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Group counters WBC for soldier’s memorial OSU, Corvallis community react, organize in response to WBC intent to protest Patterson memorial service
protest against homosexuality. In reaction to this announcement, Matt Enloe created an “OSU Supports Cody Patterson” Facebook group Thursday. Enloe is a junior majoring in philosophy. By Megan Campbell “When I heard the Westboro Baptist Church was The Daily Barometer coming to campus, especially to picket a soldier’s The Westboro Baptist Church announced its service, my immediate reaction was that there intent to protest at U.S. Army Ranger Pfc. Cody J. should be people to support the family,” Enloe said Patterson’s memorial at 1:15 p.m. on Sunday at the in a Facebook message. “I just wanted to get some people to go sit with supportive signs and expected LaSells Stewart Center. maybe 20 people tops.” Patterson’s memorial service begins at 2 p.m. More than 7,000 people have been invited to The WBC is a group that conducts demonstrations, including for military funerals, often to attend a counter-protest. By print time Thursday n
night, more than 800 people registered their intent to counter-protest the WBC on Sunday. The counter-protest group is planning to meet outside of Dixon Recreation Center at 1 p.m. From there, the group plans to walk to the LaSells Stewart Center. The guidelines for these counter-protesters are to avoid interacting with WBC and to be silent and peaceful. Signs are to be supportive messages, which are recommended on the Facebook page. Steve Clark, vice president for university relations and marketing, said he hopes there won’t be a confrontation — between any of the parties. Clark
said the only opinion that he hopes is expressed on Sunday is that of support, concern and care for the Patterson family members and friends. The way to create this presence, Clark said, is to “appear outside in dignity,” and to “not fuel the fire.” The university respects the WBC Freedom of Speech rights and will not approach the situation any differently than it would any other protest, Clark said. Oregon State Police are aware of the situation and agree that they will not “treat them differently,” said Lieutenant Charles Yutzie, interim director in the department of public safety. See WESTBORO | page 3
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Weeklong festival screens films from 17 countries, continues through Sunday By Olivia Poblacion The Daily Barometer
The fifth-annual Oregon State University International Film Festival began Monday and features 18 films shown throughout seven days at the Darkside Cinema in downtown Corvallis. Organized by the School of Language, Culture and Society, the festival runs from Oct. 14-20 and has expanded this year from its previous format of five films shown in five days. “The goal was to cover as many different countries as possible and as many different cultures,” said Sebastian Heiduschke, the festival co-founder and a professor of German cinema at OSU. The festival includes films from Japan to Kazakhstan to Brazil. Storylines range from a German comedy about the kidnapped son of a Viking chief to a drama about women in Cairo combating sexual harassment. At Tuesday night’s screening of the Serbian film, “Parada,” Sonia Kousha, 54, a quality engineer, said foreign films have a different appeal than American ones. “I think the focus is more on the relationships between people, instead of how many car crashes or sex scenes there are,” Kousha said. “There’s a lot of humanity in them.” This is Kousha’s second year attending the festival. “I would come to all the films if I didn’t have to work,” she said. Beginning as a project between three foreign language professors in 2009, the film festival was origi-
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The Oregon State University Extension Service has revised its publication, “How to Reduce Bee Poisonings from Pesticides,” to include the latest research and regulations pertaining to bees and pesticides, according to a news release. Lead authors include OSU honeybee specialist Ramesh Sagili and OSU toxicologist Louisa Hooven. The publication explains how to
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The Darkside Cinema in downtown Corvallis will show “Wickie auf grosser Fahrt” (2011) on Sunday at 2 p.m. nally screened on campus, primarily for students. their students. As community interest in the festival grew, they “We wanted to do something to bring the differdecided to move the venue to the Darkside Cinema ent languages together,” Heiduschke said. in 2011. The festival acquired more sponsors and The professors wrote their respective embassies See FILM | page 3 and asked them to send films they could show
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investigate and report suspected bee poisonings and categorizes the prolonged toxicity periods for several pesticides. It is designed for commercial beekeepers, growers and pesticide applicators throughout Oregon, California, Idaho and Washington. In Oregon, more than 50,000 honeybees were killed in Wilsonville on June 17 after linden trees were sprayed to control aphids. Four days later, hundreds of bees were found
dead in Hillsboro. This was the largest bee kill on record. In response to the bee deaths, on June 21 the Oregon Department of Agriculture restricted 18 pesticides that contain the active ingredient dinotefuran for a six-month period. OSU researchers are currently investigating the effects of neonicotinoids (a class of neuro-active insecticides related to nicotine), including dinotefuran, on native
bees. It is thought that even low levels of exposure of neocotinoids may impact bees’ ability to forage for nectar, learn and remember the location of flowers, and it may possibly impair their ability to find their way home to the hive. The publication was produced in collaboration with OSU, Washington State University and the University of Idaho. managing@dailybarometer.com
Programs and grants affected by the recent government shutdown will now resume due to the Congress-approved debt ceiling extension, which will last through Feb. 7, 2014. Multiple college research programs slowed or halted as a result of the federal funding shutdown. Research returned to normal at the Hatfield Marine Science Center, where 35 researchers had to continue their work in other buildings due to federal property closures. According to Steve Clark, vice president for university relations and marketing at OSU, financial aid and veterans programs remained unaffected during the shutdown. Regardless, the veteran affairs office responded to concerns from students who receive benefits. In addition, Clark mentioned how new federal funds will also compensate for funds the university used during the shutdown. “The university was able to continue essential research by utilizing funding of its own,” Clark said. “We will be reimbursed for those.” Bob Cowen, director of the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, said federal workers returned to Hatfield in order to resume research and operations. “Our people are moving back to their respective offices and labs in our federal building,” Cowen said. “We survived it.” Cowen said many complications arose from certain research grants being time-sensitive. “Once that work starts, you have to get the job done in those two years,” See SHUTDOWN | page 3
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For Efland-Cheeks Elementary School, in Efland, N.C., their first step in implementation was getting students to think about long-term goals, like going to college. To apply this to the classroom, each By Kaitlyn Kohlenberg grade got to choose a college or university The Daily Barometer for their class to represent throughout the Third-grade teacher, Jaime Noack, knew school year. right away which university her students “For many of our students, they’re should represent for their school’s imple- (from) families whose parents did not mentation of The Leader in Me program. graduate high school, let alone even The Leader in Me program takes the thinking about going to college,” Noack well-known ideas of Stephen Covey’s book, said. “So it’s exciting for (the students) “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective to not only learn about it, but to get that People,” and applies them within a school they can go.” Corvallis-born and raised, Noack idensetting.
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Camp Adventure at Oregon State University is a club consisting of students who train and travel to U.S. military bases throughout the world to work with children. The children they work with are children of families in the U.S. military stationed abroad. “The best part of being involved with Camp Adventure is helping these kids whose parents are fighting for our country,” said Kalli Walker, the project coordinator for Camp Adventure and senior studying human development and family sciences. The members of the club are contracted by the Department of Defense to travel to different military bases and spend either their summer or winter break working with the kids. Each trip, a Camp Adventure student takes ranges from 4-10 weeks. The students living and travel expenses are paid through the program. The Camp Adventure members service children in 20 different countries. The members of the club spend the winter and spring meeting every other Saturday training to better aid the youth they serve.
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tifies herself as a Beaver at heart and thought that OSU would be an excellent school for her students to represent and learn about. Noack contacted OSU’s College of Education, asking if they could send OSU paraphernalia to decorate the classroom and hand out to the children. The college agreed and, upon receiving the box, Noack’s students were ecstatic. Upon seeing all of the Beaver-logoemblazoned supplies, which included posters, pencils, and stickers, Noack said one student exclaimed, “Man, I know where I’m going to go to school now.” Noack’s school was featured on the College of Education’s website. “I showed them the (College of Education) website,” Noack said. “How cool is it that a small little classroom in North Carolina, that no one has ever heard of, is on the website of a big school?” As a part of their program, the thirdgraders will be incorporating the OSU theme into all of their studies. They will be studying Oregon history and geography to incorporate social studies and sciences. The class has also been keeping up on current events at OSU, including how the football team is doing. They’re even gearing up for the Civil War along with Efland-Cheeks’ first-grade class, which is representing the University of Oregon. Noack said students will be writing letters and Noack herself has been trying to contact some of the sports teams at OSU in hopes that the third-graders might get the chance to speak with some of the athletes and learn more about life at OSU. Kaitlyn Kohlenberg Campus reporter managing@dailybarometer.com
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Oregon State University reserachers, in partnership with a local Corvallis company, are working on a new type of synthetic antibacterial agent. The agent is said to silence the expression of specific bacterial genes, according to the report in the The Journal of Infectious Diseases released Wednesday. The peptide-conjugated phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers (PPMOs) compounds were found to be effective at reducing the viability of two strains of Acinetobacter both in vitro and in infected mice, reported OSU researchers working in collaboration with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Sarepta Therapeutics, a local company in Corvallis. The new PPMOs offer a different method of attack on bacterial infections. Conventional antibiotics solely disrupt cellular functions, while PPMOs directly
target the underlying genes of the bacterium. Researchers found that survival of infected mice also seemed to improve with the treatment of the agent. A. baumannii, one of strains that PPMOs were targeted against in the study, is a dangerous type of bacteria that accounts for roughly 80 percent of all reported Acinetobacter infections, according to the CDC. In a press release, Bruce Geller, professor of microbiology and lead author of the study, said that the motive behind the research of Acinetobacter is due to the fact that the pathogen has become an increasing global health concern. Effects of the pathogen can cause respiratory infections and is a viable concern to anyone with depressed immune systems. Acinetobacter is most commonly found in healthcare settings. However, in the Middle East, prevalent
infections have been reported due to open wounds incurred by military personnel, and A. baumannii has now become resistant to antibiotics. While further research is required before PPMOs move to clinical trials, the researchers said in their report that their approach shows promise for precisely targeting specific pathogens. “There is a lot of promise in developing new antibiotics that target specific pathogens as opposed to so-called broadspectrum antibiotics that target whole classes of bacteria,� David Greenberg, assistant professor of internal medicine and microbiology at UT Southwestern and study co-author, said in a statement released by UT Southwestern. The scientists said in their report that “urgent new approaches to therapeutics are needed.�
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Allegation of superintendent’s affair spurs petition By Lisa K. Anderson PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP
CORBETT — Corbett’s revered schools superintendent is deflecting questions about an affair he allegedly had with a subordinate, prompting a petition demanding a public comment from the school board. Concerns about allegations of impropriety between Randy Trandi and the district employee
were raised Wednesday, Oct. 16, by Karina Lande, a Corbett parent and former school board candidate. Her petition to the Corbett School Board lays out her concerns. “I feel to not deal with this issue only creates more distrust,� Lande wrote. “I would like to ask those that will to stand with me and demand an official public statement from our school board
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Michelle Williams, a first-year graduate student in the college stuwas able to show more dent services administration program, is a big recent films. “The attendance fan of international film really took off when the festivals. “It gives you a chance festival moved to the Darkside,� Heiduschke to see things you wouldn’t otherwise get to said. All of the OSU see,� Williams said while International Film waiting for the doors to Festival films are shown open at the festival on in a 50-person audito- Tuesday. She said she wouldn’t rium at the Darkside be as likely to attend if it Cinema and are free and wasn’t free. open to the public. “If these films cost $10 Paul Turner, owner of the Darkside Cinema, each, I probably wouldn’t partially attributes the go,� Williams said. The festival is also festival’s popularity to the available to Ecampus fact that it’s free. “This is Corvallis — if students, who can view you do something (for) 10 of the films for free by free, it’s like dropping streaming them online. blood in the water,� he Olivia Poblacion said. “Sharks start showNews reporter ing up like crazy.� managing@dailybarometer.com
regarding this situation.� As of press time Thursday, Oct. 17, the online petition had received 33 signatures with 11 comments. In response to the petition, Nancy J. Hungerford, an attorney representing the district, called the allegations a “confidential personnel matter that board members are not authorized to discuss with members of the public.�
“As in all personnel matters, I (or other members of our firm) have communicated regularly with responsible district authorities, including the board chairman, to guide the actions of the district,� Hungerford said. “Based on those interactions, I can assure you that the district board’s actions have been such as to protect the district and assure compliance with district policy and all legal requirements.�
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When asked if the 1,000-foot rule would be enforced, Yutzie said Oregon State Police “won’t be out there measuring feet,� but will “enforce proper time, manner and place� regulations on protesters. People are welcome to enter the LaSells Stewart Center but will be asked to leave if they are disruptive. “If it gets out of hand, we will step in and do what we have to do,� Yutzie said. Clark and Yutzie each emphasized that this is a memorial service, which should focus on Patterson, a Philomath High School graduate, one of four soldiers killed in Afghanistan on Oct. 6. “The memorial is for Cody,� Yutzie said. “We want it to run as smooth as possible for his family, friends and everyone who comes out to support him.� Sean Wallstrom and Jodie Davaz contributed to this report.
Cowen said. “If you lose a couple of weeks, that’s 3 to 4 percent of your time.� According to Cowen, the ramifications of a government shutdown go beyond a lack of working federal employees, and transfer to all avenues of work at Hatfield. “I hope we have more reasonableness and plans within the agencies in the government and for ourselves if it happens,� Cowen said. As the rest of Oregon State moves forward, Clark remains positive about future federal budget planning as time progresses. “We’re hopeful between now and the new year that Congress will establish a blueprint that’ll carry the nation forward for the long term,� Clark said.
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In an event that usually occurs once or twice a year at Oregon State University, a preacher come onto campus to teach his interpretation of the Christian Bible. When asked his opinion on other religions, the preacher responded, “Mormons are going down, down, down. Jehovah’s Witnesses are going down, down, down.” When someone asked the preacher’s opinion on atheists, the preacher responded, “Atheists are fools.” Though permits are required for groups to convene in the Memorial Union quad, the quad in front of the Valley Library is open to all. Questions rang out from the gathering crowd. One group of students asked the preacher about his thoughts on recreational marijuana use. “If you’re smoking marijuana, if you’re smoking the doobie, if you’re smoking the joint, if you’re smoking out of the apple, you’re all going to hell,” the preacher said. Another student challenged this idea, asking why God put cannabis and tobacco plants on earth if he didn’t want humans to imbibe. “He put marijuana and tobacco on this earth, but you all perverted it because you are all perverts,” the preacher said. One student yelled, “What about the gays?” The rest of the crowd let out a simultaneous moan as the preacher took off his jacket to prepare for his rant on homosexuality, which was founded in the idea that homosexuality is “unnatural.” “They weren’t taunting him,” said sophomore Jesse Grow, when asked about the students’ interaction with the preacher. “They were defending the people he was crucifying.” Many of the students came from a religious background of their own. “Seeing these people, who are religious and are kind and don’t judge, seem so sad because of this one man was really upsetting to me,” said Jazmyn Danko, a
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A preacher (left) drew students to the Valley Library on Thursday. He preached his perception of the Christian Bible and answered questions from the crowd. sophomore in speech communications, who does not identify with a religion. “A lot of the other religious students seemed really hurt by it. One girl talked to me and said that he was going about this all wrong. He is being negative and not saying anything about love.” Grow agreed. “He was coming from a very negative place 99.99 percent of the time,” she said. “It was only stirring people up.” Other students created their own signs. One student dressed and identified as “Ash Ketchum,” protagonist of the famous Pokemon series. He created a sign and was raising awareness of Arceus, “the one true Pokegod.” A group of coordinators for the annual Humans vs. Zombies game was also present. “One of my friends texted me yesterday and was like, ‘This dude is out here yelling about how gays are sinners and we’re all going to hell and it’s super depressing’ and I was like, ‘You know what? That sucks,’” said Thomas Riley, a graduate student in nuclear engineering. Riley gathered his friends from the Humans vs. Zombies group to create signs and offer free hugs in the area adjacent to the preaching. Kaitlyn Kohlenberg Campus reporter managing@dailybarometer.com
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In response to the preacher’s presence, “Ash Ketchum” held a sign that was raising awareness of Arceus, the Pokegod.
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way across the street. Chenot says she understands the land doesn’t belong to her, but she hasn’t had any complaints from the city. “I’ve had neighbors complain,” she said. “They knock on my door and say, ‘I saw someone stealing vegetables.’ And my attitude is great. That’s what it’s there for. There’s plenty for me and everyone else.” Two community meetings to discuss ideas for unimproved streets have been scheduled for November 4th. Dylan Rivera with the Portland Bureau of Transportation says Mayor Charlie Hales has already noticed some ingenuity. “Portlanders are being really creative with the use of their public space,” he said. “We’ve seen community gardens crop up, we’ve seen basketball hoops. We have some programs that attempt to help folks do this right now in some settings on paved streets. But we think there are some real opportunities on unpaved streets.” Starting Saturday, students from a Portland State University civic leadership class will be going door-to-door on behalf of the city to gauge public interest in projects on unimproved streets. City attorneys say people cannot “adversely possess” city land - that is, gain ownership by using it for a long period without permission. The city plans to announce its plans by the summer.
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The Beavers are expected to beat the Golden Bears this Saturday. The logic being that Oregon State (5-1, 3-0 Pac-12) has strengths that align with the weaknesses of California (1-5, 0-3). Junior quarterback Sean Mannion fronts the Beavers’ passing attack and leads the nation in passing yards and passing touchdowns. No quarterback is within 200 yards or six touchdowns of him. Meanwhile, the Golden Bears have had injuries deplete their secondary and linebacking core. Injuries have hit so hard they’ve been close to using their two star receivers, sophomores Chris Harper and Bryce Treggs, as cornerbacks in practice. Similarly, they’ve considered turning running backs into linebackers. The dearth of healthy players has impacted the Golden Bears in their last two games, as they’ve given up an average of 465.5 passing yards the past two weeks. To put that in perspective, the Beavers lead the nation in passing yards, yet their average is still 32 yards fewer than what California has been giving up. And while Oregon State has missed a handful of receiving threats at various practices throughout the week, all except junior tight end Connor Hamlett are expected to play Saturday. Another weakness for California has been turnovers. The Golden Bears throw an average of 1.5 interceptions a game and have fumbled the ball eight times in their last three games. See FOOTBALL | page 6
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It doesn’t get any easier this weekend for the Oregon State men’s soccer team. Such is life in the Pac-12, a conference that boasts three of the nation’s top-five teams. But as OSU head coach Steve Simmons points out, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. “It doesn’t get any easier, but it doesn’t get any better,” said Simmons, whose team faces No. 5 UCLA Friday at 1 p.m. at Paul Lorenz Field. “When you have another game against a quality opponent, it’s just another awesome opportunity.” The Beavers (7-5, 0-3 Pac-12) lost to No. 3 Washington, 1-0, on Monday in Seattle. Prior to that, OSU was swept in the Bay Area on a trip that included a game against top-ranked Cal. Three difficult road games to open up conference play. “You can look at it different ways,”
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Oregon State junior safety Tyrequek Zimmerman, senior cornerback Rashaad Reynolds and junior cornerback Steven Nelson wrap up Colorado’s Connor Wood on Sept. 28.
Simmons said. “From the get-go, you go, ‘OK, that’s a tall order right there.’ I do think there are a lot of things that can come out of it as far as growth. I know the guys found out a lot about themselves. “But we’re excited to be home. It feels like we’ve been gone for a month.” The Beavers last played at home on Sept. 27, when they beat Northwest Christian University, 5-0, in their final nonconference contest. Following the win over NCU, which improved OSU’s record to 7-2, several players said they thought they could put themselves in position to receive the program’s first NCAA Tournament bid since 2003 if they could go .500 or so in conference play. At 0-3 with seven contests remaining — five of which are at home — OSU’s margin for error is shrinking. But that doesn’t make today’s game a “must-win,” Simmons said. “I don’t think for our situation it’s ever a must-win deal,” he said. “People, players, coaches, media can get caught up in, ‘OK, we have this many games left, we’ve got to do this, this and this.’ I think with our nonconference
record and the way the conference is positioned, it’s given every team a legitimate path to have some type of postseason aspirations. We just have to go out and get some of the results we know we can get.” UCLA (7-3-1, 2-1) had a four-game winning streak snapped the last time it took to the pitch. The Bruins lost to Cal, 3-2, in overtime, on Sunday. Prior to that, they had squeaked out one-goal wins over Stanford and San Diego State. “UCLA is loaded with talent every year,” Simmons said. “They’ve got guys who are very skilled and they move the ball. There are a lot of things they can come at you with. That’s what makes it fun to play against. You always want to see how you measure up.” After facing UCLA, OSU will host SDSU (3-6-1, 0-2-1), a senior-heavy team led by a dangerous group of attacking players. The Beavers and Aztecs will play on Sunday at 1 p.m. “We’re fortunate that we’ve got two teams this weekend that are very good,” Simmons said. “Opportunities to keep making steps.” Grady Garrett, sports reporter On Twitter @gradygarrett sports@dailybarometer.com
Oregon State volleyball hosts its annual “Spike Out Cancer” game as it looks to end its six-game losing streak Friday night against No. 19 Utah. Freshman outside hitter Lila Toner was frank when she said that the Beavers (9-8, 0-6 Pac-12) need a win this weekend and are confident they can do so. Utah (14-4, 3-3) has proven to be a defensive force with two players this season already named as Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week. Senior middle blocker Erin Redd-Brandon and junior outside hitter Chelsey Schofield both earned the title earlier this year. “Utah is a great blocking team,” said head coach Terry Liskevych. “We’ve got to make sure we are hitting high hands and off hands.”
The key for Oregon State in both games this weekend — OSU hosts Colorado Sunday at 11 a.m. — could be blocking on both sides of the ball. Junior outside hitter Laura Schaudt said OSU will need to be prepared to beat the block offensively with smart hitting and will need to improve its defensive blocking as well. “We have been working on blocking, penetrating over the net as opposed to being off of the net,” Schaudt said. The Beavers have been working on the skill known as tooling — when hitters intentionally ricochet the ball off the block out of bounds. Defensively, the Beavers aren’t blocking to the standard they feel they’re capable of. Senior libero Becky Defoe said everything else falls into place when the team is blocking well. The Beavers also focused on serving this week in practice. “We had UCLA on edge with serving See VOLLEYBALL | page 6
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Oregon State is looking to build off its early success when the Beavers participate in the Santa Clara University Bronco Invitational in Sunnyvale, Calif., this weekend. OSU is focusing on making progress in the 6,000meter race considering the team hasn’t raced that distance since Sept. 14. “I hope to break 21 (minutes) for the 6,000-meter, that’s what I’m shooting for this weekend,” said freshman Holly Cavalluzzo. Cavalluzzo’s best time up to this point was 21:15 at the Sundodger Invite on Sept. 14. If she accomplishes her goal, it will be an improvement of at least 15 seconds. The team will also look to get a solid performance from junior Kinsey Gomez, who has led the team up to this point. Solid performances from Cavalluzzo, redshirt freshman Emily Weber, freshman Kristiane Width and senior Sandra Martinez — who have been OSU’s other point-scorers this season — will contribute the team’s overall performance. “We’re going in with the idea of running to win,” said head coach Kelly Sullivan. “That’s our expectation.” After this weekend, Oregon State will race at the Beaver Classic in Corvallis on Oct. 25. This weekend is the first of two meets the team will have before the Pac-12 Championships on Nov. 1. The team will look to perform well at these races, so they can carry momentum into the Pac-12 Championships. Scott McReynolds, sports reporter
In Oregon State’s match up with Washington State last season, quarterback Sean Mannion suffered a knee injury and missed the following two games after having surgery. When the Beavers faced the Cougars last Saturday, history repeated itself. But instead of Mannion sustaining a knee injury, it was one of his favorite targets: junior tight end Connor Hamlett. Hamlett will have his knee scoped and has been ruled out for this week’s game against California. He hasn’t officially been scratched from the lineup for the Sept. 26 game against Stanford, but he probably will not return until the following week against USC. The tight end battery has been one of the positions with the most depth for the Beavers this season. Hamlett stole the spotlight in the seasonopener with 85 receiving yards and a touchdown, but since then the production has been more spread between Hamlett and sophomores Caleb Smith and Kellen Clute. With Hamlett missing part of the Washington State game after his injury, Riley was able to see how the position unit would operate without its primary option. Partway through the third quarter, they came through.
On a third-and-10 play in their get some throws.” own territory, with the Cougars up Despite the presence of Smith, by a touchdown, Mannion found Clute and Perry, Hamlett’s absence Smith deep over the middle for a will be noticeable. 31-yard gain. He wasted no time on The 6-foot-7 junior was named to the ensuing play to go back to Smith, the midseason watch list for the John who rumbled 21 yards on a designed Mackey Award, given annually to the screen pass. premier tight end in the nation. Junior tight end Tyler Perry then He likely would have crossed the joined the action, taking a screen 200-yard receiving mark on the seapass of his own for 9 yards on his first son had he finished the game last reception of the season. The Beavers week — he has 198 receiving yards would find the end zone later in the now — and four of his 25 catches drive to nullify the have resulted in Cougars’ lead, which touchdowns. Washington State “We have a lot of There’s a lot of would not regain. stuff that goes to opportunities to get Connor, especially “For them to step in and make those guys the ball in the red zone,” some plays was real Langsdorf said. in different ways. big,” said offensive Hamlett has been coordinator Danny (Defenses are) having knee issues Langsdorf. “That the whole season, really focusing on drive was mostly but the injury from Brandin Cooks. Caleb. He caught Saturday was not a two big throws and re-aggravation of got us down in scorDanny Langsdorf those problems. ing range.” offensive coordinator The tight end Hamlett was still position was given a factor against the Cougars, despite injuring his knee midway through, an additional scare on Tuesday when hauling in Oregon State’s first touch- sophomore Caleb Smith sprained his ankle, but he was back in action for down of the game. Wednesday’s session. As a whole, the tight end position Regardless of who’s on the field at has quietly developed as a consistent the tight end position Saturday, it’s option for the Beavers. “There’s a lot of opportunities to likely they’ll be an integral part of the get those guys the ball in different Beavers’ offensive success. ways,” Langsdorf said. “(Defenses Josh Worden, sports reporter are) really focusing on Brandin On Twitter @WordenJosh Cooks. It allows other positions to sports@dailybarometer.com
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and we need to do that to Utah and Colorado,” Liskevych said. Beyond the technical aspects of the game, Oregon State has needed to mentally prepare for this weekend. In the midst of a losing streak such as the one OSU is experiencing, maintaining high morale and energy can be difficult. “We are definitely getting our morale back,” Schaudt said. “We are fighters, so we are going to come back from this.”
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The pink out game could provide the team with that extra spark to get out of their losing slump. “We love the pink out game, we love to change our jerseys and support breast cancer,” Schaudt said. “It is always a good night all around.” Oregon State will try to break its losing streak tonight, 6 p.m., at Gill Coliseum. The Beavers then host Colorado on Sunday at 11 a.m. Sarah Kerrigan, sports reporter On Twitter @skerrigan123 sports@dailybarometer.com
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ea to the First Amendment. Nay to First Amendment rights meaning a bunch of (expletive, expletive, expletive) can come to our campus and protest a soldier’s funeral. Yea to all of the brave men and women who have served, are serving or are going to serve in the military. Nay to Westboro Baptist Church and anyone affiliated with it. And yes, the previous “nay” was for WBC, too. Yea to the U.S. government continuing to uphold journalists’ freedom of the press rights from the First Amendment. Nay to the Department of Justice subpoenaing and seizing phone logs and emails from the Associated Press’ reporters. Nay to the Department of Justice ordering a New York Times reporter to testify against a source from the CIA who provided leaked information, or else face jail time. Nay to more criminal prosecutions from the Obama Administration than the 43 administrations combined. Yea to changing topics. Yea to the Creamsicle milkshake at Calabaloo’s. Nay to freshmen. Just kidding, freshmen. You’re just easy targets. Yea to when reporters meet deadline. Nay to week three midterms. Who does that? Yea to $2 burritos. Nay to the line for those burritos going out the door and all the way to the marble staircase in the MU. And those burritos were only for those with Orange Rewards. Freshmen get Creamsicle shakes and $2 burritos?What has this world come to? At least we don’t live in military barracks — er — double rooms converted to triples. Yea to rants. We just want $2 burritos. We’re hungry. Yea to bringing a can of ravioli into the office for dinner. Saving money a “Chef Boyardee” at a time. Nay to ASOSU taking all of two weeks to start messing with us. We thought this year was going to be different. We can always bring the last guy who covered ASOSU back … Nay to passive-aggressive threats in a staff editorial. We’re mostly joking. Just make sure you show up to that 8:15 a.m. meeting you scheduled next time. Yea to the state of Oregon recognizing out-of-state same-sex marriages. Nay to Oregon not allowing samesex couples to marry in state. Come on Oregon voters. Get it together. Yea to football players reading our commentary on the football team and telling us so. We appreciate the feedback. Nay to 7:30 p.m. start times for football games. For those of us who drink excessively on Saturdays — not anyone from the Barometer, of course.We would never — it becomes a war of attrition to make it through the night unscathed. Yea to the Beavers, who will be 6-1 after the weekend. Yea to Josh Smith dissing Drake on Twitter. And no, we’re not talking about the professional basketball player, but rather, the OSU men’s soccer player. They’re just as famous. Or at least should be. See you at the Peacock tonight.
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he Westboro Baptist Church — whose site will not be linked or referenced, as we refuse to use that word — has declared its intent to picket at Army Ranger Pfc. Cody J. Patterson’s memorial on Sunday at the LaSells Stewart Center. The WBC is an unaffiliated baptist church built on extreme idelogies, specifically against homosexuals. In opposition to the WBC is the “Veterans AGAINST the Westboro Baptist Church.” They’ve made it known they won’t let these people compromise Patterson’s service. We agree. A comment on the “Veterans AGAINST the Westboro Baptist Church” Facebook group shared that there will be a “peaceful silent protest, to try and block them and let the family mourn.” This group will organize in front of Dixon at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Another commenter expressed hope that the offensive and defensive lines of the Beavers — and those of the Ducks — will come to show support for Pfc. Patterson’s family, and
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Editorial help keep the WBC picketers away if they show. “Can you say (tackling) practice?” asked the poster. Humor aside, the Veterans Against the Westboro Baptist Church is a group that “does not condone violence against the WBC,” and whose purpose is stated as “ensuring the tactics of this terrorist organization fail through strictly nonviolent means,” and refraining from sinking to the WBC’s level. We in the newsroom agree with the Veterans Facebook group that the WBC’s “method of picketing funerals is despicable.” We’re also disgusted that the WBC’s own Facebook page has more than 1,000 “likes.” However, the Patriot Guard Riders’ Facebook page has more than 166,000 “likes.” The Patriot Guard Riders is “a 100 percent volunteer, federally registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization, which ensures dignity and respect at memorial services hon-
oring fallen military heroes, first responders and honorably discharged veterans.” The Riders are the horde of bikers who show up to funerals the WBC is picketing. They block the sound of the WBC’s offensive chanting by revving the engines of their motorcycles. They block the sight of the WBC’s hateful signs by flying giant American flags. The Riders’ presence isn’t always unobtrusive, but it is enough to — sometimes — intimidate the protestors from the Westboro Baptist Church into not even showing up to the events they’ve stated they intend to protest. Called a part of the “New Civil Rights Movement,” the Riders showed up 500 strong in Oklahoma in May to protest the picketing of a 9-year-old boy’s funeral, killed by the tornado the WBC decided was a reaction to the support received by NBA player Jason Collins when he came out. We hope that our sports teams and many of our students take a page from the Riders’ book, and show up
in support of Pfc. Patterson’s family, and to prevent the WBC from disturbing the peace. Dixon at 1 p.m. is the place to be, if people feel the urge to join the counter-protest. And “OSU Supports Cody Patterson” is the Facebook group to join if you’re planning on attending the counter-protest. Thursday night, more than 800 people registered that they would attend the Facebookorganized counter-protest. One of our editors doesn’t know if she is supposed to consider herself lucky that her grandfather’s funeral last week wasn’t picketed, since he was a veteran. That’s just wrong. As is the fact that Pfc. Patterson’s family has to deal with this infringement on their mourning process at all. Not having people picket funerals should be an unspoken facet of basic human decency that people don’t need to be taught and that everyone acknowledges. t
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mation — the testing event is a good idea. Hosting these tests on campus allows students to have better access to the service, even though the test is available to any and all participants. Also, because it’s free, testing seems less menacing and a bit more doable. The Pride Center has made these tests available once a month, in various locations around campus, through a partnership of Benton County Health Department. The Pride Center and the Women’s Center are other locations where HIV tests have been offered. These testing locations depend on who is in collaboration with the Pride Center for HIV testing. According to Pride Center staff, HIV tests could cost anywhere from $20 to $30. That’s not too much, considering the fact that your health and well-being is on the line, but still, it’s nice to have these services available. Also, who doesn’t gain from services being free? It’s testament to the Benton County Public Health Department’s commitment to health that they’re joining forces with the Pride Center to provide HIV tests to students. According to their website, Benton County Health also has free and anonymous rapid HIV testing available Monday through Friday by appointment. Additional testing sites are available located at First Christian Church on Tuesdays from 1:30-5 p.m. and at the Westminster House on Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. According to the Centers for Disease Control, people aged 14-29 accounted for 39 percent of new HIV infections in the U.S. Keep in mind that people aged 15-29 were only 21 percent of the entire U.S. population only one year later in 2010. These statistics alone should prompt college students to make use of these free HIV tests on campus and be wiser about their physical relationships choices. Healthy bodies equal healthier minds and better quality of life. t
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After shutdown, OSU dairy back on track By Eric Mortenson CAPITAL PRESS
CORVALLIS — There’s always something to do at a dairy, and the 4 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. milkings are just a start. Walking past Jersey cows standing patiently at the feeding grates, Hayden Bush doesn’t miss a step. He grabs a snow shovel mid-stride and works his way down the line, shoveling grass silage back within reach of the cows. Bush, 22, is the no-nonsense student manager of Oregon State University’s Dairy Center west of campus. He’s a senior, majoring in agricultural science, president of the college FFA club, executive president of OSU Agriculture and a member of the team that in September placed third nationally in a collegiate dairy cattle judging contest. Back home in Tillamook, his family operates Gypo Jersey Farms, a dairy that’s been in business more than 50 years. He has classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but most of the week he’s here, running things, doing chores, teaching others how to do things right. “This is a vacation for me,” he says. “The thing I love about the opportunity is that it’s like I’m almost being paid to farm.” He fully expects to return to the family business, but not yet. First he wants to teach dairy science and management, possibly even at OSU. And he frankly wants the OSU dairy to become a national “powerhouse.” That would be quite a comeback. A year ago, the dairy was shut down as decades of facility neglect and university funding choices turned around to bite it. It had been fined nearly $7,000 for leaking cow manure into a nearby creek and was forced to sell its herd of 120 animals while making repairs. At least one industry representative called it an embarrassing turn of events for OSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences, the academic flagship of the state’s second leading industry. It’s fair to say things are looking up. An alumnus in California donated 30 registered Jerseys to get the program running again and some improvements have been made to the manure handling system. The dairy is now also supplying milk to the campus fermentation center, where students make the popular Beaver Classic cheese. Oregon’s dairy industry, which was gravely concerned about the closure, is happy to see things turning around. Industry representatives say giving students hands-on experience is critical, especially at a land grant university such as OSU. “It’s fair to say it was embarrassing and upsetting,” said Jim Krahn, soon to retire as executive director of the Oregon Dairy Farmers Association. “Frankly, that’s part of the requirement for being a land grant university.” The need for understanding of animal agriculture is greater than it’s ever been, Krahn said. Many students, even ag majors, lack an agricultural
background. In a state where the beef and dairy industries are key economic sectors, that could spell trouble, he said. “If we want to maintain our position as an industry in this state, it’s really, really, really important these young people -- who go on to be attorneys, vets, engineers -- have some basic knowledge of what goes on at an agricultural operation,” Krahn said. “I understand a dairy will not be a money-making enterprise, but neither is a building on campus,” Krahn said. “It’s simply a tool to teach students.” For that reason, “The industry stepped forward and said there needs to be a dairy there operating.” The dairy industry didn’t have money to throw at the problem, but lobbied hard for restoration of the dairy and helped in other ways. The anonymous alum who donated the Jersey cows is a longtime friend of Krahn. The dairy’s problems came to a head April 11, 2012. The dairy has a system that separates manure solids and liquids, and uses the latter to irrigate adjoining fields. An irrigation pipeline riser blew out and liquid manure drained from a pasture into Oak Creek for as long as four hours. Someone living downstream reported the spill after smelling manure, and a creek monitor operated by the city of Corvallis recorded bacteria level spikes during that time. It’s not known how much manure spilled into the creek, which borders the dairy. The state Department of Agriculture, which regulates CAFOs -- confined animal feeding operations -- issued the dairy a notice of non-compliance and followed it in July 2012 with civil penalty of $6,920. The department also ordered OSU to come up with a plan to correct the problems. Ray Jaindl, manager of the department’s natural resources program, said OSU had a history of recurring problems with the dairy’s waste management system. OSU officials didn’t argue the findings, he said. “They recognized they needed to pay more attention,” Jaindl said. “After the incident we were in constant communication; we want them to succeed and not pollute.” University and industry officials believe the dairy is back on track. A smaller herd should make for less waste, and Jerseys are smaller, eat less, weigh less and produce less manure than other larger breeds while providing milk that is high in butter fat content -- great for cheese making. Going to a forage-based herd should save feed costs. Despite other problems, the facility’s milking equipment is state of the art. “As an industry we’re really glad to see them up and going,” said Jerome Rosa, a Gervais dairyman and member of the Oregon Board of Agriculture. “They’re taking care of some of the issues they had before.”
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