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Students speak out about 43 missing OSU students hold solidarity movements in wake of 43 missing Mexican students

friends and relatives in Iguala.

Passerby Jackie Toftner, a junior in chemistry, watched the students in the library quad.

“Honestly, I never would have heard about it,” said Toftner. Toftner said

By McKinley Smith the kidnapping was a big issue and THE DAILY BAROMETER asked for more information from the They wore white shirts dotted with students. red, each with the name of one of the The event Monday afternoon was 43 missing Mexican students written part of series of events to raise awarein black. ness and solidarity in the continuing The Oregon State University stuuproar over the 43 students missing dents took roll in the Valley Library in Mexico. quad, calling out The students were the names of each part of a group that missing student to traveled to Iguala which the crowd of I have hope that to protest a speech assembled students given by the mayor’s things will change replied with a loud wife, according to in Mexico. chorus of “presente!”

CNN. Three students before a black banwere killed, and ner with the hashtag Lalo Guerrero another 43 students Ayotzinapa.

Ph.D. student in geology were taken by police, “It’s just for stugiven over to a local dents really to get a gang and killed, according to CNN. general idea of what’s happening,” The 43 students have not been found. said Guadalupe Garcia, a junior in OSU students called for justice public health. Garcia is also an events Monday in the library quad, holding coordinator with the Movimiento signs.

Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan OSU. Some students from OSU took Amparo Mata, a junior in Spanish part in a solidarity movement at the and education and a cohair of MEChA, Mexican consulate in Portland on said that a lot of people stopped and November 20, the day of the Mexican McKinley Smith | THE DAILY BAROMETER asked questions, and that one woman Revolution. said that she would report the story Students gathered outside the Oregon State University Valley Library quad Monday afternoon to spread awareness See SOLIDARITY | page 3 of the OSU students’ support to her about the missing 43 Mexican students with the OSU community as well as to show their solidarity.

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The science of blood preservation Fall concert Tuesday Researcher’s advances may make cryopreservation of red blood cells more conducive to hospital use

viable for up to 10 years, a drastic increase in the life of the blood.

Researchers in the College of Engineering at Oregon State University are hoping to change the process of thawBy Kat Kothen ing frozen red blood cell supplies.

THE DAILY BAROMETER Adam Higgins, an associate professor Those with rare blood types may run in the school of biological, chemical and into problems when emergency blood ecological engineering, is working on a transfusions are necessary. Blood units microfluid device that would allow for only have a shelf life of 42 days after the removal of glycerol from frozen red collection. After that, they are no longer blood cells in a much shorter time than usable for medical procedures. currently seen.

To combat the problems that might In order to keep the red blood cells from arise for rare blood types, red blood cells being damaged during the freezing prowith rare or multiple antibodies are froSee BLOOD | page 2 zen. Frozen red blood cells can be kept n

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College students facing landlord, financial issues struggle to keep animals

By Alex Cameron THE DAILY BAROMETER

It’s a problem in some college towns: an abundance of feral animals on the streets, with no food or shelter.

These animals are not properly cared for or sterilized, resulting in litters of puppies and kittens that sometimes don’t survive the cold season. Some college students, faced by financial and housing problems, abandon their pets at no-kill shelters

such as Heartland Humane Society.

Some owners drop their pets off at Avery Park, Willamette Park and on the street.

Some students experience the problem firsthand. Animals are appearing on people’s doorsteps, scavenging food and trying to find shelter.

“It was very odd how a cat would just walk into a strange home,” said Jennie Lin, a junior in new media communications. A feral cat appeared in her living room more than once last year. “I gave her a can Nicki Silva | THE DAILY BAROMETER of tuna once, but she was very skit- Heartland Humane Society houses kittens like this one. Kitten season is still ongoing, according to Director of Operations Brittany Gardner.

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OSU bands will take stage for annual Fall Concert

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The Oregon State University Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony will gather at LaSells Stewart Center for their annual Fall Concert Tuesday, Nov. 25 at 7:30 p.m. The wind ensembles have played at a concert on campus each term since 1890. The event is free for OSU students with a valid student I.D. and costs $10 per ticket for the general community. All funds received at the door will be placed into a foundation account for scholarships that will be awarded to band students. The event is part of a series of concerts held by the OSU Music Department, which puts on more than 200 performances per year.

“This ensemble is known as one of the very finest of its kind in the world and is a true treasure for the university,” said Chris Chapman, director of bands and conductor of the Wind Ensemble. “For me, the greatest aspect of coming to a Wind Ensemble performance is that it’s made of extraordinarily dedicated and talented students who spend a good amount of their energy devoted to putting on a show of the highest level, performing professional-level literature and being both an individual artist and part of an incredible ensemble.”

Chapman said the OSU Wind Ensemble recently released its latest commercial recording, “Currents.” This recording has also been placed on the Grammy consideration list as best clasSee CONCERT | page 4

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Sunday, November 23

Domestic disturbance At about 3 a.m., two officers from the Benton County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home following reports of a domestic disturbance.

The officers logged that when they arrived, the suspect had allegedly been drinking and driving his car down his driveway toward the main road. Officers reported that the man consented to and failed a standard field sobriety test. A woman at the residence allegedly told officers that the man had “grabbed her arm and twisted it behind her back during an argument.” Given the results of their initial investigation, the officers cited the man for driving under the influence of intoxicants and arrested him for harassment.

Driving through a baseball field BCSO officers responded to Alsea High School early Sunday morning for what appeared to be a vandalism of the school’s baseball field. The officer logged that when he arrived at the school, there were indeed “deep tire ruts” in the field.

The following investigation led the officer to contact a 17-year-old student from the high school at the boy’s residence. The boy allegedly admitted to “being stupid” and driving his Oldsmobile through the baseball field. The officer issued the boy a citation for criminal mischief in the second degree and released the boy to his mother.

Saturday, November 22

Home trespasser An officer from the Corvallis Police Department arrested a man for going to a residence where he had allegedly been told, on a prior occasion, not to return.

According to the officer’s report, the officer cited the man for trespass in the second degree as well as minor-in-possession of alcohol via consumption.

Friday, November 21

Vandalism An officer from the BCSO responded to a report of a vandalism at the Benton County Transition Center on Northwest Monroe Avenue. The officer logged that a man had allegedly hit his head against a shower wall “putting a six-inch hole in the drywall.” The officer cited the man for criminal mischief in the second degree.

Thursday, November 20

Almost arson Two BCSO officers responded to a citizen complaint of what appeared to be a neighbor “pouring gasoline on vehicles, a travel trailer and the residence.” According to officer logs, the alleged perpetrator appeared to have indeed poured gasoline on the reported items.

One officer logged that the man allegedly said he “was going to burn everything, but had second thoughts.” The attending officers cited the man for attempted arson in the first degree, three counts of criminal mischief in the first degree, menacing and finally criminal trespass in the second degree. news@dailybarometer.com

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Five years ago, the Fairbanks Hall gallery began a program, “New Eyes, New Sound” that allows student artists — whether they’re poets or musicians — to perform at Fairbanks hall.

In Fairbanks Gallery Director Doug Russell’s own words, “New Eyes, New Sound” is meant to “promote exposure to new art, allow new creative experiences and push you outside your own box and where you came from.”

“That’s what your college education should be for,” Russell said. “Anytime you bring in different disciplines and let them interact with each other, I think it’s a really good experience for both parties.”

The program is also meant to bring new people into the gallery to see the art on display. Talented students are encouraged to step forward. Anyone wanting to read poetry or do a vocal act could potentially be eligible.

Tuesday, Nov. 25, will feature Gabe Fleck, a sophomore in graphic design.

Fleck is a singer and songwriter who’s played locally many times. He’ll be performing a few of the original songs he’s composed, and said he’s grateful for the invitation to be a part of New Eyes, New Sound.

“I feel really good about coming into this,” Fleck said. “I’m excited that I even got the opportunity to do this. Around this time last year, I was getting pretty bored and down and out about music because I didn’t really have these opportunities. Just to be able to get out and play music in any way … that’s great for me.”

Fleck will be talking with students about his inspiration as a song writer and why he chooses to write and play.

“You’re going to find yourself not as happy as a person if you look back and say ‘man, I wish I went out and did that,’” Fleck said. “It doesn’t matter if you’re the greatest or not right now, I think that’s why a lot of people shy away from going out and doing something … but the world of music is very open

BLOOD n Continued from page 1 cess, glycerol has to be added. The FDA standard is 40 percent glycerol for frozen red blood cells. Without the glycerol, the low temperatures will cause the red blood cells to burst.

But when patients with rare blood types need an emergency blood transfusion and there are no refrigerated supplies on hand, doctors may have to resort to using frozen red blood cells.

In that situation, the red blood cells would need to be thawed to be used with patients.

“After thawing the RBC’s, they need to be washed to remove the glycerol,” said Susan Hale, the blood bank lead laboratory scientist at the Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. “Preparing a unit of frozen blood for transfusion can be an intensive and time-consuming process, requiring special equipment and technique.”

Hale said the wash used to remove glycerol is saline and that the “usual recovery is 80 to 85 percent of the original frozen volume.”

This is why frozen red blood cells are not used very often: The time between

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Gabe Fleck, a sophomore in graphic design, is a singer and a songwriter who will perform for the “New Eyes, New Sound” program. and inviting.”

Fellow student-performer Mitch Allen said that college is “a great place” to start making a name as an artist. Allen is an aspiring rapper who goes by the performing name MitchAl. He said the university audience is not only larger, but much more diverse in its likes and interests than other venues.

Issues like stage fright and the time and energy it takes to get noticed are typical barriers for inexperienced songwriters. Allen said the support of

people who enjoy your material — no matter how few or many — can help keep you going.

“Just keep writing. Keep writing, keep writing. Any opportunity you have to perform, you should just go for it. It could change your life,” Allen said.

Fleck will be playing at Fairbanks Hall Tuesday at 5 p.m. He will answer questions and discuss his music with audience members in between songs.

being frozen to being able to be used with patients could take an hour.

A microfluid device is a device that works with fluid at the microscale dimension. Higgins’ device has fluid flowing through conduits that are less than a millimeter.

The device that Higgins has developed uses the tiny channels to facilitate rapid mass transfer of glycerol from the red blood cell solution to the wash solution.

The current device was able to remove more than half the glycerol from the cells without damaging them.

The hope is that engineers will be able create a device like this that can be used clinically. Higgins’ team has predicted that the complete process could cut the time it takes to have frozen red blood cells ready down to a couple of minutes.

Higgins predicts that a device that could effectively remove glycerol from red blood cells would be composed of many of these smaller microfluid devices hooked together. This would safely and quickly get the glycerol out of the blood.

There are a couple of factors that could change how much impact a device like this could have on the medical world.

Frozen red blood cells are not commonly used currently, but that could change.

David Chance, the lab manager at Good Samaritan in Corvallis, said that the hospital goes through around 250 units of blood per month, and that most of the time they have enough blood supplies to meet the demands of the hospital.

“There are times when the blood supply gets short,” Chance said. “Most of the time, it’s not a problem.”

Higgins mentioned that there is ongoing research into how long the shelf life of blood units really is. There is speculation that there could be reduction in the time that blood can be used after collection.

“Frozen blood could take over, if easy and cheap,” Higgins said. “But right now, there’s too much inertia to change.”

Higgins suggests that frozen red blood cell supplies would be useful for those with rare blood types and for use in stockpiles in case of emergency.

A device like the one designed for red blood cells could also be modified for use with cryopreserved stem cells, white blood cells and other cell based therapies, Higgins said.

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SALEM — Brett Brownscombe, a natural resources policy adviser for Gov. John Kitzhaber, on Dec. 1 will become the interim deputy director for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Curt Melcher, the department’s interim director, selected Brownscombe after discussions with Richard Whitman, the governor’s Natural Resources Policy director.

Melcher will hold the director’s post until a permanent replacement is selected for Roy Elicker, who resigned effective Oct. 1 to take a job with the federal U.S. Fish and Wildlife.

It’s a double-switch of sorts at Fish and Wildlife because one of the tasks of the deputy director is to serve as the department’s representative at the Oregon Legislature.

“Brett primarily will come in and do some stuff related to Fish and Wildlife operations,” said Rick Hargrave, the deputy administrator for the Information and Education Division at Fish and Wildlife. “But (then) initially working with the legislative session and going over there in regards to whatever bills that we have, legislative concepts, our fee increase.”

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Monday night, a crowd gathered on the Memorial Union steps, balls of light leaping from one candle to another as they held a candlelight vigil. “It’s not only the Latino (community) here. There’s a lot of support from other members of the community,� Mata said.

Lalo Guerrero, a geology Ph.D. student at OSU, joined the vigil. Guerrero was born and raised in Mexico. “It’s pretty frustrating reading the news back home,�

Guerrero said.

Guerrero has friends and family back home in Mexico, and said he wanted to show his support. “I have hope that things will change in Mexico,� Guerrero said. “There has to be change.�

Guerrero said that the case of the missing 43 students is “the straw that broke camel’s back� amidst the backdrop of a history of violence in Mexico.

After the crowd had assembled, they walked from the MU to the Cesar Chavez Cultural Center down Southwest 26th Street, chanting slogans — in English and Spanish — as they went.

Gabino Palomares spoke at the cultural center after the march.

Mata said they will see how the community responds and keep spreading awareness. “We don’t want to interfere with what they’re doing (in Mexico), we just want to support,� Mata said.

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Chinese students from U of O help poor in their country EUGENE — Business students from China studying at the University of Oregon are transplanting old-fashioned Eugene do-gooderism back to the motherland.

For a fifth year, the UO-based Chinese Ph i l a n t h ro p i c Leadership Association is doing fundraising events — bake sales, flea markets, an annual “The Voice�-style singing contest — to pay for a summer project in China.

One year the association brought cheer to children in a remote village in Hunan province who are growing up without mothers or fathers because their parents live year-round in big cities working to support the family.

Another year, the fledgling philanthropists took four UO environmental studies graduate students to examine pollution in the Xiangjiang River.

The association, made up of 36 Chinese students, says it is seeking “the spirit of doing philanthropy.�

Their mission: “In our minds, we can see a better future, and that friction between what is and what could be burns us, stirs us up, and propels us.�

This philanthropic impulse puts them in the forefront of change in China, a country that lost its centuries-old traditions of individual charity in the upheaval of Mao Zedong’s cultural revolution from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s, followed by the business explosion of the past couple of decades guided by the Communist Party. “There was no room for philanthropy because there was an imposed Communist structure on people,� said Eileen Heisman, CEO of Philadelphiabased National Philanthropic Trust. “The haves and have nots got greatly equalized. Private philanthropy didn’t exist because government was trying to make everything equal,� Heisman said.

Today, Chinese humanitarians have a population of 1.35 billion to worry about, compared with the U.S. population of 320 million.

Charitable donations in China totalled $13 billion in 2012; that’s 4 percent of U.S. donations that year, according to Forbes. China had 2,961 private foundations — or less than 3 percent of the U.S. total. “They’re restarting their whole society under all these

different economic structures.

They had this big interruption,�

Heisman said.

Plus, in the United States, donors can deduct charitable giving from their taxable income on federal and state income-tax returns. These tax incentives stoke America’s huge philanthropic furnace. By contrast, the Chinese government has designated only a small number of charities as eligible to receive tax-deductible donations.

At the UO, meanwhile, the Chinese student population increased four-fold over the past six years, to 2,084 in fall 2014.

Today, a total of 236,000 Chinese college students are studying in the United States, according to Open Doors, a new State Department-funded report. (Conversely, 14,000 U.S. college students are enrolled in China).

Most of the UO’s Chinese students are business majors, said Xiaolei Shu, an official with the Chinese Philanthropic Leadership Association. “Our founders are two excellent Chinese girls,� Xiaolei said — Fangdian Du and Isabell Zhu. In 2011, the founding pair noticed the practice of textbook

reuse in Eugene; in China, the books are tossed, Xiaolei said. “Every year, we brought an idea back to China that we observed in the United States, which is advanced,� Xiaolei said. “We are lucky enough to see a lot in this great country, and we take the United States as an example.�

In the summer of 2011, the founding pair arranged to collect used books in Chinese cities and, along with a group of city kids, ship the books to four rural elementary schools where texts are hard to come by.

In 2012, the association conducted an “idea contest� at the UO to generate concepts for philanthropic venture.

The winning idea was to study a heavily polluted river, sample drinking water and show elementary students how to make water potable through boiling with the minimum use of coal and wood for heat.

The association brought four American environmental studies students, and they helped Chinese elementary students test their wells and tap water.

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So my boyfriend, Keaka, he’s going to attempt to make our turkey. And then we’re probably just going to get together with some of the other Hawai’i kids who can’t afford to go home.

For Thanksgiving break, I am going home to Winston, Oregon, where I grew up, and it’s about two hours south of here. Just visiting with family, hanging out with my parents and my two brothers are coming home from college as well. So we’re kind of reuniting for just a good time, hanging out, enjoying good food and visiting with family.

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I’m staying here in Corvallis. It’s my first year with my own apartment, so me and my roommate figured we should just have our own.

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I’m going back to Portland and I plan to hang out with some friends, have a big ol’ bonfire and drink a lot of hot toddies.

I am going home to Portland to be with my parents and my sister.

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“From the raucous circus marches of the 1900s to music being written by living composers, our youngest composer on the prosical album of the year. gram is only 35 years old.”

“This concert will feature a According to Silveira, the conwide range of musical styles and cert will also conclude with David genres,” said Jason Silveira, con- Maslanka’s Symphony No. 8. ductor for the Wind Symphony.

“We just want to encourage

students, faculty and the community to come experience the vibrant concert bands at OSU,” Silveira said. “If you’ve never been to a Wind Ensemble or Wind Symphony concert, this is the one to come to!”

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Dogs from Heartland Humane Society, located at 398 SW Twin Oaks Circle, Corvallis, wait for their forever homes.

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When the days start getting longer is when they start breeding … kitten season goes through the summer. Because of the late winter last year, it’s been kind of delayed, so we still have kitten season going on right now and are getting kittens every day.”

The Heartland Humane Society works with animal control to try to keep pets off the streets.

There are two animal control officers in the area: a full-time officer for Benton County who serves Benton County outside of Corvallis, and the Corvallis Police Department’s part-time officer.

“We are very lucky to live in a caring community with citizens that do bring in stray animals.

Probably most are from the public, not animal control,” Gardner said. “We get a lot of people who are moving into rentals, where they can’t have animals — or, in some cases — families that have more animals than their rental they’re moving into allows them to have. Most places allow a maximum of two. I’ve lived in apartments in Corvallis where they only allow two pets.”

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Heartland Humane Society is a no-kill shelter.

Gardner also said that some people surrender their animals when they can’t afford the costs of owning and taking care of a pet.

“There really are no low-cost vet services,” Gardner said. “There are vaccine clinics at Petco every Saturday, and of course some vets are cheaper than others, but if their animal needs anything above the basics, it’s hard for some people to pay.”

Some people leaving the country for military reasons have to surrender their animal. Some pets are brought in by apartment managers, while others are caught by animal control. Senior citizens have to give away their pets when they move into assisted living.

“The most common reason people bring pets to us is that they’re moving, and their new location does not allow them to keep the pet,” said David Lytle, the public affairs manager of the Oregon Humane Society. “The second-most common reason: things that the animal does … behavior issues.”

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By Josh Worden Husky sophomore tailback Dwayne Washington scampered for 100 yards on 14 carries Saturday. In his career two games against OSU, Washington has racked up 241 yards and three touchdowns. His 68-yard touchdown run in the first quarter was the longest run of the season for Washington — both the team and the player.

Senior quarterback Sean Mannion has finished his career against the Huskies with six touchdowns and nine interceptions. His stat line Saturday (314 yards, two TDs and one pick) was nearly identical to the 2011 contest (339 yards, also two scores and one interception).

Saturday’s game marked the fourth consecutive time Mannion threw one more touchdown pass than interceptions in a contest. He’s finished with that stat seven times this season, more than his first three years at OSU combined.

Mannion’s two touchdown passes Saturday put him at 82 in his career, tying him at seventh place in Pac-12 history with former Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck.

In the last four games, Jordan Villamin has racked up 412 yards and four touchdowns. The redshirt freshman wideout didn’t have a game with more than one catch until the sixth contest of the season.

In that same span, sophomore wide receiver Victor Bolden has added 462 yards and one score.

Coming into the Washington game, OSU’s 28.5 conversion rate on third downs was better than only two teams in the nation. The Beavers went 9-for18 on third downs against UW, however, including a 72-yard pass to Bolden See OUT OF The BOX | page 6

Oregon State men’s basketball suffered its first loss Monday night

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Junior guard Langston Morris-Walker elevates and releases from beyond the arc against Oral Roberts in Gill Coliseum on Nov. 21.

Facing the best competition yet this season, the Oregon State men’s basketball team poked and prodded the favored Oklahoma State squad for most of the game Monday night in the MGM Grand Main Event.

The Beavers held with the Cowboys until the final minutes of the game, but a late surge gave Oklahoma State a 66-53 victory.

Oregon State (3-1) is no longer perfect under new head coach Wayne Tinkle, but will have a quick turnaround: either Auburn or Tulsa will be the next opponent for a 6 p.m. contest Wednesday. The winner in that game will finish third in the tournament.

Junior forward Victor Robbins had a breakout game of sorts, netting a career-high 16 points — overcoming a 3-for-8 shooting night by making nine free throws — and six rebounds. Those 16 points equaled the combined total from his first three games this season.

Robbins, who had 67 points all of last year, also had a putback dunk early in the second half Monday that was negated by a controversial interference call.

Oklahoma State (5-0) came into the game beating its opponents — albeit none from a power-5 conference — by an average of 27.5 points, helped by LSU transfer Anthony Hickey. The senior wing had a pair of 3-pointers and 12 points, one of four players in double figures. Other than those four players, Oklahoma State only recorded five points and had just two bench points.

Oklahoma State went into the halftime break with a 30-24 lead after senior wing Le’Bryan Nash’s jumper with one second left. Nash led the Cowboys with

19 points.

Junior guard Gary Payton II was limited by foul trouble for the majority of the second half, picking up his fourth foul with 16:47 left in the second period.

Payton II was on pace to near a doubledouble at that point with seven points and five rebounds but immediately subbed out for more than four minutes.

He finished the game with 10 points and six boards.

The Beavers jumped out to an early start after a three-point play from junior forward Olaf Schaftenaar to open the scoring. Oregon State was up 16-9 before an Oklahoma State 13-4 run late in the first half to take the lead. The Cowboys held onto that lead for more than 13 minutes before the Beavers traveled all the way back to tie the game at 44 points apiece with 9:39 played in the second half. Oklahoma State responded with a 9-1 run before Tinkle called timeout with 6:11 left.

In total, the Beavers were limited to 16 points in the paint, committed 17 turnovers and — probably the biggest backbreaker — finished with two fast break points.

The big men for Oregon State struggled to contribute. Junior forward Daniel Gomis and sophomore center Cheikh N’Diaye combined for five points and three rebounds in 24 minutes of playing time. Gomis is still recovering from a shoulder injury and has been gradually reintegrated into a significant role.

Sophomore guard Malcolm Duvivier was stymied offensively, closing the game 0-for-4 from the field with one point and five turnovers.

Still, the Beavers played a back-andforth affair with Oklahoma State and kept the deficit to single digits until there were less than four minutes left.

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On Monday, Nov. 24, the Oregon State men’s wrestling team got their inconference season off to a stumbled start when they narrowly edged the Arizona State Sun Devils 16-15.

Early on, it looked as if the Beavers would take the wrestling match when they jumped out to a 15-3 lead after redshirt freshman Devin Reynolds dominated his opponent and junior

167-pound Seth Thomas won his weight class matchup.

Unfortunately for the Oregon State athletes, the night was far from over.

The Sun Devils would go on a tear after the 165-pound weight class and win the next four classes. One win, which included two of the nations top-10 wrestlers, was a loss for senior 184-pound Taylor Meeks.

With the four wins, ASU was able to climb back into the match and tie things up at 15-15.

At that point, it became a night of hanging on for the Beavers, as they were able to walk away with a victory based on match points. The Beavers

managed to outscore their opponents 51-43 within the individual match totals, which gave them the final point for the win. Seeing as no team had won a class by major decision and each school won five bouts, respectively, points scored within each ended up being the deciding factor.

Oregon State will enjoy a few weeks of rest and preparation before heading to Las Vegas to take part in the Cliff Keene Las Vegas Invitational on Dec. 5-6.

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Redshirt freshman 141-pound Devin Reynolds locks the leg and goes for the takedown against the Arizona Sun Devils on Nov. 24 at home.

Bersano had four leaping saves on the night, holding his opponent scoreless and completing his fifth shutout of the season, giving him 10 clean matches of the pitch within the past two seasons.

Bersano With the win, Bersano joined the rest of his teammates in being the first THE DAILY BAROMETER men’s soccer team at Oregon State Redshirt junior goalkeeper Matt University to make it to the second Bersano is The Daily Barometer round of the College Cup. In his final Oregon State match Athlete of the Week after his performances during the NCAA College for the season on Sunday, Bersano again had a decent outing, getting Cup Tournament. five saves, and only letting one lucky On Thursday, Bersano helped lead rebound goal get past him and his the men’s soccer team to victory defense. The one goal proved to against Denver in the first round of be the difference in their matchup against the Creighton Bluejays, but it the tournament.

was clearly out of his control.

Bersano has had a momentum building junior year in between the crossbar, tallying up 68 saves, while maintaining a .791 save percentage.

Bersano had 18 goals slip by him throughout the season, but was able to keep his goal average to a little over one at 1.08. This is not a huge improvement on his sophomore season of 1.14, but when you look at his career stats for Oregon State, he has always gotten better. The junior goalkeeper finished his year with a record of 9-7-1, where a positive winloss is always a plus.

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Football Pac-12 power rankings

By Mitch Mahoney THE DAILY BAROMETER

Oregon (10-1, 7-1 Pac-12):

In perhaps his last game at home in a Duck uniform, junior quarterback Marcus Mariota set a Pac-12 record for singleseason touchdowns with 42. Mariota has led the Ducks to a one-loss season so far, and if the Heisman Trophy front-runner can keep it going during the Civil War and the Pac-12 Championship, the Ducks will likely be in the College Football Playoffs looking for a national title.

UCLA (9-2, 6-2):

If the Bruins can beat Stanford this week, they’ll represent the Pac-12 South and play against Oregon for the Pac-12 Championship. If they win those two games, they stand an outside chance of playing in the College Football Playoffs.

However, if they lose to Stanford this Saturday, the Ducks will play whoever wins between Arizona and Arizona State.

Arizona State (9-2, 6-2):

For one week, the Sun Devils will be huge Stanford fans. When the Sun Devils lost to Oregon State two weeks ago, their ability to control their own destiny went up in flames.

Now they’ll have to win their rivalry game against the Wildcats while hoping that Stanford can upset UCLA.

Arizona (9-2, 6-2):

The Wildcats are in the exact same position as the Sun Devils. If they win the Duel in the Desert, it has to be coupled with a Bruins loss before they’d qualify for the Pac-12 Title game. But since the UCLA-Stanford and Arizona-Arizona State games kick off at the same time (12:30 p.m.), both teams will be playing as if a spot is available, even though that might not be true.

USC (7-4, 6-3):

Pac-12 Title.

After being ranked as high as ninth in the nation this year, the Trojans have slipped from their lofty preseason expectations. Four losses to Boston College, Arizona State, Utah and UCLA have left the Trojans with an unspectacular season and out of the running for the

Utah (7-4, 4-4):

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(Top) Senior 184-pound Taylor Meeks finds himself in a tough position and is forced to fight his way out against ASU on Nov. 24.

(Bottom left) Senior 184-pound Taylor Meeks struggles to avoid a pin against the Sun Devils on Nov. 24.

(Bottom right) Redshirt freshman 141-pound Devin Reynolds celebrates after a dominating performance in his weight class against the Arizona State Sun Devils during inconference play at Gill Coliseum on Monday, Nov. 24.

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The Beavers finished with six tackles for loss against Washington’s five, but OSU’s tackles only pushed Washington back 17 yards while the Huskies set the Beavers back 34 yards.

The Huskies fumbled four times, but recovered three of them.

A week prior against Arizona, Washington fumbled six times, losing three.

Washington’s sophomore quarterback Cyler Miles completed 13 of his first 14 passes and finished with two touchdowns and no interceptions. Against Oregon State, the only team Miles has started against twice in his career, the Colorado native has yet to throw a pick.

The Huskies dictated the running battle, out-rushing the Beavers 226 yards to 47.

Freshman kicker Garrett Owens recorded his first career tackle Saturday.

OSU’s starting tight ends — senior Connor Hamlett and junior Caleb Smith — have not combined for 60 receiving yards in a game since the Colorado contest on Oct. 4.

Of OSU’s 12 offensive drives, five ended in 3-and-outs and seven culminated in punts.

Miles’ first and last pass attempts of the game for Washington combined for 122 yards and two touchdowns. On the night he had 253 yards and two scores.

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The Utes have improved on last season’s win total by two games, with a tilt against Colorado slated as their final game of the season. Senior defensive end Nate Orchard has been a monster, accumulating 17.5 sacks this season to lead the nation.

Stanford (6-5, 4-4):

Much like the Trojans, the Cardinal were ranked as high as No. 13 in the nation. That was all the way back in the second week of the season. Since then, the Cardinal have beaten every unranked opponent they’ve faced, while losing to every ranked team.

As of this writing, the Bruins are the No. 9 team in the nation, which isn’t very good news for either Arizona team.

Washington (7-5, 3-5):

The Huskies really like playing the Beavers. Their latest win, a dominant 37-13 victory, has bumped their winning streak to three games against Oregon State, dating back to 2012. The win made them eligible for a bowl game, and if they win against Washington State, they’ll end up better than the 7-6 record they’ve had in three of the last four seasons.

California (5-6, 3-6):

The Golden Bears were 1-11 last year, so this year has to be considered a success. With one game remaining, California could even become bowl-eligible for the first time since 2011. Its final game is against a 7-4 BYU team.

Oregon State (5-6, 2-6):

The Civil War will pretty much define the Beavers’ season.

If they lose, the Ducks will be one step closer to a national title, while the Beavers will watch from home, having failed to qualify for a bowl game. If they win, not only will they qualify for a bowl game and give the team’s seniors one more game, but they’d have thwarted their in-state rivals.

Washington State (3-8, 2-6):

Coming off their second bye week, the Cougars scored 31 points against the Sun Devils. Freshman quarterback Luke Falk has taken over for an injured Connor Halliday, and the freshman threw for 601 yards and three touchdowns.

However, four interceptions on the day helped ASU score 52 points against the Cougars.

Colorado (2-9, 0-8):

The Buffaloes will surely give it their all in the season finale against Utah, as no team wants to go winless in the conference. After losing seven games in a row, the Buffaloes will have to learn how to win in a hurry.

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wo solidarity events for the 43 missing college students last seen in Iguala, Mexico in September were held Nov. 24 at Oregon State University.

On Monday afternoon, there was a protest held in front of theValley Library.

Students held signs, screamed for “Justicia” and donned blood-spattered white shirts with nametags — the names of the missing students — took role call and answered, “Presente.”

In the evening, there was a candlelight vigil that started on the steps of the Memorial Union and ended at the Cesar Chavez Cultural Center, where a speaker, who had met with the parents of the missing students, greeted attendees.

The speaker touched on many subjects, specifically the parents of those who are missing having been offered

Editorial money by authorities and government figures to drop the investigation, and of authority figures expressing fatigue with the case and wanting to abandon it.

The overall message from these local events was solidarity and greater awareness of the issues in Mexico.

Vigils like this have been springing up throughout the country, demanding justice for the missing students and a call to action.

Portland State University students last week held a protest, and called for the removal of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto from office for his refusal to take this case seriously.

We couldn’t agree more.

College students have often been the face of change throughout history

— the Civil Rights movement and the anti-Vietnam draft protests to name a couple. These current vigils against the corruption and violence in Mexico resonate as a proud addition to the list.

As U.S. citizens, we are lucky that we have freedom of speech: We can protest the cesspool of corruption that the Mexican government has devolved into.

Other citizens are not so lucky.

The missing students were on their way to protest a speech made by the Iguala mayor’s wife, when local police allegedly apprehended them.

Authorities speculate that the students were handed over to a drug cartel, executed and the bodies burned and dumped in a river.

To be an honest journalist in Mexico is to sign your death warrant to the drug cartel; to be a book writer is worse.

Since 2000, more than 80 writers have

been murdered and 15 have gone missing, according to Pen America.

Freedom of expression and speech does not exist south of the border.

The missing students in Iguala were on their way to make an attempt to create change, to protest.

They had a right — one that we here so easily take for granted — robbed from them by the Iguala police, and they have probably died for it.

Let college students throughout the nation be the voice of solidarity that cannot be heard yet in Mexico.

If we speak out loud enough and long enough, change is possible. t

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Clinton will be the new Obama, expect reruns, same old I t’s only two years until the 2016 election, and we all know what that means.

Those of you playing at home who guessed “political mudslinging,” you get 20 Satire Emporium points.

Hillary Clinton may have a possible 2016 presidential campaign in the works, and the republicans aren’t happy — let the battle begin.

Silently in the shadows, republicans have been formulating a plan to cripple Clinton’s reputation and possible chance at an election.

One word seems to strike fear in the hearts of many, and that word is “Obama.”

Republicans like Senator Ted Cruz of Texas are now using Obama’s name interchangeably with Clinton’s name.

The goal is to hitch them to each other so that as Obama falls off the cliff, he can take Clinton down too.

It’s what republicans call a two-forone political science special.

Now if Clinton has success with her “possible” campaign, it will be dubbed “Obama’s Third Term.”

The proof is in the pudding, people.

Clinton was the former Secretary of State under the Obama administration the first four years.

They worked in the same building sometimes, and she even supported the president while also advising him — you know, her job.

It’s going to be the same game if she is elected. If they worked together, were in some capacity in the same proximity for a couple of years and they talked every now and again, she’s going to be a twin of the president we have now.

Republicans see this, and democrats are also trying to regroup.

Some democratic sources say this is probably the best way to attack her, according to CNN. One source stated, “She was in his government, she was at his side. The question they should ask her is ‘Tell me 10 things that you disagree with him on?’”

This strategy is foolproof, as she probably can’t think of even three things she disagrees with him on.

All the republicans need to do is hope people don’t factor in the 2008 election — you remember, it was the one where

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The Satire Emporium Obama and Clinton had debate after debate on topics they didn’t agree on?

Just off the top of my head I believe there were differences of opinion on healthcare, disputes of how to handle fiscal responsibility in a debate in South Carolina that led to the moderator having to intervene, social security, how to address rogue nations like North

Korea, the Iraq war, views on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, how to handle Bin Laden and Afghanistan, views on lobbying and lastly and most recently how to have handled the conflict with Syria.

That’s only nine, though.Well played republicans, well played. The fear of what might happen if the label “Obama Part Deux” sticks is extremely rational and shrinking in fear only two years away from an election is probably best.

Unlike other presidential candidates, Clinton simply doesn’t have the chops to take this kind of heat, so democrats are right to worry. Sure, she survived a ridiculous scandal and affair involving

her husband while in office, she already fought a hard battle from her election attempt in 2008, and had to navigate at one point a mountain of debt while paying for college tuition.

Sure she handled this well, but did she handle it extremely well?

Those are the hard questions that can’t be answered, so all we can do now is sit and wait. It doesn’t seem premature to say her possible campaign was over before it even began. t

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Turkeys love Beyoncé

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urkey day is almost here.

Thanksgiving is a big day for the Agricultural community.

Turkey farmers look forward to Thanksgiving more than the manufacturers of Rolaids and Tums.

Let’s not forget the other food, though.

Just because it’s not in the spotlight like the Turkey, doesn’t mean it’s not important.

Before the potatoes get mashed, turkey gets roasting and the buns toasting, a lot of hard work is put in to make your family get-together successful.

But today, we’re talking about the poultry. The turkey is never more popular than over the Thanksgiving holiday.

During the rest of the year, however, this bird doesn’t get a shred of respect.

Why? Well, that bird thawing in your refrigerator doesn’t have much of a reputation for intelligence. Rather than idolize the turkey, like Benjamin Franklin did, we use the name as a synonym for stupidity.

If you look up turkey in the dictionary — that’s the big book covered with dust at grandma’s house — you’ll see the term defined as slang for a naive, stupid or inept person; a loser. However, here in Beaver Nation, the only birds we dislike are those waterfowl with distinct yellow and green markings to the south.

I argue that turkeys aren’t all that bright, but they are much smarter than sheep.

I bet if you looked closely at the guy selling you the Tofurkey — tofu turkey — you’d find a turkey in disguise.

Did you know Benjamin Franklin actually favored the turkey over the majestic bald eagle for America’s national icon?

I think it’s fair to say old Ben needed a stronger prescription in those bifocals.

Just imagine a turkey on our state seal, walking around the U.S. capital building or in the White House garden. Well, for one day every year, at the White House, that actually happens.

Each year, the president pardons a lucky turkey on the north portico of the White House. While it might not seem like the best use of his time to us, it sure is important to that turkey.

Last year, Barack Obama pardoned Popcorn, a 38-pounder from Badger, Minnesota.

Popcorn now lives with his life partner Caramel, and struts proudly to “Halo” by Beyoncé, according to the White House.

Apparently his favorite food is corn — didn’t see that coming.

Pardoning a once prospective national icon isn’t the only unique tradition we observe though during our Thanksgiving holiday.

Black Friday, also known as the day that people spend money on things they don’t need to reward themselves for surviving their Thanksgiving feast, is another such kooky tradition.

What do Black Friday shoppers and a Thanksgiving turkey have in common you may ask?

Well they both know what it’s like to be jammed into small places and stuffed.

But don’t go cold turkey on the Thanksgiving dinner — no really; you should think about thawing that bird.

So Oregon State, gobble up your turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce on Thursday, enjoy the Black Friday shopping chaos, then watch the Beavers fry those U of O Ducks at the Civil War on Saturday. Even if it rains this Saturday, don’t let the “fowl” weather keep you at home.

Come support the Beavers as they take on the “quack pack.” Puddles, U of O’s mascot, will never see us coming.

Now that’s one bird I’d like to see stuffed. t

Ryan Mason is a senior in graphic design

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‘State of Affairs’ declares war against quality television H

ow does a show about terrorism, government secrets and characters working right next to the president of the United States manage to be boring?

I don’t know, but NBC’s “State of Affairs” found a way.

I suppose that’s a talent in and of itself.

At the very least, the people who came up with the premise had some creativity.

Katherine Heigl plays Charleston Tucker, a CIA analyst responsible for giving the president a daily briefing with all the important info needed to do the job.

She’s also dealing with witnessing the traumatic death of her fiancé in a terrorist attack a year earlier.

I’d have more sympathy if she weren’t so annoying to listen to.

As the strong, well-meaning protagonist, Heigl often has to rail against the decisions of her more cynical superiors.

Fair enough, but does she have to be so pretentious about it?

It’s hard to get behind a lead who moves through obstacles by being abrasive, controlling and just generally unpleasant all the time.

The pilot gives the impression that even her coworkers have a hard time stomaching her.

One of the minor characters does a pretty good job of summing up my feelings on the issue: “You must be one of the most obnoxious crea-

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A fresh twist here, and maybe the only really unique thing about the show, is Alfre Woodard’s role as the first black female president in the nation’s history.

Sorry, Michelle.

You snooze, you lose.

Woodard’s performance is the one saving grace among a half-baked cast.

Under the direction of better writers, this concept might have worked. It has the right bells and whistles. Drinking, sex, violence, all the fun things American audiences — and me — love to eat up, but everything is so phoned in it ends up melding into the background of every other show that does it better.

If anything, it’s the attempts at being hardcore that make “State of Affairs” lose so much credibility.

It tries so hard to make you think you’re watching something edgy when it doesn’t know how to do edgy well.

There’s no sense of presentation, and the dialogue is so corny it rips you right out of any briefly existing tension.

Most of the scenes that were supposed to be shocking had me rolling my eyes.

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The ultimate crime of “State of Affairs” is that “I made it out, and now I have to deal with it. I have to deal with it every day from now on it’s dull.

Not terrible for making terrible choices, but for and it sucks.”

It’s always nice when a critique writes itself. making too many mediocre ones. t Again, a character from the show, this time Chris Correll is a senior in Psychology. The opinions expressed in CorHeigl herself, articulates my experience quite rell’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer nicely: staff. Correll can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

‘The Theory of Everything’lacks general momentum Leftover Thanksgiving

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any know who Stephen Hawking is.

Whether you’re a budding physicist, or a fan of the television series “The Big Bang Theory,” Hawking is important.

But a lot of people know nothing of his personal life.

Though he is now 72 years old, when Hawking was first diagnosed with a motor neuron disease at 21, he was given only two years to live.

Today, he is almost completely paralyzed, spends his days in a motorized chair and communicates through a computer that speaks for him.

Before his diagnosis, Hawking was a doctoral student in the department of physics at Cambridge.

You know, that super-fancy English school attended by the likes of Chuckie Darwin, Frank Bacon, England’s own Prince Charlie and — more recently — the lovely Tommy Hiddleston.

Hawking fantasized about discovering the Theory of Everything.

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during which there are two basic theories used to understand our universe: Quantum Field Theory and General Relativity.

QFT concentrates on the little things that make up our universe, like atoms and molecules. GR focuses on gravity as a means of understanding how things work in galaxies near and far.

But those two theories don’t mesh, and only one can be used at a time when exploring any aspect of physics.

Hawking dreamt of unifying the two into a General Theory of Everything, or Quantum Gravity.

As a theoretical physicist in my spare time, I was excited when I heard that director James Marsh was working on a film about Hawking’s life based on the book written by the physicist’s first wife, Jane.

I was even more excited when stage-turned-screen star Eddie Redmayne — a la Les Mis — was slated to play Hawking.

Redmayne told Jon Stewart that in preparation for the role, he worked with a dance instructor and those currently living with motor neuron diseases in order to master the physical movement of Hawking from capable young academic to wheelchair-bound professor.

As a result, Redmayne’s performance is stunning.

The actor perfectly captures what starts as clumsiness and eventually deteriorates to the inability for Hawking to move anything but his finger.

He may be hard to understand at times, but he’s real.

His performance is so real, in fact, that Hawking apparently said he felt as though he were watching himself upon viewing the film.

Though I may not personally know Hawking — here’s to hoping that changes someday — I am greatly familiar with Redmayne’s other work, and the actor disappears on screen, effectively becoming Hawking.

The rest of the film was a little too much like a made-for-TV movie.

It’s obvious the screenplay is based on the former Mrs. Hawking’s account of her life with the twice-

dishes make great repurposed meals

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hanksgiving is this week and I couldn’t be more excited.

A few days off from school, getting away from campus and spending time with family.

Even going through all the hectic traveling, Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of year. Then there is the cherry on top of this holiday: The food.

Everyone looks forward to the magical last Thursday of November to gather with those we like, or those we tolerate and are related to, to eat.

Turkey, potatoes, some veggies, rolls, gravy, pumpkin pie, stuffing and cranberry sauce Brooklyn sit on the table in the serving dishes just waiting to be Food Critic devoured.

The meal ends with opened belts and naps and the leftovers put into plastic containers stacked in the fridge.

It is perfectly delicious to eat Thanksgiving leftovers straight from the fridge for a few days and remember the great moments from the original dinner a few days prior.

But there is a way to make leftovers even more tantalizing.

Repurposing the Thanksgiving leftovers is a great way to use up what is in the fridge so your food does not go bad, and allows for creativity with holiday staples.

You can make turkey sandwiches with cranberry sauce on toasted bread with a smear of mayo or cream cheese.

My favorite leftover recipe is a breakfast hash.

I love breakfast, and incorporating Thanksgiving foods into morning mealtime is amazing. Making this hash is easy — all you need is turkey or ham, potatoes, green beans, Brussel sprouts or whichever veggies you have, an onion, eggs, salt and pepper and your preferred herbs or spices.

Start off by heating oil in a pan and once heated toss in your chopped onions, potatoes and veggies.

You want to brown the potatoes and veggies in the pan really well to get them crispy.

Then, in the mix, make two to four pockets and crack an egg into each of them.

Cook until your desired level of prepared egg, and season with salt and pepper and spices to your taste.

Thanksgiving can live on past Thursday, well into the weekend or following week by repurposing and using up all those scrumptious dinner leftovers.

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married physicist: It closely follows her struggle with taking care of him and too-obviously ignores Stephen’s take on events.

Marketed as “the extraordinary story of Jane and Stephen Hawking,” the film falls short in connection and seems rather normal.

Had it not been about such a notable and inspiring man, I may not have cared about the struggle the couple endured well past his two-year prognosis.

And even though it is about a scientist I admire, I still had trouble connecting with the characters, which is a problem that stems from the screenwriter’s desk.

But the biggest disappointment is the lack of physics.

Not to mention, today’s Hawking has declared that he no longer believes in a grand, unifying theory

to explain everything.

I wanted to walk away from “The Theory of Everything” with a greater understanding of Hawking’s theories and contributions to science.

But maybe I’m just too nerdy for mainstream movies.

This is a film to watch at home, probably on a free streaming service and while you’re working on some crafting projects.

Full attention is not required.

You’re better off watching Hawking’s documentaries. 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.

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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.