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FriDAY, JANUARY 18, 2013 • OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY CORVALLIS, OREGON 97331
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OSU Professors held a reception for their photography on Wednesday By Alice Marshall The Daily Barometer
The current exhibit at Fairbanks Gallery showcases artwork of the five photography instructors at Oregon State University. Julia Bradshaw, Chris Becerra, Steve Anchell, Harrison Branch and Jim Folts use a variety of processes to express themselves through photography. A reception was held in Fairbanks Gallery on Wednesday. The event was open to the public and the majority of attendees were students and faculty of OSU. Discussions of processes, content and composition prevailed as the artists shared their work with guests. Bradshaw exhibited a series of works rooted in the concept of the relationship between
books, photography and their ever-developing relationship with society. Her experiments with color and time in her compositions, and her use of inkjet and silver gelatin processes have produced an enticing collection of photographs. Bradshaw’s exhibit welcomed attendees as they entered the building. She included a tryptic composition of photographs of stacked books. “The association with time is all about what photography is,” Bradshaw said. “Upon seeing them, the viewer will relate to them because of their orientation. They are impossibly tall. What I like about photography is that it causes questions to arise about what is real and not real.” Bradshaw gave a few hints at her secrets to creating these photographs, but preserves the mystery by not giving away too much
information and leaving it to the viewer’s imagination. She plays with colors and the nature of their values in her compositions of stacks of worn book pages. Branch explained his traditional process to guests of the reception. Through use of a silver palladium, Branch creates achromatic compositions that air on abstraction and showcase the intricate patterns that occur in nature. According to Branch, the ancient process is not an easy one. “I expect to carry 50 to 60 pounds of equipment every time I go out to photograph,” Branch said. In support of this laborious process, the rewards far outweigh the load of equipment it requires which is evident in the meticulous details and archival appearance of his work. “I love to work in the dark Hannah Gustin| THE DAILY BAROMETER room and I will always work this way,” Branch said. “I still love OSU nutrition alumna Loni Mandigo looks at Julia Bradshaw’s work, titled “Red, Yellow, Green #1.” See FAIRBANKS | page 2
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The 100-plus-year-old OSU institution has fallen on hard times, looks to adapt as some call for its elimination By Don Iler
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The Beaver Yearbook office is in a forgotten second floor corner of Snell Hall. The walls are lined with yearbooks, arranged chronologically, and with posters from decades past promoting yearbook sales. A glance at the book spines quickly shows a trend: The newest books are the thinnest. A chart
on the wall tracks sales, showing the team’s goal and sales this year. So far 125 books have been sold. Beaver Yearbook has been around since the early 20th century, having originally been called “The Orange.” The yearbook, since its beginning, has chronicled happenings around the university, as it changed from Oregon Agricultural College to Oregon State University. From changing fashions to changing clubs, it is a capsule of an ever-changing institution. But the Beaver has fallen on hard times as of late. Last year, only 168 books were sold, and an external review of student media — of which
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The Beaver Yearbook office is located on the second floor of Snell Hall. The Beaver Yearbook has struggled recently, having sold only 168 books last year.
Beaver Yearbook is a part — called for the complete elimination of the yearbook. “The hardest part is selling the yearbook,” said Samara Simpson, editor of the Beaver yearbook. “It’s normally an easy sell once people know about it, but a lot of people don’t even know it exists.” This slide toward irrelevancy and diminished sales has been sudden and irreversible over the last four to five years. New social media, like Facebook, has made the idea of a yearbook antiquated and unnecessary to many students. And with only three paid student staff members to put it together and sell it to a student body of more than 25,000, the staff has been unable to convince many to buy the yearbook. “The biggest part is just getting people to know about it,” said Carly Chandler, Beaver Yearbook business manager. Currently the yearbook has submitted three options to the Educational Activities Committee for continued operations. One is to continue operations as they have been, producing only a printed copy. The second is to produce a digitalonly copy, having three staff members spending the year documenting and taking photos of events and students. The third would be to produce a digital-only version that would be available to all, and also to print a limited run of 40 copies. “My original recommendation was Beaver Yearbook had grown past its lifespan and we should look at a digital-only publication,” said Julia Sandidge, director of student media. “But after talking to the library and university archives, we realized that eliminating the yearbook would affect research at the university.” An external review of student media completed See YEARBOOK | page2
Chinese performances bring cultures together n
Performers from the Henan Museum of China brought their ancient history to life yesterday with music, dance By Lara von Linsowe-Wilson The Daily Barometer
This week, Oregon State University was honored to host a night of Chinese cultural immersion in collaboration with the Huaxia Orchestra of the Henan Museum. Arranged by the School of Arts and Communication, many OSU students, staff and community members gathered in the LaSells Stewart Center on Thursday for the event. Throughout the evening, the Huaxia Orchestra performed and so did Kung Fu artists from the Shaolin Temple. Traditional music mixed with the sharing of ancient Chinese history to form a creative environment. The Huaxia Museum, formed back in 2000, is known for being one of the oldest collections in China. The performance took place in three parts, beginning with a presentation and concert of authentic ancient instruments. Some of the ancient instruments featured includSee CHINESE | page 2