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Unofficial Oregon State tradition allows students to dress as they please, jog together around campus in undearwear

By Tori Hittner THE DAILY BAROMETER

One student arrived in a bathtub. Three others smeared themselves in blue paint. Dozens sported tutus and neon accessories. And then they all took off running throughout campus — in their underwear.

Hundreds of students gathered in the Peavy Fields Friday evening to participate in the 2014 Undie Run. An unofficial OSU tradition, the run invites community members of all ages to dress how they please and enjoy a group jog through campus.

Senior David Merrick organized the event the past two years after the previous leaders graduated. He hastily took on the role last year after realizing no run had been planned. Only 20-30 people showed up for the 2013 run, prompting advanced planning and organization this year.

“This year, we decided that we were going to do it a couple weeks in advance, so we put together the (Facebook) page,” Merrick said. “It definitely selforganized after that. I didn’t promote it too much;

people just shared the event with their friends.”

According to the Undie Run 2014 Facebook page, 858 students attended the run. More than 1,900 were invited.

Merrick said part of the improved organization included establishing a route, which had not been implemented in previous years. The group planned on running to the Battle of the Bands in the Memorial Union quad, along Monroe Avenue and down Greek Row. Participants would regroup at three or four different locations.

Merrick said part of the reason he organized the event was to make sure everyone, regardless of age or dress, could participate in a safe and legal manner.

“I’m a very careful person, and I want to make sure that nobody gets in trouble,” Merrick said. “It’s kind of a parting gift because I’m graduating, and it’s something I’ve always enjoyed.”

Other participants seemed to enjoy the event just as much as Merrick.

“It’s not too often when you can run around in your underwear with a bunch of other people that want to run around in their underwear,” said freshman Ryan Widenor. “So it’s a good time to just let go.”

Widenor and two of his friends smeared designs on their chests with bright blue paint, offering only one See UNDIE | page 4

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Hundreds of students in the 2014 Undie Run start at Peavy Fields, run to Battle of the Bands in the Memorial Union quad, along Monroe Avenue and down Greek Row Friday.

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Thousands crowd the Memorial Union quad waiting for DAM JAM performances Saturday

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Mike Posner performs for a full crowd in the Memorial Union quad Saturday.

Thousands of students and Willamette Valley locals filled the Memorial Union quad Saturday night for the first annual DAM JAM and headliner Mike Posner.

How the West Was Won, the winning band from Friday’s Battle of the Bands, was the first opening act. The Flavr Blue, a band from Seattle that had been praised on social media by both Macklemore and SOL, and has played at Flat Tail in previous years, followed How the West Was Won’s performance.

Emily Dumble, a junior at Philomath High School, said that despite the cold, DAM JAM was “just a cool environment.”

Cristian Lackner, a freshman in mechanical engineering, added that See POSNER | page 3

How the West Was Won takes home $500 after beating 9 other bands Friday evening

Union Program Council.

The band also won the opportunity to start Saturday’s DAM JAM as the opening act before headliner Mike Posner’s performance.

By Ria Rankine Battle of the Bands took place at the Memorial THE DAILY BAROMETER Union quad Friday from 4:30 p.m. to 10:45 p.m.

How the West Was Won beat out nine other The event saw performances from eight new acts bands, taking home the prize of $500 at the 2014 and two returning. Winners were announced at Battle of the Bands, hosted by the Memorial 10:35 p.m. Second place won $300 and third place won $100.

For some attendees, the unexpected drop-in by the 2014 Undie Run attendees, a group of OSU students running through campus in their underwear, stole the show.

“The Undie Run was the best part,” said Madie Delmendo, a second-year who attended the event with her boyfriend.

She and her boyfriend stopped by the quad after dinner on Monroe Avenue.

“I think it was better last year,” Delmendo said. “There were definitely more people.”

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Battle of the Bands winner How the West Was Won perform as one of Mike Posner’s opening acts at DAM JAM Saturday.

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Girls on the Run celebrates empowerment n

Community gathers to run, support young girls Saturday

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The Garfield Minions from Garfield Elementary School gather together between stretching and team bonding before the 5K run Saturday.

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Young girls, coaches and community members gathered Saturday at Reser Stadium for the Girls on the Run celebration.

This year, there were more than 1,000 participants, including 485 girls from local schools and their coaches.

The event included a 50-yard dash, a 1K kids run and the main 5K run followed by a barbecue, raffle, silent

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auction, yoga and massages.

Contrary to the title, Girls on the Run is not a running program, but rather a national organization that began in 1996 to help empower young girls, teach them how to use their strengths and embrace life experiences. The Willamette Valley branch started in 2008 as an affiliate of the OSU KidSpirit program.

This run is the culmination of a 10-week mentoring program, during which coaches visit elementary schools twice a week and interact one-on-one with students.

“The girls learn and practice what is unique, what they value and how to

be part of a team,” said Karen Swanger, coordinator for KidSpirit and Willamette Girls on the Run. Physical activities and games are always a part of this mentoring process and the girls also learn to give back to the community.

“They do a community service project they organize themselves,” Swanger said.

The Saturday run, which was open to the public, is a way for the organization to recognize the achievements of the program.

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EUGENE — Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy and a trio of city councilors stood around with waggling bee antennae on their heads Saturday and celebrated Eugene as “America’s most bee-friendly city.”

That’s because the council in February banned the use of neonicotinoids — a pesticide implicated in massive bee dieoffs — from use on city property.

Dozens of celebrants, including scores of bee-loving and behaving children, filled Washington Park for the so-called Bee-Fest organized by the Eugene-based Beyond Toxics group.

The ban was a modest win for the environment, but environmental scientist Sarah France, who sat on the lawn with her two children, said that she’d take it.

“There aren’t that many that turn around so quickly and give you a happy feeling,” she said. “It keeps you from getting too depressed about all of the other issues.”

Her 5-year-old daughter, Ava Beck, was tickled, too.

“I like bees,” she said, “because they collect nectar from flowers. They also make honey, and that’s another reason I like them.”

Farmers, activists and others have worried about bees because the number of healthy commercial colonies the government counts each year has fallen off at a troubling rate.

A May report found colonies fell by 23 percent through last winter. It’s a bit better than the previous winter, when 31 percent of colonies collapsed.

Honeybees are needed to pollinate plants that grow one-quarter of food con-

sumed in the United States. That includes apples, plums, peaches and almonds.

“We wouldn’t be eating things like blueberries and apples and beans and squash, and the list goes on and on,” Beyond Toxics Executive Director Lisa Arkin told the assembled celebrants on Saturday, including grown women and children in bee girl costumes.

“We’re here today to celebrate bees of all kinds — bumblebees, honeybees, wood bees, burrowing bees,” Arkin said.

Celebrate they did: They drank hibiscus tea, ate gluten-free pickles and got blissed out on coconut ice cream.

They tasted honey from the Healthy Bees — Healthy Gardens program, which places hives on city blocks where homeowners swear off the use of pesticides.

Volunteer beekeeper Jen Hornaday has placed 15 hives so far, including on Washington, Madison, Adams and Grant streets near the city core.

The festivalgoers glued cutout flowers, tied sort-of-like bee balloons and painted their faces. A tiny painted bumblebee looped around the left eye of 3-year-old bee girl Olivia Harris.

Perhaps it was the antennae on their heads, but the politicians were uncharacteristically brief and poetic.

“Oh, we’re just all abuzz about this,” said Piercy, after accepting an award on behalf of the city from Beyond Toxics.

City Counselor Mike Clark made a mental tour of his garden.

“I have asparagus, dill, grapes, artichokes, oregano, basil, tomatoes, lima beans, broccoli, cucumbers, peas, raspberries and green beans and carrots,” he said.

Councilor George Brown stood up for

an unheralded species.

“The ban on neonics is for all pollinators, not just bees,” he said, “although bees are super-important. It’s also: butterflies won’t be killed. They’re pollinators, too.”

Brown promised to nudge the city toward creating more city parks that are entirely pesticide free. So far, there are nine, and most of those are small.

The enthusiasm was less expansive, but Beyond Toxics also celebrated the Legislature’s passage, also in February, of the Save Oregon’s Pollinators Act. The bill as it was originally introduced would have allowed the use of neonicotinoids — often called neonics — only by licensed commercial applicators. Consumer products such as Bayer Advanced All-in-One Rose & Flower Care and Ortho Bug B Gon for Lawns would have been taken off the shelves of hardware and home improvement stores.

“Most homeowners do not know (the importance of) reading the label, do not understand the label — and they don’t have the tools to measure how much they’re using,” Arkin said.

“Hey, it’s on the shelf; it must be safe.

I can pay $5.99. It’s on sale. I can get two for one. They assume the government has regulated its use,” she said.

Lawmakers, however, passed a weaker version that required commercial operators to take a course on pollinator health.

It also required creation of a governorappointed task force to study the pesticides and report back to the Legislature in October.

Gov. John Kitzhaber appointed the 10-member task force last week. It’s scheduled to begin meeting in June. “So much of Oregon’s natural landscapes and agri-

cultural lands rely on bees and other pollinators,” Kitzhaber said in a prepared statement.

The state was spurred to action by a pair of June 2013 incidents in Wilsonville and Hillsboro in which tens of thousands of dead bees littered parking lots — in the wake of neonic treatments to nearby trees.

Chemical companies say it’s most likely mites that are killing the bees nationally; environmentalists say its the chemicals.

Research is suggesting it’s a combination.

The neonics weaken the bees’ immune systems so they can’t survive mite bites.

Neonics persist in the soils for as long as seven years, Arkin said. Plants take up the chemical and bees consume it with the flowers’ nectar.

“It’s taken by the bees to the hive and little by little over time that season it poisons the brood and then kills the hive,” Arkin said. “(Neonics) are so persistent and so systemic, there is no safe use of a neonic ever. Anywhere.”

Farm states are starting to take action.

The Minnesota Legislature in recent weeks created a rapid response team of scientists to pin down the cause of bee die offs.

Farmers who misapply pesticides will face stifffines; farmers who lose bees will be compensated.

Eugene’s steps are tiny.

The city won’t spray parks; but homeowners are free to dowse properties all around the parks. Eugene is apparently alone in the nation in adopting a ban.

“It’s a win,” Arkin said. “There’s so few times that we can say we have a definitive win — even though it’s small and even though it’s just one city. We can celebrate it.”

Voter errors leave Lane County elections in limbo

By Saul Hubbard THE REGISTER-GUARD

EUGENE — In the still-tooclose-to-call East Lane and West Lane county board races, every vote counts.

So if you live in either district and made a signature mistake on your primary election ballot, don’t be surprised if you get a personalized call from one of the campaigns by Tuesday.

Thanks to a new and lightly publicized law passed by the state Legislature in 2013, the name, address and party affiliation of every voter who made a signature mistake now becomes a public record eight days after the election. The specific nature of the error they made also is made public.

The affected voters have up to 14 days after the election to resolve the mistake — typically a missing signature or one that does not match the one on their voter registration form. For this election, that deadline is Tuesday.

In the past, the process was completely confidential. The county elections division would spot the signature mistakes and would notify the affected voters directly by mail, who could then resolve the issue.

If they didn’t, their votes would not count.

In the May 20 primary, the Lane County elections clerk amassed a total of 528 “chal-

lenged” signatures among the approximately 62,000 ballots cast. Those are the only votes left to count before the clerk, Cheryl Betschart, can certify the election results, according to county staff.

By Friday, the number of signature-challenged and unresolved ballots was down to 495, according to a list obtained by The Register-Guard through a public records request.

Although the incumbent county commissioners, Faye Stewart in East Lane and Jay Bozievich in West Lane, essentially cannot lose their seats outright in the primary at this point, both still could be forced into a November runoff against their leading challengers, Kevin Matthews and Dawn Lesley respectively — depending on how these challenged votes are resolved.

According to the most recently released election results, Stewart has 13 more votes than the 50 percent plus one vote required to avoid a runoff against Matthews. Bozievich, meanwhile, is 23 votes clear of a possible runoff with Lesley.

The list provided to The Register-Guard shows that more registered Democrats than Republicans had their ballots challenged over signatures in both the East Lane and West Lane districts. While the county commissioners races are technically nonpartisan, that could be

a potential advantage for Lesley and Matthews, both registered Democrats.

Stewart and Bozievich are registered Republicans.

In West Lane, 137 votes have still-unresolved signature issues: 65 belong to registered Democrats, 33 to registered Republicans and 39 to unaffiliated voters and members of smaller parties.

In East Lane, 99 votes are still challenged: 47 are those of registered Democrats, 35 of registered Republicans, and 17 of unaffiliated voters and smaller parties.

Challengers get lists Two other people had obtained the list of voters with challenged ballots as of Friday afternoon: Matthews’ campaign manager Matthew Keating, and Justin Cox, a local Democratic operative, who did so for Lesley’s campaign.

Reached by phone, Keating said that the campaign wants to “make sure that every vote is counted.”

“That should be everyone’s mission in a democracy,” he said. The campaign did not provide further comment about their plans regarding the voter names.

Robert Phillips, Lesley’s campaign manager, also said he wants to “make sure all votes are counted.”

“We are identifying our supporters on the list, contacting

them to make sure they got the notice that their ballot was challenged, and encouraging them to take the necessary steps to correct that,” Phillips said.

Phillips said the campaign was initially focusing on contacting “supporters we identified during the campaign,” but he acknowledged that the campaign likely will reach out to additional voters by Tuesday.

The voters’ names became a public record as a result of House Bill 3344, which was approved by state lawmakers in the 2013 session. The bill passed both chambers with wide bipartisan support, with only 11 House Republicans voting “no.”

The bill also gave voters an additional four days to resolve their signature mistake.

House Majority Leader Val Hoyle, a Eugene Democrat and chief sponsor of the bill, said Friday the policy was about “transparency” in the elections system.

Before the bill, “We didn’t know how many ballots were being challenged or why,” she said. “We also had no way of knowing if a county clerk was acting in a partisan way and challenging only Republican or only Democrats’ ballots.”

Sandy Raddue, the election integrity chairwoman of the Oregon Republican Party, testified in support of the bill at the time, saying that it would allow

“campaign workers to obtain a list of persons whose ballots are challenged, so that voters can be urged to remedy the situation... in a timely fashion.”

But the measure was opposed by the Oregon Association of County Clerks. In written testimony, the group said that “voters have an expectation of privacy and confidentiality in (the election) process” that would be “lost” if the bill passed.

The group also argued that releasing the information would add a political dimension to a “confidential, administrative” process that was giving all voters equal opportunity to remedy their signature challenges.

“If political entities could purchase the list, they could pick and choose which voters to contact based on party affiliation,” the association wrote.

Politically motivated third parties also could make mistakes in who they contacted, potentially creating confusion among voters, the group added.

Asked about the confidentiality issue, Hoyle said that “voters’ names and party registrations are available (to political parties) all the way through the elections process.”

“These are people who took the effort to vote,” she said. “Why shouldn’t they have the opportunity to be informed (of the challenge) so that their ballot is counted?”

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Thousands of students and Willamette Valley locals filled the Memorial Union quad to watch and listen to headliner Mike Posner perform at DAM JAM Saturday.

beyond Posner’s ability to pump up the crowd, the opening bands were impressive. “I’ve been to other concerts before where the warm-up bands weren’t good,� he said. “This warm-up band was really good.�

In all, students benefitted from the opportunity to have fun before the last two weeks of spring term. “It’s really fun but it’s relaxing and unwinding at the same time,� Lackner said.

The show, which was previously known as the Flat Tail Music Festival, condensed the amount of opening acts and focused on finding a bigger headliner for students.

Coordinators from the Memorial Union Program Council wanted to restructure the annual event to better reflect the student coordinators and audience.

Madeline Golden, the MUPC coordinator for DAM JAM, said MUPC coordinators sought to change the layout of the event.

Where Flat Tail had always been a music festival running from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m., DAM JAM is

more of a concert. “We realized that students don’t really come to those first few hours,� Golden said.

So the MUPC condensed the show, opened the gates at 7 p.m., started the music at 8 p.m. and only had two opening acts.

Posner was selected after the MUPC’s artist consultant was able to talk him down in price to fit within MUPC’s budget. “We got pretty lucky,� Golden said. “He’s a pretty big name and he’s perfect for college campuses.�

At the Q&A session with Posner, which took place in the MU ballroom at 4 p.m.

Saturday, Posner expressed his own excitement for playing at OSU. “My team and I were super grateful for you having us here,� he said. “We love playing shows like this. I’ve done a million shows at colleges, and at some point, I always have interactions with some of the kids after the shows and sometimes they would be as meaningful to me as the shows themselves.�

At the Q&A, a small crowd of students and media had the chance to speak with Posner as he shared his experiences, his

Police arrest 7, recover stolen property

By Jack Moran

THE REGISTER-GUARD

SPRINGFIELD — Detectives recovered stolen property and took seven people to jail after serving a search warrant at a suspected drug house in Springfield.

Police Sgt. David Lewis characterized the home at 1092 E St. as an “eyesore� and a “problem spot.�

He said a number of residents of the neighborhood southeast of Springfield High School were pleased to see police at the house on Thursday. “The officers got quite a reception from neighbors when they got there,� Lewis said. “We do this kind of thing frequently, but we don’t usually see this many folks in one house.�

Five people were charged with frequenting a place where controlled substances are used. Lewis identified them as Sabrina Lynn Williams; Eric John Ritter; Curtiss Glenn Miller; Russell Ray Vernon; and Hailey Renee Buck. Miller faces an additional charge of possessing burglar tools, while Vernon also was arrested for violating his probation.

Another person at the home, Amanda Lynn Gatewood, was charged with methamphetamine possession.

Police also arrested Megan Elizabeth Collar on a warrant charging her with contempt of court.

Detectives found about $2,500 worth of stolen property at the house, Lewis said. The items included multiple bicycles. Police also seized a small amount of heroin and methamphetamine, he said.

Neighbors have complained about activity at the home, Lewis said.

A police dispatch log shows that officers went to the house twice in April to serve arrest warrants and also recently responded to the home in regard to an assault, a dispute and the recovery of a stolen vehicle.

advice and a few of his upcoming songs.

When asked about his writing style and what he values, Posner said he had learned to accept inspiration when it comes to him, always write the truth instead of coming up with story, and listen to his gut. “In my experience, my gut,

my heart, has always been the right way,� Posner said. “You guys all got power too; it’s just sort of realizing that you have it — that’s the tricky thing. It’s just realizing that and doing that for yourself.�

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Joey Palmer, Brian Schiewe, Nathan Keeve, Reed Van Anrooy, Chris Dallas and Brett Wilkerson stroll onto the Peavy Fields for Friday’s Undie Run.

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“Where I’m from, we have rival competition from high schools, and we go all out and put war paint on,” Widenor said. “Since we have all this white body just running around, we might as well spice it up a little.”

Junior Molly Path and her friends decided to join the run as a way to support their friend and enjoy some time together.

“We all kind of know the guy who is putting this on, and we all kind of wanted to support

him,” Path said. “We’re all part of the same (cooperative) house, the Azalea house.”

Senior David Shumway, who helped Merrick organize the event, lauded the inclusiveness of the run.

“What I like about this event is that it’s the most inclusive environment you can possibly imagine,” Shumway said. “It’s more than the freedom you just get from running around in briefs. Everyone’s expressing themselves.”

Even some graduates, like Justin Mart, returned to campus to enjoy the run and participate in an old tradition.

“Here at OSU … we work hard, play hard,”

pleased with the attendance, particularly since it fell in conjunction with the Corvallis Regional baseball tournament.

The event topped at around 600, while in previous years it had reached around 1,200, according to workers at the Memorial Union.

Despite the smaller numbers, the coordinators were impressed with the quality of the performers.

“The caliber this year has exceeded our expectations,” Seguancia said. “It’s always good to see new music coming in.”

Among the new music this year was the band, Humble Beginnings, which came together four days before try-outs. Lead singer Paul Berce said he and the other members practiced almost everyday in a friend’s basement.

Their sound began as reggae alternative, but they later dropped the reggae.

“We went for more alternative to get up and party,” Berce said. “It’s fun to jam to.”

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“It’s a celebration of everything they’ve learned about themselves and everything they’ve done,” Swanger said.

The coaches that volunteer for mentorship often find the 10 weeks to be equally rewarding for them.

Recent OSU graduate Mayra Garcia has been a coach for Girls on the Run for six years. This year, she led Garfield Elementary School’s Garfield Minions, who all donned colorful tutus for the event.

“It’s a great program,” Garcia said. “I learn as much from the girls as they do from me.”

Garcia said she sees progress in her girls from the beginning weeks until the ending run.

“It’s great to watch them discover their strengths and grow,” Garcia said.

The program has continued to grow since the Willamette Valley branch started in 2008 with only 26 schoolgirls participating. Now the program serves 530 students in Linn, Lane, Marion and Benton counties.

“We didn’t really know how ... big it would grow,” Swanger said.

As of July 1,Willamette Girls on the Run will become its own non-profit to serve Benton County, because it has grown past the bounds of its KidSpirit affiliation.

“We’ve had great community support for it,” Swanger said.

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Mart joked. “I’ve run in it the last couple years and … why not? Any time you get a chance to run around in your underwear, you have to take it.”

Although Merrick will be graduating this spring, he plans to find another student willing to organize the event for 2015.

“I would hope somebody picks it up,” Merrick said. “It would be nice to see that somebody continues the tradition after I’ve graduated.”

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didn’t care if they won. They just came out to have a good time.

“We wanted to see people get crazy with us on stage,” Berce said.

“If we could make it, we knew we could get people bumping.

Hopefully we did that.”

Along with new music and hordes of students stripped to their underwear, the MUPC partnered with the Center for Civic Engagement to promote awareness of hunger and poverty.

“Students are welcome to come talk to us if they feel comfortable,” said Mariah Waite, internal coordinator at the center of civic engagement.

CCE members offered a drawing for prizes to inspire people to come by and talk. The prizes included a Q&A with Mike Posner, a signed Battle of the Bands poster and MUPC sunglasses. They had a number of people enter the contest, but few stuck around to learn about the issue.

But Waite was not disappointed.

“If we even talk to one person, we’ve made a difference,” she said.

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Beavers defeat UC Irvine Sunday night to set up rematch, chance to advance to Super Regionals

By Andrew Kilstrom THE DAILY BAROMETER

With their starting rotation exhausted from the first three games of the Corvallis Regional, No. 1 Oregon State turned to reliever Scott Schultz to start with their playoff lives in jeopardy Sunday night against UC Irvine.

The senior came through with arguably the best performance of his Oregon State (45-13) career, throwing a two-hit complete-game shutout to extend OSU’s postseason lives.

Schultz’s big night gave OSU a 4-0 victory and forced a decisive game Monday night that will determine whether Oregon State or UC Irvine (37-23) advances to the Super Regional round.

The senior walked two, hit three batters and struck out four in his seventh win of the season. Head coach Pat Casey gave his closer-turnedstarter and team’s changed attitude credit for avenging Saturday’s 14-2

loss to the Anteaters.

“We got great pitching from Scott,” Casey said. “I thought we came out and played with a lot more energy than the other night. … To ask our closer to go as many innings as he can and he goes a complete game, it’s pretty impressive. It’s a good moment for us.”

Offensively, it was junior left fielder Michael Conforto who got the Beavers on the board early with an RBI double off the top of the fence in right-center field to score senior second baseman Andy Peterson.

OSU scored three more runs in the third inning with two-out hits from senior first baseman Kavin Keyes and sophomore designated hitter Gabe Clark; the last three runs of the ball game.

Conforto also singled in the previous game against UNLV Sunday afternoon that eventually sparked a five-run inning. He signaled to the dugout with an emphatic reaction standing on first base, which ignited the Goss Stadium crowd.

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Junior left fielder Michael Conforto makes a diving catch against UC Irvine in the fourth inning of Sunday’s game.

Attitude adjustments made to set up regional final Conforto was just 4-for-29 (.129 batting average) since the beginning of the Washington series May 16.

His single earlier in the day laid ground Warner for the five-run inning, but he did not stop there. In the first inning Sunday night, he hit an RBI double off the top of the wall in My Name is My Name center field to give OSU an early lead. their way to a 6-1 victory, and followed it up Conforto credited the team’s attitude with a 4-0 win against the Anteaters later in adjustment, and the energy from the Goss the evening.

Stadium crowd, for the sudden surge of “Just from the get-go, (Sunday) felt offense.

“It’s crazy how an attiso much different than tude will change that, not (Saturday),” said sophoonly with us but in the more center fielder Jeff You could just feel stadium,” he said.

Hendrix. “You could just the energy in the Casey was obviousfeel the energy in the crowd and the energy in crowd and the energy ly displeased with the team’s performance in our dugout.” in our dugout. the 12-run loss Saturday The fifth-inning rally night. He, like Conforto in the elimination game Jeff Hendrix and Hendrix, felt the against UNLV began when Sophomore center fielder Beavers were playing Michael Conforto laced a with a different edge single to right fielder. The Sunday, which was necesjunior left fielder — who sary since they were tasked was named Pac-12 Player of the Year for with winning three games in a row. the second-straight year, and chosen as a “Mike said the word ‘attitude,’” Casey First Team All-American — had been in the See STRAUSBAUGH | page 6 midst of a horrible slump.

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ess than 24 hours after UC Irvine embarrassed No. 1 Oregon State, a much-needed attitude adjustment was necessary for the Beavers to make it out of regionals.

The No. 3-seed Anteaters (37-23) outplayed OSU (45-13) in every aspect of the game in Saturday night’s 14-2 loss.

“I don’t think there was anything that we did in that game that was competitive,” Pat Casey said in his brief press conference after Saturday’s loss.

The Beavers looked lost Saturday night — on offense, defense and on the mound.

Casey was not happy with the loss, which set the Beavers back dramatically.

“We challenge these guys all the time,” Casey said Sunday. “(Saturday), we were disappointed in our competitiveness. I quietly asked them if they could change that and I went home and washed my mouth out with soap.”

They needed wins Sunday against No. 2-seed UNLV and UC Irvine to make a Monday rematch possible with the Anteaters.

OSU did just that, and did it convincingly. After a scoreless five innings against the Rebels (36-25), the Beavers put together a five-run sixth inning on

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Kinsey Gomez, Michelle Turney, Melissa Ausman compete for Oregon State over weekend

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On the final stretch of the Fayetteville, Ark., regional 10K, junior Kinsey Gomez was unable to overtake freshman Cali Roper of Rice University, finishing mere seconds behind, and one spot away from earning a spot at the NCAA National Championships.

Gomez went into the race seeded 34th in the region and ended up finishing 13th, the best result of her career at a regional meet.

She finished the race with a time of 34:41.41.

Sophomore Michele Turney and freshman Melissa Ausman also competed over the weekend. Turney placed 40th in the triple jump with a distance of 38-0 1/4. Had Turney matched her personal record from her most recent meet, 40-4 3/4, she would have finished in 25th.

Ausman was able to get back on track after being in a slump her last two meets, despite stormy conditions, which delayed the event for 30 minutes. She finished in 30th with a

mark of 158-6, 10 feet shy of her personal best.

Had she matched her best throw from the season, she would have finished 16th overall.

All three competitors finished higher than where they were seeded for their respective events.

All three athletes will be returning to OSU next year with postseason experience.

Heading into next season, Oregon State has the three women mentioned above, and will have some of their top performers back after they redshirted this season. Sophomores Sara Almen and Emily Webber are two that could make an impact.

Almen competed in the high jump last season, finishing third at the Pac-12 Championships and 22nd in NCAA West Regionals. Weber finished 19th at Pac-12s last season, and has been improving during her cross-country season.

The Beavers will also return freshman Morgan Anderson, who just missed out on making the finals at Pac-12s, and was four seconds away from qualifying for the NCAA Regionals.

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After racing for three consecutive days in the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships, the men’s rowing team finished 18th overall.

The championships began Friday, when Oregon State’s Junior Varsity 8 crew raced well enough to ensure a top-12 finish in their event.

In their first heat, the 16th-seeded Beavers squared off against 1st-seeded California, 8thseeded Boston, 9th-seeded Wisconsin, 17thseeded George Washington and 24th-seeded Florida Institute of Technology.

The Beavers finished their first heat in third place with a time of 5:52.725, behind Cal at 5:45.691 and Boston at 5:49.729. Oregon State’s JV8 fell to Wisconsin earlier in the year, but they came out ahead Friday.

With its third-place finish, OSU’s JV8 squad competed in the afternoon’s repechage to determine who would qualify for the A/B semifinals and who would qualify for the C/D semis. In that race, Oregon State took an early lead and never relinquished it.

Oregon State won the repechage with a time of 5:48.995 ahead of 11th-seeded Dartmouth, 23rd-seeded Gonzaga and 21st-seeded Hobart, which qualified the Beavers for the A/B semis and ensuring a top-12 finish.

Come Saturday, strong crosswinds made life difficult for the Junior Varsity crew. Facing 2ndseeded Washington, 3rd-seeded Northeastern, 5th-seeded Navy, 8th-seeded Boston and 15th-seeded Pennsylvania on the second day of competition, the Beavers were hoping for an upset, but it didn’t happen.

The Beavers finished sixth with a time of 6:35.037, more than 28 seconds behind the winning Washington boat. Consequently, the Beavers qualified for Sunday’s Petite Final to order the JV8 boats from 7-12.

In the Petite Final, the Beavers faced 8thseeded Boston, 9th-seeded Wisconsin, 10thseeded Cornell, 14th-seeded Yale and 15thseeded Pennsylvania. Despite staying closer to the pack than they were in Saturday’s race, the Beavers again finished sixth.

Their time of 6.03:313 was 13 seconds off the pace of Boston, which won the race to take 7th overall in the JV8 event. The Beavers’ sixth place finish meant their JV8 squad finished 12th overall.

Oregon State’s Varsity 8 crew was the 15th-

seeded team, and in their first heat Friday, they faced 2nd-seeded California, 7th-seeded Boston, 10th-seeded Wisconsin, 18th-seeded Syracuse and 23rd-seeded Gonzaga. That seeding held true to form, as they mirrored the race results.

The Beavers were the fourth-highest seeded team and they finished fourth in their first heat with a time of 5:51.224.

The Beavers’ V8 crew raced in a repechage later that day, but unlike the JV8 boat, were unable to qualify for the A/B semis, meaning they would finish no higher than 13th place.

Saturday, the Beavers needed a top-three finish in their heat to race for spots 13-18 Sunday.

A fourth, fifth or sixth-place finish meant they’d be racing for spots 19-24 Sunday.

Facing a field, which included 13th-seeded Stanford, 14th-seeded Pennsylvania, 16thseeded Dartmouth, 21st-seeded Holy Cross and 22nd-seeded Drexel, the Beavers did what they needed to.

They finished in third place with a time of 6:20.782, which was 2.5 seconds faster than Drexel, which finished in fourth place. Thus, the Varsity 8 clinched a berth in the C final Sunday.

In their final race of the IRAs, the Beavers’ Varsity crew may have been feeling the effects of its fourth race in three days, as they finished the C final in sixth place. Their time of 5.59.622 was 4.5 seconds behind fifth place, but less than 10 seconds off the leader. Their sixthplace finish gave the V8 crew an 18th-place overall finish.

Friday, Oregon State’s 15th-seeded Third Varsity 8 finished in fifth place in its first heat.

In the repechage later that day, they also finished in fifth place, despite improving their time by 12.5 seconds.

The results of Friday’s races meant OSU’s 3V8 crew was racing for spots 13-18 on Sunday in the Third Level Final. In that race, the Beavers squared off against 10th–seeded Wisconsin, 16th-seeded Holy Cross, 12th-seeded Harvard, 18th-seeded Hobart and 17th-seeded Drexel.

The Beavers’ 3V8 boat finished with a time of 6:03.871, placing them third in the race and giving them a 15th-place overall finish.

With the team’s combined scores, the Beavers finished 18th overall of 24 competing teams. The Beavers also raced in the IRAs last year, when they finished 17th overall.

Of the 27 crew members that represented Oregon State in the IRAs this year, 23 will be returning next season.

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Senior right-hander Scott Schultz throws a pitch against UC Irvine Sunday night in Goss Stadium.

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“I just threw strikes and let my defense work,” Schultz said. “(Conforto) made a couple great plays and (Keyes) made a few.

— the Beaver bats came alive Sunday, totaling The crowd was great and really helped me with my adrenaline.”

20 hits and 10 combined runs.

With the victory, both teams look ahead Conforto said his single against UNLV helped spark both himself and the Oregon to a Monday-night matchup that will decide who advances to Super Regionals. After State offense.

“I looked over at the dugout after I hit it getting blown out 14-2 by the Anteaters Saturday night, the Beavers and everyone was smiling have a chance to salvage the and laughing at me … Keyes postseason. threw his arms up at me so It’s winner-takeWhile Schultz’s perforI did it back and the crowd mance was vital to OSU’s really reacted. When they’re all. We came out it was also important loud they really inspire us with a lot of energy victory, for Monday’s game. Because and we started swinging the ... and I’m sure he was able to toss a combats. plete game, the Beavers were “I feel good and I’ve kept that we’ll able to save their bullpen for saying that I’m seeing the sustain that. the final game of the regional. ball well. I’ve felt good at the plate and maybe I was Freshman Jake Thompson Pat Casey getting a little bit jumpy, but or junior Dylan Davis would Head coach I feel good and in rhythm.” likely start on the bump Oregon State played some Monday night in Goss of its best defense of the entire season to Stadium. The two split the duty of pitching back Schultz. The Beaver defense particularly Tuesday nonconference games for most of shined in a critical third inning with a 1-0 lead the season. at the time. “(Schultz’s performance) kept us from posAfter back-to-back plays from Keyes to rob sibly having to throw someone we want to base hits at first base — a leaping stab of a use tomorrow in relief,” Casey said. “Having sharply-hit line drive and a diving stop of a lost the other night, they have the advantage hard-hit ground ball — UC Irvine launched because it’s our fourth game and their third. its first base hit of the game to left field with “We would’ve went with Thompson if we a runner on second. UC Irvine’s Chris Rabago had to and now we might start him (Monday).” decided to test Conforto’s arm, but the left Regardless of who’s on the mound, Casey fielder delivered a strike at home, nailing him said he expects his team will carry the for the third out of the inning. momentum gained Sunday into Monday’s “I knew Mike was going to throw him out,” rubber match between the two clubs.

Casey said. “I could see him closing and look“It’s winner-take-all,” he said. “We came ing at the guy and he knew he was going to out with a lot of energy … and I’m sure that get him.” we’ll sustain that.”

Conforto then led off the top of the fourth First pitch is scheduled for 8 p.m. in Goss with a diving catch to rob the Anteaters of Stadium. another base hit.

Schultz credited his defense and their play more than anything for his performance Sunday night.

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Senior first baseman Kavin Keyes (right) celebrates with junior left fielder Michael Conforto (left) after scoring a run Sunday night in Goss Stadium.

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Without a change in demeanor, OSU would not have been able to cruise past UC Irvine like they did Sunday, let alone beat UNLV. The Beavers, despite receiving the No. 1 oversaid. “I just think the attitude and ... how we approach what we’re going to do — it does not all seed for the NCAA Tournament, limped into guarantee you’re going to win a game, there’s their regional. They lost three of four games to no question about it, but it absolutely gives you close out the season, and it was only the second time they lost consecutive games all season. an opportunity to do that.”

The bats are still relatively quiet, but 10 runs If players are deflated and an identity crisis in two games is major progress for a team that for the team is apparent, it can make every- had not scored more than three runs in a game thing go from bad to worse. That is exactly what since May 13. happened in Saturday’s blowout: The Beavers The Beavers were able to flush the loss out of had a real chance to tie the game in the eighth their minds in less than 24 hours. Casey’s point inning with the bases loaded and one out with is valid, a winning attitude does not guarantee the tying run at the plate. Dylan Davis popped victories, but it sure can help. out, Gabe Clark struck out looking, and like They just need to keep it up for 24 more that, the threat was over. hours.

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here is a point in one’s life when something incredible happens. It’s confusing and enlightening all at once. It brings us closer to adulthood, and somehow makes us understand our childhood and how our future relationships will look and how they will feel, and perhaps how we’ll respond to them.

This moment is when we realize that our parents are people just like us. They either say something or you think about something from a different perspective — from their perspective — and you stop and suddenly put two and two together: Your parents are real-life individuals with aspirations and fears and all sorts of the same things that you experience

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Maybe it’s getting out of the selfish adolescent stage, or maybe it’s because we’re now more willing to talk to our parents on grown-up terms. Whatever it is, when I realized that my parents were people, I had to rethink my whole worldview.

Not only was it shocking, it was also concerning, inspiring and eye-opening — all those feelings that you hope

to never experience simultaneously.

I doubt that this enlightenment would have come so soon if I’d lived at home and not experienced the world outside the nest.

In fact, it has been proven that adults, between the ages 24 and 34 who live at home, thrive significantly less than those of the same age who are out on their own, according to interviews conducted by Gallup.

Perspective is everything when it comes to people and situations. It is very difficult to see anything objectively without a little bit of space from it. That’s why it’s often difficult to see something that’s right in front of you (as the adage goes).

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Attempt to appeal gay marriage ruling is idiotic

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he National Organization for Marriage claimed Tuesday that it would not be giving up its fight to “keep samesex marriages illegal in the state (of Oregon),” in response to Judge McShane’s overturning of the May 19 ban, in a report from Portland’s KATU station staff.

Dear NOM, I hate to be the one to break this to you, but that ship has sailed. It’s not likely to come back anytime soon.

The absurd claim from NOM Chairman John Eastman is that the organization only wants to intervene so that the good people of Oregon can have a chance to vote on the matter, stating that, “This case is an ugly spectacle of the state refus-

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ing to defend the sovereign act of its voters to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman and instead working jointly with the plaintiffs to redefine marriage.”

Eastman, would you like to know how the majority of the people of Oregon feel about same-sex marriage?

We like it. We love it.

We want some more of it.

In a preliminary poll run by Oregon Public Broadcasting, which

ran from April 30 to May 2 and asked voters how they feel about same-sex marriage, 58 percent said they supported it.

When the ruling was announced, my Facebook newsfeed lit up with celebratory statuses and reposts from my political rainbow of friends.

The friends whom I know oppose of same-sex marriage were quiet as mice.

NOM, people are happy about this. The ones who aren’t know that they are going to sound like massive jerks and have the social grace to hush — a life lesson that you people apparently missed out on learning.

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Children’s changing perceptions of parents leads to new perspectives

We need more T legal crazy at Oregon State he Undie Run is an unofficial Oregon State University tradition — like the Tour de Franzia, and Humans vs. Zombies — organized by students. Here at OSU, we have a lot of fun, unofficial events and traditions that sometimes get student organizers in trouble with university and city authorities.

That’s because, unlike many other universities and colleges, OSU doesn’t have a lot of big, inclusive events — that aren’t sporting events — organized by the university, except the recent and annual DAM JAM (even though the name change can cause confusion).

We get that sports are big at this school. Oh, yes, we get that at this paper.

But not all students enjoy participating in sports, or even watching them.

For those students, the list of fun and official events bearing the university’s stamp of approval is sadly lacking.

For instance, at other schools — like San Diego State University, UCLA, UCSB, University of Florida, University of Montana, University of Kentucky and Arizona State University, to name a few — the Undie Run is actually a university-sanctioned event.

The University of Pennsylvania has a Spring Fling, which is basically a bigger, better, campus-wide version of the DAM JAM, and attracts reportedly 10,000-15,000 students from UPenn and neighboring universities.

Boston University gets an actual day off for the Boston Marathon, and even has its own little mini-marathon within the marathon itself.

And the University of Colorado reportedly has a sanctioned 4/20 event April 20 at 4:20 p.m. in its quad, which attracts upwards of 10,000 stoners. We couldn’t find reliable confirmation of this, so take that one with a grain of salt. Weed is legal in Colorado now, so who knows? It might be a legitimate, university-sanctioned event now, rather than just a university-looksthe-other-way event.

Our point is that (barring Colorado) the fun doesn’t stop at sports, though those are good, too. One of the main reasons students go away for college — rather than sticking close to home — is so they can get a little crazy and not have to worry about parents bringing it up around the dinner table.

The more safe, sane, administrationapproved events a university offers its students, the less likely they are to look for more dangerous fun off campus.

We like the Tour de Franzia, and HvZ and the Undie Run. But if the university administration doesn’t, the best way to get rid of them would be to organize events that are just as crazy and even more fun, and have them take place on the same day.

Because being responsible doesn’t mean we have to be sticks in the mud.

It means we can be sticks in the mud with Jell-O and a Slip ‘N Slide.

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doesn’t mean you automatically view your parents with newfound respect.

It’s possible to maintain a child-like view of your parents well into your own adulthood.

“It’s a new stage in the relationship, and very few people know how to master it,” says Sharon Jayson, author of the book, “Walking on Eggshells.”

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ia Rankine’s May 28 article, “Gaming members look to bring event out of slump,” had an agenda. It took an event that was a celebration of gaming and spun it with a feminist twist.

Was the event focused on inclusivity and diversity? No. But if you want to point a lens on women and gaming, let’s do it.

Full disclosure: Kenny Wallace, who according to the article, “hasn’t made an effort” to include women in gaming, is my partner. Gaming is a big part of his life, and I’ve talked with him for hours about women and gaming.

I can say with certainty: It’s not Wallace’s fault women don’t come to LANs. Nor is it Jordahl’s fault, nor is it the fault of the many male gaming club staff that preceded them. I love Castro’s ideas, but am convinced that the problem is institutional.

Want more women to come to LANs? Then we lovers of fantasy, strategy and digital storytelling must harangue game developers to make games that are not only appealing to, but inclusive of non-males.

At LANs, gamers come together to enjoy multi-player games such as “League of Legends,” “Team Fortress 2” and “Diablo” II and III. Of all the classes and builds for each of these games, only a small handful of games offer non-male characters who are not overly sexualized — Leona from “League of Legends,” for example, or the female crusader from “Diablo III.” Conversely, “League of Legends” offers a selection of a couple dozen characters who are less female characters and more sexual objects.

The developers have a choice to make characters that are inclusive of nonmales. They choose not to.

Games that have strong female leads include Lightning in “Final Fantasy XIII,” Elizabeth in “BioShock Infinite,” Lara Croft in “Tomb Raider” and a variety of other games for which characters are customizable to be one of two possible genders. The problem is that they’re all single-player games that women might be playing in their homes, but not at a LAN, where the goal is to connect with other gamers in the OSU community.

My partner is the president of the Gaming Club at OSU, and I want to support him. But in spite of his continuous offers, I refuse to go to LANs because I do not feel welcome in a multi-player gaming industry that does not value me, or people like me, as a person.

Let’s make women and gaming an issue. Let’s make it a big issue. But let’s come together to fix the institution — not the representative. t

Jodie Davaz is a guest columnist for the Barometer and

Ryan Mason is a junior in graphic design

a junior in honors digital communication arts. The opinions expressed in Davaz’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Davaz can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

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RUUD n Continued from page 7 14. I don’t think there’s a more polite way to tell you that your ideology isn’t welcome here, and that you should probably move shop to the next balloon-popping convention your sort enjoy.

In fact, if you’re in this boat of outrage at the notion of two people with matching genitalia wearing rings and having honeymoons, you may want to consider vacating the United States altogether.

Because 19 states have declared bans on samesex marriage to be unconstitutional and fights for the overturning of these bans in the remaining 31 states are progressing astonishingly and hearteningly quickly.

People are moving forward. For once, it seems the current majority vote is screaming for tolerance and human decency.

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Kitzhaber, appearing before a legislative committee on information technology, said the lawsuit was one of three steps the state will take against the software giant.

“Oracle’s failure is unacceptable to Oregonians who need and deserve access to quality health care,” Kitzhaber said.

Kitzhaber requested Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, a separately elected official, to proceed with a lawsuit.

But Richardson, a lawyer and state representative from Central Point and the GOP nominee against Kitzhaber, questioned the prospects for such a lawsuit.

He said the state’s failure to hire an overseer for the technology project, known as a “systems integrator,” plus state contracts with Oracle that apparently are limited to time worked and materials provided, would work against it.

State’s culpability It was their first meeting since last week’s primary, when Richardson won against five little-known opponents and Kitzhaber had no significant opposition.

Although Richardson is not a member of the committee, legislators are allowed to participate at the discretion of the chairman. Kitzhaber had not been scheduled by the committee, but he announced about two hours in advance that he would appear to testify about Cover Oregon.

“There is no question but that the combination ... created a perfect storm on the state’s side that created this problem,” Kitzhaber replied.

“But no one can convince me that Oracle, with a straight face, can say we didn’t know you hired us to produce a functioning website. You don’t get to be the second-largest software company in the world with that attitude. Yes, the state has culpability. We have addressed that.

But yes, Oracle has culpability.”

Kitzhaber also said, prior to Richardson’s questioning, that he would ask for an investigation of Oracle by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and enlist the

help of Oregon’s congressional delegation to recoup money for Oregon.

Effective way to enroll Oracle is based in Redwood City, Calif., but has an office in Hillsboro.

Despite spending of $248 million for a project to enable people to enroll people in private insurance or determine their eligibility for state-supported insurance under the Oregon Health Plan, the website has not enrolled anyone without assistance.

It has become a major political liability for Kitzhaber, a former Roseburg emergency-room physician who seeks a record fourth nonconsecutive term.

The Cover Oregon board has voted to join the federal electronic exchange for the next enrollment period this fall.

But when Richardson questioned whether Cover Oregon should remain as a public corporation, Kitzhaber said the answer should be supplied by the board and whoever is hired as its next executive director.

“The objective is to make sure that Oregonians have an effective way to enroll in commercial (insurance) products in a market that is competitive and transparent,” he said.

ports same-gender marriage bans. Procreation, however, is not vital to the state’s interest in marriage. Procreative potential is not a marriage prerequisite. There is no prohibition to marriage as to sterile or infertile persons, or upon couples who have no desire to have children.”

Your argument has no leg to stand upon, NOM. It’s OK though — if you’re really aching to facilitate inequality in terms of same-sex marriage, then I’m sure there are a few places available in Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Somalia, where, at this moment in time, the very act of homosexuality can warrant a death sentence.

Or you can go hang out with Vladimir Putin.

Just leave us alone while we celebrate this achievement in equality and tolerance here in Oregon.

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Cassie Ruud is a senior in English. The opinions expressed in Ruud’s

columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff.

Ruud can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

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