ASHLAND, Ore. – On Tuesday, Feb. 18, two meetings took place in room 313 of the Stevenson Union: the public hearing on proposed budget cuts, led by the Student Fee Budget Committee and the weekly Associated Students of Southern Oregon…
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The Siskiyou’s Appeal Letter
Featured Photo by Melissa Matthewson. The following is The Siskiyou’s appeal letter. Read our Letter From the Editors for more context. This letter was emailed the morning of Feb. 20 to ASSOU Vice President and SFAC Chair Olivia Bozarth and…
Letter From the Editors: Budget Cuts to be Brought Before Senate
Featured photo of co-editors Emiliana Rawley and Autumn Micketti taken by Denis Baratta with the Mail Tribune Updated Feb. 20 12 p.m. PST ASHLAND – On Feb. 12, the Student Fee Allocation Committee made budget allocation decisions. The Siskiyou requested…
Students plan walk-out for higher education funding
SOU plans to raise tuition between 8.5 and 13.5 % for the coming year in anticipation of the expected budget set by the Oregon state legislature. In response to the increased financial burden on students, a walk-out and rally event…
ASSOU elections applications to close this week
The Associated Students of Southern Oregon University (ASSOU) ordered an emergency election committee meeting in Feb. last term. There, they considered the possibility of changing the required GPA from 2.5 to 3.0 in order to run for President, Vice President…
Text-share program threshold lowered to $75
Starting Spring term, the Hannon Library’s text-share program will buy books costing $75 or more in the SOU bookstore. The Hannon Library provides SOU students with accessible text-share and course reserve textbooks. For students, these textbooks are available for free…
Enrollment decrease affects funding for on-campus programs
Enrollment is down this year at SOU, and fewer students means less money on campus. Student Life is mostly funded by student fees, and that money goes to things like student government, clubs and staff salaries. Since less money went…
Commuter Resource Center to return to campus
The Commuter Resource Center (CRC), once a place that students not living on campus could use as their home-away-from-home, is now gone. Since the start of the academic year, commuter students have expressed confusion as to where and why their…
President Phillips: Fighting for marginalized communities
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.…
VP spearheads government re-brand
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.…