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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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— 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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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.
A column by Jessika Shannon
Jessika Shannon, 27, is a journalism major. Her column will dive deep into the lifestyle, friendships and relationships of twenty-somethings. To reach Shannon, email siskiyou@students.sou.edu
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