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Family. Meth. Contamination. Family discovers recently bought home is contaminated with meth
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NEWS: Literacy Center reopens 3 • FORUM: Student Govenment Op-Ed 14 • SPORTS: Women’s Swimming welcomes back alumni 11
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Party Smart Halloween Panel
Student Experience Center, SEC Lobby Noon - 1 p.m. A panel of university and local law enforcement officials will provide tips and resources to help you and our community stay safe, make responsible choices, and better understand policies and procedures governing the enforcement of laws and the University Code of Conduct.
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The Promise and the Peril of Artifical Intelligence and Robotics
LaSells Stewart Center 10 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. Oregon State University will host this daylong symposium. OSU faculty and national experts will participate in the event and discuss the potential benefits, risks, ethics and uncertainties of the emerging technologies of artifical intelligence and robotics.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24 Coffee with a Cop
International Living Learning Center, Peet’s Coffee 9 - 11 a.m. Join your neighbors and police officers for coffee and conversation. The mission of Coffee with a Cop is to break down barriers between officers and the community members they serve. Ask questions, voice concerns, and get to know the officers.
I Stand with Immigrants National Day of Action.
Student Experience Center Plaza 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Stand in support of immigrants in Oregon with a fun event hosted by ASOSU, CCE and a Here to Stay Student Group. Celebrate diversity with warm refreshments and pastries.
CLAIRE NELSON | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK OSU graduate student Travis Tubbs, his wife and their seven children are living primarily in a trailer and a converted garage after finding out the house recently sold to them was contaminated with methamphetamine.
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Air Force Officer with Family of Nine Sold Meth House
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Memorial Union Building (MU) 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. MU Activities and OSUPC are joining forces to bring a weekend of fun screams by hosting a variety of Halloween inspired activities leading up to the annual Haunted Memorial Union. There will be a silent disco, games, crafts, food and more. All events are free for Oregon State students.
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COVER: Major Travis Tubbs and some of his children sit on their property near methamphetamine paraphernalia left by previous tenants. Photo by Claire Nelson, Orange Media Network.
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NEWS
Multicultural Literacy Center reopens
Community members use space to build connections By ALEXIS CAMPBELL News Contributor Outside the small house on Jackson Avenue, all is calm. Inside is another story. Entering the new home of the Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center on Oct. 13, the day of its grand reopening celebration, is like walking into another world. The house is filled to the brim with guests, who laugh and talk over the music in a blur of different languages. The organization moved to 2638 NW Jackson Ave. nearly two months ago. Its previous location, leased from Oregon State University for over a decade, was demolished to make space for new student housing. According to Interim Director Caitlin Sullivan, the main goal of the CMLC is to provide a place for people to build community, especially for those who have come to Corvallis from different countries. “It’s really about making connections - having a space for people to feel welcome and comfortable where they can make connections in the community,” Sullivan said. The new house on Jackson Avenue is also leased from OSU, at the same rate of $1 a month that the CMLC paid for its previous location. The university contributed the funds for all the renovations needed at the new location. Sullivan had her concerns when the organization first learned that they would need to move. “Would people still be able to find us? Would they still want to come to the center?” Sullivan recalled thinking. Evidently visitors were still able to find the Literacy Center for its grand reopening. The crowded celebration began outside, with a ceremonial ribbon cutting by Mayor Biff Traber. Jody Einerson, granddaughter of the house’s original occupants, was also present at the ceremony. The house has been named the Einerson House by OSU’s naming committee, honoring the legacy of Einerson’s immigrant grandparents. As guests packed into the small 1920s house, they were greeted with live music and platters of food. Although the Einerson House today is a bright, welcoming place for guests, Sullivan said that it’s a far cry from what it was when the CMLC first moved in. She described the house before renovation as a dark, depressing space. Now, newly installed French doors open up and brighten the house. What was previously a garage has been converted into a classroom area where visitors can take language classes and study for the U.S. citizenship test. According to Sullivan, the center has helped 45 people to successfully pass the exam and become citizens. These classes are taught by around 20 volunteers. Volunteers are an essential part of the CMLC. They help out with everything, from teaching cooking classes to providing on-site childcare for parents who want to take a class at the Literacy Center. Volunteers even helped to unpack and
AKSHAY PAWAR | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK Community members mill around the Einerson House at the Multicultural Literacy Center’s reopening.
organize right after the move to the Einerson House, a time when Sullivan says the entire house was filled with boxes floor to ceiling. The enthusiasm of volunteers can be seen in the huge array of foods at the reopening celebration. Vayomi Wickramanayake, a CMLC board member, said that the amount of people wanting to bring food was overwhelming. “People started to call, they wanted to bring this, they wanted to bring that. I said, it’s a small house, we can’t fit all this!” Wickramanayake said. Food is undoubtedly an important part of the Literacy Center’s mission to create cultural connections. From Peruvian causitas to horchata, all the refreshments at the celebration represented the cuisine of a different culture. Board member Mamta Chowdhury first began visiting the CMLC when she moved to Corvallis
and was unsure of how to connect with a culture that was different than she was used to. “When people come to a new place and an international community, there is an inherent fear. The fear of, how do I make friends? How do I reach out to the community?” Chowdhury recalled. According to Chowdhury, visiting the Literacy Center helped her to connect with other people in the area. “At CMLC, you can make friends, you meet people from local community and all over. So you start feeling the sense of belonging and that is huge,” Chowdhury said. Sullivan and other CMLC staff and volunteers use a particular word to describe the connections people make at the Literacy Center. “We say it’s like magic. Magic happens here,” Sullivan said.
Scan the QR code to check out the Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center website
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NEWS
The longest protest
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Corvallis community members protest for peace outside the Benton County Courthouse every day from 5-6 p.m.
Corvallis citizens hold daily peace protest for 17th consecutive year By NOAH BUCCHI Practicum Contributor October 7, 2018 marked the seventeenth anniversary of the United States invasion of Afghanistan, but one day later also marked the seventeenth anniversary of a peace protest held outside of the Benton County Courthouse every day since the first Special Forces hit the sands of Balkh Province. Approximately 10,142 days ago the U.S. began Operation Desert Storm and dropped roughly 88,500 tons of bombs over Baghdad in 39 days. It marked the United States’ first major military conflict in the Middle East, but not the last. The United States began its invasion of Afghanistan 3916 days later, after the infamous attack on the World Trade Center. It was in the weeks leading up to Operation Enduring Freedom, that a group of ap-
proximately 75 Corvallis citizens came together at the Westminster House on 101 NW 23rd St., and strategized their own plans for bringing awareness to this impending conflict, and a new era of dangerous wars on terrorism. In this meeting they came to the consensus that there needed to be a declaration of war cast against the government’s endless wars on the people of the Middle East. Only this war would not be fought with bullets and bombs, but with words and pictures. On October 7, 2001, when the military officially began its bombardment of Taliban training sights, these 50-100 citizens of Corvallis decided to hold a vigil outside of the Benton County Courthouse, protesting what would become the second longest war ever waged by America. On Oct. 22, 2018, from 5 - 6 p.m., in rain or shine, the people of this same vigil will be on the front sidewalk of your courthouse, holding signs for the 6,219th consecutive day since our
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war in Afghanistan began. Each one of these days begin with a man named Ed Epley pulling up to the curb in his 60s red Volkswagen bus. In the back he has hundreds of anti-war signs stacked to the windows, some harkening back to this protests very first days. It also serves as a testament to the amount of time these men and women have spent on the front lawn of the Courthouse. “Think about what this place would look like if it were a warzone, fraught with craters, burning rubble and firing all around,” Epley said. “It’s really hard to imagine what it would be like here, but a lot of the world is that way. We’re just here reminding people that there is still a war going on and it’s still affecting people’s lives.” Epley began going to the Courthouse just a week after the first protests began, and contin-
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It’s like waking up, or going to bed or eating. It’s just part of the day for me. Ed Epley Protestor for Peace
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PEACE, Continued from page 4 ues to go almost every day. “It’s like waking up, or going to bed or eating; it’s just part of the day for me,” Epley said. There’s a lot that that our government could do to reduce the amount of resources being expended for the war effort, but Epley believes that there is only one thing to do if you are a citizen: to peacefully protest. Still, there are many who believe that holding signs doesn’t help to change government at all. “If there is a different answer, that is also a productive one and not a destructive one, then I am interested in hearing it,” Epley said. Gene Russell, another frequent peace protester and an Army veteran of the Vietnam War, explains that if everyone were out there waving signs and bringing attention to the war then something would change for sure. “But only three or four people go out there and do that, and nothing happens. People need to actually go out and make it happen,” Russell said. When Russell explained that when he came home from the war, he was left alone and almost no one ever wanted to hang out with him. “I felt pretty lonely out here. I felt like we were involved in a situation in the Army where we were basically wasted, and not worthy of being around,” Russell said.
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Russell believes that the perception of war has changed since then, but the sentiment is still an apathetic one. Protester, Delbert McColms, says that this sentiment is something that’s gotten a lot worse in recent decades because of technology and the rapidly expanding news media. “People need to be less entertained and distracted, and need to be more informed,” McColms said. McColms believes that the government is caught up in a pointless quagmire of war which is putting our resources to bad use. “There are things we need to be doing. We need to take care of our population, instead of having people out sleeping in the streets,” McColms said. “War is the biggest waste that you can get. They need to put their Napoleon suits back in the closet and stop trying to rule the world.” City Council member and an original founder of the protest Bill Glassmire, says that the response from the people is mostly positive, but it entirely depends on how recently a war has been declared. “If we started a war tomorrow, you’d see people coming by with their middle fingers extended and revving engines, but right now there is a lot of quiet war going on that is costing us money, lives and resources. But most of us don’t think about it,” Glassmire said. José-Antonio Orosco, professor of Phi-
losophy at Oregon State University believes that this peace protest came out a very emotional time in American history, when people were reeling from both the destruction of the World Trade Center and scared of the prospect that inevitably, a war would be crafted out of t he people’s anger. “Corvallis joined the global march against the invasion of Iraq in February of 2003 (the largest protest in human history with millions of people across the globe), and had regular rallies and marches for many years to mark the anniversaries of the start of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq,” Orosco via email. Orosco says that the Courthouse Vigil served as a beacon for all of those events and became a place where peace activists could regularly find one another. To Orosco, protests like these are more about creating solidarity, keeping spirits up and strengthening the willpower of like-minded people. “I think the Courthouse vigil has been more about bearing witness to the ongoing wars and having a place for peace activists to see each other regularly,” Orosco writes. Ed Epley doesn’t know how much longer this war of attrition will last, but predicts that they might be continuing their own war of attrition through peaceful protest for many more cold winters to come. OCTOBER 22, 2018 • DAILYBAROMETER.COM • 5
NEWS
No more fear, robots are here Artificial intelligence symposium to be held at OSU By MORGAN MAWN News Contributor From ‘Terminator’ to ‘Westworld,’ artificial intelligence has developed a negative reputation amongst the American public. AI and robotics expert, assistant professor at Oregon State University Heather Knight, believes that a large contributor to this reputation may be the media people are exposed to daily. Whether shown as advanced robots dead-set on ending the human race or as a genius computer programs capable of answering any question, the depiction of AI is often skewed. However, a symposium called The Promise and Peril of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics will be hosted at the LaSells Stewart Center on Oct. 23, aims to inform the public about what AI truly is and what it means for the future. According to a survey of 4,000 American adults done by Aaron Smith, the Principal Research Manager at Microsoft, it was found that 72 percent of participants were worried about a future in which AI robots were capable of performing the same jobs as humans. Knight was one of Forbes’ 2011 ‘30 under 30’ in Science and suggested that many people might have fears about AI due to the heavy religious background of western society. “This is a western conceptualization that AI technology will go bad, and I think it’s coming from this fear that humans shouldn’t do God-like things,” Dr. Knight explained. She goes further to explain that a general lack of understanding of what AI is, and designed to do, also heavily contributes to the public’s suspicions of a future with AI robots. One of the organizers of the upcoming symposium, Kagan Tumer, professor of robotics at OSU, would agree with Knight. When it comes to AI, Tumer believes that the general public could use a better understanding of the emerging technology. “We see more AI systems in everyday use, we see more robots in homes, industry and commerce. So it’s really critical for the general public to understand what these systems intend to do, what they do, and how they do it,” Tumer said. Knight said AI is in our lives without us even recognizing its presence. She described its role in common tasks such as filtering spam or other online content, aiding in internet searches and even putting a filter over a Snapchat selfie. “I want to stay relevant with my field,” said Kennedy Vandel, a computer science student who plans on going to the symposium. “Listening to experts in the field speak about current AI topics and issues helps me prepare for the work I’ll do after college.” To get past misconceptions, Tumer suggested getting involved in the AI and robotics community on campus, as Vandel has. He also suggested contacting the robotics professors at OSU, participating in the weekly robotics and AI seminars held by OSU graduate students or attending
I SABEL SCHOLZ | ORANGE MED I A NETWORK Assistant Professor of computer science Heather Knight sits with robotic self-sorting chairs, a project in progress for her research group CHARISMA.
“This is a western conceptualization that AI technology will go bad, and I think it’s coming from this fear that humans shouldn’t do God-like things.” Heather Knight Assistant Professor of Computer Science
the AI symposium. The daylong symposium will feature many experts in the AI and Robotics fields weighing in on many topics in panels. Tumer and Thomas Dietterich, professor emeritus in computer science, will open the event with a lecture on robot-
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ISABEL SCHOLZ | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK A quadcopter created by the OSU aerial robotics team sits in the robotics lab.
ics, AI and why they matter. One of the multiple panels will feature Knight joined by Julie Adams, professor of robotics at OSU, Naomi Fitter, assistant professor in engineering as well as Kipp Shearman, associate professor of physics of oceans and atmospheres, to participate in a panel
focused on the relationships between humans and future robots. The keynote of the symposium will be presented by Jacob Ward, former editorin-chief of Poplar Magazine and technology correspondent for CNN.
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OSU celebrates Queer History Month By CHLOE STEWART News Contributor
Queer History Month is nationally recognized in the month of October, and the OSU community will mark this month with a series of events devoted to growth and celebration. “Queer history month is a time to reflect on the history and current experiences of LGBTQIA+ people, with a focus on the most marginalized members of our community,” Cindy Konrad, assistant director of the Pride Center and advisor to SOL: LGBTQ+ Multicultural Support Network, said in an email. “It’s a time for doing the hard work of examining where our community has replicated the systems of dominance we see in mainstream culture and how we can move forward into a more just future. It also is a time for celebrating the beauty, power, and brilliance of LGBTQIA+ people.” On Oct. 4 the month’s festivities kicked off with a barbecue at the Pride Center. According to Konrad, approximately 200 people attended the barbecue. A number of events have taken place since then, including a discussion about the unsolved assassination of Brazilian, Black and queer politician Marielle Franco and the Beards and Stilettos Dance Party, celebrating queer, transgender and intersex people of color.
Coming up this week is the Living Library event, SOL’s Kickback and Relax, Glitter in the Archives and finally the OSU Fall Drag Show. Glitter in the Archives, which will take place in the library’s Special Collections and Archive Research Center reading room on Friday, offers a chance for students to engage with materials from the Oregon State Queer Archives and a whole lot of glitter glue. According to Natalia Fernandez, associate professor, curator and archivist of the Oregon Multicultural Archives and OSQA, this will be SCARC’s third year hosting Glitter in the Archives. This year, the event is a collaboration between SCARC, the Pride Center and the Craft Center. “The mission of the OSU Queer Archives is to preserve and share the stories, histories and experiences of LGBTQ+ people within the OSU and Corvallis communities,” Fernandez said in an email. “As an archive, OSQA collects materials pertaining to the past, but in addition, our goal is to gather the current experiences of LGBTQ+ communities.” The OSQA features materials such as oral histories including recordings of interviews and events, photographs and scrapbooks and documents. At Glitter in the Archives, students are welcome to donate their work to the OSQA. Students are welcome to visit
LOGAN HOWELL | ORANGE MED I A NETWORK The Pride Center is located at 1553 SW A Ave., and provides a space for the LGBTQIA+ community.
SCARC and see the OSQA, in addition to other archived materials. According to Reagan Le, assistant director for Diversity and Cultural Engagement, a critical component of events like those involved with queer history month is allowing students to find communities in which they feel at home.
“All the CRCs are about developing community and a sense of belonging while addressing inequities and various forms of social injustice,” Le said in an email. Konrad expressed similar values for the work done at the Pride Center year round. “I see the Pride Center as a place
where people can be their authentic selves, where all aspects of their identities can be respected, and where they can learn about themselves and each other,” Konrad said in an email. “This is a lofty goal, and every day we work toward it.” For more information, visit the Pride Center or their website.
Safety tips for Halloween weekend By NOAH NELSON News Contributor
Halloween weekend in Corvallis presents students with the opportunity to take a break from their studies, unwind, and celebrate the holiday. This weekend traditionally sees an increase in many types of unsafe behavior. The fraternity and sorority community on campus, which hosts many different Halloween parties, has taken precaution to keep its members, and anyone who attends the parties, safe. Chaz Roselli is the vice president of programming within Sigma Phi Epsilon, a local fraternity. According to Roselli, he is in charge of planning and executing all social events the fraternity puts on, including the Halloween weekend celebrations. “For whatever reason, Halloween weekend at Oregon State is seen as an opportunity for absolute mayhem,” Roselli said. “It is a real concern when people from out of town who have no respect for the community come and cause problems.” The way fraternities deal with the issue of reckless partiers coming from out of
town is to have a guest list for their parties, according to Roselli. “The new rules state that we cannot serve alcohol at any function, and we cannot allow anyone in who is not on a guest list. This definitely limits the risk of people we don’t know and don’t trust causing issues at our events,” Roselli said. However, being at a party still presents dangers. According to Amy Frasieur, the interim director of the Prevention and Wellness department of Student Health Services, there are ways to celebrate this weekend responsibly. Pace yourself. Consider having only one drink per hour. Stay hydrated. Consider alternating alcoholic drinks with water or another nonalcoholic beverage. Set a limit for yourself on how much you will drink and stick to it, according to Frasieur. Frasieur also said that it is best to refrain from participating in drinking games or drinking from communal bowls, like jungle juice, as these are good ways to accidentally drink too much, or get sick. According to Nikia Braxton, the alcohol and drug prevention specialist at the Student Health Services, it is very important to remember that
calling the police is a viable option if you believe you or a friend has alcohol poisoning. “Know the signs of alcohol poisoning and what to do,” Braxton said. The symptoms of alcohol poisoning include shallow or irregular breathing, unresponsiveness and unconsciousness, cold/clammy skin, pale or bluish coloring, vomiting and mental confusion. If you think someone has signs of alcohol poisoning, call 911 right away. Roll the person on their side and stay with them until help arrives. Do not give them any food or water (this could make them choke) and do not make them get up or walk (as they could get injured), according to Braxton. Oregon has the Medical Amnesty Law, which protects those who seek medical assistance for themselves or someone else because of alcohol poisoning from receiving a Minor in Possession. If an individual is experiencing alcohol poisoning, calling the police to help would not result in an MIP for the caller. To avoid alcohol poisoning, people should not be drinking with anyone who pressures or coerces them into consuming more alcohol than
they want to, according to Frasieur. Another general rule that can keep individuals safe is the buddy system, according to Roselli. “Definitely have a base of friends who know what your plans are and will keep an eye on each other,” Roselli said. “That is for sure the number one thing.” According to Braxton, “If you choose to drink, drink responsibly and with people you know. Also, there are a number of alcohol-free Halloween Spooktacular Events on campus.”
Check out the events happening before and during Halloween on campus by scanning the QR code
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COVER STORY
Family. Meth. Contamination. Photography By CLAIRE NELSON OMN Photographer
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Oregon State graduate student with children discovers home is contaminted with methamphetamine By MICHAEL NEWEY Practicum Contributor “You can see some of the needles right here.” Major Travis Tubbs said, pointing out hypodermic needles that lined his property while balancing one of his seven children on his shoulders. Tubbs came to Oregon State last year seeking his Ph.D in crop science, but the house he bought for his family turned out to be contaminated with methamphetamine. Tubbs claims the house was sold to him with that knowledge in mind and that the sellers should have at least disclosed that information beforehand. Bradley Dumilieu and Jody Draper were co-owners of the house until the Tubbs purchased it with the help of the family’s contracted real estate agent, Rick Vega. Draper was working as the official broker for the house, under his and Dumilieu’s co-owned real estate company, Westgate Group LLC. Tubbs alleges that Dumilieu and Draper are liable for the cleanup costs under ORS 475.455. “My biggest worry of course is to just make sure the kids are safe from the meth contamination,” Tubbs said. Tubbs also stated that he had to teach his children ways to identify drug needles and how to protect themselves from meth contamination. According to Public Information Officer Chris Baldridge, the house had been viewed as suspicious but in the end, the police did not have enough probable cause for a warrant, so the house was left alone. Then, the Tubbs family bought the property for $375,000, according to the statutory warranty deed. A few days later, they were told about the meth. According to Tubbs, closing on the transaction for the house occured early July and information that the house was contaminated with meth was allegedly disclosed to the Tubbs’ contracted real estate agent for the family, Vega, from the co-owner of the house, Dumilieu, July 14, 2017. Upon learning of the possibility of methamphetamine on his property, Tubbs hired a third-party contractor, A Best Environmental LLC, to analyze the property. A Best Environmental LLC collected samples from 28 locations, sending them to Analytical Chemistry Inc. for analysis. All came back positive for methamphetamine, according to the test results. The HVAC system tested up to 150 times higher than cleanup standard. Tubbs and his wife, Denay Tubbs, filed a legal complaint in January 2018 against Westgate Group, Dumilieu and See METH Page 10 OCTOBER 22, 2018 • DAILYBAROMETER.COM • 9
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Hyperdermic needles lined up on the ground outside the residence of Major Travis Tubbs’ residence
METH, Continued from page 9 Draper, as well as Keller Williams Realty Inc., which Draper is an independent contractor of. Tubbs‘ complaint contained eight allegations including breach of contract, negligence and punitive damages, as well as a claim of fraud for defendant Dumilieu. Tubbs claimed that the defendants had violated the contract he signed to purchase the property by failing to disclose the property “had been used and was used as a site for the manufacturing, use or distribution of methamphetamine,” among other allegations. In his claims for relief, Tubbs requested at least $635,513 in damages, $800,000 in punitive damage and an amount to cover attorney fees and costs. “We’re trying to estimate what we think will be the real expenses when it’s all done,” said Tubbs. He admitted his family is trying to estimate high to cover costs that have accumulated as time has progressed. Tubbs
shared a quote from A Best Environmental LLC, the same company that tested the property for meth. The quote placed decontamination of the Tubbs’ property at over $84,000. A separate estimate for restoration from NW Claims Management LLC cited $616,398.75 in restoration expenses for the property. Together, these costs add up to almost twice the amount Tubbs paid for the house. Further costs from storage costs, electrical rewiring costs and living costs have added up as well. After issuing a claim, Tubbs requested an issuance of provisional process, which would require the defendants to remediate the property by removing all toxic substances and getting the house to livable conditions. Both Draper and Keller Williams opposed this request. Draper’s filed opposition stated Tubbs circumvented a dispute resolution clause in the sales agreement. The clause stated that arbitration, a process where a third party is elected to decide the outcome of the case,
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would be used to settle the dispute. Keller Williams Realty’s legal response to Tubbs’ complaint, given as an oral argument on April 11 this year, stated that Tubbs purchased the property from the other two defendants, Draper and Dumilieu, and that Keller Williams Realty was not involved in the transaction. The response further stated that allegations against the company were not enough to provide burden of proof against the company. They argued that the motion for provisional process should be denied. A second response from Keller Williams was issued after the judge on the case dismissed Tubbs’ request for an issuance of provisional process. Keller Williams requested that all claims against it be dismissed on the account of prejudice. Keller Willams’ team leader did not respond to a request for comment. Draper’s motion to dismiss the request for provisional process and compel arbitration came July 10, after a court-requested mediation.
Mediation is where a neutral third party assists the two opposing parties in resolving their dispute. In Draper’s motion, it is stated that each of each of Tubbs’ seven claims against Keller Williams, Westgate Group, Draper and Dumilieu and the claim of fraud against Dumilieu, fall within the arbitration clause. According to public records, Dumilieu has not been served a successful court summons yet. In the next few days, the case will enter mediation once more, not yet arbitration. Draper said he was not able to comment at the time due to impending mediation. “Hopefully we’ll have an insurance settlement for the buyers to help them out,” Draper said via text. He was unable to provide more information. In the meantime, Tubbs and his family continue to live in a trailer placed on the property and a converted garage.
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Women’s swimming welcomes back alumni By ALEXIS CAMPBELL News Contributor
OSU Women’s Swimming welcomed back former members of the team to participate in an alumni swim meet at Langton Hall. Though scores were not taken at the event, alumni and current members of the team engaged in friendly competition as they participated in events with the graduation years of the alumni swimmers ranged from 2017 to 1995. The meet kicked off with a 200 meter medley relay before moving into a number of individual events. These events included a 50 meter butterfly, breaststroke, backstroke and freestyle as well as a 100 meter individual medley. The meet finished with another relay, this time involving the entire team. This last event was a cap change relay where the participants had to quickly exchange caps with their teammates before they could switch off. According to Women’s Swimming Head Coach Jennifer Buffin, the meet is an entertaining way to keep alumni involved with the team. “This is a sport that you can do for a lifetime, so for many of the alumni it’s fun. That’s what it’s about, it’s about coming back, having fun, being in a place that you’ve spent so many hours and years in,” Buffin said. During the meet, alumni competed with each other during each heat in the odd lanes in groups of either three or four while current swim team members filled in the even lanes. According to Felicia Anderson, a third year Business and Communications major and current swimmer, she and her teammates jumped in whenever there was an empty lane between the alumni. She ended up participating in six events overall. “It was a lot of fun. The alumni meet is always
one of my favorite meets of the year because it really shows our Beaver history,” Anderson said. The event was much less regimented than a usual swim meet, with swimmers participating in events they otherwise might not have, according to Anderson. She added that one of her former teammates, Sammy Harrison, is a distance swimmer but swam in the 50 meter backstroke event. Former OSU Women’s Swimming Head Coach Laura Worden, who coached the team from 1984 to 1989, the meet is valuable not only for alumni but also for current team members. “It’s a good model for the swimmers that are here. To look up and see that the alumni are still swimming,” Worden said. According to Buffin, the alumni meet is not necessarily about competition but rather getting the alumni to interact with each other and the current team. However, she admitted that some competition is inevitable. “They’re very competitive. A lot of the alumni were division one athletes, and so I don’t think that ever goes away. They want to go in and be competitive,” Buffin said. According to Anderson, the alumni aren’t the only competitive ones. The current swimmers also felt the pressure to prove themselves. “It’s all fun, but when it comes down to it nobody ever wants to get beaten by someone who’s not swimming anymore,” Anderson said. In previous years the meet has been held at Osborn Aquatic Center, but this year it was moved to Langton. According to Buffin, holding the meet in Langton is meaningful to the alumni. “It’s a very different environment than being at Osborn. To have it here, where they have practiced, it brings back some memories for the alumni. There’s history here,” Buffin said. OCTOBER 22, 2018 • DAILYBAROMETER.COM • 11
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Football Power Rankings: Cougars pounce to second By Jarred Bierbrauer, OMN Sports Chief 1. Washington (6-2)
7. UCLA (2-5)
2. Washington State (6-1)
8. California (4-3)
If Oregon beat Washington, and Washington State beat Oregon, then why is Washington back to No. 1 on our list? It’s simple. Washington is still the team who can win it all. Notice how they took care of business this week against Colorado. They are in no mood for upsets and are looking forward to the Pac-12 Championships. Had they made that field goal against Oregon, they would be close to top-10 in national rankings.
Now that they’re no longer playing nationally ranked teams every week, UCLA has finally started to develop into a winning football team. Although it was a close game, the Bruins walked off of their own turf victorious. UCLA currently has the same Pac-12 record as Oregon at 2-2 as they continue to build off of their winning streak. If the Bruins really want to prove their point, they should beat Utah in their upcoming matchup.
How about them Cougars? Not only did they put up 34 points on Oregon, they held the Ducks’ powerhouse-offense to just 20. WSU quarterback Gardner Minshew has been playing at an NFL level and shows no signs of stopping. With Minshew averaging three touchdown passes and almost 400 yardsper-game, it’ll be interesting to see how things go against the Washington Huskies and their solid passing defense.
If you watched the OSU vs. California game, you know that it was like watching the Golden Bears play a high school team. Their running game was unstoppable, wide receivers were left wide open and their defense dominated the OSU offensive line. We could talk all day about how they beat the Beavers 497, but let’s look forward to next week when they take on No. 15 Washington. All jokes aside, California could make the upset.
3. Stanford (5-2)
9. USC (4-3)
After two losses and a bye week, Stanford is back on track with their season. In a low-scoring game, the Cardinal defense stepped up big, Arizona State to just 13 points. However, things have been hard on the offensive side of things for Stanford. In the last three games, the Cardinal have averaged 19.3 pointsper-game - even lower than Oregon State. If Stanford wants to remain top-3 on our list, they need to figure out their offense.
4. Oregon (5-2)
After their huge win against the Huskies, Oregon was handfed a loss by Washington State. Last week, they were No. 1 on our list, but it’s time to look past the fancy Nike uniforms. Oregon is 2-2 in the Pac-12 and struggled to stop Gardner Minshew and the WSU offense. It was only a matter of time before Oregon’s shaky defense was exposed. Maybe they can gather themselves before taking on Arizona in what should be a win.
The Trojans are probably the most inconsistent team in the Pac-12. They ended Colorado’s five game winning streak and beat Washington State, but this week they were dominated by Utah. It’s hard to diagnose their problem, but USC is just having a hard time staying up. Their defense struggled to stop Utah’s quarterback and their offense couldn’t pull through. Maybe they can figure something out against ASU this weekend.
10. Arizona State (3-4)
Only scoring 13 points against Stanford, it begs the question of what happened to ASU’s offense. Other than against OSU and UTSA, Arizona State is averaging just 18.2 points-pergame. It’s understandable that Stanford’s defense is good, but 13 points is not what any offensive coordinator wants to see on the final scoreboard. If ASU wants to win their upcoming game against USC, they need to find their offensive groove.
5. Utah (5-2)
11. Arizona (3-5)
6. Colorado (5-2)
12. Oregon State (1-6)
Don’t let the No. 5 distract you, Utah is still very much in the race for best team in the Pac-12. Tyler Huntley had a monster game against USC, throwing for 341 yards and four touchdowns while also running one in himself. After putting up 41 points against the Trojans, Utah is now tied with USC for the top spot in the Pac-12 South. Next week, the Utes take on UCLA. This could be Utah’s toughest game of the season.
The Pac-12 has hit Colorado harder than any team in the conference. With two consecutive losses, it will be interesting to see where the Buffaloes will go with their season. Outside of the conference, CU averaged 41 points-per-game this season. However, Colorado’s scoring has gotten progressively worse through Pac-12 play. They only scored 13 points this week against Washington. Once 5-0, the Buffaloes need to turn things around.
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What a tough loss. Losing by one point never feels good, but looking at their defense’s performance doesn’t make it feel better. Every scoring play they allowed was from a wide-open receiver or untouched running back. On the bright side, their offense looked crisp. Next week, Arizona hosts Oregon, who won’t want another upsetting loss. Likely, the game will be a shootout, but it depends on whose defense is best.
We thought OSU had a chance to turn things around against California. They were coming off of a well-rested bye week, had home field advantage and California had lost three straight games. We were wrong. Things were close in the first quarter, but then the Golden Bears went to work. After the game, Head Coach Jonathan Smith said he knew the rebuilding process wouldn’t happen overnight. How long will it take?
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Dixon Recreation Center renovations scheduled to be completed by Spring Term By LUCAS RADOSTITZ Practicum Contributor
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Community engages history of area through Archives Month at Oregon State By ALEXIS CAMPBELL News Contributor October is Archives Month at Oregon State University, and the library’s Special Collections & Archives Research Center is holding events throughout the month to promote its historical collections. Archives Month has been celebrated at OSU every October since 2006. This year, the events began with an open house showcasing the university’s Hops and Brewing archive. Later in the month, SCARC featured the “Women’s Words: Women’s Work” exhibit, which shows the history of women at OSU. Although October is nearly over, there are still two free events open for anyone to attend. SCARC, which was formed in 2011, focuses on collecting material from six areas: History of OSU, the History of Science, Natural Resources, Multiculturalism in Oregon, Hops and Brewing History and Rare Books. It is also home to The OSU Queer Archives, a newer archive established in 2014. OSU Queer Archives is holding its third annual “Glitter in the Archives” event on Oct. 26 at 2 p.m. in the SCARC Reading Room. Visitors will be provided with tradi-
tional crafting supplies as well as copies of archival material from the OSQA collection to use in their creations. In the past, participants have created collages and pins out of the materials. This year, the event will be held in collaboration with the Craft Center to allow for even more crafting opportunities. According to Natalia Fernández, curator and archivist of the Oregon Multicultural Archives and OSU Queer Archives, the goal of OSQA is not only to collect past experiences of LGBTQ+ communities, but also to preserve current experiences. “Glitter in the Archives is a fun opportunity for people to express how they are feeling in the current moment through art, and OSQA is incredibly privileged to be able to document those artistic expressions,” Fernández said via email. Another upcoming event is the 12th annual “Taste of the ‘Chives,” a historic recipe cooking event that will be held Oct. 31 at noon in the Willamette Rooms. This year’s event, Great Beaver Bake Off, focuses on baked goods. According to Tiah Edmunson-Morton, curator of the Hops & Brewing Archives and Instruction as well as the Outreach archivist, this year’s bake-off is a fun, creative challenge that
brings people together. “When we started the Taste of the ‘Chives in 2006 we wanted it to be a fun, community outreach event where people could come together to share their creations,” Edmunson-Morton said via email. For those needing inspiration, SCARC posts historic recipes on their blog. These recipes often come from the center’s collection. According to Edmunson-Morton, the College of Home Economics Records, Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletins and other recipes in home management books tend to be good sources. She also draws from the library’s collection of circulating books. Edmunson-Morton can recall many favorite dishes from this event in past years. “In 2013 we had a ‘cooking with beer’ theme, which was probably my favorite because of the number of hearty stews,” Edmunson-Morton said via email. Participants are also encouraged to show their spirit at this event by dressing up as their favorite baked good. Learn more about these events on the Archives Month website, or stop by the fifth floor of the Valley Library between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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In an attempt to keep up with current athletics trends, Dixon Recreation Center will undergo a series of renovations to provide additional versatility, accessibility and variety to the weight and cardio areas as well as the front entryway. The project is scheduled to begin during winter break and be finished by after spring break. This winter, the Department of Recreational Sports will begin renovations that Senior Assistant Director of Advancement & Assessment, Tina Clawson, says will improve Dixon Recreation Center. “We want OSU’s campus recreation facilities to be inviting, inclusive and engaging,” Clawson said. Renovations on the front entryway and three of the racquetball courts are tentatively scheduled to begin over winter break with the hope being that they are finished by spring term. These changes include a refurbishing of the front entryway and the addition of a cycling studio, a functional training area, more martial arts equipment and an Olympic lifting area. These renovations are in response to a handful of factors, including the low-volume use of the racquetball courts, a growing demand for a better variety of fitness training opportunities, paired with an overall desire to increase the overall openness, safety and comfort of the center. The project has been informed by a variety of studies, multiple reports formed specifically for OSU, student feedback, conversations with student government and analysis of current use patterns. “Students can be wary about taking on new activities, but we want the environment to encourage and reward their curiosity,” Clawson said. The first major change will be implemented in the lobby, with the goal of making Dixon more inviting the moment someone walks through the door. The idea is to structurally modify the entrance to remove barriers and create a welcoming aesthetic. Also planned is a new check-in system designed to “reduce the wait for entry” and “simplify foot traffic patterns,” according to the Project Overview. This includes the replacement of checking in at the desk with a simple key swipe system. The demolition of the existing entry desks will begin in December and the final installation of new a services desk is hoped to occur during spring break. The second phase of renovations will involve the repurposing of the three of the racquetball courts located on the first floor. Rooms 130 and 132, the two easternmost courts, will be converted into a functional training studio. This will include Olympic lifting racks, combative training equipment and other functional fitness tools, such as sleds and boxes. Room 126, the westernmost court, will be converted into a cycling studio, fitted with lights, fans and a full wall mural. These changes will have an estimated three-month completion time. Between these three rooms, racquetball engages 3-12 participants, while the new programming will allow up to 55 participants. “Professional guidelines for collegiate recreation centers recommend one square foot of cardio and weight space per student. We currently have 19,000 square feet, and that is nearly a 25 percent deficiency,” Clawson said. With versatility in mind, these rooms will also be structured so that they can easily be converted to special event spaces as needed. This is built in to improve space efficiency, as Dixon is currently running at a 27 percent deficiency based on square footage and student enrollment. More information on this project can be found on the Rec Sports website.
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Student government: Budget cuts prioritize OSU students
Oregon Student Association to see majority of cuts induced by decreasing university enrollment Every year, ten student fee funded units at Oregon State University go through a budget setting process for the next fiscal year. ASOSU, as a unit, goes through a parallel process, sitting down with key stakeholders and departmental leadership to organize a budget that is keeping in-line with projected enrollment rates, key services and recommended changes. This year, as ASOSU top leadership sat down to deliberate on the finer points of the budget, close to $70,000 had to be cut from the portion defined as “Student Government.” We, ASOSU elected and appointed leadership, would like to offer insight into the process, and the decisions made, so as to keep in line with our mission of maintaining transparency to the student body. We want to honor that students pay these
fees and have a right to know how they are being used. ASOSU functions based on rules and regulations passed by representatives of the student body and reflects a thorough and rigorous process. This process is maintained by a check-and-balance system that is facilitated by the Student Fee Committee, an independent committee that recommends student fee levels to ASOSU’s Joint Congress later in the school year. Branch leadership in ASOSU made a recommendation to the House Ways and Means to cut a line item in our budget that would go toward the Oregon Student Association. ASOSU previously paid this organization approximately $105,000 to engage in various civic-based activities. This includes lobbying for student
interests at the state Capitol, assisting the ASOSU Executive Branch with Voter registration efforts once per term, as well as developing leaders. Due to a decrease in projected student enrollment, and consequently, less revenue coming in from student fees, the ASOSU branch leadership felt that it was no longer feasible to allocate $105,000 of those fees to the ASOSU Student government portion of the budget. This decision was made while massive cuts were being felt across all of ASOSU’s budget. The House Ways and Means committee has voted to move this recommendation forward, meaning that OSA will see a $55,000 decrease from what they were offered last year. We recognize this as a significant change to the budget, but one that we feel was made in the best interest
of students. It’s for this reason that we find it important to provide a rationale and continue to engage the student body in the decisions that we are making. In order to maintain student salaries and the majority of the student positions in ASOSU’s Executive Branch, OSA’s budget was a necessary overall decrease. Branch leadership, through ongoing conversations, found it essential that we prioritize students at OSU at all times over external entities. This decision took time and an internal examination of our values as an organization, as well as people. As is required and outlined with ASOSU’s guiding documents, negotiations with OSA will begin moving forward by an independent ASOSU committee. The OSA
Halajian, Damitio: Buehler is the right choice
The last time Oregon had a Republican Governor, Ronald Reagan had not yet called on Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall and the World Wide Web had not been invented. It has been over a decade since last Republicans had control of either house in Oregon’s legislature, and only one Republican has won statewide office since 2002. This year however, things might just go the GOP’s way. Knute Buehler (an OSU alumni) is the party’s candidate for Governor. After playing baseball for the Beavers and receiving degrees in history and microbiology, Dr. Buehler went on to receive an MD from John’s Hopkins and to become OSU’s first Rhodes Schol-
ar. After returning home to his native Oregon, Dr. Buehler has worked in Bend as an orthopedic surgeon. He has spent almost two terms in the Oregon House, as a Republican representing the deeply blue 54th House District in downtown Bend, defining himself as a pragmatic moderate. While serving as State Representative, Dr. Buehler wrote one of the first pieces of legislation in the country that allowed women to access birth control over the counter through prescription from a pharmacist. He has supported legislation that will help Oregon move away from coal powered energy in favor of renewable sources of energy. He also supported HB 4145 closing
the “boyfriend loophole” and making it more difficult for those with stalking or domestic violence convictions to own firearms. An early supporter of marriage equality with a 64 percent rating from the American Conservative Union, Representative Buehler is not your typical Republican. In contrast, his opponent, the incumbent Governor Kate Brown has done little to capitalize on Oregon’s record breaking revenue during her time as the state’s chief executive. In each of the gubernatorial debates Dr. Buehler laid out his concrete plans to improve Oregon schools and reform Oregon’s bloated and expensive PERS public pension system, which is draining the state’s budget.
Governor Brown’s only rebuttals were that she has been a public servant for over 25 years and has been/is working very hard on these issues. All the while, Oregon has the third highest high school dropout rate. Oregon also has the highest rate of childhood homelessness in the country. Clearly whatever Governor Brown has been doing for the past 30 years isn’t working. It is time for a change. Knute Buehler will be that change. Peter Halajian President, OSU College Republicans Andrew Damitio Former Vice President, OSU College Democrats
College Dems: Climate change requires institutional changes As elections approach this November, the Democratic party still holds many strong stances that seek to increase the freedom and liberty of human beings. Many issues of freedom are of great importance to Democrats, like freedom from racial profiling, and freedom of choice and bodily autonomy. These liberties systematically affect our societies, communities and lives, and they are under attack by Republicans this November. Of all threats, both foreign and domestic, I feel most qualified to talk about climate change. The threat of climate change is seen as potentially apocalyptic by both the United Nations and NASA. The International Panel on Climate Change, a UN organization, has released reports on the potential economic and social destruction that climate change will inevitably wreck on our world. While the Republican party ignores the mountain of scientific understanding and data available, the world keeps moving towards
higher sea levels, greater wildfires and stronger storms. No amount of political spin, fake news or alternative facts will stop reality from imposing its events onto our world. No amount of political posturing as “logical” or “free” will save humanity from a collective obligation for our mutual survival. Every election cycle both parties attempt to use the right political framing to make their ideas sound just and good. But this is more than just a game. Politics is a battle for the foundational components and mechanisms of the society we live in. These mechanisms inflict violence of different forms on some people and advantage on others. They are real, living, breathing forces that can not be observed in a box of indifference or dispassion. Challenging global warming is more than writing an article for The Daily Barometer or debating an adversary. It is more then buying a bike or riding public transportation. These are good starts for environmentally conscious people,
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but at the end of the day the large structures of power, the state and the corporations, hold too many of the keys. Individual actions help but climate change will not be defeated without institutional change as well. This is why voting can be a powerful tool! To confront climate change is to see life as more than just a means for a new object or a powerful job. Life itself is a beautiful ends that we can make better for future generations. In our most pessimistic moments we may find ourselves thinking that climate change has already been decided by the legions of car purchases and gas purchases. We may think that we have picked this future, but that is a lie. No one deserves to think they chose their own destruction. There are larger forces at work. Andrew Peterkort Member, OSU College Democrats
negotiation committee will offer a recommendation to Congress on whether to “invest” or “divest” with the $50,000 that has been allocated to pay the organization. We, and ASOSU, will continue to engage members of Oregon State civically while continuing to provide advocacy, support, and our mission of bringing people together. Justin Bennett ASOSU President Aiden Tariku ASOSU Vice-President Carol Moreno ASOSU Speaker of the House Luke Bennett ASOSU Judicial Council Chair
Letter: Community Hall a ‘vanilla-flavored name’ I recently stopped by the building, formerly named Benton Hall, where I taught for 32 years. I looked at the big new sign and immediately started laughing. “Community Hall? “ I thought. I wonder what night will be Bingo night, and if the 4H club will meet once a month or twice. “Will there be a monthly potluck meeting of the Grange followed by square dancing?” I said to nobody in particular. There was much to laugh about. Mostly, however, I laughed at the irony that the administration had replaced the name of one racist (Benton) with that of the larger community of racists who felt exactly the same way. I laughed hardest at the thought that one or more people had been paid to come up with this vanillaflavored name, changing it after fall term classes had already been posted as to when and where. My suggestion would have been to recognize that the building has the first cornerstone on campus, was the cornerstone of the university that built up around it, and would have been more appropriately renamed as “Cornerstone Hall” or “The Cornerstone.” I doubt the administration will admit that the name demonstrates an extraordinary mastery of the art of knuckleheadedness. Given that, can I suggest Room 202 as the best place for the Marysville Cloggers to meet once a week? Good view, large space, nice ventilation and a nice sound system. Michael Coolen Emeritus Professor of Music, OSU
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