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Community, vendors pack Central Park with music, art, merrymaking for Fall Festival By Audrey Regan THE DAILY BAROMETER
The morning clouds yielded to a beautiful weekend for the 42nd annual Corvallis Fall Festival. Central Park was crowded Sept. 27-28 as residents of Corvallis and visitors took advantage of the fall sun and free admission. Around 200 vendors proudly displayed handmade goods, selling everything from jams to oil paintings. Next to the southwest Monroe Avenue Park, 18 food trucks served up a wide range of dishes. All the food booths were paired with a nonprofit organization. Zia’s Burritos, which sponsored Boy Scout Troop 170, sat next to First Alternative Co-op, which sponsored the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition. Elephant ears, Willamette wine and ice cream were just some of the treats open late into the night for the crowd’s See FALL FESTIVAL | page 4
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Father-son pair Josh Sewell (left) and Andy Sewell (right) from Viola, Idaho sold their oil-and-watercolor paintings at the Fall Festival in Corvallis Sept. 27 and 28. They paint on canvas, but also offer prints of their work.
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(Above) Virginia Jurasevich, from Eugene, Ore. sells her shibori silk scarves at the Fall Festival. (Right) Regan Maasdam, 10 of Corvallis, hangs in a hammock made by David and Brandi Egnatz.
“This is long overdue,” said Oregon State University President Ed Ray in response to the “It’s On Us” initiative announced by President Barack Obama Sept. 19. Following Obama’s speech, Ray gave a press release calling for a community-wide review of resources and support Resources services for There are several resources survivors of for survivors of sexual sexual harassharassment and assault, ment and including: assault. Sexual Assault Help “I think Line: Sexual Assault Supwe’re in a very port Services good place to 541-737-7604 have a conSexual Assault Nurse versation Examiners: 541-737-9355 about really Sexual Assault Crisis changing Line: Center Against Rape the dynamand Domestic Violence ics,” Ray said. 541-754-0110 “Certainly in this society. God knows it’s needed worldwide.” In his Sept. 23 press release, Ray announced that throughout the 2014– 15 school year, OSU will undergo a series of reviews and improvements in the university’s methods of educating about and responding to issues of sexual violence. Ray explained that Obama’s speech highlighted the important fact that issues of sexual violence are heavily rooted in societal practices. He added that OSU already has a number of resources and educational programs for students, but there is still room for improvement. “Before we get too smug about other people’s problems with this, See IT’S ON US | page 3
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Local political organization holds event to inform electorate of climate change, future water supply in Willamette Basin By Justin Frost
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Voters flooded in from the first rain of fall into the main meeting room of the CorvallisBenton County Public Library to learn about climate change’s impact on water scarcity in the Willamette Valley. Members of the Corvallis League of Women Voters attended to hear John Bolte, chair of the
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biological and ecological engineering department at Oregon State University, speak. “There is no question that climate change is happening,” said John Bolte as he presented figures of models indicating a future of warmer, drier summers throughout the Pacific Northwest. The model also predicts that the population of the Willamette Basin — from Portland to Eugene — will nearly double by 2050, ballooning from its current size of 2.6 million to 4 million. Bolte has spent the last three years leading a study called “Willamette Water 2100: Anticipating Water Scarcity and Informing
Integrative Water System Response in the Pacific Northwest.” The project, funded by the National Science Foundation, seeks to address how climate change and population growth will affect water supply, demand and allocation in the Willamette Basin throughout the next century. The study is a multi-million dollar endeavor led by 30 scientists from OSU, University of Oregon and Portland State University. “We don’t have much of a water deficit to begin with,” Bolte said. Taking into account more than 200 variables, the study suggests that the current excess of unallocated water in the Willamette Basin will
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begin to dwindle as the population grows and climate warms. Water scarcity, particularly in the West, has become a hot issue in recent months. A 2014 study by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography illustrates the “dire hydrological state of the West” using models and methods similar to that of Bolte and his team. This issue drew the interest of the League of Women Voters, which organized Tuesday evening’s event. With committees ranging from voter service to local food, the League See MEETING | page 3
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EUGENE — In a legal set-to, the University of Oregon, a UO associate professor and a former employee are fighting over who owns — and can profit from — a reading test used at 15,000 schools with 4 million students nationwide. All sides agree that the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills — or DIBELS — had its origins at the university and has been used and tinkered on by many UO professors, graduate students and researchers. The question is: Who does DIBELS (rhymes with dribbles) belong to now? Associate Professor Roland Good and former graduate student and one-time UO employee Ruth Kaminski formed a company and took out a trademark and copyright on DIBELS in 2003. One decade later, the UO asked the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board to cancel Good and Kaminski’s trademark. “The university will defend its intellectual property rights, which are public property, to the fullest extent of the law,” UO spokeswoman Julie Brown said in a prepared statement. That federal trademark case, however, was suspended recently after Good and Kaminski’s company — Dynamic Measurements Group Inc. — sued the UO in U.S. District Court in Eugene, alleging trademark and copyright infringement. “We’re the ones who paid the money from our own personal pockets to write and develop (DIBELS) and did it on our own time with our own resources,” Good said. The suit contends that the UO ignored Good’s and Kaminski’s claims on DIBELS and the further refinements and off-campus work they accomplished in pursuit of their own business. The pair made a deal with two distributors and marketers,
which boosted sales in the first eight months of 2003 to more than $1.1 million, according to the lawsuit. Good and Kaminski declined to provide figures for current sales. The university and the researchers failed to complete an intellectual property agreement they attempted in 2005. Even then, according to the lawsuit, the university took no action to stop Good and Kaminski’s pursuit of the DIBELS business. In 2007, Good was one of a pair of UO professors criticized in Congress after a government investigation found that they had recommended DIBELS when acting as impartial education officials — while simultaneously benefiting financially from sales of the test. Good denied the charge during the hearing, saying, “We followed the highest standards of avoidance of conflict of interest.” Through the years, Good, Kaminski and other UO employees were intertwined with DIBELS. While Good’s and Kaminski’s firm sold the assessment materials and provided training, the UO offered the assessment as a free download on the university’s website. In addition, the university maintained a Web-based DIBELS Data System that allows teachers, in districts willing to pay $1 per student, to upload their students’ reading data for analysis and recommendations. “It helps teachers know if what they’re doing is effective at getting their students on track,” Kaminski said. The test is designed to last 5 minutes so that teachers can administer it frequently and keep tabs on their students’ progress. The results of traditional reading tests, by contrast, can take months to arrive — letting some students lag behind unnoticed. More recently, Good and Kaminski created their own
Web-based data system that competes with the UO. Since the dispute began, their lawsuit contends, “The university has been engaged in a steady, creeping campaign to infringe on (our) rights ... “The university is attempting to mislead the public into believing that it, not (Good and Kaminski), is the owner of the mark and the ultimate source of DIBELS products.” Brown, the university spokeswoman, declined to address the lawsuit, except to say that the university will file its response to Good’s and Kaminski’s claims by Oct. 20, which is the deadline set by a judge. But filings in the federal Trademark Trial and Appeal Board case filed last year present the university’s point of view. The university contends that Good’s and Kaminski’s company was “fraudulently claiming” DIBELS as its own when it obtained the trademark in 2003. The university wrote that many professors and graduate students worked on DIBELS and that the development work was supported by taxpayer money in the form of federal grants. In addition, the university said it spent “substantial sums in advertising and/or promotion of goods and services” connected with DIBELS. The university is asking the federal government to cancel Good’s and Kaminski’s DIBELS trademark. Good and Kaminski, meanwhile, are asking the U.S. District Court to rule that the university must acknowledge on its website their ownership of the DIBELS trademark, and undertake technical measures to ensure that Google searches no longer identify the UO website as the “Official DIBELS Home Page.” Otherwise, the UO must stop its DIBELS program entirely, the lawsuit contends. While the lawyers file their legal volleys, Good has continued to work at the UO.
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PORTLAND — Republican Monica Wehby has said thanks, but no thanks, to an offer by Portland television station KGW and The Oregonian to appear with Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley. Merkley had accepted the offer back in August. KGW gave Wehby a deadline of noon Friday, but it came and went with a Wehby campaign spokesman saying, “we’re keeping all options on the table,” according to a KGW report. Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber and his Republican rival, state Rep. Dennis Richardson, already are set for a joint appearance on the station Oct. 14. Wehby, a physician from Portland, is making her first bid for public office. Merkley and Wehby have just one joint appearance set — on Medford TV station KOBI on Oct. 14, at the same time the major-party candidates for governor are on KGW. There are three Fridays unscheduled before the Nov. 4 election. Kitzhaber and Richardson are scheduled for Oct. 10. Wehby appeared jointly at the City Club of Portland with her GOP opponent, state Rep. Jason Conger of Bend, four days before the May 20 primary. But she walked out of the luncheon without responding to media questions about police reports about her stalking her former boyfriend in 2013, after they broke up. No charges were filed as a result of the reports.
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EUGENE — The official confirmation that South Eugene High School graduate Tom Durnell was among the victims in last month’s mudslide in Washington state provides limited solace to family members, Durnell’s older brother said Wednesday. The Snohomish County medical examiner’s office said this week it has received a total of 29 victims and, so far, has released the identities of 25 — including Tom Durnell, 65. Bob Durnell, 68, said he returned home to Eugene this past Sunday after spending a week in a middle school gymnasium in Arlington, Wash., not far from the community of Oso where the mudslide occurred. He and other family members were there hoping for a better if unlikely outcome as searchers continued to comb the area. Bob Durnell said he is grateful that, while there, “I met some of those miracles and am glad that I could� — referencing some of the disaster’s survivors, including a 4-year-old boy. Durnell described his younger brother “an an absolutely caring, giving, loving person — and he was probably a better punster that any of us could hope to be. Anyone who knew him would say his humor was
IT’S ON US n Continued from page 1 where are we?� Ray said. “Are we in a good place? Are we doing everything we can?� In the first steps of Ray’s agenda, he spoke with Angelo Gomez, director of equity and inclusion, and Susie BrubakerCole, vice provost of student affairs. Gomez said there are already several actions underway to improve university resources and support services. Resources on campus include Sexual Assault Support Services, which is offered through OSU Counseling and Psychological Services, and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, which is available at Student Health Services. Both services offer confidential support. Students who make use of these resources are not required to seek any further legal or reporting actions. Gomez explained that the university hopes to address issues of sexual violence through widespread education and provision of supportive, professional and timely response to incidents that may arise. “It’s really treating the problem for what it is, and that is, this is a culture and climate issue,� Gomez said. “It affects an entire community and we have to treat it as such.� For individuals seeking to
foremost.� Tom Durnell’s passion for puns, perhaps, could not be helped: “I think it’s in the family DNA,� Bob Durnell said. A memorial service is planned for May 3 at the Rhodes River Ranch in Arlington, a property that includes a horse arena and restaurant that Tom Durnell liked to frequent. Tom Durnell’s wife, Debbie, was not at the family home when the mudslide struck. She is a nurse’s aide who was at work that particular Saturday morning, Bob Durnell said. Family members have established a memorial fund, with all proceeds going to Debbie Durnell to help her replace clothing, home furnishings and other everday living items, and to replace lost income until she’s able to return to work. He said a family friend located Tom Durnell’s body on Saturday, but that the body was not released to the family by the medical examiner’s office until Wednesday. “That’s what each and every family up there� has had to deal with, he said. Bob Durnell said the family friend also found some personal possessions of Tom Durnell’s, including his wallet and a “pristine photo� of Durnell on a horse.
report or investigate incidents of sexual harassment or violence, the process for doing so has been streamlined. Previously, the office of student conduct and community standards handled cases of sexual assault, while the office of equity and inclusion handled all other forms of harassment. Gomez explained that through the current protocol, all issues of sexual violence are handled through the office of equity and inclusion, which has allowed the office to hire more responders and arrange for increased, in-depth trainings. “The processes are much more private, and I think it’s sort of less intimidating, and it’s more comfortable for survivors, which I think is extremely important,� Gomez said. “I think the advantages are the ease and comfort of survivors and the level of expertise that is brought to the whole process.� The university has also created a mandatory program for incoming students, pairing with AlcoholEdu and Haven, online educational programs covering issues of alcohol use and sexual assault in college settings. Ray and Gomez explained that the administration is working on finding online — possibly third-party — resources, similar to the ones used for students. Though
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of Women Voters is a “nonpartisan political organization (that) encourages informed and active participation in government,� according to the Corvallis chapter’s webpage. Despite their name, the League does offer membership to men and has done so since 1974. The group’s influence reaches from Corvallis all the way to New York; a board member was recently sent to the People’s Climate March that wound through the heart of New York City, drawing international attention. The League will be particularly active this fall as the November election draws near. Among other attendees at Tuesday’s meeting was Benton County Commissioner candidate Anne Schuster. “Students are an important part of the electorate,� said Schuster, “and there are an abundance of resources available to help them stay informed.� Schuster recommended resources such as vote411.org, the voter’s pamphlet and various events and forums held around campus and Corvallis.
some workshops and educational materials are currently available, they feel that updated resources will improve university awareness. “My concern is can we do enough, fast enough?� Gomez said. “Every incident of sexual assault is one too many. What I’m optimistic about though, is there’s such a growing awareness to understanding all these contributing factors and we are moving on all fronts, basically.� In addition, the office of student affairs is actively working to create an annual student survey that covers topics of general university atmosphere, as well as issues such as alcohol use and sexual violence.
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“Having that kind of regular way of getting information will help us then to better improve our prevention efforts,� Gomez said. Gomez said the administration wants students and employees to know that there are services available, and that the university wants to work as best as it can to support and aid survivors of sexual violence. “Our first goal is to be caring compassionate with the survivor,� Gomez said. “We want people to know that we will work with them.�
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FALL FESTIVAL n Continued from page 1 enjoyment. Friends and family packed the paths between booths, looking at the artisans’ wares. Beverly and Davita Wright from Salem, Ore. enjoyed a peaceful break under one of the park’s shady trees. “I love to look at everything and see all the creativity,” said Beverly Wright. It was Davita Wright’s first year coming to the festival. Davita Wright bought a cloth children’s book for her 1-year-old grandson. Many different types of arts and crafts were available for purchase. Andy and Josh Sewell, a father and son team, sell oil and watercolor paintings. Andy Sewell has been painting since he was in college, about thirty years ago. His son, Josh Sewell, has always been creative, but joined his father seriously about three years ago. Their company, Sewell and Sons Fine Art, was vending at the festival for the first time. Hailing from Viola, Idaho, neither of them had ever been to Corvallis. “People seem pretty nice here,” Josh Sewell said. “The crowd is large and the weather, good.” The father-son pair paints seascapes of the Oregon coast, as well as countryside and old barns. They sell prints or originals on canvas gallery wraps. Although they are both from Idaho and paint a lot of features from their home state, both really enjoy Oregon. Josh Sewell works under his father, and they both often paint on the same canvas. Jennifer Aylward, who runs Just a Little Charm, is also a first-time vendor at the Fall Festival. Aylward is from Bend, Ore. and works with up-cycled copper, specifically
from the roof of the old Bend Bulletin newspaper building that is now torn down. Four years ago, Aylward started working with copper. “I wanted to stamp metal,” Aylward said. “I stumbled onto the salvage company that tore off the roof (of the Bulletin) piece by piece.” Her necklaces, earrings and miniature sculptures captured the attention of people walking by. “Whatever it is, let’s put a charm on it,” Aylward said. Textiles were well represented at the festival. Deva, a company started by Virginia Jurasevich, displayed vibrant silk scarves made using the traditional Japanese art of patterning fabrics called shibori. Currently from Eugene, Jurasevich went to school at Oregon State University as a geology major. She started out weaving, spinning and dyeing wool. Jurasevich took a two-hour class on shibori just for fun. “I became hooked,” Jurasevich said. She explains that her technique is traditional, but not her colors or her designs. Jurasevich now sells at 15 to 20 shows a year and has been to the Corvallis Fall Festival once before. “I always feel lucky that people come out and support the arts,” Jurasevich said. Boyer, a photographer from Newcastle, Wash., has been photographing birds for 15 years and vending at shows for eight. Boyer became interested in photography in high school when a teacher pushed him towards the darkroom. “It was some way to channel my creative impulses,” Boyer said. In addition to selling his photographs of birds and landscapes printed on canvas, Boyer also offers photography workshops
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The Teal Gallery of Corvallis display many local artists’ work at the festival. throughout the Northwest. “I love teaching,” said Boyer. This was his second consecutive year selling at the Fall Festival. Other events at the Fall Festival included live music and the 1K, 5K and 10K races. The Strange Tones took the stage Saturday night accompanied by The Volcano Vixens. The Strange Tones is made up of a husbandand-wife team from Portland. Andy and Julie Strange, along with their drummer and guitarist, drew a crowd, culminating in dancing in the streets. Audrey Regan, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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Coliseum Curse takes hold of Mannion
Senior quarterback Sean Mannion calls the snap count and prepares for the next play.
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enior quarterback Sean Mannion seemed to be in a funk on Saturday night and one has to think that the arena they played in had a role. The Coliseum in Los Angeles has always spelled trouble for Oregon State University, and Sept. 27 was no different. Not only have the Beavers not won a game there in more than 50 years, but of the past 15 match-ups in LA, only three weren’t complete blow outs. Though it is highly unlikely that this was on Mannion’s mind, it seems the “Coliseum Curse” chose him anyway. Before the University of Southern California game, Mannion had been averaging more than 300 yards per game and a quarterback rating of 126.3 or better. In Saturday night’s game, he was only able to complete 15 passes for 123 yards and a quarterback rating of 66.7. True, sophomore wide receiver Victor Bolden — who is Mannion’s biggest deep play threat — was out with a dislocated finger, but that doesn’t account for Mannion’s mannerisms or his overall demeanor. Every quarterback has bad days, but Mannion seemed to be dealing with something far worse. Early in the first quarter when he threw his first of two interceptions, we witnessed a Mannion we have not seen since his first two seasons: The Beavers quarterback didn’t read the coverage. Even if he had thought it was man See PACK | page 6
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USC rules Saturday night fight Oregon State football couldn’t get going, Trojans took control during away game
the ball with a first-and-10 on the USC 22-yard line, threatening to score. Senior quarterback Sean Mannion dropped back and launched a pass to redshirt freshman By Mitch Mahoney receiver Jordan Villamin in the end zone, but the THE DAILY BAROMETER Trojans’ freshman cornerback Adoree’ Jackson got A few big plays swung momentum in favor of a hand on it and deflected the ball to sophomore the University of Southern California, and their safety Leon McQuay for the interception. defense prevented the Beavers from answering. When the Trojans took over with 2:38 remaining On Saturday night, the 18th-ranked Trojans (3-1, in the half, they nearly stalled at midfield. After 2-0 Pac-12) handed the Beavers (3-1, 0-1) their first calling a timeout with one second remaining in loss of the season, 35-10. the half, USC faced a fourth-and-15 from the OSU The game was very much undecided until just 48-yard line. With nothing to lose, redshirt sophobefore halftime, when two plays changed the more quarterback Cody Kessler fired a desperation dynamic entirely. Trailing 14-10, the Beavers had pass to the end zone and somehow connected n
with sophomore receiver Darreus Rodgers for a miraculous touchdown completion. The interception in the end zone took away an Oregon State scoring opportunity and added a stroke of luck or a poor defensive execution, which gave USC a cheap touchdown. At the half, the Beavers suddenly found themselves down 21-10. That being said, the Trojans still outplayed the Beavers. The interception in the end zone was Mannion’s second of the day, where the first was returned 31 yards by USC sophomore safety Su’a Cravens for a touchdown. In all, it was one of Mannion’s poorest games See FOOTBALL | page 6
Out of the box Oregon State football stats from the USC game The Beavers have a lot of new stats, most of them aren’t good
tive one yard. Quarterback Sean Mannion hasn’t thrown a touchdown pass in 145:56 of game time, during which he has thrown By Josh Worden 71 passes. THE DAILY BAROMETER Here is how all six of OSU’s secondPlenty of statistics surround the half offensive drives ended against USC: Beavers 35-10 loss to USC on Saturday. punt, punt, punt, punt, punt, punt. Four Here are a few that go beyond the aver- of those six punts came after threeage box score, some specifically about and-outs, with the team netting 35 total the USC game and some about the offensive yards after halftime. Beavers’ season as a whole: All four of Mannion’s interceptions Against USC, OSU’s three best drives this season have come on either first or in terms of starting field position began second down with at least nine yards to at their own 44, 39 and 35 yard lines. go for a first down. Those drives traveled a combined negaOSU was allowing just 4.1 yards per n
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Senior cornerback Steven Nelson makes a play on the ball in the end zone.
pass attempt before the USC game. The Trojans doubled that, totaling 261 yards on 32 attempts for an 8.2 yard per attempt clip. Though USC scored 35 points (28 on offense), the Beaver defense forced six punts and five three-and-outs. The Beavers had five ‘chunk’ plays against USC (a running play of 10-plus yards or a pass of 15-plus yards). The Trojans had 15, four of which went for touchdowns. OSU’s defense allowed four touchdowns, three of which went at least 80 yards. The shortest touchdown drive, however, still traveled 65 yards. OSU was first in the nation coming into the USC game in third down defense, but allowed 8 of 19 conversions to the Trojans, as well as all three conversions on fourth down attempts. The Beavers, meanwhile, went 1-for-10 on third downs. The Beavers had possession for 61.1 percent of the time before the USC game but were outmatched in that category versus the Trojans, 34:45 to 25:15. OSU had not started a drive inside its own 10 yard line until the USC game, when the Beavers had three such drives. They ended in two punts and a field goal. The Beavers allowed a 75 percent completion rate from USC quarterback Cody Kessler, compared to 42.3 percent allowed through their first three games. Kessler and Sean Mannion both attempted 32 passes, but their stats otherwise were nearly opposite: 261
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Junior running back Storm Woods goes for the stiff arm as he charges up field. yards and two touchdowns for Kessler, 123 yards and two interceptions for Mannion. Mannion never strung together five completions in a row against the Trojans. Kessler never had consecutive incompletions. OSU had not allowed a passing touchdown through its first three games but gave up two to USC, including the 48-yard Hail Mary at the end of the first half. OSU has forced opposing teams to start within 10 yards of their end zone on three occasions this year, causing
those drives to end in a pair of turnovers and a punt. Eleven drives for opposing teams have traveled two yards or fewer this year, including six drives of negative gain. The average touchdown drive allowed by the Beaver defense spans 64.2 yards. Save for a couple touchdowns that came on drives starting inside the Beavers’ own 20 yard line, opposing touchdown drives average 76 yards. Josh Worden, sports reporter On Twitter @BrightTies sports@dailybarometer.com
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coverage, a safety sitting in the lane is something an experienced quarterback always picks up on. But he didn’t, and from that point on, Mannion didn’t look like the player we had seen in the first three games. He did complete a few nice passes to junior wide receiver Richard Mullaney, but that was pretty much it. The rest of the time he looked rattled, flustered and uncharacteristically bland; and he is not the only OSU quarterback to have this kind of experience in the Coliseum. In the past 12 years, two former Oregon State quarterbacks, who went on to the NFL, had similar performances. Sean Canfield and NFL week 1 star Derek Anderson both had games in LA that were unrepresentative of their playing ability. Canfield managed to go 11-25 and carry a quarterback rating of 64.6, while Anderson was only able to complete 26.7 percent of his passes and left with a 49.1 quarterback rating for the game. Both these quarterbacks had a career rating of 122.7 or better while playing for OSU. Either USC consistently brings the worst out of Beaver quarterbacks, or something else is amiss. It can be said that the Beavers faced their first real test on Saturday and that they came up short. It can also be said that Mannion failed to deliver on a national stage. But lets not forget that this is the player who won the Air-It-Out Challenge at the Manning Passing Academy this past summer, so lets not count him out yet. Mannion will have the opportunity to bounce back next week against the Colorado University Buffaloes. If he does, I’m claiming the curse is real.
as a Beaver. He completed 15-of-32 passes for just 123 yards, with no touchdowns and two interceptions. The offense never really established its rhythm, and Mannion was sacked twice and pressured often. In the absence of sophomore receiver Victor Bolden, who was leading the team in receptions and yards prior to Saturday, the Beavers leading receiver was junior Richard Mullaney. Mullaney had a couple deep, jump-ball completions on his way to five receptions and 78 yards. The next leading receiver was junior running back Storm Woods who had three receptions for 17 yards. No other OSU player had more than one catch or more than six receiving yards. The running game was slightly more effective, but not enough to overcome a weak passing day. Woods had nine carries for 61 yards, and senior running back Terron Ward had seven carries for 29 yards. Additionally, the Beavers’ lone touchdown of the day was not a product of the offense. Instead, it came courtesy of a senior safety Ryan Murphy kick return in the first quarter. Following the pick-six, Murphy returned the ensuing kickoff 97 yards to tie the game at 7-7, giving him his second career return touchdown. When the Beavers and the Trojans returned for the second half, the teams played to a scoreless third quarter, despite the Trojans out-gaining the Beavers, 140 yards to 38. In the fourth quarter, the Trojans extended their lead
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Above: Senior tight end Connor Hamlett breaks on the ball against Portland State. Below: Senior quarterback Sean Mannion prepares for the sack against USC in last year’s contest on a 17-yard touchdown run by redshirt junior running back Javorius Allen. A few possessions later, fellow sophomore running back Justin Davis ran it in from 21 yards out. Both of those touchdown runs capped off long drives. Allen’s run ended a 12-play, 87 yard drive, while Davis’ run ended a 9-play, 87 yard drive. Conversely, the Beavers gained only 22 yards of offense in the entire fourth quarter, and 60 total in the entire second half. For USC, Kessler was solid. He completed 24-of-32 passes for 261 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions. Their running game was effective as well. Allen
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ran for 115 yards on 20 carries and a touchdown, while Davis chipped in 82 yards on 15 carries and another touchdown. Third-string redshirt freshman tail back James Toland also added 30 yards on seven carries.
Up next for the Beavers is a trip to Boulder, Colo. where they will face the Buffaloes (2-3, 0-2) on Saturday, Oct. 4 at 1 p.m. PST. Mitch Mahoney, sports reporter On Twitter @MitchIsHere sports@dailybarometer.com
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do my best to keep up with current events, even when it seems more like a chore than anything else. Each week, the media release dozens of articles offering the newest updates for ongoing conflicts, focusing on new pieces of information that are groundbreaking when they’re released, but tend to become one small part of a much larger picture as time goes on. Not all of these articles do a very good job of bringing readers up to speed on what’s being discussed, meaning even avid news watchers can end up lost if they stop checking for a while. You look away for five seconds and something important is resolved, renegotiated or explodes.
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The Daily Barometer This column is an attempt to gather and summarize information on current events from their origins to what’s happening now, along with what is only my modest interpretation of their consequences. The current crisis in Ukraine can be traced back to a series of protests that began in November 2013, after Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych rescinded his promise to form a trade agreement with the European Union, which would have deepened economic ties between Ukraine and the West, in favor of closer ties with Russia. Outraged, thousands of men and
women gathered in the capital city of Kiev for a demonstration, which, in early December, escalated into a massive occupation of the city hall and Independence Square. On Dec. 17, Yanukovych accepted a new trade agreement from Russian President Vladimir Putin that would eliminate $15 billion of Ukrainian national debt and reduce the price of Russian gas. In January 2014, the Ukrainian parliament passed severe anti-protest laws in an attempt to stifle dissent. Police action, which until then had been limited to making arrests, turned brutal as two people were killed in clashes with law enforcement. In response, swarms of protestors stormed government buildings in western Ukraine.
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right now we’re attending a college that demands $9,123 solely in tuition fees. It’s not too bad so long as you don’t look at the part of the estimate list Cassie on the Oregon State University costof-attendance page, which tells you that with other essentials like books ($1,965), room and board ($10,929 — graduate with some debt in tow. Jeff Manning’s piece in The sorry first year students) and personal Oregonian on student debt for Oregon miscellaneous ($2,577) there is even colleges found that a whopping six out more to worry about. Oh, and all of the above is for in-state of 10 graduates carry a bill of approxituition, which means that if you’re not mately $26,000. And that’s on a good day during a resident you’re forking over an estimated $20,000 more than the rest of us. which the Top Ramen didn’t burn. Granted, these are just estimates There’s probably not much surprise See RUUD | page 8 involved with this statistic. I mean,
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It’s time to keep I our new-year resolutions he first day of school is a lot like New Year’s Day. It’s a fresh start and one for which we all have the best of intentions. Our grades will be better this time. We’ll attend every class, do our homework and all of the assigned reading. We shower, we dry and style our hair. We wear the new clothes we purchased over the summer — just like the new threads we’re given during the holidays. We hit the gym daily, work it into our routines between class. Some of us return to wearing make-up. And then week three rears its examinducing head and we’re done trying to be better. The excitement fades as reality of the daily grind sets in. But it need not be that way this year. No, we are going to implement tried-and-true strategies for successful goal setting and habit building. And here’s how. Studies show that those who put their goals and intentions in writing are more likely to see them come to fruition. Start by sitting down and making a list of 10 goals you hope to accomplish this year. Maybe you want straight A’s or to pass that one class you just can’t seem to get through. Perhaps you want to be more social. Maybe you want to be better at budgeting or save a certain amount of money. Whatever the goals are, make sure they have measure. If you want to lose a certain amount of weight, write that number down, so you know when you’ve accomplished your goal. Next, take a look at which goal or goals will allow the other ones to come closer to completion. If you have a goal to pay for school yourself without asking parents or friends for help and one to save a certain amount of money, your first goal should be getting a job. Next, make a plan to achieve that first goal. Write out what you need to do, what you need to learn; include every step it takes to get there. Then act upon in. Experts have long agreed that it takes 21 days to form a new habit. Make it a point to work toward these for a month and solidify the lifestyle change. But make sure to have a little fun, too. Your time in college isn’t just for learning facts and figures. It’s also meant to get you ready for the real world. Take it seriously and use it create the habits that will get you far. And learn to keep your resolutions.
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On Jan. 29, parliament annulled its own protest laws and offered amnesty to anyone arrested during the protests so long as the seized buildings were cleared. The opposition refused the terms until Feb. 16, when activists finally ended their occupation. More than 200 jailed protesters were released, but after bills meant to limit the president’s power stalled in parliament, the protests escalated to a new level of violence. Activists reclaimed government buildings and took control of Kiev, forcing Yanukovych to flee the capital as opposition leaders made arrangements for new elections in May. Soon after, pro-Russian gunmen began taking key buildings in the See CORRELL | page 8
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Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, where Russian speakers are the majority. Under the pretext of protecting Russian interests, Vladimir Putin invaded Crimea, and on March 18, signed a bill annexing its territory into Russia. The EU and U.S. enacted economic sanctions against Russia and Putin’s inner circle. Hoping to receive similar treatment, pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine’s eastern cities of Donetsk and Luhansk declared the new Kiev government illegitimate and called for independence, setting the stage for a standoff that over the past several months has degenerated into a costly civil war, which has yet to be fully resolved. The implications of this conflict go far beyond Ukraine. While Russia hesitates to show open support for the rebels, it’s been repeatedly accused of sending supplies and even its own troops into the country to buffer eastern forces. Moscow denies the claims, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, as powerful Russian-made weapons continue to find their way into the hands of rebels from one of the poorest regions in Europe. Putin’s actions have isolated Russia from the global community, and set East against West in a style all too eerily reminiscent of the Cold War. And yet, he’s never been more popular in his home country. As of September, new Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko and rebel leaders have agreed to a temporary cease-fire, and Kiev has granted pro-Russian regions the right to govern themselves for the next three years. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk recently stated that Putin “cannot win this war,” but in reality he doesn’t need to win. By keeping the war going, Putin has created a strong foothold of Russian influence in Ukraine, which one could argue was his goal from the very beginning.
valid owner. You cannot purchase the Turning Account License separately. If, however, someone gives you their valid license, then you can use it, but once redeemed it cannot be transferred to someone else. Are clickers worth the expense and effort? The educational research literature provides evidence that clickers in undergraduate courses improve student attendance, participation and attitudes about learning. Whether clicker use contributes to improved test scores and final grades is not conclusive in the research literature. TAC is conducting studies to look for correlations of clicker use and test performance. Student attitudes about clickers at OSU vary. The majority of the students surveyed consistently agree that using clickers in class adds to their learning experience. Nearly all students surveyed wish they did not have to pay for clickers. Students are divided over whether assigning points for attendance is positive. Many students feel it is a hassle to remember to take their clicker to class. We at TAC hope that ResponseWare helps students with that issue. Some instructors may choose not to enable ResponseWare and some prohibit phones in class altogether. That is one of the many reasons TAC developed an integrated solution: NXT/ResponseWare. I recommend that instructors let students decide on issues such as mobile device use by performing a studentgenerated class policy. TAC will help any instructor and student who wants to try such self-governance techniques. Still, instructors are responsible for their courses and decide how they are conducted. A significant potential cost increase to students is from the potential proliferation of separate clicker systems at OSU. I seek to prevent that. In 2004, OSU had 12 clickers systems in use. Some students bought several devices. In 2014 Turning is the common system with about 160 instructors and most undergraduates using it. This fall, TAC expects to support about 70 instructors teaching more than 100 course sections with 14,000 students using the Turning system.
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