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55% of college students involved in clubs, teams and organizations experience hazing. 95% of students that experience hazing do not report it to campus officials.
DEAFENING SILENCE Oregon State University remains intolerant of hazing on campus, promotes prevention PA GE 6 NEWS: SHS hosts meningococcal vacccination clinics 3 • SPORTS: Winter sports begin 10 • LIFE: New bar to open on Monroe Avenue 12
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MONDAY, JAN. 8 Science Pub Corvallis
6- 8 p.m. Old World Deli Come join speaker Heather Knight of the Oregon State University College of Engineering and her talk ‘A Robot Walks into a Bar: the comedy and social lives of machines’. Knight has worked at NASA and the MIT Media Lab where she designed a sensate skin for a teddy bear. She explores the ways psychology, expressive emotion, behavior system design and art influence the positive evolution of charismatic technology.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10 Special Seminar: Unparalleled conservation opportunity: indigenous lands and large scale conservation of Amazon forest, the Kayapo.
4-5 p.m. Learning Innovation Center 302 Dr. Barbara Zimmerman, director of the Kayapo Project, will speak about destruction taking place in the Kayapo indigenous territories of Brazil. Zimmerman reserached ecology of an amphibian and reptile community in a central Amazonian forest of Brazil. in 1989 she became involved with the indigenous activist movement of the Kayapo Indians of the Brazilian Amazon.
FRIDAY, JAN. 12 Music a la Carte
12- 1 p.m. Memorial Union Main Lounge Music a la Carte opens winter 2018 season with guitarist Jon Sharp and soprano Rebecca Fromberz. This event is free and open to the public.
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Oregon State University Professor Jack Barth demonstrating the UAS Glider used by the university for oceanic research. Read more about OSU’s usage of drones for research on page 6.
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Meningococcal B vaccine required for all OSU students under age 25
OSU community works to de-stigmatize mental health issues
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OSU strives to prevent hazing on campus
SATURDAY, JAN. 13 Spinning into Butter
2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Learning Innovation Center 200 The College of Engineering presents Spinning into Butter, a play by Bag&Baggage Production, explores the dangers of both racism and political correctness in America; a story seemingly ripped from today’s headlines and uniquely relevant to our political culture. This play will also be held Jan. 21 at 2 p.m. in the same location. Admission is free, however tickets are required. Tickets can be reserved at http:// engineering.oregonstate.edu/community.
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COVER: The photo illustration represents the 95 percent of college students nationally that experience hazing but do not report it. Model: OSU sophomore Silas Fisher. Information gathered from University of Dayton. Photo illustration by Zbigniew Sikora.
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NEWS
WHAT YO U NEED TO K NO W A B OUT
M E N I N G O C O C C AL B D I S E AS E , VA CCI N ATI ON S how disease spreads Through the exchange of respiratory secretions during close, direct contact with an infected person.
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• Approximately 600-1000 people contract meningococcal disease in the United States each year. • Of those affected, 10-15 percent die. • Among those who survive, approximately one in five live with permanent disabilities, such as brain damage, hearing loss, loss of kidney function or limb amputations. • Over the past year, six cases of meningococcal disease involving an OSU student have been confirmed. • One death of a student occurred at the University of Oregon in February 2015.
how to reduce spread 1. Get vaccinated. 2. Do not share: • Cups, water bottles, or eating utensils • Toothbrushes • Makeup or lip balm • Cigarettes, e-cigarettes, pipes or hookah 3. Cover your cough. 4. Wash hands often with soap and water Information gathered from Student Health Services.
Information gathered from the National Meningitis Association, OSU all-students email.
symptoms
STIFF NECK, EXHAUSTION, VOMITING, RASHES, HIGH FEVER, NAUSEA, HEADACHE I F THESE SYM PT O M S DEV ELO P, S EEK PRO M PT M E D ICAL E VAL UATION . Information gathered from Student Health Services.
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The vaccine requires at least two doses to be effective, one month apart. Once vaccinated, students must submit their dates of completed immunizations via the SHS Patient Portal
• Recently enacted legislation requires Oregon’s private insurers to cover the cost of vaccines deemed necessary during an outbreak.
To log in to the Patient Portal: 1. User ID is OSU Student ID number 2. Password is date of birth (mm/dd/yyyy format, include slashes) 3. Students may choose new password after first visit to portal.
• Students are encouraged to contact their insurance provider before receiving the vaccination and mention that OSU is in an “outbreak status”.
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• If students have challenges obtaining coverage through insurers, they can connect with patient advocates at 1-888-877-4894 or email cp.ins@oregon.gov. Information gathered from Student Health Services.
student health services clinic
All OSU Corvallis students age 25 and under must be vaccinated against Meningococcal B disease by Feb. 15, 2018. Students who do not complete both doses of the vaccine by this time will not be able to register for spring term classes or access winter term final grades. Student Health Services will be hosting vaccination clinics this week in partnership with Fred Meyer Pharmacy. Students must check in at the Student Experience Center Plaza outside of the Memorial Union.
• DATES: Tuesday, Jan. 9 through Saturday, Jan. 13 • TIMES: 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. each day • LOCATION: Student Experience Center Plaza
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NEWS
OSU works to destigmatize mental health Mental health organizations reach out, connect with community
By ARIANNA SCHMIDT, News Contributor Oregon is ranked last in the country for treatment of people with mental health problems, according to oregonlive.com (The Oregonian). However, Oregon is also ranked in the top half of the country for access to mental health care. Where is the gap that separates people with mental illness from their ability to receive care? Oregon State University is looking to turn around the stigma associated with mental illness with a wide variety of on-campus resources that are available to all students. The tie between mental health and the department of Recreational Sports begins with physical activity, according to Danielle Caldwell, coordinator for wellness education with Recreational Sports. An active lifestyle and regular physical activity can contribute to mental well-being in a number of ways. There are, to name a few, the physiological connections in the body, as well as the social connections established through physical activity, in addition to the stress relief that is experienced when participating in something active that takes one’s mind off of worries or challenges, Caldwell added. According to Caldwell, Recreational Sports brought her on about five years ago in order to help students recognize how physical activity contributes to their overall well-being and academic success. She
I think it’s important that we can support folks to be successful as they can, no matter what’s going on in their life. Jim Gouveia A licensed clinical social worker and staff counselor at CAPS and suicide prevention coordinator for OSU
works with the department and campus partners to assist students in building and maintaining a habit of regular physical activity. “The last few years have been wellness coaching, so seeing students one-on-one and helping them with whatever their wellness goals are,” Caldwell said. “A lot of times that is something physical, but it could also be an emotional, social or academic goal.” Caldwell is working with Student Health Services on a program called Physical Activity Referral, modeled after the American College of Sports Medicine, Exercise is Medicine program. In appointments with physicians at SHS, students will now be asked if they are getting the minimum of 150 minutes of cardiovascular exercise each week. If students say they are not meeting the minimum American College of Sports Medicine guidelines for physical activity, they will be offered a referral, but can choose to turn it down, according to Caldwell. “They can offer them a referral to a fitness professional at Rec Sports, who will meet with the student and talk about their needs, the challenges they face and hopefully point them in the right direction,” Caldwell said. “We have some other resources we can offer the students when necessary. We’re hoping that we’re going to reach students that may not walk
through our doors at Dixon—you know if they hadn’t had that little nudge from their healthcare provider.” Currently, Caldwell is the only wellness coach on campus. According to Caldwell, health coaching has been on campus for over ten years and has involved one or two coaches meeting with students to talk one-on-one. Since Caldwell was hired, the staff has changed the name to “wellness coaching” in order to incorporate a model of holistic health, which encompasses more than just individuals’ bodies. Student Health Services will also be rolling out a peer wellness coaching model this winter term, according to Caldwell. “Students will come in with any range of things where they want to see some kind of improvement,” Caldwell said. “They’re feeling like their social wellbeing is lagging a little bit or it’s not in a good place. As a coach, it’s not really my job to tell them what to do; I’m not an expert in all areas of well-being and I’m not an expert in their lives. We work together to kind of brainstorm a plan for them to move forward.” It is not a wellness coach’s job to address mental illness, according to Caldwell. A licensed mental health professional at Counseling and Psychological Services should handle any concerns regarding mental illness. However, Caldwell says she has had students come to her first with concerns surrounding mental illness, and she suggests that they make an appointment to see a counselor. “I’m just glad that they’re reaching out and connecting with someone,” Caldwell said. “Because I don’t know whether they have a mental illness or not. Also, I’m not going to diagnose them. I get referrals from CAPS, students that are being seen by the counselors that are trying to maybe implement some healthier habits; maybe they’re trying to eat better if that’s going to help their mental health, maybe they’re trying to be more social so they can feel more connected.” According to Jim Gouveia, a licensed clinical social worker and staff counselor at CAPS and the suicide prevention coordinator for OSU, the counselors available at CAPS try to promote mental health and be holistic in their perspective. Counselors suggest it is important to be sound not only in the body, but in the mind as well. Coping mechanisms are individually recommended based on individual needs and abilities; some examples are mindfulness, exercise and diet as suggested to students, Gouveia added. “We want to help people who are struggling with normal day-to-day stress as well as those that have more serious mental health concerns so they are able to function in the world in a way that they can meet their full potential,” Gouveia said. “So we do individual and group counseling, and ultimately if we have people who are at risk of hurting themselves then we have to keep them safe. So we work with the hospital and the doctors over at the Student Health Services with medication management, with hospitalizations if necessary and those kind of interventions.” Students come to CAPS because they are stressed out over school, relationships, depression, anxiety and family while simultaneously looking to the future and the next step in their lives, according to Gouveia. Students come to college with experiences from the last 18 years of their lives and the counselors at CAPS understand they are trying to become people who are more than just their problems, Gouveia added. “Academia is stressful,” Gouveia said. “There’s a lot of pressure to perform, to compete, to graduate, to know what you’re going to do, what you want to do, and all of that can cause folks to struggle. So I think it’s important that we can support folks to be successful as they can, no matter what’s going on in their life.”
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OSU suicide prevention coordinator Jim Gouveia works at his standing desk. Gouveia believes that finding balance and being true to oneself are beneficial to one’s mental health. Gouveia says the number one thing students can do to battle daily stress is to balance day-to-day activities that might seem overwhelming when first arriving at college. Eating right, getting enough sleep and moderating drinking and other drug use are good ways to start putting life back into perspective after feeling the freedom that college gives to young people, according to Gouveia. “It’s really finding balance, and I think it’s really trying to find your authentic self—because the more you can show up as your authentic self, the less you have to deal with any repercussions of trying to be something you’re not,” Gouveia said. “That’s hard when you first come here because you want to fit in, everyone wants to belong. Simply, all humans want is meaning and purpose, to have a sense of belonging and to give and receive love. If we can help people do that, not that you should know your exact meaning and purpose is once you get here, but if you’re developing that over the four years that you’re here, that’s great.” According to Gouveia, de-stigmatization of mental illness around campus and the promotion of mental health is due in part to the Active Minds chapter on campus. Active Minds, a national student-run organization that has a chapter here at OSU, relays information to the public about what mental health and mental illness is, how students with illness can ask for help and why it is important to ask for help.
“So we have a plethora of activities we do,” Gouveia said. “Presentations in classrooms, organizations that invite us to come with that very goal of de-stigmatizing mental illness, promoting mental health and finding balance in an unbalanced world and then increasing access of getting to mental health services.” According to Carol Moreno, president of OSU’s Active Minds, the club’s primary aim is to bring awareness about mental health to OSU by connecting with students, educating them and offering opportunities for advocacy and leadership training. “On a national level, many Active Minds chapters have managed to change campus policies to be more cognizant of students with mental health struggles, as well as initiate campus research projects to learn more about what mental health issues students are currently facing,” Moreno said in an email. “Our Active Minds chapter has worked with other organizations in the past to bring events like the PostSecret initiative, Send Silence packing, which both focused on suicide awareness and prevention, and the national eating disorder awareness week.” While Active Minds doesn’t plan NEDA, it does plan World Mental Health Day, Moreno added. According to Moreno, the rate of 18 to 24-yearolds, commonly known as college-age students, are the largest group in mental health statistics to
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NEWS Mental health, Continued from page 4 refuse receiving help. This age group reports needing guidance at a much larger rate than any other age group because of added stress and anxiety. According to Moreno, between 80 and 90 percent of people who die by suicide never seek help, and for college students, suicide is the second leading cause of death. “Mental health is something that impacts everyone at some point in their life,” Moreno said in an email. “But it is not something that is paid as much attention to as physical health or illnesses. Mental illnesses are often invisible and they impact everyone differently.” Active Minds hosts events throughout the term to help students become suicide prevention “gatekeepers”, practice self-care and be more knowledgeable about mental health illnesses overall, according to Moreno. Winter term will include the club hosting lectures from psychology department professors to educate students on a variety of different mental health topics such as living with depression, stress reduction management and eating disorders. “We are also working on bringing two suicide prevention initiatives to our campus by the end of this year,” Moreno said in an email. “Our hope is to work with ASOSU to get the CAPS suicide hotline number on the back of all student ID cards. This project was taken on by a previous Active Minds president a couple of years ago and was approved by our administration, but never seemed to be executed. With the help of ASOSU, and the support of CAPS,
we are hoping to ensure that this will happen within the next year.” According to Moreno, two phrases that are often heard in the club are being mentally fit and knowing it’s okay to not be okay. “We believe that it is just as important to work
We believe that it is just as important to work on taking care of your mental health as it is to go to the gym to stay in shape. Carol Moreno President of OSU’s Active Minds
on taking care of your mental health as it is to go to the gym to stay in shape,” Moreno said in an email. “Helping students recognize that there is nothing wrong with seeking help for a mental illness is the only way to combat the stigmatization surrounding help-seeking and encourage students to take care of themselves in order to be successful in their life.”
SPORT CLUBS
FALL 17 HIGHLIGHTS Disc Golf Club
OCDGL: Match 1 - 2nd Place OCDGL: Match 2 - 1st Place
Running Club
Stumptown XC Series Pier Park – 3rd place Men’s Team, 5th place Women’s Team
Tennis Club
Oregon State Timberhill Fall Invitaional - 1st & 2nd Place TOC Sectionals - 1st & 5th Place
Men’s Ultimate Disc Club OFUDG - 3rd Place
Women’s Ultimate Disc Club Beaver Brawl - 3rd Place
Men’s Volleyball Club
Oregon Volleyball Jamboree - 3rd Place Orange Team, 4th Place
Sailing Club
Singlehanded Qualifier - 3rd Place Outlaw - 2nd Place North North - 2nd Place Cascadia Cup - 2nd Place Match Race Qualifier - 3rd Place
Men’s Water Polo Club
CWPA Northwest Championship - 1st Place WSU Regional Tournament - 2nd Place UO Regional Tournament - 2nd Place Become a champion – leave your legacy – join a sport club! With 40 sport clubs to choose from, there’s a community for you!
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NEWS
OSU leads in Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles research Drone technology has potential in agriculture, forestry, oceanography
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Dr. Jack Barth, executive director of the Marine Studies Initiative and professor at OSU, handles one of the battery packs that the UAS gliders utilize to power their sensors and adjust their diving patterns.
By MELINDA MYERS, News Contributor A massive blue whale breaches, controlled and customized pesticide use, mapping diseased vegetation based on light refractions; these are only a few of the applications drone technology can perform. Most commonly referred to as drones, unmanned aircraft vehicles or systems command much more than just air. UAS technology can, and is, applied to multiple mediums and disciplines throughout Oregon State University research labs. OSU is a part of the Unmanned Aerial Systems Test Range Complex, meaning it is one of the few areas approved by the Federal Aviation Administration for UAS testing, according to the OSU research office webpage. According to Mark Peters, the institutional compliance officer for UAS operations, drone
research conducted at OSU spans a broad range. “We’ve probably in the last two years have had over 500 missions or flights for research purposes,” Peters said. “We’ve had numerous others for marketing groups and for promotional videos.” Peters’ job is to make sure faculty and staff have proper certification for UAS work, as well as to verify that any flight to be conducted follows FAA regulations, according to Peters. “A lot of folks think of it as a toy or as a microscope in the sky and what it really needs to be thought of is if you’re going to be checking out a car from OSU motor pool,” Peters said. “We all have to follow the rules of the roads, we have to have a license and be safe.” According to Peters, students can now receive FAA certification and training through OSU. “We do certify a lot of students who happen to work with faculty on research projects,” Peters said. “We have around 40 students, mostly graduate
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students, who are certified to be pilots.” Over 60 different drones have been registered and used through OSU, according to Peters. Each one contains its own unique set of sensors that record and store information. Michael Wing, an associate professor of geomatics and director of the Aerial Information Systems, employs drone technology to create 3-D models of forests. “There are a variety of sensors able to detect light and reflectance and sometimes heat from an object,” Wing said. “And we use that information gathered to determine something about the objects.” According to Wing, OSU is near the forefront of UAS/UAV research. “We have a long and distinguished history of remote sensing at OSU,” Wing said. “The trick here was to legally get sensors on unmanned aircraft and to fly them.” UAS regulations considerably loosened in 2016,
allowing for easier access and control, according to Wing. Previously, wait times for approval and data processing could take as long as six months. Researchers can glean information from drone sensors using LIDAR technology, according to Wing. “The acronym stands for Light Detection and Ranging, and what this is, it’s a sensor that sends infrared wavelengths and those go and strike an object. And we get a reflectance, meaning the infrared energy goes back towards the sensor,” Wing said. “And we expect the infrared energy to travel back at the speed of light. We measure the distance between the sensor and the objects on the ground and the time it takes the infrared energy to travel.” This information in turn creates a 3-D model of the object in question and stores information such as temperature, location, composition and reflected
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COVER STORY
OSU remains vigilant in the intolerance, prevention of hazing on campus Members of Student Conduct and Community Standards reach out to organization leaders
HAZING ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES Nine out of 10 college students who have experienced hazing behaviors do not consider themselves to have been hazed.
55% of students involved in
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(Left) Violence Prevention Coordinator Elizabeth Kennedy, Assistant Director of Student Life and Director of the Center for Fraternity & Sorority Life Leslie C. Schacht Drey, Assistant Director of Sports Programs Joe Schaffer and Director of Student Conduct & Community Standards Carol Millie are all involved in the hazing prevention program at OSU.
By SYDNEY SULLIVAN, News Contributor More than half of college students participating in clubs or organizations experience hazing, according to the National Study of Student Hazing. Student Conduct and Community Standards sent out an email to all student organization leaders and advisors around mid-October, reminding them there is no place for hazing in the Oregon State University community and attached a list of what actions qualify as hazing. According to the Code of Student Conduct, Hazing is inclusive of many behaviors, some of which include endangering someone’s physical health or safety and removing public or private property. Even if someone cooperates or willingly participates in an event of hazing it does not excuse the violation. Failing to intervene may also violate the hazing policy. According to Carol Millie, director of Student Conduct and Community Standards, the code is a
I believe the misconception that hazing exists only among fraternities or sororities can be connected to depictions of Greeks in popular culture, including movies, TV shows, books and articles. Leslie C. Schacht Drey Assistant Dean of Student Life and Director of the Center for Fraternity & Sorority Life
document in which members of SCCS took the time to sit down and thoughtfully write out and describe behaviors which they do not want to see on the Oregon State University campus. While the stereotypical views of hazing are the violent behaviors, there are many forms of hazing which may not even be realized. Anything that asks people to do something which is not normal or embarrasses the individual is hazing, Millie added. “Hazing behavior is one of those things that is always morphing and changing,” Millie said. “As people try and one-up something that they saw, heard or think should be done in comparison to what was done to them.” There are myths and stereotypes that surround hazing, and a predominant myth is that hazing only occurs in sororities and fraternities, according to Leslie C. Schacht Drey, assistant dean of Student Life and director of the Center for Fraternity & Sorority Life. “I believe the misconception that hazing exists only among fraternities or sororities can be connected to depictions of Greeks in popular culture, including movies, TV shows, books and articles,” Schacht Drey said in an email. “This stereotype continues to perpetuate in that very serious and public hazing cases involving fraternities and sororities have also been well covered in news media.” According to Schacht Drey, while these hazing cases that have been covered by news media are devastating due to the loss of student life, there is a possibility that they can serve society by educating young people on the extreme risks of hazing behavior, and hopefully prevent hazing behavior from happening in the future. “While each of the 47 recognized fraternities and sororities at OSU have their own internal approach for hazing prevention and holding their members accountable, all OSU students and student
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COVER STORY Hazing, Continued from page 6 organizations are expected to adhere to the OSU Code of Student Conduct (where the hazing policies can be found),” Schacht Drey said in an email. Hazing is not tolerated in the Greek community and when reports of hazing come in they are taken very seriously, according to Schacht Drey. To determine if a violation of the Code of Student Conduct has occurred, the report is investigated by SCCS. After the violation has been confirmed, the accountability process will begin, Schacht Drey added. “Fraternity and sorority leadership are educated annually at Risk Management 101, a program hosted in January that reviews risk reduction-related resources available to student organizations and the applicable OSU policies and state and federal laws,” Schacht Drey said in an email. Although hazing trainings are required for members of fraternity and sorority life, instances have still been reported to the school. On Nov. 22, Interim Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Melissa Morgan sent an email to members of the OSU Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity stating that she was provisionally revoking the chapter’s Affiliated Housing Program status due to reports received on Nov. 20, 2017. “These reports raised significant concerns about student safety and indicated that the
OSU chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon may not be a safe environment for students,” Morgan stated in the email. These measures will remain effective until the university has completed its full investigation of the reports. Additionally, the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity at OSU was suspended in 2016 for five years due to hazing and harassment violations, according to the Gazette-Times. The fraternity is able to apply for reinstatement in the spring of 2021. In addition to the Greek Community, Sports Programs have no tolerance for hazing, according to Sam Rodenberg, sports program coordinator for the Recreational Sports. “Infractions are sent to the OSU Office of SCCS for investigation and disciplinary actions if necessary,” Rodenberg said in an email. “Additionally, the Sport Club Committee, comprised of five students and three faculty members, could have further disciplinary actions toward a sport club that permitted or engaged in hazing as an organization, such as loss of funding, reduction of activity or additional training if the Sport Club Committee deemed such consequences appropriate.” Hazing is seen consistently throughout organizations on campus and can occur anywhere there is a group of people coming together, according to Rodenberg. “Students join different groups to get a greater sense of belonging, and we try to educate our sport clubs that hazing is not only unacceptable,
but is detrimental to the success of their organization,” Rodenberg said in an email. According to the Code of Student Conduct, compelled ingestion of alcohol, food, drugs, or any other substance, kidnapping or abandonment, creation of unnecessary fatigue (such as through sleep deprivation, labor or calisthenics), personal servitude or unbalanced or unreasonable labor or workshare, such as house-cleaning, collection/assembly/purchasing of supplies or materials are all forms of hazing. “When we make a certain part of the organization or these specific tasks we know others wouldn’t do, we know it’s kind of like the degrading tasks. Like only new members clean all the bathrooms and the showers, whereas maybe those of us who are already part of the group we pick up the newspapers in the living room,” Millie said. “It’s the degrading piece and it’s a specific group having to do that.” According to Schacht Drey, hazing generally occurs within a group environment to establish or achieve a kind of group identity, rite of passage, hierarchy or other aims. Unfortunately, some of these aims are established through hazing, but Schacht Drey believes there is always a better option. Danté Holloway, the coordinator for clubs and organizations on the Oregon State University campus, cites three main reasons for hazing: “Some might engage in it because they see it as a rite of passage or initiation into the group. Some might engage in it to maintain a position of power over someone else,” Holloway said. “And the
saddest reason people might engage in it is in the name of tradition.” Millie feels that hazing is damaging because it tries to force connection in community through traumatic events or degrading someone. “I don’t think that builds a healthy, value-based, community. It starts building incongruence if your values are integrity and honesty and supporting the people in your organization and yet we do harmful stuff to get to there. I think it ultimately damages your organization.” When people are forced to engage in these hazing activities they can sometimes develop lasting triggers which can affect them long-term, according to Millie. Some individuals may even come into an organization with pre-existing trauma and are then harmed by having to endure these hazing activities. “I think it’s problematic and harmful to an organization because we’re having these artificial ways to connect which ultimately go against our values and our treating of a fellow human being,” Millie said. Hazing is not currently a “prevalent issue” at Oregon State University, says Holloway, but due to incidents across the nation, officials here are stepping up in order to educate student leaders in their responsibilities to not only prevent hazing, but to intervene and report it as well. News Contributor Arete Caldwell contributed to this article.
SIGNS OF HAZING: -Any action that endangers the physical, emotional, mental health or safety of an individual -Any action that destroys or damages personal property for the purpose of initiation, membership, admission or participation in a group or organization TYPES OF HAZING: -Compelled ingestion of alcohol, food, drugs or any other substance -Kidnapping or abandonment -Creation of unnecessary fatigue (such as through sleep deprivation, labor, or calisthenics) -Personal servitude or unbalanced or unreasonable labor or work share (such as house-cleaning, collection/assembly/purchasing of supplies or materials Students can report any instance of discrimination, harassment and bullying to the Office of Equal Opportunity & Access FORMS OF REPORTING: -Informal: The process of gathering information either to help establish a suspicion of discrimination or retaliation or to attempt to resolve a disagreement without following a formal complaint process. -Formal: The process of investigating a case of alleged discrimination or retaliation and making a determination as to whether or not either has occurred and, where appropriate, providing a resolution to the complaint. *Information gathered from the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access’ Complaint Information and Procedures webpage and the Student Conduct and Community Standards Hazing webpage.
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(TOP) O Student Kappa E informe Housing OSU wa Chapte
GUEST COLUMN: Tau Kappa Epsilon had failed me Sparing the gruesome details of my experience with Tau chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon has proven to be more difficult than I anticipated. I’d love to believe that the fraternity I had pledged to did not represent Greek life as a whole, but considering just how secretive they were about their internal affairs, I can only assume that other fraternities have their dirty secrets as well. My faith in humanity is the only thing that makes be believe that TKE merely represents the worst of Greek life at Oregon State. Early fall term, the new associate members (including me) were gathered into the basement of the house and told that they (alumni and older members) were trying to abandon certain hazing ceremonies. Instead of hazing us, they explained what they would do to haze the new members in prior years. In addition to this explanation, the associate members were given time to bond as brothers. This experience, unfortunately, gave me high hopes for what was to come. It took the better half of my first term at TKE for me to have a single quarrel with any other member. I was unreasonably comfortable with the state of disrepair that the physical house was in, from the countless breaches of fire code to the walls in my room which
I was not immediately bothered by the events at Pledge Retreat, it took something which felt much more personal to get under my skin.
Justin Bloom First year, computer science major
were falling apart. Friends of mine outside of Greek life thought I was crazy to live in those conditions, but the sense of companionship that came from my former brothers made me rationalize all of it. For me, the relationship that I had with the members of TKE began to fall apart at an event named Pledge Retreat. The feelings I now have toward that event took many weeks to fully develop. My own personal cruel sense of humor prevented me from fully grasping the immorality of the hazing ritual which took place that night. As far as I could tell, none of my fellow associate members felt particularly different either; everyone seemed
to be okay with what happened. That is the most dangerous aspect of the ritual. Nobody was harmed, but I would not be able to say the same for the future generations of TKE, as the ritual that I witnessed and participated in would surely escalate in the coming years. I was not immediately bothered by the events at Pledge Retreat, it took something which felt much more personal to get under my skin. A common practical joke in the house was to ‘flip’ someone’s room– to come into their room and turn furniture and whatnot upside down. I had heard of it happening to other people so the first time it happened to me I was okay with it, mostly because I only had a vague idea of who did it. The second time it happened to me it was in the midst of a much larger incident caused by a notorious alumnus of TKE who recently graduated. I had no right to complain as my room was the least of his damages that night. I was bitter that it had happened so soon after the first ‘flipping’ but I wasn’t in the mood to get worked up about it. The third time is when I put an end to my relationship with TKE. After Fall Family weekend my father (an alumnus of the Tau chapter of TKE himself ) had taken me to see a late movie. I had gotten back from the movie to find my room vandalized yet again. A third time in the span of two weeks. Recent graduates of Oregon State and alumni of TKE had come into the house and ‘flipped’ multiple rooms. At any point, any current member of TKE across all three of my flipping incidents would have had every right to kick them out in a display of dignity and respect for the household. The fact that everyone collectively allowed this to happen was a clear sign that nobody had any dignity or respect, not for their house nor their brothers. This was the final straw for me. I needed my former brothers to prove themselves to me in order to keep me around, because I came to the realization that the boys of TKE did not deserve me. There was a beloved mural made out of beer bottle caps in my room that was causing a wall to degrade and fall apart. I took a hammer and destroyed it to blow off some steam. The reaction that I knew I would receive from my destruction would be the determining factor on whether or not I would choose to stay at TKE. I was met with threats of physical violence from older members, so I packed up and left without announcement. Tau chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon had failed me. Justin Bloom First year, computer science major
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On Nov. 22, Interim Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs and Dean of ts Melissa Morgan sent out an email to members of the OSU Chapter of Tau Epsilon fraternity regarding reports of hazing received on Nov. 20. The email ed the Chapter that she was provisionally revoking the chapter’s Affiliated g Program status. (BOTTOM) In 2016, the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity at as suspended for five years due to hazing and harassment violations. The er will be able to apply for reinstatement in the spring of 2021.
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SPORTS
Athletics kicks off winter season Basketball, swimming, wrestling, gymnastics begin By ANNA WEEKS, Sports Chief Men’s Basketball
With 12 games underway and a civil war victory, men’s basketball is 10-5 overall and has already surpassed the number of last year’s total wins. They held a six-game winning streak until falling to Kent State 79 to 78, which was the longest winning streak the team has had in 13 seasons. Forward Tres Tinkle returns this year after sitting out the last 26 games last year with a broken right wrist. So far, he leads the team in points per game averaging 18.3 and 7.1 rebounds per game. Forward Drew Eubanks (13.8 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 0.5 assists per game) also returns as a major component to the team this year. Guard Stephen Thompson Jr. (16.5 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 3.7 apg), last year’s leading scorer, returns to the team and was joined by brother and four-star recruit, guard Ethan Thompson (9.5 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 3.4 apg). Last year’s record was 5-27 overall and 1-17 in conference play. The team finished eighth in the Pac-12 and won no away games. As a team, they are averaging 76 ppg and 36 rpg, compared to last year’s 63 ppg and 33 rpg. The next game is on the road against No. 14 Arizona (12-4) Jan. 11, airing on Pac-12 Networks at 6 p.m. The next home game is against UCLA on Jan. 18 at 8 p.m., and will air on Fox Sports 1.
Women’s Basketball
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(TOP LEFT) Sophomore guard Mikayla Pivec handles the ball against UCLA last season. (TOP RIGHT) Redshirt Senior Jack Hathaway wrestling Stanford opponent Joey McKenna. (BOTTOM) Junior guard Stephen Thompson Jr. drives to the basket against Arizona last season.
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Women’s basketball has risen to number 16 in the Associated Press rankings and second in the Pac-12 behind Arizona State. Their record is 11-4, with losses to No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 17 Duke, USC and a brutal 84-49 defeat to No. 14 UCLA, breaking their eightgame winning streak. OSU currently ranks eighth in scoring defense, second in field goal percentage defense, fourth in field goal percentage and third in 3-point percentage in the nation.
Sophomore guard Mikayla Pivec returns for her second year and leads the team with 16.5 ppg and 7.1 rpg. Senior center Marie Gulich is on the preseason watchlist for the Naismith Trophy. In the 2016-2017 season, she was selected for the All-Pac-12 Selection. Sophomore guard Kat Tudor also remains a key player on the team. She is currently ranked first in the Pac-12 in 3-pointers per game. Junior guard Katie McWilliams returns for her third year averaging 30.5 minutes per game. The next game is home in Gill Coliseum against No. 25 Arizona State (11-3) Jan. 14, at 6 p.m., airing on Pac-12 Networks. The team will face the Oregon Ducks during the Civil War on Jan. 19 and 21.
Wrestling
With two early wins against Eastern Oregon and George Mason, Oregon State wrestling (2-3) suffered a 0-48 loss to No. 9 Michigan, 13-30 loss to South Dakota and a 16-24 loss to Iowa State. Beavers placed fourth at the 2017 Reno Tournament of Champions with five athletes placing, including redshirt senior Amaveer Dhesi, redshirt junior Ronnie Bresser, redshirt senior Jack Hathaway, sophomore Bob Coleman and redshirt junior Corey Griego. Dhesi brought home the heavyweight title after a 5-0 score for the day. Oregon State finished in 12th place overall with Bresser receiving silver at the 55th Ken Kraft Midlands Championships. Bresser dropped a 2-1 decision to Rutgers’ Nick Suriano. This was Bresser’s second time making it to the Midlands Championships. Iowa State came out on top beating OSU in all but four weight classes for their first win of the 2017-2018 season. Sophomore Kurt Mode, redshirt junior Corey Griego, Bresser and Dhesi won in their respective weight classes. Their next match is home against Wyoming Jan. 14, at 7 p.m. Pac-12 Conference play begins on the road on Jan. 20, against 2017 Pac-12 Wrestling Champions Arizona State.
SPORTS
INTRAMURAL
FALL CHAMPIONS Flag Football League
Men’s: Team Lovos Fraternity: Varsity House All University: Varsity House Women’s: Rule #5 Co-Rec: Total Flag Football Move
Volleyball League
Men’s: Bump and Boujee Women’s: The Block and Roll Babes Co-Rec: Bump and Boujee
Table Tennis Singles Tournament Open: Raymond Liu
Tennis Doubles Tournament
Men’s: Bradley Sumoge & Zack Buhlmann Open: Kailyn Hellwege & Henry Fowler
Cornhole Tournament
Men’s: Blake Knirk & Brennen Westerman Women’s: Kari Miller & Camille Miedema Open: Nial Raja & Sydney Hellman
Racquetball Tournament
Wheelchair Basketball League
Open: Evan Shreeve
Bowling League
Men’s: Justice Parkinson & Keith Parkinson Open: Jac Longstreth & Rob Longstreth
Open: Mr. Wheel Yo Girl
Open: Lambda Bowling A1
Fall Family Weekend Golf Tournament
3v3 Basketball Tournament Open: Brickin’ Back Boolin‘ Threes 6’ and Under: Team Trinh Women’s: Vlanandreal
Congrats to our Fall Champions!
5K Fun Run
Sport Programs O ce Dixon Rec Center
Men’s: Jonathan Sisley
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Sophomore Isis Lowery and former senior gymnast Madeline Gardiner waiting to compete in a gymnastics meet last season.
Swimming
Oregon State women’s swimming started off with losses against Stanford, University of California Berkley, Seattle University and San Diego State. Oregon State walked away from the 69th Husky Invite with two top finishes and six NCAA B cuts in early December. Sophomore Felicia Anderson and junior Arianna Letrari ended on top in their prelims. This put the team in third going into the finals. Anderson, Letrari and freshman Callan Jackman all left the invite with personal bests. However, the team did not stay for the finals due to fall term finals, finishing with 361 points in fourth place. Coming off of a 124-100 loss against San Diego State in late December, the team will go head to head at home against UCLA Jan. 12.
Gymnastics
With the majority of the team being underclassmen, the Oregon State women’s gymnastics team is relatively young with a combined total of six juniors and seniors out of the 19 total gymnasts. At the Orange & Black Exhibition 16 of the 19 gymnasts performed with four being freshmen in December. The team is currently ranked No. 8, according to the College Gymnastics Association rankings. Last year, the team took second in the Pac-12 Championships with a final team total of 197.4, falling to Utah. Oregon State’s very own Kaytianna McMillan, former senior, walked away with the title of Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year by a vote of conference coaches. Senior Dani Dessaints returns this year after claiming a share of the Pac-12 vault title with a score of 9.950. Dessaints also tied for second place on the beam with a score of 9.950. Their season starts off on the road against Pittsburgh on Jan. 13 and Utah on Jan. 19. The first home meet will take place Jan. 27 against Stanford.
Additional Sports
Besides the sports mentioned above, women’s track, men’s and women’s golf, softball, baseball
Table Tennis Doubles Tournament
Men’s: Raymond Liu and Ethan Liu Open: Kim Hansen & Austin Reneau
Sign-up for Winter Intramurals at the Sport Programs desk, located in Dixon Rec Center. M-F 10am-6pm 541-737-4083
recsports.oregonstate.edu/sports/intramural-sports
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and men’s and women’s rowing are active throughout winter term. The season opener for baseball will kick off on the road against New Mexico in February. Softball stays active starting with the 2018 Kajikawa Classic in February. Women’s track will attend multiple meets throughout the term. Men’s golf competes in the Amer Ari Invitational in Hawaii in February, followed by the Southwestern Invitational later that month. Women’s golf travels to Arizona for the Westbrook Spring Invitational in February. Lastly, the women’s rowing team spring season will begin on the road against UCLA in March with the men’s team competing at the Vegas Invite just before.
Tickets
Student tickets for all sports games are available online as long as you are an enrolled and fee-paying Oregon State student or are participating in the dual-degree program with Linn-Benton Community College. Tickets are free to students. 1. Go to osubeavers.com/student and click the “student login” button. 2. Once you register your account using your ID # and OSU email, you can log in any time using the password you created. 3. Select the sport and game you want a ticket for 4. Your ticket will be sent to your OSU email inbox 5. Students will need to present their ticket on their smartphone as well as their ID to be admitted into an event. Students who require accessible seating can call the Beaver Ticket Office at 541-737-4455 during business hours or email beaver.ticket@oregonstate. edu to obtain their student ticket. Accessible seating for students will follow the same distribution schedule. Further questions can be directed to the Beaver Ticket Office. Beaver Ticket Office 541-737-4455 beaver.ticket@oregonstate.edu On Twitter @BeaverTickets
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LIFE
New restaurant opens on Monroe Avenue Guadalupe Mendoza opens his own restaurant in Corvallis after working in the industry for over a decade
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Guadalupe Mendoza’s new restaurant, Lupe’s, will open in early January. It will be feature Mayan, Central and South American cuisine. By BROCK HULSE, News Contributor After years of working at different restaurants and bars around Corvallis, Guadalupe Mendoza and his wife, Dusty Lawellin-Mendoza, have decided to open their own place after working in the industry for over 30 years. Lupe’s is set to open sometime early January, and will be located on Monroe Ave, next to Jersey Mike’s. “I’ve been thinking about it for a long time,” Mendoza said. “I love working for other people, but at the same time, it was just time for me to get my own. Times go by, people get old and it is time for me to get my own thing. So I can fire myself.” The theme of the restaurant is set to be Mayan, Central and South American cuisine. “Our motto, to go along with that, is a passport for your palate, so that instead of people having to travel so far we get to bring some of that food and culture,”
Lawellin-Mendoza said. “All of what comes along with the food.” According to Mendoza and Lawellin-Mendoza, the influence for the food comes both from where Mendoza grew up in Mérida, Yucatán, as well as the traveling they have done through Central and South America. “It is fun to bring back those really amazing dishes that we’ve experienced,” Lawellin-Mendoza said. “It is from gatherings with friends and their families that we have picked up a lot of our recipes.” Mendoza has been in the industry in Corvallis for a while, spending 14 years at El Tapatio and 14 years at Sancho’s Mexican Grill, earning himself a good reputation among customers and fellow restaurant and bar owners/managers alike Cloud Davidson, the owner of both Bombs Away Cafe and The Downward Dog near campus, has been working and living in the community for over a decade.
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If I can make you smile, that counts a lot for me, because you smile, and you being happy, it makes me really happy. I just want to do something different for people that makes them happy. Guadalupe Mandoza Owner of Lupe’s
“The more the merrier!” Davidson said via email. “A thriving U-District is very important for the college experience. OSU’s U-District once was way behind other similar sized campuses, however in the past 10 years has really caught up. Let’s keep it going! Lupe is a great guy and stoked to have him in the neighborhood.” Davidson isn’t the only one in the Corvallis restaurant and bar industry to have a positive opinion about the new addition to Monroe. Gary Evans, the general manager at Clodfelter’s Pub for the past 18 years, has also lived and worked in the bartending and restaurant industry in Corvallis for about 30 years. “I think it’s great,” Evans said. “I think it gives people more choice… from my interactions businesswise with Lupe I think he does a good job.” The addition has also been seen in a positive
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LIFE Lupe’s, Continued from page 12 light by those who have recently opened up their own restaurant. Benny Augeri, the owner of Benny’s Donuts and the newly opened Sidecar in downtown Corvallis, is an OSU graduate and entrepreneur who was able to start his career with Benny’s Donuts through the help of the OSU Advantage Accelerator program. “We think this would be a cool new addition to Corvallis, and a great college campus bar,” Augeri said via Facebook messenger. “I wish it was there when I was in school! We cannot wait to try some nachos and are always excited to find a spot to drink tequila.” For Mendoza however, what matters at the end of
the day is whether or not the people he works with are having a good time. “If I can make you smile, that counts a lot for me, because you smile, and you being happy, it makes me really happy,” Mendoza said. “I just want to do something different for people that makes them happy. When I used to work at Sancho’s and people would walk in the door saying ‘Lupe!’ and I start making them happy, I become really happy.” The reason for Mendoza and Lawellin-Mendoza picking the name of their restaurant is also based off of Mendoza’s interactions with the community. “I’ve been working this strip for like 14 years, and everywhere I go it’s like ‘Lupe! Lupe! Lupe!,’” Mendoza said. “So what’s the best way to know what place is mine on the strip?”
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Lupe’s is located at 2047 NW Monroe Avenue next door to Jersey Mike’s, in what was previously the University Calzone building.
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Co-owners Guadalupe Mendoza and his wife, Dusty Lawellin-Mendozahave worked in the restaurant business for over 30 years.
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Ed Feser, Provost and Executive Vice President, requests submissions to the 30th Annual Provost’s Literary Prize for undergraduates at OSU. The prize consists of an award of $500 and publication for on-campus distribution. Rules. The literary work may be fiction, poetry, drama, or creative nonfiction written for a general audience. The prize is open to currently enrolled undergraduate students at Oregon State University who may submit their own work or have work nominated by faculty members. Submissions must be the student’s original work, typed, no longer than 14 double-spaced pages for prose or drama, or eight manuscript pages for poetry, and include full name, year in school, current mailing address, phone number, and student I.D. number of the author. Deadline. Submit work to Prof. Keith Scribner, Chair of the Provost’s Literary Prize Committee - School of Writing, Literature, and Film main office, Moreland 238 - by 5 pm, Tuesday, February 20, 2018. Announcement. The Provost will announce the winner in May.
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LIFE
Music a la Carte brings diverse music selection The music department offers members of the community the opportunity to explore various genres of music in a convenient setting
Director Sandra Babb conducting the OSU University Chorale at a Music a la Carte session in the Memorial Union lounge.
By CALEB CHANDLER, News Contributor The sound of music begins to take over the crowded concourse of the Memorial Union. Students and community members look up from their busy work, discussions quiet as all ears are directed to the performers. The show has begun. Music a la Carte is a concert series put on by the Oregon State University Music department. Every Friday, musical performers play for about an hour for students and members of the community in the MU lounge, according to Zachery Person, the music marketing and events coordinator. It offers a unique way for people to relax at the end of the week and be exposed to new music. “Music a la Carte, for someone who has never heard of the concert series before, is an eclectic chamber music concert series featuring a bit of everything from classical music to jazz to world in an informal setting designed for new concert goers and people who have been attending concerts their entire life,” Person said. The musical ensembles include a wide variety of professionals from across the world, as well as regional performers, OSU’s talented music faculty and even some student groups, according to Person. “It’s literally a little bit everything, a full range of performers in the series,” Person said. Marlan Carlson, a music professor and founder of the series, said that Music a la Carte was created to bring music to people in a convenient location. He founded the series in 1969 with his wife, who is
also a musician. “We thought that we would like to liven the campus up a bit by taking music to people rather than expecting people to come to music in concert halls,” Marlan said. “We looked over the MU ballroom and thought it would be a cool place since a lot of people are over there anyway. We decided to start a weekly series of concerts for about 50 minutes at 12:30, so we went over there and offered a concert every week, the two of us.” Since its inception in 1969, Music a la Carte has grown in popularity. Angela Carlson, a senior instructor and cofounder of the concert series, wishes to see it continue to expand. “It caught on fairly quickly as we recruited other people to perform and has been going continuously ever since,” Angela said via email. “It has not changed much since 1969, except that it used to be on Thursdays. I hope it will keep on going.” The concert series is in a public area where individuals can bring their lunch, their friends and enjoy music, free of charge. The concerts last for about 45 minutes to an hour. A typical performance consists of some informational speaking during the concert about what is happening. This adds an extra layer of information for regular concert-goers and provides context for people who have never been to a concert before, Person added. A la Carte is a french term that refers to the idea of pick and choose, according to Marlan. “We like the idea of ‘a la carte’ because people can pick and choose,” Marlan said. “They come in, if they like it, they stay. Five minutes later they don’t like it, they can leave.” Angela added that the diversity of the
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concert series and laid back atmosphere creates a welcoming mood to those wanting to watch the performers. “It is less intimidating for those unfamiliar with concerts than formal events,” Angela
OSU is a fabulous university for students that want to start to experience all of the varieties of activities. It is like being at a huge banquet where there are hundreds of dishes, many of which you won’t like, but you might find a dish that you try and like. Marlon Carlson Music a la Carte Founder Oregon State University Music Professor
said via email. According to Person, Music a la Carte is a chance to try out something new and to explore new things and likings.
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“I would say for every single student on campus, come and checkout a concert,” Person said. “If you have your student I.D., walk down to the MU or go to the LaSells Stewart Center and go to a concert and see if you like it. It’s a way to further enrich your college experience and they are soothing for everyone out there in the creative arts.” According to Marlan, Music a la Carte can be a relaxing time away from academics to allow students to explore what the university has to offer. “I hate to see people totally buried in their academics,” Marlan said. “OSU is a fabulous university for students that want to start to experience all of the varieties of activities. It’s like being at a huge banquet where there are hundreds of dishes, many of which you will not like, but you might find a dish that you try and like. It (Music a la Carte) exposes people to maybe some music they have never heard before which could be good.” Besides Music a la Carte, there are many other free music performances put on each year, with most being free to students with an I.D., Person added. “Its principle value (Music a la Carte) is that it is again, convenient and accessible and it is like many of the hundreds of non-curriculum opportunities on this campus,” Marlan said. “Get exposed to something maybe they have never been exposed to, and that’s one of the great things about this university is that there’s so much to experience that’s not in the classroom.” Music a la Carte takes place every Friday throughout the year, with the exception of holidays, at noon in the MU lounge. For further information on performers and other interests, Zachery Person is the event coordinator.
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A cozy Venus conjunction is putting you in the mood for love. If you’re involved with someone, you’ll want to make room in your schedule to express affection and enjoy increased intimacy with your partner. If you’re single, you could hit the dating scene in a big way.
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Aquarius: Jan. 20 - Feb. 18
You’re focused on selfimprovement as a forwardlooking sun has you taking stock of your life. It’s a good time to release negative habits and attitudes. If you need extra motivation, enlist the help of a friend, life coach or sweetheart to keep you on track..
Career issues could be challenging for you now. The sun says stay focused on taking care of work, money and networking opportunities. If a relationship feels a little off or is draining you, consider taking a break from dealing with that person.
Sagittarius: Nov. 22 - Dec. 21 You’re likely to be going back and forth about something as a schizophrenic moon makes it hard for you to settle on just one choice. If you’re romantically interested in more than one person, this isn’t the best time to make a big commitment.
Pisces: Feb. 19 - March 20 You’ll want results as the sun encourages you to be more selfish. “What’s in it for me?” you’ll ask. If you’re not getting paid enough on the job, ask for a raise. If a romantic relationship is out of balance, find a way to get what you need.
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Try not to be a drama queen this week. The moon is increasing your energy, and you’ll need to find productive ways to burn it off. Don’t drain your loved ones by picking fights or acting out just to get attention. Get some exercise at the gym or by going outside.
Capricorn: Dec. 22 - Jan.19
Don’t pressure your significant other to spend every waking moment with you. Venus is showing you that you also need to strike out on your own, maintaining outside friendships and activities. Spending time apart will actually bring you two closer together.
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NEWS Drones, Continued from page 6 light spectrum, according to Wing. This technology is currently being implemented in the College of Agricultural Sciences, according to John Talbott, the assistant director of the Agriculture Experiment Station and director of the Western Sun Grant Regional Center. Applications include monitoring riparian habitats, vegetation health and GPS allocation of harvests, according to Talbott. “We look at drones not as just aerial devices. Folks up at the North Willamette Research Center have developed what we call a smart sprayer,” Talbott said. “It’s something that mounts on a tractor. And as you’re driving through your crops, the sprayer actually senses what’s going on with the plant as you’re driving the row.” According to Talbott, smart sprayers are primarily used in orchards and for nursery crops. “It selects the correct herbicide or pesticide to use, sprays it on the area affected rather than spraying the entire orchard or the entire nursery. It just does a little bit there’s no overspray,” Talbott said. “It reduces the use of herbicides and pesticides dramatically.”
One of the things I’ve always wanted to do is develop a smart greenhouse. The idea would be you have this greenhouse that is essentially outfitted with every sensor that we can come up with. John Talbott Assistant Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and Director of the Western Sun Grant Regional Center
Other UAS technology being employed at OSU takes a more non-intuitive approach, according to Talbott. “We’ve worked with some drone developers more on ground-based drones. In other words, think of an ATV loaded with sensors that can run down through your orchard,” Talbott said. “The thing with orchards, if you think about cherries, pears and apples, you need something that looks up. That’s where the fruit is.” Another endeavor being pursued is conducive for local grass farms, according to Talbott. Sensors mounted on grass seed combines measure how much seed is being harvested and georeferences it to the field it was harvested from. “So when you’re done harvesting your seed, you can see, ‘OK, I got this much yield here, why is that? Was is fertilizer, was it soil moisture?’ Those kind of things,” Talbott said. Considering the progression of UAS sensor technology, Talbott describes his dream UAS project, sensors can be used in other settings, according to Talbott. “One of the things I’ve always wanted to do is develop a smart greenhouse. The idea would be you have this greenhouse that is essentially outfitted with every sensor that we can come up with,” Talbott said. Talbott’s end goal is to be able to operate UAS’s that can map vegetation health based on this sensor information, as well as build a database of healthy local plants and their non-healthy counterparts. “The image that you get out of that is going to have a unique signature between a healthy plant and an unhealthy plant,” Talbott said. According to Wing, this is possible since distressed or diseased vines reflect a different infrared signature than healthy vines, something that can’t be distinguished by the human eye. This is also the case for other diseased plants besides grapevines.
Wing uses a sensor called a multispectral sensor that reads the light spectrums that aren’t visible to human perception, but which are being reflected by objects. “It means that we look at reflected light in a specific way,” Wing said. “We could really look at things like plant stress and agricultural health. Other places where there’s vegetation.” Chris Parrish, an associate professor of geomatics in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering and the director of OregonView, works with UAS technology to survey and map coastal areas and assess bridge safety. Parrish and his lab work with the Oregon Department of Transportation and the Pacific Northwest Transport Consortium to improve bridge infrastructure and inspection using LIDAR and UAS technology. “There is currently a lot of interest in UAS as a possible cost-saving and safety-enhancing tool for bridge inspection,” Parrish said in an email. “The idea is that a drone can be maneuvered alongside the bridge and its camera tilted and zoomed to obtain high-resolution imagery of a feature of interest, all while the inspector keeps both feet firmly on the ground.” Conversely, in Newport, OSU professors such as Parrish use UAS technology to map and read local data. Parrish works with UAS’s to map local coastlines. “One of the other main types of LIDAR that my students and I are working with is topographicbathymetric LIDAR, which can map elevations both above and below the water surface,” Parrish said in an email. Mapping the coast comes with its own set of challenges, according to Parrish. “Many people assume that nearshore, coastal areas around the world have already been very well-mapped, but unfortunately, that’s not the case,” Parrish said in an email. “The area extending from the shoreline to approximately the 20-foot depth contour is actually one of the most challenging to map because you often have to contend with breaking waves, bubbles, foam and suspended sediment in the water.” The specific measurement of depth known as bathymetry can help keep coastal populations safe and improve policy, according to Parrish. “Other examples of how nearshore bathymetry is used include storm surge modeling, nautical charting and coastal change analysis,” Parrish said in an email. “With nearly half the world’s population living near the coast and sea levels rising, nearshore bathymetry is likely to become even more important in coming decades.” Both undergraduate and graduate students work in Parrish’s lab using technology to map coral reef structures in the U.S. Virgin Islands and investigate taking shallow bathymetry measurements from atmospheric drones in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Researchers such as Jack Barth, executive director of the Marine Studies Initiative and professor at OSU, use UAS technology referred to as gliders to map and record data. Sensors record temperature, conductivity, depth, dissolved oxygen levels and chlorophyll fluorescence, according to Barth. “So plankton, if you hit them with a certain wavelength of light, they’ll re-emit their own kind of light,” Barth said. “So we go through the ocean flashing light and light will flash back. Depending on the strength of the flashback is how much chlorophyll is there.” According to Barth, chlorophyll fluorescence shows the overall concentration of phytoplankton in the sample. These readings show the overall status of the water being sampled. “The reason it matters is because there is a healthy coastal marine ecosystem offshore,” Barth said. “And we like to say it all starts with the physics.” Although skimming across water and temperature differences cause currents and swells, gliders stay on their route thanks to both GPS and cell phone satellite tracking, according to Barth. Gliders contain clever methods of shifting internal weights to control navigation and researchers check in every six hours to
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(TOP) Dr. Barth demonstrating the oxygen concentration sensor of the UAS glider. (BOTTOM) The UAS G3 Slocum Glider costs over $150,000. take readings year round. “If they get confused or haven’t heard from us, say we miss the connection when it tries at six hours, it’ll keep doing its mission but if it doesn’t hear from us in a day, it’ll abort and send home a message that says, “Wake up you guys I’m lonely, come get me.” According to Barth, this pathway of study has been pursued for the past 40 years or so by OSU researchers. Barth and his team have collected massive amounts of data using glider technology for the past 12 years. “It’s so much, it’s kind of in that realm of big data now,” Barth said, “One of the main things we’re working on is with long term changes. We’re looking at temperature structure and dissolved oxygen.”
The overall product is raw data that researchers can use to extrapolate patterns and hypotheses about the changing coast, according to Barth. According to Talbott, spanning from inland vineyards and orchards to open ocean currents, UAS technology has become ubiquitous. According to Peters, a possible future could involve artificial intelligence and UAS technology. “Another piece is that in terms of student activity the thing that isn’t talked about is really the cool piece,” Peters said. “What students are being involved in are drones that don’t need pilots. They’re working on artificial intelligence to tell drones to operate.”