This week I sat down with the most influential person at Southern Oregon University (SOU), SOU president Roy Saigo. The Siskiyou has reached out to Dr. Saigo for months for interviews on various stories, but with the help of Raider…
Day: June 4, 2015
On the Fringe
Inspired by tradition. Driven by passion. A student-produced arts festival is taking its second run around the Southern Oregon University campus, and will be continuing its escapee celebration for the next five days (until June 5th). Invented by students in…
Schneider Children’s Center Remains Uncertain
Saturday morning in Lithia Park, the surreal sounds of a hurdy-gurdy lured people to a small table, where a few students were cheerfully handing out homemade cookies in an effort to find supporters for the Schneider Children’s Center, “Today, we…
7 Things You Need To Know For Graduation
Are you Graduating? If you’ve been at Southern Oregon University for 4 years and thought to yourself, “Welp, it’s been 4 years so I must be graduating,” you may be wrong. Turns out graduating requires things like “Credits” and “A…
Survival Guide to Summer Term
Spring term is winding down. Many students are looking forward to summer break. The likes of vacation, visiting family and friends, catching up on sleep, favorite TV shows and working a summer job are on the near horizon. Freedom from…
Helfrich to Deliver Commencement Address
Southern Oregon alumni and current head coach of the Oregon Ducks football team, Mark Helfrich, will be the featured speaker during the commencement ceremony on June 13th. In a letter to President Saigo, Helfrich wrote, “It is with great humility…
How to Kill Finals Stress
It’s 11p.m. on the last Sunday before finals week. You’ve armed yourself with all the tools necessary for the long road ahead: the textbook, the laptop, the class notes, and the essay prompt are neatly arranged in front of you,…
Canadian Existentialism
So there I was on Amazon looking up what Russian propaganda I was gonna hang in my room not for any particular reason but because I’m sure people would stumble into my room and wonder what kind of man I…
When it Goes Wrong Who You Going to Call?
Having a good time drinking and smoking in the dorms causing a little ruckus, three underage freshmen hear three firm raps from the other side of the door, one knock for each of them. “Campus Public Safety open up.” Initial…
An Ode to Chad
I like Chad, like, like like chad, chad’s the kinda guy you like, like like, but like, not like like like because that would creep him out, like, like like like liking someone is something like Becky would do Becky’s…