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Pi Beta Phi sophomores Ellie Dailey, right, and Amelia Howard, center, talk to first-year student Taylor Hyde, left, at the Spring Sorority Recruitment meeting Jan. 30 in the Muenster University Center Pit Lounge.
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higher chapter enrollment seen in the last four years in all four sororities at USD. “The chapters traditionally on our campus for a number of years were able to house all sophomore, junior and senior women who wanted to live in the chapter house,” Groh said. “Because of the last couple of years with recruitment taking in larger numbers, seniors needed to move out to make room for incoming sophomores.” Sororities at USD include Alpha Phi, Alpha Xi Delta, Kappa Alpha Theta and Pi Beta Phi.
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When students begin their room selection process next week, most will find one less floor option in the Burgess/ Norton dormitory to choose from. A new learning-living community pilot program designed to specifically accommodate sorority women at the University of South Dakota is being implemented in fall 2014, with the intent to alleviate USD sorority chapter housing capacity strains.
numbers of each of the four sororities at the University of South Dakota, and view the rise of enrollement over the past four years.
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Freedom Forum obligated five-year support Megan Card
The Freedom Forum has funded scholarships, programs and major renovations at the University of South Dakota, but its current relationship with USD is “up in the air,” according to USD President James Abbott. For the past 24 to 36 months, Abbott said it has been clear the foundation, created under the guidance of USD alumnus Al Neuharth, has cut back on nonNewseum activities. “It is a matter of priori-
ties, and clearly they have reduced their activities outside of Washington, D.C., both on our campus and at Vanderbilt (University),” Abbott said. “Unfortunate, but not surprising.” The last person working for the Freedom Forum at USD is Jack Marsh, president of the Al Neuharth Media Center. Marsh is retiring in late March, and will not be replaced. With a physical absence on campus, USD will continue to negotiate with the Freedom Forum to answer two major ques-
tions: What the foundation expects of USD, and what their level of support will be for the university. So far, ABBOTT Abbott can confirm the foundation will continue to financially support the university for five more years for an undetermined monetary amount. He said his intention, along with
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In 21 years of anchoring the NBC Nightly News, Tom Brokaw reported stories on a daily basis to millions of viewers. Now the news has shifted to him, after the University of South Dakota alumnus announced he has cancer. Brokaw, NBC News special correspondent and 1964 graduate of USD, released a statement Tuesday he was diagnosed in August with multiple myeloma at the Mayo Clinic. “He is an extremely loyal alum in every way imaginable to the university and the (political science) department,” said Bill Richardson, political science department chair. “We wish him a quick and speedy recovery.” Multiple myeloma is a cancer
of the plasma cells, a type of white blood cells in bone marrow. There is a 43.2 percent survival rate according to the National Cancer Institute. He said his doctors are encouraged with the progress he is making. “With the exceptional support of my family, medical team and friends, I am very optimistic about the future and look forward to continuing my life, my work and adventures still to come,” Brokaw said in a statement. Brokaw, 74, is a native of Yankton, S.D., and a distinguished political reporter, anchor and best-selling author. He has been working in broadcast journalism for 52 years and was the 1992 recipient of the Al Neuharth SEE BROKAW, PAGE A6
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Jan Neuharth, chair of the Freedom Forum Board of Trustees and Al Neuharth’s daughter, and the foundation CEO Jim Duff, is to use all further support to build the Al Neuharth fund. This money will go primarily to support The Volante, upkeep and maintenance of the Al Neuharth Media Center and other programs. The foundation increases cutbacks The Freedom Forum was established in 1991 and SEE FORUM, PAGE A7
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Tom Brokaw, 74, announced Tuesday he was suffering from multiple myeloma. Brokaw is an alumnus of the University of South Dakota.
The University of South Dakota Student Government Association is evaluating the inclusion of e-cigarettes, hookah pens and vaporizers under the existing smoking ban, which went into effect Jan. 2013. SGA senator Sami Zoss, a sophomore, is a member of the State and Local Government committee. She said the committee was advised to bring clarity to the smoking ban by SGA after students began questioning the parameters of the ban. “The conversation of including e-cigarettes (and similar devices) was prompt-
ed by students coming in and asking us if they could smoke them on campus,” Zoss said. “We set out to create a culture change in regards to smoking, now we need to find out if e-cigarettes are a part of that.” Zoss presented the issue of discussion to the Faculty Senate meeting Jan. 15 to seek input about moving forward. “The faculty could not agree on the matter, but they did agree on creating some clarity about what is or is not allowed under the smoking ban,” Zoss said. E-cigarettes work by using a small battery powered atomizer to vaporize a liquid, which
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CAMPUS & CITYDigest Gender salary equity issue at USD up in the air Michael Geheren
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University of South Dakota President James Abbott told faculty members the assessment of faculty salary gender equality at USD would need to go to the South Dakota Council of Higher Education for further review because of legal conflicts. The University Faculty Senate, comprised of faculty members from USD, asked Abbott to form a committee to study the salary issues after a report was released claiming a high gender inequality issue in USD’s salary in January. The report was to be reviewed by the committee to determine if it was valid and how to proceed. Abbott sent an email to faculty Feb. 3 stating the issue would have to go to COHE. “It was suggested and counsel has confirmed that faculty salary issues are governed under the terms of the COHE contract, and to address them by means of a USD committee may con-
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Volume 138, Number 17 Feb. 12, 2014
1967 An English instructor turned to a different mode of transporting books to and from her classes to ease the strain. Instead of carrying a bag, she pushed a "small collapsable grocery cart." A cooking timer and coffee cup were some of the other objects among books in the cart. Transporting books was not an issue before classes were moved out of the building of her office.
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University of South Dakota Provost Chuck Staben, left, addresses professors during the University Faculty Senate meeting Feb. 7 in the Muenster Universtiy Center.
stitute an unfair labor practice on the part of the University,” Abbott said. COHE is the official bargaining organization for all full-time and part-time instruction or
research faculty who are not supervisors at South Dakota universities. Alan Aldrich, USD’s COHE president, said in the faculty senate meeting Feb. 5 he was
looking into what the state can, or will do. In a phone interview, Aldrich said COHE could not make any comment regarding COHE’s involvement at this time.
Students were reported to be "addicted to soap operas." They were popular among both male and female students who would fill lounges across campus over the lunch hour, some even skipping or scheduling class so they could see what happened next. If they were not fortunate to do so, they would have to record them to watch later on the VCR.
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Feb. 5 Police responded to reports of a woman attempting to return an item she had not purchased at Walmart on Princeton Avenue. Security camera footage showed the woman entering the store without the item. Police have now identified the suspect. Feb. 7 According to police reports, officers responded to a report of several instances of theft at
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Hy-Vee on Cherry Street. The suspect, who can be identified on video surveillance, was seen stealing cough syrup several times. Feb. 8 Police pulled over a vehicle on Rose Street for driving without headlights. When the officer approached the vehicle, a passenger appeared to had been drinking and was cited for underage drinking.
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Police investigated a possible protection order violation at Maya Jane's along Main Street. The caller reported the man entered the bar and told another man, who had a protection order against him, to leave. The man agreed to leave, but upon review by an officer it was determined no violation had been made. Police seized marijuana and drug paraphernalia from a Court Street residence after the Clay County Sheriff’s Office requested
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help securing a residence upon acquiring a search warrant. A man was cited for underage drinking after police responded to a call to assist the man who was intoxicated and undressed while walking along North Plum Street. The man had no coat and had fallen several times. Officers brought the man to his residence.
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First-year Sarah Hansen, left, a member of the Alpha Phi sorority, makes a 'Yote Float for junior Joe Hoelker Tuesday afternoon at the Muenster University Center. Various student organizations sign up to serve root beer floats every Tuesday.
Campus Cycling event promotes health, cancer research Students and the Vermillion community are invited to participate in the fourth annual Taylor Trudeau Cycle for Life today from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the University of South Dakota Wellness Center. The philanthropy event, hosted by the Pi Kappa Alpha chapter at USD, raises awareness and funds for leukemia, lymphoma and melanoma research, while also promoting a healthy lifestyle. "We are excited to host Cycle for Life here at USD and blessed to help with such a great cause," said Kole Vogt, co-chairman of the event. A half hour cycling session costs $10 to sponsor. Twelve time slots are available per 17 bikes. Participants are encouraged to sponsor a bike on behalf
their student organization. The cost for all 12 time slots is $100. A stationary cycling event, the fraternity raised more than $1,300 in 2013 to fund blood cancer research.
USD chairman to serve on national panel A University of South Dakota department chair has been invited to serve on a national discussion panel focused on the societal and economic values of academic research. Dan Engebretson, chair of the biomedical engineering program, will serve among a three-person panel at the 2014 Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) and Commercialization of University Innovations Conference at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. Engebretson will join panelists Barry Rosenbaum of the
University of Akron Research Foundation and Jane Muir of the University of Florida. Michael Borrus Seed Capital will serve as moderator for the event, which is scheduled for June 16, 17 and 18. The panel — GovernmentUniversity Cooperation: University Perspectives — is one of four panel discussions, a keynote address by U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and a closing roundtable. "It is an honor for USD to have one of its researchers included in an event of the prestigious National Academies," said Laura Jenski, vice president of research at USD. "Dr. Engebretson is an excellent example of how our university faculty consider the societal and economic value of the research of they do." Engebretson is also the director of Graduate Education and Applied Research Center in Sioux Falls. He earned his doctorate from Michigan State University.
The University South Dakota School of Law has announced the appointment of John Glover from Black Hills State University to the interim associate dean of academic affairs. Glover, a liberal arts professor and director for the Center for American Indian Studies at BHSU, will fill the position formally of Tom Sorensen after his retirement. “John has had a long history with USD and we are pleased to again have him with the Law School,” said USD School of Law Dean Tom Geu. Glover is also the executive director and founder of Native Educational Endeavors, Inc., a company bringing educational opportunities for Native Americans to create cross-cultural respect. A national search will be conducted to fill the position permanently.
State Lack of propane leads to heating problems The Standing Rock Reservation, on the borders between North and South Dakota, is suffering from a national propane shortage. Tribal officials warn that the thousands of low-income residents who live there are running out of ways to heat
their homes. The reservation has had wind chills as low as 50 below. Many residents live in mobile homes, with some homes using boards as windows and some with deteriorating roofs. The propane crisis escalated this week when Debbie Dogskin, 61, died while house sitting for a friend in a rundown mobile home with an empty propane tank. Her cause of death is unknown at time of print. Propane has been in short supply in the U.S. since late last year after farmers burned up more than usual to dry out a late wet harvest. Compounding that, less propane has been arriving from Canada because of higher demand there, and the deadly cold winter in the U.S. has increased demand and driven up prices here. A gallon of propane is about $3.90 per gallon in the U.S. this week. Ken Snider, who drives a propane truck for Cenex out of Selfridge, said the price on the reservation this winter peaked at $4.65 a gallon. The shortage has been particularly hard on the 3,600-square-mile reservation, which has no natural gas lines and where using electricity to heat homes can be too expensive for many impoverished families, according to Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II. As many as 5,000 homes on the reservation rely on
NATION Farm bill affects more than farmers, ranchers
propane. About 15 percent of the money in the legislation signed into law Friday by President Barack Obama will go to farmers to help them grow the food the population consumes. Most of the rest of the money in the almost $100 billiona-year law will go to food stamps that help people buy groceries. Ways the farm bill affects the average person: The law includes incentives for farmers markets and makes it easier for food stamp recipients to shop there. A new program would award grants to some farmers markets and grocery stores that match food stamp dollars if recipients buy fruits and vegetables. It has a bit of money to help finance the building of grocery stores in low-income areas that don't have many retail outlets. Most of the subsidy money benefits producers of the main row crops — corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton and rice. Most corn and soybeans in the U.S. are grown for animal feed, so those subsidies keep costs down for the farmers and the livestock producers who buy feed for their beef cattle, hogs and chickens.
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University involvement in mental assistance essential to students Megan card is a junior double majoring in contemporary media and journalism and political science.
As police officers used pepper spray and a taser to get the razor blade from her hand, Sasha Menu Courey yelled, “The system failed me! The system failed me!” At this point in ESPN’s “Outside The Lines” investigation, I couldn’t hold back the tears. This University of Missouri swimmer was so talented, so intelligent and so young, but she was battling for her mental health after allegedly being raped by a football player. Her coach, Mizzou’s athletic department and the university — they did nothing to help her. Less than three months later, Sasha Menu Courey killed herself by ingesting 100 Tylenol. She was just 20 years old. I don’t know whom I am most disgusted with after hearing Sasha’s story. The man (or men) who reportedly raped her and videotaped it. Mizzou’s head swimming coach Greg Rhodenbaugh, who essentially cut Sasha from the team “to get her to go to counseling,” even though she already was. Or maybe the athletic department and university, who presented her with a university withdrawal form without her parents’ knowledge — even though she was on suicide watch in the hospital. But when I think of what happened to Sasha, I realize just how quickly students can turn from people to commodities in the eyes of their universities — cushioned when we are worth something, discarded when we become a “problem” to the institution. And this is what disgusts and frightens me most of all. I’m not saying the same thing that happened at Mizzou is happening at the University of South Dakota, and I give a lot of credit to the work of those at the Student Counseling Center for providing necessary mental
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volante online. com health services to students. But suicide is a serious problem in college — any college — with about 1,100 lives a year lost this way, reports the National Alliance on Mental Illness. So, what is stopping the next Sasha from being at USD? I can’t imagine the pressure experienced by a student-athlete at a Division-I school, but I do know what it is like to witness mental health issues in one’s family and wonder what will put me over the edge. I know if I went through the trauma of a sexual assault, and was then retraumatized again by being railroaded by the very university that was supposed to care about my well-being, I don’t know how much of a will to live I would possess. But this situation should not happen in a just world. There should never be a question of whether the university cares about my mental health. It should be a matter of deciding from a number of resources, and with the input of parents, the student and medical professionals, what is best for me. For Sasha Menu Courey, this option was never available. But that is why her story needs to be told. Universities and colleges need to be held accountable for not only taking seriously and investigating all reports of sexual assault, but for supporting the victims and providing them with the mental health services they need.
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newspapers around the county being shut down or censored by university’s administrators. Take the Pleiad of Albion College, which was forced to halt publication after the university cited “content verification” over a story revolving around the death of an Alma College student. Vice President for Student Affairs Sally Walker banned the paper from printing Feb. 2, pending the review of the Pleiad’s factchecking process. Albion College is a private institution, meaning the Pleiad is not granted the same First Amendment rights as even public university ran student newspapers. While that may be true, according to the Student Press Law Center, the
Albion Media Board has the enacted power to suspend or withdraw student media that violates publication guidelines — but the dean has no such power. Therein the issue lies. The Pleiad resumed operation on Tuesday False content or not, college newspapers should not be halted from powers outside their doors. The Volante has had it’s own shares of misconduct in the past, but the job then should be to own up to those mistakes, fix them and continue telling the news. Editor of the Pleiad Nick Diamond pled a similar argument during the paper’s nine day suspension, citing that news organizations around the county make mistakes on a
daily basis, but aren’t shut down for them. Campus newspapers, including the Pleiad deserve the right to fix its wrongs without administrative scrutiny, just as much as it deserves the right to publish independently. The Volante has been fortunate enough to publish not only with the full freedoms guaranteed by our U.S. Constitution, but the freedom granted to us by the Freedom Forum. The freedom to produce content decided by students, created by students and for the students is essential on any university campus, and that has been granted to The Volante for over 25 years. The spirit granted to us by the Freedom Forum will not be quick to vanish.
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What is your favorite Winter olympic sport? Feb. 5 results
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40% No, they are still a violation of the smoking ban.
60% Yes, they are not tobacco so they aren’t harming anyone.
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Commentary Consumer brands create loyalty Christie scandal CHRIS MOSER is a senior majoring in contemporary media and journalism.
giving you the option to create the person you think you are through choosing to align yourself with the mystique of certain products.” Of course, no one is immune to branding. Everyone, in some form or another, identifies themselves through a product or ideology. For instance, I tend to identify closely with music. I love the PS4, too: probably a result of my brand loyalty to Sony. I have been satisfied with many of their products. Heck, I’m typing this story on a Sony Vaio. For example, I like Coke more than Pepsi, but I didn’t watch the Super Bowl nor do I care about the commercials. I just prefer Coke’s taste so usually purchase Coke only. Cherry Coke to be exact. But why? It could be psychological with being exposed to Coca-Cola at a young age, but I was exposed to many carbonated beverages though probably not as often as some children. So the question remains,
does Cherry Coke define me as an individual? I will admit I do have a somewhat fan-boy mentality to Cherry Coke, but to the degree that I will defend its flavor. If someone said Cherry Coke is no better than stomach bile, I would have to greatly disagree, to the point of a heated argument. I am definitely a fan boy when it comes to music and will admit it every time. I will geek out over musical artists, movie directors and video game companies. One of the most recent fan boy feuds was over which next gen console was better, Sony Playstation 4 or Micrsoft Xbox One. A lot of people left Xbox for the cheaper and probably more efficient, PS4. According to the published works of Jagdish N. Sheth and C. Whan Park of the University of Illinois titled: “A Theory of Multidimensional Brand Loyalty”, brand loyalty is not limited to behavioral reactions to the
purchase of a particular brand. Consumers may be brand loyal, even though they may have never bought the product before. “Teenagers become extremely loyal to a certain make of an automobile even though he has never bought, owned, possessed or even driven it.” Unfortunately, I think this is a poor, weak way to define ourselves. We need to define ourselves by being our true selves. We must strive for achievements and fulfilling goals as individuals not having the nicest car on the lot. It’s fine to have preferred tastes. We all do, in many forms. Reliance on our tastes, instead of our triumphs, for personal definition is part of why this generation is stereotyped as “lazy” and “entitled.” One cannot buy a personality; one must be it.
a dozen separate posts about
box of chocolates at Walmart,
how much in love you are
go home and go on a Nicholas
tures of themselves on social
with your significant other.
Sparks movie-watching spree
networks to singles loudly
You may think you’re the cut-
or a Call of Duty spree —
complaining about their situa-
est couple on the face of the
depending on your preference.
tion of being single on Twitter,
planet, but news flash: You’re
If all of you couples and
approaching, and Walmart
it seems people put too much
not.
has already begun to stock its
thought into this single day.
Humanity is a strange species. While other species seem to live by a pure instinct to survive and breed, mankind has, instead, moved past that. Instead, we spend our time searching for some sort of meaning in a seemingly meaningless universe. Of course, this is a difficult task, and most people seem happy to outsource meaning to the brands they are loyal to. I believe people use brand loyalty to help define who they are too much sometimes. According to a 2010 article on YouAreNotSmart.com, “branding builds on…loyalty by
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annoying on this day. From couples posting pic-
Valentine’s day is quickly
To the singles: Stop com-
Reach columnist Chris Moser at Christopher.Moser@coyotes.usd.edu
singles out there follow this advice and do not make Valen-
plaining about being single. I
tine’s day such a big deal, not
know you see all these other
only will it be a better day for
people going out on dates
you but also for the people out
if you’re in love or whatever,
and such, but don’t fret. Don’t
there who see Valentine’s Day
but please for all that is good
post on Twitter how single and
as just another day. Like me.
single, but because it seems
and holy in the world do not
lonely you are. If you abso-
like everyone else in the
post couple pictures to social
lutely have to feel sorry for
Sincerely,
world becomes 10 times more
networks. Do not go and make
yourself then go buy yourself a
Malachi Petersen
shelves with chocolates and
I have some advice for everyone.
stuffed animals. I absolutely dread Valentine’s Day. I dread it, not because I’m
To the couples: I don’t care
sets poor example DEE RIFE is a sophomore majoring in criminal justice and psychology.
the shutdown have been released. For example, those who worked below Bill Stepien, Christie’s former campaign manager, indicated that his actions were tied directly to Christie himself. “If ‘Step’ were to bark an order at somebody, the assumption would be — unless otherwise stated — that it was coming from the governor,” the article claimed. Aide Bridget Kelly’s job was to work with towns devastated by Hurricane Sandy. It seems quite strange that Christie’s political adversary, Hoboken mayor Dawn Zimmer, received a pitiful $342,000 in relief, when she had initially requested $100 million. Does this sound suspicious? It should. This is how politics work in the United States, and it can be extremely detrimental to all American citizens. Think of what were to happen if the governor of South Dakota decided to enact political retribution against Vermillion mayor John Powell by refusing to give relief funds to Vermillion devastated by a natural disaster. What if the highways connecting Sioux Falls to Vermillion were closed or restricted for several days, causing traffic that may inhibit the use of emergency vehicles or students and teachers coming to class on weekdays? This is politics taken to the extreme. University of South Dakota students would suffer just as horridly as regular Vermillion citizens, perhaps more so, when our academic careers could be put in jeopardy. How would we fare if our town was shut down or damaged by a political foe intent on revenge? I can only imagine the chaos.
The scandal involving Chris Christie continues to deepen, and the news becomes bleaker with each passing day. The quicksand of new information has been pulling the New Jersey governor down for months, and it appears as if his chances of climbing out have finally been dashed. Only the most naive would believe that Christie had no knowledge of the bridge shutdown. In truth, everyone seems to be on the same page except Christie, who continues to deny his involvement in the scandal despite his aides claiming he had direct knowledge of the incident. A recent New York Times article titled, “For Christie, Politics Team Kept a Focus on Two Races” by Kate Zernike and David Chen, revealed the New Jersey governor kept close tabs on his political allies and enemies: “Staff members in the governor’s office created tabbed and color-coded dossiers on the mayors of each town — who their friends and enemies were, the policies and projects that were dear to them — that were bound in notebooks for the governor to review.” This is not surprising. In fact, some might call it good politics. However, I call it sinister and believe that it only hurts his claims of innocence. It simply seems unlikely that such a detail-oriented governor would be so ignorant to the goings-on of his staff, especially when thousands of documents chronicling the process of
Reach columnist Dee Rife at Dee.Rife@coyotes.usd.edu
University fails to make recycling convenient on campus HANNAH NAGY is a sophomore majoring in English.
The University of South Dakota does many things right, but one thing it fails to provide is convenient recy-
cling. The most opportune place for students to recycle appears to be the Muenster University Center and the library. The dorms and academic buildings have limited options, and Coyote Village and McFadden present almost none. I decided to do an experiment to test my theory that there should be more recycling opportunities put forth. My first step was to buy a plastic water bottle and carry it around in my backpack after
finishing it. My goal was to dispose of it in a recycling bin at some point during my morning route to classes. Walking out the main entrance of the MUC, I attended my first class in Delzell and my second in ChurchillHaines. On my return route through the MUC, I was finally able to dispose of my plastic water bottle in a proper recycling container. It would have been ideal to get rid of the plastic bottle
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Here you’ll find the weirdest, funniest and stupidest things that we’ve heard during the week. Context is for suckers.
“If I were a lesbian, I’d want to be Ellen.” — Volante Newsroom
“You’re supposed to be supporting me! You’re ruining my life!” — Dakota Street
“Not edgy as in sexy edgy, but edgy as in ‘I’m going to hop off this motorcycle and beat you up,’ edgy.” — Al Neuharth Media Center
“You can’t put a price on all of the good times to be had downtown.” — Muenster University Center
“So, you got hit in the face with a big ball?”
sooner. This problem requires a solution. Too many recyclables get thrown away each day due to inconvenience. “(Sustainability is about) leaving things better than what you found them and finding a balance between economics, manageability and environment,” sophomore Carly Holmstrom, member of the USD Sustainability Club said. Students need to make an effort to recycle, but I do not expect someone to carry
recyclables around all day in order to find the proper place to dispose of them. Recycling is one small thing we can do to reduce the waste we create, but it should not be the process it has become. I would like to think the future generations could see the magnificence of the world as I see it, but as the population grows so does the amount of debris we create. Recycling is one step toward creating a better place, but it is a team effort that exists
between the students and USD’s ability to provide. A solution may not be as simple as I would like to think it could be, but every resolution takes time and effort. We have only one world as of now, so we should try our utmost to utilize Earth’s resources as best we can and preserve its beauty and simplicity for future generations. Follow Hannah Nagy on Twitter at twitter.com/aqua_nagy
Do’s & Dont’s: Valentine’s Day Please do:
Please don’t:
Enjoy the day with someone special. Whether spent with a significant other or just a friend, Valentine’s day is a holiday worth celebrating
Be negative about being single. Guess what? A lot of people are! Even though the day may make you sad for being single, it’s still a day of celebrating love.
Be happy with being able to spend time with your special someone, and make sure to remind them that they are important to you - gifts are a great example of that.
Gloat and rub your gift in other people’s faces, especially through social media. That’s great that you got a dozen roses and a diamond necklace, but not everyone did. No one likes a bragger.
Stuff your face with chocolate. Today, friends, is the exception. Well, there never needs to be a specific reason to eat chocolate, but take advantage of the easy access.
Complain about the zits and weight you’re going to gain from pigging out. One day of indulgence won’t bring you any harm. Enjoy any kind of treat someone offers you. In fact, take two.
Spread the love to people around you. You’d be surprised at how a simple “Happy Valentine’s Day!” or “Have a great day!” could turn a day around for the better.
Despise people who have a significant other to celebrate with, or who merely enjoy the day. Even if you’re having a rough day, being moody will make the day that much harder to get through.
— Muenster University Center
“Do you ever worry that when your foot falls asleep, you’re going to walk on it wrong and break your ankle?” — Volante Newsroom
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Junior Derek Jacobson, who works part-time for the Univeristy Police Department, tickets a car for being parked in a spot with an expired meter Feb. 10.
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Costs for deferred parking lot maintenance at the University of South Dakota is estimated at an upwards of $19 million, according to University Police Department official Mindy Baylor. Baylor said parking pass fees, which generate $400,000 each year, are allotted for making such repairs and maintaining parking lots around campus. However, the revenue is not enough to cover total maintenance expenses.
The price of a year-round parking pass at USD is $126, but an increase in price could be in the works, Baylor said. “At this time, the user charges have not been proposed, so I cannot answer whether the price of parking permits will go up,” Baylor said. Parking passes are required in order to park in most parking lots on campus. The penalty of not displaying a parking pass includes a monetary fine of varying amounts, usually between $15 and $30. In order to increase the price of parking passes at USD,
a proposal would have to go through the South Dakota Board of Regents. Justification and reasoning for the increase would have to be included in the proposal, and the SDBOR would hold the ultimate power of either accepting or rejecting a price increase. Senior Nathan Puhl said there are too many restrictions outlining who can and cannot park in certain parking lots. “I don’t have a parking pass because I feel they are too expensive, and they should create one general parking pass and not have different lots
labeled as A or B,” Puhl said. Puhl said there is a shortage of available parking at USD. “If a price increase were to occur it would just be another reason not to buy a pass.” First-year Maria Binder said a price increase in parking passes would deter her from buying a parking pass. “I share a car with my brother, so we share a pass,” Binder said. “I don’t think the price is unreasonable, but a lot of my friends complain about getting parking tickets.” Follow reporter Anna Fink on Twitter @AnnaLFink
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not affect university housing overall, because the number of sorority women expected to request the LLC will fill match the floor’s capacity. “It’s a partnership — Greek life and housing work under the same offices, so it’s important to find ways to collaborate the two,” Tucker said. “It’s not about Greek life, it’s not about housing — it’s about USD students." Second floor Norton can house between 50 and 60 students, but Tucker and Groh estimate between 40 and 50 sorority women will opt to live in the LLC. The remaining rooms will become available to nonsorority women. As a way to allow for more seniors to remain in the chapter houses, the LLC encourages sophomores — although Groh said the LLC is open to anyone — to remain on campus for another year with other sorority women. She added seniors provide a mentorship role to younger members in each house, which is currently not happening as readily because of chapter house capacity strains. “Our role in this was to provide a solution to the problem, whether or not the chapters utilize the option is up to them,” Groh said. Laura Roof, coordinator of sorority-fraternity life and leadership, has been the primary developer of the LLC programming. “The structure of this LLC will have a self-governing body within their own Greek membership,” Roof said. “That governing body will do programming based around the four core values of the Greek letter organizations: leadership, scholarship, the brotherhoodsisterhood and the community service.” University housing and the sorority-fraternity life and leadership office have been planning out the LLC since fall 2012 and presented the housing option to the Panhellenic Association earlier this month. The president from each sorority house attends Panhellenic meetings and reports back to their respective chapters on what was discussed. Once each house was informed of the LLC, they were asked by the Association to provide responses on if they would be in favor of the LLC program. Jasmine Brower, president of Alpha Xi Delta at USD, said her sorority is in favor of the LLC, and the chapter house will participate in the program. “A lot of seniors feel kicked out and excluded once they have to leave the house, and it’s a good way to keep younger Greeks together,” she said. “With the way it’s going, our house will max out at capacity, but we do have girls who won’t be eligible
to live in the house because of grades, etc. so this is a nice alternative for them and for future members.” Representatives from Alpha Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta and Pi Beta Phi did not respond to phone calls and emails asking if they were in favor of the LLC and if they will participate. Groh said participation from each chapter house is not mandatory. Because each sorority is nearing housing capacities, Groh said an exploratory committee met in January to discuss the possibility of bringing a fifth sorority to USD. The committee tabled the discussion and will bring it up again next fall after further assessments can be made. Among the assessments will be a change to the way fall sorority recruitment works. According to Groh, sorority recruitment week will begin the week prior to the first week of classes in August. “We would never want women to miss class or lab due to recruitment, but due the high volume of women going through, if you miss an event, it is very difficult to make a connection with a chapter because there are so many women,” Groh said. Groh said in the preliminary planning stages of the LLC, the Burgess/Norton and McFadden complexes were the two facilities being considered. Ultimately, she said, the Norton complex was chosen because of its proximity to the chapter houses. “We’ve talked about working very closely with Greek life and working with our programming,” Tucker said. Anyone living in the LLC will be charged university housing rates, and Tucker said the university would not be losing any money with the restructuring of the housing system. Tucker said because second floor Norton will no longer be available to most, students
What is the Panhellenic Association?
The Panhellenic Association acts as the governing body of all sororities on campus. The group makes sure all sorority life is running smoothly and fairly for each chapter and to make sure Greek life as a whole has a positive image.
currently living on the floor will be receiving an email from housing informing them of their displacement due to the LLC, and will receive priority when housing room selections begin next week. “We’ll see how it goes and see how it affects housing and Greek life,” Tucker said. “If it’s something that’s a win-win for everyone, we’ll continue to do it.” Follow reporter Trent Opstedahl on Twitter @TrentOp
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The Student Government Association voted 15-5, with 3 abstentions, Tuesday night to adopt a resolution to accept a recommendation to strengthen the relationship between students and SGA. The recommendation, put forth by a SGA taskforce, recommends mandatory educational training and the creation of an Inclusive Excellence Coordinator. “We need to bring SGA back to the students,” said senator Tyler Tordsen, leader of the taskforce. “The idea has been there in the past. SGA is getting that wake-up call.” It could take several weeks for legislation based on the recommendation to be approved by SGA, Tordsen said. “There’s a lot that needs to be done,” Tordsen said. “But we’re taking steps in that direction.” If the recommendation is adopted, the coordinator position would take effect March 18. The coordinator would report to SGA every week on findings about the student body and its reactions to SGA legislation. The coordinator would be hired by SGA after an interview process, but is appointed by the president. The mandatory education would have to be completed by senators within a month. The training includes Safe Zone training, which focuses on the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community. Tordsen said a deadline for a recommendation was originally set for the end of Jan., but was later moved to Feb. 4 because SGA wanted
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Student Government Association senators meet Feb. 11 to discuss multiple issues including Bill 62, which would give four senatorial seats to members of traditionally marginalized groups.
enough time to discuss the issue without delaying legislation. “We wanted enough meetings to do something,” Tordsen said. “It was apparent there was a huge disconnect between SGA and students. They didn’t feel like they have a go-to person.” Tordsen said part of the disconnect could be solved by senators meeting and speaking with students. “We say the students are behind this, but we don’t take the time to go out and ask them,” Tordsen said. Tordsen said the taskforce was not related to Senate Bill 62. The taskforce consisted of two meetings, the first of which contained more than
two hours of discussion. During the second meeting, Tordsen said the taskforce reached out to organizations with traditionally marginalized individuals, including organizations not eligible for SGA funding. “We wanted it as diverse as we could make it,” Tordsen said. The taskforce debated adding nonvoting senators before settling on its final recommendation of adding an executive, paid position. Sophomores Liz Berg and Sarah Kuegle said they have felt a divide between SGA and the student body. “I’ve never been to a meeting — I’ve never been compelled to go,” Berg said. “I haven’t felt connected to go.”
Berg said she suggests a newsletter or other form of updates to increase communication between SGA and students. “The only time I see them is around elections,” Berg said. Kuegle also said a visible agenda for meetings would help her understand SGA more. “We don’t really know what’s going on,” Kuegle said. Kuegle said she would also like to see clearer goals. “Whenever I ask, it’s Division I things and student life,” Kuegle said. “It’s the same ones they recycle every time. Be more specific.” Follow reporter Braley Dodson on Twitter @BraleyDodson
Award for Excellence in the Media. “He still has a lot to contribute in his life,” said USD President James Abbott. “The university wishes him well.” Brokaw was known as one of the “Farber boys” on campus. His mentor and late USD Political Science professor, William “Doc” Farber, kept him in school according to previous interviews. Farber gave Brokaw a rice bowl while a student at USD. The rice bowl was from when Farber taught in Korea. A note in the bowl said, "May your rice bowl always be full." Brokaw said at the end of his sophomore year he had 50 cents and a cowboy hat in his name. Brokaw told TODAY Show viewers he spent a lot of time at the Varsity Pub in downtown Vermillion during that year. Farber invited Brokaw to dinner and shared his plan — to drop out and get the “wine, women and song” out of his system. Brokaw said six months later he came crawling back to USD. Farber filled out his class schedule and told him what grade-point average he expected. “It’s exactly what I needed at exactly the right time,” Brokaw told the USD Alumni Association in a 2010 interview. When he came back to USD he would meet at the Farber House on Clark Street across from Slagle Hall. He recalls having political discussions with Farber and other “Farber boys.” Brokaw said no matter what success he had, Farber kept him humble. “If Tom Brokaw can make it, anyone can,” Farber said to
incoming first-year students. Brokaw continues to come back to his alma mater. He and his wife, Meredith, were the parade marshalls of the 2012 Dakota Days parade. Tom and Meredith pledged $100,000 to create the Greatest Generation Scholarship. It honors the duty, sacrifices and achievements described in his book "The Greatest Generation." It is awarded to graduates of South Dakota high schools attending USD. Brokaw also spoke in 2010 presenting the lecture, “Uncle Sam Needs Us.” Sophomore Kathleen Serie said she was sad to hear the news about Brokaw's diagnosis. “I absolutely look up to Tom Brokaw,” Serie said. “It is really cool how (someone) from a small town in South Dakota can make it big.” Michelle Van Maanen, Contemporary Media and Journalism department chair, said she believes the “Yankton boy” will use his health to educate his viewers. “As a journalist, I believe he will view the situation and turn it in to something that will educate the public,” said Michelle Van Maanen, Contemporary Media and Journalism department chair. Brokaw said he is grateful for the interest in his condition, but hopes to keep it a private matter. He has continued to work on NBC News projects while undergoing treatment. He is also contributing to NBC Sports’ coverage of the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Before Farber died, he wrote a note to Brokaw and said he overwished, Tom’s rice bowl was more full than he ever thought possible. “I remain the luckiest guy I know,” Brokaw said.
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contains propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, water, nicotine and flavoring. Unlike any other nicotine product on the market, the contents of these liquid mixtures are unregulated by the FDA; however, there is also no strong evidence to support the harm that can be caused by smoking e-cigarettes. The idea of a smoking ban initially arose in the fall 2012 by former SGA president Alissa VanMeeteren and was proposed as an effort to create an atmosphere that would promote healthy living and provide a positive environment for current and incoming stu-
dents. The ban is enforced by peer-only regulation. The smoking ban has had varying responses from students and organizations around USD since its enactment last year. Ted McGee, USD student ambassador, said he is not sure if the e-cigarettes would fit into the ban. “The ashtrays are no longer sitting around campus, so when I give tours to perspective students and their parents, smoking never really gets brought up.” McGee said he does use the bill as an example of how SGA functions and what they do for the campus. Senior Kathryn Kroeger said she has enjoyed the changes seen since Jan. 2013 and
In an effort to raise awareness for marine conservation efforts, the University of South Dakota Sustainability Program and Biology Department sponsored a mini-film series Tuesday night, depicting everything from coral reef destruction to common fishery practices dangerous to Earth’s oceans. Beneath the Waves Film Festival, a project produced mostly by students, presented the 11 film series to more than 100 people in Farber Hall. Megan Porter, an assistant biology professor at USD, was in charge of the films and said the goal of the films was to present a broad range of topics to inform students how to protect marine ecosystems and habits contributing to poor ocean treatment. “When people think of marine conservation efforts they think of coral reefs, but there’s a lot more in the ocean to touch on than that,” Porter said. Beneath the Waves opens all of its videos for public use and uses a variety of methods to enhance their videos and tell the issues of the oceans, according to the organization's website. Porter said she solicited each film specifically to introduce conservation, show the ocean’s beauty or explain how actions in South Dakota can affect
conservation. She said the 11 films and film-makers told the stories effectively. One film, “People of the Coral Triangle” was produced mostly through pictures, including fishermen with no hands and children catching fish with their hands near Indonesia. “A Reef’s Tale” used narration in first-person to tell the story of a once-dying coral reef that was rebuilding through the help of conservation efforts. Still, other films spoke to students differently. “I like the ‘Baja’ video because it showed a lot of dramatic images of schools of sharks and fish," said first-year student Nick Fey. "It really made you think about what is happening to the oceans and what needs to be done to save them,” Beneath the Waves was just one event put on in this spring semester by the sustainability program. All events are free to the public, and the next event will be Mar. 24 when the Sustainability Program will host a talk about global hunger issues. “For all of the events in the series, awareness building is the big thing,” Meghann Jarchow, assistant sustainability professor, said. “For a lot of things, like recycling, there’s just a lack of awareness on campus. The more we can get people to realize there’s an issue, the more we can provide an education for the topics.”
believes e-cigarettes are too similar to leave out of the ban. “I always hated walking behind students smoking (cigarettes) on campus,” she said. “It’s nice to be able to leave the library without having to hold my breath”. Sophomore Taylor Stark disagreed with including e-cigarettes and the smoking ban itself. “It’s ridiculous. (E-cigarettes) are not even bad for you,” Stark said. “I don’t see how they would be banned.” SGA plans to have the questions about e-cigarettes answered by the end of the fiscal year, June 2014, Zoss said. Follow reporter Jordan Salvas on Twitter @raskolnikov_s
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First-year Alec Triber and sophomore Zach Fuller smoke cigarettes on the curb outside of North Complex. A campus-wide smoking ban prohibits students, faculty and visitors from smoking anywhere on campus.
funded operations of the Newseum in Washington, D.C., the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University and the Newseum Institute (formerly known as the Diversity Institute), along with a number of programs and offices at USD. The foundation started with an endowment upwards of $1 billion, but after diminishing funds, cut nearly 150 jobs last year. This included four of the five positions of the Diversity Institute and seven of 11 positions at the First Amendment Center in Nashville, Tenn. With the Freedom Forum attempting to stabilize their financial obligations, programs like the American Indian Journalism Institute have been cut. AIJI began in partnership with USD and the Diversity Institute in 2001, and was hosted on campus during the summer. AIJI was a signature program for junior Dylan Geuther, who took part in the 2012 session. The summer event was his first “real” experience in journalism, a career milestone he said he will not soon forget. “The program gave me so much, so I’d hope others would be given the same chance that I had with AIJI,” Geuthers said. “I really don’t know what else to say — I wish they hadn’t cut it.” Aside from programs, the Al Neuharth Media Center is also another collaboration between the university and
More about the freedom forum The First Amendment Center and the Newseum Institute are housed in the John Seigenthaler Center at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. The First Amendment Center also has offices in Washington and the Newseum Institute has offices and programs at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion.
“The program gave me so much, so I’d hope others would be given the same chance that I had with AIJI. I really don’t know what else to say — I wish they hadn’t cut it.”
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foundation that is significant to students, as it houses the Contemporary Media and Journalism department, as well as a number of student media organizations. The $5 million building renovation was funded in part by a lead gift from the Freedom Forum. As of March when Marsh retires, the university will essentially take care of and manage the building. The Al Neuharth Media Center cafe will also remain closed, with Abbott citing that for the past two years the Freedom Forum has subsidized costs, because the cafe was “not at all profitable.” Freedom Forum’s impact on Neuharth’s legacy at USD The current relationship between USD and the Freedom Forum is the same as it has always been, but altogether different following Al Neuharth’s death last April, said Jan Neuharth. “My dad always talked about the ‘sacred soil of South Dakota,’ and this state, USD, The Volante; all of these mean a great deal to my family,” Jan Neuharth said. The Freedom Forum has committed to put on the Al Neuharth Excellence in Journalism Award, Jan Neuharth said, with plans for the annual event to continue this fall. The Free Spirit Award is another program still being supported by the foundation, which targets high school seniors interested in pursuing a career in journalism. The foundation is con-
tinuously re-evaluating programs and their priorities, but Jan Neuharth said she and Abbott are committed to protecting student media at USD, and “keeping it thriving.” Connections made between Abbott and the foundation outside of the university could be significant to their relationship. If the Freedom Forum did not wish to maintain a presence in one way or another at USD, Abbott said he did not see why they would ask him to chair the Newseum Institute and to be on the Freedom Forum Board of Trustees. While the foundation’s presence on the university may have a smaller role than in the past, the current relationship between the two entities may not be against the wishes of the Freedom Forum’s founder, whom Abbott called the “ultimate realist.” “(Al Neuharth) was well aware that with the recession and the decline of the value of the Freedom Forum endowment, it was very necessary to prioritize,” Abbott said. “I think Al — as much as he loved the university — agreed that the Newseum had to be the priority for the time being.”
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University's research mission 'stronger than it has ever been in the past' Megan Card
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Low grant money, research’s relationship to job creation and undergraduate participation were prime points of discussion Tuesday during the University of South Dakota’s President’s Research Roundtable. The USD Office of Research and Sponsored Programs hosted the open forum about the role of research and creative activities on campus in the Al Neuharth Media Center conference room. The audience consisted of primarily faculty and administration, and provided a six-person panel and a moderator to facilitate. The event was initially proposed after the state of the university address last fall, as faculty requested more information on university research be up for discussion, said Laura Jenski, vice president of Research. USD President James Abbott was among the panelists and said at the beginning of the roundtable that when he first took the position at the university, he was told by none other than former S.D. governor Bill Janklow to focus on the teaching in the classroom, not the other “baloney.” This mentality, he said, was wrong. “Research and scholarly activity have introduced some of the most significant discussions at this university,” Abbott said. “My position today (on research being apart of USD’s mission) is even stronger than it has ever been in the past.” Goal for grant dollars One point of discussion came from the university’s fiscal year
2013 report, which showed that compared to other institutions, USD was near the bottom when it came to grant funding, said moderator Angeline Lavin, a professor of finance at the Beacom School of Business. Jenski said it is not unreasonable for the university to try and double grant funding by “making friends at (government) agencies, and making sure they think of us, when we want something done.” Panelist Tracelynn Gesteland, assistant professor of music, said in her experience with the College of Fine Arts external sources favor the sciences and what little there is left for her field is “shriveling up.” Attempting to double or triple grants or funding, she said, is not always an option for certain disciplines. Relationship between research and job creation English chair John Dudley said he has questioned the idea that getting a job is the primary purpose of research, a question posed during the roundtable. “The biggest role of the university is about being the place where knowledge is created and shared, and that is what distinguishes us from other institutions,” Dudley said. The idea that research has to be a commercially successful or profitable should not be the deciding factor of it being pursued, said Amy Schweinle, associate professor and chair of the Division of Counseling and Psychology in Education. Research and creative activities with undergraduates Jenski said while the target audience of the roundtable was
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Assistant professor Tracelyn Gesteland, left, and Vice President for Research Laura Jenski, center, guide their attention to University of South Dakota President James Abbott Feb. 10 at the President's Research Roundtable held in the Al Neuharth Media Center conference room.
faculty, she would have liked to have seen more undergraduate students in attendance, as their numbers were scarce in the conference room. But for undergraduates wondering how university research affects them, panelist Gina Forster, an associate professors at the Sanford
School of Medicine, said getting involved with faculty research can get them into medical school, could help them write an undergraduate thesis and promote one-on-one interactions between students and their professor. While research in the humanities might not consist
of a lot of faculty-student collaboration on research projects, research allows a chance for mentorship, and encouraging undergraduates to explore a topic on their own, Dudley said. Lavin also said research that includes undergraduates makes USD unique, because
activities like the U. Discover Summer Scholar Program offer undergraduates opportunities for research not available at other universities.
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A handful of University of South Dakota students lobbied at the South Dakota legislative session Feb. 9-10 for the approval of the fiscal year 2014 budget, which would include a tuition freeze for the upcoming term. Senate Bill 94, which does not have a committee currently, would appropriate from the general fund $1.9 million to the South Dakota Board of Regents to fund the fiscal year 2014 health insurance shortfall for SDBOR employees compensated from tuition, fees and other funds. More than 60 students from additional S.D. public universities have joined USD students in their efforts as a part of Students for Higher Education Days, which was held in the state capital Feb. 9-10. First-year Sheldon Moysis, a business and economics major, attended the two-day event. He said he and other students are pushing to get Senate Bill 94 passed and that after voicing concerns to legislators, most seemed supportive of the bill in how it would benefit each student. "It looks optimistic,” Moysis said. “Obviously education is very important and it is also very expensive, so it’s really going to help everyone — the people who don’t have that much money or just bringing in more students.” Dennis Smith, executive director of the Student Federation, has attended the event for the past few years. Smith said students attending SHED are also focusing on the needs-based scholarship for the upcoming year and making sure they have legislative support, since the funding was not requested in governor Dennis Daugaard’s budget. An endowment of $10 million dollars, Smith said, is currently
available with a limited amount of money to be taken out each year. The Student Federation is working to add more money to the endowment so students who would need the financial assistance could receive it. He said going through the process of making a bill for it would not be useful as the governor did not approve it when the Board of Regents included it in the budget. The two other policies Smith said students focused on were a sexual harassment policy and the Good Samaritan Alcohol Policy. Both have already gone through the legislative process. Smith said he went with hopes of bringing back a greater awareness of the legislative process, to lobby for bills they believed should be passed and make sure students voices were heard. “The student voice is very powerful,” Smith said. “It’s just a matter of putting it out there, and if more people realized that their voices can be heard at a higher level, I believe that’ll make the entire process of the state of South Dakota that much better.” A legislative dinner and lobbying workshop was held Sunday night, where students lobbied to legislators individually and voiced interest and concerns of USD on Monday. Smith said he and others have spent a good part of the past year preparing for this weekend, using resources to set up legislators to talk to and figuring out what to lobby for. Moysis is not yet part of the Student Government Association, but said he was glad he attended. “It was a very amazing experience,” Moysis said. “I think it was an honor to represent the USD student body and work with other student leaders and promote higher education.” Smith said he enjoys the time spent in Pierre and would encourage other students to
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get involved with political activities. “I think it’s always important for students to not only lobby for what they believe in, but also meet their representatives, be a part of the political process, go to the capital, and see exactly how things work,” he said. SGA senator Rachelle Norberg attended SHED days and said it was very successful, with students talking to almost every legislator in the capitol. "It's economically friendly for the state to provide that freeze for us, especially when we're seeing record amounts of students in in-state tuitions and wanting to educate as many people to prepare for the workforce," Norberg said.
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Glenn talks Signing Day Volante reporter Payton Randle asked head football coach Joe Glenn about this year’s National Signing Day. Payton Randle: What does the recruitment process involve? Joe Glenn: We start off with approximately 1,000 candidates that we evaluate. These are people that are recommended to us by coaches and recruiting sports data. We start watching our areas, and we start tracking them, watch and get statistics and go from there. When our season is over, we go out and start hitting the high schools, see the kids, meet the coaches. It becomes a process that boils down to 25 after starting glenn from 1,000. PR: How is the position offered to a player? JG: Coaches will go to their high school after Dec. 1, visit with them and ask them to
come for an official visit. They spend the weekend on campus and do it all. After the weekend is over and they’ve met all the coaches, I meet with them before they leave and we make them an official offer. They can be anything from a full ride to not very much at all. PR: How would you sum up this year’s recruiting class? JG: Our staff did a really terrific job at recruiting the type of athlete it takes to win at the University of South Dakota. We have a quota at almost every position.
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PR: What was Signing Day like this year compared to other years? JG: Signing Day to me is like Christmas to a 10-yearold kid. It’s the culmination of so much hard work from throughout the year. PR: Are there any players to look out for?
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After a five-year hiatus, the University of South Dakota club lacrosse team is back in action. The team played its first game of the 2014 season Feb. 8 in Lincoln, Neb., against the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, losing 19-0. Going into the game against Nebraska, senior Ethan Netz said the team knew the weekend would be rough, as it was not only the team’s first game of the season, but it was also the first time most of the team’s members had ever played lacrosse. Senior Alex Peterson, who has been in charge of getting the team started, said the team has four members who played high school lacrosse and one member who has previously played at the college level. “One of the guys from the 2009 team wanted to play again, and he got into contact with me,” Peterson said. “It’s not prevalent in this area, but every high school in Minnesota has it, and we want to give students from there a chance to keep playing.” As the team started practicing, Netz said they’ve watched a lot of YouTube videos to learn the proper lacrosse techniques. Peterson said several of the team’s members played club hockey at USD before that team ended. “Hockey skills translate easily to lacrosse, so for those guys it’s been an easy transition,” Peterson said. “We’re relying on the guys who played lacrosse before.” Senior Kris Hewlett said his focus has been getting in shape and learning the sport. “I’ve been doing a lot of lifting and working out and really focusing on just getting the fundamentals down,” Hewlett said. Peterson said since the team only has 13 members, they couldn’t do a full-on scrimmage, so they’ve been focused on 3-on-2 and 3-on3 drills. “Lacrosse is set up a lot like soccer, with forwards, midfielders, defenders and a goalie, so we can break off
into smaller sections and practice against each other that way,” Peterson said. “Our goal is to find a consistent way to win and be more athletic than the teams we’ll be playing against.” Once Peterson made the decision to start up the lacrosse team, he started recruiting some friends to play. Hewlett said he decided to join the lacrosse team to be part of a team again. “I started playing hockey here, so I saw this as another opportunity to learn another new sport,” Hewlett said. “It feels good to get back into sports and be athletic again.” Netz said his only athletic experience in college has been playing intramurals. “It’s going to be fun to see these other colleges and meet these other teams,” Netz said. Currently, the team has 13 members, and Peterson said he would like to add at least five more. Members can be added to the roster at any time, so any interested students can contact Peterson at alex.Peterson@coyotes.usd. edu. Once Peterson knew there was interest in a lacrosse team, he contacted Creighton University’s head coach, who helped him get in touch with the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association to officially reestablish the team in the conference. Peterson then started reaching out to various MCLA lacrosse teams in the region to schedule games. So far, he has scheduled games with Iowa State, Benedictine College, Missouri Valley College, St. Olaf College and Dordt College. South Dakota State also started a club lacrosse team this year, but they’re not in a conference, so USD is planning a home scrimmage with them. “We’re really looking forward to the scrimmage with SDSU,” Peterson said. “It’ll be a good chance for USD to come out and actually see a lacrosse game.” USD’s next game will be March 30 at Creighton in Omaha, Neb. Follow reporter Kayla Prasek on Twitter @kprasek
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Senior linebacker Tyler Starr is on the road to continuing his football career professionally, and his official invitation to the 2014 NFL Scouting Combine should help keep his NFL dreams alive, Starr said. The combine will be held in Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 22-25, when over 300 top prospects will continue their journey to the NFL. “It definitely opens another door and opportunity for me and benefits me in getting exposure from the NFL scouts because they’ll get to see my skill level,” Starr said. Starr is currently on a six-day-per-week training schedule, training at D1 Sports in Nashville, Tenn. The workouts vary from weights to pool workouts and yoga. “I get to the center at about 8 a.m. and have breakfast,” Starr said. “Then we have our first workout and then around 1 p.m. work on speed, and around 3 p.m. we work on specific drills for our positions.” The linebacker from Lit-
tle Rock, Iowa, set several records during his time at USD. In 2013, Starr became the first Coyote to be named the Missouri Valley Football Conference Defensive Player of the Year. He finished the 2013 season with 71 tackles, one interception and led the team with nine sacks. Head coach Joe Glenn said he truly admired Starr during his time coaching him. “He is one of the best players to ever play here,” Glenn said. “To have a chance to watch him at practice every day and play every Saturday up close and personal was a really fortunate thing for me. He is a very special player.” Not only did Starr’s talent show on the playing field but behind the scenes as well, Glenn said. “I do not think I have ever coached anybody that tries harder every play and every rep, from individual work through group work through team work,” Glenn said. “He did not know anything other than giving 100 percent. His motor was running all of the time.” Starr was the recipient of many awards and recog-
nitions during his career at USD, including being named the Elite Defensive Player at the College Football Performance Awards and receiving an invitation to play in the East-West Shrine Bowl in 2013. “At the Shrine game I worked with NFL coaches, which was eye-opening for me, from the level of knowledge they bring,” Starr said. “I learned a lot from them.” In 2012, Starr, one of 14 Coyotes with at least 10 starts, was a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award and named second-team allMVFC honoree. This past season, Starr was awarded the Joe Salem Defensive Player of the Year for the second year in a row and was given the Henry Heider Most Valuable Player at the South Dakota Football Awards given out Feb. 9 at USD. Associate head coach Wesley Beschorner recruited Starr to the Coyotes. He said he saw Starr as a special player from the start, adding that players are not normally given the ability, size and speed that he possesses. “I think he became more of a complete man, looking
at what he did and what he accomplished,” Beschorner said. “People looked up to him just by the way he worked and did things throughout his career. He really did not take a rep off, whether it was on the practice field or in the weight room. Anytime you have one of those kids and he’s your best player, I think there’s just a leadership quality already.” Starr will continue his training until he leaves for the combine. “I will enjoy the overall experience and am glad I made it there,” Starr said. “I will perform at the level I know I can and have been at D1 (Sports) and show the general managers and scouts that I can play at their level, and I’m prepared and show them I can be the higher draft pick.” Linebackers are scheduled to workout Feb. 24. Some of the top linebackers Starr will be competing with include C.J. Mosley from Alabama, Chris Borland from Wisconsin and Christian Jones from Florida State. Follow reporter Kelsey Kroger on Twitter @kkroger34
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Women’s Basketball Recap: The Coyotes won another Summit League matchup against Denver Feb. 7 at the DakotaDome. Four of the USD starters scored at least 14 points as the Coyotes opened the second half of conference play with a win. The Coyotes have won three of the last four games to move one game behind fourth place Fort Wayne. Junior Nicole Seekamp moved back into the Coyote starting lineup. The Coyotes led by three at halftime and out-scored Denver 55-37 in the second half. The Coyotes beat the Pioneers 88-67. Key Players: Senior Polly Harrington shot a perfect six of six in the first half. Harrington led the Coyotes with 18 points and finished with nine rebounds. She’s currently averaging 11.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. Junior Nicole Seekamp finished the game with 17 points, three rebounds and three assists. Seekamp is currently leading the Coyotes in scoring, averaging 14.1 points per game. She’s also leading the team in steals and assists, averaging 1.6 steals and 3.4 assists per game.
Player to Watch: Junior Nicole Seekamp, who made her return against North Dakota State after being out with an injury, scored 13 points for the Coyotes. Seekamp also scored 13 points and added five assists against SDSU. She leads the team in scoring, assists and steals. She is averaging 14 points, 3.4 assists and 1.7 steals per game.
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Junior guard Nicole Seekamp drives to the basket against the Denver defense Feb. 7, as the Coyotes defeat the Pioneers 88-67.
Athlete of the Week Minogue went 1-for-2 at the plate en route to a 4-2 win against Long Island, giving the Coyotes a 4-2 win and a 3-0 start to the season.
Record: 3-5 conference, 12-11 overall Up Next: USD hosts Fort Wayne Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. and IUPUI Feb. 15 at 2 p.m.
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Recap: After starting the season 3-0 the Coyotes have lost five straight conference games. The team fell short at Denver Feb. 8, losing 75-67 after defeating them in the Dome Jan. 11, winning 59-54. After being down 12 at halftime, the Coyotes got within six points as sophomore Trey Norris hit a three-pointer with seven seconds left, but that was not enough for the team. The Pioneers held senior Trevor Gruis to only six points and seven rebounds.
Record: 3-5 conference, 9-14 overall Up Next: USD travels to Fort Wayne Feb. 7 and IUPUI Feb. 15.
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Averaging .667 at bat so far this season Leads the team with three scored runs so far this season Leads slugging and on base percentage this season with 1.167 slugging percentage and .818 on base percentage.
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Key Players: Sophomores Adam Thoseby and Trey Norris led the Coyotes, adding 15 points each. Both Thoseby and Norris are averaging 8.1 points per game. Norris is also leading the team in assists and steals, averaging 4.6 assists and 1.4 steals per game.
Player to Watch: Senior Karim Rowson made all four shots in the game, finishing with 11 points and seven rebounds. Rowson is averaging 4.3 points per game and three rebounds per game. Rowson has played in all 23 games this season.
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This weekend I was given the best advice from a professional, highly known ESPN writer, Buster Olney. One of the main concepts I learned from the College Media Association’s Sports Reporting Conference was to not only be a good writer — that is a key element in being a reporter — but to also be able to talk to someone because that has a much greater effect. The CMA held its firstever Sports Reporting Conference Feb. 7-8 in Nashville. The conference was held at the John Siegenthaler Center at Vanderbilt University, a beautiful building, much like the Al Neuharth
Media Center at the University of South Dakota. When you walk into the building, the first thing you see is the First Amendment on the wall, and when you enter the various rooms there are newspaper examples all over just like at USD. The CMA board brought in different speakers from various news organizations around the U.S. such as ESPN, CNN and the New York Times. The first, most prestigious speaker was Buster Olney. Olney writes for ESPN: The Magazine, ESPN. com and the New York Times. Olney writes a column every morning, and also has a blog he writes on as much as possible. He draws out a list every morning of things he needs to do and what he is going to write about. He said the key to being a good reporter is to be well rounded. He said reporters must be able to write and write well. The first thing he really
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emphasized was to get out and talk to people, talk to anybody and everybody. When going into an interview, go in as if you do not know anything — you are there to learn from them, to get a story. Joe Gisondi, professor at Eastern Illinois University and author of “Field Guide to Covering Sports,” also talked to the group about game coverage. He encouraged reporters to take stats themselves and find trends, note key plays and look for observations. He used the example of when North Carolina won the NCAA men’s basketball tournament in 2009. After the game was done, Gisondi didn’t watch the reporters or players. Instead, he observed head coach Roy Williams and noticed he just stared at the scoreboard and smiled. More advice I found helpful is to not just give a play-by-play but to tell a story. Gisondi also told us
the best perspectives come from the opponents. Another keynote speaker was Lee Jenkins, feature writer for Sports Illustrated. This man can talk and teach in incredible ways. Pens couldn’t write fast enough to capture all the knowledge coming from him. Another speaker was Kathy Kudravi of ESPN and CNN. She emphasized on interviews, that silence is golden and often leads to interesting stories. One key point was to go into interviews aware that you are knowledgeable of your subject but act as if you know nothing. You are not there to ask questions; you are there to get a story from your subject, and when doing so, write every detail down. If something your subject says sparks interest in your head, ask it.
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The Coyotes traveled to Orlando, Fla., Feb. 7-9 for the University of Central Florida Tournament to start their season. Sophomore Yvon Minogue, who had two hits and an RBI against Chattanooga, led the Coyotes to a final score of 5-4 in eight innings of play. Five different Coyotes brought in a run during the game. The Coyotes also defeated Kansas, winning 5-1, giving the Coyotes a 2-0 record to start the season. The Coyotes were led by junior right fielder Morgan Hancock, who had three RBI’s and a run scored. The Coyotes’ games on Feb. 8 were cancelled, and the Coyotes followed up with another win Feb. 9 against Long Island University.
North Dakota State University defeated Fort Wayne Feb. 8 to take first place in the Summit League. Fort Wayne trailed the Bison the entire game, losing 69-58. NDSU’s Trayvonn Wright led the Bison with 15 points, while four of the Bison added six rebounds each. Kory Brown held a career-high 13 points and added in seven assists. Fort Wayne’s Steve Forbes added in 17 points for the Mastadons. NDSU now stands alone at the top of the conference at 18-6 overall, 7-2 in conference. Fort Wayne drops to 18-8 overall, 6-3 in conference.
Oklahoma State’s Marcus Smart has been suspended the next three games for shoving a Texas Tech fan in the final seconds of the game Feb. 8. Smart was attempting to block Jaye Crockett’s dunk with 6.2 seconds left in the game but stumbled out of bounds. When Smart was getting up he exchanged words with a fan before going after him and pushing him with two hands. Officials gave him a technical foul but did not eject him from the game. Smart apologized to the fan, coaches, teammates and Oklahoma State University. Smart is currently the Big 12’s third-leading scorer.
Washington women’s basketball team upset No. 3 Stanford 87-82 Feb. 9. It is the Huskies highestranked opponent they have beaten since defeating No. 2 Stanford in 1990. The loss snapped a 62-game road conferencewinning streak for Stanford, as well as a 14-game winning streak against Washington. The Cardinals’ last loss on the road in conference games was Jan. 18, 2009 against California. Stanford’s only other loss this season was from No. 1 Connecticut. Washington went on a 16-2 run, giving it a 64-48 lead with nine minutes 30 seconds left in the game. Stanford is now 11-1 in Pac-12 and 22-2 overall.
Feb. 8 was the last night for games in the NHL for the next two weeks while players participate in the Olympics. Every NHL team has at least one player who will play in the Olympics in Sochi. The Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Redwings and the St. Louis Blues will have the most players playing in the Olympics, with 10 from each team going. The Anaheim Ducks have five players playing in the Olympics. Cam Fowler will represent Team USA, Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry will represent Team Canada and Jonas Hiller will play for Switzerland. The first game will be held Feb. 12 as the Czech Republic will take on Sweden.
Women’s snowboarder Jamie Anderson gave the United States a gold-medal sweep in the first Olympic slopestyle snowboarding competition Feb. 9. After expressing concern about the difficulty of the course during training and dealing with a crash in practice Feb. 5 that left her with a sore back, Anderson scored a 95.25 to beat out Finland’s Enni Rukajarvi and Britain’s Jenny Jones. Earlier in the week, American Sage Kotsenburg won gold in the men’s snowboard slopestyle competition, with a score of 93.5,nearly two points ahead of Norwegian Staale Sandbech and five points ahead of Canadian Mark McMorris.
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First-year Madeline White drives to the hoop in Friday night’s 88-67 victory over Denver in the DakotaDome.
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was supposed to just redshirt, but after filling in for a few players who were hurt, he became Freshman of the Year at wide receiver. We had no idea he would turn into that, and he did that in a half a season. If you would’ve asked me a year ago who the best
player we recruited was, there was no way I would say him. There are a few guys on my list who stood out, but if you look on our list I’d probably say the junior college transfers. They’ve played two years of college football, and they have a better chance of coming in and contributing immediately. PR: What does this class mean for Coyote football?
JG: I tell every one of them, get yourself ready as if you’re going to be a starter. At the end of fall camp, we decide whose in the mix. I’m just hoping we have a lot of kids here who can get right in the mix. We’re just a couple of athletes away from having a really good football team, and I think a lot of these kids can really help.
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spencer hopkins
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Sioux Falls, S.D.
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Lincoln Way West High School
O’Gorman High School
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Antigo, Wis.
Iowa City, Iowa
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Iowa City High School
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that can step up and that have stepped up for us and had big games.” One of those players has been junior Raeshel Contreras, who scored a career high 28 points against North Dakota State Jan. 30. She followed that up with a 15-point, three assist game versus Denver. Contreras is a 2013 transfer from Foothill College, where she averaged 17 points per game as a sophomore. “It’s been very nice to see. We knew she could be an explosive offensive player,” Williams said. “With (Contreras), like any new player, you’re searching for consistency and now she’s starting to become a consistent double figure scorer for us.” The team now has two home games over the next three days. Tomorrow night they will host Fort Wayne and Saturday they will host Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis in the DakotaDome.
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With a grand total of zero four-year seniors starring on the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team, there have been many lessons to learn during the 2013-14 season, the most recent being the Coyotes’ 88-69 loss to South Dakota State (17-8, 8-1) Feb. 2 in Brookings. Junior forward Lisa Loeffler said the team wasn’t prepared for the hostile Jack Frost Arena. “As a team we learned a lot about playing under pressure,” Loeffler said. “That was a tough atmosphere and generated a lot of noise, but it’s something we can work through and learn from.” Junior guard Nicole Seekamp said if they want to win big games on the road, they need to take notes of what went wrong. “We learned that we need to make adjustments quicker,” Seekamp said. “We didn’t want to let them score in the paint, but then we let them hit nine threes.” Seekamp has now played in the team’s last three games after missing the previous three with a sprained ankle. Seekamp said it was tough being on the sidelines and is especially appreciative to
be healthy and back on the floor. Seekamp was key to the Coyotes’ 88-67 win Friday against Denver. Seekamp scored 17 points in the game and leads the team in scoring with 14.1 points per game. The Coyotes are up to 12-11 (3-5) on the season. Seekamp and Loeffler said the team has made obvious improvements from the beginning of the season until now. “We’ve gotten more mentally tough,” Seekamp said. “When we get down, we don’t let it get to us quite like we did at the beginning of the year. It’s because we’ve gotten a lot closer as a team.” Loeffler said the team has made a more conscious effort to buckle down on defense. “Our defense has taken great strides since the beginning of the season,” Loeffler said. “We still have a lot of work to improve on, but I think it’s gotten a lot better.” After the team put up 88 points versus Denver, head coach Amy Williams said she is happy with the team’s offense. “We’re starting to get more consistent offensively,” Williams said. “I just feel that we have quite a few offensive threats and quite a few kids
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Sophomore guard Casey Kasperbauer goes up for a jump shot in the Coyotes Feb. 1 loss to South Dakota State in the DakotaDome.
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The road hasn’t been kind to the University of South Dakota men’s basketball team this year. With the team’s 75-67 loss to Denver last Saturday, the team fell to 1-10 away from the DakotaDome and interim head coach Joey James had to go back to the drawing board once again. “We just have to be tougher. We’re not a tough enough basketball team on the road right now,” James said. “I’m challenging our guys, but we have a great, energetic group of players.” The Coyotes fought back and outscored Denver 41-37 in the second half, but it wasn’t enough. Denver’s junior guard Brett Olson scored a career-high 30 points and was six for eight from three-point range. “He’s one of the top players in the Summit League,” James said. “He hit a few of his shots from deep with guys contesting him but he just got in a comfort zone. Every once in awhile guys have those big nights.” Sophomore guard Adam Thoseby came off the bench to tie a team high of 15 points in the game. They are now 4-9 in games decided by single digits, something Thoseby said is extremely frustrating. “I’ve said this before, but
this team has really been one to two possessions away on these losses,” Thoseby said. “I don’t know. We’re just one or two possessions away.” In his last seven games, Thoseby is 12-for-23 from threepoint range. A native of Melbourne, Australia, Thoseby had to sit out last season after he transferred from Utah State. Despite the losses, Thoseby said he is excited about the rest of the season for his team. “This final stretch is really important for us,” Thoseby said. “I know that playing strong from here on out will do nothing but help us before tournament time.” The Coyotes will have another test on the road tomorrow night as they travel to Fort Wayne. The Mastadons are currently ranked No. 2 in the Summit League with a record of 6-3 in the conference and 18-8 overall. One of the Mastadons’ Summit League losses came in Vermillion three and a half weeks ago. The Coyotes won 75-61 behind senior Karim Rowson’s 21 points and nine rebounds. James, whose team is in danger of losing six straight conference games, said traveling to Fort Wayne will truly put the test on his players. “Let’s face it, everyone plays well at home. I’ve yet to see a team that doesn’t play well at
home yet,” James said. “They have a very good basketball team and are just coming off of two losses. They’re in a desperate mode for a win just like us.” In the previous meeting, the bulk of Fort Wayne’s offense came from its leading scorer, senior forward Luis Jacobo. Jacobo scored a team-high 19 points and is averaging 14.8 points per game. Senior center Trevor Gruis said the team has a plan for tomorrow night’s game. “We’ll have to pack it in the paint but also be aware to not leave any shooters open. I’m sure (Karim) Rowson will guard him, since he normally guards the opposing team’s best player,” Gruis said. “We should be alright with him, but we cant let happen what he did last time.” Gruis said the game tomorrow night is important because he doesn’t want to see the season start to slip away. “Me and (Rowson) only have two games left in the DakotaDome. It’s going by pretty fast and that’s pretty scary,” Gruis said. “But (Rowson) and I don’t need these wins, the team does. We know we need to get some quality wins on the road here to build some confidence moving forward.” Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. Follow reporter Grant Bosiacki on Twitter @GBo52
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Stuffed toy gift triggers regress into childhood JACKIE HENDRY is a junior majoring in contemporary media and journalism and Native Studies.
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Costs for the Phi Delta Theta fraternity vary by initiation season and if members live in the house. The house is located near Brookman Hall.
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Making the choice to join a fraternity or sorority is not only a social commitment, but a financial one. Shane Wernke, Tau Kappa Epsilon president said the experience of being Greek is priceless. “I’d pay twice as much to do it,” Wernke said. “I’d find a way. I accredit everything I do on this campus to my
house.” Initiation fees for Tau Kappa Epsilon are $215, living in the house costs $1,100 and the social fee is $350. For members who cannot afford the fees, Wernke said a payment plan can be set up, among other options. “We’re pretty remorseful,” Wernke said. “We can make it work.” Wernke said the additional costs, such as Spring Break trips, are social choices that
depend on the member’s lifestyle. Phi Delta Theta’s initiation fees and package vary by when members join. In the fall, the fee is $250. In spring, the $400 fee contains both an initiation fee and other fees. If a member lives in the house, membership and the housing fee is $2,800. If a member does not live in the house, the social fee is $450. Phi Delta Theta president Michael Bruning said the
benefits from being in the fraternity, have made the Greek experience worth the price. “Overall, the brotherhood is something you can’t put a price on,” Bruning said. “I haven’t felt financially strained.” Bruning said many events, such as a dinner between mentor members and newer SEE GREEK, PAGE B6
People have told me I’m mature for my age since I was three, and this has always given me a smug sense of superiority. Since I crossed the threshold into legal adulthood, this has only gotten worse. Any time I do indulge in anything remotely childlike — like, say, enjoying wearing an adult onesie — I tell myself I do so in an ironic and knowing way. I try quite hard to be tough and responsible and to deal with things on my own. This tends to have varied results. Last Friday, I found a sizeable package sitting outside the door of my apartment. A friend back home had mentioned she was sending me something — a belated Christmas gift — and sure enough this was it. I’d had a stressful week and knew more were to follow, so this was just the pickme-up I needed. A rip of the packaging tape later, the gift was staring nonchalantly up at me: a stuffed owl the size of my torso with the words “Whooooooo Loves You?” on its chest. My first thought: “This is massive. I live in a dorm. What am I supposed to do with this?” As if to test its merit, I gave the owl a hug and then held it at arm’s length. My second thought: “I love him. I will name him Doctor Hoot.” Doctor Hoot, with his knowing gaze, helped me come to a realization this
weekend. Like the proud and mature adult I am, I dealt with my stress by reverting to a childlike state of naps, Nintendo and hugging my stuffed animal. This continued for two days straight while I sat in my room and stared at my list of impending deadlines. I shuffled around the apartment only when hunger or nature’s call persuaded me out of bed. That Sunday, when the dread of the coming week was at an all-time high, I caught sight of myself in the mirror and took a good look. My hair wasn’t brushed, I was living on Chef Boyardee and the horned-hood of my Spyro the Dragon onesie sat lopsided on top of my head. “I turn 21 next month,” I muttered to myself. I glanced toward my bed. Doctor Hoot looked back at me skeptically. He had a point. With newfound resolve, I cleaned myself up and got to work getting organized for what this week would bring. I’d always taken so much pride in being told I acted like a grown up that I’d lost sight of what being a grown up really means. It doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate a warm onesie on a wintry day or the occasional stuffed animal. More importantly, it doesn’t mean I’m not stressed or tired or scared. Being an adult means being scared but doing what needs to be done anyway. It also means talking out your problems with someone who cares. Granted, it is preferred that your confidante not be a stuffed owl…but you’re an adult. You can make your own decisions.
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Jon McCullers discusses new reasearch into influenza in a meeting with Univeristy of South Dakota medical graduate students and professors Feb. 8 in the Lee Memorial Medicine and Science Building.
Faculty seminars give students unique advantages and opportunities, both by learning from lectures, but also from the experience according to Lisa Moore, director of the Faculty Seminar Series. Moore said she feels it is important to bring in these speakers because they enrich the intellectual environment. “Our seminar series is a mechanism to bring in nationally renowned scientists,” Moore said. “It is a great networking opportunity for our faculty, but also importantly, it is excellent exposure for our graduate students to the wider scientific community.” What started as a simple case of the flu led to H1N1 and quickly turned fatal, Jon McCullers, Pediatrics Department Chair at St. Jude’s in Memphis, said during a faculty seminar discussing his studies regarding H1N1 on Feb. 7. Four days after a 13-year-old boy went to the doctor complaining of dizziness and a sore throat he was pronounced dead. McCullers, along with a graduate student, have performed
“It is excellent exposure for our graduate students to a wider scientific community.” -Lisa Moore, Faculty Seminar Series multiple experiments on mice in a secure test lab to determine why some cases of the flu can lead to death. Victor Huber, assistant professor of basic biomedical sciences, introduced McCullers at the faculty seminar. McCullers was Huber’s advisor during post-doctoral training at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Huber said the university brought McCullers to speak at the seminar because McCullers is an expert in influenza viruses. Huber previously knew McCullers after Huber worked in McCuller’s lab for five years. What McCullers said his lab found is that many influenzarelated deaths are due to secondary invaders. These are bacteria the body contracts after being infected with influenza that make it nearly impossible for the lungs to recover and fight
off the new bacteria. “These super-infections have been an emerging trend in the past decade and when one has been contracted, the host is likely to die,” McCullers said. The experiment McCullers conducted consisted of giving a test group of rats a low dosage of influenza and another test group a mock infection. The next step was to give both groups of rats a small dosage of a mock infection. The results showed that the rats who received both the influenza and the mock infection rapidly declined. These two bacteria, when contracted simultaneously, were the superinfection, McCullers said. “When we injected the rats with dye, we were able to see the different bacteria on scans,” McCullers said. “The influenza was helping the [mock] bacteria access new sites.”
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Taylor Trudeau Cycle for Life Location: Wellness Center
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MediaSketch Be sweet and bold for V-Day Josie FLATGARD is a first-year majoring in contemporary media and journalism.
This Valentine’s Day, combine sugar with spice to create a oneof-a-kind look. Now, there are some people who are all for Valentine’s Day, who live and breathe for this day to see who admires them. Others couldn’t despise another holiday more, posing
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questions like ‘Why do you need a specific day to tell someone you love or care about him or her? Shouldn’t they do that yearround anyway?’ There are others still who simply hate it, because they don’t have a significant other to share it with, which is no need to get upset. A little-known fact — you can still have a good time with your friends to celebrate. Try starting a tradition of picking each other’s outfits, either at the mall or from your own closets. Get dolled up with hair, makeup and nails. Go out together. Experiment fun nail designs and techniques (hint: Pinterest is fantastic for ideas), and if you
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and sweet touches like ruffles or bows to add to the outfit. I’m not saying trudge across campus for class in heels, but if you do go out to dinner that night, Glamour magazine would suggest metallic or glittered flats, both I would consider doable options. Don’t be afraid to mix in a bit of edginess to go with your sweet, in the form of leather or gold studs or denim. Try dressing up a favorite sweater to stay warm with trendy accessories or pair some bright pants with a chambray shirt in an effortless way. Follow fashion columnist Josie Flatgard on Twitter @Josie_Jayne
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mess up, it won’t be the end of the world since they would most likely be for that single day. Go daring with a touch of red lipstick or stick with a simple lipgloss. Test out a new smokey eye or shadow, and don’t forget the rosy blush. Either way you lean, the loving or loathing of Valentine’s Day, it can still be an exciting excuse to dress up and wear something you normally wouldn’t. Black and white pieces combined with reds or pinks can make for a chic and timeless look. If you find yourself dressing girlier, check out some lacey dresses in red or even white. Go all-out with hearts or polka dots
First-year Veronica Alfaro pairs a pink graphic sweater with booties to dress up the look.
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Les Mills Body Pump Location: Wellness Center
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Global Learning Engagement Fair Location: MUC
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First-year Emily Rigge created a one-of-a-kind outfit with a sweet Valentine tee and red pants.
In an open letter on the Red Hot Chili Peppers website, bassist Flea admits to have faked their Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime performance Feb. 2. Playing alongside Bruno Mars, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have confirmed that everything except the vocals was prerecorded. The band was told by the National Football League that there was too much room for error if they played their song “Give It Away” live, so they were forced to fake the performance. During the performance, Bruno Mars was the main focus, but the Red Hot Chili Peppers made the show a lot more fun.
They used the prerecording to their advantage and went as crazy as possible. It was entertaining, nonetheless, and they really showed what the Red Hot Chili Peppers are all about. This kind of thing should be expected, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers shouldn’t be getting the hate they’re receiving. Many artists have had careers ruined by prerecording, but the Red Hot Chili Peppers have been respected for decades, and their reputation is well maintained. This fiasco shouldn’t worry music fans. Plenty of artists have goofed around in the past knowing a recording of their music would be played instead of live music. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are
actually used to this kind of performance too. They have been forced to mime on MTV and were actually thrown off of the popular English television show “The Top of The Pops” because they wanted to make a mockery of the idea that it was a real live performance. In the open letter, Flea said the band was first apprehensive to the idea of miming, but the band eventually agreed because they were given this once in a lifetime opportunity. “It seemed like the realest thing to do in the circumstance. It was like making a music video in front of a gazillion people, except with live vocals, and only one chance to rock it,” Flea wrote in the letter.
Flea also told of how seriously they take their live performances on their website. “We take our music playing seriously, it is a sacred thing for us, and anyone who has ever seen us in concert, knows that we play from our heart, we improvise spontaneously, take musical risks, and sweat blood at every show,” the letter said. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are due for a new album. Their last record, “I’m With You”, was released in 2011. It looks like they’ll have a busy year. The band is set to play festivals throughout the rest of 2014. Follow music columnist Andrew Helland on Twitter @DrewHelland
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The Volante asked, “How do you feel about Flappy Bird being taken off the app store?” Brooke Novacek Year: First-year Major: Art Education
Skyler Hortop Year: Sophomore Major: Kinesiology
Ltre Parks Year: Junior Major: Political Science
“I think it’s fine, because it’s an annoying game and it’s pointless.”
“I wish I had it on my phone so that my phone would be selling for $100,000 on ebay.”
“I’m ecstatic about it. If people are killing each other over Flappy Bird, it’s not worth it.”
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The Pi Beta Phi house has 16 bedrooms.
Greek Fraternity Costs Phi Delta Theta Fall Initiation: $250 Spring Initiation: $400 House: $2,800
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members are covered in the social fee. Other dinners, such as weekly dinners outside the house, are optional. “A lot of guys will go out of their way to treat (little brothers) to dinner,” Bruning said. Because Greek costs are billed through the university, financial aid can be used toward housing costs and membership fees. Sophomore Shannon
Initiation: $215 House: $1,100 Social Fee: $350
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Janisek is a member of Pi Beta Phi. Janisek said she made the decision to live in the sorority house because it is cheaper than on-campus housing. “It is a financial commitment,” Janisek said. “But so is being in school.” Janisek said members are not required to buy Pi Beta Phi clothing, but she has bought about 10 shirts. “I love clothes, and I love shirts, and I love Pi Phi,” Janisek said. Prices on Greek themed clothing vary depending on the type and designer of the
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Tau Kappa Epsilon is across the street from Prentis Park.
Alpha Phi sorority house is located on Pine Street.
Optional House Costs Sigma Alpha Epsilon Association Fee: $492.50
Duties: $140** Meal Plan: $800 *Includes shirts and fines for missing meetings
House: $1,500 Security Deposit/ Social Fee: $150*
**Rewards are earned back for cleaning the house
Varies by house T Shirts Sweatshirts Spring Break Trips Formal Clothing for Special Events Eating Out Gifts for Little Brother/Sister Intramurals Philanthrophy
“You buy USD swag to wear USD swag. I am part of an organization, and I want to represent that.” -Bridget Wilds, Sophomore
shirt. Sophomore Bailey Johnson, also a member of Pi Beta Phi, has about 15 shirts and sweatshirts. Johnson said her shirts averaged $10-15 and sweatshirts are around $20-25.
“It’s part of who I am — it’s not just an extracurricular,” Johnson said. “The people in Pi Phi are my family.” Alpha Phi member, sophomore Bridget Wilds, is new to Greek life. She plans on living in the Alpha Phi house
next fall. Wilds said she buys Alpha Phi merchandise to show her pride. “You buy USD swag to wear USD swag,” Wilds said. “I’m part of an organization, and I want to represent that.”
Additional costs, Wilds said, are optional. “I haven’t been pressured to spend money,” Wilds said.
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Future of Native Studies Ice cold brass brighter than observed Betsey Horton is a graduate student pursuing Interdisciplinary Studies with a Human Rights focus. As a graduate student pursuing Native Studies as part of my degree, I find it unfortunate the Native Studies program at USD gets so much bad press. The bulk of the problem really seems to be a lack of interest, and nobody wants to come to a place they’ve only heard bad things about. Has the program encountered significant drawbacks in recent history? Yes. Is USD “out to get” the program? Definitely not. That’s why I intend to give it as much positive press as possible. USD has plenty to offer a potential Native Studies student with its proposed interdisciplinary approach. USD offers a wide variety of classes in areas such as history, English, Lakota, education, psychology, social work, law and addiction studies. The professors teaching these classes are just as amazing as the subject matter. Our campus library contains some of those most interesting material you will find in the region. Special Collections alone has the single most awesome collection of documents I have ever seen. For anyone interested in the American Indian Movement, Special Collections is your new best friend. The Oral History Center, which is now housed in the mold-free second floor of the library, contains one of the largest collections of oral history interviews in the U.S. These materials are now getting the proper treatment they deserve. The
conditions are much better now than when I interned there this time last year. USD is also home to the Oscar Howe Gallery, which hosts the largest collection of his works in the country. Across the street from Slagle Hall, you will find the Native American Cultural Center. The NACC serves as a lounge, study area and generally fun place to be. It also serves as the host for the meetings of the Tiospaye Student Council. Tiospaye does a lot of great things for students and is open to anyone and everyone. Every year they host the annual USD Wacipi in the DakotaDome, which is the most fun you will ever have on a single weekend. They also hold an Indian taco sale the first Tuesday of every month. Last but not least, this is South Dakota — one of the most important locations for Native American issues. There are plenty of job and internship opportunities available here if one only takes the time to look around. Sure, USD is having a tough time with the program now, but I have the utmost faith everything is going to work out for the best. The program definitely recognizes its importance and has no plans to shut it down anytime soon. Personally, I am happy to be part of this new era, and I hope others will be too.
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Four musicians from the University of South Dakota’s brass band perform during the band’s winter concert, “Ice Cold Brass,” on Feb 6.
Guest column: Semester brings multiple green events to campus Joslynn Clauson Sustainability Club
The Sustainability Club at the University of South Dakota has grown and expanded by leaps and bounds since the time of its formation in the middle of last semester. Now with a sleek new logo, mission statement and longrange plan of action, the club is ready to take the campus by storm. This spring there are several key campus events to look for which will help educate and improve the sustainability of USD: the student survey blitz in the Muenster University Center, a Sustainable Foods Competition during IdeaFest and an entire
Earth Week on campus and throughout the Vermillion community. In order to obtain a baseline of “student knowledge,” as well as to see what students at this university really care about in regards to sustainability, the club will be “blitzing” the MUC and asking students a few simple questions ranging from recycling to money-saving measures from the university. These surveys will be short, sweet and to the point, giving the club a better understanding of students’ incoming knowledge and preconceived notions about sustainability in general. During the two-day cele-
bration of university research and creativity, the Sustainability Club will host a Sustainable Food Competition in order to increase awareness of local and organic foods in the Vermillion area, as well as show students and community members that sustainable foods can be delicious as well as environmentally conscious. This can serve to educate students about the benefits of using sustainable foods in their diet on a regular basis. Any student or community member can participate in the Sustainable Foods Competition. Contact Joslynn.anne. clauson@gmail.com for more information.
Finally this spring, the Sustainability Club will help host Earth Week on campus. The keynote speaker at this years’ Earth Week is worldrenowned author of best selling books “Diet for a Small Planet” and “Ecomind”, and founder of the Small Planet Institute, Frances Moore Lappé. Additionally, the club will have a Sustainability Fair and feature many student projects relating to sustainable development in the Vermillion community. Later in the week, the club will help coordinators organize several community events including a hike to the top of Spirit Mound and an Herb Walk.