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Northwest Corvallis suffers power outage
Bird trapped in transformer caused 10,000 Pacific Power customers to be without power for most of the day; businesses close shop
Over 10,000 Pacific Power customers were left without power throughout most of Sunday afternoon. Tom Gauntt, a spokesman for the Pacific Power company said that the reason for the blackout was a bird that got caught in one of the transformers located between 29th Street and NW Grant Ave.
OSU's got a hop on fermentation
University's rare fermentation science program will host
The various research facilities on the OSU campus contribute a multitude of information to OSU's body of knowledge in a wide variety subjects from climate change to computer engineering.
But for the last decade, OSU has been one of the few colleges in the United States on the cutting edge of a subject that, while overlooked, may be of great importance to college students all over the country: making better beer.
Student Health absorbs increased cost of birth control
The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 increased cost of contraceptives for universities; OSU not affected
According to the Wall Street Journal, prices for contraceptives on college campuses are going up as a result of a 2005 bill, but health professionals at OSU say the students will not have to bear the extra costs.
In February 2006, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 was passed by congress and signed into law by President Bush.
Lite it up: the joys and negatives of smoking hookah
Students look to smoking hookah as form of social interaction - without considering down side
Acting like a keg of beer at a party, students can gather around a hookah (a water pipe) to smoke, exchange stories and talk with one another as they puff the night away.
In recent years, smoking hookah has been growing in popularity for many and has been incorporated into the college culture as a social aspect.
SPEAK evaluates speaking ability, but how well?
International graduate teaching assistants must score 50 or higher in order to be considered proficient communicators; some international students disagree on test's validity - administrators assure its value
Currently several hundred international graduate teaching assistants are employed by the university. All are required to take the Speaking Proficiency English Assessment Kit test, administered by the English Language Institute, before being hired as teaching assistants.
