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MONDAY NOVEMBER 3, 2014 VOL. CXVII, NO. 35
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Ray: ‘We are not done’ Nicki Silva
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Lights flash overhead as Oregon State University President Ed Ray walks on stage to speak before the crowd of several hundred people, assembled for the Campaign for OSU Celebration Friday. The Campaign for OSU raised about $1.1 billion. The money will go to facilities, faculty and students at OSU.
Oregon State University celebrates nearly $1.1 billion raised by Campaign for OSU By Claire McMorris
Campaign for Oregon State University. “I couldn’t be more proud of this incredible institution,” Ray said in his address to the Blue and orange lights flickered through the crowd Friday, Oct. 31 at the Campaign for OSU audience as music began to play. The four- Celebration at LaSells Stewart Center. paneled video screen came to life in a setup that The Campaign for OSU began in 2007 and was glowed with technological advance. the first capital campaign for OSU and the first “And now welcome, President Ed Ray!” an of its kind in the state. announcer bellowed to a crowd of 800 donors, In 2007, the goal was to raise $650 million. faculty and students. When they reached that, they shifted it up to This was not the scene of a TED Talk or an $850 million. Seven years later, they’ve made it unveiling of the newest Apple product, but a to about $1.1 billion, almost double the original celebration of the nearly $1.1 billion raised in the goal. THE DAILY BAROMETER
The money raised in the campaign has gone to many different aspects of the university. Pat Reser, co-chair on the campaign steering committee and chair of the OSU board of trustees, said that the success of the campaign comes from serving the “tripod” of success at the university: facilities, faculty and students. Facilities such as Austin Hall and 27 others are a result of the campaign, as well as 77 newly endowed faculty positions and more than 600 new student scholarships. “In the last decade, the university has undergone monumental change at every level,” Ray
said. Ray also revealed at this celebration that the U.S. News and World Report just ranked Oregon State University as the 250th top university in the world. This puts the university in the top 1.5 percentile and the top school ranked in Oregon. “Everywhere you turn, there are exciting things going on at OSU,” Reser said. Many stories of triumph were shared during the presentation, including one by the keynote speaker, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, author See CAMPAIGN | page 4
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Martin Storksdieck, the director of the Center for Research on Lifelong STEM Learning, speaks at Friday’s seminar.
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Director of Center for Research on Lifelong STEM Learning lectures on STEM education By Kat Kothen
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The world is increasingly reliant on technology, and as America’s economy still struggles, many turn to the STEM fields for work. But questions remain about whether the United States educational system adequately prepares students for careers in STEM fields.
Martin Storksdieck, the new director of the Center for Research on Lifelong STEM Learning, discussed how education should change to promote STEM education. The seminar, which took place Friday, Oct. 31., was co-hosted by the College of Education and the College of Science. Storksdieck was previously the director of the board on science education at the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences and began his directoSee STEM | page 3
Oregon State football loses against Cal
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Officers from the Corvallis Police Department have identified what appears to be a string of burglaries of businesses in downtown Corvallis, according to a post from the CPD. The investigation started early Friday morning, Oct. 31, when officers responded to an alarm being set off at a business on the waterfront near Northwest Monroe Avenue. Officers found that the unknown suspect appeared to have forced entry into the front door and stolen money from the cash register and various other items from the restaurant. Through further investigation, officers learned that there had been two more attempted burglaries and four completed burglaries in the downtown area between midnight and 2 a.m. Friday. Each incident involved forced entry and appeared to be centered on stealing cash from businesses. There are no known suspects or suspect descriptions at this time. The CPD has publicly requested that any persons who were in the downtown area around the time of the burglaries call in to the police department if they saw any suspicious behavior that may have been related to the burglaries. The contact is Detective Christy Molina who is available at 541-766-6782. news@dailybarometer.com
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Nicki Silva
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Shu Wen Lin sings “Truth” in Chinese Sunday night at the Voice of Corvallis, hosted by the Chinese Association of OSU.
Students raise their voices OSU Chinese Association brings performers on campus together for Voice of Corvallis.
Some dressed casually for their performances. Others wore elaborate costumes. Many played the guitar while others simply let their voices speak for themselves, singing lyrics in both English and Chinese. By Chris Correll As a student organization, the ChiThe Daily Barometer nese Association is a resource on The Voice of Corvallis, a yearly campus for students integrating into singing competition organized by the a college life that, for many, is very Chinese Association of Oregon State different from what they’re used to. University, held finals Nov. 2 for the Li Xuanyu, the acting master of 20 remaining contestants to make it See VOICE | page 3 through the preliminary elimination.
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