Outdoors

Photo: Looking up into the sequoia grove in the Memorial Union Quad. 

From the quiet shade of towering sequoias to the sunny green lawns crisscrossed with walking paths, Oregon State’s Corvallis campus is a thing of beauty.

The mountains where Emily Self went skiing over winter break in Whistler, Canada. Photo courtesy Emily Self. 

One day during winter break, when much of the OSU community was relaxing at home, Army ROTC cadet Emily Self was frantically digging people out of the snow after an avalanche overtook her party while skiing in Canada.