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MONDAY, APRIL 9 Sun Grant Festival Kickoff

11 a.m.- 12 p.m.

Memorial Union Quad The Sun Grant funds research and projects to find ways to use resources more wisely. The kickoff festival will be on the Memorial Union Quad and will feature a demonstration on how to make ethanol. The festival will also have OSU’s portable solar trailer, which students can use.

TUESDAY, APRIL 10 Once Upon an Algorithm

7-8 p.m.

Grass Roots Books & Music (227 SW 2nd St.) Martin Erwing is a professor of computer science at OSU. He will present material from his new book “Once Upon an Algorithm: How Stories Explain Computing.” The book emphasizes the general nature of computation and thus the wide applicability of computer science.

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Freshman infielder Camryn Ybarra goes up to bat against Arizona State University in a 15-inning game on Sunday, April 8.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 A Survivor’s Story

7:30-9 p.m.

LaSells Stewart Center Holocaust survivor Henry Friedman will speak about his life. Friedman’s memoir, “I’m No Hero: Journey of a Holocaust Survivor,” will be available for purchase after his talk.

The event is free but tickets are required.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 12 University Budget Conversations

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Linus Pauling Science Center, room 402 University Budget Conversations is an informal forum open to all OSU students and employees. The goals of the forums are to answer questions and gain insights from the OSU employees and students and share information about budgets, budget processes and finance at OSU.

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India Students Association hosts India Night

Largest on-campus cultural event celebrates diversity

Students practice a dance routine for the upcoming India Night celebration. The event will be Saturday, April 14 at the LaSelles Stewart Center.

By ELIZABETH WEIGERS News Contributor On Saturday, April 14, the LaSells Stewart Center will be filled with Indian music, dancing and food as the India Students Association bring the highlights of their culture to Oregon State University during India Night.

India Night is OSU’s largest on-campus cultural event, as well as the largest event hosted by the ISA, said Sneha Sinha, who joined the association last year. The ISA has had this event consistently for a number of years. It is a way for Indian students to show the diversity of their culture.

“I’ve always been interested in Indian culture. When I was little I would go to cultural programs in Portland, so when I came to college I wanted to find that Indian community here,” Sinha said. “OSU doesn’t have a big Indian population, so it was really hard to find Indian friends. I joined the Bhangra dance team first and from there was recruited to ISA. It’s always been a big deal to me. My parents are firstgeneration immigrants.”

Nidhi Pai, the event coordinator for ISA who was the only Indian in her high school graduating class, is disappointed with the lack of diversity at OSU. This is what led her to the association.

“I didn’t grow up around a lot of Indians, and I thought that would change when I came to college, but OSU doesn’t have a lot of Indians either, so it’s always been really important to me to encourage diversity and promote our culture,” Pai said.

Jasnit Tiwana, another student member

of the association, said she joined ISA a year ago because it’s fulfilling for her to be able to learn more about her country, and share that knowledge with others with events like Diwali, the festival of lights, and India Night.

“India is such a diverse country, and getting to know about other cultures within it through

College is a really important time to open up your mind to the world, so it’s amazing we get an opportunity to show our culture to the OSU community, who might not know anything about other cultures.

SNEHA SINHA Pre-industrial engineering student and ISA member other students at OSU was something that I wanted to do in the association,” Tiwana said.

The association is doing their best to showcase the broad diversity of India with India Night, Sneha said. Each singing and dancing performance comes from a different region.

“India is a place with so many different languages, so many different religions and so

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many different sects,” Sinha said. “There’s no one way to say, ‘This is what India is,’ so we’re really doing our best to show that India is really unique because so much is different. We’re doing all that we can to put that into one night.”

Pai said it is a family-friendly event that’s structured in a way where students, faculty and families can all enjoy the performances put on by OSU students and fresh food prepared by members of the ISA. She mentioned it’s an empowering feeling to be able to share where she comes from with others.

“It’s a student-led organization, just a committee of 13 working together who planned this whole thing from scratch,” Pai said. “It’s really empowering to see our goals that began as just ideas on paper come into this event where we’re cooking for a thousand people and putting a bunch of performances together. We have been planning this since November, so it’s exciting it’s finally happening.”

Sinha said an event like this can not only impact those who are involved in it, but the community as a whole as well.

“OSU is not very diverse, so I think it’s really easy to fall into that mindset of where you’re used to being around the same people and seeing the same things your entire childhood, so nothing changes when you come to college,” Sinha said. “I think college is a really important time to open up your mind to the world, so I think it’s amazing we get an opportunity to show our culture to the OSU community, who might not know anything about other cultures.”

Tickets are currently being sold for $5 at the front desk of the Student Experience Center.

Students must bring their student ID.

INDIA NIGHT 2018 WHAT: A celebration of Indian culture featuring performances and an authentic Indian meal.

WHERE: LaSells Stewart Center WHEN: April 14 from 5-8 p.m.

WHEN: Tickets are $5 for students, are sold at SEC front desk WHO: Hosted by OSU Indian Students Association

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Molly Gallagher micropipettes samples in the lab overseen by Gitlali and Arup Indra.

By MELINDA MYERS News Reporter Beyond the double doors of the Oregon State University College of Pharmacy, the murals paying homage to classic and modern medicine and a few classrooms, lies the Indra Lab. Led by associate professor Arup Indra and associate professor Gitali Indra, the Indra lab is a joint effort to attack major issues in dermatology.

After bringing the dermatology to campus for the first time in 2005, the Indras have developed extensive collaborations in the college and with different colleges on campus, and are now collaborating with researchers and clinicians at OHSU and Knight Cancer Institute in Portland.

“There are three major projects we work on. One is on inflammatory skin diseases such as eczema,” Arup Indra said. “The second is there is work on melanoma and the third is skin regeneration and wound healing.”

The third pathway of research in the Indra Lab involves melanoma, or skin cancer, research. Melanoma can prove to be fatal, and Oregon has the 3rd highest incidence rate of it, according to Indra in a March 5 Baro article.

Eczema

According to Arup Indra, eczema is a widespread condition in the global community.

“Essentially, eczema is an inflammatory

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disease that affects almost 10 percent of the world’s population,” Arup Indra said. “It affects both pediatric populations as well as adults any age.”

Eczema is a broad term to describe skin inflammatory diseases, Arup Indra said. His

So what we really do is we try to develop very simple, non-invasive methods of identifying diseases, especially inflammatory skin diseases.

ARUP INDRA Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences group specializes in studying one subgroup known as ‘atopic dermatitis,’ translated to any reaction found on the upper layer of the skin, or the epidermis.

“The skin acts as a barrier between the environment and our body. So that means

that the skin helps to keep the inside in and the outside out,” Arup Indra said. “And if you believe me or not it’s the largest organ in the body. And the epidermis gets regenerated every two weeks.”

When skin layers regenerate, dead cells are sluffed off and lay on top of the new epidermis, Arup Indra said. This shedding of dead cells is a key cause of inflammatory skin diseases such as eczema.

“So what we really do is we try to develop very simple, non-invasive methods of identifying diseases, especially inflammatory skin diseases,” Arup Indra said.

During the formation of new skin cells, lipids and proteins are built together to form a tightly-bound barrier or wall. Arup Indra puts the skin’s lipids and proteins akin to a wall’s brick and mortar.

The lipids used and the composition of them is crucial to the process, Arup Indra said. Dead cells sit on top of this lipid and protein layer and trigger a response from the body.

“And that triggers an inflammatory reaction and helps in the onset of eczema which is very different from traditional thought that it was an autoimmune disease where the immune system is activated,” Arup Indra said.

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COVER STORY Indra Lab, continued from page 4 In cases of eczema, understanding the lipid composition of the skin is important, said Arup Indra. The experiment uses a common method to record lipid makeup that is relatively painless and non-invasive.

“We do a tape stripping on any population of any age. There’s no blood drawn, no biopsy. The dead cells that come up are sufficient to give us enough material to extract lipids from them correctly,” Arup Indra said. “So we extract lipids and perform what we call a lipidomic analysis.

Lipidomic analysis is essentially we look into every lipid that our skin has.”

Lipidomic analyses are useful for comparing skin lipid contents of different individuals and correlate to gene expression patterns, Arup Indra said.

“We compared them with healthy subjects and we identified that there are specific subgroups of lipids, essentially free fatty acids and ceramides that were altered for eczema patients,” Arup Indra said. “And that was very striking because we found out that the lipids were negatively correlated

to disease progressions.”

As for a treatment for eczema, Arup Indra is optimistic. So far there is a huge market for eczema treatment. The most common treatment employs anti-inflammatory creams such as corticosteroids.

“We identified lipids that were altered in about 70 percent of eczema patients. So that means we can probably make a general formulation that would be available over the counter,” Arup Indra said. “The different biologics that are available for the treatment of eczema are very expensive and always have side effects.”

Traditional treatments such as corticosteroids are damaging to the skin, dehydrating and stress the epidermal tissue, Arup Indra said. Along with this, products on the market currently could have long lists of ingredients.

One of the endgoals of the experiment is a simple and all-natural topical cream that is beneficial for patients with and without eczema, Arup Indra said. It includes the lipids found to be altered in eczema patients.

“And these lipids are classified as GRAS or generally recognized as safe because they

are found in specific salmon oils,” Arup Indra said. “So why not take those lipids, put them in a nice formulation with a nice smell and color and give it to whomever. So I think that this is tremendous.”

We don’t use human volunteers, we work with the industry to generate 3D skin, like 3D printing.

ARUP INDRA Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences A recent pilot study with the minimalistic formulation containing the two lipids and a base can improve dry, itchy skin and prevent water loss in a pre-clinical model, according

(Left to right) Gitlali Indra, Arup Indra and Evan Carpenter stand in the Indra Lab located inside the Pharmacy building.

to Arup Indra.

“This can be effective to treat people of all ages with dry and sensitive skin, as well as eczema patients,” Arup Indra said. “So as much as we are developing pre-clinical models, we are also utilizing human skin equivalents. We don’t use human volunteers, we work with the industry to generate 3D skin, like 3D printing.”

The new technology in 3D skin generation offers benefits to the research being conducted, said Arup Indra.

“It’s expensive, but the good thing is that it takes away the IRB approval and all that. So we can utilize these 3D skin equivalents in the lab and we can test the efficacy of them,” Arup Indra said. “This is a new technology that we use in collaboration with other researchers.”

Research being conducted in the Indra lab has long-term impacts, Gitali Indra said.

Developments in stem cell utilization help regenerate skin in a more rapid fashion for patients, such as burn victims and others.

“Stem cells are currently used for military people because they have the capacity to

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Indra Lab, continued from page 5 regenerate. What they do is they culture these stem cells and then they can use it as a spray gun on the military wounds so the healing is much faster,” Gitali Indra said. “Also, it’s especially good for burn victims since it can reduce scar formation. It’s more important for them to get that healing quicker otherwise they will have a lot of scars. So you know for those studies it’s important we can contribute to something like that in the future where we understand which factors are important for healing.”

Wound Healing

Another investigative pathway involves skin wound healing, a biologically complicated process, Gitali Indra said.

“The wound healing process is very complex, it has multiple steps although we don’t realize when we have a scratch,” Gitali Indra said. “We think it’s going to heal in a week, but there are multiple things going on inside that people are not aware of.”

Both Arup and Gitali’s studies involve using mice models and de-identified patient samples, but study different topic areas. For wound healing, a small wound is created on the mouse’s back and monitored.

“We take samples from different stages and we analyze them for different markers,” Gitali Indra said. “We have generated a mouse model in our initial studies in collaboration with Arup Indra and Mark Leid in Pharmacy, which we published in 2012, and showed that one of the transcriptional regulators named CTIP2 has a role in the wound healing process.”

The lab procedure follows close regulations for proper animal treatment according to the National Institutes of Health guidelines, Gitali Indra said. Additionally, The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee has approved all of the studies conducted in the lab.

“Then we generate wounds, we follow them every day to make sure they are doing well,” Gitali Indra said. “We collect samples on the days we have to collect.”

“When we were doing that we understood that the epidermis was not forming well,

there is a migration defect so the cells are not migrating and we also have different stem cells represented in the skin epidermis—they are also altered in these mice,” Gitali Indra added.

“It was an expression pattern of molecular markers that was not normal.”

Along with this, stem cell expression in hair follicle cells was altered, Gitali Indra said. The

So what we really do is we try to develop very simple, non-invasive methods of identifying diseases, especially inflammatory skin diseases.

ARUP INDRA Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences hair follicle structure is important to the overall skin wound healing process as it provides supplemental stem cells from the different parts of the structure.

Two mouse models were created in response to this observation: one in which the transcription factor CTIP2 in question was eliminated from the entire skin, and one where it was eliminated from hair follicle stem cells

EMMA BR OWN | ORAN GE ME DIA N E TWORK Molly Gallagher runs lab tests in the Indra lab.

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only, Gitali Indra said. The latter studies were funded by a grant from NIH to Gitali Indra.

Molly Gallagher, a lab assistant in the Indra Lab, said it’s possible to generate and use genetically-modified mice to investigate certain genes that might be involved in the wound healing process.

“Often our mice have a ligand-induced enzyme introduced into their genome (Cre recombinase), as well as other slight modifications (the technical term is ‘floxing’ a gene of interest with a sequence that the Cre can identify for excision) that allow us to selectively knock out particular genes and investigate the function of that gene (and its produced protein),” Gallagher said in an email.

“We can generate wounds, induce the excision of a gene of interest by applying the ligand to activate Cre, and then examine the impact of that excision to infer what role that protein might play in wound healing.”

The observations gathered from these studies create a base of knowledge that can be built upon for further experiments, Gitali Indra said.

“So these studies we think will give us an idea of what we should be doing in the future,” Gitali Indra said. “Using this mouse model, we will identify different gene expression patterns of the different factors such as growth factors, cytokines, chemokines that are produced during that wound healing environment. Those factors could be used to promote healing in burn victims, military wounds and in patients with chronic or diabetic wounds.”

P HOTO IL L USTRATI ON BY EMMA BROWN | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK Evan Carpenter works on testing materials to conduct dermatology research.

NEWS

University enforces strict weapons rules

OSU administration considers changes in online threat detection

By JOE WOLF News Contributor The Oregon State University administration considers campus and the Corvallis community to be safe by national standards, while recognizing that incidents do occur, said Vice President for University Relations and Marketing Steve Clark.

When the university becomes aware of dangerous situations, from severe weather to threats of violence, the OSU community is notified through emails, texts and, depending on the situation, by social media and automated phone calls, Clark said. OSU also maintains a list of over 15,000 email addresses to inform students’ families when needed.

“We not only want to continue to work to provide for safety in an ever-changing world, we want our faculty and students to feel safe, as

IS A B EL S CH O LZ | OR ANG E MEDIA NETWOR K Captain Michael Vanderlaan, an instructor in the Air Force ROTC, helps cadets practice responsibility when handling weapons.

well,” Clark said in an email.

Chief Suzy Tannenbaum in the Department of Public Safety explained that OSU has added law enforcement agency partners to the alert system, so they can provide safety information to students, staff and families. Beyond the safety alert system, Tannenbaum encourages students who feel unsafe to take advantage of the Department of Public Safety’s personal safety planning procedures or call to be escorted

by DPS officers.

“Being alert to your surroundings is very important,” Tannenbaum said in an email.

“Keep your head up and walk confidently and at a steady pace. Make eye contact with people when walking. Avoid talking or working on your cell phone while walking or wearing headphones. Avoid dark, vacant areas and instead use well-lit and well-traveled areas.

Walk in pairs at night, if you can.”

In addition to these safety practices, after a recent case of social media comments being posted that threatened armed violence against the university and ensuing campus conversations, the university is continuing to evaluate its social media threat monitoring system. Clark said the university is currently comparing systems used at several universities around the country to determine how OSU might utilize similar systems to provide for expanded threat awareness. “(We) are very close to making a decision on which system to implement at OSU,” Clark said in an email.

Tannenbaum additionally encourages students to report suspicious individuals they see on campus to DPS after they have moved to a public area.

For students wanting to protect themselves with firearms or other weapons, the university has strict rules barring these items from university-controlled property, Tannenbaum said. OSU policies define weapons as including switchblade knives or any blade that swings into position, crossbows and other similar devices.

“Even pepper spray or a knife—intended by its owner to be used for protection—would be considered a weapon,” Tannenbaum said in an email.

The Firearms, Weapons and Destructive Devices policy allows the possession of

weapons in university buildings for sanctioned purposes, including use in Reserve Officer Training Corps programs.

Despite this exemption, ROTC cadets must follow the same rules as other students regarding knives and other weapons. In fact, Captain Michael Vanderlaan, who serves as an instructor in the OSU Air Force ROTC program, said the program holds students to higher standards concerning conduct violations, with the possibility of being expelled from the service for improper use of any kind of weapon on campus.

“ROTC is designed as an entry point for officers into the military,” Vanderlaan said.

“We take what is normally nine weeks of intense training all at once and we stretch it out over four years.”

In that time, Air Force cadets will never use real firearms on campus. Instead, these students train using replicas, Vanderlaan said. Hands-on military training, such as safe weapons handling, is just one of many aspects of a cadet’s education, along with academics and physical fitness.

“Our job is to protect America, and you cannot do that if you shoot yourself in the foot,”

Vanderlaan said.

Even with their training, being a member of the armed forces can draw attention to ROTC members and instructors in dangerous situations, Vanderlaan said.

“Here, camouflage works the opposite way and makes me a target,” Vanderlaan said.

Procedures differ between the branches, with Army ROTC cadets using real weapons around three times a year. Cadets practice with firearms, but do not fire these weapons on campus, said Army Captain and ROTC instructor Mark Matthey.

“Students need to understand that the primary purpose of cadets having weapons is to teach them in the safe use of weapons, so they know what they are doing when they go out into the military,” Matthey said.

Vanderlaan noted the tight-knit community ROTC creates also serves to keep students safe around weapons.

“We can pretty quickly identify people that are struggling or have problems because of how integrated they get into the culture of the military, which is really looking out for your fellow service members,” Vanderlaan said.

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Beavers softball plays 15-inning game

OSU falls 2-1 to Arizona State University after six extra innings

Freshman Sara Lillie ca

Sophomore pitcher Mariah Mazon throws a pitch during Sunday’s game against the ASU Sun Devils at the OSU Softball Complex.

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AJA RAYBURN | ORANGE MED I A NETWORK Junior utility player Michelle Sass runs to first base during Sunday’s matchup against Arizona State University. The Beaver’s lost 2-1 in the 15th inning after six extra innings.

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Junior outfielder Jessic

AJ A R AY BURN | ORAN GE ME DIA N E TWORK atches a pitch during Sunday’s softball game. Beavers softball is sitting at an overall record of 28-27.

A JA RAY BUR N | OR ANG E MEDIA N E TWORK ca Garcia leads off a base during Sunday’s softball against ASU.

AJA RAYBURN | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK Freshman catcher Sara Lillie up to bat against the ASU Sun Devils.

AJA RAYBURN | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK The Beavers’ softball team played is currently ranked no. six out of nine teams in the Pac-12.

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SPORTS

Athletics officials face challenges from fans, coaches, athletes Officials form bonds, work together to remain focused while calling sporting events

AKSHAY PAWAR | ORANGE MED IA NETWORK Beavers baseball head coach Pat Casey stands with the University of Washington head coach Lindsay Meggs to discuss the game with Pac-12 baseball officials.

By MUNIR ZAREA, BROCK HULSE Sports Contributor, News Contributor It’s late in the fourth quarter, 10 seconds on the shot clock and every eye in the stadium is on the ball. An altercation erupts and the whistle is blown. All eyes move to the referee, anticipating their final and absolute decision.

But no matter how high the stakes, there are multiple challenges that must be overcome by those who officiate competitive sports on every level in order for the games to continuously run smoothly day in and day out. Regardless as to whether the game is played in the National Collegiate Athletic Association or in collegiate intramural leagues, there is very little wiggle room for officials to make a mistake.

“You’ve got to be able to physically run up and down the floor. These kids stay the same age, and we get older every year. And some of the complaints I get from coaches aren’t anything other than, ‘Curtis, he couldn’t get in position to see it,’” Curtis Shaw, a longtime NCAA referee for men’s basketball, said in an interview with ESPN’s Mark Fainaru-Wada.

Shaw has recently become the director of officials for a four-conference consortium led by the Big-12, and has spent 21 seasons

refereeing Division 1 games. With his new position as a director of officials, Shaw bears the responsibility of coordinating logistics of his officials, many of them holding second jobs.

“It’s my duty as a coordinator to try to handle all those situations as best as I possibly can. If I’ve got somebody who lives in western Kentucky, I can’t realistically expect them to drive to south Florida to officiate a ballgame when I know they have to be at work the next day,” Shaw said.

Officiating isn’t the only thing they do; officials must establish a foundation for learning every aspect of the game in order to be prepared for whatever they encounter.

However, it’s not just large-scale officiating that can be attributed to this.

“Achieving an understanding of the sport they are officiating even exists at the intramural level,” Eric McCormick, sport programs graduate assistant at the Oregon State University Department of Recreational Sports, said via email.

McCormick oversees many of the officiated intramural leagues offered at OSU. “Our officials certainly need to be prepared to put in time and effort into learning the sport

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they are officiating, at a level and depth they may not have experienced before,” McCormick said via email. “Pace of play, interacting with heated

Simply by the nature of being an official and competitive sports being involved, there are times when players or fans get heated.

ERIC MCCORMICK OSU Department of Recreational Sports graduate assist participants and knowing some of the more obscure rules of a sport are initial challenges a new official will get to work through.”

Being prepared and ready for what’s at stake is a big part of officiating, according to

McCormick. However, with the decisions made by officials often affecting the outcome of the competitions, many of them receive negative feedback from either side.

OSU baseball head coach Pat Casey was recently ejected in a game against California State University Fullerton on March 9. In the seventh inning, Casey ran out from the dugout to confront the umpire and was ejected after making contact with him. Casey was suspended by the NCAA for the next four games the Beavers played.

The kinds of confrontations don’t only happen in college level sports in the NCAA. Such argumentation between a heated player and an official is occasionally seen within intramural sports, McCormick said.

“Simply by the nature of being an official and competitive sports being involved, there are times when players or fans get heated,” McCormick said via email. “On the whole we do not have a ton of issues here at OSU, but we do get the occasional instances of excessive yelling, inappropriate language or other unsportsmanlike conduct.”

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Sports officials, continued from page 10 Dr. Bob Corb is the national coordinator for NCAA men’s and women’s water polo and sports psychologist. Corb had been officiating for water polo for over 30 years and is the former director of sports psychology for both University of California Riverside and University of California Los Angeles.

“There are very few studies that have shown that yelling at somebody makes them better,” Corb said. “And we lose a lot of officials before they get a chance to be good because they just don’t want to put up with it.”

Social media can be a base for harsh language, targeted harassment and many more forms of verbal abuse. As a result, officials often refrain from getting too involved in it, according to Corb.

“It’s common sense, you know? Don’t talk about your games on social media and don’t get too involved,” Corb said.

If being an official for the NCAA means you should refrain from social media usage, Corb’s experience is similar to that of wrestling official Mike Hagerty.

As a veteran official for NCAA wrestling living in the Kansas City area, Hagerty has been around the sport for a great portion of his life, and has seen the ins and outs of what it means to be an official. He has been officiating NCAA championship wrestling tournaments since 2003, and coaches at the high school and international level.

“I certainly believe that people who have been in the field for a long time probably are able to screen that in their minds,” Hagerty said in regards to the pressure and harassment from fans, players and coaches. “Our responsibility is to keep (the match) fair and keep it safe, that’s our goal.”

Just like on the field, Hagerty notices other aspects of harassment on social media.

“There’s that collaborative effort of people gathering together and creating kind of that mob scene on the internet that sometimes takes place,” Hagerty said about social media.

Rogers Redding, currently the national coordinator of college football officiating for the NCAA, began his career as a pee-wee/ youth official when he was 31. His collegiate career of on-field officiating started in 1985 and ended in 2003.

“A talented and well-trained official should be able to block out all distractions and remain laser-focused on their responsibilities for the play,” Redding said.

According to Redding, with the experience of being an official, many deal with the pressure effectively so it doesn’t affect their performance.

“Officials learn to simply ignore the harassment of fans. If it becomes serious or threatening in any way, then we turn it over to the appropriate authorities,” Redding said.

Timothy Shiels is the national coordinator of officials for wrestling in the NCAA. Shiels has officiated 14 NCAA Division I championships, seven NCAA Division II championships, 10 “Big Ten” championships and much more. He nationally oversees officials and has seen unity in the profession overtime.

“We’ve brought our officials closer together, because I think at times, some of the people that are hardest on you are other officials,” Shiels said. “The tighter, and the more unity you build in there, that’s going to be better for our officials all across the board.”

As the national coordinator of officials for wrestling, Shiels notices the strength of unity within officiating for the NCAA. “We have 420 registered officials in the country, it’s a brotherhood,” Shiels said.

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Intramural Sports kick off in spring term

Students can sign up for softball, team tennis, ultimate frisbee, team golf, soccer

Studenty Legacy Park, located on 26th and Intramural Way, is home to the intramural fields where some spring IM sports will be played.

By GUNNAR BOAG Sports Contributor Spring is here, and that can only mean one thing—a fresh slate of intramural sports.

Every spring, Recreational Sports offers a bevy of intramural leagues with an emphasis on outdoor play. These leagues include softball, team tennis, ultimate frisbee, team golf and soccer.

The soccer and softball leagues offer men’s, women’s and CoRec divisions, with a competitive A league or more relaxed B league in each division. Ultimate frisbee offers A and B leagues, while tennis and golf hold one league for all who sign up.

“I always look forward to spring intramurals,” Jenna Fitzgerald, third year, said. “It gives my friends and I a great opportunity to be active and really enjoy the rare Oregon sunshine.”

Those who sign up for A league can expect to play four competitive games, with a chance to compete in the league playoffs. Teams who sign

up for the B league will not have playoffs, but will play in a more relaxed environment with an additional fifth game.

To sign up for these leagues, bring your filledout roster sheet and league fee to Recreation Services at Dixon. The deadline to sign up for golf, tennis and ultimate frisbee is April 16, while soccer and softball closes on April 17. For more information about sign-ups and league rules, check out the Rec Sports page on Oregon State University’s website.

Outside of these leagues, Intramural Sports also hosts a number of weekend tournaments for students to compete.

The first tournament of the term is the Wheelchair Basketball Skills Challenge. This takes place on April 28 and is Recreational Sports’ adaptive sport for the term, which are sports designed for those with disabilities.

Winter term had goalball while fall term had the wheelchair basketball league.

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Walk during family weekend gives students a chance to team up with their parents and compete against others. These events will take place on the first weekend of May. “I’m looking forward to the soccer league and family weekend golf tournament,” freshman Lewis Nolf said. “That and the warmer weather.”

Other tournaments include pickleball doubles, track meet, sand volleyball doubles, mini golf and par-3 golf.

“It’s fun getting out as the weather improves and playing with your friends,” Robert Ellison, fourth year and past mini golf champion, said.

“It’s even more fun when you end up winning one of the tournaments.”

League playoffs take place during week eight and nine of the term, so if you want to watch some the best of OSU compete, mark it down in your calendar now.

Grab your clubs, cleats and frisbees and head outside, because spring intramural sports are about to be in full swing.

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LIFE

Opinion: Animal meat production leads to greenhouse gas emissions March for Science movement encourages science-based policies

By GENESIS HANSEN Columnist

Could your double beef patty burger with bacon and extra cheese be the reason the ice caps are melting? Has your sushi roll regimen oh-fish-ally set us up for climate chaos?

Raising animals for food results in a large production of greenhouse gases (such as methane), which accelerate the climate crisis of global warming, and politicians fail to recognize science in their rulings.

Animal product consumption is the prime suspect in this climate crisis, and citizens are encouraged to reduce the amount they consume.

“Three meat companies—JBS, Cargill and Tyson—are estimated to have emitted more greenhouse gases last year than all of France and nearly as much as some of the biggest oil companies like Exxon, BP and Shell,” said Julie Majot from The Guardian.

Henning Steinfed is head of the livestock sector analysis and policy branch at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN in Rome, Italy. With 15 years of experience in agricultural and livestock policy, Steinfed’s book “Livestock’s Long Shadow” states that livestock’s contribution to climate change is enormous.

“It currently amounts to about 18 percent of the global warming effect— an even larger contribution than the transportation sector worldwide. Livestock contributes 9 percent of total carbon dioxide emissions, but 37 percent of methane and 65 percent of nitrous oxide,” Steinfeld said in his book.

These industries are catalyzing devastations like animal extinction, soil degradation, water pollution and are shaving off hope to fix the situation we’re in.

As President of the Vegetarian and Vegan club on campus, Emily Barnett is a sophomore studying environmental science through applied ecology and is specifically concerned about how agriculture uses and pollutes our freshwater resources.

“There is not really a sustainable way to produce food [for the global population] through the meat, dairy or aquaculture industries. People really need to start phasing meat and dairy out from their lives altogether,” Barnett said.

Interested in reducing her carbon footprint, Barnett became motivated to change her diet.

“There’s a lot of misconceptions about the cost of going vegan. I don’t think we should

downplay the difficulty of a lifestyle change, but I know it’s a lot more doable than people think,” Barnett said.

Poor waste management, product packaging and the massive consumption of energy, water and land compound the damages that corporations impose.

“These industries are polluting the air, water and other resources that humans and animals all share. We are destroying the planet for ourselves, as well as all other species,” Barnett said.

The scientific community has been screaming this message for years, but the increasing intensity of this crisis is also attributed to the undermining of scientists and neglect from politicians and consumers.

The March for Science seeks to advocate for the scientific community in politics, education and society. The movement makes the assertion that science should be informing policy on every level and that the field should be treated with more importance.

Portland will be hosting a thread of this national movement on April 14. This year’s movement is driven by activism.

There will be a variety of speeches, tabling activities, and demonstrations.

Sumi Malik is a senior transportation planner at HDR Engineering and lead organizer of March for Science Portland.

These industries are polluting the air, water and other resources that humans and animals all share.

EMILY BARNETT Sophomore studying environmental science “Oregon’s participation is important because we have always been at the forefront of laws and policymaking that are informed by science. We’ve become a shining example to the nation for science informing policy,” Malik said.

Active global citizens should be voting on bills and measures that contribute to emission regulation.

“This year is particularly important. Last year’s March was about taking a stand, and this year is about becoming active,” Malik said.

Contact your representatives to let them know this is an issue worth caring about, reduce animal product consumption by exploring meat and dairy substitutions. We the people have the power and this fight for global welfare isn’t over.

Opinion: Fortnite Battle Royale takes world by storm Epic Games’ latest development has quickly become hottest video game on the market

By Alex Jones Columnist Since its release back in September of 2017, Fortnite Battle Royale has become extremely popular and even more so in recent months.

The developer, Epic Games, has managed to attract both gamers and non-gamers alike with Fortnite’s unique gameplay and colorful landscape.

“There’s a lot of excitement… we expected the game to be popular but we didn’t expect it to be this popular, so we’re really pretty thrilled and humbled,” Eric Williamson, game developer and design lead said in an interview with Game Informer.

Fortnite Battle Royale pins players against 99 other people. The goal? Be the last player standing. However this is not a simple task.

The 45 million people currently playing Fortnite start the game by being flown above an island in a flying bus, where they must choose a location to drop and begin their action-packed adventure.

Upon landing, players must begin looting treasure chests that contain items that will aid them in their survival. These items include a variety of guns and explosives, such as boogie bombs, which can make your enemies dance uncontrollably, as well as shield potions players can drink, giving them extra health.

In addition to looting, harvesting materials such as wood, brick or metal also becomes vital because not only do players have to fight, they have to build. Building is one of the harder things to master in the game but also an aspect that makes it that much more challenging and enjoyable for players, as it gives them creative control.

Whether players are building a large elaborate base for defense, or building a staircase as they charge up a mountaintop towards an enemy, building fast and effectively is immensely important to a player’s survival, as well as a thrilling experience.

“Some of my favorite things about this game, for one, (are) the building mechanics and how that separates itself from other games such as (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds),” Bryce Webber, sophomore, said. Webber continued by explaining that the ability to outbuild your opponent and turn the tables on them is the way of the game.

Fortnite game developers have also expressed the importance of building and its contribution to player experience.

“The map should really be a canvas for players to express their creativity… So it’s always about trying to find the right balance between sort of hinting at how you could use the space, but not necessarily dictating how

you should play in the space,” David Spalinski, lead level designer, said in an interview with Game Informer.

Apart from building, in a player’s quest to a first place victory royale, they also have to pay attention to the storm that is closing in on them. If a player gets caught in the storm, their health starts to decrease rapidly.

These different aspects of Fortnite Battle Royale’s gameplay, paired with its bright interface, are what have contributed to its rapid success and what sets it apart from other battle royale style games in the industry like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, which lack aesthetic character and tools for creation.

Aside from gaming culture, Fortnite has also managed to take over pop culture as well. Hiphop sensations Chance the Rapper and Lil’ Yachty, as well as numerous NBA players have all been seen playing Fortnite on their social media profiles. This has led to many non-

Some of my favorite things about the game, for one, (are) the building mechanics and how that separates itself from other games.

BRYCE WEBBER OSU Sophomore gamers, as well as other celebrities, picking up a controller and playing it for themselves.

In fact, last month, rappers Drake and Travis Scott, along with Juju Smith-Shuster of the Pittsburgh Steelers, all teamed up with Tyler Blevins, also known as “Ninja,” one of the most popular video game streamers in the world, to play Fortnite Battle Royale.

Ninja live streamed his superstar team’s gameplay on Twitch, which amassed a record-breaking 628,000 concurrent viewers.

With some of the biggest names in pop culture getting involved, it’s a no wonder why the game’s popularity has skyrocketed in recent months.

Overall, Fortnite Battle Royale’s amazing gameplay, price and customization options have created an incredible experience and a sense of community which many gamers haven’t felt in years. It seems everyone encountering Fortnite is absolutely loving it, which is exactly what Epic Games had hoped. While many games die off overtime, it is evident that Fortnite Battle Royale is here to stay and doesn’t plan on slowing down anytime soon.

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LIFE

America’s melting pot

By JYNWAYE FOO Guest Columnist

In light of racial tensions in the United States, we need to start having conversations that matter now more than ever. As cliché as it sounds, to the rest of the world at least, JYNWAYE FOO, what makes America INTER-C ULTURAL SERVIC E PROG RAM great is its fusion SC HOLAR of nationalities, ethnicities and cultures.

That belief was the reason I moved to the U.S. and came to Oregon State University in 2015. Growing up in an equally vibrant and multicultural environment, I thought I’d fit right into American society. I speak fluent English, I grew up on American TV and movies, I almost learned all the words to “The Real Slim Shady,” Nick Carter from Backstreet Boys was my first celebrity crush—I mean, I’m basically American, right? Aside from a couple cultural differences and food preferences, you and I could probably have an hour-long conversation about why Leonardo Dicaprio didn’t have to die

the way he did in “Titanic.”

But how is it, that despite all of this, I’m still constantly being reminded that I’m an outsider, and that the person I’m interacting with might already have preconceived ideas or judgements about my character because of the color of my skin, and the way I look?

When the elections were going on, I avoided some of my American friends because of the posts they were sharing on Facebook. I was guilty of deducing whether they genuinely welcomed me or not, based on where they were on the political spectrum. This only changed after I started to be open to having difficult conversations.

After having presented and shared my cultural perspective on an array of topics in various OSU courses under the management of OSU International Cultural Service Program, otherwise known as ICSP, I came to the realization that there was so much that we could learn from each other, in spite of our differences, and by virtue of our differences.

As an environmental sciences major and a global citizen, I can’t help but say that our main and only enemy should be anthropogenic climate change. We will achieve true unity in diversity when we stop seeing each other as a threat, and start seeing each other as allies against the threats of climate change.

What is the OSU International Cultural Service Program?

“OSU International Cultural Service Program (ICSP) is a signature program under the management of Office of International Services. We are a group of international students who would like our cultural perspectives shared with the general OSU community.

Our collective goal is to bridge the gap between international and local students by facilitating real-life conversations. Whether you are a local student looking to broaden your worldview, an international student who wants your voice amplified, or a faculty member who wants to enrich the classroom experience, we have the resources you need.” —Jynwaye Foo Contact: icsp@oregonstate.edu.

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There’s a sassy new moon in your sign, and this could make you restless. You could feel frustrated about things without quite knowing how to fix your problems. Use this raw energy to work out, share some laughter with friends and do positive things.

It’s important for you to be more practical about love.

Maybe it’s not that realistic to chase after someone who lives hundreds of miles away when there are plenty of fish to choose from closer to home. Mars says don’t neglect your career and financial wellbeing.

You’ll be tempted to start an argument as fiery Mercury reminds you of all the things that other people around you are doing wrong. You’ve had enough of people taking advantage of you. Just don’t pick a mean fight with your sweetheart.

Usually you’re a patient Earth sign, but a fiery sun is increasing your desire to get what you want, right now. If you have a crush on someone, go ahead and ask that person out. Stage a romantic evening or do something fun like visit a museum or zoo together.

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Venus has you determined to move forward in your relationship. If you’ve been casually dating someone, it’s time to move in together. If you’re married, it might be time to have a kid. If you’ve been on-again, off-again with someone, issue an ultimatum.

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You might have to deal with someone expressing strong interest in you, but you’re not romantically attracted to him or to her. Mercury says gently nudge this person in a different direction. Introduce this person to some other friends of yours.

Mercury retrograde is still creating some delays. You’ve been trying to persuade your honey to do something or agree with you about something, and it isn’t working. Or you’ve been seeking an elusive promotion at work, and the stars haven’t aligned yet.

You’re feeling tender toward an old friend. This could be a pal who goes back to your school days, and you’ll enjoy chatting with this person and sharing your news. Or it might be somebody you used to date. Venus is encouraging you to explore this connection.

Virgo: Aug. 23 - Sept. 22

Scorpio: Oct. 24 - Nov. 21 Venus is still traveling opposite your sign, and this means that your social and family life continue to going through major changes. A close friend might suddenly announce he or she is moving away. A family member might need your help out of the blue.

Sagittarius: Nov. 22 - Dec. 21 A truthful moon is bringing insights to the surface. Maybe you’ll finally understand why that casual relationship is never going to be any more than that. Or perhaps you’ll make sense of a memory from your past that shines a light on your current situation.

Aquarius: Jan. 20 - Feb. 18 You’re misreading signals, interpreting somebody’s behavior the wrong way. A misplaced Venus is throwing off your judgment. You might find yourself thinking that your honey is growing colder, when really, he or she is just stressed out.

Pisces: Feb. 19 - March 20 As a dreamy Water sign, you usually live by your emotions.

If something doesn’t feel right, you avoid it. But sometimes this prevents you from making bold moves and overcoming fears. This week, Saturn says to be brave.

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