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Forced Out Close to campus restaurant Young’s Kitchen to close in August, hopes to relocate

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Young’s Kitchen owner, Kyunam Kim and his wife, Hyunok Kim busy preparing food for their customers Monday afternoon.

Young’s Kitchen is scheduled to close August 15.

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Of course it affects us. We’ve been here for so long. We treat our customers so good.

Kyunami Kim

Young’s Kitchen owner

After nearly 25 years of serving thousands of Oregon State University students and staff and Corvallis residents, Young’s Kitchen is closing its doors.

The restaurant’s close is an involuntary one, according to Kyunam Kim, the restaurant’s owner.

The lucrative property on NW Monroe Ave., where Young’s Kitchen has made its claim, sits just behind Gilbert Hall and is owned by Nex Gen Enterprises.

Kim became aware of the impending close after receiving a brief letter from Nex Gen’s accountant explaining that after the expiration of the current lease in August, Nex Gen would not be offering a renewal of the lease.

“It was so out of the blue,” Kim said. “Business has been booming.

We have been doing well the last four to five years.”

Nex Gen has refrained from speaking with Kim about the lease, and instead keeps their communication between lawyers and accountants, according to Kim. Kim added they have not answered or returned his phone calls.

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Additional funding to OSU faculty, research in developing, improving futures for children

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OSU researchers have been awarded $4.6 million in federal grants to go towards the study of early childhood learning.

The grants are to be distributed to selected researchers in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, who will use the grant money to aid in their search for effective methods of preparing at-risk children for school.

Alicia Miao, a human development and family sciences major, decided to return to school and participate in the HDFS program at Oregon State University because of her previous work experience, where she served as a certified psychologist at a mental health facility in Eugene.

“A lot of the adults I was meeting had issues in their childhood that could have been prevented with help,” Miao said.

Because of these recurring problems, Miao sought to help fix similar problems in society by taking part in childhood research, where she primarily performs data management and analysis.

“It’s an important aspect of children’s development that isn’t focused on a lot,” said Miao. “It’s important we support them.”

The research program that Miao is part of focuses on children at the elementary school level and developing their ability to practice self-regulation, a trait that supports a person’s ability to solve problems in life be successful in and outside of school. Researchers collect information and help to create games that will help children to practice self-regulation. Recently, the program received two four-year grants totaling $3.1 million.

Graduate student Derek Becker says that he joined because he was interested in improving academic achievement for children, and believes that the research will help change outcomes and make children do better.

“I want to help kids that are struggling and intervene to help,” Becker said.

Chris Partipilo, who just finished his first year towards his masters in HDFS, is working to develop an app that will show exercises that will allow parents to work on self-regulation with their children.

Partipilo said that he has gotten comfortable with his research, but likes the relationships that he has built with people.

“I had no idea I was going to get involved, but it just happened,” Partipilo said. “It’s been really great to see the work we did helped to inform policy makers and improve kids in school.”

Megan McClellan, a HDFS professor who oversees the research

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in self-regulation, said the results of her research will help to lay the foundation for positive habits at a young age and help them to become engaged.

McClelland added that the con“This is one of the areas teachers are most concerned about,” tribution of students and staff that McClelland said. “There is great she works with are instrumental to potential to change the trajectory her work. and help children be successful.”

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Megan McClelland (center) is one of the researchers who has received two grants totaling $3.1 million.

Surrounding her are human development and family sciences graduate students, Alicia Miao, Jennifer Finders, Chris Partipilo, Derek Becker, Karley Lewis, McClelland’s faculty research assistant, and Lupe Diaz.

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Oregon increases budget for higher education Earlier this week, Oregon legislature approved a new and improved $700 million budget for higher education, 28 percent higher than the previous budget.

According to a joint statement signed by the presidents of all seven public universities in the state of Oregon, universities are unanimously applauding the budget increase. “(The budget increase) will have an immediate and direct impact on college affordability in Oregon, and on students’ ability to stay in school and complete their degrees” the presidents said in the statement. $30 million of the funding is planned to go towards student tuition relief and on-campus support services, a move that presidents believe will increase the number of college graduates in the state and help to stabilize the economy.

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“These support levels will help move more Oregonians out of poverty and low-skilled jobs, improving the quality of life in communities across the state,” university presidents claimed in the statement.

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Shannon Lipscomb is one of the researchers who has received a $1.5 million grant to develop and test a program to help teachers improve the school readiness of preschoolers who have been exposed to trauma.

“Working with them is one of the most rewarding parts of my job,” McClelland said.

In addition, a $1.5 million grant will be awarded to OSUCascades professor Shannon Lipscomb and her team of researchers.

Lipscomb, who works closely with community agencies, schools, and programs involving children and families, says the four-year grant, which is the largest awarded to faculty at the OSU branch, will help to refine professional development and maximize the research program’s potential.

“Ultimately, the goal is to have a program that can be used by early childhood teachers throughout the country that is evidence-based and effective in promoting positive development for young children exposed to trauma,” Lipscomb said.

Lipscomb says that the facility will start their research in September of the current year.

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Sutherlin business owner thinks legal marijuana is a big deal

By Mark Baker

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SUTHERLIN – Harry Pinsent is not blowing smoke when he says he’s a big supporter of Oregon’s nearly week-old law legalizing the recreational use of marijuana.

“I wanted to make a statement, basically,” says Pinsent, sitting in his Magic Mushroom/Oregon Gifts shop that sits just on the east side of Interstate 5. “It’s been illegal now for (years). It’s a plant. It should be legal. So, I did it as a protest.”

What the 72-year-old Pinsent did during the past six months was build what is perhaps the world’s largest doobie (that’s a marijuana cigarette, for those still not up on their weed lingo) so he could put it on top of his shop for I-5 travelers to see.

No, it’s not really filled with pot, just made out of foam, chicken wire and cardboard. But the point of this joint is getting across, even if not every­one in this Douglas County town is exactly buzzing with delight over Pinsent’s display.

“I do not feel like that is a good representation of Sutherlin as a city or a community,” says Tami Trowbridge, president of the Sutherlin Area Chamber of Commerce. “And I’m not so sure I’m pleased that he has such great freeway access.”

A pot smoker for 50 years, and a grower who has a medical mari­juana card (for aches and pains, he says), Pinsent realizes that in a conservative town with patriotic fervor, his 27-foot-long joint might not be a hit with everyone.

Especially when it’s blowing smoke, funneled through a smoke machine

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And I took a hit on a joint, pulled it back like this... and I said. ‘This would look fabulous if it were a thousand times bigger.’

Harry Pinsent

Magic Mushroom/Oregon Gifts shop, owner

inside the shop, next to a giant U.S. flag on adjacent property dedicated to America’s veterans.

“Biggest flag on the West Coast, so they say,” Pinsent says, standing on his store’s roof and looking up at the flag put up by the city years ago, the sound of freeway traffic rushing by in the background. “Right next to the biggest joint on the West Coast, and the biggest mushrooms on the West Coast.”

The shop Pinsent runs with his wife, Linda Pinsent-Fox, is filled with mushroom-related gift items, including the distinctive mushroom lamps he has sold for years, made of manzanita wood for the bases and coral for the shades, for as much as $700.

And there are two giant mushrooms, also made of foam, chicken wire, etc., on top of the store. There’s also the Flintstones-like mushroom mobile, made from a 1957 E-Z-Go golf cart, parked out front.

Pinsent, born and raised in Southampton, England, got the idea for making his mushroom lamps as a young lad camping with friends in Southern England’s New Forest, while all were high on hallucinogenic

mushrooms, says Pinsent in his stilldistinct English accent.

“I woke up in the morning, in my sleeping bag, and right by my head was a cow patty. And right in the middle of the cow patty was a ‘magic mushroom.’ And I saw a pretty good idea for a lamp. That’s how it started.”

In addition to the mushroom lamps, the shop also sells the usual gift shop trinkets, posters, T-shirts and “Oregon” coffee cups, as well as a few glass bongs and pipes.

Pinsent, who moved to the States in 1974, living in Los Angeles until 1994 before moving to Sutherlin, christened his big joint last week with friends who helped build it in his home studio. They also tossed, from the store roof, free joints and baggies filled with now-legal pot to those waiting eagerly in the parking lot below.

“Beautiful,” Pinsent says of the event. “Lovely. There were lots of people here. Everyone was smiling and cheering, especially when the joints were being tossed off the roof.”

Pinsent says he got the idea for creating his supersized joint last year while smoking pot with friends.

“And I took a hit on a joint, pulled it back like this,” he says, mimicking holding a marijuana cigarette with thumb and index finger and looking closely at it, “and I said, ‘This would look fabulous if it were a thousand times bigger.’ ” Evin Nordhagen is not impressed.

“I think it’s horrible, to tell you the truth,” said Nordhagen, who made a delivery to Pinsent’s shop on Monday and agreed to be named only if the package-­delivery company he works

for was not identified. “Not a big fan of drugs. How we got to this? I don’t know.”

A woman working at the drivethrough coffee shop next door didn’t seem all that thrilled, either.

“To each their own; you’re asking the wrong person,” she said, refusing to give her name. “Some like it, some don’t. But that’s every­thing in the world. You can’t please everyone.”

Trowbridge, at the Chamber of Commerce, said Sutherlin recently decided to embrace the motto “City of Flags” as it attempts to create a monument in town for all 28 versions of the U.S. flag in Old Glory’s history.

The city currently has seven of the versions displayed around town.

“And this is a sidebar that we really didn’t need,” said Trowbridge, adding that the chamber plans to push the City Council for stricter building codes on just what business owners can display on or around their properties.

Pinsent says anyone who wants to complain about his smoking doobie will “get an earful” from him. And maybe his wife, too.

“We’re celebrating the fact that we’re no longer wasting public money and putting people in jail (for marijuana possession offenses),” Linda Pinsent-Fox says. “It’s a plant that was put on this Earth. It represents freedom and choosing how you want to live.”

Rosie Geier of Umpqua came by the store on Monday after hearing on the radio about the big joint on the roof.

“I have to go to that store,” she says she thought to herself. “It has to be a unique place.”

Boys charged in Eugene Civic Stadium fire face additional, more serious charges

By Chelsea Gorrow THE REGISTER-GUARD

The four boys charged with starting the fire at Civic Stadium last week made their first court appearance Monday and now face additional charges, including firstdegree arson and reckless endangerment, Lane County Deputy District Attorney Patty Perlow said.

Meanwhile, Eugene police investigators are looking into the possibility that the boys may be tied to other fires that occurred in the Civic Stadium area before the historic wooden landmark went up in flames.

Three 12-year-olds are in custody at the John Serbu

Youth Campus juvenile detention center in Eugene. It is unknown if the fourth boy, a 10-year-old, is in custody.

All four boys are charged with first-degree arson, second-­ degree arson, two counts of second-­degree burglary, first-­ degree criminal mischief, second-­degree criminal mischief, reckless burning and reckless endangerment.

Two of the boys also face charges for allegedly starting another fire in the neighborhood, possibly in a trash bin, Perlow said. Perlow did not know which of the additional charges facing the boys are related to that incident.

The boys are expected to return to Juvenile Court on

Sept. 1 for a fact-finding hearing, where a judge could make a ruling in each of their cases.

Eugene police said Thursday that they were looking into recent fires that occurred in the neighborhoods surrounding Civic Stadium before the big blaze to determine if the four boys played a role in those fires as well.

A number of fires, including trash bin fires and a house fire, are being investigated, police said.

The boys — whose identities have not been released because of their ages — were arrested Wednesday, two days after the stadium burnt to the ground.

Eugene police detective

Steve Williams said after the arrests that the boys had ignited leaves and other debris with a lighter in the stadium’s press box when the fire quickly got out of hand. He said he believes that the youngsters were being curious and did not intend to burn down the stadium, but panicked and ran off when the fire started.

He said the parents of the boys have been extremely remorseful, but he said he did not believe the children realized the full magnitude of what happened.

A fifth boy, who had been with the others 15 to 20 minutes before the fire started but was called home by a parent, admitted to his parents that

he had been at the stadium.

The parents then contacted police. Police said that boy will not face any charges related to the incident.

Under state law, a person commits first-degree arson if a fire is intentionally set and causes injury or endangers another person. It is a Class A felony. Second-degree arson is defined as starting a fire or causing an explosion that intentionally damages a building and causes more than $750 in damage.

The lesser charge of reckless burning can be pressed if a person causes damage to someone else’s property either by fire or explosion.

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Young’s Kitchen owners, Hyunok Kim and Kyunam Kim prepair food for their customers. The lease for their restaurant will not be renewed and the restaurant will close its doors Aug. 15.

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During the lunch rush hour Monday afternoon, customers line up to place their order at Young’s Kitchen, located on Monroe Ave. port their business, assuming a new location is established in Corvallis. “All are welcome. We welcome everybody,� Kim said.

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making the logical business decisions,� Solomon said.

Even with all of the uncertainties and unknowns, one thing is for sure: Young’s Kitchen seems to have plenty of happy customers and community members eager to sup-

Pat Collins, the general partner of Nex Gen, disputes this claim. “We’ve answered every call from him,� Collins said.

Nex Gen is looking to lease the property to a new tenant, but nothing has been signed yet. Collins has received many offers for the property, and has narrowed it down to two potential businesses. “We take our time with things. We are not in a rush,�

Collins said.

Because no contract has been finalized, Collins did not reveal the names of the potential future tenants. “I’m not saying we wouldn’t consider a national chain,�

Collins said. “But I do try to look at small businesses.�

In an email to Nex Gen, Kim offered to match the increased rent that the new business would be paying. Through communication with Kim’s lawyer, Nex Gen revealed that the new tenants would not only be paying an increased rent, but would also be putting $200,000 in site improvements and updates into the building.

After it was clear that there was no negotiating a new lease, Kim decided to offer to buy the property. “I tried to purchase the building, but they don’t want to sell,� Kim said.

According to Kim, before any price could be offered or negotiated, Nex Gen declined his offer, claiming they were not interested in selling the property. “Of course it affects us,�

Kim said, holding back tears. “We’ve been here for so long.

We treat our customers so good.�

Collins confirmed the refusal to sell the property and explained that the building, built by his wife’s grandfather, has been owned by his family since 1948, and that he hopes to keep in tradition by passing it down to the next generation.

When questioned about the motivations behind discontinuing the lease renewal with Young’s Kitchen, Collins claimed that the business has

been struggling. “During the last five years (Kim) has complained and wanted a rent reduction,�

Collins said. “He couldn’t afford repairs, so we repainted it and made repairs out of our own pocket.�

Collins claimed that the price of rent for the property hasn’t been raised in over fifteen years, and confirmed that Kim did in fact offer to pay an increased rent amount. “Asking him for more money wasn’t something we even thought about. Increased rent was discussed, but it was no use because he has been complaining about rent prices,�

Collins said. “It was just time to go in a different direction.

We wish him all the luck in the world.�

Kim remembers how OSU has contributed to the success of his business over the years. “A lot of college students come here,� he said. “Some instructors have been eating here for over twenty years.�

Kim has aspirations to open the restaurant close by. “We are negotiating with some other locations, but we haven’t contracted anything.

Everything is up in the air right now,� Kim said.

Regardless, many of OSU’s students and staff are going to miss the convenience of Young’s Kitchen’s food being just across the street from campus. “I had a chemistry professor that was obsessed with Young’s Kitchen,� remembered Anthony Heatherly, a junior in bioresource research.

Long time Corvallis resident and local business owner Dan Crell gave his opinion on the business’ unfortunate predicament. “I am not a fan of the food at Young’s Kitchen. I am even less a fan, however, of small businesses vacating town while more chains move in,� Crell said. “Corvallis is decreasingly unique and cool.�

James Solomon, a junior accounting major, sympathizes with both parties in the close. “I hope that they will be able to open again in a new location if they wish, but I also don’t blame the owner for

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In-N-Out Burger location in Huntington Beach, California. The burger chain will soon be coming to Medford, Oregon.

In-N-Out to open location in Medford, Oregon, students share opinions

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With its iconic bright yellow arrow logo and infamous palm tree cups, In-N-Out will open its first location in Oregon later this year.

“I’ll have a double-double and an order of fries for here please,” said Amy Tan, a Hawaiian native visiting California, at an In-N-Out counter.

For Tan, this is her first time having In-N-Out, and like many others, she was looking forward to seeing what the hype is all about.

“It’s pretty good for a fast food burger,” Tan said. “I think for the price, it’s a decent burger. I will definitely eat it again if I come back, but I had better burgers in Hawaii. It depends on what people are looking for.”

First opened in 1948 in Baldwin Park, California, the fast food chain will make its first debut later this year in Medford, Oregon.

Hillary Wooten, a senior in public health at Oregon State Univeristy, weighed in with her thoughts of an Oregon In-N-Out. “I’m excited. I won’t drive down just for the grand opening.

But I drive to California a lot and I’m looking forward to grabbing a burger along the way,” Wooten said.

With already 308 locations in the United States, Oregon will be the sixth state to open an In-N-Out. The exterior varies from store to store, but has a recognizable interior. The white-tile walls and red plastic chairs and booths resemble a ‘50s diner.

Some students are eagerly await the opening and plan for a road trip.

“I love it,” said Dan Held, a senior in English. “Definitely worth 200 miles.”

Local In-N-Out fans may not have to make the three hour road trip for long, as Carl Van Fleet, the vice president of planning and production for In-N-Out, to the Mail Tribune that the company would like to grow to other locations throughout the state.

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Climbing the big league ladder Where former Oregon State baseball players are chasing their big league dreams

Having a catch with Andrew Moore

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make his MLB debut?

Andrew Moore: It was incredible. The timing The second installment of Having a Catch with worked out perfectly where the game was 10 a.m.

Andrew Moore, where the former Oregon here and our game wasn’t until 7 p.m. so I was able State ace documents his journey in his to watch his entire outing. A few days before that first season with the Everett Aquasox, here was speculation he was going to get called the Single-A affiliate of the Seattle up, but when I tried to get him to spill the beans to me he wouldn’t do it. He’s one of the hardest Mariners.

Moore, an All-American pitcher working and humble guys I have ever been around, for the Beavers was drafted by the he deserved it more than anyone I know. He was Seattle Mariners with the 72nd pick recently called back down to AAA, but I know he’ll of the MLB draft decided to forgo his be back up in no time and have a great career in remaining eligibility with the Beavers the MLB. DB: He was a senior when you were a freshman. after posting a 7-2 record and a 1.91 earned run average in his junior season. How important was he in your development that year?

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rowing up in Portland, the Trail Blazers were a huge part of my life to say the least.

Being the only professional team that Portland had to offer I jumped on the bandwagon at an early age and haven’t looked back since.

I remember going to my first game at the Rose Garden back when Damon Stoudamire was a member of the Toronto Raptors, and I remember watching them blow a 15-point fourthquarter lead in game seven of the 2000 Western Conference Finals from my friend’s basement, to sneaking down to the lower levels of the Rose Garden when it was half empty during the Jail Blazer-era.

Never before have I witnessed the Blazer fan base and the Portland media become so divided on an issue than when Lamarcus Aldridge, the marquee unrestricted free agent of 2015, decided to leave Rip City and sign with the San Antonio Spurs.

Oregonian writers all took different stances on Aldridge’s decision. John Canzano blamed the organization for not investing more in Aldridge, while Jason Quick questioned Aldridge’s leadership and toughness while constantly in need of an ego boost. Then there were rumors swirling that when Aldridge said last summer he wanted to be the “best Blazer ever,” it was actually a PR stunt to keep the heat off of general manager Neil Olshey.

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platforms were just as segregated.

Some were calling for his jersey to be retired while others called him a liar and said he deserved to be booed at his return to the Moda Center as a member of the Spurs.

After quickly going through the five stages of grief, I came to the conclusion that I just can’t blame him for making the decision that he made. The anger that I felt was brief, never did I consider him a traitor or liar. Just a basketball player making decisions that basketball players make.

The decision that Aldridge made was a smart one, there is no other way to slice it.

In Aldridge’s nine years as a member of the Trail Blazers he has been their rock in an otherwise less than stable franchise the past decade.

He left for arguably the most stable franchise in the NBA today. Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs have been to the playoffs each season dating back to 1998 – when they drafted Tim Duncan – in that they have been to six NBA finals while bringing home the Larry O’Brien trophy five times.

Their foundation is set, Aldridge isn’t viewed as a savior but rather

MOORE n Continued from page 5 AM: Matt Boyd and Ben Wetzler (Holmes) were two of the most influential teammates I had while at OSU. Boyd was really helpful in helping me to set a routine throughout the week that consisted of lifting, throwing, running, swimming, nutrition and others. Every great pitcher has a routine they live by no matter what in between their starts, and Boyd was the perfect guy to help me with this. He had everything lined up and had a reason behind it all. I can say that I would not be where I am today without the guidance of Boyd, Wetzler and the other teammates who helped me along the way. It has been a lot of fun tracking their careers to this point.

DB: What motivation does this give you, seeing one of your former teammates who is a pitcher rise through the minors so quickly?

AM: One thing Wetzler, Boyd and myself would always do my freshman season was to make everything a competition. Each starter would try to outdo the previous one in games.

Even in our conditioning and weight lifting, we would try to make everything as competitive as possible. This dynamic has definitely kicked in again by seeing Boyd make the bigs so fast. I talked to Wetzler the day of Boyd’s MLB debut and we talked about how we need to get up there with him.

DB: Hisashi Iwakuma, all-star pitcher for Mariners, was on rehab assignment in Everett.

What were you able to learn from him while you two were on the same team?

AM: I didn’t get the opportunity to talk with him much but it was a lot of fun watching an established big-leaguer work. It was his first

the final piece that puts the Spurs as one of the favorites to bring another championship.

Portland on the other hand, is a franchise that is constantly trying to finds its footing, unable get the right players at the right time. They have been out of sync the past two decades. In Aldridge’s tenure alone, he has played for three different coaches and been through six general managers – that’s not a signal of stability.

The instability was there from the moment the Blazers traded for the No. 2 overall pick out of Texas on draft day of 2006. It’s important to know the timeline of the franchise over that period.

He was part of the initial rebuild from the Jail Blazers: where he, Roy and Oden, all as young players selected in the draft lottery, were brought in to be pillars for Portland for the next decade. When they were all three were healthy on court together, the trio went a combined 50-12. The problem was, those 62 games were stretched over four seasons.

Oden’s knees crumbled and Roy’s meniscus deteriorated. This left Aldridge to shoulder the weight of the franchise while the front office scrambled to bring in support for their budding all-star power forward by bringing in Raymond Felton and drafting Luke Babbit and Nolan Smith.

Those were dark years for the Blazers, but in the darkness Aldridge was a bea-

time pitching in a while so he just worked at about 80 percent, but was still able to have a lot of success by working all his pitches to both sides of the plate and mixing speeds on the hitters. The best part was that after the game he paid for a huge spread of teriyaki salmon and sushi for the whole team. I guess it’s tradition that when a major leaguer has to do a rehab assignment at a lower level that he has to pay for the spread for the entire team after the game.

That was pretty cool of him to do.

DB: With KJ Harrison making the final Team USA roster and with Drew Rasmussen nearly making the final cut, what does it say about the Oregon State program that they are continuously having OSU players playing for the national team?

AM: That was a lot of fun to see. Drew threw the ball very well his last time out and KJ has been crushing the ball his whole time up there.

They both absolutely deserved that opportunity and I know they’ll be back on the team next year.

The summer with Team USA was an unbelievable experience playing against some of the best competition around the world. If you were to watch those two on a daily basis you would never guess they were freshman. The coaching staff at Oregon State is so good at getting players to play above what they expected of themselves. Every year you see a few freshman who step up and end up being a huge part in the success of the team. That’s what we had this year in KJ, Drew, Sam (Tweedt), Elliott (Cary), Mitch (Hickey), Luke (Heimlich), Christian (Donahue) and Michael (Gretler). They have a very bright future ahead.

DB: How do you spend your time on the bus traveling from city to city?

AM: We have only had a couple road trips this far and they weren’t too bad. We had one

con of light as he emerged as one of the premier power forwards in the game.

In that time I never questioned Aldridge’s effort or commitment to the franchise. He went out and played great basketball while Blazers tried to find their footing.

Things changed in 2012, former role players Wes Matthews and Nic Batum elevated their games into legitimate starters in the league. With the addition of rookie of the year Damian Lillard, the foundation for the future was set and the quality of basketball was as good as any team in the league.

Team basketball was being played, passes were being whipped around the perimeter to open shooters, Aldridge developed an inside presence to go along with his lethal jump shot. All of a sudden pieces started to fall into place.

Lillard emerged as a top-flight point guard, while Batum and Matthews provided solid play as third and fourth options on the team.

The Blazers enjoyed three successful years, making the playoffs in three consecutive years in the talented and deep western conference.

The team reached its apex in 2014 when Lamarcus turned into Lamonster against Houston in the first round of the playoffs giving, with the help from some clutch play from Lillard advanced for the first time in the playoffs since 2000.

When the 2015 season ended abruptly, with Matthews’ season end-

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ing injury and an early exit in the playoffs, it appeared Aldridge had a foot already out the door – turns out he did.

When Aldridge made his decision, he didn’t sell out to the highest bidder, he wasn’t lured in by the bright lights of a big city or tag up with other superstars. The L-Train pulled into San Antonio for all the right reasons, to be closer to his family and play for a stable franchise that believes he can carry the torch left by Duncan once he retires.

It’s a choice he earned the right to make. Which is why I won’t boo him when he makes his appearance at One Center Court, I won’t call him a liar or selfish, I won’t make the claim that the Blazers are better off without him. Instead I’ll remember the lanky rookie only equipped with a silky smooth jumper who transformed into a premier player in the game.

When Popovich and the Spurs think that highly of you and hold you in that high of regard, more often than not, they are right. They have shown that the past two decades.

In the end, Aldridge’s exit is a tough pill to swallow. I am not angry or filled with hate about his decision. More, it’s just sad that a chapter of Blazer history that held such promise and brought so much hope is coming to an end without the sense of completion.

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ure our City of Roses can provide us with a spectrum of eclectic people to have conversations with about, literally, anything from “who’s playing at the Hawthorne tonight?” to “of course I have a tattoo of Mighty Mouse on my shin, would you like me to tell you the story behind it?”

However, when discussing the music scene, it doesn’t take a big city like Portland to find intriguing company to chat with.

If you listen to 88.7 KBVR-FM, you know it contains an assortment of programs.

From the soft acoustic ballads of Christian alternative to ear numbing electronica, you can clearly hear the sheer diversity that emerges in our humble Corvallis, especially if the show you chime into is “The Spotlight” with DJ Foxtrot. I had the chance to talk to Sean Fox about radio life, college life and the sanctuary he creates when that “On Air” sign glows red.

Skye J. Lyon: First and foremost, DJ Foxtrot? Pretty creative, I’ll admit. Tell me the story behind that name.

Sean Fox: The name just came to me. I was thinking about how I want my show to flow and give the energy I want. I wanted something that can slow down and be serious, yet, at the same time, be fast and fun.

So I went with Foxtrot as it is a dance and a play on words with my name.

SJL: Can you talk about what peaked your interest in the radio world?

SF: Of course. I was in a high school speech class. I took it because I always enjoyed speaking in front of an audience. When I spoke, I felt like all of the other people in the class. My teacher would always insist that I had a “golden voice,” and, because of her, she got me passionate about disc jockeying.

We started doing a podcast consisting of her, a friend and myself. They were a ton of fun to work with. In many ways, that encouraged me to only apply to colleges with active radio stations, so when I was accepted into Oregon State I knew I would join KBVR. SJL: How can you describe your show to someone who has never heard it?

SF: “The Spotlight” is about hip-hop and rap. I talk about the latest and greatest

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music artists of the genre. Also those who are up-and-coming, because in rap and hip-hop especially, we get such a limited view from the radio. My show has a goal to play the classics as well as open up listener’s eyes to songs that their favorite artist might have put out, but they personally never heard before. So I guess in short my show highlights the people who helped make hip-hop what it is and those who will make its future.

SJL: Now, I have to agree, you are one of the few people here on campus with a “golden voice” made seamlessly for radio, but, in your opinion, is a “killer voice” the only factor that makes a DJ enjoyable to listen to?

SF: I think that a “radio voice” is a part of radio. It is definitely important, but when it comes to being a radio DJ, being able to connect with people, being personable through a mic, as well as a fine taste in music is truly what is important with being successful and likeable at KBVR-FM. SJL: What is the dynamic like amongst the DJs in FM? SF: KBVR-FM is like a giant group of friends who just hangout and talk music all day. We all encourage each other and are really supportive of what each one of us does when we are in the studio or when we are out on campus. It’s an incredibly welcoming and friendly group.

SJL: If we looked through your iPod right now, what would we find playing?

SF: If you looked through my phone, you would find that it is filled with an excessive amount of rap. Everything from “old school”, like Ice Cube, to new artists, like Skizzy Mars.

As well as a mix of some classic artists like Earth, Wind and Fire and Barry White. Plus, a ton of Frank Sinatra. I grew up listening to Sinatra and I guess you can say that I look up to the guy in a way. Though if you stop me on the street, there is a really good

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DJ Foxtrot, sophomore Sean Fox, hosts “The Spotlight” in KBVR-FM DJ booth.

chance I would either be listening to Logic or Jon Bellion.

SJL: What is your opinion on today’s artists?

SF: As for today’s artists, I believe that we live in a golden age of entertainment. We have so much music readily available at our fingertips. The artists today seem like great people who stand for incredible things.

Artists like Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran set an excellent example for all young people. Since there is such a wide variety of artists, all each with access to the market, these people have to create

top notch quality music to keep their position on top. Though all of the artists I listed mostly do what they do because they love making music.

SJL: And for someone like yourself, you must be busy all the time. How do you juggle life on campus to your “radio life?”

SF: I see my radio gig as a treat, or a break.

It is fun for me. I can just jump into the booth and sort of lose myself in it, so I live a pretty well-balanced life.

Finding the very aspect in your life that fuels a passion can be as easy as a enrolling in a speech class or stopping into Happy Trails Records on Third St. and picking yourself up a CD or two. It does not take an immense amount of space to find you “center.”Talking with Fox about life in FM only further drives home the idea of finding clarity even in a location the size of the town we call home. t

Skye J. Lyon is a senior in liberal studies with an emphasis in creative writing and ethnic studies. The opinions expressed in Lyons columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Lyon can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

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