Road Rage: Bikes and Cars Battle

Traffic laws were not written for bicycles. That’s not just a mantra for militant bicycle advocates. It’s a basic fact. Bicycles are tacked to the vehicle code as an afterthought. The law reads, “Every person riding a bicycle upon a public way is subject to the provisions applicable to and has the same rights and duties as the driver of any other vehicle.” Read More
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MyDeathSpace.com: Where the Internet Goes to Die

A website called MyDeathSpace.com is making dying today a whole lot more public. The site is basically an archive of the dead, from celebrities like the recently deceased Whitney Huston to the everyday deaths of people around the world. Read More
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That Tingling Feeling: First International ASMR Day

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (colloquially referred to simply as the "brain tingles") is not officially recognized as a condition by the medical community, but there is a rapidly-growing contingent of us online, swapping videos of people doing nothing more than quietly telling each other what's going on in their lives. Read More
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Corvallis Farmers’ Market opens Saturday

It’s time to celebrate locally grown food, community and the arrival of spring. The opening of the 32-week outdoor farmers’ market season follows right on the heels of a 14-week indoor market season at the fairgrounds, leaving only six weeks without farmers’ markets. Read More
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Co-Existing with Cougars: Are We the Real Predators?

Jayne Miller is a woman of vision and passion, although having grown up on a 7,000 acre cattle ranch, it may be surprising to some where her adamancies lie. You see, while many have heard tales of ranchers’ frustrations towards feline predators whittling away at their livestock, or the campfire hearsay of cougar encounters in national parks and suburbs, Jayne wants to tell a different story. Read More
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The Trouble with U.S. Health Care, and a Possible Solution

According to the International Federation of Health Plans, we pay more for every single procedure compared to Spain, France, Germany, Argentina, Chile, Canada, India and Switzerland. There was only one exception: it costs more to have cataract surgery in Switzerland. And our costs are expected to rise. Read More
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Corvallis’ Hidden Housing War

The infatuation with OSU and its students seems to have helped to hide a growing problem: college towns come with college kids, and college kids come with parties. Late night rock out sessions, doing God knows what behind closed doors. The issue, however, seems to be that the doors have opened and students have come pouring out into the quiet neighborhoods around the city. Read More
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Holocaust Memorial Week

Oregon State University will observe Holocaust Memorial Week April 16-20 with a series of events, including an exhibit of letters from Holocaust survivor Sala Garncarz, a theatrical performance highlighting Garncarz’s struggles in a concentration camp, a talk about the genocide of native peoples and a concert by an acclaimed flutist. Read More
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