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OSU administrators reach out abroad, at home By Chloe Stewart News Contributor
The flags outside of Kerr Administration building are flying at half-mast in the November wind after an order was issued by Oregon governor Kate Brown in response to a series of terrorist attacks on several venues in Paris last Friday. Many are still recovering from the shock and horror of these acts of violence. In response to these attacks, OSU hopes to provide its students with support and whatever resources they need to recover. According to Steve Clark, Vice President of University Relations and Marketing, maintaining the safety and wellbeing of all students is a top priority at OSU. “As we become aware of other incidents, whether they be natural disasters, random acts of violence or tragedy, we will help our students through that,” Clark said.
All OSU students and faculty in France at the time of the attacks were confirmed safe within a day of the incident. French students studying at OSU were contacted and offered a number of services to help them find information and manage their grief. Lauriane Guyot, a junior studying liberal arts, is one of those students. Guyot’s family and friends were all confirmed safe. But according to Guyot, attacks like this can still take a toll on those who aren’t directly affected. “Here, what is scary is that it was people, like, random individuals just in a restaurant, at a soccer game, at a concert,” Guyot said. “It could have been anybody.” In the face of tragedy, Dr. Mark Hoffman, Vice Provost for International Programs, hopes that students can learn from these attacks and won’t be discouraged to go abroad in the future. “I would hope that people understand that we live
in a complex world with lots of different agendas and an international experience, an appreciation can help us deal with those complexities and understand other cultures and other beliefs and what’s going on in the world,” Hoffman said. According to Clark and Hoffman, the expanse of the OSU community is far and wide; approximately 11 percent of the student population on campus is international students and many students choose to go abroad during their time at OSU. “I hope that we will not see people fearing to travel abroad or study abroad, but to see it’s even more important to know more about the world as a community, and while traveling abroad, to be safe,” Clark said. “This is not the time for students to ignore the rest of the world. I
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Vitamin D and Xanthohumol may cause weight loss, research finds Compounds indicated to help combat obesity by changing gut bacteria By Makennah Hines News Contributor
In an effort to combat obesity, Oregon State University was granted $2.64 million from the National Institutes of Health to find a solution. According to Adrian Gombart, associate professor in the department of biochemistry and biophysics at Oregon State University, vitamin D and xanthohumol may be able to reduce weight gain. “I think that this will make a significant contribution to help people with obesity. It will also bring a new perspective to science. We are laying the base work for what could be a solution for obesity,” said Claudia Maier, a chemistry professor at OSU. Gombart and researchers have been testing the vitamin D and xanthohumol on mice, by placing it in the mices’ food. Different doses
are given to different mice in order to find the healthiest dose. “I believe that vitamin D and xanthohumol are working successfully because they are changing the gut composition. There are so many bacterial species in your gut, and we want to figure out which bacterias are important, and which ones are not,” Gombart said. “We have germ-free mice, and we are planning to inject them with certain bacterias to figure out what ones are important.” After the ideal gut composition and the correct doses are found, and the relevant questions have been answered, this could be an incredible aid for the obesity epidemic in the United States, according to Gombart. “After we have done the research that we need on animals, we would love to try it on a human. We hope that it can be developed into a treatment one day,” said Gombart. According to Maier and Gombart, they estimate it will be five years before the research is advanced enough to try this on a human.
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Music, coffee in the Memorial Union
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(Left) Freshman psychology major Sean Borne participates in Javacoustics in the Memorial Union Javastop. (Right) Gabe Fleck, a junior graphics design, major performing his original ‘Sweet Little Girl.’
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This week, Wednesday Nov. 18, will be the second performance in MUPC’s Javacoustics series. This series of events invites student performers to play music for their peers at the Javastop coffee shop in the MU. The first of these performances occurred this past Thursday, Nov. 12, featuring two student performances. As acoustic music filled the small cafe, nearly every seat in Javastop was occupied. Many attendees had come specifically to support the performers while others enjoyed a break from their studies and a cup of coffee. This is exactly the kind of crowd that MUPC Music and Concerts Coordinator Sarah Sutton is hoping to draw. Sutton and her fellow MUPC Music and Concerts Coordinator Calvin Nguyen are excited to be taking the lead on this series. This year, Sutton and Nguyen hope to take Javacoustics above and beyond what it has been in the past by making the series more focused on helping and promoting student musicians. “That’s the core of this event for Cal-
vin and I,” Sutton said. “The purpose of Javacoustics is for the musicians and everything that we do is tailored toward them.” They have increased the number of performances in the series in hopes that that will allow them to showcase more performers. There will be performances throughout every term this year. Additionally, they have been working to reach out to more student performers and connect them more to the campus musical community. “Something different we’re doing this year instead of last year, we’re asking musicians if they want to collaborate with each other,” Nguyen said. Thus far, Sutton and Nguyen have been pleased with the turnout and look forward to continuing the series for the rest of this year. Whether a performer is looking to share their passion or lay foundations for a career in music, the Javacoustics community is open to all. Gabe Fleck, junior graphic design major and student musician, has performed on campus many times before and is always happy to work with MUPC. “As much as I help MUPC, which I don’t know how significant that is, they give back ten-fold,” Fleck said. “They make me feel like I’m a musician and that I’m important.” The performances for the rest of fall
They make me feel like I’m a musician and that I’m important. Gabe Fleck Student musician term are booked and the interest list for winter term is already growing. Anyone interested in performing can contact MUPC and ask to be part of a performance. For more information about attending or performing, visit MUPC’s website. “We feel super thankful that we can do this for student musicians,” Sutton said. “I don’t think there’s a lot on campus right now for student musicians, which is why we expanded this event to 14 performances over the course of fall and winter term” Sutton said. “In the past, I think last year they had maybe five performances winter term, so we really looked at our goal to expand that and make it for the musicians.” baro.news@oregonstate.edu
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Let’s talk about sex, Dr. Sex Kathy Greaves shares experiences at OSU as sexual health educator By Grace Clark News Contributor
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Kathy Greaves, human sexuality professor, holding ‘Don’t Put that in There,’ a reference book for sexual studies classes.
With penis trinkets, toys galore, Kathy Greaves, a human sexuality professor at Oregon State University, also gives talks outside the classroom. “Kathy is amazing,” Cate Wrege said, a senior in pre-optometry. “She’s really an earnest person, and I think the students can recognize that.” Greaves recently returned from a conference in Vancouver BC, where she and colleagues presented on how other universities can become more like OSU in sexual health after OSU’s number one rating on the Trojan Sexual Health Report Card. Greaves started her time at OSU as a graduate student, working for seven years to get her masters and PhD. “And then I became a faculty member and have been doing that for 15 years,” Greaves said. Greaves has been teaching human sexuality for 21 years now.
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Continued from page 1 Liping Lak, faculty researcher assistant at OSU, aids Maier in mice metabolics. Lak studies the gut composition of the mice, and how differing doses of xanthohumol and vitamin D impact the metabolism of the mice. “I am very excited for this project; it’s a brilliant idea. The two compounds have shown to activate nuclear receptors, which may be what is changing the gut composition,” Lak said. baro.news@oregonstate.edu
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According to Greaves, she came to OSU because it had a good program for her to be in and it was close to family. “I ended up loving it. Absolutely loving it,” She said. “So that’s why I just stayed.” Greaves had a desire to educate, to be a source for students who otherwise would not have had access. “I know that I got a lousy sexual education when I was in school,” Greaves said. “I know that it’s something students not only need but crave, accurate information.” Greaves has affected many people in many different ways. “When I was a freshman, I sat in at one class because someone else told me how great she was,” Wrege said. “I was blown away. She really brings a lot of insight into real life, beyond the subject matter.” “Not only does she provide sexual health education to the masses, but she takes that teaching all over campus, and frequently collaborates for sexual health in events like ‘sexy talk’,” Brenda Barrett-Rivera said, a third-year grad student in the HDFS doctoral program as well as Greaves’ GTA. Greaves used to write a column for the Barometer along with teaching, ‘Ask Dr. Sex’, which led to her giving talks such as
By Matthew Schofield McClatchy Foreign Staff
PARIS – Police suspect Abdelhamid Abaaoud, known for being one of the primary executioners for the Islamic State, was the mastermind behind Friday’s terror attacks in Paris. But Abaaoud, thought to be 27 years old, has gained another reputation in recent months: His plans often go awry. While the Paris attacks left 129 dead and another 350 injured, the worst terrorist attack in French history, terrorism experts note a key deficiency: What was likely the most ambitious part of the plot, a suicide attack at a crowded soccer game attended by tens of thousands, including President Francois Hollande, failed. That was not Abaaoud’s first failure. Most famously, an attack that he is believed to have been planned this summer on a high-speed train between Brussels and Paris was thwarted by passengers, particularly three friends from Sacramento, Calif., who were on vacation. Attacking a major sporting event has been something of a holy grail for terrorists, experts agree. Olympics, World Cups, Super Bowls are all seen as valuable targets because of the television cameras. Friday night’s friendly game between France and Germany was not on that level, but it did feature the reigning world champion Germans, in a stadium that this summer
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Attacks on Paris reveal Islamic State weakness will host the hugely popular European Cup tournament. It was broadcast internationally. And on the twisted scorecards of terrorists, the Stade de France attack failed: Three terrorists died detonating their suicide belts, but only one innocent passerby was killed in the blasts. An additional 46 people were injured, 15 of them seriously. But it could have been far worse; close to 80,000 people were packed into the stadium. That the bombers couldn’t gain access to the venue and then had no plan afterward shows how poorly the attack was plotted, in the analysis of some experts. “A stadium is known to be a hard target. There are known security measures in place to stop an attack,” said Magnus Ranstrop, a terrorism expert at the Swedish National Defense College. “They could have planned to overcome these measures. They did not, and when they did not, they didn’t appear to have a Plan B. “I think sometimes we give them too much credit.” One piece of planning did meet their needs, Ranstrop said: They planned their attack from the side of the complex that would have had them burst into the stadium in view of the live-action cameras. But they didn’t get inside the stadium. One of the attackers tried to get in but was turned away because he didn’t have a ticket. Another either was turned away by security because his suicide
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‘Sexy talks’ and in residential halls ‘Sex Tips and Banana Splits with Dr. Sex.’ “I’m sure there’s a lot of questions that go in the box that are jokes, but I answer them in a manner as if it was an actual question. I think it ruins the fun for them, sometimes. I think they think they’re going to shock me, but they’re not,” Greaves said. “There’s absolutely no way they can shock me at this point.” According to Greaves, her name as Dr. Sex was completely accidental.“The Barometer gave me that title when I started writing that column. It just sort of stuck with me,” Greaves said. According to Greaves, she loved working as Dr. Sex, as it was a very positive experience. “I stir the pot, and I’m okay with it,” Greave said. According to Greaves, while she has received anger and sexism from past students in class reviews, she’d rather see students be riled up and angry. To her, it means they are listening. “She likes to think that she’s an awful human being,” Wrege said. “But really, she’s
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The first explosion was deadly, killing the bystander. But the last explosion was near a McDonald’s restaurant that is about a block from the stadium; it did so little damage that the restaurant quickly reopened. A French journalist studying
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Beavers hang 93 on the Gaels
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(Left) Senior forward Olaf Schaftenaar shoots a three pointer in the first half, as a team the Beavers made seven three point basket against Iona. (Right) Senior guard Langston Morris-Walker drives in for the layup, Morris finished with 17 points in the Beavers 93-73 victory against Iona on Nov. 17.
Men’s hoops put on an offensive show in victory against Iona By Josh Worden Senior Beat Reporter
Last night’s crowd of 4,344 fans watching Tuesday’s Oregon State men’s basketball game against Iona got plenty of highlight dunks in a blowout win over the Gaels. A 360-dunk by Gary Payton II, a backwards between-the-legs pass from Tres Tinkle to a Drew Eubanks dunk, Payton II’s one-handed slam over a Gael defender and a pair of Eubanks put-back dunks fueled OSU to a 93-73 victory. The 93 points are the most for an OSU team under head coach Wayne Tinkle. “It got the crowd into it,” the freshman forward Eubanks said of his team’s dunks. “That’s why we were able to pull away in the beginning of the second half.” “It’s a good thing that it worked,” coach Tinkle said of his son’s no-look pass to Eubanks. Iona was the preseason favorite to win the
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and made the NIT a year ago. The Gaels were coming off an 83-58 loss to Valparaiso, which OSU plays next Tuesday. Last night’s game, OSU shot 51 percent from the floor, out rebounded Iona 45-31 and took a 48-18 advantage in points in the paint. “It’s a good win against a team that’s going to be really good in their conference. I’m happy we played the way we did offensively, but we’ve got to get better and we’ve got defend a little bit. But I’m proud of my guys,” Tinkle said. Senior guard Gary Payton II had just two points in the first half but finished with 12 and added four steals, five assists and a block. His 11 rebounds, which were five more than any other player, gave him a double-double. The Beavers had six players in double figures, led by Eubanks’ 19 points on 8-for-9 shooting. Senior guard Langston MorrisWalker chipped in 17 points and freshman guard Stephen Thompson, Jr. added 16. “I thought we shared the ball really well,” coach Tinkle said. “I look at a guy like Olaf (Schaftenaar), who only had five points, but I thought he played really well.”
The Beavers, despite putting up 93 points, had some trouble with the Gael’s press defense in the second half. Freshman guard Derrick Bruce, though he did not score in the game, was praised by coach Tinkle after the game for his calmness handling the ball. “We were having trouble and got indecisive in our press break,” coach Tinkle said. “So we put in the guy that we know is the human press breaker. And then we didn’t have any more trouble with that, so kudos to Derrick for handling that.” Iona guard AJ English started 3-for-6 from the field, all 3-pointers, before missing nine consecutive shots and six straight 3-pointers. He led all scorers with 20 points but shot 4-for-17 from the field and had five turnovers. OSU improved from the free throw line Tuesday after going 14-for-30 in the opener against Northwest Christian; OSU responded with a 76 percent clip against the Gaels, finishing 22-for-29. Junior center Cheikh N’Diaye played for the first time this season in a return from a shoulder injury. He played six minutes, grabbing one rebound and did not attempt a shot. Senior forwards Jarmal Reid and Daniel
Next Game: Oregon State @ Rice Thursday Nov. 19, 6 p.m. Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas Gomis, however, have not yet returned from injury. OSU is now 17-2 in Gill Coliseum during Tinkle’s tenure as head coach. The Beavers will spend the next two games away from Corvallis, however, with road games Thursday against Rice and Saturday versus UC Santa Barbara. Last season, OSU was 2-12 in games away from Gill Coliseum. “It’s something that we weren’t that good at a year ago,” coach Tinkle said of his team’s road efforts. “But I love it. We’re playing three games in five days, and we’re going to find out a lot about ourselves.” “It’s easy to play here (in Gill),” MorrisWalker added. “Now we’ve got to own the road.” On Twitter @BrightTies
Beavers return home looking to end losing streak By Michael Kiever Sports Contributor
Another rough weekend is in the books for the Oregon State women’s volleyball team as they prepare for their home stand at Gill Coliseum against No. 6 Washington on Wednesday and Washington State on Friday. OSU (5-21, 3-13) finds itself on another losing streak after dropping two games over the weekend to top-ranked No. 3 USC and No. 11 UCLA. The losses dropped the Beavers into a tie for last place in the Pac-12 with Utah. “The UCLA game, I thought we fought really hard. We just have to continually fight the entire game,” said sophomore outside hitter Mary-Kate Marshall, who is the team’s leader in kills this season with 352. “We have really good spurts during the game, we just have to maintain that play through the entire game.” Thanks to the Beaver’s highly competitive schedule in the Pac-12, they will be put back to test immediately. Washington (24-2, 14-2) is one of the top teams in the nation and features senior middle blocker Lianna Sybledon, who has proven to be a force this season. “UW poses a big threat coming in, their middles are very good,” said head coach Terry Liskevych. “Sybledon
is the No. 1 efficient hitter in the United States. We’ve got to somehow figure out a way to stop Sybledon in the middle.” Washington State (15-13, 4-12) is not quite as heralded as UW, but had success against the Beavers earlier in the season. The Beavers are ready to improve upon their last bout with the Cougars, when they lost 3-1 on Oct. 16th. “We’re focusing on the first round that we played these teams. They hit a certain hitting percentage, and we’re trying to have them hit lower than that, and have our hitting percentage higher,” Marshall said. “We’re just trying to improve on the last time we played them.” Freshman libero Kayla Ellis echoed the sentiment. “We just want to go out there and compete as much as we can, and just do better against the teams that we have already played,” Ellis said. “We just want to go after it on hitting so that we’re not timid. We want to attack them.” Ellis is one of four players on the roster to have played in 93 or more sets this season, Ellis has been a key contributor since the moment she stepped in the door. “It’s crazy, I’m a freshman and I’m going against some of the best hitters in the nation,” Ellis said. “My team’s been
very supportive. It’s definitely hard to go out there on the court being a freshman, you have some nerves, but those nerves go away with my teammates being right there by my side.” Since the beginning of the season, Ellis has seen steady growth in her play. “Definitely from the beginning of the season to now, I’m getting more balls up that I didn’t get up at the beginning of the season,” Ellis said.
Volleyball announces new signees Liskevych announced on Monday that four players from the class of 2016 will be joining the team next season. Haylie Bennett (Philomath, Ore.) Makenna Browne (Conifer, Colorado), Serena Bruin (Commerce City, Colorado) and Shalom Ifeanyichukwu (Dallas, Texas) will all be apart of the OSU volleyball team next year. “I think the signees and commitments that we have are as good as we’ve ever had as a collective group,” Liskevych said. “The people coming in here in 2016, we’re going to have depth in the middle position, depth in the outside and depth in the backcourt. It satisfies all of our needs.” On Twitter @michaelkievaaa
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Power Rankings: Stanford stays atop the Pac-12 By Brian Rathbone
how much better they would be if they fired their head coach to a four-win team in the final month of the season. earlier in the season? 9. Washington
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5. Utah
1. Stanford
Washington had a big lead over Arizona State and the win Utah just isn’t the same team they were earlier in the year Even though the Cardinal fell in heartbreaking fashion to was in their grip. But then Arizona State when then took the Ducks behind the Oregon and quite possibly ended their scored 24 unanswered points to defeat the woodshed at Autzen. Now they have gone chance at reaching the CFB Playoff, they Huskies. Washington will now have to win from playoff contender, to Pac-12 champ are still my favorite to win the Pac-12 their final two games to earn bowl eligibilcontender, to possibly not winning the title. Stanford will get back on track when ity, they can get closer when they travel to Pac-12 south. It won’t get any easier for the they play in the “Big Game” this weekend Corvallis this weekend. Utes as they take on UCLA this weekend. against Cal.
6. UCLA
2. Oregon
The Bruins are the latest victims of Falk’s brilliance in crunch What a difference Vernon Adams makes to the Oregon time. After quarterback Josh Rosen scamoffense. I don’t think anyone wants to play pered into the endzone late in the fourth the Ducks right now after reeling off wins quarter, it looked like the Bruins would over three bowl-bound teams in Arizona walk away with a victory. But the problem State, Cal and Stanford. The slow start to that has plagued UCLA in the Jim Mora era conference play might keep them out of the conference championship, but they are the most danger- is finishing. Their end to the season is going to be tough with Utah and USC on the schedule. ous team right now.
3. Washington State
How did I rank the Cougars last earlier in the year? I guess I didn’t realize that I was watching the next Tom Brady in Luke Falk. How clutch has Falk been this year? When it comes down to winning time, he gets it done. The Cougars could be in the driver’s seat in the north had their kicker made the field goal against Stanford a couple weeks ago.
4. USC
You know what USC needs to to? They need hire a bad coach, which they have been doing, then fire him after one game. For the second time since 2013, the Trojans have taken a major step forward after firing their coach and using an interim head coach, in the 2013 and 2015 season they went 11-3 after firing their head coach. Think
10. Arizona
Before Arizona’s double overtime victory over Utah last week their only conference wins came against Colorado and Oregon State, not exactly marquee wins. They just haven’t been the same team as last year’s Fiesta Bowl team.
11. Colorado
The Buffaloes are going to be a good team next year, heck, they are close to being a good team this Cal earned a bowl bid with their victory over Oregon State year. They are close to winning several over the weekend, ending their four game games against some of the better teams losing streak. But with Stanford looming in the conference. Losing Sefo Liufau for and a surging Arizona State team left on the the remainder of the season hurts, but schedule, getting another win could prove Colorado is a scrappy team that is on the rise. to be difficult. Of course, if Goff plays like 12. Oregon State he did against Oregon State, they will be just fine. The only team without a conference victory to go along with 8.Arizona State the lowest scoring offense in the conferThis year has not gone the way Arizona State has wanted. ence. 2015 has been a difficult year for Once considered a playoff contender, they the Beavers to say the least. Good news is now have to settle for just making a lowerthey play against one of the worst offentier bowl game. The Sun Devil have been sive teams in the conference next week in inconsistent on offense – one week they will score 38 points against UCLA then Washington, bad news is Washington is the top defensive team another they will score 18 against Utah. At least didn’t have to in the conference. go through the heartbreak of being a top-10 team then falling On Twitter @brathbone3
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Europe. Germany canceled a national team match in Hannover Tuesday night for what authorities termed a “serious threat.” The other deaths, experts noted, took place at what are known as soft targets, where people were out enjoying a Friday night. Diners at sidewalk cafes are among the least protected groups of people imaginable. At at least one site, the attackers didn’t even leave their car when they sprayed semiautomatic gunfire into the crowd. The story was the same at the Bataclan, where 89 people died and security was also not a challenge. “Alas, it’s not that hard to kill lots of people in a city fast with AK-47s and explosives, especially when security is uneven or weak,” Michael O’Hanlon, a national security expert at the Brookings Institution think tank in Washington, wrote in an email answer to questions.
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Continued from page 1 think we have a responsibility to citizens of the world to champion safety and to share how repugnant terrorism and violence against others is.” Guyot, too, hopes to see the most positive outcome possible. While the wounds from the attacks on Paris are still fresh, she hopes that all of the world can achieve better understanding and support each other in the face of all tragedies--not just those in Paris. “I think violence against violence is useless,” Guyot said. “Just giving hatred, giving anger, giving violence, that’s giving them what they want. They just want to instigate fear and terror and hatred. I think the most positive answer that we can provide is to love.” baro.news@oregonstate.edu
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Continued from page 3 like two puppy dogs stacked on top of each other.” According to Greaves, she stands her ground against the negative, and as a firm liberal she can seem a little forward but it is necessary. According to Greaves, she has really enjoyed her time as a teacher. She loves walking away from a class, and knowing that to some students, she has made a difference with them. “Just knowing that there’s something that happened in one of those classes, that
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altered the way that they see the world, in a more positive, open, and accepting way,” Greaves said. According to Greaves, she is proud to contribute to OSU’s overall sexual health, and she happy to do it in a knowledgeable yet humorous way. Her goal is to have as many opportunities for students to be exposed to a sex positive culture. Greaves will be at Mcmenamins on Monroe tonight at 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. with Malinda Shell, where students can engage in games and get answers to questions about sex. baro.news@oregonstate.edu
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FRIDAY, Nov. 20: Event: 5:30p.m. - 7:30p.m. Student Organization Resources for Community Engagement (SORCE) Location: MU 215 SORCE is a funding mechanism on campus for recognized student organizations. Our Allocation Meeting is opened to the public on every Friday
MONDAY, Nov. 23: Informational meeting: 4p.m. - 5p.m. OSU GO Location: STAG 260 Come learn about the opportunity to study and travel to Cuba. The program (a spring and a summer course) is open to all majors. Meeting: 5:30p.m. - 7:30p.m. Death Cafe Corvallis Location: 2nd Street Beanery, 500 2nd St., Corvallis, OR, 97333 Death Café Corvallis exists in order to listen and talk about death. Our welcoming, friendly and supportive café is open to everyone who participates in a supportive manner. Our guiding principles are: For information contact: deathcafecorvallis@gmail.com
FRIDAY, Nov. 27: Meeting: 10a.m. - 12p.m. Student Organization Resources for Community Engagement (SORCE) Location: MU 215 SORCE is a funding mechanism on campus for recognized student organizations. Our Allocation Meeting is opened to the public on every Friday
MONDAY, Nov. 30: Informational meeting: 5:30p.m. - 7:30p.m. Death Cafe Corvallis Location: 2nd Street Beanery, 500 2nd St., Corvallis, OR, 97333 Death Café Corvallis exists in order to listen and talk about death. Our welcoming, friendly and supportive café is open to everyone who participates in a supportive manner.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2: Event: 7:30p.m. - 9:30p.m. University Events Location: CH2M Hill Alumni Center Ballroom A Conversation with Tracy Daugherty Author of “The Last Love Song” and OSU Professor Emeritus Reception and book signing to follow program
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 • THE DAILY BAROMETER • 7
Response to speakout requires follow-up editorial
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onday represented a landmark occurrence for Oregon State University, which saw many pack into Gill Coliseum to discuss issues of fear, racism and discrimination that people of color face every day. These conversations come following the removal of former University of Missouri president Tim Wolfe, who failed to properly acknowledge racist attacks against students at their own campus. When requested that he attend a safe speak out event for students of color to express their own concerns, OSU President Ed Ray canceled his own travel plans and returned to address the campus as a whole. More than 500 students, staff, faculty and community members attended the event. “I’m very appreciative of the students who organized this speakout,” Ray said in an email response sent out after the event. “I was greatly moved by the honesty and bravery of the students that shared their stories last night.”
Ray went on to outline how sorry he was that students of color on campus had to go through such unacceptable experiences, one of which involved a negative experience with a professor that made a student feel uncomfortable and unwelcome in their class. Naturally, the student, staff, faculty and even administrative response to the speakout has been phenomenal. Ray even mentioned recommendations he wants to follow through with – proposed by student organizers – before fall term ends. Such actions include social justice training for all entering students and continued institutional changes for faculty and staff across the university. Still, we need to ask: How do these events keep happening? How is it that even at a university such as OSU, which prides itself on diversity and inclusion, that we still have students of color being so heavily mistreated on a public level? There could be various causes for this. One, it’s easier said than done when it comes to support causes. Some may claim they rally toward a certain direction, but never do much more to physically support what they believe in.
If you merely post a discussion on social media or consider yourself some sort of “ally” without following through on any other physical activities or events, you’re not doing much. You merely feel better for typing words on a screen that make you feel fuzzy. Second, there is no doubt that the majority of our campus community is, without a doubt, white. This is especially a tough discussion to have, but it’s true. Out of OSU’s 28,886 students enrolled for fall 2015, a mere 6,754 are U.S. minorities and 3,328 are from other nations, according to an OSU fall term 2015 enrollment summary from the office of institutional research. That’s a combined total of 34.1 percent of the university. That leaves nearly 66 percent of us who don’t deal with the types of discrimination and persecution we hear about these events, so it’s no wonder white students feel like it doesn’t exist. So in terms of our continued discussions, Ray’s not kidding when he says “We must do better beginning now.” Ray continued in his email: “To do this correctly and effectively, our students need to be
part of the discussions and solutions.” We know there have been those on campus who do or have involved themselves as proper allies. But we need more. The Barometer editorial board has, traditionally, supported these causes and events. But in the past, there has been a trend: These discussions usually fade into obscurity. We need to follow up with Ray, the administration and – most importantly – ourselves to assure these discussions don’t come to a grinding halt. We can’t stop caring, because we’re talking about the lives and experiences of people who witness these acts of persecution on a weekly, if not daily, basis. They don’t have the option to just “stop and move on.” The rest of us shouldn’t, either. Let’s hope Monday’s session is just the beginning, and not another end to a discussion we must not stop until we get it right. Editorials serve as a platform for Barometer editors to offer commentary and opinions on events global and local, grand in scale and diminutive. The opinions expressed here are a reflection of the editorial board’s majority.
faculty Letters to the Editor
Calls for solidarity with students of color Ethnic Studies faculty and staff: We, in the faculty and staff of the Ethnic Studies Program at Oregon State University, stand in solidarity with the courageous students of color who shared their experiences with assembled campus community last night. However, it was deeply unfortunate that the speakout unfolded as two parallel events. At Gill Coliseum, attendees heard stories of marginalization, microaggressions, and resiliency, to be sure. On the livestreamed event, viewers experienced anonymous chats with heinous and vile expressions of racism and threats of violence. We offer our full support and solidarity to the students who spoke out at Gill last night, and to those unable or unwilling to speak out in that public forum. We also reject and condemn the behaviors and attitudes of those whom, with their anonymous posts, sought to disparage the words, and dismiss the experiences of students of color. Those students of color should be commended for taking the risk of coming forward and sharing deeply painful experiences, in order to help educate the larger OSU community. In addition, the university should clarify why the livestream was conducted with an anonymous, open chatroom, given the virulent racism that is too often the norm in social media. This is in itself an illustration of the point that students of color made last night, that decontextualized inclusivity serves to further marginalize, and fact, harm students of color. This is also the time for all university members to think about and take action to stop hate speech, and address OSU’s lack of protections for those who are subject to intentionally-harassing, violent, and unlawful words. In the spirit of OSU Strategic Plan 3.0, we are all committed to an inclusive community that promotes equity and inclusion. “Enhancing diversity of the OSU community is essential to attain excellence in our educational, scholarly, and outreach endeavors and to prepare our students to suc-
ceed in a globally connected world.” Diversity is central to the university’s institutional mission and goals. Indeed OSU cannot be a premier land grant university without seeking the value of diversity and committing to equity and inclusion. But we must thoroughly rethink what diversity means and how it can be achieved in the context of structural inequities and social injustice. A true commitment to diversity, as students described last night, needs to include provisions to expand the presence of students, staff, and faculty of color throughout the campus. It also requires that the university ensures that protections are in place for students of color. Such a commitment demands that we consider how we approach speech activities that demean and defame our community marked by difference, particularly given the racist and homophobic hate speech acts we’ve endured recently. As one of only 21 universities that currently has no protections in place, we should all be asking why OSU is not in conformance with the 300 other universities and colleges across the United States that regulate hate speech acts. We urge the administration to fully investigate the destructive racist comments that were published last night in response to the speakout, and to hold those responsible accountable. We also recognize that such blatantly oppressive comments occur alongside the daily macro and microaggressions described by students of color during the speak-out, and are a product of structural and institutional racism. We encourage the campus community to take very seriously both the blatant, violent racism expressed in the live chat, as well as the more covert everyday forms of racism experienced by students of color, and the visible and invisible consequences these have for all. We also urge the university to engage with antiracism and social justice, not as siloed or isolated practices, but
Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies faculty and staff: We support students of color through our curriculum, pedagogy, service, outreach and engagement, and through our research and writing.
as integral to everything we do, from curriculum and teaching, to research, to administration and student services. In congruence with the calls to action articulated by students of color last night, we must consider that the education all students receive at OSU needs to challenge the beliefs and/or ideologies that justify, legitimate, and normalize the interests and/or experiences of a dominant group over those of others. This is essential to creating an inclusive and safe environment for students, faculty, and staff of color. We must address the parts of diversity that extend beyond the numbers and basic protections, and begin making the types of institutional changes that will shape OSU into an environment that includes and values students of color (and their families, histories, and experiences) in meaningful ways, thus encouraging and allowing all to contribute and thrive. We support students of color through our curriculum, pedagogy, service, outreach and engagement, and through our research and writing. We know firsthand the courageousness and strength it took last night for students to stand up to a microphone and share their stories. We, the Ethnic Studies faculty and staff, commend their efforts and fully support their struggle to transform OSU into a truly inclusive university. We stand with you.
We, the faculty and staff of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Oregon State University, wish to express our support for and solidarity with students of color on this campus. At last night’s speak out, many students of color spoke powerfully about their experiences of racism on campus. They courageously shared painful experiences in order to help educate the larger university community. The speak out was live streamed, and those of us watching the online chat were outraged by numerous racist comments and images posted by anonymous participants. The university should address why the livestream was conducted with an anonymous, open chatroom, given the virulent racism too often the norm in anonymous social media. This is also the time for all university members to think about hate speech, fighting words, and OSU’s lack of protections for those subject to intentionally harassing and unlawful words. We urge the administration to fully investigate these destructive racist comments in order to hold members of our community accountable for hate speech and threats of violence. We also recognize that such blatantly oppressive comments occur
alongside the daily microaggressions described by students of color during the speak out, and are a product of structural racism. We encourage the campus community to take very seriously both the blatant, violent racism expressed in the live chat as well as the more covert forms of racism experienced on a daily basis by students of color. To the students of color in our program and on our campus: we are listening and we are with you. Many of us are faculty of color, and all of us are committed to challenging racism and other forms of oppression. We support your activism, and are committed to changing the climate on this campus. In any campus community, it is student activism pushing the university forward that makes the most substantial and immediate change. Do not forget how powerful you are. Your work at OSU is making an impact and your continued mobilization is transforming our community. As faculty in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies we are committed to mobilizing in solidarity with you and supporting your efforts to make immediate changes at our university.
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Student Letters to the Editor:
True face of social justice Predictably, the Social Justice Warriors are on the rampage again. In an effort to appease them, a forum was held this Monday where they could vent their misguided anger. What followed was a pathetic display of racism, hypocrisy, and vile, baseless accusations. The first speaker to break the silence with a message of unity and peace, once the floor was opened to the public, was, shockingly, told that he had no right to speak at the event based on the color of his skin. Later, another advocate of ‘inclusivity’ defended the right of black students to exclude whites from their spaces in the name of ‘community healing.’ Another student claimed that mean comments posted on “Things Overheard at OSU”, somehow constituted evidence that OSU is actively encouraging students to be racists. I guess she thought that a few internet trolls were somehow representative of the students as a whole. In one particularly Orwellian moment,
a speaker actually called a student’s display of their support for Donald Trump, an expression of their political views, as an example of hate speech. I didn’t stay long enough to hear their demands. Although someone did mention funding for Ethnic Studies departments, nudge nudge, wink wink. This is because I was harassed for recording video in a “safe space.” Yes, I felt it was my duty as a citizen journalist to cover a public forum on policy issues that affect us all. However, after being ordered to delete my files, I decided it was safer to leave than risk someone trying to confiscate my phone. I don’t expect an apology for myself, but I demand one for those silenced for the “crime” of being white. Bigots come in all colors. Let’s not let them sully our college’s reputation further.
Bart Degeneffe Senior in Biology
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“Speak Out OSU” not open enough Students speaking at the Speak Out OSU event on Monday night at Gill Coliseum opened up to the Corvallis community about their grievances relating to the victim mentality that has been promoted by President Obama and his liberal friends. Things got heated when a white person tried to speak out at this event. The event organizers quickly suppressed his First Amendment Rights and claimed that only people of color would be allowed to speak. Throughout the nearly two-hour event, students of color addressed issues relating to institutional racism. Student complaints of racism were mostly addressed to University professors. The fact that white people weren’t allowed to express their opinions could be viewed as a turnoff for white people in supporting their cause.
In what could’ve been an open and substantive discussion, it ended up turning into a long list of grievances. While the outspoken students should be commended for expressing their first amendment right, their movement will not likely get the support of the majority white community who may view their grievances as over dramatic and whinny. Thus, Speak Out OSU lost a big opportunity to open up the discussion to the larger community by suppressing the rights for white people to speak. Speak Out OSU should’ve represented students under the color of Orange and Black, not just on race.
Riker Kasamoto Senior, Political Science, Education President, OSU College Republicans
Letter FROM the Editor
In response to website difficulties Two nights ago, brave Oregon State students of color shared their experiences with racism in front of an audience of their peers, faculty and community members. It was an emotional evening and an important event for the state of campus culture. The Daily Barometer was there during the “Speak Out” providing coverage for yesterday’s paper. Before we left the office on Monday (actually Tuesday morning) after a late night, we published the article on the Barometer’s website and sent the paper to the press. All seemed to be fine, as far as the Barometer was concerned. If you were reading the paper the past couple
of days you may have noticed mysterious ads asking you to look for something new coming from the Barometer today. The surprise is out, we got a new website and planned on unveiling it today. Well, the website actually went live yesterday at around 11 a.m. The problem we didn’t think about Monday night was that we posted the content for yesterday’s paper on our old website. All the content from our old website had been switched over to the new website Monday afternoon, but the content we published after that didn’t get transferred. When the new website went live yesterday, our old website’s content went offline. So while most of the content had been saved,
the articles from yesterday’s paper were lost from our website yesterday morning. Among those articles was “Addressing campus equality,” the story on Monday night’s “Speak Out” event. The article had already been shared on Facebook from our old website, and when the new website went live, the Facebook link died. Now, obviously, this looked pretty sketchy. After students had the courage to speak openly about major issues on this campus, the student newspaper’s article on the event suddenly disappears. People noticed – and rightfully so. I want to apologize for the lack of foresight
when we uploaded the article to our old website instead of our new website, and for the delay in reuploading the story onto the proper website. No harm was intended, and I am personally sorry. Thank you for those who reached out, those who asked to know why the story was no longer online. Thank you for holding this paper accountable. We are here to represent the students of this campus. If you ever feel like we are not being representative, let us know. We are listening.
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