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Country mystery concert to raise money for cause
MONDAY MARCH 31, 2015 VOL. CXVII, NO. 105
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Errors, other obstacles complicate registration By Jyssica Yelas
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Construction to increase the number of bells in the bell tower continues.
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Anxiety medication efficacy questioned
Courtesy of Steve Holy
The 2012 Mystery Concert, which also took place in the LaSells Stewart Center, featured Steve Holy and Jackson Michelson.
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We’ve had amazing artists every year, so people know they’re going to get a good concert.
Fish disease may be linked to pollution
Scott Schuler,
Program director for KRKT
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The discovery of publication bias and outcome reporting bias in clinical trials of antidepressant medications used to treat anxiety disorders raises questions about the drugs’ effectiveness, according to a press release from Oregon State University. Researchers from Oregon State University, Oregon Health and Human Science University and the Netherland’s University of Groningen reviewed the evidence and research given to the Food and Drug Administration on drugs used to treat anxiety disorders. According to the press release, researchers found that studies that had negative data on drug efficacy were much less likely to get published than those showing positive results from the drug. Annelieke Roest, a researcher from University of Gronigen, said in the
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Construction to raise the Oregon State University bell tower to a height of 79.5 ft. will continue until the projected completion date of May 1, 2015, according to Cynthia Sprenger, the business process manager with the division of finance and administration. The tower was originally 69.7 ft. The height increase will accommodate four more bells, bringing the total number of bells to nine, according to Sprenger. The bells are all cast bronze. With more bells, the tower will be
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Courtesy of Steve Holy
The Mystery Concert, put on by the Oregon Jamboree, raises money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Charity concert for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to withhold name of main act from audience until mere hours before event
star’s identity closely. For the past four years, they’ve put on a series of successful charity shows for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital by straying from tradition and appealing to audience’s natural curiosity. If country fans have any reservations about paying for a mystery artist, it hasn’t By Chris Correll shown in ticket sales. THE DAILY BAROMETER “Generally, that concept doesn’t always work,” said For the past few weeks, Oregon’s country music lovers have been pre-ordering tickets for a special concert Scott Schuler, program director for KRKT, “(but) we’ve held yearly at Oregon State University’s LaSells Stewart had amazing artists every year, so people know they’re going to get a good concert.” Center. Past mystery performers — James Otto, Steve Holy, There’s as much preparation and hype surrounding the event as any other A-list performance, but with Brett Eldridge and Jo Dee Messina — have boosted the one small difference: As of this article’s release, none of show’s reputation to the point that concert-goers feel the buyers actually know who they’re going to see, and confident they’ll be treated to a pleasant surprise. The they won’t find out until a few hours before the show ambiguity becomes its own effective marketing, while the money being donated to charity also helps fill seats. Wednesday night. The venue typically sells out well before concert day. KRKT Radio and the Oregon Jamboree music festival, Oregon Jamboree Marketing Manager Teresa Stas the state’s largest country music venue — located in See CONCERT | page 3 Sweet Home — guard the secret of their Mystery Concert n
While many students are going into week one of the term week with their class schedules decided and final, some have encountered bumps along the way and are struggling to complete them. One student who has faced a scheduling obstacle is Umar Alkhamis, a freshman in pre-computer science. Alkhamis dropped his math 112 course from his schedule, only to realize immediately that he needed to take the course this term after all. He promptly went to re-register for the course, only to receive an error falsely stating he had not completed the required prerequisite courses. “It’s the first time (this has happened),” Alkhamis said. Waitlisted classes add another level of complexity to scheduling. Students waitlisted for classes are notified by email when spaces become available. If students aren’t quick on their feet — or fingertips — to register for the course, they’re dropped from the waitlist: They have 24 hours following the email to register for the waitlisted class. Karli Gabica, a junior in human development and family sciences, was on the waitlist for a writing course for two weeks long before receiving a notification email upon her return from Cabo San Lucas over the break. “I almost had only 11 credits for spring term. If I would have gotten off of the waitlist while on spring break,
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Human pollution may be affecting oceans and the species living within them as deep as a mile down, according to a press release from Oregon State University. Researchers from OSU and England’s Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science have found that fish living from 2,000 feet to one mile down in the water column have liver pathologies, tumors and other health problems potentially caused by human caused pollution, according to the release. The study was conducted in the Bay of Biscay near France, on deep-water marine fish species such as black scabbardfish, orange roughy, greater forkbeard and others. Michael Kent, professor of microbiology at OSU and a co-author of the study, said in the release that the pathological problems of the fish are the same type that are seen with toxin and carcinogen exposure. See POLLUTION | page 3
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