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n Mechanical engineering students startup club for aerospace, find peculiar meeting location
By Vinay RamakrishnanThe Daily BaromeTer
Oregon State University is well-known for its engineering and sci-ence curriculum. However, aviation and aerospace engineering prospects may have difficulty finding a major up their alley.
Two students who were in this situation recently created something
for students interested in aerospace — the OSU Aerospace Club, or more specifically, Oregon State University’s branch of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
Mechanical engineering students Brandon Thoennes and Michael Roos found a void in OSU when it came to a program related to aerospace engineering.
“I wanted to be an aerospace engineering major,” said Roos, vice president of OSU’s AIAA branch. “OSU didn’t have it, so I ended up in mechanical engineering.”
Among the activities that OSU’s AIAA branch is planning include vis-iting aerospace manufacturing sites, bringing guest speakers to OSU and
participating in plane and rocket building competitions, along the lines of the Society of Automotive Engineers’ Formula SAE club does.
“Similar to the Formula SAE club, we want to build remote controlled aircraft to compete with other uni-versities,” said Thoennes, president of OSU’s AIAA branch. “We want to model the OSU Formula SAE club’s success in the competitions.”
OSU’s AIAA branch is open to stu-dents of all majors. However, all mem-bers need to become AIAA members.
“Because we are an AIAA club, we ask that our members be AIAA mem-bers,” Roos said.
The history of OSU’s AIAA branch is quite compelling. Roos and Thoennes
conceived the idea in November 2011 when they were having difficulty find-ing curriculum to fulfill their inter-est in aerospace engineering. It was not until almost a year later, August 2012, that the club became an official branch of the AIAA.
“It has been very rewarding and quite the ride,” Roos said. “We’ve got-ten close to lots of faculty members.”
Roos and Thoennes had to go through a long process to take the club from just an idea to where it is today.
Roos and Thoennes both strongly credited Oregon State mechanical engineering faculty for helping them achieve the goal of creating the AIAA chapter at OSU.
“We pitched the club idea to Dr.
Nancy Squires, a mechanical engi-neering professor,” Thoennes said. “She was very excited. There was noth-ing like AIAA at OSU for aerospace.”
The club grew very quickly. “We got 20 people very quickly by
word of mouth,” said Roos. The club’s advisors are currently
Squires and Roberto Albertani, both mechanical engineering professors.
Perhaps the most difficult thing for Roos and Thoennes was finding a space on campus to house the aero-space club.
“You need space to design and build rockets,” Thoennes said. “Its hard to find room on campus.”
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Local arts groups paint a picture for CorvallisTheta Chi fights cancer with an olympic effort n The second Annual Arts,
Culture Networking Soiree involved arts groups, opinions
By alice marshallThe Daily BaromeTer
Ever wonder what role art and culture play in the Corvallis com-munity? What kind of recognition they receive?
These questions were precise-ly the topics of discussion at the second Annual Arts and Culture Networking Soiree, held at the Arts Center of Corvallis last week.
The venue was buzzing with con-versations, suggestions, questions and ideas, as representatives from dozens of art and culture-related organizations networked with fel-low Corvallis citizens. In attendance were members of the Corvallis
Arts and Culture Commission, city councillors, Oregon Cultural Trust, Benton County Cultural Coalition, OSU theatre group, and Contemporary Fiber Arts Guild.
The diverse group described their involvement in the community through a variety of media. A rep-resentative of a local, writing-based group called Writers of the River explained their goal as a key pres-ence in the community for promot-ing creativity.
The group, which is a casual group of writers in the commu-nity, get together once a month and share stories they have written as well as publish an annual journal which is a collection of writings from the group.
The founder of the group explained that the meetings are open to the public, and anyone
interested is encouraged to come on the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Corvallis.
Although all parties shared a con-cern for the less-than ideal position of art and culture in the community, they also shared an enthusiasm to enhance its eminence.
In a brief speech, Mayor Julie Manning wasted no words in describing her pride in being involved in a community with such creative potential.
“It’s wonderful to do what we can to support a community,” Manning said.
She then continued to described a program which creates equal oppor-tunities for citizens of Corvallis to attend affordable arts and culture events.
n The fraternity hosted events this week benefitting the American Cancer society including ‘Theta Greek OlympiX,’ leading up to tonight’s ‘Fright Night’ held at the Benton County Fairgrounds
By lara von linsowe-WilsonThe Daily BaromeTer
Each year, Oregon State fraternities and sororities rally together to support various philanthropic causes. This year, Oregon State’s Theta Chi fraternity decided to raise money for the fight against cancer, and they have already hosted numerous events to help get them to their fundraising goal.
Theta Chi, one of the oldest fraternities on campus, worked hard last spring to raise money and support for the Fender Music Foundation. This week, they held their annual philanthropy event titled the “Theta Chi Greek OlympiX,” in which Greek life members gathered in the Memorial Union quad throughout the week to help raise money for the
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CalendarFriday, Oct. 26MeetingsWomen’s Center/WORTHE,
2-3:30p.m., Women’s Center. Women Returning to Higher Education (WORTHE) support meeting.
EventsRainbow Continuum, doors open at
7p.m., show at 8pm, MU Ballroom. Fall 2012 Drag Show. Free tickets available at Student Involvement, 149 Snell Hall, starting Oct. 22.
Monday, Oct. 29EventsOSU Campus Recycling, 6:30-9p.m.,
Student Sustainability Center. Bring your broken items and questions; volunteers will help you learn how to repair your things! Save money, save natural resources.
Tuesday, Oct. 30MeetingsASOSU Senate, 7p.m., MU 211.
Meeting.
EventsGamma Alpha Omega Sorority Inc.,
6pm, MU Journey Room. Annual Tea Party. Refreshments and a welcoming environment for all students.
Wednesday, Oct. 31MeetingsASOSU House of Representatives,
7p.m., MU 211. Meeting.
Thursday, Nov. 1MeetingsVegans and Vegetarians at OSU,
6p.m., Student Sustainability Center, 738 SW 15th St. Potluck-style meet-ings. All people are welcome, but only vegetarian food is allowed.
EventsBaha’i Campus Association,
12:30p.m., MU Talisman Room. “World Peace - Fact or Fiction” is the theme of this reflection and discussion time. Share your thoughts with others.
Sunday, Nov. 4EventsWomen’s Center/WORTHE, 1-3p.m.,
Women’s Center. Opening event for the Women Returning to Higher Education (WORTHE)/OSU Women’s Giving Circle mentorship program.
Tuesday, Nov. 6MeetingsASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU 211. Meet-
ing.
Seventh ‘Fright Knight’ tonightn Annual costume dance
takes place in MU East at 10 p.m.
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The Omega Delta Phi fra-ternity will be hosting its sev-enth annual “Fright Knight” costume dance tonight. The free event will take place in the International Forum in the Memorial Union East building, also known as Snell Hall, from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
The dance will be pre-ceded by an educational event providing information about alcohol awareness from 9:30 to 10 p.m.
Music for the dance will be provided by DJ Keyst1, who won this year’s Memorial Union Battle of The DJs.
“We just wanted a venue to celebrate Halloween in a safe environment,” said Blake Viena, social chair for Omega Delta Phi. “Last year we reached max capacity and we’re planning on that happening again.”
The event is open to all students and free soft drinks will be provided. Security will also be at the dance to ensure that everyone has a safe, but fun time.
“We want everyone enjoy-ing themselves,” Viena said.
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Music a la Carte welcomes local trion Halcyon Trio Oregon,
a group of Linfield alumna, takes the stage at today’s event
By hannah JohnsonThe Daily BaromeTer
Music is a language every-one knows. Just ask Erin O’Shea Sneller, publicist and events coordinator for music at Oregon State University.
Every Friday there is a Music a la Carte event. This Friday features a group called the Halcyon Trio Oregon, which is composed of three musi-cians. The members include Jackie Van Paepeghem, who is a vocalist and a percussionist. Joan Paddock, who is a trum-peter, and Debra Huddleston,
who is a pianist. This Friday they will be playing seven-teenth century pieces from American and Canadian composers.
Sneller believes this event allows both students and fac-ulty to take a break from their daily schedule. Attendees can bring their lunch and focus on studying during the free concert, which will likely last 45 minutes.
According to Sneller, these events usually attract a wide variety of audiences.
“It’s a great way to relax, get to know your community, and expand your knowledge base,” Sneller said. “Our perform-ers range from campus music ensembles to local and region-al musicians and sometimes even national or international
artists.” Van Paepeghem, Paddock,
and Huddleston said that they met at Linfield College through the music depart-ment and first began perform-ing during the spring of 2005. They have been performing together since.
“We have become good friends and [our] special bond of friendship definitely imbues our performances with an important, tangible synergy,” The Halcyon Trio Oregon said.
They love the intense pro-cess of collaborative music-making and strive to be inno-vative, accessible and artisti-cally exceptional through their performances.
The Halcyon Trio Oregon wants their audience to know that they should expect to be
very entertained this Friday. “We are passionate per-
forming artists and educators who will challenge the audi-ence’s perception of classical American music,” the Halcyon Trio Oregon said.
The group will be featur-ing current American classi-cal music that is also unique. The audience can expect to hear music that has been influenced by a combination of traditional and historical American blues and New age music.
“The music is approachable, complex, and engaging. It is [the] true living American art music of today,” The Halcyon Trio said.
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“Next year will be the year of culture. This will celebrate a milestone anniversary for creative progress and foster cultural vitality ... what you do as artists and within art organizations really does feed the collective soul.”
She then discussed strate-gies for creating a commu-nity which is rich with art and culture and explains that “open and ongoing commu-nication is critical.”
A performance art piece
by Shelly Moon gave the audience a first hand experi-ence of the effect of art on the public. With mesmer-ized eyes following her every move, Moon slowly took the stage, costumed as an aged and crippled woman, and began her performance.
She recounted a story in the first person, set in a time when slavery was preva-lent and described an abu-sive slave owner lashing out against a child. She had a grip on the crowd and left the venue with a heavy air. It was an excellent example of the power that art, of any
media, can have on a viewer. Shelly Moon is a teacher of the performing arts and rec-ognizes that art is important.
One way that she contrib-utes to the community is by traveling to local schools and engaging students in perfor-mance art exercises.
“Who you really are can-not be taken from you,” Moon said.
At OSU, we have the oppor-tunity to foster creative vital-ity. There are numerous ways to get involved with art and culture on campus, whether it be attending one of the monthly Visiting Artist lec-
tures held at LaSells Stewart Center, or walking through the MU and acknowledging the artistic prowess of the art-ists showcased.
Fairbanks Gallery, which is located across Campus Way from the MU food court, exhibits an ever-changing and diverse art exhibit which is open to everyone. Simple things like independently appreciating the work of an artist to engaging your cre-ativity at the Craft Center on campus, the scope of oppor-tunity is vast.
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Roos and Thoennes hit the jackpot when they noticed a very small detail about one room in Covell Hall. All of the room num-bers on the third floor start with a two, except for one, room 301.
“We found an old room in Covell Hall, and thought we could clean it up and use it.” Thoennes said.
This room on the third floor of Covell Hall went unnoticed for decades by senior faculty members.
“Dr. Squires, and even Rob Stone, the interim department head, didn’t know about this space.” Thoennes said.
Covell 301, future home of OSU’s AIAA branch lab, is on the rooftop level of Covell Hall. For years, it was simply used for storage as well as a way to access the roof. After finding the room, Thoennes and Roos found it had been left untouched since the early 1990s, containing materials from as long ago as the early 1900s.
Upon researching the history of Covell Hall, which was built in 1928, they dis-covered that Covell 301 was originally an astronomy lab.
“We looked into it, found old building schematics and found the room to be an [astronomy] lab.” Thoennes said.
When they first discovered Covell 301, Thoennes and Roos found a room with several construction issues that was also full to the rafters with electronics and other old things.
“We found a lot of stored stuff dating
from the early 1900s all the way up to the late 1980s.” Roos said. “We even found a battery trickle charger from 1912.”
Roos and Thoennes spent the past sum-mer clearing out the room as well as reno-vating it.
“The key was that the room had to meet the fire code.” Thoennes said. “We had to get the Corvallis Fire Marshall to inspect the building.”
Since finding the room, Roos and Thoennes have had to do several repairs, some of which included spackling and repainting.
“There were big tears and water damage to the walls.” Thoennes said.
Currently, no equipment has been set up to build rockets.
“We will be able to build aircraft and rockets in the lab.” Thoennes said.
Both Roos and Thoennes have a very strong personal passion for the future of this club as well as for the subject of aerospace.
“I built model rockets as a kid, which is where my passion for aerospace started,” Roos said.
Thoennes added that, “I’d like to come back to OSU someday and see a thriving AIAA student branch and an aerospace major,”
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American Cancer Society.Members of the fraternity worked
together to host several events through-out the week, with all profits from each activity going directly towards cancer research and awareness efforts. The boys started off the fun on Monday by holding a push-up competition to get students excited and ready to donate.
Other events put on include a football and frisbee toss competition, scavenger hunts, and the fan favorite “Pie a Theta Chi” event. All money raised from these activities went directly to the American Cancer Association.
For students who missed these events but want to help out, there are still more ways in which one can get involved and support the cause. Today Theta Chi will continue their fundraising efforts by sponsoring Fright Night 2012, an annual benefit concert organized by Dagger Entertainment. Big-name artists that will be performing this year include Big K.R.I.T., Timeflies, Rapsody and Blue
Scholars. Junior member Erik Green is happy to help raise money for the cause, and being able to do it alongside his fraternity brothers is simply an added bonus for him.
However, the fun and games weren’t only for fraternities.
“Different sororities were able to come and sign in and earn points for their house, and the one with the most points at the end wins,” Green said.
By giving events like these a competi-tive aspect, more and more students are encouraged to get involved and make their efforts count.
In addition to participating in an inter-house competition, representa-tives from each sorority will partake in the “Miss Olympia” Pageant on Saturday, a Greek themed show in which the girls will dress up in togas and be asked ques-tions and scored by judges.
Sophomore Christian Prado is here from Los Angeles, so he wanted to find as many ways to get involved as possible when he first came to OSU.
“I like being a part of Theta Chi because of the atmosphere they pro-vide me with, and it’s not only about
the drinking and partying,” said Prado. “Getting out of the dorms allowed me to meet new people and make new friends.”
“I decided to join for the brother-hood and because I really liked the great events that Theta Chi has put on in the past,” said sophomore Matt Zulo who has helped out at the OlympiX for the past two years.
Zulo says that he has seen participa-tion improve from year to year, and he hopes that this growth continues into the future.
Zulo, Prado and Green, along with the other members of the fraternity, are determined to keep their fundraising efforts strong throughout the remainder of the year, in the hopes that there will be a brighter future for cancer patients around the world.
The concert starts at 7 p.m. at the Benton County Fairgrounds, with tick-ets costing $35. Tickets to this event can be purchased in the MU Quad from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Government sucks, taxes are bull, spell-check is awesome
If you don’t vote, don’t complainIt’s that time of year again. The
seasons are changing, I’m eating cookies with festive heads on them,
singing Christmas songs at inappropri-ate times and looking for someone to settle down with. In short, I’m looking for some political commitment. I want my fireside chat, my State of the Union, the Christmas tree lighting and I want to see the Secret Service crap themselves as the President decides to walk up Pennsylvania Avenue.
Every four years, Americans search for a new boo, and we greet another man with half-open arms, grumble at every decision he makes and allow him to sit in the big Oval Office. I welcome you, unnamed sir, to the worst job our fine country has to offer. Get ready for four years of underappreciation, name calling, funny jokes at your expense and rapidly-graying hair.
The country is currently at the emo-tional level of a Taylor Swift song: angry, over emotional and off-key on the big issues. We have a President who has reduced himself to making Big Bird a huge campaign issue, and telling jokes about Governor Romney in the famous style of comedian Jeff Foxworthy, “you might be a redneck, if . . . ” Mr. President, if we’re going to mock someone, let’s at least be original about it. If the future president of the United States decides to cut funding for PBS, Big Bird will be fine. Governor Romney is no different, as the verdict of the swing states has become more highlighted. His despera-tion to win Ohio has caused the governor to continue to change his stance on birth control. He treats the innovative health care plan he created and implemented in Massachusetts like a regretful one-night stand. Why? Because it is almost identical to ObamaCare and to be aligned on
In response to Drew Pells’ Oct. 24 article.
To the Corvallis communi-ty, I stand with Drew Pells. Government is horrendous.
Nothing that government does is ben-eficial to society. We would all be bet-ter off if government didn’t exist so I could instead write to you about positive things like how awesome it is to drink milk with no idea if it has expired or not. Well, I actually couldn’t write to you because this paper exists because of a government-sponsored institution. Also, the beer money I get from writing weekly articles scream-ing about how the government screws everything up and how awful poor people are might disappear too, but I could still manage. That’s right gov-ernment, I go buy beer with the gov-ernment check I get every month from writing, and beer isn’t funded by the government at all. Take that, Barack.
Can I reiterate how awful poor
people are? So much of my hard-earned tax money is wasted trying to make their lives better. I mean seriously, my tax money should not be subsidizing their heat, food or shelter. The free market can take care of that — I mean, there is so much money to be made in provid-ing shelter, food and heat to people who can’t afford it. Didn’t Bill Gates become rich by doing that, or some-thing of the sort? I’m going to say that he did. I could check and see if that statement is correct, but since I have a terrible problem with facts — or making claims with any degree of truthiness — I won’t. It’s actually a pet peeve of mine, using facts in my articles. Want to know why? The gov-ernment! They have infiltrated the Internet, Wikipedia, the media and
anywhere else facts are to be found, thus, I refuse to use them. Instead, I just make up things in my head, put them in an article that is going to be published in a public domain, and then sit back and relax. It’s a brilliant scheme, you know, this writing gig I have. And the government is paying me to do it! I hate it when other peo-ple get money from the government for lying. When I do it, I justify myself by saying the government stole it from me in the first place.
What else should I rant about? Oh yeah, Ron Paul is awesome! Ron Paul 2012!
Moving on, I love freedom! Let free-dom ring! You know what I like so much about freedom? It’s how free I am. Except for this nefarious institu-tion called the government that’s try-ing to take all my freedoms away. Let’s break down that word, “govern.” What does that crap mean? I could look it up, but that goes against my morals, so I’ll just take a stab at it. It sounds like
a toad taking a poop. What a pointless word with such a disgusting meaning. It’s obvious the government, by call-ing itself the government and using the word “govern,” is trying to take away our freedom to go to the bath-room whenever we want. I know that might not make much sense to you, but just go with it. Moving on now, to “ment?” That’s not even a full word! Do you know how I know? Because Microsoft Word put a red squiggly line underneath it after I typed it out on my computer. God, I love Microsoft and Apple — companies formed by free people without any government interference. If Steve Jobs — or who-ever runs Microsoft — is out there and wants to hire a smart, logical person to work for their free company, holla at me.
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Response to Pells’ Oct. 24 article
Economics issue isn’t black & whiteI applaud Mr. Pells for studying
economics, but he has dramatically oversimplified the subject matter. Markets work well; there is a rea-son why all developed nations use them. However, markets only work well under certain conditions, and to suggest that pure capitalism is the answer to every woe is anal-ogous to prescribing Aspirin for every illness.
For most of his article, Mr. Pells decries the regulatory system, so
let’s cover two of his examples: advertising and smoking. One problem with advertising is it influ-ences choices and may target vul-nerable consumers in the process. For example, alcohol is related to negative health outcomes, which society has to pay for (policing, hospitalization, etc). With that in mind, is anyone in favor of allowing whiskey companies to advertise to children? No. Thus, the argument should not be about whether to regulate, but where to regulate.
The same is true for smoking.
One of the most basic principles of law is one’s actions should not be allowed to unreasonably hurt another. Mr. Pells may have a good libertarian case for letting people smoke outside, but what about inside? Given what we know about the relationship between smoking and cancer, the government does have the right to determine policies for where smoking can occur.
Regulation is not an evil, but a tool, and there is a reason every industrialized nation runs their economy with oversight (e.g. child
labor laws, occupational safety measures, pollution controls, nutri-tional labeling, driver’s licenses and fire codes).
The role of government is to enable the well-being of citizens by providing services a private enter-prise cannot. On these terms, we can engage in a political discourse that is mature and productive. In contrast, the argument that “gov-ernment is the problem” is a red herring and devoid of reality.
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Yeas & NaysYea to being 6-0. Go Beavs!
Yea to being seventh in the nation. Go Beavs!
Yea to Cody Vaz. Thanks for the great work and keeping the Beavers going.
Yea to Sean Mannion. We’re happy you’re back.
Yea to going to away games. Barometer road trip time.
Nay to this happening at the end of week five. We’re a little concerned about those midterms on Monday.
Yea to free speech and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals making the right decision. Not that it really mat-ters, since The Liberty is defunct.
Nay to cold houses. Yea to wood stoves.Nay to getting burned by wood
stoves.Yea to voting.Nay to being inundated with nega-
tive advertising. Yea to satire. Nay to childish, uninformed
opinions. Yea to being in love. Or at least, to
being infatuated with someone.Nay to realizing that relationship
you have with that person you have a huge crush on has morphed into the just being good friends phase and that your chances for having it grow into something amorous have prob-ably evaporated. Unrequited love is hard.
Yea to the rain and cloudy skies and that layer of dark breath that takes up residence on the hills west of town on those moist days.
Nay to being wet all the time. Yea to going out on dates.Nay to getting stood up.Yea to trying to go out with that
person again.Nay to finding them later that night
on a date at a bar with another guy.Yea to being halfway done with the
term. Yea to Measure 80. We know, we’re
taking a really risky stance, a college newspaper endorsing a measure to legalize marijuana. That’s never hap-pened before.
Nay to meetings. And to meetings to discuss when to set up other meet-ings. And to meetings about meet-ings. And to meetings discussing things that have already been dis-cussed in meetings.
Yea to sweaters and collared shirts. We enjoy looking professorial.
Nay to not being with the one you want to be with.
Yea to coffee. Nay to teeth that hurt. We really
wish we had dental insurance. Yea to meeting up with old
co-workers. Nay to missing your class because
by the time you got home from the office, you were so tired, you just laid down in your bed, fell asleep with your clothes still on and forgot to set your alarm clock.
Yea to solo dance parties in your living room with a strobe light and a laser pointer.
Yea to obeying the law; don’t do stupid things, respect your neighbors.
Yea to the weekend. Enjoy your-selves, children.
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4Vital Statistics (QB) Comp. % Yards TD/INT2012 Season 63 1,358 7/4*Missed previous two games (knee)
Markus Wheaton
2Vital Statistics (WR) Receptions Yards TD2012 Season 48 654 6*7 catches, 125 yards last year vs. Washington
Jordan Poyer
14Vital Statistics (CB) Tackles INT Breakups2012 Season 22 5 4* Tied for 2nd in interceptions in the nation
Five Facts You should know about the game1. The Beavers average 36 points per game on offense on
the road, compared to only 17 at home, whereas Washington has only allowed 15.5 points per game on defense at home compared to 48.3 on the road. Something’s got to give.
2. Former Oregon State secondary coach Keith Heyward left his position with the Beavers in the offseason to take the same job at Washington. Rod Perry was hired as his replace-ment. The Huskies rank second in the Pac-12 against the pass under Heyward’s tutelage.
3. Washington tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins leads all Pac-12 tight ends in receptions per game (5.3), which is right behind top Pac-12 wide receivers Brandin Cooks and Marquess Wilson.
4. OSU sophomore defensive end Scott Crichton has five sacks in his last three games and was named to Mark Schlabach’s ESPN.com Midseason All-America team. Crichton has been vocal about his dislike for the Huskies. He is from nearby Tacoma, Wash., grew up a Washington
fan, but never received a scholarship offer from the Huskies.“It’s personal but it’s also business,” Crichton said after
Thursday’s practice.5. The last time Oregon State began a season 6-0 was in
1907, when they were known as the Oregon Agricultural College. Some opponents on the schedule that year were Oregon Willamette, Astoria, Pacific, Whitworth and St. Vincent College of Los Angeles. The Beavers have never begun 7-0.
oregon state: keYs to the game1. Special teams often go unheralded in the
football world, but OSU has a real opportunity to take advantage of Washington’s poor special teams unit. The Huskies rank last in the Pac-12 in punting and second to last in kickoff coverage.
2. Oregon State’s run defense ranks fifth in the nation. They’ve shut down the likes of Montee Ball, Johnathan Franklin and John White already. Washington’s Bishop Sankey comes into the game with 574 rushing yards and seven
touchdowns in seven games. Stopping the run early limits Washington’s capabilities on offense.
3. Getting the running game established will be crucial for the Beavers for a couple of reasons. The offense couldn’t get anything going against Utah last Saturday, but the defense bailed them out by creating turnovers. With Sean Mannion coming back from injury after miss-ing two games, creating a balanced offense will be important to take away the pressure from Mannion to throw.
washington: keYs to the game1. Converting third downs and sus-
taining drives will be the biggest key for Washington against the Beavers. The Huskies rank a modest fifth on third-down offense in the Pac-12, but they face a major challenge. OSU is first in the Pac-12 (and third in the nation) in third-down defense.
2. The Beavers have allowed only seven points in the first quarter in six games this year. Washington must keep
the game close and get on the board early to stay in the game for all four quar-ters. OSU’s defense plays much stronger early on, and if Washington can score early, the defense could wear down.
3. Take advantage of the home crowd. Washington is 3-4, but all three wins have come at home this year, including its upset over then-No. 8 Stanford. The Huskies must feed off the crowd, espe-cially on defense, to pull off the upset.
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Oregon State in uncharted territory after 6 gamesn Beavers are 6-0 for the first time in
over 100 years, have to stay level-headed given national attention
By Warner StrausbaughThe Daily BaromeTer
This time a year ago, the Oregon State football team had played six games and was on its way to Seattle for a road game.
Except in 2011, the Beavers were 1-5 and well on their way to the worst season since 1996. Last year’s team was set to play Washington State at CenturyLink Field – a game they won 44-21.
They had no reason to play at that point, besides pride.
This year, things are much different. The stakes for Oregon State’s game in Seattle this Saturday will be astronomically higher.
The No. 7 Beavers (6-0, 4-0 Pac-12) are now right up there with Oregon and USC in the discus-sion of best team in the conference. They are on the cusp of being ranked in the top-five nationally and have won their last three games by at least 13 points.
Oregon State players are aware they have become the team with the target on its back, a drastic shift from a year ago.
“I’m all for it,” said junior cornerback Rashaad Reynolds. “We love having the target on our back. We haven’t had it recently, so it was a little different feeling at first.”
That change has been noticeable too. When there is a team near the top of the national rank-ings, it becomes a Super Bowl-like atmosphere for its opponents.
“Everybody loves being the underdog and try-ing to shoot after the top dog,” said sophomore wide receiver Brandin Cooks. “That’s what I feel like is going on. With that being said, I feel like we’ve just got to keep our head on a swivel and just take every week one at a time.”
“We know college football these days is crazy,” Reynolds added. “You’ve got to be able to come play hard every week. And … since we’re highly ranked, people are going to come at us.”
Washington State, Brigham Young and Utah have had the opportunity to play spoiler against
this surprising Oregon State team in the past three games, but none could.
Now, Washington gets that chance.The Huskies (3-4, 1-3) have already been in the
position to defeat a top-10 team in the Pac-12 – and they succeeded.
On Sept. 27, Stanford (ranked No. 8 at the time after upsetting USC) came into Seattle and ended up suffering its first loss in a 17-13 Washington victory.
“It’s not concerning, but [Washington has] shown they play way better at home,” Woods said. “We’re aware of that, so we’re going to have to go in, punch them in the mouth early, execute
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17Vital Statistics (QB)
Comp. % Yards TD/INT2012 Season 60 1, 336 8/8
*Season-high 52 attempts last week at Arizona
Bishop Sankey
25Vital Statistics (RB)
Carries Yards TD2012 Season 122 574 7 *6th in Pac-12 in rushing
Austin Seferian-Jenkins
Vital Statistics (TE) Receptions Yards TD
2012 Season 37 447 3 *Leads all tight ends in Pac-12 in receptions per game
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must avoid lapses in concentration, be ready on defensive set pieces
By Sarah KerriganThe Daily BaromeTer
The Oregon State men’s soc-cer team’s only chance to make postseason play is if it wins out in its last three games.
The stakes couldn’t be higher for the Beavers’ game today against No. 7 UCLA.
After the disappointing last four games, the Beavers (6-7-2, 1-5-1 Pac-12) are looking to turn around their season, starting with the chance to upset UCLA (9-2-2, 4-1-0).
“Well, we have a huge oppor-tunity this Friday and this weekend,” said senior caption Chris Harms. “There is still an opportunity for us to make the tournament and playing No. 7 UCLA gives us a huge chance to get back on the right foot.”
In order for the Beavers to get back on the right foot, they need to tighten up their concentra-tion and maintain it for the full 90 minutes of play. OSU’s last two defeats — against Stanford and Cal — were partially due to lapses in concentration.
“A couple of moments, a cou-ple of lapse[s] of concentration in each game, that’s it,” Harms said. “I think for the majority for both games, we outplayed the other team. Just a few moments cost us, and that’s the nature of the Pac-12 [and] the competi-tion we are at.”
“I think defensive set pieces [are what] we need to shore up on,” added senior forward Emery Welshman. “I think the first and last 10 minutes of games we really need to shore up on. We just have to stay switched on for the whole 90 minutes.”
Set pieces, particularly corner kicks, have given the Beavers trouble this season on defense. Tightening up on set plays on defense will be crucial for OSU to come away with victories against UCLA and the remain-ing conference schedule.
“I don’t think we need a huge change, just a tiny bit of adjust-ment here and there,” Harms said. “More focus throughout every game, and more impor-tantly, corner kicks.”
Defensively, the Beavers also need to be wary of balls being played in behind their back line. This season, they have been beat on through balls to the outsides.
The last time the Beavers played UCLA, on Oct. 5, they were able to hold the Bruins to only five shots in the first half, none of which were on tar-get. Oregon State will need to present that type of pressure on defense again to pull out a win this afternoon.
“We want to simulate what we did in the [first] half against UCLA because we took it to them,” said redshirt freshman goalkeeper Matt Bersano. “That was probably the best defensive half that we’ve had in the entire [Pac-12 schedule]. I don’t think they even had a shot on target, which is huge, so I think we are going to try and simulate that and then see if we can do that for two halves.”
The Beavers’ midfield has been fairly consistent through-out the season. Generally, the midfield connects from defense to up top fluidly and with sharp connecting passes.
The midfield has been shal-lower of late due to an injury to senior outside midfielder Roberto Farfan, who has missed the previous three games to an ankle injury he suffered at home against Stanford on Oct. 12.
“I just got tackled from behind . . . I think I should be able to play this weekend,”
Farfan said.Farfan was at practice this
week and showed no residual signs of the injury.
The Beavers are looking for-ward to playing the last of their conference games at home. They finish the conference with two more games after UCLA, San Diego State on Sunday and Washington on Nov. 9.
The home-field advantage will help the Beavers after tough losses on the road. They have only lost once at home this year and look to keep that strong record going.
“It’s going to be a good time,” Bersano said. “Three games in front of our home fans, hope-fully we can make up for what we did against Cal at home.”
OSU’s only home loss this season was a 3-1 defeat two weeks ago against Cal.
“We are going through a bit of a rough patch and we need to see it through,” Welshman said. “What better way to get out of it than to beat UCLA at home?”
UCLA presents a challenge for the Beavers today, but OSU will have to play at the top of its potential if they want to meet its postseason aspirations.
Sarah Kerrigan, sports reporteron Twitter @skerrigan123
Volleyball has opportunity to turn season aroundn Oregon State has lost five of last
six matches, looking to repeat history with wins this weekend
By Darryl Oliver iiiThe Daily BaromeTer
Oregon State travels to Utah and Colorado this weekend to kick off the sec-ond half of Pac-12 play.
Coming off of two losses against Arizona State and Arizona, this may be the Beavers’ last chance to turn their season around.
“Against Arizona State, they came out really hot,” said head coach Taras Liskevych. “We didn’t have the energy or emotion that we needed to and [Arizona State] did.”
The Beavers (13-9, 3-7 Pac-12) lost three sets to none against the Sun Devils and three sets to one against the Wildcats.
“The focus was lagging throughout the game, there would be times when we were neck and neck and then we would let a strip of points go,” said senior Ashley Eneliko.
Focus seems to have been the main road-block the Beavers have run into this season; losing games they could have — and prob-ably should have — won.
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The oregon State men’s soccer team’s only loss at home this season came againt Cal in a 3-1 loss. With three games remaining, the Beavers need to win all three, starting with Friday’s matchup against No. 7 UCla.
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The guns that have ravaged much of Syria since March 2011 may fall silent Friday, now that Syria’s government has agreed to a cease-fire.
Syria’s government and its main rebel force, the Free Syrian Army, said Thursday they would halt military oper-ations during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, which runs from Friday to Monday.
But the terms of Syria’s agreement have raised skep-ticism among some observ-ers: Damascus reserves the right to respond to “terrorist” attacks, including bombings, as well as “terrorists” trying to reinforce their positions; and to protect neighboring bor-ders crossed by “terrorists.”
On the rebel side, a top Free Syrian Army general said his fighters had agreed to halt military operations if the Syrian government were to do so as well. But he said he doubted that the truce would hold.
Syria’s rebel opposition is fractured, and Gen. Mustafa al-Sheikh noted that some rebel groups have not agreed to halt operations.
The United States and the United Nations, which helped negotiate the truce through U.N.-Arab League special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, wel-comed the news, despite the uncertainty.
“What we are hoping and expecting is that they will not just talk the talk of cease-fire, but they will walk the walk — beginning with the regime,” said U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland.
At the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon “welcomes the reported announcements,” U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters.
“Obviously, the world is
now watching to see what will happen on Friday morning,” he said. “We cannot be sure yet what will transpire, but the hope is that the guns will fall silent for the people of Syria so that they will have peace and quiet during this holy holiday.”
U.N. humanitarian work-ers, working with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, are on standby to provide aid to areas that have not been eas-ily accessible, he said.
Opposition forces said gov-ernment troops struck rebel targets Thursday in the war’s major hot spots, particularly in Aleppo, Syria’s most popu-lous city. The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency reported violence in Homs and Deir Ezzor.
At least 106 people were killed Thursday amid fight-ing and shelling nation-wide, the opposition Local Coordination Committees of Syria said. At least 36 of them died in Damascus and its sub-urbs and 33 in Aleppo.
Rebels expressed skepti-cism over the truce. “They have betrayed us many times and they do not care if it is Eid or anything else, they will con-tinue to kill,” said Abdualla Yasin, the rebel Free Syrian Army spokesman in Aleppo.
Eid al-Adha is a major holi-day on the Muslim calendar. It is described as a joyous time of peace as the faithful cel-ebrate the end of the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
The government touted sev-eral goodwill efforts Thursday leading to its announcement that it will stop fighting.
State-run TV aired footage of men walking out of a pris-on — part of a government amnesty program, a com-mentator said.
The release comes a week
after rebel fighters told Al Jazeera news agency that they would agree to a proposed cease-fire only if the govern-ment were to release detain-ees, end a siege in the city of Homs and halt aerial attacks.
As the cease-fire was announced, rebels reported strategic military advances in the city of Aleppo.
The rebel spokesman sin-gled out Aleppo’s Kurdish community for permitting the presence of rebels in their neighborhoods. Much of the opposition is Sunni Arab, and rebels said they were heart-ened to receive support from all groups in the diverse society.
“We were welcomed by the Kurds because people believe the FSA will liberate Syria,” Yasin said. “Every small gain brings us closer to victory. The FSA was also happy to unite another facet of Syrian society under the FSA umbrella.”
Previous truces have failed to take hold in Syria, which has been wracked by civil war since March 2011. In April, a cease-fire lasted barely a day before the killing resumed. In total, more than 32,000 Syrians have died since the conflict began, opposition activists say.
A spokesman for the Syrian National Council, an opposi-tion coalition, said the truce is an attempt by President Bashar al-Assad to buy time.
“The whole world knows that the Syrian regime cannot be trusted and doesn’t have any credibility in fulfilling any promise that they make to anyone,” said George Sabra, a Paris-based spokesman for the Syrian National Council, which speaks for rebels fight-ing al-Assad. “The Assad regime is trying a diversion.”
It’s foolish to expect a total cease-fire, said Aram
Nerguizian, a Middle East expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. A cease-fire in this context is about a larger goal of getting most rebel brigades and al-Assad forces to halt or reduce the killing.
The rebels themselves are partly to blame for the fail-ure of this spring’s cease-fire, Nerguizian said. They have been just as vicious in their killing as al-Assad’s forces, he said.
But getting them to work together and resist the urge to fight, he said, is unrealistic.
Meanwhile, the United Nations’ investigation into alleged war crimes in Syria is moving forward. The Geneva-based U.N. commis-sion investigating war crimes announced Thursday it has requested a meeting with al-Assad to discuss gaining access to Syria for the team.
Carla del Ponte, who once served as prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, is part of the com-mission. Noted for her inves-tigation of war crimes in the Balkans in the 1990s, she cited similarities with past probes.
“The similarity is, of course, we are handling the same crimes, crimes against humanity and war crimes for sure,” she said.
The Syrian government’s isolation continued to grow.
In Jedda, Saudi authorities announced the deportation of three staff members of the Syrian Consulate General, the official Saudi Press Agency said Thursday. The move was taken because “authori-ties have concluded that their behaviors are incompatible with their consular duties and assignments,” it said.
—CNN
Syria foes agree to cease-fire, sort of
LONDON — The parents of Pakistani teen activist Malala Yousafzai arrived Thursday in Britain to reunite with their daughter, who has become an international symbol of cour-age after being shot by the Taliban for demanding educa-tion for girls.
The 15-year-old, who at times has been unconscious, is being treated in a Birmingham hos-pital for a gunshot wound to the head.
Her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, has been a central influence for Malala. He ran a school in Pakistan’s conservative Swat Valley that kept its doors open to girls — in defiance of the Taliban.
Her parents’ arrival on Thursday came 10 days after Malala was flown to Britain.
Malala has been unable to speak because a tube has been inserted into her trachea to pro-tect her airway, which was swol-len after her injury.
“I am leaving this coun-try with a heavy heart and in extraordinary circumstances because the whole country knows that it is essential that I be with my daughter during her recovery,” her father told Pakistani network PTV before leaving Islamabad, in his first public remarks since the October 9 shooting.
“With the nation’s prayers she survived the attack and she will surely recover and her health will progress. And, God willing, as soon as she is recovered, I will be back in Pakistan.”
Khushal Khan, Malala’s younger brother, called for the nation to rally behind his sister.
“I want to tell all my friends to pray for Malala,” he said.
Malala has been thinking about school even while she lies in her hospital bed, Interior Minister Rehman Malik told reporters after meeting with her family — she asked her father to take her school books with him.
“The mission she has taken forward and the education awareness that has spread across Pakistan is all Malala’s doing,” he said, according to PTV. “So I think that our entire nation should be proud of her love for the soil of her country.”
After Malala recovers and returns to Pakistan, he said, “we will provide her with complete
security, despite anyone’s refus-al, to ensure that something like this never happens again. The attack on Malala was a mindset of people who don’t want to see this country progress.”
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has spoken with the girl’s father, asking him to stay in Britain as long as necessary while his daughter recovers, Rehman Malik said.
Malala has been commu-nicating with medical staff by writing notes, the hospital has said.
As of Thursday, Malala “con-tinued to respond well to treat-ment,” the hospital’s website said.
She is expected to need “a significant period of rest and recuperation” before undergo-ing reconstructive surgery, Dr. Dave Rosser, medical direc-tor of University Hospitals Birmingham, said last week. That surgery could involve reinserting a piece of her own skull or fitting her with a tita-nium plate.
Malala was fighting an infec-tion, but was able to move her extremities and has stood with help from nurses, the hospi-tal said. Although the bullet grazed her brain as it passed from above her eye into her shoulder, she understands where she is and seems to be functioning well intellectually, it added.
Malala sent a message of thanks to the thousands of peo-ple in Pakistan and elsewhere who have attended rallies and vigils honoring her courage and praying for her recovery.
The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the shooting, but don’t appear to have antici-pated the level of condemna-tion it would provoke.
Malala initially gained inter-national attention in 2009, as the Taliban gained a foothold in her home region of Swat, a Taliban redoubt in northwest Pakistan, near Afghanistan.
On her blog, Malala wrote about her life in the region, a center of militant activity where girls schools were shuttered and strict Islamist rules imposed. In her writings, which earned her Pakistan’s first National Peace Prize, she encouraged young people to oppose the Taliban.
—CNN
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After the election, after America presents their final rose, we will go into the stages of acceptance typical with a breakup. No one will think about Ohio, there will be awk-ward late-night phone calls on Jay Leno, political pundits will dissect what went wrong on the campaign trail. Simply put, America will get over it. However, those of you who didn’t vote will be forced to live in shame and to listen to peo-ple rant and rave about a party you didn’t decide to go to.
The ridiculousness of this campaign is something I have fully appreciated. That being said, if you don’t share my sense of humor and have decided not to vote in hope
of making a political state-ment, you, my dear readers, are idiots. You have given up your right to complain for the next four years, and will have to remain silent because there is no excuse for the amount of apathy you have just displayed. If you have the time to go to Circle K, buy some beer and sit down on your couch, then you have enough time to go vote. If you don’t and I hear a single political complaint — even as much as a judgmental sigh — I reserve the right to spray you in the face with a squirt gun, like they do to pup-pies who have misbehaved. Go vote; help America decide who we are going to be mean to for the next four years. Join the discussion that affects your life or don’t discuss it at all.
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Kristy Wilkinson is a senior in political science and new media communications. The opinions expressed in her columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Wilkinson can be reached at [email protected].
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President Barack Obama’s re-election effort brought in $90.5 million in the first part of October, lower than the nearly $112 million raised by his rival Mitt Romney during the same period.
Obama’s team made the announcement on the presi-dent’s official Twitter page. They also noted the new haul came from more than 1.2 million donors, with more than 200,000 who had never before contrib-uted to the Democratic effort.
The figures were for the period between October 1 and October 17 -- a period that includes the first and second presidential debates, as well as the vice presidential debate held between Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan. Most viewed Romney as the clear winner of the first debate, held October 3 in Denver.
The second town-hall style debate was generally regard-ed as a draw between the two candidates.
Obama’s monthly fund-raising figures include money donated to his campaign, as well as the Democratic National Committee and affili-ated state parties. The latest numbers do not include fund-raising that occurred around the final presidential debate on Monday.
In September, the Romney effort raised $170 million, while President Barack Obama’s team raised $181 million.
Romney’s campaign announced they held their final fund-raiser for the cycle on Saturday, shifting focus toward public rallies in the final two weeks of the race. In total, the former Massachusetts governor has raised more
than $361.3 million this cycle, Federal Election Commission records through the end of September show.
His running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, however, continues to attend fund-raisers this week.
—CNN
Obama campaign reports $90.5 million haul in October
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President Barack obama reads briefing material while meeting with advisers inside his cabin at Camp David, Sunday, october 21, 2012.
A new poll released Thursday shows debate watch-ers believe President Barack Obama won the third and final presidential debate over Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
The Gallup poll, taken entirely after the last debate focused on foreign policy and held in Boca Raton, Florida, indicated 53 percent of debate watchers thought Obama did a better job while 33 percent thought Romney won.
A CNN/ORC International poll taken after the Florida debate showed Obama with a slight edge over Romney. Forty-eight percent of registered voters who watched the debate thought Obama won while 40 percent thought Romney did the better job. The president’s eight-point advantage over the former Massachusetts governor came among a debate audience that was slightly more Republican than the country as a whole and is just within the survey’s sampling error.
The Gallup poll also indicated debate watchers split evenly on which candidate did a better job overall in the three presidential debates. Forty-six percent said Romney did the better job and 44 percent said Obama — a two point margin that is well within the survey’s sampling error.
A Gallup survey taken after the second presidential debate in Hempstead, New York also showed those who watched the second presidential faceoff thought Obama won, 51 percent to Romney’s 38 percent. Following the first presidential debate in Denver, Colorado and a noticeably lackluster performance from the president, debate watchers believed Romney won by a wider mar-gin, 72 percent to Obama’s 20 percent.
Thursday’s Gallup poll was conducted from Oct. 23-24 among a 746 debate watchers aged 18 and older. The survey’s sampling error is plus or minus four percentage points.
—CNN
Poll: Barack Obama winner of third debate
BRISTOL, Va. — Mitt Romney running mate Paul Ryan likened President Barack Obama’s 19-page second-term plan to a brochure at a Virginia rally and called it a “slick repackaging of more of the same” at a Virginia rally.
“You know President Obama hasn’t really given us a vision for a second term agenda,” he said. “Just a couple of days ago he came up with a slick new brochure. You know, with less than two weeks left to say, ‘Oh I do actually have an agenda.’”
The Republican vice presiden-tial nominee was campaigning in Bristol when he criticized Obama for releasing a plan his re-election team compiled in a booklet so close to Election Day.
As Ryan continued to mock the plan a man in the crowd inter-jected with his own description.
“It is a slick - well, comic book, that was his word - to me a slick re-packaging of more of the same,” Ryan said.
On Tuesday, Obama’s re-election team released 19 pages outlining the plans he hopes to institute if he wins a second term in office and an accompanying television ad set to air in nine battleground states. The booklet is largely a rehash of policies previ-ously proposed, but is a response to critics who have charged the
president with offering few specif-ics on his second term agenda.
When Ryan hammered the president on the economy he did not mention the nation’s unem-ployment rate dipped below 8% last month for the first time in 42 months but instead pointed to slow job growth.
“You see, where we are today is our economy is barely limp-ing along. It is slower than it was last year. Last year was slower than the year before. Job growth in September was slower than August and August was slower than July,” he said at the outdoor rally that drew a crowd of more than 1,000.
In the heart of Virginia coal country the Wisconsin lawmak-er and vice presidential hopeful called attention to people in the audience who were wearing blue hats that said “COAL JOBS” when he delivered his pitch on energy.
“I see all these coal hats out here,” Ryan said. “We in Wisconsin we use coal, it keeps our electricity rates down, it keeps our business-es operating. You produce coal, it keeps good families supporting wages and jobs and this war on coal is going to end when we elect Mitt Romney the next President of the United States, I can guarantee you that.”
—CNN
Candidate Paul Ryan likens Barack Obama plan to ‘slick new brochure’
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Ben is a bike guy. He worked in a bike shop all through high school. He races bikes and rides around 100 miles a week. Ben doesn’t have access to a car—so he needs a room that’s close enough to reach campus on two wheels.
Here’s the problem. Ben is new to campus and can’t find a room through the “usual channels.” He can’t rely on that friend of a friend of a friend. He’s not from Corvallis, and can’t count on family or his local crew. No connections.
In fact, he’s beginning to learn the truth. There are no places for students to live in Corvallis. We have the tightest rental housing market in the U.S. The
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women’s soccerOregon State vs. Washington StateWhen: Friday, 3 p.m. PSTWhere: Pullman, Wash.
Scouting the Cougars (9-6-1, 3-4-1 Pac-12)• Tied for 5th in the Pac-12 (one point behind OSU)• RPI: 48• Last week: Lost 3-2 to No. 2 Stanford, lost 3-2 to No. 18 Cal• 4th in the Pac-12 in goals (34)• Forward Micaela Castain: 2nd in Pac-12 in goals scored (10)
Oregon State vs. WashingtonWhen: Sunday, 1 p.m. PSTWhere: Seattle, Wash.
Scouting the Huskies (9-6-2, 2-5-1)• Tied for 9th in the Pac-12 (four points behind OSU)• RPI: 28• Last week: Lost 2-1 to Cal, lost 3-0 to Stanford• 4th in Pac-12 in goals allowed (17)• Goalie Kari Davidson: 2nd in Pac-12 in goals against avg.• Forward Lindsay Elston: 4th in Pac-12 in goals scored (8)
our plays. That’s all we’re really worried about.”
The nonchalant attitude stemming from the Beavers goes back to a man-tra head coach Mike Riley has followed throughout the year with his team. That mantra: it’s the first game of the season and OSU’s record is 0-0.
“I like what Riley’s done with us, where we have a mindset of, ‘we’re 0-0, we’re try-ing to get our first win each week,’” Woods
said. “I think that way we won’t overlook anybody or underestimate anybody.”
So far, so good.For four weeks, Oregon State has
climbed the rankings from No. 18 all the way to No. 7.
And there’s even the argument to be made that the Beavers are still being underrated by most observers. A one-loss LSU still ranks ahead of OSU in the BCS, and the USA Today Coaches Poll has Oklahoma (5-1) and USC (6-1) ahead of the Beavers.
“I still feel like we don’t have everyone’s respect like we want to have, so we’re still
pushing for that,” Cooks said.The Beavers are keeping cool heads
about all of the attention they are receiv-ing now. They have already doubled their win total from last year, and are in a place in the national college football landscape these players have never experienced.
The weight of all this pressure could get to the players’ heads, but either way, it’s a good problem to be faced with.
“I think it makes us play better, just knowing we have a target,” Woods said.
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Oregon State defeated Utah and Colorado in similar fashion: three sets to one. But the Beavers are expecting more of a challenge this time around.
“[Utah and Colorado] are going to be tougher at home,” Liskevych said.
Serving and terminating the ball effectively will be key factors against Utah (11-12, 2-8)
“We’ve been working on terminating the ball and making sure everyone does their job,” Eneliko said.
The Utes also excel on the defensive side of the court.“Utah is a great blocking team,” Liskevych said. “We’ve got to do a
good job setting the ball and spreading out the offense.” Spreading the ball around and keeping the Utah defenders on their
heels is key in order for the Beavers to have a chance at winning on the road, that and staying focused.
“The main thing is focus, for the whole entire team,” Eneliko said. Oregon State sees focus as a priority to salvage its season and tour-
nament hopes. With 10 games left on the schedule for Oregon State, they can still
turn its season around and accomplish their goals of 10 conference wins and a tournament bid.
“This weekend is going to be critical for us, both Utah and Colorado are going to set the table for those ten wins,” Liskevych said.
When asked if 10 conference wins were still possible senior Alyssa O’Neil responded, “Of course, anything is possible. [The Pac-12] just beats itself up.”
Of the 10 remaining games, the Beavers have previously faced nine of their future opponents. Of those nine opponents, Oregon State has defeated three of them: Utah, Colorado and Washington State.
The Beavers have a tough challenge ahead of them, and Oregon State will need to be focused if they plan to win.
Darryl Oliver iii, sports reporteron Twitter @[email protected]
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Scott Crichton hails from Tacoma, Wash., and grew up a Washington huskies fan but was never recruited by his hometown school. With the Beavers at 6-0, Crichton and the rest of the team are trying to avoid an upset in Seattle.
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