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Protesters gather on the sidewalk outside of the Benton County Circuit Court for the People’s Veto Day protest in Corvallis on April 5, 2025. 13 students at Oregon State University have had their visas revoked, according to an email sent on April 9, 2025 from OSU officials.

OSU students’ visas revoked without warning amid nation-wide trend

Sam Szekely and Max Loew
April 11, 2025

Editor's Note: A correction has been made for what day the email from Rob Odom was sent out. This story has been updated to add Rob Odom's responses to follow up questions.  13 students at Oregon State...

OSU officials respond to ASOSU partial shutdown

OSU officials respond to ASOSU partial shutdown

Audrey Saiz and Max Loew
February 28, 2025

Editor's note: This story has been updated to clarify Dylan Perfect's position within ASOSU post-election. Oregon State University officials said that they had a responsibility to step in to halt Associated...

The People’s University for Palestine sits in front of Oregon State University’s Valley Library on May 30, 2024 in Corvallis, OR, following their relocation from the Memorial Union quad the day prior.

Student encampment for Palestine migrates to Valley Library Quad

Lucinda Boyle, News Contributor
May 29, 2024

Editor's Note: This story has been updated from its original version to include comments from Rob Odom, vice president of university relations and marketing, and to include information from Odom about...

Tents stand and a protest banner hangs at The People’s University for Palestine encampment in the MU quad at Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR, on May 15 2024.

President Murthy, city officials respond to encampment

University denies Oregon State Police will be involved
Vincent Ho, News Contributor
May 20, 2024

Oregon State University President Jayathi Murthy and Corvallis city officials displayed different tones in responses Monday to the ongoing on-campus encampment. On Monday, Murthy released a statement...

Classified workers protest outside the Valley Library on Nov. 7

Bargaining between classified employees and Oregon’s public universities ends in standstill

Alexander Banks, Senior Reporter
February 24, 2024

Editor's note: This is an ongoing situation, and the Barometer will continue to update readers on it. On Friday, February 23, contract negotiations between the Service Employees International Union...

Weather closes campus tomorrow, dining halls remain open

Weather closes campus tomorrow, dining halls remain open

Josh Cande, News Contributor
January 12, 2024

Oregon State University’s Corvallis campus will be closed tomorrow, according to a campus-wide email sent by OSU Public Safety. As a result of anticipated street conditions being affected by sub-freezing...

OSU names wide receivers coach Kefense Hynson interim head coach

OSU names wide receivers coach Kefense Hynson interim head coach

Noah Evans, Sports Editor
November 25, 2023

Oregon State University has named wide receivers coach Kefense Hynson interim head football coach, effective immediately, according to a press release from the OSU Athletic Communications Office. Hynson,...

OSU emergency phone outage planned Wednesday night

OSU emergency phone outage planned Wednesday night

Zeva Rosenbaum, News Contributor
September 20, 2023

There will be a brief outage of the OSU phone system between 10 p.m. and midnight Wednesday night; the outage will affect both the Corvallis and Bend campuses but should last no longer than 10 minutes.  According...

Beaver fans celebrating after a play at the Las Vegas Bowl at Allegiant Stadium on Dec. 18. The Beavers recorded 24 first downs in the game, compared to Florida's 13.

Fans feel ‘extreme disappointment’ as PAC-12 collapses

Katie Livermore, News Reporter
August 7, 2023

As he proudly wears his Beaver gear on the 8,252th day, Marvin “Beaverman” Yonamine is one of many fans who share utter disappointment in the collapse of the PAC-12 conference.  In the past week,...

Affirmative action ruling will not affect Oregon State University admissions’ decision making

Affirmative action ruling will not affect Oregon State University admissions’ decision making

Katie Livermore, News Reporter
June 30, 2023

After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling to ban race-based decisions in college admissions on July 29, Oregon State University officials confirmed the Affirmative Action ruling will have no effect on the admissions...

National student loan debt relief has been struck down, OSU’s response

National student loan debt relief has been struck down, OSU’s response

Riley LeCocq, News Reporter
June 30, 2023

The Supreme Court voted to strike down President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan that would have relieved nearly 40 million people across the country, including 329,000 Oregonians who applied or...

Particles found in OSU water, two buildings affected so far

Particles found in OSU water, two buildings affected so far

Riley LeCocq, Reporter
April 14, 2023

Editors note: this article has been undated from a previous version to reflect new information as of 2:45 p.m. Particulate matter found in the water on Oregon State University's campus remains unknown...

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