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Improved access to birth control

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Necole Morris, pharmacist at the Health Services Pharmacy, will now be able to prescribe birth control to patients without a doctor’s prescription.

New bill gives pharmacists ability to prescribe selfadministered contraceptives

self-administered contraceptive to women in the state.

The bill was passed July 6 and will be put into effect sometime in 2016.

“Right now (pharmacists) can

By Rachel Suchan prescribe immunizations, but the THE SUMMER BAROMETER bill that was passed will allow them Due to work done by Oregon Rep. to prescribe self-administered horKnute Buhler and the Oregon State monal birth control that is taken Board of Pharmacy, pharmacists either orally or through a transderwill now be permitted to prescribe mal patch,” said President of the n

Oregon State Pharmacy Association and Oregon State University Pharmacy Professor Gary Delander.

It is unlikely that the bill will be in effect by January 1, but the bill will likely be operational by next spring, according to Delander. “(The bill) can go into effect as early as January 1, 2016, but before it will go into effect the State Board of Pharmacy will need to develop

rules,” Delander said.

The bill applies to women over the age of 18, and to women under the age of 18 as long as they have been prescribed contraceptive by their physician at least once before.

What that means for minors is that they would simply need to see a doctor for their first time being prescribed birth control, and could then go to a pharmacists for the

prescription in the future.

Delander explained that the reason other kinds of contraceptives like the Depo-Provera shot or vaginal rings are not included in the bill is because they were not a part of the research that motivated the bill, but was optimistic about further inclusions in the future.

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Compounds Bard in the Quad presents in wine “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Bard in aid cancer Tenth-annual the Quad to feature live treatment music, Shakespere Students have begun rehearsing “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” and as Director Elizabeth Helman said, “This is no place for subtlety.”

By Lindsay Free The play is arguably one of THE SUMMER BAROMETER It was chaos in the quad as Shakespeare’s most beloved lovers quarreled and fairies and whimsical works.

“Shakespeare is a unique flitted across the steps of the genius, and I would say this Memorial Union. is one of his best plays. It’s n

Compounds in red wine could mitigate side effects of chemotherapy

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Compounds commonly found in foods such as red wine could be the new recruitments in improving existing chemotherapeutic cancer drug.

The research led by Adam Alani, an assistant professor at the College of Pharmacy, could be an important advancement in cancer treatment.

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It’s a lot more accessible than other Shakespeare plays. I think everyone’s had to deal with unrequited love at some point in their lives.

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Jackson Lango playing the part of Snug

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got such iconic, recognizable characters, and the three story lines blend so cleverly together,” said Helman, a theatre arts professor.

This year’s production marks the 10th anniversary of Bard in the Quad, Oregon State University’s summer outdoor Shakespeare series.

To celebrate Bard’s anniversary, live music will be incorporated into the performance with the help of the OSU Chamber Winds, who will be performing Felix Mendelssohn’s classic incidental music.

While the play will not be set in a particular time period, rather in a fantasy land of sorts, the costumes are designed around a mid19th century gothic feel. In contrast to the rigid costumes of the human characters, the fairies will have a much softer, more organic look.

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Mason Atkin, a graduate student in psychology, plays Puck in this scene during her rehearsal Thursday afternoon.

Review: “Trainwreck” not a disaster

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Pharmacy n Continued from page 1 “It may eventually expand to include some other (kinds of contraceptive)” Delander said.

According to the Oregon State Pharmacy Association, the bill was intended to improve the accessibility of birth control to Oregon women, reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies.

As it stands, a woman wanting to obtain an oral contraceptive birth control would first have to see a doctor and make and pay for an appointment before visiting her local pharmacy to pick up the prescription. When she runs out of birth control, she has to wait for her pharmacy to con-

tact her doctor for permission to refill the prescription. If her doctor is unreachable or no longer works at the healthcare facility, the prescription cannot be refilled without first making an appointment with another physician.

Under the new bill, all of these hassles and expenses associated with dealing with physicians as a sort of middleman will no longer be necessary. Pharmacists will be able to prescribe oral contraceptives without the time and cost of a doctor’s appointment.

“This bill makes birth control so much more accessible. Not everyone can afford or have time to go see their doctor,” said Rachana Son, a senior majoring in English.

“And birth control has uses beyond being a contraceptive,

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Gary DeLander is an OSU pharmacy professor and president of the Oregon State Pharmacy Association.

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Necole Morris, pharmacist at the Health Services Pharmacy, a Benton Health Services and OSU College of Pharmacy partnership, prepares a birth control prescription.

I know a lot of people who use it for their debilitating or irregular periods.”

Before getting a prescription from a local pharmacist, patients will take a self-assessment survey that will help the patient asses her risks and inform the pharmacists of the risks pertaining to each individual. Both the patient and the pharmacist will discuss the survey before prescribing the appropriate hormonal contraceptive.

Delander explained that giving pharmacists the capability to prescribe contraceptive is in many ways more optimal than making contraceptives an over-the-counter medication, as requiring the prescription allows patients and pharmacists the chance to asses potential risks, ask questions, and provide follow up.

One of the concerns with the bill is whether or not pharmacists will be able to refuse to prescribe the contraceptive on religious basis, and how that might affect the quality

of care received by the patient.

“The standard for care for pharmacy is if there is a professional role that the pharmacist is uncomfortable performing, the pharmacists can choose not to participate,” said Delander, “But they have a professional responsibility to refer the patient to someone who will.”

Delander went on to explain that this standard was already in place and applies to all prescribing and dispensing, not just birth control.

When discussing the possibility of pharmacists being afforded even more prescribing abilities in the future, Delander seems optimistic that Oregon might follow suit of what other states have done.

“There are several situations that don’t require diagnosis,” Delander said. “Some of those are offered in other states right now.”

Although some states offer things like quit-smoking aids and travel immunization assessments over the coun-

ter or prescribed by pharmacists, California is the only other state to allow women to receive birth control without requiring a prescription from a physician.

Robert Boyce, OSU Student Health Services Director of Pharmacy, is unsure of how exactly this will affect students receiving their birth control from the campus pharmacy.

“We will comply with all aspects of the law,” Boyce said.

Boyce was unable to confirm any specifics on what OSU’s procedure regarding pharmacist-prescribed birth control might be—including whether or not the contraceptives could still be free to students when being prescribed by a pharmacists rather than a doctor.

Boyce expects these details to come to light as the parameters of the law are made more clear.

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Pacific Power parent urges major action on climate change

By Steve Law THE PORTLAND TRIBUNE

Be rk s h i re Ha t h a w a y Energy, the parent company of Portland-based electric utility PacifiCorp, joined 13 other big corporations Monday in calling for major action on climate change at world negotiations in Paris this December. Berkshire was the first energy company to sign the American Business Act on Climate Pledge.

As part of that pledge, PacifiCorp committed to buy

more than 1,000 megawatts of solar and wind power for its customers over the next two years. Most of that will be solar power purchased by third-party suppliers on long-term contracts, says Ry Schwark, Pacific Power spokesman.

Pacific Power, owned by PacifiCorp, serves customers in Oregon, Washington and California. PacifiCorp also owns Rocky Mountain Power, which operates in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. PacifiCorp is the largest unit of Berkshire

Hathaway Energy, Schwark says.

PacifiCorp already owns 1,030 megawatts of wind power, ranking it as the nation’s second-largest owner of wind generation among investor-owned utilities.

The new solar and wind will mean 22 percent of PacifiCorp’s power comes from renewables by 2017.

PacifiCorp also announced new investments in its Western electrical transmission system to support the integration of renewable

energy into the grid.

Berkshire Hathaway Energy also recently committed to an additional $15 billion investment in renewable energy development, Schwark says.

The Sierra Club issued a press release Monday commending Berkshire Hathaway for signing on to the American Business Act on Climate Pledge, saying that puts the company “on record as recognizing the intolerable risks of delaying climate action.�

But the Sierra Club, which leads the Beyond Coal cam-

paign, continues to press PacifiCorp to move more quickly away from coal power, one of the leading contributors to climate change. “Buying more renewable energy and building more transmission is one part of the equation for addressing climate change, but the other necessary and urgent part is to promptly move forward with a transition away from coal-fired generation,� the Sierra Club stated.

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Governor orders agencies to conserve water THE STATESMAN JOURNAL

Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday ordered state agencies to use less water, targeting a reduction of fifteen percent across all state-owned facilities by 2021.

The executive order includes measures to reduce water use on the Capitol grounds in Salem. “Water is the foundation for our economies, communities, ecosystems, and quality of life,� Brown said in a prepared statement. “State government’s efforts to address climate change must include reduced con-

sumption and other conservation measures as water shortages become the new normal.�

Brown’s order requires state agencies to report their progress to her office by Nov. 1 and in annual reports after that.

The executive order also instructs agencies to update the state’s overall planning for drought, including new methods to help communities facing water shortages.

Droughts have been an area of concern for the state this summer. Last week Brown declared drought

emergencies in three counties, Hood River, Curry and Union. At the time Brown said the measures were needed to deal with extreme drought conditions. “The extreme drought conditions we are experiencing reflect a new reality in Oregon,� Governor Brown said. “In an already difficult fire season, steps such as these are key to taking a proactive approach to the continuing challenges of climate change.�

The addition of those three counties raised the number of drought emergency dec-

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larations in Oregon to 23, more than double the total for 2014, when 10 counties were under drought emergencies.

The state has taken to using social media and a new website to reach Oregonians about any drought concerns or questions.

State agencies and the governor’s office has been using a website www. drought.oregon.gov and the hashtag #ORdrought to raise awareness and inform Oregonians about the drought conditions.

gy mix from coal and will supply 36 percent by 2030, according to the Integrated Resource Plan it submitted to the Oregon Public Utility Commission.

PacifiCorp notes that it plans to cut its power generated from coal by 40 percent over the next 15 years, and will close or convert 10 coal-fired generation units by 2029. “We want to move in a measured and considered way,� Schwark says.

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It states that police were called to the apartment complex on Southwest A Avenue near the OSU campus at 4:48 a.m., and arrived to find Macholz on the ground, suffering from back pain and severe breathing difficulty.

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Talk about a nasty wakeup call.

Oregon State University student Shelbi Macholz was suddenly and roughly roused from sleep one morning last summer when her body slammed into the ground after plunging three stories from an open window in her boyfriend’s apartment, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Lane County Circuit Court.

Now, she’s suing the Eugene company that manages the Corvallis apartment complex where the accident happened, claiming that the firm is to blame for the broken bones and other serious

injuries she sustained in the fall.

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She claims in the suit that company officials should have warned apartment tenants and guests that fully opening a third-story window creates a “latent danger,� and that they neglected to install window bars or some similar device to prevent falls.

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BARD n Continued from page 1 The cast consists of 19 actors, not including the 10 musicians who will also be performing, and is the largest of the four Bard plays Helman has directed. The majority of the actors are new to Bard, with only five returning members.

Despite the learning curve, Helman said the cast is up to the challenge and has shown great discipline on and off the stage.

One of the greatest challenges the actors face is adjusting to performing in such an enormous outdoor space. The physical comedy of the show requires the actors to fling themselves to the ground so often that many have taken to wearing kneepads for rehearsals.

The actors must deliver lines more loudly in the out-

door space than they would in an indoor theater, and that too has taken a toll.

“I’m hoarse all the time,” said Elise Barberis, who is playing Peter Quince and is a senior studying theatre arts.

“It’s vocally exhausting and physically exhausting because you are running around a lot and every single action you make has to be big.”

While the physicality of the play is tiring, the cast agreed that there is something special about “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

“It’s so fun, and there’s so much going on. There’s something for everyone in it.

There’s the big, goofy comedy of in it, there’s the romantic subplots, there’s running around and fighting in the forest, and there’s fairies,” said Bria Love Robertson, a junior studying mechanical engineering.

Playing the role of Helena,

this is Robertson’s Bard debut.

Jackson Lango, a senior studying computer science and participating in Bard for the first time with the role of Snug, believes “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” appeals to a wide audience because of how relatable the characters are.

“It’s a lot more accessible than other Shakespeare plays,” Lango said. “I think everyone’s had to deal with unrequited love at some point in their lives.”

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is set to run in the MU Quad from August 6 to 9 and again August 13 to 16 all starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for OSU students, and can be purchased online, in the MU or at the door.

Lindsay Free, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com

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Mason Atkin​, a graduate student in pharmacy playing Philostrate; Bria Love Robertson, a junior mechanical engineering major, playing Helena; and Brad Stone, a Corvallis community member, playing Demetrius during their rehearsal in the Memorial Union quad.

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A 2013 bottle of Rascal’s Pinot Noir. Compounds found in red wine could help limit damage to the heart done by chemotherapeutic drugs.

WINE n Continued from page 1 Resveratrol and quercetin are antioxidant polyphenols that are found in many foods that we consume on a daily basis. Resveratrol is a natural compound in foods such as grapes, nuts, green tea and wine, while quercetin reaches high levels in berries, colored vegetables and leafy greens.

By incorporating resveratrol and quercetin, which demonstrates cardio-protective effects, anticancer agents like Doxorubicin in cancer cells can be enhanced.

“A common chemotherapeutic agent, Doxorubicin, is limited in its use due to its associated cardiotoxicity,” Alani said. “This makes the use of Doxorubicin for recurrent relapses in cancers, such as ovarian cancer, problematic.”

A commercially available product of Doxorubicin, Adriamycin, is used to treat various cancers, such as breast, thyroid, prostate, ovarian and other types of

cancer.

“The mechanism by which Doxorubicin is effective is by inhibiting the replication of the cancer cells at a molecular level and by generating free radicals,” Alani said.

However, the effects are not limited to just cancer cells, but also effect normal tissues like heart cells, therefore, with long term use, could lead to a chronic disease of the heart muscles also known as cardiomyopathy, according to Alani.

“Resveratrol and quercetin have both demonstrated the ability to protect heart tissue by scavenging free radicals as antioxidants,” Alani said.

“Thus, pairing these polyphenols with Doxorucin can have cardio-protective effects.”

An issue with using resveratrol and quercetin orally is that they have short half-lives in the body and undergo first-pass effect, according to Alani.

“The first-pass effect is when a molecule, after being absorbed by the gut first, goes to the liver and is rapidly metabolized before it enters

systemic circulation,” Alani said.

Therefore, in order to obtain necessary doses to see deliberate effects, the molecules must be given via injections so they can remain in the body for longer periods of time. Adriamycin can be used together with the resveratrol-quercetin injection, allowing usage of the chemotherapy drug without damaging the heart.

Research has already shown that the compounds resveratrol and quercetin appear to be safe in the body and Alani will continue to further his research in hoping to make it a viable strategy for cancer treatments.

“Thus far, we have shown ovarian cancer cells that combining resveratrol and quercetin can potentiate the action of Doxorubicin,” Alani said. “We have also demonstrated in heart cells that the same combination protects the heart cells from damage caused by Doxorubicin.”

Anna Le, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com

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Members of the tenth-annual Bard in the Quad during their rehearsal Thursday, July 23 afternoon on the Memorial Union steps.

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Football Preview: The final homestand

By Brian Rathbone

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Most recent game story:

Since joining the Pac-12 conference in 2011, Colorado has struggled to climb out of the cellar going a combined 4-32, including going winless a season ago. They did however almost knock off the Beavers in Boulder but were unable to hold onto their half time lead as the Beaver mounted a second half comeback. The defense saved the day as they forced a bad pass from Colorado freshman quarterback Sefo Liufau on fourth down to seal the 36-31 victory. Sean Mannion Colorado had an efficient day Game time: Sat, Oct. 24 in Corvallis throwing the foot- Head Coach: Mike MacIntyre, 6-18 ball going to 27-37 (Entering third season with Colorado) for 278 yards and a 2014 Record: 2-10 (0-9 Pac-12) touchdown toss to tight end Caleb Smith, while Terron Ward carried the ball for 102 yards and two touchdowns.

Offensive Player to watch:

WR Nelson Spruce For a team that only won two games all season it can be difficult to find bright spots. For Colorado it was not difficult, Nelson Spruce had a very impressive junior season catching 106 passes for 1,198 yards and 12 touchdowns. Last season against the Beavers Spruce had one of his worst games of the season, largely part to the lock-down coverage applied by now-Kansas City Chief, Steven Nelson. With Nelson in the NFL, the Beavers are in search of a cover corner who can lock down receivers. If no one emerges as that guy, Spruce has proven in the past that he can torch a secondary.

Defensive player to watch:

DT Jordan Carrell In 2014, the Colorado defense could not stop a nosebleed. They allowed opposing offenses to score 39 points per game, gave up a Pac-12 worst 2,457 rushing yards (204.8 per game) and only sacked opposing quarterbacks 22 times, which ranked 11th in the Pac-12. The Buffalos beefed up their interior defense when they signed junior college All-American Jordan Carrell out of American River College. In his sophomore season he posted 80 tackles, 19 tackles for loss and eight sacks. If Carrell can replicate the success he had at the JC level, Colorado could start to climb out of the Pac-12 cellar.

What to expect in 2015:

Despite going through the coaching overhaul this season, Oregon State will likely be favored to win this game at home against Colorado. Colorado may be an easy team to overlook in 2015 due to the fact that they went winless in conference the previous year, but they were within a touchdown of winning four conference games, twice losing in double overtime. Previous games Liufau should take 2014: OSU 36 @ Colo. 31 another step for- 2013: Colo 17 @ OSU 44 ward after a solid 2012: DNP freshman cam- 2011: DNP paign, this will be 2010: DNP a much different team than the last time they made a trip to Corvallis which the Beavers cruised to a 44-17 victory.

Most recent game story:

For the second year in a row, Oregon State and Utah needed overtime to decide the game. In 2014, they needed two overtimes.

After the Beavers won a shootout in Salt Lake City in 2013 that featured a combined 99 points, the Utes returned the favor in a hard-fought defensive battle in Corvallis winning 29-23. Utah was led by running back Devontae Booker as he gashed the Beaver defense for 229 yards and three touchdowns, including the game winner in the second overtime. It was against Utah that the Beavers lost receiver Richard Mullaney to a season-ending elbow injury, but also saw the emergence of then redshirt freshman Jordan Villamin who saw limited action up until that game.

Villman scored both Utah Oregon State touch- Game time: Sat, Oct. 31 in Salt Lake City, UT downs, one coming on 72 yards outs in Head Coach: Kyle Whittingham 85-43 (Entering 11th season with Utah) the fourth quarter 2014 Record: 9-4 (5-4 Pac-12) and the second coming on fourth down to force the second overtime.

Most recent game story:

The last time UCLA and Oregon State squared off was in early in the 2012 season when two teams met in Los Angeles. The Beavers were coming off the upset victory against Wisconsin, while UCLA had won three straight and found themselves in the top-20.

Sean Mannion passed for a then-career high 379 yards as Brandin Cooks blazed up and down the Rose Bowl finishing with 175 yards on six catches and a score. The defense then held Johnathan Franklin — the nation’s leading rusher entering the game — to 45 yards on the ground as the Beavers walked out of the Rose Bowl with a 27-20 victory.

Offensive Player to watch:

UCLA Game time: Sat, Nov. 7 in Corvallis Head Coach: Jim Mora, 29-11 (Entering fourth season with UCLA) 2014 Record: 10-3 (6-3 Pac-12)

RB Paul Perkins In 2014 Paul Perkins led the Pac-12 in rushing, galloping for 1,575 and finding the endzone nine times on the ground.

He also added 201 yards and two scores through the air. He played his best games against the toughest opponents on their schedule; he went for 137 yards against Arizona State, 187 against Oregon and 194 RB Devontae Booker Beaver Nation witnessed first hand what Devontae yards with two scores in Alamo Bowl against Kansas Booker can do, as he overpowered the Beaver State. UCLA, like Oregon State, need to replace a defense for a season high 229 yards and three multi-year starting quarterback, Brett Hundley. touchdowns. After receiving limited carries for the Whoever wins the starting job for the Bruins will Utes in their first three games of the season, Booker rely heavily on the legs of Perkins to keep them in became a workhorse for Utah as he eclipsed the 100- contention in the Pac-12 in 2015. yard mark seven of the next 10 games to finishing second in the conference with 1,512 rushing yards LB Myles Jack while crossing the goalline 10 times. Booker is also Myles Jack is the quintessential jack-of-all-trades a threat to catch the ball out of the backfield, finish- type of player, he thrived as a freshman on the ing second on the team with 43 receptions. With the defensive side of the ball as an outside linebacker, up-and-down success of the quarterback play from but when a string of injuries hit the Bruins running Utah quarterbacks a season, Booker will be counted backs, Jack stepped in carried the rock for the Bruins on to be the driving force in keeping the Utes at the as well as continuing his linebacking duties. He fintop of the conference standings. ished his freshman year as the Pac-12 Offensive and Defensive Freshman of the Year. He followed that up with 88 tackle, eight for loss, in his sophomore camLB Jared Norris Jared Norris is a player who has a nose for the paign earning second-team all-conference honors. football. The Utah linebacker finished third in the He will move to inside linebacker in 2015. conference in tackles per game with 8.9 and fourth in total tackles with 116. Norris had arguably his best Since Jim Mora has taken over the program in game of 2014 came against the Beavers in Corvallis, 2012 UCLA has been a team on the rise. They have where he was all over the field, finishing with a beaten in-city rival USC for three straight seasons, season high 13 tackles, one for loss, in their double finished in the top-20 the past two seasons and have overtime victory over the Beavers. He earned hon- brought in several blue-chip recruits. Despite all that ormable mention Pac-12 honors a season ago and is going for them, they have yet to win a conference finds himself on the Butkus award watch list, given championship or play in a BCS bowl in the Mora era. to the nations top linebacker.

They always seem to be one win away from breaking through and becoming an elite team in the Pac-12.

One has to think that coaches of both teams have They beat the teams they are supposed to beat with this game circled. When Oregon State hired Gary only three losses Andersen in December, he brought with him Kalani to unranked teams Previous games Sitake and Ilaisa Tuiaki who were on the Utah coach- in the past three 2014: DNP ing staff a season ago. Not only did Andersen poach seasons, if UCLA 2013: DNP a couple of coaches, but they also flipped several wants to continue 2012: OSU 27 @ UCLA 20 recruits who had originally given their verbal com- to knock on the 2011: UCLA 27 @ OSU 19 mitment to the Utes. This game has all the makings door of becoming 2010: OSU 14 @ UCLA 17 elite, they can’t of a another classic afford to drop a game, as good as Previous games game to a rebuilding Oregon State team. the past two meet- 2014: Utah 29 @ OSU 23 2OT ings were. Expect 2013: OSU 51 @ Utah 48 OT Brian Rathbone, sports editor On Twitter @brathbone3 sports@dailybarometer.com this game to step it 2012: Utah 7 @ OSU 21 up a notch.

2011: OSU 8 @ Utah 27

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Defensive player to watch:

Defensive player to watch:

What to expect in 2015:

What to expect in 2015:

2010: DNP

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Five burning questions: Women’s soccer n

Coming off of a winless season in 2014, women’s team looks to bounce back

By Brian Rathbone THE SUMMER BAROMETER

How warm is head coach Linus Rhodes coaching seat?

It was not too long ago when head coach Linus Rhodes lead his team to the sweet sixteen of the NCAA tournament. Since that run through the tourney in 2009, the soccer team has yet to replicate that success. Each year has seen a decrease in wins until they hit rock-bottom in 2014 as they failed to win a single match all year

finishing 0-17-3. In many cases, those are grounds to be relieved of coaching duties. But Rhodes has been given an opportunity to right the ship and turn the program back to where it once was.

Can the team find ways to win the close games?

Last season, 11 of their games were decided by a goal or fewer, and they were unable to walk away from any of those games victorious.

A bounce here and a bounce there could have resulted in an entirely different outcome. But instead of bouncing Oregon State’s way, the ball often bounced in their opponents direction. To stay competitive in the

Pac-12 the team will need to find a way to win in crunch time and make plays that swing momentum in their favor, more so than they did in 2014.

Can they make the transition from young team to an experienced team?

Last season there was a young team to say the least. Their roster included 13 true freshman, by far the most in the Pac-12, and only had one senior on the team, by far the fewest in the Pac-12. Entering 2015 they are still a young team, 19 of the the 29 members are sophomores or younger. They may be young but they are experienced. A lot of freshman last season played major

minutes and became familiar with what it takes mentally and physically to compete at the college level.

Can they find a consistent offensive game?

The women’s team was shutout in 17 of their 20 matches in 2014, while only managing to score three goals all season long. On the bright side, all three goal scorers from last year’s squad return in 2015. For Oregon State to make any type of improvement in the win column, they will need to find ways to get the ball in the net. A season ago the Beavers got zero goals from their forwards, their goals came from defender Miranda Stiver and midfielders Kayla Latham

and Sabrina Santarossa. They will need production from the forwards.

Can Bella Geist build off of a solid freshman year in goal?

Last season Bella Geist was one of the few bright spots on the team.

She lead the conference in both total saves (126) and saves per game (7.0).

While the total numbers are impressive, the hope for the team is that she will be under less distress in 2015 and won’t be under constant pressure from the opponent’s offense, which will help improve on her .778 save percentage.

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This past Friday, the New York Mets called up former Oregon State outfielder Michael Conforto from their Double-A affiliate the Binghamton Mets.

Conforto, a three-time All-American, last played for Oregon State in the 2013 season. He became the faster former Beaver to rise through the minor league ranks and make his major league debut.

In his debut on Friday, Conforto went 0-for-3 with three ground outs and an RBI as the Mets lost 7-2 to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

As he approached the batter’s box in his first Major League at-bat he received a standing ovation from the Mets crowd at Citi Field. He then swung at the first pitch that he saw from Dodger pitcher Ian Thomas, and hit a sharply hit ground ball directly to the Dodger first basemen for an out.

In his next at-bat, Conforto demonstrated good situational hitting. With a runner on third base and one out, Conforto – the Oregon State all-time leader in RBIs – hit a ground ball to the right side of the infield, allowing the runner from third to score, giving Conforto his first career RBI. Conforto once again got the start on Saturday, and in his second career start he showed why he is considered one the top hitting prospects in professional baseball, while making Mets history in the

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MLB scouts are calling Michael Confroto one of the tophitting propects in the game. process.

In his first at-bat he hit the ball off of the pitcher’s glove for an infield single to drive in a run and collect his first career hit.

He followed that up with a line drive double to right field line, he then came around to score to first career run. In his next at-bat he crushed the ball over the head of Dodger centerfielder Joc Pederson collecting his second double of the afternoon.

Conforto got his fourth hit of the ball game on a single to left field, the Dodgers were in a shift playing Conforto to pull the ball, he hit the ball the other way beating the shift for a single.

His final line was 4-for-

4 with a walk, an RBI and four runs scored as the Mets offense exploded for 21 hits en route to a 15-2 win over the Dodgers.

Conforto will enter the upcoming series against the San Diego Padres batting .444 with four runs and three RBIs. This season alone has seen three former Beavers make their major league debut, pitcher Matt Boyd made his pitching debut getting the start for the Toronto Blue Jays June 27 against the Texas Rangers, while Josh Osich made his first appearance out of the bullpen July 3 for the San Francisco Giants.

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omantic comedies are one of my least favorite genres – which is why you will rarely see a review of one. They are usually cliché, corny and strive to fit into a formula rather than do anything unique.

However, “Trainwreck,” written by and starring Amy Schumer, attempts to mock these tropes and – for the most part – tries to do something

new with the genre. It also succeeds in being a pretty funny movie.

Schumer, star of her risqué TV show “Inside Amy Schumer,” teamed up with director Judd Apatow, who after hearing her do an interview on “The Howard Stern Show” vowed to make a movie with her.

“Trainwreck” follows Amy (Amy Schumer), a writer for “S’nuff,” an overly absurd men’s magazine. Her

brash editor Diana (Tilda Swinton) assigns her to write a story on Aaron (Bill Hader), a doctor who works with some of the most high profile athletes in sports. Amy’s complete lack of sports knowledge is why she’s assigned the story in the first place, so when she goes to meet Aaron she is entirely ignorant about who LeBron James (playing himself) is.

Amy has had it instilled by her father

(Colin Quinn) since she was a child that “monogamy isn’t realistic,” so her relationship at the start of the movie is not necessarily exclusive with her Hulk of a boyfriend Steven (John Cena).

After their breakup, Amy and Aaron go out for a couple of drinks and end up hooking up. From there, Amy gets herself into her first serious relationship she’s ever had, and struggles with fitting somebody else into her life. Actually, if you describe the basic plot of the movie, it seems like a pretty standard “rom-com.”

Girl meets guy with different interests, end up liking each other, have a problem, work it out.

But it’s in the details that Schumer tries to avoid some of the typical clichés. Here, instead of the woman having the over-bearing friend, that role is taken by LeBron James playing Aaron’s deeply invested friend.

James, in his first acting role, actually holds his own compared to the other talent on screen. He does very well in the role playing an extremely downto-earth version of himself, making Aaron pay for a restaurant tab and driving 45 minutes to pick up a pair of sunglasses.

He is not the only athlete in the movie though – John Cena is wonderful in his smaller role as Steven, a guy way too sweet for his massive body. A handful of other athlete

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cameos works well too. Schumer and Hader are undoubtedly the stars here though. Both show a range that I wasn’t aware they had, especially Schumer. One scene she is giving a eulogy, and showed emotion and sincerity that I didn’t know she was capable of doing. I knew she had great comic ability, but it seems like she has the talent to call herself a full-fledged actor.

The jokes come quick and plenty, so don’t be surprised if you find yourself laughing at something other people seemed to have missed, or vice versa. But most of them hit, even with some extremely obscure references.

Expect more to come from Schumer. Expect it to be raunchy, vulgar and crass.

Expect it to be funny. t

Derek Saling is a senior in English. The opinions expressed in Saling’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Saling can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

Ebbing and flowing with “Currents:” Tame Impala’s latest album Skye J. Lyon FORUM and A & E Editor

When I moved from SoCal to Oregon, the change in environment shifted from surface-level hipsters living on Hollywood and Highland to new wave hippies scattered along the coast. Much like the dualism represented in those spaces, Tame Impala’s third studio album, “Currents,” combines the best of two aspects. An “over the top” take on the neo-psychedelia style so innate to front man Kevin Parker and his group of Aussie bandmates creates a feast for the ears of their horde of fans.

Straying away from their widely well-received second studio album, “Lonerism,” “Currents” is a clear mirror into the various influences Tame Impala has gained over the years.

With notes of prominent ‘60’s vibes, “’Cause I’m a Man” ebbs and flows

like your standard Procol Harum track fully loaded with a soulful streamlined beat and simple meaning: “Once again, as it takes a hold I am aware I’m not in control / You see, I have a conscience and it’s never fooled / But it’s prone to be overruled.”

Struggles of dealing with gender paradigms and what is acknowledged by society to be acceptable behavior is the main backing behind Parker’s croon in track 10, which in my opinion, can easily carry the transcending early R&B fervor throughout the album.

In juxtaposition, the hit single piece, “Eventually”, though laced with harmonious melodies has an easily accessible message: “If only there could be another way to do this / ‘Cause it feels like murder to put your heart through this / I know I always said that I could never hurt you / Well this is the very, very last time I’m ever going to / But I know that I’ll be happier / And I know you

will too / Said, ‘I know that I’ll be happier / And I know you will too / Eventually.’”

With a strong resemblance to classic, psychedelic rock group, Flaming Lips and modern electronic duo, MGMT, Tame Impala ceases to amaze their fans with heavily synth induced drumming and profound epic static create for a wave of jarring, yet, oddly, enjoyable sounds that set the band forth into a direction completely their own.

Much like the actual “motion of the ocean,” “Currents” flows through early revisited genres heard from decades past and a seamless infusion of all that we love and adore from our beloved indie group. 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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