Southern Oregon’s rich history of Chinese immigration extends back to the beginning of the Oregon Gold Rush in the 1850s. To commemorate this history, the town of Jacksonville, Ore., working with Southern Oregon Chinese Cultural Association puts on a yearly…
Author: Jesse Lentz
President Phillips: Fighting for marginalized communities
When she was the Director of Multicultural Affairs in the Associated Students of Southern Oregon (ASSOU) Executive Branch, Alexis Phillips was one of four members of color in all three branches of student government. Today, Phillips is All-Student-Body Vice President.…
Checks, balances and the Chief Justice
Haden Gobel, a nursing major, has served Associated Students of Southern Oregon Justice Branch since 2016. Though this is his first year as Chief Justice, he has held an Associate Justice position and has a healthy understanding of the ASSOU…
Haunted halls: SOU’s ghost stories
Hollowstories: ghosts, spirits and the paranormal at SOU Warning: This article contains mentions death and suicide which may be triggering to some readers. The Southern Oregon University Paranormal Club lead a Spirit Walk, in which participants are shown around the…
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.…
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.…
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…
Raiders Pick Good Coffee
This summer, 12 Southern Oregon University students and faculty members traveled to Guatemala for 12 days with the Raider Alternative Break Program to sip coffee, learn the economic issues facing small coffee farms and how the specialty coffee industry is…