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The Daily Barometer

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The Daily Barometer

Patience Womack

Patience Womack, Assistant Editor

Fifth year

Psychology major, Education minor

(she/her)

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Oregon State University students working at the Student Experience Center on Jan. 6 organize containers for COVID-19 testing. From Jan. 3 to Jan. 9, 6,972 tests were administered and 785 positive cases of COVID-19 were reported at OSU.

Oregon State University positive COVID-19 cases spike, classes remain in person

Patience Womack, News Contributor
January 11, 2022

Oregon State University reported 785 positive cases of COVID-19 between Jan. 3 and Jan. 9, out of 6,972 tests administered in that timeframe.  For the week of Dec. 6 to 12, the last week of fall term,...

A peaceful protest in support of the Black Lives Matter movement took place on Friday, July 10, at 7 p.m. at the Benton County Courthouse in downtown Corvallis, Ore. Protestors held signs and chanted while wearing masks and practicing social distancing.

Corvallis protest aims to keep up momentum of Black Lives Matter movement

Patience Womack, News Contributor
July 14, 2020

Correction: Derek Chauvin stands accused of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for the death of George Floyd, but has not been convicted. This article...

Emily Thomas

Students on the Internet: How did you choose your major and minor?

Patience Womack, News Contributor
July 1, 2020

This article is a part of the START issue, a guide for all incoming Oregon State University students and their families going through START, which aims to help familiarize them with the campus, college...

Javier Nieto is the dean of the College of Public Health and Human Sciences and a co-principal investigator for the TRACE-COVID-19 study.

Update: TRACE-COVID-19 project aims to assess, understand coronavirus spread in Corvallis community

Patience Womack, News Contributor
April 17, 2020

Oregon State University researchers and scientists, in partnership with the Benton County Health Department, hope to use the new TRACE-COVID-19 project to better understand how prevalent the virus is throughout...

T.J. Maxx is located at 1550 NW 9th St., less than ten minutes from the OSU campus. 

Best of: Shopping for clothes

Patience Womack, News Contributor
January 21, 2020

First place: GoodwillEach school year, Oregon State University students and Corvallis, Ore. community members have the chance to vote for their favorite clothing store in Corvallis, with the first-place...

West Hall

Best of 2020: OSU residence halls

Patience Womack, News Contributor
January 21, 2020

First place: Weatherford Hall Each academic school year, the Oregon State University community has a chance to vote for their favorite residence halls out of the 16 located on campus, with the top three...

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