Image Credit Bob Palermini, www.palermini.com Southern Oregon University Athletics This weekend was filled with fierce competition from our Raider athletics. Down below is a quick recap of all the events: Football Saturday The football team hosted Montana Tech. The Raiders started…
Year: 2021
Raider Volleyball Splits the Weekend
Image Credit: Al Case, https://traveljapanblog.com/ashland/tag/volleyball/ The Raider volleyball team put on the heat this weekend! They competed against 4th ranked Bushnell and the Cascade Collegiate Conference 1st place contender, the Corban Warriors. Friday night, the Raiders took on the Bushnell Beacons…
Facebook’s Whistleblower – Facebook Hiding Behind Lies?
Image Credit: NPR Recently, Facebook has been under a lot of fire from the media surrounding the whistleblower that is claiming the company is lying about stopping hate and actually fanning the fire for profit. Facebook is a platform created…
Sustainability Month: How SOU is Encouraging Alternative Ways of Transportation
Image Credit: Dakota Runyon-Trapp As part of sustainability month, SOU had hosted a Bike and Bus event on October 20th. SOU hosted the event alongside Rogue Valley Transportation District (RVTD) to promote increased use of biking, busing, and carpooling as…
SOU Student Food Pantry: A Vital Component To Community Wellbeing
Imagine: You’ve just received your financial aid packet in the mail. You look it over, glancing over the steep prices for tuition, room and board, but you agree to it. It’s a done deal. But what if it weren’t that…
“‘Giants on Your Shoulders’” — An Exclusive Interview with New Football Coach Austin Brown
Southern Oregon University Athletics. Photo Credit Bob Palermini, www.palermini.com The 2021-22 school year brought along with it new beginnings and new opportunities for football coach Austin Brown. Brown joined the football coaching staff this June after being offered the Receiver/Recruiting Coordinator…
Dear Evan Hansen – Another Movie Musical Flop?
Image credit: Universal Pictures The much anticipated Dear Evan Hansen movie adaptation arrived in theatres on September 24, 2021 and has so far deemed mixed reviews. Many theatre kids rejoiced at the news of the Tony Award winning musical of…
Unsettling Reports On Race-Based Incarceration Rates
The most recent surge in the Black Lives Matter movement has opened up the eyes of Americans everywhere regarding the inequities and injustice that Black Americans face on a daily basis. Now, recent findings are backing up these observations with…
The Stevenson Union is Open!
The Stevenson Union (SU) has reopened and students are stoked! Located on Raider Way across from Taylor Hall, the SU is the social and extracurricular center of the campus community, as well as a focal point for campus activities. Building…
The Taliban in Afghanistan: Updates and Ways to Aid Refugees
The 15th of October, 2021, marks exactly two months since the Taliban took control of the Afghan government, forcing thousands of refugees out of their home country to escape persecution. Below is a summary of how this government takeover began,…