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Letter from the Editor: It’s not too late to be engaged in name evaluation process

By Lauren Sluss, Editor-in-Chief

“Out of an ethic of love, we must disrupt!”

I remember this chant echoing through campus in March of 2016 as students and community members marched with signs and bullhorns. This self-named “Solidarity March” was one of the first times I was introduced to the controversy surrounding four names of buildings on the OSU campus: Arnold Dining Center, Avery Lodge, Benton Hall and Annex and Gill Coliseum.

During the march, students and community members took action to raise awareness of issues they found to be prevalent on campus—with a major focus on the names of these four buildings.

This was the first time I had witnessed the feelings of students and community members towards this topic up close. I was amazed by the amount of people who felt so passionately about this topic and wanted their voices to be heard.

Since the march, I have been engaged in becoming educated about the name evaluation process. This first started with the Baro’s coverage of the name evaluation process last year, and led up to conversations I had with Steve Clark, vice president of university relations and marketing, Scott Vignos, director of strategic initiatives and Charlene Alexander, chief diversity officer, in October about the process.

I have been incredibly impressed by the steps taken by the university in order to ensure transparency in this process. I have seen how the members of the Architectural Naming Committee as well as the subcommittee and workgroup are dedicated to providing as much information to the public as possible.

One of the ways in which the members have engaged in this process is through the information on the Building and Place Names website. This website not only contains the reevaluation process, the renaming criteria and the timeline of past events leading up to the process, but also detailed information about each of the namesakes under consideration.

When I first went to interview Clark, Alexander and Vignos about the evaluation

process, I initially struggled to write questions to ask them. The majority of my questions had already been answered through the information provided by the Building and Place Names website.

Upon discussing the evaluation process with them, I discovered that these individuals, along with members of the committees, were just as dedicated to the process of transparency as President Ed Ray had stated he was on the website.

One of the ways in which the level of transparency has been fulfilled was through the two community engagement sessions and the four building name evaluation sessions, one for each building under evaluation.

After attending the first community engagement session, I was amazed by not only the information provided by the organizers of event, but also by community’s willingness to participate and be open. The goal of the engagement events was not to convince participants to agree with one side or the other, but rather to become as educated and involved in the process as possible.

I witnessed community members who clearly had opposite opinions towards the evaluation process have civil discussions about the topic. Although they did not come to an agreement, they took away a greater understanding or the other person’s view and more education about the evaluation process as a whole.

One of the main takeaways I have in being engaged in this process is the impact our history has on our daily lives.

“History informs us. It shapes who we are and who we will be, both as people and as a society,” Clark said to me in a previous interview. “We learn from history. We learn what to do and what to not do based on what’s happened in the past. We can decide to be better because of what occurred in the past.”

I would encourage you to become engaged in this process. Although Ray’s final decision is anticipated to occur this week, it isn’t too late to learn more about not only the evaluation process, but also information about the lives of the people these buildings were named after.

You can find extensive information about this process by checking out the Building and Place Names website, as well as previous coverage by the Baro.

As students, our primary goal during our time at OSU is to earn a degree. However, we also have the opportunity to engage in the community around us. Each day that we’re here, we are contributing to OSU’s legacy. Connecting with not only what the university offers us now, but also how the university got here can enrich our experience as Beavers.

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Students and community members participate in the first community engagement event on Sept. 28. Five other community engagement events were held.

OSU building evaluation final decision set to announce week of Nov. 27 Regardless of verdict, OSU will create forms of permanent education

By Caleb Chandler, News Contributor

A legacy can be created through a building. Who it is named after may say a lot about its history and the community that surrounds it.

Oregon State University is currently in the last stage of reevaluating four buildings’ names on the OSU campus. After a workgroup created reports on each of the building’s namesakes and held community engagement sessions, the Architectural Naming Committee is currently deliberating a final recommendation to OSU President Ed Ray, who will make his final decision the week of Nov. 27.

The process of reevaluation stemmed from community concern around the namesakes of four OSU campus buildings: Arnold Dining Hall, Avery Lodge, Benton Hall and Annex and Gill Coliseum. Each of these namesakes have been said to have a form of exclusionary views, which may not align with OSU’s values and mission. In response to these concerns, the Architectural Naming Committee, established in 2015, paired with the Office of Institutional Diversity to form the Building and Place Names Evaluation Subcommittee.

According to the Building and Place Names webpage, a team of scholars that consists of both OSU faculty and external scholars produced individual reports that featured a history analysis and summary of each building.

Larry Landis, co-chair of the Building and Place Evaluation Subcommittee, was one of the individuals who helped discuss and

choose potential sources of information within the Special Collections and Archives Resource Center, but did not directly write the reports.

“Prior to the decision to compile detailed reports on the buildings and their namesakes, we had compiled an extensive list (in the form of a research guide) of pertinent collections and materials in my department. This work started in the summer of 2016 and was done by Natalia Fernandez and me. Natalia is one of my faculty in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center and also a member of the Building and Place Name Evaluation Work Group.

We identified those archival collections that we knew or thought would contain relevant information,” Landis said via email.

Landis and Joseph Orosco are both cochairs of the Building Names and Places Evaluation Subcommittee. The subcommittee was tasked with reviewing the context of a namesake’s life and to gather community input. A workgroup consisting of OSU students, faculty and outside scholars created reports on each building’s namesake. This information would be used to make a recommendation on how to address a namesake’s legacy. Additionally, it would recommend forms of permanent community education to provide details regarding the namesake’s life and legacy, as well as why the building is named after the individual.

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OSU sociology class offered at Oregon State Penitentiary Students, inmates learn in unison, discuss the prison industrial complex

By Arianna Schmidt, News Contributor

Being an adult in custody is not all about being locked in a cell, but about serving the community from inside the prison. Clubs and organizations inside the Oregon State Penitentiary, led by adults in custody themselves, provide the opportunity for convicts that fit requirements to help better the world outside of their cells.

OSU offers a sociology class called “Inside-Out” that is held at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem once a week. According to Sara, a senior majoring in sociology with a focus in criminal justice, the class is offered nationwide and is intended for those studying sociology to get involved in the prison system and to apply what they have learned to the prison industrial complex.

“The goal at the end is to do various large projects so that we can help the communities inside and out in various ways,” Sara said.

The class is offered to students at OSU, as well as the adults in custody at the penitentiary. This year, the class houses 13 OSU students and 13 students from inside the prison. According to Jaqueline, a senior in the course studying sociology, the class is granted to those adults in custody who have had constant good behavior for two to three years and who are also involved with OSP activity clubs.

“Being a part of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be in a class where you can socialize with people who have been removed from society is a privilege,”

Jaqueline said. “Our main focus is to let our community know the prison itself and how adults in custody are treated inside because a lot of the time we are not aware of the good things they actually do within the prison; half of the time we just hear all the negatives.”

Lessons in the class begin with a week of introductory tasks that get everyone comfortable with their surroundings. Then, various dialogue sessions are prompted with questions about the prison industrial system over the next few weeks, according to Sara.

These include what OSU students think about the prison system and commentary from the adults in custody. Students are able to express how they would change the system if they were able to, Sara added.

“The inside guys are all sanctioned leaders, whether they’re presidents or secretaries of clubs,” Sara said. “There’s eleven various clubs whether they’re focused on culture, heritage, background, as well as support groups such as AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) and Narcotics Anonymous as well. We get to learn about really positive and rehabilitative clubs that are within the prison that some people may not ever know about.”

According to Tonya Gushard, the public information officer at the Oregon State Penitentiary, the class teaches new skills to adults in custody and allows them to grow personally.

“It gives them an opportunity for prosocial interaction with someone from the commu-

nity and teaches them how to communicate she thinks would be a good fit for the class. appropriately,” Gushard said in an email.

Anyone can be a part of this class, according Gushard also confirmed that adults in to Jaqueline. custody are able to take the class when they “We have a few students who are not socihave no sex offense convictions, have clear ology students, so it’s open to anyone who conduct and are is interested in involved in other being a part of programs, such this opportuas clubs, within nity,” Jaqueline Our main focus is to let the prison. said. our community know the “It also proAccording vides for someprison itself and how adults to Sara, it was thing construcintimidating in custody are treated tive to do with at first sharing their time, and because a lot of the time a class with since it’s incenwe are not aware of the adults in custive-based, they tody. She had good things they actually have to abide very personal by the rules for do within the prison; half questions and a certain amount of the time we just hear all did not want of time to get into the program to offend them the negatives. and then mainby asking what Jaqueline tain that good she was curious behavior to stay about.

Senior studying sociology in,” Gushard said “Being able in an email. “This makes for a safer environto have them be so open about it and not ment for everyone.” offended by anything was very comforting The professor that teaches the Inside-Out after the first week of introductions,” Sara Sociology course is Michelle Inderbitzen, a said. “And I would say no, I’ve never made criminologist and professor at OSU, accordso many friends in a class as I have this one.” ing to Jaqueline. Inderbitzen created the Jaqueline says, she has been around class over 10 years ago and chooses who is adults in custody before she took the class, able to enroll based on behavior and who but she was still nervous to interact with the individuals from the OSP. She was not afraid of the people and did not want to judge them, but these individuals were unlike the type of people she would usually spend her time with on a daily basis.

“These people are locked up, so you know, they’re far from a society, so having the privilege of getting to meet someone despite whatever they’ve done does really make a difference,” Jacqueline said. “It has made me believe that people do deserve a second chance, no matter what you’ve done.”

According to Sara, the best part about the Inside Out class is getting to experience an opportunity most people would not normally have available to them and also may not have the desire to experience.

Additionally, Sara is proud of the work that the adults in custody are putting in as far as club fundraising for their various charities.

“I think having an opportunity to meet the people you’re learning the theories about is really powerful and getting their personal stories out there,” Sara said. “I also think that learning about the incredible things that these clubs have been doing has also been very powerful for me, because there’s so many obstacles in their way. Being able to learn about that and see how they’re overcoming that just shows a lot of tenacity on their side.”

MIRANDA GRACE CROWELL | ORANGE MEDIA NETWORK The last names of the students in the class A sociology class titled SOC 444 is offered to OSU students, as well as Oregon State Penitentiary adults in Custody at the are not being printed due to potential safety Penitentiary. Prerequisites for the class include passing SOC 204 with a grade C or higher and being at Junior standing. concerns.

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Office of Advocacy provides students on-campus support Student interns train for peer advocacy program coming winter term

By Joe Wolf, ASOSU Beat Reporter The Office of Advocacy, which is operated Students facing these charges have the by the Associated Students of Oregon State opportunity to provide a statement detailUniversity, exists to assist students facing ing their side of the story, which is given to a conflicts with the university.

College Hearing Officer who weighs the case The program supports students dealing based on the evidence, according to Khalife. with challenges such as student conduct “If you feel as if, in making their decision issues, housing concerns and academic they did not follow the proper process or disagreements putting students at odds they did not look at all the evidence, students with professors, according to Daniel Dietz, can appeal,” Khalife said. “A student can come the Office’s full-time stuin at any point durdent advocate. Dietz’s ing the process and job entails meeting with we will help them students and working to with their stateThere is a really big understand the problem ments, give them need for peer-to-peer they are facing, then coladvice on what you laborating with his staff should bring out in advocacy and for to develop a solution. your statements and students to know that it “We meet with stualso how the process dents and we listen,” works.” is not just adults in suits Dietz said. “No matter In addition to their that want to thelp them, what the student’s perwork on a studentthat it is students that spective is, we are going by-student basis, the to support that, because office also advocates are here on campus that that is our role.” at a university-wide want to lobby for them.

According to Ryan level, according to Khalife, a student intern Dietz. One of these in the Office for three areas of advocacy is Catherine Mina years, the group has helping international assisted students in students in the INTO Office of Advocacy issues ranging from program understand Student Intern academic miscontheir rights as studuct charges to conflicts with University dents and feel welcome on campus.

Housing and Dining Services, concerns “When we identify issues that impact regarding financial aid and interactions students across time and across campus, our with campus police. goal is to try to look for the systemic causes “Even if it is not something that seems like or roots of those issues and to have convera major issue, if a student just wants to talk sations with other people around campus about it, if something happens and they are about how we might collaboratively work not sure what the next steps are, we really together towards solutions,” Dietz said. welcome students to come in,” Khalife said.

The office focuses on person-centered The first step for students dealing with advocacy, meaning they try to serve whatuniversity problems is to visit the Office or ever individual students need in a particular contact them via email or phone, according moment, ranging from conversations to to Dietz. For example, if a student’s GPA has attending meetings with faculty, accordsuffered after a challenging life event, the ing to Khalife. In the current system, Dietz Office can assist the student in petitionand Molly Chambers, the office’s assistant ing the Registrar’s Office to retrospectively student advocate, work directly on behalf of change their transcript. student clients and the student interns pro“That is a powerful way for a student to vide behind-the-scenes support. However, be able to stay here, there are a number of this term, student staff members are being students on campus who might not be here trained to serve as Peer Advocates, Khalife had they not succeeded in that process,” added. Beginning winter term, these experiDietz said. “We really work with students on enced interns will assist their fellow students identifying when they might be able to do face-to-face, guiding them through the that, encouraging them to complete the necprocesses for their individual issues. essary steps and hopefully giving them the “Our goal is that any time a student walks strength to use their own voices to prevail.” into our office, we will be able to help them Academic misconduct, especially accusaimmediately, rather than scheduling an tions of cheating, is one of the most common appointment,” Khalife said. problems students come to the Office with, According to Catherine Mina, a student according to Dietz. intern at the Office, four years ago, her inter“I call that a wicked problem, because it est in the law field led her to working for the is a massive issue with no obvious solution,” program. Mina compared her current work Dietz said. “We look for and we push for to a paralegal in the professional world: from systemic solutions, but it continues to be a welcoming clients into the Office and schedchallenge. And there is a disparity impact—it uling appointments, to researching student really impacts students from our internaissues and taking notes during consultations. tional communities and the stakes for those In winter term, Mina will be stepping into the students are really high.” role of Peer Advocate.

According to the university’s Student “There is a really big need for peer-to-peer Conduct and University Standards website, advocacy and for students to know that it academic misconduct includes cheating, is not just adults in suits that want to help plagiarism and other actions that comprothem, that it is students that are here on mise the integrity of the education process. campus that want to lobby for them,” Mina

said. “I am really passionate about this work, and I am applying to law school right now, and so this is also really good training for me.”

Mina and three other Office interns have worked at the Office for at least two years, making them eligible to be trained as Peer Advocates, according to Mina. This training prepares students to handle the majority of student needs. However, cases that could result in expulsion or suspension are handled

by Dietz or Chambers directly.

All cases that Peer Advocates work on will initially go through either Chambers or Dietz, then referred to a student Peer Advocate, according to Mina. She hopes that students seeking help from their peers will be empowered to advocate for themselves.

“The only difference, really, between the student and the Peer Advocate is that I just know a few more things,” Mina said. “It is not like I went through any more schooling than they did, or I am any older, or that there is that much difference between me and the student client, it is just that I have a little bit more training and I have done a little more research.”

According to Mina, all students should understand that the service is free to access as often as necessary, as it is funded by the ASOSU student fee.

“We are just a group of really passionate people who want to help students on campus,” Mina said. “We have walked people over to Counseling and Psychological Services before, we will walk them down to Kerr, sometimes it is just really nice to have someone on your side—as simple as walking them to another building can be very impactful for students who feel lost or do not have a good support system. More than anything, our doors are open and anyone is welcome in here.”

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Name evaluation Continued from page 3

The research done on the building names and namesakes brought up new information that helped clarify certain details on the reasons why the namesakes were called into question, according to Landis.

“We probably learned more about the buildings’ namesakes, especially Arnold and Gill. We learned more about Arnold’s upbringing in pre-Civil War Virginia in a slaveholding family. We also learned that although Arnold served in the Confederate Army, he was incapacitated with illness for a significant length of time,” Landis said in an email. “We learned that Slats Gill recruited mostly in Oregon. On more than one occasion he did try to recruit African American players, but was not successful.”

According to Landis, the reports were intended to be factual and reliable sources of information on the buildings under consideration. They were not intended to be recommendations on whether or not to rename a building. Though the reports were comprehensive, there is still information that is not known about the namesakes, considerably about Benjamin L. Arnold.

All individual reports that were conducted on the four buildings in question are available to the public on the OSU Building and Place Names webpage.

“The historical reports have added sessions held on Sept. 28 and Oct. 2 and immensely to our understanding of these four of which were building name evaluabuildings’ namesakes and the history of tion sessions—one for each building under the university. In all cases, we have more review—all during the month of October. clear understanding of the four individual “Community involvement has been namesakes and buildings than we have essential to this process. Nearly 400 indiever had before,” said viduals participatScott Vignos, director ed in the six comof strategic initiatives, munity engagevia email. ment sessions.

According to We received over The attempt here is not Orosco, a task for the 100 comments to erase any history, workgroup was to from community but to reveal why and consider whether the members through figures being evaluatour online form, how these buildings got ed had somehow held and held numernamed the way they exclusionary views or ous one-on-one actions that are conconversations to were. trary to OSU’s current receive and dismission and values. It cuss feedback,” Joseph Orosco is important to know Vignos said in an Co-Chair of the as much about the email. figures’ lives and the The engageBuilding Names and impact their actions m e nts were Places Evaluation had on the commeant to provide Subcommittee munity when they information on were alive as well as the evaluation present time, Orosco process, allowing added. This information can be found in the community members to critically think created reports for a further understanding about the purpose of building and place on the namesakes. names, specifically the legacies of individuDuring the renaming process, the univer- als after whom the university buildings and sity hosted six community outreaches, two places are named after, according to the of which were community engagement Building and Place Names webpage.

“We designed the community engagement processes to give community members as much of a chance to voice their thoughts on the building names as possible,” Orosco said via email. “We had a website with comment pages and held six community dialogues over the course of fall term.

And we had very good turnouts for all the sessions—students, faculty, staff, alumni and local community members all participated in sessions where they had access to the expert historical reports.”

According to Vignos, the committees have received constructive feedback from the engagement sessions. “ The community response to the historical reports and community engagement process has been very positive. The community engagement sessions provided an opportunity for the broad Oregon State community, including current students, faculty and staff, our alumni and interested community members, to engage in productive dialogue,” Vignos

GRAPHICS BY NATALIE LUTZ

arnold dining center

benton hall and annex

Named for OSU’s second president, Benjamin L. Arnold

Named after the residents of Benton County. Benton County was named for Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. senator from Missouri.

reason for evaluation :

Benjamin Arnold’s service in the Confederate Army.

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reason for evaluation :

Thomas Hart Benton’s advocacy for westward expansionist policies and his belief in the supremacy of the white race.

COVER STORY said via email.

The historical reports, coupled with community engagement sessions, were intended to help the ANC and Buildings and Place Name Evaluation Subcommittee make recommendations to Ray before his final verdict.

“The Building and Place Name Evaluation Workgroup has completed its deliberations and met with President Ray, and the Architectural Naming Committee is currently deliberating,” Vignos said through email.

“The Architectural Naming Committee will make recommendations to President Ray and he will announce a decision on any building name changes, as well as next steps in this process, during the week of November 27.”

After any decision, the university will create a form of media, such as a plaque, exhibit or digital media, that will be permanent educational information, according to the Building and Place Names website. The chosen media will allow current and future community members to learn about the building’s previous name and namesake.

If a name change occurred, the plaque will allow the community to understand how and why the decisions to change the name was made, as well as the reason for the new name.

“President Ray has made a commitment that no matter what the decision is, there

will be permanent education in place to talk about the history of a building and the figure associated with the name,” Orosco said via email. “The attempt here is not to erase any history, but to reveal why and how those buildings got named the way they were.”

Orosco added that though the committees never expected that there would be a consensus on the issues present, the feedback was notable.

“The feedback that we got from people is that they appreciated the opportunity to talk and think together about important community matters, and to be heard by university leaders,” Orosco said in an email.

According to Vignos, regardless of the decision on the building names, the hope is that the OSU community has seen the process as a valuable example of how research and open and transparent dialogue can help the community learn from the history of one another. As a result, students, faculty and members of Corvallis have grown as a community, Vignos added.

“This process arose out of Oregon State community members asking questions over a number of years about the names of these four buildings. We all belong to the Oregon State community. It is important to feel comfortable to offer questions publicly about how we live out our values and mission as a university,” Vignos said via email.

COURTESY OF OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

(TOP LEFT) Amory T. “Slats” Gill, (BOTTOM LEFT) Joseph C. Avery and (ABOVE) Benjamin L. Arnold are the namesakes for three out of the four buildings whose names are currently being evaluated.

gill coliseum

avery lodge

Named after longtime OSU basketball coach Amory T. “Slats” Gill

Named for Corvallis co-founder Joseph C. Avery

reason for evaluation :

reason for evaluation :

The claim that Amory T. Gill resisted racial integration of the OSU men’s basketball team.

Joseph Avery’s ties to the “Occidental Messenger” newspaper, which advocated for slavery.

Information gathered from the Building and Place Names website.

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Oregon reclaims Civil 69-10 victory o

By Riley Yo

In a historic fashion, Oregon belongs to the Ducks once again.

The 121st edition of the Civil War was over by halftime. Up 52 to 7 at the break, the Oregon Ducks’ firm grasp on the game was enough for them to see out the contest and emerge as the clear winners with a final score of 69 to 10.

Oregon’s 69 points were the most ever scored by a team in Civil War history, and the 59 point margin of victory also set a record.

The Oregon State Beavers were outplayed in every aspect of the game. The Ducks finished with 577 total yards offense, piling on 311 rushing yards and 266 through the air against a deflated Beaver defense.

When asked if he saw this result coming, OSU interim head coach Cory Hall simply said, “Absolutely not.”

OSU quarterback Darell Garretson finished his last game as a Beaver going down injured on an illegal hit in the third quarter. Prior to his departure the senior went 11 for 20 with 112 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. Freshman Mason Moran stepped in to finish the game for the Beavers.

In his limited playing time the young quar-

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t 0 for 2. Punter Nick Porebski was able to pass on a fake punt in the first half, but his mpletion was not enough to convert and ely turned the ball over on downs deep in rritory. on, sophomore quarterback Justin ew for 251 yards on 13 completions and hree touchdowns through the air, as well he ground. Oregon’s dominance in the w two players reach the 100-yard mark— Benoit and Royce Freeman. With his two s in the game, Freeman set the Pac-12 ost career rushing touchdowns with 60. cored on 12 of their 15 drives and did ball over once. OSU punted seven times he ball over on four occasions. The third quarters saw several Oregon backups time, including both the second and quarterbacks. The final defensive drives t one Duck starter. ning back Ryan Nall led the team with 14 carries. Set to graduate after winter , Nall’s future with the team is uncertain. he game, Nall said he is focusing on te time being before any decisions on ill be made. n boiled over on the OSU sideline as

reports of a fight among teammates that coaches were forced to break up surfaced just before half time. OSU was called for nine penalties throughout the game, including four on four separate kick returns.

The Beavers finish the season with an overall record of 1-11, and a conference record of 0-9.

Interim head coach Cory Hall, who most likely saw his last game in charge of the team, went winless in his tenure despite the energy he was able to stir up midway through the year.

OSU heads into the offseason now looking to rebuild. Rumors that Cal offensive coordinator Beau Baldwin will be announced in the coming days as the new head coach have been swirling since Friday evening. However, OSU has denied that report and says the search is ongoing. As of now, nothing has been substantiated.

For OSU, 2017 was a year to forget. From losing starting quarterback Jake Luton to injury early in the season, to Gary Andersen walking away from the team and $12 million two and half years into a seven-year contract, to going winless in conference play to the Civil War blowout, there has been little for the Oregon State program and their fans to rally behind.

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Redshirt freshman Outside Hitter Haylie Bennett elevates for a spike against The University of Oregon. Bennett has recorded 245 kills this season, trailing only MaryKate Marshall (506) and Maddie Goings (313).

OSU volleyball finishes regular season, looks toward playoffs Team finishes year 21-11, will play in first round of NCAA tournament

By Jarred Bierbrauer, Sports Contributor

While everyone was away on holiday for Thanksgiving, the Beavers were hard at work trying to keep their winning streak alive and ending the season on a high note.

With home games against two ranked teams in UCLA and Oregon, OSU was put to the ultimate test.

On Wednesday, the Beavers took on the UCLA Bruins for the first time this season.

In the opening set, there was a total of 10 ties and five lead changes. After both teams had set point multiple times, Reily Buechler picked up back to back kills to give UCLA the set win 29-31. OSU was unable to regain the momentum after that, costing them the the next two sets 17-25 and 19-25. Final set score: 3-0 UCLA. “We were outclassed by a more savvy volleyball team,” head coach Mark Barnard said.

“We struggled to handle their left-side attack.

We scrambled well defensively but that put us out of system and resulted in a lot of free balls for them.”

In Friday nights game against Oregon, OSU closed out the season by honoring the three seniors on the team that will graduate this year. These were Mary-Kate Marshall, McKenna Hollingsworth and Lanesha Reagan. Marshall has been one of the stars

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of the team this year. Hollingsworth and Reagan have missed the vast majority of the season due to injury.

In the game, Marshall tallied 19 kills on 55 attacks and registered 15 digs, to record her 12th double-double of the season, and a block. With 1,866 career kills, Mary KateMarshall needed 54 more to break Rachel Rourke’s franchise record for the most kills done by any player over the course of four seasons (1,920). Marshall already owned the record for most career attacks (now 5,823).

Going into the NCAA post-season selection on Sunday, Oregon State was ranked No. 27 in the nation.

“That’s resiliency,” Barnard said. “It’s not giving up even in the sets we lost we’ve stayed fighting to the end. That’s such a strong thing in volleyball because you never know when you can run three or four points on the team, and that’s something we’ve done this year, maybe better than I can ever remember.”

POST-SEASON The Beavers were selected into the NCAA post-season tournament Sunday and will head to Texas to take on North Carolina in the first round of the tournament.

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The OSU men’s basketball team concluded their play in the AdvoCare Invitation in Orlando this weekend with a win against Marist.

The team, 2-3 overall on the season so far, lost their two games leading into the Marist matchup against St. John’s and Long Beach State.

In their game against St. John’s, the Beavers led 62-52 with 9:32 to play in the game, but the Red Storm finished the game with a 30-15 point advantage down the stretch to complete the comeback over OSU. Stephen Thompson Jr. scored a teamhigh 22 points, including four 3-pointers and went a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line. His brother, Ethan Thompson, also made four threes and finished with 19 points and six rebounds. Tres Tinkle had 14 points, seven rebounds and five assists.

In their second game against Long Beach State this season, Stephen Thompson Jr. scored a game-high 24 points and Tres Tinkle recorded a double-double. Yet, the team still lost 74-69.

Thompson Jr. made 10 field goals, including two three-pointers, and scored 21 of his 24 points in the second half. He added six rebounds, two assists and a steal.

Tinkle posted his sixth career doubledouble, and second this season, with 15 points and 10 rebounds. He also had four assists.

OSU trailed by nine points in the first half but rallied back to take their first lead of the game with 16:26 to play on a Thompson Jr. layup. They went up by seven points but Long Beach State clawed their way back mostly at the free throw line, and took the lead for good with 4:43 left in the game.

Ethan Thompson was the only other Beaver in double figures with 14 points.

Zach Reichle and Gligorije Rakocevic played off the bench for Oregon State, and both scored four points. Rakocevic grabbed a season-high six rebounds and Reichle added a career-best four boards.

Oregon State struggled from the freepoint line, going 3-for-24, but were able to stay in the game with a 38-28 advantage on points in the paint.

On Sunday, the team rallied behind 16 points from Tinkle to defeat Marist.

OSU will return to Corvallis for their next four games, starting on Dec. 2 vs. Loyola Marymount and Dec. 5 against Eastern Kentucky.

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Strategies to aid homelessness, views on taxes differ between countries Ireland faces similar homelessness problems to U.S., Norway takes different approach

By Delaney Shea, Columnist I feel overwhelmingly guilty every single time I walk past a homeless person sleeping outside in the rain or asking for change. I feel guilty that I have the luxury of eating out whenever I want, when they might not get to eat at all some days, or that I love snowstorms so much, when the cold threatens their lives.

I think that I am not alone in this. It is not fair. It is a salient problem, especially in Portland, Ore., a day-trip distance from Corvallis, in which a state of emergency was declared in 2015 due to the large population of homeless people.

I see the gripping sight of people shivering on the sidewalk, with a cup in front of them, all over Cork, Ireland, and I saw it in London, England, as well. They seem to be quieter and more resigned here than in America, where I frequently get approached, or see people walking by with signs, but I am not sure why this is.

The often desperate state that so many people have to face every day is by no means a unique problem, but different countries approach it in different ways. Let me be clear—I do not see these people as lesser, and I do not pity them. Empathy is what is important here, as well as the recognition that anyone can become homeless. It is an extremely difficult situation to get out of.

One can argue that these people should have avoided drugs or alcohol, or worked harder, but the way I see it, everyone deserves the help they need to feel safe.

It is not realistic to expect to eliminate homelessness, but that does not mean we should not try.

Taking advantage of my current residence, I asked around to find out how Ireland attempts to help those experiencing homelessness, and to see if any of their methods might benefit America. I also learned about Norway’s homeless situation, because as a country practicing social democracy and equipped with a robust welfare state, it provides an interesting contrast to America, changing the whole dynamic surrounding poverty.

After talking to one student and one adult member of the Cork Simon Community,

an organization which focuses on comis the lack of affordable housing. Sheehan batting homelessness and the stigma believes in the power of the Housing against it, it seemed to me that Ireland’s First”policy, which provides affordable situation is very similar to America’s. This housing to people who are on the edge makes sense, as the two countries have of homelessness or are freshly homeless, similar economic situations. and provides follow-up visits to help them Étáin Collins, University College Cork work through any barriers they may have, Simon Society Chairperson and secondwhether there are mental illness, finding year UCC student, has first-hand experia job or learning to manage finances. This ence fighting homelessness in Cork. Like policy has had a high success rate, accordin America, charities in Ireland play a large ing to Sheehan, but depends on the Irish role in helping out people who are low on government to provide that housing. options and receiving little to no govern“We need a rapid increase of social ment assisand affordtance. Many able housof those who ing– empty are involved residential in charities properties wish that the and empty government social housing would play (in some cases a larger part. lying empty or “I think void for long that it is up periods of to organizatime) need to tions like Cork be brought on Simon and stream quickothers to put ly,” Sheehan pressure on said via email. the govern“The building ment to make Étáin Collins of social and small changUniversity College Cork affordable es which will housing needs have a huge Simon Society Chairperson, to be ramped impact, for second-year UCC student up quickly.” example a tax on Additionally, like America, Ireland does empty houses,” Collins said via email. not guarantee a right to adequate housing “Homelessness should be a solvable probin its constitution, leaving homeless people lem and can be eradicated if the governlegally vulnerable, according to the New ment put more time and money into finding long-term solutions.”

York City Bar Association and the Mercy Law Paul Sheehan is the campaign Resource Center, respectively. and community manager of the Cork Simon A more drastic contrast with America Community. is that of Norway’s economic and social “We see the Simon Community as picking systems. up from where the State has failed people Ane Dahlen is an exchange student turning to us for help rather than picking up from Norway who is currently studying where the Government leaves off,” Sheehan at University College Cork. She knows said via email. that Norway, among other Scandinavian According to both Collins and Sheehan, countries, is commonly used as an example the largest barrier to solving homelessness

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Homelessness should be a solvable problem and can be eradicated if the government put more time and money into finding long-term solutions.

by Americans who want to move toward socialism, or a larger welfare state, and that they reference those countries’ wonderful practices of “socialism” or “democratic socialism.”To Dahlen, her country’s system is just a regular government.

“I’ve only heard [the term socialism] when Americans talk about Norwegians,” Dahlen said.

According to Dahlen, she does not mind paying more taxes to take care of others.

However, she readily acknowledges that since she grew up with it, she is very used to it, and it does not seem like a radical idea, much like in America.

“I grew up knowing that you pay, I don’t know, 30 percent or more of your income.

It differs, though; the less you earn the less you pay, but if you’re middle class, 20 to 30 percent… so that’s kind of all I know,” Dahlen said. “It helps people who have less, but it also means that you can go to the hospital without having to pay to get your medication, which is great for someone like me, who grew up with diabetes.”

While a large amount of federal expenditure in Norway goes toward health care, a large portion also goes to housing, according to Dahlen.

“If (homeless Norwegians) were to look for housing, they would get it,” Dahlen said.

Norway provides housing for those who cannot afford it, as well as halfway houses for those working through drug addiction or mental illness, according to Dahlen. Charities are needed only in a complementary capacity, serving purposes such as collecting money to buy gifts for children in families too poor to purchase Christmas gifts.

However, the Norwegian social welfare system only applies to citizens. Thus, the majority of homeless people in Norway, who must resort to asking for money on the street, are people from Romania who are trying to find a better life.

Even so, in Norway, the number of people who sleep outside at night is tiny compared to that of America, according to Dahlen, who has visited America twice. The Norwegian welfare system, which citizens have access to, includes a stepladder sort

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of approach to giving out money.

“There are different systems for that, for how much money you get,” Dahlen said.

“It starts at when you lose your job or can’t find a job, it’s different steps. The highest one where you get the highest amount of money would be when you’re looking for jobs and you participate in these working skills teaching things. And if that doesn’t work if you’re sick or something, then you go to the lower level, and you get less money, because they want you to get a job. It is a small amount of money, you wouldn’t be able to pay rent, but you can also get housing from them. And I guess that’s why

we’re called socialist.”

According to Dahlen, people do not like to think about their money being used to fund someone who has no desire to try and find a job, subsisting off of government funding alone. However, she thinks the good of the system outweighs the bad, even through the high taxes.

“When you see stories like that, that’s not what you want to pay for, but at the same time, there are a lot of people who have nothing,” said Dahlen. “They don’t want to live like that. So I think it’s a responsibility.”

It is perhaps unreasonable, however, for those in favor of a Norwegian-esque system

to hope for one so robust in America.

I suppose, in the end, it comes down to “I learned in school that there’s too priorities. many people, and there wouldn’t I actively work to walk my talk—I volunbe enough money to have the same teer regularly with multiple organizations system as we do in Norway, in the working in the fields of poverty and mental U.S.,” Dahlen said. illness. However, I could still do much more.

Of course, in my opinion, there is cerAdditionally, I recognize that even the fact tainly room for the welfare state to increase, that I have time to volunteer, that I do not whether by cutting spending in other areas, have to work full time to support myself and by increasthat I have ing the money for national transpordeficit or tation, is by raising a sign of taxes. Many my priviAmericans, lege, and though, are it is unreaextremely sonable averse to to expect raising taxes. that from Dahlen has everyone. a different How perspective. much, then, “I don’t see how payshould we ing taxes is a expect from bad thing, people, in because it terms of will eventuincome ally benefit and time, Ane Dahlen you,” Dahlen to take care Exchange student from said. “But of those the thing is Norway studying at around that since us? It is a UCC everything conundrum is organized worth ponthat way in Norway, it is easy to see how dering.

I believe that we should try not you get the benefits of it. A lot of people to ignore the discomfort that bubbles in Norway are for less taxes, but I don’t really see why. Because then a lot of those up when we see people suffering the benefits would go away. So ideally, I think effects of homelessness—the discomfort (America) should increase the taxes. Help that leads us to walk more quickly and more people. I guess in Norway you could avoid eye contact.

The discomfort is there because be born into a pretty poor family, but it’s easier for you to get out of it. It seems like we know something is wrong, and, if you’re born into a poor family in the U.S., in my opinion, we should let it motiit’s much harder to get out of it. And I don’t vate us to donate more, to volunteer see how that’s fair.” more and sacrifice more.

When you see stories like that, that’s not what you want to pay for, but at the same time, there are a lot of people who have nothing,” said Dahlen.

“They don’t want to live like that. So I think it’s a responsibility.

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Dam Right Dance Night drag event changes venue Tom’s Peacock Bar & Grill to host drag event formerly known as Dam Right Drag Night

By Lizzy Wiegers, News Contributor The world of drag performance is growing to work with businesses that are inclusive, and changing in Corvallis. sizable and accessible under the Americans Dam Right Drag Night, the first drag with Disabilities Act. The main reason they event in town to occur outside of Oregon considered working with the venue iniState University, has changed to Dam tially is because it is the biggest dance hall in Right Dance Night after taking a hiatus town, added Kawasaki. once The Dam, the past venue, permaAccording to Andres Lopez, organizer for nently closed. The event will now be DRDN, the Peacock is focusing on how to creheld at Tom’s Peacock Bar & Grill, located ate a welcoming and safe space, rather than on 2nd Street. dwelling on what has happened in the past.

Some of those involved with DRDN are “One of the things we’ve focused on when feeling uneasy with the change due to working with Stephanie is what policies can some negative past experiences at the new we put in place, what trainings can we do venue, according to Dharma Mirza. Mirza is the mother of a local drag family, Haus and what kind of language can we start using with the staff,” Lopez said. of Dharma, and has been performing with Lee has been more than willing to get the DRDN since they first began doing shows in January of this year. staff the training they need to be inclusive, “There’s a hard history with the Peacock according to Kawasaki, . for a lot of folks in the community,” Mirza “She is taking individual time to directly said. “There’s a history of homophobia there, connect with staff and say, ‘This is important but also a very visible history of transphobia to us, this is important to me, this is why it there with individuals in the community, can be important to you, too,’” Kawasaki said. myself included.”

“She has created Mirza threatthat investment ened legal to build a stronger recourse after staff community.” at the Peacock The best way prevented her to train staff is not from using the through traditionbathroom that al sensitivity trainmatches her idenings, but through tity. Subsequently, in-person discushe was banned from the Peacock sion, according to for a while after Lee. that.

“The only way “I think other I can create that individuals have safe space is by had (unpleasant) actually having experiences there conversations Dharma Mirza as well,” Mirza said. with people Mother of Haus of Dharma “So it comes with and get peosome tension that ple together face-to-face in a connective this is happening, but also it comes with way,” Lee said, “It’s really through experia big dose of reclamation of space. I love ence that we are training people to be that they’re doing something and keeping more inclusive. I teach through osmosis their parties going, but also as a statement that you can succeed in this business by about what’s going to happen in this space, using inclusive language.” the reconstructive abilities here and the Naming the event Dam Right Dance forgiveness that we can show to empower the community and maybe reinvigorate that Night instead of Dam Right Drag Night space among ourselves and the staff as well.” is a way for the performers and orgaAccording to Stephanie Lee, owner and nizers to both test the waters with the manager of the Peacock, she’s been putting new venue and show that this is an event in the work necessary to ensure everyone that is popular, desirable and profitable, feels safe while at her venue. according to Kawasaki.

“I have owned and managed the restauAllyson Dean is another organizer for rant for 13 years and I have never and won’t DRDN. ever be afraid or have any kind of phobia,” “Before we dive into a new show we need Lee said. “I can be open and welcoming, to feel what it’s like to be in a new space,”Dean, and hire and work with the queer commusaid. “After taking a hiatus when the dam nity, but how the general public might treat closed, we wanted to be able to slowly build customers while they’re here is something this back up.”

I can’t control. And because it happens in According to Mirza, it’s important to our space we become unwelcoming and keep these performances going because unsafe. Hearing that there was transphobia drag is an art form that has value for everyor homophobia is distressing.”

Luke Kawasaki, one of the organizers of one in the community, whether they are DRDN, felt apprehensive about working with LGTBQIA+ (intersex, allies, plus) or not. the Peacock at first. According to Kawasaki, the organizers have been very selective See DRDN, Page 16 with choosing a space because they want

It was a really important thing for me being able to go and share radical love with individuals who feel supported, and also spreading support for other individuals.

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(TOP) Lucielle S. Balls performs on stage at Dam Right Dance Night. (BOTTOM) DRDN attendees mingle at Tom’s Peacock Bar & Grill.

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community to recognize that and be able to appreciate that.”

DRDN began in 2017 and did monthly Continued from page 14 shows until July. Mirza says, it has been the biggest LGBTQIA+ event in Corvallis. There “I was doing drag at their shows to surare now drag shows that happen two to vive,” Mirza said. “It was a really important thing for me being able to go and share three times a month at various venues, added Mirza. radical love with According to individuals who Kawasaki, drag feel supported, does not have to and also spreading If you appreciate art, be done by only support for other queer and trans individuals.” drag is art. We have people. There According to things that are very absolutely is room Mirza, these shows avant-garde and create for people outside allow people to of that community explore standards political conversations. to engage in the of femininity and Drag is also love. There’s art form. The drag have a supportive events Kawasaki something to be said for group to perform is involved in are with. For others, it’s performers showering the trying to shift the educational. There audience with love, that is narrative from is a perception that just drag queens drag performances powerful for the soul. to being totally are entertaining inclusive and because they are Luke Kawaski non-binary. about cross dressDRDN organizer “We want pering, but it’s really formers we can rely teaching people to on, and a good mix of queens, kings, gender celebrate gender expression, added Mirza. non-conforming performers that come “If you appreciate art, drag is art,” Kawasaki together and do their best,” Kawasaki said. said. “We have things that are very avantThe drag scene in Corvallis has been able garde and create political conversations. to expand because of the multitude of amazDrag is also love. There’s something to be ing people who are involved in it, according said for performers showering the audience to Kawasaki, with love, that is powerful for the soul. You don’t have to be a part of the LGBTQIA+ “We have people who can navigate the

business world and have taken it upon themselves to bring things forward,” Kawasaki said.

“The bars haven’t changed, what’s changed is who is now in leadership positions and able to make things happen.”

Despite the changes with DRDN, the party continues on. The first DRDN was at the top of the Peacock on Nov. 9, and charged a $5 cover charge. According to Lopez and Kawasaki, DRDN will continue working with

the Peacock for future events.

“We have lots of themed gatherings going on, and every single one of them is valuable. The difference between this one and other ones is this one is part of who I am as a queer woman,” Lee said. “This event hits close to home for me; creating space for all of the parts of the community is extremely valuable to me.”

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(TOP) Local drag queen Miss Leading waits at Tom’s Peacock Bar & Grill. The first Dam Right Dance Night took place on Thursday, Nov. 9. (BOTTOM) Lucielle S. Balls dances for the crowd during Dam Right Dance Night. Balls is a local queen in Corvallis.

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