Students neglected by SNAP
The current application process for food benefits in Oregon does not act fairly toward students who are short on money and need a way to feed themselves. Read More
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Cristina Himka
OSU Foods: Best Advice – Eat Off Campus
For those who frequently dine at OSU’s campus eateries—that means you, freshman, faculty, and staff—beware the (sometimes poorly) hidden unhealthy nature of those tasty dishes! Read More
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Culture Fail: Corvallis Could Have Stopped Walmart
There were two ways Corvallis could have stopped Walmart from building in town and city officials overlooked both—or maybe they just didn’t care. Read More
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Alcoholics Anonymous: The Good, The Bad, and Corvallis’ Alternatives
Alcoholics Anonymous can be supportive and beneficial for many—but for those whom AA doesn’t quite fit, Corvallis offers a variety of alternatives to help deal with drug and alcohol addiction problems. Read More
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David: Apple’s Customer Service Fail
Apple now has a computerized customer service system that tricks callers into thinking it's a real person. Read More
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Cristina’s Ultimate Bar Crawl: Turning 21 in Corvallis
Part of turning 21 in a college town is going bar-hopping—here’s how to do it right in Corvallis. Read More
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Culture Fail: Barbies of the World – Just Racism?
Barbies of the World: Still stereotypical, now racist? Read More
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Summer in Oregon: Keeping Out the Ants Without the Poison
Tired of those pesky ants crawling into your home? Don’t use a chemical product like Raid—use these safe tips to protect your house from ants without killing them, too. Read More
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Sustainability Class Offered at OSU
OSU offers a class every term that teaches sustainability to students and how to be an advocate of it for our overpopulated Earth. Read More
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CARDV Losing Huge Amounts of Funding
Corvallis’ Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence has had a devastating loss in funding that could lead to program cuts next year. Read More
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The Local Farms Versus Wal-Mart
As part of Wal-Mart’s new image, they plan to get 100% of their groceries from local farmers by 2017. They plan to invest money into the local farms in order to make them big enough for the demand, but is having Wal-Mart’s hand in your land such a good thing? Read More
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Culture Fail—Will the Trailblazers ever get it right? Guest Writer Cristina Himka
First the Portland Trailblazers passed on Michael Jordan in 1984 and then they passed on Kevin Durant in 2007. Our beloved basketball team could have had two Olympic basketball players scoring more points than most players and instead we got stuck with Sam Bowie and Greg Oden. Read More
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Veracity Spirits: A local flavoring of gin
Veracity Spirits, the newest Corvallis distillery, has just produced two new gins that, one of which, is created from natural ingredients grown right here in Oregon. Read More
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Melody Peña: local sculptor and graphic novelist
Peña has created a graphic novel designed to accommodate the customers of her fantasy sculptures in a way that will interest them in following more of her sculpture art work. Read More
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Who Wants to Bag the Ban?
In the next year, Corvallis will begin to see changes in their local shopping stores due to the...
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“We the people save the post office”
When this nation was formed and the Declaration of Independence was signed, all of the people had a...
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