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By Grady GarrettTHE DAILY BAROMETER

If you’re a returning Oregon State University student, you may have noticed that campus was a bit quieter Monday than it usually is the week before classes begin each fall.

In past years, it was com-mon to find wide-eyed fresh-men wandering the streets of Corvallis — locating the buildings they have classes in, searching for convenience stores to load up on junk food for their dorm room or hop-ing to stumble upon a late-night house party somewhere off campus — as early as eight days before fall quarter began.

But, in comparison to past OSU freshmen classes, this year’s crop of incoming fresh-men had the beginning of its college experience delayed by a couple days thanks to a short-ened CONNECT week and the subsequent push back of move-in days into residence halls.

After years of freshmen enjoying a weeklong CONNECT week, this year’s CONNECT events will begin today and last just four days, and move-in day was switched from Sunday to the middle of the week.

Of the 4,290 students mov-ing into residence halls this fall, some moved in yesterday while others are doing so today, depending on the residence hall they’re moving into.

The changes are a result of a two-year study conducted by the CONNECT Week Task Force, which was made up of 15 OSU faculty from various departments. The task force was asked to evaluate the pre-vious OSU orientation program and recommend changes.

The official report put together by the task force high-lighted a number of concerns with the previous, weeklong model, including:

• Stress on campus: Staff, faculty and student leaders are tapped out by the time classes begin.

• Unstructured time: New students experience large amounts of down time, and as a result, improper conduct can become an issue. It may also lead to students experiencing homesickness or wanting to go home for the rest of CONNECT week or the weekend prior before classes begin.

• A weeklong CONNECT can lead to unhealthy habits forming before classes start, such as a lack of sleep, alco-hol use/abuse and poor time management.

The task force’s recommen-dations focused on shortening CONNECT — the weeklong model was longer than most other orientation schedules at schools across the Pac-12 — and making it more strongly tied to academics.

Leslee Mayers, assis-tant director of New Student Programs and Family Outreach, and a member of the task force, said the new structure has been well received across campus.

“We have really only heard positive things about the change,” Mayers said. “The campus seems excited to have the shortened schedule. To put on programming for eight days straight is very taxing on the OSU community.

“A shortened CONNECT allows a more focused and shorter period of intensity for the staff and programming,

which makes for better quality programming.”

Mayers said this year’s fresh-men aren’t necessarily missing out on anything past freshmen classes got to experience during CONNECT.

“We decided to try and group certain topics together in a better effort to focus stu-dents throughout CONNECT,” Mayers said. “Events didn’t nec-essarily get eliminated, but they may have moved to another time in the year or they were combined to make a bigger, stronger event.”

While the task force didn’t have jurisdiction over what day or days freshmen can move into residence halls, University Housing and Dining Services accepted the task force’s rec-ommendation of having move-in day center around the begin-ning of CONNECT week.

“If freshmen continued to move in on Sunday, there would be a lot of lag time before CONNECT week started,” said Brian Stroup, assistant direc-tor of Operations and Facilities at UHDS. “We chose to stag-ger the move-in days [Tuesday

and Wednesday] because it’s a good way to eliminate lines and frustration and ease the flow of students.”

Another benefit of having stu-dents move in on a weekday is that many campus resources aren’t open on the weekends.

“We don’t want to have par-ents leaving with questions because certain resources weren’t open on move-in day,” said Ann Marie Klotz, associ-ate director for Residential Education.

CONNECT events begin tonight with “It Starts Now,” an hour-long program begin-ning at 6 p.m. at the LaSells Stewart Center that will prepare students for a variety of situa-tions they may face during col-lege. Freshmen are also highly encouraged to attend the New Student Picnic, scheduled for 5 p.m. tomorrow in the Memorial Union Quad. A ticket, which can be purchased for $7 at one of the on-campus dining centers, is required to get into the picnic.

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Notable new student programs this week

TodayNew student shopping shuttle

When: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.Pick-up locations: The bus stop on 15th (right outside

of Kerr Administration Building) and the big football on Parker Plaza right outside of Reser Stadium.

Description: This free shuttle service takes you to Fred Meyer, Bed, Bath and Beyond and Kmart.

“It Starts Now”When: 6-7 p.m.Where: LaSells Stewart CenterDescription: A series of entertaining, student written

and performed sketches that will prepare students for vari-ous situations they may face during their time in college.

* Bring your student ID

RHA’s Wednesday Night LiveWhen: 9-11:55 p.m.Where: LaSells Stewart Center

ThursdayNew student walk and convocation

When: 3-5 p.m.Where: Meet at the Memorial Union Quad (end at Gill

Coliseum)Description: Join other incoming freshmen in making

same walk you’ll hopefully make one day at graduation. President Ed Ray and several other important figures at OSU will be there to provide your official academic wel-come to OSU.

New student picnicWhen: 5-8 p.m.Where: Memorial Union QuadDescription: Plenty of entertainment and a great place

to meet other incoming freshmen.* Tickets cost $7 and can be purchased at any on-cam-

pus dining hall.

MUvie: The Hunger GamesWhen: 8:30-11 p.m.Where: Memorial Union Quad

FridayCultural CONNECT in the Quad

When: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.Where: Memorial Union QuadDescription: Come get to know OSU’s Cultural and

Resource Centers; various cultural activities such as danc-ing to necklace making.

The Greek Life experienceWhen: 12-1 p.m., and 4-5 p.m.Where: Milam AuditoriumDescription: Presentation highlighting the values, aca-

demics, service and lifestyle of the Greek community.

Battle of the DJsWhen: 8-11 p.m.Where: Memorial Union QuadDescription: Watch local DJs battle it out for the title of

OSU’s Best DJ.

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You are reading the last daily student paper in the state of Oregon.

That’s right. With The Daily Emerald, at that other school south of here, going to two print days a week this fall, we are the last one. And while newspapers throughout the state and the nation are facing unprecedented challenges, we are ready to meet them head on with a sense of innovation, professionalism and uncompromising excellence.

We don’t have the answers to save newspapers or journalism, but we are not going to stand idle as the ship starts to sink. And we are an ambitious group that will tirelessly work to make The Daily Barometer the best student newspaper in the nation for what we think is the best school in the nation.

I’m taking over as editor-in-chief after the longest tenure of any edi-tor at the Barometer. Brandon Southward had been editor since

2010 and has left me with a paper that is more financially solvent than the one he took over. His consum-mate professionalism, daunting work ethic and unyielding commit-ment to the Barometer has left its mark on every level of the organiza-tion and will be difficult to replicate.

But I am determined to make my own mark here at this vener-able institution and I think I have assembled one of the best crews of editors the Barometer has ever seen. Last spring we won the Society of Professional Journalists mark of excellence award for best all-around daily newspaper in the Northwest region — something the Barometer

hadn’t won in many years. And this year we will win it again.

But we are not content to rest. This year you will witness some exciting changes. We are making changes to the design of the paper in order to make it a better product for you. We are also going to start viewing news gathering with a digital-first mindset. Instead of merely waiting for our printed versions, our report-ers will be tweeting during games, during meetings and will be posting breaking news immediately to the website.

And our website will improve as well. We are currently working on a new website that we are looking to launch during winter term. Our new website will include new and better interactive features that will enable us to tell the story of Oregon State University and its students better than ever.

All of this, we hope, will allow us to serve you as the best student news-

paper in the country. We won best in the region last year and this year we are aiming even higher — to win best in the nation. We are a scrap-py bunch, and with no journalism school, we use our real-world expe-rience here at the Barometer as the laboratory in which we learn. We are English majors and political science majors. We are biology and market-ing majors. We study new media communications and history. But all of us are committed to journalism.

I look forward to serving you as editor-in-chief of The Daily Barometer for the 2012-2013 school year. If you want to come in and complain about the paper, talk about the news or dance to some James Brown, my office in Snell Hall is always open.

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Don Iler is a senior in history. The opinions expressed in his columns do not necesssarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Iler can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @doniler.

With the anniversary of 9-11 close behind in the rear-view mirror, it’s a

good time to reflect on what hap-pened that day and what has hap-pened since. Sept. 11, 2001 remains a day most of us will never forget.

On that horrific morning, two planes hit the World Trade Centers in New York, one hit the Pentagon near Washington D.C., and one more fell in Shanksville, Pa.

After 9-11, we saw a huge surge in patriotism and love for America, and our fellow Americans, and eventually came the invasions of Afghanistan and then Iraq.

Eleven years later, we’re still in the Middle East, fighting, “liberat-ing,” “educating,” and many other words politicians use to mask the real description of these wars, any other

war, and mass murder. Whether you support the wars or

not, the deaths of many people are the outcome. Are the deaths of some in the Middle East justified by the deaths of others in America?

The “patriotic” emotion says yes, an eye for an eye, payback, karma, etc. But that’s easy for us to say when our country hasn’t been occupied by a foreign military. As a libertarian, I’m against these wars and all wars. The very basis for libertarianism is the idea of nonaggression. No act can be forced on another.

War, in any case, is this exactly: one country invades another, and

they fight until one side can’t com-mit enough resources to continue fighting.

But do wars really solve anything? The Afghanistan and Iraq wars cer-tainly have not. The United States has occupied both countries for many years. Whatever the troops are doing obviously isn’t working.

The War on Terror has done noth-ing but reduce our rights and the rights of other nations and people. We now have machines scan us in airports “for our safety” but can cre-ate images of us naked, or close to it. The government has eliminated many of our rights throughout the War on Terror, but hasn’t brought us any closer to a real resolution.

Want a way to solve the War on Terror? We need to stop invading, occupying and controlling other

nations. We impose our will on other nations and then wonder why they despise us.

I believe that the United States is the best nation on the planet, has been for a while, and can be for a lot longer. However, our reduction in rights, our pompous attitude and aggressive actions take us back a few steps.

If we truly want freedom for our-selves and for others, we need to get out of every country our military occupies and strike down every law that restricts our civil liberties in any way.

I understand why we went in to Afghanistan and Iraq, whether as retaliation, to grow opium, or for oil. But, all those reasons are wrong.

Smoking tobacco is so delicious, what with carcinogens,

radioactive and nonra-dioactive toxic metals, and poisons entering the body and smoke exiting through yellowing teeth. Yum. Well, according to Oregon State University’s smoking policy, as of Sept. 1 tasty treats such as cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, cigars, pipes or “other devices intended to simulate smoking,” are prohibited on campus.

The idea behind a smoke-free campus has charm — smok-ers get a little exercise, smoke doesn’t bother others on cam-pus suffering from medical issues and whoever else cares can gripe about the next thing. But I question how well students and staff are going to honor the new policy, and how well it can be enforced.

The Department of Public Safety polices the policy, but aside from the first week back, I doubt campus will truly be smoke-free. Not to say I wouldn’t love to see it happen. In my mind, it’s a win-win.

As a former tobacco user, I understand the appeal: the hand to mouth interaction, the heavy sigh after the first drag, a moment’s peace, an attractive way to watch time pass — not to mention the playfulness of smoke. Honestly, I can get the same satisfaction from eating a brownie: hand to mouth, sigh of fulfillment, a moment of indulgence and a way to ease boredom. I can also get this satisfaction from a run: pumping my arms and legs, adrenaline rushing, a moment to myself and a very productive way to pass the time.

The only thing I don’t get is smoke. But honestly, in public, I had a harder time enjoying cigarette smoke because I was

Yeas & NaysYea to a new school year; it’s

nice seeing all the good-look-ing people back in Corvallis.

Nay to having to go back to class.Yea to the mayor of Corvallis, Julie

Manning, and local business owner, David Lin, standing up to the Chinese government.

Nay to the Chinese government telling Corvallis business owners how to paint their buildings. Guess what, we have this little thing called the First Amendment here in America. Trampling over human rights might be the norm over there, but it’s not going to happen here. Shame on you China.

Yea to the best Major League Baseball season in a long time. We’ve been enjoying it.

Nay to someone finding you on Facebook after you danced with them at the Peacock. We didn’t want to go home with you then and don’t really want to talk to you now.

Yea to the Beavers beating Wisconsin. We hope this is a foreshadowing of a good season to come.

Nay to back-to-back kings in smoke or fire.

Yea to giant stuffed bananas.Nay to shirking responsibilities,

whether that is cleaning up the dead soldiers after a party, taking care of your guests or calling your mother.

Yea to staff bonding.Nay to CONNECT week starting on

Wednesday.Yea to Brandon Southward, the

greatest editor-in-chief the Barometer has ever had. He will be missed here in the office.

Nay to continued inaction by the administration in addressing Americans with Disabilities Act com-pliance. OSU has done too little for far too long.

Yea to sunshine, good times and great friends.

Nay to making tasteless films about other religions and putting them on the Internet. You may have had the right to make them but you shouldn’t have.

Nay to attacking American embas-sies and killing American officials. While the film is disrespectful, it does not give you the right to commit acts of violence, especially toward individu-als who have nothing to do with its making.

Yea to getting a compliment on your undergarments.

Nay to it occurring because a drunk wandered into your room while you’re changing and then propositioned you. Guess what children, if you’re at some-one else’s house and you see a closed door, you should probably stay out, or at least knock. You need to learn some manners.

Yea to tailgating.Meh to the new smoking ban on

campus. Smoking is bad but instead of this ban convincing anyone to quit, we foresee it merely driving smok-ers across the street to litter private property.

Nay to wasteful expenditures by uni-versity employees. You know who you are, and we will report you.

Yea to today being a good day. We didn’t have to use our AK.

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worrying about the people walking by. So instead of standing outside my dorm’s front steps or the Valley Library’s double-doors, I often walked off campus to indulge, anyway.

Looking through commonly asked questions on the Smoke-free OSU webpage, I can’t help but think mak-ing Oregon State a smoke-free campus will rely more heavily on scout’s honor and confident people politely asking smokers to take it somewhere else. Naturally, as someone who will be watching the phenomenon, I won’t ask anyone to put their butt out. However, I will be interested to see the interaction occur — if it does at all.

Even though it’s intrusive, the law is on your side. If you do have a problem with smokers smoking on campus, I encourage you to confront them — politely and calmly — and address the issue. Admittedly, this encouragement stems from a deep curiosity concern-ing human interaction, and I’d love to bear witness.

But smokers shouldn’t take it personally, either. Everyone has a right to their opinion and fresh air. If you want to clog your lungs with tar, go for it — just leave the rest of us out of it.

This inconvenience may piss off the 10 percent of Benton County smokers, an estimate determined by the Benton County Health Department for 2011-12, but a little walk never hurt anyone.

Hopefully, this inconvenience serves as encourage-ment to visit Student Health Services in the Plageman Building for advice, support and free nicotine gum or patches. Fortunately, SHS edges campus; so, if it’s just too much, a nicotine dose is a minute’s walk away.

We don’t have it out for smokers. In fact, part of Oregon State’s mission is to improve health and well-ness. In a sense, this push for a smoke-free campus is their way of helping better your health. Whether that’s by getting a little more exercise or helping you kick the habit, OSU wants to help.

Oregon State values improving health and wellness as much as improving Earth’s ecosystem. They go hand in hand, really. Provided this year many might feel irritable and anxious due to nicotine withdrawal, at least they’ll be able to step outside for some fresh air.

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Megan Campbell is a fourth-year junior in new media communications. The opinions in her column do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Campbell can be reached at [email protected]

This past week shows that other countries don’t appreci-ate our presence either. The attacks on the U.S. embassies, consulates and ambassadors in Egypt, Libya and Yemen (not in that order) show that countries don’t want us to run their lives.

These countries want inde-pendence and freedom as

we did before becoming the United States and as we want now.

Although we remember 9-11 and the tragedy it brought upon this nation, we also need to reflect on what we did as a reaction. We should not have invaded either Afghanistan or Iraq, and any military presence we have needs to withdraw.

9-11 is day that most will remember for the rest of our

lives. The events that took place, where we were, the emo-tions that came over us, and everything else. But we need to realize that our occupation of Afghanistan, Iraq, and all other countries needs to end now.

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Drew Pells is a senior in business adminis-tration. The opinions expressed in his columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Pells can be reached at [email protected].

PELLSn Continued from page A4

CAMPBELLn Continued from page A4 Speaking from experience, advice to live by

The beginning is near. In a week, emotions will be all over the graph. Some will

be full of excitement to see their current friends, make new ones, have a sense of purpose again, and/or be away from parents. Others will be filled with anxiety, wondering whether this will be the year they can perform at their best. And anticipation is building in those that just want their week-ends to be filled with parties again.

Of course, it can’t be forgotten that there will be some new faces on campus. The vast majority of these new faces are incoming freshmen (of course some stu-dents will just be transferring from another school, or coming back after a hiatus, but they’re a select few). To these newcomers, I say, “Welcome.”

The remainder of this column is addressed to this fine group, but if you’re returning, this doesn’t mean the remainder is useless. It will probably be a trip down memory lane.

If you’re reading this, it means that you saw a newspaper, and didn’t think, “Wow, they still make those? Why would anyone ever read one when they could just watch TV or go on the Internet?” I commend you for not having this ignorant thought, and actually having the desire to learn, not just about what is going on around campus, but what fellow students are doing and thinking. I highly encourage you to keep reading The Daily Barometer. It will prove to be useful in keeping you up-to-date on the world nearest you

and allow you to read something besides a textbook.

As a fifth-year senior who has changed his major a few (read: many) times, I have learned a lot over the years. If you talked to those who know me well, they could tell you my advice is credit-able, as all of it comes from experi-ence. I can honestly tell you that you are going to have a lot of, if not the same, experiences I have had.

Your experiences will range from pulling all-nighters to getting a paper in on time, getting lost try-ing to find the party your friends drunkenly told you to join them at (and when you finally arrive, they tell you they went to another one), or having an internal fight of whether or not to get up for the 8 a.m. class you loathe yourself for

enrolling in. Chances are, you won’t experience these things just once, but multiple times. Each time you’ll tell yourself you’ll do something to make sure it doesn’t happen again, and then it does.

I, unlike most of your parents, encourage you to have as many of these and similar college trials of will. You’re going to make mis-takes, but these mistakes will allow you to learn, and truly appreciate life and getting older. I’m willing to bet almost everyone has heard an adult say, “Man, I wish I had done more when I was younger.”

So don’t be afraid to try new things. This is the time where you are in full control of your life. Once you graduate and have a profes-sion, that’s going to dictate a lot of your decisions. Chances are you won’t be making your own sched-ule like you do here. You’ll also find fewer opportunities to meet people, so take advantage of that now.

With that being said, don’t go overboard. A lot of people come to college fresh from the control

of their parents, and celebrate by doing everything their par-ents wouldn’t let them do. This splurge of defiance can often lead to poor decisions, and taxing con-sequences. So exercise your free-dom with a bit of caution.

Overall, just try to follow the simple motto: “Work hard, play hard.” Meet new people, have fun, get your work done and appreci-ate every moment. If done cor-rectly, you’ll remember these years as the best of your life.

Once again, I welcome you to Oregon State University, and wish you the best — not just here in col-lege, but after graduation as well. If you have a sense of curiosity, visit dailybarometer.com and read my previous article “The suggestions, tips to do to make it in college.” That article provides even more tips to help you make it through college in one piece.

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Alexander Verloet is a senior in communica-tion. The opinions expressed in his columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Vervloet can be reached on Twit-ter @Rantsweekly.

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Sure it’s ridiculously expensive, and sure the freshman 15 is more

likely to occur with consistent meals in the dining center, and sure you have to share a space no bigger than 15 by 17 square feet — but living in the dorms is honestly one of the better choices I’ve made here at Oregon State University.

In an effort to connect stu-dents to their university, and keep them coming back for their sophomore year, fall term 2013 all first-year students must live in the dorms. Calling it their First Year Experience Program, Oregon State plans to bunch all the freshmen together on campus.

For housing alone, you can expect to be spending around $3,000 per term (if not more). And don’t go crazy in the dining center the first week you’re here. The expectation that your meal plan will last three months requires more budgeting than you’d imagine, and the predetermined plan doesn’t include CONNECT week.

Calm down; it’s not as bad as it seems. I lived in the dorms for two years. Whereas I per-sonally could have done with-

out a second go, the dorms is where I met my core group of friends, which was enough to keep me here my first summer.

In the dorms you not only have already-cooked meals, quick access to campus and your Internet, electricity, toilet paper and paper towels paid for, you’re sharing the boat with a ton of people. It’s not hard to start friendships when you could easily talk about one of the hundred things you have in common.

Now that it’s my fourth year here, I don’t speak to all the people I met or befriended — though the select few hold a special place in my heart. What these people did do for me was keep me involved. Bringing different points of view and energies, these peo-ple helped me feel invited and led me to experience all those typical college adventures.

These people helped me academically; it’s nice to have

a buddy in that 8 a.m. class you didn’t go to. However, I caution turning into a leach and using people for their notes. You have to give to get. Plus, don’t piss off the person filling you in; they might decide to feed you false information.

There’s always someone who will let you read your papers to them, and who will give feedback. Or someone in that physics lab to help you out when you just have no idea what’s going on. Or a guaran-teed friend register in the same bowling class.

These people help solidi-fy your involvement in social activities — if you so choose to partake. This is where you can socially engage with peo-ple interested in the same fun activities you are: card games like Magic: The Gathering, video games like Mario Kart, or club sports or parties.

Your first year in the dorms gives you these resources to fall back on. It teaches you about the Oregon State system (once you learn it, you can work it). And it gives you a place to call home.

By the end of it all, you’ll be sad to leave the comfort of those halls and those faces.

You’ll wonder if you’ll ever see them again. You’ll miss them all summer.

Provided they return the next year, you’ll be surprised to see them all over campus. It’s in your second year that Oregon State will seem small-er. You’ll know where buildings are and find friends on the first day.

It’s quite remarkable to walk on campus and suddenly know your peers. It happens suddenly. The bookstore, the quad and hallways will clump with old friends catching up.

Just let it happen. After a year in the dorms, I guarantee you won’t feel cheated out of a college experience. Whereas I wish freshmen were given the option to live off campus, I stress how much living in the dorms benefited my growth and connection to this univer-sity. Be kind and respect your neighbor. These experiences will truly help you in the real world.

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CONNECT week is here again, and with it comes the hordes

of new and returning students. Until classes start next Monday, most people will be looking for things to do. A campus favor-ite I’d recommend is Dixon Recreation Center.

Dixon is a fabulous facil-ity, filled with enough weights, machines, sport courts and climbing walls to make a gym-rat like myself tear up with joy. Actually, with all the fan-tastic recreational opportuni-ties offered, Dixon is a little too good.

Anyone who has gone to Dixon between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. has had to battle a mine-field of workout setbacks. The shear mass of people can be overwhelming. Working out in a crowd is intimidating for new exercisers, and even for gym regulars like myself.

As I walk in the doors rock-ing my grungy gym clothes and smelly sneakers, I pass at least a dozen women, all of them looking fantastic in yoga pants and fresh makeup. Looking and smelling homeless, I can’t even bring myself to look them in the eye.

Once I make it past the clus-ters of what I can only assume are fitness models, I head to the weight room. Now what? Every single weight station seems to be occupied by gym bros in cut-off shirts wearing Beats by Dr. Dre Headphones. I man-age to squeeze in somewhere between one fellow trying his hardest not to look like he is checking himself out in the mirrors and another on what I can only assume is his 500th set of curls.

One awkward, rushed work-out later, I leave feeling unsat-isfied. If you are like me, and have found yourself in this situ-ation, I have some strategies to get the most out of your Dixon experience.

Go earlier in the day. I’ve started doing this and it makes a huge difference. Between opening and noon Dixon is almost empty. Early in the morning, the only people there are the hardcore professors, quietly going about their rou-tine. This is awesome, not just because of all the free equip-

ment lying around, but also because the majority of early morning Dixon goers tend to be middle aged or older.

For someone of only mod-erate size, I suddenly found myself lifting more than any-one else around me. I finally know what it must feel like to be Arnold Schwarzenegger!

Don’t worry, I haven’t forgot-

ten about night owls who can’t get up before noon to save their lives. If you do find yourself at Dixon during peak hours, don’t panic. Did you know that there are two weight rooms? The second one is by the first floor basketball courts and is almost always empty. There is also a cardio room tucked away on the end of the second floor

that overlooks the ping-pong courts. In all my time at Dixon, neither of these places have ever been full.

Dixon is a wonderful facility and I encourage everyone to make full use of it. Hope this helps, and good luck with your 2012 fitness goals.

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For Oregon State University students who occasionally grow tired of the Valley Library, the opening of the Student Success Center should come as good news.

The $14 million building, which opened its doors Tuesday, will provide the general OSU student population, as well as OSU student athletes, with a range of academic support services and a new place to cram for midterms.

The 34,000-square-feet building, located at 671 S.W. 26th St., includes a study lounge, a computer lab, tutorial spaces, class-rooms, meeting rooms and academic counseling and advising offices. The building will be open to the general student popula-tion during the day and will be used strictly by student athletes during the evening.

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Another benefit of the facility is the fact that it’s on the south end of campus.

“A lot of students who live in resident halls and apartments live on the south side of campus, so it’ll be nice for them to have a facility so close that they can study at,” Brubaker-Cold said.

The construction of the building was made possible by donors contributing more than $7 million to The Campaign for OSU, which qualified the project for matching bonds from the state. According to Michelle Williams, director of strategic com-munications for the OSU Foundation, an anonymous donor made a $5 million donation.

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The day after the attack on the American Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia, last Friday, Oregon State University student Laura Harris found herself wearing a heads-carf on her way to school on Saturday in Tunisia.

Harris was afraid that she would be targeted as an American studying abroad in a country that was being rocked

with violence and protests against an American film, “The Innocence of Muslims,” that showed images of the Prophet Muhammad, and which deni-grated the religion of Islam — both highly offensive to Muslims. But Harris found that her attempt to blend in by wear-ing a headscarf made her stick out that much more.

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Since the Jasmine Revolution, Tunisia has been convulsing with the excitement and first

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It was this political experi-ment, as well as a desire to visit the Arab world and practice her French, that drew Harris to apply for a study abroad pro-gram in Tunisia.

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the conversation, regardless of how large their numbers actu-ally are. It has also led Harris to question her own ideas about democracy as she learned them growing up in Oregon.

“Coming to Tunisia, I did not think my ideals of free speech and democratic, autonomous, people-powered governance would start to feel less univer-sal,” Harris said.

Even though Harris is leaving Tunisia for now, she has enjoyed her time there. She describes the food as delicious, the weather warm, the people friendly and the changes the country is going through as fascinating. She has also been impressed with their progressive health and educa-tion system, and says in spite of the protests, the United States is generally well regarded.

But what will become of Tunisia, its experiment in democracy and the Salafists who have their own vision of democ-racy remains a matter of conjec-ture for the time being.

“The Salafis are… eliciting dis-like from many Muslims and/or Tunisians,” Harris said. “It seems the dictatorship may have been theoretically undesirable, but what will the democratic major-ity become?...[We] are watching the aftermath of a revolution.”

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With demanding school schedules, work shifts and social lives, many stu-dents encounter challenges in leading a healthy lifestyle. The Oregon State University College of Public Health and Human Sciences hopes to confront this difficulty through the introduction of the Moore Family Center for Whole Grain Foods Nutrition and Preventive Health.

Propelled by a $5 million dollar gift from Bob and Charlee Moore, founders of Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods, the center will allow students to familiarize them-selves with both the scientific and practi-cal applications of nutrition.

“[Bob and Charlee Moore] have worked to provide healthy food options to the community,” said Emily Ho, endowed director of the Moore Family Center and associate professor.

Regarding the scientific and research capacities of the Moore Family Center, nutrition students at both undergradu-ate and graduate levels will now have space for nutrition-based studies, attract-

ing researchers from across the country to continue to research.

“Financial support from the Moore family will go towards staff members and researchers for the center,” Ho said. “The center will promote research and applica-tion, tying in both scientific and practical applications. With the science side, we’ll be able to look at the scientific side of healthy food and how that affects areas like disease processes.”

The center will not only serve as a resource for nutrition students, but also for the university, and after this year, accord-ing to Ho, the greater Corvallis community. This fall, students have the opportunity to choose from three two-hour health related food and cooking classes on Oct. 11, Nov. 1 and Nov. 15 that will use the newly outfit-ted Moore Family Center kitchens and classrooms. The classes include cooking tips, advice on nutrition and guidance on making quality meals at lower prices.

“A lot of students are living on their own for the first time,” Ho said. “We hope these classes can be a nudge for them to show what some healthy options are and pro-vide them with skills and basic recipes to help them make healthy meals at home.”

Mary Cluskey, associate professor of nutrition and director of the Moore Family Center Food Labs, submits that a demanding academic and social atmo-

sphere heavily influences healthy cooking and eating. In a 2007 study of 350 OSU students, Cluskey found that after the first eight weeks of school, 25 percent of the students gained five pounds or more. Her study pointed to weight problems for both men and women likely being related to factors such as stress and peer influence.

“Usually exercise isn’t as much of a struggle as choosing foods,” Cluskey said. “Many students are highly influenced by what their friends choose.”

According to Cluskey, many college stu-dents feel they are more in control of their eating habits in college, although her research hasn’t shown the same results.

Although students have control over which foods they purchase, time con-straints and stress make routines harder to keep. Those involved with the Moore Family Center hope that their offerings will encourage students to develop con-sistent and healthy eating styles, leading to other healthy lifestyle changes for those who participate.

“Being prepared with a plan and mak-ing small changes into habits is one way we hope students can take on healthier lifestyles,” Cluskey said.

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The Associated Students of Oregon State University and the Able Student Alliance brought accessibility to the fore over the summer, demanding the uni-versity do something about handicap accessible parking at the planned Student Experience Center.

At first, student leaders sought to make the basement of the Student Experience Center a parking lot full of 30 handicap accessible spaces that would have been covered from the elements. However, stu-dents faced pushback from university officials who claimed that it was too late in the planning process to incorporate a parking lot in the basement and were told they would look at other options for accessible parking at the Student Experience Center.

Those options appear to be coming to fruition, with the university looking to construct 14 disabled accessible spaces in proximity to the building, with six of them being placed immediately next to the building and its east entrance. The other eight will be in a new parking lot to be located between Waldo and Langton Halls. Paths of travel from both lots would

be compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Larrie Easterly, of OSU facility services, said that plans are currently in the works to construct a lot between Langton and Waldo Halls. He says the cost of the lot will be included in the total bill for the Student Experience Center and would have an accessible path of travel between the lot and the center.

Easterly said they are planning on constructing the lot before work begins to remove the current lot next to the book-store. The six spaces next to the Student Experience Center will be built near the end of the building’s construction.

Construction of the Student Experience Center will displace the parking lot currently adjacent to the bookstore. The lot contains five disabled parking spots, and construc-tion of the building and destruction of the lot will remove already limited accessible parking in the central core of campus.

“We have to, at a minimum, replace the spots that are being taken away. But there is an increase in needs to serve the new building and those around it. We have to think about how this parking lot serves these other buildings as well,” said Gabe Merrell, interim associate director for accessibility.

Merrell explained this is why the uni-versity is constructing 14 spots in the vicinity of the Student Experience Center.

However Jeffrey Evans, president of the

Able Student Alliance, is already upset with the current state of disabled park-ing in the central core of campus, cit-ing the lot by the Women’s Center as non-compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

“There is an unconscionable shortage of disabled parking within the central core of campus,” Evans said.

Merrell said that his office, as well as the university’s committee on acces-sibility, is currently working on a plan to address accessibility on campus. He said the plan would look at the best way to improve access at OSU and hopes to start to piece together a plan to prioritize improvements.

“We need feedback from ASA and ASOSU and any community members with disabilities about this plan,” Merrell said. “We want feedback. We can’t do everything all at one time. We need to prioritize how we do it.”

However, Evans is not happy with the Student Experience Center going forward with construction.

“When this building is complete, it will be a non-compliant building because it will not connect with the rest of campus,” Evans said. “We have to get the legislature to put a stop to the building. We’ll do it.”

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ASOSU? What’s that?n Student government aims to use

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By Jack LammersTHE DAILY BAROMETER

As the 2012-13 academic year begins, the Associated Students of Oregon State University aim for openness and clarity in their work, embracing the ambitions of newly elected cabinet mem-bers. For the past week, the group has held staff training sessions work-ing to prepare task force directors and cabinet members with leadership seminars.

“There has already been a lot of talk about what the university will look like down the road, including an increase in buildings and students on campus and outreach to students on campus,” said Brett Deedon, ASOSU executive secretary.

Like the U.S. government, the spe-cific functions of ASOSU are laid out by an ASOSU constitution and divided into an executive branch, a bicam-eral legislative branch — with both a House of Representatives and a Senate — and a judicial branch. Meetings are held by all branches collectively oper-ating within a system of checks and balances to stay within their powers.

According to Dan Cushing, ASOSU vice president, ASOSU serves five major purposes: advocacy, represen-

tation, lobbying, education and ser-vices. Many of these extend beyond the OSU campus as members interact with both state and federal govern-ments. A few issues that the organi-zation continues to take on and that have been spearheaded in the past include voter registration awareness and tuition rates through campaign

efforts. “Right now the stu-

dents pay for a large portion of the univer-sity,” Deedon said.

“About two-thirds of the university costs are paid for by students, with a third being paid by the government. We want [to] argue for putting the priority on education.”

Sa f e t y re m a i n s another concern of the g r o u p,

working between the city and univer-sity communities to approach issues of campus safety along with sexual assault and awareness. Lexie Merrill, ASOSU execu-tive director of com-munity resources, takes stake in safety through her involve-ment with the SafeRide Program and her over-sight involving Campus, Wellness and Community Affairs Task Forces.

“St u d e n t L e a d e r s h i p a n d Involvement on campus has led to student fees being allocated and

determined by students,” Merrill said. “Many other accommodations — including 24-hour library access, five days a week — were started by student leaders. We want a community that’s open to anybody who needs resources, all task force directors and services work that way.”

The theme of openness throughout the organization extends to promotion of diversity on campus. Blake Viena, ASOSU executive director of diversity programs places emphasis on inclu-sivity on campus as well as accessibil-ity of campus buildings and resources for all students.

“We promote a community that is open to anybody coming to get resources,” Viena said. “All task force directors and services are available and we encourage students to get involved and use these resources.”

ASOSU will hold House and Senate meetings every week with updates

shown on their web-site calendar. Along with calendar updates, the ASOSU website includes meeting min-utes, budget updates, contact information and a blog to acquaint students with their representatives.

“ASOSU is transpar-ent and open, serving the students,” Cushing said. “People are wel-come to attend ses-

sions of all branches and meet with us.”

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This year’s cabinet is an eclectic bunch, bringing with them a wide range of talents and experiences — as well as an eagerness to serve the student body. We could say more, but here’s some information to introduce them.

Brett Deedon, executive secretaryDeedon, a candidate for speaker

of the house last year, is serving this year as executive secretary. The exec-utive secretary, according to Deedon, serves the secretarial needs of a stu-dent government.

“There are many different commit-tees across campus and I make sure that students are on those commit-tees and that their voices are heard,” Deedon said.

Deedon also said that he planned on doing more networking with other entities on campus, as well as lobbying with the Oregon Student Association.

“We need more funding for higher education from the state,” Deedon said. “If students want to see change, ASOSU is where you want to start.”

Besides his ASOSU duties, the microbiology major from Eugene says he enjoys spending time at his home where he grew up showing cattle and sheep.

Lexie Merrill, executive director of community resources

Merrill holds a newly created posi-tion this year that combined the for-mer positions of director of services with campaign resources. She over-sees six different task force directors, as well as the services that ASOSU provides, such as the Saferide pro-gram and the office of advocacy.

In addition, she sits on various committees, including a joint City of Corvallis and Oregon State University committee, looking at various issues between the city and the university.

“I hope to give the City of Corvallis a student’s perspective on parking and safety,” Merrill said.

Merill says she is passionate about campus safety and preventing sex-

ual assault and is putting together a safety focus group on campus that will look at safety on campus at night.

Aside from her duties at ASOSU, Merrill is the mother of a 3-year-old daughter who she says, “takes up most of her time outside the office.”

Blake Viena, executive director of diversity programs

Viena was heavily involved in many different groups and organi-zations before joining the executive cabinet in June. He was president of the Polynesian Culture Club last year, is a member of Omega Delta Phi, vice president of the Black Student Union and a member of the Unified Greek Council among others.

As executive director of diversity programs, Viena oversees and coor-dinates with six different task force directors, helping them with their own campaigns as well as the overall goals of the administration.

“I want to create visibility for issues that fall under diversity programs,” Viena said. “We need to make sure our community embraces diversity and makes sure that all people feel safe.”

Viena is an ethnic studies major with an emphasis on Asian Pacific American studies. He says he enjoys to dance, kick back and spend time with his family.

OSU is hosting the Oregon Students of Color Coalition confer-ence this year, and Viena hopes the opportunity will “create more oppor-tunities for students of color to get involved.”

He also hopes to reach out to the growing international student population and make sure that non-resident student interests are being heard, not just residents’.

Saketa Dixon, executive director of finance

Dixon says she has always liked finance.

“I started my first bank account when I was three, I started my first business when I was 12 and every job I’ve had at OSU has been about finance,” Dixon said.

While she is not an accounting or finance major, she says she still really likes it. However, one thing she does not enjoy is pizza.

“There’s all of that processed cheese and it’s so fatty,” Dixon said.

Dixon is a radiation health phys-ics and public health major. As part of her job, she oversees and reviews the ASOSU budget, takes care of time sheets and will be presenting the

budget once a term to the House of Representatives. She will also be responsible for presenting the bud-get to the Student & Incidental Fees Committee.

“I’m excited with what ASOSU has to do this year,” Dixon said. “We’re trying to be more visible on campus.”

Ryan Broadsword, executive director of communications

Broadsword self admittedly likes to talk. Which is good for the commu-nications major whose responsibil-ity is to speak for and communicate ASOSU’s message.

“I have to deal with anything that is seen, heard or read for ASOSU,” Broadsword said. “We need to have our services and what we do known by the rest of students.”

His current project is updating the website and ensuring all the infor-mation on it is current and accurate. He is also looking to make the web-site more usable for people with dis-abilities and has been working with Gabe Merrell in the office of equity and inclusion to make it possible.

Broadsword oversees a graphic

designer and a web designer and hopes to work in public relations later.

“I have to speak for an entire organization, so it’s a little daunting sometimes.”

Nagini Reddy, executive director of government relations

Reddy says she is here to empower students and to educate them about the issues of higher education at the state and national level.

Part of that is registering students to vote, and Reddy says they have a goal of registering 1,000 students to vote before the election in November.

“We have a strong government relations team to educate on the issues to take to Washington, D.C., and be successful lobbying,” Reddy said.

The Portland native is an apparel design and graphics major. In addi-tion to lobbying for students, she enjoys watching movies and was the state high school girl’s table tennis champion for a few years.

Meleani Bates, executive chief of staff

Bates, a double major in women’s and ethnic studies, says she likes to sing a lot, much of it not even planned.

“I’m not the best, but I love to [sing].”

She serves as executive chief of staff, whose responsibility is to sup-port all the executive staff members and to provide support for the cam-paigns ASOSU undertakes.

“I’m there to make sure they are successful in whatever they do,” Bates said.

Recently, she planned the staff retreat and training that cabinet members undertook at the coast this past weekend.

“The training is to make sure that all of the staff has the proper tools,” Bates said. “I want to be a little more supportive of students by think-ing, ‘How could students be more involved?’”

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On twitter @doniler


ASOSU members Lexie Merrill, Blake Viena, Meleani Bates, Amelia Harris, Brett Deedon, Dan Cushing, Saketa Dixon and Ryan Broadsword make up the ASOSU executive cabinet. The cabinet serves a term of one year and supervises task force directors and assists the president and vice president.


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