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THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2013 • OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY DAILYBAROMETER.COM
VOLUME CXVI, NUMBER 142
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The Oregon University System offers the first study abroad to Cuba, set for June of this year By Vinay Ramakrishnan The Daily Barometer
This June, 15 students from Oregon State University, University of Oregon and Portland State University will travel to Cuba as part of the first study abroad program ever offered by the Oregon University System to that country. The students will travel as a group, led by Dr. Dwaine Plaza, professor of sociology, and Dr. Amy Below, professor of political science. The study abroad program to Cuba follows a class that participating students are taking this term titled, “Cuban Society, Culture and Politics through Film.” Plaza and Below are teaching the class, which is a prerequisite and intended to prepare students for the trip to Cuba. Michele Justice, associate director of OUS international programs, is courtesy of andrew seng | CONTRIBUTED PHOTO responsible for building the framework for the Cuba Study Abroad Portland State University student Dani Smith discusses the Cuban agriculture system at the Oregon University System study abroad orientation held at the University of Oregon on May 19. See CUBA | page 2
Possibilities still open to the boomerang generation OSU students remain hopeful in spite of trend showing 18- to 34-year-olds have a tendency to move back home after college
who may be struggling on their own. “I’ve always thought that after college, it’s time to join the real world, and start being more independent,” said graduating senior Erin Nickell. “So if I moved home, I would feel like that would be By Emily Mowry put on hold, and my life would kind of be paused as well.” The Daily Barometer According to The Economist, the unemployAccording to research done by the Pew Research Center, among all classified ‘Boomerang ment rate of 18- to 24-year-olds increased from Generation’ members, 40 percent end up back 13 to 20 percent between 2008 and 2012. The at home with their parents; a rate that is higher Boomerangs are struggling to find employment. than any other previous generation according to Thirty-four percent of all college students are receiving some help from their families during recent census data. The ‘Boomerang Generation’ consists of the this economic recession. 18- to 34-year-olds who start off at home, move Nickell, a student in the double degree program away for a while, and then end up back at home — studying education and human development, with their parents. and family sciences with a concentration in early With graduation fast approaching, this is a real childhood development — is among the percentfear for many graduating seniors, or any students age of 18- to 34-year-olds who are moving back n
in with their parents post graduation. While she pursues her higher education with student teaching, Nickell cannot support herself financially without the aid of her mother. Although moving back home was not Nickell’s first choice, she is still optimistic about her future goals. “At most I would plan on staying home for a couple months,” Nickell said. “After a month or two, I would re-evaluate getting a job in a school, and see what my other options could be, if only to make enough money to get an apartment and continue looking for a job in education.” Nickell, much like hundreds of young adults, views this time at home as a “pit stop” on the way to becoming an independent adult. Melanie Loya was a sophomore studying psychology at OSU before she withdrew from the university to move back to her mother’s home See BOOMERANG | page 2
Thoughts on how to cope with stress?
David Merrick
Senior, computer science
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Work out and clean the house. Katie Waller
Senior, exercise sports science
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Senaida Mehmedovic
Sophomore, psychology and human devlopment and family sciences
On good days, I run. On bad days, I run farther.
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Working out, running and fro-yo.
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I don’t get stressed too much. As long as I do the work, I know I will do well. Iwan Wibisono Senior, computer science
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Representatives look at SAT scores in admission process, SafeRide access to parents By Jack Lammers
The Daily Barometer
The next to last meeting of the year for the Associated Students of Oregon State University house of representatives had a full agenda. The house passed three joint resolutions and voted down another. The following are highlights from the meeting: · JR-72.05 focused on removing the SAT from OSU admissions criteria. The resolution argued that the SAT does not give students equal opportunities for acceptance because it contains cultural biases, “rewards for strategic guessing” and uses a “highly-speeded pace.” The resolution narrowly failed with a vote of four in support but five against the bill. · JR-72.06 urged SafeRide to give rides to student parents and children, which would undergo review by the Student and Incidental Fee Committee in Winter 2014. Speaker of the house Jacob Vandever noted that OSU-operated vehicles do not allow minors and that enacting the resolution would take some negotiating with insurance companies. The resolution passed unanimously. · JR-72.07 — a resolution to maximize the amount of course materials available for students and minimizing costs — also passed without dissention. The resolution calls for the provost to provide funding for extra course reserve materials in the Valley Library, better availability of electronic materials and guidelines for the university, faculty, bookstores and publishers to make costs more transparent to students. · JR-72.08 was the final bill discussed and passed eight to one. The resoluSee ASOSU | page 2
Photos by Vinay Bikkina
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Go to Mary’s Peak and hunt for squirrels. John Krill
Senior, exercise sports science