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Marcus Destin voiced concerns at SB 55 meeting last semester. Allison Horkey
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Marcus Destin is a senior at USD and works as the social media and brand engagement coordinator for the university. Destin is known around campus for his involvement with student organizations like the Coyote Crazies, the Union for African American Students and, before it was dismantled, the Center for Diversity and Community (CDC). To Destin, the CDC was a home. His father, Lamont Sellers, was the first director of the CDC. Destin is a nontraditional student and said the CDC was one of the main reasons he enrolled at USD. “I was playing football in another state. My parents told me that they were moving up to South Dakota, because (Sellers) got this job. And I was like, ‘that’s great. I’m never coming to South Dakota. So, y’all do your thing. I’ll just stay down here with my grandparents,’” Destin said. “So, (Sellers) was up here and he was telling me about this place
(the CDC) where all of the students gather together. He would describe it as the place for people to recharge and for students of color to recharge.” However, Destin did end up in Vermillion where he became involved first with the CDC through his father, then eventually enrolled in USD. Destin said walking into the CDC for the first time, he could see people crammed into the office spaces, talking, laughing and having serious conversations. “I wish you could have been here, not just for the events that are thrown, but really like in the weeds of it. You would have understood why students are so upset. You would have understood why it means so much and you would have known what it did for us, because we can never really put it into words. So many memories are packed in this place,” Destin said. Destin said the CDC was a place where he didn’t need to describe the struggle of being different, especially when Destin and others in the CDC felt alone the most.
“We all just come together and just get it. You don’t have to explain. We don’t have to teach each other,” Destin said. “You could come in and just kick back and everybody just understood.” Destin cherishes his memories from the CDC. One memory of planning for African Night stands out to him. Destin said one of the organizers of the African Night, Saeed Dabbour, wanted a skirt to go around the stage for the event and Diedra Gatkze, a member of Spectrum, volunteered to sew one. “(Dabbour) was so nitpicky about decorations and how stuff looked, he was a stickler for aesthetics,” Destin said. “(Gatzke) was on hands and knees with the sewing kit on the table and they are sewing this African pattern skirt for the front of the stage.” Destin said it was these moments when everyone worked hard to pull off an event that he really loved about the CDC. “That was one night where it wasn’t really stressful. You were just happy to be there, because everybody cared about
it just as much as you did,” Destin said. “Then when the night was over and (the African Student Association) had executed the night and had this great turnout and everybody had a ball. It was a breath of fresh air, not because it was over, but because it was worth it.” The person who worked to sew the skirt around the stage, Gatzke, passed away in 2019 at the age of 22. Destin said the CDC held a memorial for Gatzke. “Everybody who was watching them sew this pattern, this skirt, was at the memorial service and it was the same thing that everybody talked about was that moment,” Destin said. The CDC was where Destin made his closest life-long friends and really found where his passions for organizational leadership and communications lie. The loss of the CDC and the transformation of the space the CDC inhabited was hard for Destin because he felt he should have fought harder for the CDC. “I felt like I couldn’t do enough. And that in the process of helping or trying to help this transition and smooth things
over, I felt like I was a part of the process that shifted. They’ve (taken) everything away from the CDC. But regardless of all the things that people know me for and regardless of all the things that I’ve done, this was the moment to stand up,” Destin said. “But it’s because if I had the voice that people say I do, if I have any influence that people say that I do, and it didn’t work, then what am I here for? This was my father’s seed, and it feels like I let him down, because his son can’t do anything.” The CDC was a place of growth and understanding for Destin and it gave him a purpose. Although Destin said he hopes the Student-Centered space is integrated into the USD community, it’s hard for him to be there, knowing what the space used to be. “I’ve laughed the hardest I’ve ever laughed in here. I’ve lost friends in here, watched people graduate and move on. The CDC was everything, and so to me, now, it’s hard being in this space. It feels like there’s no remnants of the CDC,” Destin said.
USD students welcome year of the tiger Maddilynn Kallsen
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USD’s
Asian
American
Student
Association (AASA) celebrated the Lunar New Year, the year of the tiger. Emily Chov, the vice president of AASA, said the year of the tiger represents strength and resilience. Through events such as this one, students have the opportunity to learn more about different cultures. “At USD, there should be events showing different cultures because it’s easier to show different cultures and traditions through fun events at USD. It’s a better way for people to
The event had over 200 people attend
the way from Sioux Falls, but also the people
with over 30 performers. Performances
who attended as well from making the events
included several dances, including the Lion
work, and I’m really happy that it turned
Dance.
out,” Chov said.
“I think it’s one of the events where we get to try Chinese food and see the different
The Lunar New Year is a big celebration for people all around the world, Chov said.
Asian cultures which makes it more fun,”
“The event is about celebrating the Lunar
Pooja Modawel, president of AASA, said.
New Year, which is celebrated by East Asians
“And the Lion Dance is always super fun
and it’s celebrating the new year. There’s a lot
to see because it’s something different. You
of people doing it,” Chov said.
don’t get to see it. And that’s one of the good parts about the event.”
The Chinese Zodiacs determine what animal the coming year represents.
Performers came from Sioux Falls to
“The Zodiacs pretty much came from a
dance and be a part of USD’s celebration of
story of animals going through a race and
the Lunar New Year.
whoever finished it’s like the level of races
learn and experience different things that
“I really want to say thank you to the
like first, second, third and that’s the order of
they probably wouldn’t otherwise learn or
people who came and performed, especially
the animals. The year of the tiger has to do
experience,” Chov said.
the line dance people because they came all
with strength,” Chov said.
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The Lion Dance was performed at Lunar New Year celebration hosted by AASA.
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Current Vermillion jail unusable, new jail in works Carson Koletzky
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The Courthouse, Jail and Law Enforcement Facility planning committee drafted a rough sketch of the new jail.
The jail in Vermillion is on the way out and a new one is on the way in. The Courthouse, Jail and Law Enforcement Facility Planning Committee was organized to assist with the process of developing a new jail. Steven Waller, the chair of the committee in Vermillion, said the current and future situation of the jail is a complex process. “It’s a very complex process to build a modern jail. And it’s not just a jail. We’re building the support structure for the jail. Plus, we’re building the new Sheriff’s Office, the new Vermillion Police Department Office and the Emergency Communications Center will be in this location as well,” Waller said. Waller, who has served on the Committee since early 2019 and held the position of chair since June 2021, said the new facility’s completion is expected in a few more years, a further date than some may expect. “I think right now if we were lucky, and everything fell into place, we probably wouldn’t open the facility until 2025,” Waller said. Waller said the initiative to build a new jail stems from what he calls bringing the facility up to speed. “It was a jail that was actually built in the early 1900s. And to some extent, it looks like a western movie jail, with iron bars, everything like that,” Waller said. “A couple of newer cells were built on, but with the age of the facility, bringing it up to speed and necessary level of services (requires a new facility).” Waller said he and the Clay County Law Enforcement Center Facility Committee are hoping to compromise on a bond that would allow the new jail to begin construction. “We are currently investigating and hoping this summer to put forth a bond to the citizens of Clay
County that will allow a new jail and law enforcement center to be built,” Waller said. As far as the cost and location of the new multi-purpose law-oriented building, Waller said the price is expected to be hefty. “We’ll generate, hopefully soon, a cost estimate. We’re expecting it to be $20 to $30 million,” Waller said. Waller said he and the rest of the committee are prioritizing the new facility to have the ability and potential for future expansion, something the current structure doesn’t allow for. “Well, one thing we’re definitely looking for in a jail is a facility that can be expanded. The current one is built as part of the old courthouse,” Waller said. “It really isn’t available to be expanded or to be built on. So, we are looking for a facility that could be, if necessary, expanded in the future.” As this sequence of preparation continues, so does the process of moving inmates from the current jail to jails in the surrounding region. Waller said the plan first began last June when the Sheriff of Clay County, Andy Howe, decided he had no choice but to close longterm housing for inmates at the Vermillion jail. “It just really reached a head this last June when the sheriff decided that he really had no choice but to close the jail for long-term housing. This means the county is housing inmates in regional jails. I believe we have some in Yankton. I don’t think we have any in Sioux Falls at this time. Most probably are in the Union County (…) jail,” Waller said. Waller noted this proposition of moving inmates to regional jail sites is quite pricey. “It’s a very expensive proposition,” Waller said. “The county will probably spend $30,000 to $50,000 just this month alone.”
COVID-19 not hindering study abroad opportunities
Luc Bouchard
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The Study Abroad Expo was held Feb. 3 and allowed students to learn more about study abroad programs at USD through the Gallagher Center. The expo consisted of tables advertising faculty-led programs, financial assistance help and a student ambassador booth where study abroad alumni discussed their previous trips. There was also a virtual reality (VR) headset put on by the Center of Teaching and Learning (CTL) that allowed students to get a virtual tour of potential study abroad locations. Study abroad advisor Jessica Winterringer was at the event and talked about the many options students have available while choosing to study abroad. “We have anything from a two-week program to a year-long program, really wherever you would like,” Winterringer said. Types of study abroad trips available are faculty-led programs, national student exchange and thirdparty programs. One of the faculty-led programs displayed at the expo was a trip to Canada with professor Jonelle Hook and professor Jamie Turgeon-Drake. The Canada trip is connected to the online class HSC 375 Global
Healthcare Systems and has students learning about health care and human rights in a 3-credit hour class this semester before embarking on a seven-day learning experience in Canada over the summer. “It’s a really neat opportunity and also one of the most cost-effective since we don’t have to fly,” TurgeonDrake said. Other faculty-led programs include trips to Greece, Germany, Ireland, Costa Rica and Kenya. Winterringer said COVID-19 has not had a big impact on the university and a lot of program providers are still running programs. “National student exchange is allowing programs in the U.S. and Canada. I wouldn’t say it’s hindering anybody except for the fact that COVID-19 changes on a dime. For the most part, students that go, must be vaccinated,” Winterringer said. This semester there are 12 students studying abroad. Winterringer said students can go to the Gallagher Center and talk to a staff member or attend their study away 101 sessions to begin planning their study abroad opportunity. “It will give you an overview of all our programs, how to pay for them and scholarship opportunities. It’s a great way to get some information without having to fully commit,” Winterringer said.
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The Gallagher Center hosted a Study Away Expo in the MUC ballroom to show students the opportunities they have when it comes to studying abroad..
SHED lobbies South Dakota Legislature in Pierre
Danielle Konechne
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Students in Higher Education Days (SHED) is a student lobbying group that goes to Pierre during the legislative session to encourage the legislature to pass certain bills. SHED takes place on Jan. 30 and 31. The first day students get training on how to lobby and they get together for a social. On day two, there is a Student Federation meeting and students are given the chance to talk
Bennett Clary
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In the last couple years, two professors have retired from the English Department. On Feb. 3 the department held a Faculty Candidate Presentation to help decide on a new instructor or lecturer to hire. Associate professor and director of writing for the English department Paul Formisano said the department offers a professional writing specialization and they would like the new hire to help build that specialization and offer courses related to professional writing. “We’re hiring for an instructor or lecturer position and it’s essentially a teaching position. We’re looking for somebody who’s going to be teaching a lot of our basic writing courses that meet our general education
with state legislatures. Carson Sehr, the executive director for SHED, said students from universities across South Dakota came to discuss issues that they face at their schools. “A lot of schools discussed building projects on campuses and cultural issues and academic freedom,” Sehr said. “When we discuss these things, we can see that a lot of schools in South Dakota face similar issues.” By participating in this event,
students are given the chance to advocate for their universities and get the experience of what it is like to be part of a legislative session. Caleb Weiland, the Chair of the South Dakota Student Federation, said that SHED this year looked unique compared to previous years. “This year’s SHED was very successful with over 50 attendees from Universities across South Dakota,” Weiland said. “This year was also unique because the legislature has more funding than usual, so
there are more opportunities for schools to receive funding.” Schools across the state were given the chance to receive funds for capital projects at their universities. These projects may vary between each school and depend on the university and their needs. SHED students must be prepared to explain why each capital project is important to their university. Both the USD Wellness Center and the Churchill-Haines Lab renovations were two capital projects
supported by SHED for USD. The funds for the Churchill-Haines Lab renovation have been approved. Weiland said that to get approval for a bill, all members on the board must agree, if anyone votes no, the bill is denied. Students must be prepared to debate and find the best solution for each school. “We have to understand each project and how it can affect each university differently,” Weiland said. “We have to put our differences aside and think about what is best for our
universities.” Both Weiland and Sehr explained that SHED offers many chances to get out of your comfort zone and that any student can get involved if they are interested. “This event is a great chance to network and understand how other schools SGA’s work,” Weiland said. “We were able to talk as students and come to agreements despite our differences, we supported capital projects for each school with or without the BOR’s approval.”
English department looking for new hire requirements for the program and for the university,” Formisano said. As part of the hiring process, the candidates were invited to campus to teach a class demonstration and give a public presentation about what they do, professionally or in the classroom, to the public. The department chair Darlene Farabee said they are most interested in how students respond to the candidates. Farabee said they are also interested in if the person can put together a challenging, but acceptable lesson for the demonstration. “You can sort of imagine the kinds of things that you would want a professor to be able to do in the classroom, kind of out of the blue almost. And those are the kinds of things that we’re most interested in seeing is getting a chance to really see
them interact with USD students,” Farabee said. Farabee said the department wants to make an informed decision and they want candidates to make an informed decision because this is a big life change. For this position, Farabee said they asked candidates to give a presentation to show how they could support or help develop the professional writing program. “The responses to that kind of prompt, again as you might imagine, are highly individualized based on those different individual candidates. We were very pleased to see that each of them really did a nice job of highlighting strengths and also showing ways that they would be able to connect with our department and our programs and our students,” Farabee said.
With two people gone from their team, Formisano said adding a new person will help with the workload and build the professional writing specialization because it’s relatively new. “We have a number of faculty already teaching courses in that and we’re looking to really expand that and make that something that more students will be interested in and they can better align some of the skills that they’re developing with an English degree to the professional course,” Formisano said. After there has been time for faculty feedback, the nomination will be sent to the English department chair and then to the dean’s office for review. Formisano said they are hopeful the candidate will be chosen by the end of the week.
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Rhiannon Scharnhorst, an english faculty candidate presents in Farber Hall.
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Editorial: What’s So Important? Just Change the Name! On Feb 2, 2022, the Washington Football team finally announced their brand new team name alongside their new logo and uniforms. Their new name is the Washington Commanders. This name change initially started July 3, 2020, amidst the death of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. The team has been under fire for many years ever since their owner Dan Snyder came out and said that the team would never change their name. The Navajo Nation said in a statement with ABC News that “July 13, 2020, is now a historic day for all Indigenous peoples around the world as the NFL Washington based team officially announced the retirement of the racist and disparaging ‘Redskins’ team name and logo. For generations, this team name and logo misrepresented the true history and events
defining the term ‘redskins.’” The Washington Commanders are the first NFL team to undergo a name change such as this. Another example is the formerly known Cleveland Indians, now the Cleveland Guardians. The owner of the baseball club Paul Dolan said in a statement from SB Nation “he now better understands the situation after speaking to native people, and wants fans to move forward, united, under a new nickname.” Why hasn’t anyone else changed their names? These teams should be changing their names, logos and nicknames to better fit today’s society. A prime example of teams that needing to change their branding are the Kansas City Chiefs, Atlanta Braves and the Chicago Blackhawks. These teams currently have no plans to change anything. The Chiefs got their nickname from the former mayor of the city
How thrifting can combat the climate crisis ELLA BYERS is a junior majoring in English education.
The climate crisis is an ever-expanding topic of discussion around the globe. More companies than ever are, at the very least, looking into making crucial changes resulting in positive change. There are multiple industries that will never be sustainable without making drastic alterations in their production processes. The top industries including energy, transportation, agriculture and fast fashion industries. Energy, transportation and farming have all been necessary for overall quality of life and convenience. Eventually, those three categories should find a way to create
sustainability within their areas. Where the fast fashion industry is concerned, there are a few reasons it should remain relevant if the planet is trying to move towards a greener future. As college students, there are multiple ways we can pursue an earth friendly wardrobe without breaking the budget. In fact, eliminating fast fashion from our lifestyle is, overall, much more affordable than the alternative. At USD, students have started to take to their own measures to combat the fast fashion industry. For example, the Facebook group USD Girl’s Swap has encouraged students to have others give their forgotten clothes a second chance rather than throwing them away. In addition, USD alumni Brigit Blote, Payton Ryz and Ashlynn Atwood won the Hult Prize last year for their
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and nicknames to better fit today’s society.”
Center told CBS they need to “rip the Band-Aid off.” One reason the Chiefs have not changed their name is because they are good. The last few years the Chiefs have either been in the Super Bowl or have been close. The Commanders received backlash to change their name while they were the second worst team in the league. Kansas City also sells a lot of jerseys, shirts and other merchandise with the logo of an arrowhead or just the name ‘Chief.’ As for the Atlanta Braves,
Harold Roe Bartle who was a non-Native man. Bartle claimed he had been inducted into a tribe of the Arapaho people, whose chief had given him the nickname ‘Lone Bear.’ The Chiefs have banned some items from their games such as Native American headdresses, face paint styled in a way that references American Indian culture and the “tomahawk chop.” This is not enough. They need to change their names. It is offensive to the culture. Gaylene Crouser of the Kansas City Indian
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Here you’ll find the weirdest, funniest and stupidest things we’ve heard during the week. Context is for suckers.
“Hamlet is the jelly.” — Arts and Sciences Building
“Which means I get to go home and be a menace.” — MUC
“It’s a chill night when the world is falling apart.” — Al Neuharth Media Center
“I’d rather not sell my soul for regular Oreos. Double Stuff is a whole other thing though.” — MUC
“Bob Ross is Daddy.” — Burgess
“I know Landon has cooties.” — MUC
“Penguins are supposed to be blue and nobody can change my mind.” — Arts and Sciences Building
“I was thinking ‘oooo a romance book’ and then she died.”
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Drowning in content JOHN LEFFERTS is a sophomore majoring in philosophy.
students, it can be hard
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— MUC
teams should be “These changing their names, logos
they said in 2020 “they saw no reason to change their name.” The Cleveland Guardians said, “The Braves had formed a strong relationship with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. In the past, the EBCI has supported the Braves name and the chop.” Regardless of what the fans and spectators around them personally believe, it is important that all teams be held to the same standards. It is a new day and age and most of these teams were named during a time when there wasn’t as much of a chance for Natives to have a voice in mainstream media. No matter how successful or how much money a particular team has, they shouldn’t be allowed to continue competing under a culturally insensitive name without being held accountable.
After the last year or so, I’ve had enough of Ridley Scott. My main criticism is I wasn’t bored. Let me explain. I sat through “House of Gucci” and “The Last Duel.” I rewatched “Gladiator.” I even watched season one of Scott’s new show, “Raised by Wolves.” Most of these ended up falling flat for me, but I’d like to isolate one factor in particular: length. Both of Scott’s movie offerings in 2021 clock in at around two and a half hours. “Raised by Wolves’” first season
received a somewhat mixed reception with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 74%. Often, critics who gave unfavorable reviews mentioned that the first two episodes, directed by Scott himself, went well but the season lost its luster as the show went on. If the show had ended with the first two episodes, critics might have been more satisfied with the results. Isn’t it then the length that’s the problem? It’s not just Scott’s movies in 2021 that were roughly two and a half hours. The sci-fi epic “Dune” is roughly the same length, as are the two major Marvel offerings “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “Eternals.” To be a
movie-goer is to be a champion sitter. One could also rewatch whole franchises, there was another “Ghostbusters” movie recently released. The major blockbuster franchises have been drawn out for over a decade. Entertainment seems to be calibrated for unbearable length. Game developers create 80-hour RPGs when 20 hours would probably suffice. A friend of mine used to mock me for reading Dostoevsky and called the books my “Russian doorstop novels.” Our society is trending towards its own digital form of the 19th century Russian novel, a brick, albeit a virtual one. The late Mark Fischer observed about this state of affairs that “No one
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is bored, everything is boring.” Ultimately, what I have been daydreaming of is the kind of “analog boringness” I haven’t felt in over a decade. I have too much access to too much raw content and information to be bored. I’d like to imagine there was a hyperborean state of affairs where content itself functioned differently: rather than keep you continuously occupied in the act of consumption, entertainment could be a resource to tide one over. Content would, in my ideal vision, be short enough and rich enough to contemplate one’s boredom. There would be some recess.
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Legislature to reinstate diploma privilege for law school, bill killed in committee Allison Horkey
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Professor Emeritus Roger Baron stands next to Rep. Mary Fitzgerald, who introduced the bill.
House Bill (HB) 1073 was introduced to the South Dakota House of Representatives this legislative session by Rep. Mary Fitzgerald from Lawrence County. HB 1073 would have allowed people graduating from the law school at USD to practice law in the state without taking the bar exam. However, the bill was killed during the House State Affairs committee meeting on Feb. 2. Neil Fulton, the dean of the law school since 2019, was a member of the South Dakota Board of Bar Examiners from 2017 to 2019. Fulton was not in favor of HB 1073 but does think having another pathway to a law license is a worthwhile conversation. “If you’re going to provide an alternative pathway, you need some balance between what the law school does, the need of the South Dakota courts as regulators and the state bar working in coordination. I just didn’t think that was done here or reflected
in the bill,” Fulton said. Roger Baron is an emeritus professor of USD and taught at the USD law school for 25 years before retiring. Baron was in favor of the bill because he said passing rates for the bar exam were as low as 40 percent in previous years around 2014, 2015 and 2016. “The problem is the bar exam. The way it is currently given is completely outsourced. The people who write the questions aren’t in South Dakota. They don’t know what we teach at the law school. They’re in other states and the exam questions don’t have anything to do a South Dakota law,” Baron said. Fulton said low passage rates were part of a national trend, not just in South Dakota during this period, but now passage rates for South Dakota have risen since 2019. “The proponents of the bill point to a window of time where passage rates were low, but in the last three years, our bar passage rates have been at or above national average,” Fulton said.
Baron said although students can retake the bar exam, many students will not because of various reasons. “(The bar exam) is very expensive and psychologically (testtakers) are down, obviously, because they haven’t passed it the first time,” Baron said. To Fulton, the bar examen process is worth it to ensure lawyers in the state are responsible. “If you get a law license, you are able to go out and have a direct impact on the property, life and other key aspects of an individual’s life,” Fulton said. “If you get a law license, you can defend someone on a murder case, the next day you can draft someone’s will, you can handle someone’s divorce, you can handle someone’s civil case. If you mess those up, it has a huge impact on someone’s life.” Both Baron and Fulton testified on either side of the bill during the committee meeting. The motion to kill the bill was passed by the committee with eight “yeas” and four “nays.”
Dr. Peterson lectures on performance related injuries in the arts Rachel Alexander
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Dr. Judith Peterson is a clinical professor at USD who also practices medicine at the Yankton Medical Clinic. Peterson gave a lecture over performance related injuries for the performing arts on Feb. 3. The lecture Peterson gave took place over Zoom and was accessible to students in the recital lab within the College of Fine Arts. Peterson went over studying performance related injuries and some common injuries that can happen to those in performing arts. Whether it’s instrumentalists, musicians, dancers
or vocalists, any performer can get an injury that can put strain on their body. “(Studying performance related injuries) is all about helping people be able to perform the way they want to be performing,” Peterson said. Performers can get injuries such as overuse injuries, tendonitis, carpal tunnel, nodules or even simpler things such as swelling which Peterson mentioned in her lecture. “People who are doing instrumental music, they’re using muscles and tendons over and over and over again so tissue can get burdened beyond its ability to repair itself,” Peterson said.
Something else that can happen in performing arts is what’s called dystonia. According to the Mayo Clinic, “Dystonia is a movement disorder in which your muscles contract involuntarily, causing repetitive or twisting movements.” “It’s something that happens. It’s almost like a brain communication error that’s not fully understood yet,” Peterson said. Peterson has been interested in performing arts medicine since her time with the Philadelphia Ballet. She was originally in practice in Philadelphia and would tend to the injuries of the dancers, but then noticed the issues the pianist or
orchestra faced as well. Peterson felt that performing arts medicine was a more unique field of study where people didn’t know who to turn to with such broad injuries in a niche field. “Performing arts medicine is a smaller field where people tend to have a specific interest in it. I started with dance medicine, and it evolved to where I was working with preforming arts generally,” Peterson said. In Peterson’s opinion, anyone can have a problem or injury at any time. No matter where someone is at with their choice in performing arts, injuries can happen.
“Many things can affect the performance and it’s kind of allowing people to take a step back and recognize what is really going on with performances,” Peterson said. Aside from working with the Philadelphia ballet, Peterson is on the editorial board for the Journal of Dance, Medicine and Science. Peterson has also submitted a poster presentation talk on carpal tunnel syndrome in pianists to the Performing Arts Medicine Association.
Submitted | The Volante Dr. Peterson gave a lecture hosted by the USD music department
USD fraternity raises donations for Charlie’s Cupboard
Karlee Phillips
Karlee.Phillips@coyotes.usd.edu
Beta Alpha Psi will be hosting a food drive from Feb. 8 to Feb. 16. Students and faculty are encouraged to donate food and other toiletries, as all proceeds will be donated to Charlie’s Cupboard. Beta Alpha Psi organized a community food drive for the Vermillion food pantry last fall. Vice president of Beta Alpha Psi Michaela
Rotert said they wanted to keep the tradition going this semester. “We thought it would be really helpful for students and people that benefit from Charlie’s Cupboard to have a food drive specifically for them,” Rotert said. Beta Alpha Psi is USD’s accounting and finance fraternity and aims to offer its members opportunities to practice ethical and social responsibilities. “We pride ourselves on being
involved in the community and helping out where we can,” Rotert said. The fraternity hopes to receive as many donations as possible. Current interim president and vice president of finance of Beta Alpha Psi Drue Pieper emphasized the importance of giving back to USD students. “Our fraternity focuses on networking with our community and providing for those in need. We want to give back to the community
because they’ve given us so much, especially the Beacom School of Business,” Pieper said. As some students are unable to purchase food and necessary toiletries, the food drive would allow for USD faculty and students to come together and help other students on campus. “As a student, I recognize how important it is for us to have a facility such as Charlie’s Cupboard because prices of food and toiletry
items, make it so not everyone can afford them. It’s nice to have an organization like Charlie’s to provide them for us,” Pieper said. The drive aims to benefit college students at USD. Students and faculty members who wish to participate can leave donation items outside of their door of the residence halls or office on Feb. 15 and 16 after 3:30 p.m. for fraternity members to collect. Items most needed include hand
soap, Kleenex, cold medicine and various food products. The fraternity asks that only non-perishable food be donated. Individuals who would prefer to make a monetary donation can scan the QR code on the various flyers the fraternity will be posting around campus. An entire list of items most needed will also be included.
Students crowd SCSC for rivalry showdown
Coyote fan uses The Volante to show USD pride.
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THE NATIONAL MUSIC MUSEUM HOSTS JAKE BLOUNT Madeline Knau
instrument I ever got that good at.” Blount said he graduated with a bachelor’s degree and was expecting to go to graduate school to follow the academic route. However, he started performing his music and received too many bookings as a musician and was unable to hold down a job, so he decided to continue performing. ”I sort of fell into it by accident and Rhiannon Giddens gave me a really big boost early on in my career by asking me to open some shows for her,” Blount said. Since starting his career, Blount was the 2020 recipient of the Steve Martin Banjo prize of $10,000, became a two-time winner and many time finalist for the Appalachian String Band Music Festival (Clifftop). Blount also appeared on Radiolab, Soundcheck, and NPR’s Weekend Edition. He released his first Full-length solo album “Spider Tales” which debuted at #2 on the Billboard Bluegrass chart. Blount was the first of many performers for the NMM’s Spring 2022 Concert schedule with Dennis Warner on Feb. 18. The NMM also plans to open the Gamelan Exhibition on Submitted Photo| The Volante March 25 which plans to show a reflection of Jake Blount performs the banjo and fiddle at the national music museum for the Spring concert. Indonesian lessons, values and culture.
Madeline.Knau@coyotes.usd.edu
The National Music Museum (NMM) began its spring 2022 concert schedule by hosting Jake Blount, a banjo and fiddler player as well as a singer and ethnomusicologist. Blount specializes in blues, bluegrass and spiritual music as well as traditional music of African Americans and Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands. Blount said he began playing when he was 18 years old when he wanted to learn more about his history and the history of music at that time. Blount said banjos are associated with Black History Month because their relationships to Black people have changed and been told in different ways throughout time. “Part of the story of this forced migration that is not often told is that a lot of us who wound up here in the United States actually came through the Caribbean on the way, and then would make their way a little bit further north to where people like my ancestors were working,” Blount said. “That’s how I came to this music. That’s why I started playing it. I learned about this history and decided I wanted to give it a shot and it turned out to be the only
RHA hopes to spread appreciation this holiday season Sydney Johnson
Sydney.G.Johnson@coyotes.usd.edu
The Residence Hall Association (RHA) is bringing back a popular event from past years for the Valentine’s Day holiday. RHA
Sweeties
is
an
opportunity
for
students
to
750 treats for students during the holiday. The one change
talk a lot about trying to make (USD) a home away from home, and if
that the staff has made from last year is limiting the number
we’re not creating a fun space for people to gather and communicate
of submissions from each student. In the past, there has been
with one another, then we’re really not doing our job very well.”
an unlimited number of submissions a person could make,
While RHA Sweeties continues to be a well-received RHA
whereas this year RHA is limiting it to three Sweeties per person.
send their friends and loved ones on campus a sweet treat
to
share
their
appreciation
for
one
Along with a personalized message, the Sweeties will consist of
program, Olney is continuing to plan future events for housing and the university as well. The next project she is planning to tackle
another.
a Crush soda and Valentine’s Day candy. The one thing the Sweetie
“I think it’s very important for people to appreciate the holiday
won’t include is the name of who sent it, in order to keep the secret
and to love one another,” residence hall director Travis Hill said. “I also
admirer a mystery, RHA programming director, Rachel Olney said.
think it shows some personal wellness towards one another which
Another reason RHA wants to continue doing programs such as
is something we all need, especially these last couple of years with
RHA Sweeties is to help students feel at home at USD, Olney said.
Hill and Olney both said that any students are welcome
COVID-19. I just think this is a great way to appreciate one another.”
“I think it’s a great way to build community, within housing
to pitch advice or future program ideas in their meetings
The executive RHA staff is planning to make close to
especially but also with the university as a whole,” Olney said. “We
which take place every Thursday at 5 p.m. in Patterson 220.
is a March Madness program. This March Madness program will be a weekly competition for students living on campus. Olney said more details will be released as the program date arrives.
Rachel Review: “Home Team” puts you to sleep Rachel Thompson
Rachel.R.Thompson@coyotes.usd.edu
Happy Madison Productions or Adam Sandler’s talentless friends, whatever you call them, got together again and made a new movie called “Home Team.” It was released on Jan. 28 and has the same overused formula as every other back burner Sandler production. It stars Taylor Lautner and Kevin James.
or something about overcoming past mistakes, but unsurprisingly
Never mind James, we’ve seen him before in these Sandler
this movie is nothing more than that. It barely attempts to
movies. Lautner on the other hand was in this movie and that is
have any more substance than a basic outline of a story.
basically it. Like everything else he is in, he doesn’t have a chance
“Home Team” is meant to be a comedy but there was maybe one
to show any acting ability. But he does seem like the perfect fit
line I laughed at as the rest are overused from old Sandler productions. I was more bored every time the movie was trying to present a joke. I remember when Sandler movies felt as if the writers and everyone
to be a part of the Sandler soulless crew and I guess that this is one way of making money, especially now that he has a dad bod. If these Sandler family comedy movies ever go back to
The movie “Home Team” is based on the real life story
behind the movies were on crack and just having fun. Now they feel
of Sean Payton, played by James, after being suspended from
like soulless cash grabs more than any other studio in Hollywood.
coaching in the NFL and returns home to reconnect with
I know it’s no Sandler movie or family fun movie without a
his son. Upon arriving, finding his son’s football team in
barf scene. Seriously, the vomit scene was longer than any other
desperate need of direction, Payton becomes his son’s coach.
scene in the movie. The movie had little runtime and substance
With no knowledge of how this story played out in real life,
already, so they had to keep in every cut they made. I wanted to
To add insult to injury, Payton actually makes a cameo
this summary sounds like the bare bones to a possible premise.
shut off Netflix for how disgraceful and annoying it was that I had
in the end of the movie as a janitor. Playing someone who
Maybe it could lead to a touching story between father and son,
to witness this scene again in a totally different Sandler movie.
cleans up garbage right at the end of your own story? Ouch!
an actual form of storytelling rather than some checklist that hasn’t been unmodified since 1999, I’ll give them another chance. I’d rather waste my time with semiformulated Disney channel movies than one of these again.
Costa Rican music educator brings advice to USD students Bennett Clary
Bennett.Clary@coyotes.usd.edu
On Feb. 4, Dr. Esteban Barquero taught a class about conducting via Zoom to music education students. Barquero is from Costa Rica and teaches conducting at the University of Costa Rica and
can see somebody waving their arms. When a
“He can come in and tell us his experience
conductor is doing that, at the moment of the
because music education is very different in
performance, that’s very ornamental because
Latin America than what it is in the United
the actual job of a conductor and of a music
States and perhaps some common issues that
educator happens during the rehearsals and
a conductor may have here in the US, may
happens during the classes,” Viquez said.
be something that he would have addressed
Barquero said they discussed strategies
before and he may have a successful strategy
to solve problems and he wanted to share
to fix many different aspects of how to conduct
his experience. Over the year, Barquero has
and how to direct an ensemble,” Viquez said.
improved his conducting skills and wanted to
When students are learning about
share his tips with students to improve theirs.
conducting, Barquero said they learn a lot
the National University of Costa Rica. This class was to teach students how to rehearse a band or orchestra and gave important tips for their future as educators and conductors. Director of orchestras
about
when they are pushed onto the podium.
rehearsal, we don’t have a magic list
However, Barquero said it is really nice
because it depends on the ensemble, it
when someone gives them guidance on
depends on the students, it depends on the
how to solve issues they may come across.
moment, even the room,” Barquero said.
“During this process they will have another
important training on how to successfully
Viquez shares as much information with
person telling them things that I’m sure they
approach different challenges they will face
his classes as he can but hoped students would
know and it’s always good to hear that it
as an educator like playing in tune, playing
gain a different perspective from Barquero.
happens,” Barquero said. “So hopefully
in time and balancing the entire ensemble.
Viquez said it was good for his students to see
they will learn new things and they will just
“Many times when we see a conductor, we
a successful conductor from another country.
Dr. Luis Viquez said the most essential work a music educator does is conducting ensembles for performances or contests. Viquez said that often conductors will lack
“In
music,
when
we
talk
Submitted | The Volante Dr. Esteban Barquero held an educational class to help reinforce things that they already know.” students become conducters.
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JUCO TRANSFER SHINES IN SECOND YEAR AS COYOTE Bailey Zubke
Bailey.Zubke@coyotes.usd.edu
There are two USD men’s basketball players who graduated from a South Dakota high school on the roster this season, and one of them is Rapid City’s Mason Archambault, who was USD’s January Student Athlete of the Month. Archambault was not originally recruited to USD out of high school, but after two years at the Junior College level (JUCO), USD head coach Todd Lee and the assistant coaches wanted to bring him home. “He was very interested in coming to school at USD, and once I talked to his coach at his junior college and heard about him as a person and the type of player he is, it was a very easy recruiting situation because this is where he wanted to go to school,” Lee said. Archambault knew he wanted to be a Division I basketball player, but after his senior year of high school, there was not much interest from colleges and he wound up at Gillette College in Wyoming. In his second year at Gillette, he averaged 13.8 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game in over 27 minutes of gameplay. While at Gillette, Archambault reached out to then USD guard Triston Simpson, asking if Simpson could put in a good word with the coaching staff about him. “I reached out to Simpson my freshman year and I asked him if I could get a look or something my freshman year of JUCO,”
Archambault said. “And he’s like, ‘yeah, I’ll put in a good word for you.’” USD was not Archambault’s only offer, but he decided that Vermillion is where he wanted to be. “USD was the place I had my heart set on, but I had offers from somewhere else, but I was waiting for this USD offer, I was going to commit right away,” Archambault said. Archambault arrived on campus in the fall of 2020, when COVID19 was hampering the team’s ability to practice and left the 2020-21 season up in the air for some time. Once the decision to play was made by the NCAA, Archambault was ready. During the 20-21 season, Archambault was a key player off the bench for the Coyotes, averaging 18.5 minutes per game. His season high 17 points came against North Dakota State and had his first start as a Coyote during the Summit League Tournament. Primarily seen as a three-point shooter and perimeter defender in his first season as a Coyote, Archambault set out to grow between years one and two in Vermillion. “Mason was a big reason why we won like we won last year and led the league from start to finish,” Lee said. “Because, it’s unusual for a first year player to come in and just take a roll on as a defender and do little things and some of the dirty things you have to do to win games.” Tagged as a starter to begin this season, Archambault struggled to shoot at the beginning of the year, but since not scoring against
Oral Roberts Dec. 20, he has hit double figures in 10 straight games, including back-to-back 20-plus point performances against Omaha and St. Thomas in mid-January. Archambault is second on the team in scoring at 14.4 points per game this season, behind Kruz Perrott-Hunt’s 15 points per game. Archambault’s 93% free throw shooting (93-100) is the best in the conference and fifth in the nation. Building his offensive game has allowed him to be a better scorer at the rim and he is now one of the best defenders on the Coyote roster, typically guarding the opponents’ top offensive player. “He can score at all three levels. He can shoot the three, he’s got a good mid-range pull-up and he can get to the rim,” Lee said. “Defensively, between him and Boogie (Anderson), we’ve put him on the best offensive player.” Archambault has had to battle to get to where he is today, but now he is able to represent his home state at the highest level of college basketball with a smile on his face. “He is a quiet young man, and at times we would like him to be a little more vocal, but he’s been here for almost two years and I’ve yet to see him have a bad day,” Lee said. “He’s always got a smile on his face. We have meetings before the year, during the year and after the year exit meetings. His meetings are always shorter, because he’s alway doing well and he has no issues. He’s just happy and loves being here.”
Sydney Johnson | The Volante Junior guard Mason Archambault is fifth in the nation in free throw percentage. He has worked on getting a starting position this season with the South Dakota Coyotes
From DakotaDome to NFLPA Bowl Game; Cochrane fights for spot in NFL Sydney Johnson
Sydney.G.Johnson@coyotes.usd.edu
Linebacker, Jack Cochrane took the DakotaDome field as a Coyote for the last time on Nov. 27 in the FCS Playoffs against Southern Illinois. Cochrane’s football career began as a child when he would watch football with his father. He then began playing flag football in elementary school, eventually making his way to tackle football in the fifth grade. While attending Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa, Cochrane was named a two-time first-team all-state performer. He was also the school’s all-time leading scorer with 406 points. His high school athletic career also included time as a wrestler, baseball player and track and field athlete. Over his collegiate career, Cochrane has played in 46 games and accumulated many records and honors. During the 2017 season, Cochrane helped to secure the Coyote’s first playoff win against No. 22 Nicholls State University. Cochrane was named as a first-team member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) All-Academic team, earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors and had a single game careerhigh with 12 tackles in the 2018 season.
In his first season as team captain in 2019, Cochrane was named second-team all-MVFC honoree, first-team academic all-MVFC selection, was named to the FCS Athletic Directors Association (ADA) Academic All-Star Team and ranked No. 43 nationally in tackles with 106. Cochrane was the team captain again in the 2020 season where he was also named to the first-team MVFC All-Academic Team pick and FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team. At the end of the 2020 season, Cochrane chose to take his extra year of eligibility due to the NCAA’s COVID-19 rules. In his last season as a Coyote, Cochrane was a part of the FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team for the third year, received secondteam All-America honors from Stats Perform, was part of the CoSIDA Academic All-America second-team, was MVFC Scholar Athlete of the Year and was all-MVFC first-team. While Cochrane’s last season provided him with many honors and distinctions, he felt that his last season as a Coyote was hard to sum up in words all that it meant to him. “It’s hard to express some of the words that this program has meant to me, and what this school has meant to me,” Cochrane said. “My best friends, my best mentors, have been in this program and to culminate that with what a solid year we had was definitely exciting. As I grow older, I’ll just remember the good things and the people I
met and the really exciting experiences that we had.” Towards the end of his collegiate career in November, Cochrane was invited to play in the NFLPA bowl. This would give him the chance to play against some of the top talent in the country, and do so in front of NFL scouts, Cochrane said. “My agent had me really well prepared for what I was going to see (in the NFLPA bowl), and obviously I’ve been training really hard to be in good shape when I got there,” Cochrane said. After arriving at the NFLPA bowl game which took place on Jan. 29, Cochrane underwent a few NFL cognitive tests, met his team and coaches and began practicing. Cochrane was a part of the American team and made a total of three tackles in the bowl game. Playing in this NFLPA bowl was the logical first step for anyone who wants a career in football, Cochrane said. “I’ve been pretty set on playing professional football for a while now and this is just the first part of that process,” Cochrane said. “I will definitely do whatever it takes to be successful at the next level.” Now, Cochrane is in Miami, FL at a training facility where he is practicing for the pro day tests and the football specific drills he will see when he returns to South Dakota at the end of March for Pro Day. Once he is finished with Pro Day at the university, Cochrane said it’ll be a waiting game until the draft.
Tennis wins two matches on West Coast swing Bailey Zubke
Bailey.Zubke@coyotes.usd.edu
USD’s tennis program went to the west coast for a trio of matches over the weekend, picking up a pair of wins to add to their record. The weekend started at Eastern Washington, where the Coyotes grabbed a 5-2 win. USD suffered a 5-2 setback against Gonzaga Saturday and defeated Montana State Sunday 4-1. A fourth match, scheduled for Saturday against Seattle, was canceled. Against Eastern Washington, the Coyotes captured five wins in singles play and one in doubles play. Fifth years Habiba Aly and Jana Lazarevic won their singles flights, but lost as a duo in flight one doubles. The other USD wins in singles play came from redshirt junior Estella Jaeger, freshman Bea Havlickova and junior Eesha
Varma (by walkover). The doubles win came from Jaeger and senior Anna Marija Bukina. Saturday, Aly and Jaeger won their flight of singles play in three sets each for USD in the 5-2 loss against Gonzaga. Lazarevic and Aly won the No. 1 doubles, but the other two doubles teams for USD lost, giving the Bulldogs the doubles point. Sunday’s match-up with Montana State went USD’s way 4-1 after winning three-of-four singles matches and earning the doubles point. Aly, Jaeger and Havlickova won their singles matches, each in two sets. Lazarevic lost her singles match in two sets, and took a loss with Aly in doubles play. Jaeger and Bukina won No. 2 doubles 6-3 and Havlickova and senior Natka Kmoskova won the No. 3 doubles 6-0. The Coyotes are back in action Feb. 12 against Memphis.
Tavin Carncross| The Volante Senior linebacker Jack Cochrane during Senior Day against the South Dakota State Jackrabbits.