Public universities facing a potential $100 million dollar cut from next year’s budget are scrambling to restructure the way they financially operate. Several potential plans for restructure have been proposed by the Oregon University System and individual universities, and one…
Month: February 2011
Keeping our rulers in check through technology
There are some things rulers and the powers-that-be will never learn. The more they struggle to silence their opponents by cutting off means of communication – such as the Internet – the more it is evident how wily and resourceful…
ASSOU budget process continues on
*Nils Holst also contributed to this article. The Associated Students of Southern Oregon University are in the thick of the budgeting process this week, struggling over their own budget, among others. The Student Fee Committee and Educational Activities Advisory Committee…
“The Vagina Monologues”: Just in time for Valentine’s Day
The Women’s Resource Center hosted Southern Oregon University’s tenth annual production of The Vagina Monologues last weekend. As the excited audience members picked up their tickets, the show’s ushers led them through the door way decorated with inviting pink, red…
This week in music: higher education from the music geek.
Here are all of the interesting things I learned this week, plus the Top Five Love Song Lyrics of all time (or of some time) that may or may not get you the Valentine’s lovin’ you crave… V-Day…
Music News (2/6 – 2/12)
Neil Young to induct Tom Waits into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame On March 17, Neil Young will deliver the speech officially entering Tom Waits into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Waits has released 23…
“King Lear” is a labor of love
Poking out of trapdoors, painting wooden staircases and hanging sliding partitions, students work furiously to bring to life Director Brent Hinkley’s medieval set. Hipsters in tight jeans, striped hoodies and coiffed hairdo’s buzz from set…
Cage the Elephant hits sophomore slump
I thoroughly enjoyed Cage the Elephant’s eponymous debut album. It was a great, original album that wasn’t concerned with being mainstream at all.  Cage the Elephant struck me as some weird amalgamation of the Pixies and Kings…
“Batman: Arkham Asylum” revisited: 9.8 out of 10
“Batman: Arkham Asylum,†the epic, open-world, crime-fighting game has received multiple accolades and game-of-the-year awards across the gaming community. The sequel, “Batman: Arkham City,†will be released in November. The game is available for Xbox 360, Play Station…
Group proposes controversial specialty license plate
MISSISSIPPI–A controversial plan for a new specialty license plate in Mississippi is drawing concerns from the African-American population, among others. The plate, proposed by The Sons of Confederate Veterans pays tribute to Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, a General in…