It has been a challenging couple of weeks, with little time to rest. In the wake of the tragic shooting at Umpqua Community College, our community has been under siege from threats of violence against…
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New Friend Request: SOU
Southern Oregon University has long since been known as a commuter campus, with many raiders traveling from surrounding towns, but the disconnect between students and campus life is very high. The tendency of a commuter campus is that students are…
7 Things You Need To Know For Graduation
Are you Graduating? If you’ve been at Southern Oregon University for 4 years and thought to yourself, “Welp, it’s been 4 years so I must be graduating,” you may be wrong. Turns out graduating requires things like “Credits” and “A…
Helfrich to Deliver Commencement Address
Southern Oregon alumni and current head coach of the Oregon Ducks football team, Mark Helfrich, will be the featured speaker during the commencement ceremony on June 13th. In a letter to President Saigo, Helfrich wrote, “It is with great humility…
When it Goes Wrong Who You Going to Call?
Having a good time drinking and smoking in the dorms causing a little ruckus, three underage freshmen hear three firm raps from the other side of the door, one knock for each of them. “Campus Public Safety open up.” Initial…
Campus Chicken Pox Warning
The following e-mail was sent out campus wide as a health warning. In the wake of a Chicken Pox outbreak in December affecting younger children and an increased number of cases in Jackson county The Sisikiyou is printing it in…
Klamath CC Partners with SOU
On Friday, May 15th in Klamath Falls, Klamath Community College (KCC) president, Roberto Gutierrez, and Southern Oregon University (SOU) President, Roy Saigo, signed an agreement permitting “seamless transfer” of credits from the community college to the four-year school. The partnership…
How A Long Walk Became Cancer’s Biggest Challenger
It all started with Dr. Gordon Klatt, a colorectal surgeon from Tacoma, Washington. His desire to raise money for a good cause by doing something he personally enjoyed – running and walking around a track – eventually turned into a…
#NewAreaOfFocus
All that time you’ve spent playing on your phone might finally be able to help you get a degree. Southern Oregon University has announced that next Fall it will welcome a focus under the Communications degree of Social Media and Public…
Technology Imitating Art or Becoming the Artist?
On the third floor of the Hannon library, as part of the SOAR Conference, there is a computer experiment underway. Some might call it a drawbot, a computer art machine, or some other name. But its creator, Andres Rivero, a…