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The funds will also be used to pay for the one-week residency of South Dakota artist Dick Termes, along with an assistant artist. Termes, the original creator of the mural, said he created it as part of a project through the South Dakota Arts Council’s Artists In Schools & Communities program. During his time with the program, Termes painted 15 murals across the state. Only four of those murals still exist, he said. Vermillion’s mural is thought to be the only exterior piece still in good condition. Packard, who is a longtime friend of Termes’s, said when she began talking with him about the restoration project, he was immediately interested. “We realized this was something that couldn’t wait any longer,” she said. Termes said although he no longer does mural paintings, he’s happy to come back and help restore part of the town’s and
USD is in the early stages of planning a TEDx event, the first public university in the state to do so. TEDx is an individually-run TED Talk that provides students, staff and faculty an opportunity to listen to community members speak on important, globally-relevant issues. TED is a nonprofit organization that produces educational content for many different topics via speakers at different venues throughout the world. Its conferences are generally exclusive events to which attendees must apply for a spot or pay their way in. In accordance with the license terms issued through TED, the TEDxUSD event is only allowed to admit 100 attendees. Students who wish to attend the Nov. 7 event at 5 p.m. must apply, and will then be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a ticket. Some seats will be available for purchase, while others will go to volunteers who fit the requirements within the group’s constitution. Live streaming in the Muenster University Center will be available for those who aren’t selected to attend the Nov. 7 event at 5 p.m. All details of the TEDxUSD event are being handled by a board of eight students. The group, which meets every other week, selected the various speakers, chose a production company to film the event and communicated with the international company to set the event up. “This is an independent event and they have been very independent in their duties,” Leslie Pusey, the board adviser, said. “This has been great.” In preparation for the event, the board also has been seeking funding to host the project. The Student Government Association approved $4,850 worth of funding in a unanimous vote during its Sept. 22 meeting. “We have already got quite a bit of money from on-campus sources,” lead organizer Josh Arens said at TEDx USD’s first meeting Sept. 20. The board is also hoping to acquire local business sponsorships to fund the event. The group is preparing for the event by gathering volunteers to advertise, help set-up the venue, people to usher speakers to keep the production running smoothly and finish the event’s final touches
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Dick Termes, left, and Ahna Packard, right, begin painting the “Missouri Weave” mural in downtown Vermillion on Monday as part of a restoration project to bring back to life the 37-year-old art piece. The project runs until Friday and volunteers are invited to come and help paint the mural.
Restoration underway for historic downtown mural By Trent Opstedahl Trent.Opstedahl@usd.edu
Patty Armstrong isn’t an artist by trade and she isn’t a painter, but she’s picking up a brush to help restore one of downtown Vermillion’s historic landmarks. Armstrong is one of many volunteers this week who’s helping to bring life and color back to “Missouri Weave” – a nearly 40-yearold mural stretching across the exterior wall of LumoStudios & Gallery that represents the geography and history of the region. Adjacent to City Hall, the mural has fallen into a state of disrepair due to weather, vandalism and structural issues. Over the course of the week, the mural will have undergone a complete refurbishing to fix the fading piece of art. “It’s part of Vermillion,” Armstrong said. “You don’t even notice it’s fading until we started painting.” Phyllis Packard is the Vermillion Area Arts Council project coordinator for mural’s restoration. She said she’s been wanting
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It’s a lasting treasure for Vermillion.We want to make it last for a lot longer. Phyllis Packard, Vermillion Area Arts Council project coordinator
to restore the mural for two to three years. A longtime resident of Vermillion, Packard has a number of connections to the mural. In addition to owning the building the mural is painted on, she was also part of the mural’s original creation in 1978. “It’s a lasting treasure for Vermillion,” she said. “We want to make it last for a lot longer.” Packard has been planning and fundraising to get the project in motion since this past spring. Overall, the project is estimated to cost around $15,000.
Packard said she has raised about $12,000 to go toward the costs of supplies, materials, equipment, administration and promotion/advertising – which includes a plaque to recognize major donors and participants. While most of the donated funds have come locally, Packard said she’s been able to further spread the word about the restoration project through a GoFundMe page. “People from all over the country and very far distances have contributed, as well as many people in town,” she said.
Honors Association offers free ACT prep course By Josie Flatgard
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Working to find its niche in the community, the USD Honors Association is working to prepare high school students for the ACT. HA President Joshua Arens, a junior, said he’s excited for the new ACT program to make an impact on high school students, as well as the organization’s progress as a whole. “We’re obviously not as capable as college professors, but we all have been through the ACT and we’re Honors students,” he said. “It just seemed like a natural fit to provide this service that everyone could use.” Arens is one of several students who had the option to take ACT prep classes in high school, but found them too pricey. Allie Logan, a health sciences major, was one first-year who was recruited to apply for a tutor role. Logan taught ACT prep classes her junior and senior years of high school, and through that same program, was able to take a preparatory class that would’ve otherwise cost $800 without her employee discount.
“If anybody else wanted to take a course like that, it’s very expensive,” she said. High school students in the program will come for tutoring in Old Main four Saturdays before their chosen test date to improve their testing techniques and their score if they’ve already taken it. About six USD Honors students were specifically chosen to tutor because they have the ACT fresh in their minds. They’ll be participating in the program both semesters this year. “There are some people that are really good at math and science, so they’ll teach that section, and then some that are better at reading and English, so they’ll teach that section,” HA secretary Kristie Schmidt said. First, tutors will give a 15 to 20-minute lecture at the beginning of the class. “Then they can ask any questions they have, and then we have a ton of practice tests, so they can go ahead and take those,” Logan said. Schmidt, a sophomore, said she likes the fact that the program is free and accessible to students who can’t afford a
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Executive members of Honors Association, including President Joshua Arens and Secretary Kristie Schmidt,
meet Monday night to discuss updates on current projects, including a new program allowing high school students to attend ACT prep courses led by Honors students. prep class. “They’re the ones that are trying to get needs-based scholarships and a lot of times you have to have a good GPA for that, so like, they need the money and they need to do well
on it, too, so I think it’d be good for them,” Schmidt said. Schmidt said she has seen more and more people come to the HA meetings, many of which are excited about helping out with the new ACT prep
program. “I think it’s really cool seeing the enthusiasm in their eyes, knowing that they’re getting involved and making a difference right away,” she said.
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The Student Government Association’s Tuesday night meeting was brief, as they passed two resolutions and one bill with little debate among senators. The first to pass was Resolution #4, which involved appropriating funds to TEDxUSD. After weeks of discussion, the resolution passed with no debate or opposition. The TEDxUSD student board’s original asking price was $10,000, but because they managed to get money from outside sources in the past few weeks, the final amount was lowered to $4,850. Resolution #5, which
appropriates $20,000 to the Vermillion Downtown Cultural Association for the Twin theaters, also passed with no debate, but with two ‘no votes.’ Senators Jordan Hanson and Mohammed Ali Suria both voted no on Resolution #5. While last week’s discussion around the resolution focused on a lack of feedback from senators’ constituents, resulting in it being tabled, the issue wasn’t mentioned this week. The VDCA will receive the money from SGA’s reserve fund to help cover part of the cost of a new digital projector and sound system. Senate Bill #50 was another measure that passed
Tuesday. The bill will give $300 to the Rushmore Public Policy Institute to cover an annual WordPress subscription. Though the group originally asked for $630 to cover the subscription, marketing materials, a premium news subscription and South Dakota paperwork to help protect their brand and longevity, SGA determined there were higher-line items in need of funding. The Senate also briefly discussed establishing caucuses in SGA, which was proposed by Senator Nathaniel Steinlicht as a way for senators to better represent their constituents. More discussion on this is scheduled for their next meeting Oct. 6.
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Sept. 13 A caller reported that an unknown man was knocking on her door. After arriving at the scene, the officer found the man, who was trying to hide from him. He was intoxicated and admitted to being underage. After giving the officer a false name, he was arrested for false impersonation and underage consumption. Sept. 17 Officers were called to a residence where an unknown man was pounding on the door. He was intoxicated and provided an out-of-state license
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when officers arrived. It quickly became apparent that he was unfamiliar with the information from the license. He eventually admitted the license was fake and he was under 21. He was arrested for false impersonation, possession of a fake license, underage consumption and trespassing. Sept. 17 Officers received a report of a missing adult man, who was last seen leaving his caretaker’s house. Neither officers nor search and rescue dogs could locate him.
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Officers are still trying to locate the man. Sept. 18 The Vermillion school resource officer gave a student a ride home from school after his parent didn’t pick him up. The parent had overslept, which was the second time in two weeks this had occured. The information was forwarded to Social Services. Sept. 18 A man who had driven his car until it ran out of gas was contacted by officers. He was highly intoxicated, wearing only his underwear with boots
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on the wrong feet and believed he was in Council Bluffs. A drug recognition expert believed he was under the influence of both drugs and alcohol. He was arrested for DWI.
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who claimed he was the owner of the house where they were investigating. Tenants that were cooperating with locating the source of
Sept. 19 A young girl reported that an unknown man had chased her while she was riding a bike near a city park. Officers checked the area, but have been unable to identify a suspect thus far.
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Sept. 19 While investigating a 911 hangup, officers were confronted by a highly intoxicated man,
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by the man’s claims. The man charged officers several times and called 911 to try to get them to leave. He was detained and arrested for failure to obey and obstructing law the owner or a tenant of the home.
Officials: S.D. man killed wife, 4 kids, then himself Associated Press A father’s apparent killing of his wife and four children with a shotgun and the grim discovery of their charred remains has shaken a rural community in South Dakota and left residents asking why. Authorities believe Scott Westerhuis fatally shot his wife and four children on Thursday, torched their house near Platte and then turned the shotgun on himself, South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley said. Ken Lieuwen, a hardware store owner and distant cousin of Scott Westerhuis, said the deaths have rocked Platte, a community of around 1,200 residents about 110 miles west of Sioux Falls.
“I just feel sorry for the family and friends,” Lieuwen said Tuesday. “There’s anger at Scott, and disbelief that the family is gone.” The bodies of Scott and Nicole Westerhuis and their children Kailey, Jaeci, Connor and Michael were found in the burned ruins of their home. A passer-by reported the blaze early Thursday, but the fire chief said the home was all but destroyed by the time firefighters arrived. Scott Westerhuis worked as business manager for an educational cooperative. A state official said Tuesday that the co-op had been informed a day before the fire was reported that the state would not renew a $4.3 million con-
tract to administer a college readiness program for Native American students, but the co-op superintendent said that wouldn’t have jeopardized Westerhuis’ job. Counselors returned to Platte-Geddes schools on Tuesday to be available to students, and the district highlighted the Westerhuis children’s personalities in a statement. Kailey, a third-grader, lit up a room with her smile and personality. Jaeci, a fifth-grader, was quieter, active in basketball, volleyball and swim team. Connor, an eighth-grader who played football, basketball and baseball, was polite, considerate and a bit of a prankster. Mi-
chael, a sophomore, was an excellent athlete, a talented musician and singer who also was on the quiet side, the district said. Tami Smit, who works at a coffee shop on Platte’s Main Street, said it was difficult to tell her 10- and 13-year-old daughters about the apparent murder-suicide. “It’s a whole another set of emotions for the kids to process,” she said. “This is something that all of our kids are going to need help with for who knows how long.” Scott and Nicole Westerhuis worked for Mid-Central Educational Cooperative, a Platte-based education organization that provides speech, language and hear-
ing services to several area school districts. Scott was business manager for 15 or 16 years, and Nicole assistant business manager for about eight years. The state Education Department decided not to renew the $4.3 million contract in the wake of a state audit last year that took issue with Mid-Central’s documenting of some expenses. The audit found the company owed $214,000 to the state, which it paid. Tony Venhuizen, chief of staff for Gov. Dennis Daugaard, said preliminary results of this year’s audit showed similar issues. Mid-Central’s total revenue for the current budget year is $10.5 million.
Mid-Central Superintendent Dan Guericke said he knew of no financial issues facing the couple and Scott Westerhuis’ employment would not have been in jeopardy because of the loss of a state contract. “It would not have led to him losing his job,” Guericke said. Scott Swier, an attorney whose firm represents Mid-Central, said he had no reason to believe Scott Westerhuis committed any wrongdoing before the incident last week. The Westerhuises were both still employed by Mid-Central at the time of the fire. He said he couldn’t comment further on personnel issues.
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First USD theater production this week The USD Department of Theatre’s “Bus Stop” will begin showing Friday, and is the first showing of its first season production. “Bus Stop” appeared on Broadway in 1955 and is “comedic and touching,” according to USD’s website. The production is scheduled for Sept. 25, 26,
30 and Oct. 1-3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wayne S. Knutson Theatre. It will be performed at 2 p.m. Sept. 27 and Oct. 4. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, $10 for K-12 and non-USD students and $5 for USD students with an ID. They can be purchased through the USD Theatre Box Office online or over the phone.
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Three law enforcement authorities are on administrative leave for their involvement in a shooting that resulted in the death of a suspect in Lead, S.D. Detective Joe Leveque, Sgt. Pat Johnson and Matt McCroden are on leave after an altercation with 31-year-old Rory Gunderman, a Sundance, Wyo. resident. Authorities said Gunderman shot at the deputies during a foot pursuit, at which time they fired back. He later died at a Rapid City hospital. Details of the incident will be released within a month by the state Division of Criminal Investigation.
Train cars derail near Scotland Seven train cars derailed and one caught fire outside of Scotland, S.D. No one was injured during the incident, which occurred at about 6:15 a.m. Sept. 19. The fire was put out by 2 p.m. that day. Ethanol leaked out of the tankers of the 98-car train due to the derailment. An investigation will take three to five days to complete. The train was headed to Deer Park, Texas from Mina, S.D. and was travelling at the appropriate speed, said a National Transportation Safety Board spokesman.
Sioux Falls couple blessed by Pope Sioux Falls newlyweds Kraig and Morgan Kronaizl had their nuptials blessed
by Pope Francis while on their honeymoon in Rome. The couple, married Aug. 7, learned that the Pope generally holds a weekly audience when he is at the Vatican, where he blesses newlyweds at the conclusion of his sermon. They received a personal blessing alongside a few dozen other married couples, and were able to keep a copy of a photo taken by the Vatican photographer.
NATION California fires have burned 9 million acres One person died and 10 homes burned in a fire that started Saturday in California’s Carmel Valley, said officials. Two nearby communities are under evacuation, as the fire has burned 1,200 acres and is only 10 percent contained. Three other people have died and hundreds of homes and structures have been destroyed in this summer’s several wildfires. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, nearly 9 million acres have gone up in flames this year, compared to close to 3 million over the same period in 2014, making this year one of the worst fire seasons.
CTE observed in NFL study on brains Eighty-seven of 91 former NFL players who donated their brains to science after death tested positive for a brain disease that is believed to be linked with repeated head trauma and concussions. The former players were found to have had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Boston Uni-
versity. It’s unclear why some players develop the disease and others don’t. The data was published on the Concussion Legacy Foundation website.
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Dubai ruler’s son dies of heart attack The son of the ruler of Dubai died of a heart attack Sept. 19. Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was 34, according to United Arab Emirates authorities. His funeral will mark the start of a three-day mourning period in Dubai. Al Maktoum was the UAE’s vice president and Prime Minister, in addition to being the eldest son of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai.
Mexican tourists killed in Egypt Egypt’s foreign ministry posted a message on its Facebook page that officials said would be published in major Mexican newspapers Wednesday, expressing condolences for the deaths of eight Mexican tourists. The tourists were killed in Egypt when they were mistaken for terrorists, officials from both countries said. They were on a safari with an Egyptian tour group and had stopped for food and rest in Egypt’s Western Desert. Egyptian officials say security forces mistook the tourists for terrorists and fired on the group. Four Egyptians were also killed. Mexico’s government has condemned the incident, calling for an exhaustive investigation of the incident.
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Student turnout for games must continue
Saturday’s first home game of the season brought a welcome change – student fans. The past several years, student-fan attendance has been fairly low. So, what changed this year? The Athletics Department and Student Services have come together to entice students to show up. A semester’s worth of books, laundry
bags and free sweatshirts were given out as prizes to students who attended the game. Another factor which may have helped keep students at the game was a switch of sidelines for USD. From now on, USD will be on the sideline opposite that of the student section, allowing the team to see the student fans cheering them on. The op-
posing team is now right below the student section, paving the way for some interesting chants from USD students concerning the players of the opposing team. While these seem meaningless, they actually have a good purpose. Sometimes people need incentive to show up. Students are every bit a part of a game as the
players are. Whether it’s coming together to chant cheers for USD or heckling the opposing team, in a sportsman-like manner of course, the louder the Dome is on game day the more motivated the football team will be. Now we just need a repeat of last week’s attendance numbers at the upcoming Dakota Days home game against
Youngstown State, and all the following games. Attendance will more than likely be high since it’s homecoming, but the trick is keeping students in the Dome past halftime, a notorious problem in years past. If Student Services does what it did last week and if the football team can pull off a repeat of their game against Drake,
then it shouldn’t be that hard to do. It’s not all on Student Services to keep them at the game, though. Students need to stick it out through all four quarters no matter the score. We are USD Coyotes, and we need to be standing together. If we want a winning team, we need to support them every yard and every down of the way.
Universities must be proactive in preventing shootings ALLIE KNOFCZYNSKI is a first-year double major.
Watching the events that recently transpired at Delta State University in Mississippi has been tragic. One of the last things on a college student’s mind is the possibility of violence. Sadly, this story is but one of many scattered across American history. If such tragedies occur too frequently, why have we not persisted in improving campus safety? Instead of having to mourn the losses in the aftermath of another shooting, colleges must take the initiative to prevent future campus violence.
The obvious issue that is always prone to heated debate is gun control. As the Obama administration has pressed for better gun control laws, many college presidents are weary of state laws forcing campuses to allow guns. Guns, the weapon of choice, are too easy to obtain. Gun distributors must enforce stricter measures, such as an age requirement and extensive background check for criminal activity, mental illness and substance abuse. According to the Washington Post, in the majority of mass shootings, the shooter acquired the weapon legally. It is also true that states with stricter gun laws experience fewer incidents of gun-related violence. If we continue to be lax in gun access,
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The obvious issue that is always prone to heated debate is gun control.
we will never progress toward school shooting prevention. If states are hesitant in passing any restrictive measures, colleges must serve as examples for the entire state and nation. Another action colleges must take is better access to psychiatric treatment and awareness. As a community, we must each do our part in educating ourselves on the symptoms of common mental illnesses and taking the necessary steps when these signs are observed in a classmate or faculty member. Also, counseling
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services should not hesitate to take further precautions if they suspect a severe, possibly violent condition. With the right medication and treatment, those suffering from mental illness can avert future ideas of violence. Every significantly awful event is the result of smaller instances of violence happening without recognition. These instances include everything from petty theft to sexual harassment. If we remain ignorant to seemingly everyday crimes, we are harming any efforts toward campus safety.
OVERHEARDS Here you’ll find the weirdest, funniest and stupidest things we’ve heard during the week. Context is for suckers.
“I listen to rap while doing the dishes.” —The Varsity
“If you open the rectum, poop is going to come out.” — Cottage Street
“We paid $80 for that Patron and the cooler leaks?!” — Cottage Street
“I’m more sober than a bird.” — Main Street
“How’d she get up there?” “By walking.” — Dakota Street
“I’m a Dalmatian. Ruff ruff.” — Al Neuharth Media Center
Some colleges practice a “broken window” policy when regarding such crimes. Proven to create a greater sense of safety on New York City streets in the 1990s, the principle is simple: If someone breaks a window in a building and that window is not repaired, people will believe that it is okay to break more windows, leading to further damage to the building. If the first window is repaired, it shows that breaking windows is unacceptable. To apply this philosophy to a campus, we must care for every person attending the
university. This includes increasing lighting and overall cleanliness across campus and expressing any concerns to a staff member. Actually pay attention to the Title XI Training the university provides. An environment that doesn’t tolerate small acts of violence is one that prevents all acts of violence. Tragedies such as Delta State leave the nation with many questions. The most important question we must ask, however, is “What can we do to prevent further violence on college campuses?” We already have many answers to this question. Now is the time to implement them.
In The Know & In The Dark IN THE KNOW: Pinterest in the Pit is occasionally held in the MUC Pit Lounge. IN THE DARK: This is a great way to let your inner artist out. IN THE KNOW: SGA passed a bill donating $20,000 to the downtown theater. IN THE DARK: That money comes from leftover General Activity Fees funds, which students pay into but had no say in the decision. IN THE K NOW: The USD football team earned its second win of the season this past Saturday. IN THE DARK: They face Youngstown State for D-Days, a team coached by former Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini. IN THE K NOW: An alcohol speaker came to USD to talk about the dangers of drinking and driving. IN THE DARK: There was actually a pretty big turn out with over 1,000 students in attendance, but attendance was required for most students.
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BBC spreads democracy via radio shows JACOB SELGESTAD is majoring in political science. The BBC recently announced plans to begin broadcasting news in North Korea, Eritrea and Ethiopia. They also have plans to increase the amount of broadcasts they have in Russia, India and the Middle East. This new plan put forward by the BBC plans to spread democratic
ideas to areas where they otherwise may not be heard. The efforts taken by the BBC are not going to be embraced by the countries they are impacting. In North Korea, Eritrea and Ethiopia the only way to receive the broadcast will be through short wave and medium wave radios specifically designed to pick up non-government broadcasts. In North Korea, possession of one of these radios is illegal. The efforts taken by the BBC are courageous.
They are enlightening people to ideas that otherwise would go unheard. If the BBC was not taking this action, the people in these troubled countries would have little to no access to accurate portrayals of world events. Knowledge is power, and the BBC is empowering the people of these countries. Hopefully, the BBC will set the standard for what Western media strives to do. The BBC is doing away with the idea that there are “no-go” areas in the world. These “no-go” areas
are areas in the world that the western media has traditionally avoided because the areas have strict governmental control of information. “No-go” areas should not be pushed aside as a lost cause for western media, they are the countries that need western media the most, because without it they have no true perception of the world. Without a true understanding of how the world works the people of these countries can not make rational decisions. The BBC is serving as
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a diplomat for democracy worldwide. They have created an avenue through which the people of these countries can seek change. Diplomacy should always take precedent over violent conflict. However, throughout history democracy has often been spread using violence instead of diplomacy. By nonviolently inserting democratic ideology into these countries the BBC is showing that there are nonviolent means of spreading democratic ideas. The BBC’s actions
can revolutionize the way democracy is spread. The BBC’s new role as a herald of democracy is an extremely important one. Their recent actions have the potential to set important precedents concerning “no-go” areas and the spread of democracy. Although these actions may not be headline news now, the eventual impact they will make has the potential to permanently alter the landscape of international politics.
Let’s hope the words ‘safe and sound’ will be used to describe the USD campus yet again.
Vermillion assaults cause concern for students BREANA MCHUGH is a sophomore majoring in media and journalism.
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Miranda Letcher got a tattoo in memory of her friend who died in a car accident last year.
She said there is a stigma against people who have tattoos.
Tattoo bias is unfounded, people shouldn’t judge others based on appearances MIRANDA LETCHER is a junior majoring in media and journalism. I’m tattooed, employed and still love Jesus. It’s no secret tattoos have become more popular over the last few decades. What was once considered distasteful is now becoming trendy. Unfortunately though, not everyone thinks tattoos are acceptable. Some people believe tattoos can be a sign that someone is a terrible person. What they don’t realize is times have changed. In the past, many who had tattoos were in gangs or had gotten them in prison. But even then, not everyone who had a tattoo was considered a bad person. So why should I? I recently got a tattoo in memory of a friend who passed away this past year. People told me I was a rebel and I was damaging my body. One person even
told me it would make me less desirable to people in the future. Those people are no longer considered friends of mine. It’s my body and I will do what I want to it. My tattoo – a cross with song lyrics around it and my friend’s name – is not damaging or offensive. Sure, the ink is there forever, but I’m OK with that. I am a Christian who loves my body and would never disrespect it in a way to offend or displease others. If you are against tattoos, that’s fine. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. However, do not try to tell me my tattoo makes me a bad, undesirable person. I’ve had my tattoo for two weeks now and I still haven’t done drugs, been arrested or started a riot. In fact, the disc in my CD player in my car right now is a mix of some of my favorite Christian songs from various artists. So those of you out there who think tattoos make people turn away from God, you are wrong. I’m not saying everyone who has tattoos are
Christians, but not all of us are defiant and rebellious. What’s worse is when people bash parents of their tattooed children. My mother approved of and even paid for me and my sister’s first tattoos. Even if she hadn’t approved of mine, I’m over 18 and didn’t need her consent to get it. Don’t blame parents for their children’s tattoos either. It’s not poor parenting in every situation, especially when the content of the tattoo design is positive and meaningful to the person. People need to quit being so critical and judgmental of others and start building each other up. Having tattoos doesn’t mean someone is a bad person. Wake up and realize times are changing and trends are, too. Tattoos are “in” right now and will most likely remain popular for decades to come. I’m OK with the ink being on me forever, so shake my hand, have coffee with me and get to know me before you make a decision about the kind of person I am.
The University of South Dakota campus isn’t what it use to be. Though this is my first year at USD as a transfer student, I had several friends who already attended the university. And upon my arrival, they informed me of what to expect from the school. They gave me the impression the USD campus was both safe and sound. A campus that produces minimal crime rate. One that allows people to feel at ease when walking with friends at 1 am. The campus this year however, has not followed this same track record. On Sept. 5, a police report was released from the Vermillion Police Department that noted an assault. The victim was a college student who was simply walking around campus that night. The suspect was with five other men at the time, and hit the victim in the face. The victim said he assumes his Middle Eastern heritage had something to do with the
random attack. I find it frightening that assaults like this are realistic. In addition to this, on the same night another police report was posted, stating, “several vehicles in a private parking lot had been damaged.” Scratches were found on four of the defaced cars. To many, keying someone’s car may seem like an innocent and petty crime. I disagree. Acts like this shouldn’t be taken lightly. It is concerning that someone is damaging property for sport and also makes you wonder what else they’re capable of. My goal is not to scare everyone, I’m aware the Vermillion’s Police Department is doing a thorough investigation of the crime that’s been transpiring. Others in the community are also taking action. Certain members of Greek life, for example, have taken to the app SafeTrek. The application is linked to the user’s current location. If they feel in danger at any time, they simply have to hold down a button on the application screen. This results in the police being notified unless the person enters their personalized pin code within a matter of seconds.
I downloaded this app myself, and I can honestly say it’s a great discovery. Even though I haven’t had to use it, knowing I can have help on the way if needed is very comforting. Getting this application is just one way to be cautious in the newly crime stricken town we live in. I realize there are many other college towns, with far greater delinquent acts occurring. But this is not a reason to think that what people here are experiencing is nothing. Precautions have to be taken, and hope can not be lost that crimes like this will diminish. I realize no place can be perfect, but it would still be nice to experience the solace of small town Vermillion that I once heard of. Until this is achieved, anyone and everyone, whether a college student or not, male or female, young or old, should make it their priority to download the SafeTrek app. As this application becomes widespread, let’s hope the words “safe and sound” will be used to describe the Vermillion campus yet again.
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Group works toward uniform recycling program By Rachel Newville
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A uniform, campus-wide program to help students reuse, renew and recycle is in the works at USD. Consisting of students and faculty, the Committee on Recycling was created last spring as a way to brainstorm and implement a successful recycling policy. Emily Hattouni, a committee member, has a personal goal of implementing a campus-wide recycling program on campus by the time she graduates in 2017. Hattouni said while parts of campus have some recycling, USD’s campus as a whole lacks a consistent, well thought-out recycling program. “There definitely is a shadow of a recycling program, but what I want is campus-wide,” she said. Implementing a campus-wide program is dependent on student sup-
port, Hattouni said. “It absolutely is 100 percent going to take student support,” she said. “To actually turn this plan into action is going to take students’ support because the executive committee responds to what the students want.” Meghann Jarchow, head of the sustainability program, said the committee is looking to hire a recycling consultant, and will start the interviewing process soon. A request for a consultant would have to be approved by President James Abbott, Jarchow said. “The committee sent recommendations to the executive committee last year, and then the decision was made to make a recycling program a priority,” she said. The Committee on Recycling thinks a recycling consultant will be the best way to go because of the many factors that go into creating
an effective, long-lasting recycling program, Hattouni said. “It would seem like developing a recycling program would be pretty easy, but there is a lot of complexity to it,” Jarchow said. Though Hattouni has many ideas regarding a potential recycling program, she said a professional’s opinion would be beneficial. “Having that expertise from an outside source I think is going to be helpful,” Hattouni said. First-year Sasha McDowell is excited to hear a change may be in the works. “My parents raised me to recycle, and I was really disappointed it’s so hard to do here,” McDowell said. “I think lots of students would be more involved in recycling if it were easier to do. If there was bins on each floor of the residence halls it would encourage a lot
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The Committee on Recycling is setting out to create a campus-wide recycling program. A consultant would be hired to help with the details that go into the initiative. more people to recycle.” Students can show support for the program by signing a petition from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Mondays, when the Sustainability Club is tabling in
the Muenster University Center. “The most important thing that students can do to help improve recycling on campus is to make it very clear to President Ab-
bott and the rest of the administration that having a comprehensive
recycling
program on campus is essential,” Jarchow said.
USD begins ALICE training for staff, faculty soon By Tatum Dean
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The tragic events of Sandy Hook, Columbine and Virginia Tech all remind UPD Lt. Jef Rice that the work he does is important. That’s why he’s working to help train faculty and staff at USD — so the university can avoid a similar fate. This year, Cpl. Rick Johnson and Rice will be training staff, faculty and others at USD to better protect themselves and their students during an active shooter situation through a program called ALICE. ALICE stands for alert, lockdown, inform, counter and evacuate. “ALICE training is basically a set of strategies to help citizens survive an active shooter or violent intruder attack,” Rice said. “We teach them a set of skills that will defend the trainees instead of having them sitting in a dark room waiting for something to happen.” Rice said every USD staff member will be trained at some point, but no definite end date has been set yet. The training takes around
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Deputy Paul Pederson of the Clay County Sheriff’s Office is a school resource officer at the Vermillion High School. Vermillion Police Department officers act as resource officers at local schools. They’re trained through the ALICE training, which is what some USD faculty have gone through. two hours to complete and consists of a presentation, hands-on training, questions and demonstrations. Both Rice and Johnson also trained faculty at the South Dakota Public Universities and Research Center in Sioux Falls and the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls. Rice said
they are mostly focusing on USD and places affiliated with USD. Rice said the training has been well-received. “A lot of the places that we have trained at have had many positive results,” he said. “A lot of people come up to us and say, ‘I hadn’t even thought of that.’”
Rice said multiple departments at USD have been trained through the ALICE program, but declined to specify which
departments. First-year Haley Grandpre believes the training is a smart move on USD’s part. “I think for staff it is a wonderful idea,” Grandpre said. “That way if a situation ever happens, they are more prompted to know what to do in the situation.” Rice said he’s not certain if ALICE training will extend to students. “We are not going to be teaching students at this point,” he said. “I don’t know if that is something we will do in the future. I’m not opposed to it, but for right now I’d rather start with those that are in a position that can pass it on.” Grandpre said she doesn’t believe students should participate in ALICE training. “Too much exposure to what they should do in a drill might turn around and backfire on the school,” she
said. “We should not have to worry about the drills because we shouldn’t have to ever be put in that situation. I should feel safe in school and I should not have to feel like I need to take a course on it.” First-year Carter Brewster also thinks that ALICE should be reserved for faculty, not students. “The school should be able to handle that type of situation,” he said. Rice said the training’s importance goes beyond just keeping up with university procedure. “It affects me personally because you see it in the news every day,” Rice said. “When I look back and see things like Columbine, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook, all of it, I take a personal responsibility making sure that this campus is as safe as we can possibly be if this were to happen.”
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a TEDx meeting Sunday in the Muenster University Center. Volunteers are readying for the November event.
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The event may not be entirely new to USD students, as online TED Talks have become popular with many professors, said USD professor Jennifer Hough, who attended the Sept. 20 board meeting. “I show TED talks in my class all the time,” she said. “They’re amazing, the website has so many cool speeches on every topic you could possibly imagine.” First-year Kevin Nam also attended the Sept. 20 meeting. He is looking to volunteer his time for some aspect of the event. “Since this program is un-
precedented in South Dakota, I was excited to check it out,” Nam said. “Safe to say, I was impressed by the turn out.” Pusey said speakers with varying viewpoints were chosen for TEDx USD on purpose. “You’re inviting kind of the movers and shakers and idea makers, and that’s kind of what we wanna do,” she said. “We wanna have people that can provide a new perspective.” The members of TEDx not only seek new perspectives but also voices from the area that have made a big impact on the community. “I’m hoping that students can be inspired because a lot of these speakers ... have a connection to USD so you
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Sororities using app as precautionary safety tool By Mason Dockter
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Two USD sororities are utilizing a safety smartphone application to protect its members as a precaution against dangerous situations when walking home late at night. SafeTrek, which is available free to all USD students, is an app that summons emergency responders to users who find themselves in need of assistance. Bridget Wilds, a member of Alpha Phi, originally contacted the company and formed an agreement for USD students to receive the app for free. Wilds said having the app is “reassuring.” “I think it’s nice to have that extra layer (of safety),” she said. Fellow Alpha Phi member Nicole Griffith shared Wilds’ feelings. She said she believes some areas of Vermillion are insufficiently lit at night. “I think it’s a great app” Griffith said. The company normally charges SafeTrek users $2.99 per month, but is
offering the app for free to college students in order to “proactively make school safer,” SafeTrek co-founder Robert Roderick said. Originally developed by University of Missouri students about two years ago, SafeTrek now has three 24-hour call centers and about 500,000 users nationwide, Roderick said. The app uses GPS locating technology to track the user’s exact location. If necessary, trained operators decide whether to send the information to police, paramedics or a fire department. Users of the app hold down a button while they are in transit. An operator is alerted if the button is released, who then determines whether or not to call for additional emergency assistance. “We’ve had cases where people can’t talk on the phone,” Roderick said. In one specific instance, a person was hiding in a closet and therefore unable to make a call, he said. In some areas where the app has received a signifi-
SafeTrek has responded to about 7 million incidents, 95 percent of which turned out to be non-emergencies. The number of unneeded emergency responses isn’t a concern, Roderick said, because the company would rather see a false alarm than a person
not receiving help in a real emergency. Elizabeth Landy, Alpha Xi Delta president, said sorority members began regular use of the app this month, and it is not mandatory. “We definitely encourage everyone to download it,” she said. No one in Alpha Xi Delta has had to utilize the emergency response function of the app yet, but Landy said women have been more cautious lately out of concern for their personal safety. “I definitely feel there’s been more of a push to stay in groups,” Landy said. Sarah Barthel, president of Alpha Phi, said safety for members of the sorority became a concern after they heard rumors of cars being keyed or broken into in the area. “As a sorority, we’re always concerned about the safety of our members,” Barthel said. “You never know when something bad’s going to happen in the community until it does.”
Continuing the idea of the “Missouri Weave,” Termes said he wants to make the brick and mural flow together. “I love the idea of the mural coming unraveled,” he said. “It kind of unravels and weaves like the Missouri River.” Ahna Packard, the assistant artist to Termes and daughter of Phyllis, is also drawn to the weaving pattern in the mural. She was 8 years old when the mural was originally painted, and she said she can remember helping out with the project. “It means a lot that the community is willing to invest in art in Vermillion,” she said. The mural has been restored only once before, Packard said. When it was first painted 37 years ago, more than 100 children and adult community members assisted in some shape or
form. That same concept is present in this week’s project. About 50 students from Vermillion High School helped paint the mural as part of the school’s community service day on Wednesday. Packard said people of all ages are welcome to volunteer for however long they want. She said no painting experience is required, and that volunteers only need to wear clothes they don’t mind paint getting on. The project is set to start everyday at 9 a.m. and end around 7 p.m. “It’s going to be very similar to paint-by-number. We’ll give you a container of paint and say, ‘See that section right here that goes from here to there – fill it. When you’re down, come on back,’ “ Packard said. “It’s just willingness to have fun and do some helping.”
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A member of Alpha Xi Delta shows off the SafeTrek app on her phone. Both Alpha Xi Delta and Alpha Phi are promoting the use of the app among their members. cant number of emergency notifications, the company will inform local law enforcement, who may then decide to increase patrols in the problem area. Roderick said the company has not yet established such a relationship with law enforcement in
Vermillion. About 65 to 70 percent of SafeTrek users are college students, with the remaining bulk largely consisting of “nurses, doctors, bank employees, pharmacists, realtors and people in high-risk areas,” Roderick said. During its existence,
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Vermillion community member Patty Armstrong outlines with paint a wave in the “Missouri Weave” mural located downtown on Monday.
happy to come back and help restore part of the town’s and state’s history. “It’s nice to keep these (murals) going,” he said. Termes added the mural will embody a pointillistic technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image. Using bright colors, he said the finished product will create a shimmering effect. Packard estimates that about 50 gallons of paint could be used by the last day of painting on Friday. Termes said he is redesigning part of the mural to incorporate some of the exposed brick on the building, which is the result of deteriorating wall surfacing that has crumbled from water damage.
Professionals, students adapt to handle addiction By Ally Krupinsky
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As drug addiction continually evolves, so too does the classes USD medical students take. Associate Dean of Basic Biomedical Sciences Steve Waller has been teaching physician assistants and medical school students about substance abuse in a required pharmacology class since 1983, and said the issue has been evolving. “It’s been interesting watching it evolve because early on it was really the illicit drug process that occurred. The heroine overdoses, the morphine abusers,” he said. “And what’s happened in the last decade is the shift to medications being taken from someone else that’s using the opiates for pain.” He added that teaching methods have evolved as well.
“We’re much more aggressive in teaching it now, but that’s been a shift in medicine for some time,” he said. Janet Lindemann, dean of medical education, worked as a family doctor for 30 years prior to coming to USD. She said though addiction has always been a part of the conversation, the issue is now re-enforced multiple times throughout students’ time in medical school. One major challenge doctors face today is deciding whether or not to prescribe patients highly addictive pain medications, Lindemann said. It’s natural to trust the patient, but now prescribers are looking for “conversational cues” indicative of abuse. “It’s always been a part of the curriculum, but the
challenges are becoming more and more important,” she said. “I think 10 years ago the topic was don’t be afraid to prescribe these medications. But now the appropriate prescribing and the addiction potential is rising as a more important topic.”
Tracking prescriptions
Davis Pharmacy owner Matt Lavin said he believes the flow of prescription drugs is being better-controlled than in previous generations. “The tools available to providers, whether they be physicians, mid levels or pharmacies, are far more extensive than they’ve ever been,” he said. Pharmacists at Davis check the state’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP), a database
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that tracks controlled substance prescriptions by patient, on a daily basis, Lavin said. Though the database doesn’t include information from other states, Lavin said change is coming. He also said this will be especially important in “corner communities” like Vermillion, where an abuser can potentially fill prescriptions across multiple states in a matter of a few hours. In addition to utilizing PDMP, Lavin said pharmacists and providers communicate on a regular basis to ensure patients are using their prescriptions appropriately. “The providers who are prescribing and the pharmacies that are dispensing, I feel, are doing a much better job of educating patients,” he said. “None of either group want product out there that shouldn’t be out there or doesn’t need to be out there.” Murphy Mack, a staff pharmacist at Sanford Vermillion, just graduated from SDSU last May and said he sees a “fair amount” of new doctors. He said though they’re often very prepared, it still takes experience to learn and recognize the behavioral patterns of addiction. “I think they’re prepared
as they can be,” Mack said. Though he doesn’t use the PDMP as often as employees at a retail pharmacy, he does check the database for trauma patients, he said. Controlled substances are heavily regulated in both retail and hospital pharmacy settings, Lavin and Mack said. “We do so much more as providers and pharmacists with a controlled substance than anything else,” Lavin said. “It’s more timeconsuming, there’s more record keeping, the laws are far more extensive involving them.” Mack added that inventory records on those substances are very strictly kept. “If there’s one tablet missing, we know about it,” he said.
‘A never ending battle’
Waller said though opiates are an important resource for the highest level of pain, often in terminally ill or cancer patients, doctors are encouraged to seek other pain management techniques with less abuse potential first. “You don’t run to your pad and quickly order those drugs,” he said. “Those are significant medications.
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They carry with them a great deal of risk.” Another shift in medicine is the increased emphasis on counseling, Waller said. Especially because people are often more likely to listen to their doctor than other treatment professionals. “The counseling is there to re-enforce the process,” Waller said. “And it’s done in very subtle ways. Rarely will you go to a health provider now and not be asked, ‘Do you smoke?’ That subtle question really has evolved very rapidly over the last several years.” Though Addiction Studies Department Chair Frank Zavadil doesn’t work directly with medical students, he said he has noticed the changes in the medical field in regards to addiction. “I think that they’re more open to this education and information than they’ve ever been before and I think it’s just a result of being more open or sensitive to the people they’re working with,” he said. The PDMP and other drug monitoring resources are “key” to at least decreasing abuse in patients that aren’t already addicted, Zavadil said. “But you wonder, if you shut off one supply or route how people will find another. And that I don’t know,” he said. “(Addicts are) always one step ahead of you.” Lavin said even with the increasing resources, drugseekers will always find a way to get what they want. One of his favorite quotes, known as Berge’s Law, states: “Addicts are smart, we are smart. They are desperate. We are not. Therefore: they are going to outsmart us every time.” He has the saying posted on the outside of his narcotics cabinet. “It’s a never-ending battle,” he said.
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Celebration for Eid al-Ahda to be held Thursday By Rachel Newville
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USD’s Center for Diversity & Community (CDC) is preparing for its first Eid alAhda celebration, to which all students are welcome. Lamont Sellers, director of the CDC, said Eid al-Ahda, also known as the feast of sacrifice, is a holiday celebrated by Muslims all over the world. The holiday commemorates Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son to God. The event will be held Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. in room 219 of the Muenster University Center. Eid al-Ahda also marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, which every Muslim is encouraged to do once in their lifetime, he said. This year’s Eid al-Ahda starts Wednesday evening and ends Thursday evening. USD’s celebration will have its own spin on the
holiday, Sellers said. “It won’t be the traditional celebration that you would see around the world,” Sellers said. “This is really intended to be not just a celebration of the holiday for those who are Muslim, but also for those that are non-Muslim to learn more about it.” Though USD’s celebration will include decorations and meal items that would be seen at a traditional celebration, it can’t be replicated exactly on campus. A traditional Eid al-Ahda ceremony usually includes the sacrifice of a lamb or goat. Because the holiday is about sacrifice and giving, a third of the animal sacrificed is kept for the family, a third is given to friends and the other third is given to the less fortunate. Muslims also have a tradition of wearing something new to the Eid al-Ahda celebration, such as a new piece
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of clothing or other accessory. Falmata Gishe, a member of the Muslim Students Association, said he’s excited to go home to Sioux City to celebrate with his family and to go to the mosque on Wednesday night. His family celebration starts with cooking and eating Wednesday night and prayer at 9 a.m. Thursday, followed by family time and a day of cooking and eating.
Because he has class on Thursday, he will also be taking part in the celebration at USD that night. Gishe said he’s looking forward to the food. “I really like sambusa, it’s like an egg roll with beef, we wrap it up and fry it. It’s so good,” he said. “We celebrate with family and friends and go from place to place.” Musheera Anis, dean of
health sciences, will lead the event and discuss why the holiday is important. There will also be additional information available for non-Muslim attendees who want to learn more, as a big part of putting on the celebration is education, Sellers said. “Here in South Dakota and even across the country, there are a lot of misconceptions about Islam and Muslims and their beliefs and customs,” Sellers said. “This is to help debunk some of those myths as well as to educate and inform and hopefully bring some more attention to the rich culture.” Sellers and Anis both said that Muslim students on campus are excited for the celebration. “It’s a big deal and sends a good message that the university recognizes our holidays,” Anis said. She added the event will
be a good opportunity for first-year Muslim students to get involved on campus. “We thought about them and what they are unable to do because we don’t have any mosques in Vermillion,” Sellers said. “It’s even hard in Sioux Falls and Sioux City. Being here during the week and away from family, it’s an opportunity for them to have a sense of home.” The CDC is excited to host Eid al-Ahda for the first time, Sellers said. “Like any other holiday, it’s all about good food and company, so anyone on campus is welcome,” Anis said. The CDC is also planning to host a Diwali celebration in November, a Hanukkah celebration before finals and a Passover Seder in the spring.
Body donor memorial ‘very touching’ for families
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Joe Truhe lights a candle in remembrance of his mother, Martha Truhe, Sept. 18 during the memorial service honoring 2014 donors who donated their bodies to the USD Sanford School
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Every year medical students at USD learn about the human body by studying real bodies, donated by people who were fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters. These people’s lives are honored every year by medical students and faculty at a special ceremony. The 11th annual memorial service honoring the 2014 body donors and their families took place Sept. 18 in the Sanford School of Medicine. About 120 students and 20-30 family members were in attendance, said Sara
Bird, coordinator of the Body Donation Program. The ceremony, which included a candle lighting, student testimonials and music, was all organized by students, Bird said. Paul Bunger, dean of Medical Student Affairs, said students often bond with the donors in their classes, in addition to learning about the human body. “This is a very real person with a life to live and a life to share,” he said during his keynote speech. He went on to say that a donor acts as a teacher as
well as reminds students of their own mortality and the uniqueness of each human. The four students that gave testimonials echoed a similar belief. Leah Rasmussen, a second-year medical student, used her testimonial as a way to honor Maxine, a woman with whom she was close that decided to donate her body to the medical school. She called the process “a venue that exceeds the grasp of lecture” during her speech. Courtney Kolbeck, a P.A. student, spoke directly to
her “first patient.” “You gave me the gift of knowing you,” Kolbeck said in her speech. Other students expressed their gratitude toward the donors in different ways. Several students contributed to the ceremony’s music through solos or group pieces. After the honorary service, students, families and faculty were able to converse amongst themselves. One attendee, Ellen Johnson, came in remembrance of her husband, Walt Johnson. She said that he had
“a lot” of medical conditions, and he wanted people to learn from them. “He liked trying new things,” his daughter, Kersten Johnson said. For Joe Truhe, along with other family members, this year’s ceremony was not his first. This year, he attended to honor his mother, Martha Truhe. He was at the 2010 ceremony for his father, Duke Truhe. Truhe said initially, his father was very against his mother donating her body to the medical school. But eventually, she convinced him to do so as well.
It’s because of their decision that Truhe said he and other members of his family are considering donating their bodies as well. “There’s nothing better than on-the-job training,” he said. Truhe said the medical students do a good, respectful job of honoring the donors each year. Kristi Tobin, who attended the event in memory of her late husband, Gregg Tobin, said the ceremony was “very touching.” “It was beautiful,” she said.
Alcohol speaker draws more than 1,200 students By Sydney Mook
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“How many people in the audience have ever killed their three best friends while drunk and driving a car? My name is Mark Sterner.” Mark Sterner held up his hand and silenced a group of more than 1,200 students as he told his story in Aalfs Auditorium on Monday evening. Sterner was on spring break with four of his friends in Sanibel, Fla. They had been taking turns being the designated driver each night. Sterner said the system worked great for the five days before because it allowed everyone to have fun while still being able to get home safely each night. But on their last night of spring break, no one wanted to miss out on the fun. So they decided that whomever was the least drunk of the group would drive everyone home, Sterner said. “At 3:30 in the morning my mother received a phone call from the Lee Memorial Hospital,” Sterner said. “She told her to get from Pennsyl-
vania to Ft. Meyers, Fla., as quickly as she could because she couldn’t guarantee I’d be alive when she got there.” Sterner had a blood alcohol content of .17, which is more than double the legal limit in Florida, he said. Three of his friends, Aaron, 22; Pete, 22; and Jim, 23, were all pronounced dead at the scene. “Old people die, you don’t die at 21,” Sterner said. “You aren’t supposed to die when you’re having fun. But they did.” When Sterner woke up a few weeks later, he was charged with three counts of DUI manslaughter, which carried the maximum sentence of 45 years in prison. He only served three years because his friends’ families didn’t want him to go to jail for life, he said. “Instead of being the first person to graduate college from my family, I was the first to go to prison,” he said. Sterner said he spent a lot of his time in jail wondering why he lived and his friends didn’t. He was the one who was
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Mark Sterner tells the story of the night that he killed three of his best friends in a car
accident while drunk driving during Spring Break of his senior year of college. Over 1,200 students attended the speech in Aalfs Auditorium on Monday night, where Sterner encouraged them not to make the same choices he did on his final night of spring break in March 1994. driving the car drunk – he was the reason they were dead.
Though he knows he can’t bring back his friends, Sterner said he
talks to students across the country in hopes they won’t make the same
choices he did. “My friends and I wanted to have fun that week, and we did, but that night was our last night of fun for our lives,” he said. First-year Ashlyn Hartman, who was at the university-sponsored event, said she lost a friend due to drunk driving and believed Sterner’s speech was very informative and important for students to hear. “It’s not something that’s easy to hear about or talk about, but it benefits students to listen to someone else’s experience,” she said. The presentation was a part of an annual alcohol speaker night hosted by Student Services, the athletic department, FYE and Greek life. Lindsay Sparks, director of transitions, said she wanted students to view this as a lesson, rather than being told what to do. “It’s not about preaching to students or telling them not to drink,” she said. “It’s about students understanding choices that you make and how those choices affect you and other people.”
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Nancy Rosenbrahn, lead plaintiff in Rosenbrahn v. Daugaard, speaks about marriage equality and LGBTQ+ rights at a panel discussion at Al Neuharth Media Center on Sept. 17.
Panel discusses LGBTQ+ rights, says fight for equality in state is not over By Eden Hemmingson
Eden.Hemmingson@coyotes.usd.edu
The battle for marriage equality in the United States may have been won for the LGBTQ+ community, but the war for equality is far from over according to a panel of South Dakota activists who spoke at USD on Sept. 17. The panel, which was hosted by USD’s Women and Gender Studies Program and the School of Law, included Nancy Rosenbrahn, lead plaintiff in Rosenbrahn v. Daugaard; Laurence Novotny, activist and founder of EqualitySD; and Tiffany Graham, associate dean of USD’s School of Law. Graham presented the history of the struggle for marriage
equality in the U.S. She discussed the Stonewall riots, the AIDS crisis, the fight against discrimination and the progression toward the day marriage equality became constitutional. “There was this radical challenge to the norm of the heterosexual family structure,” Graham said. “There was a great deal of emphasis on sexual revolution, a great deal of emphasis on breaking down some of our traditional understandings of the way families ought to be.” Graham presented the concerns of some people in the 1970s and 80s surrounding the AIDS crisis, and the lack of action by the government and the lack of research being done at that time.
“The government actors refused to acknowledge that people were dying by the thousands,” she said. “If you talk to people who lived in that era in New York City, what they will tell you is they went to funerals for a decade.” As the presentation moved into more recent years, Graham discussed the Windsor lawsuit. Edith Windsor filed a lawsuit against the federal government in 2010 because her wife had passed away, leaving her money to Windsor. Windsor was taxed on that money, but she wouldn’t have been if she had been married to a man. This was because Defense of Marriage Laws (DOMA) said the term “spouse” only applied to
a man and a woman. Novotny continued on this topic from the point of view of an activist in South Dakota. “In 1995, some conservative South Dakota legislators thought they should do something about this,” Novotny said. “So they introduced a bill to ban same-sex marriage.” Novotny said after this bill was passed, activists started calling him and they came back to South Dakota to fight it. They went to Pierre and supported a proposed bill against the banning of samesex marriage, which was shot down. “It was a surprise,” Novotny said. “The legislators were not expecting gays and lesbians to
group up in Pierre like that.” Rosenbrahn also described the history of marriage equality through her lifetime. She said she came out in a time when being anything but heterosexual was unfathomable to American society. When she did come out, she got divorced from her husband. The next year she fought for custody of their two children. Attorneys at that time told her that the best chance she’d have at getting her kids back would be to kidnap them. She was living in South Dakota, and her ex-husband and children were living in Wisconsin, so that would have been too risky, See LGBTQ+, Page B3
Student selling Mary Kay ‘passionate’ about sales
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The MUC convenience store allows students to purchase their items
with use of flex or coyote cash.
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McKayla Foust applies makeup on first-year Olivia Hudson in Foust’s dorm. Foust hosts facials in her room at Coyote Village, where she also sells her products on-hand or orders through catalog. By Cheyenne Alexis
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One full-time student at USD has found a way to travel and meet new people, all while being her own boss and selling products she loves. McKayla Foust, a first-year social work and child welfare major, sells Mary Kay beauty products ranging from skin care to makeup.
Foust started selling Mary Kay with the intention to meet new people and promote the cosmetics line. Her director, Robin Arsaga, said her work ethic has allowed Foust to blossom as a sales director. “She is passionate and very focused on a goal when she chooses to put her mind on (one),” Arsaga said. Foust said she has been using
the cosmetics line since she was in sixth grade, and it is the only one she wears. “I guess I just love the makeup,” Foust said. “You have to love the product to be able to sell it. It’s my favorite – I don’t use anything else.” Foust was inspired to begin selling and consulting Mary Kay See MAKEUP, Page B3
Diverse roles not present in entertainment CHEYENNE ALEXIS is a sophomore majoring in media and journalism.
In television, movies and books, it is obvious there is a lack of representation for people of color. This is something not everyone is willing to discuss, because then they might feel attacked and try to point out
what movies, books or television shows do indeed have a strong diversity, which in reality is little to none. Within my short stories I write, I find it imperative to be inclusive of all races, all sexualities, all religions – anything. I wish I didn’t have to make it a point to write about characters that are of a race other than white, simply because if I didn’t, hardly anyone else would. This is a problem, because it is unrealistic. According to npr.org, by the year 2020 the American minor-
ity population will exceed the white population. Since this is the case, all sources of entertainment should be more inclusive, because the reality is America is no longer going to be predominantly white in the next few years. Society prevents people from seeing the true beauty in diversity.
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Meal plans give students variety of food, shopping By Shelby Carlson
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From first-years to graduate students, everyone has to eat. At USD, students are given a variety of options for food. There are ten different meal plans for students to choose from. Based on preference, the number of meals a semester varies from 10 – 120 meals. The amount of flex dollars also varies based on preference. Flex dollars are dollars that come out of your selected meal plan each semester. Flex dollars can be spent at dining facilities such as Papa John’s, Qdoba, Chick-fil-A, Einstein Bros Bagels, etc. What is important to know about flex dollars is that the leftover money not spent will not carry into the next semester. First-year James Pritchard said he has meal plan Coyote 10 because it’s more flexible for him, allowing him to either
eat on campus or choose to make meals off-campus. “I chose the 10 meals a week because it was one of the cheaper plans and I make my own food occasionally.” Another means of getting food is called Coyote Cash. Coyote Cash is essentially a debit account that can be used at all flex locations as well as many locations around Vermillion. Places offcampus that accept Coyote Cash include: Asian Buffet, Burger King, Café Brule, Cherry Street Grille, Little Italy’s and Mexico Viejo. “Coyote Cash can be used at different locations on-campus as well as a few off-campus locations in Vermillion,” USD housing director Todd Tucker said. “We are constantly looking at additional locations in Vermillion that accept Coyote Cash. Recent See MEALS, Page B3
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Global Learning 101 Location: I.D. Weeks Library, Room 132C
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Sustainability Series - Dr. John Ikerd Location: Farber Hall, Old Main
Flu Vaccinations Location: Muenster University Center
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State of the University Address Location: Aalfs Auditorium, Slagle Hall
Free Popcorn Friday Location: Muenster University Center
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Volleyball vs. Western Illinois Location: DakotaDome
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Katie McGuire: What is your major?
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Tracy Prins: I’m a nursing major with a minor in disaster response. KM: What year are you?
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KM: What are you involved in on campus?
TP: I’d like to work in the trauma ward, but I haven’t decided where yet.
TP: Alpha Phi, I’m a Dakotathon dancer, a Strollers dancer and I’m a Panhellenic delegate.
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TP: It’s only two hours from home. Most of my family went to state so it made me sort of the black sheep, and I kind of liked that. Also USD has a medical program so I knew I had lots of options.
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Rawlins Piano Trio Location: Colton Recital Hall
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The University of South Dakota’s Rawlins Piano Trio is set to start their tour in Vermillion, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, and Omaha, Nebraska. They will be playing on Sept. 22 in Fergus Falls, Sept. 28 in Vermillion and Oct. 1 in Omaha.
Yote Floats Location: Muenster University Center
The University of South Dakota is joining with colleges nationwide and planning to start a Toastmasters International Club, which will be available to any faculty, staff, students and residents of Vermillion. The club will focus on helping those members improve their communication skills, help people speak during interviews, facilitate meetings and make presentations.
STATE Custer State park Buffalo Roundup on Friday Rapid City’s 50th annual Custer state park buffalo roundup will happen on Friday, Sept. 25 with a heard of an estimated 1,300 buffalo. The event will begin at 9:30 a.m., where the guests must stay in viewing areas until the buffalo herd is in the corrals. If people plan to attend, it is advised to bring folding chairs, cameras and binoculars, and to keep family pets at home to not disturb the wildlife. Breakfast will be available at 6:15 a.m., and lunch will be served after the buffalo are rounded up at 2 p.m.
At the 2015 Emmys on Sunday, “How to Get Away With Murder’s Viola Davis became the first black actress to win the award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series. Davis made a speech following her win quoting Harriet Tubman, and followed thanking the creator of “HTGAWM” Pete Nowalk and executive producer Shonda Rhimes.
WORLD Beatles contract collects $90,000 at auction
The Beatles’ first signed recording contract was recently auctioned and sold for more than $90,000 for the rock and roll version of “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean.”
Brands take to social media on Sept. 11
Companies take advantage of mourning, try and promote businesses SHELBY CARLSON is a senior majoring in media and journalism.
September 11 is a difficult time for Americans and a controversial day for brands. This is the time of year that brands take to social media sites such as Twitter to show their respect for the tragedy that occurred 14 years ago when terrorists attacked the United States.
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These brands mean well when they tweet on this day, but some brands take their tweets too far and end up with a disaster. I used the hashtag “brandfails” to track brands that failed in their attempt at a proper 9/11 tweet. CVS Pharmacy posted a photo to Twitter of the Manhattan skyline with two lights where the Twin Towers would be standing. In the corner of the photo there is a CVS logo. The company failed to show respect toward 9/11 and instead chose to promote their brand, which offended numerous people. In the South, a tie company
out of Birmingham, Ala., posted a tweet many thought was insensitive. “Let’s get 2,296 retweets for the 2,296 people who lost their lives 14 years ago today.” The tweet was quickly deleted but not before people took a screenshot of the tweet. The app Timehop started out meaning well with their tribute. A picture showed a dinosaur looking across the horizon to where two bright lights are in place of the fallen towers. Once the reader keeps scrolling however, there is another picture of a dinosaur at the bottom saying, “Memba dis?”
As in saying, “Memba when the towers fell?” Many more “brand fails” surfaced as the day went on, those are just a few of my personal favorites. Not every brand missed the mark though. There were also some respectful tweets that companies put on their social media. White Castle posted a photo of the Twin Towers with an American flag wrapped around the towers with the words, “We Remember.” No food in the picture or a White Castle slogan or brand. Tweeting about 9/11 under your Twitter name is self-promotion enough and White Castle did just
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1 Men preferring one over a long distance (5) 4 Quietly say to the barman “just a small one” (3) 6 Lady-boy has bottom pinched (5) 9 It may strike a chord, but only once (7) 10 Composer died after opera’s opening is made too elaborate (7) 11 Stirring rally provides bigwig with little to do (4,5,4) 14 Money from 7 back-to-back articles (4) 15 Pornographic TV show had to corrupt (10) 19 It’s a tragedy to mix up sex and/or die (7,3) 20 Time to return, with no great speed or expectation (4) 22 Dancing a Spanish dance hurts! (5,3,5) 27 Object pierces torn clothing (7) 28 Foreign politician once lost his head (7) 29 Capital place to sit into which one sinks (5) 30 Cancel religious programme from dodgy broadcaster (3) 31 Reward includes dry savory cake (5)
that. Dunkin Donuts had the same concept as White Castle. Instead of posting their logo or a picture of donuts, they tweeted out a picture of American flags with the words, “Today we honor the memory of those who lost their lives on September 11.” My advice to all brands out there – take September 11 as a day off from tweeting. That is not the day to appear altruistic and it certainly is not a marketing opportunity. If you are not sure if a tweet is appropriate, just skip it. Better to be safe than sorry.
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CAB ready for ‘showcase’ year By Malachi Petersen
Malachi.Petersen@coyotes.usd.edu
The Campus Activities Board is hoping a restructure of its organization, along with a boost in funding from the Student Government Association, will make this year a “showcase year.” This semester, CAB went from having one vice president to having three vice presidents. Each vice president is in charge of a specific area of the organization, which includes marketing, membership and events. Doug Wagner, adviser for the organization, said the new structure streamlines communication from the organization’s leaders to the “Cabbies” that help out with events and planning. “The outgoing president last year and I sat down as we were starting to do our elections and felt it would be better to do a structure where (we) had a president and then have three different vice presidents and coordinators under those vice presidents,” he said. Wagner compared the new structure to a triangle of information where there’s a “step-by-step process for information sharing.” “There’s people designed at every level to make sure they’re catch-
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Hoodie Allen performs in Aalfs Auditorium April 13. The Campus Activities Board is looking to bring a “well-known” artist this year with help from a more than $29,000 boost in funding. ing all of that information and making sure things are planned efficiently and effectively,” he said. So far the system seems to be working. Eric Roach, president of CAB, said information sharing has been easier since the system was implemented. “It really kind of makes it easier to know who’s in charge of who and who’s reporting to who,” Roach said.
Senior Rachael Ruba, who is CAB’s vice president of events, said this year communication has improved within the organization. “The restructuring was more so we could have open lines of communication and knowing who to report to and who to really look to for direction,” she said. “At times last year we felt a little lost but now we have a more cohesive unit.”
Boost in funding CAB is one of the five largest student organizations on campus and is receiving $115,455 this year in GAF money, nearly $30,000 more than what it received last year. The organization’s funding this year accounts for more than half of the $173,000 given to the top five largest organizations which include Dakota Days, Tiospaye, Dako-
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By Trent Opstedahl
Trent.Opstedahl@coyotes.usd.edu
One group on USD’s campus is managing more than $1 million of stocks and gaining real world experience in trading and investing. Coyote Capital Management is a student-run organization that allows its members the opportunity to invest into stocks. Tanner Comp, a senior accounting major, has spent the past three years working his way up in Coyote Capital Management. Comp said CCM is unique because few schools have a program that allows students to manage such a large portfolio. He’s learned the basics of what it takes to be a stock portfolio manager, and now he’s using that knowledge to mentor other students who hope to follow in his footsteps. As an accounting major, Comp was able to use CCM to expand his general finance knowledge. “I was able to grow so much in my knowledge of financial investing,” Comp said. “Now I’m getting to the phase where I’m teaching people. I love teaching people new things.” Currently, CCM has invested in 40 to 50 stocks. “It’s a limited amount of schools that have (a program like) this. Most schools have an online version that they use, so it’s fake,” Comp said. Comp holds the title of senior analyst for CCM. Senior analysts are members of CCM who have
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ones are the theater and McDonald’s.” Alex Robertson, Cherry Street Grille manager, said he likes the Coyote Cash system. “Cherry Street Grille allows students to pay
worked their way in the organization and have a strong understanding of financial investment. They are also voting members who help decide which stocks CCM will buy or sell, if they choose to do so. The stock market is split up into sectors, so members of CCM split up into various groups and are responsible for researching and following a particular sector. They then report their findings to the entire organization, more or less, and provide input on which stocks they may or may not want to invest in. Because of his experience, Comp is also a sector leader. He leads the industrials sector, and heads up younger members who are within that sector. “We look at macroeconomic factors, projected income, etc.,” Comp said. “The people who are new to CCM, I’m the one who is showing them what to do (within the industrials sector) and guiding them.” With about 30 active members, CCM leaders are looking to build its membership back up to what it has been in previous years. Last year, Comp said CCM had between 80 to 100 members, but most of those students either graduated or didn’t return this semester. Junior Mitch Hanson, president of CCM, said the organization is looking to possibly restructure itself in certain ways to help rebuild membership
with Coyote Cash to encourage students to come and eat with us,” Robertson said. Not only is Coyote Cash a payment plan for food, students are also able to use Coyote Cash to pay for their laundry, vending machines and printing in the library.
numbers. “It’s more up to us to determine where we’re going due to loss of leadership,” Hanson said. “We want to get back to how things were.” What that restructuring should be is still in the works. Pavel Jeutang, an assistant professor of finance, is one of the advisers for CCM. He said there have been discussions about what has changed within CCM, and said a few possibilities could be that the organization isn’t as appealing to students like it used to be and participation is going down. “There are lots of reasons why that could be, so we are trying to address that to keep CCM strong,” Jeutang said. “It’s a unique opportunity for students. The way CCM classifies its members is another option leaders are considering to help address its membership numbers. But so far, any plan to do any sort of restructuring is in the planning and discussion phase. For Hanson, CCM is a way for any student – especially business students – to gain real-world experience necessary for a future beyond USD. “That’s the big thing because you learn in the classroom and do problems, but in CCM you are applying what you are learning while learning all at the same time,” he said. “You are doing what you could potentially could do outside school.”
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Rosenbrahn said. She was the first lesbian woman to try to win custody of her kids in Milwaukee, Wis., and she was determined to get them back. “You can’t tell me I’m not a good mother because I’m gay,” Rosenbrahn said. “It doesn’t compute, it doesn’t matter, a mother is a mother. And I got my kids back.” After getting her kids back, she started a business in South Dakota, and met Jen, who she would later be married to. They ran this business and worked until about two years ago when they were called to advocate against a bill that would allow businesses to refuse service to gays. This is when they got back to being activists and decided to take South Dakota to court for marriage equality.
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products because she wanted her customers to feel the same confidence boost she did when she started using the cosmetics. “For me, I’ve had skin problems,” Foust said. “The first thing everyone sees is your face. If your face is confident, you’re confident.” First-year student Olivia Hudson recently received her first facial from Foust, after she found out about Foust’s business in their acting class. “I’m not a huge makeup person,” Hudson said. “Now that I’m older and wiser I might become one.” Hudson was impressed with Foust after her finished facial. “(Other consultants) don’t get into so much detail as McKayla did,” she said. Though she does sell Mary Kay products, Foust said she would not consider herself an official employee for the compa-
tathon and SERVE. Wagner said some of the additional funds will be put toward bringing a well-known music artist to campus in the spring. The rest will go to fund different events around campus, including musical comedians and educational speakers. The main focus of the organization, though, will be on finding a concert that will draw large crowds.
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We got our work cut out for us, but damn we’re up for the fight. Nancy Rosenbrahn, lead
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“When it’s the right thing to do, there’s no decision,” she said. South Dakota won the suit, and Rosenbrahn and Jen’s marriage still wasn’t recognized in the state. A few months later, however, marriage equality was declared constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.
ny, and considers herself her own boss. She said her target audience ranges from people of all ages, but especially people from her hometown of Belle Fourche, S.D., where she sells to the younger crowd. “I will sell to anybody,” she said. Foust also said she sells to men as well, and stressed makeup and skincare is “not just for girls.” Besides makeup, Foust also consults people about their skin care. She explained that there are three skin care lines that she recommends to people – products for people in their 20s, for older ages and for acne-prone skin. “Anything you can think of, we have it,” she said. Recently, Foust attended a makeup seminar in Dallas, Texas, which she said was a “big, life-changing event.” “Everybody was there to celebrate,” she said. “Everybody was surprised I was there because I was 18.” Foust said the seminar was a good experience because she had all
“The litmus test for CAB every year is not the little things that happen, but our litmus test is usually that big concert, “ Wagner said. Last year’s concert was Hoodie Allen, which took place in Aalfs Auditorium, and the 2014 concert saw Timeflies take the stage in the DakotaDome. Wagner said he’s hoping to have another concert in the Dome this year. “My goal is that we do not have a show in Aalfs. I want us to be in the Dome because I think the Dome creates a better environment and atmosphere for a concert experience,” he said. Roach said the executive board is going through eight pages of artists to select about 10 potential artists. Once this list is created, it will be distributed to students in a poll for the ultimate decision on who will perform in the spring. “We want to bring whatever the students want to bring. Really it’s our job to listen to them and to bring what they want,” he said. While this year isn’t a make-or-break year for CAB, Wagner said it will offer good experience to the organization and be a testing ground for its new structure. “I think it’s going to be a really good showcase year,” he said.
Junior Logan Bullard, a secondary education major, said the discussion brought up topics he may not have thought of in the past. “I thought the seminar went really well, it was rather informed and opened up discussion to many listeners,” Bullard said. “We wondered what it’s going to be like if marriage equality did become legal in South Dakota, we thought it would be the end. Now that we’re here, we realize there is still a lot of work to be done.” Rosenbrahn said the next hurdle for LGBTQ+ rights is to get anti-discrimination laws passed in South Dakota. “We got our work cut out for us, but damn were up for the fight,” Rosenbrahn said. “We won in South Dakota, maybe not through South Dakota but a win is a win. Now we have all kinds of support.”
expenses paid for, which is not offered to many people, while she only had to pay for her food. In the future, Hudson said she will continue to go to Foust to purchase Mary Kay products. “She was very welcoming, very helpful,” Hudson said. “I’d come back and buy from her all the time. (It was) a fantastic experience. Foust shows a strong work ethic when she sells her products, Arsaga said, and is impressed with Foust’s age and passion. “The sky is the limit for her,” said Arsaga. “(Foust will be a) fabulous sales director.” Foust said she is grateful for the other opportunities she has had, mostly meeting people on campus and helping them with beauty products. She looks forward to meeting more people at the university, though she said it has been a bit difficult, but hopes she can continue selling “as far as it could take me.” “I’ve met beautiful people through Mary Kay,” she said. “It’s just a fun time.”
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Staying together as a group, the USD men’s cross country team runs on the Vermillion High School’s track in preparation for Saturday’s Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis.
Stress-free approach could lead to an advantage for Coyote cross country teams at Roy Griak
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By Jacob Lutz
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This Saturday at the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis, the Coyote cross country teams are looking to take on some of the best programs at the Division I level, including Minnesota, Colorado State, Boise State, Arizona, Southern Utah and Division II power house Adams State. The men are coming off a second place finish at the Bison Invite in early September, and this will be their first real test to see where they stack up with the rest of the nation. The women are coming off a first place finish at the Bison Invite, hoping to continue their string of success dating back to last season with a special performance this Saturday. “It’s about the small things, warming up, cooling down, stretching. If we can do those, we’ll be in a position to be successful,” said head coach Dan Fitzsimmons. Having raced at the Bison Invite – a course that virtually has no similarities to the Griak course – the Coyotes will definitely have their hands full. First of all, Griak is a jungle of hills, testing the mental fortitude and true will of the South Dakota runners. And not only that, but Griak is a longer course. The Bison Invite was just 4,000 meters for the women and 6,000 meters for the men. Griak will be a full 6,000 meters on the women’s side and 8,000 meters on the
There’s no sense in trying to predict the future. We’re just going to run. Dan Fitzsimmons, head cross country coach
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Finding her pace, senior Katie Wetzstein sepa-
rates herself on the track from her teammates in preparation for Saturday’s meet in Minneapolis. mens side, a distance first-year runners have yet to endure. No doubt this race is going to be different
for the Coyotes, but the teams are preparing for it. “If we run how we run at practice, it’ll be fine. Griak is an unpredictable course. We’ve been there when it’s been raining, cold and warm. There’s no sense in trying to predict the future. We’re just going to run,” Fitzsimmons said. “Sure, the freshmen are running a length that most of them haven’t raced before, but so are all of the other freshmen.” As for goals, they are minor and seem to mirror the teams’ attitude. Running is almost entirely a mental sport, so to give themselves any false idealizations wouldn’t necessarily be the best idea, according to the runners. But at the same time, See RUN, Page B6
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Junior Haley Jorgenson splits the block of her teammates during scout team versus starters practice scrimmage. The Coyotes ended their
Western Illinois (2-12) has been labeled a “scrappy team” by USD players and coaches. Plus, the Coyotes expect the Leathernecks to play extremely hard for their new coach. But there’s one advantage the Coyotes are expecting to walk into Friday’s match with. “Having all of our fans getting See HOME, Page B6
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Coyotes cruise into conference play, first home matches after big weekend at Purdue By Nathan Ellenbecker
After four weekends of traveling across the country, the USD women’s volleyball team is coming home. Or, they’re at least competing at home. Finally, they can sleep in their own beds the night before games and once again, the Coyotes will
serve in the presence of their home fans. And after closing tournament play with a 2-1 performance at Purdue and knocking off Notre Dame and Ball State, the timing is right. “We still haven’t peaked. No coach right now wants to come to practice and say, ‘This is as good as we’re going to get,’ ” head coach
Leanne Williamson said. “We are so ready to be home and continually improve in front of our own fans. Four weeks of travel is a lot for all of our girls.” The Coyotes (6-7) return home Friday against Western Illinois, their first conference opponent of the season. Opening serve for Friday’s home opener is scheduled for 5 p.m. in the DakotaDome.
By Mike Hammond
Michael.Hammond@coyotes.usd.edu
The USD women’s soccer team enters Summit League play with high hopes after finishing 2-4-2 in conference play a year ago. “We want to put it together and fire on all cylinders,” head coach Mandy Green said. “If we play our best and be competitive, we can compete with anyone.” The Coyotes start with Oral Roberts at home during Dakota Days on Oct. 2, and host Denver two days later to begin Summit League play. Oral Roberts finished 3-5 in the Summit League a year ago but currently sit with a winning record, 4-3-2, so far in 2015. Denver ended the season in third place at 5-3 a year ago and lost to South Dakota State in the Summit League Cham-
tournament season with two wins at Purdue over the weekend. USD begins conference play Friday in the DakotaDome against Western Illinois.
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Soccer faces tough road ahead
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COYOTEDigest RESULTS VOLLEYBALL Sept. 18 West Lafayette, Ind. SOUTH DAKOTA 0, PURDE 3 Sept. 18 West Lafayette, Ind. SOUTH DAKOTA 3, NOTRE DAME 2 Sept. 19 West Lafayette, Ind. SOUTH DAKOTA 3, BALL STATE 2
FOOTBALL Sept. 19 DRAKE Vermillion SOUTH DAKOTA 52, DRAKE 0
SOCCER Sept. 20 Vermillion SOUTH DAKOTA 1, NORTHERN IOWA 0
GOLF Sept. 21-22 COYOTE CLASSIC Dakota Dunes, S.D. SOUTH DAKOTA, 6TH PLACE
FOOTBALL Coyotes’ Chancellor receives first MVFC award
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Above: Students weave through the crowd and stand on the tailgates of trucks during the first student tailgate outside the DakotaDome. Left: The USD flag team sprints onto the field before kickoff of the Coyotes football home opener. The first home game of the season turned out 8,045 fans in attendance at the DakotaDome, including a lively student tailgate prior to kickoff. The Coyotes defeated the Drake Bulldogs 52-0, dominating on both signs of the ball. The Coyotes have a bye week before Dakota Days begins Monday. USD hosts Youngstown State and former Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini for their homecoming game Oct. 3 with kickoff at 2 p.m.
After a blowout win during his team’s home opener, South Dakota Derek Chancellor was able to secure a conference player of the week honor. The senior right tackle was named Missouri Valley Football Conference Offensive Lineman of the Week for the period ending on Sept. 20 yesterday. Chancellor, a leader on the Coyote offensive line for the past few years, was graded as the top-performing lineman for the Coyotes, who posted 296 yards rushing and 180 passing during a 52-0 win against Drake on Saturday at the DakotaDome. With the lead of Chancellor and his teammates, USD averaged 6.6 yards per carry and 7.3 yards per play on the afternoon in Vermillion. The 52 points were the most by the Coyote offense since 2009 and the 476 yards were the most since 2013. Chancellor has started 29 games for the Coyotes during
his four-year career. Last season, Chancellor carried a streak of 26 consecutive starts before suffering a broken fibula in game seven at Missouri State. This award is his first MVFC player of the week honor. Chancellor also made headlines amongst his teammates this summer after he completed his internship with United States Senator John Thune in Washington D.C. Chancellor worked on Capitol Hill for Senator Thune and the Senate Republican Conference. Chancellor graduated last May with a double major in history and political science. While working in the Senator’s office, Chancellor’s tasks included following amendments through the legislative process and pursuing press releases and opinion pieces on Senator websites. During his time in Washington, Chancellor worked out at the Washington Sports Club while running at a local high school football field. It was his first summer away from teammates in Vermillion since first arriving on campus in 2011.
COYOTE SPORTS ON DECK FOOTBALL Oct. 3 USD VS YOUNGSTOWN Vermillion Oct. 10 USD AT WESTERN ILLINIOIS Macomb, Ill. Oct. 17 USD AT NDSU Fargo, N.D.
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The Volante asked students if they attended the entirety of Saturday’s football and why or why not. “No, I didn’t go to the football game this weekend, and I definitely would not have stayed the whole time if I had gone.”
Jordan Hanson, sophomore
“I did not go to the game. I had a wedding.” Alex Cook, senior
“I didn’t go because I had to work, and I was in Sioux City.” Falmata Gishe, sophomore
“I stayed until halftime because were winning 31-0.”
Shea Amundson, sophomore
“No, because I went on a multicultural retreat that was put on by USD’s cultural center.” Mickey McGrann, junior
“I’m one of the drum majors for the marching band, so I had to stay the whole time.” Kaela Dejong, junior
“I did attend, and I did stay the whole time. Not only did I want to see us kick Drake’s butt, but I also had to cleanup afterwards.” Eldon Warner, first-year
“I did attend the football game. I did not stay the whole time because I was hungry and wanted pizza.” Jon Jamison, sophomore
Oct. 24 USD VS MISSOURI STATE Vermillion
CROSS COUNTRY Sept. 26 Minneapolis ROY GRIAK - MEN’S RACE 12:20 p.m. ROY GRIAK - WOMEN’S RACE Oct. 3 1:20 p.m. SDSU CLASSIC 10:45 a.m. Brookings
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Sept. 25 Minneapolis, Minn. GOPHER INVITATIONAL All Day
SWIMMING AND DIVING Sept. 26 Vermillion RED VS. WHITE SCRIMMAGE 5 p.m.
Sept. 26 Vermillion RED VS. WHITE SCRIMMAGE 5 p.m.
SOCCER Sept. 25 Vermillion USD VS UC RIVERSIDE 4 p.m. Oct. 2 Vermillion USD VS. ORAL ROBERTS 4 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL Sept. 25 Vermillion USD VS. WESTERN ILLINIOIS 5 p.m. Sept. 26 Omaha, Neb. USD AT OMAHA 5 p.m. Oct. 2 Fargo, N.D. USD AT NDSU Oct. 4 Denver, Colo. USD AT DENVER Oct. 11 Vermillion USD VS. ORAL ROBERTS
Oct. 4 Vermillion USD VS. DENVER Noon Oct. 11 Vermillion USD AT NDSU 3 p.m.
MEN’S GOLF Sept. 28-29 Madison, Ill. SIUE DEREK DOLENC INVITE TBA Oct. 5-6 Des Moines, Iowa. DRAKE ZACH JOHNSON INVITE TBA
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Football has first bye week, focuses on good Dakota Days decisions By Max Tushla
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fter two consecutive wins, the Coyotes have some time to relax before facing one of the biggest games of the year – the Dakota Days homecoming matchup against Youngstown State. USD has gathered some momentum over the past two games, but head coach Joe Glenn and his players are not worried about the week off – not to mention a week full of distractions – affecting their energy two Saturdays from now. “It’s going to be a good thing. We got a couple good wins here,” said quarterback Ryan Saeger. “This week off will let us take a step back and really focus on the Missouri Valley schedule ahead and Youngstown State coming into town, so I think it will be a good thing for us.” Glenn said the timing of the bye week is convenient for his players. “They’re charged,” Glenn said. “They’re feeding off their success. They’re feeding off each other, and they know how important it is for us to go into the next game healthy and loaded for a great game.” After last week’s win over Drake, Glenn knows the Youngstown team will not be so easily conquered. “We understand it will be a better football team than we played Saturday, and we’ll expect a hard game but that’s the way you train your mind for the next two weeks. It’s going to be 60 minutes of football,” Glenn said. With this being Dakota Days, USD expects a large crowd, and they do not want to disappoint. “It’s probably the biggest game some of them have ever played in. It’s a big game for our football program, big game for what direction we’re going to take, and we’ve got to make a statement in the Missouri Valley Football Conference,” Glenn said. After last week’s DakotaDome crowd of 8,045, Saeger realizes what an engaged crowd can do for a team. “To know that they are behind us when we make a big play is big,” Saeger said. “I think it gets the defense on their heels a little bit. It gets them thinking about the crowd and the crowd noise, so all the better.” Running back Trevor Bouma is also excited for the crowd that homecoming week brings. “It’s going to be a really exciting atmosphere, hopefully we can take the momentum and continue on with the sparks that crowd is going to bring,” Bouma said. Dakota Days promises for a big game, but Glenn understands the distractions the players face during the week. “A lot of schools, even at our level, sequester their team,” Glenn said. “They take them and put them in a motel somewhere, it’s very expensive, but we don’t have the motels and I have always felt if you could get away from the maddening crowd and get in your own bed that’s where you would sleep the best.” Homecoming week is full of parties, celebrations and potentially risky situations for the players, but Glenn said he doesn’t play Momma Goose for his players. He trusts them to make the right decisions. “You just have to trust that your kids have put so much time and effort and love into this, that it’s important to them not to go out and screw anything up the night before a big game,” Glenn said. When Youngstown State comes to town, one of the big story lines will be the arrival of former Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini. Even with the media coverage this will bring, the players pay it no attention. “It has nothing to do with us,” Saeger said. “We’ll just keep practicing and doing our thing.” Kickoff between USD and Youngstown State is set for Oct. 3 at 2 p.m. in the DakotaDome.
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Senior defensive back Michael Lilly snags an
interception in the first half of Saturday’s game against Drake University at the DakotaDome.
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Breaking up a pass, junior Tyson Graham lays out during Saturday’s game against Drake University at the DakotaDome. The Coyotes
blew out Drake 52-0 in their home opener and now face a bye week before Dakota Days on Oct. 3 against Youngstown State.
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pionship, but have not been able to find the same success this season and are winless at 0-7-1. “It’s huge that we get to play at home. We are playing well at home, and Oral Roberts and Denver are extremely tough teams,” Green said. “We will be in our own beds and don’t have to run into any travel disasters, that’s a huge advantage.” For the players, it’s an advantage to play on their own field. “No one has a field like the USD soccer complex,” senior midfielder Danielle Anderson said. “We know our field, all the divots and holes.” Elena Tsakakis, a senior midfielder, said the Coyotes have a goal of finishing in the top four of the Summit League to make the conference tournament at the end of the season. “We have high expectations,” Tsakakis said. “We have a lot of returning players and kind of have a chip on our shoulder.” To achieve this goal, USD
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Cutting off the opponent’s angle, sophomore forward Lara Boman pursues the ball during Sunday’s home game against Northern Iowa. USD won 1-0 in the contest.
will have to take advantage of scoring opportunities that they couldn’t take advantage
of in the non-conference schedule, going 3-7 with only one game remaining against UC-Riverside on Friday.
“We have to play the USD style and not buy into what the other team is doing,” Anderson said.
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to come and support us is definitely going to be a booster,” senior Kelsey Biltoft said. “For once, we’ll be warming up with the fans on our side.” The Coyotes have been facing road opponents throughout September’s tournament play. This weekend at Purdue, they played the 22-ranked team in the nation on their home floor. Williamson said she feels the Coyotes could have even pulled out game one against the Boilermakers. Eventually, the team lost in three sets, but the weekend turned around Saturday. USD strung together two knitty-gritty, five-set performances against Notre Dame and following up against Ball State. Williamson said she was impressed that her team played clean volleyball – and sometimes their best volleyball – in those fifth sets. “Coming home with two wins against two programs that are well-known and that people can relate us to is great,” Williamson said. “We never gave up, and there were some great performances individually. Overall, we are very happy coming home.” Senior Sydney Dimke said the weekend at Pur-
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to low ball themselves wouldn’t help either, which is exactly why their
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Nestled on the second level of the DakotaDome, the Coyote Den is a small, loud
environment for Coyotes volleyball games. USD plays at home Friday against Western Illinois. due was a big momentum booster for her team. “Summit League play is exciting and still challenging,” Dimke said. “It’s exciting that we were able to see what we can do when we play well.” Dimke has stepped up as the team’s bona fide oncourt leader this year. She was impressed with the individual performances of young players such as setter Brittany Jessen, firstyear libero Lauren Mattison and first-year outside hitter
Hayley Dotseth. She was especially impressed with their play despite the adversity of a five-set match. “Five-set matches are scary,” Dimke said. “Sometimes they’re three hours long, and you work that hard just to lose. It hurts worse if you lose in five. I’m so glad we were able to prove that it doesn’t phase us going into a five-set match.” The team’s success in the five-set matches also fulfills
some season-long expectations the Coyotes have for themselves – a nice pat-onthe-back before the heart of conference play begins. “One of our goals coming into the season is to never lose the fifth set. Obviously we never want to be in a fifth set, if possible,” Biltoft said. We stayed true to that goal, and it will definitely relax us if we ever have to come to another five setter.”
goals are simple. “As for team goals, just running more as a pack would be beneficial,” firstyear Nate Wendt said. Fitzsimmons said to do good in the invitational, gaps have to be closed.
“If we’re able to close the gap between our first, second and third runners, and have our fourth and fifth not far behind, we can be successful,” he said. Wendt said his personal
goals are to improve with every meet. “I’d just like to run a little bit more consistent. I took it out a bit hard at the last meet, and I’ve learned from that,” Wendt said.