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Faculty of color hold mixed opinions on diversity initiatives

By ADRIANA GUTIERREZ News Contributor Although Oregon State University has steadily increased the ethnic diversity of students in the past decade, the portion of faculty of color on campus lags slightly behind.

Faculty have mixed feelings about the necessity and effectiveness of university intiatives meant to increase faculty diversity.

On a self-reported diversity assessment updated November 2019, 16.8% of teaching faculty, both tenure and non-tenure, selfreported an ethnic background of color. These ethnic categories included faculty who are Native American, Asian, Black or AfricanAmerican, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, and faculty who are two or more races. International faculty are not included in this count.

According to the Department of Institutional Research at OSU, out of 31,719 students who enrolled for the fall 2019 term, 26.3% of students reported identifying as students of color, about 10% higher than the portion of teaching faculty identifying as people of color.

“Because of our diversifying student population, we want students to be able see that those who are teaching them, mentoring them, and guiding them into professions also have some shared experiences with them,” said Ana Ribero, assistant professor at the School of Writing, Literature and Film.

According to Ribero, her research focuses mostly on difference, inequality and diversity, so she often teaches classes on those particular subjects, and believes her knowledge in the

topics can help diversify the mindsets of white and non-Indigenous students on campus.

Similarly, Gabrielle Miller, a graduate teaching instructor in the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies department finds that teaching these subjects, based on systems of power, while important, can also negatively impact their own experience being a faculty of color at a predominantly white institution.

“Being an instructor on campus, at particularly this institution, is particularly difficult because [it’s like] walking into a microaggression when I teach,” said Miller.

“Sometimes it’s not even a microaggression, it’s full-out covert racism, or queerphobia.”

Being a member of the Graduate Student Union currently bargaining for higher wages, Miller also draws attention to the issues graduate students specifically face.

“Graduate workers of color, specifically international graduate workers of color, are the most likely to be housing insecure, to get paid less and to be exploited by their departments,” Miller said. “Part of our bargaining is trying to get them to see that that is happening systematically across the university.”

Some professors, like Eugene Young, who teaches in the College of Business, don’t believe race or skin color affect the way they teach.

“For me, I’m just another teacher,” Young said. “I don’t think about race and color, to me, that’s an issue out there that people talk about…

I just happen to be black.”

Young worked as an engineer prior to

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campus, OSU-Cascades campus and Ecampus.

Of that number, 5,978 were first-generation students, 8,327 were students of color and 3,492 were international students.

Ray also shared a memory of his early days at OSU in the interview. He said when he first came here, he was asked, “Why do you care about diversity? Oregon isn’t very diverse.”

“And I said, you know what, if people know that regardless of who they are or where they are from, they could come here and realize their aspirations by coming here to get an education, then it doesn’t matter what Oregon looks like,” Ray responded. “Because they will come from everywhere.”

Another topic Ray mentioned in his speech was OSU’s satellite locations in Portland, Bend and Newport, Ore. More specifically, Ray said he found personal pride in the development of the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport.

The building is not just a distinguished marine laboratory, but was constructed to also be a safe

haven for community members in case of a tsunami, Ray said in the interview.

“It has a vertical evacuation site—there’s a ramp that goes up two stories—and everyone who’s there, including federal agencies, will be safer the day after it opens then they were the day before,” Ray said.

Further along into his speech, Ray mentioned one university accomplishment he was very fond of. Recently, the Popular Mechanics magazine ranked a small modular nuclear power reactor developed by the College of Engineering in its “Top 20 coolest machine innovations of the last decade.” The reactor is now being advanced by NuScale Power.

“The one I really get a kick out of is the popular mechanics one. We were ranked No. 6 with the small-scale nuclear power reactor,” Ray said in his interview.

Alongside recognizing numerous university achievements in his speech, Ray also placed a call to action for various issues he believes still need to be advanced. These include addressing concerns related to student mental health and wellbeing, as well as combating the anxiety crisis “growing among young adults.”

“It’s really tough being a young person in an overwhelming social media world,” Ray said in his interview. “The stuff which people pay attention to on social media, half of which is probably not true, is beating them down. It’s just terrible.”

Ray also said in his speech that he wants to increase understanding of the value of a college degree and support for public higher education.

He said he wants to reduce the cost of a college degree and hopes that Oregonians follow in the example of the state of Washington, where major business, community and media leaders convinced the state to greatly increase funding for higher education.

“The future is in each of our hands, and we need champions outside of higher education,”

Ray said in his speech.

Vice President for University Relations and Marketing Steve Clark explained how Ray and the OSU community as a whole have contributed to some of these accomplishments.

“I think President Ray set a course for Oregon State that allowed many things to happen,” Clark said. “It isn’t just the numbers of students—it’s the caliber of the students, it’s the diversity of the students, it’s the exceptional nature of their interests. [They want] to help Oregon, the nation and the world excel.

President Ray set a course, and the university overall has achieved that, not solely by his actions, but by many people.”

Callie Kennel, OSU Alumni Association regional director for the Pacific Northwest, said the State of the University Address was produced in partnership with University Relations and Marketing, the OSU Alumni Association and the OSU Foundation. Kennel said Ray did an exceptional job during his past 17 years. And in Ray’s words, “the best is yet to come.”

In his hopes for the future, Ray wants to “continue the university’s momentum,” with OSU’s roadmap for the future, Strategic Plan 4.0. Ray also said he felt very enthusiastic about OSU’s future with its next president, F. King Alexander.

“We have a new president coming in who cares passionately about inclusion and social justice,” Ray said in his interview. “Part of why he wants to be here is because he sees what we have here, and this where he wants to be.

He’s young, so he could be here for the next 10-15 years. You need time to have a continuing impact that’s sustainable into the future.”

Ray’s contract ends on Jun. 30, and for all his praise, his response in the interview was, “You learn in life you don’t accomplish anything by yourself. This is not about my accomplishments, but the things we have accomplished.”

functions under Title IX because of its ties to federal funding.

“It is important that our processes for addressing issues that raise questions under Title IX be similar for both employees and students, save for those differences that are necessary given the different relationship to the institution of employees and students,” Kirkland said.

The three main updates to the new process include access to the investigator’s gatherings and information gathered about the case, the decision whether available information establishes a violation of policy, and the opportunity for both parties to appeal their decision.

According to Kirkland, the updates will help in the way the university creates consistency in how they respond to allegations, allow both parties to know what to expect in the invesigations, and allow students who report the sexual misconduct or discrimination against employees receieve the same process as students who file against other students.

“Employees have always had the right to

challenge any corrective action that may have been taken when there has been a finding of a policy violation, but neither the responding employee, nor the reporting party have had the right to appeal the policy determination,” Kirkland said.

For students who have experienced sexual violence or harrasment, the Survivor Advocacy and Resource Center is a confidential place where students can ask for support and receive free resources whether or not they report.

Services include crisis intervention, safety planning, academic assistance, connection to medical care, counseling and support groups.

“Some survivors choose to report their experience and others do not, for a variety of personal reasons,” said Kimberly Hack, advocate at SARC. “Anonymous reporting can be helpful for people who would like their experience documented and to alert the authorities to an issue, while maintaining their privacy. Some survivors fear retaliation or do not want to engage in a process, so being able to share their experience in an anonymous way can be a powerful step for them.”

ANA PEARSE | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK A sign promoting the Survivor Advocacy and Resource Center sits outside of the Plageman Student Health Center at Oregon State University, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020.

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Last Tuesday, over 950 people gathered in the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Ore., meeting and greeting one another, while visiting the wide array of organizational displays. In the ballroom, caterers clad in black juggled dishes back and forth, setting the black and orange-sheeted tables.

Sometime after noon, the ballroom lights dimmed, and the stage lights sharpened. People began to cheer and applaud as Edward J. Ray took the stage for his last State of the University Address as the president of Oregon State University.

Ray has served as president for 17 years, and the event drew many people, including students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters of OSU. Ray’s roughly 40-minute speech highlighted various university achievements, and a 32-page booklet, IMPACT 2020, was handed out at the end of the event. The booklet featured many involved OSU community members and their contributions to the university. In his speech, Ray highlighted numerous OSU achievements this year, including the topic of the university’s increases in enrollment this year and diversity.

In an interview prior to his speech, Ray provided an in-depth explanation of the increases in enrollment and diversity at OSU. By working to create a more supportive and inclusive environment, Ray said the university hopes to eliminate achievement gaps.

“You just look at the figures for First Peoples, Asian-Pacific Islanders, African-Americans or Hispanics—there are gaps in terms of graduation rates and retention success,” Ray said. “We really need to eliminate those.”

In the fall of 2019, OSU totaled an enrollment of 32,774 students across its Corvallis, Ore.

COURTE SY OF SE AN N E AL ON On Tuesday afternoon, OSU President Ed Ray gave his last State of the University Address at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Ore. Over 950 people attended the event to listen to Ray highlight some of OSU’s achievements over the past year.

EOP releases new process for sexual harassment filed against, among employees

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The Equal Opportunity and Access office sent out a campus-wide statement regarding a new investigation and resolution process for faculty at Oregon State University on Jan. 17.

According to the email, the aim of the new process is the opportunity to create an environment free of violence, harrasment and sex discrimination amongst all faculty.

In an email statement by Kim Kirkland, the executive director at EOP, she said the process is made for “when there are allegations that an OSU employee has engaged in behavior that would violate the Sexual Misconduct and Discrimination policy, therefore raising issues under Title IX, and to bring that process more in line with the process that applies to allegations that an OSU student engaged in behavior that would violate the policy.”

Title IX states that no person should be discriminated on the basis of sex in any educational program. Oregon State University

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JA RRE D BIER BR AUR | OR ANG E MEDIA NE TWORK Presidential candidates Jack Hill, left, Isabel Nuñez Pérez and Dylan Perfect stand in the Memorial Union Quad. The voting period will open at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 17, and will close on Feb. 21 at 9:59 p.m.

ASOSU presidential election voting period begins Feb. 17

By JADE MINZLAFF ASOSU Beat Reporter Voting for the 2020 presidential election for the Associated Students of Oregon State University, OSU’s recognized student government will open at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 17, and will close on Feb. 21 at 9:59 p.m.

Drew Desilet, assistant director of Student Governance and ASOSU faculty advisor, explained how students can participate in the election.

“Students will receive a ballot invitation in their ONID email address Monday morning shortly after midnight, and it will have a link in that ballot invitation email that they can click on and will take them directly to the ballot, as long as they’re a student of Oregon State University [in Corvallis or Ecampus] and not on the Cascades campus,” Desilet said.

Hannah Kutten, director of Government Relations for ASOSU, said she feels that voting in the ASOSU election has an impact on student life. “The students who are voted into our administration here get a lot of say in administrative decisions. Our president gets to sit on a lot of committees and our vice president gets to be involved in committees,” Kutten said. “If you want to see a change on campus, students are really good at making that happen. If you vote [for] people in ASOSU who you believe will make [a] change, then we’ll have change on campus.”

Rachel Josephson, current president of the Associated Students of Oregon State University, shared some thoughts on the ease and significance of voting.

“Voting is a way to directly insert yourself into conversations. You want the people who are representing you to represent you, right? And the only way to do that is if you vote. Voting takes two seconds, you get an email with your ballot in it and you fill it out, read the platforms, it’s pretty easy to catch up and see what your fellow students are planning on working on, what they’re planning on advocating for, and then you can vote for whoever you want to represent you,” Josephson said.

Josephson also described some of the opportunities that a student president has to create change on and off of campus.

“We do a lot, we work a lot with administration and faculty, partner with the state and the government, both federal and local and state,” Josephson said. “We work on things from OSU policy, which covers the wide swath of everything, to lobbying, to passing legislation to support change on this campus directly, and if you’re not actively engaged in voting, you’re not doing yourself a service. If you’re complaining about something, there’s something we can do at ASOSU probably to help fix it. So, if you’re not voting, then you probably shouldn’t complain.”

Voting closes Feb. 21 at 9:59 p.m., and the results of the election will be made public the following day.

The American Indian Science & Engineering Society, Cobell Scholars and the Traditional Ecological Knowledge Initiative are some of the new Indigenous organizations that are now available for OSU students.

In January of 2020, the American Indian Science & Engineering Society chapter, also known as AISES was formed with the contribution of students and faculty like Gerrad Jones, Ph.D. and Lara A. Jacobs, both active members of AISES, and NAL Eena Haws board member Andrew Martinez.

Gerrad Jones, Ph.D, is an assistant faculty member in the Department of Biological & Ecological Engineering, and Lara A. Jacobs is a Ph.D student in Forest Ecosystems and Society.

AISES chapter at OSU aims to nurture the building of community by bridging science and technology with traditional Native values, and train professionals to become technologically informed leaders within the Native community.

“This is a great opportunity to get involved in a student organization.

We are looking for people to help us start a new chapter, and we need your time and talents,” Jones said via email. “There was an AISES chapter on campus, but the last time it was active was–10 years ago, so we aren’t building it from scratch.”

In the Fall term the director of scholarships for Indigenous Education, Incorporated, Bridget Neconie and other members of Cobell Scholars decided to try to build a community of support for current 17 Cobell Scholars, and provide tools for those that are preparing to apply for Cobell Scholarships.

The Cobell Scholars group is a non-formalized student-led organization to support current Cobell Scholars and those who need support with completing the application and essay requirements to apply for the Cobell Scholarships.

Cobell Scholars offers several scholarships like the Vocational Scholarship, Undergraduate and Post Baccalaureate Cobell Scholarship, Graduate Cobell Scholarship and Cobell Graduate Summer Research Fellowship.

Each Scholarship has different requirements and Cobell Scholars will provide support with completing the application and essay requirements to apply for the Cobell

THEO D ELMONACO | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK Many students show enthusiasm towards the creation of the organizations while discussing next steps, requirements and interests for their student organizations.

Scholarship to its members.

“I’m a first-year Cobell Scholar, and a large part of my costs of attendance are supported by Indigenous Education, Inc. through the Cobell Scholarship,” Jacobs said via email. “Last term, the Director of Scholarships for IEI, Bridget Neconie, came to OSU and brought OSU-based Cobell Scholars together with the help of the NAL Eena Haws.

During this meeting, we decided to try to get Cobell Scholars together throughout the school year to build a community of support for one another. Cobell Scholars represent students at every degree level at OSU and some Ecampus students, too.”

The Traditional Ecological Knowledge organization is an organization that focuses on sharing Indigenous Knowledge relating to local ecosystems and land management. Traditional Ecological Knowledge is passed down through generations by oral histories and empirical observations but is also adapted to modern technologies and social dynamics, and its evolving and based on historical understandings of ecosystems.

OSU staff and students such as Chris Dunn, Ph.D, from the College of Forestry, Valerie Goodness, Ph.D, student at SUNY Buffalo State College in Buffalo, New York. have been pushing to create a TEK chapter at OSU. Goodness established the TEK Conferences at OSU 10 years ago, but the TEKI (Traditional Ecological Knowledge Initiative) is currently growing in the process of creating roles and a constitution, and welcome students interested in Indigenous knowledge relating to local ecosystems and land management.

“The TEK Initiative has helped me connect more with the Indigenous community at OSU. It brings together folks from across campus with similar interests and backgrounds,” Coral Avery, fifth-

year Human Dimensions in Natural Resources student, said via email.

TEK Conference, one of the biggest events of TEK will take place on May 13 and 14, where speakers and participants from tribes and Native communities across Oregon and the greater Pacific Northwest will share their knowledge.

“I love the community and cultural aspects of TEK. This group is specifically about Indigenous ways of knowing, so having a community of students who are also interested in this topic is incredibly meaningful to me as a Native woman,” Jacobs said via email. “It shows me that a good number of students have an interest in supporting and recognizing the validity of Indigenous Knowledge Systems.”

The Traditional Ecological Knowledge group has close to 20 students as of today, and invites all students from Indigenous and nonIndigenous backgrounds to join their conferences. The group plans to continue pushing departments to increase their capacity to include TEK-related courses at the graduate level for researchers who would like to learn more about Indigenous science and ecology. This group will also support students’ understanding of decolonizing methodologies and how to incorporate alternative ways of knowing into Western science.

“This gives me hope that our numbers might keep growing to a point where our call for the creation of TEK classes will be addressed,” Jacobs said via email. “I also appreciate how involved the student group has become in organizing the upcoming TEK Conferences and I look forward to seeing how we evolve the conferences in the future. I also can’t wait to see what other types of projects and community organizing efforts we can create as the group’s capacity strengthens.”

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ANA PEARSE | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK Oregon State University College of Business Instructor Eugene Young sits in his office in Austin Hall.

Young said he doesn’t think about race and color or diversity initiatives.

coming to OSU, a field in which he described was predominantly white, and compared that to OSU’s diversity.

“With other people that are like me, that have worked in predominantly white industries for that period of time, they’ve seen the whole thing, they always get called on to participate in this stuff because they got to find somebody black to be on the diversity committee,” said Young. “So you tend to get all that stuff shoved onto you, and it gets added on to your workload, and it’s not your main job.”

OSU currently has a Diversity Strategic Plan for the years 2018-23, in which the five key goals of the plan are to integrate inclusive excellence, improve recruitment of students and employees from underrepresented communities, create an inclusive environment to increase retention, provide transformative learning experiences, and communicate Oregon State’s accomplishments as their goal progresses.

“I am thankful that we have deans, and department heads who are diligently working to increase their recruiting efforts of underrepresented staff at OSU,” said Charlene Alexander, the chief diversity officer at the Office of Institutional Diversity.

Alexander referred to the Diversity Strategic Plan’s outline when asked about the support and resources provided to faculty of color.

In the outline, the department planned to “provide institutional support to employee affinity groups engaging in community building and retention efforts,” including the Association of Faculty & Staff for the Advancement of People of Color.

“The people that are in [AFAPC] often are not people in my position of being a researcher and a teacher,” Ribero said. “So, it hasn’t felt like a great group for me…but I think the group does try to build community.”

As a Latina, Ribero noted that she personally finds support at the César Chávez Cultural Center when talking to students about their experiences, as they often parallel hers.

Oregon State ADVANCE is also a program working towards diversifying faculty across the institution.

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to support individuals who are writing proposals from within the university to improve conditions at OSU, and was originally started to show the disproportionate amount of female to male instructors.

“Even today, if you look at the ranks, we still have a disproportionate number of men compared to women faculty members,” Plaza said. “In addition to that, we have a disproportionate number of people of color.

So you’ve got men, then women, then people of color. And if you’re a woman of color who is in the academy, [that number] is even smaller.”

He also said ADVANCE aims to create conversation about the barriers that women and people of color face in an institution where they are the minorities.

While OSU continues to recruit faculty of color, there is also the aspect of retention that is statistically more difficult to maintain among faculty of color, with the lack of support offered to those faculty who feel isolated in their departments.

Alexander discussed the ways in which the Office of Institutional Diversity will implement programs to increase staff diversity.

“We are paying attention to how we contribute to the number of diverse scholars interested in academic careers, as well we are working with others to develop a tool kit for faculty recruiting and retention.”

Alexander added that these resources will be available at the start of summer 2020.

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Beaver Baseball optimistic for 2020 season

Team rallies behind new head coach, believes in Canham’s continuation of culture

By MICHAEL EUBANKS News Contributor The Oregon State Baseball team is currently in Surprise, Ariz. to kick off their 2020 season and the Beavers clubhouse is full of optimism.

Two years after winning their third National Championship in Omaha, the Beavers begin their season ranked 25th in USA Today’s preseason Coaches Poll. They are also predicted to finish fifth in the PAC-12 by the conference’s coaches.

But that does not matter to the Beavers. The team’s goal in 2020 remains the same as it does every year.

“Our team goal is to win the National Championship. That’s what it is every year,” said junior infielder/outfielder Kyler McMahan.

“We’re going to leave everything we have on the table every single game. There’s no doubt in my mind that we can do it.”

The Beavers previously finished third in the PAC-12 in 2019 with a season record of 3620-1 and a conference record of 20-8. Since then, several of the team’s star players have been drafted by big league clubs, including first overall pick Adley Rutschman, who is working his way up the ladder as a catcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization.

Players will always come and go in college baseball, and McMahan expressed no worries about the departures of many of the team’s previous star players.

“Just because we don’t have Adley Rutschman doesn’t mean that we cannot get to Omaha, win Omaha and dominate for years to come,” McMahan said. “It is absolutely going to take every single player on the diamond, in the locker room and in the dugout - at some point

they’re going to come up, and they’re going to need a shot. That’s what we’ve been working on this entire year, knowing your role and understanding that your role is significant and it’s going to be used to benefit us at some point.”

Another big change over the off-season was the addition of new head coach Mitch Canham, who was hired in June to replace interim head coach Pat Bailey. Canham, who previously enjoyed success over the last four years as a Minor League coach in the Seattle Mariners organization, is no stranger to Oregon State baseball.

The 34-year-old played for the Beavers from 2004-2007 and was a key player in the team’s first two National Championships.

Canham’s arrival has been well-received by the team and McMahan said that his knowledge and leadership skills have created a positive atmosphere in the clubhouse.

“Mitch has been more than anybody could imagine,” McMahan said. “Just the way that he’s brought a family atmosphere into the entire team with camping trips and outdoor activities that we all do together to build that bond together. It’s been so great to work with him and have him as our head coach and lead us to what’s going to be a fantastic season.”

Junior right-handed pitcher Nathan Burns agreed with his teammate’s assessment.

“My initial impressions of coach Canham are that he’s a great leader, he’s very positive and he’s working to continue the culture that has been established here, and the culture that he was responsible for establishing,” Burns said.

“He’s done a great job with our family so far.”

While it is still too early to tell how the Beavers will fare over the course of the season, Burns said that win or lose, the team is going to

RI D WANA RAHMAN | ORANGE MED I A NETWORK TOP: OSU Baseball exchanges high fives after a game versus Washington State in late April 2019 in Goss Stadium.

BOTTOM: OSU infielder/outfielder Kyler McMahan hits a grounder versus Washington State at Goss Stadium in late April 2019.

play their best.

“That goes into the culture that’s been established here,” Burns said. “We’re always driven to get better on a daily basis, and even when things are going not as we’d like that remains the main focus. I say the word culture all the time regarding Oregon State because that’s what has been established here, a winning mentality, a hard-working approach

to every day. There really isn’t any deviation when we’re winning or when we’re losing. It’s the same standard at all times.”

After leaving Arizona, the Beavers will play a three-game series at Mississippi State from Feb. 21-23 and a four-game series at San Diego State from Feb. 27 to March 1. The team’s first home game takes place on Friday, March 6 versus UC Santa Barbara.

OSU Wrestling earns first conference victory

Beavers win all 10 matchups in meet, defeat new conference contender in UALR

By ANDRES DE LOS SANTOS Sports Contributor The Oregon State Wrestling team got its first conference victory on Feb. 15 as they defeated the newest member of the PAC-12 conference, the Arkansas-Little Rock (UALR) Trojans at Gill Coliseum by a team score of 42-0.

All ten matches were won by the Beavers including four decision victories, two majordecision victories, two technical-falls, one pin and a forfeit. This victory comes after the Beavers defeated the California Baptist Lancers on Feb. 14 at home by a team score of 28-6.

The Beavers now move to 7-6 as a team and are 1-3 in conference dual meets.

OSU redshirt junior Devan Turner won his match against UALR junior Paul Bianchi by a score of 8-6. Turner, ranked No. 10 in the 133 lb. weight class, had a come-from-behind victory after trailing by one point at the end of the second period. The victory marked Turner’s 23rd victory of the season.

“I’m proud of Logan Meek and Jackson Mckinney. They wrestled tough. Jackson got a tech-fall, Logan won. Logan had a good weekend so I’m proud of him,” Turner said.

OSU redshirt sophomore Grant Willits won his match against UALR redshirt freshman Connor Ward by a score of 10-0. Willits, ranked No. 25 in the 141 lb. weight class, had an actionpacked match with both wrestlers scrambling for better position.

Willits was still able to walk away with his 20th victory of the season, despite having two scramble-situations during the match.

“I’ve been known to scramble throughout my life and throughout wrestling, so when I get in those positions, I try to stay calm,” Willits said.

“I practice it in the room, rolling around with these guys. I just stay calm for the most part and try to come out on top.”

OSU redshirt sophomore Lane Stigall, after losing his match against California Baptist redshirt sophomore AJ Raya by a score 8-4, was able to get a victory of his own by beating UALR freshman Tyler Brennan by a score of 9-3.

“We’re wrestling a new team to the PAC-12, so I feel like we represent ourselves well, and it was a good team win.”

Aaron Olmos OSU redshirt sophomore wrestler

Stigall said he had to change his focus versus UALR after losing his match the previous night at home versus California Baptist.

“Didn’t wrestle my best last night, so I just had to make a mindset change, and then try to come out here and fix some things and wrestle a little better,” Stigall said. The win was Stigall’s 16th victory of the season.

OSU redshirt sophomore Aaron Olmos defeated UALR freshman Will Edgar by a score

of 11-6. Olmos maintained control throughout the match and earned his 11th victory of the season.

“We’re wrestling a new team to the PAC-12, so I feel like we represent ourselves well, and it was a good team win,” Olmos said.

OSU redshirt freshman J.J. Dixon secured a victory of his own by pinning his opponent, UALR junior Dylan Johnson, during the second period. Dixon earned his fourth pin of the season, and his 14th victory of the season. He credited his teammates for his victory.

“My teammates, they helped prepare me to get here,” Dixon said. “I love the team atmosphere this year, they’re pushing me to new levels. This team is something special, I’m so happy about this team, these are the best teammates I’ve ever had, truly.”

The Beavers return back to Gill Coliseum on Feb. 22 where they will take on the Cal Poly Mustangs at 1 p.m. The duel will be the final meet of the season for the Beavers before the PAC-12 championships begin on March 7 at Stanford University.

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SPORTS

OSU home loss hurts NCAA Tournament hopes OSU Men’s Basketball blowout loss to Colorado leaves no room for error

By BRADY AKINS Sports Contributor Coming into the Feb. 15 game against the Buffaloes, Oregon State’s March Madness hopes were already hanging by a delicate balance. But a win over No. 16 Colorado had a chance to give the Beavers a much needed boost to their tournament hopes.

However, after suffering their largest loss of the season against the Colorado Buffaloes by a 69-47 final, the Oregon State Men’s Basketball team’s record slipped to 15-10 and left the Beavers in need of a strong close to the regular season to keep any hopes of reaching the NCAA Tournament.

Oregon State already had two wins against currently ranked PAC-12 teams, having beat the Buffaloes earlier in the season on Jan. 5 and winning their first Civil War matchup of the season against the No. 15 Oregon Ducks on Feb. 8. Winning in their second game against Colorado not only would have given the Beavers their third win against a ranked team, but it would also have given them an undefeated 3-0 record against ranked opponents on the season.

Instead, the loss puts the Beavers on the outside looking in. At 15-10, Oregon State will need to win the remainder of their regular season games to reach 20 wins, with a Civil War rematch on Feb. 27 waiting for them in Eugene, Ore. In last season’s NCAA tournament, only seven of the tournament’s 68 teams got in with under 20 wins, with three of those teams coming as automatic qualifiers from having won their conference championship. Given that recent history, the Beavers may need to win their remaining five games and put together a strong showing in the PAC-12 tournament.

Despite last year’s tournament’s teams showing how difficult it can be to make it into March Madness without 20 or more wins, Beavers’ head coach Wayne Tinkle made sure to note

that there are still plenty of games left for Oregon State to get where they need to be.

“We can’t worry, we just got to stay in the moment,” Tinkle said. “Just try to prepare and win games, and the rest of it takes care of itself.”

But even though the final score will cost Oregon State a ranked win with extensive postseason impact, their effort throughout the contest showed the Beavers still have signs of life going forward in their schedule. Though the road ahead will feature tough road games against Oregon, Arizona and Arizona State, the effort against Colorado showed that Oregon State can compete with the best teams the PAC-12 conference has to offer.

A Beavers scoring defense, ranked outside the top 100 nationally, held their own against the Buffaloes, keeping Colorado from finding much rhythm from the field. After holding Colorado to three made field goals on their first 11 attempts, Oregon State closed out the final 3:41 of the first half by keeping the Buffaloes from making a shot.

But while the Oregon State defense was able to hold strong in the first 20 minutes of play, the Buffaloes defense was able to put together an impressive outing of their own. The 31st ranked Colorado scoring defense looked the part against the Beavers, holding Oregon State to 33% from the field and 22 first half points.

Beavers’ senior forward Tres Tinkle was visibly frustrated after the loss, blaming his teams’ struggles through the first half and beyond to poor execution on their part.

“Coaches make an emphasis to get into the paint and jump-stop, and when they collapse look out, and we just didn’t do enough of it,” Tinkle said.

While strong defensive efforts carried through the rest of the way for Colorado, Oregon State struggled to match the same defensive pace. The Buffaloes managed to put up big points in the

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ERICK BRANNER | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK TOP: Colorado junior Alexander Strating drives past OSU junior Ethan Thompson during matchup in Gill Coliseum on Feb. 15, 2020.

BOTTOM RIGHT: Colorado junior D’Shawn Schwartz navigates past OSU junior Alfred Hollins in Gill Coliseum on Feb. 15, 2020.

BOTTOM LEFT: Colorado senior Shane Gatling holds ground during matchup versus OSU in Gill Coliseum on Feb. 15, 2020.

second half, taking advantage of some of Oregon State’s weaker aspects including three-point shooting and free throws.

Oregon State had its worst three point shooting performance of the season against the Buffaloes, shooting one for 17 from behind the arc compared to Colorado’s nine for 20. The Beavers’ poor shooting found its way to the free-throw line as well, where Oregon State shot eight for 17 as a team on their foul shots compared to the Buffaloes’ 16 for 23.

After the game, OSU junior guard Ethan Thompson said they played with good energy and practiced well all week, but

felt the three-point shooting ended up making the biggest difference in the outcome.

“I think we just lost it on the three point attempts,” Thompson said. “We only had one, they had nine of them.

That was pretty much the deficit right there.”

If the Beavers hope to right the ship and find their way into the NCAA tournament, they will need to find a way to clean up their game sooner rather than later. With so few games left, the margin for error on Oregon State’s tournament chances remain razor thing, and they will only get one last chance to go on a run with their historic senior class.

Oregon State’s leading shot

blocker in program history, senior forward Kylor Kelley, will not be with the team after this season. Both he and the Beavers’ second leading scorer in Oregon State history, senior forward Tres Tinkle, will both be graduating in 2020 and leaving with them record breaking numbers and two vacant spots on next year’s starting lineup.

If the Beavers aren’t able to secure an NCAA tournament spot this postseason, both Tinkle and Kelley would end their Oregon State careers without a March Madness appearance.

In order to get their two graduating seniors one run in the tournament, the Beavers

will need to make a deep conference tournament run or hope they can play winning basketball the rest of their regular season. And despite the loss to Colorado, Wayne Tinkle believes his team can improve enough to deliver to send the senior class out strong.

“All we need to do now is get ourselves better the next couple days, prepare for our next opponent, and make sure we’re that much more ready to go after it,” Tinkle said.

The Beavers will get their next chance to fight for their postseason lives on Feb. 20 when Oregon State will travel Tucson, Ariz. to take on the 18-7 Arizona Wildcats. Tipoff is scheduled for 5 p.m.

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CRIME

NEWS

New Architectural Engineering program becomes first of its kind in Pacific Northwest

By WILLIAM ROSS News Contributor

MONTANA MUR PHY | ORAN GE ME DIA N E TWORK A male was reported climbing out a window carrying construction items at a student housing building site in Southwest Corvallis and was later arrested.

Man arrested on trespassing charge at student housing site

By MICHAEL EUBANKS Crime Beat Reporter

A Corvallis man with a lengthy criminal background was recently arrested for trespassing at a student housing complex currently under construction.

Doran Hans Holman, 50, was found by police on the property of the Sierra Student Housing Apartments site at 960 SW Washington Ave. early in the morning on February 2, according to the Corvallis Police Department log.

An officer arrived at the construction zone at approximately 2:23 a.m. to respond to a report of a trespasser when he witnessed Holman

climb out of a window on the bottom floor of the south side of the building.

According to the official arrest log, Holman was found with items from the construction zone in his hands. He was arrested for Criminal Trespass in the second degree and taken to the Benton County Jail.

He was released from jail later in the day and is scheduled to appear in court on February 27 at 1 p.m.

Holman was previously convicted on trespassing charges in 2008, 2012, 2017 and in 2019. He spent seven days in the Benton County jail as a result of his 2017 conviction and spent 25 days there for his 2008 conviction.

Architectural Engineering has been added to the College of Engineering. This will be the first program of its kind available for students in the Pacific Northwest.

The Architectural Engineering program was officially available to students starting fall of 2019.

Kevin Houser, Ph.D, is the sole professor of the architectural program at Oregon State University. He is the only professor teaching all six architectural courses at the moment.

Houser said some classes taught under the construction and civil engineering program will become replaced with architectural engineering courses. In time there will also be new classes students will get to pick from that are only architectural engineering.

The future of the architectural engineering program will not only bring in undergraduate students it will bring graduate students too.

“As we add some of those specialties, I can envision we will have some additional probably undergraduate and graduate classes as we build out the program,” Ashford said.

With architectural engineering now at OSU, future and current students won’t be the only ones to benefit. According to Ashford, OSU itself and the state of Oregon will see the

rewards of adding an architectural program.

“It’s the first in the northwest, I think it’s an advantage to Oregon. It may also recruit some students from outside the state. We have a lot of construction companies, design companies and architectural firms that can benefit from this program,” Ashford said.

“We deal with architectural engineering, with the engineered systems that go into buildings,” Houser said. “That includes building structural systems, heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems, power distribution systems, lighting systems and the construction side of how buildings are engineered and built.”

According to Houser, OSU’s program differs from regular architecture because it doesn’t deal with the design elements and the actual art of drawing out a building.

Judy Liu, professor for the School of Civil and Construction Engineering, teaches several classes that are required for engineering students to take. Liu was also a component in bringing the Architectural Engineering program to OSU. “Architectural engineering is a natural opportunity to bring a discipline where we can really make change in terms of sustainable design,” Liu said.

The Architectural Engineering program is currently part of the School of Civil and

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Corvallis Police Log: Feb. 7 - 9

By MICHAEL EUBANKS Crime Beat Reporter

Feb. 7 Loud Noise/Unlawful Amplified Sound/ Open Container An officer responded to a local residence in West Corvallis for a parking complaint due to an event taking place at the house. As the officer was responding to the location, he could hear the sound of a live band playing over speakers from well over 200 feet away.

The officer also observed multiple people standing in the roadway with open alcoholic beverages. He could also hear multiple people yelling inside the residence over 50 feet away.

The officer then contacted a resident of the property and issued him a Special Response Notice for Loud Noise, Unlawful Amplified Sound, and Open Container. The resident advised that he would end the party and had no questions, so the officer provided him with a business card and ended contact.

The City of Corvallis Municipal Code and Ordinances Ord. 82-77 § 102.01 Section 5.03.030.010 reads, “No person shall make, assist in making, continue, or cause to be made any unreasonably loud, disturbing, or unnecessary noise.”

Feb. 9

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Vehicle Accident - No Injury An officer came across a minivan stuck on the railroad tracks in downtown Corvallis. The driver was standing outside the vehicle on the phone with dispatch.

The driver explained that she was driving east on Western Boulevard and attempted to turn on 7th Street, which was blocked off. She continued onto 6th Street, which is divided by curbing with railroad tracks running through the middle.

The driver said she did not see the tracks until she was on top of them. She said she thought she could negotiate her vehicle off the tracks but got even more stuck. The driver was not impaired and a towing company responded to the scene to remove the vehicle off the tracks.

Theft 2 An officer contacted a male staying at the Budget Inn in downtown Corvallis in regards to his theft report.

The male reported he had met a transient female, brought her back to his room, and she stole $980 in cash while he was using the restroom. The male then provided a description of the female, though she was not later identified or found.

Criminal Trespass 2

Feb. 8 Theft 3 - Shoplifting An officer responded to a call at Safeway in downtown Corvallis for a shoplifting that had just occurred. As he was responding, the officer saw a male matching the suspect description on a street corner a few blocks north of the store.

The officer identified the male, who admitted to stealing a case of beer valued at $12.99. He also had an Albany Municipal Court warrant for failing to appear in court for a Trespass 2 charge.

The male was arrested for the theft and on the Albany warrant and was transported to the Benton County Jail. He was released from jail later in the day.

Officers were dispatched to the downtown Corvallis Safeway for a trespassing complaint.

An employee contacted police after a male refused to leave the bathroom after being told to leave so the store could close.

The male was contacted by police and exited the bathroom. He had been previously trespassed from the business and admitted to knowing he was trespassing.

He was issued a citation for Criminal Trespass 2.

According to OregonLaws.org, this crime occurs “if the person enters or remains unlawfully in a motor vehicle or in or upon premises.”

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FORUM Comes to Mind: Fear

By SEAN LANE

YAYS & NAYS The Barometer lists OSU’s favorite and least favorite things this week.

YAYS • Yay for seeing Parasite • Yay for the DAMchic Magazine launch party • Yay for the sun going down later than 5 p.m.

• Yay for Pinterest • Yay for the salted foam cold brew at Starbucks • Yay for pets Left-Handed Vision: Chef Boyardon’t

By ARTHUR LINDHJEM

• Yay for water

NAYS • Nay for everybody asking if you’ve seen Parasite • Nay to a bad weekend for OSU sports • Nay

to

not

getting

Presidents’ Day off • Nay to getting ghosted • Nay to dropping your hydroflask in class

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HOROSCOPE

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S U D O K U

Aries (March 21–April 19)

Cancer (June 21–July 22)

Libra (Sept. 23–Oct. 22)

Capricorn (Dec. 22–Jan. 19)

Today is a 9 -- Avoid

Today is a 7 -- Make

Today is a 7 -- Keep

Today is a 7 -- Take extra care

misunderstandings, with

educational plans and

equipment repaired. Delays,

with communications, now that

Sagittarius Mercury retrograde.

itineraries over three weeks

misunderstandings or mistakes

Revise and refine the message.

for later travels, with Mercury

Delays or breakdowns could

could frustrate your work

retrograde. Communicate

affect mechanical equipment.

and health, with Mercury

carefully. Keep confidences and

Make repairs immediately.

retrograde. Slow down to

secrets. Make your deadlines.

Re-establish old bonds.

Leo (July 23–Aug. 22)

Taurus (April 20–May 20) Today is an 8 -- Practice makes

LEVEL: 1 2 3 4

perfect with team activities over three weeks, with Mercury retrograde. Nurture old friends and connections.

Have patience and humor with communication snafus.

Gemini (May 21–June 20)

finish faster for a few weeks.

Scorpio (Oct. 23–Nov. 21)

Today is an 8 -- Secure what

Today is an 8 -- Passions

you’ve gained. Double-check

could seem distant. Romantic

financial data, with Mercury retrograde for three weeks.

Pay bills. Review statements and account activity for errors.

Monitor finances closely.

Virgo (Aug. 23–Sept. 22)

overtures could backfire, with Mercury retrograde. Clarify misunderstandings right away for three weeks. Find your sense of humor and reconnect.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22–Dec. 21)

Mercury is retrograde. Clarify misunderstandings as soon as possible. Launch creative projects after three weeks.

Plan and prepare.

Aquarius (Jan. 20–Feb. 18) Today is an 8 -- Monitor cash flow closely. Allow extra time for travel, transport, invoices and collections, with Mercury retrograde for three weeks.

Double-check numbers.

Review financial records and budgets.

Pisces (Feb. 19–March 20)

Today is an 8 -- Review

Today is an 8 -- Develop

professional data closely, with

shared goals. Resolve

Today is a 7 -- Clean, sort

Mercury retrograde for three

misunderstandings with

and organize at home,

brand over three weeks.

weeks. Misunderstandings

a partner, with Mercury

with Mercury retrograde.

Consider the consequences

could cause delays. Guard

retrograde for three weeks.

Review papers, photos and

of your communications, with

against communication

Support each other

possessions. Repair appliances

Mercury retrograde in your

breakdowns. Backup hard

through breakdowns.

and backup files. Revise and

sign. Determine what works

drives and archives.

Regroup and go again.

refine household infrastructure.

and what doesn’t. Edit carefully.

Today is a 9 -- Upgrade your

Does this describe you?

If any of these apply to you, come work with us! We are always hiring. Come check us out on the fourth floor of the Student Experience Center.

C R O S S W O R D

Across 1 Weed whackers 5 Annoy 9 Macbeth, by birth 13 Saintly glows 15 Impressionist 16 Lola’s nightclub, in song 17 Like an old joke 18 Wind that’s worth a warning 19 Idi of Uganda 20 Deer hunter’s dinner, perhaps 23 Holy Ohio city?

26 Bridal bio word 27 Sault __ Marie 28 “I think,” to a texter 29 Childlike race in “The Time Machine” 32 Learn thoroughly 34 Cutting in half, in math class 37 Seine summers 38 Lincoln or Ford 39 Love, in Spain 42 Nearby 47 Fidel who overthrew Batista 49 Aussie birds that don’t fly 50 San Francisco’s __ Valley 51 Diplomatic VIP 52 NBA tiebreakers

54 Sports team swaps 56 Attributed speaker of the circled words 60 Medical suffix 61 Sentry’s “Stop!”

62 Swiss peak in an Eastwood film title 66 Eye part 67 Oil cartel letters 68 Iced tea wedge 69 Icelandic poetic work 70 PC repair person 71 Avec’s opposite Down 1 Suffers from 2 One of an inning’s three 3 Pitcher’s stat 4 Soothing cream 5 Carol kings 6 Hoppy brews, for short 7 Serious criminal 8 Portmanteau for a false ally 9 “Beat it, feline!”

10 Is remembered 11 Addictive narcotic 12 Oil cartel ship 14 Started the grassgrowing process 21 __ me tangere: “Don’t touch me”

22 Place to park it 23 Ocean motion 24 Skip over 25 Age-old romantic adage 30 A single time 31 “__ it my best” 33 Graceful pond swimmer 35 “That __ fair!”

36 Fedora feature 40 Great Plains tribe 41 Deli breads 43 Pants, briefly 44 Someone who’s good, and obviously knows it 45 Skips, as class 46 Tel Aviv’s land 47 Sweet-talk 48 Got a smile out of 53 Suffix with land or sea 55 Spring zodiac sign 57 “Insecure” Emmy nominee __ Rae 58 Knighted actor Guinness 59 Draw with acid 63 ABC show for early risers, briefly 64 Long, long time 65 ICU workers

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CITY

BRI TTNEE BARRY | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK ARCHIVES Plageman Hall is the main Student Health Services clinic location. SHS is working with the Benton County Health Department to prepare in case the Novel Coronavirus should spread to Oregon.

Novel Coronavirus, flu season among state, local health officials’ priorities

By ALEX GAUB News Contributor

As of Sunday, February 16, there are 50,580 confirmed cases of the Novel Coronavirus in 24 countries, with 50,054 in China alone, and 15 confirmed cases in the U.S., according to the World Health Organization.

The virus is in the family of Coronaviruses like Middle Eastern Respiratory Illness Syndrome, and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. These viruses are common in animal species but rarely spread to humans.

When they do, however, they can cause large outbreaks such as the SARS outbreak of 2002-2003.

As of February 16, the global death toll surpassed 1,500 people—all except two being in China.

There have been no cases of Novel Coronavirus so far in Oregon, but state and local officials are taking the threat seriously.

“It looks like this thing is spreading, it hasn’t been around very long—a lot of research is being done, but it’s something that we’ve been watching since it first emerged,” said Charlie Fautin, the interim Benton County Health Department co-director. “We are trying to keep up on both the science and the media—we are cautiously watchful.”

The Benton County Health Department is working closely with Oregon State University Student Health Services to remain informed and prepared should the virus spread to Oregon.

CDC Novel Coronavirus Prevention Guidelines Hygiene

Wash your hands for 20 seconds or more with soapy water. If not readily available, use an alcoholbased hand sanitizer. Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.

Health

Get adequate sleep and eat wellbalanced meals to support a healthy immune system.

Student Health Services has contingencies in place, having dealt with outbreaks in the past.

“This collaboration includes ongoing guidance from (the) Oregon Health Authority and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide OSU community members the most up-to-date information

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Use Snapchat or a QR code scanner to access OSU Student Health Services’ health alerts with information on both the novel coronavirus and this year’s flu season. and support in preventing the spread of all infectious diseases,” said Jeff Mull, Student Health Services medical director, in an email.

Jenny Haubenreiser, Associate Vice Provost of Student Affairs and Executive Director for Student Health Services, emphasizes the importance of OSU students and staff

remaining informed and to respond based upon current science and guidance from public health experts, specifically CDC and WHO. “It is very important for members of the OSU community to avoid reacting to this virus with fear,” Haubenreiser said via email. “There is a great deal of information on the web and on social media. The wrong information or overreactions based on fear can generate harmful misperceptions and biases against members of the OSU and global community. As Beavers, we pride ourselves on our core value of advancing a caring and inclusive community.”

Despite increased attention paid to the Novel Coronavirus, health officials remain concerned about the impacts of the annual flu season, an uptick in late-season flu cases this year, according to Fautin.

“To put that in perspective, last year was a mild flu season and over 10,000 Americans died of influenza. The year before was a severe flu [season], and over 50,000 Americans died of influenza,” Fautin said.

According to Mark Hornabrook, Student Health Services laboratory manager, OSU sees on average 100 cases of laboratory confirmed influenza each year. It is important to SHS that students get vaccinated for influenza, so that students remain healthy.

Students can get vaccinated against the flu by going to Student Health Services in the Plageman Building. Students will need to present their ID, as well as their insurance card.

Those without insurance will have $35 charged to their student account.

NEWS

OSU-Cascades to launch state’s first public Doctor of Physical Therapy program

By JADA KRENING News Correspondent Oregon State University-Cascades in Bend, Ore. will launch a new Doctor of Physical Therapy program, the first public DPT program in the state of Oregon, in fall 2021.

Christine Pollard, an associate professor of kinesiology at OSU-Cascades and the founding director of the new DPT program, has been instrumental in the creation of the new degree.

Pollard came to OSU-Cascades in 2011 to develop and lead the kinesiology program.

“Kinesiology is a great pathway for undergraduates to take prior to PT school,” Pollard said via email. “We have a large number of kinesiology students in Corvallis and Bend that are interested in going to graduate school in physical therapy and the pathway will now become very clear for our own DPT program.”

As the founding director of the new program, Pollard said her responsibilities include developing curriculum, designing facilities and spaces, creating admissions criteria, working with marketing, admissions, financial aid and the accreditation body, and hiring new faculty for the program.

Pollard said nine full-time core DPT faculty will be hired in the next five years, in addition to part-time faculty hires that will include practicing physical therapists in the community.

Kara Witzke, the assistant dean of Academic Programs and the program lead for kinesiology at OSU-Cascades, said the DPT degree is

something Pollard has wanted to do since she arrived at OSU-Cascades in 2011.

Pollard said OSU-Cascades gained all the necessary university approval for the DPT program last spring, and is now in the process of building the program for its first class in fall 2021.

“Dr. Pollard has done amazing work in getting this program shepherded through the different levels of approval it needed. If past experience is any indication, this program is going to be incredibly strong thanks to her leadership,” Lisa Flexner, an instructor of kinesiology and the head of the kinesiology internship program at OSU-Cascades, said via email.

Currently, there are two DPT programs in Oregon, both at private universities. Pollard said there is a shortage of physical therapists in the state and the nation, and that these shortages are anticipated to worsen. By offering an affordable DPT option in Oregon, Pollard hopes to address these shortcomings.

The OSU-Cascades DPT program will be housed in a brand-new academic building, which will include classrooms and laboratories custom-made from the program.

“Our kinesiology students will be able to utilize some of the same facilities as our DPT students in our brand-new academic building that will house both programs,” Witzke said via email. “These include a state of the art cadaver lab, special equipment classroom and new exercise physiology and biomechanics laboratories.”

Flexner said the new DPT program will fill “a very real and important need,” and by appealing to a diverse range of students.

“As an advocate for the physical therapy profession, I am absolutely thrilled that we will be offering the first public DPT program in the state of Oregon. My hope is that this lowers barriers to entry into our profession and allows more people of diverse backgrounds— socioeconomic, ethnic and cultural, and rural— to consider physical therapy as a profession,” Flexner said via email.

Timothy Burnett, an instructor of kinesiology at OSU-Cascades, said Central Oregon has a huge physical therapy industry that will benefit from a DPT program at OSU-Cascades.

“The local clinics, which we pair with to present information to our kinesiology students, have expressed their desire to have locally grown and educated PT practitioners enter their field,” Burnett said via email. “There is no substitute for quality that comes from a student born, raised and educated in the location they love.”

Burnett also emphasized the need for an affordable DPT option in Oregon to make a degree in the field more accessible.

“The primary benefit of this DPT program is that we can offer state school tuition for a doctoral program dominated by expensive private institutions. This decreased cost for students and the Central Oregon location will reach a large section of underserved Oregonians,” Burnett said via email.

Witzke said the DPT will greatly impact both OSU-Cascades and Oregon, since students will have the opportunity to work directly with local communities.

“It will be a signature program for OSUCascades and for the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, which is very exciting,” Witzke said via email. “The high density of physical therapy clinics in Central Oregon and outlying areas will provide ample clinical opportunities for our students. Serving the need for PTs for the state and for Central and rural Oregon in particular, is important to us to help fulfill our mission at OSU-Cascades.”

Flexner said she also hopes to continue to build stronger connections with the physical therapy community in Oregon.

“The DPT program will provide one pathway forward for those of our undergrad kinesiology majors who are interested in rehab medicine, and it will also allow us to build relationships with programs that provide other pathways, like the Physical Therapy Assistant programs at Lane Community College and Mt. Hood Community College,” Flexner said via email.

“We already have such a good connection between our kinesiology and DPT programs and faculty members, and we hope to build on that for the future.”

OSU-Cascades will begin accepting applications for fall 2021 this summer. More information on the OSU-Cascades DPT program can be found on the OSU-Cascades website.

ARCHITECTURAL, Continued from Page 13 Construction Engineering. According to Liu the hope is, architecture will be added to the school’s name soon.

Scott Ashford, the Kearney dean of Engineering also wanted to bring the new program to the College of Engineering and was the one to assemble a team.

According to Ashford, with the addition of diversity and the need for the program in the industry, having architectural engineering come to OSU was a smart choice.

“For architectural engineering students, they tend to be a more of a diverse population than some of our other engineering majors,” Ashford said.

To bring architectural engineering to OSU took some time, according to Liu. A team got together in 2015 to plan out the major, a bulk of the team’s time went to a proposal creation and the approval process.

Liu said they got approval from the state to begin the program in fall of 2018. This allowed them to look for a professor and get the course ready to start the fall of 2019.

“There’s only six new classes, for the architectural engineering program, but we are leveraging a lot of existing courses,” Liu said.

“One of the disciplines within architectural engineering is structural engineering, and we already have plenty of courses to cover that.”

According to Liu there are certain types of students that may gravitate more towards architectural engineering when deciding to declare it as a major.

“One reason might be they’re really interested in sustainable design and energy efficiency,” Liu said. “Another type of student that is often attracted to architectural engineering are

JADE WE BSTE R | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK Kevin Houser, Ph.D Professor of the Architectural Engineer Program points out the exposed electrical components in Owen Hall.

students who like thinking about architecture, the occupants of the building, human comfort, aesthetic, as well.”

Ashford said he is proud of how the program has run so far, being that it’s two terms in.

“I’m looking forward to getting the word out more because this is going to be…a lot of students interested in the program,” Ashford said.

OSU’s Architectural Engineering program aims to teach students what it takes to make a building. From lighting and heating, to sustainability, architectural engineers will take part in a program that is unique to the Pacific Northwest.

“Buildings today, we don’t really look at them as much as structures but they are really machines,” Ashford said.

JAD E WEBSTER | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK Houser said he is very excited to be kickstarting the new major at Oregon State University.

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PHOTO C OURTESY OF THE CITY OF CORVAL L IS Nick Hurley was appointed by Corvallis City Manager Mark Shepard to take over as the next chief of the Corvallis Police Department when Jon Sassaman retires on June 30.

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Nick Hurley has been appointed to succeed Jon Sassaman as the chief of the Corvallis Police Department, the city announced on February 11. Sassaman is scheduled to retire on June 30.

Hurley will work closely with Sassaman, the Police Department and community until then to ensure a smooth leadership transition, according to a CPD press release.

“I am humbled and honored to be appointed the next Chief of Police for the City of Corvallis,” Hurley said in the press release. “Over the next few months, I will have daily access to Chief Sassaman as we begin the handoff of responsibilities to ensure a smooth transition for the department and the community.”

Having worked in law enforcement for over 20 years, Hurley is no stranger to the CPD. He currently holds the role of captain at the department. In his current role, Hurley oversees a division responsible for training, evidence, police records, as well as the Corvallis Regional

Communications Center, which provides 911 services to Benton County.

Hurley is also no stranger to Oregon State University. He holds a Master’s Degree in College Administration from the university and also holds a degree in American Sign Language from Western Oregon University. He is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy.

In 2019, Hurley helped develop a training program through the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to help police officers better communicate and engage with people who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Sassaman’s retirement comes after a 32-year career in the department. Hurley’s appointment was made by City Manager Mark Shepard.

“I am confident that Captain Hurley is the right person to lead the Corvallis Police Department and build on the foundation Chief Sassaman has created,” Shepard said.

Hurley will assume his duties as Police Chief on June 30, with a public reception planned for July.

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