All that time you’ve spent playing on your phone might finally be able to help you get a degree. Southern Oregon University has announced that next Fall it will welcome a focus under the Communications degree of Social Media and Public…
Month: May 2015
On Rand Burgess: Stranger than (Strange) Fiction
You might have seen Rand Burgess moseying around the art building, “eating cheese.” He’s the guy with pink hair and a general aura of weirdness. Turns out he’s pretty eloquent, too. Check out his stories and poems here and leave…
Showdown in Raider Stadium
This past Friday and Saturday marked the annual Cascade Collegiate Conference Track Meet, bringing ten teams from across the pacific northwest to Raider Stadium to compete. Not only was this meet significant in that the Raiders hadn’t hosted a home track…
French Club Noshes on Retrenchment at Annual Dinner
Retrenchment is still being felt by the SOU community, some classes continue to be scaled down such as those which created French as a major and minor. Diners dished concerns between bites of French cuisine making the annual Club Dinner…
Students React to Tuition Increases
Beginning in fall of 2015, Southern Oregon University students will be subject to a 5% tuition increase as voted on by the newly appointed SOU Board of Trustees. A resident undergraduate will see an increase of $110.25 per term for a…
Breaking News: Schneider Child Care Center Gets Yes Vote
The referendum put forward to support the Schneider Child Care Center with student fees has been approved with a 78% yes vote as of this afternoon. The fees of 13 dollars per student per term will go into effect in…
The Quest for Back-to-Back Championships is Underway
The Southern Oregon University football team took an important step to defending their NAIA title in Friday’s annual ‘Red and White’ spring game. Raider Stadium boasted a respectable turnout for a spring game, with parents of players, students, and Ashland…
A Memory Behind Sight:
Sniffing with eyes closed to reproduce the effect you knew four years ago: Slice of intoxication. Swinging blindly. Falling asleep in willow arms. I’m more concerned with you than I am with myself. Four finger puppets dancing in the…
Dear Ivy, 3-31-2015
When looking at the sculpted ash rose petals clutching the cherry of my cigarette last night I realized that Holly was dead. I mean, I feel it, right now, am feeling it, her deadness—hurricane static on the widescreen. That’s when…
Campus Political Round-Up. Do Students Care?
Creating transparency between the Associated Students of Southern Oregon University and the average Red Raider is one of the top priorities for presidential candidate Torii Uyehara and her running mate Jane Silva. While some political leaders like Sal Esquivel, Kelly…