On Friday night, students filed into the Stevenson Union arena to enjoy a night of free pizza and comedy at antics improv’s first show of the term: Your Worst Nightmare. The back wall of the show was covered in audience…
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Get Ready for Halloween Festivities Around Ashland
Attention goblins and ghouls, it’s time to get spooky! Halloween is tomorrow and there will be holiday activities around Ashland. Ashland’s Annual Children’s Halloween Celebration begins at 3:45 p.m. at the Ashland Public Library. While the Parade doesn’t begin till…
SEIU Strike Averted: Contract Settled
Two-year labor contract of classified employees at public Oregon universities has been settled. Negotiations started in February.
Raiders lose first chance at national title to play again at 10 a.m.
SOU softball lost their game against Oklahoma city 8 to 4. They don’t have time to be sad, though, because they play again in half an hour
Students plan walk-out for higher education funding
SOU plans to raise tuition between 8.5 and 13.5 % for the coming year in anticipation of the expected budget set by the Oregon state legislature. In response to the increased financial burden on students, a walk-out and rally event…
Farmer’s market returns to downtown
Since spring is in full swing, Ashland had its first Farmer’s Market of the season on May 4th. There were lots of vendors there and many people came out to enjoy the weather. We spoke with Matt Suhr, who runs…
Siskiyou in the Street: Mother’s Day
Mother’s day is coming up on Sunday! Siskiyou reporter Kayle Blackmore takes to the streets to find out what students are doing for their moms! Transcription: “Hello Siskiyou News, my name is Kayle. I am currently at the Stevenson Union,…
Artist Carsie Blanton on new music, sexuality, and capitalism
There’s no better introduction to the world of Carsie Blanton than through her music video for her song “Jacket.” It’s lurid, kinetic, brimming with erotic energy- and most of all– it’s a damn fun time. After speaking with Blanton, it…
SOU students have fun with new auto-mowers
Warning: Due to profanity, reader discretion is advised. Recently, SOU students noticed a new addition to life around campus. In the lawns between Shasta and McLaughlin residence halls, there has been what students have interpreted as a lawn “roomba.” The device…
SOU softball sweeps UBC
Last weekend saw the SOU Softball team sweep University British Columbia’s Thunderbirds, with 3 of 4 being forced to end with the “Mercy Rule”. The first encounter was won with a score of 13-1 going into the fifth inning. Hannah…
Text-share program threshold lowered to $75
Starting Spring term, the Hannon Library’s text-share program will buy books costing $75 or more in the SOU bookstore. The Hannon Library provides SOU students with accessible text-share and course reserve textbooks. For students, these textbooks are available for free…
An Open Conversation about Greek Life
On Friday evening, members of Tau Kappa Epsilon hosted an open forum to address students’ concerns and opinions on bringing greek life back to Southern Oregon University. Their brothers from another chapter in Los Vegas, Nevada flew up to show…
Wesley Hamilton, the Definition of Change
On Oct. 22, SOU’s Disability Resources and EPIC hosted guest speaker Wesley Hamilton. Hamilton is an award winning adaptive athlete, founder and CEO of non-profit Disabled, But Not Really, a motivational speaker, and was featured in an episode of Queer…
Halloween in Ashland
This Halloween, the Ashland Chamber of Commerce organized the annual Children’s Halloween Celebration to terrifying effect. This year proved especially frightful as residents came together to show off extremely creative costumes from a whole family of Star Wars characters to…
Bojack Horseman, Season 6
The first part of season 6 of Bojack Horseman was just released on Netflix on Friday, October 25th. Bojack Horseman has quickly become one of Netflix’s longest-running animated series to date and one of its most highly acclaimed shows. Rotten…
The Gold Souls at The Talent Club
Hailing from the Bay Area, The Gold Souls brought the funk and blues to the Talent Club on Friday night. With a mixture of covers and originals the group had the crowd out on the floor blowing off their full…
Flu Shot Season at SOU
With the peak flu season beginning in October, the Student Health and Wellness Center hosted a free flu shot event in the Stevenson Union on Oct. 17. Around 100 students attended the event until the SHWC ran out of vaccines.…
Fifth Annual Glowfest
On Oct. 4, the Event Planning Involvement Committee (EPIC) wrapped up the first week of fall term and hosted the fifth annual Glowfest. Glowfest is an event that is free to all students. The goal of the event is to…
Rocky Auditions Successful
On Monday, tryouts to fill the feathers of Rocky were held in the Lithia Motors Pavilion. This 2019-2020 season, Southern Oregon University will have four students perform Rocky. Participants were asked to prepare a field walk and skit or routine…