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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Take Advantage of Summer on Campus
OSU during the summer offers classes, courses, and even a climbing wall open to the general public. Read More
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43rd Annual Oregon Country Fair
Likened to Burning Man and renowned for its eccentricities, the Oregon Country Fair returned to Veneta, Oregon last...
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Wal-Mart Opinions In the Town
Wal-Mart is coming to Corvallis with the intent of a store that acts like another Safeway, Market of Choice, or Winco. Read More
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Top 5 Trails of Corvallis
Corvallis is home to a ton of great trails, including these five favorites. Many trails are unmarked or...
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Hardcourt Bike Polo in Corvallis
On Tuesday evenings, on a local Corvallis tennis court or under a highway overpass, grown men on bicycles...
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Your Body on Sweeteners: The Good, The Bad, and The Really Ugly
The sweetener controversy has been around for decades, and continues to evolve with the addition of supposedly “better” sweeteners. Like many others, you may be wondering how to safely navigate the sweetener market. Read More
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Ways to stay cool in the summer
Oregon’s summer is on its way and the age-old question comes to mind: how do we keep ourselves...
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Sky High Brewery and Pub – The Sky’s The Limit
Last Wednesday, Sky High Brewery, owned and operated by the American Dream Pizza trio Scott McFarland, Brian Bovee, and Mark O’Brien, constructed a 10 barrel brewing system to become Corvallis’ newest microbrewery. Read More
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Edible Oregon – Dinner in Your Backyard
Wild food foraging can be a fantastic way to get in touch with your natural surroundings. Collecting foods from the Oregon wilderness, or even from your own backyard, will only enhance your respect and passion for our natural world. 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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Of Skirts and Men
Sexist hypocrisy towards men donning kilts on regular basis, how fashion is subjective, history of kilts, kilt types, where to find them, and how they differ Read More
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Gathering Together Farms Restaurant – Italian-Inspired, Locally-Grown
In 2003, local organic produce grower Gathering Together Farm opened a Farm Stand that has since blossomed into a full-scale restaurant with Italian-inspired cuisine made from locally grown produce and meats. The food is delicious and the prices are perfect - be sure to make reservations! Read More
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Ocean Power: A Perfect Fit for Oregon
The story is a legend at OSU: in the 90s, two engineering undergrads built a working wave energy...
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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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Why Buy Local
By buying from independent businesses, buyers ensure that their money will be put back into the community. Local businesses buy local, pay more in property taxes, and commit themselves more to projects and causes within the community. Read More
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The Evolution of the American Marriage
Marriage in the US has evolved significantly over time, and will continue to do so to meet changing social norms. For the most part, we’ve only gained marriage rights, although we’ve also seen a steady increase in divorce rates. And the good old days may not have been as good as you think – while early American courtship was certainly chaste compared to modern customs (if there really even are any), there were more pre-marital buns in the oven and more divorces than you may have expected in colonial times. Read More
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The Art of Burlesque: When Less is So Much More
Often referred to as “the art of the tease”, modern burlesque is a reinvention of a style of entertainment featured in Europe and America from the late 1800s to the 1940s. While historically shows were a varied mixture of comedy, acrobatics, boxing, theater, and later the infamous striptease, “neo-burlesque” focuses more on the comedy/striptease end of things. Read More
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