Twenty-Something
Many students at SOU have yet to discover the majestic wonders of the Rouge Valley. There is a plethora of exciting adventures and wondrous activities right here in our very own outdoor playground. Students tend to get wrapped up in the hustle and bustle of college life and fail to reach out to the outdoor community that this area is famous for.
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I suppose that love is a hard topic to tackle. Even thinking about it sets off an involuntary sigh. The weight of the word itself causes anxiety and confusion. Still, we each want it, we each hope to find it, and we each hold on to it even when it causes us pain.
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Well fellow students, the time has come, (as the walrus once said !) to talk of many things. It’s my last two weeks as an undergraduate student and as I look back over the pretty rad five years I spent here as a student, I thought I’d give a proper goodbye and parting words of wisdom to the loyal readers of the Siskiyou.
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Roughly three years ago I went on a roadtrip with my sister from Long Beach, Calif. To Washington, DC., because she was transferring jobs. During my spring break from college, she and I flew to California, picked up her car from the shipping company and headed off.
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What Makes Us Great
What happens when an oil tanker explodes and spills tens of thousands of gallons of oil in the ocean every day? The blame game starts. An all-out congressional he-said, she-said battle takes place and disappoints not only politicians (including President Obama) up in arms over the incident, but people find small ways of making a difference too.
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What Makes Us Great
KSOR, the leading station of Jefferson Public Radio, was established in 1969 on the campus of Southern Oregon University. As KSOR advanced from a small, lesser known station into an entire network of satellite stations and took the name Jefferson Public Radio.
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What Makes Us Great
I’m going to assume you know what Facebook is. I’m even going to assume you have a Facebook page. Well, by far one of the funniest things that has come out of Facebook this term has been the Facebook group page “You know you go to Southern Oregon when…” With the sole purpose of posting blurbs about things that only happen at Southern Oregon University, the group page is one you should definitely take a few minutes of the time you’re already spending on Facebook, and read some of the things the administator and group members have said.
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What Makes Us Great
What do you get when you spoof “The Office” and set it in a local TV studio? “Community TV.” Set in the Rogue Valley Television stations, former Southern Oregon University students Scott Ash and Evan Sorlien used their tools of their trade, and a mockumentary style of shooting to produce one of the funniest films that has come out of the Video Production program at SOU.
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What Makes Us Great
In an attempt to market itself better, Southern Oregon University has used various methods, including Twitter, Facebook, and a branding redesign. These haven’t gone unnoticed, but what has gone unnoticed are the students behind those efforts. No, I’m not talking student opinions, but a certain blogger that helps to get the word out about SOU.
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What Makes Us Great
It has become certain that we no longer have to search for products and services in today’s society, but that they will and do find us. This is the shift that we are also seeing with employment. Although the country has been in a state of economic recession, most all employment communications have been through employment sites.
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What Makes Us Great
With all of the online dating sites available it’s no wonder that one out of eight couples married last year had met through online dating. More and more singles of all ages are feeling more comfortable with the idea of online dating. With the technological boom of the ‘90s and the recent proliferation of online bloggers (over 200 million blogs to date) and social networking, society has developed a world inside of the world that we live in.
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What Makes Us Great
There isn’t much to say about social networking in the way of understanding it that every reader doesn’t already know. If there really is a world within a world that we have created via technology, then social networking would be considered its metropolis.
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What Makes Us Great
Yes, we’ve mentioned networking sites and how many millions of followers they have, but what makes us great (or just another one of the “followers”) is that Southern Oregon University is in on the game. That’s right, if you tweet or like to hear what’s trending on the World Wide Web about things going on here in the Rogue Valley, your best bet is to check out SOU’s official twitter page hosted by Jim Beaver, Director of interactive Marketing and Media Relations.
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What Makes Us Great
KSOC is a student-run radio station located at Southern Oregon University on the bottom floor of the Stevenson Union. Established over twelve years ago, KSOC provides listeners with 24/7 online access to music. The station also provides opportunities to learn about what really goes into radio broadcasting.
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Before you even think of doing last minute homework, working on term projects, or possibly studying for homework, make sure you do what almost everyone else does and find as many ways as possible to avoid doing just that. That’s right, here we talk about the numerous things going on thanks to the World Wide Web.
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Week of May 17, 2010
Housing We were disappointed when we read the “Hubris in Housing” article in last week’s Siskiyou. We were under the impression opinion pieces ought to consist of supported arguments and not unfounded accusations. It is irresponsible to personally attack someone in an opinion piece.
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The sunny weather is here, hopefully to stay, and summer is just around the corner. For many of you that means summer vacation, a time for rest, relaxation, and spending time outdoors. Unfortunately, it is also a time where Emergency Departments see an increase in the number of injured patients.
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With summer approaching flights are booked, plans are settled, and family waits. However, I recently made the decision to pass up a summer at the beach for Ashland. Summer plans of eating shave ice, digging my toes in the sand, and seeing my family are canceled, or put on hold.
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Twenty-Something
I know that this isn’t breast cancer awareness month but there is no better time then right now to discuss the importance of women’s health. Breast cancer has plagued the female population and some men as a silent and deadly perpetrator. Statistics show that almost 80 percent of women have been affected by breast cancer through family members, friends, or by facing it themselves.
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My friend Alisha and I talk about life and love daily. We comment on the way things seem to be turning around for us, or on how there are times when nothing seems to be going our way. It’s scary how we are on the same page more often than not. It’s nice to have a friend to share your feelings with and to have someone to relate to.
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Twenty-Something
Many students at SOU have yet to discover the majestic wonders of the Rouge Valley. There is a plethora of exciting adventures and wondrous activities right here in our very own outdoor playground. Students tend to get wrapped up in the hustle and bustle of college life and fail to reach out to the outdoor community that this area is famous for.
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Peachy
The end of another year is fast approaching, and with that, all the stresses that come with change. Some of us will graduate, some of us will move beyond the realm of the dorms, and some of us are looking forward to the summer months will provide a respite from the humdrum of school.
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Heather Freiheit Director of Emergency Preparedness Summer frequently is a time for vacations; do your vacation plans include traveling, outside of the United States? If they do you are about to embark on a very exciting adventure, and I’m sure you have tons to do before your leave.
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Week of May 10, 2010
OSPIRG is Vital to Our Community I am not a member of OSPIRG. In fact, I am somewhat conservative, recognizing the need for balance and equal consideration of all points of view before making political decisions which affect my life. That said, I was so bothered by Joshua Williams’ “OSPRIG: How Important and Vital Are They” (April 19, 2010) in The Siskiyou that I felt compelled to respond.
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So who’s to say this whole environmental “destruction” deal isn’t just a part of the natural selection process? Animals by their very nature and behavior change the environment they live in simply by eating, building a home, and yes, if I could get some giggles and snickers, let’s call it “making waste.
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It’s been a year now since I ended my employment with the Housing office, and these eight months have been rough—not for me, but for Housing and Sodexo. Since September, seven issues of The Siskyou have contained 10 articles detailing Housing mistreating students, working against students, and/or wasting student money.
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This week, Associated Students of Southern Oregon University will be holding the spring elections for all senate seats, as well as the office of student body president and vice president. The Siskiyou offered each candidate the opportunity to address the students, in their own words, and some took up the offer.
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Week of May 3, 2010
Vandals
In reference to “Vandals Target Land Campaign” (April 26, 2010), there was no reason to assume that vandals targeted the Land-Bartlett campaign. There was no reason to assume any motivation behind the vandalism of campaign signs.
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Editor Commentary
Associated Students of Southern Oregon University announced open positions two weeks ago and with the campaigning that began last week, it’s become apparent that student politicians are no different from national politicians. OK, perhaps that was an exaggeration of sorts.
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Twenty-Something Everyone is starting to get a little worn out from the long ‘09 - ‘10 school year. All work and very little play is a good way to describe the lives of many students and staff at Southern Oregon Univesrity. Fortunately for us, the sun is coming out and the slender gleam of the gold at the end of the rainbow is beginning to show its glory.
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Week of April 26, 2010
A Raider Tea Party Corrupt politicians are bringing charges against honest ones. Trying to “take back” government from those newly elected by the people. A complete disregard for the constitution while claiming to support it. Ignoring decades of progress by trying to reverse it.
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Editor Commentary
A university, and a public one at that, is supposed to be neutral. Neutral in so much as it is not supposed to ascribe any one belief, ideology or point of view to its students. Instead, a university is supposed to provide an arena for competing ideas and beliefs and then let it’s population decide for themselves which ones they choose to believe and which ones they choose not to.
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Pass Me The Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki
Addictions are prevalent amongst my friends. As the school year progresses, the types of addictions vary, and it has become apparent that even I have begun to possess my own addictions. I worry that soon it will consume us, therefore I suggest an intervention.
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You may have received a SOU alert early this month and wondered why you were sent a warning about an event occurring off campus. The University is committed to providing a safe environment for our students, faculty, and employees. Although the Radio Shack location isn’t part of the SOU campus, it is an area frequented by students.
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I get on Facebook and see that one of my friends has posted their daily status. The status said, “Things have a way of working themselves out.” I thought to myself, well isn’t that nice? Now, what do I do with that? Is that true for everyone? It sure doesn’t always seem that way.
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Most people on campus do not smoke. This is a good thing. However, there are some that choose to kill themselves slowly with cancer sticks. That is there choice, and their right. Secondhand smoke effects over 80 percent of the school’s population, therefore taking the non-smokers “choice” and “right” away.
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Associated Students of Southern Oregon University’s new constitution implemented the change from biannual elections to annual elections, which means this spring is going to be the main election for Senate members for the upcoming school year. Make your voice be heard.
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Peachy Over the break, we had visitors from out of town, and as a result, I found myself in the middle of a Segway tour in downtown Reno. Segways are the motorized scooters that you stand on that allow you to travel indoors and outdoors by simply leaning forward or backward.
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The last few columns we’ve written about regarded the importance of being prepared for a major emergency. Part of preparedness is not just being ready for the “Big One,” it includes practicing awareness and preparedness every day. I decided to write about personal safety this month.
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Everyone is looking for purpose, whether it is finding a reason not to have purpose at all or to create a legacy worth remembering. We all want to be inspired. I find inspiration through many different venues, but most effectively through watching movies.
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Jessica Shannon
Love is a confusing thing. Some of us believe in it and some of us don’t. Some of us go about our lives searching for it and not settling for the one that doesn’t provide us with a “spark” or “that little feeling.” Some just run around slutting themselves out because they don’t believe in love, or monogamy for that matter.
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Editor Commentary
I’ve officially reached the apex in my college years that I thought I’d never come to. I’m a graduating senior and in less than 10 weeks, I will be entering the “Real World” with my peers and that scares the hell out of me.
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It’s finally over! With two weeks left until the end of the winter 2010 term, students are in crunch mode as they hurry to complete overdue assignments and prepare for upcoming finals. Here at The Siskiyou, we’re in celebratory mode as well.
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The results are in from the Trayless initiative at Cascade Dining and frankly, the results reveal a disconcerting culture among campus diners. The trial run going trayless at Cascade Dining began with breakfast on February 8 and was completed with dinner on February 11.
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Twenty-Something
Twenty-Something Since medieval times chivalry has helped hold up a moral code of ethics that has maintained a certain order in society. It has pulled us out of barbaric and violent times into a world of principles that the majority of people have lived by or respected.
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After several years of employment at the friendly campus computer lab I’ve begun to notice a couple trends that are incredibly troublesome. First off, I’m beginning to realize the concerning habit of fellow students being either blatantly rude or simply illiterate in their emails to the help desk.
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COLBIE CAILLAT / If you haven’t heard of Colbie Caillat, you either live under a rock or don’t listen to good music. Trust us when we say this laidback songstress is more than just a pretty face. As Caillat was gearing up for her short trip to Oregon – she’s playing in Ashland at the Historic Ashland Armory and in Eugene at the McDonald Theatre next week – she took time to have a phone chat with The Siskiyou on a gloomy, cold day in California about her passions, addictions, dating and, of course, music.
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Sniff Sniff. Cough Cough. Viruses are going around and the health center is busy with appointments. And what great timing! The semester has three weeks remaining and reports are due. While the health center is experiencing more of a bustle than usual, more than the usual students are also visiting the library.
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Twenty-Something
Paparazzi have been around for decades. Before it became the celebrity menace that it is in America today, it was a more sensational way of making a living, and a good one at that. In Italy during the early to mid 1900s, the paparazzi would snap and sell photos of celebrities to Italian magazines or even to the Associated Press.
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Peachy
Clutter, combined with a fast moving brain are the banes of my existence. My father used to joke that he could tell in what order I’d visited each of the rooms of our house. He didn’t need a bloodhound, he just had to follow the somewhat unorganized trial I created and the amount of personal items I left behind.
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Twenty-Something
Twenty-Something Last weekend I traveled down to South Lake Tahoe for a snowboarding trip extravaganza. I wanted to get away from the accustomed slopes of A-town and meet up with some old friends, not knowing what to expect when we got there. Was the snow good? Were the slopes too challenging? I had no idea.
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Op-Ed: An economic perspective
As I sat at my job in the dorm mailroom the other today I heard something new outside besides the normal clamoring on about dorm drama, movies, and midterms; trays. Lots to do about trays. If you haven’t heard the hub-bub here’s the gist: Sedexo the food service company on campus recently tried “Trayless Tuesday” down at Elmo’s in the SU and is starting the program up at Cascade on a trial basis.
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Remember in elementary school, lining up at the classroom door waiting to be escorted out while the fire alarm rang? Or sitting under a desk during an earthquake drill? As adults we no longer participate in emergency drills. We are expected to know what to do in the case of an emergency.
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“The Freshman Fifteen” refers to the dreaded weight gain of an incoming college freshman. A new living environment, exposure to new foods, sleep deprivation and stress can all change eating patterns. It is very common and relatively healthy for people to have small increases or decreases in their weight.
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Week of February 15, 2010
Students Concerned about Sodexo I am writing this letter to correct some statements made in a recent article about Sodexo’s attempts to resolve disagreements with student employees. This article stated that two student managers created an anti-Sodexo Facebook group.
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Editor Commentary
I usually don’t write very many commentary pieces, but when I do, I try to make them of something worthwhile. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not for lack of trying or lack of interest. The simple fact is, I don’t think I have very much to say or have anything worthwhile to say.
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Op-Ed: A response to the article “Uncertain future for SOU Athletics”
For the past couple years, the majority of the athletics department at SOU has been funded through the student fee. Currently, the student fee sits at $286 per term for full time students. This is the highest student fee in all of Oregon, yet we are one of the smaller schools in Oregon.
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With Valentines Day approaching, it seems fitting to talk about some “L” words: love, like, lyrics, and lucky. Then, there are the lamentations of the loveless. No matter where we are on February 14, we each have our own expectations. My expectations include dressing up with my two favorite girls and going out for some Indian food.
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When Italy hoisted the World Cup trophy in Berlin four years ago, few could have predicted the events that have happened between then and now. David Beckham left Real Madrid for MLS, Manchester City became ridiculously wealthy and France made it to the World Cup in South Africa courtesy of a controversial Thierry Henry handball are just a few of the many bizarre happenings since 2006.
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Imagine the story of a teenage girl who swiftly falls in love with a tall, brooding boy. This young woman must suppress and control her passions in order to avoid the violence of this man, and only feels safe and comfortable with herself when she is under the protective wing of her boyfriend.
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Peachy
Peachy Can you fell pull of the halfway mark? Everyone I’ve spoken to this week is feeling the downward drag of midterms. The good news: we’re halfway to spring break. The bad news: yep you guessed it, we’re halfway to spring break. Since midterms are mostly over and done with, it may be possible to take a breather.
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Editor Commentary
After a term that started out fresh and exciting, the last few weeks have been incredibly unsettling for me, as I’ve consistently thought of my impending graduation and what that is going to mean. In previous years, stress was not something I could handle well, but this year has taught me a few things.
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Peachy
Peachy I was thinking about dogs and the fact that most of us leave at least one dog (or cat, ferret, bird or turtle) behind when we embark on our big journey to college life. We do so much for them. They need to be fed, given lots of water, brushed, bathed, let out, taken to the vet, petted, and worst of all, we have to pick up their leavings.
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Twenty-Something
Twenty-Something With all of the focus on the recent tragedy of the Haitian earthquake, another natural disaster near Machu Picchu, Peru has gone unnoticed. This archeological world-renowned treasure has suffered from torrential rains causing massive flooding of local rivers.
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Southern Oregon University Emergency Preparedness department is inviting all students to participate in a program to design or create informational posters, videos, a public service announcement, or web based game/quiz focusing on Emergency preparedness.
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Ask The Nurse
Many of the injuries seen at the Student Health and Wellness Center lately are related to winter sports. For example, in the last two weeks, the SHWC has seen nine snowboard injuries. These injuries range from bumps and bruises, to fractures of the leg and tailbone.
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Guest Commentary
As the Sustainability Intern for Sodexo, I’d like to announce an upcoming initiative that will commence next week. During the month of February, Sodexo will be piloting a program to remove trays from the Cascade Dining Hall in an effort to align with SOU’s Sustainability Initiatives by reducing unnecessary waste: water, chemical and food waste.
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Guest Commentary
Nudity is dubbed generally acceptable in the confines of our homes, on our personal computer screens (for some), and in the case of children under the age of eight, according to Oregon state law. In response to these views, Jenn Moss, a resident of Ashland, has been under constant scrutiny.
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Male Responsibility I am now more concerned about some of the male response to Elizabeth Ellsworth’s most recent column, “The Function of Fear.” Frankly, it has been disgusting. One male-bodied individual went as far as to call Elizabeth “stupid” and naive for thinking that she or any other female-bodied individual has the power to overcome a sexual predator and, by extension, they have any control over what happens to their bodies.
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Imagine this: you were up late working on a paper for class, the alarm goes off at six for your eight o’ clock class. All you want to do is roll over and go back to sleep for another few hours. You get up, shower, and drink your coffee while driving to the campus.
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There is a deep element of suspicion and disrespect towards student workers by the Sodexo corporation, which means a once-friendly work environment has become utterly unpleasant. Student workers fear being fired for making suggestions for change. Sodexo employees have asked student workers repeatedly “are you with us or against us?” This corporation has made it clear that any student worker can be easily replaced by a full time employee for simply speaking their mind.
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So, I know what you’re going to say when I tell you what I’m planning on talking about: Vampires are so overrated. Team Jacob? Team Edward? Who cares? Get over “Twilight.” Did you guess what my topic is? Okay, so I have finally decided to finish reading the last book of the Twilight Saga, and I have to say, it sucks.
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Peachy
I’m writing this column shortly before the start of Bavarian Night at Mt. Ashland. I had the good fortune to be in Bavaria for Oktoberfest, and I’d like to share that experience with you. For those of you who don’t know, Oktoberfest is a 16-day festival held annually in Munich, which runs from late September to early October and millions of people attend each year.
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Peachy
Peachy Winter term is a hard one. The courses seem harder, the weeks feel longer, and the sky is definitely a lot darker. Alone, each element is manageable, but together, it can make for a “blah” feeling. Since there are seven weeks to go, I’ve compiled a list of ways to combat the “blah.
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After the three recent, seemingly random sexual assaults in Ashland, one taking place in broad daylight, a creeping fear has begun to spread among the city’s inhabitants, especially women. Don’t walk alone. Don’t be careless. They’re still out there, waiting.
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You Mean the Flu’s Not Gone? This fall, SOU saw 185 cases of influenza like illness and immunized over 360 students. The number of H1N1 flu related illnesses in Oregon has decreased over the last 2 months, but this may only be temporary. The public outreach to get vaccinated against H1N1 may have slowed the spread of the virus.
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Twenty-Something
The cool weather and shorter days are making me feel a little more personal lately. Intimacy is something that every woman wants, but right now I’m looking for a little extra cuddle time. Couples are supposed to be intimate—to spend time alone, to have date nights.
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Liberals are fun to watch. Just never put them in charge of anything. Seriously, I just found out that I might be attending the silliest college on Earth, well aside perhaps from a few on the East Coast and maybe in San Francisco. No tray Tuesdays? That was a new cafeteria policy begun Tuesday, Jan.
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A chance is fast approaching for Southern Oregon University students to direct not only the future of their school, but all Oregon as well. On January 26, a special election will be held to determine whether Oregon will maintain $733 million in new revenue budgeted for things like education, health care, public safety, and other services.
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How did you spend your winter break?
"I destroyed zombies in paradise." — Anna Micco "I couldn’t go home for the holidays; the wrestling schedule kept me here on campus." — Marshall Swerdfeger "Pretty much...chillin with my bros. I am rejuvinated.
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What’s Up With Athletes? By: Dolores Christensen SOU Volleyball Player I am writing to express my disappointment with Jessika Shannon’s column “What’s Up With That?” in The Siskyou on November 16. She writes of the “shaft” students at SOU get for not receiving priority registration while the student-athletes of SOU do.
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Peachy
Another year has arrived and with that a new slew of resolutions. I know that we all start out with the best intentions, but I think I’ve found a few that may survive the great resolution purge of 2010. Reconnect with your needs. If you feel stressed in your life, make a mental list.
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Guest Columnist
It’s about this time of year when many younger students are getting out of the dorms, or at least settling into off-campus housing. Making the move from the dorms to real world housing is a rite of passage into adulthood for most students. Unfortunately, it is easy to get lost in the scramble and excitement of renting your own place, and even easier to find yourself in less than ideal living conditions.
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Twenty-Something
Welcome back fellow students and staff! I hope that everyone enjoyed their Holiday vacation and was able to spend well deserved time with family and loved ones. I myself am enthusiastic about my return home from the frozen, snowy, flat, uninspiring Midwest.
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The local theater is the average person’s chance to be classy. It’s a great opportunity to spend a night out where you don’t feel guilty at the end of a 90-minute sub-par movie that you spent way too much money on. And you won’t get that yucky I-ate-too-much-popcorn feeling.
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Twenty-Something
What’s up with the with the incongruity in these situations involving the happenings taking place around SOU? “What’s up with that?” sheds light on a few of these confounding problems
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Peachy
When we were in grade school, our parents figured out what we needed by offering an endless supply of options for what we wanted, “Are you sick? Are you hungry? Are you upset? Was it something at school?”
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Five Places to Go On a Day Trip
Sure you should be studying, washing that pile of laundry, watching TV or taking part in a game with friends, but if you are in avoidance mode or just need to get away, this final part of the “Nothing But a Plethora” commentary takes a look at local cities in southern Oregon and northern California you should consider taking for a day trip with friends, family or your significant other.
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Things to do in the Rogue Valley
Southern Oregon University students who come from outside the Rogue Valley may not be familiar with local activities. There are a variety of outdoor opportunities for those who wish to hike, bike or practice parkour, and plenty of indoor opportunities for those who wish to shop, watch movies or go on a pubcrawl.
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The big debate lately, as we all know, has been about the renewal of Ashland’s meal tax. It’s been done, renewed for another 20 years, and that’s that.
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Peachy
Once upon a time, I went to a rock festival in Germany. It was a clear, warm April night, and one of my favorite bands was playing. I have vague half-memories about the other bands, what I ate and even how long I was there. I can vividly recall one moment though. It was halfway through the show and a song I really liked started playing. At that moment, I looked up and saw the stars. It was a trifecta, because I was in the company of people I liked, a good song was playing, and the evening was perfect. In that instant, I thought, “This is a good moment, I need to remember this moment.”
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Twenty-Something
So the Twitter epidemic has consumed you. It has pulled you into a space of complete follow-dom. You try to tell yourself to stop, to put down the phone, but you can’t help yourself. You... must... type. Your fingers glide across the keyboard all by themselves as you think, “How do they know what to do?” It’s involuntary like some strange person has taken over your body and the next thing you know, your reading someone’s tweet that you would actually avoid in person. You have a problem, and it’s called Twitter.
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Dear Siskiyou staff and SOU students, In regards to the recent “Students Discuss On Campus Tobacco Policy” (October 12, 2009), I wish to express my thoughts. I think that it’s a fantastic idea to make SOU a smoke free campus. Lets round up all those dirty smokers and give them a smoking circle high on the hill somewhere.
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Peachy
Happy November and Feliz Dia de los Mertos!!! Some of you may have noticed the Day of the Dead celebration on Thursday, and as this column comes out on November 2nd, (the official end day of the celebration), and because I attended my Grandfather’s memorial, it seemed an excellent topic for those of us with more time in front of us than behind us.
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Guest Commentary
What stuck with me most was the amazing analogy. Have you ever thought of yourself as a replica of the Earth? The Earth is roughly 70 percent water and 30 percent solid. So are we. The hydrologic cycle is similar to the process that takes place in our blood, mixing life through arteries and veins, rivers and lakes up into the sky and then back down through rain.
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When I started college as a freshman, I found myself with too much time on my hands. Something needed to be done, so I subscribed to a movie service. Allow me to act as your humble guide to film subscriptions.
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Ask The Nurse
Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common Sexually Transmitted Infection caused by bacteria. According to the Center for Disease Control, 302 cases of Chlamydia were reported in Oregon this week. Chlamydia is spread by oral sex, intercourse, anal sex or any activity that involves genital fluids. Chlamydia infections are most common in adolescents and adults under age 25. Both men and women are equally infected, although women are more likely to be routinely tested at annual gynecological exams.
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Editor Commentary
This weekend marked one of the most festive events Ashland hosts. Halloween in Ashland is like no other I’ve been to. While some students may have stayed on campus, including a few unlucky RA’s who were on duty, others ventured to the plaza, out to the bars or around a few parties.
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Twenty-Something
With fall term well on its way, it’s that time of year in which we begin vamping up our winter wardrobes and stocking up on tissues and cough drops for our book bags. Winter holidays are just around the corner and everyone is preparing for family gatherings and winter gorging.
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Ask The Nurse
For many students, college is the first time for everything, including sex. For the next several weeks, Ask the Nurse will provide information on the most common misconceptions about sex and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) seen at the Student Health and Wellness Center. Sexual health is an important component of your overall physical and mental health. The health center provides sexual health education, STI testing and counseling and the full spectrum of birth control options (from condoms to the interuterine device).
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In these letters to the editor, readers respond to the "Students Discuss On Campus Tobacco Policy" (10/12) and our "Club Shout Out: UN Club" (10/19). Read on for a detailed look at their responses.
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Peachy
Halloween is fast approaching and soon everyone will be donning wigs, outfits, and masks to celebrate the beloved holiday, Ashland style. Ashland is well known as a good place to be for Halloween and while Halloween is one of the more celebratory holidays, its origins go far back in history.
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Bubble World
The hardest thing sometimes is to see people you know are upset or feeling down due to the occurrence of an unforeseen circumstance in his or her life.
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Editor Commentary
A Nazi colonel is choking a woman to death while onlookers laugh. A group of cowboys torture a man with a primitive electrocution device while onlookers laugh. Baby Face Nelson is gunned down at night while onlookers laugh. The onlookers from the scenarios above are not actually present as these events take place.
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Guest Commentary
Although it is my second year at Southern Oregon University, the time on my computer still shows a three-hour time difference; the current time in Hawaii. So, when my alarm clock goes off in the morning for class, it will read 9:35, but my computer will claim it is only 6:35.
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Support the Troops, End the War
“END THE WAR! WHAT’S IT FOR? END THE WAR! WHAT’S IT FOR?” The chants echo in my head, the collective voice of the group growing stronger with each plea. At certain points of the anniversary rally I participated in downtown, I pointed to specific people across the street and asked them if they’d had enough of the war.
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Twenty-Something
— Jessika Shannon Why is it in every film I watch the woman ends up compromising her dreams, goals, hopes and lifestyle for a man? I’m not talking about little things like ‘okay, he wont take out the trash…’ I’m talking about those big old whammies that make up who we are and where we’ll end up in our life, how many children we want if any and our career choice.
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How to Make the Most of Budget Cuts
Lately, the only thing I ever hear about is the University budget cut and how much everyone hates it. My advice to you: Hate it freely, but use it to your advantage. What better opportunity to gripe about your life than now, when no one can blame you for it? We’re living through what some economists say is the biggest recession since the Great Depression and college students are right in the middle of the mess.
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Peachy
After weeks and weeks of summer fun, I hope everyone has settled in and started adjusting to the busy class schedule, especially with the completion of the second week of school. However, I suspect many of you are also getting used to living with someone for the first time and if you live on campus, you are getting used to living with someone in VERY tight quarters, a feat most adults do not try again after leaving college, so cheers to you, Dormrats.
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Alissa Arp, Dean of College of Arts and Sciences
Even though tuition did increase for students this year, SOU’s overall budget is still substantially less than last year, so the University faced a challenge in finding additional ways to cut expenses while minimizing the repercussions to students.
Editor's Note
Congratulations! We all have completed our first week of school, a little more tired and stressed, but excited for what has passed and what could happen for the duration of the rest of the term. No longer in summer mode, we now have the distinct pleasure of being accountable for waking up, getting ourselves to class and subjecting ourselves to countless hours of homework.
H1N1
Why is the flu so important this year? In addition to regular seasonal flu, there is a new type of flu going around called H1N1, also known as swine flu. Because it is new: • It is spreading faster and wider than the usual flu and not following the usual ‘cold and flu’ season timing.
Twenty-Something
Student are returning to Southern Oregon University refreshed from summer sun and play, ready for the next stressful school year that lies ahead. The new cross-walks are well in place and working to satisfaction by keeping students safe on the trek to class.
Peachy
And another school year begins anew! Having had a rather hectic summer, it is nice to be back in the slow Ashland pace. The return to the city was not without its own chaos: those of you who live off campus know the effort it takes to move in and get settled, as well as the startling realization that, for those of us in our last year, the real world and adulthood is a mere nine months away.
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