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MONDAY, NOV. 6 Freedom on My Mind 6-8 p.m., Milam Hall room 318
Come join a screening of the documentary “Freedom on My Mind”. This documentary focuses on Freedom Summer, the campaign to end the long political disenfranchisement of African Americans in the Deep South. This event is free and open to the public, and pizza will be provided.
TUESDAY, NOV. 7 Registration Skills Workshop 3-4:30 p.m., Kidder Hall room 109
This event will cover the registration tools used during START. Attendants will learn how to navigate all of the university’s registration tools like a pro.
Reforming Our Life in the Body: Martin Luther on Eating, Healing and Marriage 7-8:30 p.m., LaSells Stewart Center
The Protestant Reformation was not only about reforming the church’s doctrine and structures, but also about reshaping Christian approaches to practices and phenomena of everyday life. This lecture will explore how, according to Martin Luther, one hsould eat, heal and marry and a Christian.
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Beavers midfielder Nicole Nickerson dribbles up the field during the women’s last soccer game of the season Thursday, Nov. 2. To read a recap of the game as well as football and volleyball stats, see page 10.
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Lecturer Bryan Norton presents a accessible and useful taxonomy of different disciplinary approaches to evaluating environmental change, including willingness-to-pay, cost-benefit analysis, intrinsic values and risk management. Norton is a distinguished professor emeritus in philosophy and policy in the School of Public Policy, Georgiea Institute of Technology.
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Two meningococcal immunization clinics to be offered this month
University encourages all students to get vaccinated regardless of insurance status By the Baro Staff
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Martha Adams, RN of Student Health Services administers a meningococcal B vaccine shot to OSU graphic design student Annie Mitev. In response to the confirmed case of the B strain of meningococcal disease on the Oregon State UniversityCorvallis campus, Student Health Services is offering two immunization clinics for students this month. According to an all-students email sent Nov. 2, the meningococcal disease is uncommon; however, it is serious. “Those at highest risk include students age 25 and younger who live in residence halls and in private cooperative group living units, or are members of—or visit—fraternal living groups associated with the university,” the email stated. Symptoms of this disease include a high fever, a rash, headache, stiff neck, exhaustion and nausea or vomiting. SHS advises to keep medical evaluation if these symptoms develop. The university will host two immunization clinics for students this month for meningitis as well as other vaccines in order to promote good public health, according to the email. The first meningococcal B immunization clinic will be held Wednesday, Nov. 8 in the Memorial Union multi-purpose room 13 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This clinic will offer the meningococcal (MCV4) and meningococcal B immunizations. The second immunization clinic will be held Tuesday, Nov. 21 in the MU Journey Room 104 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. the immunizations offered at this clinic will be measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), varicella (chickenpox), hepatitis, tetanus diphtheria pertussis (Tdap), meningococcal MCV4 and meningococcal B. “Additionally, OSU Student Health Services (SHS) and the Student Health Pharmacy continue to provide students meningococcal B vaccines in Plageman Hall, 108 S.W. Memorial Place,” the email stated. “Many other health care providers in the community have the meningococcal B vaccine available on request.”
Students or their family members are encouraged to contact their insurance provider to verify insurance coverage for the vaccine, according to the email. “When speaking with an insurance representative, it is important to mention that OSU Corvallis campus has been designated an ‘outbreak”’status by federal, state and county public health officials,” the email stated. According to the SHS webpage, in many cases, informing insurance providers of OSU’s “outbreak” status will require them to cover the cost of immunizations fully. Vaccines for domestic and international students with Aetna Student Health or Pacific Source will be fully covered. For those receiving vaccines, SHS will bill students’ insurance plans, which includes Oregon Health Plan. According to the email, SHS is working to ensure that as many insurance plans as possible cover the vaccine when administered at OSU. SHS will assist international students and others whose plans do not cover the vaccine if they are enabled by OSU to get receive the vaccine at an alternate location. “Regardless of your insurance status, it is important that students take the time to be vaccinated, the email stated. Due to three confirmed cases on campus during the last academic year, every new incoming student under the age of 22 was required to be fully immunized for meningococcal B beginning Fall 2017. This requirement will continue until there has been a full year without a reported case. For questions about insurance coverage, students and family members can contact the SHS Billing Office at 541-737-8370. More information about the meningococcal disease is available by calling the OSU Student Health Services Nurse Advice line at 541-7372724 or Benton County Health Department communicable disease nurses at 541-766-6835. WEEK OF MONDAY, NOV. 6, 2017 • DAILYBAROMETER.COM • 3
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OSU research explores new methods to fight wound infections Researchers find vitamin D-laden bandages, create a multi-step approach to fight pathogens By Melinda Myers, News Contributor
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(Left) Dr. Fritz Gombart and (right) Isabelle Logan, OSU second year graduate student, study their results from the Polymerase Chain Reaction machine to measure gene expression. Gombart and Logan have been designing vitamin D-laden bandages and sutures, which have shown to speed up the healing process of wounds. Watch out standard bandages and stitches, a new method of surface healing is on the rise. Sutures and bandages laden with 25-hydroxy vitamin D have been shown to lead to more effective and rapid healing processes. Research published out of the Oregon State University Linus Pauling Institute in collaboration with the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has shown that coating stitches and bandages in vitamin D may lead to a more rapid and effective method of healing. This is made possible by harnessing the body’s own immune process in efforts to fight bacterial drug resistance and common hospital infections. Researchers have created medical sutures and bandages composed of fibers loaded with vitamin D. It has been shown that supplemental vitamin D triggers the body to release an antimicrobial peptide that fights off infection, according to Fritz Gombart, an associate professor in
the department of biochemistry and bionumber of ways when it comes to wound physics and principal investigator in the healing, according to Gombart. Linus Pauling Institute. “Vitamin D is also important in wound “We want to develop materials for use healing and we think that it might also help in patients that to speed wound are wounded or healing,” Gombart undergoing sursaid. gery to hopeIn addition to fully reduce the speeding up the possible risk of a healing process, variety of infecvitamin D also tions from drugreduces inflamresistant bacmation, scarring teria,” Gombart a n d i n fe c t i o n , said. “It’s a safe according to compound, and Gombart. we basically har“Surgical site Gitali Indra ness the hosts’ infection is a major Research assistant proown response to health problem fight infection in and a huge finanfessor in Pharmacy a way that may cial burden. In the not select for antibiotic-resistant pathoUS, over 150,000 surgical site infections gens, which is a major problem.” occur within 30 days of an operation, Vitamin D is shown to be useful in a and kill more than 8,000 people each
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I think it’s an exciting field, skin biology; it’s quite interesting. It’s a very easy route for drug delivery.
year,” said Yang Zhang, a second-year PhD student in the Nutrition Graduate Program under the School of Public Health and Human Sciences, and a graduate research assistant in Gombart’s lab in the Linus Pauling Institute. “Treatment currently uses wound dressings that deliver antibiotics, but their use can select for survival of drug-resistant pathogens, which is a serious problem,” Zhang said. “After incorporation with vitamin D, this new nano-fiber technology enables a slow and durable release of the active form of vitamin D, which turns on cathelicidin expression, an antibacterial peptide that can improve our own barrier defense by directly killing bacterial pathogens and promoting innate immune functions.” The thought process follows the idea of combating antibiotic resistance from the
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Continued from page 4 host’s point of view, according to Zhang. Gombart and his lab collaborate with the joint-led Indra lab in the department of pharmacy and the Xie lab at the University of Nebraska Medical Center to study the mechanics and effectiveness of this strategy. According to Arup Indra, an associate professor in the department of pharmacy and Linus Pauling Institute affiliated investigator, human skin cells naturally produce an inactive form of vitamin D known as 25-hydroxy vitamin D. “Our skin synthesizes vitamin D, but it only synthesizes when you are exposed to the sun,” Arup Indra said. “It’s the largest source in the body for producing vitamin D.” When the human skin is exposed to the sun, the inactive 25-hydroxy vitamin D’s structure is changed by the energy of the light into the active 1,25-hydroxy vitamin D, according to Indra. This process is known as ‘photoisomerization’. The body is then able to take up the active 1,25-hydroxy vitamin D and use it. Arup Indra works alongside his co-lab head and wife, Gitali Indra, to study how skin wounds and infections develop, as well as how they are effectively treated. According to Gitali Indra, also a research assistant professor in Pharmacy, vitamin D containing nanofibers promote effective wound healing and reduce infections around the wounds. “These nanofibers will have a sustained release into the wounds,” Gitali Indra said. “Once that vitamin is released, then the expression of antimicrobial peptide will be induced, and infection will be managed.” This medical strategy could potentially reduce rates of surgical infections, according to Arup Indra. This could result in more effective medical practices and higher chances of recovery without infection, thereby reducing the associated healthcare costs. Approximately 300,000 patients contract post-surgical infections, and the market is valued at 10 billion dollars. According to Gombart, this approach is a spin-off of other strategies, including lacing nanofibers with antibiotics or antimicrobial compounds, such as silver. “One reason we’re pursuing this is rather than targeting bacterial pathogens or microbes with a single point of attack like an antibiotic compound, we’re activating part of the immune system and might have multiple points of attack,“ Gombart said. Genomic expressions can be seen as “selected” or “non-selected” towards a function. When a gene is selected for a certain feature, it is known to express that feature. In this case, selecting certain bacteria for resistance would mean creating more antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Zhang says the advantages to this method include working with relatively safe substances and materials that can break down in the body. “Because the nano-fiber material is biocompatible and biodegradable, there is no need to take the suture out of the patients, which prevents the risk of getting surgical site infections,” Zhang said. “Ultimately, we’ll have a better chance
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The Polymerase Chain Reaction machine replicates and amplifies DNA. Gombart and Logan used the PCR machine in their research to see how genes behave when introduced to antimicrobial vitamin D. at avoiding development of drug resistance in the first place, in the case of surgical site infections.” Further work for Gombart and his collaborators is aimed at developing and correcting new techniques, as well as lab animal modeling. “This work is really in-vitro work. In other words, we haven’t tested on animals yet,” Gombart said. “That’s the next step. That’s what we’ve been funded to do.” Gombart and his collaborators are funded and pre-approved by the National Institute of Health to perform animal test trials. “And when we work with the animals,
we try to make sure they don’t suffer,” Zhang said. “We will do anything we can, and we will follow every step in the protocol.” Further application involves looking for more effective ways of delivery to the wound site, as well as understanding the mechanics of wound healing, according to Gombart. “I think it’s an exciting field, skin biology; it’s quite interesting,” Gitali Indra said. “It’s a very easy route for drug delivery. It’s very efficient; you don’t need to go inside for surgery. You can just give a shot and the compound can be delivered innate immune functions.”
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Mealbux provides low-income students with food assistance
Human Services Resource Center helps eliminate student financial burdens By Angel Xuan Le, Practicum Contributor
With a 17-credit course load coupled with an online class, students such as Justine Boringot, a senior at Oregon State University studying health management and policy, are facing a financial crisis. With only a dining job, tuition and living expenses can barely be covered at times, let alone expenses to pay for meals. “Mealbux positively impacted my experience here at OSU, because it gives me a greater access to food on campus, without having to pay so much,” Boringot said via email. “It teaches me how accommodating the school really is when it comes to addressing the problems of financial and food insecurity, which a lot of students from low-income backgrounds come to face on a daily basis.” Mealbux had been one of the most important food assistance programs for students over the past seven years, according to Brittney Chesher, a graduate intern for the Human Services Resource Center. It first started in 2009 for students who struggled to buy meals for themselves without having to worry about their financial situations day and night. Mealbux is an easy and accessible program for students who struggle with finding funds to pay for food, according to
Chesher. Individuals who participate in Mealbux receive funds directly to their Orange Rewards and can utilize these funds at any food location that accepts Orange Cash. Additionally, the HSRC can offer supplementary resources such as the OSU Food Pantry, Chesher added. According to Janet Nishihara, director of the Educational Opportunities Program, educators understand that in order to learn, individuals must have their basic needs met first—shelter, food and emotional support. “Without the knowledge that those needs are going to be met, how can students possibly dedicate their energy to learning, working at internships, developing skills in a lab—all those things that are part of a solid education?” Nishihara said via email. All OSU students are eligible to apply for Mealbux, according to Chesher. Applications for the program can be found on the HSRC webpage under the Food Assistance tab. Applications are available each term beginning week 0 and close Friday of week one at 5 p.m., Chesher added. Within the application, various personal questions are asked in order to try and understand why and how a student has become food-insecure, according to Chesher. In this way, HSRC can better determine how to
food insecurity by the numbers Of the 903 students who completed the Food Assistance application in Fall 2017, nearly all of them met the USDA’s definition of being food insecure in the past year.
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provide resources to students. by approximately $220,000 of student fees. “Previously, Mealbux was a paper applicaIt’s important for students to utilize this protion that required students to also submit gram because it’s a great resource for those financial statements. An example of that who may need a little extra help. Students would be a pay stub from their employadvocated for this student-fee funded proment office or a bill like that,” Chesher said. gram so that others can get the help they “It was a difficult application process that need, Chesher added. wasn’t collecting the Organizations such full story of someone’s as the EOP strongly food insecurity until we encourage students revamped the applicato utilize Mealbux and Mealbux is a very tion and implemented aid in the application important program, it this summer.” process, according to According to especially for Nishihara. In addition, Chesher, students may students who are Nishihara understands be concerned with the that the purpose of finding it more and amount of food assisMealbux is to help stutance they will actumore difficult to fund dents and to showcase ally receive based on their education and the answers they give how vital the program maintain a healthy through the Mealbux really is. application. In gen“MealBux is a very lifestyle. eral, it’s a need-based important program, program that gives especially for students Janet Nishihara funds to applicants, who are finding it more although it will prioriEducational Opportunities and more difficult to tize more support for Program Director fund their education low-income students. AND maintain a healthy It is not guaranteed lifestyle,” Nishihara said in an email. “With that all students who submit an application tuition, housing and general living costs will receive support due to a limited amount of funds, according to Chesher. 903 students always rising, students can find that they have to make a decision between eating completed a Mealbux application in the Fall regular, healthy meals and paying rent or 2017 term and approximately 600 students buying books. That is a decision that no one were accepted for food assistance. should have to make.” If a student is denied assistance through Boringot says he is thankful for Mealbux Mealbux, appeals may be made in regards and recommends the program to other OSU to the decision, according to Chesher. Essentially, a student can request an appeal students who are in need of food assistance. by sending an email to HRSC@oregonstate. “Mealbux brings me back to a much simedu providing an appeal statement that pler time, when I was younger. It gives me explains their circumstances beyond what the same comfort, as the free and reduced is described in the food assistance applicaprice lunch program brings to K-12 schools, tion. The HSRC will then be in communicawithin Oregon,” Boringot said. “Except the tion with the student regarding the appeals difference is, I’m in college now!” process, Chesher added. According to Boringot, not all students are able to maintain a job while attending an academic institution for four or more years. “Every day, students continuously struggle to pay rent, aside from food. They struggle to pay for their classes, as well as scrap for used textbooks from friends and strangers, just to get an easier bang for their buck,” Boringot said via email. “Sometimes, they even forgo it, in consideration of prioritizing their own physical nourishment. Having Mealbux is not only a partial savior, but a vital testament to those factors.” Boringot is a low-income student with a family of four, including a single working mother. With responsibilities such as tuition and rent, food is also a huge burden that is placed upon him, but with Mealbux, it eases that burden by a great amount, according to Boringot. “I work a student dining position on campus and minimum wage is not even enough to cover my nearly $600 rent, by the time my paycheck rolls around,” Boringot said in an email. According to Chesher, Mealbux is funded
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Memorial Union Flag Ceremony celebrates international students Ceremony held on Nov. 13, kicks off International Education Week By Caleb Chandler, News Contributor Students, faculty and guests who walk through the Memorial Union concourse will be greeted by a display of world flags. The countries that are represented cover all reaches of the globe and show the strong presence of where students at Oregon State University come from. Between Nov. 13 and 17, schools all across the country will be celebrating International Education Week, and OSU is no exception. The International Flag Ceremony is the kick-off event to the week that will be held on Monday, Nov. 13 in the MU main lounge at 4 p.m. “The International Flag Ceremony is something that was started a few years ago and it was a way to bring attention to the fact that we have so many international students, scholars and faculty on campus, and these flags represent all the countries these students, scholars and faculty members come from across the world,” said Kimberly Lamke Calderon, the marketing and communications director for International Programs. The flags along the MU concourse show diversity within the student population in the OSU community, as well as the efforts that the school is putting in to highlight global perspectives, according to Lamke Calderon. The ceremony emphasizes the idea that the flags overhead are more than just colorful decorations, but represent world cultures. “When I saw the flags at the MU, I imme-
diately looked for my own flag. When I saw it, I felt a sense of pride. Although I am in America, the Netherlands is still my home,” Simon Struijk, an international student studying economics, said in an email. “I think both the domestic, as well as the international students benefit from living and studying in an environment in which all sorts of belief systems and cultures are represented.” The flags are hung and presented throughout the year for all to see, but a few weeks before the ceremony, they are taken down, leaving the hall empty. “When we take down the flags in the MU Concourse, you can feel how bare and blank the space is without the colors and energy of the flags. This moment gives the community a chance to reflect on what international student diversity brings to our campus,”Julianna Betjemann, director of student experience at INTO OSU, said via email. “These flags honor our diverse global student population and celebrate Oregon State’s global community.” Every year, OSU welcomingly opens its doors to students from all areas of the world to engage in a university experience both in the U.S. and in Oregon, according to Lamke Calderon. “We want to recognize the contributions (international students) bring to the campus
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Aroma Hops Breeding Program
OSU partners with Indie Hops to intr
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he awardwinning hop, known as Strata for its layered skunky resinous aroma, has been in the Oregon State University Hops Breeding pipeline since early 2009 and now has brewers, craft beer lovers and distributors waiting for more of it. OSU’s Aroma Hops Breeding Program contributes to the university’s recognition of being the state’s largest public research institution and is close to releasing its first hop variety this winter. The Aroma Hops Breeding Program, directed by Dr. Shaun Townsend, assistant professor, senior research of crop and soil science, is a breeding program for hops, a commodity principally used in the beer-brewing process, according to Townsend. “The main goal of the breeding program is to develop new aroma hop varieties that are desired by the craft beer industry and suited to Oregon growing conditions,” Townsend said via email. “The Aroma Hops Breeding Program is a partnership between Indie Hops and OSU.” According to Townsend, Indie Hops is an Oregon-based hops merchant that serves the craft beer industry. Principal owners of Indie Hops, Roger Worthington and Jim Solberg, both grew up in
Corvallis. After years of working in asbesmillion to Oregon State and sort of jump-start the Hop Breeding Program, which was running tos litigation and as a Nike executive, out of public money and running out of private respectively, the two old friends decided donations or sponsorships,” Worthington said. to get into the hops business in 2008, “So one of the first things we started working on according to Worthington. through Shaun Townsend and the faculty there “We decided we didn’t want to simply grow at Oregon State and what everyone was growstudent body was a ing,” Worthington said. “We hop that Shaun had wanted to help invent new his eye on. It was a hop hops and Oregon State that had been growing and USDA (United States in a yard, which turned Department of Agriculture) out to be an open polhas an illustrious history of linated Perle.” being on the front end of Due to this donainnovation for new hops tion, in 2010, Townsend going back to the ‘70s with established a field nursDr. Alfred Haunold.” ery from the seed that According to he had collected, and Worthington, Haunold soon identified a promRoger Worthington developed 18 varieties ising genotype. of hops from household An Indie Hops Principal Owner “I selected the expernames such as Willamette, imental genotype 9-1Cascades, Horizon and Sterling throughout his 331 in 2011,” Townsend said via email. “And after 30-year career with the USDA-OSU hop breeding extensive testing for agronomic traits and brewprogram. There was a release from the program ing potential at Corvallis, and two Willamette of a hop called Raineer in about 1999, but it had valley commercial hop farms, X331 (as we infornever gained much traction with brewers, so it mally called it) was named Strata and targeted was the only hop to have been released in the for release. Strata also appears in packaged beers past 20 years or so. brewed by Fort George, Base Camp, Sierra Nevada “We (Indie Hops) thought we would give $1 and Odell, to name only a few.”
We decided we didn’t want to simply grow what everyone was growing.
According to Worthing 12-year process from the are crossed to the day th commercially valuable to also mentioned that Ore for aroma hops to grow second in the United Sta valued at $65 million in OSU extension webpage The Strata Hop grew o produced enough mater chance to brew with it. In f brewing company and res known as “Worthy Brewin IPA in 22-ounce bottles, ac “We entered the Strata in Portland for the Oregon Hoppy Session IPA categ “It won a gold medal an with that because we on one-hop wonder, most IP varieties to get that balan According to Townsen chosen for its sensory com agronomic performance. IPA are described as havi notes, citrus notes and d of cannabis. This achievem done without everyone i “It wasn’t just one Worthington said. “It wa
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Indie Hops. It was a bunch of farmers, and it was a bunch of students and graduate students, and it was a bunch of brewers.” In fact, the Aroma Hops Breeding Program has contributed to the learning and success for multiple students at OSU, including Mandie Driskill, a horticulture major with an emphasis in plant breeding and genetics. “This internship is huge for me because it has given me hands-on experience that a professional breeder would need to know and perform,” Driskill said via email. “I have performed many roles and duties that Shaun would do as a breeder himself because he believes in giving his i nterns real-life experience.” A former intern, Brooke Getty, now a graduate student with a Master of Science in Crop Science and with an option in plant breeding and genetics from OSU, has a similar experience as Driskill when it comes to working with the program. As an intern and graduate student she helped with the evolution of Strata, as well as with field work and with the research process such as screening and testing for vigor, yield and rating disease, according to Getty. “Working in the Aroma Hop Breeding Program as a student has allowed me step out of the walls of class and apply my education to prepare me for plant breeding as a career,” Getty said via email. “There is no better way to learn than out in the field with the plants. The program helped me solidify foundational plant breeding principles by taking on projects and responsibilities.” According to Townsend, he mentors students and advertises for help when he needs it, moreso during the growing season. Outside of developing the new hop for market, Townsend tasks his program with important hop-breeding research. “My program is primarily tasked with variety and germplasm development, but I do explore the genetic basis for traits of interest,” Townsend said. “Some of this work is in collaboration with the USDA hops program. We’ve also investigated harvest timing and how that influences the brewing profile, mutation breeding, and I’ll be investigating the inheritance and co-inheritance of many essential oil components this winter.” Townsend is currently working on the plant patent that will protect the hops variety. Indie Hops has contracted 70 acres of land to produce and meet demand for the hop. They hope to have enough at the end of the 2018 season to start canning Strata IPA into 12oz cans, according to Worthington. “I would love to introduce the hop to as many students as possible who are of drinking age and get them inspired about the importance of dreaming,” Worthington said. “We started with a dream, Jim and I, and then one day we had a hop that we helped invent with Oregon State and it took about eight years to get there, but this dream is coming true.”
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OSU women’s soccer caps off season with Civil War win Nine seniors honored, finish careers at home By Gunnar Boag, Sports Contributor
In her last appearance as an Oregon State Beaver, Emma Jones capped off her career with a game-winning free-kick to secure a victory over rival Oregon Ducks. The 2017 Civil War, both teams’ final match of the season, was a back and forth affair. Both sides had good chances but struggled to find the back of the net. “The Civil War is always intense,” Linus Rhode, Oregon State head coach, said. “I felt we had more of the run of play in the first half, and then there was a long spell in the second half where we just couldn’t get out. Emma finished off that free-kick as she always does. It was an awesome game, and I’m so happy for our seniors.” Shots were traded in the first half with each team having five chances. Midfielder Natalie Higgins opened it up for Oregon State with the first shot on goal, which was saved by the Duck’s keeper. Striker Taylor Lemmend had chances early, but could not convert the shots into goals. Both teams looked sound on defense going into halftime with the score even at 0-0. The Ducks came out attacking in the second half, creating early chances. The Beaver defense held strong, not allowing any of the Ducks 14 shots past them. In the 83rd minute, forward Lemmond drew a foul at the top of the Oregon 18-yard box. On the ensuing free-kick, Jones sent a rip into the top left corner, pulling the Beavers ahead 1-0. Oregon State withstood a barrage of corner kicks—the Ducks took 12 in the second half. The Beavers came closest to allowing a goal in the 87th minute, when the ball rolled across the face of the goal before being booted away. The Ducks last chance came in the 89th minute on a corner kick. The cross never stayed in bounds, securing the victory for the Beavers. As the whistle blew, the Oregon State bench flooded onto the field in celebration. Goalkeeper Lizzy Coryell made her debut for the Beavers, keeping a clean sheet with six saves. Goalkeeper Bella Geist did not play in either of the team’s final two games. “Lizzy was phenomenal today,” Rhode said. “She came on and made some fantastic saves. It was awesome to see.” With Geist graduating from the program this
year, there is a large spot to fill in the goalkeeper position. With Coryell’s first start, she said that despite her nerves, she was ready to go. “I was nervous up until the whistle,” Coryell said, who noted that she did not know she would be starting until the night before the game. “The second the whistle blew, I was ready to go.” The Beavers have a 13-9-4 series lead over the Ducks. Oregon State won 1-0 last year—off another Emma Jones game winner. Along with the Civil War, Oregon State celebrated Senior Day before the game. Geist, Coryell, Emma Bergstrom, Kayla Latham, Nikki Faris, Emma Jones, Natalie Higgins, Kathryn Baker and Emmy Rodriguez were all honored in front of friends and family. “It just goes by so fast,” Jones said. “My teammates have had a big impact on me because we have all just been here so long together and freshman year wasn’t our best year and being able to stick together and work through it to get to where we are now has really helped me believe in myself and believe it is easy to work really hard and get to where you want.” The Beavers ended the season with a record of 6-10-3. The team went 3-7-1 in the Pac-12, beating Washington State, Utah and Oregon. They finished 8th in the conference. Oregon State struggled to find the back of the net throughout the year, finishing the season with ten goals. Jones led the team with four goals while Higgins had two. A bright spot for the team was the goalkeeper play, as Geist recorded six shutouts on the season. Geist finishes her career at Oregon State with 394 stops, setting a record at Oregon State for most career saves. “My experience playing for Oregon State has been challenging in all the right ways,” Geist said. “It’s made me a better goalkeeper, it’s made me a better student in the classroom, I’ve grown as a person while I’ve been here and we’re in arguably the most competitive conference in the country.” Head Coach Linus Rhode finished his 10th season with the team, holding the career wins total at Oregon State. He has taken the Beavers to the NCAA tournament three times in his career, but will miss it for the sixth straight year.
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Now winless in seven straight years, the Oregon State Beavers remain without a conference win this season after dropping their game against the Cal Bears 37-23. Interim coach Cory Hall and the team headed south after dropping the previous two games by a combined score of four points (35-32 against Colorado, 15-14 against Stanford) and riding the wave of momentum that came from the close games. Yet, the Cal Bears dominated OSU on the game, beating them out in nearly every stat category. Ryan Nall and Thomas Tyner finished with a touchdown each, and kicker Jordan Choukair went three-for-three on field goal attempts on the day. Linebacker Manase Hungalu recorded 20 tackles in the game—his career high. Yet, the Beaver defense was unable to hold Cal at bay, and the Bears finished with four touchdowns and three fieldgoals. The Beavers will be back in action next weekend at Arizona. Kickoff is set for 7:15 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN2.
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to the public. Jones is tied with Don Tchilao for the team lead with four goals each. Several players are tied with two assists each. The Beavers come into this matchup in 5th out of 6th place in the Pac-12, and with three conference wins on the year. Washington is second in the conference and ranked No. 29 overall in the country.
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Javacoustics hosts acoustic student musicians Java Stop provides creative outlet for students, calm environment By Arianna Schmidt, News Contributor The smell of coffee, sound of acoustics and overflow of eager spectators fill Javastop in Memorial Union during its annual Javacoustics event put on by the Oregon State University Program Council. OSU student musicians have an opportunity to express themselves while other students study or relax in a calm environment during Javacoustics, according to sophomore Marito Binag and senior Sarah Roberts, both entertainment coordinators at OSUPC. The remaining fall term Javacoustics events will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 7 and Tuesday, Nov. 14 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Javastop. “My favorite part is seeing new artists who are trying to just get a little bit of performing time and who don’t really have that experience yet; that’s exciting to me,” Roberts said. According to Binag, the event is put on to enhance the student experience at the university. The relaxing environment is a place for students to come and eat or study in a welcoming spot on campus that appeals to all different types of crowds. “We usually do it from week five to week eight, within that range, and that’s usually when there is a lot of midterms going on, so it’s a good environment to unwind,” Binag said. The college experience is enhanced in a lot of different ways, but the Javacoustics event has a particular appeal on campus, according to Roberts. “It’s not like doing our casual or usual Dam Jam or Battle of the DJs, it’s a smaller event that people might want to enjoy,” Roberts said. The last event held at Javastop on Oct. 24 was successful, with an overflowing crowd sitting out in the hallway and balcony wanting to join in on the music and share the moment with others, according to Roberts. Though the event is planned for every week, the Tuesday of Halloween is exempt due to the holiday. “Just knowing that people appreciate that music and we have had a lot of people say,
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‘Oh my gosh, that’s one of my favorite events that I like to go to’ is special,” Roberts said. According to Binag, committee meetings are held for the event where previous musicians are contacted once more and asked to play at the following year’s program. “Usually we just try to reach out to as many people as we can,” Binag said. “We reach out through social media, posters, from personal connections, we try and get performers from past years and contact them again.” Sean Borne, a junior majoring in psychology, has been playing the guitar for nine years, as well as ukulele and bass guitar. During his freshman year, Borne was reached out to by the Javacoustics coordinators and asked if he was interested in playing the event. “Freshman year was very nerve-wracking just ‘cause it’s a whole new environment and I didn’t know what to expect of the event,” Borne said. “Last year I did it with my sister and it was a fun sibling thing for her last year here, and she also plays guitar, so I figured, ‘why not?’” According to Borne, Javacoustics is a good way to listen to smaller, more local artists in a coffee shop where it’s more mellow, as opposed to going out to a club or bar to hear a well-known band or music group. “Especially around this time of year, it’s all midterms, like the second wave of midterms is coming up, so it’s a good way to go out of your room, destress a bit,” Borne said. It’s hard to contrast Battle of the DJs or Dam Jam with Javacoustics, according to Borne. The events have very different atmospheres and draw crowds for different reasons. “It’s hard to compare the two because since one is so local and so mellow and the other is so campus-wide and very diverse,” Borne said. “It’s more just what your preference is, whether you enjoy listening to mellow music in a coffee shop or just going to a concert on a larger scale. It’s up to the individual.”
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Theatre Department puts on ‘Inherit the Wind’ Play depicts dramatization of Scopes vs. State of Tennessee trial of 1925 By Melinda Myers, News Contributor
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The cast of ‘Inherit the Wind’ practicing during a rehearsal in Withycombe Hall. The play debuts on Nov. 9 and runs through Nov. 17. “Place: a small town. Time: summer, not too long ago.” Those are the only opening directions given by playwrights Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee for their 1955 publication of “Inherit the Wind”. Directed by Nathan Bush, an instructor of acting at OSU, “Inherit the Wind” is a dramatization of the events that occurred in court during the famous Scopes vs. State of Tennessee trial of 1925. This production falls under the OSU theater department’s overall theme this academic year, which is “In the Public Eye”. The Theater Department is hosting five performances of the play in November. “All of our shows deal with events that are in the public eye, so to speak. They try to make a statement about what’s going on,” Bush said. “For example, in “Inherit the Wind” I feel personally it’s just as relevant today as it was when it was written.” According to DeMara Cabrera, a theater department instructor and costume designer, although “Inherit the Wind” was written in 1955 and set in 1925, the play’s messages still ring true for audiences today. “For me, I think that doing this play is very timely,” Cabrera said. “We’re at a time where a lot of things are being questioned regarding what should be included in education, separation of church and state, things like that.” The Scopes trial was one that drew national attention for a multitude of reasons, according to Bush. “That was the first broadcast trial in
American history,” Bush said. “The first time that the mass media was allowed in the courtroom.” The Scopes trial was centered around the persecution of Thomas James Scopes, a Tennessee educator who taught evolution in his class, as opposed to the state-mandated creationist model, according to Bush. “Historically, this trial was kind of for show,” Bush said. “Scopes agreed to be arrested to be an example because Tennessee was the only state legislature that passed a law saying it was illegal to teach evolution or anything against the theory of creation.” In the Scopes Trial, both the prosecution and defense were represented by wellknown figures, according to Bush. “In this trial you have the two biggest heavy hitters, a three-time presidential candidate versus the most famous lawyer at the time, William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow,” Bush said. According to Elizabeth Helman, area coordinator for the theater department and instructor of theater arts, “Inherit the Wind” presents many themes to the audience, such as public education standards and the validity of beliefs. “The tension, either real or manufactured between science and religion is nothing new,” Helman said. “And we hear controversies happening all the time about what’s being printed in textbooks, what counts as truth and what counts as belief. Those kinds of questions are very relevant to today” For Bush, there is one striking theme
that runs alongside the creationist-science debate seen in “Inherit the Wind”. “It’s on the surface about creationism versus evolutionism. It’s more of a catalyst for what I personally believe what this play is about, and that’s freedom of thought,” Bush said. “When do we have a right to tell people what to think and how to believe? When do we have the right as a society or as an educator to skew their unique view, their thought process?” According to Cabrera, the deliberate selec-
tion of performing “Inherit the Wind” and the overall theme of “In the Public Eye” were made by theater staff to create conversations and new ways of thinking. “It’s a loaded season, and we did that deliberately,” Cabrera said. “We want to bring about conversation, and hopefully bring about change as well.” Showings of “Inherit the Wind” will be held Nov. 9, 11, 16 and 17 at 7 p.m., and Nov. 12 and 19 at 2 p.m.
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Athletics holds town hall for ASOSU Congress, fee committee Department promises flat fee, conversations around student tickets continue By Joe Wolf, Beat Reporter on the purpose of college athletics, but wants to hear allows us an opportunity to over time, he has become less adamant be able to research that information. Seeing in his thinking. an opportunity of saying these are exactly “In a way, nobody wins in a values debate,” where fees are going and this is how they Damitio said. support stu“You have got dents with retensome people tion, community, who are very camaraderie and well-intentioned as we start to who think that build what those the Athletic portfolios look fee really helps like, it is really bolster school important.” pride and really Earlier this provides good term, Damitio externalities for introduced a students, and resolution in then there is also the Senate that people who say, would, if passed, ‘If we cut that, Alex Luther have expressed we could help to the SIFC SFC Athletics Liason students who and Athletics are struggling Department the to get by.’” Luther says, she was not involved with body’s intent to automatically reject any budget increases. After hearing that Athletics Athletics last year except as a Beaver fan intends to request the same fee level as last who appreciated the access that the curyear, he will be pulling the legislation, accordrent model provides. The support of OSU students for Athletics, even when the teams ing to Damitio. “It might be a better idea to address stuthemselves are not succeeding, stood dent fee increases in other ways, for example, out to her. ASOSU senators and representatives like “It is important to me to be able to provide the best model possible for students,” Luther myself should attend the SFC meetings, said. “The ability, as Peter mentioned durhear the rationales for the spending and ing the discussion, to have 9,000 students look at fee funded groups beyond just in one location all focused on the same Athletics,” Damitio said. thing, all rooting for the same thing at the According to Lassiter, he was encourexact same time, those experiences are aged by the dialogue between the student really hard to come by. That is how you build decision-makers and the department. community, that is how we create retention, “I thought everyone was very respectful that is how we create a kind of university and very thoughtful,” Lassiter said. “That does like Oregon State.” not surprise me, I think that is who we are When formal presentations to the SFC at Oregon State.” begin on Nov. 19, representatives of the Athletics Department including Barnes and Luther will attempt to specify the scope of the relationship between Athletics and the students beyond just tickets, according to Lassiter. Schwartz, who acted as a mediator during the proceedings, was happy to add context to the conversation and welcomed other student fee-funded units interested in holding similar informational meetings. “I think folks on both sides had more developed arguments,” Schwartz said in an email. “I know that both groups spent the summer doing additional research and further educating themselves on the issue. As a result I thought the conversation was much more productive and that information which was more valuable relative to last year’s conversation was shared by both sides.” According to Luther, she expects continued conversations as the student feesetting process heats up, understanding STEFFI KUTCHER| ORANGE MEDIA NETWORK that there will be conflicting opinions and ASOSU Senator Andrew Damitio was values being debated. “We have a bit more information of what part of the athletic fees mediation process we need to present,” Luther said. “When we in 2016, and believes that progress has do our joint session, knowing what students been made in the relationship between want to hear and knowing what Congress athletics and the student body.
To have 9000 students in one location all focused on the same thing at the same time, those experiences are really hard to come by.
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A group of students celebrating at an Oregon State Football game. More than 16,000 different students have attended athletic events since the Athletics Department implemented the online ticket claiming system. Leading up to this year’s student fee process, representatives from the Oregon State University Athletics Department presided over an open forum for members of the Associated Students of OSU Student Fee Committee and both chambers of Congress. The informational meeting began with remarks from Peter Schwartz, the chair of the SFC, who led the body last year during a contentious discussion around the Athletics fee level. Schwartz summarized the events of the previous fee-setting process, in which the budget level went through a mediation committee after being voted down in the ASOSU House, amid concerns of the rate that students pay compared to its value. Schwartz was followed by Scott Barnes, OSU’s vice president and director of Intercollegiate Athletics, who proposed a flat fee—no increase from the level decided last year, which students pay as part of their student fees this year. Athletics receives $38.86 per student per term to cover student tickets and is one of 10 campus organizations funded by fees assessed by the SFC and approved by the ASOSU House, Senate and President. The event, held on Nov. 2 in the Memorial Union saw questions from the student legislators as the Athletics Department presented some of their findings. According to Zack Lassiter, the deputy director for external operations in Athletics, more than 16,000 unique students have attended athletic events since the online ticket claiming system was put in place last fall. “The three things that the current model does is it gives the students the best seats, at the most affordable price and it gives the greatest access to the most amount of students,” Lassiter said.
According to Andrew Damitio, an ASOSU Senator who was part of the mediation process last year, while the model for student tickets has not been adjusted as he wanted, he feels the Athletics Department has become more transparent and built trust between the groups. “(Last year) everybody wanted to cut student fees, particularly when we realized that there were thousands of tickets not being sold, but we did not quite realize exactly how complex the entire process was,” Damitio said. One of the department’s main goals is to build the partnership between Athletics and students beyond the transaction of student fees for tickets, according to Lassiter. “I think a lot of students came here tonight articulated that they understand that it is larger than that, that there is a lot of questions on how student tickets work, and is there another model out there that another Pac-12 school or another school should use that would be more beneficial or be something that more students would want,” Lassiter said. For Alex Luther, the liaison for Athletics on the SFC, entering the fee process for the first time this year without first-hand knowledge of the conversations that took place last spring, the active dialogue at the open forum between different viewpoints was important to take into consideration. “Before, I was told the facts of what happened and now it was a really good experience to be able to hear from students directly about their experience through the mediation and working group last year,” Luther said. According to Damitio, his concerns regarding the Athletics fee are based on philosophical disagreements with the department
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as well as the fact that it is a pretty big thing,” Lamke Calderon said. “It’s a big risk to not only go to a university outside of their country, but to commit to that for four or more years. To travel away from home, often away from the language they grew up with and to come here, we want them to feel as welcomed as possible and to help celebrate that they did take a big risk.” According to Betjemann, international students bring a new perspective of seeing the world that can enhance individuals’ thoughts and beliefs. Everyone has a voice represented that creates a rich learning environment on the OSU campus and beyond. “We live in a complex global world where impacts are not isolated. College is a time for learning to see issues from multiple perspectives, and to use new perspectives to inform your thinking, actions and solutions. These skills are developed and enhanced by
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studying and learning in a vibrant, diverse environment,” Betjemann said in an email. “International students attending OSU bring perspective from other cultures, national practices, value systems and ways of thinking and doing.” Gibran Santa Cruz is an international student in the College of Business who came to OSU from Mexico. He chose the school because of its philosophy and culture. “I liked that the clubs, organizations and different scholar departments are diverse enough to offer the domestic and international students the opportunity to become part of the university,” Santa Cruz said via email. Santa Cruz has enjoyed having a new experience outside his home country, but thinks it is important to also spread awareness about his own culture with members of the OSU community so they can learn about his country. “Mexico has a very rich culture and I think the university may need more activities to let the students know about what the Mexican culture has offered to the world,” Santa Cruz said in an email. “I hope I can encour-
age the people to learn a little more about the Mexican culture and travel there to live an amazing experience.” According to Lamke Calderon, experiencing diversity is one of the most valuable parts of attending a university. It can help an individual understand the different cultures of the world and appreciate each individual’s unique contributions. International students expand world knowledge within the community. The International Flag Ceremony is open to all students, both domestic and international, as well as all members of the OSU and Corvallis community, according to Lamke Calderon. International students can take away from the event that they are welcome at OSU and may feel at home. Domestic students are given the opportunity to have an international experience without having to leave the U.S. just by interacting with students from other countries, Lamke Calderon added. “We want to highlight the fact that having all of those cultures and all of those nations represented on our campus brings an incredible amount of diversity,” Lamke Calderon said.