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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.
Consigned to be active community members
Revolve, a consignment boutique in downtown Corvallis, focuses on collaborating with the local community and sustainability.
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)
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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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.
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.
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.
The Brew Station, located on Monroe Avenue, will close because of differences between the tenants and landlord of the property.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ride for a cause at Bicycle Extravaganza
The Oregon State University Student Sustainability Initiative will host their annual Bicycle Extravaganza fair on Thursday.
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.
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.
Food enthusiasts fight for title of Iron Chef: McNary
Oregon State University found out Wednesday night which chef's cuisine reigned supreme.
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.
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)
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.
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.