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OSU to hold Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations

OSU to hold Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations

Jose Luna, Reporter
January 12, 2025

Oregon State University will hit a milestone on Jan. 20 as its Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration will be one of the longest running events in the school’s history.  This year marks 43 years of...

Revamped lip sync battles becomes new addition to drag bingo

Revamped lip sync battles becomes new addition to drag bingo

Vincent Ho, Reporter
January 10, 2025

Drag Bingo 2025 swings into town on Jan. 17 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union Ballroom.  Oregon State University students will be charged $5 for entry, while non-OSU students will be...

Letter from the Editor: New year brings more news

Audrey Saiz, Editor-in-chief
January 6, 2025

As the new year passes, so does the Barometer first term of the 2024-2025 school year. In what was a chaotic first term, our team had the privilege of covering first hand breaking news, features on people...

Audrey McFadden studies on the first floor of the library.

Health and Education departments face elimination risk

Ash Estevan, Reporter
January 6, 2025

President-elect Donald Trump’s latest appointments to Health and Education departments increase concerns over education, disinformation and public health.  Trump has renewed Republican calls to abolish...

Oregon State's Director of Tribal Relations, Chance White Eyes, discusses in an interview about Oregon State University's action in returning ancestral items back to the tribes on Nov. 26, 2024 in the Kerr Administration Building.

New OSU facility aims to return tribal artifacts

Kip Franich, Reporter
January 6, 2025

Oregon State University recently opened a new facility with the purpose of returning Ancestor remains and cultural artifacts to local Tribes, in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and...

Contributed by OSU Women in Policy club

OSU’s Women in Policy club stays hopeful

Kelbey Hilliard, Reporter
January 6, 2025

The 2024 election has stirred the anxieties of many Americans, including those concerned with access to reproductive healthcare, from birth control pills to safe abortions. Organizations like Women...

Pedestrians walk across the snow-dusted Valley Library quad on Friday morning, March 1 at Oregon State University in Corvallis.

Possible dissolution may affect special education

Sonia Wentworth, Reporter
January 6, 2025

President-elect Donald Trump has floated the idea of dissolving the Department of Education at the federal level. The Department of Education, or the ED, began under the Jimmy Carter administration...

Tariff talks turn to precedent

Tariff talks turn to precedent

Alex Hyatt, Reporter
January 6, 2025

November 2024 brought a contentious presidential election where roughly 81% of voters said the economy was very important to them, according to a poll by Pew Research Center. During the campaign season...

SNAP faces changes

SNAP faces changes

Alex Hyatt and Jaxson Skipper
January 6, 2025

Student Eligibility Alex Hyatt, reporter With school well under way this academic year, the federal government has laid out a plan to communicate with college students to provide more information...

Graphic by Jack Schuler

Future funding faces doubt

Students, faculty brace for potential cuts to $400M research budget
Andres Bedoya-Bunch, Reporter
January 6, 2025

The university reached over $400 million in research expenditures serving a variety of scientific fields, especially those that are environmentally oriented.   Oregon State University’s 2024 Research...

Edward Feser, former OSU provost.

Provost Edward Feser resigns from OSU, accepts new role

Hailey Cook, Reporter
January 2, 2025

Oregon State University’s Provost and Executive Vice President Edward Feser is set to resign on March 31, after being named the 34th president of Saint Louis University. “The presidency at Saint...

As of the day this picture was taken, Shanon Anderson, the chief of police and associate vice president for public safety, and Cedar, the wellness dog for the Oregon State University Corvallis, Ore. campus, pose together outside the campus dispatch center on April 6. According to Anderson, the OSU police department can provide medical assistance until their partners from the Corvallis Fire Department arrive.

Campus police chief remains on leave

Max Loew, Campus Editor
December 17, 2024

Editors note: This story has been updated to include a statement from James Yon and correct the name of Linn County Sherrif's Office No new information has been provided following Friday's decision...

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