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Mi Familia regresa a OSUn En su segundo año, Mi Familia dio la bienvenida a familias Hispanas a la comunidad de OSU

Traducción por Gregorio Luis Ramirez y Luis Marquez Loza

El BarómEtro DiarioAntes de llevarse a cabo el evento

Mi Familia Weekend el año pasado, la comunidad de la Universidad Estatal de Oregon no sabía qué esperar.

“A principio, temíamos que el evento no fuera exitoso”, dijo Arlyn Moreno Luna, organizadora princi-pal de Mi Familia Weekend.

Después de un año y medio de planificación, los organizadores del primer evento Mi Familia Weeekend — realizado en la primavera pasada — finalmente encontraron la opor-

tunidad de romper barreras para las familias que de habla hispana. Actualmente, OSU tiene cerca de 1800 estudiantes Hispanos.

“A medida que comenzó a desarrollarse, fue que vimos que en realidad podría suceder”, dijo Moreno Luna.

A través de un arduo proceso de apelación hacia las organizaciones y departamentos del recinto universitario, Moreno Luna y Anna-Rose Adams trabajaron para que el evento cobrara vida como parte de las Minorías en la Agricultura, Recursos Naturales y Ciencias Afines (MANRRS, por sus siglas en Inglés).

Las dos hicieron un esfuerzo para traer a ponentes, quienes impartieron sesiones informa-tivas, ofreciendo oportunidades para las familias de interactuar unos con otros — todo realizado en Inglés y Español.

El evento de este año, que tuvo lugar el viernes y el sábado, elevó las apuestas.

Moreno Luna condujo el evento una vez más — obteniendo una participación de más de 500 personas — esta vez como parte de la Sociedad de Promoción de Estudiantes Chicano Nativos Americanos (SACNAS, por sus siglas en Inglés), un grupo centrado en el éxito de los estudiantes de las minorías en los campos de la ciencia.

Después de ver la gran asistencia al evento Mi Familia Weekend del año pasado, muchos grupos se unieron para apoyar al evento, incluyendo las bibliotecas de OSU y el departamento de la pesca y la vida silvestre. Larry Roper, vicerrector de Asuntos Estudiantiles, aumentó su patrocinio al evento, incluyendo los fondos para traer a ora-dores principales.

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Zach Pajak shows the humorous side of alceste, the main character of “the misanthrope.” the production held its final showing on Sunday.

Last performance of ‘The Misanthrope’ Conference brings about conversations on masculinityn The Healthy Masculinity Conference features

presentation from spoken word artist among other sessions tailored to men regarding health, culture

By Kyle ReedthE Daily BaromEtEr

Spoken word artist Carlos Andres Gomez gave a live presen-tation in the Memorial Union lounge as part of the Healthy Masculinity Conference.

The conference took place on Thursday and Friday, and addressed issues surrounding masculinity in modern society. Gomez discussed these issues during his performance as he detailed his own journey of self-understanding.

“I was really moved by a lot of what he said,” said fifth-year student Alex Pederson. “It was raw, and I could identify with that, and it felt very genuine and real. It’s not like there was some barrier between him and us, it was like we were talking to him and we were all there together.”

Much of the keynote speech made reference to Gomez’s book, “Man Up,” which contains a written record of his experi-ences as well as a collection of poems. Gomez uses these

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Mi Familia returns to OSUn In its 2nd year, Mi Familia

weekend welcomes Hispanic families to the OSU community

By Jack LammersthE Daily BaromEtEr

Before last year’s Mi Familia week-end, the Oregon State University com-munity had no idea what to expect.

“At first, we were really afraid it wouldn’t be successful,” said Arlyn Moreno Luna, head organizer of Mi Familia.

After 18 months of planning, orga-nizers of the first Mi Familia weekend — held last spring — finally found the chance to break down barriers for Spanish-speaking families. Currently, OSU has about 1,800 students catego-rized as “Hispanic.”

“As it started moving, we then realized this could actually happen,” Moreno Luna said.

Through an arduous process of presenting their idea to organizations and departments on campus, Moreno Luna and Anna-Rose Adams brought the event to life as a part of Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences. The two led an effort to bring in keynote speakers, holding information sessions and offering opportunities for families to interact with one another — all conducted in both English and Spanish.

This year’s event — held on Friday and Saturday — upped the ante.

Mi Familia garnered more than 500 participants over the weekend, and Moreno Luna once again led the event. After seeing a large turnout in the event’s first year, support grew for Mi Familia’s second go-around.

This year it was a part of the Society of Advancement of Chicano and Native American Students, a group focused on the success of minor-ity students in fields of science. After seeing the large turnout for last year’s Mi Familia weekend, many groups joined in support of the event, including OSU Libraries and the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife.

Larry Roper, vice provost of student affairs, increased his sponsorship of the event — which included money for keynote speakers.

Not only did sponsorship increase, but so did the number of volunteers.

“Last year, the committee meetings were very small, and sometimes I was the only one there,” Moreno Luna said. “But in this year’s first com-mittee meeting, we had over 30 people show up.”


Families connect during the gala dinner held on Saturday, which drew mi Familia weekend to a close. Las familias convivieron durante la cena de gala el Sábado, donde fue la clausura de Mi Familia.


Shayla rivera gave a keynote speech as a comedian and motivational speaker with a background in engineering. rivera was born and raised in Puerto rico.Shayla Rivera dio su discurso como una comediante y oradora motivacional con una historia en ingeniería. Rivera nació y creció en Puerto Rico.See MI FaMILIa — enGLIsh | page 2

n OSU Theatre reprises Moliere’s French comedy, a final play for a few graduating actors

By Courtney GehringthE Daily BaromEtEr

This past weekend, families and students congregated to watch local actors clothed in elaborate cos-tumes and dramatic makeup present the stylish and witty comedy, “The Misanthrope.”

Oregon State University Theater presented its rendition of Moliere’s classic French comedy. A total of six performances were held over the past two weekends in the Withycombe Hall Main Stage. The play was directed by Tinamarie Ivey and featured a cast of both students and locals.

“The Misanthrope” is a popular satire of manners set in 17th-century

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CalendarMonday, May 20EventsVegans and Vegetarians at OSU, 10am-3pm, MU Quad. Explore the giant inflatable barn to find out about farm animals. Grab some free vegan jerky and vegan cookies.

Tuesday, May 21MeetingsASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU 211. Weekly meeting.

Educational Activities Committee, 5:30-7pm, Student Media Confer-ence Room, 120 MU East/Snell Hall. Discuss funding requests and policy changes.

EventsDivine Nine, 5:30-7pm, Native Ameri-can Longhouse. D9 Sorting Party. Sort toiletry goods to be distributed to Community Outreach, Inc.

Wednesday, May 22MeetingsASOSU House of Representatives, 7-8:30pm, MU 211. Weekly meeting.

EventsCareer Services, 6-7pm, ILLC 155. Optimize Connections with LinkedIn. Join us for Insider Professional Advice from LinkedIn’s Higher Education leader to optimize your OSU network-ing connections!

English Student Association, 4-5pm, Moreland 330. Join the ESA & Steve Kunert (advisor for the School of Writ-ing, Literature and Film) for “Better Resumes and Job Application Letters for English Majors.”

Divine Nine, BCC, BSU and CFSL, Noon-3pm, MU Quad. Cook Out Kick-off. Sharing their culture and educating the OSU community through food, fun, music and dance. Come join us!

Thursday, May 23MeetingsBaha’i Campus Association, 12:30pm, MU Talisman Room. The Transition to Peace. Devotions and discussion.

SIFC, 6:30pm, MU 207. Weekly meet-ing.

Educational Activities Committee, 5-6pm, Student Media Conference Room, 120 MU East/Snell Hall. Discuss funding requests and policy changes.

OSU College Republicans, 7-8pm, StAg 132. Come join us for fun events and friendly discussion.

EventsDivine Nine, 11am-2pm, MU Quad. YARDFEST. Meet and greet. See what the organizations have to offer. Scholarship, brotherhood, sisterhood and service.

Friday, May 24MeetingsOSU Chess Club, 5-7pm, MU Com-mons. Players of all levels welcome.

Monday, May 27MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY

Tuesday, May 28MeetingsASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU 211. Weekly meeting.

Educational Activities Committee, 5:30-7pm, Student Media Confer-ence Room, 120 MU East/Snell Hall. Discuss funding requests and policy changes.

Wednesday, May 29MeetingsASOSU House of Representatives, 7-8:30pm, MU 211. Weekly meeting.

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With the additional funding provided this year, organizers brought in Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch and Shayla Rivera as keynote speakers.

Kickbusch spoke about leadership, drawing from her expe-rience growing up on the border in Texas and overcoming illiteracy to become an officer in the Army, where she served more than 20 years.

Rivera, born in Puerto Rico, gave a speech using her varied skills and job history as a platform to motivate students. Rivera joined NASA in 1984, where she worked for the shuttle program, calculating the trajectory of solid rocket boosters falling from shuttles. Her work allowed teams to be able to safely recover the boosters after they’d disconnected from the ships as they left the atmosphere.

“I always understood that going to school was important,” Rivera said. “I realized I wanted to go into a field with teeth, like engineering. Now I like to help other people see a process where they are a link in the chain, and are important.”

Moreno Luna’s orchestration left an impact on Rivera, who was one of many to describe her as “persistent.”

“She is one of those people that initiate change — like Cesar Chavez — putting their blood, sweat and tears out there,” Rivera said.

Moreno Luna, a student in bioresource research, is the first of her family from Mexico to attend college, and has used her understanding as a way to counsel other students.

“It’s important for students to dream big in the beginning, and push through their classes,” Moreno Luna said. “If there’s something stopping you, then you have to ask why.”

Families had the chance to attend information sessions again, this time led by Kathy Greaves, senior instructor in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, and David Trejo, acting head of the school of civil and construction engineering.

Greaves’ presentation touched on the origin of the term “Hispanic” and the trends of Latino families in the United States. She focused on Mexican families in particular, specifi-cally how they tend to “acculturate,” or adapt a culture, rather than assimilate when in the United States.

“I think this information will be helpful and supportive for student retention and gives a chance to help out students looking to become educated,” Greaves said.

Trejo focused on Mi Familia weekend as a chance for students to look forward to their paths and recognize their right to an education. His presentation focused on science, technology, engineering and math programs as possibilities for students.

“Mi Familia Weekend is essential because we have a big Hispanic community, and these students should realize they can take advantage of the opportunities here,” Trejo said. “Anybody can succeed if given the opportunity.”

This was Augustina Lopez’s first time participating in the Mi Familia weekend with her family. Lopez traveled from Woodburn for the event, and her daughter goes to OSU.

“I am proud of being Hispanic,” Lopez said. “I like the way they did the programming, especially with the guest speak-ers. It’s also nice to figure out a little bit more about campus.”

In their free time, families played soccer and rock climbed in the McAlexander Fieldhouse, bowled in the Memorial Union bowling alley and experienced the campus with appearances from Benny the Beaver, Joe Burton from the OSU men’s bas-ketball team and members of the men’s soccer team.

Other student organizations also contributed to the event, including the African Student Association and the Association of Latin American Students.

Moreno Luna still wants to see Mi Familia weekend grow in the coming years, possibly involving Chinese-speaking families in the future.

“Next year might be a good year to move into adding another language,” Moreno Luna said. “I want everyone to know they belong here and this is their campus.”

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CorrectionthE Daily BaromEtEr

An article in the May 15 Barometer about the ASOSU sen-ate meeting misstated the nature of the legislation passed. The senate passed four resolutions. The Barometer regrets the error.

No sólo aumentó el patro-cinio, sino también el número de voluntarios.

“El año pasado, las reunio-nes del comité eran muy pequeñas, y a veces yo era la única que estaba presente”, dijo Moreno Luna. “Pero en la primera reunión del comité de este año, asistieron más de 30 personas”.

Con el financiamiento adi-cional proporcionado este año, los organizadores trajeron a Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch y Shayla Rivera como oradores principales.

Kickbusch habló sobre el liderazgo, basándose en su experiencia de crecer en la frontera de Texas, y la super-ación del analfabetismo para convertirse en una oficial del Ejército, por la que sirvió más de 20 años.

Rivera, nacida en Puerto Rico, dio un discurso con sus variadas habilidades y ante-cedentes de trabajo como plataforma para motivar a los estudiantes.

Rivera comenzó a trabajar con la NASA en 1984, donde trabajó para el programa de transbordadores, calculando de la trayectoria de los cohetes de combustible sólido que caen de los transbordadores. Su trabajo permitió a los equipos de poder recuperar de forma segura los refuerzos después del despego de las naves para salir de la atmósfera.

“Yo siempre entendí que ir a la escuela es importante,” dijo Rivera. “Me di cuenta de que quería involucrarme con la ingeniería. Ahora me gusta ayudar a otras personas a ver un proceso en el que ellos son la conexión y son importantes”.

La orquestación de Moreno Luna dejó un impacto en Rivera, quien fue una de muchos que la describen como “persistente”.

“Ella es una de esas perso-nas que inician el cambio — como Cesar Chavez — dando su sangre, sudor y lágrimas”, dijo Rivera.

Moreno Luna, una estudi-ante en la investigación de recursos biológicos, es la prim-era de su familia en México en asistir a la universidad y ha utilizado su conocimiento como un medio para aconsejar a otros estudiantes.

“Es importante que los estu-diantes sueñen en grande desde el principio y se esfuercen en sus clases”, dijo Moreno Luna. “Si hay algo que te para, tienes que preguntarte por qué”.

Las familias tuvieron la opor-tunidad de asistir a sesiones de información, esta vez dirigido por Kathy Greaves, y David Trejo.

La presentación de Greaves comentó sobre el origen del término “hispano” y las ten-dencias de las familias latinas en los Estados Unidos. Greaves

se enfocó en familias mexica-nas, en particular, resaltando la manera que tienden a la “inculturación,” o adaptar una cultura, en lugar de asimilar su estancia en los Estados Unidos.

“Creo que esta información será útil y de apoyo para la retención de los estudiantes y les dará la oportunidad de ayudar a los estudiantes que quieren ser educados”, dijo Greaves.

Para Trejo, su enfoque en Mi Familia Weekend fue pre-sentar una oportunidad para que los estudiantes busquen y reconozcan su derecho a la educación. Su presentación se centró en programas de ciencia, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas como posibili-dades para los estudiantes.

“Mi Familia Weekend es esencial porque tenemos una gran comunidad hispana y los estudiantes deben darse cuenta de que pueden tomar ventaja de las oportunidades aquí”, dijo Trejo. “Cualquiera puede tener éxito si se les da la oportunidad”.

Esta fue la primera vez que Agustina López participó en Mi Familia Weekend junto con su familia. López viajó desde Woodburn para el evento, y su hija asiste a OSU. López agradeció los temas discutidos y sintió que eligieron temas con los que pudo relacionarse.

“Me siento orgullosa de ser hispana”, dijo López. “Me gusta la manera que organizaron el programa, sobre todo con los oradores invitados. También fue agradable conocer un poco más sobre el recinto universitario”.

En su tiempo libre, las familias jugaron fútbol y esca-laron rocas en McAlexander Fieldhouse, jugaron el juego de bolos en Memorial Union y tuvieron experiencia del recinto con la aparición de Benny el castor y los atletas, entre ellos Joe Burton del equipo de balo-ncesto masculino de OSU y los miembros del equipo de fútbol masculino.

Otras organizaciones estudi-antiles, como la Asociación de Estudiantes Africanos, también contribuyeron al evento, junto con otras formas de entre-tenimiento cultural, incluido la Asociación Estudiantil de Latina América.

Moreno Luna aún tiene grandes esperanzas para Mi Familia Weekend en el futuro, posiblemente incluyendo a las familias de habla china en los eventos venideros.

“El año que viene podría ser un buen año para incluir otro idioma”, dijo Moreno Luna. “Quiero que todos sepan que son de aquí y que esta es su escuela”.

Jack Lammers, news editoron twitter @[email protected]

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Editorial board writes irresponsible editorials covering ASOSU

Institutional governing boards bad for Oregon

Partially responding to Sen. Rhianna Taniguchi’s letter to the editor on Friday, I don’t

believe that ASOSU and the Barometer need to get along, although a prolonged strained relationship could be quite consequential for both sides.

The press has no responsibility to get along with an elected government, and vice versa. However, I don’t think anything good can come out of a tumul-tuous relationship between an elected government and the fourth estate.

For example, reporters need to have a good relationship with people inside government so they can get the inside scoop on events and possibly break stories that are of consequence; this is how good reporters advance in their careers. Very few advance just because they just tell news well.

It’s also beneficial for a government to have a good relationship with the press. Why? So the press will cover the government in a more favorable light. It’s really a push-and-pull relationship that is decided by events and the people involved.

There are some irresponsible things that have been said by the Barometer

recently, though. Its Thursday editorial, when they just unleashed against the legislative branch of the student govern-ment, was quite bad.

For example: “With such a low grade, we encourage the student body to con-tinue to ignore its student government because its governance has been down-right embarrassing.” This is completely irresponsible of the Barometer editorial board. I don’t think I have ever heard of an editorial board, which does have a responsibility to its readers and the gen-eral public, to advocate ignoring a gov-ernment because they don’t know how to govern. It’s actually sickening they would say and advocate for ignorance by the public of a bad government.

Imagine if editorial boards during the Watergate scandal said, “Nixon is such a criminal and the scandal is so over-whelming, we urge the general public to tune out the government because of how embarrassing this is.”

Or during the latter part of the Bush presidency, “Who cares that the Iraq

War was one of the worst policy deci-sions made in the history of the U.S., just ‘fugetaboutit’ and move on, and don’t punish the Republican Party in the 2008 elections.” Those editorial boards would have been laughed out of their jobs.

Also, I want to come to the defense of ASOSU as well. To the Barometer editors — “no duh” resolutions are toothless, that’s the definition of a reso-lution. Nearly all actions by a student legislature are not enforceable, because it’s a legislature run by students. Please search the U.S. for a student govern-ment that can dictate to the college administration what needs to be done. The only authority this legislature has is it to regulate its own executive branch.

The real outreach to the student body should happen via the executive branch, because all the resources and power rests with them.

The Thursday editorial also said, “So what do we propose? Get rid of the whole system. It is broken, inconse-quential and a waste of time. But at least it’s as entertaining as an episode of ‘The Real World,’ minus all the roommate hookups and boozing on camera.”

What a thoughtful suggestion. Just get rid of it all. I can tell that took a boatload of critical thinking by all the editors. I know all of the editors love the free market, so instead of saying that paying the student legislators money would be a huge waste of student fees, perhaps it could be part of the solution. A small wage will naturally attract more talent to the position, and more dedication. It would also enable the speaker — or whoever — to hold the members more accountable. It doesn’t have to be a large wage to make the money be the only reason why people want to be in the student government, but a small one — I believe — would certainly help incentivize people to be more involved, and feel more of a sense of duty.

Constructive suggestions are the type of suggestions that a press acting responsibly to the general public should have. Squabbling and saying each other are terrible over a long period of time just lowers your standing with the pub-lic, and that can get dangerous.

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Brad alvarez is a senior in finance and economics. the opinions expressed in his columns do not necessarily represent those of the Daily Barometer staff. alvarez can be reached at [email protected].

We have many grave con-cerns about Senate Bill 270, a bill establishing institu-

tional governing boards for Portland State University, the University of Oregon and possibly our own Oregon State University. As current and future student body presidents at OSU, and as representatives of the Oregon Student Association, we are very concerned about this bill. The boards this bill will create are too expensive and lack sufficient representation of university student, faculty and staff, and will cause tuition to skyrocket even more.

To prepare for seceding from the Oregon University System, Portland State has increased administrative costs 144 percent, and the University of Oregon has increased 166 percent over the last two decades. Campuses who have not been preparing for boards — like our own Oregon State University

— have only gone up 85 percent, and Western Oregon University has only gone up 9 percent in the same time-frame. These added administrative costs are being passed on to students in the form of excessive tuition hikes.

The fiscal impact statement attached to SB 270 estimates the cost of running institutional boards could range from $1 million to $5 million, or more. Five mil-lion dollars would buy a year’s worth of textbooks for 7,142 students, or a year’s worth of food for 4,340 students or an additional 2,500 Oregon Opportunity Grants for Oregon’s students who are most in need.

We believe $1 million to $5 million is far too much to spend creating boards that will do nothing to increase access

to higher education in Oregon. Students are unfairly being forced to fund this initiative driven by special interests with no proof or commitment that this will increase access, decrease costs or bring in additional money to the universities.

Oregon university students see no benefits to local boards, especially as a recent nationwide review by the Oregon University System found there is no correlational between institutional boards and increased philanthropy. In fact, the review found resident tuition increased at higher rates at schools with local boards than tuition at schools with system-wide boards.

Key stakeholder groups will not have sufficient representation on these boards. The boards will not represent the best interests of the universities when students, faculty and staff are inadequately represented or excluded. Moreover, these boards will be respon-

sible for setting the budgets, expendi-tures and income to the universities. The same board should not set both income and expenses for their respec-tive universities. Local boards may even harm our community colleges and regional universities by creating a more competitive environment in seeking state funding.

Students across the state of Oregon want a streamlined and efficient higher education system that ensures a college education is affordable and acces-sible to all Oregonians. The bloated monstrosity that SB 270 is will create yet another layer of bureaucracy and expense in Oregon. Please contact your senator and representative today and ask them to oppose SB 270 to protect Oregon’s higher education system.

AmeliA HArris, President of ASOSU, 2012-2013

T. BreTT DeeDon, President-elect of ASOSU, 2013-2014

‘Backdoors’ are less secureCybersecurity is an ongoing

process in the United States. Current plans for checking

up on Americans and listening in on their conversations include requiring a “backdoor” in any and all mediums of digital communications so law enforcement agencies can gain access to those digital interactions.

Or, at least, that’s what the Obama administration has reportedly been considering, according to Techdirt, a blog dedicated to offering insight about government policy, technology and legal issues.

Apparently, the FBI has been push-ing for this kind of access to Internet and other digital communications for years.

We know technology is scary, but this method is not the way to go about eavesdropping on citizens.

This “backdoor” would have the opposite effect of cybersecurity — and we’re not the only ones who think that. In fact, by implementing this, we would be less secure than if we didn’t have this “backdoor” for the FBI to spy through.

But it’s not just a security issue. This would be an extreme privacy issue — but, clearly, an individual’s right to privacy is inconsequential to catching terrorists in America.

This plan has been called “radical” by Julian Sanchez in an article in The American Prospect. It is also expected to be a burden for firms like Skype, because it would require a complete rework of the way these firms operate. Sanchez wrote that firms would “have to wholly redesign the network along a more centralized model, rendering it less flexible ... as well as less secure.”

The Department of Justice’s latest version of the plan could result in a series of escalating fines on firms that fail to comply with wiretapping orders.

These fines could start at tens of thousands of dollars. If a company does not comply with this order within an allotted time frame, then the com-pany undergoes an automatic judicial inquiry, reported The Washington Post. The price of these fines will double daily if they go unpaid after 90 days.

Ultimately, these “backdoors” will do far more damage than good.

Firms would have to reorganize and recreate themselves with the govern-ment in mind instead of the customer. This plan would stifle innovation and adaptability.

Whether or not we believe orga-nizations like Comcast have a heart, we doubt they’re looking forward to forcibly handing over access to their customers’ digital lives or otherwise be subject to a fine.

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n OSU scores 12 runs Sunday, need 1 win or UO loss to win Pac-12 titleBy Warner strausbaugh

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EUGENE — Michael Conforto made a statement in the second inning: The Beavers were taking the series — and the lead in the Pac-12 standings.

With two outs and the bases loaded in the top of the sec-ond, the sophomore left fielder turned a one-run lead into five for the No. 6 Oregon State baseball team. Conforto sent a changeup from Oregon pitcher Jake Reed over the right-field fence for a grand slam.

“I was just thinking, ‘Put a good swing on the ball,’” Conforto said. “I had a pitch in mind that I thought he was going to throw, he ended up throwing it, I put a good swing on it, and the ball went out of the yard.”

The grand slam was part of a five-run second inning, which gave the Beavers (43-9, 22-5 Pac-12) a comfortable 6-0 lead Sunday at PK Park. OSU ended up winning by a score of 12-2, giving the Beavers a two-game lead over No. 10 Oregon (42-14, 20-7).

Sunday’s win all but ensures OSU the conference title. Both teams have a Pac-12 series remaining — OSU vs. Washington State; Oregon at Utah — but with a two-game lead and the tiebreaker from the series win, the Ducks have to sweep and OSU has to get swept.

The Beavers entered a similar situation in 2011 — in the lead for the conference title heading into the Civil War series — and ended up being swept.

“I remember it very vividly,” said head coach Pat Casey. “It wasn’t good. It wasn’t fun.”

It started to look like a repeat of history when Oregon’s Tommy Thorpe dominated OSU’s offense in the 3-0 win to open the series on Friday. But after that, the series was all OSU.

The Beavers have four games

left: A nonconference matchup with Oregon on Tuesday, and a three-game series against Washington State. At No. 6 in the nation, it is highly likely that OSU will host an NCAA Regional and Super Regional in the postseason.

“Hopefully we’ve put our-selves in a position where we’re looked at as a team that should host,” Casey said. “But we’re

going to focus on Oregon for Tuesday and worry about the rest later.”

The Beavers’ pitching has been consistently dominant for the entire 2013 season. Junior starter Ben Wetzler kept up the pace, going 6 1/3 innings, allow-ing two runs (one earned) on six hits and a walk, while striking out six batters over 97 pitches.

Freshman right-hander

Andrew Moore dominated on Saturday in a complete-game two-hit shutout. Wetzler’s fol-low-up on Sunday gave the OSU rotation its 21st consecutive quality start.

If the pitching has been given the pat on the back for nearly all of OSU’s first 41 wins, it’s the Beavers’ lineup that earned the

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max Gordon lays on the warning track holding up his glove to show that he successfully made the diving catch. Dylan Davis runs to celebrate with Gordon, as the catch saved three runs from scoring.

Junior pitcher Ben Wetzler delivers a pitch in Sunday’s game. Wetzler allowed two runs in 6 1/3 innings, improving his record to 7-1.

Junior catcher Jake rodriguez connects for a single in the third inning. he would later score a run in the inning.

Sophomore left fielder michael Conforto watches the ball sail over the right-field fence in the second inning. Conforto’s grand slam was his second home run in two games.

Dylan Davis (10), andy Peterson (14) and max Gordon (4) greet michael Conforto (8) at the plate after Conforto’s grand slam gave the Beavers a 5-0 lead in the second inning.

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Junior catcher Jake rodriguez connects for a single in the third inning. he would later score a run in the inning.

Kavin Keyes slides safely into home plate in the eighth inning. the Beavers scored four runs in the eighth, three of which came against Jimmie Sherfy, who is tied for first in the nation in saves.

Dylan Davis (10), andy Peterson (14) and max Gordon (4) greet michael Conforto (8) at the plate after Conforto’s grand slam gave the Beavers a 5-0 lead in the second inning.

oregon State players come out of the dugout to mob Conforto after his grand slam. the Beavers scored seven more runs after the grand slam and defeated oregon, 12-2, on Sunday. oSU now has a two-game lead over the Ducks in the Pac-12 standings.

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Hofstra twice in regional, season comes to an end

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The Oregon State softball team’s season came to an end on Saturday when the Beavers were defeated by Hofstra, 8-4, in 10 innings.

The loss came on day two of the Columbia, Mo., regional. The Beavers (34-24, 8-16 Pac-12) were defeated by Hofstra, 2-0, on Friday, then staved off elimina-tion by beating Stony Brook, 6-0, in an elimination game on Saturday.

But extending their season proved too tough a task.

Much like Friday’s game against Hofstra, the first half of Saturday’s contest was a pitchers’ duel, with neither team scoring until Hofstra broke through with three runs in the top of the fifth.

It was at that point that the Beavers finally did some dam-age against star Hofstra pitcher Olivia Galati, who shut OSU out on Friday.

With runners on second and third base, senior Maggie Doremus grounded out to short-stop to pick up her first RBI of the season and pull the Beavers to within two runs. Lea Cavestany then singled to bring home OSU’s second run of the inning.

In the bottom of the sixth, OSU tied the game when Desiree Beltran singled home Liz Santana, who doubled to start the inning.

That was all the scoring that would be done until the 10th inning.

OSU stranded one runner

in the seventh inning and was retired in order in the eighth and ninth innings, while Hofstra stranded one in the eighth and two in the ninth.

In the 10th inning, the Pride finally broke through. Solo home runs from Maggie Hawkins and Galati gave them a 5-3 lead. After a walk and a single, Tessa Ziemba put the nail in the Beavers’ coffin when she hit a three-run home run, making the score 8-3. All five of those runs were charged to OSU senior Marina Demore, who had pitched four consecu-tive scoreless innings in relief of starter Tina Andreana.

OSU ends the season with 34 wins, two short of last year’s total. Last year, the Beavers reached the Norman, Okla., regional final before falling to eventual national runner-up Oklahoma.

The Beavers will lose nine seniors off this year’s team, including six players who started in the field in Saturday’s season finale and both of their top two pitchers. Four of those seniors — Cavestany (second team), Beltran, Santana and Demore (honorable mention) — received All-Pac-12 recognition this year.

Key returners next year will include freshman first base-man Natalie Hampton, who set the program mark for RBIs in a season (50), sophomore second baseman Ya Garcia and sopho-more center fielder Dani Gilmore, who missed OSU’s last 11 games of the season with a concussion. Hampton was Second Team All-Pac-12 this year, while Gilmore and Santana were honorable mentions.

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credit for the last two.“I got a lot of run support

early, which really took the pressure off me,” Wetzler said. “They just kept on scoring and scoring, which made it pretty easy for the pitchers.”

The Beavers combined to outscore Oregon 21-2 in the two games. Conforto, Danny Hayes and Ryan Barnes all had multi-hit games in both wins, and the Beavers accumulated 29 hits to go with their 21 runs.

OSU went 14 innings — including a two-hit shutout in Friday’s loss — without having a runner cross the plate against Oregon’s pitching. Beginning in the sixth inning

on Saturday, the Beavers tal-lied 21 runs in 13 innings.

“Momentum is a big thing,” Casey said. “I just felt like we had momentum from last night and it carried into today. We just played well, we really did.”

As good as the lineup was from top to bottom, the igni-tion to the fiery barrage of hits and runs sparked from the bat of Conforto.

“If you’re going to get hot, this is the best time of the year to get hot,” Casey said. “He hit the ball well. ... Mike is Mike. He’s pretty good.”

After a 0-for-4 night Friday, Conforto caught fire on Saturday and stayed hot through Sunday’s win.

“Personally, I got a little frus-trated after that Friday night game,” Conforto said. “After that game, I talked to my family, talked to my coaches and real-ized I had nothing to be afraid of. ... That mindset changed for me, and I think it brought a little energy to the team.”

In the two wins over the weekend, Conforto combined for five hits in nine at-bats, two home runs, seven runs batted in and three runs scored. He was a triple shy of the cycle on Sunday, finishing 3-for-5 with six RBIs.

Oregon State takes on the Ducks again on Tuesday, this time in Goss Stadium. Although it won’t count toward the Pac-12 standings, and comes after a draining series this weekend, the team made it clear that they are taking this game as seriously as the last three.

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On the final day of the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Tallahassee Regional, the Oregon State men’s golf team fell one stroke shy of qualifying for the NCAA National Championship in Atlanta.

The five teams with the lowest scores at the Tallahassee Regional advanced to

the NCAA National Championship, with every team eying a chance to advance.

As the second round of the NCAA Regional Tournament came to a close on Friday, the Beavers were 13 strokes behind that all-important fifth place. They needed an unbelievable final round to have any hope.

The Beavers rose to the challenge and shot a 10-under in the final round. It was the lowest round of any team on Saturday, but it wasn’t enough to recover from their poor first round. On the first day of the tournament, Oregon State was

4-over-par. The deficit was too great to overcome.The schools that advanced to nationals

were North Florida, Washington, Florida State, Georgia Tech and Oklahoma. A sixth team, South Florida, actually tied with Oklahoma for the fifth-lowest score, but lost the tiebreaker and will not be making the trip to Atlanta.

With the seventh-place finish, Oregon State’s season came to a close on Saturday.

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The cast featured OSU students Jesslyn Gillespie as Celimene, Michael Beaton as Acaste, Megan Grassl as Eliante, Tucker Minnick as Clitandre, J. Garrett Luna as Philinte, Deborah Shapiro as Du Bois, Sam Thompson as Basque and Irene Drage as Guard. Faculty member Zach Pajak, local elementary school teacher Dari Lawrie and Travis Bazanele were also part of the cast.

“It was hilarious. The actors were amazing and did a great job,” said Stephanie Rood, an OSU student who attended the Friday evening showing. “They wore fabulous costumes with dramatic makeup, which made it even more entertaining.”

Emotions ran high on stage for Grassl and Minnick as it was their last performance, as both will graduate in June. Minnick started performing for OSU Theater last year,

playing the character of a dog, and wrapped up his last performance as the lively marquis Clitandra, a nobleman through heredity.

“It has been a really fun experience,” said Grassl, a senior majoring in the-atre. “Theatre never really leaves you. It’s goodbye to OSU but not to theater.”

Emotions ran high for Gillespie as well, but for a

different reason. “The Misanthrope” was her first perfor-mance since acting in her childhood during elementary school. Before going on stage, she said she dances to cope with the nerves.

The group of actors started with roundtable discussions in March, in which they discussed their characters and their relationships with one another. In order to assume the qualities of their characters, they studied them and imagined what it would be like to be them.

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to spark thoughts within his audience.

“I really appreciated his last words,” said Nick Daily, a grad-uate student who spearheaded the conference. “That there’s not really one way to be a man, but there are ways to be a bet-ter person in the world, and it’s about reflecting on the type of person that you show up as, and how you can navigate the world without making other people feel ashamed of themselves. I really appreci-ate that because that’s a great way to begin conversations about what healthy mas-culinity looks like.”

Gomez enjoyed his time at OSU, expressing that he wished he was able to spend more time here.

“In the best shows, you feel like you’re hanging out in your living room with your best friends, and that’s what it felt like here tonight,” Gomez said. “It is just nice to be in a room of people who seem to care about the world, and they are just open and available to have an honest, vulnerable conversation.”

Along with Gomez’s presen-tation, a variety of panels and sessions were made available to the public throughout the conference.

One session, “Music Videos and Pimp Culture,” concen-trated on pimp culture and how it is represented in popular hip-hop music.

“[Hip-hop] has been objec-tifying women and celebrat-ing this hyper form of mascu-linity,” Pederson said. “It was intense and raw, and I was really uncomfortable, but in a good way. It was short, but we had good discussions about what kind of things we could do about the subject, and talked to

people about what kind of things they are listening to and asked them, ‘Hey, are you aware that you’re sup-porting abus-ing humans when you are singing these lyrics?’”

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included an examination of aggression in masculinity and how masculinity is effected by pressures through alcohol.

“I’m excited to have these ideas around in my head and be able to mull over them and bring them to life in my every-day life,” Pederson said. “It’s for creating a sustainable society.”

The conference ended with a luncheon and casual ques-tion-and-answer panel with Gomez. Following the Healthy Masculinity Conference, Gomez flew to the National Conference on College Men in Ohio.

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Violence surges in strategic Syrian city(CNN) — Violence surged in the strategically

important Syrian town of Qusayr on Sunday. Activists said the offensive marked some of the most intense fighting they’ve seen in the fiercely contested area near the Lebanese border.

Rebels and the Syrian government both claimed to control parts of the city, where fight-ing has been raging for weeks. Activists said artillery shells, mortar shells and bombs from aircraft were raining down as government forces attacked. Makeshift medical clinics were report-edly filled with casualties.

By all accounts, Qusayr is in a strategically valuable location.

For rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad’s government, it sits along a transit route for weap-ons and supplies coming in from Lebanon.

For the Syrian government, it’s a key point between the capital of Damascus and al-Assad’s supporters on the Mediterranean coast.

Videos posted on social media Sunday show the city blanketed with black and gray smoke amid an almost continuous stream of sounds of mortar and artillery fire.

Dozens of people were killed in the clashes, including 48 rebel fighters, the London-based opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.

Hundreds of people were injured, many in critical condition, the opposition organization said.

Syrian state-run television reported that Syrian forces “have spread safety and security after

taking control of the city hall and surrounding buildings in Qusayr as they continue to chase the terrorists in the city.”

The opposition Local Coordination Committee of Syria denied that report.

“The field commanders in the Free Syrian Army stress that they remain in control of the city and are fighting back attempts to storm the city,” the opposition activist network said in a statement.

Activists describe a city under siegeQusayr has been under rebel control for

months.The opposition accused Hezbollah fighters

from neighboring Lebanon of joining Syrian government troops in the assault on the city, a claim that al-Assad’s government has disputed in the past.

The Shiite militant group is considered a ter-ror organization by the U.S. government and is a traditional ally of al-Assad as well as Iran.

The Free Syrian Army said it fired rockets from Qusayr across the border into northeastern Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah areas. The official Lebanese news agency said eight rockets landed in Hermel.

Activists in Qusayr said the city was under siege Sunday from several directions.

“There is continuous shelling using artillery, mortar and warplane bombs,” activist Abu Ali said. “It is so intense, like 50 shells a minute.”

Residential areas were hit, said Abulhoda Homsi, another activist.

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