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Photograph of the sun emerging through the trees on the Oregon State University campus on July 12. The summer weather is predicted to be hot and dry during expected fire season.

Hot, dry weather in forecast for Oregon this summer

Maya Lim, News Contributor
July 12, 2023

Clear skies and sunny weather are expected for the months of July and August, and another hot Corvallis summer is expected in the forecast.  According to The Weather Channel, this week temperatures...

Photo courtesy of Adriene Koett-Cronn, photo taken by Mark Farley.

Tsunami drill prepares Oregon coast in event of ‘The Big One’

Emma Coke, News Reporter
July 12, 2023

Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center recently hosted a tsunami evacuation drill to encourage Newport residents to re-evaluate or establish evacuation plans in the event of "The Big...

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...

Graduates and families of the class of 2023 share thoughts, advice

Riley LeCocq, News Reporter
June 27, 2023

Graduates of Oregon State University’s 154th commencement ceremony share their thoughts, favorite memories and advice for the classes of students to come just before entering Reser stadium, the morning...

Ettihad Cultural Center Director Zeena Faulk (she/her) poses for a photo on May 15 inside of Oregon State University’s Ettihad Cultural Center in Corvallis. “I encourage you to come here. It is such a nice atmosphere, and you will feel the warmth,” Faulk said.

Ettihad Cultural Center Director Zeena Faulk shares life

Ginnie Sandoval, News Contributor
June 26, 2023

Zeena Faulk, a doctoral graduate with over a dozen published translations, brings her background in translation and language to Oregon State University as the Ettihad Cultural Center director. Faulk...

Recreational Sports facilities will be under renovation this summer

Riley LeCocq, News Reporter
June 26, 2023

Throughout the summer, Student Legacy Park, the sand volleyball courts and multiple Dixon Recreation Center facilities will be under construction. Current construction-caused detours and closure throughout...

Allison Sakai standing in front of her installation titled “We Looked Like the Enemy”, hung in Snell Hall on June 2, 2023 in Corvallis. After receiving letters written by her grandmother, from her father, Allison quoted, “In my grandma’s writings, she included haikus that my great grandfather, Yempei Wake, wrote while he was incarcerated”.

Photographer forges ahead despite vandalism

Lucinda Boyle, News Contributor
June 12, 2023

It was not only the blatant racism, but also the politicization of a personal story that upset Allison Sakai when her photography project on her family’s internment was vandalized during winter term. “It...

Kyle Meaders (he/him) (left), JJ Colton (he/him) (middle), and Nathaniel Hannan (he/him) hosts of At Least It’s Not Rocket Science, get ready to record a podcast episode on May 1. at Oregon State University’s Orange Media Network podcast recording room in Corvallis. The hosts of the podcast At Least Its Not Rocket Science recently went to Alabama for an event hosted by NASA, in which the podcasters launched a rocket that they had been working on for the past year.

OSU student rocket science podcast finds success at NASA event

Gabriel Braukman, News Contributor
May 9, 2023

 A recent rocket launch hosted by NASA, and a podcast launch last November, both are the work of Oregon State University students through the “At Least It’s Not Rocket Science”.  Hosted in Toney,...

OSU’s spring family weekend includes series of events

OSU’s spring family weekend includes series of events

Jace Jett, News Contributor
May 4, 2023

To kick off spring family weekend starting on May 5, Oregon State University is holding multiple events for families and their students to enjoy.    May 5 Spring Family Weekend will be held...

Students on Oregon State Universitys campus discuss personal strategies to maintaining their mental health, photographed on April 14 at OSU in Corvallis.

Student on the street: What do you do to maintain your mental health?

Jace Jett, News Contributor
May 2, 2023

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so we asked students around Oregon State University’s Corvallis campus what they do in their own life to maintain their mental health. Anna Merrill (he/they) Music...

A City of Corvallis maintenance unit draining water from a local fire hydrant on Oregon State University’s campus, photographed on April 14 in Corvallis. City of Corvallis officials are working with OSU staff to determine how particles ended up in the facility’s water.

Update on particulate matter found in OSU water

Nino Paoli, News Reporter
April 28, 2023

More information surrounding the particulate matter found in water on Oregon State University’s campus on April 13 and 14 provided by the OSU director of communication and web explains how the situation...

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