Fall 2023 19 PHOTO BY OSU SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES R E S O U R C E BEAVER BRAGS ڿ Barometer staff at the copy table in 1930. GO WAY BACK WITH THE BAROMETER NEW RESOURCE PUTS THE PAST AT YOUR FINGERTIPS. By Scholle McFarland In the days before students could peruse online event calendars or check friends’ Instagram and TikTok feeds, when you wanted to know what was happening at Oregon State University, your premier source was the Daily Barometer. Now, you can search the more than 14,000 issues of the student newspaper published between its first edition in March 1896 and the present day. The new digital archive is an easy-to-use resource of uncommon power. Because the entire collection is keyword searchable, you can efficiently seek out answers to questions that, in years past, would have required a trip to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center reading room and hours of thumbing through paper archives or microfilm reels. Trying to remember the name of your old favorite bar? Narrow the search by year and plug in a distinctive term or phrase, like “dimers.” Want to read about a key event from your days at school or find the personal ad that lead to your life-long romance? Try the same technique. You can take a look for yourself at beav.es/baro. QUOTE, UNQUOTE “This is the lesson I have learned: We become the stories we tell. It’s a frightening thought, but it’s true: You will become the story you tell about yourself. But it’s also hopeful: You have a choice.” Dr. Charity Dean,’00, co-founder and CEO of The Public Health Company, speaking at commencement. Watch at bit.ly/charitydean. 6,685 No. 1 57 34,000 DONORS WOMEN SQ. FEET gave a record-breaking $2.1 million to support students and programs during this year’s Dam Proud Day, the university’s annual day of giving. is what The College Post named OSU’s College of Forestry in a national ranking of forestry programs. — up from 24 in fall 2014 — belong to the College of Engineering’s tenured or tenure-track faculty, making it fifth in the nation among R1 universities for percentage of female engineering faculty. of housing for OSU’s Newport campus was approved and funded by OSU’s Board of Trustees in June. Construction starts this winter. Scan here to find current issues of the student newspaper.
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