The Commuter: January 12, 2022

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START THE YEAR OFF WITH A

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Brinson James, a rodeo clown, from Florida welcomes the crowd to the Hoof N' Holler Rodeo that is held every New Year's Eve at the Albany Fair and Expo Center in Albany.

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JOAN DIDION

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INSI D E TH IS E DITION

BRENDA'S BREAK

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MEN'S B-BALL COACH FIRED

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Pizza, Cats, and Socialization?

SLC Hosts Study Jam with All the Studying Essentials

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LISA HOOGESTEGER

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Anyone else having a hard time embracing 2022? Looking for sunshine under rocks, behind clouds, and between the lines? Arghh! It's only been one twelve days of the year and seven of school! We can do this!

Here in the Advising Center, there are three comments I frequently hear from students: ­— I don’t have enough time to get stuff done.

— I think I want to change my major. ­— I am stressed.

First, at the Advising Center, our motto is “We Advise, You Decide.” I can share my experience, knowledge, and a few cents about how to support what you want to do. You decide what matters and what to do. Advisors can help you plan and look ahead with your eyes wide open.

Mostly, I ask questions so that I can be clear on what you’re saying and what’s behind what you’re saying. Humans are complex, and our thinking is big and wide and sometimes obtuse.

Quick and oversimplified responses to three comments.

Enough time? It’s an illusion. What’s the priority? Where do grades matter?

What are the consequences of unfinished work? Does it make a difference if you complete your degree in two years? Where are you going/what are you doing next?

Change your major? Sure, that’s possible. Let’s talk about the impact on graduation, credits taken, etc. What’s led to this change? How do you know this is the right path? Do you want to take a three-credit career exploration course?

Would you like a one on one meeting

with a career advisor? (Note: Much to my parents’ chagrin I changed my major 5x on my way to my bachelor’s degree.)

Stressed? This one has many possible tangents of discussion. If stress is impeding your sleep, daily functioning, ability to focu, and causing physical distress as well - consider talking with a medical provider or scheduling a counseling appointment in the Advising Center; 541-917-4780. If your stress is situational and more related to academic success, contact your Academic Advisor or consider an Academic Coach in the Learning Center.

Note: The Advising Center has drop-in appointments - by phone, Zoom, or some in-person Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

541-917-4780 onlineac@linnbenton.edu Our physical location is temporarily in the Learning Center, WH224.

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A student occupies a study room in the Extended Learning Center on the Albany campus during the Study Jam held on Dec. 4 and 5 in order to prepare for a likely grueling week of finals.

STORY & PHOTOS BY AVERY LEON-CASTILLO Our campus has been hosting end-of-term Study Jams before students go into finals week feeling prepared to succeed. This has been tradition since long before the pandemic and it’s push for online learning. The SLC planned on having the campus’ COVID-19 regulations in place (masks, hand sanitizing, social distancing…) and still planned the event to be in-person as it has been in the past.

The event was hosted over December’s first weekend, the 4 10 am-6 pm, and the 5 from noon-4 pm. The SLC also hosted Safe Haven Humane Society from Albany on Saturday the 4 from 10:30 am-2 pm for some kitty therapy!

As the hours went by on Saturday, more and more students showed up. There were also students who do not attend LBCC that just wanted a productive place to study and socialize with people who are outside of their age and grade groups. One student, a soonto-be Super Senior at Corvallis HS, Zahraa, said “studying in an environment like this with people more advanced than me and who are just great to talk to made me feel really motivated to study!”

Nadia, a seventh grade student at Linus Pauling MS in Corvallis, said that studying his Spanish homework at the event “was so fun; I loved feeling like a grown-up and I also love pizza! Plus, it was fun that everyone thought I was also a college kid.”

Danae Fouts, who is a member of the SLC Executive Assisting team, a First Resort Student Ambassador, and a member of LB’s Change-Makers, confirms that “as long as inperson [events don’t] get shut down,” the SLC will be hosting another Study Jam the weekend before finals week this term!

A volunteer at Safe Haven Humane Society in Tangent, gets snuggle-tackled by the sweet dog brought to the Study Jam.

Zahraa Ahmed, student at CHS, helping Nadia Hukari, seventh-grader at Linus Pauling Middle School, study for his Spanish class.

Ian Delgado and Levi Pagel studying.

A student takes over a desk at the SLC HQ for some math studying.

SLC President Hannah Briggs socializing with a Siamese kitten.

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Mending Is Better Than Ending Student Essay Spotlight - Stitch it or Pitch it?

STORY BY JENNA SCHOEPFLIN I was about to throw out a pair of jeans. The fabric that attached the zipper to the denim had come apart, leaving a gaping hole in a place I couldn’t wear in public. I was frustrated. It was my only pair of somewhat “professional” jeans.

Like many other community college students, I didn’t have the cash to go out and buy another pair of jeans before heading to work that day. As I bundled up the flawed pants and fumbled over to my kitchen garbage can, a line from a novel I was reading in my science fiction class flashed through my thoughts, “Ending is better than mending” (Huxley 49). I stopped in my tracks, feet glued to the floor and jeans dangling above the open trash bin.

In that momentary pause, I had realized how closely my actions reflected

those of the characters in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. For those who haven’t read the book, it takes place in a utopian society where citizens are taught certain lessons from birth. One of the first is to keep money flowing through the system by throwing away broken or old items in order to buy shiny new ones. By implanting these ideas into their heads, the government pushed consumerism to be a national priority, “But old clothes are beastly,’ continued the untiring whisper. ‘We always throw away old clothes. Ending is better than mending . . . The more stitches, the less riches” (Huxley, page 49).

I work at a retail store. I receive a discount on the clothes I buy. So, I purchase all of my clothing there since I need to save money wherever I can.

What I’ve noticed as an employee is that companies do, too. I am at the kind of

retail store that gets shipments in from bigger department stores, the kind of clothing that doesn’t get bought inseason, so it comes to us. After buying what built up to be a complete wardrobe from this store, I saw how often my clothes were tearing or wearing out, requiring me to spend more money on more cheap clothes every few months.

This pair of jeans I only had for a few weeks before the zipper mishap, and I had splurged a bit over my budget to try and find a nicer quality pair that would last this time around.

As I stood staring between the denim and open trash can lid, this line spurred me to reconsider the fate of these pants. Is ending better than mending?

Am I going to throw these away just to buy another pair of jeans that will find its way to my apartment’s dumpster in another three month interval? No, I

Time Is a Construct

thought. I don’t have the money to keep doing this, and I certainly don’t want to continue to fall deeper into the pit of consumerism I feel, especially around the holidays.

I found an old sewing kit, pulled up an instructional stitching video on youtube, and sat down to learn a new skill. The result wasn’t pretty. This was about a month ago now. I see the thread threatening to come undone once again, but this time I will be more prepared to fix it when the hole revisits me. I’m no seamstress, but I can restitch some fabric. This pair of jeans and a novel made me realize one of the many impacts of consumerism I would normally pay no mind to, and that I can actively do something against it.

Essay based on Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.

TUESDAYS at the Co-op

Slow Down and Give Yourself What You Need

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168 hours in a seven day week is all we have.

We talk about how we "spend" time.

Everybody starts with the same currency. No more, no less, no extra credit or bonus hours for good behavior. This is why time management is such a big deal. “Time” is a construct created by humans.

In his book “A Brief History of Modern Time”, Ian P. Beacock quotes, “The measurement of time began with the invention of sundials in ancient Egypt some time prior to 1500 B.C. However, the time the Egyptians measured was not the same as the time today's clocks measure. For the Egyptians, and indeed for a further three millennia, the basic unit of time was the period of daylight.”* How do you prioritize what's important; School work? Job work? Family time? Exercise?

Food and self-care? Have you ever written out your entire week in a planner to build in time for all the things you want to do every day? Do you plan out each day? Do you know when dinnertime is today? It's not a surprise that 10% of meals in the U.S. are eaten in cars because in our fast-paced on the go world of today, we squeeze in activities while doing other things. Some with hazardous results.

What is an absolute must do in your daily routine to be healthy, happy, and wise? For me, I need to be outside and do some exercise. Every.

Single. Day. Sometimes it's only a 10 minute walk, but that's better than none. Let go of perfection (an hour at the gym) and give in to simple realistic goals.

Often, sleep is one of the things we give up on.

If you’re working on changing a routine, be it sleep, exercise, eating better or getting better grades, focus on small steps. Here’s a 3 step plan to get started.

Set a specific, measurable goal for one week.

Example. I will go to bed at 11pm three nights this week.

Write this goal down and post it somewhere visible (on screen or paper) Write down the benefit/positive outcome of this chosen goal. Example: When I get more sleep I can focus better in class and I’m less grumpy.

Share this goal with at least one other human being (via text or talk).

So for your health, safety and success on tests, be well, sleep well!

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Sifting Out Who We Aren’t to Confirm Who We Are The Impact of Renowned Writer Joan Didion, Both in Life and Death

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STORY BY LEAH BIESACK

Joan Didion December 1934 - December 2021 It was three weeks ago that Joan Didion died.

Three weeks ago when our world — the world of writers, readers, dreamers, do-gooders, no-goods, the breezy California and the gritty New York, the dusty states and towns, the roads in-between; the world of new wanderers, old Americans, those desperately and infuriatingly lost, those experiencing devastating and infuriating loss, and then those hoping to just experience anything; feel a feeling, move or be moved in any detectable way — these worlds of these people, us, we were hit where it counts.

Whichever world we've been inhabiting, we have been doing so while in dire need of a guide, a sort of compass or map, to pull out in an attempt to assuage the fear which tends to seep and soak with all that it’s got.

Joan wasn’t just a point on our maps or a coordinate to shoot for. She was the legend. The scale. The veins of water. She was every circled star reminding us that, in fact, we are here. Joan Didion was our map entirely.

I first heard her name when I was 19, in a Critical Thinking and Writing course I was taking in Brooklyn.

Our class was assigned a handful of essays from her monumental collection “Slouching Towards Bethlehem.”

As a group, we were cracked wide open. I remember my baby self being astounded by what we’d read, our sets of wide eyes seeming to unanimously say, ‘But I didn’t know! I didn’t know things could be like this!’

“She was every circled star reminding us that, in fact, we are here.

Joan Didion was our map entirely.”

I imagine toddlers eating their first taste of cake having a similar sentiment. As I’ve recently gone back through that essay collection, I’m now almost surprised we were so impacted. Not because the writing doesn’t hold up — the shelf-life of Didion’s work is one with no expiration date. But rather, I’d forgotten the challenge her writing provides — the heavy-hitting vocabulary, the intricately and impeccably laced sentences laden with references of both major and minor weight, places and locations in different shades of limelight, known and unknown events in American history, or maybe just Joan history.

Oftentimes, the names she squeezed in were done

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with such nonchalance I wondered if only they were known to her, if they were a neighbor or an aunt, a cashier she met once and never again. In other words, Didion’s writing requires the reader to work.

It demands us to slow down. Her words need to be steeped.

Expecting an easy pour-over to provide anything rich or robust or lingering is a far cry from reasonable.

So again, I wonder what our green-reader minds were taking in that first pass, in that first class. Were we understanding these essays? I’m certain we weren’t.

But we were picking up on some frequency that rings and runs through all of Didion’s writing, one that will penetrate even the untrained ear. We knew it was special without understanding all the reasons why.

We felt its weight, carried its importance with us long after we left that class, that school, that city. It was just the top layer of our first taste of cake.

I continued to read Joan Didion over the next decade, hopping from her novels to the essays, then

“If it wasn’t rooted in passion, was it as valid?

If I wrote less frequently than a passionate writer, was I still a writer?” over to the memoir. And while I found her books shattering, profound, the definition of impressive, it was how she thought of herself as a writer that read the most memorable. It made me feel like the way I have lived and live, my relationship with the pen, with language, was acceptable after all. When we read interviews with renowned authors, oftentimes they prattle on about how writing is their lifeblood.

It is the passionate fever with which they are thrilled to be infected. And while it’s an incredible idea, an enviable one (I admit), it used to make me question my own connection to writing. If it wasn’t rooted in passion, was it as valid? If I wrote less frequently than a passionate writer, was I still a writer? Or was I just someone who writes on occasion? Am I simply talking about a hobby?

While these questions were originally my own, they were mirrored by the institution where I first started my studies. Fellow students told me I was probably in the wrong school, when I said I liked writing but also liked other things. The words “wrong path” were even used by one classmate. And so began a decade of jaggedly breaking away from writing. If I couldn’t do it the way I thought it was supposed to look, then I felt like I didn’t belong in the race at all.

I had spent many years thinking that who I am, who I was meant to be, was someone who just couldn’t

make the cut. A lost someone who had a couple tricks in the bag, but not enough passion or direction to put them to use, not enough for a full set.

“The power of suggestion is a power for a reason; I started to believe this idea so fiercely, I would tell anyone who would listen.”

The power of suggestion is a power for a reason; I started to believe this idea so fiercely, I would tell anyone who would listen. And even anyone who wouldn’t. ‘I’m NOT a writer;’ If you’re thinking about all the energy it takes to campaign and soapbox, I can confirm; it’s exhausting. I wandered and tried things and hated things and gave up, over and over, and almost rarely took my own side.

I bounced around the country and took care of other people’s kids and restaurants and dogs and wondered if I would find a place for me. While I can’t credit Queen Joan entirely for shaking my brain still, her words on her own route have given me pause over and over, and then over again: “During those years I was traveling on what I knew to be a very shaky passport, forged papers: I knew that I was no legitimate resident in any world of ideas. All I knew then was what I wasn't, and it took me some years to discover what I was. Which was a writer.”

And just like that, I was stunned once more. ‘But I didn’t know. I didn’t know things could be like this.’

To read Joan Didion’s words on writing, on what being a writer could look like, has been crucial in cementing the rumblings and rumors that have made themselves at home in the back of my brain for the past 20 years. Joan was a sorceress on the page, but only admitted to simply showing up because she had to, because writing helped her make sense of things.

Her memoirs were crushing in a way that felt so good to feel, even when the feelings broke us.

Her reporting somehow carried such emotion that I would pour back over her sentences, trying to dissect the pieces to find the source, but never could.

And I never will. Because that’s Didion’s magic power, and the literary world, all the worlds, were and are forever impacted.

I don’t pretend to put myself in any close proximity to this legend, of this scale, this untouchable ocean, but it is a true honor to find footing on the page knowing she was always doing the same.

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New Year's Eve Rodeo

Student Photography Spotlight

STORY & PHOTOS BY LOGAN HANNIGAN-DOWNS

The Hoof ’N’ Holler Rodeo and Dance is held each year at the Linn-County Fair and Expo Center in Albany. It features world champion bulls and bull riders, along with bareback and saddle bronc riders. There are lots of pyrotechnics, music, and creative lighting. World famous Rodeo Clown Binson James brings his rope tricks and crowd entertainment each year and is always a crowd favorite. After the rodeo, the crowd gets allowed into the arena for a few hours of dancing that culminates with a balloon drop at midnight to ring in the new year.

A 42 year old retiring bull rider waves his hat to the crowd one last time during the Hoof 'N' Holler Rodeo at the Linn-County Fair and Expo Center.

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Casey Gold, a server at the Biere Library in Corvallis on 1st and Monroe, takes a dinner order early New Year's Eve.

A bull rider rides a bull during the Hoof 'N' Holler Rodeo at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center in Albany.

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You wouldn't recognize Knoll Terrace in Corvallis during the Willamette Valley snow storm.

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Geese at Albany's Monteith Park on Wednesday, Dec. 29.

Brinson James, a rodeo clown, falls from his ladder after doing tricks with an 85-foot rope.

Rodeo goers welcome in 2022 with a balloon drop at the Hoof 'N' Holler Dance.

The Grand Re-Opening of Old World Deli successfully draws a crowd on New Year's Eve.

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Rodeo Clown Brinson James dances during his introduction to the Hoof 'N' Holler Rodeo that is held every New Year's Eve at the Albany Fair and Expo Center in Albany.

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Brenda's Break LB Staff Member Escapes Wilamette Valley Snow Through Solo Travels to Southern U.S. During Winter Break PHOTOS BY BRENDA AUTRY

Manatees in Three Sisters Springs Crystal River, FL.

Side view of Casa Monica Hotel in St. Augustine.

Living Oak drive at Wormsloe Historic Site, Savannah, GA.

Flagler College Nights of Lights St. Augustine.

Three Sisters Spring Crystal River, FL.

Lampler Museum decorated for Nights of Lights, St. Augustine.

Flagler College, St. Augustine.

Egret resting on the dock at Shem Creek, Charleston S.C.

Gravestone at Bonaventure Cemetery Savannah, GA.

Kayaking at Silver Springs State Park, FL.

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Men's Basketball Coach Fired

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Linn-Benton Community College has fired Men’s Basketball Coach Joe Schaumburg.

Schaumburg was let go in December and has been replaced by Everett Hartman. Hartman, who was named interim head coach on Dec. 10, was Schaumburg’s predecessor and retired in 2019 after three seasons at LB. Players and parents went to college officials, saying Schaumburg had created a toxic environment with his negative attitude and the persistent disrespect he showed players and others, not only during practices but also during games.

“Our athletics program listens to student and parent feedback and is committed to supporting and responding to our teams' needs -- athletically, academically, and personally,” LBCC said in a statement from Chief Information Officer Jennifer Boehmer.

“We chose our new interim coach, Everett Hartman, because of his deep commitment to our athletes' success and the considerable skills and experience he brings to the role. We are confident he will do an excellent job leading our Roadrunners during this transition.”

Schaumburg’s overall record at Linn-Benton was 15-28 over three seasons, from April 2019 to December 2021. This includes Spring 2021 when LB only played teams in the NWAC South Region (4-9). He went 0-3 during the current 2021-22 season

before being terminated.

Before rejoining LBCC, Hartman’s record at the helm of the Roadrunners was 51-35, including a 22-10 record in 2017 that finished with an appearance in the NWAC Final Four. Hartman has coached four games this season, going 2-2. The team currently stands at 2-5. Assistant coaches Kaj Bansen, Ron Richards and Peter Wilmes all remained on staff after Schaumburg’s departure.

Schaumburg hasn’t responded to requests to comment from The Commuter.

Several players who spoke to a Commuter reporter, however, asked not to be identified.

“His cumulative win-loss record and things (Schaumburg) said, and how he never was positive to his players, were all factors to him being let go,” said one LBCC player.

Another Roadrunners player said, “He never really had good player relations because he was very disrespectful. He very rarely complimented players and hardly encouraged us in practice and games.

He struggled with creating a healthy and positive environment that players and teams need to thrive. He just didn’t understand that we needed him to be more positive and encouraging to us, instead of saying disrespectful things to us.”

“When he would get mad he would try to shame us by calling us pussies, his attitude on the bench was also shameful, it was embarrassing to play for him.” another player said when asked about Schaumburg.

“Instead of being encouraging during games and practices he would talk

down to the team, maybe he thought it was tough love but it’s certainly words you don’t say,” added another Roadrunners player.

When asked by The Commuter why Schaumburg was fired, one of the players said, “I feel like he was fired because he wasn’t listening to his players about the game plan to win games. His (game plan) wasn’t really working so the team suggested little solutions here and there, but he wouldn’t try them.”

Players said the toxic environment and the way they were treated only sped up the inevitable of Schaumburg being fired. For the past two years, they said, players had been voicing their frustrations individually to Schaumburg. In addition to the athletes, parents also reportedly sent complaints to LBCC Athletics Director Mark Majeski.

“Most of the team met with one of the deans after multiple failed attempts to talk to Joe (Schaumburg) about it individually,” one of the players said.

Majeski declined to comment for this story. The college’s Human Relations Director Scott Rolen also declined to comment, referring questions to Boehmer.

The college did not announce Schaumburg’s dismissal and the hiring of Hartman. The game against Lower Columbia on Dec. 12 was Hartman’s first game as head coach, and he led the Roadrunners to their first win on the season, 85-81, over the Red Devils.

No press releases or other announcements have been posted on the LBCC or Linn-Benton Athletics websites.

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Roadrunners Ex-Head Coach Joe Schaumburg, seen here in 2019, was fired in December with allegations of a toxic playing environment trailing him out the door.

The only hint of a change was the Men’s Basketball staff page showing Hartman as the new head coach for the Beaks.

Before coming to LBCC, Schaumburg was an assistant coach at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Lewis and Clark, and Western Oregon University in Monmouth. He started his coaching career at Skyline Community College in San Bruno, California, where he also played.

The NWAC has pushed back all basketball games until Monday, Jan. 17 due to COVID concerns throughout the conference. The Roadrunners are scheduled to take on Mt.Hood at 7:30 pm at home on Jan. 17.

OSU Men Get First Pac-12 Victory Beavers Ride Two-game Win Streak STORY & PHOTOS BY LOGAN having some teammates that are really HANNIGAN-DOWNS trusting in me, and also having Coach The Oregon State Men's Basketball Tinkle and the rest of the staff trust team ended 2021 on a high note with me…this summer I didn't get as many a win over the Utah Utes on Thursday, opportunities as I would have liked being Dec. 30. The Beavs won 88-76 to get a little banged up for a couple weeks so their third win on the season and first now I’m kind of getting comfortable Pac-12 win (3-10, 1-2). This was also but a lot of that isn’t coming without their second straight win. OSU only had my teammates and my coaching staff nine eligible players for the game, with trusting me as well,” said Jarod Lucas COVID and injuries taking their toll after being asked about him improving on the program. The NCAA requires a his game from last season and from the minimum of seven players to be eligible first game this season.

Oregon State controlled the game for a game. wire to wire and only found themselves Head Coach Wayne Tinkle spoke trailing once, for 11 seconds when they Oregon State Senior Center Roman Silva slam dunks the ball during Oregon pridefully of his team after the game; States Game against Utah at Gill Coliseum.

“Really proud of the guys under all were down 7-8 with 17:04 left in the the circumstances, and the turn around first half. Junior Guard Dashawn Davis balance that wasn't there earlier in the the team with eight assists; he also had after the break. Some of the stuff we're pulled OSU back ahead with a layup year, I think from the A and M (Texas five rebounds. Junior Guard Dexter dealing with health-wise as a team, [and and they never looked back. Utah did A&M) game it’s been pretty good.”

Akannon had 10 points, and shot 80% we] came out and put together that kind get within one point multiple times, 24 The only center OSU had eligible from the field (4 for 5), and went two for of performance, the guys were really 23 with 10:47 left in the first, and again for this game was Roman Silva, the two at the free throw line. Coming off locked in offensively, sharing the ball with 16:33 left in the second at 52-51.

7-1 Senior from Diamond Ranch High the bench was Senior Forward Maurice Of the Beavers 88 points, 40 of and just couldn't be more proud.”

School in San Bernardino CA. Silva Calloo with seven points and Freshman All five of Oregon State's starters them came in the paint. Tinkle credited played for 25:44 and finished 6-8 Forward Glenn Taylor Jr. with five had double digit points, with Junior the play of the Guards along with his from the field with 12 points total, six points, and two rebounds.

Guard Jarod Lucas leading the way with talented bigs; rebounds, and three blocks.

This win was Wayne Tinkle's 116th “...the guards did a great job 25 points, six rebounds, three assists, Senior Forward Warith Alatishe win as the head coach of Oregon State. one steal, and zero personal fouls and finishing the bigs and when we do, that’s had 16 points, five rebounds, and a This puts him third in all time wins in when we shoot a pretty good percentage turnovers. team leading five steals. Junior Guard OSU, behind Slats Gill (599), Ralph “It’s the reps, but also you know from three as well. And so that inside-out Dashawn Davis had 13 points, and led Miller (359).

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Players Say “It Was Embarrassing to Play for Him” STORY BY LOGAN HANNIGAN-DOWNS

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Oregon State Freshman Glenn Taylor Jr. battles against Oregon Senior Will Richardson during OSU's game against University of Oregon at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis.

STORY & PHOTOS BY LOGAN HANNIGAN-DOWNS The Oregon State Men's Basketball team were mere inches away from taking their rivals, the Oregon Ducks, to overtime Monday evening.

The final score was 78-76 after Warith Alatishe, a senior forward for the Beavers, missed a layup with one second left in the game that would’ve tied it.

When asked what stood out to him on the stat sheet, OSU Head Coach Wayne Tinkle replied, “The disparity in rebounds. Dana (Altman) complimented us in the offseason with our physicality on the boards especially down the stretch last year, and I told our guys multiple times over the last several days that was going to be a big focus of theirs and that we needed to step up, nut up a little bit and be men on the glass.”

OSU played from behind most of the game, never leading after 1:38 left in the first half when they were ahead 34-33.

The Beavers’ biggest lead was four with 18:08 left in the first half; Oregon’s was nine with nine minutes left in the second half. There were only seven lead changes in the game, with none happening in the second half. In total there were 12 ties, with five of those coming in the final 4:32 of the game.

The Ducks outrebounded the Beavers 39-29 with UO having 17 offensive

rebounds compared to six for OSU. Oregon State did outscore University Oregon in second-chance points, with the Beavs having 10 and the Ducks having eight. Both teams were relatively even across turnovers (OSU 8-5 Oregon), points in the paint (38-36), fast-break points (910), and points from the bench (21-23).

“I mean when you play defense and you're able to make them miss like that, a team like this who you know really shoots it, when you don’t come down with that rebound defensively, it's a little demoralizing because you know you just played defense for 30 seconds. So yeah, it blows for sure,” said senior center Roman Silva when asked about Oregon's rebounding advantage.

Leading the Beavers was Alatishe with 16 points, seven rebounds, and two assists. He also had four fouls and two turnovers in his 32 minutes of game time.

Junior Dashawn Davis had the most minutes with 33:52 and 14 points, a teamhigh five assists, and three rebounds. He also went 2-2 in free throws and had two turnovers with three fouls.

The Beavers shot dreadfully from behind the three-point arc, going 2-16 with Dexter Akanno and Glenn Taylor Jr. each making one. OSU did make up for their abysmal long-range shooting by going 12-14 from the free-throw line.

With everyone that made one going 100% and one player going 0-2 from the line.

“For us to have a chance on the last possession as poorly as we shot it and as poorly as we rebounded it says a lot about a lot of the other things we did, really,” Tinkle said in his post-game press conference.

Normal scoring leader, junior Jarod Lucas, had a quiet night going 4-14 from the field with eight total points, two assists, and one rebound and a block. He went 0-8 from beyond the arc and had one personal foul.

Also contributing for the Beavers were Silva with 12 points, nine rebounds, and one steal and a block. He also shot 100% from the field (5-5) and the freethrow line (2-2). Xzavier Malone-Key had eight points and one rebound. Glenn Taylor Jr. had seven points, three assists, and two rebounds. Maurice Calloo had four points and one steal, and a rebound.

Ahmad Rand had four points, two rebounds, and one steal. Dexter Akanno also added three points.

Tinkle spoke pridefully of his freshman forward from Arizona Compass Prep in Las Vegas, Glenn Taylor Jr. “He does it the right way, he comes and brings it every day. He'll tell you he made some mistakes defensively but he's doing it the right way. He's trying to play the way we ask him to play day in and day out.”

This was the first game for OSU since Dec. 30, when the Beavs defeated Utah 88-76. The scheduled Jan. 3 game against

Sacramento State was postponed due to COVID health and safety protocols within OSU’s program. The game against UO was originally scheduled to be played on Jan. 8.

But both Oregon and OSU had COVID problems within their respective programs.

It was the Duck’s first game since Jan. 1, also against Utah. UO won 79-66.

The Beavers currently sit at 3-11 overall and 1-3 in Pac-12 play. Tinkle shouldered part of the blame for the loss after the game: “I did a shit job early on. I’ve never had a team, excuse my language, in 16 years that at this point hasn’t come together as a team, which they have, don't get me wrong; we really have [came together] in the last few weeks. But earlier [in the season], we didn’t play the way our teams are supposed to play the first time, and so I’ve got to take that blame square on my shoulders.”

This was the first time the Ducks have won in Gill Coliseum in back-toback years since 2012-13.

The Beavers and Ducks head to LA this weekend to take on UCLA and USC, with the Beavs playing USC on Jan. 13 and UCLA on Jan. 15. The Ducks schedule is flipped against those schools.

Oregon State fans react after Warith Alatishe missed a layup with one second left in the game that would've brought the Beavers even with the Ducks at 78 points and forced overtime in Gill Coliseum.

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After fifteen years since the original release of “Pokémon Diamond and Pearl” on Nintendo DS in Japan in 2006, a pair of long-awaited remakes have finally seen release with “Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.” Joining remakes of previous generations, these titles do a good job of staying true to the original DS games while also presenting a fun experience for newcomers.

Taking place in the Sinnoh region, you and your childhood friend are assigned to complete the Pokédex under the guidance of Professor Rowan. Across this vast land, the player can take part in activities from gym battles to new “Super Contests,” while also clashing with the villainous Team Galactic.

The original games saw Game Freak bring numerous changes to the franchise’s core gameplay that are still being used today. Here, they’re supervising new-tothe-project developers ILCA, Inc. (“Metal Gear Rising Revengeance,” “Yakuza Zero,” “Nier: Automata”) while working on January’s upcoming “Pokémon Legends: Arceus.” Though the ingredients given to the new developers are clearly recognizable, they’ve still managed to make an enjoyable experience for both newcomers and longtime fans. It’s the difference between preparing a meal with a new spice and dousing it in an overpowering sauce that makes it unrecognizable.

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“Spider-Man: No Way Home” is the latest installment in Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marking the third and final installment of the current standalone “Spider-Man” trilogy, the film is a spectacular send-off to this current run of the wall-crawler that began with 2017’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming.”

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The month of January holds awareness for cervical cancer. One of the most common things that can cause cervical cancer is HPV. HPV can be prevented, and more effectively treated if caught early. If you are sexually active, please get regulary tested. You can get tested by having a home test discreetly delivered to you, or by visiting a testing center. You can also get tested through Planned Parenthood, or via your doctor.

There are a lot of symptoms that can be related to cervical cancer, including but not limited to bleeding during intercourse, extra bleeding before or after normal menstrual cycles; watery or bloody vaginal discharge that may be abnormally heavy or has a foul discharge; or extreme pelvic pain or abnormal pain during sexual intercourse.

There are multiple different stages of cervical cancer; sometimes there is a mass tumor that can grow on the cervix, due to cancerous cells attaching to and killing off healthy tissue. In many cases the cancerous cells will break off and spread to different parts of the reproductive system, causing irreversible damage.

There are two common types of cervical cancer: ­— Squamous cell carcinoma, which starts at the thin lining of tissue in the cervix.

— Adenocarcinoma develops from the mucus-producing glands in the cone part of the cervix called the endocervix.

Like all other cancers there are multiple types of risk factors that one should be aware of. For cervical cancer those can be any extra sexual partners, especially when not using safer sex practices; having an STI called HPV is also the primary cause because it lowers your immune system. Smoking is also a cause leading to the same immunocompromised state.

There are many ways to prevent contracting HPV. You can start by asking your doctor about the HPV vaccine.

Routine pap smears are available at doctor’s offices and Planned Parenthood, and you can practice safer sex by using condoms and getting tested regualrly.

If you are feeling like you might have cervical cancer or HPV there are multiple different ways to get to the diagnosis including the PAP tests and HPV. Another way of detecting cervical

cancer is with a colposcopy, where they take a small amount of tissue out of the infected area by either cutting or rubbing and send it to a lab to see if there are any cancer cells.

There are also many treatment options including: ­— Surgery to cut the cancer away — Removing the cervix completely.

This procedure is also known as a hysterectomy; a surgeon will make a small incision at the bottom of your belly, just above the vagina where the vcervix is and will remove the area.

People can get full hysterectomies where the uterus, ovaries and fallopian tubes, and the cervix are all removed. This operation is used for ovarian cancer patients as well.

Chemotherapy is used for all forms of cancer and has the possibility of making a patient infertile because the drugs and exposure to radiation damages healthy cells as well.

Immunotherapy which is the process of growing healthy cells called ‘T-cells’ to replace unhealthy, cancerous cells.

Find out more information here, or contact your doctor.