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OSU program prepares for earthquake
OSU’s Disaster Incident Response Team trains students to act as emergency responders in case of natural disaster, hopes for increased membership By Daylon Hutton News Contributor
Recently, citizens of the Pacific Northwest received some alarming news; a massive earthquake, also known as a megaquake, is in our future. According to Chris Goldfinger, a professor of geology and geophysics at Oregon State University, the 750 mile long Cascadia subduction zone has a 37 percent chance to rupture within the next 50 years, setting in motion an earthquake that could reach over a magnitude of 9. Experts find the Northwest woefully unprepared to deal with the fallout. “In Japan, they probably lost around 20,000 people. But by comparison, in Sumatra, a very similar earthquake, 230,000 people were lost around the Indian ocean with no preparation whatsoever. In Oregon, we’re actually closer to this (Sumatra) than Japan,” said Goldfinger at his public forum, ‘Nature Bats Last’ on Monday. From Oregon’s aging infrastructure to its general lack of preparedness, Goldfinger expects that, should an earthquake strike, a disaster on the scale of Japan’s 2011 tsunami incident is likely to occur. Being situated on a fault line of its own, Japan built its cities and coastal infrastructure with the knowledge that disaster could strike at any moment. Although Japan still suffered a devastating loss, this foresight effectively reduced the amount
of damage incurred by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami. The Cascadia earthquake is slated to be worse. “This is the elephant in the room,” said Jay Wilson, Chair of the Oregon Seismic Commission. “The earthquake threat, the tsunami threat, it’s all of the people and all the buildings that are vulnerable. When you add those two together that’s how you really define risk. Oregon now really looks to Japan, from the 2011 event, as probably the best teaching tool we’ve got.” In contrast, most metropolitan areas that are at risk in the Northwest have little to no seismic protection, making the megaquake a major concern. According to Goldfinger, Portland has 300 bridges with no earthquake standards, among other structural concerns. “The idea of retrofitting an entire region is just mind boggling, it’s in the probably trillions of dollars. But it’s starting to happen, building by building,” Goldfinger said. In an effort to combat the many hazards that arise during a disaster, OSU created the Disaster Incident Response Team, or D.I.R.T, during fall quarter of 2014. D.I.R.T. is described on its OSU web page as, “a joint effort to provide training in disaster planning and management for the University and surrounding community.” The organization’s main goal is to train a body of students that is capable of mak-
ing a difference when the community cannot rely on existing emergency medical response agencies to come to our immediate aid. Students who join the organization or take the Community Emergency Response Team, or CERT, physical activity course offered at OSU learn skills including emergency patient care, structural assessments of buildings, and urban search and extraction. “Our goal is to create a population of students who have this training, who have the desire to be helpful in an emergency setting, and that we can mobilize,” said Ty Atwater, the CERT instructor at Oregon State University. “We want them to have a central meeting place so they know where to go so we can funnel that energy.” Should an emergency like an earthquake occur in Corvallis, this group of students would be called upon to put these skills to use and support medical and search and rescue efforts. “What we’ve known for a long time is that we teach these wilderness medicine classes, wilderness first aid and especially wilderness first responder, and our students from these classes ask us, ‘how can I use these skills?’,” Atwater said. “I recognize that these skills are mostly applicable to the wilderness environment, but we argue that as soon as we have that
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OSU professor of geology and geophysics Chris Goldfinger speaks at Monday’s “Shaking Up the Northwest” Science Pub.
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Animated character app technology helps patients discuss ailments, levels of pain By Guy Boulton
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
MILWAUKEE – The company’s vision initially seems fanciful: Create applications for health care featuring animated characters that can understand language in all its complexity, from context to regional idioms, detect emotion and recognize facial expressions, perceive differences in personalities, and on top of all that, constantly learn. To make all this seem even more far-fetched, put the company’s base in the second floor of a modest office building in suburban Milwaukee. Yet iDAvatars is among the companies that have set out to create applications based on one of the most advanced computer systems in the world — IBM’s Watson. And IBM has taken note. “They are one of the most innovative companies we work with,” said Lauri Saft, who oversees IBM’s partnerships with companies developing applications for the Watson system. “I’ve seen very few that have moved as quickly as they have.” IDAvatars also has put together a team of about 20 people scattered around the world. Tom Meyer, who oversees technology, lives in Pune, India. Ozlem Ulusoy Chavez, who oversees project management, lives in Istanbul. Antonio Saraiva, a “game master” who works as a contract employee, lives in Lisbon, Portugal. Jerry Brown, who oversees design, lives in the San Diego area. Several of them contacted iDAvatars after hearing about the company. “The fact that you are a small company doesn’t give you an excuse not to be global,” said Norrie Daroga, iDAvatars’ founder and chief executive officer. In the case of iDAvatars,
it also is a necessity — the company would have a much harder time finding people with comparable experience in its own backyard. Founded in 2013 Daroga, the former chief administrative officer of Metavante Corp., founded iDAvatars in 2013. So far, the company has won contracts from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Intel and Bayer AG. The company, which has raised $3.4 million from investors, projects revenue of $1 million this year and is close to breaking even, Daroga said. It is one of more than 350 companies that have or are building applications using the technology underlying IBM’s Watson — the computer system commonly known for its appearance on the quiz show “Jeopardy!” Watson understands context — IBM uses the example of “we feel blue because it is raining cats and dogs” _ and can discern meaning from syntax. It also can learn patterns and trends. IBM contends the technology — which it calls “cognitive computing” — will change how people interact with computers. The system, the result of decades of work, started with one so-called application programming interface, API, for questions and answers, said Saft, vice president of IBM Watson Ecosystem. It now has 28, such as one that analyzes the tone of a conversation. The application programming interface is the way companies such as IDAvatars connect with the Watson system. “We help them every step of the way,” Saft said. IBM also has a $100 million fund that it plans to invest in early-stage companies. The relationship with IBM has an additional advantage: It can open a lot of doors. “We will go put them in front of large clients,” Saft said. Accessible applications
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An iDAvatars app helps gather health data from patients including their ailments and pain levels. At the same time, IBM recognizes that it will never know all the ways the technology can be used. “They have the technology, but they need people like us who know what to do with it,” said Jerry Brown, iDAvatars’ designer, whose clients have included IBM, Chrysler and Lenovo. The goal is to develop applications for health care that are more accessible and effective. For example, when someone says his or her pain is a 10, on a scale of 1 to 10, yet the person’s facial expression or tone doesn’t show any pain, the animated character, or “avatar,” can ask follow-up questions. IDAvatars’ tagline is “The
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See Patient, Page 6 Norrie Daroga is the founder and CEO of the iDAvatars app.
CNN debate sets record for Democrats By Lily Katz
attracted even more, a record of 24 million. The debate, hosted by Anderson Cooper at NEW YORK — Tuesday night’s presidential the Wynn Las Vegas resort and casino, marked debate on CNN was the highest-rated ever for the first sparring match between former Democrats, even while attracting a smaller TV Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who together accounted audience than two Republican contests. The debate averaged 15 million total view- for almost 60 percent of the moderator quesers, CNN said Wednesday, citing Nielsen Fast tions and speaking time. For the Democrats, the debate record was National ratings data. The Sept. 16 Republican debate on CNN drew about 23 million view- last set in 2008 when Clinton and President ers, the most ever for an event aired by the Barack Obama went head-to-head on ABC. network. An Aug. 6 Republican contest on Fox That telecast averaged almost 11 million Bloomberg News
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viewers. Last month’s Republican candidate showdown was pumped up by billionaire Donald Trump and his controversial remarks about Mexican immigrants and women. CNN’s Tuesday telecast did manage to score a larger online audience, however. As many as 980,000 people live-streamed the event, CNN said. The GOP debate in September drew 921,000 concurrent online viewers. It’s not surprising that the Democratic debate attracted a bigger Internet audience,
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Amazon’s growing clout in cloud computing stirs questions By Jay Greene The Seattle Times
LAS VEGAS — Retailers have long feared Amazon.com and the ease with which it has undermined the business of shopping on Main Street. Publishers have grown increasingly concerned about the online retail giant’s growing power in the book business, where it has become the largest purveyor of digital and print titles. In the past decade, Amazon has come to dominate yet another business: cloud computing. And now, as Amazon Web Services solidifies its grip on the business of selling computing services to companies over the Internet, it’s having to answer the sort of questions that dogged Microsoft when it ruled desktop computing: Will it lock customers in to its technology? Will it squish smaller tech companies that pioneer AWS niches when those businesses become lucrative? Now nearly 10 years old, AWS has left giants such as Microsoft and Google in its wake. Marketresearch firm Gartner thinks AWS is “the overwhelming market share leader,” running more than 10 times the infrastructure cloud-computing capacity as the next 14 largest rivals combined. And, unlike many Amazon opera-
tions that often run red ink or eke out the slimmest of profits, AWS is a moneymaking machine. In the second quarter, sales climbed 81 percent to $1.8 billion, while operating income quintupled to $391 million. That growth is coming as AWS moves beyond being the technology favored by startups, which often rely on the service because, like utilities, it charges based on use. During its annual re:Invent conference here last week, Amazon highlighted corporate titans such as General Electric, BMW and Capital One that are using AWS for core operations. “AWS is no longer just for startups or just for technology companies but has infiltrated mainstream business models and we expect adoption to be very strong for the foreseeable future,” RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark S. Mahaney wrote in a research note. Dominating markets The tech industry has often created winner-take-all markets. A federal judge found that Microsoft held monopoly power over desktopoperating systems. In Web search, despite repeated efforts to displace it, Google remains the dominant leader. The cloud-computing market is still young, and AWS is a long way from amassing the sort of power that Microsoft held over the PC world. But AWS’ early dominance in cloud
TAWS is no longer just for startups or just for technology companies but has infiltrated mainstream business models. Mark Mahaney Capital Markets Analyst
computing could give it the sort of market clout that could be abused. For now, most customers at re:Invent are thrilled with the cost savings AWS generates. And technology partners, many of them startups, are eager to hitch themselves to the rocket ship that is AWS and enjoy the ride. But some recent moves by AWS also make it clear that the company’s ambition is far from sated. Last week, AWS unveiled Amazon QuickSight, a service that lets business customers analyze large amounts of data. The technology puts Amazon in a market where
companies such as Tableau Software have already carved out a niche. The move is the boldest bid yet for AWS to provide more than just core computing functions. In the jargon of industry, AWS is moving “up the stack” of technology, offering applications that run on top of its infrastructure base. Elbowing in In the early days of PC software, Microsoft used Windows to elbow its way into strategic or promising new markets. The federal antitrust case against the software giant stemmed from its efforts to leverage the Windows monopoly to crush the then-leading Web browser, Netscape Navigator. AWS executives say the nature of the cloud, where customers often rent computing by the hour, makes the sort of monopolistic dominance that marked the old software world an impossibility. Instead, Amazon is “selectively targeting” niches where its customers want more capability, said Adam Selipsky, vice president of sales, marketing and support at AWS. “Our partners can do a lot of it,” Selipsky said. “We will do pieces of that ourselves, pieces that our customers think is more important.” Ashley Jaschke, Tableau’s director of product management, said she’s not worried by QuickSight. Tableau’s technology offers far more
functionality, giving customers the ability, for example, to connect to data on their own servers, as well as information stored in AWS. And the company is working with Amazon to use Tableau’s technology with QuickSight. “Amazon is, and always will be, a good partner,” Jaschke said. Ahead of competition Venture capitalists used to steer clear of investing in markets where Microsoft might enter by leveraging Windows. Amazon’s moves with AWS, though, haven’t risen to that level, said Frank Artale, a managing partner at Ignition Partners, a Seattle-area venture-capital firm. Amazon is just adding functionality to stay ahead of its competition. “It’s almost forcing (tech companies developing on AWS) to be better than them on the platform,” said Artale, who also once worked in the Windows group at Microsoft. “This doesn’t discourage me.” Amazon’s market leadership is also leading to questions about the dependence it’s creating for customers who use the service. In the early days of technology, custo mers often accused companies such as Microsoft and Oracle of locking them into technology with long-term contracts. Selipsky notes that AWS,
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Twitter announces it will lay off 8 percent of its workforce By Tracy Lien and Andrea Chang Los Angeles Times
Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey may have spoken too soon back in June when he described the company’s direction as “extremely strong and beautiful.” The San Francisco microblogging site will cut 336 employees, or 8 percent of its global workforce, as part of a restructuring plan. Twitter began notifying affected employees on Tuesday, while its shares rose nearly 6 percent, to $30.44, in morning trading on Wall Street. “The restructuring is part of an overall plan to organize around the company’s top product priorities and drive efficiencies throughout the company,” Twitter said in a securities filing. “The company intends to reinvest savings in its most important priorities to drive growth.” Some analysts cheered the move, saying the longterm cost savings would catch Twitter up to other tech companies. Twitter reported adjusted earnings per employee of $83,000 in 2014, compared to $900,000 at Facebook and $479,000 at Google, said Blake Harper, Internet industry analyst at Topeka Capital Markets. “The company stated it is
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going to reinvest the savings into driving growth, which could inhibit near term margin improvement, but should improve the workforce and expense structure,” Harper said in a note to investors Tuesday. Victor Anthony, an analyst at Axiom Capital Management, called Twitter a “work in progress” in a report on Tuesday. “Much work is ahead to drive up engagement and user growth,” he said. “A more streamlined and more nimble organization could help with those efforts.” Twitter estimated layoffs would cost up to $20 million, nearly all in severance costs. In a letter to employees titled “A More Focused Twitter,” Dorsey said the company “made an extremely tough decision.” He said the product and engineering teams would make the most significant structural changes, adding that “we feel strongly that engineering will move much faster with a smaller and nimbler team, while remaining the biggest percentage of our workforce. And the rest of the organization will be streamlined in parallel.” “The world needs a strong Twitter, and this is another step to get there,” he said. News of possible layoffs
first emerged in early October when news site ReCode reported via unnamed sources that the company planned to slim down its workforce in an effort to reduce costs. A Twitter spokeswoman had declined at the time to comment on “rumor and speculation.” The story sent Twitter’s stock down 6.81 percent on Monday, closing at $28.75. Dorsey was named Twitter’s interim chief executive in June after then-CEO Dick Costolo resigned amid the company’s struggles to attract new users and introduce products and features that kept existing users interested. Dorsey was Twitter’s first chief executive and stepped down in 2008. Dorsey held this role while remaining the chief executive of electronic payments firm Square, of which he is the founder. He was named Twitter’s permanent CEO in September and said he would continue to lead both companies. Harper said a co-founder pulling the trigger on layoffs could be more digestible for remaining employees than had an outsider been hired as CEO. “While it is still to be determined what impact the move will have, we view it positively that Mr. Dorsey has acted decisively early in his tenure,” the analyst said.
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Twitter appeared to find its second wind under Dorsey’s leadership, with the company posting a 61 percent revenue increase in its second quarter this year and launching new features such as Moments and Product Pages. Despite the product launches and revenue increase, the company remained dogged
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Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Securities. Company Chief Financial Officer Anthony Noto said the product remains too difficult for many to use, and Dorsey said the results were “unacceptable and we’re not happy about it.” Los Angeles Times
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Run, Ryan, Run After several position changes Ryan Nall lands at running back By Josh Worden Senior Beat Reporter
Ryan Nall spoke at media day on Aug. 7 about being comfortable, at home and ready to play as a tight end. The redshirt freshman had already switched from tight end to running back and then back again, and said he was “excited to finally play” during the 2015 season. Only a few days later, he made his third position switch of his career before he had even played a collegiate football game, returning to running back. “I was walking into a tight end meeting and I was grabbing something to drink,” Nall said of the third day of fall camp. “Coach Baldwin said, ‘Do you want to go play running back?’ I was like, ‘Sure, why not?’ So he said, ‘Go get your stuff, go get in the room.’ Ever since then, I’ve been playing running back.” It was “round two” at running back, as Nall put it, and he’s already carved a significant hole in the rotation, totaling 59 rush yards and a touchdown in two Pac-12 games as a complement to senior running back Storm Barrs-Woods. The most impressive thing to running backs coach Telly Lockette has been Nall’s knowledge of his new position, even though he has only spent a portion of his time in Corvallis as a tailback. “I know he did it in high school a little bit, but I didn’t know he would catch on as quick as he has,” Lockette said. “He’s going to be a good one.” Part of what allows Nall to be versatile enough to endure three positions switches is his combination of size and athleticism. He stands at 6-foot-2, currently runs at about 250 pounds and runs a 40-yard dash in 4.5 or 4.6 seconds, according to Lockette. His tenacity in fighting through tackles and falling forward after contact has been his biggest asset, particularly shown in the Arizona game on a 3rd-and-1 when Nall was stacked up in the backfield but twisted ahead for two yards and a first down. OSU scored its only touchdown
of the game two plays later and Nall went on to take eight of the tailbacks’ 17 carries in the contest. “I like to think that’s one of my strengths is being a bigger back,” Nall said. “It’s going to take a lot more than one person to tackle me. I’m not going down without a fight. If you try to grab me by my legs, I’m going to keep going. That play was just an effort play… I didn’t want to go down.” Not only has Nall cultivated a power-back mentality, he even surrounds himself with bigger guys off the field: four of his five roommates are offensive linemen. Now, though, Lockette wants Nall to slim down a little bit from his tight end weight in order to handle his duties as a tailback. One of Nall’s biggest goals is “to bust a 90-yarder,” and carrying a slightly smaller frame may help. It may take some time to completely be polished as an everyday running back, but Nall is already indoctrinated into the position group. Each week on Wednesday or Thursday, Lockette invites all the running backs over to his house for dinner to enhance the bonds between the players, and Nall has quickly fit in with his teammates. “He’s a very funny guy,” Lockette said. “He’s a big kid, a lovable kid. Everybody likes Ryan.” Nall has handled the position switching volatility well, but he hopes things will settle down so he can hone his skills at one specific spot. “Position-wise, I hope I stay put so I can focus on it and be the best I can,” Nall said. “Next (goal) I had on my list is to score a receiving touchdown, maybe a deep bomb or something like that. We’ll see what’s in the cards.” “By the time he’s finished up here, he’s going to leave a great legacy,” Lockette added. “A guy who can do multiple things, catch the ball out of the backfield, who can line up at H-back, who can line up at wide receiver and still can run. That’s what he gives us is that athleticism that we need.” With that multifaceted ability in mind, what would Nall say if the coaching staff asked him to switch to quarterback? “I’d say, ‘I have to work on my arm, coach,’” Nall said with a laugh. On Twitter @BrightTies
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(Top) Redshirt freshman running back Ryan Nall attempts to break a tackle against Stanford on Sept. 26, (bottom) Nall speaks at the OSU football media day on Aug. 7 at Reser Stadium.
Football notebook: Beavers head to the Palouse
Beavers try to find answers to problems against Cougars By Brenden Slaughter Sports Reporter
In this edition of the notebook, we examine the top storylines of OSU football as they try to improve their loss to the Arizona, and how they look to stop the Cougar offense. What defense is doing to improve: After a dismal performance that saw OSU surrender 44 points and over 600 yards of total offense, the OSU defense is trying to make sense about where to go from here. The Beavers will begin the rebuilding process this week, however the the opponents don’t get any easier for OSU, as they are about to take on the top passing offense in the Pac-12 in the Cougars.
Coach Gary Andersen noted that he sees that the attempt to play good defense is there, but not nearly at the highest level. “We are playing with effort, but as a whole group we don’t understand the responsibility factor in playing big time football,” Andersen said. “I’m not interested in making any kind of excuses, I’m interested in getting these kids better.” Junior free safety Cyril NolandLewis feels that the Beavers have to be more accountable as a whole on defense. “It was tough, frustrating and we needed to execute better,” NolandLewis said. “The reality of it is, all 105 guys on team has to take responsibility and keep fighting.” Washington State defense improving: After being highly criticized in their season opening loss to Portland
State, defensive coordinator Alex Grinch has slowly righted to ship for the Cougars by instilling an aggressive mindset in his players. For Andersen the Cougar defense stepped up when they had to against the Ducks. “Washington State won a big game in a big moment,” Andersen said. “Stopping (Royce) Freeman is never an easy thing, and that game was the ultimate Pac-12 game in terms of defenses trying to stop one another.” Sophomore wide receiver Xavier Hawkins feels that Washington State’s defense will present many challenges. “Their defense surprised me honestly, their quarter defense played very well against Oregon,” Hawkins said. Challenges that quarterback Luke Falk presents: Oregon State fans are very famil-
iar with Falk, as the redshirt sophomore came into Reser Stadium last season as threw for 471 yards and 5 touchdowns leading the Cougars to a victory. Unlike last year when Falk was starting only due to Connor Halliday’s injury, Falk is now the unquestioned starter and leading passer in the Pac-12. Senior defensive end Jaswha James knows that OSU has to be more aggressive with Falk then last year. “He is a good quarterback and we have to bring some pressure and heat to get after him,” James said. Noland-Lewis knows that the defense has to be sound against Falk. “He is a good passer, obviously he is a starter in the Pac-12 so we definitely respect his game, and we need to break the film down to create some mismatches,” NolandLewis said. Andersen knows Falk all too well:
Andersen has known Falk since his high school days in Logan, Utah where he went to high school with two of Andersen’s sons. He knows Falk very well both on and off the field, and calls his rise to success one of those feel good stories that you like to read about. Andersen noted that if he could, he would prefer to not have to play Falk this weekend. “When Luke was 17 I probably should have locked him in my basement and I wouldn’t have a problem this weekend,” Andersen said with a smile. “He is a great kid and I love him. He is a tremendous story, because nobody gave him a chance and Coach (Mike) Leach gave him one and boy has he made the best of that opportunity.” On Twitter @b_slaught
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Football power rankings By Brian Rathbone
the top spot if Rosen can engineer a victory to win the Pac-12. against Stanford. 7. Washington State (3-2, 1-1) Way to go Washington State, way to make 4. Cal (5-1, 2-1) 1. Utah (5-0, 2-0 Pac-12) Come on Jared Goff, you have a chance me look like a fool by putting at the bottom of How did Utah respond to jumping into the rankings last week, the top-5 after dismantling Oregon? Oh, you to cement yourself as top pick in the NFL or maybe that was just draft and a franchise know, just picked off a me “Couging it.” Movquarterback, and you future first-round quaring forward the Cougars throw five picks in a terback five times en will ride the right arm of close game against a route to another vicLuke Falk, who already top-five team? What a tory against a top-25 has a high pitch count wasted opportunity. I’m opponent. Utah excels still a believer in Goff throwing 275 passes on the season, 43 more at all three phases of the game, they are going to be tough the rest and the Golden Bears and I expect them to than the second place quarterback in the Pacbounce back, I mean, Utah is not an easiest 12. Can he keep it up once the bad weather of the season. comes around. place to win. 2. Stanford (4-1, 3-0) 8. Washington (3-2, 1-1) 5. Arizona (4-2, 1-2) I really wanted to put Stanford No. 1 because If you are Washington, are you any more What a difference having Anu Solomon they are so talented and have three of the better running backs on the field for Arizona makes, they are a excited for this year’s rendition of “Hate Week”? After Oregon has beatcompletely different in the entire conferen the Huskies like a team. The offense was ence and have looked drum since 2004, could no longer one-dimenuntouchable in conthis end the decade of sional, he was able to ference play. But, their suffereing in Seattle? extend drives to give wins have come against Now that Oregon is the defense breaks. As USC, who has so many declining and Washingissues, Oregon State, doesn’t have an offense, reigning Pac-12 south champions, with a and Arizona, without Anu Solomon. So their healthy Solomon, they could make another run ton is coming off a huge win over USC in the game against UCLA could be a better gauge at the division crown. Or, maybe the Wildcats Coliseum, you would have to like your chances. 9. Oregon (3-3, 1-2) just beat up on a struggling Oregon State team. on how good Stanford really is. What is happening? I can’t believe I am put6. Arizona State (4-2, 2-1) 3. UCLA (4-1, 1-1) ting Oregon this low, Could Arizona State be hitting their stride? Welcome to the biggest game you have but it’s totally justified. played in, Josh Rosen. Coming off of a bye week Once considered a potential playoff team, Two conference losses the Sun Devils could the UCLA Bruins travel and it isn’t even Hallownot of come out of the to Silicon Valley to take een yet. Vernon Adams gates any colder. After on Stanford. The Bruins cannot come back soon a statement victory over haven’t been able to get enough for the Ducks, seventh ranked UCLA over the Stanford-hump in the Rose Bowl fol- who currently have as many quarterback issues in recent years, falling to them in big game lowed up by an easy victory against Colorado, as the amount of yards their defensive secondafter big game. UCLA could make a claim for things are starting to heat for Todd Graham’s ary is giving up. Maybe things will get back on team. The Sun Devils are still very much alive track when they face their personal punching Sports Editor
bag this week in Seattle.
10. USC (3-2, 1-2)
Things don’t look great for the Trojans right now. The team pegged to win the Pac-12 and in contention for a playoff spot, has suffered two conference losses and now find themselves without a head coach. USC still has talent in spades, so we could see a turnaround like the Trojans had in 2013, the last time they fired a coach midseason.
11. Oregon State (2-3, 0-2)
Oregon State has several question marks surrounding the offense that can’t find rhythm, and a defense that gave up 600 yards of offense in back-to-back games. Now they face one of the better offensive teams on the road in Washington State who are coming off of their biggest wins in a very long time. This was viewed as one of the winnable games for Oregon State early in the season.
12. Colorado (3-3, 0-2)
Colorado is still trying to find its way in the Pac-12. It’s crazy how different the two teams who entered the Pac12 in 2011 are polaropposites of each other in 2015. Utah looks like a playoff team and Colorado has won four conference games since coming over from the Big-12. With two losses and a loaded Pac-12 south, it could be another long season in Boulder. On Twitter @brathbone3
UCLA, facing Stanford, can erase the USC rivalry has extra meaning sting of their last seven meetings for Notre Dame’s Joe Schmidt By Chris Foster Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES – UCLA was able to beat Stanford in 2008 because the Cardinal wasn’t sure it could make one yard, even with tough-running Toby Gerhart in the backfield. Stanford’s settling for a field goal with 2 minutes 31 seconds left allowed the Bruins enough time to drive for the game-winning touchdown. So UCLA’s last victory over the Cardinal was made possible because coach Jim Harbaugh had no faith in his running game. It has been that long. Stanford’s, and Harbaugh’s, identity took hold the next season and, since then, the Cardinal has won 62 of 79 games. That includes a 7-0 record against UCLA. The No. 18 Bruins (4-1overall, 1-1 in Pac-12 Conference play) can possibly forge their own new identity when they face the No. 15 Cardinal (4-1, 3-0) on Thursday at Stanford. Or they may have to accept their current one. Is UCLA ready to stake a step up in class? Or are the Bruins the Clemson of the West Coast, an eight- or ninevictory team that never quite lives up to expectations? “I think you make a mistake if you start looking at it like that,” UCLA coach Jim Mora said. “You have to look at it like one game. That’s always been our approach. Once you start making one game being more important than another, you open yourself up to inconsistency.” The Bruins have been
nothing but consistent against the Cardinal since 2009. They play; they lose. The seven-game losing streak matches UCLA’s longest against any team, tying the seven-year drought against USC from 1999 to 2005. Two of the losses to Stanford stung a little more than the others. The Cardinal defeated the Bruins in the 2012 Pac-12 championship game and denied UCLA a spot in the conference title game last season with a 31-10 victory. Neither head coach saw value in talking about the past this week. “Most of the guys who played in those games are not even on the teams now,” said Stanford coach David Shaw, who replaced Harbaugh after the 2010 season. “The young guys don’t remember the earlier games.” Maybe his don’t. Some of UCLA’s do. “The wrong thing would be to just forget about it,” UCLA junior linebacker Deon Hollins said. Hollins said Scott White, who coaches the Bruins linebackers, told his unit: “Make sure you watch the games from a couple years back. Embrace it, and remove the feeling you had at the end of the game.” Under Mora, UCLA has been ranked in The Associated Press media poll’s top 10 four times. Each time, it has lost the next game. Twice it was to Stanford. Shaw downplayed his program’s winning streak. “All the games have been dif-
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ferent and a lot were really tight,” he said. UCLA center Jake Brendel, a fifth-year senior who has played in or witnessed five of the losses to Stanford, acknowledged that the slide “affects you a little bit.” But he also said the Bruins try to leave the past behind. “We always try to look at the future, what’s happening right now,” he said. The losses to Stanford, and a six-game losing streak against Oregon, have underscored a close-but-not-goodenough level the Bruins have reached against the Pac-12’s best programs. The Ducks have won four conference titles since 2008, when USC was the champion. The Cardinal has won the other two. “If you dwell on the past, whether it’s a positive past or not-so-positive past, it’s the wrong thing to do,” Mora said. “Our freshmen have never played Stanford. Our sophomores have played them once. You try to bring it into what it is that week.” What it is this week is another chance for the Bruins to do something they haven’t accomplished since 2008.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Joe Schmidt spent part of his afternoon Wednesday singing praises and reliving bad memories of USC games past. Oh, and he hummed. The Notre Dame linebacker paid homage to the 1981 Human League song “Don’t You Want Me” when asked why he didn’t speak after last week’s victory against Navy. “Anyone know what song I was doing there?” he playfully responded. It was a 180-degree difference from the angry Schmidt who was near tears after the Irish’s two-point loss at Clemson the week before. Winning helps. Winning Saturday against the Trojans, whose home field is 45 minutes from Schmidt’s home in Orange, Calif., would help more. Schmidt was on the shelf with an ankle injury but traveled for last year’s 49-14 drubbing in Los Angeles, a game the Irish trailed 35-0 in the second quarter. That was also the game in which the now-injured Malik Zaire replaced the since-departed Everett Golson at quarterback in the second quarter. “I think I was still on pain medication at the time,” Schmidt said. “It’s a weird thing. I just remember not knowing what to do and how to coach the guys once we were down 21-0 in the first quarter. “I remember the looks on their faces and the way that I felt, and it was a feeling that I never want to duplicate. I’d say it’s one of my least fond memories of my football career.” Schmidt also cited the “Bush Push” game of 2005, during which USC quarterback
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Matt Leinart scored an improbable touchdown when Reggie Bush shoved him into the end zone in the waning seconds. Schmidt said his family was at that game, which he watched “over and over and over again” and called “one of the best games I’ve ever seen.” “I couldn’t have been more depressed,” said Schmidt, who was playing in a football game himself that day. “No, I guess I could have. I could have been on the team. But it hit me pretty hard as a little kid.” Schmidt also referred to the game as “unfortunate,” much the same way he feels about the circumstances surrounding the firing of USC coach Steve Sarkisian this week. Sarkisian reportedly showed up to a team meeting Sunday with alcohol on his breath. He initially was suspended indefinitely before his contract was terminated Monday. Schmidt said he knows a lot of Trojans players but hadn’t talked to anyone on the team since Sarkisian was let go. “As a human I feel for them and I pray for them, and that’s really all I have to say about it,” Schmidt said. “It’s a very tough situation.” Unlike Schmidt, Notre Dame quarterback DeShone Kizer grew up far from the shadow cast by the USC rivalry. But the redshirt freshman from Ohio said he’s quickly warming to the idea of a heated game on a cold night in South Bend. “I’ve never been a huge Notre Dame fan growing up, so I never really got into the whole USC-Notre Dame rivalry,” Kizer said. “But with last year’s experiences at USC and now understanding how our fans are here, I believe that it’s going to be really electric.” Chicago Tribune
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Continued from page 1 major disaster and we start to see the failure of EMS (emergency medical services), the urban environment quickly becomes a wilderness. Now all of a sudden our students ask, ‘When the earthquake happens where do I go? How do I help?” According to Attwater, if any organization is capable of harnessing the skills of this trained student body — it’s D.I.R.T. While the program does seek to bring students with all skill sets into its initiative, Atwater emphasized that they really want to connect with veteran students. “We looked at some of the initiatives coming out of the university centered around engaging our student veterans who are returning and figuring out ways to help them transition,” Atwater said. “Those veteran students often want to feel like they have a purpose. They want to be doing something that is worthwhile because they have done this work for so long that is very purpose driven, and they come back to these communities and feel very disconnected.” Atwater has high hopes for D.I.R.T. and it’s potential to
help integrate veterans back into their community. “(Veterans) have incredible amounts of knowledge and training, and for the most part they are ready to go, so let’s get them into a place where they can help,” Atwater said. While the program seeks to provide a valuable service to the community, it is currently lacking in membership. “We want to see it scaled up, we want to see it become bigger. To see it come to a place where it is effective, it needs to have more volume,” Atwater said. “We are running a class of 15-16 people a term, that’s 45 graduates a year. What we really need to see is 400 graduates a year. We really want to have the impact that we know we can have in the event of that emergency.” Students who join D.I.R.T attend monthly to quarterly meetings where they are actively involved in developing their skills and creating effective plans that allow them to offer much needed community support. If you would like to become a member, you can contact Ty Atwater directly or find the D.I.R.T/CERT program under the Adventure Leadership Institure department of OSU’s website. news@dailybarometer.com
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Today’s Birthday (10/15/15). This is a year of personal discovery. Navigate big changes by finding the spiritual thread. Speak from your heart, and ask for what you want. Social networking provides results. Career expansion sparks new priorities this spring. After next autumn, your plans come to fruition, inciting a work surge. Propagate 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 an 8 — Keep it simple. Push for what you believe, with Mars trine Pluto. Your team can help. Consistent steady pressure works... avoid forcing an issue. The more you put in, the more you get out.
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Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — More work leads to more benefits. Ask for what you’ve been promised. Try a new recipe or restaurant. Share something tasty with your partner. Eat well, rest well and pour energy into your collaboration. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 9 — Massive effort pays off (especially over the long haul), with Mars trine Pluto. Now is the time for big ideas. Take advantage of a lucky break. Harness your creative fire. Get expert coaching, and keep practicing. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 9 — Give a big push. A
Continued from page 2 Art of Empathy,” and the company has set out to create empathetic avatars. “Other companies create a technology product,” Brown said. “What we create is a character on a technology platform.” That requires the skill of a playwright or television writer, said Brown, who started out as a copy writer in New York. Thousands of lines of dialogue, gestures and facial expressions all have to be scripted. For the VA project, iDAvatars is creating two avatars — a receptionist at a registration desk and a virtual medical assistant. The VA gave the company 2,000 questions, each that can be asked in five, 10, 15 different ways. The application has to recognize slang, for instance, used in different parts of the country and by people from different backgrounds. “It’s an enormous challenge,” Brown said. “For me it’s a chance to use everything I’ve ever learned in one job.” Some of the technology hasn’t been perfected. But Daroga, iDAvatars’ founder, points to the improvement in voice
it’s hardly a trivial undertaking. Shifting data requires significant worker time and expertise. Bob Micielli, director of technology services for King County, the home of Seattle, considered the question of lock in as he put together plans to migrate the county’s technology operations to the Web. He ultimately chose AWS because it offered the most comprehensive cloud technology at the best price, he said. The county, which has a $90 million annual tech budget, has already saved about $1 million shifting its data storage from outdated servers to AWS. And Micielli estimates that it could save at least $3 million a year more by shut-
rush job could lead to long-term benefit (with Mars trine Pluto). Build the passion level. You know what to say to motivate your crew. Get necessary equipment. Negotiate, rather than demanding. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Slow and steady gets it right the first time. Abundance is available. Stick close to home. Strengthen your infrastructure for long-term support. Keep your workspace clear. Listen to family feedback. Kids have the best ideas. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — Persistent communications get through. Patiently keep in action. Steady moves work better than impulsive ones. Imagine positive outcomes. Sell stuff you don’t need. Engage in a conversation and energize it for a shared goal. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 9 — The more you study, the more your team wins. Heed a warning. Use confidential information to advance. Try something completely new and unexplored. Draw on resources you’ve been saving for a special occasion. Develop your natural talents. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 9 — Finish a job before it’s due. You’re energized ... take advantage to power ahead. Friends are there for you. Go public with your plan. Share your enthusiasm. Long-term benefit comes from short-term coordinated action now.
ting down data centers when it shifts entirely to AWS over the next five years. He understands the concern over lock in, and recognizes that AWS could raise prices. But he thinks that’s unlikely because AWS has consistently lowered prices throughout its existence. “In IT, we have to make smart bets,” Micielli said. “This is a smart bet.” AWS’ Selipsky notes that customers such as Micielli have chosen to use the service because it provides the most functionality for the least amount of money. “That’s the only form of lock in that’s acceptable,” Selipsky said. The Seattle Times
technology. “See how much change has happened in two years,” said Daroga, who has undergraduate and master’s degrees in engineering as well as a law degree. IDAvatars, he said, has two business models. One is to develop mobile applications for hospitals, managed care organizations and health insurers who would pay a monthly fee for each user. The other is to develop applications for patients in clinical research trials. Last month, Daroga took three trips to Silicon Valley, meeting with Intel, Samsung and IBM. The company’s key employees also met with IBM in Boston. The meeting with Samsung came after the company heard about iDAvatars and contacted Daroga. It later asked if he could give a one-hour demonstration for company executives from Korea. It’s an example of the interest in what iDAvatars has set out to do _ and it suggests that the company has overcome one challenge. “When you first hear about it,” Daroga said, “it’s too bizarre.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Calendar 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.
FRIDAY, Oct. 16: 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.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Feed your inspiration by making reminders of what you love and posting them where you can see them. Maintain optimism about a new leadership role. Friends give you a boost. You’re gaining respect. You’re especially persuasive.
SATURDAY, Oct. 17:
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Your partner can get farther than you can now. Find a safe place for your money. Offer guidance. Get your partner involved. Success is your reward. Follow the logic trail. Lively music sets the tone.
Event: 10 a.m. Alternative Health & Healing Fair Location: Linn County Fair & Expo. Alternative Health and healing fair with over 85 spiritual vendors.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — Keep up a steady rhythm. Let a partner take the lead sometimes. Career choices expand naturally. Finish a project and devote yourself to the process. Keep an open mind. Commit to bold action, once you’ve chosen direction.
SUNDAY, Oct. 18:
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — Your career situation takes a mega leap. Act quickly and make a good impression. Put in extra effort. Focus on your work. Your conscientiousness makes you look stronger. Pay attention, smile and give it everything you’ve got. (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 BY TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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.
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.
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18: Event: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. OSU Waste Watchers Location: SEC plaza. Receive free repairs for broken or damaged items; attend demos to learn DIY skills.
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Everyone bites the leaves How to handle the changing fall weather on campus with six helpful tips to help you overcome possible hazards By Clarke Stevenson A&E Contributor
Listen up! Fall is here and everyone should be ready to brace every possible hazard that could affect anyone, anywhere, at anytime. 1. Easy does it. Unless you want to fall as fast as the leaves, do not be bolting on your bike around the corners. The wet leaves on the ground make the road extremely slippery. Absolutely slick. I have seen many people crash on wet pavement because they thought their fixie bikes could handle the sharp turns of autumn’s beauties. I guess as a good golden rule for anything is to respect beautiful things, like the colorful leaves peppering the ground, and try your best to ride straight over those slippery mush piles. 2. Wash your hands before you touch mine. Hands are usefully for many things, like building a fire or playing the ukulele, but not for coughing into. Flu season is at its height. Wash those dirty hands of yours and cover your cough like you mean it! That means in your elbow or even in your shirt. If you think you are getting sick, try not to get those paws on much. Especially if you live in the Residence Halls, make sure you are looking out for your well-being as much as possible. Some teachers have even made it permissible to not come to class if you are sick. The Student Health Services is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 3. Enjoy the sunlight, while it lasts. We fall back an hour the first week of November for Day Light Savings. It is important to account for this while making plans to go, let’s say, hiking at Mary’s Peak at 3 p.m. Getting lost on a dark mountain is not the best business. Make sure you are driving safely! Precede slow on wet ground. And coming from a bicyclist point of view, please be aware of poor visibility conditions: fog, rain, darkness are all good things for pedestrians to be concealed. 4. Don’t get heat for paying for some. The weather will be returning to the satisfying chill we always expect from the fall or winter season. Space heaters and wall heaters will be increasing in use as the logical next step.
If you think you are getting sick, try not to get those paws on much. Especially if you live in the Residence Halls, make sure you are looking out for your well-being as much as possible.
But be mindful, make sure you have an empty space to place the space heater in order to avoid potential fire hazards or create scorch marks that could put a dent in your apartment’s security deposit. Also be wary of excessive heating. You don’t want to be paying too much for electricity this season. As a side note, and a helpful hint, some wall heaters can be a bit deceitful in the way they opperate. You certainly do not want to be paying triple digits for your engergy bill like I had to. Be mindful, it can cause scraps between you and your roommates if not. I encourage anyone to talk to their energy provider to see the best ways they can cut costs on heating before the season starts. 5. Sticks. Watch out for them. They fall. Along with leaves watch out for rogue sticks falling off the trees. They will hit you in the face as a way of saying hello. 6. Be wary of what you wear when its raining. As awesome as waterproof jackets are, sometimes they are 100 percent useless as the water falls off your upper body and down to your pants. The only way to combat this is to either not wear waterproof jackets, to compliment your jacket with waterproof pants or to simply stay inside and avoid the wet weather altogether. More on that point is to get a mudguard for your bike. Water will be kicked up from your tires and onto your back in an imprint “bikers” have laughed at me for. Good luck! Now go outside and enjoy the beautiful autumn colors. forum@dailybarometer.com The opinions expressed in Stevenson’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff.
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Montage and its steady revival
Group is more than your average club, discusses artists’ future in the field, the prevalence of strong community By Lauren Sluss A&E Contributor
Striving to be a professional artist can often be viewed as just a passing phase, which is what the Oregon State University art club, Montage, may have become if it had not been revived earlier this year. Springing back from years of inactivity, Montage reestablishes itself this year in order to reassure everyone that being a professional artist is not just a phase, but, in fact, becoming a reality. The club provides students of all majors with opportunities to showcase their artwork in the community and promote themselves as artists. Montage members’ artwork will be seen in Fairbanks’ West Gallery, but also off campus, including New Morning Bakery in Decem-
ber, Interzone in January 2016, and Sunnyside Up Café from January to June. “We are all very passionate about what we do,” explained Kaitlyn Carr, the 2015-2016 president of Montage. “It is our goal to help young artists learn how to network and get themselves out in the community.” Although Oregon State is usually known as being a research university, Montage helps solidify the lesser known art community on campus and beyond. “We are unique because most people forget the artistic side of OSU. You don’t often get to see what the artists do and what the creative community is putting on, which is what Montage provides,” Carr added. This is Carr’s first year as president of Montage. Although the club was established over ten years ago, it began to dissolve after founding members graduated and had no one to lead it. Carr, along with a few friends, collaboratively decided
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it was time to resuscitate the club after years of being dormant. “I was fairly new to OSU, and noticed a division between mediums of art majors. That’s why we decided to revive Montage this year, in order to unite art students on campus,” Carr said. Several Montage members have reaped the benefits of what this club provides. “Not only does Montage help boost young artists’ careers, it also allows members to enjoy the company of people who have similar interests as them,” said Teresa Yoshiura, Montage treasurer and photography major. “When I was a freshmen, I didn’t know other people outside photography. But now I know paint majors, drawing majors, and many other people interested in different mediums. It makes my relationships with others broader, instead of being in a small bubble.” Not only professional artists are allowed in the club, but any major
chance to let themselves be known in the community.”
Art provides memories. Once it is created, it lasts forever, whether this is through the physical art itself, or the impact it has on the world. Teresa Yoshiura Montage treasurer
Not only are all skill levels welcomed, but all ages as well. “Although the older students in Montage are looking for ways to advance their careers and get a jump start before they graduate, we are trying to focus on more social events to involve the younger members,” Carr explained. Montage meets every third Monday of the month at 5 p.m. at Art Underground, located in the Fairbanks Gallery basement.
“Art provides memories. Once it is created, it lasts forever, whether this is through the physical art itself, and any level of talent are invited or the impact it has on the world. This is what students are looking for to join as well. when they join Montage, a place to “We welcome any skill level, make that impact,” Yoshiura said. and anyone who is at least slightforum@dailybarometer.com ly interested in art,” Yoshiura The opinions expressed in Sluss’s columns do explained.“We are constantly look- not necessarily represent those of The Daily ing for new members to have the Barometer staff.
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The International Resource Center (IRC) is located on the first floor of the Student Experience Center (SEC) and caters to students interests on foreign cultures.
Great strides in creating a smaller world International students find their second home on the OSU campus, resources for student connection thrive By Clarke Stevenson Forum Contributor
This definition is neutral and a bit ineffective, yet serves as a good start to understanding the global trend. At OSU, we can see this “vision of the future” in the ways that we welcome undergraduate students, doctoral students and visiting faculty to come learn, teach and grow here. More than this fact is the score of scholarships offered for both international and domestic students to travel abroad, like several Fulbright grants or what the International Cultural Services Program (ICSP) offers here at OSU. Even in the recent email that went out to the student body, President Ed Ray stated that the goal of the university was to increase its international community to 15 percent. Although, it is off-putting to quantify the benefits to making our campus more culturally rich into a percentage, Nan Xi, international student advisor for the ICSP, assures differently. “I do not think it will stop there,” she said when asked if the university will stop extending out to the international community after
reaching that goal. “It is a way for OSU to be inclusive and to share different knowledge about cultures and the services that are mutually beneficial.” “Having international students come to the campus provides a realistic scenario to play out because students may well have to make business deals with people from other cultures for the future,” she points out. “How should you shake hands or where you should look in order to make the right impression.” Xi fully supports the way students from all over the world can interact and prepare for the future together. Most often, criticisms of this trend say that it is a reaction to globalization – an economic integration of many formerly national economies into one global economy based on freetrade and uncontrolled migration, in the words of ecological economist Herman E. Daly. But the most pronounced criticism of internationalization, according to the 4th IAU Global Survey Report Summary, is the inabil-
It seems as though you always remember someone for the impact that they made in your life. Sometimes it’s the little things. My friend was articulate, played for a premier soccer league in France, practiced the Muslim faith, spoke five or six languages, had a girlfriend from Russia, interned in four different countries by the time he was 24, and would stand up from his chair to give me a mannerly handshake whenever I came across him studying. Hugo Anas was born in Morocco and came to Oregon State University as a full-ride scholarship student in business and international relations. Today, I still consider him to be one of the most successful and self-motivated individuals I probably will ever meet. He had a surefooted personality for being a bridge between various cultures and people. More and more students like my friend are choosing OSU as their school of choice. From across the world, we can see more individuals enjoying the courses, sports and natural features the campus and the state of Oregon has to offer. For some, it illustrates the allure universities in the United States embody, but, for others, this is a global initiative called “internationalization of higher education.” According to the International Association of Universities (IAU), internationalization is the “process of integrating an international, intercultural, or global dimension into the purpose, functions or delivery of (postsecondary) Jonathan Gonzalez | THE DAILY BAROMETER education,” as adopted from Dr. Jane Knight, adjunct professor at the University of Toronto. Association of Latin American Students meeting in the IRC lounge Oct. 14.
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ity for students to “internationalize” due to financial resources. Essentially, the rich reap the rewards of traveling abroad with a more holistic resume or more worldly networks, creating a fast-track to a better job. However, Xi implores the way that ICSP can help students reduce the financial pressures to enrolling. ICSP awards scholarships to international students in exchange for spreading cultural awareness within the local community. Ranging from elementary schools to civic and youth organizations, this cultural sharing provides a way to foster empathy and appreciation for the global citizen in the United States. From what I understand, the scholarship is awarded to those who can culturally add and engage with the community here on campus and beyond by creating dialogue and envoke thought provoking topics regarding the world as they see it. The ICSP also provides a huge support system for the international community, helping out in ways that ensure students can overcome stress at the university, like home-sickness or cultural shock services. Working closely with the International Resource Center (IRC), both resource centers are involved with support and enhancement of cultural celebration within the OSU community. Hoping to really inspire the domestic student body, the IRC and ICSP are creating a great list of cultural awareness events happening throughout the term. If there was a way to prepare for the future, I would think to find it in the ways we can skillfully adapt and collaborate to solve issues. That will not be done without, in the words of Nan Xi, “we change ourselves internally to be more inclusive”. forum@dailybarometer.com The opinions expressed in Stevenson’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff.