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OSU students speak out, raise awareness, march for 43 missing Mexican students

By McKinley Smith THE DAILY BAROMETER

More than a hundred years from the day of the Mexican Revolution, students gathered at the Mexican consulate in Portland, where they marched in solidarity with the people of Mexico in the wake of the kidnapping of 43 students.

Concurrent protests took place in Mexico City Thursday, according to Al Jazeera America.

“We are here, supporting you,” said Guadalupe Garcia, a junior in public health.

According to Garcia, about eight Oregon State University students joined a crowd of nearly 200 people at the Mexican consulate. No one confronted them, but bystanders observed them march from the sidelines as they chanted about removing Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto from power.

“I feel like the president is acting as a puppet,” Garcia said. “Or on his own selfish needs.”

Antonio Saavedra, a sophomore in public health, said that instead of finding a solution to violence and poverty, the president is “taking field trips.”

“How are Mexican citizens benefitting from his trips?” Saavedra asked. “We all voted for the president, and he’s just not See SOLIDARITY | page 3

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OSU students stand with a solidarity activist. The students traveled to Portland to march from the Mexican consulate to the Portland State University campus along with nearly 200 others.

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Red Dress Fashion Show spreads awarenss about HIV, gives students opportunity to design, show work

By Chris Correll

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Julia Pearson models a dress by designer Ish Guevara at the show.

Models took to the stage to flaunt studentdesigned clothing in honor of World AIDS Day. The Sixth Annual Red Dress Fashion Show was held Thursday to promote HIV awareness on campus.

Twenty students with a talent for design made and donated their own dresses to be displayed at the event by student models.

This year, representatives from multiple cultural centers and guest speakers from Valley AIDS Information Network and Partners in Health helped make the show possible.

Since the show’s creation, Peer Health Advocates and the Oregon State University Fashion Organization have collaborated in a partnership that benefits the cause for HIV awareness and the students participating.

Those who enter get exposure and a chance to add to their resumes when entering the professional field.

Senior merchandising management major Brooke Modrell said submitting a dress gives designers vital experience to improve their

technique.

“It’s a great opportunity for the student designers,” Modrell said. “The Red Dress Show and the Recycled Fashion Show in winter term are good preludes to really get their designs down and their techniques better. It just adds more for them in their portfolio, so they can show what they’ve done outside the classroom.”

Charlie Squire, a junior in apparel design/merchandising management, was putting together a dress for a class when he heard about the show and decided to enter.

“I’ve never made a dress for a show before. I figured I might as well,” Squire said. “This helped me kind of realize that this is right for me, and this is what I want to do.”

Squire said the best part of participating is just seeing his efforts come to fruition after all his hard work.

The idea of using a fashion show to promote a cause may seem unorthodox when compared to more standard methods like fliers or setting up booths in the Memorial Union quad, but the excitement and style of Thursday’s event got attendees’ attention in a big way while delivering essential information to people who may need it the most.

Guest speaker Bob Skinner reminded the audiSee FASHION | page 4

Student-founded program helps students in financial need HSRC offers services for students facing financial crises

early 1980s, Oregon State University students began an organization to help uninsured students afford their health insurance.

By Justin Frost In the past 30 years, the health THE DAILY BAROMETER insurance program has expanded to Budgeting money between books, meet the needs of students struggling tuition, rent and food while juggling with food costs and unstable housclasses and extracurricular activities ing. The program has continued to can be a bit too much to handle for grow since, and now includes three college students sometimes. So in the primary branches: direct service, outn

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reach and education and leadership development.

Since Cady was hired, total student interactions at the HSRC has risen “This formation of the Human from 3,300 to a peak of 7,589 in 2013.

Services Resource Center was com- Points of contact include emergenpletely the initiative of students,” said cy rental assistance, student health Clare Cady, coordinator of the Human insurance subsidies, food pantry visServices Resource Center. “I was hired its and various grants and donations given out by the program. Cady estiat the start of 2011 and was actually mates that the HSRC interacts with the first full-time professional to work See HSRC | page 4 here.”

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Community gathers at MU steps to pay respect to transgender friends, peers

By Abigail Erickson THE DAILY BAROMETER

A crowd of 20 to 25 students, staff and faculty members gathered Thursday at the Memorial Union steps in the dark to honor victims of transgender violence.

Sierra Lantz, a sophomore in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and queer affairs director within the Associated Students of Oregon State University facilitated the event. She was pleased at the turnout and support from students.

“Today is national Transgender Day of Remembrance,” Lantz said.

“The vigil tonight was to honor all the transgender people who have been murdered in the past year.”

Qwo-Li Driskill, a professor in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, spoke about anti-transgender violence, especially violence against transgender women of color. Driskill read a selection of poems by transgender authors.

“I was busy texting a lot of my friends abroad today,” said Hailey Buckingham, a graduate student in forestry and applied economics. “It was a day full of love and connections, but it was also very melancholy.

I didn’t recognize the names they read off tonight, but I know enough transgender women that one of these years, I know I’ll hear my friends’ names.”

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Microbiome ‘germs’ may play greater role in human health than thought

By Lynda Bradley THE DAILY BAROMETER

The microbes that regularly call the human body home may have more of an impact on health than previously thought.

There are entire populations of microbes that live in and on human bodies, coexisting. And while they can sometimes be harmful, they mostly do a lot of good. These populations, known collectively as the microbiome, have become a popular research topic due to their links to human health.

Thomas Sharpton, an Oregon State University researcher, focuses on microbiome research and the field’s overarching importance on human health.

“A lot of the promise with the Human Genome Sequencing Projects was that we would understand the basis for disease,” Sharpton said, “We’ve learned a lot of valuable things thanks to the human genome. (But) one thing that we’ve had a difficult time doing is treating different types of disease − despite knowing the genetics behind it.”

This indicates that something very intertwined with human health, such as the microbiome, may be more involved with disease than once imaged.

Diet, exercise and daily life can completely change the microbiome, for better or worse.

“The genome is relatively static — it is hard to change. The microbiome is plastic — it can change,” he said. Unlike genetics, it is comparatively easier to change behavior. Changing behavior affects the microbiome — and therefore could affect the types and severity of the diseases acquired.

In fact, Sharpton explained that since the microbiome is so easy to change, new treatments for diseases can focus on easily improving the health of the whole body by improving the health of the microbiome.

Some of these treatments can be as simple as changing diet.

Studies have found that diets high in red meat leads the microbiome to produce chemicals that increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and obesity, compared to the microbiome of someone who eats mostly green, leafy vegetables.

Additional studies suggest that those who have been repeatedly

Wednesday, November 19

Forceful eviction An officer from the Benton County Sheriff’s Office responded to an apartment on Southwest 4th Street to perform a tenant eviction. According to the officer’s logs, when he arrived, the evicted woman was present as well as a man who the officer recognized as having a felony warrant for his arrest. The officer reported that he confirmed the man’s identity with dispatch before the officer handcuffed the man and brought the him to the Benton County Jail. Two officers from the Corvallis Police Department arrived to provide backup and conducted the woman’s eviction from the apartment.

Tuesday, November 18

Thwarted home burglary Tuesday evening, a CPD officer responded to an alleged attempted burglary at a home on Northwest Seneca Place. According to the officer’s report, the woman who lived at the residence reported that a man had attempted to enter her home through the back door. The woman allegedly told the officer that she had yelled at the man and told him she was calling 911. The woman reportedly told officers that the man ran off and left in a “dark blue small older car.” No damage appeared to have been done to the home.

Monday, November 17

Possible child prowler Monday morning, a concerned woman contacted BCSO about a suspicious incident her daughter had been involved in at her school bus stop. According to the BCSO log, the woman said a man driving a “green older pickup pulling a trailer” had reportedly slowed while driving past the bus stop, where the woman’s 12-year-old daughter and her daughter’s friend were waiting. The driver reportedly turned the car around in the intersection, parked and got out of the truck and appeared to walk toward the two girls. The woman told the officer that the girls said they’d run to a neighbor’s home. The man then got back in his truck and appeared to leave the area. The woman described the man as “a white male with brown curly hair in his late 30s,” and requested that officers send extra patrol for the neighborhood.

Sunday, November 16

Harassment at children’s home Sunday evening, a BCSO officer responded to reports of a man allegedly harassing staff members at the Children’s Farm Home on Highway 20. The man in question had allegedly urinated into a water bottle and appeared to be purposely splashing the urine onto staff members. The officer logged that once he arrived, he arrested the man and brought him in to the Linn Benton Detention Center.

Pellet gun theft A man contacted CPD Sunday night to report a home burglary that appeared to have happened between Saturday afternoon and Sunday evening.

According to CPD logs, an officer responded to the man’s home to investigate. The officer logged that the man said he’d arrived home to find the back door to the home was open and the man’s gun safe was open, though few items were missing.

The man reported that three of his guns, valued at $3,000, were still there; however, a Ruger-brand pellet gun, valued at $120, had been stolen. The officer reported that there appeared to be no signs of forced entry into the home and several items of significant monetary value had not been stolen.

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diseases, such as Crohn’s disease.

He is fascinated by inflammatory bowel diseases because of how prevalent they have become in Western culture — yet no one knows what causes them. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 to 1.3 million people suffer from IBD, but until it is understood what causes them, a cure cannot be produced. Sharpton and other colleagues hypothesize that the microbiome is either the key to the onset of disease, or can affect how severe the disease becomes.

If this is true, then a treatment for IBD might be as simple as a change diet.

Sharpton is uncertain that the fad diets common in Western society — such as gluten-free diets for those with gluten intolerance — will have a medical impact on the treatment of IBD. “A lot of these dietary fads are recent — and probably don’t explain the 30-year rise (of these diseases),” Sharpton said.

While food intake affects the microbiome, predicting how that will treat diseases like IBD is still scientifically unknown. Sharpton said it is most likely that many factors affect the microbiome’s interaction with these diseases.

“Something broader is happening,” he said.

Sharpton worries that the microbiome might be overhyped as the only answer to solving disease when it is most likely only a small component of a larger picture. Despite this, he feels the research will be very important to future generations.

“It’s a fascinating field,” Sharpton said. “It’s an unbelievably complicated field, and we are a long way away — I feel — from having concrete answers that are medically actionable. But the promise is tremendous.”

Sharpton suggests that if someone wants to find out information about their own microbiome, they actually seek out organizations that specialize in the field. While clinics and physicians are becoming aware of the importance of the microbiome, two organizations in particular might be bettersuited to analyze a microbiome: American Gut, and uBiome. Both not only give information about individualized health, but can use samples for research.

To learn more about these organizations, visit www.ubiome.com and www.americangut.org Lynda Bradley, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com

Meetings

Student Organization Resources for Community Engagement (SORCE), 10-11:30am, MU Journey Room. Open budgeting hearings for student organization funding resources.

Events OSU Music Department, Noon, MU Lounge. Music å la Carte: Cello Grass, Gideon Freudman, cello, and Brad Price, guitar.

Student Sustainability Initiative, all day, Dixon Rec Center. Re-Rev Elliptical Machines. Annual Energy Civil War. Weeklong competition to see which school can generate more renewable power.

Pride Center, 1-2:30pm, Pride Center.

National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week: Social, Environmental, and LGBTQ+ Justice. We will be leading an interactive workshop on urban gardening. Bring a reusable mug for light refreshments.

Residence Hall Association (RHA), 8-10pm, ILLC 155. Around the World in 80 Questions: Join us for an evening of Internation Trivia. A capstone event to International Education Week.

Saturday, Nov. 22 Events Student Sustainability Initiative, all day, Dixon Rec Center. Re-Rev Elliptical Machines. Annual Energy Civil War. Weeklong competition to see which school can generate more renewable power.

Volunteers Center for Civic Engagement, 8:30am3pm, meet at Snell 149. National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week: Service project with Habitat for Humanity - volunteers will work on a home build in downtown Corvallis. Register at: sli.oregonstate.edu/cce.

Wednesday, Nov. 26 Meetings College Republicans, 7pm, Gilkey 113. Join us for fun discussion on local and national political current events.

Thursday, Nov. 27 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY 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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Wednesday, Dec. 3 Meetings College Republicans, 7pm, Gilkey 113. Join us for fun discussion on local and national political current events.

Thursday, Dec. 4 Event Campus Ambassadors,7:30-9pm, First Baptist Church of Corvallis. Come enjoy teaching, worship and fellowship in the Christian college community.

Meetings

Baha’i Campus Association, 12:301pm, MU Talisman Room. Men and Women Equality - A myth or reality?

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Oregon GMO labeling measure now too close to call

By Tracy Loew

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SALEM — Oregon’s fight over a GMO labeling law may not be over yet.

The gap between yes and no votes on Measure 92 has closed to less than 1,500, meaning a recount is a near-certainty.

Although the opposition and news outlets called the close race for opponents the day after Election Day, votes continue to be counted and the gap has continued to narrow.

The Yes on 92 campaign never conceded, and worked furiously to reach out to 13,000 voters

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exposed to antibiotics when they were young have a much greater chance of developing obesity later on.

But microbiome therapeutics is not limited to preventing diseases later in life by altering food intake. Some studies suggest that chronic diseases can be treated by altering the microbiome. One such experiment involved purposefully placing a new microbe into the microbiome of autistic mice, effectively acting as a microbiome transplant. Astoundingly, the symptoms of autism were eradicated just from this seemingly insignificant change.

Similar microbiome transplants are also directly helpful to humans.

“There is a lot of enthusiasm and optimism about the utility of these types of therapies for diseases that result from imbalances or shifts in the microbiome, such as a C-diff infection,” Sharpton said.

Clostridium difficile (C-diff) is a debilitating and chronic gastrointestinal disease that usually cannot be treated by antibiotics.

C-diff is usually acquired from long-term stays at hospitals, such as a surgery, and can often be life threatening. But ill patients who undergo a microbiome transplant seem to have an enormous benefit: About 70 percent of the patients’ infections cleared up.

Due to these profound results and relative simplicity of treatments, microbiome research is a hot topic in the scientific field. But the microbiome as a whole is not well understood, nor are the longterm effects of therapies.

“There are a lot of questions that still need to be answered,” Sharpton said. These questions involve topics relating to the ethics of microbiome research and therapies, which will eventually guide the research field. The federal government is getting involved with scientists in order to formulate ethical policies and regulations on treatments and research.

National institutions also have a huge interest in this field of research, especially the National Institute of Health, which organized the NIH Human Microbiome Project. The project is a national collaboration of research with the goal of understanding exactly how the microbiome intersects with people’s daily lives. Sharpton’s research is a part of this project.

Among other research goals, Sharpton’s laboratory specifically aims to understand how the microbiome’s physiology relates to the onset of inflammatory bowel

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whose ballots had signature problems. Voters had until Nov. 18 to fix those problems and have their ballots counted.

“We had our grassroots volunteers in counties statewide, reaching out to people and helping them resolve the issues with their ballots,” said Kevin Glenn, Yes on 92 campaign spokesman.

In addition, Washington, Multnomah and a few other counties still are counting ballots, said Tony Green, spokesman for the Secretary of State’s office.

The final deadline for counties to report vote tallies to the Secretary of State is 5 p.m. Monday, and the state has until Dec. 4 to certify the results.

If the measure is within the margin for a recount —which is two-tenths of a percent — that work would begin immediately, Green said.

Recounts on state ballot measure are rare, Green said. The last one was in 2008, and before that 1994.

“They don’t happen very often,” he said.

The outcome is being watched across the country. The measure would make Oregon the fourth state in the nation to pass a labeling law and the first to do so at the ballot box.

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Eugene singer shows America that he has ‘The Voice’

By Dashiell Paulson THE REGISTER-GUARD

EUGENE — Eugene-born Taylor John Williams said it was “the weirdest moment of my life� when he was accepted as a competitor on the NBC hit TV series “The Voice� after singing a soulful cover of Kanye West’s “Heartless.�

But back in 2009, he had an earlier big break — when he sang the Academy Awardwinning song “Falling Slowly� at his Sheldon High School graduation ceremony. “That was pretty significant for me,�

Williams recalled in a phone interview earlier this week, shortly after learning he had survived yet another round of competition, becoming one of the final 10 contestants still left on “The Voice.�

Williams said he has always been attenuated to music. “My family isn’t too musically oriented, but I think I was born with something,� he said. “I

was always moving to the beat and I picked up on harmonies and nuances in music I don’t think other people were picking up on.�

He said he “noodled around� on a guitar in high school, but spent most of his time focused on poetry and, later, song lyrics. “It was a natural progression that started with lots of writing,� he said. “I just ended up developing a passion for singing and getting my message across with singing. But I never really took it seriously until I got out of high school.�

After graduating from Sheldon, Williams enrolled at Portland State University — before dropping out to pursue his music. He never “broke out� on the Portland music scene, but acting on “a guiding trust in myself,� he made a blind audition in late September for “The Voice,� which offers the show’s eventual winner a record deal and a $100,000 prize.

To his delight, Williams was not only selected, but got to choose who would be his coach and mentor on the show: Maroon 5’s

Adam Levine or No Doubt’s Gwen Stefani.

He chose Stefani. “She’s very graceful, effortless,� Williams said of the famous vocalist. “She’s been great to work with, she’s listened to me and we’ve talked through song choices. I got to perform with her on stage (Tuesday) night and that was pretty awesome.�

When asked about his favorite style of music, Williams said it’s the words that count most to him. “First and foremost, I appreciate good writing in music,� he said. “I grew up listening to a lot of ’90s pop that drew me in melodically.�

Williams said he became fascinated by how songs are put together and why they are so catchy. Later, he discovered more folksy music and the verbal power of hip-hop, both of which he regards as among his greatest sources of inspiration. He said he looks up to the late Jeff Buckley for his “haunting� stage presence and Mos Def, who “can do crazy things with language.�

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We are students,� Pablo Pinilla said. “But we’re also citizens. “As citizens, one of our rights is to discuss the issues of the public agenda,� he said.

The Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de AztlĂĄn at OSU has also become involved. Amparo Mata, a junior in Spanish and education, is a MEChA OSU cochair. “I’m studying to become a teacher; these 43 students were studying to become teachers,â€?

Mata said. “I’m just thinking of how it would be if I were in the situation ‌ they knew that by raising their voices, they were putting their lives in danger.â€?

Mata helped organize the trip to the Mexican consulate in Portland in solidarity with Mexico’s tragedy.

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Garcia, who is also an events coordinator with MEChA, said that he hopes the students are still alive. “Why does it take 43 students to be killed for the world to notice?� said Garcia, who is an events coordinator with MEChA. Mayorga Adame emphasized the role of social media in the international attention. She said that social media has given her “direct links� to what’s going on in her country.

Mayorga Adame said she put up a post on social media about the Nov. 20 protest in Mexico. “One of my friends — who’s a medical doctor — and she commented something there and I was like ‘no, you are not allowed to protest anything,� Mayorga Adame said. “You have to go to work because people may need you there, the demonstrators and whoever else.’�

Mayorga Adame has a sister who is a doctor in Mexico and stressed that she didn’t want her — or any other doctors — involved in protests. “Not the doctors, not my sister or other doctors, no. We may need them other ways,� Mayorga Adame said.

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way news gets out, according to Pablo Pinilla. “Everyone with a smart phone can be a potential reporter,�

Pablo Pinilla said. “Information is also a means of empowerment.�

Conventional news can be manipulated to fit the government’s agenda, according to Mayorga Adame. “The poor people, they refer to the TV as I refer to scientific journals,� Mayorga Adame said. “The TV is the first thing to be manipulated in Mexico.�

They’ve seen no justice from the Mexican government as the investigation into the kidnappings continues. “Instead of looking for justice and acknowledge there is killings happening, they are just trying to minimize it,� Mayorga Adame said. “And everything is just the same or possibly even worse (than the previous administration).�

There will be a candlelight vigil held at the Memorial Union steps to honor the missing students, as well as an appearance from singer Gabino Palomares at the Centro Cultural Cesar Chavez Monday, Nov. 24 starting at 6:30 p.m.

Students will have the opportunity to speak at the vigil.

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In September, 43 Mexican students disappeared in Iguala, Mexico, according to the Washington Post. According to the Post, authorities in Mexico said that the mayor had ordered the police to stop the students from disrupting his wife’s speech and turned the students over to a drug cartel, which claimed to have killed the students. “The shocking thing was that it was the police who took them away,� said Claudia Gabriela Mayorga Adame, a Ph.D. student in oceanography. “The person that’s supposed to protect you, and who wears that uniform, is the one that just hurt you. It’s just really shocking for the community in general.�

National and international controversy has exploded in response. “The world is shining a light in Mexico right now,� said Alejandra Sanchez, a Ph.D. student in oceanography. “Nobody should be OK with this happening.� “Everybody should know that the government ... is doing this,�

Sanchez said.

Sanchez is part of a group of students at Oregon State University who have mobilized to spread awareness about the kidnapping. “We are lucky that we live in a system where ... if you disappear, people are probably going to be really mad about it,� Sanchez said. “If for some reason 43 students disappeared at OSU, the school will stop, everyone will look for them; we’re lucky that way.�

Juan Pablo Pinilla, a Ph.D. student in public policy, reached out to other students on the OSU Association of Latin American Students Facebook page. “We are not changing the world here, but a first step is to

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FASHION n Continued from page 1 ence that there are still more than 50,000 new cases of HIV in America each year, and that nearly a quarter of new carriers are ages 13 to 24.

Skinner is the acting president and CEO of VAIN, a non-profit organization dedicated to HIV care and treatment.

“We are missing the will,” said Skinner, who cited numerous recent advances in the fight against HIV infection, but urged young people to go get tested even when they believe there’s little risk. “Do it for yourself, our community, all of us. Be smart.

Be safe. We can win.”

Part of the Red Dress Fashion Show’s message is reducing stigma toward people living with HIV. Event coordinator Adria Godon-Bynum said people need to be aware of the facts both so they can safe and because she believes stigma has a counterproductive effect.

“I think when there’s a stigma attached to anything healthrelated, the issue becomes people who are affected by it don’t feel comfortable coming forward and getting help,” Godon-Bynum said. “It also means that a part of their life has to be lived in the shadows, and that can be very damaging.”

Nicki Silva| THE DAILY BAROMETER Judges graded the fashion show entries based on four dis- With a glance over the shoulder, Katie Warren — wearing the tinct categories. This year’s stu- winning judge’s choice dress, designed by Kelsey Cartwright dent winners were: Ish Guevara — gives one last look to the audience. for most creative, Rachael Korbel for best-constructed design, Kelsey Cartwright for judge’s choice and the overall winner I think when there’s a stigma Allison Jackson for best in show. attached to anything health-related, The Red Dress Fashion Show the issue becomes people who are is an annual event open to all active OSU students. Amateur affected by it don’t feel comfortable designers are encouraged to step coming forward and getting help. forward and add their styles to future competitions. news@dailybarometer.com

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Buckingham also mentioned “We have this vigil on campus that several of her acquain- to spread awareness,” Crateau tances have already suffered said. “The people who showed transphobic beatings. up are part of the community, “The turnout was fairly but the turnout tonight, I think, normal tonight, I’d say,” reflects the real issue at hand.”

Buckingham said. “Still, it’s Nov. 20 was the last day of nice to know we have so many Transgender Awareness Week.

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provide such help. Specializing in crime and justice, Rebolledo hopes to work with juvenile delinquents in the future, particularly within the about 11 percent of the total population of OSU. LGBT community. “Knowing and working with these individuals encourages me to help those “Financial aid just doesn’t go as far as it used in need,” Rebolledo said. “My experience here to,” Cady said. “Our tagline is that students has enforced what I want to do in the future.” should not have to choose between textbooks Lisa Hoogesteger, the director of health camand food.” pus initiatives at OSU, has seen how students The food and financial support offered by have impacted the program. the program helps alleviate some pressure on “It’s remarkable what students here have students, but the “psychological first aid” pro- done,” Hoogesteger said. “The impetus to start vided by an empathetic and helping hand is this program came from the social justice aspect the real advantage of providing such services, of (the Associated Students of Oregon State according to Cady.

University), and I think that’s something that Student employees such as Guillermo students here are very passionate about.”

The budget and oversight of the HSRC is curRebolledo, a junior in sociology, are happy to rently managed by ASOSU, though the program will be autonomous at the end of this year. This will allow the organization to manage its funds more independently.

This is good news for the HSRC, which is the first university resource of its kind in the United States.

The official founding of the HSRC in 2011 provided a foundation for the creation of the College and University Food Bank Alliance by OSU along with the help of Michigan State University.

The College and University Food Bank Alliance “was started to support both existing and emerging campus food banks,” and is “focused on alleviating food insecurity, hunger, and poverty among college and university students,” according to the organization’s website.

The program, initiated by these two universities, now has more than 60 member colleges and universities reaching from New York to southern California.

“Emergency situations have a heavy impact on students,” Cady said. “It’s common to see one crisis leaving a student homeless or hungry.”

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Claire Cady, the first full-time employee for the HSRC, works from her office in Snell Hall.

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The night history was made Thursday night witnessed men’s soccer do something no team had done before them: advance

By Brian Rathbone THE DAILY BAROMETER

The Beavers are once again going to Omaha.

And this time, it is not the Baseball team that will make the trip; instead, it will be the men’s soccer team, after their historic 1-0 victory against Denver in the first round of the College Cup — its first tournament victory in program history — on a brisk, foggy

evening at Paul Lorenz Field.

The Beavers jumped out in front of the Pioneers in the 17th minute, when freshman forward Jordan Jones took a pass from senior forward Khiry Shelton — who was crowned Pac-12 player of the Year — and put the ball in the left corner of the goal.

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Dating back to last season, Oregon State has won 11 consecutive home games

and realize that none of those things mean anything. It’s just about going out and competing.”

It helps that the circle is as confident as it is.

“I believe that we have all the tools

By Mitch Mahoney we need to go really deep into the THE DAILY BAROMETER In their opening weekend, the NCAA tournament,” Hamblin said.

Beavers came away with a pair “It’s just going to be a matter of how of 20-point wins. They defeated we put it together and how we play Portland 87-65, and Utah State 85-62. every night, not taking any opponent Although the season is just in its for granted.”

Like Portland and Utah State infancy, so far the Beavers have lived before them, the Beavers are preup to their 20th-overall preseason paring to host Concordia. They’ll ranking.

Part of the reason the Beavers face off against the Cavaliers, who have played so well dating back to are 2-0 under first year head coach last season may be that they haven’t Sean Kelly.

The Cavaliers’ leading scorer let outside pressure disrupt their from last year is senior Caitlyn work ethic.

“Pressure is relative,” said junior McCutcheon, a 6-foot-2 forward center Ruth Hamblin. “Obviously, who averaged 13.9 points and 9.3 there are higher expectations that rebounds per game last year. She’ll everyone has, but as a player you just have her work cut out for her on have to keep tight within your circle See WOMEN’S HOOPS | page 6 n

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After long stint on road, Oregon State volleyball comes home

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The Oregon state women’s volleyball team returns home this week after two long weekends on the road to take on the No. 20 southern California Schools.

In hopes of attracting more fans for the home crowd for its noon start on Friday, the team is opening up Gill Coliseum for $1 for general admission with its “Lunch with the Beavs” promotion. Staff and Faculty members of OSU also get in free with their IDs. Fans are allowed to bring in their own food, so they might watch some volleyball on their lunch break.

The home court advantage will be a big factor in this game since Oregon State (17-10, 7-9 Pac-12) has been on the road the last couple of weekends. The team is excited to be playing in its own gym, behind its home crowd.

“It’s been a tough couple of weeks away; it’s good to be home for this big stretch in the Pac-12,” said head coach Terry Liskevych.

With the tournament just around the

corner, every team has it in their sights.

USC (14-12, 7-9) is in a similar boat as the Beavers in the run for the tournament, so the Trojans will be coming out hard to secure their place.

“USC has got to get a win; they have their backs against the wall. So we know they are going to come out hard,” Liskevych said.

The biggest threat from the Trojans is their service game. If they are able to come out early and serve, it will spell trouble for the Beavers.

USC has the best server in the country, junior outside hitter Samantha Bricio.

She has 200 aces on the season and gave the Beavers trouble last meeting.

“The good thing is that in the Pac-12 we play each team twice, so we have already played them once and know how she serves,” said sophomore defensive specialist Rachel Buehner. “We have a couple good servers on our team, so they can replicate that in practice so we can a lot of practice with the top spin serve that Bricio has.”

The other big offensive threat that USC presented Oregon State was sophomore outside hitter Ebony Nwanebu.

The Beavers were unable to stop her effectively, and that allowed the Trojans

to go on long scoring runs.

“The last time we played them, Ebony Nwanebu had her a very good hitting game, so I think just stopping her either blocking or her digging is going to help a lot,” Buehner said.

Defense will be the key to their game against both LA schools.

In Oregon State’s most recent match against Arizona, it had the most digs in the rally scoring era in four sets with 114.

If the Beavers can replicate those types of digging numbers, they will be in good shape for a pair of wins.

“Against Arizona, I think when we started getting good defense we almost fed off of each other, because we were doing good; we wanted to get more,” Buehner said. “We just need to come out expecting to dig a lot, and then motivate each other through that.”

“We need to make sure we are going for every ball and not give up on anything,” said senior setter Tayla Woods.

The Beavers will need to snap their service drought if they hope to get an upset. The difference in the Arizona match was service. Oregon State had zero aces and ten errors.

“The Arizona match was — servingwise — painful to watch,” Liskevych said.

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Junior outside hitter Samantha Bricio of USC prepares for the next point against Oregon State on Oct. 18, 2013.

“We are a good serving team, we are just in a stretch of not serving up to par.”

Along with spending time in practice on service reception against Bricio, the Beavers have been dedicating time to working on their service.

Oregon State hopes to get the upset this Friday against USC — and UCLA on Saturday — to secure a place in the tournament, as well as have some momentum going into postseason.

“We want to be on a roll going into the tournament, and want to be playing our best at the end of the season,” Liskevych said.

“The Pac-12 is the best conference in the nation, and so going into the tournament, we know that we can play with the best of them,” Woods said.

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Beavers look to avenge themselves Oregon State football blown out last year by Washington Huskies at home

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A year ago, head coach Mike Riley entered the post-game press conference alone — a bit unusual. Normally, Riley has cleanup duty when addressing the media after a game, as members of his team always speak first.

But that day, Riley decided to spare his players from answering to reporters, realizing that the team had been through enough already on the field. The reason was that the Beavers suffered one of its worst losses in recent memory, a debilitating 69-27 defeat at the hands of the Huskies.

A year later, as Oregon State (5-5, 2-5 Pac-12) prepares for a rematch with Washington (6-5, 2-5), Riley still isn’t quite sure what happened back then.

“Oh boy. You know, I’ve looked for that for a long time,” Riley said. “It was that they played really good, and we didn’t play very well at all in any fashion. So the combination of that was bad.”

The Beavers haven’t forgotten about that game, as they’ve been using it as motivation this week to come back and retaliate when they travel to Seattle. They’re hoping for a repeat of last week’s performance, when they upset then-No. 6 Arizona State, 35-27.

Meanwhile, the Huskies are hoping they can distance themselves from their last game, when a last-minute fumble allowed Arizona to kick a game-winning field goal. The fumble occurred on a run play when the Huskies could have

simply kneeled out most, if not all, of the clock.

“In coaching, you always strive for stability,” Riley said. “There’s going to be happiness with a win and there’s going to be disappointment with a loss, everybody gets that. Really, the next game is about how you approach the Monday.”

It remains to be seen how the Beavers will respond to their big win, or how the Huskies will respond to their heartbreaking loss, but there are other things the Beavers are concerned with. Senior running back Terron Ward, for example, was diagnosed with a torn meniscus following the ASU game. Ward has since had surgery, and he will miss the final two games of the season. Because Ward is a senior, he may have played his last down in an Oregon State uniform.

“That’s football,” said running back coach Chris Brasfield. “It doesn’t always go the way you want sometimes with those injuries, but he’s been leading, he’s solid. He knows what he needs to do to be able to get back.”

If the Beavers were to win one of their final two games, they’d become bowl-eligible, and Ward’s prospects of returning would increase since the team would get to play a game in mid-to-late December.

Thus, with revenge on their minds and with a bowl game possibly looming, Saturday’s game is as important as any.

To compete with the Huskies, the Beavers will have to deal with two of the top defensive playmakers in the country — senior linebacker Hau’oli Kikaha and junior running back Shaq Thompson.

With 16.5 sacks so far this season, Kikaha is

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Annual night of orange and black witnesses teammate facing teammate, did not seem like opponents

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Thursday night, the women’s gymnastics team returned to the floors and mats of the Gill Coliseum to take part in the annual orange versus black meet.

The season for Oregon State University doesn’t actually begin until after the winter break in January. But Thursday night was a chance for spectators to get the chance to see the Beavers in action and give the Oregon State athletes a chance to test their skills in front of a live audience.

If there were any kinks to work out along the way, it was hard to notice — especially in the floor routines, during which each member of the squads orange and black appeared right on point.

Each tumble was tight and precise, and almost every landing — save a few — was stamped with authority.

Discerning that this was a meet that pitted teammates against each other was difficult, as you could feel the commodity and collective spirit of the whole group after each and every routine.

At the end of the night, it was team black that walked away with the victory, but the judging was a little loose, as it included Benny the Beaver.

All-in-all, the whole team looked pretty poised to come out in January and make a huge impact when they take on UCLA to start inconference play on Nov. 12.

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“He is really, really good off the edge,” said Riley. “He’s a good player in a lot of ways. He is extremely quick and has given everybody a lot of trouble.”

Thompson, meanwhile, defies a traditional position. At times he plays running back, other times he’s a linebacker and still others he’s a defensive back. Regardless of where he is on the field, Thompson has four defensive touchdowns this year, which is more than any one player has had in the past decade. As a

MEN’S SOCCER n Continued from page 5 “Obviously, it was a great feeling to put one in early,” Jones said. “Usually when we score, we build off that energy and try to keep it going.”

The freshman’s goal proved to be the game winner, but it was the play from the defense and redshirt junior goalkeeper Matt Bersano that was able to keep Denver off the board.

“I thought the defending was pretty resilient after we took that goal,” head coach Steve Simmons said.

“I’ll give a lot of credit to Denver; I thought they were good tonight, I really did. You can see why they’re in the tournament.”

“In my mind, Matt was the man of the match tonight,” Simmons said of his goalkeeper’s performance. “The most important thing is that in these moments, someone has to step up and take the game by the scruff of the neck and move forward with it — and tonight, it was Matt and the defense.”

Bersano finished the game with four saves, including multiple diving efforts just getting enough of the ball to knock them away from the goal to give him his fifth clean sheet of the season.

“He has been clutch all season,” Jones said. “It’s very important that we have him in the back, and his leadership is one of the biggest aspects.”

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Saturday, as the Beavers’ frontcourt features the 6-foot-6 Hamblin, 6-foot-5 freshman center Marie Gülich, 6-foot-3 junior forwards Deven Hunter and Samantha Siegner, and 6-foot-3 sophomore forwards Kolbie Orum and Breanna Brown.

Of the frontcourt players, only Gülich is new to the team this year, but the freshman from Germany is already making her presence felt in practice as another player for Hamblin and others to go up against.

“Oh it’s huge,” Hamblin said. “She’s very talented, and strong too. It’s like how iron sharpens iron; we’re only going to make each other better.”

Through two games, four Oregon State players are averaging double-figures in points: Hamblin (15.0), Hunter (12.5), senior guard Ali Gibson (14.0) and sophomore guard Sydney Wiese (11.5) are those four players. Four other players are averaging at least 6.5 points, including Orum (9.0), sophomore guard Gabby Hanson (7.5) and junior guards Jamie Weisner and Jen’Von’Ta Hill (6.5 each).

In other words, this team is deep.

“It gives us a lot more confidence as a team with the depth that we have,” Hamblin said. “You can go out there and not be afraid to play aggressively and make plays because someone else is there in case something happens.”

That depth will be on display Saturday at 2 p.m. in Gill Coliseum.

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“He’s opportunistic and a very good athlete,” Riley said. “He plays everywhere; he’s just one of those really good football players — He’s got talent and he’s got instincts.

The Beavers and the Huskies will kickoff at 7:30 p.m. and the game will be televised on the Pac-12 Network.

ous visits to the tournament, there was pressure for this team to go where no team has gone before.

“This win is a weight off our shoulder — in terms of the history of the program, just making the tournament was a weight off our shoulder,” said Bersano. “Now we just keep checking it off; we have no pressure anymore, we are here to play; we are here to win.”

“We got to be lethal, we got to be cut throat; that’s the way it is,” he added.

The Beavers will try to keep their magical season alive when they travel to Omaha to take on the 12thseeded Creighton Blue Jays — who had a first round bye — on Sunday.

Creighton finished the season with a 14-3-2 record while going 7-1-1 in the Big East conference, before falling to Providence in the Big East semi-finals.

“Creighton is a great team; everyone we play is going to be a great team,“ Simmons said.

Before they worry too much about the Blue Jays, the Beavers are going to enjoy their victory for a couple of hours.

“The crowd was able to witness history and it was fantastic,” Simmons said. “It was good that the guys could deliver a result and advance because it’s been a long time. I’m so proud of them.”

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ollege is a time for fun, exploration and flourishing social lives.

But it’s also a time of preparation for what we so lovingly refer to as the “real” world.

That’s a crippling way of thinking.

Every moment of our lives is spent in the real world, just different stages of it. Let’s switch our thinking and say that we’re preparing for the professional world.

We invest more money than we care to acknowledge in our university educations, but we’re not treating our time on campus as the amazing — and usually largest — investment of our lives.

Your four years of college are a job.

Treat it that way.

This is where we build the habits that we take into the workplace and to future employers.

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Lorts Miss Advice If you’re constantly late to class, missing deadlines and making excuses, that is probably what you’ll do in the professional world.

And habits are hard to break.

There is a reason that athletic coaches push players in practice.

It’s not entirely because they need to work on specific fundamentals, it’s because practice is a rehearsal for game time.

The way we perform in practice is directly reflected by the way we perform on the court.

Most employers understand that

with a college degree comes a wellrounded understanding of academic disciplines.

But the employers I’ve worked or talked with over the years overwhelmingly agree that appeal of hiring a college-educated employee is because of what the university environment has instilled in that individual.

Those with degrees understand working on deadline, taking direction and proper communication with superiors.

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n reality, Thanksgiving break could not come at a better time.

With many students eager to relax and get away after the overwhelming stress of midterms, the opportunity to go home and spend a couple of days with family and friends is the perfect precursor to finals week.

But the poor planning of possibly the largest annual sporting event in Oregon — the Civil War football game — shadows the impeccable timing of this break.

quently be free from work, it serves as deterrent for those currently attending Oregon State University, or in other words, the main supJesse porters of Oregon State football.

With the majority of students heading home for Thanksgiving For those of you who may be break, one cannot help but wonder unaware, the Civil War falls on the why the Civil War is scheduled durSaturday of Thanksgiving break this ing that time period. year: Nov. 29.

While I believe it is ultimately the While this may come as a convePac-12 that decides the timing of this nience for many alumni and adult See HANSON| page 8 fans around the state who will conse-

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Yeas & Nays C ea to the impending approach of a well-deserved break. It’s hard to believe we’re already done with week eight.

Nay to the impending approach of finals that come before a welldeserved break.

Nay to super cold, super freezing weather without any snow to show for it. This has to be somebody’s fault.

Yea to hoping we get some sort of snow during winter break. We can dream, can’t we?

Nay to realizing we miss the summer heat and sunshine already. At least we’ve had some sunny days blended in with the weather.

Yea to the first ‘It’s On Us’ event, acknowledgements of Brenda Tracy and moving forward in how we address sexual assault as a community.

Nay to ignoring these issues, victimblaming and failing to acknowledge concepts like “yes means yes.”

Yea to the once again functioning bathroom on the first floor of Snell Hall. At least some of us had some adventures to the library and upstairs while it was out of commission.

Nay to unfortunate plumbing problems that do arise in Snell Hall.

Yea to the Student Experience Center basically being a building now. Nobody can move in just yet, but it looks fantastic.

Yea to random occurrences of the “Skyrim” soundtrack. We should all start chanting the words to the intro track out of nowhere.

Nay to having no time to play any video games.

Yea to new opportunities, new colleagues and new friends.

Yea to the upcoming thanksgiving feast next week representing a break before break.

Nay to copious amounts of leftover turkey. Turkey rocks, but it gets old quickly and lasts forever.

Yea to learning how to use Photoshop.

Yea to some of the odd Internet meme creations that could result from someone way too good at Photoshop.

Yea to (technically) free lunches.

They say “there’s no such thing as a free lunch,” but we beg to differ.

Nay to “Zooboomafoo” the lemur passing away. Rest in peace, Jovian.

Yea to educational children shows affecting us later in life.

Nay to cracked phone screens.

Yea to shooting the breeze with your professors and getting to know them more during office hours. Some of the best conversations can come from just sitting down and chatting.

Yea to “Downton Abbey” quotes in the newsroom. Those awesome British accents keep us motivated.

Nay to references nobody else may understand. Let’s bring it back home.

Nay to chapped lips during our winter weather apocalypse in the fall.

It’s not even winter yet.

Yea to lip balm.

Nay to losing your lip balm every second.

Yea to hot cocoa solving all the world’s problems in five minutes or less.

Keep on singing, Corvallis.

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his week Oregon State University have been abuzz with media after Brenda Tracy came forward with her tragic story.

For 16 years, Tracy has lived in pain from the alleged attack she survived in Corvallis.

The university is now trying to find justice for that night years ago, but it could be difficult because of the time lapse.

In situations like this, it is important that action is taken immediately.

OSU has a lot of resources and support services that survivors can utilize to recover from trauma and to take legal action against those who did them harm.

Sexual Assault Support Services is a great resource that is available to all enrolled OSU students. It is free and confidential.

SASS has trained and experienced counselors that support students of all genders who have experienced any form of unwanted sexual contact or relationship violence.

The office is located on campus in Snell Hall.

The counselors there will describe what to do after someone has experienced any type of unwanted sexual assault with counseling, getting medical attention and help with reporting, if that is what the survivor wants to do.

Through SASS, a person can get inperson counseling or over-the-phone crisis management and support. SASS is a wonderful place to turn for someone who has experienced any unwanted sexual conduct. They are understanding and will help guide anyone through the process of recovery.

The Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence is the sexual assault crisis line in Corvallis, and is a resource to use in an emergency.

CARDV offers a 24-hour hotline, crisis response and resources for survivors, emergency housing, support groups and restraining order assistance for free .

It is confidential.

If people need immediate help, afterbusiness-hour care or urgent concerns, they can call CARDV and speak to someone about getting help.

A Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner offers exams to male and female students who have experienced sexual assault.

This service is offered through Student Health Services on campus and has two nurses on staff.

All students at OSU can use this resource, and they do not have to report the assault to get an exam. It is completely confidential, and most services are free or have a minimal charge.

SANE is another great resource for students to use, because the nurses are trained in treating and helping survivors of sexual assault. They create a caring and sensitive environment.

This is a great resource to use if the survivor wants evidence of a sexual assault for pressing charges and reporting the assault.

The city of Corvallis and OSU have many services and support systems for survivors of sexual assault to turn to for any part of the recovery process.

Sexual assault is never the fault of the survivor, and this community is present to help. t

Ryan Mason is a senior in graphic design

Brooklyn Di Raffaele is a senior in English. The opinions expressed in Di Raffaele’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Di Raffaele can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

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Cigarettes: Quit for a day or a lifetime Eugene Gangs tag

By Kendra Hogue PORTLAND TRIBUNE

PORTLAND — You can’t meet a goal without taking the first step.

For 37 years, the goal of the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout has been to encourage smokers to stop for one day and make a plan to quit for good.

This year’s Smokeout is Nov. 20.

“Tobacco use is the single largest cause of preventable death and disease,” said Marni Kuyl, director of Washington County’s Department of Health and Human Services, at a Nov. 4 proclamation by the county’s Board of Commissioners declaring its support for the Smokeout.

County Commissioner Dick Schouten said during the presentation, “My wife died of cancer recently, most likely because of secondhand smoke.”

Karen Schouten, 61, died of lung cancer on Oct. 2, after receiving a diagnosis of Stage 4 lung cancer in July.

Tobacco use kills 7,000 Oregonians per year and costs $2.5 billion in medical expenditures and lost productivity due to premature death.

Though tobacco use has decreased dramatically, 17.9 percent of adult Oregonians still smoked in 2013 — more than 530,000 adults.

A shocking number take up the habit as children.

Ninety percent of adult nicotine users start smoking

before the age of 18, some of them in middle school, according to Oregon public health data. Once addicted, youths have a more difficult time than adults to kick the habit.

In Washington County, 7.9 percent of 11th-graders smoke and 3.2 percent of eighth-graders do.

In Multnomah County, 8 percent of 11th-graders smoke and 3.6 percent of eighth-graders.

In Clackamas County, 8.7 percent of 11th-graders smoke and 3.7 percent of eighth-graders.

“It’s a pediatric epidemic,” said Julanne Sandoz, director of school outreach for Providence Health Services.

“In 2010, we started looking at smoking, and one thing that was evident is we needed to start reaching out to kids before they start smoking,” Sandoz said.

“We started ‘Rebels With a Cause’ as a pilot program in 2010, and it was a wonderful collaboration,” she added.

Rebels are juniors and seniors from health occupation programs in metro-area high schools. The program started with 12 students from Beaverton High School, who learned in-depth about the dangers of smoking, the prevalence of tobacco marketing to teens, and misconceptions teens have about tobacco use.

Amelia Mofared, president of Beaverton High’s Rebels this year, is a senior overseeing the group’s efforts to reach out to middle-schoolers and

HANSON n Continued from page 7 event, our university should do more to voice our opinion on this issue.

Not only does the Civil War therefore cloud the importance of our national holiday, but it also creates several other inconveniences for everyone involved with the event.

First of all, with more and more people traveling back forth between home for Thanksgiving and Corvallis for the Civil War, traffic will be undoubtedly more atrocious than usual.

high-schoolers.

“I want to be able to tell kids never to start,” Mofared said.

“In the Beaverton School District, there are only a few schools we haven’t reached yet.”

They typically do a 30-minute presentation to eighthgraders, presenting statistics about the dangers of nicotine use and a short film.

Afterward, they take questions from the students.

The Rebel motto is “The Power of Cool,” which Mofared and Sandoz say is an effective approach with eighth-graders.

They may roll their eyes when parents and teachers warn them about smoking, but they tend to listen to high school students.

Mofared said some of the youngsters are shocked to learn that popular new nicotine delivery products such as E-cigarettes (also called vapor pens), hookah smoking and nicotine lozenges also cause addiction and negative health effects.

The Rebels let them know that tobacco and nicotine companies are spending “$34 million a day to market to them,” Mofared said. “They are the ‘replacement smokers’ for the adults who quit or die of smoking-related diseases.”

To youngsters, hookah smoking seems harmless because water vapor reduces the burning sensation of cigarettes, Sandoz says, plus they like the candy flavors offered, such as fruit varieties and Skittles. Kids also believe the

Having attended the Civil War last year, I can definitely attest to this. Traveling from Portland to Eugene last year took me over 4 hours, and that was only one way.

That being said, traveling is only one of the many problems associated with the timing of the Civil War. One of the biggest issues with having the Civil War during Thanksgiving break is that a large majority of students will be persuaded to stay at home with family on Saturday, as opposed to making the trek to Corvallis.

As a result, the student section will be low in numbers, therefore taking away the

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water filters out the nicotine in the tobacco.

The Rebels tell them that 60 minutes of hookah smoking delivers as much nicotine as 100 cigarettes. And sharing a mouthpiece can lead to catching a communicable virus.

E-cigarettes, also called “vaping pens,” haven’t been adequately studied to know the full health effects, Sandoz said, but they deliver nicotine and cause addiction.

“At the end of the presentation,” Mofared said, “some kids go up to their principal or teacher and hand over their vape pens.”

Parents of teens should be aware that young nicotine addicts can hide their habits by sucking on nicotine lozenges right in front of them.

Providence’s Rebels program has grown since 2010, with a program in Multnomah County at Madison High School and one in Clackamas County at Sabin-Schellenberg Professional Technical School.

“We have more than 65 Rebels now in the Portland Metro area,” Sandoz said.

“We’ve learned from them as well what’s going on in the schools, such as hookah smoking.”

Does it make a difference?

Last year, for the Great American Smokeout, “We reached out to 1,300 students and got 800 pledges not to smoke before they’re 18,” Mofared said.

That’s a good first step — just like today’s Great American Smokeout.

main noise-makers and support system of the football team, especially since the student section is essentially the closest section to the Oregon State sideline.

Now, I could keep going on about why the Civil War should be changed — such as why we deserve to have top priority as currently enrolled students — but I think it would be important to urge our university to make significant efforts to change this by working with the Pac-12. t

Jesse Hanson is a sophomore in physics. The opinions expressed in Hanson’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Hanson can be reached at forum@ dailybarometer.com.

OSU Opera Workshop presents

The program will include scenes from Bizet’s Carmen, Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado, Mark Adamo’s Little Women, Mozart’s Idomeneo and Menotti’s The Medium.

SATURDAY, 7:30 PM

An Evening of Opera Stage directors: Richard Poppino and Megan Sand Music director and pianist: Dr. Rachelle McCabe Costume and set design: Olivia Duncan Digital projections and sound design: Mike Gamble, Shawn Trail, Ryan Zubieta and Devin Febbroriello

TICKETS - $10 at the door, OSU students free with ID

NOV 22, 2014

First Congregational Church

4515 SW West Hills Road, Corvallis

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Bethel home, neighbor wants it cleaned up

By Chelsea Gorrow THE REGISTER-GUARD

EUGENE — A home near Golden Gardens Park has been tagged by gang members, spray-painted with graffiti on multiple occasions.

The home sits at 4490 Jessen Drive in the Bethel neighborhood and is currently unoccupied, according to Eugene police. Taggers have spray-painted the numbers “5100” and “River Side Crips” on several areas of the home, along with other pictures and words.

The “5100 Block Riverside Crips” criminal street gang has been in Eugene for the last five years, police Sgt. Scott McKee has said previously, with an estimated 10 members in the city. The 5100 block represents that area of Barger Drive which the gang calls its territory.

Another gang, the Varrio Loc’d Out Hustlaz, also has tagged the home, according to police.

One neighbor, who’s watched the eyesore blossom, said he believes the graffiti reflects an attempt by rival gangs to claim territory.

“It’s been painted like that for quite some time,” said resident Steven Arbuckle, a military veteran who walks his dog in the area.

“It’s next to a nice-looking house for sale but I don’t think any prospective buyer would want to buy it while it’s next to that.”

Arbuckle recently reached out to the city councilor for his ward, Greg Evans, who in turn spoke with Eugene police about the issue, Arbuckle said.

Police spokesman John Hankemeier said the department is well aware of the issue. Officers received a report as recently as Oct. 27 about graffiti activity at that residence, he said.

“We’ve done several patrol checks of the area and that house,” spanning back to early spring, Hankemeier said.

According to Lane County records, the home is owned by Sunburst Contemporary Homes Inc., a manufactured home retailer in Eugene. Sunburst Manager Kim Bomark said the home had been abandoned before the company acquired it. It is currently unoccupied and in bad shape internally, she said. Sunburst also owns the home next door that is listed for sale, she said.

“Every time we go over there, we repaint to cover up the graffiti, and they go back and do it again,” she said in frustration. Bomark said the home was repainted as recently as mid-October, and the graffiti reappeared within two weeks.

The home has an estimated assessed value of $40,500, according to county records.

Arbuckle said he wishes that once the home is cleaned up, cameras could be installed to try to catch those who are doing the tagging.

Hankemeier said police are aware of at least one tagging suspect, Victor Hugo Martinez, a known member of the “Riverside Crips” gang who was arrested last month in relation to a drive-by shooting. The graffiti incidents are being investigated, Hankemeier said.

MISS ADVICE n Continued from page 7 But take a step back and think for a moment.

Are you good at meeting your deadlines?

Do you show up to class on time? Better yet, are you there a couple of minutes early to make sure that you’re settled?

Do you come to sessions prepared, with the reading and homework finished?

Are you leaving your personal life at the door?

These are crucial behaviors to have in the work place, and you’re ingraining them in yourself here.

First, let’s focus on leaving your personal life outside when entering the classroom or workplace.

Reasonable people understand that things happen.

They also understand that we’re human and greatly affected by our home lives and relationships.

It’s OK to let an educational instructor or employer know that you’re going through something, but don’t let it greatly impact your performance.

I was a highly competitive lacrosse player in high school and college — the kind who played through any amount of pain.

But I remember one particular season during which I tore a muscle in my leg.

I kept my mouth shut and played half of the season until one game saw me limping

down the field, unable to keep up with my opponent.

I was immediately taken off of the field and my coach was angry.

At first I thought I’d be praised as a hero, a true athlete who plays no matter what, so I was shocked.

My coach explained — or rather yelled — that it was my responsibility as a player to inform her of injuries as they happen. By not doing so, I put the team in jeopardy.

Had I disclosed my torn muscle right away, she would have been able to help. And she would have been able to ease up on my training.

It’s the same in the work place.

By informing superiors that we’re going through something, or have an illness, we give them the opportunity to work with us or offer help.

Without prior knowledge, they may think that we’re slacking or apathetic to our jobs.

But it’s important not use this an excuse. Still do your best and work to leave your problems out of your mind when you walk in the door.

So, what were your answers to the precious questions? If you were your boss right now, would you fire yourself? t

Shelly Lorts is a post-bac student in English, and has a BA in film production. She attended Loyola Marymount University’s school of film and television production. The opinions expressed in Lorts’ columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff.

Lorts can be reached at managing@dailybarometer.com.