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CIVIL WAR: Beavers drop fifth in a row, lose to Oregon by one.

SPORTS8 – Women beat Ducks6 – Wrestling wins Pac-12s

NEWS2 – Lack of trust in Afghanistan

FORUM4 – ASOSU House opinion4 – On Quran apology

Parties share political debate Friday

Forensics team competes with thirteen schools this weekend

Fairbanks exhibits “Material Traces” by Clarence Morgan

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Clarence Morgan, Beyond Collaboration, 2010. Mixed-media drawing & collage, 14” x 11”.

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Clarence Morgan, Open Arrangement, 2010. Mixed-media drawing & collage, 11” x 11”.

n Clarence Morgan shares his abstract art for the next week in Fairbanks Gallery, focuses on lines, shapes

by Annecy beaucheminThe Daily BaromeTer

As part of the visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series, Material Traces, a contemporary abstract art exhibit by Clarence Morgan, will be in the Fairbanks Gallery until March 6.

The artist gave a lecture as part of the series on Wednesday, Feb. 16 at the LaSells Stewart Center.

Coordinator of Fairbanks, Douglass Russell, describes Morgan’s mixed-media art as “The art of discovery,” and Morgan as one of the most articulate artists he knows.

The pieces in Fairbanks focus on lines and shapes used in a winding, cloud-like manner. In the 2011 piece “Uncertain of Representation,” the swarming lines that overlay the rest of the piece relate and unify even the most contrasting colors beneath.

Some of the exhibit’s pieces fill every corner of the medium with action, while some focus on what can be within a single shape. “The images are not referring us to a landscape or a bowl of fruit,” Russell said. “These are archetypal images.”

Said Morgan on archetypal imagery in his work and art in general, “Things that are symbolic or abstract are no less real

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n Director defines involvement in OSU’s forensics team, results of weekend’s competition

by Gwen ShawThe Daily BaromeTer

For the past eight years, Oregon State University’s Forensics team has hosted the Earl Wells Memorial Speakeasy, named after a former member of the department of speech communication and the director of forensics — speech and debate.

This past weekend, the tourna-ment featured 14 schools from around the Northwest and according to Mark Porrovecchio, current direc-tor of the forensics team, the tour-nament had close to 100 students competing in international public debate and over 200 individual event entries.

Liberal studies student Jana Hodgins of Clackamas, Ore., won fourth best speaker in open inter-national public debate and was a finalist in open persuasive speaking. History student Cody Connolly of Honolulu, Hawaii, was a finalist in novice impromptu speaking.

Porrovecchio said that they com-pete in the International Public Debate Association’s style of one-on-one debate.

“We also compete in individual events that are sponsored by both the American Forensics Association and Pi Kappa Delta,” Porrovecchio said.

For the individual events, there are three different categories: lim-ited preparation, which is extempo-raneous and impromptu speaking; platform, which includes persuasive and informative speaking; and inter-pretation, where students can per-form poetry, drama, prose and other similar pieces.

“Students are free to choose which events suit them. But they are encouraged to try as many types of events as they can,” Porrovecchio said.

Having been on campus for over 100 years, the forensics team is one of the oldest on campus.

“The purpose of the team is to improve students’ critical think-ing and public speaking abilities. Though competitive, the overall focus of the team is on the educa-tional and co-curricular benefits of forensics,” Porrovecchio said. “Not to mention the abilities that students take with them once they graduate.”

Any undergraduate student in good academic standing is encour-aged to try the team, regardless of their major or experience.

Kelsey Irish, a senior in speech communications took Comm 214, a forensics class.

“That class requires that you attend three tournaments and par-ticipate as a member of the team,” Irish said. “I really enjoyed being a part of the team and the competi-tive nature of the tournaments, so I decided I wanted to continue being a part of the team.”

OSU graduate student Forest Ledbetter also took Comm 214.

“[I] took [it] as an electrical engi-neer student and found myself more interested in researching for argu-ment than doing math homework.”

Once Ledbetter realized he could coach the forensics team while work-ing on his masters he took the offer. He is now an assistant coach to the team and his favorite part is debate. “It’s like mental chess. Any argument can be won given proper framing matched with the audience and evidence.”

The season falls during fall and winter terms. Porrovecchio said this year they have about 15 students and they meet Mondays and Wednesdays in Shepard Hall, room 209. They compete in 10-12 tournaments a year, regionally, nationally and occa-sionally internationally. Students can either compete for credit or not, and

have a lot of flexibility in how much they want to participate. They can attend tournaments or just go to meetings.

“The team is always looking for new students. If a person wants to develop into a more reasoned think-

er and a more confident speaker,” Porrovecchio said. “There is no other club on campus that can provide stu-dents with the benefits of forensics.”

Gwen Shaw, staff reporter

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n With no winner declared, Democrats, Republicans face off for First Amendment Week

by McKinley SmithThe Daily BaromeTer

Last Friday night, the Oregon State University College Republicans and College Democrats met in the La Raza room in the Memorial Union in honor of First Amendment Week to debate important issues.

“We kind of had intent to more-or-less get people involved. When you see the First Amendment, you don’t really think about it,”

said David Del Moro, president of the College Republicans.

The College Republicans raised awareness for First Amendment week this past week with a booth in the Quad where students could write whatever messages they wanted on a piece of butcher paper.

Del Moro hoped that the event would help to get people talking about issues concerning the country.

“We’re not going to criticize you about what you say,” Del Moro said.

Among some of the messages written on the posters were: “Everything happens for a reason,” “The First Amendment protects the

freedom of religion as well as the freedom from religion,” “Familiarize yourself with the Bill of Rights,” and “I’m not gonna be a part of this system.”

The debate centered on issues such as edu-cation, corporate personhood, the federal defi-cit and foreign policy.

Audience members were encouraged to par-ticipate and ask questions to both sides. Topics such as classroom size, union power and con-stitutional amendments were brought up and discussed in detail. One audience member expressed concern for the forecasted deficits continuing through the next ten years.

“I actually think it went really well,” said

Allison Gicking, president of the College Democrats. “It’s okay to have a little heat on both sides, as long as we’re comfortable with the issues.”

According to Gicking, it was impressive to get the campus so involved in a constructive debate.

“We can agree on some things,” Gicking said. The debate was the first between the College

Democrats and the College Republicans since 2008. No winner was declared.

“It’s more like saying ‘This is what we believe,’ and why and what they believe,” Del Moro said.

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The Forensics team that participated in this weekend’s competition; Back: Michael Walters, Cody Connolly and Bronson Ayala; Front: Esther Rodriguez, Jana Hodgins, Brianna Gellner. Not pictured: graduate assistant coaches Forest Ledbetter and Kori Thornburg.

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CalendarMonday, Feb. 27MeetingsCollege Democrats, 5pm, MU Board

Room. Come talk about current events, local campaigns and international news with like-minded people!

EventsBlack Cultural Center, 6-7:30pm, BCC.

Child Soldiering, in collaboration with ASA.

Asian Pacific Cultural Center (APCC), 6-8pm, MU 109. “Hello” Around the World. Presenter: International Cultural Services Program (ICSP). Come and join us to learn the different cultural greet-ing styles and their history.

Tuesday, Feb. 28MeetingsASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU 109A. Con-

venes to discuss student issues. Stu-dents and student organization del-egates are welcome to attend.

EventsStudent Sustainability Center, Noon,

MU 109B. The Building Energy Chal-lenge Awards Party. Lunch will be provided.

Campus Recycling, 1-4pm, MU Quad (steps). Join us to conduct a dumpster audit for a building on campus; become an expert recycler.

Wednesday, Feb. 29MeetingsASOSU House of Representatives,

7pm, MU 211. Convenes to discuss student issues and concerns. Students and student organization delegates are welcome to attend.

Baha’i Campus Association, 12:30-1pm, MU Talisman Room. Ultimate reality is the theme of this Interfaith meditation, devotion and quiet time. Bring your favorite inspirational read-ing to share.

EventsBlack Cultural Center, 6-7:30pm, MU

Ballroom. Black History Month Dinner, in collaboration with SOL.

Diversity Development: NAL, 4-6:30pm, Native American Longhouse. Mineral & Rock Painting: Learn how to make natural resources into paint.

Thursday, Mar. 1MeetingsOSU Pre-Law Society, 6pm, StAg 111.

Regular meeting.College Republicans, 7pm, StAg 132.

All are welcome no matter what beliefs or political party.

Friday, Mar. 2EventsDiversity Development: NAL, 3-5pm,

Asian Pacific Cultural Center. I Scream for Identity: In collaboration with all the centers, we will make sundaes to explore your identity.

Monday, Mar. 5MeetingsCollege Democrats, 5pm, MU Board


EventsDiversity Development: NAL, 5:30-

7:30pm, MU 206. Native Hawaiians: Revealing the Misconceptions.

Tuesday, Mar. 6MeetingsASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU 109A. Con-


Wednesday, Mar. 7MeetingsBaha’i Campus Association, 12:30-

1pm, MU Talisman Room. Interfaith readings to share on “Building a Spiri-tual Democracy.”

EventsGraduate Women’s Network, 2-4pm,

Women’s Center. GWN is a great place to connect with other grads and learn from guest speakers. This month, Mari-ah Moore from the Career Center will host a CV workshop.

ASOSU Congress, 7pm, MU Lounge. The House of Representatives and Sen-ate convene to hear the SIFC Budget for the 2012-2013 student fee levels.hursday, Mar. 8

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Regular meeting.College Republicans, 7pm, StAg 132.

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Final push begins for GOP Tuesday primariesLess than 48 hours before

primaries in Arizona and Michigan, Mitt Romney received a key endorsement from Arizona’s governor Sunday while his current main challenger, Rick Santorum, appeared to downplay his own chances of winning in the Grand Canyon State.

The two are leading the pack in the Republican presiden-tial campaign that includes former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Rep. Ron Paul as it heads into a series of crucial contests in com-ing weeks, including Super Tuesday on March 6 when 437 delegates from 10 states will be at stake.

Michigan is emerging as a showdown between Romney and Santorum, with the out-come expected to significant-ly impact the campaign.

If Romney comes from behind in the polls to win the state considered home turf where his father was gover-nor, he will cement his status as the lone front-runner and presumptive nominee.

A Santorum victory would raise further questions about Romney’s ability to attract broad conservative support in the primaries or against President Barack Obama in November’s general election.

The latest polls from Michigan and Arizona put Romney and Santorum in a virtual tie in both states, but the trends show Romney increasing his sup-port as Tuesday’s primary approaches.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, a tea party conservative known for legal and public clashes with Obama over immigra-tion policy, announced her endorsement of Romney on NBC’s “Meet the Press” pro-gram Sunday.

“I think he has that pro-business background and he has that political history that I think he would serve America the best of all the candi-dates,” Brewer said, adding that Romney also has the best chance of defeating Obama in November.

Santorum cited negative ads by the Romney campaign and super PAC supporters for the tightening poll numbers, and he sounded resigned to a second-place finish in Arizona.

“That’s another tough state for us,” Santorum told the NBC program. “Demographically, it doesn’t work quite as well for us as maybe some other states.”

Regardless, he said, the results of Tuesday’s primaries

would show the Republican nomination was down to a two-person race pitting him against Romney.

Santorum and Gingrich are vying to be the main con-servative challenger against the more moderate Romney. Gingrich is banking on a strong Super Tuesday perfor-mance in the Southern states of Georgia, which represented in Congress, and neighbor-ing Tennessee to revitalize his flagging campaign.

In his push for conser-vative support, Gingrich warned Sunday in remarks at a Georgia church that liberal elitism was threatening the country.

“You have elites in the bureaucracy, elites in the judgeship, frankly elites in the news media, elites in the aca-demic world, and elites in pol-itics — and they would all like to impose on us an America that none of us believe in,” Gingrich said.

Paul, the libertarian cham-pion who has a devoted but limited support base among mostly young followers, has waged a strategic campaign aimed at accumulating del-egates so he can assert influ-ence at the Republican con-vention in August.

So far, Romney’s advantage

in money and organization have helped him fend off challenges from a succession of Republican contenders.

On Sunday, Romney surro-gates appeared on talk shows to boost his chances ahead of the upcoming contests.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a strong Romney backer, declared on the CBS program “Face the Nation” that “Rick Santorum’s not going to be the nominee,” while Arizona Sen. John McCain told CNN’s “State of the Union” that he was “con-fident Mitt will do well on Tuesday night in Arizona and in Michigan and hopefully that will move this process forward so we can concen-trate on the real adversary.”

Another veteran Senate Republican, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, also told the CNN program that he expects Romney to win both states on Tuesday.

While Graham has yet to endorse a candidate, he praised Romney for “getting better and better” throughout the campaign season.

“Romney really has sharp-ened his skills, and I think that will pay dividends if he gets the nomination,” Graham said.

— CNN

Gingrich tells evangelicals: ‘We need to stand up for ourselves’Vying for evangelical support in the

GOP primary, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum appeared at the same Georgia church on consecutive Sundays.

Native-son Gingrich is favored to win Georgia on Super Tuesday, March 6, but Santorum, who appears to be gain-ing ground in other early nominating states, poses a threat to the former House speaker.

Gingrich spoke for about 40 min-utes during a regularly scheduled ser-vice Sunday morning at First Redeemer Church with about 2,300 people in the audience. The former Pennsylvania sen-ator drew a much larger crowd when he spoke there in the evening a week ago.

Founding Pastor Dr. Richard Lee, a Gingrich supporter, introduced Gingrich as a “true American,” with more veiled references to President Barack Obama in his opening remarks.

“An America led by a man who truly

understands what it means to be the leader of the free world. One who does not bow down to dictators or despots,” said Lee. “A man who bows daily to God. I believe such a man is the man who is with us today.”

Rich with historical background, Gingrich’s remarks focused primarily on what he described as the pervasive threat on religious liberties.

“The other side will fight back and they will fight back on two fronts. You will have radical Islamists who want to kill us and you will have secularists who want to coerce us, and that’s why, for example, recently you saw the Obama administra-tion trying to coerce the Catholic Church because it is the inevitable nature of the left to use government to impose on us their values,” said Gingrich.

“That’s why, for example, the Catholic Church could no longer offer adoption services in Massachusetts because it is

inappropriate,” he said of opponent Mitt Romney without mentioning his name. “Because what happens is you go from a request for toleration to the imposition of tyranny, and you do it with remarkable speed.”

Gingrich criticized the Obama admin-istration’s “apologist” policies toward radical Islam. He told the congregation, “We need to stand up for ourselves.”

“Saudi Arabia allows no open worship by Christians or Jews, period, and then lectures us. And we don’t today in our elites have the nerve to stand up and say this is baloney. We are not going to have a one-sided offensive against our civiliza-tion in which we’re supposed to accept defeat, we’re supposed to accept humili-ation, and we’re supposed to accept the death of our young men and women, and we have to accept those who are killing us? I don’t think so,” said Gingrich.

— CNN

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The pieces hanging on the walls in Fairbanks and their forms are every bit as real as the wall itself, an empirical insight that shakes preconceived notions of a disconnection between abstract art and the world. All ideas that are shared through art actualize through the shar-ing, whether they are photorealistic or symbolic.

Morgan said of his method in an artist’s statement, “The process and material

execution in the making of the work is not about perfection. However, it is about paying scrupulous attention to every attribute of the work.”

Rather than letting a project’s course be set from the beginning, art for Morgan is a process of response to what forms and materials arise during creation. He says later in the statement, “During the pro-cess of making the painting or drawing, I build up the surface very deliberately, but not strategically.”

Based in Minneapolis, Minn., Morgan has exhibited his work in individual and group exhibitions across the country and internationally. His work appears in many

public collections from Pennsylvania to New Mexico and in his hometown, Minneapolis.

In Minneapolis, Morgan is a professor in the University of Minnesota’s depart-ment of art. He is committed to teach-ing, seeing it as a personal calling and a blessing.

“There is a reciprocal relationship between my studio practice and work-ing with students,” Morgan said. “When approached correctly, this exchange is intellectually and creatively stimulating for both the student and instructor.”

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Violence is exposing lack of U.S. trust in AfghanistanIn the latest sign of how

strained U.S. and Afghan mili-tary relations have become, a senior U.S. official tells CNN, “There is a strong sense inside the Obama administration that the Afghans did not do enough to quell the violence” that has erupted since the burning Qurans and other reli-gious material a week ago.

“We are not going to settle for what has happened to our troops in recent days,” the official said. He declined to be identified because of the sensitive nature of the situa-tion. This official has access to the latest intelligence about the situation and is involved in discussions inside the administration.

The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker, said the Afghans have not been totally absent in trying to stop the violence.

“I think we need to bear in mind that the Afghan security forces, throughout this whole process, have been seeking to quell these demonstrations,” Crocker said in an exclusive interview on CNN’s “State of

the Union.”“They’ve done so with loss

of life on their side as well as some of the protesters, and they have been defending U.S. installations. So they are very much in this fight trying to protect us,” Crocker added.

Still, the official who spoke to CNN is reflecting a senti-ment felt across several levels of the U.S. military about the critical lack of trust that has erupted.

“There will have to be a new building of trust,” the official said. But what can be done to fix it — and what happens if it not fixed — remains the tougher question.

He emphasized that Gen. John Allen, the top command-er in Afghanistan, and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta want a specific commitment from the administration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai to quell the violence, as well as to provide new security measures at Afghan ministries where U.S. military personnel work.

Allen has specifically told his commanders he will not authorize the return of person-

nel to the ministries until those measures are in place and he is convinced they are working, the official said.

Crocker told CNN that he, too, has pulled all diplomatic staff from Afghan ministries until things calm down.

“Administration officials are appalled by what happened at the Interior Ministry,” the offi-cial said, referring to the killing of two U.S. military personnel there by an assailant. The official said there is growing belief this was “an inside job” by someone who had access to the secure area in which the Americans worked.

As to the future of the U.S.- Afghan relationship, the offi-cial said “a lot depends on the Afghan commitment to stronger measures to curtail violence.”

But the official also acknowl-edged that if the Afghan gov-ernment does not step up, it’s unclear what, if any, addition-al response the United States might have beyond its strong rhetoric. The Afghan ministers of defense and interior canceled a planned visit to Washington this week, to stay in their coun-

try and work on the situation.A senior U.S. military offi-

cial acknowledged that for the troops and their commanders, the issue of trust “is on the table right now. I would be lying if I told you it wasn’t.”

Gen. Allen Friday visited troops in the field and in an impassioned speech told them not to enact revenge, after sev-eral U.S. troops have been killed and wounded in the recent violence.

But the ministry killings are generating exceptionally raw feelings because they took place inside a secure Afghan govern-ment building.

“There is no doubt an inci-dent like this chips away at trust,” the military official told CNN. “I am not going to tell you there hasn’t been concern.”

Both officials said the United States believes many of the violent demonstrations have sprung up spontaneously and while the Taliban has claimed some credit so far, there is no evidence of a broadly orga-nized effort.

— CNN

Protester killed, U.S. service members hurt in as fallout, unrest continues over burned Qurans

A demonstrator died and several U.S. service members and Afghan police were injured as protests over the burning of Qurans at a U.S. military base turned violent Sunday, said officials.

The bloodshed in northern Kunduz prov-ince came a day after a gunman killed two U.S. military officers inside their office in the highly secured Afghanistan Ministry of Interior — one of several incidents targeting allied forces after reports emerged last week that NATO troops had burned Muslim holy books at Bagram Airfield.

U.S. officials, including President Barack Obama, have apologized for the burn-ing and called it inadvertent. A military official — speaking on condition of ano-nymity, given the sensitivity of the issue — said the materials were from a detainee center’s library and had “inscriptions” that appeared to be used to “facilitate extremist communications.”

Such statements, or explanations, haven’t stopped protests from Muslims in Afghanistan, who believe the Quran is the word of God and so holy that peo-ple should wash their hands before even touching it.

On Sunday, the sixth day of protests, ini-tially peaceful demonstrators in Kunduz attacked a police chief’s office and a U.S. military base, Kunduz police spokesman Sayed Sarwar Hussaini said.

Some threw hand grenades at the base, known as Combat Outpost Fortitude, with resulting blasts injuring seven U.S. person-nel believed to be Special Forces members, said Hussaini. Capt. David Yaryar, a spokes-man with NATO’s International Security Assistance Force, said there was an explo-sion and small arms fire.

ISAF did not comment on the number or

positions of those hurt, though Yaryar did say those hurt were evacuated for medical care.

One protester was killed and three wounded in the violence at the military site, according to Hussaini.

Another 16 protesters suffered injuries as grenades, pistols, knives, sticks and stones were used to attack the police chief’s office in Kunduz, said Hussaini, the police spokesman.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told CNN on Sunday that such unrest and tar-geting of Americans has gotten “out of hand and needs to stop.”

She urged Afghans to abide by the call of their president, Hamid Karzai, for calm.

In a televised address, Karzai said the “emotions of our people” over the burned Qurans “are legitimate and valuable.” Still, he added that staying calm will help stop “enemies of our peace and stability” from taking advantage and harming people and property.

U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker, acknowledged “some tough attacks up north” in a CNN interview Sunday, while adding that the “rest of the country ... was pretty calm today.”

“(Such anger generally) tapers off, and I think we’re all hopeful that the appeal for calm that President Karzai made today — and he did so with the backing of the entire political leadership of the country — will create a condition in which this dimin-ishes,” said Crocker.

At least 29 people have been killed and nearly 200 wounded in recent protests, Karzai said. The death of the demonstrator in Kunduz would appear to raise that death toll to 30.

They haven’t been the only ones killed in

the wake of the Quran burnings.Two U.S. soldiers were gunned down last

week at a base in eastern Afghanistan by a man wearing an Afghan National Army uniform.

And then, on Saturday, a man went to the Afghan interior ministry, signed himself in and then retrieved his gun, according to an Afghan counter-terrorism official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk with the media about the incident.

ISAF said that initial reports indicated “an individual” — whom they did not name — shot dead two NATO service members, later confirmed by an Afghan police official to be an American colonel and major.

The Defense Department on Sunday identified one of the officers killed as U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. John D. Loftis, 44, of Paducah, Kentucky. Loftis was 44.

The Afghan official identified the sus-pected gunman as Abdul Saboor, a junior officer in the ministry’s intelligence depart-ment who the official claimed had spent two months in a Pakistani religious school.

“We believe it was 100percent linked to the Quran burning because of the religious background of this junior officer,” the coun-ter-terrorism official said.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the shooting, with its spokesman identify-ing the shooter by the same first name, Abdul, that the Afghan official used. The Afghan official did not say, though, if it was known the gunman was a member of the Taliban.

The Afghan interior ministry confirmed the gunman is thought to be one of its employees and that his “whereabouts are unknown.”

— CNN

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An apology says a lotWe hear a lot about our current administra-

tion and their reluctance to establish an American authority in the world — or at

least a lot of criticisms on how Obama has bowed down and accepted an equivalent role in the global soci-ety. That whole concept of American exceptionalism Obama refuses to assert.

These parties criticizing the administration on for-eign relations and affairs serve as a perfect example of the hypocrisy in our society. More importantly, this par-ticular grievance reveals a complete lack of consistency and integrity in our country, particularly our political scene: People choose power over principles, even when they can see it’s wrong.

Last Tuesday, at Bagram Air Field, soldiers were seen dumping books, including Qurans, into garbage pits, where they were later burned. General John Allen immediately apologized for the incident, claiming the incineration was a mistake. Reportedly, four Qurans were burned.

And while a book is simply a book — paper and ink — and nothing more, we know religious zealots, often seen as our enemy, take it quite seriously. The following days saw a number of protests and attacks against American soldiers. Over 30 people have been killed, including four American troops.

Late last week, President Obama issued an apology to Afghan President Hamid Karzai over the incident. And though taking responsibility for a wrong should be seen as courageous, unfortunately today, everything is made quite political.

According to the political archetype Newt Gingrich, “We have this one-sided game, where our troops get killed, no one apologizes, and now were supposed to be the ones on defense…If President Karzai is not pre-pared to apologize for the killing of two Americans by an Afghan soldier, the wounding of four others, I think this is a two-way street and we ought to assess deeply exactly what we think is going on.”

He goes on to contrast Obama’s apology to the act of burning “churches” – implied as Christian – in Nigeria, Egypt and Malaysia, and the fleeing of Christians from Iraq. While not defending the Quran burning directly, Gingrich refused to back down on his criticism of Obama’s apology, despite Gen. Allen’s apology.

Even worse, the second most prominent GOP voice at the moment, Rick Santorum, also condemned Obama’s decision by saying, “There was nothing deliberately done wrong here…This was something that happened as a mistake. Killing Americans in uniform is not a mistake.”

Both of the aformentioned are merely representative of one party’s consistent criticism on the administration — as opposed to simply acknowledging that Obama made the right decision — Gingrich and Santorum have essentially asked the president to act like our enemy: ignore, retaliate and do not lead by example.

Yet Obama’s apology epitomizes those “traditional American ideals,” ever so prevalent in our political landscape.

“America is exceptional”; “We are a country of lead-ers”; “America should set the example, not adhere to outside influences.”

Obama isn’t dictating his decision on how the outside world treats America. Whether a terrorist organiza-tion or opposing religion destroys a church in another country is irrelevant to our president’s disapproval of the disrespectful and frankly immature Quran burning by our troops — mistake or not, there’s no reason to burn books for sport. Essentially, Obama only acted as the father, taking responsibility for his children’s actions.

Although a specific instance, the apology and con-sequent criticism illustrates a political scene that has erased any sense of honor or dignity inside our country. We have majority parties that advocate for America to stand above our enemies, not retaliate like the lesser ones often do. But the only response covered within the media involves condemnation and debate over whether the apology was the right move.

We should hope to see a day where our issues are addressed by acting on what one believes in, not by con-demning what their opponent does. An apology over such a pathetic and archaic act hardly warrants judgment.

Besides, even without assuming the apology is sin-cere, it may halt further violence and it’s worth that alone. But not everyone wants to see the big picture.

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Despite stigma, tattoos have relevance, significance in society

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Today, the prison indus-try has become a means for profit and because

of this, it has compromised human rights and is ineffective in its application — contrary to the purpose of the United States’ criminal justice system. This is what is now known as the “Prison-Industrial Complex,” that is, the prison industry has become part of a complex sys-tem of putting large amounts of people in prison in an effort to make money and perpetu-ate what has quickly become a for-profit business. For-profit prisons should be illegal; they are ineffective, immoral due to their profit driven motives and have an inexcusable influence on legislation.

Private prison corporations are paid a certain amount of money per criminal, or detain-ee, per day by the government. Although the amount varies from corporation to corpora-tion (because they have sepa-rate contracts), the amount is enough that the prisons make a profit every day they have a prisoner or detainee. According to a 2008 MotherJones article, “Texas Hold’Em,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement pays private prison corpora-tions an average of $95 per day to house detainees, even though it only costs an aver-age of $14 per day to supervise them.

If private prison corporations make money everyday on the people they are containing, the corporations then have a vested interest in the number of people they hold and the amount of time for which they hold them. This leads to what Michael Welch describes as the “commodification” of criminals and immigrants.

In a 2000 Social Justice arti-cle, Welch states that among the “ongoing commodification of prisoners in American society...investors are betting that the corrections industry will con-tinue to prosper given that its raw materials — prisoners and detainees — will remain in con-stant supply.”

This raises significant human rights issues. If the U.S. crimi-nal justice system and immi-gration services are increasing the number of people in these facilities and increasing their sentencing because of a profit motive instead of an attempt to create a better functioning and safer society, there are some serious questions that need to be asked.

Are these private prisons (or prisons in general) effective in

decreasing crime rates? In other words, if these facilities are “cracking down” on crime in a purported attempt to help soci-ety, are they successful? Why has there been such an increase in the detention of immigrants in the prison population? What exactly is the role of private prison corporations (specifical-ly the Corrections Corporation of America) in the detention of illegal immi-grants anyway?

T h e increased rates and lengths of detention and prison time are unjustifiable. Prisons have been shown to be ineffective in decreasing crime rates and do not release prisoners back into society any better off than when they were imprisoned.

In his article, “The Irrationality of the Prison-Industrial Complex,” Louis Kontos argues that prisons are ineffective and outdated attempts at social reform and the idea of reen-try is irrational; the goal of the criminal justice system needs to be changed. Kontos says, “The illogic of a prison system that moves people around for profit

stands in stark contrast with the struggle of an ex-inmate to do the right thing.” Kontos argues that prisons do not adequately prepare inmates to re-enter into society. This creates a cycle of incarceration.

If prisons are ineffective, why has there been such an increase in the prison population and number of detained illegal

immigrants? The logical explanation is because pri-vate prison corporations are being c o n t r a c t e d and paid by the govern-ment a cer-tain amount of money per day, per pris-oner/detainee. They have a vested interest in increased p o p u l a t i o n and detention

time. If prisons are not effective in reducing crime and reform-ing individuals, preparing them for re-entry, but are increasing sentencing in an attempt to increase profit, a fundamental problem of immoral motivation exists.

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I wasn’t nervous when I walked into the tattoo par-lor. I hadn’t really allowed

myself to dwell on what was about to happen. This is not to say that I took the experience lightly; On the contrary, I had been thinking about this expe-rience for three or four years, and I had finalized the design in my mind for about two years.

There is a different atmo-sphere in a tattoo parlor than in other places of business. The professionalism in a tat-too parlor extends to a friendly demeanor, an insistence on sterilization and cleanliness

and a commitment to the art of the needle. This leaves plenty of room for crass and vulgar conversation.

In short, tattooing opens up a world never before available to goody-two-shoes such as myself. I suddenly found myself characterized as “hard.”

As a means of exploring iden-tity, I think tattooing can say a lot about a person. Even the resolve to sit down in a chair when you know the experi-

ence will be painful deserves respect. Of course, if they wail and moan and can’t sit quietly in a chair, that cry for attention says a lot too.

You can discover so much about a person by looking at what they voluntarily commit to inking in their flesh. Knowing the story behind a tattoo gives you insight into the main moti-vation of a person’s life at any given time. If they came back with the tattoo after a night of drinking, this might mean the person is reckless and sponta-neous, or maybe just young.

I used to watch tattoo shows

on television with my dad. We would always moan when they went into the establishment with a folder full of drawings and a sob story that wound its way through half an episode. Nobody seemed interested in getting something just because it looked cool.

Later I realized that pointed to a certain level of maturity. Getting a tattoo can be a life altering decision like so few are anymore. You are making a per-manent decision, and the best tattoos go beyond just beauti-

Clearing up confusion about current ASOSU issuesWith the OSU com-

munity inundated with news articles

and opinions about ASOSU’s internal problems, I would like to clear up some of the confu-sion surrounding these issues.

First off, I believe last Monday’s (Feb. 20) editorial was premature and too harsh, considering the relative little amount of infor-mation that was known at the time. The President’s Address to a Joint Session of Congress will occur at 7 p.m. this coming Wednesday in the MU lounge, and a lot of information will be revealed at this meeting – the editorial should have waited. I urge all students, especially those of you who are interested in these events, to attend, learn more and connect with the members of Congress and the ASOSU Student Government.

Second, the opinion piece by Executive Director of Public Relations Luke Marquez on Feb. 21, “Hopoi should stay; let’s focus on the real issues,” implies that some members of the ASOSU

legislative branch are there to promote personal interests and agendas, and not perform their job of representing the students. I strongly reject this idea.

For example, Marquez states in his column, “Therefore, stu-dents running with personal agendas can become Senators and make huge impacts in ASOSU without actually repre-senting the student body,” and “This creates a system where those in charge of our student government’s by-laws are more likely to succumb to apathy or to invest in personal interests rather than representing the stu-dents at large.” I suggest that he try to meet some of the students who are in Congress instead of throwing around uninformed opinions like this. I can guaran-tee you that everyone I interact with on a daily basis, from both the Legislative and Executive Branch, are trying their hard-

est to do what is best for the students.

Finally, Marquez talks about a lack of training: “First, we must implement sufficient training and advising for ASOSU. Both the Oregon Student Association issue and this recent one would have been properly handled from the start if proper train-ing were in place. The presi-dent and vice president should have all the information they need available to them before taking office” — recent issues being the unauthorized wage increase and Student Incidental Fees Committee contingency request, where the Executive Branch failed to use the proper channels. I would suggest that one read the statutes, where it states clearly that:

1. “The Committee [Ways and Means] shall act as the liai-son between Congress and the SIFC.” (This would clear up any confusion with the SIFC contin-gency request.)

2. “The president shall repre-sent the ASOSU on the follow-

ing independent committees: Oregon Student Association Board of Directors.” (This would clear up the OSA confusion.)

3. “The first executive pay Grade shall be indexed at 43 percent above the minimum wage of the State of Oregon.” (This would clear up the wage increase.)

All of these quotes are pulled directly from the statutes, which the Executive Branch and Legislative Branch swore to uphold. Blaming these trans-gressions on a lack of training is dishonest and a disservice to the students.

I believe that President Hopoi has dealt with these issues in a very positive manner. Communication has been great following the revelation of these events, and her administration, no matter the failings, has been a fierce advocate for students on the local and state level.

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ful artwork. They are testaments to the meaning of a person’s life. Devoting space on the blank canvas of your body to a departed loved one, or your children who are still very much alive, is a beautiful gift which is much more dear to the giver than the receiver.

A tattoo is a record of your mentality at the age you had it placed on you. Nothing will give you a better testimonial of what

was important in your life right at that moment.

We have been thoroughly desensitized to tattoos. Once, they represented only certain segments of our society, they were a symbol of toughness and machis-mo. Now they have become a badge worn proudly by people of all ages and occupations.

My grandmother’s ankle is proof that you are never too old to express who you are. I hope my back bears witness to the fact that you can still understand who you are, even when you are young.

Tattoos give you an opportunity to cre-ate your own symbolism. It may never have any meaning to anyone except your-self, but creating that symbol will make your chosen tattoo that much dearer. By showing the tattoo, you are showing yourself, and the right tattoo could make you vulnerable in the same way it makes you strong. You have to own up to who you are.

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Political game becoming America’s KryptoniteIt wasn’t long ago that I

was watching two of my best friends stand an inch

and a half from each other, screaming about the merits of building a fence along the southern borders of California and Arizona and Mexico. Not long after that, I saw two dif-ferent friends nearly collapse into a fist fight over President Barack Obama’s plan to with-draw our troops from Iraq and most of Afghanistan.

This is a time of change, and the power is slowly being shifted into our hands. The problem is, as political adver-saries we are completely unable, and more so unwill-ing, to accept even anything close to bipartisanship. It is not my place to play politics and my own political beliefs have absolutely nothing to do with the issue, but at some point, we need to realize the political gap we have created is quickly becoming a cultural gap and the wider it gets, the harder it becomes for Americans to live among other Americans.

Surely I can’t be the only one who is sick of hearing Democrats call Republicans “war-mongering corporate slaves,” or hearing Republicans

call Democrats “weak-willed communists,” can I? It sickens me to see the leaders of today, the Mitt Romneys and the Newt Gingrichs of the politi-cal stratosphere, relegate vast sums of campaign funding to horrible attack ads meant purely to cast the opponent in a negative light. That money would be much better spent on advertisements that aim to show what the contender has to offer our country instead of what his opponent will detract from it.

It’s not news that these peo-ple vying for the presidency have had troubled pasts, but who hasn’t? In a country where marriage doesn’t simply mean “‘till death do us part” any-more, can we really fault Mr. Gingrich for having a tumultu-ous marital past? Better yet, can we really jump to the con-clusion that because he has made mistakes, he is suddenly unqualified to lead this nation?

I am a realist before any-thing, and the reality of the current political situation is looking more grim by the

day. Unfortunately, this is not a recent development for American politicians, as President Kennedy was attacked for his Catholicism, and our current president even had the validity of his citizen-ship questioned. Could we not assume that since a man is running for office that this coun-try would do a thorough enough check on his nation of origin?

At some point, this needless bick-ering has to end. We cannot possibly hope to move forward as a coun-try, as one American people, while continuing to hold the knife against the throats of our neighbors.

This country was founded on the freedom of expression, on the liberty we are awarded as citizens to form opinions of our own and to defend them. These are some of the prin-ciples that make this country so great. But when we take these values to the extreme,

when we become so deeply entrenched in our own views that we shut out the voices of reason; then we have fallen far from what our Founders intended for us.

I will continue to vote for the person I feel is qualified for

the presiden-cy, but what I will not do is watch these very smart, very talented, very ambi-tious men and women sit on nation-al television during their s o - c a l l e d “debates” and

hurl insults and false facts at one another while ignoring the issues at hand.

This country is arguably the freest country in the world, and we are blessed to have no limit to what we can achieve, but we are letting our differ-ences define us. Ultimately, we might very well end up paying a dear price for our blindness.

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Baseball goes 2-2SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The

Oregon State University base-ball team went 2-2 over the weekend at the San Diego/San Diego State Tournament.

The Beavers (5-3) defeated Pacific 10-7 and Kansas State 13-5, and lost to SDSU 18-2 and San Diego 13-2.

OSU opened the tour-nament against Pacific Thursday. Sophomore lefthander Ben Wetzler, who got the start for the Beavers, allowed eight hits and six runs (all earned) in five innings of work.

The offense allowed him to pick up his second win of the season, despite his sub-par line. The Beavers scored five runs over the first two innings and never looked back. Senior John Tommasini paced the way with three hits.

The next two games – Friday vs. SDSU and Saturday vs. San Diego – were disas-trous from OSU’s stand-point. The starters, Cole Baylis (Friday) and Dan Child (Saturday), combined to allow 14 hits and 13 runs in 7.2 innings.

All eight pitchers who made an appearance Friday or Saturday allowed at least one earned run.

Sunday, OSU’s offense bounced back in a big way, collecting 13 hits off the Kansas State pitching staff in a 13-5 win.

Four Beavers had multi-hit

days. Junior Tyler Smith led the way with three hits and junior Danny Hayes knocked in four runs. Junior southpaw Matt Boyd picked up his sec-ond win of the season, allow-ing four hits and one earned run in 4.2 innings of relief.

Softball wins 4 of 5CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif.

— The Oregon State softball team continued its winning ways, picking up four wins in three days.

Thursday, the Beavers beat Iowa State 5-4 before falling to New Mexico 10-6.

Friday, they picked up a pair of one-run wins over Big 10 opponents — 4-3 over Ohio State and 2-1 over Iowa in eight innings.

Sunday, they beat Colorado State 4-2 in their fifth and final game in Cathedral City.

Today, they’re in Fullerton to play a doubleheader against Maine.

Swimming finishes 8th at Pac-12’s

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — The Oregon State swim-ming team placed eighth out of nine teams at the Pac-12 Championships.

With 326.5 points, the Beavers finished ahead of Washington State University (239.5 points).

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BOISE, ID — The No. 16 ranked Oregon State Wrestling team clinched the first ever Pacific-12 championship in Boise Sunday, and their second straight conference title behind first place finishes from four different Beavers.

No. 4 ranked senior heavyweight Clayton Jack clinched things for OSU after a 3-0 decision in the championship round for his second consecutive Pacific conference title.

The win was the final match of the evening and gave the Beavers a team score of 138, which was nine points better than Boise State’s 129.

No. 6 ranked junior 141-pound Mike Mangrum, No. 17 ranked redshirt sophomore Scott Sakuguchi, and No. 17 ranked redshirt sophomore 157-pound R.J. Pena all won indi-vidual titles for the Beavers in addition to Jack, earning them automatic bids to the NCAA championships.

No. 16 ranked redshirt freshman 197-pound Taylor Meeks and redshirt freshman 125-pound Pat Rollins both finished second in their weight classes to also qualify for the NCAA championships, making a total of six Beavers that are guar-anteed a spot at the tournament.

There is a possibility for other wrestlers to be invited to the tournament in the coming weeks when the NCAA announces its other selections besides automatic qualifiers.

With six wrestlers already heading to St. Louis and the opportunity for more to be chosen, OSU looks poised to fin-ish high in the nation’s final standings.

Senior 133-pound Garrett Drucker, who finished in third place at the Pac-12 tournament, is one of a few wrestlers for OSU who has a legitimate shot to be invited to the national tournament.

Last year Oregon State finished 21st in the nation with only four wrestlers invited to the NCAA’s. Considering they’re sending at least two more athletes this year, and OSU current-ly has five wrestlers ranked within the top 25, expectations are suddenly high in Corvallis.

The Beavers now have a couple of weeks to prepare for the NCAA championships, which take place March 15-17 in St. Louis, MO.

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called or a body hitting the floor. Jared Cunningham took a lot of hacks and coach Craig Robinson expressed his disap-pointment in the post-game press conference about it.

“When is Jared Cunningham going to get treated like one of the best guys in the con-ference?” Robinson asked. “I’m just waiting for that. I’m probably going to get myself in trouble here a little bit but Jared does not get treated like one of the best players and people are allowed to bait him constantly and to bump him constantly.”

Despite Cunningham’s early foul trouble and Collier’s grue-some knee injury, the Beavers hung tough in the first half thanks mainly to the hot shoot-ing of Brandt and Ahmad Starks.

Going in at halftime, the Beavers were only down by one and had a ton of momentum and the crowd — the first Civil War sellout since 2003 — on their side.

The second half had a much different, more disjointed feel as the game slowly seemed to be slipping away from OSU.

There were several moments that looked to be the nail in the Beavers’ coffin.

Barton’s bad pass followed by Starks’ flagrant foul on Garrett Sim with about four minutes left should have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.

Following Sims’ free throw and the Ducks’ ensuing pos-session because of the flagrant, the Ducks went up 71-60 and it

seemed like they would never look back.

“No lead is insurmountable with this team,” Robinson said. “We didn’t think we couldn’t do it because we did come back. We were one shot away, one play away from possibly win-ning the game if they don’t call that foul on Eric in the end.”

Starks’ thee pointer with 2:03 left breathed life back into Gill and the largest crowd of the season erupted.

All of Gill Coliseum thought the Beavers were going to have a chance to win, or at least tie, after E.J. Singler missed a three with 9 seconds left. But Moreland was called for a foul on the ensuing rebound and Olu Ashaolu went to the line for a 1-and-1.

“You guys know I never blame the refs for our games but that was a poorly officiated game,” Robinson said.

After Ashaolu made the first and missed the second, OSU controlled its own destiny. With no timeouts left, Barton drib-bled the ball up the floor and got a wide-open look from three-point range. Unfortunately for Beaver Nation, the potential game-tying shot didn’t fall.

Just as the energy in the Gill had been palpable throughout the game, so was the disap-pointment as Beaver fans left afterwards. The script was there for a heroic Beaver victo-ry, fitting of an uplifting Disney sports flick, but the Beavers couldn’t quite fill the role.

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“They can see different things,” said Associate Head Coach Michael Chaplin. “I thought it was closer to that 9.950, but maybe that one judge saw something that I didn’t from her angle.”

Mak had a positive take on it, even though she probably felt the same way.

“I’d rather have it be a little harder now, than giving away scores and not having some-thing to work on that I can improve for the postseason,” Mak said.

Oregon State improved on their score from one week prior by 0.10. This seems to be where the team is right now:

slowly improving, patiently waiting, but starting to gear up for postseason. Getting through this stretch of the sea-son is the goal at the moment.

“We’re making progress, we just [have] to keep push-ing and get over the fatigue of midseason and how many meets these guys have done,” Chaplin said.

There are only three remaining meets, and only one at home, until postsea-son begins with the Pac-12 Championships, and moves on to Regionals and Nationals.

This Friday will present a big road challenge for the Beavers, as they travel to Salt Lake City to take on No. 5 Utah.

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time we played — just made a basketball play,” Rueck said. “Against the zone you have got to make plays, you can’t always assume things are going to be there. We did that this game”

Oregon State only commit-ted six second-half turnovers and shot 44 percent from the field.

The Ducks shot only 18.2 percent from the field in the second half.

Senior guard Earlysia Marchbanks led the charge, scoring all of her 19 points in the last 10 minutes.

“I committed a lot of turn-overs first half, trying to pass into double teams. Coach told me to look for my shot second half and drive it, and that’s what I did,” Marchbanks said.

Marchbanks put the team on her back and shot 13-for-15 from the free throw line down the stretch.

Junior forward Patricia Bright had five blocks on the night, breaking her single-season blocked shots record. She currently has 95 with two games left to play. The for-mer record holder, El Sara Greer, finished with 92 last season. Bright also added 14 points.

Sophomore guard Alyssa

Martin was the only other player to finish in double fig-ures, with 13 points and eight rebounds.

Oregon State has proven it is not a matter of if they come to play, but when, as late game spurts of success and defen-sive patience have spelled out the unexpected success of the season.

“They were [a] resilient team, that continues to find a way to stay in games and com-pete, and I thought what we did well as we have yet [to do], is close the game,” Rueck said. “I was really impressed with the way they broke down the press and knocked down the free throws to win the game.”

Oregon State is now tied with UCLA for fourth place in conference standings. With the Pac-12 Tournament seed on the line and a postseason berth in mind, Oregon State will trav-el to play Utah and Colorado to close the regular season.

“We are happy, I am really proud to experience success in this year when really nobody expected it. I am proud of what they [the players] have made of themselves,” Rueck said. “It’s been a blast to have been a part of and I am excited for the finish.”

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Oregon guard Garrett Sim was booed loudly every time he touched the ball Sunday at Gill. The senior responded by scoring 25 points.

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— @M_80lane (Malcolm Agnew) Beaver Tweet of the Day

OSU gymnasts steadily improving as they hit halfway point

Women win in Eugene, sweep Ducksn Beavers turn it on in the

second half, turn a tie game into a 15-point win

by Jacob ShannonThe Daily BaromeTer

EUGENE - Going into a media timeout with just over seven minutes to play, the score was tied for the first time since 0-0.

Most of the 3,604 people who attended the women’s Civil War Saturday were silent and worried how the rest would play out, except those sitting in the Southwest corner of Matthew Knight Arena, cheering loudly to make Oregon State feel right at home, away from home.

A few players wearing black and orange couldn’t help but look up into the stands as Head Coach Scott Rueck broke down the gameplan that would carry Oregon State (18-9, 9-7 Pac-12) to a 68-53 victory over the University of Oregon (14-14, 6-10 Pac-12).

For the first time in 15 years, the OSU women have won three Civil Wars in a row.

“Finally, we settled down and just started playing. We finally got into that ‘mode’ this game,” Rueck said.

The big game jitters showed all first half. Oregon State committed 14 turnovers and shot only 28 percent from the field. Despite a 10-2 run by Oregon, the Beavers’ defense and control of tempo never let the Ducks’ lead seem out of reach.

“I thought we got comfortable with what they were doing. I thought we read things quicker, I thought we were in their space a little sooner,” Rueck said. “The corner threes that were there early weren’t there. The team adapted well.”

Once in rhythm and relaxed, the team would turn things around for the second half.

“There was a point in the second half when Alyssa [Martin] caught the ball on the wing, shot faked, drove and drew a defender, and kicked it. Sage [Indendi] had a wide open shot that she missed, but that was the first

n OSU scores 196.875, beats Boise State for the 18th time in a row in Corvallis

by Warner StrausbaughThe Daily BaromeTer

Assuming OSU gymnastics reach-es Nationals for the seventh straight season, the Beavers have officially hit the halfway mark of the year.

No. 8 Oregon State’s 196.875 to 195.375 defeat of No. 16 Boise State Friday night was about as routine as they come. The win for the Beavers was their sixth of the season and the team still has yet to lose a meet.

While the winning ways continue, the grind of the season is starting to weigh on the gymnasts a little bit, even though the victories don’t show it.

“We’ve finished about seven com-petitions, we still have about six or seven to go and our bodies are just kind of hurting right now,” said junior Makayla Stambaugh. “But, as long as we keep up the treatment and make sure we’re getting enough sleep and stuff like that, we’ll be fine.”

Senior Leslie Mak and Stambaugh have made it customary to finish as the top two in all-around, and they did so again Friday, Mak having the top score and Stambaugh coming in second.

Stambaugh set a career-best on vault, earning a 9.875. As an all-arounder, she does all four events in the rotation, but some events, like floor, have been much better for Stambaugh than her vault this year.

“That felt really good actually,” Stambaugh said. “I’ve always had kind of a negative attitude towards vault, because it’s always been the hardest event for me. I’ve really worked hard on improving my atti-tude [towards] it, and I really think that helped with my performance.”

For the first time this season at Gill Coliseum, some boo-birds came out. On Mak’s floor routine, one judge threw up a 9.950, the other a 9.850 – a significant difference. The crowd obviously felt the 9.950 was more accurate, and let out some boos for the judge who gave her the lesser score.

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Makayla Stambaugh performs her floor routine Friday night at Gill Coliseum. The junior had a good night overall, as she scored a career-best 9.875 on vault. See GYMnASticS | page 7

Big crowd, bigger disappointment

n Not even a sellout crowd could propel the Beavers to a win Sunday, as OSU fell to Oregon for its 5th consecutive loss

by Alex crawfordThe Daily BaromeTer

Sunday night’s Civil War read like the script of any run-of-the mill sports movie.

Everyone knows the formula: there are the good guys and their arch rival; the good guys face all kinds of adversity; everyone counts them out; an unlikely hero emerges and everyone goes home happy.

Oregon State’s script read like this: their best player only played nine minutes in the first half because of foul trouble; the Pac-12 field goal percentage leader, Devon Collier, went down with what looked like a season-ending knee injury in the first half, but played a vital role in the second half; and true fresh-man guard Challe Barton attempted what would have been the game-tying three pointer. Hollywood couldn’t have scripted Civil War: The Battle for the Willamette Valley any better.

The Beavers (15-13, 5-11 Pac-12) did all they could to fill the role they were cast but they fell just a little bit short, as Barton’s trey rimmed out and the

Beavers lost their fifth game in a row.Oregon (20-8, 11-5) kept their chances for a top-

four Pac-12 finish and potential NCAA at-large bid alive.

“We accomplished everything we set out to do, we just lost the game,” a clearly dejected Angus Brandt said after the game. “We accomplished 95 percent of our goal. It was tough.”

The game definitely lived up to the expectations that come with an intense in-state rivalry. It was a physical game from the tip and it’s hard to recall any major amount of time passing without a foul being

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Oregon forward Olu Ashaolu misses a free throw with 9.9 seconds left, which gave OSU, down three, a chance to come down the floor and tie it. However Challe Barton missed a trey in the closing seconds to seal OSU’s fate.

Oregon 74, OSU 73

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