The former Safeway and current Haggen grocery store in downtown Ashland may find itself getting an eleventh hour reprieve from the chopping block. It is one of four stores in Oregon being bid on by the Albertsons store chain. Haggen is…
Month: November 2015
Snow-dom! (a state of freedom with snow)
“Please dear Lord let the snow levels match my stoke level this winter!”, says SOU senior Daniel Hamblin. After a seemingly snowless season last year students anticipate a white winter this year. There is certainly a buzz around campus…
Look Both Ways When Crossing: Trains Return to Ashland
Ashland residents witnessed the return of freight trains last week as the first few rail cars rolled through town, cautioning drivers and pedestrians with a loud whistle blow. After nearly 8 years of their…
The Smoking Pen
Large clouds of funny smelling smoke, a handheld device the size of a pen and a user who will tell you how much healthier it is than cigarettes, welcome to smoking: next generation. About 10 percent of U.S. adults now vape…
Race Awareness: “Learn That Story”
What is racial inequality and how do we talk about it? This was a recurring question in speaker Lee Mun Wah’s workshop given to roughly 100 people in the Rogue River room on Wednesday morning as part of SOU’s…
Raider Football Mourns
It was a chilly evening as roughly 150 people representing nearly every sports team at SOU, faculty members, friends and community members formed a semicircle around the football field, standing tightly together in a show of support for Raider…
Volleyball Eyes Conference Tournament
The Southern Oregon University (SOU) volleyball team took the court this weekend with conference playoffs right around the corner, and hopes to keep their dream of a conference championship alive. They had a rough start to the weekend, losing to…
Women’s Basketball Starts Hot
Following Southern Oregon University’s dream run to the NAIA Sweet 16 last season, now-senior Carly Meister said, “We have some big shoes to fill.” This was clear, as SOU lost all-conference seniors Alexi Smith and Kristin Shoenherr to graduation, and…
How Do You Identify?
As Southern Oregon University delves into Race Awareness Week, an opportunity to discover race in our communities and perceptions, groups like the Queer Resource Center (QRC) are on the job daily encouraging the acceptance and respect of others’ differences in…
“300 Cups of Tea and the Toughest Job”
On October 26th, a little over 20 people gathered on the top story of Bloomsbury Books to listen to two new authors read from their new book. David Drury and Asifa Kanji, returned Peace Corps Volunteers, have recently finished their…