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Approximately 200 tickets to Saturday’s football game were made available to students beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Reser Stadium Box Office.

Per usual, tickets were distrib-uted to students beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, but the original allotment set aside for students ran out before 1 p.m.

Shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, the official Twitter feed of Oregon State Athletics announced, “STUDENTS: less than 200 addi-tional WSU student tix will be avail-able for pickup at 9:00 a.m. this morning from the Reser Box Office. #GoBeavs.”

According to Steve Fenk, associ-ate athletic director for communi-cations, the student section seats 6,000 people, yet 6,700 tickets were issued to students. Those extra 700 — which include the 200 that became available Tuesday — came from areas near the student sec-tion that were unsold and could potentially be seats with a partially obstructed view.

“We never are quite sure of the demand for student tickets, thus why those extras were held for a longer period of time to make sure that in fact that demand was there,” Fenk said.

The athletic department as a whole was impressed with how quickly tickets ran out Monday.

“We are extremely impressed with the way the students have rallied around the team and we are antici-pating an electric game atmosphere [Saturday], and without question that atmosphere starts with our stu-dents,” Fenk said.

It is unclear whether extra tick-ets will become available after the original allotment has run out for future games — students are bet-ter off going as early as they can Monday — but Fenk did say this is something that has happened in the past.

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Army ROTC member Brandon Thoennes studies at his house between ROTC commitments. Thoennes was the recipient of the Lt. Col. David W. Blasen Memorial Scholarship.

n Austin Head, fellow ROTC members balance college, extensive service preparation

By Ryan DawesThe Daily BaromeTer

At 5:50 a.m., the morning rings to life for Austin Head, OSU senior, as he begins the hour and a half grind of another Reserve Officers’ Training Corps physical training session.

These sessions of running, calis-thenics and other workouts, occur-ring three days a week, are only one part of Head’s schedule. Between attending ROTC classes and clubs, training and working on his busi-ness degree, Head, like his fellow ROTC students, prepares to become

not only a college graduate, but an invaluable leader.

“In ROTC at OSU, we produce well-rounded future officers in the Navy that understand the unique realities of balancing college life and a professional career,” said Lt. Joe DeCicco, assistant professor of naval

science. “In order to be successful in today’s military, it is extremely important to put what is in the best interest of the nation in front of your personal desires. In the Navy we embrace the ethics and values of honor, courage and commitment. Essentially, service is above self.”

This ROTC code of putting service above one’s self is not only cultivated by the instructors and professors of the program, but also by the stu-dents themselves.

“Leadership is the main focus,” said Tyler Laufer, a junior in the Army ROTC program. “For our freshman and sophomore years we observe how things are done. Our junior year we are responsible for leading the freshmen and sophomores. Our senior year we are responsible to not only lead but to train the juniors how to lead.”

This path to leadership does not come easy. Along with group ROTC classes and training, students are

Student Health Services plans for flu seasonn Low cost vaccinations will be

offered on campus tomorrow in anticipation of flu cases

By annecy BeaucheminThe Daily BaromeTer

Tomorrow, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Memorial Union 109, Student Health Services will be offering flu shots to students, faculty and staff at low cost. No appointment is necessary.

While flu season typically peaks in January and February, the timing of the season is unpredictable and variable, especially in the diverse environment of a university. As every new student finds out in the fall, there is often more than enough flu activity in their first term.

Colleen Schlonga, marketing coordi-nator of Student Health Services, com-mented on incoming freshmen and how their experience may be affected by the flu.

“If it’s their first time away from home and they get sick, it’s miserable,” Schlonga said.

Influenza can potentially take a stu-dent out of a week or more of class. Even if a student received a flu shot last

year, it is important to consider attend-ing the clinic, because the vaccine is updated yearly with projected strains of the virus.

“Influenza is potentially a serious, contagious disease, and vaccination is the main way to avoid getting it,” said Linda Reid, associate director of nurs-ing services at OSU.

While hand washing is highly pub-licized during flu season as a way to prevent the spread of circulating flu germs, vaccination aims to keep them from circulating in the first place. Furthermore, once the flu is in the envi-ronment, it is a lot harder than it seems to control its spread. Once contracted, the flu is contagious a full day before symptoms appear. And they may or may not — it is possible to contract the flu without noticeable symptoms and be an unknowing carrier of the virus.

“Even if you don’t feel sick, you can still pass on the illness,” Schlonga said.

Populations most sensitive to com-plications from the flu include infants, the elderly, those with a chronic ill-nesses and pregnant women, particu-larly around the third trimester. Reid has treated scores of students with the flu during her time as a nurse, but also

comes to OSU this year with knowl-edge gained from the 2012 Oregon Flu Summit. The Summit takes place in Portland and invites health care provid-ers from all over the state to learn the latest information on influenza and its strains.

At Thursday’s clinic, undergradu-ate students will be charged $15 to their OSU account and need only bring their ID card. Graduate students will be charged $15 through PacificSource and need to bring their insurance card and ID card. Faculty and staff may pay with cash or credit, or have the fee billed to insurance if covered by the PEBB Insurance Plan. They need to bring their OSU ID card and, if they choose, their insurance card.

Student Health Services advises that those receiving an injectable shot wear clothing that gives easy access to their arm and to come early; medicine will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis until supplies run out.

All those receiving flu shots will be entered into a drawing for free cof-fee cards to be used at locations on campus.

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Sara Heyerly, junior, receives a shot at the Plageman Student Health Center on campus. Student Health Services will hold a non-appointment event this Thursday giving low-cost flu shots.

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CalendarWednesday, Oct. 3MeetingsSOL, 3:30-5:30pm, Pride Center. Queer People of Color (QPOC) meeting. An informal social gathering where we eat food, relax and build community.

SIFC, 6pm, MU212 Student Incidental Fee Committee weekly meeting.

SpeakersPride Center, 6-7:30pm, LaSells Stewart Center, Austin Auditorium. Keynote Speaker Lt. Dan Choi. As a Korean-American, gay male, who was discharged from the military under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” Lt. Choi speaks on his experiences of coming out and being in the military.

Thursday, Oct. 4MeetingsVegans and Vegetarians at OSU, 6pm, Student Sustainability Center, 738 SW 15th St. Potluck-style meet-ings. All people are welcome, but only vegetarian food is allowed.

EventsSOL: LGBT Multicultural Support Network, 6pm, MU Basement. Come meet us and enjoy free pizza, bowling and fun!

Baha’i Campus Association, 12:30pm, MU Talisman Room. “The Nature of Prosperity” is the theme for this interfaith devotion, meditation and sharing time. Bring an inspirational reading to share.

Pride Center, 11:30am-1pm, Pride Center. Bites with Beth. Explore, discuss and share our development as members of the LGBTQQIAAOPP2S community.

Monday, Oct. 8EventsWomen’s Center, 5-6pm, MU 109. A slideshow and discussion presented by Carolyn Schechtman, who spent more than a decade living in India.

Socratic Club at OSU, 7-9pm, LaSells Stewart Center. Debate entitled, “Is Christianity Good for American Poli-tics?” between two nationally-known speakers: Dinesh D’Souza and Michael Shermer.

Centro Cultural Cesar Chavez, 4-6pm, Native American Longhouse. Learn the history of Columbus Day on a new perspective.

Tuesday, Oct. 9EventsGamma Alpha Omega Sorority, Inc., 5:30pm, MU 213. Presenting informa-tion on their annual scholarship.

Thursday, Oct. 11EventsBaha’i Campus Association, 12:30pm, MU Talisman Room. “Build-ing a Spiritual Democracy” is the topic for this interfaith devotion, meditation and sharing time. Bring your favorite inspirational material to share.

Monday, Oct. 15EventsGamma Alpha Omega Sorority, Inc., Noon-2pm, MU Quad. Providing infor-mation/safe sex kits regarding HIV/AIDS prevention.

Thursday, Oct. 18EventsBaha’i Campus Association, 12:30pm, MU Talisman Room. “Grass-roots Democracy” is the theme for this interfaith devotion, discussion and meditation time. Bring an inspirational reading to share.

Pride Center, 11:30am-1pm, Pride Center. Bites with Beth. Explore, discuss and share our development as members of the LGBTQQIAAOPP2S community.

Tuesday, Oct. 30EventsGamma Alpha Omega Sorority Inc., 6pm, MU Journey Room. Annual Tea Party. Refreshments and a welcoming environment for all students.

Thursday, Nov. 1EventsBaha’i Campus Association, 12:30pm, MU Talisman Room. “World Peace - Fact or Fiction” is the theme of this reflection and discussion time. Share your thoughts with others.

Thursday, Nov. 8MeetingsVegans and Vegetarians at OSU, 6pm, 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, 12:30pm, MU Talisman Room. “Life After Death” is the theme of this interfaith meditation, discussion and devotion time. Bring your favorite inspirational reading to share.

Thursday, Nov. 15EventsBaha’i Campus Association, 12:30pm, MU Talisman Room. “Sci-ence and Religion - Which is Right?” is the theme of this interfaith discussion. Bring your favorite devotion or inspira-tional reading to share.

Cherney’s prints combine tradition, invention

expected to spend a good deal of time outside class training as well. For Head, a naval ROTC student with a Marine option, this means a lot of running, cal-isthenics, weight lifting and swimming. Head constantly seeks improvement.

“If I am not hurting in a workout, then there’s something wrong,” Head explains.

As ROTC students prepare physically and gain skills and knowledge through ROTC classes, they learn to carry on the legacy of soldiers serving America. Head belongs to a Marine club called Semper Fi, short for semper fidelis, meaning “always faithful” in Latin. In the club, he learns the history of the Marines and the countless stories of veterans before him living up to the name and teaching the importance of service.

Additionally, students often attend weekend and summer camps to hone their leadership skills. In these camps,

Head has had many unique experiences from shooting machine guns to flying on helicopters to mountain warfare train-ing. One time during a summer program in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Head even witnessed a survival incident first-hand. He and his fellow students were attempting to cross an icy river using a rope for guidance and stability. The cur-rent turned out to be faster than what was predicted, resulting in several ROTC women, who attempted to cross first, getting swept downstream. The instruc-tors leading the group dove in after them, wrestling through the current and managing to bring them back to land unharmed.

According to Head, through experi-ences like these he trains and prepares himself to become a leader; another component necessary for his prepara-tion is faith.

“God has always been a big part of my life, and more and more now I feel that I’ve been called to be here [with ROTC],” Head said. “When you’re called by God,

He always provides. He’s my rock and gives me the strength and courage to truly be a leader here.”

As a senior, Head can see the rewards of his dedication, hard work, faith and variety of experiences. Over the sum-mer, Head attended a final program called OCS (Officer Candidate School) that was designed to test him to the very limits to ensure he was fit for duty as a Marine officer. After six weeks of pure brutality, which included him getting horrible blisters, which became infected to the point that he could have lost his feet, he earned the right to attend the Eagle, Globe and Anchor Ceremony. Here he was given a medal that officially recognized him as having earned the right to be called a Marine.

“Looking all the way back from fresh-man year until now, I’ve grown up,” Head said. “After my time with ROTC and the summer programs, I look for-ward to what comes next.”

Ryan Dawes, news reporternews@dailybarometer.com

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n Cherney’s presentation on Monday highlighted his artistic influences, creative methods

By alice MarshallThe Daily BaromeTer

Michael Cherney presented his pho-tography and art form on Monday at the LaSells Stewart Center as the first part of the Visiting Artist and Scholars Lecture Series, sponsored by the Oregon State University department of art.

A 15-foot-long black and white photo took center stage at LaSells Stewart Center Monday evening. Michael Cherney walked in beginning his lecture without hesitation. The photo, one of his breathtaking landscapes, depicts a Chinese mountain scene shrouded in mist. The composition, a main topic of

his discussion, directly references that of traditional Chinese scroll painting and pays tribute to the intricacies of nature which, according to Cherney, are becom-ing harder and harder to find.

Cherney, an accomplished photogra-pher and calligrapher, grew up in New York and is now based in Beijing. He has exhibited works at Princeton, Harvard and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. According to Cherney, his unique process is strongly influenced by traditional Chinese scroll paintings.

“These processes and methods have survived for a reason,” Cherney said. “They have been perfected over centuries and deserve to be preserved.”

The importance of preservation is a reoccurring element in his work. Photomontages of melancholy scenes depict dredging ships, which harvest sand from the rivers in China. Cherney’s

images of cranes, hazy with film grain, exemplify the influence that Georges Seurat, a French post-impressionist art-ist, has on Cherney’s work and clearly show his historical interests as diverse. In defense of this prevalent film grain, Cherney explained that one is not to ‘mis-take sharpness for truth.’

Well versed in art history, environmen-tal issues and nature, Cherney uses pho-tography and distinguishing craftsman-ship to transport the viewer to the Far East. Through these ‘slices of time,’ as he refers to his photos, Cherney explained that he photographs what he knows. At the closing of the lecture, attendees were able to see his scrolls, crafted in support of his content, first-hand.

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ASOSU senate meeting summary

The ASOSU senate met yesterday for the second time this year. The meet-ing, led by newly-elected President Pro-tempore John Varin, included the following:

-Senator Lubna Khan brought up future town hall meetings as a sug-gestion to the senate. The first town hall meeting will be held next Tuesday at 8 p.m. after the sen-ate meeting. Senator Rhianna Taniguchi sug-gested tuition rates for undocumented students as a point of discussion for the meeting.

-Vice President Dan Cushing brought up the first all-officer meet-ing, which will include a report from each ASOSU branch as well as a key-note speech from Jeffery Evans, head of the OSU Able Student Alliance.

-Vacancies in ASOSU were announced. There are three openings in the house of representatives and two openings in the judicial branch.

-Gallery members, including Emily McLain, executive director of the Oregon Students Association, brought attention to voter regis-tration and activities in which ASOSU members can participate.

Campus briefsBowl with SOL tomorrow

SOL: LGBT multicultural sup-port network will be hosting its annual Bowl with SOL evening tomorrow from 6-8 p.m.

The free event takes place in the Memorial Union basement and fea-tures free pizza, bowling and fun.

For more information please contact Erin Cahill, SOL internal coordinator, at 541-737-9969.

ASOSU to host debate viewing parties

The Associated Students of Oregon State University will be hosting viewings of the upcoming presidential debates.

The viewings will take place in

the Memorial Union Commons, Oct. 3, 11, 16 and 22 from 6-7:30 p.m.

Following the final presidential debate on Oct. 22, there will be a moderated discussion along with food and beverages.

The event is being sponsored by ASOSU and the Center for Civic Engagement.

Lt. Dan Choi speaks tonight at LaSells Stewart Center

As part of queer history month, Lt. Dan Choi will be speaking at the Austin Auditorium tonight from 6-7:30 p.m.

Choi will speak about his expe-riences of coming and being in the military.

Syria saw no respite Tuesday as government forces targeted “terrorist gatherings,” seized explosive devices and stormed an ammu-nition-laden warehouse, according to state media.

The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) detailed a litany of operations across the coun-try, including in Aleppo, Lattakia and Homs.

“Heroic armed forces” detected and disabled improvised explosive devices in the Damascus province city of Harasta, the state Al-Baath news-paper said, predicting the imminent demise of “terrorists” in the area.

“... Here we are witnessing the security opera-tion in its last hours,” Al-Baath said.

Yet deadly violence flared nearby and across the country.

Tariq Ahmed, an opposition activist in Homs, said early Wednesday that the old city of Homs and other areas were under bombardment. A number of people were killed and wounded, he said. Clashes were reported near a Homs castle.

Khalil Ma’touk, a prominent human rights law-yer, was detained by security forces, according to the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

At least 160 people were killed Tuesday, includ-ing 54 in Damascus and its suburbs, the opposi-tion Local Coordination Committees of Syria said.

Another 30 died in Aleppo and 29 in Daraa.The LCC says the total number of civilians

and opposition fighters killed in the conflict has reached roughly 28,000.

More than 24,000 of them were civilians, the activist group said. Thousands of Syrian troops have also reportedly been killed.

CNN is unable to independently confirm casu-alty reports as the Syrian government has severely limited the access of international journalists.

Opposition slams Syria’s call for dialogueA Syrian opposition spokesman lambasted the

government’s call for dialogue Tuesday, marking yet another stalemate in the country’s 19-month deadly conflict.

“No Syrian is willing to sit down with any of these killers in the Syrian government who have been responsible for every single drop of blood that have been shed in Syria,” Syrian National Council spokesman George Sabra told CNN from Paris.

“From day one, the regime played the same tune, call[ing] for political solution while order-ing mass killing all across the homeland. They keep putting themselves in a political corner ... while their military keeps its systematic killing spree, murdering hundreds of innocent men and women every single day.”

—CNN

Syrian government details fierce combat

CorrectionAn article

called, “Officials abandon ‘wear black’ campaign,” in yesterday’s paper misstated the name of the university entity removing sup-port of the wear black campaign. It should have said university licensing. The Barometer regrets the error.

Blackout Reser responses

Happy blackout is cancelledI, for one, am glad that our

benevolent and wise student gov-ernment has stepped in to make sure that students do not do any-thing inflammatory. Shame on U of O and all other schools that contin-ue to promote the extremely racist “blackout.” How great and amazing it is that at this humble university, our student athletes, who appar-ently do not know how racist this game day practice is, have been protected from their unwitting and savagely racist fans by our color-blind and justice-driven student government. With Amelia Harris in charge, we shall stamp out all forms of racism, whether they be real or imagined. Let us move for-ward together into a blackout-free future where no students shall be insulted. Perhaps next we should also ban chants that promote our team winning so as not to seem unfair or potentially privileged next to our rivals. Onwards and upwards.

MeMphis Bellevue

Upset blackout cancelledThe abandonment of the “wear

black” campaign is the straw that broke this camel’s back. The same people that are turning school spir-it at a football game into a racial issue are the same people that have banned dodgeball on the play-

ground and are the same people that are trying to outlaw goldfish as pets, and I’ve had enough of it.

By abandoning the campaign, the school made wearing the color black an issue of race. Before the “controversy” behind the cam-paign was brought to light, I’m will-ing to bet that 99 percent of people didn’t even think wearing black to a football game had anything to do with race. To people who say this is 2012 and the last “wear black” game was in 2007, I ask, are you happy with this regression? As a society, we need to move forward and stop trying to find insensitivity in everything, especially something as simple as wearing one of our school colors to a football game. All I ask is that we stop this ridicu-lousness. If we continue down this path, I fear we’ll abandon “wear orange” games because it could be insensitive toward Doritos.

erich Dellinger,junior, civil engineering

In response to last Friday’s article

Blackout not racistThe title [the Barometer has]

chosen implies that most Oregon State students are concerned with the idea of everyone wearing the same color to a football game. Are you serious? First off, I doubt that if you took an actual poll, which you won’t, that you’d have the majority vote agreeing with you.

Second, if blacking-out a stadi-um is offensive, then couldn’t a col-lege who wears all white to a game be offensive too? Remember the KKK? Or red — communists aren’t too popular in this country. You can come up with some reason or other about why this or that color could possibly offend someone. This article was such a waste for a front page story. Do you honestly think black people are offended by some-one wearing black? I have a couple of black T-shirts in my closet, do you? Should we get rid of them? According to you, Oregon State isn’t ready for our black T-shirts. Once they’re more educated, we can go to Fred Meyer together to pick out some black shirts.

harrison Manningpre-mechanical engineering

Blackout Reser

Can’t we move on from the past?Once again, I am amazed the

“blackout” incident is still relevant.I was on staff at the Barometer

in 2007 when the original incident took place, so I know the history.

With that out of the way, I must say that this year’s ASOSU adminis-tration should be ashamed of how they treated this situation.

Instead of taking an obvious learning experience — an impor-tant teachable moment about rac-ism and adulthood — they decided to perpetuate this SNAFU of white

guilt. Where initiative to actively engage the community on the actual issue at hand would have opened doors to a wake of knowl-edge, they’ve only dug themselves a larger hole to be buried in this year.

When I was Memorial Union president, I sat in meetings with athletes centered around this topic specifically — of whom a large population are black — and the consensus from their perspective is that they didn’t find the idea of a “blackout” to be racist so long as people are respectful.

So, be respectful. You’re in col-lege now — we’re all adults here.

And where most idiotic college students fail, is thinking it’s funny to mimic another person’s culture or identity for the sake of being the funny person in the group — when in reality, if you do that, you are an idiot.

A college campus holds no home for racism unless you want an uproar of horrible media recogni-tion—which has already happened, mind you. Not having a “blackout” on the ground that we’re afraid of offending an active culture on our campus only furthers stereotypes and limits freedom of expression of our student population.

craig BiDiMan

Former Memorial Union President (2010-11)

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School is important, but not everything in life

GMOs have helped feed the world, prevented starvation

If I had a nickel for every time a classmate asked, “So how’d you do?”, I would have so many

nickels. No matter what your major is,

grades will define your academic success whether you like it or not. The pressure of doing well academi-cally has the potential to make you do things that are completely out of your character. All-nighters a big no-no? Wear your hoodie and some sweats because you’re going to be at the library until the break of dawn. On the fence with an exam ques-tion? It’s okay to long-neck your way towards your neighbor; you’re just “checking” your answer. When you act out of character, your brain will always find ways to justify your actions. The real question is: is it worth it?

A recent and major issue with cheating comes straight from Harvard University, where 125 students were a part of a major cheating scandal.

Those students all face a possibility of having a one-year suspension or their diplomas revoked. The students claim not to have any concrete idea of what is allowed and not allowed. This is a real problem universities across the country face. Is it okay to ask students for past exams when the professor doesn’t make it avail-able? I personally believe looking at past exams helps give the students an idea of what may be expected in their exams. So much material is covered for each class that it’s hard to deter-mine what the professor will quiz you on. For instance, two summers ago I was enrolled in organic chemistry with a professor who has since been fired. Classes were two hours long. He talked about buckyballs (a carbon molecule) for a fourth of the lecture

and never mentioned them in any of his exams.

In my experiences at Oregon State University, one of my biggest pet peeves in the context of classes is my peers measuring themselves against others. I’ve always been a firm believ-er that success is measured by doing your absolute best. At one point, grades started to poison my person-al beliefs. Exams would be handed back and I’d receive a “C.” Next thing you know, I would have swarms of classmates asking, “How’d you do?” My fight-or-flight system would acti-vate and I would be gone. I would sit at home and wallow in my misery of being a failure. I would think to myself, “Am I stupid? Was all the hard work I put into studying in vain?” I would call my dad and say, “Father, I have failed you.”

Eventually, I would snap out of my own disownment and realize grades are only one aspect to academic suc-cess. Put yourself in the following

interviewer’s shoes. Who would you rather hire? Candidate A is a 3.8 GPA student with little volunteer or work experience and didn’t participate in any extracurricular activities during college. Candidate B has a GPA of 3.2 and has spent hours volunteering and participated in many extracurricular activities. Back in high school, the question would be: book smarts or street smarts?

As the school year progresses, it’s easy to get caught up with the stress of getting good grades. The pressures coming from every direction have big potential to make you boil over and to make whistle steam out of your ears (I know, I’m pretty corny). If you ever start to get extremely stressed about your grades, just remember: grades aren’t everything.

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Theron Lee is a senior in exercise and sport science with a pre-physical therapy option. The opinions expressed in his columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. lee can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

It probably isn’t that radical to state that liberals believe in human-caused climate change,

and conservatives are less likely to believe in not just human-caused cli-mate change, but climate change itself. Unfortunately, neither side seems to have a strong grasp of the evidence, or actual facts surrounding genetically modified organisms, more com-monly known as GMOs.

GMO skeptics are the climate skeptics on the left. They use ideol-ogy-motivated science to interpret not only objective data, but also to construct fanciful stories and ideas that massive corporations are trying to kill off the human race, because that is clearly the best business strategy of all time: Kill everyone. This misplaced passion in unsci-entific ideas and principles draws time, attention and research dollars from more pressing questions that could have a larger impact.

It doesn’t help that false stud-ies are adding to this fire. A recent

study published in a peer-review journal in France led to Russia com-pletely banning GMO corn imports. France is also considering taking up a similar ban, and proponents of Proposition 37 in California, which would require all GMO food to be clearly labeled as such on the package, have seized the study and broadcasted it on all wavelengths.

The study in question tested the effect of feeding rats purely GMO food alongside rats that were fed pesticides, and compared both to a control. Some groups were fed a higher concentration of GMO food or pesticide than others. So far, the study design looks good. The results, as stated in the abstract, are quite surprising: “In females, all treated groups died two to three times more than controls, and more rapidly... Females developed large

mammary tumors almost always more often than and before con-trols...Males presented four times more large palpable tumors than controls, which occurred up to 600 days earlier.”

Sounds like scary stuff, but upon looking deeper into the study, it is found to be inherently flawed. The type of rat used in the study has a predisposition to tumors. The con-trol group was only a quarter of the size of the exposure group, making it difficult to draw statistical conclu-sions from the data. Steven Novella, director of general neurology at Yale University School of Medicine and president and co-founder of the New England Skeptical Society, in his take down of the study, noted that, “there was no dose response at all — which is a critical component of demonstrating toxic effect.”

Most strikingly, the study also found that eating GMO food and drinking pesticide had the same biological effect. The observation

that these two mechanisms, food and poison, have the same effect — while not impossible — should make everyone pause and think “wait, what just happened?” The study also lacked adequate statisti-cal analysis, and reporters had to sign a contract that they would not seek outside comment from other scientists before reporting on the study.

That last line should make every red flag in your mind go up. Reporters were not allowed to seek outside comment before publish-ing. If that is not an example of mer-cenary scientists, I don’t know what is. This study is bull, and should be promptly ignored.

Science is all about the discussion of results with other professionals in the field, and asking others to look at your methods and point out any flaws or biases you may have. To achieve the truth in any

We salute Lt. Choi

It’s not everyday that Oregon State University gets an important visi-tor and who stood up for some-

thing right. OK, there was Michelle Obama for

commencement in June, but tonight OSU will play host to a brave individual who stood up for what he believed in and what was right even though it cost him his job.

Lt. Dan Choi came out as gay in 2009. This was back before “don’t ask don’t tell” had been repealed, back when it was illegal to be openly gay, lesbian or bisexual and serve in our country’s armed forces.

Soon after Choi came out on the Rachel Maddow Show in March 2009, he received a letter from the U.S. Army discharging him.

After receiving this discharge letter, the Iraq War veteran and graduate of West Point penned a passionate, open letter to President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress.

In the letter, he denounced “don’t ask don’t tell” as “an immoral law and policy that forces American soldiers to deceive and lie about their sexual ori-entation. Worse, it forces others to tol-erate deception and lying. These values are completely opposed to anything I learned at West Point. Deception and lies poison a unit, and cripple a fighting force.”

He was right to make a stand even though it cost him his commission in the New York National Guard. It may have been easier for him to have never come out. But, sometimes being hon-est and brave isn’t the easiest or best route.

“Don’t ask don’t tell” and the mili-tary’s policy against allowing people who identify as LGBT from serving was a blemish on our country’s record, and we are happy that it has finally been abolished. We credit and salute Choi for having the fortitude and bravery to be one of the catalysts that finally brought it down.

Being in the military isn’t easy. We know it isn’t easy being separated from family, enduring grueling trainings or going overseas to a combat zone. But it’s even harder knowing that you can’t be yourself, knowing that your career could be wrecked and your benefits taken away because of a law that had no business being enforced in a mod-ern, 21st-century military.

A military can be good or bad for many different reasons. However, one reason that should never have been thought of to influence the combat effectiveness of our armed forces is our soldiers’, sailors’, Marines’ and airmen’s sexual identity. All Americans should have the right to serve their country, and individual’s sexual identity should have never come in to play.

We are happy that Choi is visiting OSU, and we are glad that every once in a while, Americans stand up for what is good and honest and true, even if it costs them something. That is what a true hero is.

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n Beavers are a hot commodity, student tickets sold out by 1 p.m. on Monday for home game against Washington State

By andrew KilstromThe Daily BaromeTer

Looking around Reser Stadium during home football games last year, it was hard not to notice the increasingly large number of empty seats within the student section as the season progressed.

It started with just the end zone seating, gradually progressed to the corners of the side-lines and ended with large gaps, even in the center of the student section.

Flash forward nearly a full year later and the situation could not be any more different.

By early Sunday afternoon, students were already camping out for tickets, with the line wrapping all the way around Reser Stadium, and past Gill Coliseum by 7 a.m., when the ticket office opened.

After barely filling half of the student seat-ing at some games last season, the entire student section sold out of tickets before 1 p.m. on Monday for the home matchup with Washington State on Oct. 6.

It is clear the student body is re-energized with this No. 14 Oregon State football team, something the players are certainly happy about.

“This is a college town and it’s all about col-lege here,” said Oregon State head coach Mike Riley. “The interaction with the sports teams, the student body, I think that we have a chance to make it as close as anybody in the country. That chemistry between the two is huge for the Beavers.”

“I mean, it’s amazing,” added sophomore wide receiver Brandin Cooks. “To get the type of support you want that kind of stuff. A lot of people give the fans bandwagon stuff, but

when you win, of course you want to be with somebody. You don’t want to be with a loser, so we have to keep winning so that we can keep that support up.”

In fact, Oregon State players took to the ticket line Sunday night to show their gratitude. A long list of Beavers, including Cooks, reached out to fans on Twitter, and walked the long, winding lines thanking their fellow students.

“We were just thanking them, going from front to back and thanking them for their sup-port for camping out,” Cooks said. “It means a lot to us, so we wanted to stop by and just do that for those guys, because, you know, you want to show your appreciation.”

Not only has fan support increased from stu-dents, but the rest of the Oregon State fan base is also excited by the 3-0 start.

By Tuesday night, less than 700 total tickets were remaining altogether.

If OSU fans could sell out Reser, it would be a big emotional lift for the vastly improved Beavers.

“It means a lot,” said junior cornerback Rashaad Reynolds. “To have our fans — Beaver Nation — behind us means a lot. We want to go out there every week and make them proud and win games, because winning creates good things.”

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School spirit at highest level since Fiesta Bowl seasonIn Corvallis, college football is

God. Obviously, the town pulls for

every Oregon State athletics team, but the football team, more than anything, is the thermometer of this town’s mood and feelings.

When the Beavers are winning, Corvallis is a different place. Just as Poseidon ruled the seas of Greek mythology with his trident, Beaver football rules the personality of Corvallis.

It’s hard to put into words, but the town literally transforms. Now, I don’t have statistical data to back this up, but if you are a student at OSU you know what I am talking about. People are generally friendlier, the parties are better and the university as a whole has a more positive state of mind.

Because of Oregon State’s recent success and current ranking of No. 14 in the nation, thousands of students camped out on Sunday to ensure they would receive a ticket. For the first time in as long as I can remember, the supply of student section tickets was exhausted before 1 p.m. on Monday.

At least a small contingent of stu-dents have camped out every year since I began attending Oregon State, but I have never seen an early-season game with such a quick sellout.

The Beavers often struggle early in the season and students have never cared enough in the first week of October, like they do this season.

Senior cornerback Jordan Poyer and sophomore wide receiver Brandin Cooks, among other football play-ers, physically went and thanked the students who camped out for their efforts. I’m sure the students them-selves turned around and thanked the players for giving them a reason to camp out.

I saw a lot of students complaining via Facebook post on Monday after-noon that they were unable to get a ticket. Some seniors complained that freshmen didn’t deserve to get their tickets ahead of them, and oth-ers complained that with the amount of money they pay for tuition they should be guaranteed a ticket.

While there is some merit to those claims, let’s step back and realize that having a horde of students complain-ing about being unable to get tickets is awesome. It may just be the best thing to happen to Beaver athletics in a long time.

People care. There is hype about the program, students are camping out and tickets are selling out within hours of the box office opening. To me, that sounds like the athletic department’s fantasy.

Let us rejoice in the lack of avail-able student tickets and celebrate the significance of it.

If you are a student who didn’t get

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Another shutdown cornern Junior Rashaad Reynolds

has elevated play this year, becoming a top cornerback

By Warner StrausbaughThe Daily BaromeTer

Everyone knows about Jordan Poyer.

The senior cornerback from Astoria was on the preseason watch-lists for the Bednarik Award for top defensive player, the Thorpe Award, for top defensive back, Lott Trophy for top impact defensive player, and the Hornung Award for most versatile player.

But if you look beyond Poyer, there is another cornerback on the Beavers who is making a big impact for the OSU secondary.

Junior cornerback Rashaad Reynolds has transformed into one of the better cornerbacks in the Pac-12, and proved it in Saturday’s game at Arizona, where he had one of the best defensive performances by an OSU player since the start of the 2011 season.

“He’s a great kid, smart guy, and through the experience of playing and the hard work he’s done in the offseason, he’s become a better player,” said OSU head coach Mike Riley. “He just had a terrific game the other night.”

Terrific describes Reynolds’ 10 total tackles, five passes deflect-ed and game-ending interception well.

The interception Reynolds caught with less than a minute left in the game was the final nail in Arizona’s coffin.

“As soon as I saw him pick it, I went to go tackle him,” Poyer said. “It was just a great moment, I’m sure, for him, but even for me, too.”

It was 13 months ago when Reynolds was named the starter at

cornerback opposite Poyer — and not under normal circumstances.

Brandon Hardin was a veteran cornerback who came into fall camp as the shoo-in to start. A broken shoulder derailed Hardin’s season before it started, opening the door for the unproven sopho-more to step in.

Last year, Reynolds and the rest of the defense did not have the year they wanted — to say the least.

Once the calendar turned to 2012, Reynolds went from a wide-eyed, first-year starter to a confi-

dent and capable starter — and it has shown in the first three games.

“He’s really stepped up,” said sec-ondary coach Rod Perry. “It really started in spring and then went on to summer camp, so I’m really not surprised. He’s playing at a very, very high level and I’m very happy with his progress.”

Almost everyone attributed the much-improved form of Reynolds this fall to, simply, experience.

“I always say experience is one of the main key factors of your success,” Poyer said. “Last year he

started all 12 games, and [that] experience — he has it now.”

“A corner is out there on an island playing,” Riley said. “You’ve got to be instinctively smart playing the game to play that spot, because the ramifications of a mistake are so big, and that’s where he’s gained the most, is just experience, and then using his knowledge to be a better player.”

Opposing offenses are electing to challenge the skill set of Reynolds,

neil aBReW | THE DAILY BAROMETER

Rashaad Reynolds leads the OSU football team in total tackles and pass breakups. His interception in the fourth quarter was the play that sealed the 38-35 victory against Arizona.

neil aBReW | THE DAILY BAROMETER

An abnormally large number of students were camping out for tickets to see the 3-0 Beavers. The football players excited to see the students will be out in full force Saturday vs. Washington State.

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Football players ready for big home crowd

because of Poyer’s presence on the other side of the field.

Reynolds himself is confi-dent in his ability to use that experience to take on more of the pressure at corner.

“This year, I think I’ve just taken it to another level,” Reynolds said. “I played a lot of downs last year. I’ve been here. I’m not as nervous any-more. Now I’m just going out there and playing football.”

While the yardage numbers through the air from UCLA and Arizona have uncovered-holes in the OSU secondary, Reynolds is proving to be a playmaker. He has half of the team’s total 14 pass breakups.

“A lot of the good players have vision, they see more than everybody else,” Perry said. “He sees it, he feels it, he trusts what he believes, and then he goes and gets it. And that’s a plus, that’s the type of player you want.”

Many pointed to Reynolds being a possible breakout candidate in pass coverage, but his tenacity against the run has been a revelation for the Beavers.

“We always preach tack-ling,” Perry said. “The day of the pass cover corner when I played is over. You’ve got to be able to play the run and the pass, and he can tackle.”

The 25 total tackles Reynolds has racked up over three games lead the entire team, a rarity for a corner-back. He is even currently sit-ting at third in the Pac-12 for tackles as well.

The early season numbers aren’t changing anything for

Reynolds as far as approach.“Regardless of whether

it’s a run or pass, I just try to bring my all every play,” Reynolds said. “If that means tackling the running back, I’m going to give it all that I’ve got, whether we win or lose.”

Reynolds has proven he can hang with the best wide receivers in the conference, and the elevation of his play can help make the argument that himself and Poyer are one of the better cornerback duos out there.

“We’re both physical and we both want to win,” Poyer said. “When you put those together, the sky is the limit. I think we could be up there as far as tandems in the Pac-12, and even in the country.”

Warner Strausbaugh, sports editoron Twitter @WStrausbaughsports@dailybarometer.com

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• Sophomore quarterback Sean Mannion was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week after

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• Coach Mike Riley on Mannion: “I think it’s great. I think that he had a very good game and I’m glad for his individual

honor. … I think he was [a] good representative from our group for sure.”

• Riley expects redshirt freshman Storm Woods to “practice full speed tomorrow.

That’s what I was told.” Woods sat out half of Tuesday’s practice with a sore foot.

• Senior defensive end Rudolf Fifita sat out from practice for the second straight day

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• Sophomore running back Terron Ward could receive more touchdowns this coming weekend after getting fourth-quarter carries in crunch time against Arizona. Malcolm Agnew practiced a little bit with the scout team, as Ward got the majority of the second-team reps behind Woods.

• Sophomore Tyrequek Zimmerman con-tinues to take the first-team position at safe-ty, ahead of senior and 2011 starter Anthony Watkins. Watkins, who has been dealing with a hip injury, looks the healthiest he has been since suffering the injury in August.

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Cornerback Rashaad Reynolds has gotten off to a hot start in 2012, beginning with the season-opener against Wisconsin. Reynolds leads the team in passes defended.

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Now, am I saying that we should all embrace GMOs in a big ol’ hug? No. Should we just trust the corporations that own the patents on GMO DNA? No. I find the business practices of many agriculture corporations very unethical, but that’s separate from sci-ence. I’m fairly confident that the GMO on grocery store shelves that had to undergo a battery of safety testing and be certified by at least two separate government agencies will not cause any acute toxicity. We have been genetically engineering food since the first human planted a seed tens of thousands of years ago. Going inside a cell and manipulating the DNA is the same thing, just far quicker.

A man named Norman Borlaug developed a disease-resistant strain of wheat in Mexico. It grew so well that Mexico actually began to have a net export of wheat. Borlaug moved to Asia, and repeated the process there with wheat and rice. By the time he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970, he had saved 1 billion people from star-vation. Say what you want about GMO, or claim that organic food is more nutri-tious or better tasting or bet-ter for you than any other food — all of those claims are false, by the way. Without GMOs, we’re screwed. There is no way we can feed the bil-lions upon billions of mouths in the world without geneti-cally modifying our food. We have to do it on some measure, and we need to do in a manner that is safe for everyone.

But before we can begin feeding the world, before we can begin fighting off starva-tion, we need to be respon-sible stewards of scientific information, knowledge and critical thinking. And that step will be far more difficult for us to stomach.

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CNN - Police in Bahrain clashed with mourners at a funeral for a 23-year-old man with sickle cell anemia who died in custody, officials said Tuesday.

Mohammed Mushaima, who was serving a seven-year sentence for vandalism, riot-ing, assaulting a police officer, and resisting arrest, died dur-ing the early morning hours, Bahrain’s Information Affairs Authority said.

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The University of Tennessee student at the center of a nationally publicized alco-hol incident denied Tuesday that he ever used an alcohol enema.

Alexander Broughton, 20, admitted to reporters that he made a “bad choice” drinking last month, one that could have killed him.

“However the scandalous accusations surrounding that event never happened and I completely deny them,” he said at a news conference.

Broughton, a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, was hospitalized September 21 with a blood alcohol level well over 0.40 — five times the legal limit for driving — according to Knoxville police.

The case made nation-al news when police said Broughton and some of his fraternity brothers had been using enemas containing alcohol.

“At this point my intent is to clear my name, my fraterni-ty’s name and to punish those individuals and institutions responsible for the lies that have been spread around the world,” Broughton said.

His attorney, Daniel F. McGehee, said they intended

to sue “whoever violated his HIPAA rights and his consti-tutional rights, and the list is as long as your arm.”

The university said Tuesday it would not comment.

McGehee said that his cli-ent passed out and was taken to the hospital after members of the fraternity drank wine as part of a “Tour de Franzia.” He described that as a party where one person holds up one of several bags of wine while another drinks from it.

A report from the University of Tennessee police depart-ment said after questioning fraternity members, officers believed fraternity members had used “rubber tubing inserted into their rectums as a conduit for alcohol.”

Twelve members of the fra-ternity were cited for under-age drinking, one for disor-derly conduct and the frater-nity chapter was suspended, a university spokeswoman said.

McGehee said he went to the hospital the night Broughton was admitted and asked the student if he had been involved in using alco-hol enemas.

“He looked at me like I’d lost my mind,” McGehee said.

Police said investigators found tubing and materials used to give alcohol enemas at the scene.

An alcohol enema involves placing a small tube into the rectum and pouring alco-hol into the colon. Because the alcohol is then absorbed directly into the bloodstream, the recipient gets drunk faster.

Human stomachs and liv-ers have an enzyme known as alcohol dehydrogenase that breaks down ethanol to make

it less toxic for our bodies, said Atlanta gastroenterologist Dr. Preston Stewart. The lower gastrointestinal tract doesn’t have that enzyme, so alcohol molecules are absorbed into the bloodstream through the lining of the colon.

Eventually the alcohol would still make its way to the liver, Stewart said, but the high alcohol content would overwhelm the organ. “It’s extremely dangerous.”

—CNN

Tennessee student denies having used alcohol enema

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a chapter of the Pi Kappa alpha fraternity at the University of Tennessee has been suspended and 12 students have been cited for underage drinking, one for disorderly conduct.

Former Penn State assis-tant football coach Mike McQueary, who testified that he saw Jerry Sandusky in a shower with an under-age boy, filed a whistle-blower lawsuit Tuesday against the university, according to a court docu-ment from Centre County, Pennsylvania.

McQueary was a key pros-ecution witness and was the only individual — exclud-ing the victims themselves — who said he witnessed an apparent sexual encoun-ter between Sandusky and a boy. Sandusky, who has maintained his innocence, was convicted in June for abusing young boys over a 15-year-period.

In support of McQueary’s whistleblower claim, the lawsuit states he was the only assistant football coach who was not invited to interview for employ-ment with the incoming new head football coach after longtime coach Joe Paterno was fired amid the Sandusky scandal.

McQueary also claims he was the only former employ-

ee who was not reimbursed for legal fees, and that he did not receive his sever-ance payments on time. The lawsuit states McQueary believes those situations and his employment termi-nation were the result of his cooperation with authori-ties in the Sandusky case.

According to the lawsuit, after testifying in court, McQueary was placed on administrative leave with pay in November 2011, only to later be terminated in July 2012. A copy of a letter from the university athlet-ics director concerning the administrative leave was filed along with the lawsuit.

Calls to McQueary’s law-yer after the suit was filed were not returned.

Penn State University spokesman David La Torre responded to CNN with “no comment” regarding the suit.

According to the lawsuit, McQueary is seeking $4 million from the university as the equivalent to a total life-long salary as a football coach with the school.

—CNN

Former Penn State coach files for whistleblower protection A Border Patrol agent was

shot and killed Tuesday, while another was wounded near Naco, Arizona, authorities said.

The agents fell under fire after responding to a sensor that had gone off near the bor-der, according to a statement from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The agent killed was identi-fied as 30-year-old Nicholas Ivie. A native of Provo, Utah, he joined the Border Patrol in January 2008. Ivie is survived by a wife and two children.

The agent who was wound-ed was not identified. After the shooting, he was airlifted to an area hospital and was reported to be in stable con-dition. His injuries were not life-threatening.

“Agent Ivie died in the line of duty, protecting our nation against those who threaten our way of life. His death only strengthens our resolve to enforce the rule of law and bring those responsible to justice,” Deputy Commissioner David Aguilar said in a statement.

The FBI is conducting a joint investigation with the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office.

James Turgal, special agent in charge of the FBI for the Phoenix division, declined to

say whether the agents involved in the incident returned fire. He also declined to comment on whether any weapons had been found.

Lanny Breuer, assistant attorney general for the Criminal Division of the Justice Department, said investigators are at the scene.

“Every time that a law enforce-ment person is either killed or shot or injured in the line of duty, we have to take a moment and think of our families and think of the heroes involved,” Breuer said.

Agent Ivie is the 14th killed in the line of duty since 2008, including three this year.

He was killed near a bor-der station recently named for Brian Terry, whose 2010 death led to the public disclosure of the botched Fast and Furious gun-smuggling sting, according to Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa.

“There’s no way to know at this point how the agent was killed, but because of Operation Fast and Furious, we’ll wonder for years if the guns used in any killing along the border were part of an ill-advised gunwalk-ing strategy sanctioned by the federal government. It’s a sad commentary,” the Republican senator said.

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Women’s golf finishes in second place at Rose City CollegiateBy OSu athletics communications

AURORA, Ore. - The Oregon State women’s golf team finished in sec-ond place at the 13-team Rose City Collegiate, and junior Lauren Sewell had a career-best with a tie for sixth place in a three-round tournament on Tuesday.

The Beavers were in second place after 36 holes of play on Monday, trailing Seattle U. by 13 strokes, and rallied to finish a stroke ahead of the Redhawks, but Cal State Fullerton posted a solid final round in cool and breezy conditions to win the team title at the par-72, 6,080-yard Langdon Farms Golf Club.

Oregon State finished the two-day, 54-hole event with a 52-over 311-296-309 — 916, while Cal State Fullerton was four strokes better with a 48-over 304-305-303 — 912. The Beavers now have two top-five finishes to start the 2012-13 season after finishing fourth

at the Oregon State Invitational in Corvallis in mid-September.

“We had our chances today,” Oregon State head coach Risë Alexander said. “Unfortunately, we didn’t take advan-tage of them. We need to work on our emotional management and our course management to avoid com-pounding our errors.”

The second-place finish is the best in a three-round tournament by Oregon State since finishing second at the Rose City Collegiate two years ago, when North Texas won the title by three strokes. The Beavers won the National Individual Championship in a one-round dual tournament against Portland State in October of 2010.

Sewell shot a 6-over 78 on Tuesday after throwing scores of 75 and 72 on her Monday scorecard to fin-ish the tournament with a 9-over 225 and tied for sixth place overall. It’s her first career top-10 finish in a

three-round tournament, and third overall, after finishing in a tie for sev-enth at last season’s two-round Peg Barnard Invitational and fourth at the Washington National Individual Championship.

Junior Seshia Telles also shot a 6-over 78 on Tuesday and just missed a top-10 finish with a tie for 12th with a 13-over 81-70-78 — 229. Sophomore Anica Yoo shot the Beavers’ best round on Tuesday to finish a stroke back of Telles with a 14-over 78-77-75 — 230, while fresh-man Chelsea Saelee was tied for 22nd with a 17-over 77-77-79 — 233 and senior Rachael Fischer wrapped up play with a 20-over 81-77-78 — 236 for a tie for 29th.

Oregon State has less than a week off before returning to action at the 31st edition of the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash., from Monday through Wednesday.

a ticket, it’s time to realize that this isn’t the OSU team of old. You can’t walk up to the ticket office at noon on the Friday before the game and get a ticket, which is something I did multiple times last year.

Last year, Saturday home games were cool because you could drink on campus and go to some tailgaters. This year, Saturday home games are cool because we have the most underrated quarterback in the nation, the best receiver duo in the nation, and a defense that likes to destroy opposing run-ning backs’ Heisman hype.

This year, Corvallis has more school spirit than I have ever seen and it is having a palpable effect on the morale of campus.

School spirit is different than almost any other feeling an individual can have. It’s on par with the patriotism felt during the Olympics.

School spirit is what makes college football, in my opinion, better than the NFL. College football is extremely popular, even though it’s a bunch of amateurs, and the NFL is — by far — the highest level of football played on this planet. You bleed for your school; you don’t bleed for your NFL team — unless you’re a Raiders fan.

The Beach Boys summed up this sentiment in their 1963 song, “Be True to Your school.” Brian Wilson sings with the voice of a baby angel:

“So be true to your school now

Just like you would to your girl or guy

Be true to your school nowAnd let your colors fly.”School spirit is something

special. For me to sum it up and describe in words would be impossible and excessive, because if you already under-stand that same special feeling, there is no need to explain it. And if you don’t, then I am wast-ing my time.

At Oregon State, school spirit is as high as it’s been since 2002 — the year following Oregon State’s Fiesta Bowl win. There’s no coincidence that when the football team does well, Corvallis transforms into a magical place.

In fact, there is a direct correlation.

So flock, you thousands of Beaver Believers, to the temple that is Reser Stadium, and pay tribute to the football gods that you worship. Will them to vic-tory, because a Beaver win on Saturday means Corvallis will remain in a state of bliss, until they wage war again the follow-ing Saturday.

And that state of bliss is supe-rior to any feeling this cam-pus has experienced in many, many moons.

alex crawford, sports columniston Twitter @dr_crawf

sports@dailybarometer.com

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With the noticeable lack of support towards the end of last year’s season, one could guess the football team might be bitter about the perceived lack of loyalty.

This is not the case, how-ever, as players are excited for the increased student sup-port, despite not receiving much at all in their losing campaign last season.

Cooks had this to say about the lack of student support last year, “[It] didn’t bug me at all. We have to [do] the things we want to do, so that we can get that support.”

Whether the game sells out before kickoff, one thing is for sure: Reser will be rock-ing when the Cougars come to town.

andrew Kilstrom, sports editoron Twitter @andrewKilstromsports@dailybarometer.com

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Fans make choice between games, debates

Kyle Green, a University of Minnesota instructor, feels awful that he asked his sociology class to watch all three presidential debates. He should have checked the calendar first.

Each of the debates this month, as well as the vice presidential show-down, falls on crucial game days.

The fight for the hearts and minds of voters will be, in many households, a fight for the remote.

“I bet there are a lot of sports fans in my class who will be facing the same dilemma that I am,” said Green, a rabid sports fan.

When President Barack Obama takes on Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in their first debate Wednesday, Major League Baseball will be wrapping up its regu-lar season.

—CNN