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Measure 91 has passed, but questions still linger. While many have their own opinions and speculations, sociology Instructor Seth Crawford has some of his own as well.

Crawford, who is also on the Advisory Committee on Medical Marijuana, has been conducting extensive research on the socioeconomics of marijuana production and use.

“We used respondent-driven sampling to conduct our research on who was involved in the cultivation or use of marijuana,” Crawford said. “You start out with a specific person, say for example, a white male in his mid 20s. You then tell that person to find five friends who use or produce (marijuana).

You then tell those five people to find five more people and so on.

Eventually people become independent of one another and you have a very diverse population.”

Through his research, Crawford discovered that Oregon not only has the cheapest marijuana in the country, but also some of the highest quality marijuana as well.

Marijuana in Oregon currently goes for $177 per ounce, according to Crawford.

“The average user in Oregon uses about 4.5 ounces of marijuana,” Crawford said. “We also noticed that

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Seth Crawford, an instructor in sociology, is also on the Advisory Committee on Medical Marijuana, researches the socioeconomics of marijuana. the majority of growers and dealers are fully employed with college backgrounds, and there’s a dense concentration of them in Southern Oregon.”

These dealers can earn an average of $7,500 per year selling marijuana, according to Crawford.

“This seems to make up for the lower-than-average incomes these people are faced with,” Crawford said.

Crawford attributes the quality of marijuana to the total cannabinoid content in a plant. The number of cannabinoids present in a plant dictate the look and smell of the plant.

“Oregon’s ecology really makes for high-quality outdoor cultivation,” Crawford said. “There are differences in the enforcement and policy regimes in Southern Oregon that allow for this kind of growth.”

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inbound, many are speculating that the use of marijuana recreationally is going to rise, but Crawford argues against this.

“Roughly 14 out of 100 people use marijuana in Oregon,” Crawford said. “We’re seeing a generational shift right now as far as the stigma against marijuana goes, but even so, I don’t think this is going to

Measure 91, regarding the legalization of recreational marijuana, passed last Tuesday with 56 percent of the vote statewide and 60 percent of the vote in Benton County, according to the elections office’s official website.

The law is set to go into affect July 1, 2015.

But Monday, Multnomah County District Attorney Rod Underhill released a statement to the Oregonian that his office would cease prosecution of all marijuana-based crimes that are allowed under the new law and drop all pending cases involving marijuanabased crimes.

Multnomah County, with the largest population in the state, won measure 91 with more than 70 percent of the vote.

If Benton County were to preempt implementation, Oregon State University would follow its lead.

“The district attorney would help inform what we would be doing on our campus,” said Tracy Bentley-Townlin, the dean of student life.

Before the Oregon legislature begins to meet in February, there is little known about how the measure will be regulated. Bentley-Townlin said that, at this point, she can only assume that the university would uphold their no smoking policy with marijuana as well.

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Panel discussion brings awareness to stigma female leaders continue to face

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Bossy. It’s an insult many women might remember from their childhood, and the stigma of the word often follows them into their adulthood at a time when they face roles as leaders. Sigma Delta Omega, the science sorority at Oregon State University, organized “Ban Bossy,” a panel discussion aimed to address the stigma women face when they enter leadership positions.

“Ban Bossy” reflects the central topic of the panel: bringing awareness and stopping women from being labeled as “bossy.” Sometimes, women in leadership roles are given this label, while their male counterparts are simply called “leaders.” The women who spoke at the event are prominent female faculty in leadership positions: Indira Rajagopal, a senior instructor in biochemistry/biophysics; Susie Brubaker-Cole, vice provost for student affairs; Luhui Whitebear, the Native American Longhouse director; and Juliet Greenwood, College of Science associate dean for academic and student affairs.

“It’s not so much about the word,” Rajagopal said.

She explained that while words are important, society needs to reevaluate the messages that dictate how women should act and who they

should be. Rajagopal said that when women fall outside of these standards and become active leaders, many people interpret this negatively and minimize women’s accomplishments.

“We should not dismiss women as bossy,” Rajagopal said.

The word itself still holds a heavy weight, which Greenwood said she believes is critical because it reflects the stereotypes society projects, including heterosexual normative roles for men and women. To her, being labeled bossy is just another example of how ingrained social norms are.

These social norms also sometimes put pressure on women in other ways. Brubaker-Cole reflected that being called bossy insuinuates that a woman is deficient in the exact opposite way: that she’s deficient in nurturing. Brubaker-Cole went on to say that women are expected to be continually nurturing in any setting — including leadership roles. Being a successful leader means understanding when to be nurturing and when not to be, according to Brubaker-Cole.

“People expect me to be very nurturing and accommodating — and I am nurturing,” Brubaker-Cole said. “I have two kids. There are times when it is not appropriate to be nurturing, and it really bothers me when I feel people — and when I observe people — chafe when a woman is not in a nurturing mode.”

She added that it is unfair to place the role of the nurturer solely on one gender.

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Sharp, a graduate student in fermentation science, and Trevor Lauman, a junior in the same program, stood as they pointed out the new equipment in the massive room.

“We just had that distillation still donated,” Sharp said. “The machine over there is for cenThe sun poured through the windows and trifugation; those cost about $100,000 each. It’s glinted off distillation chambers, mash pots and pretty cool having all of this technology around.” amber beer bottles of the pilot plant in Wiegand See BREWING | page 4 Hall, the home of fermentation science. Daniel THE DAILY BAROMETER

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The body’s circadian clock is to thank for daily rhythms of alertness and tiredness.

The circadian clock is the timekeeper of the body, detecting changes in light and regulating timed hormone surges. It

is located in the hypothalamus of the brain; the hypothalamus is an important link between the nervous system and the endocrine system.

This intermingling of biological systems — the nervous and endocrine systems — is what interests undergraduate researcher Dakota Jacobs.

“What drew me to this was the complexity of the whole system,” Jacobs said.

Jacobs transferred from the

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Drunk driving A patrolling BCSO officer stopped a woman driving along Highway 20 Saturday night when the officer allegedly saw the woman driving without headlights. When the officer had pulled over the woman, she allegedly admitted to having drunk “a few beers” within the past hour. According to BCSO logs, the officer determined the woman was unsafe to drive and arrested her for driving under the influence of intoxicants.

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Oregon Institute of Technology for the research opportunities that Oregon State University offered. He is now a senior in bioresource research and hopes to go on to get a master’s or a Ph.D. in neuroendocrinology.

Working in Patrick Chappell’s lab, Jacobs has been researching how the circadian clock works with other parts of the brain to regulate reproduction.

The main part of the hypothalamus, which regulates syn-

chronizing the circadian clock, is the suprachiasmatic nucleus.

Right next to the suprachiasmatic nucleus are regions of the hypothalamus called the arcuate nucleus and the anteroventral paraventral nucleus.

Jacobs is looking to see how these regions all work together to regulate the molecular pathways of reproduction.

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Failure to follow traffic laws An officer from the Benton County Sheriff’s Office pulled over a driver after the officer had reportedly seen the driver commit “multiple traffic violations.”

According to BCSO logs, the officer determined the man was unsafe to continue driving and arrested him for driving under the influence of intoxicants.

The officer took the man into custody at the BCSO building, where the man was given a breath test, which, according to the officer’s logs, came back as positive for a 0.16 percent blood-alcohol content.

Driving while suspended A patrolling CPD officer stopped a man for a general traffic violation at the intersection of Northwest Kings Boulevard and Northwest Circle Boulevard.

According to the CPD report, when the officer ran the man’s California drivers license, dispatch informed the officer

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that the man had suspended driving privileges in California and did not have any additional licensing for driving in the state of Oregon. The officer reported that he gave the man a citation for the traffic violations and contacted a towing company to have the man’s vehicle impounded, since he was not permitted to drive with his suspended license.

During the vehicle inventory, the officer allegedly found a small bag of marijuana in the center console of the car, which the driver allegedly admitted was his. This prompted the officer to also cite the man for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana.

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The Senate finished up task force director confirmations Tuesday, but experienced a bit of heat from Senator John Varin and proxy Senator Josh Kaufman.

Lexie Mikesell was confirmed as the environmental affairs task force director by a unanimous vote of the senators present.

She stated that her goals for this position are to educate students in all areas of sustainability, to coordinate with other campus groups and start campus-wide campaigns on sustainability.

Mikesell also spoke on re-vitalizing the OSU Divest movement, which failed in the ASOSU House of Representatives last winter.

OSU Divest “is a campaign to have (the) Oregon State University Foundation sell off its investments in fossil fuels industries and replace these with investments in socially responsible stock holdings,” according to the OSU Divest Facebook page.

Mikesell also mentioned that the university’s sustainability is a product of the student voice, and that the university hasn’t dedicated itself fully to the idea yet. This is something Mikesell would like to improve.

The debate around the confirmation did not concern the candidate, but the process itself. Kaufman commented that the vote should be a courtesy and not hold much significance.

Varin disagreed with Kaufman, and said that the vote of the Senate in these confirmations should have more power than it does.

The student outreach committee reported on the town hall event last week. The turnout was low, but the conversation included the presence of several administrators from parking services.

The Senate also heard a first reading of SB-74.04, which would add the graduate affairs task force director into the official statutes.

Senator Victor Tran was not present at this meeting.

Priscilla Macy, chair of the student incidental fee committee, spoke before the House of Representatives again about the continuing SIFC-ASOSU budget collaboration.

She elaborated on ways the SIFC has worked to improve their transparency and effectiveness during the past year.

Speaker of the House Saul Boulanger brought up the possibility of allocating funds from the ASOSU budget to the accessibility affairs task force to use for a restoration of the multiple sclerosis exercise equipment.

Macy thought the idea may be improbable to do with student fees, but suggested they search for other avenues, such as collaboration with recreational sports.

HR-06.01 had its first reading at the meeting. It addresses the addition of an online building services directory to the Oregon State University website and possibly the OSU guide app.

This directory would include information on classroom numbers, restrooms, gender-inclusive restrooms, lactation stations and water fountains.

Debate and a vote on HR-06.01 will take place next week.

Speaker Boulanger also brought up some ideas on legislation to improve statutes to the body, as well as the increased efforts of the ASOSU food security initiative.

The food security initiative has been working to locate waste food sources on campus and re-distribute that food to food-insecure students. Buenos Burritos and the North Porch Café have expressed a willingness to work with ASOSU on the initiative.

Four members have been added to the House of Representatives to fill vacant seats. Josh Kaufman, Kayleen Cremin, Phillip Rakowski and Andrew Holt have been appointed.

Speaker Boulanger also announced that there are three more possible applicants to fill the judicial committee, which has begun its work with James Knudsen as the chair.

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Event Campus Ambassadors,7:30-9pm, First Baptist Church of Corvallis. Come enjoy teaching, worship and fellowship in the Christian college community.

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Correction In Monday’s article, “Corvallis boxes to support veterans,” quotes were incorrectly attributed to Caleb Lau, who was also falsely stated to be the current OSU boxing club president. These quotes are actually from OSU boxing club President Christian Coursey. The Daily Barometer regrets the error.

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Voters’ message: Fix the state’s economy PORTLAND — Even as Oregon continues its recovery from the downturn that started seven years ago, for returning Gov. John Kitzhaber and incoming lawmakers of both parties, it’s still the economy, stupid.

While differences remain between Democrats and Republicans — and their allies in labor and social services and businesses — they agree there’s more work to be done on economic issues in the legislative session that opens Jan. 12. “The priorities we heard from voters were the economy and education,� says House Speaker Tina Kotek, D-Portland. “Not everyone is finding success in our economic recovery, so the question is how we make sure that people who are working hard are getting ahead.�

Democrats will remain in charge of the Oregon Legislature.

They added one seat in the House for a 35-25 majority over Republicans, and at least one seat in the Senate for a 17-12 majority.

Undetermined is a Senate seat held by Republican Bruce Starr of Hillsboro. That race seems to be breaking in favor of Democrat Chuck Riley, who is ahead by 221 votes. “Democrats have enough votes to pass things through both chambers, so I look for them to do quite well with what they want,� says Ed Dover, a political scientist at Western Oregon University.

It will be only the second time in Kitzhaber’s record tenure as governor that Democrats will have legislative majorities.

Democrats are still short by one vote in each chamber to approve higher taxes and fees without Republican support.

Kitzhaber will return for a fourth nonconsecutive term with just under 50 percent of the votes tallied last week. Still, he defeated Republican Dennis Richardson by 5 percentage points, more than his win four years ago of 1.5 percentage points against Republican Chris Dudley.

Sen. Jackie Winters, a Republican from Salem returning for her fourth term, says there is already bipartisan support for economic action in the form of the Oregon Business Plan. “We cannot talk about how vibrant we are as a state without creating economic growth in rural areas,� she says. “I am hoping it will be high on everyone’s priority list.�

Among the plan’s goals are for Oregon to create 25,000 jobs annually through 2020, raise percapita income to the national average and reduce to 10 percent the number of people under the federal poverty level. It also acknowledges that the latter two

goals cannot be achieved through economic recovery alone. “Employment hasn’t yet returned to pre-recession levels in most parts of Oregon and our incomes remain stubbornly below the national average,� according to the plan. “Perhaps most important, far too many Oregonians — including nearly one quarter of children — are living in poverty.�

Oregon’s poverty rate is 16.7 percent.

Although overshadowed by the controversies about the role of his fiancĂŠe, Cylvia Hayes, Kitzhaber drew clear differences with Richardson on how he would take on many of these issues.

He says that starting his final term, he’s ready to move forward. “I know most legislators personally, and I have worked with many of them over the years, so I believe it’s not going to affect my ability to move an agenda,� he says.

Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, says: “He has been chosen to be governor again, and he takes that responsibility seriously. Whether the questions are cleared up or not, he’s going to have to decide them in his own way.�

Courtney says he does not want to say too much about policy issues or political relationships until his Democratic colleagues meet this weekend, and until the legislative leaders meet with Kitzhaber to get an advance look at his next two-year state budget, which Kitzhaber will unveil Dec. 1. “We’re in pre-season practice, so it’s hard to tell what our teams are going to look like and how they are going to relate to each other,� he says.

Specifics still lacking Oregon’s minimum wage in 2015 will be $9.25 per hour, second only to Washington state’s $9.47. Voters in both states approved linking annual increases to inflation. “I believe that after 12 years of having our minimum wage tied to the Consumer Price Index, it’s time for us to have another discussion about an increase in the minimum wage that would be good for Oregon,� Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian says.

Avakian says he’s not ready to put forth a specific proposal, but there is talk about linking future increases to the federal poverty level. “If you want to lift most people out of poverty, that is the way to do it,� says Chuck Sheketoff, executive director of the Oregon Center for Public Policy, a think tank based in Silverton that advocates for low- and moderateincome people. “We ought to pay them more so that they are

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But Kitzhaber says though he favors an increase, it would not be enough in itself. “If all you do is raise the minimum wage and do not address the relationship between higher income and (eligibility for) support services such as employment-related day care, they actually lose ground,� he says.

People used to lose state-supported care under the Oregon Health Plan when their incomes rose, but Kitzhaber says that problem was resolved by the national health care overhaul and subsequent expansion of state or private coverage to 95 percent of Oregonians.

Lawmakers also are expected to debate a requirement for paid sick leave, which they heard in 2013 but did not advance.

California, Connecticut and Massachusetts have adopted such requirements, as have Portland and Eugene among U.S. cities; Eugene’s will take effect in July.

The Oregon Business Plan avoids mention of those specifics, but says that support services are needed for lower-income working families.

The plan emphasizes education and training to improve the skills of current and future workers, and job-creating programs tailored to those not sharing in Oregon’s economic recovery. “I am hoping we look at ways to improve the economy for them,� Winters says.

Kotek says state support of public schools, community colleges and state universities — education accounts for half the state’s tax-supported general fund — will be a continuing concern.

A coalition is also preparing to offer a financing plan for transportation improvements, and not limited to roads and bridges.

Tax talk again Kitzhaber once foresaw that the 2015 session would be the one for an overhaul of Oregon’s finances. State services and public schools rely on state income taxes, and local services on voterlimited property taxes. “I think it’s important that we not waste an opportunity to have a conversation about our tax code,� Kitzhaber says.

But according to the 2013 Oregon Values & Beliefs Project, conducted by DHM Research of Portland for a coalition of public and nonprofit organizations, the public remains split over whether Oregon’s system is too “unstable� and should be supported by a general sales tax — which Oregon and four other states do not have. Voters have rejected sales tax proposals nine times, most recently in 1993.

While 63 percent of those sampled say Oregon’s tax system is not fair, 64 percent concluded they do not trust government to spend tax money wisely.

In addition to Kitzhaber’s suggestion for lawmakers to look at the “benefits cliff,� Kitzhaber says he’s still interested in considering a limited tax cut on capital gains — profits from the sale of assets such as stock — if the proceeds are reinvested in Oregon.

His proposal to do so in 2011 went nowhere in the Legislature. “Such talk ought to be banned from the (legislative) caucus room,� says Sheketoff, whose think tank opposes tax cuts benefiting higher-income households. “The first rule is do no harm — don’t exacerbate income inequality by enriching the coffers of the wealthiest Oregonians.�

Lawmakers will review some tax breaks, including a tax credit for child-care costs, that will expire in 2016 unless they renew them.

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EUGENE — Oregon drivers are benefiting from the nation’s largest monthly drop in gas prices, officials said Tuesday.

The drop has pulled down gas prices in the EugeneSpringfield area to where they last were four years ago, in November 2010.

Marie Dodds, spokeswoman for AAA Oregon/Idaho, said the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Oregon stands at $3.07 — down 47 cents from a month ago. Oregon’s high for the year was $3.98 on July 3.

The average in the Eugene-Springfield area was reported by AAA to be $3.04 a gallon. That’s the lowest average here since November 2010.

By shopping around, drivers can find gas for a lot less than the average.

In Eugene, the Costco store on Chad Drive was selling regular at $2.79 a gallon, according to GasBuddy.com , as were the ARCO stations in Springfield and Creswell.

Fred Meyer stores in Eugene and Springfield were selling a gallon for between $2.81 and $2.83 per gallon, according to GasBuddy.

The highest reported prices in Lane County were in Cottage Grove, where a Shell station and a Chevron station were charging $3.39 a gallon.

Nationally, the average for regular unleaded fell to $2.93 a gallon, the lowest since December 2010.

Within Oregon, the average price has fallen to just below $3 a gallon in the Medford area. It’s $3.04 in Portland, $3.06 in Bend and $3.08 in Salem.

The decline has been fueled by a drop in crude oil prices.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, is expected to decide Nov. 27 whether to cut production to strengthen prices.

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BREWING n Continued from page 1 As the craft brewing industry takes off in Oregon and around the world, students in Oregon State University’s fermentation science program have reaped the rewards. Students have benefitted not only from new equipment, but also from scholarship money intended specifically for those pursuing education in fermentation science.

“Oregon has a long history with craft brewing — I think it’s one of Oregon’s best claims to fame,” said Amanda Woodruff, a senior in fermentation science. “Back in the 1980s, there wasn’t much of a brewing scene anywhere in the country, and Oregon brewers really helped revitalize a stagnant industry.”

Sharp, Lauman and Woodruff were each awarded $10,000 by a scholarship honoring the life of Jack Joyce, the founder of Rogue Ales.

“Columbia Distributing created two Jack Joyce scholarships for $5,000 each, and Rogue decided to match it,” said Thomas Shellhammer, a professor of food science and technology. “Then when it came time to award the two scholarships, Columbia pitched in another $5,000 which was matched by an anonymous donor.”

The scholarship application process required a selfie with hops in the picture, a brief essay about what “makes you a Rogue,” and a two-minute video about the applicant’s community service.

“The $10,000 Jack Joyce Scholarship Award captures the essence of Jack’s eclectic spirit,” said Bob McGorrin, JacobsRoot professor and department head of food science and technology. “It is uniquely the largest scholarship in the nation for students studying fermentation science.”

Students in the fermentation science program have not only the support of the brewing community, but also the opportunity to practice the science of brewing through experience.

“We’re one of only two schools in the nation with a fouryear degree focused in technical brewing,” Shellhammer said. “People are packing up and moving to Oregon for this program.”

The program has a brew session every month, according to Lauman.

Lauman and Sharp are also part of the OSU food and fermentation science club, which holds a club brew at the pilot plant multiple times each term. The club brew offers students a chance to interact with faculty members, take home wort and even play corn hole.

“I love it here,” Sharp said. “Seeing the program change and grow has been great; we offer a lot of hands-on experience while still focusing on the science.”

The scholarship offers new opportunities for fermentation science students.

“We are really excited that Rogue Brewing and Columbia Distributing created a new scholarship for fermentation science at OSU,” McGorrin said. “This award will help students further their dreams to master the science and art of brewing.”

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LEADERS n Continued from page 1 The audience also asked the panel to give advice for women who want to step into leadership.

“Stay true to yourself,” Whitebear said. She stressed that people should get involved in leadership if they want to and not do just what everyone else wants and expects.

If women want to be leaders, Greenwood said the best thing to do is to identify where their passion in leadership lies. She also said that once they are in a leadership position, to be compassionate to themselves, even if they make mistakes.

“You have to be willing to make mistakes and learn from them,” Greenwood said.

Rajagopal also voiced that the fear of making mistakes should not stop someone from being a leader.

“You’re going to be scared. Do it anyway,” Rajagopal advised.

Panel members’ progression into leadership was strongly influenced by their role models.

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said she did not have a strict leadership style. Instead, she said it depends on the group she works with. She focuses on bringing a group of people with broad approaches together to solve complex issues.

“Who do I need to be and how do I need to show up in this meeting?” Brubaker-Cole said of how she thinks about meeting the needs of each unique group.

Despite achieving high success as leaders within the academic community, these women still face difficulties while trying to navigate throughout their careers. For instance, they face the perception of being the “token” woman: only selected as leaders to fulfill a diversity quota, not simply because they are effective and competent leaders.

Whitebear talked about her experience as a Native American and how people expect her to have an opinion on all Native issues, even though the individual tribes are very diverse.

She said she wishes people saw her as more than just the Native American in the group.

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difficulties when she began her position. At a senior representative meeting, she said she was condescendingly mocked for her passion because she was female. “‘Look at the new vice provost: bright-eyed and bushy tailed,’” she recalled a colleague had said. “You’ll be surprised how long it lasts,” she had responded.

Brubaker-Cole said that another colleague later approached her and said that if a man had filled her position, such a comment never would have been made.

After the panel, students and the panel mingled, allowing students to share their own experiences. One student, Haylee Winden, the Sigma Delta Omega campus relations officer, talked about how she is often burdened by female stereotypes. She focused on her own tendency to be quiet and shy. “(Being a leader is) hard when I’m reinforced that being quiet is good,” Winden said.

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in these “dysfunctional” mice to see if they are different from normal.

Chappell, assistant professor of biomedical sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine, said his lab focuses on reproductive neuroendocrinology, which he described as how the brain controls reproduction.

“We look at how the molecular circadian clock is involved in the regulation of reproduction by the brain,” Chappell said.

Chappell said that their lab is also collaborating with an oncology lab to investigate the relationship between cancer and the circadian clock.

They are also working with the Integrative Biology Department to study the reproduction of coral and sea anemones.

Chappell said that increased

understanding of these reproductive molecular pathways could have real-world applications with in vitro fertilization and polycystic ovary syndrome.

First-year graduate student in comparative health sciences, Rebecca Veitch, works with Jacobs in Chappell’s lab.

“We don’t know exactly how timed hormone secretion actually works,” Veitch said.

She added that there may be future applications if something important can be discovered.

“Maybe that’s why some women are infertile,” Veitch said. “Maybe something in the environment is making them infertile. It’s contributing to the base knowledge.”

happens to all the reproductive functions: ovulation, spermatogenesis, puberty,” Jacobs said. “Basically, these two regions of the brain, the arcuate and the AVPV, we think that they may be responsible for the onset of puberty, which is a reproductive process we don’t know much about. We don’t know how it starts.”

He hopes that by understanding more about how these brain regions regulate reproduction, the molecular pathways in which puberty begins will be better understood.

Jacobs’ project has him working with mice that have had their circadian clock genes removed and has been studying the reproductive processes

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Parents, teachers and faculty mentors were all listed as role models.

When Rajagopal was young, her mother was ill with a heart condition. Despite that, her mother was still “a strong woman” and did not set limitations on what she could do based on her illness.

Rajagopal reminisced about when she would tell her mother she felt she was unable to do something. Her mother would respond with “Don’t be silly, of course you can.” Those words guided Rajagopal throughout her life.

The panel also had unique leadership styles, demonstrating that women don’t need to be a certain “type” of leader to be effective.

“I am a very collaborative person; I love working in teams,” Greenwood said.

For Greenwood, successful leadership comes from asking the right questions to guide a meeting productively.

Community integration plays a role in Whitebear’s flexible leadership style, while Brubaker-Cole

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become the drug of choice for the majority of the population.”

Instead, Crawford sees marijuana legalization as a major opportunity for further research.

Crawford hopes that — as time progresses — OSU can become a world leader in marijuana research. Legally, as a university, OSU cannot handle marijuana, but Crawford is optimistic that collaborating and developing partnerships with other entities can help work around this.

“There’s a procedure called DNA extraction that can allow us to do analysis here,” Crawford said. “Once DNA is extracted from a plant, you don’t have a plant anymore; you just have its DNA, and that is something we can handle. We have some of the best genetic researchers in the world right here.”

What makes this idea so appealing to Crawford is that OSU has a tradition of open-source policies and keeping information in the public domain.

“Some companies would like to seize the marijuana genome and try to keep it to themselves,” Crawford said. “OSU would be able to study the genome and keep the public informed.”

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One of the major concerns while Measure 91 was still up for vote was whether or not legalization would support small growers. Crawford said that this is a legitimate fear, and despite the fact that legislators are confident that “big marijuana” won’t be an issue, Crawford said that much of that is in the hands of policymakers.

“Oregon already produces four-to-five times of what we actually consume,” Crawford said. “We have to take the existing economy into consideration, or we risk destroying what is already a billion-dollar industry in medical marijuana alone.

If we do something wrong here, we can end up with increased economic inequality in Oregon.”

This winter term, Crawford will teach Sociology 499, which examines 21st century marijuana policies. Students will be able to investigate the data Crawford has collected and collect more data in order to examine the socioeconomics of marijuana even further. Crawford is also hoping to coordinate a meeting with the Oregon Liquor Control Commission chairman to discuss the future of marijuana legalization in Oregon. Phase 1 priority registration for winter term begins this Sunday, Nov. 16.

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On Friday, Nov. 14, the Oregon State women’s cross-country team will travel to Stanford, Calif. to take part in the NCAA Regionals at the Stanford Golf Course.

The Beaver team, which is coming off at 12th-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships, will be looking to better its results in the Regionals.

Women’s cross country has managed to have some quality runs this season and even won a few rounds in its previous three meets, but the Pac-12 Championships didn’t go as well as the runners would have liked.

Their coach had expressed satisfaction with how things had played out in Oakland, Calif., but the team members themselves were not as satisfied with their performance.

Sophomore Holly Cavalluzzo, who was a returning runner to the team this year, managed to better her 2013 performance and finished nine places higher in 61st.

Cavalluzzo managed to finish the 6,000-meter in a time of 21 minutes, 41 seconds.

Finishing not far behind her was freshman teammate runner Sam McKinnon.

McKinnon managed to finish the run in 65th place and came in with a time three seconds slower than teammate Cavalluzzo.

Three more of Oregon State’s runners managed to finish within the points, including sophomore Morgan Anderson, senior Kelsi Schaer and sophomore Emily Weber. Anderson finished in 70th place with a time of 21 minutes, 56 seconds and Weber crossed the line 74th place with a time of 22 minutes, three seconds.

Schaer, who finished in-between the two at 72nd place, improved her 2013 placing by 13 spots, finishing in a time of 21 minutes, 58 seconds.

The other five runners for the Beavers’ squad finished outside the points structure, but still managed to make it to the end, despite having a tough day pounding pavement.

When the Oregon State squad breaks at the sound of the gun at 11 a.m. on Friday, those who finish well could end up qualifiers.

Those who qualify will have the opportunity to travel to Terre Haute, Ind. where they will take part in the NCAA Championship.

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The Oregon State women’s basketball team officially opens its season Friday against the University of Portland.

After a spectacular exhibition match against Western Oregon last weekend, the Beavers are eager to get on the court once more.

“It is very exciting — we have been working hard in here beating each other up day after day.

That gets old after a while,” said junior guard Jamie Weisner.

“Our practices are so competitive and tough. It will be nice to get on the floor again against people that we didn’t know and they didn’t know us,” said sophomore guard Gabby Hanson. “It was just great to see everyone get to flourish in that kind of setting.”

Oregon State ended up winning by a 60-point margin against the Wolves.

The team hopes to continue that high production of offense throughout the season.

“We executed well and we got great looks,” said head coach Scott Rueck. “That is why were able to shoot 58 percent for the game. It came because we moved the ball so well. I love our unselfishness.”

Against an experienced Portland team, the Beavers will need to emphasize their passing game and continue to find the open player.

“They have six seniors on this team, so it is a veteran team and it will be a tough test,” said Rueck.

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After an impressive win on Sunday, Oct. 26 during the Portland Fall Classic, the Oregon State University men’s rowing team got back to work at the Head of the Lake Regatta in Seattle, Wash. on Nov. 2.

The squad that once again showed the strength and extent of its quality finished the day within the top-two out of seven schools.

The men’s Varsity 8+ crew, which included junior rower Bobby Vernazza, senior Aidan Daly-Jensen, senior Henry Prosser, junior Josh West, sophomore Spencer Smith, junior Kelly Murray, sophomore Grant Van Kampen, sophomore Nathan Smith and was coxed by senior Eric Sumner, faced off against Washington, Gonzaga, Washington State, Western Washington, Puget Sound and Vancouver.

Oregon State managed to beat out every school, save the hosting Washington Huskies.

The Huskies blazed through the course in a time of 16:04.44, some 53 seconds faster than the next placed Beavers.

The varsity men weren’t the only crew to finish with a quality placing.

The Junior Varsity 8 and Third Varsity 8 crews both managed to row their way into fourth place in their respective races.

The junior varsity squad managed to come home with a time of 17:25.20, which was more than a minute slower than the Washington ‘A’ squad that took the crown.

Third varsity managed to come in with a time very similar to the junior varsity squad at 17:42.91, but again it was defeated by more than 60 seconds by the Washington ‘A’ crew.

The Beavers will now get a four month break to prepare and work out the kinks before heading to Canada to take part in the Oregon State at Victoria in British Columbia.

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Redshirt sophomore Joey Delgado goes for the slam during the annual orange versus black meet on Nov. 6.

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Men’s basketball, which will debut new head coach Wayne Tinkle in Corvallis versus Rice justin quinn| THE DAILY BAROMETER at 7 p.m., has a small list of returning players and a select Redshirt freshman wide receiver Hunter Jarmon extends to make list of new ones. One of those the catch along the sideline against the Cougars on Nov. 8. players is the son of Oregon State men’s basketball alumni great Gary Payton. Gary Payton II — who transferred from Salt Lake Community College this year — will be looking to bring a new edge of excitement to the guard position as well as the team.

What the season will look like for the newly revamped men’s team is an unknown. But the addition of a new coach and transferred players should bring positive changes to a team that finished at .500 and negative within the tough Pac12 conference in 2013-14.

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Sophomore Madeline Gardiner works the length of the beam The Oregon State team, during the Comfort Suite Invitational on March 9, 2013. which is returning the core of its squad including its starters, is coming off a season in 2013-14 in which they not only made it into the second round on the NCAA Championship Tournament, but dominated their opponents at home.

The OSU women of the court managed to finish the season at home 14-1 with their only loss coming early in the season to Notre Dame. Their inconference play was also a sight to behold, as they only lost five games.

So as you begin to swallow the truth of the end of the football, soccer and volleyball season, look to the sports that are yet to come. Regardless of how things turn out for each program, it looks to be an excitjustin quinn| THE DAILY BAROMETER ing time going forward.

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“We do have a very vivid play.

“It is so exciting to see the memory of the game we played fans, because they have been last year and it was extremely tough,” Hanson said. “We as excited as we have to get remember how that game was back on the floor. Getting to and it was extremely com- play in front of them really helps us get into the flow of petitive. We the season,” are excited Hanson said. to get back to If the We do have a very playing them can and starting vivid memory of the Beavers continue to off the seagame we played attract supson playing them.” last year and it was p o r t f ro m Beaver Nation Even with extremely tough. early on in a new coach, their season, the experiit will trickle ence on the down to supPortland Gabby Hanson port in big team will not Sophomore guard time games be easy to inconference. overcome.

“It is a great place to play The Beavers will need to adjust quickly to whatever sys- and we had so much success tem the Pilots throw at them. here a year ago,” Rueck said.

“We are excited to show “They are a very experipeople what we’ve got and enced team, they have a new coach, so we don’t exactly put it out there in front of our fans, prove to other people know all the things they are and ourselves how good we going to run, so we will just can be,” Weisner said. get out there and play our The Beavers play the opengame and adjust accordingly,” er Friday at 4 p.m. at Gill Weisner said.

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his time of the year can always be rough, especially if you are a football, soccer or volleyball fan.

Football only has three games left, while women’s soccer is done for the season. Men’s soccer has one game to go, save the possibility of a postseason.

Volleyball still has six matches left with hopes of a postseason in sight, but what do we do once all those sports are said and done?

Thankfully, the month of November ushers in a whole set of new sports to get excited about.

Gymnastics will not get its official start to the season until January, but before then, we will get a chance to see the team in action during the annual orange versus black exhibition on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 7 p.m.

The Oregon State women’s gymnastics team is coming off a spectacular season in 2014 during which it had a couple first-place performances, and finished the season within the top-five in the NCAA Regional Championships and NCAA Championships.

The program is returning 10 letterwinners and 19 of the 24 routines from the 2014 season, which equates to the possibility of another stellar season in 2015.

Wrestling, which already had its annual orange and black square-off, will begin its official season Thursday, Nov. 13 in Gill Coliseum when it hosts Southern Oregon in a dual-meet.

Oregon State men’s wrestling is also coming off an incredible season in 2013-14 in which it not only won a list full of matches on the mat, but managed to take first-place during the Pac12 Wrestling Championships; it was the third in a row.

The Beavers have started out the season ranked within the top 25 and are returning five NCAA qualifiers.

Their match against the Redtailed Hawks begins at 7 p.m.

Starting hand-in-hand with wrestling and gymnastics is the long-awaited basketball season.

Both men’s and women’s basketball have already played their exhibition games for the

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Student safety should be priority in freezing weather

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ast year, it occurred twice, during December 2013 and January 2014, receiving the moniker “snowpocalypse” from the popular Facebook page “Things Overheard at OSU.” The initial snowfall caused panic and kerfuffle given the inconvenient arrival of winter combined with finals.

OSU decided to keep school open until noon when every other school closed up shop, given the inclement weather.

This put students in a rather interesting position — especially if they were commuting to school from another location.

They could attempt to brave this newer, harsher Oregon weather and make it to class on time, or take the let’s-not-crash-the-car approach and stay home.

Given OSU’s waffling and determination to leave such questions up to individual instructors and professors, the result was mixed confusion and absence.

For the rest of the week, cars slid back and forth on the streets of Corvallis, driven by inexperienced motorists with hidden desires for ice-skating.

Students who tried to take the bus were treated to a cold wait in the sleet because of excruciatingly late arrival times.

Finals were left up to individual professors to facilitate, and these were handled very maturely compared to the stage-fright reaction of the school.

What we at the Barometer want to know is pretty simple: can our school handle another snowpocalypse?

Because in all honesty, the weather forecast for this next week is looking pretty cold.

Apparently, all that we have planned is a bit of tree trimming, a few back up generators and a whole lot of crossed fingers that El Nino — a weather pattern created by the warming of the Pacific, which in turn can create warmer weather along the coastlines of the American continents — “will give us a warmer winter,” according to David Blake, assistant vice president and chief human resources officer at OSU. Corvallis itself has plans in action to keep the buses running on time in the event of bad weather, setting them up with chains, de-icers and scrapers, as well as an intent to keep citizens informed of proceedings.

While we understand that there is a protocol to follow for when schools and businesses are allowed to close shop in terms of inclement weather, the old adage “better safe than sorry” heavily applies to this situation.

It can be embarrassing to bet on the wrong weather report and have to apologize for it later.

But keeping OSU students safe should be one of the absolute top priorities this winter.

Failing in that alludes to the notion that we as people don’t really matter to this business.

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hat do you call football fans who watched the Oregon State University vs. Washington State University game? Speck-Tators!

Last weekend’s football game may not have gone the way the Beavers expected, but we did “break ground” — pardon the agriculture pun — on an exciting future for OSU and WSU football.

Washington and Oregon are all about some friendly potato-based competition.

Saturday’s game marked the first potato bowl between Washington State and Oregon State University.

Before the game, both the Washington and Oregon State Potato Commissions agreed to a wager that benefited the winning team’s food bank.

For every point scored in the game, the losing team’s potato commission would donate 500 pounds of potatoes to the winning team’s food bank.

Although many fans were boiling mad after our loss, The Oregon Potato Commission (OPC) donated 35,500 pounds of potatoes to Washington State Food Banks.

We may have lost the football game, but the friendly competition helped feed families in need. That is pretty sweet — potato.

A bonus at this year’s pilot Potato Bowl was the inclusion of a baked potato bar.

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Ryan Holterhoff, director of marketing at the Washington State Potato Commission, said both organizations hoped to make this an annual event whenever the two football teams face off.

Many of the game goers who stopped by the potato bar or bumped into the mascot spuds who roamed Parker Plaza questioned the significance of the Oregon potato industry.

Many didn’t realize we even grew potatoes in the state.

Here in Oregon, potato farmers harvest more than 35,000 acres yielding more than 1.8 billion pounds of potatoes annually.

That’s a lot of Cajun Tots and French fries.

Nearly 75 percent of Oregon potatoes are processed into products like frozen tater tots and French fries for fast food restaurants, hash browns, chips, dehydrated flakes and soups.

Of that, roughly 15 percent of these products are exported to Japanese, Korean, Filipino and Mexican markets.

Potatoes have been an important crop in Oregon since it became a state.

During the gold rush in Northern California, surplus potatoes from Oregon were packed by mule train

and later by wagon to the everhungry miners.

According to the OPC, in 1849, four bushels of Oregon potatoes sold for $500 in San Francisco.

Oregon farmers thus dug potatoes and struck gold.

Today, the Oregon potato industry is still booming.

In the U.S., on average, each of us consumes 134 pounds of potatoes a year, or more than 370 potatoes per person per year — that’s more than one potato a day.

Many of those potatoes, whether fried, mashed, twice baked or boiled, came from a farm in Oregon.

Since the passage of measure 91, some may even be triple “baked”!

This Thanksgiving, when you devour those mashed potatoes, remember they are one of the most nutritious foods one can eat.

Contrary to popular belief, potatoes aren’t high in calories.

Believe it or not, a medium sized potato has fewer calories than a grapefruit, more potassium than a banana and more usable iron than any other vegetable.

Potatoes are also high in fiber and loaded with complex carbohydrates.

Best of all, potatoes are fatfree. So leave the cranberry sauce for grandma, and finish off the potatoes.

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Time to HIIT it up

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igh Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is one of the top exercise trends for 2014.

Crossfit, Tababat, P90X, Insanity and boot camp style workouts all incorporate the principles of high intensity interval training.

HIIT involves brief bouts of intense exercise followed by a recovery period of lower intensity activity or complete rest.

This cycle of high and low intensity is repeated for the duration of your 30-minute workout.

HIIT workouts are designed to help your training be efficient and effective.

HIIT has been shown to be safe and effective while having similar benefits to longer bouts of continuous moderate exercise.

Research has also shown that HIIT participants can have greater improvements in aerobic fitness over a shorter time frame.

People at all levels of fitness can perform HIIT. However, this type of intense training should be done with some caution.

If you are just starting out, get into a regular workout routine for at least one month to ensure you don’t injure yourself.

If you are already an exerciser, try incorporating some HIIT into your workout this week for variety and fun.

HIIT can be done with both cardiovascular and body weight muscle fitness workouts.

It is recommended to participate in HIIT training two to three times per week while allowing for adequate 48-72 hours of recovery between workouts.

Due to the nature of HIIT, you are working at a very high intensity, about 85-95 percent of your maximum effort.

In a 30-minute workout, begin with a good five to seven minute warm-up complete with running, jump rope or cycling followed by some dynamic stretching.

You should feel sweaty at the end of your warm-up.

Cycle your HIIT — for example mountain climbers or cycling — for 20 seconds to start, followed by a lower intensity exercise — light jog or lighter cycling — for 30 seconds.

You can extend your HIIT bouts to up to a minute with 20-30 seconds rest for those that are more advanced.

As you increase the HIIT bouts, you can also increase your rest bouts up to two minutes.

After about eight to 10 intervals of HIIT and rest cycles — which should be about 10-15 minutes — begin a fiveminute cool down.

Light jogging, cycling or walking would suffice.

End with some good static stretching, holding for about 30 seconds per stretch for all of the muscle groups you just worked.

You should feel tired but refreshed.

If you are feeling bored with your current exercise plan or just lack time to get in a good workout, give HIIT a shot.

HIIT provides a lot of variety as you can change the exercises, length of the intervals and the rest times. This style of workout tends to focus on one to three exercises per session of HIIT. Logging your HIIT workouts can help you track your progress, increase intensity and add variety to your workout.

Doing HIIT with a friend also helps with motivation and challenges you to keep going when you feel like giving up, especially in the last few minutes of the workout session.

With our fast-paced society and the challenge of finding time to work out, for your next workout, give HIIT a try. t

Dr. Erica Woekel is an Assistant Clinical Professor and the Program Director of the Lifetime Fitness for Health Program.

The opinions expressed in Woekel’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. They can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

Ryan Mason is a senior in graphic design

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Slain Eugene runner’s son found peace

By Mark Baker

attending the Oregon Public Safety Academy THE REGISTER-GUARD in Salem. In 2012, he was hired as an officer EUGENE — A couple of weeks shy of turn- for the newly formed UO Police Department.

The Brathwaites were married on Nov. 13, ing 5, Sean Brathwaite watched as the police officers came to the house on Calvin Street, 2010, and will celebrate their fourth wedding north of Harlow Road, where his mother still anniversary on Thursday.

Sean Brathwaite remembers his father lives today.

He remembers them “talking with my mom taking him to the former Skipworth Juvenile — how professional they were, and how they Detention Center — across the street from Autzen Stadium — where Chris Brathwaite helped my mom.”

Now 34, Sean Brathwaite remembers an served as a social worker.

He remembers his father setting up a mock officer staying with his mother, Sharon Brathwaite, that entire day of Nov. 12, 1984, Olympic Games for at-risk youth. He rememafter the shattering news of her husband’s bers playing catch with his dad.

“Sports was always a big part of my life, death was delivered.

So maybe it’s not entirely surprising that one way or another,” says Brathwaite, who Sean Brathwaite, a 1998 graduate of Sheldon ran track in middle school but whose favorite sport has always been High School and a 2003 basketball. graduate of the University “My biggest memories are of Oregon, would grow up to of other people coming up become a police officer.

Brathwaite’s father, Chris At his age, to be able to me and telling me about my father’s life and how he Brathwaite, the former UO to run that way, was influenced them,” Brathwaite track man and Olympic says. “So I think that allows really amazing. sprinter for his native my father to live on in other Trinidad and Tobago, was people’s lives.” killed 30 years ago today Sean Brathwaite Earlier this year, the by a sniper at Autzen Oregon Track Club estabStadium. Did that incident, lished the Chris Brathwaite and the police officers’ response, prompt Sean Brathwaite to pursue a career in law Award, giving out the first at a dinner in February at the Club at Autzen, not far from enforcement?

“You know, I don’t know,” Brathwaite, a where his life ended.

The inaugural recipient was Tom Ragsdale, former Eugene police officer now with the UO Police Department, said in a telephone who developed and directed the OTC’s first interview Tuesday. “I’ve always had an interest all-comers meets at the UO’s Hayward Field.

Sean Brathwaite and his mother were both in law enforcement.”

But the events of 30 years ago “could have” in attendance.

Chris Brathwaite was training for the 1988 contributed to his career choice, he added.

“Some of my thoughts, my memories of that Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, when he day. At the time, I didn’t fully understand what died, his son said. Chris Brathwaite would was going on. Obviously, very traumatic and have been 40 years old if he had made his third Olympic team. tough for anyone to deal with.”

“At his age, to be able to run that way, was He and his wife, Stephanie Brathwaite, a marketing coordinator and administra- really amazing,” Sean Brathwaite said.

Brathwaite said he has no anger against the tive assistant at Systems West Engineers in Eugene, attended grade school and middle deranged young man who took his father’s school together, graduated from Sheldon life, and then his own just minutes later.

“I don’t,” he said. “I came to peace with it a together and even attended the UO together.

They began dating in 2003 and moved to long time ago. In fact, I don’t know his name, Boise in 2004, where Sean became a volunteer and that’s not something I went looking for. for the Boise Police Department. The couple My main concern was my mother and my returned in 2008 to Eugene, where Sean was family and just making sure they have great hired by the Eugene Police Department after and full lives. I don’t dwell on the past.”

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Ballmers give UO $50 million

By Edward Russo THE REGISTER-GUARD

EUGENE — Former Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer and his wife, Connie, a University of Oregon graduate, have given $50 million to the UO. The donation is the first “significant gift” in the UO’s drive to raise $2 billion, the university said today.

The Ballmer gift helps advance the UO goals of increasing access to higher education for Oregonians, strengthening the UO’s research

efforts, and promoting the UO’s academic excellence on a national scale, the university said.

“Receiving only approximately five percent of our budget from the state of Oregon means we need our entire donor community more than ever,” said Interim President Scott Coltrane.

“This gift will fundamentally change lives, creating a better future for countless Oregonians by providing access to educational opportunities at the UO. At the same time it will aid us in our fight against a health issue that plagues millions of children and adults. To say that we are grateful is an incredible understatement.”

Lane County may put auto fee on ballot

By Saul Hubbard THE REGISTER-GUARD

EUGENE — The Lane County commissioners are forging ahead with a proposed local vehicle registration fee to fund road and bridge maintenance after an in-depth poll done last month showed majority voter support for the concept.

The commissioners are leaning toward putting the new fee before voters on the May 2015 ballot. Based on the polling data, the commissioners’ initial proposal is for an annual fee of $35 for all passenger vehicles, trailers and small trucks and a $20 annual fee for motorcycles.

No additional fee would be assessed on large commercial trucks — state law does not allow local fees for those vehicles — and there would be no fee for bicycles.

If passed, the local fee would be tacked onto the state’s $43 annual fee when Lane County residents renew their vehicle registration every two years through the state Driver and Motor Vehicle Services Division.

Facing a tight timeline to get the proposal on the May ballot, the commissioners will review a draft ordinance for the fee at their meeting today. County representatives will then meet with city leaders throughout Lane County in coming weeks and months. City governments would share in the fee revenue.

The county board would then hold at least one public hearing on the proposal in January, before voting on the ordinance.

The $35 fee would raise about $11 million a year. As prescribed by state law, the county would keep about $6.5 million, with the county’s 12 cities splitting about $4.5 million.

The county’s polling, conducted by Strategic Research Initiative, a public policy and marketing firm in Fuller¬ton, Calif., found that 53 percent of respondents would be likely

to support a $35 local registration fee.

After hearing 12 arguments on the fee — nine in support and three against — support for the concept grew to 57.5 percent.

The poll, which had 505 respondents, had a margin of error of 3.5 to 4.5 percentage points. Fifty-five percent of the respondents described themselves as “high propensity” voters and 71 percent were 55 or older — two demographics that are more likely to vote in a May primary election.

Gary Manross of Strategic Research Initiative told the board last week that the polling showed that local voters care about road conditions and safety. They were well¬informed about the county’s dwindling road maintenance funding because of decreases in federal timber payments, Manross said. He recommended the board move ahead with the fee, saying he would expect it to pass.

Lane County is paying Manross’ firm up to $25,000 for the polling and follow-up work.

Commissioner Pat Farr said this week that he “wasn’t really surprised” that the proposed registration fee could be starting with majority support.

“People are savvy enough to know what people in other states are paying (for vehicle registration) and know that Oregon is much lower,” he said.

“Very few people don’t understand the importance of regular road maintenance and the value of good roads,” he added.

Still, road repair and maintenance taxes and fees have a mixed track record locally in recent years. Eugene voters passed a tax levy for specific street repairs in 2008 and renewed it in 2012. But Springfield city leaders have repeatedly declined to go to voters for a similar levy due to tepid initial support.

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rejected a local gas tax, with 55 percent opposed and 45 percent in favor of the tax that would have paid for road work.

County-level vehicle registration fees are a new taxing mechanism in Oregon: A 2009 state law allowed counties to impose them.

Multnomah County’s board of commissioners approved a $19 annual fee for a specific repair project in 2009, the Sellwood Bridge across the Willamette River.

Last week, voters in Washington County defeated a $30-per-vehicle registration fee for road maintenance — a proposal very similar to Lane County’s — with 54 percent opposed and 46 percent in favor.

Farr said the Washington County vote “does impact the (board) discussion going forward, but it doesn’t discourage me.”

Farr said the Washington County fee didn’t include a “public auditing function” that allowed voters to verify where the new money was going. As with the county’s successful 2013 jail levy, Farr said, the board would require a regular audit of the potential new road funds. The first audit of the jail levy funds is expected to be released in January.

“People trust that,” Farr said.

“They love that.”

However, the county doesn’t plan to prepare a list of road projects that the money would go toward if the fee is approved, Farr said — which the city of Eugene did for its successful 2008 and 2012 tax levies.

“That’s more difficult to do in a county that’s the size of Connecticut,” Farr said.

Commissioner Sid Leiken said last week that he hopes leaders of the county’s cities will publicly back the fee, since they would share its revenue.

“It would be nice to have some of the political leadership from the cities” advocate for the fee, he said.