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The University of South Dakota Student Government Association is working to fix a number of outdated laws and guidelines concerning control over student organizations and fiscal responsibility. FISCHBACH During the group’s first meeting Sept. 3, Club Lacrosse President Alex Peterson confronted SGA, looking for a donation to go towards purchasing helmets for the club to use this coming season. The request for helmets was turned down, because the club is ineligible for funding for not being an active club for at least one year and did not originally list helmets as a line item. However, during discussion it became apparent a few points and procedural instructions in the SGA fiscal guidelines as well as the appropriation guidelines for club sports are no longer current. SGA Business Manager Kara
'ONWARD' TO $250 MILLION University fundraising campaign goes coast to coast in search of donors Trent Opstedahl and Alex Schaefbauer The Volante
University of South Dakota leaders are a quarter of the way through completing a seven-year, $250 million fundraising campaign, making it the largest philanthropic drive in the university’s history. A comprehensive campaign impacting the entire USD campus, the “Onward South Dakota” campaign is expected to increase student scholarship funds, attract and retain a more diverse faculty, maintain student and program enrichment endowments and fuel capital revitalization projects, said USD Foundation President Steve Brown. “This campaign is more far reaching to more constituencies than others (fundraising campaigns) may have been before,” Brown said. “…Our sights are set higher than ever before.” Now in its silent phase, Brown noted "Onward" has raised nearly $75 million in gifts and pledges since its launch Jan. 1, 2012. Averaging about $1 million each week, Brown said the foundation is aiming to surpass the $134 million mark by Dakota Days 2014, when the campaign officially goes public. PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS BY SAM MCMAHON AND TRENT OPSTEDAHL
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"ONWARD SOUTH DAKOTA" BY THE NUMBERS: THE PHILANTHROPIC AGENDA
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Museum set to expand, fulfill brand Austin Ashlock and Creighton Hoefer The Volante
Upon arriving at the National Music Museum last November, Cleveland Johnson, the institutions second director in its 40-year existence, was faced with a number "daunting" challenges. "I quickly realized the museum had a corJOHNSON ner to turn," Johnson said. "We had to decide whether to keep on keeping on, or take the chance to reevaluate the institution, it's setting, it's era and it's cultural impact." Choosing the latter, Johnson set out, not to renovate the historical institution, but to fulfill its national title. "Our biggest challenge is how to breakout and kind of get out from under that bushel that (the museum) has had for many years," Johnson said. "We want to live up to our national name."
$112 MILLION in capital projects
$97 MILLION in student scholarships
$29 MILLION in faculty support
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Unofficial partnership benefits county EMS, university students Michael Geheren The Volante
Heard, not seen However, before Johnson and his staff can concern themselves over garnering national recognition, their most up front obstacle is right outside their door. Located on the campus of the University of South Dakota, Please see MUSIC, Page A8
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Jordana Lamb, physician assistant student and EMT at Vermillion-Clay County EMS prepares a stretcher to make ambulance 19-9A ready for an emergency call.
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Merritt Groh is one of eight students from the University of South Dakota volunteering for the Vermillion-Clay County Ambulance Department. Vermillion’s ambulance department responds to approximately 800 calls per year, and is staffed 24 hours a day with two ambulances on duty at all times. About half of the roster is made up of university students, said former Emergency Medical Service Director Lee Huber. Groh discovered a passion of medicine by working for the department. When he was an undergraduate student at USD, his degree was secondary education in history with a minor in physics. His master’s degree was for public administration. Now he is finishing his clinical rotations to be a physician assistant, a career he did not think about when he started. Huber calls the job opportunities a revolving door. Students come in their first year and are typically trained in Vermillion as an Emergency Medical Technician. He said many move on to medical school, physician assistant school, nursing school or
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their career at their end of time as an undergraduate. “Rather than looking at that as one of the obstacles, the last couple years, we have embraced it,” Huber said. While there is no official partnership between USD and the city of Vermillion for an EMT program, many students who are planning on attending graduate programs in medical areas choose to volunteer with the department, said Huber. Senior Nicole Gulley plans on attending medical school next year, and she is also an instructor for the EMT class held at the Vermillion Ambulance department and is the president of the Vermillion/Clay County Ambulance Association. “It’s really beneficial to start getting patient contact and actually interacting with patients,” Gulley said. “You get a little more experience and you get to know, yes, you want to be in the medical field.” The department provides emergency medical services for the majority of Clay County including Vermillion, said Huber. Students play a vital role in the department’s success. There are Please see AMBULANCE, Page A6
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THIS WEEK IN COYOTE HISTORY 1953 Dakota Days was featured on television for the first time since it started 37 years prior. Dakota Days chairman Bob Swanson announced that an interview with the Dakota Days Queen and two football players would be broadcast in replacement of KVTV in Sioux City. A 15-minute video recap of Dakota Days events was also broadcast.
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1972 The South Dakota Board of Regents killed a proposal to allow the consumption of alcohol on the campuses of seven regental schools. USD President Richard Bowen, in addition to the other seven university presidents, pressed the board that alcoholic drinks be prohibited on college campuses. The previous year, the South Dakota Student Federation supported an unsuccessful legislation that would allow beer consumption on campus. Regent Richard Battey argued that students could still drink off-campus.
Sept. 6 1. Two males were reported engaging in a verbal dispute in a public facility on Stanford Street. Officers were called to assist the individuals in settling the dispute to avoid causing a disruption. 2. A minivan was left unlocked on
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Carr street where various electronics were reported stolen from the inside. The electronics were later recovered, however suspects remain unknown. Sept. 7 3. A 1994 Oldsmobile was reported stolen on Bloomingdale Street. The vehicle
has been accounted for and is being investigated by police. 4. Police were called to assist an owner whose dog fell into a hole in the ground and was unable to get itself out. The dog was recovered and showed no signs of injury.
Sept. 9 5. A man was charged with simple assault against his girlfriend on South Harvard Street. Police were called to assist separating the two individuals. *For a complete list of all police log activity, please see VermillionPD.org.
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USD Opera delivers award-winning performance VOLANTE STAFF REPORTS
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The University of South Dakota Opera landed secondplace in The American Prize in Opera Performance competition earlier this month for its performance of “Dido and Aeneas.” Founded in 2009, the competition is a series of non-profit, national competitions designed
to recognize the best performing arts in the country. The competition was founded on the grounds that many performing arts go unrecognized all across the nation on a regular basis, not only in larger cities, but in smaller universities and colleges as well. Finalists in the competition receive regional, national and international recognition
based on their performances. “Dido and Aeneas” was directed by Tracelyn Gesteland, D.M.A., assistant professor of voice and opera at USD, and choreographed by student Rebecca Hebda. Music was conducted by David Holdhusen, director of choral activities. Presented in the Spring of 2012, the opera skated past other operas from
Harvard University, Dell’Arte Ensemble in New York City, and Ithaca College among others. In addition to second-place in The American Prize competition, USD Opera was also awarded third place in the National Opera Association’s Collegiate Production Competition last November.
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NEWSBRIEFLY Recital features classic piano works VOLANTE STAFF REPORTS Symeon Waseen, D.M.A., assistant professor of music at Black Hills State University, will present a piano recital Sept. 14 in the Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts at 7:30 p.m., free and open to the public. The recital will feature works by Béla Bartók, Ludwig Von Beethoven, Mario Davidovsky, and some of Waseen’s own compositions. Waseen is an active performer, specializing in music by contemporary composers and has premiered several works written by himself and his colleagues. He is the recipient
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Four faculty members at the University of South Dakota were recognized for their outstanding research and were awarded several grants as well as $3,000 each for their accomplishments. Faculty members include Chaoyang Jiang and Ranjit Koodali, associate professors in the department of chemistry, Carlos Telleria, associate professor of basic biomedical sciences and Gopinath Mani, assistant professor of biomedical engineering. Candidates were reviewed based on past and present research accomplishments, including criteria such as publications, presentations and serving as a peer reviewer, among others. Recipients were selected by university and external reviewers.
of the Eastman School of Music Wayne Brewster Barlow Prize for his “Concerto for Voice and Voices.” In 2012 he was the Commissioned Composer for the South Dakota Music Teachers Association for which he composed “Five Moments” for soprano and piano. Waseen currently teaches theory, composition and piano at BHSU and holds a doctorate degree from the Eastman School of Music, a master’s in composition from Bowling Green State University and a dual bachelor’s degree in piano performance and theory composition from the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
Mark Baron, chair of the Division of Educational Administration within the University of South Dakota’s School of Education, was awarded the “Excellence in Education” award by AdvancED, the largest education community in the world. Baron became a faculty member with the School of Education in 1991 and received his Ph.D and M.A. in educational administration from the University of Alabama. He was presented with the award for his contributions to PK-12
schools and higher education in South Dakota. The “Excellence in Education” award recognizes one individual from each state that is a part of the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement. Candidates are reviewed in areas such as providing a lasting positive impact on student learning and demonstrating a record of distinguished contribution to education
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DIGGING DEEP IN INTRAMURALS
A Sept. 10 intramural match between USD students turns to a grind.
The Missouri National Recreational River has announced that the Clay County Park Missouri River Cleanup will take place Sept. 14. Volunteers are to meet at the Clay County boat ramp area at 8 a.m. for registration. Coffee and doughnuts will be provided as well as official T-shirts. Boats from the National Park Service will transport volunteers to the cleanup sites along the river. Some volunteers will have the opportunity to visit Goat Island, the largest island on the river. The cleanup will end at noon, followed by hotdogs and drinks provided by the NPS. For more information please call (605) 665-0209.
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The percentage of South Dakota residents who are unable to supply enough food for their entire family is at a record high at 12.9 percent, an increase of 1.7 from 2007-2009, according to the U.S. Agriculture Department’s annual report. Kerri DeGraff, development director of Feeding South Dakota, said that the demand for food has been so strong since the recession that the organization has had to limit the amount of supplies food pantries can deliver to families. According to the percentage of households that struggle to find enough food, Nebraska was at 13.4 percent from 2010-2012, South Dakota 12.9 percent, Iowa 12.6 percent, and North Dakota 8.7 percent.
At least two colleges in the United States have introduced M.B.A. degrees in social media, and more students are finding the program to be a necessity. Southern New Hampshire University offers an M.B.A. in social media marketing, while Excelsior College in Albany, NY offers an M.B.A. in social media management. Karen Riggs, a media studies professor at Ohio University, is awaiting the approval of a social media program that will be available to all majors, and a social media certificate is awarded after graduation. “Students need to learn to become social media curators and be on the leading edge of what it’s becoming,” Riggs said.
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Outdated bylaws and guidelines regarding fiscal responsibility have caused a few issues with funding between the Student Government Association and student organizations in the past week. Some background first needs to be shed on the situation at hand. It all started when Club Lacrosse President Alex Peterson attended last week’s SGA meeting in the hope of receiving funding for helmets for the club to use this year. It quickly became apparent to the association that due to procedural guidelines, they would not be able to grant the club the funds. According to SGA, the fiscal guidelines and the appropriation guidelines for club sports are not up to date. The current rules and guidelines related to this issue are located on the MyU portal and have not been updated since May 2011. While there is still a gray area surrounding the guidelines, SGA has identified some reasons as to
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why this issue exists. Club sports used to be conducted under the DakotaDome and the campus recreation department, which no longer exists. SGA is currently trying to figure out how its organization comes into play when it comes to handling funds for club sports on campus. With that being said, it is clear that recent changes to campus workings have caused problems that were not caught initially. At this point in time, there are some club sports and organizations that are stuck in limbo because it is unclear as to where the funding should come from, and how SGA can work to provide it at this time. While some situations may not seem that serious or
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Student Government Association President Erik Muckey runs the weekly meeting which deals with issues such as funding for club sports groups.
One more year equals another year of lasting memories Payton randle is a senior majoring in contemporary media and journalism.
It’s taken a couple weeks for the fact that I’m now a senior in college to actually sink in, but now that is has, all I can think is, “What?” It’s not like you wake up one day and just feel like a senior in college, it’s a gradual process that takes a little time to get used to. Four years ago, being a senior in high school was such a big deal, and while it was at the time, this year has a different feeling to it. Every single time I have to say what year I am in school I always catch myself wanting to say any other year but senior. Being a senior means being one step closer to being a reallife adult. It means that in less
than nine months I’m going to graduate and have to finally acquire a real job and real responsibilities. I’ll have to spend the next nine months focusing on academics and my grade point average, filling out job applications and deciding what I want to do with the rest of my life. All of the excites me and scares me at the same time. Living in college for four years is almost like living in ignorance. And that ignorance really is bliss. You spend four years going to class, working mediocre jobs and making memories with your friend and then next thing you know, you have to spend your days working a nine to five job and missing all of your college friends. A routine starts and after some time, it’s one that becomes enjoyable. The freedom from home combined with the spontaneity and excitement of college life makes college a one in a lifetime experience that you never want to leave. While the idea of leaving Vermillion and all of my friends sound frightening
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and not appetizing at all, I do find myself reminiscing over the past few years and being genuinely happy that I had the experience at all. While being a senior means you’re on the verge of coming into an immense amount of responsibility, it also means you made it. And while you were making it, you had a good few years. As I’ve been sitting here, I’ve realized I’ve had too many memorable and worthwhile experiences to even count in my time at school. One of the most important aspects of my college career, next to academics of course, has been the friends I’ve made. With me personally, I joined a sorority my first year and I can honestly say my fellow Alpha Xi Delta sisters are the best friends I’ve ever had. Yes, that’s cheesy, but it’s true. A majority of my college memories are intertwined with the memories of my sisters. Our class has gotten to the point where we don’t even remember what year a certain event occurred. It’s been a constant struggle trying to
remember if we did that crazy thing second semester first year or first semester junior year. The cross-country road trips, days at Burbank Beach, the Wednesdays downtown and nights spent eating Cherry Street Grille have all run together into a wonderful collection of laughs, inside jokes and memorable times. Even though I’ve had some pretty fun times so far, I plan to make enough memories this last year to last a lifetime. I want to take this year to try and do all the things I haven’t done yet. I want to take a spring break trip out of the country and finally climb up Spirit Mound. This year will hopefully be the year I truly live the college life and appreciate every moment of it, because I’ve finally realized how important it is to do so. But of course, my ultimate goal is to graduate in May.
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Things I have yet to do, but still want to before I graduate Climb Spirit Mound Throw a party Eat at every restaurant in town Take a photo with every statue on campus Venture down to lower Verm Take a trip to Las Vegas Walk through the McDonald’s drive-thru at 4 a.m. Play a senior prank Any other ideas? Send them to the Volante Opinion Twitter account @VolanteOpinion with the hashtag #seniorbucketlist
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Bad girl lifestyle not one to be idolized katie mcguire is a sophomore majoring in contemporary media and journalism. Unless you have been living under a rock or have no access to the Internet, you have definitely heard of the constant “teen-star-gonebad-girl” craze among young Hollywood stars. From Miley Cyrus twerking on the Video Music Awards stage to the sporadic drug use of Lindsay
Lohan, it is safe to say the teen idols we once looked up to have taken a trip down crazy lane. Why is it no surprise that these teen stars we once admired have grown up to be examples of what not to do? The answer is simple: The pressures of Hollywood cause young minds to think they need to act out to get the attention they think they deserve. From playing the judge on Judge Trudy on the “Amanda Bynes Show,” parading around with the dancing lobsters, to actually sitting behind the defendants’ table, Amanda Bynes has been a prime example of what Hollywood can do to someone at a
young age. Starting a career at a young age, Bynes instantly made a name for herself as an adorable actress with a talent for making people laugh. She continued to make a name for herself when she broke out from the Nickelodeon network and became a movie star in films like “What a Girl Wants,” “Easy A” and “Hairspray.” Being a fan of Bynes, I was thoroughly excited that she overcame the typical Hollywood story, the one where people ask, “Amanda who?” But like Cyrus and Lohan, she exploded in the headlines with crazy accusations of drug abuse and vulgar tweets on a daily basis. It doesn’t make sense, and quite frankly
suggestion would be to keep the entertainers out of mind when making decisions. Unfortunately, we live in a world where normal people are responsible for their actions and therefore suffer the consequences. Please, my fellow students, do not let the pressures of the world turn you into an example of what not to do with your life, but rather an example of a person free of societal pressure to be famous. Because as these girls show, it leads to negative attention and no respect for who you are as a person.
it’s getting old. I’m tired of hearing about how crazy someone can get in Hollywood; it’s as if it is a competition now. Who can land in jail first? Furthermore, not only do they act completely immature, but they get away with it. Why should they get away with breaking the law if we can’t? I write for a wellrecognized college newspaper, but if I went off the bandwagon and started using drugs, I would be thrown in jail and probably forced to go to classes to help with my “addiction.” It seems there isn’t a pending solution. So what can one do now to avoid the negative influence? My only
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overheard Here you’ll find the weirdest, funniest and stupidest things we’ve heard during the week. Context is for suckers.
“President Abbott does whatever he wants.” — Dakota Street
“I’m probably going to unleash the wrath of God on you. And not the happy God.” — The Volante Newsroom
“It would be statutory rape if you even talked to him.” — I.D. Weeks Library
“I told him if he didn’t buy me McDonalds it wasn’t gonna happen.”
Timeline:
Young starlets most memorable freakouts
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Amanda Bynes April 2012:
May 2013:
Amanda Bynes got her first Driving Under the Influence after she sideswiped another car in Los Angeles.
Bynes was released from jail after allegedly throwing a bong out of her window. She then accused the New York City police of sexual harassment.
September 2012: Bynes was caught smoking marijuana in her car while driving with a suspended license. Throughout 2012 and 2013:
The actress began dressing outrageously, wearing crazy colored wigs and using Twitter as a place to state sexual fantasies and insult anyone she could think of, including Michelle and Barack Obama.
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July 2013: Bynes was held under a psychiatric hold and her parents asked a California court to grant them temporary conservatorship because of her “mental illness.”
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Sincerely, Austin Ashlock
August 2009:
September 2012:
Miley Cyrus took to dancing on what looked like a stripper pole at the Teen Choice Awards to her hit, “Party in the USA.”
Cyrus cut off her long, brown locks and went for a much shorter and bleach blonde look.
December 2012: A video of Cyrus surfaced of her smoking out of a bong on TMZ. She later claimed the she was not smoking marijuana.
August 2013: The singer took to the stage at the Video Music Awards, and with Robin Thicke, performed a raunchy rendition of “Blurred Lines” which included a lot of twerking on stage.
May 2012: Cyrus starting sporting major “sideboob” as if it were a fashion statement.
Dear Volante, Regarding last week’s article on Students for Inclusive Excellence, I would just like to clarify any misconceptions the article’s title may have conveyed. Students for Inclusive
Excellence does not intend to “cut ties” with our Student Government Association. From our inception, we have always maintained a relationship of utmost respect, support and collaboration. Together, we made the joint decision to pursue this growing mission in a new capacity. SGA’s commitment and nurturing has been an integral component in our development, in conjunction with administrative support stemming from the office of Student
Services and the office for Diversity. We greatly value our long-standing friendship and proudly share the overarching goals of our sister organization. Together, we forge a powerful union geared toward achieving positive change and continued growth on campus for every student and look forward to what the future holds. Most sincerely, Michelle L. Corio
Childhood movies serve as decent guide to life lessons Kathleen Serie is a sophomore majoring in contemporary media and journalism. The other night while I was chipping away at my homework, I heard the vibrant sounds of a classic Disney movie floating through the air. Naturally, like any studious college kid who is completely dedicated to their studies, I dropped what I was doing to see which film it was. As I walked into the room, the TV screen was filled with dancing inanimate objects, strange creatures, a slightly misled girl in a blue dress and a sly Cheshire cat. To a child, “Alice in Wonderland” is simply a fun, at times frightening, journey following a young girl through a world of fantasy and make believe. But, to myself and many other adults, a different theme prevails. Throughout the film, Alice is continually consuming different potions and substances (such as mushrooms) to transform herself. A walrus puffs
religiously at his cigar, and a caterpillar blows smoke rings from an intricate pipe that resembles a hookah. After further observation and research, I came to a personal conclusion that this classic Disney film relates to a theme of drug use and overall suspension from reality. As I continued to watch Alice travel through Wonderland, I began to think about other beloved movies by Disney that are targeted toward a young audience. The more I contemplated, the more I realized just how many of them possess very real, adult themes. “The Lion King” centered its story line around the betrayal of a family member. “Aladdin” contains themes of poverty and strict social classes. “Pocahontas” focuses on the issue of racism, and “Up” ultimately brings the viewer through a cycle of life and death. Now, I’m not one for conspiracy theories, and I certainly do not think Disney intended anything negative when he implemented these themes into his films. However, as a full grown adult, it always strikes me as interesting to revisit the stories of my childhood and explore how their meanings have
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shifted and changed as I’ve aged. Don’t get me wrong, the realization of adult themes in Disney movies does not make me change my opinion of them; in fact, I respect their presence. We may not have consciously realized it as children, but the incorporation of death, social hierarchy, and distance from reality revealed to us that the world is far from perfect. We sympathized with Simba when Mufasa died, we grew angry when the Native Americans and Englishmen fought during “Pocahontas” and we were always rooting for Aladdin to break through the social class system. Although the themes may seem disheartening and depressing to us now, Disney always had a way of showing us the importance of fighting against the suffering and injustice of the world. The world is a cruel place with many depressing, evil aspects to it — aspects that we realize and fully comprehend as adults. But the reason we can understand these concepts is because we were taught early on that life is not perfect — even in a Disney movie. Reach columnist Kathleen Serie at Kathleen.Serie@coyotes.usd.edu
IN THE KNOW: The university is working on a $250 million fundraising drive for student scholarships, faculty support, student and program endowments and capital projects. IN THE DARK: The university said they announced this drive two years ago, but nobody heard about it until this year. IN THE KNOW: College football and the NFL recently kicked off their seasons. IN THE DARK: Nobody cares about any other sports now. IN THE KNOW: Former USD men’s basketball coach Dave Boots retired one week ago. IN THE DARK: Boots told people of this resignation the same day he called it quits. IN THE KNOW: The Club Lacrosse team needs funds for new helmets and it went to the Student Government Association to receive the money. IN THE DARK: Due to outdated laws and regulations, SGA actually isn’t able to grant the club the money and this applies to other clubs until the laws are fixed. IN THE KNOW: The football team and students traveled to Kansas for a game against the Jayhawks which ended in a huge payout for the university. IN THE DARK: It also ended in a loss for the football team.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 not enough Vermillion residents to provide the medical care that is needed. The position provides students with experience and residents with the emergency medical services. “It has shown me what my true passion is, and has given me the ability to think quick on my feet and how to handle emergency situations,” Groh said. Some students have built up an understanding with professors at USD to allow them to take calls during class, said Huber. “There are a lot of instructors and professors that are very understanding of the role these students are playing as a first responder in the community,” Huber said. Some students are allowed to have their pagers on during class and can miss classes to respond to calls if needed. Students are told they have to keep up with class work, said Huber. He also said a number of volunteers are staff members at USD. During snowstorms, or when all three ambulances need to be activated, USD staff members can respond thanks to their supervisors.
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It’s taken a lot for sophomore Jesus Meza to get to where he is today. At 15 years of age, he joined his family in the logging business, wielding a chainsaw during 11-hour workdays. He’d log on the weekends during the school year in high school and still logs during long breaks. Meza’s education has been funded through blood and sweat, and if the South Dakota Board of Regents’ requested $6 million tuition freeze isn’t implemented, more will be required of him come 2014. “The problem is, with a lot of Hispanics or people from the Black Hills, the logging industry is dying,” Meza, who spent the summer logging, said. “I have coworkers with children that go here. If logging were to die out, that’s pretty much all we know.” The SD BOR requested the tuition freeze last month by naming it the top priority in its budget sent to Gov. Dennis Daugaard. The tuition freeze would cover salary increases to employees at public in-state institutions, with the $6 million difference coming from state funds. The request will move to the legislature if it makes it into Daugaard’s budget proposal in early December. It would then move to the state legislature. “Then they can hit the ground running,” Janelle Toman, the BOR’s director of communications, said. Toman said the BOR is currently “making our case to those involved” in the legislature. “We need to make our case to the governor,” she said. “We need to convince the legislation it is a great need.” Meza said his parents have saved enough money through their own jobs in the logging industry for him to attend college, but he knows of others who would have to drop out. “If there’s no logging and no school it’s just minimum wage jobs,” Meza said. “I just hope for the best and that we can work out a fair deal for the professors and the students.” Each summer Meza's work helps to pay for a semester at USD, but logging doesn't come without its risks. When he first began logging, he cut his thigh with the chainsaw, and he almost died three times over the summer. In one of those instances, Meza was cutting a whitewood tree in Nebraska with his cousin. While it was being cut, the tree began leaning, but when the final cuts were being made it began falling in the opposite direction, directly toward Meza’s cousin. “I yelled at him, but it’s tough to hear because he had earplugs in. I expected him to drop the chainsaw and run to the side, but
Ambulance: Students gain communication expertise “Supervisors are very good at allowing them to take some calls so they can be active during daytime,” Huber said. The skills learned during a student’s tenure at Vermillion EMS provides skills not always learned in the classroom, said Groh and Gulley. Communication is one of the biggest assets gained as an EMT. “It has helped me to work better with people in the health care field. I think it is important to learn how those relationships work,” Gulley said. “It will help me become a better doctor.” Students also get the experience of working with real people in the worst moments of their lives. They learn how to have a calm demeanor when a situation is stressful and to handle the initial contact with the patient and family members, Groh said. “Just today (Tuesday), even, we went through an EKG lab (in physician assistant school) and I was really familiar with that because we have been doing it on the ambulance,” said Jordana Lamb, a physician assistant student and EMT. It’s an experience many of the volunteers like Gully and Groh believe is helpful for a career in health care. “If you have seen blood and you can handle an emergen-
cy situation, it shows (medical and physician assistant) schools that you have a passion, you know what you’re doing,” Groh said. Students also staff community outreach events to education residents of Clay County on blood pressure and other health concerns. They also work approximately 25,000 hours per year as standby for fires, athletic and community events. USD students can receive training to be an EMT through the Vermillion EMS department. Students of the training course receive three credits, which can be used as equivalency credits at USD. Typically, four students are hired by the department every year, said Gulley, which is held in the fall. “Being an EMT is just amazing,” Lamb said. “There are not words for it.” Groh was a student seven years ago in the class. He took the EMT class after volunteering for the North Sioux City Fire Department and hired as an EMT and discovered his true passion: medicine. Groh credits his experience at the Vermillion Ambulance department as vital for him to attend school to be a physician assistant. “It has shown me what my true passion is,” he said.
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Sophomore Jesus Meza has paid for his college education with help from his parents and time spent logging in the Black Hills.
instead he ran straight,” Meza said. “The main trunk of the log was a foot above his head when I was thrown to the ground. I didn’t notice the branch coming right at me — the only thing I was thinking of was my cousin.” His cousin escaped the incident with only scratches and bruises on his back. Another time, he was cutting a tree on a cliff when the recoil from the chainsaw pushed him down a cliff. Meza got caught on another tree farther down the cliff, but was almost injured by the falling chainsaw. Although Leah Banks doesn’t work in the logging industry, the uncertainty of the tuition freeze has the potential to impact the sophomore's future education plans. Banks, a member of the Army Reserve since 2011, doesn’t know if her unit will have to deploy in the next year, but a tuition increase could be an equal roadblock. “I’ll be fine, but that’s not money I want to dig into,” Banks, who has a reserve college fund, said. Banks has already taken a
ride on the tuition rollercoaster. Last spring, due to the sequester, her military tuition assistance, totaling about $4,500 a year, was cancelled. The assistance was reinstated in March, but the deadline to apply for the tuition assistance had already passed. “I had money saved up,” Banks said. “That’s my last resort.” Banks, whose major is Addiction Studies, plans to attend graduate school, but said that could change depending if tuition rises. Both students are in favor of the tuition freeze, but Banks feels it should also extend to out-of-state tuition. “It’s like going trick-or-treating,” Banks said. “You give a handful of candy to one child and just a piece to another.” Meza hopes after graduation he will be able to help his parents retire. Without their assistance, he said he probably wouldn’t be in school. “I’d probably be logging,” he said. Reach reporter Braley Dodson at Braley.Dodson@coyotes.usd.edu
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Jordana Lamb, physician assistant student and EMT at Vermillion-Clay County EMS prepares a stretcher to make ambulance 19-9A ready for an emergency call.
County EMS upgrades The Vermillion-Clay County Ambulance Department upgraded its fleet Sept. 5 with the addition of a new ambulance, a replacement for a 1998 model. Technology added to the new ambulance and the department’s two other ambulances provide faster and more efficient response to patients.
Medicine on board Paramedics for the ambulance department have a more convenient way to distribute medication on the scene of a medical emergency. The department revamped their Advanced Life Support program to include an easy and secure way to transport medication said Director Lee Huber of Vermillion-Clay County Ambulance Department. Previously, paramedics would have to go to the station located on Dakota Street to get any medication needed at the scene. The entire department is volunteered-based except for a full-time director, so a paramedic may not be in the department at the time of a call. That would mean, in the past, they would have to drive out of their way to get the medicine before going to the scene. If medication is needed on a scene, paramedics now have the ability to access it on board in a secure safe, said Huber.
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Connecting to ensure efficiency All of the ambulances have been outfitted with Panasonic Toughpads, said Huber. The tablets run on Windows 7. They currently run software similar to an electronic medical record that can help identify patient’s prior medical issues, treatments and medications if they have used the department before. The Toughpads can also communicate with area hospitals by providing data from the onboard cardiac monitor to the emergency department before the patient arrives. This can help identify problems, allowing a faster response at the hospital. The cardiac monitor could have been useful in the cardiac arrest that took place on campus earlier this year in the Wellness Center, said Huber. The tablet can also identify medication and calculate medication mixtures to see if they cause any problems.
Organization USD students have also been instrumental in providing ideas on how to better organize the new ambulances, said Huber. All equipment and supplies on board are in color-coated bins. The bins provide an easy way to identify what is needed depending on the patient’s needs. Students also preferred backpacks to carry supplies, rather than duffel bags. Vermillion Ambulance department changed out the bags in all the ambulances to the backpacks. The change makes it easier for mobility and to carry out other tasks while providing care to the patient.
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Name change The names of the ambulances have also changed with the addition of a new one. The new ambulance will be called 19-9A. The other ambulances will be 19-9B and 19-9C to provide dispatchers and easier way to identify where ambulances are located, said Huber.
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Original design plans for the new athletic facility put it underground and on the same level as the DakotaDome, but after construction of the DakotaDome in 1979 revealed water table issues, the new facility may be moving above ground. “The Dome was built on a slew, and there were some water table issues there in the beginning,” said Jon Schemmel, assistant athletic director of development at USD. “We have a few options right now. We could build above ground or underground, but the water may push it above ground.” Schemmel said they wanted the new arena to be on the same level as the DakotaDome to sustain an orderly and efficient environment for students and athletes on one level. “We want it to be a home for student athletes, if everything could be on one level,” Schemmel said. “However, regardless of what level it is on it will not change what we are putting in
there.” Schemmel said this project will be more than just an athletic arena and will serve the Vermillion community, not just the university. “This is a lot more than USD athletics,” he said. “We are hoping to host more youth sporting events and Vermillion activities. We want this to impact not only university athletics, but ultimately USD, Vermillion and the state of South Dakota.” The new facility will also provide more opportunity for bigger events such as concerts and other performances. The university has already talked with several construction companies to handle the project, however none have been officially selected by President James Abbott. Meetings will be held in the next few months to determine the bonding process of the project and to determine final aspects of the designing stage. “Fundraising has been going great so far,” Schemmel said. Funding for the new arena is divided into three sources of
The reasoning behind the $134 million goal goes back to the Foundation’s previous fundraising campaign, “Campaign South Dakota,” which raised nearly $134 million over its nine-year run. “Campaign South Dakota” is USD’s most successful campaign to date. “We’re continuing to ramp up, and our public announcement (in 2014) will really gauge where we are,” Brown said. While the philanthropic agenda is outlined in four specific areas of need, each school is in the process of developing case statements to justify the ways in which their facilities would benefit from a portion of the campaign funds. The College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Law and the College of Fine Arts are among some of the university’s colleges to have submitted case statements to the Foundation for review. Larry Schou, dean of the College of Fine Arts, has been active in developing the school’s case statement of about $25 million. “We’ve never been involved with something like this before that I know of, so it’s very exciting, and I’m excited to have the college a part of it,” Schou said. “We don’t have a large donor base in the college, so part of my work and the gift officer’s work and the Foundation’s work is to find more people out in the country that have interest in fine arts.” Along with the creation of student scholarships and improvements to the fine arts department’s programs, the college is set to undergo a complete redesign. Nearly $17 million has been budgeted to expand and renovate the Warren M. Lee Center. “This building (Lee Center of Fine Arts) is adding on for art, music and theatre to have some more space,” said Schou, adding that each of the school’s depart-
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alumni from around the country and maintaining good connections, so that hopefully, they will donate.” One portion of the arena will be supported through Heff Funding, which is operated by the state. Science, health and research lab classrooms will connect the Dakota Dome to the new basketball arena, a section of the facility funded through Heff. Aaron Polkinghorn, senior, supports the construction of the new arena even if it is his last year at USD. “I’ll be graduated by the time it finishes,” Polkinghorn said, “but I think it’s a good investment if we’re trying to move into a Division I atmosphere.” Polkinghorn thinks the new arena has more potential than what has already been planned, namely the need for a rehearsal space for USD’s marching band. “It would be nice if they had a designated place for the marching band to practice instead of having them go outside,” he said. “The University of Minnesota has something like that and I think it’s something to look into here.”
income with a majority of the funds drawn from donation and fundraising, said Steve Brown, president and CEO of USD Foundation. State dollars, private donations and the revenue stream from various sponsorships make up the bulk of the arena’s budget. The USD Foundation is responsible for the private donations as well as heading USD’s “Onward” campaign. “We are looking to accumulate $250 million in donations,” Brown said. “About $70 million of which is set aside for the new athletic facility. A month from now, we should have a better scope of what to expect financially.” The last number recorded for donations was around $52 million, said Schemmel. On the grounds of student fees, Brown assured that students would not be contributing to the construction of the arena financially, and that funding will come primarily from the work of USD Foundation. “It’s all about relationship work,” Brown said. “Talking with
Fundraising: Schools develop case statements to outline monetary need ments have grown significantly throughout the years, making an expansion “necessary.” With a larger facility, Schou said the fine arts college would have the means to continue to expand its programs, as well as to look into new program opportunities. “We’re hoping to add a new degree program to the college, and that’s going to need more space because we don’t have any targeted area for them to be in,” Schou said. Schou declined to comment further on the possibility of a new fine arts degree addition to the college, saying the South Dakota Board of Regents has yet to approve the program. However, Schou said he has received strategic initiative funding from the Provost’s office to fund the degree. “If the Board approves, which I’m hoping they do, we will be the only one to have this specific degree program in this whole area of the United States,” he said. “It’s going to network with the health sciences department, the medical school and Sanford Health.” Like the College of Fine Arts, USD’s School of Law is planning to undergo many similar changes, internally and externally, with about $19 million outlined in its case statement. Areas of renovation in the school include the law library, courtroom, public commons space and courtrooms, as outlined in the case statement. According to USD Foundation plans, other major construction projects "Onward" will play a role in funding include the athletic arena project and the expansion of the National Music Museum and the Native American Academic Center. “Our efforts in this campaign have taken us from coast to coast, meeting with individuals who can make very, very significant gifts,” Brown said. “There are many more indi-
Each college at the University of South Dakota will submit a case statement to the USD Foundation justifying the ways in which their facilities would benefit from a portion of the Onward campaign fund. Examples of submitted case statements are shown below.
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Student scholarships: Goal: $5 million
School of Law Student scholarships: Goal: $5 million
Visiting arts fund: Goal : $600,000
Capital projects: • Law Library • Courtroom • Public Commons • Offices and classrooms Goal: $12 million
Student and faculty enrichment fund: Goal: $500,000
Endowed chairs and professsorships: Goal: $1.5 million
Endowed chairs and professorships: Goal: $2 million
Program enrichment: Goal: $500,000
Capital projects: • Warren M. Lee Center Goal: $17 million
College of Arts and Sciences Named scholarships: Goal: $25,000 Arts and Sciences scholarship endowment: Goal $8 million Named professorships : Goals: $2.3 million Student enrichment: Goal $1 million
Source: USD Foundation
Donor distributions
As of June 30, 2013, the USD Foundation estimates $74.3 million out of the $250 million has been raised. The graphics below illustrate who is contributing to the campaign and in what areas.
$74.3 million in commitments by donor type
$6 8%
Alumni
$4 5%
Corporations Foundations NonAlumni Individuals
$33 44% $32 43%
Source: USD Foundation
$74.3 million in commitments by purpose Program Enrichment Student Scholarships Support for faculty Capital Projects
$29.0 39%
$32.4 45%
$3.5 5%
$8.4 11% Source: USD Foundation PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS BY SAM MCMAHON
viduals with the capacity to make significant donations than ever before and they live coast to coast, whereas the previous campaign we would have visited many of our donors mainly instate,” said Brown, adding that at least seven donors committing more than $10 million is necessary “to make the numbers work.” With an alumni base of more than 60,000, Brown estimates less than one percent of this population have the means to make “very significant and transformational” six to seven figure gifts. But this does not worry Brown, as he noted most higher education campaigns operate on a "95/5 rule," meaning 95 percent of the dollars raised come from five percent of the donors in that campaign. USD’s president, James Abbott, is one of the frontrunners usually responsible for securing these large commitments. Abbott said when calling upon alumni, foundations, corporations, etc. to invest in "Onward," he focuses on how USD, or other schools, impacted their life. “If we’re calling on them, the
experience they had here or elsewhere must have benefited them in some way,” he said. “I ask them to tell me their life stories.” Since accepting the role as university president in 1997, Abbott has been involved in two major fundraising campaigns to benefit USD. Combining the funds raised from “Campaign South Dakota” with the projected goal totals of "Onward," Abbott said he is proud to help raise nearly $400 million for his alma mater. “I expect this to be my last major fundraising campaign as president,” Abbott said. As a personal goal, Abbott said he would like to surpass the state’s record for largest and most successful fundraising campaign in higher education. Currently held by South Dakota State University, “It Starts With State: A Campaign for South Dakota State University” raised more than $255 million. “I think $300 million has a nice ring to it, don’t you?” Abbott said.
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As four men were found guilty Tuesday of gang raping a 23-yearold student in New Delhi last year, finding an awareness for global women’s issues like rape and the victimization of females can be a first step to overcoming them, said university faculty Monday. “International Women’s Issues� set the stage for the first international forum of the fall semester. Held in Farber Hall, the hour-long discussion consisted of three female University of South Dakota professors sharing their input on policy, media and gender pay gap issues facing women at home and abroad. Monday’s international forum was moderated by emeritus economics professor Benno Wymar, who has supplied international forum topics that have spanned more than 26 years at USD. Domestically, the issue from a policy perspective is in the numbers, said Shane Nordyke, assistant political science professor. “We are in this kind of post feminist period where issues affecting women are being inter-
nalized instead of being projected to a national stage,� Nordyke said. Whether in Congress, where women make up only 18.3 percent of its members, or the fact that the United States has 50 percent more infant deaths on the day of birth than all other industrialized countries combined, Nordyke said a student awareness to such statistics can correct misinformation about the state of gender equality in the United States. “Knowing what is happening domestically is the first step to getting out of these situations,� Nordyke said. Dealing with women’s issues in Vermillion can be as much as understanding how, why and when women are portrayed the way they are in the media, said guest speaker Miglena Sternadori, assistant contemporary media and journalism professor. “We hear too much about women as victims,� she said. Sternadori, who also teaches courses in gender studies, said in mass media, women are perceived as their most interesting when they are suffering. Instead, news coverage seemingly ignores
portraying “women as agents of change.� To combat this, Sternadori, who was joined by Nordyke and Lucy Wenqian Dai, assistant sociology professor, on the forum panel, said change can be a matter of what stories receive coverage in the news, like the global woman empowerment campaign, “One Billion Rising.� Junior John Hausauer attended the event with the mentality that equality between the sexes is an issue for everyone, no matter the gender. "I am kind of interested in women’s issues, and it is really important for equality in general," he said.
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University of South Dakota faculty members Shane Nordyke, Miglena Sternadori and Lucy Wenqian Dai share their insight into women's issues at the international forum Monday in Farber Hall.
Music: Director seeks traffic via social media, partnerships Continued from page A1 the National Music Museum is approximately seven miles off Interstate 29, tucked away in a town of about 10,000. This is cause for concern for Johnson. "Even those seven miles are an obstacle," he said. "It's a really tough sell, we just have to be compelling enough to make that happen." With an array of historical musical instruments, ranging from contemporary items like Elvis Presley's Martin D-35, to more unique instruments like the 10-foot long, 1,000-pound long drum, Johnson said the collection at the National Music Museum is "screaming to get out."
"The instruments here are, without a doubt, the most comprehensive collection of instruments in the entire world," Johnson said. "We need people to realize this isn't a South Dakota thing, and it's not even a national thing. The museum's potential to reach out and inspire people, not just musicians, is great." With the confidence of the museum’s potential behind them, the staff at the National Music Museum is looking into any possible method to breakout of Vermillion and "realize the capacity of their name."
Entering the new age In an age of bombarding technology — Facebook statuses, Twitter feeds and endless
forms of media — the museum finds itself not only struggling for the time of its patrons, but their attention. "We are competing with television, entertainment and people's leisure time, which is as scattered as ever," Johnson said. So, to help fulfill the goal of a national brand, Johnson has turned to the very thing the museum competes with: technology. Turning fuel into fire, the National Music Museum created a Facebook page six months ago and is in the stages of redesigning their website. Johnson expects these changes will make the museum appealing for people at a distance. While Johnson hopes social media will expand the museum's causal influence, the
introduction of new technology within the museum is another way to increase interest. When perusing through the museum, visitors are now able to check out an iPod Touch to carry along and experience the museum not only visually, but also audibly.
'Broadening the appeal' Appealing to the masses and academia alike, Johnson said another purpose the National Music Museum serves is to share the instruments with the world, even if that means sending them away. Ted Muenster, capital campaign director, said the museum has been doing several things to broaden the appeal of not only the building but also the instru-
ments inside. Sending their selection of instruments to exhibits in cities like Minneapolis and Seattle is part of the museum's duty, according to Muenster, and ultimately benefits the institution. “We’re in a small community in a relatively light-populated part of the country,� Muenster said. “So we have to understand those limitations. We’re going to be taking the museum out into the world rather than expecting the world to come here.“ Johnson said opportunities to spread the National Music Museum’s name through loaning instruments are not just a strategy, but also a duty. "These instruments are being seen by over 50,000 people at these large exhibits," Johnson said. "It's exciting to
know that they have that sort of hold on people, and that's really what we are all about." Muenster said the museum is looking to seek out similar exhibition partnerships with well-reputable music institutions across the region and throughout the country. “We hope to develop traveling exhibitions with museums like the Jocelyn Museum in Omaha and the Metropolitan Museum in New York," he said. A multi-month exhibition will be featured at the Minneapolis airport in 2015, Muenster said. He also said the museum hopes to develop a saxophonecentric exhibit by next year, as 2014 marks the 200th anniversary of the invention of the saxophone.
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Fischbach told senators and other attendees at the Sept. 10 meeting that talks and considerations between her, SGA President Erik Muckey and SGA Finance Committee Chair Katie Staley to change the guidelines have already begun. “We’re working on it right now. We’ve got the discussion started on the fiscal guidelines and after that we are looking to move to the club sports. Hopefully we have that done this semester,� Fischbach said. First, a group must rewrite a bill and propose it to the SGA Senate. After submission, the Senate will hold deliberations muckey to discuss changes before passing it onto a committee who will hammer out holes in the bill. Finally, voting and minor changes must be made before the bill goes into effect. “The laws are outdated, the fiscal guidelines and the club sports guidelines,� Fischbach said. “That’s where issues are coming up. We need to figure out how we are going to interpret them now until we can get them updated.� Fischbach also said the rules leave a lot of gray area for misinterpretation and that the normally simple procedure has been slowed greatly. “They should be clear cut. We need to figure it out before
“We're hammering down our guidelines and making sure any hole that can arise is being cleared up.� — Erik Muckey, Student Government Association President
we can allocate anything to organizations like club lacrosse,� she said. Muckey said it has become a point of emphasis for him and other SGA members to clear the air around the bylaws and guidelines. “Club sports guidelines needs some updating because they have not been wellupdated or well-maintained for some time,� Muckey said. “That’s something our administration is focused on. We’re hammering down our guidelines and making sure any hole that can arise is being cleared up.� The SGA fiscal guidelines and appropriation guidelines for club sports, which all students can access online through the MyU portal online, are current as of March 18, 2011. But, in the two and a half years since the last updates, the realm of club sports has gone through dramatic changes. For example, Section 2 contends that funding eligibility of the fiscal guidelines has a few pieces of information that are not current. The bylaw states, “Athletic organizations: SGA shall not
fund any organization that meets the definition of an athletic organization as provided in the guidelines of the Recreation Sports Department or any sports part of the Campus Recreation Department.� In the past, club sports operated through the DakotaDome and the campus recreation department, making them similar to schoolsanctioned sports. Fischbach said the addition of the Wellness Center and a change by the university moved club sports under the direction of both the Wellness Center and SGA. Eventually, the campus recreation department was terminated but is still labeled in the fiscal guidelines, which SGA must uphold to. The SGA is now in a position where they must fix the laws so that clubs are legally eligible for funding and do not lag behind in formation and competition. “Knowing these guidelines need updating is frustrating for us,� Muckey said. “We’re questioning why this wasn't addressed previously."
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Next Student government association Meeting Tuesday, Sept. 17
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University of South Dakota seniors Ross Miller and Dylan West didn’t originally set out to create music together, but after becoming housemates in 2011, they tested the waters and realized they clicked. Together, the two create electronica-based music that also features rap. One of West’s roommates ended up backing out of moving in at the last minute in 2011. Miller knew of West and his roommates through the local rap community and was invited to live with them. “I had never met the kid, and he ended up living with some buddies and me,” West said. “He would just sit in his room for hours writing and reciting to himself, and I would be across the hall in my room doing the same thing.” Miller said it took the pair six months of living together to finally create their first song as a duo. “It takes time to figure out a collaboration, but he produces, engineers and records all my music,” Miller said. “I do most of the writing and he makes the production behind it. We do it ourselves in our living room.” Individually, their journeys as musicians are a little different. West’s older brother was into production and West said he took an interest to it around the age of 12. “I recorded my first song on (my brother’s) equipment,” West said. “When I’d
finally saved enough money, I bought music production equipment.” West said he was initially going to attend McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul, Minn., for production, before deciding on USD. “I came to the realization that this was something I could figure out on my own,” West said. “A degree in production isn’t very marketable. I knew this was something I could learn on the side and still pursue a degree.” Miller, on the other hand, didn’t get started writing music and rapping until about four years ago, when he was 19. “I didn’t get started so young, but I did a lot of speech and debate in high school, so I had done that kind of performance,” he said. “One night, I was with some buddies and we were writing some raps, and one of my buddies got cold feet and I spun it into a rap. It felt good, so I kept doing it.” Miller said by the time he realized he wanted to pursue a music career, he was too far into earning his degree at USD to justify dropping out of school. “Before I felt like my music was good enough, I figured I had to get my degree,” he said. “Plus, school has given me the flexibility to pursue music the way I want to. It’s a good academic environment where you can learn so many things from everyone around you, which is nice, since it’s hard to be creative working a dead end job.”
Once Miller and West graduate in spring 2014, they plan to move to Denver, Colo., where they said there is more support for their electronicabased rap. “We’re part of the Mile High Sound Movement, which is a collective of musicians that throw shows mostly in Denver, so being right in that will be nice,” Miller said. “We’re hoping to get our album signed to some sort of label or at least a distribution deal. It’s hard to get exposure in Vermillion, South Dakota.” West said the two are building a network with more established acts. “It’s like stairs,” he said. “So right now, we’re working with Soulcrate, and they have outlets with artists like Grieves and PROF. It’s kind of about association and just keep climbing the ladder.” The duo is featured on Soulcrate’s latest album, which was released Sept. 3. “Once you start bringing people in consistently, any promoter is going to eye you because you’re going to keep putting on successful shows,” Miller said. “Our recently announced show with Grieves came about because of Soulcrate. It’s just about building any networks that you can. When you treat it like a profession and not a hobby, you can build up your resume. This didn’t come easy, but now it’s starting to get fun and interesting.”
Quick Facts Ross Miller Stage name: Boss Miller Year: Senior Major: Psychology with a minor in religion Hometown: Sioux Falls, S.D. Started writing and performing in 2009 Influences: Kanye West, Kid Cudi, the weeknd, Frank Ocean, Jay Z, Atmosphere, Nas, Kendrick Lamar, and Radiohead
Dylan West Stage name: Dweezy James Year: Senior Major: Contemporary media & journalism with a minor in political science Hometown: Pierre, S.D. Started music production in 2004 Influences: Atmosphere, Bob Dylan, Kanye West, Smashing Pumpkins and J Dilla
Currently featured on Ross Miller and Dylan West are featured on Sioux Falls-based rappers Soulcrate’s latest album “Welcome Back from Wherever You’ve Been,” which was released Sept. 3 on iTunes. Miller and West are featured on the track “Nickeled and Dimed.”
Currently Working On Miller and West are currently working on their debut album, which currently has no finish or release date.
Music collectives Miller and West are part of two separate music collectives, which bring together musicians, emcees, songwriters and producers to throw shows. They are part of: Mile High Sound Movement, based in Denver, Colo. Live Minds Infinity, based in South Dakota
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Senior Ross Miller records a new song Sept. 4 at his and Dylan West’s in-house studio. West, also a USD senior, and Miller have been collaborating for two years.
Next GIG THAT SOUNDS DECENT PRESENTED BY SOULCRATE 6-11:30 p.m., Sept. 14 at Falls Park West, 6th & Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, S.D. All ages show Free Featuring performances by: Soulcrate Later Babes P.O.S. Culture Cry Wolf Boss Miller Burlap Wolf King
GRIEVES 7 p.m., Oct. 5 at Bigs Sports Bar & Billiards, 3110 W 12th St., Sioux Falls, S.D. Age 18+ show Tickets $10 advance/$12 doors
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Seniors Ross Miller (left) and Dylan West record in their in-home studio Sept. 4. The two recently were featured on a song on Soulcrate’s newest album, to be released Sept. 14.
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CampusEvents All day, all week Dust, Metal and Stone: The Graphic Arts of the 1930s Location: John A. Day Gallery
MediaSketch Blog about it A “fresh” look: Coyote vs. North Complex JOSIE FLATGARD is a first-year majoring in Journalism and Native Studies.
Art Exhibitions Location: I.D. Weeks Library
Sept. 11 Noon - 1 p.m. LEAD program information session Location: MUC
Sept. 12 11 - 11:50 a.m. Arthur Barrow - On Being a Professional Musician Location: Colton Recital Hall 5 - 6 p.m. LEAD program information session Location: MUC Meeting Room
Sept. 13 5 - 7:30 p.m. Reception for Dust, Metal and Stone Location: John A. Day Gallery 8 - 9:30 p.m. Music R\recital: Arthur Barrow Location: Colton Recital Hall
Sept. 14 9 - 11:30 a.m. Nikki’s Fund 5K Run/Walk Location: Prentis Park 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Music recital: Symeon Waseen, Guest Pianist Location: Colton Recital Hall
Sept. 15 1 - 3 p.m. USD women’s soccer vs. College of St. Mary Location: DakotaDome Soccer Field 3 - 5 p.m. NPR’s “From the Top” with Christopher O’Riley Location: Slagle Hall, Aalfs Auditorium
Sept. 16 7 - 9 p.m. USD women’s volleyball vs. North Dakota Location: DakotaDome 8 - 9 p.m. LEAD program information session Location: MUC meeting room
In February, incoming students filled out the annual housing application and were faced with numerous boxes to check, and spaces to fill. Among the questions were: Who do you want to live with? Do you like to study in your room? Will you be having guests over? For first-year students, the living choices are minimal compared to the upperclassmen. But they are faced with one major ultimatum: North Complex or Coyote Village? Both have their advantages and disadvantages. Staying in North Complex is the typical first-year scenario with a shared bedroom, study space and living area all in one. There is a custodian to clean the floor’s shared bathroom, kitchen and laundry room. The floor family atmosphere is apparent in North Complex, and people are able to pop in and out of dorm rooms whenever the resident wishes. While almost everyone is in the same first-year boat in North Complex, Coyote Village has its range of students, upperclassmen and otherwise. The number of people sharing a kitchen and living area reduces from about 80 to two to four. However, residents are responsible for maintaining a
2 - 3:30 p.m. USD Constitution Day Location: Law School courtroom
Sept. 19 All Day Red Road Gathering Location: National Guard Armory 4 - 5 p.m. Lecture: Dr. Ken Meier Location: Al Neuharth Media Center 7 - 8 p.m. 24th Annual Oscar Howe Memorial Lecture Location: Farber Hall
Sept. 20 12:05 - 12:55 p.m. Brown Bag program: Black Elk Sings Location: National Music Museum
Sept. 22 Noon - 2 p.m. USD women’s soccer vs. Northern Iowa Location: DakotaDome soccer field
Sept. 23 7 - 9 p.m. Harrington Lecture Location: Farber Hall
Sept. 24 6 - 7 p.m. LEADership 101 information session Location: MUC 9 - 11 p.m. Open Mic Night hosted by Analisa Huschle Location: MUC Pit Lounge
Sept. 25 Noon - 1 p.m. Global Learning first-year information session Location: MUC 5 - 6 p.m. Global Learning 101 Location: I.D. Weeks 205
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Rambling Anna: The completely unprepared senior ANNA BURLESON is a senior majoring in Contemporary Media & Journalism. My friends and I were sitting around a few days before school started in our big adult house with our big adult furniture, drinking our big ‘finally 21’ adult drinks when we began talking about our plans for the semester. We’re all seniors and we’re all ready to power through our last semester, or two, and graduate. And that’s when I realized that I am completely and utterly unprepared. I didn’t have a book bag or any clue as to where my classes were being held. I did have a few assorted notebooks and folders. I lucked out and had a couple pens in my car, but other than that, I didn’t have much of anything. My friends were a little more prepared and some even had their textbooks, but I sure didn’t. As a senior, you’re supposed to know the ropes and have everything figured out. While I definitely know the basics, I’m still floundering and school has been in session for a couple weeks. To be honest, I still forget when my classes take place. I wake up every morning and have to open my schedule on my computer because I’m just that spacey. As a senior, you’re also sup-
posed to know all the shortcuts — not to touch the walls at TKE dances, the cheapest websites for buying textbooks, the quickest route to your class weaving in and out of buildings to stay warm once the snow flies — but even knowing those shortcuts, I find myself floundering in the sea of students. I completely spaced on all my online assignments for the first week and while I’m doing better, I still feel like I have no idea what I’m doing. I have this one class where all we do is talk in circles about old TV shows and music videos, one where the professor likes to go off on long tangents about his wife and cat, and another class where we watch movies and analyze them. In short, my classes are easy and fun, so I really have no right to slack off or complain. To top it all off, I’ve come down with a cold. A cold, in the hottest September in recent memory. My head is throbbing and I have no desire to do anything and my nose is doing that thing where one side plugs up while the other runs like a faucet. So this is turning out to be a great start to my senior year. Hopefully things will improve. I have a book bag and a planner now, so that helps, but if it’s like this now, just imagine how clueless I’ll be once I graduate. Watch out world, here I come. To read other Verve blogs, go online at volanteonline.com.
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well kept home that can consist of scrubbing toilets and vacuuming the carpet for the next eight long months. Being the ignorant firstyear, I decided to check the box marked Coyote Village as my number one choice – one week after it became available to new students. Of course, I did not get to live in the grand estate. But is it as grand as they claim? Although Coyote allows for maximum privacy, the opportunities to befriend people are limited with the restriction on doors propped open to the hallway. I trust any student can formulate their own opinion on which advantages outweigh the disadvantages of each living hall. Let it be known, I am content with my housing assignment. If I were not living in North Complex, I would not have been lined up according to hall on move-in day to walk over to the DakotaDome for convocation and would never have met my new best friends. Wherever you were placed, my hope is that you feel the same. If you got a little queasy at the thought of having to slip on shoes every time you had to use the restroom or the fact you had to share your personal space with a complete stranger, you were not alone. Like many things, dorm life is what you make of it. Embrace the “fresh” start, go ahead and live the stereotypical life of a dorm resident the two years you are allowed.
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Arctic Monkeys’ new album is worth hype Andrew Helland The Volante
The Arctic Monkeys are one of the most exciting bands out there right now. They’ve had their hands full since playing the 2012 Summer Olympics to an audience of millions, teasing their new release “AM” with three singles and headlining arguably the year’s best show, Glastonbury 2013. The Arctic Monkeys aren’t new to the game, but it’s exciting to know there’s a lot in store for them. On “AM,” the Arctic Monkeys show their brilliance. If one word could describe “AM,” it would be groovy. Arctic Monkeys create an amalgam of groovy riffs along with the Monkeys’ original style. The Arctic Monkeys pulled this album off with enough British swagger to make up for their last album, “Suck It and See,” which didn’t appeal to all their fans. The Monkeys’ channeled their inner rock star and pumped out these songs with teddy boy flare — picture the British version of greasers-
leather jack and pompadour guys. For those of you unfamiliar with the Arctic Monkeys, Alex Turner (guitarist/singer) is a poet, a modern day Jim Morrison. He seamlessly crafts songs, and the first tracks off of “AM” hit hard. “AM” is full of witty lyrics and poetic lines. “Been wondering if your heart’s still open and if so I wanna know what time it shuts/ Simmer down and pucker up”, “She’s a silver lining lone ranger riding through an open space/ In my mind when she’s not there beside me I go crazy.” and “I wanna be your vacuum cleaner/breath in your dust” are just a few lines that illustrate his talent. During the middle of the album, the mood changes and shows off the Monkeys’ romantic side. “Mad Sounds’ ” oh la la las even made me swoon. The tracks kick up again till the end of “AM.”
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Urban lights a “Fuse” Kayla Prasek The Volante
After seven studio albums that all have a similar sound, Keith Urban is back with new album “Fuse,” which sees Urban diverge further from country and in more of a rock direction. Previously, Urban had only worked with country producer Dann Huff, but “Fuse” consists of eight different producers from all different musical genres, like Butch Walker (Fall Out Boy, Train), Stargate (Rihanna, Beyoncé) and Mike Elizondo (Eminem, Fiona Apple). Some might think this would give the album a disconnected sound, but it’s very much the opposite. The album opens with “Somewhere in My Car,” which listeners will immediately notice its stark difference from Urban’s usual sound. But, it’s not only the sound listeners should be listening to— the lyrics on this song are perhaps some of the most visual on the album. It’s also a perfect demonstration of Urban’s skill at writing a heartbroken song while backing it up with upbeat, almost happy-sounding music. “Cop Car” also shows Urban’s skill as a storyteller. Its lyrics focus on a young couple who fall in love in the back of a cop car over a mid-tempo rock soundtrack. It also showcases Urban’s guitar playing on a solo in the middle of the song. “Shame” stretches Urban vocally, and the listener can hear his voice soar higher than ever. In an interview with Billboard magazine, Urban attributed this to the removal of a vocal polyp in 2011, a surgery that healed his damaged vocal chords. It’s exciting as a listener
to hear him take his music and sound in this new direction. “Come Back to Me” tells the heartbreaking tale of a man who has let his girlfriend go and is letting her know he’ll still be there when she’s ready to come back. In the interview with Billboard, Urban said the song is a follow-up to 2006’s “Stupid Boy,” when he sang about letting the girl go. Not only are the lyrics heartbreaking, but the song as a whole makes the listener feel the pain of the narrator.
While much of the album has a theme of a heartbroken man, “She’s My 11,” “Red Camaro” and “Little Bit of Everything” are both obviously influenced by Urban’s wife, Nicole Kidman. “Little Bit of Everything,” the first single off the album that recently hit number one on the Billboard country charts, is a laid-back song that sounds great for driving down back country roads and for rocking out at Urban’s arena concerts. “She’s My 11” and “Red Camaro,” along with “Little Bit of Everything,” paint a picture of a man who is madly in love with his wife and provide a glimpse into Urban’s very private life. “Fuse” only has two pure country songs, and both are duets. “We Were Us” featuring Miranda Lambert and “Raise ‘Em Up” featuring Eric Church. Both songs mesh well with Urban’s rock vibe on the rest of the album. Lambert and Church also work well with Urban, and neither duet feels like it’s just there to have big name guests on the album. This is definitely Urban’s best album to date, sure to please new and old fans alike. Reach reviewer Kayla Prasek at Kayla.M.Prasek@coyotes.usd.edu.
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‘Give it time’ proves its worth by year three JACKIE HENDRY is a junior majoring in journalism and native studies. As a writer reliant on sarcasm and snark to embellish tales of my college experience, I’ve run into quite an unfortunate problem. I have nothing
to complain about. This time two years ago, I was a scared first-year student in a new town 500 miles from home. Because I’m an only child (and also a jerk), sharing a room with a complete stranger who liked to wake up at 6 a.m. made me more than a little cranky. I was slogging through pre-calc. homework every night. After having the same friends for years back home, I had no clue how to make new ones here. It took quite a while to get my bear-
ings. What do you mean, am I from East or West river? Where’s Beacom Hall? Should I or should I not press the crosswalk button? Today, as I write these words, I’m sitting in the living room of my apartment style dorm where a few of my closest college friends are working on homework and watching Star Wars. There’s still a faint aroma of fresh-baked cookies in the air because, as luck would have it, my roommates enjoy baking sweets as much
as I enjoy eating them. Later, I’ll be working on homework of my own, which includes reading “Dracula” for a class called Politics of the Vampire Genre. Not a math problem in sight. Of course, you see my problem. How can I offer curmudgeonly observations when things are actually pretty great? My writing career is over! Everyone told me this would happen. “Give it time,” my folks told me on the days I wanted to drop out of school and pursue a career as a human paper-
weight. “Be nice to people, join a club or two. Soon you’ll feel right at home.” At the time I scoffed. I’ll show them, I thought. I went to Volante meetings and CRU retreats and made small talk during class, all out of spite, to prove that my homesickness and trepidation would not be so easily assuaged. Now look at me: social, looking forward to classes, happy. I don’t even recognize myself. I guess it just goes to show that anything can happen with
time. Surely my lack of problems will also resolve itself and soon I’ll settle back into my usual state of aggravation. While that may be true, it won’t help me meet my deadline. I suppose all I can do is try to adjust to the new and improved me, at least until something goes wrong. Then I’ll return to my regularly scheduled snark. Either way, it’s good to be back.
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Sophomore Michaela Youngberg shows of her love for Alaska as she is fly-fishing and enjoying the Alaskan weather. Youngberg loves the landscape of her town Alaska/Wasilla.
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Senior Shelby Peters poses in her Sunday’s Best and in her Army Reserve uniform. Both pictures depict two very important aspects of her life, her dedication to the military and her faith in church.
Peters blazes path from military to seminary Katie McGuire The Volante
Shelby Peters is a senior majoring in history at the University of South Dakota. She is also active in JROTC, with plans to go further in the military after receiving her undergraduate degree in .
Katie McGuire: Where are you from? Shelby Peters: Okoboji, Iowa.
KM: Why did you decide to attend the University of South Dakota?
SP: I debated between Iowa State and the University of South Dakota, and USD gave me a bigger scholarship.
KM: What is an interesting fact about you?
SP: I am one of a set of triplets. One of my other sisters is in the military as well. Fun Fact: Shelby and her sisters also played varsity volleyball in high school, and her sisters continued on into college.
KM: What branch of military are you in? SP: Army Reserve KM: When did you start in military? SP: My junior year of high school. I had to take a military test and I scored really high. The recruits had already been scouting and my mom was friends with the recruiter. KM: What sort of work do you want to do in the Army Reserve? SP: After I graduate I plan on going to graduate school in Winona, Ind., called Grace Theological. After the two-year program, I have to do two years of civilian ministry. Then I hope to serve as a pastor on a base.” KM: What was it that made you realize that this is what you wanted to do? SP: It’s like a calling when you get to a point in your life where your faith is strong, and you feel like this is what you are supposed to do.
KM: Why do you think this is what you were meant to do? SP: I’ve always been good about giving advice and helping people with their faith, and to me, religion is true happiness. If I could just give that to people, I could make a difference. KM: Are you ever worried about being deployed? SP: Yes, especially now with how things are going in Syria, but I will be glad to do it. KM: What are some of your future goals? SP: My future goal is to travel the world as a chaplain in the military. Later, I’d retire and open an outdoor church in the Midwest. Maybe take church retreats up to Boundary Waters on the border of Minnesota and Canada.
Alaskan native dreams of “The Big Apple” Sam McMahon The Volante
Michaela Youngberg is a sophomore at the University of South Dakota. She is from Alaska/Wasilla, Alaska and is an English major. Sam McMahon: What would you like to do after you graduate? Michaela Youngberg: I would like to go to law school. SM: Why did you choose USD? MY: Alaska didn’t really offer me a whole lot when it came to English (degrees), and the whole pursuing a law degree. So, this was kind of the next best, cheapest place to go. SM: You lived in the town that Sarah Palin was mayor of before becoming governor, did you ever have any interactions with her or her family? MY: I saw her at the grocery store. I don’t know, she’s a normal person, just with a bunch of publicity behind her. She’s a pretty normal
Alaskan. She fishes, she hunts, she camps and she’s kind of just like a neighbor. SM: Are there any things that you miss about Alaska? MY: I miss the scenery mostly, my mountains. I miss being able to go down to the ocean and the wildlife. As strange as this sounds, I miss not being the top of the food chain, because you are kind of living life on edge all the time. Like, OK I could be eaten today, as messed up as that sounds. SM: Do you miss home a lot? MY: Yeah, I miss it. It’s always going to be home, but it’s time to start my own person. It’s always going to be there for me. SM: What do you like to do in your free time? MY: I like to go hiking a lot. Lazy Mountain is the best one. It’s my favorite.
sister. SM: Do you have any jobs or participate in school activities?
MY: I work at Dairy Queen, so visit me anytime. I just joined the National Society of Leadership and Success.
SM: Have there been any large changes that you made going from living in Alaska to living in South Dakota?
MY: I’ve had to buy summer clothes. I actually have to start knowing what directions are, like north, south, east and west because in Alaska, east is elevation and west is water, and that’s how I always remembered it. I’m directionally challenged here.
SM: Where do you want to see yourself five years after college?
SM: Do you have any siblings?
MY: I want to be in New York. I’ve always wanted to go there, but I’ve never had the opportunity. So, when I do, I’m going to go full force.
MY: I have my little brother, who just started high school, and I have my older
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Softball ready for season Nathan Ellenbecker The Volante
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Head Coach Dave Boots walks back to the bench during a game Jan. 24
“David Boots’ resignation this close to the beginning of the season makes an extensive national search an impossibility,” Herbster said. “After carefully considering our options, I have decided to appoint assistant coach Joey James interim head coach. At the conclusion of the season, a national search for the position will be conducted.” James said the past week has been a total whirlwind. “It’s been crazy. For the past 13 years, (Boots) has been such a big part of my life, to this university and this program. Now I have to figure out what’s next. I haven’t slept a whole lot,” James said. “It’s been pretty hectic, yet it’s exciting at the same time.” James said not many people can say they played and coached at one school, so he really cherishes the opportu-
Coming off a season where they saw five girls named AllSummit League and claimed the third seed at the conference tournament, the University of South Dakota women’s softball team is looking for big things as they begin their 2013-14 campaign. The Coyotes finished last year’s spring season 29-20, but weren’t able to claim much postseason success. The team looks to replace their last years senior pitcher Erica Denney — a bump in the road that must be conquered to make a run at a conference title. Fifth-year coach Amy Klyse, , has high expectations for the team, even after just weeks of practices and tryouts. “What we’re expecting from this team is great leadership,” Klyse said. “It has been awesome to watch that leadership emerge. I’m happy with what we are expecting coming into the year.” The Coyotes are a young team, but a young team that gained plenty of valuable experience last season. Leading the way for the Coyotes will be sophomore first baseman Yvon Minogue. She was the team leader last year in batting average at .357, good enough for ninth in the conference. Still, Minogue is looking for more this year. “I think I have always played at a high caliber of softball. I kind of expect that out of myself. So, this year I just want to step it up a notch and see how much better I can get from last year,” Minogue said. “Hitting is obviously my game. I really want to hit .400 this year.” The players all seem to be buying into Klyse’s high expectations, but there’s still that missing piece of filling the spot left by Denney. Much of the responsibility for filling Denney’s spot will fall on the shoulders of sophomore Madison Frain. “It’s Frain’s turn. She’s going to do big things this year for sure,” Minogue said. “I think last year was the year where she was getting settled in, and I know this year will tell way more than last year that she’s more confident in herself.”
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Interim Head Coach Joey James communicating with a player last season
After 13 years by Boots’ side, James takes the reigns Director David Herbster. “I’ll never be able to understand the timing of it, but I can’t think too much about that right now, I have to move on,” Herbster said. Herbster did move on quickly, announcing top assistant Joey James as the interim head coach for the upcoming season on Friday, Oct. 6. James, 38, yesterday, is a graduate of USD and has spent the past 13 years playing for or coaching with Boots. He said he had no idea Boots was considering stepping down. “I was surprised that he came into the office and said he was going to retire. I didn’t know if I wanted to put the guy in a headlock or give him a hug. I was pretty confused, no different to how everyone else was,” James said. “He never hinted it to me, but you know what, he resurrected this program, and I’m happy he was able to do it for this long.”
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One era over, another just beginning. Twenty-five years is a long time for anything. When you coach at one university for that long it can be considered an era. It’s been a week since former head basketball coach Dave Boots announced his resignation and eventual retirement from the University of South Dakota. With that decision his extensive career ended with the blink of an eye. Boots was the Coyotes’ lead man since 1988 and said as expected, the past week as been very tough on him. “It’s all been so emotional because the decision was so difficult to make,” Boots said. “It was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do in my coaching career.” The timing drew everyone off guard, especially Athletic
Boots said he waited to this point in the year to make his decision because he wanted to be absolutely positive in what he was doing. “The first few months after every season, it takes time to adjust, recover, recuperate and just take your mind off basketball,” Boots said. “I did that again this year but the fire in the belly just wasn’t coming back like it did for the past 34 years of my life. I really had to think if I still wanted to do this.” He said he spent a couple more weeks waiting for that drive and passion for basketball season to reappear but it never did. Boots went on to say the thought of retiring from the game he loved so much started becoming a realization. “If I wasn’t going to be all in, I wasn’t going to coach this year. I didn’t want to cheat the players, the other coaches or the program,” Boots said. “If
you aren’t attacking something 100 percent then why do it all? I simply just didn’t have the passion to coach the game anymore.” Boots said after informing the coaching staff, the toughest task was breaking the news to his players. “I told them I’m not going to be able to continue the journey with them and that was extremely tough on me.” Boots went on to say he isn’t worried about any backlash on the timing of it because at the end of the day it’s what he had to do. “If people think negatively about the timing of it all, then that’s their opinion,” Boots said. “What happened was tough and I handled it the best way I thought I could. Just three days later Herbster made the move to James, and said it was tough to go elsewhere with the season so close.
Tennis bringing back nice mix of experience Nathan Ellenbecker The Volante
It’s not spring, and it’s not team dual season, but the University of South Dakota women’s tennis team is already gearing up for their first matches of the school year. The young team will travel to Chicago, Ill. this weekend to begin their season in the Chicago State Invitational. The team is returning five players, but four new faces will showcase themselves as Coyotes for the first time this weekend. Coach Malcolm Gilreath is ready for the upcoming fall season and especially excited to start it all with the seven-team invite in Chicago. “It will be a good one for the ladies to start on,” Gilreath said. “We’re going to drive down there and have some fun. They’ll get a lot of match experience without the pressure of a dual meet. So, that’s good.” Gilreath was quick to mention the level of experience the girls possess – even the girls coming in as first-years. “We have a very nice mix of experienced players coming back and experienced players coming in,” Gilreath said. “Freshmen are coming in at a high level. It has been really neat to watch the ladies come together.”
The three first-year Coyotes are Marina Arriola from Las Vegas, Nev.; Dragana Brankovic from Frankfurt, Germany and Ana Jelena Vujosevic from Monza, Italy. Also arriving on campus to join the team this year is Rymma Maslova, who transferred from the University of Nevada. Despite the youth, the team will still pack a heavy punch of upperclassman leadership throughout fall and spring seasons. Junior Yamini Reddy has been the team’s singles leader the past two years, earning her first All-Summit League honor last season spring after finishing 22-7. Alongside Reddy will be sophomore Milica Pavlovic. As a first-year, Pavlovic consistently filled in the Coyotes number one singles and doubles spots in duals. Pavlovic said it was tough for her transitioning to the number one slot as a first-year, but because she and her teammates have put in a lot of work, she expects everyone to fill in well this year. “We all worked a lot over the summer, and we all are going to be able to handle the positions that we are playing better than last year,” she said. Coach Gilreath knows exactly
what the team needs to focus most on heading into the year – doubles. According to Gilreath, the team has already shown a lot of growth in chemistry, and now they expect better results in duals from improving doubles. “Doubles is key for us. We have a good, strong singles mix, and we are deep. But doubles is very important when it comes to dual meet season,” Gilreath said. “We’ll do some mixing and matching as we go. Last year, you could see that as the doubles went, the singles went.” Pavlovic and the rest of the team agree with their coach. “We have a much better team. We must work on our doubles, to get that point when duals come. Last year, the doubles points decided a lot,” she said. Aside from doubles, Gilreath also cited a few other goals he hopes the team will work heavily on. “One big thing for us is the academics and making sure the academic integrity is there,” Gilreath said. “On the court, what I want us to do is to be competitive in every meet. If we do that, we’re going to be in pretty good shape by the end of the season.” Logan anderson / the volante
Reach reporter Nathan Ellenbecker at Nathan.Ellenbecker@coyotes.usd.edu
First-year Ana Jelena Vujosevic gets ready to serve during practice. Vujosevic is one of three first-years on the Coyotes tennis team.
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Women’s Soccer Recap: After winning just two games last year, the Coyotes won their third consecutive game of 2013 Friday against Northern Illinois. The Coyotes are 3-1-2 on the season following a 0-0 tie with Nevada Sunday in Brookings. Key players: Having scored three goals already in her young collegiate soccer career, first-year forward Jamie Karch has earned her keep early on. She leads the team in goals (3), shots (8) and points (7). Senior Jenny Teslow enters her last year as a Coyote the veteran leader for the young team. Teslow has shown her leadership with four points already this season, racking up one goals and two assists. Player to Watch: After being sidelined most of 2012, junior goalkeeper Mackenzie Viktor came into 2013 with something to prove. So far she hasn’t disappointed, allowing six goals over six games, including two shutouts as the team’s starting goalkeeper. Record: 3-1-2 Up Next: The team is on the road once again, this time to Omaha, Neb. to face off against Creighton on Friday. Kickoff will be 7 p.m.
Volleyball Recap: The Coyotes traveled to Pullman, Wash. for the Washington State Cougar Challenge Friday and Saturday. The team went 3-1 on the weekend, winning games over Montana, Eastern Washington and Texas Tech and losing to Washington State Saturday.
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First-year fullback Drew Potter celebrates after catching his first collegiate touchdown, a 2-yard pass from junior quarterback Josh Vander Maten to put the Coyotes ahead 7-0 in the first quarter of Saturday’s game against Kansas. USD lost 31-14.
Athlete of the Week First-year forward Jamie Karch of Germantown, Wis. has made her presence known on the USD women’s soccer team over the course of just six games.
Key Players: Junior outside hitter Kendell Krittenbrink continues to lead the Coyotes offensively with 129 kills on the year, giving her an average of 4.03 kills per set.
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Tori Kroll leads the team in assists with 309. Player to Watch: First-year outside hitter Audrey Reeg earned the honors of Summit League Defensive Player of the Week with her 72 digs at the Washington State Cougar Challenge last weekend. Reeg’s performance also got her spot on the all-tournament team.
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Recap: The Coyotes drew first blood in Saturday’s game against Kansas, scoring the games first points off a junior quarterback Josh Vander Maten’s pass to first-year fullback Drew Potter at the end of the first quarter. The Jayhawks answered back with 24 unanswered points, eventually taking down the Coyotes 31-14. Key Players: Red shirt first-year running backs Trevor Bouma and Jordan Roberts have each shared the load on the ground throughout two games, together the duo have rushed for a combined 289 yards rushing. Player to Watch: Sophomore linebacker Keyen Lage has made his presence known on the Coyotes’ defense, leading the team in tackles (16), along with a forced fumble and a sack. Record: 1-1 Up Next: The Coyotes follow up their loss in Lawrence, Kan. with an early bye week. The Coyotes will spend the next 10 days preparing for the University of Northern Arizona Sept. 21.
The Trial of Johnny “Football” Manziel: The defense CREIGHTON hoefer is a sophomore majoring in contemporary media and journalism.
I have a problem with Johnny Football. No, there is not an issue with Johnny Manziel, the person. Johnny Manziel, the football player, has already proved in two weeks of play that there will be no sophomore slump. Specifically, I have a problem with the public’s expectations for a player nicknamed, by the media, Johnny Football. Last season, Manziel led Texas A&M to an 11-2 record, capped by an exciting Cotton Bowl victory against former Big 12 rival Oklahoma. Not only did he win
the 2012 Heisman Trophy, he did it in an exciting fashion. His blazing speed and knack for big plays make him a treat to watch. He became the first first-year student, and only the fifth player in NCAA history, to pass for 3,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards. His accolades and thrilling style of play launched his personal fame overnight. He went from tweeting Drake lyrics as a little known redshirt first-year backup to receiving tweets from the Canadian rap star himself. At 20 years old, he was invited to the ESPYS with the likes of LeBron James. So, when the offseason came, was it really a surprise that college football’s most famous firstyear athlete enjoyed his summer? He posted a video to Vine sitting directly under the basket at an NBA playoff game, taunting Lakers forward Pau Gasol. He was kicked out of a Texas fraternity party. He was dismissed
from the Manning Passing Academy in Texas after showing up late to morning meetings. It was rumored he had been out partying the night before, but the A&M quarterback disputed those claims. In general, his summer was filled with partying, general unruliness and “bad boy” behavior. That’s when the Lou Holtzes of the world emerged to point a finger at the Heisman Trophy winner. They criticized his leadership, claiming he was setting a poor example for both his teammates and younger fans. How can Johnny Football expect his teammates to set out this season to win a championship if he’s spending his summer at fraternity parties? The real problem with Johnny Football is the media’s false narrative regarding athletes. Leadership is so often idealized into a singular mold, an abstract group
of immeasurable intangibles. Commentators tend to measure especially talented young athletes to the all-time great athletes. The Johnny Football narrative is suddenly transformed into a comparison to players like Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan wouldn’t have spent his offseason partying. Michael Jordan would have spent his offseason getting better in the gym.” Jordan is always held up as the ultimate gold standard athlete, regardless of sport. However, older mainstream sportswriters tend to bypass significant details surrounding players like Jordan, who was in fact a gambling man. He spent most of his summer nights with a Mojito in one hand and dice in the other, playing craps in Las Vegas. Jordan wasn’t a perfect leader. MJ was known for being ruthless in practices if his teammates didn’t meet his expectations. The fact is: Leadership comes
in various shapes, sizes and styles. The go-to football leader is the Tim Tebow type; an over achieving, vocal leader who spends every waking minute of the day striving to maximize his — albeit limited — potential. It’s an admirable style of leadership. However, it is not the only style of leadership. Plenty of teams won championships at the collegiate and professional level without a Tim Tebow in the huddle. One of the greatest college football teams of all time was the Miami Hurricanes in the 1980s. Like them or not, the “U” was a rolling train that talked smack, then backed it up on the field and partied hard afterward. With championships in 1987, 1989 and 1991, the Hurricanes dominated the 1980s college football landscape. They were a menacing group of players, with no real overriding leader amongst its bunch. It was the perfect team for a player like Johnny Football;
a brash, overconfident group of young men who liked to have a good time after they showcased their amazing abilities on the field. Can anyone blame Manziel for soaking up the spotlight? Isn’t a guy nicknamed Johnny Football supposed to act like the most stereotypical jock? Manziel’s off-thefield behavior was something out of a bad sports movie, minus the alleged payment for autographs. Is that really a bad thing? He’s not taking steroids to boost his performance. He’s not accused of murder, like a certain former New England Patriot. He’s enjoying himself, like most people ages 19-22 tend to do. Somewhere, Lou Holtz is criticizing Johnny Manziel. Not for what he’s doing on the field, but off the field. And that’s the problem with Johnny Football.
Reach reporter Creighton Hoefer at Creighton.Hoefer@coyotes.usd.edu
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The University of South Dakota women’s soccer team is looking to add to their win total against the Creighton University Sept. 13 at Morrison Stadium in Omaha, Neb. The Coyotes are coming off a strong outing this past weekend at the South Dakota State Jackrabbit Invitational, where they beat Northern Illinois and had a double overtime tie with
UPCOMING SCHEDULE 9/13 at Creighton 9/15 vs. College of St. Mary 9/20 at North Dakota 9/22 vs. Northern Iowa 9/26 vs. Drake University 10/04 at Nebraska-Omaha 10/11 at South Dakota State
Nevada. Head coach Mandy Green said the key to both games was excellent defense, something the Coyotes have been working on this season. In the victory against Northern Illinois, USD’s offense played a big role. “We capitalized on our opportunities to score against Northern Illinois. We tried doing that against Nevada as well,” Green said. “Nevada was really, really fast but we didn’t play into it. We just stuck to our game and I really liked that.” Three USD players earned all-tournament honors, including sophomores Rebecca Sparkman and Kasha Meyer, and junior Mackenzie Viktor. “I thought we improved a lot this weekend,” Sparkman said. “We had a mentality that we weren’t going to let them score on us, and we did a good job of doing that.” Meyer attributes the Coyotes’ improvements to their defense to becoming a faster team. “Our speed of play improved a lot this weekend. We are
starting to get more comfortable as a team and I think that showed,” Meyer said. The Coyotes will be taking on the Creighton Blue Jays Friday, a team that has scored 16 goals in the past three games. Half of those goals were scored by first-year Paige Jarsombeck, but Green said that is not what the team will be focusing on this weekend. “They’ve scored all of those goals, good for them. We are focused on our offense and keeping the ball so they don’t have it,” Green said. The team says that while Creighton may have a high number of goals this season, they are going to change anything during practice. “We just try to keep the same principles every game. It doesn’t matter who the opponent is, we just want to play our game,” Meyer said. Kickoff will be at 7 p.m.
Reach reporter Sydney Mook at Sydney.Mook@coyotes.usd.edu
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First-year forward Jamie Karch dribbles the ball up the field vs. Iowa St. Aug. 25. The Coyotes lost 3-1.
Coyotes’ depth very strong Right time for EDITOR’S NOTE: This week The Volante interviewed men and women head golf coach Nick Hovden. Both teams just finished up their second tournaments of the season. Hovden discussed goals for the season, how the younger players have been adapting to the level of competition and how the team has dealt with the heat. Josh Jorgensen: How has practice been going so far? Nick Hovden: Only a couple weeks in, but I’m seeing some positive things. Most importantly I’m seeing good work ethic, several players staying late into the evening and pushing each other after practice. JJ: What are your expectations for the team? NH: As always, expectations are high for both teams. What’s special about this year is our depth. All eight guys and all 10 ladies have the talent and game needed to make the lineup and trav-
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el this season. This new d e p t h w i l l make us stronger and m o r e c o m petitive throughout the
year. JJ: Who is coming through as the team leaders early on? NH: Tough to say who exactly our team leaders will be after only a week of practice. I’m pleased to see a few upperclassmen on each side starting to guide the younger players. I view them as teammates and not necessarily threats to their playing time and travel. JJ: What have they done to help younger players? NH: The little things have really stuck out to me. It’s the advice at practice, on the
course, helping transition to campus life and making them feel comfortable and part of the team. JJ: How have the young players grown in the early practices? NH: The younger, new players are becoming more comfortable each and every day, with this comes confidence in their game. It’s great to see. JJ: Has the heat affected the team at all? NH: Practice and qualifyings were tough this past week. It’s so easy to lose focus and mental toughness when brutal conditions are constantly distracting you. The players did a fine job battling the heat and humidity. There wasn’t much of a surprise in scoring. JJ: What are your goals early in the season at tournaments both as a team and for individuals?
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NH: Our number one goal right now is consistency. All five players have to stay mentally tough and post three solid rounds. If we can be consistent, we’ll be in a position to win a few tournaments this fall.
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JJ: What are the big tournaments this fall you hope to make a good showing at? NH: We’ll prepare for each tournament the same this fall, but there’s always a little more riding on those in which we’re facing Summit League foes.
A week ago, the Twittersphere erupted in the state as news broke that longtime University of South Dakota men’s basketball coach Dave Boots decided his time was up. The face of USD’s men’s basketball called it quits after 25 years at the helm and 32 years as a collegiate head coach. Boots had been the head coach for the Coyotes since 1988, and over that time, tallied the most wins by a coach in the university’s history. Over a span of 23 years, Boots led the Coyotes to a winning record every year, and notched six North Central Conference championships and 10 births to the NCAA Division II Tournament. USD’s men’s basketball team hasn’t had a lot of success over their first two years in the Summit League, and the few successes they did have were aided with Boots as the leader. The Coyotes now stand at a crossroads with Joey James steering the program as interim head coach. But could this be the perfect time for a new coach? Twenty-five years is a long time, and eventually retirement was bound to happen, but this happened at possibly the best time for the Coyotes. James comes into a pretty good position with a team that has tasted success with wins
JJ: What parts of the game are you trying to work at the most before heading off to tournaments? NH: Our mental game, meaning we stay in the moment, stay poised and are confident.
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nity. He said the funny thing is he had one day hoped he would be in this exact spot. “I thought at one point I wanted to get into coaching, but at what level, I had no idea,” James said. “But I’ll say when I was a graduate assistant here my first year, I told coach (Boots) that some how, some way, I’d be sitting in his
chair some day.” James denied speculation that Boots resigned so late in the process, forcing the school to make James his replacement. “I’m fortunate to have spent all the time I did with him, but I wouldn’t say that was his intention. I’m just fortunate it turned out the way it did.” James said. The players will now have
to adapt to a new head coach and a new brain drawing up plays. James said his style of play won’t change too much. “I’m not too worried about the players adapting to me. I’ve been a big part of coaching and recruiting them so that shouldn’t be an issue,” James said. “It will help that my style won’t change a ton, just more running on offense and more
man-to-man on defense.” Boots said the school is inheriting a coach that they can root for. “He’s a very loyal guy. He’ll run the program and team the way he wants to run it and he should do a good job,” Boots said. Reach reporter Grant Bosiacki at Grant.Bosiacki@coyotes.usd.edu
over two-time reigning Summit League Champion, South Dakota State. The news of his retirement shakes the basketball program, but in a way that could be a positive for the team. James could light a spark for the players to rally around, and create tenure for an already established assistant for the program. The Coyotes will have to adapt quickly as they look to continue capitalizing on the success they have experienced in the Summit League, especially after almost upsetting second-seeded Western Illinois in last season’s Summit League tournament. Something James will have to overcome is losing last year’s top scorer in starting guard Juevol Myles. The Coyotes have the task of replacing Myles’ 15.4 points and three assists per game. Myles’ departure means a lot of fresh faces will have to make a difference for the Coyotes in the backcourt to give them a shot in the Summit League. One player the team will clearly lean on will be senior center Trevor Gruis who averaged 12.3 points per game and 6.1 rebounds. Undoubtedly, this team is looking at an uphill battle after the news of Boots’ retirement and the graduation of Myles. However, with an array of fresh faces, and a new head coach familiar with the program and players, the Coyotes may be on the verge of something special over the next few years.
Reach reporter Josh Jorgensen at Josh.Jorgensen@coyotes.usd.edu
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Players of the USD softball team work on sliding during a practice.
Klyse also believe that Frain is ready to step up for a big season and thinks the sophomore pitcher will get a lot of help behind the plate as well. “We have Allie (Daly) working behind the plate with young pitchers, and she’s a junior who has been around and knows what she expects of herself and the pitch-
ers,” Klyse said. “Having her lead the team behind the plate with the first-year pitchers is definitely a strength of ours.” Even though the season is yet to begin, players are already thinking about the postseason. “Moving forward into our regular season in the spring, qualifying for conference and being there meant a lot,” Klyse said. “No one on that team had experience that
through the (Division I) transition. So, it was our first big stage. Now we’ve been on it, and now we have expectations to go there and win.” The team and Klyse are gearing up for big things, and the players said they are ready for one of their strongest years yet. “Coach Amy (Klyse) is a great coach. She pushes us to our limit. She just expects it out of us. She knows what we’re capable of,”
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Minogue said. “I’ve seen a lot of people learning so far. We’re improving everything.” The Coyotes will kickoff their season Sunday at their home fields with a doubleheader against Morningside College. Games start at noon and 2 p.m.
Reach reporter Nathan Ellenbecker at Nathan.Ellenbecker@coyotes.usd.edu