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Construction is everywhere you look on campus. Whether it is just a room in a building under renovation, a building being refurbished, or a completely new structure going up, there always seems to be the buzz of construction.

Buildings and facilities to open this fall: Two new buildings will open this fall. The Multi-Animal Teaching Facility will open as a part of the College of Agricultural Sciences at the corner of 35th Street and Campus Way. The Student Success Center opened as well, which includes Academics for Student Athletes and the Academic Success Center. Other facilities opening this fall include the Whyte Track and Field Center, which Phase I of was just completed, as well as the new artificial fields constructed at Reser Stadium and Prothro Field.

The Native American Longhouse, located south of Moreland Hall, is under construction and scheduled to be completed in November.

Buildings to open this spring: The Basketball Practice Facility, west of Gill Coliseum, is under construction and should be completed in May 2013.

Future building projects: This winter, OSU design and construction hopes to break ground on a new student residence hall south of McNary, Callahan and Wilson halls and the Centro Cultural Cesar Chavez, south of the parking structure on 26th Street. The Student Experience Center next to

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Construction on the campus power grid resulted in the closure of Jefferson Way near the Memorial Union last week. the Memorial Union will begin this spring along with Austin Hall, a new building for the College of Business, east of Sackett Hall on the north side of Jefferson Way. “[The Student Experience Center] will be home to ASOSU, [the Memorial Union Program Council], [the Auxiliaries & Activities Business Center], student media, the craft center and numerous other student organizations that are currently housed in both Snell Hall and the MU,” said Larrie Easterly, university engineering manager. “The building will have a basement and four aboveground floors.”

OSU recently purchased a 94,000-square-foot building southwest of campus and intends to relocate several departments that can operate remotely from the core of campus, opening spaces on campus

for other uses.

“We are also requesting approval [for] a number of projects through the legislature next spring,” said Lori Fulton, university design and construction manager. “The list includes the classroom building, a new building that would provide academic and research space for the colleges of engineering and science, additional space for the OSU-Cascades campus, and two projects associated with improvements to campus [information technology] systems.”

Past, present and future renovation projects: Renovation projects have been scheduled or are underway in numerous buildings, including the Memorial Union, Weniger Hall, Wilkinson Hall, Reed Lodge, Cordley Hall, Magruder Hall and Dryden Hall.

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Could the headache of searching Internet-wide for textbooks have come to an end? Starting this fall, using the OSU online portal, students will be able to compare the university’s prices directly to those of competitors. The surge of sites such as Amazon Marketplace and Half. com have brought forth the need for clarity in the struggle to afford books as a student.

“This is a way for the OSU Beaver Store to be included in the price comparison process and be completely transparent,” said Steve Eckrich, CEO of the OSU Beaver Store.

Founded in 1914, the Beaver Store is governed by a board of students and university faculty. Eckrich emphasized the level of trust the Beaver Store is expected to observe as a result of this relationship.

“We provide a great value for stuSee BOOKS | page 2

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Attorneys for a convicted killer will focus on a former prosecutor’s notes when they argue Tuesday their client should not die by lethal injection in nine days.

No one disputes that Terrance Williams beat Amos Norwood to death with a tire iron in 1984 or that he should be in prison.

But the defense team says information that Norwood had allegedly sexually abused Williams was withheld from the trial, and his life should be spent in a cell. “One of the strongest pieces of our case is that, as we heard in court on Thursday for the first time ever, that in the prosecutor’s own file, in her own handwriting, there was evidence that Mr. Norwood had been previously accused of touching boys,� attorney Shawn Nolan told CNN. “The prosecutors have known about that evidence throughout the whole history of this litigation.�

The judge overseeing the stay of execution hearing, M. Teresa Sarmina, referred last week to the notes of Andrea Foulkes, who was the prosecutor in Williams’ 1986 trial, which showed Foulkes had heard about possible incidents of Norwood abusing boys. The notes also referred to Norwood as a “john� for Williams.

Williams’ accomplice, Marc Draper, continued his testimony Monday and prosecutors tried to portray Williams as male prostitute rather than a victim of sexual abuse. “The evidence is that he was preyed upon for years and years by different individuals and that’s not what a male prostitute is,� Nolan said.

The sexual abuse allegedly

A European court on Monday ruled that radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza can be extradited from Great Britain to the United States, where he faces a host of terrorism charges.

The European Human Rights Court issued its ruling, clearing the way for Hamza's extradition. This means that he can now be moved to the United States, though no date has been set.

Hamza faces 11 charges in U.S. courts, including conspiracy in connection with a 1998 kidnapping of 16 Westerners in Yemen and conspiring with others to establish an Islamic jihad training camp in rural Oregon in 1999.

The cleric is one of the highest-profile radical Islamic figures in Britian, where he was already sentenced to seven years for inciting racial hatred at his north London mosque and other terrorismrelated charges.

The Egyptian-born Hamza — who is also known as Mustafa Kamal Mustafa — has previously denied wrongdoing, saying, "They have no evidence against me whatsoever apart from me trying basically to open the people's eyes about certain principles."

Monday's decision, which was signed by seven judges from different European nations, follows a ruling this spring in which the same court likewise said that

began when Williams was 6 years old, his attorneys have said.

Nolan said that at the time of trial, Williams was just an 18-year-old with deep, dark secrets and like many sexual abuse victims he didn’t want to make them public.

Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams wrote an editorial for the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday, saying Williams “has tried every trick to escape his sentence.� “The most noticeable thing about this case is not the ‘new evidence,’� he wrote. “It’s the willingness of some people to believe every defense claim as if it were gospel truth, without even taking the time to look at all the facts.�

The defense has argued that the jurors who convicted Williams more than 25 years ago were told that it was a robbery-homicide case and never learned of the alleged sexual abuse.

A juror on the original case told CNN she feels as if she was “betrayed.� “We weren’t given everything that we needed to know to give this guy a fair trial,�

Diane Brown said. She said that if the jury had known about the abuse allegations they would have voted differently.

Draper, who is serving a life sentence for his involvement in the murder, testified that Williams had been in a relationship with Norwood and added that prosecutors didn’t want to hear him explain “this was about a homosexual relationship.�

He said that authorities at the time had pushed him not to disclose that Williams had been routinely sexually abused by Norwood. —CNN

CONSTRUCTION n Continued from page 1 “In addition to the projects listed above, two more cultural centers are in design — the Asian and Pacific Cultural Center and the Black Cultural Center,� Fulton said. “We are in early design stages on a new 2,500 seat classroom building, to be located west of the Women’s Building.�

Sackett Hall received a new exterior along with windows, carpet and a full fire sprinkler system. The concrete sidewalks leading to and from the building were replaced to make them more accessible. Wilson Hall received new windows, stucco on the south wall and toilet room upgrades, also for accessibility purposes.

The work on Jefferson Way is an upgrade to the campus power grid; the project should be complete in October.

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Hamza and four other terror suspects could be extradited.

The court determined, then and now, that the suspects would not get "ill treatment" in super-maximum security prisons if they are extradited to the United States and convicted in American courts, according to the European court's decision Monday.

That ruling noted that conditions in such U.S. prisons were in some ways better for inmates than in Europe, given that they'd have access to things like television, newspapers, social visits and hobby-related items. It acknowledged the prisoners may be confined in their cells most of the time, but said this is warranted given the charges they face. “As concerned ... restrictive conditions and lack of human contact, the court found that, if the applicants were convicted as charged, the U.S. authorities would be justified in considering them a significant security risk and in imposing strict limitations on their ability to communicate with the outside world,� the court ruled.

The British Home Office issued a statement Monday saying it “welcomes�

Monday’s decision.� “We will work to ensure that the individuals are handed over to the U.S. authorities as quickly as possible,� the office said in its statement. —CNN

BOOKS n Continued from page 1 dents because of low prices,� Eckrich said.

Eckrich noted that the store truly assists students by providing service and easy returns. A high level of confidence is guaranteed, because by patronizing the Beaver Store, students may feel sure that they will purchase the correct edition.

The university works closely with the store to alleviate stress from students who fear they might purchase the wrong version of a book. In addition, students are guaranteed a two-week, full-return policy on all textbooks, providing the receipt remains intact.

Although the new system at the Beaver Store may simplify the purchasing process, many students are still less than convinced. “I would be more likely to buy my books from OSU [with the changes the Beaver Store has made], however, that doesn’t mean I won’t buy the majority from Amazon,� explained sophomore Taylor Cable.

Regardless of the insight the new tool provides, it is the price point at which online retailers offer their books that captures the student market. “[The bookstore] charges far too much, and I can get better prices for the same product if I do a little bit of work on my own,� said sopho-

Calendar Wednesday, Sept. 26 Events Student Media, 5 p.m., Large TV Studio/Snell Hall. Open House. Learn how you can get involved at The Daily Barometer, Beaver Yearbook, Prism magazine, KBVR FM and KBVR TV.

Thursday, Sept. 27 Events

Waste Watchers, 6-7 p.m., Women’s Center. Meet ‘n Eat — All welcome to attend first meeting of the year for this recycling/ waste reduction group!

Monday, Oct. 8 Events

Women’s Center, 5-6 p.m., MU 109. A slideshow and discussion presented by Carolyn Schechtman, who spent more than a decade living in India.

OSU Cultural Centers holding open houses this week Oregon State University’s cultural centers will be holding open houses this week. The Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center open house is today from 6-8 p.m. The Centro Cultural Cesar Chavez is on Wednesday, Sept. 26 from 6-8 p.m. The Women’s Center open house is on Sept. 27 from 4-6 p.m. The Asian and Pacific Cultural Center is on Thursday, Sept.

27 from 6-8 p.m. The Native American Longhouse holds their open house on Friday, Sept. 28 from 12-2 p.m. The Pride Center will have their open house Monday, Oct. 1 from 5-7 p.m.

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According to Eckrich, the pricing of books is determined by the price publishers charge.

He explained that the Beaver Store aims for low margins in order to match the competition of online retailers. “[A margin] describes the difference between the cost we pay from the publisher and the retail price at which we can sell it to students,� Eckrich said.

OSU aims for a 15 percent profit margin, automatically discounting prices 10 percent from the average 25 percent mark-up of major retailers. From that point, members of the bookstore, including students, faculty and staff, benefit from an extra 10 percent off store prices.

While the comparison process helps consumers buy their books, the Beaver Store must make a profit, and despite its efforts, understands that sometimes their prices can be beat. “We want to provide an efficient way for students to compare prices and get the best deal, even if they don’t get it from us,� Eckrich said.

Affording all the back-to-school essentials for most is rarely effortless, but perhaps this new innovation will at least make the process easier.

Chloe Tull, news reporter news@dailybarometer.com

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Religion should not suppress free speech Barometer I The Daily Barometer Editorial

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ou may have noticed some changes in yesterday’s Barometer, especially if you’re an avid reader of our sports section.

After almost 10 years of starting our sports section on page eight, we decided it should start on page four. We also consolidated our editorial page, the forum section.

If you can’t tell, change is in the wind.

As part of our goal in making The Daily Barometer the best college newspaper in the country, we decided we needed to rock the boat a little.

Our decision to change the paper’s layout was based on what we were paying for in publishing. We were paying for color on pages four and five, but those pages were being used for the editorial page that usually has no need for color. We also took a look at other papers, both college and professional, and decided it would be better for our paper to move sports to page four. Moving sports to page four will allow us to run more sports photos in color, making better use of the real estate in the newspaper.

We also moved our forum section, which acts as our editorial and opinion page, to page three. We felt that having it on one page with no advertising was more professional than having it spread over two pages with advertising on one. While it now takes up less space in the newspaper, we still hope to provide an open forum for students to share a variety of opinions and views on whatever they feel is important.

We also plan on changing our masthead on the front of the paper to be more flexible and visually appealing.

We will also be looking at changing other things, from where we put our Twitter handles in articles, to how we lay out the pages. We are pretty excited about the potential for the changes we are thinking about and spend a lot of our free time thinking about them.

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’m going to go out on a limb here and say everyone reading this supports the idea of free speech. We also understand there needs to be some limit on that freedom; the classic example of shouting “Fire!” in a crowded theater being the case that comes to mind. I don’t see how a YouTube video about the prophet Mohammad fits into any limitation of free speech.

By now we are all certainly aware of the video that sparked massive riots across the Middle East, all of which started in Libya, and the attack on the U.S. Consulate that led to the deaths of four U.S. citizens. Since then, protests, most of which are peaceful, have taken place in more then 20 nations. At the same time, pro-American rallies have also taken place in those countries, and the bases where the militias that led the attacks were housed were stormed by citizens.

Those last two details are conveniently forgotten by those who use these attacks to justify their Islamophobia. (These people are idiots, and deserved to have fingers pointed at them and laughed at.)

Meanwhile, in America, NPR and The New York Times both held op-eds or discussions on the need to balance the freedom of speech with the freedom of religion. And at least in this context, that is bloody stupid. No one is required to watch, listen, read a transcription, smell or taste the YouTube video that started this whole debacle. No one is sitting

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in a crowded theater while someone shouts out something insulting about Mohammad; it’s a trailer for a video on the Internet. Yes, it is a video that strived to be insulting and offensive, but it’s just a stupid YouTube video. I don’t believe our freedom of religion is being impinged by our freedom of speech. After this event, everyone still has the ability to choose and follow whichever faith or religious doctrine they want, as they did before.

From where I stand, it seems that religion, and our desire to placate both the offended and those causing harm, are affecting our freedom of speech. While writing out this op-ed, I hemmed and hawed over every word and sentence, much to the chagrin of my editor and the deadline that I failed to meet. The freedom to think aloud on these topics is heavily restricted or gone entirely. These discussions happen behind closed doors, or just as thoughts in our head. How can we hope to move on and process these stories, these ideas, when a segment, a very tiny segment, of the world is demanding that we cease all discussion and follow their beliefs? We should be meeting that claim with a very adamant, and loud, “No.” Because at the end of the day, I can still burn any book I want, light any flag I want on fire, or criticize any person’s words or actions to my

heart’s content. And that should be in every message we put forth every time we go out in the world, because the freedom of speech is still rare in the world today.

Nowhere else in the world can we have a group like Westboro Bible Church, or Holocaust deniers, or Ku Klux Klan go out in public and express their views, without being assaulted. True, we really, really, really like it when they trip and fall on their face; we giggle with glee when counter protests show up and dwarf those whose views are drowning in hatred and prejudice.

But they still have their space, and it’s the only space on Earth where they can do it.

Why are we so quick to cede that wonderful idea elsewhere? Are we quiet in an effort to help make lives a little bit safer for a brief period? That I can understand. It makes me wince, but I can understand that. But what’s the excuse from everyone else? We all poke fun at the religions out there, so why are we so silent when it comes to just one, letting only extremists and fundamentalists dominate the conversation? Unless everyone joins in on this discussion, it will continue to be the pressure cooker that it is. We must not be afraid to speak aloud, to have a dialogue, and to use logic and reason. If science can get us on the moon, it can certainly get us to be better neighbors on Earth. t

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udging by someone’s face alone, you cannot see it. It affects everyone in different ways, and the cause varies from person to person. It is a hidden affliction that affects more people than you may imagine, in ways that you may not see. Depression can’t be seen by everyone, but it can affect a person in ways others can’t comprehend.

It becomes hard to concentrate and difficult to focus. Depression attacks your motivation, making you feel like doing nothing at all.

Finding the drive or focus to do your homework becomes problematic.

Studying and retaining information starts to be tough. You may start to do poorly in school, which can only add to your depression.

Depression can also make it hard to be social and do the things you used to enjoy. You want to retreat into your shell and be alone. Depression can create a shroud that overshadows your strengths and successes, and even make it hard to think of anything positive in your life. It becomes difficult to see anything in a positive light. You may have thoughts that would seem silly to those not afflicted by depression — feeling that you are not worth anything, not worthy of love, that no matter how hard you try it’s not enough or feelings of hopelessness. However, these are all feelings that those affected by depression know all too well.

How do you know if you have depression? The Internet explains some of the symptoms and thought processes behind depression. It is entirely possible to have depression and be totally unaware of it. As peculiar as it may sound, that’s exactly what happened to me. After expressing some of my thoughts and feelings, a friend asked me to seek help.

As I began to do my own research it became clear that I had depression.

If you are feeling anything similar to what I described above, I urge you strongly to do some research of your own. I also urge you to make an appointment with a therapist at Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) in Snell Hall.

The thought that you may have depression can seem overwhelming or scary. You may have had no idea it had gotten so bad. However, there is hope. I strongly suggest you see a therapist at CAPS, and tell your close friends how you are feeling.

Your friends will always be there for you — you do not have to face your depression alone. They may not always understand, but friends will always have your back and help you along the way. Perhaps some of your friends have had depression before, or are currently struggling with it, and maybe never suspected it. Just keep in mind that, as much help as your friends are, only a professional psychiatrist can tell you why you are feeling the way you are, and help you sort out your feelings and work through it. You may even discover new things about yourself.

Your therapist will give you guidance and advice to help you with your depression. One of the most important of these suggestions is making connections. Your friends will want to help you through this hard time, and they will always be there for you. You may find com See PIKE | page 7

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49 0 M. Mariota (QB, UO): 260 yds, 2 TDs

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OSU students began classes Monday, the 2-0 team now has to balance its time wisely

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If you are a student at Oregon State, you probably agree that school is essentially a full-time job, and you are probably not exactly jumping for joy that classes have finally started.

Between physically going to class, doing tedious homework, reading boring textbooks and studying for midterms and finals that seemingly never end, college can be stressful enough as it is.

Now imagine playing college football for the No. 18 ranked team in the nation on top of everything else that your life already entails.

With football comes daily practice, film study and study hall. And that is not even counting the fact that football players are constantly

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in the public eye and must be careful never to stumble, even a little, with the great number of responsibilities that they have.

“This year we’re having practice in the morning, class later on, and then study hall until, like, 9:30 p.m.,” said senior cornerback Jordan Poyer. “So it’s just really long days. It can be tough mentally, but I’ve been here three years now, so I know I can do it.”

Rest assured that football players dread the first day of school just as much as everyone else does.

“It definitely feels weird that school is starting,” Poyer said. “I’m definitely not ready for it. It kind of sucks, but I always try to tell guys that once games start, that first three weeks is probably the best time of the season, because it’s just all football and no school. Now with school, it’s going to be a little bit different, but we’ll handle it.”

Despite playing in front of tens See BALANCE | page 8

M. Lee (WR, USC): 94 yds, 2 TDs

7 37 T. Kelly (QB, ASU): 326 yds, 3 TDs R. Ross (WR, ASU): 87 yds, 1 TD

35 34 C. Halliday (QB, WSU): 401 yds, 4 TDs N. Spruce (WR, CU): 103 yds, 1 TD

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Rashaad Reynolds and Jordan Poyer had no other commitments besides football during the Wisconsin game.

The Daily Barometer Athlete of the Week

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ophomore wide receiver Brandin Cooks totaled 175 receiving yards on six receptions and crossed the goal line once in Saturday’s 27-20 win over UCLA. Cooks has been named the Barometer Athlete of the Week.

The victory for Oregon State was predicated on the big play, whether it be a ball thrown 40 yards downfield into the end zone or a quick slant that turned into a 75-yard touchdown.

That 75-yard touchdown was the play that got the Beavers going on offense on Saturday.

The game was tied at 3-3, and as soon as OSU got the ball back after a UCLA field goal, they scored quickly and never gave up the lead.

Cooks was on the end of that Sean Mannion pass in the second quarter that led to a 75-yard score and a 10-3 lead.

“Sean just threw an amazing throw. He couldn’t hit any other spot; he threw it right on a dime and I just had to catch that ball, lock it up and go. Once I caught it, I looked up and there was a lot of green grass. I just knew it was time for me to go and get in the end zone.”

Senior wide receiver Markus Wheaton could easily have been given this recognition as well for his nine-catch, 150-yard, one-touchdown game, but it went to Cooks — and Wheaton has no objection.

“He showed up,” Wheaton said. “He showed that he’s one of the better wide receivers in the country with that game, and I’m really proud of him.”

Cooks has been a starter since the day he arrived at OSU last year as a freshman. While he showed flashes in 2011, after two games this year he is third in the nation in average receiving yards per game. Wheaton is fifth.

“I work hard for those things, but it’s only See ATHLETE | page 8

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Most people reading this have probably played fantasy football at least once, and a lot of those people have played for many, many years.

Here in Corvallis, students at OSU obviously have more interest in college football, and the Pac-12 specifically. So we here at the Barometer have invented the first ever Pac-12 fantasy football league.

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After my roommates decided to burn the cover of Sports Illustrated with De’Anthony Thomas on the cover, naturally (or unnaturally) I had to defend him for the sake of Obum Goes the Dynamite. And what does Datman do?

Absolutely nothing. In a 49-0 shellacking of Arizona, Thomas manages just 59 yards of total offense and fumbles away two fantasy points.

The lesson as always? Don’t trust a Duck.

On the bright side, Oregon State came away with a rare win in the Rose Bowl, are off to one of their best starts in a long time, and my boy Markus Wheaton had a great game and caught a beautiful touchdown pass. But slot man Kevin Cummings left the game with zero catches. Agnew and Wheaton picked him as their sleeper on the Beavers, so I’m sticking with it and hope he sneaks in for some catches at Arizona. And Brett Hundley has been on fire and still put up major points in a losing effort to the Beavers.

I tragically ended up losing by three points, sending me to 1-1 on the year. Maybe my roommates were right to burn the SI cover.

Rosters consist of one quarterback, two running backs, two wide receivers, one flex (RB/WR), one tight end and one kicker.

The catch? Each team must have three Oregon State players on their roster at all time.

With four teams in the league, that means strategy, like reaching for some Beavers earlier than normal.

Malcolm (Agnew) in the Middle

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Andrew Kilstrom: football, baseball, wrestling beat reporter; columnist QB - Marcus Mariota (ORE): 15 RB - Kenjon Barner (ORE): 10 RB - Storm Woods (OSU): 16 WR - Marquess Wilson (WSU): 21 WR - Marquise Lee (USC): 21 FLEX - Terron Ward (OSU): 0 TE - Colby Prince (OSU): 0 K - John Bonano (ARIZ): -1

Total: 82

I got one in the win column! Grady got lucky week one with his guys –– Stepfan Taylor had an unreal 33-point performance and Redd had two cheap touchdowns –– and I still only lost by five points. My guys showed this week that I will be a force to be reckoned with.

I thought I was dead in the water after Hundley went off, but thankfully I have arguably the two best receivers in the conference, and the player that this team is named after (Storm Woods) showed the country what he’s capable of with nearly 100 yards rushing and a touchdown on national television. Ward and Prince didn’t get many touches between the two of them, but I expect a bounce back week for the both of them against Arizona. I dodged a bullet and then some with DAT only registering three points, but a win’s a win.

There’s a Storm Brewing isn’t clicking on all cylinders just yet, but I believe I have the best team in this league and we’ve only scratched the surface of our potential. Look out Crawford, I’m coming for you next week, #ODAAT.

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Alex Crawford: basketball beat reporter; columnist; radio personality QB - Matt Barkley (USC): 11 RB - Malcolm Agnew (OSU): 1 point RB - Johnathan Franklin (UCLA): 5 WR - Obum Gwacham (OSU): 0 WR - Keenan Allen (CAL): 9 FLEX - Cameron Marshall (ASU): 16 TE - Caleb Smith (OSU): 0 K - Travis Coons (WASH): 0

Total: 42

Grady Garrett: managing editor; women’s soccer beat reporter; columnist QB - Sean Mannion (OSU): 21 RB - John White (UTAH): 0 RB - Stepfan Taylor (STAN): 0 WR - Robert Woods (USC): 3 WR - Brandin Cooks (OSU): 24 FLEX - Silas Redd (USC): 17 TE - Austin Seferian-Jenkins (WASH): 0 K - Trevor Romaine (OSU): 9

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To no one’s surprise, my team put up awful numbers for the second week in a row. My flashy players didn’t shine and my scrappy players did nothing (at all). During our draft, I let it be known to Mr. Grady Garrett that he is my rival in this league. I will do anything and everything to keep him from winning the league title but apparently that anything and everything does not include beating him, because I didn’t do that. In fact, I committed the number one irresponsible fantasy football error: I started a player on a bye.

I have faith in my team though. We will regroup and fight back. Obum Gwacham is going to get on the field soon enough and I know Malcolm Agnew has a few touchdowns in him. The season is early and I have time to make some moves. I won this makeshift fantasy football league last year and I know I can do it again. And, if for some reason I can’t, I will still regale in my past fantasy football conquests like a former high school quarterback who constantly tries to relive his glory days.

Total: 74

If I was a gambling man, and we were putting money on this league (not saying we are, not saying we aren’t), I would double-down after the first two weeks of the season. This past week, I was without my top two running backs — John White (injury that will heal soon) and Stepfan Taylor (bye) — and my tight end, who’s hands down the best tight end in this league, and STILL won. Sure, Sean Mannion and Brandin Cooks won’t combine to put up 45 every week — though Cooks did tell me he “wouldn’t let me down” when I told him he was on my fantasy team — but I won’t need them to once my team is back at full strength.

I realize that this write-up isn’t as long as the others, but that’s because Mr. Crawford said everything for me: He admittedly will “do anything and everything to keep [me, his rival] from winning,” and he STILL lost by 32. ‘Nuff said.

Markus Wheaton (WR)

Storm Woods (RB)

Malcolm Agnew (RB)

Sean Mannion (QB)

6 catches, 150 receiving yards, 1 TD (22 fantasy points)

21 carries, 96 rushing yards, 1 TD (16 fantasy points)

7 carries, 10 rushing yards (1 fantasy point)

24-35, 372 passing yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT (21 fantasy points)

Around the Pac 12 Women’s soccer

Conf. Overall OSU 1-0-0 9-1-1 Stanford 1-0-0 7-1-1 Arizona 1-0-0 5-4-1 USC 1-0-0 4-4-1 UCLA 0-0-1 7-0-2 WSU 0-0-1 6-1-1 Colorado 0-0-1 6-1-3 Oregon 0-0-1 5-2-2 UW 0-0-0 7-1-1 Cal 0-1-0 7-3-0 Utah 0-1-0 5-2-2 ASU 0-1-0 4-5-1

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Overall* UCLA 5-1-2 Cal 5-2-1 OSU 5-2-1 SDSU 4-2-1 UW 5-3-1 Stanford 3-4-0 *Conference play begins this week Recent results

Friday, Sept. 21 Loyola Marymount 2, Stanford 1 Cal 4, Duquesne 1 OSU 6, UW-Green Bay 1 UCLA 1, UCSB 1 Brown 4, Washington 3 Sunday, Sept. 23 OSU 1, UC Irvine 0 UCLA 1, Cal Poly 0 Cal 1, Loyola Marymount 0 Washington 2, Seattle 0

Volleyball Oregon 2-0 11-0 UW 2-0 11-0 Stanford 2-0 10-2 USC 1-1 13-1 UCLA 1-1 9-2 ASU 1-1 12-3 Colorado 1-1 11-3 Arizona 1-1 9-4 Cal 1-1 7-5 OSU 0-2 10-4 WSU 0-2 10-4 Utah 0-2 9-6 Recent results

Friday, Sept. 21 Oregon 3, USC 0 Stanford 3, Utah 1 ASU 3, WSU 1 UCLA 3, OSU 0 Saturday, Sept. 22 UW 3, Arizona 1 Cal 3, Colorado 2

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Security lax at Benghazi Syria high on agenda consulate before attack for annual UN general earlier this month assembly this week The U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, was operating under a lower security standard than a typical consulate when it was attacked this month, according to State Department officials.

The mission was a rented villa and considered a temporary facility by the agency, which allowed a waiver that permitted fewer guards and security measures than a standard embassy or consulate, according to the officials.

There was talk about constructing a permanent facility, which would require a building that met U.S. security and legal standards, the officials said.

Allowing a waiver would have been a decision made with input from Washington, Libyan officials and the ambassador, according to diplomatic security experts. “Someone made the decision that the mission in Benghazi was so critical that they waived the standard security requirements, which presents unique challenges to the diplomatic security service as you can imagine,� said Fred Burton, vice president for Intelligence at STRATFOR, an intelligence analysis group.

While standards were lower at the compound, security had been enhanced at the post after a number of incidents this year that included a failed bombing attempt against the compound in June, according to sources.

Several security changes were made over the past few months, the officials said.

These included additional barriers and barbed wire, increased lighting, chain-link fences and additional sand bags.

government attacks, opposition activists said.

the airport when you arrest me in my house, with my family?’�

Despite Nasim’s claim of innocence, U.S. records reveal he was in possession of rockAs diplomats from around et motors and other equipthe world converge on New ment when he was taken into On a hill overlooking custody — an allegation he York for the U.N. General Assembly this week, the Syrian the dusty, sprawling city of strongly denies. He was taken civil war — and what to do Kabul is a park where kids to Bagram Prison, which was about the country’s embattled fly their kites. A dirty, beaten at the time was run by the regime — will be high on the up Toyota sedan arrives, and U.S. Defense Department, and Mohammad Nasim steps out claims he was tortured there. agenda.

Some of the main goals are wearing traditional Afghan “Yes, yes, I was tortured,� he “to increase pressure and to garb — a perahan tunban said. “They gave me electric increase the isolation of the (tunic and pants) and a lungee shots on my wrists. I was hung regime of al-Assad,� German (a headdress). from the ceiling for seven days.

He’s traveled more than 300 Our faces were masked, and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said. Germany kilometers (185 miles) from we were handcuffed, hanging holds the rotating presidency his home in Nangarhar prov- from the ceiling. Our legs were of the U.N. Security Council ince near the Pakistani border, chained as well.’� a drive that has taken him at this month.

But if history repeats itself, least five hours because the talks about Syria at the United roads are so bad. He wants Nations won’t necessarily to tell his story after learnamount to effective action at ing of the decision to transfer U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Bagram prison from U.S. to Clinton praised the Libyan the world body.

Many countries decry what Afghan control. people Monday for their efforts It’s a story that began to rid the country of the rogue they say is the Syrian government’s cruel, violent treatment almost a decade ago, a year militias blamed for the killings of civilians, and some have after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in Benghazi this month of four issued sanctions against the against the United States by al Americans, including the U.S. Qaeda terrorists then based ambassador.

Syrian government.

Yet action at the U.N. in Afghanistan under the pro“The people of the Arab world Security Council has been tection of the Taliban, radi- did not set out to trade the tyrmuted. Countries such as cal islamic fundamentalists anny of a dictator for the tyrthe United States, France dislodged from power by the anny of a mob,� she said here in and Great Britain have tried U.S.-led war against terror a speech to the Clinton Global to formally denounce Syrian that followed.

Initiative. “There is no dignity President Bashar al-Assad’s “At the beginning of the in that. The people of Benghazi regime, but Russia and China Karzai government we were sent this message loudly and have vetoed such attempts. at home, living our normal clearly on Friday, when they The two countries say they life,� he said. “I was a farmer forcefully rejected the extremists oppose foreign intervention supporting my wife and kids. in their midst and reclaimed the in Syria and want an internal The police surrounded our honor and dignity of a courapolitical solution. But some house in October 2002 and geous city.� analysts say they believe said ‘you’re involved with the “They mourned the loss of Russia and China are worried Taliban,’ and they arrested Ambassador Chris Stevens, a me and took me to Bagram friend and champion of a free about trade ties.

As world leaders remain prison.�

Libya, and his fallen comrades. at an impasse on what to do Nasim says many men in They are not alone. People and about Syria, dozens or hun- his town were rounded up that leaders from across the region dreds of people are reportedly day. “They accused me of being and the world and beyond have killed each day in the country. involved with the Taliban and spoken in recent days against The commercial hub of attacking Jalalabad airport violence.�

Aleppo became a battlefield about 40 kilometers from my On Friday, hundreds marched once again Monday, with chil- home, but I asked them, ‘How in the eastern city of Benghazi dren falling victim to incessant was I involved in an attack on against militias in the city.

Afghan man alleges false imprisonment, torture by US forces

Clinton praises reining in of militias by Libya

Ahmadinejad defiant in interview with Piers Morgan Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made clear what he meant when he said Israel should be “wiped off� the map and touched on everything from the Holocaust to homosexuality in a wideranging interview that aired Monday on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight.�

The president, speaking through a translator, also said what his country would do if attacked by Israel, and he slammed an anti-Islam film that has triggered protests in the Muslim world. “If a group comes and occupies the United States of America, destroys homes while women and children are in those homes, incarcerate the youth of America, impose five different wars on many neighbors, and always threaten others, what would you do? What would you say? Would you help it? ... Or would you help the people of the United States?� Ahmadinejad

asked in response to whether Israel should be “wiped off� the face of the map, as he once said. “So when we say ‘to be wiped,’ we say for occupation to be wiped off from this world. For war-seeking to [be] wiped off and eradicated, the killing of women and children to be eradicated. And we propose the way. We propose the path. The path is to recognize the right of the Palestinians to self-governance.�

When asked whether he believes in a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Ahmadinejad declined to comment. “I cannot express an opinion. That is their prerogative,� Ahmadinejad said. “But the people of Palestine must be allowed by everyone, and helped by everyone, to allow them, to give them the right to choose for themselves.�

In New York this week to visit the United Nations, Ahmadinejad spoke at a meeting on the rule of law Monday and is scheduled to address the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with the Iranian president over the weekend and warned him of the “potentially harmful consequences of inflammatory rhetoric,� according to a U.N. statement.

During his speech Monday, Ahmadinejad accused “some members of the Security Council with veto rights� of having “chosen silence with regard to the nuclear warheads of a fake regime, while at the same time they impede scientific progress of other nations.�

Though he didn’t name the countries, he was clearly talking about the United States, Israel and his own country. —CNN

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Supreme Court may look at Defense of Marriage Act Voting measures could deter The divisive issue of samesex marriage was expected to be discussed privately by the Supreme Court Monday, and the justices could soon announce if they will hear a constitutional challenge to a federal law denying financial benefits to gay and lesbian couples.

An order from the court announcing whether they will take up either or both of two separate issues could come as early as Tuesday morning.

If so, oral arguments and an eventual ruling would not happen until next year, but the current appeals are sure to re-ignite the hot-button social debate in a presidential election.

At issue is whether guarantees of "equal protection" in the U.S. Constitution should invalidate a California law — and the separate 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which for federal purposes defines marriage as the legal union only between one man and one woman.

A New York woman sued, saying the congressional law unfairly treats same-sex couples who are lawfully married under the laws of their own states.

A separate appeal from California over the state's voter-approved Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage is also before the high court.

In the DOMA appeal, Edith "Edie" Windsor and Thea Spyer had lived for together in New York City's Greenwich

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Village for more than four decades, and had been engaged as a couple since 1967.

They eventually married out of state in 2007, but neither the federal government nor their home state of New York at the time recognized the legal union. Spyer died three years ago and left her estate to Windsor, who was then forced to pay federal taxes on the money — about $363,000 in taxes — because she was not considered a legal spouse.

New York now allows samesex marriage.

A federal judge had ruled in favor of Windsor, but citing her age and health, the woman's lawyers are trying to bypass usual federal appeals court review of the case, and have asked the Supreme Court to hear the case now. Such legal leapfrogging is rarely accepted by the justices, since they typically want such cases to percolate through the entire judicial system before reaching the high court.

"Edie Windsor, who recently celebrated her 83rd birthday, suffers from a serious heart condition," said Roberta Kaplan, Windsor's attorney. "Edie cannot yet receive a refund of the unconstitutional estate tax that she was forced to pay simply for being gay. The constitutional injury inflicted on Edie should be remedied within her lifetime."

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The Obama administration, which normally would defend federal laws in judicial disputes, announced earlier this year it believed the Defense of Marriage Act, often referred to as DOMA, to be unconstitutional.

House Speaker John Boehner said that with the Justice Department not participating, the Republican majority had "no choice" but to act unilaterally, and have moved to lead the legal defense of the law.

Three other separate appeals challenging DOMA have been filed with the high court, but have not yet been scheduled for an initial, internal review. Plaintiffs include 17 married or widowed men and women suing for federal benefits.

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before deciding whether any or all of the cases are accepted for full review.

A separate federal appeals court based in Boston last spring struck as unconstitutional a key part of DOMA, ruling the federal government cannot deny tax, health and pension benefits to same-sex couples in states where they can legally marry.

That ruling was a boost for gay rights advocates and the Obama administration, which in a rare move, has refused to defend the federal law in court.

Marriage between two males or two females is legal in the District of Columbia and six states — Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York.

Washington state and Maryland passed similar laws that will not take effect until voters decide in separate referendums in the November elections.

Many other states, including New Jersey, Illinois, Delaware, Rhode Island and Hawaii, have legalized domestic partnerships and civil unions for such couples —CNN

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It may be nerve racking, but I urge you to call and make an appointment. That first step is one of the most important in getting the help you need. It is also one of the hardest, but so rewarding.

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Latinos from participating Nearly half of the nation’s states have new voting measures that could stop some Latinos from heading to the polls in November, a civil rights group said Monday. “This year, an unprecedented number of voting restrictions impose barriers to voting that disproportionately affect the Latino community,� said a report from Advancement Project, which has also sued to block such voting measures in a number of states.

Monday’s report from the organization, which pushes to protect voting rights, was the latest volley in a national battle over such measures that splits largely along party lines.

Advancement Project’s report points to three different types of efforts in 23 states that it says will impact eligible Latino voters: efforts to purge rolls of non-citizen voters, proof of citizenship requirements for voter registration and photo ID laws.

It is difficult to calculate exactly how many Latinos could be impacted, Katherine Culliton-Gonzalez, director of voter protection for Advancement Project, told reporters in a conference call Monday.

Based on U.S. Census population data of eligible Latino voters in the 23 states with

what Advancement Project calls “voter suppression policies,� she said, the organization estimates that obstacles could deter or prevent more than 10 million Latino citizens from registering and voting in the 2012 elections.

But one conservative Hispanic leader said Monday that the group’s estimate sounds “completely ridiculous.� “It is a number that simply is not believable,� said Rosario Marin, an advisery committee member for the Hispanic Leadership Network and a former treasurer of the United States during President George W. Bush’s administration.

Advancement Project said its figure was a conservative estimate, pointing to letters it says Florida officials sent to thousands of registered voters asking them to prove their citizenship or be purged from the voting rolls.

The intimidating impact of such letters extends far beyond those directly involved, Culliton-Gonzalez said Monday. “Discrimination works that way,� she said. “It exponentially affects the entire community.�

And, she said, it can influence the results of the election. —CNN

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ATHLETE n Continued from page 4 the second week. We’ve only had two games,” Cooks said.

“You can’t get satisfied. I’ve got to keep pushing, keep working hard like I was in the off-season — the whole team does — so we can keep proving a lot of people wrong.”

Senior cornerback Jordan Poyer has seen plenty of ability from Cooks, as he routinely is matched up with him in prac-

BALANCE n Continued from page 4 of thousands of people —and sometimes millions with television broadcasts — every Saturday, football players at OSU are still students first.

While they are often featured on ESPN and are treated like celebrities on campus, they are still here for an education.

“Of course school [is the top priority],” said redshirt freshman running back Storm Woods. “But it’s really close.”

“You’ve got to get something out of this thing, because you never know what can happen,” said sophomore wide receiver Brandin Cooks. “School is such a sure thing.”

In class, football players are regular students. Though they usually travel in packs and wear special gear like the signature athlete backpack featuring the interlocking “OS” logo, football players are required to do all of the same things that regular students are.

While most Division I schools across America have been in session for at least a couple of weeks, OSU has yet to deal with the added obstacle of academics.

Still, OSU is confident it won’t be a hindrance as the season progresses. The coaching staff and players alike believe football will be business as usual. “[Classes] shouldn’t change anything,” said head coach Mike Riley. “Everything is the

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“I’m not surprised,” Poyer said.

“Brandin’s one of the best receivers in the Pac-12 and he’s bound to make big plays in every single game. He’s fast, he’s quick and he wants to win. When you put a guy out there like that, there’s not a lot of [defensive backs] who can guard him one-on-one.”

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same: their times for meetings, their times for practice. Now you just get your classes in; [you] take an 8 a.m. class or take your classes in the afternoon. That’s just what you do.”

“You just have to focus on whatever it’s time for,” added Cooks. “School is school, and football is football.”

The constant theme from players was that using time wisely and maximizing the limited amount of time on the football field is the key to balancing both.

“I still make time for football,” Woods said. “Actually, it’s like homework, and then after homework, film, and before class, film. So I just try to squeeze it in little increments.

It definitely narrows the window for football, but you just have to maintain it.”

Both OSU and No. 2 Oregon started class Monday, which is far later than the majority of college football teams. The two programs are also both undefeated and a combined 6-0 on the season.

This weekend will be the first test to see if the added pressures of school have any adverse effects on the Oregon colleges,but before Saturday rolls around, chances are students will see a football player or two putting in work on a different playing field –– the classroom.

Andrew Kilstrom, sports reporter On Twitter @AndrewKilstrom sports@dailybarometer.com

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Paul Ryan rips Obama’s foreign policy record Rep. Paul Ryan offered a grim assessment of President Barack Obama’s foreign policy record Monday, citing examples including the latest unrest in the Middle East that Mitt Romney’s running mate warned “projects weakness” and threatens the nation’s security.

“When the president came into office, he made these grand speeches, beautiful rhetoric, great promises, and he made the case that the power of his personality and his persuasion powers would calm things in the Muslim World, would make things, would make people respect us and like us that much more,” Ryan said during a town hall in Ohio’s Allen County.

The Republican vice presidential nominee recalled the deadly attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, killing four including the U.S. ambassador to Libya, and compared it to President Jimmy Carter’s hostage crisis in Iran where 52 Americans were held hostage at the American Embassy for 444 days.

“I mean, turn on the TV and it reminds you of 1979 Tehran, but they are burning our flags in capitols all around the world, they are storming our embassies,” he said. “We’ve lost four of our diplomats and what is the signal that our government is sending the rest of the world?”

“When you project American weakness — the superpower projecting weakness — that creates a vacuum, that creates a void,” Ryan added.

“That void gets filled by people in countries who do not share our interests. It means our adversaries are that much more tempted to test us and our allies are much less likely to trust us, like Israel.”

Ryan condemned the Democratic president for a series of foreign policy episodes — from the latest unrest in the Middle East. to Afghanistan to defense cuts — that he believes project “weakness” and threaten national security in the United States.

Wisconsin-native Ryan, who has served in the House of Representatives for 14 years, condemned Obama for presiding over Defense Department budget cuts that threaten jobs, including in Lima where Army M1 Abrams tanks are built and where the vice pres-

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Republican vice presidential candidate, Paul Ryan, speaks to a rally in Miami, Ohio on Aug. 15. Ryan offered a grim assessment of Obama’s foreign policy yesterday. idential hopeful kicked off his Ohio bus tour.

“Look, Lima, I know you understand, when you have a president, who his only eagerness to cut spending is in ... national security, when you have a president who has proposed again and again to shut down this tank factory, the only one we have, over a budget gimmick,” he said.

The “budget gimmick” Ryan was referring to is the billions in domestic and national security funding that is in jeopardy to be cut in January under the sequestration plan, part of last year’s debt-ceiling deal reached between the White House and Capitol Hill.

Although Ryan has blamed Obama for what he has called “irresponsible defense cuts” during last year’s budget negotiations, the House Budget Committee chairman, himself, helped guide and pass the Budget Control Act through Congress.

At the town hall held at the Veterans Memorial Civic Center downtown, Ryan took a question from a mother who has three children serving in the Armed Forces. She asked him what the Romney-Ryan plan would be to bring her children home from Afghanistan.

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sition agreement to end combat operations in late 2014 but he chided Obama for not listening to his commanders on the ground and vowed a Romney-Ryan administration would never put politics ahead of “what’s right for national security.”

Referring to the president, he said Obama, “just took 22,000 people out of theater this month, which I would argue is a politically motivated timetable before an election, but we’re still giving our soldiers the same mission.

We’re just making them do this mission with fewer people. And when you send your men and women out with fewer people than what the commanders on the ground say they need you are putting them in jeopardy.”

On the eve of Obama’s speech Tuesday in New York to the United Nations General Assembly, Romney’s running mate took a swipe at the president for deferring leadership to the member states.

“I think the president on too many occasions has deferred our foreign policy leadership to the U.N. Security Council, to the U.N. This means Russia and China get to veto what we want to do,” said Ryan. “Why do we want to give them that kind of clout over our national security interests?”

—CNN

Scientists say icy molecules may offer a clue to our origins Scientists think that water and organic molecules come together in the coldest places in space to begin the chemical reactions necessary for organics to evolve into prebiotic molecules — molecules that are precursors of life. Ice and organics could have hitched a ride to Earth on comets and asteroids, where they could have formed the building blocks of life as we know it.

Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, are trying to better understand that process, and how life may have formed on Earth, by firing lasers at icy carbon-laden molecules in a lab.

Principal scientist Murthy Gudipati explained to CNN by e-mail: “In the cycle of formation, evolution, and death of stars, two key components of life (as we know of it): water and organic matter, evolve intimately with the third component energy (radiation) at every stage of this cycle — even at the coldest regions of the universe.”

Gudipati and his team are studying polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, known as PAHs. On Earth, you might find these as air pollutants from engine exhaust, or in barbecue pits or other places where combustion occurs; in space, they’re found in comets and asteroids, and swirling around stars.

“We were surprised to see organic chemistry brewing up on ice, at these very cold temperatures in our lab, “ Gudipati stated in a release from JPL. Those very cold temperatures? About 450 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, cold enough to mimic the cold of space. Then the researchers hit the PAHs — the organic particles — with a laser, in order to see the results of the chemical reaction in that environment.

The study revealed that it’s possible for organic materials to start the reactions they must go through to become prebiotic, while still frozen.

The PAHs incorporated hydrogen atoms into their molecular structures and lost their circular bonds -- in short, they became more complex organic molecules.

So what’s special about that?

These are the types of reactions and changes required for simple organic molecules to form amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, and nucleotides, required to form DNA. But there are some missing steps still to be discovered to explain how these particles could go from being ice and organic molecules to life.

The results of the study, conducted by Gudipati and his colleague Rui Yang at JPL, were published recently in The Astrophysical Journal.

—CNN