IN REPLY TO “PICKS: NOT JUST A NUMBER” (5/27) I stopped by Troy field on three different times this Memorial day. Each time, Tracy and some of her dedicated people continued to read the name, age, and town that our fallen heroes heralded from, followed by a single beat of the drum. The boards with […]
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Call of the Wild Gives a Pep Talk
Emilie Cortes delivers OSU-Cascades’ commencement speech about risk and fear
Emilie Cortes delivers OSU-Cascades’ commencement speech about risk and fear Emilie Cortes is a bundle of energy. She wasn’t meant for a desk job, yet she spent 17 years as a financial analyst before ditching her job in San Francisco to move to Bend and take the helm at Call of the Wild, a company […]
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Land Use Board upholds OSU-Cascades decisions, appeal likely
OSU-Cascades has cleared another legal hurdle, allowing the university to move forward with construction on its new 10-acre campus on Bend’s west side. That is, unless and until the opposition group Truth in Site sets another one on the track. The Land Use Board of Appeals ruled Monday to uphold the previous decisions of Bend […]
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Poll Shows Majority Support for OSU-Cascades Expansion
A clear majority of Bend residents surveyed support OSU-Cascades’ planned westside campus, according to a poll released today by community coalition “Now for Bend,” which supports the expansion. The poll, which surveyed 300 Bend residents in April, was conducted by GS Strategy Group with a 5 percent margin of error. It found that 59 percent […]
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Brain Magnet or Brain Drain?
About a month ago, Oregon State University president Edward Ray stopped by the Source offices. He was between visiting the proposed 10-acre site for the new Cascades campus and delivering his State of the University speech. Ray was animated about the reasons for and virtues of a four-year campus in Bend, which is currently in […]
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Side Notes 5/14-5/21
OSU-Cascades announced that Emilie Cortes will give the commencement speech for the Class of 2015 on Sunday, June 14. Once a San Francisco investment professional, Cortes left her 17-year career to follow her passion for adventure travel and mountaineering. She now serves as the president for Call of the Wild Adventures, Inc., which leads adventure […]
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Letters 3/31-4/7
IN REPLY TO “GOTTA TRY ‘EM ALL” (1/7) Spread the word folks….Crow’s Feet Commons is searching for two food carts to operate in the Mirror Pond Plaza. Something that would accommodate their outrageously awesome cafe and tap room. Free rent, incredible views and great opportunity. Give them a call to get more information. —David Marchi […]
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State of the Market Case Study
OSU-Cascades expansion brings construction jobs
That college campuses have an economic impact on their neighboring communities is undeniable. But while that impact is most frequently measured in terms of expenditures—an increase, for example, in the quantity of coffees or school supplies purchased—the effects begin to be felt even before the first student arrives. That’s because building a college campus is […]
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“Dearly Departed” brings authors of yesteryear to Tin Pan Theater
Tomorrow night at 7:00 pm a group of wildly famous, uber-talented authors will be hanging out at Bend’s Tin Pan Theater. And, get this, they’re all dead. Writers such as Oscar Wilde, Gerturde Stein, and Dorothy Parker will be brought to life again by students of the OSU Cascades Low Residency Creative Writing MFA Program—and […]
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Side Notes 2/11-2/18
Central Oregonians are known for their independent spirit. And, now, there’s a (major) party for that. Secretary of State Kate Brown announced Monday that the Independent Party of Oregon—also known as the party people sometimes join when then mean to register as “unaffiliated”—is officially a major political party (a bragging right previously reserved for Democrats […]
