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Yesterday evening, Oregon State University’s Visiting Artist and Scholars program hosted a lecture by artist and professor Andrew Stein Raftery who gave a pre-sentation of his printmaking process.

Through the Visiting Artists and Scholars program, Oregon State can bring renowned artists like Raftery to campus. The artists spend time with students in stu-dios, present their work and discuss various art-related topics during their lectures.

Raftery, who specializes in and is a professor of printmaking of the Rhode Island School of Design, explained his meticulous process, the history of his medium of choice and his work as an artist to Oregon State students, faculty and members of the community.

Raftery agreed to support the Norma Seaver Printmaking Scholarship, giving the department an original artwork engraved in copper. The prints will be displayed in May, during the reception for the scholarship.

Raftery produced the plate through a combination of etching techniques. In the image, a woman pres-ents a cashmere textile to the viewer.

The artist discussed two of his finished series titled “Open House” and “Suit Shopping” and a series he is currently working on, reflecting his passion for gar-

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after demonstrating how to prepare pineapple fried rice and Thai basil, chef Jet Tila took time for autographs and photos with audience members.

Chef brings a taste of China to Westn In celebration of the Chinese New Year,

celebrity chef Jet Tila comes to cook for Oregon State students, staff, Corvallis

By Megan CampbellThe Daily BaromeTer

Before last night, celebrity chef Jet Tila had only been to Oregon twice.

“All I knew about this area is that you make good Pinot,” Tila said, preparing a demonstration on how to cook stir fry “like an expert.”

In an effort to liven up cultural dinners on cam-pus, Jay Perry, Chef de Cuisine at the Marketplace West dining center, asked Tila to prepare tradi-tional Thai and Chinese food. Tila was happy to come to Corvallis.

“I expected more knit caps and hacky sacks,” Tila said. “It’s all wet and cold. I’ve never been in a land of such green.”

Tila is was born and raised in Los Angeles. Tila grew up in his father’s Thai restaurant and with his grandmother’s tradi-tional Chinese cooking. With these inspirations, he helped cook and serve lunch and din-ner to a total of 652 Oregon State students, staff and the Corvallis community.

Working in the concept Ring of Fire, Tila had the opportu-nity to teach and cook side-by-side with Marketplace West employees.

“Working with [Tila] was fun,” said Majed Abdelras, a sophomore in business management.

“It would have been really stressful,” said Shayna Haack, a sophomore in human develop-ment and education. “But he was making jokes the whole time.”

Tila would step back from cooking to interact with the customers in line. He was curious to know who was eating the food and where they were from.

“He’s a very down-to-earth cook,” Nicholas Young said. Young is a student worker from the east dining center, McNary. He has the option to come to West and help out.

“He just made it a good time,” Young said. “He made the workers happy. He made everyone happy.”

Some customers, while waiting in line, rec-ognized Tila from his appearance on Iron Chef America against chef Masaharu Morimoto. Tila

has been featured on the Food Network, and owns restaurants in California and Nevada.

Around 6:30 p.m., Tila stepped out from behind the counter for a demonstration on how to stir fry like a professional. He interacted with the audi-ence by asking them questions and making them raise their right hand and swear an oath.

“I swear to follow [Chef Jet Tila’s] wok com-mandments,” the audience echoed.

Tila showed how to tile, slice and dice peppers and other vegetables. While demonstrating how to slice at an angle, Tila said this technique is the “sexy” way to do it. He also cautioned against touching a hot wok.

The key secrets to Tila’s traditional stir fry is bak-ing soda, cornstarch, salt and oil. As far as oil goes, he uses peanut. To prepare the wok, he pours an excessive amount of oil in, spins the oil around

to coat the sides and dumps the excess back into its container.

“Yesterday’s fresh rice is today’s fried rice,” said Tila as he demon-strated how to prepare pineapple fried rice.

The second dish he prepared for the audience was Thai basil.

“Whatever takes longer goes first,” said Tila, instructing the audience on which order to cook food in the wok.

After the demonstration, peo-ple lined up for autographs and photos.

“I have the best job on Earth,” Tila said. “I literally have not

worked a day in my life.”Ioling Yang and Tai Long, international students

from China, were both in the audience. When asked if Tila’s cooking reminded them of tradi-tional Chinese cooking, they both agreed it did.

“They are similiar, but also a little different than food in China,” said Yang. “Today’s food is a little sweet.”

This difference in taste depends on which region in China the cooking is based on. Tila’s family is from Southern China. That, in combina-tion with Tila’s personal style, results in his food being a little sweeter.

As far as cultural dinners go, this was a success, according to Perry.

“I think it was a great success of what we want-ed to accomplish,” said Perry. “I think next time we need to have more food.”

Megan Campbell, forum editornews@dailybarometer.com

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Busting moves, benefiting miracle familiesn The student group Beavs

Helping Kids to hold a Dance Marathon in support of Children’s Miracle Network

By Hannah johnsonThe Daily BaromeTer

Amidst the stress of midterm exams, Beavs Helping Kids organiz-ers are preparing for a day filled with games, performances, music, danc-es, food and prizes — all for a cause.

Beavs Helping Kids will hold a dance marathon tomorrow as a fundraiser for the Children’s Miracle Network. Proceeds from the event will benefit the local Children’s Miracle hospital, Sacred Heart Medical Center in Springfield and the miracle families.

Beavs Helping Kids, in conjunction with the University Honors College, specifically benefits the Children’s

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Workgroup looks to expand parking districtsn Collaboration Corvallis looks at

varying parking lot prices on campus, improving shuttles

By Don ilerThe Daily BaromeTer

Putting forward plans to greatly expand residential parking districts, revamp parking on the Oregon State University campus and to expand campus shuttle service, the Collaboration Corvallis parking and traffic workgroup met to hear public comment last night at the Madison Avenue meeting room.

Eric Adams, project manager for Collaboration Corvallis, presented survey results filled out by neighbor-hood residents, statistics of street parking usage in neighborhoods and parking lot usage on the OSU campus.

Statistics collected by the city show that over half of the neighborhoods

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CalendarFriday, Feb. 8EventsOSU Music Department, Noon, MU Lounge. Music å la carte: The Lyric Trio. A musical journey through English and American Poetry.

Saturday, Feb. 9MeetingsStudent Incidental Fees Committee (SIFC), 2pm, MU 213. Student Diver-sity and Recreational Sports will be presenting their budgets.

Monday, Feb. 11MeetingsStudent Incidental Fees Committee (SIFC), 7pm, MU 213. Educational Activities and Music will present their budgets.

EventsLonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center, 5-7pm, Snell 424, 4Cs Cen-tro Cultural Cesar Chavez. Cultural Taboos. Discuss the stereotypes of Black people and how it affects their everyday lives.

Pride Center, 10am-7pm, Pride Center. Make cards for partners of the same, or different, gender.

Campus Recycling, all day, all OSU Residence Halls. Residence Halls Eco-Challenge Month. Choose 3 environ-mental pledges. Through March 1.

Tuesday, Feb. 12MeetingsStudent Incidental Fees Committee (SIFC), 5pm, MU Ballroom. Open Hear-ing. The SIFC will make a final vote and decision on all incidental/health fee budgets for next year and set the fee level.

ASOSU Senate, 7pm, MU 211

EventsLonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center and Asian & Pacific Cul-tural Center, 4-5:30pm, MU Journey Room. Lead by Example.

Pride Center, 10am-7pm, Pride Center. Make cards for partners of the same, or different, gender.

Center for Civic Engagement & Campus Recycling, 5-8pm, Java II, Library. Recycled Craft ‘n Care. Cre-ate recycled decorations to donate to Corvallis Manor and HomeLife. Make recycled cards and stickers for others.

Wednesday, Feb. 13MeetingsASOSU House of Representatives, 7pm, MU 211.

EventsLonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center and Black Student Union, 4-5:30pm, Snell 427, Lonnie B. Har-ris Black Cultural Center. Love Jones with BSU.

Pride Center, Noon-1pm, Pride Center. Book Club: reading “Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious” by Chris Stedman. The book explains how he went from a closeted gay evangelical Christian to an “out” atheist and humanist.

Pride Center, 10am-7pm, Pride Center. Make cards for partners of the same, or different, gender.

SOL: LGBT Multicultural Support Network, 5-7pm, Pride Center. This Game is so Gay! Learn about gayming and discuss recent LGBT themes in games while playing Xbox.

English Student Association, 7pm, Moreland 330. Showing Eugene O’Neill’s “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” followed by a discussion led by Professor David Robinson.

Thursday, Feb. 14MeetingsBaha’i Campus Association, 12:30-1pm, MU Talisman Room. Foundations of Civility - Devotions and discussion on the spiritual basis for civility.

College Republicans, 7pm, StAg 107. General meeting.

EventsLonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center and SOL Multicultural Sup-port Network, 5-7pm, MU East/Snell Kitchen. Chocolate Truffle Workshop.

Pride Center, 10am-7pm, Pride Center. Make cards for partners of the same, or different, gender.

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Miracle Network. Beavs Helping Kids partnered with the Student Alumni Association for this event.

The dance marathon will go from 1 to 8 p.m. in the Memorial Union ballroom, starting with an opening ceremony in which the miracle families will make an appearance. The rest of the event will proceed with dancing to music from a DJ, performances and food from OSU cater-ing; there will even be a dance taught to the participants. There will be some themed hours at the event such as a Princess hour in which people will dress as princesses.

Soren Moritz, Tara Newell and Mackenzi Lee are working with others to prepare the

event. “It’s a special event because a lot of fami-

lies will be there and so you can come see first hand what you’re giving money too,” Moritz said. “There will also be a marching band and cheerleaders.”

“Miracle families are coming and that’s really special,” added Newell. “These mira-cle families are families that have had chil-dren in the Sacred Heart Medical Center in Springfield.”

Not only are you supporting these chil-dren that have been or are currently hos-pitalized, it is also an opportunity for a fun

day. “People who come should expect to

have a lot of fun and be a part of making little kids happy and healthy,” said Lee.

“When you leave I hope that you’ll feel a sense of gratitude for what you’re support-ing,” Moritz added.

People need to register for the event and pay a fee of $10 to participate.

“People should consider coming because it’s awesome and fun, you get to see the children, you can win prizes and get food and it’s also a good experience,” Newell said.

“It’s for a good cause, to raise the money to help and save these children,” Lee said. “It’s being a part of something amazing.”

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in the Collaboration’s survey area have parking utiliza-tion of 70 percent or more. The survey also showed park-ing problems decreased the further the neighborhood was from campus, with the near-campus neighborhoods having the biggest problems with parking. Residents also showed greater satisfaction with parking the further away from campus they were.

“The university is looking to, and may very well implement, variable parking on campus,” said Steve Clark, a member of the workgroup and vice presi-dent of university relations and marketing.

Steve Clark talked about a university proposal for a new parking system on cam-

pus. Surveys taken showed that while lots in the central core of campus tended to be filled to capacity, the lots on the periphery of campus are under-utilized.

Currently, students pay $190 a year to park on campus with no guarantees on which lot they will be able to find space. The new proposal would vary the amounts charged by park-ing lots, with lots closer to the campus core charging more and other lots, such as Reser and the parking garage next to Gill, charging significantly less. Clark said parking in those lots for the year could be as little as $20 or $40 per year.

Improvements are also being planned to shuttle ser-vice around campus so stu-dents would have more incen-tives to use lots further from the campus core.

Many of the citizens com-menting at the meeting com-plained how students and university employees were using their neighborhoods as parking lots. Many said they felt like their neighborhoods needed a parking district in order to ensure their ability to park near their houses.

Those who already lived in parking districts noted how after implementation of the district restrictions, park-ing problems went away. But some said a better way of allowing guests to park longer than 2 hours was needed in the district. They also noted that while a parking district eliminated parking problems in that neighborhood, it tend-ed to push it to the next block outside the district.

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ing they didn’t want to have to pay to park in their own neighborhoods. They said the university needed to do more to provide parking on campus, suggesting construction of a large parking structure.

Those in favor of expanding parking districts said the rate charged to existing districts of $15 a year was reasonable, and said they would be willing to pay more, with most giving $50 as the most they wanted to pay.

The workgroup will be tak-ing the comments from the community under consid-eration and will be meeting next on Feb. 18 at 5:30 p.m. at the Madison Avenue meeting room at 500 SW Madison Ave.

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dening through a 12-month narration. His Open House series was completed in 2008, drawing inspiration from his own search for a house.

“The character of the house’s owners are evident even though they are not there,” Raftery said.

Raftery explained research was a criti-cal part of his process. In order to sup-port and translate what he wanted to the viewer, he immersed himself in his created worlds. Raftery described one of his scenes in Open House.

“I wanted to include the most expen-

sive cappuccino machine I could find in order to give a sense of these tropes of consumption,” Raftery said.

In order to achieve the scenes, Raftery described his process of creating models. Miniature wax figures and highly detailed foam core interiors were created from the artist’s imagination and then used to cre-ate drawings and paintings before putting his tools to the metal plates.

He also works on site, drawing from real interiors and combining details to achieve his imaginary environments.

“This preparation doesn’t prepare the lines, it just prepares the compositions and the tones.” Raftery said.

Suit Shoppping is another series of prints Raftery presented and, just as in

Open House, depicts an intricate and intimate narrative of American culture.

The importance of art history is invalu-able to Raftery.

“We can use our studio tools to study works of art in new ways and very fresh ways,” Raftery said.

By copying sixteenth century prints by artist Durer, Raftery and his colleagues are able to study how etched plate’s age. By immersing himself into multiple fac-ets of art, including ancient history and traditional techniques, his work provides viewers with an authentic piece of history in contemporary culture.

Alice Marshall, arts reporternews@dailybarometer.com

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TUNIS, Tunisia (CNN) — The wail of sirens and the firing of tear gas canis-ters echoed through the streets of the Tunisian capital, Tunis, for a second day Thursday, as the political turmoil trig-gered by the assassination of an opposi-tion leader continued to spur unrest.

Chokri Belaid was shot dead outside his home Wednesday morning, throwing the country into confusion and prompt-ing angry protests.

The unrest calmed overnight but broke out anew Thursday, as young protesters threw rocks at security forces on a central Tunis boulevard. Police responded with tear gas, and officers riding double on motorcycles chased demonstrators.

Other plainclothes police officers went door to door, looking for people who had been on the streets.

As soon as the protestors would head back to the street, they would be met by more tear gas.

This cat-and-mouse lasted all day, but the protesters refused to leave.

Late Wednesday, Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, head of the moderate reli-gious party Ennahda, sacked his Cabinet and called for new elections, leaving him-self at the head of a caretaker government.

However, a top Ennahda party official said Thursday that Jebali’s call to dissolve the Cabinet and offer up a new techno-cratic government is “not binding.”

Ennahda executive bureau member Abdel Hamid Jlassi said party officials were meeting to discuss whether to accept the dissolution.

Jebali’s move came soon after violent clashes broke out in front of the Interior Ministry in Tunis, where police used tear gas to disperse protesters angered by the

assassination of Belaid.One police officer died after he tack-

led looters amid the disturbances Wednesday, Tunisia’s state-run news agency TAP quoted an interior ministry official as saying.

Protesters also rallied elsewhere Wednesday, including the central town of Sidi Bouzid, the birthplace of the revolu-tion that toppled former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali two years ago.

The French Embassy in Tunisia said all French-run schools in the North African country would be closed on Friday and Saturday.

Belaid’s family told local media his funeral would be held Friday, according to TAP.

Belaid routinely received death threats for his outspoken criticism of Tunisia’s moderate Islamist-led government. He talked about the bullying on his frequent television appearances but said he didn’t fear for his life.

Belaid had criticized the government, saying it was not doing enough to take on hardline Salafists.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. Some speculate an extremist Salafist group may have been behind it.

Support for Belaid went beyond his own party, the secular-leftist Democratic Patriots. He was the voice of a large coali-tion of secular opposition parties known as the Popular Front and had a reputation for decrying violence.

Amna Guellali, of the rights group Human Rights Watch, said the govern-ment bears some responsibility for his death because of its “laxity” in failing to respond to a climate of rising political violence.

“We warned the government that these incidents of violence should be investi-gated thoroughly and that people who have perpetrated these acts should be punished ... but we haven’t heard any-thing back,” she told CNN in Tunis.

The climate of intimidation included calls by preachers in some mosques in July for the killing of certain Tunisian political figures and personalities, includ-ing Chokri Belaid, she said.

“We didn’t see the government react-ing to these calls of clear incitement to murder,” she said. “A government has to protect its citizens ... especially if there are clear threats against this person.”

Jebali, who condemned Belaid’s killing, urged the Tunisian people not to rush to conclusions but to await the results of investigations by judicial authorities, TAP reported.

“Belaid was killed, but the real target behind the assassination is the Tunisian revolution as a whole, “Jebali said of his political adversary. “He represented the true values of dialogue, respecting and embracing others in rejecting violence. This is a political assassination.”

Belaid’s brother, Abdelmajid Belaid, blamed Jebali’s party for the killing, and angry protesters stormed Ennahda offic-es Wednesday.

Interior Minister Ali al-Areed, who denied any involvement by his party, vowed to track down the killers and joined the chorus of moral indignation, calling Belaid’s assassination “an attack on all Tunisians.”

At the same time, he asked that pro-tests remain peaceful. “We do not want the country to fall into chaos,” he said on Tunisian state TV.

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Should concealed carry be allowed on campus?Pells argues everyone, even civilians, should have the right to carry a weapon on campus

With a heightened concern for campus safety, we need adequate ways to defend ourselves. Unfortunately, the school and the law has taken away the best way we can protect ourselves by banning guns on campus. Despite what the

administration or legislature might think, we need to be allowed to carry guns on campus.For those who think that guns are dangerous, they sure are. However, cars, bricks, trees

and knives are dangerous, yet no one demands these things be banned. Society demon-izes guns and it needs to end.

Gun control advocates like Senator Diane Feinstein, who recently introduced legislation banning 150 types of “assault rifles,” don’t understand the real problem.

There is no such thing as an assault weapon. Assault is an action one does to another. Weapon is a term we use to describe a tool used to harm another. Guns don’t spontaneously shoot. Rather, some-one must pull the trigger.

Besides incorrectly categorizing guns, many people only focus on one aspect of guns. Yes, guns can be used to kill people; bricks, knives, pots and pans, wood planks and cars, however, can all kill people as well, if not in an easier manner. But guns aren’t only used to kill others violently.

Most people use guns as a form of protection against intruders, trespassers and others who try to violate their rights. To protect oneself, it only requires a few seconds to get a gun from its storage place, while it may take sev-eral minutes for the police to arrive.

Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz from the Northwestern University School of Law published a study in the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology that says, “there are about 2.2 to 2.5 million DGUs [defensive gun uses] of all types by civilians against humans, with about 1.5 to 1.9 million of the incidents involving use of handguns.”

USA Today posted an article earlier this year with statistics comparing gun- and car-related deaths. “In the United States in 2010, the rate of firearm deaths was 10 people per 100,000, while for traffic accidents it was 12 per 100,000.”

Guns are not the problem; they are only tools we can use. Gun use can be both negative and positive, like the use of anything else. Guns don’t make killers just how flash drives don’t make illegal downloaders and lighters don’t make arsonists. We have an abundance of tools to use in any way we see fit. Some will abuse the products and use them for violence, including guns to kill, ropes to hang people in the Jim Crow south and baseball bats to lout. However, most people do not abuse these tools.

The USA Today article also includes a total death rate from guns in 2010: 31,672. The U.S. Census for 2010 recorded 308,745,538 people living in America. In 2010, approximately .0001 percent of the population died from guns. On the reverse, 99.9999 percent of the population did not die from a gun-related inci-dent. Any death, including those by guns, is tragic, but guns aren’t the problem.

The problem is how we portray guns and the people who use them for violence. There is only one view on guns, that they are only used for violence. However, guns are used more to prevent violence and for protection.

With the safety of students in jeopardy, the law and school have stripped the best form of protection we can have. I’m not suggesting that every-

one carries a gun on campus, but that everyone should have the

ability to carry one if they so choose.If a gunman ever does enter the campus, he won’t remember the “no gun policy,” leave and come back with a few knives. The gun

ban doesn’t make us safer, instead it makes us vulnerable.

The Harvard School of Public Health analyzed 19 years of data from 50 states and concluded, “For every age group, where there

are more guns there are more acci-dental deaths. The mortality rate

was seven times higher in the four states with the most guns com-

pared to the four states with the fewest guns.”

Well of course there are more accidental gun deaths when there are more guns. There are also more crashes

on the roads when there are more cars. Accidents happen. The proper way to deal with

accidents is to learn from them to prevent them in the future, not

try and ban the accident from happening.

Those who fight for gun control don’t want guns off the streets, but instead want a centralization of gun use and force. The police

use guns to disarm the citizenry. A prohibition of guns won’t work. Alcohol prohibition didn’t work. The drug war we’ve

had since the 1980s hasn’t worked either and drugs are still readily available. Prohibitions don’t work.

If we want to carry guns on campus, we should be allowed to. If some people don’t like guns, they shouldn’t carry them. But in no way should they take away the rights of others to carry guns. Guns are solely products, commodities, tools, and the best and most efficient way to protect us against violence.

Granted, the school and the government never intended to take away guns to make us vulnerable, but it’s the unintended consequence we face. We need the right to carry guns on campus if safety is a major concern.

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Murga argues there are other, safer ways to protect oneself

A question has been raised recently about the safety at Oregon State University. This is due to the attempted sexual assaults that have happened in the previous

weeks. It also contributed to a culture of fear that is beginning to manifest itself in much of the recent dialogue with students and faculty.

How do we keep ourselves safe? What will it take to make our-selves feel comfortable enough to walk down the street without the possibility of being attacked being forefront on our minds? But the biggest question is what can we do to solve this pressing issue?

Once again there have been suggestions for concealed carry and weapon ownership on campus. Currently, with compliance of Oregon state law, only officers on duty, members of ROTC or

the Pistol and Rifle Clubs may have a weapon on campus. But others want to change this so other stu-dents as well can carry a con-cealed weapon on campus.

How does that make sense? We are already an incred-ibly safe campus. We have an efficient system of notifying police at night, i.e. the blue light system that allows the police to be at any location on campus in 90 seconds or less. That is faster than Jimmy John’s on a good night.

The ways in which we can defend ourselves are not limited to guns. Students are allowed to carry mace on their person as a way to defend themselves. But there is a potential new club on campus that aims to provide tech-

niques of self defense to students.

The club is only in Wilson Hall right now, but is currently trying to

become an official club on campus. Freshman Daniel Miller is the group’s founder and teacher of the martial arts there.

“[We are] not trying to focus on a specific style, just trying to focus on basic hand-to-hand skills for self defense in todays world,” Miller said. His club currently meets in Wilson Hall, and has meetings every Sunday at 6 p.m.

Alternative methods of protection, like mace in particular, are effective ways of to fend off attackers.

Guns on campus, however, is a non-issue, at most. The National Survey of Criminal Victimization suggested that a fire-arm was used for self defense only 100,000 times a year, with just the presence being used — that is, the gun was not fired — in a vast majority of cases. But many people who are pro-concealed carry still ignore this, and use anecdotal evidence to back their claims.

While in few cases owning a gun may have saved someone’s life, the vast majority of times it actually escalates a situa-tion. This is the last thing we want to happen on campus or with one of our Oregon State peers. Unfortunately, guns escalate situations all too often.

I am tired of the false sense of security we give a gun. Not only is it a bad choice for self defense, it can easily cause collateral damage if used. For example, in August 2012, New York City police fired 16 shots

into a man suspected of killing a former coworker. The shots also hit nine bystanders. Even with training, it’s easy to miss, as it was also reported that some officers were close enough to shake hands with the man.

The rationale of a concealed weapons owner saving the day from a shooter is unpredictable. Perhaps the gun owner will run or not even return fire. The idea of involving a gun is not a logical variable to introduce to in a dangerous situation.

Perhaps worst of all, the idea of someone carrying a gun into a classroom is threatening to everyone. I came to this university to learn, not to have my classmates bring a gun on campus out of fear.

There is no need whatsoever for civilians to carry guns on campus. We have a right to feel safe on this campus, and idiots walking around with a concealed gun like they’re G.I. Joe have no right to take that sense of security away from us.

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Hunter Murga is a freshman in chemistry. The opinions expressed in his columns do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Barometer staff. murga can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.

Yeas & NaysYea to it being week five. You

know, we don’t really care that we haven’t slept well

all week, not turned in assignments or studied as much as we should have. We have big smiles on our faces and a newspaper to print.

Nay to once again finding spi-ders. Most of the time we are tol-erant of our eight-legged friends, but sometimes they just scare the bejezus out of us. Like the one time we pulled back the covers and found an enormous one laying in wait for us to eat off our faces while we slumbered obliviously.

Yea to the incoming class of football recruits. Let’s hope their performance lives up to all the promise.

Nay to lingerers.Yea to Beyonce. We knew you

had it in you girl. We don’t care what they said about the inaugura-tion, you made the lights go out in New Orleans. And we’ll forgive you for not singing “Bills, Bills, Bills” when the rest of Destiny’s Child appeared on stage. We love you.

Nay to carrying on and having a swell time at a party, when all of a sudden a drunk child shows up and spills FourLoko all over you.

Yea to loving where you work. Nay to being married to your job

instead of enjoying someone else. Yea to someone liking you.Nay to realizing they’ve liked you

for a long time because once again you were oblivious to it for six months and acted like a butthead for most of it. Sometimes we wish we weren’t so dense.

Yea to falling asleep in class because you were tired from being up all night long.

Nay to alarm clocks.Yea to afternoon naps in your office.Nay to puppies.Nay to puppies in cups. Yea to Joe Burton. We really want

to see him in a series of YouTube shorts where he stars as a Shaft like detective who uncovers crime and stands up for the little guy. We have some scripts written — all we need is a funding source.

Nay to not having insurance and then having to visit the dentist. Who knew it cost $500 to yank a tooth out.

Yea to living in the only indus-trialized country without national-ized health care. These colors don’t run!

Yea to university officials addressing student concerns about tuition increases. Let’s hope they take some action instead of con-tinuing to hire more and throw up more buildings. Tuition is too damn high.

Nay to it being a weekend we will be devoting to doing homework and watching the grey sky listlessly from the upper floors of the Valley Library. You should study too chil-dren, except we know you are just going to spill FourLoko on others. Stay sticky, children.

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in Pac-12 play, hoping to make it two victories in a row at Gill Coliseum

By Alex CrawfordThe Daily BaromeTer

Last year Colorado won the Pac-12 Tournament, made it to the third Round of the NCAA Tournament and finished with a record of 24-12.

This season hasn’t exactly gone exactly as planned for the Buffaloes. Although they did hand Oregon its third straight loss Thursday night in Eugene.

The Beavers’ 82-64 win against Utah on Wednesday was only their second Pac-12 win this season, but it was the largest margin of victory since beating Texas Pan-American by 25 on Dec. 31. The team is hoping it can give them some momentum going into their final eight regular season games.

“I think we found what we need to do to have a successful game and get wins,” said senior forward Joe Burton after Wednesday’s game. “We kind of lost it at

the start of the season but we are getting it back. We haven’t given up, we haven’t lost speed at practice, we still go at it, we are still physical and doing everything well.”

Colorado’s season has been the epito-me of inconsistency. After starting 10-2, the Buffaloes lost a controversial game to Arizona to begin Pac-12 play and still haven’t fully recovered.

Still, OSU head coach Craig Robinson said at his Tuesday press conference that he thinks Colorado is a bubble team for the NCAA Tournament.

“Any team in this conference can beat any other team on the road or at home,” Robinson said. “Every team is a concern until you get on the court and you beat them. Having seen them play, they are a good team that is in the top half of our conference.”

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n OSU wrestling hosts Cal Poly tonight, will hold Senior Day

By Andrew kilstromThe Daily BaromeTer

In every sport, Senior Day is a moment to acknowledge the career accomplishments of the seniors who will be moving on from Oregon State.

While the accomplishments and legacies seniors leave behind are gen-erally substantial, the impact this year’s senior class has made for the No. 9 Oregon State wrestling team has been nothing short of exceptional.

This year’s class of seniors was argu-ably the biggest factor in Oregon State’s transformation into the national con-tender it is today. The class is also only the second group that head coach Jim Zalesky and his staff recruited.

“They’ve helped build the program to where it’s at right now,” Zalesky said. “Coming in, the program wasn’t where it’s at and a lot of guys could have gone other places, but they believed in this program, came here and helped build a foundation.”

Seniors Mike Mangrum, Chad Hanke, Ty Vinson, Cody Weishoff and junior college transfer Anthony Harris will all be honored tonight at 7 in Gill Coliseum before facing Pac-12 oppo-nent Cal Poly.

Senior Day is normally reserved for the last home meet of the season, but the Beavers take on Arizona State Saturday and then host the NCAA Regional Duals Feb. 17.

The day is still going to be memorable.

“It’s a pretty special moment,” Hanke said. “Everybody keeps telling me [it’s almost over], but I haven’t quite come to grips with it yet.”

The feeling of near disbelief at how fast the past four years have gone was a common theme.

“It’s flown by quick, it’s kind of sur-real,” Vinson added.

Hanke (the No. 4-ranked heavy-weight in the nation) and Mangrum (No. 4 ranked 141-pounder) have made especially large impacts in their time at Oregon State.

Mangrum enters the weekend sev-enth all-time in Oregon State history with 126 wins. Hanke enters the week-end 17th all-time with 107. Having both been key contributors for four years, Mangrum and Hanke have been at the forefront of Oregon State wres-

tling for a long time.“Those two are probably the pillars

of the class,” Zalesky said.Vinson, Weishoff and Harris have

also contributed during their careers. Especially Vinson — ranked No. 19 in the nation in the 184-pound weight class — who is a team captain this year.

Last Saturday was Vinson’s first match returning from a hamstring injury that kept him out for over a month. He’s finally back to 100 percent just in time for Senior Day.

“It’s really big to get back,” Vinson said. “I need the matches, definitely, and they should be good ones hope-fully. I’m looking forward to competing, enjoying the moment.”

While Senior Day will be an opportu-nity to honor the five wrestlers for their careers, getting Oregon State’s seventh and eighth straight wins are all any-one’s thinking about.

“It’s something you see all of the classes in front of you go through, but it‘s just kind of a small moment for a big day,” Vinson said. “The big part is winning the wrestling match and that’s what we’re all focused on.”

Avoiding the distraction that Senior Day can cause is something most teams worry about. For Oregon State, however, wrestling with its usual ener-gy isn’t even in question.

“I’m looking for guys to score right away and keep working on things we’ve been working on,” Zalesky said. “Even if it’s maybe an opponent that isn’t ranked as high as you. You can’t take it for granted this time of year.”

Reminiscing about the memories this year’s senior class created will be special, but finishing the year on top is all the group cares about.

With Cal Poly on the schedule tonight, Arizona State on Saturday, NCAA Regionals the following week and the Pac-12 Championships shortly after, there’s a lot of work left to be done.

“We’ve got a lot more wrestling after this,” Vinson said. “It’s not like it’s our last hoorah. We’re keeping our blinders on and we’re focused.”

Andrew kilstrom, sports reporteron Twitter @andrewKilstromsports@dailybarometer.com

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n Oregon State heads to Tempe, Ariz., for fourth-consecutive road meet, looking for another win

By warner strausbaughThe Daily BaromeTer

Today will conclude a month-long stretch of four meets away from Gill Coliseum for the Oregon State gymnastics team.

So much time away from home can make traveling routine for the team.

“PDX is definitely starting to feel more like home than Corvallis is,” said senior Kelsi Blalock. “We’re doing really well with it. I haven’t heard anyone complaining and it hasn’t caused any unfortunate things to happen.”

The No. 12 Beavers head to Tempe, Ariz., on short rest. It will only be a five-day turnaround between meets — OSU defeated Cal 196.050-194.700 on Sunday.

The meet in Berkeley, Calif., was unique because of its crowd — or lack thereof. According to junior Brittany Harris, there were about 200 people there including the gymnasts. Not a sur-prise since the meet was on Super Bowl Sunday.

Cal’s small crowd was actually a positive factor for tonight’s meet.

“It was good that we got used to be in an envi-ronment where we don’t have as many fans,” Harris said. “When we go to ASU, it won’t be like our Gill fans where we have thousands.”

The team only had two days of practice this week because of travel.

Of the first six meets of the season, the only time performing in Gill was the Jan. 11 win over Ohio State.

“They’re comfortable now on the road, it’s almost like a routine for us,” said associate head coach Michael Chaplin. “They know what to expect. It’s been challenging, it seems like our last home meet against Ohio State was a whole

different season.”The physical toll of being on the road for four

straight weeks would typically be a detriment — but the Beavers are thriving.

OSU scored its season-high (196.825) in the Metroplex Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas, on Jan. 26. The last three road meets were all higher scores than the Ohio State meet in Corvallis.

“The most important thing is that we’re confi-dent now,” Blalock said. “It’s not a matter of who’s going to hit or miss, it’s a matter of who’s going to do the best routine.”

High scores on the road are critical in gym-nastics. The Regional Qualifying Score (gymnas-tics’ version of the Bowl Championship Series) takes into account six meets total: Three at-large meets (home or road) and three road meets. The highest score is dropped.

“Right now, everything’s averaged,” Chaplin said. “So we’re still carrying around that 193.600 from our Cancun meet. That’s rough. I feel really good [because] we’re still ranked 12th and we’re carrying around . . . a low score. We get to shake that off pretty soon and hopefully that’ll be 196 or better.”

Oregon State had improved upon each of its scores until Sunday. The score against Cal was still the second-highest of the season.

The Beavers have always stressed that they don’t want to ever peak too soon, so the gradual incline of performance is ideal in the sports of gymnastics.

“We’re climbing, just steadily climbing up to the top,” Harris said.

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Beavers face No. 21 Colorado tonightn After beating Oregon twice,

Oregon State women’s basketball has dropped four in a row

By Mitch MahoneyThe Daily BaromeTer

The Oregon State women’s basketball team is in the midst of a four-game los-ing streak.

The Beavers hope to end that streak tonight when they match up against No. 21 Colorado, the third ranked oppo-nent they will be facing in a row.

One week after two devastating overtime losses to Washington and Washington State, the Beavers (9-13, 3-7 Pac-12) hosted No. 4 Stanford and No. 6 California. They lost to both in blowouts. The team remains optimistic, however, as they enter the final month of the season.

“It’s frustrating to lose, that’s never fun, because people tend to fall in love with the scoreboard, while I’m watching progress,” said head coach Scott Rueck. “I’m watching growth in these people. I can’t say I’m frustrated, though. I’m motivated to help them, and I’m excited for when these players do have breakthroughs.”

There have been plenty of bright

spots for the Beavers, who rely on sev-eral freshman players to perform well on a nightly basis. Of those, guard Jamie Weisner has been the most impressive. She is averaging 14.3 points per game in conference play, which is the highest on the team.

Forward Deven Hunter is another starting freshman on the team. She averages a team-high 6.5 rebounds to go along with 4.9 points per game. Also performing well is forward Samantha Siegner, who has seen her minutes sky-rocket over the past month.

Unfortunately for the Beavers, those bright spots have not translated into victories.

“It’s just the little things that we need to work on,” said senior center Patricia Bright. “In general it’s not necessarily that they’re outplaying us. The effort’s there, it’s just the little things that are what’s hurting us. We’ll clean that up, hopefully this weekend, and get anoth-er win.”

The Beavers will look to put things together tonight when they travel to

Colorado to play the Buffaloes (16-5, 5-5). Colorado limps into the game having lost three of its last four games, albeit to three of the best teams in the nation.

“They’re a very athletic team,” Rueck said. “They play very hard, and they typically have a good home crowd. They are a complete team. I think it’s one of those matchups where toe-to-toe you have to hold your own. The team that wants it more and out-executes is the team that’s going to win.”

The Buffaloes are led by Chucky Jeffery, a talented floor general who is averaging 13.3 points, 4.2 assists and 8.2 rebounds per game. Earlier this season, Jeffery was named espnW’s national player of the week. The Beavers need to slow her down to have a chance at winning.

“I think that we’re pretty confident with it,” Hunter said. “We know what they do. We just need to take the scout-ing report in and stop everything they do. They’re not unstoppable.”

The game tips off at 6 p.m. and will be broadcast on the Pac-12 Networks.

Mitch Mahoney, sports reporteron Twitter @mitchishere

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Sophomore guard ali Gibson drives to the bucket against Cal last week, a game oSU lost by 22.

No. 12 OSU vs. ASUWhen: Tonight, 6 p.m.Where: Tempe, Ariz.

Gymnastics continues stretch of road meets OSU in Seattle for final indoor track meetn Oenning, Almen both

trying to set personal bests at UW Final Qualifier

By Alex McCoyThe Daily BaromeTer

Six athletes from the Oregon State women’s track and field team will travel to the University of Washington this weekend for their last meet of the indoor season.

This weekend’s meet will be especially important for two of the athletes, high jumpers Kristin Oenning and Sara Almen.

Oenning, a senior, was originally a distance runner for OSU and had a helping hand in the expansion of the program.

“It’s her first year of real training and being coached full time,” said assistant coach Collin Cram. “It’s her last shot at hitting a personal best in the high jump and her last indoor season.”

Almen, a freshman, is a two-sport student athlete, competing in volleyball and track and field for the Beavers. She placed third at the last indoor meet in Seattle — the Husky Classic on Feb. 9 — for high jump, coming right out of her vol-leyball season.

“This weekend is pretty exciting for Sara because she will have had practice under her belt,” Cram said.

Schools from all over the Pac-12 will join Oregon State this weekend for the invi-tational including Oregon, California, UCLA, Stanford, Utah, Colorado, Washington State and Washington.

Almen is not the only two-sport athlete on the track and field team, however.

Mary Claire Brenner is a two-sport athlete and will also make an appearance this weekend, throwing the shot put. Brenner has played four years of softball for the Beavers and will spend her last year of eligibility com-peting for the track and field team.

Ryan Cope, a freshman kicker on the OSU football team, will be running hur-dles for the team this year as well.

“In previous years we’ve had football players sprint for us, so it’ll be fun to see Cope hurdle,” Cram said.

The challenge between juggling two sports is how different the two can be.

“Volleyball is much more of a team sport,” Almen said. “It’s more about getting your team going. Track is more individual and preparing yourself mentally, relaxing

yourself. I really enjoy the difference.”

Almen’s personal record in high jump is 5-9 but hopes to hit 5-11 for her first indoor season.

“I haven’t really looked too much into the compe-tition,” Almen said. “It’ll be tough but it’ll be really good to jump against good competition.”

Almen was jumping at the 3A high school level and hopes to hit at least six feet this year in her first outdoor season with the Beavers.

High jump has a mental aspect that not many other sports have.

“If you psych yourself out, it ruins everything,” Almen said. “You have to keep calm and relaxed if you want to do well.”

This weekend’s invita-tional concludes the indoor track season for the Beavers. Oregon State will go on to host the first outdoor meet in 25 years on March 23 against Portland State at its new facility in Corvallis.

Alex McCoy, sports reporteron Twitter @alexmccoy21

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OSU softball rolls, starts ASU Classic with blowout winn Demore pitches complete-game shutout in

Thursday’s win over Stephen F. AustinThe Daily BaromeTer

The Oregon State softball team opened up its 2013 cam-paign with a 9-0 defeat of Stephen F. Austin Thursday in Tempe, Ariz.

The Beavers scored three runs in the first, three in the fourth and three in seventh en route to the victory.

Senior pitcher Marina Demore, who started 19 games in the cir-cle last season, pitched a complete game, 3-hitter, striking out five and walking one.

Offensively, freshman first base-man Natalie Hampton, the Beavers’ lone new starter, led the way with

a 3-hit, 4-RBI performance in her colle-giate debut. Hampton, who hit fifth in the order, hit the game’s lone home run.

Six Beavers accounted for OSU’s nine hits. Senior shortstop Elizabeth Santana, who led the Beavers with a .344 average last year, was 2-for-3 from the plate. Senior catcher Ally Kutz, senior left field-er Lea Cavestany, junior center fielder Hannah Bouska and pitcher Marina Demore all had one hit each.

Sophomore outfielder Dani Gilmore, who started all 59 games last season and was second on the team with a .322 aver-age, was sick and did not play.

Today at 1:30 p.m., OSU faces Oklahoma, the No. 2 team in the nation. The Sooners knocked OSU out of the postseason last year in regional round, defeating the Beavers 6-0 in Norman, Okla. The Sooners return all but one starter off last year’s team.

OSU then plays Creighton at 4:30 p.m. today and will play three more games over the weekend.

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• Today, 1:30 p.m.: vs. No. 2 Oklahoma• Today, 4:30 p.m.: vs. Creighton• Saturday, 8 a.m.: vs. Northwestern• Saturday, 1 p.m.: vs. Kentucky• Sunday, 10 a.m.: vs. San Jose State

Demore 7 IP, 3 H, 5 K

Hampton 3-4, HR, 4 RBI

The Beavers can’t take anyone lightly after their terrible start to conference play.

Last season Oregon State lost to the Buffaloes by 22 points in Boulder, Colo., but then beat them by 14 in Gill Coliseum a month later.

“Last year when they came down, it was Kevin McShane’s Senior Night so we played hard because we had something to play for,” Burton said. “We still have something to play for this year, so we will come out with the same intensity. We are just going to play hard.”

Colorado is one of the best rebound-ing teams in the conference — averaging 38.4 per game with an average rebound

margin of +4.7 per game. They also have Andre Roberson — the Pac-12’s leading rebounder with 11.6 per game.

While OSU did struggle grabbing boards at the beginning of conference play, the Beavers have now outrebound-ed their opponents in five out of their last six games. Robinson credits this to the return of Eric Moreland — second in the league with 10.5 rebounds per game — from his three-game suspension.

“We have to look at this as ‘Hey, this is a chance for us to go on a little bit of a roll here of our own,’ so it’s probably going to be a very tight game,” Robinson said. “They’ve got really good players, good young players and they’ve got a prolific rebounder in [Andre] Roberson.”

Beginning with the Stanford game, Robinson has been going to a three-

guard lineup more frequently, which means a lot more playing time for Challe Barton and a lot less for Jarmal Reid. Reid, a true freshman, was averaging 22.3 minutes per game in the Beavers first eight Pac-12 games but has only played seven and four minutes in the last two, respectively. Barton, on the other hand, averaged 13 minutes per game in the first eight but has played an average of 21.5 over the last two.

“It wasn’t because of anything Jarmal did, it’s just something we had to try dif-ferently but when we put him in and put him on a guy who can score, that guy has a tough time scoring so he’s still one of our better defenders,” Robinson said.

Alex Crawford, sports reporteron Twitter @dr_crawf

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Men’s BAsketBALLn Continued from page 4

Forward Russia: Grand Sochi project highlights Putin ambition(CNN) — The snow-covered mountains

tower above the sub-tropical beach, a stun-ning vista by any standards — but what sets Sochi apart from other seaside resorts is its sheer scale of concrete and steel.

It’s a grand project that Vladimir Putin hopes will transform an ailing region of Russia and make a bold statement of intent, using sport as the fulcrum — much in the way that China did with its Olympics in 2008 and Qatar hopes to do with soccer’s World Cup in 2020.

At a reported $50 billion and rising, Russia’s first Winter Olympics will be the most expensive in history — topping the eye-watering $40 billion Beijing Summer Games.

“I’ve heard it’s the world’s largest con-struction site right now, and I can see that,” says U.S. Olympic Committee official Patrick Sandusky.

One of the six new stadiums will be used solely for the opening and closing ceremonies.

“This is quite a national project, not a regional one,” says Sandusky, who was part of a U.S. delegation to Sochi last November.

“You can sense that this is very much on the happening agenda for President Putin and the federal government beyond just the organizing committee and the regional area of Sochi. This is a big project for Russia.”

spiraling costsWith a year to go before the 2014 Winter

Games, much of the Black Sea city is still a mass of scaffolding.

“The noise of construction is every-where,” reports CNN’s Phil Black from Sochi, which he describes as “a rundown Soviet-era resort town crippled by terrible traffic.”

Costs have spiraled since Russia was awarded the Games in 2007, and the stakes are high as the Kremlin makes an ambitious flexing of financial muscle that will also include hosting soccer’s World Cup in 2018.

“Part of the investment that Russia has made is not only what the world will see in Russia, but also they’re building a win-ter paradise that they hope to showcase through the Olympic broadcast and attract tourism in the future,” says 2010 Vancouver champion Bill Demong, who competed at a Nordic combined skiing test event in Sochi last weekend.

“They have not only connected to Sochi to the mountains by rail, but also Sochi to the rest of Western Europe.”

Vladimir Putin’s spokesman admitted the enormity of the task ahead.

“It’s a huge challenge, especially for President Putin because he uses this Olympics as a good opportunity for boost-ing the economy and developing this region of Sochi,” Dmitry Peskov told CNN.

It is opening up a resort city where tem-peratures reach 40C in summer, and will be as warm as 10-15C by the sea when the Olympics take place from February 7-23 next year — with organizers already stock-piling snow due to sporadic falls, Black says.

Much of the expense is due to the lack of existing infrastructure at the resort, which is an hour and a half’s flight south-west of Moscow near the border with Georgia and

the disputed territory of Abkhazia.Unlike the last Winter Games in

Vancouver, which was integrated within the city, Sochi has had to start from scratch — new roads, rail, hotels, as well as an improved power grid.

“I was impressed with the scale of the project and what they are doing there,” says Sandusky.

“Uniquely it’s a summer resort town in Russia traditionally, not a winter destina-tion, although they have had skiing there a while. The juxtaposition of the Black Sea with the mountains behind is quite stun-ning in its beauty.”

The Olympic events will be split between the mountain resort of Krasnaya Polyana and a purpose-built Olympic Park in the city, connected by a 45-minute high-speed train line.

CriticismsAs with any major project, there have

been problems.Human Rights Watch put out a report

the day before the “year to go” milestone claiming that workers have been exploited by the construction companies. CNN con-tacted organizers for comment but has not received a response.

Last year’s high-profile alpine skiing test event — the Winter Olympics’ glamor sport — was marred by criticisms of the course.

“They’re pretty inexperienced there, they never held the World Cup so it was really rough and really hard,” three-time Olympic silver medalist Ivica Kostelic told CNN’s Alpine Edge show.

“We had huge jumps and after three days of training, I went for a slalom combined run and I’m skiing down and I feel like something popped in my knee like ‘crack’ and I didn’t feel any pain so I just carried on skiing, but later I found out that my menis-cus was broken.”

Despite such concerns, most skiers have come out in favor of the venue, designed by former skiing great Bernhard Russi.

“The hill itself is amazing but the way they set the course last year was not ideal,” says U.S. Olympic hopeful Travis Ganong.

“I think they learned a lot from that World Cup and I think they’ll open up the course a little bit and make it more like a downhill. It was very turny and a lot of guys didn’t like that.

“They didn’t ask for feedback but they heard a lot of it from racers and the coaches, and I think they’re listening, so hopefully we’ll have a more open, faster downhill set for the Olympics.”

Ganong says North American skiers might find Sochi more familiar than their European counterparts.

“In the Alps they don’t get the same kind of snow. Sochi has the mountains like you get in the Alps but the snow that you get in the U.S. and Canada — it’s pretty amazing,” he says.

“The downhill course is very challenging and it demands the best skier in the world to perform on that day to win. I don’t think you’ll see some unknown people doing well, at least in the downhill. It’ll take solid skiing from a very good skier to win.”

sports mad presidentWinning medals is also among the top

goals for Russia’s sports-mad president, who attended a figure skating test event in Sochi in December.

“It was exciting,” says American skater Charlie White, who won the Sochi Grand Prix Final with his dance partner Meryl Davis.

“We had heard reports all week that he was there, not there, so in our five-minute warm-up we heard loud applause and we were able to glance up at the videotron at the top and saw that the video was on him.

“It’s a big deal to be able to perform for such an important figure. It’s great that he cares to come and watch. I can’t imagine how nervous I’d be in front of President Obama.”

White and Davis won silver at Vancouver, and the 2011 world champions are coached by Russian Marina Zueva.

“A lot of successful coaches here in the States have come out of Russia and what they have been able to create in the past six or seven years has been really impressive,” added White.

“For us it’s exciting because at the Olympics there’s going to be even more buzz. They have had teams who have been able to set a new standard for ice dance, they’ve had multiple teams like that.”

CollaborationWhile Russia has a rich pedigree in skat-

ing, it is still catching up when it comes to alpine skiing. So much so the Russians have are working with the U.S. -- despite the countries’ long years of Cold War opposition.

“We actually have a partnership with the Russian team where we train with them a little bit and share training space and hill space,” says Ganong.

“Their team is definitely building and gaining momentum. I’m not sure where they’ll stack up for the Olympics but they’re definitely getting stronger.”

The Sochi complex is geared towards spectators, according to Demong, whose Nordic combined event will start and finish at the same stadium — which will be adapt-ed between the staging of the jumping and cross-country skiing disciplines.

“The cross-country course is fairly short, 2.5 km, and will loop through the jump sta-dium twice — about half the course is vis-ible from the stands,” says Demong, adding that a lack of snow was promptly dealt with by event organizers, who had it trucked in.

“It’s a very modern setup, it’s a very com-petition-oriented venue. It’s going to be great for an Olympic venue and for inter-national event-hosting for years to come.”

While Americans flocked across the bor-der to Canada four years ago, numbers trav-eling to Russia will no doubt be lower — but the intrigue is building, Demong says.

“I think this will be a new defining moment for, say, the American public who don’t travel here often or never have — it will be a window into Russia that will define Americans’ perspectives for years to come,” he says.

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“Fund schools not prisons”The United States leads the world in

three categories: number of people that think angels are real, defense spending and number of citizens incarcerated per capita.

In this week’s #Wearthesquare rally I couldn’t help but notice one individ-ual with a particularly ignorant sign. It read “Fund Schools Not Prisons”. Now, I would never be one to say that what America needs is more prisons. And I imagine most prisoners would agree with that. And I would also never be one to say that removing funding from schools to put into prisons would be a good idea. And I believe most prisoners would also agree.

But the ignorance that sign displays is nothing short of infuriating. Prisons are just as much in need, if not more, of funding. And when I say funding, I

don’t mean more beds or more pris-ons. I mean college programs, reha-bilitation, work skills. So many prison-ers in Oregon, and the United States languish in prison unable to create meaningful change in their lives. We, as taxpayers and voters, put them there and we haven’t given them the tools to reenter society. America is its own biggest accomplice when it comes to reoffending.

By not funding prison reentry pro-grams and drawing signs that belittle and demean what little humanity pris-oners have left we propagate a culture that locks people up and throws away the key. This is no way to treat human beings. There are some people that truly need to be separated from society. Even the best, most cooperative prisoners, that I have had the honor and privilege of meeting, agrees with that. But for the vast majority it does them no good to sit in the darkness with diminishing social and work skills unable to com-pete for any type of meaningful work upon reentry in society.

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Letter to the Editor Witnesse’s fake eyeball pops out; mistrial declared

A court hearing in Philadelphia took an unforeseen turn when a witness, testifying about the consequences of losing his left eye in an alleged assault, began crying and his prosthetic eyeball popped out of its socket and into his hand, unsettling the jury and resulting in a mistrial, according to attorneys involved.

“I’ve been a prosecutor for 26 years and I’ve never seen anything like that happen. It was unusual; it was shocking,” said Philadelphia Assistant District Attorney Mark Gilson, who is prosecuting Mathew Brunelli, 23, charged with aggravated assault, for allegedly stabbing John Huttick in the eye during a bar fight in August 2011.

The eye had to be surgically removed, Gilson said.“He was crying, and when it came out, he caught in his hand

and just held it there,” said defense attorney Eileen J. Hurley, “It was a shocking event to witness.”

“Two jurors visibly gasped and jumped up like they were get-ting out of their seats,” Hurley said.

“The judge had to call recess and let everyone take a breath,” Gilson added.

Hurley said after the recess, she felt the trial couldn’t go on because the event could generate extra sympathy for Huttick, prejudicing the jury against Brunelli.

“A bell like that can’t be unrung,” Hurley said.Judge Robert P. Coleman granted Hurley’s request for a mistrial.“Let’s face it; it was no secret. The evidence shows the victim

was stabbed in the eye. There is medical testimony. Everyone knew (Huttick) has a prosthetic eye,” said Gilson. “I don’t think it was enough to declare a mistrial, but it’s at the discretion of the judge, so we have to start over.”

Hurley contends her client didn’t stab anyone.“My client was trying to defend himself and his girlfriend and

trying to leave,” she said, noting that Huttick is much taller and weighs much more than Brunelli.

“He was not arrested that night, and criminal charges weren’t filed until months later when (Huttick) filed a civil suit against my client,” she added. “We have an expert that will say it was just a fist.”

“The issue is settled; he admitted he punched the victim and caused the injuries, but claims there was no weapon,” said Gilson, “That’s just unbelievable. The man’s eye had a puncture wound. That’s not a punch.”

The case is set to be retried March 4.

- CNN

New hearings in Chandra Levy case add to mysteryIt’s a story that mesmerized

the nation and one that many observers thought ended more than two years ago.

The case of Chandra Levy, a 24-year-old Washington intern whose body was found in a Washington park in 2002, is back in court, but the actions of a D.C. Superior Court judge have given it a mysterious air.

In a hearing Thursday, Judge Gerald Fisher, along with an appeals court, maintained restrictions on the media’s abil-ity to report on recent hearings in the case. Fisher has ruled that the substantive details of hear-ings on December 18, January 4 and at least one upcoming hearing remain under seal.

When the sealed issues are discussed during the hearings, the lawyers and judge speak at the judge’s bench, and observ-ers in the courtroom cannot hear the conversations. The transcripts of those discussions are under seal.

The judge’s ruling was a disappointment to a group of media outlets, including Associated Press, Gannett, McClatchy, the Washington Post and Reporters Committee

for Freedom of the Press, that had filed court papers seeking to unseal the information.

“We’re very disappointed with the court leaving in place essentially blanket secrecy,” Patrick Carome, an attorney representing the media out-lets, told reporters outside the courthouse. Carome predicted the secrecy surrounding hear-ings in the Levy case could last months.

The man convicted of killing Levy made an appearance at a hearing on Thursday.

Ingmar Guandique, 31, was led into the courtroom in hand-cuffs and an orange jumpsuit, sporting a large tattoo that cov-ered most of his scalp. He con-versed with a Spanish translator throughout the proceeding, but did not participate in talks at the judge’s bench.

Despite Fisher’s restrictions on information, CNN has learned some key details of these unexpected hearings from Carome and court papers.

“The court has stated that a ‘somewhat substantial’ but unspecified concern about ‘safety’ supports its decisions to close the proceedings to all

members of the press and the public,” according to one court filing. It is not known to whose safety that refers.

“This was a terrible crime of violence,” said Jeffrey Toobin, CNN’s senior legal analyst. “The witnesses have histories of vio-lence. So there could be violence threatened against any number of people: participants or even outsiders to the case.”

In addition to the safety con-cern, Carome said the hearings address “...some information relating to the reliability of the testimony from a government witness.”

No one involved in the case is allowed to say who that witness is. Armando Morales, a convict-ed felon and former gang mem-ber, testified at Guandique’s trial that Guandique confessed to him in jail that he killed Levy. Two women testified that Guandique attacked them in the same park. But it’s not clear whether the testimonies of Morales or the two women are in question.

Levy, an intern with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, disappeared in May 2001. Her remains were found in Washington’s Rock

Creek Park more than a year later, badly decomposed.

Guandique repeatedly denied involvement in her mur-der, and prosecutors acknowl-edged a lack of DNA evidence linking Guandique to the crime and a lack of witnesses. But in November 2010, a jury convict-ed Guandique of one count of murder with kidnapping and a second count of murder with attempted robbery. In February 2011, he was sentenced to 60 years in prison.

The Levy case generated a swarm of media coverage in 2001 and 2002, in part because it was revealed that she had had an affair with Gary Condit, then a U.S. congressman from California. Condit testified at Guandique’s trial and denied involvement in her disappear-ance and murder and was never charged.

Condit, who served in Congress until 2003, currently serves on the board of direc-tors of the Phoenix Institute of Desert Agriculture, a non-profit group that promotes sustainable farming.

- CNN

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Asteroid will fly by Earth on Feb. 15, people have nothing to worry about

Police: 3 dead after ex-cop vows ‘war’ on other police, their familiesA former Los Angeles cop with mili-

tary training vowed war against other men in blue Thursday, leaving one offi-cer dead days after he allegedly killed two other people to begin a wave of retribution for being fired, police said.

The focus of the intensive, expansive manhunt is Christopher Jordan Dorner, a 270-pound former Navy lieutenant who has professed his venom against LAPD officers he claimed ruined his life by forcing him out of his dream job.

Dorner blames one retired officer for bungling his appeal to get his job back in an 11-page manifesto, in which he also complained of mistreatment by the LAPD. In that letter — provided to CNN by an LAPD source — he vowed to violently target police officers and their families, whoever and wherever they are.

“I will bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare to those in LAPD uniform whether on or off duty,” Dorner wrote.

“I never had the opportunity to have a family of my own, I’m terminating yours.”

Authorities believe he followed through on his threats early Thursday by shooting a Riverside, California, police officer and two others. A day ear-lier, Irvine police named Dorner a sus-pect in the double slayings Sunday of a woman — identified by Los Angeles police as the daughter of a retired LAPD officer — and her fiance.

“My opinion of the suspect is unprintable,” said Riverside police Chief Sergio Diaz, hours after one of his officers was killed. “The manifesto, I think, speaks for itself (as) evidence of a depraved and abandoned mind and heart.”

The violence, as well as Dorner’s background as a police officer and mili-tary trained marksman, left police on

edge around Southern California.In Torrance, LAPD officers guarding

one of Dorner’s alleged targets mis-takenly opened fire on a blue pickup truck that resembled one Dorner was thought to be driving, said Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck.

The gunfire left two people wound-ed, Beck said. Torrance police also fired on another blue pickup, but no one was injured in that incident, according to a senior law enforcement source.

In downtown Los Angeles, police wearing body armor patrolled outside their own iconic headquarters.

Police have good reason to be fearful, the chief said.

“Of course, he knows what he’s doing. We trained him,” Beck said. “He was also a member of the armed forces. It is extremely worrisome and scary, especially to the officers involved.”

The manhunt for Dorner spanned hundreds of miles and numerous counties. By Thursday afternoon, it was largely centered around Big Bear Lake — about 100 miles east of Los Angeles — where authorities found the truck the suspect allegedly used in the Riverside shooting.

Police confirmed that the vehicle, which was burnt out when it was found, belonged to Dorner by its vehicle iden-tification number, San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said.

This discovery spurred more offi-cers to converge on the area to con-duct beefed up patrols, staff check-points and go to every residence in the mountain community. McMahon acknowledged the fire may have been set as a diversionary tactic, though law enforcement isn’t taking any chances. Early Thursday evening, he said that aerial and K9 searches on the ground will “continue as long as we can” — though snow is coming — and urged

locals to be on alert.“He could be anywhere at this point,

and that’s why we’re searching door to door,” the sheriff said.

1 cop dies in ‘cowardly ambush’It all started Sunday when Dorner

allegedly killed two people in Irvine, according to police.

Police identified the victims as Monica Quan and her fiance Keith Lawrence.

Quan, 27, was the daughter of retired Los Angeles police Officer Randal Quan, LAPD Officer Tenesha Dobine told CNN. In his manifesto, Dorner said Quan handled his appeal.

On Tuesday, Dorner checked into the Navy Gateway Inns and Suites on San Diego’s large naval base, Cmdr. Brad Fagan said.

Dorner likely had access to the hotel because he’d been honorably dis-charged from the Navy Reserve, said the Navy spokesman. Having retired February 1 as a lieutenant, Dorner worked with mobile inshore undersea warfare units and provided security on oil platforms in Iraq, according to Pentagon records. He was rated as a rifle marksman and pistol expert.

“He did not physically check out” Wednesday as expected, Fagan told reporters.

Police in San Diego say a man who could have been Dorner tried to hijack a boat there on Wednesday. Someone later found a wallet containing Dorner’s identification and an LAPD detec-tive’s badge near the San Diego air-port, according to police. It was unclear whether the badge was legitimate.

By about 1 a.m. Thursday, the scene had shifted about 100 miles north to Corona, California.

There, a pair of LAPD officers on a protection detail were flagged down by a citizen who reported seeing the

suspect’s vehicle, LAPD Deputy Chief Jose Perez said.

The officers chased the vehicle and caught up to it on an Interstate 15 off-ramp.

“The officers were fired upon with a shoulder weapon,” Perez said, with one of them suffering a “graze wound” to his head. The police returned fire, while the suspect set off once again.

About 20 minutes later, two police officers were in their car at a stop light in Riverside when Dorner allegedly pulled up beside them.

That driver unleashed “multiple rounds” from a rifle at the officers, riddling the cop car with bullets and leaving a 34-year-old officer, who had been on the Riverside force for 11 years, dead, according to Diaz. The other offi-cer, 27, was “seriously wounded but we expect a full recovery,” the Riverside police chief said.

It was “a cowardly ambush,” said Diaz, claiming Dorner has “no connec-tion” to his city.

A good Samaritan picked up one of their police radios and called dispatch-ers to send help, Riverside police said.

Suspect calls attacks ‘a necessary evil’

In addition to posting his manifesto online, Dorner reached out directly to CNN, mailing a parcel to AC360 anchor Anderson Cooper’s office at CNN in New York.

The package arrived on February 1 and was opened by Cooper’s assis-tant. Inside was a hand-labeled DVD, accompanied by a yellow Post-it note reading, in part, “I never lied” — appar-ently in reference to his 2008 dismissal from the LAPD.

The package also contained a coin wrapped in duct tape. The tape bears the hand-written inscription: “Thanks, but no thanks, Will Bratton.” It also

had letters that may be read as “IMOA”, which could be a commonly used Internet abbreviation for “Imagine a More Open America,” or possibly “1 MOA,” which means one minute of angle, perhaps implying Dorner was notably accurate with a firearm.

The coin is a souvenir medallion from former LAPD Chief William Bratton, of a type often given out as keepsakes. This one, though, was shot through with bullet holes: three bullet holes to the center and another shot nicked off the top.

The editorial staff of AC360 and CNN management were made aware of the package Thursday. Upon learning of its existence, they alerted Bratton and law enforcement.

Bratton headed the LAPD at the time Dorner was dismissed.

The dispute centers on a 2007 inci-dent in San Pedro involving a man’s arrest at a DoubleTree hotel. Two weeks later, Dorner accused his training offi-cer of kicking the man after he’d given up.

The investigators’ report said “the delay in reporting the alleged miscon-duct coupled with the witness’ state-ments irreparably destroy Dorner’s credibility.” The report cited contra-dictory accounts from the arrested man and his father and denials by the accused officer and three hotel employees that the arrested man had been kicked. Dorner claims he was wrongly ousted for blowing the whistle on what he insists was police abuse.

Dorner challenged his firing for years, losing at every turn. First, the police department’s Board of Rights rejected his appeal. Then, in October 2011, a judge ruled against his appeal, according to court records.

- CNN

Don’t consider this a count-down to dooms-day, but on Feb. 15 an asteroid is going to come pretty close to Earth.

And this is only one of thousands of objects that are destined to one day enter our neigh-borhood in space.

“There are lots of asteroids that we’re watch-ing that we haven’t yet ruled out an Earth impact, but all of them have an impact prob-ability that is very, very low,” Don Yeomans, manager of the Near-Earth Object Program Office at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said at a press briefing.

This particular asteroid is called 2012 DA14. NASA scientists reiterated Thursday that peo-ple have nothing to worry about.

“No Earth impact is possible,” Yeomans said.The asteroid is thought to be 45 meters —

about half a football field — long. It will come no closer than 17,100 miles from our planet’s surface.

An object the size of 2012 DA14 appears to hit Earth about once every 1,200 years, Yeomans said.

“There really hasn’t been a close approach that we know about for an object of this size,” Yeomans said.

On its close approach to Earth, the asteroid will be traveling at 7.8 kilometers per second, roughly eight times the speed of a bullet from a high-speed rifle, he said.

If it were to hit our planet — which is, again, impossible — it would collide with the energy of 2.4 megatons of TNT, Yeomans said. This is comparable to the event in Tunguska, Russia,

in 1908. That asteroid entered the atmosphere and exploded, leveling trees over an area of 820 square miles — about two-thirds the size of Rhode Island. Like that rock, 2012 DA14 would likely not leave a crater.

Here’s a comforting thought: Meteorites enter the Earth’s atmosphere all the time. About 100 tons of rocks come in from space every day, Yeomans said. They are mostly small, from the size of a grain of sand to the size of a human fist.

If you have a telescope at least a few inches in diameter, you would see it as a small point of light moving across the sky, said Timothy Spahr, director of the Minor Planet Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

You’ll have to be located in Eastern Europe, Asia or Australia for the best telescope-aided view, scientists said. It won’t be visible to the naked eye.

What else is out there?So, we know that this particular asteroid

isn’t going to hit us, but how about all of those other giant rocks floating nearby beyond our atmosphere?

NASA says 9,672 objects have been classified as Near Earth Objects, or NEOs, as of February 5. Near Earth Objects are comets or aster-oids in orbits that allow them to enter Earth’s neighborhood.

There’s an important distinction between these objects: Comets are mostly water, ice and dust, while asteroids are mostly rock or metal. Both comets and asteroids have hit Earth in the past.

More than 1,300 Near Earth Objects have been classified as potentially hazardous to Earth, meaning that someday, they may come close or hit Earth. NASA is monitoring these objects and updating their locations as new information comes in. Right now, scientists aren’t warning of any eminent threats.

Yeomans and colleagues are using tele-scopes on the ground and in space to nail down the precise orbit of objects that might threaten Earth and predict whether the planet could be hit.

Observatories around the world send their findings to the NASA-funded Minor Planet Center, which keeps a database of all known asteroids and comets in our solar system.

NASA also has a space probe tracking aster-oids to learn more about them. The Dawn probe was launched in 2007 and has already sent back dramatic pictures from the giant asteroid Vesta.

The spacecraft is now heading to the dwarf planet Ceres. Dawn and Ceres are the two most massive objects in the main asteroid belt.

A new asteroid adventure in 2016A mission that’s scheduled to launch in 2016

will teach scientists even more about asteroids.OSIRIS-REx will visit an asteroid called 1999

RQ36, take a sample of at least 2.1 ounces and bring it back to Earth.

“This is going to be the largest sample of an extraterrestrial object returned to Earth since end of the Apollo missions over 40 years ago,” said Edward Beshore, deputy principal inves-tigator for the mission, who is based at the

University of Arizona, Tucson.The probe will arrive at the asteroid in 2018,

study it, then bring back the sample in 2023.1999 RQ36 is made of materials “almost

identical to those that were present when the solar system was formed about 4.5 billion years ago,” he said. That means studying this asteroid could yield greater understanding about the sources of organic molecules and water that gave rise to life.

This asteroid, like the one that will fly by on Feb. 15, is considered a near-Earth object. The mission would further clarify the threat that this particular object poses, and better predict the orbits of other near-Earth asteroids, Beshore said.

Scientists at the University of Arizona are collaborating with NASA and Lockheed Martin Space Systems on this mission.

To better predict the orbits of hazardous objects, this group is looking at the Yarkovsky effect, a force created when the asteroid absorbs sunlight and re-radiates it as heat.

The effect is, at first glance, quite small — Beshore cited his colleague Steven Chesley’s comparison of this effect to the force you feel when you hold grapes in your hand. But over time, it’s an important consideration when try-ing to understand where an asteroid is headed.

“That force, applied over millions of years, can literally move mountains of rock around,” Beshore said.

We can’t say this enough: Don’t panic over it.

- CNN