Roughly 6,300 news jobs were gained in Oregon during January, reducing the state’s unemployment rate from 10.6 percent to 10.4 percent. This is the lowest unemployment rate the state has seen in 24 months, according to the Oregon Employment Department’s…
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Mount Ashland Association pushes for more control
An Ashland city council study session last Tuesday discussed the possibility of transferring the ski area permit from the city to the Mount Ashland Association, the non-profit that operates the ski area. Mount Ashland officials believe that if the Mount…
Business students score high
Students in Southern Oregon University business program recently ranked high in the Masters in Business Administration field test. SOU students scored in the top 25 percentile in scores for the test, given at 130 universities across the country. Of the…
Music News (3/1-3/7)
“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” Yes folks, that’s the actual title of an upcoming action movie that will be scored by Trent Reznor, who will also make a cameo appearance in the film, playing the vampire who kills Honest Abe’s mother.…
Surviving the Coast Starlight with System of a Down
The train sucks. There’s a reason nobody rides trains anymore. They are awful, life-wasting machines with no other purpose than to be less effective than airplanes. That being said, I ride the Coast Starlight train every other weekend. Since I…
Radiohead’s “The King of Limbs” is a masterpiece of atmospheric imagery
Radiohead has mastered the bait-and-switch mode of recording albums. It’s not always a conscious effort, they just seem to grow and progress at an alarming pace – though much of this is due to the fact that they sincerely want…
SOU student opens art exhibit at Liquid Assets
A new art show opened at Liquid Assets Wine Bar in downtown Ashland, Ore., last week, featuring the works of Southern Oregon University student Richard W. Balzar. The eight distinctive pieces on display feature imagery symbolizing the veterans of American…
Remembering Ronnie James Dio and “Holy Diver”
There are a couple albums out there that have had an incredible impact on how I live my life. “Astro Lounge†by Smash Mouth, “Inhuman Rampage†by Dragonforce, and “Kamikaze†by Los Rabanes, are all close to the top, but…
This week in music: higher education from the music geek.
Fun (and sometimes bizarre) facts I learned this week, plus some water-cooler knowledge straight from my noggin. Well, I know what I’m doing after college now… This week in 2009, Liverpool University started offering a very…
“Barney’s Version” is good acting, quality writing and laughter rolled into one
Life has been a little rough for most of us lately, what with finals week right around the corner. After a long day of slaving over the computer and text books, it is important to seek…