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DUNN ISN’T DONE President Barry Dunn offers solutions to declining enrollment, gives Imagine 2023 update in State of the University Address Collegian photo by FRANKIE HERRERA

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Administration opens football games to LATI students for free TRENTON ABREGO Editor-in-Chief Two days prior to Saturday’s homeopening football game, South Dakota State University announced an arrangement with Lake Area Technical Institute (LATI) in Watertown.

The agreement between the two schools allows LATI students to attend Jackrabbit football games free of charge.

However, the agreement doesn’t apply to the Hobo Day game against Southern Illinois or the Dakota Marker showdown versus North Dakota State.

Among the administration, they see a few different benefits of the agreement.

Here’s what you need to know: SDSU students pay a General Activity Fee, which covers co-curricular activities — including athletic contests.

“None of our students will have any of their access to the games limited,” SDSU President Barry Dunn said. “Their General Activity Fee gives them free access to sporting events; it doesn’t affect that.”

Students from LATI will not pay the General Activity Fee like SDSU students.

“If you broke it (GAF funds) down per student, per sport, per event, it would be very small,” Dunn said.

Dunn sees the situation similar to Senior and Junior Days. During those

days, the university provides prospective students with free football tickets.

“Currently, our athletics department charges a nominal ticket fee to the Admissions Office for football and basketball tickets for Senior and Junior Day,” Dunn said.

However, it is yet to be determined if there will be a ticket fee for LATI students.

The administration sees the agreement between the two institutions as a revenue-builder. “(LATI students) are coming for free.

They are not taking seats from anyone else,” Dunn said. “It’s not costing us anything, we think that what they buy in the bookstore, concessions will actually help us from a revenue perspective.”

This SDSU-LATI relationship isn’t a new phenomenon.

“It might seem new,” Dunn said. “... but we’ve been working on it for a long time.”

Two years ago, the two schools signed an articulation agreement. The agreement allows students to complete their associate’s degree at LATI, then being able to finish their bachelor’s at SDSU. Some of the majors that are covered under this agreement include animal science, agronomy, general studies, operational management and interdisciplinary

studies.

“We’ve committed to each other to work together for the benefit of young people,” Dunn said.

The effort to provide free tickets looks to expand the relationship between the two schools.

According to Dunn, 25% of LATI students head to a four-year college directly after graduation. Dunn also went on to say that 50% of graduates would return in the future to complete a four-year degree.

“Our idea is to get them on campus and show them a collegiate experience,” he said.

Those aren’t the only benefits that the administration sees in the agreement.

Since moving into Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium, there has not been a sellout.

The stadium was completed three years ago, bringing its capacity to 19,340.

To date, the largest crowd has been 18,130 people — which came in the 2017 Dakota Marker game when the Jackrabbits downed NDSU 33-21.

“Based upon the capacity of our stadium, we are not filling it,” Dunn said.

“So, there’s room to allow some other people to come in.”

Attendance for Saturday’s game was 10,153 fans, with 46 of them being LATI students.

SEPT. 9 SA MEETING IN BRIEF Follow @collegian_live for updates.

On Sept. 9, South Dakota State University Students’ Association Senate met at 7 p.m. in the Lewis and Clark Room of the University Student Union. Here are the highlights from the meeting:

TAILGATING One food truck was present at the Sept. 7 football game. More food trucks are interested in attending games with higher attendance such as on Hobo Day and the Dakota Marker game against North DakoATHLETICS Senators debated the proposed ta State. athletics memo that describes the OFFICE OF MULTICULTURAL expectations that coincide with the AFFAIRS recent General Activity Fee (GAF) The new space for the Office of increase. The memo was passed Multicultural Affairs is on schedule to be completed by Oct. 31.

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FIRST AMENDMENT TRAINING Two members of the SDSU legal counsel gave senators training in the First Amendment rights as they pertain to intellectual diversity, student organizations and student rights.

SA will meet again at 7 p.m. Sept. 16 in the Lewis and Clark Room of the University Student Union.

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Drug/Narc Violations.

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NEWS Remakes on Main Avenue SYMMONE GAUER Reporter Downtown Brookings is constantly evolving, and this summer is a prime example.

T h e B ro o k i n gs A re a Chamber of Commerce named Ashley Biggar as the Downtown Director this past April. As director, Biggar works on event planning, networking, public relations, educating businesses and building community downtown.

Biggar says in order to highlight downtown, she wants to improve walkability and accessibility to all 270 businesses.

“Next year I’m looking forward to making some strategic changes … I want to let people know that it’s fun downtown,” Biggar said. “It’s really thriving.”

But many changes to Downtown Brookings are currently in the works: Brookings Built Green A development company working to make buildings more efficient and affordable, Brookings Built Green, is changing the Kind Properties on Main Avenue into an “urban market commercial kitchen” and will rename it the Ben Franklin Market.

This project is focused on benefiting the community and its businesses. People can rent a vendor space to sell their food

as they grow, test their business for little-to-no risk, cook food in the kitchen or rent out the space to host Thanksgiving dinners.

Anyone with a dish is welcome to try it out.

“Anything to do with food, anything to do with entrepreneurship … that’s what this is for,” Brookings Built Green director Dusten Hendrickson said. “Everything we do, we just try to improve.”

Construction for the community space began in May and is projected to be done in December.

Above the space will be loft apartments with balconies that overlook Main Avenue.

The Lofts have an expected completion date of May 2020.

Brookings Built Green started communicating with vendors a year ago and hopes the farmers market will occupy the space during winter months.

You can follow their progress at @brookingsbuiltgreen on Instagram.

The Ram & O’Hare’s The building that housed The Ram & O’Hare’s, a restaurant and pub in downtown Brookings, recently had a change in ownership. While rumors went around about the direction the business would take, The Ram has announced that while O’Hare’s will remain the same, development plans

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for The Ram are still being discussed.

Members of the community can expect a reopening of O’Hare’s in the near future, according to a Facebook post on Aug. 1.

Hitch Hitch Paperie closed its doors for the last time Aug. 31.

The store started as a wedding invitation design business and eventually grew into three separate businesses.

The Carrot Seed Business partners Carrie Kuhl and Renee Bauman sold the retail store to focus on their own business ventures. Kirsten Gjesdal, owner of The Carrot Seed Kitchen Co., purchased the space and will be rebranding it as Honeycomb Gifts.

Additionally, Honeycomb Gifts will include the business Hand Tied Floral, by Sheri Vaughn, for all your gift needs.

The new store is projected to open Oct. 23.

Old Market Eatery Recently, the building of the Old Market Eatery made some remodeling changes to the exterior of its businesses. Old Market Eatery renovated their kitchen and improved their menu. Currently, the Galleria is comprised of Old Market Eatery, J. Ella Boutique, Jael Photography and Champion Health Chiropractic.

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Various businesses in Downtown Brookings saw changes over the summer including The Carrot Seed, the Kind building, Old Market Eatery and The Ram.

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Fierce friends forged through rugby club participation BRIANNA SCHREURS Reporter Sunshine, snow, wind or even two inches of standing water.

No matter the weather, Jake Axtmann, South Dakota State University Men’s Rugby Club field captain, says the game of rugby is 80 minutes of misery.

However, he isn’t deterred from playing the game.

Rugby has a reputation for being intense and harsh. Fifteen players, or seven for smaller teams, carry, pass or kick the ball to the end zone to score as many points as possible for two 40-minute halves. Players don’t wear pads, but still tackle to stop the ball from advancing to the opposing end zone.

While the game is “miserable,” the shared experience creates a unique culture surrounding the sport. Rugby has a particular focus on total inclusion and full participation.

Axtmann says it is “very much a family culture.”

“During that gruesome experience you forget any

biases,” he continued. “It’s hard to hold a grudge against an opponent after you both feel like you’ve gotten in a car accident … They feel the same way you feel, and it doesn’t feel great.”

Unity also comes from the fact that “everyone is new to the game,” according to Olivia Knippling, field captain for the SDSU women’s club team.

Because rugby is traditionally only played in college in the United States, especially the Midwest region, it creates a learning environment and a “no-judgment zone.”

“It’s not like basketball where people are primed for it from the time they’re third graders, so you’re not behind or ahead,” she said. “People who maybe have never been athletic, or told that they weren’t, can find a home in rugby.”

Rugby’s history has strongly enforced amateurism, especially during the second half of the 19th Century. At the time, professional athletes were looked down upon. Professionals were

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poor and paid to play their sport. Amateurs were wealthy, held another job, and played rugby for the sake of playing.

“Amateurism may be variously considered to be about doing things for the love of

them, doing them without reward or material gain,” Lincoln Allison, the author of the book “Amateurism in Sport: An Analysis and Defence,” explains.

“Amateurism dictates the

idea that the reason we come out and endure 80 minutes of hell,” Axtmann said.

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A look at BROCKHAMPTON’s latest album, GINGER ADAM FOSS Lifestyles Reporter B R O C K H A M P T O N, t h e self-proclaimed “best boy band since One Direction,” released melancholic and emotional “GINGER” Aug. 23, 2019.

Nearly every track has somber instrumentals with lyrics covering deep topics such as loss, depression, anxiety and the struggle the members went through in their youths. This is where the album shines. The weakest tracks seem to be the songs where the group is trying to have fun.

The strongest aspect of the album is the lyrics. Many of the tracks delve deep into the

psyche of the members. Songs such as “Sugar,” “If You Pray Right” and “Dearly Departed” are very personal songs; the latter, specifically, may be lyrically the strongest song on the album. It discusses in detail the effects that the actions of former member Ameer Van had on the rest of the group. It is a very telling track and easily one of the highest quality tracks on the album.

While all of the members of the group bring great lines to the table, Kevin Abstract and Dom McLennon are noticeably stronger lyricists. The gap in quality between those two and the rest of the members has become increasingly prevalent

as BROCKHAMPTON’s discography grows.

I noticed that between this album and the group’s previous release, I found myself constantly looking forward to when Joba, Matt Champion, Merlyn Wood and Bearface wrap up their verses so I can hear more from McLennon and Abstract.

The songs on “GINGER” in which the lyrics stray away from more personal topics, such as “St. Percy,” come off as fillers.

None of the members of BROCKHAMPTON seem interested in what they’re talking about on these tracks. This is interesting considering these are the tracks that seem like the band is trying to have fun.

Instead of feeling fun, however, they feel forced and awkward on an album consisting of mostly poignant and intimate lyrics.

All of the instrumentals, as expected on a BROCKHAMPTON album, are fantastic.

This has always been a very strong aspect of the group since their first album, “Saturation,” and this continues to be true on “GINGER.” A standout track in instrumentals is the song “If You Pray Right.” Throughout most of the song, the track has a catchy, fun, low-key instrumental that completely shifts toward the end of the song into a sample of the song “Walk With Jesus” by Otis G. Johnson.

This sample thematically ties in with the track, and although it changes the mood of the entire song, it works perfectly.

Overall, “GINGER” is another strong output in BROCKHAMPTON’s impressively strong discography.

Though some of the performances by four of the six members seem to be cheesy and overall comparatively weak next to the strength of Abstract and McLennon, this album is enjoyable if you’re looking for something with fun and clever instrumentals backing somber and personal lyrics.

Favorite tracks: “Sugar,” “If You Pray Right,” “Dearly Departed” and “Victor Roberts.”

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“It Chapter 2” a comprehensive review: Even perfect casting can’t fix this carnival of mismatched genres JACOB FORD Reporter Andy Muschietti’s revamp of “It” surprised audiences around the world with its quality.

Muschietti made the brilliant choice of crafting the film more like an adventure than a horror flick. The result is an exciting horror-epic, a genre combo that is hard to come by but works wonderfully. Its emphasis on adventure didn’t take away from the film’s scare factor, featuring scenes like the cellar, the library, the now iconic dancing clown moment and that spectacularly composed prologue. All-in-all, Muschietti’s “It” is a spectacular horror-epic.

“It Chapter 2” picks up 27 years after the first. The Losers Club is all grown up now, and each has moved far away from Derry, except for Mike. When Pennywise returns and starts killing the innocent people of Derry, Mike calls the disbanded Losers and reminds them of the oath they took to return to kill It when the next cycle began. Having forgotten everything that happened in their childhood, the Losers return to Derry to have nostalgia, memories and fears refill their minds.

Staying true to their oath, the Losers join forces to take down Pennywise once and for all.

Without a doubt, the greatest merit of “It Chapter 2” is its casting. Casting for the “It” sequel filled the news after the release of the first film, with

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Pennywise the Clown (Bill Skarsgard) starred in “It Chapter 2.” Andy Muschietti directed the film and it premiered on Sept. 6th, 2019.

many articles highlighting each of the young actors’ choices for who should play the grown- up versions of their characters.

Ultimately, Finn Wolfhard and Sophia Lillis’ wishes came true, and Bill Hader and Jessica Chastain were cast. One more celebrity was added to the cast, James McAvoy, to play the older version of Bill.

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names like Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone and Andy Bean filled the rest of the main cast.

The best thing about the casting of “It Chapter 2” is not only that Hader, Chastain, McAvoy, Mustafa, Ryan, Ransone and Bean look perfect for the part, but that these actors took on their roles so completely. They genuinely feel like the older versions of the characters we got to know so

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well.

When you have a leading cast of seven and James McAvoy and Jessica Chastain are the least captivating performers, clearly some spectacular casting has occurred. This fact is easily the best part of “It Chapter 2,” and it’s exactly the kind of thing modern audiences love.

One of the most immediately popular aspects of “It Chapter 2” is Bill Hader’s performance as the grown-up Richie.

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Hader is a comedian before he is an actor, and like Finn Wolfhard in the first film, is the main source of comic relief for Chapter 2.

Unlike Wolfhard in “It,” however, Hader’s work isn’t as much comic relief as it is straightforward comedy. There is a significant difference here, which is ultimately the drawback of the sequel.

In “It,” Richie’s comedy was found in Wolfhard’s performance and one-liners scattered throughout the script. In this sequel, Richie’s comedy is much more intentional. Rather than being merely one-liners relying on their delivery, his character’s comedy is as situational as it is witty. As a result, there are whole scenes whose payoff is a punchline rather than a scare or a plot point, as was the case in the first film.

This point is a mere representative of a much larger issue with the film. Where “It” bent the film’s genre by making it as much adventure as it was horror, the sequel continues to genre bend by making “It Chapter 2” primarily a franchise film.

Rather than being an adventure film with strong horror influence and moderated comic relief, “It Chapter 2” is a franchise film with imbalanced amounts of adventure, comedy, horror, action and commercial appeasement.

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ADDRESS TRENTON ABREGO Editor-in-Chief On Tuesday, Sept. 10, South Dakota State University President Barry Dunn stepped up to the podium to give a State of the University Address, where the topics covered were highlighted by declining enrollment and possible solutions.

While the enrollment figures haven’t been released by the South Dakota Board of Regents (SDBOR) yet this year, those figures will be related later this month, according to Dunn.

“As we rely more on tuition and fees and enrollment declines, we will need to continue to reduce the size of our overall university budget,” Dunn said. “In other words, we have fewer dollars to operate the university.”

Dunn addressed the issues that have plagued enrollment recently.

Legislatively mandated drop in credit hours Dunn noted a legislative change that lowered the credit hour requirement from 128 to 120 for most programs.

Heavily subsidized AP and dualcredit courses Another variable that has been impacting enrollment but is out of the

administration’s hands is the number of students arriving on campus having already earned college credits.

“It’s not unusual for high school students to bring with them a semester’s worth of general education courses when they arrive on campus,” Dunn said.

Federal policies related to international students Dunn also addressed the decline of international students attending SDSU and recognized that the issue is something that the administration doesn’t have a say in.

“This is certainly an area that remains sensitive and out of our control,” Dunn said.

Despite the drop, Dunn and university administration are focused on recruiting international students and boosting those numbers.

“We will continue to achieve growth in this area because of the benefits that international students bring to our community,” Dunn said.

Drop in Pell Grant eligible students In the past eight years, there has been a 9% decrease in students who qualify for Pell Grants. Last year, the figure that was reported to the administration was 22%. “(The drop) translates into over 1,000

students, who have the highest financial need, but have been priced out of attendance by the subtle decline in state support for higher education, and the lack of a needs-based scholarship in South Dakota,” Dunn said.

Another issue that was highlighted

by Dunn was the drop in South Dakota residents attending SDSU. However, students from Nebraska increased — a trend that Dunn attributed to the lowering of tuition.

“It is crystal clear to me, that [the] challenge will continue for many years,” Dunn said. “But, we are succeeding in many important areas.”

Graduation Rate Increase According to Dunn, 2,883 baccalaureate degrees were conferred last year, the second-highest figure in the school’s history. Four-year graduation rates also increased by 6% from last year. Retention rates were also up this past year, with SDSU retaining 79% of the student population.

“These metrics are proof that we are achieving the goals set forth by our South Dakota Board of Regents to graduate students on time at a lower cost and get them into the workforce,” Dunn said.

“Wokini is working,” Dunn said, mentioning that the Wokini Initiative helped applications among Native Americans

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President Barry Dunn speaks to faculty and students at the State of the University Address. He thanked departments such as facilities and services, for all their hard work and giving updates on the challenges the university faces.

nearly double from fall 2018 to fall 2019.

Higher Learning Commission Dunn also announced that the Higher Learning Commission will be visiting the university Nov. 4-5. SDSU has been an accredited institution since 1916, according to Dunn.

“This is a critical process for the continued success for our university,” Dunn said.

Program Accreditation Currently, South Dakota State University boasts 47 accredited programs. In the past six years, 15 programs earned accreditation. Dunn set the goal to obtain 61 accredited programs by the end of 2023. “(This is) something that is attainable with continued efforts including several programs already on their way to being accredited,” Dunn said.

Dunn also recognized different members of the university. Among the highlighted were the University Police Department, the women’s basketball team, Dr. Adam Hoppe and Facilities and Services.

“We prepare the leaders of tomorrow to solve the wicked problems of the 21st century, related to food, energy, water, climate change and population growth,” Dunn said. “We do important lifechanging work.”

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Budgeting for all surprises (good and bad)

LORNA WOUNDED HEAD Guest Columnist Our day-to-day lives can be very routine and easy to predict, and a very large part of your budget will include things like how much you should spend on gas to make sure that you can get to and from the grocery store every week. However, life is full of surprises, both good and bad, and they can make creating an accurate budget a little more tricky.

The Known Unknowns There are some expenses or

gifts that come up that you can expect, without knowing the exact amount. Tax season, for example, happens every year, and, like a good financial star, you made sure to fill out your W-4 as accurately as possible and made sure that you would get close to breaking even on your tax filing. However, tax law constantly changes and circumstances might have changed since you last filled out your form. Because of this, it’s always a good idea to budget a bit of cushion into your spending that month in order to cover your bases. Hopefully you won’t need it and can just add more to your savings that month, but if you do, now you’re prepared.

When it comes to gifts, you may know that your parents always give you $50 to $75 for

your birthday, but budgeting isn’t the time to count your chickens before they hatch.

That $50 is outside your regular budget that pays for rent and other necessities, so some say you should tuck it into your savings to be better prepared for retirement. Putting your 21st birthday money in your retirement account isn’t everyone’s idea of a good time, so if you put away half or even a small portion of it into savings, then you are helping yourself out and getting some fun pocket money. If that money comes in a gift card, you can still save some of it by using it to supplement your grocery allowance if it’s for a restaurant, etc. As a rule, overestimate expenses and underestimate windfalls.

True Surprises Sometimes lightning strikes, literally, and a tree falls on your car. You lose your job and it’s hammer time trying to pay for your ramen and all the other things you juggle on a monthly basis. This is what an emergency fund is for. SmartAboutMoney. org has a really great course over this for free, but in a nutshell, it’s three months’ expenses squirreled away in a savings account somewhere that is solely for cases like these. Any time you have to dip into this pot, filling it back up again should be a high priority.

Windfalls can be handled much the same way as above but are just extra surprising.

Don’t forget to write a thank you note.

Be Prepared One of the best ways to handle financial surprises in life is to be prepared. Know where your money is now, so you know if you can handle a surprise expense or if you can use part of that graduation present as a fun spa day. Keeping up on your financial literacy skills is what cashcourse.org, smartaboutmoney.org and practicalmoneyskills.com are here for. If you want to know more about how to manage your finances, you can visit extension.sdstate.edu/ tags/family-finances.

Lorna Wounded Head is a Family Resource Management Field Specialist. For questions or assistance about budgeting, contact her at lorna.woundedhead@sdstate.edu

Vaping in 2019: Is anybody really that shocked?

SCOTT SCHONTS Columnist If you check the discovery page on Snapchat, news outlets like the Washington Post and The New York Times have these titles in big letters: “DANGEROUS EPIDEMIC TEEN VAPING KILLS THE THIRD PERSON,” “JUUL SHOULD BE BANNED FROM SHELVES” and other clickbait-y titles.

But the thing is, vape products shouldn’t be taken off shelves due to the original reason they hit the shelves, which is to stop people from smoking cigarettes and using tobacco.

All of these young men and women had to know what they were getting into when they put that mango or mint Juul pod into the sleek USB-like device and took the first rip. It is a new product that we don’t know the long term effects, but that doesn’t stop some girl at a party off SDSU’s campus from asking the cute guy to get a rip off his Juul.

Every action we take in our daily lives has consequences.

If someone drives they can get into a car accident. If you start vaping with a Juul, Sourin or box mod, you can get hooked on nicotine. If someone drinks too much alcohol, poisoning can occur. If someone has sexual intercourse, another human being can be brought into the world.

The people who are vaping knew what they were getting

into and kept doing it since they got a “buzz” off of it. The same people who send out the narrative that air pollution is the worst thing happening in the world right now can be taking a hit off a Juul while tweeting that PSA that they think is oh-so-important for your feed, talking about polluting the Earth, but they are polluting their lungs.

Early on in people’s lives, they are most likely going to make a mistake due to how the brain isn’t fully developed, and the trend of teen vaping came in full force because of how teens are stupid and don’t realize the consequences.

The companies that started out as an alternative for those miserable adults who smoked trickled down to the kids via poor decision making. Juul and other companies shouldn’t be penalized for sick teenagers

since they knew what they were getting into.

D.A.R.E. and other outlets have taught us smoking cigarettes is bad our whole lives; so if someone used logic, they would realize, “Oh, it is a substitute for smoking. Let’s not do it.” But they did anyway, since as you know, teenagers are not that smart.

These companies didn’t intend to create a new generation of nicotine addicts. They wanted to profit off an innovative substitute for a predecessor that ruined countless lives.

MFederal agencies intervened and created regulations for the fast-food industry, and they could do it to the vaping industry. The industries are looked down upon but they aren’t closed, just like how the vaping industry shouldn’t shut down due to stupid teenagers.

Businesses shouldn’t be penalized because the consumers are negligent of the effects of the product. America is a free market, capitalist economy and society. The inventors of the Juul had an innovative idea, and the use of it became perverse due to negligent teenagers. Heavily regulating the market can help save the consumers, but it cannot save the image of the companies who push out e-cigarettes. The negligent consumers shouldn’t create the downfall of an entire industry. It didn’t with the fastfood industry and it shouldn’t cause the collapse of the vaping industry now.

Scott Schonts is a columnist at The Collegian and can be reached at scott. schonts@jacks.sdstate.edu.

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Issue: We need to think bigger than paper straws to be sustainable There are many ways to fight global warming and to promote sustainability.

One of the most fashionable ways right now is the use of paper straws.

According to National Geographic, 500 million straws are used daily in the United States. More than 8.3 billion plastic straws end up on the world’s beaches.

While that might seem like a large figure, that’s just 0.025% of the ocean’s pollution.

“People are trying to find the part that they can work on and what they can do, and I’m in favor of that, and I’m going to help and support (it), but understand this is exactly what the fossil fuel industry hopes we are all talking about,” 2020 Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren said in a CNN Townhall. “They want to

be able to stir up a lot of controversy around your lightbulbs, around your straws and around your cheeseburgers.”

While the personal efforts to combat recycling are important, it should be easier to follow guidelines for citizens.

One of the biggest issues with recycling comes when we put the recycling into the bin.

Oftentimes, we put recycling in a plastic bag then dispose of it.

This isn’t allowed. Per the SDSU Recycling Guide, plastic bags are required to be thrown in the trash.

On campus, efforts to promote recycling have been ramped up.

Every year since 2011, SDSU has competed in an event dubbed “RecycleMania,” which is an eight-week contest among national colleges that compares recycling

efforts across the country.

Last year, SDSU finished 125 out of 190 participating schools in the Competition Division. When it came to total recycling, SDSU finished 86 out of 215 schools. When compared to the 2012, when the school earned a last-place finish, the progress is apparent.

However, we at The Collegian believe that we can even improve upon these efforts.

One way to do this is to cut down on the usage of plastic bags. In big cities, such as Washington D.C., New York and Portland, Maine, bag fees are charged.

Some cities took it even further and banned plastic bags.

Brookings and South Dakota State University should look into this practice as well as other incentives for recycling.

States such as Iowa, Michigan and more have imple-

mented a beverage container deposit. The deposit charges five cents per canned and bottled items. To obtain the deposit, one must return the recyclables to the store they made the original purchase.

W h e t h e r t h e i n ce n tive requires spending or receiving money, people are more likely to recycle when the motives are put in place.

“The authors conclude that state bottle deposits and recycling laws foster recycling behavior, and that more stringent recycling laws increase recycling rate,” according to The National Bureau of Economic Research.

SDSU needs to take further steps in sustainability, one of those being composting.

Recently, the Student Union offered compost-able straws, but nowhere to place compost.

At Harvard University, the campus collects compost-able items from residence halls, offices and dining centers, which are then used to produce renewable energy.

Compost can include landscape clippings, food, napkins, coffee grounds and any products labeled as compost-able.

SDSU is home to all of those items, which means composting is right around the corner, along with many other sustainability opportunities.

In the long run, SDSU would benefit financially from investing in sus t a i n a b i l i ty o n c a m p u s .

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(LEFT) South Dakota State senior running back Mikey Daniel fights through tacklers on his way to a 1-yard touchdown run Saturday, Sept. 7, against Long Island University. (RIGHT) SDSU football players, led by junior cornerback Don Gardner, run out of the tunnel prior to Saturday’s home-opening football game at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium. SDSU improved to 1-1 on he season, defeating LIU 38-3.

Football hosts familiar foe Saturday JAKOB KING Sports Reporter After securing its first win of the season last week, the South Dakota State University football team looks to extend its home winning streak to 13 games on Saturday against Drake University.

Saturday’s contest will be the Jackrabbits’ (1-1) third matchup against the Bulldogs (0-2) in the last four seasons, with SDSU handily defeating the Bulldogs in 2016 and 2017 by scores of 56-28 and 51-10, respectively.

In last week’s win, the Jacks relied on strong performances by the defense and running game to get the victory without starting quarterback J’Bore Gibbs. This will likely be the case again if Gibbs is unable to play Saturday.

A lopsided 38-3 final score would seemingly indicate dominance on both sides of the

ball, but that was not the case.

At times the Jacks were sloppy with the ball, fumbling on three occasions, including one by second-string quarterback Kanin Nelson at the opponents’ threeyard line, resulting in a turnover.

SDSU head coach, John Stiegelmeier, credited Long Island for making great plays to cause all three fumbles but also said that the fumbles have “got to be eliminated.”

Ball security will be of extra importance this week going up against a Drake defense that took the ball away from opponents 23 times last season, which was tied for 25th in the nation.

Drake’s team brings back 11 starters from a team that finished 7-4 overall and 6-2 in the Pioneer League last season, including a near-upset of Iowa State in Ames last December.

However, the Bulldogs are out to a rough start this year.

Drake dropped its season

opener to the University of North Dakota 47-7 and was defeated 10-7 at home last week

by D-II Truman State University.

Todd Stepsis is in his first year as head coach of the Bulldogs but is not new to the program.

He spent the last five seasons as Drake’s defensive coordinator. Last season, his defense ranked in the top 10 nationally in total defense, scoring defense and rush defense.

Stiegelmeier, a former defensive coordinator himself, had high praise for the Bulldogs’ defense.

“They play their base defense really well,” Stiegelmeier said.

“They have good players and their guys master their techniques. Very little disguise, very little worry that we know what they’re in. His deal is ‘we’re gonna do it, we’re gonna do it better than anyone else, and if you’re going to win you’re going to have to out-execute us.’”

Defensively, AP Football Championship Subdivision First Team All-American Will Warner is one of four returning Bulldogs who were named to the All-Pioneer League team.

The other three, defensive linemen Gavin Dineen and Erin Morgan and linebacker Zac Rujawitz, will spend their Saturday afternoon trying to make things difficult on the SDSU offensive line — a unit Stiegelmeier wants to see improvement from after “taking a step back” last week.

“We need to take a step forward and be better at what we do, whether it’s snapping the ball, pulling, double teams,” Stiegelmeier said. “I don’t care who we’re playing; we’ve got to be better.”

On offense, Drake returns its top three rushers and receivers from last season. This combination of talent accumulated 2,751 total yards and 28 touchdowns

last year. The Bulldogs also return 2018 All-Pioneer League offensive lineman Jacob Bacon.

Despite all the individual talent, Stiegelmeier insists that the scheme is what impresses him the most.

“The biggest challenge they present is that they do more than any team we’ve ever seen,” said Stiegelmeier. “They’ll line up in one (formation) and shift five guys and be in something totally different. It’s mind-boggling.

It’s not going to be the people, it’s going to be the system.”

Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.

Saturday at Dana J. Dykhouse St a d i u m i n B ro o k i n g s .

Television coverage can be found on Midco Sports Network and radio coverage will be provided by the Jackrabbits Sports Network.

Additional live coverage will be available on Twitter through @CollegianSports.

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SDSU cross country: preparing for a home meet SPENCER NUHFER Sports Reporter For the first time in almost two years, the South Dakota State University cross country teams are preparing for a home meet.

On Sept. 13, 2019, the SDSU Classic will be held at Edgebrook Golf Course.

While head cross country coach Rod DeHaven isn’t necessarily looking for a win, he wants to see runners improve on their performances from late August’s Bison Open.

“Early season is about finding improvement, not ex p e c t i n g hu ge t h i n gs .

But increasing distance tells us about the team as a whole,” DeHaven said.

But there’s more than meet-to-meet improvement on DeHaven’s mind. The entire coaching staff is in the process of identifying factors for long-term success.

“We look to execute, and we’re looking to find different ways of engaging the team,”

DeHaven said. “The men’s team is looking for ways to keep the top group together through the race, and the women’s team is trying to keep up with North Dakota State.”

At the Bison Open, the men’s team took first place with six of the top ten spots occupied by SDSU runners.

This included the top individual performance turned in by junior Micah Mather, who won Summit League Athlete of the Week for his efforts.

The women’s team finished in third place, missing second by only eight points. On the women’s side, SDSU was paced

by Anna Donnay taking third and Ellie Friesen taking eighth.

DeHaven thinks that both teams match up well against the competition they’re facing this week. Meet attendees will include the University of South Dakota, University of North Dakota, North Dakota State University, Northern State University and five other

schools. The SDSU alumni team and SDSU running club will also be attending.

Normally, a home meet would lead to an advantage and a competitive edge for the home school’s athletes, but DeHaven is looking at it from a different standpoint.

“It’s nice to be home and it’s good to not have to travel, but it isn’t a huge advantage,” DeHaven said. “It means there is no excuse for not being ready to perform.”

Jackrabbit volleyball heads to Arizona for final away tournament TORI BERNDT Sports Reporter Coming off a 2-1 weekend in Texas, the South Dakota State University volleyball team is eager to get to their next tournament in Flagstaff, Arizona, on Sept. 13-14.

Two Jackrabbits made t h e Ka t r i n ka C raw f o rd Invitational All-Tournament Team. Freshman middle hitter Anna Nerad and senior outside hitter Ashlynn Smith earned the honors, fin-

ishing with 19 and 25 kills on the weekend, respectively.

The Jackrabbits started the tournament by beating Louisiana-Monroe in five sets.

“It wasn’t pretty, but we got the win and we always want to win,” said head coach Nicole Cirillo. “It is even better because we haven’t had that ability or fight in the past to pull out a close one in set five.”

Following their opening match, SDSU fell to host Lamar University in three sets, but ended the tournament with

a 3-0 sweep over Prairie View A&M to take second place.

“For some of the returners, they see and feel the improvement in the team,” Cirillo said. “That is something that everyone is excited about, but the biggest thing is to remember to not be satisfied with just getting the win.”

Sitting at 3-3 overall, SDSU is heading southwest to play in the Lumberjack Classic this weekend. The Jacks will open play against host Northern Arizona University (3-3) at

noon on Friday, followed by a matchup with Fresno State (4-2) at 5 p.m. SDSU’s third and final match of the tournament will be against Louisiana State (3-2) at 10 a.m. Saturday.

“Without watching a ton of videos, I know that (our opponents) are going to be bigger and more physical than what we have seen, but my biggest feedback is we still have to play the game,” said Cirillo.

“As long as we do the things that we know that we can do, it is still going to be a match.”

Cirillo wants to instill a “go get ‘em” and “what do you have to lose” attitude in the team. She knows the team is capable of playing well, as long as they stay mentally tough and don’t get intimidated by the competition.

With all four teams hovering around the same record early in the season, the Jacks are simply looking to play their game in Arizona. With that mindset, Cirillo is hopeful her team will continue to improve before the Comfort Suites University Jackrabbit Invitational.

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