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n Lack of knowledge of statutes appear to be cause of over payment, wages being reset

By Don IlerThe Daily BaromeTer

Since taking office June 1, 2011, members of the Associated Students of Oregon State University execu-tive cabinet and task force directors have been overpaid. The amounts have been above the guidelines for pay in ASOSU statutes, amounting to a gross overpayment of $4,960.80.

The pay raises came as a result of cabinet meetings held in the weeks after the Hopoi administra-tion came into office, and were not known to the other branches of government.

The increases resulted in an almost across the board pay increase

for execu-tive cabinet members task force direc-tors. However, many paid e m p l o y e e s , including leg-islative posi-tions, such as speaker of the house and graphic design e m p l o y e e s , did not receive pay raises and continued to be underpaid

according to ASOSU statutes.One thing Sokho (Eath, ASOSU

Vice President) and I noticed from last year was that everyone was being underpaid, said ASOSU President M. Tonga Hopoi.

ASOSU statutes peg employee pay based on the State of Oregon mini-mum wage, to account for increases in the cost of living and changes in minimum wage without having to vote for new pay.

The statutes should have got-ten read, either the president or the executive director of finance should have found what the pay

rates for the various pay grades are, and they are all indexed based off the minimum wage of the State of Oregon. They could have seen then that everyone was not being paid according to the rules and if the pay rates had been adjusted to what it should been according to the statutes, there would have been no problem, said Chris Van Drimmelen, administrative and logistics advocate.

It appears that statutes were not followed and the way to change the amount paid to officials would have been to change the statutes, which would have required the approval of

both houses of the legislature. Our focus on giving the pay

raises was not on us, it was on our lowest paid employees like Saferide and our task force directors, Hopoi said. Afterward, the compression rate applied to the rest of the execu-tive staff.

However under the pay increas-es given by Hopoi in June, execu-tive cabinet members, including the president and vice president, each received a $1 per hour raise while task force directors received an increase of 50 cents. Saferide employees received no raise at all.

I had to figure out how under-

paid people were, Hopoi said. What we had stepped into was already wrong.

There have been questions raised about the ethics and legality of the pay increase.

Do I think the pay was low? Yes, said Drew Hatlen, ASOSU Speaker of the House. Was it done cor-rectly? I dont think so. When you are elected to a position, you take on the responsibility to make sure student fees are being spent wisely.

While it is not clear whether there was a violation of ethics, what is clear is that the statutes were not followed.

It states pretty clearly in the stat-utes what the pay rates are, Van Drimmelen said. Everyone who works for ASOSU takes an oath to uphold the constitution and stat-utes, however that would mean reading and understanding the con-stitution and statutes.

Pay discrepancies seemingly came as a result of lack of under-standing of ASOSU statutes. This may have been because executive cabinet members receive little for-mal training over the summer.

The executive this summer

n Senior Reporter Kristin Pugmire explains the ins and outs of the House of Representatives

By Kristin PugmireThe Daily BaromeTer

Part IIQ: How is the House of

Representatives different from the Senate?

a: According to Speaker of the House Drew Hatlen, while the Senate deals more with ASOSU statutes and internal functions, the House of Representatives handles judiciary and fiscal matters, and deals directly with the ASOSU bud-get. A lot of what our committees do is budget-focused, Hatlen said.

Bills originate in the branch of Congress that handles the issue addressed in the legislation; for example, a bill regarding ASOSU pay increases would originate in the House of Representatives. Regardless of where a bill or reso-lution starts out, it must also be approved by the other branch of

Congress in order to be passed, as stated in the ASOSU Constitution.

While House representatives serve one-year terms, senators

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Womens Center exhibits feminist artn Women-identified pieces hang in Memorial

Union exhibit windows, displaying abstract illustrations of Healthy Mind, Body and Soul

By Annecy BeaucheminThe Daily BaromeTer

From Feb. 3 to March 15, the Oregon State University Womens Center Annual Art Exhibit is being displayed in the Memorial Union Concourse Gallery.

The mixed media exhibit opens yearly to the community, and the large gallery space on the first floor of the MU accommodates a great number and variety of artists responding to female themes.

One of the exhibits curators, special assis-tant to the president Ann McLaughlin, who also is

on the Womens Center Advisory Committee, describes the exhibit as a call to artists across campus. Male artists are welcome to contribute pieces along with female-identified artists from OSU, as long as all pieces somehow interpret the years theme.

While this years theme for the exhibit is Healthy Mind, AlexAnDrA TAylor | THE DAILY BAROMETER

Jennifer Moss Ive Taken a Notion is a collage made of sewing and paper materials.

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Speaker of the House Drew Hatlen at a meeting fall term.

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ASOSU President Hopoi (left) and Hatlen seated in front of the Senate and Judicial Council during the impeachment trial last term.

The House of RepresentativesKnowing your ASOSU:

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Its open to anyone affiliated with oSU whose art is female-identified.

Susan BourqueExhibit Coordinator

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Do I think the pay was low? yes. Was it done correctly? I dont think

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CalendarTuesday, Feb. 21MeetingsASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU 109A. Convenes to discuss student issues. Students and student organization del-egates are welcome to attend.

SpeakersWomens Center, 3-5pm, Womens Center. Budgets, Credit & Savings...OH MY! SisterScholars is hosting a budgeting and money management workshop to help women prepare to be financially independent and savvy!

EventsBlack Cultural Center, Noon-2pm, BCC. Jeopardy and wings. Jeopardy about black history, in collaboration with SOL.

The Pride Center, 10am-7pm, The Pride Center. Come contribute to a collage that celebrates and supports those that have struggled with the AIDS Virus. There will be supplies to make pieces in the center all week, which will then be assembled and displayed.

College Republicans, Noon-4pm, MU Quad. First Amendment Week. Come and support your freedom of speech.

Wednesday, Feb. 22MeetingsASOSU House of Representatives, 7pm, MU 211. Convenes to discuss student issues and concerns. Students and student organization delegates are welcome to attend.

Bahai Campus Association, 12:30-1pm, MU Talisman Room. Tranquility Zone Interfaith meditation, devotions and prayers share your favorite inspi-rational reading or story.

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History Students Association, 5-6:30pm, Kearney 212. History Beyond the Classroom Career Fair. A history degree is only the beginning to endless possibilities. Representatives from vari-ous occupations including education, archives, library sciences, journalism, law and politics. Additionally there will be opportunities for networking with graduate and law admission programs and career services.



Thursday, Feb. 23MeetingsOSU Pre-Law Society, 6pm, StAg 111. Regular meeting.

College Republicans, 7pm, StAg 132. All are welcome no matter what beliefs or political party.

EventsBlack Cultural Center, 5:30-7pm, BCC. Evolution of Hip-Hop. How hip-hop has changed over the years, in collaboratin with NSBE.

Career Services, 11am-4pm, CH2M Hill Alumni Center. Engineering Career Fair. Connect with employers from vari-ous industries there to network with engineering students and alumni, offer jobs and internships, and provide other future career opportunities.



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Some Republicans whisper about a plan BIn a whispering campaign

not ready to go public, some senior Republicans are so anxious about the state of the GOP race they are actu-ally considering the unheard of: a scenario that would lead to another candidate enter-ing the Republican primary race, and potentially an open convention.

They are not unhappy enough, however, to go on the record calling for another candidate to enter the fray. In fact, when pressed, many Republicans say the chat-ter about another candidate is inevitable in this long and inconclusive primary process. They also say its just not likely to happen.

Why?If you bring somebody

new into the race, that person will lose, said a senior GOP strategist who admits a bias towards Romney. The party especially conservatives will not respond to somebody who has not gone through the process.

That being said, its clear Rick Santorums recent rise in the polls and what some see as his electability prob-lems have struck a nerve with Republicans.

There is something called agenda control, said one unaffiliated GOP strategist. Santorum does not have it. Instead of talking about the economy, hes been going

down rabbit holes for the last four or five days.

Santorums emphasis on cultural issues may intensify his conservative and evangeli-cal support and help him win the nomination or at least dif-ferentiate himself from Newt Gingrich. The fear is he may also be narrowing his sup-port in a general election population.

And Santorums surging candidacy is not the only con-cern for senior Republicans. Mitt Romneys inability to close the deal has also raised eyebrows and angst. And the anxiety will only inten-sify should Romney lose his home state of Michigan in the primary on Feb. 28, several senior Republicans told CNN.

Michigan is the whole shooting match, said one senior GOP strategist not aligned with a campaign. Says another: If Romney loses Michigan, all hell breaks loose.

Given that real possibil-ity, one knowledgeable GOP source confirms that some Republicans are circulating the deadlines and the basic math that would allow anoth-er candidate to get into the nomination fight and take it all the way to the convention. More than a half dozen states filing deadlines have yet to pass. A majority of the del-egates to the national conven-tion are still up for grabs. One

more factor to be considered: many states are choosing their delegates proportionally, which makes it easier for a candidate pick up delegates without outright winning a state.

Politico first reported the existence of a document cir-culating among Republicans.

Santorums highlighting of cultural issues could play well for him in the short-term. But the worry among Republicans is that his views will raise the question of his electability. After a while, Republican voters will start asking whether this is the guy to take on Obama, says one GOP strategist. In addition to the fear of a potential loss to Obama, some Republicans worry about losing the House of Representatives if Santorum were at the top of the ticket.

Santorum would so alien-ate voters, especially women...he would be lucky to carry a dozen states, one senior Republican told CNN, refer-ring to Santorums disapprov-al of pre-natal screening.

Santorums campaign dis-agrees. It considers him a strong social conservative who is the best equipped to take on President Obama on the eco-nomic issues particularly in the rustbelt states. He won in Pennsylvania, which has both democrats and women the last time I checked, says a

senior Santorum adviser, who calls his boss a full spectrum conservative.

One of the Republicans who has seen the memo said no one is hoping that this will come to play, regarding a new candidate entering the fray. Yet some Republican parti-sans feel they need to make some contingency plans depending on the outcome in coming primaries. Other vet-eran Republicans contacted by CNN dismissed any pos-sibility of another candidate entering the contest at this date.

There are no names of pos-sible candidates mentioned in the memo. Who would the Republicans possibly turn to? The usual suspects include Sarah Palin, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie or Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. They could still enter the race although they all have repeat-edly said they will not mount a campaign despite new inqui-ries by some in the party.

I really would not be inter-ested, Daniels told CNN affiliate WISH Monday. If we get to that point, I would be interested in finding someone who can present a really cred-ible and winning alternative to where the nation is going right now. I still think its very unlikely. These things have a way of resolving themselves.

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Rick Santorum drew applause from Ohio tea party voters but perhaps raised some eyebrows, too when he suggested Saturday that President Barack Obama leads based on a theology differ-ent from that in the Bible.

It left some wondering whether he was implying that Obama subscribes to a reli-gion other than Christianity.

The comments came at an event in Columbus shortly after the former senator from Pennsylvania said efficacy and safety improvements in oil drilling technology are considered by the president to be a dangerous technology.

It doesnt fit his pattern of trying to drive down consumption, trying to drive up your cost of transportation to accom-plish his political science goal of reducing carbon dioxide, he said.

Obama, he continued, is not motivated by your quality of life.

Its not about your job. Its about some phony ideal, some phony theology, Santorum said. Oh, not a theology based on the Bible, a different theology. But no less a theology.

The White House hopeful held a press conference later in the day, where a half dozen questions centered on the topic.

Santorum told reporters that the mes-

sage he was trying to convey was that the president merely holds different moral values.

You may want to call it a theology, you may want to call it secular values, he said. Whatever you want to call it. . . it is a different set of moral values that they are imposing on people who have a con-stitutional right to have their own values within the church.

He said Obama has reached a low in this countrys history of oppressing reli-gious freedom that we have never seen before.

Asked if he believes the president is less of a Christian than someone such as himself, Santorum said that no one is suggesting that.

In the Christian church there are a lot of different stripes of Christianity. . . . Im just saying hes imposing his values on the church and I think thats wrong, he said.

Responding to a separate question on whether he disagrees with Obama when the president calls himself a Christian, Santorum said, If the president says hes a Christian, hes a Christian.

He added that liberals on the left have been imposing their own moral code on Americans for quite some time.

You can call it a theology, you can call it

a moral code, you can call it a world view, he said. They want to impose [that] on everybody else while they insist and com-plain that somehow or another people of Judeo Christian faith are intolerant of their new moral code.

Santorums comments may strike cer-tain chords with some Republican vot-ers who have questioned Obamas faith before, or others who saw the administra-tions recent contraception mandate as an overreach.

Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt issued a response to the comments, but did not directly address whether the campaign saw this as a direct attack on his Christian credentials.

This is just the latest low in a Republican primary campaign that has been fueled by distortions, ugliness, and searing pessimism and negativity a stark contrast with the president who is focused everyday on creating jobs and restoring economic security for the mid-dle class.

Last month, Santorum was criticized by some for not correcting a voter who called the president a Muslim when she stood up to ask a question at one of his campaign town halls.

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Santorum: Obama leads with a different theology

serve for two. The reason for this, Hatlen said, is to give those who are interested in student government a chance to serve in a more introductory role that requires only a one-year com-mitment. If students continue to want to be involved in ASOSU, they might go on to run for a seat in the Senate.

Q: How do the committees within the House of Representatives work?

a: The House of Representatives contains three committees: Ways and Means, Appropriations and Budgets and Educational Activities. In addition, the Joint Committee of Congressional Correspondence contains members from both the House and the Senate.

Ways and MeansAccording to Ways and Means

Chairperson Douglas Van Bossuyt, the committee is the fiduciary watch-guard of ASOSU. It reviews and approves the annual ASOSU budget, which is then submitted to the Student and Incidental Fees Committee. In addition, the com-mittee reviews and approves any mid-budget-cycle changes or requests.

The committee occasionally discov-ers financial or budgetary irregularities, according to Van Bossuyt, and has dis-covered several since the beginning of the school year.

Our job in this situation is to find

the budgetary issues, root out the true nature of the problems and fix them in a fiscally responsible manner that pro-tects the student fee dollars that the stu-dents of Oregon State University have entrusted to ASOSU, Van Bossuyt said.

Appropriations and Budgets The Appropriations and Budgets

committee plays more of an advisory role, Hatlen said. The committee works directly with the SIFC, hearing and reviewing all of the different budget proposals being presented.

Once the budget proposals have been reviewed, the committee presents its recommendations at the joint session of Congress, where the budget proposals will be approved or denied, according to Representative Andrew Struthers.

Educational ActivitiesTraditionally, Educational Activities

was a committee in Congress that helped manage all the student organiza-tions and student activities on campus, Hatlen said.

While the committee still exists, a separate Educational Activities entity has since been established outside of Congress and the two work in coopera-tion with one another.

According to Hatlen, the original com-mittee will likely be phased out by the end of the academic year and replaced with a new committee that has yet to be decided upon.

Joint Committee of Congressional Correspondence

This committee contains members from both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Its role is to maintain a line of communication between both houses of Congress. A committee mem-ber is always present at each meeting of Congress to report the happenings of the respective houses.

Q: Why should students care about the House of Representatives?

a: The House works directly with ASOSUs budget of approximately $1.2 million, and is tasked with making sure the money is being spent appropriately.

The House of Representatives is where financial decisions affecting ASOSU are made, Van Bossuyt said. In years past, the House has helped to fund special workshops for various stu-dent groups, pushed to have important speakers brought to campus and worked hard to rein in wasteful spending.

In addition, according to Hatlen, the House is a great starting point for those who are new to ASOSU.

If people are advocates for students and want to get involved, its a great place to start, Hatlen said.

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Body and Soul, interpreta-tions vary widely from abstract to photorealistic, and geometric to sweeping. To know the full spectrum of this years theme, says McLaughlin, Youd have to ask each of the artists.

Several images, such as Emily Swopes and Stephanie Bondarowiczs, depict the female body with great diver-sity. While Swopes Why trac-es forms in shadow and solid colors, Bondarowicz creates an

impressionistic rainbow.

Melissa Broussards water-color, Rhododendron Girl, depicts the detailed face of a girl with rhododendron leaves and flowers for hair, perhaps sug-gesting that a healthy body is close to nature.

More abstract pieces include Jennifer Moss Ive Taken A Notion, a collage made of sewing materials and related papers that may collect over the course of an adventurous proj-ect, and Alana Springer Kenagys enigmatic mixed media piece Spectrum. A healthy soul

looks different to every artist.Sculpture, textiles and other

3-D art is allowed in the show. Melissa Broussards handwo-ven Wedding Tartan drapes in front of Rhododendron Girl.

Artists do not have to be art students to submit work. Its open to anyone affiliated [with] OSU whose art is female-iden-tified, said Susan Bourque, exhibit coordinator.

Those interested in submit-ting pieces next year need to be sure that their pieces can be hung on a wall if two-dimen-sional, or are stable or can hang

from a ceiling if 3-D. Maximum sizes and weights can be found on the Womens Center web-site at http://oregonstate.edu/womenscenter/annual-events.

Students interested in being art curators also have an oppor-tunity to participate in this annual exhibit, says Bourque, which welcomes art students each year into its organization. According to Bourque, for many of these students, its the first time they would have that learning experience.

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The situation for Greece is not improving, especially in the eyes of the other European countries. The Finance Minister of Greece Evangelios Venizelos informed the BBC that several countries in the Eurozone wish to remove Greece from the bloc in hopes to salvage this crisis. For Europe to remove one of its own just to try and save itself seems pretty extreme.

Greece is facing 21 percent unemployment and 48 percent of their younger generation is out of work. There has been a 25 per-cent increase in homelessness in Greece, one out of five people in poverty cant afford to buy food for their family and in the past year, calls to suicide hotlines in Athens alone have doubled. The situation in Greece is still declining, and with the European Union boycotting Iranian oil on July 1, Greece has to find another country to go to for crude oil, or suffer more economic problems.

There isnt much Greece has been able to do in order to recov-er from its debt problems. Greece is seeking help from outside creditors to try to clean its debt, even asking the EU to consider dipping into the International Monetary Fund to the tune of 130 billion euros, or $170 billion, for bailout purposes.

The EU told Greece that there needs to be an austerity plan in order to prove that Greece will recover over time and pay back all debts it has incurred. Greece is struggling to prove its worth; it managed to create 325 million euros worth of savings through budget cuts on health care and defense. Many coun-tries like Germany, Austria and the Netherlands feel very skep-tical about Greece being able to recover or even pay back its debts. The German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble hopes Germany will help Greece out, but they are not going to pour money into a bottomless pit. A tragic sentiment shared by many in the EU as their patience for Greece runs thin.

Last week, in Profit Over People: Inhumanity of Capitalism, fellow columnist Sean Tipton pointed out that the economic system we are using not only allows for us to choose profits over humans, but ultimately encourages the act.

Proving Stalin right shows how far we have fallen, especially when he said that one death is a tragedy, one million is a sta-tistic. This appears to be hap-pening to Greece; the country is just another statistic in the eco-nomic downturn affecting the world, not the tragedy of millions of people being abandoned at the time when the need the most help.

The sheer fact that many European leaders are consider-ing abandoning a fallen nation because they are hurting the bot-tom line is sickening. Abandoning a country of 12 million people for dragging you down a little shows how far we have fallen as humans.

There was a time when we used to have ethics and mor-als, a time when we werent so desensitized to the human suf-fering around us that we tried, for the most part, to help. We didnt always abandon our neighbors when they fell on hard times. We instead tried to give them a boost or try to help ease the burden on their shoulders.

At times, I have been called a psychopath for not show-ing enough compassion, but Ive never considered someone expendable or thought of throw-ing someone under the bus to

allow me to get further ahead in life. However, that seems to be the way many of the European leaders are acting, as if their more psychopathic nature has taken hold.

When the 27 European coun-tries got together to form their magical European Union, they essentially created a European version of the United States. All the countries involved in the Union are mostly autonomous, but there is a national govern-ment responsible for many eco-nomic decisions and even some policy issues in a country.

Entering into this arrangement to benefit all the involved parties merely to turn around and ditch one member for falling on hard times is shameful. This would be like the United States remov-ing Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, or annexing Michigan because Detroit was no longer as useful for making cars as it had been.

I dont believe the EU is lack-ing the heart to truly remove Greece from the union, but we should definitely keep an eye out in the event that Greece will need support.

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ASOSU, like most organi-zations, does need sub-stantial improvement. We need to see change, but we do not need President M. Tonga Hopoi to leave office to achieve the results.

It would be foolish to pin all of ASOSUs problems on one person. Change will not come through resignation or removal of office. Change will come through identifying and tending to the roots of the problem. The resig-nation or removal of President Hopoi will not solve any of the organizations problems.

Let me first say that I agree with a couple oppositional arguments. There has been a complete failure

in training and advising. ASOSU (all branches) needs increased oversight and accountability. And ASOSUs money, which is the student bodys money, needs to be handled with more insight. Just a few things that do need to change

First, we must implement suf-ficient training and advising for ASOSU. Both the OSA issue and this recent one would have been properly handled from the start if proper training were in place. The president and vice president

should have all the informa-tion they need available to them before taking office. Furthermore, we at Oregon State University are students first. To expect the presi-dent to know every statute and protocol without viable training or sufficient advising is to expect her to neglect her academic duties for work.

Second, the Legislative Branch needs to work toward fixing an issue before calling for the impeachment or removal of the president. The farce of an impeachment trial in fall 2011 was an embarrassment for the student population in front of the entire state. Is this the image we wish to broadcast on their behalf?

Mishandling issues and dis-agreements like this negatively affects internal operations as well. The presidency is more than one person and when one attacks the presidency, he or she attacks the entire chain of individuals who work for it. The issue over the pay raise needs to be han-dled with the utmost care and foresight, and without automatic hostility, or else it will lead to an even bigger embarrassment for us all.

Third, the Legislative Branch needs to be reworked. ASOSU senators are unpaid. This creates a system where those in charge

In the recent column, Internships must provide compensation, along with experience for students, Charles Leineweber shared his views on the lack of available paid intern-ships for students and the peril of relying on unpaid internships for experience. While much of what he wrote was true, some of his claims may have added to the confusion and negativity sur-rounding the internship process. Here, I hope to provide students some accurate information and a way to navigate this difficult process.

There is no denying that the recent recession impacted the availability of internships for students. A little-known fact, however, is that companies have invested in internships more than any other sector of the job market over the last couple of years. This year, intern hiring is expected to increase 8.5 percent from last year, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers 2012 Internship

& Co-op Survey.In addition, a greater percent-

age of internships will be paid. Overall, respondents reported that an average of 99.6 percent of their internships are paid, an increase from an average of 97.1 percent of internships that were paid last year.

This year, only 4.2 percent of respondents reported that unpaid internships account for at least a portion of their hires. Students who complete internships earn roughly 20 percent more than those who did not in their first job out of college. Also, employ-ers see internships as an effective recruiting strategy. Nearly 80 per-cent of employers surveyed by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) hire near-ly all their new college employees from internship or co-op trained candidates (NACE, 2011).

Legally, for-profit organizations

are mandated to pay interns at least a minimum wage, unless the internship is solely for the ben-efit of the student. The Obama Administration has undertaken a crackdown on for-profit com-panies, who take advantage of students by having them work for free. Public agencies and non-profit organizations, however, can legally hire unpaid interns.

Because of the common refrain that there are no paid internships for non-engineers, many students have gotten the impression that there is no point in looking and have stopped trying. Meanwhile, employers looking for students in all disciplines lament lack of applications from students especially at OSU. For many internship opportunities listed in Beaver JobNet deadlines pass and no one has applied.

A bigger issue than supply of opportunity is lack of knowledge and confidence in applying for internship opportunities. There are effective search strategies beyond online listings that are

essential for success and that everyone can learn. Most impor-tantly, the preparation for a good internship needs to start as early as freshman year. Below is a list of free resources available to OSU students.

It is important to exercise sound judgment when accepting any internship. Often, students have not quite determined what they would like to get out of an internship and how the experi-ence might fit in with their career development. Also, students may lack knowledge of what a good internship looks like and may accept any opportunity that comes along. Ideally, an intern-ship offers mentoring, training and keystone projects that are relevant to the interests and goals of the student.

For help with navigating this confusing process, students have access to Career Services and internship coordinators in their majors. There are great many

Right to lieLater this week, the Supreme Court will hear United States v. Alvarez, an appeal case cen-tered on the Stolen Valor Act, which makes

any false claims of having been awarded a military medal a federal offense.

In 2007, Xavier Alvarez claimed to be a retired Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor. The media and public alike ridiculed him shortly after the incident. The federal government also pros-ecuted him under the Stolen Valor Act.

Initially, he was convicted, but appealed the case and the court found that the Act violated the First Amendment. As with any legal discrepancy, the Supreme Court then took the case.

While the case is focused on the Act, it essentially comes down to whether or not our constitution holds a right to lie. And even though punishing individuals who falsely claim to have such medals an issue more on substance than actual signifi-cance seems like a necessary step in preserving the integrity and credibility of our military heroes, the debate on the constitutionality of lying is a very troubling issue. Its a ruling that cannot leave any room for interpretation.

Harmless lying as the (initial) defendants will argue shouldnt be condemned, as no one person or organization is put in immediate threat or publicly denounced, as with libel already a federal offense. Furthermore, our federal govern-ment should not be in the business of judging what a person can and cannot say no matter if its true or not.

The government has every right to monitor and observe fallacy particularly against the country but they do not need to act on it in a criminal manner. Rather, we should hope employers and associates take every potential employee, co-work-er, presenter or any other citizens word with a grain of salt. In reality, honesty is not a virtue.

We see lies and exaggeration every day, but theres no reason to criminally punish someone for introducing themselves as President of the United States. And should someone dare to falsify their accomplishments and build an authority upon lies as Alvarez did the media and public are quick to cast criticism. We dont need the government to take extra steps.

Then considering their unnecessary intrusion, the Stolen Valor Act does not serve any compelling government interest. Preserving the integrity of the military medals program doesnt directly affect the workings of our federal government, nor does it defend those with military medals in the sense that it does not threaten their safety or credibility.

Furthermore, the Act is quite broad, in that a mere impersonation of a military veteran, possi-bly adorning a medal or mentioning accomplish-ments, could be considered a criminal act. Whether or not other people believe the lies does not matter when prosecuting, making the charge seem even more intrusive.

Alone, the Stolen Valor Act should be abolished. Before its short six-year existence, the Medal of Honor and the other prestigious military awards never faced a diminishing threat of credibility. And the establishment of the Act hasnt thwarted any legitimate threats to the medal program.

But in general, the Stolen Valor Act ruling will either open or close a lot of doors for future legisla-tion in prosecuting false claims. For instance, the glaring example would be in politics; could a new act criminalize false claims against candidates in paid-for advertisements?

In every lie, theres a basic and fundamental rea-son to punish it: reality isnt fiction, and it cannot properly operate on fabrication. But in our society, where we enjoy the liberty to do and say what we wish, to act in whatever manner we see fit, as long as we do not intrude or make another individual suffer, all speech must be safe.

We, as the public, can weigh words on our own, and judge an individuals character and merit by our own gavel. We all hate liars, but unless the gov-ernment can create a legitimate and compelling reason to criminalize the act, we all need to accept the fact that we live in a society of deception and not many other countries have that privilege.

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of our student governments by-laws are more likely to suc-cumb to apathy or to invest in personal interests rather than representing the students at large.

The system of implemen-tation is also broken: There are almost always more seats available than students running, and there is no minimum amount of votes required to become elected. Therefore, students running with personal agendas can become Senators and make huge impacts in ASOSU with-out actually representing the student body.

Fourth and this is key all branches of ASOSU need to be held accountable system-atically. If ASOSU does this, decisions can be discussed before they become a potent issue for the entire student body. I recommend this be done through a third-party board of appointed officials who receive sufficient train-ing and advising. That way, we wouldnt see as much back-and-forth unproductive bick-ering in the coming years.

As the executive-ordered pay raise moves into the spot-light, we must remain level-

headed and perceptive. Many great accomplishments have come since President Hopoi and Vice President Sokho Eath took office.

ASOSU is working to bring the Student Experience Center to fruition. OSU is the only Oregon University System school with projects in the Capitol Construction bill secured.

ASOSU is working to increase hours of operation for SafeRide even further for stu-dent safety. ASOSU is bridg-ing the gap with the Cultural Centers OSU may host the Oregon Students of Color Coalition 2012 conference.

ASOSU is developing the Human Services Resource Center for independence and growth for next year. Relationships with university administrators and the Faculty Senate have strengthened due to this ASOSU Administrations work.

ASOSU is saving students money by submitting its most efficient budget in years with a decrease in per-student fees. ASOSU is working to keep tuition low in the first Tuition Setting process mandated by OUS, where students and administration work togeth-er in the decision-making process.

ASOSU is partnering with

administration for the first ever OSU-City of Corvallis Collaboration Project Task Forces for better livabil-ity, transit and parking, and neighborhood planning.

These are just a few of the successes ASOSU has achieved since June 2011.

The pay raise was ordered because staff members were being underpaid by the previ-ous administration. The cur-rent administration focused to provide a living wage for the lowest paid employee. It would be a grave injustice for ASOSUs procedural failings (i.e., lack of training and advis-ing) to result in the removal of an individual who was elected by the students. By far, more students vote for the ASOSU president-vice president than any other seat on the ASOSU student elections ballot.

Changes are needed. In this age of 24-hour news cycles and constant punditry, it is easier to focus on the prob-lems and not the solutions. We need to act in a way that shows we are thinking about the future, not meddling in the past or playing favorites. Use the past to steer the future. Changes are needed change of office is not.

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organizations looking to add more Beavers to their staff and hundreds of listings are currently on Beaver JobNet.

Students dont always realize how marketable they are and they might have a hard time put-ting into words their strengths and skills. The good news is that there is free help available to students.

Internships offer students unlimited oppor-tunities to grow as individuals. This is often a students first professional level experience, but

since it is temporary and under some guidance from a university faculty member, its a relative-ly low-risk educational experience that allows the student to test out interests and aptitudes.

Take advantage of the great resources here at OSU. For more information: http://oregon-state.edu/career/internships. Also, schedule an appointment with a job/internship coach or career counselor to help with strategies or to identify the best fit for you. Many majors also have very effective internship coordinators available to students.

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did cancel a lot of training which may have contributed, Van Drimmelen said. There was a clear lack of understanding of ASOSU constitution and statutes and there wasnt really a concerted effort at the time by the executive.

Professional development got can-celled after a few sessions by the presi-dent shortly into the summer. Hatlen said. It would be a farce to claim ignorance as an excuse.

Since the overpayments have been dis-covered, steps have been taken to rectify the situation. The Hopoi administration has agreed to begin paying staff accord-ing to statutes and is currently working

on what to do about the overpaid wages with the Auxiliaries and Activities Business Center and the ASOSU Senate Ethics and Oversight Committee.

Immediately docked pay for the next few months would be the normal way it would be done in the real world. Obviously the situation is a little more nuanced than that, said Douglas Van Bossuyt, chairman

of the House Ways and Means Committee. I think the actions of the executive branch are good intentioned and good at heart but have significantly violated the statutes of ASOSU. It appears that no one has both-ered to read the statutes.

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T h e In t e r n a t i o n a l Committee of the Red Cross is trying to negotiate a cease-fire between Syrian authorities and the opposition so the humani-tarian agency can deliver food and medical supplies to the besieged city of Homs and other locations, a spokesman said Monday.

Negotiations are happen-ing now, said Bijan Farnoudi, a spokesman for the ICRC in Geneva, Switzerland.

We have been in Syria for a while now, based in Damascus,

so we want to reach some of the hardest-hit areas, he said. We have been to some places like Homs and so on from time to time, but it is very crucial to have a cessation of fire to pro-vide humanitarian services.

Meanwhile, President Barack Obamas top military adviser said it is premature to aid in arming the Syrian opposition, reinforcing the belief of a rebel commander that the uprising is an orphan revolution without the international support preva-lent in other Arab Spring revolts.

The claim follows opposi-tion reports Monday that Syrian forces began a 17th day of shell-ing of opposition strongholds in Homs.

The opposition Local Coordination Committees of Syria said at least 18 people had been killed across the country Monday, including 13 in Homs among them a whole family made up of three women and a young man. The group also said security forces fired tear gas at demonstrators around the university in the city of Aleppo.

The opposition network estimates almost 9,000 people have been killed since the start of the uprising.

Elsewhere in the coun-try, hundreds of protesters marched through the heart of Damascus on Monday, just steps from security buildings in a bold show of strength, the LCC said. Thirty people were detained in the central Damascus neighborhood of Kafarsouseh, it said.

Demonstrators in the capi-tal blocked a main road with burning ties, said Ahmed, a protester, who characterized the action as a big thing.

This is part of our resent-ment against the regime, he said.

In Hama, government forces stormed various neighbor-hoods and erected check-points, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, another opposition group. Snipers took up positions inside a building under construction to monitor movements in the neighborhood of Hamidiya, it said.

Meanwhile, state media reported two soldiers were killed and one was wounded in a clash with armed terrorists near Hama. Funeral services were held Monday for 12 secu-rity workers killed through-out the country, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency said.

CNN cannot independently verify opposition or govern-ment reports of casualties.

Diplomatic efforts have all but failed to end the brutal crackdown, with two powerful nations China and Russia vetoing a U.N. Security Council resolution calling on President Bashar al-Assads to relinquish power, and the Arab League suspending an observer mission amid escalat-ing violence.

Representatives from various countries are expected to meet in Tunisia this week to discuss the conflict.

The goal of this conference is to increase pressure on the Syrian regime. There are indi-cations coming especially from China, and to some extent from Russia that there may be a change in position, Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby told reporters Monday.

In one rural village in the north, farmers, carpenters and university students are among the face of the opposi-tion, according to CNNs Ivan Watson, one of the few report-ers in Syria, whose government

has placed strict restrictions on international journalists and refused many of them entry.

Watson said the men of vil-lage of Binnish describe them-selves as members of the rebel Free Syria Army, but it would be much more accurate to call them an impromptu vil-lage guard. Many of them are defending the olive groves that surround their community, with little more than hunting shotguns.

The rebel commander in Binnish who defected from the Syrian army six months ago said the men dont have enough guns or ammunition.

He called the Syrian uprising an orphan revolution because unlike the revolt in Libya, the Syrian rebels have not received foreign support.

Like many members of the opposition, the commander covered his face during the interview to hide his identity out of fear of reprisals by Syrian forces.

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himself, said head coach Jim Zalesky. In the past hes gotten too worked up or too nervous and hasnt wrestled his best at nationals. This year, hes been wrestling his best, and if he keeps doing what hes doing, he can win it.

If Jack were able to win a national championship, he would undoubtedly go down as one of the all-time greats in OSU history. Regardless of the outcome of the national tour-nament, Jack hopes to have left an impression on his school.

I just want to be remem-bered as the guy who had fun and who made his mark here at Oregon State, Jack said. I just want to be one of the greats. I want my picture up on the wall in Gill so that I can be remembered.

Jack is following in the foot-steps of his father, who was a heavyweight wrestler for Cal Poly. Jack credits his dad for getting him started and help-ing him fall in love with a sport that isnt as popular with young kids as other team sports.

Listed at 6-foot-5 and 285 pounds, Jack is big even for heavyweights standards. He excelled at both wrestling and football at Vacaville High School in California before enrolling at Oregon State.

I first started wrestling in kindergarten when my dad got me into it, Jack said. My dad wrestled at Cal Poly and he loved it. He was a heavyweight too, and he wanted me to start young. I probably could have played football in college, but wrestlings always been my first love.

Jack is one of three seniors and is a member of Zaleskys first recruiting class. Lucky for Oregon State, Jack chose wres-

tling over football and chose Corvallis as his home.

He credits his early relation-ship with Zalesky as his reason for joining the Beavers.

Jim did a really good job of recruiting me, Jack said. He was the only personable coach that I met with. Hed ask me how sports and school were going. Hed always ask me about football and just how I was doing. It was a much more personal level with Jim that I liked right off the bat.

The duo of Jack and Zalesky has brought excitement sur-rounding the wrestling pro-gram back to Corvallis. On paper, the No. 16 ranked Beavers look like a lock to win this weekends Pac-12 Tournament. OSU also hopes to make noise in St. Louis at the NCAA Championships, which take place March 15-17.

While Jack has contributed greatly to the Beavers success on the mat this year, his con-tributions off the mat are argu-ably just as important.

Claytons a great team-mate, said redshirt freshman 184-pound Taylor Meeks. Hes always motivating you in a positive way, never negative. Hes kind of the funny guy on the team, and you can always go to him and hell cheer you up.

He brings that loose feeling where he gets guys laughing, added Zalesky. Hes kind of the clown of the team. Hes one of those guys that you hope will stay around next year and help these other guys train.

If Oregon State is able to fin-ish high at nationals, Jack will certainly be a key contribu-tor, and OSU hopes when Jack finally walks off the mat for the last time, he walks off as a national champion.

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seasons, including a 3-9 record in 2011. But the head coach stayed even-keeled with his approach, and actually ended up getting, by all accounts, one of the teams best recruiting classes in a while.

We always try to do a good job in both areas that we really focus on, which is football and then recruiting, Riley said. Obviously we failed at football last year and didnt have the kind of year that anybody wanted, and so weve got to work on that. And in the meantime, we always work hard on our recruiting. I was real proud on our process of our recruiting and then I was really excited about the kids that signed with us.

The Beavers were ranked 39th for their 2012 recruit-ing class by Rivals. They were on the fringe of the top 25 before three likely recruits pulled out toward the end and sent their letters of intent to different schools on National Signing Day. Still, the ranking was a step up from last year when they didnt crack the top 50.

Having an on-the-fence recruit going down to the last minute is one of the most stressful things going into Signing Day for a coach. Most of the commitments are locked down, but the occasional guy on the fence is always nerve-racking.

Its very hard, Riley said. The one area that we didnt like in recruiting is that we had four corners committed, and we ended up signing one of them. What we had in hand, and then what we ended up with on Signing Day, was less than we anticipated. Its very disappointing. We had one kid (cornerback Cleveland Wallace) committed for eight months and then at the very, very last minute he signed with Washington.

For Riley, and probably every other college football coach, nothing rivals the Saturdays in the fall. The long Oregon winters are spent looking at tons of film, evaluating players and deciding who to start looking at offering schol-arships to. It is still another seven months until Riley and Oregon State will take the field at Reser (Sept. 1 vs. Nicholls State). The entire process in the offseason is just one long build-up until the games are played.

We spend like 99 percent of our time not being in the games, but those Saturday afternoons are very, very special to everything you do.

The grueling, long hours spent day in and day out by the coaches of a football team often go overlooked. Building the team that fans see out there 12 times a year is a tedious process that requires a lot of diligence.

It isnt just the on-field performance that coaches earn their keep from, its the grind of getting through winter, spring and summer that will make or break the team who fans are yelling for on Saturday.

Warner Strausbaugh, sports writer Twitter: @WStrausbaugh

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All the long hours that Mike Riley and his staff put in over the course of the year makes those Saturdays in the fall are very, very special, according to Riley.

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Clayton Jack wants a national titlen The senior has accomplished

a lot in his OSU career, but he wants to go out on top

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Hes 12th in Oregon State school history in wins, eighth in pins, and if he has anything to say about it, Clayton Jack will be the ninth wres-tler in school history to win an indi-vidual national championship.

Despite the seniors remarkable career, in which he started all four years at heavyweight and accumulat-ed 115 wins and 39 pins, Jack hopes his greatest achievement is yet to come.

Winning a national champion-ship is all I care about; its all I want, Jack said. It would mean everything. It would complete my career to go out as number one.

When Jack arrived at Oregon State University, it was clear the Beavers had recruited someone special.

Jack has been consistent through-out his career, earning a 23-12 record as a true freshman, 35-11 as a sopho-more, and 25-11 as a junior until exploding this year with a record of 32-1.

Jack, ranked fifth in the nation for his weight class, is currently having his best season as a Beaver, recording 13 pins in addition to his massive win total. His improvement is especially impressive considering hes coming off a year where he finished first in the Pac-10 Tournament.

His consistency has been more than enough to earn his coaches and teammates confidence that he can get over the hump and win a national

n When its not football season, Riley and his staff stay busy, primarily with recruiting

By Warner StrausbaughThe Daily BaromeTer

For the casual Oregon State foot-ball fan, the football season lasts from September to November. For Mike Riley and the rest of the Oregon State coaching staff, the season lasts 365 days a year.

Riley knows what happens from January through August gets highly unnoticed by the 40,000-plus who flock to Reser Stadium for six or seven Saturdays in the fall.

A lot of people always say, what do you do in the offseason? Riley said. They either think were on vacation or something. Its really an all year-round deal.

As soon as the Civil War ended back on Nov. 26, a different season started for the coaches. Recruiting and player evaluation picks up in full once the games end.

Its a whirlwind right until Signing Day, Riley said. You get through that and then immediately youre on to two things: youre getting ready for spring ball and youre starting to look at prospects for the 2013 class.

Recruiting is a year-long pro-cess. After the season, the months of December and January are the times when the coaching staff travels a lot and makes home visits for their recruiting targets, and also closing in on what that years class will look like.

We divide our day up, Riley said. We use the morning kind of for research and development and foot-ball. Looking at the Beavers evalu-

ating our own team as to what we need to work on. Were always work-ing on personnel within our own team. So we spend our mornings doing that, and then we spend the afternoons basically evaluating and recruiting.

In May, assistant coaches have an evaluation period of four weeks to look at their targeted group, scout them, and offer scholarships to the players on their eventual narrowed-down list.

By the time the summer rolls around, weve got it narrowed down to probably... 25 guys (to sign), were probably still recruiting 75 to 100 at that time, Riley said.

This year, Riley could have felt some added pressure to up the ante with recruiting, following two losing

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What else does Riley do in the offseason?

Monday he announced that cornerback Sean Martin has been suspended indefinitely for a violation of team rules.

According to media reports, Martin was arrested for DUII over the weekend.

Riley announced last week that cornerback Mishawn Cummings has been suspend-ed from the team as well, for unspecified reasons.

Riley also announced last week that senior safety Josh LaGrone and junior offen-sive lineman Geoff Garner are transferring.

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