Samaritan Backhands Nurses: Don’t Like Your Schedule? Have Worse.
Nursing is one of the toughest fields of work out there, and scheduling can make a huge difference...
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Surviving The Apocalypse (and other minor hiccups)
You’re sitting at the Crowbar, finishing up a toast to your buddy Ron who just announced he’s going...
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We Always Knew This Day Would Come… Our Dream of Brain-to-Brain Interfacing with Rats Comes True
Science fiction is becoming reality at the Harvard medical school. Researchers there have, for the first time ever,...
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Majestic Theatre Turns 100: Portland Cello Project Headlines, August 10th
Coming this August 10th is the Majestic Theatre’s Centennial Celebration, featuring celebrated Portland Cello Project, the virtuoso, multi-genre...
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Entrepreneurship: Hawaii Be Damned! Corvallisite Cloud Davidson Discusses Risk Management and Change
“I don’t think an entrepreneur is somebody who is willing to take a risk. Anyone can take a...
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Where Are They Now?… Hobby Lobby, Cupcakes and the SAGE Garden Hoe Down
Back in January, the Advocate “culture failed” crafting giant Hobby Lobby’s legal efforts to duck out of covering...
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A Day in the Life of a Caregiver: Low Wages, Long Hours and Incredible Responsibility
Names have been changed and details of accounts included here have been altered to protect privacy, pursuant to...
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Artist Profile: Miriam Morrissette… Keeping the Abstract Expressionist Tradition Alive in Corvallis
“Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye… it also includes the inner pictures of...
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Interzone Hits the Big One-Five: One of Corvallis’ Favorite Spots Celebrates at 2 p.m., August 10th
If you’d welcomed your first child during the same summer local alternative hotspot Interzone opened its doors for...
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So, OSU Chooses a Governing Board?… Here Are Some of the Pros & Cons
States around the nation, facing severe budget shortfalls, are cutting public services, raising fees, and using public service...
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Oregon Irrigation Threatened by Climate Change: OSU Researchers Match Snow Loss with Dire Outlook
Despite Republican assertions of climate change being a conspiracy theory, global mean temperatures are rising. In the Pacific...
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da Vinci Days Wrap-up: Science, Art, and Some Sweet Rides
The 25th Annual da Vinci Days event went off without a hitch, despite word traveling that a lot...
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Breaking Ground With iFarm: Creative Arrangements Help Small Farmers Get Their Start
Bright pastures, free-roaming animals, locally-grown greens—the call of the small farm is sweet like fresh-cut hay. But high...
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New Jazz City: Corvallis’ Music Scene Has a Way of Sneaking Up on You
A great thing about music: sometimes a phenomenal band forms, like a harmonic phoenix, from the ashes of...
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Finding Your Voice: How to Become a More Vocal Citizen
Want to become a more active participant in your community? Corvallis is known for its politically opinionated citizenry;...
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Concealed Carry in Corvallis and Statewide: Unholstering the Debate, Statistics and Laws
Carrying a concealed firearm is one of the most hotly contested rights we have in this country. In...
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Scalping in Oregon: State Law Gives Event Scalpers a Pass… For Now
The ticket resale market is a perfect little microcosm of our economy. There are dangers and unintended consequences...
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Artist Profile: Tyler Pedersen, Corvallis Poet
Tyler Pedersen is not the kind of guy who would draw your attention in a crowded room. Tall...
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