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SGA campaign kickoff: Three teams announce bids for executive office

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Carson Zubke and Hannah Booth (left), Kevin Huizenga and Sidney Juffer (upper-right) and Matt Yetter and Dalton Gehle (lower-right) announce their candidacy for SGA executive office Tuesday evening.

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The Student Government Association presidential candidates for next senate’s term were announced at Tuesday’s meeting.

In recent years, SGA has only seen two teams run for the presidency. However, this year three teams are in the running. The teams will campaign until the SGA election on Feb. 26 and 27.

The running pairs are Kevin Huizenga, a senior musical arts major, and Sidney Juffer, a sophomore accounting major; Matt Yetter, a junior political science, criminal justice and history ma-

jor, and Dalton Gehle, a sophomore history and English major; and Carson Zubke, a sophomore accounting major, and Hannah Booth, a sophomore political science and criminal justice major.

From the three teams, there are four returning senators: Huizenga, Juffer, Yetter and Booth.

Zubke was sworn in at the meeting after serving previously as a See SGA Page A3

Erbert & Gerbert’s comes to campus, offers new choices Cecilia Gillen

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USD students were welcomed back from break with a new dining option: Erbert and Gerbert’s.

The restaurant opened in the Muenster University Center (MUC) on Jan. 7. The soup and sandwich franchise was recently included in Entrepreneur Magazine’s “Top 200 Food and Restaurant Franchises of 2018.”

In an email interview with The Volante, Adam Chicoine, USD’s director of campus dining, said the process to bring Erbert & Gerbert’s to USD actually started about a year ago.

“Erbert & Gerbert’s was a great fit for USD because it combined the student’s desire for fresh deli sandwiches with more selection and a faster speed,” Chicoine said. “They also offered new soups which has always been “a” highly requested item.”

Jordyn Schnell, first-year business major, said she’s only eaten at Erbert & Gerbert’s twice, but she likes it so far.

“I think it’s nice because we have healthier options, and I like that it’s open at night,” Schnell said.

In addition to opening, Erbert & Gerbert’s has taken over Einstein Bros Bagels hours. Einstein Bros Bagels will now only be open until 4 p.m. on weekdays

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Erbert & Gerbert’s opened in the Muenster University Center on Jan. 7; the sandwich shop will now be open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Erbert & Gerbert’s will take over the night time shift, staying open until 7 p.m.

Chicoine said the switch was prompted by Erbert & Gerbert’s larger variety of dinner options than Einstein Bros Bagels.

Since its arrival at USD, the new restaurant has not been available on Tapingo.

Luckily for students, Aramark was just waiting for menu finalization, Chicoine said. Chicoine said Erbert & Gerbert’s was sup-

posed to be added to Tapingo starting Jan. 15, but it is still not posted on the app.

Schnell said she will eat at Erbert & Gerbert’s more once it is listed on Tapingo.

In USD’s press release, Eric

Wolfe, CEO of Erbert & Gerbert’s said, “We couldn’t be happier to welcome the University of South Dakota to the Erbert & Gerbert’s family.”

USD receives patent for dark matter laboratory, applies technology to research Lexi Kerzman

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Dark matter makes up approximately 23 percent of the universe, but its consistency isn’t exactly known. The USD physics department received a patent to further develop advanced technology needed to learn more about this abstract concept.

Dongming Mei, a physics professor, formed a team with two other researchers eight years ago and started developing new technology to produce germanium crystals and received the patent this year.

USD is currently the only underground lab that is able to produce highly pure germanium crystals. The department received a patent for the technology they developed to accommo-

date their underground lab.

“We patented the technology because we basically have two innovations, we have short scale equipment that allows you to grow crystals in a regular building,” Mei said. “We (also) designed a whole enclosure. We have to design equipment and design everything ourselves and practice here and eventually produce this technology. That is why we think it is worth having that patent.”

Germanium crystals are the most accurate detectors for radioactivity. Because the crystals need to be incredibly pure in order to be used to study dark matter, the process of growing these crystals is not easy, as they have to be nearly perfectly formed.

“We found out it was very dif-

ficult to do it because we don’t have any experience growing crystals,” he said. “We realized that growing crystals is very much time demanding, so we thought, ‘Why don’t we actually establish a facility as a service first so we can practice ourselves and understand how to grow crystals and how to make a product of detector?’”

Wenzhao Wein, a physics professor, focuses on the application of the crystals to dark matter. She and other team members have to convert the crystals by cutting them down and making them as pure as possible.

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Wenzhao Wein, a physics professor, prepares the grown germanium crystals by cutting them to make them as precise as possible.

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Construction to the Coyote football team’s new practice field concluded in December.

City of Vermillion Police Blotter Highlights >> Jan. 6 - Jan. 12

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speeding tickets

Jan. 6 Officers stopped a car for not stopping at a flashing red light. The driver was found to have a suspended license and was cited for both offenses.

Jan. 7 While investigating a shoplifting, officers arrested a woman and man on multiple charges involving theft and methamphetamine possession. The case is under investigation.

Jan. 8 A local business reported receiving counterfeit money. The

case is under investigation.

Jan. 8 Officers are investigating a report of a sex crime.

Jan. 8 Caller reported a patient suffering from a diabetic complication.

Officers provided care until the ambulance took over.

Jan. 8 An officer conducting parking enforcement found a vehicle with several outstanding parking tickets. The vehicle was impounded.

Jan. 9

An officer stopped a vehicle for speeding, 38 mph in a 25 mph zone.

The driver was cited.

Jan. 9 An officer stopped a car for erratic driving.

The driver was intoxicated on prescription drugs.

The driver’s license was revoked and was arrested.

Jan. 9 Caller smelled natural gas near their home. A search of the area resulted in the discovery of a meter needing to be fixed.

Jan. 10 An officer trained as a

USD announces DakotaDome renovation detail description Rachel Newville

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USD athletics has released more details on DakotaDome renovations, scheduled to begin mid-February.

Josh Sorbe, Student Government Association president, said the average student won’t be affected by the construction.

“It’ll just be another construction zone for the most part. It shouldn’t impact the average student very much,” Sorbe said.

The DakotaDome will be under construction through the 2019 football season, leaving the current student section unavailable. Last semester The Volante reported 5,278 total seats will be available for the six home football games during the 2019 season, almost half of the 10,000 seats available for games this year.

To find solutions for the seating shortage, a 2019 Football Season Student Advisory Group was formed of a group of students from different organizations on campus.

The group is led by David Williams, Deputy AD, David Herbster, Athletics Director and Josh Sorbe.

In previous meetings, the advisory group concluded that 718-740 of the 5,278 seats available will be reserved for the student section.

The group is set to meet again next Tuesday.

Sorbe said their next steps are discussing how students rotate through those available seats and what viewing options are available for students that won’t be able to attend the DakotaDome on game day. “(We’ll be doing) a lot of programming to make sure the 700 students at the game are not the only students engaging with

the game,” he said.

While students have raised concerns with large amounts of money going to athletics in the past, Sorbe said only one-third of all athletic funding comes from student fees.

“Talking about this has always been particularly interesting for me because I see it from both perspectives. I’m a student-athlete, and I represent every single student,” he said. “I think there is a lot of misinformation where the funding necessarily comes from.”

Sorbe said that at the end of the day, improvement to any area on campus is an improvement for every student.

“I think as a political science and econ student if I see improvements in the school of health sciences I still indirectly benefit from it because it legitimizes the university that we’re at,” Sorbe said. “It helps get the name University of South Dakota Coyotes out there.”

WHAT’S CHANGING AT THE DOME? The current $26.3 million project will include...

A new football locker room, team meeting spaces and offices that “excite and advance student-athletes” New permanent seating, club seating, concessions and services on the west side of the DakotaDome Smart lighting, sound and operational efficiencies Two new main entrances to the facility on the west side According to GoYotes.com

Future phases will include...

Upgrades to locker rooms and office elements for all sports Updated administrative and support spaces Competition and training areas for all sports New playing surface for football and track Modern concourse and fan amenities on east side of the DakotaDome

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DUI’s Drug Recognition Expert assisted a South Dakota State Trooper with a DUI arrest. The arrested party was suspected of being under the influence of marijuana.

Jan. 10 Caller reported a dispute between persons at local bar. No one was hurt, no crime reported and neither party wished to pursue any additional action.

Jan. 10 An officer stopped a vehicle for speeding.

Several passengers in the vehicle had been drinking alcohol. Two of

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them were under 21 and were cited for underage consumption.

Jan. 11 Officers responded to a call for a domestic dispute. One woman was arrested and charged with simple assault.

Jan. 11 Officers stopped a car for having an out headlight. The driver was an unlicensed driver and was cited.

Jan. 11 Officers stopped a car for speeding. The driver was also not wearing his seatbelt and was cited.

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An officer stopped a vehicle for expired registration and erratic lane travel. The driver did not have vehicle insurance and was cited.

Jan. 12 Officers responded to an unattended death.

No foul play is suspected at this time. The case is under investigation.

Jan. 12 Officers stopped a car for running a stop sign.

The driver was believed to be intoxicated and was arrested for DUI.

TUNE IN THIS MONTH Tune into KAOR today at noon to hear an interview with Dr. John Howe and Doug Wagner.

Watch Channel 21 next Wednesday for the first show of the semester.

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Over 1500 lbs. of watermelon was consumed at USD watermelon feed.

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College Republicans and College Democrats react to government shutdown Rachel Newville

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As the partial government shutdown reaches its 23rd day, South Dakotans are feeling the effects.

Feeding South Dakota stated in a news release that they are “preparing for the worst” as they worry about funding as the shutdown continues.

“Nearly 90,000 South Dakotans received SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits in November 2018, and nearly half of those recipients were children under the age of 18,” according to the news release.

The organization has plans to “procure more food, more volunteers and more financial resources to carry food-insecure South Dakotans through this crisis. The

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From Page A1 SGA senator. Gehle is not currently a member of the senate.

Josh Sorbe, SGA president, said he is excited to watch three teams run against one another.

“We haven’t had this for a long time in SGA, and I think having three teams just creates more diversity

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into a detector,” Wein said.

“The first thing we do is we cut the crystal into the shape that we want, then we do the chemical polishing to remove those chips from the cutting process.

Eventually, we want to do the compact so we can apply the high voltage of power into the detector. So we can detect and understand the features of this dark matter particles.”

Joel Sanders, an astronomy professor, studies dark matter and said he enjoys this field because of its complexity and collaborative nature.

“It is kind of some of the biggest picture questions

organization anticipates it will start to see a significant increase in food demand on Feb. 5.”

South Dakota airports have also been affected as well, as all of the government workers are going without a paycheck or have been furloughed.

As D.C. partisanship continues to contribute to the shutdown, the presidents of College Republicans and College Democrats spoke with The Volante on the issue.

Parker Spitzer, a senior economics and strategic communications double major and the president of College Republicans, said while the group has not had a formal meeting yet this semester, they have had many small-scale conversations about the shutdown.

Spitzer said there are

some members that are in full support of Trump’s and the Republican Party’s actions and others that aren’t in total agreement.

“You do have the people who are Trumpers... and those people would be all about the shutdown, ‘like build the wall regardless of the costs.

Regardless of whatever, we’re building the wall’,” Spitzer said. “Then you have the people who step back from that and look at it like look at all these people who are affected and aren’t getting paid now and it’s kind of an issue. And the military right now is funded but this is happening now–what could this mean in the future for situations like this?”

Courtney Gould, president of College Democrats and senior political science major, said the

of ideas and a lot more perspective on what it means to be as student at USD and how we can improve student life,” Sorbe said.

Huizenga said his first act of business would be creating a more thorough and integrated orientation for freshman and incoming transfer students. His campaign slogan is “Aid for the University’s Next Generation.”

Huizenga and Juffer’s

goals include acclimating students with a more thorough orientation, increasing involvement in university events, developing improved access to mental health facilities and revamping aspects of the senate to be more approachable.

Zubke is running on the pillars “Impact, Cultivate and Empower.” He said he and Booth have a lot of ideas that they’re hoping to

we can ask. It’s collaborative science because it is so hard,” Sanders said. “One institution doesn’t have enough resources to do it themselves so we get together, work with collaborators from 20 something institutions, mostly in the U.S., but across the world.

One specializes in making this part of the experiment work and another specializes in another part.”

Dark matter is different than any known substance in the universe and is extremely hard to study because of its lack of interaction with light.

Although it is a complex subject and hard to study, Sanders said there is hope of detecting dark matter in his lifetime, partly because of the further development of germanium crystals.

college Democrats have had one meeting this semester but have mostly focused conversations on the upcoming 2020 election.

“I think my biggest issue is that it’s affecting the SNAP, WIC (women, infants, children) and food stamp programs. So that is the most pressing I think because those are people that really need help,” she said.

While Spitzer said he thinks both sides need to come to the negotiating table to end the shutdown, Gould is looking for the Republicans to lessen their demands.

“I hate doing the blame game, but I feel like right now (the government) could be back up if it wasn’t for the fact that Donald Trump and his party just really want to build the wall,” Gould said. “I think if he just

roll out in the next couple of weeks.

“We really want to increase communication through the student organizations, through the student body,” Zubke said.

Yetter does not yet have a slogan, but he said his goals include parking reform and establishing the open electronic resources initiative, which would allow free textbooks for students in general edu-

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It’s hard to tell how conservative he really is if he is willing to act like this.

Parker Spitzer, College Republicans president

looks at how much this is affecting the country right now and if the parties could come to an agreement right now it would really help.”

As for students across USD’s campus, Gould said she doesn’t think many are paying attention to the shutdown.

“I don’t think so, I personally have only really been paying attention for the last week,” Gould said. “It hasn’t been covered as much as other cation courses.

“I’m running because I think Dalton (Gehle) and I both bring a unique perspective to this, myself being the longest continually serving senator on SGA as well as being the executive director for student federation… (and) Dalton with his involvement in Greek life and the political science league,” Yetter said.

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“It’s kind of crazy if you think of everything we’re used to–the biology, chemistry, humanity and art, everything we think of in life–it turns out in the scale of the universe as a small sliver of just a percentage,” Sanders said.

“We spend all of our time in life thinking about just the smallest sliver of the universe. It is kind of nice to think about the bigger part of what is there.”

Sanders said by having the patent technology to develop these crystals at USD will help set the university apart.

“It makes USD a more attractive place to come be,” Sanders said. “It gives USD a significant advantage that other universities don’t have.”

political things have been.”

Spitzer said he thinks most students are paying attention to the shutdown and are concerned. With Trump’s use of social media, he said it’s hard not to see.

“From the meetings that we’ve (College Republicans) had, we’ve had mixed feelings on his PR,” Spitzer said. “It’s hard to tell how conservative he really is if he is willing to act like this.” large were sworn in during the meeting. In addition to Zubke, they are Madi Gillespie and Faith Ireland.

Additionally at the meeting, senate resolution nine was passed unanimously. This resolution is a recommendation from SGA to keep the all gender restrooms open in North Complex during Dakota Days.

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Senators Matthew Colbert, Tallon Everson and PJ Friedel listen to their fellow senators’ reports.

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Dongming Mei, physics professor, helped create new smaller scale equipment which allows the development of gremanium crystals in an underground laboratory.

In-state tuition to six surrounding states now offered for SDBOR schools Kelli Susemihl

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New freshmen and transfer students from Colorado, Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming will receive in-state tuition at South Dakota state public universities, including USD, beginning next summer.

This change is a part of South Dakota Advantage, a tuition program that will offer students from six surrounding states an undergraduate tuition rate equivalent to the rate South Dakota residents receive, according to a university press release.

Nebraska and Iowa already receive in-state tuition rates. Minnesota was not included in the

program since the state already has a reciprocity agreement with South Dakota to receive lower rates.

Kevin Schieffer, South Dakota Board of Regents President, said this program’s goal is to bring more people to South Dakota.

“Our goal is to grow enrollments, meet South Dakota’s workforce needs and bring additional financial resources to our universities and the state,” Schieffer said. “Our data show 30 percent of non-resident students stay in South Dakota to pursue a career after graduation. This is an important demographic for us to engage.”

Scott Pohlson, vice

president of enrollment, marketing and university relations said the South Dakota Advantage program is building on the success of offering in-state tuition to Nebraska and Iowa, which saw enrollment increases of 25 percent and 8.4 percent, respectively.

“USD has witnessed tremendous enrollment growth from students from Iowa and Nebraska, and we continue to look for new opportunities to diversify our student body,” Pohlson said. “The value USD offers has resonated with these students, and we want to spread that message in as many states as possible.”

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SGA president Josh Sorbe said he is excited to see three teams run for executive office because of the diversity of opinions they will bring.

Beacom School of Business online programs ranked among best in nation Lexi Kerzman

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U.S. News & World report ranked the Beacom School of Business’ online Master of Business Administration (M.B.A) and Master of Professional Accountancy (M.P.A.) programs as one of the best online programs rankings for 2019.

The Beacom School of Business improved by 15 points from their 2018 ranking in the M.B.A. programs moving them to 73 out of 301 in the nation. On the M.P.A. side, the program was ranked 56 out of 156.

U.S. News ranked both online programs on five categories: engagement, student excellence, expert opinion, faculty credentials and training and student services and technologies.

Venky Venkatachalam, Ph.D., dean of the Beacom School of Business, said in a university press release that the “continued improvement in rankings reflects the strategic investment we’ve put in our graduate business programs.”

“Our investment includes talented and dedicated faculty, innovative curriculum, enriched

online teaching experiences and a continued focus on student learning and success,” Venkatachalam said.

The Beacom School of Business now offers five different specializations to its M.B.A. degree.

Students can now choose a general business M.B.A. or specialize their studies.

They can emphasize on business analytics, finance, health services administration, marketing, operations and supply chain management starting in fall 2019.

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Less clutter at home, less clutter in your mind

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HANNAH HERNES is a sophomore majoring in strategic communications

you find yourself moving out of the way every day.

Make sure to think about this with every item. I know that this is easier said than done, and may take some time, but believe me, it’s

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Stairs like these are part of the accessibility issue at USD. Wheelchair accessible ramps are available, however.

Editorial: Campus accessibility promotes inclusivity for all

Amidst the conversations about making USD a more diverse and inclusive campus, students with mobility issues have largely escaped attention.

Many schools and universities today, including USD, educate their students about the importance of tolerance. From a very young age, we are taught not to discriminate against individuals who have disabilities, and to be inclusive, for instance. We are taught to be aware of the differences in everybody around us.

The lack of focus on accessibility is possibly due to the relatively low percentages of people declaring or disclosing a disability.

Accessibility is something that begins with each individual, with recognition of and desire to eliminate existing attitudinal and physical barriers and to replace them with attitudes of welcome and acceptance.

This is especially important in universities.

When universities do not provide adequate wheelchair access it is especially disappointing.

Luckily for students here at USD, the university complies with standards outlined in the

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA protects individuals with medical conditions - mental and physical, temporary and chronic, severe and mild against discrimination. Most commonly, the university assists students who have mobility issues and use a wheelchair, cane, or walker.

Under the Americans With Disabilities Act, schools that receive federal funding are not only prohibited from discriminating against individuals with disabilities, but are also required to provide equal academic opportunities to their students and reasonable accommodations for disabilities. This, unfortunately, does not require that all buildings on campus be accessible to people with disabilities.

When doors are not wide enough, there are limited ramps, any elevators are out of order, or the buttons for the elevators don’t work, it makes it even more difficult for those with any disability to get around.

If access for the students who need it is not available, they will face the same set of challenges nearly every day. If they are facing these challenges along

with the normal daily stresses of classes and other extracurricular activities, it isn’t hard to believe that these factors may hinder the college experience for people with disabilities.

Director of disability services, Ernetta Fox, stated that Disability Services here at USD will work with individual students to have a class or meeting moved to an accessible location.

Fox went on to say that if students need to meet with professors whose offices are at inaccessible locations or have class in inaccessible locations, the class is moved and arrangements are made with professors.

These arrangements allow for a better and more equal learning experience for students with disabilities.

While USD does a great job at making accommodations for students that need them, there is, of course, always room for improvement.

Right now, there are still buildings on campus that are not fully accessible and have limited accommodations for students, including East Hall and Dakota Hall. This is something that the university is currently working on as the money becomes available to them.

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EDITORIAL BOARD Austin Lammers, editor-in-chief

Tori Harwell, opinion editor

Kelli Susemihl, managing editor

Lauren Soulek, verve editor

Do you ever ask yourself, “Do I have too much stuff?”

It’s a struggle for us all. We are surrounded by materialistic items everywhere we go and a constant temptation to have them. Often times, we think “Oh, I’ll find a place and a use for that” and then it ends up in a pile on your counter, table, or in a junk drawer.

Making a habit of this process can lead to an unnecessary amount of clutter in your home, garage, or basement.

Having an array of stuff can cause one to quickly become disorganized, and that can be overwhelming.

According to Psychology Today, “Clutter bombards our minds with excessive stimuli (visual, olfactory, tactile), causing our senses to work overtime on stimuli that aren’t necessary or important.”

Longing to be more organized can make us feel guilty or feel embarrassed, especially when we have friends who like to drop by spontaneously.

How can you fix this?

How can you make your space cleaner and more in order?

The answer is easy: you simply do not need very many things to live.

Besides, the best moments in your life can’t be bought on a shelf or online. The experiences you have and the people you spend them with is what truly matters.

When going through your things, ask yourself this: “How does this benefit me?” Only keep things will enhance your life, and not just become a hassle that

worth it. This way, you won’t have duplicates of items when you repurchase something you believed was misplaced. Also, by zeroing in on each item, you can maybe remember when and why you got it, and that can help you figure out if you should keep it or not.

After weeding out what you want to keep, make sure that everything you own has a place in your space. It looks better.

Another helpful tip: when you use something, put it away when you’re done.

That way you’re not looking for your keys five minutes before you are supposed to be in class (trust me, I’ve been there).

Next time you’re out shopping and something catches your eye, stop and think, “What can I use this for? If I can use it, is it in good shape? Where will it go? Will it help me in the long run?”

When you no longer feel you can put something to use, either donate it or throw it away, depending on the quality.

I find that if you have less clutter in your home, you have less clutter in your mind. Not having to keep track of many belongings and not having to deep clean very often can help you focus on yourself, your career, your friends and your family–the things in life that don’t have a price tag.

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...the best moments in your life can’t be bought on a shelf or online. The experiences you have and people you spend them with is what truly matters.

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

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Mental health in the modern world NICKOLAS ZEIMET is a senior majoring in media & journalism

A survey from the American Psychiatry Association found that millennials are by and large the most anxious generation.

Women are reported to have higher anxiety than men, and people of color scored 11 points higher on the anxiety scale than Caucasians.

So what does this say about the state of our world? With statistics telling us that 70 percent of millennials would be comfortable visiting a counselor or a therapist, perhaps the conversation of mental health is more obviously a priority than it ever has been before.

Yes, there are those who believe mental health issues like anxiety and depression are legitimate issues. Our parents and grandparents, for example, have a hard time accepting that mental health problems are real problems. But as Millennials and Gen Z’ers are becoming the majority, these issues will likely become less stigmatized than they have been in the past.

And this is great. The conversation of mental health is one that we absolutely should be having.

A 2018 article from Forbes says that depression rates in millennials are up 47 percent from previous years’ statistics of 3.0

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The conversation of mental health is one that we absolutely should be having.

percent and 4.4 percent.

The pressures people our age face are huge.

We have to do well in school, we have to work to support ourselves – and because of the world we live in, we face the pressures of social media.

We have to worry about looking good and fitting in. We have to worry about making sure our tweets get a sufficient number of likes.

According to the Pew Research Institute, 88 percent of 18 to 29-yearolds are on some kind of social media network, if not multiple. Scientists have found that simply getting a “like” triggers a dopamine bump—which ultimately triggers an addiction cycle not unlike drugs.

Which, admittedly, is pretty wild. It seems so frivolous. Why should anyone care how many people like your Instagram picture? Shouldn’t we be taking pictures for ourselves and not for validation on social media? And what kind of validation spurs from other people’s pseudoapproval from a like on Instagram?

While there’s not any single answer to these questions, the point is

that we’re facing old world problems and new world issues. Which seems incredibly dramatic, this is true – but that doesn’t erase the validity of the situation at all.

An article from Barna states that “four in 10 American adults (42 percent) have seen a counselor at some point in their lives. Thirteen percent say they are currently seeing a counselor or therapist, while more than a quarter (28 percent) says they’ve seen a counselor or therapist in the past.

Another third (36 percent) says they’re at least open to it, although almost one in four (23 percent) says they would never see a counselor.”

And while this is fantastic, the fact of the matter is that oftentimes people don’t seek the help they need for a number of reasons – from socioeconomic issues, stigma, or distrust of professionals.

However you slice it, there’s no denying that the acceptance of those with mental health issues and having open discussions about mental health are positive changes that will hopefully continue with time.

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Letter to the Editor: Native American campus organizations are proud to educate and include

Many of USD’s traditions honoring inclusive excellence have roots decades old. In September, the 27th annual Red Road Gathering centered around the theme “Next Generation.” The Tiospaye Student Council will host its 47th annual Wacipi April 6-7, 2019 at USD’s Sanford Coyote Sports Center. Tiospaye also organized a Native American Heritage Month kick-off event with the Center for Diversity and Community on Nov. 1, 2018.

Native Student Services was proud to offer such a diverse range of programming for Native American Heritage Month.

As the state’s flagship institution, we pride ourselves on building capacity, awareness and solutions for issues that affect Native communities across the state of South Dakota and in the region.

We acknowledge the Oceti Sakowin and all first peoples of this land, for their contributions to what is now South Dakota, both past and present.

Marisa Cummings, director of Native Student Services, brought together various programs and departments across campus to collaborate on a comprehensive programming for Native Heritage Month. Native Heritage Month 2018 reflected the collaborative efforts between the Native American Studies Program, the Department of Art, the College of Education, the Criminal Justice Program, USD HHMI Inclusive

Science Initiative, the Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health and the Center for Diversity and Community.

Native American Heritage Month programming encompassed a wide range of topics, from community organizing through quilt making and to Dakota Language Revitalization and Song. Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s (MMIW) Awareness week brought to light the epidemic of missing and murdered in the United States to build allies and solutions.

Indigenous women are murdered 10 times more than the national average.

Four in five American Indian women will also experience violence in their lifetime. Anitta Lucchesi’s “Mapping the Missing” discussed this epidemic Nov. 8 in Farber Hall.

The Native American Studies Program also hosted two events in November. “Ohiyesa: Soul of an Indian” with filmmakers Kate Beane and Syd Beane was shown in Farber Hall on Nov. 15. Redwing Thomas also spoke about Dakota Language Revitalization and Song and hosted a Round Dance special on Nov. 27.

You may have also noticed the tipi that was standing on campus.

Tiospaye Student Council wanted to share this with the USD community to increase understanding and communication. “The tipi on campus represents

the life of an indigenous student. It shows how lonesome it feels to be surrounded by a white institution - the feeling of being displaced and unable to thrive - common for indigenous people throughout history. Such as being an indigenous scholar on a college campus – all eyes on you.”

A tipi is a traditional home for the Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota people who originally lived on these lands. There are many cultural teachings that go along with putting up, maintaining, and taking down a tipi. If you want to be an ally to Native students who feel alone on this campus or would like to know more about the teachings and/or the culture, remember it is always okay to ask!”

The purpose of the powerful programming throughout November was to educate and create community at USD and across the state. USD is an institution that values inclusive excellence.

To quote our inclusive excellence statement, “USD embeds diversity and inclusiveness throughout every dimension and sector of the university. This inclusive excellence creates a welcoming community engaged in diversity. It provides an environment that prepares all students for living and working in a diverse society.”

- The President’s Council for Diversity and Inclusiveness

Why 2019 is going to be the biggest year for ‘Star Wars’ DEVIN MARTIN is a junior majoring in media & journalism

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, fans are in for a ride that is 2019.

With numerous television shows such as “Resistance” finishing its first season and “The Mandalorian” being released in the fall this leaves the highly anticipated “Episode IX” to be released in December.

It’s only a matter of time before not only the Skywalker Saga ends, but for more stories to pave their own way in the

galaxy.

To start, “Episode IX” will finish the decade-long story of the Skywalker Saga.

With the release of “Star Wars” in 1977, fans were transported to a galaxy far, far away through a triad of films that comprised the original trilogy.

The prequel trilogy began in 1999 with “The Phantom Menace” and finished in 2005 with “Revenge of the Sith.”

At that point in time, many fans thought that the “Star Wars” saga would conclude with “Episode III,” however, in 2012, Disney purchased Lucasfilm and thus the rights to produce and

distribute “Star Wars” films.

In 2015, the sequel trilogy began with “The Force Awakens”, followed by “The Last Jedi” in 2017. Now, “Episode IX” releasing in December is set to answer many questions fans might have, such as the fates of Rey and Kylo Ren. Only time will tell when a trailer will be released and what will happen to our main characters.

Something else that has fans as anticipated as “Episode IX” the release of “The Mandalorian.”

The television series will release on Disney’s streaming service, “Disney+”, sometime in the

Fall. “The Mandalorian” will be directed by “Iron Man” filmmaker, John Favreau. Narcos star, Pedro Pascal, will play the main role in the television series.

The Mandalorian Clan was described in “The Clone Wars,” “Rebels” and “Legends” and the story will take place after the fall of the Empire in “Return of the Jedi.”

I’m looking forward to seeing what Favreau has in mind for the series such as how The Mandalorian clan reunites after the fall of the Empire and what the stakes are for the characters in the age of the New Republic.

Gina Carano, Nick Nolte,

Giancarlo Esposito and Carl Weathers, among others, are also selected for the cast.

But what else can fans ask for with the return of “The Clone Wars” season seven? Lucasfilm canceled the show five years ago to focus on “Star Wars” stories, but now, 12 episodes will finish the story between Anakin Skywalker, Ashoka Tano and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

And how better to celebrate “Star Wars” itself than at “Star Wars Celebration Chicago?”

The event runs from April 11-15 and will discuss a Cassian Andor streaming series with Diego Luna, and the films being

developed by Rian Johnson and Game of Thrones directors David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.

Additionally, “Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge” will open in Disneyland and Disney World this summer and fall, where guests can pilot The Millennium Falcon in “Smugglers Run” and witness a space fight in “Rise of the Resistance.”

This is the year for “Star Wars” and I know I am excited to see where these different stories go.

May the force be with us in 2019.

The end of The Big Bang Theory is near JOE VITO MOUBRY is a junior majoring in studio art.

After 12 seasons, The Big Bang Theory will end its run this May on a high note.

The decision to end the series come from Jim Parsons’ decision to leave the series after season 12. CBS attempted to negotiate Parsons to stay with the show for two more years. If Parsons had, he would have stood to make $50 million dollars between seasons 13 and 14, according to an article on Entertainment Weekly’s website.

Yet, Parsons has earned the right to walk away,

especially after winning four Emmys and a Golden Globe with a voice-over role on the spin series of Young Sheldon.

When the negotiations failed, it was decided that it would be best not to continue the series after the current season.

As a fan of the series since season six, I couldn’t be happier for the decision to end the series at the end of the current season.

One reason why: if the series tried to continue without the character Sheldon Cooper, the series wouldn’t be the same, mainly because Sheldon’s lack of understanding of social norms is often a good source of entertainment.

The other reason why, and possibly the biggest personal reason,

is because I feel that the series has run through all of the storylines that they could do.

The only storyline that hasn’t been resolved prior to the current season is Raj’s love life. Throughout season 12, we’ve seen Raj finally embrace the idea that an arranged marriage might be the way to find someone to marry - something that Raj attempted in season five, but didn’t work out at the time.

The only frontier that is left for the series, otherwise, is seeing how The Big Bang Theory characters react to being parents, and we’ve already seen how Howard and Bernadette react to having two children. With Parsons’ departure from the series, the Big Bang Fandom

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would miss out on what would be an interesting parenting style of Sheldon and him not knowing how to nurture. To be honest, having The Big Bang Theory turn into a series of quirky parents would have ruined the legacy of the series.

Although other series like Grey’s Anatomy have tackled the transition of the working professional becoming parents, it was more of a natural fit that didn’t shift the focus the show. Rather, as in the case of Grey’s Anatomy, it added value to the show.

The Big Bang Theory, however, has always been about nerds trying to fit into the non-nerd culture, in regards to

With the end of the series only months away, it sounds like show-runner Steve Holland is excited about the series finale, although it hasn’t been written yet. finding significant others and having long term relationships.

With the end of the series only months away, it sounds like show-runner Steve Holland is excited about the series finale, although it hasn’t been written yet.

This is the power of knowing in advance when a series is going to end.

The show-runner and series writers have plenty of time to write and plan out the series finale. By having time to plan out the finale, the writing staff can find ways to tie up loose ends and insert jokes and references from earlier seasons, and this will give the series the amazing send-off it deserves.

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This is part two of a story about mobility and accessibility on USD’s campus.

For students with physical disabilities, everyday tasks like going to class or meeting with professors can seem daunting.

USD’s disabilities services, along with facilities management, aim to provide accessible buildings and facilities for all students. However, USD still has areas to improve.

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Kseniia Kaminskaia, a sophomore media & journalism major, is an exchange student from Yekaterinburg, Russia. She said USD’s accessible campus played a large role in her exchange program’s decision to place her here.

“I’m an exchange student and we actually don’t choose the university we go to, but the organizers of the program choose it for us. I don’t know how they do this, but they absolutely took accessibility as a big factor,” she said. “In Russia, not all universities are accessible; it was a big problem for me to choose a good (university).”

While in the U.S., Kaminskaia said her scooter began to experience problems, and she made the decision to purchase a new one.

“My old scooter was broke a few days before winter break and I was planning on traveling. I was unable to go anywhere without the scooter, so I decided to buy a new one on Amazon,” she said. “I didn’t expect to pay such a large amount of money for a new scooter; I didn’t expect that the old one would break.”

After she explained the unexpected expense of her new scooter to her friends, Kaminskaia said they created a GoFundMe page for her cause.

“They just decided to open this page and they told the story about me, and they collected the money in less than a day,” she said. “I didn’t expect that it would work so well and the people would help so fast… I don’t even

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Kseniia Kaminskaia, sophomore media & journalism major and an exchange student from Russia, received funds from USD students and community members through a GoFundMe page for a new scooter to improve her mobility around campus. know who is most of the people who helped me; I really appreciate it.”

Kaminskaia said she hopes to show people from Russia what accessibility is like at USD and in the U.S. “I’m planning a film about accessibility,” she said. “For my Russian audience, it would be interesting to see how my life is going here… I make a blog about life in the U.S and it would be a part of that, to show people the accessibility of USD.”

Plans to improve

Robert Oehler, associate vice president of facilities management, said it is law for new buildings and new renovations to meet current Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards.

“There are several older buildings that are not fully accessible and have limited accommodations. These facilities will be updated as money is available for renovation,”

Oehler said in an email interview with The Volante. “The North Complex Commons is presently under construction; the National Music Museum and the Center for Continuing Education will also be accessible when their renovations are completed.”

In addition to making plans to make buildings fully accessible, Ernetta Fox, director of disability services, said facilities management works to address unclear sidewalks very quickly.

“I think (a) thing USD does well is when a student does have physical access issues, we are able to address the problem very, very quickly,” Fox said. “If there’s a snow issue on campus, I can call facilities management and our facilities management is right there and ready to attack the snow.”

Hannah Hernes, a sophomore strategic communications major, uses a scooter to travel long distances across

campus. She said facilities management does a good job at making sure sidewalks stay clear and accessible. “(Facilities management) will come clear it, and there was actually one instance where I got stuck so I had to call UPD, but luckily right after I called them someone came and helped me,” she said. “But they’ve always been pretty good at clearing sidewalks and stuff.”

Kaminskaia said although USD is a very accessible campus, she has struggled with some sidewalks remaining uncleared.

“The biggest problem is the snow, so I’m glad there isn’t a lot right now,” she said. “Especially on my road between (Coyote Village) and campus, it’s a piece of the road that is not always clean.”

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...They absolutely took accessibility as a big factor. In Russia, not all universities are accessible.

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Sophomore thrower Ben Hammer prepares weights for the football team to use during their morning workout in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center (left). Hammer is a weight room intern for the USD athletic department and performs various duties, like stocking fridges (right).

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Like many college athletes, Ben Hammer begins his day before the sun rises.

The sophomore thrower from Dell Rapids, S.D. awakes around 5 a.m. and takes a walk from Coyote Village to the weight room inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. Hammer’s daily workout isn’t scheduled until the afternoon following class, but it’s his job to prepare the facility and nutrition bar for the first wave of athletes enduring theirs.

It’s part of Hammer’s responsibility as a weight room intern for the USD athletic department.

“I’ll get there at about 5:40-ish in the morning. We’ll get the weight room reset, get the weights where they need to be. The football team will be in by six–football or golf or whatever team– but normally somebody’s starting up by six. We’ll make sure the nutrition stations and snacks and shakes are ready to go once they’re finished with their workouts,” he said.

After that, the fun part begins: coaching. Hammer, who works primarily with the football team, said interns fall into coaching a certain team or sport, but like any job, it all begins

with a learning curve.

“Right away, we’re there so we can see the coaches coaching through. You have to learn by watching because it’s such a hands-on position. You sit back and hear what the coaches are telling the athletes,” Hammer said. “And then you’ll be able to work with and coach the athletes with their technique and stuff like that.”

Head strength and conditioning coach Clete McLeod, who joined the athletic program in early 2018, instructs a group of six undergraduate interns in his weight room. In a way, it’s a class of his own.

“It’s a lab. When they’re in here, there are remedial tasks they have to do, like cleaning and set up, but when there are teams in here training, it’s absolutely lab time,” McLeod said. “They’re tasked with reading what’s going on and asking questions, setting up and breaking down workouts.”

Senior hurdler Alanisse Williams, a kinesiology major from Buckeye, Ariz. who last fall interned under the strength and conditioning staff, said she expected the small tasks that come with an internship, but enjoyed her work with the athletes,

The day in the life of a weight room summer intern Tayler Karas worked in the weight room this past summer for twelve hours a day. This is what a summer day looked like for Karas: 4:30 a.m. wake up 5:00 a.m. in the SCSC 5:30-8:30 a.m. football 8:30-11:00 a.m. more football 11:00 a.m. freshman football / -3:00 p.m. women’s basketball 3:00-5:00 p.m. chores 5:00 p.m. Done!

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Coyotes get boost from Sjerven, top Mastodons 69-51 Bailey Zubke

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Junior Brandon Armstrong moves the ball during Sunday’s game against Purdue-Fort Wayne in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center.

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Injured. Worn down. Run thin. It’s been the story of the 2018 Coyote men’s basketball team, a group whose battle with attrition often decides their fate late in games.

That’s why, eight minutes into Sunday’s matchup with Summit League leader PurdueFort Wayne (12-8, 4-1), Dan Jech’s limp off the court could’ve triggered another Coyote loss in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center.

But the Coyotes (8-9, 2-2), lacking in size and stamina, once again found solace in the hands of sophomore Stanley Umude, whose 28 points, seven rebounds and four assists led his team to an 87-73 upset.

Junior Triston Simpson scored 19 points, eight of which came from free throws late in the game to secure USD’s second conference win. Junior Tyler Peterson posted 14 points and ten rebound-- his second career doubledouble.

After Jech’s exit, USD fielded seven players the rest of the game. Two (Umude and Simpson) played all 40 minutes. Five reached double-digit scoring figures. All of them recorded at least one point.

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Todd Lee called them after the game.

“I couldn’t be more proud of the guys,” he said. “The thing is we start five of seven on the road, and the two games we get at home are South Dakota State and Purdue-Fort Wayne.

So I told our guys this is the biggest game of the year.”

For a while, the biggest game of the year looked bleak for the Coyotes. USD began the game 4-for-7 from three-point land, finding a 21-12 lead nine minutes into the half. But Jech’s injury forced Umude to the five spot, and the Mastodons took advantage of the Coyotes’ deficiency of size and depth with a 17-0 run to gain a ten-point lead at the fiveminute mark.

Despite the five-minute scoring hiatus, USD put together a 5-0 run to end the half down 42-37.

“I think any sort of momentum you can get going into halftime is huge,” Peterson said. “We always talk about the first four minutes of the half and the last four minutes of the half, so if you can win those, it’s big.”

The Mastodons, however, are a hard team to cool. Led by senior guard John Konchar, who Lee referred to as “the best guard in

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Stanley Umude scored 26 points and nine rebounds to lead the Coyotes.

They fell to 7-9 with the loss.

After a sluggish start, the Coyote women’s basketball team took down Purdue-Fort Wayne inside the Sandford Coyote Sports Center Saturday afternoon.

Redshirt sophomore Hannah Sjerven, awarded her first USD (15-3, 3-1) start due to an ankle injury to Madison McKeever, eclipsed 20 points in back-to-back games, finishing with 21 points and an efficient 8-of-11 from the field. Sjerven sat out last season due to NCAA transfer restrictions but has provided the Coyotes with a boost off the bench, averaging 10.6 points and 5.7 rebounds through 18 games. After the game she was asked about making her first start.

“It’s a milestone for a lot of players, but I think it almost feels like any other night just playing with the same girls,” Sjerven said. “I’m just trying to not focus on that and trying to focus on the game and the gameplan.”

The Mastodons (4-13, 0-5) came out firing in the first quarter but went cold in the second. After trailing 17-15 to end the first, Sjerven opened the scoring in the second with five straight points, and the Coyotes dominated the quarter, building a ten point lead, thanks to a 16-4 USD run in the second quarter built on defense.

“Coming into this game we were really focusing on our defensive intensity,” Junior Ciara Duffy said. “That has been a common

theme this season, and this game was no different. This is a really good team and the Summit League is a really offensive conference, so it was a really good test for us.”

The Coyotes pieced together a consistent second half and posted 69-51 victory.

Though it seemed a quiet night for Duffy, who scored 28 in a double overtime win against South Dakota State last Sunday, she still came away with 15 points on 7-for-14 shooting, followed by Chloe Lamb with 13.

Anna Lappenkuper finished with 11 points for the Mastadons.

South Dakota State leads the Summit League by a half game with a win over Oral Roberts. USD is tied with North Dakota for second place. The win over South Dakota State last weekend helps the Coyotes in the long run. After a pair of home games, the Coyotes will have three straight road games.

“These were two really important games to get us back to feeling comfortable; playing really hard and playing really well, I thought we did that in both of these games,” Plitzuweit said. “The next stretch of three games on the road is going to be an incredible challenge for us.”

The three-game road trip will start in Tulsa, Oklahoma against Oral Roberts Friday, Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. Their second game of the road trip is in Omaha on Sunday, part of a doubleheader with the USD men’s team.

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Redshirt sophomore Hannah Sjerven attacks the rim during Saturday’s game against Purdue-Fort Wayne in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center.

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The men’s squad won nine of 13 events and women won 11 out of 13 during the first day of the meet.

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South Dakota’s track and field team competed in the Hawkeye Invitational on Saturday and Sunday.

USD’s athletes won five total events and broke two school records.

Junior Zach Anderson, who tied South Dakota’s high jump record in December, cleared 7 feet, 3 ¼ inches, good for a new school record, according to GoYotes. The event also marked the tenth time that Anderson has cleared the 7-foot barrier in his career and is the fourth best jump in the nation this year.

Consistency and

confidence have been crucial to Anderson.

“In high school, I hit (seven feet) one time and then I was super on and off on days I was jumping... It’s also just the confidence that I can bring into each meet, knowing that I have been at a certain height and I want to go beyond that,” Anderson said.

Meanwhile, South Dakota senior Ethan Fenchel broke his school record in the weight throw event from last season. Fenchel launched the weight 67-7, good enough to eclipse his former record by over a foot.

“I felt really good going into training that week, so I just kind of carried the

momentum going into Iowa,” Fenchel said.

Fenchel also said that mental preparation plays a huge role in throws.

“Throwing is a mind game I think. So if I can feel mentally… in sync going into the meet, then usually it’s a good sign that I might throw well.”

The Coyotes saw improvement in throws and shot put. Senior Lara Boman earned second in the weight throw with a distance of 63-3 ¼, a mark that broke the previous record at the meet.

USD senior Ben Hammer beat his personal best by nearly a foot, as he threw the weight 56-10, good for third place.

Sophomore Callie Heinrich also recorded a new personal best in shot put, launching the shot 48-1 ¼, good for fourth place at the event.

Coyote senior Eldon Warner showed consistency once again, as he won the one-mile run and came close to breaking his personal best with a time of 4:09.22 at the event.

Junior Chris Nilsen vaulted 17 feet, 10 ½ inches at the Invitational, a mark which ranks second in the NCAA this year, per GoYotes. The pole vaulting event was represented well by the Coyotes as freshman Sean McClellan and senior Kaleb Ellis finished third and fifth respectively.

Head coach Lucky Huber says that continued improvement will be the team’s main focus for the season.

“We’ve only been going for about seven or eight days here so you kind of have everybody tired legged and trying to make technical changes so I think every group is looking at that: how do they get better? Because right now, we’re not good enough to meet our goals, so they’re all working extremely hard.”

The Coyotes will see action again on Saturday at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational in Brookings, South Dakota.

and women’s basketball teams throughout the day until 5 p.m. For someone who hadn’t coached or trained with male athletes before, she said preparing the football team for their season was much different from any other sport.

“Football is a lot different.

With women’s basketball you can talk them through it, but with football, you’re supposed to use one word or short words because they’re not really listening to you; they’re in the zone,” she said.

“I think the biggest thing that is unique with working with football players is how loud and intense the environment is. All the guys are hyping each other up and pushing the guy next to them.”

The turbulent climate took some getting used to, she said.

“Being a female in that atmosphere, I felt a little inferior,” she said. “But Clete and the rest of the strength coaches kept saying ‘you need to assert your dominance because if you think you’re inferior, they’re going to treat you as inferior’.”

Coaching is a system of mental tricks on the body, and McLeod said many don’t understand its aftermath.

“I tell our folks, if you’re not completely drained at the end of an hour of coaching, you’re not doing it right,” he said. “So for them to be able to balance the mental and physical aspects of coaching but also having to train and perform at the highest level is really, really impressive.”

Hammer spends close to 40 hours a week in the weight room, as do the other interns. He said he hasn’t grown tired of it because he’s learning to be a better athlete every day.

“That’s what I was hoping from the internship.

I would be immersed in people making their athletes better,” he said. “You get to experience, for six-to-eight hours a day, athletes getting bigger and stronger and it helps get that into your mind.”

The same goes for Williams and her lifting scheme.

“The internship definitely made me a better athlete. Most definitely a better lifter,” Williams said.

“Of course, I don’t know everything but it’s a lot easier to help my teammates when it comes to lifting in the weight room and also apply the corrections to my own

lifting.”

Karas said the internship educated her on both coaching athletes and becoming an easier athlete to coach.

“After that internship, going into lifting during the fall, it made me think about the little things that I hadn’t before,” she said. “Being behind the scenes helped me see firsthand all the work that’s put into making us into better athletes. I’ve become even more grateful for our staff that motivated me to give every workout 100 percent.”

Interested in physical therapy and studying for a license in strength and conditioning, Karas has learned a lot from her first day as an intern in the weight room, which included drying its floor at 5 a.m. after a broken refrigerator soaked it in water. But during her time in an atmosphere unlike most, Karas said she was comfortable.

“The coaches are very laid back and they’re also very smart, so the conversations we had between lifting sessions made it a really good place to work,” she said. “It was an environment where I could be myself.”

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specifically the softball team.

“I gravitate towards women’s fitness and strength. I think it’s a lot easier for me to relate and communicate to them when it comes to coaching and anything else,” she said via text. “I actually became friends with a couple of them when I was done.”

Both Hammer and Williams said they aim to enter the field of sports medicine following graduation, and the internship allows them to combine their athletic and academic lives into one.

“I talked to [McLeod] quite a few times in the weight room when we’re

training and he’s always super energized about people who get excited about strength training,” Hammer said. “He was looking for some people who’d want to handle the workload.”

Stuck between athlete and coach, between student and employee, the daily commitments are heavy.

And on weekends, Williams adds “bartender” to the list.

“It’s very difficult for me on certain days. Every morning I map out how my day is going to look by the hour and make sure I fit in practice, work, homework, and social time,” she said. “I’ve done it since sophomore year and I’ve been doing okay.”

McLeod said he tries his best to ease the workload, but if mismanaged, it can

“take a toll.”

“If I don’t manage how much time they’re on their feet, and how much they’re having to coach, then it can start to affect their training.

You’re at a high level of engagement the entire time, and for a person who’s competing, it can show up in their performance, and that’s not a good thing,” he said.

Tayler Karas, a senior kinesiology major with a minor in psychology, interned last summer before her soccer season began in the fall.

“I was supposed to coach, but not over-coach. I said the basics, like ‘make sure you go all the way to line, make sure you’re doing the fundamentals’.”

Starting at 5 a.m., Karas worked with the football

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Sophomore thrower Ben Hammer puts away lifting belts after a team workout Tuesday morning in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. Hammer is a weight room intern and works closely with the football team.

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From Page B1 the league”, Purdue-Fort Wayne leads the conference in three-point makes.

Senior Matt Weir put this stat on display, leading the Mastodons with 20 points on 6-for-6 shooting, five of those coming from behind the arc.

USD and PFW swapped leads until midway through the second half, where backto-back buckets from senior Brandon Armstrong sealed a 12-0 run that put the Coyotes up 69-63 with 7:35 to go.

“I felt like our defense was our best offense in the second half,” Umude said.

“Get stops and get out in transition, get some easy ones and get our confidence going.”

Late into the second half, a team low on legs decided to pick up the pace.

A steal from Umude turned into two points, and then

another from Simpson, and then from Peterson. Lee said he didn’t know where his players’ energy came from, but he did his best to preserve what he could.

“I put everybody off the line on free throws, so we didn’t have to run up and down the court six times. We called timeouts to rest. We delayed the game five or six times where we just held the ball. I can’t go four corners but I can at least bring it down to and end-of-theclock situation.”

Another explanation is what Umude calls the “next man up mentality.”

USD’s lone healthy forward, freshman Matt Johns, scored a career-high 10 points, hitting all four of his attempts. Armstrong also scored 10, hitting 4-of-5 and 2-3 from three to give PFW their first conference loss of the season.

“Johns had a hell of a game today, so that’s what we need,” Umude said. “We need people to step up.

People go down, it’s next man up.”

Umude himself has stepped up, recording back-to-back 26-point performances to earn Summit League Player of the Week honors. The number of turnovers within that span?

One. In response to the sophomore’s scoring outbreak, Lee said Umude’s role on the team is evolving.

“I met with him and told him his role is changing so much, he’s got to become more of a leader on the team: an encourager, a guy who’s lifting guys up and talking to guys and pointing at guys when they make a good pass to him,” Lee said. “At times he makes freshman mistakes, but he learns at such a quick pace because he’s out there experiencing it.”

Up next for the Coyotes is a three-game road slate, beginning with Oral Roberts in Tulsa, Okla. on Thursday.

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Molly Schiermeyer: How do you find time to manage athletics and nursing?

Mary Wester: Planners are a huge help.

Having my week set out a week in advance and being able to look at it and review all of the assignments I need to prep for is important along with my scheduling when I plan on studying and when I plan on eating.

MS: How did you understand javelin so quickly?

MW: I think being a thrower really helped.

Not that all of the events are similar to javelin, because they are all different, but understanding the concept of what you are trying to do was helpful. On top of that, having really supportive teammates who understand the events and a really understanding coach who speaks in terms that I can put into my throw was probably the biggest help. Having that constant

SENIOR THROWER NURSING MOUNT PLEASANT, IA support not only from my coach but also from my teammates was how I understood the javelin so quickly.

MS: How was it having your dad as a throws coach?

MW: Having my dad as a throws coach was really interesting because I never had to go anywhere to talk to him. He was just always there so the person who’s coaching you and has all of the knowledge is readily accessible 100% of the time and that was really awesome.

I always had someone who wanted to watch film and would pull me aside and say ‘hey I saw this, let’s do this next time’ and he would always be workshopping our next practice before it even happens. It was definitely a way that we got closer as a daughter and father, and the only way to describe the experience is awesome.

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Junior nursing major Claire Hoogland led an AWOL trip to Houston, Texas over winter break that was centered around a health focus. “You go into a different community and you see something you learn and you bring it back to your own community,” Hoogland said.

AWOL trips provide educational opportunities during winter break Molly Sperlich

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While many students spent their winter break binging their favorite Netflix show or catching up on sleep, other USD students spent their winter breaks much differently.

AWOL, or Alternative Weekend of Learning, is a campus organization led by students that focuses on alternative breaks. AWOL uses the term alternative breaks because their trips are a focused educational experience.

Kim Albracht, the assistant director of academic engagement, said the goal of alternative breaks is to help students become more educated about the social issues affecting communities.

“By working with organizations and communities, we get to know individuals for whom those issues are a daily reality,” Albracht said.

The process to plan alternative breaks begins at the end of the spring semester before each academic year. A student board of seven elected leaders and two Center for Academic and Global Engagement (CAGE) staff advisors meet to plan where and when the alternative breaks will be.

“We select how many alternative breaks will be offered during the coming year, the social issues that we want to focus on, potential new or re-occurring community organizations we would like to partner with, and the geographical locations,” Albracht said.

AWOL selects student site leaders to lead each alternative break.

Claire Hoogland is a junior nursing major and is the Vice President of Site Leader Training. She also served as a site leader for a winter alternative break.

Hoogland’s job is to lead training sessions for the other site leaders.

“We go over what AWOL is, what it’s about and what is

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It forces you to have an open mind and pushes you out of your comfort zone.

Claire Hoogland, junior nursing major

expected from them and their participants,” Hoogland said.

Hoogland said the main goal of their trips is to promote active citizenship, so they have a no-cell-phone policy at their service sites.

“One thing we really focus on is being fully engaged in what we are doing and why we are doing it,” Hoogland said. “ You go into a different community and you see something you learn and you bring it back to your own community.”

Hoogland led a trip to Houston, Texas centered around health focus.

Participants helped the Houston Health Foundation Gardens make soil, lay down new ground and plant vegetables. Hoogland said she worked with many health organizations she didn’t know existed before her trip.

“We worked with Project Cure, which is the only place in the world that takes old unused medical supplies and send it to developing countries,” Hoogland said. “We sorted through and packed the supplies that will go to nine different clinics in Nigeria.”

During their trip, participants lived on $6 a day to simulate what it would be like to live below the poverty line.

“It forces you to have an open mind and pushes you out of your comfort zone. It really opens your eyes to how lucky

we are,” she said.

Leah Naasz, a sophomore medical biology major, went on an alternative break to Puerto Rico over winter break.

The focus of the alternative break was sustainability and agriculture. Naasz said it was difficult adjusting to the different lifestyle.

“We slept on a yoga mat in a tent in the middle of the rainforest,” she said. “We were in the fields all day long trying to break up the hard soil.”

Naasz said she came back with a different outlook on life and greatly appreciated the way the people treated them.

“They believe you need to take care of yourself so that you can serve others,” Naasz said.

AWOL focuses on service learning to encourage being engaged citizens in our own communities.

“Through service-learning, we reflect on our shared service experiences, develop a deeper understanding about the social issues and learn how to use that knowledge to push our own development as engaged and active global citizens,” Albracht said. the social issues and learn how to use that knowledge to push our own development as engaged and active global citizens,” Albracht said.

‘Drum Flow Retreat’ draws high schoolers to USD Ali Boysen

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USD held its first ever Drum Flow Retreat, which attracted high school students to the university last Saturday.

For four hours, participants worked on snare drum techniques that improved their drumming abilities.

While the retreat was open to adults, college and high school students, the majority of the attendants were the latter. This surprised the director of the workshop, Dr. Darin Wadley, the director of percussion studies at USD. “I expected zero high school students to come, and the fact that we had 15 was just amazing,” Wadley said.

Out of the 25 participants, 15 were from high schools from around the area. Wadley said that this workshop can be used to recruit more students into the music program and he believes making the cost of the retreat free helped bring in students.

“Our big thing is recruiting, trying to get students here,” Wadley said. “So that was a really cool deal that they wouldn’t have probably

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Dr. Darin Wadley demonstrates drumming techniques during the first ever ‘USD Drum Flow Retreat.’

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come if it had cost money.”

Although the majority were high school students, the retreat also benefitted English doctorate student, Simon Ferrell. He said the best thing about the retreat was focusing on basic technique for four hours.

“I think that playing anything complicated and fast boils down to having good technique and good hands,” Ferrell said. “So if you wanna be good at the drum set, or good at any sort of drumming, you should be focused on the fundamentals.”

Wadley said most drummers don’t get a lot of time to focus on that technique.

“I wanted an opportunity to really go in-depth on some fundamental snare drum technique that we usually don’t get a chance to do because we are so busy rushing around on music, so this is all just technique and how to drum,” Wadley said.

With the high number of attendees, Wadley is looking forward to making the USD Drum Flow Retreat a reoccurring event.

“This is the most successful event I’ve ever had here, so I’m really enthused by it,” Wadley said.

I think that playing anything complicated and fast boils down to having good technique and good hands.

Simon Ferrell, English doctorate student

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Colombian artist features work at USD Lauren Soulek

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Nancy Friedemann-Sanchez said the work displayed in the gallery is part of a visual novel she has worked on since moving to the Midwest. She said the artwork is a “narrative about migration and living between two languages and cultural memory.”

“Nancy FriedemannSanchez: Palimpsests” is the current exhibition being featured in the John A. Day Gallery, which hosts many exhibits throughout the year that feature both students and visiting artists.

Nancy FriedemannSanchez is a Colombian artist that now lives in Nebraska. She said the artwork featured is part of her visual novel that she has worked on while living in the Midwest.

“It’s a narrative about migration and of living between two languages and cultural memory,” she said.

Friedemann-Sanchez is from Bogota, Columbia, where she also studied art at La Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá. She then studied at Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles before traveling to New York to get her Masters degree from New York University. She has now lived in Nebraska for the past seven years.

Amy Fill, Interim Gallery Director, said she was drawn to FriedemannSanchez’s art when she saw it at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in

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Omaha, Neb. That was when she and the former Gallery Director decided to feature Friedemann-Sanchez’s art at USD. “I think her work is really timely as we’re talking about colonialism and artworks,” Fill said. “I think we try to bring in a lot of diverse artists in the gallery so we want to reach out to Native cultures and more women and different identities to try to create some nice diversity in what we display.”

Friedemann-Sanchez said her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums in the United States, Colombia and Europe.

Cory Knedler, Chair of the Department of Art, said having someone like Friedemann-Sanchez featured in the university galleries is important for students and the community.

“We always want the gallery exhibitions to be educational exhibitions, not only for the students but for the community at large as well,” Knedler said.

“So having somebody come in who has traveled the world and is bringing parts of their travels and their philosophies on art and their own personal work to our

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gallery, it’s not only a treat for us but it’s real special for somebody to share all that information with us.”

Friedemann-Sanchez has an art career that spans thirty years, but she said she’s been an artist for as long as she can remember.

“As a child I loved painting, observing nature and I just knew I was an artist,” she said. “I never had a doubt.”

Friedemann-Sanchez said she is on chapter five of her visual novel and the art displayed in the gallery is an intersection of different chapters.

“I don’t know how many chapters it will be, but I’m exploring different themes, so I have influences,” she said. “Some are indigenous and colonial art from America. Some are minimalist art from the U.S. and feminist art from the U.S. So I marry cultural influences from North and South America to create a vision of the contemporary world while looking at the past.”

Friedemann-Sanchez said the message of her art is just to show people to look at the past to understand the present and “make visible what is invisible.”

“Art is something that is irrepressible in humans,” she said. “It’s an expression of our sensibility and sensitivity. It’s our desire and our need to create metaphor.

To create deep meaning.”

On Jan. 17, FriedemannSanchez will be a visiting artist on campus as she speaks about her art before the closing reception later that day.

Knedler said it’s a great opportunity for the art department to have someone like FriedemannSanchez come speak.

“It’s great to see that in this moment of time we are having an artist in who is both a female artist, which about 65 percent of the art department are female students, so it’s great to have a female role model as an artist for our students,” Knedler said. “It’s also great to see the diversity of artists and the diversity in her artwork come in as our university is so heavily focused on inclusive excellence as well. We like to see that those artists are also getting a space in the galleries of the world right now. We’re kind of right on the pulse of what’s going on in the world with somebody like Nancy here.”

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Jan. 25 MLK Week Film: Selma 7-9 p.m. Farber Hall

Jan. 18 Downtown Movie Night 7-8 p.m. Coyote Twin Theater

Jan. 26 WBB & MBB vs. Western Illinois - 1-5:30 p.m. SCSC

Jan. 21 MLK Day of Serivce 9-3 p.m. MUC

Jan. 29 Yote Floats 3-4 p.m. MUC Pit

Jan. 22 Yote Floats and MLK Spoken Word Event - 3-4 p.m., 5:309:30 p.m. MUC Pit Jan. 23 Crafting with CAB 11 a.m. -2 p.m. MUC

Jan. 30 MUC Bingo 7-8 p.m. MUC

Jan. 24 Musical Performance 5-7 p.m. Farber Hall

Jan. 31 Black History Month Kickoff 11 p.m.-1 p.m. MUC Pit Student Org Reverse Career Fair - 3:30-5 p.m. MUC Ballroom

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Ali Boysen: Did you make any New Year’s resolutions this year?

AB: Are there any big achievements that you want to get this year within student groups Sidney Bohnet: I don’t really believe in New you’re involved in or personal achievements?

Year’s resolutions. Like if I want to change, I’ll do it whenever; it doesn’t have to be a new year.

SB: I’m a member of Alpha Xi Delta, so I want to be more involved in that and help more than AB: Since you don’t have resolutions, how do I have. I want to be more involved because my you make self-improvements? first year I didn’t have any position, and I still don’t have a position, but I still wanna help.

SB: I just do it whenever I find the need that I need to change something.

AB: What’s your general outlook for 2019?

AB: Do you set new goals every semester or year?

SB: Kind of, they’re all kind of the same like getting decent grades. I try not to get anything below a C usually.

SB: Stay positive, nothing negative. I want to meet more people and I just want to get my life together, and in general, grow up a little bit.