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Parking Services looks into mobile options Parking Services hopes to increase payment options for campus meters via online service By Abigail Erickson THE DAILY BAROMETER
With summer around the corner and a new academic year on the horizon for Oregon State University, Parking Services is looking at another way to provide multiple parking-related services to commuters who park on campus. An idea that is in the works, and set to debut in the fall of this year, is the implementation of Passport Parking’s mobile payment feature for parking meters on campus. Passport Parking is a company that offers alternative payment options for parking meters. Payments can be made through the Passport Parking app, the Passport Parking mobile website, as well as phone calls and text messages. According to Meredith Williams, associate director of Parking Services, and Hank Kemper, field manager for Parking Services, the service will provide additional convenient options for parking payments overall. “Customers may pay for metered parking without carrying a bunch of coins around,” Kemper said. “The service will also send a text message to the customer when their time is about to expire and allow them to purchase more time if they need to. Another
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benefit is being able to track what you spend on parking in a year.” According to Parking Manager Mark Zandonella, the Passport Parking app is available on both iOS and Android mobile operating systems, and the services that can be accessed on the app can also be accessed from any web browser on any device. Implementing the service is still in the works for Parking Services, but Williams is hoping to have Passport Parking in place for the next school year. “Our plan is to have the service ready for use on all campus parking meters by the beginning of fall term,” Williams said. “As soon as the service is live, customers can download the app, create an account and begin using the features right away.” According to the Passport Parking website, customers who wish to sign up for an account can even do so with a Facebook login to bypass filling out the form. Additionally, the mobile application and website for Passport Parking can detect which language the device accessing the service is using, and, through an integrated voice system, provide multiple language options for users. Williams added that with the implementation of the Passport Parking system, Parking Services will reduce the cost of the first hour of parking at meters in A zones. “If the Passport services are popular, it may be expanded to other types of parking, such as daily or event parking,” Williams said.
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One of Parking Services’ objectives is to supply customers with parking choices. Passport Parking will allow us to offer more of those choices. Meredith Williams
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The only physical changes that will be made to the parking meters on campus will be new stickers with Passport meter IDs placed on the existing meters. These IDs will help identify the space where a customer’s vehicle is parked. Signs will also be placed in the lots to assist users who are new to the system and explain how Passport Parking works. “One of Parking Services’ objectives is to supply customers with parking choices,” Williams said. “Passport Parking will allow us to offer more of those choices.” More information on Passport Parking can be found at the official Passport website at gopassport.com. Abigail Erickson, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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Video games part of culture at the International Learning and Living Center By Arturo W. R. Segesman THE DAILY BAROMETER
In an age where technology is growing at a rapid pace, video games are developing into something more than just a hobby. Electronic sports, also known as eSports, have existed ever since video games like “Space Invaders” and “Pac-Man” were released. This spring term, an eSports tournament was held in the International Living Learning Center, having students from international students competing against each other in “League of Legends,” one of the world’s most popular online game. Here at Oregon State University, students play it as a hobby. For some it’s more of a lifestyle. Tiancheng Xu, a Chinese international student getting his masters in Business Administration, is a regular “LoL” player who
participated in the recent tournament that was held in the International Living-Learning Center. “(My friends and I) joined the game, and we lost the second game,” Xu said with a laugh. With only two years of experience playing “LoL,” he ventures into competitive gaming in small tournaments like the most recent one. Other online games similar to “LoL” have become popular around the world. “I use to play ‘DOTA’ (‘Defense of the Ancient’),” Xu said. “I had a match in a Chinese university, but I lost it against the team who got first place.” Just last year, the “LoL” World Championship was hosted in Seoul, South Korea, and was the biggest eSports event in history. With more than 67 million users playing every month, the best “LoL” players have reached celebrity status and earned enough money to make a living out of it. For people like Katherine Borchers, a resident assistant in the ILLC, video games play a different role in her life.
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“I kind of have a love-hate opinion about technology,” Borchers said. “I think they are fun for some people, and I think it’s great that people can really get into them.” Some people do not agree that eSports should be considered a sport because of its absence of physical involvement. “It definitely is strategic, and it engages your mind, but it shouldn’t be called a sport,” Borchers said. Just like athletic sports, eSports can benefit people’s lives in many different ways. “I can control my emotions better because of video games,” Xu said. “Because when you lose your match you can’t get angry, if you get angry you may lose the next match.” Playing video games since he was 4 years old, Xu has an emotional connection with video games. “They taught me many things, it followed me as I grew up,” Xu said. Arturo W. R. Segesman news@dailybarometer.com
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Burglary I A Corvallis police officer responded to a report of a burglary at a residence. One of the residents reported she had returned home to find the door open and several items missing from the residence. The reporting resident stated that entry was not forced and it was believed that her roommate left the door open when she left. There is currently no suspect information and no fingerprints were located.
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A Corvallis police officer responded to a report of shoplifting. The manager of a store A man was cited for possession of less than reported that an intoxicated male stole two one ounce of marijuana. The man was called 40-ounce bottles of Olde English beer on in by Corvallis police because he was walking separate occasions over the course of an hour. around with a “handgun” in his hand as he Based on the description given and store surwalked. The marijuana was seized with the veillance provided, the suspect was identified consent of the man and placed into evidence. and later located in a skate park. The suspect was placed in custody for third-degree theft and transported to jail. An unknown person unlawlfully entered Thursday, May 30 the storage shed of a building. The shed’s owner reported that her bike had been stolen and nothing else had been taken. There is no suspect information at this time. The bike is An unknown person reportedly broke into a Classic Trek Lexa SLX Woman’s 54cm road a residence between at 10:30 p.m. May 30 and bike. The bike’s owner said the bike is very new 11 a.m. May 31. The only resident of the house looking and has white handlebars, a grey seat came home to find her front door ajar and her and racing pedals. The bike was described as rear window open with the screen removed. Her bright “placid” blue. purse and wallet were taken along with three
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pearl necklaces. Her laptop was also stolen. The total value of all the items is at least $1,200.00, and no neighbors in the vicinity saw or heard anything suspicious. A lighter and the pouch the necklaces were kept in were sent to the Corvallis Police Department lab for fingerprint analysis.
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Spring One-Act Festival
When: June 3-6 @ 7:30 p.m., June 7 @ 2 p.m. Where: Withycombe Hall Lab Theatre Tickets: $4 at the box office for students and $6 general admission
Theater production chance for students to bond with peers, showcase commitments, talents By Calvy Yue
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As students are just days away from finals, many are hitting their favorite study spots to prepare for their exams. But for a group of around 50 students, they are also finding time outside of class to rehearse for their plays. These students are participants of the Spring One-Act Festival, which will feature four original plays. What makes this stand out from the other plays is that they are all written, directed, and performed by Oregon State University students. This special production is part of a playwriting series that is available every other year. Students can submit their plays for the festival, while others are selected for various roles within each play, such as being a director or stagehand. Junior Elise Barberis, a speech communications major, was inspired to write her own play after she found discovered hard sciences weren’t for her. “One-acts are lighthearted and fun,” Barberis said. “Plus, unlike other plays you can bond with more than one cast.” Maxwel Bettendorf, a sophomore in business, decided to try out for the festival
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Oregon State University theater students in Withycombe Hall Lab Theatre rehearse “Caffeinated Crisis,” written by Bryanna Rainwater and directed by Teri Straley, and one of the four original one-act plays. The annual Spring One-Act Festival’s opening night is Wednesday, June 3 and continues until June 7. because of Orange Media Network’s move to the Student Experience Center during the year. “With the slow progress of the KBVR TV studios, I decided to try something I thought would be fun,” Bettendorf said. David Fontana, a freshman in mechanical engineering, said that he had never done any acting before and was nervous at first, but it wasn’t so bad after he got over his
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stage fright. “My confidence has gone up, and I guess I made friends (in the process),” Fontana said. Reilly Quinn, a freshman in history and education, said that he enjoyed the challenge that his role in the play brought him. “I didn’t have any lines, so I have to work a lot on having a presence without my voice,” Quinn said. Other students like senior Joseph Workman, a speech
communications major and the writer of the oneact “Cheep! Cheep!,” enjoyed bonding and learning with the group in the process.
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Health officials confirm seventh bacteria infection tied to U of O outbreak By Chelsea Gorrow
ing the disease in the current UO-centered outbreak. Officials said the latest case EUGENE — A seventh person has been diagnosed with is proof the illness lingers on meningococcal disease linked campus and students should to the University of Oregon get vaccinated immediately. Despite UO and Lane County outbreak, Oregon Public Health health officials urging students officials confirmed Friday. The 52-year-old father of a for the past four months to student visited the campus get vaccinated, more than half between May 2 and 3, and since have failed to do so. So far, more than 10,000 has been diagnosed with the bacterial disease. It’s the first UO students have received case of a non-student contract- the first dose of the meninTHE REGISTER-GUARD
working closely with the UO to investigate, health officials said. Meningococcal is a potentially fatal, contagious bacterial blood infection. Lauren Jones, an 18-yearold member of the university’s acrobatics and tumbling team, died of the disease Feb. 17. In the other UO cases, the students all have recovered. Parents and other campus visitors are not at increased risk of exposure to meningo-
gitis B vaccine. About 12,000 are unvaccinated. The university held a large-scale clinic at Matthew Knight Arena earlier this month. Another largescale clinic is planned for the fall when students return to campus. In the latest case, preventative antibiotic treatment was provided to the man’s close contacts by the UO, health officials said. State and county public health officials are
personal cosmetics that touch the lips. Kissing poses a risk of transmittal, health officials said. Students should get vaccinated against the disease right away, and be sure to complete the dose series, which is offered in two- and three-dose courses, according to health officials.
coccal B disease by simply visiting the campus, officials said. However, visitors and students can help reduce the transmission risk by covering their mouth when they cough, washing and sanitizing their hands often, and not sharing drinks, utensils, cigarettes or other smoking equipment or
Gov. Kate Brown pledges support for Willamette Falls riverwalk funding during Oregon City visit PORTLAND — State Rep. Brent Barton (D-Oregon City) requested the funding on behalf of a coalition of regional elected officials and community supporters that include local cities, Clackamas County and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde. Brown said the coalition’s request was “a great illustrationâ€? of what she calls “the Oregon way,â€? which she defined as a project that combines economic opportunity with a deep respect for preservation of historic significance and natural beauty. Native Americans’ sacred fishing and trading site gave way to lumber, flour, woolen and paper mills throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Willamette Falls was the final destination for many American pioneers due to its location at the end of the Oregon Trail. Now located at the end of Main Street in Oregon City, the site is currently a cluster of empty industrial buildings, the remnants of the Blue Heron paper mill, which declared bankruptcy in 2011. At the May 29 event attended by hundreds of local dignitaries, Brown announced the selection of the design team for the next step in the redevelopment next to the country’s second-largest waterfall. The team of Mayer/Reed, Snøhetta and DIALOG were chosen after an extensive national proposal process conducted this spring, and will now begin designing the Riverwalk to reconnect Main Street to the Blue Heron site that, as Oregon City Commission President Carol Pauli pointed out, could once again contain a barbershop, hotels and a opera house.
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“This is the first step in rediscovering one of Oregon’s most beautiful and significant places,� said Metro Councilor Carlotta Colette. “We are going to allow people to see Willamette Falls in a way they haven’t been able to experience it for more than a century and create housing, jobs and public spaces at the same time.� Oregon City Mayor Dan Holladay expressed his confidence that the “extraordinary team� would “help create a worldclass riverwalk to Willamette Falls� that will also drive economic investment in housing, employment and recreation throughout the surrounding area. The team is expected to take about 18 months to develop a plan for construction to open public access to Willamette Falls to the public for the first time in more than 100 years. The project in 2013 secured $5 million in state lottery funding, which leveraged $6 million in private and public investment partners for the first phase of construction. Total cost estimates are still being completed. “Clackamas County is a proud partner and a firm believer in this project’s future potential for our county and for our region,� said Clackamas County Commissioner Tootie Smith. “Through this collaborative
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partnership, great progress has been made toward transforming this site and capitalizing on its historic, cultural and economic significance.â€? The selection process invited design teams to demonstrate their approach to give the public access to the breathtaking Willamette Falls and the adjacent industrial site. “We believe that the site and the history it holds is a sublime, one-of-a-kind landscape that should not be upstaged by the hand of any designer,â€? said Michelle Delk, Snøhetta’s director of landscape architecture. “We are inspired by the complex strata of the site and its deep cultural history. By protecting, reusing, reducing and adding, we will integrate and amplify the site’s strata into the riverwalk.â€? The Willamette Falls Legacy Project is a collaboration of four public-sector partners with the site’s landowner, Falls Legacy LLC. Long an important tribal gathering spot and fishing location, Willamette Falls also was the site of the country’s first longdistance transmission of electricity in 1889, when electricity generated by the falls was sent several miles away to Portland. “The magnetism of Willamette Falls is the genesis and spirit of place. We will provide an experiential glimpse of the fall’s power, one that transports visitors deep into history and highlights its elemental qualitiesâ€? said Carol Mayer-Reed, principal of Mayer/Reed. The final design for the new riverwalk will be the result of an extensive public engagement process. For more information on the Willamette Falls Legacy Project, visit rediscoverthefalls.org.
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Slut Walk: March to End Victim Blaming
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The Slut Walk participants start a march in the Memorial Union quad and continue around campus, chanting to reclaim the word “slut” to raise sexual assault awareness Tuesday morning.
(above) Justine Wendkos, a junior psychology major and women, gender and sexuality studies minor, and Alexa Methratta, a freshman psychology and women gender and sexuality studies major, made posters and protested in solidarity with the Slut Walk march. (left) Second year graduate creative writing student Ellie Douglass and third year women, gender and sexuality studies student Emily McDonald, assembled with the rest of the Slut Walk participants outside of the Memorial Union Tuesday morning. (far left) Tara Crockett, a sophomore women, gender and sexuality studies major, led a dozen students in a march around Oregon State’s campus on Tuesday to promote awareness of sexual assault and end victim blaming. Victoria Pence
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OSU gymnastics lineage continues Daughter of former Oregon State AllAmerican verbally commits to the Beavers By Josh Worden
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Jaime Law is only a junior in high school, still 16 months away from her first collegiate class. But for her, deciding a future college and gymnastics team couldn’t come soon enough. About two weeks ago, as Nationals approached with collegiate coaches across the country converging to evaluate the gymnasts, Law verbally committed to Oregon State and allowed herself to compete at Nationals with a peace of mind. “It was a relief,” she said earlier this week of her choice. “I wanted to know where I wanted to go before that trip, to ease the stress.” In making that decision, Law repeats the same selection made more than three decades ago by her mother Mary, a three-time All-American OSU gymnast who spent 1979-1982 with the Beavers. Mary Law, née Ayotte, is also a former Team USA competitor, the 1982 National Champion in the floor exercise, and a member of both the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame and the OSU Sports Hall of Fame. Today, she remains in Corvallis, having taught Physical Activity Courses at OSU for the last 25 years as well as being an assistant coach on the gymnastics team for a number of years and serving as a floor manager during meets in Corvallis. To be fair, not all of her children’s athleticism comes from her alone: her husband Randy has completed 75 marathons and ultra marathons. Soon, their daughter will be one of the gymnasts wearing black and orange during OSU meets, just like Mary did 35 years ago. “I’ll have to probably stop working at the meets so I can go sit in the stands like a mom,” she said with a laugh. OSU had never made Nationals before Mary joined the team; Mary and her teammates made Nationals each of her four years with the Beavers. In Gill Coliseum, where the walls are painted with some of the greatest OSU athletes in history, one of the most prominent images is of Mary herself. If Gary Payton Sr. is the face of OSU basketball history, Mary Law just might have the same regard with OSU gymnastics. And now, Payton Sr. and Mary Law have a child competing for OSU.
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Though Jaime and her siblings knew of their mother’s success at OSU, they also understood they had the ability to choose a variety of pursuits. Mary and Randy made sure to let their children find their own path. “She was definitely supportive of me (in gymnastics), but it never felt like she was pushing me in one way or the other,” Jaime said. “It was more of me deciding, ‘OK, this is fun, this is something that I want to do.’ When Jaime decided to come to OSU, it wasn’t just to appease her parents, though she certainly understands the implications of walking in her mother’s footsteps. “A lot of people in Corvallis still remember her, and when they hear I’m going to do gymnastics, they ask, ‘Oh, are you going to be better than your mom?’” Jaime said. “It’s not exactly a competition, but it is really cool to have her as a role model and how amazing she was for her time.” Although Jaime’s verbal commitment seems like a perfect culmination of sorts, collegiate gymnastics was not necessarily always her plan. All three of her siblings — oldest brother David and older sisters Christina and Sarah — participated in gymnastics for varying amounts of time, but none stuck with it throughout high school. It was when her sisters finally stopped that spurred Jaime to take a new perspective on her own aspirations. “It was kind of sad when they both decided to quit,” Jaime said. “Then it was like, ‘Oh, this is my thing now. I have to decide why I’m doing this for me. What are my goals?’” Jaime reached an impasse in eighth grade, when it became clear that no place in Corvallis could See Law | page 6
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Future OSU gymnast Jaime Law practices on the high beam before the 2015 MAC Open in Portland Feb. 13.
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In final installment of the series, we look back at the wrestling season and relive moments that made the year truly historic
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The Beavers would win eight of 10 matches and dominate the Broncos in the Border Brawl 29-6 on Feb. 8. The win would complete a season sweep of BSU after they had dominated them back in December 312-3 in Boise during the first part of the home-and-home rivalry. The win would also mark the finale of a streak that dated back to the season before.
Oregon State wins Pac-12 title for fourth year in a row
After a season of dominating wins, the Beavers again flexed their superior conference muscles and dominated the meet inside Gill Coliseum from start to finish. A year earlier the Beavers had only two wrestlers compete in the conference championship, but this time around they had 10 — five of them walked away titles. The winners included freshman 125-pounder Ronnie Bresser, redshirt freshman Jack Hathaway (133), seniors Alex Elder (157) and Joe Latham (174) and redshirt freshman Cody Crawford (197). Latham was also awarded Most Outstanding Wrestler of the championships.
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On a night that hosted more than 1,400 in its stands and witnessed the then 24th ranked Beavers dominate Southern Oregon 43-6, two moments in history were made. The Oregon State wrestling program joined Oklahoma State and Iowa State as the only schools in NCAA Division I history to hit the 1,000 win mark, and head coach Jim Zalesky eclipsed triple digits in
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Five Oregon State wrestlers conclude the season not just with impressive records, but tejo pack | THE DAILY BAROMETER impressive GPAs. Redshirt senior 157-pounder Alex Elder was among the five as he held a 3.22 The Oregon State wrestling team gathers with the championship banner after their dominating GPA. He was also a Pac-12 Champion in his performance in the Pac-12 championships in Gill Coliseum March 1. weight class, and went 3-2 in his first trip to the NCAA tournament. Of the five who were wins at the helm of the Beavers. It was also the State wrestling program was on the road to honored, junior Aaron David was the cream of start of a win streak that would last three months take part in another dual meet. Unlike the the crop bolstering an impressive 3.77 cumulaand 11 straight meets. three meets before, this one would try their tive GPA, as well as 5-4 record throughout the resolve. When the Beavers faced off against season. The others recognized included juniors the Sooners in Norman, Okla. the morning of Seth Thomas (165) and Zac Cardwell (174) and Feb. 1, they were coming off an impressive win redshirt sophomore Jared Reis (141). against Utah Valley two nights prior. Oregon TeJo Pack, sports reporter State was on a 12 dual meet win streak that On Twitter @pack6124 sports@dailybarometer.com For the fourth week in a row, the Oregon dated back two seasons, so the narrow edging
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push her to the next level anymore. She had improved while at Peak Elite gym and even had some OSU gymnasts as coaches, but eventually outgrew what Peak offered. If Jaime was serious about sticking with gymnastics, she would have to travel to Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland, a round trip of about three hours every practice. “That was a huge decision for our family,” Mary said. “(Jaime) was really reluctant and really did not feel like she was good enough. She didn’t want to be ‘that kid’ that was changing gyms.” Though Mary and Randy generally didn’t push their children into any specific activity, they essentially made the decision for Jaime to spend her eighth grade year traveling to MAC once a week as a trial run. Mary knew that Jaime could benefit from the extensive coaching. “Jaime, since she was little, has shown that aptitude for gymnastics,” Mary said. “It was apparent to me. She just had it. She has the natural talent to do it.” Mary didn’t participate in gymnastics until she was 14, but Jaime started as a threeyear-old. By Jaime’s freshman year, it became her choice if she wanted to spend five days a week making the trek to Portland to continue training. She went for it, even though she would have to attend high school half-time in order to leave for practice and even though having time for other activities would be severely limited. “It’s definitely been worth it,” she said of the past few years at MAC. “If I tried to stay in Corvallis and kind’ve teach myself, I don’t think there’s any
way I would have been at the level I’m at now to even try to do college gymnastics.” The logistical side of the decision also created some obstacles. Her freshman year, Jaime was able to carpool to Portland with fellow Corvallis resident Brooke Graham. But when Graham graduated and headed to Boise State, Jaime needed her parents or her sisters to drive. “It’s really fun when my sisters come, Christina or Sarah, because we have lots of jam sessions in our car with rap music and everything,” Jaime said. “I don’t really see them that much, even though they live here (in Corvallis)… So it’s fun to spend time with them for that little bit in the car.” And now, Jaime has parlayed her dedication at MAC into a spot on the OSU team. She’ll start as a walk-on, knowing it won’t be a scholarship that decides whether or not she can contribute to the team. Her own mother, even, started on a partial scholarship at OSU. “She’s going to have to work really hard to make the lineup,” Mary said. “She’s good, but Oregon State is good; they’re a very high-level program… I think she can do it. I’m really confident she can do it.” OSU specifically wasn’t always on Jaime’s radar, in large part because she would have to remain in her hometown for college. All three of her older siblings, though, attended Corvallis High and then stayed in Corvallis for OSU, along with plenty of her friends. She has learned, she says, that her college experience can still be original even if it doesn’t come with a location change. After all, Jaime has had her fair share of traveling the last three years already to Portland, and she’s grateful for the friendships and faith that
have come with it. Without traveling to MAC, things would be much different. “I never would have known (my teammates and coaches) and I never would have been able to have that influence: a deep relationship with them,” she said. “It’s been a unique way to grow in my relationship with God. It’s been good, but it’s definitely been difficult.” Jaime will have her entire senior year before she officially joins the OSU squad. Her commitment will remain unofficial for the time being, but she and
her mother are already looking forward to the possibility of Jaime competing for the Beavers. “I try to imagine it,” her mother said. “I’m really nervous. I don’t get nervous at Oregon State gymnastics.” Will she be more nervous for Jaime at OSU or when she was on the team herself? “I got pretty nervous, but I enjoyed competing a lot,” she said. “I think I’ll be more nervous for her.” Josh Worden, sports reporter On Twitter @BrightTies sports@dailybarometer.com
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or the past 15 plus years, I wrote this weekly column and consequently I opened myself up to the comments and critiques of the public. Unfortunately, there have been some readers who don’t think my 20 years of teaching human sexuality at Oregon State University and 25 years of studying it put me in a position to know much of anything. This year, the comments have been particularly biting. It actually seems to be a growing trend lately for readers to be highly critical of columnists — even those syndicated in major publications. In fact, many publications have done away with the “comments” feature connected with online editorials,
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as readers seem to see it as a dumping ground and place to direct all their frustrations. It’s “a kill the messenger for the message” scenario — and some commenters even bully and threaten columnists. If writing was my career and I was a syndicated columnist, I guess I would put up with the criticism and see it as a pitfall of the job. But alas, writing is not my career. I am a teacher and writing this column is considered a service to the univer-
sity and in no way is it a part of my expected job duties. Therefore, dear readers, this is going to be my last “Ask Dr. Sex” column. Next year, I may write guest editorials every so often, if there happens to be some current event related to sexuality — OK, so there are always current events related to sexuality. Thus, I’d like to provide some general parting thoughts about sexuality and sex education. It is clear after teaching human sexuality for 20 years here at OSU that many of my students received, at best, an inadequate sexuality education in high school or at home, and at worst, no sexuality education to speak of. Most of my students will tell me
they heard plenty about plumbing (“This is a penis; this is a vagina; this is how you make a baby”), diseases (AIDS; sexually transmitted infections) and abstinence. Worst of all, many received the information via scare tactics. By that, I mean they were told all the negative consequences of sexual activity — and it stopped there. Few students tell me they learned sex could be a wonderful expression of love and that it usually feels really good, and that most of the time, it is very fun. I challenge someone to disagree with those three things. I know there is more to sex than those three things, but rarely are those See GREAVES | page 8
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ou’ve seen it on Twitter, news outlets and essentially all media outlets in general. You’ve also heard it being discussed among your friends and family members, and at this point, there is likely no one that hasn’t heard “The News”: Bruce Jenner has officially changed her name to Caitlyn and her pronouns are being switched to the female forms. So of course, the Internet has lost its collective virtual mind. Among the hundreds of kind, loving, supportive tweets I have seen since Caitlyn Jenner announced her new, preferred name to the world, there
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has inevitably been the onslaught of discriminatory, ignorant remarks thrown out like daggers in the dark — unsure of who they’re going to hit, but someone, somewhere, will be hit and will be profoundly changed by it. Of all the hateful and mean comments though, all of which I could dissect and analyze for pages on end, I will focus on one common, repeat offender: The “why should I have to
change for the likes of you” comment. Why should you have to change for someone else? Well, first of all: No one is asking you to change your life for someone else. All that is being asked of you is a simple, minor switch of pronouns — “he” to “she.” It will take you the same amount of time to say it and maybe one ounce of forethought — not that difficult. Furthermore, perhaps instead of thinking of yourself for once, you could attempt to place yourself in the other person’s shoes for just a moment — for their entire life, they
have been asked of society to change every single thing about their true, authentic selves. They have likely been denied the freedom of self expression from the moment they were born — ranging from the denial of clothing choices, to hairstyles, after-school activities, friends, love interests, job opportunities — the list of “no” is endless for transgendered individuals. They have always been asked to change who they really are inside, and all that is being asked of you is to simply say “she” instead of “he.” See KING | page 8
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To June 1 Editorial Decades of United States Supreme Court rulings have upheld many of the solutions suggested in the Barometer’s June 1 editorial, “Street preachers on campus need regulation.” However, it should be noted the standard of censoring speech that causes some people a “disgust” or “panic attack” reaction was at the center of the 1958 “One, Inc. v. Olesen” decision. This stopped the U.S. government from censoring any mention of “homosexuality” as being “obscene speech” the Court still says today is not protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Scientific brain studies have found that men who are homophobic will often display disgust and panic attack symptoms when confronted with the mere idea of homosexuality. Many gay men have observed this reaction firsthand and a few have tragically suffered from a physically violent “f*g-bashing” by homophobic men. In my opinion, the First Amendment rights of free speech require all citizens to endure speech they might find disgusting, except for speech that is libelous, slanderous or an imminent threat of physical violence.
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When honeybees F suffer, people suffer hen we talk about bees we aren’t talking about mean ol’ wasps and hornets. Those jerks don’t do anything besides prey upon other insects and be general pests to humans. No — we’re talking about productive, beautiful, furry, utilitarian honeybees. As one of the most fascinating creatures in the realm of biology, bees are the perfect example of strength in numbers. Furiously altruistic, honeybees put the group above the individual and are willing to sacrifice themselves to protect their hive. And besides just being fascinating, honeybees make honey. And honey is really delicious. Making honey is not an easy feat; one worker bee will make 1/12 of a teaspoon over the course of her life. And bees painstakingly reduce water content down to a precise 18 percent. Honeybees are not only responsible for delicious honey; they are also major players in the field of agriculture. Science writer Elizabeth Grossman wrote in “Yale Environment 360” that “one of every three bites of food eaten worldwide depends on pollinators, especially bees, for a successful harvest.” Do you love apples, peaches, pears, strawberries, cherries or really any tasty fruit or veggie? We do. Well, if things keep going like they are, the produce aisle of your local grocery store is going to look pretty sparse. Why? Because people are being horrible to honeybees. Colony Collapse Disorder, which has been plaguing bees for the last couple of years, has been getting consistent news coverage for a while. But we cannot say things are improving. Preliminary results from the Bee Informed Partnership, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Apiary Inspectors of America show a 42.1 percent loss of managed honeybee colonies in 2014. Pesticides, parasites like mites and lack of diverse nutrients have all been called out as potential culprits for the decline. But while the cause of these massive die-offs of bees continues to be debated, beekeepers continue to lose hives. The main way commercial beekeepers make money is through renting out their hives. Beekeepers provide this really cool service where they load up trucks full of hives, each containing thousands of honeybees, and drop them off at
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And you’re really going to moan over how “incredibly difficult” that is for you? Instead of complaining that you have it hard and are being somehow “forced to change,” let’s put some things in perspective so you see who really has it hard here: According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, a staggering “41 percent of people who are transgender or gender-nonconforming have attempted suicide sometime in their lives, nearly nine times the national average,” this coming from results released by the National Transgender Discrimination Survey in 2011. Furthermore, according to advocate.com, the average life expectancy of a black transgender woman is a shocking 35 years old — compare that to the average life expectancy of a U.S. male of roughly 76 years, a whop-
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ping 41 years of a difference, and your jaws should be on the floor by now. But that’s not all. A report released by The National Coalition of AntiViolence programs stated that in 2013, “72 percent of anti-LGBT homicides were against transwomen, 89 percent of whom were transgender women of color.” I am all for supporting different beliefs and I stand behind all human beings, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation or religion. I do not, however, support blatant discrimination or hateful ignorance, and I for one am saving my tissues and shedding no tears over your “problems” of having to switch a few pronouns.
three things expressed in K-12 sex education. What students didn’t get was sexuality education. What I mean by “sexuality education” is acknowledging the existence of behaviors beyond the obvious and the stereotypical. Many of my students come into my class with a very limited idea of what sex is and how it plays out. Many think sex equals penile-vaginal intercourse in the missionary position (man on top), and anything else is abnormal, kinky, unnatural, perverted, sick, immoral or wrong. The reality is most adults participate in a variety of sexual acts — and enjoy them immensely. In high school, few students hear about homosexual love
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the most likely to use it inconsistently and/or incorrectly. I spend an enormous amount of time in my class trying to help students broaden their ideas about what it means to be a man or a woman in a sexual relationship, to broaden their ideas about what “sex” itself is, and to have a sense of diversity when thinking about individuals who make choices about sexual activity. In a way, it is no fault of their own that some of my students behave immaturely in class, talking, laughing, and making rude, inconsiderate or judgmental comments. What troubles me is that many of these comments are directed at people when it is simply the behaviors that bother the students. It is sort of a “throw the baby out with the bath water” syndrome in that they reject the person for the behavior when they could simply express disapproval of the behavior itself. Although frankly, I’m not sure why they feel so compelled to be critical of the consensual and highly private behavior of others.
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relationships, anal sex, masturbation, sex after age 60, women with high sex drives or men with low sex drives. I am not saying the teacher has to approve of or condone these activities, but students have a right to know they exist and they have a right to be fully informed. Knowledge is power — knowledge is what enables us to make informed decisions. Research shows that a sex education program consisting solely of plumbing, disease, and scare tactics produces an uninformed, erotophobic young adult who lacks sexual confidence. Someone who is erotophobic feels very uncomfortable with sexuality and guilty when (if) they enjoy it. This is also the college student who is least likely to take my course. The end result is someone who is the most likely candidate for an unplanned, unwanted pregnancy because research also shows that erotophobic individuals are the least likely to use contraception at all and if they use it, they are
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farms. And farmers pay money for this service for a reason – agriculture depends on pollinators. Farmers in California especially need honeybee services. California almond crops rely heavily on bees shipped down from Washington. As commercial beekeepers lose hives at this extraordinary rate, farmers are impacted and thus anyone who loves to eat food — ahem, everyone — is impacted. One of the editors here at The Daily Barometer is a beekeeper. She could wax poetic all day about the beauty that is a buzzing beehive, but that wouldn’t change anything. What needs to happen is policy change and local action. Campaign to ban agricultural pesticides – like neonicotinoids, which have been associated with a decline in queen bees. At the very least, legislation should put stricter limits on the amount of pesticides that can be used in farming. At the local level, it’s about personal choice. Plant a pollinator-friendly garden. Diverse nutrient resources can positively impact the
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Many of my students come into my class with a very limited idea of what sex is and how it plays out.
It is this sort of limited thinking that results in prejudice, discrimination, and intolerance. Some of you may remember OSU’s motto from about a decade ago: “Open minds. Open doors.” My advice moving forward is to open your mind beyond your comfort zone. Have a great summer and be safe while having a hell of a lot of fun. t
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Campaign to ban agricultural pesticides — like neonicotinoids, which have been associated with a decline in queen bees.
health of a honeybee hive. Plants like clover, mint, marigolds, basil and buckwheat are listed by the USDA as pollinator-pleasing additions to an Oregon garden. It’s also helpful to be aware of the products you use in your yard and to try to limit usage of toxic products. Look into helping out, because honey, honeybees and delicious food are a worthy cause to fight for. t
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