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The Daily Barometer

A cockroach in the women’s bathroom on the second floor of McNary Residence Hall. There have been multiple cockroach sightings in McNary Residence Hall on the Corvallis campus.

McNasty for a reason?

Students, UHDS discuss cockroaches in McNary Hall
Sayuri Hara, Reporter
March 9, 2026

“I’ve talked about cockroaches more within the past few months than I have in the 18 years prior to coming here,” Asher Tucknott said. Tucknott, a first-year student at Oregon State University...

Anya Ballinger, curator of education for the Benton County Historical Society gestures to a portrait of Mary Jane Holmes Shipley Drake. The Black History in Benton County tour features the stories of three African-American individuals who settled in Oregon and was developed with support from Oregon Black Pioneers and Linn-Benton NAACP.

‘What does a pioneer look like?’

Revisiting Black history in Benton County
Marina Kandas, Reporter
February 9, 2026

For years, Black history has existed largely in the margins of local stories. Now, that presence is coming to the forefront through the Corvallis Museum’s Black History in Benton County tour. “Our...

Oregon State University Women’s Softball players Mariah Mazon (left) and Frankie Hammoude have both been named All-Americans by Softball America. While Mazon made the All-America
First Team, Hammoude made Third Team

Blood in the water

Beaver Softball finishes historic season No. 8 in nation
Sam Misa, Summer Sports Chief
July 5, 2022

Following a losing season in 2021, the Oregon State University Softball team spent this year making up for those losses. Composed of one of the youngest college softball teams in America, the...

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