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Two Oregon State University students have proven there really is no limit to how one can gain academic experience — even if it means bringing a famous hip-hop artist to rural Corvallis. On Monday, April 9, Tyga will perform before an OSU audience after four months of preparation by junior Marcus Gores and senior Billy Trueblood, both business majors. According to Trueblood, the topics discussed in his business classes are easier understood and relatable due to promotional involvement for this and other events. “They’re teaching us to go out and be successful. You kind of just have to take it into your own hands.” Gores said it started with “a connection to the artist.” From there, they were forced to deal with largescale details like professional contracts, the venue and security; as well as the little things, like what food will be available in the artist’s dressing room. “Our friends who volunteered for us, we’re taking them away from Easter Sunday,” Gores said. “People only see the concert, they don’t see John Zhang | THE DAILY BAROMETER the other things.” With each ticket sold for at least Marcus Gores, left, and Billy Trueblood, right, have spent the last four months organizing a concert to bring Tyga to Corvallis. Tyga will be performing Monday night at the Benton County Fairgrounds. See TYGA | page 3
Piping up to be heard Student Andrew Schlueter has played the bagpipes since he was in the first grade
“It’s just traditional wear because it used to be an instrument of war and it has a more militaristic form,” Schlueter said. Because of its military history, Schlueter said, playing the bagpipes is done very profesBy McKinley Smith sionally with no goofing off. The Daily Barometer The bagpipe is arguably a very Some students play the trumpet loud instrument, and the intense or violin, but Andrew Schlueter, a freshman in zoology at Oregon notes carry. For practice, Schlueter State University, plays the bagpipes. often goes to Benton Hall. “They tend to just close the doors “When I was in first grade, my on you so the sound doesn’t go out family took a trip to Scotland,” and disturb the other band classes,” Schlueter said, “and in Scotland, Schlueter said. there were just like bagpipers everyIf it’s not rainy, Schlueter somewhere, and I thought times practices that it would be cool out in the field to play them.” beside McNary It’s like you’re After his return to dorm. the states, Schlueter multitasking at all “People seem expressed a desire to appreciate it,” times because you to learn how to play Schlueter said. have to be keeping the bagpipes himIn the past, self. In the third them steady, Schlueter has grade, he found a played at funerals, you have to be place to learn. weddings, gradu“There’s a youth playing notes. ation ceremonies pipe band in at colleges, and a Portland called few other events. Andrew Schlueter the Sir James He currently Freshman, Zoology MacDonald pipe plays with the band, and they Clan McLeay Pipe teach kids under 18 how to play the bagpipes or the drums, or both,” Band in Portland Wednesday nights while on breaks. Schlueter said. Schlueter enjoyed the “food, the Schlueter describes playing the people and the sights” of Scotland bagpipes as “a balancing act.” “It’s like you’re multitasking at and hopes to visit the country again all times because you have to be someday that inspired him to learn keeping them steady, you have to be the bagpipes. “It’s been 11 years [since I visplaying notes, and in certain cases you have to be marching,” Schlueter ited],” Schlueter said. “And I think I’d appreciate it a lot more now that said. Schlueter not only plays the bag- I’m older.” pipes, but also owns the traditional McKinley Smith, reporter uniform of a Scottish bagpiper. 737-2231, news@dailybarometer.com
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Ramesh Sagili is an entomologist. Sagili has a Ph.D. in entomology, specializing in honey bee research. He is a honey bee researcher here at Oregon State University. Do you have any current research? Yes, I do have research. I am part of the honey bee health, pollination and nutrition research. These are three important areas we are looking at here at OSU. As you know, bee colonies have been collapsing since six or seven years ago, and since then we have been losing 30 percent of honey bee colonies every year; that is the national average. We are doing a little bit better here in Oregon, but the colony losses are a big concern because honey bees are such important pollinators; they contribute $20 billion worth of pollination to our economy. How do you study honey bee health, pollination and nutrition? Honey bee health has been a very prime area to look at. Here at OSU, we are looking at honey bee health, so there are several projects related to it. We are sampling honey bee colonies across the state to look at various problems of pests and diseases that honey bees have. We are looking at honey bee nutrition because for the past 10 to 15 years, our agriculture system has changed a lot. There is more mono-cropping and destruction of habitats. The bees aren’t getting the balanced diet they need to survive; so we are trying to do different sources of pollen; how they can change the physiology and colony growth of honey bees. We are trying to find a balance of diet. With the nutrition, bees are pollinating; some are good quality and some aren’t. Basically, we are looking at the effects of pollen and the quality of nutrition so bee keepers can get some good information, and then they can use those for maintaining good nutritional regulation for the bees. The last one is honey bee pollination. As I said before, honey bees are very important pollinators. In some crops, honey bee pollination is very critical because without honey bees there is no yield that the crop can give you. There are some crops honey bees aren’t really attracted too, and they’re not producing enough nectar or the weather is very cold. Honey bees will only fly if the temperature is 55 degrees Fahrenheit or more. When you have that situation, then the pollination rate may go down, so we are using brood pheromone which can basically stimulate honey bees and you put the pheromone into the hives. You can mimic there being more larva or babies to feed. You’re basically fooling the bees to feed more larvas, so they are going out foraging and they will be getting more nectar and traveling in larger numbers. This brood pheromone is used to enhance pollination efficiently to increase pollination and cropping. How has OSU and the weather been? It’s been a great experience since I came to OSU in 2009. I think I have great support from the department, from my colleagues in the College of Agriculture, and OSU as a whole. It’s been a fascinating experience to See BEES | page 3
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If all had gone to plan, Sudan and South Sudan would have been neighbors co-existing in a strained but civil peace, aware of a bitter history but resolved to moving on. Instead, just nine months after jubilant scenes in South Sudan as the nation declared independence, its relationship with the north is deteriorating rapidly amid violence, accusations and arguments. Efforts by the African Union to broker peace have stalled, leading some to question whether the answer might lie more than 9,000 kilometers away in China. A new report from the International Crisis Group says the country is engaged in a “delicate dance� as it tries to maintain its historic ties with Sudan, while also courting South Sudan. It argues that China should be doing more to promote peace between the fractious neighbors, who both stand to benefit from Beijing’s eagerness to invest in their crumbling and inadequate infrastructure. “China can and should do more — in concert with other international actors to — to ensure peaceful resolution, without compromising its interests or traditional adherence to a principle of
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non-interference,�said Zach Vertin, senior analyst on Sudan and South Sudan with the International Crisis Group. China has invested heavily Sudan’s oil industry through state-owned oil giant China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC). It has a considerable stake in two of the three leading oil consortia operating in Sudan — the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC) and Petrodar — according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Last year, 66 percent of all oil exported from Sudan and South Sudan went to China, although that’s only a small fraction of China’s total oil imports, according to the EIA. The country still gets most of its oil imports from the Middle East. Oil is one of the flashpoints in the current dispute between Sudan and South Sudan, though it’s been a constant source of friction between warring parties in the nation long before the split. When South Sudan broke away from Sudan last July, it took with it 75 percent of the former country’s oil reserves. However, all of the country’s refining and export infrastructure remains in the north. In January, South Sudan shut
down its oil production after accusing Sudan of stealing oil. Sudan countered that by saying it had seized the crude as compensation for unpaid pipeline and export transit fees. The shutdown is causing both countries financial pain. According to the International Monetary Fund, oil contributes 90 percent of Sudan’s export earnings, and 98 percent of South Sudan’s. The dispute over oil has long plagued the countries who signed a comprehensive peace agreement in 2005 after 21 years of fighting. Part of the agreement included independence for South Sudan which finally broke away in July 2011. Just nine months later, there are fears the two countries are sliding back towards war. Earlier this week, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon again implored the countries’ leaders to immediately end hostilities and implement agreements already reached on security, border monitoring and the disputed oil-rich Abyei area. “Despite high rhetoric and recent provocations, I think the war calculations remain: both sides have more to lose, than gain, from a return to conflict. Border clashes in recent days, however, continue to test those
Emotional Chavez speaks on cancer at Mass An emotional Hugo Chavez discussed his struggle with cancer Thursday night, tearing up at times as he spoke at a Mass in western Venezuela. At a service in his home state of Barinas billed by state television as giving thanks for his health, the Venezuelan president described cancer as “a true threat that marks the end of the path for many people. The end of the physical path, that’s the truth.� But Chavez stressed that he was recovering, saying he had “much faith, much hope, much willpower to defeat this threat, as many people have, with the help of God and medical science.� He ended his sometimes somber, sometimes jocular remarks at the Thursday Mass with what he said was his message for God. “Give me your crown, Christ, give it to me. Let me bleed. Give me your cross, 100 crosses, so I can carry them. But give me
life, because I still have things to do for this people and this country,� Chavez said. “Do not take me yet. Give me your cross, give me your thorns, give me your blood. I am prepared to carry it. But with life, Christ. Amen.� The 57-year-old president has not specified the type of cancer he is battling, and the government has released few specifics, fueling widespread speculation about his health and political future. He returned to Venezuela early Thursday morning after a second round of radiation treatment in Cuba. Walking unaided, Chavez held court on the tarmac of the airport in Barinas, telling well-wishers who had gathered to welcome him that his treatment went well. “So far there has been no adverse reaction to the treatment; the body has assimilated it well,� Chavez said. He was greeted by members of his family, government offi-
cials and supporters. Chavez had been in Cuba since March 31. Doctors in the Caribbean island nation have operated on him twice to remove cancerous tumors, Chavez has said. Since the beginning of the year, Chavez has spent 34 days, or about one-third of the year, in Havana. “All the tests I’ve undergone have given positive results suggesting physical recovery,� he said at the airport early Thursday. The outspoken, flamboyant socialist leader has led Venezuela since 1999 and has pledged to run for re-election in October. Venezuela’s foreign ministry said Wednesday that Chavez spoke about his health in a lengthy phone conversation the day before with former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, who recently announced that his own cancer had gone into remission. — CNN
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calculations as emotions run high,� Vertin said. Through its historical ties with Khartoum and its work to nurture a new relationship with Juba, analysts say China occupies a unique position as a potential mediator in their dispute. “They’re in a good position to act as an honest broker and the more that they can do then obviously the better because it’s going to save lives,� said Helen Ware, a former Australian High Commissioner and Ambassador in Africa and now professor of peace studies at the University of New England. “I think that Chinese should be holding out as many carrots as they can,� she added. “They should be trying to get people at the number two level to talk together so that really people are understanding each other and there’s not such high levels of mistrust.� Ware said the conflict between the two neighbors gives China an opportunity to prove to its other African partners that it offers more than just a source of investment. China could prove “that it can bring a real advantage to the situation,� she said. “In this situation it would be proving it can do what the African Union can’t.� — CNN
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Muslim Brotherhood steers tricky currents in Egypt Barely a year after the revolt that toppled longtime strongman Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s long-banned Muslim Brotherhood has become the leading force in the country’s new politics. But that success is already leading to grumbles on the streets of Cairo that the world’s oldest and largest Islamist movement has become just another bunch of politicians, or worse. “The lower house is with the Brotherhood. The upper house is with the Brotherhood. The constitutional council is with the Brotherhood. The presidency will be with the Brotherhood. The unions and professional associations are with the Brotherhood,” Nasser Ibrahim, an archaeologist, told CNN. “It will be as if Mubarak’s party never left.” The Brotherhood announced over the weekend that its political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party, had nominated 62-year old multimillionaire businessman Khairat al-Shater as its candidate for president in May. Al-Shater is the party’s longtime second-in-command, a top strategist and financier. It says its decision to enter the presidential race — reversing repeated pledges to sit out the contest — was made to maintain a smooth transition of power in Egypt, where a military junta took power after Mubarak’s ouster. “We came by the vote of the people and by the choice of the people from within the system itself, so I think we are quite democratic in terms of the process and the means,” said Jihad Haddad, who is helping organize al-Shater’s campaign. “What we really want is application of real reform policies on the ground, and we can’t have that opportunity if we are out of executive power.” The Brotherhood has as its stated aim the establishment of a more traditional Islamic society in Egypt. It was offi-
cially banned in Egypt under Mubarak but unofficially tolerated, though its members were periodically harassed and jailed. With Mubarak gone, the Brotherhood claimed the lion’s share of seats in Egypt’s parliament and is expected to play a prominent role in the writing of a new constitution. But its decision to field a presidential candidate after all has hit a sour note in some quarters. “We are surprised that the Muslim Brotherhood never keeps their word,” said Ahmed Maher, founder of the April 6th Movement, one of the youth groups that led the uprising against Mubarak. “They said they would not seek more than 20 percent of parliament seats, and now they have the majority. Same with the president — they specifically said they would not field a candidate and now they come with al-Shater.” Meanwhile, U.S.-based analyst Shibley Telhami said Freedom and Justice MPs he met with in Washington this week are already facing complaints from disgruntled Egyptians, even before they form a government of their own. He said one lawmaker told him, “I go back home to my constituents and they already are blaming me for a lack of action.” Sondos Asem, a spokeswoman for the Brotherhood, told CNN on Monday that the group decided to enter alShater in the May presidential vote because the rest of the roughly 450-member field lacks the “leadership potential that would bring about stability in Egypt and in our international relations.” “We believe there is some type of leadership vacuum among the current candidates, and we feel that we now have a historic responsibility to field the candidate who we believe will provide this kind of responsible leadership and who will safeguard the democratic process,” she said. That process “is
threatened by many attempts to dissolve the current parliament or to hinder the establishment of the current assembly,” she said. But Telhami, the Anwar Sadat professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland and a Brookings Institution scholar, said the decision to enter al-Shater is a risky move reflected in the leadership’s split vote on whether to nominate him. Despite its dominance, the Muslim Brotherhood appeared to have been caught by surprise by the strong showing of the more conservative Salafist movement, which advocates the adoption of strict Islamic law. The Brotherhood has been most interested in keeping a strong hand on the writing of a new constitution, and it assumed that they could have enough influence on the presidency by endorsing another party’s candidate, Telhami said. “They could back a liberal president who understands their interest and could make a deal with them,” Telhami said. “But things didn’t work out the way they envisioned, in part because they didn’t expect how tough the attack from the right was going to be.” The Brotherhood was late to join the protests that toppled Mubarak, and the liberals and secularists who led that uprising fear that it may use its electoral victories to impose a fundamentalist Islamic agenda. While considered a conservative, al-Shater is also credited with being the driving force behind the Brotherhood’s affirmation that Egypt should continue to honor its international agreements — including its peace treaty with Israel. Haddad said that if the Brotherhood wins the presidency, “We will be accountable for everything.” But Cairo businessman Usama Hassan complained that the Brotherhood remains far too secretive. “There is no transparency,
and since there is no transparency, we are still in the reign of Hosni Mubarak,” Hassan said. And Islam Lotfy, a former leader of the Brotherhood’s youth movement, says he was kicked out of his job at al-Shater’s orders for trying to set up a centrist party after the revolution. “I believe Khairat al-Shater likes everything concentrated around him,” Lotfy said. “He holds all the threads in his hands — the threads of politics, money and missionary work — and that is very worrying.” He said Egypt may find itself with another strongman in the mold of Gamal Nasser, who founded the modern state, “but with the beard of Ahmadinejad.” In recent weeks, the group has clashed with the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and the civilian government the generals installed, led by Mubarak-era Prime Minister Kamal Ganzouri. But Alaa alAswani, a liberal novelist and commentator, says it has played into the hands of the generals. “The Muslim Brotherhood has been used as a tool by the SCAF to stop the real change, just to make a change on the top, on the surface, in order to change the revolution into a coup d’etat,” al-Aswani said. Others see its entry into the presidential race as a way to secure its position in the face of gains from the Salafists, who took the second-largest share of seats in parliament. “The Muslim Brotherhood, like the former NDP, are only concerned with their self-interest,” Maher said. “We see this by their refusal to participate in major protests or events. They failed to join the revolutionary voice against the current Ganzouri government and boycotted protests when he was first instated, and now they are fighting and challenging SCAF to expel him when he did not serve their interests.” —CNN
Egyptian candidate’s maternal ties to the U.S. may disqualify him An ultraconservative Islamist presidential candidate known for his anti-American views may be disqualified because of his mother’s links to the United States, Egypt’s Interior Ministry said Thursday. The deceased mother of Sheikh Hazem Salah Abu Ismael, 51, held U.S. citizenship and used her U.S. passport to enter Egypt three times, the ministry said. “Abu Ismael may be charged for forgery in official documents as he knowingly knew that the Egyptian law bans him from running for president if his mother holds a dual Egyptian-American citizenship,” lawyer Khaled Abu Bakr said. Ismael had said that his mother, Nawal Abdel Aziz Nour, held a green-card residency permit but was not a U.S. citizen. He told a private Egyptian TV program that his sister, Hanan Salah Abu Ismael, was married to an American and had obtained U.S. citizenship, but that his mother had not.
TYGA n Continued from page 3 and an expected attendance of 2,500 people, the Tyga concert is bringing in a substantial amount. Much of that, however, goes to the artist, different venue fees and promotion. When asked how much money is going into the concert, Trueblood’s response indicated the two are putting on an event that has required substantial funding. “A lot. It’s not a low-budget event. There are a lot of other costs that aren’t viewed,” Trueblood said. Apart from building their resumes and establishing professional connections, Gores set a separate goal when he began preparing for the event. “Bring the biggest show Corvallis
The executive officer of the presidential election committee, Hatem Bagato, said the committee will decide on Abu Ismael’s fate within days. Abu Ismael’s campaign had already faced difficulties. The committee warned his campaign after hundreds of thousands of his posters displaying his face were hung across the country ahead of the official campaigning period, which starts April 30 and lasts three weeks. No candidate is allowed to spend more than 10 million Egyptian pounds ($1.65 million). Elections are scheduled to start May 23. If Abu Ismael is disqualified, other candidates may benefit, including the Muslim Brotherhood nominee, Khairat El Shater, who submitted his presidential bid on Thursday. Another Islamist candidate who could benefit is Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fettouh, who defected last year from the Muslim Brotherhood to run for president.
has ever seen,” he said, since he considers the local hip-hop music scene to be lacking. This made Tyga, who has released two albums with songs featuring the likes of Lil’ Wayne and Nicki Minaj, a target performer for their show. “When you release an album, you go on tour to promote your album,” Gores said, who qualifies college students as Tyga’s main target audience. “It’s a great way to promote in a college town.” Tickets for the Tyga concert will continue to be sold today in the Memorial Union quad from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and online at ticketsoregon.com for $30. The concert will be held at 8 p.m. Monday, April 9, at the Benton County Fairgrounds. Joce DeWitt, senior reporter
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In a statement issued on his Facebook page, Abu Ismael said, “It is obvious that there is an external and internal wellorchestrated plan against me and we have raised a court case that will start in four days and hired a lawyer in the United States to follow up on certain documents.” Abu Ismael called on his supporters to stand with him until he emerges victorious. His supporters announced they will take to the streets on Friday to protest his treatment. But others backed up the ministry’s move. “People who believe that he did not know his mother’s nationality are naive,” said Yousri Fouad, a taxi driver. “He is the only candidate who flooded the streets with his posters on taxis, walls, ahead of the campaigning start date, unlawfully, and now he deceives his own people. He is a disgrace to Islam. How can this man be trusted as a president of any country?” —CNN
BEES n Continued from page 3 be here in Oregon. I teach honey bee biology and it has increasing enrollment. Students are really excited about honey bees, learning more about biology and bee keeping aspects. Do the OSU facilities help with your honey bee research? Yes, OSU’s facilities have been helpful to my studies. I have three locations where I put my bees and do experiments. With the aspect of weather, my time has been cut shorter than what I’m used to because of the Oregon weather. I’m from Texas where you can do experiments for about 10 months of the year, but here there are limitations and I have roughly four to five months of solid research I can do. Tony Santilli, reporter 737-2231, news@dailybarometer.com
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Apple has defined our generation, likely the next few W The Daily Barometer hen I was 12 years old, I associated Apple Inc. with the brightly colored, half-spherical iMac computers found in the middle school computer lab. These computers were slow, hard to use and were incompatible with just about every popular game or program, but at least they looked cool. I never would have thought Apple Inc. would have blossomed into the largest corporation in the world. That’s right; Apple Inc. topped energy Goliath, ExxonMobil, in total share value this past January and hasn’t looked back. Apple is now worth over $500 billion, a benchmark previously reached by only six other corporations. Should we be surprised? Maybe not. Our generation has witnessed the steady ascent of Apple Inc., from the introduction of the iPod and its market counterpart iTunes, to the release of the versatile iPhone and iPad. If you were to ask industry experts back in 1997 if this kind of turnaround was possible, the answer would have been a resounding no. This was the same year that a struggling Apple brought back Apple icon Steve Jobs as an interim CEO and the company was worth a comparably measly $4 billion. But look how things have changed. Today,
and test the Apple waters. They were delicious. Today, I ironically write this article from my brand new consumers can’t get enough of MacBook Pro, and I have to say, it performs like a dream. Apple has Apple’s products. What’s next for Apple? Fully created a reputation for efficient, smoothly running machines and synchronized family entertainpeople are catching on. I am not ment systems with iPlasma televithe only one making the change. sions, iHome speaker systems all CNN reported in 2010 that 27 percontrolled by any Apple “smart” cent of college students owned device such as an iPhone or iPad? Apple laptops, making them the The options are limitless for the most popular computer company multi-billion dollar industry leadon college campuses. er. Some say Apple Apple has can’t sustain its developed prodrecent explosion ucts with simple When you buy after the loss of yet elegant aesmastermind Jobs; Apple, you are thetics that create however, I think simultaneously an iconic conApple will continnotation with the ue dominating the buying ‘cool.’ company itself. If “smart” electronApple’s success you were to take ics industry for the away the Apple grows via a ‘ following reasons. branding on a I have been a snowball effect,’ MacBook, iPod, faithful and avid iPad or iPhone, where its popularity Windows spokeswould still compounds on itself. they man against be distinctly the Macintosh recognizable Operating System as Apple prodfor my entire life; ucts. Compare you couldn’t get me to touch an this association with modern Apple computer. body styles of automobile giants But after multiple hardware Mercedes and BMW; you don’t failures on various Windows oper- have to see these companies’ ated PCs, I decided to throw in the logos on a car to identify them. towel on my illegitimate claims This simple reality is not some-
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thing that can be said about any of its competitors and has been a big reason for Apple’s success. Apple has a universal product line that can be marketed to any demographic or target age group. It’s no secret Apple products are not cheap; however, despite their hefty price, people are willing to pay full retail to get their hands on the newest, hippest products. When you buy Apple, you are simultaneously buying “cool.” Apple’s success grows via a “snowball effect,” where its popularity compounds on itself. When people see other people with hip Apple products, they in turn want these same products. Thus, the addiction is born. I would be so bold as to call my generation the “Apple generation.” Apple has masterfully released products such as the iPod and iPhone that are accessible to young teens and children. These children’s memories are henceforth “branded” with Apple; a memory that will propagate the purchase of more elaborate Apple products such as MacBooks and iPads down the road. This genius idea has spread like an infection that is slowly but surely monopolizing the “smart” electronics industry. t
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hree death row inmates were executed by hanging for their crimes recently in Japan. This punishment is usually reserved for criminals committing multiple murders, like the three who were hanged. Amnesty International is not pleased with such a system, however, and is currently trying hard to reverse their death penalty and even provide better living conditions for prisoners. Amnesty International is upset Japan doesn’t allow for death row inmates to talk to each other; they are only allowed to exercise two or three times a week and they aren’t allowed much freedom in their cells. Amnesty International believes this sort of imprisonment causes inmates to develop insanity, and executing inmates with mental illness is against human rights. The Prime Minister of Japan,
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people let them be. Here in violated a law disturbing order America, human rights groups and peace; they are then punhave done so much to help pris- ished accordingly to balance oners that the only reason for their actions. Japan has the prison being harsh is the make- right idea: Prisoners locked in their cell with up of the comlimited mobilmunity inside ity and a severe walls, not the Why should restriction on prison itself. Even their freedom then, prisoners people who seems like a just work together to make life easbreak societal punishment. G ove r n m e n t ier; one prison laws be treated is established has an internal provide the economy where as if they didn’t to people with safethe prisoners use ty, and in order tuna packets as a do anything to provide that form of money. wrong? safety, certain There is quite rules have to be a bit of money followed. We are spent on providshowing more sympathy to ing prisoners with humane livserial killers than to smokers. ing conditions, but the same Heaven forbid the criminal who effort isn’t put into providing burned six women to death be shelter to the homeless, or executed by hanging, but damn funding the education system the smoker to hell for enjoyto keep more kids in school See FIX | page 5 than on the streets. Prisoners
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here’s nothing wrong with pretty faces. However, it would be nice if they could act too. Stage presence and the capability to move people by what you say and how you say it seems to be diminishing in film these days. Are there good movies? Yes, of course. But the films that win awards are based off what good film has always been about: good acting, dialogue and plot, and it is carried out through the stage presence of the actors. “The King’s Speech,” which practically swept the board for awards at the Oscars in 2011, was all dialogue, even though the main character had a speech impediment. But here’s the thing, someone who can command the silver screen with their stage
should accent a story, but actually begin to overwhelm it. M. Night Shyamalan went from the “Sixth Sense” and “Unbreakable” presence and legitimate acting to “The Last Air Bender” and can successfully help lead to the “The Happening.” Michael Bay’s “Transformers: Revenge making of of the Fallen” was notha great film more than a toilet — regard...someone who can ing humor, sexist, nonsenless of the command the silver sical, CGI-dependent budget of explosion. When they the movie. screen with their didn’t have a way to In fact, stage presence and get from one place to many films another to stop the legitimate acting with smaller b u d - can successfully help enemy, have no fear, they know how to telegets are lead to the making port now. oftentimes The incessant need the best, of a great film... for things blowing up because and looking shiny has they don’t left us as moviegoers at spend all their time focusing on effects, an impasse. We go, we watch, we explosions and images that leave thinking, “Wow, it had good
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effects and had cool fight scenes, but was that a good movie?” I haven’t read Twilight so the book is still off the hook for me; however, concerning the movie, pretty faces and bodies do not make good acting. They make for a movie where a werewolf boy walks around without his shirt too much and a main actress who looks like she has eaten something sour in every scene. Who’s to blame for movies going downhill? Why is it we have to wait all year for maybe one or two really good films? Well, it’s a conglomeration of bad writing, bad directing and bad acting. Ever since the 90s, movies have been leaning toward dependence on CGI, but there See THOMPSON | page 5
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THOMPSON n Continued from page 4 has been a distinct regression. We used to have great actors and actresses like Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Charlton Heston, Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. Moving into the 70s and 80s, we found stars like Harrison Ford, Robert Redford and Gene Wilder. In the 90s, there were Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Will Smith, Julia Roberts and Leonardo DiCaprio. Who is filling these shoes today? Please don’t say Taylor Lautner, Shia LaBeouf or Megan Fox. That being said, it isn’t the actors’ fault completely. After being pleasantly surprised by Robert Pattinson in some of his recent works, I thought there might be hope for the younger generation of actors and actresses with the growth displayed there. I now place the majority of the blame on the scripts and the people writing the nonsense we are overcharged to see. I also blame directors who find their lead roles from Victoria’s Secret catalogues instead of taking the time to find someone who has talent beyond what they look like. I think it is time directors go back and read the script before filming. Have their writers actually write stories that can impact a viewer and find actors who can deliver a line. Recently, the movie “The Hunger Games” was
FIX n Continued from page 4 ing their freedom of choice. Thirty years ago, people smoked everywhere; I grew up with my grandparents smoking in the house and anywhere else they got a craving. Now smokers are forced to hide 30 feet from buildings and are looked down upon by almost everyone, while a rapist only spends five years in prison for destroying another person’s life. Smoking is legal and taxed, while theft, rape and murders are heinous crimes which violate the rights of law-abiding citizens. We shouldn’t be trying to remove the rights of people abiding by the law. And we shouldn’t be giving more
Friday, April 6, 2012 • 5 released. The iffy-acting skills of the antagonists in the actual games slightly diminished the film as a whole. However, Jennifer Lawrence, who played Katniss Everdeen, the main protagonist, was a breath of fresh air and stole the show. Needless to say, I was impressed after seeing her performance. Even though Hollywood has entered an interesting slump by mostly focusing on the wrong things, like looks and special effects, there are still some young actors to keep an eye on. Another such young actor is Anton Yelchin. You might know him from the movies “Charlie Bartlett,” “Terminator Salvation,” “Star Trek” or “The Beaver.” This guy can not only change character, he commands the screen and is somebody who can blend a sense of realism within any roll he is in, allowing the viewers to not only relate, but immerse themselves in the story. In seeing actors like Pattinson surprise me, and rising stars like Lawrence and Yelchin, perhaps it is time for Hollywood to stop ruining great trilogies, start writing better scripts, and stop selecting actors who look like supermodels but can’t give a performance. Then, maybe actors won’t become a dying breed and going to the movies will mean something again.
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rights to people who don’t care about the laws — or trying to make their lives easier in prison. People argue it is hypocritical to murder someone who commits murder, but the punishment is there to fit the crime. What rights does a person have to life when they take the lives of innocent people? Before anyone starts to twist my words to attacking soldiers, war is an entirely different scenario, where individuals knowingly enter into battle, which might result in their death or the killing of another person. Prison needs to be harsh, the punishments need to be painful, and Japan has figured out they need to make a criminal’s life painful
while in prison. This isn’t torture to punish people for the crimes they commit. The conditions may seem harsh, but the crimes that were committed led them to this punishment. Burning six women alive is a horrible crime, and being locked in a cell with limited mobility and then finally receiving the penalty of death by hanging seems only fitting for such a crime. Some of you may still abhor the death penalty, but if we don’t have proper consequences for the decisions people make, what is there to hold people to following the law? t
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President Obama on Thursday made clear his view on the membership of women at the Augusta National Golf Club: They should be admitted. The issue of the membership of the club that hosts the most prestigious golf tournament is being scrutinized because the top executive at IBM, Ginni Rometty, is a woman. IBM’s sponsorship of the Masters tournament guarantees club membership for its officers, but the club does not allow women to join. The White House weighed in Thursday. “The president’s answer is yes, he believes women should be admitted,� White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters at a briefing. Specifically, Obama believes it is “up to the club to decide, (but) his personal opinion is that women should be admitted to the club.� The Republican presidential candidates also weighed in. Mitt Romney agreed that it is up to the club to decide on female members when asked about the issue at a campaign event Thursday. “Of course,� he said, “I am not a member of Augusta. I don’t know if I would qualify. My golf game is not that good. Certainly if I were a member, if I could run Augusta, which isn’t likely to happen, of course I’d have women into Augusta.� Rick Santorum, in a statement e-mailed to reporters, said, “I encourage Augusta to accept women members, but I recognize their right as a private organization to decide for
themselves.� Newt Gingrich said his wife, Callista, a golfer herself, would be a “great member.� During his annual media session Wednesday, Billy Payne, chairman of the Augusta National Golf Club, did not comment specifically on Rometty. “Well, as has been the case, whenever that question is asked, all issues of membership are now and have historically been subject to the private deliberation of members,� he said. “That statement remains accurate; it remains my statement.� IBM spokesman Ed Barbini told CNN on Wednesday that the company would not comment on the controversy. The question of Rometty’s membership has again brought the gender controversy to the forefront. Women’s rights activist Martha Burk tried to change the exclusionary policy nine years ago when she showed up at the Augusta entrance to lead a series of protests against men-only membership. Her efforts were in vain. Now, she says, “the boys� at Augusta, members and sponsors alike, find themselves in a big bind. “The ‘woman problem’ is back,� she wrote in a column for CNN on Tuesday. Burk says there are only two choices at hand: Augusta can open its doors to women, or IBM can yank its money and force its male executives to resign from the club. “Those are the only two
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No. 18 men’s crew to race Gonzaga and No. 9 Stanford on Saturday By Oregon State Athletic Communications The Daily Barometer
After a nearly month-long layoff, the Oregon State University men’s crew team will continue its spring season this Saturday, April 7, when it hosts Gonzaga and Stanford on Vancouver Lake in Vancouver, Wash. On a busy day, the Beavers will race the Bulldogs at 10 a.m. and will match up against the Cardinal at 4 p.m. “The team is eager to get back out on the race course,” Head Coach Steve Todd said. “We started out fairly well a few weeks ago against Victoria and now, after spring break and an excellent few weeks of practice, we are ready to take on two important opponents.” Oregon State, whose varsity eight was ranked 18th in the most recent USRowing Collegiate Poll, will have
four crews compete on the water in two duals against Gonzaga and No. 9 Stanford. The Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference (NCRC) Invitational hosted by Lewis and Clark College will also take place on Saturday and many Division II schools will be competing at the site throughout the day as well. The Beavers’ novice four will race as part of the NCRC Invite. “Stanford is again in the top 10 in the country and had a strong showing at the San Diego Crew Classic,” Todd said. “We’ve battled Gonzaga the last few years and hope to bring out our best effort against our rivals.” The Beavers’ V8 (10 a.m.), open 4+ (10:10 a.m.), JV8 (10:20 a.m.) and freshmen 8 (10:30 a.m.) will begin racing against Gonzaga at 10 a.m. and start at roughly 10-minute intervals on the 2000-meter course. OSU’s V8, JV8 and F8 will also compete later in the afternoon
against Stanford. The JV8’s will go at 4 p.m. and the F8’s will race at 4:40 p.m. Sandwiched in-between the two will be the top-20 V8 showdown between No. 18 Oregon State and No. 9 Stanford at 4:20 p.m. Just after noon, Oregon State’s N4 will race against Western Washington, Seattle Pacific and Humboldt State at 12:30 p.m. as part of the NCRC Invitational hosted by Lewis and Clark. The race course is located at Vancouver Lake Park (6801 NW Lower River Road) on the west side of Vancouver Lake. The finish line is directly in front of the park’s beach. There is a $3 parking fee, but admission to the races is free. Last time out on March 10, the Beavers’ V8 claimed victory over Victoria on Dexter Lake, while OSU’s F8 and V4 both finished second. Oregon State Athletic Communications
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that span. He was recently hired The Daily Barometer as the head coach of the Joe Avezzano, who was Milano Seamen of the the head coach of the Italian Football League Oregon State football team and it is reported he died from 1980-84, passed of a heart attack while away at the age of 68 on working out on a treadmill in Italy. Thursday. “Joe Avezzano was a Avezzano was the special teams coach for the very special part of our Dallas Cowboys from 1990 Dallas Cowboys famthrough 2002 and won ily and our organization’s three Super Bowl rings history. He was also a and was named the NFL’s wonderful father, husspecial teams coach of the band and friend,” team year three times during owner Jerry Jones said
in a statement. “No one enjoyed life more than Joe, and no one that I know had a greater appreciation for the people that he loved and the lives that he touched. We grieve with Diann and Tony and the thousands of fans who loved Coach Joe. He was an original. There was no one else like him.” Avezzano’s coaching career began in 1968 at Florida State, where he had played. He went on to coach at Iowa State,
Pittsburgh, and Tennessee before moving to Corvallis. After his run with the Beavers, he coached the offensive line at Texas A&M from 1985-1988. He worked under Jimmy Johnson, Barry Switzer and Dave Campo during his time with the Dallas Cowboys. In 2002, he became the head coach of the Dallas Desperados, an Arena Football League team. Oregon State Athletic Communications
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side you don’t see when they’re suited up on a field or a court. All 17 intercollegiate teams at OSU will be represented at the talent show. Last year, some of the best acts Oregon State wrestling coach Jim included: the men’s basketball team’s Zalesky has plenty of accolades: he entertaining video that spoofed popuwon three national titles as a wrestler lar commercials, two women’s cross at Iowa, three as a coach at Iowa and country runners performing a violin is a member of the National Wrestling and piano duet and the women’s crew Hall of Fame. team stomping the yard. He can now add another accolade to his already-impressive list: 2011-12 Pac-12 Coach of the Year. Four former Beaver baseball playZalesky, who just finished his sixth ers made opening-day MLB rosters: season at OSU, received the honor Thursday after leading the Beavers to Jacoby Ellsbury (outfielder, Boston Red a Pac-12 title and a 10th place finish at Sox), Darwin Barney (second basethe NCAA Championships. The finish man, Chicago Cubs), Joe Paterson was the program’s best since the 1998 (LHP, Arizona Diamondbacks) and season, when the Beavers finished Mike Stutes (RHP, Philadelhia Phillies). Ellsbury and Barney made their seaninth. Last year, the Beavers finished son debuts Thursday. Ellsbury, hitting 21st under Zalesky. OSU finished the season with three leadoff, went 0-for-4 at the plate in a All-Americans: junior Mike Mangrum, 3-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Barney, sophomore Scott Sakaguchi and senior hitting in the two-hole, went 0-for-4 in Chicago’s 2-1 loss to the Washington Clayton Jack. Nationals. Stutes did not appear in Philadelphia’s 1-0 win over Pittsburgh. Arizona opens its season today against The date and time for the ninth the San Francisco Giants. annual “The Other Side” talent show Check next Thursday’s Daily has been set: Tuesday, April 10 at 6:30 Barometer for more information on p.m. in the LaSells Stewart Center. Beavers in the pros. “The Other Side” allows you to see the other side of student-athletes: a sports@dailybarometer.com
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home stadium. Sophomore southpaw Ben Wetzler is expected to start in tomorrow’s seven total hits in the loss. He game against ASU in a very imporwas the only Beaver to finish with a tant game for Oregon State. As head coach Pat Casey has made clear on multi-hit game. Junior outfielder Max Gordon, several occasions, winning series is batting in the leadoff spot, finished vital in the loaded Pac-12 conference. The second game of the series is 1-for-4. Senior John Tommasini fintoday and first pitch is set for 6:30 ished 1-for-3 and scored one of the p.m. The series will wrap up with two Beaver runs. a 12:30 p.m. game Saturday. The Arizona State was coming off Beavers will then get a day off before a series against No. 22 Oregon in facing the University of Nevada in which they were swept. It was clear Reno on Monday and Tuesday. in this one that the Sun Devils came out hungry to right the ship in their sports@dailybarometer.com
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Georgia
National rank: 6th National rank by event: vault (9th), bars (3rd), beam (5th), floor (4th)
Oregon State
National rank: 7th National rank by event: vault (15th), bars (7th), beam (6th), floor (8th)
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The Beavers have had a lot to celebrate this year. This weekend, they’ll look to keep the season going.
Gymnasts need a top-2 finish at Auburn Regional to advance to NCAAs for 7th straight year
point in their season. “I think we’re still peaking,” said senior and 2012 Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year Leslie Mak. “Going into regionals, I have a lot of confidence.” By Warner Strausbaugh Mak also added, “There’s been an The Daily Barometer issue in the past where we peaked The Oregon State University gym- kind of early. So I’m actually really nastics team has made it to nationals excited for regionals, and hopefully nationals.” six straight years. Head coach Tanya Chaplin agrees On Saturday, the Beavers will look with that sentiment, proclaiming to make that seven in a row. No. 7 OSU heads to Auburn, Ala. for these past two weeks of practice as this year’s regional. It won’t be easy sled- the best she’s seen this team perform. “The practices that we’ve had over ding for the Beavers. The group consists of No. 6 Georgia, No. 18 Auburn (the the last few weeks have really grown host team), No. 21 Michigan, Michigan everyone’s confidence,” Chaplin said. “They’ve prepared hard and they’ve State, and West Virginia. In the two weeks since finishing prepared well for this competition. third at the Pac-12 Championships, Any time you do that, your confiOSU has been practicing rigorously dence level goes up.” Those last few practices have been in preparation for the event. And at this moment in time, the team feels quite demanding on the team, as like they’ve finally hit their stride and they have to attempt to rid themmay just be peaking at the perfect selves of any small mistakes in their n
routines. For the entire season, the team has been accustomed to having a meet every single week. But there was a two-week hiatus between Pac12s and regionals, giving teams more practice time to prepare. “You think the bye weeks are going to be the easy one,” said senior Olivia Vivian. “No, it’s the bye weeks we dread because it’s hard work every single day of the week.” But the hard work has been a blessing, and now the team feels like a complete and cohesive unit heading into their biggest meet of the season. “Last week, it was a tough week,” Vivian said. “We came out of it though feeling accomplished. We feel stronger. We feel closer as a team.” Based on the national rankings and the season scores, expectations are that OSU will advance on to the NCAA Championships. It’s not going to be a simple task, though. Georgia
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TEMPE, Ariz. –– Last year, the Oregon State baseball team swept Arizona State in Corvallis for the first time since 1996. In fact, it marked the first time since 1998 that the Sun Devils had been swept by any conference opponent. This year, there will be no sweep. At least no Oregon State sweep. The No. 20 Beavers fell 8-2 to No. 24 Arizona State in the first game of a three-game series Thursday. OSU falls to 18-9 overall on the year, and 6-4 in the Pac-12. The loss
also drops the Beavers to fourth in the conference standings. Arizona State moves to 17-12 on the year, and 4-6 in Pac-12 play. The Beavers were riding a threegame winning streak after beating the University of Portland by the same score 8-2 on Tuesday. Pitching and defense had been improved areas for OSU in the last few games, but was an issue again in this one. The pitching was the story for Oregon State, as the staff allowed seven earned runs in the ball game, and another unearned off of an error by senior third baseman Ryan Dunn. Sophomore right-hander Dan Child gave up four earned runs in six innings of work in the loss, moving him to 3-2 on the year. Freshman lefty Carlos Rodriguez gave up two
runs in an inning of action in relief, and junior righty Taylor Starr gave up the final earned run of the game. The Beavers surrendered 13 total hits, including a solo home run by Abe Ruiz in the fifth inning. On offense, the Beavers were stifled by ASU starting pitcher Brady Rodgers, who gave up only two runs, both of which were unearned, in eight innings of work. Rodgers scattered seven hits in the impressive outing. Freshman leftfielder Michael Conforto and junior shortstop Tyler smith were bright spots for Oregon State, as both extended their hit streaks to nine games each. Sophomore catcher Jake Rodriguez also provided two of the Beavers See BASEBALL | page 7
Auburn
National rank: 18th National rank by event: vault (25th), bars (10th), beam (17th), floor (19th)
ranks one spot higher than OSU, and the Beavers are just 3-15 against the Bulldogs all-time. Then there’s Auburn, who has the advantage of the home arena. There is no doubt they will have a nice crowd behind them, which can only help when it comes to the scoring received from the judges. “Georgia’s been an amazing program,” Mak said. “And Auburn as well, they have good fans, they have that home advantage.” The best thing OSU can do is just to prepare like they have been and put up the same kind of scores they have been all year. “They have prepared incredibly well these last few weeks,” Chaplin said. “That increases the confidence level. So I do feel we’re prepared, now we have to go down and do our job.”
Michigan
National rank: 21st National rank by event: vault (11th), bars (18th), beam (25th), floor (28th)
Warner Strausbaugh, sports writer Twitter: @WStrausbaugh sports@dailybarometer.com
Box Score R H E OSU 000002000 2 7 1 ASU 00401030X 8 13 3 OSU batting stats Howell: 0-for-1 Smith: 1-for-4 Conforto: 1-for-3 Davis: 0-for-4 Dunn: 1-for-4, R Keyes: 0-for-4 Barnes: 0-for-4, R Rodriguez: 2-for-4, RBI Gorton: 0-for-1 Gordon: 1-for-4 Tommasini: 1-for-3, RBI OSU pitching stats Child: 6 IP, 9 H, 5 R (4 ER) Rodriguez: 0 IP, 1 H, 2 R Starr: IP, 2 H, 1 ER Reser: IP, H
West Virginia
National rank: 27st National rank by event: vault (20th), bars (28th), beam (27th), floor (21st)
Michigan State
National rank: 32nd National rank by event: vault (31st), bars (33rd), beam (32nd), floor (49th)