Locally-Sourcing Your Thanksgiving Feast: A Resource Guide So You Don’t Have to Sleuth
Ah, Thanksgiving. If you get back to the root of this American holiday, it’s really all about local...
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Johnny Beaver’s Top 10 B-List Films: John Waters, Bruce Campbell, and of course, Ron Jeremy
Film buffs come in many different breeds. And while a good number of them would praise some of...
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Culture Fail: Two Candidates, Zero Options
While there can be no doubt that there exists a wide rhetorical gap on social policies between the...
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Corvallis Revolutionizes Safe Drinking Water: Wastewater Treatment Plant Pioneers Equipment by Local Company, ZAPS Technology
If we could monitor our water 24 hours a day, if we could know what level of contaminates...
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A Corvallis Advocate Haiku
autumn is tranquil that is, if you like school loans and the &^$#@! rain by Johnny Beaver...
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Mountain Pine Beetles: Disaster for America’s Grizzlies?
Few animals are as revered by Americans as the grizzly bear. With its lumbering posture, powerful stature, and...
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America’s 51st State?: Puerto Rico Votes in Favor of Statehood for the First Time in History… Or Does It?
In the recent election, Puerto Rico may have voted in favor of United States statehood for the first...
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Newspaper News from the Corvallis Advocate
– The Corvallis Advocate has been named the Corvallis Independent Business Alliance (CIBA) Business of the Week! Check us out...
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Playing What He Loves: Tony Furtado, World Class Musician, Comes to Corvallis and Eugene
If you’d like to hear a creative amalgamation of Americana, indie folk/rock, bluegrass, and jazz driven by a...
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Antioxidants May Not be as Effective as We Think
Antioxidants, specifically resveratrol, have been touted as the miracle cure for everything from cancer to aging, wrinkles, and...
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How Corvallisites Die: What Happens When You Kick the Bucket Locally?
Shooting pains filter down my arm, my chest is tight, and I feel myself mindfully drifting somewhere else....
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A Corvallis Advocate Haiku
Daylight Savings: As If I don’t already spend Enough on coffee. by Mica Habarad...
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Culture Fail: “Manifest Destiny” – Prejudice, Not Fashion
Remember that phase about a decade ago when all us silly Caucasian-Americans wanted Chinese characters tattooed on our...
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SAD Prevention: Got the Winter Blues? Give Yourself an Emotional Boost
Got the winter blues? You’re not the only one. SAD, or seasonal affective disorder, affects 10 to 20...
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Memristors at OSU: The Bright Future of Smaller, More Powerful Electronics
The technology that will power future transparent flat displays is continuing to be developed at OSU. Last month...
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Temporary Art Guild: Escaping the Frame
Nearly a century ago, Marcel Duchamp electrified the art world in typical trickster fashion when he scrawled...
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Willamette Valley Cider Roundup: Beer’s Eccentric Step-Uncle
In recent times, the United States has experienced an explosion of microbreweries, especially in the Pacific Northwest and...
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Movie Review: Go See Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas, if you haven’t heard about it yet, is one of the most diverse and broad films...
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