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OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
‘Victory’ for transgender community
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Oregon Department of Education publishes new guidelines for schools to support transgender students By Marcus Trinidad Associate News Editor
Laying out guidelines to promote inclusion and safety of transgender students, the Oregon Department of Education published a 15-page document that looks to provide support for the transgender community. The document allows advocates for schools to allow students to use their preferred names on official documents such as transcripts and diplomas, while not requiring any form of verification of someone’s gender or preferred name. Oregon State University currently provides an option for faculty and staff to use preferred names for work purposes, but a similar option is not yet available to students. According to Oregon law, it is required that the student’s legal name be used on official documents, but according to the new guidelines, it may be in the transgender student’s best interest to not be identified by their legal name in order to support, protect and avoid ‘outing’ a student. Outing refers to revealing a part of someone’s identity that the person would rather not have revealed, and it often can put the person in vulnerable and dangerous situations. Senate Bill 473 has recently been filed to the Oregon Legislature which would make it state law to allow students to use their preferred names on official documents such as diplomas and transcripts. It would also require public universities to record information regarding sexual orientation. Not tracking that information, according to the
assistant director of the Pride Center Cindy Konrad, makes it more difficult to support the transgender community and provide for their needs. She believes that the process of recognizing people’s preferred names and pronouns creates a welcoming environment. The new guidelines suggest that publishing personal information, such as the legal name of a transgender student with a new preferred name, could jeopardize that student’s safety. “Transgender and gender nonconforming students form a diverse community, and they may differ in how they present, including differences in comfort level with being out as transgender or gender nonconforming, their transition status, their age, and their gender expression,” the document reads. “School districts should adopt a flexible approach given that transgender students may not feel comfortable or safe being their authentic selves in all contexts.” According to a survey conducted by the National Center for Transgender Equality in 2013, people who identify as transgender face high rates of violence. Seventy-eight percent of transgender people in K-12 reported being harassed, 35 percent were physically assaulted and 12 percent were sexually assaulted. In certain cases, the level of harassment was so bad that it forced 15 percent of those surveyed to drop out of school. Konrad said that the world can be a dangerous place for transgender youth when it should not have to be. She believes that the newly published documents is a big step in supporting the transgender
community. “I think anytime we find better ways to support our community, and those things become policy instead of relying on the kindness of each other to do things—I think that is a victory,” Konrad said. According to Chelsea Shay, a co-lead facilitator for Out N About, one of the biggest barriers to promoting the guidelines in schools is to provide more funding for teachers. The fact that the new documents are only guidelines means it is not required by law to provide the services outlined. According to Shay, there is not enough time in a day, to choose between teaching the required curriculum and to educate about LGBTQ+ history, black history and sex education. “What we need to do to enforce these rules of basic human respect is to support our school system and support our teachers,” Shay said. The amount of resources and training for teachers to effectively enforce these guidelines is not currently enough, according to Shay. The document published is one of many that have been released amid the controversy regarding the recent law passed in North Carolina on March 23, which requires people to go to restrooms that correspond with their assigned gender stated on their birth certificate. According to Tristen Shay, a co-lead facilitator for Out N About, a support group for transgender youth in Linn-Benton county, the violence against transgender people has increased in North Carolina
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Yesterday’s article titled ‘You’ve (lost) mail’ contained inaccurate information about OSU students’ and employees’ ONID accounts and what happens to them after leaving the university. Graduating students will have a year after graduation before their account is deactivated. The Daily Barometer apologizes for the mistake. For more information on ONID/Google accounts, turn to Page 3.
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Oregon State University students and employees who are interested in learning more about how to keep the email, documents and information that is stored in their ONID accounts after they leave the university can learn more through the OSU Information Services webpage, as well as other OSU help pages on the subject. The following information comes from the OSU Computer Help Documents webpage: STUDENTS For students, there are different rules for account deactivation based on the student’s standing with the university when they leave. If a student leaves the university (not graduated) their account will be deactivated one term after they were last eligible to register. One term after that account is deactivated, the student will then have their account removed. For students who have graduated from the university, their ONID accounts will be kept for one year after their graduation date, at which point they will be deactivated. The accounts will not be removed until a term after they have been deactivated. Students can
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Continued from page 1 since the law passed. They believes that the persecution of transgender people in North Carolina comes from a lack of exposure and a lack of understanding as to how trans identity works. The law stems from fear, anger and confusion, they said. Tristen Shay said that trans people fear bathrooms more than anything else because that is where most of the assaults against trans identifying people occur. The fear of being attacked in a bathroom as a trans person, according to Tristen Shay, is so intense that giving speeches in front of 5,000 people and not knowing that topic until they are on stage is more preferable than trying to use a bathroom in North Carolina. Assault against transgender people is not restricted to North Carolina, and it can be found in Linn-Benton county, according to Tristen Shay. Tristen Shay personally heard stories where someone who was of a non-binary gender had their arm broken, and one instant where a student had been beaten by their peers until blood was coming from their eyes. “I use the term student, but these are people’s children. These are people’s kids who are being beaten (...) to think that a 14 year-old was beaten to the point where his eyes bleed by
access their deactivated accounts by contacting the OSU Computer Helpdesk before the account is permanently removed. This amounts to 15 months before the account of a graduated student will be removed completely. EMPLOYEES Two months after an employee’s status is terminated, their account is deactivated. One term after the account is deactivated, the account is removed. Any email forwarding that was defined on an ONID account will continue to work until the time the ONID account is removed. If a person requires urgent access to their ONID account after it has been deactivated, but not yet removed, they can contact the OSU Computer Helpdesk to request access. LEAVING OSU If a person is leaving the university and wants to archive and download emails and documents from their ONID account, there are options and services available through the university that are free to the user. OSU advises that if a person has shared documents on their Google Drive, they will
all accounts receive four email warnings about the account deactivation over a period of eight weeks before the accounts are actually deactivated. OSU deactivates accounts and keeps them with data intact for an additional term before deleting accounts. This allows those who have deactivated accounts to submit a help ticket to retrieve their data, in case they did not get it before account deactivation, Lomex said. Lomex reiterated that there is no need to use “a third party pay for software to ensure access to your data.” The helpdesk is experienced with this and can walk graduates through the process, she said. Lomex said that there are services that the Helpdesk can assist those with questions with, and that the services are done free of charge to the student. More information on ONID accounts can be found on the OSU Information Services webpage, as well as other OSU Computer Help Desk webpages, or by emailing or calling for assistance. baro.news@oregonstate.edu
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other minors because they were threatened because they were wearing a skirt is outlandish,” Tristen Shay said. There is not a lot of protection in some schools for trans students, Tristen Shay said, and sometimes the danger comes from other teachers. They heard that some teachers have told trans students that they would “burn in hell” because of their identity. The lack of legality and the lack of oversight the new guidelines have, according to Chelsea Shay, makes it difficult to enforce. Even previous laws, such as the Oregon Safe Schools Act of 2009 to prevent bullying, have not proven to be effective enough, Chelsea Shay said, and have not been able to stop violence against the transgender community. There are laws currently in place to protect against such discrimination as the Oregon Safe Schools Act of 2009 that already have provisions that make bullying because of someone’s identity, such as gender, already illegal. Tristen Shay said that there are a lot of people in the trans community and allies who are willing to pick up the slack and help educate what trans identity is while schools try to evolve. “There really isn’t any excuse anymore not to know about trans identity. Read a book, talk to somebody, turn on the TV—it’s everywhere now,” Tristen Shay said. baro.news@oregonstate.edu
need to change the owner of those documents before they leave. If this step is not taken, those documents will be lost once the ONID account they belong to is deactivated. If a person has emails or documents in their ONID drive that they want to keep after the account is removed, they are advised to download them while they still have access to the account. This can be achieved by creating a Google Archive, which will store the documents and emails in the cloud and will allow them to be accessed after the ONID account is deleted. Archives can take several days to complete if an entire account is archived. ONID Gmail can also be imported directly into a personal Gmail as a way to migrate all ONID mail to a personal account for storage. Step by step instructions for all the above processes can be found on the webpage. According to the Oregon State University Computer Help Documents webpage, OSU always sends a warning email to an ONID account before it is deactivated, and ultimately removed. According to Erica Lomex, director of identity and access of OSU Information Services,
For more on this subject, head to The Daily Barometer webpage and social media pages for expanded coverage, including video interviews and content. Resources available to students on campus include: The Pride Center, located at 1553 SW A Ave., Corvallis, OR, 97333, or reached by phone at 541-737-9161. The Rainbow Continuum, which meets every Monday in the Women’s Center at 7 p.m. Counseling And Pyschological Services (CAPS), which is located on the fifth floor of Snell Hall on the OSU campus, accepts drop-in appointments as well as scheduled appointments. They can be reached at 541-737-2131.
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Door to door delivery robots Agility Robotics, OSU robotics program receives funds for robot design
out McDonald forest to test balance. Although Cassie can use legs to walk on different terrains, Agility Robotics is working on plans for improvement, according to Hurst.
“We are going to mount a series of small cameras on the robot to build a complete 3D model News Reporter of the world around it,” Hurst said. “You will be For Jonathan Hurst, UPS workers will not be able to put on goggles and turn your head to look rushing from door to door to deliver packages anywhere in the world the robot sees. It’s very in the near future. Instead, UPS workers will be much like a first-person video game, except you replaced with something more efficient—robots. are controlling the robot in the real world.” Hurst, associate professor of mechanical engiThis continuous process of refining Cassie neering and College of Engineering Dean’s Professor, co-founded the company Agility brings Agility Robotics one step closer to the Robotics in order to design and create robots company’s future goals, which extends into other used for automated delivery and distribution facets of human life, according to co-founder of systems with technology licensed from Oregon Agility Robotics Mikhail Jones. State University. “Our big goal is to build robots that can interAgility Robotics won the top prize at the 2016 act and go into human environments. There are Willamette Angel Conference last Thursday, several instances where you don’t want to send in receiving $100,000 in investment funding to help a human, such as search and rescue,” Jones said. finance Agility Robotics’ work on automated “If you have a burning building and aren’t sure delivery systems. The Willamette Angel Conference pulls invest- if people are still inside, do you send in a robot or ment money from a collection of investors a firefighter? Of course the robot will initially cost throughout the Willamette Valley, and invites more money, but overall that would be an easy local technology companies to compete for the call to make.” funding. The conference began with over forty Agility Robotics hopes to extend its technology companies, and was slowly narrowed down to into the military, providing soldiers with a map five finalists. The top three companies, including Agility Robotics, split the prize money, each of the terrain without putting them in harm’s way first. Agility Robotics is also working towards receiving $100,000. Agility Robotics will use this money towards designing prostheses, according to James. funding their ongoing project—designing robots “If we continue to design and build our robotic that are able to deliver packages directly to front systems to work efficiently, this will open doors to doors, according to Hurst. designing prosthetic legs,” James said. “Imagine a package delivery system from FedEx Along with broad-reaching implications, Agility or Amazon that is completely autonomous,” Hurst Robotics is working towards benefiting OSU stusaid. “How do you get the package from the truck to the doorstep? That’s where we come in, and dents and Corvallis community members as well, that’s where we can build legs to be able to do that.” according to co-founder Damion Shelton. This new form of package delivery will work “The robotics program at OSU is unique in its towards making distribution of packages more strong emphasis on mechanical engineering, as efficient and driving down the prices in the long opposed to the computer science focused prorun, according to Hurst. grams found at many other universities,” Shelton “The thing that is really exciting is that it makes said. “This makes Corvallis an ideal location for a delivery and distribution automated, and thus, robotics startup.” cheap,” Hurst said. “At some point, you will be Through the funding received from the able to order something and in half an hour it’s Willamette Angel Conference, Agility Robotics at your house.” LUKE FRANCIS | THE DAILY BAROMETER This efficiency will work to change the entire hopes to eventually spur drastic improvements market system and ultimately the economy, throughout society as a whole, according to Hurst. Agilty Robotics uses bipedal robotic technology that Jonathan Hurst and other according to Hurst. “We are kind of in the middle of something researchers at OSU have developed and licensed to the company. “This will really change the way people buy like the Industrial Revolution right now,” Hurst things. It has the potential to have a huge impact said. “There are an awful lot of jobs that don’t on our economy and make everything better,” Hurst said. “That’s what we’re trying to do—make exist anymore because of it, but our quality of life across the board is significantly better than it ever the world better.” Currently Graf Hall in the OSU campus houses was. That’s what this is going to do, too—across Agility Robotics’ fully-functioning demonstration the board—the quality of life is going to continue robot named Cassie. Coded and refined by OSU to improve.” students, Cassie is often taken on walks throughbaro.news@oregonstate.edu
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Ice honored, Madrigal questionable
Beavers try to get their minds right against USC By Brian Rathbone Senior Beat Reporter
It was announced on Wednesday that Oregon State’s Logan Ice was named one of the 15 semifinalists for the Johnny Bench Award—an award given annually to college baseball’s top catcher. The three-year starting catcher is enjoying his best season offensively in his junior year. Ice ranks in the top-10 in a handful Pac-12 offensive categories. He is batting .336 on the season, good for eighth in the conference, his 39 runs batted in, his on-base percentage of .460 and slugging percentage of .618 all rank fifth in the conference. He also ranks sixth with seven home runs and leads all other Pac-12 catchers with five triples on the year. Ice, who has been a wall defensively from his catcher position, has thrown out 18 of the 42 base runners who have attempted steals. Continuing a long line of successful Beavers catchers— from Jake Rodriguez, to Andrew Susac to Mitch Canham—Ice’s career stacks up against the former greats. “He’s one of the best we’ve ever had there’s no doubt about it,” said head coach Pat Casey. “He’s a complete of package behind the plate as we’ve had.” Due to his calm disposition, what gets overshadowed with the number of innings behind the plate and his offensive numbers is the way Ice approaches the game and his teammates. “Because he is quiet he doesn’t get enough credit for being a good locker room guy,” Casey said. “Being a guy who picks his teammates up, a guy that want’s to win, he works hard all the time, the number of innings he’s had to catch, he’s been really impressive.”
Mindset fix
If the baseball season were to end today, the Beavers might not be in the postseason. According to D1baseball. com’s tournament projections, OSU is on the outside looking in, being named one of the first teams out of the field. Just a few short weeks ago the Beavers were in contention on hosting a regional round, but after getting swept by Arizona, a midweek loss to Portland and losing two of three at home in the Civil War, are now in a position where each series has heightened importance. Despite the mounting pressure, the team is trying to stay in the moment and not let the outside distractions hinder the way they are trying to play. “(We’re) trying to stay away from the mindset that we have to win,” said senior pitcher Travis Eckert. “Don’t worry about results, stay away from being result oriented and just
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Junior catcher Logan Ice swings at a pitch in a loss to Oregon on May 15. Ice was was named a semifinalist for the Johnny Bench Award, given to the nation’s top catcher. He is one of three catchers from the Pac-12 on the list.
Logan Iceʼs Stats
•.336 batting average (8th in Pac-12) •39 runs batted in (5th) •.460 on base percetage (5th) •.618 slugging percentage (5th) •7 home runs (7th) •5 triples (5th, top catcher) come out and have a lot of Casey said. “We are gonna do energy and not worry about what’s best for Nick and we are where we are in the season. going to play that day by day.” (We’re) staying away from the Staying the same, thought that we have to win and just go out and have fun.” upping the intensity Following Sunday’s Game 3 Questionable Madrigal Freshman second baseman loss to Oregon in the Civil War, Nick Madrigal is still question- Casey was asked if he planned able for the Beavers weekend on switching up how the team matchup against USC. would practice, since they were Madrigal has missed the midst of losing six of their last Civil War series last week seven games. after popping his non-throwCasey mentioned that he ing shoulder out of place would continue the routine in last Tuesday’s 7-5 loss to that he used in 2006 and 2013 the University of Portland. when his team’s made runs to Madrigal was taking ground the College World Series. balls at practice, but not taking Taking Monday off, the team batting practice. “He and I and everyone else returned to have two successful we’ve got to follow the doc- practices leading into the series tor’s orders so what they think against USC. (is what’s best for Madrigal,)” “Approach is the same, try said Casey. and do a better job of what Madrigal had started every we are doing,” said Casey said game this season prior to the on Wednesday. “Practice effiinjury and still leads the team ciently, practice with intent with 62 hits on the year. He is practice with energy, the guys also third on the team with a have done a great job of prac.333 batting average, however tice thus far.” he is the only OSU batter to hit “We’ve had some really good over .300 during conference practices,” said senior pitcher play, hitting .314. JOSHUA LUCAS | THE DAILY BAROMETER “Nobody want’s to play more Travis Eckert “I’ve noticed a The Beavers meet at the mound to discuss strategy against Oregon on May 18. than Nick, nobody wants him high intensity at practice.” in the lineup more than me,” On Twitter @brathbone3 OSU is currently in seventh place in the Pac-12.
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Rueck signs extension through 2022 The Daily Barometer
Following the best season in program history and the team’s first ever trip to the Final Four, Oregon State women’s basketball head coach Scott Rueck signed an extension that will keep him in Corvallis through the 2021-2022 season, OSU announced Wednesday afternoon. “I am very thankful and humbled to receive the continued support of president Ed Ray, athletic director Todd Stansbury and deputy athletics director Marianne Vydra,” Rueck said in an OSU news release. “Kerry and I love Oregon State and the community we are blessed to be a part of. It is a privilege to represent Beaver Nation and to work in an environment that provides our students the support and opportunities to achieve at a level beyond their imagination. “The last six years have been both challenging and exhilarating for all associated
with Oregon State women’s basketball,” Rueck continued, “and I could not be more excited about our future and the opportunity to build upon this foundation.” Rueck’s extension comes as no surprise, as he completely rebuilt a program that was in shambles following the LaVonda Wagner fallout, into a Final Four contender in just six short seasons. Last season the Beavers went 32-5 in 2015-16 and advanced to the Final Four before falling to Connecticut. OSU has now made the NCAA Tournament in three-straight seasons, since snapping an 18-year tournament drought in 2013-14. The Beavers also won their first ever Pac-12 Tournament Championship last season, in addition to winning the program’s first Elite Eight game defeating Baylor. After losing Pac-12 Player of the Year Jamie Weisner, Defensive Player of the year
Ruth Hamblin, Deven Hunter, Sam Siegner, and Jen’Von’Ta Hill, the Beavers will look to reload next season with the program’s best ever recruiting class ranked No.16 in the country. “It’s difficult to put into words how impressed I am with the incredible job that Coach Rueck has done in rebuilding our women’s basketball program and taking it to a historic level,” OSU Vice President/Director of Athletics Todd Stansbury said in an OSU news release. “What this program has achieved on the court, in the classroom and in the community is a testament to Coach Rueck’s character and the Everyday Champions culture that we are striving to develop at Oregon State. I’m excited that Coach Rueck will continue to represent Beaver Nation for years to come and look forward to many more memorable experiences.”
Rueckʼs year by year win totals: 2010-11
9-21
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“I’m excited that Coach Rueck will continue to represent Beaver Nation for years to come and look forward to many more memorable experiences,” Stansbury added. On Twitter: @barosports
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Scott Rueck just led OSU to its best season in program history advancing to their first ever Final Four.
Illinois’ Kendrick Nunn pleads guilty to misdemeanor battery By Shannon Ryan Chicago Tribune
Illinois junior guard Kendrick Nunn pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge Wednesday in Champaign, stemming from a domestic-battery arrest in March. Nunn will avoid a conviction on his record if he completes 100 hours of community service, completes a 26-week partner abuse prevention program and writes a letter of apology to the victim while under 18 months of court
supervision. He has been indefinitely suspended from the basketball team since his arrest, and his status has not changed, a team spokesman said Wednesday. Coach John Groce and athletic director Josh Whitman had not reviewed the case as Whitman was attending the Big Ten meetings in Rosemont, Ill., the spokesman said. Nunn, 20, was charged in March with two counts of domestic battery after being accused of hitting the woman, pushing her to the floor
and pouring water on her during an argument. Anthony Bruno, Nunn’s attorney, said Nunn has completed four weeks of the abuse program and has been volunteering with a youth basketball program in Champaign. “He took responsibility for his actions, and he’s looking forward to re-engaging with all of his other responsibilities at the University of Illinois,” Bruno told the Tribune. Nunn is one of three Illinois basketball players who were arrested and charged with violent offenses this year.
Forward Leron Black pleaded guilty in April to a misdemeanor aggravated-assault charge and was sentenced to a year of probation after an arrest in February for threatening a nightclub bouncer with a knife. He was reinstated to the team and will be suspended for the first four games of the 2016-17 season. Guard Jaylon Tate, who is indefinitely suspended, pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor domestic-battery charge in March and is set for a June 7 trial in Champaign. Chicago Tribune
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Take good action vs. idle intention
By Marcus Trinidad Associate news editor
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s a generation characterized as idealists looking to create an inclusive world, we sure don’t like to talk about it. Sure, there are the facebook posts people share, but when do people have a face-to-face conversation about race. People are scared to talk about social justice in everyday conversation because of the fear of being ridiculed as racist, homophobic, ignorant, or Trump-like. We intend for inclusion—but when the time arrives to show solidarity we fall short. Intention is good, but not good enough. People are quick to show support when there are drag shows, luaus, cultural nights, pow-wows, and heritage months; these are all good things. It is easy to show support by attending. Yet the cultures that are represented are much more than these one time events. To only participate in these events to show solidarity works to weave together a single narrative—a single story. If these big events are the only times we interact and engage with cultures, it can be harmful. It perpetuates a culture where we ‘other-ize’ cultures by romanticizing and exoticsizing them in a way where it defines them. The LGBTQ+ community
is more than just drag shows. Native Americans and First Nations are more than just pow-wows and salmon bakes. My Filipino culture is more than just another cultural night. We are many people with many stories. Behind the scenes of those big productions are stories of trials and triumph, history and individuality, oppression and liberation, appropriation and reclamation. Our stories are as broad as they are nuanced, but those are the stories people often do not get to hear, nor do they want to hear—they only want to see us dance. Those are difficult topics and difficult conversations. Yet, those topics and conversations need to be had, but it is often avoided because it makes us uncomfortable. But oppression lives with the oppressed everyday. People in power, or even allies, can walk away from the issue whenever it becomes inconvenient for them. People often wish to move on from the past, refuse to see race or color. It is an easy out—but that blindness and color blindness, in my opinion, is an attempt to be the new passable form of ignorance. To not recognize the past, or people’s race, gender, sexuality, religion or any other personal or social identity is to disregard their life experience: both their past and their present. It reduces LGBTQ+ culture to just a culture; Latinx culture to just a culture; oppression as a past culture that somehow does not exist today. Again, the intent seems to mean well, but to only see people as any other person looks to strip them of their identity. Just ‘moving on’ and just saying ‘we are all human’ is not enough to heal the divide. If someone hurt you and told you to ‘move on’ only seconds later, then I am sure it may end with someone getting a black eye. An alternative was developed by Desmond Tutu, a man who helped heal South Africa’s deep
Revenge is not the goal of forgiveness— the goal is healing.
divide after the Apartheid regime, healed the country with the exact opposite approach we are taking today—he advocated for an open dialogue of forgiveness and remembrance. He advocated for restorative justice. Desmond Tutu said, “Forgiving is not forgetting; it is actually remembering—remembering and not using your right to hit back. It’s a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you don’t want to repeat what happened.” Forgiveness is a powerful tool. It gives power to the victims, the oppressed. It forces those with power to listen to those who do not have power. And yet, those in power do not become oppressed, and yes, they do indeed survive this encounter. They survive because revenge is not the goal of Forgiveness—the goal is healing. The opportunity to have these conversations are far and few between due to the cultural avoidance of these topics. It should not be taboo to forgive. The need to heal should overcome our discomfort. In order to properly forgive and to properly be inclusive, there needs to be a willingness to go to the events that explore the trials and tribulation of the oppressed, not just the fun festivities. These events can be like the Speak Out, CRF work-
shops in the residence halls, Native American Headdress Cultural Appropriation, ‘My Pronouns are not Preferred.’ They are not glamorous, they are not entertaining, but they are necessary conversations. These events do not look to ostracize or extract guilt from people with privilege—it gives a voice for the voiceless. It becomes a space for listening, a space for forgiving, and a space for growing. Just because your major may be in a STEM field it does not exclude you from the conversation. We are all interconnected—our future is interconnected. If we do intend to be the generation which creates an inclusive future, we need to participate in those spaces that make ourselves vulnerable. It is when we are at our most vulnerable is when we learn what true compassion looks like. True compassion is when we learn what living on the margins is like; It is when we learn being different does not mean being separate or bad, but it is when we realize how much we need each other. If we do intend to be the inclusive generation, we need to be able to visualize and articulate that future. We cannot build that future if we do not communicate with each other what it will be. We cannot build that future if we do not educate ourselves. Staying silent with good intention only promotes business as usual. If we intend to stay silent, our future will blow up in our faces. Social justice starts by stepping out of our comfort zone. In order to be the future we want to see, we need to dare to speak together; dare to listen together; dare to forgive together; and dare to imagine together. The opinions expressed in Trinidad’s column do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. baro.forum@oregonstate.edu
When campus tech meets performing arts By Dr. Jon Dorbolo Ask Dr. Tech
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hen lost in the forest do not seek help at the dwelling of an ogre who devours children “just like a cat can crush a sparrow.” I addition to this safety tip I also learned that the 600 seat round room in the Learning Innovation Center (LINC) may be used creatively in ways not imagined by the planners. Last Friday and Saturday “The Blue Forest” by performed by the OSU Opera Workshop and directed by Professor Marc Callahan; opera in the round. The music was beautiful, the performances were strong, the sets were stunning and the story is deeply symbolic. “The Blue Forest” (La foret bleu) was scored by French composer Louis Aubert (18771968) to a libretto written by Jacques Cheneviere and premiered in Geneva in 1913. Aubert was a child prodigy vocalist whose compositions are highly symbolic often centering on a single color. The story of his only opera is a collage of classic fairy tales in which the characters struggle with their fears and desires as the powers of evil and good shape the world around them. Act One takes place in a village beset by prejudice and cruelty where two adolescents explore their budding, but forbidden, romance. They are
paralleled by a princess and a prince who each conceal their identities and so lose their way. Act Two finds the confused children, having been repelled or abandoned by their parents, deep in a wood replete with dangers, Almost lost to the malevolent forces they overcome their fears using reason and courage collaboratively to defeat the threat. In Act Three the personal growth of the youths translates into self-realization for the prince and princess as she awakens and they unite. With their governing facilities in balance, the villagers wake up and the restoration
scale with subtle uses of a cool blue extracted from pigment of the Elf’s Cup fungus gathered in the Macdonald Dunn forest North of Corvallis. Another vibrant hue used in the production’s art is from a pigment discovered at OSU in 2009, “YinMn Blue.” In addition to enjoying the opening night of the opera I observed the production from the vantage point of John Myers, Videographer with Academic Technology. Myers perched in a control studio on 4th floor of LINC operating 5 remote cameras to stream the production to the web watched by 28 online viewers; I counted more than 100 patrons in LINC100. One of the challenges he of justice and compassion in faced was anticipating the the community follows. action so as to bring the This complex story was appropriate camera into wonderfully performed with play at the right framing singing and acting by OSU and focus as the action Music students, accompanied spontaneously occurred. on piano by Music instructor Lauren Servais. As he triggered a draAn outstanding aspect of matic dissolve to gain a new the production were the sets angle Myers said; “In 30 designed by Art Instructor years of broadcasting I have Andrew Myers, which were switched a lot of events projected onto the 360 degree without a script; comedy, overhead screens. sports, classes and music The backgrounds were but this is my first opera.” made so that two images from If Myers had doubts it did the eight projectors came not show as he deftly played together to produce a seam- the switching board and less panoramic image and the five monitors and observed; effect was remarkable. “I approach this work as if I The images of the Village, were in attendance because forest and castle were grey I want the video viewers to
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see the production from the point of view of an audience member.” A link to the online video will be posted on my blog: jondorbolo.com. “The Blue Forest” is first major performing arts production to be staged in LINC100 and because that room is the only round university classroom in existence, this opera performance was a
first anywhere. Unique and original happenings occur at OSU all of the time and like the protagonists of “The Blue Forest” your selfrealization will grow as you become increasingly aware and engaged in the verdant beauty that surrounds us. The opinions expressed in Dorbolo’s column do not necessarily relfect those of The Daily Barometer staff. Dr. Tech’s blog: Jondorbolo.com
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Blake weaves disparate emotions into works of art By Mikael Wood Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — James Blake makes beautiful music about feeling miserable. In his exquisitely rendered songs, which connect twitchy English dubstep to slow-burn American R&B, the narrator is always lamenting the disappearance of something: love, mostly, but also childhood, community, the long attention spans people had before the iPhone. Each loss is a wound, and each wound requires licking. Yet misery wasn’t the state Blake was in Monday night at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles, where he played the first show of a brief tour behind his new album, “The Colour in Anything.” Asked by an audience member how he was doing, the 27-year-old singer and keyboardist thought for a second and replied, “I couldn’t be happier.” Well, sure. Before he released “The Colour in Anything” this month (mere hours after announcing the record was coming), Blake received a huge boost when he appeared as a songwriter and guest vocalist on Beyonce’s “Lemonade.” Her endorsement was just the latest in a series of commendations since Blake’s previous album, 2013’s “Overgrown,” won the UK’s prestigious Mercury Prize and inspired Kanye West, in a radio interview, to call Blake his favorite artist. Blake also has been reportedly working with Frank Ocean on the highly anticipated follow-up to that singer’s “Channel Orange.” So you could understand the contentment he copped to Monday. When Blake looks out at modern pop, from superstars such as Beyonce and Drake to hip up-and-comers like the indiesoul trio Wet, he sees a world he’s helping to shape. What’s interesting is that his music, whether through a deeper sadness or a commitment to his brand,
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remains hurt, cloistered, dejected; indeed, “The Colour in Anything” might be his gloomiest—and prettiest—yet, with songs about “a lonely off-white room” and how “we live too long to be so loved.” At the Belasco, Blake capably reproduced the album’s intricate arrangements with help from guitarist Rob McAndrews and drummer Ben Assiter. “Timeless” layered darting synth lines
over a head-nodding beat, while “Choose Me” built methodically to a forbidding climax, like a tidal wave made of visible droplets. For “Radio Silence,” in which Blake sings, “I can’t believe that you don’t want to see me,” the singer used a piece of gear to construct a quick vocal loop, then harmonized with himself—a neat metaphor for the self-obsession that runs through his work.
Later, he brought out two musician friends, Moses Sumney and Connan Mockasin, to add a churchy human touch to the new record’s title track. But more often Blake was drawing out the isolation in his music, as in the anxious “I Hope My Life” and an older song, “Voyeur,” which stretched into a long dance remix whose slithering bass line and industrial-funk groove recalled “Head Like a Hole” by Nine
Inch Nails. Blake closed with “Modern Soul,” a meditative track from “The Colour in Anything” that had him repeating “I want it to be over” probably two dozen times. And though he’d basically said he was enjoying his success, the insistence in his voice made you wonder: Had happiness made him fear losing touch with anguish? Los Angeles Times
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