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MONDAY MARCH 10, 2015 VOL. CXVII, NO. 101
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Corvallis Arts Walk n
Monthly city art collaboration, Corvallis Arts Walk, approaches half-year anniversary, seeks involvement of OSU By Chris Correll
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The Corvallis Arts Walk, a tour through the city’s unique art scene organized by more than a dozen local businesses, will soon reach its sixth month of activity. With expansion in mind, the business owners/resident artists are looking to the university. Last October, several artists and studio heads came together with a plan to combine their downtown locations into one large public event. Every third Thursday of the month from 4 to 8 p.m., gallery venues, private studios and restaurants with an artistic flair have been opening their doors to walkers as they visit each stop from 8th to 2nd Street. Jennifer Lommers, the owner of Studio 262 and one of the original Arts Walk contributors, said every stop on the path features some kind of special interactive event, whether Courtesy of Brittney West Courtesy of Jennifer Lommers it’s learning “faux marbling” techArts Walk promotional illustration of Allen Ginsberg. Created by artist niques, browsing jewelry or viewing Local artist Brittney West works in her studio. West opens her work space to the public during Arts Walk. See ART | page 4 Christopher Robert Adams.
Business dean to retire in June, talks experiences at OSU n
As dean’s retirement approaches, Ilene Kleinsorge reflects on her career By Hanna Brewer THE DAILY BAROMETER
Ilene Kleinsorge has had quite the life: She was a nurse for nine years, then became a certified public accountant. When she realized that she did not want to continue in that line of work, she went back to school to major in health care and minor in accounting at the University of Kansas. She wanted to be able to integrate her interests together Ilene Kleinsorge with education. Kleinsorge, the dean of the College of Business, Sara Hart Kimball chair of the College of Business and executive dean of the division of business and engineering, will retire from Oregon State University June 30. See DEAN | page 3
Students share squirrel run-in stories Master’s student conducts Oregon State University students’ research on leukemia lives intertwine with squirrels “I once played my Native American flute for a squirrel,” said Mark Schmidt, a senior in microbiology. “It was sitting near the base of a tree, and as soon as I started playing, it By Jyssica Yelas turned around and just watched me, twitchTHE DAILY BAROMETER ing its head from side to side, for at least two The state of Oregon is home to 15 differ- or three minutes. It was the strangest thing ent types of furry-tailed mammals we know ever. I, apparently, unintentionally became as squirrels, but Corvallis and Oregon State a squirrel charmer.” University seem to have their own particuSee SQUIRRELS | page 2 larly curious bunch. n
Justin Quinn
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Students in Corvallis sometimes encounter squirrels, which are frequently found on campus as well as in the community.
Certain jobs should not require academic degrees Forum, page 7
Applied biotechnology master’s student to intern in Seattle to continue research on children’s cancer n
By Courtnee’ Morin THE DAILY BAROMETER
Tackling one of the biggest foes in the field of medicine, Sarah Layoun Thompson is working to better understand cancer. There is still a lot left to be understood about the different forms of cancer, as well as the differences that may present themselves in cancer present in adults versus children. That is what Thompson, a graduate student in the applied biotechnology master’s program at Oregon State University, is trying to find out. Thompson’s degree requires an internship, as well as research outside of OSU, which she is planning on completing next term at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. At the center Thompson will be studying pediatric leukemia, similar to work she has done previously at Oregon Health and Sciences University. At OHSU, Thompson began research on ways to provide more targeted treatments for children with cancer, and how to move away from the currently common chemotherapy treatments. “Chemotherapy is so invasive, and it’s very debilitating, both to adults and children. The kids can’t go to school while they’re being treated, and even worse, it doesn’t always work,” Thompson said. “So, we wanted to look at treatments that directly go after cancer to help increase life expectancy and allow the kids to get back to their lives.” During her time at OHSU, Thompson and other researchers’ work was published in the peer-reviewed journal Cancer Cell on March 9. See CANCER | page 2
Chris Correll reviews “House of Cards” season 3 A&E, page 8