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2020 SGA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ANNOUNCED

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2020 SGA Presidential candidates with their running mate from left to right: Katie Brust (president) and Erin Weightman (vice president), Abuk Jiel (president) and Carter Larson (vice president), Carrissa Occhipinto (president) and Blake Brown (vice president).

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For the second year in a row, students have three running teams to choose from for Student Government Association president and vice president.

The teams are Katie Brust and Erin Weightman, Abuk Jiel and Carter Larson and Carrissa Occhipinto and Blake Brown.

The three competing teams were announced at the first SGA meeting of the decade on Jan. 21. The teams are now preparing for the campaign trail.

Brust and Weightman

Brust and Weightman have a campaign centered around three components: advocacy, accessibility and affordability.

“We want to advocate for them. We really want to take action on their behalf and take their feedback and really put it into meaningful legislation,” Brust said.

They plan to improve accessibility by

New bill to make gender affirmation surgeries illegal Chloe Fullenkamp

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Lawmakers in Pierre began the first set of hearings on Monday to decide on a new bill that will, if passed, affect doctors and transgender minors. The bill would make it a first-class misdemeanor if doctors conduct gender affirmation surgeries and treatments.

The Vulnerable Child Protection Act (VCPA), also known as House Bill 1057, is sponsored by Republican Representative Fred Deutsch of South Dakota’s Fourth District. The bill prohibits medical professionals from performing any surgeries like vasectomies, hysterectomies, mastectomies, puberty-blocking medications or removing any nonSee BILL, Page A3

increasing awareness of resources.

“We want to create better options, to know what resources are, know how to contact people, and just really revise how we currently are sharing that information,” Brust said.

One way to improve affordability, Brust said, is to extend the waiting period for when the cost of parking tickets double.

Weightman said connecting with people will prepare them to lead the students.

“When you can sit down and talk to someone and connect with them, that goes a lot further than a social media post,” Weightman said.

Weightman said she and Brust also plan to talk to student organizations to hear what kinds of changes they want to see.

Some of their campaign goals include increasing enrollment and voter turnout for SGA elections. These goals are measurable and Weightman said that is a crucial part of their campaign.

“For us, we want to have something feasible and something that we can see results from and whether or not we’re doing a good job,”

Weightman said.

In order to meet these goals, Brust said advocating for the students is key.

“The student body needs to have a strong student government to advocate for them and so if they are left without a strong student government, then they’re probably going to be dissatisfied with their university experience and that will lead to a lack of retention,” Brust said.

Jiel and Larson

Larson and Jiel said they’re aiming to unite students and bring change to the student body with their campaign.

“Our main goals are focusing on making sure that jobs are accessible to students, like the work-study jobs that aren’t really known on campus,” Jiel said.

Jiel also said the team will advocate for needs-based scholarships and encourage students to be involved in student organizations on campus. They said they particularly want first-year and transfer students to be kept

informed and involved at USD, so they don’t feel left out.

The team said they are talking to faculty and staff to hear what issues are most important to them. Communicating with a wide variety of people at USD is important, the team said, because they want to adjust their platform to accommodate the needs of students and faculty.

“We don’t want to make our platforms stuck in stone. We want to make sure that we are assessing all the needs of all students and making sure that all students are heard,” Jiel said.

Spreading out their time and energy to all areas of USD, Larson said, is extremely important.

“One thing that we’re trying to do is balance our energy on all of it, just so, because we don’t want it to be biased towards anything,” Larson said. “We want to be able to balance on all types of aspects on campus.”

Jiel said after announcing their candidacy, See CANDIDATES Page A6

True life: Campus Resident Assistant Madilyn Sindelar

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Waking up to a loud phone call at 3 a.m. and hearing the words, “University Police,” isn’t a situation most college students experience. However, for Residence Assistants, it’s just a part of the job.

After receiving this phone call, resident assistant Blake Brown walked to the front of Coyote Village to meet with a UPD officer. Brown was asked a series of questions and had to identify a man was caught entering the dorm without a student ID card.

While being an RA comes with a multitude of perks, such as free housing and meal plan, it also comes with the responsibility of hundreds of students.

“The best part is being able to connect with a diverse group of people on the floor and the

people I work with are really great. I enjoy learning from them and their stories,” the sophomore accounting major said.

Brown said the biggest part of the job is the weekly desk shifts and assisting residents who seek help. Also, Brown said the most common situations he deals with are helping with roommate conflicts and finding necessary solutions.

“One situation involved a girl who really felt like she couldn’t go into her apartment due to the other girls in her room, so I worked with [Resident Hall Director] Nathan [Stuessy] to get her room change processed quickly to help her out,” Brown said.

Other tasks include a “power weekend,” when an RA is in charge for a full weekend. A specific RA is in control of the whole dorm for a weekend, See RA, Page A3

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Sophomore RA Blake Brown checks the housing email while on his shift at the Coyote Village desk.

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Young Coyote fans took to the basketball court during halftime of the the men’s basketball game in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center on Sunday Jan. 26.

The babies crawled across the court to see who could reach half court the fastest.

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Jan. 19 Officers responded to a report of a fight in progress downtown.

Officers searched the area and spoke with several people but found no evidence of a fight or assault.

Jan. 20 Officers responded to a two-vehicle injury accident. One of the drivers was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The other driver was cited for failing to yield.

Jan. 21 Officers responded to a report of a woman in an apartment complex

throwing a chair down the hallway, screaming and causing a disturbance. She was cited for disorderly conduct.

While completing the citation, officers saw a package of THC edibles.

The items were seized and the woman was charged with possession of a controlled substance.

Jan. 21 Fraud alert: A local business received a call claiming to be from the head office conducting an investigation into criminal activity. The caller had information that led the employee to believe them. The

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employee converted the day’s deposit into an electronic money card which was given to the caller. This is a fraud. Employees should be directed to never provide money outside of the normally established policies.

Jan. 21 Officers responded to a medical call where the patient was disoriented. Officers provided care until the ambulance arrived.

Jan. 22 A local business reported they had three fraudulent checks passed at their business.

Under investigation.

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Jan. 22 Officers provided a funeral escort to the Bluff Cemetery.

Jan. 22 Officers responded to a “dog at large” call.

The owner of the dog was located and the dog was returned. The owner was cited for “dog at large” under the City Ordinance.

Jan. 23 Officers responded to a residence to assist a man who was returning after a visit to the hospital regarding a fall.

The man needed assistance getting back into his home. The officers assisted the man.

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Jan. 23 Vermillion Officers responded to assist a University Officer with a suicidal person who had cut themselves.

The person was secured and transported to the hospital.

Jan. 24 Officers responded to an accidental 911 call.

The caller was arrested for an outstanding warrant.

Jan. 24 Officers responded to a report of a man not breathing. The man was deceased and an investigation concluded that no foul play occurred.

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Officers responded to a report of an assault.

Investigation continues.

Jan. 25 Caller requested a welfare check on a young woman who appeared intoxicated and not dressed for the weather. A Vermillion Officer and a University Officer checked the area but were not able to locate the described woman.

Jan. 25 Officers responded to a report of a vehicle vandalized overnight.

An investigation found five vehicles had been vandalized.

Under investigation.

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Carson Zubke, SGA President vetoed the Patriots Plaza bill on Tuesday Jan. 28.

SGA President vetoes bill to fund Patriots Plaza, recieves backlash Nik Wilson & Miles Amende Nikolas.Wilson@coyotes.usd.edu Miles.Amende@coyotes.usd.edu

The Patriots Plaza cleared one hurdle for USD’s Student Government, but it has quickly ran into another.

The Student Government Association passed a bill supporting the Patriots Plaza and USD student veterans at their meeting on Jan. 21, but SGA President Carson Zubke vetoed the bill three days later.

In his veto, Zubke wrote, “The sudden vote to approve Senate Bill #84 was a hasty action to approve legislation with no commonly articulated deadline. This action did not allow an opportunity to address unanswered questions.”

Zubke said one of the bill’s issues is that it doesn’t give the account number the money would come from to fund the project.

The structure of SGA’s matching gift, Zubke said, also still needs to be decided.

Community members and various groups have already raised $94,000 for the Patriots Plaza. Once the total of donations from community members and groups reaches $100,000, President Gestring will donate $100,000 of her own money to the project.

SGA couldn’t decide how they want to do their own donation at Tuesday’s meeting.

“It’s a question of ‘Is our gift going towards the $94,000 which President Gestring matches, or do we want it to be marketed to alumni and friends who, if they give whatever amount, we match their gift?’” Zubke said.

Regardless of the confusion over how SGA will donate to the project, Zubke said senators are in favor of the Patriots See SGA, Page A3

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USD French program to go on hiatus

RA

From Page A1 taking control of phones and patrolling floors. Brown said RAs are more on guard on the weekends, specifically Thursday through Sunday.

“Having to stay up till 1 a.m. and do rounds isn’t fun due to the lack of sleep,” Brown said.

RA’s are also required to host five different floor programs each semester in order to get their residents involved, Brown said. Programs typically focus on education, community development, as well as things people are interested in doing.

“Since I’m a Coyote RA, a lot of my residents are athletes, so I go to a lot of their games to try to connect and support them that way. I am also in Coyote Crazies and enjoy watching their games,” Brown said.

Lexie Ellerbeck junior French education major said, an added bonus to being an RA is the close knit relationships built within the housing staff. She also said the program planning process was something she enjoyed doing, as it allowed her to get to know her coworkers and residents better.

“I wanted to become an RA because it was part of my fouryear plan. I enjoy all of the relationships that I have made with my residents so far and planning fun events,” Ellerbeck said.

Ellerbeck said other reasons students become an RA is to branch out and try something new.

Applications to be a resident assistant for the 2020-2021 school year are currently open.

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The USD College of Arts and Sciences has elected to discontinue its French program due to a failed search for a French instructor over summer 2019 and low enrollment across the program.

Marius Conceatu, a former French professor, was unable to return to USD for the 2019-2020 school year.

USD searched for a candidate to take his place over the summer but was unsuccessful in finding a replacement.

USD worked with SDSU and Kim Albracht of the Gallagher Center to provide online French instruction.

Robert Turner, interim chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics, said students majoring or minoring in French after the current semester will be offered the courses needed to graduate. Once these students finish their studies, the program will be put on hiatus.

“This is something that we in the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics feel deeply, but the Board of Regents has made clear they are concerned about low performing programs and with resources limited across the entire university, it isn’t a surprise that this happened,” Turner said in an email to The Volante.

Blake Jeffers, a senior media & journalism major, is one of three students currently taking French online. He said he worries the absence of the French program may cause enrollment issues with other language classes, particularly Spanish.

“My biggest concern is the pressure it’s going to put on Spanish teachers,” Jeffers said. “Most arts majors require two semesters of a language, and if Spanish is a majority, which it is, most of these students are going to be forced to either waitlist or wait several semesters to finish their generals.”

Keith Grant, a sophomore media & journalism major, is taking French

for general education requirements.

He took French online through SDSU in Fall 2019 and is now studying the language through Northern State University. Grant said learning a foreign language online can be difficult.

“I’m not comprehending as much. If I have a question, I have to wait for my professor to email me back,” Grant said.

“It’s hard to learn how to pronounce a word because I have a teacher that either tells me over a video or tells me to go research it. It’s difficult because I’m not hearing French all the time in a classroom; I’m hearing it through headphones.”

USD has a five-year window in which it can reactivate the French program. After this time, USD would have to get new authorization to offer French as a degree program.

LifeScape announces plans for new $62 million rehabilitation center, hospital in USD Discovery District Austin Lammers

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The USD Discovery District in Sioux Falls will soon become home to a LifeScape hospital, school and rehabilitation center, USD and LifeScape announced last Thursday.

LifeScape, a non-profit organization specializing in youth-to-elderly lifetime care, will lease 31.6 acres from the Discovery District on West 60th Street in north Sioux Falls. The $62 million dollar project will merge LifeScape’s rehabilitation center (now on 18th Street) with the children’s hospital and school (now on 26th Street) into one location.

“The location has many exciting features, including good accessibility, a great campus setting and opportunities to collaborate with the state’s university system,” LifeScape CEO Steve Watkins said at a press conference last Thursday.

LifeScape considered 20-30 sites for new facilities before deciding to lease from the District, USD Discovery District President Mark Brown said. A timeline for construction will be determined as LifeScape nears its funding goal.

“By placing it in the Discovery District, it’ll be in proximity to bioscience companies, life science companies, health science companies,” Brown said. “They’re coming into an arena where they’ll have a lot of support.”

Brown said LifeScape plans to return support to students in the form of internships, future jobs and firsthand observation into clinical trials conducted by LifeScape. That

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The new LifeScape hospital, school and rehabilitation center will cover 31.6 acres in the Discovery District in north Sioux Falls. scope includes medical students, he said but is not limited to them.

“I met with [Watkins] and he was discussing his interest in working with USD biomedical engineering and life science students, but he was also talking to the dean of the (Beacom) School of Business (Venky Venkatachalam), saying ‘Hey, I need people with marketing and business and accounting backgrounds,’” Brown said. “They really are committed to bringing in students from across the breadth of our disciplines.”

LifeScape employs over 1,100 staff members and provides care for over 5,500 children and adults at clinics in Sioux Falls, Rapid City and

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From Page A2 Plaza, but the vote on the bill was so quick, some questions didn’t get answered, Zubke said, such as the deadline for the money.

“I want to see senators’ questions answered first of all. I think we all owe respect to each other on senate to provide information we have,” Zubke said.

Senator Matt Yetter, the bill sponsor, said SGA should support the Patriots Plaza because it is a project that came from a student government initiative and is meant to honor students.

“This is something that Student Government should automatically be interested in funding and I can’t understand why people would want to vote against this,” Yetter said.

The bill sponsor said he intends to override the veto.

“This is a project that students support, and that student representatives should, by virtue of that, support,” Yetter said.

Joseph Knoer, the USD Veterans Club President, attended the SGA meeting on Jan. 21 when the bill was passed. After the bill passed, Knoer informed members of the student veterans club, as well as faculty who are veterans.

“Everybody was really excited SGA was willing to support in such a generous way and now that they’re trying to take it away, it’s a little bit disheartening,” Knoer said.

Brady Carroll, the secretary of the Veterans Club, said

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From Page A1 diseased tissue. The bill does not prohibit minors from socially transitioning, however.

A major argument within the hearings is the motivations for the VCPA. Deutsch is supported by 44 other lawmakers but is opposed by Democratic legislators and the American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota (ACLU). The opposers claim they will fight the bill on the stance that it is unconstitutional and targets the transgender community.

Sandy McKeown, professor of criminal justice at USD, said every year, somebody in the state legislature sponsors a bill aimed at transgender youth in South Dakota.

“One might ask what damage we do to already vulnerable young people when we force them to regularly defend their right to live a normal life, get a normal education and have normal access to health care,” McKeown said.

McKeown focuses her research on juvenile justice ethics in criminal justice trials and constitutional law.

Deutsch, however, argued there are no direct correlations to the procedures being safe.

“It breaks my heart. These are our kids in South Dakota,” he said. “These are good children that need to have a pause button and

Sioux City. They will join SAB Biotherapeutics and Alumend as the third tenant in the Discovery District.

Looking ahead, Brown said he intends for the Discovery District to house “incubation companies” — small startups in search of a location and research to grow. He’s in discussion with out-of-state and international companies looking to build facilities, he said and that South Dakota, free from corporate income tax, is an ideal place to do so.

On Jan. 16, USD President Sheila Gestring tweeted: “This partnership will make an impact in the lives of so many South Dakotans.

vetoing the bill would damage the reputation of the members of SGA. “This is going to be the next permanent fixture on campus and it would frankly look terrible if the representatives of the students chose not to support it,” Carroll said.

Zubke encourages people to watch the Facebook video of the SGA meeting from Jan. 21, he said. His veto pertained to how the bill was passed.

“The veto message isn’t about money. It’s not about the Patriots Plaza, and it’s not about any students or student group,” Zubke said. “It’s about the accountability that our senators have for themselves to do their jobs and for our legislative process.”

Senator Macy Halverson also voted “no” on Senate Bill #84. Halverson said she didn’t feel confident with the information contained in the bill.

“I cannot vote yes on a fiscally irresponsible bill that could affect thousands of students at USD in the scope of enrollment trends if we were to need those reserve funds for one reason or another,” Halverson stated in an email to The Volante.

Senator Kyle Ireland also voted against the bill because he said the bill needed more time and could benefit from the input of the new senators who were sworn in after the bill passed.

“I wanted more information on whether or not the match from the University could occur later, as well as I felt like we rushed the bill and didn’t give it the proper consideration on the Senate floor,” Ireland wrote in an email to The Volante.

Zubke said his veto is not meant to terminate the Patriots Plaza.

this bill is a pause button until they’re 18.”

The supporters of Bill 1057 insist the passing of the bill would protect children since gender-affirming surgeries performed before or during puberty can cause major health issues throughout the patient’s lifetime.

For example, puberty-blockers can cause impaired development of bone density, psychosocial milestones and cause hormone dependencies.

Mandie Weindant, professor of economics and advisor of USD’s Spectrum organization, said such procedures are discouraged on minors because of the known threats.

Both the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and the National Endocrine Society have Standards of Care for transgender minors and disapprove of genderaffirmation procedures during puberty.

“Another facet of this bill punishes doctors for providing medication to temporarily halt puberty for transgender youth,” Weindant said. “This is a huge concern as puberty causes gendered bodily changes which would not align with a transgender child’s gender identity.”

The VCPA does not prohibit doctors from assigning a sex to an intersex newborn.

Intersex is defined as individuals born with several variations of sex characteristics such as chromosomes or sex organs.

“This bill does allow for doctors to arbitrarily determine an intersex newborn’s gender at birth and make surgical changes, which is incredibly troubling,” Weindant said.

@LifeScapeSD’s investment in the @USD Discovery District is an important step in developing the state’s workforce and meeting the urgent need for a qualified health care labor force.”

Brown echoed the statement and said USD’s goal is to develop in-state labor interests and doing so will require employment opportunities for students.

“As part of their education, students have an opportunity to be trained not by using exercises from textbooks, but by applying theory they’re learning in the classroom,” Brown said. “It’s important to us that students recognize that a major part of the vision is to work with them.”

“This veto is not the final step. It’s just an opportunity for us to revisit the topic and work towards a final solution,” Zubke said.

At the SGA meeting on Jan. 28, Senator Yetter attempted to override the veto. The veto stood after 12 votes to override it and 13 to keep it. The veto needed a two-thirds vote to be overturned.

Yetter said he is disappointed with SGA’s decision. “[SGA] is supposed to represent the entirety of the student body but is more worried about putting $60,000-plus dollars in their reserves than funding $10,000 dollars for a memorial for student veterans,” Yetter said.

Zubke said SGA had a productive conversation about the project.

“Now it’s a question of how we are supporting it financially,” Zubke said. “This is a really valuable project to campus. I’m confident we’ll get something finished in the next six weeks.”

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Naivetya Patle, SGA Senator discusses the Patriot Plaza Bill during Tuesday’s meeting.

Opposers of Bill 1057 also assert it threatens the mental health of transgender children. According to a study by the American Academy of Pediatrics, transgender and nongender conforming youth are at a higher risk of depression and other mental health issues.

“A large proportion of transgender youth attempt suicide every year; however, when they have support from family members, friends and a team of medical professionals, this rate declines immensely. [House Bill] 1057 legislates away a large portion of that support,” Weindant said.

Deutsch argued in a statement from The Argus Leader that “[Transgender minors] are warned that if they do not consent to medical treatment, their child will be at higher risk of suicide. But there’s no evidence to support this claim,” Deutsch said.

If passed, McKeown said the bill would be challenged on an unconstitutional basis by the ACLU. “I suspect that if this bill passes, it will be challenged on constitutional grounds since it appears to single out a vulnerable population for the specific purpose of denying them necessary medical treatment,” McKeown said.

The bill will continue in the House until it is voted on in the intermittent future.

The Volante reached out to Spectrum for this story, but they declined to comment on Bill 1057.

House Bill 1057: The Vulnerable Child Protection Act Would make the following Class 1 Misdeameanors: -Doctors perform gender-affirmation surgeries.

-Doctors administer puberty blocking medications.

-Doctors remove any health or non diseased tissue.

Doctors would be allowed to surgically assign sex to an intersex newborn.

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CECILIA GILLEN is a sophomore majoring in media & journalism Trump’s base praises him for being pro-life, but he revealed the limits of these virtues this past weekend.

While he attended the March for Life, his administration released new visa rules advocating for the very opposite.

The new visa rules aim to restrict birth tourism, which refers to women traveling to another country with the intent to give birth there so the child will gain citizenship.

These new rules allow consular officers, who are in charge of issuing visas, to deny applicants they believe wish to travel mainly to give birth in that new country. These rules only affect B visas which are for non immigrants wishing to visit for pleasure, medical reasons or to see family and friends.

The 14th amendment states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.”

This means birthright citizenship is a constitutional right. A right the Trump administration is looking to strip in the name of border security, even though the State Department couldn’t provide any concrete statistics for how often birth tourism occurs or the true extent of its perceived danger.

Supporters of these new rules say birth tourism is unfair to U.S. taxpayers and financially burdens the country. Although the argument of “who pays” in situations of birth tourism is morally unimportant, it should be stated that it’s not even a problem because 72% of international maternity patients pay for their own medical bills.

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The importance of being active in politics is making sure your opinion matters.

No matter what role you play in society, this is a fundamental right everyone in America should be guaranteed.

You can get involved in politics on multiple levels.

In college, there are student government organizations, like Student Government Association, you can become a part of. Another local option is your city council.

But you also don’t have be active members of these organizations to be involved.

If you aren’t able to make it to city council meetings or dedicate large amounts of time towards physically being active in politics, the internet is the answer. You can sign petitions, email your representatives and join online chat rooms.

Stay informed on bills and legislation and be aware of how politics are affecting your community. Take note of how government officials make their decisions and if you agree or not. Go and caucus so the person you want in the presidential race will be on the ballot in November.

But don’t get caught up in the toxic, aggressive attitude of the political world. It’s easy to get upset and angry over something that might not even be true, so make sure the news you’re consuming

is coming from a reliable source. Reliable also means unbiased, because biased news isn’t reliable if it’s trying to persuade you to think a certain way.

Part of being informed is listening to both sides of the argument, regardless if you agree with their view.

It doesn’t help you or your community if you just complain about politicians if you don’t do anything to affect who is in that office.

Complaining about Donald Trump being president when you decided to throw away your vote won’t get you anywhere.

What can help though, is if you call your Republican representative working with him so your voice is heard.

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In today’s age, there are so many ways to get politically active. There isn’t a reason you shouldn’t be. So many people want to go on social media and rant about the current political state, but there’s really an easy solution.

Speak up for yourself.

Speak up for others who can’t speak for themselves. Make your voice heard.

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Dear People Who Wear Shorts During Winter,

First of all, I would just like to say you’re bold.

But also, you’re kind of stupid. I can understand not checking the weather before getting dressed for the day; I do it all the time.

But when it’s winter in SOUTH DAKOTA you can almost always guarantee it’s not only going to be below freezing but you’re going to get windburn from the intense gusts. Are you trying to stunt around campus with frostbitten legs? Are you out of clean clothes?

These are the questions I ask myself when I see young men wearing basketball shorts on their trip to the Muenster University Center for bad cafeteria food.

Please, for the love of God cover yourself up. I get cold just looking at you.

Walk into Charlie’s and buy a pair of sweatpants or go to Wal-Mart a get a cheaper pair. It’s not going to be shorts weather for a while, so you might as well invest in a new pair of pants to replace your shorts.

Next time I see one of you walking around in shorts I’m calling your mother.

Being an RA Experimental “health” technology is going too far is the hardest college job TORI HARWELL is a senior majoring in English

ALISON BOYSEN is a senior majoring in media & journalism Some students work at coffee shops, retail stores and on-campus jobs to make money. Most of these jobs you clock out at the end of the day and continue your day-to-day life without really thinking of work.

One of the hardest jobs is the role of a Resident’s Assistant.

A study done about the role of RAs stated: “The resident assistant (RA) position was one of the most demanding assignments on a college campus.”

It also said it was a 24-hour job, which I agree with. Sometimes it can feel like you’re always “on” because you’re always accessible.

Residents can reach you by email, see you around campus and sometimes even come to your door which is encouraged by having open door hours.

And that’s just the beginning. At USD you have one night every two weeks that you’re on duty.

This requires you to carry the duty phone and be no more than 15 fifteen minutes away from your residences hall.

Then on top of regular duty are power weekends.

These duty shifts start on a Thursday and extend until Sunday at 5 p.m. so you’re on duty for the entire weekend. Typically you have two power weekends a semester and extra duty days that everyone is expected to pick up.

This is not the same for all RAs everywhere, or even every single RA on our campus (sorry Brookman RAs.) But it still is a lot of work, especially at 2 a.m. when there’s an incident you have to document.

Dealing with some incidents can last up to a few hours and involve law enforcement.

It’s not fun writing reports until 4 a.m., getting residents in trouble and then trying to repair that strained relationship.

As RAs we’re expected to be friends with our

residents, but not too close. How are you supposed to walk that line when you genuinely become friends with your residents? Personally, I think it’s one of the hardest things about the job.

On top of the previously mentioned, we plan programs for those who live on our floor and our entire building. This is very time consuming, considering you have to come up with ideas that meet a certain curriculum.

Planning programs is the most creative part of the job, therefore my favorite. But it does take a lot of time, effort and energy on top of everything else.

Burnout is prevalent in the housing realm. The previous tasks I listed are only some of the expectations of RAs. All of these responsibilities on top of being a fulltime student (which is a requirement of the position), is a lot.

The study “Investigating the Correlation between Burnout and Spirituality among Resident Assistants at Liberty University” suggests burnout results from emotional stress on an employee.

Not to mention that outside of the compensation of room and board and meal plan, RAs don’t get paid.

Most RAs I know have outside jobs, not to mention heavy involvement in their campus organizations.

RAs are usually motivated, have strong work ethics and are hustling constantly.

I’m honestly amazed by my coworkers, because not many realize how much work we do outside our RA jobs. Most people only see us as enforcers of housing policies and not students too.

Working in housing is absolutely not for the faint of heart and those who do deserve more respect.

When it comes to technological advancements, people tend to fall into two categories: those who are excited about the next big thing and those who are extremely concerned about the dangers of these new technologies.

Technological advances have provided immense convenience to our lives. Along with that, though, technological advances have been the cause many issues most of us face in the modern world. For example, total loss of privacy, the dwindling of simple human interaction and the over-reliance on technology. Even though most of us recognize these things as issues, our relationship with technology stays the same.

But technology continues to advance, and as it does, it pushes boundaries further and further. On the west coast, technology is being developed to help people live longer, healthier, higherperforming and more closely monitored lives than ever before. This new technology, which includes implants and microchips, is intended to help improve cognitive ability and health.

Self-described “transhumanist” Zoltan Istvan is interested in technology that can be transplanted and believes that science can conquer death.

“As a transhumanist, I’m someone who wants to merge my body with machine parts,” Istvan said. “I want to become...a more complete, stronger and perfect living entity.”

Istvan has a chip implanted in his hand already, which he uses to open his front door, send out text messages and carry other

information. Ultimately, he plans to receive an implant in his brain that will connect his brain to the internet.

While a healthier lifestyle sounds promising, we should be focusing on ways to be better versions of ourselves without technological implants.

Personally, using technology to make ourselves physically “better” seems like a cop-out excuse to avoid doing the work required for self-improvement.

Not only that, but technology like this seems extremely dangerous. There are so many things that could go wrong with something like this and I

legacy.

Bryant founded the Mamba Sports Academy in 2018. A sports training facility that followed his “Mamba Mentality.” One of his daughters, Gianna, played basketball for Mamba. She had dreams of playing for the college powerhouse UConn and in the WNBA. Gianna and a few of her teammates were also in the helicopter crash on Sunday.

He had four daughters and his influence in women’s sports is strong. He regularly gave advice to college basketball superstar, Sabrina Ionescu. He supported the WNBA by attending games.

Bryant even branched outside of basketball. He supported the United States women’s national soccer team, as well as women’s tennis

and boxing stars. Even his own daughters participated in other sports outside of basketball including gymnastics, volleyball, tennis and soccer.

The women’s game lost an important supporter and ally.

Bryant’s support of not just the WNBA, but women’s sports in general, helped athletes and leagues gain the respect they deserve.

Having the support one of the most respected basketball players of all time for women’s sports was huge.

Losing him is losing an integral part of the women’s game.

His Mamba Mentality, to constantly be the best version of yourself, didn’t just inspire athletes, but it inspired anyone with drive and dedication to their craft. Whether that was their career, hobby or sport.

The boys I used to

don’t think the “benefits” of this technology can outweigh the risks.

Subjecting yourself to operations that have barely been tested is a disaster waiting to happen.

There has been little research so far on the effects of microchips.

With that said, it’s important we’re careful with the things we put into our bodies.

While the intention of these things are to make us better overall, because there’s no research to back it up, we don’t know what the consequences of this technology will be.

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Mamba Mentality: Now immortalized forever HEIDI SCHNEIDER is a junior majoring in sport marketing and media

Growing up playing basketball with the boys, I developed a huge love for the game at a young age.

We played everyday.

Before school, during recess, after school.

I’d go home and shoot around until it was dark; we all did. We grew up idolizing players like LeBron, Carmelo and D-Wade. And of course, Kobe Bryant.

His untimely death hits hard in a few different ways. He was young, had just retired, left a family behind and was an idol for basketball players everywhere.

His influence on and off the court is going to be missed most of all because he was just starting his second

play basketball with and I have long gone separate ways. But I know on Sunday we all felt the same pain. The pain the entire sports world felt. The pain everyone who has lost someone too soon has felt.

Bryant’s death isn’t just the loss of a former basketball star. It’s bigger than an individual. It’s bigger than basketball.

A second legacy cut too short. It’s a loss of influence, loss of mentality.

Even with that loss, his retirement was the start of something new.

The start of helping younger players how to be the best version of themselves. The start of his second legacy. The start of his off-the-court influence. Mamba may be gone, but Mamba Mentality lives forever.

News Amnesty Day: A day to unite Greeks A6 Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Lexi Kerzman

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Since the beginning of Greek life rivalry, houses have played pranks on each other. Some of these pranks are harmless; some of them, like taking other houses’ belongings, have consequences.

On Monday, Greek life houses participated in Amnesty Day. Amnesty Day is a day which allows houses to return any items they have from another house, without any consequence. After Jan. 27, the presidents of the houses will obtain full responsibility for the stolen items.

If the stolen goods were not returned on Amnesty Day and the director of sorority or fraternity life finds them, they will immediately call the police, Andrew Tilde, Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) President said. “(I am) very nervous. We have our composite with every single person’s face in our house, those are worth $1,000 each. That will come back to the president because they hold full liability,” Tilde said.

In addition to the hefty price tag attached to items often stolen, like composites and plaques, Tilde

said the charges will also go to the president as a felony.

To avoid getting placed with a felony and the expenses, Tilde said he and other executive members made sure the rest of the house knew how important Amnesty Day was.

“We notified everyone a week prior and we are going room to room and every crook and cranny,” he said. “Safety is a top priority and I also don’t want to have that felony obviously.”

Sidney Juffers, the Chief Executive Officer of Kappa Alpha Theta, is also at risk of getting fined.

She said she made the purpose of Amnesty Day clear to all of Theta’s members to try and avoid missing items.

“I trust the members of our chapter and I believe that if any member has an item or items belonging to any other house, they will bring them to myself or return them on this day,” Juffers said.

The items that are stolen from other houses, Juffers said, might seem like a harmless prank, but they are there for a purpose and should be respected.

“Every award, composite or any

item belonging to a chapter has meaning and we have these items for a reason,” she said. “If a chapter is missing an item, they are missing an important piece of the history of their chapter.”

In addition to the president fines, if serious enough, Tilde said, the houses could get put on probation or even shut down. This, he said, is why taking Amnesty Day seriously is so important.

“I believe that fraternities and sororities will take it seriously due to the dire situations if they get caught. I think it will be a little bit of a fresh start and use our common sense and not do it this time,” Tilde said. “They educate us now on the consequences if they find this stuff.

It definitely gives us a fresh start.”

Tilde said he hopes with the clean slate there can be more unity between Greek houses.

“It is just a day for redemption,” he said. “They’ve given us a day to reaffirm Greek unity and give everything back to get a fresh start for the year.”

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they started their tour of meeting with different student organizations.

“And that is just the beginning of our campaign road,” Jiel said.

Occhipinto and Brown

Occhipinto, a sophomore political science major, has been on SGA since she came to USD in fall 2018. Brown, a sophomore accounting major, however, has never been a part of SGA. The team said they feel Brown not being involved in SGA allows them to better represent students outside of the senate.

“I think that SGA has a lot of potentials to do a lot of good things … to make a big impact, but it’s not always like what we do,” Occhipinto said. “Sometimes SGA kind of has a bubble, and just like think of thinking about what we want and like not taking into consideration the entire student body.”

Through their presidency, they would like to accomplish four main goals: offer open educational resources, create a downtown discount program, a total internal reformation and have SGA become more accessible.

An open education, Occhipinto said, is something other universities have implemented. This program offers textbooks online. These textbooks are not published through publishers, but rather peer-reviewed.

“It would lower the price of textbooks for students across the board, especially,” Occopinto said. “We would advocate for the use of them in general education classes, which would impact like a large number of students.”

Their other goals focus on building relationships. Brown said building a stronger relationship with students and SGA will help them do the most good for the student body.

“We have a couple of goals and things I think are actually attainable,” Occopinto said. “We just to make sure that the senate is actually advocating for the interests of the entire student body and making sure that we’re actually making a difference on campus rather than just like coming up with ideas that we think people want.”

Soleil Bashale, a Sioux Falls native vocalist performed at a concert sponsored by the Campus Activity Board at Old Lumber Company last Saturday night.

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Campus Activities Board brings live music downtown Nik Wilson

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The Campus Activities Board (CAB) plans to bring local artists to downtown Vermillion.

This goal started on Saturday night when CAB sponsored a concert for Sioux Falls native Soleil Bashale at Old Lumber Company last Saturday night.

He sang some of his original songs such as “Restart” “Snow White” and “Red Eyes.”

Bashale said his music is inspired by a mix of blues, hip-hop, gospel, country and rock.

He averages over 20,000 monthly listeners on Spotify.

Kelsey Berger, CAB President said she hopes to continue booking local artists to perform at local businesses.

“We’re looking to make this a series, like a downtown music series, and so, if this goes well, we’ll continue throughout the semester bringing in artists, hopefully local,” Berger said.

Berger also said Bashale has performed at CAB events in the past, including opening for rapper Vince Staples.

“He was really entertaining those two

times, so we thought it would be great to bring him back and we are always looking for an opportunity to have local artists come,” Berger said.

CAB has previously brought in other local groups, such as Would You Kindly?, who performed at the Sanford Coyote Sports Center and The Tenenbaums performed at The Varsity Pub. Saturday was the first time they hosted a concert at Old Lumber Company. Berger said CAB chose OLC because the local business had a large upstairs venue to host the concert.

Cody Condon, OLC bartender, served drinks to customers during the concert.

“It’s always nice when they have events like this ... Live music is just always really fun for anybody that decides to come out,” Condon said.

CAB hopes to continue finding new local locations for live music, Berger said.

“I think it’s a good move to start having concerts off-campus and events off-campus to meet students more where they’re at,” Berger said. “It’s good to share the love between all the Vermillion businesses.”

What it takes to become a tenured professor at USD Sara Cappiello

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The faculty at USD is constantly changing. But some professors stick around longer than others.

For Shane Semmler, professor of communication studies, he said he wants to teach at USD for as long as possible. By earning tenure in 2014, Semmler now has academic freedom to teach for as long as he wishes.

He has been teaching at USD since 2008 and applied for tenure in his sixth year. Semmler said there can sometimes be misconceptions about what tenure is.

“There’s an assumption that a tenured professor can’t be terminated, but that’s not true,” Semmler said. “All it means is that you have continuing control and so you can expect that you will receive a contract every year.”

Since receiving tenure, Semmler has focused his research on the influence of entertainment in the communications field.

Keeping up with relevant, effective research is just one of the many expectations of a tenured professor, Semmler said.

At USD, assistant professors can be promoted to associate professors and associate professors can be promoted to full professors. Even though he is tenured, Semmler’s work is nowhere near done, he said.

He’s currently on track to becoming a full professor, which means completing significant work in research, teaching and service.

Tenure, Semmler said, is all about an instructor’s projected ability to earn a full professor position.

In the future, Semmler will continue teaching at USD and expanding his area of research. He said USD is somewhere he wants to be for many years to come.

“There’s a lot of opportunities on campus like at a large university, but at the same time, it’s small enough that I feel like it can really get to know students and I get to know my colleague,” Semmler said.

Just like Semmler did in 2014, every year a number of USD professors in their sixth year of teaching prepare to apply for tenure.

To start the process, these professors compile a packet of their research, teaching and service experience to explain why they should earn tenure.

Specifically for the College of Arts and Sciences, this packet is then evaluated by a department committee of faculty who make a recommendation before sending the packet to the department chair. The department chair reviews the packet and writes a letter before sending it to the College of Arts and Sciences Promotion and Tenure Committee made up of faculty

and administrators.

The packet then goes to the dean of the college, who sends it to the provost.

After being reviewed by the provost, the president evaluates the packet and makes a recommendation to the South Dakota Board of Regents.

Kurt Hackemer, Provost and President of Academic Affairs, said this process is lengthy and intense, yet rewarding for the faculty in the long run.

“The majority of faculty who go up for tenure get it,” Hackemer said.

“I think that’s because we do a pretty good job of mentoring and preparing them.”

Hackemer said about 85 to 90 percent of faculty at USD receive tenure.

By receiving tenure, a professor has academic freedom, Hackemer said, which allows them to be more adventurous with their research.

“The faculty member has certain protections that allow them to, if they choose, to conduct controversial research topics without fear of being fired for that term,” Hackemer said.

“But from the university’s perspective, we invest a lot of time and energy in the tenure track faculty and it’s really a long-term commitment between the university and the faculty.”

Expectations for receiving tenure:

High performance in teaching, research and service.

Student evaluations and commentary that indicate a

positive and effective learning experience.

Research that has a positive impact on educational

mission of USD.

Participating in department and university service

activities.

Build a reputation on a national and international level.

Tenure requirements for associate professors:

Doctorate degree or another type of post-graduate

degree.

Six years of successful post-graduate teaching or research

experience in appropriate fields.

Tenure requirements for professors:

Doctorate degree or other post-graduate degree.

10 years of successful tenure track teaching or research

experience.

Evidence of recognition for scholarly accomplishment

and leadership.

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PROFESSOR BREWS GRAPHIC DESIGN IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE TAPROOM

Professor Mitch Torbert designed the logo for the Fernson Brewing Company. He became their graphic designer in 2015.

Chloe Fullenkamp

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Academics and alcohol may not always be the best brew, but in professor Mitch Torbert’s case, it is a match made in the taproom.

Torbert is a professor of graphic design and is the graphic designer for the Fernson Brewing Company in Sioux Falls.

After earning his bachelor’s degree in printmaking at South Dakota State University he came to USD for his master’s degree.

Though Torbert went to SDSU, he said he believes art blurs the lines of the infamous rivalry with USD. “The art world is a very tight-knit community and there is something so energetic about education,” Torbert said.

Soon after he combined his passions for beer and art, Tobert started at Fernson and in 2015 became their in-house graphic designer.

“I started in the taproom and did small design projects until about 2016 when I decided to move into the graphic design position,” Torbert said.

Torbert is teaching publication design this semester

at USD. He began teaching at SDSU in 2016 and said he really enjoyed the environment of teaching. This is a new class for Torbert and he said he looks to engage students in all aspects of publication.

“I am trying to equip my students with experience in print-based designs in all types of fields and mediums,” Torbert said.

Students in publication design focus on creating designs that are intended for print media, but that doesn’t just mean paper. His students are learning how print media in 2020 expands beyond newspapers and magazines to nontraditional forms, such as beer cans.

Jenna Kari, Junior graphic design major, is in Torbert’s publication design class and sees his work in a professional design setting beneficial to her overall learning experience.

“Learning from someone who has actual experience in a professional setting is awesome and very helpful,” Kari said.

At Fernson, Torbert designs all the products for the brewery. His work can be found on all the cans, bottles and labels of a Fernson beer.

“I have a lot of passion for beer and images,” Torbert

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said, “I also really love the idea of taking an idea and placing it on a physical thing, in this case, a beer can.”

Torbert said beer presents a world of endeavor as he looks to design each new brew for Fernson. Torbert said he prides himself on being an expert on beer as well as his art.

“Graphic design is so much more effective when it has something to cling on it and I enjoy beer and the arena I get to play in,” Torbert said.

As a local brewery, Fernson has partnership projects that connect brews directly with Sioux Falls icons.

Batches such as “Zoo Brew” benefit the Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum of Natural History. “Wedge” supports Sanford International. Each beer features designs incorporating both the beer and the cause.

Torbert also said he enjoys being able to share his passions for art and beer in the classroom and the taproom.

“One thing I have learned while working in the beer industry that great beer is not unique, but finding a specific and unique design in the market is one of the most important aspects,” Torbert said.

USD alumnus judges 34th annual Stilwell Art Exhibition Maddi Kallsen

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From a Beyonce tribute to a giant painting of a blanket to an Aphrodite sculpture, ninety-five works of art crafted by USD students are featured in the 34th annual Stilwell Art Exhibition.

The annual art exhibition is meant to honor art students and their work. Students can submit up to five pieces made within the last year. Out of the 70 students who submitted work, 45 were selected this year.

The pieces are later judged by a nominated juror. Cameron Stalheim, 2010 USD alumni and the Coyote Legacy sculptor was this year’s juror. Stalheim methodically went through all 169 submissions.

“There’s a quality to craftsmanship and the artist behind the work that made themselves stand out,” Stalheim said. “That’s what made the show.”

Stalheim was featured in the John A. Day gallery last month and hosted several workshops designed to help, teach and inspire art students.

Artists are honored and awarded at the debut reception

with purchase awards from various contributors, this year’s reception was held on Friday, Jan. 24.

President Gestring, Provost Kurt Hackemer, Dean of Students Kim Grieve, College of Fine Arts Dean Larry Schou and more all provide purchase awards.

“It’s really nice that other departments and faculty members on campus offer support to the art department,” Amy Fill, interim director of the University Art Galleries said.

Fill said this is the biggest exhibition of the year for the art department. The inclusive nature of the Stilwell Exhibition is a way for members of USD outside and inside the art department to show support.

“Having the entire art department student body showing their work collectively in one space is very interesting. Courtney LaVallie was the primary designer for the exhibit, and Dylan Bryant also helped a lot too,” Fill said. “They did a really great job. It’s not easy to install ninety-five pieces of art in one space.

They have to find ways for the art to flow and communicate together.”

Jonathan Purdy, a graduate student, won the President’s Purchase Award.

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Purdy’s winning art is part of a series called “The Redaction Series,” focusing on harm social media can cause.

“I kind of am trying to shed light on this concept that you need to research what you’re reading because you don’t always get the full story,” Purdy said.

Purdy also had a larger piece in the exhibit which lights up.

“The idea of what I’m working with is the idea of how different it looks when it’s illuminated in different ways,” Purdy said in regards to his winning piece. “It has the same context but it’s another way of looking at (the art).”

Junior Jenna Kari and sophomore Jessie Schneiderman are both primarily focus on graphic design. Kari and Schneiderman each had two pieces featured in the exhibition.

“It took a bit of time to create, but I think it’s a lot easier to work on something that I’m passionate about,” Kari said.

Being included in the Stilwell Exhibition is an honor, Schneiderman said, especially because the students are passionate about the art they create.

“It’s great to be a part of the exhibit and to be included in the art community in Vermillion,” Schneiderman said. “It feels like a legacy is being carried out.”

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Chris Meyer gives Levi Sternburg the Sculpture Badass Award jacket at the Artworks from 45 different students were selected for the Stilwell Exhibition this year.

Stilwell Reception. Every recipient makes a personal addition to the jacket.

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UAAS highlights unsung hereos with annual Black History Month celebrations Sara Cappiello

Sara.Cappiello@coyotes.usd.edu

The month of February isn’t just candy hearts and bouquets of roses, it’s also a time to celebrate history and culture.

The Union of African American Students will be kicking off Black History Month next week.

Black History Month is a time for UAAS and other USD students on campus to come together to honor Black history and culture.

Marcus Destin, UAAS president and junior communication studies major, said Black History Month is an opportunity for USD students to learn something new in many different ways.

“We just want to do something different, especially here in South Dakota,” Destin said. “We want to throw events that bring people of color across campus in an inclusive environment that allows us to engage, enlighten and educate.”

Throughout the month, UAAS will be hosting events

such as the Ruby Ball and the Panel of Black Love to celebrate and showcase all aspects of Black history.

Clayton Ford, a junior and member of UAAS, said this month is also about making connections with students all over campus.

“If everybody knows each other and if everybody is comfortable with each other, then [events like] games can be a lot more fun,” Ford said.

Although this month is to celebrate Black history, all the events are open to anyone, Destin said, not just UAAS members.

“USD isn’t USD without all of its students,” Destin said.

“You’re going to face these interactions in the real world and you’re going to meet new people.”

In the last several decades, there have been several figures within the Black community who have made history. Ford said one person he looks up to is activist Malcolm X, along with some of his family members.

Destin said there have been so many influential people in Black history, so it’s challenging to choose his main role model.

“It’s hard to pick just one, but I usually go with my parents,” Destin said. “Being the bridge between my grandparents, my parents and this next generation means a lot to me as well.”

The UAAS will start off Black History Month next Monday, Feb. 3 at 5 p.m.. in the Muenster University Center. The kickoff event will honor “unsung heroes,” or unknown figures in Black history from the past and present.

Ford said he hopes students will come to this event, along with the others this month. He said he wants people to learn as much as they can so they can share it with others.

“I want people to understand and remember the little things, like what’s right in front of you,” Ford said. “We’re on our phones all the time. But pay attention to what’s in front of you, or you won’t be able to take that and tell people about it.”

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Puppy profiles: The canine influencers of USD

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Delilah is a French Bulldog. She is less than one year old. Her Instagram username is @haiitheredelilah.

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Baker is a Great Pyrenees. He is less than one year old. His Instagram username is @baker.the.pyrenees.

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Pet Instagrams are popular among celebrities such as Lindsey Vonn and Kylie Jenner and now more pet owners are getting into this trend.

At USD, three Instagram accounts featuring a Great Pyrenees, a French bulldog and a Shiba Inu part husky have all become part of an online community on campus.

Baker

Kasey Jensen, a first-year sport marketing & media major, used to watch her neighbors’ Great Pyrenees. When her parents later let her get a dog, she told them she wanted the same kind of dog as their neighbors’.

She later started her beloved Great Pyreness, Baker, an Instagram account because she had seen other people making them. She said his personality was perfect for other people to watch.

“When I was looking at Instagram, I had found an account that had three of these dogs,” Jensen said. “They were fun to watch on there because the dogs had hilarious personalities.”

Jensen also said Baker’s style on Instagram is being fun and careless.

“Baker tends to be lazy, but is a big sweetheart,” Jensen said.

“All he wants to do is sleep outside and loves the snow. He is pretty much a polar bear.”

Delilah

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Willow is a Shiba Inu Husky mix. She is less than one year old. Her Instagram username is @___willowbear.

Grant Schuchert, a law student at USD, got his French Bulldog, Delilah when he returned home from working in Alaska last summer. His parents have two English bulldogs, which he said made him fall in love with the breed.

Schuchert said has a French bulldog was his dream dog.

Upon returning home in Spirit Lake, Iowa, the first thing he did was head to Emmetsburg, Iowa to get Delilah. He said he instantly felt a connection with her and the pair have been inseparable since then.

“She goes everywhere with me,” Schuchert said. “If I go on a trip she goes with me; if I have a long car ride she’s always right there with me. Even when we go to bed she has to be sleeping underneath the covers by my feet every night and halfway through the night she comes up to snuggle her head right next to mine.”

Delilah is fully potty-trained, smart and has a sense of fashion with the number of outfits he has for her, according to Schuchert.

Schuchert said he started an Instagram for Delilah because he knows she is adorable and wants to share that cuteness with the world. After how much fun he has had with her account, he said he encourages others to make one for their own pet.

“Her style on Instagram is one of being a sassy diva. She is definitely spoiled around the house.” Schuchert said.

“Getting Delilah was one of the best decisions of my life. I

highly recommend people to get a dog and create an Instagram account for them. It’s very entertaining.”

Delilah will be 10 months on Feb. 1.

Willow

For an entire year, Kelsey Bathke, a videographer for Coyote Athletics, contemplated getting a dog. When Bathke spotted Willow, she knew this Shiba Inu husky was the one for her.

“I had applied for adoption and in that same night I made her an Instagram before I knew if I was going to get her or not,” Bathke said. “Having an Instagram is a fun way to watch your pup grow up and have the memories to look back on.”

Bathke said it takes Willow awhile to warm up to her surroundings and the people near her. She also added that Willow is a naturally intelligent dog due to being a mix of Shiba Inu and Husky.

Instagram has been away for Willow to make connections with other dogs. Bathke said the group of dog owners and their dogs have formed a community.

Bathke said she and Willow have enjoyed being a part of a trending hashtag on campus #dogsofusd.

The three all said having an Instagram for a pet can be a way to watch them grow up and share their personalities with others. It’s also a way for people to join a community that brings dog owners on campus together.

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In honor of the 34th National Girls and Women in Sports Day, USD held their fourthannual all-girls sports clinic on Sunday inside the DakotaDome.

The free clinic saw Coyote athletes from the volleyball, swim and dive, track and field, golf, softball and soccer teams run stations instructing young women from kindergarten to eighth grade in various activities.

Lolo Weideman, sophomore outside hitter/defensive specialist for the volleyball team, said she was excited to see all the participants come out and enjoy themselves.

“Honestly, I like seeing how excited they are to learn new things and all their different personalities and how much they enjoy all the different activities we’re doing,” Weideman said.

Each station included activities similar to specific drills and techniques the athletes running the station would practice. Activities included setting and hitting a volleyball,

sprints with batons, routine soccer drills, batting practice off of tees, a putting session, mimicked diving rotations on a gymnastics mat and swimming motions taught by having participants glide stomach-down on a skateboard.

The swim and dive teams also provided temporary USD tattoos to all the participants.

“I think it’s very important for them to try new things, especially to figure out what they enjoy,” Weideman said. “If they don’t even try it, they might not know what they love to do.”

Sophomore golfer Julia Hall agreed it is important for young women to try new things. She said sports have helped her grow and get to where she is today.

“Sports have taught me so many important lessons, golf especially,” Hall said. “It’s taught me integrity, responsibility and really given me a lot of choices and has brought me to an amazing school here at USD.” In addition, Hall said she was glad to be passing on some of the knowledge she has gained through golf.

“I was just excited to kind of pass on the knowledge and show that golf can be just as fun as other sports and just to get involved more with the community here in Vermillion,” Hall said.

Sophomore swimmer Delaney Kottke said through the family-like bond sports have given her, it has helped shape her into the woman she is today as well.

“You learn so much through sports, whether it’s learning how to practice, learning how to meet new people, how to make goals in life,” Kottke said. “I think it’s something you carry with you throughout life.”

Kottke said she feels it is important for athletes at USD to continue to hold events similar to this one in the future.

“I think it’s so important for them to see how they can choose what they want to do, how they want to get involved and see how the older girls work with their sports,” Kottke said. “It’s so fun to see how excited they are.

I think it’s so important because these little girls look up to us.”

Both the Coyotes men’s and women’s basketball teams are led by a strong group of seniors as they prepare for the second half of conference play.

The USD women (19-2, 8-0) are atop the Summit League standings at the mid-point for the regular season and rank No. 21 in the latest Associated Press Top 25. The Coyotes are No. 18 in the USA Today/Coaches Poll.

Senior Ciara Duffy has been the driving force for USD, averaging 17 points, 6.1 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game on the year.

Three other seniors are also playing vital roles.

Madison McKeever is the starting point guard and is averaging 8.6 points and nearly two steals a game. Taylor Frederick is one of the first players off the bench for the Coyotes and is averaging 8.9 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.

Finally, Megan Bonar plays limited minutes off the bench for the Coyotes. Bonar has dealt with her fair share of injuries in her career at USD, but has been healthy and playing roughly six minutes a game.

On the men’s side, seniors fill up four of the five starting positions. Triston Simpson and Cody Kelley play in the back court while Tyler Hagedorn and Tyler Peterson play forward positions in head coach Todd Lee’s offense. The fifth senior for the Coyote men is Brandon Armstrong, who comes off the bench to play at valuable times.

“I told the starter, ‘you know guys, we’re not going to do this a whole lot more,’” Hagedorn said. “Starting lineups are really special and going out there with my three other seniors and Stan (Umude) and Brandon (Armstrong) on the team.

It’s really special to have your close friends and we’ve all been here for four, I’ve been here for five (years), so we’ve grown close as a team.”

Hagedorn lead the Summit League at 19 points per game and added 7.1 rebounds. Kelley and Peterson each scored 10.9 points per game.

Simpson is averaging 11.5 points per game but missed seven games earlier this season to a knee injury. Armstrong is the sixth man, playing 16 minutes a game and appearing in every game this See SENIORS, Page B4

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The Coyotes men’s basketball team brought home victories over Purdue Fort Wayne and Oral Roberts to improve their overall record to 14-8, and 5-3 in the Summit League.

Purdue Fort Wayne

South Dakota defeated Purdue Fort Wayne 83-60 . The game was led by senior guard Cody Kelley who boasted 18 points and junior guard Stanley Umude who led defensively with three blocks.

Following the game the Coyotes had won four of their last five games.

“We don’t call it a hump, any mature basketball player knows there are ups and downs in a year,” Kelley said. “Coach (Todd]) Lee always says a year of basketball is like a lifetime. We’ve just been grinding; we have had some long, gritty and tough practices, but that ends up rolling into the games, which we saw tonight.”

The game started off with a three-point shot

from Triston Simpson who is fully recovered from an injury earlier this season.

“The knee has been feeling great,” Simpson said. “I’m still making sure after practice to do my rehab to make sure we stay good. I fell today and it twisted in a way that it hasn’t in a while but it feels great.”

Behind Kelley in points was Simpson (16), senior Tyler Hagedorn (15) and Umude with 12.

Simpson shot 6-for-11 from the field followed

by Kelley, who shot 5-for-11.

The Coyotes held the lead throughout the game with the biggest streak at 26 points with six minutes left in the second half. The main focus of the second half, according to Kelley, was to keep the team lead.

“We took it head-on and focused on the first four minutes of the second half and that really helps us,” Kelley said Throughout the game South Dakota averaged 50% from the field and 40.9% from the arch, while shooting 78% at the free throw line.

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Senior guard Madison McKeever recieves a screen from junior Hannah Sjerven in Friday’s women’s basketball game against Purdue Fort Wayne.

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The Coyotes kept their record in the Summit League perfect over the weekend with a pair of victories over Purdue Fort Wayne and Oral Roberts.

Purdue Fort Wayne

The Coyotes topped Purdue Fort Wayne (4-15, 0-6 CONF) Friday 79-25 inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center.

USD’s defense led the charge, holding the Mastodons to 21% shooting overall and 0% from behind the arc. They did not allow Fort Wayne to score more than four field goals in a single quarter. The team also registered 10 blocks, with junior center Hannah Sjerven, junior guard Monica Arens and senior guards Madison McKeever and Ciara Duffy each rejecting two shots.

“I thought our young ladies really did a great job defensively in this battle,” head coach Dawn Plitzuweit said following the game. “Our defense really got us going offensively. I think Fort Wayne is certainly a team that has the ability to stretch it and shoot it from the arc. I thought we were very attentive to trying to get out to our shooters and at the same time trying to limit opportunities at the rim.”

On the opposite end of the floor, USD

had four players finish with double figures in scoring. Duffy led all game scorers with 13 points to go with her seven assists and six rebounds. Sjerven totaled 12 points and seven boards in 16 minutes of action and senior forward Taylor Frederick shot 4-5 off the bench with eight points to finish.

The team collectively ripped down 19 offensive boards, something Arens said was a focal point of the team.

“I think that’s just been a focus for us,” Arens said. “A big thing that we wanted to bring to conference to up our game was to crash the offensive boards a little bit harder every game.”

Despite leading by 55 points at one point, Frederick said the players were able to keep the energy up throughout the game and stayed focused.

“With the girls on our team it’s not really hard to keep up the energy at all,” Frederick said. “We have a lot of different personalities and a lot of girls that really like to have fun.

And it’s always fun to see the girls who help us prep get to get in the game at the end. We have to step up our energy because they’re stepping up theirs.”

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Senior guard Cody Kelley attempts a free throw during Thursday’s men’s basketball game against Purdue Fort Wayne.

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Senior swimmer Charlie Meching talks with coaches at the IntraSquad meet on Jan. 18. She plans to go to Occupational Therapy school at Washington University in St. Louis this fall.

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Dedicating 20 hours a week to the water is challenging. Surviving four years of college with a 4.0 GPA is no easier feat. Senior health sciences major Charlie Mechling has accomplished both of these all while preparing for the next phase of her life: occupational therapy school.

The Colorado native’s ability to balance school and sport has led her to the next step in her life, attending the number one OT school in the nation, Washington University in St. Louis, for her graduate degree.

“I am super excited,” Mechling said. “I think it will be the best positive avenue I could take. They give you every single possibility throughout OT and you get to choose what you’re passionate about within it and do that.”

After she completes her schooling, she said her goal is to be somewhere she really enjoys and can call home.

“I don’t know if that is going to be abroad or in the United States,” Mechling said. “But then to work as an OT in what sector I choose to be in.”

For the last two years, Mechling has been one of the captains of the USD swim team, leading through the example she sets for her

teammates.

“It’s been really special,” she said.

“It is definitely the best part of my college career. Good leaders are people that you can watch to see what they do when there are good things and bad things, someone that is a role model and relatable to others.”

Mechling said being a part of the swim team in general has helped her learn the importance of being a part of something bigger than herself.

When she isn’t busy with school and leading the swim team, she heads out to eat with her friends at Silk Road and Red Steakhouse.

Along with going out to eat, she also enjoys cooking.

Growing up, Mechling was involved in gymnastics but, she said things changed when she was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Juvenile Arthritis. After hearing doctors say she wouldn’t be able to participate in land based sports anymore, she focused on her love for swimming.

“It was probably a good thing because I was crappy at all the other things,” she joked.

Her inspiration to start swimming, she said, was her mom.

“It was our biggest thing as a family; my mom swam, she went to UCLA and swam so she was already

into it,” Mechling said. “We were a big swimming family so that just made everything easier.”

Mechling gave another lighthearted response when she said her goal was to swim at the collegiate level from the beginning.

“We didn’t grow up as a family where I did just a little bit of swimming, it was like, ‘woah, swim’, all swimming all the time; so, swimming in college was always the number one thing I wanted to do since I started.”

Mechling said both her swim career and having arthritis helped shape the route she wanted to take in school.

“Having Rheumatoid Arthritis, I had an OT when I was little. I didn’t know who she was or what she was but I thought what she did was really cool,” Mechling said. “I could go in everyday and play with some kids that seems pretty easy.”

Mechling said swimming and OT are both big on the little details and that this similarity helped push her towards this career path.

“I ended up choosing (OT) over PT because they always say you can use physical therapy to get up and walk to the door, but you need OT to open the door and use it and to me that is what’s important, the little things that affect your life so much,” Mechling said.

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Senior guard Triston Simpson attempts a lay-up against Oral Roberts. Simpson tallied 17 points in the game.

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From Page B3 Purdue Fort Wayne’s leading scorer was Deonte Billups with 19 points, however at 6:14 in the second half Billups and a coach both received technical fouls.

This game was the last time Purdue Fort Wayne will play inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center as a member of the Summit League Conference. Last August the school announced their switch to the Horizon League to play against teams closer to them.

With the Mastodons’ Summit League departure, it was also announced the University of Kansas City Missouri will be joining the Summit League. The Kangaroos are ranked eighth in the Western Athletic Conference.

Oral Roberts

South Dakota beat Oral Roberts (11-9, 4-3) 91-80 Saturday night.

This win was the Coyote’s third in a row and their fifth win in their last six games.

Senior forward, Tyler Hagedorn, led the Coyotes with 31 points, 9

rebounds and was 6-8 on three pointers. His 31 points were two shy of his season best.

“I had the redshirt year last year, so it is really like I had two years between my Junior year and Senior year,” Hagedorn said. “I think that really helped me to mature both physically and mentally.”

The Coyotes were down in the early minutes of the game with strong play underneath by Oral Roberts’ Emmanuel Nzekwesi, who finished the game as their leading scorer. A run by the Coyotes late in both the first and second halves helped lead them to victory.

Head coach Todd Lee said some of the players were sick, so the game was challenging.

“Stan (Umude) was sick, Cody (Kelly) was sick, they gutted it out,” Lee said. “We had one day to prepare, they had a bye, they had six days to prepare for us and normally that doesn’t end very well. I couldn’t be more proud.”

Senior guard Triston Simpson said the Coyotes’ ability to be ready for a game after the single off day is due to taking care of their bodies and discipline.

“Hags was in the locker room

making sure everyone got in the ice tub,” Simpson said. “But the biggest thing is that we just wanted to focus on is that we had the right mentality, we had to be ready to go up here, mentally.”

Two other players were in double-digits for USD. Simpson finished with 17 points and Stanley Umude finished with 13.

The Coyotes were able to overcome Oral Roberts’ pair of 20-point scorers in Nzekwesi (27) and Max Abmas (24).

They did this through a solid shooting night having a shooting percentage of 53.8% from the field and a 40% mark from behind the arc amid shooting 86.2% from the free throw line.

This was the Coyotes’ first matchup of the year against Oral Roberts. The Coyotes will see them in league play again next month in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

With the Coyotes finishing up a three game home-stand, they will leave the Sanford Coyote Sports Center for a two-game road trip.

They will play Denver on Thursday, Jan. 30 at 8 p.m. before heading to Omaha to take on Nebraska-Omaha on Sunday, Feb. 2 at noon.

season thus far.

The women’s team play five of their final eight games on the road. The men’s team has a similar schedule with an extra home game against Peru State on Feb. 4 thrown in. Both teams will rely on leadership from their senior classes to guide them through the final month of play.

“It certainly helps us to have a group of young ladies who’ve been through that before,” USD women’s head coach Dawn Plitzuweit said.

“When there’s timeout, we can look at them and they say ‘Yep, I know we should have done that’ and then they’re able to go make that adjustment. They know before we say anything to them about what needs to transpire.”

Both teams are on winning streaks heading into this week’s road games. The Coyote women are on an eight-game win streak dating back to Dec. 29. The men are on a threegame win streak and have won five of their last six games.

Senior Day will be celebrated during a double-header on Feb. 29 against North Dakota in Vermillion

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Oral Roberts

Following their 54-point win over the Mastodons Friday, the Coyotes returned Sunday to take their win streak to eight games.

The Coyotes now hold a 19-2 record on the season while remaining undefeated in Summit League play at 8-0.

After a rather slow start in the first half, potentially due to the proximity of the team’s schedule, the Coyotes were able to get back into motion during the second half.

“We just had a one day break and coming in they gave it their all,” junior Monica Arens said. “They had a lot of shooters and a lot of presence on the inside but right away we were ready for that. I think by the second half we kicked it into gear to finish the game.”

Senior Ciara Duffy and Arens led the Coyotes in points as each player racked in 18 points.

Arens said she gives a lot of credit to the team.

“Everybody’s playing at a really high level right now … inside and outside we’re finishing the ball,” Arens said.

Arens also earned five threepointers, three defensive blocks and two assists.

“At this point in the season, every day, every game you know there is some aches but its something we have to overcome,” Arens said. “We

where all nine seniors will be honored. Last year, the Coyote basketball programs celebrated four seniors combined (three men, one woman).

Neither team last year won the regular season or conference tournament championships. The Coyote women were picked to win it all this season, while the men picked second in the conference. At the midpoint, the Coyote women are the lone undefeated team in conference play. The men are sitting fourth at 5-3, one game behind the leader, South Dakota State, who USD has beaten in Vermillion.

“I remember telling Tyler Peterson that nothing worth having is going to come easy,” Hagedorn said. “This conference season is a battle and so we definitely didn’t start the conference season the way we wanted, but we definitely finished the first half the way we wanted.”

The Coyotes are in action with a pair of road games this week. The women start the trip against Omaha Wednesday (today) in Omaha.

Plitzuweit will be going for her 100th win at USD. The men start their road trip in Denver against the Pioneers on Thursday. The two teams will switch sites on Sunday, as the women face Denver and the men are in Omaha. have to mentally work through those things.”

Senior Madison McKeever posted 14 points followed by Hannah Sjerven with 11 and Chloe Lamb with 7. McKeever added four rebounds, four assists and 3 defensive steals.

“They have a lot of shooters so making sure we stay out on them and not let them get going,” McKeever said. “On the inside, we needed to limit the touches inside so they can’t kick out.”

McKeever is now just eight points short of achieving 1,000 career points.

Duffy has now moved into fourth on USD’s all-time career scoring list with 1,617 points.

Keni Jo Lippe totaled 16 points, which allowed Oral Roberts (RECORD) to hold USD from continuing their streak of keeping teams under 50 points.

“Oral Roberts is a very good team with a very good program so it certainly helps us to have a group of young ladies who have been through that before and understand,” head coach Dawn Plitzuweit said.

Looking ahead, the Coyotes are down to three home and five road games before the start of the Summit League Tournament, hosted in Sioux Falls.

“We got the target on our back,” McKeever said. “Knowing that we’re going on the road for a bit, it’s nerveracking.”

The Coyotes travel to Omaha, Nebraska on Wednesday to face the Mavericks. Following the game, the Coyotes will travel to Denver to face the Pioneers on Feb. 2.

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The Coyote bench dances during a delay at the women’s basketball game Friday night against Purdue Fort Wayne.