On Monday, tryouts to fill the feathers of Rocky were held in the Lithia Motors Pavilion. This 2019-2020 season, Southern Oregon University will have four students perform Rocky. Participants were asked to prepare a field walk and skit or routine…
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SEIU Strike Averted: Contract Settled
Two-year labor contract of classified employees at public Oregon universities has been settled. Negotiations started in February.
Women’s Softball: the first chance for a women’s national title
The game started at 7 a.m. Pacific Time, SOU (51-7) and No. 3 Oklahoma City (60-7). SOU took the first meeting, 4-2 on Monday night, but OCU set up another by defeating defending champion Science & Arts (Okla.), 3-1, in…
Preparing for fire
As Saturday– the official mark of the start to fire season– looms closer, it’s all hands on deck for the institutions that battle the summer smoke. For students and faculty of SOU, fire is a concern in the late Spring…
Siskiyou Review: “Detective Pikachu” lacks Pika-punch
Since the unveiling of the first trailer, Detective Pikachu has been drawing a collective swoon from “Pokéfans” around the world. A live action movie full of immaculate CGI Pokémon, with Ryan Reynolds’ seductively nasally tones embodying perhaps the most adorable…
Farmer’s market returns to downtown
Since spring is in full swing, Ashland had its first Farmer’s Market of the season on May 4th. There were lots of vendors there and many people came out to enjoy the weather. We spoke with Matt Suhr, who runs…
Where are the Pikas?
Alec Bayarsky and Neil Clayton, both seniors majoring in Environmental Science and Policy, chose to do their capstone on modeling suitable habitat for American Pika. Clayton, current SOU student, explained that these small rabbit-like mammals have been traditionally used as…
SOU softball sweeps UBC
Last weekend saw the SOU Softball team sweep University British Columbia’s Thunderbirds, with 3 of 4 being forced to end with the “Mercy Rule”. The first encounter was won with a score of 13-1 going into the fifth inning. Hannah…
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…