VOL. CXVIII, No. 11
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Friday, september 25, 2015 Oregon State University
New building, new structure Kat Kothen | THE DAILY BAROMETER
OSU’s College of Forestry Dean Thomas Maness shows off a scale model of cross laminated wood.
Cross laminated timber offers environmental benefits, new possibilities for rural communities By Lindsay Free The Daily Barometer
For some, the impact of the recent decline in the logging industry has been a negetive one. Once-bustling sawmills stand silent and empty, while small communities dwindle as residents are forced to move to larger cities to find work. The use of cross laminated timber, a new technology in wood sciences, may help to revive those communities. Cross laminated timber is new to the United States, but has been utilized in Europe for the past two decades or so since its development in Switzerland. The wood panels are made by gluing layers of timber on top of one another at right angles. This gives the panels exceptional strength in every direction. Oregon State University’s College of Forestry is very excited about the possibilities for building with cross laminated timber, and chose to use it as the main building material in the construction of
the new Oregon Forest Science Complex, which is set to begin in March. The complex will feature two buildings, one of which will replace Peavy Hall as the College of Forestry’s home base. “It’s going to be a really modern, state of the art building made of all natural, sustainable materials, and we’re really going to feature sustainability in the construction of it and in the operation of the building,” said Thomas Maness, Dean of OSU’s College of Forestry. The second building in the complex will function as a laboratory in which both University of Oregon faculty and OSU faculty will conduct research on new types of building materials like cross laminated timber. This is part of a collaboration between UO’s School of Architecture and Allied Arts and OSU’s College of Forestry that aims to find innovative ways to design and build structures out of sustainable materials. In the past, wood buildings typically
could only support a height of about four stories. With cross laminated timber, wood buildings can reach heights upwards of 10 stories. The panels are massive, up to 80 feet long and 10 feet wide, but relatively light compared to other building materials. This makes building with cross laminated timber easier, as cranes can simply lift whole panels and set them into place. There are many benefits to building with cross laminated timber. Unlike traditional wood buildings, buildings made with cross laminated timber burn very slowly. There is no open space between the layers in the panels, and this lack of oxygen within the panels makes it difficult for fire to burn. In addition, wood structures are able to flex, and tend to fare better in earthquakes than rigid masonry buildings. Perhaps the greatest advantage to cross laminated timber is that it is sustainable. While concrete has a large
carbon footprint, emitting carbon dioxide through both the grinding of rock and the chemical transformation of limestone into concrete, wood actually isolates carbon dioxide. All of these benefits have led to an increase in demand and interest for cross laminated timber. DR Johnson Lumber seized upon this interest by becoming the first company in the US to be certified to produce cross laminated timber. “There’s a lot of business out there for cross laminated timber,” said John Redfield, DR Johnson Lumber’s Chief Operating Officer. “I spend half of my day talking to people about cross laminated timber and projects that they’re looking at doing.” Based in Riddle, Oregon, DR Johnson Lumber is an example of how cross laminated timber could help revive the
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Get to know your student leaders ASOSU president , Cassie Huber By Julie Cooper The Daily Barometer
Presidency can take its toll on even the strongest of people: bringing on prematurelygreying hair, an air of perpetual exhaustion, and a weighty sense of concern for the state of the world. It seems OSU student Cassie Huber, with her bright eyes, golden locks and everenthusiastic temperament, is more than prepared to ward off the negative symptoms of presidency this year during her time in office. Huber is a senior in communications, a proud member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, a San Jose Sharks hockey team fanatic and president of the Associated Students of Oregon State University for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Huber found her start with ASOSU during her sophomore year, as Director of Community Affairs. The following year, Huber took on the position of executive director of community programs, slowly working her way up to her current role as president. “I really wanted to get involved and make sure students’ voices were heard on the big issues that people were bringing up, and that kind of led me into my presidency,” Huber said. Huber has taken on the weighty task of representing an entire student body and advocating for its collective needs, but her determination to create positive change is enough to make the task worthwhile. “I really saw that there were issues going
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KBVR-FM Manager, Rose Kearsey By Julie Cooper The Daily Barometer
In today’s digital age, some claim that radio is on its way out. Oregon State’s student radio, KBVR FM, has been doing its part to keep radio alive and well since 1965. This year, KBVR station manager Rose Kearsey is doing her best to plant the seeds of radio DJing in the minds of future generations of Oregon State Beavers. Kearsey arrived in Corvallis two years ago with plans to follow in her mother’s footsteps by earning a degree in microbiology from Oregon State University. After grappling with uncertainty about her path, Kearsey dropped her major and declared herself undecided. Kearsey began to consider leaving OSU when staying enrolled
seemed to be no more than thousands of dollars gone to waste. A visit to her counselor left Kearsey with a solution to her purposeless drifting—a solution that, considering her musical upbringing, would later seem an obvious choice. “He was just like, ‘Oh, have you heard of the radio station? You should be a DJ,’” Kearsey recalls. “And I’m like, ‘We have a radio station? Why didn’t anyone tell me this?!” In February 2014, Kearsey began to DJ for Oregon State’s student-run radio station, KBVR FM. She started out playing 1950s rock music, later moving on to Brazilian jazz, and currently running a show featuring music by up and coming artists from her hometown
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