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…
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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…
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 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…
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”…
April 7 Ashland Plane Crash
On Friday, April 7th, a small plane crash occurred at the Ashland Airport at approximately 4:52 p.m. Ashland Fire Department Division Chief Chris Chambers said that during a landing exercise, a trainee pilot who owned the aircraft and his instructor…
Rogue Earth Day 2023: Happy Earth Day Raiders!
Since the 70s people have been celebrating Earth Day to show support for the environment. Here at SOU, it is no different. People of all ages visited The Farm at SOU Friday, April 21, 2023, to learn more about their…
Speed Friending: Friendship Starts with a Little Effort
Club Board of Advisors is back at it this spring term with another Speed Friending event come and gone! For those unfamiliar with Speed Friending, it is an event CBA has hosted where students are paired together and try to…
Stormy Weather – Why Weather Blindsides Oregon
From unexpected snow days to cold nights and inclement weather, Oregon has seen a wide range of bad weather this winter. KDRV 12’s Mariah Hill faced the cold one snow day in late February to ask Ashland residents their opinions…
Celebrating Spring with Art and Community: An Interview with Artist Dennis McNett
As spring arrives here in Ashland, residents of Southern Oregon will have the opportunity to celebrate the changing seasons with a unique and active art opportunity. The creator of Wolfbat Studios, Dennis McNett is the current artist in residence at…