On an April evening in 2013, I was getting ready to head home after I turned in my last news article for the week.That’s when my boss got the call.“What?” She first asked. It was her brother, describing...
June 7, which may come to be known as “the day of political reckoning,” is upon us.The Democratic National Convention will not take place until July, but the primary contests of what continues to be...
North Carolina sure made headlines after attempting to get more heavily involved with everyone’s business.And speaking of “business,” it’s time to talk about bathrooms. But not “just” bathrooms.On...
Racist. Misogynistic. Xenophobic.These are three words we often hear pertaining to Donald Trump, current Republican frontrunner as president of the United States. Since summer 2015, Trump continues to...
It’s one thing to make a typo on your term paper, accidentally forget your class time or miss a number on a math problem. We all make mistakes.This year’s election, however, seems to be a completely...
If you haven’t heard the news in politics, here it is: Donald Trump is now (basically) the Republican nominee for president of the United States.I won’t say this marks the end times (yet), but we’re...
There’s a new “gap” in town, and it’s not a popular retail clothing chain or wage discrepancy issue.I’m talking about the “year off college” gap, now made even more popular thanks to the...
So here we are again at Mom’s and Family weekend.Between the on-campus activities offered, the annual presentation of Sing and other performances, this arguably has to be one of the most entertaining...
I’m all for the development of new technology. What I’m not too keen on, however, is the premise that all digital collections, archives and files we each collect over the years could easily vanish...
What you are about to read may alarm you or make you quite uncomfortable.Then again, the subject matter may also make you quite comfortable, depending on your preferences or beliefs.Let’s talk about...
Our campus has a serious party problem—at least that’s the impression I’m under if it’s something that requires a potential $1.4 million remedy.OSU administrators and City of Corvallis officials...
Looks like we’ve survived another student government election season.The Associated Students of Oregon State University elections have concluded with the preliminary results showing that the ticket of...
If you’re a college student between the ages of 18-22 (or younger/older), you either love or hate the dreaded “P” word.It’s rather disheartening to wake up each morning and see the current state...
Colleges, universities and politics: I’ve seen a few things since my time working for student papers.When I first started as a reporter for The Commuter, Linn-Benton Community College’s student newspaper,...
I love the Internet.Since the first days of looking forward to America Online login periods at school (because this was the ONLY way we knew how to find Cartoon Network on the web), I continue to make...
We have a serious problem in U.S. politics right now, among other things.As the primary election season continues, the Democratic and Republican parties continue to see support for two seemingly unlikely...
Traditionally, it’s good to excel at one skill.For the longest time it’s how we’ve managed to efficiently distribute jobs and tasks across departments and other areas when we work.Traditionally,...
Trump lost some traction over the weekend.Super Saturday, which saw primary and caucus contests take place in Puerto Rico, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine and Louisiana, only gave two additional state wins to...
Fellow “Berners”—it’s time for a reality check.What you see and hear on the dank stash of Bernie Sanders memes may be somewhat incorrect.Now I’m not “calling” this game in the name of Hillary....
I was never a huge fan of baccalaureate requirements.Extra math classes, extra science classes and other core requirements outside of our true passions should be the last thing we focus on, correct?I wouldn’t...
There seems to be one giant similarity between Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump supporters: We’re all frightened.Only, we seem to express our fright in not so similar ways.As the primary elections continue,...
The late Antonin Scalia, now former justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, was a complete scumbag when it came to social progress.I get it.I’ve witnessed all across my own Facebook feed and other social...
I and past Barometer editors have been critical of the Associated Students of Oregon State University in the past ... and present.Between impeachment trials that cite alleged acts of irresponsibility of...
It’s ironic how a service that uses vans to provide safe transit for students has no idea where it’s going.Representatives on behalf of the Associated Students of Oregon State University spoke on their...
Honesty and politics: They don’t always go together well.There is, however, one site that pins both side by side in an effort to help intrepid Internet warriors make more informed voting decisions: PolitiFact.com.Originated...
“There’s no money in it.”“It’s a tough field to get into.”“Have you considered engineering?”These are the most frequent comments I heard after telling some close friends and family members...
Try to maintain a life with class, work and a social life.It sounds easier said than done, and I can attest to this.I’ll come right out and say it: If you want to see nothing but the letter “A” on...
I get it: We live in a democracy with various political ideologies and issues.With this in mind, it’s best that we hear from various points of view in regards to dealing with these problems.This is also...
Here we are at the beginning of winter term.Expectation: If you’re a freshman, you may feel like you’ve got this college thing down now that you’ve been tossed into the fray. Surely you’ve mastered...
There’s so much wrong with this whole “Y’all-Qaeda” problem in Eastern Oregon right now.Naturally we can start with the fact that we have a bunch of over-entitled, angry white men irresponsibly...
Here we go again.Fourteen dead and several others wounded in San Bernardino, Calif.Three dead, several injured and others held hostage at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colo.Conversations...
I’ve heard the general argument that millenials are the so-called “entitled” generation when compared to those in the past, because we ask for so much without actually working for it.We’re “entitled”...
Voting is much more important than you may think.I know, I know – maybe you’re not a fan of reading political stuff. Maybe you have better things to do with your time (see: “Fallout 4”) or perhaps...
