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ver the summer, Vermillion was named the 45th best college town to live in forever by CollegeRanker.com.

“Vermillion offers a great small town atmosphere with a metropolitan feel,” the site said in its description.

So what makes an ideal college town? The Volante spoke with leaders in economic development at the top college towns in the midwest as determined by the American Institute for Economic Research, which based its rankings off of 12 factors in the areas of student life, economic health, culture and opportunity.

Vermillion did not place in the top 75.

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Being a student-athlete at South Dakota is a full-time commitment.

DAVID HERBSTER, USD athletic director

USD to offer stipends to student-athletes

By Volante Staff Volante@usd.edu

The University of South Dakota Department of Athletics will now cover attendance stipends to student-athletes.

On Friday, the department said in a press release that stipends will be available for athletes from all 17 sports beginning with the 2016-2017 season.

In January, the NCAA adopted new rules which allow scholarships for athletes to include expenses beyond tuition and fees, including academic-related expenses, transportation and personal incidentals.

“Being a student-athlete at South Dakota is a full-time commitment and as such, it’s important that we support our athletes in any way we can,” said Herbster in the release.

The values of these benefits will cap at $4,145 per athlete, USD Athletics Director David Herbster said.

A total cost has not been decided upon, though he said the stipends will likely claim four to six percent of the athletics department $12-12.5 million budget.

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Malachi.Petersen@coyotes.usd.edu

The Vermillion Theater could be getting a significant boost from the USD Student Government Association for its renovations.

Senate Resolution #5, which calls for the donation of $20,000 to the Vermillion Downtown Cultural Association, was referred back to the Finance Committee for further discussion during SGA’s Tuesday night meeting.

Introduced by SGA President and VDCA board member Sami Zoss, the resolution would allocate the money from the SGA reserve fund to the VDCA to help with the purchase of a $42,000 new projector and sound system for the theater.

The reserve fund is composed of leftover General Activities Funds that have not been used by student organizations.

The average amount in unused funds is $20,000, but this year’s reserve fund has about

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Student Government Association President Sami Zoss speaks to

senators about a resolution that would donate $20,000 to the Vermillion Downtown Cultural Association to help pay for a $42,000 projector and sound system. $60,000.

“It’s like unused GAF, so instead of it just disappearing and it going somewhere, we still control it and it goes towards special projects,” Zoss said.

Over the summer, USD officials and members of the Ver-

million community started the VDCA to take on joint projects that benefit both USD and the city. One of the first items on the list was the purchase of both of Vermillion’s theaters, which were in danger of closing.

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Closed restaurants’ liquor licenses sitting in limbo

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University of South Dakota professors followed the flight of a stratosphere balloon in conjunction with the National Geographic society. They calculated the rate of ascension and the height reached.

Rumors about a new song book for college students caused a great stir. It was said that students needed good, energizing songs as recreation to give them a break from the seriousness of studying and doing school work.

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Greeks of possible assault, robbery

3. First monthly

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4. Greeks claim

increase in numbers with early recruitment

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Sophomores Ben Bemus, left, Gabby Metzger, center,

and Tyler Wilson, right, comfort each other during a memorial service for Brant Blaha on Sunday evening. Blaha, 19, drowned in the Missouri River while on a swimming trip with friends at Burbank Beach on Aug. 16.

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Tune into Channel 21 today at 5 p.m. for the first show of the semester, in which reporters take a look at campus safety and the new sculptures around campus, along with reactions to the indoor pool upgrades to the DakotaDome.

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Rumors of a liquor license transfer within the City of Vermillion have not reached City Hall, Vermillion City Manager John Prescott said.

“We have not had anybody submit paperwork to either transfer a license or to add a new license,” Prescott said. “We don’t have any of those pending before the city.”

In January, Maya Jane’s owner Todd Radigan told The Volante he was selling his liquor license and was advised to sell it for $125,000, but has not received enough interest in the license to pursue action with the city.

Because Chinese restaurant Chae’s closed this

summer, its malt beverage and wine licenses are up for grabs. They cost significantly less than the Maya Jane’s liquor license, however.

Former Chae’s owner Jessi Wilharm said her business spent around $1,000 per year for the two licenses.

“We will probably sell our licenses to the new business moving into our old spot,” Wilharm said. “It’s not a huge transaction. They’re not opening a full-scale bar or anything.”

Prescott said that liquor license transfers and applications typically require public hearings, background investigations and other steps before action is taken by the city council.

Including Chae’s, Vermillion has two on-off sale malt beverage licenses currently

sitting in limbo. Another former downtown restaurant, Raziel’s, has an unused license that could be used by another business.

The city can issue an unlimited number of on-off sale malt beverage licenses, but cannot issue another on-sale-retailer liquor license – which are what most downtown bars and restaurants qualify for. It includes selling hard liquor and malt beverages.

The state sets a limit that Vermillion has already exceeded, Prescott said.

Additionally, Vermillion citizens have twice previously voted to keep the number of off-sale package liquor licenses to one, leaving the Municipal Liquor Store as the only package liquor business in town.

University Housing bans e-cigs in residence halls

By Volante Staff volante@usd.edu

University of South Dakota housing has updated the community living policy to ban the use of electronic cigarettes and vaporizers in residence halls. “(They) have been known to set off fire detection equipment alarms which could result in evacuation

of the residence hall and disruption to your living environment,” University Housing said in an e-mail Wednesday.

Smoking was banned on campus in January 2013 under the Student Government Administration of president Alissa VanMeeteren.

The SGA considered in-

cluding electronic cigarettes in the smoking ban in the spring 2014 semester, but the conversation stalled.

The updated policy, which is effective immediately, applies to students in on-campus housing only. It is located in the Community Living Policy, which can be found at http://tinyurl. com/USDpolicies.

City of Vermillion Police Blotter >> August 30 - September 5

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methamphetamine incidents

Sept. 2 An officer stopped a person driving he knew was not licensed.

The woman was intoxicated and admitted she had consumed Adderall that was not prescribed to her. A syringe that was found in her possession tested positive for methamphetamine. She also didn’t have insurance.

She was arrested for DWI and was charged with multiple offenses.

Sept. 3 An officer stopped a man who was walking on the sidewalk with an open beer. He claimed not to have an ID and gave a name and date of birth that had a clean

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false identifications

record.

The officer couldn’t determine who the man was and chose to arrest him on the violation until he could be identified. Once arrested, his wallet was found, which showed that he had lied about his date of birth and given an incorrect name.

He had several warrants for his arrest in Minnehaha County, and was arrested.

Several prescription pain killers without a prescription were found in the man’s possession. He was charged with false information and possession of controlled substances in addition to the warrants.

underage consumptions

Sept. 4 During an arrest, an officer found a syringe and pipe, which later tested positive for methamphetamine. Additional charges were added to the arrest.

Sept. 5 An officer made contact with a woman who appeared to be intoxicated.

She provided a name and date of birth that indicated she was 21, but a routine records check showed that she was under 21.

She was arrested for false information and underage consumption.

Sept. 5

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DWI

An officer pulled over a vehicle that failed to stop at a stop light.

He could smell alcohol coming from the cab of the vehicle. Both the driver and passenger admitted to drinking.

The passenger was cited for underage consumption of alcohol.

Sept. 5 A caller reported that he had been assaulted.

He was hit in the face by an unknown man, and the victim said he believes the assault was motivated by his Middle Eastern heritage.

The incident is still under investigation.

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assault

A woman called and reported that an unknown man had come into her apartment and laid down on her living room couch.

The man had been drinking and told officers he thought he was in his friend’s apartment.

He was arrested for criminal trespassing.

Sept. 5 An officer saw a vehicle that was driving below the speed limit, stopping when it was not required, weaving inside its lane and striking the curb. The officer found that the driver was intoxicated and didn’t have insurance.

The driver was arrested.

Yankton County gets its own identifying logo Associated Press South Dakota’s Yankton County is finally getting its own identifiable logo.

The county has never had an official seal, but a new logo has been working its way onto letterhead and the halls of the Yankton County Government Center, the Yankton Press and Dakotan reported (http://bit.ly/1i8j7Wj ).

Brian Hunhoff, the Yankton County register of deeds, said the process began early this year when he was asked whether the

county has an identifying logo at all.

“My research indicated we did not,” he said.

“Some individual offices were using elements like eagles or the Meridian Bridge, but we had no seal or logo that represented Yankton County government as a whole.”

Government officials formed a committee and worked on several different concepts before presenting a design to the county commission. The concept was approved in August.

The logo’s abstract central image shows a sweep of land and water, which pays tribute to the county’s two rivers and four lakes, Hunhoff said. The logo also features a soaring eagle and the founding year of 1862.

County Commissioner Debra Bodenstedt said the idea was to help the county stand out.

“It was sort of an identity item,” she said. “I’ve attended meetings where the counties had seals.

You go to their websites and there’s always a seal.”

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There has been no splashy debut, just a soft open with the logo starting to appear on walls and letters, Hunhoff said.

“I believe the commission intends to hire a sign company to create a large emblem for the commission room,” he said. “I would like to see it added to the entrances or glass doors of our five county buildings. Someday you may see it on some of our county vehicles, although that won’t happen soon.”

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Juniors Brittany Scherman, left, and Abby Countryman paint and drink juice Tuesday during “Mocktails and Canvases.” Student Services graduate assistant Richard Polley said Student

Services puts on the free event as a way for students to become more involved on campus and earn Paw Points in the Muenster University Center. The next “Mocktails and Canvases” event will be Oct. 7.

NEWSBriefly CAMPUS

Center for Disabilites raises FASD awareness Bells rang in every time zone worldwide at 9:09 a.m. Sept. 9 as a reminder of the dangers of consuming alcohol during pregnancy on International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day.

USD’s Center for Disabilities had been sharing information about FASD prior to Sept. 9.

The Center for Disabilities worked with Face It Sioux Falls, March of Dimes and Prent Connection on an awareness campaign this year.

South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard joined other leaders in issuing proclamations for FASD

Awareness Day. For the nine months of pregnancy, a woman should abstain from alcohol.

USD professor awarded for research USD’s Becca Jordre, associate professor in the department of physical therapy, is the recipient of the 2015 Faculty Research Achievement Award by

the School of Health Sciences.

Jordre’s research focuses on the fitness of senior athletes who compete in athletic competitions.

Jordre has tested thousands of athletes while visiting various senior games at local, state and national venues since 2009.

STATE

Flinstones-themed park closes A “Flinstones”-themed park in Custer, SD closed after the Labor Day weekend, as a new owner will have to negotiate for the rights to keep using characters and scenes from the animated series.

Also a camping resort, the park sold for $1.5 million to hotel operator Custer Hospitality. The previous owner, Joe Speckels, operated the 62-acre theme park, drive-in and campground for nearly 50 years.

Custer Hospitality will officially take over the park on Sept. 15.

who haven’t signed up yet to do so.

“Many of (the hunters) apply during the South Dakota State Fair at the GFP booth, so we decided to extend the deadline to make sure hunters who have yet to apply for these seasons still have the time to do so,” Eide said.

NATION

Plane crashes over weekend kill 10

tests against him in recent weeks, but he said he feels safe enough to return to work.

“My staff and my patients support me and they want me back,” he said.

WORLD

Possible sanctions for Chinese cyber attacks

Three small plane crashes happened over Labor Day weekend, resulting in 10 deaths.

The crashes happened in Colorado, North Carolina and Oregon. The deadliest crash happened in Colorado when a small Cessna 310 went down by Telluride. All five people aboard were killed.

So far this year, 115 people have died in plane crashes from Jan. 1 to May 31. The National Transportation Safety Board said the vast majority of the deaths have been on personal-use aircrafts.

Sanctions against China for cyberattacks on the U.S. private sector could happen this week, though no final decision has been made, according to U.S. officials.

The potential sanctions package comes amid increased tensions between the two nations, including Beijing’s increasingly assertive national security posture.

The U.S. has spoken out against Chinese hacking for years, but has only seen more cyberespionage coming from Beijing.

The sanctions would be the first time the U.S. has enforced a tangible penalty on the country for the hacks tied back to Beijing itself.

on an African hunt went back to work Sept. 8.

Cecil the Lion was a fixture of the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe and was fitted with a GPS tracking device when he was shot outside of the park’s boundaries in late July by Minnesotan dentist Walter Palmer.

Palmer told the Associated Press and the Minneapolis Star Tribune on Sunday that the hunt was legal.

Palmer’s dental clinic has been the sight of pro-

Archaeologists say they have uncovered traces of larger stone monuments less than two miles from Stonehenge, the worldrenowned circle of columns in an isolated field in southwest England.

The Stonehenge Hidden Landscape Project team says it made the discovery beneath Durrington Walls, also known as “superhenge.” The row of up to 90 newly-discovered stones are believed to have been completed 4,500 years ago.

Lion hunter Hunting application goes back to work “Superhenge” deadline extended A hunter accused of ille- discovered in England South Dakota hunters gally killing a popular lion

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At-large junior senators, left to right, Logan Bullard and Michelle Novak stand next

to first-year senators Marcus Ireland and Maria Brady as they are sworn in during Tuesday’s Student Government Association meeting.

SGA Senate first-year, at-large seats filled

By Tatum Dean

Tatum.N.Dean@coyotes.usd.edu

Four students were sworn in to the Student Government Association Senate on Tuesday.

First-years Marcus Ireland and Maria Brady, and juniors Michelle Novak and Logan Bullard filled the Senate’s firstyear and at large seats, respectively.

SGA President Sami Zoss said she’s excited for a new perspective from the new senators.

“My favorite part about having new people on SGA is the new perspectives they bring,” Zoss said. “We all get a little complacent on how the group runs. They bring a new perspective on ways we can be more

transparent, more inclusive to the body, stuff like that.”

The inductees are excited to begin their career at SGA. “I’m excited to see how everything works,” Ireland said. “Being a firstyear, I’m still kind of in the dark on a lot of things so I’m excited to see it all unfold in front of me from this perspective.”

The new senators are also ready to bring their voice and ideas to the table.

“I’m just hoping to bring to the table a different voice that isn’t on SGA right now and to represent as much as possible of USD,” Novak said.

SGA has several plans to help integrate all new

senators into SGA. “We do meetings with the new members,” Zoss said. “The staff also tries to make themselves as available as possible to help the new members.

We are also looking into possibly pairing our firstyear seats with a senior member on the senate, that way they can ask questions during a meeting instead of after.”

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selected to join SGA were among 10 other first-year applicants and four atlarge applicants.

will have a little longer to apply for deer hunting seasons this year.

The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) is extending its online application for East River hunters to apply for Muzzleloader and Refuge deer hunting seasons throughout Sept.

9 at 8 a.m. The previous deadline was for Sept. 2.

Shon Eide, a licensing supervisor for GFP, said in a statement that the extension allows hunters

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SGA needs to gauge student interest before resolution vote The bond between USD and Vermillion is a unique relationship.

It’s a symbiotic relationship that in most instances has had a positive impact on the two entities, and will continue to do so. But in light of possible actions being considered by the Student Government Association, the bond between the city and the university may have gone too far.

SGA senators voted Tuesday night to refer a resolution calling for the donation of $20,000 from its reserve fund to the Vermillion Downtown Cultural Association to the SGA Finance Committee.

This is an effort that if passed will aid in the revitalization of the city’s two movie theaters by covering half the costs of a digital projector and sound system.

While USD’s overall involvement in the project to help save two of the city’s iconic downtown destinations is not necessarily a bad thing, the fact that SGA is donating a significant amount of money – nearly half of its reserve funds – to the cause is concerning in a some ways.

First, the money that makes up the SGA reserve fund comes from leftover student organization-allocated money. So basically if a student organization doesn’t spend the funds it was allocated by SGA for that year, that money goes back to SGA and into its reserve fund.

The money SGA allocates to student organizations through a budgeting process each spring comes from a portion of the general activity fee – something all students pay for each year as

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USD has partnered with the community movie theaters after a donation from the SGA reserves fund. This

will allow students access to movies and possible free tickets, however the donation came from the recent GAF increase. part of their tuition and fees.

So in the scheme of things, the SGA reserve fund is made up of student money. While the fund is in total control of SGA – and that’s OK – students should have a say in how SGA spends large sums of their money.

GAF funds are similar to paying taxes to the federal government – with the idea that USD is the government and students are the citizens. While citizens may not know exactly how their taxes are being spent, they can expect the money to be spent on things that will benefit

the country as a whole.

The idea here is USD students paid a general activity fee, and should expect that money to benefit the university in some way. Students may not exactly like how the money is being spent, but at the very least they know their money went to improve USD. Students pay a lot of money to attend USD, no matter how affordable it may be compared to other universities around the country, and it shouldn’t be up to students to fund projects that go beyond the university.

That’s not to say the university shouldn’t put forth financial resources to help the VDCA bring back to life the town’s movie theaters. It should – Vermillion and USD rely on each other.

But instead of using studentderived funds, it should fundraise independently and seek donations from private donors.

The second concern with SGA considering donating $20,000 to the VDCA is its lack of student outreach about both its actions, and its failure to properly gauge student interest about the

project.

Again, while SGA has every right to donate these funds, one of the founding principles of SGA is to serve students and represent their needs.

Is helping to save the town’s movie theaters a student concern? Maybe, but SGA hasn’t taken the necessary means to survey its constituency about what they think.

Prior to its $20,000 proposal to the VDCA, SGA used reserve funds to erect the Legacy Statue in front of Old Main. As part of that project, students had the option to vote for what statue they wanted to adorn one of the trademark views of campus.

The project was a campuswide discussion, and students got a chance to exercise their stake in the university’s image that will last for years to come.

Additionally, SGA President Sami Zoss serves on the VDCA board as a USD student representative. Being the SGA president and what the SGA represents, this appointment makes sense.

Because the SGA did not properly gather a consensus of student interest about the VDCA project, this failure also reflects on Zoss, who is supposed to be representing the interests of the entire student body on the VDCA board.

While the city and university have a unique bond, and each holds an important stake in the other’s future, students should not have to bear the burden of funding both a university and funding the well-being of a town.

Democrats trumping Republicans in race for 2016 JACOB SELGESTAD is a first-year majoring in Political Science.

When presidential candidates announce their candidacy for president, they are a much different candidate than they will be when Election Day actually rolls around.

Throughout the election cycle, candidates will adapt their stances on certain issues to boost their poll numbers. Although it’s still in its infancy, the 2016 presidential race features candidates adapting their positions, for both good and bad.

The Democrats have excelled in evolving their stances on issues. Currently the leading candidates are Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Both candidates have changed for the better due to the ideas being discussed among Democrats.

In August, Clinton rolled out

a proposed plan to make college more affordable for students. This plan was unveiled after Sanders’ proposed a debt-free college plan in June. Sanders’ plan was met with great enthusiasm, and because of this Clinton was forced to adapt her stance.

Sanders has also improved his candidacy by adapting to the demand of the public. Sanders had a speech shut down by Black Lives Matter protesters in Seattle.

They demanded Sanders clarify his stance on race. Shortly after, Sanders unveiled a detailed plan to combat racism on his website. Because of the issues being discussed in Democratic circles, the major candidates in the party have both substantially improved.

On the Republican side of the spectrum, Donald Trump has essentially become poison to conservative discourse. As the leading candidate, his ideas are the ones being discussed by Republican circles.

Some GOP candidates have been stooping down to his level.

For example, candidate Scott Walker seems to be trying to

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capitalize on the renewed sense of American xenophobia spurred

by Trump’s fear mongering.

While Trump expresses plans to build the so-called “Great Wall of Trump” along the Mexican border, Walker has deemed building a border wall along Canada is a “legitimate issue” which needs to be discussed.

Additionally, candidate Mike Huckabee said the Iran Nuclear Deal was “marching Israel to the oven,” in what can only be an effort to push Trump’s absurd statements out of the spotlight by being more disgusting than Trump is.

Healthy political discourse is not being achieved when candidates are racing to the bottom.

Other GOP candidates have come out in opposition to Trump. However, every time that a Republican uses their time to lambast Trump they choose not to discuss relevant issues. While it may benefit their campaign to oppose Trump, it does not benefit the American people.

Healthy political discourse is vital for a functioning democracy.

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Donald Trump is one of the Republican candidates for the 2016 presidential race. Trump, whose campaign, “Make America great again!” is currently leading the Republican polls.

If the Republicans hope to contend with the Democrats in 2016, they must respond to the issues the American people face. The Democrats have been able to effectively adapt and the

OVERHEARDS Here you’ll find the weirdest, funniest and stupidest things we’ve heard during the week. Context is for suckers.

“Queen Amidala can kiss my ass.”

“With pink fluffy unicorns dancing on rainbows?”

Republicans have crashed and burned.

Only time will tell if the Republicans can salvage the wreckage, or if they will allow it to continue to smolder.

In The Know & In The Dark IN THE KNOW: Chick-Fil-A workers are trained to respond with “my pleasure” when thanked.

IN THE DARK: If you say “the pleasure is mine” in a creepy voice they stare blankly and don’t thank you at all.

— Muenster University Center

“You should play RISK.” “You mean the game where you hole up in Australia and wait for everyone to screw themselves?”

— Muenster University Center

IN THE KNOW: This past weekend was Labor Day weekend.

IN THE DARK: A number of activities occurred in the area including LifeLight Festival and South Dakota and Minnesota State Fairs.

— Brookman Hall

IN THE K NOW: The first football game of the season was this past weekend.

IN THE DARK: The Coyotes kicked it off with a loss to Kansas State.

“But you wear the boxers in the relationship.”

“I need some place to hide my dick.”

IN THE K NOW: This year marks 14 years since the terrorist attacks Sept. 11.

IN THE DARK: Those who were born that year are now freshmen in high school.

“Pizza’s the way to my heart.”

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Miley Cyrus took hosting job too far at VMAs BREANA MCHUGH is a sophomore student majoring in Media and Journalism.

This year’s MTV Video Music Awards featured a night complete with scandals, drama and some risk-taking music. It was a night that might even be considered one of the award show’s biggest reveals yet.

For those who were witness to this TV event, it revealed a lot – in particular Miley Cyrus’s breasts. And while most of us, at least the 18, 19 year-olds and 20 somethings crave this sort of twisted and unexpected entertainment, what about those who aren’t so keen to see these things broadcast?

That is the one thing

that truly irritates me. I understand MTV can’t fully control who their audience is, yet you would think they would at least have some sort of filter when keeping in mind the younger generations watching this event.

This can have an adverse effect on the younger generation as they take what they see or hear and perceive it as something they should be doing to be cool.

So yes, MTV has gone too far, and the finale at the VMAs is an example as to why it was too much.

Referring back to Cyrus, not only was this once sweet, all-American girl the host of the show, she was also the final act of the night as she released her new song “Dooo it,” that will be featured on her upcoming album “Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz.”

The song featured the

lyrics, “yeah I smoke pot, yeah I love peace,” followed by vulgar language. Peace might be a good message to send to the younger generation, but marijuana probably isn’t.

When I was in my early teens, I, too, was listening to Cyrus, who was a very different person than she is today I might add. Those of us who grew up watching Hannah Montana know the kind of person she once was.

With this newfound Cyrus still being so popular today, I imagine the younger generation is still listening to her. I also imagine what she sings about can have an impact on these kids.

The Liberty Voice voiced this idea in a 2014 article about Cyrus when it states, “she is handing over bad moral values to the younger generations.”

These artists should be better role models to

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Miley Cyrus was the host for the Aug. 31 Video Music Awards on MTV. their fans and not promote

activities such as smoking

marijuana.

United States should be more welcoming to refugees ALLIE KNOFCZYNSKI is a first-year majoring in media and journalism.

A world crisis is washing itself upon shore – literally.

The photo of a drowned Syrian boy is one that will be immortalized across the globe. As Syria continues to rage in violence, it’s about time the United States took a lesson from its international neighbors and opened its borders to displaced Syrian refugees.

By airlifting even just a limited number of Syrians to the United States, we are not only benefitting refugees, but we are also benefitting the rest of the world and America itself.

According to The Guardian, half of

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A world crisis is washing itself upon shore literally.

Syria’s population has been displaced since demonstrations against Assad’s regime began in 2011. This is equivalent to relocating 160 million Americans from their homes.

Syrians are doing everything they can to evacuate themselves from their dangerous conditions, even if that means dying

in the process. Let’s also not forget that 1 in every 5 Syrians lives in poverty, and a Syrian’s average life expectancy is now only 56 years old.

Giving Syrians a safer option for leaving their homeland will undoubtedly improve these grim statistics.

All people, no matter their ethnicity or situation, deserve the chance at a fulfilling life that is more than trying to survive another day.

Because the U.S. has yet to take decisive action, Europe and countries neighboring Syria have already received overwhelming numbers of refugees seeking refuge. As people rush into these areas, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to manage the overflowing borders.

Dispersing the refugees evenly throughout many nations eases any burden of financially supporting all of these refugees and

could potentially generate better relationships among accommodating countries.

Perhaps lending a helping hand in this situation will prevent future conflicts like the terror in Syria.

Paying for airlifts and resettlement support for thousands of refugees sounds costly, but choosing to intervene will ultimately boost our own economy.

History and research shows that immigration provides increased wages to foreigners and neutrally or even positively affects native workers. Also, the prices for services offered by immigrants decreases, and, according to Vox, more women are able to enter the workforce.

Furthermore, helping refugees in this capacity is less violent and expensive than using military tactics in the Syrian battleground.

If making humanitarian efforts has nothing but positive effects for all parties involved, weighing this issue

Registered Refugees currently in surrounding countries

Lebanon

Sweden

1.1 million registered refugees

80,000 registered refugees

Jordan

France

629,266 registered refugees but expected 1.4 million within the next year

Turkey 1.9 million registered refugees

Italy 110,000 registered refugees

Australia

24,000 expected refugees within the next year

Britain 20,000 expected refugees within the next year Information provided by the LA Times

4,400 registered refugees

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seems absurd.

This political, economic and moral debate is one that requires immediate attention. Syria’s struggles are not fading away and, in ways, are escalating.

We must use our roles as worldly citizens and

insist on accepting Syrian refugees, the sooner the better.

Instead of seeing pictures of human life succumbing to hostility, let’s adopt a plan that promotes pictures of prosperity and peace.

Downtown parking rules cause headaches for many KATIE MCGUIRE is a senior majoring in media and journalism.

It’s Friday night, and you are all dressed up and ready to go downtown to the bars and socialize with your fellow Coyotes.

The first decision, and perhaps the most important, is whether or not to drive and park downtown.

While walking to and from one’s residential area raises questions of safety, driving is nearly impossible because it is ultimately illegal to park downtown between the hours of 2 and 6 a.m. – which could possibly encourage drunk driving if people don’t plan ahead and either sober up or get a ride from a friend.

Now, this may seem like a stretch, but think about it. You avoid the dangers of walking downtown by driving, and then you head in to the bars to enjoy your evening, but have to

remember to move your car.

Anyone who has spent a night on the town knows there is a very good chance you drink more than you should, and as D.A.R.E. has always told us, drinking and driving is illegal and can lead to all sorts of bad outcomes.

As someone of age and who occasionally enjoys a night out with my friends, it’s truly a hassle to plan out what to do with my car.

The simple solution?

Just walk – but this poses dangers of its own.

Vermillion is by no means is a danger-infested town, however in the past three years I’ve been here, there have been assaults (sexual and physical), break ins and people getting jumped – three great reasons to carry pepper spray with me.

So my other option is to get a ride with someone or drive myself.

Say I choose the latter and drive my car. I find a great spot next to my favorite bar and join my friends for a casual drink.

Maybe it turns into more, maybe it doesn’t, but I am the sort of

drinker one would deem paranoid and would feel uncomfortable driving my vehicle after one drink. In turn, I end up getting a ride home from a friend or the City’s transportation bus, otherwise known as the drunk bus, and I get home safely and fall asleep to Netflix – great night right?

Wrong.

My car is parked in an area with a restriction of a four hour period that normal people sleep through, where I have a high chance of getting ticketed or towed. I’d rather not spend the next day finding my car and figuring out why in the world I got ticketed for making a responsible choice.

I’m not even sure why that sign is there.

Is the sign placed there to refrain from overcrowding?

Because if the party doesn’t start until after 2 a.m., I’ve been doing college all wrong.

Kidding aside, I cannot find a legitimate reason why this is a needed traffic regulation. No Google search or racking my brain has resulted in a solution.

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Signs of parking regulated hours are posted on Main Street in downtown Vermillion.

However, in conversation I’ve discovered some cities use this time period to clean the streets. If this is true in Vermillion, do they do this every night? Just on weekends? What exactly is the need for these signs.

Let’s take a step back.

What if I’m not drinking

and simply want to hang out with my friends downtown or at an event? I still have the annoying responsibility in my head reminding myself to move my car in time.

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All I’m saying taking away the sign can leave students feeling safer and more willing to make the trip downtown and enjoy the nightlife.

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USD receives grant which aids Native American students interested in medical field

By Tatum Dean

Tatum.N.Dean@coyotes.usd.edu

The Sanford School of Medicine has received a $446,761 grant to provide guidance and aid to Native American high school students interested in the medical field.

Funded by the National Workforce Diversity Pipeline Program, the grant will be awarded to two juniors and two seniors at Red Cloud High School on the Pine Ridge Reservation and Wagner Community School on the Yankton Indian Reservation.

The grant helped kickstart the first-year of the medical school’s Native American Healthcare Scholars Program, which has been in development for several years.

“The intent is to increase the diversity of the workforce and we selected healthcare,” Gerald Yutrzenka, associate dean for diversity and inclusion at the USD medical school, said.

“The idea is to diversify the healthcare workforce and we’ve been very much involved with

representing the Native American peoples in healthcare.”

Students who receive this grant will be paired with a counselor representing USD, who will guide them through the process.

The grant will last for five years and will only be offered to students in Redcloud and Wagner.

Applications will open up

by December and grant recipients will be chosen this spring.

“What we will do is work with them, along with their teachers and counselors, to help advise them towards careers in healthcare and also provide some mentoring and build their interest in what they want to do,” Yutrzenka said.

The medical school has also made it a goal to keep in touch with the recipients’ families.

“We have found that getting the support from family back home is huge, especially in the Native population where it is very family oriented,” said Indians Into Medicine Program Coordina-

tor Kathy Van Kley. “What we are going to do is work with the families of these students, bring the family to campus and try to explain to them how important their support is.”

Van Kley, who works with high school students on the reservations, said the grant will have positive results.

“It’s personally important to me because when I go out and work on the reservations, I work with so many amazing and smart kids,” Van Kley said. “The trials that they go through to go to school is something that is not comparable. I really believe that these kids will go back to the reservations one day and help make things right there.”

For Yutrzenka, the grant is a way to get one step closer to achieving diversity in the medical field.

“I’m the associate dean for diversity at the medical school, so these kind of efforts are a part of what we as a medical are trying to accomplish,” Yutrzenka said.

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Gerald Yutrzenka, associate dean for diversity and inclusion, works at his desk in the Lee Medical Building. Yutrzenka is one of the professors involved with the $446,761 grant.

“More personally, I have been working with Native American students and the like for about 25 years and have had several efforts over the years to reach out to medical students to gain this kind of exposure.”

Physiology professor

Barbara Goodman, who is involved with Native American students and research careers in the medical school, said the grant will take recruiting students one step further.

“Once we recruit students, the retention part seems to be a problem,”

Goodman said. “We need to have follow through with the students so that they will adjust better to a different culture and being away from family. It is something that we are trying to better here at USD and this will help.”

$1.1M grant to benefit underrepresented students

By Eden Hemmingson

Eden.Hemmingson@coyotes.usd.edu

Both high school and college students will benefit from a $1.1 million grant for the expansion of student support services.

Awarded by the U.S. Department of Education, USD’s TRIO Student Services programs received the grant over the summer, which will provide a variety of resources for students over the next five years.

The grant will be used to expand education and educational services for students with academic need, Vice President of Student Services and Dean of Students Kim

Grieve said.

T R I O Student Services, a program dedicated to helping students GRIEVE complete their secondary education, will use the grant money for tutoring, academic advising, learning strategy workshops, individual attention, economic literacy, FAFSA and scholarships for students with disabilities or low-income.

TRIO Student Services covers three student programs based at USD: Upward

Bound, Educational Talent Search and now Student Support Services.

Upward Bound is a group that helps high school students from low-income families get on the right track for college and college graduation. The Educational Talent Search seeks out disadvantaged kids who show academic promise and help them prepare for college by assisting them through the financial aid and admission processes.

The grant will allow both programs to offer more support to students who need assistance.

“I am very excited that we

Medical call ‘blown out of proportion,’ VPD says

By Ally Krupinsky

Ally.Krupinsky@coyotes.usd.edu

Previous reports of an alleged assault on Sept. 4

by The Volante are incorrect, as the incident was simply a medical call.

The incident has been “blown out of proportion,” Vermillion Police Department chief Matt Betzen said.

There are no witnesses, footage or any other evidence that points to an assault or anything criminal in nature, BETZEN Betzen said.

The student, who had been drinking, doesn’t remember any altercation before losing consciousness, nothing was stolen from his person and there was no physical trauma to indicate anything other

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Zoss said the downtown area is a huge selling point for USD, and by improving it, more students may want to enroll.

“The more we can sort of keep it upbeat and vibrant and active, I think the more students you’ll see wanting to come here for the atmosphere Vermillion provides as well as the atmosphere USD provides,” she said.

VDCA board member and USD Dean of Students Kim Grieve said there are many donors who have contributed to the project so far. Last week, the VDCA received a $10,000 grant from the Bush Foundation for the project.

“The board came to the university to ask for support to really be able to make the theaters go and go in a fashion that would be exciting for the commu-

than falling down, Betzen added.

An email that was sent to sorority and fraternity leaders Friday afternoon

by Lambda Chi Alpha President Nicholas Bratvold included conflicting reports. The email stated the incident was not alcohol related, it was “likely” an assault, that $40 was missing from the fraternity member’s wallet and that he received blunt force trauma to the back of the head.

Betzen said though Bratvold was on the scene “after the fact” and may have heard officers discussing the possibility of an assault, he likely made assumptions too soon.

“I suspect he’s just misunderstanding the way an investigation progresses,” he said, and added that “people fill in the information they don’t have.”

Betzen went on to say that if any evidence point-

ing to an assault were to come to light, VPD would pursue it. But for now, those claims can’t be substantiated.

“If there’s some evidence (Bratvold) knows, we’d love to see it,” Betzen said.

Stress and concern for his friend may have also contributed to the conflicting information, Betzen said.

“I don’t feel that I can comment at this time without more information,” Bratvold said over the phone.

The student, whose name hasn’t been released, denied requests from The Volante for an interview.

Betzen requested that if anyone has any information that indicates a different set of circumstances to contact VPD.

nity, USD, students, faculty and staff,” Grieve said.

So far about $160,000 has been raised for the project, $50,000 of which came from a pledge from the USD Foundation.

Other renovations that still need to be completed in both theaters include a new facade and new seating.

Grieve said the goal of the project is to add to the vibrancy of the community and strengthen the relationship between the community and the university.

Students will be able to get tickets to the theaters at a discounted price, and will be able to hitch a ride downtown for shows during the winter.

“We’ll be having some vans that will pick students up and take them down and bring them back as well,” Grieve said.

VDCA board member and USD associate professor of Political Science Betty Smith also spoke to

senators about the importance of the theaters at Tuesday night’s meeting.

“Our view from the very beginning was that if we lost those theaters downtown we would create this big, gaping hole downtown and it would be much harder to attract students and faculty to come and be part of our community if our downtown was deteriorating and had these big gaps in the street front,” she said.

Smith said she sees the Vermillion Theater becoming an event center that will show films as well as host film festivals, bands and academic discussions.

“It would include a stage, smaller numbers of seats but more comfortable seats, a really nice concession stand (and) a little more social space,” she said.

After being discussed more in the Finance Committee, the resolution could be passed next week.

have it back,” Upward Bound Director Calvin Krogman said. “USD was not funded in the previous competition five years ago.”

Grieve and Student Services Jump Start Adviser Michael Suing were the primary writers of the 50-page grant proposal that would help Student Services and its sister programs.

“Dr. Grieve began working on the grant proposal in the fall of 2014, prior to my involvement. I was brought on in early January specifically to assist in writing the proposal,” Suing said. “Dean Grieve and I worked on the project throughout the

month for a submission date in early February.”

Grieve and Suing needed to achieve a perfect score to be awarded the grant. The readers reviewing the proposals wanted a recipient that expressed the greatest need for support services on their campus the most completely, Suing said.

“In order to receive a perfect score, we demonstrated the need for this program on USD’s campus, proposed how we would implement the program,” Suing said “Then we explained a plan of evaluation that would reflect how the proposed interventions supported students in

maintaining good academic standing, persisting from year to year, and ultimately, graduating.”

The Student Support Services Program is still being set up, and is in need of a director. The grant funds these positions as well as tutoring and mentoring positions.

“Once the director is on board, they will hire the personal career counselor as well as the academic skills coordinator,” Grieve said.

“Then we will immediately get that information out to students through all of our sources, through email, the white boards and social media.”

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USD searches for funding for new supercomputer

By Rachel Newville

Rachel.Newville@coyotes.usd.edu

The University of South Dakota’s supercomputer, an advanced research tool for professors and graduate students, will be replaced by early 2017.

Plans for a new campus supercomputer have been in the works since the South Dakota Board of Regents awarded USD with a $200,000 Research and Development Innovation grant.

The purchase will be a better, faster computer that will allow for more research opportunities and will be compatible with more types of software.

USD’s current supercomputer is used for research projects on molecular modeling, statistics and other experiments that aren’t possible in a classroom, Research Computing Manager Doug Jennewien said.

“We like to look at is as an instrument the scientists use,” he said.

The supercomputer is located in the Universi-

ty Data Center in Slagle Hall. It’s about the size of two refrigerators and JENNEWEIN is full of computers shaped like pizza boxes.

USD has been looking for funding for a new supercomputer over the past year, Jennewien said.

He hopes they’ll be able to use the $200,000 grant to help get more grants for an ideal budget between $400,000 and $600,000.

The goal is to start designing a base model with a $200,000 budget, and then architect a model with any additional funding, Jennewien said. Purchasing will begin in mid2016 and the computer will be implemented on campus in early 2017.

The new machine will be more user-friendly and offer many more research opportunities, Jennewien said.

When a new user gets

an account with USD’s current supercomputer, he or she must learn how to work a system completely run by code, no browser, no help button and not even a mouse.

The new computer will allow the IT department to install software to make the learning curve easier for new supercomputer users.

Wendi Sapp and Adam Erck are both USD graduate students that have been using the supercomputer regularly. Sapp has been using the supercomputer for about two and a half years and Erck three and a half.

“I use the supercomputer for everything I do, and wherever I end up in my career I will be doing the same thing,” Sapp said.

While the current system allows students to do research they normally couldn’t, there are still limitations. Sapp, for instance, has to use other government supercomputers for larger projects within her computational

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A new supercomputer similar to the one above is set to be purchased by the University of

South Dakota with the aid of a $200,000 Research and Development Innovation grant. chemistry research.

“I’m excited for a new computer so I can do more in one place,” Sapp

said.

Erck said he’s excited for more possibilities as well.

“Once you have more

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the process and the formula,” Herbster said.

The total amount will likely change from year to year, he added.

The stipends are not exclusive to athletes who receive full-ride scholarships. The amount athletes receive will be dependent upon the number of credits they’re enrolled in, as well as how much financial aid they’re already receiving, Herbster said.

The funds used to pay for the student stipends are all externally-raised dollars, not

By Mason Dockter

Mason.Dockter@coyotes.usd.edu

For the past year, a group of Vermillion residents has taken it upon themselves to promote sustainable practices within the community.

“Greening Vermillion” is a nonprofit environmental organization whose goal is to become a resource for all “green” events, news and activism in the city.

“When anybody wants to look up something about Vermillion that might be environmentally friendly, we want to have that (information) available for them,” Executive Director Susan Port said. “We want to create sustainable practices in Vermillion, and really educate people about what that means.”

Port said the group’s mission is “to make Vermillion the greenest little city in South Dakota.”

A few events planned for Earth Day 2014 that quickly turned into a week’s worth of local activities are what led to the start of the organization.

The group became an official nonprofit in September 2014.

The board of directors is composed of seven members: USD sustainability professor Meghann Jarchow, USD student Morgan Appley, and community Maggie Pettersen, Jim Heisinger, Alice Alexandrescu, Matt Lavin and Rich Braunstein.

“I have a very supportive board who is helping me build the organization,” Port said.

“They’re very involved.”

Among the more notable projects Greening Vermillion has undertaken are the “Bring Your Bag” campaign and the “Visioning Project.”

Port said Bring Your Bag encourages local consumers to use reusable shopping bags instead of disposable ones in an effort to reduce plastic and

experience in an area you are always going to want to try more complicated things,” he said. student fees or institutional dollars.

Herbster said he thinks the additional financial assistance is important because student athletes rarely have enough time to work a part or full-time job, even in the summer.

“We’ll always do everything we can here for student athletes,” Herbster said.

USD’s announcement comes after the University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University recently announced they would also be offering cost of attendance for athletes. The announcement also makes USD the first college in South Dakota to offer the stipends.

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Greening Vermillion, a sustainability organization, says they will host multiple events to make the community more knowledgeable about renewable resources and being earth-friendly.

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We want to create sustainable practices in Vermillion, and really educate people about what that means.

Susan Port, executive director of Greening Vermillion paper waste.

“We’re trying to work with the business community so that we’re all trying to reduce (disposable) bag usage together,” board member Morgan Appley said.

Bring Your Bag is one of the group’s largest efforts, and Port said that anyone interested in volunteering in the campaign is welcome.

The group is hoping to do public outreach and education events about reducing disposable bag waste in the

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future.

The Visioning Project, which is still in the planning stages, will collect input from Vermillion locals to help guide a larger scale environmental project.

“We’re doing a quite a few events and we’re saying, ‘If you could dream as big as you could dream, what would you envision Vermillion to look like?’” Port said.

No specific events have been planned for the project yet.

“It’s really just to get a feel for where we need to go as an organization, and whatever comes out of Visioning will steer part of the direction of our organization,” Appley said.

The group has already secured a grant from the South Dakota Community Foundation and has teamed up with United Way to help further the Visioning Project.

Sustainability on campus USD’s Sustainability Club is another

organization that promotes “green” activism and education.

The club meets every other Thursday at 5 p.m. on the second floor of the Muenster University Center, club president Emily Hattouni said.

“This year we hope to include many more volunteer opportunities for students to get involved with, along with regular meetings to discuss issues of sustainability,” Hattouni said.

The club will also be tabling in the MUC weekly to try to get 1,000 student signatures in support of “Coyotes for a Comprehensive Recycling Program”– an initiative for a campus-wide recycling policy.

The group is also planning to have guest speakers deliver talks on topics such as composting and papermaking, and is planning a trip to Spirit Mound on Sunday.

The club’s next meeting is set for Sept. 17.

I feel good about it, it’s awesome.

Jacob Warner, junior

They already get paid enough, they don’t need more.

Katherine Adam, sophomore

I love it.

Nickel Meyer, first-year

Based on what athletes go through on a day to day basis, it’s worth it.

Paul Kloos

It’s a bit ridiculous, we’re not that good of a DI school.

Jordan Jones, junior

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A turn of the century immigrant violinist overlooks the National Music Museum Sept. 8. The museum was called ‘an unlikely

eden in South Dakota’ in the Sept. 3 issue of the New York Times.

“Against the odds of geography, money, attendance and attention (the National Music Museum) has one of the largest and most important collections of historical instruments in the world,” said Zachary Woofle, NYT’s classical music editor.

The bronze statue was sculpted by Michael R. Tuma and is located in the Townsley Courtyard on East Clark Street.

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Vermillion Nate Welch, executive director of the Vermillion Area Chamber and Development Company, said hard work from the past few years has led to some noticeable changes in the community.

“I think what makes Vermillion a good college town is the mixture of the personality and the uniqueness that a small community can provide,” he said.

The businesses Welch is looking to attract are in the healthcare, sciences, insurance, transportation and warehousing sectors.

Retail, however, is not something they actively recruit to Vermillion.

“It does add value, but it’s not something we go out and chase,” Welch said.

He added that businesses like manufacturing and healthcare pump money into the economy, bring jobs and in turn, bring people to the community.

Retail and food don’t contribute as much to the local economy, but do add value, Welch said.

As for coffee shops, Welch said Vermillion is lucky to have the uniqueness of Cafe Brule and Latte Da, as opposed to chains or franchises.

There are franchises

looking at coming to Vermillion, but Welch said he cannot disclose which ones.

Welch said businesses are often just as concerned about the right timing and the right location when looking to expand.

A common misconception is that businesses can’t sustain themselves in Vermillion while USD students are gone during the summer, but according to state tax numbers – that isn’t necessarily the case.

Gross retail sales tax numbers do fall during the months of March and August according to Fiscal Year 2014 data, but not tremendously. Sales were highest during the months of September and October.

Iowa City Iowa City, Iowa, is ranked fourth on the AIER 2015 college destination index nationally. Andre’ Wright of the Iowa City Development Group said he attributes its success to Iowa City’s diversity.

“There’s a lot of diversity in between cultures,” he said. “There is a lot of different cultures, they have things to support those cultures.”

Iowa City’s population was 82 percent white in the 2010 U.S. Census, while Vermillion’s was more than 90 percent.

Retail and dining options are vital to

getting businesses that will support a community economically, Wright said.

“The community has to raise the profile first,” Wright said, “because businesses need people to thrive.”

Raising the profile doesn’t necessarily mean adding chains or franchises, he added.

Fargo-Moorhead In Fargo-Moorhead, N.D., it’s all about having plenty of options for the 30,000 students that make up this college town, Lisa GullandNelson, vice president at Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation, said.

“We have fun restaurants, coffee shops and bars, and we have great shopping with a mall and plenty of boutiques,” she said.

Fargo is also just 30 minutes from Minnesota’s lake country, which provides plenty of outdoor options.

Gulland-Nelson said the companies within Fargo also provide opportunities for internships and full-time employment.

“We also have a growing entrepreneurial community which is connecting more students with opportunities to take their ideas and turn them into a business,” she said.

Fargo ranked sixth

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Gross Taxable State Sales in Vermillion from August 2014-July 2015. Data provided

by the South Dakota Department of Revenue. In-depth data chart at volanteonline.com. nationally as a college town.

Grand Forks Grand Forks, N.D., which ranks 17th on the AIER list, focuses on partnerships with the university and the town.

“Strong community partnerships are an important part of the equation to build strong college towns,” Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corporation CEO Klaus Thiessen said.

Those partnerships are being emphasized more and more in

Vermillion, something Welch said has been in the making for years.

The Vermillion Cup Club and the Vermillion Downtown Cultural Association are both examples of that emphasis, as they both are new to the community this year.

The Vermillion Cup Club is a joint campaign between USD and the city that provides discounts to students and their families when cups are brought to any participating Vermillion business.

The VDCA, another alliance between the university and community, is supporting the revitalization of Vermillion’s downtown movie theaters.

As Vermillion continues to grow, Welch said the Vermillion Area Chamber and Development Company wants to hear from community members and students about businesses they would like to see come to town.

“As Vermillion continues to grow we want to hear from people,” Welch said.

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Magical spells and exploding kittens might seem like a unlikely combination, but for members of the Games and Mindless Entertainment Society (GAMES), it’s part of a night of fun on the second floor of the Muenster University Center.

The stress of schoolwork can become a burden, and GAMES aims to offer a getaway from those stresses in an environment for students to gather, relax and have fun. “(Students) just enjoy the time, have a study break, socialize,” GAMES Adviser David Alexander said. “There isn’t any meeting per se, people just show up and start playing games.”

The club meets every Wednesday at 6 p.m. to spend their evening playing games both new and old.

These games can range from tabletop card games such as Magic: The Gathering or Exploding Kittens, to computer games including Minecraft or Surgeon Simulator.

“I didn’t think board games were still a thing,” said senior Katarina Hammoud, the club’s president, about the first time she heard about the club. “But they are alive and well.”

GAMES encourages members to bring their own games.

In the past, students have

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Games and Mindless Entertainment Society members Andrew Smith, left, a first-year, and Levi Blanchard, also a first-year, play the game Magic: The Gathering. GAMES club members can bring in their own games to teach to other students how to play them. brought gaming consoles and hooked them up to a projector, as well as connected computers to each other through a Local Area Network for multiplayer competitions.

“People just bring (games),” Alexander said.

He said Wednesdays usually yield a group of about 50 students who gather to socialize and engage in games.

First-year student Morgan Shaffer was among the crowd of students playing games Sept. 2.

This was only his second week attending, and one of his first impressions was how welcom-

ing the club was for new students.

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Shakespeare Garden renovations complete

By Cheyenne Alexis

Cheyenne.Alexis@coyotes.usd.edu

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Professor Andrew Leventis shows two students an example of a painting of two vases. Besides general education and an undergraduate degree in art, Leventis also studied in London for graduate school.

Painting professor’s past brings color to art department’s painting program

By Eden Hemmingson

Eden.Hemmingson@coyotes.usd.edu

Every great painting is made of countless brush strokes, each adding color to the canvas. The result is a masterpiece filled with new techniques and colors.

Like these paintings, USD’s newest painting professor, Andrew Leventis, has a colorful background of his own to guide his student artists.

After graduating high school in Charlotte, N.C., Leventis went on to earn general education credits at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo. Once he realized he wanted to pursue a career in art, he studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago for his undergraduate degree.

“I was there for three years, and then I took a couple years

off and I went to London for grad school,” Leventis said.

“I’d always been angling to go to London and trying to figure out how I could get there.”

While talking with his significant other, who received a grant to complete a one-year teaching fellowship in London, they figured out how to cut the cost of living expenses so Leventis could get his masters degree while his partner did the teaching fellowship.

“I did a one-year degree at Wimbledon College of Art – it was an art-writing degree – and then from there I did the two-year masters at Goldsmiths,” Leventis said.

Goldsmiths is a part of the University of London. After finishing his studies at Goldsmiths, Leventis moved back to North Carolina before accepting an art residency in

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I’d always been angling to go to London and trying to figure out how I could get there.

Andrew Leventis,

USD painting professor Mexico called Xochi 360.

Art residencies are opportunities for artists to live and work away from what they

Situated to the west of Pardee Laboratory are the roses and herbs found in the long-perfomed works of William Shakespeare.

Over the summer, the greenery of the Shakespeare Garden underwent changes.

Darlene Farabee, chair of the English department, said the garden’s purpose is to showcase plants from Shakespeare’s plays, but South Dakota’s climate hinders some of the plants’ ideal growing conditions.

The garden could not have been redone without the help of USD’s Facilities Management.

“They were kind enough last spring to meet with me just to tell me about the plans that they had and the plants they were ordering,” Farabee said.

Facilities Management made sure to order flowers and plants that would sustain harsher conditions to keep it alive longer, rather than having to replant every season.

“They (facilities) did a really wonderful job,” Farabee. “They really carefully researched it to make sure they were all varieties that would be able to live over the winter.”

Though Facilities Management takes care of the garden, Farabee said the English department keeps track of the garden as well.

Farabee took an interest in the garden because of the unique way someone can view the plants.

“I think the garden is particularly nice because it’s one of the only gardens on campus that is set up so you can walk into it amongst the plants,” she said.

Christopher Lozensky, an English professor, said the garden correlates to the vision that USD has for its liberal arts program.

“Because USD is a liberal arts institution, and we take our mission as a liberal arts institution seriously … I will say I think it shows that dedication in a way that everyone who works and studies here can, and in my opinion should, appreciate,” Lozensky said.

Besides flowers, such as roses – which are famously recognized from a passage from Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” – Farabee said there are many herbs included in the garden.

The herbs, which include mint, parsley and rosemary, can also be found in plays such as “King Lear” and “Hamlet.”

English professor Joseph Raiche took notice to the garden’s upgrades, and said despite the garden’s beauty, he would like to see it in front of a building such as Old Main, which would better represent USD’s liberal arts program, and allow for more seating for more people to enjoy the garden.

Raiche also said he would like to see outdoor performances take place near the garden, as they would showcase the new renovations and convey the department’s homage to some of literature’s most recognized poets.

“It’s kind of a peaceful place and it’s a beautiful campus,” he said.

Farabee said the garden’s summer work was well-thought out and ultimately worth it.

“It’s really lovely. I’m delighted with the work they’ve done on it,” she said.

Lozensky also appreciated the educational value the garden provides.

“It makes sense that it’s a Shakespeare garden, because whether you’re a seasoned expert in the field of English or not, Shakespeare is an important author that people will recognize,” he said. “And I think, again, that echoes the importance of liberal arts here at USD.”

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Music award shows contain unnecessary drama KATIE MCGUIRE is a senior majoring in media and journalism.

One of my favorite past times in college is gathering with friends to watch various award shows throughout the year while sharing a pizza on a dull Sunday night.

We make our predictions, argue if the winner deserved the award or not and live-tweet

the shocking moments of each show.

While funny at first, it seems like award shows, such as the MTV Music Awards, try harder every year to shock their audiences.

I no longer watch the MTV Music Awards because it’s no longer about the music and rewarding the artists, but rather who can get away with saying or doing something outrageous, and what cat fights come from that. I thought I left high school?

First, let’s discuss this year’s host, Miley Cyrus.

I don’t necessarily favor or follow pop music, but I imagine she was asked to host the show for reasons beyond her musical contributions.

Deep down, I feel she was chosen to surprise the audience with another controversial, near-nudity show she puts on with her outlandish outfits.

This is not the kind of award show I want to watch, and I ultimately chose not to.

I’m sure you’re asking yourself, ‘Why is she writing about something she didn’t event See MUSIC, Page B3

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USD’s Shakespeare Garden, inspired by plants from Shakespearian

plays, now has plants that will be be able to withstand the state’s climate.

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5 p.m.

SEPT. 10

CampusEvents

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Global Learning 101 Location: I.D. Weeks Library, Room 132C

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Live-tweeting: The good and bad SHELBY CARLSON is a senior majoring in media and journalism.

7 p.m.

MUC Bingo Location: Muenster University Center

SD Poet Laureate Lee Ann Roripaugh reception Location: Al Neuharth Media Center Conference Room

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All day

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SEPT. 13

Guest Ensemble from University of Nebraska at Omaha Location: Colton Recital Hall

3 p.m.

Free Popcorn Friday Location: Muenster University Center

5 p.m.

AWOL Alternative Weekend Location: See USD website

Nikki’s Fund 5K Run/Walk Location: Prentiss Park

Spirit Mound Tour Location: See USD website

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We use Twitter to get our fill of the daily news and drama happening in this fast-paced world, but we love it even more when we can follow along with this entertainment in real time.

This, my friends, is what we call “live-tweeting.” Livetweeting is our way to connect with our audience like never before.

Live-tweeting can tell a story. Since Twitter is real time, live-tweeting is a great resource for information and networking. The audience can feel like they’re actually at a concert or athletic event from their Twitter feed’s live-tweets.

To become a successful livetweeter, here are five ways to actively involve your audience: Create a clever, easy to remember hashtag.

The hashtag will set the tone and help the audience find tweets easily. Keep it short so you still have room for your tweet, and don’t forget to use it every time.

Provide multimedia. Instead of just tweeting 140 characters or less, show the audience what they are missing out on. Provide visuals – take lots of pictures or videos to show what’s going on.

Pay attention. The whole essence of live-tweeting is providing all of the information that happens. Lose attention for even five minutes, and all of that information is lost; there may be gaps in your story. You should also keep in mind not everything is worth repeating.

Attribute as much as possible. If your event is a speaker, most of your tweets aren’t your words unless you are tweeting your opinion. Quote the speaker to avoid plagiarism.

Follow others that are livetweeting the same event.

Chances are they’ll have a viewpoint you never thought to include in your coverage.

Retweeting their live-tweets will enrich your storyline, add a new voice or even give you a new perspective. It doesn’t hurt to gain new, quality Twitter interactions in the process.

Live-tweeting is underestimated and is one of the top ways to gain interaction and solid networks.

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Live-tweeting is underestimated and is one of the top ways to gain interaction and solid networks.

These tweets can either make or break the event or company in major ways. Throughout the semester, I will be providing you with examples of how livetweeting has either ruined a company or how an event has thrived.

If you decide something is worthy to live-tweet about, remember to have fun with it.

Follow Volante reporter Shelby Carlson on Twitter @ShelbyyCarlson

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Trivia Night Location: Muenster University Center

Yote Floats Location: Muenster University Center Pit Lounge

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ACROSS 8 Five digits recited in the nursery – or in the farmyard perhaps? (4,6,5) 9 Sing high notes? (5) 10 Showing improvements in research? (7,2) 11, 26 The kind of attack needed to take 10 wickets? (3,3) 12 Bite off toffee topping in eastern state (5) 13 Old news in a short moment – couldn’t care less! (9) 16 What 8 may have had roasted in oven mark Puzzle provided by http://www.alberichcrosswords.com

10 instead of 5 (4) 17 See 25 19 Half a pair of trousers for Miss Brodie perhaps? (4)

DOWN 1 Unenterprising type, 8?

(4-2-4)

22 Rogue state divided by extract in café (9) 25, 17 Get at Oscar? Unlikely, in his profession (5,5) 26 See 11 27 Advertisements describing 8’s business?

(9)

2 An Oscar to best (around the East) supporting animal (10) 3 Letter singer, 10, is to howl at (7)

7 Animal has swelling in a main artery (6) 14 8’s garden path perhaps? (3,3,4)

4 When 10, she gets fitted into ballet shoes (6)

15 Allergic 10 when midnight’s gone – end disastrously in theatre at Christmas (10)

5 Artist taking poor doodle round to place of easy money (8)

18 Persuade to study Van Gogh informally perhaps (8)

28 Pigment used in brooch repairs (5) 29 Activist elephant or donkey in America?

(9,6)

6 Honest but conceited person lying in processed milk (7)

20 Pardon me – an awfully filthy place! (7) 21 Surprise a model in firm (7) 23 Tail implant suffered internally (6) 24 Get log out switch on computer (6)

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New dollar store opens on Cherry Street

By Trent Opstedahl Trent.Opstedahl@coyotes.usd.edu

As Dennis Whipple and Sarah Stewart unpacked merchandise and staged it on shelves and hangers in preparation for the opening of their dollar store, Whipple came across a handful of selfie sticks and questioned some of the product selection of his new store.

“When I saw that, I said, ‘We’ll never sell this,’” he recalled.

But now in their seventh week of business, the co-owners of Cherry Street Dollar PLUS said selfie sticks have been one of their most popular items among customers since they opened July 27.

The new business, located at 7th Cherry St., has been a way for Whipple – a longtime business owner in the community – to continue practicing entrepreneurship, and for Stewart – a USD student studying business management – to learn from Whipple about what it takes to run a business.

“It’s kind of scary, but

it’s exciting at the same time,” Stewart said.

Whipple is the former owner of the Dairy Queen franchise of 23 years in Vermillion, and Stewart was an employee of Whipple’s for about six years.

When Whipple decided to sell the Dairy Queen, he said he was contemplating opening a dollar store in town.

Once he decided to pursue that goal, Whipple said Stewart stood out to him as someone who would be a good business partner.

“I knew she’d be a good asset, and that’s why I asked her,” he said. “I asked Sarah several times if she wanted to do it. I told her she could go broke with this venture.”

In her third year studying business at USD, Stewart knew opening a business was something she was interested in. She said her parents have been supportive of her business endeavors.

“My dad at first kind of shrugged (the idea of coowning a business) off, but then when it was time to

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Dennis Whipple and Sarah Stewart opened Cherry Street Dollar PLUS, located at 7th Cherry Street on July 27. Stewart,

a USD student studying business management, said that opening a business was an interest of hers. go they said ‘go ahead and do it, ‘ “ she said. “Dennis is our next door neighbor, so he knows my parents.”

Both Stewart and Whipple believe a dollar store is something the community

of this size will take advantage of, especially with college students looking to save money. The store is open seven days a week.

“It’s on Cherry Street, which is a main street

here,” Whipple said. “It’s close to the campus. More college kids have started coming when they find out about us.”

An official grand opening of Cherry Street Dollar

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don’t have to be a hardcore gamer to do that.”

In January, the club hosts an annual event called Vermincon.

They rent out the second floor of the MUC for a weekend, and invite students and the public to attend and engage in a variety of games and exhibits.

An exhibit from this past Vermincon was a starship simulator where a group of players worked together to secure their ship. Vermincon 2016 will be held Jan. 22-24.

Hammoud said meeting students from around campus is one of her favorite things about the club.

“I’d say the biggest thing is getting people to make friends,” Hammoud said. “It’s nice to do things out of class and not at

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Autumn Simunek, right, poses with her friend Sopida Trageser. Simunek is the South Dakota representative for this

year’s Miss America pageant. Simunek is an alumna of USD, and currently resides in Atlantic City, N.J.

Former USD student competes in Miss America pageant Sunday

By Gabby Ehlers & Katie McGuire

Gabby.Ehlers@coyotes.usd.edu

Miss South Dakota is working to trade in her crown for a national title.

Autumn Simunek, a former USD student, has been preparing for months to compete in the 89th Miss America pageant on Sunday.

Simunek, from Hot Springs, S.D., was crowned the 69th Miss South Dakota this year and will now be competing for Miss America.

Currently residing in Atlantic City, N.J., Simunek is making various public appearances, rehearsing for the pageant and participating in charity events.

Last week, for instance, she appeared on Good Morning America alongside other state winners.

Simunek is busy every day with rehearsals starting at 5 a.m. and finishing at midnight, for an average

of five hours of sleep each night – all for the biggest competition of her pageant career.

“It’s a bit of work, but it’s worth it,” she said.

Simunek said she does a lot of charity work in her community. Last year, she helped feed the homeless, participated in the Miracle Mile Walk for the Children’s Miracle Network and volunteered to help veterans.

“We have the Sanford Children’s Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. I am there all the time to visit with the kids, and I do different events like the Dakotathon,” she said.

One of her friends, USD senior Sopida Trageser, said Simunek is the best choice for Miss America.

“Autumn exemplifies what Miss America should be. From her beauty to her confidence in the way she treats people. She was a leader way before her recognition, and she

is an advocate for sexual assault,” Trageser said.

“Autumn stands up for what is right, and she knows what might backlash, but she doesn’t let that fear silence her.”

Another friend supporting Simunek is senior Kit Asfeldt. “She has been working hard for a long time in the pageant industry, and it’s her time to shine this year. She is very passionate about volunteering by helping to support the veterans,” said Asfeldt.

Asfeldt also said that Simunek could help boost ratings for South Dakota.

“South Dakota has never won a Miss America (title). Getting her name out there because she really deserves it. She also went through a lot in her life some of it not positive, but she deserves to have a crowning moment,” said Asfeldt.

Simunek said she is prepared for all segments of

the pageant, but is mainly looking forward to the interview portion.

Simunek said it is unusual for someone to be excited for this; however, she is ready to show the nation her knowledge on social issues and her ideas to fix them.

Both Trageser and Asfeldt are supporting Simunek on social media as part of a contest that would advance Simunek directly into the Miss America semi-finals.

Called the “Fan Choice Contest,” pageant fans can cast one vote per day via Twitter and Facebook to help Simunek advance to the top 15.

The post must contain “Miss South Dakota” and use the hashtag #MissAmericaVote. The contest ends Thursday at 11:59 p.m. The winner of the contest will be announced Sunday.

know, some are free and some cost money for work space. Xochi 360 was free.

“They pay for everything and they give you studio space,” Leventis said. “My apartment was cool, it was all enclosed just for me, it had a kitchenette area and a studio area.”

After his residency, Leventis worked as an adjunct professor at several colleges in North Carolina from 2013 to spring of 2015. During this past summer, a job opening at USD for a paining professor caught Leventis’s attention.

Moderate class sizes and the support of his own work led him to accept this job opportunity.

Leventis now teaches all of the painting courses offered through USD. “Andrew is coming into a program where students may have had two or three other painting teachers already,” said Cory Knedler, chair of the art department.

“Which is great experience for them, but it’s also going to be great to have Andrew here so they can experience a little more consistency than we’ve had in the past few years.”

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watch?’

The answer is simple – I didn’t watch it because of the drama and overplayed shocking moments that came from the show. That isn’t what awards are supposed to be about.

MTV has been bending

PLUS is planned for Saturday.

A special discount is being offered for purchases over $10, along with free refreshments and henna tattoos.

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It’s nice to do things out of class and not at work – where you can just meet people who have similar interests.

Katarina Hammoud, president of GAMES

work – where you can just meet people who have similar interests.”

Leventis has a colorful background and a fresh perspective to bring to students at USD. As many professors use the still life model as the focus of art assignments, Leventis’s original pieces use the items surrounding the still life to help tell the story of that person instead.

“Andrew’s art work is based in naturalism I would say, realism, and our students seem to be kind of hungry for that right now,” Knedler said.

“With Andrew’s help, students will understand how to work with paint to create the objects so they look like what you want them to look like.”

In Leventis’s classes, students get their own workspaces that are accessible for Leventis to help guide students to get what they want out of their art.

“He’s good at teaching because when you bring ideas to him he’s good at deciding what will work best for you, and what media will help you get to that end result you’re looking for,” said senior Nick Patterson. “He has a good mental inventory of artists, and can refer you to one that has created something with that media and you can do the research to see how it will work.” over backwards to please its audience with a “wow factor” just to get them to watch its daytime programming. It’s also a ploy to increase viewership and advertising.

I’ve been turned away from the shock value and the overall entertainment of the award show, and it’s become a boring and ultimately annoying waste of time.

Sports

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Eyes forward Coyotes set sights on California road trip for first win of season

By Max Tushla

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Max.Tushla@coyotes.usd.edu

he Coyotes are looking for Saturday success in California. South Dakota is coming off a 34-0 loss to Kansas State, in which they were able to gain some positives such as quarterback Ryan Saeger’s career-high 205 yard passing performance.

But the team trailed the entire game after giving up an opening kickoff touchdown.

Still, Saeger saw fight in his teammates that he knows will carry the team later in the season.

“We didn’t just lay over and die, but we’ve got to start putting some points on the board and punching it in the end zone,” Saeger said.

Both wide receiver Eric Shufford and safety Tyson Graham also had standout performances. Shufford led the Coyotes in receiving with six receptions for 79 yards and Graham accounted for seven tackles See DAVIS, Page B6

Turning toward his sideline teammates and coaches, junior linebacker Jet Moreland takes signals on defense Saturday night against Kansas State.

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Cross country teams open 2015 season with strong finishes JACOB LUTZ is a first-year student majoring in media and journalism.

Some universities are blessed to have a strong men’s cross country team, while others are equally ecstatic about having a respectable women’s cross country team. Only a handful can say they have both.

And at 6 p.m. Friday night South Dakota proved they’re in that handful.

The women came out and swept the field, crushing conference foes while having 6 runners in the top 15, and others not far behind.

The women were led once again by Amber Eichkorn. The senior stand-out last raced at the 2015 NCAA Track and Field Championships, and the poise she garnered from racing on one of the biggest stages in collegiate athletics was on clear display Friday. She stomped in with only 13:58 on the clock, gapping the rest of the field by an entire 10 seconds.

Right behind her was teammate and fellow senior Katie Wetzstein coming in second place, followed with a clean seventh place finish from senior Kelsey Barrett, who barely escaped a battle in the shoot for eighth place.

And as much as Emma Kusch Dahle of North Dakota State wanted it, USD first-year Megan Billington found that extra boost of energy when she needed it most, sliding through the shoot at 14:52, four seconds ahead of Dahle.

Next up, it was the Coyote men’s turn. Running a nice unadulterated 6,000

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Celebrating together, forwards Sammie Villwock and Corey Strang look for teammates to mob after a goal against Green Bay on Sunday afternoon in Vermillion.

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Dominating with depth, the USD women’s cross country

team enters the 2015 season as the outright favorite to win the Summit League Cross Country Championship.

meters. The gun went off, and a herd of wild animals started their journey.

6,000 meters, 18 minutes and 43 seconds later South Dakota senior Mubarak Musa rolled in ahead of 2013 Summit League Champion, South Dakota State’s Trent Lusignan, for the win.

A short while later sophomore Aaron Breyer entered the shoot in sixth place.

It may only be the first race, but both the men and the women have sent a clear message to the rest of the conference. They’ve each

established themselves as clear front runners in the conference but how they stack up in the nation is yet to be seen.

On Sept. 28, South Dakota races at Roy Griak in Minneapolis, one of the biggest cross country invites in the country. The race could be the best predictor for how South Dakota will stack up to the rest of the nation at regionals to end the season.

If this weekend was any indicator, Coyote fans should be expecting big things.

Soccer finds success, wins first games of season

By Mike Hammond

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The USD women’s soccer team turned the tides of its season over the weekend, earning wins against Chicago State 4-0 on Friday and Green Bay 4-3 in overtime on Sunday.

The two wins broke a four-game losing streak to start the season for the Coyotes, who could only manage two goals in the first five games while allowing 10.

Despite the slow start, the Coyotes believe a slow start is better than a slow finish in conference play.

“Definitely a rough start against some good competition, but it definitely prepared us for future games,” senior midfielder Elena Tsakakis said. “(It’s) nice to challenge ourselves early so we can peak when conference comes around.”

Against Chicago State, USD was able to get goals from Courtney Baker, Katelyn Floysand, Teagan Eberlle and Rebecca Sparkman to end their scoring snide while an improved defensive effort allowed them to earn the shutout.

“It feels great getting

the first win,” first-year forward Sammie Villwock said. “I am ecstatic. I know everyone on the team is excited about it.”

Villwock was able to lead the Coyotes against Green Bay, scoring three goals for a hat trick and scoring the game winner in overtime. The game started out slowly for the Coyotes as Green Bay scored the first goal of the game in the seventh minute, before Corey Strang could put the equalizer on the board in the 28 minute.

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COYOTEDigest RESULTS CROSS COUNTRY

FOOTBALL

Sept. 4 NDSU Bison Open Fargo, N.D.

Sept. 5 KANSAS STATE Manhattan, Kan. SOUTH DAKOTA 0, KANSAS STATE 34

VOLLEYBALL

SOCCER

Men’s 6,000 Meters First Place: Mubarik Musa Women’s 4,000 Meters First Place: Amber Eichkorn

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Above: A single USD fan

sits comfortably amongst a crowd of purple-shirted Kansas State fans. Many USD fans made their way to Manhattan for the season opener.

Left: USD’s band and cheerleaders lead the USD

cheering section at one endzone of Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium. Although surrounded on three sides by Kansas State fans, the Coyote faithful took up a chunk of seats at the stadium.

Kansas State is the only FBS team on South Dakota’s schedule. USD has previously traveled to Oregon and Kansas University for early season competition and have previously been paid by larger universities looking to pick up an “easy win” to start the season. KSU shutout USD 34-0 in Saturday’s opener and never trailed after returning the opening kickoff for a 103-yard touchdown.

Sept. 5 Tucson, Ariz.

SOUTH DAKOTA 3, CALIF. ST. NORTHRIDGE 0 Sept. 5 Tucson, Ariz.

SOUTH DAKOTA 3, FLORIDA A&M 0

Sept. 4 Chicago, Ill. SOUTH DAKOTA 4, CHICAGO STATE 0 Sept. 6 Vermillion, S.D. SOUTH DAKOTA 4, GREEN BAY 3

PEP RALLY

SOCCER

Football team hosting pep rally downtown Thursday

First-year Villwock named Summit player of the week

The University of South Dakota football team will be hosting a pep rally downtown Vermillion this Thursday at 6 p.m.

The pep rally will include speeches from head football coach Joe Glenn, South Dakota Director of Athletics David Herbster, as well as leaders of other athletic organizations.

The pep rally, which will include the USD band as well as the dance team, will act as an opener for the Ribs, Rods and Rock ‘N’ Roll event downtown Vermillion this weekend. Fans of all ages will have the opportunity to purchase discounted tickets to University of South Dakota Coyotes home opener against Drake on Sept. 19.

Sammie Villwock, a first-year from Lake Villa, Ill., small town with a population of less than 9,000, plays a big time game on the pitch despite her small town upbringings.

The forward for the University of South Dakota soccer team led her team to its first victories of the season this weekend, and Monday, she was selected as the Women’s Offensive Player of the Week.

She’s tied for the leader in goals in The Summit League (3) as well as third in points (7).

She also scored the golden goal just two minutes into overtime against Green Bay to seal the first home victory of the season for her team.

COYOTE SPORTS ON DECK FOOTBALL

Sept. 12 USD AT UC DAVIS Davis, Calif.

CROSS COUNTRY

Men’s golf opens fall season strong in dual

By Trevor Vilhauer

Trevor.Vilhauer@coyotes.usd.edu

With a conference championship under their belts, the University of South Dakota men’s golf team opened its fall season of exhibitions with an impressive dual performance at the Bluffs Golf Course on Friday afternoon.

The Coyotes hosted Nebraska-Omaha and flexed their muscles as the defending Summit League champions. The two teams paired up

into groups of four at the tees with two members of each school teeing off against one another. USD defeated UNO 274-284, leaving the Mavericks 10 strokes in the dust.

In the process of the dual, the Coyotes introduced a group of three first-year golfers in Andrew Brown, Will Gretton and Noah Lubberding. The added talent have big shoes to fill and high expectations to match, but head coach Nick Hovden had high praise for the group of

young guns.

Hovden said the team is the deepest its ever been, and

Sept. 26 Minneapolis ROY GRIAK - MEN’S RACE 12:20 p.m.

ROY GRIAK - WOMEN’S RACE 1:20 p.m.

Oct. 3 Brookings SDSU CLASSIC 10:45 a.m.

the first-year golfers add to the array of talent that helped bring a championship to Vermillion.

The Coyotes’ next test is a reversal of hosts as USD will compete in the UNO Invitational in Nebraska City, Neb., on Sept. 14.

VOLLEYBALL

Sept. 11 Grand Forks, N.D. USD VS JACKSONVILLE STATE 9:30 a.m.

USD VS NORTH DAKOTA 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 12 Grand Forks, N.D. USD VS GREEN BAY 2:30 p.m.

TENNIS

Sept.

Fort Wayne, Ind. SUMMIT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS 1 p.m.

USD VS IUPUI

SWIMMING AND DIVING Sept. 26 Vermillion RED VS WHITE SCRIMMAGE 5 p.m.

SOCCER

Sept. 11 Edinburg, Texas USD AT TEXAS RIO GRAND VALLEY 7 p.m.

MEN’S GOLF

Sept. 14-15 Nebraska City, Neb. UNO INVITE TBA

Sept. 12 Grand Forks, N.D. USD VS DRAKE 5 p.m.

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The defending Summit League champion USD men’s golf team gather for a group picture after con-

cluding their first exhibition of the fall season on Friday. The Coyotes defeated Nebraska-Omaha 274-284.

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As fans exit Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium, in Manhattan, Kan., the USD bench looks onto the field in the waning seconds of the season opener.

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and two forced fumbles.

One of Graham’s forced fumbles came on the one yard line, when the defense was able to come up big with their backs against the wall.

“We take pride in the red zone and not letting teams score,” Graham said. “We don’t want to

be easy, and to get that going we just created more momentum and just got us more excited.

We just kept fighting no matter what the score was.”

Transitioning from a Division I team to a Division I-AA team does not mean much for the Coyotes. The focus stays the same: establishing who they are and being as efficient as possible.

“Not a thing. We know who we are, we know what kind of offense we want to run. We know what kind of defense we are,” Glenn said. “We know what we do in special teams. It doesn’t make any difference who were playing, we have to play our game and if they saw our game they’d know what we’re going to do.”

Saeger agrees with his

coach. The Coyotes will need to dictate play to steal a win on the road.

“Mental focus has to be just as sharp,” Saeger said. “This is a big game for us as a team, to go and grab one on the road would be great for our team.”

The Coyotes are no stranger to UC-Davis, having played in 2013, 2011, 2010 and 2009.

USD has won the last

two matchups, but every game between the two programs have ended within four points.

“Every game seems like it’s been a one or two point game or possibly a three point game and they’ve gone right down to the wire so I doubt this one will be any different,” Glenn said.

Glenn recognizes the need to turn yards into points.

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“We had a lot of yards (against Kansas State). We just didn’t have any field position,” said Glenn.

Against Kansas State, USD managed less than two yards per rush.

They’ll look to improve that significantly in order to move scoring drives down the field.

USD will travel to Davis, California on Friday. Kickoff for the contest is 8 p.m. Central time.

Coyotes sweep Saturday foes in Arizona tourney

By Nathan Ellenbecker

Nathan.Ellenbecker@coyotes.usd.edu

Senior Kelsey Biltoft cracked a smile and joined her teammates in laughter after blocking head coach Leanne Williamson in practice Tuesday.

It was a light-hearted moment in an energy-filled practice that showed the difference a week can make in sports.

Just one week prior, the Coyotes’ practices were focused on intensity and team chemistry. Williamson was stressing “consistency” to her players, and her players were demanding consistency from themselves.

On Tuesday, Williamson was stressing “positivity” and “fun.”

“It’s easier to practice after you’ve had some wins,” senior Sydney Dimke said.

The Coyotes found winning ways Saturday in Arizona, defeating California State-Northridge and Florida A&M in straight sets.

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We definitely gained a lot of confidence this weekend ...”

Lindsey Brown, junior middle blocker It was quite the bounce back from being swept the weekend before in a Wyoming tournament.

“Energy is something we talk about all time the time,” junior Lindsey Brown said.

“We had energy consistently in our three matches.

We definitely gained a lot of confidence this weekend, and we’ll keep that rolling into this weekend.”

Both Brown and Dimke identified their defense as their biggest improvement from Wyoming to Arizona.

Defense is what Williamson stressed all week prior to Arizona and she was proud her girls took it

to heart.

It was the intention of the coaches to schedule tough matches early in the season, that way improvement would need to happen rapidly.

“We had to remind our players that we were doing everything for a purpose,” Williamson said.

“We scheduled hard so we could improve early on. That way, come conference weekend, we can start becoming a better team.”

The Coyotes travel to their third consecutive weekend tournament in Grand Forks, N.D., beginning Friday morning.

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Lining up to serve, then-junior outside hitter Sydney Dimke sends a serve across the net

in the Red-White scrimmage last fall.

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Fielding the kickoff, first-year Shamar Jackson sets his feet on the edge of the Kansas State endzone.

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In the second half, Villwock added goals in the 60 and 65 minute marks to give USD a 3-1 lead. Green Bay scored two goals within two minutes to tie the game up at three in the 77th minute.

Defense led the way for the rest of regulation, and the teams went into overtime. Less than one minute into overtime, Danielle Anderson led Villwock with a pass into the box.

Villwock shot the ball off the post before it deflected into the net, sealing the first home victory of the season for the Coyotes.

“I was nervous, I did not want to miss,” Villwock said. “Then it hit the post, and I thought I was going to miss. But it went in so I’m happy.”

The wins bring the improving Coyotes record to 2-5.

“We are getting better,” head coach Mandy Green said. “That game was the best we have played the entire season, the game before that was the best one. Every game we are getting better and we are progressing, a lot of

the things we have been working on we are starting to see in games.”

Green said she is happy with where the team is to begin the season and thinks it is a team effort.

“We broke our rough streak we started our season with and kind of got the ball rolling and got some momentum,” Tsaka-

kis said. “We just knew we were capable of scoring and winning. It was nice to get that under our belts.”

USD will play their next games in Edinburg, Texas, against Texas Rio Grande Valley and Southern Utah on Friday and Sunday.

NIVERSITY

FRIDAY, SEPT. 11 | ALL DAY WOMEN’S TENNIS USD vs. Drake

FRIDAY, SEPT. 11 | 9:30 A.M. WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL USD vs. Jacksonville State

FRIDAY, SETP. 11 | 7 P.M. WOMEN’S SOCCER USD @ Texas Rio Grande Valley

FRIDAY, SETP. 11 | 7:30 P.M. WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL USD @ North Dakota