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'Soot-In' protests the use of coal
Student government campaign for renewable energy at OSU takes on a new form Monday
ASOSU's environmental affairs task force organized a "Soot In" Monday afternoon in which students gathered to protest the use of coal as an energy source by the university.
Demonstrators were dressed in black and wore masks to symbolize the pollution caused by the utilization of coal and its emissions, said Naomi Tuinstra, a senior in environmental engineering who helped organize the protest.
The Weekly Download: Fighting meth, dancing Salsa and moving on up
John Haroldson will take over as Benton County's District Attorney later this month. He was appointed to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Scott Heiser. Haroldson's duties begin on Feb. 26
How does your job change now that you go from the chief deputy district attorney to the district attorney?
The biggest difference is that there is a greater level of accountability that the district attorney has, in that his position which is subject to an election as a opposed to chief deputy which is appointed by an elected official.
New Media looking for a new home
Growing program is on a far corner of campus, would like to move closer to the core
The new media communications program is looking for a home closer to the core of campus. So far, discussions have been unsuccessful for the six-year-old program.
Two labs and the new media communications faculty are stationed in the Oak Creek Building on 30th Street and Western Boulevard, several blocks away from the center of campus.
Method could aid dentistry
Engineering professor says bioengineering method could be applied to cracks in teeth
Methods used for bioengineering and by bioengineers at OSU are now being considered for dentistry in the future.
The "Kitagawa Takahashi diagrams" are a method that has been used for some time in engineering to help predict whether or not a tiny crack in an engine or structure is going to eventually cause catastrophic failure, said Jamie Kruzic, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at OSU.
Two killed in I-5 crash
Two women were killed Sunday night on Interstate 5 near Albany when their 1993 Saturn was struck by vehicle driving in the wrong direction.
The crash occurred in the northbound lanes shortly before 11 p.m.
Kjersten Oquist, 36, of Wood Village, Ore., and Angela Svendsen, 31, of Vancouver, Wash.
