Taowhywee Agnes Baker Pilgrim September 11, 1924 – November 27, 2019 “I’m everybody’s Grandma,” she’d say with a broad smile. This was Agnes Baker Pilgrim’s way of expressing her deep appreciation, acceptance, and love of all people. In her 95…
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Local Students Join Together to Clean Bear Creek River
Local citizens are banding together to tackle litter in The Bear Creek River, as part of National River Cleanup®. OSPIRG will conduct a river cleanup with the help of roughly 15 volunteers on Saturday, November 23rd. OSPIRG Students is the…
Free Speech Zone Causes Campus Flap
It’s all over Facebook and other social media sites, nearly one hundred thousand views about a Free Speech Zone controversy which began after a confrontation between students and Southern Oregon University staffers on Tuesday, October 7th. Four students, representing…
Bear on Campus: What to do if you see him
From Southern Oregon University Campus Public Safety, “On Friday, October 3rd a black bear was seen crossing the campus.” Okay. Wait. We’ve seen deer on campus, many of them at once. But a black bear? They can weigh up to…
Supreme Court Refuses Appeal of Marriage Equality
In a move that may signal the end of marriage exclusion as only allowable between a man and a woman, the Supreme Court on Monday let stand appeals court rulings allowing same sex unions in five states. The development clears…