Beaver Eclips Oregon State University Alumni Association
March 30, 2007
Volume 7, Number 50
A free, weekly collection of links to news stories about OSU
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Nonprofit puts businesses in the green
In Portland, you’re hard-pressed to find an area that the locally based nonprofit Zero Waste Alliance hasn’t had a green impact on, and its influence nationwide continues to grow. The executive director and founder, Larry Chalfan, is an Oregon State University engineering graduate who spent 30 years in the semiconductor industry before getting the green bug.
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$100 Laptop
Two OSU undergrads plug into global computer project
The hottest computer around just arrived in Corvallis. The laptop looks like something made by Playskool found at Toys R Us but has cutting edge technologies designed by the open source community. What 20-year-old college student wouldn't want one? Problem is, although millions will be made, you won't find them at Best Buy or Circuit City.
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Legislative budget helps K-12 but hurts higher ed
As the budget numbers flashed from a projector onto a movie screen on the side of the Oregon House chamber, some legislators nodded approvingly - while others sat with their arms crossed.
Related story:
State Ed board wants to restore $9 million to regional colleges

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Beavers score 197.1000 vs. Titans
Jami Lanz took the floor during the Oregon State gymnastics team’s pre-meet meeting on Friday and let the Beavers know a 197 was within their grasp. Cal State-Fullerton was in town and it was the final home meet for the Beavers, who had scored over 196 in four of the past five meets but had yet to break the elusive 197 mark.
Related story:
All-around girl

News
• Family donates historic photograph collection to OSU’s Valley Library
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With the heaviest of hearts'
• Nuclear conference lights up university
• WavyWand developed by OSU alumni (Video)

•  OSU program readies students for college life
• Not ready for college?
• Researchers spend year at ends of Earth
• OSU vice president sentenced
• Hatfield Center aquarist issues urgent plea for replacement octopus
• OSU hosts Shoah week
• Saving Nemo: Researchers hope to reduce mortality in marine ornamental fish
• Juggling convention celebrates balance in work, play
• OSU's 2007 Art About Agriculture tour features both land and sea
• Native American art the focus of lectures
• U.S. timber payments have firm moral basis
• OSU professor recognized for contributions to land stewardship
• OSU business faculty member receives grant from Fulbright Scholar Program
• Educators seek review of College Now
• Debate about official state soil ripens on the vine

Sports
BASEBALL
• Beavers' sequel off to hot start
• Stutes, Grbavac blank Cal Poly
• Beavers Baseball report
• Lissman drives OSU to 12th straight win

SOFTBALL
• Competition gets tougher
• Beavers extend streak to six games

FOOTBALL
• OSU names Tide’s Ungerer as new special teams coach

MEN'S SOCCER
• Volunteer soccer coach leaves

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
• Nash overcomes illness

MEN'S BASKETBALL
• Men's Hoops Announces Team Awards

WOMEN'S GOLF
• Women's golf finishes third at Duck invite

MEN'S GOLF
• OSU golf takes second at Duck Invitational

Of interest to OSU alumni and other friends

Orange and Black cardAn Orange and Black Evening: A Gala to Celebrate OSU

The OSU Alumni Association proudly presents an elegant evening to celebrate the powerful spirit of Oregon State University and the myriad achievements of the university's students, faculty and graduates. Socialize with alumni, friends and campus leaders while enjoying fine food and hosted beverages. Dance to music by OSU alumna Barbara Lusch, one of Portland's best jazz vocalists, and her five-piece band. Renew old acquaintances, meet new friends and share your pride in the Orange and Black.
Date: April 20, 2007
Location: The atrium at Montgomery Park, Portland
Cost: $100 per person or $700 per reserved table of eight
For more information, or to register: www.osualum.com/evening

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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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