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No more talking about taking back the night
Men, women join forces to march across campus in protest of sexual violence taking place on college campuses
One out of every four women and one out of every 13 men will be assaulted throughout their lifetime, according to speakers at the Take Back the Night rally last night.
Two-thirds of all rapes and 90 percent of rapes on college campuses are committed by people who are at least acquainted with their victims.
Researchers throw punches at TV violence
REViEW program has been proven to reduce violent TV watched by school children
Children all around the world were transformed forever when Walt Disney introduced Mickey Mouse in 1928. His name was Steamboat Willie then, but times have changed. Bugs Bunny, introduced by Warner Brothers in 1945, couldn't have even foreseen the evolution that would take place in the realm of children's characters on television.
Civil engineers compete in Montana in steel bridge competition
Students put skills to the test by constructing steel bridge, concrete canoe
Students who are part of the American Society of Civil Engineers club recently traveled to Helena, Mont., to participate in the regional round of a bridge-building competition in hopes of qualifying for a national competition in June.
The conference was held the first weekend of April, and was divided into three main categories for competition: steel bridge, concrete canoe and writing and presentation of a technical paper.
OSU launches WordPress hosted blog site
Blog uses WordPress to allow students to blog from their university wesite
Oregon State launched into the blogosphere this year with its first university-maintained blog. Open to everyone with an ONID account, the blog is set up to serve as a central location for students and faculty to educate and express themselves.
Using software from the hugely popular program, WordPress, the blog allows users to post a variety of content online quickly and easily.
Generating heat from waste
Microproducts Breakthrough Institute teams up with OSU to utilize waste heat from diesel generators to cool instead of electricity
OSU researchers, in collaboration with the Microproducts Breakthrough Institute and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, are developing a new type of cooling unit that uses waste heat from diesel generators rather than electricity to cool military shelters and equipment.
