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MONDAY, NOV. 20 Gentlemanly Masculinities: Visions of Family Reforms, Colonialism and Gender in Taiwan under Japanese Rule 4-5:30 p.m., Hallie Ford Center room 115
This lecture explores the formation of Taiwanese masculinities in the blurred boundaries of families and marriages under Japanese rule. Male Taiwanese elites played a vital role in discussing family issues in newspapers and professional journals in the 1920s through 1936. At the core of new visions of Taiwanese family and marriage was not only the woman question, but also the man question.
Duck Hunt 12-3 p.m., MU Quad
It’s hunting season! Come join us for a celebration of OSU as we gear up for the annual Civil War game against our rivals at UO. Compete for a chance to win free tickets to the most anticipated football game of the season!
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OSU Beaver fans cheer in the student section in Reser Stadium during the 2016 OSU vs. UO Civil War. Since 2000, the Oregon State Beavers football team has won six of 16 games. More information on this year’s Civil War can be found on page 10.
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What the Health Film Screening 5-7 p.m., Milam Hall room 319
Filmmaker Kip Andersen uncovers the secret to preventing and even reversing chronic diseases, and he investigates why the nation’s leading health organizations don’t want people to know about it.
TUESDAY, NOV. 21 OSUsed Store Evening Sale 5:30-7:30 p.m., OSUsed Store
The OSUsed Store is open for its weekly evening public sale today. Merchandise includes used furniture, computers and computer accessories, office supplies, bicycles, household items and much more.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 22 Corvallis Farmers Market 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Riverfront Commemorative Park
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Each November, the Teal Gallery’s team of dedicated Oregon artists transforms an otherwise vacant and lifeless store front into a world of color, light and beauty, open for business during the months of November and December. On display are some of the finest works in fiber, leather, pottery, jewelry, glass, metal, woodwork, mixed media, paper, and soap that the central Willamette Valley has to offer.
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Downtown Corvallis hosts two outdoor farmers’ markets bursting with the Willamette Valley’s best fruits, vegetables, cut flowers and nursery plants. Locally grown nuts, honey, meats, eggs, cheeses, jams, dried fruits, baked goods and other delights prepared from our local bounty will fuel your explorations or make great gifts. Meet the growers, enjoy some live music, fresh culinary samplings and even cooking demos!
Teal Artist Gallery 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Teal Gallery
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Reser Stadium is home to the Oregon State University football team. Reser Stadium has the capacity to seat 45,674 fans. Walking through the arches of the stadium, the din of Beavers and Ducks fans alike roar to life. The rivalry between the Oregon State University Beavers and the University of Oregon Ducks is the longest running west coast rivalry, according to Mike Dicianna, an OSU special archivist. The annual game between teams approaches next week, and the excitement for the event is building. The first game between the UO and OSU, previously known as Oregon Agricultural College, occurred on Nov. 3, 1894, resulting in an OSU victory of 16-0. The championship game was considered the homecoming game from 1917 to about 1930, Dicianna added. The Civil War was known as the Oregon Championship Game until the 1930s when the Ducks’ coach, John McEwan, coined the term in a newspaper interview, according to Dicianna. At the time, the Civil War was not on a national perspective, according to Steve Fenk, the associate Athletics director of communications. It was a competition between two nearby schools for mostly local enjoyment. “But that back then was even a bigger deal probably for the state because of those guys,” Fenk said. “They’re playing against guys they
went to high school with. You know, so that was a bigger deal.” With 121 years of competition between schools comes 121 years of traditions and legends, according to Fenk. From pranks to papers to trophies, the culture behind the Civil War is just as rich as the sporting event itself. “There is a thing called the platypus,” Fenk said. “And it always pops up every year in national conversations about what the teams play for. But really it’s not. It hasn’t been for years and years and years.” According to Dicianna, the platypus was crafted in 1959 by a UO art student, Warren Spady. Over the years it would be passed between the alumni and bands. “For a while, the Alumni Association would trade it back and forth, and I think the band’s gotten involved with it,” Fenk said. “But not the actual football team.” The platypus trophy has since faded out of use, according to Fenk. According to Olin Hannum, director and instructor of athletic bands, the music of the game is as much of a staple of Civil War as the sport is. The OSU band has multiple little progressions and pieces to play depending on what’s happening in the game. One is the first down
chant that occurs when the OSU team scores a first down. According to Hannum, the progression played is from a little known wind ensemble piece by Lafayette called Mexicana. At first, the crowd wouldn’t respond to a first down progression being played. But after eight years of playing this progression at a first down, the tradition to throw your arm out and give a loud “Hooa!” began. “The first time you see it, you’re like, ‘Oh wow, that’s a very cool tradition, you would use that word’,” Hannum said. “But what the people around here don’t know is that the band played that for eight years before people started doing this. And now it’s a thing.” The first down chant was a long time coming, according to Hannum. “It took a long time,” Hannum said. “I’m sure when they first started this thing, they didn’t do an arm movement and shout ‘Hooa!’ you know?” This organic start of a tradition is a key element in creating traditions, according to Hannum. “I found that it’s very difficult to manu-
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ASOSU Student Fee Committee approves base budgets
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The Student Fee Committee hears the presentation for Orange Media Network. The committee posted all 1- of the student fee-funded units. The units made their funding pitches for the fiscal year 2019 and summer fiscal year 2020. The Oregon State University Student Fee Committee, which is a part of the Associated Students of OSU executive branch, heard presentations and voted on the base budgets of all 10 student fee-funded units on Sunday, Nov. 19. These programs include the Department of Recreational Sports, student tickets to Beaver athletic events, Diversity
and Cultural Engagement and others. The units made their funding pitches for the fiscal year 2019 academic year and summer fiscal year 2020. DCE, which oversees the OSU campus’ seven cultural centers, as well as other social justice efforts, received their request for an almost 20 percent increase. According to the
program’s liaison Dang Duong, this additional cost is necessary to cover both the cost of an Auxiliaries and Activities Business Center assessment fee (which all units will pay this year), as well as an increase in pay for student workers and other program improvements. “Our spaces are open to anybody and everybody,” Duong said. “Hopefully everything is more inclusive as a team and as a family.” Another unit which received an increase in fees beyond mandatory across-the-board increases was Recreational Sports. This fee will increase by $8.22 from this year, or 10.95 percent. Approximately half of this increase comes from the AABC assessment. Beyond the exercise and recreation opportunities, student fees also provide funding for Division 1 Athletics. The Athletics Department receives money from a variety of sources, with fee dollars used to provide all students access to student tickets for free, according to SFC Liaison Alex Luther. “We provide some of the best seats in the country at the most affordable cost, with access for all students,” Luther said. “There is something special about 9,000 students coming to a game and supporting the same thing at the same time.”
Last year, the Athletics student fee came under intense scrutiny in the joint session of the ASOSU Congress, which will follow the SFC Open Hearing scheduled for Monday, Nov. 27. At this meeting, some of budgets approved at this time will be reassessed with optional decision packages. Once the complete budgets are voted on by Congress, they will be sent to ASOSU President Simon Brundage, OSU President Ray and the OSU Board of Trustees for final approval. In addition to the other programs, the SFC also approves the requested fee level of the ASOSU itself. The ASOSU budget has changed from last year, with increases due to the AABC assessment, as well as additional cost of $1.12 for the Night Owl bus. This transportation cost was moved from Student Leadership and Involvement, according to Eddie Torres, the chair of the ASOSU Student Advisory Board. To make up for these additions, the program reduced the number of staff members. Additionally, the hours SafeRide operates changed from 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. previously to 7 p.m. to 2 a.m.. For more information on these and the other units, you can read the full story online at DailyBarometer.com
Former OSU football player, current student charged of rape Due to FERPA, Title IX, university unable to comment on specific student cases By The Baro Staff Former Oregon State University football player and nineteen-yearold OSU student Jordan Pace was arrested in Benton County on Nov. 13 on four charges, including rape. An indictment was filed Nov. 7 in the circuit court of the state of Oregon for Benton County. Jordan Pace was accused by a Grand Jury for Benton County of four offenses: rape in the first degree, unlawful sexual penetration in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree and sexual abuse in the second degree. All four counts were said to have taken place on or about May 14, 2017 in Benton County. Jordan Pace’s bail was imposed at $50,000 and he was released after 10 percent ($5,000) of the bail was paid by Ronald S. Pace on Nov. 13. Thus far, OSU has remained silent about any specific comments regarding Pace’s case. “We are aware of this matter,” said Vice President of University Relations and Marketing Steve Clark said. “OSU does not comment on criminal investigations
by local enforcement.” According to Clark, a team of university administrators meets to assess the situation when a case of violence is reported. “When reported cases of violence and cases of an ongoing risk to the community are reported to OSU’s Department of Public Safety, a team of university administrators, public safety officials and others meet by phone day or night within minutes and immediately assess the report, whether an ongoing threat exists, and, dependent upon that assessment, provide as immediate as possible communication to the campus community,” Clark said. OSU’s department of Equal Opportunity and Access handles sexual misconduct and discrimination policies and procedures. “The university prohibits sexual misconduct of any kind, including sexual harassment, intimate partner violence, sexual exploitation and stalking. Such misconduct violates university policy and may also violate state or federal law,” the EOA webpage states. “When
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misconduct occurs, the university will take steps to stop, prevent recurrence and remedy the impacts of such behavior.” OSU’s Sexual Misconduct and Discrimination policy was revised in Sept. 15, 2017 in compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments 1972, the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act of 2013 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. “The university keeps in mind the safety of students, faculty and staff—and the general OSU community—in ever excluding someone from campus or having direct contact with another individual or individuals,” Clark said. Due to the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act and the due process requirements of Title IX, the university is unable to comment on matters of individual student conduct, according to Clark. More information regarding Pace’s case can be found at dailybarometer.com.
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Amy Schenk is the president of Associated Students of The University of Oregon. Oregon State University and the University of Oregon are rivals in a number of areas, from football to research. Student government is one aspect in which the schools have similarities, with critical differences as well. The Associated Students of The University of Oregon, like the Associated Students of Oregon State University, is made up of all fee-paying students at the institution. Both ASUO and ASOSU as student government bodies preside over the student fee-setting process and represent the campus community members they serve at the university, local and state level. Alongside tuition affordability and transparency, food security was one of ASUO President, Amy Schenk and her administration’s main platform planks. UO students currently have access to a community food pantry run by a local church, but she wants to move this resource onto the Eugene campus itself and attempt to secure more funding for the program. At OSU, ASOSU President Simon Brundage recently outlined his administration’s main goals and projects this year in an annual State of the Students Address. According to Brundage, these include building an online housing platform to help students find reputable landlords and screen roommates, as well as increasing transparency by updating the ASOSU website more frequently. Schenk’s administration was able to create task forces at the UO administration level to work on their three main issues, as well as organize a student forum to increase student voices in tuition conversations, according to Schenk. The ASUO president herself is leading the food security campaign, while her two vice presidents focus on the other two main priorities. “I cannot praise my team enough, not only my core team, but the rest of the executive and ASUO Senate,” Schenk said. “I think we are pretty on par with where I thought we should be to make effective change on campus.” Chief among these team members are Schenk’s two vice presidents: Internal Vice President Tess Mor and External Vice President Vickie Gimm. According to Gimm,
the roles of external and internal vice presidents are self-defined rather than prescribed in the ASUO constitution. The external affairs position focuses on the wider university level, as well as the state and federal level, while the internal vice president tackles student organizations and local affairs such as campus safety. For example, work on tuition affordability can be split between UO’s own administration, as well as stakeholders outside of the university. Gimm herself has been involved with advocacy on this issue since her first year at the UO. “We can anticipate every year that there is going to be a tuition increase,” Gimm said. “If we want to push for institutional changes, sometimes we have to take that to the state level and lobby for it,” Gimm said. Gimm began her involvement on campus through the UO’s multicultural centers, but felt these organizations’ grievances were not being well-heard by student representatives in student government. “The primary function of ASUO is to allocate funding for student organizations,” Gimm said. “It did not make sense for student officials who had never been involved in student organizations before to dictate how they should be operated. They did not understand what a budget looked like or what they needed.” For Gimm, the ability of student government to help students of all backgrounds find out their interests, and fund these programs, is often misunderstood by her fellow students at the UO. “We have a lot of power, but despite that, no one cares,” Gimm said. The ASUO allocates funding for student organizations through an incidental fee, with more autonomy over student fee levels than at OSU, according to Schenk. Unlike the ASOSU, the legislative branch of ASUO is solely composed of a Senate, while OSU students are represented in both a Senate and a House of Representatives. The ASUO Senate has four finance committees that propose fee levels to the full Senate and President, who can approve or deny the funding requests, much like the ASOSU legislative and executive branches. According to ASUO Senate President, Lauren Young, while this funding predominantly goes to established programs such as student tickets to Duck athletic events and free student bus passes in the Lane Transit District, the Senate also allocates surplus requests made by student groups and campus departments. These requests include opportunities to attend conferences or put on events. “The way we allocate money is whether or not it aligns with the ASUO mission statement and whether or not they are using funds that they have in their account as well,” Young said in an email. “I have been to a lot of events that Senate helped put on for different multicultural student groups on campus and they have been huge successes and a lot of students really enjoy them.” The size of the unallocated pool varies
each year depending on enrollment and whether or not there is money left over in student organizations’ budgets from the previous year, according to Young. “For this year, the size of the unallocated i-Fee was about $700,000,” Young said via email. “But since there was an under-realized pool of money that we had to pay to not have that deficit, we are now at about $230,000, since about $500,000 went into paying that.” The amount of funding available for student groups to request is one part of a much larger whole. ASUO’s Finance Director, Zachary Rentschler coordinates between the Senate’s four finance committees and the executive branch. “I’m the day-to-day person representing the president at those finance committee meetings to make sure communication goes both up and down the chain of the budget process,” Rentschler said in an email. “Last year, the overall budget was $16,557,901 dollars.” Beyond having a single chamber rather than two, Rentschler explained a key difference he sees between the ASUO and ASOSU legislative branches: how students are represented. Some Senators run to be members of one of the four budget committees, while others are elected to represent their academic majors or departments and serve on university committees. At OSU, 12 Senators are elected to serve on behalf of all students, while 20 House members represent the undergraduate student body and up to five graduate students also serve as Representatives, according to the ASOSU Constitution. Another difference between schools is the student fee process, with a single Student Fee Committee under the executive branch making recommendations to the legislature for 10 fee-funded units. According to ASOSU President Simon Brundage, while the two organizations have worked together on legislative advocacy throughout the OSA, as well as issuing joint statements on safety around Halloween, the groups usually focus on issues specific to each campus. “I would say there is a lot of room for future collaboration,” Brundage said in an email. “ASOSU is currently working on developing an off-campus housing database, and we know that ASUO has developed such a database. Indeed, getting insight from them may accelerate the process and allow us to expedite our own inner workings.” Schenk met with Brundage and ASOSU Vice President, Radhika Shah, at an Oregon Student Association Board retreat over the summer. “I’m really excited to collaborate with them in the future, whether it’s tuition this year or other issues where we need more student power,” Schenk said. “Even though we are rivals, Beaver versus Ducks, it is great that we can work together on building student power.”
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than it is now. I think to some extent that’s been watered down a little bit,” Fenk said. “But still that week and that game, there’s a lot of families who Continued from page 3 have members who went to both schools so there are a lot of friendly rivalries there.” facture genuine traditions. Something that is As with all games, the public is welcome to part of an organization has to sort of come up join and cheer for their preferred team. Inside from within,” Hannum said. “In that way, some Reser Stadium, there is a section dedicated spetraditions are something that are really precious. cifically to OSU students to gather and cheer on Tradition is a first down thing, playing rock and their school. roll down to the buzzer, those are traditions.” According to Brent Culver, the OSU student In Civil War history, other traditions were section in Reser has gone under extensive pranks played between schools, according to changes since his attendance. Dicianna. “The student section was on the east side, “Pranks between the two schools go back which at time was basically a small dirt hill to the earliest games,” Dicianna said via email. with metal bleachers on it,” Culver said in an “George Edmonston tells email. “You could walk in the story of three in an without any security. Just Alumni Association article had to show a student ID Some traditions are a few years ago. They can card with a corresponding be of usd in comparing the color sticker on it. Boda something that are really old days to our more ‘tame’ bags were allowed. No precious. Tradition is a first rivalry today.” alcohol monitors.” Alumnus Brent Culver down thing, playing rock and According to Kerosky, recalls Civil War antics durthe process and landscape ing his days attending OSU roll down to the buzzer, those of the OSU student secare traditions. in the early to mid 1980s. tion may have changed “Probably the best prank over the years, but the Olin Hannum was that the Barometer charm and electricity of it would publish a fake remains. Director and Instructor of Emerald (UO student news“I attended pretty Athletic Bands paper) and distribute it on much every home football the Duck campus just as if game during my time at it were real. Genius!” Brent Culver said via email. OSU,” Kerosky said via email. “The student secAccording to Aaron Kerosky, the regional tion was a great place to run into friends, and the network director of the OSU Alumni Association, atmosphere during that time period was great.” it is important to keep a critical eye on Civil War Allison Culver, administrative assistant for pranks and traditions altogether. customer service for the Alumni Association, “I think traditions are an important part of the attended Civil War games with her family from college experience, but it’s critical to a young age. always be ready to adapt to a changing envi“Since I grew up going to games I had a differronment on campus and society in ent experience from other students, I loved going general,” Kerosky said via email. “Too often I’ve to games with my family and grandparents. seen the argument of defending traditions to Those that sat around us became family,” Allison justify outdated or harmful practices.” Culver said. “However, when I started standing in Nowadays, the pranking and competition has the student section, I would say there’s no feeling calmed down as the game persists, according like the energy in the student section. It makes to Fenk. There was once a student who hung a you feel like you are a part of something way deceased duck from Gill Coliseum during a Civil bigger than yourself; everyone is there to have War basketball game. a good time and cheer for the Beavs!” “I think the state used to be really divided more Before electronic ticket purchasing systems,
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students would have to get athletics events tickets in person, according to Culver. “We used to camp out for football tickets in front of Reser all weekend; sometimes in the rain, usually getting no sleep before midterms and standing in line at 4 a.m.,” Allison Culver said. “It’s different now. I would say the electronic system takes away that experience for current students, but maybe I’m just crazy and enjoyed waiting all weekend for tickets.” According to Fenk, the electricity of Civil War game day is tangible to its attendants. “Once you walk into Reser, it’s different for sure than a normal game,” Fenk said. “You feel it because a lot of times there’s so much going on.” On game day, one is bound to see fans of both the Beavers and Ducks tailgating before the event, according to Fenk. This helps create an environment of friendly camaraderie. For Hannum, the pressure of game day is managed with adrenaline and excitement.
“There’s not that level of get up for the game with any game except for the Civil War and that makes it hyped a little bit more,” Hannum said. According to Dicianna, for 121 years, the Civil War game has created, kept and continued longtime Oregon heritage. “In a time where the old traditions have faded away at OSU, the Oregon Championship, or Civil War, is one of the last, most important, things we, as Beavers, can hang on to,” Dicianna said via email. “This one game a year, more important than all others, harkens back to a simpler time at this institution. The 121 year history of our rivalry, as long as we have been playing football intercollegiate games in Oregon, is the main tradition of today that gives us some continuity with our history. As we celebrate our 150th anniversary of OSU, traditions of our past, and our collective memory is so important. The Civil War is a major part of this, win or lose.”
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Reser Stadium, which opened Nov. 14, 1953, hosted the OSU vs. UO Civil War in 2016. This year, the Civil War will occur in Eugene in Autzen Stadium, home of the UO Ducks.
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For Beavers, Civil War matters
1-10 record, lack of identity give OSU something to fight for By Riley Youngman, Sports Chief
Oh how the times have changed. Last year on a rain-soaked November day, thousands of Oregon State fans hurdled the barrier at Reser Stadium and rushed the field in celebration of the Beaver football team reclaiming the Civil War title for the first time since 2007. Players were hoisted and rode through the crowd. Gary Andersen stood at midfield among the sea of people and smiled. His team finished 4-6 in his second season, but the program found itself at a turning point. With his first three conference wins under his belt and the future looking bright for the Beavers, Andersen had the team and the fan base behind him going into the offseason. Then came 2017 and everything changed. Now 1-10 going into the final game of the season, the Beavers remain winless in Pac-12 play. Their only win of the year came against a Portland State team that competed to the last second of the game. In what is the largest story of the year out of Corvallis, Gary Andersen shocked both the team and the college football world when he resigned halfway through his third of a seven-year contract and left his remaining compensation on the table as he walked. Interim coach Cory Hall managed to provide an immediate spark in Andersen’s wake. His impact on the team was noticeable in the locker room and on the field. Yet in the end, Hall has had zero impact on the win column for the Beavers. Following
a close loss to Colorado and a heartbreaker to Stanford, OSU returned to their usual losing ways and lost soundly to Cal and both teams from Arizona. The #HALLin buzz has faded. The fan’s confidence and passion is dying. Reser is emptying. The program and the players are finishing the year misguided at best. I’ll be completely honest here—this year’s edition of the Civil War does not pack a lot of punch. OSU (1-10 overall, 0-8 conference) will look to defend their Civil War title against a mediocre Oregon team (6-5 overall, 3-5 conference). The Ducks are already bowl-eligible and fighting for a place in the middle of the Pac-12 standings. The Beavers clinched last place in the conference several weeks ago. The OSU defense has been outscored 447 to 238 on the season, a margin of 209 points. For comparison, last year’s margin was 52 (though still in favor of OSU opponents). The team has coughed up 25 turnovers. The list of positives for the season would be much shorter to list than the negatives. For Hall and the team, this is a chance to hit the reset button for the Beavers before a new coach takes over in the coming weeks. This is most likely Hall’s last game in charge of the team—I do not see OSU keeping him in the head coach position. With a win, the team can wash the bad taste that was the 2017 season out of their mouths. At the very least, the taste of Duck will be enough of a palette cleanser for the disappointed Beaver Nation. The chances of the Beavers going into Autzen and coming away with a win? Not high. But that is what makes this matchup significant. There is simultaneously nothing and everything on the line for this team and their supporters. For the returning players, this game matters. For the incoming and on-the-fence recruits, this game matters. For Beaver Nation, this game matters. For anyone else, not as much.
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(LEFT) Garretson runs with the ball. (Right) Garretson gets tackled in the endzone, resulting in a safety. Garretson finished with 269 yards and two interceptions.
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Volleyball keeps winning Beavers knock off both Washington teams at home, streak now at five By Jarred Bierbrauer, Sports Contributor After winning three of their last four away games, the Beavers were finally back at home this weekend to take on the Washington Huskies and the Washington State Cougars. The last time OSU faced Washington on Oct. 13, the Beavers were No. 11 in Pac 12 and had zero wins on the road. When asked about the upcoming match, head coach Mark Barnard said the team is resilient, following a tough loss to Stanford. Oregon State won that match against Washington 3-2 the following night. In Friday’s game against the Huskies, Oregon State started out strong, taking the first two sets 26-24 and 25-20. Washington’s defense stiffened however, allowing their team to win the next two sets 21-25 and 19-25. In the fifth round, Oregon State was able to get the final push and earn the win in Gill Coliseum 15-13. The win prepped the team to succeed again next week, according to Marshall. “It’s an awesome feeling,” Marshall said. “To be able to beat a Washington team at home in front of beaver nation, it’s an amazing feeling and we’re ready to get another win next Sunday.” Marshall lead the team in kills with 15, but it was a shared among the team as well, seeing Maddie Goings, Maddy Gravley, and Cory Cheshire all reach double digits in kills as well. Goings also lead the team in digs with 24 on that night, marking a career high for her in that category. Washington’s defense put up record breaking numbers, with 14 blocks and 112 digs. OSU outside hitter Mary Kate-Marshall was held to an average of just three kills per set. Oregon State was able to consistently stay with the Huskies in points throughout the match however, grasping them the win. According to freshman setter Kylee
McLoughlin after the University of Washington game, the team was preparing to face Washington State. “We have one day to practice, so we’ll use that,” McLoughlin said. “[We’ll] just keep what we’ve been doing, and come out like we did this game.” Earlier in the season, Oregon State swept through Washington, securing wins against both the Huskies and the Sundevils. Both matches ended on the fifth set, highlighting OSU’s ability to consistently close matches. In Sunday’s game against Washington State, things looked very similar to the game on Friday. Oregon State took the first two sets, 25-17 and 25-21. The Cougars rebelled however, dominating the third set 6-25. In the fourth, it was a battle until the end, but the Beavers took it 25-23. This marks OSU’s 11th win in Pac 12 play, ranking them No. 6 in the league. The final set of the match consisted of five different lead changes and eight ties. The Beavers trailed 20-21 late in the fourth, but were able to rip off four consecutive points to set up Maddie Goings for the final kill. Goings lead the team in kills with 15 and also tacked on 13 digs. OSU has now won five games in a row for the second time this season. According to OSU head coach Mark Barnard, the team’s perseverance allowed them to be successful. “Resiliency leads to consistency,” Barnard said. “We’ve lost sets and then we’ve come back and won sets. I think from that, you just slowly gain confidence, and confidence then mixes in with being consistent because you know you can perform a certain skill.” The Beavers play UCLA this Wednesday at 1 P.M. in Corvallis. the game can be viewed on Oregon State Live Stream-2.
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Benny Beaver’s history revealed by Ken Austin, original mascot from 1953 By Melinda Myers, News Contributor Webbed feet housed in black shoes donned mascot, Austin was able to travel to away athwith white laces. A flattened, rudder-like tail. letic events and represent OSU as the mascot. Brown fur covered by a black-and-orange “I was able to travel with the rally squad to uniform. Buck teeth and a number zero. a Stanford game in California,” Austin said via This is what makes Oregon State University’s email. “After crawling up the goal post, the mascot, Benny Beaver. Stanford rooting section called me turkey, According to Mike Dicianna, the first masso the fraternity brothers would chant, ‘Hey, cot of OAC (during the 1930s to the end of Turkey,’ just like they did at Stanford.” the 1950s, OSU was According to known as Oregon Austin, he was a State College, and dedicated OSC Benny definitely has certain before that, Oregon athletics fan before departments and connections Agricultural College; his time as an OSU it wasn’t until 1961 student. throughout the university that the name of the “I think I have that utilize and embrace him institution changed bled orange ever to Oregon State since my summer more, but we’re expanding University) wasn’t school experience his abilities to span across the even a beaver, but in 1942 when I got entire university and state. a coyote named to go to the 4-H Jimmie. The first summer school Benny represents athletics, instance of an OAC at Oregon academia, every direction that program Beaver mascot was State College,” OSU goes. in the 1920s, when Austin said in an OAC students found email. “I don’t think Bevo the beaver I missed many OSC Benny Coordinator caught in an eddy football games in Marys River. Bevo was then adopted as the while I was a student—even traveling to those University’s mascot. The first use of the name that I could when they were out of town.” “Benny Beaver” was applied to the plaster While attending OSC, Austin competed in copy of the original cast metal statue. It was track and field. a replacement for a cast metal Beaver statue “I, personally, was involved with athletics used by the Yell Kings and Rally Squad in the from my second term of school all the way late 1920s. It was so heavy that it was towed through my sophomore year as a quarter around the field on a small trailer. What hapmiler on OSC’s track team,” Austin said in an pened to the original metal Beaver is unclear, email.“I am proud to have lettered in my freshbut it was stolen at one point in the 1930s man year in 1950.” (Ducks were blamed). According to the OSU Special Archives, Benny Beaver resurfaced in the 1940s as after graduating from OSU as a second a paper mache statue of OSC’s beaver icon, lieutenant in the Air Force with his degree in according to Dicianna. It wasn’t until 1953 industrial engineering, Austin would serve when Ken Austin, an engineering student in the armed services until 1958. He then and rally squad member, created the Benny moved on to various positions until he and his Beaver outfit. He had lost a competition for wife, Joan Austin, founded the Austin Dental campus Yell King and created the Benny Equipment Company, or A-Dec, in 1964. The Beaver costume, Dicianna added. company would gain international reputation “My identity was unknown at OSC while as a leader in its field in the years to come. being the first Benny Beaver and they would “It is very humbling. I had no idea, when I always ask my girlfriend in the stands who set off for OSC, that any of these things would was inside that costume when I would come happen,” Austin said in an email. “I’m very up to her during the games,” Ken Austin said grateful to OSU for letting me stay in school in an email. “My fellow fraternity members all with such poor grades.” knew I was Benny and would give me a hard Austin approached performing as Benny time—all part of the fun of being Benny.” with no experience whatsoever. According to Steve Fenk, associate director “I had no coaching as to how to perform as of athletic communications, Benny Beaver Benny because it was so new, but as you can represents OSU’s mission. imagine from a recent PBJ interview, I acted “I would say he represents what we repremore like a rodeo clown than a student massent, a lot of grit and toughness,” Fenk said. cot,” Austin said via email. “As a matter of fact, “He’s a builder.” the Barometer published an article in 1952, Additionally, Benny Beaver reflects ‘Who is the Student Dressed like a Beaver that all assets of the University, according Acts Like a Jack Ass?’” to Benny coordinator. The position of Benny Beaver comes “Benny is literally the entire institution, with high expectations according to Benny you know?” Benny Coordinator said. “Benny Coordinator. definitely has certain departments and con“It’s a huge responsibility, but I’m most nections throughout the university that utilize grateful to be able to work with Benny and and embrace him more, but we’re expanding athletics,” Benny Coordinator said. “My family his abilities to span across the entire university is a big athletics family, and I’m from a small and state. Benny represents athletics, acatown in Southwestern Oregon. I’m thankdemia, every direction that OSU goes.” ful I can come here to represent my city With Benny Beaver being the official OSU and my family.” 12 • DAILYBAROMETER.COM • WEEK OF MONDAY, NOV. 20, 2017
According to Austin, he enjoys connecting with the university’s current Benny Beaver. “It’s always special to be around the current Benny Beaver and have someone introduce me to him/her. I enjoy trying to talk to Benny because they usually will not talk back.”Austin said in an email. “The most special event as the old Benny was when Benny celebrated his 60th birthday on Reser field along with the current Benny Beaver.” Benny Beaver and other long-term traditions are held sacred at OSU, according to Benny Coordinator. “I think OSU is very dedicated to traditions for long-time fans, either athletics, alumnus or otherwise,” Benny Coordinator said. “Our goal is to make a place where everyone can feel welcome regardless of age, gender or sex.” The OSU heritage runs deep into the years past graduation, according to Austin. “My late wife, Joan Austin, and I have always been very proud to be Beavers,” Austin said in an email. “We were both very grateful for all the things OSU did for both of us. It brings me great pleasure to be able to give back to OSU.” Ken and Joan Austin have given much of themselves back to OSU programs; Austin Hall is built in their honor and houses disciplines
focused on business education, according to the OSU website. According to Fenk, OSU emulates Beaver behavior when establishing programs, whether it be involved with football, basketball or business. “You know, like a beaver, you try to build a program,” Fenk said. “You try to build a program like a beaver builds a dam.” For Austin, his experience as a Benny Beaver alumnus has come with its own unexpected challenges. “I am sorry to say that when I meet a Beaver alumni for the first time, in certain situations, I have to tell them I have a secret,” Austin said via email. “They ask what the secret is and I tell them I was the first Benny Beaver. It’s amazing how many free desserts I get at restaurants when I have a server that is an OSU Beaver believer.” Ken Austin’s Benny Beaver tradition has persisted through 67 years of OSU history. With time, however, comes change, according to Austin. “I’ve seen many changes. Change is inevitable,” Austin said in an email. “I look at it from a positive view that change is good, even though it’s different. Times change.”
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Benny Beaver watches the baseball game in 1988. The original mascot outfit was created by Ken Austin in 1953.
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Thanksgiving Day meals offered for those staying in Corvallis Alternative hot meals provided by several organizations in Benton County By Brock Hulse, News Contributor While many student may be leaving Corvallis for the extended weekend Thanksgiving break, for some individuals who attend Oregon State University, this is not an option. Those who are staying may have a variety of reason for staying, from being international students to not having a place to go back to, but regardless, they all have one thing in common: they will be spending their Thanksgiving in Corvallis. University Housing and Dining Services has already begun offering Thanksgivingthemed meals for OSU students, according to Jennifer Viña, the UHDS associate director of marketing and communications. Thanksgiving events already offered by UHDS include two all-inclusive meals that took place on campus in McNary Dining Center on Wednesday, Nov. 15 and in Marketplace West on Thursday, Nov. 16. A third and final Thanksgiving meal will be offered Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 23, at Southside Station at Arnold from 5-7 p.m., Viña added. The meals at these events are priced at $9.95 and are all-inclusive, including turkey, potatoes and other holiday dishes. UHDS will also be offering vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options when possible. “Some menu items during this special meal include polenta, veggie ragout, glazed
carrots and cranberries,” Viña said via email. Further options are also available for OSU students unable to afford a Thanksgiving Day meal. OSU’s Human Services Resource Center is offering emergency food boxes, according to Kevin Schultz, a graduate teaching assistant at the HSRC. Although the HSRC will be closed on Thanksgiving Day and Friday, Nov. 24 in observance of Thanksgiving, students are able to pick up these emergency food boxes the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday preceding Thanksgiving Day. “We do regularly give out emergency food boxes on any day ever, but we can’t those two closed days (Thursday and Friday); there won’t be anyone here,” Schultz said. “We have a plethora of stuffing, pumpkin, potatoes and veggies. People can come in and grab a lot of the supplies for some sides.” Jackson Street Youth Services also makes an annual Thanksgiving Day meal for individuals under the age of 24, according to Schultz. Here, individuals are able to receive a takeout container with a Thanksgiving meal inside. “Historically, a lot of the youth that they have living there go home for Thanksgiving or aren’t always around, so there’s a lot of food, a lot of leftovers,” Schultz said. “It’s definitely a prime location to get a good hot meal that day.”
Community Outreach Inc., a resource center in Corvallis, will also be hosting an event for their shelter clients on Thanksgiving Day, according to Kari Whitacre, the executive director of COI. “A local church group is putting together an event for our clients where they’re helping prepare a Thanksgiving meal. They’ll do arts and crafts with the kids, there’s going to be music and potentially some theater going on, a little showcase of Elf from Philomath High School, and just sort of making it a celebration,”Whitacre said. “Oftentimes when you find yourself in a shelter during the holidays, it’s a little bit more glum than not. So this just helps lift people’s spirits.” COI currently has around 60 clients, with about half of these clients being individuals who are under the age of 18, according to Whitacre. Among those clients under the age of 18, the youngest client is an infant, and the oldest is roughly 16 years old. Additionally, Stone Soup Corvallis Inc. will also be offering a hot meal on Thanksgiving Day, according to Susan Dunham, a program coordinator at SSCI. SSCI is a local nonprofit organization that serves a full meal each day to any individuals who are in need of a meal. SSCI has annually hosted a traditional Thanksgiving Day dinner at St. Mary’s Church in Corvallis, however, this year’s event will
be taking place in the First Presbyterian Church due to the remodeling of St. Mary’s, according to Dunham. “The dinner will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 and is open to anyone who is in need of a good meal,” Dunham said. Further Thanksgiving Day meal options are also available through Visit Corvallis, a private non-profit organization that markets Corvallis and Benton County as a destination city. Their website lists restaurants and their operation information in Corvallis that will be open on Thanksgiving Day.
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Specific requirements are in place for mascot, tryouts to be set for April By Arianna Schmidt, News Contributor
The Gill Coliseum gym remains quiet with outs will be held around April this year; last the exception of the occasional testing of year they were held in May. the buzzer, the stands overlooking Ralph “I was a mascot for my senior year in high Miller Court are empty of eager spectators, school,” Benny Coordinator said. “I basically and Benny Beaver, Oregon State University’s got into it because I came from a school beloved mascot, is stored away until where nobody really grasped or embraced it the next game. and we were trying to figure out something Believe it or not, there are specific requirefor a pep rally and it was brought up in a ments to becoming Benny Beaver at OSU. To student government meeting. I said, ‘Oh, I’ll try out, you must be at least 5 feet 8 inches or try it out and see how it is.’” taller, and the peak is around 6 feet 4 inches. Only one Benny is allowed at a sportAccording to the Benny Coordinator, a senior ing event; this is to avoid overlapping and majoring in kinesiolhaving two Benny’s ogy with a business in the same place minor, anyone can at the same time, try out whether you according to the It’s a feeling that you are male or female. Benny Coordinator. can’t even describe. “In the coming A schedule is made Kids, adults, doesn’t years, I think we want to determine who to unite tryouts with gets to suit up and matter what age. cheer tryouts,”the be Benny for an Everyone loves Benny. Benny Coordinator event or game. said. “So cheer and “It comes with Benny is the best, dance would be s e n i o r i t y,” the literally. their own separate Benny Coordinator tryout but additionsaid. “Football, Benny Coordinator ally divide the gym men’s basketball to partner with them and more highbecause, you know, Benny and cheer go ly-attended events are obviously where hand in hand.” Benny has the most interactions and stuff An associate to Benny, a sophomore like that. He can show off his personstudying mechanical engineering, saw an ality more, but is charismatic in all the advertisement on Facebook last January for events he attends.” the tryout and showed up at the designated According to the Benny Coordinator, the time and date ready for anything. According lead student acting as Benny, Benny Beaver’s to the associate, he had no experience, but identity is kept a secret to keep the spirit the ad did not specify he needed any. of OSU alive and to have the spirit of the “I went there thinking there was gonna students and staff at OSU remain genuine be like a hundred people with a bunch of and authentic. The students’ name iare kept gymnastics routines and dances and put confidential for that reason. on a whole show for them and prove that “It’s more than association with the people you were capable of doing it, I guess,” the who understand that Benny is the mascot, Associate said. “I showed up and there was cause there’s kids involved and stuff like like ten people there, so it was super easy that,” the Benny Coordinator said. “We want and they just asked a couple questions and to keep the spirit alive without making I put on the suit and tried out.” something seem fake or fopaux, obviously According to the Benny Coordinator, trythere is a certain amount of imagination to
it, but you got to keep an equal amount of factual versus imagination.” According to the Associate to Benny, it is important to keep Benny’s identity a secret, as it’s part of the fun of having a mascot. “It’s a part of the ambiguity and it makes it so that when Benny changes, people don’t really know who’s in it”, the Associate to Benny said. “It’s not about who’s doing it. It’s about the character.” According to the Benny Coordinator, being Benny Beaver is not a job, but a mindset and a personality. The job fell into his lap because he is the third or fourth generation of his family to attend OSU. “When I came here I was just a student sitting in the student section like everyone else,” theBenny Coordinator said. “My original upbringing was with the Beaver Dam, the student section and as
the year went on I just got more and more involved with Athletics as a whole.” Sara Elcano, associate athletic director of fan engagement and revenue generation, says that Benny is paid, but if positions for a game are filled up, then an associate can volunteer for an event to get more experience as Benny. “Every mascot has their own identity and I think Benny is the fun-loving guy that everybody wants to have around,” Elcano said. “He doesn’t get into the negative sportsmanship kind of stuff; he stays pretty clean, he’s very family-centric. I think he’s relatable.” According to the Benny Coordinator, the best part of the job is getting to see everyone’s reactions and interactions with Benny at sporting events and any of the other functions he attends, athome and away events. “It’s a feeling that you can’t even describe,” the Benny Coordinator said. “Kids, adults, doesn’t matter what age; everyone loves Benny. Benny is the best, literally.”
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Benny Beaver cheers at a football game from the sidelines of Reser Stadium. The mascot’s identity is kept a secret in order to keep the spirit of Benny alive, according to the Associate to Benny.
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How to prepare ‘Duck in Orange Sauce’ By The Baro Staff
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Cooked duck is garnished with orange sauce and accompanied with a side.
overview Total cook time: 40 min Prep time: 10 min Cook time: 30 min Serving size: 4 servings Level: easy ingredients 3/4 cup orange juice, plus 2 tablespoons 3/4 cup chicken broth 1 cup orange marmalade 1 tablespoon cornstarch 4 duck breasts 1 tablespoon paprika
directions “Make sauce: In a small saucepan, combine orange juice, chicken broth and orange marmalade. Bring to a boil over high heat, and then lower heat and simmer for 15 minutes. If the mixture is too thin, then mix cornstarch with 2 tablespoons orange juice in a small bowl to make a slurry. Add slurry to sauce and briefly return to a boil. Keep warm until ready to serve. While sauce is simmering, heat a grill or grill pan to medium-high heat. Sprinkle duck on both sides with paprika. Grill on both sides until medium-rare. Transfer duck to serving plates. Pour warm sauce over duck and serve.” Recipe from Audie Edwards, Food Network Challenge, Wild Game Cook-Off
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