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MONDAY, OCT. 23 Customary Costumes 5-7 p.m., 213 Memorial Union

Join for a discussion on defining the fine line between appreciating and appropriating cultures.

TUESDAY, OCT. 24 Party Smart 101: Halloween Preparedness Panel 3-4 p.m., 354 Student Experience Center Join for a panel on Halloween featuring community and OSU stakeholders.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 25 Freaky Fall 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Student Experience Center Plaza Students and community members can participate in a Halloween-themed ring toss game that shows the impact of excessive drinking.

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Wicked Westside 10 p.m.-1 a.m., Marketplace West

Haunted Campus Tours 10 p.m.-2 a.m., Meet in the MU Quad

Take a haunted walking tour through campus. Tours depart every 30 minutes.

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Halloween weekend creates larger influx of people in Corvallis, higher likelihood of legal violations Police advise students how to act when approached by officers in regards to noise complaints, Minor In Possession tickets

By Sydney Sullivan, News Contributor Scaley mermaids, black cats and rowdy television characters crowd the streets. The sky is dark and heels are clicking loudly against the uneven sidewalk. A cheer arises from the crowd of impaired college students; at the same time, a siren comes from the distance. The next move is imperative.

Around the time of Halloween, there tends to be a flood of people, noises and underage drinking, according to Sergeant Joel Goodwin, who is responsible for

the Community Livability Unit at the Corvallis Police Department.

“We consistently see a significant influx of people to Corvallis just for the parties, and many people feel the need to drink an excessive amount of alcohol,” Goodwin said in an email. “This results in a lot of livability issues for the entire community—noise, vandalism, etc.—as well as risks to those doing the partying.”

Drinking alone can put students at risk for

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A Corvallis Police officer stands behind a Corvallis Police vehicle. According to Corvallis Police Sergeant Joel Goodwin, individuals often react inappropriately while interacting with officers after receiving legal violation warnings, which can make the situation larger than it needs to be.

overdose, receiving a Minor In Possession An MIP is a violation which does not count violation or poor decisions in general, which as an arrest and does not go on a permanent can lead to even further repercussions from record, according to Goodwin. Because the police, according to Goodwin. of this, how you react to receiving an MIP “A person’s conduct is typically what leads or noise complaint is principal. Running, to officer contact, which can result in an lying or fighting with CPD results in making MIP citation,” Goodwin said in an email. “For the situation even worse than it needs to example, if someone is engaging in unlawful be, Goodwin added. activity—urinating in public, being unrea“I am often asked, ‘What is the best way to sonably loud, carrying an open container of avoid an MIP ticket?’The answer is fairly simalcohol—an officer is likely to stop and talk ple—don’t drink until you are 21,” Goodwin with that person.” said in an email. “If someone chooses to drink According to Suzy Tannenbaum, direcbefore they turn 21, they may end up getting tor of Public Safety, a student who receives a ticket, going to court, paying some fines an MIP will be sent to juvenile court or and/or going to court-mandated classes.” receive a criminal citation. Individuals should Acco rd i n g to always abide by the Cassady Gilroy, a instructions given former residence by the officer(s), assistant, if students Tannenbaum added.

Unfortunately, were found under“The student may age drinking in the sometimes people be fined and/or residence halls, the make poor decisions required to perform police were generally community service. when the police not called. However, The student may also any student resident come and knock on be sent to alcohol would have the alcoassessment or treatthe door, which can hol confiscated and ment,” Tannenbaum would mandatorily make the situation said in an email. “It’s meet with the hall’s worse. important that the Resident Director. student follow all of “If they are being the sanctions that boisterous or unwillJoel Goodwin the judge sets.” ing to quiet down or In Corvallis, the two Corvallis Police Sergeant give up the alcohol, most common noise then we do have ordinances are loud noise and unlawful grounds to call the police and they would amplified sound, according to Goodwin. take over,” Gilroy said in an email.

“Loud noise is just that—someone causes According to Gilroy, in most cases it will unreasonable noise. In a party situation, be that the incidents in residence halls are this would typically be voices yelling from a documented and then given over to the crowd,” Goodwin said in an email. “This is a Resident Director to handle. violation—not a crime—so someone cited “Regarding Halloween weekend specififor this offense can appear in court or address cally, CPD and OSP will both be increasing the citation by mail, similar to a traffic ticket.” staffing levels to more than double their Unlawful amplified sound ordinances usual amounts, which will include bike and/ differ in comparison to loud noise, accordor foot patrols,” Goodwin said in an email. “It ing to Goodwin. Amplified stereo sounds which can be heard from over 50 feet is typically our busiest weekend of the year.” away during any part of the day is a crime in Corvallis. Though CPD generally issues a citation, as opposed to a physical body arrest, there is still a requirement to appear in court, Goodwin added.

“Unfortunately, sometimes people make poor decisions when the police come and knock on the door, which can make the situation worse,” Goodwin said in an email. “If someone chooses to have a gettogether, the best advice is to keep it small, keep it quiet and don’t allow people in that you don’t know. If the police do show up, realize how you respond to the officer(s) will likely impact how they exercise their enforcement discretion.”

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The Office of Global Opportunities offers various ways for students to study abroad, expand worldly knowledge OSU GO makes administrative changes to assist students in study abroad choices

By Keana Pigg, Practicum Contributor The Global Opportunities Office, com“This is probably the first time we’ve done monly referred to as OSU GO, is the hub for this comprehensive level of analysis in a sigall things international on campus. They nificant chunk of time,” Thomas said. work with students who are obtaining an While many of the study abroad programs international degree or studying abroad, and internships are through IE3 Global, OSU’s and students participating in an international study abroad and international internship internship or service learning program. They program, there are multiple partner orgaalso coordinate education abroad scholarnizations that offer students more opporships and fellowships. tunities, according to the Office of Global OSU GO prepares students to graduOpportunities webpage. Partner organizaate with a global perspective, as well as tions include the School for International with intercultural skills that give students Training, Council on International Educational a competitive edge in the professional Exchange, Global Education Oregon, marketplace, according to the Office of Institute for Study Abroad-Butler University, Global Opportunities webpage. There are School for Field Studies, Semester at Sea, over 200 programs in more than 70 counSEA Semester and Academic Programs tries, designed for stuInternational. dents of all backAnother major grounds, interests and change the office educational needs. has made is the One of the many implementavalues that OSU GO tion of tracking maintains is transforprospective stumation, according to dents, according the Office of Global to Thomas. This Opportunities weballows the office page. Immersing one’s to see which stuself into a new and dents are interested unfamiliar culture will and follow up with change anyone under them throughout Kerry Thomas the circumstances by the process as they engaging people in decide when and Campus Relations dynamic, high-impact where they want Manager for the Office experiences. to go abroad. The of Global Opportunities “At OSU, we talk a prospective student lot about transformaadvising and tracktive educational expeing happens within riences, and study abroad hands down fits the Getting Started Portal, Thomas added. that,” Kerry Thomas, campus relations man“Previously, we didn’t have any comager for the Office of Global Opportunities, prehensive way of tracking students that said. “Every student that I’ve worked with showed interest in study abroad until they that has gone abroad has come back comcreated an application to go abroad,”Thomas pletely different. They’ve faced ambiguity said. “So the Getting Started Portal was the and challenges and realize how much bigger first opportunity for us to really create a space the world is and made friends all over the where we could track who those students world that they follow up with for the rest were while also providing information. We of their lives.” have made some revisions to the content According to Caine Francis, director of provided in that portal, as well as increasing OSU GO, he has overseen the many changes the responsibilities of the peer advisors.” within the office.

According to Melissa Robell, an OSU GO “One of the things that we are working peer advisor, students who are interested in on is really narrowing down the number of learning more about OSU GO can visit the options, not to be restrictive, but to actually Office of Global Opportunities webpage and make the student’s job easier when choosing click on Get Started tab. Once a student fills from the menu,” Francis said. out a questionnaire, they will meet with a This year, OSU GO had a graduate propeer advisor in order to have any questions gram intern come in and create a database in regards to travelling abroad answered. that looked at every single international Many students have initial questions about program OSU offers students to examine the costs, how to apply for visas and what it all the different aspects of each program, is like to leave home, Robell added. according to Thomas. Such aspects include “All of us peer advisors have gone through how many students have gone abroad with this process before,” Robell said. “We’ve all each program, how much each program been international before. We know what costs and what the academic focuses are. to expect and we can share our experiences Upon collecting this data, the options were and what was difficult for us and try and fix narrowed down to the most unique and that for incoming students.” desirable programs that met the needs of Students must apply for a program at students, Thomas added. least two terms before the term they want

Every student that I’ve worked with that has gone abroad has come back completely different.

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Caine Francis, director of OSU GO, points out on a map one of the destinations of the study abroad programs provided by the Office of Global Opportunities. to study abroad for, according to Robell.

However, it is important to get started as soon as possible, which is why OSU GO connects students sooner in the process with peer advisors.

According to Thomas, as a former College of Liberal Arts advisor, she understands the academic advising process for undergraduate students. Thomas’ background in student advising has led her to integrate that knowledge into OSU GO and transitioned the previous job of ambassador into peer advisor.

“Sometimes students get a little overwhelmed and maybe hit a pause button without even thinking about it during their pursuit of going abroad,” Thomas said. “And then, if they don’t have someone checking back in and providing encouragement, enough time might pass that going abroad is no longer an option.”

OSU GO will be hosting a weekly seminar series addressing topics and questions about studying abroad, according to Thomas. Topics will include financing students’ study abroad experience, types of international experiences available and benefits of international experiences in a future career, along with general information about how to apply.

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Sigma Delta Omega sorority members work to engage K-12 students with STEM studies

By Marina Brazeal, Practicum Contributor Oregon State University students and staff are engaging with young adults throughout the Corvallis community through OSU’s STEM Academy. The academy’s goal is to engage with underrepresented minority K-12 students.

Science, technology, engineering and mathematic fields are lacking involvement, according to the STEM directors.

Because of this, STEM Academy is trying to make a change.

“Women and minority groups are heavily underrepresented in STEM fields,” Cathy Law, director of STEM Academy, said. “Our mission statement is to engage with youth K-12 to get them to participate in these fields.”

STEM Academy was originally called the Saturday Academy, and began about 25 years ago, according to Law. However, when the group stopped meeting on Saturdays, the name seemed a little pointless.

The Academy is a pre-college program that engages with Corvallis youth through summer camps, in-school outreach and single workshops to help each student discover the scientist within them, according to Law. The academy is primarily involved with students and faculty at Garfield Elementary.

According to Law, there has been an increase in student interaction--especially in young women—with STEM fields since they began reaching out to schools in the community. The STEM Academy has been involved with Garfield Elementary for about six years. The academy is beginning to become more involved with Linus Pauling Middle School as well, Law added.

“It has become a part of our school’s culture,” Savannah Battro, a second-grade teacher at Garfield Elementary, said. “Teaching students to use technology as a tool and interact with it appropriately at a young age is extremely important.”

According to Battro, there has been an increase in minority involvement in STEM fields since the program began. This

includes female students, language learners and Latino students.

“Students are extremely excited about it and it often serves as a ‘hook’ for some of our most challenging students,” Battro said.

According to Law, pre-college programs like STEM Academy are important to the science community here at OSU because of these effects.

“The culture is getting better, but there is still plenty of room for improvement,” Law said.

STEM Academy has a club designated to engage with young women specifically. AWSEM club (Advocate for Women in Science, Engineering and Math) is a club held at OSU to help girls gain an interest in pursuing a career in one of the STEM fields.

Of all the members of Sigma Delta Omega, one of the sororities at OSU, about 70 are involved in this program, according to Aryn Thomas, president of Sigma Delta Omega.

Through STEM Academy, these students have the opportunity to go to schools in the Corvallis community and engage with the students one-on-one.

“When I was growing up, I wish I had a program like STEM Academy to support me and my future goals,” Thomas said.

Thomas works mostly with middle school girls and mentors them by conducting experiments with them a few hours a week.

“Women currently make up about onehalf of the college-educated workforce in the United States, but only 29 percent of the science and engineering fields,”Thomas said.

According to Law, with much work still to be done, OSU faculty is gearing up to begin advertising upcoming in November for the AWSEM club. The Academy is always hiring students and faculty to help with mentoring programs.

“Programs like these are self-funded, so it is great when people volunteer or donate to the scholarship funds,” Law said.

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Mindful Meditation groups work to combat negative mental health through guided sessions CAPS program offers classes to beginners, advanced meditators

By Erick Durano, Practicum Contributor Counseling and Psychological Services provides Oregon State University students a chance to take a breather and discover peace from the present moment with their Mindful Meditation groups.

OSU looks to combat negative mental health by implementing Mindful Meditation groups that meet on the 5th floor of Snell Hall in CAPS, according to the CAPS webpage. These groups are led by experienced professionals in a guided fashion to make it easy for both beginners and advanced meditators to participate.

According to Jim Gouveia, a CAPS staff counselor and a leader of the Mindful Meditation groups, there are many benefits that Mindful Meditation can offer students.

“It’s a great practice to help us not be so reactive to our thoughts, so that we don’t have the emotional or physical pain that we create for ourselves,” Gouveia said.

The goal of mindful meditation is to still one’s mind and develop an inner peace free from external and internal distractions, according to Gouveia.

Originating in India around 2,000 years ago, this practice of being still and focusing on your breath has recently entered the Western world and taken off in the past 70 years. With the advent of pharmaceutical solutions to problems such as anxiety and depression, mindful meditation offers the chance to remedy these same issues in a holistic fashion, Gouveia added.

According to Dr. John Edwards, director of the school of psychological sciences, the effects of Mindful Meditation has also been researched in the medical field for its benefits in helping combat mental illnesses

and physical pain.

“Meditation is well known to have effects on alleviating negative emotions, helping people manage stress and anxiety,” Edwards said. “It’s been used as a pain management technique, and that’s how it got into the psychology and medical literatures in the U.S.” The benefits of Mindful Meditation have been scientifically researched and correlations have been made that prove the positive effects of this practice, according to Edwards.

During the Mindful Meditation process, participants sit in a quiet room atop mats and cushions facing the individual that is guiding the meditation. The instructor teaches new participants the proper way to sit and where to place their hands to comfortably proceed with the meditation. A short quote is read, then the instructor rings a singing bowl, signaling the start of the meditation. The individual guiding meditation talks participants through what to think about, what to focus on and ways to combat interfering thoughts.

Mohana Das, a graduate student in the Master of Fine Arts program, recently attended her first Mindful Meditation group. Das, who is working on her thesis dealing with childhood trauma, was referred to the meditation groups by her counselor.

According to Das, she used Mindful Meditation as a way to step out of the continuous whirl of thoughts and emotions that comes with her work.

“It was my first session and I had trouble concentrating, letting go of the general train of thoughts. But it was calming and relaxing,” Das said in an email. “I cherished the silence.”

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During Mindful Meditation sessions, participants sit on mats and cushions facing the meditation instructor.

The instructor talks the participant through what to think about and focus on during the session.

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Candles are placed in the room in which Mindful Meditation sessions are held. According to CAPS staff counselor Jim Gouveia, meditation can help to still one’s mind and develop inner peace.

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Next Great Startup competition gives students chance to pitch business ideas, compete for prizes

Competitors work with experts to brainstorm, grow entrepreneurial skills

By Angelina Macca, Practicum Contributor “(Coaches) pick who they want to work with, and if more the main competition. than one coach wants someone, then it becomes a reverse “The way it’s designed is that there are different deliverpitch,” Lieberman said. ables, different focuses trying to get people a little bit ahead In a reverse pitch, the coaches get a chance to say if you are willing to go through why they want to work the extra work,” Goss said. with the student, and then A trend that many concepts the student picks which follow is that they are techcoach they think will benefit their startup the most, nology-related, according to according to Lieberman.

Goss. The program is looking Starting in the fall this for a variety of startups that year, there is a college comare not necessarily related to petition that is separate math and science. from The university-wide “A lot of people get the idea Next Startup competithat unless they have a very tion starting in January, according to Lieberman. technology-based or softwareMark Leiberman the College of Public specific startup idea that they Director of the OSU Health, College of Business, don’t have a startup, which is College of Engineering and Advantage Accellerator not true,” Goss said. the Honors College are just According to Lieberman, a few colleges that partake coming up with a startup is a skill to be learned and no one in the competition. This competition is optional, but gives should be deterred because they do not have experience. those who want to compete in the winter a head start at building and refining their work.

These startup competitions are more than just competitions; “We thought that getting an they are teaching students skills that employers seek, and are earlier jump, allowing the setting students up for success after they graduate. colleges to have their own “It’s about how you can make an impact on the world,” competitions, would garner Lieberman said. “Implementing an idea takes time and a greater interest than ever effort and the winning teams will be the one who put in before, and greater excitethe most effort.” ment among the students,” Lieberman said.

Gabriel Kauffman, CEO of GobTech, was last year’s winner The college competition is of The Next Great Startup Competition. Kauffman created designed to be a lead-in competian app called Neural Sandbox as a hobby and was able to tion for The Next Great Startup. prove that he had what it took to turn it into a business.

According to Lieberman, According to Kauffman, Neural Sandbox gives the students are not the user the power to customize a neural network expected to be as to play a game. Neural networks are a form of artiadvanced as they would need to ficial intelligence based off of a biological brain. be for The Next The app gives people a chance to experiment Great Startup. with this type of technology without having According a computer science background. to Goss, stu“I really appreciated the contest dents can and that it gives you the opporuse the tunity to go all in on your idea,” college competiKauffman said. “If you actution to ally want to start a startup preand then you devote pare all of your free time for and energy and efforts to that, then you will succeed.”

We’re looking for those entrepreneurs with the ability to execute an idea and something very realistic that can make an impact on society.

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(ABOVE and BELOW) Gabriel Kauffman, last year’s winner of The Next Great Startup, displays the phone app he created called “Neural Sandbox”, which gives the user the power to customize a neural network to play a game.

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he Oregon State University Advantage Accelerator hosts a yearly competition called The Next Great Startup which gives students a chance to pitch a business, product or idea and compete for prizes here on campus while gaining invaluable skills and knowledge that can be used throughout their lives.

The competition was created for OSU students who have a drive to create a startup, as well as those who want to build off of the one they have already been working on.

“It is an attempt at a university-wide competition for students to get started in entrepreneurship and working on leading their own concept potentially into a business,” Anissa Goss, administrator of The Next Great Startup, said.

The Next Great Startup begins in winter term, according to Goss. Competitors have the potential to expand their network, receive feedback from business leaders and win prizes.

“We’re looking for those entrepreneurs with the ability to execute an idea and something very realistic that can make an impact on society,” said Mark Lieberman, director of the OSU Advantage Accelerator which runs The Next Great Startup competition.

This is more than just a pitch; students work with experts to grow their ideas into something real, according to Lieberman.

“One of the main attractions is that the students are coached by venture capitalists,” Lieberman said.

To move forward in the competition, the competitors go through a process similar to singers auditioning for The Voice, according to Lieberman. They pitch their startup to four venture capitalists who then independently choose whether they want to work with the student or not.

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OSU researchers speculate dietary choices may affect likelihood, treatment of breast cancer Specialists work to better portray breast cancer-related findings to general public

By Lizzy Wiegers, News Contributor

By the end of this year, an estimated 252,710 women and 2,470 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. 40,610 of those women and 460 of those men will die from it. Breast cancer is 100 times less common in men than in women. For women in the United States, it is the second most common type of cancer. It is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths among women globally. Older women are more at risk for it, but this does not mean that anyone is immune to it.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Oregon State University faculty members are focused on the variety of factors that may affect navigating the healthcare setting, getting a screening and living with a diagnosis.

The research these faculty members conduct could save a person’s life.

These faculty members are doing their part to raise awareness through research on how diet, being a minority or being an immigrant affect breast cancer treatment. According to Veronica Irvin, assistant professor in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, she has focused her research on how the way information is presented influences decision-making, some of which involves breast cancer.

“I look at health literacy, the degree to which people can obtain, communicate and under-

stand basic health information and services to make appropriate health decisions. Are people familiar with the terminology and how it is displayed? Who is the source?” Irvin said. “I’m working on looking at all the websites in the counties (of Oregon) and examining if they talk about mammograms, what recommendations are given and what language is provided.”

According to Irvin, she has been coding the websites of clinics that offer mammography screening throughout the state and examining what information they present to women. She is interested to learn if information is less available or poorly described in rural vs. urban areas and if this difference could explain differences in screening rates in these countries.

“There’s been prior research that shows that women who might be disadvantaged in some way may not be told all the health care options because it may be presumed that there’s only certain procedures or treatments they would be able to complete because of their resources,” Irvin said.

Some of the other work she has done involves a local clinic in Albany that sees clients who do not have insurance, according to Irvin. Her research involved working with their clinic manager to evaluate how a bilingual, bicultural navigator helps Latina patients.

These are patients whose first language may

not be English, or who are unfamiliar with the U.S. healthcare system.

“We did an evaluation to learn what were women’s impressions of the mobile mammogram and what happens afterwards. I was looking at how a navigator helped women not only at the screening day, but also completing follow-ups and understanding lab results through the entire treatment process, or until they were determined to not have cancer,” Irvin said.

Previous research shows that it takes Hispanic women and African-American women longer to have their cases resolved, according to Irvin.

It may take longer for them to get an appointment or to gain access to the clinic, for various reasons. A lay navigator has been shown to improve cancer care by possibly alleviating these barriers. Although breast cancer screening is important, there is no cure that comes from screening alone. The really important part is what happens after the initial screen.

“It’s not so much the screen as it is to get treatment as soon as possible once it is known that you have cancer. That is what saves lives,” Irvin said.

Encouraging women to get screened is only part of the battle, according to Irvin. The other part is making sure that the necessary follow-up care is completed in a timely fashion.

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According to Dr. Mehra Shirazi, assistan professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, refugee and immigrant women in the U.S. struggle with a variety of factors when try ing to access health care services.

“Poverty, environmental risks, racialization discrimination, social isolation, lifestyle changes and health care access are often contributing factors. There is also an information gap on health disparities due to lack of explicit data on ethnicity and country of origin,” Shirazi said in an email.

According to Shirazi, her focus is on commu nity-based participatory research that strives to get rid of the barriers, mainly socio-cultural that prevent refugee and immigrant women from getting early screening and accessing the resources that could save their lives.

“CBPR methods can increase our under standing of risk and protective factors in refu gee and immigrant communities and contrib ute to development of culturally appropriate programming to address health disparities Shirazi said via email. “My use of CBPR has taken an innovative approach to addressing health disparities and building evidence-based com munity health programming.”

In a study with Afghan immigrant women in the U.S., results showed that those immigran women have a low awareness of breast cance risks and early detection screening is not as accessible for them, according to Shirazi. This makes them more likely than white women in the U.S. to get a breast cancer diagnosis once it has developed to an advanced stage.

“This study was the first of its kind to look at breast health views and knowledge in this specific population,” Shirazi said in an email. “Rather than applying a one-size-fits-al approach, as a result of this work we devel oped a successful, culturally tailored breas health education program that used alterna tive approaches through innovative means o communication, as well as culturally sensitive bilingual-trained health navigators to increase knowledge and awareness around breas health and to efficiently connect the women to cancer screening services.”

According to Emily Ho, director of the Moore Family Center (which is located in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences) and an investigator in the Linus Pauling Institute, he research program attempts to understand how diet can prevent cancer and slow down the growth of cancer cells. There are a number o leading cancers in the U.S. that are impacted by diet. Breast cancer is one of them.

“If you look at the data over the last couple o decades, imbalances in diet contribute to more cancer than does smoking,” Ho said. “It could be things in our diet that are cancer promot ing, but it’s also things that we are lacking in our diet that are going to be contributing to cancer as well.”

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Martin Pearce is a fourth-year Ph.D student studying molecular and cellular biology with a focus on cancer biology. Pearce works on cancer research in Dr. Siva Kolluri’s lab at OSU. For example, Asian countries have far lower exercise, just taking care of yourself, has a huge rates, according to Ho. Because of this, Ho has impact not only on your disease processes, but been investigating how the American diet on your mental and overall well-being.” and lifestyle choices may be contributing to According to Ho, a big struggle for her and this high rate of breast cancer in the U.S. Her her research team is making sure the correct recent research has involved investigating information gets to the masses. the compounds in cruciferous vegetables, “A lot of people are relying on the internet such as broccoli or cabbage, that may have for their nutrition information. There’s a wide cancer-fighting properties. variability of quality content,” Ho said. “It’s really “We’ve done a lot of studies in cells and difficult for the average person to be able to sift models to show that (these vegetables) help through what is good information and what is prevent and slow cancer through potential not. As long as Dr. Oz says it’s okay, that’s good mechanisms,” Ho said. “We’ve done a small clinienough for some people. It’s a challenge.” cal trial in breast cancer patients where we were There has to be a balance between research able to show that if and communicawe were to show that tion to keep raising women supplemented with an extract of awareness about broccoli had slower breast cancer, accordIf you look at the data markers for cell proing to Ho. over the last couple of liferation in some of “We have solid decades, the portions the women.” research in nutriNutrition is the of cancer that are tion, but there’s still biggest part of one’s the communication contributed to by diet health that can be piece missing. In the are actually more than controlled, accordlast decade people ing to Ho. There are the cases of smoking have been looking many dietary commore to nutrition as a and cancer. ponents that impact way to manage their breast cancer, so diet health, but there’s so Emily Ho is most definitely something that every Moore Center Director and Linus much misinformation out there,” Ho said. woman should pay Pauling Institute Investigator According to Irvin, attention to, whether they’re more at risk it is one of her goals than others due to family history or not. to ultimately achieve making research acces“With breast and prostate cancers, because sible and relatable to the average person so that they tend to be slower growing cancers, there’s it can make an impact. She works closely with potentially a lot of time to use diet to slow it the communications office to share her results down,” Ho said. with the community and get information to One way that Ho and the group she works the mainstream media. with in the Moore Family Center make an “In science, we don’t do as good a job at makimpact is by offering cooking classes to stuing our findings interesting to the masses. It dents and children so they can learn the impordoesn’t get translated as well. What I’m striving tance of eating a healthy diet. for is making research relatable to the average “For us to cure cancer there’s a lot of things person,” Irvin said. “As researchers, we’re trying that we need to do. There’s the researchers, to write our findings in lay version, a version there’s the health professionals, but I think that’s easier for others to understand. It’s not there’s also the societal piece. People need to one thing makes a change. It’s multiple pieces take ownership of their health as well,” Ho said.

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Oregon State, which is coming off a 33-36 loss to Colorado, will play their fourth ranked opponent of the season. The team is currently last place in the Pac-12.

Stanford, ranked no. 22 in the nation, is coming off a 49-7 victory over Oregon and is sitting in 2nd place in the Pac-12 South.

The Cardinal have been ranked in five out of the past seven meetings with the Beavers, ranking as high as No.6.

Oregon State will be playing its second game since Gary Andersen’s resignation, and the Beavers are still looking for thier first Pac-12 win of the season, as well as first win under interim head coach Cory Hall. In their last game against Colorado, the Beavers racked up 569 yards of total offense and three touchdowns. The last time Oregon State had over 500 yards in a game? Last years’ 47-44 overtime win over Cal. Oregon State will look to carry its offensive momentum against a Stanford

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defense that has shown weakness, ranking 104th in the country in total defense.

A player to watch for the Cardinal is linebacker Peter Kalambayi, who leads the country with nine sacks this year.

Oregon State will have to contain Stanford running back Bryce Love, who has rushed for 1,387 yards and 11 touchdowns through seven games this season.

Love is thought to be one of the leading contenders for the Heisman, an award given to the best player in college football at the end of the season.

The Beavers will be without wide receiver Seth Collins for the second straight game. Collins, who has only played in three games this season, has been ruled out for the remainder of the season with an undisclosed illness. The university has stated that Collins’ illness is not related to his meningococcal disease diagnosis that sidelined him last year.

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According to the university, due to the game, there are over 40,000 people expected to make their way to Corvallis Thursday evening, causing traffic delays and congestion. The university encourages students to use public transportation, bike, carpool or take shuttle buses to the game. The university has issued the following information and guidelines for managing the game-day crowd: • Parking flexibility: On Oct. 26, OSU commuter parking permit holders can park in any commuter zone (Zones A, B, C and D) on campus. However, cars belonging to students in the orange lots must be removed by 1 p.m. that day.

• Instead of parking on campus that day, use the free parking lot at the Benton County Fairgrounds and travel back and forth to campus in a courtesy shuttle. The shuttle will run from 4:30 a.m. for three hours after the game ends.

• Campus residents with parking permits will have uninterrupted access to R Zone lots throughout the day and night on Oct. 26.

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operate from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 26.

• Public transit. We encourage students to use local transit to travel to and from campus. For details about routes and times of service, please see the Corvallis Transit System website • Walk, bike or carpool to campus.

• Local taxis and ridesharing services provide other transportation options.

For further questions about which zones can or cannot be parked in go to the parking section on Oregon State’s website and look at the “Weekday Game day” section.

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Senior Outside Hitter Mary-Kate Marshall spiking the ball against the Portland Pilots. Marshall has led the Beavers in kills 20 out of 22 matches this season.

OSU volleyball wins four straight After sweeping through Washington, Arizona teams, OSU continues climbing Pac-12 standings

By Jarred Bierbrauer, Sports Contributor An upset in Seattle last Friday is all it took for the Oregon State volleyball team to go red-hot.

After beating Washington, Washington State, Arizona and Arizona State all in the past week, OSU is riding a four game winning streak for the first time since 1990.

The Beavers (5-5 in conference play) are now No. 8 in the Pac-12 conference. Before defeating Washington last weekend, OSU ranked 11th with a 1-5 record.

In the game against Arizona State on Friday, the Beavers started out slow, but were able to close when needed. MaryKate Marshall, Kory Cheshire and Maddy Gravley all put up double-digit kills while the team also outscored the Sun Devils 9-0 in aces. With an even winning percentage and another half of the season ahead, playoff hopes are high for the players, coaches and fans in Corvallis.

Maddy Gravley, a homegrown middle blocker, said the team played well for the entire match.

“I thought it was a great win,” Gravley said. “I think the biggest contributor to that was we were pretty consistent through the

whole match, and even though we lost the first set we didn’t let that affect us.”

Head coach Mark Barnard said this performance will set the Beavers up for success going into their next game.

“With every match that you win there’s this kind of pressure that maybe you put on yourself to win the next one, and I think in this case we got a little ahead of ourselves tonight,” Barnard said. “That’ll be something for next week for when we go for win number five and six.”

Freshman setter Kylee McLaughlin from Carrollton, Texas, is already looking ahead to the team’s next match against Utah.

“I think we’re going to be coming back with a bit of an edge,” McLaughlin said.

“We’ve been on a really good win streak and we have a lot going good right now, so I think we need to prepare well and study on them. At that point, I think we’ll be a pretty good match up to them.”

Oregon State will play Utah next Friday, followed by Colorado on Saturday. Both matches will be in Gill Coliseum at 6 p.m. and viewable on Oregon State Live Stream.

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I often think about how blessed I am to have grown up in America, a country that prides itself on free speech. Although this has fostered the anti-political correctness movement, which I do not necessarily agree with, but will discuss more later, it also allows us to speak up and acknowledge fundamental problems.

I see problems in the way America approaches issues like race, or military spending, or gerrymandering, and I, like most everyone else in America, can discuss those problems without fear of jail time for the most part, or execution.

I believe growth comes from constant disciplining of negative and bitter thoughts, as well as a focused attack on overcoming fears.

And we have the freedom to do that, thanks to millions of Americans who have served or are serving to fight for our freedom, and millions of Americans who have spoken out to protect their rights and the rights of others. I want the best for America. But what do people who view America through the lens of distance see? All countries have their own problems, but sometimes it is easier for people from other countries to spot our national shortcomings, since they are not embroiled in America’s polarized political debates.

Living here in Cork City, Ireland, I am surrounded by other cultures; merely walking down the street to school, I might hear Irish slang, Norwegian, Chinese, French, Spanish, Italian and more. So, I took the opportunity to ask around, making sure to seek out people of different regions, genders, ages and political orientations, to find out how their countries view America, and what they think we could do better. Essentially, having been grilled on Trump by nearly every native Irish person I have talked to — one eyebrow goes up: “American. So… Trump…”

— I am now turning the tables, and showcasing opinions on modern-day America from across the world!

According to the Pew Research Center, as of mid-Aug. 2017, only 33 percent of Americans agree with many, nearly all or all of President Donald Trump’s policies, and only 16 percent would say that they like how Trump conducts himself. For those who have not utilized this site before, the Pew Research Center is a

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nonpartisan organization, which describes Europeans I have talked to while here. itself as a “nonpartisan fact tank that informs O’Leary is, however, center-left when it the public about the issues, attitudes and comes to social issues. Despite this, he sees trends shaping America and the world,” and Trump as a major threat to compassionate does a fantastic job, in my opinion. So, Trump politics, as well as America’s ability to be taken has clearly committed many social transgresseriously in the eyes of other world powers. sions, made many offensive statements and O’Leary views Trump as an attention-seeker introduced widely unfavorable policies. Do rather than a leader, and believes this is makother people from around the world still think ing it difficult for other countries to acknowlthat the Trump administration represents edge Trump as a legitimate leader. This the American people? Do they buy into the viewpoint is one that I have heard, emphaticommon American stereotypes? cally, from multiple Irish taxi drivers, as well Aaron O’Leary is a journalist who grew as native Irish people of varying ages whom up in Ireland but I have met while currently resides staying in hostels in the United all across Ireland.

Kingdom.

As for stereo“(U.S. types, O’Leary Before Trump, you could at President Donald admits to buyTrump) very ing into the least have a discussion with much used an most common someone on the other side. already existAmerican steNow even if you look online ing division in reotypes, that American politics we are culturor if you look at protests, to his advantage ally and generanything like that, it’s a and then was ally ignorant, happy enough obese and heavbloodbath, pretty much. He to deepen that ily patriotic, until did something no politician division,” O’Leary he started actushould do, ever. said. “Before ally interacting Trump, you could with Americans at least have a both online and Aaron O’Leary discussion with in-person. He someone on the still associates Journalist from Ireland other side. Now America with even if you look intense patrioonline or if you look at protests, anything like tism, but he has a different view on where it that, it’s a bloodbath, pretty much. He did is coming from. something that no politician should do, ever.”

“America has the right to be patriO’Leary describes himself as someone who otic after everything America has gone can see good points from the left, right and through,” O’Leary said. middle of the political spectrum, due in part All in all, he now looks upon Americans to the nature of his job. favorably, despite being solidly Let it be known that I put a lot of effort into opposed to Trump. seeking out a solidly conservative exchange Also viewing Trump as a dangerous figure student or Irish citizen to interview. is an exchange student from China who goes “Our conservatives are liberal compared to

by Sophia and is spending a semester attendAmerica’s conservatives,” O’Leary said. ing University College Cork. She interviewed This is the conclusion I drew, also. The whole on the condition that her real name would political spectrum in Western Europe seems not be used, for fear of retribution. In China, to be shifted to the left. outspoken and visible political protestors can This sentiment was echoed by other be thrown in jail and held. While Sophia does

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not expect that will happen to her, she did not afraid to compromise and we’re not afraid to want to take the chance. overlap our ideals. I’m not saying we’re angels When I first asked her what happened or anything like that, but we do listen to the to those who got in trouble with the other side,” O’Leary said.

Chinese government for being too critical, For example, in Ireland’s last election, she cracked a joke. the two parties with the most votes were “Well, you might get invited to some in a stalemate, neither with enough votes tea…” Sophia said. to effectively lead It made me think the Irish legislative how the turmoil in body. The opposAmerica is strangeing parties agreed On one hand the U.S. is a ly comforting, to cooperate, the because it means slightly smaller one lighthouse of democracy, people are paying supporting the but on the other hand you attention and exerslightly larger one just have two parties to cising their right in a minority govto free speech. I ernment, in order choose from and we have would rather there to prevent any six parties who are all in was less arguing of government shutcourse, but the fact down. Is Ireland’s parliament, so this is what that we can argue is government perdiversity and democracy a privilege. fect? No. They cerlooks like for me.

Julie Kjær, an tainly have politiexchange student cal tension and from Denmark, who gridlock. But they Florian Trampe is currently studywere able to have ing at University talks to prevent a German exchange student College Cork, said government shutthat Trump has been lucky with his timing, down. The U.S. has been having government capitalizing on anger. shutdowns since the 1970s, under both “Right now everyone feels cheated. Like the Republican and Democratic presidents, under angry white man,” Kjær said. both Democratic and Republican-majority Trump is creating a mindset of fear, and Houses and Congresses. However, please note is simultaneously creating those fears, that the term ‘government shutdown’ does according to Kjær. not necessarily mean government operations Florian Trampe, an exchange student from cease, it means that there is a funding gap Germany, is living in Cork, Ireland for a year in the government. while attending University College Cork.

Trampe believes that polarized politics and “(Trump) knows how to use fear for his own letting parties have more than half of the seats purpose,” Trampe said. in a governing body is a recipe for trouble.

We are letting Trump get into our minds In Germany, politics are driven by comproand work us up and play on our fears and our mise, and he loves that about his country, political rifts. He’s playing us. Outsiders see this. according to Trampe.

Why can’t we?

“On one hand, the U.S. is a lighthouse of The question on everybody’s minds right democracy, but on the other hand you just now should be, “What can we do better?” The have two parties to choose from and we have people I talked to were pretty much unanisix parties who are all in parliament, so this is mous in their answers to my query. what diversity and democracy looks like for “That’s a good question. Because you me,” Trampe said. people don’t actually have an answer for Along with Ireland and Germany, that… I think because America is divided, just Denmark also prioritizes compromises like China, you must do more things to listen in their government. to each other. Listen to the opposite opinion.

“We have the different parties and the difEspecially listen to these people’s reasons for ferent spectrum, but all in all everyone always why they want to vote for Trump,” Sophia works together, so even though I say I am for said. “I know most Trump supporters don’t liberalism, it’s not the super hardcore,” Kjær dare to give their opinions.... I don’t think it’s said, regarding Denmark. a good trend. Even though you can disagree What I’ve thought for a long time, and what with others’ opinions, and yeah, I think Trump my interviewees put into words very nicely, is is kind of a disaster for America, you have to that we need to suck it up, put aside bias for listen to this and understand why they do it.” a little while—or a long while—and comproWhen she says that China is divided, she mise. What they think we as Americans should means with respect to social class, location, do is improve, since clearly many people aren’t age, etc. and how much those factions of happy with the state of the country, and the people are listened to. divide grows stronger every day. We need O’Leary says that Americans need people to reach across the aisle, like with the to work together. newly introduced Graham-Booker bill, which “In Ireland, we have our ideals, everyone has seeks to protect Special Councils from being their own ideals of what Ireland should be and dismissed at the whim of the president. what route Ireland should take, but we’re not I came into this article wanting to under-

stand how America appeared to the outside world, to escape the finger-pointing I see at home and calmly examine what we’re doing right and wrong. I did not conduct interviews, draft or edit this article with the intention to criticize Trump, only to get an accurate view of international opinions on him from all over the board. But it has become more and more clear to me that we look ridiculous, so far past compromise that our government shuts down sometimes. I, myself, am in favor of a government system that allows multiple parties to be in power at once, via a different system of voting, but I am aware that that is probably not possible at the moment.

Sophia said that when she learned about America in school, she learned about the value of freedom and democracy, and that is what she associated with America. But we are not setting a very good example right now.

A willingness to understand and compromise, to learn and admit mistakes, to serve

the people with respect and kindness and not their re-election, is what I admire in a leader.

And what we all should admire in a leader.

This is not an easy mindset, but learning to acknowledge major, glaring problems, even problems with something you are immensely proud of and hold respect for, is crucial.

Whether this is an opinion you hold, a cake you tried to bake or your country, approaching growth without fostering resentment is absolutely essential.

This starts with us. Enough hateful memes on Facebook. Making the “other side” look stupid with a snippy caption might provoke a smirk, but it’s also petty and unnecessary.

Try to quash that smug righteousness when you “win” an argument. Be mindful and conscious of when that flicker of anger at an opposing viewpoint burns up the truth and the chance to find compromise. We are better than this.

COURTESY OF JULIE KJÆR

Julie Kjær is a foreign exchange student from Germany, currently studying at the College of Cork. According to Kjaer, Trump is capitalizing on the fear of the public.

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Late-night food options extended on campus University Housing and Dining Services provides late-night food options to accommodate students

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Food 2 You operates out of Marketplace West and delivers food for on-campus residents. Foods options include pizza, pasta, salad and more.

The University Housing and Dining Services at Oregon State University oversees a wide range of on-campus food services made available for students, including latenight food options.

Over the past few years, the UHDS has extended dining hours and introduced new services, providing the Oregon State community with even more late-night, on-campus food options.

“Most people might not be aware of the late-night food options on campus; I know I wasn’t,” Brandon Gerosa, senior studying exercise and sports science, said.

Spread out among 12 different campus buildings, the University Housing and Dining Services provides students with over 30 locations to grab a bite to eat. With the exception of only eight out of 35 total locations, the majority of these services close at or before, 8 p.m.

“In order to better serve students’ needs during the later evening hours, we’ve added Food 2 You and La Calle as late-night dining options,” Jaime Herrera, assistant director and dining and executive chef for UHDS, said.

Operating out of Marketplace West, Food 2 You is a late-night delivery service made available to on-campus residents. It operates Sunday through Thursday from 9 p.m. to12 a.m., delivering items like pizzas, pastas, salads and more, right to your door. Students can place orders online by going to food. oregonstate.edu, scrolling down to the “On Campus Delivery” option and then following the link to order.

“We deliver directly to our residents’ rooms, which makes it a very convenient option for students who live on campus,” John Moore, Food Service Coordinator at Marketplace West, said.

Food 2 You also offers vegan and gluten-free options for students with dietary restrictions.

“We work to integrate nutrition, quality

and passion in food,” Herrera said.

Food 2 You is also a safe option for those students who do not want to walk around campus during the later evening hours. The late-night delivery service began in Sept.

2015, and was created in order to better meet the needs of students whose schedules don’t align with the dining centers’ regular hours of operation.

“At Food 2 You, we strive to deliver the best product with the freshest ingredients to our customers in a timely fashion, as well as ensure that every customer is happy and satisfied with their experience,” Moore said.

Along with late-night delivery, Marketplace West offers late-night dining on Friday and Saturday nights.

“Tomassito’s, which serves pizza, pasta and other Italian food, will now be open from 9 p.m. to midnight on Friday and Saturday nights,” Jennifer Rouse, marketing and communications manager for UHDS, said.

UHDS provides several late-night options operating out of McNary Dining Center. La Calle is a late-night restaurant open Sunday through Friday from 7:30 p.m. until 12 a.m.

The restaurant serves burritos, tacos, salads, chips and more.

Students in need of a caffeine boost can also visit Raintree Coffee, a café which serves iced, hot and espresso beverages. Raintree Coffee is open Sunday through Thursday from 7:30 p.m. to 12 a.m.

The last option provided in the McNary Dining Center is The Main Squeeze, a small convenience store that operates from 12 p.m. to 12 a.m. seven days a week. Here, students can choose from several healthy treats, such as smoothies and yogurt bowls.

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The sun will be in your sign for several weeks, marking your personal new year. You’ll be feeling happier and healthier than you have in a while. You’ll enjoy your personal life more, and you might even have a romantic breakthrough.

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Fraternity and Sorority chapters acquire new physical houses

Alpha Omicron Pi, Pi Kappa Alpha move into chapter houses for school year

By Brock Hulse, News Contributor Pi Kappa Alpha and Alpha Omicron Pi know all too well what it is like to be an unhoused fraternity and sorority chapter on campus, but recently both have acquired houses of their own.

Finding a place where a student organization is able to both run out of and house their members is no easy task according to Alpha Omicron Pi chapter President Laci James.

By the start of the new school year, each chapter came into possession of a new physical house in Corvallis, where they are able to house members and run their chapter operations.

Alpha Omicron Pi, otherwise known as AOII, is a social sorority and part of the Panhellenic Council. While AOII can trace their roots here at OSU back to 1926, they recently reinstalled their chapter in 2013. They currently have 130 members.

Pi Kappa Alpha, otherwise known as PIKE, is a social fraternity and part of the Interfraternity Council. PIKE also has a history at Oregon State, originally coming to OSU in 1920. PIKE recently reinstalled their chapter this year, and currently have 92 members.

According to PIKE Chapter President Kyle Daniel, doing from an unhoused chapter to a housed chapter was very beneficial operationally. This was in large part due to PIKE being able to hold chapter meetings at their house instead of Gilbert Hall.

“It’s a lot easier to just say, ‘Hey meet us at the house’ instead of having to reserve places and coordinate all that,” Daniel said. “You just say, ‘Hey meeting’ and you don’t even have to say where. You just know.”

According to James, having a house doesn’t solve every problem.

“Our old chapter house just simply wasn’t big enough for us anymore,” James said. “There was no meetings happening there because we couldn’t fit anyone in there.”

The need for a larger house was not something new for the women of AOII, as the AOII Headquarters has been looking for a new house since the chapter moved into the old house, according to James.

A similar struggle for both chapters was the short time frame between figuring out that they would be obtaining a house soon to the actual move-in date, according to James.

Both chapters first learned about the houses becoming available in January.

“Normally, you have a lot more time and advance notice that you will be moving into a property,” Eric Webber, previous PIKE chapter president, said via email.

According to James, the change was more than just a new physical house for AOII. “It was really hard to make sure everything was done in time,” James said. “I really wanted to make this be a stepping stone for us. We had 30 people when we got the old house, and now we’re at 130. It’s been a big step in a really short period of time.”

There are currently 30 housed fraterni-

ties and sororities at OSU, 19 of which are members of the Interfraternity Council, with the remaining 11 chapters belonging to the Panhellenic Council. The Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils are currently the only fraternity and sorority councils on campus with housed chapters.

When it comes to an organization being allowed to start a new chapter at OSU, each governing council or community has their own processes and policies that guide the expansion process, which are typically found in the governing council(‘s) bylaws, according Leslie Schacht Drey, director of the Center for Fraternity and Sorority Life.

Once an organization is approved to charter or reinstall through the Panhellenic Council, the process of obtaining a physical location is up to the organization itself, according to Sara Perry, president of the Panhellenic Council.

“If a new fraternity or sorority is interested in obtaining a house off-campus, that is something they can pursue independently.,” Schacht Drey said via email. “In the current fraternity/sorority housing model at OSU, all housed chapters are located offcampus so the governing councils or OSU does not oversee the pursuit of property for individual organizations.”

When it comes to the funding needed in order to obtain a physical building, that too is up to the specific organization.

“Another factor to consider is if the local organization is affiliated with an inter/national organization and what their inter/national structure for housing is,” Schacht Drey said via email.

For both AOII and PIKE, their organization’s headquarters played a large role in the process of obtaining their chapter’s houses.

“In AOII our chapters don’t own our facilities, we have a whole other branch that’s AOII properties,” James said.

The PIKE Headquarters was the owner of the house that OSU’s PIKE chapter moved into prior to this year, according to Daniel.

“PIKE has been around (at OSU) since 1920, and they have owned the house since the late ‘70s,” Daniel said. “Our house is one of seven chapter houses that our International’s owns throughout the country, most houses are owned by an Alumni Association.”

Neither house is done being worked on yet, with both chapters working on finishing up renovations and planning out future improvements to their new homes, according to James and Daniel.

“Having a chapter house means you have a face on campus that’s connected with you,” said Daniel.

According to James, art of the dues paid by members of AOII is meant for the upkeep of the house.

“Your house is the most obvious symbol of who you are,” James said. “We want it to be showing realistically what AOII stands for.”

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Pi Kappa Alpha participates in Jump Day in the Memorial Union Quad, where new members are launched into the air and caught by their new chapter. PIKE currently has 92 members after recently reinstalling their chapter on campus.

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Alpha Omicron Pi welcomes their new members on Bid Day in the Memorial Union Quad. The chapter currently has 130 members and has recently moved into a new physical chapter house, where they house select members and hold chapter meetings.