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• SOU academic rankings rankle some - 05/20/2013

  A ranking of each academic program at Southern Oregon University released Wednesday has left some department chairs scratching their heads, while...

• The brains behind the Brain Bowl - 05/18/2013

  What makes kids smart? Ask middle school Brain Bowl winners and you'll recognize a pattern to success:

  
• Cylvia Hayes: Student debt a potential crisis - 05/17/2013

  With an average of $26,000 in debt on graduation, Oregon's higher education system is not working — however, it and many systems in our society...

• SOAR puts ideas on display - 05/13/2013

  The plastic-bladed hexacopter hovers in the air.

  
• Playing it smart - 05/10/2013

  None of these teenagers clustered around a high school theater stage seems shy, self-conscious or unwilling to stand up and speak to a crowd.

  
• Udo Gorsch-Nies: A love for languages motivates OLLI teacher - 05/09/2013

  Udo Gorsch-Nies teaches German to adults enrolled in Osher Lifelong Learning Institute classes.

  
• Spanish spoken aqui - 05/07/2013

  A temporary town has been set up inside Ashland Middle School's old gym.

  
• 'Hungry Hungry Humans' - 05/04/2013

  Video games are often cited as a contributor to poor health among youth, but three Ashland Middle School students are using the medium to make a...

  
• Two candidates seek election to SOESD's Zone 8 position - 05/01/2013

  Two candidates vying for positions on the Southern Oregon Education Service District board in the May 21 election say their priorities will be...

• SOU theater program bursting at the seams - 04/30/2013

  Southern Oregon University's Theatre Arts Program is garnering praise from theater professionals, even as it turns away students because of a lack of...

  
• Almost in? - 04/29/2013

  PHILADELPHIA — The high school senior was wait-listed at Villanova University, her No. 1 pick.

  
• Two finalists for top ASD job to visit Ashland - 04/27/2013

  Two candidates vying to become Ashland School District's next superintendent will visit Ashland for a series of final interviews and school tours.

• Graduates-to-be give a gift - 04/26/2013

  Before eighth-grader Ursula Witt-Sarhanis says goodbye to friends and faculty at John Muir School's graduation, she wanted to complete a capstone...

  
• Cancer fighters - 04/24/2013

  Kris Diasio holds up a Ziploc bag containing a grapefruit, four tangerines and three lemons.