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ROTC students lead Veterans Day ceremony Friday at MU to ‘honor all who served’

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The veil of fog blanketing the Memorial Union quad couldn’t stop the veterans and community members from coming together Friday morning for the Oregon State University annual Veterans Day ceremony.

The ceremony began with presentation of the flag by OSU’s Color Guard and the singing of the national anthem, leading into the ceremonial flag folding, a 21-Gun Salute and the playing of “Taps.” The air was filled with a mood of deep respect and honor as the guns rang out. “Taps” brought some members of the audience to tears.

“The whole event is so lovely,” said Marsha Lawson, mother of Ryan Dunning, a junior in ROTC majoring in psychology. “When I see my son in uniform, I get so choked up.”

Cadet Aaron Koob, a fifth-year student in political science and the organizer of the event, spoke about the historical significance of Veterans Day and the initiatives and resources

available for veterans through OSU and the community.

“We are here today to recognize veterans, honor their sacrifice and preserve our freedoms,” Koob said.

“Programs such as the United Service Organization offer resources for veterans and their families with the help of over 27,000 volunteers. We at OSU are seeking to establish a center for veterans in order to support and honor those who have served and create a resource on campus.”

The ceremony proceeded with the introduction of the keynote speaker, Colonel Jack Van Loan.

Van Loan, who graduated from OSU in 1954, was commissioned as second lieutenant and served for 30 years.

Van Loan served in the United States, North Africa and Vietnam, where he was shot down in May of 1967. There he was captured as a prisoner of war and subsequently imprisoned at the infamous “Hanoi Hilton” for nearly six years. His keynote address was titled “Survive and Thrive: Prisoner of War.” “I like to keep things concise,” Van Loan said. “Ignore no one; listen to everyone. Be careful not to be judgAudrey Regan | THE DAILY BAROMETER mental, and go the extra step to be considerate of others.”

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Boxing clubs from Corvallis, OSU, battle UW Friday to fundraise for veterans

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In honor of Veterans Day weekend, Corvallis and University of Washington amateur boxers squared off Friday, Nov. 7, in the Battle of the Brave, a charity event hosted by the Corvallis and Oregon State University boxing clubs. The battle is the clubs’ way of contributing to a larger movement to support the retired armed forces.

Boxers went toe to toe at the Life Community Church in a professional, Las Vegas-style setting, with proceeds from the event going to charity aiding veterans.

Each fight lasted three exciting rounds, testing the boxers’ stamina and their will to come out on top.

Caleb Lau, OSU boxing club president, gladly took the chance to offer the club’s support and hopes that, in the future, the university’s boxing club can do even more for good causes.

“We just have a lot of people in the military and ROTC in our program, and we really just wanted to do something for the community,” said Lau, a junior in political science.

“We’re trying to be more involved with the community, more involved with OSU. Right now, we’re a volunteer student organization, and we’re very much working towards that SSO, that sponsored student See BOXING| page 4

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Senior in mechanical engineering, Bryant Nichols (left) and father Chip Nichols (right) admire the 1933 Dodge Sport-Coupe during the car show.

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Orin Poole (left) of the West Eugene boxing club and Edgar Cortes (right) of the University of Washington boxed Friday to raise money for local veterans.

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Dads, moms, siblings, relatives came out to campus in droves for Dads and Family Weekend

Ken Liedtke toured the campus and took in some of the entertainment while visiting his daughter, Aleesha Liedtke. He said his favorite part of the weekend was getting to spend time together.

By Chris Correll “This is fun stuff to look at, but I THE DAILY BAROMETER probably wouldn’t be doing it if she Students had an opportunity to wasn’t here,” Liedtke said. “We’ve show their parents a small piece of taken the MU tour, we went to the Oregon State University campus cul- wave research laboratory and we just ture Nov. 7-9 with Dads and Family got through bowling and playing pool Weekend. Aside from the Beavers’ in the MU basement. We’re having a game against Washington State, the great time.”

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19-year-old engineering student youngest in Mazamas club history to earn 16 Peaks award

Quentin Carter was only 4 years old when he reached the summit of Old Snowy Mountain and joined the Mazamas, a Portland-based nonprofit Mountaineering Education Organization. At 8 years old, he reached the summits of Mount Adams,

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Friday, November 7 Lost and found and lost again A man contacted Oregon State Police on campus after his phone was missing.

His cell phone had been lost at Reser Stadium and allegedly stolen before Oregon State University staff could return it. According to OSP logs, the victim explained that he’d lost the phone at Reser Stadium during the Nov. 1 football game. The phone was reportedly found and an employee of GCA, the company contracted for stadium janitorial services, was able to contact the victim’s son and notify him that the phone was found. The victim told OSP dispatch that the GCA employee said the phone had been left in a break room at approximately 1 a.m.

Nov. 2. When the victim’s son contacted GCA Nov. 3, the GCA staff member was reportedly unable to find the phone. An investigation is ongoing.

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Trespassing on campus According to OSP logs, an officer from the Department of Public Safety had attempted Friday night to contact a man and a woman he thought to have been

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Science Pub features discussion of play as tool for children with ADS

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Megan MacDonald, an assistant professor in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, has believed in the power of physical activity since her days as an undergraduate.

“I came to love movement studies in disabilities through a program I participated in as an undergrad,” MacDonald said. “I spent my Saturday mornings getting up early to help children with disabilities get moving and loved it. I later ended up instructing the program.”

MacDonald’s work at Oregon State University focuses on how staying physically active improves the lives of children with and without disabilities.

Her latest research focuses on children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and is the topic of her presentation at this month’s Science Pub, a monthly event held at Old World Deli.

MacDonald’s presentation is titled “I Learned to Ride a TwoWheeled Bike. So What? Physical Activity and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.”

“Children with ASD often have lower motor skills than their peers, though it is not always visually apparent,” MacDonald said. “We’ve found that we can teach some of these behaviors and help improve both the children’s physical and social skills.”

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Megan MacDonald will give Monday’s talk during Science Pub at the Old World Delhi in Downtown Corvallis.

MacDonald will present her research as a resource for the community to help people better understand and interact with individuals with and without disabilities.

“No matter what career we choose, we will interact with individuals with disabilities,” MacDonald said. “The more we can learn about various types of people, the more inclusive our communities can become.”

MacDonald currently helps direct Individualized Movement and Physical Activity for Children Today (IMPACT), a program that occurs each Friday evening,

focusing on promoting lifelong fitness, motor skills and social skills in a fun and engaging environment.

“There are quite a few children with ASD that participate in IMPACT,” said Jill Pawlowski, a third-year doctoral student in movement studies in disability.

“These kids often start out very quiet, but really start to thrive in such an open and understanding environment.”

Pawlowski, who has taken courses from MacDonald, mentioned how she enjoys the hands-on nature of MacDonald’s teaching style.

“She’s just a great professor,”

Pawlowski said. “We do a lot of presentations.”

The graduate curriculum includes serving as an IMPACT instructor and mentor, which Pawlowski has done for the past three years.

“I love seeing the progress that these kids make,” Pawlowski said. “One girl in particular was so quiet and shy at first; now she just loves talking to and seeing everyone at IMPACT.” Autism is a disorder that is rapidly garnering attention around the country as diagnosis rates have risen to one in every 68 children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The recent rise in awareness and prevalence played a role in choosing MacDonald as this month’s Science Pub speaker, according to Nick Houtman, editor of Terra Magazine and an organizer of Science Pub. “We look for those stories tackling timely achievements,” Houtman said. “We pay attention to what’s in the news and look for the unexpected.”

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Salem Harvest event yields record amount of squash

By Joce DeWitt

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SALEM — The volunteers from Salem Harvest set a hefty goal for their Saturday event: 90,000 pounds of butternut squash to send to food pantries across Oregon and Washington.

On Saturday afternoon, however, that goal didn’t seem far out of reach as tractors hauled loads of 8,000 pounds through muddy fields to Marion-Polk Food Share trucks.

About 100 volunteers worked six shifts Saturday at Stafford Family Farms in Aumsville to harvest the squash so local and state-wide food banks could give it to families in need.

Elise Bauman, president of Salem Harvest, said that Saturday’s event was a first in several respects.

“First in volume,” Bauman said. “Our largest harvest up to this point was 14,000 to 16,000

pounds of zucchini squash.”

This event was expected to yield more than five times that much. Not only were volunteers going to pick 90,000 pounds of squash on Saturday, but the farm will have an estimated 90,000 pounds left in the field for future picking.

“It looks like it’ll be the largest we’ve done,” said Dick Yates from the Marion-Polk Food Share board of directors.

Saturday’s event was also unique because of the teamwork involved. Salem Harvest and the food share teamed up with the Oregon Food Bank, Rotary First Harvest and National Frozen Foods to ensure that the food reached more hungry families than usual.

As the Food Share aims to distribute fresh food to their clients, Salem Harvest events are somewhat of a race against the clock to gather food that will not be used by the farmers before it goes bad in the fields.

The small window of time “adds to the challenge,” Yates said.

Salem Harvest events normally benefit the communities of Marion and Polk counties, but due to involvement from other organizations, a large portion of the vegetables would not be loaded in the Marion-Polk Food Share crates, but left at the farm ready to get picked up and distributed by the Oregon Food Bank.

Fortunately, butternut squash keeps for longer than other vegetables because it does not need to be stored in a cold environment. With proper picking and no bruising or cuts, it can often stay in unheated storage for two to three months and be “just as good as the day you picked it,” Bauman said.

Usually the donating farms are hands-off during these events, Bauman said, but Stafford Farms lent volunteers

to the event to drive tractors.

On Saturday a number of farm employees worked sideby-side with the volunteers, picking the squash, placing it in crates and hauling it across the fields.

“It has turned out to be really easy,” said Karl Stafford of Stafford Farms. “We like giving to people who don’t have much instead of letting it go to waste.”

Fred Dalzell said he and his wife have volunteered with Salem Harvest for a couple years.

“It’s nice to contribute to the community,” he said. “We end up doing things like this to help.”

Bauman admitted that harvest squash, because of how much each item weighs, can be back-breaking work. But it was for a cause that would benefit many.

“There are hungry people out there and it needs to be in their hands,” Bauman said.

Calendar Wednesday, Nov. 12 Meetings College Republicans, 7pm, Gilkey 113. Join us for fun discussion on local and national political current events.

Thursday, Nov. 13 Meetings Baha’i Campus Association, 12:301pm, MU Talisman Room. Spiritual revelation - Is it progressive? - A discussion.

Student Organization Resources for Community Engagement (SORCE), 10-11am, MU Talisman Room. SORCE 101 Information Session.

Event Campus Ambassadors,7:30-9pm, First Baptist Church of Corvallis. Come enjoy teaching, worship and fellowship in the Christian college community.

Friday, Nov. 14 Meetings Student Organization Resources for Community Engagement (SORCE), 10-11:30am, MU Board Room. Open budgeting hearings for student organization funding resources.

Events OSU Music Department, Noon, MU Lounge. Music å la Carte: OSU Campus Band Fall Concert.

Campus Recycling, Noon-3pm, MU Quad. Spin to Win! Spin the wheel, answer trivia, and win a prize. Help OSU celebrate America Recycles Day!

Monday, Nov. 17 Events Student Sustainability Initiative, all day, Dixon Rec Center. Re-Rev Elliptical Machines. Annual Energy Civil War. Weeklong competition to see which school can generate more renewable power.

Tuesday, Nov. 18 Speakers Biochemistry & Biophysics, 7pm, 125 Linus Pauling Science Center. Ed Chapman, University of Wisconsin Department of Neuroscience, “New wrinkles in Botox use - traveling into the brain.”

Events Student Sustainability Initiative, all day, Dixon Rec Center. Re-Rev Elliptical Machines. Annual Energy Civil War. Weeklong competition to see which school can generate more renewable power.

Student Sustainability Initiative, 6-8:30pm, MU 206. Hungry for Change: A Hunger Discussion. Discuss how hunger affects those around us and learn what is going on to fight hunger in our community. Includes a dinner based off of SNAP budgets, a screening of the documentary “A Place at the Table,” and an engaging facilitated discussion.

Volunteers Student Sustainability Initiative, 6-8:30pm, MU 206. Hungry for Change: A Hunger Discussion. Serve and clean up. Receive free dinner. Sign up at http://sli.oregonstate.edu/ssi.

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Once-troubled teen now helps at-risk students

By Queenie Wong STATESMAN JOURNAL

SALEM — They’re the teens who are not all right.

Students with emotional baggage, inching closer to dropping out of high school, showing up as a mug shot online or gambling with death.

South Salem High School lead counselor Todd Bobeda knows their stories well. “When you get to this age, you have the inability to see life as a mosaic,� he said. “It’s just in your face, and you can’t get past one problem.�

Under a list of life rules and a Martin Luther King Jr. quote stapled to a light blue bulletin board, Bobeda wrote their names on a sheet of paper beneath the years they’re expected to graduate.

Turnaround Achievement Students, he calls them; a reality in all high schools where children don’t grow up in houses with a white picket fence.

They write to him, letters and thank-you cards the 37-year-old keeps tucked away in a mail box on a shelf in his office.

One student wrote,�I was constantly surrounded by people I loved who I lost and got hurt by. I know that is normal for a lot of people here, but it affected me deeply. So deep that just my computer not loading would make me cry all period.� When Bobeda was a teenager, his parents received a letter from his high school.

It wasn’t a thank-you note. “Dear Mr. and Mrs. Bobeda, Your son is dangerously close

to not graduating.�

A troubled teen himself His mom called it a zeal for life, but growing up on a 22-acre Polk County farm outside of Dallas, Bobeda gave his parents more trouble than his three brothers combined.

He skipped class at Dallas High School, goofed off and was even barred from people’s houses. “I was just troubled,� he said. “Depressed sometimes. I gave my parents a lot of strife.�

The Bobedas grew up poor, though those were financial realities the teenager didn’t realize until later in life.

A G.I. Joe with one arm was his prized possession. In the absence of a box of Legos, he worked on engines, gocarts and motorcycles with his brothers. “We had to be innovative and have fun so we played outside all the time and created inventions,� he said.

As a teenager, Bobeda worked dozens of farm jobs, throwing hay bales, planting grass seed and driving a swather.

Dad installed phones for Pacific Northwest Bell. Mom was a homemaker.

College wasn’t a priority in the Bobeda household and he couldn’t see his future beyond becoming a husband and dad.

In 1995, when it came time to graduate from high school, Bobeda did what most of his family members did. “I was kind of freaked out about college, so I went into the military,� he said.

For a teenager with no idea what career track to follow, the

U.S. Army was a good fit.

graduation, Bobeda answered a phone call asking if he was interested in a job as a special education teacher.

He walked across the stage, Stationed in Fort Bragg, N.C. told his family and friends he after completing basic train- would be back and booked it ing in South Carolina, Bobeda to the job interview. worked his way to getting the “I drove down there, came highest physical training score back, got a job like that quick,� in boot camp. He managed 82 he said. “It was crazy.� push ups, 92 sit ups and a twoNext stop: Murray County mile run in 11 minutes and 48 High School in Chatsworth, seconds.

Ga. “I think that at that young age, as a boy, I needed a very defined lane of what to do,� he Todd peered out of his first said. “I started to really believe classroom, a trailer in a school in myself.�

Serving six months in parking lot, when his younger Bosnia-Herzegovina, the coun- brother came to visit. “I look out and there are all try boy from Dallas started to see life through a wider lens. these brand new Mustangs He worked on battle tanks, and Chevy Camaros and I humvees and other vehicles never noticed that,� he said. “That’s what their priority was. as a military mechanic. “It was amazing for a A lot of NASCAR and a lot of 19-year-old kid. I got to fly in a dirt track racing.�

Murray County High School lot of helicopters. I got to serve students were poor, but povwith NATO,� he said.

When Bobeda left the mili- erty wasn’t the only problem tary in 1998, he visited an Army on the minds of teachers.

Racial tensions flared. buddy at Lee University in Students got into fights. Some Cleveland, Tenn.

He later enrolled there, grad- even used the N-word, a term uating magna cum laude in Bobeda did not allow in his 2001 with a bachelor’s degree classroom. “(One student) sat there and in Christian Education.

It was a turnaround for he goes ‘No one has ever told Bobeda, who thought he could me that before,’� he said. have been voted Least Likely After graduating from the To Succeed in high school.

University of Tennessee with In every troubled teen, he a master’s degree in school counseling in 2003 and worksees a piece of himself. “I really think I understand ing as a counselor at two midteenage dynamics a lot, what dle schools in Georgia, Bobeda kids go through in what’s an returned to Oregon. age of awareness and awakenAt McNary High School he ing,� he said. taught special education stuA day before his college dents. He coached wrestling,

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soccer and tennis, a sport Bobeda played in high school.

His heart, though, was still in counseling students. “I just realized that while I was a teacher I had to keep sending kids off if I wanted to help them,� he said. “I wanted to be that person that would be able to take in these kids and ask what’s going on.�

In 2006, Bobeda applied to a counselor job at South Salem High School.

David Phelps, who was then principal, said Bobeda’s background in special education, his national certification in counseling and his energy made him stand out among the applicants. “He’s positive, exciting and really has a huge heart for all kids,� he said. “He really works hard with families to urge students to be accountable, responsible and own their own success.�

Emotional backpacks It’s like the scene in a war movie when the soldiers are marching up the hill and one starts to fall off.

The soldier takes off his helmet, weapons and starts to lighten the load.

That’s what being a high school counselor feels like to Todd Bobeda, a warrant officer at the Oregon National Guard, a Salem Alliance Church leader, a husband and father of three.

“Honestly, I think of it as a very soldiery thing that you’re kind of sharing the burden with somebody else,� he said.

Everyone walks around with an emotional backpack filled with bricks, life events that they can’t change but are important to define, the counselor said.

Inside his office in South Salem, a shimmering globe stands out. It’s a birthday gift from a Minnesota girl he donated bone marrow to years ago. She eventually passed away from a rare enzyme disorder.

South Salem student Chastity Torrez sat across from Bobeda, clutching a hall pass in her hands.

Repeating her senior year, the student was fed up with school last year.

Her counselor refused to give up. “He said just ‘cause you probably won’t be able to graduate this year, it doesn’t mean you won’t ever,� she said.

They came up with a schedule, outlining what credits she needed and state tests she had to pass to graduate. “There’s zero question that you’re going to graduate,� he said to Torrez.

She believes it, too. Her family already bought sweaters and t-shirts emblazoned with the words “Class of 2015,� and they put money down for a cap and gown and class rings.

Eugene firefighter faults mask in lawsuit

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EUGENE — A Eugene city firefighter has filed a $600,000 lawsuit against the maker and seller of a city-purchased air mask that allegedly broke during a training exercise and caused him a serious ear injury.

David Pickett, 35, claims in the suit filed Wednesday in Lane County Circuit Court that he and other firefighters were testing recently purchased MSA Firehawk M7 air masks when the accident happened on Dec. 19, 2012.

The suit claims that Pickett had placed the mask on his head and was pressurizing the system when an air line running between an air tank and the mask “became violently detached ... resulting in an explosion next to (his) right ear.�

As a result of the device’s failure, Pickett suffered hearing loss, tinnitus, debilitating headaches and a loss of balance, according to the suit.

He now wears a hearing aid in his right ear, the lawsuit asserts.

Pickett claims that the mask’s air line was not

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Pickett’s attorney, Jeffrey Wing of Eugene, said his client still works as a Eugene firefighter. Wing declined to provide additional comment on the lawsuit.

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City officials said they could not respond Friday to questions regarding whether or not the fire department continued to use MSA Firehawk M7 air masks after Pickett’s accident.

Pickett is seeking $72,328 to cover wages that he claims to have lost and expects to lose in the future as a result of his injury; $6,500 to repay his medical expenses; $18,000 to pay for the hearing aids that he expects to need over the course of his life; and up to $500,000 in compensation for pain and suffering.

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Short-term rental hosts in no hurry to be legal

By Steve Law PORTLAND TRIBUNE

PORTLAND — Michael Pouncil and his partner, Douglas Beal, didn’t dawdle when Portland began requiring permits for residents who offer short-term, Airbnb-style rentals in their homes.

Pouncil and Beal notified their neighbors they were becoming Airbnb hosts, scheduled a city inspection of their North Portland home, and scored the first permit issued under the new city program.

The process wasn’t all that hard, Beal says, and Pouncil found that their neighbors seemed interested in having lodging available on the block for visiting family and friends.

But Pouncil and Beal are the exception. Only 50 people applied for permits nearly two

months after the requirement took effect on Aug. 30, and only 24 permits had been issued, according to Mike Liefeld, enforcement program manager for the Bureau of Development Services.

Airbnb estimates it has about 1,600 hosts in Portland, though several hundred are renting out apartments and condos, which remain illegal and ineligible for city permits. There also are some hosts operating via other services.

That means fewer than 10 percent of the hosts are complying with the new city requirement.

But the city won’t go after people who don’t apply, Liefeld says, unless neighbors file formal complaints. “We continue to be complaint-driven,” he explains.

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City Commissioners Amanda Fritz and Nick Fritz have expressed concerns that apartment landlords might shift to Airbnb-style rentals because those can be more lucrative, reducing the affordable rental stock in the city.

The Bureau of Development Services dismissed one complaint, allegedly an illegal rental of a condo, because the Airbnb listing didn’t include a photo that could corroborate which unit was being rented.

Despite such lingering concerns, Mayor Charlie Hales is pushing to expand short-term rentals to apartments and condos. A public hearing on Hales’ proposal is scheduled Nov. 19.

AWARD n Continued from page 1 Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens, earning the Guardian Peaks award. At 14, he climbed an additional six mountains, including all Three Sisters, and earned the Oregon Cascades award. Now, at age 19, Quentin Carter, a sophomore in mechanical engineering at Oregon State University, has earned the 16 Northwest Peaks award by successfully climbing all 16 major mountains in the Pacific Northwest.

Quentin Carter is also the youngest member in Mazamas history to achieve this award since the club’s inception in 1894.

To become a member of the Mazamas, you have to successfully summit a mountain with a glacier.

Saturday, Nov. 9, Quentin Carter received his award at The Summit, the final event of the 2014 Portland Alpine Fest. During The Summit, a crowd of hundreds gathered to meet other athletes, participate in various auctions and congratulate their peers on their achievements.

Quentin Carter was one of three recipients of the 16 Peaks award, the others being Karl Helser and Amy Mendenhall, who were unable to attend the event.

Quentin Carter is now the 477th member of the Mazamas to receive this award out of thousands of members.

Bill McLoughlin, Chair of the Climbing Committee, was very proud to present the award to Quentin Carter personally.

“I took Quentin on one of his first climbs when he was 12,” McLoughlin said. “We didn’t summit, but I took him on another one a year later. Not many 13-year-olds can tolerate several hours of climbing, but he stuck with it and did very well.”

McLoughlin was especially impressed with Quentin Carter’s endurance and patience, and said that his age was never an issue on climbs.

“I’d like to credit his dad too for getting him involved,” McLoughlin said.

Quentin Carter’s father, Matthew Carter, has led many climbs over the years, and was how Quentin Carter himself got involved in climbing at such a young age.

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The permit fee is less than originally projected, at $178.06.

“In my mind there is reasonable incentive there,” Liefeld says. “It doesn’t really make sense to go the noncompliance route.”

Complaints coming in Several Portlanders have filed complaints since the city updated its ordinance to legalize shortterm rentals. Liefeld estimated there were eight, though a review of the city database indicated the number is somewhat higher.

Perhaps the most significant complaint was filed against owners of the Honeyman Hardware Apartments at 514 N.W. Ninth Ave., after someone found four different units were listing shortterm rentals on Airbnb. The city

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Lau is involved with ROTC himself and feels veterans affairs are something that can’t be ignored.

“I think these people have given everything to the country.

They’ve given us the opportunity so that you don’t have to serve,” Lau said.

The Battle of the Brave took place in the midst of a movement spearheaded by former Corvallis Mayor Julie Manning during the last year of her time in office. Manning began a 10-year campaign in 2013 to provide housing for the homeless, a population with a disproportionate number of veterans.

Corvallis boxing club coach Dan Dunn said the club’s goal for this school year was inspired by the mayor’s strategy.

“Last year we did food drives and filled the pantry for the college, did a lot of really cool things” Dunn said. “This school year, we wanted to focus on

homelessness, children of war vets — any way we can help out the veteran community.”

Dunn said it’s the ability to relate to veterans that makes them important to him.

“For me, it’s easy. I’m a retired army guy. I spent 25 years in the military, so I just retired in 2011,” Dunn said. “All the guys here in uniform, I know almost all of them.”

Dozens of military personnel, many in full uniform, turned up to see the fights.

Veteran Jonathan Haynes cheered Oregon’s boxers while dressed entirely in American flag apparel. He said he’s glad to see students getting involved in veterans’ wellbeing.

“It’s a very good thing. Very interesting, and I certainly hope we have a lot more of it,” Haynes said.

Haynes is a former fighter pilot who served in the Air Force from 1965 to 1976.

“I’m happy to see the support being given here,” Haynes said.

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Quentin Carter is the youngest member of the Mazamas club to receive the 16 Peaks award for hiking up 16 peaks in the Northwest, including Mount Hood.

The mountains must have a glacier in order to count toward the 16 Peaks award.

Matthew Carter said. “We started with little summits and overnight camps. He just kept going; he never quit. I’m very proud of him.”

Quentin Carter’s tenacity earned him a lot of respect from his fellow climbers, including Dick Miller, a now retired climber who lead climbs for 40 years.

According to Quentin Carter, Miller took him on a climb when he was only about 7 years old.

“When you’re under 14 years old, you can’t go on climbs your parents are leading,” Quentin Carter said. “So (Miller) took me with him. He really showed me how it was done then.”

During his speech, Quentin Carter hoisted a small red ice axe that Miller custom made for him in his youth.

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For Carter, the next goal is to eventually lead summits to all 16 peaks.

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“It’s just a really fun time for families and their students to get together and make some memories,” said Cohrs, a sophomore in marketing. “The students have moved away now, they probably don’t get to see them as much, and it’s just a great time to reconnect and share stories.”

Curtis, a sophomore in bioengineering, said Dads and Family Weekend keeps visitors busy and on the move during the three-day period.

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A large crowd makes its way to Reser Stadium Saturday afternoon for the Dads and Family Weekend football game.

Weekend featured many recurring events, including the comedy show, car show and a brunch with the 1967 “Giant Killers” OSU football team. A new addition was a showcase of several campus clubs in the

OSU alumnus and former Air Force Pilot Colonel Jack Van Loan gives his keynote address, “Survive and Thrive.”

His address also stressed the importance of understanding history and the world by staying abreast of current events.

“Always support you country, and stay aware,” said Van Loan, who mentioned that makeshift presidential votes were held by the prisoners in the Hanoi Hilton. Koob presented Van Loan with a Detachment 685 patch following his address.

The morning’s ceremony continued with a brief POW/MIA ceremony featuring a “table set for one” symbolizing those who have fought for the country but have not been found or recovered.

This was followed by the reading of a poem and a benediction and concluded with a reception in the MU Journey Room.

Van Loan, who spoke for the first time at his alma mater, was happy to be back in Corvallis.

“I was asked by the detachment to come speak, and my treatment has been very tasteful,” Van Loan said. “I’m deeply appreciative of the opportunity to be here; it’s great to be back in Corvallis.”

Veterans Day is Tuesday, Nov. 11 and will be celebrated with a World War I Poetry and Prose Reading at 5 p.m. in Moreland Hall.

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Miscues, missed opportunities and penalties proved too much to overcome for Oregon State University, and the Beavers ultimately lost to Washington State, 39-32.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Luke Falk made his first career start for the Cougars (3-7, 2-5 Pac-12), filling in for injured redshirt senior Connor Halliday. Halliday broke his ankle a week ago against the USC Trojans and will not return this season.

Unfortunately for him and the Cougars offense — as he is a senior — Halliday has played his last game in a Cougar uniform.

In the absence of Halliday, Falk made the most of his debut by completing 44-of-61 passes for 471 yards and five touchdowns, looking like anything but a freshman quarterback.

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Volleyball team faces defeat Washington Huskies get victory in 3-0 match, keep Beavers at bay with tough serves

hard and that kept the Beavers shut out.

Oregon State’s passing was very poor, and that led to easy points for Washington early on in the first set.

By Sarah Kerrigan The Beavers again went down early in the second set 8-1, but were able to THE DAILY BAROMETER Oregon State women’s volleyball pull back within one at 15-14. But the were unable to pull an upset in Seattle Huskies came out of a timeout and against No. 2 Washington and were went on a 7-0 to pull away.

Oregon State was unable to recover swept 3-0. from that lead and the Huskies took For the Beavers (18-6, 6-8 Pac-12), the last point in the first set was lost the second set 15-25.

While the Beavers lost the first set on an own service error, which is an accurate portrayal of how the Beavers somewhat due to their own errors in passing, they simply got out-classed in played.

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Ducks eliminate Beavers in last game Rough season concludes with defeat in Civil War match, Oregon State makes single goal, four saves

to a rough season after dropping the Civil War match against the Ducks (7-10-2, 3-7-1) 2-1. The lone Beaver goal was actually scored off of U of O senior defender Riley Smith.

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The Beavers traveled to the Bay Area to take on two top-10 teams in Cal and Stanford, needing victories to keep their postseason hopes alive.

They walked away from the weekend with one victory and one defeat as the Beavers beat Cal 4-3 Friday and fell to Stanford 2-1 Sunday afternoon.

Against Cal on Friday, the Beavers jumped out early in the match, scoring two goals within the first 10 minutes of the game.

Their first goal came three minutes into the match when senior midfielder Will Seymore connected with fellow senior forward/midfielder Khiry Shelton, who found the back of the net for his ninth goal of the season.

Six minutes later, freshman forward Jordan Jones used his head to sneak the ball past the Cal goalkeeper to give OSU a 2-0 advantage.

Jones, who is from Pacific Grove, Calif., found the back of the net a second time early in the second half, which pushed the lead to 3-1.

Cal showed why they were the No. 7 team in the country, as they mounted a comeback when they tied the game in the 88th minute.

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Freshman outside hitter Mary-Kate Marshall goes up for the kill against two Washington players going for the block at home Sunday, Nov. 9.

The Oregon State football team slid to 4-5 on the season after losing Saturday to Washington State. Here are the stats that tell part of the story.

The Beavers averaged 7.0 yards per play; Washington State 6.1.

WSU freshman quarterback Luke Falk picked up 471 passing yards; most of them on dink-and-dunk throws. Of his 44 completions, 33 were for less than 15 yards.

Sophomore wideout Victor Bolden has recorded a consecutive 100-yard games with double digit receptions.

He notched a career-high 126 receiving yards against the Cougars on 10 catches.

OSU failed to force a turnover for the second straight game.

The Beavers haven’t turned over an opposing team in 11 quarters and haven’t recovered a fumble on defense since the Utah game.

An OSU cornerback hasn’t recorded an interception since the San Diego State game on Sept. 20.

Senior Steven Nelson is the only cornerback to record an interception, with two.

The Beavers now have allowed more passing touchdowns than interceptions (12-to-9) after Falk’s five touchdowns and no interceptions Saturday.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, WSU has now allowed 24 passing touchdowns inconference, with no picks.

WSU, which is second-to-last in the nation in rushing offense, was narrowly edged out on the ground by OSU, 37 yards to 35.

The Beavers prevented their first five opposing teams from scoring in the third quarter but have since allowed the last four teams to score in the third. Still, no team has scored

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Sophomore defender Kathryn Baker fights for position and control of the ball in the home game against Washington State Friday, Sept. 26.

Senior forward Khiry Shelton fights for the ball against Cal at home on Sunday, Oct. 5. to give the Beavers a much needed upset victory on the road.

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FOOTBALL n Continued from page 5 young college career. In less than four quarters against USC, he was 38-of-57 for 346 yards, with two touchdowns and one interception.

“I didn’t know,” said head coach Mike Riley, “I didn’t have any expectations except I knew that he played well against USC; he had a lot of yards against USC when he played last week.

I thought he went in remarkably easily a week ago to throw for those yards.”

Riley went on to say that Washington State’s head coach, Mike Leach, had several good things to say about his new quarterback.

“Mike (Leach) had told me he thought he was really smart,” Riley said. “A kid that has picked it up faster than most, so that was pretty evident.

I thought he played with a lot of poise.”

Falk accounted for 460 of Washington State’s 506 total yards of offense and he had eight carries for -11 yards; four of those carries were sacks.

“We didn’t — today — get much pass rush of any kind,” Riley said, “The kid got rid of the ball at times really quickly, or other times we didn’t get in there.”

The players who did contribute sacks on the day for OSU were senior linebacker D.J. Alexander, junior defensive end Jaswha James and senior defensive tackles Siale Hautau and Bud Delva. Four different players had sacks for OSU, but Falk dropped back to pass more than 60 times, meaning Oregon State’s pass rush was rarely a factor.

Offensively, the Beavers actually struck first.

They won the initial coin toss and elected to receive the ball. Following a touchback to begin the game, senior quarterback Sean Mannion hit redshirt freshman receiver Rahmel Dockery on a deep route for 49 yards.

On the next play, true freshman receiver Xavier Hawkins took a handoff for 13 yards, which was Hawkins’ first career play for positive yards. Then two plays later, Mannion found senior tight end Connor Hamlett wide open in the middle of the field. Hamlett caught the pass and ran the rest of the way to the end zone for a 14-yard score.

On their next possession, the Beavers were stopped in the red zone and had to settle for a field goal.

Freshman kicker Garrett Owens started in place of senior kicker Trevor Romaine, who was suspended for the game after violating team rules. Owens made good on the attempt from 24 yards out, giving the Beavers a 10-0 lead.

The Beavers wound up settling for three more field goals, and Owens was a perfect 4-for-4 on the day, connecting from 24, 37, 44 and 46 yards away.

These numbers are indicative of how Oregon State’s day went, as they had several drives stop short of the end zone.

“It’s a good thing that we’re getting points,” Mannion said. “I think we got points every time we were in the red zone. But as an offense, our standards are much higher than that. We want to get touchdowns every time we’re in there.”

The Beavers were more successful in the red zone as the game went on.

Senior running back Terron Ward had a touchdown run in the third quarter, which cut

the Cougars’ lead to 24-22.

Ward scored again with three minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, which put the score at 39-32 in favor of the Washington State Cougars.

Down by only one touchdown, the Beavers had one timeout left to try to get the ball back and tie or take the lead.

They lined up for an onside kick, and Washington State followed suit. But Owens sent the ball deep, leading to the pigskin eventually bouncing into the end zone for a touchback.

“Garrett (Owens) had been doing good on onside kicks all week,” Ward said, “So I thought they were going to call it, but (special teams) Coach (Bruce) Read saw that they had a void in their return team, so they tried to push it back. You can’t argue with Coach Read; he’s a good coach.”

When Washington State took possession, it was able to gain a first down. Then an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on third down gave the Cougars another first down.

From there, they just ran out the clock.

“Probably should have, with one time out,” said Riley of trying an onside kick. “Also, we didn’t really want to kick the ball in the end zone, we wanted to put it into a place where we could maybe go get it or really pin them deep. Then after that you’ve got to be perfect; you’ve got to go three downs-and-out, and then you might get the ball back with maybe a minute to go.”

Riley went on to explain his decision: “Obviously I thought this was a better idea, and it didn’t work out,” he said.

Despite the loss, Mannion had a good day and continued to pad his Pac-12 record.

Mannion finished the game completing 31-of41 passes for 419 yards and one touchdown.

Ward was the game’s leading runner, taking 11 carries 49 yards and two touchdowns.

Sophomore running back Chris Brown also had five carries for 24 yards, as he filled in for junior running back Storm Woods, who sat out with an injury.

“It turned into that day where, with the score and with what we were doing, we didn’t spend much time trying to run the ball,” Riley said.

“We needed points fast.”

Oregon State’s defense did not force a turnover, and Washington State punted the ball twice in the entire game.

Many times throughout the day, the Beavers’ defense struggled.

As the first half came to a close, the Beavers didn’t have a play called by the time the Cougars had hiked the ball. This miscue lead to Cougar quarterback Falk finding senior receiver Vince Mayle wide open for a 49-yard touchdown.

“That’s just a little miscommunication,” Alexander said. “We’ve got to take care of that.

That’s on us.”

The Beavers have lost four games in a row, and have slid to the bottom of the Pac-12 North standings. But their confidence is not shaken.

“There is no doubt in our team,” Alexander said. “We’ll keep fighting: we’re going to have some ups-and-downs, but we’re going to show up every week and play football.”

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second half the Beavers allowed the same amount of shots, which also resulted in another goal. The goal put the Ducks up 2-1, which is what it would remain at for final minutes of the game. Freshman goalkeeper Bella Geist had four saves in the match, which brought her total up to 126, a mere three goals shy of the OSU record in a single season.

Being a very young team trying to rebuild, this season has been filled with experiences that could help the team grow and prepare for next season. Bringing back all but one player will surely help the women’s soccer team grow as they close a tough season.

Freshman midfielder Natalie Higgins sends the ball upfield against the Cougars at home on Friday, Sept. 26.

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and the Beavers lost in both of those categories Sunday night.

The Beavers rallied and were The Huskies showed how able to come out of the break they are No. 2 in the nation and play point for point with and undefeated with great all- the Huskies, until the Huskies around play, from service to pulled away in the middle of digging. They had six aces with the set going on an 0-8 run to only five errors, they hit 0.344 make it 18-12. and had 48 digs.

Oregon State was then only In comparison, Oregon State able to score two more points had two aces with seven errors, that match, losing 14-25.

While the Beavers were for hit only 0.124 and had 37 digs.

Head coach Terry Liskevych is the most part out-played, a firm believer that serving and they still held their own in passing are what wins games, segments of the game, but

OUT-OF-THE-BOX n Continued from page 5 more than seven points in the third period on OSU and the Beavers average 2.2 points allowed per third quarter.

In terms of total points scored for OSU, the second and third leading scorers are both kickers. Senior Trevor Romaine, who missed the WSU game with a suspension, has logged 40 points this season and freshman Garrett Owens has totaled 39.

Senior running back Terron Ward leads the way with 54 points.

True freshman wide receiver Xavier Hawkins finally reversed his negative season total — before this game, he had two rushing attempts

overall Washington was the better team.

The Beavers came out 1-1 against the Washington teams and got the necessary win against Washington State Thursday night to be tournament eligible.

But with another weekend of away games against the Arizona schools ahead, this tough loss against Washington could spell trouble for the Beavers.

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for negative 8 yards. After a 13-yard fly sweep on the second play of the game, Hawkins jumped up to five total yards on the year.

The three players for OSU to record the most tackles against WSU were all safeties — seniors Tyrequek Zimmerman and Ryan Murphy as well as freshman Justin Strong. The safety trio compiled 32 of OSU’s 81 tackles.

A safety leading his team in tackles often points to the opposing offense getting the ball into the secondary by pass or run.

WSU and OSU teamed up to record negative 21 rushing yards in the fourth quarter.

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The Beavers then evened the nation, which is in contention for score when a Stanford-held ball the Conference championship.

After a scoreless first half, The resulted in a penalty kick, which Cardinal broke a tie with a three- was converted by Will Seymore in the 78th minute..

OSU could neither score another goal nor keep the Cardinal off the board for the remaining 12 minutes.

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the Beaver defense and used his left foot to get the ball past goalkeeper Matt Bersano, giving Stanford the lead; a lead they would not surrender.

The Beavers will turn their focus to Washington for their season finale on Sunday. Last time these two teams faced off it was a physical overtime game that ended in a 1-1 draw.

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Editorial

Native American tribes deserve proper recognition

T

hanksgiving is just around the corner. And Native American History month is November.

Many of us are thinking about a crackling golden turkey, snowy-white mashed potatoes with gravy, cranberries and maybe even an elusive green bean casserole.

But reality is just a blink away once you start thinking about the historical facts surrounding the holiday.

You know, the smallpox-infested blankets.

This being a precursor event that would begin a European foothold in America and start a genocidal conflict that would ravage the preexisting peoples in clouds of gun smoke and disease.

All because one tribe decided to extend a hand of friendship and make sure that a rag-tag, pathetic group of ill-prepared pilgrims didn’t completely annihilate themselves with their own stupidity.

Even then, can’t we find a way around the sketchy roots of this holiday and rebrand it as a time of gluttony and football?

Given its federal recognition as a holiday and all. No, we cannot.

Because throughout the nation there are hundreds of unrecognized Native American tribes holding old copies of unfairly written treaties from the 1800s and waiting for the government to tell them that — congratulations — they exist and can finally stake a claim on some land and enjoy treatment given to other recognized tribes.

Tribes that have been present entities since their original formations on this continent; tribes that have landmarks, fish and rivers named after them.

These tribes are told that they have to prove to the government, or the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs, that they are real.

Oregon as a state has nine federally non-recognized tribes, and these are either forgotten in the dull roar of a government that doesn’t care or swallowed up by larger, more established tribes to quash competition.

It should be noted that states like North Dakota, New Jersey and Mississippi have significantly smaller lists than we do.

If we as a state are looking to become some kind of bedrock for equality — like last week’s awesome passing of the Equal Rights Amendment measure — then why has this denial of historical peoples been permitted to continue?

How can we celebrate this federally recognized holiday when so many individuals will spend it federally nonrecognized with stories untold and histories suppressed at the whims of a fickle government?

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network are displayed on the project website.

Dr. Whiteson said. “In addition to learning about astrophysics, you get to actually be an astrophysicist and social bookmark feed: see the Dr. by joining our collaboration and Tech contact box. expanding our detector. Anyone Apps for iOS, Android and whose phone collects data used in Windows can be had from the Cosmic using mobile devices from around a scientific paper will be made an RAYs Found In Smartphones proj- the world. author of the paper.” ect - CRAYFIS - created by Daniel To participate in CRAYFIS, join the Of course Dr. Tech signed up for Whiteson who is on the Experimental network, which collects results from that one.

Particle Faculty at the University of your device when you use the app; See DR. TECH | page 7 California Irvine. for privacy concerns an anonymous This work is detailed in his paper, mode is optional.

“Observing Ultra-High Energy Whiteson said, “students are welCosmic Rays with Smartphones.” come to install the app, then they I talked with Dr. Whiteson and he can contact us to ask for the data told me that CRAYFIS apps form a from their phone and could analyze In response network designed to collect cosmic it themselves if they like.”

Jesse Hanson’s Oct. 30 column ray detections from many people Aggregate results from the CRAYFIS The night before reading your column about the administration of exams, I had taken my Organic Chemistry midterm on Nov. 29 and was greatly bothered by the environment.

The next day I stumbled across your column and really connected music, I would suggest some sort of suspect that there are many with your message. ambient background music. of you out there who — like I went to my exam at 7 p.m. and me — have a hard time stayPretty much anything but silence.

Derek joined the crowds waiting to enter ing focused when doing homework I cannot do silence.

Milam Auditorium. or studying.

There is just something about tryMy push to land a spot near the You know what I mean. ing to concentrate with no sound that front where I usually reside was makes it difficult.

That point when you realize unsuccessful and every seat filled you’ve just read an entire page, but music which is not too heavy on the I think it’s because if there is any in an instant. then have no clue what you just read. percussions. sound, it immediately distracts you.

I went upstairs to the balcony Moving in your seat and having it I’ve tried to listen to music that has Something I started doing last year and sat down on a chair only to that has helped keep my mind on task lyrics while studying, but I find that if squeak, your roommates opening a realize every chair in that row was has been to listen to classical music it’s a song I know I end up just thinking door or a car driving by — all of these missing the usual folding desktop about the lyrics, which makes it very are excuses to stop what you’re doing whenever I am doing homework.

— several rows lacked it. and inquire about something else.

It’s very soothing, but does not annoy. difficult to read and stay on task.

I relocated.

If you really hate listening to classical But this is only with classical See SALING | page 7 Those desktops are a shame — so miniature and minimalistic a regular size paper or notebook can’t properly fit within its boundaries.

A surface smaller than the object it is supposed to hold just doesn’t make sense.

How cumbersome it is to juggle a scantron, exam packet, calculator and other essential trinkets on these nightstands during chemistry, physics and math exams.

Halfway through the test, other students began to finish and a boisterous commotion ignited as they packed up their things and stepped around and over me.

The aisles between the seats are so narrow that navigating through them is a feat of high friction.

A student was attempting to get by me and I had to pause my test, put down my desk and shrink myself away so that she could pass.

Having to stop my test, getting smacked in the face by backpacks and trampled by students squirming their way through is an enormous disruption to the focus I place on my exam.

Everyone should remain seated until the exam time is officially expired at which point an orderly process will be initiated.

We are a school of engineers and innovators — let’s round out the corners so nobody cuts corners because there will be no more corners to cut.

Let’s bring reform to the exam system.

Although I performed very poorly on this exam, I don’t blame my environment.

Yes, the atmosphere can and should be improved.

But I take full responsibility for the outcome. I will wake up at two in the morning and take an exam if it means I will advance myself towards success.

I will go to the exam room one day in advance to scope out my strategy, and be there an hour early to ensure I am prepared.

I will lessen my sensitivity to distractions and heighten my focus.

Ibrahim Moussaoui

t is the biggest mystery in astrophysics and you can be part of discovering the answer.

If the answer is found and you are part of it, you will be listed as a contributing author of a paper for a peer-reviewed science journal.

All you need to do is to turn your smartphone or tablet into a cosmic ray observatory — what?

That’s right; two physicists have developed mobile apps that detect and photograph cosmic ray traces on ordinary mobile devices such as yours.

You can download these apps for free and start probing the enigmas of the universe today.

The apps and references in this article are all linked from my blog

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hile Ebola is undoubtedly a hot topic in recent news, it is important that we address the necessity of quarantines in order to ensure the safety of American citizens.

The debate on the effectiveness and need for quarantines has proved significantly controversial, as many believe such actions violate basic human rights.

While the federal government reserves the right to enforce quarantines upon those who are currently returning from Ebolaaffected countries, they have yet to use said rights as a resolution.

Instead, our federal government and a few states have chosen to monitor patients on a consistent basis, as those who are infected do not begin to show symptoms right away.

Those who eventually develop the virus have a minuscule chance of spreading the virus to others, and are relatively noncontagious for the first couple of days.

Due to our advanced scientific approaches, we are able to use complex wristband monitors that detect symptoms of the virus in order to prevent quarantine procedures.

But with Ebola proving to be one of the most deadly viruses

Jesse

Hanson we have seen in recent decades, why take a chance?

Yes, basic human rights are of the utmost importance, and we owe a great deal of gratitude to those who have traveled to infected states in order to help those in dire need.

But why should we then risk the infection of unsuspecting American citizens in order to preserve the remote freedom of those returning home?

An effective quarantine for Ebola patients takes a mere 21 days — a minor restraint to protect other citizens.

Why would those willing to help the infected in other countries refuse to take a small protective measure at home in the first place?

If there were any possibility that the spread of Ebola could stem from my own doing, I can guarantee you that I would be willing to go to every measure to ensure the safety of those around me.

And while we have undoubtedly made recent improvements

in technology, which could allow us to monitor patients for symptoms of Ebola, why not test such technology while in quarantine?

Not only would this allow us to ensure the safety of citizens across the nation, but we would be able to determine the effectiveness of our technology for future outbreaks of similar viruses.

The fact that the military has chosen to quarantine soldiers who have been sent to infected states upon their arrival home should serve as a wake-up call to many who are on the human rights side of this debate.

While quarantine is arguably a violation of basic human rights, do patients truly have the right to risk the lives of their fellow citizens?

I would argue the opposite: By allowing patients to refuse quarantine procedures, we are denying other citizens their rights to a risk-free environment.

It is imperative that we heed the example of the military, and take steps toward brief quarantines and the protection of American citizens. t

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SaliNg n Continued from page 7

at hand, and is so soothing that often times you’ll forget that it is even playing.

Obviously this strategy is not going to work for You see, I’m listening to classical music right everybody, because people are unique. now, which is why this is such a great column.

But if you find yourself easy distracted and Assuming most people don’t have vast amounts unfocused, you might as well try it. of Bach and Beethoven on their iTunes library, If you don’t like it, then at least you gained some your best bet is Pandora. exposure to great music.

Either add a classical station or set a particular The most important thing, though, is to find composer you tend to like as your main choice. something you’re comfortable with; so if you have Probably the most important thing about listen- some secret to help the rest of us, please share. ing to classical music is that it means you aren’t t paying attention to the TV, which is the bane of derek Saling is a junior in English. The opinions expressed in Saling’s all studying habits. columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff.

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Even so, part of the reason I started this column was to document the year 2014 — which has been marked by a disproportionate number of tragic events — and at least try to make as many people aware as I could.

It’s better to cover this late than never, so I’ll do the best I can.

While it’s impossible to ignore the presence of ISIS in the Middle East, another militant group that recently came to power in an unstable Nigeria has been downplayed.

And unlike the matter of ISIS, the impact of Nigeria’s crisis runs the risk of being swept under the rug in the eyes of the public for good, with only a shortlived media frenzy and a Twitter hashtag to show for it.

Terrorist organization Boko Haram, whose name roughly translates to “Western education is a sin,” has been abducting young women and terrorizing civilians over the past few years.

They adhere to a radically strict interpretation on Sharia law, and their goal is a revolution to install a religious state in Nigeria.

Many locals refer to them as the Nigerian Al-Qaeda due to the two groups’ similar ideologies.

While active since 2002, the militia gained international attention earlier this year when their forces attacked a boarding school in the remote region of Chibok and made off with hundreds of students.

More than 250 teenage girls were reportedly abducted during the incident.

A video later surfaced with Boko Haram’s current leader, Abubakar Shekau, claiming responsibility for the kidnappings and stating his intentions to sell his captives on the black market.

This group has been a dangerous presence in Nigeria since its creation, but its recent actions have become increasingly erratic and, more importantly, bold.

Whereas before, the Nigerian government was at least capable of keeping them in check — even putting down a full-scale rebellion in 2009 — Boko Haram’s

hashtag #BringBackOurGirls on May 7, it took off.

The tweet has been reposted more than 5 million times and fighters now have the govern- gives people everywhere the ment completely overwhelmed. impression that an empty gesture President Jonathan Goodluck of support is the same as actually issued statements swearing to helping someone.

The girls taken from Chibok bring the girls home, but his administration’s efforts are disor- are still missing to this day, and ganized and ineffective at track- no one seems to be any closer to ing a mobile terrorist cell through finding them, regardless of how many people post pictures of rural jungle.

Meanwhile,Western news cov- themselves to show their friends erage has followed a predictable how sympathetic they are.

The basic idea behind formula. Of course, the initial responses to the mass abduc- BringBackOurGirls seems to be tions were frantic: images of the that with enough public outcry, Islamic militants and the girls’ either the Nigerian government terrified parents were plastered will dedicate more resources everywhere stations could fit toward finding the students or their captors will have a change them.

Every angle was covered and of heart.

Right, because when I’m every possible perspective — confronted with heavily armed right down and violent to the purely extremists, my speculative or first instinct is This group has plain irrelevant to appeal to — considered. been a dangerous their soft side.

Political presence in Nigeria Watching pundits and since its creation, but the videos news anchors by voiced their its recent actions have released these men, abject outbecome increasingly it’s apparrage, clamberent that they ing over each erratic and, more aren’t about to other in their importantly, bold. be swayed by efforts to find any amount of new ways to pleading. express shock As for the first course of action, over something that, in reality, has been an extremely common President Goodluck’s efforts have — and largely ignored — prob- ranged from stumbling to counter-productive, such as releasing lem in the region for years.

Radical militias regularly resort a false report in April that the to abductions to bolster their girls had been released when numbers or gain leverage over none had.

It’s possible foreign drones a local government, and children make especially vulnerable combing the countryside searching for them may discover the targets.

And once public fervor final- girls’ location.

They may escape, as 60 of ly died down after a couple months without any progress in them did shortly after the Chibok the search, the media promptly abductions.

Whatever the outcome it’s safe moved on to the next subject, hardly giving mention to the to say these children are alone in other Boko Haram kidnappings this struggle.

I just wish we didn’t have to that have occurred since.

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Tech n Continued from page 7 An Android-only smartphone or tablet cosmic ray detector app is the Distributed Electronic Cosmic-Ray Observatory — DECO — created by Justin Vandenbroucke who is Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Wisconsin Madison.

DECO works by recording a camera image once every one to two seconds, when there´s no visible light reaching the camera.

I installed the two apps — the detector and the logger — onto my Samsung tablet, attached a piece of black paper held by a rubber band over the camera lens and put it in my sock draw plugged in a for a few days.

I got some abstract looking black images with red dots which I suppose are the traces of cosmic rays — very cool.

To understand what I am seeing in these images I met with Davide Lazzati, Associate Professor in Physics at Oregon State University.

He teaches courses addressing topics such as Special Relativity, a theory that Einstein developed, Introductory Astronomy — PH104 — in winter 2015.

He is also an expert rock climber and skier.

Dr. Lazzati explained that cosmic rays are particles that travel nearly the speed of light and bounce off the Earth’s atmosphere because they cannot penetrate it.

That’s a good thing because cosmic rays can damage organic cells, which is one of the main challenges of human space travel.

When cosmic ray particles hit the atmosphere they cause electrons in the atmosphere to scatter, which is what we really see traces of on the detector images from our app-enabled mobile devices.

So here is the weird part — Dr. Lazzati told me, “The origins of cosmic rays is the biggest mystery in astrophysics.”

The reason is that cosmic rays do not travel in straight lines as does light.

That is because they are particles and are

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affected by magnetic fields as they hurl through in space.

So, even though German physicist and Jesuit priest, Theodor Wulf, discovered cosmic rays in 1909, contemporary physics still does not have an answer as to where they come from or how they acquire their extreme energy.

Dr. Lazzati’s research involves modeling potential cosmic ray sources. He thinks they may come from “extreme super novas,” which are ten times the size of the sun and explode with as much energy in seconds as regular “super novas” do in months.

You must admit that even if you do not think much about physics, this is pretty amazing stuff and it is happening right here at OSU. I asked Dr. Lazzati whether a class project using mobile device cosmic ray detectors would be plausible for a student to propose — for instance an introductory astronomy class.

He said, “Yes, but it will take several students cooperating, because one phone is too small a data set.”

Since I’ve been talking with and about several male physicists for this article, it is worth noting that women have contributed significantly to these areas.

For instance Irish astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered the first radio pulsars, but was left out of the 1974 Nobel Prize that her thesis supervisor won for that discovery.

If you enjoy movies about the vastness of space — such as “Interstellar” — or just want to know some more about where you are in the universe, try a cosmic ray app and read up on what it means.

Learning by doing is most powerful and a doit-yourself cosmic ray observatory is out is this world. t

dr. Jon dorbolo is the associate director of Technology Across Curriculum at Oregon State University. Dorbolo supports instructors and students with technology and teaches philosophy. The opinions expressed in Dorbolo’s columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Dorbolo can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.