Day in the Life: Scott Kruger, Corvallis’ Food Service Inspector
When you head to a local restaurant, do you worry that you might get food poisoning? Probably not...
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Corvallis’ Transportation Program Specialist Weighs In: What the Heck Are Sharrows?
Shared lane markings convey the message that motorists and bicyclists must share the road—a concept particularly apropos to...
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Local Book Reading: Enough is Enough: Rob Dietz and Dan O’Neill Take on a Flailing Economy
Enough Is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources by Corvallis author Rob Dietz...
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Finally Time to Tell Your Valentine How You Feel? The Advocate Can Help!
Finally time to tell your Valentine how you feel? Or maybe you’d just like to give that evil...
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OSU’s Literary Northwest Series: Free Readings by Local Poets
Oregon State University’s Literary Northwest Series will host a reading from local poets Clemens Starck and John Daniel...
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The Tiny Home Revolution: Living Big in a Tiny Space
Even before Thoreau wrote of his experiences at Walden Pond, people knew that downsizing can be an important...
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Culture Fail: Oregon’s Highway 20: The Canary in the Coal Mine?
There’ve been so many problems with the Highway 20 “improvement” project between Philomath and Eddyville over the last...
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Violence Against Women Act Expires: Congress Won’t Support Expansion
Since 1994, the Violence Against Women Act has provided protection against sexual assault, stalking, and domestic violence, and...
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New Issue: January 17th, 2013
In this week’s Corvallis Advocate… OSU Students to Win Union Representation: State Recognizes Graduate Students as Employees Violence...
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OSU Students to Win Union Representation: State Recognizes Graduate Students as Employees
This month, the Oregon Employment Relations Board (ERB) ruled that all graduate student workers shall lawfully be considered...
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Food Carts in Corvallis: Are They Really That Hard to Start?
It’s 2:15 a.m., bars have closed, and you need a taco. Your friend wants fried rice with kimchi....
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Willamette Valley Takes on GMOs… Maybe. But Are They Just Sheep in Wolves’ Clothing?
Gene flow is not a new problem for American agriculture—farmers have been facing it for, well, as long...
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Movie Review: The Hobbit: An Unsurprising, Unexciting Journey
What began with a promising glimmer quickly descended into a madhouse of excessive CGI, “tastes like chicken” humor,...
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January Science Pub: Water, Electronics, and Energy
Science Pub Corvallis returns on Monday, Jan. 14 at its usual time and place with “Water, Electronics, and...
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65th Annual Celebrate Corvallis: Food, Fun, Awards!
Each year the Corvallis Chamber of Commerce, which enjoyed its 100th anniversary in 2012, hosts its Celebrate Corvallis...
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Is Corvallis’ Downtown Healthy? City Club Finds Out
What makes a city’s downtown district successful—is it plentiful local businesses, a bustling mall, or wide open green...
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Space Update: Asteroid Mining, Trips to Mars, Brain Damage, and Annoying Tourists
The silhouette against the backdrop of the afternoon sun seems at first familiar, yet something is not quite...
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Culture Fail: Dear Hobby Lobby, Learn Science. Thanks, Women
On November 29th, Hobby Lobby CEO David Green released a letter explaining the company’s decision to challenge the...
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