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MONDAY, OCT. 16 Speed Mock Interviews 1-4 p.m., Memorial Union Horizon Room
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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 18 MA Graduate Symposium 4-6 p.m., Autzen House
This symposium is open to the public and offers the opportunity for the audience to learn about cutting-edge research that students are performing during their two years of MA work. The students will deliver 15-20 minute talks, after which they will take questions from the audience.
Race in America 5:30-7 p.m., Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center
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Professors provide fire-conscious landscaping methods By Melinda Myers, News Contributor
Flames engulf the forests that inhabit the wildfire fuel later in the season. state of Oregon as wildfire smoke fills the “This summer looks like it’s going to set air and catches the next wind that blows some records for money spent and acreages or by. Nearby cities are blanketed in a thick public impact because of smoke,” Bailey said. haze of smoke and ash. Official firefight- “In that sense, it was a good fire season for ers, volunteer responders and wildland fire getting attention and having all the way up to ecologists all flock to the burns that raze federal Congress thinking about these issues.” the ground in hopes to extinguish and learn Fire ecologists and pyrogeography specialsomething from them. ists regard the natural ecology, topography, From June 2017 to present, wildfires have management options and design of a landravaged the western United States. At least six scape in order to help rehabilitate and restore fires are still burning as of Oct. 2 in the state a burned ecosystem, according to Krawchuk. of Oregon, and this summer resulted in over Krawchuk specializes in the ecological pro330,000 burned acres, according to the official cesses that occur after a wildfire. State of Oregon fire information webpage. “The work that we were doing is focused As the year proon early phases of gresses to shoulder forest development seasons, researchafter a fire, so about ers and advocates 10 to 12 years after look to what made a fire,” Krawchuk A fire-wise landscape this past summer so said. “Every fire is is one that doesn’t intense, and what an opportunity for can be done in the a fire ecologist to contribute to the fuel next months to get data.” source, has plants that help resilience and Krawchuk fall into the fire-resistant rehabilitation. observes the imme“A little of how we diate remnants of category and looks to define fire seasons is a burned habitat improve the defensible based on resource and differences availability, people between scorched space around the home. and equipment,” said and less burned John Bailey, a silviadjacent habitats. culture and fire manThese patches of Amy Jo Detweiler agement professor forest that burn OSU Extension Service in the department of at different paces forestry. “But most of and temperatures Associate Professor of home the way we define is create forest mosaand commercial horticulture the condition of the ics, according to fuel and the weather Krawchuk. that we have—temperature, relative humidity, “So when we’re thinking about fire, we have all that stuff.” these forest patches that burn at really high According to Bailey, a wildfire cycle is a intensities and high severity where you can natural occurrence in some areas. lose the canopy, and very dramatic changes “This is one important message, is that here in forest structure and composition occur,” in this part of the world we have a fairly pre- Krawchuk said. “And then mixed in with this dictable fire season. Good fire season essen- mosaic are patches of places that don’t burn, tially every year, even if we have a wet winter or burn at lower severity.” or spring,” Bailey said. Krawchuk works with The Fire Refugia According to Meg Krawchuk, an assistant Project, which studies the ecological differprofessor in forest ecosystems and society, and ences between forest mosaic habitats. a self-proclaimed specialist in pyrogeography, “Where do they occur? Is there anything prethere is evidence that wildfire has played dictable about where they occur? What is the an important ecological role in the Western composition and function of those fire refugia? United States long into the past. What are they doing in terms of providing “Over evolutionary time and fire time, landscape legacies to the next generation of fire has been part of our ecological pro- the forest structure moving in?” Krawchuk said. cesses in the west even through glacial Fire refugia may provide shelter and new periods,” Krawchuk said. seed sources for the rehabilitating burned The wildfire season has, on average, length- habitat, according to Krawchuk. Whether these ened in its days, according to Bailey. new seed sources are triggered in the soil or “(In) most of the Pacific Northwest the fire transported from outside the burn perimseason is 30 days long. Other parts are 60 days,” eter, new plants are able to grow from these Bailey said. “It’s always been predictably June new seed sources. to September, but now sometimes it’s starting “So we end up with species who set seeds in April. This year it didn’t start until June, but and those seeds become part of the soil seed we’re still in it in October.” bank, and they’re actually released or proAccording to Bailey, this summer’s wildfires moted into germination by the heat of fire, were intense, despite the wet winter and sort of a heat scarification,” Krawchuk said. “So spring that Oregon experienced in the seasons when that fire comes, those seed coats open before. A wetter winter and spring allow for up and all of a sudden you get this establishmore plant growth that could be potential ment of an early forest community.”
After a fire, or any event that clears a habitat, occurs, new organisms can establish homes in the new habitat using an ecological process called secondary succession, according to Krawchuk. “For those post-fire successional progressions, it’s contingent on the initial conditions of what is left behind, the legacy structures, what is left behind from the pre-fire forest,” Krawchuk said. “Those developmental pathways all depend on who gets in there first, what was left behind to provide the opportunity, weather and temperature.” Development of new established communities may take more time than expected, according to Krawchuk. “Some of these other cases where the seed source may be farther away, succession will eventually occur,” Krawchuk said. “The forest will very likely come back, it might just take a little bit of time.” Forests and grasslands take their own ecological time to recover from wildfire events, which often spurs impatience in the restoration community, according to Krawchuk.
“The one thing that maybe is useful to put in mind is the idea that nature has her tempo. Sometimes it’s slow, sometimes it’s fast, and often we’re impatient. We want to see forest recovery,” Krawchuk said. According to Bailey, wildfires impact not only the surrounding landscape, but also impact the ways society interacts with fire. “We’ve gone through a couple generations where we kind of separated ourselves from fire and it’s natural role and the realities of it out there,” Bailey said. “We kind of got carried away with the evils of fire.” Bailey incorporates practices of fire consciousness into his courses at OSU. Fire consciousness takes into account better land management designs, fire-resilient plant species and prescribed burns in the off-season. Prescribed burning, the practice of designing and triggering man-made fires, can be
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Oregon State University is engaged in the process of evaluating four campus building names through the work of the Architectural Naming Committee. The four buildings under review are Arnold Dining Center, Avery Lodge, Benton Hall and Annex and Gill Coliseum. Questions and community concerns about the history of the buildings’ namesakes have been present for years, according to Director of Strategic Initiatives Scott Vignos. “I think it’s important to note that these questions about the names of buildings have been percolating for some time and in different ways in different forms,” Vignos said. “One of the fascinating parts of this process has been to go back and see article materials and see these questions evolve over time.” One form in which these questions and community concerns manifested was through student demonstrations on campus in the winter of 2016. The self-named “Solidarity March” consisted of students carrying signs and marching throughout campus, garnering attention to LOGAN HOWELL | ORANGE MEDIA NETWORK these building names. “The demonstrations that occurred in winter of (Left) Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer Charlene Alexander and (right) Chair last year were important in terms of heightening of the Architectural Naming Committee Steve Clark discuss the renaming evaluation. community interest and bringing these questions opment of evaluation criteria and processes is an opportunity to participate should they choose to the surface,” Vignos said. “But the process to effort to engage the community while keeping to,” Clark added. think about how we evaluate building names had concerns of potential future building or place According to Vignos, the subcommittee and been ongoing since 2015.” ANC worked to create the current renaming names in mind. The Architectural Naming Committee has been “We decided to be proactive and say, ‘OK, request evaluation process. This process was active since 2015 and engages in the evaluation we’re going to take a look at these (names) and created with the intention to be used if future of and recommendations about the names of develop a process in a very transparent way with renaming requests surfaced. buildings and places. The ANC consists of Vice as much community involvement as we can in a “When we were developing these criteria, we President of University Relations and Marketing way where everybody hopefully feels comfort- wanted to make sure that this is a process that Steve Clark holding the position as chair, as well able or at least is willing to participate,’” Landis could be applied in the future, that it’s not just as the Provost Vice President for Finance and said. “We’re doing it in a safe space. We want to evaluating the names of these four buildings Administration Mike Green, Associated Students and that there is a consistent process that we can avoid shouting matches.” of Oregon State University Vice President Radhika Community involvement opportunities have apply when there are questions like this that arise,” Shah, President and CEO of the OSU Foundation taken the form of engagement events. The Vignos said. “That’s why it was important to write Mike Goodwin and OSU’s Director of Government university has already the process from beginning to end.” Relations Jock Mills. The process consists of three steps. The first hosted two community “The committee is step is “submission of a renaming request”, in engagement events, being expanded to and will host evalua- which any community member may submit History informs us. It include faculty from the sessions for each a renaming request to the ANC containing an Corvallis campus, OSU shapes who we are and tion building. This engage- explanation for the basis of the renaming request, Cascades campus and who we will be, both as ment is an integral citation to references and attachments to supadditional student parthe renaming evaluation, according to the people and as a society. part of this process, port ticipation,” Clark said. Building and Place Names website. according to Clark. In spring of 2016, Any community member is able to submit a “At OSU a nd the ANC and the renaming request. According to Clark, this form Steve Clark throughout the state Office of Institutional of engagement allows the community to draw of Oregon, community Diversity worked to Vice President of upon personal experiences with the university. involvement is really form the Building and “A very good thing about this university is University Relations and important and that Place Names Advisory people are passionate about the university; they takes time to become are passionate about their heritage of being an Marketing Co m m i t te e, n ow informed and engaged OSU beaver,” Clark said. “They may have lived in known as the Building and Place Names Evaluation Subcommittee. and to share how one feels. It’s not an overnight some of these buildings like Avery Lodge, ate in Larry Landis, co-chair of the subcommittee, has process, and that’s why it’s taking so long,” Arnold Dining Center, taken classes or performed been working with co-chair Joseph Orosco and Clark said. “But we think the length of time in Benton Hall, played a sport in Gill Coliseum, a group of scholars to research the history of is not as important as the extent of commu- gone to events there or have graduated in Gill each building’s namesake. The subcommittee nity involvement and getting it right as to the Coliseum. These are very personal times and developed the initiative’s website and organized greatest ability possible.” experiences. We welcome that kind of interest, we “Not everyone is going to be pleased by what welcome that kind of input throughout Oregon six community engagement events. Another task the subcommittee was charged with was the decision is or the decisions are, but we think State. We listen to all stakeholders.” to work with the ANC to develop a renaming that everyone who wanted to have a chance to According to Vignos, community engagement participate, to become informed, to share how request evaluation process. See Building names, Page 5 According to Landis, the subcommittee’s devel- they feel and what they’ve learned will have that
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and concern led the committee to decide to fully evaluate the four buildings without waiting for a formal request. “In the case of these four buildings, this is a great example of the university rather than waiting for a formal request to be submitted, the university recognized that these are four buildings of significant community interest that we would begin to undertake this process without starting necessarily at step one,” Vignos said. “That request has been there.” Once a formal request has been submitted, the ANC moves to step two, “preliminary evaluation or renaming request by ANC subcommittee.” According to the Building and Place Names website, the ANC decides whether or not to fully evaluate a renaming request based on the question, “Does sufficient support exist to demonstrate that the actions or viewpoints of the individual for whom a building or place is named may be inconsistent with OSU’s mission to create an equitable, inclusive and diverse educational environment?” If a renaming requests meets this criteria, the subcommittee will move to produce a written report of the evaluation of the namesake, as well as a recommendation that the ANC consider the renaming request. The importance of this process lies in the concept of revealing history, according to Clark. “History informs us. It shapes who we are and who we will be, both as people and as a society,” Clark said. “We learn from history. We learn what to do and what not to do based on what’s happened in the past. We can decide to be better because of what occurred in the past.” Once a building or place namesake has been determined to meet the evaluation criteria, the
committee moves to step three: “full evaluation of renaming request by the full ANC”. In the case of the four buildings currently under evaluation, the ANC and the subcommittee are currently on step three. The subcommittee was charged with the process of procuring information about the history and lives of the buildings’ namesakes, including written, oral, visual or first-person accounts to produce a full evaluation for each namesake. According to the Building and Place Names website during this process, the committees will develop a renaming request based on the question, “was the context of an individual’s life/ legacy inconsistent with OSU’s contemporary mission and values?” According to Charlene Alexander, vice president and chief diversity officer, OSU’s core values are reflected throughout the community and play a large role in determining whether or not to rename a building or place. “I am very impressed with how we live out the values of the institution—values of inclusion, how we include others, values around diversity and social justice, I think those are some of the core values I’ve seen displayed here,” Alexander said. “I am also impressed with the manner in which our staff have worked together to ensure that we are living and reflecting those values. One of the ways we do so is to reveal the history of some of these buildings.” If the history of a building’s or place’s namesake is determined by the committees to meet the criteria for renaming, the full ANC will make a recommendation to rename to OSU President Ed Ray. Ray then decides whether or not to rename a building or place. Ray is set to announce his decision regarding the evaluation of the four buildings by Nov. 27. Regardless of a name change or not, an important part of this process to the ANC will be to develop historical markers outlining the history
of the namesake, according to Clark. “The university’s goal over time would be for each building and place at Oregon State to have plaques and historical information that would educate and encourage conversation about that building, its purpose and its namesake—good or bad,” Clark said. “Now the outcome of that may be a name change. The outcome of that may not be a name change,” Clark added. “That process of investing in each of us and the university to be better may result in these plaques, this debate that could occur in a classroom in a building saying, ‘Here’s the history and what does that mean to you today?’ That could occur 50 years from now if we have that information in the lobby of that building.” According to Alexander, the process of revealing history is not only important for future generations to understand the context of the buildings’ namesakes, but also for current students to connect with the university. “I think for students at OSU, the primary goal is to complete their degree. But they’re also here to embrace all the institution has to offer at that moment,” Alexander said. “It makes so much sense then, to know the legacy of the institution and what it means to also fully contribute to the history of the university.” Another facet of community engagement is the Building and Place names website. It contains information about the renaming process, criteria and community engagement. Full evaluations of each namesake will be released on the website upon completion. All historical reports but Gill Coliseum have been released as of Monday, Oct. 16. For more information about renaming requests, the evaluation process or additional context, visit the Building and Place Names website. The renaming three community engagement events are open to the public.
Building Name Evaluation Sessions 5:30-7:30 p.m., MU Ballroom Oct. 16: Avery Lodge Oct. 17: Benton Hall and Annex Oct. 19: Gill Coliseum Sessions will be streamed live during the time of the event. Use Snapchat or a QR reader to visit the Building and Place Names website.
Buildings currently under review
Avery Lodge Benton Hall & Annex
Benton Hall and Annex Named after the residents of Benton County in 1947; constructed in 1887-1888.
Opened in fall 1966. Named after Joseph C. Avery, one of the co-founders of Corvallis.
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Avery Lodge
Gill Coliseum
Arnold Dining Center
Gill Coliseum Opened in 1949. Named after Amory T. “Slats” Gill, OSU alumnus who served as the university’s basketball coach from 1928-1964 and athletic director from 1964 to 1966.
Reser Stadium
Constructed in 1972. Named after Benjamin Lee Arnold, the second president of Corvallis College (now OSU).
Arnold Dining Center
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Campus resources such as cultural resource centers, OSU archives, student-ran organizations work to educate community By Sydney Sullivan, News Contributor With October being Queer History month, Oregon State University is utilizing its resources, such as the cultural resource centers, OSU archives and student-run organizations to educate the community about queer history in the United States. Watching a documentary on the Stonewall Riots of 1969, in which violent demonstrations of the gay community were made against a police raid, one may be led to believe these demonstrations were lead by gay, white cis males. The truth of these riots, which changed the culture of queer and trans history forever, is that they were led by trans women of color, according to Dharma Mirza, activist and drag performer. “I think it’s really important and I see this meme a lot and it’s that gay liberation did not come from pride marches, it didn’t come from marriage equality, it came from transwomen of color throwing bricks at police officers,” Mirza said. “Which is really important; it’s violent, it’s civilly dissonant and it’s what needed to happen in order to push back”. It is important to become engaged with the events during Queer History Month because many people believe they have been extremely progressive with LGBTQ and human rights, when in reality it’s been an uphill battle since the beginning, according to Mirza. According to Cynthia Konrad, director of the Pride Center, Queer History month has been celebrated since
Coming Out Day, which occurs on Oct. 11. “Queer History Month is a time when queer, trans and intersex people can learn about our history, build community and do the important work of imagining a more just future. That’s why the theme this year is Queer & Trans Futures,” Konrad said in an email. “It also gives us the opportunity to raise awareness about issues that are important to us and strengthen connections with our accomplices—people who don’t identify as LGBTQ+, but actively support us.” The events this year at OSU will be hosted by and in collaboration with numerous groups including, LGBTQ+ Multicultural Support Network, the Ettihad Cultural Center, the Women’s Center, the OSU Queer Archives, the Rainbow Continuum student organization and the Pride Center, according to Konrad. “To me, queer history is the history of the ways people think, create, live, love and identify that fall outside binary notions of gender and heteronormative relationships,” Konrad said in an email. “Recognizing queer history means
recognizing all histories of oppression, resistance and resilience.” According to Mirza, queer history at OSU is necessary in order to develop deep conversations about larger issues happening in the queer and trans community. “I think that being a part of a community where your entire narrative is so constantly dismissed or erased, it becomes extremely vital for our survival to understand and celebrate queer history,” Mirza said. When acknowledging queerness within a community, the narrative that’s usually sold is the contemporary white, gay, cis queerness, according to Mirza. However, that is not what the queer and trans community is about, and they owe a lot of the trans civil rights movement to trans women of color, like Miss Major when she threw the first brick in the stonewall riots. “To see an institution celebrate queer history is so important because it actually allows us to kind of figure out what that means for all of us too. And I think because we’re still building history as queer people we’re still kind of coming out, if you will, that it’s a great thing to be a part of that,” Mirza said. “We’re making history now, but we also need to understand where we came from, otherwise we’ll go right back to where we
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Queer History Month should also be set apart from Pride month, according to Lucielle S. Balls, a community organizer, drag legend and queen of the beaver 2012. “Pride is about celebrating and honoring and remembering; and Queer History Month is about educating and remembering but in a different sort of way,” Balls said. “It’s about passing down those stories, learning the history, learning why we do the things we do.” According to Balls, when Queer History Month comes around, the first thing that comes to mind for her is remembering drag history and that drag people have always been street people, or people living non-domestic lives, but bringing out the forefront of change within society. “We know that performance can create this space where people can safely engage in dialogue and discourse about really complex subject matters,” Balls said. “And not just gender, drag performers oftentimes talk about things on many different social locations from gender to sexuality to race, religion, nationality, ability, and so drag is this wonderful opportunity at Oregon State for students to engage in that dialogue and engage in that discourse in a way that’s not through a book.” Drag at OSU is different because it is very focused around the inclusion of women of color, queer and trans individuals and indigenous peoples, according to Mirza. These groups are almost always showcased at the head
of drag performances. “We’re doing more than just drag, we’re putting in the work to make sure that resources we have available are being spread to the community, but that were also making sure that we have a radically assertive voice on what’s going on in our community and making sure that we are controlling the narrative about our own community,” Mirza said. Having Queer History Month in educational institutions allows for better discussions about the real history of queer and trans people, according to Mirza. People in non-educational environments do not want to hear about the history of drag culture and how drag queens are often harassed in the public sphere, raped or murdered in the streets. “Also going to something that serves as an educational event is great because you can go in knowing that probably a lot of the people have some level of ignorance about the subject matter or they wouldn’t be there,” Mirza said. “If we were all experts on queer history we wouldn’t be having this.” Natalia Fernández, curator and archivist of the Oregon Multicultural Archives and OSU Queer Archives, works with the OSU archives towards conserving queer history for future generations. “The OSU Queer Archives is one small part of the broader history of Oregon and of queer history in the United States. Our vision is for OSQA to highlight the stories within the university and its local communities and to also be a reflection of statewide and national issues and themes,” Fernández said in an email. “In this way, we hope to showcase the uniqueness as well as the interconnections of queer stories and lives.”
Since its establishment in the fall of 2014, OSQA has strived to highlight LGBTQ+ stories already within the OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center, according to Fernández. They also reach out to OSU and local community members in order to inquire new stories and archival collections. The OSQA oral history collection alone has over two dozen interviews and counting, Fernández added. “For communities who have been traditionally marginalized in both the historical record and in historiography, oral histories can be a form of empowerment, a way in which community members can literally add their voice to the historical narrative,” Fernández said in an email. According to Balls, along with engaging with archival materials, there are plenty of ways to get involved with the queer and trans community, especially during Queer History Month. “I think one of the best ways to get involved doesn’t have to be (getting) involved in an established organization,” Balls said. “Take ownership of your life and engage in dialogue with people around you. Whether physically or digitally, you can engage with people.” A great way to get the topic of queer history out there is by engaging with classmates and asking them about queer history events going on around campus, according to Balls. Many times activism is actually playing the long game and building meaningful relationships in order to have conversations when they seem more natural instead of forced. “If you just let things unfold naturally, really beautiful things can happen,” Balls said.
queer history month events
october 16 what: Workshop // Social Justice 101 where: Cascade Hall when: 5-7 p.m.
october 18 what: Queerie // Herstory & Culture of Drag where: MU 213 when: 5-7 p.m. october 19 what: Glitter in the Archives where: Valley Library when: 4-6 p.m. october 25 what: Workshop with Edmond Chang where: Asian Pacific Cultural Center when: 2-4 p.m. october 27 what: QT Party // Queer, Trans & Ettihad Community where: ECC when: 12-2 p.m. october
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(LEFT) The Pride Center, located on A Avenue, is partnering with several campus resources to celebrate Queer History Month. (ABOVE) The inside of the Pride Center offers space for community members to visit.
where: LaSells Stewart Center when: 7-9 p.m.
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Head coach Gary Andersen resigns In third year of contract, Andersen leaves halfway through season, opts out of over $12 million over next four years By Gunnar Boag, Sports Contributor and Riley Youngman, Sports Chief LOGAN HOWELL | ORANGE MEDIA NETWORK
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tives both for himself and his staff for various accom- in 2016, gave up 45 points a game average through their plishments, including winning the Civil War, as well as first six matchups. winning eight or more games a season and appearing After being outscored 81-238 in the five losses, doubts in bowl games. started to raise about the direction of the program. After a In December of 2016, in conjunction with the hiring of sloppy loss to USC, the program was at an all-season low. OSU Director of Athletics Scott Barnes, Andersen signed a The news broke on Monday, Oct. 9 that the university one-year contract extension. The extension stretched the and Andersen had mutually agreed to part ways. Andersen, contract to 2021 and put Andersen at over $3 million in who was on year three of a seven-year contract, chose to his final year at OSU. void all financial obligations with the university. This deci“Extending Coach Andersen’s contract reflects my sion saved OSU over $12.5 million. belief that we have the coach “Coach Andersen’s decision to in place who is capable of takwaive the remaining compensation ing Beaver football to bowls is unprecedented, and is made for and conference championships, all the right reasons and values,” and preparing our student-athBarnes said at a press conference. letes to be champions in life “It speaks volumes about the kind beyond football,” OSU President of honorable person that Gary is.” Ed Ray said back in December The university has begun work at the time he announced on finding a replacement for Andersen’s extension. Andersen, according to Barnes. In his first season at OSU, Names that have been linked to Andersen and the Beavers the opening include Cal offenfinished with a 2-10 record. sive coordinator Beau Baldwin Without a win in Pac-12 play, and Washington offensive Scott Barnes it was clear that the 2015 seacoordinator Jonathan Smith. son would be a rebuilding year “We want an absolute highOSU Director of Athletics for the program. integrity individual, some In his second season, Andersen doubled his win body with incredible energy and intellect and pastotal after going 4-8. He picked up his first Pac-12 win sion for what we are doing,” Barnes said. “I will not with an overtime thriller over Cal. He also brought be confined to geography or a sitting head coach OSU its first Civil War win since 2007, a 34-24 vic- compared to coordinator.” tory over their rivals from the South. After picking With six games left on the schedule, the team up three Pac-12 wins, the Beavers looked to improve must move forward. For seniors like Jordan Villamin even more in 2017. and Manase Hungalu, this will be their third head Instead, the Beavers trudged their way to a 1-5 start this coach in four years. year. This season was Andersen’s hardest start, with three “I didn’t expect to go through it once, so I mean twice is games in a row against three ranked teams. New starting pretty difficult,” Villamin said. “You just got to keep pushing quarterback Jake Luton went down with a thoracic spine and playing football.” fracture four games into the season. The defense, after For players like running back Artavis Pierce, it was more holding opponents to an average of 30.5 points per game than losing a coach.
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hen the Beaver football team won their first Civil War since 2007 last season, Gary Andersen was their head coach. When Oregon State University Director of Athletics Scott Barnes was hired in December of 2016, Andersen remained the head coach. When OSU President Ed Ray said the university had the right man leading the program and offered the coach a contract extension last winter, he was referring to Andersen. As the OSU football players returned to Corvallis from their trip to University of Southern California last weekend, Gary Andersen was their head coach. Then, in a move unforeseen by most, when the players returned to practice on Monday, Andersen was gone. After two years, 10 months and five days, Andersen has stepped down as the Beaver’s head football coach, and done so by releasing the university of all contractual and financial obligations—a move that has both shocked and surprised players, fans and pundits alike. “After many discussions with Scott, waiving my contract is the correct decision and enables the young men and the program to move forward and concentrate on the rest of this season,” Andersen said in the press release following the announcement. “Coaching is not about the mighty dollar. It is about teaching and putting young men in a position to succeed on and off the field. Success comes when all parties involved are moving in the same direction.” In his third year at Oregon State, Andersen had struggled to bring the Beavers to the level he had hoped for, and was just 1-5 on the season. In his tenure at OSU, Andersen went 7-23 overall, with a conference record of 3-18. He failed to win a single road game. Andersen took over back in December of 2014, signing a six-year contract after ex-head coach Mike Riley’s departure. Andersen, who left the University of Wisconsin, would make a base salary of $2.45 million a year in his first year. From there, the base salary would increase by $100,000 for each additional year he remained in the program. In addition, the contract also included bonus incen-
Former head coach Gary Andersen standing on the sidelines during Oregon State’s 48-14 loss to Minnesota on Sept. 9, 2017. The Beavers were outscored by 154 points this season under Andersen, winning only one game against Portland State University.
“He is a great man, tha Pierce said. “He is always always going to talk to h to stay as a family.” For now, Barnes has a Cory Hall to take over a secondary coach at Web coaching staff in 2016. head coaching position. “Coach Hall is conne There’s a belief and a tr need that moving forwa In Hall’s debut as the nearly got him a win. Co tory, but it was clear tha Gaining 569 yards of to poise and promise, som previous six games. “We really are family, w Hall said after the game. we saw players get a l the offensive scheme.” The Beavers have five ule. They will be lookin but more importantly for the program. Looking towards the players in its 2018 recrui As of now, Jake Dukar mits for quarterback— that they remain set on They, along with curre make at the end of the tinue playing at OSU wi into playing elsewhere? If anything, Saturday’s changed their minds.
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College of Veterinary Medicine researches effects of nontuberculous mycobacteria on host cells Researchers aim to utilize new protein channel information to further medical therapies By Melinda Myers, News Contributor
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Bailey Keefe, a microbiology student at Oregon State University, looks at and pipettes a dilution of mycobacterium onto an agar plate. After the mycobacterium incubates for seven to 10 days, the colonies that grew will be counted and used in lab research. New research has been produced out of the College of Veterinary Medicine concerning how nontuberculous mycobacteria infect their host cells. Nontuberculous mycobacteria are commonly found in the environment. Dr. Luiz Bermudez, head of the department of biomedical sciences, and Lia Danelishvili, assistant professor, are the lead researchers in the mycobacterial field and co-authors of the new paper published by the Nature Publishing Group. The Voltage-Dependent Anion Channels (VDAC) of mycobacterium avium phagosome are associated with bacterial survival and lipid export in macrophages. The research for this paper focuses on the nontuberculous mycobacterium that is the leading causative of infection in patients with HIV/AIDS as well as in individuals with chronic lung conditions such as Cystic Fibrosis. They found that the nontuberculous mycobacteria organisms block a number of cell functions and spread through the body via nontraditional strategies. According to Bermudez, bacteria and viruses block cell functions in order to exploit the
host for shelter and nutrients. The research in regards to this focuses on how bacteria and viruses survive and replicate in unfriendly environments where they’re most likely under attack from the immune system. “We try to understand how the pathogens, the ones that cause disease, are capable of doing that,” Bermudez said. “That’s very important because if we didn’t have an immune system, we wouldn’t be here.” Patients with compromised immune systems, as well as various lung diseases, are particularly susceptible to infection, according to Bermudez. However, globally, tuberculous mycobacterium present a different problem. “If you look worldwide, tuberculosis is the most common. But in the United States it is not. In several other countries, like Japan, it is not,” Bermudez said. “These other bacteria, such as avium, are more common, they do happen. Bronchitis, emphysema, other chronic lung diseases, they are common in developed countries. You can find the infection in this population of individuals, for example, in Oregon.”
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According to Dr. Danelishvili, mycobacteria are unusual compared to other bacteria because it has no external way to transport pathogenic materials into the host cells “It has no use of traditional methods seen in other microorganisms such as pili, a syringe-like structure that some bacteria can utilize to inject and transfer materials into the host cells,” Dr. Danelishvili said. “The research question then became about how exactly the mycobacterial pathogens can infect its host cell and survive in the hostile environment.” The mycobacterial pathogens are very successful organisms that learned how to block natural killing processes of the immune cells such as lower cell pH, autophagy or programmed cell death known as apoptosis, according to Dr. Danelishvili. In order to understand the infection patterns of mycobacterium, researchers viewed the situation from an unorthodox way, according to Danelishvili. The research method approached mycobacteria’s unique infection pattern from the host organism, rather than from the pathogenic organism.
“The idea was that we started to look from the host point of view to see what are the host molecules that surround bacteria as an envelope called phagosome and then find if mycobacteria could be using those molecules to its benefit to transport pathogenic material,” Danelishvili said. According to Bermudez, the pathogen attaches to a phagosome’s voltage-dependent anion channel, a protein transport channel. There, it can secrete pathogenic materials such as lipids, which float until the channel opens. “The microorganism has a way to make sure every single protein they release will go through that door,” Bermudez said. “How they do it? Microorganisms kind of dock in the protein channel and when they secrete a protein it goes through the channel.” The nontuberculosis mycobacterium’s lipids or proteins that are secreted are then guaranteed to enter the cell’s cytosol in question when the channel opens to let in other molecules, according to Bermudez.
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Through their research for this paper, authors found that the mycobacteria bind to the host channels on the envelop and export Continued from page 10 bacterial lipids into the cytosol of the cell. Current research being done is an extension “Mycobacteria manipulates those mecha- of this paper towards virulence proteins that nisms by secreting those proteins or send- could be excreted in a similar mechanism. ing lipids, or in some cases, DNA inside “We teamed up with bioengineering the host cell to change the outcome and research group here at OSU, and would like survive,” Bermudez said. to assemble an artificial membrane,” Dr. Bermudez says that another aspect of Danelishvili said. “We hope to insert those research in the lab is to develop and col- channels and then study bacterial molecule laborate on new treatexport in the in vitro ments for this bactesystem because cells rial infection. are very complex, and Down the line, we’re Sasha Rose, an those channel proa s s i s t a nt p ro fe s teins do not exist just trying to figure out ways sor in the college of on the phagosome.” to make new therapies Veterinary Medicine The understandat OSU, works on smarter by customizing ing how exac tly developing and mycobacteria secrete them and refining the co l l a b o rat i n g o n pathogenic material targets involved. new nontubercuinto the cell cytosol lous mycobacterial will assist in comSasha Rose therapies. ing up with novel “Down the line, College of Veterinary Medicine methods to block we’re trying to figure the host phagoAssistant Professor out ways to make some transport new therapies smarter by customizing them systems and bac terial transpor ters and refining the targets involved,” said Rose. for therapeutic purposes. Rose works with others in the industry towards “We would like to extract and simplify goals of developing more effective ways to treat the method. Assembling the membrane, nontuberculous mycobacterial infections. inserting the channels and testing wheth“We can decorate these new drug thera- er the membrane will help us identify pies with antagonists or molecules, making whether proteins are exported through the them more specific to what they’re going same channel as well. Maybe some other after,” Rose said. mechanism,” Danelishvilli said.
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ASOSU leadership works to rewrite, revise constitution
Changes proposed range from key definitions to grammatical errors By Joe Wolf, Beat Reporter This year, the Associated Students of Oregon Another key aspect of the constitution curState University are attempting to rewrite their rently under review is the question of who is constitution, which serves as the regulatory a member of the constituency ASOSU repredocument for the entire student government. sents, according to Brundage. In its current According to the current ASOSU constitution, state, after a preamble and name designathe organization serves to allow the stu- tion, the constitution defines the Associated dents of OSU to assert their interests through Students of OSU as made up of all enrolled a representative democracy. university students. However, according to The constitution was voted on in its cur- Brundage, in reality this meaning is complicated rent form in 2008, detailing the roles of the and loosely determined. three branches: legislative, executive and Under the current definition, the OSUjudicial. Approximately every eight years, the Cascades satellite campus in Bend and the document is rewritten as information becomes Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport outdated or imprecise, as well as when gram- are considered part of ASOSU, according to matically incorrect language needs to be Brundage. However, the OSU students in central adjusted, according to ASOSU President Simon Oregon have their own student government, Brundage. This year in particular, larger changes the Associated Students of Cascades Campus, include the reworking of and those on the the Student Incidental Fee coast are in the Committee into the Student process of creatMy hope is that it will Fee Committee and a broading a Leadership er shift in the makeup of Council. allow the government the Executive Cabinet. “Do we need to to function better and “Our goal with this is to be representing perhaps fulfill a similar functhem at that scale, with less confusion for tion as the U.S. Constitution,” since they already the student leaders who Brundage said. “There’s a have their own come after us. lot of purposeful ambigurepresentation? ity in the U.S. Constitution Right now, our Josh Kaufman that gives us the leeway to constitution says interpret and apply to difwe do because ASOSU Judicial ferent scenarios. The ASOSU it says ‘every stuCouncil Chair Constitution does not have dent.’ What if we that purposeful ambiguchanged that to ity right now, and so often we are left with a ‘Every student that pays the OSU-Corvallis lack of direction.” student fee?’ Brundage said. “That is specifiAccording to ASOSU Vice President and cally what our organization addresses—student President of the Senate, Radhika Shah, one needs based on student fees.” of the issues with the current constitution is According to Josh Kaufman, chair of the the outlining of responsibilities in the docu- ASOSU Judicial Council, he too would like to ment without specifying a distinct position to update the Student Fee Committee language carry them out. to reflect the group’s revised title. Additionally, “I would like to see someone actually being Kaufman would like to see his own branch held accountable for the progress the consti- described in more detail, especially regarding tution wishes ASOSU to have,” Shah said in the scope of the JC’s subsidiary courts. an email. “In addition, I would like to provide “My hope is that it will allow the government longevity within the document and the orga- to function better and with less confusion nization so that it is applicable to students for the student leaders who come after us,” 10 years down the line, and not something Kaufman said via email. that is disregarded.” The proposed changes will largely be focused If the constitution is rewritten this year, the on ensuring the productivity of internal ASOSU executive branch listings will not require spe- functions, according to Shah. cific Cabinet positions as student needs change “I do not see these changes drastically from year to year, according to Brundage. impacting students in any way,” Shah said For example, while the position of Executive in an email. Director for Campaign Resources has not been Students can share their thoughts on what filled for multiple administrations, it is still changes should be included by attending listed in the document. Additionally, in the past Senate meetings, which are held on Tuesdays eight years, the roles of Task Force Directors at 7 p.m. in MU 109, according to Shah. She have been renamed Advocacy Coordinators. also encourages students to attend the series These individuals, according to the ASOSU of town hall meetings scheduled this term to Constitution, are part of the executive branch discuss the constitution publicly. and include Veteran’s Affairs, Multicultural According to Brundage, the first of these Affairs and Queer Affairs, among others. town hall meetings, held on the first Thursday 12 • DAILYBAROMETER.COM • WEEK OF MONDAY, OCT. 16, 2017
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of each month, took place Oct. 5 and saw a lower turnout than desired. Brundage hopes to do better with more effective advertising. In addition to the town hall meetings, the first Constitutional Convention will be held Oct. 21 in SEC 354 to produce a rough draft of the updated document, according to Brundage. This meeting, open to all students, will be attended by members of all three branches. Brundage encouraged all students to voice their opinions by showing up to the convention and the town halls. “Students might not recognize that the Constitution does impact them even if they’re not a part of the student government,” Brundage said. “The Constitution specifically dictates the relationship between the student fee and the student government, so it affects everyone.”
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OSU introduces new Mindfulness Living Learning Community in McNary Hall LLC promotes academic, social success among residents By Arianna Schmidt, News Contributor
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The second floor of the McNary Residence Hall houses the new Mindfulness Living Learning Community. The LLC is partnered with Counseling and Psychological Services and the School of Psychological Sciences to offer in-hall meditations, monthly workshops and several classes over the course of the year. Oregon State University, in cooperation with University Housing and Dining Services and Counseling and Psychological services, has developed the Mindful Living Program for this school year. The overall program includes a Mindfulness Living Learning Community, which is one of only three in the country, and the Mind Spa, a space through CAPS dedicated to helping students with their mental health and well-being. The new Mindfulness LLC has been introduced to the second floor of McNary Residence Hall. In general, an LLC aims to promote either academic or social success within a residential community. This new LLC is based around mindfulness, especially in regards to mental health and spirituality. The Mindfulness LLC focuses on building empathy, hope, compassion, mind-body practices and contributing to others through service, according to Ben Medeiros, assistant director of University Housing and Dining Services Residential Education. “The goal for the LLC is to provide a holistic education that includes traditional and nontraditional teaching and practices, supporting self-awareness and enabling students to relate to the world in deeper ways,” Medeiros said in an email. According to Brad Young, residential director of McNary Residence Hall, the lounge on the second floor of McNary was updated with new paint and furniture, which includes a set of meditation pillows and cushions.
“The Mindfulness LLC offers weekly in-hall meditation and monthly workshops hosted by faculty and staff across campus,” Young said via email. The residents who live on the second floor of McNary and are part of the Mindfulness LLC are very close, according to Young. “The common interest of mindful living and meditation has really helped them bond,” Young said in an email. “Plus, they have an amazing resident assistant who has done a great job of bringing the community together. The floor is certainly active and involved in everything we do in McNary.” In regards to the Mindfulness LLC, UHDS partners with Counseling and Psychological Services and the School of Psychological Sciences, according to Young. Due to this partnership, the LLC has a specialized location in CAPS dedicated to serving similar purposes as the LLC, called the Mind Spa. According to Dr. Emelyne Woessner, a licensed psychologist at CAPS, the Mindfulness LLC and the CAPS Mind Spa both fall under the umbrella of the Mindful Living program. This program also includes drop-in mindfulness groups, ongoing mindful living workshop series and other events exploring mind-body practices. “The Mind Spa is a sanctuary where students can explore various forms of relaxation, mindfulness and wellness practices,” Woessner said via email. “It includes a full body massage chair, light therapy, biofeedback and guided
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meditation software, a library and space for meditation or yoga.” The many aspects of the Mind Spa have been put into place to help teach different aspects of mindfulness and relaxation, according to Woessner. “Our biofeedback equipment consists of finger sensors that measure users’ heart rate coherence and skin conductivity,” Woessner said in an email. “Users practice relaxation and mindfulness skills and can get real-time information on how these practices are impacting them physiologically.”
Students, staff and faculty that are interested in the biofeedback equipment can schedule a brief orientation with CAPS student workers, according to Woessner. These and regular Mind Spa appointments are scheduled by contacting the CAPS front desk either by phone at 737-2131 or stopping by the CAPS front desk. More information on CAPS and the Mind Spa can be found on the CAPS webpage, or by visiting CAPS in 500 Snell Hall. CAPS is open Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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sharpener 50 Thing to scratch 53 Cut again, as grass 54 Bring into the firm 55 About 66.5 degrees, for the Arctic Circle 56 Musician Keys 58 Extinct since way back when ... and, in a way, what each set of circles represents 60 Poland Spring competitor 61 Words to Brutus 62 Dist. you can see 63 The “S” in GPS 64 Pest-control brand 65 Md. summer hrs. Down 1 Striped big cat 2 Got up 3 Islands visited by Darwin 4 On the __: at large 5 Like Saran wrap 6 Bahraini money 7 Assembly instructions start 8 Put-on 9 Violates a “private property” sign 10 Brown played by Candice Bergen 11 “Blame It __”: 1984 film set in Brazil
12 Disdain 13 Little pigs number 18 Looked for prints 22 Intensifies 26 Actress Lena 28 1967 Neil Diamond song title line preceding “Go to my head” 30 British sports cars 31 Pigeon sound 32 Less-traveled way 33 Sch. with a Phoenix campus 34 Grade school crush, often 35 Quaint quarters 36 Kisses, in romantic letters 38 Hoity-toity manners 39 Detesting 43 Polar expedition vehicle 44 Taken care of 45 Mortarboard tossers 46 Race with batons 47 “What’d __?”: returning traveler’s query 48 Lubricated 49 Campus midshipmen’s prog. 51 Dog or coyote 52 Nuclear trial, briefly 57 “Ready, __, fire!” 59 Staple or nail driver
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used throughout the year to manage wildfire fuel supply, according to Bailey. Overuse of natural wildfire suppression techniques may create more fuel material to burn in the hot, dry months. “We know full well in our minds that this catches on fire a month from now when it’s hot and dry and windy, it’s going to burn like crazy out here,” Bailey said. “We cannot resist putting it out even knowing down the road we may make it worse.” Bailey specializes in developing prescribed wildfire burn tactics, and teaches students to develop their own strategic prescribed burn plans, keeping in mind elements such as weather, fuel source and topography. “How do we partner, how do we marry prescribed burning and have a prescribed burn mentality, with wildfire burning?” Bailey said. Along with prolonged fire suppression, researchers have seen how the extended fire season has been affected by climate change, according to Bailey. “Fuels are worse, climate is worse, that’s why these things are going to burn,” Bailey said. “Now it’s just picking when and how we’d like it to burn that will help us with subsequent weather conditions.” Downward trending climate patterns have caught the attention of wildfire researchers around, according to Bailey. “We have what was being viewed as anomalous years and a little bit of a problem, now really approaching crisis,” Bailey said. When anomalies and bothersome events start occurring, the subject starts becoming a crisis, Bailey says. According to Nicole Strong, an assistant professor of practice in the College of Forestry, landscape foresters have said something like this might happen for years. “On one hand it’s frustrating, on the other it’s brought a lot attention and started discussions,” Strong said. OSU Extension Foresters, such as Nicole Strong, collaborate with many stakeholders,
including county, state and federal partners, to create the best land management decisions. “I serve on forest collaborative groups that look at the science and make restoration recommendations based on that,” said Strong. “We try to provide the best available science to help people make informed decisions that help them meet management goals.” On the individual level, household and business owners can help create a defensible space by designing a firewise landscape, according to Amy Jo Detweiler, an associate professor of home and commercial horticulture at the OSU Extension Service. “A fire-wise landscape is one that doesn’t contribute to the fuel source, has plants that fall into the fire-resistant category and looks to improve the defensible space around the home,” Detweiler said. According to Detweiler, homeowners can design their landscaping accordingly to be more fire-wise. Detweiler advises landscaping with plants that have a high water content and lie low to the ground. Such fire-resistant plants include grasses, day lilies, turfgrass, maples and serviceberry. Other strategies such as mindful spacing of fuels and hardscaping can deter wildfire from approaching a home as well, Detweiler added. Bailey says, a shift in public mindset of wildfires may be the step towards more effective management tactics. “I’m sorry that my predecessors promised the residents of Oregon that it’s never going to be smoky, that we can protect you from fire. It’s an impossibility,” Bailey said. “Fire and smoke is as natural as the rain. Fire is a reality, it’s inevitable.” What is important is normalizing the reality of our Oregon fire-adapted ecosystems, and finding out the facts for yourself, according to Strong. “It’s really important for students to not jump to conclusions about fire,” Strong said. “Delve in and have a curiosity about the local landscape before making any conclusions, judgments or recommendations.”
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A prescribed fire burns through Oregon. Prescribed burning is the practice of designing and triggering man-made fires, which can be used throughout the year to manage wildfire fuel supply. 16 • DAILYBAROMETER.COM • WEEK OF MONDAY, OCT. 16 2017