Tuition Increase To Take Effect Next Year
A recommendation by the board of trustees to increase tuition by 12 percent was approved on Thursday by Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission, raising costs for Southern Oregon University students starting the 2017-2018 school year. “It’s either cuts or this,” said President Linda Schott who initially made the recommendation to increase costs equivalent to an extra 18 dollars per […]
Concerned Theater Students React to Cascade Living Conditions
Cascade Hall, the abandoned dormitories of Southern Oregon University, is where you can find theater students holding their regular classes. For the past year the theater and athletic department have been relocated to the empty dorm building of Cascade while the gym and theater building are under construction. Previously Cascade has been used to house science […]
Standing With Standing Rock
Following President Trump’s executive order to advance the Keystone XL Dakota Access Pipeline members of the Ashland community came together last Sunday evening at an event they called Stand with Standing Rock: Decolonizing the Commons. According to one of the event facilitators, Carely Corrado, “the point of this gathering is to really bring people together […]
Raiders Secure 20 Straight Wins Against Lions
The Southern Oregon University Raiders kept a steady lead ahead of the Multnomah Lions securing the win with a final score of 89-69. The raiders established their dominance early in the game by jumping to a 14-0 lead before the Lions recorded their first points, largely with stifling defense and multiple steals. They were aggressive […]
Ashland Women’s March Hosts Over 15,000 People
On Saturday Ashland, Ore. became one of 673 different places across the globe that held a Women’s March. This “Sister March” created in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington had around 15,000 people in attendance according to a statistic posted by FiveThirtyEight. This puts Ashland within the top-thirty of the largest marches in the country. According […]
Bears Upset Raiders at Home
The SOU Women’s soccer team has their work cut out for them after losing 0-1 against Rocky Mountain College at home on Saturday. The Raiders (12-5-1 overall, 9-2 CCC) and the Bears (8-9, 5-6) struggled to score against one another throughout the game. While both teams fired many shots, neither could score on the other […]
SOU Suffers Loss Against Eastern Oregon
The gloom setting of the weekend did not let up as the Southern Oregon University football team took to the field this past Saturday against Eastern Oregon University. The final score: EOU 39, SOU 29. “We expect to win every game and it’s disappointing when we lose,” said SOU’s head football coach Craig Howard. “It […]
Men’s Soccer Staying Afloat in Program’s Second Season
The Southern Oregon University Raiders experienced their second defeat of the season against #11 ranked Corban on Friday. The Warriors took the lead with a shot that went from left to right and managed to sneak past the goalkeeper. Less than a minute later SOU’s Mitchell Pinney zipped through Corban’s defense to score a 17 […]
Next in Que: Master of None
“Long term relationships are tough. You can’t just expect a big, roaring fire right away, right? You know, you can’t put the big logs in first. You start with the small stuff. Kindling, all right? You add that, then you put in the big logs and then you have a roaring fire. And that’s a […]
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. Michael V. Tidwell, laid out his ambitious plans for diversifying SOU’s revenue sources, increasing the […]