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Cloud and Kelly’s, The Downward Dog owner opening third Corvallis restaurant By Emma-Kate Schaake THE DAILY BAROMETER
Construction on the old Brew Station property is the preparation for a new restaurant, The Red Fox Cafe, the newest culinary venture of Corvallis restaurant owner Cloud Davidson. Since the popular campus cafe and bar, The Brew Station, closed in June 2013, its lot has remained empty, with only rumored whisperings of a new business opening in its place. Davidson, owner of Cloud and Kelly’s and The Downward Dog, began planning for the new venture in November 2013, with exterior changes visible at the start of winter term. The Red Fox Cafe will be similar to his other two restaurants in many ways, but the cafe will serve breakfast and coffee, catering to the high density of students on campus in the mornings. It will also serve lunch, dinner and evening drinks. “I am going to apply the similar style of downtown to campus,” Davidson said. “I just know what works and I do what I do well, so I will stick with that.” Like his first two restaurants, the
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OSU’s board of trustees meet for first time Thursday, cover board logistics; members to meet Friday before breaking until March By Sean Bassinger THE DAILY BAROMETER
The first of two meetings for Oregon State University’s new board of trustees concluded with the establishment of a board chair, vice chair and three initial committees. Pat Reser, chairwoman of Reser Fine Foods, was selected as the board’s new chair. Darald Callahan, former president of Chevron Chemical, was selected as vice chair. Both were selected unanimously. The appointed committees include an academic strategies committee, finance and administration committee and executive and audit committee. Held at the CH2M Hill Alumni Center, the board convened between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. A follow-up reception took place at the Native American Longhouse until 7 p.m. Before Reser and Callahan were selected as chair and vice chair, board secretary Megan Reeves went through a brief overview of Senate Bill 270 and where it currently places the board in regards to governing abilities and organization.
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OSU President Ed Ray and board secretary Meg Reeves engage in discussions involved with board formation strategies Thursday at the first board meeting.
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Regulations in place; patients to have access to Oregongrown medical marijuana By Emma-Kate Schaake THE DAILY BAROMETER
Starting March 3, medical marijuana dispensary owners can apply for a license to sell medical marijuana products to Oregon Medical Marijuana patient cardholders. Ryan Smith and Jake Lewis of RyJa
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With only a few species remaining, the Bornean sun bear, found only on the island of Borneo, is the world’s smallest bear. The bears are half the size of their cousin species, which resides on Malaysia’s mainland.
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Enterprises plan on doing just that. The business partners founded The Healing Center, which is set to open on Second Street and Jefferson Avenue once the licensing process is validated in March. On August 14, 2013, Gov. John Kitzhaber signed Oregon House Bill 3460 allowing Oregon Health Authority the ability to regulate and license medical marijuana dispensaries across the state. Oregon is See MARIJUANA | page 4
Student aims to save world’s smallest bear Jocelyn Stokes awestruck by sun bears in the jungles of Borneo in Eastern Malaysia, hopes to create awareness of species
Stokes, a professional photographer and a current post-baccalaureate Ecampus student in fisheries and wildlife, began her degree at Oregon State University while living in Belgium in 2011. “The Ecampus program in fisheries and wildlife has blown me away,” Stokes said. “I feel totally loved, By Dacotah-Victoria Splichalova THE DAILY BAROMETER supported and educated from so far away overseas Launched into the depths of an island jungle while carrying out my work.” Stokes began working at the Bornean Sun Bear in Eastern Malaysia, the high-pitch sound of acadias Conservation Centre in 2009. flying ring in Jocelyn Stokes’ ears. Her glasses fogged in the humidity, fountains of She spent one month lending her skills, photosweat poured from her body and soon her arms and graphing the bears for the center, and was hooked. legs were covered with leech bites. The bears led Stokes to return to her education at Here in the jungle, the brightest greens surround OSU, but she continues to work with them. her and air is muddied with a diverse collection of Sun bears get their name from a “sun patch,” a bugs she’s ever seen. distinct, bright yellow marking on their upper chest. Looking up in the trees, she saw the most beautiFor scientists, this patch is amazing. Each is comful little bears. pletely unique — like a fingerprint — making the Seeing these sun bears was an experience that bears identifiable in the wild. allowed her to endure all the discomforts of the For good reason, because in Borneo, sun bears are jungle. Here, Stokes watched the sun bears, located See SUN BEAR | page 4 on the island of Borneo, for the first time. n