By Winston Friedman, Ecology Center of the Siskiyous co-director On the last day of January and the first of February students, faculty, staff, administrators, industry and community members from every corner of Oregon including seven representatives from SOU met at Portland State University for the Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference 2013. Over 350 leaders in [...]
By Deborah Dotters, MD and Cynthia Pappas Cervical cancer takes a terrible toll; nearly a dozen women die from cervical cancer every day in the United States alone. The tragedy is especially cruel because these deaths are for the most part preventable. With regular checkups and prompt action when signs of cervical cancer are found, [...]
Whilst voyaging the Caribbean this past summer, I learned a few things. First of all, it is still not alright to drink unfiltered water in third-world countries. One might think that contracting the same parasite in two different locations on different trips is absurd, but I like to think that I was just getting in [...]
ASSOU Vice President Amanda Stucke and ASSOU President Hassan Harris, along with 9 SOU students, attended the annual USSA Grassroots Legislative Conference and Lobby Day in Washington, D.C. Every year, the students of the organization put on a rally, and this year, it was in front of the Sallie Mae building. We were rallying there [...]
The U.S. Congress is preparing to vote on wide-reaching budget cuts that could affect the academic livelihood, and survival of many college students. President Barack Obama’s 2012 federal budget takes aim at Pell grants and loans for graduate students. The cuts proposed would decrease the available funds from the Federal Pell Grant program by $100 [...]
