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Making noise
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The university let those on campus know that loud sounds on campus that sound like explosions or gunshots over the next two years may be coming from the propulsion laboratory.
Propulsion Laboratory on campus testing rocket engines, responsible for loud sounds By Ashley Yarborough Practicum Contributor
Students at the Propulsion Laboratory on the Oregon State University campus have been testing rocket engines, which has been the cause of some loud noise this past week. The noises can be compared to that of a gunshot, loud bang, or an explosion, according to an email from the university. These noises are completely normal for rocket testing, according to Nancy Squires, a senior instructor of mechanical engineering at OSU. One of the biggest problems with the propulsion laboratory is the noise as the surrounding
ity are part of the Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME) major. The testing that creates the most noise is the Pulse Detonation Engine. This engine combusts at supersonic speed, which exceeds the speed of sound. This testing is being done in order to make coal a more energy-efficient resource. Nancy Squires “Coal is the number one enerSenior Instructor of Mechanical Engineering gy source used in the United States,” Blunck said. The way According to the Propulsion community will be hearing loud “Only those working directly energy is obtained from coal noises at random times. The Laboratory, nothing sinister is with testing at the lab have now could be vastly improved if Propulsion Laboratory wants to occurring at the facility, and access,” said David Blunck, an testing on the Pulse Detonation let the public know that those nothing there can be weapon- assistant professor of mechani- Engine goes well. noises are coming from them, ized. Most people don’t have cal engineering. Students or facunless stated otherwise. access to the laboratory. ulty that have access to the facilSee Noises Page 3
Before the lab, we used to test the tockets in my horse pasture.
Hidden side of hand soap Triclosan, a common antimicrobial agent, may be changing gut biomes
the first step in determining what repercussions antimicrobials could potentially have on human health. Publishing their findings in PLOS ONE, a website at which researchers can publish work for peer review, OSU researchers determined By Lauren Sluss triclosan, a common antimicrobial agent, can News Reporter disrupt bacteria found in the gut of zebrafish, Lathering up with hand soap or sanitizer and may possibly affect humans as well. may kill 99.9 percent of surface bacteria, but Triclosan, first used as a hospital scrub in these antibiotics may be affecting much more the 1970s, is now one of the most common than just skin—they may be affecting bacteria antimicrobial agents in the world. It is found in the gut. in products ranging from shampoos, hand Oregon State University researchers took soaps and toothpastes to cutting boards, trash
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bags and athletic clothing. Although triclosan works to rid harmful bacteria in the bacterial communities found in the gut, called the microbiome, it may have adverse effects on human health, according to Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Statistics Thomas Sharpton. “The antimicrobial drugs that we are exposed to every day can be useful because they eliminate microorganisms that create infections, but they also are indiscriminate,” Sharpton said. “They might eliminate microorganisms that we need, which can have an unpredictable effect on our health.”
OSU researchers were prompted to study the effects triclosan has on the microbiome due to speculation of the correlation between altered microbiomes and disease, according to Sharpton. “We were captivated by the growing literature that was indicating that an alteration of the microbiome appears to be strongly associated with, or even responsible for, chronic diseases, such as obesity, diabetes and heart issues,” Sharpton said. The OSU researchers used 45 zebrafish
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Horoscope Today’s Birthday (05/27/16). Your orbit revolves around home and family this year. Amplify your efforts by forging and strengthening partnerships. Domestic changes and upgrades lead to new career directions this autumn, as a twoyear fun and romantic phase begins. Networking and communications this winter provide a professional boost. Love centers you. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 5 — Plan your future together over the next six weeks, with Mars in Scorpio. Make financial arrangements, and plant seeds. Talk about what you love, and forgive miscommunications today. Keep things frugal and low-risk. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Get a workout buddy. Put action behind your words in a partnership (for six weeks, with Mars in Scorpio). Dance together. Take turns taking the lead. Physical activity is more fun with a partner. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today
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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 5 — Releasing the past creates space for what’s ahead over the next six weeks, with Mars in Scorpio. Give away things you no longer need. Clean closets, garages and attics. Exercise and meditate.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — Let go of a preconception. Get into action with writing, publishing and communications projects over the next six weeks, with Mars in Scorpio. Launch a project into orbit. Get the word out.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — For about six weeks, with Mars in Scorpio, anything seems possible for your team. Pull together for a big cause. Many hands make light work. Strengthen your networks and share resources.
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Stolen guns A man reported that someone had broken into his car and stolen his handgun, ammunition and several magazines were taken during the night. There is no suspect information at this point in time. Another man reported that his shotgun, as well as other items, had been stolen from his vehicle during the night. There is no suspect information at this point in time. Stinky situation Police responded to a local grocery store for reports that a man had walked into the store, defecated near the registers, then tracked it through the isles on his shoes. The man
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Trespassing A man was arrested for Criminal Trespass II after he was found on the back porch of a residence where he did not live. He was transported to jail and proved a breath test BAC of 0.22 percent. Deception A man’s friend borrowed the man’s car, and then crashed it. After police notifed the owner and he arrived on scene, he left to go get his insurance card from his residence.
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The Propulsion Laboratory near the Oregon State University campus.
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The Department of Energy is helping to pay for the Pulse Detonation project over the next two years. OSU didn’t always have a Propulsion Laboratory for students to work on projects like these. Squires said they received the propulsion laboratory just last year. “Before the lab, we used to test the rockets in my horse pasture,” Squires said. They needed the lab space in order to make sure that all lab protocols were followed, and that everyone stayed safe. Safety is the top priority for everyone working at the propulsion laboratory. Safety is continuously being improved as the lab continues to grow. “This lab provides high powered rocketry for students safely,” Squires said. This Propulsion Laboratory is the only one
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of its kind in the entire northwest. It’s vital for a student’s success to be able to work in the propulsion lab. “Students get to work hands on with rocketry” said Matt Zaiger, a graduate student working in the lab. This hands on experience gives students an edge in the job industry when graduating. Students who have worked in the lab have almost always been picked up by a large company, such as SpaceX. This fall there will be an official aerospace minor, the first of its kind here at OSU. Anyone can add aerospace as a minor if they want to, according to Squires. If anyone is interested in adding aerospace as a major, they may do so this fall term. Today there will be a test with the Pulse Detonation Engine.
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Oregon State University researchers have found that the common antimicrobial agent Triclosan alters the micriobiome and bacteria in gut.
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Continued from page 1 to determine if repeated exposure to triclosan alters the microbiome of the fish. The researchers chose triclosan due to its frequent contact with humans, and the zebrafish due to their biochemical similarities to humans. After four to seven days of treating the zebrafish with high concentrations of triclosan, the researchers discovered the speculation of the effects antimicrobials have on microbiomes proved correct, according to Christopher Gaulke, postdoctoral scholar and lead author of the study. “The microbiomes in the triclosan fish were different, not only in the types of bacteria but also the quantity,” said Gaulke.
Our study provided proof of the concept that triclosan is capable of disrupting the microbiome Christopher Gaulke Postdoctoral scholar
“Our study provided proof of the concept that triclosan is capable of disrupting the microbiome.” Proving triclosan’s alteration of the microbiome may be the first step in determining if there is a link between disrupted microbiomes and chronic diseases, according to Robert Tanguay, professor in the department of environmental and molecular toxicology. “It is possible that some diseases could
actually be directly caused by the effects of environmental chemical contaminants on the microbiome,” Tanguay said. “We are now well positioned to investigate this because of the advantages of the zebrafish model and zebrafish facility.” Although the direct effect of an altered microbiome on human health is still unclear, the study’s proof of the effects of triclosan opens the doors to studies with new chemi-
cals, according to Tanguay. “Now that we know environmental chemicals can alter the gut microbiome, we can now look at other common environmental chemicals to see if they impact the gut microbiome and or impact health,” Tanguay said. Although this pilot study has not proven the effects of microbiome alteration on human health, the use of zebrafish provides a method of screening intoxicants in the future, according to Gaulke. “One of the problems researchers have is humans are exposed to thousands of chemicals every day, so how do we know which ones to study?” Gaulke said. “One of the undervalued successes of this study is we showed that zebrafish can be used to rapidly and effectively screen environmental intoxicants.” baro.news@oregonstate.edu
Rocking in the Rose City Mac DeMarco plays PDX for second night
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Canadian artist Mac DeMarco recently played two nights at the Roseland Theater in Portland.
Mac DeMarco Plays in PDX for Second Night Canada’s own Mac DeMarco, famous for songs “Salad Days” and “Another One”, performed at the Roseland Theater in Portland last night before heading to Sasquatch Music Festival in the Gorge. This was his second consecutive show in Portland, both selling out according to the Tickets West website. DeMarco has been touring around the world with his bandmates since December. Though it was largely a young audience, the 21 plus balconies were filled to the brim with excited fans ready to catch a glimpse of the eccentric musician. As the lights in the venue began to dim, the crowd squeezed against the stage in anticipation. Concertgoers cheered on the sound man multiple times while setting up the stage before the main act exploded onto the stage with the song “The Way You’d Love Her”. “I had a lot of drinks last night,” DeMarco admitted to the crowd, but it wasn’t enough to stop him and his band from having a wildly entertaining show. His quirky 90’s-esque style compliments
Portland’s weirdness in ways few other bands can. Rowdiness was encouraged and welcomed as crowd surfers made their rounds through the pit. At one point during the concert, DeMarco himself jumped into the cluster of adoring fans and was pulled up onto the balcony while the horrified security staff watched. Once fully regaining his balance, he continued to walk barefoot around the balcony’s edge to the opposite side of the venue until eventually diving back into the welcoming arms of the audience. After being delivered back to the stage, the band went right into the song “Still Together”. In addition to playing their own hits, the band hyped up the crowd by covering Metallica’s “Enter Sandman”, Steely Dan’s “Reelin’ In The Years”, and Herman’s Hermits’ “Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter”. After overwhelming cheers from the crowd for an encore, DeMarco danced back onto the stage wearing a white bra that was thrown at him earlier in the performance. Fans went berserk, rocking out and singing along with every word. “We’ll be back to Portland, I promise!” DeMarco said before taking a bow. baro.editor@oregonstate.edu
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Sophomore first basemen KJ Harrison hits a ground ball against Oregon during the Civil War series on May 13-15. He leads the team in homeruns (8.)
UCLA, the last hurdle
Beavers have one more chance to build their RPI and postseason resume
biggest thing is we have to take it one game at a time. Already with an RPI (Rating Percentage Index) in 50’s and two wins away from a .500 conference record. The Beavers know their margin of error is small, but are embracing the challenge.
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The Oregon State baseball team knows what’s at stake when they host UCLA for their final Pac-12 series this weekend at Goss Stadium. The Beavers (32-19, 13-14 Pac-12) find themselves squarely on the postseason bubble. A series win over the Bruins (25-28, 12-15) could extend their season beyond the regular season. A series loss could result in the team watching the postseason from home for only the second time since 2005. “We know the situation we’re in, so we’re just trying to embrace it and do everything we can to get where we want to be,” said freshman pitcher Bryce Fehmel. “We still believe. We just have to get to the tournament and once we’re there, anything is possible.” “We are going to go out and try and get a sweep, like we do every weekend,” said freshman infielder Cadyn Grenier. “We are going to do what we can and leave the rest to the committee.” Head coach Pat Casey is no stranger to late season drama. He and his team faced a similar situation in 2007—the year they won their second consecutive College World Series. “We just need to come out and win.” Casey said. “We had to win two of three down there, similar to 2007 when we had to win two of three (in Los Angeles), the difference is that this year the RPI in the league isn’t as good so there isn’t as many people in front of us. The
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“We got nothing to lose, that’s the way we are seeing it right,” said senior pitcher Travis Eckert. “We are just out and playing hard that’s all we can do. Control what you can—effort and attitude.” When the Beavers open their series against Bruins on Friday, Eckert could be taking the mound for the final time in his Oregon State career. “I would be lying if I said I hadn’t thought about it.” “It’s certainly a reality, I don’t want it to be my last start” Last week against USC, Eckert wanted the team to play loose, and to play as if the team did not need to win. The mindset paid off, as Eckert set the tone for the weekend when he flirted with a perfect game, going 7 2/3 inning before allowing a USC baserunner en route to his first complete game performance of his OSU career. Replicating that success this week against UCLA, could give the boost the Beavers’ need to propel them into the postseason. “Momentum is big, while at the same time, once one game is over that game doesn’t matter anymore,” Eckert said. “I certainly think that it was big for me to go out and set the stage for the weekend like we did on Friday.” On Twitter @brathbone3
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Apparel deal is big for UCLA, but not for athletes By Bill Plaschke Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES—The center photograph celebrating UCLA’s record $280-million shoe and apparel deal with Under Armour on Tuesday was poignantly missing someone. On one side was smiling Bruins Athletic Director Dan Guerrero. On the other was smiling Under Armour executive Kevin Plank. Between them was a crisp new white Under Armour UCLA basketball jersey. Missing was the athlete who will wear that jersey. Absent was the athlete upon whose back this deal was cut. Forgotten, again, was the athlete whose ability to promote Under Armour products earned the big contract, yet whose amateur status under warped NCAA rules prevents him or her from reaping significant financial rewards. On the richest day in UCLA sports history, the final score was: Bruins athletics $280 million, Bruins athletes $0. Not that this is news, but man, something is really wrong here. The movement to pay college athletes has been brewing for years, the protests louder with each increase in ticket prices, each lucrative coaching salary, each TV rights windfall. But this latest news cuts deepest into the heart of an NCAA scam that is now exploiting the athletes by jersey number and shoe size. It’s bad enough that college basketball players receive nothing from the $8.8-billion NCAA tournament television
contract, or that college football players must voluntarily toil for $3-million coaches like UCLA’s Jim Mora. What is particularly obscene is that these athletes can’t even benefit from the shirts on their backs, especially when those shirts are worth $280 million over 15 years. It’s not only a UCLA problem. Other large schools have similarly lucrative arrangements. Nike has a $252-million deal with Ohio State, and a $250-million contract with Texas. But now that UCLA has set a record, the unfairness seems crystallized, overwhelming, and the Bruins’ most celebrated current athlete was quick to react. Josh Ros en, U CL A’s Heisman-hopeful quarterback, posted the news on his Instagram account with the sarcastic comment: “We’re still amateurs, though...Gotta love non-profits.’’ It is stars such as Rosen who will do the best job of selling Under Armour for UCLA, yet he is guaranteed no piece of the new contract beyond use of the shoes and shirts he will be peddling. Like many Bruins athletes, he is benefiting from a full scholarship that can be worth more than $240,000 over four years for out-of-state students. But as Under Armour just proved, he is performing a job that is worth much, much more. “The fact that the college athletes can’t share any part of that money is unreal,’’ said Ed O’Bannon, a former Bruins basketball star.
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O’Bannon, who was a leader on UCLA’s last national championship team in 1995, was the plaintiff in a landmark lawsuit against the NCAA that challenged the unpaid use of a college athlete’s image for commercial purposes. In a phone interview from Las Vegas, where he works for a car dealership, O’Bannon empha-
sized that his problem wasn’t with UCLA, but with the system it operates under. “I hate that this is about UCLA. I absolutely love my school. They’re just going along with the rules,” O’Bannon said. “But the fact that this keeps happening is crazy, just crazy.” Crazy is watching participants in the College Football
Playoff national championship game file into a glittering Super Bowl-type media day, for an event that will cost Super Bowl prices, and hear them wonder why they’ll be smashing heads for nothing. Crazy is watching college basketball players competing for million-dollar coaches in the first round of the billiondollar NCAA tournament, then seeing their parents interviewed as they sit in nosebleed sections eating homemade food sneaked past the ushers because Mom and Dad can’t afford concessions. Crazy is believing that scholarship athletes are the same as scholarship musicians or biology students, because clearly there’s a difference. The trombone player and budding scientist can make money bringing value to themselves and their school; the athlete cannot. The musician can get paid for a weekend gig, the biologist can get paid for research. But scholarship athletes cannot get paid to moonlight with their skills, and their earnings at any part-time job are capped. Yes, the NCAA recently approved stipends to cover the full cost of attendance _ laundry, student fees, late-night snacks _ but that is money already available to regular students with a part-time job. “There are men and women putting in all this work, providing a certain amount of entertainment, making all this money for the school, and some of them are not even allowed to get a job in their major?” O’Bannon said. “I
don’t want to sound too dramatic here, but as a human being you should at least able to go to work, and they can’t even do that.” But student-athletes such as Rosen can protest, right? Not really. A couple of years ago, Northwestern football players attempted to unionize, but their efforts were stymied last summer by the National Labor Relations Board. Even Rosen probably won’t say anything more about it. That is, if UCLA even lets him talk, period. Last year, while being paid zero dollars to star for a Bruins football team that has reaped millions for the athletic department, Rosen was allowed to publicly speak only once a week. If he talks more this season, chances are he won’t be talking about this. “If there’s any sign of anybody getting anything done, then they’ll be immediately shut down,” O’Bannon said. “The threat of scholarships taken away, being benched in a game... history tells me that any time you open your mouth and fight for what you think is right, and it goes against city hall, you will face the consequences.” The events in Westwood on Tuesday simply mirror what has happened across the nation since the beginning of the college sports boon: An athletic department got rich on the backs of its athletes, who did not. Call UCLA’s newest cheer the $280-million Clap, and feel free to boo. Los Angeles Times
Briles paid for thinking he was untouchable By Gil LeBreton
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The words leaped from the page like an 80-yard touchdown bomb. “Horrified.” “Shocked.” “Outraged.” “ D e l i b e rat e l y i n d i f f e re nt.” Art Briles is out as Baylor head football coach. His self-serving silences, as it turned out, were trumped by the indifference he showed to his players’ victims. He thought he could make his own rules, same as he always had. At a Baylor salary of $3.135 million per year, Briles thought he didn’t have to answer to anyone _ not a sheriff, not a university president, not a crying coed. But in the end, Briles’ complicity was so damning, it couldn’t
even escape the disgust of the lawyers that Baylor itself had hired. “We were horrified by the extent of these acts of sexual violence on our campus,” Richard Willis, chairman of the Baylor Board of Regents, said after reading the report from the Pepper Hamilton law firm. “The depth to which these acts occurred shocked and outraged us.” Among the new evidence revealed in the Pepper Hamilton report was a reported sexual assault that involved “multiple football players.” “The football program and athletics department leadership failed to take appropriate action in response to these reports,” the review read. In some cases, the report said, “football staff ” conducted their own “internal inquiries” and dis-
the law, in other words, and ignoring the university’s responsibilities under Title IX and the Clery Act. Briles and Baylor were headed to court and may still be. He had to be fired. But yet, the news Thursday morning buckled the knees of not only the victims and their families, but also anyone who follows college football. “I have to say I am very surprised. I didn’t expect them to take action RON JENKINS against Art Briles,” Jasmin Hernandez, FORT WORTH STAR- TELEGRAM who was raped by former Baylor Ex-Baylor Coach Art Briles. linebacker Tevin Elliot and has filed credited the complainants with- a lawsuit against the university and Briles, told ESPN on Thursday. out properly reporting the chargEven in its abbreviated form es as required by federal law. that was released Thursday, howWhat Briles was doing _ or not ever, the Pepper Hamilton report doing, in some cases _ was breaking implicated Briles. He was the one,
after all, who brought the future sexual assault perpetrators onto the Waco campus, in some cases even allowing them to remain on the team _ and rape again _ after complaints were lodged against them. Briles, however, likely figured he was untouchable. The winning and the publicity it brought to Baylor made it so. After all, he had always made his own rules. In the end, Baylor regents must have rightly felt that the soul of the university itself was being compromised. Art Briles wasn’t worth that. Don’t feel sorry for him. Think of the Baylor victims, for whom Thursday’s stunning news will have to pass for justice. Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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In response to Joint Bill 7.23 Letter to the editor
YEA to student involvement. NAY to destroying community gardens in favor of parking lots. YEA to ASOSU paying their employees less. NAY to dead week and all the work that comes with it. YEA to the quickly approaching graduation and summer vacation. NAY to having to start paying back all of those student loans. YEA to super cool robots. NAY to student government controversy. YEA to three day weekends. NAY to that jealous feeling we get when we realize how many other schools have already gotten out for the summer. YEA to next week’s weather forcast. NAY to student government not making quarum four weeks in a row. YEA to all the fun we had at DAM JAM. NAY to how gross the quad looks after hosting thousands of people at DAM JAM. YEA to Greek life. NAY to the ever constatnt sound of leaf blowers on campus. YEA to finally solidifying living situations for next year. NAY to having to sign leases and pay rent three months before actually moving in. NAY to the crazy super-bug bacteria that can’t be killed by any existing antibiotics. Sent from your mom’s iPad. The opinions expressed by the editorial board do not necessarily represent those of the entire Daily Barometer staff.
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To all Members of Our OSU Community: I am here thanking you to reject the Joint Bill 7.23. For those that do not know, Joint Bill 7.23, would in effect, move SIFC (the elected body that budgets incidental fees) under ASOSU, the very same SIFC that budgets for ASOSU. This is a direct conflict of interest. This past year (2015-2016) saw many great developments for this community. Both basketball teams made it to the NCAA tournament,
we discovered mammoth bones, and we even expanded finances for OSU’s Safe Ride. Why, with only a few weeks left in the year, do you now feel the need to sully our great university? Joint Bill 7.23 would have undermined the independence of OSU’s student body as a whole. With so much controversy surrounding ASOSU, why add more? This year began with the ASOSU President’s impeachment trial, over misappropriation of funds for Safe Ride. The
year continued with ASOSU battling SIFC over funds, and now is culminating with the utter disregard for basic democratic checks and balances. With the track record of devious and sleazy acts regarding financing in and by ASOSU, the goal of this bill was apparent—create a direct conflict of interest. When impeachment hearings, mediation, and general regulations block omnipotence for ASOSU, the solution became to remove the barriers and regulation. The way this was done was
by moving SIFC below them-quite literally putting ASOSU above the law… I am obviously very passionate about Joint Bill 7.23’s status, and you should be as well. I am glad that this bill was ultimately voted down. If this bill was not voted down due to immediate consequences, the precedent that was saved from being set by this bill expands well beyond abuse of power and conflicts of interest by our blatantly unethical, current, ASOSU. Calvin Roberts
Why we love gaming
Lucas Turner: I like gaming as my form of escapism. No matter how much crap life tends to throw at you, I can count of video games as my form of cathartic relaxation. The simple joy of solving a puzzle to living out my ideal power fantasy of piloting a giant robot, gaming can provide. In addition, the social interactions, through multiplayer gaming has led to several of my longest lasting friendships. I owe gaming a lot for helping me in my darkest times, and for my dearest friends. Now if only I can afford new stuff. Quinn Meihoff: Gaming is something I’ve been doing my whole life, and really there’s nothing else like it. Honestly, try and find another medium to tell a story that can fully immerse its viewer in the sounds, images, and user inputs that return specific emotional feedback, which can be designed by the artists that created it, but also by the viewers or players that inhabit that word. It’s like diving head first into impossible worlds, and making it your own- really a beautiful thing that could only exist at this stage in the evolution of media technologies. Will Kmiecik: Ever since my aunt gave my family and I a Nintendo 64 for Christmas of 1998, I have been a fanatic for the world of gaming. What I love the most about gaming is that you feel like an explorer of digital worlds. One day, you are in a racing kart on your favorite race track, and another day you are saving the world from complete and utter destruction. While I do enjoy consuming various forms of media, the interactivity of video games is what makes me pick up the controller again and again. Jared Dukes: Gaming is a medium that is both an art and an experience. No other media allows the audience to effect the story in such a direct way. Whether it is a race, a battle, or an epic fantasy, people are able to make it their own. David Tran: Gaming is so diverse! It’s amazing! Gaming has always served as an escape from the real world and experience things I could never do in real life. It’s a great stress reliever and a great way to bond with friends. I always find myself frequently exploring all of these unique worlds and always hungry for more adventures since I was a kid. It’s also inspired me on multiple occasions to draw and create artistic works of my own. Although I can’t dedicate as much time into gaming as much as I would like nowadays, gaming will always be a love of mine. Emmy Markham: Gaming has been my whole world since I was very young, when my dad brought home a Gameboy for me, and it’s basically been a driving
(Gaming) allows me to explore my inner creativity and better my communication skills with others. Elijah Frederick force for everything I’ve done in my life. My dream after college is to be a writer on a storyboard for video games. I love gaming culture because it’s my culture, it’s been my family and my best friend, it has allowed me to escape reality and become someone else, to explore a world that’s far more exciting than my own, and it gives me hope for the future. Gaming isn’t what it used to be – I believe it’s going to be an integral part of how we as a society and race advance in all areas. I want to help make those leaps and give future generations the kinds of stories and characters and experiences that I’ve always dreamed of. Elijah Frederick: I greatly enjoy gaming because it brings me closer to a community of people like myself who need a creative outlet for our high energy. It also allows me to explore my inner creativity and better my communication skills with others. I tend to play competitive multiplayer games because I greatly enjoy making my friends upset when I win. Bryan Tyler Chilcote: I love gaming because it gives me a sense of accomplishment. From the first level I beat in the original Mario Bros. to completing a Mythic boss in World of Warcraft, I love the challenges different games provide me. I also enjoy the immersive storytelling aspect of gaming. Even the simplest game can leave you wondering about the setting it is placed in. Brandon Olsen: I been playing games since the late ‘80s. I can’t imagine a life where I’m not playing video games. Whether I’m playing them to unwind or challenging myself there is a game for any occasion. The best part about gaming for me is meeting new people. You could be playing and interacting with people from all over the world, and overcoming challenges in games helps bring people together, and to me that’s what games are all about. Overcoming challenges and making friends. Kyle van Krieken: Video games have grown into a realm of their own. What captivates me about them is how much they’ve
become a part of our lives, let alone mine. I love gaming because of the plethora of experiences that we’re exposed to. We not only get to be a part of different stories that can steal our hearts but we can share them in a cooperative or competitive setting. Even in games that are exclusively single player, we’ve created communities of different people just based around single games which lead to communities of the genre of games. It’s a realm that we not only get to peer into through a screen but it’s a realm where it can come out and sometimes shape our lives, especially mine. Without them I might not have the friends and even girlfriend I have today. Evan Rechsteiner: Games offer new worlds to explore with their own challenges to conquer outside our own. They’re my favorite medium and have offered me great social opportunities outside their hand crafted world with other gamers. There are fantastic universes built with lore that push technical boundaries and simple time wasting puzzle games drowning the market. What I hunger for in the games I play and the ones I want to make are worlds built around the sole purpose of being fun as well as the interactions with that world to be meaningful. Through the gameplay and narrative, even if they’re incredibly simplistic in design and visuals. Looking for more geeky goodness? Join us on Split Screen’s regular TV show Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. on KBVR-TV (Comcast 26). Also look for Split Screen Radio on 88.7 FM Wednesdays 5-6 p.m. Finally, look for us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to stay current with all things Split Screen. The opinons expressed in Van Hoomisen’s column do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. baro.forum@oregonstate.edu
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“The Nice Guys” has Walter White levels of co-star chemistry Movie Review By Nick Sullivan A&E contributor Shane Black, the writer and director of “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”, is at it again with another adventurous murder mystery film. This one takes place in 1970’s Los Angeles and enlists the acting talents of Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling. The plot of “The Nice Guys” revolves around Holland March, played by Ryan Gosling, who is a jaded private investigator and Jackson Healy, played by Russell
Crowe, who is an arm breaking enforcer with a heart of gold. Their paths cross as a result of the seemingly suicidal death of a famous porn star, Misty Mountains. After a short while it becomes apparent that March and Healy must team up in order to find and protect a girl named Amelia, played by Margaret Qualley, from the dangerous thugs who are hunting her. During their investigation the two find themselves in over their heads as they uncover a massive conspiracy unlike anything they could have imagined. I really enjoyed this movie, so I think it is important to get the
few issues I have with it out of the way in order to talk more about the films great qualities. First, this film can be fairly mentally taxing as it is important to pay attention the whole time in order to understand the progress the main characters are making in the investigation. Next, the movie comes across as a bit convoluted because the audience is only given the information that March and Healy are given and that information is almost never more than a clue. Lastly, while I did enjoy how complex the characters were, I did feel that several of their characteristics were just slapped on and didn’t contribute
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anything such as Healy needing reading glasses. One of the first great things you notice about this movie is the undeniable and seemingly exaggerated look of the 1970’s culture and clothing. There were colorful suits, the powerful muscle cars of the 70’s, and rooms were filled with the interior design of the decade. This made the movie visually entertaining and added so much to the overall atmosphere of the film. In addition to the 1970’s aesthetic, the action sequences were also fantastically visually executed such as the many shootouts that the film contains. Back to the culture, I enjoyed the references to things like Pong, Yoo-hoo, rampant cigarette smoking, young protestors, and a much more conservative view of marijuana than that of the current generation. Next, I want to talk about the stellar dialog that the movie had, especially the dialog between the two co-stars. This movie was very funny, a large part of that humor came from the conversations between March and Healy. This is a result of very smart writing which leads to the small talk, semantical arguments, and discussing the discrepancies between their two chosen professions to be some of the funniest scenes in the film. Additionally, it’s not just the dialog between March and Healy that’s so great, but the dialog between the duo as they talk to other groups and individuals. A great example of this to look for in the movie is when March and Healy try asking a group of protestors for the loca-
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tion of Amelia. Not only is this an example of the great dialog in the film, it is one of my favorite scenes in the movie as a whole. Lastly, I need to talk about the unbelievable quality of the character chemistry between March and Healy. I do not know the level of friendship between actors Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling but this movie makes it seems that the two were born to act together. This is very important because, as I mentioned before, so much of this film is just great scenes of dialog and often great writing can fall flat if the characters don’t play off of each other well. In addition to the talents of the actors, the characters are also written in a way that makes them comically and situationally work well off of each other. In a lot of ways the two characters are opposites, whether you’re talking about toughness, morals,
intelligence or levels of optimism. However, they are written in a way that they cover each other’s weaknesses and build upon each other’s strengths. As the saying goes, “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts”. This seems very applicable to the two main characters as together March and Healy seem to figure out and take on problems far greater as a team then they would as individuals. Overall, “The Nice Guys” seems to have many of the characteristics that make a cult classic, including some of the best dialog and character chemistry I have seen in quite some time. I highly recommend this movie, not just for those who enjoy murder mysteries but for everyone. The score I have decided to give “The Nice Guys” is 85 percent. baro.arts@oregonstate.edu
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