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Amidst the challenges of COVID-19, USD’s Campus Activities Board (CAB) is working to create a community on campus. Read more about how CAB is redefining and programs in order to comply with new guidelines on page A6.

This summer, the Coyote football team kept practicing a main prioirty despite the confusion and uncertainty.

The team is awaiting guidance from the NCAA on what the fall practice situation will look like. Read more on page A5.

EXTENDED SUMMER ENDS WITH MOVE-IN WEEKEND

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Move-In Weekend 2020 was held Aug. 14-16 in order to follow social distancing measures and limit the amount of people in the dorm buildings.

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After five months away from campus due to COVID-19, new and returning Coyotes moved back to Vermillion over the weekend of Aug. 14-16.

The move-in process took place over a three day period. In previous years, move-in was a singleday event, but because of social distancing measures, move-in was spread out over the weekend to limit the number of people in the dorms.

This year, welcome-back

handshakes and hugs were replaced with masks and hand sanitizer.

Kate Fitzgerald, the Director of Housing, said with all the safety precautions that are being put in place, RAs will have to rethink activities that will comply with COVID-19 safety rules.

“The RAs used to do a lot of things with food and getting people together, and now they aren’t allowed to do that anymore, so I think you’re going to see a lot change programmatically,” Fitzgerald said.

“A lot will be online, a lot of gaming and that sort of stuff this year. It’s

all about that ‘Protect the Pack’ mentality that we are trying to have.”

For returning Coyotes, movein weekend didn’t look the same as previous years. In addition to required face masks, sophomore Chris Haiar said moving into his new dorm in Burgess-Norton was a different experience this year.

With the new rules and regulations for the fall semester at USD, Haiar said he’s felt safe being back on campus.

“I agree that people should be wearing masks for other people’s safety,” Haiar said. “I think it’s a

common courtesy.”

A change in RA duties

Brianna Zimmer, an RA at Coyote Village, said RAs took measures to prevent the possible spread of COVID-19 during move-in.

“We have more sanitizing stations available, we’re providing masks for everyone, we’re also limiting the number of guests that people can bring with them to move in,” Zimmer said. “We’re really trying to make it a safer environment for everyone involved.”

For Jeannie Jedlicka, an RA

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From chapter houses to recruitment, Greek life at USD is undergoing some major changes to protect its members in the time of COVID-19.

Because fraternities and sororities have different guidelines than other student organizations, each has a different approach to prevent the spread of the virus.

COVID-19 Policies

Laura Anderton, Director of Sorority and Fraternity life, said there are no overarching safety guidelines for Greek life because the chapters are privately owned. Over the summer, each chapter developed safety policies specific to its members, which Anderton and Dean of Students Kim Grieve reviewed.

“They were given a lot of guidance from our office, and that guidance came from the CDC, from their national organizations, from our national umbrella organization, so there

was a lot of resources for them as they were creating those plans,” Anderton said. “They are as solid of plans as I think we could put together.”

While each chapter’s “COVID plan” is unique, they all include sections on the chapter’s response in the event one of its members gets sick. Anderton said in general, the chapters plan to either send the sick member home or quarantine the member in a chapter facility.

“If they either couldn’t identify that space or they have overflow in that space, then we’ve worked with one of the hotels in town to be able to have that as an auxiliary quarantine space,” Anderton said.

If USD’s campus closes, all Greek life activities are expected to be held remotely. Students living in chapter houses will be allowed to stay at the discretion of their chapter.

Andrew Tiede, president of Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE), said in addition to requiring masks in PIKE’s house, members must sign in whenever they enter

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As students transition back to campus and face-toface learning, they are also adapting to hybrid learning.

Hybrid courses are being offered this semester across all departments at USD. In order to be classified as a hybrid course, classes have to meet face-to-face at least 25% of the time, according to the Board of Regents’ formal definition.

Provost Kurt Hackemer said most hybrid classes at USD are going beyond that requirement.

For most professors,

Hackemer said, they are splitting their classes up by days — for example having students come on Tuesday or Thursday, not both. This, Hackemer said, helps keep a limited number of students in a classroom at a time.

Hackemer said which classes were made hybrid was mainly based on the size of the classrooms.

“We lost a lot of classroom seats. We went in and we physically distanced every classroom on campus” Hackemer said. “In our big lecture halls, we lost at least 75% of capacity.”

Prior to this year, there were 19 classes that held

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Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) held all their recruitment activities outside to practice social distancing. the house so the chapter can contact-trace in the event a member gets sick.

PIKE’s quarantine space is the president’s bedroom because it has its own bathroom and shower. Two chapter members can isolate in the room. If more members get sick, they will be isolated in their personal rooms and the chapter will schedule

times in which they can use bathrooms and showers.

Tiede said there are about 20 members living in the PIKE house. A maximum of six residents could get sick before the house would have to be quarantined.

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at Richardson Hall, not moving students’ belongings to their rooms is both good and bad.

“Everybody gets more time to just relax and not worry about budging around other people and getting through people, but for me personally, that’s the fun part of move-in day,” Jedlicka said. “The excitement of everyone moving in at once and having all these people around, all these doors open in your hall, being able to walk into rooms and (introduce yourself), so it’s good and bad.”

more than 50 students. Now because of social distancing measures, there are two — Churchill Haines 118 and Aalfs Auditorium. Because the seating is limited, Hackemer said there was no option for larger classes besides going hybrid.

At the time of publication, there are roughly 500 courses at USD being taught in a hybrid format. One of those classes is Psychology 101. There are two sections being taught as a hybrid and one smaller class being taught face-to-face.

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USD is enforcing new changes with the safety and health of students in mind throughout campus, and the honors program has a new face to oversee those changes.

Melissa Berninger is the interim director of the honors program following the departure of former director Scott Breuninger, who now resides in Virginia. The decision on who the new director will be is expected to be made later this year, Berninger said.

“In the short term, students should not expect any major changes to the curriculum,” Berninger said. “A number of students are involved in that (inclusive excellence committee), thinking about how honors deals with things like inclusive excellence and diversity.”

Berninger said honors classes have experienced the same changes that other programs experienced.

Most classes are in a hybrid setting. One of the largest changes honors students are seeing is in the honors lounge.

“We have had to limit the occupancy of the honors lounge to seven students,” Berninger said.

“That’s unfortunate, but its a small space and we can’t have it packed with students.”

Honors program coordinator Dallas Doane said he will miss the ability to chat with students in the lounge.

“That’s one of the bad things for me right now, because that’s when I got to go in and chat with the students,” Doane said. “It’s mainly going to be used for students who need to quick print something and then leave, so it will be a little different from years past where we had students who were there studying and chilling.”

Doane also said many of the programs that honors hosts throughout the year for their students will remain relatively unchanged, with the biggest change being the size of groups for the programs.

“We have about 40 (peer mentors) who have small groups, typically four to six mentees who were incoming first year students,” Doane said. “Some of the programming we did last year were some larger events. We added a larger event each week and now we’re kind of focusing in on a little bit more of the interpersonal relationships.”

The honors program had classes and programs adjust to new regulations for student safety, but Berninger said that students should not expect any long term changes to the program otherwise.

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The Student Organization Fair was held Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 17-18. Students from clubs and organizations all across campus gathered to give first year students a look at campus activities.

CITY OF VERMILLION POLICE >> Aug. 16 - Aug. 21

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noise complaints

Aug. 16 Officers responded to a noise complaint of a loud party in an apartment complex. Officers spoke with the renters.

Officers found all of the subjects in the apartment under the legal drinking age. Citations were issued and charges are pending.

Aug. 16 Officers made contact with a male who had just broken a landscape tree.

The male was found to be underage and had been drinking. Charges are pending.

Aug. 16 Officers responded to a local business for

a report of suspicious activity. Officers found one subject to have an outstanding warrant.

The subject was arrested and taken into custody.

Aug. 16 Officers investigated a complaint of a loud pool party at an apartment complex during the early morning hours. A large group was playing loud music around the pool.

The responsible party was contacted, turned off the music, and the party ended. The subject was warned.

Aug. 16 Officers responded to a business where an intoxicated male

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hit and run

had damaged a locked cooler and was yelling at an employee. The male attempted to flee from officers, quickly stumbled and fell after a short distance, thereby foiling his own escape.

An officer arrested the man for probation violations as well as damage to property.

welfare check

taken to jail.

investigation.

Aug. 17 Officers were called to the hospital for a report of a male who’d been assaulted. Two suspects were identified and arrested.

Aug. 18 Officers received a report of a dispute between persons. Case is under investigation.

Aug. 16 Officers responded to a non-injury accident.

One of the drivers involved was cited for a stop sign violation.

Aug. 17 Officers were called to a residence for a report of some juveniles attempting to assault one another. One of the juveniles had a warrant for his arrest and was taken into custody.

Aug. 17 Officers responded to an accidental 911 call.

The caller had a warrant for her arrest and was

Aug. 18 Vermillion officers responded to the USD campus to assist University officers with an

Aug. 19 Vermillion PD officers assisted the University Police with a suspicious activity investigation on campus.

Aug. 19 Officers investigated a report of a hit and run accident on a private lot. No suspect has been identified.

Aug. 19 Officers investigated a report of a domestic

assault at a residence.

One adult male was arrested for misdemeanor assault charges.

Aug. 19 Officers responded to a driving complaint about a possible drunk driver. The suspect’s car was stopped and investigated. The driver was not intoxicated and continued on his way.

Aug. 19 Officers responded to a welfare check request of an intoxicated subject. Officers found the subject to be intoxicated but not in need of any assistance.

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With new guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19, student organizations that typically require large in-person gatherings have been forced to adapt. USD’s Student Government Association is among the organizations that have had to make changes.

Carter Larson, SGA Vice President, said the organization is working to adapt to the new guidelines which limit venues to 30% capacity to promote social distancing.

“Similar to everything else, SGA will look a little different this year because of COVID-19,” Larson said. “We will have six meetings in-person and six virtual meetings.”

SGA’s in-person meetings this year will be held in the MUC ballroom instead of the typical meeting location in the Freedom Forum. Masks will be required, and with the gallery limited, meetings will be live-streamed to ensure they are open to all students.

Abuk Jiel, SGA President, said the organization is ensuring that meetings remain open to the public despite these guidelines.

“Our main focus of what we want to do this year is making sure that students are still able to access everything virtually,” Jiel said. “We don’t want to pressure students to come to meetings, but if they do want to access in person, they still have the ability to, following all the guidelines that we have put into place.”

Other SGA resources are also impacted by the change in campus life. Senator office hours will be limited and Campus Leader Mixer events will be held online.

Additionally, SGA’s legal aid will be hosted online, with office hours from 11:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays on Zoom.

Jiel said SGA’s top priority this year is being a support system for students on campus by making sure student organizations are still able to host the educational events they normally would maintain a sense of campus community.

“Student life is the biggest part on college campuses,” Jiel said. “Going through this whole pandemic, it just goes

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SGA President Abuk Jiel and Vice President Carter Larson are adapting to continue in-person SGA meetings this semester.

to show that when students don’t have that connection with their friends, or even something as simple as being able to go to these events together, that kind of diminishes people’s outlook on what the year could look like.”

Another goal, Jiel said, is to push the topic of diversity and inclusion on campus. In the wake of a new wave of Black Lives Matter protests nationwide, Jiel said she wants to promote conversations and events that help Black and Native students on campus feel included.

“With everything going on, you see that a lot of students don’t feel as supported, and that doesn’t just go to say, for our African-American students, our Black students but also our Native students,” Jiel said. “I really do think that once we have these conversations there is a way for change, and I’m looking forward to that this school year.”

Jiel said this year is full of challenges for SGA, in continuing to make sure that every student can succeed while also being conscious of public health.

“In general, I think, it’s not necessarily the question of what we can accomplish,” Jiel said. “It’s how we can make life better for students, especially with this pandemic.”

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The Bean provides masks in case customers forget to wear theirs. They also provide outdoor seating in conjunction with R-Pizza.

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When word of the pandemic hit Vermillion in April, downtown businesses were forced to adapt to developing COVID-19 safety policies.

Café Brule and Dakota Brickhouse, which are co-owned by Jim Waters and Monica Iverson, immediately switched from in-house dining to delivery and curbside pick-up. Once the city allowed businesses to reopen, they resumed in-house dining.

Waters and Iverson said they introduced staff mask-wearing policies and installed hand sanitizer dispensers to the businesses — though tables are not spread six feet apart at Café Brule.

“We don’t have all of our tables totally spaced at Café Brule, but we do at the Brickhouse. We leave (distancing) up to the customers,” Waters said.

Iverson said customers who feel uncomfortable with Café Brule’s seating arrangements may ask staff to distance tables.

“If anybody wanted to come in and have an area that was isolated, they would just need to request that,” Iverson said.

“We do prefer to do that at times when we wouldn’t have high capacity, like between noon and 1 on a weekday…it would be harder for us to vacate three tables, but we would do what we could to accommodate them.”

The businesses are also asking customers to wear masks when they arrive, though they may take off their masks to eat.

The Bean, another downtown coffeehouse, opted to close for several months before opening with limited hours in June. Martin Prendergast, co-owner of The Bean, said the closure was due to uncertainty at how the virus was transmitted.

“I was in here on March 12, and it was full. There was rumor then that the pandemic was taking effect and I just thought ‘we’re going to be a hot spot if we

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“We could probably manage it where we can take care of four to five people. If it gets to six, everyone’s in crisis mode. No one can leave the house for 14 days, and we’ll have people deliver food in and out,” Tiede said.

Recruitment

Fraternities are still finding ways to engage with prospective members despite the pandemic.

PIKE is hosting house tours for small groups of students, but otherwise, all other recruitment activities have moved outdoors.

“All our events are yard games, like cornhole and soccer darts for distance.

We’re trying to think of innovative solutions to keep people away from each other and a little more sanitary,” Tiede said. “It hasn’t changed in the sense that it’s an opportunity to meet people and make new friends.”

Quentin Judas, president of Phi Kappa Theta (Phi Kap), said his chapter had initially planned lawn games and catering but cancelled all in-person events out of safety concerns.

“We thought it would be better for us to go ahead and cancel as much of our in-person stuff that we could to protect the people that we would be meeting and initiating,” Judas said. “You’re here for school, you really don’t want to start off the school year getting sick.”

Judas said Phi Kap plans to host a movie on Zoom, and may also hold internet gaming events. Phi Kap also plans to hold study sessions to get its members and

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Douglas Peterson, chair of psychology, is teaching one of the hybrid courses of Psych 101. Peterson said making the switch to hybrid classes was challenging, but he said he had a good team of professors to collaborate.

“Starting in June, we began having weekly Zoom meetings where we would just talk about ideas,” Peterson said. “It was nice to have that much lead time because we knew it was going to be hybrid. That planning process was really good because that team got together and we talked through ideas and we made changes.”

Peterson said while he misses being in the classroom, it has been fun challenging

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don’t do anything,’ so that day when we closed at 5 o’clock we just didn’t open up again,” Prendergast said.

Prendergast said the business set up an online ordering system and contactless payment options to protect the safety of the customers. In addition, baristas are required to wear masks, and only one employee works behind the counter at a time.

Employees are also required to take and record their temperatures every time they go to work.

Prendergast said employees are asked to be mindful of social distancing practices when they go out.

“We can’t force them to not go somewhere with some friends, but we ask that if they’re within six feet (of each other) to be masked,” Prendergast said.

While The Bean does not allow in-store seating, the business does share an outdoor seating area with R-Pizza called “The Bean Green.” The space is located in the parking spaces in front of the buildings.

Ally King, co-owner of R-Pizza, said the businesses set up the space with the help of the City of Vermillion and the Vermillion Chamber of Commerce.

“Lots of restaurants tried it out, and it really only worked well for us, so we’re keeping it for awhile longer,” Ally King said.

Brandon King, also co-owner of R-Pizza, said the business has been doing take-out and contactless delivery since April, when they stopped in-house dining.

Brandon King said that as the pandemic progresses, he plans to start selling groceries, sauces, deli items and cleaning supplies at R-Pizza.

“Instead of thinking of going back to normal, we’re thinking of going forward to something totally different,” Brandon King said. “We may someday have some indoor dining again, but it just seems like it’s not going away any time soon.”

While each business has a different safety policy, all four said they are adapting to the pandemic one day at a time.

For students who want to vote but aren’t registered, Get Out the Yote — a new organization on campus — seeks to assist students wishing to get involved in the democratic process.

Addison Miller, Get Out the Yote’s director, said he conceived the organization when he met Ailee Johns, the Democratic candidate for District 17, in the summer. Miller said he and Johns believe young voters are underestimated, and that voter registration drives are not targeting the audience they need to target.

Miller said he originally planned for the organization to be a nonprofit, but decided instead to found it as a student organization at USD to educate students on their rights and provide them opportunities to register to vote.

“Everyone likes to say that the youth doesn’t vote,” Miller said. “For people to say the young don’t vote is kind of giving up on them before they even get the chance to vote.”

Most South Dakota students don’t vote in elections when they’re at college because they don’t know they’re able to vote

when they’re away from home, Johns said.

“People miss the elections because they’re at college in November, so why not bring the election to them by having them register here?” Johns said. “Then they can really be involved in this community, voting not just in the presidential election but down-ballot races that will really affect them.”

Get Out the Yote’s main goal, Miller said, is to get USD students registered to vote, as well as provide them with education on how to receive absentee ballots if they are away from home.

Johns said she uses her connections to Vermillion to help Get Out the Yote spread its message. The organization has already begun operating at Vermillion’s Thursdays on the Platz.

Get Out the Yote’s biggest planned event is a downtown voter registration drive from September 7-11.

Students will be able to drop off voter registration forms on specific days at certain businesses — including The Bean, Leo’s Sports Bar and Grill, R-Pizza and Hartford Steakhouse — and receive deals on menu items.

Miller will then deliver the forms

hopefuls alike into the habit of studying.

Future Events

To insure student organizations and Greek Life chapters uphold social distancing guidelines at their events, the university has added an additional question to the USD Involved website.

When organizations register an event, they will now have to explain how they plan to mitigate the spread of the virus.

“If the chapter can answer that question really well and has really good plans in place, then we don’t see a reason why they can’t necessarily have those events,” Anderton said. “If, however, they can’t answer those questions…they really have to go back to the drawing board and rethink some of those events.”

Anderton said she has been working with chapters to figure out how to safely host events like formals and mixers, though generally the chapters have decided against hosting such events.

Judas said Phi Kap has not made definitive plans for big events, though he wants the chapter to remain in the public eye.

“Right now we are keeping everything pretty fluid. We want to make sure that we are able to move around, keep stuff open, because we don’t want to make too many plans that have to be cancelled,” Judas said.

Phi Kap intends to continue its philanthropy, Judas said, even if campus closes and it must be done remotely.

“There are guidelines that we have to follow, and we want to try and make sure we follow them as close as we can,” Judas said. “If we can keep people even more safe by taking a step back from (events), we’re going to try and do that too.”

the way he teaches.

“I hate to say this is a terrible circumstance, but it was kind of fun,” Peterson said. “It gave us an opportunity to think about the way we teach, and the way students learn in a different way.”

Hackemer said he appreciates students and faculty’s willingness to be flexible while issues get worked out. After the issues are worked through, Hackemer said he thinks there will be many advantages to hybrid learning.

“When this gets better, we’re gonna find some real advantages to hybrid learning, if you do it right,” Hackemer said. “This is forcing a lot of people to explore a new way of teaching, and our faculty is really creative. I think you’re gonna see a lot of faculty get more comfortable with those kinds of things.”

to the Clay County courthouse for processing.

“I think incentivizing voter registration is something that needs to happen. You can’t pay people to vote, but you can help them register,” Miller said.

Johns is currently working to get everyone in Tau Kappa Epsilon and Delta Tau Delta registered to vote. In addition, she is in contact with the university’s athletics department to try and get all USD athletes registered.

USD’s COVID-19 prevention guidelines have made reaching large groups of students difficult, Miller said.

“We were going to put voter registration forms into the move-in bags, and we were told we couldn’t put papers in move-in bags this year because of COVID-19. Now I have 2200 voter registration forms sitting at my house,” Miller said. “It’s been a little bumpy. I’m not worried, we’re going to get these forms out there.”

Miller said the effort to get people registered to vote is a civic duty.

“I don’t care who (students) are voting for… my problem is I want young people to have a fair say in their politics,” Miller said.

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The National Music Museum is preparing for a partial reopening in the spring.

NMM construction carries on through COVID-19 Lexi Kerzman

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Construction noises replaced traditional music at the National Music Museum (NMM), nearly two years ago, in October 2018. This summer, in the midst of the COVID-19, the construction powered forward at the museum.

Thus far, there have not been any major delays on the project due to COVID or in general, and the reopening schedule remains the same.

Matt Collinsworth, the NMM’s director, said the museum staff is set to move back into the museum this October or November. After the staff returns, the museum will begin preparing for a partial reopen this spring.

“There are still some things that have to happen through the fall like floor refinishing,” Collinsworth said. “But, things are getting very close to being done. They’re taking care of the final details. But it’s very, very near completion.”

Collinsworth has not been in the museum for a few weeks, he said, but was sent pictures

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Jedlicka said RAs miss out on interacting with their residents by not being able to carry items up.

“We’re not getting as much out of it,” Jedlicka said. “When you carry someone’s fridge up, you get to know them a little bit.”

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Sophomores Connor Van Der Werff and Jack Harvison

of the inside this week. Being able to see things getting done and finalized, he said, is really exciting.

“The last time I was in the building, (was around) three weeks ago, and not all of the floors had been laid. There was still construction in the new gallery and area,” Collinsworth said. “When I saw the photos yesterday … it was exciting. A lot of work has happened over the past couple of weeks and it did look great.”

During the last school year, before quarantine took over the nation, the museum held it’s NMM Live! concert series in Farber Hall. This year, Collinsworth said, they are still trying to figure out what to do with their series — as Farber Hall is not large enough to practice social distancing during performances.

Collinsworth said while they can’t hold concerts in Farber Hall, they may look into holding concerts in the museum’s new performance hall — once it is completed. If those concerts happen, Collinsworth said they will have to be invitation-only as the new hall will be smaller than

Farber Hall.

The NMM has partnered with the Vermillion Chamber of Commerce in past years for Thursdays on the Platz, Collinsworth said, but this year that partnership is even more crucial.

“We had bigger plans that we’re going to be much more active, but that sort of got pushed back to a certain extent by COVID-19,” Collinsworth said. “(Community involvement) is something that’s very important to us and something that we maximize our ability to provide that sort of programming to the greatest extent that we can, even though the current environment throws up a lot of challenges.”

Collinsworth said he and the rest of the NMM staff appreciates the community’s patience throughout the construction process.

“I know it seems like we’re never going to be open… but when we get this project all completed here over the next 18 months or so, it’s going to be very much worth it,” Collinsworth said. “I think everyone’s patience will be really rewarded (when it is completed).”

consisted of the team of RAs building bed lofts for Beede Hall over move in weekend.

“No one else wanted to (build the lofts), so we volunteered for the first four hours of move-in,” Van Der Werff said.

Harvison and Van Der Werff are both new to being RAs this semester and said they are enjoying the new experience.

“It has been really fun getting to know all the different residents on all the different floors while building the lofts,” Van Der Werff said, “We have met people all the way from the Canadian borders to all the way

down to North Carolina.”

Though they are working in hot and humid conditions, the RAs said they were dedicated to building the right bed for the residents.

With the new semester right around the corner, Harvison and Van Der Werff said they are looking forward to the fresh school year as RAs. “I am most looking forward to being back on campus after months and months of being home and away from our friends,” Harvison said.

Opinion WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2020

Syllabus week blues

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SARAH BECHEN is a senior majoring in media & journalism.

“Ice breakers are my favorite thing in the entire world” said no one ever. Another syllabus week here and gone and I find myself wondering why we call it “syllabus week” as if that means it’s easy.

I’m sure it used to be a very relaxed week with plenty of down time, but now professors like to assign tons of work during your first week to get a jump start on the year.

First year students usually take syllabus week to get into the swing of things and get used to their schedules. While elder students probably should be participating in getting ahead on homework and preparing for a great year full of academic success, that typically doesn’t happen.

Upper classmen usually take this week as a time to catch up with friends and stay out late. This year that behavior is particularly risky, but in other years it wasn’t the smartest option either.

If the weeks’ worth of homework dumped on students by professors isn’t enough to pack in over the weekend, most decide that it’s also a great weekend to go out and forget many responsibilities including homework. This in turn makes a terrible first impression and sets the tone for the year.

I’m not qualified to preach on setting good sleeping habits, as I too enjoy a good night out during syllabus week. However, there are benefits to getting sleep and setting up a solid schedule. Getting into those habits early on in the year can make for a less stressful outcome.

Gideon Dunster, a University of Washington doctoral student in biology said, “disrupted circadian rhythms (while sleeping) can adversely affect digestion, heart rate, body temperature, immune system function, attention span and mental health.”

There are many disadvantages to this semester already, so getting into good habits as soon into the semester as possible will be have tremendous benefits.

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1,530 The number of active COVID-19 cases in South Dakota.

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We could take this opportunity to lecture you about how the semester rests in your hands. We could non-stop tell you to social distance or wear a mask, but we think you have heard enough of that. Though those things are extremely important, we think we should convey a different message right now.

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Here you’ll find the weirdest, funniest and stupidest things we’ve heard during the week.

Context is for suckers.

THE STUDENTS’ VOICE SINCE 1887

“How do I describe her? She probably drinks mixies out of yetis.”

— The Quarters

“Dancing in the Delt basement is basically like hot yoga.”

— Beacom

“I came home without my underwear, but I did come home with a dollar!”

— MUC

“I’m hungry. I’m lonely. I’m horny. I’m sober. There’s so much wrong.”

— MUC

“Soo y’all was mad when we ate tide-pods but now you wanna take Lysol shots and huff the sun” — Quarantine

“For a skinny ass white boy, half his weight is in his dick.”

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OVERHEARDS

— Tea

IT’S A NUMBERS GAME

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FROM FALL TO SPRING THE FOOTBALL TEAM REMAINS HONED IN

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Wide receiver Caleb Vander Esch runs the ball down the field during the 2019 Dakota Days game against Indiana State. “We just got to go with the flow now,” Vander Esch said during an interview with The Volante after the 2020 football season was postponed to the spring.

Madilyn Sindelar

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During a summer of confusion and uncertainty, the Coyote football team always had one concrete item on their agenda — practice.

After moving back onto campus in early June the football team began focusing on their 2020 campaign in hopes of making it to the playoffs. After a full summer of social distancing in and out of Coyote facilities the team was fully prepared for the fall season.

Concluding the first day of fall camp on Aug. 7 the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) announced due to COVID-19 uncertainties the league wouldn’t be competing this fall. The announcement shortly followed the NCAA tournament guidelines that at least 50% of teams would have to play a full season for a championship, which was no longer feasible.

“It was weird for sure, leading up to it we felt like the season was for sure a possibility,”

senior wide receiver Caleb Vander Esch said.

“But every day we were getting information that was different from the previous day. It was for sure shocking but to say it was completely unexpected would be false.”

Throughout the summer and into fall the team relied on each other and the training process and expect that support to continue this fall, Vander Esch said.

“We just got to go with the flow now,” Vander Esch said. “We’re taking it day by day, we know as of right now that we’re going to practice tomorrow.”

The team is waiting for the NCAA to provide guidance on what the practice situation is going to look like for the fall semester without a season.

Knowing there wasn’t going to be a championship to be played for this fall made the decision to move to the spring bearable senior linebacker, Jack Cochrane said.

“The prospect of playing for a championship is what every team strives for,

so the idea of playing the fall season without a championship was probably the least popular,” Cochrane said.

This fall the Coyotes plan to stay honed in and focus on missed training opportunities to prepare for the spring slate. The team will focus on training opportunities they may have missed out on for the spring.

“We were here working out all summer and while it might not help us right now it will benefit us down the road somewhere,” Cochrane said.

The prolonged fall training will also allow the freshman and transfers to adapt to college the best way they can Vander Esch said.

“They are doing pretty well, they have been through the craziest transition and process and I can’t even imagine where their heads all are,” Vander Esch said.

Cochrane said he is really proud of them all because of their hard work and focused mentalities.

“They were balling out and putting their all

into it,” Cochrane said. “I don’t hear much from them about feeling sorry for themselves or pouting at all, they have been thrown the extreme route of uncertainty, on top of it being their first time experiencing college and it’s pretty mind-blowing the way they’ve handled it.”

As of now, the Coyote football team is focused on playing the 2021 slate of games and excelling to make it into the playoffs. The MVFC will play a full eight-game spring league schedule with the expectation to culminate the season with the FCS playoffs, according to the MVFC release.

“If we do have games and everything works out like it’s planned we just got to go out and execute as well as we can,” Vander Esch said. “Hopefully, we make it to the playoffs and go for the championship. Right now we just have to keep progressing to get us in a position where we can execute well, and dominate the spring.”

Changes to scholarships, eligibility, revenue

due to NCAA’s response to pandemic Madilyn Sindelar

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The women’s triathlon team practices their team biking skills near the Dakota Dome.

Triathlon staying motivated for championship hunt Bailey Zubke

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Coming fresh off a runner-up finish in the USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championship last season, the Coyote women’s triathlon team had high expectations for this season — until the season was canceled.

“All of us were kind of expecting it (the cancelation),” sophomore Cass Dalbec said. “It wasn’t too much of a surprise, but it was still upsetting because we all still want to race. We kind of saw it coming and now we are just hoping we can race in the spring.”

Dalbec finished tenth in the national championship last fall, behind four of her Coyote teammates. Leah Drengenberg placed third in the championship and is USD’s first All-American in triathlon. Dalbec said the focus for the team is to stay hungry for a national championship the next chance they get.

“That was a big thing our coaches talked about,” Dalbec said. “Just staying motivated through this off time we have.

We are really lucky we have a smaller school, so we are able to do time trials with the track and cross country teams and we are working with the swim team on trying to possibly have intrasquad meets.”

Dalbec and some of her teammates also compete in cross country, track and field or swim teams when triathlon is not in season. With the possibility of all sports competing in the spring, Dalbec said triathlon is the focus for her and her teammates.

“The main reason we (practice with other teams) in the spring when triathlon is not in season is then we have 20 hours with the track team and it goes with our sport and gives us another chance to compete which is awesome,” Dalbec said.

The triathlon team is still training 20 hours a week with coaches at the moment Dalbec said.

USA Triathlon and the College Triathlon Coaches Association are still considering the opportunity of a spring season, but that decision will be made at a later date.

The NCAA Division I council recommended, on Aug. 12, the Division I board of directors provides student-athletes affected by COVID-19 an extension of their five year period of eligibility. As well as, an additional season of competition if they participate in 50% or fewer competitions allowed in each sport.

David Herbster, USD Athletics Director, has been overseeing the COVID19 measures and precautions taken by the Coyote athletics teams. Herbster said this new recommendation affects all South Dakota athletes.

Based on the latest guidelines, the terms and conditions of financial aid the athletic department can’t penalize student-athletes that choose to opt-out of their season due to COVID-19.

“I can’t do anything to your financial aid this year whether you would actually be able to want to participate or not.

Which was our stance all along if they didn’t feel good about competing this year,” Herbster said.

However, the challenge has been communicating guidelines to the athletics staff and the student-athletes to help them

understand what their rights are and what they want, Herbster said.

While athletics scholarships and financial aid will remain the same for this school year, the following years will require unique ways to adapt to different scholarship needs and roster limits.

The question turns into how does athletics fund those extra scholarships, Herbster said.

“For example, (women’s) swimming gets 14 scholarships,” Herbster said. “So potentially that could mean for a year or two, they have to have 17 scholarships because you have people that want to come back. Well, then we have to determine where does that money comes from. And how do we fund that?”

Student-athletes who are negatively affected and want another year will have to make a decision between their coaches and families, Herbster said.

Another guideline USD athletics is waiting for is an NCAA recommendation for winter sports which is expected to come by mid-September.

Depending on the NCAA’s recommendation winter sports may potentially begin with a modified practice or competition schedule, Herbster said.

“We’ve been working with the university, our own athletic COVID group, the university’s COVID group and our legal counsel to help me to understand and maybe translate some of the stuff that comes out (from the NCAA),” Herbster said.

The Summit League athletic directors meet weekly to discuss all the information to create Summit League guidelines that are applied consistently across the conference, Herbster said.

“Everything is just so modified and so different that it really affects every sport and it will certainly affect the rest of campus,” Herbster said.

However, when it comes to a decision about suspending athletics or an athletic team due to a COVID-19 outbreak, it will come down to the Department of Health, Herbster said.

“We’ve actually talked about that internally and did not have a clear answer for that other than knowing any decision would ultimately get its approval from the President (Sheila Gestring), and certainly my recommendations,” Herbster said,” But it’s only in conjunction with the campus COVID task force and the Department of Health most of all.”

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The Coyote Crazies cheer on the football team during the 2019 Dakota Days game against Indiana State.

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CAB BUILDS COMMUNITY WHILE REDEFINING EVENTS AT USD Chloe Fullenkamp

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USD’s Campus Activities Board (CAB) is striving to create a community on campus amidst the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. CAB events are a staple of the welcome week experience at USD, but CAB is looking to redefine events and programs around campus.

Kate Solberg, president of CAB and junior marketing and management major, said last semester shaped how the executive board approached this fall.

“When we went home, one of the big tasks was what are we going to do when all the students are at home and how are we going to continue to create community,” Solberg said.

With the new safety precautions around campus, CAB worked to create a distinct feel at every one of their events.

“The biggest aspect of our events is that we want to be safe and socially distanced, but still create a community with the students,” Solberg said.

Kara Olson, Coordinator for Student Programs and Activities and advisor to CAB. Olson said the students of CAB are enthusiastic to continue giving students positive experiences at CAB events.

“One of the things that I love about my CAB students is that they are extremely driven to create community,” Olson said, “And they are conscious of all the safety factors this semester.”

One of the biggest challenges for CAB is that they have to be flexible with the changing times.

“All of the events are relying on what happens on campus based on the situation we are in,” Solberg said, “We are focusing on creating programs that can be taken home or shipped out to students.”

With events that are held on campus, the CAB executive board members are thinking of new ways to deliver the same event experience to students.

“We had to get creative as to what we would

define as a program and adapt that to what is safe for students,” Olson said.

Last week, CAB held their annual Build-ABuddy where students make their own stuffed animal.

This year, students were handed their materials directly from CAB members and were encouraged to take their buddy home instead of staying in the MUC. Every year, one of CAB’s biggest event is the Dakota Days Concert, according to Solberg.

This year, CAB is still trying to find ways to still give students a concert while staying safe.

“If we can have a concert, it will most likely be in the spring,” Olson said, “Right now, no one is going to want to stand six feet away because it takes away from the experience.”

Along with many aspects of the college experience, this semester presents challenges of no precedence, Solberg said.

“It is super frustrating knowing that any event can be changed at any moment,” Solberg said. “But with that said, we have to be flexible and accept changes as they come.”

Another way CAB is continuing events this year is by taking advantage of the green spaces across campus, Olson said.

“We want to be able to encourage social distancing, and by going outside, there is no restriction to our space,” Olson said.

Currently, CAB has plans to continue with events such as make your own mask and picnics over Labor Day Weekend, but, Olson said, all the events must be flexible.

“Right now, we can’t be confident in how COVID-19 is going to affect their events and we are going off of what we know is best practices for college campuses,” Olson said.

As the semester continues to move forward, CAB is promising to remain positive in any situation according to Solberg.

“It is going to be a fun year even though it’s going to be different. We are going to build community no matter what happens,” Solberg said.

To learn more about upcoming CAB events, visit their Facebook page.

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Campus Activities Board organizers help students fill stuffed animals during their Build-A-Buddy event in the MUC as part of their Welcome Week activities.

Choir adjusts to in-person, virtual classes Sara Cappiello

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Lauren Johnson | The Volante The Sound of USD continues to rehearse on the practice football field outside of the DakotaDome after the football season was postponed.

The Sound of USD’s fall season marches on without football Chloe Fullenkamp

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Though football has been cancelled for the 2020 season, the Sound of USD is still marching through their season. Marching bands and football games go hand in hand, but this year, USD’s marching band is looking forward to a season of new opportunities.

Todd Cranson, director for the Sound of USD, said that the marching band does not need sports to be great.

“Football and the marching band at USD do huge things to create a fun environment on our campus,” Cranson said, “but the marching band does not have to be attached to football in this situation.”

Coming to the choice that they would continue their season, Cranson said marching band relies on factors other than sports.

“We made the decision to keep (the season) and there are multiple factors within the choice. Academic requirements are huge because marching band is an academic class,” Cranson said, “If we don’t hold marching band, it could cause issues with degree requirements.”

Though the band will not be filling the Dome with their songs, Cranson is arranging opportunities on campus and around Vermillion for the band to perform.

“As I talked to administrators across campus, there was a lot of enthusiasm about having the band here and playing when the students get to campus to contribute to that collegiate atmosphere,” Cranson said.

When it comes to the students, Cranson said their willingness and enthusiasm are unmatched.

“The students are having a blast,” Cranson said, “It is the most energetic and the most willing to take challenges as they come out of any group I have ever worked with.”

Emily Muirhead, drum major and senior music education major, said that she is still excited for the season regardless of the circumstance.

“I am so happy to be back and making music,” Muirhead said.

To keep the students safe during their outside practices, the band has implemented mask policies along with their standard four-foot interval, which keeps the students seven and a half feet apart. Cranson said that these transitions have been exceeded by the students.

“I have yet to have an instance of non-compliance or complaints and we are outside in the heat and the sunshine, wearing masks and sweating,” Cranson said.

Carson Sehr, trumpet co-section leader and junior english major, said that this season marks a new era for the Sound of USD. “Arguably, our impact could be even wider now, going from just those who would attend the football games to now all students and community members in and around Vermillion,” Sehr said.

The Sound of USD is hoping to perform a Thursday night concert series and perform around different places in Vermillion, but the schedule has yet to be finalized.

“We hope to perform to help lift people’s spirits and to give a little sense of normality despite all the changes and precautions,” Cranson said.

With classes being delivered in hybrid and online format in addition to face-to-face classes, the music department is adjusting to the changes in place this semester, specifically those in the realm of vocal music.

Bruce Kelley, Interim Dean of the College of Fine Arts, said because singing is an efficient way to spread the virus, special precautions are being taken for vocal instruction courses.

“We are using all three modalities.

We have tried to maintain as many of our face-to-face courses as we could,” Kelley said. “The obvious challenge is to keep everyone as safe and healthy as possible, and that is uppermost in our minds.”

Many private voice lessons, Kelley said, have been moved to specially converted “Zoom rooms,” which allow students and instructors to be in separate rooms during their lesson but still communicate effectively.

In terms of the vocal ensembles at USD, there will be a mix of online and in-person meetings. The USD Chamber Singers will be meeting faceto-face, but with an altered rehearsal schedule and broken into smaller groups to maintain social distance.

For the USD Concert Choir and Men’s and Women’s Chorus, rehearsals will happen virtually.

Timothy Campbell, assistant music professor and choir director, said although this semester looks different, he’s still looking forward to working with students — even if it’s through a computer screen.

“This can be a semester of

incredible growth with increased individual feedback for dedicated students,” Campbell said. “We also want to demonstrate resilience during this challenging time and look forward to connecting with our students and championing the vocal arts regardless of the challenges that lie ahead.”

Even with the changes in place, Kelley said he’s still enjoyed interacting with students and faculty

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Wynie Mae’s bounces back from COVID Lexi Kerzman

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Wynie Mae’s AVEDA Salon & Spa has been open in downtown Vermillion for over a decade, but for nine weeks this spring, their doors were closed. Before the city of Vermillion officially mandated businesses closing during COVID-19 in March, Wynie Mae’s decided to close temporarily.

Bekki Engquist-Schroeder, owner and hairstylist at Wynie Mae’s, said while there was little known about COVID when they decided to shut down, she knew safety had to be a top priority.

“We all were kind of nervous and we just all talked about it a lot and tried to make sure that we were managing everyone’s comfortability levels appropriately,” EngquistSchroeder said. “Not everybody was as comfortable as everybody else with working.”

Right when students began coming back to Vermillion from spring break trips — trips to COVID-19 hotspots at the time — Engquist-Schroeder said they decided they had to close.

She said the risk of people traveling back from those destinations was too dangerous to stay open. Wynie Mae’s closed their doors one week before the city closed on March 23.

“There was just so little known about how to prevent this other than locking down, so we decided to close,” Engquist-Schroeder said. “We wanted to be proactive.”

After nine weeks, the salon was set to reopen. As more information became available, EngquistSchroeder said they were able to build guidelines to reopen to try and keep staff and customers as safe as possible.

Those guidelines included face masks for both parties. EngquistSchroeder said they have received both positive and negative feedback

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Bekki Engquist-Schroeder, owner and hairstylist at Wynie Mae’s

puts her customer’s and employee’s health first when deciding how to continue business during the pandemic. for their safety procedures. signed up for unemployment so they “We have had a couple people could focus on staying healthy. upset that we are requiring masks. In “I’m not gonna lie, it was nice to those situations, it’s political versus have time off,” Engquist-Schroeder fact,” Engquist-Schroeder said. “We said. “I did not want to be around will not waver on those guidelines” people with so much unknown about Having a father with cancer, COVID.” Engquist-Schroeder said keeping Going to the hair salon is customers and herself healthy is her considered a high risk activity as top priority. She said she will not help customers and stylists have to be customers who don’t follow safety closer than six feet apart for a long measures. period of time.

“None of us like (wearing masks), Engquist-Schroeder said she but we do it to keep each other worries about getting sick at work safe,” Engquist-Schroeder said. “It’s and not being able to see her dad, citizenship. It’s a social responsibility. but she said she worries more about If you’re not comfortable wearing a spreading it to customers. mask, then we’re just not the salon for “I worry about spreading it to you right now. ” guests. I worry about spreading it to Engquist-Schroeder said she my dad, I worry about a new mom and the rest of the stylists at Wynie taking it home to her baby,” EngquistMae’s missed their clients while being Schroeder said. “We might have five closed, but she actually enjoyed her clients a day or we might have 25 time away. She said having time to be guests a day in here and we are in home and relax during a very stressful contact with everyone.” time was beneficial for her and her Throughout everything, Engquistemployees.

Schroeder said she is just staying By being proactive from the positive. While it is not ideal, she beginning, Engquist-Schroeder said said the town is coming together and she was able to have all her employees growing as a community.