself. And I hold OSU responsible for that. Nobody Nobody—nobody had told me. No one had warned me that falling in love with this great country was something inevitable. From the very moment I landed in the States, the experience was thrilling. Everywhere you go you meet polite people willing to help, people with a rare kindness, available and ready to add value to your life. This creates a sense of belonging. The USA is a place where you feel an integral part of the society. It’s a free country. It’s a place where you can question anything without any worries, where you can
slaughter sacred cows because they make the most delicious burgers.
pragmatism. When Americans say “We will go to the moon”, they do it! Nothing stops them. And this is great!
The USA gives you a feeling that it is at least 150 years ahead of the rest of the world—in technology, I remember before I left my country, my grandfather in critical thinking, in potential. Watson, an artificial suggested that I take a family picture with me to put intelligence platform named after IBM’s founder, in my room. He said that this would create a sense solves difficult cancer problems and cures patients! of security for me. It would remind me of the warm America has revolutionized my thinking. I have refeelings of love, respect and caring that we share invented myself. America has in our family. It would inspired me. I want to develop make me remember who I KNOW THE GLORIOUS GREEK my talents, to be a leader of I am, where I am coming creativity, a responsible citizen HISTORY INSIDE OUT AND I AM VERY from, what I believe PROUD OF MY ETHNICITY. WHY AM of the world. I now listen to the in, and how proud my winds of change and think out I TELLING YOU THIS? IT’S BECAUSE I parents and sister would HAVE A PROBLEM—ACTUALLY A BIG of the box. I am a completely be of my achievements. I PROBLEM. new person. did. I also took a picture of Robert Frost’s “Road In fact, it was here at OSU that I came across a Less Travelled” to remind me of the importance painting of the two ancient Greek philosophers of choices that will change my life. Choices like Plato and Aristotle walking in the Athenian market studying in a US university. place. Plato points to the sky, showing the invisible world of ideas. His student Aristotle, with his hand Well, now I have a confession to make. The melting pointing to the ground, shows the tangible world pot has done it. I want to be an American. In fact of reality. They are the two worlds of creativity I feel American. I care about this country. I have and innovation, the worlds of theory and practice. America the beautiful in my bones. Someone should This picture, which I first saw at our college, made have warned me! me realize that the world progresses only when we combine theory and practice, idealism and PAGE| |2 2 PAGE
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To students considering not voting this year: You may never have understood why people care so much about politics, or perhaps you are just tired of the election hype. If so, allow someone like me, who cares deeply, to explain my perspective on what you should consider before not voting.
IF ALL YOUNG PEOPLE 18-24 WHO CAN VOTE CHOOSE TO IN 2016 AND AFTERWARDS, WE WILL DECIDE THE UPCOMING ELECTION AND DRASTICALLY ALTER THE MINDSET IN AMERICAN POLITICS. Your vote absolutely does matter. Almost everything you ever do only effects something big when it is multiplied. That’s not a reason for not doing things. Voting is similar to giving your change to charity at a grocery store. Your coins will not save the life of any sick child or abused animal, but the change from all donors collectively will. Furthermore, if you don’t vote, the government has no obligation to listen to you because it doesn’t represent you. If all young people 18-24 who can vote choose to in 2016 and afterwards, we can decide the upcoming election and drastically alter American politics.
Those of us who are religious care about our freedom to practice that religion. All of us care about the tuition costs of our education and whether or not it will decrease. Once students see how political decisions do, in fact, affect us, we do care. Cynical people decide not to vote because money has a big impact in today’s political system. Candidates use money to increase voter exposure to them because voters are far more likely to vote for someone they know of, but money can’t buy elections. If it could, Jeb Bush, who raised and spent more money than any other Republican candidate in 2016, wouldn’t have had to drop out. It is very easy to vote. Getting registered can be done online by filling out a form including ID. There are multiple websites that let you register, including usa.gov/ register-to-vote. If you don’t know some of the
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Some students say they don’t vote because they “just don’t care” about politics. However, the vast majority of college students do care about at least one of the issues that are being debated amongst politicians today, even if they aren’t aware of it. Other students choose not to vote because they don’t think these issues affect them. They have determined that they information asked, your parents probably do. Getting registered is not a matter of ability, but a matter of would rather live with whatever decision ends up being made than learn about each candidate’s stance willpower, and how much effort does it really take to fill out a form online? on the issues. Students from Oregon can vote by dropping off their ballots at one of many dropboxes located around Corvallis, or, if you’re on top of the game, just mail it in by the deadline. Out of state students can fill Many of the issues discussed are affecting students directly. Those of us who work care about a possible out another form to vote by mail in their home state—an absentee ballot. Of course, you could avoid this by registering under your Oregon address (OSU dorms qualify). It’s that easy. Seriously, consider the minimum wage increase. Those of us who are sexually active care about the legal status of abortion. importance of voicing your choice. There’s no good reason not to.
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By Andres Gutierrez
Election year for many people is a time to watch less tv in an attempt to avoid the atrocious political ads. For others, it is a time in which they are blamed by politicians for everything wrong in America. “Frankly, illegal immigrants get treated better than many of our vets” (Donald Trump). The idea that immigrants are the reason our country fails to perform as well as we’d like it to has been used by politicians whenever our country hits hard economic times. The problem with these types of claims is that they are not very factual. Illegal immigrants, contrary to this belief, do not steal American jobs or hurt the economy by siphoning Americas tax dollars away from legal citizens. The truth is that illegal immigrants pay taxes by buying things, renting/ owning houses, or simply by working, and since they are here illegally they can’t claim any federal assistance. The Southern Poverty Law Center, a group that has done research into this topic, found that “The U.S. Social Security Administration estimated that in 2013, undocumented immigrants— and their employers—paid $13 billion in payroll taxes alone for benefits they will never get”. The only money that illegal immigrants will ever get back from the taxes that they pay will go towards their children’s education in public schools. These people often have to work 2 to 3 jobs trying to make ends meet so that their children can have a better future. » Continued on page 4 »
The concept of independence remains an unsolved mystery for me. People in adolescence begin to make decisions, take responsibility for their actions and I have a question for you: Are you independent? distinguish their own opinion from the opinion of others. Thus, they begin to acquire independence as Before you decide to answer, hear me out. I am individuals, but it does not mean that teenagers on an international student from Kazakhstan. In my country, universities do not have such a big area that the threshold of development between child and adult are independent. I think many students “run away” is called “campus.” And the university can provide from their homes in search of the “independence rooms to students from other cities or countries in the dormitory, but this kind of dormitory is not what of the individual” because they believe that parents hinder their personal growth. However, it seems they you’re thinking. It’s a common high-rise building, confuse the concept of independence as an individual which can be located nearby or across the whole with a status of independence. Let’s consider a simple city from the university. The only difference from example. A country is considered to be independent the other buildings is that your neighbors are also when other nations recognize its independence. students. Due to the fact that sanitary conditions In other words, the country can have a personal leave much to be desired in such public buildings, students usually prefer to live with their parents until opinion and make its own decisions, but still not be independent. However, if it can take care of people they become financially independent. While the who live in it, and is recognized as doing so by others, definition might seem obvious to you, the concept it acquires the status of independence. of independence is ambiguous, and students from different countries likely perceive it differently. I live alone six thousand miles away from my family I first became acquainted with American students in and I do not consider myself an independent person. the one of my fall term classes. We were divided into While my parents work all day to be able to give me groups and everyone told a little about themselves. I a higher education, and while my mother worries was surprised when I learned that many students were about me every night before going to bed, I cannot from Portland, some were even from Corvallis, and feel independent. Even the fact that I can take care many of them settled down in the OSU dormitories. of myself does not make me independent. However, One of the members of my group was a student from when I will be able to take care of my family and when Portland. When I asked him why he had not chosen to they will be able to rely on me in difficult situations, go to Portland State University in order to live closer to I will achieve the status of independence in my heart. home, he responded, “So, I can be independent.” This If you study at a good university, live separately from answer seemed strange to me because I live on campus your parents and yet do not invest a single drop of since I have nowhere else to live. For him, Living on effort into your education (in the form of either campus provided the ability to live separately from his money or trying to get good grades), you should ask yourself are you really that independent? parents. But can it be called “being independent?” PAGE PAGE | 3 | 3
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The Day I Became Mexican By Isadora Costa Cardoso
I am from Brazil, a state of Mexico, the biggest country in Latin America, I am tan, and my native language is Portuguese, which is the same as Spanish. I have always lived in the forest because we do not have cities there. We have to plant our own food and hunt wild animals. However, hunting is a man’s job only, because women are not able to do such a complicated thing. We usually have to cook our mandatory spicy food and wash the clothes in the river, but we need to be very careful with poisonous snakes. The only things that are entertaining to us are soccer, samba and Carnival—an event that lasts the whole year. These things may sound unlikely or even ridiculous for someone to say or assume, but they are all assumptions that people have asked me about since the first time I stepped on American soil when I moved to Oregon two years ago. Most people automatically assume that I am from Mexico, and it might be because of my tan skin, my dark hair, and my Latin accent when pronouncing some words in English. Or it could be they’re so accustomed to relying on the shorthand syllogism “People from Mexico are tan. Latin Americans are tan. Therefore, all Latin Americans are from Mexico.”
I am from Brazil, the largest country out of the twenty nations in Latin America, which hosts Sao Paulo, the biggest city proper in the Americas, the place where I was born and raised. Brazil has a population of 200.4 million people, and it is the
5th biggest country in the world. It has 26 states in its territory, and it is part of the emerging national economies group BRICS. Brazil’s official language is Portuguese, one of the eight Romantic languages that evolved from Latin, and also the official language of nine other countries. Brazil is known for
For a nation that is known as the melting pot of the own self-admiration and expressions of bigotry make world, it is perplexing how many American citizens him appear reassuring when making these statements, have recently turned their eyes towards a xenophobic, causing people to give him the benefit of the grumpy old man whose essential doubt. What is even more appalling MO involves yelling obscenities is that, according New York Times at minorities. Donald Trump, writer Nate Cohn, Trump’s record holder for the Most largest group of supporters Outrageous Gaffes, expert at are above the age of 65 and every sham technique used only have a high school in politics and business, is education or less. one of the most dangerous presidential candidates that As students, choosing the United States has ever to vote for Trump produced, not simply because he’s “funny” or because of the crazy that he “entertaining” is spitting at the embodies, but also because of face of the people that have fought his popularity. Despite the for our freedoms in the past—the Byy Carol Moreno ridiculousness of his professed ideals, people that actually made America a significant number of Americans are currently “great” in the first place. This is the time when supporting him in the Republican election. students should educate themselves and be more involved in politics than ever, because the outcome Trump’s success as a politician serves as a of this year’s election can have a lasting effect on the perplexing case study in modern social psychology. future of our education and careers. Many researchers presume that his strength lies not in what he says, but in how he says it. Gregg Henriques, What started out as a form of political entertainment psychology professor at James Madison University, has now turned into a cruel joke, and getting to the argues in Psychology Today that,“Trump embodies a core of why this candidate has grasped the interest narcissistic fantasy and defense against anxiety.” His of so many votersmay allow us to see what the absence of political correctness reels in some voters future of our society holds. But most importantly, because they long for honesty and assertiveness that thinking about Trump’s popularity should motivate alleviates their fear of the future. us to consider if we as college students should stop neglecting our newly earned right to vote, and put it Although Trump’s assertions are proven incorrect to some proper use. 77% of the time according to Politifact.com, his own
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having five World Cup titles—the most in the world. However, the country is not only made of soccer. Brazil has won a total of 108 medals in all Olympics, and tourists visit from all over to experience our vibrant arts, music, and dance culture. Brazilian cuisine is diverse and delicious, and only a small percentage of it is spicy. Stereotypes exist because of a lack of curiosity and generalizations in our beliefs. It is often an automatic reaction to relate something new and unfamiliar to something familiar—even if that “something familiar” is only what we’ve heard other people say. A lack of knowledge creates an association between two distinct things resulting in a mistaken assumption of fact. No, Brazil is not part of Mexico. No, Portuguese and Spanish are not the same thing. No, I do not live in the forest. No, not all our food is spicy. No, not all Latin Americans are from Mexico. I understand it is easy to make assumptions, but it is also easy to ask, “Where are you from?” “Where is that at?” or “What language do you speak?” No one needs to know every single detail about every country, but common respect and curiosity about every race, will keep our eyes open to all the beauties that other cultures have to offer.
Who’s The Real Problem? » continued from page 3 »
My family is one that stems from an illegal immigrant. My grandmother was an illegal immigrant back in the 50’s, and she had three children. One became a lawyer, was deputy DA in our hometown, and put his kids through college. The second now owns half of the apartments in our hometown and is starting to enjoy an early retirement now that his kids are old enough to start taking over the business. As for the youngest, she chose to work as a mother and raised me into the person that I am today, instilled me with the values that I hold, and educated me so that I could achieve more than she could. See, when people want to point fingers at immigrants and blame them for our country’s problems, they fail to think a couple of generations ahead. One woman who immigrated illegally started a family, and now that family is highly educated and very successful. The people who point their fingers at immigrants and scapegoat them for our nation’s troubles are only attempting to shed themselves of blame, only attempting to further their political gain. Next time you hear a person blame immigrants for the failings of our nation, think about the whole picture. Think about an immigrant’s whole family down the line— you’ll be amazed at what you might find.
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OSU softball standout Natalie Hampton swings at a pitch against the University of Oregon on saturday April 23. Hampton leads the team in RBIs with 48.
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OSU first baseman Natalie Hampton has another year to reach her goals By Josh Worden Senior Beat Reporter
Natalie Hampton is very happy she isn’t playing her final games in an Oregon State uniform this weekend. In a sense, Hampton’s home stretch of her career should begin in the OSU softball team’s friday Regional game in Auburn, Ala. against South Carolina Upstate — its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2013. Hampton has played like a senior this year, batting a career best .342 with a team-high .589 slugging percentage. The 6-foot-1 first baseman’s true freshman campaign was back in 2013, when she earned All-Pac-12 honors while setting the OSU single season record with 50 runs batted in. Nothing was going to stop Hampton in her next three seasons, all the way to her expected final go-round in 2016. But sometimes, plans have a funny way of changing. Hampton broke her hand after her freshman year in an off-field accident, forcing her to redshirt in 2014. While the Beavers went 34-24 in Hampton’s freshman year, she had to sit on the bench the entire next season while watching her team struggle to an 18-31 record and miss the postseason. To this day, she doesn’t like to talk about the injury. Instead, she did a lot more than talk in the year following her broken hand. She got to work rehabbing, focusing on her expected return in 2015. But again, plans have a funny way of changing. About a week before OSU’s first game of 2015, Hampton was hit on the hand by a ball during batting practice. She took an X-Ray and the
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results confirmed her worst fear. “The thing was shattered,” Hampton said. She was ushered into surgery the next day, delaying her sophomore season a second time. “It kinda kills you,” Hampton said of the second injury. “I worked so hard on my redshirt year, getting stronger in the weight room, running and working on the mental aspect of the game. I think we were leaving a week after I broke it. Instead of playing the first weekend, I was in a cast. But it’s okay, I can’t change it now. Everything happens for a reason. What’s done is done. Just because you work hard doesn’t mean you’re going to get everything you want.” She still came back later that season, managing to play in 30 of the team’s 52 games and earned Honorable Mention All-Pac-12 honors. She showed flashes of her previous success, not to mention her ability to simply be on the field unlike the prior season. But, she clearly wasn’t at the level of her freshman year. Her batting average of .238 was the lowest among OSU’s starters and she had just 19 hits to go along with 13 strikeouts. After getting 50 RBIs two years prior, she totaled just 17 in 2015. “Now, I kind’ve take last year with a grain of salt,” Hampton said. “Obviously I got hurt one week before opening day down in Arizona. Obviously it’s a tough pill to swallow after redshirting, so I hadn’t seen the field in a year and a half. I just kind’ve took that. It’s alright, obviously I didn’t do as well as I wanted to. I’m going to have three and a half years here instead of four full, and that’s fine. But it taught me a lot and made me stronger mentally.” Even if Hampton couldn’t contribute on the field herself, that didn’t prevent her from contributing at all; when Manewa had to fill in at first base for a time during Hampton’s injury, Hampton made sure she did everything to prepare her teammate for the position. Manewa stands nine inches shorter than Hampton at just
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5-foot-4, but that was no matter for Hampton. “I told coach I had played first base before, but I never did in my life,” Manewa said. “I would ask Natalie what the plays are and what to do. She would always be there helping me. She’s always supporting. I know some players would be really mad about it. She was 100 percent supporting us.” “With Natalie, it’s not about Natalie,” added head coach Laura Berg. “It’s about the team and what she can do to help. When you look at that, it takes the pressure off.” Hampton says during this season she has felt “probably as good as freshman year,” and it’s showed. She stands in the top five on the team in batting average (.342), slugging percentage (.589), on base percentage (.406), hits (54), RBIs (48), doubles (10), home runs (9), total bases (93) and fielding percentage (.992). From a team standpoint, things have vastly improved from the last two years as well. OSU is 30-18-1 and headed to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since Hampton’s last full season. It didn’t take Hampton long this year to get close to breaking her own OSU record of 50 RBIs in a season, as if to prove that she’s returned to her expected talent level after two seasons mired by injuries. Two more RBIs would tie her own mark from 2013. But at the same time, it hasn’t all been smooth. After totaling 34 RBIs in the first 25 games, Hampton’s production dipped as soon as the Pac-12 season started. Facing some of the best competition in the NCAA, Hampton has recorded just 14 RBIs in the 24 games since. She went nine consecutive games without an RBI until finally notching her 48th of the season against Arizona State on Friday. “There’s times where the ball is the size of a BB, and there’s times where the ball is the size of a beach ball,” coach Berg said. “Sometimes,
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she puts too much pressure on herself.” But luckily for Hampton, she’s still got at least two more games left this season in the doubleelimination bracket, allowing her to both reach her RBI record and — more importantly to her — win some ball games. “For the team, I just want to win,” Hampton said. “Have good games, compete, get better every day. I want to learn from coach Berg, I want to learn everything she has to teach me. I’ve soaked up a lot but I come to practice and I learn something new every day, and I’m almost 22. There’s still more to do. There’s still more to do, still more to do. I’m excited to do that with her next year.” Plus, there’s next year. If Hampton hadn’t gotten hurt, she wouldn’t have been able to return for 2017 alongside a host of young talent in Corvallis that’s poised for another run to the postseason. OSU loses just two starters this year and gains one of the nation’s highest-rated recruits in pitcher Nerissa Eason. Now, when Hampton thinks about her hopes for her career at OSU, she can include the 2017 season that she was never supposed to get. She’s had her downturns, including the hand injuries and occasional struggles at the plate. There has been plenty that Hampton could complain about, but regrets are the last thing she wants when she looks back on her time with the Beavers. “All I know is I want the most impressionable mark I can, whether that’s in the record books or to little girls coming out for autographs after the game,” Hampton said. “I don’t care, I just want to get my money’s worth. That’s what I always tell myself, whether it’s on the field or off, stats, records, whatever. Having that extra year is going to get me there, I think. I just don’t want to have any regrets during my career.” On Twitter @BrightTies
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(TOP) Kyle Nobach claps in celebration after being called safe at third base. (BOTTOM) Nick Madrigal has a .314 batting average this year in conference play.
The number of home runs KJ Harrison has hit during .430 - USC’s slugging Pac-12 play, he has hit 10 on the percentage, second only to season. California. They are also secin the conference with 39 .314 - The batting aver- ond home runs. age of freshman second baseman Nick Madrigal during conference play. He is the only .293 - USC’s team batting OSU batter with a conference average, the highest in the Pac12. David Oppenheim leads the average above .300. conference with a .388 average, .214 - The batting average, while Jeremy Martinez is third in conference play, of junior with a .376 average. shortstop Trever Morrison. He .200 - The batting average is batting .284 on the year. of Pac-12 opponents against 2 - The number of OSU regu- freshman right-hander Bryce lar starters with Pac-12 batting Fehmel. That is the lowest on average below .200: Junior out- the team fo the pitchers who fielder Caleb Hamilton hits .183 have pitched at least 20 innings. and Cayden Grenier hits .159. On Twitter @barosports
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Students, staff and faculty gathered on the first floor of the Student Experience Center Wednesday to see poets, writers, photographers and other artists show off their works in the annual Prism Arts and Literary Magazine showcase. The event ran from 5 to 7 p.m.
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Student artist Shanna Roast poses with one of her photo works titled “Striking.” Other works from Roast appeared in the winter 2016 issue of Prism.
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Jon Anthony Thomson shows off his piece dubbed “Untitled,” which will appear in the upcoming Prism spring 2016 edition.
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Above: Darryl K. Oliver III, Prism editor-in-chief, speaks to an audience gathered in the Student Experience Center lobby before writers take to the stage to share their written works on the microphone. Left: Ethan Heusser, incoming Prism editor-in-chief, reads his poem “To a Weed” as the audience sits back to listen.
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Learn 2nd language for enrichment
By Jackie Keating Forum contributor
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mericans are pretty well known for their lack of bilingualism, especially after college. While German children, for example, are learning English at the age of nine, American children are putting glue on their hands, waiting for it to dry, and peeling it off. When Americans do start learning a language, it is usually for the required two years in high school to get accepted to a standard university, and then it’s quickly forgotten, as very few students decided to enroll in language classes in college. More specifically, “only 7 percent of college students in America are enrolled in a language course,” according to the Atlantic. And when this percentage graduates, an even smaller percentage will continue to use the foreign language they’ve learned, as “less than one percent of American adults today are proficient in a foreign language that they studied in a U.S. classroom,” according to the Atlantic. One argument against making learning a foreign language a priority tends to be the fact that English persists as the global lingua franca for international forums and trade. Why should I learn a different language, one may think, when the rest of the world already speaks English? Well, for one, as the Atlantic points out, “19 million Americans and billions of people globally do not” speak English proficiently. But this is not the only reason not to dismiss learning a different language. I was able to have a discussion with Benita Blessing, an instructor of
German in the department of World Languages and Cultures over email. She wrote that “learning about cultures and their languages teaches you so much about the world we live in. You realize that global issues are your issues.” Blessing went on to say that language teaches appreciation for diversity and other cultures, critical thinking skills and communication skills. She also pointed out that learning a foreign language gives you an edge in the professional world that many of your peers most likely won’t have. Take Paige Tucker, for example. Tucker, a junior majoring in Spanish, has been learning the language since she was a fifth grader, and the head start has opened up many amazing opportunities. Originally planning on double majoring in Spanish and Psychology, Tucker decided to spend her sophomore year at Oregon State studying abroad in Salamanca, Spain, and said the experience made her want to focus her studies entirely on Spanish. “[By learning Spanish] I have met and connected with several communities within and outside of Oregon State,” Tucker said. “I’ve also learned how valuable it is to be involved with the culture around languages. I hope to continue my journey and learn other languages,” she said. Learning two years of a foreign language is required for Oregon State students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts. However, if those two years are up and you have the opportunity to continue learning the language you’ve chosen, consider doing so. It can be surprising how quickly you can lose a language when you haven’t been practicing it, and you may find yourself wishing you had stuck on when you had the chance. As Ms. Blessing eloquently put it, “In the end, the question isn’t ‘why study a foreign language,’ but rather ‘why would you not study a foreign language?’ The opinions expressed in Keating’s column do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. baro.forum@oregonstate.edu
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