Oregon State University Alumni Association
July 21, 2006
Volume 7, Number 15
A free, weekly collection of links to news stories about OSU
How are items chosen for Beaver Eclips?

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Special notice:
There will be no Eclips next week, but it will return on August 4.

Hot topics

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Wilson left local legacy
R.C. Wilson’s contributions to Corvallis can be found all around us — literally. If you’ve lived in the Benton County area for any amount of time, you’ve likely been inside and are familiar with many of the structures that Wilson and his company constructed beginning in the 1950s.
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Board to request $256 million more
The State Board of Higher Education will request a $256 million boost in state support for Oregon’s seven public universities in the next biennium. During its meeting this week at Portland State University, the board approved a $988 million budget request proposal, up from $732 million in the current biennium.

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Renewable energy focus of OSU lab
For most people outside the College of Engineering, the basement of Dearborn is probably not a common place to venture. But in this underground space lies what may be OSU’s best-kept secret — the Motor Systems Resource Facility.
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Material Could Lead To New Generation Of Electronics
Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered a "dielectric" characteristic of an existing compound that might be used in the electronics industry to address heat buildup, one of the fundamental limiting factors in making small computers and other electronic devices.

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Orange and Black Ball to be signature event
Beavers and Beaver supporters are cordially invited to attend the OSU Alumni Association's first annual Orange and Black Ball on Saturday, September 16 at Portland's Montgomery Park, from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. If you are an Oregon Stater, the Orange and Black Ball will be the place to be on September 16.
Lodging information, reservations, more details are available here.
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Corvallis High graduate dies in Baghdad blast
Staff Sgt. Jason M. Evey, 29, of Stockton, Calif., was the son of former lobbyist John Evey, who later worked in the development department at Oregon State University in the 1990s.
News
UO, OSU presidents get 2nd pay raises

Tsunami Kills at Least 262 on Java Island

Oregon specialist will learn in France

Kids dig into archaeology

Peak experience

Astronaut Pettit shares space station tales

OSU receives $1.5 grant from Howard Hughes Medical Institute

OSU Names Interim Food Innovation Center Experiment Station Leader

Energy Experts Look to Future in Portland’s City Club

Evidence of coffee's benefits is drip-dripping out of the research

MU’s crowning glory

Sports

Blocker to Doctor -- Matt Brock

Gebhardt Earns NGCA Academic Honor

Casey wise to stay at OSU’s bat

A payout for paying your dues

Knight and Casey show true character

Philosopher at the plate

Beavers sign pro contracts

OSU pitcher recovering from an apparent hit-and-run

Baseball’s new scoreboard more tangible proof of program’s progress

OSUAA Updates
Are you a member yet?

Members of the OSU Alumni Association receive a wide variety of benefits, ranging from reduced or free admission at many events to a beautiful campus calendar, to access to campus facilities and programs. Best of all, OSUAA members help make OSU stronger.

Alums to gather for smooth jazz in Portland
The OSUAA has reserved two private suites totaling 52 seats at PGE Park in Portland for the Smooth Jazz Summer Jazz Summer Concert to be held on Sunday, July 23 (Click here for details about the concert.)  The special reserved ticket price for the nine-hour concert is only $50 for association members, $60 for nonmembers.  For more information call the OSUAA at 1-877-305-3759.


Navigate New Zealand's North & South Islands aboard the 128-passenger Clipper Odyssey
Oregon State University invites you to explore New Zealand during the austral summer with President Ed Ray and his wife Beth, along with Jeff Todd, Executive Director of the OSU Alumni Association aboard Clipper Cruise Line. Departing February 18 – 28, 2007


How are items chosen for Beaver Eclips?
Beaver Eclips is a free service of the OSU Alumni Association. Its main purpose is to provide alumni and friends of OSU with a sense of how Oregon State has been portrayed in the news media over the past week. Items are selected by the staff of the Oregon Stater and by other OSUAA employees. Inclusion of an item in Eclips means only that we think it's interesting and/or important, and does not constitute an endorsement of its point of view or its journalistic accuracy.

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