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Up to 2,400 lives are saved annually by USD blood drives Students give ‘gift of life,’ 800 units of blood
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y making a quick stop at a bus, USD students were potentially saving lives last week. Sponsored by the Sioux Falls-based Community Blood Bank, the Oct. 5-6 blood drive saw a total of 90 participating students, which is “fairly average,” said Ken Versteeg, the executive director of the Community Blood Bank. Community Blood Bank, which has been operating blood drives throughout the region since 1976, administers about 14 blood drives each year at USD. The blood drives at USD collect roughly 800 units of blood per year. Versteeg said the 70 units of blood donated during last week’s blood drive saved as many as 210 lives. “An individual donation could save up to three patients,” he said. He also said the majority of donations by USD students will be kept local, destined for Sanford Vermillion. “We try to keep the blood as local as possible,” he said. As a joint cooperative organization run by Sanford and Avera Health, the blood collected by the group
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First-year Charlee Riker gives blood with the help of Community Blood Bank worker Travis Anderson on Oct. 5 during the Community Blood Bank blood drive at USD.
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USD boxing club revived, hopes to compete By Trent Opstedahl
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Jody Harnois has learned a lot of lessons throughout his life. Many of those lessons stem from his time spent in the boxing ring. Now, he’s hoping his 35 years worth of experience will impact the lives of USD students and provide them with similar life lessons through the revival of a campus boxing club. “It’s a great sport,” Harnois said. “A lot of good life lessons come with it.” Harnois is a boxing coach at Coyote Combat Sports in Vermillion. He’s also worked with students from Kappa Tau Epsilon to help put on the annual TKE Fight Night charity event in the past. Senior Joel Springman was one of the main organizers of last year’s TKE Fight Night, and decided to reach out to Harnois about the possibility of organizing a more permanent boxing club at USD. To gauge student interest, Springman organized an informational meeting last week. Nearly 30 students, a mix of men and women, attended the meeting. “There’s enough interest and dedication. I thought now was a good time to start it up again,” Springman said, who is in the process of creating bylaws so that the club can receive funding from the Student Government Association. Springman and Harnois explained to the crowd of interested students how the club might operate in the future, along with their expectations of boxers.
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license and register with USA Boxing in order to start sparring. Registration is around $65, Harnois said. “... we’ll help you guys out until you know this is something you want to do,” Harnois told students at the Oct. 8 meeting. While no punches were thrown at the Oct. 8 gathering, students got the chance to step into the ring for the first time Tuesday night. Around 20 students gathered at
Eight years after the Virginia Tech massacre led to tighter security at colleges across the U.S., some schools make “active shooter” training mandatory for incoming students, while others offer little more than brief online guidance on what to do if there’s a gunman on the loose, a review by The Associated Press finds. The AP looked at public colleges and universities in more than 40 states after yet another shooting rampage, where nine people were killed at an Oregon community college Oct. 1. On Friday, there was more bloodshed, with one person killed and three wounded at an Arizona university. The South Dakota Board of Regents said it has left many security decisions to the colleges it oversees, but it’s unclear whether each school has a plan for “active shooter” scenarios. The Board said schools have done extensive planning for all emergency situations, but that’s not dictated by policy. At least two schools have held emergency drills. The University of South Dakota has made its plans public online.
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Members of the USD boxing club practice their jabbing techniques at their first workout session Tuesday
night. Their next meeting is Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Coyote Combat Sports in Vermillion. “Boxing is about (the most) physically demanding sport you’ll find,” Harnois said. “It’s a tough one to stick with.” Harnois emphasized that no experience is necessary and that he wants to train whoever is interested, but that a certain amount of commitment is necessary to be part of the club. “As coaches, we expect a certain amount of commitment. You have to learn commitment first,” he said. “We typically shoot for the four-day workout week. Friday is
kind of open gym. It’s a great gym, we’ve got a ring set up.” Located on Cherry Street across from Pizza Hut, Coyote Combat Sports will become the main hub of all activity for the newly founded club. Most of the equipment, such as boxing gloves, are provided by the facility. But Harnois said members who plan to be heavily involved in the club should invest in hand wraps, a mouthpiece and eventually gloves. Additionally, boxing club members need to apply for a
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The business school celebrated 25 years on campus. Dean R. F. Patterson said during a silver anniversary celebration that a chapter of the Beta Gamma Sigma business honor society would be established.
The first violation of the Non-Agression Pact was settled. The Pact was an agreement between South Dakota State University, Morningside College, Augustana College and USD to prevent campus raids by other campuses.
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The cause of a fire that covered between 85 to 100 acres of crop land and wooded area in northeast Vermillion on Monday is still under investigation, according to a press release from the City of Vermillion Fire Emergency Management Services Department. The fire, which was reported by several callers to the Clay County 911 Communications Center shortly after noon, was extinguished around 7 p.m. Monday. It extended across four different properties and jumped two roads, County Roads 317 and 466, Vermillion Fire Chief Shannon Draper said. Its rapid progression was mostly due to strong winds, he added. “At its peak it was traveling faster than a
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person could run,” he said. “So we had a hard time keeping up with it, safely keeping up with it.” Though he’s “pretty sure” he knows where the fire originated, Draper said he still has to talk to property owners before concluding his investigation. “There’s nothing suspicious about it. There’s no criminal intent, but before releasing anything, I need to speak with all the parties involved,” he said. Aid was requested from Gayville, Wakonda, Elk Point, Centerville, Beresford and Newcastle “due to the size and speed of the wind driven fire,” the release stated. An excavator was also provided by Midwest Ready Mix and Equipment in Vermillion to assist crews in a heavily wooded area. Homes in the area were an item of concern
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at the time, according to the release. Using local farmers’ farm equipment, the crews were able to prevent the fire from reaching three homes nearby. One of the 93 firefighters that responded to the scene sustained an injury, but it was a “very minor” one, Draper said. Because not all of the firefighters that responded had the same certification, they had to be placed accordingly, Draper said. But overall, he was happy with how the team worked together and executed their training. “There’s a lot of planning and training that goes into place to be able to be effective with that,” he said.
TUNE IN AT NOON Get an inside look at USD’s Improvisation Club, see highlights from last weekend’s volleyball match, and find out how community members brought a traditional German festival to the W. H. Over Museum.
A Safe Ride Bus comes to a stop outside of local bars on Main Street Saturday night to pick up commuters. During D-Days, Vermillion Public Transit ran a total of three buses on both Friday and Saturday night.
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a restaurant and then turned over to police. One was for a woman who was over 21 and one was for a woman under 21. After an interview with the owner of the wallet, charges were referred to the state’s attorney. Oct. 7 A caller reported two drunk people who were throwing objects at passing cars. Officers found the people intoxicated and drinking from an
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open can of beer. Oct. 9 A teenager assaulted a grandparent and destroyed property. Other living arrangements were made for the teenager and charges were referred to the State’s Attorney. Oct. 9 Officers assisted a deputy with arresting a subject who had an arrest warrant.
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Oct. 9 A driver conducted an illegal U-turn resulting in an accident. Both drivers were cited, one for the illegal U-turn and the other for no license. One of the drivers was transported to the hospital for back pain. Oct. 10 Police responded to a medical alert only to find that the woman’s granddaughter had activated the alarm and there was no emergency.
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Oct. 10 Officers investigated a sex crime. Oct. 10 A man reported that his jacket had been stolen. The case is under investigation. Oct. 10 An officer cited a man who was urinating on the front step of a downtown business.
Toastmasters club helps students, faculty build skills By Tatum Dean
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Toastmasters, an international organization focused on empowering individuals in their communication and leadership skills, has started a chapter at USD. About 20 students, faculty and community members participate in the weekly meetings so far. At each meeting, members give a speech on a specific topic. Lee E. Felder, Jr., vice president of Human Resources for USD and a member of the Toastmasters chapter in Yankton, initially brought the chapter to USD. “South Dakota hasn’t had one at a university until now,” Felder said. “North Dakota only has one and that made me want to bring it here to USD. I just think it is a
great opportunity for South Dakota to help staff, students and community in public speaking.” Carl Gutzman, president of USD’s Toastmaster chapter, said the club will also increase staff development. “We saw this as an opportunity to give staff, students and community members a chance to work alongside their peers to improve their leadership and communication skills, and that’s really what toastmasters is all about,” he said. Yapping Yotes Toastmasters Club, the organization’s official name, is open to anyone over 18 years old. All participants have to pay a membership fee. The club meets every Wednesday on the second floor of the Muenster University Center. So far, the club has
gained quite a bit of interest, Felder said. “We have had such a powerful interest in Toastmasters already,” Felder said. “We had over 50 people show up to the demonstration.” There are major benefits to being a member of Toastmasters, Gutzman said. “I think, from what I’ve observed so far, one of the biggest benefits is self confidence in your speaking and leadership skills,” Gutzman said. “You get hands-on practical leadership experience.” Jen Hovland, a co-sponsor of the new USD chapter, said the skills participants learn in Toastmasters can be applied to their day-today lives. “Anytime you can improve yourself, you’re going to make a better employee and volunteer,” she
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Jen Hovland opens the first Toastmasters meeting on Oct. 7. Hovland took the role of Toastmaster for the meeting to help get people integrated into the organization. said. “Improving communication and leadership skills will not only continue your education, but also appeal to potential employers.” Hovland said so far a majority of the club’s members are USD staff,
but there are a few students and community members that are participating. The minimum amount of members needed for the club is 20, but Hovland said that if they get 20 more, they will start a
second club during the evening hours. “What I am really impressed with is how organized it is laid out in terms of the curriculum and materials they have to help a club member grow in their leadership and communications skills,” Gutzman said. “Everyone works through a workbook so it’s really hands on. You’re actually doing the work.” The first Yapping Yotes Toastmasters Club meeting was held on Oct 7. The meeting started with introductions and the introductions of people’s roles. Angela Mann gave the first required speech called an “icebreaker” which she entitled “Why I Joined Toastmasters.” Gutzman said everyone is welcome to come and observe the meetings and join after if they wish.
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Senator Madaline Molseed leads a Students for Inclusiveness Excellence exercise during an SGA meeting Oct. 13. Molseed asked a series of questions to the SGA senators to show the differences in the senators’ lives. Molseed said it was to get a better understanding of diversity and differences in background in the group and to better understand the senators.
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“Wild Tales” to play in Old Main Wild Tales, a 2014 Argentine-Spanish black comedy film, will be playing in Farber Hall at 8 p.m. tonight. Nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, the movie tells six short tales of distressed people. The movie was written
and directed by Damian Szifron. This movie is a part of the USD International Film Series.
Students can ‘pet stress away’ Students can relieve stress during midterms on Oct. 15 by visiting commons 136 in the Muenster University Center to pet some puppies. The stressrelieving event lasts an hour starting at 11 a.m.
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Pregnant woman dragged by car A Sioux Falls pregnant women clung to a moving car to stop a man from stealing a cash box full of money early this past Sunday. Police say 23-year-old Austin Johnson stole a box of money from a competi-
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tion on Minnesota Avenue before taking off in a car. The pregnant women then ran after him, but ended up clinging onto the car when he drove away so she wouldn’t get pulled under it. The woman was later hospitalized with a broken arm and leg after the car crashed and Johnson was arrested on multiple charges.
Shooting suspect hires investigator Mason Buhl, the Harrisburg school shooting suspect, has reportedly hired a private investigator to aid in his defense. The attorneys for the 16-year-old hired the private investigator to help locate and interview witnesses for the case. So far, the two charges against Buhl carry a possibility of 25 years in prison. Buhl is currently being held without bond at a juvenile detention center in Sioux Falls.
NATION FedEx trailer falls off I-4 in Florida A FedEx truck trailer fell off of Interstate 4 and onto Central Florida Parkway after a crash late Monday. After overcorrecting to swerve around a truck driver that made an improper lane change, the FedEx driver hit the guardrail and flipped over. The cab to the tractortrailer flew into the grassy median and the rest of the haul crashed onto the roadway below the overpass. Minor injuries were sustained by one of the parties.
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recovering from an injury to find a get-well letter for him left by a 9-yearold boy. Officer Anthony Nolan hurt his knee two weeks ago after loosing his footing while on duty. The boy had heard from his mother that Nolan was hurt and wrote him the letter, which included money for coffee. Nolan befriended the boy and his friend two years ago after he found them sitting at a beach, upset about a wet book. Since then, Nolan has been reading to the boys.
Russian missile behind MH17 crash The Dutch Safety Board has concluded that a Russian-made missile was likely the cause of the crash of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. The Boeing 777 was headed to Malaysia from Amsterdam when it was shot down and crashed over Ukrainian territory that had been controlled by pro-Russian separatists on July 17, 2014. All 298 people aboard MH17 were killed in the crash. The findings were partly based on the shrapnel pattern that had been found in the cockpit at the crash site. The investigation had been requested by Ukraine as the country continues to fight against pro-Russian separatists. The investigation consisted of a five-nation team that retrieved and sifted through several tons of debris and human remains.
Iran’s parliament approved the nuclear deal between it and six world powers on Tuesday, according to Iranian state media. The deal will restrict Iran’s nuclear program, while also lifting economic sanctions on the country. Approval of the agreement passed with a 161 ‘yes’ to 59 ‘no’ vote, with 13 members abstaining. The deal will now move onto the 12-member Guardian Council, which can either approve the deal in full or send it back to the parliament. If the deal is approved by the council, international monitors will not be allowed access to Iranian military centers and personnel, unless approved by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
CIA torture program designers being sued Two psychologists who designed and helped oversee the CIA’s interrogation program are now facing a lawsuit filed on behalf of three former CIA prisoners who allegedly were tortured at “black sites,” or secret, prisons. James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen are former U.S. Air Force trainers whose expertise was in teaching military members how to resist interrogations if captured. The CIA paid their company, Mitchell Jessen & Associates, $81 million to act as contractors to help run the interrogation program, according to a Senate intelligence committee report issued last year. The lawsuit accuses Mitchell and Jessen of human rights violations by committing torture, cruel and inhuman treatment, and war crimes.
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Tena Haraldson, director of communications for USD, speaks about two reported sexual assaults and how USD is handling the situation during a press conference with local media Oct. 1.
USD should handle ‘persons of interest’ situations with greater care
These past few years have caused us, as a nation, to re-examine our conscience regarding the way we interact with each other. The heightened tensions between members of different racial communities in the United States are partially due to the way law enforcement agencies, and government agencies in general, are handling sensitive matters with regards to people within minority communities. Recently, local authorities in Vermillion, including University of South Dakota officials, investigated two sexual assault reports involving some students and what seemed to be some persons of interest, who were declared to not be USD students. The university promptly sent out an email to the entire student body with pictures of those that they said police were seeking to question. The pictures seemed to be obtained from social
media outlets. Despite whatever protocol can be cited, the university’s actions were premature and caused more harm than good. Here’s the problem with the email - there was no call to action. The university was not asking for the public’s help in identifying the “persons of interest,” and they were not asking for information about the case. Sending out that mass email to the student body accomplished nothing more than causing fear and panic among the population. Instead of feeling like the matter was being handled properly by the authorities, many students responded to the situation with suspicion and fear of their fellow students. The community did not emerge from this situation stronger, but weaker. The school could have chosen other avenues to handle this situation. Whether or not it was intended, the national
conversation concerning race entered this situation. While the university and University Police Department were probably acting with the best of intentions and did not see this as a matter of race, the situation on the ground and the unintended consequences of their actions have led to an atmosphere of increased racism on campus. After everyone saw the pictures of the three, nameless individuals who were never even declared suspects in the matter (and one has since been cleared of any connection), students were consciously or more likely subconsciously looking at every black individual that walked by and wondering whether or not they were dangerous. The school psyche shifted from being cautious in every situation and taking every precaution to be safe in every setting and around any individual to one of selective caution.
Ultimately, public safety should drive all decisions made by those in power. Minority populations are sometimes responsible for crimes and they need to be investigated. Also, The Volante in no way wants to undermine the process of making sure people report sexual assaults and how those reports are handled by the police. Sometimes calling attention to physical characteristics can make the job of the police easier by employing the help of the public in finding wanted individuals. In a situation such as the one that happened at USD, though, where minority populations are scarce and diversity is lacking, prematurely sending an email to the entire student population with pictures of three black men just induced more problems than it solved. The policy should be re-examined in light of future of incidents.
With holiday food nearing, blogger vows to stay on track with fitness goals KAYLA DORHOUT is senior student majoring in media and journalism. Friends, it is my goal to make this week more productive on not only my wellness challenge, but also in all school-related things. I dragged myself to a pitiful one workout class last week due to some poor time management skills. It
seems that I’m falling into bad habits. First, I’ll sit down in front of the computer to see what classes are being offered at the Wellness Center since they have a daily schedule on their website. As I’m about to plug in “USD wellness center” in the URL, I think, “It’s been a couple hours since I checked Facebook, what if something crazy happened?!” I quickly find myself navigating to various social media sites, ultimately discovering not a single
exciting thing happened. Don’t get me wrong, some of these updates are entertaining and make me laugh, but they are awfully time-consuming. The longer I put off looking at the Wellness Center classes, the likelihood of it happening becomes nonexistent. Now is not the time to get discouraged about working out. Holiday season is quickly approaching and I plan on burning off as much calories as possible in preparation for all of the delicious food I know I will
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consume. I can say that adding workout classes to my fitness plan so far makes exercise less repetitive. It is fun to take a break from running on the treadmill or track. I am most looking forward to trying a class at the DakotaDome pool. It’s sometimes easy to forget that there is a pool on campus that students can use. Wish me luck on the next few days. I started my Monday off with some treadmill and hope to keep the momentum going throughout the week.
Being a server in the restaurant world has its benefits and disadvantages. As a server myself, I’ve become accustomed to what the disadvantages are pretty well. At times, it can make the job more stressful, especially for college students. I am aware it isn’t just college students who encounter obstacles in the field – all servers do. It is, however, more times then not those in school who are most affected by these obstacles due to our financial situations such as saving to pay off college tuition and everyday expenses, along with having to juggle school and work schedules at the same time. With hectic school and work schedules, working all the time is not an option. So the three or four shifts we manage to work each week do matter. The tips we make matter and the experiences we have matter. That is one thing some who come to restaurants do not realize. They don’t realize a 15 percent tip or less when receiving exceptional service is not enough. I understand patrons don’t always receive phenomenal service, but in times when it is given to you, a server does deserve that 20 percent tip. I by no means am greedy nor want to sound that way; but tips are what really make up a server’s income. A waiter or waitress only receives the minimum wage of $4.25, at least in the state of South Dakota. In other states, such as Wisconsin, Wyoming, New Mexico, and New York, servers are only paid an hourly wage of $2.13. So, our hourly pay is not benefiting us as much as people think. We, therefore, rely on tips, and then even those are taxed. A server is ultimately taxed between 8 percent to 10 percent of each guest’s bill, which comes directly out of the server’s paycheck. As a server, you also claim other taxes. Therefore, if one receives no tip or a low tip, it actually can cost the server more just to provide you with service. If one provides you with good service, we, as the servers, do not deserve to be the ones paying. Tipping your server well is the most fundamental
OVERHEARDS Here you’ll find the weirdest, funniest and stupidest things we’ve heard during the week. Context is for suckers.
“I have to go to constitutional law. I think that violated the eighth amendment.” — Law School
“Putting a Domino’s next to where I live is a cruel joke.” — Cherry Street
“You basically just go stiff and die.” — MUC
“I can’t afford health insurance. I just need to make sure I don’t do anything stupid...like die.” — Library
“I still have to do laundry. I’m running a smell check everyday.” — Coyote Village
“Screw you and your luscious curls.” — Plum Street
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In this case, it’s treat your servers how you wish to be treated. way to show how much you appreciate their hard work. Another way servers deserve to be appreciated is by providing them with a pleasant experience in the same way they are striving to do that for you. Rude customers are one thing I will always struggle to understand. If you’re in an unpleasant mood, why would you bother to go out to eat in the first place? There are those who blame servers for everything that goes wrong. Delayed food is not the server’s fault and when they are apologizing or seeing what they can do to make it up to you, that presents them as not only a good server but a genuine person. There are people who neglect to realize this, and they make the server feel like they’re doing an unsatisfactory job. That makes working in the restaurant industry much more difficult. These difficulties can be prevented. Those of you who go to restaurants need to make an effort to better understand the serving field, so that way the constant battle between the waiter and the one being waited on can cease to exist. This can then make the experience enjoyable from both party’s perspective. It is an easy task to tip your servers what they deserve and also embrace one specific rule. The same golden rule from when we were children which, in fact, fits this scenario perfectly. That is, “Treat others how you wish to be treated.” In this case it’s “Treat your servers how you wish to be treated.” I can guarantee a better appreciation from you as customers will only cause your dining experiences to improve. That is simply what all servers want. Let’s both, the servers and the customers, aim to make it that way.
In The Know & In The Dark IN THE KNOW: South Dakota recently celebrated Native American Day. IN THE DARK: South Dakota is one of only two states to recognize this holiday. IN THE KNOW: There are many fraternities at USD. IN THE DARK: There are other fraternities in Vermillion like the Knights of Columbus and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. IN THE K NOW: In 2012, South Dakota voted for Gov. Mitt Romney in the presidential election. IN THE DARK: Clay County was the sole county in the state to be carried by President Obama. IN THE K NOW: South Dakota has some of the nation’s most lenient business laws. IN THE DARK: South Dakota makes the process of starting a business easier and more userfriendly.
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Students should be mindful of inclusive excellence during Halloween holiday Halloween at USD and in the community is a time of celebration and creativity, but it is also a time to be mindful of the university’s policy of creating a campus and community that practices and values inclusive excellence – where all should feel valued, respected and accepted. The President’s Council on Diversity and Inclusiveness reminds everyone that the university has strategic values related to diversity and inclusiveness, and we ask that during Halloween everyone be treated with respect and dignity through behavior, activities, language and costumes. What we must strive to do is to be mindful of our choices as embodiments of inclusiveness and thus, create costumes and the behaviors associated with them that respect cultures instead of mocking them. Unfortunately, you can take a trip to your local shopping center’s Halloween aisle and find insensitive costumes such
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as: “The Mexican,” with sarape, sombrero, a big moustache and guitar; “The Illegal Alien,” with alien mask, orange jumpsuit and green card; “The Chic Sheik,” with robe, beard and sandals; “The Indian,” with ‘war bonnet’ and ‘war paint’; and “The Black Face Mask” and “The Ghetto Fab Wig.” All of these costumes are offensive and stereotypical, and they have no place in a community that strives to be inclusive. Students and members of the community just want to have fun on Halloween and may feel that having to be so mindful of costumes and behaviors spoils that and ruins the spirit of the holiday. However, inclusiveness cannot be practiced selectively, it must be practiced 365 days a year. On Halloween this year, be safe, be joyful, be imaginative and strive for inclusive excellence. -The President’s Council on Diversity and Inclusiveness
Planned Parenthood should continue to be funded JACOB SELGESTAD is majoring in political science. There has been a lot of tension in Congress lately over attempts to defund Planned Parenthood. These attempts stem from concerns about Planned Parenthood’s fetal-tissue harvesting operations. Leaked footage shows Planned Parenthood employees discussing fetal tissue sales and other illegal activities. These accusations of wrongdoings have led to investigations of Planned Parenthoods throughout the country. No investigation has found any wrongdoing concerning the illegal sale of fetal tissue, leading to the belief the videos are edited to the liking of pro-life organizations. The congressional investigation of Planned Parenthood is officially titled “Planned Parenthood Exposed: Examining the Horrific Abortion Practices at the Nation’s Largest Abortion Provider.” As one can see from the biased title, the investigation of Planned Parenthood is hardly a beacon of fair and balanced politics. Put simply, Planned Parenthood needs to exist and should not be defunded. Abortion services are already not funded by tax payer money. Some people believe tax payer money should not be used to support Planned Parenthood, regardless of if the videos were edited. They believe tax dollars should not be spent on supposedly “immoral” practices. However, the United States spends billions of dollars supporting private corporations who also perform actions that could be considered immoral. The worldwide “race to the bottom” is fueled by private companies and the vast wealth gap in the United States is fueled by corporate abuse. Morality is more than opposing abortions, morality includes standing up to moral indiscretions even if they lie outside your party lines. Even though Planned Parenthood is known mostly
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for its abortion services, it provides many more services that benefit women’s health. In fact, only 3 percent of Planned Parenthood’s services are abortion related, according to Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood is the number one provider of sex-education in the United States. Planned Parenthood’s aim is not to cause abortions – in fact most of the work they do ensures that abortions will only be used as a last resort. By providing sex education and contraceptives, Planned Parenthood is doing what they can to prevent anybody from being in the position where they even have to consider getting an abortion. By defunding Planned Parenthood, Congress would only be putting people at risk. Without proper sex education and contraceptive availability, unwanted pregnancies will become more prevalent. Planned Parenthood is not the only way to get an abortion, but it is best way to get a safe abortion. For example, without Planned Parenthood a desperate, pregnant woman may turn to an in-home abortion, putting her at greater risk for harm. Planned Parenthood has been proven innocent despite one-sided efforts to prove them guilty. Even if they were guilty, tax dollars don’t pay for abortions. The United States is a developed country and there is no room in a developed country for people to not receive adequate healthcare. It is a moral duty to support those who are in need, and by defunding Planned Parenthood the American people fail to meet this moral duty.
How can any weekend become automatically better? By adding an extra day to a break from classes. With the arrival of October comes one particular holiday that is given national observance. Although some states, such as ours, name it differently, the day is most commonly known as Columbus Day. Columbus Day became a federal holiday in 1937, and since then, it has developed a large cloud of controversy. South Dakota and Hawaii have renamed the holiday for their own local purposes. Oregon has chosen to not recognize it at all. As a country, in supporting a national holiday, we should be unified in our decision of celebrating it or not. The United States should collectively remove Columbus Day from the national calendar. In any elementary education, teachers tell us that Columbus sailed the ocean in 1492. We are taught that he discovered America
while on his expedition on the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria. In reality, he was not the first person to discover America. History describes Columbus as selfish and ignorant. Instead of choosing to interact with the foreign cultures and establish a trading system, he frequently enslaved the native people he encountered until they gave up their gold and valuables. In one of his journals, Columbus wrote “I could conquer the whole of them with fifty men and govern them as I please.” Columbus is not responsible for being the first European to discover America – that was Viking Leif Erickson, 500 years before Columbus – or state that the world was round – try Greek astronomer Eratosthenes in approximately 240 B.C. Columbus is only responsible for bringing violence and European disease to America. How did the holiday come to be? Italians requested the holiday after years of discrimination when they first immigrated to America. Today, few people actually celebrate the day or acknowledge it as Columbus Day. According to Vox, only 15 percent of private business close in observance, the smallest proportion for any federal holiday. Less than half of the nation even commemorates the holiday,
whether it be known as Columbus Day, Native American Day, Discoverer’s Day, or Indigenous Peoples Day. While some states are choosing to observe the day for more respected reasons, if America chooses to have a national holiday, it should be celebrated by every state or none of them. What should we do instead of having a day off from school and work? Take the day to learn about the subjects of this holiday – Native Americans and Christopher Columbus. Let’s delve deeper into the history of lesser known explorers who made important contributions, such as Bartolome de la Casas. He was one of the first Europeans in America and promoted Native American rights to end exploitative colonization. If we have better options for handling the yearly disgust toward Columbus Day, why have we not taken action? It may seem like a simple modification, but it would make a lasting impact on American history. In a time known for progressive societal change, we should take the small but necessary step toward equality and respect among all peoples. It’s worth sacrificing an extra day off.
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Speaker gives lecture on Native American dance culture By Mason Dockter
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The traditional Native American regalia known as the “bustle,” and the dance styles associated with it, filled the air of Farber Hall on Tuesday night. Indiana University graduate student Nicky Belle gave a talk entitled “Back That Thang Up: A History of the Bustle on the Northern Plains” in which he presented some of his research on powwow and dance culture of the Plains Indians. About 20 USD students were present for the lecture, which lasted for about an hour. During his research, Belle said he traveled across the United States and Canada to personally view the powwows and bustle styles of various
Native American groups throughout the regions. The styles among the dance bustles vary tremendously by region and time period, Belle said. Much of the lecture focused on the history of the bustle, which Belle said probably originated in the Pawnee-Iruska tribe, supposedly when a tribe member named Crow-Feather dreamed of such a garment several hundred years ago. Belle said that in many cultures the bustle was a sacred garment only worn during special occasions by members of high ranking and status. The earliest European-American mention of the bustles occurs in the diaries of Lewis and Clark, who Belle said collected several bustles from Native Americans in this region in
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Indiana University graduate student Nicky Belle gave a lecture about the traditional Native American regalia known as the bustle and the dance styles associated with it Tuesday night in Farber Hall. 1804, possibly somewhere near present-day Yankton. Those bustles are still on display in museums today. A century later, the fed-
eral government had largely banned tribal dancing on reservations except for occasions such as federal holidays, which they did in
an effort to crush traditional Native culture and encourage integration, Belle said. However, the tribes
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is generally used at Sanford or Avera-owned or affiliated hospitals in the region. Though the Oct. 5-6 blood drive was sponsored by USD Greek Life, Versteeg said most are usually sponsored by the Student Serve Board. While preparing to donate blood Oct. 6, first-year Max Seward said that donating blood is a simple, easy way to do good. “It’s just something everybody should do,” Seward said. “It’s not too hard, it doesn’t take that much time out of your day, I mean, you could be saving a life, so what’s better than that?” Sophomore Abbie Wiebers, who also gave blood Oct. 6, felt similarly. “I think it’s important to donate blood, because there’s not really any hazards or anything and you’re helping people out in the process.” Wiebers said. Though sophomore Emma Kays intended to
donate blood Oct. 6, low levels of iron prevented her from doing so. “I wasn’t able to donate blood,” she said. “It was kind of a bummer today, I’m low on iron.” Iron deficiency is a fairly common reason for ineligibility to donate, Versteeg said, occurring in about 15 percent of people wishing to donate. Versteeg said he recommends eating iron rich foods for three days prior to donation for those concerned about their iron levels. Community Blood Bank worker Travis Anderson said Oct. 6 that the drive was going well. “We’ve always had a really good response from you guys (USD),” he said. Versteeg spoke positively of USD students’ generosity during blood drives, and of the virtues of giving blood. “I encourage everybody to give the gift of life,” he said. “They are going to be saving lives within the community.”
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The South Dakota Board of Regents approved about $190,000 during their meetings in Aberdeen last week to convert all interior floor doors in North Complex and Burgess/Norton Hall from key access to electronic card swipe access. Todd Tucker, director of University Housing, said the $190,000 will also go toward increasing handicap accessibly on the first floors of North Complex and Burgess/Norton Hall, which includes additional handicap buttons and door operators. This implementation marks phase two of the university’s long-term housing security and safety project, John Howe, associate dean of Student Services, said. The first phase, electronic access on all residence hall exterior doors, was completed by the start of this school year.
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the Coyote Combat Sports gym to receive some basic instructions on boxing, including the basics of a punch as well as proper stance. Junior Maddie Elkins has never boxed before, and
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The major points of the plan are to: • Remain calm. • Plan a strategy for survival. • Make the best choice given the situation. Across the U.S. at some institutions, such as the Colorado School of Mines and Arkansas State University, training on how to respond to an armed intruder has become as much a part of fall orientation as lessons on alcohol abuse. Students hear presentations covering their options, such as running, hiding or fighting back. Other schools have purely voluntary training. Or they put information on what to do in an emergency on websites, where it can easily be
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sometimes used their dances, when allowed, in subversive ways – including in the languages used in song, which federal agents often didn’t speak. After showing some footage, including an 1894 clip of Native Americans dancing produced by Thomas Edison, Belle moved on to describing modern dance bustles, which have evolved further due to a scarcity of some traditional feathers and have become somewhat more complex in order to hide an occasional lack of dancing skill. Belle, who plans to finish his dissertation at the University of Indiana sometime this year, also said he would like to compile his research into a book, which he said will be “the book I always wished I had in my research.”
The switch in North Complex and Burgess/Norton Hall should be completed by the start of spring semester, Tucker said. Representatives from Student Services, Facilities Management, Planning and Construction, Finances, UPD and IT have all been a part of discussions regarding the plan, Howe said. USD has been looking at other institutions who’ve gone to all card access, while keeping both campus safety and student cost in mind, he added. The next part of the project could potentially result in all electronic access for each student’s room, Tucker said, though he added more research and cost analysis
will need to be completed before this could take place. “We would like things to be uniform,” he said. Though an expensive project, Tucker said an all-wireless lock system would undoubtedly increase residence hall security. The system would allow for approved USD officials to see exactly who and when someone entered a student’s room, which is a capability UPD utilizes with the exterior doors when conducting investigations now, Tucker said. If implemented, the switch would also cut down on costs of lock changes because of lost keys, Tucker added.
Tucker and Howe said though increased housing security is part of national trend and not unique to Vermillion, safety concerns have taken place at USD in recent years which have become part of the conversation. One such incident happened last fall, when a former student was charged with videotaping in the showers in Mickelson Hall, and later rape. Though installing electronic locks on doors of all residence hall bathrooms was discussed at the time, Tucker said there was little interest from the student focus groups that USD Housing met with. The “overwhelming majority” of the students that housing talked with thought the locks would be inconvenient, he said, adding that it “certainly” be considered in the future if there’s student interest in doing so.
said Tuesday’s first meeting required more technique than she thought. “I did it as a stress reliever and to stay active,” she said. “It’s more difficult than it looks.” After Harnois shared some basic instructions with the group, students were split up into three stations, where they spent around 20 minutes learning various boxing techniques.
First-year Sam Alvine heard about the boxing club through his fraternity, TKE. He hopes to compete in TKE Fight Night in the spring. “I’ve always been interested in boxing,” he said. “I hope it’s fun. Hopefully I don’t get knocked out.” In the future, Springman and Harnois are considering putting together a competitive/traveling team for those looking to advance
their boxing skills. If interest remains steady, Harnois said it could be fun to challenge SDSU for a boxing match. “Unless you’ve got someone to compete against, it’s hard to keep training,” Harnois said. “You want to have an end goal.” Harnois added he’s been talking with other boxing organizations in Mitchell, Sioux Falls and Brookings
about the possibility of eventually putting together some competitions. “We’d like to get to the point where we have two or three events here in Vermillion,” he said. Though Tuesday’s meeting was a bit cramped, Harnois was excited about the turnout. The next club workout session will be held Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Coyote Combat Sports.
First-year Tanner Waddell has been looking to get involved around campus, and said after the first breakout session during Tuesday’s workout that boxing was something he hadn’t really thought about before. “I was interested in this because it was something new,” Waddell said. “I’ve never done combat sports before, but I thought why not give it a try?”
overlooked by students and staff members. Many public college and university systems leave it up to their individual campuses to draw up emergency plans and decide what level of training, if any, to give employees and students. In the wake of the recent violence, some professors, students and administrators are asking whether schools need to do more to deliver potentially life-saving messages to those on campus. The challenges are particularly acute at two-year community colleges, which often do not have their own police forces to conduct training exercises for staff and students. They also tend to have lots of older, working students who can be hard to reach. The AP review found that most schools have set up sophisticated alert systems that use text messages, social me-
dia or technology that can remotely take over computers tied to campus servers. Many also have added armed officers, conducted drills with law enforcement authorities and created threat-assessment teams that try to determine whether an overheard remark or violence-tinged essay is a genuine danger sign. Some of these measures are credited with saving lives. Umpqua Community Col-
lege, site of the Oregon mass shooting, did many things right to prepare, and experts said its efforts may well have saved lives. Professors and staff regularly discussed how they should respond if someone started shooting, and where in their buildings would be the safest place to hunker down. The school also had emergency notification and lockdown procedures in place.
But in general, educating students and employees about what to do in the event of an attack has proved something of a stumbling block. Richard Turton, chairman of West Virginia University’s Faculty Senate, said he wasn’t familiar with his school’s active shooter plan until a reporter’s question prompted him to do some digging. He found a PowerPoint presentation and videos on the
university’s website. “I would suspect many faculty who are very busy would tend to not look at those things unless they’re sort of prompted several times,” Turton said.
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USD entrepreneurs sign deal with university By Malachi Petersen
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The last few months have been a roller coaster of emotions for USD entrepreneurs Michael Helgerson and Naveen Rokkam. At the end of April, the two were working on incorporating WeConnectU, a business of theirs that would develop a smart application device called ConnectU, allowing universities to send location-based information to students’ phones and other smart devices. But after negotiating a contract with USD, the plan hit a snag when the IT Department told university officials that a similar technology was being worked on by Cisco, another technology company the university has a contract with. “At that time it was really like a knockout because we were in the process of applying for some funding through the Governor’s Office of Economic Development,” said Helgerson, a 31-year-old recent graduate of USD. “At the time we were in deep water.” They decided not to give up, though. Helgerson said they did research and came up with a counterproposal showing cost comparisons with Cisco. They convinced USD to sign a contract with them, allowing them to test their product for six months. Starting later this month, beacons will be installed in locations throughout campus, which will relay information about buildings and landmarks to iPads given to prospective students on tours and installed in Charlie Carts. Rokkam, a computer science graduate student and the lead developer of the application, said a 140-character description of the building will be shown on the screens, as well as a photo gallery of the building’s features. “For example, if somebody is coming to the Bea-
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The WeConnectU development team meets in the Beacom School of Business on Monday morning to discuss progress on their smart application program. com School of Business they will know what it is and what it is famous for,” he said. This process has been a stressful experience for the two. Helgerson said he turned down a six-figure job for a tech company in California to pursue his dream of being an entrepreneur. He said at times he’s wondered if he made the right decision. “There were plenty of times that I thought, ‘Man I should have taken a job in California,’” he said. “(But) I love this idea of just being able to see what you’re made of.” Helgerson and Rokkam have spent about $6,000 getting the business incorporated and off the ground, something Helgerson said has been a complicated process. “The intricacies that are coming along with the formation is a headache,” he said. “I just want to sell the product and get our product out there and show the world what we’re trying to do.”
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Thanks to grant money and an accelerator program, entrepreneurs Michael Helgerson and Naveeen Rokkam were able to build a website for their business and hire four programming interns.
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Numerous grant programs and an incubation program for small businesses have allowed WeConnectU to create their own website and hire a team of four program-
ming interns. All four interns are USD students, which Helgerson said is a smart business strategy since the business received money from the Dakota Seed Program, which encourages the hir-
ing of college students. “We have a full blown team now,” Helgerson said. “We’re churning and burning.” Rokkam, who was in charge of hiring the interns, said the group
includes individuals from India, Europe and South Africa. “You can see that there are different people from different backgrounds but what is most important is that all of them share a vision to work for this company and all of them share a commitment to work with us,” he said. One of those interns is Mohanraj Varatharaj, a first-year computer science graduate student from India with multiple years of real-world experience in programming. “I asked (Mohanraj) in a simple sense, ‘What do you want to do in the United States? You came all the way from India, thousands of miles, you’ve just taken so much pain to get here. Did you come here to live your big American dream?’” Rokkam said. Varatharaj said he’s excited to work on the application and is learning new coding skills in the process. “I was hoping that I would get a developer role at USD and Naveen made that true,” he said. Helgerson said though business school prepared him for a lot of things, it didn’t prepare him for the emotional investment he’s made in the company. WeConnectU will hopefully roll out the final product next year, he added. Even though there’s been some snags along the way, the experience has been invaluable, Helgerson said. “Now I have employees working for me, and granted they’re interns – Naveen felt it too when we distributed our first paychecks. It was quite the feeling to be like, ‘Wow, we’re creating jobs and doing small economic development here,’ and that’s really cool stuff,” he said. “I encourage anybody who has a dream – that they have a business or marketing idea or something like that – to follow through with it because you’ll be surprised what happens.”
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Community garden continues organic mission By Rachel Newville
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Harvest season might be wrapping up soon in South Dakota, but the plucking of tomatoes and other types of produce from the Vermillion Community Garden continues. Located behind the Vermillion Arts Council at 202 Washington St., the garden was created 10 years ago and is made up of about 30 garden plots, Christine Ahmed, the garden coordinator, said. The garden also serves as a place where beginners and advanced gardeners alike can gain gardening experience. A small plot is $5, a medium plot is $10 and a large plot is $20. Half of the garden plots are used by USD students, Ahmed said. Ahmed said everyone who owns one of the 30 plots tends to their own garden. Organic gardening techniques are preferred, which means there is no use of herbicides and pesticides, she said. Ahmed is out at the gardens helping take care of weeds multiple times during the week, she said. During its 10 years of existence, Vermillion community members have rallied together to continue developing the garden. “The water was put in through a grant with Dakota Hospital Foundation,” Ahmed said. “The shed was donated years ago and they had volunteers put it up. So that has mowers, tillers and rakes.” This garden is very much a community effort, Ahmed said. Senior Kaitlyn Rangel, a sustainability major, has used the communi-
ty garden for two years. “I was interested in getting involved with the garden more than anything,” she said. As a summer intern, Rangel worked to get the garden’s website up and running. “Before, the only way the garden was advertised was fliers,” she said. “People our age aren’t actually looking at fliers. I’m hoping now anyone who comes to town can Google ‘community garden’ and find it.” Efforts are underway to partner with the Vermillion Food Pantry to donate extra produce, Ahmed said. Currently, Ahmed sends out weekly emails to gardeners asking if they would have anything they’re willing to donate. There are often people willing to pick it
if the owners are willing to give produce, she said. Other community groups have also been working to get involved with the garden. Sigma Tau Delta, an English Honors Society, is also in the process of implementing a new lending library. “So, the premise is setting up a place in town and filling it with books. It’s totally free, the only thing you have to do is take a book and leave a book,” graduate student Rosie Ahmed, a member of Sigma Tau Delta, said. “We chose the garden because it is a central place in town and its good for the garden.” Christine said she hopes the lending library can be used to hold gardening books and serve as a place for
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The Vermillion Community Garden, located behind the Vermillion Arts Council, has 30 plots available. A small plot is $5, a medium plot is $10 and a large plot is $20. people to drop off donated seeds as well.
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USD students study, prepare for midterm exams By Tatum Dean
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As the halfway point of the semester nears, many students are preparing for their midterm exams. However, not all professors administer tests the same way. Brennan Jordan, a science professor, believes tests are more of a teaching tool than a testing tool. “Midterm exams give the students incentive to review material that they have been working through and they give faculty an
opportunity to see what’s the level of students’ comprehension of the material up to this point,” Jordan said. “It also provides more opportunities for students to get graded feedback in multiple exams rather than it all coming all in one or few tests.” Jordan went from having two midterm exams to having at least three this year. He gives midterm exams in all of his classes, including labs, and likes to give students a review guide.
He believes breaking up a semester helps students learn more. “By having multiple midterm exams, we are chopping the class up into smaller pieces for the students’ digestion,” Jordan said. “That ultimately means that for any given test there is less material to retain.” Jordan said that in his experience, he finds that more students favor having a midterm exam so that no single test determines their
entire grade. “If they do bad on one they have a couple more to get their grade back up and improve,” he said. “I think in that regard it serves everyone well.” However, not all classes are like this. In some of Timothy Schorn’s international studies classes, students are only given a final exam. “Depending on the course, I have different philosophies on testing,” Schorn said. “In my 100 (level) course, I prefer to give at
least three tests, so to define something as a midterm just doesn’t really fit into the schedule. In my 400 level courses, some of those don’t have tests at all,” he said. “I wait to give a single test because a lot of students are getting ready to (go to) law school or graduate school and that all comes down to a final exam and so this is good preparation for them.” Schorn said this can be a bit overwhelming for students. See MIDTERM, Page B6
USD Greek Week comes to an end By Katie McGuire
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The Cook House provides students with many counseling services such as depression, addictions, relationship concerns and eating disorders. The Cook House has seen as many as 170 students in a week.
Cook House, Lost & Found work together to help students By Cheyenne Alexis
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With tests, relationship issues and the stress of college life, sometimes students need someone to talk to. That’s where the Cook House and Lost & Found come in. The Cook House is the on-campus counseling center for registered university students. Students are able to meet with counselors for free any day of the week. The University of South
Dakota’s Lost & Found is a group on campus that focuses on suicide prevention and awareness. Together with the Cook House, they provide students with the mental help they need. Logan Anderson, a junior and the president of the Lost & Found, said the group also tends to students who may need help finding the Cook House and gives them the boost of encouragement to get there. The Lost & Found campus
group has around 15-20 members. “Really, we’re the people to come to if you have a problem,” Anderson said. “They can come to us and talk to us.” Anderson said mental health is something a lot a people don’t understand and there’s a stigma that any person with mental health problems is crazy. “No one likes to be different,” he said.
Last week, all 12 Greek houses at USD competed for glory and for charities during the annual Greek Week competition. The five-day challenge raised more than $1,200 and is made up of daily events and fundraisers for a charity of the Greek community’s choice, ending with three winners, three plaques and a year’s worth of bragging rights. The time-honored tradition has been in the USD Greek community since around the 1950s, and according to Sorority and Fraternity Life Director Laura Roof, it continues to become popular among the houses. “It’s very much student-run. Myself as well as my graduate assistants provide support to the students and advise them,” Roof said, although she stressed it is all up to the students and their appointed Greek Week co-chairs, senior Spencer Mathers and sophomore Mitch Rave. “We’re trying to get our Sorority and Fraternity Life on a higher level with other schools,” Rave said. Greek Week is practiced at chapters on universities throughout the United States. At USD, Roof said there are 300-400 participants each year, and it’s growing. Both Mathers and Rave did their
homework and asked not only the leaders from last year’s USD Greek Week, but also other universities to see what sort of events worked for them. Mathers is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and Rave is from Tau Kappa Epsilon. Neither participated in any of the events because they organized them. The traditional week for Greek Life is made up of many different competitions. The houses are paired up with their Strollers partners, which is another Greek event in the spring semester. Two fraternities pair with a sorority and compete for a coveted plaque at the end of the week. The houses work with their Strollers partners, but also have the opportunity to earn points on their own. Co-chairs Mathers and Rave said there are individual house awards at the end of the week as well. Plaques are given to the winning Strollers team or the three winning houses. This year the house winners are Alpha Phi, Delta Tau Delta and Lambda Chi Alpha. The week started off with the annual blood drive on Monday and Tuesday. Each house asked their members to participate and See GREEK, Page B3
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‘The Black Parade’ is a timeless, relatable album CHEYENNE ALEXIS is a sophomore majoring in media and journalism. My favorite album of all time is “The Black Parade,” by My Chemical Romance. When I was in the sixth grade, I bought the album and fell in love with it. The music, the lyrics and the song arrangements all drew me in. I could understand what the band was trying to portray through their music just from that album with 14 tracks. It was pure poetry to me. As I got older, the album spoke to me even more. Through my phases of being an emotional, annoying teenager to me being the person I am today, the album has never failed to relate to me somehow.
I used to grace them with every being in my body. “The Black Parade” was my first real album, but it was a gateway into the rest of MCR’s music. Nothing could compare to “The Black Parade.” Back in March 2013, My Chemical Romance broke up. I sat there the night I heard of their disbandment and thought that I would never in my life be able to relive the moments of listening to them freely and enjoying every nanosecond of their music, because it would never be the same. A band I had listened to since I was 11 was just done. “The Black Parade” would bring back painful memories instead of the carefree, joyous ones. I can’t even declare a favorite song off the album, because I love it as a whole too much. One song, “Disenchanted,” always gets to me because it focuses a lot on MCR and their music career. Not only that, but it’s beautiful.
It’s been a long while since I’ve fully listened to the album. It’s just hard because, as I said, it’s difficult listening to a group that no longer exists. They’ll never make another album like “The Black Parade,” and it hurts. I see that album sitting in my mediocre CD case and I become nostalgic. Fourteen songs changed me. All of them are perfectly constructed. They all flow with each other. They all convey a message only MCR could pull off. I’ve had the same “The Black Parade” album since I was in sixth grade. It’s scratched, the lyric sheet has seen better days and some of the tracks will indeed get jumpy every now and then. Regardless if I can never listen to that album without tearing up, I can reminisce in how MCR produced such a beautiful album. I can’t thank them enough for all these years of listening to “The Black Parade.”
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Participants put on performances such as rapping or strength training
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Career Wednesday Location: Muenster University Center
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Global Learning 101 Location: I.D. Weeks Library, Room 132C
Minnesota Visit Days Location: Muenster University Center
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USD’s Quad State Field Marching Competition Location: DakotaDome
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Internship Quest Location: Muenster University Center Conference Room 211
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Katie McGuire: What year in school are you? Grace Bode: Junior KM: What is your major? GB: Medical Laboratory Science
KM: What do you want to do with your degree? GB: After I graduate, I want to apply for PA (Physician Assistant) school. It’d be nice if I get accepted (here). KM: Why did you choose USD? GB: I was searching for PA
schools and found USD so I took a tour and liked it. KM: Where are you from? GB: Newulm, Minn. KM: Do you like USD? GB: I love it. The vibe here is really good.
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USD faculty help earn Nobel Prize for research
risburg, SD. People were allowed to pick their own pumpkins and also enjoy a hay ride, pony rides, food, inflatable playgrounds, train rides and face painting.
Raven Symone apologizes for discriminating names
Faculty members Ryan MacLellan, assistant professor of physics, and Dongming Mei, associate professor of physics, worked on this year’s Nobel Prize winning topic in physics. Arthur McDonald and Takaaki Kajita won the coveted prize in physics for their work on neutrino oscillations. McLellan worked directly with McDonald in Canada on neutrino oscillation experiments.
STATE Country Apple Orchard has annual pumpkin festival Country Apple Orchard hosted its annual pumpkin festival, which drew in hundreds of families in Har-
NATION ‘Blacklivesmatter’ hashtag appears on officer’s cup A police officer’s coffee cup at a Dunkin’ Donuts in Providence, R.I. was signed with the hashtag ‘blacklivesmatter,’ which prompted a small protest outside the shop. Former Providence officer Tony Lepore led the protest, hoping the employee who wrote it would be fired. He also claimed the employee was rude to him. The slogan arose last year to protest police violence against civilians,. Dunkin’ Donuts has since apologized to the officer.
Actress and “The View” co-host Raven Symone was under fire for making discriminating remarks about not hiring someone for having a “ghetto” name. She later apologized following her father writing an open letter on Facebook, saying that everyone makes mistakes.
WORLD ‘Pan’ fails opening week, ‘The Martian’ succeeds The 2015 retelling of “Peter Pan” earned $20.5 million opening weekend, compared to the $150 million budget to produce it. On the flip side, “The Martian” now stands at $108.7 million, taking the top spot for the second week.
‘American Horror Story: Hotel’ opens with little plot, graphic content KAITLYN BROWN is a senior majoring in media and journalism. With October officially here, haunted houses, scary movies/TV shows, pumpkin patches and fallflavored foods have all returned in full force. Perhaps one of the most-hyped of these is the return of FX’s horror anthology series “American Horror Story: Hotel.” With the new season comes new characters, among
which is The Countess played by Lady Gaga in her acting debut. Matt Bomer is also brought to the main cast as Donovan, The Countess’ lover. While the first episode titled, “Checking In” is beautifully shot with a dark set and beautiful costumes, some viewers may find themselves wanting to check out early of the Hotel Cortez. The show features sexual violence, gore, an orgy scene, and, of course, plenty of horrors. The new season brought plenty of new themes: addiction, fame, wealth and plenty of gratuitous sex. If the season opener indicates anything, it’s that this season is not for the faint-hearted.
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Only 20 minutes into the first episode there is an incredibly graphic rape scene. The rape is used as a shock factor with no apparent reason as to why this character – a rockstar junkie played by Max Greenfield – is being sexually assaulted. The scene is drawn out and shown in many unnecessary angles leaving the viewer wondering, “What am I even watching?” While this scene may turn people off from the episode, others should try to stick around for interactions between The Countess and Donovan. The vampiric duo is introduced as swingers and shows them seducing a young couple while She Wants Revenge’s “Tear You Apart” plays in the background. It’s quite fitting in
describing the scene that happens a few minutes later. Kathy Bates and Sarah Paulson also have intriguing interactions as their respective characters, Iris and Sally. The two play off each other well, and it will be interesting how their character arcs will play out. Another character to look out for is Wes Bently’s Detective Lowe. Lowe seems to be the show’s “hero,” if there are any on “AHS.” Lowe is intelligent while also trying his hardest to be the “family” man. A series of hotel murders, along with a threat to his family lead him to staying at the Hotel Cortez. While Evan Peters, Denis O’Hare, Chloe Sevigny and Angela Bassett are all back as new characters, it is
clear creator Ryan Murphy is trying to fill the hole Jessica Lange left behind with Lady Gaga. Lange, who has won two Primetime Emmys and a Golden Globe Award for her work on the series, was a fan favorite. Without Lange, the show feels like it’s missing something. Although the season opener invites viewers to check-in to the Hotel Cortez, there isn’t any actual plot introduced to make the audience stay. There’s no reason to invest in these new characters as of the first episode. “AHS: Hotel” seems like it’s trying to get back to the show’s first season roots, but time will only tell if it’ll be worth sticking around.
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7 “Phone home” is associated with alien at heart (7) 8 Stupid law rebels partly overturned (7) 10 Statement approving issue of Homer? (6) 11 Nasty dent acquired by a French female beginning to drive without care and attention (8) 12 Character backed to leave Man United? No (4) 13 In a rut, alas? Throw that wild party! (10) 14 Rector first off will wear English suit and casual shoes (11) 19 Crowd turns on police, having energy for a brawl initially – one of these may be thrown? (6,4) 22 Bowled for one, needing to secure runs (4) 23 Want to stop nasty kid being a pest? (5,3) 24 Half from Salish, a Native American greeting (6) 25 Old stick that’s been thrown away? (7) 26 One could be e.g. ten? Right (7)
1 A place for a holiday? Never! (7) 2 Drunk after good craic, finally the man’s getting hiccups (8) 3 Winds on board ship will be raw, mostly (6) 4 Case for circuit training to start with – that’s said to produce muscle (8) 5 Symbol of authority supporting rule over a country (6) 6 Bird wants dirty sex? About time! (7) 9 Book added to total price (11) 15 European girl cut call off, being hypersensitive (8) 16 You’ll get stiff treatment from this person (8) 17 Has paid almost all debts? So we hear (7) 18 UK citizen needs to catch up (7) 20 Count on Kelvin to be taken in by scam (6) 21 Vessel capsized close to island (6)
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Being a graduate student can be stressful for most, and finding an stress relief outlet can be helpful. For Matthew Moffitt, a clinical psychology doctoral student, writing a novel served as his escape from the stress of school. Moffitt, originally from Kentucky, will be a published author in January with his science fiction novel, “Moon to Joshua.” “The novel kind of takes this premise of Australia as if you took all your inmates and put them on an inhabitable land,” Moffitt said. “There’s these different types of people – some who just want to go home, the characters who want to adjust to their new civilizations and the people that just like being criminals.” The main protagonist of the story is one of these exiled inmates. There is no economy on the island; all exchanges are completed through bartering. The protagonist accepts a deal from a woman to find her missing family and begins a journey to an abandoned land. The only thing he finds in the land is
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Author and Graduate student Matthew Moffitt will publish his first book this January. Moffitt wrote part of this book in Vermillion’s Cafe Brule, among numerous locations around town as well as back home.
a set of footprints which he decides to follow, and thus the story begins. Moffitt gained part of his inspiration for the novel two years ago at the state penitentiary where he conducted violence risk assessments for
inmates. Moffitt’s placement at the penitentiary was a requirement for his graduate program. He said he learned a lot about inmate culture, which influenced his writings. “I tried to channel my work into my novel almost as
my own form of therapy,” he said. When it came time to wanting to get published, Moffitt began to send out his novel to publishing houses. “When rejections would come, I had to remind him
that not every novel gets published,” said Euodia Chua, Moffitt’s wife. Chua not only served as Moffitt’s main support while he was writing and trying to become published, but she also provided him with a dif-
fering perspective. “Being a psychologist, it was interesting to look at the different aspects of the characters and give my response,” she said. Moffitt eventually submitted his novel to EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing. After seeing the first 30 pages, EDGE asked for the entire novel and that lead to the beginning of Moffitt becoming published. Moffitt said “Moon to Joshua” will be available digitally as an e-book in January. Duncan Barlow, a literature lecturer at USD, has been helping Moffitt understand how to promote his novel after EDGE picked it up. Barlow, who runs the Astrophil Press at the University of South Dakota, has helped Moffitt make new contacts, advised him on advertising and is even writing a review of the novel. “The novel delicately blends the best elements of science fiction with a western,” Duncan said.
Exercise Science Club begins year with bigger turnout, aims to inspire students’ career choices By Cheyenne Alexis
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The USD School of Law’s pinning ceremony held Oct. 8 celebrated first-year law stu-
dent’s six-week milestone in law school. The law school now hopes to make it an annual tradition.
Law school hosts first pinning ceremony By Eden Hemmingson
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With lapel pins on the breasts of their shirts, USD law students celebrated the six-week milestone of law school during a ceremony. At the ceremony on Oct. 8, first-year law students received a lapel pin of the law school’s insignia. The law school hopes to turn the ceremony into a tradition to allow law students to reflect on what they have learned so far about the profession they are pursuing, and to recite the oath they first took at orientation. “The law school has been trying to identify an appropriate event for several years. The relatively new seal and shield provide a symbol around which such an event
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“(My tests) are over everything, from day one until the end,” he said. “For some students that is fairly daunting and I let them know up front that there will not be a chapter test or midterm exam. It comes to being able to put together all the pieces at the end of the semester.” Although exams traditionally aren’t a student’s idea of a good time, there are many that find them to be beneficial. “Some classes they really suck in, but you need tests,” sophomore Holly Hayden
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donate blood, and a total of 68 donors were recorded by the end of the event. That night, the houses competed in a game of capture the flag in Prentis Park. Later in the week, Greek members participated in Tails & Trails at Prentis Park – a pet-and-play fundraiser that benefits Greek Week’s second charity, the Heartland Humane Society. They raised about $900 dollars. “We decided to keep it (the Vermillion food pantry
can evolve,” said Thomas Geu, dean of the School of Law. Geu led the first-ever ceremony, talking about how proud he was of the students for completing the first six weeks. He spoke about the journey the students will be taking. “The hardest six weeks of law school are behind you, things will speed up now, but you are getting it, you are becoming a lawyer,” he said. “Lawyers aren’t created, you become a lawyer. And you will likely better understand the oath you took, to uphold and obey the law.” The students then recited the oath again, and listened as Geu talked about how to use the brain as a tool, and how they will bet-
ter understand this concept as they continue through law school. “The pinning gives us a congratulations for entering this study,” first year-law student Jennifer Doubledee said. “And then we continue taking classes to become lawyers.” After his short speech, he dismissed each row to go to the front and receive their pin from a line of professors at the law school. The room erupted in applause after the last shield was pinned. “It was more official than our orientation when we first took the oath,” first-year law student Lindsay Martin said. “It’s an honor to be in the presence of our professors and Dean Geu and to experience this new tradition.”
said. “It’s how you know if you’re understanding the material or not.” Despite their different teaching styles, both professors agree it ultimately depends on the teacher and class he or she is teaching. For Jordan, the field in which you teach may ultimately be the deciding factor. “I think in the sciences and mathematics, having multiple midterms is really necessary,” he said. “Maybe in some other classes you can just have a few papers scattered throughout the semester, but in some other fields it’s necessary to demonstrate comprehension of content.”
For Schorn, it may depend on the level that is being taught. “I think for a 100 or 200 you want to give at least two exams in the course of a semester. For a couple of courses we might want to test more to make sure that students are picking up on the content that is being taught.” Despite how unnerving midterms can be, there are some simple ways students can prepare and survive their midterms. “I suggest you go through the book, go through the notes. If a professor gives you any practice sheets, go through those and get plenty of sleep,” Hayden said.
charity) and then we decided to do Tails & Trails this year because we wanted more student involvement,” Mathers said. All students were invited to attend any event throughout the week to watch and donate to the charities. An all-Greek dinner marked the middle of the week-long competition. Throughout the week, each Greek house was represented in the MUC in a change war that also benefited the Heartland Humane Society. Each house had buckets placed with their Greek letters on it, and students were
able to give their change to the Heartland Humane Society. The winners of this week long challenge were Alpha Phi, Lambda Chi Alpha and Delta Tau Delta, who raised $384.25. Finally, Greek members participated in the final event of Greek Week, the Greek God and Goddess challenge. Each house chose a member to participate in the dance and beauty show, which was held Oct. 9. Alex Gregger from Phi Delta Theta was crowned Greek God and Emily VanLaecken from Kappa Alpha Theta were crowned this year’s Greek Goddess.
The Exercise Science Club at USD is looking to get people off of their couches and outside exercising. Brett Comstock, a professor and faculty adviser of the club, said it’s a great club for any student to participate in. “A freshman or sophomore can make a bigger impact,” he said. The first meeting on Oct. 5 drew in more students than last year, and members were all engaged and excited, Comstock said. Hunter Wilkes, senior and co-president of the club, said the club is growing and they want to be able to impact students. “Our purpose is to teach incoming kinesiology majors what it is to be in their field,” Wilkes said. Wilkes said the club is aimed toward students interested in sports medicine, exercise science or even working with children. Comstock said the club will also be applicable to the exercise science department. “We are changing as a department as well,” Comstock said. “It’s an exciting time, but it’s not going to come easy.” The club focuses on getting people involved with physical activity and is a way to show sports science students that their career choice will be worthwhile. “Our job is to shed more light on their interests,” Comstock
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Some offerings for students at the Cook House include personal and group counseling, addiction counseling and mental health counseling. “It’s neat to meet the students to see where they are,” said Michelle Turner, a prevention counselor for the Cook House. Turner said that on a college campus, mental health should be addressed mostly because of the inevitable stress many students have. “Stress is the biggest thing,” she said. “College campuses breed it. Stress is one of those things that can lead to anxiety and depression.” Kim Grieve, dean of students and vice president of Student Services, said the counseling center is a great place for students to go to and that mental health is important to discuss on a college campus. “Mental health is important to discuss on campus
said. “Maybe they don’t know what they’re interested in, coming through our club.” Connor Fitzsimmons, a junior and the co-president of the club, said the club is trying to appeal to new students. “We’re just trying to expand to all the new students and what you can do with an exercise science degree,” he said. Comstock said that because of the new leaders in the club, there are more ideas being pitched for them to grow as a club. Wilkes said the club is planning on working with children, motivating them to move and be healthy, instead of playing video games inside all day. The club’s intention is to brainstorm ideas for events and to be more involved with the campus, but to also get the members more involved and attend any planned events. “Pretty much all of us have great ideas,” Wilkes said. “We all kind of have the same role, same goals.” Last year the club worked with Jolly Elementary School and played dodgeball with the children, which Wilkes and Fitzsimmons said was an enjoyable experience and is an event they would like to do again this year. The club wants to bring in guest speakers for events as well as that will benefit children and the elderly in the community. “We’re just trying to get more people involved, get more
LOST & FOUND meets the first Tuesdays of every month at 5 p.m. in Beacom room 206.
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to make sure students are safe and healthy,” Grieve said. “Education is the key to understanding mental health issues.” The counselors at Cook House also help students with eating disorders, anxiety, depression, relationship and communication concerns, anger issues and sometimes self harm. Despite the problems she sees, Turner said she loves working for the Cook House and giving students the sense of getting on the road to recovery. “It’s a wonderful place to work,” Turner said. “I feel grateful and blessed to even be here. We’ll only grow to fit the need.” In her three or four years of working at the Cook House, Turner has seen a lot of progress with her cli-
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Faculty adviser for the Exercise Science Club ideas,” Fitzsimmons said. Though the club was around last year, there were few members. Wilkes and Fitzsimmons decided to step in as co-presidents to show the importance it had to offer. “I didn’t want the club to just die out,” Wilkes said. “This year we’ll have multiple events where we evolve with the college community. I just wanted to take our club to the next level and get more involved. I’m really excited to see where we take this club.” ents, and feels it is the most rewarding part of her job. “That’s what makes it kind of exciting,” Turner said. “I think sometimes we hope that any intervention we do is going to be helpful, and so, when you actually see the progression, it’s very validating.” The Cook House, despite the lack of counselors, meets with many students. Turner said the Cook House handles a case load of as many as 170 students in a single week with only four or five counselors. Anderson said the Cook House has also helped him tremendously, because the counselors there are “unbiased” and have “professional answers.” Lost & Found also allows students to feel a sense of welcome on campus, and that despite any problems they may have, the support is always there. “It’s normal for people to have problems,” he said. “Mental health is there and not something that’s going to go away.”
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A serious spinal cord injury struck one of USD’s offensive lineman over the weekend. Sophomore Sam McLeran suffered the injury in the middle of Saturday’s contest against Western Illinois. Immediately upon sustaining the injury, McLeran experienced numbness and a lack of mobility on his right side. He was transported by ambulance to the hospital in Macomb, Ill., where he was subsequently airlifted to Iowa City, Iowa, for more treatment, according to a statement released by the USD athletic department on Monday. McLeran has since regained limited mobility and he has been able to walk with assistance. He will move to a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, rehabilitation center later this week. Currently, no time table exists for McLeran’s recovery, and the team has not said if they are expecting him to return anytime soon. “We all love Sam. Sam’s a great player, and he works hard,” first-year running back Michael Fredrick said. “I actually met Sam in the summer at freshman workouts. He was mentoring us, pushing us to go harder. We’re actually making a video for Sam after practice to wish him luck and to get well. The team took it tough, and we’re playing for Sam now.” After McLeran’s injury, the Coyotes were unable to rally, eventually falling 40-21 to the Leathernecks on the road. McLeran, a 2013 recruit from North Liberty, Iowa, was one of 12 redshirt first-years to compete for the Coyotes in 2014. He made his collegiate debut as the starting center against eventual FBS national runner-up Oregon.
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State on Oct. 3. USD has started conference season 0-2 and travels to the home four-time defending FCS champion North Dakota State on Saturday.
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After a loss to Western Illinois last weekend, the Coyotes have fallen to 0-2 in Missouri Valley conference play. USD was unable to overcome a strong Western Illinois offense on the road and lost 40-21. The Coyotes have had a tough time translating their hard work into wins. “We just have to keep getting better and we will. We haven’t played up to
our potential the last two games but we’ve played two of the best teams in the United States. They’re both ranked up there and I give them a lot of credit,” said USD head coach Joe Glenn. This week the Coyotes will have another big test on the road against North Dakota State University. NDSU is one of the best teams in the country and are currently ranked No. 2 in the FCS and hold the No. 1 spot in the Missouri
Valley Football Conference. The Bison have yet to lose in conference play and their only loss this season was an opening week upset by Montana that NDSU lost 35-38. NDSU has been a force on both sides of the ball so far this year. Their offense have scored more than 30 points in all but one of their games and are ranked second in total offense in the conference. Their defense is currently No. 1 in the
Missouri Valley in rush defense and No. 2 in total defense. The USD defense is nothing to scoff at, however. USD is right behind NDSU at number two on rush defense in Missouri Valley and sits at third in total defense. It is offense where the Coyotes have struggled this season, second-to-last in both total offense and passing offense. The Coyotes have had
trouble all year syncing their offense and defense and getting them to go hand-in-hand. “We’ll see if we can make offense, defense and special teams all show up in one game like we did for a couple games earlier in the season,” Glenn said. One of the bright spots in the USD offense has been junior running back Trevor Bouma. During the See YOTES, Page B5
Swim teams sweep opening weekend Jacob Lutz
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ming and Diving home opener against Western Illinois in the DakotaDome. The USD men won 134-108 and the USD women won 141-66.
The Coyotes let their swimming and diving talents do the talking this past Friday and Saturday. The women’s swim team hit the water facing-off against Minnesota State at Highland Pool. First-year Colorado native Quinn Fawcett started her collegiate career off with a bang, winning the 200-yard freestyle by two seconds over first-year Chelsea Calhoon, finishing with a
time of 1:57.55. Fawcett also went on to win the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 5:20.33. Junior Greysen Hertting swept the diving events, scoring 267.20 in the one-meter dive and 311.20 in the three-meter. And with little-to-no rest, the women’s swim and dive team packed up their stuff and headed back to Vermillion to take on Western Illinois in the DakotaDome, where they’d be accompanied by the men’s swim and
dive team. First-year Theresa Godlewski started the meet off by putting the USD swim team in good positioning in the 200-meter medley relay, first-year Erin Kleiner then finished it off with a split of 27.85, putting the USD women at the top of the leaderboards. First-year Hannah Gupton won the 100-meter butterfly with a time of 1:08.40. See SPLASH, Page B6
Soccer rests in middle of pack Mike Hammond
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The USD women’s soccer team currently sits in a four-way tie in points for fourth place in the Summit League. The Coyotes (4-10, 1-2 Summit League) travel to play South Dakota State University on Friday and to the University of NebraskaOmaha on Sunday. Winning these games on the road could be crucial to clinch a spot in the Summit League Tournament, which
consists of the top four teams in the conference, with the winner of the tournament making the NCAA tournament. South Dakota State currently sits third in the conference after winning its first two conference games to earn six points. The Jackrabbits have only scored two goals in conference play, winning each game 1-0. Omaha sits in the fourway tie with USD at three points with a 1-3 record.
To win the games, the Coyotes must find a way to put goals in the back of the net. They have been struggling to put away their scoring chances all year long, and it has continued in conference play, being held scoreless in two consecutive losses. All four goals scored in conference play came in USD’s lone conference victory over Denver. Another factor that has plagued the Coyotes is turnovers in See GOAL, Page B5
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COYOTEDigest RESULTS VOLLEYBALL
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Oct. 11 Vermillion SOUTH DAKOTA 3, ORAL ROBERTS 2
Oct. 3 SDSU Classic Brookings
Oct. 13 Brookings SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 3, SOUTH DAKOTA 0
SOCCER Oct. 11 Fargo, N.D. SOUTH DAKOTA 0, NORTH DAKOTA 1
Men’s 6,000 Meters First Place: Isaac Allen Women’s 4,000 Meters First Place: Amber Eichkorn Men’s 6,000 Meters Second Place: Brice Cowman Women’s 4,000 Meters Second Place: Katie Wetzstein
GOLF Oct. 5-6 DRAKE ZACH JOHNSON INVITE Des Moines, Iowa SOUTH DAKOTA, 4TH PLACE JORDAN RYKAL, 3TH PLACE
Swimming and Diving Coyotes sweep Summit League swimmer, diver of the week award after first weekend of competition The USD swimming and diving teams swept the conference athlete of the week awards after cruising to three victories on the weekend against Minnesota State and Western Illinois. Junior Greysen Hertting and senior Chase Testa were each named Summit League Diver of the Week to claim the first round of weekly awards this season. Hertting’s title added to her impressive list of accomplishments. The honor was her 21st time winning the award, a conference record. Hertting won all four diving events she participated in, including breaking two pool records Friday night at Minnesota State. With scores of 267.60 in the one-meter dive and 311.20 in the three-meter dive, Hertting qualified for the NCAA Zone championships in both competitions. Alongside Hertting’s accomplishment was Testa, who earned his first career Diver of the Week honor. Testa won both diving events in Saturday’s conference victory over Western
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Above: USD’s Kelsey Biltoft and Audrey Reeg converge on their teammates in celebration during Saturday’s match against Oral Roberts in the DakotaDome. Right: Junior outside hitter Audrey Reeg rises for the serve. The USD volleyball team picked up a home win over the weekend against Oral Roberts in five games. The Coyotes climbed back from down 2-1 sets for their first conference win. On Tuesday, USD traveled to Brookings to face rival SDSU, eventually falling to the Jackrabbits in three sets. The Coyotes now have an overall record of 7-12 and are 1-5 in conference play.
COYOTE SPORTS ON DECK FOOTBALL
Oct. 17 USD AT NDSU Fargo, N.D. Oct. 24 USD VS MISSOURI STATE Vermillion Oct. 31 USD AT NORTHERN IOWA Cedar Falls, Iowa
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Nov. 7 USD VS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Vermillion
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Youngstown State game, Bouma exited with an injury and has been used sparingly since. “The problem is Trevor’s got a steel plate in his arm, and he got hit on it,” Glenn said. “The swelling underneath put pressure on that steel plate and he can’t really grip the ball and it’s really painful. It’s going to go away, but there’s nothing they can do for it.” Luckily, the Coyotes have had players step up and fill the void, notably true firstyear running back Michael Fredrick. Last week Fredrick ran for 90 yards, his career high. Fredrick’s explosiveness has helped take the pressure off Bouma and his recovery. “In the meantime, Mike (Fredrick) has done a good job and we’ve had other guys step in. Nate Gunn has carried the ball some and there are other guys, too,” Glenn said. As a true first-year, Fredrick has made the most out of a difficult transition. “It was a tough transi-
CROSS COUNTRY Oct. 16 4:25 p.m. BRADLEY PINK CLASSIC Peoria, Ill.
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Head coach Joe Glenn motivates his players following Tuesday’s practice at the DakotaDome. tion, but I adapted to it very well. I just have to work myself and work harder, because the speed of the game and the power of the game changed,” Fredrick said. Fredrick has gotten quality time in all five games so far this season and has a total of 216 rushing yards on the season along with one
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touchdown. With Bouma still a question for every down in the next game, Fredrick is ready to take on one of the best defenses in the country. “I’m staying focused, studying NDSU, studying their D-line, D-tackles, linebackers, corners. Studying their whole defense and finding their weaknesses,”
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the midfield that allow their opponents to get more scoring chances. If they can turn this around, they can create more chances for themselves to score. Last Sunday, USD traveled to play North Dakota State, who sits atop the Summit League, and fell to the Bison 1-0 in overtime. Britney Monteon
Illinois, scoring 253.95 in the one-meter dive and 260.18 in the three-meter dive. To add to the incredible weekend for Coyote swimming and diving, two first-year swimmers and freestyle specialists won their first Summit League Swimmer of the Week titles. Quinn Fawcett claimed victories in her first two collegiate events while winning three of four total events to win the honor. Fawcett won the 500yard and 200-yard freestyle while finishing second in the 400-yard relay at Minnesota State. Saturday, she turned around to win the 200-meter freestyle. Hunter Padgett broke a 19-year-old school record on his way to winning the 400meter freestyle with a time of 4:11.42 on Saturday against Western. He also won the 200meter freestyle. The Coyote women return to the pool on Oct. 22 at home against Northern Iowa while the men don’t compete until Nov. 6 when they travel to Ames, Iowa for a triangular with Iowa State and Texas Christian.
South Dakota goes head-to-head against IUPUI on Saturday, Oct. 23. The Volante will have full coverage beginning at kickoff at 2 p.m. Follow all the action at:
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scored the only goal of the game in the 105th minute to end the game on the golden goal rule. The golden goal rule
means the first team to score wins when the game is overtime. USD had one of its better performances
he said. The Coyotes take on the Bison this Saturday in Fargo at 2:30 p.m. Going against the No. 2 team in the country’s house is a daunting challenge, but Glenn is not fazed. “We can play better,” he said. “And our best days are yet to come.” against NDSU, leading the game in shots 17 to 14, but again failed to find the back of the net on their scoring chances. Brenna Bills, Courtney Baker and Brittney Baker were the only players to record shots on goal with Bills having one and each of the Bakers adding two. Sydney Hardin was able to make four saves in the game before allowing the game winner on NDSU’s only shot of overtime.
TENNIS
Oct. 15 Stillwater, Okla. ITA REGIONALS All Day
SWIMMING AND DIVING Oct. 22 Vermillion RED VS. WESTERN ILLINOIS 5 p.m. Oct. 24 Omaha, Neb. RED AT OMAHA 2 p.m.
SOCCER Oct. 16 Brookings USD AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
Oct. 31 TBA 6 p.m. SUMMIT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS Oct. 18 Brookings Omaha, Neb. USD AT OMAHA 4 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL Oct. 16 Vermillion USD VS. IUPUI Oct. 17 Vermillion USD VS. FORT WAYNE Oct. 23 Tulsa, Okla. USD AT ORAL ROBERTS Oct. 30 Vermillion USD VS. OMAHA Oct. 31 Vermillion USD VS. NORTH DAKOTA STATE
Oct. 23 Vermillion USD VS. IUPUI 12 p.m. Oct. 25 Vermillion USD VS. WESTERN ILLINOIS 12 p.m.
MEN’S GOLF Oct. 25 Powells Points, N.C. OLD DOMINION KILMARLIC INVITE TBA
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Reality check: Dreams of going pro JACOB LUTZ first-year majoring in media and journalism. It’s an odd conundrum. Athletes spend their entire early years shooting baskets, throwing and catching balls, running tracks and courses – dreaming of living lives of pro-athletes or even college athletes. And then it’s all thrown to a halt. That ugly day when reality takes over and the realization that going pro or even playing for a Division I program might be a pipe dream. It’s a dreadful day. But you can’t leave the sport. The sport is all you know. Our athletic abilities aren’t getting us anywhere, and we’re about to be kneedeep in loans. Some of us choose to attend smaller schools and continue to flirt with that athletic dream, while others leave it all and choose education over the unlikely possibility of going pro from a D-III school. You start scavenging for a career or just a job within the business. A career that’s really just boosting the egos of the athletes. But from your perspective at the
moment, that’s the least of your concerns. It dawns on you, and hits you like a brick wall, you can write. You can write about anything, you enjoy writing. And most of all, you can write about sports. And that’s where I am right now. However, my sport of cross country doesn’t ever officially come to a halt, because there’s marathons, triathlons and other activities. But it’s still a big leap. I’m a writer for a college newspaper, which means who I interview and who I write about are also college students. The fact that we’re both the same age isn’t really the issue. It’s the same way when you get to the pro level, being the same age as the athlete you’re staring at is just as common. The issue lays in the fact that often times these athletes are already high strung, exemplifying egos that come with the territory of being celebrated for their athletic abilities since an early age. And all I’m doing, or any other student writer taking so much interest into athlete’s lives and what they do, is feeding their ego a hardy thanksgiving meal each week. And for what? Yes, some
have earned it. Some dominate their respected sport, but what about the ones that aren’t dominating? What about the ones that sit on a flimsy D-I program, don’t win many games and yet their campus community celebrates them? Sports journalists are OK with canceling their dinner plans for the chance of a big story. We’re OK with sitting through press conferences just waiting for the possibility of getting a chance to ask a question. The NCAA has done research in the past and their findings are nothing short of what you would expect – 52 percent of D-I football players believe they will go pro, but reality? Only 1.6 percent ever do. And that’s just the cream of the crop. In other arenas, 63 percent of D-I men’s hockey players believe they’ll go pro, with just 0.8 percent of them moving on to anything else. And D-I men’s basketball is even more staggering with 76 percent of them believing they’ll go pro, while only 1.2 percent ever dribble in an NBA arena. Where are these beliefs coming from? Are we the ones who are at fault? Have people like me gone too far?
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In his transition from sports-obsessed high school athlete to sports writer, first-year Jacob Lutz has found a niche writing about and photographing his favorite sport: cross-country. Probably. ESPN broadcasts high school games. High schools are starting to build professional-level locker rooms and stadiums for athletes. Many colleges would be nothing without their athletic programs. It’s a vicious circle, a circle that for most
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Flipping into the pool, first-year diver Sarah Schank keeps her eyes down and hands tight during a dive at the USD home meet versus Western Illinois on Saturday afternoon in the DakotaDome.
Junior Allie Pfauth won the 400-meter individual medley with a time of 5:17.82. Junior Greysen Hertting swept the diving events yet again, scoring 267.75 in the one-meter and a score of 234.60 in the threemeter, scoring a combined 22 points in two events. First-year Quinn Fawcett took to the waters of the DakotaDome for the second time of her collegiate career and won the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 2:13.02, scoring 11 points for the team.
of us ends in sorrow and disappointment. I grew up as an athlete and went through the system of high school sports. I was praised by coaches and had people put unrealistic scenarios into my mind and it’s instilled a bit of unearned confidence
into me. That bit of unearned confidence is still brewing. It’s just pouring from other outlets, and showing in different facets of my life. The transition from athlete to writer isn’t much of a transition at all. It’s just a change in settings.
Hertting’s and Fawcett’s combined Friday and Saturday performances ultimately earned Hertting the Summit League Diver of the Week honor. Fawcett received the Summit Leagues Swimmer of the Week. On the men’s side, first-year California native Hunter Padgett led the way, breaking the 400-meter school record with a time of 4:11.42, a record that had not been touched since 1996. Padgett later won the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:57.68. Senior Chase Testa took control of the dive events, winning the one-meter dive with a score of 253.95,
and the three-meter with a score of 260.18. Both Padgett and Testa’s dominating performances earned them both Summit League Swimmer and Diver of the Week awards. After two days of meets, with the women crushing Minnesota State and the men and women both shutting out Western Illinois, the Coyotes lead a sweep in the Summit League’s weekly individual awards. The men will look to continue their run Nov. 6 in Ames, Iowa, while the women will hope to top the leaderboards come Oct. 22 for a home meet at the DakotaDome.