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Enrollment at Oregon State University is at its highest point ever, and has passed 30,000, according to a press release from OSU. This figure includes enrollment at the Corvallis campus, OSU-Cascades and Ecampus. “As Oregon’s statewide university, we take seriously our mandate to provide access to as many qualified in-state students as we can,” said OSU President Ed Ray in the press release. “At the same time, we are nearing our present capacity on the Corvallis campus and thus slowing our growth has been a priority. This is a win-win situation for the university, Corvallis and the state of Oregon.” There are 24,383 students enrolled at the OSU on campus in Corvallis, and the enrollment growth rate for that campus has slowed to less than 1 percent, according to the release. “Oregon State continues to be a destination of choice — not just for Oregon students in general, but for high-achieving students in particular – 44.2 percent of all incoming freshmen attending OSU this fall had a high school grade point averages of 3.75 or higher,” Ray said in the press release. Graduate student enrollment, student of color enrollment and international student enrollment have increased, according to the release. “These areas of growth align with the enrollment management goals that we had set out in our strategic plan for diversifying the campus and growing our graduate student enrollment,” Ray said in the release. Overall, OSU’s fall enrollment is the highest of all colleges in Oregon, including the University of Oregon, according to the release. news@dailybarometer.com
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ith the recent elections over, several new measures have passed in Oregon; among them is Measure 91. Measure 91, or the Control, Regulation, and Taxation of Marijuana and Industrial Hemp Act, legalizes marijuana growth, possession and use for adults 21 and older in the state of Oregon. Once the law goes into effect, adults can possess up to eight ounces of marijuana and grow up to four plants in their homes. Possession and cultivation becomes legal July 1, 2015. While the measure passed with 55 percent of the votes in favor, many people still wonder what impact legalization of marijuana will have on the state of Oregon. According to his Twitter, Seth Crawford, a professor in sociology at Oregon State University, predicts that legalization of marijuana will have tremendous economic benefits to the state of Oregon. Crawford tweeted that “Oregon’s medical marijuana season created a $360 million export market.” “With indoor added,” Crawford tweeted. “It’s the state’s top agricultural export.” Kayla Dunham, owner of The Agrestic Green Collective, a dispensary in Southern Corvallis, is excited about the measure passing. “It’s hard to see what kind of impact it will have on us and the community yet,” Dunham said. “A measure doesn’t actually lay out a regulation scheme, it just puts people in charge of creating one. Until we know what kind of scheme will be put in place, it’s hard to tell.” Dunham is optimistic, however, and envisions integrating both the medical and recreational sides together with her business. According to Dunham, The Agrestic Green Collective has already done great business. It’s only been lately that business hasn’t increased because many people are trying to cultivate their own plants. “People come to us for quality products,” Dunham said. “They come for products we’ve tested.” Currently, medical marijuana isn’t taxed, but dispensaries are taxed heavily. Legislators are
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The Agrestic Green Collective is a medical marijuana dispensary in South Corvallis. Medicated food options line the shelves in the dispensary. hoping to list legal marijuana at $35 per ounce, which amounts to about $1 per gram, according to Dunham. Dunham said that this is a reasonable price that will hopefully hold up against black market dealers. “There is a tremendous fear among local, small-scale producers that big-money corporations will take over the market because they have the resources that allow them to overcome traditional obstacles, and that’s a realistic fear,” Dunham said. “But when I got to a supermarket and look at alcohol, there’s a lot of specialty products like Rogue and 2 Towns in addition to other brands. I think the corporations won’t be able to take over the market.” Dunham also stressed that the measure has no impact whatsoever on medical patients. “It explicitly states in the document that if the measure passes, no changes can be made to the current Oregon Medical Marijuana Act,”
Dunham said. Associated Students of Oregon State University President Taylor Sarman was pleased to see the measure pass and looks forward to seeing the economic benefits of legalization. “I personally voted in favor of the measure,” Sarman said. “I think it’s a great opportunity for regulation, and I also think that the state should try to generate revenue in any way it can. This is definitely one of those ways.” Sarman cautioned students that legislation doesn’t go into effect until July 2015, and encouraged them to be mindful of this. Marijuana is still a schedule one controlled substance federally. Possession of marijuana is a misdemeanor for the first and second offence; sale and cultivation of marijuana is a felony. Abigail Erickson, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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Wall-to-wall booths, black curtains and blue backlighting housed small startup companies and traded sectors during the annual Willamette Innovator Network’s Expo. The expo, held Nov. 6 at the CH2M HILL Alumni Center, welcomed more than 30 traded sectors and 10 pre-startup companies. According to its website, the WIN Expo is designed to showcase innovative practices of local traded sector businesses. WIN, a nonprofit organization, is also the premier networking community for traded sector companies and startups in the Willamette Valley. Pre-startups, research companies and OSU Advantage Accelerator companies all attended the event. Pre-startups are invited to attend the expo, while any traded sector company is welcome to have a booth. Dan Coyle, head of Coyle Tree Piece Helmets, presented at the expo. Coyle started working at OSU doing DIY projects in the Memorial Union Craft Center and also experimented with sewing and woodworking. After friends took interest in the wooden kayaking helmets he crafted
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By Elizabeth Elder Live from Corvallis, “Saturday Night Live” comedian Dean Edwards will perform for Dads and Family Weekend Nov. 7. “I am going to do what I do ... and that is a wonderful feeling … let’s relax and laugh, man, that’s what comics are here to do,” Edwards said of performing stand-up in an interview with Beaver’s Digest and KBVR FM. Dads and Edwards, who Family also starred in Weekend Spike Lee’s “The Comedy Original Kings Show of Comedy,” has What: Dean both the experiEdwards ence that comes When: 6:30 p.m. with being from and 9 p.m. an era and netWhere: LaSells work of oldStewart Center school talent Cost: $34/$38 and the energy and currency of a youthful social media devotee. “I have a podcast that I do now, and I dig doing that. It’s a new medium that I’m learning … figuring out a way to be entertaining but also informative,” Edwards said. Edwards is famous for his impersonations of celebrities Eddie Murphy, Denzel Washington and Jay-Z, but his
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himself, Coyle investigated ways to streamline the labor process. After discovering Computer Numerical Control technology and receiving crowd funding on IndieGoGo, Coyle now makes custom helmets. “They’re completely custom,” Coyle said. “Everything from the size, the type of wood, to the vents. No one makes helmets like these in the U.S. either, so it’s a great way to get something like this locally.” Coyle designs everything from forestry hard hats, to construction hard hats to motorcycle and equestrian helmets. Virtual Data Operation Support LLC, a commercial drone operations company headed by OSU alumnus Brian Whiteside, was also present at the expo. The company works with OSU and designs manned and unmanned aircraft to assist with data collection. The Corvallis-based company was at the expo seeking out investors. Recently, VDOS LLC assisted OSU by taking pictures of salmon nests for research purposes. “It’s great to be here as an alumni,” Whiteside said. Bosky Optics, a local renewable eyewear company, showed off their wooden sunglasses and bio-plastic snow goggles. The company, started in 2012, is part of the OSU Advantage Accelerator program. Since then, Bosky has See EXPO | page 4
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gave a urine sample. According to CPD logs, the sample will be sent to a laboratory for analysis. The officer cited the woman for driving under the influence of intoxicants, specifically drugs.
Monday, November 3 Business burglary Monday morning, a downtown business on Southwest Madison Avenue reported to CPD that a burglary took place overnight. According to CPD logs, the business owner said it appeared that someone had climbed over the 10-foot wall to enter the business. $200 cash was
Drunken wanderers A woman contacted CPD around 1:30 a.m. Sunday to report two unknown men in her backyard. The responding officer reported that he was able to find two men in the woman’s backyard. Both men reportedly identified themselves as OSU students and claimed to know the residents of the home. The officer reported that he determined that they were at the wrong house and that both men were “extremely intoxicated.” The CPD log says that the two men allegedly said they had consumed alcohol. The officer reported that he warned them that they were trespassing and cited them both for minors-in-possession of alcohol. news@dailybarometer.com
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It’s Wednesday evening and a booming voice resounds through the second floor of Shepard Hall. From the stairs’ landing, Evan Steele, a senior at Oregon State University, can clearly be heard preparing for an upcoming speech and debate competition, although it’s not what one would expect to hear. He argues acronym usage, but somehow possesses the easy confidence and character of a stand-up comedian. A selfproclaimed specialist of afterdinner speaking, Steele prides himself on his ability to simultaneously offend and lead an audience during competition. “Sometimes you horribly offend people; sometimes you make people uncomfortable to the point where they want to kill you or leave the room,” Steele said. “But if you hit a spot in the middle of those … you successfully lead your audience into your ‘unique’ issue.” Forensics is a competitive activity that fuses performance with critical thinking and public speaking skills. At OSU, the Forensics Team offers a variety of opportunities: competition, mastery of communications skills, even international travel, the perks completely paid for by student fees. The trouble is that the level of student involvement is underwhelming. “The team is underutilized,” said Mark Porrovecchio, director and head coach of the forensics team. “I’m happy because — this year in particular — we’re drawing back up our numbers as a team that serves every and any student on campus, regardless of experience, major, background … it doesn’t matter.” During his time as a master’s student and assistant coach in
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Bronson Ayala (left) a bioengineering student, and Evan Steele (right), a student in computer science, work togther. the 1990s, Porrovecchio said he gained a deep appreciation for the forensic team at OSU. “This was the only program that I was really interested in coming back to as a forensic coach,” Porrovecchio said. “So it is fortuitous.” Since taking over as director in 2006, Porrovecchio has seen his students succeed in competition as a result of their developing communications skills. Oregon State senior Ariel Kizer swept the competition at Pacific University last month with her “Interp” or dramatic/ interpretative pieces. Kizer is no stranger to performance. “The first time I got on stage I was four, so I’ve been acting for a really long time,” Kizer said. Her love of performance brought her to competitive drama, a theatrical branch of speech and debate that was largely popular in her hometown of Kansas City, Mo. “You perform and compete
interchangeably,” Kizer said. “It all depends on the context.” While her events are performed individually, her success is felt and celebrated by the entire team. “We are huge on supporting everyone,” explained freshman Courtney Rennie. “Speech and debate kind of became my other family. You tend to get really close to people you compete with for nine hours a day.” The forensics team competes in eight to 12 competitions throughout the academic year. “You’d think that you walked into a courtroom or something,” Rennie said. Competitors dress professionally and come prepared for competition with practiced performance pieces or a pool of memorized factoids ready for debate ammunition. Alec Grevstad, a senior studying communications, memorizes and utilizes an astonishing amount of information for
competition. “At first, we seem like walking Snapple caps,” Grevstad said. “We kind of have to be.” Rennie has been competing in speech and debate for years. “They can give you format and layout and tell you how a million times, but you’re never going to really know how it will go until you do it,” Rennie said. While competition can be nerve-racking and unpredictable, team members are passionate about the experience. “It’s a rush, and that sounds cliché. But it’s opened a lot of doors for me as well. We meet really good people doing it, you get to travel places that you wouldn’t normally travel to and I read things I normally wouldn’t read,” Kizer said. Porrovecchio stressed that the team’s purpose isn’t consumed with getting trophies. “You don’t have to win a See FORENSICS | page 3
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UO community brainstorms on ideal president EUGENE — The next University of Oregon president should be a cross between Lyndon Baines Johnson, Garrison Keillor and Oprah, according to a brainstorming session Thursday with faculty, staff and students. He or she should have political clout, sway with donors and honesty — without spin — in interactions with faculty, staff and students, the 20 participants decided. “Someone who likes the job and likes us,� said history professor Professor Reuben Zahler. “Somebody who wants to talk to us and doesn’t consider it a chore.� The UO Board of Trustees is seeking a new president to “catapult the university into an exciting new phase� in the stead of former UO President Michael Gottfredson, who departed abruptly in early August.
The results of the brainstorming will pass through a long chain of committees before reaching the trustees who will ultimately choose the next president. Along the way are the 14-member Presidential Search Advisory Group, which will aid the 14-member Presidential Search Advisory Group, who will confer with board Chairman Chuck Lillis, who is authorized to rank the finalists and eliminate those he finds unsuitable before he presents candidates to the trustees for a final decision. The process may take years. The university hired the Parker Executive Search firm of Atlanta, Georgia, to help, entering into a five-year contract with the firm in August, according to university documents. In 2010, Parker Executive Search recruited UO athletics Director Rob Mullens, whose testimonial is featured on the search firm’s web site:
“Assembling a strong team is paramount,� the testimonial said. “Parker Executive Search is an effective ally who has demonstrated excellence in all phases of high level searches which brings added value to a critically important process.� The university’s various committees won’t pen a job description for the future president until they finish gathering input from a series of forums, which continue in the coming week, and until constituents provide sufficient input through an online survey, UO spokeswoman Julie Brown said. More than 200 people have participated in the survey so far. Forum participants said they want a president who wouldn’t come pre-irritated by the presence of unions on campus and who recognized unions as allies in the pursuit of the university’s mission. Graduate teaching fellow and
union activist Brianna Bertoglio said she hopes for a president willing to appoint union members to various committees rather than a “yes-person� picked at random. Professor Bill Harbaugh said he hopes for a president who will be competent in the job and collegial with faculty, but, first of all, will “do no harm.� Many participants said they wanted a president who would take time to get to know them and their perspectives. “The more you know people, the less likely you are to cause them harm,� said Teri Rowe, economics department manager and member of the Presidential Search Advisory Group. Professor Robert Kry, also a member of the advisory committee, told a story about a similar brainstorming session at another university, where a participant raised a hand and said “I just want a happy person.�
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(From left to right) Bronson Ayala, Evan Steele, Alec Grevstad, Ariel Kizer and Courtney Rennie are all part of the OSU forensics team.
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PORTLAND — Gov. John Kitzhaber, in one of his first interviews since his re-election Tuesday, says he will move forward with public business despite lingering personal questions about the role of fiancée and first lady Cylvia Hayes. Kitzhaber, a Democrat elected to a fourth nonconsecutive term, says he will be able to work with lawmakers on economic, education and health care priorities in the session opening Jan. 12. “I guess it depends on how you define my current difficulties,” he said Thursday night in a telephone interview with the Portland Tribune. “There are complaints (filed) with the Ethics Commission to which I eagerly await the outcome. But I don’t think that in itself is going to affect my effectiveness… or my ability to move an agenda.” He declined to go into further detail before a Friday meeting of the Oregon Government Ethics Commission, which is scheduled to discuss his request for an advisory opinion on Hayes’ activities. The commission also has pending complaints from state Rep. Vicki Berger, R-Salem, and the Oregon Republican Party about whether Hayes used her position as first lady — which is unpaid — to boost her consulting business. The commission is not expected to have completed its inquiries into those complaints. Among the other news disclo-
sures were that Hayes, while a college student in 1997, entered into a sham marriage with an 18-year-old Ethiopian immigrant to enable him to stay in the United States. They were divorced in 2002, when Hayes began dating Kitzhaber, then in the final year of his second term. Asked whether there were other disclosures in the offing, Kitzhaber replied: “Not that I am aware of, but I’ve been surprised before.” Kitzhaber said previously he did not know of the sham marriage until the day before Hayes went public with it in response to a news account in Willamette Week.
Post-election emergence Kitzhaber gave a victory statement to a Democratic Party crowd at the Portland Hilton Tuesday night, but hasn’t done interviews until now. Despite the news disclosures, Kitzhaber was re-elected by 49.7 percent to 44.4 percent for Republican Dennis Richardson, a six-term state representative from Southern Oregon. The balance of votes was split among four minor-party candidates. Richardson repeatedly assailed Kitzhaber and Hayes, and toward the end of the campaign, described his third-term administration as corrupt. Kitzhaber defended his record, but also said Richardson’s opposition to abortion rights, marriage by samesex couples and environmental protection put him out of step
COMEDIAN n Continued from page 1 mimicking hat is deep and full of inspiration. An attraction to high-energy stage performance draws Edwards to observe and assume the roles of dramatic personalities: A sing-song preacher, a guy’s guy, Don Cheadle and the host of Vidiot are roles that he has played during his standup routines, Music Television 2, “SNL” and as a host for TV One’s clip shows. “You can pull material from literally anywhere. To turn tragedy into comedy — that is the sign of a good comedian. It can almost become therapeutic,” Edwards said when asked about how he found material. Edwards has professionally performed comedy since the early ‘90s, and yet still his biggest fears surround the stage. “The worst thing is not a ‘boo’ — the worst thing that can happen is to hit your punch line and have total silence,” Edwards said. One of Edwards’ qualities that makes him unique is his appeal to family audiences. Edwards is married to Tracy Walters and they have two little girls. This ongoing family environment influences his stage persona. “I don’t really use profanity on stage … I don’t curse in real life … that makes it easier for me to not have to make adjustments,” Edwards said. Edwards isn’t interested in doing anything other than comedy. When questioned about pursuing other career paths, he drew back. “To me that’s almost an offensive question because this is all that I want to do,” said Edwards
with Oregon. “I do think this was a bruising campaign, not only at the gubernatorial level but up and down the ticket,” Kitzhaber says. “I do think we need to heal a bit, and that it’s important that we make an intentional choice not to carry the campaign into the legislative session. We are perfectly capable of doing that.” For only the second time in his tenure as governor, Kitzhaber will work with Democratic majorities in both chambers. Democrats added one seat in the House to expand their majority over Republicans to 35-25, and at least one seat in the Senate to make it 17-12. One race remains unresolved; the seat is held by a Republican. His victory Tuesday was greater than in 2010, when he won by 22,238 votes over Republican Chris Dudley of 1.5 million cast. Kitzhaber, 67, is a former emergency room physician who was in the Legislature 14 years, eight of them as Oregon Senate president. He was elected governor in 1994 and 1998, the latter by the largest margin in 48 years.
Last campaign “This was a really different campaign cycle than I have ever been through,” Kitzhaber says. “I think it’s the effect of social media and what it has done to print journalism. It concerns me a bit in terms of what it has done to civic engagement. But it’s a different world, that’s for sure.”
with a laugh. Edwards countered with an equally hypothetical comparison of a question that a wife may ask her husband: “Babe, if I was dead, would you get remarried?” Edwards said that comedy is his passion, and without it, he wouldn’t feel like he had a purpose. “Whether you are a singer, an actor or even a librarian — if you love books and that’s your passion, for someone to say to you, ‘what if you didn’t do this?’ then I wouldn’t really be alive. I love to make people laugh, and it’s my passion.” Edwards was inspired to be a comedian as a child and wanted to be like Eddie Murphy “I wanted to be just like Eddie,” Edwards said. For inspiring performers, Edwards had this advice: “Just get on stage … because getting on stage will make you want to get back on stage, and once you’re getting on stage — you know, a couple of times — you start recognizing the other new people that are sort of learning how to maneuver the realm of, you know, stand-up comedy or sketch,” Edwards said. “It’s just a process and mainly comes from getting on stage … getting over the fright.” Edwards will perform along with Phil Hanley and Alingon Mitra Friday night at the LaSells Stewart Center. Tickets can be purchased in advance online. Beaver’s Digest and KBVR FM contributed to this article. Elizabeth Elder, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com
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put on a good show. Oregon State will be looking to make its mark early in the season and come out strong in its exhibition match. The Beavers have always had a team mentality to play their game, no matter who their opponent is. Catch the Beavers in their exhibition game against Western Oregon at 2 p.m. this Sunday in Gill Coliseum.
Oregon State women’s basketball kicks off its season this Sunday with an exhibition game against Western Oregon. Sarah Kerrigan, sports reporter On Twitter @skerrigan123 The Beavers are eager to go up against another sports@dailybarometer.com team after a month of just scrimmaging with themselves. Tensions flared early this week in practice and it will be good for the Beavers to see a new opponent. Expectations are high this year for the Beavers yearning their highest preseason rankings in both national rankings. They came in No. 20 in the AP Poll and No. 21 in the U.S. Coaches Poll. Oregon State is returning all but two players from last year’s squad, including all their starters, making this a veteran squad. Once again the Beavers only have one senior on the squad: senior guard Ali Gibson. But they are returning four of their five junior class, including three starters center Ruth Hamblin, guard Jamie Weisner and forward Devon Hunter. In addition, Oregon State will see the return of starting point guard sophomore Sydney Wiese. Wiese has taken on a leadership role for the team — even as a younger player — based on her involvement in running the offense. Freshman center Marie Gülich, walk-on freshman guard Alex Kalmbach and transfer junior guard Jen’Von’Ta Hill will play on the team for the first time. Each addition serves to add depth to an already experienced team. This exhibition game will be a good place for the Beavers to get out their preseason jitters and put all their hard work from practice on the court. The Beavers’ three new players will get a feel justin quinn | THE DAILY BAROMETER for playing at their home court with a crowd behind them. This weekend’s game is during Senior guard Ali Gibson elevates to lay one OSU’s Dad’s weekend, where the team hopes to off the glass against CSUB on Nov. 11, 2013.
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Three days before the Oregon State basketball team’s Friday exhibition game against Western Oregon, head coach Wayne Tinkle took a night off. A basketball-related night off, of course. Tinkle and Kurt Paulson, director of basketball operations, traveled to Portland to watch the Trail Blazers defeat LeBron James
and the Cleveland Cavaliers, 101-82. Tinkle talked with some of his former players at Montana, Blazers’ head coach Terry Stotts as well as point guard Damian Lillard, who played in college at Weber State against Tinkle’s Montana Grizzlies. Lillard, in fact, has multiple connections with the OSU basketball team. He and junior guard Gary Payton II, both from Oakland, worked out over the summer in preparation for their respective upcoming seasons. “He’s kind of a big brother to
me,” Payton said of the All-Star guard. “He’s really taught me how to stay focused and that work ethic is key.” Payton and the rest of the OSU basketball team will effectively transition from preseason to game season Friday at 7 p.m. against Western Oregon in a home exhibition game. The season opener is a week later at home against Rice. The Western Oregon matchup will be the first time for half of the team’s 14 players officially on the roster to suit up for a Pac-12 team. See MEN’S HOOPS | page 6
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Oregon State women’s volleyball was able to clench a must-win match against Washington State Thursday night to keep its tournament hopes alive. The Beavers (16-8, 6-7 Pac-12) fought back after being down in the fourth set to take the set 27-25 and close the match out at 3-1. In the fourth and final set the
Beavers looked shaky until they went on a 5-0 run to pull even with the Cougars after being down 15-18. They were again able to crawl back from point at 22-24 to ultimately win it, 27-25. Although the Beavers played well in stretches, the match had nine service errors and the team only hit .167 percent. It was not the convincing win that the Beavers had the last time they played WSU (10-15, 1-12) and won 3-1. Oregon State won the game not on their hitting or solid blocking, but with their service and ability to get
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Senior defensive end Obum Gwacham looks to sack the quarterback against Cal at home on Nov. 1.
When the Washington State football team travels south to Corvallis this weekend, it’ll begin a new era of Cougar football. Senior quarterback Connor Halliday suffered at least one broken bone in his shin last week against the Trojans, putting an end to the seasoned quarterback’s college career. Halliday leads the nation in passing yards (3,873) as well as passing touchdowns (32), while throwing only 12 interceptions. He is fourth all-time in Pac-12 history with 11,308 career passing yards — 1,146 shy of Mannion’s record — and third in career passing
touchdowns with 90. Halliday has been starting for Washington State since 2011, and Washington State has been one of the most prolific passing offenses in the nation since he’s been there. But for the first time since 2012, someone other than Halliday will start at quarterback for the Cougars (2-7, 1-5 Pac-12). That player will be freshman quarterback Luke Falk, who did his best Halliday impression when he filled in last week against USC. Falk completed 38-of-57 passes for 346 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. The Cougars utilize a spread offense that relies heavily on the passing game, and traditional handoffs are a bit of an oddity. Washington State’s leading rusher is freshman running back Jamal Morrow with 263 yards (or 29.3 rushing yards per game). Morrow
carries the ball about seven times a contest, gaining most of his yardage as a receiver. He has 48 receptions for 351 yards. This could bode well for the Beavers (4-4, 1-4), who have had difficulties stopping the run in recent weeks. In the past three games, the Beavers have allowed 269, 151 and 253 yards on the ground. “It’s just a lack of discipline,” said senior linebacker Michael Doctor. “We were too busy trying to do other people’s jobs, do something else other than our jobs, and it killed us. One missed assignment can be a big play.” With Falk being introduced as Washington State’s starting quarterback, and with the difficulty Oregon State has had in trying to stop the run, this Cougar offense could look a bit different than usual. See FOOTBALL | page 6
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VOLLEYBALL n Continued from page 5 the Cougars out of system. Sophomore defensive specialist Rachel Buehner extends her streak of matches with back to back aces to three and she had a total of four aces on the night. Senior middle blocker Arica Nassar continued her great play from last weekend against Cal by carrying it into the game against WSU. She hit team highs of .667 percent and 14 kills. The Beavers did a decent job of getting multiple hitters involved with freshman outside hitter Mary-Kate Marshall and senior middle blocker Amanda Brown joining Nassar with double digit kills on the night. On digs, the Beavers also shared the load with four players: Marshall, senior setter Tayla Woods, freshman defensive specialist Hannah Troutman and junior libero Darby Reeder contributing double-digit digs. Although the Beavers were able to squeak out a must win, they will need to regroup if they hope to upset No. 2 Washington (23-0, 12-0) Sunday on the road in Seattle. They will need to serve tough like they did against WSU, but without the errors. Not to mention, they will need to hit the ball with more efficiency. The Beavers will need to clean their block if they hope to stop the conferences top outside hitter senior Krista Vansant. It will be no easy task to upset Washington on their home court, but the Beavers will give it their all as they face the Huskies Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Sarah Kerrigan, sports reporter On Twitter @skerrigan123 sports@dailybarometer.com
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Oregon State’s women’s soccer team hits the road Friday to play the Oregon Ducks in the final game of the season. The Beavers will look to finish on a positive note by winning the Civil War game. The Beavers (0-16-3, 0-7) will try to redeem themselves after a very tough road trip to Cal and Stanford, both of which ended in losses. The Ducks (6-10-2, 2-7-1) are coming off a six-game losing streak, the last two being against Stanford and Cal as well. The Ducks have been strong at home, only losing three of their last nine home games. Senior midfielder Lilly Archer, senior forward Bri Pugh and
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junior forward Kristen Parr She has 58 saves on the season lead the team with two goals while allowing 20 goals. The Beavers will surely need each this season. Senior goalkeeper Abby Steele is coming freshman goalkeeper Bella off a game where she allowed two goals and had one save.
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MEN’S HOOPS n Continued from page 5 “The only things we expect that we can evaluate are how hard we play, how smart we play and how much we play together,” Tinkle said. “We can control that.” What Tinkle can’t control are his injuries, which have already struck the team even before the season has tipped off. Junior center Daniel Gomis will miss at least the first five games this season with a shoulder injury and freshman guard Chai Baker has been held out indefinitely with a heart condition. That opens the door for the walk-on players who have filled out the roster this preseason. Several of the walk-ons could get significant playing time, including on Friday. Tinkle said Dylan Livesay, a freshman guard who played “really well” in Saturday’s Fan Jam scrimmage, could play along with former OSU football playerturned sophomore guard AJ Hedgecock. Also, 6-foot-6-inch freshman forward Matt Dahlen could play despite being one of the most recent additions. Freshman guard Alex Roth will likely be among the first players off the bench. Roth practiced with the team last year while redshirting and is coming off a shoulder injury. There are only eight healthy scholarship players on the roster for OSU, but Tinkle said he “might even wait until Friday right
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Sophomore defender Kathryn Baker moves the ball up the pitch against Portland on Aug. 20.
Geist to bring her best to keep the Ducks from scoring, and they’ll need to apply a lot of offensive pressure to win this game. Sophomore midfielder Sabrina Santarossa, freshman midfielder Kayla Latham and freshman defender Miranda Stiver lead the offense with one goal each. Geist will look to protect the box and build on her amazing year with 122 saves on the season, only seven saves away from breaking the season record held by Kristen Dulacki. Both teams struggle in a very tough Pac-12 conference, and have split the last three meetings going 1-1-1. The Civil War match begins at 3 p.m. at Papé Field in Eugene.
“We’ve always got to be prepared for what their strengths are,” Doctor said. “We always want to take away their weaknesses too, and make them one-dimensional. We’ll expect them to try to run, we’ve got to go out there and prove it, go out there and stop their run.” Both the Beavers and the Cougars are sitting at the bottom of the Pac-12 North standings. Neither team will play in the Rose Bowl, but the Beavers could still become bowl-eligible by the end of the regular season. Oregon State would need two more wins to go to a bowl game, and it has four games left to play. After Washington State, the Beavers play No. 9 Arizona State, Washington and No. 4 Oregon. The Beavers have gone to a bowl game in each of the last two years, but missed the two prior to those. “We’ve just got to come out here and be locked in, be focused,” Doctor said. “Especially in the heart of the Pac-12 these next few games it’s going to be about disciplined football. Whichever team is more disciplined is going to win the game.” Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m. this Saturday. justin quinn
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Junior forward Daniel Gomis focuses and goes up for the dunk during practice in Gill Coliseum. before the tip” to decide the starting five. “We want to be able to try some things, trial-and-error,” Tinkle said. “We know Western Oregon is a very experienced team and I’m fully expecting them to give us everything we want and more.” “Can’t wait,” added Payton, who transferred this year from Salt Lake Community College. “I’m starting to feel more comfortable with everything here and we’re
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starting to buy in.” As for Tinkle’s NBA connections, Payton said he’s fine seeing Tinkle rub shoulders with NBA figures like Lillard and Stotts. “We let him handle all the pub and everything and we just sit back and go to work,” Payton said. Josh Worden, sports reporter On Twitter @BrightTies sports@dailybarometer.com
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ea to those who went out and voted in the 2014 election. Nay to uninformed decisions. No matter how you choose to vote, make sure you’re well aware of who and what you represent. Yea to Measure 91 passing. We’ll finally see more funding and less wasted resources. Nay to Measure 92 failing. The power of science is amazing, but we should still have the right to know what’s in our food. Nay to Measure 86 also failing. This could have been a prime opportunity to help Oregon college students pay for higher education. On the bright side, we still have the Pay it Forward initiative plan. Yea to new and exciting opportunities, come what may. Nay to unprogressive political bickering. We now have a Republicancontrolled House and Senate in the U.S. with a Democrat administration. Please keep the filibusters to a minimum. Yea to a more appropriate time other than before Halloween to hear Christmas music and see decorations in retail stores … sort of. Yea to secret Santa gift opportunities. Nay to paying too much in rent money. We have enough lame costs as it is. Yea to roommates supporting one another on rent costs. Yea to half-off Halloween candy deals. Nay to copious amounts of incurred pizza-related debt. At least this solves our problems for a heavenly 15 minutes. Yea to random Disney songs breaking out in the newsroom. Sometimes you just need to crank up the volume and let it go. Nay to constant broken pipe or heater noises. Yea to flu shots, antibacterial soaps and anything else that may protect us from these viruses this year. Nay to colds, coughing or getting sick — especially if it’s any time near midterms, midterm projects or finals. Yea to surviving the midterm period. Yea to the inevitable approach of winter break. Time flies really fast and we’re ready for a solid month off to recharge. Nay to midterms continuing all the way into weeks seven and eight. Seriously, why aren’t these just finals? Yea to historical restoration projects. Yea to learning how to use Photoshop for the first time. Nay to communication breakdowns. Yea to more letters, comments and legitimate responses. We appreciate all the input we receive from our readers. Yea to any snow we might see in town this year. Let’s just hope we’re all more prepared than we were during last year’s unfortunate “snow-pocalypse.” Yea to teamwork and department colleagues who stick up for what they believe in. Keep on singing, Corvallis.
ortland resident Brittany Maynard has made controversial headlines all over the country. Not for her ideas on GMO labeling or marijuana legalization. It was a more important cause: Death with Dignity. Brittany was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer at 29 years old and was told she had six months to live. She had just celebrated her first wedding anniversary with her husband and she had to face her mortality. There is no treatment for her cancer and the tumors would continue to grow until she succumbed to the disease. After doing research she came to the conclusion that she did not want to wait around and suffer in pain until she passed, she decided to move from California to Oregon to access the state’s Death with Dignity Act. Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act was enacted in 1997 and is one of five states with this law in the state constitution — others are Washington, Montana, New Mexico and Vermont. Oregon’s DWDA states that “An adult who is capable, is a resident of Oregon and has been determined by the attending physician and consulting physician to be suffering from a terminal disease, and who has voluntarily expressed his or her wish to die, may make a written request for medication for the purpose of ending his or her life in a humane and dignified manner.” If an adult chooses this decision, they are prescribed a cocktail of medication that will put them into a coma and then they will pass within a half hour. The person takes the medication on his or her own in whatever manner they wish, away from the doctor’s office, hospital and hospice care. The physician does nothing and has no say when and how the medication
ly people to continue living. But what is the quality of life numbed and prolonged by machines and medication? Sixty-seven percent of physiBrooklyn cians voted against assisted suicide — according to the New England Running on Caffeine Journal of Medicine — because they felt disabled people and the is taken. Brittany chose to end her life on elderly would abuse it. There are Nov. 1, in her home surrounded by regulations in place to avoid abuse. There is a process. It is not handed her family. Since the DWDA was enacted, out to anyone who asks. Doctors take the Hippocratic oath 1,173 Oregonians have received the to heal and help people, but how are prescription and 752 have taken it. This is only an option for those they helping these people who want who are suffering from terrible dis- to end their pain? Physicians are opposed to the eases and know that they will die. Brittany Maynard knew she did not DWDA because they do not want to want to suffer any longer than she be seen as a bad doctor if they agree had to and she did not want her fam- with death on a term basis. What kind of doctor would want ily to watch her suffer and die slowly. During her last few months, she to see someone suffer so much when became a voice for Death with there can be an option to let a person Dignity, and shared her story to try be relieved? Death with Dignity is as much a to get people to realize that all terminally ill Americans should have right as voting. It is up to the person fighting a this option. She fought for peoples rights to terrible disease with limited time left have the quality of life and death they and their individual value system. It is not up to a physician. wish to have. Brittany’s story brought But this option gives relief to those a lot of tears and controversy. There are people who agree with who are terminally ill because they what she did, taking the end of her can live the time they have left to life into her own hands instead of the fullest and know that they do cancer’s, and there are those who not have to die the way their disease disagreed and argued against her on intends them to. The person and their family have a medical and religious standpoint. Doctors and medical ethicists went a little piece of mind in Death with on daytime talk shows all over the Dignity because death comes painlessly and on their own terms. country to talk about this issue. We decide how we live. Many were opponents to this We decide whom we share our debate and their argument for being against Death with Dignity was that lives with. . We should get to decide how we people should not just die because die. they have a terminal illness. They argued that these people t should take other options to combat Brooklyn Di Raffaele is a senior in English. The opinions expressed in Di Raffaele’s columns do not their disease. necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer Yes, there are treatments and staff. Di Raffaele can be reached at forum@dailyoptions for terminally ill and elder- barometer.com.
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