The Daily Barometer, Tuesday, October 13, 2015

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Going in for the krill

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Ari Friedlaender, associate professor of fisheries and wildlife at the Marine Mammal Institute, tags a blue whale off the the Oregon coast.

OSU researchers discover new details in blue whales’ hunting habits

By Sean Bassinger Senior Beat Reporter

Contributed by Ari Friedlaender

Ari Friedlaender, associate professor of fisheries and wildlife at the Marine Mammal Institute, working in the field.

Blue whales are diving deep in retreaval of high-density krill populations and bypassing less filling options, according to a recent study.

Based out of Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, Ari Friedlaender, a principle investigator and associate professor at Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute and his colleagues study blue whales, their habitat and krillbased diet. In cooperation with the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Stanford University, Friedlaender’s newest findings reveal how the whales feed in greater detail.

Previously, it was thought that blue wales ate any time any krill were available.

Highlighted in Tech Times and published in the journal Science Advances, the new research describes how the blue whale will target areas with more krill available to eat. If there are less available, the whales won’t dive down and instead conserve the energy and oxygen they would have otherwise used up.

“What the data we’ve got shows is that the animals mediate their behavior,” Freidlaender said.

Freidlaender and his associates collect the data with multi-

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sensor recording tags attached to new whales. An echo sounder is then used to calculate depth, location and density of the food available.

“From that we can infer where the animals are feeding,” he said.

Since the animals migrate often, energy conservation remains essential.

Daniel Palacios, an assistant professor at the Marine Mammal Institute who specializes in marine habitats, said more dense populations of krill tend to appear along areas in the west coast.

“Sometimes the ocean floor can be very rugged or there are underwater canyons or island,” Palacios said. “That tends to stir up nutrients more. The whales go to target those areas.”

Palacios described common blue whale feeding habits as an equivalent to wholesale bulk grocery store purchases. The whales are known to stock up on nutrients needed over time.

“They need to have large amounts and large concentrations,” Palacios said.

Bruce Mate, director at the Marine Mammal Institute, said some of the blue whales they’ve tagged have travelled thousands of kilometers since July.

“There are some blue whales that have already, since early July, travelled four, five, or six thousand kilometers,” Mate said.

Blue whales tend to weigh between 60 and 80 tons, according to Mate.

“These are some of the largest animals in the world,” he said.

“There’s nothing for them to eat in Hawaii, so they’re fasting the whole time they migrate.”

Part of the Marine Mammal Institutes whale tagging research, which Mate has helped pioneer, is a continuing effort to help conserve existing populations and minimize human impact on their environments.

Blue whales are an endangered species primarily because of unnatural occurrences that take place within their environment.

“They’re only endangered because of commercial whaling and other human activities,” Friedlaender said.

Hunting has been one of the greatest impacts, with the number of blue whales in the Antarctic region alone going from 336,000 in the early 1900s to less than 2,000 today, Mate added.

“We aren’t even back up to anything close that we could call recovered,” Mate said.

Mate and other researchers work to find solutions to reduce human activity in areas populated by the whales.

Additional information on programs and studies from the Marine Mammal Institute can be found at mmi.oregonstate.edu. news@dailybarometer.com

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Police Beat 10/8 through 10/12 Compiled from the Corvallis Police Department

Monday, Oct. 12:

Sunday, Oct. 11:

When you gotta go A woman was arrested for disorderly conduct after yelling obsceneties at a police officer before dropping her pants, squatting down and urinating on the asphalt in plain view of the public.

Friday, Oct. 9:

Nine dollars saved A man was arrested for theft of services after reportedly jumping out of a moving vehicle in order to avoid paying the $9 cab fair.

asked to leave, the man threw a trash can cover at the exit doors and was arrested.

Four dollars saved A woman was cited with theft in the third degree Anger management II after stealing four cups from the Dollar Tree. Each cup A man was arrested for was worth $1. criminal mischief after he walked into the Rite Aid Pharmacy and threw a Anger management A Winco employee called photo processing computer police after a man refused onto the floor, damaging it. to leave the store. When

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Solar, wind power surge as drilling falters

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WASHINGTON — While the production of fossil fuels drops in the United States, solar and wind power is skyrocketing as technology and cheaper financing drive down the costs.

“In the U.S., we’ve known that wind energy can be cheaper than (natural) gas in some states, but solar is now inching toward that same milestone,” said Jacqueline Lilinshtein, U.S. analyst for Bloomberg New Energy Finance, a firm that advises industry clients on energy issues.

Texas leads the U.S. in wind power, with about 10 percent of its power from wind. California, Nevada and North Carolina are the nation’s top solar states and dominate the market.

The federal government expects a surge in renewable energy in the coming year, especially as solar expands from its traditional base of home rooftop panels to major utility-scale production.

“U.S. solar and wind power generating capacity is expected to see double digit growth in 2016,” said Adam Sieminski, the head of the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

This comes as America’s fracking boom is starting to falter. The crash in oil prices is shrinking the profits for drillers. Estimated U.S. crude oil production dropped by 120,000 barrels a day last month and is forecast to keep going down for most of the coming year at least.

Coal continues its downward spiral. Even coal areas that weathered past hard times, such as Indiana and Western Kentucky, are having a tough year, and major coal companies are going bankrupt.

“Production is expected to decrease in all coalproducing regions in 2015, with the largest decline on

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Adam Sieminski EIA administrator a percentage basis occurring in the Appalachian region,” according to the Department of Energy.

Costs of generating electricity from coal and natural gas are rising as renewables penetrate the market and fossil fuel plants run less, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

In the meantime, the cost of wind and solar continued to go down this year, signaling “a significant shift in the generating cost comparison between renewable energy and fossil fuels.”

“Onshore wind and solar are both now much more competitive against the established generation technologies than would have seemed possible only five or 10 years ago,” said Luke Mills, an energy economics analyst for Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

The average U.S. price of coal and natural gas power is still cheaper than renewables at $65 a megawatthour, compared with wind at $80 and photovoltaic solar _ generating electricity from sunlight — at $107.

But that gap is shrinking, and renewable costs can be even lower with federal subsidies. Ethan Zindler, head of policy analysis for Bloomberg New Energy Finance, said he saw a solar power purchase agreement in Texas for $50 per

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World’s oldest working scientist takes on Alzheimer’s

By Blythe Bernhard St. Louis Post-Dispatch

URBANA, Ill. — Professor Fred Kummerow needs money. The bio-chemist at the University of Illinois wants to study the link between diet and Alzheimer’s disease, and he won’t find out until next spring if he won a three-year federal grant for his research lab.

He’s asking for donations to keep the lab going. That’s all he said he wanted for his 101st birthday.

Philanthropists might question the value of donating to the world’s oldest working scientist. But even in his ninth decade of research, Kummerow knows he’s a good investment: “I’ve gotten the trans fat out of the diet — ­ has somebody else done that?”

Trans fats are found in margarine, fried foods and processed foods such as crackers and snack cakes.

After nearly 60 years of writing about the link between trans fats and heart disease, Kummerow was vindicated in 2013 when the Food and Drug Administration required food companies to phase out the fats. The ban came just months after Kummerow sued the agency for its failure to act on his findings.

“The industry is very powerful, and they love to have this stuff in the diet because it has a long shelf life,” Kummerow said.

Now, Kummerow wants to show how a poor diet can cause brain plaques seen in dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. It’s a personal quest _ his sister-in-law and benefactor Verna Hildebrand died of the disease last year.

Kummerow studied the menus from her nursing home and was dismayed to find too many carbohydrates and a lack of eggs, vegetables and fruit in the residents’ diets.

Ku m m e row re c e n t l y applied to the National Institute on Aging for a $1.8 million, three-year grant to study the effects of diet on pigs’ brains. The scientist and his team including two assis-

tant professors in the university’s College of Veterinary Medicine plan to feed three groups of pigs diets containing different amounts of fats.

Then they’ll check the animals’ brains for the plaques and blockages that are linked to Alzheimer’s. Kummerow is confident they’ll find a connection.

“These oxidized fats get into the brain. And as I’ve been working for 60 years with fats and cholesterol, I thought I could make a contribution to Alzheimer’s research,” Kummerow said.

Although Kummerow technically retired from the university at 71, he never quit working. He rode a bike to his campus lab into his 80s. The lab, with two assistant professors who volunteer half their time, is funded from Kummerow’s own money and donations from a couple of charitable foundations.

His published scientific papers total 460.

“I’ve never relaxed in my life. I’ve always worked,” Kummerow said. “When most people retire they may be good for a couple weeks or a couple months but eventually they don’t use their brains enough and it’s hard to get started on something.

I want to do something that will contribute to the welfare of people.”

Even Kummerow’s vacations are work trips. He has traveled to 32 countries, including a trip behind the Iron Curtain in the 1970s.

There he survived an earthquake in Romania that was 7.2 on the Richer scale that killed more than 1,500 people. On the same trip, American embassy staff told him his hotel room in Leningrad was bugged. But the only secrets Kummerow was after were scientific.

“I wanted to know if they knew any more about heart disease than we did. And they didn’t. Nobody knew more than we did,” he said.

Back in his lab, Kummerow set out to prove that cholesterol did not cause heart disease, a theory that contradicted the scientific consensus of the time. The

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professor picked apart the diseased arteries surgeons had removed during bypass surgeries. He compared those to the arteries of pigs who had no cholesterol in their diets but still had blockages.

Kummerow concluded it had to be trans fats and oxidized fats, created from frying, that clogged up arteries.

Dietitians started to agree.

Today, the once-vilified egg with its bundle of cholesterol is considered a health food, just as Kummerow always claimed.

He still eats one egg every day for breakfast, along with oatmeal mixed with yogurt, one banana and three prunes. A caregiver-turnedresearch-assistant helps Kummerow with computer work and cooks his meals.

Lunch is baked chicken or fish, steamed vegetables and a salad with orange juice

Feds reject school plan for transgender student

By Duaa Eldeib Chicago Tribune

A suburban Chicago transgender student’s fight for full locker room access will continue after federal officials deemed inadequate a solution proposed by the state’s largest high school district, school officials said Monday.

The transgender student filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights about a year and a half ago, seeking unrestricted access to a locker of the gender the student identifies with in Palatine, Ill.-based Township High School District 211.

Superintendent Daniel Cates said school officials and board of education members worked for months in hopes of finding an acceptable compromise. The proposed solution, which Cates said was “quickly squelched,” gave the transgender student use of the locker room but asked that the student change and shower in private.

The district anticipates an official written response from the Office of Civil Rights in the coming days. In the meantime, however, school officials said they were told the Office of Civil Rights found the district’s solution to

of Illinois

Fred Kummerow, professor of veterinary biosciences, is 101 years old and is still conducting scientific research.

be “inadequate and discriminatory,” according to a posting on the district’s website.

“At some point we have to balance the privacy rights of 12,000 students with other particular, individual needs of another group of students,” Cates said. “We believe this infringes on the privacy of all the students that we serve.”

School officials said they are responsive to the needs of their transgender students, including listing their self-identified gender and preferred name on school records, Cates said. Transgender students also can play on the sports teams of the gender they identify with and use the bathrooms of that gender.

If the district cannot reach a compromise with federal officials, it risks losing some of its federal funding, which last year totaled about $6 million.

“It’s not about an individual student,” Cates said. “This matter really is about whether a federal government office can dictate terms and practices on local school districts that we think override the local communities.”

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and vinegar dressing. Dinner is the same as lunch, but with smaller portions. The professor drinks whole milk and never any alcohol. He rarely needs a nap. On occasion, he’ll treat himself to a small slice of cherry pie. A nurse visits each Wednesday to check his blood pressure (good) and lungs (clear).

Kummerow’s colleagues

hope his next book will be an autobiography. But the professor says his work is more interesting than his life.

Diana Yates, a health sciences writer at the university, calls Kummerow “an iconoclast.”

“He’s somehow managed to avoid adopting the common wisdom about big medical issues, choosing instead to see for himself — with

fresh vision and original questions that nobody else has thought to ask,” said Yates, a health sciences writer at the university.

On Oct. 4, his friends and family gathered to celebrate the professor’s birthday with an angel food cake. It’s fat-free.

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Caleb Saulo: doing it the ‘right way’ Saulo grows into his own with help from his girlfriend, teammates

By Josh Worden Senior Beat Reporter

Caleb Saulo stresses that he wants to be better. Not just as an outside linebacker, where he has 32 tackles this year, a forced fumble and a pick-six. Not just as a teammate, playing alongside the guys he’s been with since his redshirt year in 2012.

He also wants to be the best boyfriend possible.

Saulo met his now-girlfriend, Rachel, after coming to OSU. Rachel has since graduated with a mechanical engineering degree.

“She has a lot of stress on her hands, too,” Saulo said. “I just try to do my house duties as a man because she’s got a full-time job now. We both have a lot on our plate.”

The two initially connected over, of all things, football. They met while watching a Seahawks game at a mutual friend’s party.

“She saw me wearing a Marshawn Lynch jersey,” Saulo said. “She came up to me. She’s like, ‘I’m a Seahawks fan, too!’ I’m like, ‘You’re not a Seahawks fan, you’re probably a bandwagon fan.’”

Saulo’s skepticism didn’t drive away his new acquaintance, however, so Saulo tested her true fandom by asking her to name players from the 2006 Seattle team that lost in the Super Bowl.

“She did alright,” Saulo remembers with a laugh. “She did enough to get my heart.”

It’s not easy being the girlfriend of a Division-I football player, but the pair have stuck together regardless. Even Saulo’s teammates have taken notice of the relationship.

“They’re good together; she helps support

By Josh Worden Senior Beat Reporter

The Oregon State football squad owns a losing record for the first time this season, dropping a 44-7 decision versus Arizona and is now 2-3. Here are the stats that may not be found in the conventional box score.

OSU has won nearly 60 percent of its games since 2000, but is now 5-10 (33.3 percent) in games immediately after a Stanford match-

him,” said fellow linebacker Manase Hungalu.

“She understands that football is priority right now… When he has to go out to watch extra film with the team, she doesn’t complain. She’s right behind him 100 percent.”

“It’s pretty serious,” Saulo added. “My coaches are always telling me, ‘If you think she’s the one, keep her. Don’t lose her.’”

As for now, Saulo is also focused on his onfield duties. The Seattle native is in the midst of a breakout year, currently second on the team in tackles with a team-high 14 stops against Stanford. No other player had more than eight.

“He’s physical, executes his assignments, and he’s a great kid,” said linebackers coach Ilaisa Tuiaki. “He works hard off the field.”

“Caleb is another example of a young kid who is growing and developing,” added head coach Gary Andersen. “That has become contagious, and he’s shown on the field that he’s a strong minded young man who carries himself the right way on and off the field. He’s a great example for the youth and quite frankly, the older kids on our team.”

It’s the same sentiment that multiple coaches and players have echoed about Saulo: his work has been more than just about the tackles he racks up. He’s also built a reputation for, as Tuiaki said, “doing it the right way.”

That mentality has helped him total 21 unassisted tackles and two quarterback hurries this season as he has entrenched himself as an every-game starter. So how has Saulo specifically put up the numbers he’s had?

“It’s just the whole defense together,” Saulo said. “We all work together as a team. They set me up, we set each other up. It’s all of us working together as one.”

He added that he’s noticed opponents game planning particularly against him when trying to run the ball.

up. Before the Arizona game, the last time OSU followed a Stanford game with a bye week was in 2009, when OSU played USC two weeks later in Los Angeles and lost 42-36.

For the first time in seven tries, a team coached by Gary Andersen lost after a bye week.

Through five games, 15 of OSU’s 18 touchdowns allowed have been rushing scores.

For the second consecutive game, OSU’s opponent had 13 drives and took a three-and-out just once.

Before that, OSU had forced three-and-outs on 32.5 percent of opposing drives.

Until the fourth quarter Saturday, Arizona never had consecutive possessions without a score, including five straight scoring possessions in the first half. The Wildcats had five scoring drives of more than 60 yards.

Opponents had only converted on 2-of-35 attempts when facing third downs with three or more yards to go. Arizona was successful on 6-for-13 such tries.

For the first game this year, OSU did not record an interception. The Beavers lost the turnover battle for the first time as well.

Before the season, OSU offensive coordinator Dave Baldwin set a goal for the

“Some teams look at me and think, ‘Oh yeah, let’s run it to his side and get three blockers on him,’” he said. “Teams will try to pick on me or whatever… They probably think they can get two 350-pound lineman to block me out and get a crease. I don’t know what teams are thinking, but we just try to do our best to prepare for the worst.”

In addition to his 35 tackles, which match his No. 35 jersey, Saulo also provided a huge boost for his team with a 41-yard touchdown interception return against San Jose State. The pick-six capped off a 21-0 advantage in the third quarter, and the Spartans did not score again in the final 18:35 of game time. On the play, Saulo scooped up the errant throw just before it hit the turf, broke one tackle, cut inside two key blocks from fellow linebackers Hungalu and Rommel Mageo and cruised to the end zone.

“It was a low ball, and he picked it up right off the ground pretty much,” Tuiaki said, who added that he was impressed by Saulo’s ability to read his blockers. “He was a quarterback in high school, I think that helped out.”

The linebacking corp has been a magnet early this season, nabbing all four of OSU’s defensive interceptions through the first three games. Junior safety Cyril Noland-Lewis finally picked off a pass against Stanford to represent the defensive backs.

“They don’t like talking about it because they haven’t gotten as much as we have,” Hungalu said of the defensive backs. “We try to compete on defense for who can get the most interceptions. Obviously, we’re up with that pick-six.”

Now, Saulo and the rest of the defense have plenty of challenges remaining in the Pac-12 schedule, especially after allowing 44 points to Arizona on Saturday. The Beavers will generally play more spread offenses as opposed to Stanford’s grinding, pro-style attack, and Saulo Beavers to get at least four yards on first down plays 50 percent of the time. Through five games, OSU has done so on 44.1 percent of first downs (63-for-143), with successful totals of 50 percent or more in the two wins and sub-50 percent clips in the three losses. The Beavers had a season-high against San Jose of 7.7 yards per first down. In the Michigan game, the Beavers averaged 1.95 yards per first down with 22.7 percent efficiency of getting four yards or more.

Baldwin also wanted to have a 44 percent conversion rate on third downs (OSU is at 32 percent) and to win fourth quarters (OSU has been outscored 22-20 cumulatively).

OSU has been successful in Baldwin’s aim to score 70 percent of available points in the red zone, with seven points being the operative

has been preparing.

“I’m just always trying to be better at what I do, whether it’s football or just being a student… a boyfriend in my off time,” Saulo said.

“Everyone around me, my teammates and the new coaching staff, they really helped me pick myself up.”

“I think he’s going to be one of the great linebackers,” Hungalu added. “He’s been hungry the last two years he’s been here and he’s ready to play… Now he’s basically going out there and showing everything that he worked for.”

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Redshirt junior linebacker Caleb Saulo at practice on Oct. 5.

maximum amount of available points per red zone trip. OSU has 13 red zone attempts this year with eight touchdowns and three field goals, giving the Beavers 65 points of an available 91 (71.4 percent).

OSU had not allowed more than 180 pass yards in a game until the Arizona contest, when quarterback Anu Solomon had 276 yards.

OSU freshman quarterback Seth Collins had 56 rush and 56 pass yards Saturday. He completed 8 of 24 passes including a string of six straight incompletions.

The Beavers had 61 unassisted tackles to the Wildcats’ 41.

For the first time this year, sophomore wide receiver Jordan Villamin did not lead the Beavers in receiving yards: he had 21 yards to junior wideout Victor Bolden’s 34.

Villamin has 253 receiving yards in three home games this year (84.3 average) and 47 yards in two road games (23.5 average). Last season he totaled 76 percent of his receiving yards in Corvallis.

After a 21-0 scoring advantage in the third quarter against San Jose State, the Beavers have been outscored in third quarters 24-0.

Sophomore punter Nick Porebski has punted at least six times in every game, with a high in the Arizona game with nine punts. He also had a season-best 57-yarder on Saturday.

The Oregon Ducks lost this weekend as well, falling 35-28 at home to Washington State. After six weeks of play, both the Ducks and Beavers have three losses.

The last time that happened was 1999.

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What is This?

Most people reading this have probably played fantasy football at least once, and a lot of those people have played for many, many years.

Here in Corvallis, students at OSU obviously have more interest in college football, and the Pac-12 specifically. So we here at the Barometer have invented the first ever Pac-12 fantasy football league.

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QB - Cody Kessler (USC) Points: 4 RB - Storm Barrs-Woods (OSU) Points: 6.1 RB - Royce Freeman (UO) Points: 47.2 WR - Victor Bolden (OSU) Points: 3.4 WR - Hunter Jarmon (OSU) Points: 1.7 TE - Austin Hooper (Stan) Points: 0 FLEX - Remound Wright (Stan) Points: 0 FLEX - Taj Griffin (UO) Points: 9.6 K - Conrad Ukropina (Stan) Points: 0

TOTAL: 72

I am treading in dangerous waters right now, I’m on thin ice and every other cliché in the books right now.

Through the first cycle of games, I have been defeated all three times. Staring down the barrel of a 3-0 start, I dug deep into the history books of the Pac-12 Fantasy Football League hoping beyond all hope that there would be some kind of trend that teams rebound from being in the hole 0-3.

The information that I gathered could not have been more discouraging. In the league’s previous two seasons, 2012 and 2013, there was always a team that started off with three consecutive out of the gate.

Both those teams went on to finish a combined 1-19. History is clearly not on my side.

My team has more quarterback question marks than the Oregon Ducks, through three weeks of this league, I have gotten a grand total of 16 points. And just like the Ducks, not even Royce Freeman, who had a whopping 47.2 points, can carry my team on is own.

Even though my team has been down the past couple of weeks, I have no doubt that my team end up making history.

This will also be the first week that my team will be in full strength. The comeback starts now.

Watch out, Josh.

1-2 Jeff Lulay BeaverDam President

QB - Seth Collins (OSU) Points: 10.1 RB - Chris Brown (OSU) Points: 0 RB - Devontae Booker Utah) Points: 36.7 WR - Nelson Spruce (Colo) Points: 7.7 WR - DJ Foster (ASU) Points: 16.1 TE - Ryan Nall (OSU) Points: 3 FLEX - Braylon Addison (UO) Points: 12 FLEX - Barry Sanders Jr. (Stan) Points: 0 K - Aiden Schneider (UO) Points: 7 TOTAL: 92.8 MOMMA WE MADE IT! Finally, getting one up in the win column. Before I dive into my rant, I want to recognize Brian’s excellent and hard work this season on running and managing the league. This is my first time doing college fantasy football and it has been challenging to say the least. Brian does a great job with communication and execution, he makes the league enjoyable and fun.

With that being said, this victory is special. Brian knows his players and can break down the Pac-12 better than anyone I know.

Unfortunately, it was not his week, and every dog has his day, and mine happened to be on Saturday.

Earlier I referenced time will tell, let’s be patient and let things unwind, well we’re getting closer. This was a great performance by my team but it’s only the beginning. This league is very challenging and I would be a fool to think it’s going to be easy here on out. Being early in the waiver wire played well for me earlier on in the season, I like having the choice of anyone, before anyone else. It’s going to be a change being on the other end of the ball, but I’m looking forward to the challenge.

The Duckless Dandies

Rosters consist of one quarterback, two running backs, two wide receivers, two flexes (RB/WR), one tight end and one kicker .

The catch? Each team must have three Oregon State players on their roster at all times.

The regular season last nine weeks, with each team playing each other three times. Championship will be Civil War week.

Young and True Beavers

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QB - Luke Falk (WSU) Points: 56 RB - Demario Richard (ASU) Points: 2.1 RB - Christian McCaffrey (Stan) Points: 0 WR - JuJu Smith-Schuster (USC) Points: 6.2 WR - Jordan Villamin (OSU) Points: 2.1 TE - Kellen Clute (OSU) Points: 0 FLEX - Dwayne Washington (UW) Points: 3.2 FLEX - Gabe Marks (WSU) Points: 23.4 K - Garrett Owens (OSU) Points: 1 TOTAL: 93.7 The Battle of the Unbeatens, they said.

The Fantasy Game of the Century, they said.

And then I won by nearly 40 points.

Okay, nobody hyped the matchup like that except for possibly me, but, still.

Luke Falk and Gabe Marks alone tallied almost 80 points for my team this week (go Cougars?). Brenden’s entire team had 57.7.

I came into this game averaging a 36-point win, and I won this week by exactly 36 points. Also, the Duckless Dandies own the league-best total 279 total points.

Need I say more?

But in all reality, I feel bad for Brenden.

Jared Goff couldn’t even look at a Utah defender without being picked off (he had five interceptions) and only four of his players scored more than 0.6 points. It cracked me up when Falk tossed his fifth touchdown pass to River CraCraft, giving both me and Brenden points, but an inexplicable call gave the touchdown to a different Cougar receiver. So, I got points for Falk’s touchdown and Brenden didn’t benefit from CraCraft’s touchdown-that-wasn’t.

Pac-12 Fantasy After Dark, if you will.

The Duckless Dandies remain undefeated, while the actual Oregon Ducks are clinging to a .500 winning percentage. It’s a dandy day to be Duckless.

Brian, you’re up next.

2-1 Brenden Slaughter Sports Reporter Color Commentator

QB - Jared Goff (Cal) Points: 18 RB - Paul Perkins (UCLA) Points: 0 RB - Nick Wilson (UA) Points: 24 WR - Kenny Lawler (Cal) Points: 6.6 WR - Datrin Guytin (OSU) Points: 0.6 TE - Noah Togiai (OSU) Points: 0 FLEX - Damien Haskins (OSU) Points: 0 FLEX - River CraCraft (WSU) Points: 8.5 K - Ka’imi Fairbairn (UCLA) Points: 0 TOTAL: 57.1 Well, that was just plain ugly wasn’t it? Josh beat me in every aspect of the game and I give him due credit in doing so. Once it was clear that Nick Wilson and Jared Goff were going to have subpar games, it was clear to me that I would have to admit defeat.

Moving on to next week, I face “Fresh on Scene” with my foe Jeff Lulay. Jeff, who got his first win against Brian last week, is more formidable than when we last played in week one when I destroyed him. Sadly for Jeff, a blowout will be in store for him again as his team is relatively weak across the board.

The reason that it will be a cakewalk for me this week is because Jeff’s team is largely made up of OSU players. With Seth Collins, and Chris Brown in his lineup, he doesn’t stand a chance this week.

Both Brown and Collins are a part of an OSU football team that is in an extreme downward spiral.

With Goff on a bye week, it will be a challenge to blow Jeff away completely, but my workhorses Nick Wilson and Paul Perkins will have 25 points apiece and River CraCraft will have 2 receiving touchdowns as the Young and True Beavers will have an easy win this weekend.

The Body Project Female students are invited to participate in a program designed to improve body image and promote body acceptance.

Students $20 charged to your OSU account.

Bring your OSU ID Card.

Individuals interested in the 4-week, 1-hour workshop are invited to sign up.

Wednesdays from 5:15-6:15 p.m.: CAPS Conference Room (Snell 301) Oct. 21 and 28, Nov. 4 and 1.

Pre-registration is required. Register online by emailing

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Pink

Continued from page 2 ture a special online collection and will unveil the Shoe of the Day each weekday 6 to 8 a.m. Central time on the air.

We have our eyes on the Vince Camuto Parshell leather knee-high boots with studs marching up the back. But there’s a pair for every taste and lifestyle, from Dansko’s Ruby leather Mary Jane wedges (sale priced at $85) to A2

by Aerosoles Slow Ride midcalf boots ($37.50). Be ready to pounce when the three-hour sale starts at 5 p.m. Central time. qvc. com. Afterward, shoes will be available while supplies last through QVC.com, the QVC apps and by calling 800-345-1515.

The BCRF catalog is brimming with fashion, beauty, fitness and home items, but among our favorites are new additions from Tory Burch. This year’s limited edition accessories include a pale pink tote, print scarf and zip-pouch key fob. She is donating 20 percent of the purchase of each product (priced from $32 to $295) to the foundation, up to $35,000. All pieces are available in October at Tory Burch boutiques and online

at www.toryburch.com.

Also on the www.bcrfcure.org/shop-pink site will be Alex and Ani’s Spiral Sun expandable wire bangle from the Charity by Design collection. Referencing the sun’s nourishing warmth, the bangle with charm is $38, and 20 percent of the purchase price will go to the foundation, with a minimum donation of $25,000.

It’s available now through December at Alex and Ani retail locations, www.alexandani.com and authorized retailers.

Preferring the subtle references to the signature pink, we appreciate Movado’s Bold for Breast Cancer Research watches with a pearly pink face, no ribbon. From each purchase ($450 to $795), $50 will be donated to the BCRF. They’re available throughout October at www.movado.com and fine retail locations.

Some brands and stores elect to donate a blanket sum to breast cancer nonprofits that isn’t contingent on any customer purchase.

Jo Malone London pledged $45,000 to the BCRF for 2015, and Tom Ford Beauty will donate $50,000 to the BCRF — generosity that’s worthy of shopper loyalty.

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try. The federal solar tax credit is set to expire in 2016 Continued from page 2 unless Congress renews it.

In North Carolina, which megawatt-hour. has emerged as a national “There are definitely leader in solar power, the markets where solar is legislature is ending its state competitive,” Zindler said. renewable energy tax credit Renewables could run at the end of the year.

There’s also debate in into problems, though, as lawmakers push back Congress over the wind tax against helping the indus- credit, which allows a reduc-

tion in tax payments for the first 10 years of a project.

Some lawmakers are targeting the incentive for extinction, but American Wind Energy Association CEO Tom Kiernan said he’s optimistic.

“The support we have on Capitol Hill is significant and enduring,” Kiernan said.

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Calendar TUESDAY, Oct. 13: Meeting: 7p.m. OSU Socratic Club Location: MU Talisman Room Book study of The Universe Next Door by James Sire, extra books at meeting. Open discussion.

Speaker: 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Seminar: Updates from Corvallis Climate Change Research Community Location: Covell Hall Room 221 Envisioning Coastal Futures: Exploring Alternative Scenarios for Tillamook Co. Coastlines.

Meeting: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Mindful Living 8-Week Course Location: Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center Learn and engage in practices that reduce stress, enhance well-being, and more.

Register with CAPS 541-7372131. Open to all students.

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Brightsource Energy’s solar project uses 300 thousand mirrors to direct sunlight at two towers which turn water into steam to generate electricity.

“Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.”

-Steve Martin

Meeting: 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. OSU Climate Leadership Training Location: Kelly Engineering 1005 Open Lecture about climate change, climate policy, and what people can do about it.

THURSDAY, Oct. 15: Meeting: 12:30 p.m. Baha’I Campus Association Location: Talisman Room in the MU Informal discussion, open to all, on “Work as Worship”.

Meeting: 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. OSU Healthy Aging Club Location: Waldo 400 Want to hold a leadership position or become a project coordinator? We will hold nominations. Take a historic part in OSU’s first year recognizing Veteran’s Day by helping with our club’s “Thank A Vet” event.

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Today’s Birthday (10/13/15).

Personal discoveries illuminate this year. Suddenly you see things from a new perspective.

Talk about what you want for the world. Professional opportunities lead to a personal turning point this spring. Look deeper to generate greater balance with work and health next autumn.

Prioritize love.

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 — Attend to finances today and tomorrow.

Study money, and review your resources. Changes necessitate budget revisions, and favoring strategists. Heed a call to action for something you feel passionate about. Push beyond old limits.

Negotiate carefully.

SOLUTION TO MONDAY’S PUZZLE

10/13/15 Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit

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Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — Work with partners over the next few days.

Share results. Collaborate and brainstorm. Carefully consider your decisions. You have what you need. Share the load.

Strengthen your infrastructure.

Get bids for the tasks you least enjoy.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — The workload could get intense over the next few days. Hop into action and go.

Keep efforts practical. Postpone what you can, and get help if necessary. Discuss the game plan and make sure everyone knows their part.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — The next two days are reserved for fun. Love blossoms. You’re developing a new perspective. Complete old projects and adventures to create space for the new. Things fall together for you. Bonds get renewed. Go play.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Concentrate on clean-up today and tomorrow.

Finish old projects. Re-evaluate what you have and want. Let go of an old habit. Set long-range goals. Gather advice and then think it over. Follow a strong recommendation.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — The gentle approach works best now. Take care of home and family for the next few days. Make a change. Logic suggests alternatives. Love is all that matters. Get into the planning. Do what you promised.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Confer with allies. Your friends are your inspiration. Committees are especially effective today and tomorrow. Enjoy a party phase.

One game folds and another begins. Re-affirm a partnership.

Offer your experience and comfort to someone feeling sad.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — Study the market.

You’re especially clever today and tomorrow. Come up with a powerful spin. Get into an intensive research phase. Write up what you learn. Friends help you get the word out. Send thank-you notes.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 9 — Focus on making money.

Cash flow improves over the next few days. Don’t try to bend the rules. Quantify results in practical terms. Write up your conclusions.

Disciplined attention to the budget wins a bonus.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — No more procrastination. Use your power responsibly. Begin a two-day self-confident phase. Make an important choice. You’re gaining a distinct advantage. Talk about the practical demands of your plan. Trust a sibling’s advice.

Invest in your career.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — You can advance your career over the next few days. Complete old projects to make space for new. Friends help you make an important connection. There may be a test or challenge involved. Provide excellence.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — Get into an adventurous phase. Conditions are better for travel for the next two days. New opportunities to expand your territory arise. Share what you’re learning. Listen to someone who’s been there. Get experienced feedback.

(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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Meeting: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Student Organization Resources for Community Engagement (SORCE) Location: SEC 254 CONTACT: Jovita Mertju (541) 979-7602 Open Budget Hearings for student organization allocation for funding sources.

SATURDAY, Oct. 17: Event: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. RaSani Body Mind Spirit Fair Location: Linn County Fair & Expo Alternative Health and healing fair with over 85 spiritual vendors.

Event: 10 a.m. Alternative Health & Healing Fair Location: Linn County Fair & Expo.

Alternative Health and healing fair with over 85 spiritual vendors.

SUNDAY, Oct. 18: Event: 10 a.m. Alternative Health & Healing Fair Location: Linn County Fair & Expo.

Alternative Health and healing fair with over 85 spiritual vendors.

SATURDAY, Oct. 24: Event: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. Philomath Open Studios Tour & Art Sale Location: Philomath Area A free, self-guided, tour of 17 unique studios with 37 artists’ work, open to the public from noon to 5pm during the last two weekends of October.

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Coffee paves way towards cross cultural connection

By Clarke Stevenson A&E Contributor

Notifications pop up on my phone from morning to night.

One agency to the next telling me different versions of the same emerging headline: in this small world, let us celebrate our differences.

It is beyond cliché to retell of how we are all little snowflakes, in each and every way unique; but at times, something so obvious becomes invisible as it hides in plain sight.

Especially as we enter the untamed landscape of growing up – not only as individuals but also as a maturing nation – it is important to recall those undetectable hints of personal value. In order to reveal the hidden, it may help to look into our heritage.

We must remind ourselves of the culture to which we belong.

At the International Resource Center (IRC), they are facilitating just that.

Located in room 258 on the main floor of the Student Experience Center (SEC), the staff is putting together a space of multicultural harmony for the diversifying Oregon State University student body.

Monday, Oct. 5 marked the start of their fall term events to help chaperone OSU students to interconnect with the culturally rich campus of international students.

Named “Coffee Hour”, the IRC puts on a bimonthly social gathering for students to get to know the international community as well as the chosen cultural theme to each reunion.

Although the event on Monday featured two types of cake, a harmless plug into the American culture, I was assured that the next Coffee Hour would be a bit more extravagant in flavor.

The next Coffee Hour, Monday Oct. 19, will offer food from the Ettihad culture starting at 4:30 p.m. in the IRC. Since 2009, the IRC has been creating a space of curiosity and assistance for both international and domestic students to come share conversations and personal world views as individuals and friends.

It partners with International Students of OSU (ISOSU) and the Campus Alliance for International Resources (CAIR) in order to connect students seeking to branch out into student organizations.

Although Coffee Hour is a recycled idea from previous years, the IRC and its affiliates intend to develop a more innovative quality to the term catalogue.

To illustrate, last Friday, the SEC plaza was the stage to the “Beaver Globe Fest,” a new event that contained sensational and heart-felt expressions of art to a variety of cultures like: Japanese taiko drumming, sword fighting and music; and indigenous spoken word.

Another example would be the provocative event titled, “Danger of a Single Perspective,”

Hopefully, our culture is one that supports the diversity of beliefs the OSU community invites to the campus.

which is slotted for Oct. 28.

A moderate title, it indicates the type of world that we are coming to envision in the face of a western colonial and imperialistic history. I personally am looking forward to the lecture as the title intrigues me about the ideas on culture, its limits and the dangers of crippling authority.

In the back of my mind, I am looking to see where, if at all, Corvallis might be falling into the “dangers of a single perspective.” Does Corvallis or the OSU community have an oppressive, dominant culture? I don’t expect to find the answer soon, yet I know there is one.

Hopefully, our culture is one that supports the diversity of beliefs the OSU community invites to the campus.

But with culture so often generalized to mean a number of attributes – diets, religion, clothing, ethnicity, etc. – I made the question to understand more about how the IRC is able to support the complex interlay of varying opinions of cultural expression.

“Here at the IRC we want to give spaces to students to feel comfortable to define their cultures in the way they want to. We don’t want them to feel like they have to assimilate but to celebrate each other’s differences”.

“We want to educate people on where (visitors) come from”. Al-Jilani envisions the IRC as a place that builds an inclusive community, one that is multifaceted and open to encompass the beliefs of those who are willing to share.

“I think the biggest success for the IRC would be for domestic students to connect more with the international students,” said Louis Nguyen, a senior in pharmacy and head coordinator for the IRC. “It’s a necessity these days to understand other cultures being open makes you a better person”.

As an ending comment, Nguyen tells of his sense of wonder for an inter-culture lifestyle: “I find it fascinating because once I think I am done learning about one culture; there is more to learn from the next”. forum@dailybarometer.com The opinions expressed in Stevenson’s columns do not necessarily represent those of the Daily Barometer staff.

Some thoughts on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees

By Malcolm X Abram Akron Beacon Journal

OHIO–The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has started its annual pop music conversation with the announcement of the 2016 nominees: The Cars, Chic, Chicago, Cheap Trick, Deep Purple, Janet Jackson, the J.B.’s, Chaka Khan, Los Lobos, Steve Miller, Nine Inch Nails, N.W.A, the Smiths, the Spinners and Yes. Generally, the hall inducts about five, so some of these artists will certainly see their names on the list in future years.

Chic, Deep Purple, N.W.A. Nine Inch Nails, the Smiths, the Spinners and Yes are all returnees to the nomination list, and there’s a decent chance that a few of them will actually get in this time.

There are still entirely too many classic rock artists being nominated only to be ignored when induction time comes, though the addition of fan voting should help correct that situation.

For example, Deep Purple’s continued exclusion appears to come either from voter biases or perhaps the hall’s desire to cast a wider net of pop music for potential inductees. Either way, it makes the voters look petty when a seminal hard rock band that inspired heavy metal (which the hall also doesn’t seem to like much) and unleashed one of the classic rock era’s signature riffs (“Smoke On the Water”) has a difficult time getting inducted.

Steve Miller – a ‘70s FM radio staple with “Fly Like An Eagle” and “The Joker,” inventor of words such as “pompatus” – has one of the top 40 albums of all time with his 13 millionplus-selling “Greatest Hits,” which

should make him a shoo-in, but surprisingly, Miller is a first-time nominee and as such he may have to wait.

Among the other classic rockers who will have some fans asking “What?

He/she/they’re not already in?” are two successful ‘70s-’80s bands: the melodic power-pop of Cheap Trick and the New Wave rock of the Cars.

While it’s possible that they’ll cancel each other out, both bands had good, hit-filled runs and were early pillars for then-nascent MTV. Chicago began as a jazz-rock band with horn-heavy jams such as “Street Player” and “25 Or 6 To 4,” becoming pop balladeers with songs such as “If You Leave Me Now.” The latter legacy of maudlin and popular synthdrenched fare such as “Hard Habit To Break” and “Hard to Say I’m Sorry” is likely working against them, or else the group, eligible since 1994, wouldn’t have had to wait until 2015 for their first nomination.

Yes was first eligible in 1994, but it’s taken nearly 20 years to get its second nomination. The long-overdue and seemingly reluctant induction of Rush may be it for prog-rockers for a while, but perhaps the recent death of founding bassist Chris Squire may get the band over the voting hump (see Zappa, Frank). If not, the wait for nomination number three could take a few more years.

Oscar-winner Trent Reznor’s Nine Inch Nails, which got its start in Cleveland, will also likely have to wait a few more years; there are simply too many older, influential bands (Sonic Youth, Pixies) ahead of them in the line.

Speaking of waiting, Chic has been nominated 10 times, N.W.A. four times in a row. With N.W.A.’s new biopic “Straight Outta Compton” bringing the seminal gangsta rap group into the spotlight again, now would seem like an opportune time for the rock hall to bring them in the fold, likely leaving Chic hoping the 11th time will be the charm.

First-timers Los Lobos may not have the cache of hits that some other nominees can claim, but the proudly Latin L.A. rock band does have a couple of decades of dedicated fans and considerable critical acclaim, not to mention adding a bit of diversity to the inductee list.

Vocal powerhouse Chaka Khan, a hitmaker fronting Rufus and as a solo artist, garners her first nomination of what will probably be a few more (similar to Donna Summer) before getting inducted.

The surprise name for some will be Janet Jackson, who reigned over R&B and pop radio with a string of multiplatinum hit albums including “Control,” “Rhythm Nation 1814” and “janet.” If there can be only one R&B female singer allowed in the class of 2016 – and something tells us that will be the case – Jackson will be the one, joining her brothers, the Jackson 5 (1997) and Michael Jackson (2001).

The Spinners were a fine vocal group with some great Thom Bellproduced hits in the ‘70s. They are certainly worthy of the R&B and Vocal Group halls of fame (they are in both) but much of their music today is relegated to middle-of-the-road “all your

favorites from the ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s!” stations, making their impact less than some others.

The E Street Band made it in without Bruce Springsteen, so James Brown’s backing group the JB’s, one of the most sampled groups in pop music history, deserves a spot for Musical Excellence (formerly known as the Sidemen category).

Artists are eligible 25 years from the date of their first release, and a cynical music fan will notice that brings the year of eligibility up to 1990. So far, the voters seem to be doing their darndest to avoid the ‘80s hair/arena metal era that would necessitate including popular long-running bands such as Motley Crue and Def Leppard.

And, despite recent (late) capitulations such as Black Sabbath and the Sex Pistols, the voters also appear less than eager to fete the deeper, influential end of the heavy metal and punk pool (Judas Priest, The Misfits) that doesn’t include platinum-selling artists crossover artists such as Metallica and Green Day. But as the hall acknowledges seminal punk, alternative and college rock bands such the Clash and the Ramones, along with commercially huge descendants such as Green Day and Nirvana, this may be the year for the Smiths (who should already be in).

The final slate of inductees will likely be announced in mid-December; the induction ceremony will take place in New York at a date to be determined next year.

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Leafy greens, delicious means Aaron Newton | THE DAILY BAROMETER

Students prepare to sample an appetizing herb salad creation by observing author and chef Robin Absell work her magic in the vegan cooking 101 class.

By Marcus Trinidad A&E Contributor

Cooking is not something you see college students doing a lot, especially those living in the dorms.

Oregon State University has put together a string of classes each term to give students an opportunity to get in the kitchen and get their hands dirty.

Last Friday, the first cooking class had guest chef, Robin Absell, author of “Big Vegan,” showing students how to make authentic vegan meals. Absell was not here to convert students into the vegan lifestyle, however, she wanted to reveal how tasty the food can be. “(Becoming a vegan) used to be like picking a church,” Asbell said. “It’s just food.”

During her presentation, she made three vegan meals with one of them being a “Buddha Bowl.” Asthetically, the bowl looked absolutely beautiful.

It consisted of golden beets, purple cabbage, kale and edamame garnished with a yellow turmeric sauce.

According to Absell, there is an old Japanese ideal that people should eat all the “colors” in each meal as it naturally creates a balance and variety in the diet. A vegan diet naturally follows that idea.

Respectfully throughout the presentation, there were no scare tactics in trying to get a class of college students to become vegan.

Healthy food has carried the false stigma that it cannot taste very good. Look in any college dorm room and you are bound to find some processed food.

Watching Absell cook, everyone can instan-

taneously recognize every ingredient she used — no tricks, no substitutes and no processed goods.

Plant based meals are less complex than anything meat based. According to Absell, if you eat meat, the consumer is eating everything the animal has ate whereas eating plants have a lot less of that variability. So a plant based diet would be a lot cleaner.

“If you put good things in (your body), good things will come out,” Absell said.

As the students tried the food Asbell made, one could see people’s heads nodding in approval while slowly walking towards a second helping.

It is easy to see Absell’s philosophy of cooking in work during this class. She just wants to make good food that happens to be good for you.

By the end of the class, it seemed like Absell’s

approach worked.

Students lined up after the presentation to purchase her books and all the food made throughout the class was put into bags and taken home.

There was nothing left.

Veganism is not some kind of cult where you must sacrifice everything good in your life to join. Nor is it a diet for hipsters. There are so many health benefits and environmental benefits that come with this kind of lifestyle, according to Absell.

She never put a heavy emphasis on the science of the diet. She came to the university to show students how to make delicious food that also happens to be purely vegan. And veganism, I will add, is not half bad if you allow your taste buds to soak it in. forum@dailybarometer.com The opinions expressed in Trinidad’s columns do not necessarily represent those of the Daily Barometer staff.

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Left: Peanut butter and jelly crisp, a vegan dessert creation. Right: Visiting chef and author Robin Absell in Milam Hall, especially created for vegan cooking 101.

Congratulations to

Kat Kothen

Biology major (Honors) and writing minor, 2015-16 editor-in-chief of The Daily Barometer The first recipient of the

Irwin C. Harris Legacy Scholarship The Irwin C. Harris Legacy Scholarship honors the life, legacy and commitments to journalism of Irwin C. Harris (1919-2015). The Scholarship is the gift of his daughters. Harris has a distinguished past at OSU, first as a student and later as the Director of OSU Student Publications. Harris graduated from OSU in 1941. He was news editor of The Daily Baromet;er newspaper and editor of the 1941 Beaver yearbook. He went on to earn his graduate degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. He returned to OSU as Athletic News Director, a position he held until 1951. In the second half of his career at OSU, he served as Professor of Journalism, Director of Student Activities, and Director of Student Publications and Public Events. In 1967 he was named Outstanding College Newspaper Advisor in the United States, awarded by the National Council of College Publication Advisors.