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Nationally recognized college of engineering home to most students on campus By Kristin Pugmire The Daily B arometer

Only a school with a good engineering program was going to snag sophomore Davis Weymann — and he’s not alone. “A good engineering program was a prerequisite for any college I applied to,” Weymann said, a prechemical engineering student. Oregon State University currently offers more than 200 majors, minors and special programs (more than any other college or university in the state of

Oregon) according to the university website. With such a diversity of choices, it may seem unlikely that any single subject could account for much more than a fraction of the student body, but think again. According to OSU’s most recent enrollment summary, roughly 3,600 undergraduate and 700 graduate students were enrolled in the College of Engineering in the spring of 2011, nearly 20 percent of the student population. This hasn’t always been the case, however. Enrollment in the college has increased 8 percent in the past two years, according to See ENGINEERS | page A8

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In the wee hours before dawn Sept. 15, bargaining teams from the Oregon University System and the Classified Employees Union reached a tentative agreement after a grueling 19-hour negotiation session in Monmouth, Ore. The agreement came after eight months of bargaining. Classified employees, who work at many diverse jobs at Oregon State University — from custodians to office workers — are represented by the Service Employees International Union Local 503. The previous contract had expired in June. Many workers had been dissatisfied with the mandatory furloughs workers were forced to take with the previous contract. The furloughs, which are unpaid days workers must

take off, were a sticking point for much of the negotiations. The union has complained that the burden of furlough days has not been equally shared between administration, faculty and classified workers. “It has something good for everyone,” said Maggie Neel, SEIU bargaining table representative for OSU. “But the one big frustration is furloughs.” Furloughs would be taken in a three-tiered system, with employees who were paid more taking more furlough days than those who were paid less. The new agreement also includes less furlough days for all workers than the previous contract. There are no planned furlough days for administrators or faculty. Other features of the agreement include: -Two cost of living increases over the next biennium; -No more step freezes, which will allow employees to receive raises based on longevity of service; -Creation of a new 10th step, which will allow those who See SEIU | page A13

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Experts say preventing bike thefts across campuses may be a matter of attentiveness By Camille Jacobson-Ingram The Daily B arometer

As students return to Corvallis for fall term, thieves are seizing the opportunity to take their pick from the influx of student-owned bicycles. “Universities are a target rich environment,” insists Sgt. Vonn Schleicher of the Oregon State Police. Bike theft continues to be a problem throughout Oregon State University and neighboring universities, and those who work to prevent theft and recover stolen bikes have no reason to believe the thefts will let up anytime soon. “We notice that when we are hit with an increase in bike theft, the University of Oregon is hit too,” Schleicher said. “They’re actually fairly sophisticated crime rings.” When confronting the statistics on the rise of bike theft, there is no denying the prevalence of the problem.

As indicated by statistics provided by Bob Brown, a representative from the Department of Public Safety, bike thefts have seen a sharp increase in the past four years. Brown’s data confirms that theft rates have risen from 62 stolen bikes in 2007 to an alarming 100 stolen bikes in 2010. Though the numbers may indicate reason for students to worry, both Brown and Schleicher assure students that they have the power to prevent theft. “When you get your bike, record the serial number,” Schleicher said. This simple act can allow police to enter the serial number into a database that logs bikes which have been stolen. Schleicher also urges students to register their bike with public safety. This service is available free of charge and supplies students with a sticker to put on their bike indicating that it has been registered. The sticker alone serves as a major deterrent to criminals. Perhaps the easiest way to preAlexandra taylor | THE DAILY BAROMETER vent theft is to make sure you lock With bike thefts on the rise in Corvallis and OSU, experts recommend properly securing bicycles by locking the frame and both tires. Students can register their bicycles with the Department of Public Safety on campus. . See BIKES | page A13

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OSU looks to diversify funds Hatfield expands students’ science options 2011 Education and General Fund Budget reveals tuition, fees, grants as largest sources of revenue

Arts, Science, Business, and Health and Human Sciences. Another $1.25 million will be distributed into these units. These funds came from “additional administrative charges to auxiliary operaBy Jenna Moller tions, statewide public service programs, The Daily B arometer a reduction in [Education and General] It is no secret that the nation’s eco- spending for athletics, and contributions nomic downturn has affected many busi- from E-campus.” At 59 percent tuition costs and fees are nesses and institutions negatively since it hit three years ago. It has caused many to the single largest source of revenue for impose financial cuts, and Oregon State OSU, while state support has declined from 50 percent in 2000 to 29 percent this University is no exception. According to OSU’s Education and year, according to the budget. Many know that OSU prides itself on General Fund Budget, OSU saw a decrease being one of the top research schools in long before the latest stock market crash the nation. The university gets much of its and “the overall trend reflects a steady funding from research grants. decline in the percentage of state resources According to OSU’s website, the univeravailable to support instruction, research sity has earned “$261.7 million in external and public service programs over the past research funding in [Fiscal Year] 2011,” two decades.” and “is one of only two land, sea, space To battle these funding losses, the uni- and sun grant institutions in the [United versity has raised tuition, though working States]” closely with students on the matter to keep The Oregon Department of the increase at a reasonable level. Transportation provides OSU with the Sun The university has also looked to diver- Grant, whereas OSU’s “Land Grant comes sify the sources in which it receives its from the Department of Agriculture,” money, which includes “research dollars, explained Patricia Hawk, a director in private funds and growth in non-resident Oregon State’s research office. “We put in student enrollment,” as presented in the proposals for more than just research. We get all kinds of awards. When we submit Education and General Fund Budget. a proposal, if it gets funded it goes to supAs shown by the budget, since 2007, port whatever was proposed.” $6.25 million in additional funds have been t shifted to four academic units through a Jenna Moller, staff reporter 737-2231 news@dailybarometer.com rebasing process: the College of Liberal n

Marine center provides second home to students in marine sciences By Camille Jacobson-Ingram The Daily B arometer

Many students are aware of Oregon State University’s Cascades campus, but what about the campus to the west? Despite the fact that it is actually larger than Cascades, the Hatfield Marine Science Center often goes unrecognized as an extension of OSU. Located in the seaside town of Newport,Ore., Hatfield is the face of marine science for OSU. The 49-acre coastal campus exists as a research lab, educational institution and a center for public education. Through work with partnerships including state and federal agencies, Hatfield’s students and researchers work toward an understanding of sea and coastal processes and systems, then applies them to social, economic and environmental issues. Hatfield offers much more than its estimated 150,000 annual visitors see in the visitor’s center and gift store. In fact, the educational programs

at Hatfield attract students and researchers both across the country and internationally. “A lot of our classes and experiences are out in the field, not in a classroom,” said Itchung Cheung, Hatfield’s Academic Program Coordinator and Instructor. These classes are offered in a broad range of topics and are meant to prepare students for further academic and employment endeavors. One noteworthy class is a 16unit course on marine biology available by application during spring term. “Most students who are interested in marine biology will come to OSU specifically to take this course as a capstone to their senior year,” Cheung said. For students who aren’t quite ready to commit to one course for an entire quarter, Hatfield also offers weekend courses for one credit that give students exposure to the marine sciences and to Hatfield. During these courses, students can opt to stay in Hatfield’s dorms, complete with food and recreational activities. For many students, like

Andrew Hill, who worked with Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence, Hatfield is something of a second home. Tasked with working on an intertidal mud flat, Hill insists that he came to Hatfield not knowing much about science. “It outlined a pathway for me to figure out how to approach graduate options,” Hill said. With the hands-on experience gained by students both in the field and the classroom, it is clear that each student is being prepared for a life after they receive their diploma. Some of the activities and experiences students are exposed to include work in “wet labs,” which provide running seawater that keeps animals alive in the classroom, reassembly of marine animal skeletons and dissection. “This is a place with a lot of opportunities for students,” Cheung said. More than a visitor center, Hatfield is a lively research center and a home to many — people and animals alike. t

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ust what the environmental movement needed: a solar meltdown. The anti-green energy parties have always had legitimate concerns over the government subsidizing and funding energy-related companies and programs. Unfortunately, these political mishandlings of finances and economic consequences of the aforementioned actions often cloud the view of our current environmental state. Between the country’s second hottest summer on record (at an average 74.5 degrees), the Northeastern United States seeing its second wettest August, including the first two hurricanes to hit American shore since Hurricane Ike in 2008, and Texas amidst the largest drought since the 1950s, even the climate nay-sayers would acknowledge a streak of abnormal weather patterns. Though to be clear, these instances along with a (now) extensive track record only show a consistency that comes with a warming climate; nothing is 100 percent consequential. But weather is wild, and trends are only history; the real story came from the solar company Solyndra declaring bankruptcy late last month. The shame isn’t in the exhausted action of bankruptcy, but rather the fact that the company received nearly $535 million in loan guarantees from the administration they had supported during the 2008 campaign. Yet, somewhere within the Obama administration and Solyndra connection, some pundits have found plenty more reason to denounce alternative development. It’s either that the technology is not there, green jobs are a false endeavor or renewable energy is in Obama’s back pocket; Solyndra’s embarrassment did not help the already dazed push for alternative development. However, as with any political issue, which this has sadly become, the true problem is always stashed away, behind tinted glass. Solyndra may not have deserved the loans, but their failure does not lie solely on this green jobs hoax. Oil companies in the United States receive nearly $4 billion a year in subsidies. These tax breaks range from domestic exploration and production to credits for companies that pay foreign taxes. In comparison, ethanol subsidies cost nearly $6 billion a year, and the Senate just voted to put down the three-decade practice, for those heralded spending cuts. The energy sector has simply tainted the marketplace. The industry has come to rely on the government and the government relies on them. Four dollars a gallon may seem expensive, but it’s incredibly cheap — something that would not continue if the government was to cut off the industry’s tax breaks. Criticize wasted tax payer money on Solyndra and other alternative energy products, but as a whole, our country’s shelling out a lot more to the oil industry in the long run. Worse off, they do well to make sure no Congressmen gets cute with enerSee EDITORIAL | page A7

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here was much excitement this summer regarding the opening of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington D.C. Dr. King, commonly regarded as the frontrunner of the Civil Rights Movement, is not only the first black man to have a memorial on the Washington Mall, but is also the first non-president to receive this honor. King was a great human being, and deserves to be recognized as one of the great democratic voices of the world. That being said, it’s shameful to his memory to look at this memorial with the attitude of “look how far we have come,” instead of the more appropriate “we still have a long way to go” approach. Dr. King was very critical of the rampant materialism, racism and militarism in the United States, and to just focus on the success of his “I Have a Dream” speech and the subsequent passing of the Civil Rights Act is insulting to his memory. The United States is still plagued with the evils King analyzed. This country is still pursuing the growth of the racist Prison-Industrial complex, which disproportionately affects people of color: African Americans are incarcerated six times more often than whites, and although African Americans and Latinos make up roughly 25 percent of the U.S. population, combined they represent 58 percent of the total prison population. It has been reported that five times more white people use illegal drugs than people of color. However, according to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, African Americans are sentenced to prison time at 10 times the rate of white people. The growth of the discriminatory Prison-Industrial complex is a consequence of socio-economic segregation and the racist “war on drugs” that targets people of color. See TIPTON | page A7

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“He agreed to try to tone things down,” Matt said. “Because we worked as a team in talking to him, it was certainly less difficult than doing it alone.” Matt and Charlie forged a close friendship after confronting the other roommate, but they had troubles, too, in the beginning: “Charlie was originally doing the same kinds of things — having loud gatherings in the room in the middle of school nights, being passive-aggressive about lifestyle things and making our room an unwelcoming place to live overall. But I think that once he had the same thing happening to him, Charlie was able to see himself in my position.” Though their third roommate eventually moved in with other friends, Matt and Charlie lived together the following year

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tion” marketplaces, players can buy new skins, accessories, and in some cases even new maps or weapons for low prices — vastly cheaper than the price of a retail game. While the free-to-play model is still developing, more and more free-to-play games are coming out that are not only easy to start playing, but also just as good as any $60 game you’ll find at your local store. This business model will one day find its way onto consoles. But some genres like MOBAs, Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing games, Real Time Strategy games, and even fast, twitch-based FPSs like “Quake” will always be unique to the PC. And through services like Steam, GOG.com, and EA’s Origin, PC gamers can buy and download their games quickly and easily. Sure, Sony has the Playstation Network and Microsoft Xbox Live, but these can’t offer the fast downloads or easy access to a large library of retail games that PC services can. Until they do, the consoles will be another step behind the PC. Tablets might be simple and easy to use, consoles might offer a streamlined approach to gaming, and handhelds might give you portability and convenience a laptop could never match, but the PC is still a viable platform for gaming, if not the most. Consoles still have their place, and it’s one all gamers welcome, but as technology continues to accelerate forward, the PC will be where the innovation, evolution and execution of ideas takes place — as it always has been. Just look at what the PC has to offer: the best graphics, the fastest speeds, a growing trend of promising free-to-play games, and thanks to upgradable hardware, full control over your games and entertainment. Plus, the Internet comes standard on every PC, something no game console currently on the market can say. Some games may work better on consoles, and some better on PC, but at the end of the day, it comes down to what you want out of your video game experience. And what you want today might be different tomorrow. As for myself, the power and freedom of PC gaming is exactly what I want, and from where I’m standing, not only is the PC alive and well, there’s never been a better time to be a PC gamer.

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e’ve heard time Brendan Hesse and time again over the past five or six years “PC gaming is dead.” Sure, any gamer can tell is worth it, if PC gaming is a the industry is heading toward “dead” platform. Why should something we’ve never seen gamers stick with the PC? before; new ideas and innoFor starters, no matter what vations like motion controls, console developers want you super-powered handhelds, to believe in, the PC is still digital distribution and freethe reigning champion of the to-play games seem to be ushgraphics war. Games develering in a new era of gaming. oped and optimized for the But where does the PC stand PC are arguably leaps and in all of this? Once thought bounds ahead of the consoles to be the unmatched king of in terms of graphical capagraphics, speed and multibilities, though it wouldn’t player, the PC is seeing perbe surprising for someone haps the biggest changes to its not to notice. The problem is formula in order to meet the that most developers these industry’s demands. But is the days want to reach the more platform dead? widespread and diverse audiLet’s take a step back in time. ence of console gamers, and It’s the early ’90s, in a school therefore make games that library. Huddled around their can easily run within the static computer screens, a small hardware of the Xbox 360 and group of students tap feverishPlaystation 3. ly at their keyboards, and pass Still, that doesn’t mean floppy discs back and forth. they’re all created equal. PC The computers are hooked up versions most often boast the to a local area network; the highest resolutions for First students taunt each other, and Person Shooters, as well as whisper quiet plans. A moment DX11 support for high-powl a t e r, the ered particle speakers from and lighting one computer effects, and ...as technology continues echo with the smoother scratchy, fuzzy to accelerate forward, polygons WAV- s o u n d and shadthe PC will be where of a space ows. And marine meetthe innovation, evolution as newer ing his doom, and execution of ideas and stronand an uproar ger graphics of laughter takes place--as it engines are and groans is always has been. released, the heard from the PC is where students. you’ll be able This was to get to see the golden age of PC gaming. them in action first — and at Back then, PC gaming was high quality — while console about technical know-how, gamers will have to wait for and high-end PC hardware, more powerful machines. trading shareware copies of The beauty of PC gaming is “DOOM” and marveling at that it also gives casual gam“Quake’s” graphics. It was ers a platform as well. For about a group of friends com- those who aren’t as worried ing together to have a friendly about super-charged graphics, round of deathmatch. kill-death ratios or low ping Admittedly, many gam- numbers, the PC has a bevy ers like myself are too young of free-to-play games thanks to have been much of a part to unrivaled connection to of that. Still, we owe a lot to the world’s largest network: PC gaming. Things like Xbox the Internet. Social networkLive, The Playstation Network, ing sites like Facebook have “Halo,” and “Gears of War” become Meccas of free, online would never have existed if casual games, with everything not for the PC. Where gamers from Farmville to Mario availused to string their PCs up able to play. in order to play a few rounds But the free doesn’t stop of “Starcraft,” now we can there. A growing trend on the simply log in to online ser- PC is that of full-version, freevices like Xbox Live, Steam and to-play games. Multiplayer Battle.net. Where the PC was Online Battle Arenas like once the pinnacle of graph- “League of Legends” and ics power, we now have home “Heroes of Newerth;” Massive consoles and even portable Multiplayer Online games devices that rival even the best like “Perfect World,” “Age of of PC games. Conan” and “Lord of the Rings With so many of these fea- Online;” and upcoming games tures now streamlined and like “Tribes: Ascend,” all offer available to gamers, one might fully featured hardcore games be left wondering if paying entirely for free. for an expensive gaming PC By utilizing “micro-transac-

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t has been 10 years since Osama Bin Laden brutally attacked our country. In the months that followed this tragedy, our nation pulled together despite its grief in a magnificent flurry of strength, unity and patriotism. “United We Stand,” proclaimed bumper stickers and yard signs, “Divided We Fall.” Those words gave voice to the gritty resilience of an American people who refused to be defeated. They testified that even the most heinous assault on our country could not tear us apart; that neither grief nor terror could quash the distinctively American spirit of hope that epitomizes who we are. Yet, fear is a powerful thing. In the past decade, terror has festered in our nation’s psyche and has changed us. “National security” became a powerful phrase justifying everything from a 10year “war on terror” of dubious relation to the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks to xenophobic, even racist policies aimed at curtailing illegal immigration from Mexico. When it was proposed last August that an Islamic community center be built in an abandoned building that was once a Burlington Coat Factory blocks from where the Twin Towers once stood, 61 percent of Americans felt that Muslims should express their religious freedom elsewhere. Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani called the proposition to build the community center “a desecration.” Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich stated, “There should be no mosque near Ground Zero in New York so long

ROOMMATE n CONTINUED FROM PAGE A for three years as a community director at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he saw more than his share of roommate fights. “Students who did that had a better experience and felt safer. You should set expectations from the outset.” One way to do that is through a roommate agreement. Your resident assistant may ask you and your roommate to fill out a paper setting boundaries about issues that typically strain relations: music, parties, guests of the opposite sex, cleanliness and borrowing each other’s things. You might set up a schedule for cleaning the room and especially the bathroom. Don’t ignore this paper; it can help you maintain the peace later on. Many schools ask you to draft your own roommate agreement. If your school is one of them, consider addressing these issues, which often strain roommate relations: • Do you plan to do your studying in the room or in the library?

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gerous, infecting our communities and our national consciousness. Often it’s our own citizens, not terrorists overseas, whom we must fear most. Today we find ourselves a nation divided — and divided we fall. Economically and emotionally drained from 10 years of what a Congressional Research Service study estimates is a $1.2 trillion war, we’ve been significantly compromised by the costs of fighting terror. It’s difficult to deny that we are a nation weakened by our own response. Rather than uniting, we vilify anyone who differs from us, especially if we suspect they are Muslim. I think about how many people selflessly gave their lives for strangers on 9/11, without questioning their ethnicity or religious background, and I wonder if they would be proud of us. Hatred does no honor to the victims of that unspeakable tragedy. In reverence for the lives that were lost and for the good of the country I love, I believe it’s time for us to let go of our misdirected anger and work toward healing. Ironically, it was on Sept. 11, 1906 that Gandhi began his campaign of nonviolent resistance in South Africa. As we mourn the lives that were lost nearly a century later, let’s do so in the spirit of peace, courage and forgiveness that he taught us. We must let go of our prejudice and fear to unite as fellow Americans, not enemies. For as Gandhi once said, “Intolerance, discourtesy and harshness… are surely contrary to the spirit of democracy.”

as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia. The time for double standards that allow Islamists to behave aggressively toward us while they demand our weakness and submission is over.” Never mind that the “Islamists” Gingrich opposes are Americans, not Saudis, and that 9/11 devastated Americans of every race and religion. Fear has twisted us, and we have abandoned all reason in our anger. In our patriotic hatred of those murderers who hurled our buildings, our confidence and our loved ones to the concrete, we have turned against one another. We have declared war on terror, a vague and elusive enemy without a face or a name. In fighting it, we have only terrorized ourselves and each other. This fear touches us all. Last November, Cody Seth Crawford, a 24year-old Corvallis resident, set fire to a mosque in our own community. In a previous run-in with law enforcement, Crawford had allegedly told a police officer, “You look like Obama. You are a Muslim like him. Jihad goes both ways. Christians can jihad too.” Sounds like the ramblings of a man who is mentally ill. But this irrational connection between peaceful American Muslims and the violent extremists who “can jihad” makes as much sense as Gingrich’s faulting Saudi Arabia’s lack of t churches while attacking our own freeJones is a senior in English. The opinions expressed in her dom of religion. Our nation’s political Molly columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer rhetoric has become paranoid and dan- staff. Jones can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

• Will there be designated study hours in the room? • Are you a morning person or a night person? • How much notice will be given for overnight guests? • How long are they permitted to stay? • How will chores be divvied up? • How important is cleanliness to you? • Are you willing to share food? • Will you split the cost of groceries? • Can you borrow each other’s things? • Should you ask before borrowing? • Do you plan to host parties? • Should you ask permission before playing music? A roommate doesn’t have to be a best friend. Students should also be mindful of their own expectations. A problem that sophomore Kristen G. encountered during her first semester at Penn State in University Park. “I assumed that my roommates would be my best friends, so I spent my first few days with them instead of meeting other people,” she said. “I realized later I had nothing in common with

them.” Kristen’s roommate relations also became strained due to misunderstandings over boundaries: “One weekend, three of the four of us were out of town. I came back to [the fourth roommate’s] friends sleeping in my and my other roommates’ beds, on our sheets and pillows and everything. I started freaking out because she didn’t ask, and I didn’t want someone to sleep in my bed.” If things do get strained, the best thing you can do is talk to your roommate. It sounds obvious, but it’s a step most students skip. “A lot of people like to complain to their friends, but you’re not going to solve the problem until you talk to your roommate,” Thomas said. “Don’t send passive-aggressive notes. Address your roommate directly. Talk from day one, and it will be easier to bring up problems later.” “Most people are not comfortable with confrontation; they avoid it at all costs,” says Melissa Sanders, interim director of residence life at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa. “They would rather vent to friends, or be miserable, or talk about it

online than turn around and say, ‘Hey, your music is too loud. Can you turn it down?’ Communication is incredibly important in roommate negotiations. Ask your roommate, ‘Hey, what is bothering you?’ Break it down in a way that is positive.” Getting outside help. Of course, not all roommate disputes can be resolved easily. Both Sanders and Thomas agree students should ask for an RA’s help if they’ve talked to their roommate and the situation isn’t getting any better, or if the roommate refuses to communicate. Most situations can be resolved without a room switch if both parties truly make an effort. Overall, you should come into a roommate situation with an open mind, and be ready to learn from someone different from yourself. “Remember, you came to college to learn about yourself and other people,” Sanders said. “The point is not to live with someone just like you.” The “Be Well. Be Orange” blog can be found at http://blogs.oregonstate. edu/bewell. t

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TIPTON n CONTINUED FROM PAGE A It is obvious that the United States is still rooted in its pursuit of imperialistic military ventures, with troops currently serving active duty in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, among other places. King, who was the ultimate proponent of nonviolence was also extremely critical of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, and would surely not condone current U.S. military actions. To quote King directly (in his public address “A Time to Break Silence”): “Increasingly, by choice or by accident, this is the role our nation has taken — the role of those who make peaceful revolution impossible by refusing to give up the privileges and pleasures that come from the immense profits of overseas investment.” Lastly, King, who was a critic of materialism and capitalism, two traits that are generally regarded to as virtues by Americans, believed that the United States was so rooted in these traits that as a nation, we would continue military ventures to protect investments at the expense of human lives. King believed that capitalism led to the pursuance of misled priorities. In “Where Do We Go From Here?” he stated: “We must honestly admit that capitalism has often left a gulf between superfluous wealth and abject poverty, has created conditions permitting necessities to be taken from the many to give luxuries to the few... The profit motive, when it is the sole basis of an economic system, encourages a cutthroat competition and selfish ambition that inspire men to be more I-centered than thou-centered.” “Who Rules America?” a document published by the sociology department at the University of California at Santa Cruz, showed that in 2007 the top 1 percent of Americans controlled 35 percent of the net worth, whereas the bottom 80 percent only controlled 15 percent of American net worth. Keep in mind, this study doesn’t show the impact of the housing market crash. A 2011 article by UPI reported that the U.S. Census Bureau showed 47.8 million Americans live in poverty. The overwhelming discrepancies in wealth dis-

EDITORIAL n CONTINUED FROM PAGE gy. According to the Center of Responsive Politics, in 2008, the election year, the leading recipient of donations from oil and gas companies was Republican John McCain, at $2.5 million. Next was Barack Obama at $915,000. On the same note, the CRP records show Obama was the leading recipient of money from “alternative energy production and services” lobbying parties, at a now measly-looking $193,000. Third: John McCain. It’s clear the energy industry — dirty, cheap or foreign — has a grip on the government. And for some reason, Solyndra was expected to survive, let alone thrive, in a situation like that? It was a mistake to hand out that much money to a company with no obvious market or responsibility. But it does not mean alternative energy cannot succeed. Unfortunately, it’ll take a large revamp of our energy policy for a fair market to establish. Clearly, the government has no priority, no one beneficiary; instead it’s been held together with a web of conflicted interests, all of which are tangled to create some disfigured and lopsided practice — a macrocosm of our energy situation, present and future. t

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tribution and high poverty rates show that King’s worries have not been seriously addressed by the U.S. government. All of this goes to show that, while Martin Luther King, Jr. had a dream, that dream has not been fulfilled. The completion of the King memorial does not symbolize a culmination of the fulfillment of King’s political and philosophical aspirations and should not be regarded as such. Even the King memorial was completed with the use of exploited, unpaid Chinese labor, as ThinkProgress reported. The idea that even the completion of the memorial itself was accomplished using methods King criticized should appall anyone who regards King’s message seriously. Despite largely positive press on the completion of the memorial, there has been some public disagreement. In Dr. Cornel West’s editorial “Dr. King Weeps From His Grave” published by the New York Times,

Monday, September 19, 2011 • A West states, “King weeps from his grave. He never confused substance with symbolism. He never conflated a flesh and blood sacrifice with a stone and mortar edifice. We rightly celebrate his substance and sacrifice because he loved us all so deeply. Let us not remain satisfied with symbolism because we too often fear the challenge he embraced.” So, again, let us not look at the King memorial as a disingenuous symbol showing the world how far we have come. Let us be honest in our assessment of what this memorial should mean. Now is a great opportunity to look at ourselves, as a nation, and criticize our actions like King would have: honestly, with integrity and love. Let us criticize our actions and society because of our love for each other, and for our love of everything King stood for. King was a man of love, who wanted to see a society where everyone was treated with

respect and as a human being, no matter what color, social class, nationality or religion. So let us adopt his philosophy, and change our society so all people are treated with respect. Change will not be easy, but anything worth doing seldom is. I would like to leave you with one final thought. This is a section of a poem by Carl Wendell Hines that I heard in an interview with Dr. Vincent Harding (one of Dr. King’s speechwriters) on Democracy Now! regarding the great King: “Now that he is safely dead let us praise him, build monuments to his glory, sing hosannas to his name. Dead men make such convenient heroes. They cannot rise to challenge the images we would fashion from their lives. And besides, it is easier to build monuments than to make a better world.” t

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had been sent to anybody or posted anywhere. There was no news conference, either. CNN tried unsuccessfully to get information about the grisly murders at the local, state, and federal level. Officials were either unavailable or unwilling to release any information about the killings. Local media reported that the male victim was 25 years old and the female 28, without citing any sources. It is not unusual for murder victims to go unidentified in Mexico, especially when it comes to drug-related murders, said Ana Maria Salazar, a security analyst in Mexico City and a former Pentagon official. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has to do with the fact that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re dealing with ruthless drug traffickers. When investigators are working a crime scene, they have very limited time to do their work because just by being there, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re putting themselves at risk,â&#x20AC;? Salazar said. Important evidence that may facilitate a quick identification of a body may go uncollected or mishandled. In many cases, officials are unwilling to release any information, including victimsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; identities, because the perpetrators may go after them, their families, or the families of the victims, Salazar said. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;CNN

is low in price and close to campus,â&#x20AC;? she said. Caligure values the freedom of off-campus living too much to give it up, but remains money-savvy about her decision. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cost has influenced my decision by making me choose to commute from Salem instead of renting because gas will be cheaper than monthly rent,â&#x20AC;? she explained. Bob Loewen, a housing programs specialist for the City of Corvallis, knows that Baldinger and Caligure have made the right choice by not choosing off-campus living this year. In the past, off-campus living availability has been at 2 percent. Currently, however, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Two percent availability is just a dream,â&#x20AC;? Loewen said. According to Loewen, it is currently lower than 1 percent due to the simple fact

that more people are coming to OSU. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just for OSU students,â&#x20AC;? he said. As Corvallis is home to more than the college student demographic, the surrounding Corvallis area is not readily available for student living either. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The trend at the moment is concerning,â&#x20AC;? Loewen said. Another off-campus housing issue is too many people living in one place. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are living in places that werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t meant to be slept in,â&#x20AC;? Loewen explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This concerns the fire department.â&#x20AC;? While both on- and offcampus living provide benefits, OSU students may be finding that on-campus living options are looking more promising this year than ever before. t

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It is still unclear why the bond did not pass during the last legislative session. Capital projects at all universities came under higher scrutiny this legislative session, and many others, including several at the University of Oregon, were not approved by the house ways and By Don Iler The Daily B aromeTer means committee. Many have cited legislators In late June, legislators didn’t include the concerns about incurring too much debt with Student Experience Center in a bill approving bond issuance and a lack of preparation when bonds for capital construction in the Oregon presenting proposals. University System. And since However, OSU officials are then, planning and construcready to make sure that the tion for the new building SEC and other capital projects We have a team of has been put on hold until are approved by the legislathe legislature reconvenes in individuals working on ture in the coming session in February. February. compiling a detailed The failure to get bond “We have a team of individdocument about the SeC for uals working on compiling a approval for a project that would have been paid with the next Legislative session. detailed document about the other revenue streams instead SEC for the next Legislative of tax dollars is highly unusual. session,” Jennifer CreightonThe legislature also failed to Jennifer Creighton-Neiwert, Neiwert, financing and accountinclude three other Oregon financing at activities business center ing manager at the auxiliaries State University projects in and activities business center, the capital construction bill: wrote in an e-mail. a residence hall, a classroom building and an Jock Mills, director of government relaathletic performance center. tions for OSU, said while the university hasn’t Because the bond was not approved, stu- begun to work directly with legislators, who dents will not pay an extra $48 per term in are out of session, preparations have begun. student fees this year to fund construction of “We’re going to start the conversation in the building. October for the SEC and other capital projects,” The architect and construction company said Mills, “Getting the four capital projects have both been put on hold with the project. is the most important priority for OSU in the New rates will be decided once the bond is upcoming legislative session. approved by the legislature. t “It’s a waiting game at this point. We can’t do Don Iler, managing editor a whole lot until the bond passes,” said Michael 737-2232 managing@dailybarometer.com On Twitter: @doniler Henthorne, director of the Memorial Union. n

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The Israeli Embassy in Amman on Thursday sent home all but a skeleton staff due to security considerations, an Israeli Foreign Ministry official told CNN. The official, who asked not to be identified in keeping with diplomatic protocol, said the staffers typically travel from Amman to Israel every Friday and Saturday. They were sent home a day early this week after last week’s ransacking of the Israeli Embassy in Cairo by protesters and plans for anti-Israel protests this week in Amman. The turnout for Thursday’s demonstration in the Jordanian capital, however, was small. The full embassy staff is expected to return Sunday to work in Amman. Anti-Israel demonstrations have been taking place in Amman for the past sev-

eral weeks. One group, called “Million Man March to Close the Israeli Embassy in Jordan,” has more than 3,000 members on its Facebook page. The group’s motto is: “No Zionist embassy on Jordanian land.” The main group calling for the protests seems to be an organization called Jamee alKalouti, or JAK. Dozens of its members have protested at the embassy every Thursday for years to denounce Jordan’s ties with Israel. The group calls for the expulsion of the ambassador and annulment of the 1994 peace treaty that established diplomatic relations between Jordan and Israel. Eyewitnesses reported that security was increased around the already-fortified embassy in the western part of Amman in anticipation of the protest. More than half of Jordan’s

6.5 million residents are of Palestinian origin. In Cairo on Sept. 9, an estimated 3,000 Egyptian protesters tore down a wall surrounding the building that houses the Israeli Embassy there and entered its offices, tossing papers bearing Hebrew writing from the windows and into the streets. An Egyptian commander at the embassy told CNN that security personnel were ordered to avoid confrontations with protesters, who cheered the embassy’s demolition and chanted calls for the ouster of Israel’s ambassador to Egypt. Since the revolution that ousted Mubarak in February, many Egyptians have called for the end of diplomatic relations with Israel. —CNN

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recruiters on campus trying to get students to apply.” NACE stated that “employers reported a double-digit increase in their spring hiring projections,” according to their 2011 Job Outlook Spring Update, a first since 2007. The 2011 Job Outlook Spring Update also showed employers planned on increasing their new graduate hires by 19.3 percent in the 2010-11 period. “When the economy died so did student involvement,” Reed said of why OSU students are not attending Career Fairs or taking advantage of Career Services. Though steadily improving in some ways, research by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development in May shows the last couple of years have been a gradual decline in the median starting salary of new graduates. “This job market requires being very proactive,” Clark said.

“[Students] may not know what they want to do and are thinking they haven’t spent enough time exploring, learning skills, like networking for instance, and getting comfortable with building relationships.” The representatives of Career Services confirmed that a difficult job market is no excuse for students to put off entering the work force, nor is it a good time for students to turn to mass job-seeking sites like Monster. com. “That is the most ineffective way to apply for a job,” Clark said of Monster.com. “A lot of companies list on Monster if they are desperate for a specific person or they are just hoping they’ll find something. It’s usually not a good way to display what you have to offer or find a good fit.” According to Clark, about 42 percent of companies use LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network on the Internet, as their major recruiting strategy. “Students were hearing nega-

tive things about the economy, so it gave them an impression of ‘why even try,’” Reed said. Getting involved with media sites like LinkedIn, where there were nearly two billion people searches in 2010 alone, and using organizations like Career Services have proven beneficial for students planning to graduate. “The students I work with really learned a lot of how to look and have been learning about getting themselves ready,” Clark said. “They have been a little more mindful about getting to know people and building relationships.” After identifying transferable skills and building confidence, students are more likely to avoid unemployment after graduation. “If they are graduating and they have no idea or they know where they want to work,” Reed said. “Regardless of where they’re at we can help.” t

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UC regents look to increase tuition Faced with a state budget crisis, the University of California system on Thursday began examining a possible tuition increase up to 16 percent in fall 2012 and continuing that increase over the following three years, nearly doubling tuition, if state funding is flat. The UC Board of Regents considered a fouryear plan to address a $2.5 billion budget shortfall by 2015-16 that would call for tuition increases of 8 to 16 percent, depending on whether the distressed state can boost current financing. The regents discussed potential four-year scenarios Thursday and decided to report back to the chairman in 10 days about alternatives to tuition hikes, said Dianne Klein, spokeswoman for UC President Mark Yudof. Those ideas, broached in Thursday’s meeting in San Francisco, include holding a ballot initiative to raise taxes, raising revenue from the private sector for scholarships, organizing

a public service campaign financed by Google or another firm about the UC system’s contribution to the state, and working with state lawmakers on securing more public funding, Klein said. Without voting on the four-year plan, the regents agreed, “Let’s beat the drums, let’s get creative, because we don’t want to raise tuition and we don’t want to compromise quality,” Klein said. The four-year tuition increase proposal drew sharp criticism from students. The plan by Yudof’s office said “a bold new approach is necessary to save the university from an irreversible decline into mediocrity.” “The University of California has experienced dramatic swings in state support the past two decades, and this fall, the system lost $650 million in state funding after lawmakers reduced a budget shortfall from $26 billion to $5 billion. —CNN

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and benefits package that recognizes both classified employees’ contributions, and the realities of an unstable economy,” said George Pernsteiner, Chancellor of OUS. have maxed-out to receive a raise; Marc Nisenfeld, the union’s bargaining -Various selective salary increases across team chair, credited union members and 12 different job fields; -Shared health care costs by employees, other citizens for helping to reach the tentative agreement. who will now pay 5 percent of premiums. “I am especially grateful to faculty memClassified employees will be asked for the first time to pay a portion of the pre- bers, students and the general public for mium of their health insurance. This, along reaching out to the Chancellor in the past with the furlough days, has been blamed few days to call for a fair settlement that on the state of Oregon’s continued budget- honors the role of classified workers and prioritizes the services we provide. We noticed ary problems. “In the continuing constrained fiscal a markedly different tone from manageenvironment in Oregon, we believe this ment’s negotiators,” Nisenfeld said. The union had been scheduled to vote on is a fair settlement with a compensation

a strike today, but the bargaining committee cancelled the strike vote after the tentative agreement was reached. The strike would have affected all seven OUS campuses. Within the next three weeks union members will vote on whether or not to ratify the new tentative agreement. If members do not ratify it, negotiators would have to return to the table. “We got the best we could for everyone on campus,” Neel said. “Our campaign and bargaining have been about equity and fairness, and today we stood up for fairness.” t

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36 senators pledge support for the deficit panel to ‘go big’ WASHINGTON, D.C. — A group of 36 senators from both parties came together Thursday to pledge support for a comprehensive deficit reduction plan, urging the special congressional committee working on the issue to “go big.” The senators, who represent more than a third of the chamber, urged the committee to surpass its mandate to cut $1.5 trillion. The senators made clear that they endorse reforming the tax code and popular entitlement programs such as Medicare, the government-run health plan for senior citizens, as well as cutting spending to shrink federal deficits and national debt. However, the senators acknowledged that some differences remain between Democrats and Republicans on specifics, such as whether reforming the tax system should include higher taxes on anyone. Earlier, House Speaker John Boehner declared his opposition to any tax increases in a deficit deal. “Tax increases, I think, are off the table,” Boehner said in a speech to the Economic Club of Washington. The only things the so-called “super committee” created under the August debt-ceiling agreement should tackle are spending cuts and entitlement reform, he said. The 12-member panel gathered in private Thursday

morning for discussions that the co-chairs, Republican Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas and Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, said demonstrated a full understanding of the challenge ahead. “I am convinced that everybody knows that there is a moment in history that can be seized, a moment in history that must be seized,” Hensarling told reporters after the 90-minute meeting. “The American people are watching.” Hensarling repeated past warnings of tough times ahead, saying: “We know it will not be fun. We know it will not be easy. It will not be popular with any current political constituency. But it is critical to our republic and critical to the next generation, and we are all anxious to get about our work.” Murray called the gathering “an excellent opportunity ... to meet and begin to know each other.” “I think what we all came with is that this is a committee — bicameral, from all walks of life, from every side of the country — that understands the importance and the weight of the decisions that we need to make,” she said. “And we stand ready to get to work to show the country that we can work.” It needs to work fast. The committee, evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans in the House

and Senate, has until Nov. 23 to draft a $1.5 trillion deficit reduction plan that can win congressional approval by Dec. 23. Otherwise, more than $1 trillion in across-the-board spending cuts will go into effect, on top of $900 billion in cuts already mandated under the debt ceiling deal. Under the legislation that created the committee, a simple majority on the panel, seven of 12 members, is needed to approve whatever package it comes up with, meaning that it will take a lone member of either party to push something through by voting with the other side. The committee’s proposal, which cannot be amended, would then need a simple majority in each chamber of Congress to make it to President Barack Obama’s desk. Panel members with Hensarling and Murray are all Washington veterans: Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts and Max Baucus of Montana, and Reps. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Jim Clyburn of South Carolina and Xavier Becerra of California, and Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and Rob Portman of Ohio, and Reps. Dave Camp and Fred Upton, both of Michigan. Calls for the committee to work out a comprehensive deficit reduction deal have increased this week. The 36 senators expressing

that view Thursday included conservative Republicans such as Saxby Chambliss of Georgia and Mike Johanns of Nebraska, liberals such as Dick Durbin of Illinois and moderates like independent Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who caucuses with the Democrats. “If 36 of us in the Senate, across party lines, stick together, the leadership has to react,” Lieberman said. “Maybe they’ll look back and say that today was the beginning of the Washington Spring, as opposed to other springs occurring elsewhere.” Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota, the Budget Committee chairman who will not seek re-election next year, expressed what he called “a message from a large group of senators to the special committee: We’re with you, be bold, be brave, go big.” A day earlier, a group of fiscally conservative House Democrats sent the deficit panel a letter also encouraging its members to “go big.” The letter from the 25-member Blue Dog Coalition urged the committee to work for an agreement that far exceeds its $1.5 trillion target set in the debt-ceiling deal. “I think we all need to pray for a miracle — that one or more of them is willing to consider the argument on the other side and do the right thing,” Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tennessee, told a news conference. — CNN

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Hispanics becoming swing voting bloc In the middle of the massive effort to protect New Yorkers from the effects of Hurricane Irene last month, a colorful moment gave people an amusing opportunity to laugh and joke. It was New York Mayor Michael Bloombergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts to communicate with Spanish-speaking New Yorkers in their own language. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Spanish skills, may continue poco a poco (little by little),â&#x20AC;? said the mayor in not-so-fluent Spanish on Aug. 30 when asked by reporters about his repeated attempts to communicate in Spanish. Bloomberg never explained whether his speaking Spanish was out of a genuine concern to effectively communicate with people or a way to score political points with New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hispanic voters â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or both. The New York mayor is not alone. The relatively recent trend of politicians trying to communicate in Spanish also includes President Barack Obama. Back in June, he became the first president in 50 years to make an official visit to Puerto Rico. He started his speech by greeting his supporters in Spanish. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Buenas tardes (good afternoon)â&#x20AC;? said the president to hundreds of his supporters who seemed excited to hear Obama rolling the â&#x20AC;&#x153;R.â&#x20AC;? Puerto Ricans have surpassed Cubans as the largest Latino group of voters in Florida, a swing state expected to be highly contested once again in 2012. Some Republican presidential candidates also seem to be courting Hispanics. On Sept. 2, Mitt Romney attended a breakfast sponsored by the Republican National Hispanic Assembly in Tampa, Fla. About 100 Hispanic leaders from across the country heard Romneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speech. The former Massachusetts governor didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t try to roll any Râ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, but paid close attention to the issue of how much the economic downturn has

hit Latinos. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hispanics, as you know, have been hit terribly hard, disproportionately hard with an unemployment rate that is substantially higher than the national figures,â&#x20AC;? Romney said. Experts say appealing to the fastest-growing ethnic group in the country is crucial the year before presidential elections. Mark Lopez, associate director at the Pew Hispanic Center, says that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Latinos have played a growing and important role in the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presidential elections over the last few election cycles. There are now more than 21 million Hispanics who are eligible to vote and Latinos reside in some key states.â&#x20AC;? According to the U.S. Census, in the 2008 presidential election, Latinos represented 13 percent of all voters in Colorado, 14 percent in Nevada, 15 percent in Florida, and 38 percent in New Mexico. Those four states will likely be swing states again in 2012. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even the participation rate among Hispanics in presidential elections has been growing [in those states],â&#x20AC;? says Lopez. In 2008, 9.5 million of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 12 million registered Latino voters went to the polls. Juan Andrade, president of the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute, an organization that tracks Latino voting trends, says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expecting a dramatic increase next year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our estimate is that we will probably have at least 12 to 13 million registered to vote in the next presidential election. It could be even higher,â&#x20AC;? Andrade says. In 2004, former President George W. Bush won more than 40 percent of the Latino vote. Four years later, 67 percent of Hispanic voters went for Obama. Experts say anybody getting that kind of support from Latinos next year, whether Democrat or Republican, has a good chance of winning the presidency. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; CNN

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Moving beyond NATO’s stated mission of protecting civilians, the leaders of France and Britain pledged full support for Libya’s revolution Thursday, including an offer of help to capture fallen leader Moammar Gadhafi. British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the two most senior Western leaders to visit Libya since the start of the uprising, told reporters in Tripoli that they stand behind the National Transitional Council. Later, the two leaders took their message of support to Benghazi, the eastern city that was the first to slip from Gadhafi’s grip and served as the de facto rebel capital during the armed revolt that led to the fall of Tripoli. They received a hero’s welcome. “Let us be clear. This is not finished,” Cameron said earlier in Tripoli. “We will help you find Gadhafi and bring him to justice.” France and Britain played pivotal roles in NATO’s aerial bombing campaign against forces loyal to Gadhafi. Cameron said the hard work to rebuild Libya after decades of tyranny and months of war is just beginning. “We stand ready to help but we want to know what it is you most want us to do,” Cameron said. “This is the moment when the Arab spring could be become the Arab summer and

we see democracy advance in other countries, too.” Sarkozy said as long as peace is threatened in Libya, France would stand by its side. He said the implications from Libya’s revolution are huge. “We have the Mediterranean in common, we have a common destiny,” Sarkozy said. “What we’re in the process of building is not only important to Libya but to all the Arab people in the world who want to break free from their chains.” But evidence that the revolution is not complete surfaced again Thursday in the sands of the Sahara even as the two European leaders spoke in the coastal capital. Hundreds of anti-Gadhafi forces appeared to be advancing toward a major offensive in Bani Walid, Sirte and Sabha, the last of the regime’s strongholds. The biggest gain of the day may have been in Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte. The Misrata Military Council reported fighters had pushed all the way to the city’s Al-Gharbiyat Bridge. Fighting erupted near Sabha at the Al-Birak air base, the second largest in southern Libya, which fell to anti-Gadhafi fighters. Smoke billowed Thursday after loyalist forces targeted the base with artillery. Gadhafi’s brother-in-law and intelligence chief, Abdullah AlSenussi, hails from the nearby town of Al Qira and is believed to be hiding there. Al-Senussi

is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity, along with Gadhafi and his son Saif al-Islam Gadhafi. Further north in Bani Walid, families fled ahead of a Thursday night deadline to leave the besieged loyalist city. Libya’s interim council gave residents a 48-hour notice to leave as it dispatched hundreds of fighters to reinforce troops struggling to wrest control of the city. Fighters were regrouping on the outskirts of Bani Walid after encountering stiff resistance during a weekend assault. The fighting began after weeks of negotiations to surrender the city broke down. Cameron said he did not know the whereabouts of Gadhafi or his family but “the very clear message is that they should all give themselves up and they should all face justice.” Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the chairman of the National Transitional Council, said a delegation was heading to Niger Friday to ask that nation’s government to hand over Libyan officials who fled there. Saadi Gadhafi, another of the fugitive leader’s sons, is believed to be among them. Libya’s new leaders welcomed Sarkozy and Cameron as the nation’s strongest allies from the start. The two Europeans congratulated the Libyans on

the success of their revolt in ending 42 years of Gadhafi’s rule. Cameron said the NATO mission to protect civilians must continue until all Libyans are deemed safe. He also pledged almost $1 million for clearing land mines and another $1.5 million for disposing dangerous weapons. He said Britain would also deploy a military advisory team to Libya for six months. The two leaders said they were committed to speeding up the process of unfreezing Libyan assets so that the money can be returned to Libya via the interim council. Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to visit Tripoli this week. Jeffrey Feltman, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, has also met with interim leaders this week. “I am encouraged by these individuals and these organizations’ efforts,” Feltman said following meetings with Jalil and Mahmoud Jibril, chairman of the council’s executive board. In New York, a draft Security Council resolution circulated Wednesday that would establish a United Nations Support Mission in Libya under the leadership of a special representative of the secretary-general for an initial period of three months. .— CNN

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New book on Palin blasted as ‘lies’ Todd Palin released a scathing statement late Wednesday about author Joe McGinniss, whose new book about former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has grabbed Internet and tabloid headlines, as well as received harsh criticism from The New York Times. In a statement distributed to members of the media, Palin’s husband said the book “is full of disgusting lies, innuendo and smears.” “This is a man who has been relentlessly stalking my family to the point of moving in right next door to us to harass us and spy on us to satisfy his creepy obsession with my wife,” Palin said. “His book is full of disgusting lies, innuendo, and smears. Even The New York Times called this book ‘dated, petty,’ and that it ‘chases caustic, unsub-

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issues of class size, teacher pay and how teachers are transferred between schools. Tyler Firkins, the attorney for the teachers union, said the school district was not negotiating in good faith and that if the strike continued, students could make up the missed time later. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What they are saying is that the school year is immovable, canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be changed under any circumstances. That is not correct,â&#x20AC;? Firkins said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whether my child misses a week or two, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not going to affect her education,â&#x20AC;? Firkins said of his daughter, who he said attends classes at a Tacoma public school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is about teaching our kids to stand up to bullies,â&#x20AC;? said Andy Coons, president of the teachers union. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m disappointed that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not bargaining, that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re spending the day in court.â&#x20AC;? The state judge said the school districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arguments that students were being harmed by the strike were enough reason to halt the protests, at least until more hearings and negotiations could be held. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;CNN

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stress of the recession, the family, the center point of everyday life, has taken the spotlight. The Center comes at a pivotal time with research dedicated to the promotion of healthy take that expertise and work with parents.â&#x20AC;? The strong spirit of collaboration and open- development in children and supporting faminess is evident in the design of the building, lies. The need for accessibility has never been which passed the city review with no prob- greater. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is our hope that we may be hosting lems. The firm chosen to design the center, THA Architecture of Portland, created a build- session where we will bring policy makers ing that would facilitate collaboration among to talk with researchers about what they are learning,â&#x20AC;? Settersten said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As well as bringing researchers, practitioners and policy makers. members of the community â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you walk in, the who can actually implement building has an open transmuch of the implications of parency and collaborate As Oregonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s land grant our research such as social seratmosphere. The connecuniversity we are inspired, vices agencies, or public health tion to the timber industry inspired the natural wood obligated and passionate workers.â&#x20AC;? Concluding the ceremony elements, symbolizing the about giving applied for the official opening of the linking of families, children and the environment,â&#x20AC;? Bray knowledge to the citizens center, Fordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children and relaspoke of continuing their said. of the state. It is crucial to tives motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legacy of educational While aesthetically pleasutilize outreach activities philanthropy and giving. ing, the openness of the cenCarmen Ford Philips and ter provides a welcoming especially in rural areas.â&#x20AC;? Allyn Ford, both OSU alumenvironment for intellectual nae, continue their motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stimulation that is neither Tammy Bray, legacy of promoting healthy intimidating nor cold, a hosDean of the College of children and families through pitable place for undergrads Public Health and Human Sciences high-quality research that is and graduates to partake in both practical and accessible research. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This year I will have over 20 undergrads to the public. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to be forward-thinking in asking working with me and my graduate students,â&#x20AC;? McClelland said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a lot of interests questions now that we know some pressing because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very applied, they are out there issues that are on the horizon,â&#x20AC;? Settersten working with kids and teachers in the real said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really want to be proactive in asking world, but they are also getting really impor- questions and doing research that will make a tant research experience if they want to go to difference now and in the future.â&#x20AC;? t graduate school.â&#x20AC;? Ana Bienvenida, staff reporter In a time of rising obesity rates, the added 737-2231 news@dailybarometer.com

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Teachers in Tacoma, Wash., have voted to continue their strike, in defiance of a a court order to stop. Rich Wood, the spokesman for the Tacoma teachers union, said teachers voted Thursday to continue their strike despite a judgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wednesday order. At a union meeting Thursday afternoon, 1,478 teachers voted to keep striking, Wood said, adding that 107 voted â&#x20AC;&#x153;noâ&#x20AC;? or abstained. He said teachers were concerned about how Judge Bryan Chushcoff would react to their defying his order. The Tacoma School District did not return a call seeking comment, but a message posted on the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website said school for 28,000 students would be suspended again Friday, as it has been for the rest of the week. Chushcoff â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s order on Wednesday was in a case the district brought against the striking teachers and their union. After the ruling, District Superintendent Art Jarvis said he expected teachers to return to work while the union and school district continued

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