Anita Sarkeesian, creator of the Feminist Frequency blog, will be giving a presentation on March 15 in the Stevenson Union to talk about strong female characters throughout pop culture history. Sarkeesian is a feminist pop culture media critic. Her self-produced series of online videos, “Feminist Frequency”, is a commentary on culture and media from the [...]
Thursday, Feb. 2 Noon – 1 p.m. Student Sustainability Discussions in SU 105. 4:30 p.m. Mindfulness drop-in group in SU 314/315. 5-8 p.m. Black History Month film in Meese Auditorium (Art Building). 5-8 p.m. T-shirt and underwear party in Diversions. 7-10 p.m. Performance Training for climbing, in rock climbing gym. Friday, Feb. 3 8 [...]
Two Southern Oregon University professors and a local historian examined and discussed the role that civility plays in a functioning democracy and conflict resolution on Thursday, Nov. 17, in the Meese Auditorium of SOU’s Art Building. As Fall term’s last installment of the 2011-2012 SOU Campus Theme lecture series on civility, the evening included three [...]
“It makes no sense that a box of Twinkies is less expensive than a bag of carrots.” This statement, found on the website of the Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group, summarizes the main argument against government subsidies to agribusiness firms, and is at the heart of OSPIRG’s recent “Stop Subsidizing Obesity” campaign. “The issue is that the government has been subsidizing big agribusiness firms,” said [...]
This piece was created as a demonstration on kinetic typography and looks at some of the issues, measures, and candidates.