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The pitfalls, benefits behind credit cards

Without the proper knowledge, many students find themselves swimming in credit card debt

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Fry Profile 5-17-12

Frying the competition

Jace Fry has turned into OSU’s most dominant pitcher after turning down the pros

Stay in school, or go straight to the pros and make millions? It’s arguably the biggest dilemma young superstar athletes face in sports today. Full story

Illegitimate internships

Summer is approaching, which means it’s about time for college students to lock down summer internships. If you’re crazy enough to want to get into journalism — which naturally, some of us are — finding a legitimate internship is key. Full story

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Money Talks: The business of college $port$

There is a lot of money floating around athletics, which leads many to question their worth

College athletics is a billion dollar industry. Full story

News

New transcript notation for undergraduates

A new program at Oregon State University gives all undergraduate students the opportunity to be recognized on their transcript for their contributions to research or creative contributions to the arts, and gives an additional incentive for undertaking such a project.

Spring one-act play festival begins tonight in Withycombe

Starting today, audiences can come to the Withycombe Theater to see what Oregon State University theater students have learned about production.

House passes bill lengthening elections

In a quick business meeting, the Associated Students of Oregon State University House of Representatives passed one bill and tabled two others.

Hangartner bringing a broad set of knowledge to the classroom

Dr. Rick Hangartner might seem like a computer science or engineering professor when you meet him, and that is in fact what his background is.

Senate hears resolution in support of same-sex marriage

After passing through the gauntlet of last week’s House of Representatives meeting, two resolutions having to do with campus accessibility made it to the senate floor last night.
 

Sports

Athletes in the Twitter spotlight

Seventy-three years ago today, on May 17, 1939, the United States’ first televised sporting event was broadcast by NBC.
Since then, the world of sports has been forever changed.

Oregon State offense takes flight against Pilots

No. 23 Oregon State jumped out to an early 2-0 lead against the defensive minded Portland Pilots and never looked back, coasting to a 12-4 win at Goss Stadium Tuesday.

Baseball team narrowly escapes Salt Lake City with series win over last-place Utah

Just when it looked like No. 23 Oregon State would drop a crucial conference series to last place Utah, trailing by one run with only three outs remaining on the road in Salt Lake City, freshman leftfielder Michael Conforto came through with an RBI single to force extra innings.

Caryle 5-14-12

Pac-12 Track and Field Championships: Laura Carlyle finishes sixth in 1,500

EUGENE — Last year, Laura Carlyle ran the 1,500-meter race in 4:20.98 at the Pac-10 Track and Field Championships. That was good for a second-place finish.

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Illegitimate internships


Summer is approaching, which means it’s about time for college students to lock down summer internships.
If you’re crazy enough to want to get into journalism — which naturally, some of us are — finding a legitimate internship is key.

To the end of good television

I sat idly by and watched broadcasting services cancel show after show as we entered the months of April and May. I cheered when I heard that the “Walking Dead” would return, I cried manly tears when I was informed that “House” would have its series finale, and I felt little emotion at the long list of failed shows that met their demise to low ratings and overall horrible script-writing.

OSU objections to grad unionization are ludicrous

You know what? The same is true of represented graduate assistants. And that holds true for both the academic and non-academic work — that OSU would dare suggest otherwise is a blatant insult to the work graduate employees of all kinds are already doing.

Letters to Editor

The assumption is often made that in capitalist societies, individuals earn their wealth, whereas in socialist societies, wealth is unfairly taken away from those who have earned it.

Redistribution of GPA points versus income

A lot of people agree with basic income tax policy, that we should tax the rich and redistribute income to the poor. The poor “need it” or just “need some help.” 

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