The Daily Barometer, Friday, October 9, 2015

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Survivor Advocacy and Resource Center Grand Opening

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President Ed Ray addresses the crowd gathered at the SARC Thursday evening.

The opening of OSU’s new SARC paves the road for universities around the country

By Emily Markham Associate News Editor

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Cassie Huber, president of ASOSU, speaks to the crowd at the grand opening of the Survivor Advocacy and Resource Center.

The Survivor Advocacy and Resource Center held its grand opening Thursday evening, introducing a new system to care for and support sexual assault victims on Oregon State University’s campus.

The new office, painted in lavender and furnished with a large, comfortable sofa, offers new relief and warmth with open arms to survivors. Staff, students, and many others gathered in the Student Health center to learn about the Survivor Advocacy and Resource Center and its focus: Listen. Believe. Support.

Ideas for a center like this one were circulating around the campus administration back in January, when it was brought to the administration’s attention that victims didn’t have a central, singular point of contact to go to in their time of need.

Judy Neighbours, the assistant director of SARC, knew that victims could be overwhelmed by the number of offices and people they may have to talk to in order to get the help they needed on campus.

“There was a need for that first point of contact for survivors,” Neighbours explained.

“We needed a place that could appreciate the impact that sexual assault has on survivors.”

According to Neighbours, SARC not only provides that singular point that victims can reach out to without fear, but it also has a system in place to provide for every need that the

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victim may have – empowering the survivor to decide what recourses they may need. SARC also informs the victim on the process of reporting their assault to the correct authorities and to the university administration, so they know the steps that they’re about to go through if they made the decision to report it.

Brenda Tracy, a sexual assault survivor and advocate for victim support on college campuses, was present at the grand opening. She was also a speaker during the event, stating that she hopes other colleges will adopt the idea for a survivor support center.

“We see issues when survivors come forward and get burned,” Tracy said. “This resource center sends the message that we do care, that OSU cares and that survivors have a place to go. They just have to have the courage to come in that door, that’s it.”

Tracy explained that the campus was going to see more reports of sexual assault, as they already have been, and although it seems like a horrible thing, it meant that the survivors feel safe enough to come forward.

“OSU broke my heart many years ago,” she confessed. “And it broke again tonight – but with pride.”

Jenny Haubenreiser, the executive director of Student Health Services, also spoke during the event. She thanked the campus administration for their efforts and explained that survivors are more likely to report what happens with a support system

in place to help them.

SARC’s confidentiality system gives survivors the chance to have a voice without fearing consequences for coming out about their experience. The primary goal for the center is to listen to the victim. It gives them the power to have a say in what happens and gives their voice back to them.

One of the driving forces behind the development of SARC was the voice of Ed Ray, president of Oregon State University.

He was present when Tracy came forward about her sexual assault sixteen years prior to the center, and has been involved deeply with the campus’s awareness initiative, prevention methods and support developments.

“We pay too little attention to victims,” Ray said. “I’m just embarrassed that so many universities care more about reputation than the victims.

Nobody should have to keep silent. Nobody should have to suffer alone.”

When Tracy came forward to Ray about what had happened to her at OSU over a decade ago, she said that he could have simply told her he was sorry but that it wasn’t his administration back then.

“But he didn’t,” Tracy said. “I knew when I looked at his eyes, I knew that they actually care about me, and that my life mattered… This campus is going to be transformed. Even if you just walk in (to SARC) and don’t even say anything – it’s going to be understood.” news@dailybarometer.com

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Police Beat – 10/3 through 10/8

Tuesday, Oct. 6:

Monday, Oct. 5:

That’s Not a Bathroom A man was arrested around 10 p.m. at Impulse Bar. The man was reported by an Impulse employee for refusing to leave while intoxicated, and also urinating on Impulse’s balcony, poured beer on the bar counter, and stealing some alcohol.

Compiled from the Corvallis Police Department

Saturday, Oct. 3:

fled the yard.

The members of the house turned the water off Flooded Fraternity shortly after, but a large area A Corvallis police officer of the floor of the upstairs responded to a call at Alpha bedroom was wet and the Sigma Phi fraternity for a water leaked through to the report of vandalism. downstairs living room.

A member of the house told the officer that he saw Condiment Chaos three men outside on the front lawn pushing a garden Corvallis police recieved hose into the window. The a report of a burglary that men turned on the hose and occurred between 4 a.m.

Super Glue A report was called about a subject super gluing door locks in a building, causing them to have to be changed at a cost approximation of $185 each.

The suspect, caught on camera, was a resident of the building, and admitted to putting the glue in the locks.

and 6 a.m. on 10th Street.

When the officer entered the Kitchen it became evident that someone had taken a mustard bottle, Sriracha bottle, and two ketchup bottles, then emptied them onto the kitchen floor, table, sink, refrigerator, appliances, cupboards, walls, and other surfaces.

The officer did not find any links to a suspect.

Inventor’s motor aims to save millions in energy costs

By Greg Hack The Kansas City Star

KANSAS CITY, Mo. ­— On the list of a million things Americans think about, electric motors are probably, oh, number a million and one.

But we’re surrounded by them at home, at the office, in our cars, shopping for groceries — hundreds of millions of them just for heating and cooling. And every one of them could be more efficient.

But people like Kansas City inventor Joe Flynn and his two dozen co-workers at QM Power in suburban Kansas City think about motors every day _ and now they have one for sale that federal researchers say could save half a billion dollars in energy costs every year.

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It’s called the Q-Sync Smart Synchronous Motor, and Flynn says it is “one of the coolest things” he’s ever invented.

Its design came to him while he was pondering how a motor could be more efficient than the best ones on the market but also simpler than the cheapest ones, “to keep the costs low.” In the end, said Flynn, the company’s chief technology officer, his design for the Q-Sync was so stripped down “it was hard to believe it ran.”

But run it did.

And now the Q-Sync, designated an “emerging energysaving technology” by the Department of Energy, is ready for market. Specifically, the supermarket market, because it’s just right for running the evaporation fans that keep food cool.

That may seem like small potatoes, but it’s really big lettuce. When you stroll the produce aisle or any cooled display space, you pass a fan-and-motor rig every 4 feet, hidden underneath.

Refrigeration costs are one of the biggest expenses for grocers, where profits are just a few pennies on the dollar.

Getting grocers — and their fan makers, equipment buyers and electrical contractors _ to make the switch is QM Power’s next challenge, an effort led by president and CEO P.J. Piper, who founded the company with Flynn nine years ago.

Piper thinks he can quickly capture 30 to 40 percent of the food-cooling market.

At a recent demonstra-

tion at a Kansas City Price Chopper, where the Q-Sync was outperforming the store’s current fan motors, Piper said: “Our motor uses 50 to 80 percent less energy than current motors, and 98 percent of the total cost of an electric motor is in the energy it consumes.”

And for Piper, whose background is in finance, the clincher is that Flynn’s design “to keep the costs low” means that the Q-Sync, unlike most energy-saving technologies, will not cost buyers more.

Piper didn’t put a unit price on the Q-Sync, saying that would vary based on factors including the size of an order, but said it wouldn’t cost more than the next-most-efficient motors available.

Some other numbers that explain why the little Q-Sync, about the size of two hockey pucks, is such a big deal to Flynn and Piper — and to the departments of Energy and Defense, the National Science Foundation, NASA, utility companies and others interested in energy efficiency: The average grocery store has 225 evaporator fans, and every soda vending machine has one, too. Add in restaurants, bars, convenience stores and other food vendors, and the U.S. has nearly 16 million such fans.

Nearly 80 percent of those fan motors use a design that dates to the late 1800s, invented by Nikola Tesla. The relatively simple design — using AC current to create magnetic fields that make a motor’s rotor spin — has persisted

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P.J. Piper, Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of QM Power closes the door on the environmental chamber that tests the Q-Sync motor. because it’s inexpensive and can last a decade. But it’s so inefficient that any upfront savings evaporate quickly as its electricity use mounts.

In the side-by-side tests being run at the Price Chopper, Q-Sync motors are using only about 20 percent as much energy as the older motors. And the older motors’ wasted energy is lost as heat, further hurting a refrigeration system’s efficiency.

The other grocery fan

motors now in use are a more recent and efficient design, known as ECM motors, which use permanent magnets to reduce the amount of electricity they need, and convert AC current to DC. The motor was invented in 1962, came to market in the late 1980s and finally caught on in the past couple of years, after California ordered a phase-out of the old-style motors. But the Q-Sync is more efficient than them, using 70 percent

as much electricity as the ECM motors, and in some conditions just half as much.

The Q-Sync’s technology, called a synchronous AC motor, has permanent magnets like the ECM, so it keeps that advantage. But it also has advanced electronics _ thanks to Flynn _—that bring the motor quickly up to speed and synchronize it to the frequency of the current from the power grid. When the motor

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Johns Hopkins study links fracking and premature births

By Sean Cockerham McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — New research from Johns Hopkins University suggests pregnant women living near fracking wells in Pennsylvania are more likely to give birth prematurely or have high-risk pregnancies.

“Now that we know this is happening we’d like to figure out why,” said Brian Schwartz, lead researcher and a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. “Is it air quality? Is it the stress? They’re the two leading candidates in our minds at this point.”

Schwartz and his colleagues studied the records of more than 9,000 mothers who gave birth in north and central Pennsylvania between 2009 and 2013.

They compared the data with information about natural gas fracking wells in the region.

The researchers found that living among the most active quartile of fracking activity was associated with a 40 percent increase in premature birth and a 30 percent increase in reported high-risk

pregnancies, which can mean factors like high blood pressure or excessive weight gain.

Johns Hopkins said the research, published in the journal Epidemiology, was peer reviewed and funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Huge amounts of high-pressure water and chemicals are pumped underground in the fracking process to break shale rock and release oil and natural gas inside. .

Schwartz said clearing of land for well pads, recovery of the drilling fluids, and heavy truck traffic on rural roads contributes to the environmental impact of fracking. He said a single study doesn’t provide definitive evidence of the impacts of fracking, but that it adds to the knowledge.

He said other research has shown a connection between fracking wells and low birth weight.

“There are now four studies that have looked at various aspects of reproductive health in relation to this industry and all

have found something,” Schwartz said in an interview.

The Pennsylvania director for Energy In Depth, a research arm of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, said her organization was still going through the Johns Hopkins research but said it “doesn’t take any environmental samples and relies heavily on assumptions.”

Energy In Depth’s Nicole Jacobs also noted that Schwartz is a fellow at the Post Carbon Institute, a think tank that works on alternatives to fossil fuels.

Schwartz said the nation needs energy, but the growth of fracking wells has outpaced knowledge of the environmental and health impacts.

He said the research is “still in its infancy” but should give policymakers reason for concern. “Our research adds evidence to the very few studies that have been done in showing adverse health outcomes associated with the fracking industry,” he said.

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Consumer group sues FDA for inaction on salt

By Tony Pugh McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — A prominent consumer advocacy group sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday for failing to regulate the amount of salt in the nation’s food supply.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest wants the FDA to act on the group’s 10-year-old petition to lift salt’s status as “generally recognized as safe.” Doing so would reclassify salt as a food additive, which subjects it to more stringent regulation, like limits on the amounts allowed in processed foods.

The legal action is the latest chapter in the group’s decadeslong efforts to combat excessive sodium consumption. Eating too much salt can lead to high blood pressure, a major risk factor for heart disease, kidney failure and stroke.

But federal dietary guidelines call for less than 2,300 milligrams of sodium a day for most people ages 14 to 50 — and no more than 1,500 milligrams a day for African-Americans; people with hypertension, diabetes or chronic kidney disease; and those ages 51 and older.

“For more than 35 years, FDA has dragged its feet and refused to do anything to protect Americans from excess sodium in the food supply,” the group’s president, Michael F. Jacobson, said in a statement. “The

government’s inaction condemns hundreds of thousands of Americans to early deaths due to preventable strokes and heart attacks.”

The center first asked the FDA to not recognize salt as safe in 1978. Years of FDA inaction prompted a 1983 lawsuit by the center that was ultimately dismissed. The FDA did, however, agree to consider proposing a change in salt’s status as safe if the food industry didn’t reduce sodium content voluntarily and begin sodium content labeling after a reasonable period of time.

The center sued the FDA again in 2005 for failure to act and refiled its petition to revoke salt’s status as “generally recognized as safe.”

The FDA convened a public hearing on the issue and opened a public comment period on the center’s petition, but the group claims the agency has yet to decide the matter.

The complaint filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia claims the FDA’s delay violates the Administrative Procedure Act, which requires federal agencies to decide petitions in a timely manner. The FDA must file a response to the center’s complaint by Dec. 7.

“The Food and Drug Administration has been promising results on sodium reduction since the Reagan administration and our petition has been pending since

the George W. Bush administration,” Jacobson’s statement said. “It is our hope that the court will tell the Obama administration that it is breaking the law and causing needless deaths and medical expenses by stalling on salt.”

FDA spokeswoman Megan McSeveney said in an email statement that the agency is “developing draft voluntary targets for sodium reduction in various foods.” But the FDA’s goal is to encourage the food industry to “gradually lower sodium in the foods that are available to consumers so that they will have more options available to them.”

“The FDA will continue to consider the citizen petition as it develops its sodium reduction strategies,” McSeveney added.

More than 90 percent of U.S. schoolchildren eat more salt than they should, taking in an average of nearly 3,300 milligrams of sodium per day, according to a government report released last year.

But hiding the kitchen salt shaker won’t do much to curb the problem, because most of the sodium in kids’ diets comes from foods prepared outside the home. In fact, store-bought processed foods like savory snacks, cold cuts, cheese and soups account for 65 percent of the sodium that children eat.

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@ Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Ariz.

October 10, 2015 1 p.m.

On TV: Fox Sports 1 Five Facts You should know about the game 1. In 2012, in his third career game, Storm Barrs-Woods ran for 161 yards in Tucson. He hasn’t exceeded that amount since then and hasn’t faced Arizona again until this week.

4. The Wildcat’s sophomore quarterback Anu Solomon is questionable to play with concussion symptoms; he has 39 career touchdowns and nine interceptions.

2. Oregon State has not lost in Tucson since 1997, with six straight wins in that span.

5. Arizona and Oregon State are the two most recent opponents for Stanford; the Cardinal rushed for 314 yards versus the Wildcats and 325 against the Beavers.

3. Since 2002, the Beavers have beaten the Wildcats nine out of the 11 times the two teams have squared off.

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Seth Collins (QB) Comp. % Yards TD/INT 2015w Season 54.7 581 5/1 *Leads OSU in rushing yards (306 yards)

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Anu Solomon (QB) Comp. % Yards TD/INT 2015 Season 65.2 845 11/0 *Did not play last week against Stanford

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Caleb Saulo, LB 32 tackles (18 solo), 1 interception, 1 return touchdown,

Storm Barrs-Woods (RB) Carries Yards TD 2015 Season 65 262 1 *4th running back in OSU history with 1,000 yards receiving yards

Nick Wilson (RB) Caffies Yards TD 2015 Season 103 605 6 *Averaging 121 rushing yards per game

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VIctor Bolden (WR) Receptions Yards TD 2015 Season 14 75 1 * 171 yards from scrimmage this season

Oregon State: Keys to the game • Get Victor Bolden involved: the junior wideout hasn’t topped 31 receiving yards in a game this year. In his sophomore year he was the teams leading reciever and averaged 66.5 yards per game.

• Stop Nick Wilson: Despite the rough start to conference play, running back Nick

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Arizona: Keys to the game

Wilson has carried the offense. He leads the conference in rushing with 616 yards to go along with his six touchdowns.

• Spread the wealth: Collins has contributed to most of the OSU rushing attack. the freshman signal caller is the team’s leader in rushing yards, someone else has to prove they can run with it.

• Stop the run: Arizona has allowed 527 rush yards in two Pac-12 games, both losses. Oregon State through their first four games have averaged 188 yards on the ground.

• Run the offense through Anu Solomon: He is a talented playmaker who has experience in all aspects of the

game. Before his injury he threw 11 touchdowns without an interception.

• Regain a defensive identity: Last season the Wildcats gave up an average of 26 points a game in conference play with their aggressive 3-3-5 defense.

Through two Pac-12 games the Wildcats have given up 111 points.

Staff picks Brian Rathbone Sports Editor

Anu Solomon appears to be back at quarterback for the Wildcats, he makes that offense so much better. Arizona has a suspect defense, but the same could be said about the Oregon State offense. I’m taking the Wildcats in the heat of the desert, 32-24.

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Oregon State will upset a team this year, but Arizona is not that team. The Wildcats are reeling but the Beavers have not learned to win on the road yet. Arizona will take a 28-20 victory.

Oregon State will use this game to springboard them into a three game winning streak. The Wildcats are reeling right now, and OSU has had two weeks to prepare. OSU will take the 35-21 victory.

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Men’s soccer faces tough road series Beavers look to continue winning on the road

By Danny Rice Sports Contributor

After two shutout victories over Pac-12 opponents this past weekend, the Beavers found themselves back in the NSCAA Top 25 poll at No. 16, but don’t expect sophomore goalkeeper Nolan Wirth and company to be eager to talk about it.

“It’s a distraction honestly,” Wirth said. “ We don’t need to be focusing on that.”

Instead, the Beavers (7-3-0) are focusing on their tough road series this weekend in the

Bay Area. They face the California Golden Bears at 3:30 p.m. at Edwards Stadium and finish the weekend series Sunday against the Stanford Cardinal at 1 p.m. at Cagan Stadium.

This series is especially tough for the Beavers as they have an all-time road record of 6-34-2 against Cal and Stanford.

Going into this weekend, riding a two game winning streak, sophomore defender Sam Tweeton feels like they are ready to earn valuable points.

“Our confidence right now is really high,” he said. “We put in a lot of work this week and (the key) is to stay sharp defensively.”

Their first matchup against Cal (5-3-0) is going to be a

clash of different styles of play.

Cal has scored 16 goals in their past seven games, while Oregon State is in the top-25 in the nation in goals allowed.

Besides their first game, Cal has scored in every game this year, while Oregon State is tied for sixth in the nation in shutouts.

Head coach Steve Simmons is confident that his team can defend well against Cal’s offense. “(Cal) is oftly high powered,” he said. “But we have to continue to be resolute defensively.

We have to keep possession better and keep pressure off our backs.”

The Beavers will look to Tweeton and reigning Pac-12 Player of the Week Jalen Mar-

key to anchor the backline and keep the game low scoring.

Oregon State finishes the weekend against No. 3 Stanford, a team they haven’t beat in Palo Alto since 2005. But Wirth says the team doesn’t pay attention to things like that.

“We don’t need to look into that,” he said. “Any team in the nation can beat any team any given day, and any team can lose any given day.”

Similarly to Oregon State, Stanford presents a very stout defense that ranks sixth in the nation in goals allowed as they have only conceded five goals all year. Wirth and his defense may have a busy afternoon as Stanford also ranks

17th in the nation in shots per game at 16.11. Their physical defense has been one of the main reasons they are on an eight-match winning streak, a streak which the Beavers look to end Sunday.

“We go into every game thinking we are the underdog,” Tweeton said. “We always feel like we have something to prove.”

Fortunately for Oregon State, Stanford looks to be without their phenom forward, Jordan Morris who is on international duty playing for the United States U-23 team that is currently trying to qualify for the Summer Olympics next year in Brazil. Stanford is no stranger to playing without Morris, who is the Pac-12 leader in shot per

game, as they boast a 6-0-1 record in games without him. “(The key) is to stay collective as a team,” Wirth said. “And countering when we need to and holding back when we need to.”

The Beavers will need to lean on sophomore midfielder Graham Smith and senior midfielder Mikhail Doholis to control the midfield and keep possession. Considering both teams style of play, sophomore forward Timmy Mueller and the Beavers need to be ready to take advantage of scoring opportunities when they present themselves.

“This weekend is massive,” Simmons said. “That’s why we’re here, it’s what we live for.” @DRice1730

Volleyball starts four game road trip with matchups against Stanford, Cal Beavers try to minimize errors in California

By Kyle Hanna Sports Contributor

The Oregon State volleyball team begins their four-game road trip when they travel to the Bay Area to take the Stanford Cardinal and the California Golden Bears this weekend.

The Beavers (3-11, 1-3 Pac12) are coming off of a weekend split, with a win over Utah on Oct. 2 followed by a loss to Colorado on Oct. 4.

The team looks to improve in a jumbled Pac-12 race in which five teams currently have a 2-2 record. The Beavers will get a boost with the return of redshirt freshman outside hitter Lanesha Reagan (concussion) and redshirt junior

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Sophomore outside hitter Mary-Kate Marshall spikes the ball against Utah on Oct. 2. setter Dana Backlund (ankle).

According to head coach Terry Liskevych, Reagan played “very well” against Oregon.They will need their services, as take on one of the top teams in the country. “(The Cardinal are)a seniorladen team, with experienced

setters and outside hitters,” Liskevych said.

Against Stanford (8-4, 2-2), the Beavers will face the top hitter in the Pac-12, Merete Lutz a 6’8 sophomore, who is in the top-10 in blocks and hitting percentage. The Beavers will look to neutralize

ceed. His touch on his passes was a key reason why Arizona even had a passing game in the first place. Arizona has the receivers in Cayleb Jones and Samajie Grant, but if there isn’t a quarterback to throw them the ball then Arizona’s offense is one dimensional.

BR: What does Solomon bring to the table that Jerrard Randall doesn’t?

JS: Craftiness. Jerrard Randall is arguably the most explosive player on the team and runs hard, but throws the ball at a speed that the receivers can’t catch. Solomon’s best work is when he rolls out of the pocket and even though he doesn’t have the speed to raise eyebrows, his ability to extend plays and consume extra yards is what makes him a special player. As mentioned, Solomon has the soft touch as well as the accuracy so if the receivers aren’t open, expect him to gain a few yards. Of course, Oregon State understands what Solomon can do and especially with his injury, they will be in Solomon’s grill all game.

BR: The Arizona defense gave up 26 points per game a season ago in conference play. Through two games they have given up a combined 111 points. What hasn’t been happing this season compared to last?

JS: Scooby Wright III. That’s what hasn’t happened. Wright swept the national defensive player of the year awards last season and this season, he has battled injuries with a lateral meniscus tear in his left knee and a sprained right foot. So the absence of Arizona’s ringleader deflates the defense, but the scheme of the defense is the wrong style for the

conference. Running a 3-3-5 defense is great against a team like Oregon, but a team with a productive run game hurts the defense. Just look at the two losses this season, what do Stanford and UCLA have in common? Paul Perkins, Soso Jamobo and Christian McCaffrey ran like madmen.

If Arizona wants to have any success in the post-Scooby era, the 3-3-5 needs to hit the road. Also Arizona is younger this season and has a different batch of defensive back’s and if that’s the focus point of the defense, then the experience for the ‘Cats is very slim.

BR: How do you see Saturday’s game shaking out?

What’s your prediction?

JS: Saturday will be a test for the Beavers just as much as a test for Arizona. It’s an afternoon game and a Saturday afternoon in Tucson is unbearably hot so the weather will definitely play a factor in the game. This is the first quarterback Arizona has seen this season that is a dual threat quarterback so attempting to sack on the rollout will be a challenge for Arizona’s front six. Saturday will be a tight game, however I believe a defensive back will make a game winning turnover on a last minute drive to prevent the Beavers from sending it to overtime.

Even though Seth Collins is an up and coming quarterback, he’s still a true freshman and his inexperience will show.

On the other hand UCLA’s true freshman quarterback Josh Rosen and the high-powered offense posted 56 points against the ‘Cats so I’ve been proven wrong before. Arizona wins 28-20.

Behind enemy lines

By Brian Rathbone Sports Editor

The Daily Barometer will do a Q&A with a writer of the upcoming opponent’s newspaper. This week, Justin Spears, the senior football reporter of the Arizona Daily Wildcat answered our questions about Saturday’s matchup in Tucson, Ariz.

Brian Rathbone: Arizona entered the season with high expectations and have now lost two straight conference games. How much of that can be attributed to injuries? Or are there issues with the team that go beyond injuries?

Justin Spears: Injuries play a viable role in Arizona’s unsuccessful jump to their Pac-12 campaign, however Rich Rodriguez must feel at fault for lack of recruiting.

The Wildcats starting cast is as talented as any team in the conference, but success should follow with an improving recruiting class just in case injuries occur. The injury bug has hit the Wildcats heavy this season, but Rodriguez understands that he could’ve resolved the issue from recruiting at a high level after snagging the school’s first Pac-12 South title.

BR: With signs pointing to the return of quarterback Anu Solomon after sitting out majority of the past two games, what kind of boost does this bring to the team?

JS: Anu Solomon returning is the only way for Arizona to be relatively competitive this season. Solomon is a player that is overlooked as a leader, but his absence in the second half against UCLA and on the road in Stanford revealed that the Wildcats need him to suc-

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Stanford’s size with precise serving.

The Beavers continue their tour of California when they head to Berkeley to take on Cal (6-9, 0-4).

“We must execute when the ball is on our side of the net,” Liskevych said. “We’re pretty good when we play in system” Solid setting and outside hitting will be imperative throughout conference play.

In preparation for the road trip the Beavers held high energy practices with an emphasis in blocking.

“We are always fairly intense, the least intense our team has been was for the Sunday morning match against Colorado,” Liskevych said. “Those 11 a.m. matches can be difficult to get up for.”

The morning matches usually do not carry as much intensity as a night game, in which more fans are usually

in attendance.

The team thrives when they are able to set up their outside hitters, sophomore Mary-Kate Marshall, last year’s Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, and redshirt-junior Katelyn Driscoll.

“Driscoll had a really good Match against Colorado and a really good week of practice,”

Liskevych said.

This team needs to improve in what Coach Liskevych calls “out-of-system” plays essentially where a play breaks down and does not go exactly as planned.

“We need to minimize our errors when a play breaks down,” Liskevych said. sports@dailybarometer.com

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speed and current frequency are in sync, the motor’s electronics can be shut off, saving more energy. Not having to convert AC current to DC also saves some power.

In the past, such synchronizing technology has been too expensive for widespread use. But as Flynn said, “My specialty has always been how to make a dollar’s worth of stuff for a nickel.”

Add it all up — as the Oak Ridge National Laboratory did in a recent report _ and replacing all those fan motors with the Q-Sync could save businesses $517 million a year.

The energy savings also would reduce the demand on the power grid around 600 megawatts and cut annual carbon dioxide emissions 4 million tons.

For that report, Bryan R. Becker, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, collaborated with Brian Fricke of Oak Ridge’s energy and transportation science division. Besides research into the cooling-fan market and motor efficiencies, they monitored and verified results from another side-by-side test of Q-Sync and ECM motors at a Hy-Vee in suburban Kansas City.

Piper expects more good results to roll in this year when, under another government grant, 10,000 Q-Syncs are installed in more than

50 grocery stores across the country. The people doing the installing are another group Piper hopes to win over, and a Kansas City, Kan., company that does that work, Design Mechanical, has already seen the results.

Mike Cash, a service sales engineer with Design Mechanical who installed the Q-Syncs at the Price Chopper, said: “Upgrading lighting can provide a 10 to 20 percent energy saving. But these evaporation motors can save 40 to 50 percent and provide a better payback.”

Piper also is working with utilities to make sure their customers know about rebates and other energy-conservation incentives that will help them pay for the Q-Sync. QM Power is even considering contracts that essentially give the fans and motors away and recoup the costs by splitting money from the energy savings with buyers.

Bobby Castaneda of CLEAResult, which contracts with Kansas City Power & Light to promote energy savings, said KCP&L was “always looking for new technologies that can reduce the load on the electric grid. QM has been assertive in demonstrating its technology works — offering proof, and not just theory or sales talk.”

QM Power, like other motor makers, is outsourcing production, so it won’t create lots of manufacturing jobs locally.

But staff and revenue have been growing by more than 50 percent a year recently, Piper

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QM Power based in Lee’s Summit, Mo., developed an energy-saving motor for store refrigeration units. said, and could grow faster the next couple of years.

Piper, 45, has seen such growth before. His previous company, Aspen Aerogels, a high-tech insulation company in Boston, quickly grew to 150 people and went public last year. Now Piper is scouting properties to triple QM Power’s current 4,000 square feet of office and lab space.

There, the QM Power team has used everything from computers and a 3-D printer to laser cutters, a freezing chamber and arrays of fans to develop, prototype, test and refine the 12-watt Q-Sync.

And with the help of another government grant, the team

is working on using the technology in bigger motors, such as the half-horsepower ones common in heating and air-conditioning.

Becker and Fricke, in their Oak Ridge Laboratory report, also saw that possibility for QM Power’s technology in the “hundreds of millions” of U.S. heating and refrigeration motors, which use nearly 30 times as much energy as the evaporation fans Q-Sync is going after first.

So Flynn, 65, doesn’t think the initial Q-Sync will be his last breakthrough.

“No, it never stops,” he said.

“We’ll keep inventing. That’s what we do.”

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Today’s Birthday (10/09/15). Your thoughtful plans bear abundant fruit this year. Meditate, contemplate and create.

Discipline with communications and publishing pays satisfying dividends. Springtime professional discoveries make personal dreams possible. An inspiring, peaceful phase over late summer restores you before a busy autumn. Care for family and home with love.

Level: 1 2 3 4

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 9 — It’s easier to resolve creative misunderstandings now that Mercury is direct.

Communications barriers dissolve. Good news comes from far away. The end of a project is near. Keep up momentum, and do what needs to be done.

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Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — It’s easier to play the game, with Mercury direct.

Logistics fall together. Assume responsibility. Opposites attract.

There’s no pleasing everybody, though. Question authority.

Family comes first. You can get whatever you need. Find the perfect deal.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Exploration calls.

It’s easier to learn, now that Mercury’s direct. Creative efforts take a leap forward. Friends spur you to action. A previously hidden door presents new options. Water helps you think clearly. Make a persuasive case for love.

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Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 9 — Communication gets easier. Launch projects now that Mercury’s direct. Use charm and persuasion. Successes come through your own efforts, despite the impulse to run. Say what you’ve been holding back. You’re plenty busy ... streamline routines and get support.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — A glass ceiling is dissolving. Long-distance connections come together.

It’s easier to travel, launch and get your message out, with Mercury direct. Change your tune. Confirm feelings by asking questions. They love you. Leave misconceptions behind.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — This could be a lucky break. Traffic flows with greater ease, with Mercury direct. A brilliant discovery leads to a new plan. Keep it practical. Avoid distractions and silly arguments.

Push boldly forward. Choose, and take action.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — It’s easier to advance group projects.

Brainstorming is more productive, with Mercury direct.

Address an uncomfortable situation head on. Begin a fresh page. Discover new footing.

Negotiations go well. Friends are there for you.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — You gain clarity on the job. Wait to hear what’s wanted before trying to provide it. Avoid wasted effort and distractions.

Compromise. Consensus comes easier now that Mercury’s direct.

Money and travel flow. Align the team and go.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — You and a partner can resolve a previously-stuck issue, with Mercury direct. Lines of communication clear. Speak from your heart. Don’t hold back! The unvarnished truth is best. Create new possibilities. Articulate promises and schedule them.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 9 — Be practical.

Advance by using old methods and pathways. There’s less confusion at work, with Mercury direct. Push to gain more authority. Work quickly but carefully. A rush job preempts scheduled programming. Avoid provoking jealousies. Full speed ahead.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — New income opportunities open, with Mercury direct. Go for the big prize.

Assume authority. Go ahead and make a purchase. Group membership pays off newly. They support your efforts. Don’t be intimidated. Ask for help.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — Work for a vision.

A barrier to your objective is dissolving. Words and traffic flow better, with Mercury direct.

Career is highlighted, and a move is possible. Watch for hidden agendas. Avoid backtracking.

Toss the superfluous. Go. (Astrologer Nancy Black continues her mother Linda Black’s legacy horoscopes column. She welcomes comments and questions on Twitter, @lindablack. For more astrological interpretations visit Linda Black Horoscopes and www.nancyblack.com) ©2015 BY NANCY BLACK. DISTRIBUTED

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Time, money hinders progress Sean Bassinger Forum Contributor

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What is “progress?”

My path toward a college degree tells me “this is clearly progress,” while the increasing five figure student debt in my credit report yells “the hell happens now?”

This is one of many concepts that came up in a recent media theory class of mine.

The general definitions discussed around class focused a lot around improvement, stability and betterment.

But as one of the books we’re reading, “Culture and Technology” by Jennifer Daryl Slack and J. MacGregor Wise explains, we may often encounter issues with quantity as opposed to quality.

That is, we live in a society that often screams “more” as opposed to “better.”

More new iPhones, more updated editions of expensive textbooks, more elaborate social undertakings and more digital entertainment than we even have time for anymore.

We need more and we need it now, all in the name of progress.

To question otherwise means you may have problems.

Even today, you especially don’t question the concept of American capitalism among the masses.

If you have really mean and delusional friends, they may go so far as to call you a “communist,” or something.

I’m starting to wonder if people who use “socialist” and “communist” as insults even know what the terms mean anymore.

But based on the staggering amounts of rising debt across the board, a continued disconnect from something as simple as meaningful conversation and degraded relationships, there’s a good chance we could call our current capitalistic juggernaut of a path anything but “progress”.

Overall household student loan debt totaled around $1.16 trillion as of 2014, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

In terms of family-building progress, the American Psychological Association reports that around 40 to 50 percent of married couples today wind up filing for divorce.

Right now, the majority appears to be a revolving door of debt in the name of profit, profit in the name of personal gain and personal gain in the name of progress.

Wages continue to drop as more individuals work harder, longer hours for less.

So we’re essentially broke and unhappy — I’m merely assuming that divorce or romantic separation are supposed to be unhappy outcomes for someone in terms of marital status.

But to be fair, this does not account for other various long-term relationship settings that may or may not be more or less successful. Still, it’s a bit scary in itself, given how much social power we still place upon the almighty wedding.

Oh, and the costs on those? Knot, a company that specializes in all things wedding, reported more than $30,000 on average back in March per wedding.

Does anyone else ever stop and wonder what we’re even paying for anymore? Because whoever said “money can’t buy happiness” wasn’t kidding.

I don’t know what true progress is or how we could even begin to define it, but our output on many levels does not seem to match our everincreasing input.

Honestly, it almost feels like we’re paying for stress and depression these days.

Just look at how the New York Times recently exposed many outlandish practices seen at the retail giant Amazon. The investigative article “Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace,” which ran Aug. 15, took in account the experiences of many high-end managers and other workers within the company.

Though talented, driven and determined, a great chunk of those inter-

viewed flat out said they couldn’t handle the conditions, even though some continued to. This is happening all over.

But one has to ask: How long can this seriously keep up until something collapses?

There’s no metaphorical motivational poster of any kind that would keep your body going if you attempted to exceed your limits on a treadmill for hours. If you need to break down, you’re going to break down. Physics probably wouldn’t allow otherwise.

And the same goes for a system such as ours, which appears to revolve around an endless void at this point.

On the bright side, we do have those who can afford to pursue their passions to a greater length.

We do have scientists, engineers, artists, writers, creators and entrepreneurs who have the resources and hubris to challenge the norms in the name of real progress.

Only issue is that it’s not the majority. Right now, the majority appears to be a revolving door of debt in the name of profit, profit in the name of personal gain and personal gain in the name of progress.

We’ve turned monetary gain and progress into one in the same to the point where any real human progression becomes meaningless.

And unless we can see how someone really helps our collective condition instead of using a chain of fancy buzz words to keep the rest of us motivated downstairs, it will stay this way.

We’ll be stuck in the same “paycheck to paycheck” standard we should have left behind after the industrial age ended.

Clearly, we deserve better.

We should be smart enough and capable enough without settling with what the masses claim is the “best” way without trying anything different.

As I’ve said before, I don’t know the greatest definition of progress.

I am, however, confident that the terms “stagnation” or “debt ceiling” are nowhere to be found in it. forum@dailybarometer.com The opinions expressed in Bassinger’s articles do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff.

CBS drops Hollywood Film Awards

By Glenn Whipp Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES – Until last year, the only people who saw the Hollywood Film Awards were the A-list recipients and their teams, movie studio executives and publicists, journalists and the waitstaff at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

That changed in 2014 when CBS and Dick Clark Productions, an investment partner in the show, began what was announced as a “multi-year broadcast agreement” to televise the November ceremony, which bills itself as the “official launch of the award season.”

And still, pretty much the only people who saw the Hollywood Film Awards were the recipients, their teams and the rest.

Following dismal ratings, CBS and the Hollywood Film Awards have parted ways, and the awards will not be broadcast on the network, according to both CBS and Dick Clark Productions.

It’s a stark turnaround for a show that had been attempting to follow the status trajectory of the Golden Globes, another Dick Clark Pro-

ductions event that, over the years, has moved from punchline to a TV–ratings powerhouse.

“We’re designing this as the ‘greatest-kept secret in Hollywood,’” CBS Executive Vice President Jack Sussman told The Times last year, pointing to the 3 prime-time hours the network blocked off for the show. “We believe in this franchise.”

That belief proved fleeting after the show’s initial broadcast on Nov. 14, 2014, averaged just 4.1 million viewers, at the time the smallest broadcast network audience of the season.

This year’s Hollywood Film Awards, its 19th, will be held Nov. 1 at the Beverly Hilton with clips from the ceremony packaged online. Robert De Niro will receive a career achievement award. Other recipients will be announced in the coming weeks.

The CBS bailout does not seem to have dampened Hollywood’s eagerness to promote its awards-season fare on the red carpet outside the Hilton. Movie studios have been jockeying for months, multiple sources say, to secure prime spots on the show. Because

of the ceremony’s early calendar date – about two months before the Globes – such spots are coveted for their promotional value.

Studios have long enjoyed a cozy relationship with the Hollywood Film Awards and its founders, Mozambique–born entrepreneur Carlos de Abreu and his wife, former “The Price Is Right” model Janice Pennington. Honors have sometimes been given to movies and performers sight unseen, with winners joking on stage about the strangeness of receiving an award for a movie that’s still in the editing room.

Dick Clark Productions executives say that the winners are chosen by De Abreu and a 12– member selection team. The identities of the panel have remained confidential so “studios won’t lobby them for votes,” Dick Clark Productions programming executive Mark Bracco told The Times last year.

But multiple awards-season campaigners paint a different picture, saying the primary measure for winning is simply a willingness to show up for the ceremony.

Last year, for example, organizers reached out to David Fincher (“Gone Girl”) and Christopher Nolan (“Interstellar”) for its director award. Both passed. Two weeks before the event and after a strong showing at the Gotham Awards, Richard Linklater was asked if he’d accept for “Boyhood.”

But Linklater was shooting a movie in Texas, the college-set “Everybody Wants Some” and declined to alter his schedule at the last minute to fly to Los Angeles.

And that’s how “The Imitation Game’s” Morten Tyldum took the Hollywood Film Awards honor for best director.

“Everybody knows these are negotiations and not awards,” says a veteran Oscar consultant. “But I will tell you that at every studio meeting I’ve had this year, one of the first questions I’m asked is: ‘What’s happening with the Hollywood Film Awards?’ They’re first, so they matter because...you know...it’s great publicity.”

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