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The Oregon University System will no longer regulate biennium budget and degree program decisions at Oregon State University. Announced on July 30, 2013 as a result of Senate Bill 270, the independent OSU board of trustees became official on Tuesday after months of discussions focused around its establishment. The board first met back in January to discuss their overall assembly plan, and again in March to review their first budget submissions to the state. Composed of 14 voting members and President Ed Ray serving as an ex-official nonvoting participant, the board will plan for the university’s operating budgets and higher education needs to assist with Oregon’s 40-40-20 graduation goals. Steve Clark, vice president of university relations and marketing, said the full board reconvenes on July 18 to discuss continuing policies and establish board officers. “The Focus of the board will be on OSU, so its interest in OSU-specific programs will be greater than the state board of higher education was able to be interested in or engaged with before,” Clark said. As part of the shift from OUS, OSU will also assume a lead role to help run a shared services business operation for all other Oregon universities. “It’s finance-based and not academic-based,
so students won’t really see that,” Clark said. “But it’ll help the smaller universities continue to have strong, financial services and finance management.” Many current OUS higher education policies will continue under the new board’s regulation, Clark said. Taylor Sarman, ASOSU president and trustee, said the upcoming 2015-17 biennium budget proposals will be among the most important issues impacting students as the board moves forward. “That’s the biennium request that’s going to really affect the day-to-day life of students through tuition costs,” Sarman said. As the board’s student representative, Sarman serves on the finance and audit committee responsible for discussing tuition costs, funds needed for continuing construction projects on campus and resources for academic programs. Brenda McComb, graduate school dean and trustee, serves on the academic strategies committee responsible for discussing approval processes of degree programs. “This last year has been a time for the board to learn about the university so that when they make decisions, those decisions can be well informed,” McComb said. One example of procedural changes will involve the way OSU approves academic degree programs. Previously, the OUS Provosts’ Council and the state’s board of higher education helped approve degree programs following their submission from the faculty senate. “OUS will not be substantively involved with the approval of degree programs much longer,” McComb said. In addition, specifically having a student
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The OSU board of trustees first met in January at the CH2M Hill Alumni Center to discuss leadership strategies, chair elections and the formation of various committees. member on the board of trustees could help OSU’s board keep an eye out on student needs. “That (student) voice is there and the communication is improved,” McComb said. Portland State University and the University of Oregon will also switch to an independent
board system from this point on. The remaining Oregon universities still attached to OUS will have the option to gain their own independent boards starting on July 1, 2015. Sean Bassinger, Editor-in-Chief editor@dailybarometer.com
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The Majestic Theater will host various art and science activities downtown in an effort to help obtain future resources for da Vinci Days. Leaders of the da Vinci Days festival announced the initial 2014 event’s cancellation back in October. Prior to this, the special midsummer event ran annually for more than 25 years. The newly proposed event was officially announced in May, according to Tinamarie Ivey, executive director at The Majestic Theater.
OSU students celebrate Veterans Day in November 2013. Though the campus community honors the day, classes and activities usually resume.
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Oregon State University will now observe Veterans Day as an official holiday beginning in 2015. The decision comes after discussions between the OSU faculty senate and the Associated Students of Oregon State University. Previously, classes and activities commenced as usual during the November holiday. Ed Ray, OSU president, sent a letter out Tuesday afternoon to address the changes. “I am proud that the university will begin honoring our veterans with the observance of this national holiday,”
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“Everybody who is participating in this event is volunteering their time, their efforts and their performances,” Ivey said. The Majestic Theater and da Vinci Days festival planners wanted to brainstorm ways to offer a condensed version of what da Vinci Days regularly offers, Ivey added. “It’s really a way of supporting through donation and attendance,” she said. The current schedule of events fea-
tures various keynote speeches from scientists, benefit concerts and youth art workshops. Each main event will take place between July 15 and 18. Ticket prices for various shows and workshops range between $10 and $25 depending on the events. All proceeds will go directly toward funding future da Vinci Days festivals. The Summer Barometer On Twitter @baronews news@dailybarometer.com
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OSU President Ed Ray and Dina Roper celebrate the transition of Larry Roper, former vice provost of student affairs, on June 25. Roper will return as a tenured faculty member after a sixmonth sabbatical.
Ray said. Last year, OSU had more than 1,000 students who received veteran education benefits to help fund their education, according to Ray. In most cases veteran students who also receive benefits also maintain eligibility for various grants and loans. Classes during the 2015-16 academic school year will now begin on Wednesday, Sept. 23, giving students an earlier start than the previously anticipated date of Sept. 28.
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Benton County further discusses plans for rail options By Saul Hubbard The Register-Guard
MONROE — Benton County officials have identified five main options for the short-term future of the Bailey Branch, a former rail line that runs between Corvallis and Monroe, the county announced Monday. The county bought the unused, 18-mile corridor last year for $486,000, using a federal law designed to maintain a rail line’s abandoned right of way with an interim public trail use — a process known as “rail banking.” The county’s purchase covers an 11-mile, 60-foot-wide corridor that runs from Monroe north to about six miles south of Corvallis, and a seven-mile spur that runs west from Monroe to unincorporated Dawson. Most of the rail tracks, which were sold separately to a private company, have been dismantled and removed this year. Other than their long-term goal of preserving the Bailey Branch right of
way for possible future rail use, Benton County commissioners have not yet formulated a more short-term plan for the strip of property. The prospect of a bike or hiking trail has incensed many of the farmers, ranchers and other landowners whose property the line runs through. Such a trail would be incompatible with agricultural work and would lead to vandalism and trespassing on their land, they argue. The five options identified by the county staff, based in part on suggestions from the public, are: Maintaining the corridor for future railroad use only. Public access to the corridor would be banned. Developing and managing trails for hiking, biking or riding within some or all stretches of the line. Leaving the line as is, but allowing the public to use it. The county would do minimal upkeep on the corridor. Attempting land swaps with the owners of the private property through
which the line runs. The goal of this option would be to shift the right of way closer to nearby and parallel Highway 99. That would mean the corridor would run on the edge of the affected farmers’ land rather than bisecting it in certain areas. Selling or leasing sections or all of the line to interested parties, most likely the affected farmers. As a condition for any sale or lease, the county would maintain a long-term easement on the land, allowing county officials to effectively maintain the right of way for future rail purposes. Benton County spokesman Rick Osborn said the county could ultimately implement combinations of the five options. The county has scheduled two public meetings on the issue this month — on July 8 in Monroe and on July 10 in Corvallis. The Benton County commissioners hope to adopt a strategy plan for the line in September.
Oregon teen killed in Midwest By Jack Moran The Register-Guard
COTTAGE GROVE — Lorraine Eriksen said she was dumbstruck when Cottage Grove police arrived at her home on Friday and presented her with a photograph of her long-lost, former foster daughter, Jenny Gamez. “They handed me the picture and said, ‘Do you remember her?’” Eriksen recalled Monday. “I said, ‘Yes, I do. What is the problem?’ They told me they believed she was murdered in Wisconsin.” Eriksen said she directed police to Gamez’s dentist in Cottage Grove. His office supplied authorities with records that allowed them to confirm on Monday that Gamez was the second of two women whose bodies were stuffed in suitcases found along a rural Wisconsin highway earlier this month. Investigators believe Gamez died in late 2012 or early 2013, when she was 19. Steven Zelich, a 52-year-old security officer, was arrested last week and charged with two counts of hiding a corpse after highway workers discovered the two suitcases while cutting grass on June 5 about 50 miles southwest of Milwaukee. The other body previously was identified as Laura Simonson, 37, of Farmington, Minn. According to a criminal complaint, Zelich told investigators he met the women online. He said he killed Gamez in late 2012 or early
2013 in Kenosha County, Wis., and Simonson in November 2013 in Rochester, Minn. Rochester police have said they believe Simonson died in a hotel there because she checked in with Zelich on Nov. 2, and he left alone the next day. Authorities have declined to detail how investigators linked Gamez to the case in Wisconsin. Eriksen said what led Gamez to the upper Midwest remains a mystery to her. “We’re just stunned by all of this. Shocked,” said Eriksen, who last spoke with Gamez on Mother’s Day in 2012. Eriksen said Gamez came into her care as a teenager after having lived with another foster family in Oakridge. Before moving to Cottage Grove, Gamez gave birth to a son in 2008. The child’s father gained sole custody in 2010, according to Lane County Circuit Court records. Eriksen said Gamez thrived at Al Kennedy Alternative High School in Cottage Grove, graduating with honors in 2011 and earning a two-year scholarship to Lane Community College. Gamez attended LCC for one year, and then made an apparently abrupt decision to move to California to live with friends, Eriksen said. “After that, I never heard from her again,” said Eriksen, who owns a souvenir shop in Cottage Grove and also works as a state-certified foster parent. Eriksen characterized
Gamez as an intelligent, upbeat young woman who typically dated and kept company with people her own age. “When she was here, she never went out with older men,” Eriksen said. “I would be surprised if she was involved with someone of (Zelich’s) age.” Daniel Necci, the district attorney in Walworth County, Wis., has said he expects homicide charges to be filed in the counties where the women were killed. But Zelich’s public defender, Travis Schwantes, said the deaths may have been accidents and perhaps something that happened during consensual sex. Kurt Picknell, undersheriff in Walworth County, said the bodies were found intact in suitcases that were a “standard” size. Zelich had been working as a licensed private security officer for Securitas Security Services USA when he was arrested last Wednesday. He worked for the police department in the Milwaukee suburb of West Allis, Wis., from February 1989 until his resignation in August 2001, a few months after a prostitute told police the two had struggled when she tried to flee Zelich’s home. According to a police report, Zelich told investigators the two struggled over money the woman tried to steal from him. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Affected landowners are also stepping up their attention to the issue. A group of them have hired attorney John “Tre’” Kennedy of Lebanon to represent their interests. Frank Nusbaum, a grass seed farmer who lives between Monroe and Dawson, said farmers will try to buy the corridor from the county. “I’m pleased that (option) is included” on the county’s list of possibilities, he said. If the county opts not to sell the land, Nusbaum said Kennedy will seek to enforce all the requirements in the landowners’ deeds of sale for the original rail line. Many of those deeds include language requiring the owner of the corridor to build and maintain fences on either side and to allow crossings for livestock. Complying with those requirements could be expensive for the county, Nusbaum said.
Supreme Court birth control ruling could have limited ramifications in Oregon By Kristian Foden-Vencil Oregon Public Broadcasting
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that some businesses can opt out of providing some birth control coverage for religious reasons could have wide ramifications for Oregon. The ruling applied to closely held businesses. But Oregon doesn’t track businesses by that definition. Secretary of State spokesman Tony Green says more than 97 percent of all Oregon businesses are defined as small and more than half of Oregon’s workforce is employed by them. “It is not my understanding that everyone who works for small businesses is suddenly not going to be able to get contraception through their health plan,” Green sayid. “It applies only in the case where the small group or sole owner has particularly strong religious objections.” Green believes further court cases might be needed to clarify what a business owner has to do to demonstrate a strong religious objection. Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette condemned the ruling, saying it gives bosses the right to discriminate against women. But the group says the ruling does not strike down the Affordable Care Act’s birth control benefit. The Independent Women’s Forum called the ruling a victory for those who believe in limited government and freedom of religion.
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Visit an Oregon classroom in the spring, and chances are good there will be students taking a standardized test somewhere. The federal Department of Education wants states to use student scores from tests like these to help evaluate teachers. It’s required, if states want to avoid possible sanctions under the federal No Child Left Behind law. Education Secretary Arne Duncan defended the policy in a speech earlier this month to the national PTA. “Support and evaluation for teachers should take into account students’ growth and gain, as one part, of a mix of measures,� he said. Connecting student test scores to teacher evaluations has been controversial in Oregon, for some time.
More than a year ago, Portland high schoolers protested standardized exams. The tie to evaluations was one reason Cleveland High student Ian Jackson joined a protest walkout. “I don’t think any teacher should be evaluated by this test because that creates a ‘test curriculum.’ So, there should be no evaluation based off of tests,� Jackson said. Secretary Duncan disagrees. He has argued, instead, that teachers will improve what they do — not teach to the test. “Great teaching,� Duncan said, “that’s what leads to real learning and strong results on assessments — not time spent on test prep.� Concerns among teachers have deepened, as students switch to the Smarter Balanced exam next school year, which is aligned to the Com-
mon Core standards. Stan Karp, a former New Jersey schoolteacher who spoke in Portland last fall, said the tests are too new to use for teacher evaluations. “While reasonable people can find things of value in the Common Core standards, there is no credible defense of the useless plan for these tests,� Karp said. Just last month, Oregon’s statewide teachers’ union called for a moratorium on the Smarter Balanced exams. The Seattle-based Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation helped craft the Common Core standards. But Gates Education Director Vicki Phillips now acknowledges that teachers have a valid complaint. Phillips is familiar to Oregonians, because she used to be Portland’s superintendent. She backs a twoyear delay in tying student scores to teacher evaluations.
“We’ve heard from teachers that they are hugely supportive of the standards themselves, but that they worry that the new assessments while they think they might be a lot better, that the data from them is as yet unproven,� Phillips said. The Gates Foundation suggestion came too late for the its home state of Washington. Legislators in Olympia would have had to change state law to connect scores and evaluations, but they didn’t, so Washington lost its waiver last month. Washington Superintendent Randy Dorn said the result is that school districts effectively lose a big chunk of their federal funds. “So what that means is 20 percent of your Title One funds form the federal government have to be set aside - that the district can’t use it, that it has to be set aside - for
outside private vendors, to help do tutorial for students,� Dorn said. Oregon was put on notice last year that it could lose its waiver from No Child Left Behind. State Chief Education Officer Nancy Golden said Oregon’s new proposal should maintain the waiver. She says it bases 20 percent of a teacher’s evaluation on student achievement. “But the way we do it, is very much to say: As a teacher, you have to assess where students are when they come to you and based on that, you set a goal about where you can get them,� Golden said. “So it’s not based on meeting a certain level according to the Smarter Balanced, it’s about the teacher setting a goal for each of their students.�
Golden said she worked with school administrators and teachers unions on the proposal. But Gwen Sullivan, the president of Portland’s teachers union, said this was the first time she’d heard that 20 percent of evaluations would come from student scores. Sullivan said her members would likely oppose that. Education chief Golden said Oregon would not use the new Common Core exams for that 20 percent of evaluations, for at least the first year. Golden said the other 80 percent would come from classroom observations, and from what teachers do outside of class, like collaborating with other staff, and communicating with parents.
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to only receive 7 percent of average. Sprague River is expected to have inflows 38 percent of average through September. The Williamson is expected to be slightly higher with 47 percent of average, according to Sandler. He said officials anticipate Upper Klamath Lake inflows will be 37 percent of normal.
makes this year different is how little snow there has been all year. Sandler said the June to September Basin streamflow forecast range from a low six percent to 47 percent of average. He said the worst inflow forecasts are for Clear Lake, which anticipated to peak at six percent of average, and Gerber Reservoir, which is expected
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began Sept. 1, according to Sandler. “It’s one of the worst (years) we’ve seen in about the last 20 years,� said Greg Addington, executive director of the Klamath Water Users Association. According to Addington, limited water reserves, coupled with minimum instream flow levels for species protected under the Endangered Species Act, means there isn’t enough water for Basin farmers and ranchers. “It’s the first year we’re experiencing involuntary shutoffs since 2001,� Addington said. “It’s not good. This is the train wreck we’ve seen coming for a decade.� Stacy Freitas, a Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge biologist, said wildlife also is suffering from the water shortage — the Lower Klamath refuge is nearly dry — and Tule Lake NWR is only receiving water as part of the cooperative farming program with the Tule Lake Irrigation District. “We’re definitely not getting any other water for the summer,� Freitas said. As of June 30, there are normally 6 inches of snow on the ground at Crater Lake. The last time snow was reported at Crater Lake was June 1. In a normal year, there are 46 inches of snow on the ground the ground in early June, Sandler said. He explained it’s not unprecedented for Crater Lake monitoring stations to have no snow July 1, but what
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shots. “And I kind of ran to the corner of my back yard and stood on the fence,� Kneppers said. “And I glanced at the middle of the street here, this lady was kind of starting to help the guy. She was kind of crying and saying he was shot or something, and was wrapping him up around his head, around his shoulder, kind of up high. They were both kind of holding each other up.� Dahlia Bazzaz | Oregon Public Broadcasting Adam Zittenkopf was out Police vehicles and personnel clustered throughout the walking with his two sons. “So far I just heard it on the neighborhood where the shooting occurred. news and so I seen a bunch dy and are being interviewed neighborhood near the scene of people standing down here by detectives from the major for the second suspect. That on the corner,� he said. “So suspect was apprehended a we thought we’d kind of come crimes unit.� down here and peek. I wasn’t Police arrested one of the couple of hours later. Neighbor Jerry Kneppers expecting it to be right here.� suspects within minutes of the incident. But for a while they said he’d come home to let his The Regional Major Crimes were searching through the dogs out when he heard the Unit continues to investigate.
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onsidering Oregon State lost its top offensive player from a year ago and arguably the best wide receiver in the program’s history, it would make sense to assume that the offense will suffer a bit of a drop off in 2014. Add in the fact that the Beavers relied almost solely on their passing game — OSU was second in the nation in passing and 115th in rushing a year ago — it would make sense that the offense will suffer a major drop off. But I don’t think that will be the
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Oregon State catcher Dane Lund makes contact against Medford Monday night in Goss Stadium. Lund went 1-for-5 in the Corvallis Knights’ victory.
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Despite going undrafted in the 2014 NBA Draft, former Oregon State men’s basketball standouts Roberto Nelson and Eric Moreland have made plans to play in the 2014 NBA Las Vegas Summer League, which begins July 11 and goes through July 21. Nelson received multiple offers from summer league teams, including the Portland Trail Blazers, but ultimately chose to play for the Charlotte Hornets. Nelson has yet to commit to a team for the Orlando Summer League,
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OSU forward Eric Moreland drives to the hoop against WSU Feb. 20.
which runs from July 5-11, but hasn’t ruled out playing if offered. Moreland, meanwhile, has committed to play for the Sacramento Kings in the Las Vegas Summer League after entering the NBA Draft forgoing his senior season at Oregon State. Originally the 6-foot-10 forward planned on playing for the Miami Heat in the Orlando Summer League, but recently decided to focus on his opportunity with Sacramento. On Monday Moreland tweeted “Not going to do Miami Heat summer league. Pretty dedicated and excited for this Sacramento kings team! Well see well see ! #AllPartofthePlan” Nelson plans on playing overseas if he’s not invited to an NBA training camp having already received multiple offers from European leagues. Nelson was the Pac-12 scoring champion the past two seasons and finished his Oregon State career fourth all-time in scoring with 1,745 points. He also finished seventh in school history in field goals (540), tied for third in 3-pointers made (179) and second in free throws made (486). Moreland heads to the professional ranks after just three seasons with the Beavers. In his time at OSU, Moreland accumulated 184 blocked shots, which is first in school history. He ended his career fifth all-time in rebounds with 762 and sixth in rebounding average with 8.6 per game. Both Nelson and Moreland will look to impress NBA teams when the Las Vegas Summer League starts July 11. The Daily Barometer
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Despite giving up three runs and almost blowing a four run lead in the ninth inning, the defending West Coast League champion, Corvallis Knights, held on to beat the visiting Medford Rogues at Goss Stadium Monday night. After falling behind to the Rogues (12-7) 2-0 after four innings, the Knights (12-10) scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to take the lead from the division leading Rogues of Medford. The Knights added a run in the sixth and two more runs in the seventh inning to push the lead to 6-2 — a lead they would not give up. Chris Bishop, the Corvallis starting pitcher, turned in a solid performance. After a rough first inning, in which he gave up three hits and a run, Bishop finished the day giving up two runs over six innings while striking out seven Rogue batters. Bishop also helped his cause when Rogue batters did reach base, picking off two base runners at first base. The
Knights used three more pitchers in the contest: Harrison McGhee and Ted Hammond each pitching an inning of relief, while Brandon Choate came in to finish the game off with a save. Two Oregon State players are currently members of the Corvallis Knights — catchers Logan Ice and Dane Lund. Ice, the regular starting catcher last season for the Beavers as a true freshman, was out of the lineup due to illness, meaning Lund got the start behind the plate. Lund did not play for Oregon State this past season after having to sit out a year due to NCAA rules on transferring schools. He said he’s ecstatic to get back on the field playing for the Knights this summer. “It was the hardest thing ever,” Lund said of sitting out last season. “I had never taken a year off of baseball.” The bat has been fairly quiet for Lund so far this summer, but following the evening’s game, he is happy with his plate appearances, despite going 1-for-5 for the day. “I hit the ball hard today,” Lund said. “Not swinging at (bad pitches), working the count, all that adds up to getting better pitches and hitting the
ball harder.” The Beavers took a hit losing key players due to graduation and the MLB Draft, meaning Lund will have a chance to work his way into the starting lineup. The Beavers return Ice at catcher from last season, but lost two starting outfields from last year. “I’m going to bring some leadership, whether it be behind the plate or in the outfield,” Lund said. “A little speed on the base paths and experience.” Even with the Beavers losing key players, like Pac-12 Player of the Year Michael Conforto and Pitcher of the Year Jace Fry, Lund is excited for next year’s team and believes that the Beavers can continue their dominance in the Pac-12. “We have a lot of experience coming back, a lot of good players coming back,” Lund said. “It’s exciting.” With the win, the Knights move to within a game and a half back of the division leading Medford Rogues. There are two more games left in the series before the Knights hit the road and take on the Klamath Falls Gems beginning Thursday. Brian Rathbone, sports reporter On Twitter @brathbone3 sports@dailybarometer.com
OSU’s Moore makes cut for Team USA Oregon State pitcher Andrew Moore named 1 of 24 selections Monday
his five innings of action, which included a start in the club’s second game of its training camp. THE DAILY BAROMETER Opponents batThe USA Baseball Collegiate ted .222 against National Team announced Monday him as he that Oregon State pitcher Andrew allowed four hits, Moore has been selected as one of 24 one run and one players on the teams final 2014 roster. walk in his stint. Moore The team is comprised of 12 pitchMoore is now ers and 12 position players. Moore, the eighth Oregon State player to make who pitched five innings during the the squad and the first since Michael team’s training camps, is one of three Conforto two seasons ago. It’s Moore’s players from the Pac-12 Conference to first time playing for team USA. make the final roster. Moore and the rest of team USA Moore struck out eight batters in begin a five-game series Wednesday n
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Oregon State women’s rowing head coach Emily Ford announced Friday that Vita Scaglione has been promoted from assistant coach to Associate Head Coach. Scaglione has been with the Beavers for eight seasons as an assistant coach and the program’s recruiting coordinator. “Vita has been invaluable to this program,” Ford said in a press release. “Without a doubt, she is one of the best assistant coaches in our sport. She is an avid student of the sport, she is an incredible recruiter and she is extremely passionate about helping to move the needle here
at Oregon State. “I trust her implicitly, I appreciate the standards that she holds and I value the insightful feedback she brings to the table. She could not be more deserving of this promotion.” Scaglione was named the 2007 West Region Assistant Coach of the Year in 2007 by the CRCA after leading the Second Varsity Eight to a second place finish at the San Diego Crew Classic. Her boat also found success in 2008 finishing second at the Pac-10 Championships. The U.S. Rowing National Team honored her when she was selected to coach at the 2008 U.S. Junior Development Camp. “It is an honor to receive this promotion,” Scaglione said. “I have been fortunate to
have had the opportunity to work with Emily for almost two decades. I believe strongly that the continuity of our working relationship, along with a shared vision of Oregon State Rowing as an enduring national contender, have been central in creating forward momentum within the rowing program.” Scaglione and the Beavers will look to get back to nationals next season after narrowly missing out on an at-large berth this season. Oregon State was ranked in the top 20 for most of the season, but finished seventh of eight teams at the Pac-12 Championships. The Daily Barometer On Twitter @barosports sports@dailybarometer.com
KILSTROM n Continued from page 5 from Kevin Cummings and Micah Hatfield. At first glance that’s a scary sight for Mike Riley and Sean Mannion. Riley spent all of spring practice reiterating the point that OSU can’t possibly replace Cooks. He’s too good and too unique of a talent to expect any Oregon State receiver to replace that type of production all on his own. Having watched the majority of spring practice, I couldn’t help but notice that not only was Riley right, but that the receiving corps could be the worst it’s been in more than a decade in terms of polish. There’s talent, but it’s a young unit clearly lacking experience. Richard Mullaney returns as a starting receiver having pulled down 52 catches for 788 yards and three touchdowns in 2013, but no other returning OSU receiver has more than seven career catches. My first thought was that there is no way OSU can replicate its offensive success from a year ago. Oregon State averaged 34.8 points per game in 2013 (29th in the nation) and totaled 6,071 yards of offense (26th in the nation). Considering 4, 844 of those yards were through the air, it would be easy to jump to the conclusion that the offense will struggle mightily next year. Yet I don’t think that will be the case. While everything I just laid out is true, it’s also true that the Beavers have lost top-tier playmakers before and Riley has always come through with capable replacements and similar results. When OSU lost James Chad Johnson and T.J. Houshmandzadeh in 2000, the players were quickly replaced by James Newson. When he left, it was Mike Hass who filled his void. Then there was Sammy Stroughter, James
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Oregon State running back Terron Ward attempts to break a tackle against USC Nov. 1, 2013 in Reser Stadium. Rodgers, Markus Wheaton and finally Cooks. Every time it looked like OSU wouldn’t be able to replace a superstar wide receiver, it found an answer seemingly better than the last. While there is clearly no Brandin Cooks on OSU’s roster, at least for next season, it’s hard to doubt Riley won’t find a group of receivers that can at least catch the ball when they’re open. After last year’s passing explosion, it was Cooks who received the majority of the credit for Oregon State’s potent aerial attack, and deservedly so. But it’s also true that somebody had to throw him the ball and that it’s the same person who will be at the helm in 2014. Maybe it was because OSU lost five-straight games before winning its bowl game or maybe it was the undeniable skill and production of Cooks, but Sean Mannion had far and away the best statistical season a quarterback has ever had in Oregon State history and
it went seemingly unnoticed. Some chalked it up to the absurd number of attempts Mannion had in OSU’s onedimensional offense, while some attributed it to the system and the outstanding play of Cooks. Mannion’s numbers say otherwise. In his junior season Mannion threw for 4,662 yards and completed 66.3 percent of his passes — both career highs. More importantly, he threw just 15 interceptions in 603 attempts compared to 37 touchdowns. That means just 2.4 percent of Mannion’s passes in 2013 were interceptions. In his freshman and sophomore seasons Mannion threw a combined 31 interceptions over 782 passing attempts — a 3.9 percent interception rate. A 1.5 percent decrease doesn’t seem like much, but it’s a huge improvement when analyzing Mannion’s past performance further. His adjusted quarterback rating (QBR) has improved in each of his three seasons.
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It went from 60.7 in 2011, to 63.1 in 2012. This past season it skyrocketed all the way to 71.9, which was 30th in the nation. Mannion’s accuracy has also improved in every season, suggesting that even despite losing his biggest playmaker next year, he’ll at least be able to get the ball accurately to open receivers. Even if those targets don’t possess the same run-after-thecatch ability as Cooks, they’ll be effective if they can get open enough to allow Mannion a spot to the fit the ball in. What also seems to be forgotten is how poor Oregon State was at running the football last season. At 115th in the nation in rushing, Oregon State averaged just 3.5 yards per carry, they’re worst total in more than a decade. What might be even more surprising is that the Beavers attempted to run the ball just 355 times last season. That’s 87 fewer attempts than 2013, when OSU averaged 3.8 yards per carry.
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So while it may have seemed OSU stopped running the ball because it was unsuccessful, the numbers suggest that the Beavers may simply have abandoned the run too early when it could have become more effective as defenses tired late in games. Offensive line coach Mike Cavanaugh thought that was the case when I talked to him at the end of the spring, and assured me that, not only would Oregon State run the ball more in 2014, but that the Beavers would run the ball better as well. With two above-average backs in Storm Woods and Terron Ward, there’s no reason OSU shouldn’t be effective. A big reason OSU was ineffective on the ground last season was injuries. Woods missed significant time with a concussion and the offensive line was bruised and battered from the get-go, rarely allowing Riley to send his normal group
of starters onto the field. While the Beavers are replacing three starters on the line from a year ago, they also return experience at every position because of those injuries. With another year to learn the offense and everything that goes into it, Cavanaugh expects his unit to be better prepared on the ground. If Oregon State can get the running game back on track, it could do wonders for Mannion. If teams can’t key in on the pass every down, it will lead to more open receivers — something Mannion has proven he can hit when given the opportunity. There are a lot of signs pointing toward Oregon State struggling offensively next season. But if you dig deep enough, there are just as many suggesting OSU will be just as good, if not better, in 2014. Andrew Kilstrom, sports editor
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or the first time ever, Oregon State University has its own independent board of trustees. Many major legislative decisions previously discussed by the board of higher education and Oregon University System will now begin with conversations among an established board right here on campus. For students, staff and faculty, this is an opportunity to have a greater voice than ever before. The OUS has attempted to maintain focus on higher education goals throughout its years serving the Oregon universities. However, it’s difficult to focus specific attention on any one university when various institutions make different requests. One university may have completely different operating needs than another. For instance, when OSU requested $10 million in accessibility funds and Southern Oregon University needed resources for repairs of their own. Each university talks, but we’ve only had one board listen to all seven. That’s where the need for independent boards comes into play. The OSU board of trustees sets aside time during each meeting for students, staff and faculty to directly address any university concerns to a group of 14 voting members and President Ed Ray himself. The first two meetings in January contained no public comments outside of the regular meeting minutes. Though these were only the first meetings, this shouldn’t become a habit moving forward. These board members now have the ability to discuss everything between future campus construction projects, feasible tuition costs and other policies related to academic programs. Given the impact of these topics and how they affect all of OSU over time, there’s no reason these meetings should not have more student and faculty representatives who speak up about the issues most important to them. These are public meetings. We need to know what academic regulations go into place and why. Every meeting without additional students, staff and faculty is a meeting without an additional voice. Trustees on the board, which also contains student and faculty representation, say they care about our best interests overall. As we move forward, we need to show them we care as well. They cannot drive this system alone, nor should they. The next full meeting takes place at the CH2M Hill Alumni Center on July 18.
n June 10, Reynolds high school freshman Jared Padgett shot and killed fellow classmate Emilio Hoffman and then proceeded to take his own life. in Padgett’s home, Gresham police found an Automatic Rifle 15 he swiped from his brother, a semiautomatic handgun, nine magazines fit to carry hundreds of rounds of ammo and a large knife, according to Aimee Green’s June 19 article in the Oregonian. Padgett was allegedly on a mission to kill the “sinners” in his high school, clarified as “people who smoked pot and used the Lord’s name in vain.” Padgett was well-known in his Mormon church for his strong faith. One of his church leaders referred to him as “highly spiritual,” and the 15-year-old was considered to be a
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very active member. But other than his diary railing against the so-called “sinners” of his high school, the Padgett family had little to offer in terms of explanation for their son’s tragic actions. Though the divorce of his parents may have had an impact on Padgett’s mental health. Yet, a piece by Scott McGreal in Psychology Today concerning mental health and spirituality shines a little light on the motivations of Padgett. The concept of spirituality is defined in McGreal’s piece as a “quest
for meaning, unity, connectedness to nature, humanity, and the transcendent.” In other words, provided this mentality makes a love child with reality and names it “duty,” a highly spiritual person has the potential to turn into Marvel’s villain Loki and be burdened with glorious purpose. Give this ticking human bomb some weapons and a healthy dose of stress and voila: You have a twisted individual with no qualms about harming others. People like this should not be allowed to have guns. This isn’t a matter of no guns ever for anyone, this is a matter of who should be allowed to handle guns. Think of it like driving a car. We send kids to driver’s ed courses and make them take tests before
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airs. Festivals. Baseball games. Happy hour. What do all these events have in common? Food that excites us for various reasons. We all look forward to the fair for fried anything, baseball games for hot dogs and beer and happy hour for cheap yet delicious food. One event missing from this list is the Corvallis Saturday Market. Even though it’s only a street long, the market packs in a lot of flavor. This summer, the market offers more prepared food options than previous years with a variety of food carts. It’s like a mini Portland Saturday
I saw a big plate of homemade cherry scones from Ploughman’s Lunch cart. I’m a sucker for pastries and couldn’t resist trying one from this new place. Market. I heard that the market had grown Griffin Jones, the owner of this year and I always love wander- Ploughman’s Lunch cart, makes ing around to see what is there, so I almost everything that he sells at the decided to get up early on a Saturday to Saturday Market at his stop. During the see what new vendors were there and week he bartends at Flat Tail Brewing. taste some of the new flavors. On Saturdays, he brings out his homeAs soon as I got onto First Street, made sides, breads, sodas and pastries I saw five food vendors, more than I to the people of Corvallis. have seen in the past three years at the “The cherries came from my neighmarket. I walked through the carts and bor’s garden,” said Jones about his what immediately caught my attenSee Di RAFFAELE | page 8 tion were cherry scones.
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they’re allowed to operate a vehicle independently. And if they are deemed unfit in a way that might make them a danger to others, they don’t get their license. Granted, with guns, it’s not quite as open-and-shut, given the intense emotion and paranoia coming from opposing arguments. The left fears more incidents like the one with Padgett, Elliot Rodgers and the shooting in Sandy Hook. The right fears U.S. citizens being left toothless in the event of a potential tyrannical government scenario, a la “V for Vendetta.” The Armed Citizens’ Legal Defense Network Incorporated states, “if you look at the history of the writing of the Constitution, it is quite clear that the founding fathers meant for the
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ast week I talked about abstinence-based sex education programs and their complete and utter failure at producing positive results. As promised, I am following up this week with a discussion of what research shows to be highly effective: Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE). CSE is effective in delaying or reducing teen sexual activity and numbers of sexual partners. CSE is also effective in increasing condom and/or contraceptive use for those who choose to be sexually active. Finally, participants of a CSE program are less likely to experience a teen pregnancy, which in turn reduces the numbers of teens who terminate pregnancy, give birth or become active parents. Possibly even more important, CSE doesn’t hasten the initiation of sexual activity, including first intercourse. Many opponents of CSE claim that if safer sex strategies and the benefits of contraception are talked about, it will increase teen sexual activity, because it appears as though teachers are condoning teen sexual activity. The reality is actually just the opposite. If teens are given accurate and complete information, they are more likely to put off sexual activity until they are older and feel they are better prepared emotionally. So you may be asking yourself, “What exactly is CSE?” A wonderful resource for CSE information is the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS) www.siecus.org. SIECUS defines CSE as follows: “Sexuality education programs that start in kindergarten and continue through 12th grade. These programs include age-appropriate, medically accurate information on a broad set of topics related to sexuality including human development, relationships, decision-making, abstinence, contraception, and disease prevention. They provide students with opportunities for developing skills as well as learning information.” At the SIECUS website there are many resources, including a 112page “Guidelines for School-based Comprehensive Sexuality Education,” which can be tailored to specific needs, particularly for parents. See GREAVES | page 8
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e are college kids, and you know what that means? It means we are great at making four-year commitments and we more than know our way around a job that offers minimum wage. Who hasn’t picked up a job on the side to get funds that will help us go to Chipotle at one in the morning? A bigger question is now coming out of the woodwork that is not about the universal minimum wage rate, but rather the question of a raise in the minimum wage rate of tipped workers. The problem is that minimum wage for tipped workers is $2.13. I could go in my car right now and search through the glove compartment to get that in half the time it takes the overwhelmed server at Olive Garden to give a whiney kid his share of bottomless breadsticks. The issue isn’t only that the wage is low, but also the fact that it hasn’t had any consideration to be raised since 1991. To put that into perspective, just know we have survived four perceived apocalypses since then. It started out so low because most businesses thought that the tips their workers made would cover the discrepancy. It is now becoming clear that this is not always the case. What about a slow day at work? Or even worse, a slow week? Federal law tried to balance it out stating that a business with tipped employees had to cover the cost of their workers if tips didn’t take them to the minimum-wage mark. Again, there was another problem. We have all been to restaurants with servers, managers, cooks and cleaners. Nowhere in that equation is someone who regulates the employer giving an employee the right amount
DI RAFFAELE n Continued from page 7 scones. Every week he makes a new flavor of scones such as bacon and cheese or herbs and fruit. The cherry scones are simply delicious. They have a light crunch on the outside and a soft, cakey middle with bright and flavorful cherries peeking through. Cherries are the all-star in the pastry and play to win. The only addition I needed to make the scone better was a cup of coffee. I took my scone to go and walked through the rest of the market observing all the produce and flowers filling the streets as I enjoyed my breakfast. As the morning went on and I said hello to many of the dog visitors of the
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market and the mobile library, I got hungry again and wanted to try another food cart. The smell of hot dogs led me to my next stop, McWeenies. This hot dog stand’s smell is enticing and the hot dogs taste as good as they smell. Jay Gracey, the owner of this fresh-faced food cart, was serving up hot dogs in his own way, which was inspired from a favorite childhood hot dog spot. McWeenies’ hot dogs are not served in a traditional way; they‘re split down the middle and grilled face down next to the bun. I ordered a “hot dog with savory meat sauce” and was excited to try a new way of preparing a frank. After the dog finished grilling, it was put on top of the grilled bun, chopped onions and yellow
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hose in the agricultural industry have heard of Jackson county’s ban on GMOs. However, because of the wording of the law, this may include some crops that are conventionally bred. The irony lies in the fact that genetic modification is conventional breeding by any other means, like selecting a gene for expression in a population. This can include kernel size of corn, which has been conventionally bred and selected for in-grain crops and corn, among many other traits. Genetic modification is, in the broadest sense, selecting for a gene or trait, inserting, or in some cases deleting, the desired or undesired trait. This has been done for centuries not only with plants, but also animals. The ironic roadblock the legislation may encounter is far from another resounding issue that is underlying the ban: Can the government tell farmers what they can and cannot produce? Within the Willamette Valley, we have banned Canola, because of its potential to cross-pollinate with specialty Brassica crops. Despite evidence that Canola doesn’t cross-pollinate with these Brassica crops, the ban has been implemented for further studies. It’s hard to argue against the technology that brought us Golden Rice, which helps fight Vitamin-A deficiency in Asia, causing blindness in children and can increase the risk of disease, and even death, under severe infections, according to the World Health Organization. Golden Rice is controversial merely because it’s a genetically modified crop. This is just a small sampling of what genetic modification can do. Recently, a Canadian company introduced an apple that doesn’t brown when sliced. The
citizenry to be armed with the very same weaponry as government had.” Using this logic, the Armed Citizens just want to have the same goodies that the military gets, like high-capacity semiautomatic rifles and handguns. Because viva revolution and all that. Here’s the thing about the military and guns: The goal is to create rigorously trained individuals with an exact knowledge and control over their actions and the effects of said actions. In the words of Amber Larsen, trainer and programmer for the selection of individuals for special operations, the equally important facet of the military to physical fitness is in mental fortitude — specifically to be able to force yourself to hold steady in a situation that you’d run from in normal circumstances. That kind of mental fortitude is hard won and not organic in the average taxpaying citizen. An individual trained in the military is qualified to handle a gun. A police officer is qualified to handle a gun. They have to go through training to achieve this qualification.
mustard. Then, meat sauce gets added. This is not a traditional meat sauce, either. There is no tomato or any other liquid base –– it’s just chopped meat mixed with an array of spices. I took my first bite and my taste buds were happy. The meat sauce was spicy and balanced well with the crunch of the onions and smear of mustard. The meat sauce really makes this dog unique. The hotdog itself is an all-beef frank served up on a regular white bread bun. There is no pizazz there. The meat sauce was flavored with garlic and other seasonings, leaving a little afterkick on the palate and making this hot dog something special. Pair this dog with a soda and it is a perfect meal to end a morning exploring the Saturday Market.
It would be no small problem to make this a requirement for owning a gun. In fact, this is already partially present in Oregon. To obtain a concealed handgun license in Oregon, an individual has to be at least 21 years of age and complete an approved firearms safety or training course. Some of the main points that the course covers revolve around the seriousness of carrying a deadly weapon and other alternatives, the importance of sound judgment in assessing other alternatives, and firearm safety, storage and security. I’d like to throw in the suggestion that this be a family package deal, so when guns are used, it is in absolute respect for them as tools and weapons that have the potential to do a great deal of damage. Let’s put gun-handling on the same level, if not higher, as getting your driver’s license: You get it once you prove you’re not going to arbitrarily or manically harm others with it. t
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The eccentric vibes of the Corvallis Saturday Market are still present and fluid; anyone can go and try a new fruit or decide to start an herb garden. But now, with these and more new food cart additions, the market is even more one-of-a-kind. Nowhere else in Corvallis can you get an assortment of foods in the length of one street. Food has the power to bring people together and inspire them in new ways. The exciting new food carts at the market add even more community and variety to this wacky and organic town. t
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lish. The opinions expressed in Di Raffaele’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Di Raffaele can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.
GREAVES n Continued from page 7 While many adults would prefer that teens postpone sexual activity, most adults, including parents, would also prefer that if teens do choose to be sexually active, they use safer sex practices. CSE is much more likely to result in the use of safer sex practices and delayed onset of sexual activity. Abstinencebased programs are much more likely to result in, well, nothing really. So as taxpayers, where do you want your tax dollars spent? As I said in last week’s column, in 2010 President Obama and Congress eliminated virtually all funding for abstinence-based programs. Instead, they devoted $190 million to CSE programs. $110 million of that went specifically to the President’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative. Backing programs that we know work. What a novel idea. It’s a good start, that’s for sure. t
Dr. Kathy Greaves is a senior instructor and faculty member in the college of public health and human sciences. Greaves hosts sexuality and relationship Q&A sessions in the residence halls and the co-ops, in sororities and fraternities, in the cultural centers and for community groups. The opinions expressed in Greaves’ columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Greaves can be reached at forum@ dailybarometer.com.