Anne Ashbey, the two-year executive director of the The Ashland Independent Film Festival, will be stepping down from her position. The board of directors officially accepted her resignation. “I have made the decision to step down following the 13th annual festival,”…
Author: Tyler Jasper
“The Siskiyou” Adds Reader-Submitted Short Stories Column
The Siskiyou is happy to announce that we are starting a new column solely featuring content published by our student readers. If you’ve written a short story and would like to share it with the community, this is a great opportunity…
This Summer In Gaming: What To Look For In The Coming Months
Today will be a break from the usual formula of this column. As this will be the last Siskiyou gaming article for the school year, I thought that I’d talk a little bit about what we’ve seen so far this…
Interview with James Portnow of “Extra Credits”
As I’ve mentioned in past articles, there are several forces increasing the sophistication of video games. “Extra Credits” is creating awareness of it. “Extra Credits” is a web series written by game designer James Portnow and animated by Daniel Floyd…
Avenue Q Review
Editor’s Note: This is a more unconventional review. Tyler and his friend Zach Marshall reviewed SOU’s production of Avenue Q in a conversation form. Hope you enjoy it. Tyler: So, we just came out of the theater. Zach, what are…
AIFF 2013: Buzkashi Boys and Asad
Three shorts in this year’s festival were nominated for the 2012 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Though “Curfew” was hailed as champion, the other two films were nothing short of masterpieces. In the theater I overheard one…
AIFF 2013: Shephard and Dark
Sometimes the old ways are best. So it goes in “Shephard and Dark”, a documentary featuring the written correspondence of two best friends over the course of several decades. Their friendship and history through letters details two interesting lives, but…
Review – DLC Quest
Ben Kane is an indie developer that’s recently garnered a lot of attention with his newest title, “DLC Quest”, winner of Xbox’s Indie Game of 2011 (Despite being very popular on the Xbox, “DLC Quest” has only recently come to…
“A Good Day to Die Hard”: 93 Minutes of Loud Noises
Older action heroes are not faring well. Sylvester Stallone’s “Bullet to the Head” has tanked and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “The Last Stand” barely broke its relatively inexpensive budget. Fortunately for the producers, Bruce Willis’ “A Good Day to Die Hard” made…
“The Cyrano Project” Chronicles the Most Friend-Zoned Man in History
Despite being written over one hundred years ago, the classic tale of Cyrano de Bergerac speaks to today’s audience. In this adaptation of the play (adapted by Jo Roet for the SOU Department of Performing Arts) a line describes the…