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 Employees International Union over whether the workers will remain under the SOU umbrella or become…
Year: 2013
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 Oscar picks. The night before I sat down to write this issue, I went to…
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. Made by the same decorated team, “Zero Dark Thirty” focuses on the men and women…
“Silver Linings Playbook”: A Beautiful and Unconventional Romance
It’s a story that seems all too familiar in the romantic comedy genre. Boy loses girl, boy tries to win her back, boy meets new girl…you get the gist. However, the love story of “Silver Linings Playbook” is beautifully unconventional.…
SOU To Host High School Honor Band Sunday
This weekend, the Department of Performing Arts is hosting over 100 high school students to be under the direction of Dr. Cindy Hutton, Dr. James Klein and guest conductor Jeffery Gershman, Associate Director of Bands at Indiana University. The concert…
Rethinking SOU: new “House” model to be offered to incoming freshmen in fall 2013
Southern Oregon University is going in a new direction when it comes to how the university handles general education. Starting in the fall of 2013, SOU will offer a new plan for incoming freshmen called “Houses.”
NPR correspondent to talk about pioneer Chinese immigrants Feb. 15
National Public Radio correspondent Tom Banse will talk about the struggles of repatriating the remains of pioneer Chinese immigrants in a lecture in the Meese Room of Southern Oregon University’s Hannon Library on Feb. 15 at noon. The event, which…
SOU student to talk about childhood in Kosova, role of nationalism in Balkan conflict
Flamur Vehapi was 15 years old when the war started. His native Kosova (also known as Kosovo) was torn apart by ethnic warfare that pitted Serbians against Kosovar Albanians. His childhood home was destroyed, and soldiers barred the doors of his…
Cancun not your style? Alternative Spring Break might just be for you
Have you figured out what to do for spring break yet? The Alternative Spring Break, organized by Southern Oregon University’s Civic Engagement Program, is a program that sends SOU students to volunteer at various nonprofits in Oregon over spring…
RVTV to become Southern Oregon Media Center, open house next Wednesday
Rogue Valley Community Television will be hosting an open house to commemorate its rebranding as the Southern Oregon Digital Media Center on Wednesday, Feb. 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. The open house will be the first of several events…