The SOU Student Film Festival is in its 18th running season. This year the event will be held on June 7th at the Varsity Theatre in Ashland. Attendance is free for students but with a fee for members of the…
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Students Rally Against Protestors at the SU
Last Thursday, Mau 04, 2023, students were surprised to discover that people with posters had shown up at their school. These people came with posters with sayings that were preaching against sin and promoting people to repent in the name…
Distinguished Member of the Modern SOU Family
On April 7th 2023, Ty Burrell was invited back to SOU to receive the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award. There has been some trouble behind Burrell’s receiving of the award in the past. Originally selected in 2018, the award was pushed…
Writer’s Guild of America on Strike – Future of Streaming and AI In Negotiations
Increasing inflation, AI, and streaming services are currently pressing issues of the collective American experience. These things can be a mixed bag. Inflation is causing the rise of basic necessities like housing and food to luxuries such as entertainment and…
On the Fringe of Fascination
With the coming spring comes new life. For SOU, we have new art as well! We’re going to take a look back at this year’s Oregon Fringe Festival and chat about as many events as we can. We were unfortunately…
Newcomer Coach Weyhrich Leads Women’s Wrestling to NAIA National Championship – Exclusive Interview
The 2022-2023 Southern Oregon University Raiders women’s wrestling team celebrated their first NAIA National Championship title this year (scoring of the event can be found here.) The team was led by head coach Gabrielle Weyhrich. This was Weyhrich’s first year…
ASSOU Recap; 04/25/2023
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 PM and then followed by the reading of the land acknowledgment by Dakota Runyon-Trapp. Then the minutes were approved from the week before on 04/18/2023 barring any objections. There were some spelling…
Oregon Shakespeare Festival asks for $2.5 million in emergency fundraising campaign
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is seeking $2.5 million in donations to save its 2023-2024 season. A cultural mainstay of Ashland, the festival started in 1935, and it serves as an economic hub for the Rogue Valley. The festival brings in…
Connections: An SOU Dance Performance
Dancing, live music, storytelling–they do it all! SOU’s very own Dance Club took to the Main Stage Theater and connected dances, stories, and music from all over–suppose the name fits the theme–featuring student-choreographed performances, guest-choreographed performances, and a “Farewell, SOU”…
ASSOU April 11th Recap
Getting back in the swing of things this spring term with an ASSOU Recap. The ASSOU April 11th meeting commenced with agenda approvals, minute corrections, and the Land Acknowledgement speech. The budget for clubs has been approved for the next…