The audience laughed, some cried, and many snapped in support of the readers poetry covering topics ranging from abuse, suicide, neglect, and ignorance. Just another moment in Southern Oregon University’s “FemFest”- an annual event designed to bring awareness to…
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The Secret Life of Your Trash
“The garbage piles up, sits for days and attracts rats and raccoons. Does anyone sort the recycling or does it wind up getting put in trash cans? You should ask about that.”–Anonymous question The Siskiyou was asked to investigate the…
Ashland Considers Banning Outdoor Smoke
Ashland council members began work on a new city ordinance, banning the smoking of cigarettes in public. Oregon already has a strong statewide law in place prohibiting smoking in indoor public places such as restaurants and bars, and…
“Perfect Person” Search for New SOU President
“This is our charge, to find the perfect person for the next many years,” states board member, Lyn (Carolyn) Hennion, at a recent Southern Oregon University Board of Trustees meeting where the job of finding the next SOU president begins.…
Campus Parking: “It’s a Battle.”
To avoid situations like the one above, refer to the SOU campus parking map. “Parking is one of the top five universal problems on campuses,” says Frederick Creek, director of Southern Oregon University Campus Public Safety. Although Creek accepts parking…
Cheap Eats, Good Food and Friends
With the goal of providing “a home cooked meal in an amazing atmosphere,” the Outdoor Program (OP) kicks off a weekly meal gathering at their program’s office–the price is optional based on what you want to pay. A few…
The Smoking Pen
Large clouds of funny smelling smoke, a handheld device the size of a pen and a user who will tell you how much healthier it is than cigarettes, welcome to smoking: next generation. About 10 percent of U.S. adults now vape…
Race Awareness: “Learn That Story”
What is racial inequality and how do we talk about it? This was a recurring question in speaker Lee Mun Wah’s workshop given to roughly 100 people in the Rogue River room on Wednesday morning as part of SOU’s…
Raider Football Mourns
It was a chilly evening as roughly 150 people representing nearly every sports team at SOU, faculty members, friends and community members formed a semicircle around the football field, standing tightly together in a show of support for Raider…
How Do You Identify?
As Southern Oregon University delves into Race Awareness Week, an opportunity to discover race in our communities and perceptions, groups like the Queer Resource Center (QRC) are on the job daily encouraging the acceptance and respect of others’ differences in…