Dozens of students and community members were in attendance as Dr. Mary Cullinan, president of Southern Oregon University, delivered her annual “State of the University” address last Wednesday in the Rogue River Room of SOU’s Stevenson Union. Cullinan touched on…
Month: October 2011
The Best Tournament You’ve Never Heard Of
What makes a great sports tournament? Great competition? The possibility of upsets? A plethora of drama? The truth is that all of the above matter and can all be found in great mainstream tournaments like March Madness, the NFL Playoffs…
Player Profile: Krista Bormann
“Lionel Messi, watch out!” Women’s Soccer Coach Jon Clement compliments defender #19 Krista Bormann’s “interesting and inventive interpretations of various dribbling moves”. Bormann, a Junior has started in all ten games of the Women’s Soccer season, playing in front of…
When the stars align inside an iPod
In honor of the late Steve Jobs, I thought that I would share my most positive Apple-related story. R.I.P., and get the hell off the Apple homepage. Your solemn and bespectacled face is bumming me out. It’s not rare that…
Game review: “Rage” only cause rage among gamers
These days, it’s becoming harder and harder to find an original video game. In an era of cookie-cutter 3rd-person shooters and “wannabe Wii” motion-sensor systems, the bar is continually being raised while the standards seem to be lowered. Only two…
Music News (10/9-10/16)
Late Weezer bassist predicted death Two weeks before former Weezer bassist and artist Mikey Welsh died in a Chicago hotel room, he posted on his Twitter account an alarmingly accurate prediction of his own death. The tweet read, “dreamt I…
“50/50:” a funny and touching film
What are the odds that a film will make you laugh aloud and shed some tears? One in 100? Two in 100, maybe? Who knows? We’ll leave that kind of mind work to the statisticians. Regardless, “50/50,” starring the adorable…
ECOS starts new recycling program
Seventy percent of all waste on the Southern Oregon University campus is recyclable, and thanks to the efforts of one SOU student, it won’t be going to waste for much longer. Misty Munoz, an SOU alumnus, raised $58,000 to overhaul…
National protest against textbook prices comes to SOU
The Textbook Rebellion has arrived at Southern Oregon University, making its campus debut Tuesday during a petition drive in the courtyard of the Stevenson Union. In attendance were two symbols of the campaign; the “Mr. $200 Dollar Textbook” mascot, who…
City council hears homelessness proposals
The Ashland City Council listened to the recommendations put forth by the ad-hoc Homelessness Steering Committee during the council meeting Tuesday night, but ran out of time before they could vote on which proposals to implement. The ad-hoc Homelessness Steering…