On Oct. 28th the Hannon Library will be hosting the sixth annual Ashland Literary Arts Festival sponsored by the Friends of the Hannon Library (FoH). The festival brings together publishers, authors, artists and members of the community to share their…
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OSPIRG Protests the LNG Pipeline
Last week, Southern Oregon University’s chapter of the Oregon Students Public Interest Research Group (OSPIRG), had their Week of Action for their lead campaign: Defend Our Rivers. The group had intended to march their life size recreation of the pipeline Jordan…
RCC Campus closed this morning due to Bomb Threat
Image taken from RCC website Yesterday evening, the Medford Police Department made a post to their Facebook page regarding a bomb threat made at the Rogue Community College. At 4 p.m. RCC officials discovered the threat, written on a whiteboard, indicated…
SOU President Supports DACA Students
From the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) specifying recent changes to the Obama-era DACA Policy In the wake of President Trump’s decision to move towards ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), Southern Oregon University President…
Air Quality Impacts SOU Athletics
Ashland’s Air Quality Index (AQI) rose into the Red, Unhealthy Level and Purple, Very Unhealthy Level this week. A Red Level means “Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects.” A…
SOU Student’s Lobby For Tuition Reform
Southern Oregon University students took the fight over a possible 12 percent tuition increase to the state capitol in Salem. SOU joined Eastern Oregon, Western Oregon, and Oregon Tech to lobby against a tuition increase that could pressure many students to…
OSPIRG Calls for Action Against LNG Pipeline
Students in support of a campaign to permanently stop construction of the Jordan Cove Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline across Southern Oregon rallied in front of the Stevenson Union on Wednesday. Since the campaign was initiated last term by the Oregon…
Dr. Michael Tidwell Wants to be SOU’s Next President
The Search Continues… The first of three finalists for Dr. Saigo’s replacement visited SOU last week, to meet with students, faculty and staff. When appealing the campus community on why he is the best candidate for SOU’s new president, Dr.…
Showing High School students a greater future.
A mentoring opportunity arises for SOU students from a new program called MOSAIC. The new program, which was a collaboration between the Multicultural Resource Center and the Queer Resource Center, hopes for mentors to become great role models and positive…
Summer activities in Southern Oregon
The Southern Oregon valley is a large community full of activities and pleasurable sights to satisfy anyone’s personal taste. As summer approaches and things start to wind down the lure to go out and do more becomes stronger. To aid you…