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Is chivalry dying?

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. Full story

Thank Goodness for Paparazzi!

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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. Full story

Proud to be from Ashland

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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. Full story

Flooding at Machu Picchu

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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. Full story

At-Home Date Nights

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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. Full story

Raising Awareness

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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. Full story

What's Up With That?!

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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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Tweet No More

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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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Feeling SAD?

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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. Full story

The Compromise

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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. Full story

Introducing Twenty-Something

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 Full story