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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 26, 2015 VOL. CXVII, NO. 93
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Johnson Hall construction begins March
Courtesy of Cynthia Sprenger
Concept art demonstrates the planned look of Johnson Hall as seen from Northwest 26th Street and Northwest Monroe Avenue. Construction for Johnson Hall will begin in March.
School of Chemical, Biological and Environment Engineering awaits future new home
Capital Planning and Development manager, a temporary driveway will be installed the first week of March to provide new access to parking spaces in the Park Terrace Place west lot. Construction fencing and trailers will By Abigail Erickson be put in place during the first two THE DAILY BAROMETER By next year, the School of Chemical, weeks of March. According to Sprenger, the buildBiological and Environmental ing will be located adjacent to the Engineering will have a new home. Construction on the state-of-the-art Kelley Engineering Center, which Johnson Hall is slated to begin March will require a partial closure of the Park Terrace Place west parking lot. 2015 and end in fall of 2016. According to Cynthia Sprenger, However, Sprenger added that with the opening of the new building, there n
will be no net loss of parking. “The replacement parking for the 107 spaces that will be removed to accommodate the building footprint is in design planning,” Sprenger said. “But it is expected to be constructed this year.” The building is named after Peter and Rosalie Johnson. Peter Johnson, an Oregon State University chemical engineering graduate, and his wife committed $7 million to the construction of the new facility, adding to the $13 million in other donations and $20 million in state funds.
According to Sprenger, the 58,000 square-foot building will include spaces for faculty, collaborative research labs and a center for improving recruitment of engineering students. “We are very excited here in the CBEE as construction efforts on Johnson Hall proceed and start to accelerate,” said Jim Sweeney, head of CBEE. “Johnson Hall will become the new state-of-the-art home not only for many of the educational and research efforts within our school, but also for important student recruitment and retention programs that span the
College of Engineering.” Samuel Benson, a sophomore in pre-chemical engineering, is also excited about the new building. “As an out of state student, two of the main reasons that I was drawn to OSU were its engineering program and its commitment to enhancing and improving the facilities that both the students and faculty have available to them,” Benson said. “Johnson Hall is a continuation of this commitment to the College of Engineering as a whole, See JOHNSON | page 4
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Graduate anthropology student plans research in Mexico to study education By Courtnee’ Morin THE DAILY BAROMETER
Student research can lead to all sorts of places. For first-year anthropology graduate student Jessica Anderson, it leads to Mexico. Anderson plans to travel to Mexico this summer to work on research gathering for her thesis. Anderson will focus her research toward indigenous education in Mexico — centered in the Puebla area — and how they see Western education in terms of their own traditional ways of learning. In her second term as a graduate
Professor Fina Carpena-Mendez. “My adviser told me to start looking at issues and topics that are currently being discussed in Latin America and Mexico, and I ended up choosing education,” Anderson said. “She then told me to think of potential research questions; it was a lot of back and forth with her until I had my question ready. Now I’m just waiting on funding, as there isn’t a lot of funding available for masters in anthropology, mostly Ph.D.’s.” Graphic by Eric Winkler Anderson’s research will most| THE DAILY BAROMETER ly entail interviewing based with student at Oregon State University, observations stemming from her Anderson’s thesis is still in the plan- three-month trip over the summer. ning phases. In order to put together She hopes to become part of the a topic for her thesis, Anderson community during her stay and conworked a lot with her adviser, OSU See RESEARCH | page 2 College of Liberal Arts Assistant
Majestic Theatre holds 2 performances of ‘The Vagina Monologues;’ sales help CARDV
Originally written by feminist playwright Eve Ensler in 1996, “The Vagina Monologues” is a frank, unapologetic look into issues of modern femininity. The play’s premise confronts a host of unconventional or seldom spoken of By Chris Correll topics in sex and gender. THE DAILY BAROMETER In a unique twist on traditional theThe boundary-breaking spirit of the play “The Vagina Monologues” ater, actors typically stand still while is being kept alive for its annual run performing: All of their impact must in Corvallis, with all proceeds from come from vocal delivery. The various tickets being donated to the Center monologues range from lighthearted Against Rape and Domestic Violence. See MONOLOGUES | page 3 n
Event discusses social justice applied to university system Panel of student groups, faculty discuss social justice at Oregon State
the question of social justice at universities, particularly at OSU,” said Joseph Orosco, associate professor in the School of History, Philosophy and Religion. By Jasmin Vogel The 100-plus attendees were able THE DAILY BAROMETER to speak out about issues of instituStudents, staff and faculty alike tional social justice they have seen crowded into a small Memorial on the Oregon State University camUnion room Wednesday. pus and concerns they have with the “This event was intended to raise functionality of the administration. n
“I think it’s really helpful for people to sit down and talk about personal experiences at Oregon State University. There might be issues that we are unaware of until we understand the issues we face,” said Emily Carpenter, a senior majoring in environmental sciences. The event began by expanding on the history of universities in North See JUSTICE | page 3
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Corvallis resident Malaya Lualhati, sophomore AJ Bartholomew and Corvallis resident Alycia Olivar rehearse their lines.
Dr. Fit discusses ways to improve positive thoughts for health Forum, page 7
Column: Federal minting of pennies completely pointless Forum, page 7