April 11, 2018

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Finn Jendersee (Left) aims gun at State A Thon dancers during the fashion show April 7. Members of Delta Chi celebrate reaching State A Thon’s goal. (Bottom) Sammie Gervais and Annika Hietpas, State A Thon co-executive directors, reveal the total amount of money raised this year. Emily Meyer, sophomore pre-nursing major, and Mallory Trapp, freshman pre-nursing major, dance during State A Thon’s power hour.

State A Thon raises $165K for Children’s Miracle Network BRIANNA SCHREURS Managing Editor

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t 10 p.m. Saturday, a colorful, glittery crowd of 566 students filled the Volstorff Ballroom anxiously awaiting State A Thon’s big reveal of its 2018 fundraising total.

The 12-hour dance marathon went over its $165,000 goal, raising $165,829.49 for the Sanford Children’s Miracle Network Hospital in Sioux Falls.

“It was too close,” said Carly Boder, senior political science major. “Like way, way too close

for comfort.”

Last year, State A Thon raised $151,456.07, which shattered the $120,000 goal. But Sammie Gervais, State A Thon co-executive director, thought this year was a success in other ways.

The State A Thon executive team tried new fundraisers and had a “really good turnout” at them, Gervais said.

Another success was this year’s State A Thon had more dancers. Last year around 400 dancers participated, and that number increased to 566 dancers this year.

Gervais said the larger turn-

out was due to better social media outreach by the executive team this year.

“We really reached out to our dancers this year,” she said.

“They felt more in the loop.

And when they feel in the loop they feel more invested.”

But Gervais said it’s less about how much is raised and more about the families State A Thon gets to support.

Morale leader Megan Kellen said one of her favorite parts of the day was seeing how CMN impacts people’s lives through videos and meeting them at the event.

“It was fun to hang out with

my miracle child and celebrate eight months of hard work,” Kellen said.

Throughout the day, students learned line dances and other choreography, but there were more activities than just dancing. Participants played games with CMN kids, cheered as President Barry Dunn kissed a goat and saw a performance

by Champions Forever, a family who performs with mostly unicycles and basketballs.

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$165,829.49 2017 $151,456.07 2016 $103,229.44 2015 $88,072.29

2014 $66, 830.60

Creative coding: potential found in untapped market GARRETT AMMESMAKI News Editor

Collegian photo by IAN LACK

The University Campus Police Department building is located east of Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium on Jackrabbit Avenue. The force employees about 25 officers, all of whom are put through constant training to ensure optimum community security.

SDSU, Brookings achieves award-winning safety IAN LACK Reporter South Dakota State University was recognized as the 22nd safest campus in a list of 100 U.S. universities for 2018. It was the only South Dakota school to be named in the list from the National Council for Home Safety and Security.

According to the Annual Campus Security Report, last year there were 30 on-campus crimes reported. Those crimes include rape, burglary and fondling. The National Center for Education Statistics notes the national crime average for universities at about 35 incidents per year.

Nearly all accredited state schools were accounted for when creating the list, barring schools with enrollment under

10,000 students.

In addition, the city of Brookings was named the second-safest city in South Dakota this year, coming in behind Brandon. The website notes Brookings’ violent crime rate at less than half of South Dakota’s average.

Chief Timothy Heaton said his UPD officers are constantly being put through training to ensure they are best suited to interact with the public and deal with any situation that may arise.

“Just about every one of my officers is an instructor for a law enforcement area,” Heaton said.

“I’ve got instructors in radar.

I’ve got instructors in firearms.

I’ve got instructors in unarmed self-defense. It goes on and on.”

Five years ago the university began to engage the entire cam-

pus community in a dialogue surrounding safety, said Michael Adelaine, vice president for Technology and Safety at SDSU. “The mindset changed to ‘we need to engage the whole campus community in this process,’” Adelaine said. “It couldn’t be just university police. It couldn’t be just IT on the cybersecurity side. It couldn’t be just environmental health and safety for the labs. The whole campus community, including students, had to take ownership in this.”

Amber Alvey is a senior communication studies student and a senator for Students’ Association. She also chairs the SA Safety and Security Committee and has been pushing efforts to increase safety on campus.

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If the 20th century was defined by mathematics, the 21st century will be defined by computer code.

In 2015, seven million job openings across the country were in occupations that value computer coding, according to the job market analytics firm Burning Glass.

In fact, programming jobs are growing 50 percent faster than the job market overall. In South Dakota, unfilled computing jobs offer a combined $50 million opportunities in terms of annual salaries, according to code.org.

“Software touches everything in the 21st century,” said George Hamer, assistant department head of electrical engineering and computer science.

“The banking industry, health care, the insurance industry – just about every field is computerized.”

Jobs involving coding aren’t only at Google, Apple or IBM, and you don’t necessarily need a master’s degree in computer science to take advantage of them.

But, many students in the College of Arts and Sciences are either unaware or don’t understand the positives of learning the language of computers.

Even if your job doesn’t require active coding, Hamer said

learning about computer coding will help you approach problem solving differently, analyze data and increase your analytical skills. In the diversifying fields of the 21st century, when computer science and the arts combine on multiple levels, having a common language helps.

“In the big picture, computer science people tend to be right brained and [design] people tend to be left brained,” Hamer said. “The goal is to get them to think the same way and work together.”

To do that, Hamer, alongside former Dean Dennis Papini and current Interim Dean Jason Zimmerman, developed an experimental “targeted course,” to introduce students in the College of Arts and Sciences to coding.

The course, called Coding for the Arts and Sciences, was supposed to be offered this spring, but only two people signed up.

“The main reason is probably just lack of advertising,” Hamer said. The class is being retooled, and Hamer hopes to have it available in the 2019 school year.

Coding is used increasingly across every modern industry, and program coordinator of graphic design Young Ae Kim said it helps young graduates stand out to employers, no matter their major.

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April 11, 2018

DAILY CRIME LOG 04.01.18 • 6:25 p.m. @ 1060 Campanile Ave. Lost Property.

04.02.18 • 4:21 p.m. @ Student Union. Miscellaneous Incident.

• 10:11 p.m. @ Larson Commons. Suspicious Persons/Vehicle.

04.04.18 • 2:36 a.m. @ Mathews Hall. Suspicious Persons/ Vehicle.

04.05.18 • 3:01 p.m. @ Binnewies Hall. Theft From Building.

04.06.18 • 6:29 p.m. @ Caldwell Hall.

Miscellaneous Incident.

04.07.18 • 12:09 a.m. @ Lincoln Music Hall. Suspicious Persons/Vehicle.

• 7:23 p.m. @ Meadows South. Suspicious Persons/ Vehicle.

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Q: Is there any routine to your day?

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with Jesse Davis Jesse Davis Owner/General Manager at Craft Fusion JACQUELINE WOLLES Reporter The “Five minutes with” series focuses on an SDSU faculty, student or member of the Brookings community. The interviewer spends five minutes speaking with a person to learn their specialty or something they are passionate about.

Q: How did you get started in the restaurant business?

A: My first experience with anything in a kitchen was in a nursing home kitchen. I was 16, that was with my mom and my grandma. After that, I moved out here to go to school and I worked in restaurants to pay for school, and that’s where I got all of my experience from.

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A: Not really, the only routine I honestly have is every mornign when I get to work. I make a list and I circle the things that have to get done that day, after that everything goes out the window. You can’t predict when you’re busy, you can’t predict when someone is going to call in sick or if something happens.

Your day is constantly changing and you just have to adjust.

Q: What is your favorite part about your job?

A: You get to do something different everyday, it’s never the same thing. Everyday you’re always meeting new people, doing something different.

There’s not much about it that gets repetitive day after day.

Q: If you could give someone advice about this business, what would it be?

A: You have got to love what you do. If you don’t love it, this isn’t it.

The other big one is you have to maintain a positive attitude all the time. Restaurants are a negative world — you could have always done something better. No matter how a day went, you could have always done something better.

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Jesse Davis, owner of Craft Fusion said positivity is the key to success. Craft is open Monday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sundays.

Q: What is the hardest part about your job?

A: The hardest part is just keeping up with everything for sure.

Being a single owner of a small restaurant, you wear so many hats. You’re the guy that has to fix everything, you make all the schedules, you do the payroll, the

cooking. You’re wearing 15 to 20 hats to make everything happen.

So, I think the hardest part is keeping up on it and having that balance between what you need to get done and what can wait.

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Owner Kyle Weber servers customers March 12 at Eponymous Brewing Co. Eponymous opened up March 2018 and is located in The Lofts at Main, 126 S. Main Ave.

MARISSA CARFF Reporter A new brewery has come to town for Brookings beer fans. Eponymous Brewing Company is now open at 126 S. Main Ave. Eponymous opened last month on Main Street. The brewery is the brainchild of SDSU alumni Kyle McElhany and Sean Weber.

Their shared love of craft beers began with homebrewing.

With McElhany’s education in microbiology and Weber’s background in business-economics, the two realized they had the potential to launch a successful business.

They joked about it and talked about how “every homebrewer wants to do it,” but it wasn’t until a year ago planning actually began.

“Everything lined up and it just happened,” Weber said.

McElhany and Weber promise a steady stream of flagships to keep any beer nut begging for more. They are also open to sug-

gestions from customers.

“We are able to brew different beers more often,” Weber said. “So, if you want to see something on our beer board, let us know.”

Eponymous features a 13seat bar made entirely of reclaimed wood and incorporated metal work. All furniture is arranged in the “lounge style” that Weber was hoping they could achieve and passersby can see the sparkling silver tanks through the glass garage doors.

“It’s nice to see Brookings staying current with the trends of craft beer,” said Rosario Aguilera, junior operations management major. “Personally, I’m happy because I love sampling beer. I’m excited to see what they have to offer.”

Weber and McElthany hope Eponymous will be a good addition to the Brookings craft beer scene and Brookings local Dayna Benthin said.

“It’ll be nice to have another place in town to hangout and decompress,” she said.

The spread of information is crucial in this modern age, even more so when lives could be on the line.

For instances when seconds do count, South Dakota State University is developing a new emergency alert app.

“Jackrabbit Alert,” is designed to better inform students of a variety of threats to campus.

SDSU currently uses a service called Everbridge, which is active for every public education institution in the state and runs through the South Dakota Board of Regents.

Jackrabbit Alert is in the early stages of development and will be specific to the SDSU campus. This will allow for more customization in design and service utilization. According to SDSU Emergency Management Specialist Jayme Trygstad, the app is meant to be much more “fluent” than the current Everbridge system.

Students currently receive alerts using their home information, but switching to Jackrabbit Alert would result in alerts being released based on their campus information.

This change creates the potential for messages to be more targeted and allows the system to run more efficiently.

The Everbridge system currently sends alerts to all enrolled students and staff, meaning some online students or staff who do not attend the Brookings campus are receiving alerts that do not apply to them.

This can slow down the system.

Jackrabbit Alert will also make it easier to update how you wish to be notified of an

emergency. Currently, students are only notified via email until they set their preferences at orientation or online.

The current emergency alert system, which can only be activated by Trygstad or the University Police Department, recently faced criticism by students when rumors of an active shooter on campus highlighted potential issues in the notification process.

Kendra Hanks, a junior early childhood education major, questioned in a tweet how the Argus Leader managed to hear rumors of an active shooter on campus before she did.

The report, which was unsubstantiated, prompted an allclear notification to be released.

“I didn’t see an email until the next morning,” said Alan Garcia, a sophomore nursing major. Upon hearing rumors, he said he turned to social media to make his own judgment about the threat at hand.

Director of University Marketing and Communications Mike Lockrem said emergency alerts are “used primarily for an immediate threat,” and added that there was no credible threat in that situation.

Beyond the all-clear notice, all other alerts have pertained to weather threatening the Brookings area, such as warnings for tornadoes, severe thunderstorms or flash floods.

Since May, all other SDBOR public institutions combined had seven alerts, while SDSU alone had five.

Until the new app is released, SDSU will continue delivering alerts through the Everbridge system.

A release date for Jackrabbit Alert has yet to be set.

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April 11, 2018 >> CODING Continued from A1 “I’ve found that fine art students always use a traditional medium to create their artwork and at some point of their career they say they need a website,” Kim said.

Though there are platforms such as Squarespace and Wordpress that make webpage creation easy, their premade formats don’t stand out to employers as much as something a student designed themselves, Kim said. Also, having a web-

site that is based on a template can be seen as unprofessional.

Kim believes many students outside of the computer science field are initially “scared” or intimidated by the idea of coding, but with programs such as Adobe Dreamweaver and Muse, personalized webpage and app design are easier than ever.

“If you know how to use Instagram and Facebook, then you can do it,” Kim said. “You basically understand the functionality of these things and you’re doing those same things

with a different platform.”

Hamer and Kim are currently discussing a class based on user interface and user experience for next fall, which will focus on teaching students about how things work in web or app environments.

Whether or not students take advantage of these classes, the increasing prevalence of coding in the work industry will not change.

“It’s a skill that everyone needs to master,” Hamer said.

“It’s going to become common knowledge in the next decade.”

>> STATE A THON Continued from A1 Carter Vander Wal, sophomore agriculture business major, said he enjoyed seeing the group for the second time.

“They always have a good message. You can never have too much advice,” he said.

With that, Vander Wal wanted to give some advice of his own: “State A Thon is a really good experience and if (students) haven’t done anything like this they should.”

Gervais said State A Thon has been a positive impact on her life and it’s always moving to help others.

>> SAFETY Continued from A1 Alvey and the committee work to maintain the Blue Light Emergency Phones around campus, communicate with UPD on behalf of students and propose legislation that would improve safety conditions on campus.

“I think this is a really great accomplishment for SDSU and

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A dancer pushes Miracle Child, Ona Mohlenhoff onto the stage for the space fashion show at State A Thon April 7 in the Volstorff Ballroom.

“State A Thon means giving hope to families that have none, it means giving a purpose to students that need one.

There’s so many ways State A Thon can mean to someone,” Gervais said with tears in her eyes.

something that we should all take pride in because we all have a role on campus to help make this a safer place,” Alvey said. “So I take pride that SDSU was named 22, but we also know we have more work to be done to work with faculty and other students.”

Heaton said the best way to improve safety conditions on campus was if every student took up the issue for themselves in their own lives on

campus.

“To me, I think we are one of the safest campuses in the country because our students choose not to make this a crime-oriented campus,” Heaton said. “It’s when people kind of let things slide that situations can get out of control and bad things happen. But I would have to put half of the credit on the fact that our students are out there doing good.”

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SDSU hosts National History Day competition HUNTER DUNTEMAN Reporter Students from across South Dakota will be heading to SDSU’s campus to showcase history research projects months in the making.

On Wednesday the Student Union is hosting the National History Day in South Dakota contest for the ninth straight year.

Jess Burke, state coordinator for NHD in South Dakota, said the program is much more than just a competition, noting that students benefit just as much as the university.

“It’s an overall rewarding experience,” Burke said. “It’s good for these students to interact with professionals and other students as well. It really shows students what they’re working for.”

Not only do students get to present their work in front of college professors and university students, but they also get to experience what college is like.

Burke said many SDSU students who are exposed to the program from a judging standpoint end up bringing the program into the high schools they go on to teach in.

Former state coordinator and current judge Carrie Van Buren said NHD in South Dakota has led some students on to “successful college careers and beyond.”

Yankton High School junior Rylie Andrus said the program helped her uncover potential in herself.

“NHD made a big impact on my life. It all around helped me grow as a student and an indi-

vidual,” Andrus said. She said she’s also “very thankful” for what the program has taught her.

In total, 223 students are entered into the state contest, which organizers expect will fill every room in the upper level of The Union as well as most rooms on the main floor.

The 2018 topic is “Conflict and Compromise.”

Andrus said her team angled their project around Eleanor Roosevelt’s role in the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

“As a group of girls, we wanted to do a powerful woman in history,” Adrus said. “Since the theme is conflict and compromise, we thought this would be a perfect fit.”

Teams qualified for the state contest by placing in a regional contest this March in Sioux Falls.

National History Day was founded in 1974 and expanded to South Dakota in 1981. It currently has chapters in all 50 states and six countries in Central America and Asia.

High school and middle school students at 24 chapters throughout South Dakota have formulated teams of one to five people and begun compiling year-long research projects.

Students’ research must be over the topic and must be presented via one of five methods: original paper, exhibit, performance, website or documentary.

This year’s state contest is from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m on Wednesday, April 11 in the Student Union.

Oakwood magazine publishes student, professional writing, art LAUREN FRANKEN Copy Editor Oakwood is gearing up to publish its latest edition of the annual literary magazine, which features work by both SDSU students, artists and writers from the Great Plains region.

Students in all fields of study can submit work – whether it be art, short story or poetry – to the organization dedicated to not only filling the magazine with regional writing, but also featuring regional art.

This year’s cover features senior interior design major, Jennie Scislow’s acrylic on canvas piece.

Scislow didn’t know her work had been chosen for the cover of the magazine until a friend congratulated her after seeing one of the promotional posters for the launch.

To create the piece, she built up different layers and washes of paint before using other elements like wallcovering, metal and thread, which she often found while cleaning interior design labs in past internships, Scislow said.

“I enjoy being able to take something deemed as useless and

incorporate it into something beautiful,” she said.

Scislow said she’s excited her work is representing this year’s Oakwood. She knows how important first impressions are, and hopes her piece encourages people to open the magazine and see all of the great work inside.

“I think it’s great that Oakwood accepts work from anyone who has ties to the Northern Great Plains region and is not limited to current residents or simply to students,” Scislow said.

Oakwood adviser Steven Wingate said anyone who has roots in South Dakota or any of its adjoining states is eligible to submit.

This year, Oakwood is publishing Brookings native Julie Wakeman-Linn’s short story “Shading a Line Gone Wrong.”

Wakeman-Linn is retired editor-in-chief of “The Potomac Review,” and she now writes full time from her home in Maryland.

Her niece, Ashley Wakeman, had her poem “Thoughts on an Orange” published in Oakwood in 2003, when she was an SDSU student. Wakeman-Linn said being published in the same magazine as her niece makes her even

more proud of her story.

“She and I talk about writing almost every week,” Wakeman-Linn said. “When we discovered that now we are both Oakwood writers, we were both quite delighted.”

The literary journal was established in 1976 by former SDSU student Doug Cockrell and English professor David Evans under the name Calliope, which was later changed to Oakwood.

Cockrell and Evans wanted the magazine to represent more than just student artists and writers, but Wingate said it gradually strayed from their intention and started limiting submissions solely to SDSU students.

In 2017, Steven Wingate said he worked hard to broaden the range of authors and artists being published by reaching out to Wakeman-Linn and other professionals he thought would be interested in contributing. He hoped it would help return Oakwood to its’ creators intended purpose.

Oakwood continues to evolve, and is looking to increase its online presence to make the magazine more accessible to people in the region.

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SDSU English MA student, Katie Banks reads her work at the 2017 Oakwood launch reception. The 2018 launch will be at 7 p.m. April 19 in the Briggs Library Archives.

“The Northern Great Plains, as a region, has a ton of creative energy, a ton of creative people in it,” Wingate said. “I’d like people to feel that Oakwood is a place where that energy gets concentrated and expressed.”

Wingate anticipates there not being many more years of having a print version of the magazine.

He doesn’t think “blanketing the world with physical copies” is the ideal way to approach publishing.

Wingate said it’s a big accomplishment for students who get published in the magazine because they will have competed

against writers and artists who may have a lot more experience.

Wingate said making the issue more accessible will give Oakwood a broader audience, and ultimately more representation for its writers and artists in an area with such heavy concentration on the sciences.

Oakwood literary magazine is holding the launch event for its newest issue on at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 19 in the Briggs Library archives. The event is open to the public, free to attend and will include food, refreshments and readings from contributors.

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Ins, outs of advertising for college clubs, events IAN LACK Reporter

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DSU’s campus is a pretty busy place. Between the hundreds of campus clubs, departments and other organizations, there’s a lot happening, but what do they all have in common? A need to advertise themselves.

“I think it’s such a busy campus. We have stuff from the religious organizations to the Pokémon club,” said junior advertising major Jordan Otta. “With that being said, the groups have to look at their different strategies to get the people involved.”

According to psychology professor Brady Phelps, the most successful advertising has to do with two key strategies: repetition and emotion.

“Effective advertising involves repetition and what is termed “evaluative conditioning,” the pairing of a product or a message with some symbol or image that has effective value, that evokes emotions,” Phelps said.

The “Familiarity is Truth” effect makes people more likely to believe something if it seems familiar to them, said Phelps.

These two advertising strategies, repetition and emotion, can be applied in countless ways, but advertising professor and Advertising Club adviser Roxanne Lucchesi said the best platforms for student advertising largely exist online.

“I think a start is using the

Club Hub on campus because that’s new and a lot of freshmen will go there to find out about clubs,” Lucchesi said. “Juniors and seniors might not be using it, but the freshmen and sophomores should be starting to use it and it’s just going to be the place to go for club news.”

The most popular social media platforms can be more commonly used to promote and advertise.

“Facebook is great for meeting announcements and communicating club activities,” Lucchesi said. “... You have to make sure your club members get the notice when you post a club meeting or something.”

Lucchesi said there are ways of paying for increased audience engagement on platforms like Facebook.

“You can invest ten dollars in a Facebook post to promote it,” Lucchesi said. “It would be for a group page though and you would probably want that to be public to promote club activities and events, professional opportunities. Photos always help, so make sure you have a photographer taking pictures.”

Even beyond photos, Lucchesi urged the use of campus posters to get notice from students in the real world. Lucchesi said BluePrint Design and Print Center “does a nice job of designing posters if you have funding available.”

Whatever the club or event, both Lucchesi and Otta urged

5 tips for best advertising of a club or event 1

Repetition is key: Students are more likely to want to take part in something well-established and recognized to them.

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Use emotion effectively: Honest, positive emotion is key to selling your club or event. Avoid words like “join us” or “announcement.”

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Invest in good photos and graphics: Club photos or an event graphic with your social media go a long way in promoting your club or event.

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Brand consistency will help build identity: A specific logo or a themed color is a lot more likely to be remembered.

Maintain an online presence: SDSU Club Hub, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat are go-to online platforms to promote yourself in college.

students not to become discouraged if there is not a noticeable improvement in student engagement immediately after advertising.

“I would just say keep go-

ing and find different ways of involvement,” Otta said. “We’re going to start including things in every [advertising club] meeting to keep things fresh and make sure you’re learning something

every meeting so you feel obligated to come. When you just need to get bodies into chairs, sometimes you got to do what you got to do.”

Brookings Arts Council encourages community creativity HALEY HALVORSON Lifestyles Editor Many kinds of art can be used as forms of expression. The Brookings Arts Council offers a variety of classes April and the rest of spring.

The Brookings Arts Council is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to aid emerging artists by hosting art classes and gallery showings. Its goal is to help promote art throughout the community.

Some classes include the Thursday afternoon painting group, and the pastel basics, acrylic pours and cartooning mad libs, which will be held throughout April.

Classes are taught by different instructors who have experience both teaching art and creating their own.

One of those instructors is Arts Council board member Linda Hoffelt.

“I used to be an art teacher at the middle school in Brookings,”

Hoffelt said. “I love art, so when I retired 10 years ago I just became more involved in helping other people do art through the art council.”

She has taught 19 different classes in the past few years, and will instruct the acrylic pour class on April 19.

Hoffelt also helps with the painting group on Thursday afternoons, where people come to work on their projects and can share ideas with other artists in the group.

Julie Sperlich, who graduated with an art degree at South Dakota State University, has recently gotten back into her love for art through taking classes like a jewelry making, a pastel painting and the regular painting.

“You never know what you’re good at until you try… Working with different art mediums that the Art Council has, opens your eyes that there is more in the world,” Sperlich said.

Sperlich recently took a class

Arts Council: April schedule • • • •

April 14: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pastel Basics ($90) April 19: 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Acrylic Pour ($20) April 26: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Mitch Reed Book Signing (free) April 26: 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Cartooning MAD libs ($15)

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Roger Bommersbach paints a watercolor picture during the painting class March 5 in the basement of the Brookings Arts Council building. The “Thursday Afternoon Painting Group” meets from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursdays in the Arts Council Building .

on Japanese wood blocking. The class covered the history of the art form and provided all the materials needed before giving step by step instructions on how to make the wood carvings.

Heather Kuhlman, executive director, organized and scheduled the wood blocking class, along with many other classes.

On top of scheduling classes, she has an array of responsibilities for the Arts Council.

She helps organize the classes and other special events and handles the council’s finances.

She is also an artist.

“There is something about getting your hands wet, feeling the mess and feeling the movement of the brush across the paper,” Kuhlman said. “People need to disconnect and start involving all your senses into something like art.”

The Arts Council is located

in the Community Cultural Center and just went through a half a million dollar renovation. It is completely updated to showcase different galleries and host the upcoming art classes.

“There are lots of opportunities at the Arts Council, we want to be that place where people come to play, like an art playground,” Kuhlman said. “We don’t care what you do here, it’s just all about the art.”

How not to play yourself: bad relationship edition AMANDA JOHN Lifestyles Columnist I’m going to be introducing my new series, “how not to play yourself,” but first we are going to define the phrase; what does it really mean to play yourself?

It simply means to put yourself in a compromising situation.

You know, like scoring a goal

against your own team.

Now that definitions are out of the way, we are going to get to the grimy business of how not to look like clown in your next relationship. Remember the women in the movie “He’s Just Not That Into You?” Well, I’m about to make sure you can’t relate.

Thank me later.

The lying game

I have heard that 55 percent of communication is body language. Y’all know what that means? It’s easier to catch a liar in the act than you think. That feeling in your gut when they are

being insincere is not paranoia, that’s your brain interpreting their body language and serving you the tea. If your partner’s answer to “how was your day?” and “what’s up with you?” is always a lie. Need I say more?

It’s not elementary

I’m not here to tell you to play detective, I’m here to do the opposite. If you feel a need to “borrow” their phone to know who they’re talking to or play “Blue’s Clues” to find out if they are still into you, it’s time to have the grown-up conversation.

There are no sweet homes in Alabama

OK, so we’ve come down to the real crust. The story of an ex.

I am not here to theorize whether a person can or should be friends with their ex. I’m here to tell you why you should not get back together with your ex.

Sometimes we are tempted to give things another shot if they didn’t end badly, but here’s the thing, you broke up for a reason.

If you could not deal with the issues then, you probably can’t deal with them now.

Two cannot play that game

It is fair to say staying with a cheating partner is a bad idea.

An even worse idea is thinking revenge hookups with someone else is smart. In that situation, you might become like the person you hurt and you hurt yourself even more. Leave cheating to the experts.

As nice as it is to be in a relationship, it’s only worth it when you’re with someone who cares about you. It’s important to be with someone who invests as much into the relationship as you do.

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Believe the hype: ‘A Quiet Place’ certain nail biter Movie night with Ian Lack Editor’s Note: The grading system used here is similar to the 10-point scale used in SDSU courses.

GRADE: A “A Quiet Place” opens in a small Midwestern-esque town in dead silence. No one’s been here for months. True to its title, this is a quiet place.

A family of five then fills the screen. There’s a sense of togetherness that exists beyond the words they sign to each other.

They all use American Sign Language. No one speaks a word. No explanation is offered for why the family isn’t speaking out loud.

They begin a walk home through a wooded area following a path of sand laid before

them.

Suddenly, a toy space shuttle begins exploding with beeps and whistles. We look to one of the boys who is busily playing with the toy in his hands. We see a blurred creature crashing through the woods, heading straight for the boy. The father begins running to shield his son.

The scene cuts to black. A title fades in: “A Quiet Place.”

The premise of the film is this: an apocalyptic invasion overtakes the world, and the family is left hiding from terrifying creatures alone.

These monsters appear to be completely blind. But, what they don’t have in sight they make up for tenfold in sound.

Like the title suggests, this film is quiet, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot happening.

The film is terrifyingly visual, so much so that I often found myself looking away from the screen.

If you’re looking for a horror flick, “A Quiet Place” is the best

of the genre so far this year.

The creatures can hear a pin drop from a mile away and are extremely well armored. They can tear through a metal grain silo like a bullet through a piece of paper. Try raising three young kids in this world.

“A Quiet Place” is directed

by Jim from “The Office” (who knew?), John Krasinski, who also plays the family’s father. As an actor, he’s phenomenal and as a director, well, the work shows.

Krasinski does such an excellent job of showing how family life can imperfectly adapt to a life of silence.

Emily Blunt, Krasinski’s wife in real life, does an outstanding job as the mother in the film (just wait for the movie’s ending shot).

The young actress, Millicent Simmonds, plays the daughter, Regan, and does a wonderful job of acting purely through facial emotion, expression and sign language. A large part of her character arc has to do with a

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very particular hearing aid her father engineers for her.

On a more personal note, I didn’t remember until halfway through the film that the man I was sitting next to utilized a hearing aid similar to the one Regan uses in the film.

When I got to talking about the film with him afterward, he mentioned how he teared up watching it.

“A Quiet Place” is definitely worth the price of admission, or,

for those of us with MoviePass, it’s definitely worth the monthly subscription fee. The theater I saw the film in was packed, but in a dead silence for the entirety of the screening. Even the theater took on the name of the film.

Ian Lack is a reporter at The Collegian and can be reached at ilack@sdsucollegian.com.

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A tie with a fellow Jackrabbit could benefit your work this week.

Take time to discuss issues that have been bothering you and somebunny.

Focus on turning your idea into a reality this week, Jackrabbit.

Team up with another rabbit to positively push your career further.

A journey with somebunny may lead to a new romantic tie.

A burst of energy this week encourages you to start a new project.

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A friendship with some bunny might bring up some issues this week.

Spend time with fellow Jackrabbits to unwind after a stressful week.

An opportunity this week brings good news for future plans.

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It’s time for a fresh start and new opportunities this week, Jackrabbit.

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Time to legalize marijuana use

Editorial

GARRETT AMMESMAKI News Editor Another marijuana measure has been brought to Pierre.

New Approach South Dakota brought the measure forward in January. If passed, it would legalize the possession and use of cannabis oil. But the question that’s been rolling around in my head since hearing about it is this: What’s the point?

Legalization of recreational marijuana has resulted in nothing the anti marijuana lobby has been crowing on about since the Nixon administration.

It’s safer than alcohol, it’s safer than cigarettes, legalization doesn’t result in increased usage from teens and it doesn’t lead to violent crime.

One worry before it was legalized was increased traffic fatalities, but according to the Washington Post, that didn’t happen either.

So, why wait? Not only is it perfectly safe, it’s a veritable cash cow.

As of 2017, Colorado made half a billion dollars from marijuana taxation and fees according to CNN. That money has been invested in education.

According to the Argus Leader, opponents of marijuana legalization have said the FDA must approve the drug as a controlled substance before it’s used medically.

But the gears of federal government grind slowly, and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has a hardline stance against marijuana.

It just sounds like a way for Attorney General Marty Jackley to pass the buck off on the federal government rather than passing a measure traditionally supported

by Democrats.

It’s time for the state of South Dakota to skip medicinal use and just legalize it already.

Let them smoke pot.

Issue: SDSU is falling behind in bike initiatives compared to other universities and the Brookings community.

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roviding better transportation for the SDSU campus has been a priority of the Students’ Association for years. This week, senate brought the discussion of bicycles back into the light again.

There have been multiple proposals for aiding students in transportation; equipping students with bicycles is one of them.

Multiple Midwest universities have bike-share programs, like the University of Minnesota, University of NebraskaOmaha, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and North Dakota State University.

A bike-share program would guarantee students have functional bikes. The upkeep for many of these programs is done by the companies who provide the bikes.

These programs are set

up differently, whether payment be through apps, a kiosk or student ID, they make payment and access simple for students.

A little more than a year ago, the city of Brookings took up the initiative to become a platinum-level bicycle friendly community, a status designated by the League of American Bicyclists, by the year 2040.

As part of Brookings’ master bike plan, a shared-use path along Sixth Street, between Main Avenue and Medary Avenue, will be developed by 2019.

The city of Brookings is making great strides with bike-friendliness, and it’s time for SDSU to follow suit.

Currently, SDSU’s campus does not have sidewalks wide enough for bicyclists and foot traffic to travel at the same time. Because of that, those

who do try to cycle with pedestrians When safety is such a high priority at SDSU, making sidewalks safe shouldn’t be ignored.

Having a campus that can accommodate bikes better could lead to less parking frustrations as well. Places to park on campus are difficult to find.

With a bike-share program, this problem could be eased by allowing students to access transportation and ride around campus without having to worry about parking far away from their classes.

SDSU is behind in bicycle-friendliness compared to other universities and the Brookings area. Facilities and Services, along with the Brookings Bike Committee, should work to develop a plan to provide bikes and better bike lanes for the good of campus.

Stance: A bike-share program and bike lanes on campus should be implemented.

The Collegian Editorial Board meets weekly and agrees on the issue of the editorial. The editorial represents the opinion of The Collegian.

Garret Ammesmaki is a News Editor at the Collegian and can be reached at gammesmaki@ sdsucollegian.com

Recent Facebook data breaches should matter to you

IAN LACK Columnist In 2013, Cambridge Analytica, a British political consulting firm, was created.

In 2014, the firm began collecting personal information from Facebook users, with Facebook’s consent. Facebook made a profit from allowing Cambridge Analytica to access the data of about 87 million U.S. Facebook users. This data included information exchanged between users over Facebook’s Messenger app.

In March, the Guardian and the New York Times reported that millions of Facebook pro-

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files were targeted with political advertisements during the 2016 presidential election, ads that were, in part, created by Cambridge Analytica. These reports were made possible by a whistleblower from Analytica, Christopher Wylie.

Later that month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched an investigation into whether or not Facebook violated a 2011 settlement when it allowed Cambridge Analytica to access Facebook data.

Facebook responded to the situation at the end of March, posting full-page ads in American and British newspapers saying they were sorry for breaching the trust of their users.

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fore the Senate Judiciary Committee April 10.

Why does this all matter?

Because American people were psychologically targeted by ads on Facebook during the 2016 presidential election.

Based off of what we know about the ads, they were geared toward both left and right political ideologies, targeting both Democrats and Republicans and everyone in between and outside.

No one will likely ever be able to truly know how those ads affected people. No one will be able to say for certain if those ads were effective in shaping people’s political opinions.

However, if we allow ad agencies and consulting groups like Cambridge Analytica to access our data this way, it could be detrimental to our election process. Suddenly, we could

find ourselves in a world where everyone’s private information is being bought and sold in a political market. Elections go to the highest bidder.

This is one of the first times in history that social media information was turned against voting citizens. Everyone should be concerned.

I watched some of Zuckerberg’s testimony. To me, I think he is genuinely interested in restoring order to the social media platform he created in 2004.

To his credit, Zuckerberg, and his team at Facebook, appear to be completely transparent about the scandal, even providing a link for Facebook users to learn if they were targeted by political ads from Cambridge Analytica.

I used the link, signing in with my Facebook profile.

Guess what I found?

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Eleven of my friends used this app. Eleven of my friends were targeted by political ads tailored to their political interests.

Again, nobody knows how much they might have been influenced by these ads. I don’t even who these friends are. But this absolutely should stop. We can’t continue to allow social media platforms to trade our information for ads in elections that decide the future of our country.

I know 11 people who were targeted with their personal information. Were you?

You can find out by going to the help center on Facebook.com and searching “cambridge.”

Ian Lack is a reporter for the Collegian and can be reached at ilack@sdsucollegian.com.

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Nathan Chen sets sights on redeeming Olympic performance

NATALIE HILDEN Opinion Editor Millions of figure skating fans’ hearts shattered as Nathan Chen bit the ice multiple times during his Olympic debut in Pyeongchang, South Korea, after he was favored to lead the U.S. team to victory.

As media outlets ridiculed

him for the disastrous performance, Chen accepted his moment of failure and let it push him to succeed in the future.

I appreciate that, even at a young age, Chen can accept his failures on such a big-world stage. He took what seemed like defeat and used it as motivation.

From flaws and fails, to breaking records and winning world championships, Chen is on an upswing and the road to Olympic redemption.

He followed his hope-crushing performance with a remarkable comeback during the men’s free skate. Chen also became the

first person to land five clean quad jumps in an Olympic program, racking up a score nearly 11 points higher than his personal best.

But the hard work and positive outcomes haven’t stopped there. Chen won gold at the World Figure Skating Championships last month in Milan, Italy. He was only four points shy of a new world record.

With an acceptance letter to Yale and a goal to keep training for the 2022 Olympics while he studies, there is no doubt Chen is going to continue to do big things on and off the ice.

His continuous hard work, remarkable work ethic and goal-driven mentality will continue leading him to greatness.

Embracing your failures and letting them help you grow as a person prepares you for any setback the world can throw your way. Dwelling on mistakes is unhealthy; what you do after making them shows who you really are.

When moments of failure and mishaps empower you, there is no boundary for the things you can accomplish.

Chen has taken U.S. Figure Skating to new heights, literally

and figuratively, and his athletic prowess is keeping him ahead in men’s figure skating.

His mental and physical strength will lead him far in his Olympic preparations.

In four short years, he will be back on the Olympic stage with a burning goal to get on the podium and get the gold. The “Quad King” will become the “Comeback King.”

Natalie Hilden is the Opinion Editor at The Collegian and can be reached at nhilden@ sdsucollegian.com.

How to eat clean, healthy with limited campus options BAILEY COWLING Digital Producer Nutrition was never really a huge concern to me in the past.

In high school, I was very active. I was a student and a threesport athlete with a job, homework, friends and family to spend time with.

Then I experienced the slippery slope of free time, a campus meal plan and the close proximity and late hours of the South Dakota State C-Store.

It was then that I realized I needed to start eating cleaner and not grab an Oatmeal Cream Pie every time I was in the neighborhood of Larson Commons.

With a campus meal plan, it’s

so easy to just tap your ID and spend all your Flex without batting an eye. Plus, your parents aren’t here to say no when you ask for that Kit Kat in the grocery store checkout.

When looking for more nutritious options on campus, it seems like there is just Panda Express and Chick-fil-A, which means you’re going to have to skip breakfast, be sad and eat a salad for every meal — which by the way is nowhere near healthy.

If you do a little research, there is actually a solid variety of healthy options.

Check out these nutritious alternatives, and your meal plan won’t be the only thing that’s flexin’.

Einstein’s Bros.

Einstein’s smoothies might seem like a prime healthy choice, but those things are packed with sugar. My favorite sandwich there right now is the Tasty Turkey. It comes on an

Asiago bagel (I change mine to the Everything bagel, but that’s just a personal preference) and features roasted turkey, spinach, cucumber, lettuce and tomato.

It usually comes with onion and chive schmear, but I usually substitute it for an avocado spread instead.

Weary Wil’s The California Chicken Sandwich at Weary Wil’s is another one of my favorites. It entails grilled chicken, Asiago cheese, shredded lettuce, onion, sliced tomatoes, avocado and chipotle ranch. Take out the chipotle ranch and substitute the lettuce for spinach, and we’re in business. You can’t go wrong with the broccoli as your side, and their fruit is seasonal, so that may or may not be an option.

Chick-fil-A What? How did Chick make this list? Is she confused? I promise you it’s not a typo. The

grilled chicken nuggets are fantastic, and when paired with a fruit cup, it is scrumptious.

Chick- Fil- A fruit cups are amazing because you get a fabulous mixture: some sliced green and red apples, blueberries, strawberries and oranges.

Greens-To-Go If you’re ever missing fruits or veggies from a meal, the easiest place to go is the GreensTo-Go area in The Market. Just grab a small plastic container, pile on the pineapple, honeydew, snap peas and cauliflower, then get your healthy self to class.

Extreme Pita Obviously Pita was going to be on this list somewhere; it’s one of the easiest places to find healthy options. However, not all choices are perfect, and it’s easy to ruin a perfectly nutritious entree.

Honestly, taking advantage of the “create-your-own” option is the best way to get exactly

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Would you like some spinach with that Balsamic soup?

There are many other ways to eat healthy on campus, but these are just a few I have found to be healthy without sacrificing your happiness. Even if you didn’t begin the year making the best dietary choices, it’s never too late to start. Do your body a favor.

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‘Hahn-ward’ and upward, new wrestling coach hired TRENTON ABREGO Sports Reporter South Dakota State announced Damien Hahn as its next head wrestling coach on Monday.

He’s scheduled to begin his duties April 16.

Hahn was formerly an assistant coach and associate head coach at Cornell University for 12 years. During his tenure at Cornell, the Big Red had 11 top10 finishes at the NCAA Championships and won 11 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association titles.

Hahn coached 12 NCAA Championships and 50 All-Americans.

As a wrestler, Hahn was a GOJACKS.COM four-time All-American at the Damien Hahn originally coached at Cornell University. The Big Red had 11 top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships and won 11 University of Minnesota and Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association titles during his 12-year tenure .

won two NCAA National Championships for the Golden Gophers.

“I am truly honored to be named the next head coach of wrestling at South Dakota State University and am thrilled for the opportunity to lead a program that has such incredible support from the university and the community,” Hahn told gojacks.com.

Hahn will take over a SDSU program that had three All-Americans and seven NCAA individual qualifiers.

SDSU went 14-2 last season and will be returning four of their seven qualifiers, one All-American and National Champion, Seth Gross, this upcoming season.

Weather displaces practices, games for spring sports ANDREW HOLTAN Sports Editor

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he spring sports at South Dakota State have been in action for more than two months, but they have been unable to practice outside due to weather.

The SDSU softball and baseball teams were supposed to have their home opener April 3 and April 7, respectively. The softball game was postponed until May, and the baseball team moved their game to Joplin, Missouri.

The teams have had to practice inside the Sanford Jackrabbit Athletic Complex (SJAC).

Head baseball coach Rob Bishop said the teams were outside practicing in mid March last year and Mark Ekeland, who was the head coach at SDSU from 1984-2003, told him the latest they were able to practice outside was April 18.

Both Bishop and head softball coach Krista Wood said the teams are very fortunate to have an indoor facility like the SJAC. Wood said not many teams in the Midwest have a facility like the SJAC and are not always able to practice when the weather is bad.

Bishop said it is nice to be able to practice when the weather is bad, but there are down falls to practicing inside.

“It isn’t the same playing baseball inside,” Bishop said.

“Playing in a dome, it’s different than outside because the ball looks different and bounces different. We practice on turf every single day…for the outfielders, we can’t hit any live fly balls, so they have to do their best to use

pregame to get a feel for each ballpark.”

Wood also said practicing on turf has been challenging because they play most of their games on dirt and grass.

“Pitching off of dirt is way different than pitching off of the turf in the SJAC,” Wood said.

“The thing is, it’s hard work on gap balls, and cuts and relays, and even high fly balls and blocking the sun.”

Each team has been on the road for nine straight weekends dating back to Feb. 9. This has been challenging for the players to fulfill other obligations.

“Keeping up with their school work and dealing with the normal stresses that a college student has — they have to do all of that and be gone all of the time. We got back at four in the morning this past weekend and then they had to get up and go to class the next day,” Bishop said.

Wood said her team struggles with being on the bus a lot, but playing at home allows the Jacks to give the SDSU campus and Brookings community a chance to see them play.

“We want to play at home and show everybody what we’ve been doing and what we’re all about,” she said.

Softball and baseball are not the only SDSU teams affected by cold weather. The track and field teams do not have an outdoor track because they would not be able to use it enough.

The track and field teams were supposed to be in Vermillion April 7 for the Dakota Duals against South Dakota, but it was moved to the SJAC because of weather.

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(Top) Erv Huether Field partly covered in snow, causing the baseball team to move their practices indoors and relocate games. Junior Ali Herdliska bunts during practice April 10 in the SJAC. The team has been forced to practice inside due to inclement weather.

Bishop said not being able practice outside and play at home has put his team at a disadvantage, but they cannot use that as an excuse.

“There’s no excuses, we just have to play and can’t worry too

much about it. North Dakota State is in the same boat, who we play this weekend,” he said.

Both teams face NDSU in a three game series starting April 12. The series was scheduled to be played in Brookings, but will

be moved to Sioux Falls because it is forecasted to snow in Brookings.

“Hopefully this never happens again,” Wood said

Softball sets sights on postseason after strong start under Wood ALEC CROMER Sports Reporter South Dakota State’s softball team is having one of its best seasons in program history. The Jacks are 23-11 overall, which ties the record for most wins in a season under head coach Krista Wood.

SDSU has not had a winning season since 2005 when they were 30-29. When Wood took over the program in 2014, the Jacks were coming off a 16-30 season, and she knew coaching them would take patience.

“It was all about changing the atmosphere, building a championship culture on and off the field,” Wood said. “We’ve been young and so now we are taking a lot of kids with experience and they are taking that to the field.”

In the first four seasons under Wood, SDSU had a combined record of 76-134.

With five seniors and nine juniors, the Jacks have a veteran lineup. The balance between pitching, hitting and fielding is a big key, and senior pitcher Mad-

ison Hope is helping the cause.

Hope shutout rival South Dakota April 7, and is second in the Summit League with 14 wins.

“The more I pitch, the more confident I get,” Hope said.

That confidence is due in part to her teammates, she said, who are putting up record batting averages so far this season.

“Our bats are working well for us, and it’s easy to pitch when your team is scoring runs,” Hope said. “I’m winning those games this year that we would’ve lost last year because our bats are helping me out.”

Senior infielders Abbey Murphy and Brittney Morse are anchoring the team with strong hitting. Murphy has a Summit League best with 42 runs batted in, while Morse is leading the league with a .440 batting average. Other powerhouses include senior outfielder Julia Anderson and junior infielder Ali Herdliska, who are batting well above .300.

Herdliska has hit six home runs this season and 28 in her career. She is seven home runs

away from tying Devan Larsen’s record, who played from 201316.

As a team, the Jacks are also batting above .300 and currently have the top three hitters in the Summit league.

SDSU’s doing all of this without having played a home game yet this season.

As for the rest of the season, Wood and the Jacks, who are in second place in the Summit League, have high hopes. To make a post-season appearance, the Jacks will have to go through their two biggest opponents: North Dakota State and the Summit League leader, Western Illinois.

A first-place finish in the conference tournament would send the Jacks to the NCAA Tournament. The second-place team is invited to another tournament that features many competitive mid-majors called the National Invitational Softball Championship.

A spot in either will be a huge feat for the Jacks, as they’ve never gone to either tournament, and are working to-

ward becoming a force in the Summit League.

Kathy Heylens, sports supervisor for softball and senior associate athletic director, was optimistic about the softball team’s future.

“Success just breeds success,” Heylens said.

Heylens said Wood’s patience and the way she helped build up to this season over four years has been crucial. She said Wood’s ability to implement captains, give leadership opportunities to her student athletes and believing in them is a big part of their success.

“It comes down to continuing to recruit and getting athletes that can help her [Wood] be successful, continuing to buy into the program and build on their schedule to face some good non-conference teams,” Heylens said.

As for now, Wood is not worried about the outcomes, but rather the way her team plays.

“They are fun to coach and they play hard,” she said.

Softball’s record year-by-year

• 2014: 11-36 • 2015: 23-29 • 2016: 23-34 • 2017: 19-35 • 2018: 23-11

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Home opener pushed back again, Jacks prepare for Bison ANDREW HOLTAN Sports Editor After having its home opener postponed April 3, the South Dakota State softball team claimed two victories in a three-game series against the South Dakota Coyotes.

The games were supposed to be played in Brookings, but were moved due to weather. The teams played a double header April 5 in Omaha, Nebraska, SDSU won the first game 5-4 before falling to USD 7-0 in the second game.

SDSU and USD played the third game of the series closer to home in Sioux Falls at Bowden Field on the Augustana’s campus. The Jacks defeated the Coyotes 7-0.

“We were a little flat in Omaha,” said head coach Krista Wood.

“We didn’t come with a whole lot of energy. We were able to get the win in game one, but we came out flat again and couldn’t get anything going offensively in game two.”

Senior Madison Hope pitched a complete game in the third game and gave up no runs and three hits with two strikeouts.

Senior catcher Brittney Morse led the Jacks on offense against South Dakota during the series.

She had six hits in her 10 plate appearances with 12 runs batted in and one home run. “(Morse) ended up getting player of the week in the Summit League,” Wood said. “She’s been very consistent with runners on base these last three games and that’s what we expect from her.”

SDSU will now shift its attention to the North Dakota State Bison.

The Jacks and Bison were scheduled to play in Brookings April 12 and 13, but will play in Sioux Falls instead.

“Mother nature is not working well with us right now, but there’s nothing we can do about it,” Wood said. “We’re going to try to move our games down to Sioux Falls.”

The Bison have won the past four Summit League Tournaments and are 21-13 overall and 1-1 in the Summit League this season.

NDSU’s pitching staff is led by senior Jacquelyn Sertic, who is 16-7 on the season with an earned run average of 1.19 and 189 strike-

outs, which are both the best in the Summit League. Wood said Sertic and junior KK Leddy are some of the best, if not the best pitchers in the Summit League.

“They have two really solid pitchers, who have been all-conference the last two years, but they’re different,” Wood said.

“They’ve been carrying their team, so it’ll be about us making adjustments offensively and then taming down their bats and playing good defense.”

It will be a battle of the Summit League’s best offense and defense when the Jacks and Bison meet. SDSU leads the conference with 211 total runs while NDSU has given up a conference best 89 runs.

SDSU (23-11, 4-2) has the top three hitters in the Summit League in seniors Abby Murphy, Brittney Morse and Julia Andersen. The trio have batting averages of .440, .402 and .379, respectively.

This series is important for both teams as it could shift the conference standings. SDSU is second and NDSU is third in the Summit League.

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Sophomore Paige Gerdes (16) focuses on the ball during batting practice April 10 in the SJAC. The Jacks are 23-11 overall and 4-2 in their conference.

Jacks complete first series sweep in Summit League play TRENTON ABREGO Sports Reporter The South Dakota State baseball team swept Fort Wayne over the weekend and moved up in the Summit League standings.

In what was initially scheduled as a home game in Brookings, the Jacks (7-20, 5-5) were forced to travel to Joplin, Missouri.

Against the Mastodons in Joplin, the Jacks were able to do something they haven’t done all year — fire on all cylinders.

On defense, SDSU didn’t commit an error and outscored

Fort Wayne 30-11 during the three games.

Senior outfielder Phil Velez won Summit League Player of the Week after going 6-7 against the Mastodon pitching staff and hitting a walk-off grand slam in the series finale.

“Prior to this weekend, we had guys who had good weekends but nobody who had great weekends,” head coach Rob Bishop said. “We had four or five guys have outstanding weekends.”

It has been a common trend for the Jacks to not play in their home stadium, Erv Huether Field. The Jacks were sched-

uled to take on the North Dakota State Bison April 12 (13-14, 6-5) in Brookings, but because of inclement weather, the series will be moved to Sioux Falls.

It’ll mark the 10th consecutive weekend that the Jacks will be on the road — something that’s starting to take a toll on the team.

“Whether it’s college sports or professional sports, it’s hard,” head coach Rob Bishop said. “It’s hard being on the road … we just need to keep on focusing and not use that as an excuse.”

NDSU sits third in the Summit League, while the Jacks sit fourth. The standings are jam-

packed, while the top team, Oral Roberts, is separated by just a few conference wins.

“We are a good weekend from being in first place and a bad weekend from being in last,” Bishop said. “There’s a lot of parity in our league, everyone in our league can beat every other team, you really have to show up and play good baseball.”

The pitching staff for the Bison features a strong 1-2 punch of seniors Blake Stockert and Riley Johnson. Stockert is coming off earning Summit League Pitcher of the Week After throwing a three-hit complete game and

striking out six Omaha batters.

Johnson has put together a solid 2018 season with 50 innings pitched, amassing 34 strikeouts and owning a 4.11 earned run average. Johnson has thrown two full games.

For the Jacks to defeat the Bison, they’ll need to get hits against their ace pitchers early and often, and not allow them to get in a groove.

The Jacks and Bison will play a double-header April 12 with the first game starting at 11 a.m. The final game of the series will be played April 13 and will start at 9:30 a.m.

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The South Dakota State baseball team played the Fort Wayne Mastodons in a three game series in Joplin, Missouri, over the weekend. The Jacks defeated the Mastodons in all three games 10-0, 7-2 and 13-9.

Outfielder Phil Velez led the Jacks in two of the three games, getting six hits in seven plate appearances. He also had seven runs batted in. Velez hit a walk-off grand slam in the third game. This was his second grand slam of the season.

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Senior Phil Velez watches his hit during the game against Fort Wayne March 31, 2017.

The Jacks are 7-20 overall and 5-5 in their conference.

NATALIE HILDEN Opinion Editor It was a successful open to the 2018 season for the South Dakota State soccer team. Shutting out both of its opponents this weekend in two exhibition games at the Sanford Jackrabbit Athletic Complex.

The Jacks defeated the Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs 4-0 and the Northern State Wolves 2-0.

Head coach Brock Thompson said this game gave the Jacks an opportunity to cycle through their entire roster and give all its players a chance to get out on the field against competition.

The Jacks have been practicing indoors at the SJAC during the spring months due to in-

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clement weather conditions.

“We are sure blessed with these facilities to play in,” Thompson said. “It’s a wonder what we did before them.”

Thompson said the springtime and indoor games are the first step in preparing for the new season.

“I think today was good from a development standpoint,” he said. “It’s great to see people get out there on the field, grab ahold of new roles, grow their game, and gain confidence to try new skills and new things. This is what we look for in our spring games.”

The Jacks lost four seniors at the end of the 2017 season, but have freshman coming in to replace them.

“We add seven new players this fall that will add a little bit of everything to our team,” he

said. “Some will help us score goals, some will help us in the midfield. They are all great athletes and will make great Jackrabbits.”

After falling short last season in the Summit League Tournament, Thompson said the Jacks’ goal is to be the best team not only in the Summit League, but “the best team in the nation.”

SDSU will play its rescheduled match against Augustana at 6 p.m. April 11. The game is set to be played outdoors at Dana J. Dkyhouse Stadium with plans to move indoors to the SJAC if inconvenient weather conditions persist.

The Jacks will conclude their spring schedule at noon April 15 against Iowa in Iowa City.

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Redshirt freshman midfielder Stephanie Dashiell goes in for a cross during the NSU game April 7 in the SJAC. The Jacks will conclude their spring schedule by facing Iowa Sunday, April 15 in Iowa City.

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