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Satisfaction in life of public service Oregon State Police trooper Ian Gardner brings helpful nature to OSU, Corvallis communities

troublesome students nightly.

One particular incident sticks out to Gardner.

“Last year, a student was a bit troubled and had been consuming alcohol and [was] under the influence of drugs,”

By Katherine Choi Gardner said. “When his friends tried to The Daily Barometer It’s Friday night. There are several help him back to his room, that’s when parties going he pulled a knife on them.”

Some people don’t actually want help on in Corvallis.

Eventually, some- from police — especially those under one goes too far the influence of drugs and alcohol.

But sometimes and draws the troopers have to attention of state enforce the law police. Troopers anyway, like in show up anticithe case of breakpating problems ing up a party. like underage “The focus isn’t drinking or vioto ‘get people in lence. The party trouble’ or to Ian Gardner comes to a close, ‘bust a party,’ it’s and everyone to ensure that goes home. Many partygoers find their we keep people night in ruins.

Brittany Gardner safe,” Gardner Incidents like these lead many Oregon said.

State University students to see troopers Troopers are often stereotyped as in a negative light. “party crashers” or as people whose jobs mitch lea | THE DAILY BAROMETER Senior trooper Ian Gardner, one of are to take away the fun in college. This Brittany and Ian Gardner are spouses and co-workers, both serving as troopers for Oregon State Police. Ian several troopers patrolling OSU and See Gardner | page 2 the Corvallis area, faces disorderly and Gardner patrols Oregon State University and Corvallis. n

Breaking ground for Student Experience Center n

Oregon State holds groundbreaking ceremony for building that will house student activities at the center of campus, to be completed in 2015

By Katherine Choi The Daily Barometer

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After a decade of planning, reviewing and developing, Oregon State held a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday for the future Student Experience Center.

The SEC is part of three large-scale projects that are represented in the groundbreaking: Student Experience Center, Student Experience Plaza and a renovation of the Memorial Union East Wing.

The SEC will house student programs currently located in Snell Hall. Snell Hall, originally a residence hall, divides and isolates offices in a way that limits student interaction and communication.

“SEC will keep students in the center of campus,” said MU director Michael Henthorne.

The design of the building will create space for courtesy of kent sumner | CONTRIBUTED student program networking and collaboration.

The Student Experience Center, scheduled for completion in January 2015, will be located in the “It’s really student-inspired,” said architect James center of campus next to the Memorial Union.

Meyer of Opsis Architecture.

Meyer said the building would have built-in sustainability features that are both efficient and able to match the increasing demands of students ASOSU president Amelia Harris spoke at the eco-friendly. of this and future generations,” said Eric Alexander, ceremony, expressing her anticipation of the future Construction begins on the day after commence- director of Student Leadership and Involvement. building. ment and is expected to finish in January 2015.

“Though Snell Hall will hold a dear place in my Before the SEC project, Henthorne said commit“Snell Hall was becoming a space that was not tees were looking at relocating student programs heart, I do look forward to visiting the new offices out of Snell Hall due to its current condition. But, in the SEC,” Harris said. “I’m so excited to see how the likelihood of that concept quickly diminished. that goes.”

President Ed Ray also spoke at yesterday’s This led to a project that would later become a ceremony. sustainable home for student “This new Student Experience organizations.

Center continues the admirable “In 2010, the students voted via Though Snell Hall and long-standing OSU tradireferendum to fund the Student tion of OSU students, investing will hold a dear Experience Center through stuin the future good,” Ray said. place in my heart, dent fees at a 70 percent approval “Most importantly, the Student rating,” Alexander said. “It was the I do look forward to Experience Center will be a focal highest ever voter turnout in any point and a gathering place for all visiting the new election to date.” students.” offices in the SEC. Along with the SEC proposal When the MU started construcwas the creation of the SEC Space tion during the Great Depression, Allocation and Policy Committee. the students understood they Amelia Harris This is a stakeholder-based group would never get a chance to use ASOSU president made up of students, staff and cothe building. led by the MU President, ASOSU “But they gave their money to President and Alexander. This group worked with create facilities for future students, just as we’re consultants and architects to develop the concepts doing now,” Ray said. of the SEC and the way in which space would be To conclude the ceremony, directors and presiallocated within the building. dents alike each grabbed a shovel and wore their The MU East Wing and MU Plaza went through construction helmets to mark the beginning of Courtesy of Jeffrey Basinger | CONTRIBUTED PHOTO a similar process with development and design another shining legacy.

Michael Henthorne, Memorial Union director, speaks as multiple stakeholders gave voice to the final Katherine Choi, news reporter at the Student Experience Center groundbreaking. product. news@dailybarometer.com

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Old school meets new school in the 11th annual D9 Step Show

By Lara von Linsowe-Wilson The Daily Barometer

Oregon State University’s National Pan-Hellenic Council, consisting of nine fraternities and sororities commonly known as the Divine 9, hosted a series of awareness and community-oriented events this week as part of its annual Greek Week titled, “Old School Flava, New School Twists.”

The week’s events will conclude Saturday as members from these historically black Greek-letter fraternities and sororities compete in the biggest showdown of its kind on the West Coast.

Old school steps will meet new school twists on Saturday as the OSU Divine 9 compete in the 11th annual D9 Step Show. The event will take place at the LaSells Stewart Center beginning at 3:30 p.m., and pre-sale tickets can be purchased for $8 from Student Leadership and Involvement Services located in Snell Hall.

Tickets will also be on sale the day of the event for $10 each.

Teams will be performing routines under the theme “School Daze,” the 1988 musical-drama film directed by Spike Lee, with the goal of providing awareness of the black Greek fraternity and sorority system. Each group will compete by stepping a form of South African Boot Dance that is traditionally done in times of triumph, celebration and war.

A complimentary barbecue lunch will be served for attendees from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., and doors for the show will open immediately after.

The show will be hosted by the OSU Black Student Union, sponsored by Student Events and Activities Center and funded by Educational Activities.

For more information on this and other BSU events, visit oregonstate.edu/ cfsl/nphc-divine-nine.

Lara von Linsowe-Wilson, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com

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Obama: U.S. will keep deploying drones — when they are only option WASHINGTON (CNN) — Drone strikes are a necessary evil, but one that must be used with more temperance as the United States’ security situation evolves, President Barack Obama said Thursday.

America prefers to capture, interrogate and prosecute terrorists, but there are times when this isn’t possible, Obama said in a speech at the National Defense University in Washington. Terrorists intentionally hide in hard-to-reach locales and putting boots on the ground is often out of the question, he said.

Thus, when the United States is faced with a threat from terrorists in a country where the government has only tenuous or no influence, drones strikes are the only option — and they’re legal because America “is at war with al-Qaida, the Taliban and their associated forces,” Obama said.

He added, however, “To say a military tactic is legal, or even effective, is not to say it is wise or moral in every instance. For the same progress that gives us the technology to strike half a world away also demands the discipline to constrain that power — or risk abusing it.”

Increased oversight is important, but not easy, Obama said. While he has considered a special court or independent oversight board, those options are problematic, so he plans to talk with Congress to determine how best to handle the deployment of drones, he said.

The nation’s image was a theme throughout the speech, as Obama emphasized some actions in recent years — drone strikes and Guantanamo Bay key among them — risk creating more threats. The nature of threats against the United States have changed since he took office — they’ve become more localized — and so, too, must efforts to combat them, he said.

“From our use of drones to the detention of terror suspects, the decisions that we are making now will define the type of nation and world that we leave to our children,” he said.

Today, al-Qaida operatives in Pakistan and Afghanistan worry more about protecting their own skin than attacking America, he said, but the threat is more diffuse, extending into places such as Yemen, Iraq, Somalia and North Africa. And al-Qaida’s ideology helped fuel attacks like the ones at the Boston Marathon and U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi.

Obama said the use of lethal force extends to U.S. citizens as well.

On Wednesday, his administration disclosed for the first time that four Americans had been killed in counterterrorist drone strikes overseas, including one person who was targeted by the United States.

“When a U.S. citizen goes abroad to wage war against America — and is actively plotting to kill U.S. citizens; and when neither the United States, nor our partners are in a position to capture him before he carries out a plot — his citizenship should no more serve as a shield than a sniper shooting down on an innocent crowd should be protected from a SWAT team,” Obama said.

To stop terrorists from gaining a foothold, drones will be deployed, Obama said, but only when there is an imminent threat; no hope of capturing the targeted terrorist; “near certainty” that civilians won’t be harmed; and “there are no other governments capable of effectively addressing the threat.” Never will a strike be punitive, he said.

Those who die as collateral damage “will

haunt us for as long as we live,” the president said, but he emphasized that the targeted individuals aim to exact indiscriminate violence, “and the death toll from their acts of terrorism against Muslims dwarfs any estimate of civilian casualties from drone strikes.”

It’s not always feasible to send in Special Forces, as in the Osama bin Laden raid, to stamp out terrorism, and even if it were, the introduction of troops could mean more deaths on both sides, Obama said.

“The result would be more U.S. deaths, more Blackhawks down, more confrontations with local populations and an inevitable mission creep in support of such raids that could easily escalate into new wars,” he said.

The American public is split on where and how drones should be used, according to a March poll by Gallup.

Although 65 percent of respondents said drones should be used against suspected terrorists abroad, only 41 percent said drones should be used against American citizens who are suspected terrorists in foreign countries.

Guantanamo to shut down?

Guantanamo Bay also threatens to create new enemies of the state and diminish the country’s moral standing in the world, Obama said, revisiting a campaign promise he made before his first term.

“The original premise for opening Gitmo — that detainees would not be able to challenge their detention — was found unconstitutional five years ago,” he said. “In the meantime, Gitmo has become a symbol around the world for an America that flouts the rule of law.”

Because of what Gitmo represents, some allies are reluctant to cooperate on investigations with the United States if a suspect might land at the controversial detention center, Obama said.

That’s not to mention the economic implications, the president said. The country spends $150 million annually to imprison 166 suspects, and the Defense Department estimates that keeping Gitmo open may cost another $200 million “at a time when we are cutting investments in education and research here at home,” he said.

Explaining that no prisoner has ever escaped a supermax or military facility — and noting U.S. courts have had no issue prosecuting terrorists, some more dangerous than those at Guantanamo — Obama said he would push again to close the detention center and appoint State and Defense department envoys to make sure the detainees are transferred to other countries.

Seventy percent of respondents to a February 2012 ABC/Washington Post poll said they approve of keeping the facility open for suspected terrorists. Only 24 percent said it should be closed.

One of his initiatives aims to lift a moratorium on transferring prisoners to Yemen, long a volatile land but now ruled by a government regarded by the United States as a “willing and able partner.” Yemenis make up a significant portion of Guantanamo inmates.

In a statement issued through its embassy in Washington, Yemen’s government welcomed the U.S. decision and vowed to “work with the United States to take all necessary steps to ensure the safe return of its detainees and will continue working towards their gradual rehabilitation and integration back into society.”

Obama said he will insist on judicial review from every Guantanamo detainee, and when it’s appropriate, terrorists will be transferred stateside to stand trial in courts and “our military justice system.”

“Given my administration’s relentless pursuit of al-Qaida’s leadership, there is no justification beyond politics for Congress to prevent us from closing a facility that should never have been opened,” the president said.

There are 86 inmates at Guantanamo who have been cleared for transfer, 56 of them from Yemen.

While Obama worked to close Guantanamo early in his first term, Congress enacted significant restrictions on the transfer of detainees from the prison that made its closure impractical.

This year, the State Department reassigned the special envoy who had been tasked in 2009 with closing the facility and lowered the post’s profile by assigning the job to the department’s legal adviser’s office.

The problem has been exacerbated by the fact more than half the facility’s inmates engaging in various forms of hunger strike, more than 20 of them being force-fed.

New dangers have emerged Obama made the case that the al-Qaida terror network in the Afghan and Pakistan region has been weakened but that new dangers have emerged as the U.S. winds down operations in Afghanistan after more than a decade of war triggered by the 9/11 attacks.

Threats that have emerged come from al-Qaida affiliates, localized extremist groups and homegrown terrorists, like the two men suspected of attacking the Boston Marathon last month.

The administration has been considering shifting control of lethal drone operations from the CIA to the military. One senior administration official said the “military is the appropriate agency to use force,” not to rule out the range of options needed to deal with threats.

By law, the military is not able to act in the covert way the CIA can in this particular arena and must answer to Congress.

In his confirmation hearing for CIA director, John Brennan expressed a desire to move the agency away from paramilitary operations and back to traditional areas of espionage.

“The CIA should not be doing traditional military activities and operations,” he said.

Obama rejected the idea of a global war on terror in favor of a more focused approach that will engage on specific networks of extremists who threaten the United States.

The administration plans to avoid operations that will cause civilian casualties and wants to work with partners in its operations.

Use of force will be part of a larger strategy to deal with instability and hostility. Obama discussed strategies for promoting democratic governance and economic development and fostering U.S. engagement around the world.

The president also raised the unpopular topic of foreign aid, presenting it not as charity but as a means of national security. It amounts to less than 1 percent of the national a budget but is integral to fighting terrorism, he said.

“For what we spent in a month in Iraq at the height of the war, we could be training security forces in Libya, maintaining peace agreements between Israel and its neighbors, feeding the hungry in Yemen, building schools in Pakistan, and creating reservoirs of goodwill that marginalize extremists,” he said.

Calendar Friday, May 24 Meetings OSU Chess Club, 5-7pm, MU Commons. Players of all levels welcome.

Monday, May 27 MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY

Tuesday, May 28 Meetings ASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU 211. Weekly meeting.

Educational Activities Committee, 5:30-7pm, Student Media Conference Room, 120 MU East/Snell Hall.

Discuss funding requests and policy changes.

Wednesday, May 29 Meetings ASOSU House of Representatives, 7-8:30pm, MU 211. Weekly meeting.

Events Prism Art & Literary Magazine, 7pm, Downtown Beanery, 2nd Street.

Annual Contributor’s Showcase. Prism contributors will present readings.

Art pieces will be on display at the Old World Deli (2nd & Adams) for the month of June.

The Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center, 6-8pm, MU Quad. Juneteenth Celebration. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S. Free food and fun games.

Waste Watchers, 5:30-7:30pm, 644 SW 13th St. May Repair Fair. Bring your broken or damaged items. Volunteers will help you learn how to repair your things.

Thursday, May 30 Meetings Baha’i Campus Association, 12:30pm, MU Talisman Room. Collaborative Communities. Devotions and discussion.

SIFC, 6:30pm, MU 207. Weekly meeting.

Educational Activities Committee, 5-6pm, Student Media Conference Room, 120 MU East/Snell Hall.

Discuss funding requests and policy changes.

OSU College Republicans, 7-8pm, StAg 132. Come join us for fun events and friendly discussion.

Events Pride Center, 5-7pm, Pride Center.

Queer Mingle. Food, fun, friends! Free and open to the public.

The Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center, 4-5:30pm, MU Journey Room.

The Other Voices! Discuss and analyze the music of today’s popular culture and its affects on the African-American communities. Free refreshments provided.

Friday, May 31 Meetings OSU Chess Club, 5-7pm, MU Commons. Players of all levels welcome.

Events The Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center, 2-4pm MU Journey Room.

Poetry Night! Express your emotions through a poem or a song. Hope to see you there!

Tuesday, June 4 Meetings ASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU 211. Weekly meeting.

Educational Activities Committee, 5:30-7pm, Student Media Conference Room, 120 MU East/Snell Hall.

Discuss funding requests and policy changes.

Wednesday, June 5 Meetings ASOSU House of Representatives, 7-8:30pm, MU 211. Weekly meeting.

Thursday, June 6

GARDNER n Continued from page 1 stereotype is occasionally sensationalized in Hollywood and the media.

But Gardner would like to remind students that while in uniform, police are public servants whose duties are to ensure people are conducting themselves in a safe manner.

“The reason why we show up to places is because they draw our attention,” said trooper Brittany Gardner, spouse and coworker of Gardner.

Sometimes duty interferes with personal life, like the day they got married. Ian Gardner was on duty that morning. He expected a quiet morning followed by a lovely ceremony, but then his team got called to the Oregon coast for a high-risk mission. Ian Gardner said the judge allowed special accommodations since a wedding for two troopers didn’t happen often.

Ian Gardner approaches his job by going out of his way to help others.

One time, a drunken woman lost her purse at an OSU football game. In the end, police were able to find the woman’s purse, and Ian Gardner drove to her residence and dropped it off.

“Her reaction was really cool,” Ian Gardner said. “They even put a ‘thank you’ in the paper.”

A simple “thank you” or the relieved look on the faces of those he helps brings a smile to Ian Gardner’s face, he said.

“To be able to find a person’s bike, maybe the monetary value is $50, but this means a lot to the person, maybe their grandmother gave this to them,” Ian Gardner said. “To get these items back to people and see the look on their faces, it goes a long way and brings me job satisfaction and inspires me to do better.”

Much of the time, state troopers spend their shift patrolling highways. They usually

don’t have time to interact and develop relationships with individuals.

Once, Ian Gardner gave a student a minor in possession. A few years later, Ian Gardner ran into the same student and discovered he was no longer running into trouble but had become a helpful member of the community.

Now, the two are friends.

“I don’t think people in my line of work get that opportunity, especially in our agency,” Ian Gardner said.

In the six years he’s worked at OSU, Gardner has recognized programs that assist people on campus.

Those support programs, including Victim Advocacy and Counseling and Psychological Services, help students who have problems that interfere with everyday functioning.

“It’s most gratifying that we have a sense of community here at OSU,” Ian Gardner said.

Katherine Choi, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com

Meetings Educational Activities Committee, 5-6pm, Student Media Conference Room, 120 MU East/Snell Hall.

Discuss funding requests and policy changes.

OSU College Republicans, 7-8pm, StAg 132. Come join us for fun events and friendly discussion.

Events Public Policy/Sociology and Corvallis Sustainability Coalition, 6:30pm, Corvallis-Benton County Public Library conference room. Public presentation - Saving Green: Advancing Sustainable Business Practices in Corvallis.

Friday, June 7 Meetings OSU Chess Club, 5-7pm, MU Commons. Players of all levels welcome.

Events Vegans and Vegetarians at OSU, 1-4pm, MU Quad. Free samples of almond, soy, rice and coconut milks.

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Editorial

Yeas & Nays Y

ea to all the grass pollen in the air. We enjoy the sneezing attacks in the middle of class and the snot running down our faces in rivers.

Nay to the rain not doing nearly as much as it could to abate the pollen.

If it’s going to be like November in May, the least it could be is pollen free.

Yea to the cold weather giving us an excuse to break out the sweaters again. We love sweaters.

Yea to the groundbreaking ceremony for the Student Experience Center. After many years, it looks like someone is actually going to start building that thing.

Nay to realizing you might have to find another place to start parking.

Yea to the OSU baseball team. We really enjoyed your wins this past weekend — we don’t like the Ducks.

Andrew Moore pitched an amazing game and Max Gordon’s catches were amazing.

Nay to the announcers calling those games on the Pac-12 Networks.

Could you be anymore bias toward the Ducks?

Yea to “Mad Men.” We enjoyed what was probably the most fast-paced “Mad Men” episode. The vitamin shots gave the glacially paced season a much-needed boost.

Nay to the continued flashbacks of Don Draper’s childhood. We get it, he had a messed up and hard childhood.

Why can’t we focus on how he is being a bad father for his children?

Nay to Jim Cutler checkmating Roger Sterling. We know you like to foreshadow things, Matthew Weiner, and we don’t like where this is going.

Yea to brightly colored pants.

Yea to Megan Campbell being named as editor-in-chief for The Summer Barometer. We know you’ll do a great job.

Nay to missing class because you have more important things to do.

Yea to wearing collared shirts.

Yea to the new Star Trek movie.

Nay to it not resembling what Star Trek movies are supposed to be like.

We want more moral conundrums, philosophy and Kilngons Yea to KHAANNN!!

Yea to the Trekkies out there who get the reference.

Yea to all the people getting all sorts of awards this week and last, whether it is from the Memorial Union, the Inter Fraternity Council or wherever.

Nay to people giving up on petitions to get people fired from their positions. We really enjoyed it, you should have kept it up.

Yea to getting your PIN for registration without an appointment.

Yea to Memorial Day weekend. We are looking forward to the time off to catch up on some homework.

Yea to Memorial Day. In between scarfing down a few hot dogs and guzzling some beer this weekend, we hope you spend some time thinking about those who gave their life in service of our country.

Stay frosty.

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‘Ask an ethicist’ Greetings members of the Oregon State University community. My name is Thomas McElhinny, and with the help of my cohorts in the applied ethics master’s program here at OSU, I would like to help address any ethical conundrums, concerns and challenges we might face.

Discussing ethical concerns, and morality more generally, are often volatile conversations. Questions concerning what it might mean to live a “good” life,

how to act when values conflict and how to cultivate ethical habits are long standing and important avenues of inquiry. Every week I intend to offer my perspective on situations sourced from the OSU community, and perhaps punctuate by answering emails with original content I find important, interesting and nutritive.

Speaking of emails: I need your help. Do you have an interesting ethical question or situation in your life? Email me at: AskAnEthicistOSU@gmail.com.

It can be anything from a concern about lifestyle

choices, conflicts with neighbors or business practices here in Corvallis. Surely, this is not an exhaustive list and I expect to see some novel questions.

My aim in this column is not simply about “solving” ethical puzzles, but about engaging the OSU community in a discourse centered on ethical issues.

I hope this column will not only unlock some of the expertise already available in our networks, but expand it.

See you next week.

The ethics behind perpetuating stereotypes for profit D

ear Ask an Ethicist, Every year, OSU LGBT student organizers of the Pride Week drag show, which they successfully use to raise money from both gay and straight students, believe it is necessary to educate people on the history of drag too, apparently, indirectly answer the question, “Is it ethical to make money by exploiting culturally insensitive stereotypes?”

For example, “Amos ‘n’ Andy” is a 1950s sitcom performed by white actors in black makeup, or “blackface.” Similar to drag queen artists, blackface has a rich history and is also considered an art form by many. However, companies essentially stopped selling “Amos ‘n’ Andy” after the civil rights movement, led by Martin Luther King Jr., raised sensitivities to racial stereotypes.

Would blackface performances be OK if done by black actors? Similarly, are drag performances OK only if they

Thomas McElhinny

The Daily Barometer are done by gay men or women?

-Thomas Kraemer OSU Class of 1977 Thank you for your question, Thomas Kraemer. I think that you’ve raised an interesting set of issues here.

Before getting into your question, I would like to point out that the OSU drag show, which occurred on May 10, was a free event and one of the highlights of Pride Week. Of course, exposure, celebration and some education was carried on in the back of the drag show.

Drag, or the purposeful wearing of clothing typically worn by the opposite gender, is not like blackface. Whereas performing in drag is practiced by folks of all genders and sexual orientations, black face is historically worn by white men as a privileged group acting out a

set of negative stereotypes.

Drag is a subversive performance where “playing with gender” is often meant to highlight perceived differences and expectations of folks who identify as a certain gender.

Blackface perpetuates negative stereotypes of a historically and institutionally oppressed group.

Drag teases apart socially constructed gender roles. Blackface reinforces harmful racial attitudes, which result in material inequalities unbecoming of a civilized nation.

Blackface characters like Thomas D. Rice’s Jim Crow, which the set of antiracist laws following reconstruction were named after, was harmful not simply because it was played by a white man. The very perpetuation of the idea that black folks are bumbling, clumsy fools is harmful in itself.

While I could imagine an ironic portrayal of blackface, where the joke is on either people who believe in the

stereotypes or that it points out how ridiculous and ignorant blackface players are, might work. The humor would be a tenuous line for anyone to try and walk, no matter their skin color.

As to your question, “Is it ethical to make money by exploiting culturally insensitive stereotypes?” In this case, through performance of one kind or another, the answer is most likely no.

Surely, one could set up a condition where there was some enormous amount of money going to an ideally good cause, however, the heart of the matter is that this good is undercut by reinforcing negative stereotypes, which dehumanize members of our community. t

Thomas McElhinny is a master’s student of applied ethics. The opinions expressed in his columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff.

McElhinny’s “Ask an ethicist” column will run weekly, every Friday. He can be reached and questions can be submitted at AskAnEthicistOSU@gmail.com.

What I learned in college: Class matters

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should not even be writing this today.

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Now, more than ever, the position in ly to graduate within four years. The lower society you were born your parents’ educational in will most likely be the achievement, the longer you die in. it will take for you to don Where you are born position A 2011 study by the those black robes and on the ladder matters. Russell Sage Foundation get that diploma, if you found that the link As much as do at all. a parent’s eduThe older you are, the Americans hold onto between cation level and status longer it will take for you this myth of being a and their child’s is stronto get your diploma, and ger than it is in any other people awash in a you are also less likely to receive it at all. Most col- land of opportunity, it developed nation.

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States is more likely to stay where they The older you are when you start college, the longer it is going to take you are born.

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Colleges present themselves as gate- and there is still enough “pull yourself ways into higher levels of achievement up by your bootstraps” attitude in the air and moving up the ladder. But in many these days. But there isn’t, and both this ways, it is a broken system and not the university and our nation could do much meritocracy it would like to envision itself better to help level the playing field that as. While college can be the catapult that has made our nation so stratified.

Oregon State could do a better job shoots someone from the lower classes to a higher one, it also can be a mountain of making sure first-generation college that seems insurmountable to one who students get connected to the university has neither the knowledge nor the equip- and stay through to graduation. There are some great programs here to help ment to climb it. connect families to the university, such as It’s hard to plan for college or even the Mi Familia weekend, but there could to contemplate applying to one if you be more. A program at Eastern Oregon don’t know anyone who has. How are University helps to connect first-generayou supposed to know to take an SAT See ILER | page 7 prep course in high school, or know what

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It’s clear based on season statistics that WSU’s pitching rotation is overmatched when compared to the Beavers. The stats don’t tell the story, though. Of the 12 runs the Cougars allowed over the weekend against Washington, only six were earned.

The defense hasn’t been able to keep the team in ballgames lately, and it’s shown as WSU has lost 20 of its last 26 games since the start of April.

After being in the bottom three in the Pac-12 for ERA, the Cougars have seen a steady improvement.

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Oregon State has the best pitching staff in the Pac-12, hands down. Senior Matt Boyd has the highest ERA of the three starters, and is still fifth in the conference at 2.15.

Freshman Andrew Moore is the reigning national pitcher of the week, has an 11-1 record and a 1.43 ERA this year.

Junior Ben Wetzler rounds out the starting rotation, and is no slouch. The left-hander brings a 7-1 record and a 1.46 ERA into the weekend series.

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Only the two Arizona schools rank higher in the Pac-12 than WSU in team batting average.

The Cougars’ .296 team average is seven points higher than OSU’s.

The Cougars also rank fourth in home runs (22), tied for third in slugging percentage (.397), second in hits (532) and fourth in onbase percentage (.364).

Rosen, Monda and Nelubowich have been forces in the middle of the lineup all year. All can hit for power while maintaining batting averages of at least .290.

OSU Offense Sophomore Michael Conforto proved why he’s the reigning Pac-12 Freshman of the Year against Oregon over the weekend.

The left fielder hit two home runs and racked up seven RBIs against the secondbest pitching staff in the conference.

A big reason for Conforto’s continued success has been the play of fellow sophomore Dyaln Davis. The right fielder has protected Conforto, hitting behind him in the lineup, all season.

Senior Danny Hayes has come on as of late, and could be a force not only this weekend, but in the postseason as well.

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The Brenner family is rich in athletics, Mary Claire threw javelin, shot put for Oregon State

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Mary Claire Brenner comes from a family of Division 1 collegiate athletes. After representing the Beavers on the softball field, the senior decided to see what the track team had to offer.

Brenner is in her fifth year at Oregon State, using her last year of NCAA eligibility on the women’s track and field team, throwing the javelin and shot put instead of a softball.

Brenner’s parents, Doug and Jennifer, were both collegiate swimmers.

Her sister, Liz, plays volleyball, basketball, softball and track and field at the University of Oregon.

The youngest brother, Doug, is no slouch either. He recently signed to play football for the Ducks.

Liz Brenner played all four sports in high school, but originally signed with the Ducks to play volleyball. After the regular center on the women’s basket-

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Senior thrower Mary Claire Brenner participated for the women’s track team for the first time in her OSU career this season. She was a pitcher for the softball team in her first four years.

ball team broke her thumb, the coaches contacted her about playing in their next game, and for the rest of the season. “[Liz] had been recruited for all the sports she played,” Mary Claire said, “but she chose volleyball because of the conference and because it was her true passion.”

After joining the women’s basketball roster, the middle child set her sights on throwing for the women’s track and field team down in Eugene.

The youngest Brenner, Doug, is currently finishing his senior year at Jesuit High School in Portland. He decided to follow his sisters’ footsteps and throw for the track and field team, becoming the third multi-sport athlete in the family.

Back in Corvallis, Mary Claire found herself sitting in her Parkwest Apartment Building — after her four years of softball had expired — watching the construction of the new Whyte Track and Field Center with no sport to fill up her extra free time.

“I was like, ‘I wonder if I could do track for my fifth year?’”

Mary Claire said. “I thought, ‘Well I threw a softball, I should be able to throw some other

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Brenner comes from a family of athletes. Her younger sister and brother will both participate in athletics at UO next year.

things around, right?’”

She was right. Mary Claire joined the track team during the winter indoor season in Seattle and threw the shot put just short of 40 feet on her first attempt.

For the rest of her indoor season and continuing into the outdoor season, Mary Claire maintained improvement, oftentimes setting new personal records in consecutive throws within the same meet.

The oldest Brenner persistently approached track head coach Kelly Sullivan about throwing for the Beavers.

She finally heard the news that volunteer throw coaches, Colin Cram and Jill Hoxmeier, were brought into the program at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new track back in September.

“All the coaches and I have been chatting about is how we wish we had three more years with her,” Cram said. “I’m confident that if you give her another three years, she’d be something pretty special with her strength and athletic ability.”

Unfortunately for Mary Claire, she didn’t qualify for the west regional in Austin, Texas, this weekend. But she has helped out the two Beavers that did qualify — Kinsey Gomez and Sara Almen.

Mary Claire brought more to OSU than her performance on the field showed. She provided leadership, as well.

“She’s definitely been a leader for the team,” Cram said. “It’s nice because we don’t have the leadership that other teams would have, or at least the experience. It’s been nice having her lead the way and set the example.”

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“Mark has been with me every step of the way at Oregon State and earned this promotion as a result of his tireless work helping to build Beaver women’s basketball the past three years,” Rueck said.

“He is an outstanding coach, teacher, mentor and recruiter whose impact on each facet of our program cannot be understated. I’m excited to have Mark and his family here as we continue to

move our team forward.”

Campbell has played an integral role in the development of the Beaver program under Rueck and has gained national recognition for his recruiting and basketball acumen as a result. For the past two years, he has been part of a select few invited to Nike’s renowned Villa 7 Consortium, which brings together university athletics directors and the country’s elite assistant coaches in an effort to prepare the next generation of college basketball leaders.

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Campbell has been the point person in helping Oregon State land a pair of top-notch recruiting classes the past two seasons, including four nationallyranked, top-100 student-athletes.

Focusing on mentoring and developing Oregon State’s guards, Campbell has coached three-straight Pac-12 AllFreshman performers at the position in Alyssa Martin (2011), Ali Gibson (2012) and Jamie Weisner (2013). He also oversaw the instruction of Earlysia

Marchbanks, a 2012 All-Pac-12 First Team selection, and Sage Indendi, a 2011 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention pick whose 75 3-point makes that season are a school record.

In 2012-13, Weisner had one of the best first-year campaigns in Oregon State history. She led the team in scoring, was second in rebounds and became just the fifth freshman, and first in 20 years, to amass totals of 350 points and 150 rebounds in a season at Oregon State.

Campbell’s work with the trio of Weisner, Gibson and Martin gives OSU one of the most potent backcourts from behind the 3-point line in the Pac-12.

Weisner’s .372 3-point field goal percent-

age last season was second in the conference and the fifth-best in Oregon State history. Martin will return for her senior season as the Pac-12’s active leader in 3-point makes with 127 and the rising junior Gibson joins Martin in OSU’s career top-10 list in that category with 96.

Campbell arrived in Corvallis by way of St. Mary’s College in Moraga, Calif.

He served as an assistant coach for Randy Bennett and the men’s basketball program during the 2009-10 campaign, helping the Gaels reach the Sweet 16 for the first time in program history as well as tie a school record for wins in a season (28-6). He originally joined St. Mary’s staff as director of operations in 200809, a year in which the team went 28-7.

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More than 60 percent of the group’s 1,400-member national council voted Thursday at an annual meeting in Grapevine, Texas, for the change, which takes effect Jan. 1. “No youth may be denied membership in the Boy Scouts of America on the basis of sexual orientation or preference alone,� says the resolution.

The BSA, however, will maintain its ban on gay adult leaders. “The resolution also reinforces that Scouting is a youth program, and any sexual conduct, whether heterosexual or homosexual, by youth of Scouting age is contrary to the virtues of Scouting,� the 103-year-old organization said in a statement after the vote.

The BSA said there are no plans for further review of the issue.

BSA President Wayne Perry said the vote came after “an extensive dialogue within the scouting family (that) was exhaustive and ... very respectful.� “No matter how you feel about this issue, kids are better off in scouting,� Perry told reporters. “Our mission is to serve every kid.�

Reaction from interest groups to Thursday’s vote was swift.

The Human Rights Campaign said the BSA took a “historic step forward.� “Unfortunately, the new policy does not go far enough, leaving adult Eagle Scouts, scout leaders, and parents behind,� the group said.

Scouts for Equality and GLAAD lauded the BSA’s “commitment to creating a more inclusive organization.�

Jennifer Tyrrell, an Ohio mother who was ousted as a den

leader in April 2012 because she’s lesbian, called Thursday’s vote “incredible.� “They’ve never been raised to discriminate against anyone regardless of sex or color or anything, so they can’t understand why people care so much,� she said of her children. “... Definitely, one day, I hope they look back and think that we’re part of something amazing.�

Tyrrell, in an interview with CNN affiliate KTVT, said that the vote energized her for her next push — to change Boy Scout policy so that gays and lesbian adults, like herself, can serve as leaders. “When we used to exclude women from things, when we used to exclude black people from things, and that never has ever worked, but we continue to do it,� she said. “I’m going to be around to make sure that that’s not the case. We’re definitely not going to go away.�

Conservative groups and some religious organizations argued against making any change in the membership policy, saying it would dilute the Boy Scout message of morality and potentially destroy the organization.

John Stemberger, founder of OnMyHonor.net, which opposed the resolution, called the vote a “sad day for Scouting.�

Stemberger claimed that Boy Scout officials didn’t foster a “robust discussion,� didn’t provide “honest information� and “hid information from the delegates.�

He claimed that scouting groups now have two options: to “segregate� gay scouts from heterosexual ones by putting them in separate tents, or “put homosexual boys with other boys and put them at risk.� “We wouldn’t put boys and girls sleeping together. Why? Because they’re attracted to each other,� Stemberger told

reporters.

The conservative Family Research Council tweeted: “Sadly, the @boyscouts’ legacy of producing great leaders has become yet another casualty of moral compromise.�

BSA conducted a survey on the issue The vote followed months of intense debate among interest groups and within the ranks of Scouting itself.

In February, the Boy Scouts’ national executive board postponed a vote on the issue and ordered a survey of its members.

That survey showed an organization divided by age and, in some cases, by region. “While a majority of adults in the Scouting community support the BSA’s current policy of excluding open and avowed homosexuals, young parents and teens tend to oppose the policy,� the survey said.

A BSA spokesman at the time called the issue “among the most complex and challenging issues facing the BSA and society today.� “The Boy Scouts of America will not sacrifice its mission, or the youth served by the movement, by allowing the organization to be consumed by a single, divisive, and unresolved societal issue,� the group said after Thursday’s decision.

Chief Scout Executive Wayne Brock said, “Our goal through all of this was to put kids first ...

It allows us to serve youth who want to be part of scouting.�

A long time grappling with a polarizing issue The BSA for years has been at the center of the debate over gay rights.

A recent Washington PostABC News Poll showed that 63 percent of Americans said they would support allowing gay youths to join the Boy Scouts.

The vote comes more than a

decade after the Supreme Court ruled that the organization has the right to keep out gays but also at a time of declining participation in the organization.

Membership in Boy Scouts has declined by about a third since 1999. About 2.7 million people now participate nationwide.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, after the vote, said it will continue to work with the BSA. “Sexual orientation has not previously been — and is not now — a disqualifying factor for boys who want to join Latter-day Saint Scout troops,� it said in a statement.

It was too early to tell what impact the decision might have on scout troops, and whether some families may join other organizations.

The impending vote did spur action by a new organization called Faith Based Boys. Thomas Dillingham, an official from that group, said applications will be accepted starting in August for youth members and group leaders. “Christian churches and organizations will use this program to continue serving God by training young men to have good character through service to their communities,� Dillingham said Thursday. “The profound need for a nationwide program like this has now been realized and the relevance of such a program will only become more important as time goes on.�

Tico Perez, the BSA’s national commissioner, said there have been ongoing talks with churches and others opposed to the inclusion of gay scouts.

That said, he echoed other Boy Scout officials in saying they believe that Thursday’s vote ultimately helps advance the cause. “We’re accepting youth,� Perez said, “and we’re excited about where we are.�

New jury to decide Jodi Arias’ fate after penalty phase mistrial (CNN) — An Arizona judge declared a mistrial in the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial Thursday after a deadlocked jury said it couldn’t decide whether to sentence her to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend.

That means a new jury will be chosen, but the first-degree murder conviction still stands.

A retrial for the penalty phase will begin on July 18, Judge Sherry Stephens said. A status conference has been scheduled for June 20.

The hung jury brought to a close a dramatic chapter in a high-profile case that has lasted for months, drawing spectators who lined up for courtroom seats and waited anxiously outside the courthouse.

Since Tuesday, jurors had been deliberating whether Arias, 32, should get a death sentence for murdering ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander in 2008.

But the closely watched trial isn’t over yet.

In many states, the death penalty would be off the table if the jury couldn’t agree.

Not Arizona. “It’s a very unusual circumstance, but it is part of Arizona statute that yes, if you get to this third phase, the penalty phase, and there is a hung jury, it means another jury comes in,� said CNN’s Ashleigh Banfield, who has covered the Arias trial from the outset.

In a written statement, Maricopa County

Attorney Bill Montgomery said prosecutors “will proceed with the intent to retry the penalty phase.� “We appreciate the jury’s work in the guilt and aggravation phases of the trial and now we will assess, based upon available information, what the next steps will be,� he said.

Among some legal analysts, speculation surged that prosecutors might consider offering Arias a plea deal rather than going through the lengthy steps necessary to find new jurors and present evidence to them. “I don’t think by any means that this is a sure thing you retry the penalty phase,� said Mark Geragos, a criminal defense attorney.

A lot depends, he said, on exactly how many jurors were willing to go with the death penalty this time around. “If it was 11 to 1 ... for death, you can be sure the prosecutor is going to want a retrial. If it tilted the other way...they may just decide, ‘No, we’re not going to do that, we’ll try and cut a deal,’� he said.

Emotions ran high in the courtroom as the jury’s inability to agree on a sentence was announced. Arias appeared to be on the verge of tears. One of Alexander’s sisters sobbed.

Even the normally stoic judge’s voice cracked as she dismissed jurors. “Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the participants in this trial, I wish to thank you for your extraordinary service to this community,� she told them. “This was not your

typical trial. You were asked to perform very difficult responsibilities.�

An alternate juror and a juror who was on the panel cried as the verdict was being read, CNN’s Ted Rowlands reported.

As the jury filed out of the courtroom, Rowlands said he saw one juror say, “I’m sorry� to Alexander’s family.

Jurors struggle to agree Jurors had deliberated for more than 13 hours in the penalty phase of the trial when they told the court they wouldn’t be able to agree on a verdict.

Earlier this month, the same jurors took less than two hours to decide that Arias was “exceptionally cruel� when she stabbed Travis Alexander 29 times, slit his neck from ear to ear and shot him in the face.

They pronounced her guilty of firstdegree murder on May 8 after 15 hours of deliberations.

For Arias to be sentenced to death, a jury’s decision must be unanimous.

About an hour into its deliberations on Thursday, the jury sent out a question, but the details of its query were not revealed in court.

On Wednesday morning, the jury sent out a note saying its members couldn’t agree.

Stephens told them to try again and ordered them back into the jury room.

If Arias is given a sentence of death, she would be the fourth woman on death row in the state of Arizona.

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The state could also provide more funding for Oregon Opportunity Grants, and the OSU Foundation could open up more of its funding for scholarships to lower-income students.

If the state and this university are truly earnest about meeting the 40-40-20 goals to have 40 percent of Oregonians with a bachelor’s degree or higher, more money will need to become available to make college accessible for those who traditionally haven’t been able to afford it.

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British soldier’s gory slaying yields more arrests, searches and questions bomb attacks struck London’s public transport network.

An additional 1,200 police are now on London’s streets to reassure the public, Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Crime and Operations Mark Rowley said, with extra patrols at key locations such as religious institutions and transport hubs. Steps were also taken to further protect military installations and personnel, he added.

Abu Barra blamed Wednesday’s attack not on his friend Michael Adebolajo — who he says is the bloody, cleaver-wielding man shown talking in the video aired by CNN affiliate ITN — but on the British government and predicted there may be more attacks.

“As long as (British) foreign policy is engaging in violence, they’re only inviting violence in retaliation,” Barra told CNN. By sharp contrast, Cameron said “the fault lies solely with sickening individuals who carried out this attack,” adding that “nothing in Islam ... justifies this truly dreadful act.”

“This was not just an attack on Britain and on the British way of life; it was also a betrayal of Islam and of the Muslim communities who give so much to our country.”

Suspect knew British Muslim radical leader It is understood that the two individuals suspected of carrying out the knife attack were known to Britain’s domestic security service. They had featured in previous investigations into other individuals, but were not themselves under surveillance.

Friends, acquaintances and British media identified the 28-year-old Adebolajo as the

LONDON (CNN) — Why did Lee Rigby have to die?

That’s what people around Britain — its officials, its authorities, its citizens — asked themselves Thursday, a day after the soldier was hit with a car, then hacked to death on a London street in broad daylight.

There’s been no indication that the 25-year-old machine gunner, drummer and father of a 2-year-old boy knew the men who attacked him with meat cleavers. One of them who approached a man filming the gory scene in southeast London’s Woolwich neighborhood suggested Rigby had been targeted only “because Muslims are dying daily” at the hands of British troops like him.

That man and another who suffered gunshot wounds in a confrontation with police minutes after Rigby’s killing spent Thursday in stable condition at separate South London hospitals.

Even with those two suspected attackers under guard, authorities pressed for answers — and to determine if others might have been somehow involved and, if so, why.

Six residences have been searched, and two people — a man and a woman, both of them age 29 — were arrested Thursday on “suspicion of conspiracy to murder,” London’s Metropolitan Police said.

“This is a large, complex and fast-moving investigation which continues to develop,” added police.

The attack, which Prime Minister David Cameron and others called an act of terror, stirred anxiety and alerts in Britain not seen since the summer of 2005, when coordinated

suspect seen on the ITN video.

The identities of the other man, 22, and the two people arrested Thursday aren’t known.

A British national of Nigerian descent, Adebolajo converted to Islam and became passionate about his faith, said Barra.

British Muslim radical leader Anjem Choudary told CNN on Thursday that he knew Adebolajo, noting that the suspect attended demonstrations and a few lectures organized by Choudary’s group Al-Muhajiroun.

In fact, an ITN video from April 2007 shows Adebolajo standing behind Choudary at a rally protesting the arrest of men who allegedly made inflammatory speeches inside a mosque.

Barra described his friend as a “very caring” man who “just wanted to help everybody.”

He was also “very vocal” about his feelings that Muslims were being oppressed, injustices he pinned, in part, on the British government.

“I wasn’t surprised that it happened,” Barra said of Wednesday’s attack. “... Britain is only responsible, the government. And I believe all of us, as a public, we are responsible.

We should condemn ourselves, why we did not do enough to stop these wars going on in Iraq and Afghanistan.”

The Woolwich bloodshed spurred concerns not only about violence by Islamic extremists but also about attacks targeting Muslims by people angry about Rigby’s killing.

“People can only take so much. And people will break,” said Victor Easdown, a construction worker who heard shots ring out in Woolwich as police took on Rigby’s attackers.

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In Kent, police arrested a man on suspicion of “racially aggravated criminal damage” at a religious building.

And Wednesday night in Essex, a man with two knives was arrested after throwing a smoke grenade at the Al Falah Braintree Islamic Center and demanding someone come outside to answer to the Woolwich slaying, the mosque’s secretary Sikander Sleemy said.

Members of the far-right English Defence League clashed with police late Wednesday, with a tweet from its official account touting that “it’s fair to say that finally the country is waking up!:-) NO SURRENDER!” “Don’t listen to the Government cover ups, The lies about Islam being peaceful,” read another EDL tweet Thursday.

Political and social commentator Mohammed Ansar appealed for “a sense of calm (and) perspective” after what he called “a really, really heinous act of, I would say, criminality, ... not terrorism.”

“What we don’t need are knee-jerk reactions ... to really ratchet up tensions and really stoke and inflame anxieties within communities,” he told CNN.

Paper: Woman says she talked to attacker The attack may have wideranging repercussions in Britain, including possibly enflaming sectarian tensions and leading to more violence.

But it’s already have an impact on people who live and work in Woolwich — the working-class, multicultural neighborhood where the mutilation took place — and witnessed the carnage firsthand.

A man who identified himself as James told London’s LBC 97.3 radio station that he saw two men standing by the victim, who was on the ground.

At first, James thought they were trying to help the man.

But then he saw two meat cleavers, like a butcher would have.

“They were hacking at this poor guy, literally,” he told the radio station. “These two guys were crazed. They were just not there. They were just animals.”

Amid the horror, an individual story of courage emerged Thursday in the person of a Cub Scout leader named Ingrid Loyau-Kennett.

Loyau-Kennett told Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper that she had jumped off a bus to try to revive a man — later

determined to be Rigby — she thought had been hurt accidentally.

She swiftly realized the man was dead, and it was no accident.

“When I went up, there was this black guy with a revolver and a kitchen knife. He had what looked like butcher’s tools, and he had a little ax, to cut the bones, and two large knives, and he said, ‘Move off the body,’ “ she told the newspaper.

“So I thought, ‘OK, I don’t know what is going on here,’ and he was covered with blood.

I thought I had better start talking to him before he starts attacking somebody else.”

Unarmed police — like most in Britain — arrived at 2:29 p.m.

Wednesday, nine minutes after the first call came in police.

Armed officers were on site five minutes later. Witnesses recounted the suspects then ran at the police, who responded with gunshots.

Recalling the incident later on ITV, Loyau-Kennett said she wasn’t scared when she talked to one of those suspects — who then had a revolver, knife and cleaver in his bloody hands — minutes before those shots rang out.

“Better me than a child,” she said.

Sister of boy killed at Boston Marathon released from hospital (CNN) — The sister of the boy killed in the April Boston Marathon bombings has been discharged from the hospital where she spent 39 days in intensive care, according to a family statement posted online.

Jane Richard, 7, who lost part of one leg in the second blast, was transferred from Boston Children’s Hospital to a rehabilitation facility.

“While we remain devastated over Martin’s death and all that has happened to us, Jane’s

determination for getting better is an inspiring source of strength for the entire family,” the statement said.

The girl went through 12 surgeries, the posting said. One of those procedures involved preparing her left leg for a prosthetic below the knee.

In addition to Martin Richard, 8, two other people died in the double bombings and more than 260 were injured.

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