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CAB announces 2017 spring concert choices By Rachel Newville
Rachel.Newville@coyotes.usd.edu
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Leslie Gerrish, The Bean owner, and her employee exchange banter from behind the coffee bar with a customer Oct. 14. The Bean has been open since Oct. 8.
The Bean coffee shop opens in downtown Vermillion By Clay Conover
Clay.Conover@coyotes.usd.edu
Opening a coffee shop has been a dream for owner Leslie Gerrish for some time, so when the opportunity was offered she couldn’t say no. The official opening of The Bean in downtown Vermillion was last Saturday. The coffee shop is located inside The Iron Rooster, a new home decor store downtown. “When it first came about, I was like ‘I want to open a coffee shop,’ one of those pipe dreams that people think about,” Gerrish said. “When we moved to Vermillion (from Indiana), Ed and I just kind of more seriously thought about it
and how I could figure out a way to make it work here.” Gerrish, married to Dr. Ed Gerrish of USD’s political science department, started working towards her dream of starting a coffee shop this summer when she started selling cold brew coffee at the local farmer’s market. “What being at the farmer’s market helped us do was source beans, try to get our name out there, try to build up a little bit of cash flow to build things up,” Leslie Gerrish said. “Just the little things. All the business opening things that you have to worry about, and it was fun.” Jessi Wilharm, the owner of the
Iron Rooster, said she had known that Gerrish wanted to open up a coffee shop and contacted her about a partnership. “Downtown needs retail,” Wilharm said. “So we pulled up all the flooring, redid all the floors, put a full-sized window on the front. I had known Leslie, and knew that she wanted to do a coffee bar, and so it just worked out.” The Bean is dedicated to making good coffee and other drinks, Leslie Gerrish said. The bean serves a Guatemalan blend of coffee called Fast Track, which is roasted by a company called Good Folks Coffee Company. The Bean also gets See BEAN, Page A6
More than 1,338 people have responded to a Campus Activities Board survey that was released last week asking students who they would like to have come perform at USD. Doug Wagner, the adviser of CAB, said deciding who performs the concert is no easy task. The process starts with the amount given to CAB by SGA. Once CAB has a budget they use multiple companies as middle men to come up with lists of artists who could perform for that amount. CAB then narrows a list from around 250-300 names down to 15 artists that the student body would like, Wagner said. “Then we try to push it out to the student body and say of these 15 that we know that we can afford, rank them first to 15 which one you think would do best,” he said. “We do it this way because we’ve kind of learned our lesson.” Wagner said last year they struggled when they originally reached out to rapper, G-Eazy, to perform and he waited to reply until after he had released a new album and then wanted to charge more for the show. Wagner said this made it difficult for CAB to put together a new show. “So we kind of had to consult back to the original list we had and say, ‘well these guys got a lot of votes and these guys got a lot of votes — let’s see if we can come up with that,’ and that’s how we came up with the Sammy Adams, Jake Miller show that we did,”
he said. This is why they decided to go with a ranking system this year according to Wagner. “So when we ranked them we can now look at if so if number one doesn’t work out we can just go down the list,” he said. He also said that while CAB is given a budget of $80,000 for the concert, there is more than just the cost of the artist to make the concert happen. “There are really two costs: cost of the artist and the backline which is about half of what the artist costs,” he said. “We were given a budget of $80,000 so we are looking for someone who potentially costs $40,000-$50,000.” Some of the names on this years list include A$AP Ferg, DNCE, All-American Rejects and Hunter Hayes, and this year the final artist will be announced earlier. First-year Adam Updike said he hopes the choice is T-Pain. Jacob Nikolas, a sophomore, said he thinks there are many good options this year. “I wouldn’t mind Niykee Heaton or All-American Rejects.,” Nikolas said. “I liked last year’s concert, too. But I know a lot of people want A$AP Ferg.” Wagner said how CAB will announce who the final choice is will be “a little bit different” this year. “We’ll actually announce earlier this year at least that’s the plan. I don’t know a specific date yet but it will be earlier based on where we’re looking at having it,” Wagner said.
Campus printing costs USD $196,000 in 2015-16 academic year By Cheyenne Alexis
Cheyenne.Alexis@coyotes.usd.edu
During the last academic year alone more than one million sheets of paper have used in printing at the Academic Commons in the I.D. Weeks Library by students. There are 839 printers on USD’s campus, according to a recent audit conducted by A&B Business Systems. Most of the printers are HP brand, and the models are replaced about every two years in the Academic Commons. The printers in other areas, since they aren’t as frequently used, aren’t replaced as often. USD received roughly 1,300 cases, or 6,500,000 sheets, of paper during the 2015-16 academic school year, costing $46,000. Approximately $195,000 was spent on 2,800 cartridges on toner. “The budget we have that pays for the supplies for those printers is the same budget that puts new computers in, upgrades wireless,” said Cheryl Tiahrt, assistant vice president of technology. Since 2007, students at the University of South Dakota have been given a $28, or 400 sheets, printing quota. This allotment allows students to access their account, using Pharos Uniprint software, to print quickly and efficiently. During the 2015-16 academic school year, 2,078 reams of paper, or 1,039,459 total pages, were used at the Academic Commons, according to Tiahrt. Around other
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Students utilize the Academic Commons the most for printing. During the 2015-16 academic
school year, 2,078 reams of paper, or 1,039,459 total pages, were used at the Academic Commons, said Cheryl Tiahrt, assistant vice president of technology. Pharos printing sites at USD, more than 500 reams of paper, or 250,000 pages, were used. According to Tiahrt, 91 percent of students print 400 sheets or less during the academic year with Pharos. Students print most frequently in the Academic Commons, using 200 out of 250 cases tracked in Pharos. “Most campuses don’t have a printing quota at all,” Tiahrt said. “When I look at the stats, I wonder from a sustainability standpoint, would they print less?” Morgan Huss, a lab consultant at the library, said there haven’t been many changes made at the Com-
mons in terms of printing. “I don’t have a lot of problems with (printing),” Huss said. “We don’t get a lot of complaints about it. We have a jam once in awhile, but nothing too big.” When it comes to maintenance, the IT workers are the ones who assist with the Academic Commons printers. Other maintenance workers assist in other places using printing. One new addition, however, is now being implemented to improve printing efficiency is Secure Release Anywhere. “Let’s say you’re in your dorm room and you know you have to
print an assignment,” Tiahrt said. “You can print it from your room and you can go to the Academic Commons, and one of the printers when you walk up, you can punch in (your printing job) and it gives it (to you). We think that might be a feature students will like.” This Secure Release Anywhere will also benefit the recycling aspect, Tiahrt said. When it comes to sustainability, 3.5 percent of total printing, or more than 36,000 pages, is being wasted. This measures what is left at the printers only, and not throughout other recycling locations or trash bins. “If we implement new features
such as allowing students to print from anywhere and release their print job when they approach any printer, we can measure again and see if it reduces waste,” Tiahrt said. The State of South Dakota negotiates the contracts for printers. USD receives printers from Hewlitt-Packard because “we get a good deal and if everybody in the state has the same model, then they give you a discount,” said Tiahrt. Paper is purchased at office stores, and the paper is delivered every two weeks to the Academic Commons. Besides using the computers in the Academic Commons labs, students can also print from their laptops. Other places on campus that are utilizing Pharos Uniprint include University Housing labs, the School of Medicine, the Law School and the School of Business Lab in Beacom. About 5,500 students utilized Pharos during the last school year. Tiahrt said she hopes students are able to continue printing with their quota, and are able to utilize it well. “I find it curious that so much printing happens,” Tiahrt said. “Is that where students would like to see that money go? That’s one question I have. If that’s the most important thing… then that’s OK with me.”
New Green Initiative Fund aims to increase sustainable practices at USD through student-led projects, programs By Miki Kennerly
Miki.Kennerly@coyotes.usd.edu
USD is giving students an opportunity to make a difference with sustainability efforts on campus. Earlier this year, the Student Government Association decided to incorporate the Green Initiative Fund to award money to students who apply for and participate in sustainability projects on campus. In order to be granted the $4,850 STEINLICHT to start a sustainability project, students must first submit an application. The President’s Joint Council on Sustainability decides which students receive the grant money, as they know what efforts are
already underway. There are two stages to this process. In stage one, all applicants must submit a project abstract. Applicants must also include the overall purpose of the project, a brief description on how it will be implemented, approximate start and completion dates, a budget, the project’s sustainability benefits and how its effects will be measured. For stage two, the SGA committee will invite a limited number of applicants who they deem exceptional to present their project’s abstracts. The Green Fund was proposed by a previous SGA administration, before current president and vice president Nathaniel Steinlicht and Michelle Novak took office, but the idea never came to light. When
Steinlicht and Novak were elected, they decided to follow through and create a fund for students who would like to see USD become more sustainable. “SGA really wanted to put the power back into students’ hands for those passionate about sustainability,” Novak said. Steinlicht said one goal of the fund is to educate students. “(The goal of the Green Fund) is to make USD more sustainable, and to really educate students more on sustainability,” Steinlicht said. He also said that any type of program helps, no matter the size. “(These programs) do not have to be physical,” Steinlicht said. “They could be programs encouraging people to recycle or even about sustainable foods.”
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SGA really wanted to put the power back into students’ hands for those passionate about sustainability. Michelle Novak, SGA vice president
SGA said they have received many applications for students who are interested in receiving grant money from the Green Fund, but it would be beneficial to increase student awareness about the grant. Any student with any idea on how to make USD more sustainable can apply for the grant
by contacting SGA or visiting the USD website. “The Green Fund needs more advertisement, especially since it’s in its first semester,” Steinlicht said. “SGA would like people to apply and use all of the money awarded.”