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Feminism, fun, free food for awareness
Student organizations, cultural centers take opportunity to inform, self-promote
The sporadic showers of the afternoon didn't seem to dampen spirits of those participating in the Feminist Fair, put on by the Women's Center yesterday in the MU Quad. Booths from different campus organizations and cultural centers provided information, small talk, and goody bags.
Taps on water lead to billion dollar industry
OSU professor examines sales of 400 to 500 Aquafina bottles per day, among other things
Water - the fuel for life. No living creature on the planet can last without it, and it is now becoming a $100 billion a year business.
In 2006, the world consumed 41 billion gallons of water, according to the Beverage Marketing Corporation.
Rich Turnbull, assistant director of university housing and dining services, said OSU alone sells 400 to 500 bottles of Aquafina water a day.
A life on the line, an experimental drug to try
Experimental new drug made by OSU professor offers dying child last chance for survival
In March 2007, a 2-year-old boy lay dying in a Chicago hospital bed, stricken with a rare affliction not seen since the 1990s. Known treatment avenues had failed, leaving doctors skeptical about the toddler's chances for recovery.
In addition to other signs and symptoms, the boy developed a severe systemic skin reaction that rendered him virtually unrecognizable.
OSU takes win in High Five civil war challenge
Showing of OSU's victory over UO in the High Five Challenge will be at McNary main lounge
"The triangular foss, helix, anti-helix, tragus and anti-tragus are names of the visible external parts of what organ of perception?" asked LeeAnn Baker, University Honors College faculty member. The correct answer is the ear.
This is just a taste of what kind of questions the contestants in the college version of The High Five Challenge needed to answer.
Police Beat
Arrests
3:28 a.m., Saturday, June 2 - 18-year-old Marcus Cuellar was arrested for driving under the influence of intoxicants and three counts of reckless endangerment. He was stopped on N.W. Van Buren Avenue and his blood alcohol content was 0.10 percent.
