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TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2013 • OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY DAILYBAROMETER.COM
VOLUME CXVI, NUMBER 148
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Marlan Carlson is the longest standing professor at Oregon State, directs symphony orchestra
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By Emily Mowry
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Marlan Carlson, hired more than 40 years ago, has become the longest standing professor at OSU. Carlson teaches music education classes and directs the Oregon State Symphony Orchestra. In his time here, Carlson has taught the children of some of his former students. At 20 years old, Carlson earned his bachelor’s in music from the University of Kansas. Upon graduation, he traveled to the Brussels Conservatory of Music in Belgium. Carlson then returned to the United States and entered the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., to pursue a doctorate. After receiving his doctorate, Carlson traveled across Asia, where he picked up Japanese. He finally landed a job at Millikin University in Illinois, where he met his wife, Angela. The couple later moved to London for work, where they learned German and performed with the London See Carlson | page 8
By Don Iler
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dor group at the time, and he recalled how he was immediately impressed with Thomas’ ambitions to apply for the group when she was a freshman in college. “She’s always been mature in many areas of her life,” Bottaro said. The CLA Ambassador program did not accept freshmen at the time, but they made an exception for Thomas. The September of her senior year changed Thomas’ life. She applied to College Student Services Administration Graduate Program, but didn’t get in. The application required a year or two of
Seeking to gauge feelings at the university about Senate Bill 270 and creating institutional boards, Ed Ray, president of Oregon State University, held a question-and-answer session Monday morning. Senate Bill 270 would create individual boards of trustees for the University of Oregon and Portland State University, and would give OSU the option to create its own. The bill would change how the state board of higher education governs the seven public universities in the state. Ray said he wants to make sure OSU doesn’t miss the first bus out of the station and will provide the governor with his decision about institutional boards at OSU by August 1, in order to meet the legislation’s deadline. Universities with individual boards would have more autonomy in how they set tuition, construct buildings and would have the authority to hire and fire university presidents, a responsibility currently held by the state board of higher education. Ray said the university could create its own board, or could perhaps affiliate itself with the five other regional universities: Eastern Oregon University, Southern Oregon University, Western Oregon University and Oregon Institute of Techonology. If the bill passes, the governor would create a task force in order to decide what to do with the regional universities. The legislation calls for the boards to consist of 11 to 15 members, with one voting student member and one non-voting faculty member. Ray said he would like to include an undergraduate student and a graduate student as voting members, and would like to have a faculty member serve as a voting member. He also said he was open to the idea
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Marlan Carlson directs the OSU Symphony Orchestra concert at LaSells Stewart Center in the orchestra’s last concert of the school year, the Spring Concert. The orchestra played Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 in C# minor.
Thomas wears many hats, finds passion in advising Kerry Thomas returns to her alma mater as adviser for OSU’s College of Liberal Arts By Kate Virden
The Daily Barometer
Applying for graduate school is a long and complicated process, and by the time many students take that step in their education, they are more sure of where their lives are headed. One of Oregon State University’s College of Liberal Arts (CLA) academic advisers, Kerry Thomas, found herself the opposite of the completely certain graduate school applicants when she
was applying for law school. Thomas’ plan was to finish her undergraduate degree in economics at OSU and attend law school, but on her graduate applications, Thomas found she could not answer the question, “Why do you want to go to law school?” She realized she was only doing what people told her she’d be good at. At the time, Thomas worked at a furniture store, and the manager had guaranteed her a job after college. But, the mere thought of selling couches her whole life made Thomas anxious. Thomas was looking for some guidance. She found that guidance in CLA
head adviser Louie Bottaro. It was Bottaro who suggested student affairs. “I didn’t know advising was an option until senior year of college,” Bottaro said. Kerry Thomas Bottaro had worked closely with Thomas during her time at OSU as an undergrad. She worked in the academic success center and was a CLA ambassador. Bottaro ran the ambassa-
How would you use the Tinder app?
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Junior, marketing
I wouldn’t use it personally, people will probably be young on it, so they’ll goof off. Justin Miller
Senior, electrical and computer engineering
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I wouldn’t take the app seriously, I would rather meet people in person. Online dating is not for me.
Tinder is a mobile app for a fun way to meet people. Tinder finds out who likes you nearby, and connects you with them if you’re also interested.
I’m not much of one for online dating. I think people will use it more seriously since it’s a newer app. Seems targeted for young people. Jenny Hanszek
Junior, digital communication arts
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President Ed Ray says local governing boards could cost OSU up to $5 million
I can see it being used for flings, but not really serious relationships. Geoff Lowe
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I wouldn’t use it, out of the people I know, they would use it as a joke. Alex DiGienzo Senior, Spanish