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Dear Oregon State freshmen, Welcome to college. You’ve made it. By now, you’ve probably moved into your dorm room and begun the unpacking/organizing/decorating process that will last days, if not weeks. You’ve probably said goodbye to your parents, an emotional moment for some and a “thank goodness I’m finally on my own” moment for others. You’ve probably met your roommate and scanned your floor for potential friends and/or potential significant others. It’s an overwhelming time in your life, the beginning of a journey that will shape your future and leave you with
an abundance of lifelong memories. A time of your life that brings a mixed bag of emotions. You’re excited. You’re nervous. You’re a bit sad, whether you admit it or not. Above all, you’re anxious to get the college experience started. To help prepare you for the next four (or five, or more) years of your life, we at The Daily Barometer have put together the following “Welcome to OSU” guide. On this page, you’ll find letters welcoming you from three different perspectives: a student’s (ASOSU President Amelia Harris and Vice President Dan Cushing), an academic adviser’s (Louie
Bottaro, College of Liberal Arts) and a former student athlete’s (Lamar Hurd). On the following pages, we’ve provided you with an overwhelming number of tips we wish someone had provided us with when we first got to Oregon State. Worried you might not pass your classes? Worried you might look like a fool at a party? Worried you might never meet that special someone? We’ve got you covered. At least we’d like to think so. Congratulations on choosing
Oregon State, and let the fun begin.
The Daily Barometer editorial staff
A message from ASOSU Greetings Oregon State University freshmen, We are so excited to welcome you to Corvallis! We know this year will be one full of positive change and growth at this university. As you begin your journey at OSU, we welcome you to take part in the Associated Students of Oregon State University — your student government. Students today face great challenges in higher education. With the trust you place in us to advocate on behalf of the issues you face in higher education, we humbly invite you to join us to pursue those issues by taking the ASOSU Internship Class (AHE 406 CRN 17898) or by visiting our office in Snell 149.
Together, students have power. This power lies not just with us, but with students everywhere. One of the easiest ways to exercise this power is to register to vote, educate yourself on the issues and VOTE! Together, with other public colleges and universities in the state of Oregon, we work hard in the state legislature and in the nation’s capital to make sure our legislators are paying attention to our issues. Every voice and every vote count! At OSU, we’re committed to providing support and opportunity for all students and ASOSU is but one aspect of this community. Other organizations in student life such as Student Media, Cultural
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ASOSU Vice President Dan Cushing and President Amelia Harris. and Resource Centers, the Memorial Union and our hundreds of clubs and organizations are just a few other examples. Whether in student life or in the resources provided by the dedicated faculty, staff and administration of OSU, we hope that you will find your
place in this community and feel safe and supported during your education. At OSU, we make life-changing connections every day and we would be honored to be part of your experience. Welcome, and go Beavs! Amelia Harris, ASOSU President Dan Cushing, ASOSU Vice President
A message from a A message from an former student athlete academic adviser
Dear Oregon State freshmen, “You never know what will happen.” My hope is for you to consider that phrase throughout your college adventure. As freshmen, we map out the beginning of our adult lives; we seek to declare a major (although maybe switching it a few times along the way) and we try to identify a preferred profession. THE DAILY BAROMETER ARCHIVES Coming from Houston, Texas, in 2002, my freshman plan was Lamar Hurd to graduate from Oregon State with a communications degree, play multiple years in the NBA, then try to land a television broadcasting job at some point near my 30s. Well, after one professional basketball season in Germany in 2007, I relocated to the Portland area. I gave up playing basketball due to a desire to help kids accomplish their basketball and life goals, and then I fell into a television broadcasting job in 2008. My freshman plan of playing multiple NBA seasons had turned into playing one season in Europe, and the dream of landing a television broadcasting job near my 30s took place at the age of 23. Despite never envisioning this drastic change from my freshman plan, a lot of the transition was made easier due to Oregon State. My time at the university enabled me to form many friendships and relationships that have helped me professionally and personally. In 2002, when I knew I wanted to land a television broadcasting job near my 30s, I had no idea I’d be broadcasting games inside of Gill Coliseum — the place I played for four years — at the age of 23. In 2002, I didn’t know I’d one day be the former co-owner of one of the state’s largest competitive youth basketball organizations, bringing kids down to Corvallis for field trips and sporting events, allowing them to sit in classroom sessions with teachers who taught me eight years prior. “You never know what will happen.” But what you do know is this: Oregon State is a place that can easily remain in your life forever, if you so desire. P.S. When you heckle opposing teams at sporting events, they might act like they’re ignoring you, but they really do hear what you’re saying. Go Beavs! Lamar Hurd, PAC-12 Networks basketball analyst Oregon State University class of 2006 Former Beaver point guard (2002-06)
Dear Oregon State freshmen, It was 15 years ago when I arrived in Corvallis as a new graduate student at Oregon State University. I could regale you with “I remember what OSU was like in my time” stories, but I would rather try to focus on your experiences as new OSU students. You’ve made a great choice in selecting OSU, yet there are certain ways for you to maximize your experience: • Leave. In other words, study abroad. I have yet to meet a student who studied abroad and said it was a poor experience. • Find your passion and embrace it. Many college students select majors because of expectations of others. Be the student who loves what they are learning, as that is where success begins. • Learn how to balance your social and academic expectations. Everything in moderation. • Go to class. It’s amazing how much more you learn by just showing up. • Get involved in something. The engaged and involved student learns
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Louie Bottaro
how to balance their time. • Do not be intimidated by your professors. They are typically brilliant in their field, and they love to talk about their field of research. Ask them questions inside and outside of class. • Get someone on campus to become an ally for you. • Be prepared to raise your game. College is much harder than high school. That is why you came. In closing, I hope that you make the most of the next four or five years of your time at OSU. There are tremendous opportunities for you to take advantage. Own it, and do not be passive. Louie Bottaro, Head Adviser College of Liberal Arts Oregon State University class of 1999
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Welcome to Reser Stadium, Gill Coliseum Never been to Reser Stadium? Never been to Gill Coliseum? Never been to a college sporting event in general? Well, we feel as though it’s our job to bring you up to speed so you don’t find yourself at an OSU football game wondering, “What is with that motion everyone makes after each Beaver first down?”, or find yourself at an OSU basketball game clapping as the other team is being introduced. Actually, take that back — we’ll let the athletes themselves tell you how you should act at Reser Stadium and Gill Coliseum:
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Hopefully just respect the program and cheer in a humble way. Go crazy in a humble way, you know. All of the extra stuff can get out of here. Ryan Murphy Sophomore safety
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What should you do when the other team is being introduced at Gill?
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Make sure you wear one of our colors, preferably orange. Roberto Nelson
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You gotta turn around. It’s a little disrespectful, but in a playful competitive way, and other student sections do it to us so it’s all good. Ahmad Starks Junior guard
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Gotta know it gets a little loud in Gill and it’s your job to keep that up. Gotta be jumping up and down and getting the crowd hyped so we can have a good game. Ahmad Starks
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If you’re on the field and Reser is loud, the offense cannot hear. If I have any advice, it’s to scream. The fans are just as important as anything.
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When our defense is on the field and it’s third down and we hear the chainsaw, I love that. I love the chainsaw.
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To be honest, act wild. It’s the only time you can be wild. It’s time to get out of your bubble and be wild.
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Star struck? They’re students, just like you
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remember the first time I saw James and Jacquizz Rodgers on campus as vividly as one might remember their first kiss. It was Oct. 10, 2009, a few hours after the nation’s top brother tandem led OSU past Stanford, 38-28, at Reser Stadium. I was in a booth at Qdoba when in walked two five-footsomething figures with dreads. I stopped mid-bite, and I wasn’t the only one. Two guys in the booth next to me turned to each other and experienced the “Oh my God, do you see what I see?!” moment simultaneously. Two girls a few feet away began debating — I think they were trying to whisper, but their excitement made that impossible — which one was Jacquizz and which one was James. I pulled out my phone and texted my 13-year-old sister, who responded almost immediately with something like, “OH MY GOSH, THAT’S SO COOL!!!” She told me to get their autographs, or, at the very least, say something to them. I didn’t. I couldn’t move. I did my best to play it cool, but I’m sure they could sense that my eyes (and the eyes of countless others) were locked on them. I was, by definition, star struck. I was so moved (is that the right word?) by the experience, I wrote about it in the Barometer the following week, letting everyone know it was totally OK to get star struck in the presence of an Oregon State athlete. If you haven’t been able to figure it out by now, I was a freshman when this all went down. Now, three years later, I’m revisiting the same “freshmen getting star struck” subject — this time, from a senior’s point of view. Freshmen: Sometime soon, maybe as soon as this week, See GARRETT | page C8
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• Go to office hours. You’ll be surprised how much your grades start to boost once you do.
• You don’t have to buy textbooks for every single class; common freshman mistake to do so. More times than you’d think, a textbook isn’t ACTUALLY required to do well in the class — it’s just “highly encouraged.” Nothing worse than realizing at the end of a term that you opened your textbook twice and thinking, “I could have spent that $100 on five 30 racks.” You should be able to gauge how important the textbook is after a week or so of classes.
• Go to class and do the readings or assignments. If you do at least that, you’ll have a hard time failing.
• Find out if the teacher posts all of the lecture material on Blackboard. If they do, focus on absorbing the information during class rather than frantically taking notes on each and every thing that is said or on a PowerPoint slide.
• If you get points for attending the class (or get clicker points), ATTEND THE CLASS. These are gimmie points, and gimmie points are your best friend in college.
• Introduce yourself to the person you sit next to the first day. It always helps to have someone who can email you notes or tell you what you missed if you are ever “sick” and miss a class.
• Don’t miss the first day of a lab or recitation. Oftentimes you’ll get assigned a group or partner on the first day, and it’s really awkward to show up to the second lab and sit at a table and have an alreadyestablished group look at you and think, “Who are you and where did you come from?”
• If you need help with assignments, seek help. If chemistry makes no sense, go to the mole hole. If math has you down, go to the math lab. • In the spring, don’t delay making appointments to get next term’s registration pin.
things every fresh dating • Don’t use cheesy pick-up lines unless you know the girl has a sense of humor. • Better safe than sorry. You know what we mean. • If your significant other from high school is going to college in a different state, don’t try the long distance thing. Even if you make it through the first year, it’ll begin to fizzle out by year two or three and you’ll end up thinking, “Wow, that was a big waste.”
dorm life
• Make as many friends on your floor live in an off-campus apartment a you’re doing laundry, you’ll realize h freshman year than any other year.
• DO NOT get “involved” with any of convenient at the time, it will lead to
• Be confident. Not cocky, but a few nice words and a smile can get you further than you think.
• Befriend your RA, even if you ha They can be your biggest ally.
• If you’re dating your friend’s sister, it’s best just to tell your friend about it.
• Warn your roommate if you’re havi “put a sock on the door” thing, b attention and will make it look like walks by.
• If someone tries to use you to get back at their ex, there’s nothing wrong with letting them. Just don’t get too upset when they leave you after a week or two. • Call her back. Sooner rather than later. Don’t let her be the one that got away. • If you like someone, tell them. Don’t let it fester for months on end and then watch it blow up in your face as you watch them dance with someone else at a party and then you take shot after shot and try to start a fight while you’re blacked-out drunk. • A party is not the place to find a significant other. If they fall for you at a party, they’re not falling for the real you — they’re falling for the intoxicated you. • Don’t go for multiple people in the same friend group — unless you’re a girl looking to achieve “homie hopper” status or a guy who’s goal is to create massive amounts of high school drama. In the guy’s case, after the dust has settled (it’ll take awhile), the whole friend group will end up hating him.
• If you have a boyfriend or girlfrien minimum. If your roommate wanted chosen to live in a room with three
• Keep your overnight visits to your mum. Especially fall term. It’s comm homesick, and having to sleep in a your roommate is never there certa
• Shower at weird times. You don’ down floors to find an open show usually all crowded.
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police • Corvallis does not live up to its Corvegas reputation entirely. Walking around with an open container is illegal. Especially if you are under 21. • If you are walking back from a party and are stopped by the police on the street, don’t panic or try to run away. You are required by law to tell the officer your true name and age and provide identification if requested. However, you are not required to answer any other questions he/ she may ask and can politely refuse to answer them. Ask the officer if you are free to leave. If they say yes, you can. You are not required to allow the officer to search your bag without a warrant and may refuse their request if they ask. You are also not required to answer the question, “Have you been drinking?” You are not required to say or answer anything. Remember, anything you say can be used against you. • Public urination is illegal and may attract police attention. • Riding a bicycle while intoxicated is illegal and will get you in trouble.
• If you are at a party and the police arrive responding to a noise complaint, should you bail out the back door if you are underage? No, doing so may provoke the police into believing something illegal is going on inside. Remain calm and remember you are not required by law to grant the police entrance to your residence without a warrant. Be polite to the police, turn the music down and once the police leave, think about leaving if you are underage. Also, if you are the host, apologize to your neighbors the next day for being rude. • Driving under the influence is not only reckless and dangerous to yourself, it is dangerous to other people as well. Call a sober friend, use the Beaver Bus, get a cab, call Safe Ride or walk. That $20 cab ride will be a lot cheaper than the thousands in court costs and insurance costs. • Above all else, don’t be stupid. If you are knocking down trash cans, running in the streets or urinating on someone’s roses, you should expect to see the cops soon. If you are having beer with some friends at a house, listening to music at a reasonable level and having a good time, nothing will probably happen to you.
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f your neighbors. While it may seem o nothing but awkwardness later on.
• If you’re on the cheap freshman budget, as most are, Tampico juice or Sunny D are great mixers to wash down your Burnett’s or HRD vodka.
ave absolutely nothing in common.
• Before taking a beer bong, do not think about how many lips have touched the tube yours are about to touch. And do not wonder where the beer bong came from or when the last time it was cleaned. It’s best to ignore all such thoughts and just take the damn thing.
ing a visitor. But don’t do the stupid because that draws way too much e you’re bragging to everyone who
nd, keep their overnight visits to a d two roommates, they would have e beds. Also…
• If you hear there’s a “party” somewhere, keep your expectations in check until you actually get there. You’ll find that most college parties aren’t as “poppin’” as music videos make them out to be.
• If you’re the type of person who would think about the things we just told you not to think about before taking a beer bong, learn how to shotgun. “I’d rather shotgun” is the best way to get out of taking a beer bong. • Oregon makes some of the best beers in the world and some of them are made in Corvallis. Explore beyond the yellow fizzy ones you shotgun.
r significant other’s place to a minimon for freshmen to feel lonely and an empty room every night because ainly doesn’t help the cause.
• While drinking is a good social lubricant, you don’t have to tell someone everything.
’t ever want to have to go up and wer, and early in the morning they’re
• Be smart, be safe and don’t over-do it. MIPs and trips to the hospital don’t make for as good of stories as one might think.
• Don’t be the person who ends up without their pants next to a bucket of vomit. You look as silly as it sounds.
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58 things to do before you graduate THE DAILY BAROMETER
We like to-do lists here at the Barometer. It helps keep us on track. And since we know you need a little guidance on what to do with your time, here are 58 things we think you should do before you graduate. So clip this out and get to work. 1. Take a PAC class about something you know nothing about, whether that is ballroom dancing or wrestling. 2. Go to Rivas (La Conga), Jimmy Johns or Qdoba after 2 a.m. People can be stupid. 3. Climb Marys Peak in May. The wildflowers are in bloom and if you climb on a clear day you can see the ocean and the Cascade Range. 4. Tailgate before a home football game. 5. Go to the top of the Peacock at least once, whether or not you like to dance or drink. 6. Sing karaoke at least once with some friends. 7. Visit Eugene while wearing Beaver gear. 8. Go to at least one game for all 17 of the varsity sports. 9. Shotgun a beverage. It’s OK, no one actually likes it, but you should still do it at least once. 10. Visit the cultural centers. They are there for you and have nice and interesting people. 11. Register to vote and actually send in your ballot. For many of you, this will be your first election. Use your right as a citizen. 12. Visit the Flat Tail Music Festival in the spring and enjoy free live music in the MU quad. 13. Go to a play put on by the OSU drama department. 14. Listen to a lecture for a
reason other than extra credit. 15. Listen to some music you think you wouldn’t like. 16. Attend class under the influence at least once. 17. Learn how to cook at least one meal well, and then make it for a special someone. 18. Go to the Oregon coast and jump in the ocean at least once — no matter how cold it is. 19. Visit the Cascades or Portland, or anywhere within driving distance of Corvallis. 20. Join a club, a group or run for student office. Get involved and do something besides just going to class and hanging out with friends. 21. Take a class that has nothing to do with your major, whether that is an art or a chemistry class. 22. Take advantage of free tickets for students at the OSU/Corvallis symphony. 23. Go up to that person at the party you find the most attractive and tell them what you really think of them. 24. Try everything at least once. Well, almost everything. 25. Float the river during one of those rare warm and sunny days. 26. Play intramural sports. Meet some people you didn’t know already and get some exercise. 27. Kiss a guy or a girl. Actually go ahead and kiss at least one of each. 28. Study abroad. You’ll probably have a good time. 29. Explore McDonaldDunn Forest on foot or on a mountain bike and get lost. 30. Pick some sort of agricultural product for fun, whether that is blackberries, cherries, wine grapes or cutting a tree. 31. Skinny dip.
32. Go to Dixon. 33. Write a letter to the editor to be published in the Barometer. 34. Try to attend every lecture for at least one class. 35. Skip class to sleep in. 36. Study all night in the library and accidently fall asleep there. 37. Wake up and not know where you are. 38. Sit in the hipster cage outside of Interzone and drink some delicious coffee. 39. Go on a road trip to another state with friends. 40. Go to the farmer’s market. 41. Attend da Vinci Days. 42. Spend at least one summer in Corvallis. 43. Have a friend that isn’t in your usual social group. 44. S/U at least one class. 45. Learn how to drive stick. 46. See a movie at the Darkside Theater. 47. Buy or make some sort of wall decoration that isn’t just some poster. 48. Visit a town house party. 49. Do an internship in a field you would like to work in. 50. Witness a scuffle at Impulse. 51. Call your mom. 52. Read a book for fun. 53. Eat at every place on Monroe Avenue. 54. Explore downtown. 55. Spend one weekend studying in the library. 56. Try a cuisine you think you may not like, whatever that may be. 57. Visit one of the brewpubs in town and drink some amazing beer. 58. Do something you’ll regret. The Daily Barometer On Twitter: @baronews
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Even if you’re new to Corvallis and know very little about this university, you’ve probably heard that the Oregon State football team beat Wisconsin a week and a half ago at Reser Stadium. And there’s a decent chance you know something about OSU’s men’s basketball team (the fact that the head coach is President Barack Obama’s brother-in-law?) and OSU’s two-time national champion baseball team. But for most of you freshmen, your knowledge of Oregon State athletics probably doesn’t extend past those three sports — which is why the Barometer sports staff would like to introduce you to a few lesser-known, but very successful, teams at this school. You should be proud of all 17 varsity athletic programs at Oregon State, but these three in particular deserve some extra attention:
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Makayla Stambaugh and the Oregon State gymnastics team is worth watching if you get the chance.
Gymnastics When I got assigned to cover the gymnastics team, I admittedly knew nothing about OSU’s team or even the sport in general. I had to learn the rules and scoring on the fly, and would repeatedly be asking gymnasts, coaches and OSU media relations what the hell was going on. Once I got the hang of the sport, it quickly became one of the most entertaining sports Oregon State has to offer. The gymnasts are nice, but at the same time have a cocky edge to them, which makes the meets very entertaining. They know they’re good (they’ve made it to the NCAA Championships seven consecutive years) and they deliver on that. Watching their meets in person gives you an entirely new perspective on the meaning of the word “athlete.” The gymnasts are doing things that are pretty mind-blowing to see a human do, and something that a very small fraction of people in the world can successfully complete. Covering gymnastics here in Corvallis also gave me a whole new level of appreciation for women’s gymnastics during the London Olympics. I’d highly recommend anyone new to campus to check out the gymnastics team. Not a whole lot of people even know OSU has a team, let alone when and where to go for meets. The season starts in January and they have about five meets per year on Friday nights in Gill Coliseum. They’re awesome and absolutely worth checking out. - Warner Strausbaugh, sports editor
There are a lot of things that students don’t know about the Oregon State wrestling team, like the fact that the Beavers finished 10th in the nation last year, and — though this comes as a surprise to a lot of people — wrestling is one of the more entertaining sporting events on campus. The 2011-12 season was the Beavers’ second consecutive year finishing in the top 25, and most people within the program expect even more progress in the upcoming campaign. If students want to attend athletic events that nearly always promise an OSU win, they should check out this squad. Not only is the team good, but it’s legitimately fun to watch. Don’t write it off as a sport based on the stereotypes that are associated with it. Despite only garnering around 1,000 fans per home meet, the energy level within Gill is always electric, and watching a pin in person is just as exhilarating as any other moment at Oregon State. - Andrew Kilstrom, sports writer
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Women’s Soccer My first assignment at the Barometer, as a wide-eyed freshman in the fall of 2009, was to cover the women’s soccer team. I can’t remember what the sports editor at the time told me about the team when she assigned me the beat, but had I been in her shoes, I probably would have said something along the lines of: “They’re not very good, so you probably don’t have to worry about covering any high-stakes matches.” It was true. The Beavers were coming off a 6-11-2 season, hadn’t had a winning season since 2005 and hadn’t made the NCAA Tournament since 1994. Boy, how things have changed. The program has reached three consecutive NCAA Tournaments (including an improbable run to the Sweet 16 the year I covered them) and is currently ranked in the nation’s top 25 after an 8-1 start to the 2012 season. Last year, the women’s soccer team was the only Oregon State team to host a postseason contest in Corvallis, which backs up its reputation as one of the school’s most consistent and successful athletic programs. With success has come support. Players who were here four or five years ago told me they were lucky to have “a couple hundred” fans in the stands at games, whereas more than 1,500 fans came out for last year’s NCAA Tournament match against Portland. So, freshmen, I encourage you to jump on the ever-growing women’s soccer bandwagon and make it out to a game or two (or more) at Paul Lorenz Field sometime this fall. The atmosphere — reminiscent of a Friday night high school football game — is surprisingly electric, and there’s a good chance the team you’re there to watch will emerge victoriously, something you can’t say about every Oregon State team. - Grady Garrett, managing editor
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GARRETT n Continued from page C3 you’ll run into someone who, by your standards, is famous. Maybe you’ll run into Jordan Poyer, who almost surely will have his name called early in next April’s NFL Draft, in line at Subway. Maybe you’ll be in class next Monday and realize “QB1” Sean Mannion is sitting directly behind you. Or maybe you’ll be shooting baskets at Dixon and all of a sudden Roberto Nelson, who’s had a freaking book written about him, will stroll in and start heaving up 30-footers on the court next to you. When it happens, don’t be the same awkward kid I was at Qdoba in 2009. Athletes I’ve talked to about this very same subject concur. “It’s kind of awkward when they’re staring at you,” Poyer said. “Like I can tell when someone’s looking at me and talking to their friends about me.” “The worst thing you can do is walk by and stare or point,” Nelson said. “All the guys [on the basketball team], we’re the biggest characters. We’re probably the most approachable people, so just come say ‘hi.’” For some, getting used to sharing a campus with people who are talked about on ESPN is as big of an adjustment as having to do your own laundry after years of your mom doing it for you. This especially rings true if you, like me, went to high school in Oregon — where, let’s be honest, future Division III athletes are treated like gods (if you’re from one of those California high schools that churns out Division I athlete after Division I athlete, then yeah, this whole “going to school with stars” thing isn’t all that new to you).
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If you come across an Oregon State student athlete, such as Malcolm Agnew or Obum Gwacham, don’t act like the two admirers on the right. But the truth of the matter is Poyer, Mannion, Nelson and every other Oregon State student athlete is just that: a student first, just like you. “We go to the same school. I’m just another person, so don’t be shocked when you see me,” Poyer said. “We’re in the same college, doing the same thing, going to classes, all I do
differently is play football.” Said junior men’s basketball point guard Ahmad Starks: “We’re not Kobe or LeBron.” But sometimes, they’re treated like they are. “One time I was in class and someone sitting nearby passed me a piece of paper and whispered, ‘Hey can you sign this?’ right when the
teacher was talking,” Starks said. “Luckily it was a big class and we weren’t in front so the teacher didn’t see or hear.” Poyer, who said it’s tough to go out and have a good time because people are always coming up to him and talking about football, has had similar experiences. “I’ve signed foreheads,
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cheeks, all sorts of things,” Poyer said. “One student wanted me to sign their forehead with a sharpie… I asked, ‘You really want me sign your forehead with a SHARPIE?’, like three times.” Do you really want to be that person? It must be said that all of the athletes I talked to said they
don’t find it weird when fellow students ask for their autographs or ask them to pose for pictures, and they’re more than happy to do so. Just try to keep in mind they’re not all that different than yourself. Grady Garrett, managing editor Twitter: @gradygarrett managing@dailybarometer.com
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