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2019 Poetry Contest

Out of 400+ poems entered in the contest, these are the 2019 winners!
The Source Staff

People entered over 400 poems into the 2019 Source Poetry Contest—a grand representation of the breadth of creativity in our community! We extend our thanks to the first round of judges—students in the low-residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at OSU-Cascades, and the second round of judges—local poets including Kit Stafford, Irene […]

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A Nation of Neighbors

Welcoming Week includes events aimed at fostering inclusion among immigrants, refugees and other community members
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Over two years ago, the Bend City Council signed a unanimous resolution declaring Bend a Welcoming City—becoming one of about 150 communities in the U.S. to join the network aimed at fostering inclusion and understanding among immigrants and refugees and the wider community. Welcoming Week, which takes place this week, include events such as a […]

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The Land Trust Model for Bend

Affordable + zero energy housing options
Abbie and Rick Sams

The increased cost of living has infiltrated every aspect of people’s lives—at the gas pump, the grocery store, heating or cooling houses… the list goes on. It’s gotten very expensive to provide just the basics. It’s no secret that affordable and attainable housing is a major obstacle for many Central Oregonians, too. In July, the […]

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Poetry Contest

Results of our 2018 contest
The Source Staff

The winning poems from the 2018 Source poetry contest—and a word about why they won, from the judges. The 2nd annual Source poetry contest was, like last year, a collaboration between this publication and the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at Oregon State University-Cascades. We received hundreds of submissions from writers in […]

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At OSU-Cascades, an Increasing Rate of Diversity

Among transfer and first-year students, a rate of 23 percent students of color
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Oregon State University-Cascades just released its enrollment numbers for the start of the 2018-2019 school year. One of the most striking stats: A higher rate of enrollment for students of color. Among its first-year enrollees, OSU-Cascades is reporting a rate of close to 23 percent—or 22.9 percent—students of color. That stat comes from a relatively […]

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OSU-Cascades Gets State Bond

The university beat its goal of raising $10 million from private donors
Chris Miller

Oregon State University-Cascades will be growing. The university announced June 28 it received over $10 million in private gifts, exceeding the philanthropic match required for state bond money for the next academic building on the Bend campus. These gifts—including private donations from the Tykeson Family Foundation, Charles McGrath and anonymous sources—combined with the $39 million […]

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Collabs for Creative Writers

Literary festival offers an outlet for writers and fans of the written word
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Picture a writer in her element.Does a lonely desk in a tucked-away locale come to mind? It might—but for a working writer, that’s really just part of the story. Doing the work of writing may very well require that quiet location—but afterward, the writer needs to sell her work, and often, to communicate with her […]

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Drink Like a Scientist

OSU Science Pub brews up beer and research
Annette Benedetti

Who says our Beer Issue has to be all about drinking beer in a vacuum of nonsense small talk? If you like drinking beer while watching “How It’s Made” or reruns of “Myth Busters,” then you need to attend a local Science Pub. The monthly events take scientists out of the sterile lab setting and […]

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