Schnell

I always liked her writing thought she was good. Doesn't translate onto TV so much.

Yeah I have to agree with you. I think it is great for college years. She also has killed it on some greta article for campus rush this year. She must have said something in the past because she busted out Corvallis is not very diversified? So weird. Never heard that one the team seems pretty diversified. As well as the staff.

I never have a problem with journalists expressing their opinions, or having negative viewpoints of a situation. They're kind of paid to have opinions and generate conversation. Can't exactly do that if you just agree with everything all the time. People like Canzano, Schnell, Goe....they're not paid to tell you what happened - they're paid to tell you why it happened. Read the AP game recaps if you want unbiased reporting.

Objectively speaking, Corvallis is NOT very diversified. at all. She is speaking about the town and its attraction to recruits.

According to Fall term 2015 stats, OSU has 29,576 students and 78% of them are white. 53% are male, so there is a slight male female disparity too. only 6,320 students are of a US minority, and of those, half are international students.

Edit: i suppose I should have some context to those numbers. Oregon is 76% white and Portland State is 60% white. University of Washington is 44% white... As large research universities go, OSU is not that diverse.

Then, think of the town. What is there in Corvallis in the way of entertainment (no shopping mall for example,  pretty poor "clubbing" experience...) and food? We have a pretty small handful of "ethnic" food options... what we have is a bunch of brew pubs, three sushi restaurants and Local Boyz!!! (I do love me some Local Boyz...) The town itself is populated by OSU employees, students and then engineers from HP and the surrounding outfits. Housing is very expensive relative to income and the retail experience is orientated to... well... old white guy and gal. Think of downtown, Grassroots, Metcaf's, Inkwell, that birkenstock store, Old world deli, and an array of bistro/bakery type stores that spend a lot of time focusing on gluten free and vegan options.

I can't really think of a politically correct way to say it other than Corvallis is pretty darn white bred and yuppie. and frequently we find that the community is often at odds with the university. I cannot say, in my opinion, Corvallis the city is overly supportive of OSU athletics, in comparison to other smaller college towns I have been in, say Pullman or Boulder.

TL:DR: Schnell ain't wrong. Also, I think she is a good reporter, there is a reason SI stole her from the little O.

I know Corvallis is not diversified LOL. I am saying seriously that is what she is going to come up with on why Corvallis is hard to recruit too? So your telling me 4 star minorities care about diversity but 2 star guys don't? That is my point. I got some background info she loves Riley and said OSU will never do better. Gives context to the exchange, so when Angie wins debate she busts out with lack of diversity.

Surprised PSU and Washington are only 60 and 48.

University of Alabama 12% black
www.ua.edu/quickfacts/demographics.html

LSU 11.2 black
theadvocate.com/news/10466583-123/lsu-boasts-most-diverse-student

UW 3.5 black 40% Asian,latino, International

OSU Black 1.3%

So looking she has a point pretty small black population.

Oregon has a 2% black population as well, so even though small, OSU is under-represented. And given the number of black athletes, that 1.3% gets eaten up pretty quickly - very little representation outside of the student-athletes.

quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/41000.html