The Voice of SOU Students
Tucked within wood and wire at the corner of Henry St. and South Mountain Ave, SOU’s Community Garden is a comfortable sanctuary where students and community members can rent low-cost plots to practice organic gardening. Behind the fence’s squealing gate,…
Last weekend, the SOU Raider Men’s and Women’s basketball teams hosted both Northwest Christian and Corban in back to back nights of basketball. On Friday, the women’s team beat Northwest Christian, but the men’s team lost. On Saturday, both teams lost…
Mold testing was conducted on Monday for the basement and first floor East side of the Susanne Homes building according to an email from Russell Deen, SOU’s Manager of Environmental Health and Safety. Deen explained that the results of the…
On Friday, Jan. 18, Oregon State Senator Jeff Golden will join with “antics improv” [sic] for their show “A Capital Act” in the Stevenson Union Rogue River Room at 6:30 p.m. During the show, the team and senator will perform…
It was a cool, crisp Nov. night, and I found myself taking refuge inside a small garage in Ashland, Oregon. A well-worn wooden skateboard half-pipe occupied half of the floorspace. Sketches of nude figures drawn with black paint smothered the…
When she was the Director of Multicultural Affairs in the Associated Students of Southern Oregon (ASSOU) Executive Branch, Alexis Phillips was one of four members of color in all three branches of student government. Today, Phillips is All-Student-Body Vice President.…
Following the October 30, 4-1 Hawaii supreme court decision approving construction for a Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) on the Maunakea summit, a sacred mountain that holds cultural and spiritual significance to the Native Hawaiian people, Abigail Awai, the multicultural affairs senator for SOU,…
Haden Gobel, a nursing major, has served Associated Students of Southern Oregon Justice Branch since 2016. Though this is his first year as Chief Justice, he has held an Associate Justice position and has a healthy understanding of the ASSOU…
As the fall season draws to a close, another less beloved annual event begins: the flu season. Last year’s flu season was one of the deadliest in decades. In the 2017-2018 flu season, there were more than 30,000 laboratory-confirmed influenza-related…
Although it is his first time in ASSOU, Vice President Danny Hernandez comes with a background in leadership and community outreach. The senior business major with a minor in music has big goals for student government and for SOU itself.…