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‘Now Is The Time’ Students speak against gun violence, prepare for March For Our Lives PAGE 8 NEWS: Tuition rates face increase 4 • SPORTS: Softball opens conference play 10 • LIFE: FarmHouse Fraternity returns to OSU 14

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 Bedrock Lectures: Debra Marquat

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Bexell Hall room 415 Spring Creek Project presents the Bedrock Lectures on Human Rights and Climate Change. This online series features leading scientists, writers, community leaders, activists and artists. Lectures are free and publicly available on the OSU Spring Creek Project webpage and social media channels.

Each lecture will be about 20 minutes. Debra Marquat poet of “Small Buried Things,” will share her lecture, “Small Buried Things: A Poet’s Response to Extraction”.

D EJAH GOBERT | ORANGE MED I A NETWORK ASOSU placed 438 balloons in the MU Quad Wednesday, March 14 to comemorate the 438 students who were shot in school shootings since Sandy Hook. For information on March For Our Lives and the stance against gun violence in schools, turn to page 8.

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Jacqueline Patterson is the director of NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program. she will share her lecture, “Oraganizing Across Movements: Advancing Systems Change Through Collective Visioning and Action.” Patterson has worked on international and domestic issues including gender justice, racial justice, economic justice and environmental and climate justice.

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COVER: Now Is The Time, an event hosted by Associated Students of Oregon State University, raised awareness about gun violence.

ASOSU will be tabling for March For Our Lives on Saturday, March 24 in Downtown Corvallis.

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Non-credit Physical Activity Courses offered for lower cost Students taking non-credit PAC classes held to same class standards

By MELINDA MYERS News Reporter The Spring 2018 quarter will give rise to a new registration payment system for physical activity courses. Next term, students will be provided a non-credit option for their PAC classes, resulting in a lower fee value.

Andrew Ibarra, the Director of Physical Activity Courses, said that PAC course enrollment has been lower than usual in the last few years.

“In general, what we’ve been seeing, kind of a flat enrollment rate now at like 30,000-ish for OSU students. But we’ve started to see a decline in the enrollment in the physical activity classes,” Ibarra said The shift in student enrollment happened around the time OSU changed its registration process, eliminating the initial 12-credit cap, Ibarra said.The change in the process could correlate with the drop in student numbers, but the cause could come from a number of reasons.

“So we asked students and a lot of them were saying that the cost of both tuition and fees for each course was just too much. They still wanted to take the courses but just could not cover those costs, and as an educator I understand and feel for these students,” Ibarra said.

Ibarra said PAC courses are meant to help provide skills and knowledge to students in order for them to engage in physical activity for the rest of their lives.

“We don’t want to become kind of an elite program where only the people with the financial means can participate, that is why we are looking at alternative options like noncredit,” Ibarra said.

Ibarra added that students can only take 11 PAC credits during their time at OSU. This could also be mitigated by the new non-credit option.

“And at some point you max out. So you can’t include them to your degree; even though they still want to take them, they’re being told, ‘You can’t get financial aid to participate in these courses,’” Ibarra said.

Mark Baker, a ballroom instructor, has known students who have experienced maxing out credits in the PAC dance series.

“I think opening it up to being less restrictive for students, maybe for cost issues, I think it’s great. And then I have lots of students passionate about dancing, but the issue is they’ve taken too many PAC classes,” Baker said.

“There was one guy who had like 20 PAC classes because he was taking two dance classes a term, he was loving it,” Baker said. “And then it got to the point where he couldn’t take them anymore for credit, so he couldn’t take it anymore.”

This could be a problem for students who have had time to accumulate PAC credits, or for students who are interested in higher or more advanced courses, Baker said. One such option on the dance track for students is the performance team, Cool Shoes.

Members of the Cool Shoes team receive two PAC credits for each term enrolled, Baker said.

If a student participates for six terms, they will hit their max of 12 PAC credits.

“So I just think (non-credit PAC classes) opens up an avenue for people to be able to continue to do what they love and not be overwhelmed by credit loads,” Baker said.

Ibarra said Winter 2018 courses were used to beta test the new payment option.

AK SHAY PAWAR | ORAN GE ME DIA N E TWORK Mark Baker teaches some sections of ballroom dancing 1 and 2 for OSU.

“We did a very soft open in winter, we had a hand-selected number of courses that we were working with and didn’t really spread the word,” Ibarra said. “We did it very silently just to kind of work out any issues we might have which we would hopefully fix for a pilot in spring.”

Lacee Rainey, a fourth-year said that if given the opportunity, she would participate in the new non-credit option.

We don’t want to become an elite program where only the people with the financial means can participate.

ANDREW IBARRA Director of Physical Activity Courses “There’s definitely a lot of PAC classes I wish I could take,” Rainey said. “You know, I’ve always wanted to take a dance class, but I don’t want to pay for a dance class.”

The current for-credit PAC option bases its fees on tuition rates, and includes a $49 instructional fee, Ibarra said. Classes that require specialized equipment or certification may have a higher fee.

“So we said, ‘Great, we’ll get rid of tuition and then just charge a flat instructional rate regardless if you’re resident or non-resident, that’ll make it more equitable,’” Ibarra said.

“Now where you might see differences in costs like scuba, is there’s the instructional fee but then there’s these course specific fees. So that’s like your equipment, your travel, your hotel stay for like scuba diving. Those are fixed, so those come over to the other non-credit option and now you’re paying the $132 with the course fees to get that total sum.”

The $132 total is a result of averaging out current PAC fees, Ibarra said.

“We have had students ask, ‘How did you come up with the fees?’” Ibarra said. “We’ve actually established that $132 instructional fee to cover both the instructional cost, and then

what we hope to be able to do is work within there some of the facility and equipment costs that we need.”

“So a portion of that will go to our facility renovations or equiptment updates with our 100 year old building,” Ibarra added. “An example would be getting newer exercise equipment so we can teach students they can leave our courses and go and participate in the community on similar equipment.”

The $132 value is less than the average cost of a one-credit class for an OSU student, Ibarra said.

“So the cheapest you can get is $195 for the one-credit and then a $49 dollar fee for PAC instructional cost,” Ibarra said. “So that’s still like $244. So we said, ‘Let’s get rid of that, just do $132 and whatever the course fees are.’”

In comparison, other fitness classes are offered to students and the community through OSU Recsports such as FitPass—a program that offers over 90 fitness classes each term, according to the Recsports Fitness Pass Class webpage. Students can pay $10 per day for a fitness pass or $55 a term to participate in a range of activities.

Overall, it’s about increasing fitness opportunities to students whether they are undergraduate, graduate, international or transfer, Ibarra said.

Chris Eddy, a physics graduate student, participates in volleyball PAC classes and learned about the new non-credit option from his instructor.

“I think people who didn’t do it before because it was cost prohibitive will do it now,” Eddy said. “As a graduate student, because they pay for our tuition it doesn’t really affect me. I think it’s a nice thing for undergrads who don’t have to incur like $900 of debt to do a PAC course.”

Baker said though non-credit option students will be paying differently, what is expected of them is consistent with a student taking a forcredit option.

“We still expect you to come to class, you’re still going to fulfill the same level of assignments, you’re going to do the exact same else as everyone else is doing. And we’ll see how it goes,” Baker said.

AKSHAY PAWAR | ORANGE MED I A NETWORK Students in PAC 169 Cool Shoes, Ballroom Performance practice a choreographed routine.

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Start of spring kicks off Persian new year Nowruz recognizes Iranian culture through traditional celebration

By BROCK HULSE News Contributor

This upcoming Tuesday marks the start of the Iranian National holiday, Nowruz. Nowruz, which means new day, starts with the vernal equinox every year, signifying the beginning of spring and the start of the new year.

Ali Malek, a Ph.D. candidate from Tehran, Iran who is studying the cold air cooling mechanism within the geography department,

said Nowruz is an ancient celebration with roots in Zoroastrianism, a religion from ancient Persia.

“Persians have celebrated the new year with the start of spring,” Malek said. “The first day of Nowruz is typically the 21 of March, which is the spring equinox, the first day of spring.”

Malek said that this is an analogy to the great harmony seen in nature with the start of spring.

“Persians have celebrated (Nowruz) for over 3000 years,” Malek said. “That’s the basic

idea with Nowruz, that everything should be new, according to nature. As the winter changes to spring we celebrate our new year according to nature.”

Jonathan Katz, a professor in middle east history who studied in Iran prior to the iranian revolution, said with the ancient roots of the holiday, Katz said Nowruz is definitely a part of the Iranian consciousness of the natural world.

“It makes sense to celebrate the new year beginning with the vernal equinox,” said Professor Katz. “Springtime is when things start anew.”

For Amy Olyaeia, a junior studying microbiology and chemistry, her favorite part of the holiday occurs prior to the beginning of the event.

“My favorite part of Nowruz is the night before March 21, when we set up and jump over a candle, signifying leaving the past behind and leaping into the new year,” Olyaei said via email.

“Also Amu Nowruz comes bearing gifts. Amu Nowruz is extremely similar to santa clause.”

Also prior to the holiday occurring, Olyaei spent time leading up to Nowruz deep cleaning her room.

“This is a common aspect of the holiday, having to get rid of the old in order to welcome in the new,” Olyaei said in email.

Once the holiday begins, Malek said that gathering with family is the first way to celebrate.

“We try to gather with our elders, our grandpas and grandmas in our house,” Malek said. “Everyone goes to meet with their family, we go and meet with other families and they come and meet with us.”

The overall celebration lasts about two weeks, and each day is a different party at a different family’s house, Malek said.

“For two weeks the schools are closed, and for that time families have time to take trips and be outside their own town or village to meet with family and be in nature,” Malek said.

Katz said that Nowruz is a unique holiday due to its pre-islamic roots. One

particularly interesting aspect of the holiday is the Haft Seen.

“The household has a display of what they call Haft Seen, which is seven items that begin with the letter sin, or the letter s in persian,” Katz said. “Things like sib, which is apple in persian, samak which means fish, sekke which means coin and so on.”

Celebrating Nowruz includes picturesque displays that are essentially the Iranian equivalency to having a Christmas tree in a home, Katz said.

Olyaei celebrated Nowruz with her family by setting up a Haft Seen display every year.

This is a common aspect of the holiday, having to get rid of the old in order to welcome in the new.

AMY OLYEIA Junior studying microbiology and chemistry “The Haft Seen enlightens the household environment, and is a reminder of the importance of faith,” Olyaei said in an email.

Nowruz is not only celebrated by those within Iran, but also among those throughout the world whose families have come from Iran and surrounding areas, Olyeia said. Although Olyaei has grown up in the U.S., she enjoys Nowruz because it allows her to experience a part of her culture that is not often seen.

“Nowruz is a time when people are proud to be Persian and want to share their culture with the world,” Olyaei said via email. “Nowruz allows me to share my culture with others.

Throughout college I have set up my own Haft-Seen in my room and have shared the experience with some of my closest friends.”

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Tuition rates for next year set to increase Three proposals for tuition rates to be decided on by Board of Trustees

By JOE WOLF News Contributor Three proposed tuition rates for the next academic year—each of which includes increases for all students—were created by the Oregon State University Budget Committee.

The OSU Board of Trustees will choose between them on Friday, April 6.

Currently, tuition accounts for 70 percent of the funding for OSU’s academic programs. Next year’s increases will go toward financial aid, as well as increased costs of university operations.

These costs are primarily driven upwards by personnel—raises and benefits for faculty and staff, said the university’s director of Budget and Fiscal Planning Sherman Bloomer. The state of Oregon requires university employees to participate in public retirement and healthcare plans, which draw increases every year to continue operating, and cost more than private plans would.

“Every year there is something we can change, but those inflationary costs are around $13-14 million a year,” Bloomer said. “There are not a lot of $13-14 million things you can stop doing. Even if you stop doing them this year, next year you have the same problem.”

Bloomer linked the need for tuition increases each year to historical trends in state budgets.

In 1970, nearly 75 percent of the funding for Oregon’s public universities came from the state government, while today this source accounts for only 20 percent for OSU, Bloomer said.

Until the state’s side of the equation changes, he expects OSU tuition to increase every year.

The University Budget Committee recommended that the Board of Trustees discuss keeping this increase between 1.54.5 percent, unless outside factors made this impossible, Bloomer said. Other large public universities around the nation are facing similar changes in their state’s priorities, while some students believe higher education should be a public right instead of a private expense.

“Many of us that work in higher education would argue that indeed that should be true, but the reality is that it is not true right now,” Bloomer said. “States have increasingly turned to students and families to fund the cost of higher education.”

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Bloomer has met with a number of student groups during the tuition-setting process to explain the three proposals and the broader context around the university’s budget.

“The conversations have been very positive and thoughtful,” Bloomer said. “I am not asking the student groups to endorse a tuition increase. I am trying to understand what their concerns and questions are.”

When the Board of Trustees votes on the tuition rates in April, barring an unforeseen change in enrollment or other financial issue, they will be set in stone.

Bloomer compared OSU’s tuition rates to

other institutions around the country, such as Michigan State University and The Ohio State University, noting that OSU’s rates are below the median of its peer schools.

An hour’s drive away, at the University of Oregon, tuition will go up 2.8 percent next year for Oregon residents, after a 6.6 percent increase last year.

“All of us need to recognize that tuition needs to go up as the cost of running the university goes up,” Bloomer said. “We want to find ways so that students themselves are not paying—it is through financial aid and scholarships or other sources.”

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Changing gender on documentation poses challenges Community reflects on importance of identification that matches preferred gender identity

By SYDNEY SULLIVAN News Contributor Violet Rue, a pre-chemical engineering student at Oregon State University, went to her local courthouse on Jan. 2 to get a document notarized. Within a week of doing so, Rue received a new birth certificate reflecting her preferred gender.

Policies for changing gender markers on birth certificates vary from state to state resulting in rather complicated pathwork processes for those wanting to accomplish this, according to the Transgender Law Center webpage.

“It was definitely the most validating thing I’ve ever done,” Rue said. “I’m lucky to live in a state that actually recognizes that I exist.”

Rue has friends living outside the state of Oregon who have experienced struggles related to laws which prevent trans-identifying people from expressing their preferred gender on their birth certificates and other official identification documents.

“Imagine people saying you just can’t exist or you cannot talk a certain way or be who you know yourself to be,” Rue said.

Cindy Konrad, director of the Pride Center at OSU, said that individuals are required to provide a birth certificate for many occasions.

Konrad herself had to provide a copy of her birth certificate to get an Oregon driver’s license to replace her Wisconsin license.

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Imagine people saying you just can’t exist or you cannot talk a certain way or be who you know yourself to be.

VIOLET RUE Pre-Chemical Engeinering student reflect a person’s preferred gender is extremely important, Konrad added. “I think when the way that people read your gender and the gender on your documents don’t match it leaves an opening for discrimination,” Konrad said.

Konrad also said that not having a birth certificate that reflects a person’s gender and gender expression forces people to reveal the gender that is listed on their birth certificate, which may not be the gender they identify with.

“Transgender people and especially trans people of color can experience violence when they are outed,” Konrad said. “When you don’t have control of when you are outed and who you are around, sometimes violence is the result of that, so it’s a safety thing as well.”

The Pride Center aims to assist transgender individuals by providing them with resources and information on legal processes, Konrad said. The other six cultural resource centers on campus also provide resources and information.

Rue said that the Pride Center has helped her by creating a safe space where individuals are not turned away from voicing their identities.

Rue has experienced instances where her friends have been misgendered in public and attests to the fact that having documentation with the correct gender identities can help eliminate instances like this.

In addition to the OSU Pride Center, PFLAG also works to create a safe space for individuals of all identities in Corvallis, said Tom Johnston, the facilitator for the Corvallis/Albany chapter of PFLAG. Johnston said that the chapter provides support for diverse sexual orientations and gender identities.

“Only with respect, dignity and equality for all will we reach our full potential as human beings, individually and collectively,” Johnston said in an email.

Johnston said the Corvallis chapter is a great center point for activities happening within the LGBTQ+ community. If someone wants to organize a march or a Pride Festival, they generally start with PFLAG because they have been around quite some time and have access to resources.

“As an example, I help put together a Pride Panel every quarter for a Human Sexuality class at Linn-Benton Community College. I was originally called because the instructor knew that PFLAG was a good place to start,” Johnston said in an email. “I have had a variety of folks join me each time on that panel.”

Although the Corvallis/Albany chapter of PFLAG does not have a center in which individuals can spend time, Johnston said that members are always willing to talk.

“As long as there is one individual needing someone to talk to, we think we must continue to be available. And that, I believe, is very important,” Johnston said in an email.

Johnston said the ability to change the gender on people’s birth certificates is important, as it ensures that documentation matches an individual’s actual identity.

“How is it not important to have your birth certificate agree with your gender? Don’t all of us want our paperwork to align with reality?”

Johnston said in an email.

PFLAG is able to assist individuals with the emotional difficulty of processing paperwork in order to change the gender on their birth certificate and other legal documentation, Johnston said.

“Our organization is supportive of an individual’s right to change their gender on their birth certificate,” Johnston said in an email. “However, our support would be limited to emotional support for the individual/s impacted.”

Rue said that for those struggling with their identities right now, the process gets better, and though it may seem difficult at times, there is always hope.

“Even if your family is not supportive, even if you don’t have a giant group of friends, there is someone, no matter who you are, that cares about you and cares that you exist and is willing to be there to help you through it,” Rue said.

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D EJAH GOBERT | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK Violet Rue, a pre-chemical engineering student, recently had her birth certificate changed to reflect her preferred gender.

MIRAND A GRACE CROWELL | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK The OSU Pride Center provides a safe space and resources for LGBTQ+ members and allies of the OSU community.

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Ecampus ranked top ten online degree program Online classes implementing new technology to expand educational experiences

By AVALON KELLY News Contributor Each year the U.S. News and World Report publishes a ranking of the nation’s top universities, programs and degrees, and for the past four years, Oregon State University’s Extended Campus, or Ecampus, has been awarded a top ten spot in the online Bachelor’s degree division.

Ecampus offers courses and full degree programs on an online platform to both current OSU students and individuals looking to enroll without travelling to one of OSU’s campuses.

Currently, Ecampus offers more than 1100 online courses in over 100 subject areas, 22 undergraduate degrees and 28 graduate programs. Of their 21,400 students enrolled, 39 percent are distance students, meaning they are not affiliated with any of OSU’s campuses.

One area where Oregon State stands out compared to other online providers is that we have a lot of expertise in offering sciences online.

JESSICA DUPONT Ecampus Executive Director of market development and student experience “A lot of the adult learners who are going back to school use that as a tool to select their university. They’re judged on a variety of things, like instructional credentials is one of them, student services that are available, our peer reputation score and things like that,” said Jessica DuPont, executive director of market development and student experience for OSU’s Division of Extended Campus.

This availability of education beyond the Corvallis campus, began as early as the 1920s and ‘50s when the university offered instruction over radio and television mediums.

“In terms of full degree completion programs that were available at a distance; our first one was in 1982,” DuPont said. “It was a Liberal Studies degree, which is still offered. Then, in 2002, we had four inaugural degrees that were offered fully online.”

One of these initial four offerings was the Environmental Sciences degree, developed in partnership with the College of Earth, Oceanic and Atmospheric Science, said Dawn Gaid, an adviser who has been advising Ecampus students for nine years.

“I think one of the other things that draws students to our major is we are ranked high,” Gaid said. “OSU is very well thought of. I would say the Oregon State reputation precedes it, and Ecampus’ reputation precedes it.”

One aspect of Ecampus’ reputation, which may help to attract potential online students, is the close relationship of the faculty with those developing the courses, DuPont said. Within Ecampus, a group of instructional designers work directly with OSU faculty to develop the curricula of online courses.

“At many other universities, the online education division is almost like a separate entity,” DuPont said. “They’re building courses and they might not be working with faculty, they may have different admissions requirements. It’s not exactly identical to the on-campus program. At Oregon State, Ecampus is very much a part of normal university operations – we partner with more than 700 OSU faculty members to develop and teach courses online, and our students work with admissions and financial aid the same way on-campus students do.”

Other points of comparison used by ranking systems and Ecampus itself include tuition rates, award-winning faculty and degrees or programs offered, DuPont added. An important feature of OSU’s online program is the close relationship between the Ecampus staff and the instructors teaching the courses.

“The faculty are the context experts,” DuPont said. “They already know their material. When they’re transitioning their material to an online format, there is a lot of training that happens to ensure that the pedagogy is delivered in a quality way.”

Similarly to on-campus classes, Ecampus courses are operated through the Canvas learning portal. Aspects such as discussion boards and multimedia components are then emphasized to facilitate student-to-student and student-to-faculty conversations on a virtual platform, DuPont added.

“One area where Oregon State stands out compared to other online providers is that we have a lot of expertise in offering sciences online,” DuPont said. “It’s, in some ways, more challenging to offer online science labs and courses, but OSU has won several national innovation awards for its efforts in recent years.”

Developments by OSU staff, including a 3-D virtual microscope, have offered students a chance to build their skills in the sciences through an entirely online platform. Ecampus’ instructional designers are also working to

implement more multimedia aspects into online courses such as animation, 3D scanning and augmented reality, DuPont said.

Laurence Becker, the director of the environmental sciences undergraduate program, works as a professor of geography within the CEOAS. “I think that one of the drawing cards for this degree is the solid science background,” Becker said. “But on the other hand, you continue to look at things holistically which I think is the interest of a lot of students. They recognize that environmental problems and challenges don’t come in one package.”

Because online students are held to the same standards as on-campus students with course requirements and learning outcomes, a minimum number of general education (Baccalaureate Core) courses are still necessary.

This allows for students to explore their interests beyond the scientific core courses while also further narrowing down their desired specialty within the degree, Becker said.

Technical courses, such as laboratory classes, present a unique challenge to online educational programs, DuPont said.

These classes often showcase the wide range of multimedia aspects available to Ecampus students. One of the main focuses of Ecampus is developing more experiential learning options to prevent the course from being strictly virtual.

For the environmental sciences degree, requirements go beyond the Baccalaureate Core and fundamental classes, Gaid said. All students, online or on campus, must select a specialization area and engage in a minimum number of experiential learning credits.

Experiential learning options for environmental sciences students include internships, research, study abroad programs or hands-on courses, Gaid added.

“We want them to demonstrate in, sort of an applied, real-world setting, what they’ve learned,” Gaid said. “And our preference is for students to do internships. Currently, our oncampus students have to go out and seek their own internships anyways, so it makes it ideal for a distance student.”

Much like on-campus students, this option allows Ecampus students to gain firsthand experience in their specialized field, Gaid said. Whether it’s a study abroad with a faculty member or internship with an oil company, students from all backgrounds seek out their own opportunities.

“There comes a point in anyone’s educational journey where they may not be able to take a campus course and online courses are a great opportunity for them to continue on in their path,” DuPont said.

SYD NEY WI SNER | ORANGE MED I A NETWORK A still from a microscope tutorial as part of the curriculum for an OSU Ecampus class.

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COVER STORY

March For Our Lives stands up against gun violence

Now Is The Time event commemorates 438 school gun violence victims with balloons

By TIFFANI SMITH News Editor March For Our Lives, a peaceful protest regarding gun policies and the rampant school shootings throughout the U.S., will be taking place Saturday, March 24 at 10 a.m. in downtown Corvallis. The event is dedicated to uniting students across the nation as one collective voice to take a stance on the issue.

Grace Knutsen, a junior at Corvallis High School and the primary coordinator for March For Our Lives Corvallis, is leading a group of individuals in spearheading the local march. Through doing so, she has brought on a group of student volunteers who are passionate about the event.

“The primary goal of March For Our Lives - Corvallis is to demand that our lives and our safety become a priority, and that we end gun violence and mass shootings on school grounds,” Knutsen said in an email.

The Associated Students of Oregon State University assisted in promoting March For Our Lives through their event Now Is The Time this past Wednesday, Makenna Elias, an ASOSU Senator, said. At Wednesday’s event, ASOSU passed out flyers and provided materials for individuals to make posters for participating in the upcoming march.

“ASOSU will also be tabling at the march itself with a social media station for people to write on whiteboards: #WhyIMarch, or similar hashtags, that they can then post on social media,” Elias said in an email. “ASOSU will also be working at a table where people can write to their legislators about what they believe the best response is for the government to take in order to stop school shootings/ gun violence. These letters will then be sent to the legislators in orange envelopes, the color of gun safety.”

Gun violence has always been an issue in this country, Elias said, but the topic is beginning to gain more attention nationally due to recent school shootings.

“It is so important to create a conversation about gun violence in schools because it affects us all,” Elias said in an email. “Students are scared to come to class because they fear they will get shot. When an issue affects students so personally, there is a need for that conversation to happen.”

Ryan Khalife, an ASOSU senator, said gun violence, especially on school campuses, has gone unaddressed for too long.

“From the shooting at (Umpqua Community College) a couple years back, to the shooting threat that arose a couple weeks ago, this is an issue that hits close to home for many,” Khalife said in an email. “At this moment in time when many people are talking about this issue, we (ASOSU) wanted to start the conversation at OSU.” With a large number of people talking about the topic of gun violence recently, ASOSU wanted to help provide a platform to discuss the topic further, Khalife said.

ASOSU wanted to begin the help provide a platform to discuss the topic of gun violence, especially with a large number of people talking about it recently, Khalife said.

“ASOSU was not necessarily taking a political stance

March For Our Lives encourages action, and demands that our legislators become responsible for their constitutents, and that, as students, we are provided the safe educational environment we deserve.

GRACE KNUTSEN Junior at Corvallis High School, March For Our Lives - Corvallis Primary Coordinator on the issue, because the organization did not endorse any specific measure,” Khalife said in an email. “The stance taken was that change needs to happen, and that students have the ability to be a part of this change.”

Knutsen believes it is up to her generation to create change regarding gun legislation. By working together, Knutsen said that common-sense gun legislation can be developed to prevent further school gun violence.

“Conversation, or opportunities for conversation, isn’t enough,” Knutsen said in an email. “March For Our Lives encourages action, and demands that our legislators become responsible for their constituents, and

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that, as students, we are provided the safe educational environment we deserve.”

Schools are places of education, and such education should not be confined only to the classroom, Khalife said.

“When there are pressing issues present in society, it is important for students and faculty to educate themselves on these issues and become involved,” Khalife said in an email. “The more we discuss and research an issue, the better prepared we are to respond productively.”

March For Our Lives is not only taking place in Corvallis, Knutsen said. Organizers are creating their own local sibling marches around the nation and are taking a stance against gun violence.

“It’s been humbling to see the support we’ve received for our local event,” Knutsen said in an email. “I’ve been contracted by march organizers from several countries, with words of encouragement and support for our movement.”

Elias hopes the event will bring people together, united by one common goal—stopping gun violence. Elias said this event is just the beginning, and she wants to see participants coming out of the event wanting to engage in the issue more in order to make a difference.

“I encourage as many folks to participate in this event as they can because of how important the subject matter is. Gun violence affects us all—and that is the problem we are here to address,” Elias said in an email. “In order to do this, we must start having these hard conversations and find ways to come together. Only then can we turn a page in the dark chapter of gun violence in America.”

In addition to March For Our Lives - Corvallis on Saturday 24, a community poster-making activity will be held on Friday, March 23 from 5-7 p.m. at First Christian Church located at 602 SW Madison Ave. At this event, people are able to hand-make signs to use while participating in the march.

“The timing of the march happens to be on an unfortunate date for OSU students as it is the Saturday at the end of finals week,” Elias said in an email.” However, it is a national march that will be taking place at locations all over the country, so I still highly encourage students to attend one near their home if they will not be in Corvallis on the 24.”

DEJ AH G OBERT | ORAN GE ME DIA N E TWORK Jacqueline Logsdon, fourth year student studying environmental economics and policy, holds a whiteboard she wrote on during the Now is the Time event.

D EJAH GOBERT | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK Associated Students of Oregon State University provided a table with informational materials and poster making supplies for students.

GUN VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS IN THE U.S.

School shootings are any form of attack at an educational institution, such as a school or university, that involve the use of a firearm. School shootings are forms of gun violence. According to the Gun Violence Archive General Methodology webpage, there is not just one form of gun violence or gun crime, and there is not just one cause of gun violence or gun crime. The incidents of gun violence listed here include variations of school shootings, including mass shootings and accidental firing of a gun.

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SPORTS

Beaver softball opens conference play OSU wins series against California at home, next game on the road against UCLA

By Emmanuel Goicochea Sports Reporter

The No. 25 Oregon State University softball team (19-10) swung open their Pac-12 conference with a three-game series win against the No. 16 University of California, Berkley Golden Bears (24-5), this weekend at home in the OSU Softball Complex.

The Beavers won for the eighth time in the last seven games while California lost their fivegame win streak.

Friday, OSU scored in every inning, including three runs in the second and sixth frames.

Freshman infielder Hope Brandner belted a three-run home run, her sixth of the year, in the bottom of the sixth to conclude the Beavers’ scoring. Her home run gave the Beavers some breathing room with a five-run advantage.

“We know how we can play and I think we know our potential,” Brandner said. “This game showed what we can do, especially because we were underestimated in the Pac.” Senior shortstop McKenna Arriola had hits in her first two at-bats. Her two-run, two-out double to center in the second made it 4-1.

“I think that was good for our pitchers, too, knowing that we had their backs, and they can just go out there and throw,” Arriolas said.

Earlier in the game, junior right fielder Michelle Sass hit her first home run of the year deep into left center field.

OSU came back in the bottom half with senior infielder Alysha Everett’s run-scoring base hit to center, also with two outs. Junior Michelle Sass two-out solo homer in the fifth made it 7-3.

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Bears got back in the game in the sixth with two RBI singles off OSU freshman pitcher Mariah Mazon, who pitched the final three innings.

OSU had 13 hits in all, with two apiece from six different players.

California starting junior pitcher Zoe Conley went five-plus innings, allowing 12 hits, eight earned runs and a walk with four strikeouts.

“It’s a big win and gives us confidence for the rest of the weekend,” Laura Berg, OSU head coach, said. “We played a lot of top 25 teams in the preseason and I think that really helped us heading in the Pac-12 schedule.

The Beavers pounded out 13 hits. Arriola joined Brandner with three RBIs. In their second game of the series that took place on Saturday, the Beavers suffered multiple errors which helped lose the game an inning early “ We didn’t have the same mentality as

yesterday,” Coach didn’t play catch.”

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We know how we can play and I think we know our potential. This game showed what we can do, especially because we were underestimated in the Pac. HOPE BRANDNER Freshman infielder Oregon State University California took a 3-0 lead in the third on a three-run home run by sophomore pitcher/ infielder Bradie Fillmore.

Arriola and Everett each notched a hit in the

loss. Mazon struck out five in five innings.

Only seven of the Golden Bears’ 12 runs were earned.

OSU took home a 8-3 win in the final game of the series, winning the series overall.

Arriola had the first run of the game in the first inning, followed by two runs by California in the second inning.

With another run by California in the top of the fourth, OSU tied up the game in the bottom of the fourth with Everett and Brandner scoring off of Brandner’s home run.

With a tied game, Everett, Brandner, Sass and freshman utilities player Missy Nunes all scored in the bottom of the fifth inning with no runs in the sixth or seventh innings, putting OSU up by five.

The next game is on the road against University of California Los Angeles on Saturday, March 24, at 6 p.m. The next home game is against the University of Oregon at home Thursday, March 29, at 4 p.m., which will be aired on Pac-12 Networks.

D EJAH GOBERT | ORANGE MED I A NETWORK The OSU softball team huddles during the game on Friday. The beavers won the series.

D EJAH GOBERT | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK (RIGHT) Junior outfielder Shelby Weeks prepares to step up to bat. Weeks has a batting average of .314. (ABOVE) OSU catcher reaches for the ball after it is pitched. Beavers now have a record of 18-10.

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SPORTS

AND REA MI TEV | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK Teammates for Sig Ep A and SAE’L Team 6 compete in the first round of the championship on Wednesday. Together, the two teams tallied a combined 11 fouls with SAE’L Team 6 taking home the win.

Intramurals holds basketball finals Men’s, women’s and Greek divisions compete for championship

By GUNNAR BOAG Sports Reporter

With the music bumping and the court set, Oregon State University’s finest basketball players came out to compete for their respective titles.

Every year as winter term comes to a close, so does the intramural basketball season. Teams with a 2-2 record or better advance to the single elimination playoff bracket.

On March 14, Sig Ep A and SAE’L Team 6 took the floor for the Greek championship game to kick off the night.

Both teams came out aggressive in the first half, with the two teams combining for 11 fouls.

The teams traded buckets for the majority of the half, as the lead changed eight times. SAE’L Team 6 took a 23-18 lead into halftime.

SAE’L Team 6 came out hot in the second half, pushing the lead to 36-29. As Sig Ep A tried to mount a comeback, Josef Fishback quickly put an end to it. He made 11 straight points for SAE’L Team 6 late in the second half, sealing a 50-40 win for his team.

“I was just out there trying to play like Dame D.O.L.L.A,” Fishback said.

Next up, the women’s championship featured Dam Good Buckets and Double Dribble.

Double Dribble opened up the scoring for the game, building a quick 5-0 lead to start the game. Dam Good Buckets kept the game within reach, going on an 11-3 run to close out the half.

Dam Good went into halftime with a 20-19 lead.

The second half was all Dam Good Buckets.

The team utilized pesky defense and hot shooting to pull away. Double Dribble made things interesting in the final minutes, pulling the game to within three points. Dam Good Buckets held off the rally, earning a 42-39 victory.

“I thought we played as a team and shared the ball well,” Chantal Castaneda, player for Dam Good Buckets, said. “Everybody believed in one another and we made it happen.”

The men’s final closed out the night, with Patty Clappers and Shrimp Shaq Shooters competing for the title.

The intensity was there right from the tipoff, as both teams pushed the ball up the court with pace. The teams went basket for basket early, but a few late threes gave Shrimp Shaq Shooters a 31-24 lead at half.

We definitely competed against a lot of good teams.

I thought we played unshellfish basketball.

MAJEED BADIZADEGAN Shrimp Shaq Shooters player The Patty Clappers could not get themselves back into the game after half. Whenever they made a basket, Shrimp Shaq Shooters would answer with a basket of their own.

The game got as close as four points late in the game, but accurate free-throw shooting and timely defense by Shrimp Shaq Shooters secured the win.

Shrimp Shaq Shooters, who went by the motto “the shrimp shaq experience,” took home the 61-48 victory.

“We definitely competed against a lot of good teams,” Majeed Badizadegan, player for Shrimp Shaq Shooters, said. “I thought we played unshellfish basketball.”

AND REA MITEV | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK SAE’L Team 6 attempts to score. The ending score was 50-40 after 11 straight points for SAE’L Team 6, putting them in the lead.

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LIFE

Taekwondo Club shows dedication to sport

Members share core values of strength, commitment and friendship

AND REA MI TEV | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK The Taekwondo Club members practice at Dixon Recreation Center during their meeting. The club meets on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays every week in Dixon room MP1.

By KENDALL JORDAN Practicum Contributor Martial arts athletes are well aware of all the stereotypes and pop culture images attached to what they do and are used to being asked if they can flip and do a sidekick or if they can chop a plank of wood in half.

However, the members of the Oregon State University Taekwondo Club tell a much different story about what their sport really means. Their passion is all about physical fitness, learning martial skills and time-honored principles like honor and loyalty.

The club is about self-improvement, commitment and community, setting personal goals and striving to reach them, as well as working together as a group of friends and club mates, according to the members.

The Taekwondo Club is a diverse group of people who come from different backgrounds, experiences and majors, and who meet several times a week to condition and practice their skills in the sport.

The club participates in several regional competitions each year. Last October, eight club members traveled to the Grandmaster’s Legacy Cup Taekwondo tournament in Portland, and all eight returned with medals.

Eric Klinkhammer, club member, also competed in the Pacific Northwest Collegiate Tournament at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Club president Trisha Chau, a senior biochemistry and molecular biology major, first joined the club because of a two-week class she completed when she was a kid.

“I wanted to come to college and do Taekwondo again and stay with it even when it got hard.” Chau said. “But that’s not the only reason, also because of the people.”

Club members’ skill levels range from no experience to black belts, according to Chau.

Melissa Swanson, a senior chemical engineering major, has wanted to learn a form

of martial arts her entire life.

“I never had a chance as a child,” Swanson said. “About three weeks into my first term I found the club. I learned about it and asked if I needed any experience to join. I found out I didn’t.”

In Ronald Southwick’s work, “A Brief History of Taekwondo,” he describes Taekwondo as the Korean martial art of self-defense. In Korean, “Tae” means “to kick,” “Kwon” means “to punch” and “Do” means “way.” It is one of the oldest forms of martial arts, dating to 2,300 years ago.

Chau spoke of the camaraderie among club members.

“It’s like a second family to me, they really are,” Chau said. “The longer you stay, the more you become like family to us.”

According to club members, the club is about improving their own personal skills and gaining strength from their commitment to the sport, but equally as important, it is also about working and spending time with the family they have created.

According to Emma Chilcote, treasurer of the club, the more a member puts into the club, the more they get out of it.

“There is encouragement from the team. It can be very individual, but you have the whole team around you,” Chilcote said. “But you have to be self-driven, first and foremost.”

Jong Park, a senior, believes Taekwondo brings people together.

“For me, it symbolizes friendship and strength,” said Park.

Swanson thinks Taekwondo is both a great way to exercise and to connect with a diverse group of people.

“I made a lot of really great friends. It’s a really great way to exercise,” Swanson said.

“Taekwondo is something that I can commit to learning and work toward. There is a really, really unique, diverse group of members here and they welcomed me in when I

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didn’t know anything.”

For more information, attend one of the weekly meetings in Dixon room MP1, on the second floor. The club meets on Mondays and Wednesdays from 8-10 p.m., Thursdays from 9-11 p.m. and Saturdays from 1-3 p.m.

To join the club, new members must sign

a waiver and show up to practices. The first two weeks are free for new members, but afterwards, in order to join, the club is $30 per term. Anyone who attends or is affiliated with OSU can join.

There are currently about 15 members and they are looking for more interested students.

AND REA MI TEV | ORANGE MED I A NETWORK Members of the club Emma Chilcote (left) and Eric Klinkhammer (right) executes a kick. Klinkhammer competed in the Pacific Northwest Collegiate Tournament earlier this term.

LIFE

Opinion: Women receive global recognition Invisible status of women brought to light with International Women’s Day Why should we care about international celebrations of women? Why is it important to talk about women’s history, their struggles and status in society?

International Women’s Day started after a series of women suffrage issues surfaced. Annually celebrated March 8, women are empowered and are given a platform to vocalize the lack of equality that they receive from their respective societies.

With marches, petitions, public speeches and movements blossoming all over the world, global society has recognized the need to unwind the patriarchal structure and proliferate equal rights.

Carole Pateman, a contemporary political scientist and feminist concerned with democracy, criticizes the elitists and patriarchal structures in our culture. Pateman is known for “The Sex Contract,” a feminist rendition of John Locke’s assertion of the social contract.

Social contract theory is the idea that every person who is a part of a society regulates the welfare and relations among its members while ensuring the protection of their rights.

One must also give up rights to promote peace and help establish mutual expectations and vulnerability in the community.

Now the contract Pateman purposes states the extra rights women must give up to be a member of society, the consequences of losing those rights and why it is unjust.

Using this to understand the oppression tangled in society, we have achieved an increase in female empowerment in education as well as more opportunities for women to thrive.

Samantha Finlay, a senior majoring in philosophy and minoring in Spanish, became engrossed in the field and has been committed ever since after being introduced to philosophy through political thought.

“Not many people know what philosophy is and I think that philosophy uses a lot of great methodologies that provoke the imagination and creativity,” Finlay said.

Looking beyond graduation, Finlay sees herself in the Peace Corps. She hopes to see more female philosophy majors, so that there is a greater diversity range represented in the field.

“I get the sense that the philosophical connon isn’t always concerned with feminist philosophers and isn’t often asking questions for

them,” Finlay said. “But I think our department does a good job with empowering all of their students.”

Flora Leibowitz has been a professor of philosophy at Oregon State University since 1977. Primarily occupied with analytical Anglo-American philosophy, she is curious about art, knowledge and the minds of human and non-human animals.

As Leibowitz was going through her education, she noticed an underrepresentation of women philosophers and writers in the canon.

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FLORA LEIBOWITZ Philosophy professor Oregon State University “There were maybe three or four women mentioned in philosophy in my education. I remember thinking how cool it was to not only know there were women philosophers, but to learn about their ideas as well,” Leibowitz said.

Along with Finlay, Leibowitz recognized that OSU’s philosophy department is diverse in gender, and strives to create diversity within the field.

“As the famous saying goes, ‘Be the change you wish to see,’” Leibowitz said. “Don’t be intimidated, you’re not alone.”

Leibowitz expressed the desire to see more women in this field and encourages women to be curious, to pursue what interests them and to have confidence in their abilities.

Philosophy is concerned with asking questions that help us identify problems and reason our way through to solutions. Having a diverse assortment of ideas and people in the field contributes to our understanding of the human condition and rounds out our society’s ideas and culture.

Fortunately, the historical movements women have participated in and stood for, have opened up the world of knowledge and widened our scope of experience. Celebrating women and empowering diverse perspective is fundamental to the shift in the voices represented in all areas from academia to societal structures.

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LIFE

FarmHouse Fraternity returns to OSU FarmHouse relaunches 22 years after shutting down, “Builders of Men” motto

By KENDALL JONES Practicum Contributor

A casual visit to room 354 of Oregon State University’s Student Experience Center on Thursday nights wouldn’t reveal anything out of the ordinary. A small group of OSU students play cards there at 7 p.m. every week, but these card-loving Beavers have a deeper purpose.

Meet OSU’s newly returned fraternity, the men of FarmHouse International.

FarmHouse, a professional agricultureoriented fraternity that became a national organization in 1921, was active at OSU between the mid-1960s through 1996 when, according to Raymond Seal, the new chapter president, it closed due to poor finances and incidents of bad behavior.

Twenty-two years later, FarmHouse is back at OSU thanks to four charter members who believe it can play an important role in the student life of the university’s Agricultural Sciences and Forestry Colleges and related majors. OSU’s agricultural and forestry programs, according to the college’s website, was recently ranked seventh in the world. The agricultural school serves 2,600 students.

Seal, freshman crop and soil science major, said his father and uncle were in FarmHouse

in the 1980s. Seal also disclosed that the OSU chapter was officially recognized on Nov. 6, 2017.

This semester the four charter members have been busy organizing their chapter, establishing recruiting strategies and learning about their new fraternity. The new OSU officers recently traveled to FarmHouse’s national office in Kansas City, Mo., for four days of training.

Seal and the other officers want to build a different kind of fraternity.

“We really want to be the gentlemen on campus and not looked upon as a fraternity stereotype,” said Seal. “We want to be a place where we can improve ourselves, socially and morally. Building a strong community as a group of guys who work together with the same goals in mind.”

FarmHouse International Fraternity has 34 chapters in the U.S. and Canada.

The fraternity’s motto is “Builders of Men,” according to the organization’s website.

FarmHouse is an acronym for “faith, ambition, reverence, morality, honesty, obedience, unity, service and excellence.”

Seth Barnhart, the OSU chapter’s vice president of Finance, said he decided to join because he knew the values and what Farmhouse stood for, as a result of his father’s positive experience in the chapter during his

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time at OSU. “There is a huge potential to establish a fraternity that truly stands out from the typical frat stereotype,” said Barnhart. “I want to try and make it a goal to live up to our motto

Being an ag fraternity, we want to try and establish connections within the ag and forestry industries for future employment and education opportunities.

Our ultimate goal is to make our fraternity one of value and not simply a fun time.

SETH BARNHART Vice President of Finance Farmhouse Fraternity Oregon State University of ‘Builder of Men,’ and not just be a party crowd. Being an ag fraternity, we want to try and establish connections within the ag and forestry industries for future employment and education opportunities. Our ultimate goal is to make our fraternity one of value and not simply a fun time.”

James Spry, membership consultant for FarmHouse International, joined the fraternity

at Clemson University. Spry, who recruited Seal as chapter president, said he will be working with the OSU officers to attract new members.

“FarmHouse is a non-secretive fraternity,” Spry said. “So anything anyone wants to know or learn about FarmHouse, they can learn either from talking to a member or by looking it up online. The acronym for FarmHouse are the values we believe every FarmHouse man should have.”

FarmHouse hasn’t been without its controversy. Seal noted that the previous OSU fraternity, like many Greek organizations in the 1990s, suffered because of a few members who developed a bad rap following a few incidents.

The chapter couldn’t pay its bills, Seal said, and had to sell its house and close down.

Seal and the other members said there will be no such controversial activity associated with the OSU chapter.

Seal shared he originally didn’t like fraternity and sorority life because of the concepts, but when he learned about FarmHouse’s values and goals he knew that this fraternity was a good opportunity to fill a need at OSU for agriculture and forestry majors.

The fraternity is holding a co-philanthropy event with the Sigma Alpha sorority on Feb. 23, from 7:45 p.m. to 10:45 p.m. in the old field on the west side of campus. The country swing dance will raise money for Be the Match bone-marrow organization.

Of course, there are the card games.

Seal said anyone interested in joining the group can come to the SEC on Thursday nights at 7 p.m. to meet fraternity members and join in the card games. For more information, prospective members can email Seal at sealr@oregonstate.edu.

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SYD NEY WISNER | ORANGE MED I A NETWORK (Left to right) Eston Hughey, Raymond Seal and Seth Barnhart stand in front of the Farmhouse Fraternity tent in the Memorial Union Quad. Farmhouse is returning after 22 years.

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Saturn has you feeling sorry for yourself. Maybe you’re nursing some old hurts from a past relationship that ended badly. Try not to bring those old wounds into a current romance.

Instead, speak with a therapist or a trusted friend.

You’re likely to be falling in love, enjoying a hot flirtation or considering having a mad affair.

The moon is increasing your need for pure physical passion with somebody new. This may or may not be a good idea.

You’ll have to sort it out.

As an easy-going Air sign, sometimes you allow others to walk all over you. You don’t like to pick fights, and it’s hard for you to stand up for yourself.

But pushy Venus is forcing you to set some limits with someone in your personal life.

Taurus: April 20 - May 20 You’ll be interacting with someone who is more emotional or eccentric than you are. The moon is generating some intense exchanges with a friend, co-worker or neighbor.

Or your romantic partner could be the one who is acting a little bit odd.

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Gemini: May 21 - June 21 Mercury, your planetary ruler, goes retrograde midweek. It’s time to slow down. If you’ve just started to date somebody, don’t rush into things. Allow things to unfold more gradually over the next three and a half weeks before making a big move.

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Leo: July 23 - Aug. 22 Your creative energies are strong right now, courtesy of imaginative Venus. Find a way to express yourself artistically or comedically. You have the ability to be a great performer or comedian when you really focus yourself.

Virgo: Aug. 23 - Sept. 22 The moon is helping you see things super clearly. If you’ve been in and on-again, off-again relationship, you’ll be able to figure out the best path now. If you’re trying to make a judgment call at work, this will be easier.

Scorpio: Oct. 24- Nov. 21 Trust your psychic side this week. Neptune is enhancing your intuition. You could have a dream about something that comes true. Or you’ll pick up on a secret that your significant other has been attempting to hide from you. Listen to your instincts.

Sagittarius: Nov. 22 - Dec. 21 You’re trying to sort through your feelings for a special friend. Maybe you don’t have a strong romantic attraction to this person, yet you really love him or her. Venus is helping you to acknowledge the truth and then act on it.

Capricorn: Dec. 22 - Jan.19 Mars will be in your sign for a while, and this will increase your confidence and resolve.

It’s a great time to execute an attack or make a big move.

Do something bold that will advance you in your personal or professional life.

Aquarius: Jan. 20 - Feb. 18 Your partner is trying to take your relationship in one direction, and you’re not so sure that you’re on board. Venus is challenging you to communicate clearly with your partner, even if you need to agree to disagree about something.

Pisces: Feb. 19 - March 20 It’s a good time to expand your social circtle. Jupiter is encouraging you to present yourself to strangers in various settings. Do some business networking and expand your client base. Attend parties, concerts, and other fun events.

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Beaver softball wins series against University of California Berkeley Golden Bears

Oregon State University softball plays next at University of California Los Angeles in a three game series March 24 - 26.

DEJ AH G OBERT | ORANGE ME DIA NE TWORK OSU freshman infielder Hope Brander bats against California redshirt junior Zoe Conley during the first game of a three game series on Friday, March 16. The Beavers won 10-5.

D EJAH GOBERT | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK Senior infielder Alysha Everett runs to first base during Friday’s softball game. OSU scored in all seven innings.

D EJ AH G O B E RT | O RA N G E M E D I A N E T W O RK (ABOVE LEFT) Freshman utility player Missy Nunes is up to bat during Friday’s softball game.

(ABOVE RIGHT) Members of the Beavers softball team watches the game from the dugout.

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D EJAH GOBERT | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK The OSU softball team crowds together on Friday. The next game will be on the road March 24.