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MONDAY, MAY 14 Outreach and Engagement Vice Provost Awards for Excellence
3:30 - 6 p.m. Memorial Union Ballroom Join colleagues from across Oregon State University as they receive Outreach and Engagement Vice Provost Awards for Excellence. The celebration showcases 10 exceptional, award-winning outreach and engagement projects. The event will feature an awards ceremony, poster session and reception with hors d’oeuvres and drinks.
TUESDAY, MAY 15 Profit and Passion
4 - 6 p.m. Memorial Union, Pan-Afrikan Room 213 Nicole von Germeten will hold a book reading of “Profit and Passion,” where she narrates the history of the women who carried and resisted labels of ill repute such as whore and prostitute. Her analysis concentrates on the words women spoke in court and on how their language changed over time, pointing to a broader transformation in the history of sexuality, gender and how legal processes affected women.
THURSDAY, MAY 17 Adventrepreneur: How to build a business around fun and adventure
6 - 7 p.m. Austin Hall, Room 226 The Launch-U Series is open to students of all majors who have a desire to explore and pursue entrepreneurship. Jema Patterson is an adventrepreneur, meaning she build her own businesses around having fun and traveling. She has three businesses: travel blog, an online social platform for VanLifers (people who make a home out of a van) and a life advice podcast.
FRIDAY, MAY 18 2018 Engineering Undergraduate Expo
11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Kelley Engineering Center and Johnson Hall At the annual Engineering Undergraduate Expo, undergraduate tudents will share their work through the use of models, demonstrations and posters with industry patners, alumni, the media, prospective students, their peers, other academic institutions and the general public. Attendees will have the opportunity to interact directly with individual students, ask questions and exchange ideas.
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Noon - 1 p.m. Memorial Union Main Lounge Music a la Carte presents the OSU Chamber Strings, directed by Dr. Marlan Carlson.
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Cory Zimmerman, a senior studying interior design and previous president of Delta Lambda Phi, said masculinity relates to how one authentically expresses themselves. For more about the constructs of masculinity and how individuals can express their gender, see page 8.
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Muslim students celebrate Ramadan starting May 15
Organizations to host iftar community events By THE BARO STAFF Starting May 15, the month of Ramadan marks a time of spiritual discipline, extra charity and compassion for practicing Muslims. Despite the hardships of fasting associated with Ramadan, the holy month is a time of celebration to be spent filled with gatherings of family, friends and the exchange of gifts. For this year during Ramadan, the OSU Muslim Student Association and Ettihad Cultural Center will be hosting two iftar events for students who are fasting and the community as a whole. Ramadan is regarded as the holiest month of the year for Muslims. This year, Ramadan begins May 15 and continues through June 14. Community Ramadan events are mainly organized and hosted by OSU’s Muslim Student Association and Ettihad Cultural Center. As the Public Relations and Outreach Officer for the MSA, Mohammad Shakibnia collaborates with students and faculty who work to spread awareness of Ramadan and resources on campus. “As a member of the MSA and part of the staff at the ECC, we have a duty of making sure that Muslim students (around 1.5k) on campus feel supported and welcome,” Shakibnia said. “This is especially true for international students, who not only need extra support and resources
academically here on campus, but are also often far from their friends, family and loved ones and need spaces where they feel welcome and in community.” One of the main tenets of Islam is the practice of fasting during Ramadan. Practicing Muslims to not eat or drink from sunrise to sunset each day during the holy month. The other four tenets are the Muslim declaration of faith, daily prayer, giving to charity and performing the pilgrimage to Mecca for those who are able, Shakibnia said. “By doing so, we’re able to know ourselves better, grow spiritually in our relationship with God, and reflect and free ourselves from selfishness in our the ways that we carry out our everyday lives,” Shakibnia said. The first Ramadan event is a community iftar dinner, where Muslims and non-Muslims are welcome to learn to Ramadan and join in breaking fast. This event is taking place May 17 from 8-10 p.m. in the Memorial Union Ballroom. Tickets for students and youth are free and can be reserved through the ECC’s Facebook event, located on its Facebook page. Additionally, the MSA will host a Malcolm X Solidarity Fair on May 25 at 7:30 p.m. “We (the MSA) also have been working to organize and iftar dinner in honor of the Malcolm X’s legacy and his messages of solidarity and social justice,” Shakibnia said.
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those 845 are divided into about 245 teams who are displaying team projects,” Canfield said. “So every year when we do this there are a lot of really interesting projects that students come up with.” Project topics span from agricultural applications such as wireless, low-cost irrigation valves and infrastructure in Ethiopia to development of low, enriched uranium reactors with applications in Mars exploration out of the School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Canfield said. These projects contribute to the active engineering community, as well as showcase the creativity and innovation that is necessary for an eye-catching project. “A part of it is about the students showing off their work, but it’s also about inspiring the next generation of students,” Canfield said. “One of the big things that we do at the expo is invite all high schools across Oregon with STEM classes to bring their students to the expo and we provide tours. So we have a few thousand high school students who come in and tour the expo.” Jennifer Cohen, administrative manager in the Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering, said students can run into presentation challenges such as space restrictions for posters and models, as well as trying to juggle all of this with class schedules. “A lot of our designs are water-based and sometimes incredibly difficult to demonstrate in this type of a setting, but our students are amazing and do a great job of telling the story of their design on a small scale,” Cohen said in an email. “We have a new design project every year so we never know what the obstacles are going to be from year to year.” One multidisciplinary student project involves building, programming and testing a micro-helicopter, and is led by eight students, one being Erik Madison, a fourth-year studying electrical engineering. “My project this term was the American Helicopter Societies’ Micro Air Vehicle Challenge,” Madison said. “It consists of three electrical engineers, three computer science and three mechanical engineers and we all work together to create a little micro air vehicle that could participate in the competition in Phoenix.”
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From a student’s perspective, the senior design project is a daunting wall to climb, Madison said. “It’s across the board, really time consuming,” Madison said. “Honestly, depending on the project, it’s the most difficult class in anyone’s time here in most majors.” However, working on a long-term project in a collaborative setting has its benefits, as well as drawbacks, Madison said.
A part of it is about the students showing off their work, but it’s also about inspiring the next generation of students. Brad Canfield College of Engineering Office Manager “I would say the biggest pro of working on a collaborative team like this is that it’s real-world. In the future when we’re in the industry we’ll be working in a large group most of the time,” Madison said. “It’s not going to be little projects we’re working on, ones and twos. It’s going to be a whole department, requiring many engineers of different disciplines to work together to create something. That’s what it takes, just a lot of minds to make complex things.” Cohen said the senior capstone project has potential to create long-standing ties between OSU engineering group members. “The students see Senior Design as almost the light at the end of the tunnel for graduation. It takes everything they’ve learned while at OSU with regards to engineering and combines it into one project. The students eat, sleep and breathe their projects during these two terms. They build trust with their teams and share insight with their classmates,” Cohen said in an email. “I’ve seen the bonds that are formed in Senior Design last far beyond graduation and have benefited our students both professionally and personally in so many ways.” Sometimes experimental projects don’t always fulfill expectations, Madison said, but it’s about the work put into the project, the journey taken, the friends made and the things learned along the way. Undergraduate expo day isn’t always meant to show off a perfect product, but an innovative idea. “We’re looking forward to it, we feel good about expo day. Our project didn’t quite come all the way to fruition as we wanted it to,” Madison said. “However, it will be fun to show the world what we were able to do which still took a lot of work and a lot of time, but we’re still proud of it nonetheless.”
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Dam Worth It campaign changes mental health conversations Student-athletes work to balance responsibilities, maintain mental health
SYD NEY WI SNER | ORANGE MED I A NETWORK Nathan Braaten and Taylor Ricci, both student-athletes, founded the Dam Worth It Campaign out of a desire to help instigate change around the topics of mental health and suicide.
By ARIANNA SCHMIDT News Contributor “I started to self-harm by tearing apart razors and using the blades to cut on my stomach in eighth grade and that continued into junior year of high school,” senior volleyball player Lanesha Reagan said in an email. “I always felt like I had a pretty good handle on it, and I never cut to the point where I could do serious damage, but after a while I started to have suicidal thoughts regularly.” The Dam Worth It campaign on Oregon State University’s campus was started by two studentathletes who saw change needed around the topic of mental health and suicide. Taylor Ricci and Nathan Braaten, the co-founders of the campaign, were personally affected by suicide in their own lives and in their lives here at OSU. Reagan has been struggling with her mental health since middle school. At 16 years old she attempted suicide by swallowing a whole bottle of pills, but to her confusion, woke up the next morning.
“To me, waking up the next morning was kind of a shock to my system and after that I felt like I had a second chance at life,” Reagan said via email. “It sounds cheesy, and it definitely wasn’t easy to stop harming myself, but eventually I did.” When she started writing her blog describing her failed suicide attempts and how she overcame them, people from all over the country started emailing her about their own battles. Reagan said she makes it a priority to reply and give people advice. “I’ve found that the more honest I am, the better people respond,” Reagan said in an email. “So I try to live by that daily and be that support system for anyone that wants it.” Reagan said students have easy access to great people and resources through Counseling and Psychological Services. She said people have been uneasy about the conversations surrounding mental health. “There’s such a negative stigma around the idea of asking for help or talking to someone,
A lot of my really tough struggles were in high school because I felt this immense pressure to be perfect, but stepping into the collegiate athlete world I had a better grasp of the idea that no one was perfect, even if that’s how it looked. Lanesha Reagan Senior volleyball player
when in reality, there’s nothing wrong with that,” Reagan said in an email. “Humanizing the idea of therapy not being for crazy people is huge.” Adding to Reagan’s already busy school day is her volleyball scholarship at OSU, which can be demanding and strenuous while taking a full load of classes and trying to balance a social life. “A lot of my really tough struggles were in high school because I felt this immense pressure to be perfect, but stepping into the collegiate athlete world I had a better grasp of the idea that no one was perfect, even if that’s how it looked,” Reagan said via email. Reagan attributes her great athletic collegiate experience to her teammates and coaches. She realizes that the experience is not the same for every athlete. “I’m lucky to say I’ve had some of the best coaches and teammates here at Oregon State. Up until last year, none of them knew about my
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NEWS Dam Worth It, continued from page 5 struggles with mental health (except my best friend on the team, Mary-Kate),” Reagan said via email. “I automatically came onto the team and felt like I had a support group. I felt safe.” Inspired out of tragedy, the Dam Worth It Campaign was launched in January 2018. After OSU lost a men’s soccer player to suicide and then a former gymnast less than a year later, two of the victims’ teammates met for coffee. Current men’s soccer player Nathan Braaten and former gymnast Taylor Ricci drew up the idea of the campaign only four hours later. “The mission of the Dam Worth It Campaign is to utilize the influential platform of sport to open up the conversation around mental health in the college environment and work to end the stigma,” Ricci said via email. “The basic platform of this campaign takes the unique approach of being by students for students.” Consisting of major pillars like education, resources and awareness, #DamWorthIt has reached the national scale, being featured in media such as Sports Illustrated and USA Today, Ricci said. Every athletic team across the nation has dedicated a game or equivalent to mental health awareness. “By using the highly visible platform of athletics, the mission of Dam Worth It will influence the entire university and community with the vision of expanding into the PAC-12 and NCAA,” Ricci said in an email. Braaten lost a close friend in his home of
Colorado when he started at OSU as a freshman. Six months later his friend and teammate, John Chambers, died by suicide. Braaten said he struggled with his own metal health for a long time afterwards. “Through my own struggles with mental health, I became very passionate about helping others realize that it is OK to not be OK and that we shouldn’t be afraid to talk about mental health,” Braaten said via email. Braaten and Ricci have an inside look on what student-athletes go through on campus in day-to-day life. The issue of mental health is very present in the general student body however, and is not limited to athletes, Braaten said. “The loss of former teammates and other events across the country sparked an urgency in us that something had to be done to address the stigma around mental health,” Braaten said in an email. With the help of a few key figures within the Athletic Department, Ricci said the campaign was made possible in launching the spread of awareness and a name-brand in Dam Worth It. Additionally, a $60,000 PAC12 grant was received by the organization with plans for expansion across the PAC-12 and all NCAA institutions. “The process of getting this campaign started has been the definition of team effort,” Ricci said via email. “While Nathan and I have spearheaded this campaign, getting it off the ground has been possible because of the efforts of our entire Athletic Department.”
PHOTO C OURTESY OF MIRAN DA GRACE CROWE L L Lanesha Reagan, an OSU volleyball player, is an advocate for mental health awareness.
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Alfred Tedeschi, director of athletic training services, said excellent mental health resources exist through CAPS, as well as Samaritan Athletic Medicine, which has psychologist Sandra Minta, who is available to student-athletes.
Through my own struggles with mental health, I became very passionate about helping others realize that it is OK to not be OK and that we shouldn’t be afraid to talk about mental health. NATHAN BRAATEN OSU men’s soccer junior midfielder “Quarterly wellness checks are administered by the athletic training staff,” Tedeschi said via email. “These are designed to be holistic in scope with the outcome of connecting studentathletes with necessary resources as the goal. Last, the wellness coaching program at OSU is about to launch. This is a program which we in Athletics are excited about and we feel can fill a need.” Tedeschi said each individual athlete case is different when it comes to mental health. Athletes need to realize their need for assistance, but it is not always easy with the stigma surrounding mental health. “I advocate for training to increase language and competency around mental health,” Tedeschi said in an email. “The Behind Happy Faces curriculum is a good place to start since it highlights information around stigma, coping skills and how to help a friend.” Fernando Frias, a licensed psychologist at CAPS and the Athletics Department liaison, said student-athletes are under pressure to
perform optimally. Although the stigma present in athletics is decreasing, barriers for seeking help are still common. “For many student-athletes, athletic involvement is a salient part of their identity: sport is not just what they do, it’s who they are,” Frias said via email. “From a mental health prospective, student-athletes are most often present with issues common to the general student population.” CAPS offers specific hours set aside for student-athletes for individual counseling housed in the Athletic building, Frias said. Beavers on the Mend is the injury support group for athletes, also including drop-in consultation hours, workshops for team mental skills and mental health promotion and prevention. “The message I would want all studentathletes to hear is that help is available, and that people care and want to listen,” Frias said in an email. “In a culture that values mental toughness, seeking help in a vulnerable state is a different type of tough. An emotionally-well athlete is a high-performing athlete.” Frias hopes that more peer-to-peer conversation about mental health will begin because of the DAM Worth It campaign, and will erode the stigma and increase student’s willingness to seek help. “The DAM Worth It campaign has the potential to change the narrative about mental health in the student-athlete population,” Frias said via email. “To have student-athlete voices at the forefront of awareness, and for studentathletes to hear real stories of struggle from their peers is powerful.” Talking about mental health among studentathletes is important because it is vital to survival as a human being, Reagan said. She has felt constant pressure to perform and convey that nothing can hurt her, but she is human too and sometimes athletes need to take a moment to breathe. “Just as regular students, and as people, we should be talking about mental health,” Reagan said via email. “We’ve already lost too many friends, family members and strangers to something, maybe, just maybe we could have avoided.”
SYD NEY WI SNER | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK Taylor Ricci and Nathan Braaten, founders of the Dam Worth It campaign, are athletes at Oregon State. Ricci and Braaten were personally affected by suicide in their own lives and in their lives here at OSU.
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OSU Air Force ROTC hosts four-star general Four-star general Robin Rand set to speak at AFROTC Dining Out event By BROCK HULSE News Contributor The Oregon State University Air Force ROTC detachment is set to host four-star General Robin Rand this weekend at its annual Dining Out event. Dining Out is an all-day annual event consisting of a morning award ceremony and an evening dinner according to Robert Ferguson, the Vice Wing Commander and Dining out officer for Air Force ROTC. “Dining Out is the pinnacle of [Air Force] ROTC,” Ferguson said. “It’s basically an end of the year celebration.”
He is the Air Force Global Strike Commander. That basically means that he’s in charge of all of the Air Force’s nuclear weapons. SAM WALKER Wing Commander within Air Force ROTC There will be an award ceremony held in the morning where awards and scholarship money are handed out to people who have done an exemplary job throughout the year, Ferguson said. In the evening there will be a dinner that is more tailored to family and friends that will display what AFROTC does as well as a guest speaker and a send off video made by the seniors in AFROTC. “In years past the guest speaker has been a colonel,” Ferguson said. “But this year we got a four-star general.” According to Sam Walker, the Wing Commander within AFROTC, Ferguson’s ability to get Rand to be the guest speaker at the dinner came as quite a surprise. “That’s a great question,” Walker said about how AFROTC was able to get a four-star general as their guest speaker. “Nobody knows.” According to Ferguson, a formal process is in place when contacting a person that has as high of an importance as General Rand. As such, Ferguson needed to go through Colonel Brainard, the leader of OSU’s AFROTC Cadre, the group of Air Force officers tasked with leading and training the AFROTC Cadets, in order to ask Rand the guest speaker. “I told him (Colonel Brainard) that my grandmother was his (Rand’s) fifth grade teacher at Shasta Elementary,” Ferguson said. “I don’t know if that helped persuade him, but he was also going to be in the area around this time, so I think that was ultimately why he said yes.” Rand holds not one, but two very important titles within the United States Air Force.
“He is the Air Force Global Strike Commander,” Walker said. “And that basically means that he’s in charge of all of the Air Force’s nuclear weapons.” According to Ferguson, Rand’s previous experience makes him an especially good person to have as a guest speaker on top of his position. “I think he will do a good job with whatever he says,” Ferguson said. “Before he was in charge of Global Strike Command he was the commander of Air Education and Training Command. That means he was in charge of all of the Air Force’s training, so ROTC, the academy, OTS, even once you’re on active duty and you’re learning whatever you job is at the time.” As for OSU’s Air Force ROTC detachment specifically, it is always looking to train and perform as the best detachment, constantly putting out the top cadets in the nation, according to Walker. “Every year our drill team goes down to SCITM (South California Invitational Drill Meet) and in the past two years we’ve won trophies down there,” Walker said. “We also just had two cadets graduate as distinguished graduates, which is the top 10 percent of cadets in the entire nation, and having two in the same detachment is very rare. It’s really prestigious just to be selected as one, and they both were selected and were commissioned last term.”’ This year’s Dining Out event will be happening on May 19. The hour long morning award ceremony being held in LINC 128 starting at 10:15 a.m. and is open to the public. The about four hour dinner in the evening will be hosted in the Toyota Club of Reser Stadium at 6 p.m., with tickets to the dinner having already been sold.
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Masculinity definition open to interpretation, personal expression Feminism helps progress, reconstruct conversations surrounding authentic masculinity By TIFFANI SMITH News Editor Masculinity is one of many ways in which individuals can display who they are and the different social identities that define them personally, said Jason Dorsette, interim codirector for Diversity and Cultural Engagement. “Masculinity, to me, is very hard to define in one definition. The ways in which I make meaning of masculinity is, it looks at the ways in which folks perform traits that really represent who they are authentically,” Dorsette said. “There are certainly some historical definitions of masculinity that are really outdated and are not well-defined, nor are they defined in a way that allows fluidity in terms of what that means.” Due to the way society has defined masculinity and femininity, as bound to gender roles, individuals are generally held to a binary type of experiences and roles, rather than being able to express their forms of gender in personal ways, Dorsette said.
Being a man, or expressing oneself as a man, has been given a strict set of guidelines by society, Cory Zimmerman, a senior studying interior design and former Delta Lambda Phi president, said. “Masculinity, in my opinion, closer relates to being authentic with yourself and knowing that whatever you’re interested in or whatever you’re doing or whatever mannerisms you have or whatever may be is not conducive to your masculinity and doesn’t crush it or whatever it may be,” Zimmerman said. Toxic masculinity is a term that has come up in recent times, and is defined as the adherence to traditional male gender roles that restrict certain emotions that are commonly acceptable by society for boys and men to express. Toxic masculinity ultimately supports that all males are supposed to limit emotions and seek to fulfill dominant roles within society. Dorsette said toxic masculinity has its place in academics and society because it has helped drive conversations related to the expression of masculinity, and the comparison of authentic
and unhealthy forms of expression. Dorsette added that within the Men’s Development and Engagement program in DCE, they generally avoid using the term toxic. “We are very intentional about the ways in which we are reframing what masculinity. We’re also being very patient,” Dorsette said. “Although sometimes, the unpacking of masculinity can be unhealthy, challenging and not at all appropriate. So how can we have conversations that will call people into the conversation instead of having them them run away from the conversation. What types of negotiations can be made to create a dialogue? We must engage in a conversation.” One way to engage in conversation surrounding the topic of masculinity is through the Men and Masculinities class in the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies program, taught by Bradley Boovy, an assistant professor in the World Languages & Cultures Department. This class looks at the many ways masculinity is expressed and performed, especially as it intersects with race, class, gender, sexuality and
other social categories and identities. “One thing that students recognize pretty early on is we don’t have a great way of defining masculinity. What we have is a lot of ways in understanding what masculinity is not,” Boovy said. “Coming back to expressions like ‘man up’ and ‘you throw like a girl’ or ‘be a man,’ all of these expressions are embedded in the creation of ideas of what masculinity isn’t.”
There’s no such thing as hitting a ball like a girl, running like a girl, or hitting a ball like a boy, running like a boy. Those are misconceptions. JASON DORSETTE Interim Co-director for Diversity and Cultural Engagement “So when we say, for example, ‘boys don’t cry’ or ‘be a man’ or ‘man up,’ there’s always an implied or explicit reference to women, to queer folks, to trans folks—we know masculinity through our understanding of what masculinity isn’t,” Boovy added. “I think that’s pretty common if we think about the construction of social norms. It’s pretty common to think of those norms in terms of what they’re not.” Although individuals cannot choose how they are born, Dorsette recognizes that genitalia and body parts do not dictate how people show up in the world and present themselves. “There’s no such thing as hitting a ball like a girl, running like a girl, or hitting a ball like a boy, running like a boy,” Dorsette said. “Those are misconceptions.” Growing up in a single-mother household, Dorsette experienced being raised by a mother who often found herself trying to perform in ways of what society deemed as masculine. “I think given the circumstances of life, individuals have to perform, or take on societal gendered roles,” Dorsette said. “So this whole notion of a man being the head of the household, a man being the breadwinner or the leader of the family, of society, is a notion that does not resonate with me. For me and for several members in my community, the African American community and communities of color, there is a huge misconception around manhood and what a man is.” Zimmerman said that certain tasks and facets of life are typically seen as more
SYDNE Y WISN E R | ORANGE MED I A NETWORK Jason Dorsette is the Co-Director and Associate Director of Diversity and Cultural Engagement at Oregon State University.
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Masculinity, continued from page 8 masculine or feminine. For example, being able to change a tire is often seen as more masculine, while putting on makeup is seen as more feminine. “It’s kind of disheartening because I personally don’t know how to change a tire,” Zimmerman said. “Just because I don’t know how to change a tire doesn’t mean I’m any less of a man than someone who does.” Messages about gender roles are given to individuals prior to even being born, Boovy said. He has experienced instances of discomfort among individuals and their families when the biological sex of a child is not announced prior to birth, simply because it causes a sense of unease or discomfort among family members not knowing what to buy for the child once born, for example, pink versus blue clothes. “So even before we’re born, gender is acting in very powerful ways to commit us to a particular gendered path so that as soon as we’re born, there’s already certain things about the rest of our life that society has determined, that Western society, that’s really founded on a gender binary has already determined for us,” Boovy said. Dorsette said feminism has helped move conversations forward regarding gender expression, and has made positive strides towards helping frame more authentic and healthier ways of performing masculinity.
There’s one (construct) which is the thing about dominant masculinity in that the messaging that people receive about dominant masculinity is that men are entitled to power. BRADLEY BOOVY World Lanugages & Cultures Assistant Professor “It gets lost in this larger narrative, which is this hegemonic narrative that only a man can perform x, y and z, and that is so beyond not true and there is not significant evidence to show differently,” Dorsette said. “It not only makes me angry, but infuses, encourages and motivates me to continue to engage in conversations around feminism.” Masculinity, as it relates to an identity, pulls directly from feminist theory, Dorsette said. “All of its content, all of its pedagogy, all of its ideologies are pulled from this notion of feminism,” Dorsette said. “But unfortunately, society places heavy stock on gender. These unofficial arbitrary barriers and gender politics attempts to silence the scholarship and activists that are doing the good work—the work of feminism and equity. It’s a distraction to silence and not pay homage to folks who practice feminism.”
P HOTO IL L USTRATION BY SYD NEY WI SNER | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK Cory Zimmerman, a senior studying interior design, is a member of Delta Lambda Phi, a fratentity for queer men and their allies at OSU.
In order to look critically at the construction of norms, people cannot just think of the construction of femininity in relation to masculinity, Boovy said. Individuals also need to think about and critique constructions of masculinity and the power associated with masculinity. “There’s one (construct) which is the thing about dominant masculinity in that the messaging that people receive about dominant masculinity is that men are entitled to power; there’s this unearned, or what scholars of masculinity call the masculinity dividend,” Boovy said. “There’s something about being a man in our society that entitles you to a larger piece of the pie than anybody else.” At the end of the day, Boovy said a big part of gender justice is recognizing every individual’s right to gender expression, and in order to facilitate change, individuals must build coalitions and work together to change systems of oppression. “If you are getting a larger piece of the pie, as let’s say in our society as a white, straight, nontrans, middle or upper-class man, if that’s who you are, and you are getting a bigger piece of pie, what’s your incentive to share your pie with anybody else?” Boovy said. “If we understand that we’re all together in this society, we’re all in this together, the more we share our pie the better off we’ll be as a society,” Boovy added. “Rather than thinking, ‘No, I have my piece of the pie so I’m happy and I’m going to protect it for me and my family,’ share it. We all benefit from that.”
COURTESY OF BRAD LEY BOOVY | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK Bradley Boovy, an assistant professor in the World Languages & Cultures Department, teaches Men and Masculinities, a class offered in the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies program.
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Radhika Shah STATEMENT: The SFC is arguably one of the most underrated positions within the Associated Students of Oregon State University. The past two years have showcased frustration amongst the ASOSU Congress and students indicating that the overall process does not provide enough details to inform the voting and approval decisions. Congress has called for more information, and while student fee funded units have attempted to present this, it resulted in a 12-hour meeting over the weekend. Rather than delivering in such a format, I encourage more engaging conversations both within ASOSU and the overall OSU community, in partnership with these units. In addition, it is essential that we take a step back to reevaluate the priorities of the University and explore what students actually want to contribute their money towards. Overall, it is important that we make our voices known.
Jordan Fee STATEMENT: There is one thing that every institution within Oregon State University has in common: waste. This is especially true of the ASOSU, and what is being wasted is your hard earned dollars. Over the course of the 2017-2018 school year a full time undergrad will pay over $1700 a year in fees. These fees do a lot of great things on campus, everything from providing legal services, to food resources for hungry students. However, when the dollars of my fellow students are being used to staaff a handful of offices that may not serve a single student all day, then it’s time for change. It is my mission to recognize, and eliminate instituional bloat andwaste so that we can get the most for our money. It is my go al to reduce the fee amount for my unit, while providing a higher level of service. Most students can’t even afford to pay tuition, if we are going to ask them to give us even more money, we better give them some results.
CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHY: Radhika Shah is a third-year student studying environmental science with a minor in oceanography and a focus in environmental policy. She has formerly served as the ASOSU Vice President and was elected in March 2017 for the Brundage-Shah administration. In addition, Radhika was the Community Relations Facilitator (CRF) in West Hall for 2016-2017, focusing on promoting social justice in residence halls. Her work has involved building inclusive communities, educating others, and striving to break down existing systems of oppression. Radhika volunteers with Our Climate—a millennial-run organization dedicated to passing a federal carbon price. In service to this goal, she has lobbied both state and U.S representatives, seeking local support for climate legislation. Formerly, she has done work with the Climate Neutral 2025 committee through Student Sustainability Initiative on campus. Outside of her work in ASOSU and with Our Climate, Radhika is currently Chapter President for Alpha Omicron Pi and a member of the Honors College. As an SFC member, Radhika aims to make advancements towards creating a more efficient student fee process and providing more information to Congress before voting.
CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHY: I was born in nearby Albany, and have been raised in the Willamette Valley my whole life. I knew since I was in grade school that I wanted to be a beaver. I graduated from West Albany High School in 2016 with honors in science and english, and couldnt have been more excited to start my college career at OSU. I didnt skip a beat in getting involved on campus by joining my fraternity, Pi Kappa Phi, and entering into canidacy for ASOSU Senate. I served in the ASOSU senate for winter and spring term of this year. I pride myself in being a representative of all students, and demonstrated this as one of the 8 senators who signed the petition to remove Andrew Oswalt for his actions that only sought to tear the OSU community apart, rather than bring us together. From the senate I also bring with me experience in the student fees process, voting last winter to recommend the nearly 35 million dollar student fee budget to Oregon State President Ed Ray. I am currently majoring in Business Administration with plans to complete a finance focus. Of course, my competence in this area will also contribute to my sucess as a member of the SFC.
Austin Carsh STATEMENT: I am running for SFC member at large to ensure that students are actually heard in the fee process. There have been a lot of concerns raised by students about several programs/organizations that receive student fee money, and I’d hope to spur a conversation about whether student fees are being spent effectively. Additionally, I would be a resource for any student to come to and make sure that their voice gets heard in the process.
CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHY: Austin is a third year studying political science. This year he served as both Assistant Director of Government Relations and Executive Director of Government Relations for ASOSU. In addition to his service in ASOSU, Austin also serves as Co-Chair of the Student Budget Advisory Council, is a member of the University Budget Committee, and is an avid student researcher in the area of Judicial Politics.
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Andrew Damitio STATEMENT: Although the ASOSU Congress technically has the final say in budget decisions, the vast majority of fee levels are approved at the amounts set by the student fee committee. Additionally, the student fee committee provides a greater level of oversight in the spending decisions of fee funded units, and student fee committee positions are paid, unlike the ASOSU Congress. Although the committee often falls under the radar, it’s one of the most powerful institutions in student government. Last election, while 12 people ran for 6 seats in the ASOSU senate, 0 ran for the 4 at-large student fee committee seats. The learning curve to understanding the complex student fee setting process is steep, and to be most effective at implementing the vision of students and providing oversight, incoming members must have a solid understanding of the fee setting process. I have that experience, and I will use it to continue to fight
for student interests. Not only do I have two years of experience in the ASOSU legislature, both as a senator and a representative, working to set the ASOSU student fee schedule, but I have fought withthe Student Fee Committee in mediation meetings over athletics budgets and worked with the student fee committee to increase funding for the campus food pantry. Fundamentally, student fees are taxes levied on students every term, and managing them is an immense responsibility. I understand that the need to keep student fees affordable must be balanced with maintaining services that enrich student life and improve the well-being of the most vulnerable. I also understand that fee dollars must be spent wisely, and will apply a scrutinous eye to spending to ensure that students are getting what they’re paying for. CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHY: This really isn’t relevant information to the student fee committee. If you want to get to know me, Facebook message me or contact me on Twitter or use my ONID. I’ll tell you all you want to know.
Andrew Oswalt STATEMENT: Three months after achieving a stunning electoral victory, The Most Interesting Man in Corvallis is back again to bring much-needed reform to the ASOSU. Although Fall has long since passed, leaf-blowers still menace our campus thanks to the unrepresentative stranglehold anti-rake individuals possess over student government and the university administration, much like the Student Fees Committee: where FOUR elected members vote alongside their TEN special interest counterparts. It is any wonder that fees routinely outpace inflation and rakes continue to be senselessly discriminated against? This election will not change anything in isolation given the institutional status quo. But, if I had my way, your fee level of $381.23 per term would be cut in half, at least. Imagine how many rakes you could buy with that. Regardless of whether or not you are intellectually honest enough to engage with the uncomfortable truths I have expressed elsewhere in the media, everyone should be horrified by the malicious and nakedly political prosecution against me by the state. My rights enumerated by the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th Amendments to the Constitution have been infringed, and I am being targeted for this state oppression because of my speech. They know I am not guilty. That does not matter. What matters is imposing a chilling effect upon a growing body of truth seekers who reject the lies of the insane Marxist death cult of “social justice” by making an example of me, and at the taxpayer’s expense. Where’s the white supremacist patriarchy when you need it? “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” - Samuel Whitcomb Hyde
CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHY: We must secure the existence of our peoples and a future for white children. If you think there’s something wrong with that, then there’s something wrong with YOU. Diversity is our greatest weakness: http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/08/05/the_downside_of_diversity/ Intelligence is a highly heritable trait: https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2018/hundreds-of-geneslinked-to-intelligence-in-global “As a geneticist I also know that it is simply no longer possible to ignore average genetic differences among ‘races.’”: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/opinion/sunday/genetics-race.html The Holocaust is the Biggest Lie ever told: https://archive.org/details/ReportOfTheInternationalCommitteeOfTheRedCrossOnItsActivitiesDuring Skepticism is outlawed in most of Europe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_against_Holocaust_ denial “I don’t care if Americans think [Jews are] running the news media, Hollywood, Wall Street or the government. I just care that we get to keep running them.”: http://articles.latimes.com/2008/dec/19/opinion/oestein19 http://mondoweiss.net/2008/02/do-jews-dominat/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140125085955/http://blogs. timesofisrael.com/jews-do-control-the-media/
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Alex York STATEMENT: My name is Alex York and I am running to be an at-large member of the Student Fees Committee at Oregon State University. I am campaigning for this position because I want to be involved in an important process that affects every single student at OSU. Student fees are a major source of funding for Oregon State University programs, and I believe that since every student pays them, every student should be benefiting in some way. I also believe in the fiscal responsibility of governing bodies. This doesn’t mean that spending and fees should automatically be cut, but that every dollar should be spent efficiently and to the maximum benefit of thestudents. This will be one of my primary goals. I do not have a large amount of experience in terms of holding elected positions, but I have attended a student fee committee meeting and talked with some of the members. I understand what the position requires and believe my experience with personal and familial budgeting will be at least adequate if not more. When elected, I intend to fulfill my duty of examining and scrutinizing all of the department budgets for approval. As stated before, I hope to increase the efficiency of the student fee funded departments via budget recommendations as much as possible. I will try to balance the fact that while many students prefer lower fees, that some also use many of the services provided by them. This will be another primary goal. Overall, I hope to represent the student body as best as I can. I believe this will be a great learning/growing experience for myself and I hope to achieve that by listening to any students who want to be heard.
CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHY: I was born in Oceanside, California where I lived for a few years before moving to Washington state. There, my family moved around several more times, but we ended up living on a cow farm in Chimacum, Washington. I started grade school, but in the 3rd grade I moved to Portland, Oregon where I finished school. I graduated with weighted G.P.A over 4.0 (unweighted of 3.84, due to a C in AP French…) and then started going to OSU for a degree in Chemical Engineering. I have been doing that ever since. During the summers I’ve had different jobs such as working at a grocery store and an optical manufacturing plant. This year I started working part time in a lab doing research with polymers. I hope to graduate in 2019 with a B.S. in chemical engineering and a possible minor in computer science.
Jeremy Taylor STATEMENT: It is apparent that Oregon State University does not care about low income students. At a time where student homelessness is high, at a time when many students struggle to get through the week without enough to eat, at a time where all students are expected to subsidized the sports programs here at the school, at a time when it looks like none of us will ever pay off our student loans, all low income students get in relief is a small increase to funding the Human Resources Services Center. While this is a step in the right direction, it is not enough. This is why I’m running for the student fees committee.
CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHY:
My name is Jeremy Taylor-Durand and if elected, I will do my best to achieve the following:
socially awkward, and not charismatic in the least bit,
-Eliminate the Athletics Fee, as we are the only school in the Pac-12 that forces students to pay for tickets to all games.
what happens if you don’t run for offices, and what hap-
-Find ways to relieve the financial burden on low income students
hardest to represent those who usually don’t have a
-Hold the OSU Administration accountable for ALL tuition increases and make sure that all students know where their money is going.
My name is Jeremy Taylor-Durand, and I come from a low income background. I struggle every day to get by in this university, and honestly, I’m fed up with this. I’m running for change, not just for myself, but others in the community. I don’t want to be the person who runs. I’m not the type of person who is meant to hold a public office. I’m shy, however, several events of the last couple months proves pens when you don’t vote. Therefore, I am running for the Student Fees Committee, and, if elected, will try my voice on campus, and to make sure those on the top floor of Kerr hear us loud and clear.
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No. 3 Beaver baseball upsets No. 2 Cardinal OSU beats Stanford in two of three games, record-breaking attendance at Goss Stadium By MUNIR ZAREA Sports Contributor
The No. 3 Oregon State Beavers (38-81) won the series against the No. 2 Stanford Cardinal (39-8) at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field, defeating the Cardinal in two out of the three games. The Beavers won 6-2 on Friday, 10-0 on Saturday and lost 6-9 during Sunday’s finale. After Saturday’s win, junior outfielder Trevor Larnach was happy about the performance of the team clinching the series win. “We’ve been rolling lately. Pitching is doing an outstanding job, we’re putting up more runs and hits,” Larnach said. “Just really locked in on both sides.” When searching for the sweep on Sunday, the Beavers found themselves at a comfortable 5-point lead up to the fourth inning, but let it fade away in the late stages giving Stanford the victory. “You win the series, you know, you feel good about that,” Pat Casey, OSU head coach, said. “We just didn’t get it done, we didn’t finish. We had every opportunity to win the game.”. Freshman right-hand pitcher Kevin Abel
was first on the mound for the Beavers, making his fifteenth appearance and third start of the season. The first run of the game for the Beavers came up early in the bottom of the first inning. Junior infielder Cadyn Grenier made an impressive bunt to send him to first and allow junior outfielder Steven Kwan to run home. This makes 23 games in a row with a hit for Grenier, making this the second longest streak in school history since 1977. When senior infielder Michael Gretler came up to bat, he hit a sac fly. This allowed Grenier, who was already on third, to sneak home and get another run in for the Beavers. As the lead stood at 2-0 and the bases loaded at the top of the third, Stanford freshman outfielder Christian Robinson got a run from a walk. With the score now at 2-1, the Beavers looked to widen the gap even more in the bottom of the third. In the bottom of the fourth, sophomore outfielder Preston Jones ran home after an almost perfect bunt by junior outfielder Steven Kwan, increasing the lead to 5-1. After a walk by sophomore catcher Adley Rutschman, junior catcher/infielder Zak Taylor ran home bringing
it to a comfortable 6-1 lead for the Beavers. In the top of the fifth, Robinson singled up the middle and gave sophomore infielder/ outfielder Andrew Daschbach a run home, bringing the score to 5-2.
You win the series, you know you feel good about that. We just didn’t get it done, we didn’t finish. We had every opportunity to win the game. PAT CASEY Beaver Head Coach From the fifth inning on, the Beavers scored no runs and let the Cardinal catch up, leveling the score to 6-6 in the ninth inning. Extra innings were issued and the Cardinal had bases loaded in the top of the tenth. Sophomore pitcher Will Matthiessen made a
huge play at bat when he doubled down the left field line and racked up a triple RBI, turning the tables for Stanford to come out on top with a final score of 6-9. Throughout the series, the top two teams in the Pac-12 gave it all they had. With an overall total weekend attendance of 11,499, Goss Stadium was electric. “It’s a lot of fun having them behind us. It’s a big energy boost for everybody,” senior pitcher Luke Heimlich said of Friday’s game. “It’s our job to get the fans involved and make things interesting and we were able to do that and keep the energy up all game.” With a 6-2 win on Friday and a 10-0 win on Saturday, the Beavers still left with the eighth consecutive series win over the Cardinal. The Beavers will take on San Diego on Monday at 5:35 p.m. at Goss Stadium. It will be aired on the radio on Beaver Sports Network. Student tickets are available at Goss Stadium two hours before the first pitch. Regular tickets can be purchased at: BeaverTickets.com/Baseball.
D EJAH GOBERT | ORANGE MED I A NETWORK Oregon State University teammates congratulate redshirt senior outfielder Kyle Nobach during the first of three games on Friday against Stanford. The Beavers walked away with a 6-2 win.
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AJA RAYBURN | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK Junior infielder Cadyn Grenier prepared to bunt in Sunday’s game. The Beavers lost 6-9 to Stanford, but took home the series victory after wins on Friday and Saturday.
AKSHAY PAWAR | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK (LEFT) Junior pitcher Bryce Fehmel pitches from the mound during Saturday’s game. (RIGHT) Redshirt senior outfielder Jack Anderson swings at the ball. OSU won the game 10-0 Saturday.
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SPORTS
Teammates turned family
Women’s golf finishes eighth at NCAA Regionals, Nicole Schroeder takes home individual title By EMMANUEL GOICOCHEA Sports Contributor The Oregon State University women’s golf team are more than teammates. They consider each other family. Dawn Shockley is currently in her second season as head coach of the women’s golf team and coming off one of the best years in program history. She describes the team dynamic as that of a family. “The coaches aren’t any better than the players and vice versa,” Shockley said. The Beavers placed eighth in the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Regional Championships. They entered the tournament as the No. 14 seed in the 18-team field Wednesday. OSU was six strokes away from placing in the top six and advancing to the NCAA Championships. Sophomore golfer Nicole Schroeder took home the individual title. Schroeder took home the individual title by two strokes. She finished with a 10-under 68-66-72--206. She is the fourth OSU women’s golfer to advance to the NCAA Championships as an individual. This marked the first time OSU had made it to the postseason in consecutive years since 2000-2001. “We know that we gotta keep it light, but the girls know when it’s time to get down to business. The more we realize that, the better we become,” Shockley said. In just one season under Shockley’s coaching, the team has achieved many accolades such as a new school record for season scoring average. They also won the title at the Rose City Collegiate, the eleventh team title in program history to do so. The team finished in eighth place last year in Arizona at the Pac-12 Championship, equaling their best finish at the conference tournament since 1998. The team advanced to the NCAA Regionals for the third time since 2006 and the first time since 2012. Placing seventh at the NCAA Regionals, the highest finish ever for the program, and ahead of seven ranked teams, including No. 2 UCLA. Last year, senior golfer Susie Cavanagh became the third OSU golfer to advance to the NCAA National Championships as an individual. “It’s that frustration that keeps you going because you can conquer it,” Cavanagh said. In Cavanagh’s spare time, she enjoys cooking, hanging out with her teammates and hiking around local areas, such as Oak Creek and Bald Hill. “We definitely have the most fun. We are
constantly having fun,” Cavanagh said. Fellow teammate junior golfer Olivia Benzin, tied for shooting the lowest round in school history. Her favorite memory was last year’s regionals. “Everybody was super close and we missed by just a little. It was a bittersweet moment,” Benzin said. Benzin has been putting since she was a kid and finds much to gain from playing. Golfing is almost like therapy, according to Benzin. Although the team only stands at seven players, there is still fresh blood. Freshman golfer Ellie Slama led the team with a finishing tie for 27th place at the Pac12 Championship. The Beavers played at the Ohio State University invitational in Columbus, OH on April 15, finishing 5th with a 20-over 301-295--596.
We know that we gotta keep it light, but the girls know when it’s time to get down to business. The more we realize that, the better we become. DAWN SHOCKLEY Women’s Golf Head Coach Oregon State University “My favorite memory is from a couple weeks ago when we were in Ohio,” Slama said. “When we went out to dinner Coach Shockley told us that if we ate everything on our table that we could get dessert afterwards. Nobody wanted dessert because everyone’s stomach hurt.” Being mindful of what she does and why is a key component when she plays according to Slama. “I think about how much I love the game because of all the people who taught me and the people I’ve played with while growing up,” Slama said. The team serves as a place of camaraderie and empathy for one another, according to Slama. “Being on a team where everyone understands what you’ve been through has been really helpful from making the transition from high school golf to college,” Slama said. NCAA Championships will take place May 18-23 at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Okla.
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Women’s rowing features athletes from across the pond OSU places seventh at Pac-12 Championships, Varsity 8, Varsity 4+ recieve sixth By Katie Morton Practicum Contributor Oregon State University’s women’s rowing team consists of athletes whose hometowns range from Auckland, New Zealand and Athens, Greece to Eugene, Oregon. OSU women’s rowing team, comprised of 32 athletes, continues to expand their roster both with experienced athletes and those simply interested in the sport of rowing. OSU placed seventh overall at the Pac-12 Championships Sunday with Varsity 8 and Varsity 4+ both recieved sixth place finishes. This is Varsity 8’s second straight sixth place finish. Head Coach Kate Maxim, who has been coaching rowing for 14 years, had one of her past walk-on rowers, Devery Karz, go on to compete in the 2016 Olympics. “Having been the walk on recruiter before, I know that there are outstanding athletes walking around on campus,” Maxim said. “Many of those that could potentially go on and have an olympic career. I had a walk on here that competed in the 2016 Olympics.” Claire Diller, third-year rower in the Second Varsity 8 boat, was a product of the walk-on program. The walk-on program is a course offered through OSU where people try out for two weeks to see if they would be a good fit with the sport. Diller is majoring in mechanical engineering.
“The hardest part of being a walk-on is that there’s this huge learning curve. I came on not knowing what rowing even was,” Diller said. “So not only did I have to physically train, I had to learn about the sport. Then just becoming part of the team was something I needed to work on.”
The hardest part of being a walk-on is that there’s this huge learning curve. I came on not knowing what rowing even was. CLAIRE DILLER Third-year Rower Sophomore rower Abigail Watts is from New Zealand and has been rowing since high school. Watts raced in the 2-seat of the Varsity 8, helping OSU to first place finishes in the Collegiate 8 division. She is one of three New Zealanders, otherwise known as Kiwis, on the team. “I chose Oregon State because it is geographically similar to New Zealand,” Watts said. “There were some Kiwis on the team as well so it really helped my decision in the
transition over here that I wasn’t going to be the only Kiwi.” The team practices six days a week. On three of those days, they practice twice. “The hard work. It’s showing up every day whether you want to or not and getting it done,” Watts said. “It’s good fun but it is hard. It’s harder when you’re by yourself but when you have the team and you have people relying on you, then it’s easier.” Diller enjoys the hard work and the adrenaline rush from racing. “I love the community aspect of the team,” Diller said. “We don’t necessarily have to be best friends but we are bonded through the work. We know how hard we’re working and we appreciate each other for that.” Maxim said the most important part of rowing on a team is having a synchronicity with the other athletes. “I think this sport is pretty humbling whether you’re an athlete or a coach and it takes a special person to see it through,” Maxim said. “It definitely pulls the best and worst of you out at the same time and for me, if they’re becoming stronger, more empowered, more insightful, respectful, thoughtful individuals for the long run, then that’s what fuels me.” For more information on how to get involved for fall term with women’s rowing, visit OSU’s catalog of Physical Activity Classes, otherwise known as PAC, or go the OSUBeavers.com.
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LIFE
Opinion: Why KYLE is a great addition to Dam Jam Students skeptical about Kyle performing at this year’s Dam Jam should not be worried
Opinion: Women’s clothing rooted in sexism Sexism leaks out pockets of gendered clothing By GENESIS HANSEN Columnist The fashion realm for women is riddled with messages about femininity and gender, and squish consumers into
C OURTESY OF OR EGON STATE UNIVE RSITY P ROGRAM COUNCIL (Left) Rapper Kyle and (right) Alison Wonderland will headline Dam Jam put on by OSUPC.
By ALEX JONES Columnist
Dam Jam, Oregon State University’s a n n u a l concert, is upon us and the artist lineup has been released. It seems as though many students are worried about rapper KYLE’s appearance. However, those who know him best know KYLE will put on an amazing, memorable performance that is sure to rock Reser Stadium. Madison Weidner, a freshman majoring in business, has been listening to KYLE for the last two years. “I think he will be a good artist for Dam Jam because he is a natural performer and will keep the audience entertained,” Weidner said. She isn’t wrong. KYLE has been known for his creative stage performances since gaining fame for his debut project “Beautiful Loser,” back in 2013. He has toured the country with rappers G-Eazy, Hoodie Allen and Logic, which has allowed him to perfect the art of
onstage performance. Previous headliners such as Mike Posner and Macklemore, were great, but nothing like KYLE in terms of performing. Whether it’s a killer dance routine with his DJ Super Duper Brick, colorful lights and video screens, or his unique crowd surfing method, King Wavy, one of KYLE’s many nicknames, is sure to make a splash at this year’s Dam Jam. “[KYLE is] kick-ass on stage,” Kendall Coushay, Oregon State University Program Council music and concerts coordinator, said. OSUPC very strategically chose KYLE as one of the two headliners for this year’s Dam Jam, in order to make it the best one yet. Coushay said OSUPC always tries to pick promising artists. “We really want up-and-coming artists because they are really giving it their all. They’re still proving themselves. They’re still trying to jump to the top,” Coushay said. Most students may strictly know KYLE for his breakout single “iSpy” featuring Lil Yachty. However, the happy rapper has been steadily putting out music for the last five years, with two successful mixtapes and a plethora of singles and features. “He’s got more songs, people just
aren’t looking,” OSUPC music and concerts coordinator, Curtis Orona said. Orona also mentioned that KYLE’s latest single, “Playinwitme,” featuring Kehlani, is now in the top 50. With that in mind, KYLE is bound to have a song that resonates with every student in attendance. KYLE, having just performed at Coachella, is currently getting more recognition than he has in his entire career. If anything, he is going to be even more motivated to put on a great show for Dam Jam. “This is going to be a completely new Dam Jam. Nothing is going to be the same. There’s so much to look forward to,” Orona said. KYLE’s debut studio album “Light of Mine,” drops on May 18, which gives students even more to look forward to, as he will have a heap of brand new music to perform alongside his current classics. Dam Jam’s festival will take place in Parker Plaza from 2-6 p.m. and the concert will take place in Reser Stadium from 7-10 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the welcome desk in the Student Experience Center. Tickets are $15 with a valid OSU student ID, $25 for alumni and $35 for the general public. Alumni and general public tickets can also be purchased online.
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arbitrary standards. The industry fails to standardize sizing rubrics of clothing companies and pocket sizing between binary gendered clothing is disproportionate. These vices of the industry perpetuate stereotypes which are challenged by third-wave feminism. “I think that over the years, there has been more of a push for acceptance of how women look but there is still more room to grow in that. We see these beauty standards and everyone reacts to them in a different way,” Paige Phillips, a public health major, said in an email. Kathy Mullet, an associate professor who teaches apparel production in the College of Business, stated that in the 1930s a case study project analyzed the various measurements of the female form. The study concluded there were no common or predictable ways to anticipate the sizes of women, therefore the government allowed companies to come up with their own sizes. This free reign in the form game went wild. According to Mullet, companies created sizing charts mirrored their average customer size. This issue hyperbolizes the female body as a form that cannot be understood or empirically defined, while also controlling brands and kinds of garments women can and cannot wear. “You probably have favorite brands that fit you better than other brands do, and that’s because you might be more of that target market,” Mullet said. Mullet stated that men’s sizing history started with uniforms for soldiers of the Civil War. Men were marked for height and weight as a means to determine their body dimensions, which was reduced to the sizes we see today, such as small medium and large, as well as the size notation of 32/34.
“Women’s clothing is more fitted than men’s. I think that’s why a lot of women like to shop in the men’s section. That’s because of the comfort level of men’s clothes,” Phillips said in an email. Not only do women’s clothing companies use every thread to sexualize them, but they get away with immobilizing their customers by failing to address their functional needs. “There is already a huge thing about how women make less money than men and how women shouldn’t work in powerful positions. I know it sounds crazy, but I think that’s why men have bigger pockets because they have ‘more’ to do,” Phillips said in an email. This pocket disparity has become widely discussed in lieu of the larger breeds of smartphones being released. “This isn’t a new problem for women. Our skinny jeans have pockets, but there is no way an object bigger than a standard issue ID card fits in the front, and everyone knows that slipping a phone in your back pocket is an invitation for a treacherous dive into a toilet, or a backflip resulting in heartbreaking shatters,” Tanya Basu from The Atlantic said in an article. Third-wave feminism started around the 1990s and liberated the chained up social souls of women and men alike. Aiming to challenge ideals and norms about gender and the roles associated with it, this wave has carried us into the 21st century and is breaking in the face of intolerance and lapping at the sands of gender and sex-based equality. “The norms about gender and sexuality affect our clothing culture because people assume that if you are a certain gender that you should be dressing a certain way and things should fit a certain way,” Phillips said in an email. “Men and women should be able to wear whatever they want without being judged or thinking about whether or not they fit a standard. ” People who wear women’s clothing deserve the right to be treated as an equal consumer as their male counterparts. Whether you are cis, trans or a nonbinary person, the need for inclusive and functional gender neutral clothing must be addressed and brought to light in our society.
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