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2 hrs ago | Daily Barometer

City Council discusses recommendations from Collaboration Corvallis committee

The Corvallis City Council reviewed and moved forward two extensive recommendations for the Collaboration Corvallis Steering Committee.

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Mon May 20, 2013

Daily Barometer

Consigned to be active community members

Revolve, a consignment boutique in downtown Corvallis, focuses on collaborating with the local community and sustainability.

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Babalu Blog

Quote of the day - See Cuba while it's still romantically lost in time

Jorge Michel , an Oregon State University student who is going on a "people-to-dictatorship," Castro propaganda adventure to Cuba, expresses his excitement over the trip : Obviously, Jorge realizes it will be sooner rather than later when Cuba is released from the yoke of tyranny and goes on to lose all its romantic charm... "I've romanticized it, ... (more)

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Related Topix: Conservative Political News, US News

Daily Barometer

Guest Column: Institutional governing boards bad for Oregon

We have many grave concerns about Senate Bill 270, a bill establishing institutional governing boards for Portland State University, the University of Oregon and possibly our own Oregon State University.

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Related Topix: University of Oregon, Portland State University, Western Oregon University

Sun May 19, 2013

hosted Small Town Papers | Small Town Papers

Occasional raindrops do little to help drying state

When Oregonians can rototill their gardens in March, but then have to water their lawns all throughout April and May, you know it's drier than usual. Experts say that through May 10th, it has been the driest start to the year on record at the Eugene and Salem airport weather stations, and the second driest start at Hyslop Farm in Corvallis and the Medford Airport.

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Related Topix: Oregon, Oregon Government, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

Crescent-News.com

Distractions can increase surgeons' potential for mistakes

Just how much attention your surgeon pays to tasks in the operating room can be affected by a number of distractions, recent research suggests.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Surgery, University of Kentucky, Hershey, PA

Fri May 17, 2013

Daily Barometer

Students practice the way of the sword

Kendo Club members Karen Zhen and Brian Cox assume the "sonkyo" position, or crouch position, as they focus and ready themselves for a sparring match.

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Related Topix: University of Oregon, University of Washington

Daily Barometer

Brew Station to close

The Brew Station, located on Monroe Avenue, will close because of differences between the tenants and landlord of the property.

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PETA

to Bring Factory Farm to Oregon State University

Most students at Oregon State University have probably never been to a factory farm, so peta2 - PETA's youth division - is bringing factory farms to them.

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Daily Barometer

Petal to the metal

Despite the typically gloomy Oregon spring rain, bicycle enthusiasts gathered in the Memorial Union quad on Thursday for a day of riding challenges and activities held by the Oregon State University Student Sustainability Initiative.

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Related Topix: Oregon

National Review Online

Human Cloning Obfuscation 3

I now see that the old dishonest game is well afoot: Biotech types and media pretending that human cloning isn't really human cloning unless a baby is born.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Stem Cell Research

Bend Bulletin

Four-year university needs space

An expanded Oregon State University-Cascades Campus would need between 41 and 65 acres by 2025, depending on whether officials choose to build an urban campus integrated into the city or one more self-contained, consultants said Wednesday.

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Thu May 16, 2013

Daily Barometer

Ride for a cause at Bicycle Extravaganza

The Oregon State University Student Sustainability Initiative will host their annual Bicycle Extravaganza fair on Thursday.

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NEWS.com.au

Embryonic stem cells made from skin

US researchers have reported a breakthrough in stem cell research, describing how they have turned human skin cells into embryonic stem cells for the first time.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Stem Cell Research

Daily Barometer

1,100 daisies symbolize, commemorate lives

Active Minds will be displaying their annual Daisy Project in the MU Courtyard. The project set up today is a silent display that represents the 1,100 lives lost to suicide each year on college campuses.

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Daily Barometer

Food enthusiasts fight for title of Iron Chef: McNary

Oregon State University found out Wednesday night which chef's cuisine reigned supreme.

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Related Topix: Recipes

Wed May 15, 2013

Sherwoodgazette.com

Using beer waste to produce green power

Portland's Widmer Brothers Brewing is partnering with a Corvallis startup company, Water2Watergy, that is working on a fuel cell that could simultaneously clean the brewery's wastewater, reduce the amount of water it sends to the city sewage treatment plant and generate renewable energy.

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Related Topix: Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Science / Technology, Inventions

Sherwoodgazette.com

Are there alternatives to incarceration? - Wednesday, 15 May 2013 10:00

What is the function of the criminal justice system? Should rehabilitation or retribution be the goal? Are there viable alternatives to incarceration? These are just a few of the questions that may be sparked by Walidah Imarisha's "Beyond Bars: Re-envisioning the Prison System" discussion coming to the Flora Room of the Estacada Public Library at 7 ... (more)

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Related Topix: Prison, Portland State University

Daily Barometer

Challenging definitions of masculinity

Oregon State University will host the Healthy Masculinity Conference - which will be devoted to discussing masculinity in a broad sense - from May 16-17 in the Memorial Union.

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Daily Barometer

Discourse held on the dangers of covenant theology

Covenant theology is the narrative framework through which people of particular faiths follow the covenant relationship with God, a covenant relationship being the relationship between followers of a faith and their god.

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Related Topix: Florida State University