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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
Welcome Back
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.
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