Greetings Raiders, both returning and first-year students alike, and welcome to the 2022-2023 school year here at Southern Oregon University. We are currently in week three of the fall 2022 term, and some students may still have plenty of questions…
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School Shooting in Uvalde, TX Kills 19 Children and 2 Teachers
Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP On May 24, 2022, there was a school shooting that ended in the deaths of 19 elementary school students and 2 teachers in Uvalde, Texas. Reporters are saying this is the deadliest school shooting in…
SOU Student Film Festival: Film List, Date, Ticket Price, and Details
Image credit SOU Film Festival Instagram Tomorrow, June 1st at 6:00 PM, the students of Southern Oregon University will be lined up to attend the SOU Student Film Festival. The film festival will be at the Varsity Theater in downtown…
ASSOU 5/24/2022 Recap
The meeting started at 6:01 PM with no objections to the agenda, and was then followed by the land of acknowledgment. First was the approval for the ASSOU minutes meeting on the 10th. The town hall meeting was on May…
ASSOU Townhall Meeting 5/25/2022
The town hall had begun with the land acknowledgment, then a moment of silence for the victims of the mass shootings in the last couple of weeks. The town hall meeting was the biggest one all year and brought many…
Goodbye SOU, and Thank You for the Future!
Hi there, my name is Soren Smithrud, and I’m a volunteer writer for The Siskiyou. I have been given the opportunity to leave a note to SOU as a sort of sendoff as the year comes to a close. My…
Fire in Downtown Ashland Affects Community
Photo by Tiffany Olin/KTVL On May 11, 2022, a fire broke out in the Ashland Plaza above Little Tokyo and Mountain Provisions, resulting in the destruction of two apartments and three offices. Luckily no one was harmed despite the damages…
Buffalo Shooting – condemning white supremacy
On Saturday May 14, 2022, a white man walked into a supermarket in Buffalo, New York and shot 13 people, killing 10 and wounding 3. Many people believe that this event, that they are calling a massacre, was racially motivated.…
An Interview with Holly Gabriel and Larry Shrewsbury on Open Educational Resources at SOU
The Siskiyou recently had the opportunity to speak with Open Educational Resources advocates Holly Gabriel and Professor Larry Shrewsbury about what this program has to offer at SOU. Both faculty members at the university, The Siskiyou asked what OER means…
ASSOU Townhall 5/11 Recap
Image credit Southern Oregon University The town hall started at 6:32 PM, and this time a lot more students showed up. After the introductions, there was discussion about campus parking and food for the Hawk. Parking is still a problem…