Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
Our back to school issue Freshman guide.
Citation preview
BarometerThe Daily
A freshman’s
guide to college
C2• Wednesday, September 19, 2012 [email protected] • 737-2231
AMERICAN DREAM PIZZA
FREE DELIVERY CAMPUS • 757-1713 • 2525 NW Monroe
DAILY CAMPUS SPECIALS DAILY CAMPUS SPECIALS * Lunch Special — $ 5.95 * Lunch Special — $ 5.95
One-topping slice & one-topping salad… 11am-3pm daily
* Slice and Pint — $ 4.95 * Slice and Pint — $ 4.95 One-topping slice and a pint of your choice… 2:30-5:30pm daily
* DreamTime Pizza — $ 12. 95 * DreamTime Pizza — $ 12. 95 1-topping large or 2-topping medium pizza and a 1-liter pop… 7:30pm until close nightly
www.adpizza.com
comedyshow
DADS & FAMILY WEEKEND 2012
FEATURING
6:30pm & 9:00pmFriday, November 2ndLaSells Stewart Center
Nick Thune & Tommy Johnagin
Accommodations for disabilities may be made by calling 541.737.1369 or emailing [email protected]
Tickets go on sale Sept. 24, 2012 and are available at: mu.oregonstate.edu/mupc/dadweekend. Show may include mature content.
Welcome to OSU
A message from a former student athlete
A message from an academic adviser
Dear Oregon State freshmen,Welcome to college. You’ve made it.By now, you’ve probably moved
into your dorm room and begun the unpacking/organizing/decorat-ing process that will last days, if not weeks. You’ve probably said goodbye to your parents, an emotional moment for some and a “thank goodness I’m finally on my own” moment for others. You’ve probably met your roommate and scanned your floor for potential friends and/or potential significant others.
It’s an overwhelming time in your life, the beginning of a journey that will shape your future and leave you with
an abundance of lifelong memories. A time of your life that brings a mixed bag of emotions.
You’re excited. You’re nervous. You’re a bit sad, whether you admit it or not. Above all, you’re anxious to get the col-lege experience started.
To help prepare you for the next four (or five, or more) years of your life, we at The Daily Barometer have put together the following “Welcome to OSU” guide.
On this page, you’ll find letters wel-coming you from three different per-spectives: a student’s (ASOSU President Amelia Harris and Vice President Dan Cushing), an academic adviser’s (Louie
Bottaro, College of Liberal Arts) and a former student athlete’s (Lamar Hurd).
On the following pages, we’ve pro-vided you with an overwhelming num-ber of tips we wish someone had provided us with when we first got to Oregon State.
Worried you might not pass your classes? Worried you might look like a fool at a party? Worried you might never meet that special someone?
We’ve got you covered. At least we’d like to think so.
Congratulations on choosing Oregon State, and let the fun begin.
The Daily Barometer editorial staff
Greetings Oregon State University freshmen,
We are so excited to wel-come you to Corvallis! We know this year will be one full of positive change and growth at this university.
As you begin your journey at OSU, we welcome you to take part in the Associated Students of Oregon State University —your student government.
Students today face great challenges in higher educa-tion. With the trust you place in us to advocate on behalf of the issues you face in higher education, we humbly invite you to join us to pursue those issues by taking the ASOSU Internship Class (AHE 406 CRN 17898) or by visiting our office in Snell 149.
Together, students have power. This power lies not just with us, but with students everywhere. One of the easi-est ways to exercise this power is to register to vote, educate yourself on the issues and VOTE! Together, with other public colleges and universi-ties in the state of Oregon, we work hard in the state legisla-ture and in the nation’s capital to make sure our legislators are paying attention to our issues. Every voice and every vote count!
At OSU, we’re committed to providing support and oppor-tunity for all students and ASOSU is but one aspect of this community. Other orga-nizations in student life such as Student Media, Cultural
and Resource Centers, the Memorial Union and our hundreds of clubs and orga-nizations are just a few other examples.
Whether in student life or in the resources provided by the dedicated faculty, staff and administration of OSU, we hope that you will find your
place in this community and feel safe and supported during your education. At OSU, we make life-changing connec-tions every day and we would be honored to be part of your experience.
Welcome, and go Beavs! Amelia Harris, ASOSU President
Dan Cushing, ASOSU Vice President
THE DAILY BAROMETER ARCHIVES
ASOSU Vice President Dan Cushing and President Amelia Harris.
Dear Oregon State freshmen,“You never know what will
happen.” My hope is for you to consider that phrase through-out your college adventure. As freshmen, we map out the begin-ning of our adult lives; we seek to declare a major (although maybe switching it a few times along the way) and we try to identify a preferred profession.
Coming from Houston, Texas, in 2002, my freshman plan was to graduate from Oregon State with a communications degree, play multiple years in the NBA, then try to land a television broadcasting job at some point near my 30s. Well, after one professional basketball season in Germany in 2007, I relocated to the Portland area. I gave up playing basket-ball due to a desire to help kids accomplish their basketball and life goals, and then I fell into a television broadcasting job in 2008. My freshman plan of playing multiple NBA seasons had turned into playing one season in Europe, and the dream of landing a television broadcasting job near my 30s took place at the age of 23.
Despite never envisioning this drastic change from my fresh-man plan, a lot of the transition was made easier due to Oregon State. My time at the university enabled me to form many friend-ships and relationships that have helped me professionally and personally. In 2002, when I knew I wanted to land a television broadcasting job near my 30s, I had no idea I’d be broadcasting games inside of Gill Coliseum — the place I played for four years — at the age of 23. In 2002, I didn’t know I’d one day be the former co-owner of one of the state’s largest competitive youth basketball organizations, bringing kids down to Corvallis for field trips and sporting events, allowing them to sit in classroom sessions with teachers who taught me eight years prior.
“You never know what will happen.” But what you do know is this: Oregon State is a place that can easily remain in your life forever, if you so desire.
P.S. When you heckle opposing teams at sporting events, they might act like they’re ignoring you, but they really do hear what you’re saying. Go Beavs!
Lamar Hurd, PAC-12 Networks basketball analyst Oregon State University class of 2006
Former Beaver point guard (2002-06)
Dear Oregon State freshmen,
It was 15 years ago when I arrived in Corvallis as a new graduate student at Oregon State University. I could regale you with “I remember what OSU was like in my time” sto-ries, but I would rath-er try to focus on your experiences as new OSU students. You’ve made a great choice in selecting OSU, yet there are cer-tain ways for you to max-imize your experience:
• Leave. In other words, study abroad. I have yet to meet a student who studied abroad and said it was a poor experience.
• Find your passion and embrace it. Many college students select majors because of expec-tations of others. Be the student who loves what they are learning, as that is where success begins.
• Learn how to balance your social and academic expectations. Everything in moderation.
• Go to class. It’s amaz-ing how much more you learn by just showing up.
• Get involved in some-thing. The engaged and involved student learns
how to balance their time.
• Do not be intimidated by your professors. They are typically brilliant in their field, and they love to talk about their field of research. Ask them ques-tions inside and outside of class.
• Get someone on cam-pus to become an ally for you.
• Be prepared to raise your game. College is much harder than high school. That is why you came.
In closing, I hope that you make the most of the next four or five years of your time at OSU. There are tremendous oppor-tunities for you to take advantage. Own it, and do not be passive.
Louie Bottaro, Head Adviser College of Liberal Arts
Oregon State University class of 1999
THE DAILY BAROMETER ARCHIVES
Lamar HurdTHE DAILY BAROMETER ARCHIVES
Louie Bottaro
A message from ASOSU
How should you act at Reser?
‘‘
‘‘
‘‘‘‘
[email protected] • 737-2231 Wednesday, September 19, 2012 • C3
More than 1,000 New Costumes in stock! Come in and try on your costume before you buy
We have the best selection & best prices
on HALLOWEEN
DECORATIONS, MASKS,
MAKE-UP, and WIGS !
1475 NW 9th • Corvallis • Next to Special Occasions • 541-752-7255
Now O
pen!
Bring in or mention this ad with your OSU ID and receive
$ 5 off any
HALLOWEEN PURCHASE
of $35 or more. One coupon per customer. Expires 10/31/12.
See our costumes at our booth during Beaver Community Fair in the MU Quad 9/28!
nightmareon9thstreet.com
oregonstate.edu/recsports
Free Fit Pass Group
Exercise Classes
RECREATIONAL SPORTS
StSttrererengnngthtth CCCCConoononononddididitititionononininggg
Annual, 9-month, term, and daily Fit Passes can be purchased at Recreation Services in Dixon, 541-737-3736.
Sept. 17-23, 2012 @ DIXON
Disability accommodations call Erika Hanselman Green, 541-737-6808.
Find the schedule and class descriptions online at oregonstate.edu/recsports/schedule.
InInInInIndddododod oororor CCCycyclilingngMiMiMiMiMM nndndn /B/BBodododyyWaWaWaaaWaateteteteteteteterr r r r FiFiFiitnttntntneeesesssss
DaDaDaaaaancncn ee
Grady Garrett
4th and 5
Star struck? They’re
students, just like you
I remember the first time I saw James and Jacquizz Rodgers on campus as
vividly as one might remem-ber their first kiss.
It was Oct. 10, 2009, a few hours after the nation’s top brother tandem led OSU past Stanford, 38-28, at Reser Stadium.
I was in a booth at Qdoba when in walked two five-foot-something figures with dreads.
I stopped mid-bite, and I wasn’t the only one. Two guys in the booth next to me turned to each other and experienced the “Oh my God, do you see what I see?!” moment simul-taneously. Two girls a few feet away began debating — I think they were trying to whis-per, but their excitement made that impossible — which one was Jacquizz and which one was James.
I pulled out my phone and texted my 13-year-old sister, who responded almost imme-diately with something like, “OH MY GOSH, THAT’S SO COOL!!!” She told me to get their autographs, or, at the very least, say something to them.
I didn’t. I couldn’t move. I did my best to play it cool, but I’m sure they could sense that my eyes (and the eyes of countless others) were locked on them.
I was, by definition, star struck.
I was so moved (is that the right word?) by the experi-ence, I wrote about it in the Barometer the following week, letting everyone know it was totally OK to get star struck in the presence of an Oregon State athlete.
If you haven’t been able to figure it out by now, I was a freshman when this all went down.
Now, three years later, I’m revisiting the same “freshmen getting star struck” subject — this time, from a senior’s point of view.
Freshmen: Sometime soon, maybe as soon as this week,
How should you act at Reser? Any traditions freshmen should know about?
New traditions at Reser?
What should you wear to Gill?
What do freshmen need to know about the Beaver Dam at Gill?
Welcome to Reser Stadium, Gill Coliseum
‘‘ ‘‘To be honest, act wild. It’s the only time you can be wild. It’s time
to get out of your bubble and be wild.
Brandin CooksSophomore wide receiver
‘‘
‘‘
Hopefully just respect the program and cheer in a humble way. Go crazy in a humble way, you know. All of the extra stuff can get out of here.
Ryan MurphySophomore safety
Never been to Reser Stadium? Never been to Gill Coliseum? Never been to a college sporting event in general?Well, we feel as though it’s our job to bring you up to speed so you don’t find yourself at an OSU football game wondering, “What is with that motion
everyone makes after each Beaver first down?”, or find yourself at an OSU basketball game clapping as the other team is being introduced.Actually, take that back — we’ll let the athletes themselves tell you how you should act at Reser Stadium and Gill Coliseum:
‘‘‘‘
Make sure you wear one of our colors,
preferably orange.
Roberto NelsonJunior guard
‘‘
‘‘
You gotta turn around. It’s a little disrespectful, but in a playful competitive way, and other student sections do it to us so it’s all good.
Ahmad StarksJunior guard
‘‘ ‘‘Gotta know it gets a little loud in Gill and
it’s your job to keep that up. Gotta be jumping up and down and getting the crowd hyped
so we can have a good game.
Ahmad StarksJunior guard
What should you do when the other team is being introduced at Gill?
‘‘ ‘‘The O-S-U chant. When they play
(T.N.T.) at the start of the fourth quarter. And of course, my favorite, the first
down chant.
Brandin CooksSophomore wide receiver
‘‘ ‘‘When our defense is on the field and
it’s third down and we hear the chainsaw, I love that. I love
the chainsaw.
Obum GwachamSophomore wide receiver
How much does noise help
at Reser?
‘‘ ‘‘I’d like to see a wave. I’ve never
seen a wave here.
Jordan PoyerSenior cornerback
See GARRETT | page C8
Photos byNeil Abrew
‘‘ ‘‘If you’re on the field and Reser is loud, the offense cannot hear.
If I have any advice, it’s to scream. The fans are
just as important as anything.
Jordan PoyerSenior cornerback
C4• Wednesday, September 19, 2012 [email protected] • 737-2231
freshman things every freshman should know
• You don’t have to buy textbooks for every single class; common freshman mistake to do so. More times than you’d think, a textbook isn’t ACTUALLY required to do well in the class — it’s just “highly en-couraged.” Nothing worse than realizing at the end of a term that you opened your textbook twice and thinking, “I could have spent that $100 on five 30 racks.” You should be able to gauge how important the textbook is after a week or so of classes.
• Find out if the teacher posts all of the lecture mate-rial on Blackboard. If they do, focus on absorbing the information during class rather than frantically taking notes on each and every thing that is said or on a PowerPoint slide.
• Introduce yourself to the person you sit next to the first day. It always helps to have someone who can email you notes or tell you what you missed if you are ever “sick” and miss a class.
• Go to office hours. You’ll be surprised how much your grades start to boost once you do.
• Go to class and do the readings or assignments. If you do at least that, you’ll have a hard time failing.
• Don’t miss the first day of a lab or recitation. Often-times you’ll get assigned a group or partner on the first day, and it’s really awkward to show up to the second lab and sit at a table and have an already-established group look at you and think, “Who are you and where did you come from?”
• If you get points for attending the class (or get click-er points), ATTEND THE CLASS. These are gimmie points, and gimmie points are your best friend in college.
• If you need help with assignments, seek help. If chemistry makes no sense, go to the mole hole. If math has you down, go to the math lab.
• In the spring, don’t delay making appointments to get next term’s registration pin.
school• Corvallis does not live up to its Corvegas reputation en-
tirely. Walking around with an open container is illegal. Especially if you are under 21.
• If you are walking back from a party and are stopped by the police on the street, don’t panic or try to run away. You are required by law to tell the officer your true name and age and provide identification if requested. However, you are not required to answer any other questions he/she may ask and can politely refuse to answer them. Ask the officer if you are free to leave. If they say yes, you can. You are not required to allow the officer to search your bag without a warrant and may refuse their request if they ask. You are also not required to answer the ques-tion, “Have you been drinking?” You are not required to say or answer anything. Remember, anything you say can be used against you.
• Public urination is illegal and may attract police attention.
• Riding a bicycle while intoxicated is illegal and will get you in trouble.
• If you are at a party and the police arrive responding to a noise complaint, should you bail out the back door if you are underage? No, doing so may provoke the police into believing something illegal is going on inside. Remain calm and remember you are not required by law to grant the police entrance to your residence without a warrant. Be polite to the police, turn the music down and once the police leave, think about leaving if you are underage. Also, if you are the host, apologize to your neighbors the next day for being rude.
• Driving under the influence is not only reckless and dan-gerous to yourself, it is dangerous to other people as well. Call a sober friend, use the Beaver Bus, get a cab, call Safe Ride or walk. That $20 cab ride will be a lot cheaper than the thousands in court costs and insurance costs.
• Above all else, don’t be stupid. If you are knocking down trash cans, running in the streets or urinating on some-one’s roses, you should expect to see the cops soon. If you are having beer with some friends at a house, listen-ing to music at a reasonable level and having a good time, nothing will probably happen to you.
police
• Don’t use cheesy pick-up lines unless you know the girl has a sense of humor.
• Better safe than sorry. You know what we mean.
• If your significant other from high school is going to college in a different state, don’t try the long distance thing. Even if you make it through the first year, it’ll begin to fizzle out by year two or three and you’ll end up thinking, “Wow, that was a big waste.”
• Be confident. Not cocky, but a few nice words and a smile can get you further than you think.
• If you’re dating your friend’s sister, it’s best just to tell your friend about it.
• If someone tries to use you to get back at their ex, there’s nothing wrong with letting them. Just don’t get too upset when they leave you after a week or two.
• Call her back. Sooner rather than later. Don’t let her be the one that got away.
• If you like someone, tell them. Don’t let it fester for months on end and then watch it blow up in your face as you watch them dance with someone else at a party and then you take shot after shot and try to start a fight while you’re blacked-out drunk.
• A party is not the place to find a significant other. If they fall for you at a party, they’re not falling for the real you — they’re falling for the intoxicated you.
• Don’t go for multiple people in the same friend group — unless you’re a girl looking to achieve “homie hopper” status or a guy who’s goal is to create massive amounts of high school drama. In the guy’s case, after the dust has settled (it’ll take awhile), the whole friend group will end up hating him.
dating• Make as many friends on your floor as possible. A year later, when you
live in an off-campus apartment and only see your neighbors when you’re doing laundry, you’ll realize how much easier it is to make friends freshman year than any other year. But…
• DO NOT get “involved” with any of your neighbors. While it may seem convenient at the time, it will lead to nothing but awkwardness later on.
• Befriend your RA, even if you have absolutely nothing in common. They can be your biggest ally.
• Warn your roommate if you’re having a visitor. But don’t do the stupid “put a sock on the door” thing, because that draws way too much attention and will make it look like you’re bragging to everyone who walks by.
• If you have a boyfriend or girlfriend, keep their overnight visits to a minimum. If your roommate wanted two roommates, they would have chosen to live in a room with three beds. Also…
• Keep your overnight visits to your significant other’s place to a mini-mum. Especially fall term. It’s common for freshmen to feel lonely and homesick, and having to sleep in an empty room every night because your roommate is never there certainly doesn’t help the cause.
• Shower at weird times. You don’t ever want to have to go up and down floors to find an open shower, and early in the morning they’re usually all crowded.
dorm life• Liquor before beer.
• If you hear there’s a “party” somewhere, keep your expectations in check until you actually get there. You’ll find that most college parties aren’t as “poppin’” as music videos make them out to be.
• If you’re on the cheap freshman budget, as most are, Tampico juice or Sunny D are great mixers to wash down your Burnett’s or HRD vodka.
• Before taking a beer bong, do not think about how many lips have touched the tube yours are about to touch. And do not wonder where the beer bong came from or when the last time it was cleaned. It’s best to ignore all such thoughts and just take the damn thing.
• If you’re the type of person who would think about the things we just told you not to think about before taking a beer bong, learn how to shotgun. “I’d rather shotgun” is the best way to get out of taking a beer bong.
• Oregon makes some of the best beers in the world and some of them are made in Corvallis. Explore beyond the yellow fizzy ones you shotgun.
• While drinking is a good social lubricant, you don’t have to tell someone everything.
• Don’t be the person who ends up without their pants next to a bucket of vomit. You look as silly as it sounds.
• Be smart, be safe and don’t over-do it. MIPs and trips to the hospital don’t make for as good of stories as one might think.
drinking
[email protected] • 737-2231 Wednesday, September 19, 2012 • C5
freshman things every freshman should know
• You don’t have to buy textbooks for every single class; common freshman mistake to do so. More times than you’d think, a textbook isn’t ACTUALLY required to do well in the class — it’s just “highly en-couraged.” Nothing worse than realizing at the end of a term that you opened your textbook twice and thinking, “I could have spent that $100 on five 30 racks.” You should be able to gauge how important the textbook is after a week or so of classes.
• Find out if the teacher posts all of the lecture mate-rial on Blackboard. If they do, focus on absorbing the information during class rather than frantically taking notes on each and every thing that is said or on a PowerPoint slide.
• Introduce yourself to the person you sit next to the first day. It always helps to have someone who can email you notes or tell you what you missed if you are ever “sick” and miss a class.
• Go to office hours. You’ll be surprised how much your grades start to boost once you do.
• Go to class and do the readings or assignments. If you do at least that, you’ll have a hard time failing.
• Don’t miss the first day of a lab or recitation. Often-times you’ll get assigned a group or partner on the first day, and it’s really awkward to show up to the second lab and sit at a table and have an already-established group look at you and think, “Who are you and where did you come from?”
• If you get points for attending the class (or get click-er points), ATTEND THE CLASS. These are gimmie points, and gimmie points are your best friend in college.
• If you need help with assignments, seek help. If chemistry makes no sense, go to the mole hole. If math has you down, go to the math lab.
• In the spring, don’t delay making appointments to get next term’s registration pin.
school• Corvallis does not live up to its Corvegas reputation en-
tirely. Walking around with an open container is illegal. Especially if you are under 21.
• If you are walking back from a party and are stopped by the police on the street, don’t panic or try to run away. You are required by law to tell the officer your true name and age and provide identification if requested. However, you are not required to answer any other questions he/she may ask and can politely refuse to answer them. Ask the officer if you are free to leave. If they say yes, you can. You are not required to allow the officer to search your bag without a warrant and may refuse their request if they ask. You are also not required to answer the ques-tion, “Have you been drinking?” You are not required to say or answer anything. Remember, anything you say can be used against you.
• Public urination is illegal and may attract police attention.
• Riding a bicycle while intoxicated is illegal and will get you in trouble.
• If you are at a party and the police arrive responding to a noise complaint, should you bail out the back door if you are underage? No, doing so may provoke the police into believing something illegal is going on inside. Remain calm and remember you are not required by law to grant the police entrance to your residence without a warrant. Be polite to the police, turn the music down and once the police leave, think about leaving if you are underage. Also, if you are the host, apologize to your neighbors the next day for being rude.
• Driving under the influence is not only reckless and dan-gerous to yourself, it is dangerous to other people as well. Call a sober friend, use the Beaver Bus, get a cab, call Safe Ride or walk. That $20 cab ride will be a lot cheaper than the thousands in court costs and insurance costs.
• Above all else, don’t be stupid. If you are knocking down trash cans, running in the streets or urinating on some-one’s roses, you should expect to see the cops soon. If you are having beer with some friends at a house, listen-ing to music at a reasonable level and having a good time, nothing will probably happen to you.
police
• Don’t use cheesy pick-up lines unless you know the girl has a sense of humor.
• Better safe than sorry. You know what we mean.
• If your significant other from high school is going to college in a different state, don’t try the long distance thing. Even if you make it through the first year, it’ll begin to fizzle out by year two or three and you’ll end up thinking, “Wow, that was a big waste.”
• Be confident. Not cocky, but a few nice words and a smile can get you further than you think.
• If you’re dating your friend’s sister, it’s best just to tell your friend about it.
• If someone tries to use you to get back at their ex, there’s nothing wrong with letting them. Just don’t get too upset when they leave you after a week or two.
• Call her back. Sooner rather than later. Don’t let her be the one that got away.
• If you like someone, tell them. Don’t let it fester for months on end and then watch it blow up in your face as you watch them dance with someone else at a party and then you take shot after shot and try to start a fight while you’re blacked-out drunk.
• A party is not the place to find a significant other. If they fall for you at a party, they’re not falling for the real you — they’re falling for the intoxicated you.
• Don’t go for multiple people in the same friend group — unless you’re a girl looking to achieve “homie hopper” status or a guy who’s goal is to create massive amounts of high school drama. In the guy’s case, after the dust has settled (it’ll take awhile), the whole friend group will end up hating him.
dating• Make as many friends on your floor as possible. A year later, when you
live in an off-campus apartment and only see your neighbors when you’re doing laundry, you’ll realize how much easier it is to make friends freshman year than any other year. But…
• DO NOT get “involved” with any of your neighbors. While it may seem convenient at the time, it will lead to nothing but awkwardness later on.
• Befriend your RA, even if you have absolutely nothing in common. They can be your biggest ally.
• Warn your roommate if you’re having a visitor. But don’t do the stupid “put a sock on the door” thing, because that draws way too much attention and will make it look like you’re bragging to everyone who walks by.
• If you have a boyfriend or girlfriend, keep their overnight visits to a minimum. If your roommate wanted two roommates, they would have chosen to live in a room with three beds. Also…
• Keep your overnight visits to your significant other’s place to a mini-mum. Especially fall term. It’s common for freshmen to feel lonely and homesick, and having to sleep in an empty room every night because your roommate is never there certainly doesn’t help the cause.
• Shower at weird times. You don’t ever want to have to go up and down floors to find an open shower, and early in the morning they’re usually all crowded.
dorm life• Liquor before beer.
• If you hear there’s a “party” somewhere, keep your expectations in check until you actually get there. You’ll find that most college parties aren’t as “poppin’” as music videos make them out to be.
• If you’re on the cheap freshman budget, as most are, Tampico juice or Sunny D are great mixers to wash down your Burnett’s or HRD vodka.
• Before taking a beer bong, do not think about how many lips have touched the tube yours are about to touch. And do not wonder where the beer bong came from or when the last time it was cleaned. It’s best to ignore all such thoughts and just take the damn thing.
• If you’re the type of person who would think about the things we just told you not to think about before taking a beer bong, learn how to shotgun. “I’d rather shotgun” is the best way to get out of taking a beer bong.
• Oregon makes some of the best beers in the world and some of them are made in Corvallis. Explore beyond the yellow fizzy ones you shotgun.
• While drinking is a good social lubricant, you don’t have to tell someone everything.
• Don’t be the person who ends up without their pants next to a bucket of vomit. You look as silly as it sounds.
• Be smart, be safe and don’t over-do it. MIPs and trips to the hospital don’t make for as good of stories as one might think.
drinking
C6• Wednesday, September 19, 2012 [email protected] • 737-2231
Do you have a part time job , student aid and a need for dependable transportation?
Power Auto Cente r has many finance programs that may help you. Ban ks and credit unions are looking for first time buyers.
Come down and t alk to one of our sales professionals see if you qualify.
W alk in and drive out.
Mon-Fri 8-7:30 • Sat 8-6:30 • Sun 11-5:30
Ca ll for an appointment: 541-757-1415.
705 NW Buchanan • Corvallis
More than 600 cars on line at powercorvallis.com
58 things to do before you graduateTHE DAILY BAROMETER
We like to-do lists here at the Barometer. It helps keep us on track. And since we know you need a little guidance on what to do with your time, here are 58 things we think you should do before you graduate. So clip this out and get to work.
1. Take a PAC class about something you know nothing about, whether that is ball-room dancing or wrestling.
2. Go to Rivas (La Conga), Jimmy Johns or Qdoba after 2 a.m. People can be stupid.
3. Climb Marys Peak in May. The wildflowers are in bloom and if you climb on a clear day you can see the ocean and the Cascade Range.
4. Tailgate before a home football game.
5. Go to the top of the Peacock at least once, whether or not you like to dance or drink.
6. Sing karaoke at least once with some friends.
7. Visit Eugene while wear-ing Beaver gear.
8. Go to at least one game for all 17 of the varsity sports.
9. Shotgun a beverage. It’s OK, no one actually likes it, but you should still do it at least once.
10. Visit the cultural cen-ters. They are there for you and have nice and interesting people.
11. Register to vote and actually send in your ballot. For many of you, this will be your first election. Use your right as a citizen.
12. Visit the Flat Tail Music Festival in the spring and enjoy free live music in the MU quad.
13. Go to a play put on by the OSU drama department.
14. Listen to a lecture for a
reason other than extra credit. 15. Listen to some music
you think you wouldn’t like. 16. Attend class under the
influence at least once. 17. Learn how to cook at
least one meal well, and then make it for a special someone.
18. Go to the Oregon coast and jump in the ocean at least once — no matter how cold it is.
19. Visit the Cascades or Portland, or anywhere within driving distance of Corvallis.
20. Join a club, a group or run for student office. Get involved and do something besides just going to class and hanging out with friends.
21. Take a class that has nothing to do with your major, whether that is an art or a chemistry class.
22. Take advantage of free tickets for students at the OSU/Corvallis symphony.
23. Go up to that person at the party you find the most attractive and tell them what you really think of them.
24. Try everything at least once. Well, almost everything.
25. Float the river during one of those rare warm and sunny days.
26. Play intramural sports. Meet some people you didn’t know already and get some exercise.
27. Kiss a guy or a girl. Actually go ahead and kiss at least one of each.
28. Study abroad. You’ll probably have a good time.
29. Explore McDonald-Dunn Forest on foot or on a mountain bike and get lost.
30. Pick some sort of agricul-tural product for fun, whether that is blackberries, cherries, wine grapes or cutting a tree.
31. Skinny dip.
32. Go to Dixon.33. Write a letter to the edi-
tor to be published in the Barometer.
34. Try to attend every lec-ture for at least one class.
35. Skip class to sleep in.36. Study all night in the
library and accidently fall asleep there.
37. Wake up and not know where you are.
38. Sit in the hipster cage outside of Interzone and drink some delicious coffee.
39. Go on a road trip to another state with friends.
40. Go to the farmer’s market.
41. Attend da Vinci Days.42. Spend at least one sum-
mer in Corvallis.43. Have a friend that isn’t in
your usual social group.44. S/U at least one class.45. Learn how to drive stick.46. See a movie at the
Darkside Theater.47. Buy or make some sort
of wall decoration that isn’t just some poster.
48. Visit a town house party.49. Do an internship in a
field you would like to work in. 50. Witness a scuffle at
Impulse.51. Call your mom.52. Read a book for fun.53. Eat at every place on
Monroe Avenue.54. Explore downtown. 55. Spend one weekend
studying in the library.56. Try a cuisine you think
you may not like, whatever that may be.
57. Visit one of the brew-pubs in town and drink some amazing beer.
58. Do something you’ll regret.
The Daily BarometerOn Twitter: @baronews
[email protected] • 737-2231 Wednesday, September 19, 2012 • C7
2317 NW 9th Street • 753-1444
Soups & Salads, too! Inside the Memorial Union • 541-737-2290
2317 NW 9th Street • 541-753-1444
FARMERS’ MARKET1st & Jackson * 9 AM - 1 PM
WEDNESDAYS& SATURDAYS
LocallyGrown.orguntil Thanksgiving
EXCEPTIONAL DONORS An in-house agency supervised by Oregon Reproductive Medicine’s physicians
Portland, Oregon
ANONYMOUS INDIAN EGG DONORS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY!
Earn $7000 to $8500 for each donation You can help an infertile East Indian woman and her husband attain
their dream of having a family. Egg donation is a safe rewarding process that helps those who struggle with infertility. Women are born with 400,000 eggs and by donating a few you are helping someone in a very special way while receiving compensation for your time and commitment.
Your donation is in Portland at Oregon’s top fertility clinic. Exceptional Donors is a Division of Oregon Reproductive Medicine, an established practice for greater than ten years. The talented and dedicated staff of physicians and nurses will care for you each step along the way.
We are looking for healthy and responsible Indian women between the ages of 20 and 29 who:
~ are height and weight proportionate
~ are non-smokers and do not use drugs
~ know their family medical history including grandparents (no mental health, alcoholism, ADHD, etc.)
~ have normal monthly menstrual cycle To apply go to www.exceptionaldonors.com or call 503-243-7760
541-752-5151 1045 NW Kings Blvd
16” 2-Topping
Pizza $ 1 4 00
Must surrender original coupon. One coupon per order, per day.
Good thru 9/27/12.
Just moved in? Don’t feel like cooking?
Give us a call — Woodstock’s delivers! • Hardwood Frames
• Futon Mattresses – Made in our stor e
• 100% Natural Tree Rubber Core BED MATTRESSES = Better Durability + No Toxic Off-Gassing
Order Online: www.futonman.com 541.753.4483
5260 NW Hwy 99 • Corvallis FREE DELIVERY!
Let us wash it for you!
Use our self-
service! OR
1910 SW 3rd St. • Corvallis • 541-974-0532 www.southsidesuds.com
/SouthSideSuds Free Wireless!
Laundromat Dirty Laundry?
Full-Service Drop-Off Coin-Op Hours 5:30pm – 8:30pm 6:00am – 1:00am Monday – Friday Every Day
Bring this ad in to get 15% off your order!
Sports freshmen should, but don’t, know aboutBy Barometer sports staff
THE DAILY BAROMETER
Even if you’re new to Corvallis and know very little about this university, you’ve probably heard that the Oregon State football team beat Wisconsin a week and a half ago at Reser Stadium. And there’s a decent chance you know something about OSU’s men’s basketball team (the fact that the head coach is President Barack Obama’s brother-in-law?) and OSU’s two-time national champion baseball team.
But for most of you freshmen, your knowledge of Oregon State athletics probably doesn’t extend past those three sports — which is why the Barometer sports staff would like to intro-duce you to a few lesser-known, but very successful, teams at this school.
You should be proud of all 17 varsity athletic programs at Oregon State, but these three in particular deserve some extra attention:
Women’s SoccerMy first assignment at the Barometer, as a wide-eyed fresh-
man in the fall of 2009, was to cover the women’s soccer team.I can’t remember what the sports editor at the time told me
about the team when she assigned me the beat, but had I been in her shoes, I probably would have said something along the lines of: “They’re not very good, so you probably don’t have to worry about covering any high-stakes matches.”
It was true. The Beavers were coming off a 6-11-2 season, hadn’t had a winning season since 2005 and hadn’t made the NCAA Tournament since 1994.
Boy, how things have changed.The program has reached three consecutive NCAA
Tournaments (including an improbable run to the Sweet 16 the year I covered them) and is currently ranked in the nation’s top 25 after an 8-1 start to the 2012 season.
Last year, the women’s soccer team was the only Oregon State team to host a postseason contest in Corvallis, which backs up its reputation as one of the school’s most consistent and suc-cessful athletic programs.
With success has come support.Players who were here four or five years ago told me they were
lucky to have “a couple hundred” fans in the stands at games, whereas more than 1,500 fans came out for last year’s NCAA Tournament match against Portland.
So, freshmen, I encourage you to jump on the ever-growing women’s soccer bandwagon and make it out to a game or two (or more) at Paul Lorenz Field sometime this fall.
The atmosphere — reminiscent of a Friday night high school football game — is surprisingly electric, and there’s a good chance the team you’re there to watch will emerge victoriously, something you can’t say about every Oregon State team.
- Grady Garrett, managing editor
GymnasticsWhen I got assigned to cover the gymnastics team, I admit-
tedly knew nothing about OSU’s team or even the sport in general. I had to learn the rules and scoring on the fly, and would repeatedly be asking gymnasts, coaches and OSU media relations what the hell was going on.
Once I got the hang of the sport, it quickly became one of the most entertaining sports Oregon State has to offer. The gymnasts are nice, but at the same time have a cocky edge to them, which makes the meets very entertaining. They know they’re good (they’ve made it to the NCAA Championships seven consecutive years) and they deliver on that. Watching their meets in person gives you an entirely new perspective on the meaning of the word “athlete.” The gymnasts are doing things that are pretty mind-blowing to see a human do, and something that a very small fraction of people in the world can successfully complete.
Covering gymnastics here in Corvallis also gave me a whole new level of appreciation for women’s gymnastics during the London Olympics.
I’d highly recommend anyone new to campus to check out the gymnastics team. Not a whole lot of people even know OSU has a team, let alone when and where to go for meets. The season starts in January and they have about five meets per year on Friday nights in Gill Coliseum. They’re awesome and absolutely worth checking out.
- Warner Strausbaugh, sports editor
WrestlingThere are a lot of things that students don’t know about the
Oregon State wrestling team, like the fact that the Beavers finished 10th in the nation last year, and — though this comes as a surprise to a lot of people — wrestling is one of the more entertaining sporting events on campus.
The 2011-12 season was the Beavers’ second consecutive year finishing in the top 25, and most people within the pro-gram expect even more progress in the upcoming campaign. If students want to attend athletic events that nearly always promise an OSU win, they should check out this squad. Not only is the team good, but it’s legitimately fun to watch. Don’t write it off as a sport based on the stereotypes that are associ-ated with it.
Despite only garnering around 1,000 fans per home meet, the energy level within Gill is always electric, and watching a pin in person is just as exhilarating as any other moment at Oregon State.
- Andrew Kilstrom, sports writer
NEIL ABREW | THE DAILY BAROMETER
Freshman Audrey Gibb holds off a Seattle U. opponent during Sunday’s 1-0 Beaver win, which improved OSU’s record to 8-1.
THE DAILY BAROMETER ARCHIVES
Makayla Stambaugh and the Oregon State gymnastics team is worth watching if you get the chance.
you’ll run into someone who, by your standards, is famous.
Maybe you’ll run into Jordan Poyer, who almost surely will have his name called early in next April’s NFL Draft, in line at Subway. Maybe you’ll be in class next Monday and real-ize “QB1” Sean Mannion is sitting directly behind you. Or maybe you’ll be shooting baskets at Dixon and all of a sudden Roberto Nelson, who’s had a freaking book written about him, will stroll in and start heaving up 30-footers on the court next to you.
When it happens, don’t be the same awkward kid I was at Qdoba in 2009.
Athletes I’ve talked to about this very same subject concur.
“It’s kind of awkward when they’re staring at you,” Poyer said. “Like I can tell when someone’s looking at me and talking to their friends about me.”
“The worst thing you can do is walk by and stare or point,” Nelson said. “All the guys [on the basketball team], we’re the biggest characters. We’re prob-ably the most approachable people, so just come say ‘hi.’”
For some, getting used to sharing a campus with people who are talked about on ESPN is as big of an adjustment as having to do your own laundry after years of your mom doing it for you.
This especially rings true if you, like me, went to high school in Oregon — where, let’s be honest, future Division III athletes are treated like gods (if you’re from one of those California high schools that churns out Division I ath-lete after Division I athlete, then yeah, this whole “going to school with stars” thing isn’t all that new to you).
But the truth of the mat-ter is Poyer, Mannion, Nelson and every other Oregon State student athlete is just that: a student first, just like you.
“We go to the same school. I’m just another person, so don’t be shocked when you see me,” Poyer said. “We’re in the same college, doing the same thing, going to classes, all I do
differently is play football.”Said junior men’s basketball
point guard Ahmad Starks: “We’re not Kobe or LeBron.”
But sometimes, they’re treated like they are.
“One time I was in class and someone sitting nearby passed me a piece of paper and whispered, ‘Hey can you sign this?’ right when the
teacher was talking,” Starks said. “Luckily it was a big class and we weren’t in front so the teacher didn’t see or hear.”
Poyer, who said it’s tough to go out and have a good time because people are always coming up to him and talking about football, has had similar experiences.
“I’ve signed foreheads,
cheeks, all sorts of things,” Poyer said. “One student want-ed me to sign their forehead with a sharpie… I asked, ‘You really want me sign your fore-head with a SHARPIE?’, like three times.”
Do you really want to be that person?
It must be said that all of the athletes I talked to said they
don’t find it weird when fel-low students ask for their auto-graphs or ask them to pose for pictures, and they’re more than happy to do so.
Just try to keep in mind they’re not all that different than yourself.
Grady Garrett, managing editorTwitter: @gradygarrett
C8• Wednesday, September 19, 2012 [email protected] • 737-2231
Free admission! Free Bus Service all weekend! Free parking & shuttle from Avery Square!
For complete festival info: corvallisfallfestival.comState Farm Insurance • Town & Country Realty • Corvallis Dental Professionals Service animals ok. No pets allowed
Continuous Main Stage Music • Wine & Microbrew Tasting • Saturday Night Street Dance • Art Discovery Zone & Children’s Stage • 5k & 10k Run
Saturday, Sept.22: Celebrate World Car-Free Day by using alternative transportation and receive $1 off Festival merchandise (while supplies last)
Ori
gin
al a
rtw
Ork
by
Carr
ie t
asm
an
40th annual
CorvallisFallFestivalart. music. Dancing. you.
160 Fabulous Artists!
September 22 & 23, 2012Saturday 10–6 • Sunday 10–5Central Park • Downtown Corvallis
Main stage Music line UpSaturday • September 22nd
Summer Soundtrack • 11:00–12:15
Mood Area 52 • 12:45–2:00
Audiophilia • 2:30–4:00
Terry Robb Band • 4:30–6:00
Sunday • September 23rd
Prairie Dog Backfire • 11:00–12:00
Geo4 • 12:30–1:30
Slow Children • 2:00–3:00
Space Neighbors • 3:30–5:00
Saturday Night Street Dance
The Maharimbas • 6:00 pmSoul Vaccination • 7:30 pm
GARRETTn Continued from page C3
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY NEIL ABREW | THE DAILY BAROMETER
If you come across an Oregon State student athlete, such as Malcolm Agnew or Obum Gwacham, don’t act like the two admirers on the right.
