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Oregon candidates debate issues at local forum OSU searches Candidates for Oregon Senate, House of Representatives debate, answer questions By Abigail Erickson THE DAILY BAROMETER
Candidates for the Oregon Senate and House of Representatives debated issues such as education, healthcare and minimum wage at a forum held at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library. Senatorial candidates Betsy Close, R-Albany, and Sarah Gelser, D-Corvallis, as well as state representative candidates Dan Rayfield, Corvallis democrat, and Jacob Vandever, Corvallis republican, attended Friday’s forum hosted by the Corvallis Gazette-Times. Close has served as an Oregon senator since 2012, and Gelser has served as a representative for house district 16 since 2005. Vandever is an Oregon State University graduate and former member of the Associated Students of Oregon State University. The forum was also one of the first events of its kind to feature live captions. All of the candidates voiced their desire to make education reform a high priority. Each had ideas about how to improve K-12 absenteeism. Close mentioned allowing high school freshmen and sophomores to take Advanced Placement classes in order to get ahead and earn college credit earlier. Rayfield advocated for reducing class sizes and decreasing loan debt for college students. Gelser pushed for increased accessibility to early education for low-income youth. Every candidate in the forum agreed that
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said. “It’s not right for our state.” Cover Oregon needs to go. Close was open to the idea of sales tax, spe“As an agency, (Cover Oregon), has been a cifically if it were to replace an existing tax. failure,” Gelser said. “We have to look at the situations across the Close agreed. “(Cover Oregon) is a poster child for failed country and pick one that works,” Close said. The two parties split over minimum wage. leadership,” Close said. “It’s just another layer of Close and Vandever were not in favor of raising government.” The audience also asked candidates about the minimum wage, while Rayfield and Gelser their stance on climate change. Vandever and were. Candidates also disagreed on a bill for singleClose each mentioned carbon taxes, but were still researching their effects on businesses and payer health care in Oregon. While Close called for more research and collaboration, Gelser and what they would mean for Rayfield answered in favor Oregonians. Gelser and Rayand Vandever rejected the field looked at additional idea. ways to increase environEvery candidate “We haven’t done the mental stability, such as in the forum agreed ground work for it yet,” increased mass transit and Vandever said. “I would be energy efficiency in homes. that Cover Oregon lying if I said I wasn’t fasci“Climate change is real,” needs to go. nated by it, but I worry about Rayfield said. “There are access.” many ways to do something. “Health care should be a The question is: What works human right, and I absolutebest for Oregonians?” ly support single pay,” Rayfield said. Close offered another perspective. Attendees also inquired about the issue of “There is a cost with every bill we pass,” Close said. “We have to look at the science and study abortion in Oregon and whether or not there should be more restrictions. While Gelser and things carefully before we act.” After much debate, the candidates transi- Rayfield agreed that there shouldn’t be more tioned from the issue of climate change to the restrictions, Close responded “yes” for abortion issue of taxes. Candidates gave their opinions restrictions, and Vandever opted for reducing on sales tax, income tax, property tax and the abortions through contraception and increased education. Oregon tax rebate. Vandever, Rayfield and Gelser all were in favor “We will never pump our own gas or have of background checks for gun purchases. Close sales tax in Oregon,” Gelser said. posed the question of whether or not checks Vandever agreed in regards to sales tax.
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The office of the dean of student life has begun the search process for a new dean. The position was vacated in 2013 after former Dean of student life, Mamta Accapadi, accepted a position as vice president of student affairs at Rollins College in Florida. Tracy Bentley-Townlin has been serving as the interim dean of student life and will do so until a permanent hire is made later in 2015. The Spelman & Johnson Group, an executive hiring firm based out of New York, is helping OSU find the right candidate. In September, James Norfleet, a search associate from Spelman & Johnson Group, conducted an oncampus discussion with students about what qualities they want to see in the new dean of student life. The participating students came from various leadership groups across campus that function under the office of the dean of student life, See dean | page 4
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Friday, October 3 Crane-climbing Surveillance company Security Monster reported to Oregon State Police that there were signs of trespassers at the construction site for the new classroom building. Upon arrival, officers entered the construction zone via the west gate and found two men allegedly climbing on the crane. The officers then took the two men into custody for criminal trespass in the second degree. Officers requested that the men take voluntary breath tests. One man agreed and had a blood alcohol content of 0.212. The second man refused the breath test, and officers later found that he had a prior record, which included several citations for minor-inpossession as well as an expulsion from Reser Stadium for the 2014 football sea-
Both males were intoxicated, but they were cooperative and apologetic to the officers according to the police report. One had a blood-alcohol content of .13 and the other of .19. Both were cited with trespassing in the second degree.
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SALEM — Drones are nothing new for Stephen Burtt and his employees at Aerial Technology International in Clackamas. Burtt’s launched his company back in 2007, then under the name of Northwest Aero Pix, looking to work as a service-based provider in Oregon offering aerial images for local professionals. From real estate to farmers to city planners, a range of clientele rely on aerial photography for property assessment, crop inspection and urban mapping. Equipped with hovering, remote-control propeller drones, Burtt saw an opportunity. But the service was shortlived. That same year, the Federal Aviation Administration suspended commercial activity by drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, until the agency could perform a safety review and implement new rules. So Northwest Aero Pix halted activity and ATI, which manufactures drones for hobbyists and international companies, was born. For drone firms across the country, it’s a familiar story. To their dismay, rules governing the use of drones in the U.S. still have not come to fruition
almost eight years later. Just in the past few months, however, manufacturers and service providers in the drone industry have seen a string of developments. Aided by a congressional mandate in 2012 that the agency craft a drone policy by September 2015 — announced along with the FAA’s budget — Burtt and others have begun to see the first moves in that direction. In June, the FAA debuted the first UAV test sites in the country, in Hawaii, Alaska and Oregon. Shortly thereafter, the agency granted the first-ever commercial waiver for drone use to British Petroleum to inspect oil pipelines. On Sept. 25, the agency approved six more, to film companies in California that fly drones for footage while on-set. On Friday, Oct. 3, Burtt said his own waiver application — along with most everyone else’s — is in the FAA’s hands. “There’s a lot of pressure on the FAA right now,” he said. “Manufacturers, commercial banks, everybody is pounding on them to get this done.” Michael Drobac, the executive director of the Small UAV Coalition, is behind one such force. The coalition created in August represents businesses
interested in drone-based technology ventures, namely GoPro and Amazon with its Air Prime service, and is intended to spur federal action. In a sit-down interview, Drobac called the waivers given to film producers two weeks ago symbolic, but said more work needs to be done to pave the way for other applications of drone technology. “In close-set filmmaking, it’s a sterile environment. You know who’s on set. There’s so many restrictions already on what you can do,” Drobac said. “That may work for filmmaking, but it certainly won’t work in other industries.” In Oregon, the main uses of drones are expected to be limited to agriculture, where large farms often recruit planes or helicopters to inspect crops from the air, and in wildfire and emergency response as an aerial scout for first responders. Given that and the uncertainty around drones, Oregon does not have many active firms that will be affected by the FAA decision: ATI is one of the biggest, along with an agriculturefocused drone startup called Honeycomb based in Portland. ATI at least circumvented the FAA suspension by branching
into areas of drone technology not suspended by the FAA. The agency allows hobbyists to use drones, and obviously has no jurisdiction outside the U.S., where countries in Europe and Asia thus far have outpaced the U.S., according to Burtt. “The FAA certainly hasn’t made it easy for us, but I think the overwhelming demand for this has springboarded us forward anyway,” he said. “It’s frustrating to see this technology develop overseas. We’re kind of in the dark ages in the U.S.” Drobac shared this sentiment, and cited the growth of drone firms across the world as one of the best reasons for the FAA to deliver on drone regulations. The agency is expected to produce a rough draft of those regulations before the end of 2014, categorizing different types of drone usage and the rules accompanying them. Drone businesses hope that rough draft can be turned into a polished policy by the September 2015 deadline; and if not, then shortly thereafter. “The 2015 goal that the FAA has sounds great, but I’m just not going to hold my breath,” Burtt said. “If it takes to 2017, there will be a lot of upset businesses.”
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Oregon glass at heart of new Washington D.C. monument By Jon Rosman OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING
PORTLAND — On Sunday, the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial will be dedicated with President Barack Obama delivering remarks. Veterans and their advocates have been waiting 14 years for this day. Congress authorized the memorial in 2000. A key feature of the monument is a glass installation that was made in Oregon. Keir Legree is the general manager at Savoy Studios, the Portland glass fabrication shop that built the walls. “We realized that it was something that has never been done before on this scale. Each piece of glass that they were requesting weighed 1800 pounds a-piece,” says Legree. Every step is more complicated when dealing with objects this big and heavy.
“Understand these glass walls are five pieces of three quarter-inch glass laminated together with text embedded into the different layers,” says Larry Kirkland, the artist behind the memorial. “I don’t think anybody understood quite how complicated that was.” Kirkland was part of a bigger team that worked to create the national monument. The design was led by Michael Vergason Landscape Architects. Kirkland says his role as the artist was to inform the project in terms of content and meaning. He was also responsible for having key components of the of the national monument built in the Northwest. Kirkland studied and taught at Oregon State University. He lived in Portland for 17 years, a time in his life he considers to be transformative for him. During that time he worked
on projects with Savoy and the Walla Walla Foundry. The Washington foundry made four large bronze slabs — cut with silhouettes of soldiers. These bronze pieces work in tandem with the 48 glass panels built at Savoy. Together they tell a compelling story. This how Kirkland describes it: “The glass walls are very long and translucent and they have text and image in them. The bronze panels which have cut out images are behind them. When sunlight comes through, it projects a specific sunbeam onto the images in the glass. So we have one image projected onto another. The story behind the images is much greater than if it’s just one image by itself.” When it was all said and done, it took Savoy Studios nearly three years to complete this project.
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were an infringement on law-abiding citizens. All the candidates agreed that checks would not fix everything and that there are additional ways to help keep guns out of the hands of criminals. During their final statements, each candidate was given an opportunity to push their own legislative goals. Vandever advocated for better treatment of veterans, including tax credits. Rayfield pushed for making Oregon a leader in education and family-wage jobs. Close backed a bill she had passed making human trafficking a felony on the first offense. Gelser made a final push for environmental action and woman’s reproductive rights. When asked later how they felt about the forum, each candidate responded positively, praising the crowd for its responsiveness and the Corvallis Gazette-Times for running the event so well.
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BLOCKTOBERFEST n Continued from page 1 Blocktoberfest, an event sponsored by local bar and restaurant Block 15, is usually a one-day event. But this year, festivities were divided into two days: Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3-4. Last year’s festival had 1,700 attendees, according to Chris Heuchert, general manager at Block 15. Based on German funfair Oktoberfest, Block 15’s Blocktoberfest shut down Southwest Jefferson Avenue between 3rd and 4th streets, where a massive tent was erected to house the event. Entertainment included live music, an authentic German beer dinner and a lederhosen contest. Several different beer varieties were served at the event. In addition to serving their own brews, Block 15 teamed up with Bavarian brewery Ayinger to serve their brews during the German beer dinner. The action began Friday at 4 p.m., followed by the beer dinner from 6-8 p.m. Music performances by The Crescendo Show and Infa-
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mous Unknown occurred at 4 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, the tent opened 30 minutes early so patrons could catch the Beavers’ football game. Acordioso performed live music at 1 p.m., Brutal Bridges Band at 4 p.m. and Bon Ton Roulet at 7:30 p.m. Tent manager Llanet Grischott said that the two-day event was well received by patrons and staff. “Friday gave us a chance to make improvements for Saturday,” Grischott said. “550 people showed up Friday night alone, and our max capacity in the tent was 750.” Saturday felt much less congested since the majority of attendees participated in Friday’s events, according to Grischott. Blocktoberfest will most likely span two days from now on, Grischott said. “This was my first year working the actual event,” Grischott said. “It was a lot of fun, and it’s really refreshing to get out of the restaurant from time to time.” Abigail Erickson, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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Oregon State gets ball rolling against Buffaloes following disappointing loss at USC By Mitch Mahoney THE DAILY BAROMETER
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Senior quarterback Sean Mannion steps back to deliver a deep threat pass against the Colorado Buffaloes on Oct.4 in Boulder, Colo.
One week after their offense failed to put a touchdown on the board, the Beavers (4-1, 1-1 Pac-12) survived a lively match with Colorado, 36-31. Oregon State’s running back duo of senior Terron Ward and junior Storm Woods combined for 171 yards and three touchdowns on 25 carries. Ward was responsible for 102 of those yards and two of those touchdowns, which marks the second game this season where Ward has run for at least 100 yards while scoring twice. The passing game was also greatly improved from last week. Senior quarterback Sean Mannion completed 27-of-37 passes for 278 yards, one touchdown and no turnovers. Mannion got quite a bit of production from tight ends junior Caleb Smith and senior Connor Hamlett combined for 119 yards and a touchdown on 10 receptions. Smith’s touchdown reception came with 14:22 remaining in the fourth
quarter. From 24 yards out, Smith made a backpedaling, jump-ball catch in double coverage before falling backwards into the end zone. Colorado was even flagged for defensive pass interference on the play. That score put the Beavers up 30-21, but Colorado would answer back with a field goal on its next possession. Leading 30-24, the Beavers pieced together their final touchdown drive of the game. Starting from their own 15-yard line, Oregon State would go 85 yards over the next 12 plays and burn 5:39 of game time. Ward’s touchdown run from 10 yards out capped off the drive. The score put the Beavers up 36-24, where a failed two-point conversion could not put them ahead by two touchdowns and two extra points. Once again, Colorado would answer back, although this time with a touchdown. Colorado sophomore quarterback Sefo Liufau and senior receiver Tyler McCulloch accounted for 60 of the drives’ 75 yards, as well as the touchdown. McCulloch had receptions for seven, 21 and 17 yards, while another play by the receiver drew a 15-yard, See FOOTBALL | page 6
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The Beavers, despite losing to Stanford Saturday, show promise through great stats By Sarah Kerrigan THE DAILY BAROMETER
Oregon State women’s volleyball came away 1-1 in their first big conference travel weekend in the Bay area. The Beavers (2-2 Pac-12, 12-3 overall) were able to capture their first match against Cal (0-3 Pac-12, 8-5 overall) in style, sweeping the Bears in three sets with scores of 25-23, 25-23, and 25-18 on Friday night. Oregon State came ready to hit big this game and came away with their best hitting percentage so far in conference play of .314. Senior middle Arica Nassar had an exceptional hitting game, getting 7 out of 10 kills on her total attacks. Freshman
outside hitter Mary-Kate Marshall continued her consistent hitting performance this season with a team high of 15 kills on the night. The first set was the closest of the three, with nine tie scores and three lead changes. After the Beavers clenched the first set, however, they were able to maintain their momentum to close the match in three sets, something they have struggled with this season. Despite their performance against the Bears, the Beavers were unable to win a single set the next night against No. 1 Stanford. In a similar fashion to which the Beavers beat the Bears, Stanford swept the Beavers 3-0 with scores, 25-22, 25-19, 29-27. Although losing the first two sets, the Beavers were able to rally and made Stanford fight for the last set. The third set saw 17 tie scores and seven lead
changes. The Beavers were able to still hit at .218 and put up 7.5 team blocks against Stanford. However, it was not enough against the powerhouse hitters from the Cardinals who hit at .318. Senior setter Tayla Woods got her sixth double-double of the year with 25 assists and 13 digs on the night. Once again, Marshall led the team in kills with 14 on the night hitting .317. Overall, Oregon State had good service throughout the weekend, getting five aces in both matches, a conference high for the team. The Beavers will need to maintain their high level of service and hitting execution as they return home to take on the Washington schools next weekend. Sarah Kerrigan, sports reporter On Twitter @skerrigan123 sports@dailybarometer.com
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Junior libero Darby Reeder prepares to set the ball against Utah at home on Sept. 27.
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Beavers play tough away game against Arizona, still experience loss regardless By Brian Rathbone THE DAILY BAROMETER
Beavers move in for win Sunday, put in 6 goals at home against Golden Bears of Cal.
The Beavers first took on the University of Arizona (7-2-1, 1-1 Pac-12), who jumped out in front of the Beavers (0-9-3, 0-2) after a junior defender Sheaffer Skadsen received a penalty kick by freshman goalkeeper Bella Geist in the 20th minute.
The tough season continues for the Oregon In the match, Geist did all she could to keep State women’s soccer team, as they drop a pair the Beavers in the game. She totaled 13 saves of conference matches on their trip to Arizona See WOMEN’S SOCCER | page 6 this weekend.
Redshirt junior Goalkeeper Matt Bersano’s scouting report on Cal following Thursday’s loss to Stanford was untimely and proved to be accurate: their backline is weak. The Beavers (8-3, 1-1 Pac-12) got a pair of hat tricks from senior forward Khiry Shelton and freshman forward Timmy Mueller, as the Beavers blew past the No. 13 Cal Golden Bears (6-3, 0-2). The barrage of Beaver goals started when Shelton split two defenders and snuck the ball past the goalie, giving the Beavers the lead 50 seconds into the game. The Beavers then added another goal after Mueller’s original shot was blocked by Cal’s goalie, but Mueller was able to control the loose ball and put it in the back of the net. Pushing justin quinn| THE DAILY BAROMETER the lead to 2-0, a lead they would hold Freshman midfielder Sam Tweeton makes contact See MEN’s SOCCER | page 6 with a Cal player at home on Oct. 5.
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FOOTBALL n Continued from page 5 defensive pass interference penalty. McCulloch finished with four receptions for 76 yards and two touchdowns. With the score at 36-31 and the clock reading 2:58, the Beavers had a chance to close the game out if they could manage a few first downs. Colorado still had three timeouts, but a decent drive could have ended it. However, the Beavers offense sputtered and they were forced to punt the ball away after three plays and 50 seconds. Oregon State senior punter Keith Kostol sent the ball only 30 yards and Colorado was 44 yards from taking the lead. Shortly after they started their drive, the Buffaloes were faced with a thirdand-6. Liufau dropped back and fired a pass intended for star junior receiver Nelson Spruce, but OSU senior cornerback Steven Nelson had a quick enough break on the ball to force an incomplete pass. With one last chance to keep both their drive and comeback hopes alive, Colorado tried a pass on fourth-and-6. Liufau was pressured out of the pocket by defensive ends senior Dylan Wynn and junior Lavonte Barnett, which caused an inaccurate pass that fell incomplete. The Beavers then took over on downs and ran out the clock. For the Buffaloes, the loss drops them to 2-4, and they are still winless through three conference games. On the day, Liufau finished with 306 passing yards, two touchdowns and one interception. Spruce, who entered the day leading the NCAA in receptions (56), receiving yards (697) and receiving touchdowns (10), was almost a non-factor. He finished with six receptions for 35 yards. On the ground, the Buffaloes gained 123 yards and two touchdowns. Sophomore running back Michael Adkins II, filling in for an injured junior Christian Powell, had 79 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries. Liufau’s lone interception came in the first quarter. Senior linebacker D.J. Alexander read Liufau’s eyes, adjusted his position accordingly and jumped in front of the intended receiver for the pick. Alexander returned it 25 yards to the CU 8-yard line, setting up a Storm Woods rushing touchdown that gave the Beavers an early 14-0 lead. The win gives Oregon State its first conference win of the season, and with Oregon’s loss to Arizona on Thursday, the Beavers join a group of teams atop the Pac-12 North with just one conference loss. Up next for the Beavers is their second bye week. They then host Utah (3-1, 0-1 as of this article) on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. PST. Mitch Mahoney, sports reporter On Twitter @MitchIsHere sports@dailybarometer.com
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MEN’S SOCCER n Continued from page 5 onto heading into halftime. As quickly as the Beavers built up an early 2-0 lead, the Golden Bears stormed back, scoring two goals in a five minute period early on in the second half. The first goal coming from sophomore defender Trevor Haberkorn, whose goal was similar to the one Stanford scored against the Beavers Thursday evening, by scoring off the rebound from a missed shot. Not even five minutes later, Cal’s freshman forward Paul Salcedo evened the score when a ball crossed into the box from redshirt freshman forward Jose Carrera-Garcia. “When they scored I was mad.” Shelton said. “I feel like we didn’t do enough to prevent those goals.” Flashbacks from the Stanford game and conference matches from the season, where the Beavers were unable to sustain success for an entire match to walk away victorious, began to float back. The team looked to its senior leaders: Shelton, Bersano and senior defender Will Seymore. “When we went 2-2, we weren’t worried
WOMEN’S SOCCER n Continued from page 5 in the match, but was unable to keep the Wildcats off the board, allowing two goals in the match. Following the defeat to Arizona, the team traveled to Tempe, Ariz. to take on the No. 18 Arizona Sun Devils Sunday afternoon. The upset Beavers were able to create scoring chances early when freshman Nikki Faris’ shot was saved by Arizona State’s freshman goalie Lexi Bounds. The Beaver defense smothered the Sun Devils early, not allowing a shot for nearly 30 minutes in the first half, going into halftime with the score tied 0-0.
or stressed, or freaking out,” said Mueller. “Everyone remained positive, and that’s what helped pull our team out of it.” After Cal evened the score, Shelton and Mueller showed why they make up one of the more lethal scoring tandems in the conference. Each scoring two more goals after the score was tired. “I can take this team far when I have that weight on my shoulders,” said Shelton. “And I am fine with that.” After being shut out the last two contests, netting six goals against a ranked opponent could lead to more confidence in the Beavers’ scoring abilities moving forward. “You want to be able to believe you can score goals in a game, because that’s how you win games,” said head coach Steve Simmons. “To put six up on Cal was brilliant.” This victory against Cal marks the first conference victory for the Beavers since Oct. 7, 2012. “We are all going to enjoy this,” Seymore said. “For us it’s a huge boost. We feel like we can beat anyone in the country and we proved that today.“ Brian Rathbone, sports reporter On Twitter @brathbone3 sports@dailybarometer.com
It was until the 75th minute when the Sun Devils were finally able to break the tie when junior forward Cali Farquharson scored, putting the Devils ahead 1-0, a lead they would not surrender. The season-long goal drought continues to plague the Beavers. Being shutout in both games this weekend pushes the team to a shutout total of 10 out of 11 games. The Women’s team will host their next conference game against Colorado on Oct. 5 at Paul Lorenz Field in Corvallis. Brian Rathbone, sports reporter On Twitter @brathbone3 sports@dailybarometer.com
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ast week’s Wi-Fi and network failures at Oregon State University affected many systems throughout campus. The Daily Barometer newsroom was no exception. Our editing procedures revolve around our access to certain servers. Whenever they fail, we find ourselves at a loss. Without the Internet, we can’t continue our work. We have no choice but to sit and hope for the best as we wait. Sometimes last week, we would get the Internet back after 30 minutes of failure and production could go on as planned. Other times, we waited for hours for the main server to remember its purpose in life, staring at the expensive and now ineffective machines in front of us. These kinds of tech failures, especially during the first week back, is a gross insult to our modern technology and a school where we have an enrollment amount of 45,275 students in online courses alone. The Internet no longer exists as a weird little Narnia for people who love cats and videos of Rick Astley. It creates amazing opportunities for business, education and politics. Unless, of course, anyone’s network decides to stop functioning altogether, because reasons. Though we all received a very nice apology from Jonathan Dolan, expressing “regret that this equipment failure has interfered with network access,” there is still some salt in the wound. Something to be considered in the explanation of these failures centers around technology upgrades taking place as of current. Could these updates have been more efficiently tested before thousands of students and faculty returned to campus? You wouldn’t move a family into a half-built house. If this were another time, perhaps these kinds of failures would be irrelevant. But with our world’s dependence on the Internet working well, these connectivity issues affect the workflow here at OSU. The servers crashing doesn’t just mean that oh, too bad, Jimmy didn’t get to watch the second half of his Breaking Bad episode. It affects those of us with group projects, trying to coordinate times to meet up. It affects instructors and professors trying to keep grades up-to-date. It affects students enrolled in online courses, students dealing with applications such as MyMathLab, MatLab and Mastering Chemistry. It affects those who are away from home for the first time and trying to Skype with their family members, or maintain long-distance relationships. It affects us all critically and should be avoided in the future.
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week or so ago you may have noticed a very heartwarming email flutter into your onid-gmail inbox, addressed from President Ray and proclaiming within its text that, “It’s on us to end sexual assaults in the Oregon State University community.” This is part of a much larger, nationwide campaign started by President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden back in September. The “It’s On Us” campaign promotes a change in mindset for how communities address sexual assault. Those who take the pledge help produce a community where individuals recognize it’s their responsibility to understand that nonconsensual sex is assault. In addition, they help identify situations in which said assaults may occur, intervene in situations where
all get free hugs on Fridays. Unfortunately, it’s not that easy. The process is so much more complicated than just a few cheerful buzzCassie words and resume-worthy mission statements. This will take a long time. Changing consent cannot or has not been given folks’ mentalities toward these sceand help create an environment in narios shows us that stupidity and which sexual assault is unacceptable ‘isms’ have a gross level of longevity. and survivors are supported. The 1960s and last year’s racist bathThis puts OSU as one of many col- room graffiti taught us this. leges to join this noble cause throughBut a campaign for awareness is a out the nation. campaign for awareness. And heck President Ray expressed in his guys, where are all the ‘It’s On Us’ email that OSU would be taking events? “additional steps” during this year Where are the posters, the seminars and that student can remain updated or the booths selling t-shirts? on said steps by visiting the LIFE@ As of now, there’s nothing except OSU and OSU Today webpages. reiteration of the available resources And so sexual assault concerns will at OSU. We need more to harness end, everyone will be happy and we the full strength of the ‘It’s On Us’
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nfectious disease is a social phenomenon because it is transmitted among people. Now we can use information transmitted among people via social media to track, contain and prevent disease. A key part of our public health system is surveillance, which is the collection and interpretation of health-related data in order to plan, implement and evaluate public health practices. You can become part of the health surveillance system, and doing so may help you avoid infectious disease.
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The Daily Barometer Crowdsourcing is the use of social media to produce resources from contributions from selfselected members of a population. An amazing instance of crowdsourcing health information is HealthMap, which openly tracked the 2014 outbreak of a “mystery hemorrhagic fever” more than a week before any official announcement of an outbreak. HealthMap works by aggregating
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data about disease incidences from its members. Anyone can join HealthMap and contribute information to it. Enter a “report illness symptoms” and HealthMap will plot that data in time and space and correlate it with other reports. A similar project from the same See TECH | page 8
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campaign. I know change is slow, but please, let’s be a part of it. We need more goals and recommendations. And knowing the students here at OSU, we will thrive in taking part. The campaign provides campuses that take the pledge with a toolkit for raising awareness, and while most of the suggestions are individual-oriented — buying the t-shirt, using social media to spread the word — another tally revolves around events. Events are great because they can inform a large number of people and bring notoriety to the subject matter. Maybe I’m being a little harsh given that we just cleared week one. But one would think that something as important as decreasing the risk of sexual assault on our campus See RUUD | page 8
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lthough last week’s issue was complex, the Ukraine crisis is still relatively easy to follow when compared to the upstart terrorist group running rampant across Iraq and Syria. Ukraine’s conflict has few main players, which are backed by legitimate governments and have clear goals. There are hundreds of independent terror cells fighting in Syria alone, waging war against President Assad’s brutal government and each other while only making the situation more chaotic by the day. One of the most powerful and ruthless of these terrorist groups has dubbed itself the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. In recent months, ISIS troops have seized territory in parts of Syria and northern Iraq, where its leaders have established an unofficial Muslim state known as a caliphate. These Sunni extremists claim religious authority over all Muslim populations, and are known for their radical ideology and horrific violations of human rights. ISIS’ roots can be traced back to as far as 1999, when a man named Abu Musab al-Zarqawi founded a militant group in Jordan in the hopes of overthrowing the nation’s government. The forces of al-Zarqawi failed to topple Jordan, but were heavily involved in the Islamic insurgency against U.S. troops after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In 2004, they pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda and became part of the larger terrorist organization’s network. At this point the group was commonly referred to as Al-Qaeda in Iraq. After al-Zarqawi was killed by an airstrike in 2006, his followers joined with several other terrorist militias to form the Mujahideen Shura Council, and made the first declaration of an Islamic State of Iraq (ISI). Their goal was to establish a Sunni state and restore Islam to glory, but over the next few years the ISI was severely crippled by U.S. forces, losing 80 percent of its top officials to capture or death. By 2008 the ISI was referring to itself as in a state of “extraordinary crisis”, and in 2010, they suffered a crushing blow when a joint U.S.-Iraqi operation killed their two top leaders, Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. By all rights, an extremist group that was funded through robbery and alienated fellow Iraqis with their violent attacks on civilians should never have become as powerful as the See CORRELL | page 8
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Ebola and other hemorrhagic fevers.” Put in perspective, the 2003 SARS pandemic resulted in 8,273 infected individuals worldwide, 775 of whom died from the infection. group at the Boston Children’s Hospital is Flu Compare that to the 1918 H1N1 influenza panNear You, which collects and displays incidences demic in which 50 million people died worldwide. of influenza. Reviewing such histories underscores the Both HealthMap and Flu Near You apps are importance of public health and the contribuavailable at no cost for iOS on App Store and tions of information technology to it. Android on Google play. Crowdsourcing technologies such as HealthAnother technological approach to disease surMap and Flu Near You are changing the way that veillance is Google Flu Trends, which analyzes our species responds to disease. search terms such as “flu,” “cough” and “Mucinex” Equally important is the quality of the informain order to track the spread of influenza. tion sources that we use to guide public health So how does Dr. Tech know so much about policy. infectious disease? I don’t. I asked Bethel what are the top five sources I visited Dr. Jeff Bethel, assistant professor at of information about infecthe Oregon State University tious disease for OSU stuCollege of Public Health and dents. He answered Centers Human Sciences. Crowdsourcing for Disease Control (CDC) is He has a doctorate in Epithe best source of information technologies such as demiology he obtained in on public health, the World 2005 from the University of HealthMap and Flu Health Organization (WHO) California, Davis, worked for for global perspectives, State Near You are the Centers for Disease ConPublic Health Services such changing the way trol and teaches graduate as Oregon Health Authority, courses in epidemiology. county health agencies such that our species Bethel and I talked about as Benton County Health Serresponds to disease. what people typically believe vices and OSU Student Health and there is a lot of misinknow about Ebola, Services. formation about infectious Bethel reminds us that our influenza and diseases. own brain is the most powother infectious While talk radio and other erful technology for staying anxiety-based media raise healthy; make choices that diseases. alarms about an Ebola pankeep you healthy from infecdemic in the United States, tious disease. Bethel says this is unlikely Get a flu vaccination every because the U.S. health system is prepared to year; it is never too late to get your flu shot. contain it. Use effective hand hygiene; wash your hands Ebola is not a respiratory disease; it is con- frequently and keep your fingers (pencils, etc.) out tracted through direct contact and bodily fluids, of your eyes, nose and mouth. not through the air. Practice safe sex, which is all about direct conThe chances of Ebola mutating to become air- tact and body fluids. borne are very small. I hope that you will join me in using Flu Near As Bethel observed: “It would take a signifi- You regularly. cant amount of mutations to become airborne. It will be fascinating to see how our campus We never have seen a virus that is transmitted community may respond to the flu season when through direct contact and bodily fluids like Ebola informed by our collective reporting. Dr. Tech says get the Flu Near You app, share is, then switching to become airborne.” Bethel said that the 2003 outbreak of Severe the sites on Facebook and stay healthy. t Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS, “is our most recent frame of reference for global pan- Dr. Jon Dorbolo is the assistant director of Technology Across Curriculum at State University. Dorbolo supports instructors and students with demics, and viruses like SARS have the potential Oregon technology and teaches philosophy. The opinions expressed in Dorto do some harm in the United States because bolo’s column do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer respiratory diseases spread more quickly than staff. Dorbolo can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com
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CORRELL n Continued from page 7 ISI did. However, two factors helped the weakened militia get back on their feet. The 2011 Arab Spring sparked protests against Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, who responded by using chemical weapons against his own people, including women and children. The ensuing civil war drew radical Islamic groups wanting to build an Islamic state in the region, one of which was the ISI, who changed their name to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The second factor was the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq that same year, and the poorly run government they left behind to safeguard the country. A little background: under Saddam Hussein’s rule, Iraq’s Sunni minority actively oppressed the Shia majority. After Hussein fell, the new Shia officials returned the favor by oppressing Sunnis, which resulted in a huge Sunni backlash that drew many terrorist groups into Iraq to begin with. Apart from being discriminatory, the Iraqi leaders placed in office by U.S. mediated elections are widely regarded as corrupt, incompetent and generally resented by their people. Over the next few years ISIL recruited thousands of new
fighters from Syria’s civil war. paign on Aug. 8, targeting key In 2014 they formally estab- ISIS locations. lished an Islamic caliphate, and Many were opposed to the moved to expand throughout initial invasion of Iraq precisely Iraq, changing their name to its because they feared something current form, the Islamic State like this might happen. Radical of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. and dangerous viewpoints Strengthened by troops and thrive in unstable environments. controlling more territory than Without a strong, self-reliant ever, ISIS stormed across north- administration in Iraq, the U.S. ern Iraq with little resistance. departure created a power They could now finance them- vacuum that allowed an organization so selves using extreme that oil sources even Al Qaeda they had capBy all rights, an denounced tured in their extremist group that them. advance. Thousands On June was funded through of civilians 10, their forcrobbery and alienated have been es attacked fellow Iraqis with their displaced or Mosul, the killed in the second-largviolent attacks on violence. The est city in Iraq. civilians should never situation is The Iraqi army, worse than supplied with have become as the help of U.S. powerful as the ISI did. ever. taxpayer dolISIS’ atrocilars, promptly ties are monthrew down strous, their their weapons and abandoned ideology medieval. They exert the city without a fight. strict Sharia law over their terMeanwhile, rather than take ritory, and their members are decisive action to counter the guilty of crimes against humanthreat, the Iraqi Parliament ity. Years from now people will repeatedly delayed convening point fingers and write books to form a new cabinet this year assigning blame for their exisover petty political squabbles tence, but somehow I doubt the about when they should meet. victims will find consolation. t President Obama has stated his opposition to sending more Chris Correll is a senior in psychology. The expressed in Correll’s column do U.S. troops into the region. opinions not necessarily represent those of The Daily Instead, the U.S. government Barometer staff. Correll can be reached at began an aerial bombing cam- forum@dailybarometer.com
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looks to be a strong message goes the way of the Ice Bucket Challenge — popular for a couple of months and then fizzling into oblivion once fall hit. days of the school year. This is a subject that, for I’m not sure if Ray intended many years, has been kept in to just get the ball rolling for the dark. We have a chance to this campaign in regards to our add our voices to the chorus fine school, but no one seems of change now that it’s out in to have picked it up to put it the open. back into play. We can continue to spread I’ve seen many simply taking the word about the campaign the pledge on Facebook, but as individuals, organize events it would be a shame if what and go beyond. Perhaps we