The Southern Oregon valley is a large community full of activities and pleasurable sights to satisfy anyone’s personal taste. As summer approaches and things start to wind down the lure to go out and do more becomes stronger. To aid you in your journey, here is a list of some of most popular places in Southern [...]
Southern Oregon University’s 2013 commencement ceremony will take place Saturday, June 15 at 8:45 a.m. in the Raider Stadium. An expected 1,356 students will receive degrees and certificates at the event; 983 bachelor’s degrees, 225 master’s degrees, as well as an additional 101 academic certificates and 47 nursing degrees for students from Oregon Health & [...]
It’s springtime at Southern Oregon University, which means Raider Days is coming up, beginning Tuesday, May 28 and going until Saturday, June 1. Organized by the Events, Planning and Involvement Committee as well as a group of 12 individuals from various groups on campus, Raider Days is an end of the year bash for students [...]
On Thursday, June 13 at 6 p.m., Southern Oregon University will be hosting its 10th consecutive Lavender Graduation Celebration in the Rogue River Room of the Stevenson Union. The purpose of the ceremony is to celebrate the lives and achievements of SOU’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, genderqueer, and allied students. Graduates will have [...]
On Monday, May 13, the Southern Oregon Arts and Research conference will embark on its 6th year at Southern Oregon University, showcasing the diverse research and talent of SOU students and faculty. Setting the tone for the week will be a presentation by Richard Hutton entitled “Communicating Happiness,” which will conclude SOU’s campus theme lecture [...]
The Southern Oregon University Confessions Facebook page has been enormously popular among the student body of SOU, wracking up almost 1,500 likes and over three thousand posts since its inception on Feb. 20, 2013. The page allows students to anonymously post “confessions” about their experiences at SOU through a SurveyMonkey form. The administrators review each [...]
Among the plethora of students who attend Southern Oregon University is a man whose lifelong long dream has been traveling to space. He’s a lot closer to making his dream a reality than most others who stare up at the stars though. Earlier this year, Reid Isbell, a physics major at SOU, entered the Apollo [...]
Aloha, SOU! Our campus is set to receive a little taste of Hawaii later this week. On April 27th, SOU’s student organization Ho’opa’a Hawai’i Club will be hosting their annual luau at the McNeal Pavilion. The Ho’opa’a Hawai’i Club has hosted this event for several years, and this year could be bigger than ever. The [...]
I think it would be safe to say that most people’s first exposure to Tennessee William’s masterful play A Streetcar Named Desire comes from the classic 1951 Elia Kazan film starring Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando. With such seminal performances already in the cultural conscious (Marlon Brando shouting “Stellaaaaaaaaaa!” anyone?), it would be difficult to erase predisposed [...]
Are you into smoothie bikes, acoustic music, or participating in an interactive eco-art project? If yes, be sure to stop by the courtyard of Southern Oregon University’s Stevenson Union tomorrow between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. for the Earth Day Fair, an event put on by SOU’s Ecology Center of the Siskiyous to celebrate sustainability [...]