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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...

On Oct 3, thrifted and vintage shows are seen above a rack at TSA Vintage located in Downtown Corvallis.

Corvallis thrift stores work to remain affordable

Jack Derbenti, Columnist
October 21, 2024

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated in the online version to include an attribution for a statistic about clothing waste in the United States.  This is a column and does not reflect the views...

Illustration by H Beck

Should history, philosophy and religion classes require more?

Jack Derbenti, Columnist
August 7, 2024

Editor’s Note: This is a column and does not reflect the views or opinions of the Daily Barometer. When I first sat down to write this article, I planned on harshly criticizing the lack of prerequisite...

Meaning and meaninglessness: a loving and transcendental path out of meaninglessness

Meaning and meaninglessness: a loving and transcendental path out of meaninglessness

Jack Derbenti, Columnist
May 6, 2024

“...There is decidedly nothing in the whole world that would make men love their fellow men,” said Ivan Fyodorovich, a character in the Fyodor Dostoevsky novel “The Brothers Karamazov.” “Were...

Books are dead and we have killed them

Books are dead and we have killed them

Jack Derbenti, Columnist
March 29, 2024

Editor’s Note: This is a column and does not reflect the views or opinions of the Daily Barometer “I believe that reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far...

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