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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2013 • VOLUME CXVI, NUMBER 32
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Student-led group looks to partner with OSU Foundation for divestment from fossil fuels By Tori Hittner
OSU offers incentives to use public transit on Friday
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Sophomore Jesse Pettibone is passionate about environmental justice. After hearing about the amount of university endowment invested in fossil fuels, he decided he wanted to make a difference. So Pettibone, an apparel design major, created a new student organization: Students Engaging Tomorrow. After creating the club, he implemented the OSU Divest campaign to enact change, and now Pettibone is looking for more student involvement. OSU Divest is a campaign sponsored by the new organization, Students Engaging Tomorrow. The campaign exists to garner support for a resolution asking the OSU Foundation to halt all fossil fuel investments. The OSU Foundation is a “nonprofit organization incorporated in 1947 dedicated to enhancing the mission
Coupons for Dutch Bros. Coffee, Bites convenience store in the Memorial Union or a free ticket to a nonconference men’s basketball game are all incentives for using public transit on Friday. Oregon State University has updated its plan to address parking challenges on Friday, when the University of Southern California football team comes to Corvallis to play the Beavers. The university is offering incentives for anyone who uses Corvallis Transit on Friday. Incentives include $1 off a coffee at Dutch Bros., $1 off at Bites or free admission to a home nonconference OSU men’s basketball game. The university is also encouraging people to carpool, bike, walk or use the game-day shuttle services. The university announced a “phasedin” parking plan on Oct. 15. The lots at Reser Stadium, the parking garage at 26th Street and Washington Way, gravel parking lot behind the OSU
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Megan Campbell
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At the back-to-school picnic in September, Jesse Pettibone stands at the Students Engaging Tomorrow table asking students to redistribute beans where they think the OSU Foundation should relocate endowment investments.
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Barbecue Bento open for business Swimming in devastation: After a change in city ordinances, OSU student sets up fixed food cart in Corvallis
of the change in city policy. In October 2011, the Corvallis City Council passed an ordinance allowing year-round set up for food carts on private property and in the downtown business district. By Emma-Kate Schaake THE DAILY BAROMETER “The change in legislation on food Barbecue Bento is serving up teri- carts makes it a lot easier,” Clarke yaki for hungry customers on the go. said. Michael Clarke, a fifth year senior Prior to the ordinance change, in economics at OSU, is the founder, mobile food cart business could owner and chef of the business. He only operate in Corvallis 45 days out said he was able to set up the food of the year with an outdoor vendor cart in downtown Corvallis because permit. Monroe Avenue businesses n
EMMA-KATE SCHAAKE
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Owner Michael Clarke stands with his cart, ready to serve customers Monday afternoon. The cart serves grilled teriyaki chicken skewers.
Cheesy Stuffed Burgers and West Coast Philly’s still operate within the 45-day limit due to their locations. The rest of the year, these businesses travel and cater their food to fairs, events and festivals. This is the difference between previously established carts and Clarke’s venture. “This is a mobile food unit, not a temporary food establishment,” Clarke said. The move from temporary to permanent presents considerable hoops to jump through, and since the ordinance passed in 2011, no other businesses have established themselves permanently as a food cart. The expenses attached to food cart operation include a $300 start-up fee, a $150 charge for each proceeding year and a $500 one-time infrastructure fee. Clarke also had to negotiate his position with the owner of the building where he set up, and comply with city regulations. The cart, which Clarke built himself this summer, is located on Madison Avenue between Fourth and Fifth Street, in the heart of the downtown business district. The building Barbecue Bento is in front of houses other food establishments, Starbucks coffee and Einstein Bro’s Bagels, but thus far the atmosphere has been collaborative rather than competitive. See BENTO | page 4
The lionfish invasion THE DAILY BAROMETER
Populations of invasive lionfish have ballooned throughout the past few years and are a severe threat to the native fish population on the Atlantic Coast and in the Caribbean Sea, according to recent expedition participants. As one of the early leaders studying the lionfish invasion, Oregon State
University joined other agencies in a deep-diving submersible to study the invasion of lionfish off the coast of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., in September. Female lionfish spawn every four days, year round. They produce 25,000 eggs per batch. This means each female spawns more than 2 million See LIONFISH | page 4
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Lionfish are an invasive species in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. As their numbers grow, negative consequences impact other marine species.