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Contributed by the Corvallis Majestic Theater

My Fair Lady takes the stage

Molly Hoglund, Reporter
May 8, 2025

This week, the Corvallis Majestic Theater performs its second weekend of shows for My Fair Lady, a timeless and classic musical with an iconic score to welcome all audiences. The show opened at the...

CAPE hosts annual Denim Day Activity Fair

CAPE hosts annual Denim Day Activity Fair

Molly Hoglund, Reporter
April 29, 2025

The Center for Advocacy, Prevention & Education will host its Annual Denim Day Activity Fair on Wednesday, April 30, in support of Sexual Assault Awareness & Action Month. The Activity Fair...

15th Annual Khmer Night hosted with success

Molly Hoglund, Reporter
April 22, 2025

The Oregon State Memorial Ballroom was sparkling and alive with traditional Cambodian music, colorful Sbai dresses, the smell of spiced food, and the buzz of friendly conversation on the night of Khmer...

Cambodian Student Association to host Khmer night

Cambodian Student Association to host Khmer night

Molly Hoglund, Reporter
April 10, 2025

On April 19, the Oregon State Cambodian Student Association will host their 15th annual Khmer night, which will feature food, cultural representation and related performances.  The event will take...

Plaques and flags sit on display in McAlexander Fieldhouse’s second floor on March 11, 2025. The
history of OSU’s ROTC program dates back over a century ago, with much change occurring since.

Trump’s DEI initiatives affect military policies

Molly Hoglund, Reporter
April 7, 2025

On Jan. 27, President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders implementing changes in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, and Oregon veterans are feeling the effects.  The orders...

The new Benton County Mental Health Clinic nears completion. It undergoes construction in Corvallis on Jan. 21. The Crisis Center will have a number of different services to provide those in need with help from mental health professionals.

Benton County Crisis Center on schedule to open this spring

Molly Hoglund, Reporter
February 3, 2025

Since construction began in the summer of 2023, Benton County Behavioral Health has been building a crisis center to serve as a voluntary walk-in treatment-centered facility and an alternative emergency...

Multimedia event: The Immigrant Story comes to PRAx

Multimedia event: The Immigrant Story comes to PRAx

Molly Hoglund, Reporter
January 27, 2025

Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts will host The Immigrant Story, Multimedia Presentations of Stories of Survival, in a series of events focused on genocide survivors who have rebuilt lives...

2 Towns Cider production line

2 Towns Ciderhouse to host their biggest party of the year

Molly Hoglund, Reporter
October 18, 2024

The local Corvallis 2 Towns Ciderhouse will host its 14th Annual Harvest Party on Oct. 19, from noon to 9 p.m., under a grand tent at the 2 Towns Headquarters, in an effort to raise funds for Cornerstone...

Illustration by H Beck

Corvallis and OSU face high-demand housing

Molly Hoglund, Reporter
October 14, 2024

According to university admissions, Corvallis is one of America's top 10 college towns and the #1 college town in the Pacific Northwest, so it's no surprise that the city is seeing a rush of migration...

Naloxone spray, the lifesaving medicine found in NARCAN®, is pictured in front of Oregon State University’s Weatherford Hall on June 27.

Life-saving NARCAN introduced to OSU residence halls

Molly Hoglund, Reporter
September 23, 2024

NARCAN, a life saving narcotic spray, will become available to residence halls in fall 2024 due to a bill passed by student government and the Resident Hall Association. The resolution known...

A B1 parking lot near Callahan Hall is seen at Oregon State University on Aug 25th, 2024.

Transportation Services raises prices, rezones lots

Molly Hoglund, Reporter
September 19, 2024

This fall, Transportation Services changed its parking permit pricing, raising rates from previous years and rezoning two parking lots on campus. Oregon State University requires parking permits year-round,...

Nick Siler, an assistant professor of atmospheric science at Oregon State University, talks about the climate of the upcoming summer months in Corvallis on June 10.

Corvallis residents adjust to summer heat

Molly Hoglund, News Contributor
July 2, 2024

As Oregon State University students flee Corvallis for the summer season, the remaining troops battle climbing temperatures, fewer rainy days and scarce air conditioning. Corvallis weather over the...

People walk up and down the aisles of vending stalls at the Corvallis Saturday Farmers Market in Corvallis, Oregon, May 18.

Tourism to spike in Corvallis during commencement weekend

Molly Hoglund, News Contributor
June 3, 2024

Proud families will flood the city of Corvallis beginning June 14 to celebrate graduating students, causing a massive influx in city tourism and filling local restaurants and hotels. According to Christina...

OSU to hold commencement

First in-person graduation for many 2020 high school graduates
Molly Hoglund, News Contributor
June 3, 2024

Oregon State University’s 155th annual commencement ceremony will bring together staff, students and family to honor and celebrate the 2024 graduating class.  June’s commencement will be a unique...

Senior Instructor Jan Michael Looking Wolf Reibach (left) and student Jimmy Wilson smile with their Native American flutes after class at the Learning Innovation Center on May 21, 2024.

Students join in music at annual Native American Flute Circle

Molly Hoglund, News Contributor
May 28, 2024

The Student Experience Center Plaza will bear witness to the students of MUS 108 as they perform their seventh annual Oregon State University Native American Flute Circle this Wednesday. Beginning...

Josée Rousseau (left) and David Ehlers discuss different bird species during a bird walk event at J2E Tree Farm on May 19, 2024.

J2E Tree Farm to host biodiversity tour

Molly Hoglund, News Contributor
May 23, 2024

The Luckiamute Watershed Council will showcase the J2E Tree Farm for the first time, a woodland restoration area in Philomath, in its River to Ridge Biodiversity Tour on June 8.  A volunteer-based...

Singers of the Black Lodge drum group sing an inter-tribal song to kick off the good spirits during the OSU 2023 Spring Pow-wow at Gill Coliseum on May 20. An inter-tribal song allows all styles of dancers to dance together alongside any audience members who are wanting to experience Pow-wow dancing.

Native American Student Association to host annual łatwa ina Pow-Wow

Molly Hoglund, News Contributor
May 8, 2024

Oregon State University will host their 45th annual Pow-Wow, on May 18 in Gill Coliseum, in an effort to support relations between Native and Indigenous OSU communities with broader Tribal nations. This...

A gender inclusive bathroom on the second floor of the Valley Library at Oregon State University on March 12, 2024.

ASOSU president, vice president continue to advocate for gender-neutral bathrooms

Molly Hoglund, News Contributor
April 8, 2024

Zane Yinger has always strived to take real action in implementing gender-inclusive spaces in their community.  This past year, when they physically ripped down binary gendered restroom labels, they...

The Newsies go on strike in Corvallis School District Theaters' production of Newsies during their preview show. Contributed by CSD Theatres.

Corvallis high school students storm the stage in Newsies

Molly Hoglund, News Contributor
March 2, 2024

The overture streams through the audience, and with the first notes, onlookers are transported to nineteenth-century New York.  Corvallis high school theater students will flood the stage of the Corvallis...

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