BarometerThe Daily

Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore. dailybarometer.com Vol. CXV No. 35

TuesdayNovember 1, 2011

59/26Partly cloudy

FootballTwo freshmen making an impact on the defensive lineSportS,page8

Diversity Summit hosts sessions to address social justice concernsn OSU’s second Diversity Summit

to promote themes of student identity, culture, engagement

ByalexHilbornThe Daily BaromeTer

The Division of Student Affairs will host the second Oregon State University Diversity Summit, themed “[c.a.r.e.] harmonize our voices, trans-form our world” at the CH2M HILL Alumni Center to promote dialogue on the importance of accepting and acknowledging differences between people in a community.

“The hope is that the theme for the conference, ‘[c.a.r.e.] harmonize our voices, transform our world,’ creates openings and possibilities for us to create the inclusive and welcoming educational environments we seek at OSU and beyond,” said Eric Hansen, associate director of University Housing and Dining Services.

During the two day summit, start-ing at 8 a.m. on Nov. 2 and ending at 5 p.m. Nov. 3, members of the OSU community, including students, staff and faculty, are invited to participate in over 30 free program sessions that cover a wide range of topics on recog-nizing and tolerating diversity.

The program sessions will focus heavily on the themes of this year’s summit: identity, culture, conscious-ness, justice and engagement. The summit’s planning committee settled on these five themes for the confer-ence because they address social justice concerns by bringing people closer together.

The summit will feature vari-ous keynote speakers such as poet Joaquín Zihuatanejo, comedian Nancy Giles, writer Helen Zia and diversity speaker Dr. Maura Cullen. Each of the speakers received invitations to talk at the conference because of the insights they could provide on summit themes and their varied individual life experiences.

Two student dialogue sessions will occur during the conference to give students a chance to voice their con-cerns about diversity issues on cam-pus as well as an opportunity to brain-storm ways to create social change on campus that inspires diversity.

Summit organizers have catered meals for signed up summit partici-pants to partake in during the confer-ence. The organizers hope that provid-ing food will allow participants to min-gle in the conference building during downtime as a means for fostering

communication between individuals of varied backgrounds.

“There seemed to be a need for seri-ous dialogue around issues of diversity around campus,” said Yuliya Dennis, a Student Events and Activities Center employee, about generating discus-sions involving diversity on campus. “This event has been the effort of many departments and offices.”

This year’s summit exists as a suc-cessor to the first diversity summit held by OSU back in February of 2001. After such a long gap in providing an event as an outlet for discussing diver-sity in the college community, vari-ous organizations on campus decided to revive the concept of the diversity summit to get people talking again.

People from all walks of life on cam-pus have come together to collabo-rate on the diversity conference. The event organizers hope that by getting as many varied opinions on the con-tent of the conference as possible, they can truly craft a diversity conference that reflects the wide range of diversity present in the university.

In fact, the words comprising the acronym ‘c.a.r.e.’ in the summit name remain purposefully undefined. Each participant in the conference can

See DIVERSITY | page 3

Occupy-OSU floods MU Quad to protest economic disparity n Oregon State University student

protestors speak against wealthy one percent, unequal wealth distribution

ByamandaantellThe Daily BaromeTer

As many heard and saw yesterday, Occupy Wall Street expanded its roots to Oregon State University in the Memorial Union Quad yes-terday afternoon. OSU demonstrators showed

their support for pro-tests occupying differ-ent cities around the

country.Occupy Wall

Street started in Zuccotti Park in the Wall Street financial dis-trict of New York

City on Sept. 17, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of middle class citizens and university students protested corporate greed, economic inequal-ity, corruption and influence within govern-ment, particularly toward the financial service sector and its lobbyists.

Their famous slogan, “We are the 99 percent” refers to the difference in wealth between the wealthiest one percent and the rest of the pop-ulation, and according to occupywallst.org, has stretched across America to 70 major cities and over 600 communities, even crossing interna-tional borders. Other protests have mimicked OWS in over 900 cities worldwide.

Yesterday, despite the rain and cold, pro-testers stood their ground and amplified their voices using their hands, because a permission note was needed to check out a megaphone.

“The people united will never be defeated,” said the group of protesters.

Such was their grand mantra throughout the event, which was meant to illustrate a united front and unwillingness to compromise on their position. The protestors, mostly stu-dents, were in a situation unique to college campus demonstrations, which only made their wills for victory stronger.

For various reasons, several sources refused to give their names.

“We don’t need permits to ampli-fy our voices because this is free speech, and this is our right,” said the Occupy-OSU protest orga-nizer, who wished to remain anonymous.

“OSU was established as a land grant college to create opportunities for students, but

now those opportunities are being taken away,” another student pro-testor said. “When will we get those opportunities back?”

Though tension was high, espe-cially when they spoke against university administration, demon-strators were sure not to act out in

violence.When protestors were asked about

Occupy’s main goal, responses varied.“Corporations are buying out our

political system, it’s out of control,” said Stan Johnson, an Occupy protestor who moved with his fiancé to Oregon from Alabama due to lack of business. He

fears that small businesses everywhere

will close due to the “injustice.”“In 2010, Citizens-United gave corporations

unlimited funds, and they bought out political seats with that. I’m tired of the one percent getting everything we work for,” said Nancy Mildren, a major in fine arts in education.

The rudimentary message of Occupy-OSU was to demonstrate a right to free speech and dissatisfaction of the results of graduation. As stated by one of the protestors, quoting a politi-cal scientist whose lecture he attended, “kids are graduating off a cliff.”

According to protestors, despite all the time and money spent getting a degree, there is little reward and students are either left broke or working at jobs they could’ve obtained straight out of high school. Occupy protests everywhere aims to change the face of the economy to the point where it isn’t catering to that one percent.

One of the protesters, who also asked to remain anonymous, from Oakland, N.Y., has been with Occupy from day one, and plans to ride it out until the end.

“I’ve been protesting these things since the sixties,” the source said. “I’m a Vietnam vet-eran, and I was protesting for peace.”

Confronted with a question of why Occupy turned violent in New York, the source said, “Occupy didn’t turn violent, the police did. They shot tear gas bombs and beanbags at us, and my eyes are still stinging from it a little. There was one guy who got shot right in the head with a tear gas bomb and the pig didn’t even care.”

When asked what he wanted to change in the economy, the source said that based on research and experience in the army and cor-porations, “We, as country and society, need to have complete control of our banks and we have to make hedge funds completely trans-parent. No secret deals between governments, banks aren’t allowed to gamble with our money, and we have to decrease income tax. If Occupy does have an agenda, it’s to make the economy fair and equal for all.”

johN zhaNg | THE DAILY BAROMETER

Protestors joined one another in the Memorial Union Quad for OSU’s own Occupy event, which demonstrated for free speech and an even distribution of wealth within society. OSU students also spoke out against university administration.

See oCCUPY | page 3

Interfaith Community Service Initiative a developing campus presencen Enacted by Obama upon

inauguration, Interfaith is a platform to connect religions

ByKellyWardThe Daily BaromeTer

Since the events of Sept. 11, Oregon State University has seen a dramatic increase in campus faith and ministry programs that represent all religions. However, the newest program, called the Interfaith Community Service Initiative, is different from the rest in that it seeks to unite these campus programs, alongside desired measures taken by the White House.

The president’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge has been in development since President Barack Obama was inaugu-rated. The program “involves people from different religious and non-reli-gious backgrounds tackling commu-nity challenges together” as a means of “build[ing] understanding between different communities,” according to the White House website.

Universities will use this academic year to create plans for implement-ing faith development combined with community service. Those with the most successful plans will receive rec-ognition by the White House at the end of the year.

Student’s interest in urgently pursu-

ing faith stems from recent studies that regard the ability to ascertain one’s own beliefs as necessary for a full and holis-tic development. Students are begin-ning to realize this need as well.

“I think without a strong faith foun-dation, you are influenced so much by everything around you and you lose sight of what is important,” says OSU

NEIl abREw | THE DAILY BAROMETER

OSU grad student Hannah Pynn, is working with a panel of OSU leaders and Interfaith.

See INTERFaITh | page 3

2• Tuesday, November 1, 2011 news@dailybarometer.com • 737-2231

Get in the spirit of the Beaver Nation at the Homecoming Parade, Bonfire and Rally!

www.osualum.com877-OSTATER

Brought to you by the OSU Alumni Association and the OSU Student Alumni Association.

Appearances by the cheerleading squad, marching band,Benny Beaver; a traditional bonfire, free food and hot chocolate;

and spirit competitions will get you Livin’ Orange!

Thursday, Nov. 3

Parade starts at 6:30pm at 30th & Jefferson, proceeds down Jefferson and Washington Streets, and ends at the Callahan Hall parking lot,

where the bonfire and rally begin at 7pm and continue until 9pm.

There are many more homecoming activities scheduled.For information about reunions, “Classes Without Quizzes,”

the Alumni Fellows and Young Alumni Awards, and more, visit our website!Now

BrewingInside the INTO-OSU Living-Learning Center

CalendarTuesday, Nov. 1MeetingsASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU 109A. The

ASOSU Senate convenes to discuss student issues. Students and student organization delegates are welcome to attend.

EventsLutheran Campus Ministry, 11:30am-

1:30pm, Luther House, 211 NW 23rd St. “Come & Go” lunch. Good food, informal table talk.

Wednesday, Nov. 2MeetingsWomen’s Center, 5-7pm, Women’s

Center. Graduate Women’s Network presents a Thesis Writing Support Group. Meet other graduate women, have your thesis edited by friendly peers, brainstorm or just work quietly.

ASOSU House of Representatives, 7pm, MU 211. The ASOSU House of Representatives convenes to discuss student issues and concerns. Students and student organization delegates are welcome to attend.

Thursday, Nov. 3MeetingsOSU Pre-Law Society, 6pm, StAg 111.

Regular meeting.OSU Chess Club, 4pm, MU Commons.

Meet for casual games. Free member-ship. All skill levels welcome!

White Privilege Discussion Group, 6-7:30pm, MU Board Room. The Women’s Center is hosting an informal, facilitated conversation for people interested in identifying and subverting white privilege in the feminist move-ment. All are welcome to attend.

Vegans and Vegetarians at OSU, 6pm, SSC, 738 SW 15th St. We dis-cuss various topics that we face, eat delicious food and welcome everyone even if you aren’t vegetarian.

EventsLutheran Campus Ministry, 5:45-

7:30pm, Luther House, 211 NW 23rd St. Q.U.E.S.T. – Simple supper, new topic each week.

Monday, Nov. 7EventsISOSU, 4:30-6pm, International

Resource Center (MU Lounge). Coffee Hour! Come enjoy light refreshments and snacks and meet people from all over the world!

Herman Cain claims he was falsely accused of sexual harassment , calls it “personal attack”Republican presidential

candidate Herman Cain for the first time on Monday discussed details of a sexual harassment allegation made against him when he led the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.

In an interview on “PBS News Hour,” Cain recalled an encounter with an employee in his office in which he made a gesture about her height and said she later included it in a formal complaint to the association.

I was standing near her and said, ‘You’re the same height as my wife.’ She’s 5 feet tall and comes up to my chin,” Cain said while holding a flattened palm up to his chin.

“Obviously, she thought that that was too close for com-fort. It showed up in the actu-al allegation, but at the time when I did that, you know, in my office, the door was wide open. My secretary was sitting right there,” Cain said.

Cain was responding to a POLITICO report alleging that two female employees at the association accused Cain of inappropriate behavior when Cain was president of the organization.

Earlier Monday, Cain force-fully denied the charges and said he was “not aware of any settlement.” But POLITICO, which broke the story, report-ed two separation packages in the five-figure range.

“I am unaware of any settle-ment,” Cain said at the National Press Club on Monday. “I hope it wasn’t for much, because I didn’t do anything.”

But later in the day, Cain changed course, saying he did know of an “agreement.”

“The word ‘settlement’ ver-sus the word ‘agreement.’ I’m not sure what they called it. I

know that there was some sort of agreement, but because it ended up being minimal, they didn’t have to bring it to me,” Cain said in the PBS interview.

He added that his coun-sel and the head of human resources at the association were in charge of handling the complaint.” So it wasn’t one of those things where it got above a certain authority level and I had to sign it,” Cain said. “If I did— and I don’t think I did— I don’t even remem-ber signing it, because it was minimal in terms of what the agreement was.”

Throughout the day, Cain repeatedly denied he had ever sexually harassed an employee.

“While at the restaurant association, I was accused of sexual harassment -- falsely accused. ... it was concluded after thorough investigation that it had no basis,” Cain said at the press club, echoing com-ments he had made earlier in a Fox News interview.

Cain said his popularity in the Republican field has led to a bigger “bull’s eye,” but acknowledged he did not know the “source of this witch hunt.”

Cain’s campaign accused the media of launching “unsub-stantiated personal attacks on Cain.”

“Since Washington estab-lishment critics haven’t had much luck in attacking Mr. Cain’s ideas to fix a bad econ-omy and create jobs, they are trying to attack him in any way they can,” J.D. Gordon, Cain’s campaign vice president, said Sunday.

“Dredging up thinly sourced allegations stem-ming from Mr. Cain’s tenure as the Chief Executive Officer at the National Restaurant

Association in the 1990s, polit-ical trade press are now cast-ing aspersions on his charac-ter and spreading rumors that never stood up to the facts,” Gordon said in a statement.

The women, who were not named in the POLITICO story, left the organization after receiving “separation pack-ages that were in the five-fig-ure range,” the newspaper reported.

During his appearance on Fox, Cain said he was not aware of any settlement and that there are no accurate harass-ment allegations forthcoming.

“If more allegations come, I assure you, people will simply make them up,” Cain said.

On MSNBC Monday, Mark Block, Cain’s chief of staff, said his boss “never sexually harassed anyone, period.”

Block added that he is “not personally aware of any settlement.”

“He [Cain] said emphatical-ly the story is not true. Bring me the facts, bring me my accuser,” Block said of Cain’s response to the story.

During an appearance at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington D.C. Monday, Cain dodged a question about the allegations.

“I am going by the ground rules that my hosts have set,” Cain said.

The AEI moderator told the audience they would only take questions related to fiscal poli-cy. Cain is scheduled to appear later in the day at the National Press Club.

POLITICO described the alleged harassment as includ-ing “conversations allegedly filled with innuendo or per-sonal questions of a sexually suggestive nature, taking place at hotels during conferences, at other officially sanctioned

restaurant association events and at the association’s offices. There were also descriptions of physical gestures that were not overtly sexual but that made women who experienced or witnessed them uncomfort-able and that they regarded as improper in a professional relationship.”

When asked by CNN Monday if Cain ever engaged in innuendo with any mem-bers of the NRA, he said “no.”

Cain, the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, served as head of the NRA from 1996 until 1999. He has risen recent-ly in national and statewide polls, becoming a top tier can-didate in the GOP presidential race.

A spokeswoman for the National Restaurant Association responded to the report in a statement Monday.

“The incidents in question relate to personnel matters that allegedly took place nearly fifteen years ago,” Sue Hensley, the NRA’s senior vice presi-dent for public affairs, said in a statement. “Consistent with our long-standing policy, we don’t comment on personnel issues relating to current or former employees.”

Jonathan Martin, senior political reporter for POLITICO, told CNN Monday one woman was asked to come to Cain’s hotel room. She complained to an association board mem-ber, and was one of the women who subsequently left the organization, Martin said.

Martin said POLITICO gave Cain’s campaign 10 days to respond to the allegations. First, he was told the allega-tions had been “settled ami-cably by parties years ago,” he said.

Ken Vogel, a POLITICO reporter and one of the story’s

authors, told MSNBC Monday the story stemmed from “a tip,” but that “we are not going into the source of that tip.”

When pressed on specif-ics, a Cain spokesman told POLITICO the candidate “vaguely recalled” the inci-dents and referred him to the NRA’s general counsel, Martin said. However, the organiza-tion’s personnel policy prohib-its it from commenting, Martin said, and the Cain campaign would not say more.

Martin said he confronted Cain after his appearance Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” A CNN camera cap-tured Cain responding to the series of questions from POLITICO.

“I’m not going to comment about two people that you won’t tell me who they are,” Cain said. “OK. That’s like negotiating.”

Asked several times wheth-er he has ever been accused of harassment, Cain eventu-ally responded, “Have you ever been accused of sexual harassment?”

“He was given the chance to answer a very direct question,” Martin said Monday morning. “... He did not say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to that question.”

POLITICO said it spoke to a roster of former NRA board members, current and past staffers and others familiar with the workings of the trade group during Cain’s tenure. The newspaper reported it also saw documents that described the allegations.

The women complained that Cain’s behavior “made them angry and uncomfort-able, and they signed agree-ments with the restaurant group that gave them financial payouts to leave the associa-tion,” POLITICO said.

—CNN

student Jamie Jo McGraw. However, the current issue

is that “there are very few pro-grams currently available to stu-dents that provide outlets for spiritual exploration,” according to graduate student Nicholas Martin, who is also an initiator and developer in the program OSU has set up for the national Interfaith Challenge.

Alongside Martin, gradu-ate student Hannah Pynn has worked diligently with a panel of OSU leaders, and leaders from various spiritual campus com-munities, to outline how spiri-tual life will embed itself into our community this year and in years to come.

“There is a need for this pro-gram, especially here,” Pynn said. “Because the Pacific Northwest is statistically one of the most un-churched areas in the United States.”

While Pynn points out that OSU students really value com-munity service, she hopes that Interfaith will help students

understand the internal reasons of placing such importance on service. She also hopes it will be successful in bringing students from different faiths together.

The plan for OSU encom-passes three phases. Phase one includes a speaking series enti-tled “Why I Serve.” These are lec-tures set up throughout the year given by speakers representing various religions discussing the personal and faith-based rea-sons as to why they serve. They are open to all students to attend and ask questions.

The second phase includes a conference in January that students are also welcome to attend. At the conference, stu-dents will participate in a ser-vice project together, as well as have open discussions where attendees will be able to “engage and share their different stories,” Pynn said.

Concluding the conference will be the opportunity to par-ticipate in a closing service that integrates worship practices from different religions.

The last phase is a ser-vice immersion trip and it is

Pynn’s desire that “the students involved with the Interfaith pro-gram throughout the year will help design this portion of the initiative.”

Eventually, Pynn hopes stu-dents will end the year with the realization that “the decisions [students] make not only root from, but affect their spiritual lives.”

As the program develops in years to come, Interfaith advi-sors want students to feel sup-ported by the university in feel-ing free to explore their faith. Examples of such support include the possibility of quiet

spaces reserved on campus for students to pray and spiritually develop in whatever capacity and form that takes.

Ultimately, the initiatives taken by OSU in congruence with Obama wish to create a more understanding and peace-ful community.

For more information about the Interfaith Community Service Initiative at OSU and how to get involved, visit the informational web-page at http://oregonstate.edu/deanofstudents/ifcs.

t

KellyWard,staffreporter737-2231 news@dailybaromter.com

news@dailybarometer.com • 737-2231 Tuesday, November 1, 2011 • 3

choose to define ‘c.a.r.e.’ with the words they feel express diversity best. One person’s idea of ‘c.a.r.e.’ may use the words ‘compassion’, ‘activism’, ‘relationships’ and ‘empathy’, while someone else uses four completely different words unique to their understanding of diversity.

Organizers of the summit understand that everyone stands on a different point in the path to exploring diver-sity and thus strive to make the summit accessible to as

many participants as possible. They plan on introducing ter-minology and concepts in a way everyone can understand. Organizers hope that every-one leaves the conference with a desire to continue talks of social equality.

“Diversity is something that you always have to work on,” said Patricia Lim-Pardo, ASOSU executive director for diversity programs, about how striving for diversity remains an ongoing process. “It’s not easy, but it’s worth working on.”

t

alexHilborn,staffreporter737-2231 news@dailybarometer.com

INterFaItHn CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

DIVerSItYn CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1Invisible Children documentary showing tonight in MU Ballroom

n Documentary, guest speaker discuss child soldiers of Southern Sudan this evening for students

BygwenShawThe Daily BaromeTer

In 2003 the group Invisible Children was founded by three friends who traveled to Southern Sudan looking to find a story they could film. What they found was war throughout the entirety of Central Africa. The filmmakers found out that thousands of children in Uganda were being used as weapons and were becoming victims.

Tonight, Oregon State University’s International Health Club, Student Health Services and Women’s Center are sponsor-ing Invisible Children by showing a film, followed by a guest speaker.

The original film is called “Invisible Children: A Rough Cut” and follows the lives of many children forced to travel at night to help with the war.

The film being shown tonight is called “Tony,” and it is about one of the boys that Invisible Children has kept in touch with since 2003. Tony has traveled back and forth between Uganda and the United States, and according to Andrea Brush, an OSU corre-spondent with Invisible Children, “the film

is about growing up in Uganda during the war, traveling to the U.S. and the hardships he has endured.”

Brush said the guest speaker will be a Ugandan survivor of the war.

The film will be shown in the MU Ballroom at 7 p.m., and is free and open to the public. The trailer is available online at http://www.invisiblechildren.com/videos/16189889.

Brush said that for those interested in humanitarian campaigns, this is a good place to look. “It is extremely powerful and very moving.”

t

gwenShaw,staffreporter737-2231 news@dailybarometer.com

OSU Political Science Professor David Bernell took an intellectual and neutral standpoint on the demonstration.

“Occupy definitely reflects people’s frustrations and reactions to the current econ-omy, as well as their frustra-tion that only one percent has actually benefited from

anything that’s happened,” he said.

Bernell insists that this is normal behavior during harsh economic times, and that anyone has the chance to join the protest. Bernell said it’s too early to tell if Occupy will actually influence change in our economy, but he looks forward to seeing the phe-nomenon cultivate.

t

amandaantell,staffreporter737-2231 news@dailybarometer.com

Corvallis gets educated on earthquake preparednessn Workshop meant to

instigate “awareness of earthquake hazards”

ByannecyBeaucheminThe Daily BaromeTer

Last Wednesday the Corvallis community was invited to LaSells Stewart Center for an earthquake preparedness work-shop composed of several lec-tures from various Oregon State University professors, scientists and community members.

The event was coordinated by OSU’s Emergency Management Department in cooperation with other emergency management teams in Benton County to step up earthquake awareness in the community and encourage pre-paredness for the one we may be alive to experience.

Off the coast of the Pacific Northwest is the boundary, or fault line, between two of Earth’s tectonic plates—the North American Plate and the Juan de Fuca Plate. The Juan de Fuca plate is being subducted beneath the North American—that is, moving underneath it. As the plate subducts, points of resistance along the fault line occasionally release, causing earthquakes. An event such as this is due to occur soon.

An 8 to 9 magnitude earth-quake, reported Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries’ chief scien-

tist Ian Madin in his lecture on seismic hazard information, is not imminent, but is likely with-in the next fifty years.

Madin presented some of the results of a recent Federal Emergency Management Agency study on areas of poten-tial damage in the event of a west coast earthquake, which included the consideration that distance from the epicenter is not all that determines how dan-gerous a location is. Some soils, such as those along coasts or rivers, are prone to liquefaction and can amplify shaking, which does not bode well in the worst case scenario for much of the Willamette Valley. Additionally, older buildings are more easily damaged than others. The sig-nificance of liquefaction and of rebuilding or retrofitting build-ings was a key point addressed in multiple lectures.

A lot of earthquake prepared-ness is about what a household can do to take care of them-selves. Communication and transportation means are also vulnerable to damage, and help after a disaster may take some time to arrive—many Oregon bridges for instance “weren’t designed with shaking in mind.” A household needs to be ready to survive on their own for at least two hours says Madin.

The first emergency respond-ers to a scene are likely to be locally based, like Brenda White and Lieutenant Meredith

Condon of the Coast Guard’s Contingency Planning and Force Readiness staff, who came to the lectures from Astoria for information to inform their local disaster planning agency.

The team covers an area in the Northwest from south-ern Washington to the south-ern border of Oregon. White describes their plans as “contin-gency readiness plans”. As the first responder on the coast, she explains, the Coast Guard’s job is also to bring in other responders and organize them.

According to Matt Rogers, coordinator of the event and head of OSU’s Emergency Management Department, the earthquake preparedness work-shop was hopefully the begin-ning of greater awareness of earthquake hazards throughout Oregon. For example, Oregon’s emergency management hopes to run a “more formalized” Great Oregon Shakeout next year, which is a statewide earthquake drill that they would like to be more widely practiced in schools and communities. According to plan, OSU students will be part of it next year.

Anyone attending the earth-quake preparedness workshop got to take home a free packet containing a booklet of emer-gency contacts, a disaster pre-paredness workbook, and a guide to earthquakes and tsu-namis in Oregon called “Living on Shaky Ground”.

Together, these resources are to “help create a family plan,” whether one lives in a house, apartment or residence hall, according to OSU’s Facilities Services.

“Living on Shaky Ground” details seven steps to take to prepare for an earthquake (1-4), respond during the earthquake (5) and survive after one (6-7), which are as follows:

1. Identify potential earth-quake and tsunami hazards and fix them. This includes securing heavy and loose objects in the home that might fall or shift in an earthquake.

2. Create a disaster prepared-ness plan. Make sure everyone knows what to do and where to go in the event of a tsunami or earthquake.

3. Prepare disaster supply kits.4. Identify and begin to fix

potential weaknesses in the structure of your home, such as weak foundations.

5. Protect yourself during an earthquake: drop, cover and hold on. That is, when you feel an earthquake, get underneath a sturdy piece of furniture and hold onto it.

6. Evacuate if necessary, and check for injuries and damage.

7. When safe, continue to fol-low your disaster preparedness plan.

t

annecyBeauchemin,staffreporter737-2231 news@dailybarometer.com

oCCUpYn CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

President Hopoi impeachment trial todayThe Daily BaromeTer

At 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union lounge, the Associated Students of Oregon State University Senate will con-vene the impeachment trial of President M. Tonga Hopoi. Hopoi was impeached by the ASOSU House of Representatives on Oct. 12, 2011 over her deci-sion to remove ASOSU from the Oregon Student Association and to stop attending meetings of OSA as required of her by ASOSU statutes.

The trial is expected to last a little over an hour, at which point the Senate will be allowed to deliberate their decision. The Senate acts as a jury dur-ing the trial, with Speaker of the House Drew Hatlen acting as plaintiff.

Four things could happen to Hopoi at the trial. She could be censured for her actions, receive an injunction which

would require her to meet cer-tain stipulations laid out in the injunction, be removed from office or the charges could be dismissed. To remove Hopoi from office, the Senate would need to vote two-thirds in favor of removal from office.

Two weeks ago, the ASOSU House voted to recommend a decision of censure to the Senate. A censure is a formal written reprimand that would remain on record. The House of Representatives’ recom-mendation has no bearing on the decision that will be made by the senate.

KBVR-26 will be broadcast-ing the trial live on their station for students who are unable to attend the trial in the MU lounge. It was decided to hold the trial in the lounge because other venues were too small for the large crowd expected to attend the trial.

4 •Tuesday, November 1, 2011 forum@dailybarometer.com • 737-637

The Daily Barometer Forum editorialBoardBrandonSouthward Editor in ChiefJoceDeWitt News Editorarmandresto Forum Editor

gradygarrett Sports EditorDonIler Managing Editor alexandrataylor Photo Editor

Pay and burnDespite the 600,000-strong

petition—supported by MoveOn—asking the

administration to forgive all student loans, President Obama laid down a new proposal last week to help curb the rising amount of student debt across in the nation—a much more economically-sound, responsible answer.

The proposal is essentially a revamp of Obama’s 2010 rules, which were scheduled to go into effect in 2014. He’s moved the date up to 2012—prime for election season—and cut the monthly payment toward loans from 15 per-cent to 10 percent. Furthermore, the new plan has moved the “forgiveness date” to 20 years, from 25—after that period, if all monthly payments are made, the debt is forgiven.

Unfortunately, all “current borrow-ers” are not eligible for the new plan, only new borrowers who join after the rules set in. Recent (and upcom-ing) college graduates will still start off thousands of dollars behind. With an estimated 36 million graduates cur-rently in repayment, the move is cer-tainly about a decade from now, not five years.

Now, Obama will urge borrowers to submit to a Direct Loan program, which would give all the interest on the loans to the federal government. The interest rate will be lowered by 0.25 percent, for added incentive. Paying all of your loans to the govern-ment, rather than split between the Fed and the banks, should prove to be the least inefficient solution.

But if the majority of borrowers choose to remain on this “split-borrow-ing” plan—paying loans to more than one federal servicer—the new rules aren’t exactly financially sustainable. As Obama has shown in the past, his policies don’t always account for, or at least consider, the eventual costs. And if he can’t guarantee the borrowers moving all of their loans directly to the fed—which the banks and associated loan servicers will strongly compel oth-erwise—this solution to student loans will not be a permanent one.

The proposal certainly deserves merit for novelty, reaching out on an issue that deserves far more attention, especially in light of the dwindling job market and unqualified work force, but it doesn’t consider specific state factors.

For example, just over the past year, Oregon tuition rose by 8.3 percent. President Ed Ray has expressed con-cern over the reduction in state funding (3.5 to 5 percent) and the inevitable continued increase in Oregon State tuition: “…not likely to be as low as 2 or 3 percent, but it won’t be double digit.” Federal and state economic issues in education simply get pushed back to the student.

It’s been dubbed the “Pay As You Earn” program—an idea all borrowers expect to follow when they start off. But just like the reality and extra burden of outside expenses and everyday conve-niences, Obama’s proposal won’t be an improvement against the rising tuition and cost of living.

t

editorials serve as a means for Barometer editors to offer commentary and opinions on issues both global and local, grand in scale or diminutive. The views expressed here are a reflection of the editorial board’s majority.

editorial

The Daily

The Barometer (USPS 411-460) is published Mon-day through Friday except holidays and final exam week during the academic school year; weekly during summer term; one issue week prior to fall term in September by the Oregon State University Student Media Committee on behalf of the Associ-ated Students of OSU, at Memorial Union East, OSU, Corvallis, OR 97331-1614.

The Daily Barometer, published for use by OSU students, faculty and staff, is private property. A single copy of The Barometer is free from news-stands. Unauthorized removal of multiple copies will be considered theft and is prosecutable.

Responsibility — The University Student Media Committee is charged with the general supervision of all student publications and broadcast media operated under its authority for the students and staff of Oregon State University on behalf of the Associated Students of OSU.

Formal written complaints about The Daily Barom-eter may be referred to the committee for investi-gation and disposition. After hearing all elements involved in a complaint, the committee will report its decision to all parties concerned.

EDITOR IN CHIEF BRAnDOn SOUThwARD541-737-3191 • editor@dailybarometer.com

NEWS TIPS • 541-737-2231FAX • 541-737-4999

E-MAIL • NEWS TIPSnews@dailybarometer.com

MANAGING EDITOR DOn ILER541-737-2232 • managing@dailybarometer.com

SPORTS EDITOR GRADY GARRETT541-737-6378 • sports@dailybarometer.com

PHOTO EDITOR ALExAnDRA TAYLOR541-737-6380 • photo@dailybarometer.com

SENIOR EDITOR JEnnA BISSInGER

COPY EDITORS GRACE zETTERBERG, ALExAnDRA kASPRICk, kAYLI PATERSOn, LORI PUGACh, kAITY PILkERTOn541-737-2232 • news@dailybarometer.com

AD SALES REPRESENTATIVES • 737-2233PAUL COSTALESDailybaro1@gmail.comSTEVAnIE MEDEARISDailybaro2@gmail.comRICkY EGGERDailybaro3@gmail.comCALDER ALFORDDailybaro4@gmail.comnAThAn BAUERDailybaro5@gmail.comDEVOn PARMEnTERDailybaro7@gmail.com

PRODUCTIONbaro.production@oregonstate.eduCLASSIFIEDS541-737-6372

LettersLetters to the editor are welcomed and will be printed on a first-received basis. Letters must be 300 words or fewer and include the author’s signature, academic major, class standing or job title, department name and phone number. Authors of e-mailed letters will receive a reply for the purpose of verification. Letters are subject to editing for space and clarity. The Daily Barometer reserves the right to refuse publication of any submissions.

The Daily Barometerc/o Letter to the editor

Memorial Union East 106Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR 97331-1617

or e-mail: editor@dailybarometer.com

NEWS EDITOR JOCE DEwITT541-737-2231 • news@dailybarometer.com

BarometerThe Daily

kYoo PaRk IS a jUNIoR IN aPPlIED VISUal aRTS

BUSINESS MANAGERLEVI DOwnEY • 541-737-6373baro.business@oregonstate.edu

FORUM EDITOR ARMAnD RESTO541-737-6376 • forum@dailybarometer.com

Unresponsive to warForty years ago, during the Vietnam War, the

American public revolted at the conflict’s lack of true direction or moral imperative. Those

who fervently advocated for the end of a war that they considered unjust caused a dramatic change in the very nature of the American psyche. Today, we are faced with a similar revulsion towards war, but it is one based on economics rather than morality.

Earlier last week, The Washington Post published an article that stated the war in Iraq “has reintroduced us to the ugliness of war.” Although this assertion has a nice sense of historical continuity and provides a hopeful prognostication about the future of U.S. for-eign policy, it is nonetheless inaccurate. Our view of war is not one of ugliness, such as it was in 1975, but one of habituation and economic misfortune.

In light of the economic crisis, war has become a drag on the U.S. economy and a funnel whereby valuable money is directed toward issues outside of our everyday lives. For thousands of Americans who see hundreds of billions of dollars being spent on conducting two wars and rebuilding two countries while domestic unemployment remains at roughly 9 percent, and political and social trials continue on at home, war is both unnecessary and detrimental to their lives.

One could argue that the American public does have a moral objection to the war, with the ability to see the war through images and news reports today. Although the integration of film media sparked an unprecedented ability for the American public to connect with the struggles of our soldiers during the Vietnam War, the same medium has by now desensi-tized us to violence. Instead of contributing to a moral revulsion, the violent images that fill our news hours have made us unresponsive to such carnage.

By being inundated with images of war, the American public has begun to view conflict as just another series of passing images that hold no real emotional impact. We see the names and images of those who have died in the service of our country, but there is a disconnect between their lives and ours, between their sacrifice and our emotional reactions.

It is this disconnect that has made stopping the war in Iraq not a moral objective, but rather an economic one. This summer, the American people witnessed a political system unwilling to sacrifice or compromise in order to correct our economy. We continue to see a stagnant unemployment level and rapidly increas-ing inequality in the distribution of income, and we wonder why so many resources are being devoted to an issue so far away. Although our international involvement is necessary, its relevance is much more distant and therefore much less important to the general public.

We can, however, make a strong emotional con-nection with the plight of people whom we see every-day, and with our fear of falling into the ranks of the unemployed and out of luck. The war in Iraq has not made fighting more morally reprehensible than it already was, but it has instead turned the conflict into a largely economic burden, one that can no longer be justified in the minds of the American popula-tion. What we have today is not the strong public moral objection to war so prevalent in the 1970s, but an objection based in our desires for material improvement.

Although our current revulsion towards war is a contributing factor in driving the administration towards pulling out of Iraq, it is nonetheless based in economics and therefore can change as quickly as the prospects for our material future. The war in Iraq has not created a permanent taboo towards aggression, just as the moral objections towards the Vietnam War did not forge one.

War is horrible, but it is in the nature of men and nations to forget this truth in light of concerns that arise in the moment and drive us towards a similar end. We are creatures driven by both reason and emo-tion, but in times of great emotion, our reason can be overthrown.

t

alexrubinDartmouth College

Expanding the interpretation of healthWhen you think of health, what do

you picture? I love to ask people that question, because there’s

always a slightly different answer. The idea of health is something that is individually tailored, based on personal experiences. Hence the dif-ferent answers. However, though they may be “different,” many answers fall into the same categories: fitness/exercise, nutrition/diet or healthcare. I dubbed them the big three.

I do not know how these big three have come to dominate the health discussion, but it’s hard not to notice their presence. A simple Google search reinforces my point—a wonderful snap-shot of current cultural values—as the top hits all link to sites that tie into one or all of the big three. Taking it one step further, I did a Google picture search of “health.” Again, the top hits show images of food, doctors, hearts or health-care flowcharts.

It was not until I scrolled down to Wikipedia that I found something different. Of all sources, Wikipedia stated the truth. Quoting the Merriam-Webster dictionary, it read, “Health is the level of functional and (or) metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condi-tion of a person in the mind, body and spirit…” It broadened health to more than just physical needs. I would dare to broaden it even more to

encompass Dr. Bill Hettler’s six dimensions of wellness. Health is the general condition involv-ing six dimensions: intellectual, physical, spiri-tual, social, emotional and occupational. If you view health in these terms, it is easy to see the limitations of the big three.

Unfortunately, my Wikipedia excitement came crashing down on the very next line. Picking up from where we left off “…usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain (as in ‘good health’ or ‘healthy’).” However, you should visit the Wikipedia entry because it does have an interesting discussion of the determi-nants of health. Many of which fit nicely with the expanded definition of health stated above.

It is no surprise that people think of health through the big three lens. The six dimensions simply seem out of place. It is awkward to think of health socially or within your occupation.

See SChaRY | page 5

Focusingonhealth

DavidSchary

theDartmouthalexrubin

forum@dailybarometer.com • 737-6376 Tuesday, November 1, 2011 • �

These days it is very easy to get angry at things, especially when it concerns the govern-

ment or the economy. So when you are angry, what do you do about it? Obviously, you have a slumber party in public parks. That will get your frustra-tion across in an effective, totally con-venient-for-everyone manner. Whether you think the president is a Muslim socialist, or that corporations are the puppeteers of government, congregat-ing in public places for a communal display of frustration is the thing to do.

A lot of people involved maintain that these movements, be it “Occupying” stuff or “Tea Partying” stuff, are the ideal actions of a democratic society. Unless of course you are an Occupier talking about a Tea Partier and vice versa, then it is the symbol of all that is

wrong with America. But the last time I checked, the act of disrupting traffic, squatting in a park and yelling “tools for the man” as they pass by is not what democracy is all about.

Granted, the ideas that protesters and activists are advocating for are actu-ally pretty good and point out pressing issues within our society. Some want less government control in our lives. No one likes being told what to do. Some want to stop the super wealthy minor-ity, the so-called “1 percent,” from run-ning the country of the equally buzz-wordy “99 percent.” Heck, those are all ideas I could get behind. But there has got to be a better way to get results than forming a tent commune downtown.

The “Occupy” people have done a great job of getting the word out about their cause. It is pretty safe to say that

the vast majority of Americans are now well aware of what the movement is all about and what their basic message is. Now they need to move on.

Giant government-controlling CEOs will not suddenly have a change of heart because there is a group of sign-wielding ruffians outside their office. They will continue to eat their caviar, pay people like me to clean their pool and dictate domestic policy through egregious donations to politicians.

Remember the Tea Party? How could

we forget? They came on to the scene in the aftermath of the election of Barack Obama and the passing of his health-care reform act. The Tea Party held several large rallies in opposition of a perceived surge in overreaching gov-ernment control. Since then, the Tea Party has been a formidable political movement, influencing the midterm elections in 2010 and most likely the 2012 election with their political clout, even going as far as moving to repeal aspects of healthcare reform.

Whether they like it or not, the cur-rent political fad known as Occupy Wall Street should take a page from the Tea Party book. Naturally they will cite poli-ticians as lackeys of the wealthy, and in most cases part of the wealthy class themselves, so they may be hesitant to become involved in politics. But in

order to ensure some staying power or legitimacy, Occupiers need to find politicians willing to attach to them-selves to the cause, or those within the movement willing to run for office. As much as they may hate Wall Street and those fat cats in Washington, they need to infiltrate that circle if they really want to get anything done.

We are all angry at something and the protesters have done a good job of letting us know what they are angry at. But now is the time to get off the curb, wipe off the Tevas and use the democ-racy that they have bragged about demonstrating.

t

Charles Leineweber is a junior in psychology. The opinions expressed in his columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Leineweber can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

Stop complaining about no democracy and become a part of it

Flu Shot ClinicsWednesday, Nov. 2Valley Library Main Lobby10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Thursday, Nov. 3Dixon Rec Center Main Lobby9:00 AM - 1:00 PMStudents: $15 charged to your OSU account.Graduate Students with PacificSource Insurance: $15 billed directly to PacificSource.Faculty/Staff: $26 - If covered by PEBB Statewide Insurance Plan (Providence), the fee will be directly billed to insurance. If not, pay by cash/check.

Bring your OSU ID card and, if applicable, your insurance card.

Student Health Services 541-737-9355 studenthealth.oregonstate.edu/flu

Vaccine will be given on a “first come, first served” basis while supplies last.

CharlesLeineweber

thepenisMightier

Some may even feel that health is not associ-ated with wellness. Whatever your view, it is easy to fall back into the status quo.

Recently, I was talking to a friend and I caught myself defining health as a balance between physical activity and nutrition. Being a health and wellness instructor, I could not believe that I was subscribing to a viewpoint which I adamantly teach against. This mental hiccup forced me to reevaluate why the big three are so engrained in the American psyche. It just slips into everyday life without anyone knowing.

There is no easy answer as to why health is attached to exercise, nutrition and health-care. These categories are important aspects of health and should not be ignored. Problems arise when they become the only measur-ing stick for health. Even worse, these catego-ries are often dichotomized. For example, you either exercise or you don’t. This extends to health as a whole; you are either healthy or you are unhealthy. What happened to everything in between? Where is the spectrum?

Instead of trying to fit people into nice lit-tle categories within the big three definition of health, we should explore all avenues. We should recognize that people can be healthy in many aspects of their life outside of the tradi-tional three.

Imagine of a world where people are consid-ered healthy because they talk to their friends on a regular basis (social health/wellness). Imagine a world where people who express their emotions are rewarded for being healthy (emotional health/wellness). Imagine a world where health was not associated with sickness but with living a full life. Finally, imagine a world where health was no longer associated with healthcare, something free of political anger.

If health is to fundamentally change, it will be up to the people to redefine it. Small steps in our thinking can go a long way in promoting true health. We should always be reminded that it is not how long you can live, but how well you can live.

t

DavidSchary is a Ph.D. candidate in exercise and sports psychology. The opinions expressed in his columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Schary can be reached at forum@dailyba-rometer.com.

What are we paying for when we enroll in college?A Facebook status posted by a friend of

mine at a private university recently made me wonder. The status was about

a professor who—as my friend believes—truly understands his students. In class, the professor had told his students that he knew they didn’t want to read out of the textbook, and the reason they pay him is to do the reading himself and then present it in a lecture format in class.

In some ways he’s right. If given the choice, cozying up to a nice heavy textbook isn’t how I prefer to spend my Friday nights. Reading and learning can be hard work. But is that really what we’re paying our teachers for—to give us information without making us work too hard?

“Anyone who thinks they’re paying for an education [in] college should walk into a class they’re not enrolled in. Do you see anyone stop-ping you? Are there any security guards pre-venting you from learning all that information that’s valued so highly? Makes you think how much the college really values that knowledge that’s being sold to you,” says Tyson Lackey, a senior at Portland State University.

Regardless of how much value the univer-sity places on such knowledge, security guards remain unnecessary because these freeload-ing classroom invaders aren’t exactly com-monplace. People don’t intentionally walk into classes they haven’t paid for. But if it is purely the knowledge we’re paying for, why aren’t there more people who do?

Learning is hard work and we want credit for it. We’re not paying to learn as much as we’re paying for the proof that we’ve learned. We all have an idea of what a college education should represent, and having a degree bears testimony to our future employers that we have been through a process that is supposed to teach us a certain set of skills.

Adults I’ve spoken to who have graduated from college and seen success in the job mar-ket seem to agree that it isn’t the material they learned in college that made a difference to them, but the way their education trained them to work hard and think hard. A degree shows we’ve overcome the obstacles our teachers have

posed for us, and by overcoming them, became stronger. We learn to think for ourselves, ask questions and push to excel only by having our own beliefs and boundaries challenged.

As Bill Graeper, a family friend of mine, put it: “Okay, my friend, here goes from a 70-some-thing college graduate; you don’t go to school to learn how to learn ‘stuff.’ You go to school to ‘learn’ how to learn stuff. After all this time, that’s what I remember: how to learn.”

Of course, there can be consequences of valuing a degree over the skills it is supposed to represent if the degree doesn’t reflect the amount of learning that has actually taken place. This worry is just one problem I have with the belief that if we pay our teachers not to challenge us with textbook readings, not only would many students prefer not to put in the work necessary to learn these skills, but earning a degree assumes—and does not prove—that we have learned something.

This summer, while I was visiting my friend in France, he showed me around his campus in Grenoble, where he is studying law. The school wasn’t in bad shape, but it certainly was not as beautiful as the grounds of Oregon State University.

He told me attending college there is free. Not only that, but in France, students at public universities have to work harder than students at private universities because there is so much more competition at a university that students don’t have to pay to attend. If a student does not perform well enough, he or she risks being replaced by a more studious peer.

I wonder how much our education system

would change if we had to earn our degrees in a way that did not involve money. Obviously, we are not a socialist nation, and it would be impractical to suggest our government make higher education free for everyone. But this alternative does raise questions about the con-sequences of “buying” an education.

There is undoubtedly a greater tendency in our culture to expect an “A” simply for showing up to class; after all, aren’t we paying for it? If we had not paid for our education, on the other hand, we would feel that our teachers owed us nothing. Teachers would be like employers—we would be working for our credits much like people in the real world work for a salary, and if we failed to meet expectations, we would cease to be employed as students. Surely this mindset would better prepare us to enter the real world than the vague sense of entitlement that seems to plague our current system.

But even if an education system like that of France isn’t possible for us, the difference between French students and American stu-dents is just that: a mindset. We may face fewer consequences for producing mediocre work, but we can still choose to believe our teach-ers owe us nothing. We can hold ourselves to a higher standard than the university can. C’s may get degrees, and degrees look good to employers, but it is up to us to decide whether through the process of earning this degree, we have gained the inquisitiveness, adaptability and work ethic it takes to survive after college.

At the end of these four years, the old cliché is true, that you get out what you put in. Whatever it is you’re buying when you pay your tuition, are you getting your money’s worth?

t

MollyJones is a senior in English. The opinions expressed in her columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Jones can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

SCHarYn CONTINUED FROM PAGE �

theDailyBarometerMollyJones

look and whisper some things under my breath just because the sight of anything Stanford at that point is going to pump my blood.

5:15 p.m.: In the locker room, the

music’s already turned on full blast, our all-black kit is hung up nicely waiting to be worn and everyone is in this success-oriented zone. Not only are we playing the number one team in the nation, but it is also our annual pink-out game to sup-port breast cancer.

People are lacing pink shoe-laces through their cleats and tying all sorts of pink bows in their hair. Although the game in front of us will be our toughest yet, all the pink in the room actually relieves some pressure from the air. I had a pink headband I was consid-ering wearing that night, but it’s Stanford so I had to stay mean with the black one.

5:45 p.m.: An hour and fifteen minutes

before game time, our coaches enter the locker room to give us our pregame speech. In short, we have nothing to lose from this game and everything to gain. We’re at our home field in front of our fans and there’s no reason we can’t give them a run for their money. After the speech we march out of

the locker room and make our way to the field.

6:20 p.m.: At the field we warm up just

like any other game. We go through our running, stretch-ing, possession play and shoot-ing drills just like we always do. No one looks over at what Stanford’s doing, because quite frankly we don’t care, we only care what we’re doing. With 10 minutes left until game time, we exit the field and finally suit up in our gear. People’s heads are right and we are ready for this game.

6:50 p.m.:Co-Captain Colleen Boyd

and I walk up to the midfield line and shake hands with the referees and the Stanford captains for the coin toss. It’s an interesting moment shak-ing hands with the girls whose stats I’ve been checking all week and finally being face to face with them. Hopefully by the end of the game they’ll have those stupid smirks off their face as they wish us good luck on the game.

6:55 p.m.: Probably the most nervous

I get all game is during the National Anthem right before kick off. At that point rankings don’t matter, previous success doesn’t matter and it’s just 11 girls versus 11 girls, any-thing can happen. During the anthem, I take the final few relaxing breaths I will have on

that field for the next 90 min-utes. After we get our last team cheer in, it’s go time.

7:04 p.m.: They had kick-off, but we

won the ball back quickly and within the first 30 seconds of the game we already had a shot on goal. Three minutes later, through grit and deter-mination, we got on the score-board first. The emotion and adrenaline that ran through my body was absolutely unreal after we scored. This is a team whose goalkeeper had only let in three previous goals all season and as a team had only gone down by a goal once all year against defend-ing national champions Notre Dame. Everything seemed to be falling into place so early and defeating the number one ranked team was turning into an actuality.

7:45 p.m.: Keeping them scoreless

through the first half was tough, but we got through it. The game was proving to be physical, I already got a yellow card and fouls were being called both ways, each team really wanted this win. However, after our half-time speech, we went into second half with the mind-set that the game was 0-0 and we needed to try and take the lead, again.

Ten minutes into the second half Stanford scored. After many missed shots and saved shots,

their hard work finally paid off. Ten minutes after that, they scored again. As a defender, it’s never fun to see the score change so quickly, but all of our mentalities couldn’t change, we had to keep our heads high and keep chasing after our sought out plan of winning.

8:45 p.m.: The rest of the game we kept

fighting and created some good opportunities, but couldn’t find the equalizer. The game ended 2-1 and Stanford kept their per-fect record. It was a tough loss for our team, but it let everyone see that we could compete with the number one team in the nation. Even though the game was in our reach, we didn’t have time to dwell on the loss because we play again Sunday.

9 p.m.: Since we dropped our Friday

match, regrouping and winning our Sunday game against Cal is going to be a crucial task. We’re all tired, but in two days time we will be ready to get the win and split the weekend. As I leave the field I hear someone say “It sucks to be a Cal Bear on Sunday” and with all the anger and frustra-tion from the Stanford game, I couldn’t agree more with the statement.

(Editor’s note: The Beavers defeated Cal 3-0 on Sunday).

t

Brittanygalindo,oSUwomen’ssoccer

sports@dailybarometer.com

“It’s nice because my little brother is back here (in Oregon) with me and we’re going in and working out every-day together. He’s a good workout partner,” Norris said.

Norris is no stranger to adversity in his football career. Originally a walk-on at Oregon State, he toiled for two years before being granted a full scholarship.

“I had so many high points at Oregon State at so many dif-ferent times,” Norris said.

The success of the team while he was there is a testament to Mike Riley’s abilities as a coach.

“We are never gonna be the most athletic team, never gonna get the best recruits but I think the players Mike Riley brings in and the trust that develops between them is what makes them so successful,” Norris said.

Norris is still close to his former teammates, especially his DE counterpart Victor Butler who has had some success as a linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys.

“Every game I watch I got a buddy out there that I can root for,” Norris said referring to the high amount of Beaver play-ers in the NFL these days.

In fact, Norris was one of seven Beavers drafted in 2009, the second highest total of any university that season.

Butler has done well playing outside linebacker in a 3-4 defense. Players like Norris and Butler, because of their pass rush abilities, are better suited to play in a 3-4 as opposed to a 4-3.

Unfortunately, Norris was drafted by a team who ran a 4-3 defense, further adding to the learning curve in the league that he had to overcome.

As Norris continues to work out and pursue his dream, it is hard for him not to be frustrated.

When asked if he is happy where he is now, Norris replied with a laugh, “At home? No.”

He is forced to spend his Sundays on the couch watching football instead of being able to suit up and get out on the field.

“I love watching football but I see these guys out there and I want to be out there,” Norris said, his frustration apparent in his voice. “I know I could do what they are doing.”

Norris has a love/hate relationship with football right now, but he also has a plan to make it in professional football.

“I know I’m a great special teams player,” Norris said. “If I can develop myself into a decent backup linebacker for now and then eventually get that starting spot, I can have a few more years of fun.”

t

alexCrawford,sportswritersports@dailybarometer.com

ClassifiedsHelp Wanted

TREATMENT SPECIALISTS. Join a team building brighter futures for at-risk youth & families at the Children’s Farm Home cam-pus. Full & part-time positions available; op-portunity for Internship. Email resume to: jobs@trilliumfamily.org, or mail to 4455 NE Hwy 20, Corvallis, OR 97330. Visit our web-site for details: www.trilliumfamily.org. EOE

STUDENTPAYOUTS.COM Paid survey tak-ers needed in Corvallis. 100% Free to join. Click on Surveys.

BARTENDERS WANTED. Up to $250/day. No experience necessary. Training available. Call 800-965-6520 ext. 151.EARN $1000-$3200 A MONTh to drive our brand new cars with ads. www.AdDriveClub.com

ServicesEDITING: DISSERTATIONS, ThESES, pub-lications, term papers. Tutoring: English lan-guage skills. Experienced retired professor. 541-740-3707

Business OpportunityDATEMYSChOOL.COM 600+ schools , 50k users, now at Your School! Two Ambassadors wanted! Make $200-$400 per week! Set your own hours! Promotions available to hard workers. Apply to jobs_seattle@datemyschool.com

For SaleGREAT DEALS ON FURNITURE! Inventory online at CorvallisFurniture.com Delivery available - Student run shop!

Health & FitnessOSU GUYS! Get answers to questions you have always had and get paid for it! Attend a free MARS appointment and receive a $20 gift certificate to Fred Meyer. Talk 1:1 with a MARS peer educator about sexual health and relationships. All appointments are confi-dential. To schedule call OSU Student Health Services at 541-737-2775. studenthealth.oregonstate.edu/marsDO YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW SUF-FER FROM:? Heartburn, Acne, Fatigue, Mi-graines, or other health issues. Please visit my website: stanatural.com/pkrutsinger Or Call 1-877-399-7545

Buyer BewareThe Oregon State UniversityDaily Barometer assumes no

liability for ad content or response.Ads that appear too goodto be true, probably are.

Respond at your own risk.

6• Tuesday, Novemebr 1, 2011 news@dailybarometer.com • 737-2231

To place an online and/or print classified ad, go to

dailybarometer.campusave.comOnline Rates:

FREE to students, staff & faculty with onid.orst.edu email

$25 per ad per month No refunds will be issued.

Print Rates: 15 words or less, per day – $3.75

Each additional word, per day – 25¢ 10 Days – 25% off • 20 Days – 50% off

CLASSIFIED ADSare now

ON-LINE!

���������

� � � � � � � � �� � � � � � � �� � � � � � � � �� � � � � � � � �� � � � � � � � �� � � � � � � �� � � � � � � �� � � � � � � �� � � � � � � �

���

������

����

����

����

����

����

����

�����

Today’s su • do • ku

To play: Complete the grid so that every row, column

and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. There is no guessing or math involved,

just use logic to solve.

������

� � � � � � � � �� � � � � � � � �� � � � � � � � �� � � � � � � � �� � � � � � � � �� � � � � � � � �� � � � � � � � �� � � � � � � � �� � � � � � � � �

Yesterday’s Solution

541-752-51511045 NW KINGS BLVD. www.woodstocks.com

WeDeliver! ( To most of Corvallis )

Beaver BusinessL I N E U P

������������������������������������������������������������������ �����������������������������������������������������������������

������������������������������ �����������������������������������������������������

�������� ����­��������������� ������������������������������­������������� ��� �������������������

������������������������������������������������­���������������� ����������� �������������­�����

������������������������������ �������������������������������������������������� ���������������� �������������������������������������

������������������������������ ��������� ����������������

����������� ­���������������������������������������

������������������������

���������������������

Come and explore the Christian Science Reading Room Madison Ave. & 5th St. • 541-753-5840

Open weekdays: Mon 10-5; Tue-Fri 10-3

gaLINDon CONTINUED FROM PAGE �

NorrISn CONTINUED FROM PAGE �

Depression is a supression of brain activity that can strike anyone. It can make life unbearable,but it is also readily, medically treatable. And that’s something you should always keep in mind.

Public Service message from SAVE (Suicide Awareness\Voices of Education) http://www.save.org

#1 Cause of Suicide

“It really changed who I was,” said Wynn. “I came into De La Salle a com-pletely different person. The people—I consider them my brothers. I call their moms ‘mom’ and their dads ‘dad’. [We] really became much closer and everything.”

Wynn has already lost more games at Oregon State (six) than he did in his entire four years at De La Salle (four).

An interesting parallel between Crichton and Wynn is that they were both uncertainties as to whether they’d be on scout team or on the traveling ros-ter as true freshmen.

“For Scotty, we tried like heck to red-shirt him last year,” said defensive line coach Joe Seumalo. “He was always at the

verge to losing his redshirt, and we didn’t. And I’m glad and I’m thankful that we didn’t cut him loose last year.”

“We were tempted to play him last year, but I’m glad we didn’t,” added Riley.

Wynn, on the other hand, played his way onto the team. Part of it is the state of the team last year versus this year. The 2010 Beavers had a lot more vet-eran players on the defensive line, and Crichton was not as necessary for that team as Wynn was for this one.

“We were hoping to redshirt Dylan,” Seumalo said. “He was too involved in practice. You couldn’t redshirt the kid, so you had to find a way to get him in the rotation.”

“It was my goal not to redshirt,” Wynn said. “I wanted to play and contribute to the team my first year on campus. I was absolutely surprised though and

definitely honored that they think I can help.”

However they have reached this point, both are going to be important players for Oregon State for years to come. A good pass rush in a pass-happy confer-ence like the Pac-12 will be a major asset for the Beavers.

Both Crichton and Wynn can look across the line at each other and see a teammate playing at the same level of skill and work ethic. Seeing the other do well only makes them do better.

“[Crichton] is a great guy and a hell of a player,” Wynn said. “He just gets what he has to do done. He knows how to do it… It’s something I kind of look to and try to better myself so we can both lead the Pac-12 one day.”

“[Wynn’s] bringing a lot to the table,” Crichton said. “He’s a great player. I’m

glad he didn’t redshirt because we need a player like him to make our defense stable a little bit.”

And the scary thing is, they still have three years ahead of them.

“Me, Dylan and everyone else actu-ally—we’re going to have a great future,” said Crichton. “All of our guys are young. We’re going to bring it in the future.”

“If they take care of what they need to take care of,” Seumalo said. “Go to school, go to class, make smart decisions the night before… if they go through the process and take care of that, then I think they’ve got a very promising future here at Oregon State.”

The future is bright on the defensive front for Oregon State. Pac-12 quarter-backs take note.

t

WarnerStrausbaugh,sportswritersports@dailybarometer.com

Women’s soCCerPac-12 standings

1. Stanford 10-0-0 18-0-12. UCLA 7-1-2 14-1-33. Oregon State 7-3-0 13-5-14. WSU 6-3-1 12-6-25. Cal 5-3-2 12-5-26. Utah 5-5-0 9-9-17. USC 4-6-0 7-12-08. UW 3-5-2 7-8-49. Oregon 3-6-1 8-9-210. ASU 3-7-0 7-11-0T11. Colorado 1-8-1 4-12-2T11. Arizona 1-8-1 1-15-2

OSU schedule8/19 Florida State L, 1-08/26 @ Purdue W, 1-08/28 @ Butler W, 2-19/02 vs. Santa Clara T, 1-19/04 vs. New Hampshire W, 4-09/09 vs. New Mexico W, 2-19/11 vs. Portland L, 2-19/16 FIU W, 7-09/18 UC Davis W, 1-09/23 Colorado W, 2-09/30 @ USC W, 1-010/02 @ UCLA L, 1-010/07 @ ASU W, 2-010/09 @ Arizona W, 1-010/14 @ Utah L, 1-010/21 WSU W, 2-110/23 Washington W, 4-110/28 Stanford L, 2-110/30 California W, 3-011/04 Oregon

OSU individual stats Total Pts Goals AssistsBuckland, C 23 10 3Richardson, J 18 8 2Ingalls, M 10 3 4Shaw, H 9 2 5

VolleyballPac-12 standings

T1. UCLA 13-2 20-3 T1. USC 13-2 18-4 T3. Cal 11-4 21-4T3. Stanford 11-4 17-45. UW 10-4 18-4 6. Oregon 8-6 15-7T7. Arizona 6-8 14-9 T7. OSU 6-8 14-10 9. WSU 4-10 12-12 10. Utah 4-11 9-15 11. ASU 1-13 5-18 12. Colo 0-15 5-18

OSU schedule (Pac-12 only)

09/16 vs. Az St. W, 3-209/17 vs. Arizona L, 3-109/23 @ Utah W, 3-009/24 @ Colo W, 3-009/30 @ WSU L, 3-010/01 @ UW L, 3-010/07 vs. Stan L, 3-110/09 vs. Calif. L, 3-110/14 @ UCLA L, 3-010/15 @ USC L, 3-010/21 vs. UW L, 3-010/22 vs. WSU W, 3-210/28 vs. Colo. W, 3-210/29 vs. Utah W, 3-011/04 @ Arizona 11/05 @ Arizona St. 11/11 vs. USC 11/12 vs. UCLA 11/18 @ Calif. 11/20 @ Stan. 11/22 vs. Oregon 11/25 @ Oregon

OSU individual statsKills: Camille Saxton

(332), Dre Shaw (201), Arica Nassar (194)

Blocks: Arica Nassar (91), Ashley Eneliko (60), Camille Saxton (48)

Assists: Megan McBride (467), Tayla Woods (372), Becky Defoe (79)

Digs: Becky Defoe (417), Dre Shaw (203), Camille Saxton (186)

men’s soCCerPac-12 standings

1. UCLA 7-0-0 12-4-12. UW 6-3-0 11-4-23. SDSU 4-3-0 10-4-24. OSU 3-5-1 5-10-25. Stanford 1-5-1 4-9-26. Cal 0-5-2 3-7-4

OSU schedule8/27 Portland L, 2-19/02 @ UNC L, 5-19/04 @ Wake Forest T, 0-09/09 @ UC Davis L, 1-09/11 @ Sac State W, 4-39/17 @ Gonzaga W, 1-09/23 UMKC L, 2-1

9/25 Cal St. Bakersfield L, 2-1 9/30 Washington W, 2-110/07 SDSU L, 3-110/09 UCLA L, 2-110/14 @ Calfornia T, 2-210/16 @ Stanford L, 3-210/21 California W, 2-110/23 Stanford W, 1-010/28 @ SDSU L, 3-010/30 @ UCLA L, 1-011/11 @ Washington

OSU individual stats Total Pts Goals AssistsWelshman, E 13 3 7Farfan, R 10 4 2 Eckerson, A 8 4 0Mitchell, C 7 3 1

FootballPac-12 standings

North1. Stanford 6-0 8-02. Oregon 5-0 7-13. Washington 4-1 5-24. OSU 2-3 2-6T5. California 1-4 4-4T5. Washington St. 1-4 3-5South1. Arizona St. 4-1 6-2T2. USC 3-2 6-2T2. UCLA 3-2 4-44. Utah 1-4 4-45. Arizona 1-5 2-66. Colorado 0-5 1-8

OSU schedule9/3 Sacramento St L, 29-289/10 @ Wisc. L, 35-0

9/24 UCLA L, 27-1910/1 @ ASU L, 35-2010/8 Arizona W, 37-2710/15 BYU L, 38-2810/22 @ WSU W, 44-2110/29 @ Utah L, 27-811/5 Stanford11/12 @ California11/19 Washington11/26 @ Oregon

OSU individual statsPassing: Mannion: 2195 yards, 10 TDs, 13

INTs, 64.7% completionsRushing: Agnew: 75 carries, 404 yards, 4

TDsStevenson: 36 carries, 167 yards, 2 TDsReceiving: Wheaton: 57 catches, 702 yards,

1 TDBishop: 27 catches, 337 yards, 1 TDRodgers: 29 catches, 313 yards, 1 TD

The Daily Barometer is hiring!

For more information about these positions contact Brandon Southward at 541.737.3191 or e-mail editor@dailybarometer.com . Applications may be submitted via e-mail, fax (541-737-4999), or in person at 118 MU East.

Columnists • Self-motivated, opinionated

and independent-minded social commentators

Web Editors • Manage, update and

troubleshoot the website

Staff Writers • Sports

reporters • Investigative

reporters.

sports@dailybarometer.com • 737-6378 Tuesday, November 1, 2011 • 7

beaVer Weekly Update

FroSHD-eNDSn CONTINUED FROM PAGE �

CorrectionIn Monday’s issue of The

Daily Barometer, it was noted that former OSU volleyball players Rachel Rourke and Jill Sawatzky were both All-Americans. Though she had a great career at OSU, Sawatzky was never an All-American.

n Norris was cut by the Jaguars in August, but is holding hope that he’ll get another chance in the National Football League

ByalexCrawfordThe Daily BaromeTer

The National Football League lockout brought some positive changes to the league and helped out a lot of players.

Unfortunately, Slade Norris wasn’t one of those players.

The former Oregon State defensive end has been converted to linebacker at the professional level and the transition has been a tough one. Norris had off-season plans of working out with his linebackers’ coach in Jacksonville but the lockout prevented those plans from happening.

“I definitely think that had the lockout not occurred, all the one-on-one time I would have had with my coach would have changed me as a player,” Norris said.

Norris mentioned how much the players gained because of the lockout but the irony of situation wasn’t lost on him. This was the same lockout that could be blamed for his current situation.

Unable to get the coaching that would have helped him so much, Norris was cut from the Jaguars’ roster during the third week of fall camp

this season. Norris has never really been able to settle down and get comfortable in the league, playing on a total of three teams since being drafted in the fourth round by the Oakland Raiders in 2009.

After his successful career at Oregon State — 19 sacks between the 2007 and 2008 seasons — Norris is at a low point in his football career.

“Picked up and cut, picked up and cut,” said Norris, referring to the lack of stability he’s had in the two years he’s been in the league. “It’s just

like any other job, when things aren’t going well you just have to keep your head up.”

Despite being in the doldrums, Norris hasn’t given up on his goal of making it in the NFL. His agent continues to contact teams, keeping Norris’s name out there. Today, actually, Norris is in Tennessee working out for the Titans. He has been lifting, running and doing yoga at his home in Washington to stay in football shape.

Where are they noW: Slade NorrisWhere are they now?The Daily Barometer will catch up with

nine former Oregon State football players over the course of fall term to find out where they’re at in life. Curious about anyone in par-ticular? Shoot us an email with a suggestion at sports@dailybarometer.com.

n Defensive ends Dylan Wynn, Scott Crichton have raised eyebrows this year — and they’re both freshmen

ByWarnerStrausbaughThe Daily BaromeTer

For a team as young as Oregon State, there may not be two more important players than Scott Crichton and Dylan Wynn.

Both defensive ends are getting a lot of early playing time, and both are making the most of that opportunity.

Crichton, a redshirt freshman, has been quite a revelation for the Beavers. He is currently tied for the Pac-12 lead in tackles for loss with 10, tied for fourth

in sacks with four and has already tied the season school record for forced fumbles with four, which is third-most in Division I.

“Scotty Crichton is really, really playing well,” head coach Mike Riley said. “He had a monster game up in Seattle. He’s a good athlete that’s just growing and very mature for his age. I think he’s a good student of what he’s doing and he’s got ability—that’s a great combination.”

The true freshman Wynn has been able to get in the rotation with the defensive line in his first year on campus, starting four games, including the last three. He may not have the gaudy sack or tackle for loss numbers of Crichton, but Wynn is a loose ball magnet. He has recovered five fumbles this sea-son which set the school record already after eight

games, and that mark currently leads the nation.

“The play I’m thinking about was the kickoff, the end of the half against Arizona—that we just squibbed down there, just punched it down there,” Riley recalled. “And [Wynn] went full speed ahead like he does every play, every day. I think when guys hustle like that, good things tend to happen. And that’s Dylan Wynn.”

This time one year ago, things were a lot different for these two defensive ends.

Wynn was down in Concord, Calif., as a senior for De La Salle High School, who won the state cham-pionship with ease, outscoring opponents by an average of 40 points.

8 • Tuesday, November 1, 2011 sports@dailybarometer.com • 737-6378

The Daily Barometer Sports ‘‘

‘‘

onlythingpoppinonHalloweeninCorvallis,oregonisWale’salbum#ambition...Idon’tneedtoparty!

—@J_rodgers1(Jamesrodgers)Beaver Tweet of the Day

A day in the life

n The senior defender’s running diary from last Friday, when OSU lost 2-1 to No. 1 Stanford

ByBrittanygalindoThe Daily BaromeTer

9 a.m.: It’s not every day you wake up

knowing that you’re going to play the number one team in the nation later that night. Stanford hasn’t lost a game all year and their only two losses in the past came in back-to-back NCAA Championship games. This Stanford team has a lot to prove, but so do we.

Going to school on Friday is hard when the only thing on your mind is visualizing success of that night’s event. Luckily, I built my schedule so I don’t have classes Friday, which gives me the entire day to constantly think about the game.

11 a.m.: I do my own scouting report and

go to the Stanford women’s soccer website and read up on their team’s success. I read articles on their top goal scorers and find out the ways they’ve scored this season so I can mentally prepare for when I find myself defending in those similar situations.

1 p.m.: Once my anxieties reach an all-

time high from reading so much sta-tistical information about Stanford, I need to find a way to get my mind off the game. Laughing should do it. Some of my favorite shows on televi-sion right now are Workaholics and Modern Family, so hopefully by sit-ting down for a while watching these shows I can clear my mind and try to completely forget about soccer.

3 p.m.: This cure only lasts for so long,

but it’s time to go to our pregame meal anyway. Every Friday afternoon during regularly scheduled practice time the entire team meets up and eats dinner together. As we wait for food, it’s surprising how much we don’t talk about the game. Besides expressing our excitement for it, we all try and keep the mood light and joke around.

4 p.m.: Once dinner is over, it’s down

to the final hours until show time. Within steps of leaving the restaurant my stomach starts to turn a little bit. In three hours it will finally be time to stop talking and start showing. I look up in the sky and it’s filled with dark and gloomy clouds, giving the appearance that it could downpour at any moment. But that’s fine, wel-come to Corvallis Stanford; this is what we’re all about.

5 p.m.: I drive to the locker room to pre-

pare for that night’s battle. Outside the visiting locker room is an empty charter bus obviously belonging to Stanford. I give the bus driver a dirty

M

See FRoSh D-ENDS | page 7

SaRah gIllIhaN | THE DAILY BAROMETER

Dylan Wynn, a true freshman, earned a starting gig midway through the season. Scott Crichton, a redshirt freshman, is currently tied for the Pac-12 leads in tackles for loss with 10.

PETER STRoNg | THE DAILY BAROMETER ARCHIVES

After collecting 19 sacks in his final two years at Oregon State, Slade Norris was taken in the �th round of the 2009 NFL Draft. Since, he’s been cut three times.

See NoRRIS | page 6 See galINDo | page 6

Throughout the term, Barometer correspondent Brittany Galindo of the OSU women’s soccer team will pro-vide readers with an inside look at OSU athletics, providing us with info that may not be acces-sible to the everyday fan.

InsIde osU athletICs WIth

BrittanygaLINDo

Seniordefender,oSUwomen’ssoccerImmediatempact

aking an