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Benny Beaver points out the Memorial Union time capsule placed in the wall in 1978, located just outside Javastop.
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University Librarian and Oregon State University Press Director Faye Chadwell confirmed through email that last Saturday that the OSU Valley Library website was hacked. Normal librar y functions were temporarily barred to students while administration dealt with the problem. The problem has since been dealt with and the website is once again accessible. Whether there were any lasting impacts left by the cyberattack on the website or students who might have visited the link is not fully known at this time. More information will be released as the story develops. news@dailybarometer.com
Many students walking through the main lobby of the Memorial Union fail to notice a small plaque beside the Javastop café. This simple memorial pays tribute not to any former faculty or alumni, but to an entire culture. If someone were to break open the wall behind the plaque, they’d find relics of a bygone era placed inside a time capsule buried in 1978 as part of the MU’s 50th anniversary celebration. The capsule is scheduled to be opened in 2028. Kent Sumner, assistant director of Memorial Union marketing and assessment, said in all the years he’s worked in the building, he’s never come across any record of what was sealed away in ’78, or even what kind of container the capsule is. “It’ll be kind of a surprise to see if it even survives,” Sumner said. According to “More Than a Building: The MU at OSU,” a written record of the historic building’s long history, the capsule contains “relevant materials” from both the year-long celebration and student activity, painting a vivid image of Oregon State as it was in the Carter administration. OSU alumna Laura Oldenkamp, who attended in the late ‘70s, said that for a fee, students were allowed to add their own contributions. In her case, Oldenkamp added a document detailing the poultry science club’s activities at the time. Thirty-seven years later, MU See CAPSULE | page 4
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Ecological Engineering Student Society embraces interdisciplinary future, enjoys greenhouses By Courtnee’ Morin THE DAILY BAROMETER
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The Ecological Engineering Student Society participates in the We Love Clean Rivers Clackamas River clean up in summer 2014.
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For their table at the Engineering Expo, the Ecological Engineering Student Society had a model set up to simulate the way streams and rivers function through time. Plastic particles represented sand, and the effects of dams and other artificial structures were observed through the use of bricks and other barriers. Carson Smith, a junior in ecological engineering, explained that this is to help show participants the ecological impacts dams and other structures can have on rivers. “We want to work with nature in a way that benefits nature, but still helps humans,” Smith said. “We want to be sustainable.” See ENGINEERING | page 4
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not belong to the resident at the unit, and had reportedly been coming in and out of the garage unit for several weeks. The cat was reported to belong to someone who lived in the nearby townhouses, but it had no collar or tags and no owner could be identified. Upon rescuing the cat, the officer noticed that it appeared to be sick, injured or suffering from dehydration, and transported the cat to Heartland Humane Society.
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Minors in possession A Corvallis police officer stopped a car after it made a dangerous left turn crossing an intersection, according to the log. The officer, upon speaking to the driver, reportedly smelled a heavy odor of alcohol from inside the car. The passengers were all allegedly underage and had an open wine bottle as well as a can of beer inside. The two passengers were cited for minor-inpossession of alcohol and the driver was cited for the dangerous left turn.
Found cat A man called Corvallis police to report that a cat had been found in the crawl space of one of the units in his apartment complex. The cat did
third officer spoke to the store manager about the incident, according to the log. The officer speaking with the manager then completed a trespass form and arrested the man for seconddegree theft. Found marijuana A Corvallis police officer responded to a call of suspicious activity. The officer reportedly spotted a group of people sitting at a table inside the barn. When the officer identified themselves, the individuals all ran in separate directions and left a bag of A Corvallis police officer took a man dried marijuana behind, according to into custody for third degree theft and the log. The officer reportedly confisa probation violation warrant from cated the marijuana and placed it into the state parole board when he was evidence to be destroyed. detained for allegedly stealing $17 worth of food items from a store. The May 14 man reportedly provided a fake alias when the officer detained him, but the officer was later able to confirm his A Corvallis police officer pulled a identity, according to the log. vehicle over after the driver failed to stay in her lane, according to the log. The officer reportedly noticed that the A man allegedly stole a large shop- driver had glassy, watery eyes, droopy ping cart full of groceries, valued at eyelids and spoke with a slur. The $433.42, from a Corvallis store. Two driver allegedly consented to perform Corvallis police officers were able to a field sobriety test and failed. The locate and detain the man while a officer arrested the driver and took
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With its scores of communicators, UO tries to find one voice By Diane Dietz
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EUGENE — Hiring an edgy Philadelphia branding firm to help promote the University of Oregon may seem exotic, but it’s only the university’s latest foray into branding and marketing itself. The UO already employs platoons of communicators, marketers and public relations specialists — and it farms out millions of dollars to outside contractors for the same kind of work. The UO’s marketing and PR machinery, in fact, has become so costly and unwieldy that top UO officials are taking steps to figure out if it’s working well. Citing a need to coordinate the extensive effort to sell the university, interim President Scott Coltrane in mid-March imposed a hiring freeze on communications and marketing-type jobs, except with special approval. Tim Clevenger — associate vice president for communications, market¬ing and brand management — was assigned to spend this spring documenting the sprawling apparatus that includes more than 100 UO staff members scattered across many departments and offices with many bosses and many ideas about the best way to market the UO. The hiring of the top-flight 160over90 advertising firm about a year ago under a three-year, $3.4 millio¬n contract marks the second major branding effort the university has undertaken. In 2008, the university signed a three-year, $1.2 million contract with global firm FleishmanHillard for a “branding, positioning and media strategy” to make the UO sought after. “We’ve got the best minds in the world, really, helping us figure out how we take the university to the next level as far as its brand
or reputation goes,” Phil Weiler, then-UO senior director of communications, said at the time. The UO wants to be known for more than Duck football, he said. If that message sounds familiar to those following the newest UO marketing initiative, that’s because it’s similar to the message that 160over90 and Clevenger are saying. With renewals, the UO extended the Fleishman-¬Hillard contract through October 2012. The UO brand — the distinguishing features — that Fleishman-Hillard uncovered? The UO is open-minded, unconventional, progressive, green and located in a “true college town.” The Fleishman-Hillard initiative fizzled over four years because the UO had no “real money” to plow into marketing, ads and other follow-through, Clevenger said in an interview. Still, on staff, the UO has more than 100 marketing, public relations, strategic communications and digital communications employees, a review of the UO’s personnel records shows. All work largely in the service of the UO’s image-building. The total salary and benefits cost the UO about $10 million a year. A hiring spurt added as many as 20 new marketing and communications employees to campus over the past 18 months. And, despite Coltrane’s recent freeze, the hiring continues. Because Clevenger had his hands full, the university hired former gubernatorial communications director Anna Richter Taylor, who’s a principal at Gallatin Public Affairs in Portland. Over the past year, she has billed the university more than $143,500, not including substantial billings from other members of her firm. The UO is trying to get Clevenger permanent help. It is advertising for a new associate
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Clevenger says that with $20 million in donor backing, the 160over90 branding campaign will succeed where FleishmanHillard faded out. The newly devised commercials, billboards and print ads featuring 160over90’s work are rolling out from coast to coast. Separately, UO schools and colleges have launched their own self-promotional efforts, spending at least $3 million in recent years on marketing, advertising, public relations and branding contracts. Four years ago, the UO School of Journalism and Communications — SOJC — sought to define itself as a “destination” school for journalism students nationally, said Tim Gleason, dean at the time. The goal was to “tell the story” of the school. “We need to distinguish ourselves within the journalism school marketplace,” he said. Gleason turned to the school’s Journalism Advancement Council, whose membership includes some “very high-level people in the advertising and public relations world,” he said. Alumnus Tracy Wong’s A-list agency, the Seattle-based Wongdoody, put his staff to work for the college. The staff helped write the SOJC slogan: “Ethics. Action. Innovation.” Wongdoody’s videographers
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conducted two or three shoots in Eugene, Gleason said. The agency produced “We are the SOJC” ads — of varying lengths — starring alumni Ann Curry, ad man Dan Wieden and SportsCenter anchor Neil Everett, among others. Wongdoody did the work at cost — $20,000, Gleason said. “If we had taken it out to an open bid, it was several hundred thousand dollars worth of work,” he said. “We were very fortunate.”
Remaking Lundquist brand In 2013, the Lundquist College of Business hired Songlines Communications of Bend — for $36,000 — to create a unifying “brand story” that “succinctly, elegantly and emotionally communicates the unique identity of the Lundquist College of Business,” according to the contract. Next, the college bought $12,000 worth of marketing advice from Fixx Consulting of Portland. The college was in need of a fresh message, Dean Kees de Kluyver told the faculty. “It is also important to know that this is not an effort to substitute slogans for excellence in teaching and research,” he wrote. De Kluyver also approved a $100,000 contract with White Horse Productions in Portland in fall 2013 to redesign the college’s website with a “lightweight, forward--thinking” touch. De Kluyver is featured on a website video — wearing trademark suspenders — playing a banjo and explaining that teaching business management is like improvising in jazz. Two years later, 160over90 is refashioning the Lundquist brand, writing brochures and ads to promote MBA programs; eventually, the firm will redo the
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Calendar Tuesday, May 19 Meetings ASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU Journey Room. Senate meeting. AGGS, Noon-1pm, MU Horizon Room. The Warkentin Lecture Series 2015. Dr. Mary Firestone, The University of California Berkeley; Professor, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. “It’s a Dry World in Soil”
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Events Craft Center, 1-3pm, Craft Center, Student Experience Center Basement Level. Watercolor Wellness. Supplies provided. ASOSU Student Legal Services, 2-3pm, SEC 354. Ready to sign a new lease for next year? Questions about your rights as a renter? Learn about common renting legal issues and tips from an experienced attorney.
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Events Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources & Related Sciences (MANNRRS), all day, MU Ballroom and other MU rooms. Mi Familia Weekend. Free event for families who study at OSU. Our mission is to make OSU accessible to families from Spanish-speaking nations by serving more than 300 family members yearly.
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The UO’s agency, 160over90, warns its university clients about likely opposition to their branding plans from “a disgruntled tenured professor in the humanities department with a dull ax to grind,” according to 160over90’s humorously written manual for university administrators. “They’re skeptical. They look at agencies as if they’re riding into town in top hats, ready to sell folks on some snake oil. Branding is a four-letter word, and those who choose this line of work should be prepared to line up behind personal injury lawyers and the guy who sells you on the undercarriage treatment as Those-Who-CannotBe-Trusted.” At the UO, Clevenger fretted about which faculty should be invited to talk with 160over90 to help discern the essence of the UO, according to an email obtained by The RegisterGuard through a public records request. Let deans select four to five professors to participate, Clevenger wrote. “I don’t want any open call to faculty,” he wrote.
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had a distinct tone and personality that’s true to the university. It carved out a brand strategy that appealed to external audiences, was authentic Critics of branding point to to internal audiences and was some spectacular miscues. different than competitors — a The University of Dayton branding trifecta, she said. in Ohio, for example, hired A month after the launch, 160over90 last year to design “a new administrator came in a new logo for its athletics and said, ‘I don’t like this and teams. But the “UD� became we’re killing it,’ � and the camso stylized in the final product paign was gone, Scarborough it looked to many like “VD.� said. Drake University in Iowa The 160over90 manual paid for a branding campaign warns university marketing that came up with a “D+� logo executives to be sure to bolster meant to represent the mul- their presidents and prepare tiple opportunities that Drake them for the winds of criticism has to offer students — but it — so that branding campaigns looked to many like a lousy can endure. grade. Suffolk University in Boston hired a Manhattan ad agency But criticism of the UO’s to brand the school and dis- new “We if� branding camtinguish it from the city’s more paign created by 160over90 famous institutions. is relatively mute, especially The agency positioned considering the usual ferocity Suffolk as an anti-elite haven of opinion on the UO camfor hardworking students, pus. Economics Professor Bill according to news coverage. Harbaugh, who writes the Advertising featured lines insider uomatters.com blog, such as: “Suffolk students rely has marveled at the expendion their will to succeed, not ture of money, but his criticism their father’s will� and “A uni- of the university administraversity whose students have tion’s decisions has been far their nose to the grindstone sharper on other issues. instead of stuck up in the air.� 160over90 emailed The TV commercial featured Clevenger around the time of Marlon Brando’s “I coulda been the “We if� launch to make a contender� speech from the sure the administration was 1954 film “On the Waterfront,� firm in its resolve, but there with the tagline “Be a con- was nothing to worry about. tender. Suffolk University.� With so many at the UO The work struck a chord, preaching, teaching and learnsaid Elizabeth Scarborough, ing the branding and marketCEO and partner at ing arts, the campus seems to SimpsonScarborough, a understand. There was buyVirginia-based higher educa- in at the very top, Clevenger tion market research firm. It replied.
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The UO’s acting president, Coltrane, is the son of a career ad man. Chuck Lillis, president of the UO Board of Trustees, built a $60  billion-plus empire on his background in marketing. Lillis earned a doctorate in marketing at the UO in 1972. His dissertation, still available in the UO library, is about using mathematical formulas to determine market segmentation for optimal profit and efficiency. His subjects were building-materials retailers in
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Oregon State University has been named No. 9 among 200 worldwide institutions recognized for their agriculture and forestry institutes, according to a press release from OSU. The rankings are based on citation numbers from journal articles and surveys sent out to employers and academics. These surveys ask these individuals to “list institutions they consider excellent for recruitment of graduates and research, respectively,� according to the release. “It’s very satisfying to see the excellence of our faculty and students recognized internationally,� said Thomas Maness, dean of the College of Forestry, in the release. In addition, Dan Arp, dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences, was proud to see the ranking. “Our world ranking is a testament to the continued great work of our faculty and researchers,� Arp said in the release. Since two universities on the list are international, the OSU agriculture and forestry programs rank seventh in the U.S., the release states. The Daily Barometer
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SALEM — Thousands of people have submitted comments opposing a controversial water-rights trade in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge. The deal will allow the Swiss company NestlĂŠ Waters to open a bottling plant in the economically depressed small town of Cascade Locks. Opponents stacked about 7,000 comments at the Oregon State Capitol Thursday during a press conference meant to draw attention to the water swap, which centers on state-owned water rights at Oxbow Springs. They also plan to submit a petition, with about 25,000 signatures, asking Gov. Kate Brown to block the deal. Supporters tout the jobs – about 50 – that the plant will bring. But opponents say the deal evades public input while giving the public’s water to a multinational corporation for free. That’s especially egregious as the state heads into its fourth year of drought, they say. Already, Gov. Kate Brown has declared drought emergencies in seven Oregon counties. Seven more counties have asked for drought declarations. “Public water should remain publicly
owned for the public good,â€? said Jeff Klatke, the work we need to do to protect our communities, wildlife and environment President of Oregon AFSCME. For six years, NestlĂŠ has been trying to moving forward.â€? tap the spring water, which the Oregon Last month, nine Oregon legislators, Department of Fish and Wildlife uses for a including Lininger, sent a letter to the nearby salmon hatchery. Governor urging her to block the deal, Cascade Locks had been aiming to which is not subject to Legislative approval. trade its well water gallonBrown’s office respondfor-gallon with the state’s ed that her role is only to Owbox Springs water, Times are ensure that the permitthen sell the spring water ting process is legal and changing in to NestlĂŠ. orderly. the West. That plan faced an In a statement released extensive review to deterWater is scarce after the press confermine whether it served and climate change ence, Rep. Mark Johnson, the public interest. R-Hood River, and Sen. is happening. Last month, the city Chuck Thomsen, R-Hood and state reached a new River, said they support agreement that would Ann Liniger the deal. State representative, D-Lake Oswego permanently trade water Both represent constitrights, instead of just uents in Cascade Locks. water. That doesn’t require a public inter“This is a project that will adequately est review. balance conservation and environmental “Times are changing in the West. Water protection efforts with the needs of families is scarce and climate change is happenin Cascade Locks,â€? Johnson said. “It repreing,â€? Rep. Ann Lininger, D-Lake Oswego, sents a long-term commitment to invest said in a statement. “This deal with in rural Oregon and will open the door Cascade Locks and NestlĂŠ is a stark for other kinds of investment in strugreminder of the pressures on Oregon’s gling communities.â€? water supply. It is a wake-up call about
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SALEM —Lane County area legislators are trying to put the pressure on Lane County doctors to take on more low-income Oregon Health Plan-insured patients. The move is aimed at addressing a problem created by the rapid expansion of the rolls of OHP — the state’s Medicaid system — under the federal Affordable Care Act. In Lane County, tens of thousands of low-income residents have signed up for state-funded OHP insurance, but many doctors refuse to take them on as patients because they are too busy with their existing privateinsurance patients, or because OHP payment rates to doctors are too low. Local legislators are pushing a bill to help Trillium Community Health Plan, the private for-profit organization that runs OHP in Lane County, deal with the shortage of primary-care doctors willing to treat OHP clients. Under House Bill 3300, which would apply exclusively in Lane County, primary care doctors would be allowed to serve public employees and teachers on state-sponsored health insurance plans only if at least 15 percent of the doctor’s total patient caseload were patients insured by OHP. Advocates say the new requirement would provide an incentive for more local doctors to open their doors to OHP patients — on whom doctors receive relatively low reimbursement rates — because they wouldn’t want to lose their ability to treat the large local pool of public employees, on whom
private insurance companies pay much higher rates. Lane County’s OHP population has mushroomed to almost 96,000 from 57,000 since the implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act, and Trillium has struggled to find enough primary care doctors to treat all those patients. Around 13,000 of those residents currently don’t have access to primary care doctor. The proposed fix, HB 3300, would have originally would have applied statewide, even though most other Oregon counties haven’t faced such significant doctor shortages for OHP patients. The proposal received little attention this session, however, and appeared set to die in mid-April, despite Trillium lobbying for the change and support from PeaceHealth, which owns and operates four hospitals in Lane County. But it’s now been revived in the House Rules Committee, which is led by House Majority Leader Val Hoyle, a Eugene Democrat. The rules committee approved the bill with little discussion on a 6-3 vote Monday, sending it to a joint HouseSenate budgetary committee. Hoyle said the policy makes more sense as a Lane-Countyonly “pilot project” because of the county’s “critical shortage of primary care doctors.” Under the amended bill, the new requirement would expire in 2020 unless the Legislature renewed it after reviewing its impact. Asked if the bill has enough support to become law this session, Hoyle said: “It’s worth consideration.” Opponents say the strategy
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will hurt doctors, in particular small practices that will have a harder time absorbing the cost of seeing new low-reimbursement OHP patients. Public employees and teachers, meanwhile, could lose potentially lose their primary care doctors if a practice declined to up its OHP patient caseload to the required 15 percent threshold. “I have real questions about the appropriateness of this methodology,” said Rep. Bill Kennemer, an Oregon City Republican who voted against HB 3300 Monday. Other have argued that the real problem is the low amount the state pays doctors to treat OHP patients. “Working with a stick is much more difficult than a carrot,” said Rep. Cedric Hayden, a Roseburg Republican, at an April hearing on the bill. But proponents say the problem is that some Lane County doctors refuse to see their fair share of OHP patients. Jane Conley, an administrator at Springfield Family Physicians, said at the April hearing that OHP patients now make up 35 percent of her practice’s caseload, up from 18 percent since 2013. But other medical practices have not followed suit, she said. Because of the overall shortage of primary care doctors, “it’s easy for a provider to carve out a practice that has only the best-paying (private-insurance patients) in it,” she said. Added Alan Yordy, PeaceHealth’s president, said: “The system works as long as everyone shares in (serving) their respective portion of each patient type.”
New year, new dates Classes begin on a Thursday this year, a change to our schedule. Here are important dates to tuck away:
Welcome Week (formerly CONNECT) ...... Sept. 20-26 Classes for all students begin ................. Sept. 24 Deadline to drop a class .......................... Oct. 4, 11:55 p.m. Deadline for full tuition refund................ Oct. 4, 11:55 p.m. Deadline for 50 percent tuition refund ... Oct. 18, 11:55 p.m. Veterans Day (observed by all) ..................... Nov. 11 Thanksgiving (observed by all) ..................... Nov. 26-27 Dead Week ............................................. Nov. 30-Dec. 4 Finals Week ............................................ Dec. 7-11 Christmas (observed by all) .......................... Dec. 25
All deadlines, including drop, add and withdrawal information can be found at oregonstate.edu/registrar/ academic-calendar.
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The Ecological Engineering Student Society demonstrates the ecological impacts of artificial structures on rivers at the Engineering Expo on May 15.
ENGINEERING n Continued from page 1 Sam Rabe, a sophomore in ecological engineering and the president of the EESS, explains that the club wants to increase awareness of ecological engineering at Oregon State University. OSU became the first university in the world to offer ecological engineering as an undergraduate program in 2007, and the club formed soon after in 2009. “Not many people know it’s here,” Rabe said. As a club, the EESS manages two greenhouses in the sixth floor of Weniger Hall. In one of these, the organization raises tropical plants and maintains an aquaponics system. “My favorite part of the club right now is probably the greenhouses,” said Neil Hatcher, a sophomore in mechanical engineering. “We’re supposed to be getting a mango tree donated to us soon.” Tropical plants require a different climate than Oregon provides, so the group is working on keeping a closed system and working with some electrical engineering seniors to build a climate system. “We’re trying to find ways to increase efficiency when it comes to cooling, heating and using water in closed system environments,” Rabe said. Working as the project manager, Hatcher oversees projects that are happening and helps to coordinate them. Hatcher also
helps work in projects teams club who is not an engineering when needed, though he mainly major, Meghan Davis, a junior in Integrative Biology, joined works with project logistics. As a mechanical engineering because she likes the ecological major, Hatcher is one of the few and conservation side of the members of the club who is not organization. from the ecological engineering “I wanted to join because they department, but explains that do a lot of projects dealing with as the future of engineering gets the environment and conservaless well defined, there is more tion,” Davis said. “The ecological work done together between side really applies to what I want each sector. to do and it’s really cool to see the “The future of engineering things you can do with ecological is getting more disciplinary,” engineering, Hatcher said. the different “I’ve also been methods.” friends with Davis My favorite part of the president believes it is the club right now for a few years, important for so I just kind of is probably the people in difhappened into ferent fields to greenhouses. ... it.” work togethThe club also We’re supposed to be er to solve goes on a cou- getting a mango tree problems, ple field trips especially in donated to us soon a term, someconservation. times tagging “With along on the Neil Hatcher more methSophomore in mechanical engineering field trips for ods and when the ecological more people field trip department. The club work on something together, the participates in river clean ups easier it is to fix,” Davis said. in the area and most recently Davis recently became the went on a visit to Hatfield Marine public relations officer for the Science Center in Newport. Those not in the Ecological club, and she enjoys it and is Engineering program are more excited to continue in the posithan welcome to join; the easiest tion for next year. “I’ve only been doing it for a way to get active is to join the club listserv to stay updated on meet- couple days, but the best way for ings, projects and field trips. The people to know what’s going on club has meetings every other is to educate them,” Davis said. week of the term starting on week “I like letting the school know two Wednesdays in Gilmore Hall what we’re doing.” room 234 at 6 p.m. Courtnee’ Morin, news reporter As the only member in the news@dailybarometer.com
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“A nerf gun — or a hat with the new beaver on it,” said Nicki Gibney, a sophomore in religious studies.
President Victoria Redman said she’s considering a new capsule for the recently completed Student Experience Center to document campus culture for future generations. “We have talked about creating a new time capsule in the SEC,” Redman said in an email. “There was never a plan in the design process to install a capsule in the physical structure of the building. That does not mean it can’t be done; it would just have to be retroactively fitted to the building.” Freshman Jessica Verdeyen said everything’s changed since the last time capsule. “I feel like people’s hobbies and interests would be way different,” Verdeyen said. Verdeyen and other current students chimed in with what they felt would be good items representing the modern OSU. “Nike running shoes — everybody has those, and it would be cool to see running shoes from 50 years ago,” said Gina Nix, a sophomore in marketing.
“A map of campus and construction. It would be interesting to see what they build up and tear down later,” said nuclear engineering freshman Evan Sullivan. “A pizza box. I feel like that’s a college thing,” said Elise Stoffo, an archeology senior. “Or something from one of the breweries around here. They might be gone in 50 years.” MacBook Pros, iPhones and Oregon St a t e p a ra p h e rnalia were among the most common suggestions. If the administration decides to go through with a new time capsule similar to the previous one, students attending in the 2060’s would get a firsthand glance of today’s OSU. Chris Correll, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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On Sunday, the Oregon State University men’s rowing team proved they are one of the best in the conference and worthy of their No. 14 national placing when they finished the Pac-12 Championship regatta in third place. The day of racing, which took place in Gold River, Calif on the waters of Lake Natoma, featured six schools, Washington, Cal, Stanford, Washington State, Colorado and Oregon State. The sunny day in California was dominated by No. 2 seeded Washington, as they managed to win all five races knocking off No. 1 seeded Cal in each. Oregon State, which placed third in four out of the five races, took third on the day by just one point 50-49, as they were able to continuously beat rival of the day, the Stanford Cardinal. In the Second Varsity 8 race, the first of the Oregon State varsity boats to compete on the day, the Beavers jumped out to an early lead on Stanford and were able to open a gap of four seconds by the 1,000meter marker. The Beavers would not relinquish their lead on the Cardinal for the remainder of the race, and managed to finish nearly five seconds ahead with a time of 6 minutes, 16.36 seconds to Stanford’s 6:21.18. Washington won the race with a time more than five seconds faster than second place Washington, and more than 12 seconds faster than the Beavers. In the Third Varsity 8 race, again Oregon State was able to take an early four-second lead, but this time around the Beaver boat continued their dominance over the Cardinal and opened up their lead to seven seconds by the time they hit the line. Again the Beavers ended the race in third and again Washington won. The Huskies came home with a time of 5:58.36, narrowly beating the Cal Golden Bears by a little over a second, and Oregon State by nearly 30. In the Novice 8 race, Stanford did not compete but Oregon State continued in their placing within the top three, as they were able to dominate fourth and fifth place Washington State and Colorado by nearly five seconds and nearly 20 seconds, respectively. The final race of the championships was the Varsity 8 and it was within that battle that Stanford managed to finally get their revenge. The Beavers had a small lead at the halfway point over the Cardinal, but a strong finish for the California school and a small fade by the Oregon State boat allowed for the Cardinal to finish the race a little over three seconds ahead of the Beavers with a time of 6 minutes, 6.87 seconds. In the end, though, it was the Beavers who had the last laugh, as they will be returning home with the bronze medal. The Oregon State men’s rowing program will now have to wait to see if their postseason continues when the Intercollegiate Rowing Association announces their selections for the IRA Championships later this week. The Daily Barometer On Twitter @barosports sports@dailybarometer.com
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Freshman pitcher Sam Tweedt sends a pitch toward the plate looking for a strikeout during the Beavers’ Civil War win against the Oregon Ducks in Goss Stadium May 5.
Final Civil War battle
OSU baseball hosts Oregon Ducks in final early week meeting of season
last 10 contests. Oregon currently sits in sixth place in the conference standings. Tuesday’s game is the last time the two teams will square off in the regular season, and is also the last By Andrew Kilstrom THE DAILY BAROMETER nonconference game for both schools No. 23 Oregon State enters — OSU hosts Cal for a three-game Tuesday’s Civil War matchup against series beginning Friday. The matchup is particularly imporOregon playing its best baseball of tant considering each team’s position the season. OSU (36-14-1, 17-9-1 Pac-12) hosts in regards to the postseason entering the Ducks (34-22, 14-13) having gone the final week of the regular season. Baseball America currently projects 8-1-1 in its last 10 games and has won OSU to be a No. 2 seed in a regional, five straight Pac-12 series. The Beavers swept Stanford on the but the Beavers are on the bubble of road over the weekend and moved hosting a regional considering their into sole possession of second place place in the Pac-12 standings and RPI ranking of 32. in the Pac-12 standings. Oregon, meanwhile, is playing Oregon State hopes to receive the arguably its best baseball of the sea- benefit of the doubt when it comes son as well. The Ducks have won six time for the selection committee to straight games and are 7-3 in their make a decision, considering OSU’s n
strong playoff history, but finishing the year out 40 wins would undoubtedly help for a strong argument. Oregon, on the other hand, is clinging to playoff life, and might be on the outside looking in if the season were to end today. UO ranks No. 72 in the RPI and has only recently been playing well. Taking a game from a playoff lock in Oregon State would bolster the Ducks’ postseason resume, regardless if it’s a nonconference matchup or not. Oregon State won convincingly in the two teams’ previous contest, 10-2, in Goss Stadium on May 5. The season series is currently tied at 2-2, as the Ducks took two of three games from the Beavers in Eugene on April 12 in a conference series. Freshman right-hander Sam Tweedt got the start and the win on the mound for the Beavers the last
time OSU hosted Oregon and is expected to go on the hill again. The freshman allowed two runs on three hits in 5 2/3 innings. Oregon State’s offense was arguably the best it’s been in conference play this past weekend against Stanford combining to score 24 runs in three games. OSU scored 10 runs on 13 hits the last time it played Oregon, and will aim for a similar offensive effort Tuesday night. The Beavers have also continued to pitch well and play strong defense, bringing a team earned run average of 2.97 (second-best in the Pac-12) and fielding percentage of .977 (No. 1 in the Pac-12) into Tuesday’s matchup. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Goss Stadium. Andrew Kilstrom, sports reporter On Twitter @AndrewKilstrom sports@dailybarometer.com
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Junior pitcher Bev Miller winds up on the mound during the Beavers’ series against the Arizona Wildcats in Corvallis April 4.
fter the Oregon State softball team finished their season last year, I wrote an article that gave best and worst case scenarios for the upcoming 2015 season, which just came to a close last week. The optimistic scenario was that OSU Josh would improve Worden My Eyes Are Up Here its pitching, add some power hitting and gain momentum with a young team towards a postseason appearance. “In a worst-case scenario,” I said, “OSU allows an average of eight runs per game, has multiple See worden| page 6
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Led by head coach Chad Stelling, the Beavers went undefeated in regular season led by four All Americans By Brenden Slaughter THE DAILY BAROMETER
For some teams, success is only gauged on the last game they played, and whether you won or lost that game. In the case of the Oregon State Beavers lacrosse team, that fact isn’t true. For the first time in school history, the Beavers cruised through the Pacific Northwest Collegiate Lacrosse conference undefeated and beating opponents by seven goals a game. OSU’s season came to an end in Irvine, Calif. last week, as the Beavers lost the opening round of the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association nationals to Cal Poly 8-5. “It was definitely disappointing that we didn’t get the end result that we wanted,” head coach Chad Stelling said. “But we as a staff and a team are excited for the future of the program.” Freshman midfielder Mickey Schaefer noted that the experience of being in the nationals is huge moving forward. “It was disappointing the way we played, losing right away, but the experience was great with a lot to learn and even more to improve on,” Schaefer said. In addition to going undefeated for the first time, the Beavers set a record for the most All-Americans in the history of the program. Senior Ben Dill and juniors Colin Kacinski, Nick Widmer and Dylan Roach were selected as honorable mention All-Americans. “Its huge for us as a program to start to see the recognition on a national level, it means a lot to us as a staff to see these kids have success,” Stelling said. Next year the OSU lacrosse team will have a plethora of experienced players, as the Beavers only graduated three players in stalwarts Ben Dill, Kody Smith and Michael Carpenter. Stelling said he feels like they will reload as a team. “We only had three seniors, and we are going to miss them deeply, in terms of their leadership both on and off the field, but our strength as a unit this year is with our freshman, sophomores and juniors,” Stelling said. Kacinski, Widmer and Roach will look
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Oregon State lacrosse team battles to score in front of the net against the Oregon Ducks during the two teams’ match at Lake Oswego High School April 25. to anchor the team next year in terms of leadership and experience, as they will all be seniors in the 2016 season. Widmer will look to continue to be a shut down goalie, Roach will lead the defense and Kacinski will be the team’s go to midfielder. The dream of a championship may have ended after the loss to Cal Poly in the first round for the Beavers, but the trip itself was special in terms of bonding and experience. The team stayed in southern California for the whole week and
watched the entire tournament. Stelling said it was good for the students to gain the knowledge and what it would take to be successful and take that next step. “The experience of watching the nationals was huge for us; it showed us as a team how close we were, and it makes us hungry for next year,” he said. Schaefer said that the team was extremely close and it was great to spend time together in Los Angeles. “The season was great with lots of memories being made and spending
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quality time with a very special group of guys,” Schaefer said. In addition to watching the nationals, the team also got a chance to unwind from lacrosse and take a trip to Disneyland. “With midterms and school, and everything else, we felt it would be good to let everyone relax and unwind for a day.” Stelling said. Stelling and his staff now switch gears and turn toward the offseason. The staff will be participating in and teaching
high school and youth lacrosse camps, but they said nothing is more important than recruiting and taking care of the current athletes at OSU. “We coach high school and youth level lacrosse camps, but most importantly we are trying to make sure everything is going good for our athletes here, in addition to trying to bring kids to OSU.” Brenden Slaughter, sports reporter On Twitter @b_slaught sports@dailybarometer.com
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Junior pitcher Bev Miller walks off the field after the Beavers’ loss to the Arizona Wildcats at home April 4.
Senior pitcher Melanie Dembinski (center) spends time with teammates before the Beavers’ game against Arizona in Corvallis April 4.
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able to spend much more time on the field than a baseball pitcher. A team with two or three solid pitchers can be almost unbeatable. Hitting, by the way, is not the issue. For the second consecutive year, OSU set an all-time record in batting average, at .298. Granted, that’s good enough for only seventh in the Pac-12 this season, but OSU has improved greatly in the batter’s box. And while OSU doesn’t have the most storied softball program, and is already at a disadvantage as not being conducive to year-round softball like Arizona or other places, recruiting has not been an issue of late. So its not a surprise that Ameele could only say the lack of success this year is enigmatic. Maybe every year will feel like the 2015 season, with the gauntlet of Pac-12 teams waiting around every corner, the NCAA Tournament seeming almost unreachable. I doubt it, though, and so does Ameele. The reasoning hasn’t really changed from last
injuries and stumbles to a couple Pac-12 victories.” The Beavers allowed 192 runs this conference season in 24 games, an average of exactly eight runs per game. Both starting pitchers, senior Melanie Dembinski and junior Bev Miller, were hurt for large stretches of the season, along with injuries to other players as well. OSU finished 6-18 in the Pac-12, falling short of the postseason for the second straight year. It would be wrong to say the 2015 softball season went as poorly as possible, especially since the Beavers netted 18 wins in the nonconference schedule, equaling the 2014 team’s 18 wins from the entire season. But in the Pac-12, the Beavers’ goals were left unfinished. Also like last season, I talked with former OSU softball player Melinda Ameele, who played from
1976-1979 and helped lead her team to three College World Series appearances. Ameele, who still lives in Corvallis and is an instructor at OSU, called this season a “mystery.” With the expectations coming into this year and Laura Berg as the head coach — the most decorated USA National softball player in history — and with the third-ranked recruiting class in the nation arriving in Corvallis, the 2015 season was supposed to be one of significant progress. It’s easy to point to a variety of reasons why that expectation was never met, injuries being one of the main reasons. Dembinski led the team with a 3.16 earned run average but never appeared in a Pac-12 game due to a season-ending injury. Miller incorporated much of Dembinski’s playing time and spent more innings in the circle than any other Pac-12 pitcher, but also missed several games down the stretch. Pitchers are the most critical players in collegiate softball, especially since a single pitcher is
year. The No. 3 recruiting class isn’t gone, it just is a year older. And Laura Berg isn’t gone either, she just has another year of experience. The Beaver softball team hasn’t fallen off the rails; it still is going in the right direction, but just had a bit of engine trouble on the way. So allow me to refrain from the best or worst case scenarios and simply offer a prediction. The Beavers will make the 2016 NCAA Tournament, ending a two-year drought, and they’ll win doubledigit games in the Pac-12. It isn’t the most outlandish of predictions, but it will be true. No, the Beavers didn’t do as well as they should have this year. But there’s something about the underdog, Ameele says, that makes OSU easier to root for. Before long, possibly, OSU won’t be the underdog at all. Josh Worden, sports reporter On Twitter @BrightTies sports@dailybarometer.com
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o word is that the Student Experience Center might be due to get its very own time capsule. It will probably be in the same vogue as the one situated in the Memorial Union by Java Stop. Time capsules have been around — officially — since about 1936 when the “Crypt of Civilization” was buried in an airtight chamber at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, according to Lomography Magazine. The intent of a time capsule is to capture the zeitgeist of the day and stash it away for future generations to unearth at a later date. Kind of like a letter from the past. This an awfully romantic tradition, and we do commend those intent on capturing the present for the future. In honor of this continuing practice, here is our list of things that we, the Editorial Board, would want to put into the time capsule. 1) An iPhone. We can only image the reactions from our posterity when they converse with Siri. Or better yet, make future Siri debate with old Siri. Also, will the iPhone continue to evolve the longer it sits? Will we open up the capsule and find a generation 20? 2) A photograph of the Panda Express line in the MU at lunchtime. Will future generations have to wait eons to continue to get delicious Orange Chicken? 3) A campus map. How many new buildings will be added to Oregon State University by the time the capsule is opened? Will the SEC then be known as an “old” building? 4) We want to put a pair of modern shoes in there. Will future students crack up at the fact that we used laces? Or that we don’t have enough laces? Or that we had feet? 5) An Associated Press Stylebook for any future journalists who want to look at how newspapers had to be structured grammatically. And now, things we can’t logically put into the time capsule, but really want to. 1) Our editorial board wants to go into the time capsule and see if the future is worth growing old for. We won’t age, starve or run out of air if we go in ... right? 2) Benny Beaver. We need to have Benny Beaver in the future. 3) No, wait. Dancing Mike, we changed our mind; it needs to be Dancing Mike. 4) Snell Hall. We want future generations to be grateful for this sparkling building and look at where they could have been working. 5) Ralph Nader. Self-explanatory. 6)Finally, an appreciation for “Napoleon Dynamite.” If that is not a cult classic in the future, we will be very, very sad skeletons. t
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he state of Oregon is looking to possibly ban Palcohol. What the heck is Palcohol, you might be asking? Don’t worry, I did too when I was scrounging for story material to write about. Powdered alcohol, approved by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau on March 10, 2015, is what it sounds like: Alcohol in powdered form. You add it to about six ounces of water and voila, you have a stiff drink. A gentleman named Mark Phillips who liked to go hiking and camping and treat himself to a bit of the hair of the dog when he was done or had reached his destination created Palcohol. Phillips figured that powder would be a lot easier to transport than a fifth — and less likely to break — and after years of research and experimentation, he created it. One package is equivalent to about one shot of vodka, rum or three cocktail versions: Cosmopolitans, Powderitas and Lemon Drops. They don’t have a wine flavor yet, but when they do I think we will know that the
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Messiah has returned to us. Suddenly BYOB isn’t such a schlep from the liquor store to the party; just show up with some water and a few packets of palcohol and the night is ready to get wild. However, states across the nation — apart from Oregon — have been taking measures to ban Palcohol, even though the product hasn’t hit shelves yet. Palcohol would only be sold in the same places that you can acquire liquor, according to the official website, so only individuals 21 years or older could have legal access to it. But even with this safeguard in place, there are still concerns about Palcohol. According to a March 12 piece in USA Today, David Jernigan from Johns Hopkins stated, “We anticipate that allowing powdered alcohol onto the market will have grave consequences for our nation’s young people.” Powder might be easier to transport
on a hike and it would definitely be ban liquid alcohol. You don’t ban easier to smuggle to a party or hide something because a few irresponsible people use it improperly. They in a backpack. Or fill up a container with more can snort black pepper. Do you ban than the recommended amount for black pepper?” I concur, but agree that this proda much stronger, possibly deadlier uct should be regulated like any drink. sort of legalized drug. Teenagers But frankly, those who — who must decide to do something not value their stupid and unintended But frankly, lifespans or are probably the same brain cells very those who type of folks who stick much — have decide to do forks in toasters, even been sneaking drinks something stupid and with warning labels. There is a reason why and drugs for unintended are child-proofing proddecades. It ucts rake in the dough probably the same doesn’t make every year: Because they it right, but it type of folks work and save kids from does show that who stick forks in themselves. this is an ongoAs Representative ing problem toasters, even with Jim Weider (R-Yamhill) that will not be warning labels. stated in The Statesman fixed or hinJournal, “We’re a state dered by banthat just legalized marining powdered juana. We’re going to say alcohol. Other concerns include fear no to powdered alcohol?” Party on, Jim. that folks would attempt to snort t Palcohol or that children would find it and start putting it in their Cassie Ruud is a senior in English. The opinions expressed in Ruud’s columns do not necessarily repremouths. sent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Ruud can be While these are fair concerns, reached at forum@dailybarometer.com. you can plop any “adult” vice drug into a “what if the child gets ahold of it” situation — even common household cleaners because kids seems to have a problem with going after toxic chemicals — and In response to May 13 editorial as Phillips stated in the same USA ‘Study on high school math Today article, ““People unfortunately use alcohol irresponsibly. failure no surprise’ But I don’t see any movement to The next time an opinion writer feels the urge to throw a tantrum about not (yet) doing well in math at Oregon State University, I’d urge the rest of the Barometer staff to keep said writer well away from the Forum page. It ill-becomes this campus’ newspaper, recently a statewide award winner, to lend its space and credibility to such incoherent flailing on so thinly disguised an agenda. The editorial headline referred to a study (Oregonian writer Betsy Hammond reporting on research by Michelle Hodara) about the performance of high schools in preparing students for success — particularly math success — in community college. It wasn’t about community college math courses; and it certainly wasn’t about OSU math courses. The researcher’s conclusion was that high schools were not adequately preparing students for college-level work. No surprise, said your writer, agreeing on a “superficial level,” but (it was then alleged), the real issue lay elsewhere: That high school is really not so much to blame for subsequent college failure. Rather, that the colleges are to blame — because they’re not “comfortable” like high school. The logic here escapes me. So we should re-build college math courses in the high-school style — so that 54 percent of the students will again, after three to four years of such classes, still fail to understand basic math? This is not an acceptable outcome at any college or university. Hammond’s point was that it’s not acceptable for high schools, either. Your editorial missed that point entirely — even seemed to yearn for those “good old days.” Let’s not confuse “comfortable” with “good” — or uncomfortable with bad.
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Formula for success: Nitrogen beer served up in Corvallis W
henever you drink beer and you get a little bloated or have a case of embarrassing burps, that is due to the carbonation in the beer. Usually beer has carbon dioxide present from fermentation and pumped through it on tap or in a bottle to keep the bubbles flowing and the wort happy. And sometimes instead of carbon dioxide you find nitrogen, an exciting alternative to traditional beer gas. Nitro beers have become popular in the craft beer scene because of the flavors and properties this gas gives to beer over carbon dioxide. Nitrogen, unlike carbon dioxide, is harder to dissolve in beer and gives a creamy and smooth mouth feel to the beer. This gas also makes the beer taste different because it is acidic, which makes the beer less bitter. Even though some nitro beers like Guinness have been around for decades, breweries today are experimenting with the gas to give their beers a competitive edge to the others on tap and give you an amazing drinking experience. The most popular brews to find on nitro are porters and stouts, because the gas emphasizes the big flavors of these brews like chocolate or espresso. I love beer on nitro, and I always want to convert people who have never had a nitrogenized pint before because they are missing out on a fantastic drink. Besides the bigger flavor and feel of the beer, another characteristic I really like from having a nitro beer is that the head on a nitro is amazing — don’t take that the wrong way. The reaction from the nitrogen causes the beer to have a fuller foamy top (head) that continues with the beer as you drink; it’s a buddy that doesn’t flake after the first few minutes or sips to go somewhere else. One extra note: When you order a beer on nitro, let the beer sit for a few minutes — I know this will be hard — until the beer settles. You’ll Nicki Silva
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know when it is time to drink when you don’t see anymore little bubbles moving around the glass. Most of the brewpubs in Corvallis offer a beer on nitro. For instance, Clodfelter’s is the only place in town that offers Guinness on nitro — the only great way to have a Guinness — and whichever in-house brew at McMenamins is on nitro will always be a crowd pleaser. I tried to order their current stout on nitro and they were all tapped out, so that goes to show that nitro beer is amazing. From time to time The Red Fox and Block 15 will have a nitro choice as well — it just depends on what rotation they have on tap. Two of my favorite places in town to get beer as well as nitro beer are Sky High Brewing and Flat Tail Brewing. The current nitro choice at Sky High is an unusual one, which is their Brew Kahuna NW Red. Usually red ale is not offered on nitro, because reds usually lean on the hoppy side and have a distinct flavor of their own from the malts used in the brewing process that would not be exemplified by the nitrogen gas. I have never tried red ale on nitro before going to Sky High, so of course I had to give it a go. The pint glass arrived with an extra foamy head and the color transitioning from a bright red to a darker hue as it settled with the nitrogen. After everything settled in the glass, the beer was a beautiful amber color. The beer itself tasted great — I always love red ale, but the nitro gave this beer a bigger flavor profile. The nitrogen gives this beer that smooth drinkability that comes from this gas and the hoppy aftertaste that comes from reds was cut down, which made the beer more enjoyable. This red nitro is very different in that hoppy beers don’t find themselves filled with nitrogen, but Sky High is
leading the way for brewing unique beers and switching up the delivery. After drinking this nitrated red, I walked a few blocks down to Flat Tail to have their Big Fin Porter on nitro. This was the very first beer I have had on nitro and I have never looked back. Every time I go to Flat Tail I don’t think twice about my first beer because it is always the same. But this time was different, because their Big Fin Porter was not offered on nitro so I had to choose another. This time around I tried the Wald and Oats on nitro. It is Imperial Milk Stout brewed with crisp pale and roast barley to balance the roast notes in the beer. When I had the first sip of this beer I was happy that Big Fin wasn’t there, because this beer was some of the best beer I’ve had. It was espresso-chocolate-goodness, and because this is a milk stout — an already creamy beer — the added nitro escalated the beer so much more by making the beer decadent and oh so dark and inviting. Part of the reason why I love porters and stouts on nitro is because the gas makes the beer like adult chocolate milk. Who doesn’t like that? A treat for yourself that is cold, creamy and chocolaty that has an adult kick to it. It makes me wish that it were more acceptable to drink beer through a straw to make my inner child happy. Nitro beers are very exciting and delicious, and I encourage you to try one the next time you find yourself at one of Corvallis’ fine establishments. Having a beer at the bar is always more fun, because you are with friends in your favorite watering hole. A beer on nitro makes that experience even more special, because you can’t buy the crafted nitrogen brews at the store. The only downside to enjoying nitro beer is that it costs a little more than a normal pint; but the drink is worth every penny. t
Brooklyn Di Raffaele is a senior in English. The opinions expressed in Di Raffaele’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Di Raffaele can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.
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‘Fury Road’ is insane, glorious, absurd, best action movie in years T
here is a man in “Mad Max: Fury Road” whose sole purpose in life is to rock. He is blind, strapped to a 40-foot high mobile stereo system, and fiends to play the guitar every waking moment of his life as he provides the soundtrack to the epic chases that he and his gang partake. His guitar also doubles as a flamethrower. This is the quintessential character to show the glorious, beautiful, absurdity that is “Mad Max: Fury Road,” the best pure action movie I have ever seen. The movie takes place in a post-apocalyptic world that revolves around a quest for oil and water. Max (Tom Hardy) is capture by a group called the War Boys and taken to a stronghold called the Citadel, a place controlled by Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays Byrne). After Joe’s wives/slaves are stolen by his former lieutenant (and metal claw-armed) Furiosa (Charlize Theron), he and the War Boys embark on a massive chase across the desolate wasteland in pursuit, including Max being dragged along to have his blood taken by a War Boy, Nux (Nicholas Hoult). That’s pretty much it for the plot, and that is completely fine. Some may complain that the film is just a two-hour chase scene. Others, like me, may revel that the film is a two-hour chase scene. It is hard to describe how unique “Fury Road” really is. From its storytelling, to it’s
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action sequences, to the grizzly world it’s set in, it is entirely special. Another interesting thing was that George Miller asks the audience to do something that is hard to pull off; completely ignore how the world become this desert of anarchy, but instead revel in all it’s magnificent madness. And it works to perfection. Although Max may be the titular character, it could be argued that Furiosa is the main character here. Theron is extraordinary in the role, with a screen presence that is largely unmatched in most action movies today. Men’s rights activists have called for a boycott of the film because of its feminist subtext. Yes, the movie does have feminist elements — its nice to see some actresses getting great action roles — so if you support the MRAs boycott, then please do not disgrace the elegant work of art that you’re viewing. Furiosa is not the only badass in the movie, though; Max has his share of the glory, as Theron and Hardy make for a wonderful duo. Something you may notice while watch-
ing is the minimal use of CGI — other than a car being swept away by a tornado during a sand/lightning storm — because Miller put his big budget to work using real machines and daredevil stunts. I feel like I don’t have the words to properly describe the world Miller takes us to, because really I have never seen anything like it. It basks in its own absurdity, with vehicles and stunts that Miller spent 30 years dreaming up, like the War Rig that Furiosa spends most of the time driving around, or the huge swinging poles the War Boys use to jump on to the War Rig while going 100 miles per hour. This is one of the reasons that set Fury Road apart from a movie like “Transformers,” which is a crap pile of CGI and indiscernible explosions. Hopefully, future actions movies can follow suit from “Mad Max: Fury Road,” and learn how to properly do action sequences. It’s reported that sequels are already in the works. I hope not, because this type of movie could be over-saturated and tarnish what’s already been perfected. But for now, go and celebrate the outrageous elegance that George Miller has given us. t
Derek Saling is a junior in English. The opinions expressed in Saling’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Saling can be reached at forum@dailybarometer. com.
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