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Oregon State’s 7-3 victory over Virginia on Tuesday in the championship game of the Charlottesville Regional sent OSU athletic department officials into scramble mode as they made quick arrangements for a weekend NCAA Super Regional baseball series in Corvallis. If the Beavers defeat Michigan in the two-out-of-three series, they will earn their third consecutive trip to the College World Series in Omaha.
After weeks of behind-the-scenes jousting, Oregon lawmakers struck a bipartisan deal Tuesday on state support to universities, boosting spending 22.4 percent. The Ways and Means Subcommittee on Education voted 9-0 to grant $876.8 million to the Oregon University System for the next two years.
It's cool to rally around climate change these days, but taking real actions to cut greenhouse gases is not nearly as easy. bills that would reduce future greenhouse gas emissions are moving through the Legislature -- under less controversial titles, such as renewable energy and energy efficiency. "The cap-and-trade and emissions performance standard legislation both involved very complex issues, and it's clear there is a lot more discussion and education that needs to happen of what the issues are and how these two pieces are an essential part of the solution," said Jane Lubchenco, co-chairwoman of the Governor's Advisory Group on Global Warming and distinguished professor of Zoology at Oregon State University.
Oregon State University has named a new director to its School of Civil and Construction Engineering. Scott Ashford, a 1983 OSU alumnus and former CH2M Hill engineer, received his doctoral degree in geotechnical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and has been a professor at the University of California, San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering since 1996.
A strike by some Carpenters Union members is causing some minor inconvenience for a project at Oregon State University — but it could turn into a major headache if the walkout drags on. About 1,300 drywall workers, acoustic ceiling installers and some other specialists represented by the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters walked off their jobs Friday in Oregon and southwest Washington when their contract expired.
Prof. Robert Nye will give a speech titled “Why This Isn’t My Final Lecture” as part of The Last Lecture series, starting at 4 p.m. in the MU Lounge.
Jan Michael Looking Wolf Reibach, Kalapuya native flute player, will make a presentation starting at 6:30 p.m. in Gilfillan Auditorium. The presentation, which is free and open to the public, is the final session in a spring term course on Native American philosophies.
The Graduate School is holding an open forum today to meet Dan Rockey, applicant for the position of director of the MCB Graduate Program. It starts at 3:30 p.m. in ALS 4001. The director provides leadership and coordination for all aspects of the Graduate MCB Program and reports to the Dean of the Graduate School.
The Oregon State University Theatre will present a series of student-written, original one-act plays starting Thursday, June 7. Performances are scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. June 7-9 and at 2 p.m. June 10 at Withycombe Hall.
The College of Veterinary Medicine will graduate an historic class this Sunday, June 10, with its largest number of graduates receiving their professional degrees during the 25th commencement ceremony for the college. The ceremony starts at 1:30 p.m. at the LaSells Stewart Center. It is free and open to the public.
The Oregon State University Air Force ROTC Detachment 685 will host a change of command ceremony for the cadet wing leadership on Thursday, June 7, starting at 5 p.m. in Cordley 1109 at Oregon State University.
Reservations are being taken for the 2007 Beaver Community Fair, which is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 28, in the MU Quad.
The Office of Human Resources, Employment Services Department is offering hands-on training sessions for users of OSU's "Online Recruitment and Position Description System." Register…
RecSports/Dixon Recreation Center summer term memberships are on sale. Sign-up at RecServices in Dixon Recreation Center, 737-3736. RecSports also offers group rentals at the pool, gym, climbing center and challenge course.
Due to repairs on the industrial and domestic water line, all compressed air, industrial and domestic water, vacuum services and steam to Richardson Hall will be shut down until 5:30 p.m. today. This will affect all rooms, all restrooms and drinking fountains within the building. Info: Roger Admiral, 737-3163; or Rand Sether, 737-4275.
Due to annual maintenance on the campus steam distribution system, Facilities Services will shut down all steam services to campus from 11 p.m. June 17 to 5 p.m. June 21. This will affect all hot water and heating services. Info: Les Walton, 737-4395 or Gary Hanson, 737-7652.
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