Thanksgiving Around the World, in Corvallis | Nov. 25, 2019

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NEWS: SFC hears unit presentations 3 • FORUM: Cartoons 14 • SPORTS: Men’s Basketball beats UC Santa Barbara 10

INDEX

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

CORRECTIONS

TUESDAY,NOV.26 OSU Campus Band

Memorial Union, Ballroom 7:30-9 p.m.

The OSU Campus Band under the direction of Dr. Wesley Brewer presents its fall term concert. Free and open to the public, no tickets required. To request accommodations relating to a disability call 541-737-4671.

BEavers HERE NOW: Guided Meditation Sessions

Memorial Union, Room 62 3-3:30 p.m.

Relax with a different, guided 15 minute meditation each week! No experience necessary. All are welcome!

Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 3 pm in the MU Wellness Nook.

Date: 11/18/2019 Article: ASOSU passes land acknowledgment bill Correction: This article was previously unclear regarding the affiliations of current-day Native Americans living on reservations. Additionally, “Natives” in reference to Native people was not capitalized. These issues have been resolved online. The Barometer regrets the errors.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 27

TV Studio Teleprompter Workshop

Student Experience Center, Room 421 (Studio A) 5-6 p.m.

Join OMN to learn the behind-thescenes magic of TV studios in this great workshop series. This workshop teaches you how to control the teleprompter system so anchors can read their scripts on the air. This session is free and open to all OSU students, but registration is required to participate. The link to register can be found on out website.

Don’t forget to check out our other TV studio workshops to continue growing your skills and having fun along the way.

To request accommodations related to disabilities, please contact Markie Belcher at markie.belcher@oregonstate.edu or 541-737-6375.

THURSDAY, NOV. 28

Cuban Salsa Dance Club Meeting

Langton Hall, Room 301 6:50-8 p.m.

Dance the night away with the OSU Cuban Salsa Club! We teach the cuban salsa footwork -- called casino and rueda casino--, share fun facts about the Cuban culture, and enjoy music like timba, reggaeton, son, pop, and other genres.

No previous experience is needed, and we welcome all individuals!

IN THIS ISSUE

3

SFC hears unit presentations

OSU Men’s Basketball 10 Sports: beats US Santa Barbara

6

Activist group, Sunrise Movement, protests

12

7

Sports: OSU Women’s Basketball wins WNIT

14 Forum: Cartoons

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Withycombe Hall Lab Theatre, 173 6-8 p.m.

Auditions will be held December 1 at 6:00 pm and December 2 at 4:00 pm in the Withycombe Lab Theatre on the Corvallis campus.

Five explorers search for a legendary artifact buried deep within an ancient temple. After the treasure-hunters are trapped together cave-in, a series of revelations and betrayals leads them to discover the artifact’s true power. Part Indiana Jones and part D&D campaign, this wild and sometimes campy adventure is full and twists and turns and explores themes of truth, friendship, and trust.

Auditions are open to all OSU students, staff, faculty, and community members.

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COVER: Photo by Jon Hopper, OMN Photographer. The Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center held its second annual Thanksgiving Around the World event on Friday. Read more on page 3.

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NEWS

Army ROTC earns victory at 2019 Ranger Challenge

By TERESITA GUZMAN NADER News Contributor

Earlier this month, the Oregon State University Army Reserve Officer Training Corps, won the Task Force West Ranger Challenge Competition.

The team was formed by 10 students from OSU. The annual Task Force West event took place at Camp Rilea in Northwest Oregon on Nov. 2-3.

This competition consisted of a 12-mile timed course with challenges such as marksmanship ranges, camouflage, tactical casualty care, call for fire, obstacle course and a spot report followed by nighttime land navigation. Ten teams from across Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii and Guam competed to determine the best team from their respective universities.

Every year the ROTC holds tryouts to select the team that is going to compete at the TF West event. The tryouts this year began on the second week of fall term. These tryouts consist of several sessions of physical activity, and a ruck march.

“Once we had a solid team selected, we trained every weekday morning for almost a month for the competition,” said Cadet Jack Roberts, business administration student, via email.

Roberts was one of 10 students on the OSU ROTC team.

Ten OSU students were selected for the team to compete at the Ranger Challenge at the beginning of the term. The OSU ROTC team did physical training every morning on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

“We prepared for the competition by waking up at 5 a.m. five days a week to either workout, study the competition material, or practice the competition events,” said Cadet Derek Chen, business administration student, via email. Chen was one of 10 students on the OSU ROTC team.

Outside of training for the competition, the OSU ROTC team members are also college students.

“We wake up for physical training at 6:15 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday every week, have classes on Tuesday and labs on Thursday. It might sound like a lot, but it is quite manageable,” Roberts said via email. “Some people that have hard majors in the STEM fields have a tougher time with the commitment though. It truly is an amazing opportunity to get to train to be a leader and grow as a person while simultaneously getting a degree.”

In an email, Cadet Hunter Hiatt-Tognoni, environmental sciences student and member of the OSU ROTC team, said being both a college student and an Army ROTC member feels like he is getting the best experience out of college.

“I am able to get more out of the normal college experience by being in ROTC. I am able to have a professional obligation and a program that trains me for my future Army career,” HiattTognoni, said in an email.

The Ranger Challenge competition was built to challenge military-skills and enhance small unit leadership qualities, to develop teamwork and promote professional development, including military excellence in selected military skills within Eighth Brigade.

Oregon State Army ROTC falls under Eighth Brigade, United States Army Cadet Command

consisting of eight brigades across all 50 states and territories.

“Ranger Challenge taught me that there is always room to grow in each individual’s ability. This being my first year in the program, I have quickly learned that mental and physical strength is a necessity and this competition only emphasized that even more. This competition teaches you to keep pushing, no matter the circumstances,” said Cadet Sophia Schmiedt, general engineering student, via email. Schmiedt was one of 10 students on the OSU ROTC team.

Since the school year at OSU starts later than other universities competing in the competition, the OSU ROTC team had less time to practice for the competition, according to Roberts “We have a slight disadvantage with how late we start school in the year. We generally only have three to four weeks to train before the event, while many schools begin much earlier in September or in August, giving them much more time to train,” Roberts, said via email. “Also, we had many more freshmen on the team this year than usual. This brought about the challenge of training them in material they have never heard before. Even with these challenges, we were able to train on what mattered and push ourselves when it counted.”

The team won a first-place trophy and were given coins of excellence from the host university, the University of Oregon. After their victory, the team earned the right to compete in the upcoming brigade competition this January. The members of the team also received an Order of Merit List points that will go towards their national ranking.

“This victory was an outstanding validation of the time and effort the team put in prior to the event. They invested countless hours of their own time working on various aspects of training leading up to this event,” Captain Shawn Plumb, executive officer for the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps at OSU, said via email.

In an email, Hiatt-Tognoni said he thinks that working and training as a team for the past five to six weeks has helped his team grow as one unit. He mentioned that everyone on his team wanted to go out and win the competition, and the attitude and moral of every team member helped achieve victory.

“Our team really came together well and bonded. In addition, we had a good mix of returning members and new members who brought their talents to the team,” Master Sergeant Adam C. Nin, said via email. “Lastly, the team had the full support of the cadre at the OSU ROTC Program. In the end, it was their hard work and dedication to excellence that brought home the win for the program.”

If the team wins the upcoming brigade competition in January, the team will earn the right to represent the Eighth Brigade at the Sandhurst Competition, the world’s premier international academy military skills competition.

The brigade competition will take place in the Joint Base Lewis-McChord, located in Washington, where the brigade’s three task forces, TF West, TF East, and TF South will compete to earn the right to represent the Eighth Brigade.

JAD E WEBSTER | ORANGE MED I A NETWORK Rachel Josephson, ASOSU president, and Drew Desilet, ASOSU faculty advisor, during the SFC unit presentations.

Student Fee Committee meets to hear student-fee funded unit presentations

By MORGAN MAWN News Contributor

Editor’s note: The Daily Barometer is part of Student Experiences and Engagement, one of the student fee-funded units discussed in this story.

The Student Fee Committee and community members came together Sunday morning, through the evening, to hear proposed student fee-level packages from each of the 8 student fee-funded units, and to hear about what each unit does to further student success. Oregon State University students pay fees for each term they attend OSU. SFC members discussed decision package summaries from Associated Students of Oregon State University programs, the Family Resource Center, Human Services Resource Center, Intercollegiate Athletics, the Memorial Union, performing arts, recreational sports and Student Experiences and Engagement. No official votes took place during the meeting. Instead, members focused on understanding the content of each unit’s presented decision packages. On Monday, the SFC will hold a deliberation session, followed by an open hearing on Monday, Dec. 2. After the open hearing, ASOSU will hold a congressional joint session, at which they will decide whether to pass or fail the proposed student fee levels for the 2020-21 fiscal year. A pass sends the suggested fee levels to the ASOSU president, then OSU President Ed Ray and the Board of Trustees for final approval or disapproval, while a fail sends the proposed fee levels to mediation.

Safi Ahmad, fourth-year industrial engineering major and ASOSU student fee comittee chair, opened the meeting and briefly introduced ASOSU, the first program to present decision packages.

Uwe Keist, ASOSU student advisory board vice chair, presented the main programs and impact of ASOSU on campus. The four main sections of ASOSU presented were student government, the Office of Advocacy, Safe Ride and legal services.

“The congress and student fee committee plays an important role in advocating student voices,” Keist said.

According to Keist, 58% of academic misconduct involves international students; however, international students make up only 11% of the total OSU student population.

“This shows there’s a lot of impact on these communities due to the cultural differences these students face,” Keist said.

The Office of Advocacy strives to ensure

students know about their rights, and services they can access should these rights be violated, Keist said. For this reason, he believes they may be able to make a difference in the issues international students, and many other student groups, encounter. Similarly, ASOSU also utilizes a legal services branch to provide representation for students despite their financial circumstances.

Data collected over the course of the past school year shows that most Safe Ride pick-ups and drop-offs occur on campus.

According to Keist, one can infer this means students using the service are academically focused.

“It’s more than a drunk bus,” Keist said.

Following the presentation on the importance of ASOSU programs, Keist presented the fee decision package summaries. The three packages presented all requested increases in budget that would create a total 3.07% increase of the ASOSU total budget from last year. Decision package one requested an increased budget to compensate student volunteers within congress. A package was also created to request an increased budget to better pay critical positions within the department. The third and final decision package regarding ASOSU asked for $10,021 to aid in bringing different cultural groups on campus to formulate initiatives.

The unofficial roll-call vote was in favor of a budget increase of 3.07%, or a dollar change of $0.71.

The recreational sports committee presented a breakdown of department resource allocations and justifications for their request to increase their total budget.

Services offered by the department include Dixon Recreational Center, climbing centers and pools to name a few. Students visiting and utilizing these sources are asked to swipe their school identification cards. Based on data collected over the past school year, it was found that just under a million swipes were recorded throughout their programs.

Lexi Schlosser, member of the recreational sports committee, said she utilizes the climbing centers on campus very often.

“Many of our services are really important for our students’ well-being. It gives them that sense of community,” Schlosser said Matthew McMillan, member of the recreational sports committee, said the access to personal trainers, equipment and other services at Dixon Recreation Center have allowed him to build an effective workout

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NEWS

Students and others sit down for dinner at the Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center Thanksgiving Around the World event.

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Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center hosts Thanksgiving Around the World event

By ZOË SANDVIGEN News Contributor Last Friday, the Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center held its second annual Thanksgiving Around the World. The event was created in order to give exchange students, or students who were curious about different cultures, a chance to meet new faces and try exotic dishes.

The Multicultural Center is near campus, located on Jackson st in a small house. The interior of the home features a kitchen, living and dining room and an upstairs. They offer free assistance to exchange students whether that’s providing language dictionaries, instruments or somewhere to cook.

A variety of groups on campus and organizations came together to share the evening. Sarah Markham, a fourth-year business management major, is part of the International Peer Program here at Oregon State University.

“Yes, I’m part of the International Peer Mentor Program. It’s for international students to be paired with someone who’s been at OSU for awhile, and we answer any questions they have about school or life in America,”Markham said. “Just be a mentor for them.”

Markham said both turkey and mashed

potatoes are catered, but guests are all welcomed to bring their own home-made dishes that represent their culture.

Many international students attended the event, including Yoo Jin Seol, a third-year graphic design major. Seol came to the event with a couple of her friends.

“Two of my friends are part of the international program and they wanted to do a Thanksgiving event,” Seol said. “I’ve never really had Thanksgiving food, I spent a lot of time in America, but I never had like a Thanksgiving celebration. In my country we have different Thanksgivings.”

Seol grew up in South Korea, but has lived in Oregon for three and a half years. She said she plans to graduate from OSU. The house was packed with students and families in line to try the food. Paulo Murillo, a third-year Ph.D candidate, studying geography, attended the event, having been apart of the International Cultural Service Program.

“Today is our official retreat from ICSP, and we come to talk about the term, and it’s a good time to talk to my peers from ICSP, and have some food,” Murillo said.

Murillo came to Oregon following a graduate student job offer back in 2015, and is expecting to graduate next year.

“Oregon is amazing, it’s a very nice stay and a very nice town to study,” Murillo said.

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JON HOPPER | ORANGE MED I A NETWORK Thanksgiving Around the World attendee smiles over the conversations occuring during dinner.

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J ON HOPPE R | ORANGE ME DIA NE TWORK The Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center is home to a community that aims to bring people together from across the world at Oregon State University.

J ON HOPPE R | ORANGE ME DIA NE TWORK (ABOVE) The cuisine provided at the pot-luck-style Thanksgiving Around the World event featured many cultural dishes.

(BOTTOM LEFT) Turkey and mashed potatoes were catered, and guests were encouraged to bring their own home-made dishes that represent their culture.

(BOTTOM RIGHT) Daniel Lim enjoys his plate from the Thanksgiving Around the World event.

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Sunrise Movement aims to show support for “meaningful, positive change in climate-related issues”

By TANVEER SANDHU News Contributor If you walk by the Memorial Union footsteps from noon to 1 p.m. on a Friday, chances are, you might catch the sight of a group of people holding yellow banners and peacefully protesting for climate change.

They call themselves Sunrise, and they are the Corvallis hub of the national Sunrise Movement.

Sunrise is a newer climate action group within the city, only being formed last year.

During this past summer, Sunrise members worked with the larger organization of the Corvallis Climate Action Alliance to help prepare the city of Corvallis for the Global Climate Strike Week, which took place from Sept. 20-27.

Willem Klajbor, an Oregon State University graduate student studying marine resource management, said Sunrise is organized by a committee of people—there is no one president or supervisor—the group meets together to discuss action and direction, trying to use the input of as many people possible.

Klajbor said Sunrise’s Friday sit-ins at OSU are inspired by the “Friday’s for the Future” sitins, which are spearheaded by youth climate activist, Greta Thunberg.

“We’re not trying to protest a specific policy; what we are trying to do is show that there is support for meaningful, positive change in climate-related issues—whether that be on campus, in the city of Corvallis, or within the state of Oregon,” Klajbor said.

According to Klajbor, while the sit-ins do not protest one specific policy, the group does advocate for specific policies and actions through other activities.

Philosophy major and third-year student, Jessica Thompson, found out about Sunrise through her original involvement with the Corvallis Climate Action Alliance. Thompson joined Sunrise on Sept. 20, the beginning of Global Climate Strike Week.

“I have this pre-anxious thing, where I am just concerned for the future of our planet. I don’t want to sit here and be hopeless—I want to do something about it, and I want to make my voice heard,” Thompson said. “When Greta Thunberg announced Global Climate Strike Week, I immediately knew the city of Corvallis was going to have some big ordeal, and therefore I wanted to step in and get involved.

Thompson said ways to help alleviate climate change can be attained through more education and promotion. Habits like recycling, eating less meat and being more conscious about the things you are consuming are really important.

Rachael Aber, an OSU graduate student studying integrative biology, joined the Corvallis Sunrise hub after hearing about the national movement.

“Climate change is important to me because it threatens our way of life and everything that is built upon it: our economy, our livelihoods

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SCOTT SCHMI D T | ORANGE MED I A NETWORK Students Willem Klajbor, Rachel Aber, John Stepanek, Garrett Fleetwood and Jessica Thompson protest outside the MU on Nov. 22.

and our families,” Aber said. “I believe it is largely ignored and swept under the rug; people have the awareness, but the policy changes and actions are not there.”

All three students stressed the importance of OSU fulfilling its promise to be carbon neutral by 2025. Both Klajbor and Aber said that students should be actively following up with OSU on their promise of carbon neutrality within the next six years.

Klajbor also suggested the possibility of making sustainability curriculum a requirement at OSU. “One way to increase awareness is by making sustainability curriculum a requirement at places like OSU. I think there’s been small pushes for that in the past, but requiring students to take some sort of sustainability class would go a long way in making people actually care about what’s going on,” Klajbor said.

On a positive note, Klajbor said one good thing many major universities are doing is divesting endowment from holdings in companies that actively invest in fossil fuels.

However, at OSU, the company that manages the university’s endowment is private—it’s not publicly owned, as is the case in other universities.

“Here at OSU, all our endowment funds are owned by a private company whose only interest is increasing profits. It’s really difficult to get them to even listen to ideas about divesting from those lucrative, but ultimately destructive investments,” Klajbor said.

Thompson said she believes it is very important for students to know that OSU is built on Kalupuya land. Students should also know about the hardships that the Siletz Reservation faces--they don’t have access to clean water or arable land.

“We should learn about indigenous people, acknowledge them and get more inclined to be involved in their practices. This is really important because indigenous people have a great respect for their land--living in harmony within it and dwelling in its beauty. I think westcentric ideals have really lost touch with that,” Thompson said.

OSU Women’s Basketball wins WNIT

SPORTS

Beavers host four rounds, finish early season tournament undefeated

By MATTHEW BROOKS Sports Contributor The Oregon State Women’s Basketball team won the 2019 Women’s National Invitational Tournament, defeating the Missouri Stateby a score of 80-69 on Nov. 17. With the win, OSU went undefeated in the four game tournament.

“I couldn’t be more impressed by the way they approach the game, the toughness that they play with, the confidence they play with and then just a great scheme,” head coach Scott Rueck said of Missouri State. “I thought that everything they did made sense today, they made life hard on us, made us really have to work, (and) made us have to grow up on the fly.”

Senior guard Mikayla Pivec won the tournament’s Most Valuable Player award, averaging 17.8 points, 10.8 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game. She shot 59.5% from the field and connected 41.6% of her 3-point attempts.

Before defeating Missouri State, the Beavers had to go win three other games, with those victories coming against UC Irvine, Pacific and DePaul across the eight-day tournament. With the 80-point outburst in the championship, OSU outscored opponents 333-260.

During the third game of the tournament, OSU was bolstered by the return of senior guard Kat Tudor who missed the last 10 months with a torn ACL. Tudor, who played 10 minutes against DePaul in her first game action since January, went 0-3 from the field and grabbed three rebounds in her return. She improved, however, by scoring 4 points on 4-5 from the three-point line during her 19 minutes of game time.

“I’m super happy to have Kat back, she brings so much energy, so much confidence to our team. How confident she is out there just spreads out to the rest of our teammates,” Pivec said after the game. “She came in and hit a lot of big threes today and got us a momentum when we really needed it.”

Also impacting the team throughout the tournament was freshman forward Taylor Jones who averaged 16 points and seven rebounds per game.Jones also shot 61% from the field and 73% from the free-throw line. In the final game against Missouri State, she finished with 14 points, seven rebounds and four blocks.

“It’s definitely been different than highschool. Here we completely learn teams we are playing,” Jones said of her college experience so far. “It’s hard picking up the tendencies of different players and picking it up that fast but it’s definitely helped in my game.”

In a 95-45 home win against Southern Utah on Nov. 21, six players scored points in the double digits including Jones, redshirt freshman guard Noelle Mannen, redshirt junior guard Destiny Slocum and junior guard Aleah Goodman.

Pivec achieved a double-double with 10 points and 18 rebounds. Tudor continued her return to the team with 18 minutes of playing time and 14 points. The Beavers held the lead for the game’s entirety.

The Beavers will next hit the road for two games. They return to Gill Coliseum on Friday, Dec. 6 for a matchup with the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

MONTANA MURPHY | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK

TOP: OSU senior guard Mikayla Pivec (#0) looks for a pass against two DePaul defenders in the third round of the WNIT in Gill Coliseum on Nov. 14.

BOTTOM LEFT: OSU junior guard Aleah Goodman attempts a drive past DePaul sophomore guard Lexi Held (#10). Goodman scored 16 versus Depaul.

BOTTOM RIGHT: OSU junior guard Taya Corosdale goes up for a shot (#5). Corosdale has been declared out for the rest of the season due to a hamstring injury.

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OSU Football falls to Cougars in heartbreaker Loss in last seconds stops bowl eligibility, look to Civil War

By SOREN CARR Sports Contributor

Two of the PAC-12’s best offenses in the Oregon State Beavers and Washington State Cougars battled Pullman, Wash. at Martin Stadium. Both teams sat at a 5-5 season record before kickoff, each looking a chance for bowl eligibility at stake Saturday night.

The Beavers came back from a 10-point deficit with three consecutive touchdowns. They extended their lead to 53-42 with 4:17 left in the fourth quarter after sophomore running back Jermar Jefferson found the end zone for his second time of the night.

Washington State head coach Mike Leach and his air raid offense spread the field on their final two drives with redshirt senior quarterback Anthony Gordon. Gordon led a 7 play, 75 yard touchdown drive, cutting the Beavers lead to 53-48. The Cougars would miss their two-point conversion attempt, also failing to recover an ensuing onside kick to regain possession with 2:10 remaining.

The Beavers would only gain six yards in four plays on their next drive, with redshirt senior Jake Luton’s attempted pass sailing over senior tight end Noah Togai.

Washington State regained possession of the football with good field position and 1:10 remaining.

Cougar sophomore running back Max Borghi ran the ball into the endzone with two seconds left for a two-yard touchdown finishing off the Beavers in dramatic fashion and a score of 54-53.

Washington State chose to kneel instead of kicking for an extra point or attempting a twopoint conversion. The Beavers attempted a hook and ladder game-saving play following the Cougars kickoff that ended after a few pitches the receiving team had to keep the ball alive.

The game had history on its side as Cougar quarterback Anthony Gordon set two conference records: the PAC12 single-season record for TD passes with 45 and the PAC-12 single-season record for passing

yards with 4,397 and counting.

“It was pretty awesome,” Gordon said when interviewed after his historic performance throwing for over 600 yards and 6 touchdowns. His success led Washington State to a school record and the program to its fifth consecutive bowl.

Oregon State opened the first quarter with a fast pace by forcing two turnovers and scoring once. The Beavers defense forced four turnovers in total, including interceptions by sophomore outside linebacker John McCartan, sophomore defensive back Nahshon Wright and freshman inside linebacker Omar Speights.

The Beavers also recorded their first successful onside fumble recovery of the year with credit to defensive coordinator Tim Tibesar and special teams coordinator Jake Cookus.

“It was a fabulous football game with the back and forth,” Oregon State head coach Jonathan Smith said.

“We got ourselves down by 11, responded with a couple of quick scores to take the lead and it goes back-and-forth. Our guys played their hearts out, they really did, but we were just one play short.”

OSU redshirt senior quarterback Jake Luton finished the game with 5 touchdowns on 408 passing yards and an interception.

“I don’t have any words for it,” Luton said.

The Beavers came up short, losing their third game of the season by three or fewer points, but still remain in second place in the PAC-12 north at 4-4, only behind in state rival, Oregon.

The Beavers have a chance at redemption next week as they play the 9-2 Oregon Ducks in their Civil War rivalry for the 123rd time. Oregon State has lost the previous two matchups by heavy margins. The Oregon Ducks lost to Arizona State last weekend, likely ending their chances at a berth in the College Football Playoff.

Kickoff time is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 30 in Autzen Stadium. The game will be broadcasted on PAC-12 Network.

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OSU beats UC Santa Barbara

Strong offensive showing from Beavers in second half secures win against Gauchos

By BRADY AKINS Sports Contributor The Oregon State Beavers improved their season record to 4-1 on Wednesday, Nov. 20 by beating the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos by a final score of 78-67.

UC Santa Barbara managed to keep the game close in the first half, going into the break down 34-27. However, any hope of an upset win was put to rest in the second half by a Beavers offense that came out firing after the halftime break.

Oregon State opened the second half by making nine of their first 11 shot attempts. The quick second half start for the offense was matched by a strong showing from the defense which led to Oregon State outscoring the Gauchos 17-7 through the first seven minutes of the final half.

The Beavers led by as much as 19 points in the second half, and while UC Santa Barbara was able to close the gap by the end of the game, Oregon State’s offensive efficiency kept the Gauchos from claiming the lead.

After shooting 44 percent from the field in the first half, the Beavers ended the second with a 69% field goal percentage, making 18 of their 26 second half shot attempts. Despite finishing four for 15 on their three point shots, Oregon State was able to put points on the board with strong close range offense.

The Beavers found success on offense by controlling the paint throughout the bulk game. Of the Beavers 78 points, 40 of them came in the key. On a night where Oregon State struggled from beyond the three-point line, having success on their close range shots was critical. Beavers head coach Wayne Tinkle said having success in the paint was a focus for the team in his post game press conference.

“The two things we said is we gotta pound them in the paint and we gotta pound the glass,” Tinkle said. “We kept telling our guys not to settle. We felt we had every position and advantage at the rim.”

Few players made as strong an impact for Oregon State as their senior forward Tres Tinkle. Tinkle led the game for the Beavers in both points and rebounds, ending with 27 and 11 respectively. With Wednesday’s performance, the senior forward added another double-double to his resume, bringing his career total to 25.

Tres Tinkle moved into seventh place on Oregon State’s career double-double record list against the Gauchos, passing former Beavers’ forward Jay Carty, who finished his college career in 1962 with 24 double doubles. Tinkle’s record breaking pace has become something of an expectation for him this season.

Through the Beavers first five games,

ERI CK BRANNER | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK Junior guard Ethan Thompson and junior forward Alfred Hollins cheer from the sideline.

Tinkle has had four double-doubles and possesses double digit averages in both points and rebounds so far this season.

Alongside Tinkle, junior forward Alfred Hollins and junior guard Ethan Thompson both ended the night scoring in double digits. Hollins walked away with 13 points and five rebounds, while Thompson added another 16 points of his own on 8 for 12 on field goals.

Tres Tinkle talked after the game about how the team was able to find offensive success in the second half, giving credit to the team for sticking to the gameplan.

“I felt early on we were getting what we wanted, if we were executing and running our stuff,” Tinkle said. “So we focused on sticking to what we’re running, what we were calling. Cutting hard and just moving around, moving without the ball. I think that caused some confusion on their end and allowed us to get some easy ones.”

While Oregon State found late success scoring the ball, UC Santa Barbara struggled throughout to find any offensive rhythm. The Gauchos finished the night shooting 37% from the field, their lowest single game total of the season. The Beavers defense clamped down on the Gauchos, allowing UC Santa Barbara 11 assists and creating 14 turnovers.

The Gauchos offense struggled in particular on their three point shooting.

After coming into the game against Oregon State averaging over 37% on their threes, they finished the night making 19%, going 5 for 27 from deep.

After the game, head coach Wayne Tinkle said he felt the Beavers had a strong performance on defense, which led to most of UC Santa Barbara’s missed shots.

“Overall we really contested well behind the arc and that’s something we’re trying to get better at,” Tinkle said.

Oregon State’s night on defense was not all perfect as the team struggled in allowing offensive rebounds to the Gauchos. By the end of the night, the Beavers were outrebounded by the Gauchos 43-30, giving up a total of 18 offensive rebounds to Oregon State’s four. Tinkle expressed frustration at the Beavers’ inability to limit the Gauchos offensive rebounds after the game.

“I was disappointed with our effort to box out and go pursue the ball,” Tinkle said. “A lot of times we would just run to the rim and wait for mama bird to drop food down in our mouths… we gotta put bodies, create space, and then if its a long rebound, have the toughness to go chase it down.”

Despite the rebounds not going their way, the Beavers came out of the night with a win to take their season record to 4-1. Meanwhile, UC Santa Barbara lost their third straight game, bringing their record to 1-3.

The Beavers were able to win their third straight game on Nov. 23, beating the Grambling State Tigers 80-58 in Gill Coliseum and bringing their record to 5-1. Four players for the Beavers scored in double digits versus the Tigers including Tinkle, Thompson, Hollins and senior forward Kylor Kelley. Kelley also ended with 7 blocks for the Beavers.

Oregon State will have a chance to increase their winning streak to four games when they take on the San Jose State Spartans on Wednesday, Nov. 27 at 8 p.m. in Las Vegas, Nev. Their matchup will be televised on Fox Sports 1.

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ER IC K BR ANNER | ORANGE ME DIA NE TWORK TOP LEFT (PG 10): TOP RIGHT:: OSU senior forward Tres Tinkle (#3) drives past UCSB junior guard Brandon Cyrus (#11).

BOTTOM LEFT: OSU junior guard Zach Reichle (#11) defends USCB senior guard Max Heidegger (#21).

BOTTOM RIGHT: OSU junior guard Ethan Thompson (#5) sets up a play for the Beavers.

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Fairbanks Gallery exhibits artwork of local printmakers Exhibition features OSU professor and artist Yuji Hiratsuka

By JADA KRENING News Correspondent

HEATHER MARCH | ORANGE ME DIA NE TWORK ARCHIVE S Columnist Haley Daarstad argues that if the United States were to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, not only would the U.S. be the first country to do so, but that it would be a mistake.

Daarstad: Withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement would be a mistake

By HALEY DAARSTAD Columnist

The United States signed the Paris Climate Agreement, a landmark agreement regarding efforts to combat climate change, back in 2015, and withdrawing from the agreement now would be a mistake.

As of Nov. 4, President Donald J. Trump gave a formal notification to the United Nations that the United States would be withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement.

Since his election in 2016, Trump has been threatening to withdraw from the agreement due to it being a ‘bad deal’ for american workers.

At a natural gas conference on Oct. 23, Trump spoke about his decision to withdraw from the agreement.

“What we won’t do is punish the American people while enriching foreign polluters because I can say it right, now, and I am proud to say it, it’s called America first,” Trump said.

The earliest possible effective withdrawal date would by Nov. 4 2020, one day after the 2020 presidential election, meaning, if Trump is re-elected in 2020 the U.S. will withdraw from the agreement, and will become the only country to not be involved with the Paris Climate Agreement. If Trump is not reelected, the 46th president will decide whether to withdraw from the agreement.

Mike Pompeo, Trump’s secretary of state tweeted about the decision.

“Today we begin the formal process of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement. The U.S. is proud of our record as a world leader in reducing all emissions, fostering resilience, growing our economy, and ensuring energy for our citizens. Ours is a realistic and pragmatic model,” Pompeo tweeted.

Though, if the U.S. was truly a proud leader in reducing emissions it would stay in the agreement to

help be the world leader it says it is.

Climate Change is a world problem, and as a world leader and lead contributor to climate change, the U.S. needs to work towards the solution rather than back away from it.

Peter Clark, a professor in the College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University, said that the biggest contributor to climate change is the increase of carbon emissions that has come largely from the burning of fossil fuels.

The U.S. is the second biggest contributor of carbon emissions, China being the largest, but per capita, the U.S. is the leading contributor.

Climate change is affecting the planet in many ways, including more snow and ice melts, decreasing snow coverage, melting sea ice, decreasing permafrost, warming ocean temperatures, more acidic oceans and rising sea levels.

In Oregon, the cascades are seeing a decrease in snow coverage, and the Oregon coast is also seeing the effects of the warming climate.

“The Paris Agreement was extremely important in representing the first time the international community formally recognized climate change and agreed on the need to mitigate emissions so as to limit how much future change occurs,” Clark said.

It established the framework for each country to pledge to reduce carbon emissions. The Paris Climate Agreement, as of 2019, has been signed by the European Union along with 196 other countries. Of those 196 countries, 183 of them have ratified the agreement, including the EU. The following countries have signed it but have not ratified the agreement: Angola, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Russia, South Sudan, Suriname, Turkey and Yemen.

No country as of yet has followed Trump’s lead to withdraw from the agreement, and the U.S. shouldn’t be

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the first. The U.S. is a world leader that is the largest carbon emitter per capita, thus needs to be involved in the discussion and effort to reduce carbon emissions.

A few months ago, the United Nation stated that the world will hit a threshold that could have irreversible effects from climate change within the next 11 years.

Jillian Gregg, a professor in the sustainability program at OSU, addressed the significance of the Paris Climate Agreement.

“Without an international conversation and agreement on this issue, there is little to no hope that each country in isolation will reduce emissions on their own accord,” Gregg said.

The Paris Climate Agreement is important and provided the foundation for the world to work together to fight against climate change.

“If the US does not hold up to their end of the bargain other nations may also back out and the entire momentum for coordinated international effort that took 25 years of negotiations to get in place would be lost,” Gregg said.

Multiple states have come together under what is known as the United States Climate Alliance to uphold the commitments made by the Paris Agreement in 2015. There are a total of 23 states in the alliance, including Oregon.

In June 2017, Governor Kate Brown, D-OR, announced that Oregon would stay committed to the goals of the climate agreement.

Withdrawal from this agreement gives the impression that the U.S. doesn’t care about working together to fight this problem.

The U.S., as a world leader, should not abandon the Paris Climate Agreement, making it the only country to do so.

Fighting climate change is not a political issue, it’s a moral issue that will affect future generations if the U.S. does not act now.

An exhibition of local printmaking, entitled ‘Print Arts Northwest’, will be on display at Oregon State University’s Fairbanks Gallery from Nov. 4 to Dec. 4.

Originally started in 1981 as the Northwest Print Council, Print Arts Northwest is a non-profit regional professional printmaking organization that strives to showcase and exhibit the work of local artists and printmakers from the Pacific Northwest. Kristin Kohl, administrative assistant for Print Arts Northwest and one of the artists featured in the Fairbanks Gallery exhibition, said members of the organization enjoy exclusive exhibitions and professional development opportunities and benefits, such as workshops, open studios, tours and educational opportunities.

“This exhibition brings together an exceptional group of printmakers with decades of experience, utilizing almost every printmaking technique that exists,” Kohl said via email. “It provides an excellent and inspiring survey of the current state of printmaking.”

A committee of OSU art faculty choose artists and exhibitions to be displayed in Fairbanks Gallery throughout the year. Andrew Nigon, coordinator of Fairbanks Gallery, said the committee aims to cover all areas of study, including printmaking, painting, drawing, sculpture and photography.

Printmaking professor in the OSU School of Arts and Communication and member of Print Arts Northwest, Yuji Hiratsuka, is one of the artists featured in the exhibition, and was instrumental in bringing Print Arts Northwest to Fairbanks Gallery.

“I want you to enjoy what we do, in terms of printmaking, in this valley, with local artists,” Hiratsuka said.

The Fairbanks Gallery exhibition features 37 unique artists, and Hiratsuka said many are educators themselves, from schools like Western Oregon University, Gonzaga University, local community colleges and Portland schools.

Originally from Japan, Hiratsuka began printmaking in high school, and later went on to complete his graduate studies in the United States before teaching at OSU. Hiratsuka calls printmaking a time-consuming process, one which is less forgiving and less flexible than other mediums.

Additionally, printmaking requires the use of specific materials, chemi-

CLAIRE NELSON | ORANGE MED I A NETWORK Fairbanks will feature the Print Arts Northwest exhibition untill Dec. 4.

cals and machines.

Hiratsuka described his piece featured in Fairbanks, titled “TB,” as a narrative, which focuses on timebased items and ideas. The print was created in the summer of 2015 when doctors suspected that Hiratsuka had tuberculosis. Later, he was diagnosed with walking pneumonia and chronic bronchitis. Hiratsuka said he likes to include patterns and embellishments in his work, and tends to focus on people and figures, rather than abstract items or designs.

Although Hiratsuka is considered an expert in printmaking, he said he is still learning and facing new challenges as an artist, and continues to learn from his students as a professor in the medium.

“The fundamental things are the same —the discipline, using a plate, ink, paper, and a press,” Hiratsuka said. “But new ink came, new paper came, and then you have to try and see if you like it. It’s never ending.”

Compared to other work displayed in Fairbanks, Nigon said the Print Arts Northwest exhibition is unique because it showcases a number of different artists, and demonstrates the strong printmaking community present in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Moreover, it is the only printmaking exhibition showing in the gallery this year.

“With this show — what makes it really cool, I think — is if you’re new to printmaking and don’t know anything about printmaking, it really exposes you to the variety of different printmaking techniques. With the number of works we have in here, each one is truly unique in process,” Nigon said.

“Also, if you are familiar with printmaking or are a fan of printmaking, you can come in and see it for the same reasons, and see what contemporary printmaking artists are doing now to push that medium.”

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SHS: “Non-friction” lube tips

By SHS SEXUAL HEALTH TEAM

Each group has its pros and cons, so it’s important to pay attention to the ingredients.

The Birds and the Beavs is a weekly column answering your questions on the topics of sexual health, consent, and relationships, written by the Oregon State University Sexual Health Team.

Water-based Water based lubricant is easy to use and safe for all forms of sexual activity. Water based lubricant does not break down latex and doesn’t cause irritation in most folks.

If you’re just trying lube for the first time, water based lubricant is a good place to start.

Water based lube can also be used with silicone toys.

Some folks find that they need to apply water based lubricants during sexual activity more than other types, and prefer to go with a lubricant that will not dry out.

Q: What’s the purpose of lube? I thought only older people needed to use it.

A: Sex lubricants are used to do just what you would assume, lubricate.

The idea that only older folks, or those with sexual dysfunction use or need lube is completely untrue.

Many individuals experience vaginal dryness, for a number of reasons, all of which are completely normal.

Lube is also used in ways other than vaginal intercourse.

Lube can be also be used to increase pleasure and decrease friction during anal intercourse.

Friction, often caused by inadequate lubrication, can cause pain and irritation.

The use of lube can enhance a variety of sexual activities, and can help some begin to enjoy sex more than they ever have before.

Before you start exploring the world of lube, there are a few things to keep in mind.

Lubricants typically fall into four groups, water based, oil based, silicone based, and hybrid.

Oil-based Oil based lubricants tend to last longer, and will not dry out during sexual activity. They can also be used during foreplay activities, such as massage. Sounds great right? Not always.

Oil based lubricants cannot be used with latex condoms, as the oil breaks down the latex, creating microscopic holes in your condom, leaving you vulnerable to STIs and unintended pregnancy.

Silicone-based Silicone based lubricant also won’t dry out, and can be a good option for those with very

sensitive skin. Since silicone doesn’t break down in water, it can be a good option if you’re in the shower or bath, a place where our natural lubrication tends to dry out quickly.

A very important thing to remember about silicone based lube is to keep it away from your silicone sex toys.

The silicone in the lube bonds to the silicone in the toy, and can create a porous surface, which can harbour bacteria, and cause infections during later use. Silicone lube also tends to taste bad, and is hard to get out of fabrics, such as sheets or clothing.

Hybrid Hybrid lubricant is just what it sounds like, a hybrid of the bases described above, typically water based with added silicone.

When using a hybrid, keep in mind all of the things above. A water based lube with added silicone may not dry out as quickly as purely water based, but still is unsafe to use with your silicone toys.

When exploring the world of lubricants, you might also see flavored lubes. Keep in mind that flavored lubes (as well as flavored condoms) are meant to be used only for oral sex, and should not be used vaginal or anal intercourse. The flavoring in these lubes contain sugar, which can easily irritate genital tissue.

There are hundreds of different kinds of lube out there, and each body is different, so it might take you a while to figure out what kind works best for you, but sometimes the journey is half the fun.”

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

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• YAY to being done with tests for a while. Oh wait, never mind!

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NEWS SFC, Continued from Page 3 regimen. “[This regimen] helps me stay focused in the classroom, feel better about myself and sleep better at night,” McMillan said.

According to the committee, 25% of student fees are allocated to pay of the four hundred student employees within their programs.

Due to budget difficulties, three positions have already had to be cut.

Recreational sports also aims to provide inclusive spaces for marginalized committees.

One program currently being developed provides times and locations for members of the LGBTQIA+ community to have a safe space to use pools. They have also worked with Dam Diverse to put together inclusive climb nights.

The committee has requested an additional 3.02% budget increase along with the proposed 3% in the decision package. The additional amount would be used to maintain their service levels and account for changes such as increasing employee pay. The committee members pointed out that budget changes due to a drop in student enrollment will be dealt with internally.

SFC members unofficially voted in favor of the decision package of an increase of 3%, a $2.85 fee increase per student per term.

The Family Resource Center presented three decision packages to compensate for the challenges they say they face today and budget difficulties they expect to see in the future.

Laurie Lutes, a student and parent, said she chose OSU specifically because of the unique child care programs offered. OSU is the only college in the PAC-12 that offers free infant child care.

“It’s been really instrumental for me.

Supporting [student parents] as a student and as a parent is very vital,” Lutes said.

FRC offers free, three-hour child care at both Dixon Recreation Center and the Valley Library. For those in need of longer-term child care, Beaver Beginnings and Azalia are both on-campus and able to care for a child for a longer period of time. However, both programs are experiencing wait list issues. Currently, 10 parents are waiting for childcare for an infant and 12 for a toddler.

The first and third decision packages presented requested an increase in budget to accommodate the current drop in student enrollment and the projected future drop in enrollment. The third decision package requests an increase to allow the program to offer more aid to high-need student parents. The program aims to be able to cover 50% of childcare costs for 30 high-need students, but can currently only meet that goal for seven students. Passing all three packages would result in a total 3% larger budget, resulting in a student fee of $11.37 in fall, winter and spring terms, and $4.34 in summer.

“I find it disappointing this even needs to be justified,” David Park, ASOSU member-at-large said in reference to the FRC having to present to ask for a higher budget.

The unofficial vote to increase the budget passed unanimously, with one SFC member choosing to abstain from voting due to conflict of interest.

Angel Mandujano-Guevara, a graduate student employed at the Human Services Resource Center, said food insecurity can make a student 15 times more likely to fail a

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class, and emphasized the need to address food and housing insecurity issues and stigmas on campus.

“You can’t budget money better when you don’t have enough money to begin with,” Mandujano-Guevara said.

According to the HSRC, 22% of students at OSU are currently full-time students and employees to be able to afford the bare minimum, which likely decreases their academic performance.

These students have reached out to HSRC in growing numbers. From the past school year, HSRC has seen a growth of 47% more unique users utilizing resources at the HSRC. Staff have already restocked the food pantry multiple times this term. In week zero of this term, the center helped 150 students with getting textbooks within the first hour of opening.

Mandujano-Guevara said the small team the HSRC is financially able to employ has difficulty replying to struggling students efficiently. Staff members at the HSRC help many students fill out applications for different food security aid programs, such as MealBux and SNAP. MealBux can offer students up to $194 for on campus meal purchases while SNAP can offer up to $2300 for groceries.

“It’s prudent we invest in helping our students with this application,” Nicole Heinz, employee at HSRC, said.

To battle food insecurity, HSRC proposed four decision packages. In total, the program requests an annual student fee of $12.74. This money will go toward increasing staffing, increasing process efficiency, increased support for SNAP and more dedicated funds towards MealBux. The unofficial vote found SFC members unanimously in favor of the increased fee, with one member choosing to abstain from the vote.

The Memorial Union prepared three decision packages to present regarding increasing reserve funds, creating free audio and visual services for MU space rentals and a request for a fund balance restoration. The current annual student fee alloted for the MU is $58.54 in fall, winter and spring. Should all three decision packages pass, this fee will increase by 3% to $65.03. Summer fees would go from $47.96 to $49.40.

Performing arts then presented their two proposed decision packages centered around alleviating costs toward students and pay of staff. The first package aims to increase their funds, so providing free tickets to students is still feasible. The second aims to receive funds to allow pay to the liaison between performing arts and ASOSU. If their decision packages pass, the annual student fee in the fall, winter and spring will increase from $6.97 to $7.18, with no fees during the summer term.

Intercollegiate athletics then discussed their only decision package: a request to increase funds to account for decreasing enrollment.

This increase would lead to a rise from $40.71 to $41.93, with no fees in the summer.

Finally, Student Experiences and Engagement had one decision package to present that asked for increased funding for student organization resources for Community Engagement, a program with a focus on building relationships between OSU and the Corvallis community and supporting student organizations. This decision package would involve a 2.2% change, or $2 per student per term.