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Marlan Carlson conducts the Corvallis-OSU Symphony — composed of students, faculty and community members — during rehearsals Sunday evening. The concert takes place Wednesday night.
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Corvallis-OSU Orchestra will open 109th season with symphony celebrating influential classical composers By Chris Correll
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Oregon State University’s student orchestra is playing their first show of the fall Wednesday, Oct. 22 in LaSells Stewart Center. Their performance will feature some of the most famous works of legendary composers Joseph Haydn,
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(Top) Senior Jake Taylor will play the bassoon in the Corvallis-OSU Symphony’s concert Wednesday night. (Center) Corvallis community member John Lee and (bottom) OSU sophomore Evan Tschuy will play the viola.
Wolfgang Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven that the classical genre was born. compiled as a symphony. It’s an opportunity “A lot of students go to these concerts, and for music enthusiasts and newcomers alike they’ve never heard an orchestra play before,” to experience a diverse collection of classical Carlson said. “There’s just the general sense pieces. that a university is a cultural institution, and The performance will be led by Music it needs to have opportunities for people to Director Marlan Carlson, an OSU professor of explore the greater cultural world than what music with over 40 years of experience. Carlson they might not have done otherwise.” said the classics theme pays tribute to music Having an orchestra on campus gives both from the Viennese era, a point in history when high art and gifted composers prospered before the audience and the players the chance to the rise of Napoleon. It was out of this period experience different kinds of musical styles.
Sarah Perkins, a graduate teaching assistant with the music department and a flute player herself, works closely with the students to put on the concerts. She said that for them, being part of an orchestra through OSU opens doors that otherwise wouldn’t be available. “I think it’s such a great opportunity. We play really high-level music you don’t really get to play anywhere else,” Perkins said. “You don’t really get to play Beethoven’s seventh See SYMPHONY | page 4
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students, faculty and staff. Call up SafeRide for free and safe transportation or use their new app, TapRide. “I have noticed an increase in calls, more because of the new app By Claire McMorris than because of the THE DAILY BAROMETER change in parkParking in the zone, Part 5 ing,” said Caleb A dark, rainy evening might make G e o r g e , a students think twice about walking senior in busihome from their late-night study ness and an sessions at the library, but SafeRide employee for is there to cater to students’ night- SafeRide. time transportation needs. Austin SafeRide, a program funded Miller, the through the Associated Students of internal director for the SafeRide Oregon State University, is dedicated program, is excited about the expanto assault prevention and ensuring sions of the program this year. “We’ve really expanded the way safety to all Oregon State University n
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we are trying to market our program,” Miller said. “We’re still focusing on (preventing) assault, but also looking at academics, as well as really just being a no-judgment ride home.” Part of the expansion means providing more vehicles and drivers. Last year, there were three vehicles and 26 student staff members taking 140 calls a night. Now, there are See SAFERIDE | page 4
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Oregon State University was the recent recipient of a grant to promote the participation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers. The National Science Foundation advance grant is a five-year long award for $3.5 million. The NSF has awarded this grant since 2001, and the program was created to fund projects to create better institutional environments for the advancement of women in science,
technology, engineering and math. Susan Shaw, director of the school of language, culture, and society in the College of Liberal Arts and professor of women, gender, and sexual studies, is one of the principle investigators for the new grant. “Our goal is to increase the recruitment, hiring, advancement and success of women faculty members in STEM and social and behavioral sciences at OSU and to improve the institutional climate and structures for diverse women,” Shaw said. The cornerstone of Shaw’s work is a series of summer seminars that will teach faculty and administrators theories of privilege and power in See STEM | page 4
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The Oregon State University board of trustees convened Friday, Oct. 17 in a meeting open to the public in the new Austin Hall. There were many items on the agenda for the all-day meeting, including words from Ed Ray, OSU president, on the success of the Campaign for OSU, reports from the Higher Education Coordinating Commission of Oregon and new plans to ensure student success in school and after graduation. Ray spent time commend-
ing the OSU community for exceeding the $1 billion goal the university set in 2004. The current total raised is around $1.1 billion. In addition, Ray mentioned some of his upcoming goals for the university such as increased six-year graduation rates, closing the educational gap with the University Innovation Alliance and investing in experiential learning, with programs similar to the Multiple Engineering Co-op Program, a program that sets engineering students up with internships during college. Susie Brubaker-Cole, vice
provost of student affairs, also reported on programs available to a diversifying campus, including expanding the First-Year Experience initiative, student housing, conduct and student life assistance, according to a press release from OSU. Angelo Gomez, executive director at the office of equity and inclusion, released new information regarding sexual assault on OSU’s campus. Gomez said reports of sexual misconduct and harassment to the university had increased significantly during 2013-2014, although it was mentioned
that this might be the result of an increase in reporting and not necessarily an increase in incidents of sexual misconduct and harassment. The board approved Ray’s agenda for 2014-15, which included improved learning experiences, a strong leadership role of OSU in areas like research and creativity as well as an expanded OSU influence. The board also approved a 9 percent raise in salary for President Ray from $485,082 to $528,739 annually. The next scheduled meeting is Jan. 15-16. news@dailybarometer.com
Few sparks fly this time in race for Congress By Saul Hubbard THE REGISTER-GUARD
EUGENE — The first two contests between Democratic U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio and his GOP challenger Art Robinson for Oregon’s Fourth Congressional District were all-out brawls. But the third go-around between them is ending with a fizzle. After losing to DeFazio by 20 percentage points in 2012, this year’s election always was going to be an uphill fight for Robinson. The Cave Junction chemist and Oregon Republican Party chairman has struggled to raise campaign funds, receiving contributions worth $475,000 through Sept. 30, less than half what he raised during each of the previous two full cycles. Moreover, Robinson hasn’t benefited from much outside spending this time around by Robert Mercer, the New York hedge fund manager who spent a combined $1.2 million in 2010 and 2012 on television attack ads criticizing DeFazio. Because he feels that he’s been misrepresented by DeFazio as a right-wing extremist with unorthodox views on public education and nuclear energy, among other topics, Robinson’s campaign has focused on projecting a softer, more moderate image this cycle. Robinson’s two television commercials so far highlight his role as a family man, raising his six kids alone after his wife died, and his support for local control in public education and higher teacher pay. Neither mentions DeFazio. “I don’t think my personal views have changed,” Robinson said. “There’s been a difference between my views and what has been presented to the public.” Meanwhile, DeFazio, who campaigned aggressively against Robinson in their first two contests, hadn’t spent the bulk of the $1.1 million he’s raised as of Sept. 30. His main television and radio ad this year is a decidedly mild spot that compares his fights in Congress to his high school wrestling days. It ignores Robinson. The campaign “isn’t negative (this year) because we don’t have out-of-state super PACs financing negative ads for Robinson’s campaign,” DeFazio said.
27-year tenure in Congress, which he says is “ridiculous.” “Our Founding Fathers imagined legislators who would suffer through two-year terms and get back to work,” he said. Because he isn’t interested in a long career in office, Robinson says he wouldn’t be subverted by the dogma of party politics and would “vote only on the issue.” Robinson also defends a mass mailer he sent out earlier this year requesting urine samples from thousands of random Oregonians, which was widely ridiculed in Democratic circles. The candidate said he’s received samples from 7,000 people, which will be used in his research into early detection of diseases, including breast cancer. “It’s a project I began 40 years ago, and it has started an entire research field,” he said. DeFazio points to Robinson’s statement last November that he would have liked to have seen the federal government shutdown “play out further” as a clear sign that Robinson’s “remake” is illusory. “That shows me he intends to throw in with the 40 or 50 ultra-right-wing tea partiers (in Congress) who pressured (GOP House Speaker) John Boehner into the shutdown,” he said. “It puts him in line with the least productive people in Congress.” DeFazio also isn’t willing to let go of the now-infamous passages in Robinson’s “Access to Energy” newsletters, mostly written in the 1990s, which compared public education to child abuse and suggested that nuclear waste could be disposed of safely by mixing it into the foundations of residential structures or by sprink¬ling it over the ocean. “There’s no misinterpreting his positions before he was a candidate,” DeFazio said. “Art has a 20-year history of vicious attacks on public education.”
to ship Midwestern coal through Oregon to reach the Asian markets. A skeptic of human-caused global warming, Robinson opposes various efforts and proposals to reduce the country’s carbon emissions. “There’s a tremendous amount at stake for a lot of the human race in this idea of us burning less hydrocarbons,” he said. “If you propose that, you have to be right. “In Congress, I should have nothing to say about how our energy is produced, outside of creating adequate regulatory agencies,” he added. “We don’t have national debates about how Intel is going to build its next chip. We don’t know enough about it.” On public education, Robinson supports giving much more control to local communities and distributing federal funding on a per-student basis — rather than according to existing formulas that try to prioritize high-poverty schools. He said he also opposes federal Common Core standards. “When you start running education from the top down, you lose a lot, including competition between the school districts, which is key.”
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DeFazio says he’s running again both to work on his own goals and to help block “radical, wrong-headed proposals” being advanced in the Republican-led House. Those include bills that would “gut environmental laws under the premise that it will create jobs” and efforts to repeal the federal Affordable Health Care program with no plans to replace it — which he said could cause up to 500,000 Oregonians to lose their insurance. Asked to point to recent successes, DeFazio notes his work in securing steady federal funding for the dredging of small ports, including several in Southwest Oregon, as Robinson says he would bring a strong part of a larger water resources bill. He hopes free market view to Congress. He sees gov- to make headway soon on his much-debated ernment bureaucracies and over-regulation logging bill and on a long-term transportation as the key reasons that costs for health care, spending bill. energy and college tuition all have exploded While Congress has been divided over in recent years. how to fund the transportation bill, DeFazio Robinson also favors scant government is proposing eliminating the federal gas tax restriction on natural resource extraction. at the pump and imposing the tax instead at Both candidates still are quick to criticize He supports DeFazio’s efforts to increase the refinery level. While the current federal each other in interviews and public appear- logging in Oregon’s federally owned west- gas tax has stayed flat at 18.3 cents a gallon ances, however. side forests, as well as a liquefied natural gas since 1993, DeFazio’s proposed wholesale tax Robinson focuses heavily on DeFazio’s export terminal in Coos Bay and a proposal would be tied to inflation.
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Oregon ERA draws a quiet campaign By Peter Wong
“The answer is that women do not have equality under the Oregon Constitution, and they also do not have it in case law, but there is an exception,� she says. “What Measure 89 does is that it not only covers the exception in case law, but it puts women’s equality into the Oregon Constitution.� DiLorenzo spoke at a recent reception in favor of the measure. The reception was held at the Oregon Historical Society, which put on display a desk used in the Washington, D.C., office of U.S. Rep. Edith Green, who represented Oregon’s 3rd District from 1955 to 1975 and was a champion of women’s rights. Green purchased the desk when she left Congress, and used it when she taught at Warner Pacific College in Portland. She died in 1987. The desk eventually was acquired by the historical society, which displayed it for the first time. Green’s efforts led the way to Title IX of the Higher Education Act of 1972, which bars discrimination by sex in education programs that receive federal aid. Green also was involved in the parliamentary maneuvers
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PORTLAND — Although it has not attracted the campaign money or public attention that other measures on the Nov. 4 ballot have, Measure 89 would write a guarantee of women’s rights into the Oregon Constitution. Oregon lawmakers have twice voted to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment as part of the U.S. Constitution — in 1973 and 1977 — but the amendment fell three states short of the number required (38) when a congressional deadline expired in 1982. Advocates of women’s rights sought to persuade lawmakers to propose a specific guarantee via a constitutional amendment in 2013. But the proposal failed to advance in that session, even though it had sponsors from both parties. Now advocates are trying via an initiative.
Advocates make case Leanne Littrell DiLorenzo of Portland, who has led both efforts, says advocates are trying to explain to voters why a state proposal is necessary.
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that allowed the original Equal Rights Amendment to come to a vote of the House in 1972. The proposal bypassed the Judiciary Committee, whose chairman was opposed to it, and sent it through the Education and Labor Committee, where Green led a special subcommittee. “The ERA probably was on top of this desk,� DiLorenzo says.
ACLU raised argument No individual or organization filed a statement in the official state voters pamphlet in opposition to Measure 89. But the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon opposed the 1994 measure, and it also circulated a statement in opposition to Measure 89 before it officially qualified for the ballot. The statement was not in the voters pamphlet. It says the Oregon Supreme Court, in that 1982 case and other proceedings, has held that laws discriminating on the basis of sex are “inherently suspect� and subject to “strict scrutiny.� It says an Oregon ERA would be largely symbolic and would add nothing. It argues that Oregon’s constitutional guarantee of equal protection of the laws for all — it’s known as “privileges and immunities� — should be applied broadly, and that inclusion of a separate guarantee against discrimination by gender might lessen legal protection for other groups. The ACLU statement goes on to say:
“If we adopt instead a piecemeal approach to protecting the rights of targeted classes, the rights of those with the least political clout and financial resources — and therefore the most vulnerable — would be more likely to suffer under the shifting winds of public opinion in times of stress.� The ACLU does support a federal Equal Rights Amendment. But DiLorenzo, in rebuttal, presented a statement signed by four former Supreme Court justices, including former Chief Justice Paul De Muniz. They say it would not diminish other rights, and that 22 other states have similar provisions in their constitutions. “If you do not have the highest level of judicial protection, guess what?� she says. “You can find 40 years later that you still do not have equal pay for equal work.�
Other developments Oregon is one of two states awaiting related action this year. The Illinois House is scheduled to vote in a post-election session on whether to ratify the federal ERA, which the Illinois Senate approved earlier this year. Illinois would become the 36th state to ratify. Advocates of the federal ERA are pinning their hopes on one of two courses of action. The ERA has been introduced in every session of Congress since the expiration of the ratification deadline in 1982. Passage of a new version would require twothirds majorities in both houses and ratification by 38 states.
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“I’ve always had a passion for music,” said Stanley Feng, a sophomore in biology. “It’s basically a way to express myself and lose all my stress and tension.” Other students in the orchestra mirrored Stanley’s personal appreciation for playing.
(Top) Eugene musician Guy Mayes will play the timpani at the concert Wednesday night.
“I consider it a form of communication. You can say stuff you can’t really express through words very well,” said Jake Taylor, a senior in mechanical engineering. The orchestra’s students often play alongside professional musicians. This particular performance will feature Corvallis local Anne Ridlington, an accomplished cellist who studied at the University of Indiana and is now principal cello for the Eugene Symphony. Carlson has previously stated that the Haydn portions of the symphony are a good fit for Ridlington’s personality and skills.
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“We’re really just thrilled that she’s playing this Haydn concerto with us,” Carlson said.
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four vehicles and 38 student staff members taking around 225 calls a night. “We are hoping to expand to five vehicles and around 50 staff members next term,” Miller said. Katie Kurtz, a junior in public health and new driver for SafeRide, said there is definitely an increase of calls to SafeRide on the weekends. “It really depends on the night, but weekends are really busy,” Kurtz said. “And we’re expecting Halloween weekend to be extremely busy.” Another new aspect of SafeRide is that they now can take up to five people in one van from one call. Last year, only two people could go per call. They also now serve a wider area of the city, including north Corvallis and Philomath. According to George, SafeRide picks up more students who live far from campus than those who find themselves inebriated at a party. Overall, SafeRide is meant to be a service that provides rides to students no matter what the situation. During finals week, Miller predicts they will continue the shuttle service they offered last year around the library and residence hall areas; they may even have staff stationed in the library to take in ride requests. SafeRide is currently under the umbrella of ASOSU. Miller thinks that — given the current expansion — they will become their own entity within the next few years. “It will probably be a slow transition period,” Miller said. Meanwhile, students use the service and employees enjoy working for the organization. “Driving for SafeRide is the best on-campus job,” Kurtz said. “It is really laid back and you can listen to your own music.” SafeRide operates between 6 p.m. and 3 a.m. seven days a week, with the exception of major holidays.
the science fields. Other projects include facilitating an annual lecture by a woman scientist, a regional conference, workshops for administrators and mentors and the development of a peer-reviewed, online open-access research journal on women in STEM. “While the ADVANCE project focuses on women, we have made intersectionality a key feature of our proposal,” Shaw said. “This means we are paying attention not only to gender, but also the way gender intersects with race and other forms of difference.” The other principle investigators of the grant include Becky Warner, senior vice provost; Tuba Ozkan-Haller, professor of civil and construction engineering and geology and geophysics; Michelle Bothwell, associate professor of bioengineering; and Sarina Saturn, assistant professor of psychological sciences. Also working on the project are Nana Osei-Kofi, director of the difference, power, and discrimination program and associate professor of women’s studies; Dwaine Plaza, professor of sociology; and Denise Lach, director of the school of public policy and professor of sociology. Shaw pointed out that OSU already has numerous programs to help promote women and minority groups: the program of work life, the Search Advocate program, Greater Oregon Higher Education Research Consortium and the dual career hiring program. These are provided to help women with children or who are in dual career relationships find childcare, diversity and job-seeking resources. But Shaw thinks OSU can improve by recognizing how difference and power work in a university setting and creating policy and structure that represent a commitment to equity and inclusion.
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Keith kostol career stats 2014
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Total punt yardage 1294 Average yards per punt Total punts inside the 20 Punts for 50+ yards
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Senior punter Keith Kostol prepares to receive the punt in his own end zone against the Utah Utes on Oct. 16 in Corvallis.
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Senior punter Keith Kostol kicks up putting the ball in the air in hopes of a long punt with no return against Utah on Oct. 16.
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Senior punter rises unexpectedly at OSU, looks to do same professionally By Josh Worden THE DAILY BAROMETER
Five years ago, Keith Kostol was a high school senior with little chance of becoming a Division-I punter. Today, he’s a Division-I punter hoping to make it in the NFL. Kostol, a fifth-year senior who is in his third season as the Beavers’ starting punter, has had a noteworthy career at OSU, especially considering where — and when — it all started. Coming out of Tigard High School near Portland, Kostol wasn’t far away from OSU geographically, but he was not at all close to being a Division-I punter at the time. He punted only one year in high school, and by his own account, he “was not a very good punter.” Kostol was a place kicker before he added punting and wasn’t even sure what position he
would play once he left Tigard. He put together a highlight tape anyway, hoping to walk on with the Beavers. OSU special teams coordinator Bruce Read took notice and before long, Kostol was a redshirt freshman in the 2010 class. Make no mistake, howKostol ever: Read didn’t think any higher of Kostol’s punting than Kostol did himself. “We’ve changed everything he was doing right from the get-go and flipped it a couple times since then,” Read said. Foremost, Kostol says, he was ‘crunching’ — letting his chest drop as his kicking leg made contact with the ball, making a sort of sideways ‘V’ shape. Read also pointed out how Kostol needed work on his follow through, his grip on the ball and the steps he took in approach to each kick.
None of these things were a surprise to Read; he knew Kostol would be a work-in-progress, and even though punting is an art focusing largely on technique rather than athleticism, he saw about as much raw potential in Kostol as any punter could possess. In addition to football, Kostol stood out as a high-schooler in track and field. His 6-foot, 4-inch frame was conducive to high-jumping, and Read felt he could translate the power in Kostol’s legs from track into the power expected of a Pac-12 punter. “He was tall and a high jumper — he had some explosion in his legs and he was long,” Read said. “And (once he came to OSU) he just took over; he worked his tail off. He’s as hard of working kid as we’ve got on this team.” Kostol didn’t think his track experience would have much of an effect on his punting, however. He barely even made note of it when talking with Read before he joined the team. “I mentioned that I high-jumped in high school, but it’s not really that big of a deal,”
Kostol said. What Kostol did know is that he had a long way to go before he would be a starting punter, and he accepted the challenge. He’s progressed to the point that he feels he has his technique down and simply wants to work on becoming more consistent. He hasn’t reached that consistency yet, which has limited his punting average this year to 40.4 yards per kick, compared to a 41.0 career average. He’s had his bright moments, though: Against Utah he averaged 41.4 yards per punt, pinning the Utes inside their own 20-yard line three times and holding dynamic returner Kaelin Clay to only 10 return yards. If Kostol locks down his form consistently, he’ll be dangerous. He owns two of the longest punts in OSU history — he’s the only player in OSU history to record more than one punt in the top 10 — with a 67-yard boot in each of his first two years as a starter. See KoSTOL | page 6
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ootball player Michael Sam is again in the news, this time for being released from the Dallas Cowboys’ practice squad. Normally the release of a football player from a practice squad would be back-page news, but in the case of Sam, it’s front-page. Why, you might ask? Because he is an openly gay football player. During the last NFL draft it is undisputed that the drafting of Sam was probably the most emotional moment of any draft ever. Hell, it was the most emotional moment in sports since the Oklahoma City Thunder Kevin Durant MVP speech. And this is a good thing; an openly gay player getting the credit for his play, not for his orientation.
social structure, it takes a while before we accept certain things as social norms. And this, I guess, is just one of those things. Tejo Still, it is baffling to the mind when trying to understand why Sam would be front-page news. Is there really @pack6124 only one gay person playing football? In a country that is currently dealing I doubt it. In fact, if I were able to hold an open with the rights of the gay community, it would make sense that the status of discussion on the topic with every Sam would be a hot topic, but a part football player on the college scene, of me has to wonder why this should I’m sure that we would find a whole lot more hands than just one, which be so. In my mind, the rights of anyone would make sense. Football is not found within the LGBT community about what sexual orientation you were settled the day human beings prefer, but about mechanics, determibegan to inhabit the earth, but I realize nation and whether you can play your that not everyone is as progressive as I assignment. People should be free to explore am. Unfortunately, within our current
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themselves, especially at a young age, and that exploration should not be something that follows them onto the field. Coaches, teammates and fans should be looking at how an athlete performs on the field, not who they are cuddled up to after the game is over. There is possibly some truth to the idea that football is a sport full of masculinity. Players hit and smash and fight all day. But then again, they do congratulate each other with the occasional ass-slap and can be found hugging, crying and rejoicing on an every Saturday basis. Which then causes the argument that maybe this game is about more than just being a man. In order for things to change and for the status of a player like Sam to
become old news, we have to change things at our level. College sports are about a game, but they are also about shaping people. It is the latter that we should focus on of the two. I know college coaches make the big bucks, and wins are what dictate whether they have a job or not. But while they’re here and while they have the influence, they should be molding these kids to be more accepting. As Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, we should judge based on the content of one’s character. There is room for nothing else in that sense. TeJo Pack, sports editor On Twitter @pack6124 sports@dailybarometer.com
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Women’s soccer power rankings By Brian Rathbone THE DAILY BAROMETER
1. UCLA
7. Colorado
Last week’s rank: 5 Record: 10-5, 3-3 The Buffaloes could not hang with Stanford in Palo Alto, falling 3-0.
Last week’s rank: 1 Record: 13-0-2, 5-0-1 Pac-12 UCLA showed why they are the top team in the country, as they destroyed Arizona 6-0.
8. Cal
2. Stanford
Last week’s rank: 6 Record: 10-4-1, 2-3-1 Cal had to settle for a tie against a Utah team which has struggled in conference play.
Last week’s rank: 2 Record: 12-1-2, 4-1-1 Stanford also took care of business to remain one of the top teams in the nation, defeating Colorado 3-0.
9. USC
3. Washington Last week’s rank: 3 Record: 11-4, 4-2 Washington is getting hot at the right time; they have won four straight after beating the Beavers 3-0 in Seattle.
4. Arizona State Last week’s rank: 10 Record: 9-2-4, 2-1-3 The Sun Devils showed that they could win a game and not settle for a tie as they defeated USC 2-0.
Last week’s rank: 9 Record: 8-5-2, 2-3-1 The Trojans were unable to get a victory at home as they fell to Arizona State, 2-0.
10. Oregon
Last week’s rank: 10 Record: 6-6-2, 2-3-1 The Ducks lost a heartbreaker in the Palouse, giving up the winning goal in the second overtime.
11. Utah
Last week’s rank: 11 Record: 8-3-4, 1-3-2 Utah was able to draw a tie against Cal, but the Utes are still struggling in conference play, their lone victory coming against Oregon State.
5. Washington State: Last week’s rank: 7 Record: 8-2-3, 3-2-1 It took two overtimes to decide, but Wazzu was able to score a golden goal to defeat the Ducks.
12. Oregon State
6. Arizona
Last week’s rank: 12 Record: 0-12-3, 0-6 The Beavers dropped their matchup toWashington 3-0, and the road does not get any easier as they face top-ranked UCLA on Friday.
Last week’s rank: 4 Record: 9-4-1, 3-3 Yikes. Giving up six goals in a single game will move a team down the rankings, even if was against the best team in the nation.
Brian Rathbone, sports reporter On Twitter @brathbone3 sports@dailybarometer.com
It wasn’t long before Kostol’s hard work paid off: After spending three years paying for his tuition, including his first year as a starter in 2012, Kostol earned a scholarship before the 2013 season. It was a high point in a career in which his position was decided more out of necessity than choice — he was undecided between kicking and punting when he first arrived in Corvallis, and since fellow 2010 recruit Max Johnson was a kicker, Kostol joined the punters. The Tigard native needed a few years to develop and he grew immensely during his redshirt year in 2010 and as a backup in 2011. It didn’t hurt that the player he was backing up was Johnny Hekker, who has since joined the NFL as a St. Louis Ram and had the best season in NFL history last year in terms of net punting average. Kostol now hopes to parlay his experience with Hekker into an NFL career similar to his former mentor’s, especially since he is in a similar boat as Hekker was three years ago. “Johnny Hekker — I’m going to be real — I didn’t think he had a chance,” Kostol said. “But he had a good senior season and went off and trained and got way better … The punter ahead of him got hurt, he got the opportunity to play and (the Rams) really liked him.” Kostol describes his NFL aspirations as “low risk” since he can continue to train after the season ends while wrapping up his senior academic year in the spring, which is also when the NFL draft takes place. His main goal is to make an NFL training camp and showcase his talents directly in front of a coaching staff. “You just want to get to a camp so they can see you punt in
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other team’s punter.” However, Kostol doesn’t often doesn’t know the other punter, because he didn’t take part in the high school camps that other Division-I punters attended in order to get scholarship offers. But what Kostol lacked in talent as a freshman, he’s made up for it in long term development. He has also become one of the most versatile players on the team. In addition to punting, Kostol has also been named the starting holder. He is able to be the backup kicker during road games, a position he held last year, since only one kicker usually makes the travel squad. What excites Kostol most, though, are the trick plays. He’s never attempted one himself, though the Beavers had a fake punt in the game plan for the 2012 Alamo Bowl against Texas. There was never a situation for that play, though Kostol still remembers that missed possibility. He’d like to end his senior year with at least one fake punt, and he has even taken the liberty of drawing up a few plays for that exact purpose. “I’ve had some play ideas but coach Read has been hesitant to put them in,” he said. Read is reluctant to put his senior punter in harm’s way, though he admits Kostol has the potential to put pressure on an opponent on fourth down. “He’s fast and he can throw,” Read said. “He’d be a good weapon back there if we wanted to do something.” Tricks or no tricks, Kostol has come a long way since his freshman year in 2010. He’s far from a lock to have an extended NFL career, though his chances of a Division-I role looked slim when he was in high school. Don’t be surprised if Kostol runs a trick play, literally or otherwise. Josh Worden, sports reporter On Twitter @BrightTies sports@dailybarometer.com
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person next to the other punter because it’s a competition,” Kostol said. “If I can punt next to a guy, in the same place, I think I can beat him.” Kostol will pursue his NFL dream at least through the summer and see where football can take him. It already netted him a scholarship at OSU, which he has used to be on track to graduate with an engineering degree in June. For now, Kostol is focused on finishing out his senior season with the Beavers. Not only is he trying to imitate Hekker in his NFL goals, he’s also trying to prepare the punter who will take his place the way Hekker helped Kostol. The next man up is Mitch Seeley, a likely candidate to take over Kostol’s job next year. “It’s funny because Mitch is in the exact same situation I was in with Johnny,” Kostol said. “There’s a two year overlap — he’s a redshirt freshman (while I’m a senior).” Kostol similarly used his freshman season of eligibility while Hekker was finalizing his senior year. Now, Kostol laughs about practices he had in 2011 with Hekker and how they compare to this season. “Johnny was more of a leader on the field,” Kostol said. “He’d tell people to do things, tell them where to go. I’ll still suggest things to Mitch and make comments about what he does.” Kostol maintains that he doesn’t know his own punting average and he isn’t the most boisterous player on the team. That relates to most aspects of his play, including his pregame warm-up. Senior kicker Trevor Romaine started a trend in 2012 of warming up shirtless, regardless of the weather. “No, that’s not really my style,” Kostol said with a laugh. “I usually will just get some punts in and get ready, maybe go say hi to the
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r. Sex, I know most people write in seeking advice for a personal issue, but I am just curious Kathy about the history of sex. I’m sure it would be hard to be comprehensive, but sex seems to go in and out of pubAsk Dr. Sex lic acceptance throughout history. Could you comment about interestThese individuals — usually heting tidbits on the history of sex? erosexuals — think that if the homosexuals just tried opposite-sex sexual Thanks for always giving me some- activity — the expected sexual behavthing to read and talk about on ior— they would enjoy it enough to “switch teams.” Wednesdays. Another tidbit: As recent as the Signed, Curious George 17th century, it was believed that a woman must reach orgasm in order Dear Curious George, You are correct that historically, for conception to occur. To explain why this was the case there have been periods of time when sex was much more publicly accepted I have to explain what they didn’t than it is now — specifically during believe. They didn’t believe that conception the period of Ancient Greece and Rome. During that period of time, sex occurred as a result of egg and sperm within the confines of marriage was uniting. They thought that the male conperceived to be required drudgery for the purpose of procreating and tributed the whole enchilada. thus having an heir to land or other In other words, they believed that valuables. Pleasurable and socially what came out of the male upon acceptable sex was between people ejaculation was a tiny, fully formed of the same sex. human being. Yes it’s true. When intercourse occurred, they There was a period of time when believed that the woman’s orgasm what we think of today as homo- was some sort of force that opened sexual sexual activity was not only up the end of her vagina to enable socially and culturally accepted, it the tiny human being to be put in her uterus for safe keeping. was expected. Thus, it was believed that women Compare that to our culture today where heterosexual sexual activity is contributed nothing to the creation socially and culturally accepted, as of human life and simply served as incubators for the man’s creation. well as expected. The only plus here is that because What I mean by expected is that many people in our culture today women’s orgasms were necessary can’t understand how homosexuals for fertilization, her orgasms were an experience pleasure from same-sex important part of sexual activity. My guess is that women got their cooksexual activity.
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ies much more frequently then than they do now. Oh, to be a woman in the 17th century. I think a lot of people know this last fact, but in the 17th century when a woman was simply an incubator, they also believed that she determined the sex of the baby. Now, I hope you all know that it is the man — specifically his sperm — that determines the sex of the baby. Unfortunately, those 17th century folks didn’t have this valuable piece of information. Therefore, since males were the favored child, a woman was blamed if she did not produce a male child and heir but rather a lowly girl child. They believed that she did something wrong — incubated the baby wrong — and it was born without a penis. Yes, they believed that a newborn without a penis meant it wasn’t “cooked” properly. Think of a Thanksgiving turkey and the little temperature mechanism that “pops” up when the bird is done. Well, they believed that a fully formed human being had a penis and a half-baked one had a vagina. I am not kidding. It gets even stranger. They believed that the vagina was an inverted penis and that all humans had a penis. Therefore, the better quality, fully-
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Observing past offers insight on sex perception
Safe sex is D good sex very year the condom manufacturer Trojan lists the top major college campuses for ones that are notable in prime sexual health and education. In 2013 it was Princeton University. This year, it was the Beavers. Specifically, Oregon State University was mentioned by one of the lead researchers, Bert Spelling, as having the potential to “be a model for the rest of the schools.” And The Daily Barometer was noted as a part of this model behavior with our stunning Dr. Sex column written by Dr. Kathy Greaves. Oh shucks, Trojan, you’re making us blush. But providing good, honest and excellent sexual standards has been going on for some time now at OSU. Student Health Services — although offering a wide variety of health-related services and practices — excels at providing sexual contraception, healthy sexual communication and testing for sexually transmitted infections and diseases. SHS also provides campaigns for the above-mentioned services that sometimes occur in the Memorial Union quad, which feature quizzes on sexual health statistics and lubricant tasting. There is also the glorious option of Oregon Contraceptive Care, which provides free contraceptives to men and women provided their monthly income does not exceed $2,432. That’s right — OSU provides us with all the condoms and birth control we could ever dream of, as well as lube in a wide variety of fruity flavors. So why would OSU be cool enough to provide its students with such awesome protection and opportunities to learn about themselves? Why wouldn’t you want to make sure that people who have been motivated since puberty to engage in sexual activity are provided with tools that can help them act on these desires safely? It’s the same logic as swimming — if you don’t want your kids to drown, give them lessons so they know how to handle themselves in the water. And yet for some reason, programs like abstinence-based education still persist in the U.S. where they inform children that if they have sex they will probably get sick and die. They illustrate this through graphic pictures of STIridden genitals, patriarchal bullhonky and that even considering premarital sex devalues your worth as a human being. This is incorrect on so many levels. It’s only sufficient in providing people with the fact that when they finally do have sex, it will be the most uninformed and guilty experience of their entire lives. So be thankful you attend a school that provides you with the tools you need for all of the sticky adult stuff you will have to experience in the future.
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cooked human had the penis on the outside and the poor quality, half-baked human had the penis on the inside. An “outie” meant that the bird was cooked and an “inny” meant it came out of the oven too soon. Maybe I should have saved this column for the fourth week of November t
Dr. Kathy Greaves is a senior instructor and faculty member in the college of public health and human sciences. Greaves hosts sexuality and relationship Q&A sessions in the residence halls and the co-ops, in sororities and fraternities, in the cultural centers and for community groups. The opinions expressed in Greaves’ columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Greaves can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.
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t’s becoming nearly impossible to log on to Facebook anymore without seeing a link to a story with some ridiculous headline. I’ve been in situations in which people try to argue a point and one of their pieces of evidence is “I saw it on Facebook.” Don’t ever say this. It gives you zero credibility. Saying things that aren’t backed up by fact can be dangerous because some people you tell might believe you and repeat it, and then there is a cycle of false information being passed down through the grapevine. I can’t count the amount of times I’ve scrolled through social media pages and seen articles with titles like “The real reason the NSA is spying on you,” “Why LeBron James REALLY left Miami,” or more recently, “Why Obama isn’t doing anything to stop the Ebola outbreak.” If you click on these you will then be linked to some website that looks like it’s from the late-90s dot com boom. At one point, there was a video going around of President Obama saying something along the lines of “people are being too stupid to govern themselves and need a tyrant in charge”. Naturally, people commented with their outrage. I suspected something was afoul because a statement like that would make the news. Sure enough, 30 seconds of research found that the quote was taken completely out of context, and Obama was actually arguing against this point. But people see what they want to see. This is the problem with the Internet: Any idiot can post what they want and fool people to buy into their agenda. In no way is this to say that everything you see on Facebook is a lie. There are plenty of reputable sources out there; you just have to find them. When you see the website that posted it, make sure it’s a place you’ve actually heard of. All that needs to be done is a little follow-up on the information given. Just do a quick Google search to see if any legitimate site reports the same thing. If you see something that seems so crazy it’s almost unbelievable, it probably is. Check the source — make sure it’s some place you can trust before you go along and spread the news to others. t
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City councilor pushes for broad ban on tobacco use
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of children’s health care. Voters rejected the measure; lawmakers funded the expansion by other means two years later. Virtually all of the largest contributors on both sides are from outside Oregon. Here’s a breakdown as of Oct. 17, counting noncash contributions, usually materials and services: Yes on 92: Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, $1,150,000; Center for Food Safety Action Fund, $1.1 million; Mercola.com, $650,000; Oregon State Public Interest Research Group, $250,034 noncash; Organic Consumers Fund, $300,000; Food Democracy Action and Presence Marketing, $200,000 each; Ben & Jerry’s, $70,086 noncash. No on 92: Monsanto Co., $4,085,150; PepsiCo, $1.4 mil-
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able way to use marijuana in public “opens the door for a lot of youth access,” she said, and the city should eliminate the potential threat. As far as enforcing smoke-free parks and other areas, Dickey said she expects that most people would simply obey no-smoking signs. Dickey’s plan is the second city proposal this year aimed at restricting smoking. In September, the council city asked staff to prepare an ordinance banning smoking in public the right-of-way adjacent to certain businesses. Salem Mayor Anna Peterson became an advocate for restricting smoking on public sidewalks after being contacted by Salem Hospital and Willamette University officials. Salem Hospital campus has a smoking ban in place. Willamette University is preparing to make its campus smoke-free by early next year. Both organizations have asserted that allowing smoking within sight of their campuses undermine anti-smoking initiatives. In November, council is expected to review a draft ordinance to restrict smoking on some public right-of-ways. It’s not certain when Dickey’s plan will be back on the council’s agenda.