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n The life, times of Oregon State’s own two-time Nobel Prize winner
By Dacotah SplichalovaThe Daily BaromeTer
Ken Hedberg was pursuing a doctorate at Cal Tech. It was the 1940s. He worked hard. He worked weekends. Seventy years later he still recalls one sunny Saturday with particular fondness. A smile came to Hedberg’s face with the recollection of this memory.
Chemistry professor Linus Pauling padded into the lab, still wearing his bedroom slippers. He often stopped by — sometimes to work, other times just to find out what others were doing. Hedberg was in awe of the man. Pauling sat down in Hedberg’s chair and rested his feet on Hedberg’s desk.
“Hello Ken,” Pauling said. “Hello, Professor Pauling,”
Hedberg replied. No one ever called Pauling
by his first name. Pauling scanned the room.
Then he picked up a spyglass key chain attached to Hedberg’s keys. The spyglass
contained an image. He put the spyglass to his eye and dropped his head back up into the light.
Hedberg felt uneasy, he remembers so many years later. The image showed a beautiful — and naked — woman smiling from her perch on a boulder. A stream flowed in the background.
Pauling looked at the poster through his small looking glass. Then he looked down and replaced the glass on the desk. He stood up and began walk-ing out. At the door he turned.
“That rock is basalt,” Pauling said, and left. Friends and colleagues of Pauling remember him
not only for his intelligence, but for his curiosity. He was known to have called curiosity “one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.”
The Oregon State University alumnus and native Oregonian is the only person ever to have been
awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes. He was first honored in 1954 for his research into the nature of the chemical bond, the theory which states how atoms are bound together into molecules and how these molecules are built in various ways depending on their inter-molecular forces.
In 1963 he was honored for his work regarding nuclear disarmament and the establishment of a foundation for global peace negotiations.
Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber has declared Feb. 28 as Linus Pauling Day. The chemist would
have been 112 years old today.Pauling is by far OSU’s most celebrated and
famous graduate. His name can be found in the Valley Library, the Linus Pauling Science
Center and there are chairs endowed in his and his wife’s name. The Pauling Papers, archived in the Valley Library, are com-prised of 500,000 documents covering the
lives, work and legacies of Pauling and his wife.
“In terms of linear feet, the collection is close to a
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The linus Pauling special collection contains nearly 500 boxes of letters, Pauling’s personal library, manuscripts and awards. The collection includes 47 honorary doctorates and two Nobel prizes.
Celebrating 112 years with the newly-declared Linus Pauling Day
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First Year Experience open to Greek lifen OSU has decided to allow Greek
organizations to apply for a stake in First-Year Experience
By Jack lammersThe Daily BaromeTer
As of yesterday, Oregon State University will allow select fraternities and sororities to apply as additions to the First Year Experience program.
The program, established in 2012, will require first-year students to live in residence halls and co-ops on cam-pus and, as of now, selected Greek life organizations.
“There was significant interest on behalf of Greek alumni to exempt frater-nities from the First Year Experience pro-gram,” said Steve Clark, vice president for Oregon State University Relations and Marketing. “Our decision was not to provide for an exemption, but to allow them to become certified and allow them an opportunity for approval.”
Out of the organizations on campus, 25 are eligible to apply to take part in the program, and two more could join the group.
“The selected fraternities and sorori-ties have recognized status with the university,” Clark said.
Eligible organizations have the option to write letters of intent by April 1, and then the university will set a deadline for
The most interesting athlete at OSUNo one would be surprised if Josh Smith was secretly Superman
‘‘‘‘When i commit to something, i’ve made that commitment. i
hate the idea of letting people
down.
By Warner StrausbaughThe Daily BaromeTer
Josh Smith pauses after discussing his plans for after college.
“Now I’m just getting deep into myself,” Smith says. “Now I’m just thinking.”
The junior midfielder on the Oregon State University men’s soccer team has plenty to think about.
In addition to being a Division I athlete, Smith is a chemical engineering student who has maintained a 4.0 grade point average his entire life. He plans to run track for OSU after his soccer eligibility ends this fall. And he said he might run for ASOSU president after that.
It’s no wonder Smith was voted OSU’s “most desirable bachelor” by the female athletes in the Valentine’s Day issue of The Daily Barometer.
“He has everything that a person would want. He’s athletic, a genius, he’s a handsome fellow, I’m not afraid to say it,” said his room-mate and soccer teammate Will Seymore. “He’s talented on the dance floor and one of the funniest people I know.”
a competitor growing upSmith grew up in a family of four in Federal
Way, Wash., about 30 minutes south of Seattle.His father, Sean, said whenever Josh got a
new toy as a toddler, he would spend more time color-coding and categorizing them than actually playing with them.
On a family vacation when Josh was 7 years old, they were playing a game of miniature
golf. Josh noticed the scoring sign and asked what it meant. His father explained it was the number of strokes to reach par.
After that, Josh became frustrated every time he didn’t hit par. He began throwing his clubs.
“He was just a complete freaking mess,” Sean remembers. “It fits his personality to a T. If there’s no real goal or objective, he’s good and laid back. And if there is a goal or objective … he’s going to figure out a way to get to it.”
When Josh was in eighth grade, his father told him if he beat his time in the mile he would buy him a Chevrolet Chevelle. He ran it in four minutes and 32 seconds.
Josh’s parents both teach, and his father was a youth pastor when Josh grew up. His parents fell in love in high school, as did three sets of aunts and uncles. The whole family lives in Federal Way, and everyone went to Decatur High School.
He had a tight-knit group of friends in high school who never partied or drank, and were all focused on the future.
“I don’t think I’m that special,” Josh said. “I was blessed with a good environment that created me and allowed me to be who I am.”
He balanced playing on a traveling soc-cer team, maintaining a 4.0 GPA and being the student body president. Josh was also a National Honor Society member and a United States Achievement Academy All-American Scholar.
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CalendarThursday, Feb. 28MeetingsCollege Republicans, 7pm, StAg 107.
General meeting.
SpeakersCollege of Forestry, 3:30-5pm, 107
Richardson Hall. 2013 Starker Lecture Series - Forest Biomass: Energy & Beyond. “Sustainable Integrated Forest Biorefiner-ies” by Dr. Shri Ramaswamy, Professor of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota.
Pre-med Society, 5pm, Owen 103. Dr. Lauretta Young, psychiatrist from OHSU Medical School will talk about the OHSU Integrative self-care initiative.
EventsCareer Services, 11am-4pm, CH2M Hill
Alumni Center. Engineering Career Fair.
Friday, Mar. 1EventsOSU Music Department, Noon, MU
Lounge. Music å la Carte: OSU Percussion Ensemble.
Women’s Center, 4-6pm, MU Lounge. Inaugural Women’s History Month Recep-tion. Featuring keynote speaker Sara Gelser and performances by women on campus. Refreshments provided.
Centro Cultural César Chåvez, 12-3pm, Native American Longhouse. We will offer activities to build leadership skills. Learn about ASOSU, the cultural centers, and other resources. Nick Rosoff will be the guest speaker.
Monday, Mar. 4SpeakersNASA Astronaut visit Dr. Stan Love,
6pm, Milam Auditorium, Dr. Stan Love will be speaking on the difficulties facing NASA in sending a human to the Red Planet.
EventsAsian Pacific Cultural Center, 4-5:30pm,
Women’s Center. Join us as we watch “Killing us Softly,” with a discussion to follow. Refreshments provided!
Tuesday, Mar. 5MeetingsASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU 211
EventsPride Center, 4-5:30pm, Pride Center. Tea
& Topics: Come enjoy tea and discuss a wide range of topics!
Wednesday, Mar. 6MeetingsASOSU House of Representatives, 7pm,
MU 211. EventsCampus Recycling, 9am-4pm, Recycling
Warehouse (644 SW 13th St.). Film, Plastic & E-Waste Collection Week. Bring broken or unused electronics and clean film plastic for free recycling.
Thursday, Mar. 7MeetingsBaha’i Campus Association, 12:30-1pm,
MU Talisman Room. The Nobility of Humankind - Devotions and discussion on how we are noble with occasional slips rather than sinful with occasional flashes of good.
College Republicans, 7pm, StAg 107. General meeting.
EventsCampus Recycling, 9am-4pm, Recycling
Warehouse (644 SW 13th St.). Film, Plastic & E-Waste Collection Week. Bring broken or unused electronics and clean film plastic for free recycling.
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Student Experience Center taking name suggestions
mile long,” said Chris Petersen, faculty research assistant with OSU’s Special Collections & Archives Research Center.
It contains nearly 500 boxes of letters, Pauling’s person-al library, manuscripts and awards. It includes 47 honor-ary doctorates and two Nobel Prizes. The collection also con-tains newspaper clippings, audio-visual content, scrap-books and even clothes.
Pauling was born in Portland in 1901. His father was a pharmacist and died when Pauling was 9. The loss left his family in dire financial straits. Young Pauling drew into himself, devoting time to studying minerals. He set up a chemistry lab in the base-ment of his family’s southeast Portland home.
While his experiments resulted in the occasional explosions, noises, smells and small fires, according to a book on Linus Pauling by biogra-pher Thomas Hager, no one was ever hurt.
Pauling was bright, but dis-liked the restrictive curriculum offered at Washington High, so he dropped out before gradu-ation. His mother wanted him to stay home and help sup-port his siblings, but Pauling wanted to study, according to Hager.
Pauling defied his moth-er’s wishes, and in 1917 he came to OSU. The school was then named the Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) and was free for students who attended. Hager wrote that Pauling worked hard at his chemistry courses and read voraciously. The only area in which Pauling didn’t excel was physical fitness, according to report cards maintained as part of the OSU archives.
Pauling studied for two years before being offered a position teaching general chemistry. He is the youngest professor the school has ever
hired, according to the Pauling
Papers archive.Students loved his passion,
encyclopedic memory and kindness.
Pauling studied German so he could read papers about theoretical physics. He learned quantum mechanics and applied that to chemistry. He cultivated a comprehensive understanding of physics, chemistry, mineralogy and biology.
He encouraged students to be skeptical — even of him.
“When an old and distin-guished person speaks to you, listen to him carefully and with respect. But do not believe him. Never put your trust into anything but your own intellect,” he told stu-dents in his column “Advice to Students” in a 1955 issue of “Engineering and Science.”
One student loved him as more than a teacher. She fell in love with the man. Ava Helen Miller was smarter than Pauling. The I.Q. tests that prove Ava Helen’s genius can be found within her own archival collection, the Ava Helen Pauling Papers.
While teaching a general chemistry course at OAC for home economics majors, Pauling called on Ms. Miller in class to answer a question. She responded correctly and thoroughly impressed Pauling.
Pauling initially rebuffed the advances of the strong-willed young woman, because he feared placing his teaching job in jeopardy. Despite this, the two fell in love and were married nine months later.
Miller was Pauling’s great love and lifelong best friend, according to Petersen. She admired Pauling’s work and helped him carve out space for research. She encouraged him to devote time to furthering world peace, while she raised the couple’s four children.
Pauling’s students and col-leagues saw softness unex-pected in a scientist with so many awards to his name.
Steve Lawson, a long-time employee of Pauling’s, recalls leaving the Linus Pauling Institute one warm evening after work.
“I was walking across the lot and I saw Pauling was leav-ing with his cardboard box of papers, as he did every day,” Lawson said.
Pauling was known for car-rying a box filled with docu-ments between his home and his office. Lawson remem-bers watching Pauling. He was wearing the same scuffed old shoes he always did. Pauling spotted an approaching jani-tor. Pauling stood with his box, holding the door for several minutes until the other man could pass through.
“That is what really impressed me most,” Lawson said. “After all of his fame, two Nobel prizes and countless other achievements, Pauling was still very respectful of everyone.”
Lawson stayed in touch with Pauling as the man aged. Even in his 80s, Pauling was sharp and moved like a young man, but no longer liked to drive.
Lawson picked him up for work and drove him around for errands.
“It was a time that we could be alone and talk,” Lawson said.
One time Lawson remem-bers Pauling asked to stop by the supermarket on his way home from the office.
“In the store, I heard him call out ‘Over this way, Steve,’” Lawson said.
Pauling wanted to buy some oxtail to cook.
“Have you ever tried bangers?” Lawson asked Pauling.
“No.” “He loved them,” Lawson
recalled. “Our final purchase of the day was half a dozen bottles of Stoli vodka.”
Pauling drank his vodka on the rocks.
Dacotah Splichalova, news [email protected]
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Currently the name of the new student building — under the working title of the Student Experience Center — has been taking name submissions from the public.
The campaign start Feb. 25, and ends March 15.
Those interested can submit names through an online form on the Memorial Union website. The submissions cannot be named after people.
In 2010, students voted to build the new four-story building next to the Memorial Union. The building will house many student programs, including ASOSU, Greek life, international student pro-grams, Diversity Development, leadership programs, the Craft Center, The Daily Barometer, KBVR and more.
This building and the Memorial Union will be connected with a plaza covered by a glass canopy, which will keep students
dry for outdoor activities and concerts. The building will be sustainable and LEED Gold certified, with universal access. After years of studies, surveys and discussions surrounding the project, the new student building will be breaking ground on May 23.
The deadline for submission is May 23 at 5 p.m. The web address for the online submission form is mu.oregonstate.edu/name.
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applications.Houses expressing intent will
complete applications during the summer for next year to ensure the university can accurately show the approved organizations for incoming students. The appli-cation will determine whether the groups can be included as housing facilities and the evalu-ation to follow will show whether the houses are consistent with experiences in the residence halls and co-ops.
Based on a projection of 15 participating organizations, each organization will pay $10,000 for the application and $15,000 annually. This number could vary based on how many orga-nizations participate, but the overall cost projection hovers around $400,000 for all houses, Clark said.
Expenses will cover inspec-tions for recognition as student housing and insurance and guar-antees of safety including build-ing, health and fire safety codes.
The money will also employ a student success coordinator, who would create student support services to help Greek organiza-tions fulfill First Year Experience requirements.
Brendan Sanders, President of the Interfraternity Council at OSU, voiced his approval of the plan and recognized the proposal as only an outline.
“I like the idea of what the university is going after,” Sanders said. “I would say it’s a good option and could help Greek life. I still hope that there’s some way other chapters not included can participate.”
The money spent in the appli-cation process will have to come from the organizations one way or another.
“That will be a difficult discus-sion for most houses to decide fees and will depend on where they are at this point,” Sanders said.
Jack lammers, news [email protected]
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87th annual Black History Month: 148 years of freedomCarter G. Woodson, a profes-
sor at Harvard, is the founder of Black History Month. In
1926, fed up with the general disre-gard of the history textbooks toward black people, he proposed a Negro History Week to take place in the sec-ond week of February. Time passed, and Negro History Week was soon adopted around the country. In 1976, on the 50th anniversary of the cre-ation of Black History Week, which it was then called, was expanded into Black History Month.
Woodson chose the second week of February, and thus now the month of February, to celebrate black history because it included the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.
So while Black History Month gets to share the shortest month of the year with National Bird Feeding Month, it’s not because black his-tory is somehow considered less important than other history. It is because the son of two former slaves, Woodson, picked the week in which he believed two of the most important
people to black history were born.Regardless, it’s the time of year to
look back. Unlike the groundhogs, we’re not looking for shadows.
I am white. I grew up, and now live, in a predominantly white community. I have a white social network. I had a black friend back in high school, but he was the “gay kid,” not the “black kid.” So I’m understandably terrified of writing about someone else’s cul-tural history. I am afraid of getting it wrong, offending or focusing on the cliche.
But I’m going to do it anyway.Woodson, the founder of Black
History Month, was the son of former slaves. After finally being allowed to attend high school when he was 20, he went on to earn his bach-elor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Chicago, and his Ph.D. from Harvard. Woodson was only the second black man to be granted
a doctorate from Harvard — the first was W.E.B. Du Bois. In 1915, Woodson returned to Chicago in order to join in the celebration of the 50 year anniver-sary of the end of slavery in the United States, which was the catalyst that started him on the path to creating Black History Month.
My ancestors were Vikings. They might have owned slaves, but their slaves, called thralls, were opponents defeated in battle and captured on their raiding and pillaging voyages. It wasn’t a matter of skin color. The Vikings would have been as likely to become slaves as own them.
But that doesn’t mean I have any less responsibility to learn about the tragic history of slavery in the United States. The United States was the last Western nation, discounting Nazi-occupied Germany, which used slave labor in the concentration camps, to abolish slavery. Mexico abolished slavery in 1830, the British Empire in 1833, Cuba in 1862 and the United States finally ratified and passed the 13th Amendment in 1865.
We can’t ignore our roles just
because we personally have never been a slave or slave owner. We can-not simply ignore this ugly past and start fresh. That’s like shrugging off Oregon’s role in this ugly facet of our history. Sure, slavery was illegal in Oregon. However, so were black people. It was illegal to be black in Oregon, or to help black people enter the state.
To drive out the black “incursion,” Oregon instituted the infamous Lash Law. The Lash Law stated that blacks in Oregon “be they free or slave — be whipped twice a year until he or she shall quit the territory.” When this punishment was deemed “too harsh,” the punishment was reduced to forced labor. The Lash Law was repealed in 1845.
Oregon’s constitution had an exclu-sionary clause to deter black settlers. Oregon was the only free state in the Union to have such a clause. The clause actually made it illegal to be black in Oregon until 1849, when the law was changed to allow cur-
Editor’s note: The following let-ters are in response to the editorial “Greek life shouldn’t have exception,” published on Feb. 26.
Greeks will not have special treatment in the First Year Experience program
This letter is in response to “Greek Life shouldn’t have exception.” Let me first begin with informing you that you have many facts wrong and may want to contact parties involved, such as ASOSU or faculty members involved in the FYE before printing editorials you know will come under much scrutiny. ASOSU has looked over the FYE, and while a resolution was passed, it was not a resolution calling for exceptions to be made but for the plan to be reviewed, provide a forum for stu-dent input and involvement, and a year delay for matters pertaining to the implementation of the FYE to be resolved. Secondly, you state that “the same standards should be held to all” in regards to exceptions being made for Greek life. Currently no exceptions have been made, no guidelines covering exceptions have been made, and, in fact, exceptions to the FYE have only been a topic to recently come under consid-eration. I can assure you that no “special” treatment is being given as of yet, and the claim that Greek life is receiving or expecting “special” treatment is absurd.
Besides the fallacies contained in the editorial, I feel it necessary to highlight the incredibly pessimistic tone the editorial took when refer-ring to Greek life as a whole. The statement “well-behaved, law-abid-ing, over-achieving, ‘A-plus’ citizens” sounds facetious and condescend-ing anyway you say it. While I don’t expect unbiased reporting out of a college newspaper, this editorial held nothing back when trying to demonstrate its distaste for Greek life. I’m not sure if the point of this editorial was to take a shot at Greek life and receive the ire of many, but I know it was not to inform anyone about the FYE and possible exceptions.
Dylan HinricHsJunior in microbiology
and ASOSU senator
Geeks do a lot for OSU, freshmen
I chose to open the Barometer on Tuesday at lunch and was reminded of why I haven’t read the school
newspaper in the past four months. The editorial perpetuating a nega-tive stereotype of Greek life gave me all I could stomach for the day. How can a student-funded newspaper justify the bashing of a student group representing 10 percent of the Oregon State University undergradu-ate population? Media has continu-ally propagated the Animal House fraternity/sorority stereotype with little acknowledgement of the ben-eficial services that fraternal organi-zations provide their members, and, in turn, the work that the members give back to the community. Sure, there are some organizations that live up to this negative stereotype, but you would find yourself hard pressed to find one of those orga-nizations on this campus. Fraternal organizations exist to build better men and women, and impact their lives in a positive manner by uniting them under an individual chapter’s mission statement and values, and, furthermore, uniting an entire com-munity under the term “Greek” for life. To deny the accomplishments and sell short the service provided by members of these organizations is ignorant at best and exhibits the lack of knowledge and humility one pos-sesses. On and on we preach about the breaking down of barriers and defeating discriminatory behavior, but we allow the publishing of such beliefs and views in a student-funded behavior. In regards to the incoming freshman of Oregon State University, who are the individuals that help them move in every fall term? Who are the individuals that line the front of Gill Coliseum for the new student walk and then pack its seats for convocation? Which student group raises upwards of $100,000 annually for charitable causes? Which stu-dent group contributes over 20,000 community service hours annually? The answer to all these questions is Greek life, and is it any wonder that new students gravitate to these organizations that provide the tools and involvement to build a better individual?
MicHael stoHrSenior in exercise and sports science
Editorial disconnects Greeks from OSU
I am contacting you regarding the article “Greek Life shouldn’t have exception.” As someone who moved into my sorority my freshman year, I have to say that this article was false and inappropriate. Last term was my first term at OSU. Even with
living in my chapter house I got a 3.5 GPA. I never once felt pressured to drink and, living in this house, I never brought alcohol in, whereas everyone was always drinking in the residence halls. I feel more connect-ed to the university and Corvallis as a whole living in my chapter house. I always know what is going on around campus and I am encouraged to do things for myself, like going to see public speakers. I also feel that I am doing something good while I am in school since we have tons of commu-nity service requirements and oppor-tunities. I have always respected the Barometer and the non-Greek life members, but articles like the one I read today make me feel discon-nected from Oregon Sate as a whole. The article says “we can’t dismiss the worst cases,” and while alcohol can be harmful, so is grouping and ste-reotyping. Yes, maybe statistics show that members of Greek life consume alcohol, but is it very much different for any other college student?
ciDney Wrisley
Student in university exploratory studies
No one is sucked inAs an alumna of a sorority and a
graduate of Oregon State University, I am deeply offended by the article posted in the Barometer titled “Greek Life shouldn’t have exception.” I have never seen such a closed-minded, poorly-researched, ignorant article written in the Barometer. As a college graduate, I understand that scandals typically make headlines, and that fundraisers and philanthropy events do not. However, as journalists, the staff of the Barometer should have the ability to perform better research on this topic. The statement that claims fraternity and sorority mem-bers “suck in freshman” and get them wrapped up in partying and poor choices is far from the truth. If the author had done even the slight-est bit of research about Greek life, he or she would have learned that members of these organizations go through a selection process. No one is “sucked in.”
The author also failed to men-tion that 9 million college students throughout the nation are Greek. These students join Greek life for various reasons, and many of them find that they gain skills that they will use in their future careers. Greek members develop their interpersonal communication skills and leader-ship abilities through community service and professional network-ing. Additionally, there is a GPA requirement that every fraternity
and sorority members must meet. At Oregon State University, the aver-age Greek GPA is higher than the university average and members of Greek organizations are 20 percent more likely to graduate from college than non-Greeks. If the author had properly researched this topic, he or she would have also found that the first female astronaut, the first female senator, 85 percent of Fortune 500 executives and all but three U.S. presidents have been Greek. Proving that these organizations are not sucking people in to a blur of parties and bad choices.
If you do not believe me, maybe you should read an article written by a professional.
All in all, I am disgusted that this article was even posted. It is clear that the author is uneducated, igno-rant and closed-minded. Allowing an article like this to print makes your entire staff look incompetent. I hope next time you do your job, which my student fees are paying for, and actu-ally edit your articles.
Unlike your author, I will proudly sign my name.
cHristina lorenz
Graduate student in agricultural education
Greeks thankful for being GreekThe editorial staff should be
ashamed of themselves for reinforc-ing stereotypes on an entire commu-nity. The Greek community promotes scholarship, philanthropy, network-ing and leadership. While it’s true that Greeks party, a quick stroll down Facebook’s Oregon State University Confessions webpage reveals the dorms are no stranger to drugs, alcoholism and unwanted sexual encounters. You’ll also notice that the top leadership groups on cam-pus are filled with Greeks. ASOSU, MUPC and the Memorial Union Advisory Board all have members who wouldn’t be there if it hadn’t been for the Greek system encour-aging them to become leaders on campus their freshman year. Many Greeks are thankful that their “first year experience” involved being a part of a fraternity or sorority, and that they had the opportunity to move out of the oppressive dorms and into a house that challenged them to become better individuals. I highly recommend the editorial staff spend less time drinking at Peacock and more time retaking writing 121.
oWen Jones
Junior in business
Sequestration goes in effect
tomorrowUnless Congress does some-
thing — like, oh, we don’t know, stop bickering and
compromise — automatic budget cuts, known as the “sequester,” will come into effect tomorrow.
According to the “Impact of March 1st Cuts on Middle Class Families, Jobs and Economic Security” docu-ment released by the White House, sequestration will “threaten hundreds of thousands of middle class jobs, and cut vital services for children, seniors, people with mental illness and our men and women in uniform.”
In a meeting with Oregon State President Ed Ray last Friday, Ray said sequestration would cost Oregon State University $10.1 million. The major-ity of these cuts — approximately $9.5 million — is taken from federal research grants and award funding. Another $100,000 will be taken from the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG) and the federal work study program. Fortunately, according to Ray, Pell Grants are not included in the cuts — at the moment.
“Washington is totally dysfunc-tional as far as I can tell,” Ray said. “I don’t know that they’re going to avoid [sequestration].”
Ray said the cuts to the SEOG and federal work study programs would “directly hurt students.”
The Oregon State federal work study program currently employs 522 stu-dents, according to Ben Wessel, asso-ciate director for the OSU Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships.
For this year alone, the impact of sequestration on our state’s work study jobs will affect 240 low-income students who won’t receive financial assistance, and 280 students who won’t be awarded the work study grant, according to the White House document. Super.
Other programs and people in Oregon will also be affected.
To list a few, Oregon teachers and schools will lose approximately $10.2 million in funding. This puts around 140 teacher and aide jobs at risk, according to the document. Around 16,320 Oregonians will not have the help or skills to find employment due to a loss of $470,000 in funding for job search assistance.
Nationally, things aren’t looking any better. Approximately 10,000 teaching jobs will be put at risk. Cuts were also made, nationally, for mental health programs. If sequestration goes into effect, up to 373,000 “seriously mentally ill adults and seriously emotionally dis-turbed children could go untreated,” according to the White House document.
As the clock ticks, this future moves closer to becoming our reality. At this point, we don’t think Congress will pull themselves together — unless they pull another “deal” that pushes these issues out another couple of months, two hours after the cuts are scheduled to occur. But, they wouldn’t do that again.
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n James Dockery, Johnny Hekker, Brandon Hardin inspired Corvallis Club members on Wednesday
By Warner StrausbaughThe Daily BaromeTer
The Boys and Girls Club of Corvallis had the opportunity to meet, talk to and get inspired by three professional athletes.
Three former Oregon State foot-ball players — all currently in the NFL — came to speak at the BGC on Wednesday.
James Dockery of the Carolina Panthers, Johnny Hekker of the St. Louis Rams and Brandon Hardin of the Chicago Bears were all in Corvallis to speak in front of hun-dreds of children. Club members range from kindergarten students to seniors in high school.
“We knew it was a good opportu-nity to give back to the community,” Hekker said. “This Boys and Girls Club does so much for Corvallis. And just for us, being stewards of our opportunities and the platform that we have as athletes.”
Chris Clark organized the event. He is the manager of the Teen Center in the high school depart-ment of the BGC.
“I just really appreciate the fact that they’re still really humbling
guys, with being in the professional status of the NFL,” Clark said.
Clark talked to Dockery a few weeks ago, but it was Dockery who started the conversation of coming to speak to the children.
“He wants to make sure that the kids have a good value system when it comes to the community,” Clark said.
The BGC is close to home for Dockery. He was a member in Los Angeles and New York as a kid.
“Growing up, when I was living
in New York, my mom wouldn’t get off work from the city until later,” Dockery said. “I was able to go to the Boys and Girls Club and have a good foundation and a good support group around me.”
The three former Beavers spoke to three different groups: elementary, middle and high school.
They touched on honesty, individ-uality, responsibility and respect, as well as bringing up personal stories
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Men look to reclaim state supremacy n Oregon State will try to right the ship
Thursday at 8 p.m., at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene after losing to No. 24 Oregon 79-66 on Jan. 6
By alex crawfordThe Daily BaromeTer
Last year’s Civil War game in Eugene Jan. 29 was a microcosm of Oregon State’s entire 2011-12 season.
Down at halftime, Jared Cunningham put the team on his back. The current Dallas Maverick scored 24 points in the second half and the Beavers shocked the Ducks at their own arena.
This year the Beavers (13-15, 3-1 Pac-12) travel to Matthew Knight Arena, trying to escape disap-pointments in the second half, which has been haunting them all season.
The 339th Civil War tips off in Eugene, at 8 p.m., as the Beavers try to end their three-game losing streak against No. 24 Oregon (22-6, 11-4 Pac-12).
Head coach Craig Robinson said he isn’t using last year’s road victory as extra motivation for the team.
“You use that to point out that you have won there, and you’re capable of winning there, but the teams are completely different now,” Robinson said.
Oregon State hasn’t lost by more than 10 points since play-ing Oregon in the first conference game of the season back on Jan. 6. Despite OSU’s disappointing season, Robinson said the Civil War doesn’t have much more mean-ing than any other game at this point.
“I would say that [even] if we weren’t playing with the same enthusiasm that we’ve been playing with,” Robinson said. “I think our guys take every single game as seriously as any other game. If I thought this team was demoralized and our effort wasn’t there, I would maybe answer that question differently, but these guys are still pounding away, trying to get better, win games and prepare for the conference tournament.”
The last time these two teams met, the Ducks won by 13 and started the Beavers on a five game losing skid. In that game, OSU blew a six-point halftime lead. Damyean Dotson scored 16 of his 21 points in the second half to lead Oregon to a victory.
Sophomore forward Eric Moreland and junior guard Roberto Nelson cited transition defense as
OSU’s key to pull off the upset.“Earlier in the season, I don’t think our transi-
tion defense was that good. But, I think as the season’s progressed we’ve gotten a lot better at it,” Nelson said.
“Our Achilles’ heel has been the second half, and like Roberto said, they killed us in transition defense,” Moreland added.
Overall, the Ducks and the Beavers are first and second, respectively, for rebounding in the Pac-12. Moreland — 10.6 rebounds per game — and Oregon forward Arsalan Kazemi — 9.8 rebounds per game — will undoubtedly battle it out down low.
“[Kazemi’s] a tough player and one of the toughest in our conference. I have to battle him on the boards, and he’s a great defensive player, so I just have to battle him all night long,” Moreland said.
Oregon head coach Dana Altman said this week that injured point guard Dominic Artis will play on Thursday night. The Ducks were a perfect 6-0 in the Pac-12 before Artis injured his foot on Jan. 23 against Washington State, but are 5-4 since then. Artis was replaced in the start-ing lineup by Johnathan Loyd, who will still start at point guard Thursday night.
“Not to disparage Loyd, I think Loyd did a very capable job,” Robinson said. “I just think that Dominic [Artis] is taller and he’s a little better out-
side shooter, so that helps them both offensively and defensively with the height factor there.”
Despite the Ducks’ obvious advantage in Thursday night’s game, Oregon State’s players remain optimistic.
“We don’t like to think about the past games too much or dwell on that,” Nelson said. “I think we are more than capable of beating this team, and I think we beat ourselves a lot during the season.”
The Beavers cannot be blamed for not wanting to think about the past, considering their 3-12 Pac-12 record. But with the Ducks’ program on the rise and Oregon State having a bad season, last year’s Civil War victory will be all Beaver Nation has to hold onto until Oregon State rights the ship.
alex crawford, sports reporteron Twitter @dr_crawf
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Q: Favorite class so far at OSU?
A: I would have to say hemistry because Professor Nafshun is hilarious. There was a week where he was gone and we got to have all the other chemistry teach-
ers, and we decided that he was the funniest. Q: What has been your least favorite class?A: Probably health 231 just because it is that
stinking annoying class that you have to take.Q: How do American men compare to
Canadian men?A: They are pretty much the same except there
is a better selection of tall men down here, which is better.
Q: If you could date any OSU athlete who would you date?
A: Oh no, yeah I really don’t know. There isn’t much of a selection since lots aren’t taller than me, so I will use that as an excuse?
Q: What about the basketball team?A: Ummm, yeah I am just going to leave it “no
comment” because I know my team is going to take that too far.
Q: What is your guilty pleasure song?A: Probably “Thrift Shop” [by Macklemore].Q: If you could compete in any Olympic sport
other than basketball, what would you pick?A: Show jumping horses, definitely.
Sarah Kerrigan, sports reporteron Twitter @skerrigan123
Women’s basketball power rankingsBy mitch mahoneyThe Daily BaromeTer
1. No. 4 Stanford (26-2, 15-1 Pac-12)
The Cardinal haven’t lost since Jan. 13, and every win has been by 11 points or more. In other words, they’re domi-nating. Stanford is led by Chiney Ogwumike, who is the leading scorer and rebounder in the Pac-12 with
22.7 points and 12.7 rebounds a game.
2. No. 6 California (25-2, 15-1 Pac-12)
The Golden Bears haven’t lost since Jan. 8, but have had a ton of close calls, which is why they are in second place. This past weekend, the Golden Bears almost lost to Oregon
State, but escaped with a two-point victory.
3. No. 17 UCLA (21-6, 12-4 Pac-12)
The Bruins are a great bas-ketball team, but weren’t able to beat Stanford or California this season. However, UCLA is undefeated against the rest of
the Pac-12 and currently has a stranglehold on third place.
4. No. 19 Colorado (22-5, 11-5 Pac-12)
Currently on a seven-game winning streak, the Buffaloes ended last week with a state-ment win over Washington. Colorado will head to Corvallis
this Sunday to play the Beavers in what will be each team’s regular season finale.
5. Utah (16-11, 7-9 Pac-12)After opening up conference
play with the most difficult schedule in the league, Utah has finally hit its stride. The Utes have won five of their
last six games and are rapidly ascending the standings.
6. Washington (19-8, 11-5 Pac-12)
Washington has been playing poorly as of late. The Huskies
barely held off OSU, and followed that sloppy victory with back-to-back losses to Colorado and Utah. Their season does not get any easier, either. UW concludes the season by facing off against Stanford and Cal.
7. Arizona State (13-15, 5-11 Pac-12)
The Sun Devils ended a seven-game losing streak by defeating in-state rival Arizona in double overtime, 81-77. Five days later, the two teams played
again. The Sun Devils took that one as well, 59-58.
8. Washington State (10-17, 6-10 Pac-12)
Somehow lowly Oregon has had the Cougars’ number. For the second time this season,
Washington State lost to Oregon, and then lost to Colorado and Utah in succession. This team has been up and down all year.
9. Arizona (12-15, 4-12 Pac-12)
The Wildcats were on the other end of those Arizona State victories, which had to have hurt. Arizona has one more winnable game against USC, before closing the season against UCLA. Regardless, this team has
already won more conference games than last year.
10. USC (8-19, 5-11 Pac-12)Ever since a four-game winning
streak opened up conference play, it’s been downhill for the Trojans, who have lost 11 of 12 games. Just a year ago, USC was the third-best team in the league.
11. Oregon St. (9-19, 3-13 Pac-12)The Beavers have been frustrating to watch
this year. In the past 10 games, OSU has found ways to lose all of them. Five of those losses were by five points or less. This past weekend, Oregon State once again
squandered a chance to win, by failing to put away California.
12. Oregon (4-24, 2-12 Pac-12)Outside of Washington State, the Ducks
haven’t beaten anyone in the Pac-12. Their defense gives up 76.6 points a game. In comparison, the second-worst defense in the conference gives up just 66.4, so
it’s been a long season for Oregon. If they could just play the Cougars every game, it might be a different story.
mitch mahoney, sports reporteron Twitter @mitchishere
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Former oregon State cornerback and current Chicago Bear Brandon hardin signs autographs after speaking with the Boys and Girls Club of Corvallis Wednesday afternoon.
Q&A: Ruth with Hamblin Women’s Basketball
Ruth Hamblin
By Grady GarrettThe Daily BaromeTer
Q: What’s the biggest dif-ference between the food back home [Decatur, Ga.] and the food here?
A: Back home it’s a lot of fried foods, a lot of junk
food. Out here everything is more organic. I’m more of a Georgia food person, by far.
Q: What’s your favorite place to eat in Georgia that they don’t have here?
A: Zaxby’s. They only serve chicken, they don’t serve beef. You can get chicken fingers, chicken nuggets, barbeque chicken, chicken wings. I would get the chicken finger plate.
Q: Are the girls better here or in Georgia?A: Oh down south, of course. They’re a whole
lot thicker, and that’s what I prefer. I like them thick and healthy. Women here are different.
Q: Favorite professional teams?A: I’m a Miami Heat fan, because my favorite
player plays for them, who is LeBron. My other favorite pro team has to be the [Baltimore] Ravens.
Q: No Atlanta teams?A: I was a Falcons fan until they got rid of
Michael Vick. When they got rid of Michael Vick, the city just went down. They started the ‘Rise Up’ and all that. When they had Vick, they didn’t have to worry about rising up because it was already there.
Q: How does your game compare to your brother’s [playing professionally in Macedonia]?
A: We’re different, but we’re the same. We’re both power based, but he’s a whole lot bigger — about two or three inches, 20 pounds. He was more on-the-block type, back to the basket. He impacted the paint offensively a whole lot more.
Q: What would be the score if you played your brother 1-on-1?
A: If we were going to 12 by ones, the final score would be 12-9, I win.
Q: How about the score if you played Coach Robinson?
A: I would say 12-6, my way.Q: Why is your Twitter handle
@32_Chocolate_Rd?A: I wanted to be creative. It was something
I just came up with. I like looking at myself as chocolate drop, so I wanted to get the persona out there. I was like, ‘You know what, what if I was a street?’ Then it came across and I was like, ‘Hey, not too shabby.’
Q: What’s your favorite video game?A: NBA 2K13. My favorite team to play with
is the Miami Heat, and the Knicks.Q: If you played a team-wide 2K tourna-
ment, how far would you make it?A: I’d make it to the championship round.
I’d probably end up playing against Challe [Barton] or Roberto [Nelson] because they’re pretty good at 2K themselves. It’d be a good little match.
Q: If you weren’t a basketball player, what would you be?
A: I’d probably play football. That was my first sport that I played and actually liked. I played defensive end when I did play in my younger days. I quit my freshman year of high school so I could focus solely on basketball. I just felt more comfortable with basketball.
Q: You’re stuck on an island with two team-mates; who and why?
A: It would have to be Ahmad [Starks] and Joe [Burton]. Ahmad because he’s small so we don’t have to worry about him eating all the food. And Joe, he’ll protect us. If something went down, I can count on Joe to have my back. If we have to wrestle an animal or something, I can definitely count on Joe.
Q: You’re stuck on an island with two OSU female athletes, who and why?
A: Alyssa Martin and Bailee Niehus. They would always keep my attention on the island. I think they would definitely treat me right, and I would treat them right. We would protect one another, come together as one, as a unit, but have fun at the same time.
Grady Garrett, sports reporteron Twitter @gradygarrett
Q&A: Jarmal with Reid
Men’s Basketball
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on their journey to the NFL. “At one point in time when
you play sports, you always dream about being able to make an effect, or be per-ceived as someone special,” Dockery said. “As athletes ... we were able to be success-ful at a high level, but to be special, that’s giving back to the community and helping change people’s lives.”
Question-and-answer sessions followed each presentation.
Members asked about any-thing from a teacher penal-izing them for being late to class — Dockery enlightened them by saying it’s an $1,800 fine if he’s one second late for a team meeting — to how long they’ve been playing football.
The event was a hit for the
children and faculty.“It’s good for the kids to
be able to see these people, who have made it far in their lives, come back and tell them about what’s important,” said Mariah Morales, a sophomore at Corvallis High School who was selected as the 2013 Youth of the Year.
“It’s huge, especially here,” Clark said. “We’re always striv-ing to help our kids mature in every aspect of their lives. When our kids have the ability to see guys that are on TV ... it brings a lot of perspective for our kids, specifically [about] the importance of finishing school. These guys wouldn’t have the opportunities to be where they’re at without fin-ishing school and striving to go further in their education.”
Clark hopes the involve-ment of these NFL players will bring more opportunities.
The BGC of Corvallis
recently received a grant from Maytag Dependability for $150,000. The Club doubled its members and brought in more programs. The programs include: Keystone (leader-ship), Measures of Success (college prep, career explora-tion, tutoring), and boys and girls programs for kids to discuss the issues teenagers face growing up.
Hundreds of kids were inspired by the event, but it also moved the players, as well.
“To know that I can take a couple hours out of my day to affect so many young children is good,” Dockery said. “It almost makes me feel bad, because I feel like I should be doing it more, rather than playing Xbox for a couple hours a day.”
Warner Strausbaugh, managing editoron Twitter @WStrausbaugh
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Women’s Rugby eyes a Civil War Victoryn Oregon State takes on the Ducks
Saturday, 2 p.m., at Student Legacy Park to end league play
By alex mccoyThe Daily BaromeTer
This weekend is big in the world of women’s rugby for Oregon State. The Beavers will not only host a high school recruiting tournament on Saturday at Student Legacy Park (the intramural fields across from Dixon), but will also play Oregon at 2 p.m.
Saturday will mark the end of league play for the Beavers, but it’s looking positive.
“We’re definitely expecting a win against the Ducks,” said sophomore Dani Riggleman. “We have finally started to click on the field. Having a lot of new players set us back because they weren’t fully understanding the game of rugby, and everything is finally coming together. That’s why I feel so confident about this weekend.”
With an overall record of 3-4 this sea-son, the Beavers are focused on prepar-ing mentally for this weekend’s match against the Ducks. Minor mistakes in Sunday’s match against UC Davis have brought to light important factors the team needs to work on.
“A few handling errors kind of set us back and [UC] Davis really exploited those and took advantage of our weak-nesses on that,” said junior Haley Dietz. “But slowly we were able to do the same back and were down by two at half.”
Dietz has played for seven years and is out permanently after a recurring shoulder injury, but is looking to stay
involved in an assistant coaching posi-tion next year.
“I made my identity as a rugby player seven years ago,” Dietz said. “Any rugby player will tell you once you’ve played the game for one or two years you can’t stop being in the community.”
Sunday’s match resulted in a loss for the Beavers, 20-15, and a repeating theme for the team is correcting mental mistakes.
“We had just played Cal and Stanford the weekend before that, so we were really beat up,” Dietz said of the UC Davis game. “Two games against two league teams is really draining on the body.”
After taking Tuesday off, the practices lead-ing up to the UC Davis game were devoted to communication.
“On Thursday we really came back to make sure had connection as team-mates,” Dietz explains. “If we’re not all communicating properly we just collapse.”
The rivalry between Oregon State and Oregon has put a lot of pressure on sports teams all over campus, includ-ing women’s rugby. In these practices for Saturday’s match against the Ducks, the girls will be dedicated to working on their game.
“If we don’t make mistakes, they can’t capitalize,” Riggleman said.
During the 20 years the club has been at OSU, the team has had 12 coaches. Current coach David Dickson
has brought plenty of excitement to the team.
Dickson is an academic adviser and internship coordinator with the College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at OSU. After graduating from and playing rugby for Yale, he went on to win second place in the nation for a men’s team in Florida and also has a national title. Dickson recognized
the need for a women’s head coach after being an assistant for the men’s rugby team on campus.
Next year the wom-en’s team loses only four players, compared to past years when the team has lost as many as 14 players, and is hoping the confidence from this weekend will carry over year to year.
Riggleman’s focus for this weekend is helping her teammates prepare because she’s been there before.
“I am preparing by working with the girls to develop their skills, going 110 percent in practice,” Riggleman said. “Really trying to visualize the game this weekend and capitalizing on the mis-takes they make.”
Saturday’s high school recruiting tour-nament will kick off at 9 a.m. on the IM fields. The women’s game against the Ducks will start at 2 p.m., then men’s rugby plays at 4 p.m., and the Corvallis Men’s Rugby Club will follow at 4:30 p.m.
alex mccoy, sports reporteron Twitter @alexmccoy21
Hungry Federer eyes grand slam titles in 2013 (CNN) — The 31-year-old
Federer has done it all in the world of tennis, winning more grand slam titles than any other male player in history and spending a record num-ber of weeks at the top of the world rankings.
But as he approaches the twilight of his glittering career, the 17-time major win-ner is prioritizing adding to that record haul over return-ing to the No. 1 spot.
After clinching a record-equalling seventh Wimbledon singles title last year, the Swiss maestro occupied the top berth for a 287th week, break-ing the previous record held by U.S. icon Pete Sampras.
While admitting reaching No. 1 for the first time in 2004 was a special achieve-ment, when asked by CNN's Leone Lakhani whether he would rather win grand titles or returning to the top, the current No. 2 replied: "At this
stage in my career grand slam titles.
Last year, to get back to world No. 1 was incredible, but I think it is really the first time you get there. You cannot match that up with any other moment, maybe in your career, because it's such a big thing.
"At this point in my career its titles. I've won a lot and I feel if I keep playing the way I am I can still achieve a bit more. So I guess its titles now."
recordsSince turning professional
15 years ago, Federer has notched up a steady stream of records, but surpassing landmarks has never been something he has paid much attention to.
"I never had a 'to do' list," continued the 31-year-old Swiss player. "It's really the media who talk about it.
When I was close to the all-time grand slam record or the all-time weeks at world No. 1, I was one week away, one slam away, of course you're going to push to try and beat that, but I never adjusted my schedule accordingly.
"I knew if I played well, records would fall along the way."
MotivationDespite his unparalleled
success, in recent years Federer has seen his posi-tion as the reigning power in tennis taken by the all-conquering Djokovic.
The Serb has won five of his six grand slam titles in the last two years, while world No. 3 Andy Murray has also risen to the top by winning his first major title as well as reach-ing the last three showpiece finals.
It was Britain's Murray who eliminated Federer at
the semifinal stage of last month's Australian Open, an event Djokovic won.
"I still have the hunger and the urge to achieve more, because I truly love this sport," added Federer. "That's the easiest part for me, the motivational part.
"I get a lot of questions asking how I do it, but for me it's pretty simple. I wake up in the morning excited to be a tennis player."
balanceDespite his sporting ambi-
tion, Federer is very conscious of the importance of spending time with his wife and twin daughters.
"I'm working hard I'm training hard, but at the same time I'm making sure I have enough rest and family time," said the Swiss star.
"At my stage of my career, I need to make sure I get the balance right."
McIlroy wants putting saga sorted, urges golf world to unite(CNN) — Rory McIlroy has urged the
world of golf to come together and unite over the controversial rule changes on putting.
The World No.1 fears that the game could be torn apart with the PGA Tour joining the PGA of America in opposing the proposed ban of advanced anchored putters from 2016.
Golf’s governing bodies, the Royal & Ancient (R & A) and the United States Golf Association (USGA), announced the plan last year with the 90-day consulta-tion period set to expire on Thursday.
The R & A is the rule-making authority throughout the world of golf, excluding the U.S. and Mexico where the USGA runs the sport.
PGA Tour commissioner Tom Finchem has already stated that the organization did not see "a competitive advantage to be gained by using anchoring."
But McIlroy, who has previously spo-ken in favor of the ban, says a decision needs to be taken across the whole of the sport from the PGA Tour to the European Tour.
"I saw what Tim Finchem had to say and it seems like the European Tour is going to go a different way," McIlroy told a press conference ahead of the Honda Open.
"I read a thing Monty (Colin Montgomerie) said that this divide isn't good for golf and I don't think it is. We either need to all be on one side or the other.
"It's up to the governing bodies at the end of the day to decide. I sort of think it was a bit of a knee jerk reaction to how much success people were having with it (players using long putters have won three of the last five majors).
"I'm all for people enjoying the game and trying to make the game as easy as possible and bringing people to the game, and if that means they should allow anchored putters to make it easier for the general public then that's a good thing.
"But then they talk about bifurcation, whether you should have one set of rules for us and one set for the amateurs and it's just a bit of a mess and opened a can
of worms."The PGA Tour runs the American cir-
cuit and plays a leading role in staging World Golf Championship events.
It has traditionally adopted the rules of the R&A and USGA, which runs the Open Championship and U.S. Open, while the PGA of America organizes the US PGA Championship and American Ryder Cup team.
With the European Tour already hav-ing announced its intention to abide with the R&A agenda, McIlroy feels the rest of the world should fall in line.
He added: "We have put the game of golf in the hands of the R&A and USGA for I don't know how many years and have always abided by the rules that they've set and I don't think there should be any difference.
If it were up to me, whatever decision the USGA comes to, maybe the pressure the PGA Tour has put on them, they might change their minds and rethink about it, and if they do that it's totally fine with me."
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against the Ducks. We have finally started to
click on the field.
Dani RiggelmanSophomore
rent black residents to legally remain in the state, while new black immigrants were barred from entering. In 1857, the clause was altered to prohibit current black residents from owning real estate or entering other legal contracts.
Despite being made void by the 13th Amendment in 1865, this clause was still on the books until 1927. It was one of those strange artifacts of the law books, like how in Los Angeles it is still technically illegal to peel an orange in your hotel room.
In 1926, the first year Black History Week was celebrated and a year before the clause was removed from Oregon’s consti-tution, Carrie Halsell gradu-ated from Oregon Agricultural College — the college would later change its name to Oregon
State University — with a bach-elor’s degree in commerce. Halsell is believed to be OSU’s first black alumnus, and was memorialized by the univer-sity for this when Carrie Halsell Residence Hall was named for her in 2002.
When Halsell’s name was nominated for the new building, the OSU Alumni Association webpage reports the nominating committee as saying, “Few African-Americans lived in Oregon in the early 1900s, and we can only imagine the difficulties and personal challenges that Carrie Halsell might have encountered as she worked toward completing her high school and college pro-grams in Oregon schools from 1915-1926. We believe Carrie Halsell Ward exemplifies our mission of student academic success and represents a ‘trail-blazer’ who used her education to advance the success of oth-ers throughout her life.”
Before Halsell, before Lincoln, before the March on Washington, before Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, black people were rarely “even granted human status. Mostly, they were seen as ‘soulless ani-mals.’ And that dramatic dehu-manization made it possible for great atrocities to take place,” author David Livingstone Smith said in an interview with NPR’s Neal Conan.
The struggle for equality over the years is one of the most simultaneously depressing and inspiring things I’ve ever come across. It is depressing because the fact that any of it was even an issue at all makes me wonder why humanity even is. It makes me ashamed to be human, let alone a white American.
But it is also so inspiring — have you ever listened to Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech? After all the hate and the anger on both sides of the racial divide, during the movement and before, MLK Jr.’s response is peace, love and equality. That speech makes me proud to be human.
That speech and that stub-born woman, tired of giving in, who wouldn’t give up her seat to a young white man: Rosa Parks. She has become a sym-bol to all Americans for stand-ing up for ourselves and not letting people walk all over us.
Ironically, she did this by remaining seated.
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irene Drage is a senior in english. The opinions expressed in her columns do not necessarily rep-resent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Drage can be reached at [email protected].
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He made it easy on his parents.“He’s self-motivated so you don’t have to worry
about a lot of things,” Sean said. “Sometimes you’re just fortunate. He’s just a great kid, he always made good decisions, always thought about his actions before he stepped forward and did anything.”
a dream diesJosh hasn’t always gotten what he wanted. Since middle school, Stanford was his goal.Stanford recruited him for soccer and academ-
ics, and he sent an early application in the fall of 2009. His fallback option was a full-ride scholarship offer from Seattle University.
Stanford opted to let some of the better soccer recruits in first, banking on Josh getting accepted for his academics.
He finally received the news in February 2010.“I ended up getting an email that said, ‘We regret
to inform you —‘ and I don’t know what the rest said, I didn’t really read through it,” Josh said.
His parents came home shortly after he got the letter.
“We come home and I see everything from Stanford shredded,” Sean said. “T-shirts ripped up in a big pile, and I swear to God I thought he was going to burn it.”
For the next couple hours, Josh was quiet. And then he was done with Stanford.
“When I got the email it didn’t hit me as hard as I thought it would,” Josh said. “I thought I’d be pretty disappointed.”
From there, his only option was Seattle U. It was a place someone with academic and athletic accolades like Smith shouldn’t wind up.
“I was OK with it,” Josh said. “I was going to accept it, settle with that.”
becoming a beaverThe phone rang a week later.Oregon State men’s soccer head coach Steve
Simmons was scouting teams for the United States Soccer Federation, and had watched Josh’s team play for three straight weeks.
Once Simmons found out Stanford wasn’t an option, he knew he had to pick up the phone.
OSU was never on Josh’s radar.“Honestly, I wasn’t that interested when I had
originally heard about OSU,” he said. “I knew it was a good soccer school, but it wasn’t really something I had pursued.”
It was what his father said to him that encour-aged Josh to give the Beavers a chance.
“There’s no pressure, you already have this other thing locked up if you want to do it,” Josh remembers his dad telling him. “So why not just go down and look?”
Josh and his family drove down to Corvallis for an unofficial visit. Simmons and the campus convinced him. A connection was made and Josh was offered a scholarship.
“I was pretty sure that day, the day I came home from my unofficial visit,” Smith said.
Finding the right balanceJosh knew he wanted to be a chemical engi-
neering major before he was officially a student. His natural intelligence, organization skills and his interest in the subject made for the perfect fit.
“I wanted to go chemical, just because I really enjoyed chemistry in high school — which a lot of people don’t say,” Josh said.
Pursuing a degree in engineering is challenging enough for students with no other extracurricular activities. And Josh was playing soccer.
He had three-hour practices every day, and would sometimes have to leave halfway through the week for road games.
Instead of asking professors for extensions, Josh would get the week’s work done the night before
the team left.“He never asked for special favors for being an
athlete,” said Skip Rochefort, an associate professor of chemical engineering. “I have kids ask me for special favors all the time, ‘I had to stay up late, I’ve got a nosebleed,’ or whatever.”
Now in his junior year, Josh is in engineering pro school. Certain classes are only offered at one time in the day, and it makes for a more complicated schedule.
Sometimes he only gets in 15 minutes of practice.
“Our coach is like, ‘Alright Josh, go,’ and then he just takes off his cleats and just sprints out and goes to the locker room,” said teammate Brenden Anderson.
Josh jokes about not finding time to shower, hoping he isn’t ruining the day for those sitting next to him in class.
“There are definitely times when it’s pretty over-whelming,” Josh said. “I’m doing hours on top of hours of chem-E homework, I’m up so late and I have to get up early and practice in the morning. It wears on you pretty hard.”
But he doesn’t let on if he is stressed. In fact, it’s hard to find anything wrong about him.
“It’s so crazy how good he is at everything. It’s stupid,” Anderson jokes. “But at least he’s short. You can at least pick on him for being short, which I will do because he has so many other things going for him.”
When friends or teammates go out on the week-ends, Josh can be found drowning in homework.
“I don’t have big plans on the weekends,” Josh said. “When I have time to chill, I just try to take advantage of that.”
Anderson said Josh still makes it out sometimes though.
“He’s someone everyone wants to see,” Anderson said.
“A lot of the girls talk about Josh, ‘Is he single? Is he single?’” his roommate Seymore said, imper-sonating the women who ask about Josh. “I think girls are nervous to talk to him.”
Like other aspects of Josh’s life, his love life doesn’t fit the mold of the stereotypical college student.
“A lot of college guys are trying to go out and have one-night stands — have a girl they’re just going to stay hooking up with,” Josh said. “I actually
kind of want a relationship.”Josh said he might be too picky when it comes
to women. Now that he is 21 years old, it’s dawning on him
that he’ll need to start thinking more seriously about the issue.
“It’s kind of scary,” Josh said. “It’s getting close to the end of college, and then I’m going to get into chemical engineering. There’s probably not going to be a whole lot of girls working with me there.”
Adding more to his repertoireJosh’s soccer eligibility ends this fall. He plans to
run track for the Beavers over the next two years. As evidenced by his 4:32 mile as an eighth grader, it’s something else he’s good at.
“The kid can run. He’s a jackrabbit,” his soccer coach Simmons said.
He’s talked to track coach Kelly Sullivan, and plans to run in the 800- and 1500-meter.
Also, members of the OSU athletic department approached Josh about potentially running for president of the Associated Students of Oregon State.
He laughed it off at first.Then he started thinking. It sounded like some-
thing he could do.The problem, of course, is there are only 24
hours in a day.“I don’t want to do it if I’m going to be missing it
and not able to do a good job,” Josh said.He ultimately decided if he does run for office,
it would have to happen in his fifth year.“He seems like the Van Wilder type of guy,” his
roommate Seymore said. “Everyone knows him and everyone likes him. I think he could do it, he has all the credentials: athlete, genius, dancer, everything.”
the lighter sideIn his freshman year, the soccer team held
a dance competition. The freshmen still didn’t know each other well and Josh had the look of a timid guy.
After he showed off his dance skills — he’s now considered the best dancer on the team — his teammates had a whole new point of view.
“Josh steps up and no one knows anything about him,” Anderson said. “He just killed it. It was insane.”
In a summer camp run by the OSU soccer team, Josh showed off his dancing skills on the soccer field in front of hundreds of participating kids. In a casual 8 v. 8 scrimmage with both OSU players and kids from the camp playing, Josh scored the game-winning goal.
Everyone stopped at what happened next.“He scores this goal and then he turns around
to the crowd and does the most furious robot dance I’ve ever seen in my entire life,” Seymore remembers.
He’s also a “tweeter.” People at OSU, and even some of his father’s high school students follow him on Twitter.
“He could probably be a comedian,” Seymore said. “He always knows the right thing to say.”
the most interesting athlete at osuNanotechnology and microelectronics are areas
of his major that are piquing his interest. And if he pursues that route, he suggested Hewlett-Packard or Intel as potential options.
It’s easy for his father to be proud of everything his 21-year-old son has already achieved.
“I always have something to say to somebody if they ask,” Sean said. “I don’t go out there and say, ‘Hey, guess what my kid is doing?’ And I have to pull back and try to be pretty humble. Sometimes it’s hard to be humble.”
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Junior Josh Smith runs by in an oct. 28 game against San Diego State. he now enters his final season on the oSU men’s soccer team.
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Josh Smith reads his Fundamentals of momentum, heat and mass Transfer textbook for chemical engineering, while having his phone out to stay social.
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‘‘ ‘‘i have to pull back and try to
be pretty humble. Sometimes it’s hard
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