SOU's Student Government Kicks Military Recruiters Out of the Student Union

imc volunteer, 25.05.2005 - 12:36
Southern Oregon University's Student Government (ASSOU) passed a resolution last night banning military recruiters from the Student Union. The US Military's discrimination against homosexuality, the so-called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, is in direct conflict with SOU's anti-dicrimination policy. The resolution was carried 8 votes to 2.

Steve Ryan, student senator and sponsor of the resolution said of its passage, "SOU's Student Government is taking a proactive role in protecting students from discrimination. Clearly the military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy conflicts with the Universities anti-discrimination policy. We saw the contradiction and wanted to find a solution."
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Memorial Day Eve Candlelight Vigil

Brenda Gould, 23.05.2005 - 19:31
Citizens for Peace and Justice* invites all who wish to honor the victims to a "Memorial Day Eve Candlelight Vigil" at sunset on May 29. Bring a candle and stand with us at the corner of Veterans' Memorial Park**on the southside of Medford. Rev. Paul Robinson, United Church of Christ Retired, will speak briefly.
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Service Employees March on State Capitol

Photo/Video Report Back, 22.05.2005 - 23:39
OPEU District Four Productions
* member-made labor media *

MAY 21, 2005 * SALEM, OREGON
5000 SEIU #503 WORKERS CONVERGE ON STATE CAPITOL WITH AN AWESOME SHOW OF FORCE

photos by Steve Ryan, NWU Local #1981
click on any photo to make bigger
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Thank You for Protecting Student Privacy

CORPORATE WATCH DOG, 18.05.2005 - 21:09
Thanks goes out to everyone who contacted the House Education Committee concerning SB 643 which would help to protect student privacy. Your emails and phone calls made the difference.

This morning I got word that the bill will have a public hearing in Salem this Friday at 1:00 PM in Hearing RM E. For everyone who would like to submit comments or testimony you can do so in person or by emailing Committee Chair Representative Linda Flores,  rep.lindaflores@state.or.us

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Women Take Back the Green Bridge

lesley, 16.05.2005 - 18:11
About 100 people gathered on the corner of Highway 199 and Eight Dollar Road in the Illinois Valley this morning to protest logging at the Biscuit timber sales. The crowd walked a few miles to the closure line and were not met by any law enforcement. The closure blocks public access to the Fiddler timber sale and the famed Babyfoot Lake area.

Five arrests and two citations were issued after seven women entered the federal closure and walked to the Green Bridge, reclaiming for a brief time the symbolic epicenter of our resistance movement. The woman joined arms and blocked loaded log trucks carrying single tree loads of centuries old old growth out from our publicly owned forests. Five women were arrested and spent the night in JOCO Adult jail. Another two were cited and released for violating the closure. Activists consider the closure to be unconstitutional and illegal and are currently challenging its legitimacy in federal court.
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Oregon State Employees Plan March on Salem Capitol

State Workers Lead Fight For FAIRNESS, 16.05.2005 - 07:18
On Sat, May 21 thousands are marching on the Capitol to show the State: "We'll walk for a fair contract."

"We are leading the fight for affordable health care and to stop shifting health costs to employees."

Remember 1995? State employees stood up for fairness then, and now thousands are saying, "We'll do it again. This time we'll be in purple."
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Lessons from the Wild Siskiyou: fire, forests and politics

media collective, 09.05.2005 - 13:23
Lessons from the Wild Siskiyou: fire, forests and politics
7pm, May 12th
SOU Library- Meese Meeting Room 305
(parking is located off Indiana St by the Schneider Museum of Art)
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Sisters of the Siskiyou: S.O.S. Act II

from the newswire, 01.05.2005 - 10:35
With dignity and honor, twenty-two women were arrested last March 14 blocking loggers' access to Fiddler Mountain. We captured America's imagination for a moment, but alas, logging still persists!! So gals, dust it off and come on down for some serious forest fun...and resist the destruction to our last public wild places by the Bush Forest Service.
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KSKQ 94.9 FM is on the air!

KSKQ listener, 30.04.2005 - 16:52
B*R*E*A*K*I*N*G * * N*E*W*S

Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 15:40:33 -0700
Subject: KSKQ 94.9 FM Test Broadcast

Friends,

KSKQ is live for a short test broadcast! You can tune in at 94.9 FM anywhere in Ashland or Medford and for friends out of the valley, you can listen online at  http://www.kskq.org/ and click on the "Listen Here' Link!

We're going until Sunday night!
* KSKQ-LP 94.9 FM *
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Ashland votes for more access to FSTV

imc volunteer, 29.04.2005 - 10:46
Following the lead of Mayor Morrison who proclaimed last week "Independent Media Week" the Ashland Fiber Network Programming Committee Thursday evening (4/28/05) voted to make Free Speech TV more accessible for subscribers to the city owned cable television system.

FSTV will now be available at the "tier 2" Basic level of subscription for $14.40 per month. Previously staff had overextended their authority and moved FSTV to the "tier 3" Expanded Basic level which has a subscription rate of $34.83 per month. The Ashland Fiber Network has huge financial obligations and struggles to find more revenue to stay afloat.

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