1. society
2. racism

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JANUARY 7, 2015
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Anatomy of an Adjunct
Instructor
Part-Time Faculty
Mary Borman along with Lucette Wood, Rosalie
Bienek and a host of other part-time instructors, have
created the Part-Time Faculty (PTFA) Association.
The PTFA will attempt to establish itself as a collective
bargaining unit for the 170 would-be affected LBCC
instructors in the coming weeks.
“We are holding a drive to collect signatures the
second week of the term,” said Bienek... “If we can
collect signatures from the majority of Adjunct faculty
[That teach three or more credits], we will be recognized
as a bargaining unit! There will be a collection box for
signatures in the Learning Center and the signatures
can also be mailed [interoffice mail] to Mary Borman.”
According to the The National Education Association
2014 Almanac of Higher Education, “Two-thirds of
the nation’s faculty members teach in non-tenure track
positions, and most non-tenure track faculty members
teach part-time.”
Such statistics represent a difficult situation felt by
many of the instructors on campus.
“In recent years a lot of the joy has gone out of
teaching as more things are asked of us, more things are
expected of us without additional compensation, and
we are feeling less and less appreciated,” said Borman.
For the last 20 years Borman taught as a part-time
math instructor at LBCC. During that time she’s
enjoyed her experience but doesn’t want to be full-time.
“I never wanted to be employed full-time by LBCC
because the part time gig fits my lifestyle very well,”
said Borman.
Creating a new forum for adjunct instructors to
collectively solve issues such as underrepresentation,
fair treatment, and job security, this newest majority
of the academic laborers are seeking solutions to their
difficult situation.
“Being an adjunct instructor means you never know
what you will be teaching, the college has no commitment
to you as an employee (considers you a contract worker
and will cancel your classes at the last minute with no
remuneration for the loss of employment), you make
half the money for the same work and credentials as
full-time faculty and without the benefits, you are
excluded from essential college governance discussions,
and you have no representation or recourse in the case
of an employment related dispute,” said Wood. “We are
the lifeblood that affords this college to operate. We
are passionate about the essential work of teaching
and serving our students. We certainly wouldn’t be
here if we weren’t,”
Because adjunct instructors are not full-time
employees, they do not have the same protections as
other instructors at LBCC. Adjunct instructors can
be terminated without reason, are limited to teaching
five sections a year, and don’t receive health benefits.
In some cases adjunct instructors work in two different
departments yet maintain a part-time status.
“Some [adjunct instructors] are putting in extra time
creating programs hoping to be considered for a full-time
position. And some feel they have been so disrespected
that they have left LB or are seriously considering
leaving. The one thing that is pretty consistent is the
feeling that there is too much of a discrepancy between
full-time and part-time pay for the same work,” said
Borman.
Currently adjunct instructors comprise the majority
of instructional staff not only at LBCC, but in the entire
country. At LBCC they number about 2.2 adjuncts to
one full-time contracted employee.
“In the Biology Department we have four full-time
faculty and 14 part time faculty,” said Bienek. “I feel
that LBCC takes advantage of part-time employees.”
Bienek, while working the last two and a half years,
has witnessed two different full-time faculty members
retire with the school choosing to replace only one of
their positions with a full-time instructor.
“I personally feel that the business model of using
full-time faculty to oversee instruction and hiring parttime faculty as non-contracted instructors on an asneeded-basis does not lead to stability for the college,”
said Borman.
The dynamics of this situation are both complex and
have widespread effects on the daily functionality of
this school. As the PTFA plans to move forward with
their plan to create a collective bargaining unit, LBCC
will wait and see what changes are, or are not in the
wind. 
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January 20
Revenge porn
becomes illegal in
Israel.
January 1
Recreational marijuana
stores open in Colorado.
Rosetta robotic space
probe wakes up,
Tweets its approach
to Comet 67P.
January 11
First black hole recorded on film.
X-ray astronomers find evidence
of a black hole at the center of a
dwarf galaxy gobbling up a star.
January 16
For the first time ever,
a trial based on alleged
defamation via Twitter
begins in the U.S.
January 21
For the first time in
the history of digital
currency, two Las
Vegas casinos begin
to accept Bitcoin.
January 26
Thirty-three couples have
a group wedding on stage
at the 56th Annual Grammy
Awards officiated by Queen
Latifah with Madonna
serving as maid-of-honor.
January 22
The European Space Agency and other
institutions detect the presence of
water vapour on the only dwarf planet
in the inner Solar System, Ceres.
New data published independently by
NASA and the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration show that
the global warming trend is continuing.
January 17
President Obama
announces reform
to NSA after Edward
Snowden leaked
information about
a government
eavesdropping scandal.
January 29
Scientists find a way
to convert normal cells
into stem cells, which
can be used for any part
of the body.
January 29
Edward Snowden is
nominated for the
Nobel Peace Prize.
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Protesting for peace
Protests are not peaceful. In fact,
the concept is aggressive.
Disrupting the daily-grind is
how protests snap people out of a
numbness to societal issues. After
all, the events in Ferguson and New York don’t affect
people here in the Willamette Valley, or do they?
On Dec. 6 over 200 people took to the streets of
Corvallis to protest. Startled motorists came to a halt on
many downtown streets as protesters weaved through
vehicles, making it impossible for people to get home,
to work, or to the store.
Some motorists laid on their horn in support while
others did so out of frustration. In one case a disgruntled
driver exited his SUV yelling at the protesters in an
attempt to get them out of the way.
Watching the news from the safety of a living room or
from behind a glowing computer screen creates distance
that obscures the intricacy of issues. The cocoon that
forms around us from that distance anesthetizes our
emotional response to terrible events happening too far
away for people to feel the effects directly.
Across the country, protests are taking place because
displeased Americans are fed up with political leaders
and the handling of hot-topic issues such as police
brutality and racism. Some of the protests, similar to
the one in Corvallis on Dec. 6, are “peaceful.” Other
protests in recent history have digressed into rioting,
looting, and the loss of life.
Even small towns such as Corvallis are experiencing
blocked streets and the closing of bridges during the
latest rash of civil-disobedience sweeping the nation.
Over 400 comments were posted on an OSU
Facebook thread titled, “Things overheard at OSU.” It
drew many supporters and its fair share of naysayers.
The dialogue of OSU students became heated at points,
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Februrary 4
The Scottish Parliament votes
overwhelmingly (105–18) in favor
of a bill legalizing same-sex
marriage in Scotland.
February 7-12
Tamara Green (2/7) and
Barbara Brown (2/12) speak
out to Newsweek accusing
comedian Bill Cosby of sexual
assault in the 70’s and 80’s.
In the coming months, more
than 20 women come forward
with similar stories of Cosby
drugging and raping them.
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but the air surrounding the
conversation was one of
intellectual growth.
Conversations are springing
up online. Local papers have
online comment sections
exploding with banter from
every angle as Linn and
Benton County put their
opinion on display.
“We are sorry that
being in the street was an
inconvenience,
but
this
is an emergency,” said
Stephanie Parreira, one of the
Corvallis protest organizers.
“People are dying. And
until something is done they
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are going to keep dying.”
She continued, “People
diminish this type of protest are probably not very
have protested in Ferguson, Oakland and New York, knowledgeable about its effectiveness, and have probably
but it has not been enough to change the system. We not participated in any type of activism themselves,”
don’t know what it is going to take, but we can’t keep said Bolger.
doing business as usual and expect these problems
Many protesters also used the opportunity to
to solve themselves.”
confront feelings that racism is alive and influencing
On Facebook, the same group responsible for the the treatment of people of color across the country, but
organization of the Corvallis demonstration has mostly in poor black and Latino communities.
continued to debate tactics used. Some agreed that
“It is incumbent upon citizens in a democracy to voice
halting traffic was crossing the line, while others their concerns, spread awareness, and seek redress on a
vehemently supported the action.
policy issue, particularity when the mainstream political
The fact is that people who don’t normally weigh machinery ignores you, taking to the streets to protest
in on controversial debate, had there not been a facilitates this citizen’s role,” said Eric Coker.
protest, wouldn’t have engaged in conversations
Coker protested in Corvallis on Dec. 6 because
that create awareness among multiple peer groups. he cares about the state of society. He and his wife
Regardless to personal feelings on police brutality are a multicultural family. Their concern regarding
or racism, the protest effects are widespread among recent police actions is based on the color of their
community members.
skin and the environment that their child will grow
The protest held at the Corvallis courthouse, up surrounded by.
that ultimately took to the streets, was born on
“It got the local news media writing in the newspaper
a social website that invited over 1,200 people and showing on TV screens what is happening around
to join together. They were to meet civilly and the issue of police violence against people of color, and
demonstrate against the perceived misuse of that people in Corvallis care deeply about this extreme
force by police in the deaths of Michael Brown social injustice,” said Coker. ” Secondly, it really got
and Eric Garner.
some folks of diverse backgrounds to start discussing
“The point of the protest was in solidarity sensitive topics around race, privilege and what are the
with the thousands of people across the country goals and tactics of protesting.”
who were in the streets, blocking highways and
Regardless of personal feelings on whether or not the
bridges. To disrupt things in this way is an protesters are right or wrong, in our country individuals
expression of the power that the people hold— have the ability to discuss, disagree, and voice our
flexing our collective muscle, so-to-speak,” opinions openly and people care enough to organize
said Leah Bolger.
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Bolger showed her support by sitting down
on the Harrison Bridge in Corvallis during the
protest. Her voice raised above others in the
crowd during the chants.
“I believe that those who demean or
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Februrary 2
American actor Philip
Seymour Hoffman
is found dead in his
Manhattan apartment
at the age of 46.
Authorities initially
attribute the death to
a drug overdose.
Februrary 17
A large nearEarth asteroid,
passes by the
Earth safely
with no threat
of collision.
February 14
The U.N.’s Human Rights
Council accuse North Korea of
crimes against humanity. Their
report describes the horrors
endured by political prisoners
numbering between 80,000
and 120,000.
February 12
A sinkhole opens underneath
the National Corvette
Museum in Bowling Green,
Kentucky, swallowing 8
vintage Corvettes including
the millionth Corvette built.
February 19
In a power play to
dominate phone and
internet messaging,
Facebook buys
WhatsApp for $19
billion.
February 27
Chaos erupts in Stockholm
after the Swedish Public
Employment Service by
mistake invites 61,000 persons
to the same job interview.
February 24
The president of
Ukraine, Viktor
Yanukovych, is
removed from power
and issued an arrest
warrant.
February 20
Riot police
and protesters
clash in Kiev as
demonstrators
attempt
to reclaim
portions of
Independence
Square.
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Racism at LBCC
During the last week of Fall term
a board was displayed by the doors
of the library posing the question,
“Have you experienced racism in
the community?”
Markers were provided for students to respond in
whatever way they felt compelled. Their testimonies and
opinions were similar to the subject itself: Eye-opening
and controversial.
Albany residents may recall the hate flyers that
blanketed cars at the Veterans Day parade in November.
The flyers were clear with a message that read, “Africa is
for Africans, Asia for Asians, and white countries are for
everyone else.” The racial remarks in the flyer led to local
news outlets responding, the Albany Police Department
investigating, and many within the community
voiced outraged.
The slander delivered to thousands on a day designated
to honor the Americans that fight for the country, many
of whom are not white, was considered in bad taste. Yes,
people have freedom of speech, however, the blatant
disregard in this instance of those minorities who
fought, were injured, or lost their lives to protect the
self-proclaimed “Nazi” writing the flyer was shocking.
Librarian Richenda Hawkins attended a discussion
on campus shortly after the flyer was circulated. The
goal of the conversation between LBCC staff was to
brainstorm how they could initiate conversation with
students regarding the issue of racism in our community.
The question prominently displayed in the library was
Hawkins’ solution to bringing awareness to campus.
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“I’m not a classroom teacher but I am faculty, and I
found a way to engage dialog,” said Hawkins. “Let’s let
the students talk and express themselves, just write their
thoughts and not feel confronted.”
Keeping the comments anonymous gave comfort
to those who might be afraid to speak up. Albany is
predominantly white, and having an outlet to share the
impact of racism in the community led to powerful
statements reminding us that racism still exists.
Elikamida Toran works at the Help Desk in the library.
She sat directly in front of the board and observed
people reading and sometimes writing on it.
“Whenever I saw anyone come up they had a very
intense look on their face,” said Toran. “I saw a lady
with a head-cover [hijab] come in and it looked like she
came in just to write something.”
In modern-day America — where a black man was
voted into the most powerful position in the country
— people may dismiss the issue of color as something
of the past. Yet, one by one students began to write
their experiences revealing centuries-old mindsets as
a reality today.
“In the town I live in, my friend gets called a n****r
by the locals and has been threatened with a noose.
Racism is still very real.”
Someone else wrote about a woman in their class
talking about immigrants taking jobs from Americans.
“Why are they here? They’re just here to take our jobs
and to do nothing for our community.”
Some left testimonies of racial intolerance personally
affecting those in interracial relationships.
“I and my fiance get jeered and booed sometimes
when we are walking together.”
Others were candid about their thoughts on our
ability to erase the ongoing issue in our nation.
“Racism will never die.”
One person commented on the overuse of “racism”
as a reason to explain conflict.
“When in doubt, play the racism card.”
As the board filled with real-life experiences and
opinions from those that surround us, some people
responded to comments left by others.
“Blacks and Native Americans need to get over what
happened in the past.” In direct response a student
countered with, “But racism is still prominent in the
United States. The Ferguson protests aren’t ‘Blacks
getting over it,’ it’s real racism. The Trayvon Martin
shooting was undoubtedly racism. Blacks aren’t doing
anything wrong, they are just black.”
“The key to ending racism is to stop talking about it.”
This provoked an opposing opinion of, “Just completely
ignore a real issue facing us as a nation? It needs to be
fixed, not ignored!”
Regardless of each opinion, it was clear from the board
in the library and from the hate letter at the Veterans
Day parade that racism is alive in the Willamette Valley.
Advancements in embracing diversity have surely
been made, but much work is left to be done. Talking
is a first step.
“Black, White, Hispanic, Asian -- it doesn’t matter!
We are one race: human,” said anonymous. 
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Letter to the Editor
Last spring, Mike Smith was terminated as an LBCC
employee because of an interaction with a student,
Jamaal McGinty, which was widely regarded as racist by
a number of people on campus.
I was, and still am, deeply disturbed by how this
incident was handled for two reasons:
1.) I was involved in a similar incident approximately
two years before Mike’s, however, my situation was
handled very differently.
2.) There are a number of facts regarding Mike’s
situation which were never made public. I believe that if
the LBCC community knew of these facts, there would
be more concern for what happened to him.
I have waited until now to raise these issues for a
couple of reasons. First, Mike was considering legal
action. Two lawyers informed him that he had a
legitimate case against the college, however, he has
recently decided against pursuing a lawsuit. Secondly, I
am also a non-contracted employee and have to wonder
if I will lose my job as well. One or two terms from
now, will I quietly be told that LBCC no longer has a
position for me?
About my incident:
In January of 2012, I and a colleague were working
at the Math Angle in the Learning Center. A female
student was wearing a T-shirt that I believe was meant
to be a spoof of the “I enjoy Coca-Cola” slogan and
read “I enjoy Vagina,” with the word vagina written
in the distinctive Coca-Cola font. My co-worker was
concerned by the T-shirt and brought it to the attention
of both myself and our supervisor, Chareane WimbleyGouveia. Chareane stated that if someone’s clothing
was making someone else uncomfortable, or had the
potential to make someone else uncomfortable, then
March 8
Russian President
Vladimir Putin annexes
Crimean Peninsula as
a result of conflict with
Ukraine leading to
suspension from the G8.
March 1
Russian President
Vladimir Putin formally
asks the Federation
Council of the Russian
Parliament for approval
to use armed forces in
Ukraine. He receives
unanimous support.
Twenty-nine people
killed and 130 injured
by stabbing when 10
men enter a train station
in Kunming, a city in
Southwest China.
March 5
An 1,800-year-old
Egyptian papyrus
has been made
more readable using
infrared sensors,
revealing a soldier’s
letter to his family.
Malaysia Airlines
flight 370
disappeares over the
South China Sea with
239 people on board.
it created a hostile workplace and we were within our
rights to ask the student to wear a jacket, wear the
T-shirt inside-out, or to leave the Math Angle.
I spoke with the student who subsequently became
angry and reported the incident to an administrator.
As a result, a meeting was held which included myself,
Chareane, and several other managers. We were told that
dress becomes an issue only when it is disruptive to the
learning environment. However, no emails were sent
out and no trainings were held to clarify this position
for others. Mike would have been unaware of this when
he made the same mistake Chareane and I did and asked
a student to modify his dress.
Yet, why was my situation handled so differently
from Mike’s? My episode was discussed only with
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March 23
The United
Nations Children’s
Fund reports an
outbreak of Ebola
in Guinea.
March 25
Four men are arrested
after B.A.S.E. jumping
from the top of the
World Trade Center in
New York City.
March 10
A mudslide in Oso, Wash.
caused by a 1.1 magnitude
earthquake, kills 41 people.
March 3
Ellen’s Oscar selfie breaks
retweeting record with 871,000
retweets in one hour, temporarily
crashing Twitter.
March 31
The UN’s IPCC release
a report predicting
dire environmental
and economic
consequences if
greenhouse gas
emissions are not
reduced immediately.
Letter to the editor continued
appropriate administrators and those within my chain
of supervision. No one called those of us involved
homophobes. We did not have our names published in
the school newspaper along with opinions from people
who had no first-hand knowledge of the incident. No
one was fired. In fact, a short time later, I received an
award for outstanding part-time faculty member. (I
did not receive the award because of this situation, but
neither did it stop me from receiving it.) On the other
hand, Mike’s supervisor related the event to someone
who was not an administrator and had no supervisory
relationship with Mike. He was labeled a racist by people
with no direct knowledge of the event, a public forum
was held although Mike was explicitly told not to attend,
and within two weeks, he was fired.
About Mike’s incident:
1. Mike believed he was following school policy when
he requested that the student pull up his pants.
In trainings at LBCC, staff members were told that
if they see something offensive, they have the right
to ask students to modify their behavior. Mike had
confirmed this with two administrators. During the
T-shirt situation, my colleague also stated that she
had participated in a training where she was told that
staff members could ask students who were wearing
potentially offensive clothing to leave the room. This
was, apparently, a common belief at LBCC.
2. Mike was supported by his supervisor and other
LBCC staff both at the time of and after the incident.
Mike’s immediate supervisor as well as another
Learning Center administrator and a security officer
were all involved in the incident and supported his
actions. On the following day, he received an email of
support from another administrator.
3. Mike’s request of the student had nothing to do
with the color of his skin.
Over the previous few years, Mike estimates that he
had asked six other students to pull up their pants. The
only difference? Those other students were white. Mike
treated Jamaal exactly the same way that he had treated
other students who wore their pants in a manner which
appeared offensive and inappropriate to him.
4. The student later expressed remorse for his
behavior.
Five days after the incident, Jamaal approached both
Mike and his immediate supervisor in the computer lab
and apologized for his behavior.
5. Mike was not the staff person who suspended
the student.
Much of the negative campus reaction to this situation
resulted from the student’s suspension. Mike was not
the one who suspended the student.
6. There is nothing in Mike’s personnel file about this
incident.
Mike asked for his personnel file about a week after
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he was dismissed, and there was nothing recorded about
this incident. If his actions were so egregious, why were
they not noted in his file?
Many cited LBCC’s value of inclusion regarding
this incident. We have another value that also applies:
Engagement. Engagement cannot happen without
occasional conflict. Is there even a single staff member
who has never had a contentious interaction with a
student? Had Mike flown into a rage, I could perhaps
understand why he was terminated. But he didn’t.
LBCC cannot hire perfect employees: The only choice
is to help them improve.
The incident I was involved with was handled
correctly. I believe the student who wore the T-shirt
would agree. A similar result had largely been achieved
with Mike’s situation when it became public knowledge.
Because of the resulting uproar (almost entirely by
individuals who had heard only one side), a decision was
made to fire someone. And who got fired? The one and
only person who was non-contracted and could be fired
without cause. The college recognized that a wrong
was done to the student and remedied the situation as
best it could by apologizing and allowing him to make
up missed work. Will it now do the same for Mike?
Will Mike receive an apology and an offer to return
to his job?
Diane Hunsaker
Letter From the Editor
As 2014 came to a close and
we gathered highlights for The
Commuter timeline of events
that hit the printed and virtual
headlines, there was a theme that
arose locally, nationwide, and worldwide: Tolerance.
Worldwide we saw countries battle themselves for
control, as in Syria and Russia. On a national level we
saw uprisings in response to claims of police brutality
resulting in citizen deaths, and we saw high-ranking
politicians apologize for spying on each other. Locally,
we saw Benton County residents organize protests in
response to police injustice and Linn County residents
respond to a hate letter distributed in Albany.
Despite citizens protesting in support of tolerance
or siding with the opposite, it seems that 2014 was a
year when many people simply had enough. Moving in
the direction of social change seemed to be a common
goal at home and abroad. We saw entire countries band
together to give themselves a voice, as in India, China
and Scotland. The United States and Cuba even called a
truce to their 50-year intolerance of each other.
On the other hand, in the wake of all the action it
seems we also may have taken some steps back in
separating ourselves from one another. The events in
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LAMPLUGH
Ferguson and New York had an overwhelming impact
on an “us-versus-them” mentality. Whether it be the
police against the public or black against white, lines
were not so blurred as people gathered to fight for their
community.
In the United States we have spent the better part of
a century creating a place for all to live equally despite
color, heritage, or orientation. We even saw same-sex
marriage become legal in Oregon last year. However, at
the expense of racial protests and angry rants directed
toward people of the opposite group, have we lost a bit
of the camaraderie we share as the people of one nation?
We saw high profile celebrities such as Bill Cosby
abuse the lines of racial equality when he publicly asked
“black media” to be “lenient” in their coverage of his
alleged sex scandal. For an individual of any influence
to make a clear distinction between skin color, and in
addition, to request that someone should be supportive
depending on that color, is troubling. Some protesters
blatantly demonstrated in support of their fellow race
instead of in support of humanity.
In 2014 conflict seemed centered around how people
fit into a particular group. The LBCC community had a
challenge of its own in 2014 when a white staff member
approached a black student about his choice of dress,
April 7
India’s 2014 general
election makes history
as the longest and
largest election in world
history with 814 million
voters.
April 4
A Manhattan court
stenographer is
discovered to have
written nonsense
instead of actual court
transcripts, potentially
jeopardizing thirty
court cases.
April 2
An Iraq war veteran opens fire at the
Fort Hood Army Base killing three,
before turning the gun on himself.
The Heartbleed bug is
discovered in certain versions of
the popular OpenSSL software
which allows attackers to steal
information from internet
servers which would otherwise
be protected.
April 11
Peter Gabriel, Hall &
Oates, KISS, Nirvana,
Linda Ronstadt,
and Cat Stevens are
inducted into the
Rock n’ Roll Hall of
Fame.
April 21
A sixteen-year-old boy
stows away in the landinggear compartment of a 5+
hour flight from San Jose,
CA to Kahului HI, surviving
a severe lack of oxygen and
-80°F temperatures.
resulting in loss of the staffer’s job and judgment on
the motives of the staffer by the LBCC community.
Conversations with both that former staff member and
President Greg Hamann regarding the incident are in
this edition.
As you read the words of both people, I ask that you
keep an open mind to both sides, both interpretations
of the incident. We should ask ourselves if the
incident was based on a racial bias or if it was a case
of a community making it about race, simply because
of the coincidence of it involving people of different
ethnicities. Ask yourself if we are being too observant
of whether a person is white, black, Asian, Latino, or
Middle Eastern? Is there a chance that we are creating
these racial issues instead of focusing on the real issue of
a disagreement or mistake?
As we start 2015, I challenge each of us to be conscious
of the way we choose to respond to such events. Modernday America is a melting pot of diversity. Our ancestors
have worked to make it that way and we should work to
keep it that way. It starts with one person at a time.
Sincerely,
Allison Lamplugh
April 26
700,000 Atari game cartridges that
were buried in 1983 are discovered
in a New Mexican desert.
April 29
L.A. Clippers owner
Donald Sterling is
banned for life from the
NBA and is fined $2.5
million for his recorded
racial slurs.
April 18
At least 16 Sherpa
guides die in the
deadliest avalanche
ever recorded on
Mount Everest.
April 15
The terrorist group Boko Haram, attack a
Nigerian school, killing two security force
members and the abducting 200 schoolgirls.
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Mike Smith Speaks Out
The following is an interview with Mike Smith, a
former employee in the Learning Center who was let go
in May 2014 after an encounter with student Jamaal
McGinty regarding his low-riding pants. The people
Smith mentions below are: Greg Hamann, LBCC
president, Chareane Wimbley-Gouveia, Learning
Center Coordinator, Shay Newman, Learning Center
lab specialist, Vikki Maruer, math faculty, and Lynne
Cox, associate dean of student development.
I understand that Jamaal McGinty came to you at
the Learning Center and apologized for his behavior
a few days after the incident. Is that correct?
“He did. The thing was settled. The young man came
and said, ‘I own this,” and I was really impressed he
came to us [Shay Newman].”
How low were Jamaal’s pants actually below
his waist?
“I could see between his legs. I could see his
bare legs, not his butt. I could tell you what boxers
he was wearing.”
I understand there was training in the past
advising staff that student clothing could be
adjusted if it was a distraction. Did you receive
that training?
“Yes. After that training with Lynne [Cox] I went to
Vikki Maurer and the dean at the time and got clarity
from both of them. I was following what I believed was
current training and the results of a previous incident
where a Learning Center Coordinator had stated that
inappropriate dress, if offensive or potentially offensive
to other people, created a hostile work environment.”
Chareane was on vacation when the incident
occurred, so when did she become involved?
“Chareane came over after [the apology] and said it
was racial and she was going to, ‘take it to task.’ At that
point she was judging motives of my heart. It was like
taking a smoke grenade and yelling fire.”
Did a student complain about his pants or did
you take it upon yourself to confront him?
“I did. There had been people before complain about
that style of dress. I approached him because of the
training in the past from Lynne Cox.”
Had you ever confronted a student in the past
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regarding that style of dress?
“I had. Seven or eight white guys have been asked
before. It wasn’t until it was this man and his color, and
the coordinator’s color, that anything happened.”
Were there any witnesses to the confrontation?
“Yes, a work-study student. He actually said, ‘I thought
I was going to have to restrain the kid and he was going
to start breaking things.’ At this point, it wasn’t about
dress, it was about a disruption.”
I understand that you called security for help with
the permission of your supervisor. Is that correct?
“Shay came out [of the computer lab] wide-eyed. In
May 20
A truck going from Florida to
Maine carrying about 1.5-2
million bees crashes in Delaware.
May 19
Same-sex marriage
becomes legal in
Oregon.
May 1
Egypt opens a 3D-printed
full-sized exact replica of
King Tutankhamun’s KV62
tomb in the Valley of the
Kings.
May 6
Russian President Vladimir Putin signs
into law a bill that bans profanity at arts,
cultural and entertainment events.
six years I had never seen him rattled. The first thing
he said was ‘call security.’ Calling security was the
escalation they claimed caused all the problems. Vikki
Maurer told me to call them. I didn’t suspend him. I
couldn’t. I turned it over to the powers to be.”
Is it true that you were told not to attend the forum
held on campus a few days after the incident?
“Shay and I both were told a half hour before the
meeting that we were not to attend the meeting by
direction of Human Resources.”
After that meeting, a campus-wide memo came
out from Greg Hamann about tolerance and
inclusion. How did you feel about it?
“The funny thing about the message was they were
totally intolerant of me. To be tolerant we have to be
tolerant of all groups as a whole, not just one group. So to
be tolerant of one group and not all is to be intolerant.”
Greg Hamann suggested that maybe you didn’t see
eye-to-eye with the school’s opinion of the situation.
Do you agree?
“It had nothing to do with if I would change. I was
the fall guy. I knew the very first meeting I had with
Human Resources that they were going to fire me.”
Why do say you were the fall guy?
“Administration was afraid the kid would go to the
paper and by letting me go that would appease him.”
It’s been nine months since the incident. Why
come forward now?
“Everyone at the college has heard that I am a
racist. I’ve had people confront me at Walmart. It’s on
Facebook. I was seeking representation and didn’t want
to cause complications. The smoke has cleared, things
have settled, and it’s time to tell the truth. I think the
issue is at this point the damage it has done to other
students and staff. There have been people that have
quit. I’ve talked to people [at LBCC] for 15 or 20 years
and they feel there is no protection. A lot of people
have come forward and said, ‘We’re so sorry, this was
so wrong.’ So if I can give them a sense of security, I
want to do that. I’m not looking for my job back, or for
an apology, I would just like to see the non-contracted
employees feel a sense of worth.”
May 16
American journalist
Barbara Walters
retires after a 52
year career.
May 15
First Family and numerous political
figures dedicates the September 11
Memorial and Museum.
May 13
Investigators claim to have found the wreck
of Christopher Columbus’s flagship, the Santa
Maria, off the north coast of Haiti.
INTERVIEW BY ALLISON LAMPLUGH
May 29
W.H.O. and Doctors
Without Borders arrive
in Sierra Leone to deal
with an outbreak of
Ebola virus.
May 31
After several years of
negotiations, the U.S. and
Taliban complete a prisoner
swap. The Taliban surrenders
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, held
prisoner for five years.
May 31
Psy’s “Gangnam
Style” breaks YouTube’s views counter
by becoming the
first video to reach 2
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Greg Hamann on
Tolerance
The following is an interview with Greg Hamann,
president of LBCC, regarding an incident in April
2014 between an employee, Mike Smith, and student,
Jamaal McGinty, about appropriate clothing. Smith
was let go in May after the incident became a public
matter, and McGinty missed two days of school. The
people he mentions below are: Diane Hunsaker, math
faculty and Chareane Wimbley-Gouveia, Learning
Center coordinator.
Mike Smith worked for two weeks before he
was terminated. How long after the incident with
Jamaal McGinty were you aware of it?
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kidnappers from 20 to
40, and the maximum
from 50 to 140.
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called “Swift”.
“I knew about it pretty quickly because a faculty
member chose to bring it to my attention and I became
concerned about the issue.”
Do you believe that employees should not
confront students about their choice of dress?
“I don’t think the institution should be in the role of
defining what’s socially acceptable. When an employee
chooses to impose their standards on a student, it’s a
problem. I don’t care if it’s personally offensive, I don’t
want to exclude people from campus.”
Do you recall a situation a few years ago
involving Chareane Wimbley-Gouveia and Diane
Hunsaker involving a student wearing a potentially
offensive T-shirt?
“I do know about the incident. I think it’s
similar but maybe we concluded we didn’t
do that one right. The difference was Jamaal
wasn’t putting up with it. We love to come
out of these situations learning something,
always being redemptive, and saying, ‘I see
what we did wrong.’”
So you didn’t think that this situation
with Mike could have been resolved by
clarifying school policy as it was with
Chareane and Diane?
“When you deal with people who persist
in their sense of being right, that’s where we
have a problem. We can’t be a community
that includes a bias of superimposing
our bias on someone else, specifically an
employee. A world cannot survive if we
can’t learn to be tolerant of our differences.
If we can come to a common understanding,
termination is seldom the resolution. To the
extent I understood it, I don’t think there
was a possibility of redemption.”
Are you saying that you didn’t believe
Mike agreed with LBCC’s opinion
about the incident?
“I like to think of reality as the image of a
hologram. Every one of us has a two-sided
reality, which if we bring them together, we
see reality more wholly. That’s what we’re
trying to teach, and it comes down to a
conversation about someone’s pants. I can
only speak personally, and I don’t care if
Jamaal is white, black or green, I wouldn’t
confront someone about their pants.”
Was this incident handled differently
than Diane’s because one person was
white and the other black?
June 6
Nun turned singer
Cristina Scuccia
wins the seventh
season of Italy’s
“The Voice.”
June 10
ISIS takes control of
Mosul. Government
troops abandon
the fight and
join civilians with
500,000 people
fleeing the city.
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“The worst possible situation is thinking we were
careful because he was black. It’s disrespectful to
everyone. I think people want to focus on the issue and
it obscures things. I think all issues stem from a larger
issue. I don’t think we were trying to take sides.”
Did you have problems with Mike in the past?
“We have no record of students complaining
about him before.”
Do you think this situation was racially motivated?
“I think understanding our own motives is hard
enough without understanding someone else’s. There’s
unconscious racism, even when we don’t know, we do it.
Racism is still there but it’s often expressed in ways we
don’t recognize, like cultural bias. My son is black and
there are circumstances he had that I had no awareness
to. It opened me up to a healthy view about reality.”
I understand that Chareane, who is
also black, seemed very concerned about
addressing the incident with Jamaal. Do
you think their shared race had anything
to do with it?
“Jamaal and Chareane’s reality doesn’t mean it’s the
same just because they’re both black. She didn’t make it
out to be a prominently racial issue, rather, a sensitivity
to differences and our institution’s role.”
It’s been nine months since this occurred.
Looking back are you satisfied with the outcome?
“I think for those who believe there was a racial
component, conscious or not, they believe that we took
a big step in affirming our cultural differences.”
INTERVIEW BY ALLISON LAMPLUGH
June 22
Due to a court order, the first World
Cup water break is taken during a
match between Portugal and the
United States.
June 18
The Trademark Trial
and Appeal Board
cancels several
trademarks of the NFL’s
Washington Redskins
on the basis that they
were “disparaging to
Native Americans.”
June 18
Jeremy Meeks became famous
overnight as a ‘hot felon’ after Stockton
Police post his mugshot on their
Facebook page.
June 24
Lyrics of “Like a
Rolling Stone”
handwritten by
Bob Dylan sells at
auction for a record
$2 million.
June 29
ISIS declares
themselves The
Islamic State
becoming a caliphate,
meaning it became
independently
governed and only
welcomes Muslims.
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Rose Bowl Record Romp
Oregon smashed Rose Bowl
records after defeating Florida State
59-20 on Thursday, Jan. 1 en route
to the National Championship
game on Jan. 12.
Conversation about the Ducks being a soft team have
played out regularly on the national scene for almost a
decade. Oregon took this chip on their shoulder and
showed up ready to play.
Oregon’s linemen are smaller than Florida State’s
front but that wouldn’t be obvious after watching
the first half.
The offense started slow for the Ducks, scoring
just two touchdowns and a field goal in the opening
half. Oregon held onto a one score margin thanks to
its defense. Something that was suppose to be their
weakness, turned out to be their biggest strength.
After eleven plays and 76 yards, Florida State had
drove the ball to the Oregon one yard line. Attempting
to punch in a touchdown, on fourth down, to go ahead
early in the second quarter, Jameis Winston came up
short of the goal on a designated quarterback option
play. Oregonians are going to keep that play in memory
for a generation.
The “soft” team that everyone is so used to hearing
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about has finally been written out of history; Oregon
went into a big bowl game with another team having
plenty of time to prepare and took it to them.
Stopping the Noles on multiple drives and forcing
field goals wasn’t enough, and neither was the fourth
down stop at the one. Oregon defense needed to outplay
the offense and they finally showed the national crowd
that they have arrived.
Oregon got just that in the second half, forcing five
turnovers in Florida State’s first six drives and turning
a 18-13 halftime lead into a 59-20 romp. It was the
largest defeat the perennial powerhouse FSU has ever
had in a bowl game, and was the most points scored in
the history of the oldest bowl game, “The Granddaddy
of Them All.”
Up next on the agenda is winning a national
championship. It’s the last thing Oregon needs to
seal itself into the national powerhouse club, but the
only problem is that another perennial club, Ohio
State, isn’t going to roll over and let the Ducks have it
without a fight.
Ohio State ranks just behind the Ducks (2nd) in
points per game at fifth, and the defense is going to
need to show up big once again for Oregon to win its
first national championship.
Injuries run deep on both teams,
coming into their 15th game of the
season. None seem as questionable
as Cardale Jones starting for the
Buckeyes. Jones will be making his
third start after both Ohio State’s
first and second string quarterbacks
have gone down throughout the year.
This will have to be the focus of
the Duck defense. They must start,
contain and rattle the inexperienced
quarterback. It might sound simple
in those words, but Jones isn’t your
average third stringer.
6’5 and 250 pounds, big even by
NFL standards; even bigger than
The Oregon Duck celebrates.
Ben Roethlisberger. Oregon is going to need to find a
way to bring pressure constantly without sacrificing the
secondary coverage, something they found a balance
of against Winston but will be a challenge against this
dual threat monster. 
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Marcus Mariota Heisman trophy winner.
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Duck fans ready for a championship.
OSU Basketball Struggles in
Pac-12 Opener
OSU men’s basketball began Pac-12 play 0-1 after
their 71-59 loss at Oregon Saturday night.
After a successful 9-3 start to the season in nonconference play, the Beavers were brought back to the
strenuous reality that is Pac-12 basketball.
“I don’t know if it was nerves or what,” said Coach
Wayne Tinkle. “This is the first league game for our
team. We’ve got a lot of inexperienced guys, and I
thought that showed.”
Oregon’s Joseph Young lit up the scoreboard scoring
a season high 27 points.
“In the future we should do a better job of locating
guys like [Young],” said forward Olaf Schaftenaar. “We
have to know our personnel and locate players like that.”
The Beavers defense was lacking to say the least. The
71 points scored, tied for the most points allowed by
the Beavers in a game this season; Auburn scored 71
against them in late November. OSU came into the
game leading the conference in average points allowed
at just over 56.
“We came out sluggish, slow, and laid back, and didn’t
deliver the first punch. Midway through the first half we
found a rhythm, and we fought back,” said guard Gary
Payton II. “We didn’t come out that way in the second
half, and they got the lead and finished it out.”
Pac-12 Basketball currently has three teams in the Top
25 of the country, two being in the top 10: Arizona(8),
Utah(10) and Washington(21).
Schools like Stanford and California aren’t ranked but
have received votes in the latest poles to be so. All and all,
the Pac-12 looks to be one of the strongest conferences
in the country and the Beavers find themselves right in
the middle of it.
The Beavers will take on the Sundevils of ASU
Thursday, Jan. 8 at 6 p.m. in Gill Coliseum before
hosting ASU’s counterpart, Arizona, on Jan. 11 at
7 p.m. in Corvallis. 
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RoadRunners’ Spirits Remain
High
The LBCC basketball team wrapped up non-league
play with a sixth place finish in the Clackamas Holiday
Invitational that concluded on Dec. 30.
The team began the invitational with a tough 91-62
loss to Tacoma but bounced back to win by double
digits against Yakima Valley. They were then matched
up against Everett for a possible fourth place spot; they
played a hard fought game, but were defeated 80-76.
Despite the RoadRunner’s early season struggles they
are tied for first with five other teams in the conference
in team shooting percentage at 46 percent. They also
shoot 33 percent from behind the arc.
Sophomores Adam Moore and Trever Cooley
contribute greatly to the team’s shooting percentage.
“My confidence is still very high even though we have
lost some games,” said Cooley.
Cooley(49/94) and Moore(75/142) are the only players
on the team shooting over 50 percent from the floor
with at least 50 attempts. Moore is also in the top 20
in the conference in both points and blocks per game.
He is eighteenth in points per game with 18.7 and third
in blocks with 1.7.
The RoadRunners need to have more production
from the team as a whole in order to be successful in
a league where team chemistry doesn’t come easy.
Because of the year-to-year turnover of players, team
chemistry can mean a legitimate advantage for any team
in the league.
“We need to step up our overall team defense,” said
Cooley. “When we seem to counter one thing, another
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Taylor Vicknair (right) and the team supports each other from the sidelines.
one hurts us. We need to come together and play solid
defense as a group.”
LBCC will begin NWAC league play local rival
Chemeketa on Saturday, Jan. 10 at
4 p.m. They will not have their first home conference
game until they take on SW Oregon on Wednesday
Jan. 14 at 6 p.m.
“We finished non-league playoffs with a couple good
games that gave us confidence in each other and our
coach,” said Moore. “[The Chemeketa game] will be
tough, but if we stick with each other as a family we can
pull out a win.” 
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LBCC Basketball
at Chemeketa CC 4:00 pm
vs. SW Oregon CC 6:00 pm
OSU Basketball
Sat. Jan. 10
vs. Arizona St.
6:00 pm
Wed. Jan. 14 vs. Arizona
7:00 pm
UO Football
Thurs. Jan. 9
National Championship
Sun. Jan. 11
vs. Ohio State
5:30 pm
Caleb Wilson
Basketball runs in the blood of some
people, but for Caleb Wilson it runs deeper
than most. The Linn-Benton sophomore
started playing sports as a little kid but
basketball was always his number one sport.
He started playing in his hometown of
Springfield, Ore. in kindergarten.
Wilson attended Thurston High School
where he excelled in basketball. After high
school he wasn’t ready to give up the game
he loved, so Wilson accepted an offer to
play at Linn-Benton.
“I liked the town of Albany and Corvallis.
They are not too far from home. Basketballwise I liked the program and thought it was
a good fit for me,” said Wilson.
The 2013-14 season, Wilson’s freshman year, was a disappointing season for
Linn-Benton basketball. The team struggled through the year managing only a 5-19
record, only winning one league game. However, Wilson is part of a solid returning
sophomore class that believes they will be able to compete at a higher level in the
Southern Division of the Northwest Athletic Conference.
Wilson is a 6 foot tall guard with good ball handling skills and a good jump shot.
Wilson tallied a season high 17 points in Linn-Benton’s game against Yakima Valley
CC in the Clackamas Holiday Invitational. For the year, Wilson is averaging 5.5
points per game in 15 minutes. His production has increased recently, following up
his 17 point game with a 13 point game against Everett CC, on Dec. 30.
Wilson has not declared a major in school as his focus right now is helping the
Linn-Benton basketball team.
“I’m still trying to figure it out, and I’m taking it one day at a time. My main focus
is on the season and trying to get the most out of this year and then figure out next
year,” Wilson said.
The RoadRunners go on the road for their first conference game at Chemeketa
CC Saturday, Jan. 10. 
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Mon Jan 12
UO Basketball
vs. Arizona
7:30 pm
Thurs. Jan. 9
vs. Arizona St.
2:00 pm
Sat. Jan. 10
Adam Moore
In a little town in Oregon named Stayton,
a 6-year-old kid by the name of Adam Moore
decided he wanted to play basketball. His
parents signed him up for the local YMCA
team and the rest is history.
Now 20 years old and a sophomore in
college, Moore is the leading scorer for the
LBCC RoadRunner’s basketball team.
Growing up, his father taught him how to
be the player he is today.
“After every single game my dad had
some advice he had to tell me. With all his
advice, I have become the player I am and
always wanted to be.”
Adam played other sports in high
school like football and track, but he
realized his sophomore year that he wanted to devote his time to two things; his
education and basketball.
Adam’s competitiveness and his drive to be the best player on the court is what
motivates him day in and day out.
“God has given me tremendous gifts, and I want to use them to the best of
my ability.”
It may have been the athlete inside him or the fact that growing up Moore played
with people bigger and better than him, but one day something just clicked.
“I knew I had the potential to be better, so I took matters in to my own hands.
I worked harder each and every day to be better than the person in front of me.”
In his freshmen year the RoadRunners won one league game. It came the last
game of the season against Lane Community College, and for Moore, it meant a lot
to get at least one win in league play and it was their last chance.
“Winning was the greatest feeling, and nothing could trump that.”
Adam has become a captain and a leader of the team, He plans to continue his
college basketball career at a four-year college, not just for basketball, but for a
college degree as well. A good education is still his main focus. 
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Flagged: Off the Field Issues
The NFL is America’s most
popular and profitable sport. The
average team is worth $1.43 billion,
but even with all the NFL’s billions
of dollars, they can’t hide from the
legal issues that have been flagging the NFL this season.
There has been a media circus this entire season.
Unfortunately the circus has centered around the now
infamous Ray Rice video. Other stars of the media
circus included super stars such as Carolina Panthers
defensive end Greg Hardy, arrested on domestic violence
charges, and 2012 league MVP and Minnesota Vikings
running back Adrian Peterson, arrested on child abuse
allegations.
All three star players are currently suspended or
without teams to play for due to the allegations brought
against them. These types of off the field legal issues
are a long-standing problem within the NFL’s culture,
and the issues start well before players ever reach the
league.
Football is centered on winning. Yet there is also a
culture that promotes and sometimes glorifies violence.
It’s the “win at any cost attitude” that fuels the violence
on the field.
Football players have become America’s modern-day
gladiators; filling stadiums with bloodthirsty fans, much
like gladiators filled the Roman Coliseum. The same win
at any cost attitude and demeanor that gladiators fought
with has inherently found its way onto the football field,
and not just NFL fields.
The winning mantra starts at a peewee level and
intensifies into high school and college play. Most
players top out at the high school level, never reaching
the college or pro ranks.
Regardless of the level of play, winning is expected
from coaches, fans, and programs at every level. In the
instances of colleges and high schools, entire towns
surrounding communities and fan bases become
invested in their team. This pressure of winning leads
to off the field issues at every level.
Some of the most egregious and violent off the field
issues have occurred at the high school level.
As reported by the New York Daily News in March
of 2012 in Steubenville Ohio, two football players were
convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl. The players raped
the drunken teen while three other boys watched and
took video and pictures. It wasn’t until a barrage of social
media, and naked photos of the girl circulated around
her high school, that anything came of the crime. The
boys weren’t charged with anything until ten days after
the crime took place, perhaps because the police were
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suspected of a cover up. Cover up aside, even with the
photographic evidence some citizens stood behind the
rapists.
CNN reporter Jacinth Planer covered an even more
violent incident when four members of the Shenandoah
Valley Pennsylvania High School Blue Devils got into
a drunken brawl with a Latino man. The four teens
ganged up on the man and severely beat him. The man
died due to the injuries he sustained. Despite the severity
of the incident, a large majority of the town supported
the high school football players.
In the Steubenville and Shenandoah cases, the football
players were committing extreme acts of violence.
Members of both communities stood behind the young
football players, supporting them regardless of the
severity of their crimes. Both cases were suspected of
police involved cover ups.
Even with both communities facing accusations
of police cover-ups, convictions were secured in
both cases. Convictions were made possible when
other football players turned state’s witness. In the
Steubenville case, the teens that videotaped the rape,
“Were granted immunity to testify and their accounts
helped incriminate the defendants,” according to Fox
News. The three boys, two of them football players,
didn’t stop the crime from occurring. They instead
decided to film the deplorable actions of a teammate
and take pictures.
These boys got off scotch-free. The video and pictures
alone should have been enough to convict all parties
involved. The fact that three boys didn’t stop the rape
and found it morally sensible to document the crime
is disturbing. The fact they got away with their crimes
adds to the brutality of the rape committed in the first
place.
Proof of college football players being treated
with favoritism isn’t hard to track down. The case of
University of Missouri star running back Derrick
Washington is as bad as it gets, and the gross negligence
by school officials helps explain the cavalier attitude of
one of their most despicable players.
Accused in three separate incidents, Washington
faced allegations ranging from assault, rape and sexual
assault. The way the school handled the situation
could be characterized as gruesome as the original
crimes themselves. School officials, including coaches,
counselors and staff members, knew of the allegations
and did nothing to report them.
Universities at any collegiate level are required to
initiate a Title IX investigation into any such allegations.
The first allegations surfaced in 2008, but Washington
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approves a preliminary settlement
between the NFL and lawyers
for 4,500 former players over
damages caused by concussions.
wasn’t formally charged until 2010. Washington
continued playing football while Missouri staff members
hid his dirty accusations.
The SEC is the biggest and most competitive
conference in college football, and with Washington on
the field Missouri had a better chance of winning; but
how much dignity are they willing to sacrifice?
The ACC is no stranger to backhanded dealings
either. Heisman Trophy winner and BCS National
Champion Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston
has had just about as much success on the field as he has
had controversy off the field.
He has racked up a total of seven off the field issues,
ranging from multiple theft charges, vandalism and
rape.
The rape allegations against Winston are very similar
to Washington’s case. The alleged rape was committed
on Dec. 7, 2012, and on Dec. 2, 2014 nearly two years to
the day of the incident, Winston was acquitted of rape
charges.
There is no excusable reason for Florida State not to
have taken action sooner, other than if Winston would
have been suspended last year he wouldn’t have won the
Heisman and the Florida State team wouldn’t of won
the national championship.
With all of Winston’s off the field issues he has only
missed one game on the football field. Florida State is
more concerned with winning football games than the
respectability of their university.
If they would have acted with swifter and stricter
discipline actions perhaps Winston wouldn’t have
amassed seven recorded incidents. I can only speculate
that the seven reported incidents are the only one’s that
Winston has been caught doing, or reported doing. Who
knows what else he’s gotten away with.
Florida State and the University of Missouri may
succeed on the football field, but colleges and universities
who condone and help hide such behavior are setting
these men up for failure in life.
Winston is no doubt headed to the NFL and these
disciplinarian attitudes towards football players
displayed by Florida State and Missouri only set players
up for more off the field issues. If players can get away
with it at a high school or university level, then how do
we expect these young men to act when they reach the
pro’s?
It’s clear with all of the off the field headlines plaguing
the NFL this season that these problems start well
before players reach the highest level. 
FOLLOW RICHARD @RSteeves84
July 17
After a confrontation Officer
Daniel Pantaleo puts Eric
Garner into a chokehold
violating NYPD policy,
resulting in Garner’s death.
July 27
In American baseball, the National
Baseball Hall of Fame inducts six
new members: Greg Maddux, Tom
Glavine, Frank Thomas, Bobby
Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre.
July 29
According to the World Health
Organization, the death toll from the
Ebola virus in West Africa reached
672, with the total number of infected
patients at 1,323, making the outbreak
the worst since the virus was first
identified almost 40 years ago.
A federal judge
rules the death
penalty in California
as unconstitutional.
July 20
Monty Python
performs their last
ever comedy show.
According to the Labor Department,
the U.S. economy added 298,000
jobs in June 2014 and the
unemployment rate and falls to 6.1%,
its lowest since September 2008.
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge goes
viral and is credited to much of the
$115 million donated in 2014.
Growing Farms
The OSU Extension Small Farms
Program is pleased to offer the Growing
Farms:
Successful
Whole
Farm
Management workshop series this year
in Linn County.
This workshop series introduces
farming principles and practices to
beginning specialty crop and livestock
farmers. Growing Farms is geared to
farmers in their first five years, who want
to understand the opportunities and
risks of farming. Topics include strategic
planning, farming operations, marketing,
production systems, farm finances,
and managing liability. The course will
consist of online, classroom and field
instruction. Participants get information
necessary to design a whole farm plan,
and meet other new farmers, experienced
farmers and agricultural advisors.
The Growing Farms workshop series
will be held in four parts: Thursdays –
Jan. 22, Feb. 5, March 5, with a full day
of class and farm tours on Saturday, Feb.
21. The in-person classes will be held at
the new location of the OSU Extension
Linn County Extension office at 33630
McFarland Road in Tangent. Cost for
the course is $295 per person with a $75
discount for a second person from the
same farm.
Contact Melissa Fery or Amy Garrett
at OSU Extension Service office in
Benton County at 541-766-3556 for more
information. 
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Phlebotomy Program
Monday, Jan. 12, 10 a.m. to noon
Free Phlebotomy Program information sessions will be offered through
Linn-Benton Community College for those interested in training to become
a phlebotomist. All sessions will be held at the LBCC Albany campus,
Calapooia Center, CC 210. No pre-registration is required to attend.
Attendance at one of the information sessions is mandatory to register for
the program.
Free Tutoring
Monday, Jan. 12
If you are enrolled in a credit or GED course at LBCC, you are eligible
to use the Learning Center tutoring service. You can receive this free
resource in the Albany Learning Center, the Learning and Career Center at
the Benton Center in Corvallis, or the Lebanon Learning Center.
Tutor schedules will be available on Tutortrac beginning Wednesday, Jan.
7. Call 541-917-4684 for more information.
Career Connections
CASE WORKER: Job ID: 918 Albany, OR Closes: Jan. 15
Part-time, weekends. Serve as a role model for
residents and staff, demonstrating positive interpersonal
communication skills and positive youth development
strategies. Pay: $9.50-$11.50/hour
DID YOU KNOW?
A giraffe has a
tongue so long
that they actually
use them to
clean their ears.
The Nobel Peace
Prize was named
after Alfred
Nobel who was
the inventor of
dynamite.
OUTREACH WORKER Job ID: 917 Albany, OR Closes: Jan. 15
Part-time, 20 hours/week. Provides support and assistance
to youth drop-in center and street outreach to vulnerable
youth populations. Pay: DOE
CERTIFIED MEDICATION AIDE (CMA): Job ID:956
Albany, OR Closes: Jan. 16 Part-time or full-time.
Administers and correctly documents medication and
treatments. Pay: $15-$25/hour.
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT (CNA) Job ID: 955
Albany, OR Closes: Jan. 16 Part-time or full-time. Provides
care for assigned residents by assisting them with activities
that they otherwise could not perform alone. Pay: $12.60/hr
PHLEBOTOMIST: Job ID: 957 Albany, OR Closes: Jan.
16 Part-time. Responsible for blood draws across campus,
assembles equipment for blood collection, maintains
integrity of supplies by regular audits of expiration dates of
supplies. Pay: $17.82/hour, DOE
For more information, visit Career Services in Takena
Hall or www.linnbenton.edu/career-connections
August 7
ISIS threatens to kill all Christians in Mosul who won’t convert
to Islam. Nearly all of the city’s estimated 60,000 Christians
fled. President Obama announces in a press conference
the authorization of airstrikes on ISIS as well as airdrops of
humanitarian supplies. The mission becomes the return of
the U.S. military for the first time since 2011.
August 9
Michael Brown, an
unarmed 18-yearold teenager in
Ferguson, Mo. is shot
by a police officer.
August 5
Maj. Gen. Harold Greene
is gunned down by an
Afghan soldier while
touring a military training
academy near Kabul,
Afghanistan. He was the
first General killed in battle
since the Vietnam War.
August 3
A 6.1 magnitude
earthquake hits Ludian
County, Yunnan, China.
A reported 617 people
were killed and 2,400
others injured.
China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee
rules that the 1,200-member election committee would
vote on candidates for Hong Kong’s chief executive,
and those garnering votes from more than half of the
committee could run. The decision sparkes protests that
continued to intensify in coming weeks.
August 11
Beloved actor
Robin Williams, 63,
commits suicide
in his home while
battling addiction
and depression.
August 19
Members of
ISIS beheaded
American
journalist James
Foley, 40.
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Arts & Entertainment
VIDEO GAME REVIEW:
Pokémon: Alpha Sapphire
GAME SERIES: Pokémon
PRODUCTION: Nintendo, Pokémon,
Game Freak
GENRE: RPG
RATED: E
RELEASE DATE: November 21, 2014
SYSTEM: Nintendo 3DS
REVIEW BY MATHEW BROCK
Courtesy:
Get ready for another exciting adventure in the world
of Pokémon! It’s time to strap on your running shoes,
stuff all your belongings in a backpack and head out
alone into a world of exploration and mystery. Wait,
you are ten right?
“Pokémon Alpha Sapphire” is the latest installment
to the Pokémon franchise alongside it’s traditional
alternate version: “Pokémon Omega Ruby.” These
games are remakes of the 2002 “Pokémon Ruby”
and “Pokémon Sapphire” games. In a nutshell, it’s
the same as any other Pokémon game. Capture and
train a variety of different creatures as you journey
across the country and towards your ultimate goal of
beating the most powerful trainer in the entire region:
The Pokémon league champion.
This installment is mostly a reskin of last year’s
“Pokémon X and Y” games and uses a lot of the same
assets and artwork. This isn’t a bad thing. “Pokémon
X and Y” were gorgeous games with full 3D models
for each and every Pokémon and a few have even been
updated since. Mechanically it’s almost exactly the
same; features like Mega Evolution and Pokémon Amie
return as an important part of the game. You can also
fulfill that childhood dream of having all three starter
Pokémon at the start of the game using Wonder Trade
or the Pokémon Bank, features which carried over from
the previous title.
The important thing is that the game has a ton of
extra content after you beat the main story. This was
“Pokémon X and Y’s” biggest weakness. It mostly
includes features from the original “Pokémon Ruby and
Sapphire” with a modern spin.
Pokémon contests have returned after being absent
from the last few titles and have their own side plot this
time, instead of just being there with no real reward or
context like in previous titles. Secret bases have also
returned and allow you to have a customizable houselike area, which can be shared with your friends via QR
code. The game also has incentives to explore including
the largest variety of Pokémon to collect in any game to
date. This includes over 20 legendary Pokémon from
previous games hidden around the region!
There’s a lot to do in this installment and it’s as fun as
any other Pokémon game, but as is often the case with
remakes, you can’t help but compare it to it’s namesake.
The original “Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire” were
known to be the most difficult and revolutionary games
of the entire franchise. They added a ton of new features
to the game, they had a huge amount of extra content
to explore after you beat the game’s main story, and
were a real challenge to boot! I mean you could get your
butt kicked in your very first trainer battle if you didn’t
level up beforehand. So, do these modern remakes live
up to that legacy?
September 2
ISIS releases a video
showing the beheading
of a second American
journalist Steven Sotloff.
September 4
Comedian Joan
Rivers dies at the
age of 81 after
complications
during surgery.
September 8
TMZ released footage from
an elevator camera shows
Ray Rice punching his
then fiance. The Baltimore
Ravens terminates Rice’s
contract as a result. Shortly
afterward Rice is suspended
from the NFL indefinitely.
September 5
Representatives from the Ukrainian
government, the Russian-backed
separatists, Russia, and the Organization
for Security and Cooperation in Europe
announce an agreement to cease-fire.
Protests in Hong Kong
intensify throughout
September with tens of
thousands of demonstrators
shutting down the heart
of the business district.
The protests threaten the
stability of the financial hub.
September 12
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover
reaches its final destination Aeolis
Mons, a mountain that rises 5.5
km at the center of Gale Crater.
I say this with a heavy heart, but as someone who is a
thorough fan of Pokémon games, I feel rather insulted
at just how easy the game is. The gym leaders are all
pushovers, the boss battles are mediocre, and I can’t
walk more than ten feet without an NPC coming up
and healing my entire team without getting any say in
the matter. There’s nothing more disappointing than
confronting the final boss and just pressing one button
over and over until you beat them.
It’s as if the game was made intentionally fail proof,
perhaps for the sake of gearing the game towards
children. Much of the dialogue seems repetitive or
overly simplified as though I would forget what I’m
doing unless they reminded me every five minutes.
It could also be chalked up to poor translations or
culture differences, since this is a Japanese developed
game after all.
Despite the lack of difficulty, I still found the game
to be very enjoyable. It was a real trip down memory
lane as I relived many familiar moments, but in high
definition. I will no doubt put in close to 100 hours into
the game as I have nearly every other Pokémon game
to date. If nothing else the game has also rekindled an
urge for me to revisit many of the older Pokémon games
in my collection to see if I can capture any more of that
sweet, emotional ambrosia we call nostalgia. 
September 18
Scottish voters vote
down the possibility
of Scotland
becoming an
independent nation
after 300 years as
part of the UK.
September 16
The United States
decides to send
thousands of troops
to West Africa to
build Ebola virus
clinics and train
health workers.
Creative Corner
JK
“Pumpkin Pie Acrostic”
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Pure autumn color bursts
under snow-white whipped cream.
Memories of Mama and family and noisy
people gathered to eat and laugh and
casually
kindle the ties that bind
intensify as the aroma of sweet savory
nutmeg crowds the kitchen and my beloved
parents’ house becomes a home again in spite of the year’s long
“Consequent Composition”
America Gas for
For a poet to pen so careless
versethree
less athan
dollars a gallon
just to let it run out and
away,
for every one over
and so in frustration and the
with holidays!!
a curse
I am the ghost of gas
prices future and I am
here to change your
greedy ways Mr. Crude!
got it stuck, and with what to say?
emptiness.
A scheme and a style, locked in for awhile
By. Danny Earl Simmons
whose words (for the birds), cluster in herds
First appeared in “Boston Literary Magazine”
- Fall 2012
Who are you and
what do you
want from me?!
where the shape forces rhyming of lines
then for the freedom of prose, the poet pines.
Now what have I wrought? A disjointed thought
claiming nothing rhymes with a thing
I can’t say what I mean in a line with a lien
so I sing of King wing-string’s ring bling-fling. DX
By. Nathan Tav Knight
America Gas for
less than three
dollars a gallon
for every one over
the holidays!!
“The Monster in my mind”
To be free.
To act and not regret.
Drifting into a wakeful sleep.
To not care how others feel.
My mind taking on the form of my most haunting
desires.
To be brutally honest.
I’m floating above my body.
Watching in my minds eye.
I do so many crazy unspeakable things.
They make my heart cringe.
In that wakeful sleep
I am hurting those that hurt me.
I am crazy in love,
showing my every inner whim and desire.
Never taking my eyes off of my main goal.
To be rude and not care.
To not care how others see me.
To let those that are mean get what they deserve.
In my minds eye everyone gets what they deserve.
No mercy.
I don’t care.
I am free.
I wake up from a haunting blissful nightmare.
By. Michelle Soutar
October 31
A Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo,
breaks apart over the Mojave
Desert soon after takeoff. Co-pilot
Michael Alsbury is killed and pilot
Peter Siebold parachutes out of
the plane and survives.
October 6
British neuroscientist
John O’Keefe,
Norwegian scientists
May-Britt Moser, and
Edvard Moser share
the 2014 Nobel Prize in
Physiology and Medicine.
October 8
The first person
diagnosed in the
United States with
Ebola, Thomas Eric
Duncan, dies.
October 23
A man attacks a group of
police officers in New York
City with a hatchet, injuring
two before being shot dead.
October 20
Oscar de la Renta,
famed fashion designer
and former designer
for Jackie Kennedy,
dies in his home of
cancer at age 82.
October 24
Lockheed Martin
announces that
it plans to have
a functioning
prototype fusion
reactor operational
in three years.
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October 28
An unmanned
Antares rocket
carrying NASA’s
Cygnus CRS Orb-3
resupply mission to
the ISS explodes
seconds after taking
off. The loss includes
five thousand
pounds of cargo.
Taylor Swift’s album “1989” sells 3.66 million
copies, making it the top seller of 2014.
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immigration officials and incarcerated for 28 days
because of a misdemeanor charge from seven years
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paraphernalia (a glass pipe) in 2007. Lina remained
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November 12
China and the U.S.
reach a landmark
agreement on climate
change. Including a
commitment by China
to stop its emissions
from increasing by
2030.
The Russian Presidential Library announces plans
to establish a Russian version of Wikipedia stating
that it would provide more “detailed and accurate”
information about the country.
November 17
The Church of
England adopts
legislation paving
the way for the
appointment of
female bishops.
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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
ACROSS
1 Chess ploy
7 Antique cane
topper
11 Home of the N.Y.
Rangers
14 Fundraising
targets
15 Wrath, in a hymn
16 Scarfed down
17 Annual
Christmas party
group
19 Small group
20 Brightened, with
“up”
21 Bible book
22 “Let it be so!”
24 Thrice due
25 Wetlands
protection org.
26 “Driving Miss
Daisy” setting
29 Humor that won’t
offend
31 Long poem
33 One of two
Pauline epistles:
Abbr.
34 “__ for Innocent”:
Grafton novel
35 Pentecost, e.g.,
and what can
literally be found
in this puzzle’s
four other
longest answers
40 Same old thing
41 “This American
Life” host Glass
42 Run
43 Exercised
caution
48 Theatergoer’s
option
49 Fla. NBA team
50 Maker of “3
Series” cars
53 “Beloved” author
Morrison
54 Fromage hue
55 Yay relative
56 Part of a disguise
57 Singer with the
debut solo album
“Love. Angel.
Music. Baby.”
61 Loan letters
62 Lisa’s title
63 Passes
64 Relaxing retreat
65 Against
1/7-1/13
1/7/15
By John Guzzetta
66 Winning run,
perhaps
DOWN
1 Pens for
Dickens?
2 Caine title role
3 Civilian garb
4 ASCAP rival
5 Grow
6 Jams
7 Social group
8 Org. co-founded
by Gen. George
Wingate
9 Knucklehead
10 Happen to
11 Got some
attention
12 Flier that may
have four lines
13 Prefix with
thermal
18 “Right away!”
23 Key abbr.
26 “He makes no
friends who
never made __”:
Tennyson
27 Grass-and-roots
layer
28 ’50s Dem.
presidential
hopeful
Last Edition’s Puzzle Solved
Wednesday: Pulled Pork Sandwich, Turkey Cutler with
Browned Butter Sauce, Squash Enchiladas*. Soups:
Sausage, White Bean and Kale*, and Creamy Tomato
and Parmesan.
Thursday: Swiss Steak, Hazelnut Crusted Salmon
with Frangelico Beurre Blanc*, Macaroni and Cheese
Gratinee. Soups: Chicken, Bacon and Potato, and
Vegetarian Lentil*
Friday: Chef’s Choice
Monday: Chicken Chasseur, Cajun Catfish Sandwich,
Squash Curry with Brown Rice*. Soups: Chicken and
Rice*, and Ginger Curry Carrot*
Tuesday: Chicken Pot Pie, Baked Salmon with LemonCaper Browned Butter*, Vegetarian Omelet or
Frittata*. Soups: French Onion*, and Cream of Broccoli.
Items denoted with a * are gluten-free
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29 Good, in Hebrew
30 Brilliance
31 Effort to equal
others
32 Relative of a Tshirt launcher
36 Hill worker
37 Creamy spread
38 Flowing out
39 Tankard
contents
40 Tach no.
44 Dark side
December 1
Pro-democracy
demonstrators and
the Hong Kong Police
Force clash outside the
headquarters of the
Government of Hong Kong.
3/21/14
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The US Navy initiates
the operation of laser
weapons. The first use is
to protect ships deployed
in the Persian Gulf.
December 20
After shooting his ex-girlfriend
in Baltimore, Ismaaiyl Brinsley
shoots and kills two policemen
execution style in Brooklyn,
New York, supposedly in
revenge for the deaths of two
black men reportedly caused
by police officers during the
summer of 2014, Eric Garner
and Michael Brown. The
gunman is later found dead of
a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
December 16
For the first time, NASA emails a wrench
to the ISS that was then fabricated on
the ISS’s Zero Gravity 3D printer.
December 3
A Staten Island grand jury decides not to
indict Daniel Pantaleo, the police officer
involved in the death of Eric Garner.
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SOLUTION TO
LAST EDITION’S PUZZLE
December 13
In American football, Marcus
Mariota of the University of
Oregon football team wins
the 2014 Heisman trophy.
December 10
Ebola Fighters
are named TIME
magazine’s Person
of the Year.
2
Complete the grid so
each row, column and
3-by-3 box (in bold
borders) contains
every digit, 1 to 9. For
strategies on how to
solve Sudoku, visit
www.sudoku.org.uk
45 It’s hard to
untangle
46 Fifths on a staff
47 Knifelike ridges
50 Support
51 __ ray
52 Chef’s tool
54 __ B’rith
56 Nintendo’s __
Mini
58 Finished on top
59 Dr.’s specialty
60 Distant
December 11
Hong Kong Police clear
tents from the main
protest area, ten weeks
after they began.
1
December 17
Sony cancels the release of “The Interview”,
originally scheduled for Christmas 2014.
December 21
China has
detained more
than 30 thousand
people within
two months for
pornography and
gambling.