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Moving forward

Law student Dillon Martinez studies in the law school Tuesday morning. A task force decided to keep the school in Vermillion last semester.

Changes to law school funding, building determined after decision to remain in Vermillion Christina Vogel

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fter a series of meetings and a special task force creation, the decision was made to keep the core of USD’s law school in Vermillion. Now, the law school is looking forward to a new complianceoriented program and updated

renovations.

A compliance-oriented program in Sioux Falls will allow law students to gain experience working for finance and health care companies with adjunct professors providing instruction.

The South Dakota Board of Regents is

setting aside funding to expand opportunities for law education in Sioux Falls. The program will allow law students to make connections with the finance and healthcare industries as well as allow for credit towards their degrees.

Morgan Nelson, president of the USD Student Bar Association, said moving the law school to Sioux Falls would have been beneficial for students.

“Many students have spouses and families move to Vermillion specifically for the intention of furthering their education,” Nelson said. “If the law school was in Sioux Falls, these students would be able to attend law school and find work immediately afterwards.”

Nelson said the compliance-oriented program would offer students

different opportunities.

“While it may sound beneficial for law students to work in Sioux Falls with these companies, they are specifically not working in the legal field, which is their intended future occupation,” Nelson said.

Thomas Geu, dean of the law school, said the cost of moving the law school and the joint degree program were reasons for the law school’s stay.

“The decision to keep the law school in Vermillion was made based on the cost of moving to Sioux Falls and the need for the community on the USD campus,” Geu said.

“Currently, we have a joint degree program which allows students to earn their master’s degree alongside their juris doctor.”

New program A new compliance-oriented program will allow law students to gain experience working for finance and health care companies.

Funding The South Dakota Board of Regents is setting aside funding to expand opportunities for law education in Sioux Falls.

Renovations Renovation plans include a new commons area and a room for bar examination preparation.

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McNary and Anderson reflect Devin Martin

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Involvement, improvement and inclusiveness are what Student Government Association President Teagan McNary and Vice President Josh Anderson promised on the campaign trail last February.

A year later, the USD community has seen numerous senate bills proposed, student organizations growing and McNary and Anderson’s three pillars being built.

McNary said the work she and Anderson have been doing over the past year shows that they care for the students they serve.

“It’s a good example of just showing that we do care about the students and we want to be approachable,” McNary said. “We want to work for the students and I think that was a good example of one way that we’ve done that.”

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Voicing opinions

Before McNary and Anderson were elected to office in March, there were numerous SGA debates about a wealth of issues such as GAF fee increase to athletics, a proposed resolution for USD to become a sanctuary campus, election reform and gender-inclusive facilities.

Anderson said it was great to see students discussing the issues affecting campus, and these debates shaped why he and McNary wanted to commit to SGA. “They were hot topic issues to students and they were passionate about discussing these things and wanting to know what’s being done,” he said. “It reinforced our decision to want to do this because seeing the impact of what can happen and some of those conversations did continue.”

McNary said student government can be a slow process at times, but a rewarding experience.

“It’s not something that’s going to get constituents like really excited. But when we do have those

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SGA President Teagan McNary and Vice President Josh Anderson discuss the agenda for the SGA meeting Monday evening. issues I think it just makes it really fun,” McNary said. “It makes it interesting to see students come out and voice opinions and want to be heard. I appreciate that.”

Following promises

McNary and Anderson said they have always tried to serve students with their three pillars.

The involvement pillar was intended to encourage students to attend more campus events.

Anderson said they also hoped to educate students about the resources offered, and they hoped to open lines of communication between students and elected student officials.

“I think that at any (campus event) we’ve tried to make ourselves available and try to edu-

cate our senators so they can be served as a resource,” Anderson said. “I think that’s one of the most important duties of a Senator is (to be) a resource for the same as an executive.”

Anderson said keeping an SGA presence was vital to opening those lines of communication between students and elected student officials.

“That’s one of our biggest things is for us to attend events and show our presence and try to encourage others to go,” Anderson said. “I know we want to try and make ourselves be in attendance and also encourage all these senators to be there, be vocal, be visible and be present.”

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In reaction to the introduction of a sanctuary campus resolution in Student Government Association by former SGA senator Josh Arens last year, a state Senate bill has been proposed.

Senate Bill 103, which could potentially prohibit undocumented students from attending South Dakota Board of Regents schools and receiving in-state tuition and financial aid was introduced by Sen. Stace Nelson, R-Fulton, in response to the proposed SGA resolution, which was ultimately vetoed and never came to fruition.

Arens said in an email with The Volante that he fought to override the veto.

“I don’t think the thenPresident of SGA should have vetoed it,” he said. “His veto was based off the idea that we’d lose funding, which was and still is an unfounded argument.”

As the bill is written, the SDBOR would have to “develop and institute a process” where universities have to verify with the federal government that each student has a

“lawful presence” in the U.S. In an email with The Volante, Mike Rush, executive director and CEO of the SDBOR, said universities are not equipped to make that judgment.

“The universities do not make a determination of whether a student is illegally in this country. That is a federal determination,” Rush said.

“We also do not believe universities should play the role of immigration police. They are simply not equipped to do so.”

The current admissions process

When first-time students apply to USD, they check a box to verify their citizenship on USD admissions forms.

Students are charged non-resident tuition rates unless they provide documentation of their permanent legal status.

“We do ask applicants who self-identify in the application for admission as non-US citizens to provide documentation for the limited purpose of determining eligibility for resident tuition,” Rush said in an email.

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Feb. 21, 2017

SGA requests immigration policy clarification from administration

Feb. 14, 2017

SGA sanctuary campus resolution proposed

March 2, 2017

Resolution vetoed

by SGA President

Feb. 28, 2017 SGA resolution passes 17-7 with “watered down” language

Jan. 22, 2018

Senate Bill 103 first read in State Senate

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Senior Heather Egbert (left), a senior media & journalism major and The Volante’s advertising manager, was crowned Miss USD Saturday night. Egbert will advance to the Miss South Dakota Pageant in June.

Senior Marley Hanson (right), a communications studies major, completes her final walk as Miss USD.

City of Vermillion Police Blotter Highlights >> Jan. 21 - 27

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assaults

Jan. 21 Officers observed a woman urinating in public in the downtown area.

She was cited.

Jan. 21 Officers were called to a house for a man who’d been assaulted. Officers learned he had been attacking his friends at a party, and they had defended themselves.

He was assault.

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Jan. 22 Officers made contact with a driver for a lane violation. The driver had been drinking and failed field sobriety tests.

He was arrested for DUI. Jan. 22 Officers stopped a car for not having a work-

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ing headlight. The driver didn’t have a valid license and was cited.

Jan. 22 Officers took a report of a possible sexual assault.

The investigation is on-going.

Jan. 23 Officers were called to a residence for a stranger knocking on the caller’s

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The South Dakota state legislature approved a bill that would make abortion in South Dakota a felony, except when the mother’s life was at risk.

door. Officer made contact with an intoxicated man, who was lost.

He was cited for underage consumption and taken home.

Jan. 24 Officers responded to a report of a domestic assault. Investigation resulted in the arrest of a man for assaulting his girlfriend.

He was charged with aggravated assault.

Jan. 25 Officers were called to an intersection to check on an intoxicated man, who had passed out in a snow bank.

He was transported to a local medical facility.

Jan. 25 A university employee hadn’t shown up for work for several days and wasn’t answering his phone. The university requested a welfare check.

An officer went to the employee’s residence and found him there. He had been ill. He had called another person at the uni-

public urination citation

versity, but the message wasn’t relayed.

Jan. 25 A caller reported he had been assaulted by his adult son who lived with him.

Investigation resulted in the son being arrested for domestic violence simple assault.

Jan. 26 A local business reported a fraudulent $20 bill had been passed. The incident is under investigation.

Jan. 26 A caller reported he had locked his keys in his vehicle. An officer responded and found the vehicle parked in front of a fire hydrant. The officer also saw what appeared to be marijuana sitting in the front of the vehicle in plain view.

Investigation resulted in the vehicle’s owner being arrested for possession of marijuana.

Jan. 27 An officer stopped a vehicle for no headlights.

The underage passenger

was intoxicated and provided an out-of-state identification card that turned out to be fraudulent.

The passenger was charged with underage consumption of alcohol and possession of fraudulent identification.

Jan. 27 Officers responded to a report of an assault. The victim had clearly been injured and was transported to the hospital.

Investigation resulted in the arrest of the victim’s adult son for domestic violence assault.

Jan. 27 Officers responded to a report of a domestic assault. Investigation resulted in the arrest of a woman for assaulting her boyfriend.

Jan. 27 A bar owner requested assistance with two men, who had been thrown out for causing a disturbance.

Officers contacted the men and advised them not to return to the bar or they would be arrested.

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Female students, faculty challenge gender stereotypes Kara Tesch

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This is part two of The Volante’s gender stereotypes series. Part one was published Nov. 8.

In a USD computer science classroom full of men, one female student is not afraid to leave her seat, approach the whiteboard and scribble her thoughts over it to find a solution to the problem on the board.

Senior Alexis Layne, a computer science major, is breaking down gender stereotypes in her maledominated major by working with other women outside of the classroom and proving herself through her skills in the classroom, she said.

“It made a great environment for the other lab students because they could follow my logic and figure it out too,” Layne said. “It was more of a collaborative thing at that point.”

for a computer science program in the area.

Despite her lack of experience with computer science and the fact that the major, as well as the profession, are male-dominated, she decided to follow her passion and give it a try.

“There’s a place for everybody in the college, in the world in general for jobs,” Layne said. “You just have to find yours, and if you don’t give it a shot, you’ll never know.”

One of the key things that helped Layne navigate

through the challenges of her major was joining the Women in STEM group on campus. She said the group has given her skills to combat the stereotypes she may face in her chosen major, and it’s helped her to work with other women to break down stereotypes.

“Instead of being in competition with your fellow female coworkers, for example, you build each other up instead of putting them down, because you’re not in competition with them,” Layne said.

A scientist, not a ‘female scientist’

Layne asked Ahyoung Lee, assistant professor of computer science, to be her mentor. Layne said Lee’s expertise has taught her to have confidence in her work.

Lee said she tries to help women in computer science build a long-term goal to succeed in the field, and she tries to promote women to go into fields that many women aren’t encouraged to participate

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coordinator for women, gender, & sexuality studies and an associate history professor, said women begin to think they are not as proficient in STEM fields as their male peers around eighth grade. She said this is what causes women to favor the humanities.

“Those patterns have a lot do with social messaging,” Lampert said. “That affects people when they get into college and are thinking about majors. It affects preparation for certain majors and is also connected with perceptions of careers as being gendered.”

However, Lampert said, computer science has not always been perceived as a career for men until figures such as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs impacted the cultural perception. She said this lead to a recent shift in the dominance of men in this industry.

Layne said she sees the male dominance of this field in class every day, as she is the only female in most of her classes. However, she refuses to let this prevent her from succeeding in computer science.

“Don’t be afraid of what people might think of you or what people have to say because you have every right to be there just as much as anyone else,” Layne said.

all happening during the transition from Obama to Trump, so a lot of us didn’t know what was going to happen.”

Novak said she and former SGA president Nathaniel Steinlicht were receiving a multitude of emails from President Abbott, Kim Grieve and Senator Rounds and Thune asking them what was happening, concerned for state and federal funding.

In an email with The Volante, Steinlicht said he thinks Senate Bill 103 is based on misinformation.

“The sponsor wrote it because they believed the

students, and specifically SGA leadership, wanted USD to be a sanctuary campus which we did not,” he said. “I view the resolution as the result of one student creating a problem where one did not exist.”

Arens said the passage of Senate Bill 103 would be “devastating.”

“The legislature would be denying a future to our peers who have so much to offer,” Arens said. “It just doesn’t make sense why any legislator would want to forcibly remove a student, who pays tuition and want to learn, from our public universities.”

“We are just a general scientist, not a ‘female scientist,’” Lee said. “I don’t like that sound. We are scientists.”

In the same respect, Layne said she’s bothered when a company has a diversity quota set in order to incorporate more women.

“I don’t want to get hired just because I’m a girl,” Layne said. “I want to be hired because I have this skill to prove myself.”

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Choosing computer science

High school came easy to Layne, she said, so when it came to choosing a major, she wanted to do something she had never done before which would challenge her on a daily basis. Living in Yankton, she said it was easy for her to choose USD because it was close to home and offered what she considered to be her best choice

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“If they do not provide sufficient documentation to establish eligibility for resident tuition, we charge them out-of-state tuition as required by South Dakota law.”

According to a letter sent to the Government Operations and Audit Committee from Rush, the fiscal impact of admission of undocumented students is negligible.

“Given the very small number of applicants

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A university appreciation

Kim Grieve, vice president of student affairs and dean of students, said she met with John Howe, associate dean of student services, each week to go through McNary and Anderson’s agenda to talk about any ideas that they are interested in and things that are beneficial for the university.

“One of the things that was mentioned was certainly building the relationship with student federation of the Board of Regents,” Grieve said.

Grieve said that no matter what McNary and Anderson worked on, they did their job well and represented the university in a positive light.

“I’m proud of how they represented the university and how they reached out and built partnerships with all of the vice presidents on campus,” Grieve said. “They met monthly with each vice president or president to see what kind of things they are thinking about and letting them know what students really are concerned about or would like to see changes with.”

Ross Oyler, a first-year SGA senator and international studies & political science double major said that McNary and Anderson did well in leadership and management, however, room for improvement could have been student outreach.

“As for what they could have done better, I would say more student outreach,” Oyler said. “I realize that’s probably a common answer, but there is still defiantly a student and student government gap that I believe every administration struggles to close.”

Hannah Ross, a firstyear strategic communica-

involved, we do not believe this is an issue in South Dakota public universities,” Rush said in an email.

“We have very few applicants who do not provide documentation.”

Scott Pohlson, vice president of enrollment, marketing and university relations, said there were three undocumented students on campus at the time the sanctuary campus resolution was proposed, according to an article in the Argus Leader published March 2, 2017.

Regarding the course of the sanctuary campus resolution, Sen. Nelson said

although the resolution was ultimately vetoed, the contents of the resolution are not relevant to the bill.

“That effort at the collegiate level is not our concern. It is the overall apparent unofficial policy of our Board of Regents to allow illegal aliens within our state collegiate system,” he said. “The unanswered questions for the Board of Regents is how illegal aliens have been allowed to be in our state collegiate system when we’ve got explicit statutes requiring documentation that evidently aren’t being followed.”

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I’ve learned a lot from this, and I’m excited to take that into other things now as well. Just because we’ll be out of office doesn’t mean we can’t still be a part of the process.

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tions major said that the next executive office candidates have big shoes to fill.

“As a first year student I didn’t know much about SGA but it grabbed my attention as a pre-law minor,” Ross said. “As anyone leaves an office position and someone continues they always have shoes to fill as they have to continue what they’ve started.”

Looking back

McNary and Anderson met many challenges throughout their administration, in working to obtain a veterans memorial on campus, working with the student federation to build more relationships with other universities and deciding which bills to support.

With the start of their campaign to the final months of their administration, McNary said conversations were started to help students.

“When you first start off who knows, it’s like everything is a shot in the dark. You don’t really know what you’re doing at all,” McNary said. “Everything on our list in terms of what we promised for the campaign, the conversation was definitely started.”

As their administration nears an end, Anderson said things don’t always go as planned.

“You can go through and talk about all the things you looked at during the campaign and come through and be really excited about it,” he said. “Not everything

that we set out and really wanted to do was possible to do in a year.”

McNary said what she learned during her administration was a willingness to adapt to a new environment, not just in SGA but in life.

“The biggest thing I learned is the ability to adapt,” McNary said. “It’s so important because you go into something with a specific mindset of what’s going to happen and how things are going to get done, and very rarely does that happen.”

After SGA, Anderson will stay involved on campus as the president of Tau Kappa Epsilon and a member of student ambassadors, but he will not seek re-election as an SGA senator.

“I’ll still be busy as ever, but it’s exciting,” he said.

“I’ve learned a lot from this, and I’m excited to take that into other things now as well. Just because we’ll be out of office doesn’t mean we can’t still be a part of the process.”

McNary said she will be taking more time for herself and channeling her passion for the university in new avenues.

“I’m taking a victory lap so I’ll still be around campus but I think it’ll be like that transition period between like being a student and being a professional,” she said. “Our passion for the university as a whole and for the well-being of students will continue.”

The original campus resolution

Michelle Novak, a firstyear doctor of audiology student and an at-large SGA senator, served as SGA vice president at the time the resolution was proposed. Novak said she was in favor of the idea of a sanctuary campus, but saw it as an inappropriate use of SGA’s voice on campus.

“It could cause so much harm to students at large on campus,” she said.

“There were threats made about (losing state and federal funding), and just because of the political climate, because this was

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A bill introduced in the state legislature affecting undocumented studentts is in response to an SGA resolution introduced by Joshua Arens during last year’s administration.

Editorial: Senate Bill 103 is redundant and misinformed Recently, Sen. Stace Nelson, R-Fulton, introduced Senate Bill 103 into the state legislature. The bill aims to prevent undocumented students from attending state institutions of higher learning, or receiving in-state tuition and financial aid.

In an interview with The Volante, Sen. Nelson referenced an article in the Argus Leader in which there were admissions from Scott Pohlson, vice president of enrollment, marketing and university relations, that there were three undocumented students on campus.

“There were admissions from the school that they had illegal aliens going to school down there,” Nelson said.

“So right away, that caused concern.”

The article Sen. Nelson is referring to was written in reaction to a sanctuary campus resolution introduced by former Student Government Association senator Joshua Arens. It was passed, but vetoed by former President Nathaniel Steinlicht.

So, at the end of the day, USD was not a sanctuary campus.

And still is not. With that being said, Senate Bill 103 misses the mark entirely.

Students already have to provide some sort of documentation proving their in-state residency, otherwise, they are charged out-of-state tuition. Also, to qualify for financial aid, applicants must provide a high school diploma or an equivalent (GED).

Sen. Nelson expressed concerns about taxpayers funding education for undocumented immigrants.

However, a report filed by the SDBOR in 2016 stated the “fiscal impact of admission of undocumented students is negligible.” Sen. Nelson, when asked about this report, said using “even one dollar of taxpayer dollars” is unacceptable.

But let’s consider the alternative.

USD applications require students to check a box regarding their status as a U.S. citizen, resident alien or other. The purpose of this measure is to evaluate students for in-state tuition eligibility, not necessarily to check legal status.

At the moment, according to an email from Mike Rush, executive director and CEO of the SDBOR, universities are not equipped with the necessary tools to determine if applicants are truly what they claim to be.

If the bill requires more, like providing a birth certificate or something similar, then the additional procedures are going to cost money. That cost would also be covered by the taxpayer, a cost far heftier than any small, legible, cost of a handful of undocumented students attending a public university.

If money is the concern, creating a new vetting process, whereby every student entering a public institution is verified to be

legal, would be astronomically expensive. Now, whole new systems and personnel will be required to verify the box checked, and those new systems cost money.

Furthermore, consider the even larger cost of going through every single college student in the state of South Dakota and checking their status. Sen. Nelson’s proposal would end up costing the taxpayer more. The additional measures and vetting systems are not free.

Finally, we ought to remember what the duty of any university is. It is to provide an education, not to act as a law enforcement institution. If the federal government wants to investigate, that is their prerogative.

Also, with recent talks of immigration changes occurring in Washington, it would be prudent to let the federal government figure out their stance. With President Donald Trump offering a path to citizenship to 1.8 million undocumented immigrants, perhaps we should wait to see what happens before we act.

USD’s job is not to act as a vetting service. The cost of having a few undocumented students is negligible. The cost of vetting current and future students is not. As things stand, Senate Bill 103 should be voted down. Let USD do what it does best: educate.

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College is a hive that’s filled with stress. Every day, there’s something new for students to worry about or overthink.

There are multiple ways to reduce or manage stress that students should be aware of, such as regulating their sleep patterns, eating healthy and exercising.

“When the cat’s away, the mice will play,” is a familiar saying that applies to students, or the mice in this analogy, and their parents, who act as the cat.

Without an authoritative figure hovering over them, students realize they have freedom to govern their own lives while they’re in college.

The second students realize their parents can’t enforce bedtimes or curfews while they’re on campus, some students tend to believe this means they can stay up as late as possible.

Being on an unregulated sleep cycle is bad for stress, as less amount of sleep amounts to an inability to concentrate on homework or tests.

When the mind can’t concentrate on what it needs to do, the student then feels frustrated and confused, causing a negative escalation of emotions that prevent a student from doing as well in college as they would like.

Besides getting the proper amount of sleep, students should also be aware of their eating habits, as junk food is just as bad as not getting the right amount of sleep.

Vending machine food and pizza decrease the energy a student needs in order to be able to function well, and when a student isn’t functioning well, this is what’s going to cause them stress.

Healthy foods, while maybe not nearly as exciting, are a gateway to

success for the student and will help shove stress into the stratosphere as they empower the mind and increase concentration as well as a student’s emotional well-being.

Part of the problem for stress amongst students in college is that vending machine foods and pizza are easily accessible and far too tempting.

Colleges need to provide healthier alternatives in their vending machines if they want students to do well.

I abhor exercise: I’m a couch potato at heart, but often just taking a short walk helps to clear my head and aids in reducing any stress I was feeling.

Exercise is a way to release tension that will build up at a steady rate for any college student who worries about what their midterm or final exam scores are going to be, despite hours of studying.

Even if it’s just going up and down a hallway in the dorm, as it’s currently too cold for leisurely walking, any form of exercise is better than just sitting and allowing a student’s worries to fester.

Part of the college experience is for students to learn how to survive on their own, which means time away from their parents, siblings, cousins and other family members.

The irony is that one of the ways to relieve stress is to phone home on occasion. Sometimes parents might be able to solicit advice or provide words of encouragement.

I phone home more often than I would like to admit because the people that I know will take my side no matter what or even stand in my corner are my family.

Students need to remember that eating healthy, sleeping and exercise will help to decrease their stress so that they can function and have a more enriched college experience.

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When the mind can’t concentrate on what it needs to do, the student then feels frustrated and confused, causing a negative escalation of emotions that prevent a student from doing as well in college as they would like.

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HOLLY GERBERDING is a first-year majoring in biology.

I believe for many college freshmen we imagine what college will be like and how college will change.

What school will I go to?

Who will my roommate be? What will I major in?

These casual questions will cross your mind in your early teens, but before you know it, it’s the senior year of high school and these questions are soon very serious. The last couple months before your high school graduation, plans are finalized, and it seems the next chapter of your life is set.

One morning, you wake up and it’s college move in day and just about every emotion is going through your head. Your car is packed with memories, telling stories from before kindergarten to that brand new $200 textbook you will probably never open.

You check in and move into a new dorm room with most likely a complete stranger who you will live with for at least the next nine

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JOE VITO MOUBRY is a sophomore majoring in studio art.

The day you get dropped off, everything you once knew changes.

months. Mom and dad help you unpack and get the last details ironed out and give you one last hug, then they hop in the car and drive to the house that is no longer your home.

It seems that those first days just become a blur. There are so many meetings, and you are meeting so many new people.

The day you get dropped off, the world becomes yours. You choose your life course.

Will you become a lawyer in a law firm in New York City or a school teacher in small town Idaho? No one is going to tell you to go to bed early because sleep is more important than you realize. No one is going to remind you about the chemistry test next week. In a way, it’s really you against the world, but that’s what makes it so exciting.

Instead of your friends living across town, they suddenly live in the same room with you or right next door.

If you and your friends

are feeling spontaneous, go to Wal-Mart at 3 a.m. just because you can.

You can join a club that is completely outside your comfort zone and meet students from around the world.

You move into college with an entire blank page; nobody knows who you are and they don’t care about your past. Embrace the blank page.

There will be good days and bad days.

There will be the days where you would rather walk through the front door of your childhood house to a home-cooked meal rather than your residence hall. There will be days where you call your mom and suddenly are calling your new college town home without even meaning to.

The day you get dropped off, everything you once knew changes.

It’s the day the world becomes both so big and so small. I encourage you to embrace this new life and make the most of it.

The hardest and most exhausting statement I’ve had to repeat hundreds of times is “I’m gay.”

Since starting at USD this past fall, I’ve realized how much I’ve taken for granted that it’s been several years since I’ve had to come out of the closet. And over winter break, I was reminded of how envious I am of straight people.

During break, I discovered the trailer for the movie “Love, Simon.” At the end of the official trailer, it’s pointed out how unfair it is that only gay people have to come out. The trailer ended with several straight characters coming out to their parents.

In reality, what makes me laugh about these straight characters in “Love Simon” as they are “coming out” is that they, like straight people in real life, don’t have the same concerns or fears that I have or other LGBTQ+ people have.

The trailer fell short in revealing the inherent sense of fear that coming out has.

In fact, the FBI released data on Nov. 14, 2017, that anti-trans attacks alone have increased 43 percent between 2015 and 2016.

The FBI report also stated that between 2015 and 2016, there was a five percent increase in hate crimes.

This is in part why the student organization Spectrum stays pretty underground for their meetings.

Although several members of Spectrum are out of the closet around campus, others don’t feel comfortable sharing their sexual orientation or gender identity to the general student public.

Reasons for not coming out can vary.

Yet, the main reason I have heard is the fear of accidentally being outed to family members during family weekend events. Spectrum members are also concerned about accidentally being outed via social media.

Spectrum protects members’ identities because some may depend on family members’ financial

support to get through college. This support could even come in the form of a parent’s tax information to fill out FASFA. Those who do make the brave choice to come out of the closet typically do so for a variety of reasons.

I was sick of constantly telling lies as to why I wasn’t dating anyone. So after 16 years of coming out, I’m used to answering a wide variety of questions, such as the following.

“When/how did you know you were gay?”

“Who asks who out in a same-sex couple?”

“Is being gay a choice?”

And so on.

The main reason I continue to come out of the closet is so people who may not know a person in the LGBTQ+ community can ask me questions. It’s a good thing I’m friendly and open to those discussions.

And the reason why I do this is because I find it disheartening that in 2018, members of the LGBTQ+ community don’t feel safe enough to come out of the closet.

USD continues to provide unique opportunities for students SETH GERBERDING is a sophomore majoring in math and philosophy.

I enjoyed giving tours to prospective students on scholarship recognition day. Taking the sharpest and brightest students in the region around our university was a great experience. Getting to know them and their dreams reminded me of my days in high school, thinking about where I wanted to go to college.

It got me thinking how does USD stack up to other, perhaps more “prestigious” schools?

My answer is clear: quite well.

There are benefits

at USD that top-tier universities cannot offer.

Being a mathematicianin-training, I think about the opportunities I have here that I might not have elsewhere.

If I were at Princeton or Harvard, I wouldn’t have been able to conduct research with faculty as a sophomore.

If I were at Princeton and Harvard, I would be competing with people who learned calculus when they were five years old. Many of them would be in their lower teens, and professors would have scouted them out long before they walked through the campus doors.

Terry Tao, a mathematician at UCLA, received his Ph.D. when he was 21, and quickly became a

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When one considers the opportunities at USD and the success stories which come from those opportunities, USD does a pretty fine job.

full professor at 24. For those of us who aren’t working on our Ph.Ds, USD offers those same opportunities that the likes of Tao had without students needing to be a child prodigy. Simply put, you don’t need to be a genius to be able to find a full and rich experience at USD. I doubt I would be able to get to know my professors as well as I have at USD. I think it’s fair to say this trend can be extended to every field and discipline.

On a national level, USD remains

competitive. We just sent our tenth Rhodes scholar to Oxford. We produce Fulbright and Goldwater scholars every few years.

Our graduates continue to go on to top-notch graduate programs. One graduate, Frank Leibarth, ended up researching polycarbonate chemistry at MIT. One of our US Senators, John Thune, is an alumnus (albeit of a graduate program), and Dusty Johnson, a candidate for the US House of Representatives, is also

an alumnus, not to mention our governor, Dennis Daugaard.

When one considers the opportunities at USD and the success stories which come from those opportunities, USD does a pretty fine job. What puts the icing on the cake is the affordability and access USD has.

Tuition for USD, at just below $18,000, fairs quite well compared to other college costs.

Private universities can range as high as $70,000 for a single year. A high school classmate of mine attends Penn State at the

tune of $50,000, most of which they had to take out in loans.

Considering the access and opportunities provided at USD, the network of alumni, and the pleasant campus, things at USD are doing pretty well.

Not to suggest that improvements can’t or shouldn’t be made.

There’s always ways to make USD better.

But, after three semesters, I can safely say USD has been a wonderful experience for me. The people I’ve met, the things I’ve learned, and the opportunities I’ve been blessed with are things I do not glance over. I take them seriously and gratefully, as should we all.

Trump’s tax reform beneficial, important for America GIANNA MIRANDA is a first-year majoring in political science.

Part of being a leader is looking out for the greater good of the team.

In this case, our leader is President Donald Trump and essentially, the team is America.

On Dec. 20, the Republican party took their first major step after gaining full legislative control. They did this by passing a new tax bill expected to help the American people.

This bill however, cost 1.5 trillion dollars.

Corporate taxes will decrease 21 percent from the present 35 percent, thereby increasing economic growth, creating jobs and raising wages. The corporate tax deduction is permanent; however,

the income is more of a short-term solution. The average family has the potential, depending on size, to save up to $2,000 because of this bill.

For low income or working class families, this bill is very generous.

The maximum that you would get for a child before was up to $1,000, it’s now $2,000. This is one of the greatest terms of the bill that is supported, especially the ones who are directly benefitting from this.

The left isn’t okay with these tax cuts.

Democrats have formed accusations such as “the Republicans are giving a gift to the corporations and the wealthy while driving up the federal debt in the process,” according to a New York Times article. This is severely untrue because our President would not pass something if it was not meant for the well

being of Americans.

People like Nancy Pelosi, the minority leader of the United States House of Representatives, have said this bill is “simply theft- monumental, brazen theft the American middle class and from every person who aspires to reach it.”

Pelosi is severely misguided, and she has a history of not supporting anything that Trump does, such as the wall.

Pelosi, along with many other Americanswwho do not support this bill should understand more about the bill before speaking out solely on its flaws.

The main problem is the people who do not fully understand the extent of this bill and will not approve it just because they do not know enough to approve of it. They do not understand that this

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For low-income or working class families, this bill is very generous. The maximum that you would get for a child before only up to $1,000, it’s now $2,000. This is one of the greatest terms of the bill that is supported, espeically by the ones who are directly benefiting from.

bill is meant to help, not hurt, Americans.

Before it arrived on the President’s desk, however, it had to be passed by Congress.

The vote on this bill was 227-203 with 227 representatives supporting this bill. It passed. Factually, not one Democrat voted for this bill. There were only 12 Republicans who voted against this bill and of the 12, 11 of them were from a liberal state, California.

The reason

Californians are against this bill is because larger states, such as California, can be hit pretty hard if this bill doesn’t do all that it’s expected to do. Specifically, this bill would impact California by limiting the deduction for state and local taxes to only $10,000.

Corporate rate of tax as well as Americans will benefit greatly from this bill and it will bring great economic growth for the United States. If more

people would be just a little more open minded to new things, this bill could have much more success.

Miranda is a member of USD College Republicans.

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supports the FCC enacting legislation, which sets guidelines and rules that become federal law.

“As we have recently seen, regulations can be rapidly changed depending upon the party in power and bipartisan legislation is a more permanent solution, which can aid any company in long-term planning,” Pearson said.

Although the FCC narrowly got the votes it needed to pass the repeal, Montana and New York have implemented their own net neutrality through state government legislature.

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The Federal Communication Commission repealed net neutrality mid-december, an Obamaera policy that ensured internet service providers allow equal access to keep the Internet a free and open space.

Under the repeal of net neutrality students could be effected because internet service providers could potentially have complete freedom to slow download speeds, block websites and charge more money for certain websites to run quicker if they should choose to do so.

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Erin O’Connor, a senior political science major, is passionate about keeping the internet a free and open space. O’Connor said net neutrality has been an important issue to USD students.

“The threat of losing access to information especially for students in an environment where we use the internet for so much research, and to look for differing views, opinions and sources is the most threatening part of net neutrality repeal,” she said.

O’Connor said it’s

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pressure for state legislature to get involved.”

While net neutrality repeal is a federal deregulation by the FCC, one state has taken the initiative to keep net neutrality regulations in place. On Jan. 22, Montana became the first state to implement net neutrality with the Governor signing off on an executive order.

essential to get involved in state government if one supports net neutrality.

“Posting on Facebook and voting in national elections is not where the change happens, for people who care about this issue,” she said. “Write your representatives, write your Governors, write your Congress people and get really involved at the state and local level to put enough

LAW Looking into the future, in terms of scholarships for current and incoming law students, the task force discussed the possibility of creating three full-ride scholarships with donations from donors. There’s also a possibility of lowering the cost for out-of-state

Midco and CenturyLink are two of nine internet service providers in the city of Vermillion. Both companies provide the most wired internet services for Vermillion residents and USD students.

Paige Pearson, director of public and media relations at Midco, said she

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students by granting them in-state tuition.

“By allowing prospective out-of-state students from nearby states like Minnesota and Iowa to have a lower cost in tuition, this increases the value of our law school,” Geu said, “This also allows a more diverse, competitive environment that allows for a fuller menu of courses.”

At the task force meetings, there was also talk on

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Local internet service providers

Richard Braunstein, a political science professor and research associate at USD, said state legislation plays a role in protecting its users from excessively priced internet services.

“State legislature is at liberty to collectively bargain as our public servants to try to find a reasonable cap on fees that can keep services at a high level and not create economic and professional inequalities,” said Braunstein. “Representatives in South Dakota will have to look very hard at what they’re willing to do to protect rural South Dakotans from being priced out of the market of technology that we’re

This allows smaller communities to benefit with new lawyers concentrated throughout the state instead of just in Sioux Falls.

Kate Katterhagen, English major

updating the current facility. Possible plans include renovations to improve

the physical space of the law school with a new commons area and a

room for bar examination preparation.

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increasingly reliant on.”

While Braunstein believes state legislature is vital to keep internet service providers in check, the demographics of South Dakota’s political ideology conflict with supporting such regulation like net neutrality.

“A defining characteristic of South Dakota is populism, which is generally opposed to government responses,” Braunstein said. “I wouldn’t predict a response to net neutrality by our state government because a person living in rural South Dakota is more likely to be a populist that wants less government regulation at the state and federal level.”

State representatives face challenges with the repeal of net neutrality in deciding whether or not to step in and regulate for South Dakotans.

“State representatives will have to look hard at whether this an issue they’ll want to maintain some regulation on, in terms of negotiating prices that are fair,” said Braunstein. “The nice thing about state government is the ability to collectively bargain for all South Dakotans, which could help set rates they feel are in the best interests for everyone in the state.” an English major, is considering the USD law school as an option for her future.

“I am glad to hear the decision was made to keep the USD law school in Vermillion,” she said. “It’s close to my hometown of Yankton. Also, this allows smaller communities to benefit with new lawyers concentrated throughout the state instead of just in Sioux Falls.”

Clery Report provides insight into crime data, campus policies Rachel Newville

has gone through an experience of sexual assault, it’s a very long document to try to process and it’s not specific to USD,” Howe said. “The Clery Report does a really good job in about a page and a half, summarizing 1.18.”

The federal requirements for data in the Clery Report vary based on what seems to be a two year schedule, Howe said.

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With two reported sexual assaults on campus last semester, multiple student forums addressing the issue of campus sexual assault and the ICARE launch this semester, the USD community has come together to discuss solutions to preventing sexual assault on campus.

One way sexual assaults are measured on campus is the annual Clery Report, also known as the fire and safety report.

John Howe, associate dean of student services, said while the crime data from the Clery Report is what most students jump to, the report actually has more information to offer.

“Almost everyone thinks of the crime data that’s always reported in Clery, almost everyone goes immediately to the table,” he said.

Howe said students and faculty can find abbreviated policy within the report. The South Dakota Board of Regents Human Rights Complaint Procedures 1.18 is one example of a policy that’s simplified for the report. “(1.18) is a very long document. So if someone

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Mann said 11.2 percent of college students are victims of rape during their time in college, and that the Clery Report numbers don’t match up to that statistic.

“Clearly there’s a massive disparity there,” she said.

Cases reported in the Clery Report have to meet certain criteria dictated by the Clery Act, which requires colleges and universities nationwide to publish their annual crime reports by Oct. 1.

For example, all crimes in the report have to take place on campus. Even if an off-campus sexual assault case is under Title IX investigation, it’s still not reportable on the Clery Report, Howe said.

Mann and Howe both agree this aspect of the Clery Report is limited in gathering accurate data.

“The number one limitation is just the location issue,” Mann said.

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Howe said while the Clery Report doesn’t account for every sexual assault on campus, it accounts for all the information that is reportable.

“It’s a good representation of the knowledge that we have,” he said.

Olivia Mann, a senior criminal justice and sociology double major, was vocal at sexual assault town halls last semester. Mann said while she understands the Clery Report is mandated by federal law, she thinks there are problems that need to be addressed.

“There is a law of limitations with the Clery report, and I think it becomes glaringly obvious when you just look at the numbers,” Mann said.

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CLERY REPORT NUMBERS CRIME

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SGA senators discussed Senate Bill 103 Tuesday evening. This bill states undocumented

immigrants can’t receive state funding or admission from South Dakota state institutions.

SGA votes to oppose state Senate and House bills Kelli Susemihl

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At their meeting on Tuesday evening, the Student Government Association voted to pass two emergency resolutions in response to South Dakota state legislation regarding undocumented immigrants and free speech.

Senate Bill 103 would prohibit undocumented students from attending South Dakota Board of Regents universities, receiving in-state tuition and financial aid.

Matt Yetter, an SGA senator and political science, history and criminal justice major, sponsored the bill to oppose Senate Bill 103. Yetter said the university has no place to interfere with immigration policy and the bill will waste taxpayer dollars.

“It entangles USD in immigration policy which it shouldn’t be in because we’re an educational institution,” Yetter said.

Diedra Gatzke, SGA senator and accounting major, said she opposes the the Senate bill because it directly impacts USD students.

“It is immoral to prevent all these people from attending school,” Gatzke said. “We’re an institution for education and that should be our focus, not preventing immigration.”

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We’re an institution for education and that should be our focus, not preventing immigration.

Diedra Gatzke, SGA senator

Carson Zubke, SGA senator and finance major, voted against the resolution to oppose Senate Bill 103. Zubke said ignoring immigration laws could cause the problem to grow.

“People who are coming here without documentation are here illegally, so that is a criminal violation,” Zubke said. “They technically could be persecuted by that in court. That’s why it should be a principle issue of law instead of one of personal beliefs.”

The resolution to oppose the state Senate’s bill was passed 24 to 1.

SDSU also proposed a similar resolution.

Later in the meeting, SGA president Teagan McNary sponsored a resolution that would oppose state House Bill 1073, which would remove the current regulations on free speech for both third-party and university affiliates.

According to South Dakota Board of Regents policy 3:3, free speech such as demonstrations and protests on campus must

be timely and rational discussions. They also must promote the ethical and intellectual development of the student body and the general welfare of the public.

McNary said the House bill is redundant, and free speech on campus is already allowed and protected.

“I think the university and the Board of Regents do an adequate job of ensuring that free speech is allowed on college campuses, and I think they will continue to do that,” McNary said.

Gatzke said removing restrictions from free speech on campus could threaten students who are typically targeted by protesters, such as LGBTQ+ students.

The resolution to oppose the state House bill was passed 23 to 2.

McNary and SGA vice president Josh Anderson will be traveling to Pierre on Friday to speak on behalf of the SGA and the USD student body.

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The men’s and women’s basketball teams both upset South Dakota State University Jan. 24 and 25, respectively. The women currently remain no.1 in the Summit League, while the

men hold the no. 2 spot behind SDSU.

Men and women upset SDSU back-to-back Ali Boysen

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The Coyote men’s basketball team defeated state rival South Dakota State University with a final score of 87-68.

The Jackrabbits traveled to Vermillion Wednesday night for the state rival game, which ended with SDSU’s spot at the top of the Summit League being handed over to the Coyotes.

Head coach Craig Smith said the game was a “heck of a win for the Yotes.”

Sophomore Triston Simpson became a rising offensive star on the court with a season high of 20

points. “(Simpon’s) shooting numbers in some of our shooting drills that we do have definitely gotten up the last eight to 10 days, and it showed tonight,” Smith said.

Junior Matt Mooney said the team overcame SDSU’s “high octane offense.”

“They’re a team that you have to switch up your game plan, but the key is when you check in the game, everybody’s locked in what’s your job and what you’re doing,” Mooney said.

Memories of last year’s game in Brookings motivated Mooney in Wednesday night’s game, he said.

“They ended our season last year, so that’s all I was thinking about all day is that feeling they gave us last year when we lost to them,” Mooney said. “We used that as fuel.”

Smith said it was important to have the Sanford Coyote Sports Center filled with Coyote fans.

“To me, there’s a direct correlation with attendance and home winning percentage,” Smith said.

High scorers for the Coyotes were Mooney with 30 points, Simpson with 20 and senior Nick Fuller with 11 points. For SDSU, Mike Daum lead with 18 points and Skyler Flatten and Tevin King both

scored 14.

Women’s

The women’s basketball team also found success against the Jackrabbits with a win of 67-61.

The Coyote women travelled to Frost Arena on Jan. 25 for the state rival game. Going into the game, the Coyotes held the no. 1 Summit League ranking, giving SDSU the opportunity to take that title.

Head coach Dawn Plitzuweit said the team looked at how SDSU scored in their past games to strategize their defense.

Leading the Coyotes in points was senior Kate Liveringhouse with

20, followed by sophomore Ciara Duffy with 17 and junior Allison Arens with 13.

Redshirt senior Jasmine Trimboli said it was difficult playing against the SDSU crowd.

“I think the team did a really good job of staying composed,” Trimboli said. “It’s always tough…. the crowd going crazy and everything, cheering against us. We had really good composure.”

The women’s team also beat Denver on Jan. 27 82-60 and are still first place in the Summit League.

They will take on Western Illinois at the Sanford Coyote Sports Center Feb. 1.

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Junior Matt Mooney drives past a South Dakota State University

player Jan. 24 in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center.

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First-year Monica Arens (right) and junior Allison Arens (left) are sisters on the women’s basketball team. The two have played basketball all their lives, along with sisters Ciara and Caitlin Duffy.

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While some athletes find their team relationships like family, several members of the women’s basketball team find that sisterhood to be legitimate.

Allison and Monica Arens and Ciara and Caitlin Duffy are sisters on the women’s basketball team who have been playing together for as long as they can remember.

Running in the family

The Arens family has a history of playing basketball together. Allison and Monica play, their older sister Bridget played for USD before graduating in 2016 and they have a younger sister, Alexis, who also plays basketball.

“When we were younger, when I was a fourth or fifth grader and (Monica) was in second or third she would play up in my team every once in awhile,” Allison Arens, a junior, said. “Since then all the way until high school when I was a junior, she was a freshman, we played together there, (and) now here.”

Monica Arens, a first-year, said

the atmosphere brought the Arens sisters to USD. “The atmosphere USD brings and the support of the fans and you still get that small town feeling but the big time experiences,” she said.

“I think it’s easy to say that USD has one of the best support systems.”

Allison Arens said having her sibling always there on the court is an enjoyable experience.

“You always have someone there,” she said. “If basketball is going well or not going well, there’s always someone there for you, someone you can talk to, help you through whatever it is you’re going through.”

Allison Arens said she can read her sister well on the court.

“You have a better sense of what the other person’s going to do,” she said. “I feel like if Monica needs a boost or something, I know it right away and I can hopefully give her that boost. Even in practice if we’re ever competing against each other, you always go a little harder on your sister.”

A special connection

Caitlin Duffy, a redshirt senior, said basketball has been the sisters’

“whole lives.”

“We’ve been playing basketball since we were really little,” Caitlin Duffy said.

Ciara Duffy, a sophomore, said there’s a special connection they have playing at USD together.

“We’re not as close to home, but being from South Dakota, getting to represent South Dakota, is really cool,” Ciara Duffy said.

Caitlin Duffy said playing with her sister is a “special thing.”

“In a lot of ways, your teammates become your sisters, but getting to play with your actual sister, it’s to the next level,” she said. “Having that person there that’s with you through the ups and downs of all of it — it’s a very special thing and I think we all feel very lucky.”

The family atmosphere enhances the sibling relationship much more, Caitlin Duffy said.

“We know the power that can come from a family atmosphere... and what you can do when you have that bond,” she said. “USD is this family atmosphere and that’s why we’re able to do the things we do, and we get the literal family with it.”

With a month remaining until the Summit League Tournament in Sioux Falls, the Coyote men’s basketball team head into the latter half of conference play with an 18-6 (6-2 CONF) record.

After a 19-point win over South Dakota State followed by a 16-point loss to Denver this week, USD sits at no. 2 in Summit League rankings and no. 9 in Men’s Mid-Major Top 25. Seven games remain in the regular season, and head coach Craig Smith is optimistic about the potential of this year’s squad.

“It’s an exciting year with an enjoyable group to coach.”

Smith says. “Despite losing Tyler Flack and Trey Dickerson, we’ve returned a lot of experience.

Our guys know what to expect.

We’re a very intelligent team.”

So far this season, the Coyote defense is best in its conference, holding opponents to only 67.9 points per game and 41.7 percent shooting, both Summit League lows.

“One thing we can always hold our hat on is playing defense.” said senior center Nick Fuller. “When our offense isn’t making many shots, we can focus on defense to make sure we get a stop. We know our defense can shut teams down.”

Fuller said he accredits this

stellar defense to strategies on the coaching level.

“Coaches give us great scouting reports,” he said. “We know exactly what we need to do stop teams and what they do best, and that gives us energy that translates to the offensive end.”

On the other side of the court, the Coyote offense, led by junior Matt Mooney (17.7 points and 3.0 assists per game), junior Tyler Hagedorn (13.7 points per game), and sophomore Triston Simpson (8.8 points and 3.3 assists per game) is the third most productive unit in the Summit League, averaging 80.4 points per game, according to GoYotes.

“Mooney’s been our catalyst, which is no surprise, but every night out it feels like it can be different guys performing.” Smith said. “Hagedorn has stepped up to the plate.

Trey Burch-Manning has been remarkably consistent. Simpson, Peterson, and Fuller have definitely taken a step forward from last year.”

Smith said his team struggled offensively early in league play against teams like Denver, Western Illinois, NDSU and Fort Wayne. After taking a look in the mirror, he said he realized that more practice time should be focused on improving offense.

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Today USD has six Division I men’s sports and nine women’s teams, with one being added next year.

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WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING ADDED

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more towards offense, guys have bought in more,” he said. “We’re mixing in some new lineups, and the further the season goes the more we learn our team, putting us in a better position.”

Fuller said he’s seen offensive improvements

USD athletic programming selection a complex process Sam Fosness

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From generating revenue to gender equalityw, deciding which athletic programs are offered at USD is a complex process.

While student interest, adequate facilities and revenue are important factors in deciding athletic programs, David Herbster, athletic director, said Title IX is one of the most vital components in the process.

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since this move.

“Our defense has really helped us stay in and win big games, but when we get the ball moving on offense, we have four or five guys on the floor that can get shots and score,” he said.

“We move the ball well, and that really makes it tough on teams.”

Above a prominent defense and an improving offense, Smith said he believes a strong

fan base is the key to a successful program.

“Going back to the South Dakota State game, our student body and fans had a major impact in our win,” he said. “The spirit and atmosphere our student body has is contagious and conducive to winning. Their exuberance carries into the traditional fanbase, and that energy carries right onto the floor. We have three home

Title IX

Title IX prohibits discrimination in educational programs based on an individual’s gender. Program expansion, proportionality and accommodation of student interests are the three pillars that guide athletics when considering Title IX. Herbster said Title IX is instrumental for USD athletics.

“In college athletics, we have to maintain compliance with gender equity through Title IX, which plays an important role with sport offerings, number of athletes on each roster and resources provided for our sports programs,” Herbster said.

“We have to be in proportion within 3 percent of our student body population for each gender, which is 60 percent female and 40 percent male.”

Herbster said maintaining roster sizes that reflect proportionality can be tricky.

“It can be difficult for us to maintain roster sizes that reflect proportionality by having to cap some of our men’s program rosters, while on the other hand making sure we’re keeping up with offering proportionate and adequate athletic programs for our women,” Herbster said.

Finding facilities

With the recent addition of women’s triathlon, finding adequate facilities was key in

The stage is set for the New England Patriots (133) and Philadelphia Eagles (13-3) to meet in Minneapolis on Feb. 4 for Super Bowl LII. Both of these teams are the number one seeds from their respective conferences. Statistically, these two teams are very similar. During the regular season, these two teams were tied for second in the NFL with 28.6 points per game. Both of these teams were top five in defense as well. Philadelphia allowed 18.4 points per game, and New England allowed 18.5.

They’ve also been redhot in the playoffs. New England is averaging 29.5 points per game in the playoffs, and Philadelphia isn’t far behind at 26.5.

Jim Schwartz, Eagles defensive coordinator, will have his hands full

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adding the new athletic program.

“We chose women’s triathlon because you don’t need big equipment, big facilities and new facilities for triathlon because we have a pool through our swimming program, and a track program,” Herbster said. “There is a nice combination in resources with respect to training for women’s triathlon, and we’re very well prepared to absorb the program in with our facilities.”

USD women’s athletic portfolio currently offers every program in the Summit League, while men’s athletic portfolio lacks three sports.

Baseball, soccer and tennis are the three men’s athletic programs USD doesn’t offer. Adequate facility space and budgeting play a big role in lacking those particular men’s sports, Herbster said.

“We don’t have adequate facilities for a baseball team, but partnering with the city of Vermillion is a route we could take,” he said. “We used to have a baseball team, in fact Prentis Park used to be where USD’s baseball team played until the program was cut around 2004 due to budgeting concerns and maintaining proportionality under Title IX.”

Budgeting and revenue

Generating revenue and budgeting play an important role for USD athletics.

“Let’s use men’s tennis as an example, with only a couple home matches a year it’s very difficult for us to even charge admission in that sense,” Herbster said.

Herbster said basketball and football are the main drivers for generating significant revenue in the Midwest and at the Division 1 level.

“The top three sports that generate the most amount of revenue for us in order are football, women’s/men’s

games left, but hopefully we can create that sort of environment for every game.”

The Coyotes play three away games (Western Illinois, North Dakota State, Oral Roberts) and three home games (Fort Wayne, Peru State, Omaha) before their season finale against South Dakota State in Frost Arena Feb. 22.

New England Patriots predicted to win Super Bowl LII NIK WILSON is a sophomore majoring in media & journalism

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TRACK AND FIELD@ Jack Johnson Classic Coyotes win six events

Junior Megan Billington and sophomore Chris Nilsen broke records in distance and pole vaulting.

Foles has played in three playoff games. Tom Brady has played in 36 playoff games, and holds the NFL record for playoff wins with 27.

Regardless of the experience gap, this should be a good game. Statistically, these teams are very similar. While the Eagles have only allowed 8.5 points per game in the playoffs, New England will be their toughest test.

I predict the Patriots will beat the Eagles 24-17.

The Patriots managed to score 24 points in the AFC Championship against the Jacksonville Jaguars, the second best defense in the regular season. The Eagles might sack Brady a few times, but they won’t be able to force the crucial turnovers needed to beat the Patriots.

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SWIMMING vs. Western Illinois Men win 191-92 Women win 177-103 Jan. 27 was senior day for the Coyote swim team.

Student interest

Student interest is another one of the three pillars that guides USD athletics. Keith Hurly, a junior business management major and a member of Coyote Crazies, said he’d like to see USD add a men’s soccer program.

“I want to see men’s soccer get added, because if there are some great players in the future from South Dakota, they can stay in their home state and not have to go out of state to play soccer like one of my best friends had to do,” Hurly said.

USD is currently in proportion to gender equity under Title IX, but some of the sports students hope to see get added would fail to stay within the proportion of student body population.

Jessica Sandbulte, a senior accounting major and a member of Coyote Crazies, said she wants to see men’s volleyball at USD. “I would really like to see men’s volleyball get added,” Sandbulte said. “I really enjoy watching men’s volleyball during the Olympics and seeing how athletic some of the players are.”

While Herbster aspires to see USD athletes achieve on the playing field, succeeding in the classroom is something he greatly values.

“I don’t want to add something just to have numbers; if we’re going to add something, I want to win,” Herbster said. “I want them to win and I want them to graduate.”

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Head men’s basketball coach Craig Smith said the

team is looking to improve their offense.

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Regardless of the experience gap, this should be a good game.

wagainst a New England offense that seemingly has his number. The Patriots have scored 91 points in their last three games against a Schwartz defense.

One of the other big match ups to watch will be the turnovers. Philly’s defense caught 19 interceptions in the regular season, which was the fourth highest in the NFL. They’ll have a hard time picking off Tom Brady.

Brady only threw eight interceptions in the regular season, and hasn’t thrown a single interception in the playoffs thus far.

The turnovers will be the key stat to watch during the game, because New England is 159-15 under Bill Belichick when they have a positive turnover differential, according to ESPN’s Mike Reiss.

Playoff experience is another important factor.

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basketball and volleyball,” Herbster said.

Herbster said ticket sales, sponsors and donations are important aspects for generating revenue at USD athletics, and sports with less popularity in the area like men’s tennis don’t have as much opportunity to generate revenue like basketball and football do.

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Cheyenne Alexis: What do you enjoy about track and field and throwing?

Matt Slagus: I feel like some people will look at track and field as a single individual sport, because it’s not like football where you have to play with another player at the same time. I think that track and field is just as much of a team sport as that is, because if your teammate

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throws well, it builds off of you and you want to throw better because they’re throwing well. I would like it less if it were just purely individual.

CA: Do you have any memorable moments as a Coyote athlete so far?

MS: Our first meet on Dec. 1 at South Dakota State University was pretty memorable because it was

JANUARY 27 WBB @ Denver Coyotes win 82-60 The Coyote women’s 11-game streak is tied for fifth in the nation

my first collegiate meet so far. I had not the best day in the weight throw, but then I had shot put later on and I threw 54 feet, six inches.

With that throw, I’m no.6 in the Coyote top 10 list of all time (for throws). I thought it was really memorable and it’s cool to be in that top 10 with the top 10 best throwers of all time here in my first meet.

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TENNIS @ Urbandale and Des Moines Coyotes lose The Coyotes fell to Iowa State 0-7 Jan. 27 and to Drake 2-5 Jan. 28.

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Local pizza places prepare for Super Bowl crowd Lauren Soulek

ing the game last year, Flom was able to look at notes that said the store made about $950, which she said is good considering it’s a Sunday night.

“That’s been average for the past three years,” she said. “It’s very heavy between five and eight o’clock.”

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As Super Bowl Sunday gets closer, it’s not just the New England Patriots, the Philadelphia Eagles and their super fans who are preparing. Businesses across the country also have to prepare for the big game, including three of Vermillion’s pizza places.

Domino’s, Pizza Hut and R-Pizza are beginning to prepare for the influx of customers and deliveries they might see on Feb. 4.

Zach Anderson, one of the managers at Domino’s, said it’s fun to see all of the employees coming together on busy days like the Super Bowl.

“Everyone is usually in a pretty good mood; they get to take a ton of deliveries,” he said.

“Although some people don’t get to see the Super Bowl, we actually do play the Super Bowl in store so everybody gets to enjoy it.”

Anderson said pizza making is constant for about three hours before the game starts until an hour or two after halftime.

“We’re definitely getting ready for the Super Bowl coming up, and I think we’ll be able to really well handle what Vermillion’s got for us,” he said.

Prepping for the excitement

Domino’s, along with Pizza Hut and R-Pizza, make sure to have extra staff on hand to be able to handle the influx of customers and deliveries on Super Bowl Sunday. Many of those employees are USD students.

De Shonte Helm, a senior music education major, works

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Workers at R-Pizza, Payten Newling (above), Micah Wonnenberg (below left) and De Shonte Helm (below right), prepare for all the business that Super Bowl Sunday might bring.

at R-Pizza and said she plans on getting a lot of sleep to mentally prepare for the busy day of orders and deliveries.

“If it’s Super Bowl Sunday, it’s going to be busy,” she said.

Helm said she has only worked at R-Pizza for about six months so this will be her first Super Bowl there.

The pizza places also make

sure to do extra prepping for the day. Brigit Flom, general manager at Pizza Hut, said there’s a plan that each employee receives to prepare for the day.

“We’ll do extra prep the night before and we’ll have extra staffing,” Flom said. “If everything works out, we’ll have the Super Bowl actually airing in the store this year and we’ll be decorating

with some football theme to get our customers geared up as well as our staff.”

Flom said she’s new to Pizza Hut, but she’s looking forward to the excitement of the day.

“I’m excited and glad to see my first Super Bowl,” she said.

“I’ve got a good team here and we work very well together.”

Although she wasn’t work-

From odd green olive combinations, to pizzas with everything on them, the stores are also preparing for possible crazy requests from their customers.

Anderson said even though green olives are their least popular ingredient on the menu, they seem to see it pop up on busy days with all sorts of different combinations.

Brandon King, owner and manager of R-Pizza, said that although it isn’t specific to the Super Bowl, one of their crazier requests has been a “garbage pizza.”

“It’s a combination of everything on the meat supreme and everything on the veggie supreme, and then it also has shrimp on it,” King said. “It’s like 15 toppings or so.”

One thing all three pizza places want to emphasize to their customers is the importance of calling ahead on busy days like the Super Bowl, they said.

“If they give us advanced notice, we can deliver at a certain time if they’re planning they’re party or whatever,” King said. “Whereas if they wait until right before the game, that’s when everyone else is calling and it might take a little bit longer.”

Alpha Phi ‘Go Red Week’ raises money for heart health Sara Cappiello

Sara.Cappiello@coyotes.usd.edu

February is the month of heart health, and Alpha Phi’s 10th annual ‘Go Red Week’ is an opportunity for students to get involved and raise awareness for women’s heart health across campus.

Beginning on Monday, sorority members have been hosting fundraising events where donations will go to various women’s cardiac care organizations and research centers.

Baylie Moravec, Alpha Phi president and junior history major, said she enjoys ‘Go Red Week’ because it’s for a cause close to her heart.

“Personally, my mom had a heart attack when I was a sophomore in high school and it was a rare form that only one woman in a couple hundred thousand get,” Moravec said.

“So when I was going through recruitment and I heard about how Alpha Phi was all about heart health, I thought it would make sense for me since that directly affects my family. One in every three women will die from some sort of cardiovascular disease a year, so this is very important and close.”

Moravec said since she has been involved in Alpha Phi, ‘Go Red Week’ has been one of her favorite events to be a part of.

“I enjoy it because it’s so close to me and just affects so many of us personally,” Moravec said. “I also just enjoy having such a small campus and seeing the turnout with the different kinds of students that show up to the event.”

Emily Herbert, Alpha Phi vice president of community relations and sophomore criminal justice major, said ‘Go Red Week’ is a fun week to get everyone involved and bring the campus together.

“I really just like bringing together the campus and having fun,” Herbert said. “Right now is when you start getting into the hard part of school, so it’s a fun time to do some silly stuff and take a break from school.”

Herbert said after working Alpha Phi’s Red Dress Gala in the fall, she realized how much she enjoyed philanthropy.

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Alpha Phi’s 10th annual Go Red Week started on Monday, Jan. 29.

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Students made teams of four to six people to compete at Dakotathon’s trivia night on Thursday, Jan. 25

T.V. trivia night packs Varsity Molly Sperlich & Kelli Susemihl Molly.Sperlich@coyotes.usd.edu and Kelli.Susemihl@coyotes.usd.edu

The Varsity Pub was packed with USD students and Vermillion community members on Thursday night for “The Office” and “Parks and Recreation” themed trivia.

This event was organized by the USD Dakotathon, which is a yearlong fundraiser for Children’s Miracle Network. The organization estimated they raised over $700 that night.

Students made teams of four to six people. Each participant paid $5 to play. The winner of the event received a tab to the Varsity. Past trivia themes have been “Netflix” and “Name That Lyric.”

The Varsity Pub frequently hosts these trivia events for organizations like Dakotathon, occupational therapy, physical therapy and for groups of medical students.

Diane Wirth, general manager of the Varsity, said they host trivia nights a couple times a month.

“Different student groups will host trivia nights here,” Wirth said. “They set up their questions and a PowerPoint and we let them use the basement to host their event.”

Meghan Kunkel, a senior

strategic communications major and a member of the executive team of Dakotathon, has been involved with the organization for three years.

Kunkel said that pop culture trivia events always bring large crowds.

“This is actually one of our best fundraisers and I think it’s great because it brings so many people in,” Kunkel said. “It’s for a really great cause, so people love it, and who doesn’t love ‘The Office’ and ‘Parks and Recreation?’”

Shanelle Gornowski, a senior psychology major, is an avid watcher of both television series. She said she couldn’t pick which show is her favorite, or which character is her favorite. “‘The Office’ has better relationships between the characters, but ‘Parks and Recreation’ is wittier,” Gornowski said.

“In ‘Parks and Recreation’ my favorite is Leslie Knope, but Ron Swanson is a close second. In ‘The Office’ it’s hard not to pick Michael, but Dwight makes the show hilarious.”

Gornowski said these trivia nights are a perfect way to get students to support a good cause.

“I think it’s good because both of these shows appeal to college students so well, I think

it’s a good way to reel them in and then tell them about a great organization,” she said.

“Not everyone wants to go out and do something right off the bat.”

Austin Shriver, Dakotathon president and psychology and medical biology double major, said events like these are important to the success of Dakotathon.

“Events like this tie the community together and have a successful turnout,” Shriver said. “They really benefit Dakotathon by raising a lot of money.”

Students can get involved in Dakotathon by attending their various events.

“Our events kind of vary by the semester and how our events are doing, but we have a handful of trivia nights,” Shriver said. “But we also do a 5k and a pancake feed.”

Dakotathon is April 21, 2018, and families from Children’s miracle network in Sioux Falls are invited to attend the event.

“It’s a great day because kids who suffer from child illness are invited and can just spend the day having fun and getting to be kids,” Shriver said.

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Retired professor publishes veterans’ stories Lexi Kerzman

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Nine years ago, retired USD criminal justice professor Steve Feimer, was asked to turn Vietnam War photos into slides.

Feimer said he was fascinated by these photos and instantly became interested in learning more about the first hand experience of war.

Since that first slide show, Feimer has been composing his book “Vietnam Vets: Still Coming Home - Their Stories in Their Words.” The book features 31 veterans and their stories from war.

“One thing led to another and I was going to do six vets and have it take me six months,” Feimer said. “It turned out nine years later and 31 vets, and we finally put a cover on the book.”

The book follows the theme of the veterans’ lives before, during and after the Vietnam War. Each person’s story begins with a quote about war and has pictures both from Vietnam and current pictures of the veterans taken by Feimer. All the stories were kept in the words of the veterans.

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“There are some gruesome details,” Feimer said.

“We decided it was best to tell the war in their words.

We didn’t want to sugar coat a war that there was nothing sugary about.”

Opening up for the first time For many of the veterans featured in Feimer’s book, this was the first time they shared their war stories.

Feimer said interviews were sometimes emotionally difficult on both him and the veterans because of the disturbing details.

“We had to stop the interviews several times so they could compose themselves emotionally and get through it,” he said. “That was the most difficult thing.

I suppose the other regret is that there was so many vets I’d like to capture their story, but we simply just didn’t have enough space in the book to do that.”

Feimer said for some of the veterans anything could trigger emotional memories.

“It’s really kind of interesting to see that 50 years after the war is over, they

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are still suffering from the consequences from what they saw or did in the war,” he said. “One of them described it as having a slide projector in your head and not knowing when it’s going on or what slide is going to come up and really being concerned with being able to shut it off.”

Giving back Feimer decided to donate all the proceeds from “Vietnam Vets: Still Coming Home - Their Stories in Their Words,” to organizations that help veterans as a way to show his appreciation to the sacrifices they made.

“I have been to enough of

Coyote Capital manages over $2 million in stocks Kelli Susemihl

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Coyote Capital Management (CCM), a student-managed investment organization, started in 2001 with a $10,000 donation from the First Dakota National Bank in Yankton, South Dakota. Through other donations and their earnings from investments, the organization is now managing $2 million.

The group manages and invests money into the stock market for two clients, the Beacom School of Business and the USD Foundation.

At the beginning of the month, their total assets exceeded $2 million.

CCM president Sophia Lima, a sophomore accounting major, said she’s proud of what the students in the organization have been able to accomplish.

“It’s quite impressive that we’ve gotten to $2 million,” Lima said. “It’s an attribute to how successful the business programs are here at USD and how dedicated the members are to go outside of class time to put all this time into the orga-

I have been to enough of these veteran hospitals and seen so many veterans that are in really tough shape physically and some of them emotionally. I thought this is the least I can do to give back to those that gave so much. That’s why I decided to donate the proceeds.

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these veteran hospitals and seen so many veterans that are in really tough shape physically and some of them emotionally,” Feimer said. “I thought this is the least I can do to give back to those that gave so much.

That’s why I decided to donate the proceeds.”

Vietnam veteran and retired USD professor Eldon Nygaard is one of the 31 people featured in the book. Feimer and Nygaard worked together at USD, and he later asked Nygaard to be featured in the book.

“I think Steve has done a very fine job of writing that book,” Nygaard said.

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bert said. “It’s a really great time to do something that’s beyond yourself and raise money and awareness for this really awesome cause.”

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women, so raising awareness is the way for people to address signs of heart disease and the risk factors.

Wafa Akkad, assistant professor and Sanford Health physician, said heart health can be enhanced through lifestyle modification and detecting early signs of

“These stories are in the words of the veteran himself. His personality just allows veterans to talk to him about things maybe they have never talked to anyone else about.”

First year psychology major Lauren Lavin’s grandfathers both served in the Vietnam War. She said she commemorates Feimer for all the time and money he has put into a worthy cause.

“Although both my grandfathers made it home safely, a lot of veterans didn’t and I think it’s just a great way to give back to those who sacrificed their

lives for our country,” Lavin said. “I think it showcases the character our faculty here at USD encompasses.”

Over a thousand copies have been sold since the book became available in September, but Feimer said his goal is much higher than that.

“The goal is to sell one book for every name on the Vietnam wall, which is 58,307,” Feimer said. “So it’s a lofty goal, but that’s our goal. You have to have something to shoot for.”

“Vietnam Vets: Still Coming Home - Their Stories in Their Words” can be purchased online.

heart disease.

“Women should always remember the major risk factors for heart diseases and closely watch their cholesterol, blood pressure, blood sugar and weight,” Akkad said. “Daily exercise is a very effective approach to deal with all of these conditions, in addition to taking any necessary medications.”

Akkad said smoking is another major risk factor, and menopause or birth control pills can raise the risk of heart disease in women to some degree.

Signs of heart disease differ between men and women, but there are some that are unique to just women. Akkad said

with the help of Alpha Phi’s ‘Go Red Week’, more people will be aware of heart disease and the importance of women’s heart health.

“As a family physician, I strongly believe that prevention of a disease must be the main focus and common goal of everyone,” Akkad said.

“Efforts to achieve better prevention of heart disease must not be seen less important than advancing treatments of such diseases. All efforts, like what Alpha Phi is doing, to raise women’s awareness of the importance of heart health and improve their skills to detect early signs of heart disease are critical.”

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nization.”

The group is organized like the S&P 500, which is a stock index of 500 companies. The group has different sectors, which are financials, technology, telecom, healthcare, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, diversified industrials and natural resources.

“We break down students into those sectors, and they’re in charge of watching the stocks that we currently have and making sure that nothing is coming up that would hurt our position in the firm,” Lima said. “(They

decide) if we should invest more into them or back out.”

After students in a particular sector decide how much stake they want in a company, they present and justify their ideas to student senior analysts.

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TAYA DEVINE FIRST-YEAR BIOLOGY MAJOR RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA

Molly Sperlich: Where is your favorite place to eat in the MUC and what do you get there?

Taya Devine: I’d have to say Qdoba, and I always get a quesadilla.

MS: So, you said you’re a biology major, what are your plans after graduation?

TD: I want to go to graduate school.

MS: Do you have any idea where you want to go, have you considered USD’s graduate program?

TD: I’m not sure where I’d like to go. I would like to go to Germany, but I know USD has a really good grad school, so I’m keeping my options open.

MS: Are you involved in any student organizations on campus?

TD: I am in the Sound of USD marching band and a part of Women in Stem.

MS: What is your favorite band or artist?

TD: Probably Walk The Moon.

MS: Do you have a favorite song by them?

TD: That’s really hard. I love so many of their songs, but I’d have to say their song “Shiver Shiver.”

MS: What is your favorite Netflix series at the moment?

TD: Not gonna lie, “Voltron Legendary Defender” because I am an Anime nerd, but I also really like “Stranger Things.”

MS: Lastly, if you could describe yourself in one word, what would it be?

TD: Inquiring, I ask a lot of questions.

Review: “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” clean and pressed Parker Oleson

Parker.Oleson@coyotes.usd.edu

David Soren’s “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” is an animated tale full of potty jokes and fart humor, as well as vibrant and fantastic animation that honors the source material. With a flair for the childish that will delight any fans of the books, the movie dives headfirst into immaturity with relish.

The “Captain Underpants” books have never been the classiest pieces of fiction. With a sense of humor that never rises above one or two intellectual jokes per 20 toilet cracks, Dav Pilkey somehow catapulted the “Captain Underpants” series into every elementary school classroom.

This brand of humor has now appeared on the big screen, animated by Dreamworks to mimic Pilkey’s illustrations.

Now, it’s worth noting that this reviewer read nearly all of the “Captain Underpants” books. Please take this into account, as the reader will likely enjoy the movie more if they too are familiar with its source material.

Ed Helms plays Principal Krupp, an elementary school teacher who

has a distaste for anything joyful. Kevin Hart and Thomas Middleditch voice George and Harold, a pair of young boys who delight in pranking their classmates and teachers, laughing at potty humor and creating comic books. When Mr. Krupp finds out about the boys’ attempts to sabotage a science fair, he puts them in separate classes. This brings the boys to hypnotize him into becoming the titular superhero.

Nick Kroll lends his talents to the role of Professor Poopypants (yes, really), comes to the school as a new science teacher. The central conflict of the film revolves around the professor, and his hatred of anyone who laughs at his name, which becomes a problem after the boys write a comic with him as a punch line. He constantly condemns the sounds of children’s laughter, and hates any humor he comes across. He is, in essence, a symbol of those who see the name “Captain Underpants” and rolls their eyes.

The voice talent is fresh and exciting.

Ed Helms puts his heart and soul into the role.

The characters are driven by humor, but the two protagonists are endearing as they drive the film

forward.

The greatest accomplishment of this film is its animation. Vibrant, bright and beautiful, the colorful world of the film is a feast for the eyes.

“Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” makes sure to bring as much life and energy to its setting and art style as it does to its characters.

Should the reader see this movie? This reviewer had nothing but a smile on his face in the theater. The film elicited memories of childhood, innocent fart jokes and laughter in his mind. It treated its source material with respect and admiration, while still remaining aware of its debase nature at heart.

“Captain Underpants” is a narrative meant to do nothing more than encourage the audience members to laugh. Anybody looking for a relaxing movie that seeks to celebrate the majesty of being a child, “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” has it. Anyone who cannot stand the idea of a grown man in underpants thinking he is a superhero, maybe watch “Schindler’s List” or something more grown-up.

“Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” can be found on Netflix.