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SFC Chair-elect allegedly terminated following unauthorized meeting

Baro Staff
March 3, 2025

Dylan Perfect, Student Fee Committee chair-elect, was allegedly terminated from the Associated Students of Oregon State University through an email from the Office of the Dean of Students today.  The...

OSU officials respond to ASOSU partial shutdown

OSU officials respond to ASOSU partial shutdown

Audrey Saiz and Max Loew
February 28, 2025

Editor's note: This story has been updated to clarify Dylan Perfect's position within ASOSU post-election. Oregon State University officials said that they had a responsibility to step in to halt Associated...

General ASOSU Graphic

ASOSU goes into partial shutdown, suggested reform

Audrey Saiz and Kera Nelson
February 28, 2025

Editor’s note: The Barometer is still investigating this story as it develops and waiting on interview responses from other representatives at OSU and within ASOSU. This story has been updated to include...

ASOSU Vice President Zach Kowash speaks at the State of the Students Address in the Memorial Union on Nov. 5, 2024.

ASOSU Vice President resigns in scathing letter

Fox Perez, ASOSU Beat Reporter
February 25, 2025

Editor's note: This story has been updated to include the full text of the letter from Zach Kowash. Kowash has declined to comment further. In a resignation letter addressed to the Associated Students...

Transgender women banned from female sports by executive order

Transgender women banned from female sports by executive order

Mason Fischer, Sports Writer
February 5, 2025

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on February 5, coinciding with National Girls and Women in Sports Day, titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.”  This effectively puts an end...

Corvallis resident Shawn Hazboun, left, and her daughter Magnolia meet a kitten available for adoption during Heartland Humane Society’s Caturday Event on Nov. 9 in the Corvallis Community Center. This event included snacks, games and kittens for attendees to meet and befriend.

Cats take over community center

Jack Derbenti, Reporter
November 22, 2024

Pyrite, Cobalt and Mercury — while these usually refer to colorful minerals, here they are the names of three popular kittens at this year’s “Caturday” event, hosted by the Heartland Humane Society...

Corvallis residents Pattie Von (left) and Loretta Brenner (right) and another community member gain
access to Margaret Atwood’s online lecture on their phones after the event was cancelled in person at
LaSells Stewart Center in Corvallis, OR, on November 19, 2024.

Margaret Atwood event moved online

Audrey Saiz, Editor-in-Chief
November 19, 2024

Updated as of 7:20 p.m. on Tuesday: According to Margaret Atwood, today's event was canceled due to an anonymous threat of violence. "I would not wish to endanger live-event audience members," Atwood...

The Coalition of Graduate Employees commenced a strike on Tuesday after negotiations with the university did not meet their expectations. The strike will continue into next week.

CGE, OSU not coming to terms

Kip Franich, Reporter
November 15, 2024

The Coalition of Graduate Employees met with Oregon State University representatives to mediate graduate employee wages Thursday, but were unable to come to an agreement. While earlier mediation did...

Student protesters hold signs for the Coalition of Graduate Employees.

Coalition of Graduate Employees file intent to strike

Kip Franich, Reporter
November 8, 2024

The Coalition of Graduate Employees will strike starting Tuesday if wage negotiations do not go well with Oregon State University, said CGE’s vice presidents of organizing, Maddy Duong and Emerson Barret.  According...

Electrical engineering student Gabe Ryley (left) and psychology student Jonah Davison view incoming 2024 election results on their devices at the Memorial Union Election Night Coverage event on Nov. 5.

Elections updates: Results roll in for state, country

Audrey Saiz, Editor-in-Chief
November 5, 2024

On the eve of the presidential race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, Oregon votes were rolling in with about 48.76% of ballots counted as of 9 p.m. on Tuesday.  Oregon was called by the Associated...

Graphic courtesy of Pac-12 Conference.

A new era for Pac-12, Gonzaga brings basketball success

Casey Lavin and Maggie Akins (she/her)
October 1, 2024

The Beavers now welcome Gonzaga University to the Pac-12.  The Pac-12 announced on Tuesday morning the addition of the Gonzaga University Bulldogs starting in 2026, effective July 1. This brings...

The People’s University for Palestine sits in front of Oregon State University’s Valley Library on May 30, 2024 in Corvallis, OR, following their relocation from the Memorial Union quad the day prior.

Student encampment for Palestine migrates to Valley Library Quad

Lucinda Boyle, News Contributor
May 29, 2024

Editor's Note: This story has been updated from its original version to include comments from Rob Odom, vice president of university relations and marketing, and to include information from Odom about...

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