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n Viewings to be held in the MU Commons every Wednesday and Thursday to support OSU grad
By Gwen ShawThe Daily BaromeTer
Last Thursday night, American Idol traveled to Las Vegas after a few weeks in Hollywood. In Vegas, they cut down the number of participants from 70 to 42, and in that top 42 is Haley Johnsen, recent Oregon State University graduate.
Johnsen was able to time everything right. In August, Johnsen joined thou-sands of people in Portland to audi-tion for American Idol. She then went through her final term and lucked out in having no finals, so she was able to leave school and go straight to Hollywood.
While at OSU, Johnsen worked at e.cafe in Kelley Engineering Center for the four years that she was a student. Her manager, Dani Rau, said Johnsen did a lot while here in Corvallis. “She’s pretty well known. She’s been in Divine; she was in the Glee Club. And in the last year, she was going out on her own and singing at lots of places around town: at Cloud Nine and Fireworks.”
Rau said that there will be viewings of the rest of the season in the Memorial Union Commons. “There will be big
screens and loud speakers,” she said. “It will be like a big party to watch American Idol.”
These viewing parties will start on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 8 p.m. and will be held every Wednesday and Thursday night at the same time, as well as a
Tuesday show on the 28th, which is American Idol’s 400th episode.
Videos and pictures of Johnsen’s previous performances can be found at Amercanidol.com. Her Vegas group performance of “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes” received a standing
ovation and all four members were put through to the top 42.
“We’re all cheering for her,” Rau said. “She’s a really nice person and deserves to go far.”
Gwen Shaw, staff reporter737-2231 [email protected]
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GYMNASTICS: Beavers tie UCLA, beat Cal in Pink Out meet.
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Oregon State’s own American Idol
February food drive making a local difference
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and Haley JoHnsen
Haley Johnsen graduated from OSU in the fall. She entered the American Idol contest in Portland and con-tinues to compete with the top 42 contestants.
n Participants in annual food drive share how big an effect it has on surrounding counties
By Ana BienvenidaThe Daily BaromeTer
Oregon State University faculty and students find creative ways to raise money and donate cans for the February Food Drive.
The month-long food drive at Oregon State University hopes to bring in 580,000 pounds food, sur-passing the 541,000 pounds of food donated last year to the Linn-Benton Food Share. The food drive, held in conjunction with the Governor’s State Employees Food Drive, aims to serve food banks and non-profit organizations across two counties and around the state.
Every year, the Linn-Benton Food Share distributes 5 million pounds of food to 74 non-profits in Linn Benton counties, which includes emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, emer-gency shelters and gleaning groups. Oregon State and the Linn-Benton Food Share have collaborated togeth-er for years, and the Linn-Benton Food Share relies on the OSU Food Drive for approximately a quarter of the donations for a given year.
A dollar donated equals approxi-mately six pounds of food. With the 580,000-pound food goal at OSU, it equals about 14,500 food boxes distributed.
In two county areas, the Linn-Benton Food Share serves 22 food banks. Located in Snell Hall, the OSU Emergency Food Pantry is one of the agencies that receives resources from Linn-Benton Food Share, which sup-plies students, faculty and members of the community who are in need.
“When people turn to an emer-gency food pantry, it’s because they have exhausted all other resources. When they go to a pantry, they can get a three-to-five day supply of food
for their family,” said Mike Gibson, director of Linn-Benton Food Share.
In recent years, following the eco-nomic downturn, the Linn-Benton Food Share has seen an increased need throughout the two counties.
Gibson said, “It has gotten a lot worse in the last three and a half years. Just this year alone we are serving 11 percent more people. Last year agencies distributed 43,500 food boxes, while soup kitchens and shel-ters served 261,000 meals in just two county areas.”
To counter hunger needs, various departments at OSU have planned over 50 food drive events. The College of Education, for example, is host-ing a raffle fundraiser where various businesses donated gift cards to be raffled off, including a $30 gift card to Block 15 and a $25 gift card to Peak Sports, among other generous dona-tions by local businesses.
Amy Beaderstadt, Food Drive Coordinator for the College of Education said, “I think showing
community support especially com-ing from an institution such as OSU is really important. I am really glad that businesses have been willing to help.”
While some departments chose to raffle off donations by local busi-nesses, other departments, such as the Academic Success Center and the College of Forestry are selling tickets for items that others have personally donated and made such as quilts.
Elizabeth Thomas, Food Drive Coordinator for the Academic Success Center, said, “Every year we look at [what] we can do to support the food drive. Every year we try dif-ferent things to see what will raise the most money, what will give the most bang for the buck for getting food to people.”
“My mom spent the summer mak-ing the quilt, so I want it to go to a good home,” Thomas said. “The spir-it of generosity on campus is great
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OSU’s food drive is conducted every year in the month of February, and draws participation from multiple facets on campus.
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A “Life After College” Q&A followed the keynote speaker at Saturday’s Art of Leadership Conference.
See Food | page 3Conference focuses on leadingn After keynote speaker,
students from different campuses draw inspiration
By Katja KozberThe Daily BaromeTer
On Saturday, the Memorial Union Program Council and the Center for Leadership Development held the 2012 Art of Leadership Conference.
The day started off with the first keynote which was given by Tim McMahon, part-time consul-tant to the Holden Center and a Program Development Specialist for the Center on Diversity and Community at University of Oregon.
McMahon discussed our current generation, particularly in com-parison to previous generations. Some of the most prominent dif-ferences he identified were that
we are more open to diversity and more socially-minded than gener-ations before us. At the same time, he said, we are on track to becom-ing the most educated generation in American history and are highly motivated in general.
Another major topic presented by McMahon was the issues we as a generation now face due to the mistakes of the previous gen-eration, particularly those of the economy and job market. He also gave advice for students.
Student Annie Johnson said her favorite concept of the key-note was that, “you never know what will happen, so be open, try new things, don’t be afraid to test yourself.”
The “Life After College: Q&A” fol-lowed the keynote. Composed of recent OSU graduates and headed by Alex Polvi, the panel answered
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CalendarMonday, Feb. 20MeetingsCollege Democrats, 5pm, MU Board Room. Come talk about current events, local campaigns and international news with like-minded people!
EventsBlack Cultural Center, 6:30-8:30pm, MU Lounge. Panel Discussion of Black women.
The Pride Center, 10am-7pm, The Pride Center. Come contribute to a collage that celebrates and supports those that have struggled with the AIDS Virus. There will be supplies to make pieces in the center all week, which will then be assembled and displayed.
Tuesday, Feb. 21MeetingsASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU 109A. Con-venes to discuss student issues. Students and student organization delegates are welcome to attend.
SpeakersWomen’s Center, 3-5pm, Women’s Cen-ter. Budgets, Credit & Savings...OH MY! SisterScholars is hosting a budgeting and money management workshop to help women prepare to be financially indepen-dent and savvy!
EventsBlack Cultural Center, Noon-2pm, BCC. Jeopardy and wings. Jeopardy about black history, in collaboration with SOL.
The Pride Center, 10am-7pm, The Pride Center. Come contribute to a collage that celebrates and supports those that have struggled with the AIDS Virus. There will be supplies to make pieces in the center all week, which will then be assembled and displayed.
Wednesday, Feb. 22MeetingsASOSU House of Representatives, 7pm, MU 211. Convenes to discuss student issues and concerns. Students and student organization delegates are welcome to attend.
Baha’i Campus Association, 12:30-1pm, MU Talisman Room. Tranquility Zone – Interfaith meditation, devotions and prayers – share your favorite inspirational reading or story.
EventsCareer Services, 11am-4pm, CH2M Hill Alumni Center. University-wide Career Fair. Connect with more than 100 employ-ers from various industries and graduate schools there to network with students and alumni, offer jobs and internships, and provide other future career opportunities.
History Students’ Association, 5-6:30pm, Kearney 212. History Beyond the Classroom Career Fair. Representatives from various occupations including educa-tion, archives, library sciences, journalism, law and politics. Opportunities for net-working with graduate and law admission programs and career services.
The Pride Center, 10am-7pm, The Pride Center. Come contribute to a collage that celebrates and supports those that have struggled with the AIDS Virus. There will be supplies to make pieces in the center all week, which will then be assembled and displayed.
Thursday, Feb. 23MeetingsOSU Pre-Law Society, 6pm, StAg 111. Regular meeting.
College Republicans, 7pm, StAg 132. All are welcome no matter what beliefs or political party.
EventsBlack Cultural Center, 5:30-7pm, BCC. Evolution of Hip-Hop. How hip-hop has changed over the years, in collaboratin with NSBE.
Career Services, 11am-4pm, CH2M Hill Alumni Center. Engineering Career Fair. Con-nect with employers from various industries there to offer jobs and internships, and provide other career opportunities.
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Homs a bleeding wound as medical aid dire After 16 straight days of bombardment,
Homs is such an incessantly bleeding wound that Syrians speak of it now as though it were a norm. Theirs are voices of resignation as food, medicine, water, electricity dwindle and Bashar al-Assad’s forces show no intent of letting up.
“Is today Sunday? Wednesday? Saturday? I honestly don’t know all days have become same here in #Homs- they begin and end with shelling #Syria,” tweeted @Samsomhom.
Activist Omar Shakir told CNN he is confident the Syrian army is preparing for a massive ground invasion of the besieged neighborhood of Baba Amr, the heart of the revolt.
“Just like every day, the residents of Baba Amr woke up (Sunday) to the sounds of violent bombing, as al-Assad forces continue to use different types of weapons, bombs, and rockets in their attacks,” he said.
Sunday, 10 people in Homs were among the at least 23 killed across Syria, according to the Local Coordination Committees (LCC) of Syria, a network of opposition activists. In the 11 months of Syria’s uprising, almost 9,000 people have been killed, the LCC estimates.
“Each day, the bombing gets more intense and the destruction increases,” said Dima Moussa, a Syrian activist in Chicago. “There are reports of increased
cases of dehydration among children because of the shortage in food sup-plies. There is also an increasingly severe shortage of medical supplies, while the electricity, water, and communication services outages continue in Baba Amr.”
The LCC also offered another disturb-ing report: at least 295 doctors have been arrested in what it called a fierce cam-paign to shut down physicians.
In many places, doctors have been overwhelmed trying to treat the wounded and save lives without proper medicine or equipment. They work in makeshift trauma clinics, clandestinely, for fear of being shot.
A group of Syrian doctors were in the United States this week to urge action that will allow critical medical aid to the injured. The regime’s interference, they said, amounts to a violation of the Geneva Conventions that protect victims of armed conflicts.
“We lost last week two people carrying medicine. They killed them. Just carrying medicine inside,” Dr. Monzer Yazji told reporters at the National Press Club in Washington.
Despite the grim accounts from Syria, China said Sunday that a peaceful resolu-tion was still possible.
After meetings between al-Assad and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun, the state-run news agency Xinhua said
Sunday that Western nations were mis-taken in their conclusion that time was running out for talks.
The news agency said “calls for peaceful inter-Syrian dialogue have been largely ignored, intentionally or unintentionally, in Western media reports, which convey the wrong impression that there is an overwhelming consensus among differ-ent factions of the opposition forces that they want foreign intervention in their country.”
Foreign intervention, it said, would also ratchet up sectarian tensions within Syria and plunge the volatile nation into bloody civil war.
The West, Xinhua said, “appears to be driven less by their self-proclaimed ‘lofty goal’ of liberalizing the Syrian people than by geopolitical considerations.”
China and Russia snubbed Western nations on the United Nations Security Council with their veto of a draft resolu-tion urging Assad to end the crackdown and give up power.
Syrians expressed extreme disappoint-ment at the global body. Some told CNN that they could not understand how the world could stand by and watch a slaughter.
Homs residents describe random shell-ing, rooftop snipers and slow painful deaths due to the lack of medical care.
— CNN
Gingrich says home state win will be crucialNewt Gingrich conceded
Sunday that losing his home state of Georgia in the upcom-ing Super Tuesday primaries in March would “badly” weaken his candidacy.
Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” Gingrich added that if either of his chief rivals for the Republican presidential nomi-nation lose their home states — Mitt Romney in Michigan and Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania — they also would be “badly, badly weakened.”
However, Gingrich stopped short of saying he would drop out if he fails to win Georgia on March 6.
“Given the chaos of this race, I’m not willing to say anything,” Gingrich commented, add-ing: “I think it’s extraordinarily important to win your home state.”
Romney faces the first test, with Michigan’s primary on February 28. The Pennsylvania primary is on April 24.
The dynamic of the Republican race has continual-ly shifted, with Romney’s posi-tion at or near the top the only consistent factor.
However, the former Massachusetts governor has been unable to broaden his support through the early pri-maries, while Santorum has surged in recent weeks to sup-plant Gingrich as Romney’s main conservative challenger.
The latest results from Gallup’s daily tracking poll showed Santorum now leads Romney among registered Republicans nationwide.
According to the poll released Sunday, 36 percent of respon-dents backed Santorum while 28 percent preferred Romney.
The new numbers represent-ed a five-point drop for Romney since Wednesday, when the former Massachusetts gover-nor was statistically tied with Santorum, who increased by five points in the same period.
Gingrich, meanwhile, has seen his poll numbers decline over the past month since his only primary win in South Carolina on January 21.
According to Gallup, Gingrich came in third place in Sunday’s poll with 13 per-cent , with Texas Rep. Ron Paul closely behind at 11 percent .
Perhaps emboldened by his increased support, Santorum has launched a series of harsh attacks on President Barack Obama in recent days.
He drew the ire of Obama’s campaign Sunday by declaring the government should never require health care providers to fully cover the cost of prena-tal testing such as amniocen-tesis, which can determine the possibility of Down syndrome or other problems in the fetus.
In particular, amniocentesis “more often than not” results
in abortion, said Santorum, a strident anti-abortion politi-cian, on the CBS program “Face the Nation.”
“People have a right to do it, but to have the government force people to provide it free just is a bit loaded,” Santorum said in arguing against what he called a mandate in the health care reform bill passed by Obama and Democrats in 2010.
Santorum was responding to questions about comments he made the day before at a Christian Alliance luncheon in Columbus, Ohio, in which he said the mandate in the health care law was intended to increase abortions and reduce overall health care costs.
Lis Smith, a spokeswoman for Obama’s campaign, called Santorum’s remarks “the latest in a long string of unfortunate comments in the race to the bottom that the Republican presidential primary has become.”
“Prenatal screenings are essential to promote the health of both the mother and baby and to ensure safe deliveries,” Smith said. “These misinformed and danger-ous comments reinforce why women cannot trust any of the Republican candidates for president.”
Also Saturday in Columbus, Santorum appeared to raise
questions about Obama’s adherence to bible-based Christian theology in com-ments that Obama campaign spokesman Robert Gibbs said went “well over the line.”
Santorum said Saturday the president was adher-ing to “some phony ideal, some phony theology,” which he described as “not a theol-ogy based on the Bible, a dif-ferent theology. But no less a theology.”
Later asked by reporters about the remark, Santorum said he was trying to say Obama merely holds “different moral values.”
Obama has reached a “low in this country’s history of oppressing religious free-dom that we have never seen before,” Santorum added.
Gibbs, appearing Sunday on the ABC program “This Week,” said Santorum’s comment continued the kind of charac-ter attacks that he noted have characterized the Republican presidential race so far.
“I think that if you make comments like that, you make comments that are well over the line,” Gibbs said. “I think this GOP primary, in many cases .... has been a race to the bottom. We have seen nasti-ness, divisiveness, ugliness, dis-tortions of opponents’ records, of the president’s records.”
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and I think everyone wants to help out. I have had students come in and give their money. They really want to give back to others because others have given to them.”
Kate Sander, food drive organizer of University Events focused on how OSU students need assistance, and that the pantries are evidence to that. “It can be someone you walk by on campus that you could be helping every month. It is
not just folks in inner cities, it’s everyone around us. It’s hard being a student, and going to school and trying to work while having enough money for food.”
There are various ways to participate in the food drive this month, ranging from pay check contributions to planning or participating in food drive events.
Despite hard economic times, Sanders has noted that the past three years have yielded an increase in donations.
“The great thing is that because we are a land-grant college there are exten-sion services around the state that are
donating food to their local food banks throughout this month too. Not only are we helping people in the Linn-Benton County but the whole state of Oregon,” Sanders said.
Thomas discussed how effective the Linn-Benton Food Share can be with just a little bit of money. “Maybe instead of buying a latte, people can choose to donate or support a food event on campus.”
Ana Bienvenida, staff reporter737-2231 [email protected]
Foodn Continued from page 1
Human remains found on Long Island, N.Y.Human skeletal remains
have been found on Long Island, New York, authorities said Saturday. The same police department has been involved in the discovery of at least 10 other sets of human remains about 40 miles from the lat-est site.
The discovery of the 10 pre-vious sets of remains at Gilgo Beach has led to a hunt for a possible serial killer.
“At this time, we cannot say if the remains are connected to any other cases. The scene will be processed and re-evaluated to see if further searching is necessary,” Deputy Inspector Kevin Fallon of the Suffolk County Police Department said in a news statement about the latest find.
The remains were found
Friday by a man who was walking his dog in a heavily wooded area about 300 feet from a road in Manorville, police said. The grounds are the Upton Ecological Reserve.
On December 17, authori-ties announced that a body discovered earlier in the week along a remote stretch of Long Island beach was that of Shannan Gilbert, the miss-ing New Jersey woman whose disappearance had led investi-gators to the 10 sets of human remains and the hunt for a possible serial killer.
Gilbert, 24, vanished in May 2010 after visiting a client. The Jersey City resident had adver-tised for prostitution services on websites such as Craigslist, police said. Her body was uncovered December 13
in the wooded marshes of Suffolk County’s Oak Beach. That beach is about 9 miles from where the 10 other sets of human remains were found.
Gilbert’s mother, Mari Gilbert, said in December that police had botched the inves-tigation into her daughter’s death and the apparent kill-ings of the other victims. She threatened to sue the Suffolk County police if the FBI didn’t take over the case. Attorney John Ray, who represented Mari Gilbert, said that because Shannan -- a resident of Jersey City, New Jersey -- crossed state lines to visit a client in New York, the investigation should be federal.
Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer “thinks this is some
kind of a silly scene for the Suffolk County police to be involved in only because Shannan was an escort,” Ray said.
Ray accused Dormer’s office of violating the civil rights of the victims by inadequately investigating.
Mari Gilbert has said she believes that her daughter was murdered by a serial killer. Police, however, main-tained that Shannan Gilbert’s death was not thought to be the work of a serial killer. Authorities have conflicting theories about whether a seri-al killer is involved in the other deaths.
The remains found Friday are thought to have been in the area for some time.
— CNN
questions about the struggles and opportunities following college.
Educational Sessions then broke out, covering a wide range of topics such as: “Service as Leadership,” “Spiritually-Grounded Leadership,” “Diversity Mentoring For the Future,” and “Staying True to Yourself as a Student Leader.” Each contributed in different ways to the confer-ence’s overall theme of “Our Generation, Our Purpose,” with many focusing on collaboration.
The second keynote speaker, Alex Polvi, talked about his experiences post-OSU. He told the story of how he came to be the co-founder and CEO of Cloudkick Computing following his graduation, hoping it would inspire students present to work toward their passion.
“I think there’s a lot of opportunities, but people hold themselves back for some reason,” Polvi said. “I hope to open their eyes a little bit ... I want to see people starting companies and following their passions.”
The conference closed with the scholarship drawing, where three lucky students received a $1,000 scholarship.
In all, the event was greatly appreciated by students, both from OSU and other colleges, who were impressed by the range of topics and found the concepts interesting. Eric Noll, a member of LBCC’s student leadership council, said he came here to learn “something to bring back to our campus to make it better,” and was “surprised in a good way about the quality of the workshops here.”
For students who missed the conference but would like to learn more about leadership, the Center for Leadership Development is open year-round, helping students grow as leaders with workshops, presentations, outreach and even courses offered through OSU.
Katja Kozber, staff reporter 737-2231 [email protected]
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Oregon State University is in the process of developing a new Bioenergy Minor to become available to students in the 2012-2013 academic year.
Applications for students interested in pursuing the minor are due tomorrow, Feb. 21.
As a new interdisciplinary minor, bioenergy is a way for students who are interested in careers involving renewable energy from biomass and by-products in order to help lessen the climate impact of fossil fuel usage.
According to Graduate Research Assistant Carole Abou-Rached, who has been working on spreading the word about the new minor, scholarships are available to students apply-ing for the minor. “If they are interested in bioenergy projects, they have to do a bioresearch project,” she said.
Students with the minor will be required to do a research project with an OSU faculty or an off-campus mentor, as well as a thesis.
Abou-Rached said that along with scholarships, the fact that bioenergy is a hot topic in society should attract appli-cants, not to mention experiencing research, possibly getting published and getting in contact with professors. Classes for the minor also involve the business side of bioenergy.
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ESPN fires writer of offensive headline about Jeremy Lin ESPN has fired the employee respon-
sible for writing an offensive headline about basketball sensation Jeremy Lin and suspended an anchor who used the same ethnic slur, the sports network said Sunday.
The headline read “Chink in the Armor,” referencing the New York Knicks’ 89- 85 loss Friday night to the New Orleans Hornets that ended the team’s season-high winning streak.
The phrase has two meanings; one is an ethnic slur.
Lin came off the bench to guide the Knicks to win after improbable win. The unlikely star of Taiwanese descent quickly turned into a global brand and “Linsanity” became the phrase of the times.
The ESPN headline Saturday morn-ing was up for 35 minutes before being removed. But the damage was done.
The network apologized Saturday and said it was “engaged in a thorough review.”
It also apologized for a question ESPN anchor Max Bretos asked Wednesday night: “If there is a chink in the armor, where can Lin improve his game?”
The network said Sunday that a third reference was made on ESPN Radio New York on Friday.
“The incidents were separate and dif-ferent,” ESPN said in a statement Sunday. “We have engaged in a thorough review of all three.”
ESPN said the writer of the headline
that appeared on the network’s mobile website has been dismissed. Bretos has been suspended for 30 days.
The radio commentator was not an ESPN employee.
“We again apologize, especially to Mr. Lin,” ESPN said. “His accomplishments are a source of great pride to the Asian-American community, including the Asian-American employees at ESPN.
“Through self-examination, improved editorial practices and controls, and response to constructive criticism, we will be better in the future,” ESPN said.
Ray accused Dormer’s office of violat-ing the civil rights of the victims by inad-equately investigating.
— CNN
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In order to use an individual’s piece of work, these laws require permis-sion by the creator or current owner, in the event the creator is dead.
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Recently, Ithys Press, a publishing company, obtained a copy of “The Cats of Copenhagen” written by Joyce. The piece comes in a series of letters to his grandson, written as a bedtime short story.
The stepbrother of Joyce’s grand-son donated the letters to the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. The let-ters still remain in the custody of the foundation, but Ithys Press just
recently released the story. The foundation is outraged and
feels as though it has been violated since the permission to use Joyce’s work was never granted. However, since all the copyright laws surround-ing the works of James Joyce have expired, there shouldn’t be anything that the foundation or anyone else can do to stop the dissemination of Joyce’s work.
Anastasia Herbert, spokeswoman for Ithys Press, told the BBC that the release of this book was merely done as a tribute to the writer and that the foundation trying to prevent her and Ithys Press from spreading the story around is morally reprehensible. Ms. Herbert has a point; there is no rea-son why information shouldn’t be freely distributed among the people. Also, Ithys Press trying to make a profit on this venture isn’t unlawful either.
However, for Herbert and Ithys
Press to say that this was a tribute to the author doesn’t appear to be entirely true. Ithys Press only released 200 copies of the story at a range of $300 to over $1000 — hard to stand on the moral high ground of free-dom of information when selling that information for such a pretty penny.
I have no problems with Ithys Press trying to make money; they are a business and they have needs to meet. However, to say that the release of this story was purely on motiva-tion to let people get a view of Joyce as a caring grandfather, while charg-ing nearly a grand to read it, seems disingenuous.
Ithys Press should be honest; they wanted to make a profit, and they saw an opportunity to make some money with the end of copyright laws. Also, the Zurich James Joyce Foundation should be honest in saying they are angry that they didn’t get the chance to release a book of their own to make a few euros.
The bigger issue at hand here, which Herbert touches upon, is the withholding of information from the people. The foundation has a great number of pieces of Joyce’s work, and to my knowledge, have no inten-tion of releasing the work other than
allowing a few scholars to examine it. In her statement for the BBC,
Herbert mentions there is no reason why “only bona fide scholars” should have the right to view the works of an author. Who knows how many countless pieces of writings, paint-ings and drawings are out there being holed up for a few scholars to drool over, despite the works being public domain.
I haven’t read anything of James Joyce’s and might never, but I do believe that the works he created should be available to anyone and everyone who wishes to view them since they have legally entered into public domain. This goes for all piec-es of art; they weren’t created to be hidden from the world, but instead for the world to one day see.
Joyce certainly didn’t intend for “Ulysses” to go unread. Freedom of information is an important aspect of our lives and we need to protect it as much as possible. While Ithys Press may not be righteous in this decision, they did make a fair move.
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Robert Fix is a senior in business. The opinions expressed in his columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Fix can be reached at [email protected].
It might just be a sign of the times, but the waning power and influence of America seems
to be in the forefront a lot these days. And I can’t help but see signs of it here and there, too.
We aren’t in decline quite yet, but it’s as if the façade of our greatness is beginning to look a little shabby. However, if we don’t start looking at the root causes of it soon, we could be facing a long slip into irrelevance and decline.
And its cause isn’t any of the usual suspects. Our country is waning in power, not because of the loss of manufacturing jobs, the rise of China or as idiotic social conserva-tives would posit, a loss of morals and the legalization of gay marriage. It isn’t because of any external factors or influences. It is because of some-thing that has changed fundamen-tally within the soul of the nation.
Our nation is losing its sense of national solidarity, our sense of
togetherness, the binds that have held a polyglot nation of immigrants and native peoples together for so long. And once we lose it completely, it is easy to see how the nation will decline and we will lose the grandeur that has made us one of the richest countries in the history of mankind.
What made our country great was a sense of togetherness, the idea that all people are created equal, endowed with certain unalienable rights.
What caused our country to rise to unequaled prominence was that we were a nation, that in spite of dif-ferences, was able to come together to meet the great challenges of the 20th century. The Great Depression, in spite of the abject poverty, drove
the nation together, using the times to create landmark public works and projects that stand to this day. World War II put the nation together behind fighting fascist enemies and created the middle class that led to an unbe-lievable rise in living standards in the post-war era.
The creation of a broad middle class, and the belief that through hard work and merit one could rise to the top, has been lost. And because of this loss, we are losing our sense of identity. Since it isn’t language or religion or ethnicity that holds us together, it is the idea that the free-dom that America allows provides each with the opportunity to get ahead in life and to make one’s life better. But this idea of the American dream is being lost, and when we lose it and people can’t actually get ahead, we lose our sense of solidarity as a nation.
We need to step up to the chal-lenge of our times. We need to come together again as a nation. We need
grand ideas and to be on the cusp of innovation again. We need to revive our national sense of optimism and the idea that out of many different parts we can create one united whole.
If we are to regain this, steps need to be taken to build up our national solidarity. We need to remove the economic barriers that are dividing up America. And we especially need to create a fever and drive to make the country great. Divisive behavior in our politics has led to a behavior where the people are picking over the ruins of our great nation.
If we want to be great, we need to recreate a sense of duty and service to the nation and its people. And we need to make sure that even the lesser among us have a chance in this system.
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Don Iler is a junior in history. The opinions expressed in his columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Iler can be reached at [email protected].
Honestly, what was President M. Tonga Hopoi thinking?
Did she think that no one would notice? That she could get away with it? That it wasn’t that big of a deal? That she didn’t need to seek permission from the proper channels?
What we do know is that when she took office, she ordered a pay increase for most of the paid officials in the Associated Students of Oregon State University without having the authority to do so and against ASOSU statutes. And giving yourself money just because you think you can and without authority, is about the worst thing a government official can do.
It is time for Hopoi to resign from being presi-dent of ASOSU. One can’t feign innocence or ignorance or acting in the student body’s best interest with this one. Taking money that you’re not supposed to is exactly what it sounds like; cor-ruption in its most rudimentary form.
Hopoi did not have the authority to give those raises and her decision to do so ran roughshod over the statutes and the two bodies who are responsible for setting the executive’s budget, that of the House of Representatives Ways and Means committee and the Student Incidental Fee Committee. We need leaders who respect the rules of law and not one who decides to ignore them.
But what is also lacking here, and perhaps how it went unnoticed for so long, is the complete fail-ure of advising from the advocates who should be on the lookout to make sure the president is mak-ing wise and legal decisions. It’s inexcusable that ASOSU’s advocates weren’t there telling Hopoi she couldn’t authorize raises. What are we paying ASOSU advocates and advisors for if not to be the institutional knowledge that helps young leaders make wise decisions? There is blame to be put on their shoulders as well, and not just Hopoi’s.
Hopoi has claimed, “We weren’t aware we needed legislative approval.” But as the lead exec-utive official, it is her responsibility to know what to do. Hopoi should know the laws and statutes that limit her power and authority. And the fact that she once again decided to act outside of those bounds is a sign that she needs to go.
Even if she actually was ignorant of the rules and had no malicious intent, it’s still inexcusable that her level of knowledge of statutes is so little. She should have received better training and bet-ter advice from those around her.
We do not wish to see a repeat of this fall’s farce of an impeachment trial — where Hopoi was censured for failing to attend the Oregon Students
Association meetings — but this is actually an impeachable offense, and one that should move against the president.
This talk of reaching an equitable solution is ridiculous. How can we continue to be led by a president who has obviously betrayed the trust given to her by the student body? What sort of solution can be found with a president we can’t trust?
Hopoi should step down, but if she doesn’t, it is the legislature’s responsibility to hold her accountable. She needs to be impeached and removed from office, a transgression as large as this cannot be glossed over. Our school shouldn’t be tarnished with a reputation for leaders who cannot follow the rules they are tasked to uphold.
In a democracy, it is vital that we hold our elected officials accountable and we must hold Hopoi accountable for this egregious display of misappropriation of power and money. While it is questionable whether she should have been impeached this fall — she should have just been censured by the House, if anything at all — she needs to be removed from office as swiftly as pos-sible now.
We also need better training for our student leaders. There is obviously something wrong going on there, and while ASOSU is a learn-ing environment for the leaders of tomorrow,
it shouldn’t be unqualified and untrained. The ASOSU advocates need to conduct better training for all levels of government, because the level of current aptitude is completely inexcusable.
Besides stepping down, better oversight of ASOSU executives is needed too. We need legisla-tors who are going to do a better job of overseeing the executive and being the check and balance to its power that it needs to be. ASOSU expendi-tures should be looked at by the House Ways and Means Committee regularly. The faculty advisors who oversee ASOSU need to do a better job of advising and making sure that illegal things don’t happen.
But most importantly, we need a student body that is more engaged in their student government — one that participates in elections and holds their elected officials accountable. There should be outrage over this behavior, but instead, the apathetic student body is getting the government they deserve.
We do not expect such behavior from demo-cratically elected leaders. ASOSU needs new lead-ership and better-trained leadership, and it needs it now.
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Forgot about dept. chairsIn his interview in the Feb.
13 article of the Barometer, Provost Randhawa was quoted: “I always think the department chair position at times is quite complex...”
Provost Randhawa seems to have forgotten that depart-ment chair positions were abolished over a year ago in the grand realignment of the uni-versity. Since Mr. Randhawa undoubtedly had a hand in this reorganization, his mem-ory lapse seems most peculiar.
These complex positions of department chairs have been somewhat replaced by “liaisons” who are granted very little real authority and even less pay to try to hold together the former “depart-ments,” which still do not have another title attached to them. “Unit” seems to be the current favorite — rest in peace, Frank Zappa!
Moreover, after more than a year, many of the new “schools” aren’t even authorized entities; they are still functioning under the title (proposed) “school of whatever.” The crowning insult in all this is that staffs have been severely reduced, leaving the survivors overworked and stressed out.
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Things you should know: Politicians have moneyMitt Romney’s rich?
No, that can’t be. Public officials rep-
resent people, our troubling times; they’re concerned over the disparity between our wealthy and our poor.
If the media’s attention — or attempted scandal — over the disparity between Romney’s wealth and the majority of Americans reveals anything, it’s that we’re quite blind to the ben-efits of public office. Romney may come from a business background, and some may dis-agree about how he got there and what he’s gained over his years, but no one should be sur-prised or disheartened over the fact that a man of such wealth and prosperity wants to take office. After all, politics is all about money.
So for interest’s sake — with the help of the Center of Responsive Politics — let’s take a look at our President, his top contender, an outspoken, though hopeless, candidate in Ron Paul, an outside politician who consistently criticizes how Washington operates in Buddy Roemer, and a random businessman who decided to dip into politics — you know, to help out America — in Herman Cain.
Maybe people do know pub-lic officials are outrageously rich, but just don’t want to accept it. Or at least, let’s be sure that no one makes a case out of Mitt Romney’s income, tax returns and contributions quite yet…
Money raised over the 2012 election cycle, specifically in 2011
• President Barack Obama raised roughly $125 million over the past year.
• Mitt Romney: $56 million. • Ron Paul: $25 million.• Herman Cain: $16 million. • Buddy Roemer: $341,000.
Amount of raised money spent
• Obama: 36 percent. • Romney: 64 percent. • Paul and Cain have spent
nearly all of their contributions. • Roemer would spend his in
a healthy year of monthly bills, food expenses and a few terms of college for the kids.
Top contributors• Obama’s top contribu-
tor — money donated by the contributor’s political action committee, not by the con-tributor itself — is Microsoft Corporation, at $188,000 for the past term.
• Romney: Goldman Sachs at nearly $500,000, then JP Morgan Chase & Co. at $322,000 and finally Morgan Stanley at $281,000.
• Paul: US Army, Navy and Air Force at a combined $162,000.
• Cain: Wells Fargo, Jawa and Chick-fil-A, all around $11,000.
• Roemer’s only contribu-tor was the Farm Bureau Insurance, with a trivial $200.
Top contributing sectors• Obama’s top five contrib-
uting sectors, behind “Other” at $15 million: Miscellaneous business ($9.5 million), Lawyers and Lobbyists ($5.7 million), Finance, Insurance and Real Estate ($5.1 million), Communications/Electronics ($3.6 million) and Health ($2.2
million). • Romney: Energy and
Natural Resources ($12.4 mil-lion), Miscellaneous Business ($5.8 million), Lawyers and Lobbyists ($3 million) and Health ($1.3 million).
• Paul: $2 million from Miscellaneous Business.
• Cain: “Other” at around $830,000, followed by Miscellaneous Business at $666,000.
• Roemer’s contributing sec-tors are negligible at best.
Top contributing industry• Obama’s top contributing
industry is the “Retired” at $10 million.
• Romney: “Securities and Investment” at $6.1 million.
• Paul and Cain: roughly a million a piece from “Retired.”
Generally speaking, there are no differences. A cam-paign demands outrageous amounts of money — both flowing in and out of the can-didate’s camp. It’s nice to see a man so critical of Washington (Roemer) actually follow through on his grievances, and not adhere to the lavish expenses of the D.C. bachelor.
But it’s not so nice to finally realize, to actually consider, that our public officials are the disparity; they are the wealth problem. They have a direct hand in influencing which industries can survive, and which will fail. They can tell you how much money will be taken every month from your check, and how little of it you’ll get back fifty years down the road.
So sure, Romney’s a real rich guy, but let’s not get all worked up about wealth possibly con-trolling policy — it’s been like that for a while.
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Delegates, Republican Robert Marshall is a longtime abortion opponent who has tried repeat-edly to pass legislation in his state that would give rights to the unborn.
This year, on his third try, Marshall just might get his wish, and that has advocates for women’s reproductive rights concerned.
The House of Delegates passed a so-called “person-hood” bill Tuesday sponsored by Marshall that would give unborn children at all stages of development — including embryos — the same rights available to “other persons” in the state “subject only to the laws and constitutions of Virginia and the United States, precedents of the United States Supreme Court, and provisions to the contrary in the statutes of the Commonwealth.”
“We need to get back to the respect for life that we used to have in this country that’s been lost,” Marshall told CNN.
Virginia is the latest front in a long-running battle over wom-en’s reproductive rights — a fight that has taken center stage in recent weeks after a controversial decision by the Obama admin-istration to require religious groups to provide their employ-ees access to birth control in their insurance plans at no cost.
The administration later offered a compromise, after drawing fire from Catholic lead-ers and other religious organi-zations. However, the issue has stayed in the headlines.
Marshall’s bill must still be passed by the Virginia state Senate. If that hap-pens, Republican Gov. Robert McDonnell’s office has said he will review the measure if it reaches his desk, but he has not committed to signing it.
Opponents of the legislation believe it could restrict access not only to abortions but to some forms of contraception, like those that prevent implantation of fertilized eggs. Democratic Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn, who
supports abortion rights, said the legislation represented an “over-reach by the state.”
“These decisions should be left to a woman and her physi-cian, a medical professional,” Filler-Corn said. “This is a slip-pery slope and eventually, the goal of the personhood move-ment is to ensure that birth con-trol is illegal.”
Marshall says his law does not directly challenge the Supreme Court’s landmark 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision affirming a woman’s right to an abortion, although he acknowledged it is a step in that direction. He has dismissed what he calls the “sky is falling” claims of his critics, saying all his bill does is grant legal recognition to the unborn prior to birth.
“By itself, it does not outlaw abortion. It doesn’t address birth control,” he said. “This is a side show designed to distract peo-ple’s attention from what we’re doing here.”
A bill similar to Marshall’s is pending in Oklahoma’s state
legislature. Voters in Colorado and Mississippi have rejected “personhood” ballot initiatives in recent years.
Women’s rights advocates say these legislative and ballot efforts around the country to establish fetal personhood are part of a move to place greater restrictions on women’s access to abortion.
“Over the past several years, we’ve seen more and more attempts to restrict abortion directly,” said Elizabeth Nash, state issues manager at the Guttmacher Institute, an orga-nization that describes itself as advancing sexual and reproduc-tive health and rights through research and policy analysis. “These efforts around redefin-ing ‘person’ are a little more of a back door approach, because they don’t use the term abortion. They’re not an outright abortion ban. Instead they’re using a less obvious approach in a way that does not exactly indicate exactly how far they go.”
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A Venezuelan state media article about Chavez’s chief political challenger drew criticism from the New York-based Anti-Defamation League and the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center last week.
Titled, “The Enemy is Zionism,” the Venezuelan National Radio column details opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski’s Jewish heritage and says the governor of Miranda state “represents Israeli ideology covertly.”
Capriles and Chavez, who has been Venezuela’s president for 13 years, will face
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Venezuelan government officials could not be immediately reached for comment.
A 2008 U.S. State Department report listed Venezuela among countries where leaders and governments “fan the flames of anti-Semitic hatred within their own societ-ies and even beyond their borders.”
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have.”“Floor was a little off today,”
said senior Leslie Mak. “I think it might have been a little pressure because we wanted to win so bad, and I think this team has so much heart that sometimes that turns it into trying too hard and forcing it. For me personally, I will admit that I tried too hard.”
While floor was not where OSU needed it to be, the vault team for the Beavers was exceptional for the second meet in a row. Vault was looked at as the weakest area for the team, but back-to-back 49.200 scores have shown that vault is right up there with the rest of them.
“Vault — they’ve been improving quite a bit,” Chaplin
said. “And that’s great to see and hopefully we’ll continue seeing that improvement.”
Going into Friday’s meet, the team’s uneven bars, floor and beam lineups were ranked in the top 10 nationally, while vault was 18th. Friday’s vault score was led by junior Kelsi Blalock (9.925) and sopho-more Brittany Harris (9.875).
The highlight of the night was when one of the judg-es threw out a 10.0 for Mak’s beam routine. The crowd gave Mak a standing ovation after the score was revealed. She ended up getting a 9.950 though, as the second judge gave her a 9.900.
“I was really excited,” Mak said. “That did feel like a really good beam routine for me. I felt so calm and relaxed, which also isn’t always the case. The fact that a judge rewarded me
with a 10, I was honored and at this level it’s really hard to get a 10, so the fact that one of the judges saw perfection in my beam routine was an honor.”
While the tie was not ideal, it was still another perfor-mance indicative of OSU’s top-10 ranking. UCLA is a perennial national title con-tender, and a tie with them is acceptable.
Plus, for the Pink Out, it’s hard to be unsatisfied with the results when the cause the team was representing meant more than any score can quantify.
“It was incredible to have all those fans,” Mak said. “The fact that they’re all supporting us, especially tonight at our Pink Out, is a good feeling.”
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they have a lot of talent. I thought we settled for some shots, but that happens, and that is why good teams win,” Rueck said.
Cal guard Afure Jemerigbe’s success from the 3-point range (4-for-4) enabled a 20-3 run by the Bears in the second half. If the Bears did miss, the offensive rebound and put-back would make for some easy points more often than not.
“We let them get rebound put-backs and it got away from us,” Rueck said. “But down the stretch that is what we are about, it was a loss, but it was a loss where we gave everything we have.”
Marchbanks celebrated her senior night and led the team with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Indendi hit 4-of-6 from 3-point range to finish with 16 points. She added a team-high four assists.
Gibson, the only other Beaver to finish in double figures, scored 13 points.
“We are taking all the positives out of this game, and moving on from it,” Marchbanks said. “I am so proud of everybody, to come out and be down, and to never give up until
that last buzzer goes off, that is exactly what we practice, and that is what our season is about.”
The Beavers, who started the week alone in third place, dropped to fifth in the confer-ence standings. They’ll play their final three regular-season games all on the road against teams they’ve already beaten once this year.
The Beavers are one game back of earning a first round bye in the Pac-12 Tournament, and need to regain some ground if they want to continue their season after the Pac-12 Tournament.
Their first opportunity will be this Thursday in Eugene for the always anticipated Civil War.
“This team has had the ability to learn and progress through the year. I don’t think we will have a loss that defeats us, that car-ries over [into the next game],” Rueck said. “We got comfortable and really competed, and this gives us confidence going out on the road for the next three games, and that will give us confidence going into the Pac-12 Tournament.”
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One judge gave Leslie Mak’s beam routine Friday a perfect 10.000. The other judge gave it a 9.900, giving Mak a meet-high 9.950 on the event.
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Ali Gibson, pictured here in a game against Oregon earlier this year, scored 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds in Saturday’s loss to Cal.
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Gymnasts score 196.775, tie UCLA at Pink Out
n Beavers had the lead going into the final rotation, but “uncharacteristic mistakes” on floor led to tie with UCLA
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In front of a packed Gill Coliseum crowd of 6,035, many wearing pink for the sixth annual Pink Out, Oregon State ended the night in an unusual tie with UCLA.
With scores going to the thousandth decimal
point, one would think a tie would be as improba-ble as you could get, but the No. 8 Beavers and No. 7 Bruins ended the night with scores of 196.775, a tie for first, with Cal finishing third in the meet with 192.350.
“It was a little bittersweet, because they beat us last year,” said junior Makayla Stambaugh. “I know that where we are in the season, our bodies are hurting a little bit … but I think that tonight was great. It was still a great outcome, tie and all.”
In last year’s Pink Out, UCLA edged Oregon State by a mere margin of 0.050.
After the first three events Friday, OSU had a slim 0.125-point lead over the Bruins. With floor being a typically rock-solid closer, it seemed like the Beavers were on the verge of another victory.
But floor did not go quite as planned.
“I was really pleased with the first three events,” said head coach Tanya Chaplin. “The last event we had some uncharacteristic mistakes. They tightened up a little bit. Not huge [mistakes], but enough that in this type of situation, we can’t
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Brittany Harris and the OSU gymnastics team performed in front of 6,035 fans at Gill Coliseum Saturday.
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Sage Indendi brings the ball up alongside Patricia Bright in a game against Oregon earlier this year. The Beavers will face the Ducks this weekend.
n Beavers, who started week on tourney bubble, drop from 3rd to 5th in Pac-12 standings
By Jacob ShannonThe Daily BaromeTer
The Beavers left 2,230 fans at Gill Coliseum entertained, encouraged with effort and proud of their perfor-mance after Saturday’s game against California.
But it was too little, too late for Oregon State, the program that is “always growing” and “learning from their losses,” according to coach Scott Rueck, as the Beavers dropped their second game in a row, 75-68.
Cal turned a 1-point halftime defi-cit into a 16-point second-half lead at one time, but OSU (17-9, 8-7 Pac-12) made a run that had the Golden Bears on their heels.
Junior guard Sage Indendi and freshman guard Ali Gibson would
each connect twice from beyond the 3-point line in the last two and half minutes, and Earlysia Marchbanks scored four points of her own.
But Cal had enough experience and talent to see the last 22 seconds of gameplay through as a win.
“It takes experience to respond to that correctly, experience is the num-ber one thing,” Rueck said of the big second-half deficit. “But we got our bearings and made a game of it down the stretch. It is one to learn from, we have a ways to go with our season still, so this is [a] learning process for us.”
In the first half the lead changed five times, and was in Oregon State’s favor to start the second half, but Cal was more persistent on the offen-sive boards, and hit the big shots it needed to pull away.
“That is a great team we played today, they are elite athletically, and
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Men’s BasketballSaturday (Berkeley, Calif.)Cal 77, OSU 63 1st 2nd TotalOSU 34 29 63Cal 32 45 77OSU statistics:Nelson: 14 pts (5-10 FG)Collier: 14 pts (6-14 FG), 11 reboundsCunningham: 10 pts (4-12 FG)Cal statistics:Gutierrez: 17 pts (6-12 FG), 8 reboundsCrabbe: 15 pts (3-8 3-pt FG), 8 reboundsCobbs: 10 pts, 13 assists, 5 rebounds
GymnasticsFriday, Gill Coliseum(8) OSU 196.775, (7) UCLA 196.775, Cal 192.350Top OSU ParticipantsVault: Blalock (T2nd, 9.925)Bars: Mak/Stambaugh/Vivian (T2nd, 9.875)Beam: Mak (1st, 9.950), Vivian (2nd, 9.850)Floor: Stambaugh (1st, 9.925)All-Around: Stambaugh (1st, 39.425), Mak (2nd, 39.400)
Women’s BasketballSaturday, Gill ColiseumCal 75, OSU 68 1st 2nd TotalCal 32 43 75OSU 33 35 68OSU statistics:Marchbanks: 18 pts, 10 rebounds, 4 stealsIndendi: 16 pts (4-6 3-pt FG), 4 assistsGibson: 13 pts (5-16 FG), 7 reboundsCal statistics:Clarendon: 22 pts, 6 reboundsBrandon: 10 pts, 5 reboundsCaldwell: 7 pts, 10 rebounds
BaseballFriday-Sunday (Santa Barbara, Calif.)OSU 7, UCSB 3OSU 3, UCSB 2 (8 innings)UCSB 13, OSU 12 (12 innings)OSU 8, UCSB 6
SoftballFriday-Sunday (San Diego, Calif.)OSU 6, UCSB 0SDSU 7, OSU 6 (9 innings)OSU 3, Notre Dame 2OSU 7, San Diego 2OSU 2, Central Florida 1
Women’s GolfPeg Barnard InvitationalSaturday/Sunday (Stanford, Calif.)OSU: T4th (608, +40)
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