Good Sam Scheduling Update: Nurses See No End to Crippling Shifts
At the end of recent nursing union contract negotiations, Good Sam leadership promised that an open forum of...
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New Issue: September 26th, 2013
In this week’s Corvallis Advocate… Oppose the Pipeline? Non-Violent Protest Training Scheduled SEIU Prepares for Possible Strike: Things...
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Euro Soccer School Comes to Corvallis: New Option for Kids Kicks Off
There’s a new kids’ soccer option in Corvallis, brought here by an Englishman relocated from Florida. It’s called...
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OSU Rakes in the Grants: Boosts Local Economy and Startups
While other universities are struggling to bridge funding gaps caused by sequestration and declines in state and federal...
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Fruits to Roots: Early Fall Harvest in Corvallis
I always look forward to the way morning and evening light begins to shift in the last weeks...
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Culture Fail: Weddings… A Great Reminder of How Far We Have Yet to Go
Marriage – the current favorite thing to debate in our country. I’ve learned a lot about it lately,...
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Fourth Annual Car Free Day: Go Carless and Celebrate This September 22nd
Car Free Day is nearly upon us, so start polishing those shoes and greasing up the bike chains!...
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Oregon Marriage Equality Update: The Institution Has Had a Great Summer
With the overturning of portions of DOMA in June and two recent enormous infusions of support from both...
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New Issue: September 19th, 2013
In this week’s Corvallis Advocate… OSU Rakes in the Grants: Boosts Local Economy and Startups Fruits to Roots:...
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Review: The World’s End… Final Cornetto Trilogy Film Is a Bizarre Work of Genius
This will most likely be the most difficult thing I’ve ever written. Let me be totally clear –...
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Comcast, You Suck! Bad Service, Terrible Attitudes and Other Horrors
There’s a common saying about how “There’s _____ and there’s ______, and then there’s _____,” where the final...
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Calendar Picks of the Week!
Osborn Aquatic Center Friday Night Movie. 1940 NW Highland Dr. Friday, Sept. 20, 7-9 pm Have you found...
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Invisible Illnesses Month: If You Can’t See It…. It’s Still There
Scream. The thought occurred to me, scream for help. However, it was like a bad dream and when...
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Artist Profile: Ben Rozsa… Deconstructing Human Spirituality
When I first encountered Ben Rozsa’s artwork, I wasn’t really sure what to think. Not in terms of...
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Nurses, Samaritan End Contract Battle: Doors Opened For Scheduling Negotiations
Negotiations between the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) and Samaritan have come to a close with a passed resolution....
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Northwest Natural to Clean Up Bentonite Leak: Contamination Hits Mary’s River
Any time you hear about something spilling or leaking into a body of water rich in marine life...
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EPA Suspends New Pesticide: Bee Safety at the Forefront
In a small but important win for the increasingly endangered bees, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has suspended...
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