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Oregon State University researchers at the Hatfield Marine Science Center have made many dreams come true by discovering seaweed that has nutritional value akin to kale, but tastes like bacon. “My first though was that it couldn’t be real. But as I read more about it, I wanted to try it,” said Aman Deswal, a senior in mechanical engineering. “I love my veggies and I love my bacon. I got curious to get my hands on it.” A new-patented strain of Pacific dulse, a native red alga found in the intertidal zone along the West Coast, has been cultivated for 20 years, initially for culturing abalone. “We did not start working on dulse as human food until about a year ago,” said Chris Langdon, a professor of fisheries and wildlife at Oregon State University. “At this time, a collaboration with Chuck Toombs, College of Business, and Michael Morrissey, Food Innovation Center in Portland, and myself was formed to develop a project that took dulse from the culture tank to the dinner plate.” Dulse can be a valuable alternative crop in regions with a short supply of freshwater, because filtered saltwater can be used for its growth. “One of the questions that anyone involved in agriculture and food science asks themselves is, how will you feed 10 billion people on the planet by 2050? Growing dulse in an aquaculture setting that has mini-
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mal environmental impacts and low energy inputs can be an important tool,” said Michael Morrissey, a professor in food science and technology and the director of OSU Food Innovation Center Experiment Station, FIC, in Portland. In many parts of the world, dulse has been used as a food source. The aquatic plant has many nutrients that could make it a new alternative food source. “Dulse is an excellent food- with up to 16% protein dry weight, unsaturated marine fatty acids, no cholesterol as found in bacon, minerals, including lots of iodine and antioxidants,” Langdon said. “I was reading an angry email the other day saying how can we claim we discovered bacon-flavored dulse when his restaurant has been serving dulse in various forms, including a DLT, for over 15 years,” Morrissey said. “We agreed. Dulse has been harvested in the wild and consumed by humans for centuries in Scandinavia, Ireland, and other northern Atlantic Ocean countries and Canadian provinces.” Morrissey said that dulse has been used on many dinner plates. “When Chuck found out that dried dulse from Maine sold at Whole Foods for about $60/lb. his business antennas perked up and Chris told him to tell us at the OSU Food Innovation Center in Portland,” Morrissey said. Toombs, Langdon and Morrissey hired Jason Ball, a research chef, to find some innovative ways to utilize dulse. By preparing the dulse in various dishes and products, Ball has found that sautéing brought out a savory bacon flavor that was unnoticeable in the fresh plant. “Jason first developed about 14
prototypes of dulse products from peanut brittle to salad dressing with forays into beer, bread, trail mix, etc.,” Morrissey said. “We had culinology event at the FIC with 17 panelists including food scientists, aquaculture scientists, chefs, food engineers, economists, product development experts, marketing experts, small business owners and consumer experts.” With many anticipating trying the bacon-flavored seaweed, Morrissey announced that consumers would be able to expect some products. “The dulse-sesame salad oil dressing and the dulse-rice cracker scored very high and we have decided to introduce these first into the marketplace, sometime this fall.” Since the news surfaced about the bacon-flavored seaweed, many have been skeptical about the product. “The new substitute for bacon might not be as good as said in reports, but there isn’t a way to say for sure. So before I actually try it, I’d rather be positive about it and give it a chance,” Deswal said. For Toombs, Morrissey and Langdon, the discovery of the seaweed is only the beginning. “Introducing new products into the marketplace takes time and one needs to have growing, harvesting, processing and distribution all coordinated,” Morrissey said. “Nonetheless it has been pretty exciting being in the middle of the Oregon-dulse story and we all feel it has a bright future as a new crop and food for the Pacific Northwest.”
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Nestled between the Agricultural Life Sciences Building, the Women’s Building, Nash Hall and Austin Hall stands the newest building on Oregon State campus. Temporarily known as the Classroom Building, the Learning Innovation Center, LInC, is slated to open its doors for general use in September. Jon Greydanus, the director of Oregon State University’s Academic Technologies, said the LInC building is one of the few campus buildings in the nation to be dedicated to providing space for multi-purpose classrooms. “It was intended to really try to bring OSU up to speed with seats for meeting the growth we are having, but you very rarely get a building that is designed strictly around learning space,” Greydanus said. Housed in the LInC building is more than just seats. There are classrooms with arrangements, shapes and technology not seen anywhere else on campus. On the first floor alone is a circular 600-seat classroom that’s only eight rows deep. Upstairs, on the second floor, is a parliament room, which could be useful for discussion-based classes. Further up, on the third floor, is a room nicknamed the “Harvard case-study room.” “The purpose is not to completely replace all more traditional learning spaces on campus, but to provide some options for different space,” Greydanus said. Functionality seems to be key throughout the building. Even the hallways have been put to use. Spacious hallways provide places for students to sit between classes, and there is an ample amount of study spots scattered around for more informal learning. There’s an emphasis on innovative technology throughout the building. Between two classrooms on the first
floor is a “green-room” that allows professors to load up their lecture on a computer before class, then the uploaded lecture will be available on the computer in the classroom they are teaching in. Many of the classrooms in the LInC building have dual-projectors, which allow for two different images to be projected on screens placed next to each other. This means a professor could be showing lecture slides, while also solving a problem under a document camera or on a computer tablet. Those tasked with preparing the building and its technology for professors have been holding sessions to teach professors about the spaces they will be teaching in and how they can use the technology provided. “We don’t want to shoe-horn anyone into any classroom they don’t want to use. We are training up faculty in advance, so that they are comfortable using these rooms, particularly the unconventionally shaped ones,” said Raul Burriel, an information technology consultant in Academic Technologies. “There’s something different about standing in the middle of a round room versus a more traditional classroom environment. Instructors have to volunteer, basically, they have to say they want to teach in this room versus a different room.” Throughout the summer, Burriel has been involved in teaching professors how to use these LInC classrooms. Among the instructors signed up to teach in the LInC building come fall term is Phil Harding, an instructor in the School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering. Currently, Harding is planning on teaching an introductory class in the 400-seat more conventionally shaped first floor lecture hall and a senior-level writing intensive course in the secondfloor parliament classroom. “The dual-projection and the abil-
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ity to coordinate that through your teaching is really powerful,” Harding said. “You can have visual and content components, and if you can plan that out for your courses, it’s really going to change how the content is delivered and how well students grasp concepts.” Harding also said the ability to use a mobile tablet while presenting will allow new opportunities for teaching his classes.
“We look at this whole building as a living laboratory of learning space, that will inform our remodeling of rooms on campus for the next 40 to 50 years – what works, what doesn’t work, a lot of assessment of spaces like this and a lot checking with students to see their reactions they’ve had,” Greydanus said. Kat Kothen, editor-in-chief editor@dailybarometer.com
Local firefighters face heat of summer, limited resources Fire stations keep busy, provide multiple ways to help the summer firefighting effort
include responding to multiple calls within very short timespans. “The biggest challenge is when all three medic units are engaged,” said Corvallis Fire Safety Officer Jim Patton. “It doesn’t happen frequently, but it does By Calvy Yue on occasion.” THE SUMMER BAROMETER Corvallis fire station No.5 previously Fire season was declared earlier this summer due to drought and dry weather had an additional ambulance, but has conditions in the state of Oregon and is had to shut down their operations due to a lack of funding a few years ago. This has expected to extend well into October. With most of the Pacific Northwest on made it more difficult for the remaining high alert for wildfires this summer, fire- officers who are left on the force. Patton said that the city hopes to fighters in Corvallis are doing everything they can to stay on top of the challenges reopen the station, but it probably won’t be happening in the near future. that the high temperatures bring. Corvallis firefighters are on call 24 Some of the difficulties they face hours a day, and have additional personnel available if needed. Even though the force has been reduced, firefighters are working harder than ever to meet the demands of the public. “( The fire department) has the ability to call local departments and Jonathan Gonzalez| THE SUMMER BAROMETER sometimes help The Scott Zimbrick Memorial Fire Station #5 was shut other cities,” said down in 2012 due to budget cuts. Patton, who regun
larly performs building inspections at Oregon State University. “But we never leave our community short-staffed.” Philomath Fire Chief Tom Phelps said that the stations have a much more limited amount of money to work with, especially when compared to 20 years ago. “Funding is always a challenge,” Phelps said. “We’re a little more resistant, but not completely immune because of our reliance on unpaid firefighters.” The Philomath fire department is comprised of 49 firefighters, 43 of whom are volunteers. Some students are contributing to the effort by participating themselves. Sophomore Raul Perez, a construction engineering major, was recruited this summer by a private firefighting agency to serve as a second-class firefighter. “I decided to give it a shot,” Raul Perez said. “After going to my first fire (in Dayville), I can say that I like the job.” Second-class firefighters perform a variety of tasks, but are primarily responsible for preparing paths for first-class firefighters in fire zones. This includes the creation of fire lines or clearing underbrush and greenery. Raul Perez’s brother Oscar Perez, a business major, was also hired by the same service, but is waiting to turn 18 in a few weeks to be eligible to go out in the field. “I hope to put my training into use soon,” said freshman Oscar Perez.
Phelps said that the fire stations welcome any potential volunteers, provided they live in Philomath. For those who live outside city limits, the department also offers an EMT program, which can be taken as a class at Linn-Benton Community College. “We like to give (students) an opportunity,” Phelps said. “We’ve had some good experiences with OSU students, so we look forward to guiding decisions with them.” Residents don’t necessarily have to fight fires to help. Phelps advises people to be mindful of their surroundings and become familiar with local fire policies. “Use common sense and keep the area around your home safe,” Phelps said. Patton said that people should minimize burning activity, whether it’s for recreational or controlled purposes. “We still have a long ways to go in the year,” Patton said. “If we work together as a community, we can help to protect wildland and vegetation, which also reduces the risk for damage of private property.” Even more importantly, keep open flames away from easily ignitable fuel sources and forestry areas during this time of year. “You just don’t do it,” Patton said. “Be smart, and don’t be careless.” Calvy Yue, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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ence ends. Horne’s grandmother works in the College of Business in the Graduate Programs Office and was the Head Advisor and Director of Student Services for the college before her retirement in 2003.
what I wanted to this summer,� Horne said. As for if she’s considering Oregon State for her undergraduate degree, Horne said no, but that she not ruling it out for a graduate degree. But that doesn’t mean her connection with OSU ends when her research experi-
on the bee’s backs. Horne and Kirby released the tagged bees from one to ten kilometers away from the Spirea to see if the bees would return. And they did. Horne said around 25% of tagged bumblebees were caught returning to the Spirea. “We did have one bee that came back from ten miles, that was our farthest bee,� Horne said. The tiny colored, numbered tags carefully glued to the back of the bumblebees allowed Horne to understand how far away the bees were returning from. “Number blue seven we named Justine,� Horne said. A high-school student doing research on a college campus is a unique experience. “On a college campus, here you’ve got this high-school student from across the country, has a study for a six-week period that’s producing this new information,� Rao said. “As a researcher that’s amazing.� Not only did Horne get to experience research, she also got to visit the insect museum, a private residence with a beehive and did community outreach educating rural teachers on entomology. “I really did accomplish
Danielle Horne garnered a bit of attention as she stood, net in hand, next to Spirea bushes outside of Kerr Administration. Some passerby’s stopped walking to ask Horne and graduate student Julie Kirby what they were up to. Some people were taken aback, others interested, when the women explained they were catching bumblebees. Kirby, a graduate student at Western Oregon University, and Horne work in the lab of Oregon State University’s Sujaya Rao, professor in entomology, associate department head of crop and soil science and interim director of undergraduate research. Rao studies pest management and native bee pollinators. Horne is one of the more unusual researchers Rao has hosted in her lab. She’s a high school student about to enter her senior year at National Cathedral School in Washington D.C. Horne started working on her application to do a six-week research experience in Rao’s lab back in October of 2014. Now, she’s at the end of her experience in Rao’s lab. “If you had asked me before June 15th how much Danielle can accomplish, I would certainly not have that it would be this much,� Rao said. At first Horne’s project involved her observing bumblebees in a greenhouse to study their feeding habits – but the worker bees kept escaping and weren’t returning. They then noticed one previously captured bumblebee was returning to the same Spirea bush outside of Kerr. The research then shifted to testing the loyalty of bumblebees to their food source, specifically Bombus vosnesenskii, the yellow-faced bumblebee, to those campus Spirea bushes. According to Horne, they began catching bumblebees from the Spirea then took them back to the lab to put tiny tags
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Chris Langdon, professor of fisheries and wildlife, has been growing and studying dulse, a red algae, at Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, Ore.
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Chris Langdon is now working with the Food Innovation Center in Portland to create healthy and appealing dishes such as smoked dulse peanut brittle, dried dulse with sesame, a ginger-dules vinegarette and a rice craker with dulse.
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Jason Ball, a research chef at the Food Innovation Center in Portland, Ore. prepares dishes made with dulse to be taste-tested by the general public. The FIC, Hattfield Marine Science Center in Newport, Ore., and the Oregon Business School with Chuck Toombs are working together to bring Oregon State University grown dulse to the market.
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Sports
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Football preview: On the road in the Pac-12 By Brian Rathbone
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Most recent game story:
The last time these two teams faced off was in 2012 and the game became an instant classic in the desert. Oregon State Stanford had their way with the Beavers jumped out to a 17-0 lead but Arizona on “the farm” in 2014 as they scored 31 stormed back to take 28-24 lead in the unanswered points to win their fifth- closing seconds of the third quarter. After a Beavers straight game against Oregon State. Senior- score Arizona again took four point lead with 5:34 left to-be quarterback Kevin Hogan carved up in the game, but that was more than enough time for the OSU secondary for 287 passing yards Sean Mannion to and 2 touchdown tosses, the Cardinal lead a 10 play, 75 Arizona averaged 15.1 yards per completion. As the Cardinal yard drive hitting Game time: TBA offense hummed, Connor Hamlet Head coach: Rich Rodriguez, 26-14 the defense held Stanford for a 9-yard touch- (entering fourth season at Arizona) the Beavers to 221 Game time: Friday, Sept. 25 at 7:00 p.m. down with just over 2014 record: 10-4 (7-2 Pac-12) Pac-12 total yards giving minute left in the South Champions Head coach: David Shaw, 42-12 (enterup only 12 yards ing fifth season) game. Mannion set on the ground, 2014 record: 8-5 (5-4 Pac-12) a career high that while keeping the game passing for 433 yards, receivers Markus Wheaton Beavers out of the and Brandin Cooks had 166 and 142 receiving yards end zone for 34 minutes between their scores in the respectfully, while Storm Barr-Woods had 166 yards first and fourth quarter. and a score on the ground.
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Offensive player to watch: TE Austin Hooper Offensively Stanford loves to pound the rock, using formations with as many as seven offensive linemen to get open running lanes for running backs. Running the ball with the effectiveness that Stanford does opens up the play-action passing game, this is when their offense is at its best. In recent years Stanford has become a pipeline to the NFL for tight ends, former tight ends Zach Erz, Coby Fleener and Levine Toilolo are all young and promising tight ends in the NFL that played the college ball at Stanford. Junior Austin Hooper has the potential to be next in line. As a sophomore Hooper hauled in 40 catches for 499 yards and two touchdowns, while earning Second-Team All Pac-12. The 6-foot-4 Hooper had 103 receiving yards in the Stanford spring game, he is a breakout candidate in the Pac-12.
Defensive player to watch: Defensive line The Cardinal The Cardinal defensive line has manhandled the OSU offensive line the past two seasons. They played a major role in stuffing the running game and sacking the quarterback. They held the beavers to 29 net rushing yards and sacked the quarterback 14 times in the two previous games, both of which they won. Over the past five years Stanford has built their program by being dominant in the trenches, that trend will continue in 2015.
How Oregon State matches up in 2015 Stanford is always going to be a tough matchup for any team due to their smash-mouth brand of football. Their game plan is to dominate the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball, with a power run game that eats away at the clock while playing sound defense. This will be a difficult test for whoever wins the starting quarterback job for the Beavers. The Past five matchups teams who have 2014: OSU 14 @ Stan 38 had success against 2013: Stan 20 @ OSU 12 Stanford in the past 2012: OSU 23 @ Stan 27 have done so by 2011: Stan 38 @ OSU 13 forcing Stanford 2010: OSU 0 @ Stan 38 to abandon their game plan by turning the game into a shootout and not allowing Stanford to control the game with the ground attack.
Most recent game story: Last season Washington State took a step backwards after reaching a bowl game in 2013. They regressed to three wins in 2014. One of those wins, however, came against OSU in Reser Stadium. Although Sean Mannion passed NFL Hall of Famer John Elway in career touchdown passes against the Washington State Cougars, it was the Game time: TBA was Wazzu’s quar- Head coach: Mike Leach, 12-25 (enterterback who stole ing fourth season at Washington State) the show. Luke 2014 record: 3-9 (2-7 Pac-12) Falk, a walk-on quarterback completed 44 passes for 471 yards and five touchdowns as the Cougars walked away with a seven-point victory.
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WR River Caracraft It is no secret that Mike Leach loves to throw the football, his “air-raid” attack has produced some stagQB Anu Solomon gering passing numbers over the years. So having a Comparison have already been made between receivers who can makes plays are a vital part to their former Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota and Anu success. Despite only playing nine games a season ago, Solomon. Both are the state of Hawaii – Solomon Caracraft finished in the top-10 in the conference in moved to Las Vegas when he was 10 – both are dual- receptions (66) and yards (771). That has landed him threat quarterbacks and both took over their respective on the Biletnikoff award watch list. teams offense as redshirt freshman. Solomon also put up great numbers in his first season under center, passing for 3,793 yards and 28 touchdowns while Defensive coordinator Alex Grinch only throwing nine interceptions, numbers comparable to Mariota’s first season as a starer for Oregon. Although Alex Grinch will not buckle up a chin strap Expectations will be high for Solomon his second year and take the field, his arrival to Wazzu may be the bigunder center, last season the Wildcats won the Pac-12 gest defensive difference maker for the Cougars in 2015. south and earned a spot in the Fiesta Bowl. The former assistant coach at Missouri – who went to back-to-back SEC championship games – Grinch has already made a statement early on for a Cougar defense that gave up 38 points per game a season ago. In their LB Scooby Wright III Not only does Scooby Wright have arguably the spring game the defense dominated the offense, using best name in college football, he is arguably the best a variety of blitzes and coverages. The defense recorded defensive player in college football. As a sophomore nine sacks and 15 tackles for loss. Can they sustain that the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year brought home high level of during the regular season? That is yet to be numerous national awards including the Bronko seen, but the defense is trending in the right director Nagurski Trophy, Rotary Lombardi Award, the Chuck for Wazzu. Bednarik Award and the Jack Lambert Award after registering 153 tackles, 29 of them for loss, 14 sacks and six forced fumbles. Whoever is quarterbacking the Only once in the past five years has the home team Beavers will need to know where Scooby is at all times. won a game and since this game is played in the Palouse, history says the Beavers have a shot. This is a great opportunity for OSU to get a conference win, Wazzu These are completely different teams since the last has yet to become time OSU and Arizona faced off. Arizona is in their a consistent threat fourth season under Rich Rodriguez and he has them Past five matchups in the Pac-12 under looking like the West Virginia teams he coached to mul2014: WSU 39 @ OSU 32 Mike Leach, they tiple BCS games in the late-2000’s. Oregon State is break2013: OSU 52 @ WSU 24 have had moments 2012: WSU 6 @ OSU 19 ing in a new coaching staff, with an entirely new offenbut have not sus2011: OSU 44 @ WSU 21 sive and defensive tained success. 2010: WSU 31 @ OSU 14 system. Arizona is Wazzu has had a Past five matchups farther along than great passing game 2014: DNP the Beavers at this under Leach, but 2013: DNP point. Last season outside of that they have had trouble running the ball 2012: OSU 38 @ Ariz. 35 Arizona put up 42 and stopping opponent’s offense. If the defense can’t 2011: Ariz. 27 @ OSU 37 points on Utah, take a step forward with the acquisition of Grinch and 2010: OSU 29 @ Ariz. 27 whose defense was Cougars have another season like last year, Leach’s seat coordinated by cur- could start to heat up. rent OSU defensive coordinator Kalani Sitake. This will Brian Rathbone, sports editor be huge test on the road for the Beavers to make it four straight wins against the Wildcats. On Twitter @brathbone3 sports@dailybarometer.com
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Young core is the key to Blazers future
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t was a forgettable beginning to the offseason for the Blazers as they lost Arron Afflalo, Robin Lopez, Wesley Matthews and Lamarcus Aldridge to free agency, as well as trading away Nic Batum. Whether fans were ready to accept the new team or not, the new Blazers started the Las Vegas summer league. Summer league offered the Rip City faithful a chance to see their young talent bloom. It was a largely unproven group, as only two players on the summer league roster are on contract for next season. It was a very typical summer league for the Blazers as they finished with a 3-3 record. Some call summer league a waste of time claiming it does nothing to project the future, as many superstars such as Kevin Durant and Derrick Rose had terrible summer league statistics. While former lottery picks such as Marcus Banks and Jerryd Bayless flourished in summer league, neither was able replicate their summer league success in the NBA. As summer league concluded, three players that stood out to me for the Blazers: guards Allen Crabbe and Tim Frazier and forward Noah Vonleh. Only Vonleh has a guaranteed contract for next season at this time, but that could change in the coming weeks. Vonleh, who struggled to make an impact his rookie season for the Charlotte Hornets after being selected with the ninth overall pick in the 2014 draft, played like a player worthy of a lottery pick during summer league. He lead the Blazers in scoring and
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rebounding, averaging 17.3 points per game, while collecting 8.5 rebounds a game. Vonleh also showed a soft shooting touch, shooting 55 percent from the field and hitting 5 of 10 three point attempts. It is just summer league, but Vonleh displayed all of the necessary tools to be the next big thing. He is only 19 years old and has the athleticism and shooting ability to help the Blazers down the road. His touch around the rim and shooting range is very similar to what the Blazers had in Aldridge. I look for him to team up with newly acquired Mason Plumlee to form a formidable front court. He is young and his game still needs polishing, but this guy has the highest ceiling of anyone on the team not named Damian Lillard or C.J. McCollum. Before the gruesome ankle injury that ended his summer league, Allen Crabbe looked like he was a prime candidate for most improved Blazer in the offseason. Blazer Head Coach Terry Stotts showed faith in Crabbe as a starter this last season as he was usually the defensive replacement when Mathews and Afflalo were out with injuries. Coming out of college, Crabbe was lauded for his shooting ability, but since coming into the NBA, Crabbe won Stotts’ trust with tenacious defense. What impressed me the most out of summer league was Crabbe’s ability to score off of the dribble and get to the rim,
something that Blazer fans rarely saw from the former Cal Golden Bear. Look for Crabbe’s minutes to increase at the shooting guard position behind McCollum next season, he has all of the tools to be a successful rotation player for the Blazers. To round out the group, we arrive at point guard Tim Frazier, who signed with Portland for the final two weeks of the season. Frazier was largely an unknown commodity after going undrafted out of Penn State, but was impressive in the NBA D-League where he was named MVP after averaging almost a triple double for the year. Frazier’s game isn’t flashy, but he gets the job done. Joe Freeman of the Oregonian said he has “roadrunner” speed. He is also a guy who can come off of the bench and average six points and five assists, similar to the role Steve Blake played for Portland a year ago. The difference is Frazier is younger and has more upside as a backup point guard than Blake did for Portland. If he can improve as a shooter, look for him to lock up the backup point guard role with ease heading into the 20152016 season. This Blazer team is young and unproven, but has immense potential led by the established. Under Lillard’s leadership, the unproven talents such as Vonleh, Crabbe, Frazier and others can become household names and be part of the resurgence of the Blazer franchise. Brenden Slaughter, sports writer On Twitter @b_slaught sports@dailybarometer.com
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Five questions that need to be answered by the 2015 men’s soccer team By Brian Rathbone THE SUMMER BAROMETER
Coming off of the best year in program history, there are several questions surrounding the Oregon State men’s soccer team entering 2015. 1. Who is going to replace Khiry Shelton? Last season was a historic season for the men’s soccer team, a large part of that was due to having a healthy Shelton for the entire year. He led team in points with 32 on 10 goals and 11 assists, he was named Pac-12 Player of the Year as well as being an named an All-American. That production will need to be replaced. Last season had a pair of freshman in Timmy Mueller and Jordan Jones step in and make an immediate impact. Mueller led the team in goals scored with 11 and was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, while Jones netted eight goals and scoring the game winning goal in their tournament game against Denver. For Oregon State to build off the success from last year, Jones and Mueller will need to build of their freshman year performances. 2. Who will step in at goalie? The past three season former goalkeeper Matt Bersano started 54 of the teams 58 games. In his career he recorded 15 clean sheets and set an OSU single-
season record with 101 saves in 2013, while earning Pac-12 Honorable mention in his final year. He is another important piece that needs to be replaced. There are four goalkeepers on the roster with only Nolan Wirth with any game experience for the Beavers; he made four starts and two shutouts as a freshman a season ago. Ryan Vincent is another returner but did not play in 2014. Tyler Back is a transfer playing previously at the University of Mary Washington where he holds the single season shutout record with 10 and was named First Team All Capital Athletic Conference. The team also signed incoming freshman Carter Auth out of Highlands Rach, Colo. 3. Can they build on the momentum from last year? Last season was a huge step in the right direction for the program, making the NCAA tournament for the first time in over a decade and winning their first tournament game in program history. Then Shelton was selected with the No. 2 overall pick in the MLS draft, which was followed up with the signing of an impressive recruiting class. In the past Oregon State has had players selected high in the draft and have been to the tournament in the past, but rarely was the program able to capitalize as they went over a decade without a tournament appearance. There is a lot going right for head coach Steve Simmons and his team, now they need to take that to
the field 2015. 4. Who is going to step into leadership roles? Last season Simmons raved about the leadership from his seniors. Shelton, Bersano, along with Will Seymore and Brenden Anderson were rocks on a relatively young team. They set the tone early in 2014 and made the expectations clear very early in the season. Losing those four will be tough, but with seven upperclassmen one the rosterand the experience that many of the freshmen received a year ago, they might be able to absorb the loss by the seniors who left. 5. How much of an impact will the incoming class have? On paper Oregon State had one of the best recruiting classes in program history, as they brought in the sixth ranked class according to Top Drawer Soccer. Don Tchilao out of Arizona was a goal-scoring machine in high school as he holds the state record for goals in a game with nine. Christian Lucatero, a midfielder out of Houston is expected to make an immediate impact on the team. Last year’s team saw several freshman play major minutes and make an impact on the field. With the loss of Shelton, Bersano, Seymore and Anderson, the talent that is coming in with this year’s class can help fill the void left by those four. Brian Rathbone, sports editor On Twitter @brathbone3 sports@dailybarometer.com
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Synergy:
Talking with DJ Cold Shot
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DJ Cold Shot, senior Nathan Mayers, live in the KBVR-FM DJ booth spinning some fresh vinyl during his show.
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ou think you may have a unique sense of self when it comes to the dense world of music, don’t you? Once you have a moment to sit down and enjoy a black cup o’ joe or a cold Budweiser on a mild summer day with senior Nathan Mayers, or “DJ Cold Shot”– a name quite familiar to some avid fans of KBVRFM – you will realize that you still have a long way to go, my friend. Skye J.Lyon: You have been an active member of KBVR-FM for quite sometime now, and based off of the time you have invested with the station, what has been the most rewarding aspect of working with the other DJ’s and student leaders? Nathan Mayers: Getting to work in an environment that allows the students to express themselves while still allowing for the opportunity to gain professional skills that will benefit us in future jobs. It’s been great working with the new industry standard equipment and we have a lot of cool things planned this year. I’m excited to be involved this year on staff. SJL: With me being but just a mere witness
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Mayers searching through an endless supply of records in the KBVR-FM storage room.
Skye J. Lyon FORUM and A & E Editor
to the mass move from Snell to the Student Experience Center, it seemed extremely ”chaotic” to say the least. What would you say is the fondest memory you are bringing with you into our new location? NM: Developing the game “Snell Golf” with Matt Walton, the former KBVR-FM manager. We made our own clubs and set up our own course. Overall my experience in the old building was overwhelmingly positive. I gained a lot of great memories there. FM was a great place to work in Snell. The move was very chaotic, but I thought we ended up giving Snell the send off it deserved. SJL: In your words, define “Synergy,” the energy force that has bonded you with your staff. NM: Synergy isn’t really something that can be defined; I suppose in its simplest form, synergy is the point where opportunity and preparedness meet. It is the perfect combination of community organization and strategic logistical planning objectives. But it’s more than that: synergy is the thing that makes Orange Media Network operate fluidly. SJL: I asked DJ Foxtrot the same question in my first segment, and now, I’ll ask you: What is the story behind “DJ Cold Shot?” And don’t worry, you can be honest. NM: Unfortunately, it’s not an exciting story. “Cold Shot” is a Stevie Ray Vaughan song. I just thought it sounded cool. SJL: What would you say is the biggest difference between the music scene here in Oregon to the one down in SoCal? Since you are from San Diego. NM: I would say that the music scene here is much narrower than in Southern California. Southern California has a lot of variety. I’ve seen 1920’s style jazz bands and many acts like that. However, that’s not to say this region does have some serious strong points. For example, I went to the Oregon Country Fair this year and I saw some of the best live music I’ve ever seen. There seems to be a really dedicated local fan base here. These bands have some cool local followings. Overall, I like both scenes for various different reasons.
SJL: You are in a Southern, grunge rock band named Black Market Bargain. I know you have toured a lot of the West Coast and have performed in many different venues. How did that project get started? Is there a site we can check you out on? NM: Black Market Bargain started as a few different projects coming together into one. It has evolved a great deal from there. We have gone through a few lineup changes, but I think all the changes the band has made have been for the better. I really like where the new material has been going and I’m excited to see where we can go with it. We are currently building a new website in hopes that it will be finished soon, however in the meantime, people can search us on our Facebook page. SJL: Going back to your FM show, what do the listeners gain and what can we expect from DJ Cold Shot on air? NM: My show is called The Canopy Breeze Hour and it is on Tuesday’s from 10 to 11 p.m. My co-host DJ Tanner and I play kind of whatever we want. We have done a hip-hop show, plus a couple rock shows as well. SJL: Explain your job as the new FM Student Engineer? NM: I will be providing technical support for various TV and FM broadcasts, for example, beaver football games. SJL: What are some of your side projects besides being a disc jockey, student engineer and Black Market Bargain frontman? NM: I hosted open mic events every Wednesday night at Dock 22. It was really cool to have a job where would you meet so many different types of people. The time I have spent there has been rewarding, for sure. SJL: Bestowing your extensive knowledge of music to the quiet college town of Corvallis, what artist are you currently binging on at the moment? Why? NM: There is a lot of great talent in Corvallis right now. “The Backsliders” are really good. In Corvallis, you don’t need to look far to find some great bands. Some other bands to be on the lookout for: “5 on the Hour” are a great local band. “That Coyote” puts out some awesome music and they just played at The Majestic not too long ago. Corvallis is a decent music town, you just need to find it.
SJL: Tell us, what was has been the main driving force of you delving into the music/ radio world? NM: I kind of fell in love with music around the time I started to play the guitar. I just started to get more and more into it as I got older. I started doing radio kind of randomly and I have to say that I have met some of the coolest people working at KBVR. I guess you could call that driving force “synergy”, whatever helps you shift the paradigm. Is it the sheer devotion you have to the muse of music or the “synergy” that pumps through your blood that can make you intriguing? But, when you apply that “je nai se quoi” to all endeavors you take on in your life, that, my dear readers, will make you legendary. Take it from DJ Cold Shot – he knows what he is talking about. t
Skye J. Lyon is a senior in liberal studies with an emphasis in creative writing and ethnic studies. The opinions expressed in Lyon’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Lyon can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.
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