The Voice of SOU Students
This past week, The Ashland New Plays Festival (ANPF) had their 2023 annual Fall Festival, a celebratory week-long festival featuring public readings, talkbacks, a playwriting workshop, and more fun events. The Ashland New Plays Festival began in 1992, when a…
This past Friday night, on October the 13th, The Siskiyou was able to attend this year’s homecoming dance. A dance that held a theme worth of the spooky day on which it landed, a Spooky Sock Hop. Homecoming is a…
One of the greatest shocks to me when I arrived on campus my freshman year was the lack of a queer community. Sure, we had plenty of queer students, but everyone seemed to have sectioned themselves off with minimal crossover.…
For the first time in American history, a former US president is facing criminal charges. Former President Donald Trump was indicted by a grand jury for roughly 30 charges relating to business fraud and falsifying records, and on April 4th…
It is once again the end of a year. We as students from all backgrounds and walks of life have lived this school year differently but if you’re reading this, we presume you are alive. You made it through another…
A Portland elementary school was forced to cancel a pride festival after news of the event started to circle on conservative social media sites. Atkinson Elementary School interim principal Beth Essex said the news articles caused concern among parents over…
Congratulations to the SOU Student Film Festival participants! Out of 59 films, 14 were selected for the festival. The festival will take place at the Varsity Theatre in Ashland on Wednesday, June 7th at 6 PM with an afterparty at…
Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s artistic director, Nataki Garret, has resigned from the Festival. Announced earlier this month, Garrett plans her last day to be May 31. The four-year-long artistic director, and recent interim artistic director, has been a member of the…
On May 4, 2023, ASSOU traveled to Salem to advocate for higher government-funding for Oregon higher education. ASSOU, along with representatives from various universities and community colleges spoke with legislators to highlight the importance of higher education. The Siskiyou spoke…
Thursday, May 11th marked the final pub night of the year. This pub night was held in the Stevenson Union from 6:30 – 8 pm. Drinks and food were available for purchase. For those over 21, there was a nice…