As the fall season draws to a close, another less beloved annual event begins: the flu season. Last year’s flu season was one of the deadliest in decades. In the 2017-2018 flu season, there were more than 30,000 laboratory-confirmed influenza-related…
Year: 2018
VP spearheads government re-brand
Although it is his first time in ASSOU, Vice President Danny Hernandez comes with a background in leadership and community outreach. The senior business major with a minor in music has big goals for student government and for SOU itself.…
SOU community marches for Pride
On Saturday, members of Southern Oregon University’s (SOU) students, faculty and staff once again threw their support and participation behind Lotus Rising Project’s annual Ashland Pride Parade. The parade and the university’s participation in it is meant to deliver a…
SOU hosts Indigenous People’s Day
The smell of freshly baked salmon filled the Stevenson Union courtyard at Southern Oregon University (SOU), and a small group of individuals sat beating drums in a circle for healing purposes. Incense burned as the loud booming of the drums echoed across…
Town hall debate to be held Thursday
On Thursday, Oct. 11, Southern Oregon University will hold a town hall for Oregon State Senate District 3 race. Jeff Golden (Democrat) is debating Jessica Gomez (Republican) on key issues that impact residents of Oregon District 3 and the students…
5 stars for ‘Shadow of the Fox’
Julie Kagawa’s action-packed Shadow of the Fox stuns with its immersive Japanese mythology and wholly inviting and intriguing characters. On Yumeko and Tatsumi’s shared journey across beautiful lands, they cross many perilous obstacles and create a small rag-tag crew of unlikely allies…
ASSOU Kick off to be held Thursday
On Thursday, ASSOU will host its kick off event in SOURS (SU 305) at 6 p.m. It will feature free food, apple cider and pumpkin painting. Mostly, though, it is a way to meet members of ASSOU representing the student body…
Varsity World Film Week Preview
A transnational, bisexual love triangle ensues after a German cake maker’s Israeli lover gets killed in a car accident. In Vichy France, a woman joins forces with a nazi collaborator to save her husband from deportation to a concentration camp.…
Clubs new and old introduce themselves
Last Thursday ,Inter Club Council hosted SOU’s annual Involvement fair turned out “over a hundred clubs and organizations,” according to Victoria Hache, Director of the ICC. Hache explained how excited to show new and returning SOU students all that their…
The speaker behind the senate: Britney Sharp
Just a Sophomore, and Senate Speaker, it looks like Britney Sharp has a bright student government career ahead of her for the remainder of her undergraduate degree. “I do not like it when people say, ‘you cannot change the world,” she…