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Oregon State Vice-President Arrested on DUII, Assault Charges

Police said that John Cassady's blood alcohol content was 0.18 percent, more than twice the legal limit.

(CORVALLIS) - Oregon State University vice president for research John Cassady was arrested last month on drunken driving and assault charges after crashing his car into two of his neighbors' garages.

The 68-year-old was booked at the Benton County jail and charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants, criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and fourth-degree assault stemming from the Nov. 18th incident.

Era of High-Speed Optical Computing is Approaching

The speed of electronic devices, the researchers said, is already starting to hit a wall based on the physical limitations of how fast electrons can move.

(CORVALLIS) - Physicists at Oregon State University have discovered a way to manipulate the transmission of optical signals in tiny wires, dramatically slowing, stopping or even speeding them up to velocities faster than the speed of light – a major advance that could open the door to a new era of computing and information processing based on optics.

OSU Alum to Pilot Space Shuttle, Help Rewire Space Station

Oefelein was a naval aviator, served on the U.S.S. Nimitz and attended the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School, TOPGUN.

(CORVALLIS) - An electrical engineering graduate from Oregon State University who grew up in Alaska learning to fly bush planes will make his first journey into space as pilot of the space shuttle Discovery, scheduled for liftoff on Dec. 7th.

William Oefelein, who graduated from OSU in 1988 before becoming a pilot in the U.S. Navy, didn’t dream of being an astronaut growing up, but he loved to explore.

Oefelein was selected by NASA in June, 1998, and was originally scheduled to pilot the space shuttle in 2003.

OSU Student Victim of Fatal Crash, One Student Still Missing

The two students were last seen on Hwy 138E West of Diamond Lake

(ROSEBURG) - The body of a missing Oregon State Student was recovered Tuesday afternoon from the North Umpqua River. She was one of two OSU students who were the focus of an intensive search after they were reported missing Monday.

Fatal Traffic Crash Tuesday on Hwy 34

Both vehicles ended up in the ditch on the north side of the roadway

(CORVALLIS) - A 19-year old Newport woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday morning on Highway 34 about three miles east of Corvallis.

Official say that on November 21st at about 8:40 AM, a 1992 Geo Metro was eastbound on Highway 34 near milepost 3 when it crossed the centerline and collided head-on with a westbound 2006 Honda Pilot.

The operator of the Honda, Leslie Ann Howard, age 61, of Albany, was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis with non-life threatening injuries.

Oregon State Fraternity Member Arrested in Shooting Incident

Investigation of this case is continuing and the findings are being reviewed by the Benton County District Attorney’s Office for prosecution.

(CORVALLIS) - Corvallis police, along with Oregon State Police, and Benton County Sheriff Deputies served a search warrant at 331 NW 26th Street, the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity house in Corvallis.

The search warrant allowed officers to seize evidence connected to the shooting of Dennis Sanderson in the alley east of the fraternity, which occurred on October 14th.

During the subsequent search, officers seized a firearm believed to have been used in the shooting.

OSU College of Forestry Celebrates a Century of Growth And Change

Major efforts are now in place to increase the numbers of women and minorities involved in forestry careers.

(CORVALLIS) - The College of Forestry at Oregon State University now has a student enrollment of more than 600, about 15,000 acres of college forests, 5,500 graduates and annual expenditures of more than $26 million, including 46 percent from grants and contracts.

The first degree program that began in 1906, however, was more modest.

There were four students in the first graduating class at what was then called Oregon Agricultural College, including T.J. Starker, a pioneer in the development of the Oregon forest products industry and whose family later sponsored the Starker Lecture Series that is prominent to this day.

Oregon State Researchers Discover World’s Oldest Bee

Researchers say the finding is key to learning more about the evolution of flowering plants.

(CORVALLIS) - Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered the oldest bee ever known, a 100-million-year-old specimen preserved in almost lifelike form in amber and an important link to help explain the rapid expansion of flowering plants during that distant period. The species, named Melittosphex burmensis, is long extinct. The findings and their evolutionary significance are outlined in an article to be published this week in the journal Science.

Oregon State Researchers Say Cougar Predation Important in Wildland Ecosystems

The findings are consistent, researchers say, with predictions made more than half a century ago by the famed naturalist Aldo Leopold, often considered the father of wildlife ecology.

(CORVALLIS) - The general disappearance of cougars from a portion of Zion National Park in the past 70 years has allowed deer populations to dramatically increase, leading to severe ecological damage, loss of cottonwood trees, eroding streambanks, and declining biodiversity.

Corvallis Library, Senior Center Offering Halloween Events

Events offer kids, parents, and seniors a frighteningly good time.

(CORVALLIS) - Children ages two through ten and their adult companions are invited to dress in their costumes and join the fun at the Corvallis-Benton County Library’s annual Halloween Party on October 31st from 4:00 to 6:00 PM in the Library’s parking garage, 645 NW Monroe.

Children will play games, enjoy Halloween songs, eat healthy snacks and win trinkets.