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Defying the rigors of physics

Recent renovations improve campus shooting rangen Oregon State Pistol Club

thrilled to resume activity in their newly updated home

By Gabby MorrongielloThe Daily BaromeTer

Tucked away behind Kerr and the McAlexander Fieldhouse is one of the few two-story shooting ranges west of the Mississippi.

Adorned with American Flags and safety posters, the on-campus shoot-ing range is home to the OSU Pistol Club, and has been around for little over a century. It was first used as the college’s heating power plant. With the conclusion of extensive renova-tions to the range this term, the Pistol Club is ready to carry on with anoth-er eventful year here at OSU.

Since 1923, following the estab-lishment of OSU’s Reserved Officer Training Corps (ROTC), the indoor target range has been a part of the OSU campus. At first, the range was used only by the ROTC for small arms and marksmanship training, especially during World War II. Today, however, the range is maintained by the Naval ROTC, which shares its usage with the campus’s Pistol Club, Rifle Club and other ROTC branches.

In a historical account of the shooting range published by the OSU Rifle Team, it says “Since the ranges’ inception in 1923, the focus of every team and programs that has used the range has been the training of stu-dents, faculty, staff and community members in the basics of marksman-ship, the fundamentals of firearm handling and safety and the respon-sible use and handling of firearms.”

Jordan Jones, the head coach of the Pistol Club, couldn’t agree more. “We promote the encouragement of organized pistol shooting among students, faculty and staff, focusing on the safe handling of firearms and proper marksmenship,” Jones said.

While working as an OSU network administrator for the past five years, Jones has spent plenty time as an active participant and mentor for the

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allan Fleming, 60, serves students as a member of CrU and leader of Valor, speaking and preparing for events on campus.

n Emphasis on learning terminology, understanding problem-solving skills, makes for a challenging spread of physics classes

By Mckinley SmithThe Daily BaromeTer

Algebra-based physics at Oregon State University has earned a reputation among stu-dents for being a particularly challenging course. Students and instructors say it covers a broad range of topics and requires dedication to learn-ing its principles.

Courtney Ellis, a senior in biology, is taking physics 201 because her major requires it.

“I’ve heard horror stories about physics and how it’s impossible,” Ellis said.

Students enrolled in the course go to lecture three times a week and attend separate lab and

recitation sessions once a week. For homework, Kenneth Walsh, the instructor for the course, assigns around 20 weekly online problems, most-ly true or false and multiple choice, as well as a separate set of challenge problems that require more work.

“It’s great practice, as much homework as we do; it’s a great way to learn everything, but there’s challenge homework, and then there’s online homework, and recitation homework, and labs, and with all that it’s just hard to have much time for anything else,” Ellis said.

According to Walsh, the online homework problems require an average of about a minute to three minutes to complete, but the challenge questions require more time and effort. Mastery of the challenge problems helps prepares stu-dents for their exams.

“It takes time. Physics is not memorizing things,

you have to work with material,” said Henri Jansen, the physics department chair.

According to Walsh, memorization is stressed in high school and even in the undergraduate degrees.

“If you sat down and took the time, you read and you were able to memorize and regurgitate information, you did great . . . it’s where that stops being good enough,” Walsh said.

According to Jansen, although the course covers a wide range of topics and contains “an enormous amount of material,” the department can’t cut out certain topics because many students, especially those taking the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT), need to be literate in many topics.

Andrew Stickel, a longtime TA in the series, said that a difficulty the class faces is that “between five and zero percent of the class

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henri Jansen, physics department chair, emphasizes the importance of comprehensive physics courses as prerequisites for tests and careers requiring technical background.

Serving others, turning a cornern After an earlier stint dealing marijuana,

Allan Fleming has since taken to community service, advising students

By Ryan DawesThe Daily BaromeTer

Allan Fleming was a drug dealer. He loaded planes full of marijuana in Mexico

and flew them to California, where he and his friends sold it. He partied his life away and lived for nothing but his own pleasure. Then, 30 years ago, a turn of events midway through his life made him into an entirely different person.

Now, Fleming, 60, is an active individual serving students on campus and a staff mem-ber of CRU, a campus Christian group. He leads a group called Valor, a place where ROTC students can discuss questions about life, and grow together as the leaders they are trained to become. He also speaks at large CRU group events and does lots of work behind the scenes for CRU and for the campus.

“Allan’s not just out there preaching,” said OSU alumnus Byron Womack. “He’s right there doing the dirty work, doing community ser-vice, washing dishes, helping with barbeques, building signs and whatever else needs to get done.”

Reaching this point in his life, however, took every bit of his 60 years. Growing up in south-ern California with wealthy parents who threw money at him, Fleming spent his days surfing, partying and effortlessly maintaining good grades in school by taking classes he easily succeeded in.

“I was basically a ‘nice guy’ who lived for myself and my friends and lived for pleasure and all the ‘fun’ we could squeeze out of life,” Fleming said. “We lived haphazardly for drugs, alcohol and women.”

As he went through college, this lifestyle progressed to the point that he and his friends had begun a full-scale illicit marijuana opera-tion. They repeatedly crossed the border into Mexico, where they would load a friend’s small

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CalendarTuesday, Nov. 20MeetingsASOSU Senate, 7p.m., MU 211.

Meeting.Socratic Book Club, 7-8p.m., MU Tal-

isman Room. Studying Eric Metaxas’ “Life, God and Other Small Topics.” The discussion will focus on Ch. 7, “Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense.”

EventsNative American Longhouse,

3-5p.m., Native American Longhouse. Medicine Bag Making: Join us for a cultural & spiritual celebration as we make traditional medicine bags.

Freehold of Turris Nimborum, 7-9p.m., Corvallis Scout House, SW Allen St. Weekly fighter practice - heavy fighting and fencing practice. No experience required.Wednesday, Nov. 21

MeetingsASOSU House of Representatives,

7p.m., MU 211. Meeting.

EventsWomen’s Center, 5-8p.m., Women’s

Center. Free screening of Bollywood movie and henna application. Explore India’s cinematic pop-culture through music, dance, love, humor and drama. Popcorn snacks and drinks provided.

Thursday, Nov. 22THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY - OSU CLOSED

EventsVegans and Vegetarians at OSU,

3-6p.m., 2311 NW Van Buren Ave. “Veggie House.” Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner. All are welcome, but please bring only vegan food to share.

Friday, Nov. 23OSU CLOSED

Monday, Nov. 26EventsNative American Longhouse, 5p.m.,

Native American Longhouse. Native Movie Night: Take a break from study-ing and come watch Native movies. Popcorn provided.

Tuesday, Nov. 27MeetingsASOSU Senate, 7p.m., MU 211.

Meeting.

EventsPeer Health Advocates, Oregon State

Fashion Organization, 7-9p.m., MU Ballroom. A fashion show that coin-cides with increasing awareness about HIV/AIDS worldwide.

Pride Center, 7-10p.m., Pride Center. Procrastinators unite study tables. Free printing and yogurt parfaits.

SOL: LGBT Multicultural Support Network, 9-11a.m., MU Quad. Coffee in the Quad. Come enjoy coffee and learn about campus resources.

Wednesday, Nov. 28MeetingsASOSU House of Representatives,


EventsPride Center, 7-10p.m., Pride Center.

Procrastinators unite study tables. Free printing and yogurt parfaits.

Thursday, Nov. 29EventsBaha’i Campus Association,

12:30p.m., MU Talisman Room. “Elimi-nation of the Extremes of Wealth and Poverty,” an interfaith discussion. Bring your favorite quote to share.

Pride Center, 7-10p.m., Pride Center. Procrastinators unite study tables. Free printing and yogurt parfaits.

Tuesday, Dec. 4MeetingsASOSU Senate, 7p.m., MU 211.

Meeting.

Wednesday, Dec. 5MeetingsASOSU House of Representatives,


Thursday, Dec. 6MeetingsVegans and Vegetarians at OSU,

6p.m., Student Sustainability Center, 738 SW 15th St. Potluck-style meet-ings. All people are welcome, but only vegetarian food is allowed.

EventsBaha’i Campus Association,

12:30p.m., MU Talisman Room. Inter-faith Devotions - Bring your own medi-tation, devotion, prayer or inspirational reading to share.

Tuesday, Dec. 11MeetingsASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU 211. Meet-

ing.

Wednesday, Dec. 12MeetingsASOSU House of Representatives,

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passenger plane so full of marijuana that they could barely close the plane’s door, then fly it back to California where sold and used it.

Due to the financial and legal conse-quences of this, however, Fleming needed to leave California, and eventually moved to the southern Oregon Coast. He found a large piece of land for sale with bay frontage, which he saw had potential for another drug operation. Although he was unable to pay for it, Fleming ended up purchasing it.

“I liked the land and thought it had potential, but there was no way I could afford it,” Fleming said. “For the heck of it, I made him a ridiculously low offer, figuring he wouldn’t take it, but as you can guess he did. So there I was, proud owner of a hunk of bay frontage and way in debt.”

However, chance seemed to save Fleming. Two other men approached him and told him about their plans for building a marina, which would smash Fleming’s plans of starting an operation but at least provide a source of income. As

a much more stable financial situation, they offered to co-own the property with Fleming, which would instantly pull him out of debt. Fleming gladly accepted.

However, two years after they built the marina, a drop in salmon stock caused a financial disaster for the marina, which resulted in their bank sending them a notice that if they didn’t come up with the back mortgage payments within a month, their property would be foreclosed.

Tension between the three business partners escalated, and Fleming, who had invested what little he had after California into the marina, was desperate. At this point, he would try anything. After explaining his situation to the pastor of a small church, he found himself praying.

“I don’t really remember exactly what happened because it was so spur-of-the-moment,” Fleming said. “Basically I asked this Jesus dude, if he even existed, to come into my life, forgive me for all those ‘fun times’ I had that helped lead me into this disaster, and, at the time most impor-tantly to not let the marina go under.”

Fleming thought he was probably going crazy, but that it was worth a shot. Then, a couple days later, he was shocked when he and his business partners managed a nearly impossible feat and refinanced the

mortgage. In the months following, busi-ness began to pick up. The marina, after about a year or so, began to thrive.

Fleming began to notice changes in his personal life, as well. Slowly he lost all interest in marijuana, drinking and other aspects of his life from California. Finally, after several years, it got to the point that he even decided to leave the marina busi-ness behind. He became a youth minister, and for several years now he’s been at OSU seeking to help college students not follow the path of his early days.

“Allan and I meet once a week,” said Will Ping, student. “Together we go out and just talk to random people and see what’s going on in their lives and tell them what’s happening with us.”

Of the many things Fleming enjoys, talking about his story and how power-ful a single choice can be is one of his favorites.

“Whatever happened to me that defi-nitely wasn’t my own doing,” Fleming said. “There’s definitely something else far greater out there at work in my life. And I couldn’t tell you how thankful I am for that.”

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wants to be in it.”“Almost everyone is either

biology or health science or anatomy majors or something that their major makes them take physics,” Stickel said.

The breadth of the course is not the only challenge stu-dents face in the physics 200 series. Students are required to understand the material on multiple levels and apply their knowledge to new situations.

Chris Coffin, the instructor for calculus-based physics, compares physics to learning a new language.

“Fall term, in particular the start of the fall term, is a deep shock until they start getting fluent in the language,” Coffin said. “Suddenly they can relate to it, and their problem solv-ing muscles are better, every-thing’s better, but it takes some time, and they’re not used to it. It’s like boot camp,”

Walsh says that returning students have said that physics has improved their problem solving skills.

“I get students coming back time and time again that are just like, ‘I can’t believe how easy it is to analyze situations in life now.’”

Walsh believes that beyond learning the lingo, students need to learn problem-solving skills. Coffin compares using the material learned in the course to tools that must be appropriately applied to cer-tain situations.

“The tools you hang in your tool shed all work all the time, but if you need to pound a nail, you don’t want to bring the saw down,” Coffin said.

Walsh’s grading scale takes into account the challenging nature of the course by dif-ferentiating “students of true mastery” from those who haven’t completely under-stood the material.

Students who earn an 85 percent or higher get an “A” in

the class, and a failing grade is 44 percent and down, accord-ing to Walsh’s syllabus.

“The motivation for that is to try to hit all students,” Walsh said. “I think ideally you’d want to use that entire scale to do the most differentiation between the ‘A’s the ‘B’s and the ‘C’s. So you really want to try and spread them out as much as you can. A side product of that is then I can ask challeng-ing questions.”

Walsh said the scale makes it “very, very possible to pass.”

“I think it’s incredibly fair,” Ellis said. “I’m really glad for it.”

According to statistics pro-vided by Jansen, the class has maintained steady averages over the years. Last year’s fall course averaged out at a 2.31 GPA, with 60 students with-drawing from the course.

For students struggling with the course, there are many avenues for help available. Walsh keeps worksheets on his website for extra practice.

Walsh’s syllabus includes mul-tiple resources.

“There’s Google. I always tell them this content has not changed for a hundred years, and there is unlimited num-bers or resources to explain each concept in a different way,” Walsh said. “So use your Google.”

Another resource for stu-dents is the Worm Hole, where physics TAs answer students’ physics questions.

“I go there several times a week,” Ellis said. “I think it’s very helpful, I don’t know what I’d do without it; I would have a really tough time without it. The TAs are very helpful.”

The algebra-based phys-ics series covers materials from kinematics, the study of objects and motion in the fall to the behavior of light dur-ing optics in the spring, with a spattering of other topics in between.

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campus Pistol Club. “I’ve been coach for the

Pistol Club for about five years. I’ve always been interested in competitive shooting and it was a great way to get involved here at college,” Jones said.

The Pistol Club is indeed a great way to get involved with an extracurricular activity here at OSU. With more than 100 members each year, the club has evolved into one of the largest recreational sports clubs here on campus.

Dedicated members of the club can also choose to active-ly participate on the competi-tive team, which travels pri-marily within the Willamette Valley. The team has been invited to the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) intercol-legiate pistol championships each of the last three years. This invite-only event is held annually at Fort Benning, Ga. for the top ten teams and top 30 collegiate individuals. In recent years the OSU pistol team has competed against teams from MIT, Texas A&M and each of the four branches of the miltary.

The OSU pistol team prac-tices once a week for two hours at the shooting range on campus. With all of the lat-est updates to the range, prac-tice should run smoother than ever.

Jones helped to orga-nize the renovations, which include a new roof, a seismic upgrade, electrical updates, new and improved lighting for the targets and emergen-cy lighting in the event of a

power outage. “We’re getting new vacuums

too,” Jones added excitedly. In honor of the club’s found-

er Wade Anderson and active member Ken Keeling, the Pistol Club hopes to complete the renovations to the range by renaming it the Anderson and Keeling Memorial Target Range.

With a new name and a new academic year the Pistol Club hopes to draw more attention to the on-campus shooting range and their competitive team.

“We are looking for people who want to get involved in running the club,” Jones said. “As well as people who are interested in shooting on the team. Competition season starts in January.”

The range is limited to using 22-caliber firearms. The club primarily has single-action, semi-automatic Ruger MK-II pistols, though they have some miscellaneous other guns for the team’s use as well.

Its biggest events of the year are the Dad’s Weekend and Mom’s Weekend fundraiser shoots. A normal club night is a hands-on training session followed by some target shoot-ing practice.

The Pistol Club Shooting Range is open to all OSU students, faculty and staff. They meet on Sundays and Tuesdays at 6 p.m. and a $5 fee is needed on the first visit.

For more information visit their website at http://groups.oregonstate.edu/pistol.

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For the Obama adminis-tration, the watchword is “de-escalate.” Stop the fighting, especially rocket attacks by Hamas on Israel, then deal with longer-term issues.

But President Barack Obama, who continues to support Israel’s right to defend itself while urging that the fighting cease, can-not do it on his own.

From Southeast Asia, where he is his first inter-national trip since his re-election, Obama has talked several times by telephone with two of the central play-ers: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, traveling with him, has been even busier. She’s been talking by phone with Israeli, Egyptian, Turkish, Qatari, and French offi-cials, as well as with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, and then brief-ing the president on those conversations.

Clinton, along with Obama’s national security adviser, Tom Donilon, also has been speaking with the U.S. ambassadors in Israel and Egypt, at one point mak-ing conference calls from the plane as his party flew into Myanmar.

The objective of the phone blitz, according to Ben Rhodes, the president’s dep-

uty national security adviser for strategic communica-tions, is to pressure anyone with influence on either side to use it.

“Our position continues to be that those nations in the region, particularly nations that have influence over Hamas — and that’s princi-pally Egypt and Turkey, also Qatar — need to use that influence to de-escalate the conflict. And de-escalation has to begin with, again, an end to rocket fire from Gaza,” says Rhodes.

Egypt, which has a peace treaty with Israel, is key. President Obama has spoken with President Morsy three times; Secretary Clinton also has had three conversations so far with Egyptian officials.

“What the U.S. is doing now is working is working with the Egyptians, working with the Israelis and trying to coordinate with both sides what the terms of a cease-fire would look like,” says Middle East expert Haim Malka of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Egypt, he says, “has bro-kered cease-fires between Hamas and Israel in the past and it will be the key to bro-kering the current cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas to end this round of fighting. Egypt doesn’t want chaos on its borders.”

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Obama, Clinton take to the phones for diplomatic efforts

Thanksgiving is associated with spending time with family, appreciating bless-

ings in our lives and, most of all, eating. We gorge ourselves on tur-key, stuffing, ham, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, green bean casse-role and a plethora of other dishes specifically designed to make every-one eat until they’re miserable and ready to sleep for the rest of the afternoon.

Last Thanksgiving, however, I passed up most of these goodies because of a lifestyle choice I had made in May of 2011. I had decided to become a vegetarian, partially for the health benefits of giving up meat and focusing on fruits and vegetables, and partially because I love animals.

However, most of what compelled me stemmed from a need to simply prove that I could do it. I hardly ate red meat, and I felt that I could give up chicken and tuna without much of a fuss.

I chose not to forgo dairy and eggs since animals aren’t harmed in the making of them — disregard-ing the idea that an egg is alive; I’m not here to argue about rights — and to simply live as a lacto-ovo vegetarian.

This proved more difficult than I had planned. At the time, I lived in Hays, Kan., which made it difficult to find vegetarian protein supple-ments. Because I had cut meat out of my diet, I tried to eat more pea-nut butter, eggs and protein shakes, but my diet still needed more suste-nance. One store carried vegetarian

imitation chicken breasts, so that made up the bulk of my protein. I dubbed this magical substance “fake chicken.”

My family didn’t agree with my lifestyle change. They constantly asked me when I was going to “get past this phase” and “start eating with the family again.” I grew up in a meat-and-potatoes household, so my mother had no idea how to feed me when I came home and sim-ply substituted all the meat in our meals with cheese.

Needless to say, I either ate a lot of salad or consumed the entirety of my calorie content via Velveeta.

Thanksgiving and Christmas din-ner proved to be the biggest chal-lenges. My grandma forgot that I didn’t eat meat and made beef stew for lunch. I ended up scouring the fridge and throwing together a salad.

At Thanksgiving dinner, I loaded my plate with the vegetables and fruits at the table, finishing my meal with a piece of chocolate pie. Just as I was taking my last bite, my brother asked how I could eat something with pudding.

This was when I learned about the sneaky foods that don’t follow vegetarian diet guidelines. Foods like pudding, gelatin, marshmal-lows and ramen noodles season-ing are made of animal byproducts, such as hooves and bone marrow.

Even certain kinds of processed cheeses are cultured with animal byproducts.

He explained this to me as I guiltily pushed my empty plate away, vowing never again to ingest pudding.

I had aimed to continue this life-style for a full year, but because of a rigorous exercise schedule, I began to lose too much weight and my hair started to thin. I ended my veg-etarianism last March to allay my family’s concerns over my health, but I learned a lot in the process.

For those of you considering giv-ing up meat for an extended period of time, I offer a few suggestions. Taking a vitamin supplement can give you anything your body may be lacking during this period. You can also eat other foods rich in protein such as quinoa, beans, nuts, tofu or supplements.

Watch for unexpected hair loss or weight loss and, most of all, take care of yourself. By cutting meat out of my diet, I became more ener-gized and less lethargic, but if done the wrong way a vegetarian diet can have the opposite effects.

For those of you making the brave attempt during the heartiest of holidays, allrecipes.com features a vegetarian Thanksgiving page that shows various ways for vegetarians to enjoy sweet potatoes, salads, cranberry sauces and other delight-ful dishes. Turkey and gravy will just make your family sleepy.

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As the holidays sweep in, most of us make plans to travel home to enjoy delicious food and familiar company.

We don’t want to sound like downers, but we’re more excited about the Civil War and the break itself than Thanksgiving day.

We love stuffing our faces as much as anyone else, but the formal dress and all-day stress don’t mix well with the pumpkin pie and turkey. The holiday has become more about furnishing your front door with sticks and lining shelves with miniature stuffed-turkey dolls than about spending time with family. Even still, without the decorations, the day pivots around the kitchen.

The numerous dishes and treats, which can take over an entire day to prepare, vanish in a 30-minute eating session. Family members and

friends squeeze elbow to elbow around a small table and shovel food into their mouths, forget-ting to breathe between bites.

Thanksgiving is the holiday for freaking out about forgetting the cranberry sauce, binge eat-ing and food babies from hell. Whatever hap-pened to its original purpose?

The Thanksgiving we know today isn’t at all like the “first Thanksgiving” the pilgrims and Native Americans shared. Never mind the slaughter-to-come we never really learned about in grade school, that day was about com-ing together and sharing the food they had.

Now that it’s nearly the end of 2012, our national holiday has morphed into something

else. Our families voluntarily trap themselves in the kitchen, sweating over boiling potatoes, baking turkey and simmering gravy.

The American Council on Exercise (ACE) reports the average adult eats 3,000 calories and 229 grams of fat on Thanksgiving day. According to the Center for Disease Control, “it takes approximately 3,500 calories below your calorie needs to lose a pound of body fat.” All that stuffing sure isn’t advantageous to the human figure.

In a country where 35.9 percent of adults over 20 are obese and 33.3 percent of adults over 20 are overweight, we don’t need to encourage or dedicate a national holiday to overeating.

We like food, but we’d rather just enjoy the day. We don’t need all the decorations or the 24 hours of unnecessary stress. We just want to

park it on the couch with our close family, flip the game on and maybe order a pizza. That’s what it’s about, anyway: Spending time with those you love and have missed.

Instead of chasing your tail in the kitchen, try spending some quality time with family and friends in a low-key environment.

It’s been a long term, and we bet everyone could use a little breather before finals. So, wherever you go, whomever you’re with, enjoy the moment. Don’t over complicate it or worry about the food and formalities. Sleep in, wear your pajamas and give thanks for the life you have and the people you share it with.

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Education key to facing future agriculture challengesOregon’s agriculture is unique,

in that the majority of the farms are small to medium-

sized, and individually owned farms make up 85.1 percent of farms in Oregon, according to usda.gov. In a time of industrial farming, Oregon family farms are facing a unique set of challenges. In addition to this, agri-culture itself is facing challenges that must be overcome if progress is to be attained.

At a time when the majority of farm-ers and ranchers are over the age of 55 — approximately 60 percent of farmers according to census information — it is crucial we provide a way for young, aspiring agriculturalists to get into the industry. To help them do so, many states implemented programs such as FarmLink (iFarm in Oregon), which help young, upstart farmers to find land so they can achieve their dream of owning and operating a farm. These organizations help farmers find afford-able land by offering online databases and other tools to help them learn to manage farms and ranches, if they are inexperienced in those areas. There are instances of people with no agriculture experience learning how to start and run a farm successfully.

These programs address other issues facing the next generation of agricul-turalists. Some of these programs help develop succession strategies, and help young farmers achieve the capital to start their venture.

Without such programs to match landowners and farmers, much of the land currently in agriculture produc-tion could be lost due to the high num-ber of farmers over the age of 55, if these lands are sold for non-agricultur-al purposes.

Farmers and ranchers are facing other issues as well. Due to working regulations, it is harder to find teenage labor. According to Friends of Family Farms, this causes farmers to be hesi-tant to hire interns, due to the time taken to train and teach them what they need to know. In addition to this, funding sources are drying up due to the cultural stigma that farming is no longer a viable occupation.

Other sectors of agriculture are fac-ing challenges as well, such as forestry and fisheries. The fisheries indus-try is facing issues with large fishing operations causing smaller opera-tions to have their fishing limits sig-nificantly reduced, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In addition to this, overfishing remains a problem for the fisheries industry, and thus must be accommodated for in the future.

According to the USDA Forestry, the forestry industry continues to battle climate change and diminishing water sources. The forestry industry also faces such challenges as sustainable forestry harvest and pressures from offshore competition and outsourcing.

We must begin with education if we are to start resolving these issues.

Agriculture education classes in K-12 are the building blocks for the next generation of Americans to form their opinions of agriculture. Agriculture classes were a big part of my educa-tion in my rural eastern Oregon town, but several times they were brought to the chopping block due to budget cuts. Cuts to agriculture will only succeed in hurting an important industry, and will affect all of us.

Agricultural education courses should be available in every school and city in Oregon, and in every state. To fix the issues agriculture faces, we must first understand what is causing these problems. If we are not educated on what is causing these issues, or if we do not understand how policies and regu-lations will affect agriculture, we are not fit to try and fix those issues.

Education in K-12 is only the begin-ning. There are other things we can do to help those in the agricultural industry. Universities such as Oregon State are training the next generation of vets, farmers, foresters, seed scientists, ranchers, agriculture teachers, bioengi-neers, plant pathologists, soil scientists and many others that will inherit the issues agriculture is facing.

It is important to remember these are not all the issues facing the agri-culture industry today. Some of the issues facing agriculture are regional, for instance, issues regarding sharing water for irrigation and fish popula-tions in eastern Oregon. However, these problems are merely a small sampling of what agriculture will face in the near future.

To solve these issues we must edu-cate others about agriculture, but we also must work together to change the stigma agriculture faces — such as farming not being a “viable” profes-sion. Animal agriculture faces the nega-tive stigma received from animal rights groups, for instance.

As citizens, there is more than we think we can do to help agricultural-ists. Through education, we can pro-pose or fight any proposals that may hurt or benefit agriculture. We, as a cul-ture, must also become reconnected with agriculture, know its processes and traditions and thoroughly seek to comprehend and appreciate it as an industry. To change our cultural view on agriculture, education is key. If we educate our populace we can better understand, and therefore sympathize, with agriculturalists, and do more for those who help us every single day in ways not always appreciated

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Tyler Pike is a junior in agricultural sciences. The opinions expressed in his columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. Pike can be reached at [email protected].

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n Center Angus Brandt’s season-ending injury has caused a shake-up in OSU’s rotation

By alex CrawfordThe Daily BaromeTer

Late in the second half of Friday’s game against Purdue, Oregon State center Angus Brandt crumpled to the ground untouched, clutching his right knee.

On Sunday night, Oregon State men’s basketball head coach Craig Robinson confirmed Brandt would miss the remainder of the 2012-13 season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

With Brandt now hobbling around on crutches, many ques-tions surround the Beavers, that

have hopes of making the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1990.

Robinson thinks the Beavers can still make it to the tournament despite losing Brandt — their start-ing center and a team captain.

“Angus is a tough loss,” Robinson said. “But we are deeper this season than we’ve ever been. When Olaf [Schaftenaar’s] back is better, that’s a 6-foot-11 guy we’re putting in for a 6-foot-10 guy, and he arguably might be a better shooter.”

Schaftenaar isn’t the only player who will see more of the rotation in Brandt’s absence.

“You’ve got Jarmal Reid, who’s a fantastic defender,” Robinson said. “You’ve got Langston Morris-Walker, who can help us at the

guard spot and we still have Devon [Collier] coming off the bench.”

Collier played some of the best basketball of his career over the weekend, averaging 24 points and 10 rebounds in the team’s two games at Madison Square Garden in New York, as part of the 2K Sports Classic.

Although he has come off the bench in the Beavers’ previous four games, he will be feeling the heat more than anyone to step up in Brandt’s absence.

“Angus is out for the season, so everybody on the team has got to step up, especially me,” Collier said. “We just got to push each other each day in practice to get better as a team. Everybody’s going to be taking more shots now, espe-

cially me. They’ve got to be quality shots, though.”

At the start of the season, Robinson called Brandt one of the best 3-point shooters on the team, and now, outside of Ahmad Starks and Roberto Nelson, the team has no established outsider shooters.

The freshman forward, Schaftenaar, hit two 3-point shots in the exhibition game against Lewis and Clark on Nov. 4, but has been troubled by back pain and hasn’t played since then. Robinson expects him to begin to see min-utes once his back is healthy.

Eric Moreland hit his first, and only, 3-point attempt of the sea-son on Friday against Purdue, but Robinson wasn’t quick to give him

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Brandt’s story comes

to a haltOne senior knelt next to

the other. He held out his hand. The other senior,

writhing in pain, grabbed the hand and squeezed.

Joe Burton was the first team-mate by Angus Brandt’s side after the 6-foot-10 center from Sydney, Australia collapsed on the court last Friday at Madison Square Garden.

Burton’s heart sank as he feared the worst.

“I saw it in his eyes that he was really in pain,” Burton said. “I went over and held his hand, and even before I said, ‘Squeeze it,’ he was already squeezing. It was unbelievable. I was like, ‘Wow.’”

This wasn’t how their time at Oregon State together was sup-posed to end.

Brandt and Burton were members of head coach Craig Robinson’s first recruiting class, a five-man class. Junior Roberto Nelson had to sit out as a true freshman. Rhys Murphy trans-ferred. Jared Cunningham left school early for the NBA.

So Brandt and Burton were the Beavers’ only seniors this season. They planned on leaving a mark, perhaps helping lead OSU to the program’s first NCAA Tournament since 1990.

All that went up in flames when it was revealed this weekend that Brandt tore his anterior cruciate ligament and will miss the remain-der of the season.

“It was supposed to be me and him,” Burton said. “We came in together, and I thought we were going to leave together.”

You have to feel for Burton. His senior season had a chance to be special. Without Brandt, the Beavers will struggle to come any-where close to achieving their

Contingency plans without Brandt

The intertwining of religion, football at OSUn Many Oregon State football players

attend voluntary Bible studies, team prayer, led by team chaplain Tom Ramsay

By alex CrawfordThe Daily BaromeTer

Baseball might be America’s pastime, but football is America’s passion.

Yes, every sport has examples of players’ faith and beliefs bubbling to the surface. A baseball player pointing to the sky after hitting a home run, a sprinter kissing their crucifix as they get set in the blocks, basketball players with elaborate religious-themed ink covering their entire bodies.

But nowhere are faith and sport as intertwined as in football.

Tim Tebow might the most polarizing example. But throughout its history, the world of football has been filled with countless characters who were outspoken about their religion. Kurt Warner, Reggie White and Tony Dungy are prime examples of men who used football as their platform to disseminate their faith to the masses.

Oregon State’s football program is no different.Check the twitter feeds of players like Malcolm

Agnew, Storm Woods or Brandin Cooks and it is hard not to find constant references to their rela-tionship with religion.

“I would definitely say [faith] is a big part of

this team, whether it be Christian, Catholic or Mormonism,” said sophomore running back Malcolm Agnew. “Whatever you worship, you really feel strongly about that and it gives you strength when you play. You have to trust whoever you believe in to give you the strength and then it’ll all work out. This team is definitely very religious and it really helps drive us.”

A majority of the team attends chapel led by team chaplain Tom Ramsay on the night before games, in addition to Bible studies throughout the week and team prayer on gameday.

“We pray before every game,” redshirt freshman running back Storm Woods said. “After every game, no matter [if we] win or lose, we know God is a big part of this — probably the biggest part of this.”

Agnew typically leads the team prayer each week and was quick to speak of the benefits it brings.

“It puts things in perspective,” Agnew said. “Here we are playing this game we love. Remember who gave us the talent to play this game we love, to put us here; our lord and savior Jesus Christ.”

Although none of this is mandated by the uni-versity or by the coaches, a large portion of play-ers take it upon themselves to create a faith-filled environment.

Ramsay thinks it helps the team bond.“I’ve heard prevalent players talking about the

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n Oregon State will take on UCSB today at 11 a.m., the first game of the Hardwood Tournament of Hope

By Sarah kerriganThe Daily BaromeTer

Oregon State women’s basketball will try to put the Cal Poly loss behind them as the Hardwood Tournament of Hope tips off today in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

The Beavers (0-1) left Sunday morning for their third international trip in program history. They start the tournament against the University of California Santa Barbara today at 11 a.m. In the five previous meetings with UCSB (1-1), the Gauchos have won four times.

Depending on the outcome of the first game, the Beavers will either take on Mississippi State or Winthrop on Wednesday.

For a successful tournament, the Beavers will need to keep putting up the numbers they have been in the first two games this season — a 25-point exhibition win over Seattle Pacific and a 10-point loss to Cal Poly last Monday.

The key players for OSU will be seniors Patricia Bright and Ali Gibson, junior Alyssa Martin, and freshmen Deven Hunter and Khadidja Toure. Martin has been the Beavers’ main scorer this season with 18 points per game, and Bright is continuing her high block numbers with seven so far this season, moving her to sixth in the program’s history.

Hunter and Gibson will both be important defensive players. Gibson is leading the team in steals with 3.5 per game, while freshman Deven Hunter leads the team with 10 rebounds per game.

Before looking too far into the future, the Beavers needed to assess their recent loss to Cal Poly and make improvements for the tournament.

“Cal Poly exposed some weaknesses, we didn’t execute great against them on either side of the

court really,” said head coach Scott Rueck.“We just got to bounce back from the tough

game we just had,” Hunter added.In their last game against Cal Poly, the

Beavers had 19 turnovers and were only 36.4 percent from the field. For them to come away with wins in the tournament against high-quality teams like Santa Barbara, they will have to take care of the ball better and knock down their open shots.

Another aspect of Oregon State’s game that needs improvement, and was an emphasis in practices preceding the tournament, is rebounding. The Beavers worked on both the offensive and defensive boards, but focused more attention on the defensive end.

“Just reinforcing boxing out and just being aggressive and executing our plays, but mostly rebounding,” Martin said.

Starting last Wednesday, the Beavers added players to practice who will not only help pre-pare them for this tournament, but for Pac-12 play as well. Four OSU male students tried out to become practice players for the Beavers.

“It’s good playing with people who don’t know what’s going on,” Toure said. “They don’t know our stuff, and they’re guys so they are obviously stronger and more aggressive, which helps with boxing out and stuff.”

The new practice players provide a high pressure the Beavers are likely to see in this tournament.

“It’s good for us,” Rueck said. “You get to see someone you don’t see all the time so it’s an outside opponent basically. They just play at a different level of strength and quickness that we are [not] used to. A lot of the elite players that we play are like them.”

Oregon State is looking to get more out of this international tournament than just the playing experience. This will be the team’s first road trip of the year and is a good opportunity for the new players to adjust to playing away from home.

“Being the first away game I think everyone is just excited,” Martin said. “We are in Mexico, it will just be fun and a cool atmosphere.”

The trip is an opportunity for the team to bond with the new and old players, and to set the stage for the rest of the season.

“We are excited about the opportunity,” Rueck said. “It is going to be a fun place to be and it’s a really talented tournament.”

Sarah kerrigan, sports reporteron Twitter @skerrigan123

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OSU women’s basketball tips off tournament today in Mexico

Obum Goes the Dynamite CHAMPION 7-3

Warner Strausbaugh: sports editor; football, gymnastics beat reporter; columnist

QB - Brett Hundley (UCLA): 26RB - De’Anthony Thomas (ORE): 10RB - Ka’Deem Carey (ARIZ): 26WR - Markus Wheaton (OSU): 15WR - Austin Hill (ARIZ): 15FLEX -Terron Ward (OSU): 24TE - Connor Hamlett (OSU): 14K - Andrew Furney (WSU): 1

Total: 131Hip Hip... Hooray! It was in the press box during the OSU game,

as it became apparent that Mariota and Barner failed to carry Andrew’s team on their backs like they’ve done all year. Cheers to Stanford, the team that not only knocked off the Ducks at Autzen, but also knocked off Andrew once and for all.

For the past month, Andrew has said he had this league in the bag. It was nothing for him, easy. But just like Grady proved last week, constantly saying your team is better than mine doesn’t mean you’re going to win the game.

Not only did my team win the championship, it made a statement. Throwing out Furney and DAT, no player had less than 14 points this week, and my role players even stepped up when I needed them most. Ward and Hamlett had the best games of their careers, and it was so rewarding watching Andrew struggle to be happy for them, knowing it was only adding to his fantasy team’s loss.

For the thanks I’m giving in this acceptance speech, the biggest of all goes out to Ka’Deem Carey. This running back from Arizona has warmed my heart with his play this year. By the way, he has the same amount of TDs and more rushing yards than Mr. Barner.

Carey is the MVP of my team and I owe him a chunk of the bragging rights, among other things, I will be receiving for winning this league.

What is this?Most people reading this have probably played fantasy

football at least once, and a lot of those people have played for many, many years.

Here in Corvallis, students at OSU obviously have more interest in college football, and the Pac-12 specifically. So we here at the Barometer have invented the first ever Pac-12 fantasy football league.

Rosters consist of one quarterback, two running backs, two wide receivers, one flex (RB/WR), one tight end and one kicker.

The catch? Each team must have three Oregon State players on their roster at all time.

The regular season last nine weeks, with each team play-ing each other three times. Championship will be the week of Nov. 17.

antasyFootballChampionship Week

There’s a Storm Brewing 7-3

Andrew Kilstrom: football, baseball, wrestling beat reporter; columnist

QB - Marcus Mariota (ORE): 18RB - Kenjon Barner (ORE): 7RB - Storm Woods (OSU): 14WR - Josh Huff (ORE): 5WR - Marqise Lee (USC): 19FLEX - Tyler Anderson (OSU): 6TE - Colby Prince (OSU): 0K - John Bonano (ARIZ): 11

Total: 80I’m going to pull a Lebron, walk off the court

without shaking anybody’s hand and refuse to shoulder any of the blame. Like Lebron and basketball, I am the best fantasy football player on the planet. I congratulate nobody. I should have won that game. I had the best team hands down — I had TWO heisman candidates! This league is a complete joke, of course I would have my second worst week of the season when Warner has his best in the championship game. Absolute garbage, I deserved that title.

All of that being said, like Lebron, I will be back next year, and I will once again be the best. Only next year, I will not only get to the finals but will have the best performance the league has ever seen. Like LeBron will one day be greater than Michael Jordan, I will one day be the greatest Barometer fantasy football player that ever lived.

Mark my words.

Malcolm (Agnew) in the Middle 1-9

Alex Crawford: basketball beat reporter; columnist; radio personality

QB - Matt Barkley (USC): 20RB - Malcolm Agnew (OSU): 7RB - Johnathan Franklin (UCLA): 30WR - Richard Mullaney (OSU): 1WR - Keenan Allen (CAL): 19FLEX - C.J. Anderson (CAL): 6TE - Caleb Smith (OSU): 1K - Travis Coons (WASH): 8

Total: 73Every dog has its day. Our backs were up against

the wall and everyone counted us out. We beat a very good team today and I’d just like to say that this win is for all the fans. This team shows a lot of heart.

I apologize for that previous paragraph but my team has been waiting all season to use one — just one — sports cliche related to winning and finally, in the 10th game of the season, we were able to.

Grady Garrett might claim he “threw the game” by not dropping Vaz or Redd. I could claim I threw my last three games by starting Allen (out for the season) or I could claim that I threw my whole season by starting two Beavers who hardly ever player. I’m not going to make those claims because they aren’t true. I am simply a bad fantasy football owner.

Is it a coincidence that the real life Malcolm Agnew scored his first TD of the season on the same week that the Barometer fantasy team bearing his name won its first game? I think not. Congratulations Malcolm and thank you for being my franchise player.

Finally, I would just like to thank the fans. They’ve been here since day one with nothing to cheer for and Malcolm (Agnew) in the Middle finally gave them something to be happy about. We couldn’t have done it without you.

Romaine Poised 5-5

Grady Garrett: managing edi-tor; women’s soccer beat reporter; columnist

QB - Cody Vaz (OSU): 0RB - John White (UTAH): 14RB - Stepfan Taylor (STAN): 10WR - Robert Woods (USC): 6WR - Brandin Cooks (OSU): 12FLEX - Silas Redd (USC): 0TE - Austin Seferian-Jenkins (WASH):8K - Trevor Romaine (OSU): 8

Total: 58Congratulations, Crawford! *Sitting here debating whether or not I

should bring up the fact that I..... screw it, I’ll reveal it.*

Obviously, my team’s score this week was not indicative of anything — if I was trying to win, I would have dropped Vaz for Sean Mannion, and also would have benched Silas Redd. I con-sider Crawford a friend, and I feared an 0-10 season would cause too much damage to his mental health. So yes, I did officially become the first person in history to throw a game in a made-up fantasy league and admit it in a newspaper.

Anyways, I would reluctantly like to offer my congratulations to Warner, although I think it’s a bit sketch that the two people who cover the football team ended up in the championship while the two people who don’t cover the foot-ball team ended up in the consolation game. If this were Vegas, your championship would be void because of “inside information.”

Is it too late to make a Pac-12 fantasy basket-ball league?

VS VS

John White (RB)27 carries, 112 rushing yards

(14 fantasy points)

Johnathan Franklin (RB)29 carries, 179 rushing yards,

2 TDs (30 fantasy points)

Marqise Lee (WR)9 catches, 158 receiving

yards, 1 TD (19 fantasy points)

Ka’Deem Carey (RB)26 carries, 204 rushing yards,

1 TD (26 fantasy points)

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP CONSOLATION

brotherhood of this team, the family of this team,” Ramsay said. “I think this is another area that helps unite a bunch of guys with something that

they have in common, in addition to football. And for those who participate in it, I think they do gather strength from it and from each other as they play.”

Ramsay is the college pas-tor at local Northwest Hills

Community Church and has maintained his position as team chaplain on a purely voluntary basis since the 2005 season.

“Before I got [to Corvallis], I heard that football was real-ly big in this town and I’ve been a football fan forever, so I wrote a letter to Coach Riley and just asked him if he’d be interested in having a chap-lain for the team,” Ramsay said. “Long story short, we connected in the fall of 2004

and he brought me out to see the program and meet some of the players in the spring of 2005, and I began building relationships with some of the guys who were on the team at that point.”

Ramsay’s role has grown immensely during his time here. He started off giving a 30-minute talk to a dozen guys the night before a game. Now he has had as many as 50 players attend his weekly chapels during season.

His weekly Bible studies used to just be a fall occur-rence, but he now has a group that meets year round. Ramsay also offers what he calls “sidewalk counseling” to anyone who wants to talk about anything, from a lack of playing time to relationship advice. In fact, Ramsay has done four football weddings since he’s been in Corvallis.

“Its been great to have those relationships and be able to be a neutral party,” Ramsay said. “Some of them call me ‘coach’ but I’m not really coaching them to play foot-ball. I’m helping them with some of the decisions they have to make about life and the future whenever they ask.”

Junior offensive lineman Grant Enger is a regular attendee of Ramsay’s Bible studies and spoke about the positive effect Ramsay has on the team.

“He’s a guy who is there for everybody and he’s going to be there whenever you need him,” Enger said. “He’s a real-ly important part of my life because he’s a really big spiri-tual influence for me.”

Woods echoed this sentiment.

“He just lets us know that God is in control,” Woods said. “He also let’s us know that there is life outside of foot-ball, and God [doesn’t] make mistakes.”

Numerous other play-ers spoke similar praise of Ramsay — not just as a pastor or someone who helps them with their faith — but some-one who they can confide in and not have to worry about jeopardizing their spot on the team or their reputation with their coaches.

Ramsay said the biggest benefit he brings to the team is, “the ability for [players] to maybe vent their frustrations because it doesn’t go past me. I don’t go back and report to the coaches about conversa-

tions that I have with guys. From time to time, a guy won’t be playing as much as he hoped and that’s a really common issue.”

Having someone older around the players, whom they respect and who they can go to for advice is something any person needs.

For the football team, that person is Ramsay, and not just because of his position on the team being centered around religion.

Ramsay offers his own form of counseling, whether related to religion or not.

“I don’t know,” Ramsay said. “Without naming names, some of the prominent players on the team are definitely giv-ing credit to God for what they do, so I think there’s a different attitude than has been there in the past, but it doesn’t per-meate the entire team. “Then again, we were doing this last year [when the Beavers went 3-9] and the year before [5-7] as well.”

God might not care who wins football games, but the lessons Ramsay teaches con-tribute to a positive and cohe-sive team environment at OSU. Regardless of faith, it is obvious that the concepts of team and perseverance are integral to winning football games.

“I think that the faith-based thing gives us an opportu-nity to really promote unity within the team, love each other, encourage each other, pick each other up, instead of picking on each other and beat[ing] each other down,” Ramsay said.

Oregon has one of the low-est rates of church attendance and is one of the least reli-gious states in the country, but faith is very much alive on the Beavers’ football team and it seems to be paying off this season.

alex Crawford, sports reporteron Twitter @dr_crawf

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goal of reaching the NCAA Tournament.

But Burton would be the first to tell you it’s not about him, nor is it about the Beavers’ suddenly dim outlook.

It’s about Brandt.Certainly, this was not

how Brandt drew up the 2012-13 season. How could he have?

A person’s true charac-ter is often revealed when things don’t go according to plan, and one thing is clear after speaking with Brandt on Monday: the man is deal-ing with the adversity of a season-ending injury better than you, I, or anyone else would have, and it would be a disservice to Brandt to focus this column on any-thing other than his story.

Brandt was solid — not great, but solid — his first three seasons in Corvallis. The biggest thing for him was confidence. Sometimes, he looked like he didn’t think he belonged in the Pac-12.

But he kept working — teammates and coaches say he’s the hardest worker on the team, and he’s always the first player on the court for pre-game warm-ups — and the confidence came sometime toward the end of last season.

By all accounts, he had a great offseason. And it showed in the Beavers’ first four games, when he aver-aged 11.3 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. Things had finally clicked for him, and he was set for a break-out year.

“I was so confident going

into the year, and was really looking forward to having a breakout season,” Brandt said. “I think I prepared for this season harder and more focused than any season before this.”

After Brandt’s 18-point, 8-rebound performance in the Beavers’ season-opener, you could sense the happi-ness ooze out of Robinson as he spoke about Brandt in the post-game press conference. Sure, a coach is happy to see any of his players to suc-ceed — but I’m not sure I’ve seen Robinson happier for a guy than he was for Brandt. The same could be said for Brandt’s teammates: every-body rooted for the guy.

“It was just heartbreak-ing for everyone that he was the guy who went down,” Robinson said Monday.

“I don’t know what to say because it’s just so sad to talk about,” Burton added. “I get really emotional just thinking about his ACL, because he’s such a good person and it shouldn’t hap-pen to him.”

But like I said, Brandt is dealing with the situation as nicely as the left-handed slam-dunks he was throw-ing down just a week ago.

“I have lots of good people around me looking out for me and stuff,” Brandt said. “It hasn’t given me time to think about it. Everyone around me has helped me so much, it’s been great.”

After the initial shock and disappointment Friday, Brandt said he tried to get his mind off the injury over the weekend.

His girlfriend, Megan Miller, who just finished up a stellar senior season on the pitch for the Beavers’

women’s soccer team, did her part by making Brandt a dessert called “slutty brown-ies” — “good comfort food,” Brandt said — Saturday night while they watched the OSU football game on television.

Miller said Brandt’s spir-its were good given the cir-cumstances, something she commended him for.

“He’s handled it way bet-ter than I think I would have,” Miller said. “I would have been a complete wreck. We’re athletes, that’s what we do. To be forced to take a step back from that role is a big deal. You don’t know what to do with yourself.

“It’s been three days and he’s already gotten the ball moving on rehab. He’s han-dled it better than anyone could have expected.”

Bra n d t’s t e a m m a t e s echoed Miller’s sentiments, adding that Brandt is a tough guy who will no doubt bounce back from this tem-porary setback.

Brandt will apply for a medical redshirt, and plans on returning to the Beavers next season. Because his injury happened so early in the season, he should qualify for the extra year of eligibility.

“It’ll be exciting to see how he and the team does next year,” Burton said.

Sure, things didn’t go according to plan this season. But there’s still a chance for a happy ending to Brandt’s story, and there’s no doubt everyone who knows him is — and should be — rooting for that happy ending.

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the green light now that the Beavers need shooting help.

“You guys crack me up with that whole green light thing,” Robinson said. “Guys don’t get the green light from me, they earn the green light on their own.”

Although Brandt was averaging 11.3 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, Robinson said his most missed attribute will be his defen-sive presence.

“He really helped us on that back line defensively,” Robinson said. “I think, as I said, this team doesn’t have any problem scoring points. I think his points will be absorbed by the guys who are remaining. I think defen-sively he’s going to be hard to replace.”

That task will most likely fall on the shoul-ders of the true freshman, Reid. Reid hasn’t put up any exceptional numbers thus far into the season, but he has seen the most playing time out of any of the freshmen and

is known as a defensive stopper. Against Alabama he guarded Trevor Lacey for por-tions of the game. Lacey is arguably their best scorer and averages over 16 points per game.

Reid said he wasn’t sure if he will be insert-ed into the starting lineup when the Beavers play Montana State on Sunday.

“It’s still up in the air right now, but what-ever it is I’m ready for it,” Reid said. “I’m looking forward to it, and I’m ready for the challenge.”

Reid might look like the obvious choice to fill Brandt’s shoes in the starting lineup, but Robinson didn’t have a definitive answer as of Monday afternoon.

“I think it’s either going to be Jarmal or Challe [Barton] right now as I’m looking at it,” Robinson said. “Langston Morris-Walker has an opportunity, but I don’t know if he’s ready to handle that role just yet.”

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Beckham leaving US soccer after title gameLos Angeles Galaxy star

David Beckham will be leav-ing the team after its MLS Cup game Dec. 1, team offi-cials announced Monday.

The famed British mid-fielder joined the Galaxy in 2007, raising the profile of Major League Soccer in the United States and helped lead the team to the league title in 2011. Monday’s announce-ment comes 10 months after he signed a new two-year contract with the team, turn-ing his back on a number of offers from leading European clubs.

The statement gave no indication where Beckham was headed, but in a state-ment released by the team, he said he “wanted to expe-rience one last challenge

before the end of my playing career.”

“I don’t see this as the end of my relationship with the league as my ambition is to be part of the ownership struc-ture in the future,” he added.

Beckham has played six seasons with Los Angeles. The team reached the MLS playoffs four times during his tenure and played in the league title game three times, including the upcom-ing rematch against the Houston Dynamo.

The 37-year-old had a celebrated career playing for Manchester United and Real Madrid and captained the England national team before coming to America. He sought a spot on the British Olympic football

team this year, but failed to make the cut.

He has been a global icon of the sport for years, inspir-ing the 2002 movie “Bend It Like Beckham.” He’s also been a hot item off the field as the husband of former “Spice Girl” singer and fash-ionista Victoria Beckham.

When David Beckham signed with the LA Galaxy in 2007, he set out to help grow MLS and the sport of soccer in North America,” MLS Commissioner Don Garber said in the statement announcing Beckham’s departure. “There is no doubt that MLS is far more popular and important here and abroad than it was when he arrived.”

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The explosion that killed two people and hurt seven in an Indianapolis subdivision is now the subject of a homicide probe, authorities announced Monday.

Police want to know about a white van seen in the neigh-borhood before the November 10 blast that leveled sev-eral homes, Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry said.

Neither Curry nor other inves-tigators released any more details on the matter, saying only that a “parallel investiga-tion” had been going on while they were trying to figure out the cause of the explosion.

“At this point, we are here to inform you that we are turning this into a criminal homicide investigation,” Gary Coons, the city’s homeland security

chief, told reporters. The offi-cials took no questions after the Monday night announce-ment but asked the public to come forward with any infor-mation about the van and its occupants.

The news came the same day that the couple killed in the blast, John Dion Longworth and Jennifer Longworth, were buried. Indianapolis Mayor

Greg Ballard said he attend-ed the funeral Mass, and “I could not even imagine what the families are going through.”

“But there is a secular side to this,” Ballard said. “There

is a search for truth, and there is a search for justice.”

The late-night blast destroyed several homes and severely damaged more than 30, investigators said. At one point, 60 to 70 firefighters fought the resulting fires.

The local Crime Stoppers organization has offered a $1,000 reward for informa-tion leading to an arrest, and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has offered $10,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction, Curry said.

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Police in Boise, Idaho, said late Monday that they have made an arrest in connection with a break-in at a local zoo and the death of a patas mon-key there.

Michael J. Watkins, 22, faces two felony charges, burglary and grand theft.

“I speak for many of us in the police department and the community who were angered and outraged over this senseless crime,” said Boise Police Chief Michael Masterson. “As usual, it was a combination of a citizen tip and good police work that led us to the arrest in this case.”

Police were called to Zoo Boise early Saturday morning by a guard who reported a burglary in progress. The security guard saw two men, one inside the zoo and one outside. They ran.

During an unsuccessful search for the man inside the zoo, police and zoo employees found a patas monkey that was seriously injured near an exhibit where the suspect was last seen. The animal died; the cause of death was determined to be

blunt force trauma to the head and neck.

Following citizen tips and information gleaned from the investigation, police arrested Watkins in Washington County, Idaho, where he remains in custody.

He has injuries on his upper torso, but police have not yet been able to determine the cause of those injuries, Masterson said.

The police chief declined to speculate on the suspect’s motives. He said he does not expect the other man the guard saw at the zoo to be criminally charged.

Zoo Boise still has one patas monkey that the staff is giving extra attention in the wake of the other’s death.

“For the short time, he is OK being by himself, but that’s not a long-term solution. Monkeys need to be housed in social groups, and so ... we are active-ly trying to find another patas monkey that we might be able to bring the zoo,” said Steve Burns, the zoo’s director.

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Later, Obama traveled to Cambodia for a summit of regional lead-ers and held what an aide called a “tense”meeting with the host coun-try’s prime minister that emphasized the need for improving human rights there.

The president’s trip, his first over-seas since winning re-election this month, foreshadowed the focus his administration will place on Asia in a second term as part of a strategy to blunt Chinese influence in the region. Cambodia is an ally of China.

Monday’s highlight was the several hours Obama spent in Myanmar, the formerly secretive country also known as Burma.

The president met with Suu Kyi at the lakeside villa where she spent years under house arrest for her pro-democ-racy activism. Obama called the meet-ing a new chapter between the two countries.

“Here, through so many difficult years, is where she has displayed such unbreakable courage and determina-tion,” Obama told reporters, stand-ing next to Suu Kyi. “It is here where she showed that human freedom and human dignity cannot be denied.”

Myanmar was politically and eco-nomically isolated from the rest of the world for decades until it ended mili-tary rule last year.

In a diplomatic show of support, Obama referred to the country by the government’s preferred name — Myanmar — rather than the colonial name of Burma used by Suu Kyi and democracy activists.

Suu Kyi warned that Myanmar’s reform process would be difficult.

“The most difficult time in any tran-sition is when we think success is in sight, then we have to be very care-ful that we are not lured by a mirage

of success, and that we are working toward its genuine success for our people and friendship between our two countries,” she said.

Before meeting Suu Kyi, Obama spent an hour with Myanmar President Thein Sein, whose reform drive has seen the release of hundreds of political prisoners and steps to open the coun-try’s economy.

The democratic and economic reforms started by the president could lead to “incredible development opportunities,” Obama said.

Thein Sein, who wore a long purple sarong and white shirt, told Obama he was committed to strengthening bilat-eral relations.

The name Myanmar was introduced by the former military regime 23 years ago and is preferred by the country’s current leaders. Until Monday, the Obama administration had largely stuck to the British colonial name of Burma.

Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes told reporters that Obama exercised “diplomatic courtesy” in ref-erencing Myanmar instead of Burma when meeting with Thein Sein. The official U.S. position continued to be that the country’s name is Burma, Rhodes said.

As well as meeting Thein Sein and Suu Kyi, Obama delivered a speech at the University of Yangon in which he urged the country to continue its “remarkable journey.”

“The flickers of progress that we have seen must not be extinguished,” Obama said. “Reforms launched from the top of society must meet the aspirations of citizens who form its foundation.”

After leaving Myanmar, Obama trav-eled to Cambodia for a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that began with a first round of talks Monday followed by an evening dinner.

The president also discussed human

rights issues in the host country with Prime Minister Hun Sen, highlighting the case of a Cambodian radio broad-caster sentenced to prison for some-thing he said on air about land seizures, according to Rhodes.

He described the meeting as “tense,” in keeping with past U.S. efforts to raise human rights issues with Cambodia.

Hun Sen offered no promises, but expressed a desire for closer economic ties with the United States, Rhodes said.

In essence, Rhodes said, Obama was delivering a similar message in both Cambodia and Myanmar.

At the dinner Monday night, Obama and the other regional leaders wore shirts of batik, the colorful cloth that express Southeast Asia’s tropical cul-ture. The president sat between Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Hun Sen.

The visit to Myanmar created “Obama fever” in Yangon, with crowds waving U.S. flags lining the street from

the airport to greet the U.S. president. His meeting with Thein Sein took place in the nation’s largest city, rather than the isolated capital.

Obama’s image also featured on T-shirts and mugs for sale in city stores.

Before his trip, Obama insisted the visit was “not an endorsement of the Burmese government.”

“This is an acknowledgment that there is a process under way inside that country that even a year and a half, two years ago, nobody foresaw,” Obama told reporters in Thailand on Sunday, the first stop on his Asia trip. He added that the country was mov-ing “in a better direction.”

Western governments have responded to Myanmar’s progressive efforts by easing sanctions that tar-geted the military regime. On Friday, the U.S. eased restrictions on imports of most goods from Burma.

But the country has also witnessed bouts of turmoil in recent months. Violence between Rohingya Muslims and local Buddhists broke out in the western state of Rakhine.

During the latest eruption of ten-sions, the United Nations said at least 89 people were killed over two weeks of violence and 110,000 were displaced.

Obama urged Myanmar to use its “diversity as a strength, not a weakness.”

“I believe deeply that this country can transcend its differences, and that every human being within these bor-ders is a part of your nation’s story.”

He met briefly with representatives of civil society organizations, includ-ing an advocate for Burma’s Rohingya population.

However, some aid organizations questioned whether now is the right time for Obama to add legitimacy to Thein Sein’s government.

Burmese exile leaders and human rights advocates have expressed con-cerns that the visit is too soon, and may not yield the additional reforms that a presidential visit can deliver if it happens at the right time.

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GAZA CITY (CNN) — For six days, Israel has carried out a large-scale air offensive in Gaza, aiming to halt destruc-tive and sometimes deadly rocket launches emanating from the Palestinian territory.

Monday saw more carnage, more heated words and more damage on both sides. There was also more movement toward a possible intensifica-tion as Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, said Israel had finished its planning for a ground inva-sion of Gaza.

If Israeli troops do invade, Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said it would “not be a picnic.”

“We do not want escalation, nor do we call for a ground war,” he said Monday. “But we are not afraid of it, nor will we back down.”

All this violence and rhet-oric has intensified interna-tional efforts to find a diplo-matic solution to the crisis, starting with a cease-fire.

“This must stop,” U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said late Sunday.

A steady stream of U.N. and European diplomats have and will be traversing the region trying to calm the situation.

On Monday, Ban and an Israeli delegation went to Egypt, where that nation’s top intelligence official pre-sented Israel a letter outlining Hamas’ proposal for a cease-fire, said a general in Egyptian intelligence who is optimistic about a deal being reached. The fighting has challenged Israel’s relationship with Egypt, yet Israeli President Shimon Peres on Monday praised Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy for playing a “constructive role.”

Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor confirmed late Monday that “negotiations are going on” that may lead to a cease-fire, though he didn’t offer any details.

Meanwhile, Arab League Secretary-General Nabil el-Araby and 16 foreign minis-ters from the league’s mem-ber states were to arrive in Gaza on Tuesday, to be joined by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, a spokes-man for the organization said.

Gaza itself has been under a crippling economic embargo since Hamas won control of the territory from the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority, which controls the West Bank, after a landslide 2007 election that was followed by intra-Palestinian clashes. The United States, Israel and the European Union characterize the militant fundamentalist Islamic organization Hamas as a terrorist group.

In the West Bank, Palestinian Au t h o r i t y P r e s i d e n t Mahmoud Abbas will hold talks with the U.N. secretary-general, according to Saeb Erakat, a member of the PLO’s executive committee and an

Abbas ally. The West Bank has been relatively quiet, though a Palestinian protester did die Monday — two days after he and others clashed with Israeli troops — Ramallah Medical hospital director Ahmad Bitawi said. And Israeli troops shot and killed a 22-year-old Palestinian near Hebron, wit-nesses said.

Diplomats hope to avoid a repeat of 2008, when at least 1,400 died as Israeli troops invaded Gaza after a similar spate of rocket attacks.

Israel has signaled it is open to a cease-fire, but only if Gaza militants halt rocket attacks. Air raid sirens yet again resounded all day Monday around Israel, where rocket attacks have killed three and wounded 68 according to Israeli officials.

The bloodshed might be worse if not for the “Iron Dome,” Israel’s missile defense system that has intercepted about 30% of the rockets fired from Gaza since last week, including more than half the 67 fired on Monday, accord-ing to the Israel Defense Forces. The missile defense system intercepted several more rockets fired Monday at Ashkelon, the IDF said. But several rockets hit Eshkol, also in southern Israel, with one striking a closed school.

“They have a choice. The minute they will stop (shoot-ing), it will stop,” Peres said.

Israeli government spokes-man Mark Regev said a short-term “Band-Aid” solution won’t do.

“There’s no doubt that Hamas would agree to an immediate cease-fire, but it wouldn’t mean anything. We want to know when it’s over, that it’s really over,” he said, adding Israel will use diplo-

macy or military force — whatever is necessary — to ensure that southern Israel doesn’t continue to face the threat of rockets.

Like Regev, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim al Thani said there can’t be a repeat of 2008 — though he has a different view as to why.

Having gone to Gaza a few weeks ago and observed “the miserable life” of residents there, Sheikh al Thani told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour it’s not tenable for there to be more assassinations of Hamas leaders and Israeli forces sur-rounding Gaza, as was the case four years ago.

“(Hamas wants) a complete package for the cease-fire,” he said.

Palestinian health officials said 104 people, among them women and children, have been killed — at least 24 on Monday. They also say 860 have been wounded in Gaza since Israel began its offen-sive in response to what Israel characterized as incessant rocket attacks by militants.

Israeli authorities say they take great pains to avoid civil-ian casualties, though this is difficult to do when rock-ets are being launched from densely populated civilian areas, where suspected mili-tant leaders are also based.

While saying he feels an agreement can be reached, Palestinian parliament mem-ber Mustafa Barghouti says he blames Israel for the blood-shed thus far.

“The problem is that Israel is using the bombardment of civilians and the killing of children as a tool of negotia-tions,” he said.

Smoke and fire poured from Gaza buildings that had been

struck by Israeli warplanes or drone on Monday, when Israel’s military said it carried out 80 strikes in addition to the 1,300 executed since last Wednesday.

Aqsa TV, Hamas’ television station, reported that Israeli tanks were firing into Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, with one of its reporters say-ing that the Islamic National Bank in Gaza City had been hit.

A Gaza City stadium, where the IDF said Hamas militants launched rockets toward Israel three days ago, was among the sites hit on Monday.

Israeli forces also hit a Gaza City office building used by some media outlets — as they had Sunday — killing two, including the head of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s military media office.

That strike targeted four senior Islamic Jihad mem-bers who Israel’s military said were hiding in the building, including the information chief, Israel’s military said. The others were described as key figures in military train-ing, attack planning, long-range rocket operations and arms manufacturing within the same organization.

“We targeted only the sec-ond floor, which is where the senior terrorists were,” the IDF said on Twitter, adding that reporters had been used as human shields. “The rest of the building was unharmed. Direct hit confirmed.”

Calls for a truce came on the heels of the single deadli-est attack — an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Sunday that left a family of 10 dead within a building’s broken concrete and mangled metal.

Al Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military arm, called

it a “massacre committed by Israeli occupation” on Twitter.

The Israeli airstrike targeted Yehya Bayaa, “a senior Hamas member,” said Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich, the Israel Defense Forces’ chief spokeswoman. The IDF alleges Bayaa is one of the leaders of a Hamas rocket-launching unit.

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The building hit was a known hiding place for Bayaa — though not his home, as was reported earlier — Leibovich said. Initially, the IDF reported it killed Bayaa in the attack. But late Sunday, Leibovich said she did not know for sure whether Bayaa had been killed.

Israeli military Capt. Eytan Muchman added Monday that, “very regrettably,” the Dallo family was inside the building. Regev later told CNN’s Anderson Cooper, “Obviously, it was a foul-up” — saying that while Israel doesn’t know exactly what happened and believes Hamas is using civilians as human shields, it is “a failure” every time an innocent bystander is killed.

That same day, hundreds gathered at the al-Isra mosque for a funeral of some family members killed, CNN’s Ben Wedeman reported.

The firing of rockets before and after the funeral didn’t deter some mourners.

“Revenge, revenge,” they chanted.

Talking Monday night with CNN’s Piers Morgan, Peres insisted Israel has nothing against people in Gaza or Muslims, in general. He said his country’s aim — and the only reason it launched its military offensive — is to keep its own citizens safe.

“We don’t hate them. We don’t try to get any glories,” the Israeli president said. “We want to live in peace.”

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