SOU in the News: September 13 – September 19

SOU Student, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff features
KTVL 10 – SOU moving up in college rankings:
https://ktvl.com/news/local/sou-moving-up-in-college-rankings
The Siskiyou – SOU student government president gets his wish for a rap concert:
https://siskiyou.sou.edu/2016/09/19/davis-concert-plans-come-to-fruition/
KDRV – Fire extinguisher training sprays through SOU:
https://www.kdrv.com/news/Fire_Extinguisher_Training_Sprays_Through_SOU.html
Mail Tribune – SOU alumna Janette Booth is named new finance director of city of Phoenix, Oregon:
https://www.mailtribune.com/news/20160919/phoenix-city-attorney-top-choice-for-city-manager-post
News on SOU Academic Programs
Hillsboro Tribune – Incoming SOU freshman uses computer programs to create event poster:
https://www.pamplinmedia.com/ht/119-hillsboro-tribune-features/322812-201793-fghs-grad-alice-parker-creates-chalk-art-poster-using-pair-of-computer-programs
News on Fine and Performing Arts
Daily Tidings – Schlitt’s ‘Patriot Act’ comes to SOU:
https://www.dailytidings.com/news/20160916/schlitts-patriot-act-comes-to-sou
News on Politics, Policy, and National Trends Impacting SOU and Higher Education:
Oregonian – Oregon’s sad, sad record of educating its young:
https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/09/the_state.html
Bend Bulletin – Measure 95: Securing public universities’ right to make investments:
https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/4662604-151/measure-95-securing-public-universities-right-to-make
New York Times – Why college rankings are a joke:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/opinion/sunday/why-college-rankings-are-a-joke.html
Eugene Register Guard – The Central Oregon Prize:
https://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/34797496-78/the-central-oregon-prize.html.csp
Washington Post – The coming era of consolidation among colleges and universities:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/09/07/the-coming-era-of-consolidation-among-colleges-and-universities
Miscellaneous News
Daily Tidings – Friday’s grass fire near the SOU campus was quickly extinguished:
https://www.dailytidings.com/news/20160916/grass-fire-extinguished-quickly