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…
Month: February 2013
Raiders Clinch Regular-Season Sweep of OIT with 72-53 Win
ASHLAND – With Bob Riehm Arena packed to capacity, the Southern Oregon men’s basketball team claimed its third win of the season over archrival Oregon…
Rethinking SOU: how the House model impacts your education
This year Southern Oregon University will start its long journey to becoming a more sustainable and distinctive campus by implementing an original “House” model to eventually replace the university’s traditional style of offering general education requirements.
SOU professors look at depictions of Native Americans in communist cultures
Have you ever heard of a Native American chief named Winnetou? Head of the Apache and Mescalero tribes, he was a great warrior and owner…
Women’s Basketball Features a New Star This Season at Point Guard
ASHLAND – The Southern Oregon University women’s basketball team has an up and coming star in Ashley Claussen. The 5’ 6” freshman from Scotts Valley,…
Presentations for executive director of Marketing to be held the next two weeks
Southern Oregon University is looking for a new executive director of Marketing, and will be holding presentations in the coming weeks where the three candidates…
Rethinking SOU: do we need the House model?
Finding students who want to attend Southern Oregon University is not difficult. But keeping them on campus past their freshman year has become an enrollment problem. According to SOU President Mary Cullinan, about one third of students will leave SOU before their sophomore year.
Negotiations between SEIU, university continue over status of 15 SOU food service employees
The public status of 15 Southern Oregon University food services employees is at stake in an ongoing negotiation between the university administration and the Service…
The Nerd is the Word: The Power of Movies
Welcome back to another issue of The Nerd is the Word Colon Movie Film for Theaters. In this issue, our hero is filling out his…
Harrowing “Zero Dark Thirty” Sees More Success for Bigelow
In 2008, Director Kathryn Bigelow’s film “The Hurt Locker” took home six Oscars for presenting the very real, very brutal dark side of modern warfare.…