Image Credit Steven McMahan On the night of Tuesday, April 12th at roughly 9:30 PM, a fire broke out at Pacific Pride in downtown Medford, Oregon. Pacific Pride is a gas station located at 936 S. Central Avenue in Medford.…
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SOU Faculty Union Negotiations Reach Tentative Agreement
Over the past year, the faculty union of Southern Oregon University has been negotiating the cuts in pay for faculty staff. There was no raise given to any faculty members for the 2021-2022 school year, with an increase in salary…
SOU Student Film Festival: Happening June 1st
On June 1st, 2022, SOU will be hosting its annual student film festival. The student film festival is a yearly event held by the school’s digital cinema program near the end of each school year. The event presents a diverse…
Ashland Landmarks Damaged in Drunk Driving Incidents
With spring in full swing, the beginning of April has proven to be busy for the Ashland Police Department. Just over a week ago APD made arrests in two separate drunk driving accidents over the course of three days. The…
ASSOU Recap 4/12/2022
The meeting started at 6:00 p.m. with no objections to the agenda, followed by the land of acknowledgment. With the date not yet chosen, the SOU President Rick Bailey stopped by to announce that all ASSOU members are welcome to…
The Battle Between Texas and Transgender Children
Image Credit Jay Janner There is a national fight for the rights of LGBTQIA+ youth happening currently. Starting back in August 6th of 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott asked the Texas Department of Family and Protective Service to explicitly state…
Career & Internship Fair Happening April 20th!
On April 20th, Southern Oregon University’s Career Connections Office will host a Career and Internship Fair. This event is for students interested in getting a job over the summer, or perhaps right after they graduate this upcoming June. For those…
ASSOU Meeting Recap 3/1/2021
Image Credit Southern Oregon University The meeting started at 6:04 PM, with no objections to the agenda and minutes, followed by reports from the senate. Speaker of the Senate Keeley Reiners asked members of the ASSOU to walk around campus…
Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Where We’re at Now
After Russian military buildups near the Ukrainian border in 2021, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24th, 2022. Ukrainians are currently four days into the latest attack in an ongoing eight year conflict that began February 2014…
Ashland Memes: An Examination and Debunk of Their Vaccine Claims
An Instagram page called Ashland Memes Official, dedicated to posting and sharing memes about Ashland, had quite the controversial post on Saturday, February 5th. The page posted on its Instagram story where it stood in solidarity with people who went…