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THURSDAY, MAY 10 Movies for Mental Health

6-8 p.m. Memorial Union Horizon Room Hosted by Counseling and Psychological Services, this even will harness film to engage people on the topic of mental health. This is a two-hour workshop viewing of several short films that aim to allow young adults, educators, health professionals and community members to gain a better understanding of mental health within their environment.

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Marine Studies Initiative promotes interdisciplinary studies College of Liberal Arts introduces non-science-focused marine studies degree By ANGELINA MACCA Practicum Contributor Marine studies is more than science research, it involves work done by people from all disciplines at a university, state and federal level. “I started going to the Hatfield Marine Science Center when I was five years old and ever since I was that old, I was fascinated with the ocean,” Jack Barth, executive director of the Marine Studies Initiative, said. “What’s great about it is I went through elementary school, middle school, high school education, went to college, went to university and many years later ended up working back where I first got my exposure to the ocean.” The Marine Studies Initiative promotes interdisciplinary studies for students at Oregon State University through the Oregon Sea Grant, focusing on collaboration and innovative research, Barth said. “The Marine Studies Initiative is a campuswide initiative that builds on our strengths at Oregon State University and marine natural sciences,” Barth said. “It’s an opportunity for the whole campus to get involved in marine-related work.” Barth said the Marine Studies Initiative has

a strong connection to the coast by working out of the Hatfield Marine Science Center located in Newport, Ore. The Hatfield Marine Science Center is a leading marine laboratory that stands out with its collaborative research and educational programs for students and coastal communities. “The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has their Pacific fleet now based out of Newport because of the quality of science that is going on there and what Newport as a city was able to offer them to call Newportt their home port. Its this big thriving amazing place,” Scott Heppell, associate professor of fisheries, said. Additional efforts are made by OSU’s Sea Grant to reach out to the community and provide marine science education where people can see, touch, feel and experience what is going on, Heppell said. “There is no higher education on the coast, so this is a way to reach out to the coastal community to give students a chance to get into higher education,” Barth said. “Students might go into a community college and link up to Oregon State University and we are trying to build that whole pathway of high school to community college to a four year university.” Cynthia Leonard, a Marine Studies

DEJ AH G OBERT | ORAN GE ME DIA N E TWORK Jack Barth, executive director of the Marine Studies Initiative, began going to the Hatfield Marine Science Center when he was five years old, and now works there.

Initiative academic advisor, said the Marine Studies Initiative is a distinct program that blends the natural and social sciences, business, engineering, education, the arts and humanities. “Whether you’re an engineer, art major, sociologist, whatever you may be, you can have an impact on how we manage or conserve the oceans,” Leonard said. “It is a tremendous opportunity for students who are going into a wide variety of careers relating to oceans, coasts and people,” Heppell said. “Students will get a very different education in a field station where all of that is going on.” The College of Liberal Arts will be the home of a Marine Studies major and minor where students of all disciplines can focus on a marine based education, Barth said. The program will be available to students in fall 2019. “It was an intentional decision by the Marine Studies Initiative to make sure the Marine Studies degree being created is run through the College of Liberal Arts,” Heppell said. “The intention was to make it a studies program that isn’t necessarily science-focused.” Heppell said no other university he is aware of in the U.S. has an interdisciplinary marine studies program like that proposed here at OSU, which sets it apart from other four-year universities. The Hatfield Marine Science Center is in the process of constructing a new educational building for the use of students in Newport, Barth said. The building will consist of a 300-person auditorium, an innovation lab for

student research and design, graduate student study rooms and a vertical tsunami evacuation space in case of a seismic event.

It was an intentional decision by the Marine Studies Initiative to make sure the marine studies degree being created is run through the College of Liberal Arts. The intention was to make it a studies program that isn’t necessarily sciencefocused. SCOTT HEPPELL Associate Professor of Fisheries The new building in Newport is set to be completed in fall 2019 to coincide with the launch of the marine studies major and minor, Leonard said. “We want to get people out to the coast and get them experiencing it hands on,” Leonard said.

MI RAND A GRACE CROWELL | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK The Hatfield Marine Science Center is located at 2030 SE Marine Science Drive in Newport, Ore.

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By AVALON KELLY News Contributor In order to print in three dimensions, a specialized robot, called a 3-D printer, must first slice the desired object into 2-D slices. This plan is then used as the machine’s blueprint as it begins to lay down layers upon layers of material, usually some type of plastic. Using this basic format, 3-D printing has been used to create many things from shoes to houses. One aspect of this technology which Oregon State University researchers are working to progress is the printing of liquids. More specifically, graduate students in the laboratory of Yigit Manguc, a part of the Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems Institute, are 3-D printing liquid silicone for various projects. Steph Walker, a fourth-year, dual Ph.D. candidate in Materials Science and Robotics, began the project in 2016. In the laboratory, she primarily works on the actual materials being printed, primarily silicone polymers. “Much of soft robotics still relies on manual molding methods to create their robots and

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actuators which can introduce defects due to gluing issues, weak seams and alignment problems,” Walker said via email. “By introducing silicone 3-D printing methods to soft robotics, and to the production of soft devices in general, we can create soft 3-D prints which are customizable and complex, difficult to mold.” Once integrated into the field, 3-D printing soft robots could enable researchers to create their robots using only one machine or system, Walker said via email. The use of 3-D printing technology would also reduce the amount of time required to create the soft robots in comparison to the relatively lengthy molding process. “Instructions of how to build our printer system will also be fully open-source, after publication, using off-the-shelf silicones that anyone can buy and use, unlike some processes which would require chemical lab facilities,” Walker said via email. Three of these 3-D silicone printers were built and modified by Osman Dogan Yirmibesoglu, a third-year Dual Ph.D. candidate in Robotics

and Mechanical Engineering, allowing it to functionally 3-D print the viscous silicone material used. “None of the 3-D printers out there currently are 100 percent capable of 3D printing soft, functional robots made out of 2 part platinum cure silicone materials,” Yirmibesoglu said. “So our goal was to fill that gap that can print soft, functional robots with complex geometries.” One of the most important innovations of this project was determining which additives will make silicone material suitable for 3-D printing. The best material compositions for 3D printing are those with high viscosity, (which can hold their shapes after deposition) Yirmibesoglu said. These such materials require more force to push through the tubing in the printer and resist movement more than other liquids. Two key fixtures that Yirmibesoglu and John Morrow (former lab member) added were the mixture system used in the head of the 3-D printer and the heater system used to cure the printed silicone.

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NEWS 3-D printing, continued from page 4 Yirmibesoglu and the other project members designed the print head to combine the two parts of the silicone material. They colored each portion with different dyes so that when two materials are mixed the team could tell how well the material had been mixed before the time of printing. For example, they used yellow and red to create an orange-colored final product. “At that moment, when mixed silicone is poured onto a heated bed, it starts to cure,” Yirmibesoglu said. “Curing means it becomes solidified by staying soft and flexible. And this curing rate is really important for successful 3-D prints.” A common issue found in the earlier days of the project was that after a certain height, the heated plate could no longer cure the upper

With this machine, because you are printing layer by layer you have degrees of freedom out there that you can control so that you will be able to create more complex soft robots, more useful robots in the near future. OSMAN YIRMIBESOGLU Third-year Ph.D. candidate in robotics layers of the printed silicone, Yirmibesoglu said. To fix this, Yirmibesoglu crafted two heaters which were attached on either side of the mixer head to blow warm air on the newly printed sections gently. “In general, in conventional 3-D FDM type printers, heating systems are used to melt the filament,” Yirmibesoglu said. “But in our case, heating systems are blowing hot air on top of the printed material to cure it. A very different approach.” Other difficulties may result from using silicone; for example, its high compressibility and temperature sensitivity can result in longer periods of time before an optimal level is reached, as well as a change in flow. Additionally, the fact that it’s a liquid means it cannot be retracted into the printer’s head to move to the next layer like it does in solid 3-D printing. The liquid is continually oozing out which can cause bulges and errors in the pattern of the soft robot if not accounted for, said Gabriel Kulp, a second-year physics major, working on the software side of the project. “It’s like drawing a picture without being able to lift the pen,” Kulp said. “When you’re printing with silicone you can’t lift the pen and the software that other people have already written to convert a 3-D object into a set of paths, or 2-D slices, that a normal 3-D printer follows—that software is not designed to work

without lifting the pen.” This hurdle was overcome by configuring the available 3-D printing software to suit the needs of the project, Kulp said. In contrast to the traditional, molding method of creating soft robots, this technology allows for much more flexibility. With the help of 3-D silicone printing, researchers can 3-D print soft robots with increased complexity and achieve more interconnected channels. Currently used molding techniques to create soft robots could not accomplish the same results, Yirmibesoglu said. “With this machine, because you are printing layer by layer, you will be able to create more complex soft robots, in the near future,” Yirmibesoglu said. “And also, right now, we don’t use any support materials, when we introduce support materials, 3-D printing capacity of our printers will achieve even more complex shapes. ” Some potential applications for soft robotics could range anywhere from medical devices to wearable technology to industrial settings, Walker said via email. “Some fun projects off the top of my head would be soft fitness watches, customizable footwear, soft exoskeletons, orthotics, toys, bioinspired submarine vessels and more,” Walker said via email. “The more you think of what soft, stretchy, customizable products can do, the crazier the ideas become.” One application of interest to the mLab soft robotics research laboratory is soft actuators which could be used in a variety of settings. For example, mlab members designed a soft actuator to be fitted on a small submarine which allowed researchers to grasp corals without harming them, Yirmibesoglu said. Another application of soft robotics researchers are exploring is the motion of soft snakes, Kulp said. Currently, most soft robots move around via a system of legs, however Callie Branyan is studying the way soft robots can move without legs, like snakes. As with the initial 3-D printing project, Kulp assists with the software side of Branyan’s work. “I took inspiration from music software,” Kulp said. “Instead of a note, it’s the valve being opened. Instead of the volume of the note, it’s how much the valve is opened. Instead of the place on the staff, it’s which valve is opened. So the software takes an input file that can be easily handwritten and is human-readable and human-editable that defines the motion.” The advantage of this system is that instead of writing and modifying a complex, mathematical model of the motion of the soft snake, the researcher can easily write a more simple definition for each snake’s movement, Kulp said. “Imagine writing a song where you have to write an equation that describes how the pitch and the volume of the notes change,” Kulp said. “So this method allows for faster iteration; she can try more things faster.” Other potential paths for this project include the use of soft robots under radiation environments, the development of soft electronics and more, Yirmibesoglu said. “The future directions are going to be like multi-material 3-D printing, giant soft robots, 3-D printing more complex soft robots so that we can see what is our limit, how far can we go,” Yirmibesoglu said.

RAMZY AL-MULLA | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK Osman Yirmibesoglu is a third-year Ph.D. candidate in robotics who utilizes 3-D printers to print liquid metals. This function is used to print soft, functional robots.

RAMZY AL-MULLA | ORANGE MED I A NETWORK 3-D printers slice objects into 2-D slices, then layer them together to form different objects.

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Religious studies program sees increase in non-religious students Community members call for increased recognition of different religions from university By ERICA BALDWIN News Contributor Among adults in Oregon, 68 percent of people identify as participants of a major religion, according to Pewforum’s 2016 survey. Being a university that is home to both domestic and international students, as well as a religious studies degree, Oregon State University’s student body represents a number of world religions, each with their own customs and traditions. Eliza Young Barstow, a history and religious studies instructor, has noticed an interest in religious studies among students at OSU, alongside an increase in non-religious identifying students. “There’s this category that’s used by scholars of religion—the ‘nones:’ atheists, agnostics, people that practice some combination of religions and but don’t feel affiliated with any particular tradition. They’re the fastest growing category, and are very significant on this campus,” Barstow said. “I think this leads to even more interest in religion on campus, in terms of religious studies classes, because a lot of students are wondering, ‘What is this religion thing and why do people do it?’” Courtney Campbell, the hundere chair in the Philosophy Department, has surmised that a majority of the religious studies major is comprised of ‘nones;’ students with no religious affiliation. “Most of our religious studies students are similar to Oregonians, and especially the millennial/generation Z cohort, considering themselves spiritual, but not affiliated necessarily with a specific religious tradition,” Campbell said in an email. “Our religious studies program thus has students who identify with no affiliation (the largest denomination

in Oregon), with Buddhism, with new age religiosity and with spirituality, some who identify with Catholicism, some with Islam, and others with atheism.” This increase in non-religious backgrounds has lent itself to a blank slate of understanding for students, Barstow said. “Unlike many universities in the country, the dominant religion here is no religion, because it is the Pacific Northwest, and so when I teach, I can take for granted that a sizable number of students know biblical stories,” Barstow said. “In many places I’ve taught in, not everyone’s Christian, but many grew up in homes with some level of Christian connection, so you could just refer to Genesis stories and people generally knew them. For a lot of students here, that’s simply not the case.” OSU, being a public, state-funded university, doesn’t have a campus religion, and so does not have a requirement for religious studies or theology, according to the OSU baccalaureate core requirements. “Religious studies doesn’t teach students to be religious or spiritual, it is engaged in critical academic study about religion, so the religious background, or lack of, of our majors and minors (students) is not our focus,” Campbell said in an email. “That’s one of the differences between religious studies at a public university, like OSU and religious studies programs at religious-affiliated schools, such as University of Portland, Gonzaga or Pacific Lutheran.” Despite the growing population of nonreligious students, there are still students at OSU who identify as religious and actively practice their religions, Campbell said. “I think we have enough diversity that we could do more to call attention to the diversity on campus. There are a lot of specific groups for

C ANDAC E SONG | ORAN GE ME DIA N E TWORK Foot baths within the Islamic Center of Corvallis. The foot baths are used for ablution, or, in Arabic, “wadu,” for prayer preparation in Islam.

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students, like the Muslim Student Association, or the Newman center for Catholic students,” Barstow said. “ But I would like to see more effort in collaboration on campus to create religious awareness.” Michael Chea, a biohealth sciences student, personally identifies as a Buddhist and practices his religion by wearing a representational necklace and bracelet, and maintaining a shrine in his room. “I don’t have the chance to go to a temple anymore and I had to make my shrine even smaller,” Chea said in an email regarding how his religious practices have changed since beginning at OSU. Campbell said that the university has more work to do in acknowledging religious diversity on campus. “I have had several students tell me on occasion that they do not feel comfortable raising a religious perspective in the classroom setting,” Campbell said in an email. “They are concerned that they will be stereotyped as the religious student or the God student, so they often are silent when they would have much to offer to a campus and a learning environment that purportedly prides itself on its diversity, openness and inclusiveness.” Chea said he has not seen anything pertaining to the Buddhist religion, not just on campus, but in Corvallis as a whole. “The best way I think it could be represented

is having resources known for students, just because when I got here I didn’t know anything that was available to me,” Chea said in an email. “It is tough to try and combine religion and the campus just because I know there would have to be equal representation for all the religions and also the fact that it can be an area of dispute for some people.” A way to acknowledge religious diversity at OSU is to educate faculty and students about religious awareness, Campbell said. “Each academic year the university circulates to all faculty and staff its guidelines on accommodations for students with religious beliefs; that’s a proactive effort on the part of the university. However, it doesn’t address all concerns,” Campbell said in an email. “We have been approached by Muslim students about trying to secure a private, safe place for students to engage in their daily prayers. It’s odd that, for example, despite the deep-rooted nature of yoga practice in the Hindu religion, we don’t give a second thought to students carrying a yoga mat to class, but for similar religious practices, it can seem like the campus is less welcoming, whether it be prayer, or female students wearing hijab.” According to the OSU Religious Accommodation of Students policy, the

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CAND ACE SONG | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK Shreyans Khunteta, a senior at Oregon State University studying computer engineering. Originally from India, Khunteta is the president of the Advocates for Freethought & Skepticism. The club, which meets in Milam 318 at 6 p.m. every Tuesday, is a student group focused on providing support for atheists on campus.

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Most of our religious studies students are similar to Oregonians, and especially the millennial/ generation Z cohort, considering themselves spiritual, but not affiliated necessarily with a specific religious tradition. ELIZA YOUNG BARSTOW OSU history and religious studies instructor public safety, health and the human rights and freedoms of others. For students who have religious-based dietary needs, Tara Sanders, the University Housing and Dining Services dietitian, coordinates with such students in order to provide them with meals that fit their needs. “UHDS’ most prevalent religious dietary need is serving Muslim students and guests who practice a Halal diet and abstain from foods containing pork and alcohol, or who may only consume Halal-certified meats,” Sanders said in an email. “Additionally, UHDS’s Cascadia Market offers religious dietary options, including Halal and Kosher frozen meals.” Sanders also assists students in navigating the ingredients of the prepared foods in the dining halls. “We recognize that transparency in ingredients and preparation is very important for individuals with specific dietary needs,” Sanders said in an email. “All UHDS dining centers have nutrition kiosks that list ingredient

and dietary preference information so students can make selections that meet their diet needs.” Although some religious-based needs for students are being met, Shreyans Khunteta, the president of the Advocates for Freethought and Skepticism student group, would like to see the university bring in speakers to expand conversations around faith or the lack of it. “I think it would be interesting if the university brought speakers that talked about religious issues, and came from a variety of faiths or lack of faiths,” Khunteta said. “They could have events around that.” Khunteta believes that the university should be predominantly neutral in its religious observances. “I think, as a public university, things should be kept pretty secular. It shouldn’t go one way or the other in terms of religion at all,” Khunteta said. “If I have any one complaint, it would be that we observe a lot of Christian holidays, but there aren’t too many observed holidays for other religions. It would probably get really complicated with so many holidays for so many religions.” While the university does not observe all holidays from all religions, there is a protocol in place for students to be excused from classes and allowed to make up assignments and exams during holidays in their religion, the most common being Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr. Campbell wants to see more openness in conversations about religion, as he believes it enriches learning environments between students. “There is a need for all of us to keep working to ensure that our classrooms, and student experiences, are open to all perspectives, religious, secular, irreligious, anti-religious, etc,” Campbell said. “Students should never feel the classroom or campus environment is such that they need to be ‘silent’ about a key feature of their identity, in this instance, a religious or spiritual-based conviction.”

Guest column: Are you mindfull or is your mind just full?

TIANTIAN PANG , IC SP MEMBER AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION PROG RAM FAC ILITATOR

RANIA KHATE R, ICSP ME MBE R AND INTE RNATIONAL ME DIATION P ROGRAM FACIL ITATOR

By TIANTAIN PANG, RANIA KHATER AND HONOKA MITSUISHI Guest Columnists I, too, did not know the difference at first! But then I joined ICSP (International Cultural Service Program) on campus and got involved in ‘Meditation Translated’ which is a peer-to-peer mindfulness meditation program, supervised by CAPS (Counseling & Psychological Services) and aimed at International students to help them take a breath and be mindful. Mindfulness meditation is the practice of being present, fully connected to the now and truly living the moment; being aware of everything inside of and around one’s self. As students, we tend to be busy and distracted by future deadlines and events, generally overlooking what’s actually happening in our everyday lives. Instead of rushing through my life, mindfulness helps me slow down, observe, understand, reflect, savor

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and most importantly rest my mind. These are all strategies that I believe would not only help me become a better student of science, but more inclusively, a better student of life. I know it was hard to begin practicing meditation at first, but when I persuaded myself to just sit there and relax myself, I started to enjoy that moment. That is a moment that only belongs to me. Breathing in, I feel like I am refreshed; breathing out, I found my true self. As an international student facilitator of the Meditation Translated program on campus, I admit I’m now more aware and appreciative of the importance of meditation in my life. I have become a better listener (even to myself ), observer and learner. The most amazing part to me among all the above, is that I feel more mindful and less “mind full”- full of thoughts that do not serve me and distract me from enjoying the present moment!

“The International Mediation Program is a program that was designed and led by International Cultural Service Program and works with Counseling & Psychological Services. This program provides a place for students and staff to learn easy meditation practices, which can reduce stress, create a healthier body and mind. It is offered in English and a variety of languages. The Program meets 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday at the Ettihad Cultural Center.” —Nan Xie, International Student adviser

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D E JAH GOBE RT | OR ANG E ME DIA N E TWORK Firefighters take in the view from the aerial platform during a training held May 4 at the Fire Department Administrative Offices / Fire Station 1. The Corvallis fire district is served by five active fire stations including one in Lewisburg. A six station in the district, located in Corvallis, is currently closed due to budget cuts.

The five different stations within the Corvallis fire district hold 25 resident volunteers, most of whom are students at Oregon State University. These resident volunteers train, work and live with both their fellow volunteers, as well as the paid staff at the stations around Corvallis, all while they are attending school. “It’s been awesome. I love it,” Jack Burr, a resident volunteer at the downtown fire station and a junior studying history at OSU, said. “There’s a lot of benefits to it. It’s hard work, but it’s free rent, you get close to your crew, it’s a really good opportunity for young people like me who want to work hard and serve their community and go to school.” According to Lieutenant Will Kalenius of the Corvallis Fire Department, who is in charge of resident volunteer recruitment, the makeup of the Corvallis Fire Department is unique compared to other fire departments around the state. “The Corvallis Fire Department is the largest combination department, meaning that it consists of both paid staff and volunteers,” Kalenius said. “The volunteers are a part of the team and are used on

the front line.” The Corvallis Fire Department has been the beginning point for many firefighters across the state of Oregon, Kalenius said. “Many fire departments across the state have a previous volunteer from Corvallis,” Kalenius said. “The resources and training available to the volunteers give them a great experience and make them very hireable both to other fire departments and in general. It’s a win-win.” Resources offered to resident firefighters include a cost-free place to live and EMT training and license that is paid for by the Department, Kalenius said. Additionally, this provides students with an opportunity to help their community. The experience and resources have been helpful for Nick Pozzesi, a rural resident volunteer at station 6, also known as the Lewisburg rural station, who was a previous student at OSU and now studies paramedicine at Chemeketa Community College. “I got into the fire service mostly because I like medical stuff and really liked emergency services,” Pozzesi said. “I came here because Corvallis has this great rural resident volunteer position. They pay for all your school and give you a free place to live, it’s a

DE JAH GOBE RT | ORAN GE MED IA NETWORK Fire engine 151 is the only ladder rig for Station 1, located in downtown Corvallis. The rig is used for bigger fires, such as dormitory, factory or hotels, and holds roughly 3,000 gallons of water.

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“Those at the Lewisburg station have to work super hard,” Kalenius said. “The station is made up of mostly rural resident volunteers, and they train every shift whether or not they get any calls.” Pozzesi said working as a rural resident volunteer is different than working at the stations in town. “Station 6 is really good if you want to pursue anything more than just basic firefighter skills,” Pozzesi said. “Right now I’m an apparatus operator. So I get to drive and operate the engine, our brush rig, our water tender, any apparatus we store at our station.” Burr said the resident volunteers work and spend such a significant amount of time together that they begin to grow into a community. “You end up spending a lot of time with each other, so it’s a tight-knit group,” Burr said. “We spend all day, every day together, and then we run calls, so there’s a certain element of trust that you have to have.” The individuals at each fire station are who the public calls when in need of assistance in navigating crises, Kalenius said. “It’s an incredible opportunity and life experience for a young person that can really be a springboard and a resume builder that is both fun and extremely demanding,” Kalenius said.

D EJAH GOBERT | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK Firefighter equipment hangs at Fire Station 1 in downtown Corvallis.

DEJ AH G OBERT | ORAN GE ME DIA N E TWORK Two firefighters stand on top of the truck to operate the hydraulic ladder from the controls at the base.

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SPORTS

No. 17 OSU men’s rowing team smile while practicing with the rowing machines. Rowers practice six days per week in order to prepare for races.

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Men’s rowing builds timeless skills No. 17 men’s rowing races in the Pac-12 Champioship May 13 By KATIE MORTON Practicum Contributor

AJ A R AY BURN | ORANGE ME DIA NE TWORK The men’s rowing team exercises in their practice facility. Practices throughout the week are held both on land and in water.

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On top of balancing classes and a social life, Oregon State University men’s rowing athletes practice six times per week. OSU men’s rowing team, which is ranked No. 17 nationally, is full of young, hardworking students who believe in themselves and their team, according to associate head coach and recruiting coordinator, Dameon Engblom. “The thing that I like about rowing is the order it brings to your life,” Baxter Call, senior rower said. “I know that no matter what I have going in the classroom or I’ve got some family issues or relationship issues that I’m struggling with, I know that I can come to practice, give it 100 percent effort and feel fulfilled and good about myself afterwards.” Call credits rowing and his family’s hobby of white water rafting in deciding to pursue environmental engineering. “My family has been really big into white water rafting,” Call said. “We’ve gone every summer since I remember. It’s been a really cool hobby to have. It’s an extreme sport. I think it’s helped fuel my passion for water

and water resources that kinda drove me into environmental engineering.” Call said he chose OSU because it aligned with his ideals. “The hardest part about being a student athlete, truthfully, is feeling like you’re not progressing as quickly as you or your coach would like,” Call said. “Or not performing to the standard you or your coach set for yourself. That can be very frustrating.” Engblom thinks that even though rowing is hard, it teaches young people timeless values and skills. “I think it’s the best choice as a discipline to pursue for any young person, especially at the high school to college stage in their development,” Engblom said. “It’s the most selfchallenging sport that I’ve ever found, meaning it’s you against you with seven or so other teammates with you doing the same thing.” The team practices every day except Sunday, according to Engblom. Hunter Smith, a junior who is majoring in mechanical engineering, recalls the first time he wanted to do rowing. “I was in middle school and I was watching

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SPORTS Rowing, Continued from page 10 the 2008 Olympics and I saw rowing on TV and I said, ‘Oh. That looks neat.’ So I talked to my parents and started rowing,” Smith said. Neall Koetje, senior majoring in kinesiology, participated in the walk-on program and became part of the team despite never rowing before coming to college. “For the walk-ons you have four weeks to prove yourself to the team and then there is an evaluation at the end so those first four weeks are really hard,” Koetje said. “Probably the hardest I’ve ever worked. I was in the best shape during those first four weeks.” Koetje also said that his favorite part of being on the team was the bonds he made within the team and the importance of having a shared mindset. “I think it’s the time commitment that people don’t see. It’s the time management, doing the little things and recovering after workouts,” Koetje said. “The workouts are hard. The races are hard, but it’s the Sunday afternoons where you’re sitting around, you’re really tired from the week before and you got to do homework, but you have to stretch. You have to get active. You’ve got to keep moving. It’s all those little things that you have to do to stay fit and stay competitive.”

After their most recent meet against No. 8 Stanford this past Saturday, Third Varsity 8 crew was the only win of the day. OSU will head to the Pac-12 Championships May 13 in Gold River, Cal.

I know that no matter what I have going in the classroom or I’ve got some family issues or relationship issues that I’m struggling with, I know that I can come to practice, give it 100 percent effort and feel fulfilled and good about myself afterwards. BAXTER CALL Senior rower For more information on the OSU men’s rowing team, visit OSUBeavers.com or on Twitter at Twitter.com/BeaverMRowing.

AJA RAYBURN | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK Athletes prepare for upcoming races. Their next race will be held in Gold River, Cal. on Sunday, May 13. The time is to be determined.

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SPORTS

Softball loses series to No. 5/6 University of Washington OSU goes 0-3 for the weekend, record falls to 26-26 overall, 7-14 in Pac-12 Conference play

Beaver junior Shelby Weeks is at bat. Beaver softball fell to University of Washington, ranking them 7-14 in Pac-12 Conference play.

(LEFT) Junior Jessica Garcia reaches over the stands to try to catch the ball. (RIGHT) Senior McKenna Arriola slides into the plate.

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LIFE

OSU joins national hammock craze Club discusses their love for the outdoors, one of two hammock clubs in Ore. By KENDALL JORDAN Practicum Contributor

Many college students enjoy hanging out, but lately, more and more of them are hanging up, too—up in a hammock, that is. The Oregon State University Hammock Club was launched in 2015 by now-graduated enthusiast Bonich Meister. The club’s president said there are no regular meeting times, but the members share when they are planning to hammock on campus and other members will join them. Jonathon Goddard, third-year biology and pre-dental major, and former club president said the OSU Hammock Club is growing in popularity as a fun activity to find friends, study and chill out with other students. Hammock clubs have exploded on college campuses across the U.S. and OSU’s version is leading the way in Oregon. Currently, only OSU and Linfield College have an officially recognized hammock club on campus in this state, according to the OSU club homepage for the university. Cameron Bennett, the club’s president and civil engineering major, said he has always loved hammocking because it is easy and accessible. “You don’t need a lot of gear to do it, helping people to camp who haven’t before,” Bennett said. “It’s great getting people involved in the outdoors.”

Bennett said the club caravanned to the Three Sisters area this past weekend for its spring outing, where club members hung their hammocks in the woods and enjoyed a couple days of camping and hiking. Carver Heine, a freshman double majoring in forest engineering and civil engineering, said he joined the club because hammocking helps him study. “It’s a really relaxing way to hang out, but it’s still productive because you can sit back in the hammock and do homework and it is not a very stressful environment,” Heine said. Goddard has been a member since summer 2016. He credits Meister for the club’s early success. “She really loved hammocking and spring semester 2015 she started inviting students to hang with her,” Goddard said. “It caught on, and she decided to make it a club. It was her way of connecting with the OSU community. It sounded like a great way to get outside and meet people, so I joined.” The club’s mission statement on the OSU club website emphasizes student interaction. “We strive to provide students with a community of peers who engage in hammocking activities, promoting leisure and relaxation in a fun and supportive environment,” Goddard said. Jachob Wolff, a sophomore majoring in construction engineering, said his favorite

outing was last fall when the club traveled to Umpqua Beach on the Oregon coast. “We went to the beach, enjoyed the sand and went for a nice hike as well and group activities and just hanging between the trees,” Wolff said. Bennett has been a hammock enthusiast since his junior year of high school. He said recent crummy weather forced the scrubbing of planned outings, but this last weekend’s big camping trip to Three Sisters is important for the club. According to Bennett, other outings are planned near the OSU campus, including at the Bald Hill hiking area west of campus and the McDonald-Dunn forest north of campus. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that national sales of hammocks have more than doubled in the past two years, noting that the nap-friendly slings are especially popular among college students. The Journal quoted sports analyst Matt Powell, who said a new hammock culture has taken shape with millennials, taking hammocking to a whole new level. A hammocking video posted on YouTube by the University of Florida’s hammocking club, “World’s Largest Hammock Party,” has helped popularize the activity along with a highly publicized effort by Brigham Young University’s club to set the Guinness World Record for Highest Hammock Tower, also chronicled on YouTube. Hammock towers are stacked

hammocks up the trucks of the same two trees. Today, hammocks are big business, with many styles and fabrics sold by popular sports clothing companies like REI and websites like Mayfair and Hayneedle and specialty hammock companies like Pawley Island. They range in price from around $40 to as much as $500 or more. The hammocking craze on campuses has not been without some controversy. A few universities, such as Michigan State University and the University of North Carolina, have banned the slings on campus, pointing to safety and tree health issues, according to an article on EAB’s Daily Briefing website. The same article noted that many other universities have created hammock-friendly areas. The University of Central Arkansas created two hammock farms where the activity is encouraged and supported. Bennett said the OSU club is dedicated to leaving no trace on outings and camping trips, protecting trees and the environment, noting the low impact hammock camping is known for and the club’s desire to leave no footprint. Students can join the club or obtain further information by visiting the club’s Facebook page, Facebook.com/ hammockingclubatOSU, or emailing Bennett at bennecam@oregonstate.edu.

COURTESY OF OSU HAMMOCKING CLUB The Hammocking Club enjoys hanging out in a forest together. Various outings are planned throughout the year, including their most recent trip to the Three Sisters area this past weekend.

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LIFE

Opinion: OSU leads sustainability Opinion: Ignorance of current movement among institutions genocides resembles Holocaust Beeswrap is the bees knees of food technology By GENESIS HANSEN Columnist Oregon State University has been a leader for sustainability practices for years and we are the first campus to structure a sustainable reusable method with to-go containers on campus. E c o -To - G o containers first popped up at OSU in fall 2015, and the initiative started out as a buy-in system. This means that customers would buy a container for their own use at $7 and receive 20-cent discounts whenever they used them. Before this concept was set in motion, to-go containers were plastic and used in droves. Although this system didn’t first work quite as efficiently as intended, the team pushed for a larger scale approach which became routine by January of last year. Receiving a silver award for waste management from The National Association of College and University Food Services really put OSU on the front runnings of the sustainability movement. Chris Anderson, dining operations manager for UHDS and leader of the program, also received a grant from the Oregon Department of Environmental Equality, which helped perpetuate the success of the campus wide food saving technology system that we use today. UHDS makes the effort to have an accessible program to students all over campus with 16 external drop-off locations around campus, one on every floor of residence buildings, as well as in the kitchens of dining halls. “I have had a super positive experience with [the containers] it is convenient to eat on campus, store food and take advantage of the dining plan,” Nolan Gunter, a first-year studying computer science and sustainability, said. Gunter is an Eco Rep for Sackett Hall and was initially drawn to OSU for their sustainability leadership. He loves the use of Eco-To-Go containers because they utilize the social dimension of sustainability and is a great step to environmental health. “I’d like to see more locations inside popular buildings like the MU or the Library, to give people more opportunities to drop them off,” Gunter said. Brian Stroup is the associate director of UHDS and the director for operations. Stroup organizes the system’s drop off locations and helps manage the student collection crew for the program. “We are one of the few and possibly the only campus that has done it this way, that’s gone fully reusable for food to go. It’s uncharted territory,” Stroup said. The beaver orange containers are used 14

to 15 times, which over the years has saved 1 million containers from going to the landfill. Although this is a great move for the program, there still seems to be a problem with the return rate of these containers. Around the dining halls of campus, UHDS has been forced to prop up signs stating that inventory was low and that paper containers were to be used in place of the Eco-To-Go’s. The quantity of containers is affected by the return rate from consumers and the quality of the containers returned. Stroup states that containers that have been left to the elements or contain too much bacterial growth are pulled from circulation, the containers that go missing sometimes show up at resale places like Goodwill or the Arc, or some are just taken home with students. “We see some students keeping them in their rooms or staff who collect a stack of them and don’t think to take them back until later. It really affects the return flow,” Stroup said.

We are one of the few and possibly the only campus that has done it this way, that’s gone fully reusable for food to go. It’s uncharted territory. BRIAN STROUP Associate Director UHDS This program is great in the sense that food waste is limited and reusable containers have been put in place, although rethinking the plastic materials that are involved could make the system more earth friendly. “Future questions we can explore would be things like, plastic that can break down more quickly in the event they do go in the trash on accident” Stroup said. A potential future step in the program could be looking at cup usage, Stroup was open to the idea of integrating the use of beeswrap technology. In the last few years there has been a new invention buzzing around the food tech industry. Beeswrap is made from organic muslin infused with beeswax, jojoba oil and tree resin which makes the fabric airtight, waterproof, flexible and just sticky enough to behave like plastic wrap. “We are always looking at ways to make our programs more sustainable, and it’s great to work at a place that is excited about trying new things,” Stroup said. Could beeswrap have a future at OSU? How many Eco-To-Go containers do you have stacking up? OSU is a recognized leader for our innovation and ambition. Isn’t it great to be a beaver?

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Hindsight indicates more should be done to take in refugees By DELANEY SHEA Columnist

In 1942, American media officially broke the news of the mass murder of Jews taking place. The number was ticking up. In 2018, one can type into Google, “How many genocides are going on right now?” The answer? You should probably look for yourself. The Holocaust is one of the most universally condemned events. It showcases the extremes of humanity’s ability to ignore horrific events, and is used as an example of a part of our history we must always remember, so as not to let it happen again. Sadly, it is happening again. In fall 2017, there were 24,760 students enrolled at Oregon State University’s Corvallis campus. That August and September, according to Médecins Sans Frontières, Doctors Without Borders, approximately between 9,425 and 13,759 Rohingya died while fleeing persecution in Myanmar. At least 1,000 kids under the age of five died. In one month, while thousands of young adults were moving into new apartments, picking up with sports and classes and partying, about half as many people were getting shot, burned and beaten. History Professor Christopher McKnight Nichols, who directs the OSU Center for the Humanities, says that there is a xenophobia and demonization of the “other” at work in America, similar to sentiments during World War II. The War Refugee Board, or a similar modern committee, needs to happen now. “The War Refugee Board (WRB) was established at the beginning of 1944, even before D-DAY, and via an executive order,” Nichols said via email. “The very explicit aim was, in some ways, to make up for what formal US policy and the State Department did not do to help Jews and other refugees before the war and before US entry into the war. For example, sticking to restrictionist quota-based immigration, a bill to bring in 20,000 Jewish children from Germany did not even make it out of committee in Congress in 1939.” It is unfair to ask anyone to care about and act on every cause. That would require a profusion of empathy. But to become aware of ethnic cleansing, as the euphemism goes, and

permit the unease to slip into the luxury of dismissal is awful. Kenneth Htet, a fourth-year from Myanmar who is studying cvil engineering, is very uneasy with the whole situation, but emphasizes that he is attempting to view it fairly. “Before I start, let me please remind you that this is my personal opinion and my opinion only, and I am not an expert on this topic,” Htet said via email. “I do not stand against/for the Rohingya people, and I do not stand against/ for Myanmar people as well. I stand for justice, and everything I say is what I think is right according to my core values.”

I think it is also worth mentioning that Myanmar citizens are not familiar with social justice education at all, and a lot of people in Myanmar are not open-minded people. Undoubtedly, this results in more hatred and heat towards the Rohingyas. KENNETH HTET Fourth-year Oregon State University Htet believes that although he has heard that there was initially some violence from the Rohingya people as well, the cycle of violence must stop. “I truly empathize with the Rohingya people and I think the whole situation is unfair for them,” Htet said via email. “I think it is also worth mentioning that Myanmar citizens are not familiar with social justice education at all, and a lot of people in Myanmar are not openminded people. Undoubtedly, this results in more hatred and heat towards the Rohingyas.” There are people living their lives in abject terror and misery. The very least America can do is let them in. It falls upon us to petition lawmakers to create a special committee, and it is worthwhile to consider donating to reputable aid groups. We cannot forget them.

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The sun is in your sign, increasing your confidence. If you’re single, you’ll be in a social mood. You’ll find it easy to chat with strangers. If you’re involved with someone, you’ll experience a light and happy feeling with your honey.

The moon is opposite your sign for a few days, which could make you cranky. Don’t allow minor problems or confusing interactions with people to bum you out too much. This will soon pass. Cultivate your incredible ability to laugh and to look on the bright side.

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Saturn is encouraging you to take inventory of your relationships. Are you getting what you want? A friendship or romance could be slightly out of balance. Don’t panic. Try to come up with a strategy to improve things.

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best and worst moments. Try not to worry too much about the old days. What’s done is done. Jupiter is urging you to move forward. Aquarius: Jan. 20 - Feb. 18 Don’t make any promises you can’t keep. Right now your instinct is to expand your social circle and interact with lots of different types of

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