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South Dakota’s Jet Morland (32) and quarterback Ryan Saeger celebrate their 24-21 win over NDSU on Oct.17 at Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome.
Lavender Lecture addresses LGBTQ+ rights in military By Tatum Dean
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Attorney Bridget Wilson gave a presentation to USD students, staff and community members about LGBTQ+ equality in the military this past Monday night, an opportunity in itself that proves how far the issue has evolved, she said. Wilson’s lecture was the fourth Lavender Lecture hosted by USD’s School of Law, which centered around educating South Dakota community members about LGBTQ+ issues and how they relate to law. Wilson gave an hour-long presentation in the Law School courtroom on events affecting LGBTQ+ service members, the anticipated demise of the prohibitions on trans service and a brief review on the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell – a law that prohibited gay and lesbian people from serving in the military. Wilson practices military law at a private practice in San Diego, Calif., and has been involved with LGBTQ+ rights for some time, she said during her presentation.
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Attorney Bridget Wilson discusses LGBTQ+ equality in the military during an hour-long presentation in the
Law School Courtroom on Oct. 19. This topic is important to her because of her military background, she added. “At some point every mem-
ber in my family has worn the uniform in some manner,” she said. “It was something that mattered to me. And when I
It’s definitely an interesting class, but it’s also a terrifying class because of the amount of work that goes into it. Grant MacDonald, Brand Identity student
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A USD brand identity class is giving students real-world experience and insight into what working in the graphic design industry can be like. The class begins with students researching Greek gods and mythical creatures, which students then use to create a personal brand. “Mine’s Pan, the Greek god that’s half goat, half man. It developed into a male grooming idea,” foreign exchange student Grant MacDonald said. Students, using the colors and values associated with their Greek gods, develop their designs to pro-
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mote everything from movies, fun runs, climbing gear and athletic wear. After they construct a brand, students create a stationary set, product line and
storefront. “It’s pretty much creating a company, only on the branding and marketing side,” MacDonald said. Young Ae Kim, the Brand Identity class professor, stresses that the course is important because it shows students how graphic designers go about different projects.
“This class introduces them to what graphic designers are actually working on,” Kim said. “The Brand Identity (class) is a big request from the industry.” Kim started Brand Identity at USD six years ago. She said the curriculum has continued to develop. “This class is giving them a real taste of what the graphic design looks like,” she said. The amount of work and experience from Brand Identity has given junior David Salanda Rico more confidence in his artwork, he said. “I didn’t think (the class) was going to be like this but it’s so cool. See BRAND, Page A7
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came to San Diego it was during periods of times in the 70s and 80s when a really large part of prosecutions and in-
vestigations were going on and we at the center were helping people survive.” Wilson said that being able to come and talk at USD is proof of how much society has changed since then. “Young people are so different,” she said. “Young people don’t care like people my age. The fact that people are gay is so not an issue for young people, it’s a huge improvement and represents change. The fact that I’m in Vermillion, South Dakota with this represents change.” Junior Michelle Novak, one of about 30 students that attended the event, said she took away a lot from Wilson’s speech. “The major take away that I got from this speaker was that she explained that to bring about change, we do not need a powerful leader,” Novak said. “To make lasting change it requires individuals to band together and speak out against the status quo.” Novak said she also learned more about LGBTQ+ members in the military.
Ten security cameras will be implemented at North Complex entrances and in its parking lots within the next few weeks. University Police Department Director Pete Jensen said the department is looking forward to the added level of security the cameras will provide. “I’ve wanted to get cameras in there for quite a while and everything around here goes back to funding,” he said. “And so last summer sometime it appeared that some funding would be available to move forward with that project so that’s why we decided to do it.” Altogether, the 10 new cameras will cost $29,000, Kim Grieve, vice president of Student Services and Dean of Students, said in an email. The funding for the cameras came from the Repair and Replacement Reserve Account (RRR).
“Each institution uses these funds each year to upgrade and maintain their facilities,” she said. Other than Coyote Village, in which cameras were installed while the building was being built, North Complex is the first residence hall to receive cameras. “North Complex, with the shear number of people, was first priority for us to move forward with getting more cameras in that area,” Todd Tucker, director of University Housing, said. “With the exception of Coyote Village, that’s where the majority of students are on campus.” Though he said it’s not necessarily a goal to have all remaining halls equipped with cameras by a certain time, Jensen said it would be nice to see, as long as funding is available. Housing would like all resSee SECURE, Page A7
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A new honor sorority, TMO, was organized on campus. Its members were busy students, who were always rushing to a meeting. In an editor’s note, it was explained the author was too rushed to finish the article, and so the meanings of the letters TMO was not explained.
Students shared their concern with the use of the Cherry Street crosswalk. They said it was practically useless since students crossed without using it anyway. The idea of an overpass for students to use was brought about.
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A large house party on N. Dakota Street resulted in the Vermillion Police Department issuing 99 citations shortly after 1 a.m. this past Sunday. After receiving a noise complaint from a nearby neighbor of the house, VPD obtained a search warrant and eight officers as well as assistance from the University Police Department responded to
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techniques at their first workout session Tuesday night. Their next meeting is Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Coyote Combat Sports in Vermillion.
the scene, VPD Chief Matt Betzen said. While most of the citations were issued for BETZEN underage consumption, five social hosting citations were issued to the renters of the house, Betzen said. Additional charges were filed against one
person who resisted arrest and two people who gave officers fake names, he added. Betzen said he suspects the party was largely due to the Coyotes’ football victory over North Dakota State University this past Saturday. Although it was considered a large party bust, Betzen said it’s not the largest, as the department has seen bigger busts in past years.
GEAR UP grant approved Associated Press A state official says the federal government has approved South Dakota’s request to have the Board of Regents manage a college-readiness grant under scrutiny after an apparent murder-suicide. Tony Venhuizen is chief of staff to Gov. Dennis Daugaard. Venhuizen says the U.S. Department of Edu-
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cation has notified the state of the approved change. The GEAR UP grant aims to improve Native American college readiness in South Dakota. Its future had been uncertain since the state declined to renew its contract with Mid-Central Educational Cooperative for program administration. Authorities believe
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Mid-Central employee Scott Westerhuis shot his wife and four children last month before shooting himself. That was just hours after the state informed Mid-Central it was losing its most recent contract. A federal Education Department spokesman didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
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El Nino results in warm weather through November By Ally.Krupinsky
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Warm weather in the Midwest and Northeast should continue well into November, according to AccuWeather. The warm weather with only a few expected cool days is the result of El Nino, the warm phase of routine water temperature fluctuations in the tropical Pacific Ocean, the weather service said. A couple of dips of cool air will graze the Great Lakes and the Northeast through early November, but will be fast-moving and not as
cool as some of the other days this fall recorded so far. “During the warmest days from now into early November, temperatures will climb well into the 50s to the lower 60s in the northern tier states and well into the 70s over the Ohio Valley and much of the mid-Atlantic coast,” according to the AccuWeather press release. The second half of October will see temperatures ranging from the upper 40s and lower 50s across the northern tier to the middle 60s around
the Ohio Valley and much of the mid-Atlantic coast, the release also stated. Severe weather during the fall is often called the “secondary severe weather season” and can be enhanced by El Nino conditions. One such severe weather outbreak may begin on the southern and central Plains on Thursday into Friday, following locally heavy storms and flash flooding in the Rockies through midweek, according to the AccuWeather press release.
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Warm weather this fall could be the result of El Nino, the warm phase of routine water temperature fluctuations in the tropical Pacific Ocean.
SGA to begin caucuses, consider funding water refill station By Tatum Dean
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The Student Government Association is looking to get feedback from students through the use of forums, and is considering partially funding a water bottle refill station on campus. Senate Resolution No. 6, committing SGA to the creation of college forums, was passed at their weekly meeting on Oct. 20 with a unanimous vote. Presented by Senator Nathan Steinlicht, the resolution will create mandatory college caucuses in SGA, so that senators are required to meet and discuss current issues with students, though it wasn’t clear from the resolution how many times they would be required each semester. Steinlicht said this is a great opportunity for SGA. “This is a chance to show students we are serious
about representing them and care about what their needs are,” he said. “It’s about coming together as a school and hearing each other out.” The caucuses will also let students know what SGA is doing and will allow them to suggest possible resolutions. The College of Arts and Sciences, the Beacom School of Business, the School of Health Sciences, the College of Fine Arts, the Graduate School, the First-Year Class and the School of Education will all be represented by a college forum. Senators that lead a caucus will set the time and location, and any student within that particular school will be welcome to attend. The caucuses will begin in November. Along with the passing of Resolution No. 6, Sen-
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Senator Marcus Ireland discusses the agenda from a City Council meeting he attended. Ireland said the City Council discussed many issues, one of them being the renovation of sidewalks in Vermillion. ate Resolution No. 7 was brought to the table, which will partially fund a water bottle refill station on the first floor of the I.D. Weeks Library. The resolution was introduced by Senator
Chelsea Gilbertson, who said it’s “a dream” to finally be getting filtered water. The resolution asks for a one-time allocation of $1,250. The full amount needed for the high-low
water bottle refill station is $2,750, according to the resolution. The I.D. Weeks Library has committed to cover $1,500, according to the resolution.
Many SGA senators showed support for the resolution during the meeting. Senator Logan Bullard said that the current refill station in the MUC has already saved more than 20,000 plastic bottles from being used this year. “It gives a physical representation of all the water bottles that have been saved by using these stations,” he said. Gilberston said she hasn’t gone to other sources for funding because it’s a project that is mainly between SGA and the library. The library was chosen as a location for the refill station because it’s open to the public and students year-round. The resolution was tabled and sent to the Finance Committee for further discussion. There will be a possible voting on the bill at next week’s meeting.
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The Mitchell marching band performed its 2015 competition show “Dance With the Devil” during the USBands Quad State Field Marching Competition on Oct. 17 at the the DakotaDome. Twenty-three bands from Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota competed in the competition. The Mitchell marching band won first place in group IV and the Cadet of Excellence award for overall effect, creativity and pursuit of excellence.
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Law school placed in top 10 at competition A four-person team of students from the USD School of Law placed sixth out of 16 top trial programs invited to a national competition at Stetson University in Florida. The National Pretrial Advocacy Competition, held earlier this month, sought to capture what
attorneys do every day in offices and courtrooms nationwide. Texas Tech University School of Law won the 2015 competition.
USD business degrees top lists The USD Beacom School of Business has been named in two separate top 10 rankings for affordable online degrees. Bestmastersdegrees. com chose USD’s Master
of Professional Accountancy for its list of affordable online accounting master’s degree programs and USD’s Master of Business Administration for its list of best value MBA programs. Bestmastersdegrees. com remarked about USD’s “top-notch accreditation” and “accessible online degree option.” These rankings focused on affordability, the convenience of online programs with similar
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Vermillion group home under scrutiny The family of a man who died in a Vermillion group home is seeking money damages for wrongful death. The trial is being held this week in the case of Darelle “Bill” Red Bear, who died in January 2009 when he choked on his own vomit, the Argus Leader reports. Red Bear’s brothers and sisters contend the Southeast South Dakota Activity Center ignored his worsening health condition for four days without taking him to a hospital. They also said the facility and Red Bear’s state-appointed legal guardian decided to donate his organs and cremate his body without family consent. Center attorneys said many of the family members hadn’t been in contact with Red Bear for years, and that attempts to reach family members failed because their contact information wasn’t accurate.
Man charged with sex trafficking A South Dakota man is facing a sex trafficking charge after authorities accused him of attempting to solicit sex from a person he believed to be a minor. The office of South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley said 34-year-old Joseph Raleigh, of Miller, S.D., has been charged with one count of attempted
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NATION Father charged after child shooting A man faces felony child endangerment charges after his 6-yearold son shot and killed his 3-year-old son with an illegally-purchased gun that was in the home. Police said the boys were playing “cops and robbers” when the older boy grabbed a gun that was wrapped in pajama pants and stowed on top of a refrigerator. The gun went off, hitting the toddler in the head. According to the state attorney’s office, 25-yearold Michael Santiago told investigators that about a week ago, he showed the 6-year-old the gun and explained to him that it was only to be used by adults. Police said that during an interview, Santiago confessed to purchasing the weapon illegally from a gang member. He told authorities he kept it for protection.
Homeless emergency declared in Hawaii Hawaii Gov. David Ige signed an emergency proclamation to tackle homelessness in the state on Oct. 16. The emergency proclamation allows the spend-
ing of more than $1.3 million to fund homeless services and housing. Hawaii has an estimated 7,620 homeless people, the governor’s spokeswoman Cindy McMillan said. At 465 people per 100,000 citizens, the Aloha State has the highest rate of homelessness per capita of any of the 50 states, according to Scott Morishige, the governor’s point person on this issue. Hawaii’s population is about 1.36 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Doomsday Vault opened for Syria The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, known as the “Doomsday Vault,” is located deep in the side of a mountain in the Arctic archipelago and is meant to be humanity’s backup in the event of a catastrophe that devastates crops. The vault is operated by the Norwegian government and contains a seed of nearly every known crop in the world, and is now seeing its first significant withdrawal to help the conflict in Syria. With no sign of conditions in Syria improving, scientists have begun recovering their critical inventory of seeds, sourced from around the Fertile Crescent and beyond, that have been in safekeeping beneath the Arctic ice. The seeds are being planted at new facilities in Lebanon and Morocco, allowing scientists to resume the important research they’ve been doing for decades, away from the barrel bombs of Aleppo.
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Sidewalk chalking near the University of South Dakota sign reading “Choose Life,” is one of the many chalk messages that have been seen around campus from student groups like YotesForLife and Students Supporting Israel.
First Amendment protection must continue for chalking on campus When someone visits the University of South Dakota and sees the Al Neuharth Media Center, they will see the words of the First Amendment proudly displayed on the outside of the building. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Freedom of speech has been upheld time and time again to be a universal standard by which we govern our society in the U.S. People of the leftwinged and right-winged political parties seem to fundamentally agree that persons should be allowed to speak their mind as they see fit.
Some universities throughout the country have tried to limit this freedom of speech to certain areas known as “free-speech zones.” The very notion of a “free-speech zone” asserts that a person’s free speech rights do not extend past the boundaries set by the university. Public universities are paid for by tax dollars and, as an extension of that fact, should be public domain. Basically, since public universities are collectively owned by the tax-payers, they should ensure that there is no barrier to free speech anywhere on campus. Recently, sidewalk chalkings around campus concerning pro-life and pro-choice have sparked debate and ignited passions for several causes. Reviews of the student
body range from vitriol against those that chalked up the sidewalks to admiration for the time and energy that was put into accomplishing this task. No matter where one stands on any kind of issue being advocated for, it is essential that we come together and recognize that students have a right to chalk. Chalking is protected speech under the First Amendment to the Constitution. Any attempt by the school administration to limit the chalking or confine it to certain areas and certain times of the year would be an infringement on the rights of these students. Debate is good. Debate sparks action. Debate ignites passions. Debate should not be squashed in any way. The Supreme Court of the United States has
decided that even the most vile and hateful speech like the slogans of the Westboro Baptist Church is protected speech and must be allowed under the law. Other rulings have determined that political contributions and flag burning are also protected speech. The university has a duty to uphold the law as determined by our Supreme Court and legislators. The university should be a place where students can advocate for causes they believe to be just and proper. In this case, the chalk messages do at least have some level of support among the American populace. The university must continue to ensure that the right to chalk around campus and advocate for causes is absolute and not infringed upon.
Halloween is just around the corner, and with that comes the annual tradition of trick-or-treating. This nightly stroll is a staple of many childhoods, but for some, it’s not as easy as a knock on a door for a handful of candy. For those who suffer from food allergies, Halloween can be very stressful, having to decipher nutrition labels and possibly wasting food and money. In 2014, the Food Allergy Research and Education organization created the Teal Pumpkin Project. Houses that display a teal pumpkin in front of their property choose to give away nonfood items on Halloween. The movement is already making an impression by being recognized in all 50 states and seven countries in its first year alone. While the idea is respectable, don’t feel obligated to follow these strict guidelines. Not choosing to offer an alternative for children with allergies can seem heartless to some, but catering to the minority is not going to benefit the majority. This idea is similar to the food policies schools nationwide try to implement. In my school days, peanuts were strictly off-limits, but increased awareness of wheat, soy and milk allergies makes the attempt to control every morsel of food virtually impossible. The minute kids step outside of a foodcontrolled environment, they must learn to adapt to the real world, where it’s the child’s responsibility to avoid their trigger foods. We aren’t helping them develop this crucial skill by banning entire food groups for the entire student population. To follow the guidelines
for the Teal Pumpkin Project, any household who chooses to participate must give out non-food items. These gifts may include small toys, erasers or plastic jewelry. Depending on what you choose and the foot traffic of your neighborhood, finding enough of these items and on a reasonable budget is daunting. Some may even choose to offer both candy and toys, creating more stress for the giving family. Halloween should be a time for fun, not worrying about offending children and their families who should know their own limitations. If you’re still hesitant about sending your child trick-or-treating, there are plenty of fun Halloween activities you can do instead. Host or go to a costume party. Watch a marathon of classic Halloween movies. Go pick some pumpkins and carve them. Make some sweet treats that you trust follow your child’s dietary restrictions. If you still want to go trick-or-treating, use it as a teaching moment for your child so they listen to their body’s signals and become aware of the diversity of options available, whether they involve food or not. Even families who don’t display a teal pumpkin will surely be respectful of the child’s limitations. More than 100,000 families across the country have taken the pledge to join the Teal Pumpkin Project and you can, too. Should you feel pressured to make accommodations for food allergy sufferers if you don’t want to? No. And that choice shouldn’t make you feel guilty. I respect the people who must learn to navigate everyday situations with a food allergy, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they always need special treatment. Let’s start practicing this attitude at a young age on a night full of imaginative excitement.
Fitness and healthy eating need to go hand-in-hand KAYLA DORHOUT is senior majoring in media and journalism. There’s more to a balanced lifestyle than just working out. I’m no expert, but I feel like I’ve learned a bit from the Wellness Center over the past few weeks.
Therefore, along with talking about a fitness class, I’m going to start incorporating healthy recipes into the mix of discussion each week. I’m starting to believe food is to exercise as peanut butter is to jelly. Now, I hate jelly but I love peanut butter. When they are put together though, they create a nostalgic combination of flavors that
takes you back to brown, paper bag lunches in elementary school. Just like this analogy, I find myself favoring food over exercise. But the more I incorporated those together this past week, the better I felt. To keep track of nutrition, I’ve downloaded MyFitnessPal on my phone. I’ve learned from a couple of my Strike! exercise classes
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at the fitness center that one way to eat healthier is to eat a lot of protein and lower the amount of starchy foods and opt for whole grains. My first class I incorporated into this new plan was Yoga Inc. If you want to feel re-energized, relaxed and refreshed, go to this class. This is a perfect class to stretch out your body while surrounded by a
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“You’re an arrogant, ignorant Caucasian American. Be proud of that.” — MUC
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“I will have everything on this side of the menu.” —Roadhouse
comfortable atmosphere. I highly recommend this class and it has inspired me to try more yoga related classes. After getting relaxed at Yoga Inc., it’s time for some food that feels light but satisfying. For this column, I decided to share an easy egg-salad recipe. The best part of this recipe is that I used romaine lettuce as a surface for the egg-salad.
Low-carb egg-salad lettuce wraps - Romaine lettuce - 6 hard-boiled eggs - 2 tbsp. green onions chopped - 1/2 cup mayo - 1/2 tsp garlic pepper - salt and pepper to taste Boil the eggs for 10-12 minutes, let them cool and peel the shell. Cut the eggs, put in a bowl with rest of the ingredients. Scoop into large piece of Romaine lettuce and enjoy.
In The Know & In The Dark IN THE KNOW: KAOR 91.1 is a student-run radio station at USD. IN THE DARK: A student needs no prior experience in radio or journalism to be part of the station. IN THE KNOW: The American Cancer Society has extensive guidelines regarding recommended cancer screenings. IN THE DARK: They recently revised their recommendation for women getting mammograms and recommend they start at age 45 instead of 40. IN THE K NOW: Roadhouse Grill on Cherry Street offers nightly specials. IN THE DARK: Wednesday night is fish-bowl night. IN THE K NOW: Bicycles are a great way to get around Vermillion. IN THE DARK: Bicycles are considered vehicles and need to remain on the roads and off the sidewalks.
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PREPARING FOR HOBO DAY Black Lives Matter raises awareness of institutionalized racism JACOB SELGESTAD is majoring in political science. At last week’s Democratic Presidential Candidate Debate, the candidates were asked, “Do black lives matter, or do all lives matter?” The question is referencing the juxtaposed political movements of Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter is a movement birthed out of the recent injustices committed against the black community. They attempt to raise awareness of institutionalized racism through, despite what Fox News may lead one to believe, non-violent protests. All Lives Matter exists to oppose Black Lives Matter. They operate on the idea that Black Lives Matter is exclusionary, and that not just black lives matter, all lives matter. They often cite examples of whites who are abused, and sometimes killed, by police. They use these examples to state that conflicts between police and black individuals garner too much media attention in comparison to conflicts between white individuals and police. Although it may seem innocent, All Lives Matter is not truly beneficial. All Lives Matter creates a silencing effect on the black community. Their purpose is not to protest police brutality, but to stop blacks from protesting police brutality. If their belief was truly that all lives matter, there would be All Lives Matter protests following police violence against a white individual, which does not happen. In fact, the only time All
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Black Lives Matter exists for a reason. Lives Matter is heard from is when they are claiming we should not focus on issues of police brutality against black individuals because “not just black lives matter.” All Lives Matter does not act in their namesake. They act with intent to disenfranchise the black community. So even though “all lives matter,” it is unfair to pay attention to any injustice against the black community. Black Lives Matter exists for a reason. They raise awareness of issues that need to be addressed for our society to truly be free and equal. Institutional racism is truly a cancer to our society. Black individuals run a much more difficult race through life than white individuals do because of it. This is not a debatable idea, but a concrete truth. Black Lives Matter exists because we live in a society that seems to believe that they do not. So yes, all lives do matter. However, we need to acknowledge that not all lives are respected. All Lives Matter may claim to be the true supporter of equality, but its existence is symbolic of the racial inequality that still plagues our country. They only exist to ensure that the disenfranchised stay disenfranchised. There are real problems with our country, and those impacted have the right to express their disdain for those problems without being silenced.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR University should re-examine D-Days The past few weeks in Vermillion have been eventful to say the least. Particularly Dakota Days have once again lowered the bar in terms of dignity and self-respect for the entirety of campus. The alleged sexual assaults have left a bitter aftertaste in everyone’s mouth, or at least they should have, because they serve as a painful reminder that there are consequences for the choices me make. This is something everyone seems to forget, or at least willfully ignores. Let’s face it, we too often ignore consequences and this is exactly what happened during D-Days. To begin with, the university needs to finally admit that a week-long bacchanal that ensues is an inappropriate way to “welcome” returning alumni. They should either finally address the issues and problems that come with D-Days, or it changes the name to Dionysian Days. Furthermore, the university needs to reassess the approaches to the issue of sexual assault in general. An ineffective and shallow Title IX online program for students is inefficient,
and so are the channels to address grievances. They both place the responsibility on the student body and a few select individuals in the administration, rather than as positioning this problem as a problem for the entire community. The student body also needs to take a look at itself. Festivities during D-Days surely serve a purpose to create cohesiveness among the student body. But the coupling of alcohol, hormones and audacity, coupled with the perception of invincibility need to stop. These sexual assaults are a direct outcome of our collective blasé attitude toward D-Days. Vermillion as a community needs to revisit its position as well. The persistent talks and rumors of alleged assaults cannot continue their existence in form of a mystical narrative. The continued ignorance needs to stop and concerns addressed. Lastly, to the perpetrator(s). I hope you get caught and receive your just punishment or you should leave/never come back. –Tobias Schantz, graduate student
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Over-the-counter drugs can be abused by people without thought BREANA MCHUGH is majoring in media and journalism. While they appear to be the average drug you use to get rid of that overwhelming headache, over-the-counter drugs are actually the most commonly abused drug in the U.S. This is largely because of two main reasons. First, people think it’s OK to take three or four pills at a time, when the label on the bottle clearly reads one or two pill doses. This happens a lot with medicine like Aspirin or Advil. People often think that they have to take as many pills as possible in order to get the quickest results. They may also think that doing this does not pose a threat to their health, but they are completely wrong. Taking more than the
suggested dose of Advil can cause severe damage to your stomach or intestines. Aspirin has even more harmful effects from overdosing than most would expect. When consuming too much Aspirin, people can experience nausea, vomiting, confusion, the possibility of collapsing and a rapid heart rate or breathing. This is true even for a chronic overdose, which is the irregular symptoms people feel from an overintake of the drug. A large overdose consists of temporary loss of hearing, hyperactivity, dizziness, seizures, and in some cases, even a coma. Though a coma might seem a little drastic, it doesn’t mean it isn’t a possibility. Now, I understand that most people may not be trying to intentionally overdose on these OTC drugs. But that still doesn’t mean that they won’t.
And unfortunately for some people, intentionally overdosing is their goal. This is the second reason why over-the-counter drugs have the high statistics they do with overdose consumption. Those who purposely try to abuse medicine are those who consume large amounts of drugs such as Benadryl and cough syrup for the purpose of getting high. Dr. Drew Pinsky, an expert on addictions, said that last year there were 14 deaths reported due to the overdose of cough medicines. Adding to this, several hundreds experienced lengthy hospital stays. This statistic is frightening and also devastating, especially since children and adults have access to these drugs because drugstore aisles exist everywhere – aisles that allow anyone and everyone to access the medicine on their shelves.
So, for the purpose of avoiding these situations and avoiding loss that doesn’t have to happen, people need to wake up and realize the dangerous effects that abusing these OTC drugs can cause. If someone is using these drugs to get high, stop and think about the consequences this could have on your own life. And if someone is using the drugs more then suggested on the bottle, take a second to think that the label is there for a reason. Abusing OTC drugs should not be overlooked. Often times, people fail to realize that even just doing something so easy can prevent something so horrible. Instead of risking your own health, even minimally, simply choose to not abuse. Don’t become the statistic that unfortunately many have succumbed to.
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Congress to Campus program makes an impression By Sydney Mook
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Former U.S. Congress members Barry Goldwater Jr. and David Minge may have differing political views, but they set those differences aside this week to talk to USD students about the importance of political civility and participation. The two former Congressman were at USD from this past Sunday to Tuesday as a part of the Congress to Campus program. The purpose of Congress to Campus is to help students learn about how the government works directly from those who have been a part of it. The program sends bipartisan pairs of former Congress members to a variety of college campuses across the country each year. Funded by the Farber Center, the program costs around $1,500 per visit, said William Richardson, chair of the political science department. USD participates in Congress to Campus at least once every four years in order to give each class of students a chance to listen and learn, he added. Richardson said that he wants students to have a greater appreciation of how difficult it is to make legislation, as well as the personal differences and policy challenges members of
Congress face. “Above all, I want them to take away in this current environment that people with very partisan views can be friends and can work together and can craft legislation together that is for the good of the whole,” Richardson said. Goldwater, a former Republican representative from California, and Minge, a former Democratic representative from Minnesota, have worked together on a number of other Congress to Campus events around the country. Goldwater and Minge met with students and faculty during class sessions, meals and a lecture on Monday night during their two and a half days on campus. Minge said he has been participating in the program since 2001. “This Congress to Campus program is an opportunity to continue to do the same thing,” Minge said. “So, it’s one of the more rewarding and I think important things that we can do is trying to contribute to the understanding of students of what is happening.” Goldwater said he has also enjoyed his experience in Congress to Campus. “If I had another life to live I could very well become a professor and teacher because I enjoy it,” Goldwater said. “One of the things we do when you’re in Congress is go
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Former Minnesota representative David Minge (left) and former California representative Barry Goldwater Jr. (right) discuss political civility and the ways Congress has changed in the past 50 years with students in Mary Pat Bierle’s U.S. Congress class on Monday. to schools, high schools, universities and talk to students. I enjoyed that, so I’ve been enjoying talking to students. It’s fun.” Mary Pat Bierle’s U.S. Congress class was one of several that Goldwater and Minge visited this past Monday. The class is a simulation of Congress – students write and argue bills just as they would if they were actually a member in the House of Representatives. Students had the
opportunity to present their bills to the former Congress members, who then asked questions as if it were an actual committee meeting. Senior Ben Deverman, a political science major, was one student that had his bill challenged Monday. “The Congress to Campus program as a whole is great because it’s getting first-hand experience right in front of you. And you can ask them questions and it’s a very casual setting,” he
said. “They care about what you’ve been working on the entire semester and that’s invaluable. You really can’t buy that experience.” Bierle had Goldwater and Minge in four of her classes and said the experience was “fabulous.” “I think that most people have a very distorted perception of Congress, and I think that it’s important for people to see that members of Congress are real people, who are very
dedicated public servants,” Bierle said. “This is how you learn how it really works.” Minge said he hopes this program encourages students to participate in government, as well as inspire them to follow the career that best suits them, whether it be in or out of the political sphere. “Hopefully more people will have a realistic understanding of how government works and what to expect,” Minge said.
Graduate students evaluate animal shelter By Mason Dockter
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The word “ergonomical” is seen by many as a buzzword used to describe and advertise office furnishings and devices. But for those entering the 2015 Auburn Engineers Student Design Competition, including two USD teams of mostly graduate students, ergonomics is the study of the way in which humans do work and how to improve upon it. Sam White, a human factors psychology graduate student, said that ergonomics “basically involves designing things to work best with human operators.” This can range from workplace chairs, computer screens and keyboards, to exercise equipment, cellphones and staircases. The two USD groups – which include White and faculty adviser Jan Berkhout, the head of the human factors department – were assigned to tour, evaluate and offer recommendations to an animal shelter. They chose the Heart-
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Kerry Hacecky, the Heartland Humane Society director in Yankton, gives students a tour of the shelter to a group of mostly graduate students Oct. 16. Two USD teams are competing in the Auburn Engineers Student Design Competition, which was the reason for the tour. land Humane Society in Yankton, which they toured Oct. 16. One team calls them-
selves “Applied Analytics” and consists of graduate students White, Andrew Beck, Eric Roberts, Ellie
Maubach and Kristyne Bruggeman. The other team named itself “Urban Iguana
Council,” which was selected from a randomword generator, and consists of graduate students Ramon Dominguez, Alix Galinsky, Jon Vogl, Logan Hale and first-year Axel Galinsky. Dominguez, a Urban Iguana Council member, said the teams have to submit their recommendations to the animal shelter by Oct. 27, which will then be evaluated by a panel at Auburn. White said it was interesting to evaluate the working conditions of people in a setting which is normally concerned exclusively with the welfare of animals. The groups used what they’ve learned in their courses to evaluate potential issues with the workplace, like areas that may be hazardous or carry a higher likelihood of worker overexertion. The group met with Kerry Hacecky, the Heartland Humane Society director, who gave them a tour, including a run-through of the daily activities and responsibilities of a shelter employee throughout the facility, White said.
There were a few issues of note at the animal shelter, Domininguez said, including a shelf organization system with heavier objects aloft that could be a potential hazard. The results of the Auburn Engineers Student Design Competition will be announced in December. The competition, which has been facilitated by Auburn University of Alabama since 2006, offers cash prizes to students who are best able to “solve” various workplace problems assigned to them, White said. Teams from USD entered the contest in 2007 and won the alternate “ergoPrize,” which Berkhout said is equivalent to second place. USD teams earned honorable mentions at the competition in 2013 and 2014. This year, Berkhout said roughly 35 teams from across the country will be competing in the contest.
Satisfaction survey gauges USD experience By Ally Krupinsky
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There were few surprises with USD’s results of the 2015 Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction Inventory (SSI), a USD official says. Administered last spring, results of the SSI were given to USD officials this August, said Lindsay Hayes, coordinator of student and institutional assessments. Hayes plans and implements USD’s yearly student surveys. The university rotates between two different surveys each year – the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), which will be administered this spring, and the SSI, which was the survey most recently taken by students. Though there is overlap between the two national surveys, the NSSE focuses more on student engagement than the SSI, Hayes said. “They do measure different aspects. So if you think of USD as a moun-
tain, and our students are looking at the m o u n tain, this group is looking at HAYES this side, that’d be the Noel-Levitz, this group is looking at this side, that’s the NSSE,” she said. “It’s kind of the same kind of information, you’re going to say what they mountain looks like, but it’s going to be interpreted just a little bit differently.” While the NSSE only measures a select group of first-years and seniors, the SSI is representative of the whole student body, Hayes said. A total of 1,388 students participated in last spring’s SSI, which Hayes said is a large response when compared to the 2013 total. “It speaks very well of how our students are viewing their experiences here at USD,” she said.
The survey consisted of about 100 questions in which students rated what was important to them as well as what they consider to be important. Students could opt out of answering questions, Hayes added. A brief overview of the survey’s results, which was distributed to various faculty, mostly deans, throughout campus this fall, include what topics students ranked as strengths and weaknesses at USD. The overview also includes in what areas USD students were more or less satisfied with compared to other four-year public universities. USD faired well nationally in several areas, including the following: — I am able to register for classes I need with few conflicts — My academic advisor is concerned about my success as an individual — The campus is safe and secure for students — On the whole, the campus is well-main-
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tained “When we’re rated as higher satisfaction in so many areas compared to other national four-year public colleges it’s very exciting for us,” Hayes said. USD had 16 statements in the higher satisfaction category, with only four in the lower satisfaction category: — Tuition paid is a worthwhile investment — Living conditions in the residence halls are comfortable (adequate space, lighting, heat, air, etc.) — Student activities fees are put to good use
— The amount of student parking space on campus is adequate Some of the 15 statements rated as strengths at USD include: — I am able to experience intellectual growth here — Campus item: Faculty members show tolerance and respect for diversity in the classroom — Freedom of expression is protected on campus Some of USD’s 18 challenges, according to the survey’s results, are: — Faculty are fair and unbiased in their treat-
ment of individual students — Financial aid counselors are helpful — Billing policies are reasonable “The content of the courses within my major is valuable” and “The instruction in major field is excellent” were at the top of both the strengths and challenges lists. Hayes said though she’s not sure what specific changes will come from the survey’s results, she believes that USD faculty will take them into consideration. “We were very satisfied with the results, it showed that our students are viewing us as making great bounds and exceeding a lot of expectations that may have been a concern from the 2013 survey when we administered it last,” Hayes said.
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Plans for new SAE house in progress By John Fritzie-Gasper
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USD’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter is preparing for the construction of a new facility, and is hoping to break ground by summer 2016. With $1.5 million raised out of the $3 to $4 million needed, SAE finally went to the public for funds during this year’s Dakota Days. “It’s just time for a new facility. This one is becoming extremely difficult if not impossible to keep up with everything,” SAE Chapter President William Lewis said. The house, built in 1962, features a dated structure and has been grandfathered into many city codes it would otherwise be violating. “The house was built for people in the 60s, not for our modern day conveniences,” Lewis said. The new SAE facility will include 36 to 40 rooms, and each SAE member pledges $100 per semester to go toward the new house. Despite the dated
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ote Village cameras) to identify students that may not necessarily need to be in the building or to identify the issues that have arisen,” he said. Though the timeline regarding the remaining halls depends mostly on availability in funding, Tucker said McFadden will likely be the next building to receive security cameras. As a North Complex resident, first-year Nikita Glukharev said having cameras in the building’s entrances is important, though there are pro’s and con’s to the technology. Glukharev said some of the more “rowdy” activities he’s noticed, like breaking ceiling tiles and throwing eggs in the staircase, might be deterred by the cameras, even though they won’t be in the afflicted areas. “If cameras are there I feel like people are less likely to be wild,” he said. Glukharev said cameras might not be necessary in the parking lots, though
A member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon enters the fraternity house, which was built in 1962. house, membership in SAE is doing well, Lewis said. Currently at 100 members, Lewis said he hopes to bring the chapter up to around 120 members in the coming years. Though he doesn’t he’s not sure, as he doesn’t have a car on campus and hasn’t heard of any negative parking lot activity. “Obviously that’ll make theft even less present,” he said. First-year Miki Kennerly also mostly supports the implementation, and said that cameras will help keep track of people and deter others from participating in theft or other illegal activity. “I think that’s good,” she said. Tucker said the cameras, in addition to plans for electronic card swipe access on every North Complex floor, are part of the university’s efforts to plan ahead, rather than being retroactive when it comes to campus safety and security. “In today’s day and age, it’s important that we provide as much security as we can. Parents trust us to provide secure housing for the students while they’re here on campus, especially living on campus,” he said. “So it’s important that we do everything that we possibly can for that to happen.”
think that this addition will necessarily impact the number of recruits, Lewis doesn’t believe it will hurt the fraternity to have the newest Greek house on campus. The house will be built on land donated by SAE
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going to be like this but it’s so cool. It gave me more tools to use and the professor gave me constructive feedback,” he said. “My favorite part is the professor, the way she thinks is so helpful.” MacDonald agreed that even though the class is challenging, it’s been a good way for him to develop his skills. “It’s definitely an interesting class, but it’s also a terrifying class because of the amount of work that goes into it,” he said. Brand Identity gives USD students an advantage when competing for internships or jobs against students from other institutions, Kim said.
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“I thought the speaker did a great job presenting the past military policies that lead up to ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell,’” she said.
alum Harvey Jewett. Jewett donated the land to the SAE House Corporation around 1998, Lewis said. The land stretching from Howler’s Bar & Grille to Alumni Road is owned by the fraternity’s House Corporation, which acts as
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a sort of monitoring board for all SAE property, Fraternity and Sorority Life Adviser Laura Roof said. “It’s kind of an ideal place for a fraternity,” Lewis said. “Football and the whole collegiate experience goes hand-in-hand.”
Roof said though it’s common for sororities and fraternities to remodel their houses, a complete rebuild is very uncommon. “It is not a very often occurrence, and part of that is because most of our fraternities and sororities already have facilities,” she said. “They have beautiful facilities that they have had for years.” SAE’s members are looking forward to the new change in facilities. “The new house will give us an even better environment to congregate with our fellow brothers and help us focus on bettering the fraternity as a whole,” SAE pledge Kane Guisinger said. Lewis believes this change will allow SAE members to be part of a big event in their chapter’s history. “(This is the) third most significant period behind our founding in 1911 and our building of our current chapter facility,” he said.
“A lot of other institutions only require designing the logo and logo manual, whereas we have the logo and a whole portfolio,” she said. “We have students with full ranges in their portfolio. This is what employers much prefer to see. They want people who are ready to start working right away.” This class has already given Salanda Rico more opportunities, he said. “Already after sending my work to a business owner, I am already having businesses asking to buy my logo,” he said. Students’ designs are hanging in the graphic design studio in the Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts and will be displayed at the Sioux Falls Design Center all through the month of November. “We are trying to keep exposing our program up (in
the) Sioux Falls general public and design community so that people understand
the value of USD graphic design program and student work quality,” Kim said.
“Also, the information on the current state of LGBT individuals currently serving in the military was compelling. It was great to be able to have this caliber of speaker at USD.” Wilson, who has spoken on the topic several
times throughout the country, said she was thrilled to bring this issue to South Dakota. “This is wonderful,” she said. “I told everyone how happy I am to be in South Dakota. I grew up in Council Bluffs in Omaha. It’s delightful, the
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Students’ designs for their Brand Identity class hang
in graphic design studio in the Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts. Their designs will be displayed at the Sioux Falls Design Center through November.
on LGBT equality issues here in the Plains. What a wonderful thing for me to do. It really represents sustained change in our society that I am here.”
Number of non-traditional USD students remains steady By Tatum Dean
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The number of non-traditional students enrolled in USD courses is steady, according to the Admissions Office. Generally, the only time any variation occurs is when there’s a recession, when more non-traditional students come to USD hoping to get a degree in a more lucrative career, said Travis Vlasman, senior associate director of USD Admissions. USD defines a non-tradi-
tional student as someone who is 24 years or older, but long-distance students also fit in that category, Vlasman said. Vlasman works with non-traditional students who are returning to school, known in Admissions as adult learners. His work mostly involves individual meetings and walk-in tours with this category of students, he said. “The group that I’ll address are the students that want to come to the main campus,” Vlasman said.
“We also have the Division for Distance Education which deals with online and the university center. The Division for Distance does a lot of advertising through their website and radio. From a main campus standpoint, we don’t do a lot of advertising, but word-of-mouth.” Though first-year Bryanna Chipley isn’t an adult learner, she is considered a non-traditional student, as she opted to take her firstyear classes online rather than coming to USD’s Ver-
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I can work pretty much entirely at my own pace, which takes a lot of the stress out of things. Bryanna Chipley, first-year non-traditional student million campus. “I was having trouble getting used to the idea of moving away from home,” she said. “There were several reasons, but my mom battling cancer was the big one, so I decided it was better to stay in Mitchell for at least another year to keep up with everything that was going on. She’s in remission now though, so everything is good.” Chipley said there advantages and disadvantages to not attending classes on campus. “Academically, I would honestly say it’s easier, at least for me. Socially though, it’s definitely harder,” she said. “It’s also kind of sad seeing all the cool things people are doing on campus while I’m just sitting on my couch watching The Office for the fifth time and trying to get my dog to stop chewing up all my writing utensils.” But online classes have benefitted her overall schedule, Chipley added. “It’s easier to get the right amount of sleep when I can choose when I have class on a day-to-day ba-
sis,” she said. “I can work pretty much entirely at my own pace, which takes a lot of the stress out of things.” USD tries to make adult learners and online students feel welcome and a part of the school, Vlasman said. “We make sure they know what is all available for them to do,” he said. “We try and offer them all of the same things that we offer to (traditional) students. We want them to be aware that they can be what they want to be in.” Despite being off-campus, Chipley said she still tries to stay involved with news on campus, though it’s not a priority. “To be honest, that hasn’t been something that’s super important to me,” she said. Chipley, a dental hygiene major, said she’ll be attending classes in Vermillion next year. “With the major I’ve chosen, I’ll have to come to campus next year,” she said. “Which I’m actually kind of grateful for, I need to get out of my house.” John Guagliardo, a his-
tory major and political science minor, is 27 years old. It’s his fifth semester at USD. “I graduated from high school and studied abroad for a year, and then I just went to work as soon as I came back,” he said. “I worked from 18 until 25.” The native Californian came to Vermillion for multiple reasons. “My out-of-state tuition here is cheaper than my instate tuition in California,” Guagliardo said. “The cost of living is significantly cheaper. I got a fresh start, got to go someplace new, check out a different part of the country. I had a few friends who were out here and they told me to come on out. It’s a decent school and it’s a good place to get my undergraduate.” Vlasman said he sees a lot of motivation in the adult learners that study at USD. “The adult learners are really motivated and have an exact goal in mind that’s usually different from someone who is just out of high school,” he said. “A lot of them are balancing a lot of different things, so that can be a real motivator when it comes to the amount of courses that they want to take and what it takes to get their degree.”
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Sustainability event aims to create ‘a vibrant Vermillion’ By Rachel Newville
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Eco-friendliness, river preservation and cultural sustainability were some of the topics discussed this past Saturday during the fourth Art of Sustainability event at the Vermillion Area Arts Council. “We have this event every year because it brings up great topics and gets people from all parts of the community talking about sustainability,” event coordinator Morgan Appley said. The night began with live music and a potluck, and included educational and vendor booths along with multiple speakers. Heikes Family Farm was one of several vendors at the event. “This is a great event that we enjoy coming to,” Heidi Heikes said.
“We’re learning about the community and they are learning about us.” Sharing the Dream in Guatemala, an organization that promotes fair trade with businesses in Guatemala, had one educational booth at the event. Sharing the Dream works to provide fair wages and job opportunities to low-income Guatemalans in hopes of creating sustainable markets. They fund their mission by selling handmade crafts such as spoons, scarves and other trinkets online and at their location in downtown Vermillion. All crafts are made out of recycled material. “Staying local is great, (but) other countries need the help,” Jose Nesselhuf, the son of the organization’s founder, said.
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Audience memebers listen to Rayna Heranadez’s speech on cultural sustainabiltiy at the Art of Sustainability event held Oct. 17. The event was home to multiple different conversations concerning sustainability.
Kelsey Collier-Wise, from United Way Vermillion, talked about people making the community
how they want. David Swanson, the Missouri River Institute director, discussed river
appreciation and restoration. Betty Smith, a USD political science professor, articulated how the community can achieve a “vibrant Vermillion,” and Rayna Hernandez, a visual artist, wrapped the night up by speaking about cultural sustainability. Community members had the chance to participate in Q&A sessions at the end of each speaker’s presentation. USD students and faculty joined with community members to discuss how to make Vermillion a better place. “Partnership between the university and the community was emphasized,” Smith said while speaking about making a “vibrant Vermillion.”
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Coyotes conquer Bison, focus on keeping momentum Max Tushla
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The Coyote football team is hungry for another victory. After one of the biggest wins for the Coyotes in recent memory, USD faces another Missouri Valley Conference opponent this weekend – Missouri State. The Coyotes are coming off a great game
from all corners of the team, with offense, defense and special teams all contributing to last weekend’s game upset over four-time national champion North Dakota State. The all-around performance is a change from the recent games, assistant head coach Wesley Beschorner said. “Either the offense would play really well and the defense would play OK, or the next
week the offense would play poorly and the defense would play great,” Beschorner said. The special teams have been led by reigning Missouri Valley Conference special teams player of the week junior Miles Bergner. Bergner kicks and punts for the Coyotes and nailed the 33-yard game-winner against NDSU See UPSET, Page B3
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South Dakota kicker Miles Bergner connects on a 33-yard field goal to beat NDSU 24-21 on Oct.17 at Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome.
Soccer preps for late push Mike Hammond
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With a 2-0 win on the road against Omaha this past Sunday, the USD women’s soccer team put itself in position to make the fourteam Summit League Tournament with three games to go. The Coyotes play IUPUI at home this Friday, Western Illinois at home on Sunday and travel to Fort Wayne on Nov. 1 to finish out the regular season. “If we win the next three matches, there will be no issue getting into the tournament,” senior midfielder Danielle Anderson said. “We just need to do the things we set out to do.” USD currently sits in fifth place in the conference, but control their own destiny and clinch at least the four-seed in the tournament if they win out. “We need to keep composure and play our game,” senior midfielder Elena Tskakis said. “All the teams we play have beaten us in the past, but we can win if we stay focused.” All three teams the Coyotes
have yet to play are also doing well. But the Coyotes have the easiest remaining schedule as IUPUI, Western Illinois and Fort Wayne still have yet to play North Dakota State and South Dakota State, who are No. 1 and 2 in the Summit League, respectively. “It’s good to get those games out of the way early,” Tskakis said. “It prepares us well, and we know what we are up against.” Coach Mandy Green likes the Coyotes’ chances of making the tournament. “Our chances right now are pretty good. We are playing our best soccer right now,” Green said. “The girls want to make the tournament for the first time ever for the program. They have put in the work and have really been taking care of themselves.” The road ahead will be tough. USD has never beaten IUPUI, and all three teams have strong forwards and are fast and athletic teams, Green said. “It should be evenly matched and whoever plays the best as a See SOCCER, Page B3
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Cruising alone, senior Amber Eichkorn separates herself from surrounding competition during the Roy Griak
Invitational on Sept. 26 in Minneapolis. Eichkorn recently won the Bradley Pink Classic and picked up her third Summit League Cross Country Runner of the Week award this season.
Coyotes continue to show progression Jacob Lutz
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Competing in practice, USD soccer players chase after the ball on
Tuesday afternoon. The Coyotes control their playoff destiny with three games left on their schedule. USD hosts on IUPUI Friday at 4 p.m.
Competition in Peoria, Ill., proved to be another week of solid performances and improvements not only for the Coyote cross country teams a whole, but individually as well. The Newman Golf Course has historically been one of the fastest courses of the Coyotes’ season, and has produced a number of outstanding performances throughout the years. Senior Amber Eichkorn went wire-to-wire and won the women’s 6,000-meter race, while senior Mubarik Musa was able to come in at fourth place in the men’s 8,000meter race to close out the regular season. Eichkorn and Musa both finished with personal bests, with
Musa breaking his best time by just over 30 seconds and coming through the shoot at 24:09. Eichkorn clocked in at 20:11 shattering her previous time of 20:30. Eichkorn’s dominating run at the Bradley Pink Classic earned her her second Summit League athlete of the week this season, and her fifth of her career at USD. Senior Isaac Allen ended up finishing second for the men and 73rd overall with a time of 25:13 “I think I could have ran a lot better, I just didn’t perform how I know that I can” said Allen. Just about 20 seconds after Allen finished up, first-year Nate Wendt came barreling in. Wendt finished 117th overall with a personal best time of 25:39. In just a little over a month, Wendt has gone from running a
28:50 at Roy Griak, to a 27:01 at the SDSU Classic, and then to Friday running a 25:39. “Early on we expected him to do very well and he’s progressed nicely. He was dealing with the flu at the beginning of the season. But now he’s getting stronger, and we’re seeing the end result in that,” head coach Dan Fitzsimmons said. Just behind Wendt was sophomore Brice Cowman, finishing fourth for the team and 122nd overall clocking in at 25:42. Cowman topped his previous personal best of 26:20. Senior Katie Wetzstein ended up finishing second for the women and 21st overall with a seasons best time of 21:10. Senior Kelsey Barrett also had a season-best time, finishing 57th See XC, Page B3
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Oct. 16 Vermillion SOUTH DAKOTA 3, IUPUI 1
Oct. 16 Bradley Pink Classic Peoria, Ill.
Oct. 17 Vermillion SOUTH DAKOTA 3, FORT WAYNE 0
SOCCER Oct. 11 Omaha, Neb. SOUTH DAKOTA 2, OMAHA 0
Men’s 6,000 Meters First Place: Mubarik Musa Women’s 4,000 Meters First Place: Amber Eichkorn Men’s 6,000 Meters Second Place: Isaac Allen 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
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Above: Construction workers begin to lay fieldturf on the newly renovated soccer field. The USD women’s soccer team will look to begin playing on the new field-turf beginning in their 2016 season.
Right: After month’s of preparation, the USD’s new track and field facility is finally beginning to look like a track and field facility. Recently the construction crew painted all of the lines on the track and has just about finished the bleachers. Next week they will begin to start working on the press box. Coming this spring USD will host the Summit League Track and Field Championships.
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Bouma to miss rest of season with broken arm
Eichkorn claims another runner of week award
When USD junior running back Trevor Bouma scampered to the NDSU 27-yard line with less than two minutes left Saturday, the Coyote football team was placed in prime position for a game-winning field goal attempt. But the team’s top rusher came up crippled. “Something happened on that last carry,” Bouma said in a press release from the athletic department. “I couldn’t explain it to you. All I remember is that I got up, and it felt weird. Something was wrong and so I went to the sideline.” Bouma will officially miss the rest of the season with a broken arm. He plans to have surgery, and it’s the same arm that sidelined him one season ago. In the upset win over the four-time defending national champion Bison, Bouma racked up 174 total yards, placing him at the top of the Missouri Valley Conference for yards per carry and fifth in total rushing yards.
Amber Eichkorn is etching her name in school and conference history as she continues to pick up recognition as one of the top cross country runners in the Summit League. Last week, Eichkorn won the Bradley Pink Classic by a whopping 16 seconds with a personal-best 6,000-meter time of 20:11.8. She topped a field of 267 runners for her third individual victory of the season. Now, Eichkorn is once again the Summit League’s Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week for the week of Oct. 18. Eichkorn holds the top Summit League times in the 4,000 and 5,000 meters this fall, and her performance at Bradley was the second-fastest conference time for the 6,000-meter. Eichkorn and her teammates will compete on Halloween day for the Summit League Championships in Brookings. Race time is to be announced soon.
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Oct. 24 USD VS MISSOURI STATE Vermillion Oct. 31 USD AT NORTHERN IOWA Cedar Falls, Iowa
After upset win, Coyote football hasn’t completely arrived, yet NATHAN ELLENBECKER is junior majoring in political science. As kicker Miles Bergner lined up the game-winning field goal, it must have seemed surreal to players, coaches and fans at the Fargodome. They were seeing their Coyotes pull off the most stunning victory in the FCS this season. We know the numbers leading up to the contest. NDSU had outscored USD 143-7 in their previous three contests. USD had lost 14 straight conference games. And NDSU had already lost their one game for the season. There’s no way this year was the time for an upset. I suspect most Coyote fans following from afar were checking score updates on their phones expecting that at any moment NDSU would open up a two-score lead in the second half. That never happened. Now, the USD athletic department is in celebration. Students all shared, liked and tweeted the postgame stories. SDSU fans clapped sarcastically at USD for finally proving their football team was relevant. That’s what one week of winning does. It rids an entire program of its recently gloomy past. Or does it? The struggles and the frustrations around the
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Nov. 13-15 DeKalb, Ill. USD VS WRIGHT STATE VS NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY VS CAL STATE NORTHBRIDGE
SWIMMING AND DIVING Oct. 22 Vermillion RED VS. WESTERN ILLINOIS 5 p.m.
Nov. 14 USD VS SOUTH DAKOTA STATE Vermillion Oct. 24 Omaha, Neb. RED AT OMAHA CROSS COUNTRY 2 p.m.
Oct. 31 SOCCER TBA SUMMIT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS Oct. 23 Brookings Vermillion USD VS. IUPUI Nov. 13 12:00 p.m. 12 p.m. NCAA MIDWEST REGIONAL Oct. 25 Lawrence, Kan. Vermillion USD VS. WESTERN ILLINOIS 12 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL Oct. 23 Tulsa, Okla. USD AT ORAL ROBERTS
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South Dakota wide receiver Nick Meyer leaps NDSU defender CJ Smith on Oct.17 at Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome. football team do not simply disappear with an unlikely road win. USD still has an attendance problem. That’s not going to change this week. It’s Hobo Day weekend at SDSU, and as much as the schools might celebrate a rivalry, many USD students will be making the trek to Brookings rather than to student tailgate at the DakotaDome.
Sure, the win guarantees the Coyotes finish with an improved record, but Joe Glenn’s team won three games two seasons ago. Three wins shouldn’t be a celebration as much as an easily-reachable standard. And looking at the team, they’ve lost an important piece after news of Trevor Bouma’s season-ending injury. The Coyotes have a huge hole in their offense to fill.
I’m not trying to downplay the weekend’s exciting upset. I sat just as shocked and excited as any of my fellow USD students as I watched that kick go through the uprights. I’m just thinking, “Let’s give it a week before we claim USD has arisen from the ashes.” There are still games to win.
Oct. 30 Vermillion USD VS. OMAHA Oct. 31 Vermillion USD VS. NORTH DAKOTA STATE Nov. 3 Vermillion USD VS. DENVER Nov. 6 Macomb, Ill. USD AT WESTERN ILLINOIS
Nov. 1 Fort Wayne, Ind. USD AT FORT WAYNE 11 a.m. Nov. 5 Brookings SUMIT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT TBA
MEN’S GOLF Oct. 25 Powells Points, N.C. OLD DOMINION KILMARLIC INVITE TBA
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First-year Hunter Padgett, a California native and USD swimmer, broke the 400meter freestyle record on Oct.10 during the Coyotes dual meet against Western Illinois – a record that had been standing since 1996. Jacob Lutz: You’re from Carlsbad, Calif., a beautiful city on the beach, and you’ve come to a small, almost unheard of town in South Dakota. What’s been the biggest adjustment? Hunter Padgett: Definitely the weather. In California I’d wake up and throw on a pair of shorts. Here I have to look at the weather. It varies a lot. California is pretty much a straight path until December. Here it’s colder in October and November. The outfits change everyday, but it’s cool. I like it. J.L.: What made you choose USD? H.P.: Swim. Just swimming in general. J.L.: Were you looking at any other schools besides USD? H.P.: A little bit, but not as much as this one. J.L.: Are there any other sports that you’re really into? H.P.: I like to surf and mountain bike a lot. I used to play soccer and baseball through middle school, but
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to seal the upset victory in Fargo. But it is not just the field goals that have made a name for Bergner. His punting has created great opportunities for the Coyote defense all year long. “My favorite thing to do is punt. I love just going and kicking the ball as far as you possibly can. I’m glad I’m consistent now. I’m glad I can be reliable in that sector,” Bergner said. After multiple disappointing seasons in a row, the Coyotes believe they have finally found a turning point. “In the past, a lot of the problems on defense stem from guys not doing their job or trying to do more than they are supposed to,” senior linebacker Keyen Lage said. “This year, all the guys trust each other a lot more, and if we just do our jobs and do what were supposed to do, the rest handles itself.” Lage is second on the team with total tackles on the season with 44. He has helped to lead the Coyote
in high school swim took over. J.L.: Do you have any other hobbies or skills besides swimming that you do? H.P.: I like hiking a lot. I love to hike and surf. But other than it’s just swim. J.L.: That seems to be a strong commonality from other swimmers I’ve talked to. It sounds like it just takes over your entire life. H.P.: It really does. J.L.: What’re your goals for the season? H.P.: Hopefully do well mid-season, and probably place top eight at conference. J.L.: So you broke a record that had been sitting there for 19 years. Were you aware of that record going into the race? H.P.: I wasn’t. I didn’t even know that record existed. The guy next to me, I knew he was fast, so my coach told me to go for it. And I decided just to go, and touched the wall and got out, and then the announcer said, “There was a record broken.” I looked over at the record board, and it wasn’t even up there. I was just like OK, cool. J.L.: What’s your favorite thing about swimming? H.P.: The team aspect of it, especially here. Everyone’s so close. It’s really a team
sport when you think about it, but it’s also an individual sport. Because you want to do better, but you also want your team to do better. So, it’s really in between, but it’s more of a team sport in my opinion. J.L.: How difficult is it balancing swimming and school at the same time? H.P.: Pretty difficult, because you’re tired from swim, but then you also want to do well in school so that you can continue to swim. So it’s kind of a balance. They counter each other. So, if you’re tired in swim, you don’t do well in school, but if you don’t do well in school, you can’t swim. J.L.: How often do you guys practice? H.P.: Everyday. Monday, Wednesday, Friday four hours a day. Two hours in the water and two hours out of the water, and then Tuesday and Thursday about two and a half hours. An hour and 40 minutes in the water and then about an hour of dry land. J.L.: Do you guys ever do two-a-days, where you practice in the morning, and then later in the day practice again? H.P.: Yeah, we switch off with girls for the mornings. So Monday, Wednesday, Friday, girls will swim and guys
defense to being ranked fourth total defense and second in rushing defense rankings in the conference. Despite the triumph over the weekend, the Coyote offense was hit with tough news – junior running back Trevor Bouma is out for the season with an injury to his forearm. Bouma was the Coyote’s leading rusher with 435 yards and six touchdowns. This is Bouma’s second consecutive season that has ended with an injury. The Coyotes know this loss won’t be an easy one to take. “It’s a tough blow. The kid can’t catch a break. I feel bad for him because he had another great game for us,” junior quarterback Ryan Saeger said. The Coyotes have had a week to get a game plan together without Bouma before the Missouri State game on Saturday. “The effect has yet to be determined but as far as a person and his (Bouma’s) character, it’s tough. He’s one of the best, no doubt about it,” Beschorner said. Missouri State is 1-5 overall (0-3 in conference) on the year. Despite their lowly-
record, USD knows not to overlook anyone. “There’s no overlooking for our team by any means. (Missouri State) beat us pretty good last year, so that would be silly for our players to overlook this team,” Beschorner said. The Coyotes themselves know about having a lowly record. Their win against NDSU ended a 14-game conference win streak and was their first conference win since 2013. The Coyotes know the determination of a team gunning for an upset. “Being a team that’s been in a situation where we’ve been thought of as the underdog and we’ve been thought of as kind of the dirt of the conference, we know that when a team like that comes in, we were trying to upset everybody as much as we could,” Lage said. Just as USD upset NDSU, Missouri State is hoping for a similar story with their trip to the DakotaDome this Saturday when kickoff starts at 2 p.m. “Obviously we’re not done yet,” Bergner said, “and I can’t wait to see what we’re going to do to finish the season out.”
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Guiding his kickboard, first-year swimmer Hunter Padgett warms up during practice Monday afternoon. Padgett broke a 19-year-old record in his first meet of the season, a dual against Western Illinois on Oct. 10. will do dry land, and then at night guys will swim and girls will do dry land. J.L.: What’s your intended major? H.P.: Exercise science. J.L.: What do you want to do with that? H.P.: Hopefully go back to California, and either work for one of my friend’s fami-
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team together should win the game,” Green said. “Any team in our conference can beat any other team on any day.” Sunday’s game against Western Illinois will be Senior Day for the Coyotes, and Green had good things to say about her seniors. “The class is great and they all worked so hard,” Green said. “They did a great job to bring the team togeth-
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lies that has a business or start my own. J.L.: Is there any athlete, or public figure, or maybe not even a public figure, but somebody that you would consider the most influential person in your life? H.P.: Probably my dad. He swam in college as a walkon, didn’t even get recruited.
Then ended up going to the NCAA Championships as a junior and he’s helped me a lot through swim, too. He coached me for my state meet my senior year in high school, and he knows stroke technique. He knows everything. He knows a lot about swim.
er and set the standards for our program. There is no doubt we are where we are now because of them.” This past Friday, the Coyotes traveled to Brookings and fell to South Dakota State 2-0. Diana Potterveld and Alyssa Brazil scored for the Jackrabbits as the Coyotes struggled to get anything going on offense, only recording four shots with just one on goal. “We needed to stay more composed and connect more, but they got up on us and we couldn’t get out of our rut,” Tskakis said.
This past Sunday, USD grabbed a win in Omaha, Neb., defeating Omaha 2-0 thanks to goals from senior forward Brenna Bills and junior forward Corey Strang. “The SDSU game we did not play our best, but I was happy with how well we rebounded on Sunday,” Green said. The Coyotes controlled offensive play outshooting Omaha 11-7 and 6-3 for shots on goal. “We were being the aggressor,” Anderson said. “We were able to possess the ball and finish our chances.”
have a good ball rolling,” Allen said. The men ended up coming in 15th. The women finished eighth overall. While the women have consistently finished in the top 10 at competitions
throughout the season, the men have tended to fall into the mid-to-upper teens when ever going up against bigger schools. “The only thing that we can control is improvement,” Fitzsimmons said.
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South Dakota quarterback Ryan Saeger rushes for hard fought yardage against the Bison defense in the fourth quarter Oct.17 at Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome.
After two big weekend wins to tag along with the success of the other USD athletic teams, the Coyote volleyball team is rearing toward the heart of conference play. The USD volleyball team got its third straight win at the Coyote Den on Saturday when they defeated IPFW in straight sets (25-12, 25-20, 25-16). On Friday night, the Coyotes defeated IUPUI 3-1 (25-21, 21-25, 25-22, 25-16). First-year Haley Dotseth led scoring for the Coyotes with 10 kills and three service aces on Saturday. Meanwhile, senior middle blocker Kelsey Biltoft recorded 17 total blocks on
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USD volleyball, competes with IUPUI this past Friday. The Coyotes won in four sets. the weekend, and that led to her first Summit League Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week honors. “Kelsey has worked really hard to improve her block,” USD head coach Leanne Williamson said in a press release. “She is that first part of our defense, and she did a tremendous job of being a presence at the net.” On top of Dotseth and Biltoft’s big play, sophomore setter Brittany Jessen recorded one of the
top setter performances in school history Friday. Jessen recorded 58 assists against IUPUI and 124 over the course of the week. This earned her Summit League Offensive Player of the Week for a Coyote sweep. The weekend success brings the team to 9-12 overall on the season and 3-5 in conference play. The Coyotes will head to Tulsa, Okla. on Friday to take on Oral Roberts.
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Theatre department hosts benefit concert
Artist in Residence performance raises $700 for scholarship opportunities By Katie McGuire
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Artist in Residence Joseph Mahowald performed for students, faculty and the Vermillion community to raise money for the Theatre Scholarship Fund this past Saturday. Mahowald has been the Artist in Residence at USD for the past two years, and Oct. 17 was his final performance alongside his wife, Elizabeth Mahowald. Together, they performed pieces from different Broadway musicals, ending with his favorite of all his performances, Les Miserables. His final performance helped raise more than $700 for the program. Mahowald, who is originally from South Dakota, said he felt happy to be back home teaching at USD. The artist spent his years here teaching students in both theatre and musical theatre and offered them career advice from his years on Broadway. Mahowald, who performed in plays such as “Jekyll & Hyde” and “Les Miserables,” said he was grateful for the opportunity to perform to help raise funds for student scholarships. “It (the performance) went very, very well,” he said. “I’m looking forward to more opportunities; school is expensive and having just a little help ... you can achieve something with it.” This is the first time the theatre department had a benefit concert for the scholarship fund, but Mahowald was completely on board.
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Joseph Mahowald performs with his wife Oct. 17 for a benefit concert for the USD Theatre Scholarship Fund. Mahowald has been the Artist in Residence at USD for the past two years.
The concert was open to the public and donations were optional. Raimondo Genna, interim chair and assistant professor at the theatre department, said there were more than 100 audience members in attendance. The evening ended
with a social hour for Mahowald and his wife to meet the art patrons and fellow students. Genna worked with Mahowald and knew all about the different master classes he taught in his time at USD. “(Mahowald) is an artist in residence so what that means
is he comes out and performs and holds master classes,” Genna said. “He’s held three master classes while he was here, the first one was with the music department and it was a master class on singing, the other was with the theatre department and it was called
‘the business of the business’, (which was) about being a professional actor, and the last was on musical theatre acting.” Genna also worked with Mahowald and Larry Schou, dean of Arts & Sciences, to organize a benefit concert raising funds for student scholarships. “There would be a benefit of his performing for the department and for the college just because we would be exposed to his talent and be exposed to his expertise, so there is a benefit to that,” Genna said. “But they were also thinking ‘What other ways could we benefit from it?,’ and part of the thinking was that we could raise money for scholarships.” Senior Walker Iverson, a musical theatre major and a student of Maholwald’s, enjoyed the concert and saw it as another learning experience. “I thought it was excellent. The whole experience was valuable. I thought it was really special he came here. It was really cool to see a Broadway actor on our stage performing for us,” he said. The production itself was put on by many people in the USD and Vermillion community. Mahowald said he and his wife had just two full rehearsals with the band. “The process is a collaborative process,” he said. “A show like this just doesn’t happen, it takes a lot of people to do something like this.”
“Eleanor and Park” realistic, relatable CHEYENNE ALEXIS is a sophomore majoring in media and journalism.
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Students attend a resume workshop in the Center for Diversity & Community on Oct. 20 sponsored by the USD Academic and Career Planning Center.
I came across author Rainbow Rowell after my sister recommended me to her. I read her novel “Fangirl” and fell in love with it, but quickly got bored with it. My sister, on another hand, loved it. So when it came time to read her book “Eleanor and Park,” I wasn’t really excited because my
sister didn’t like it. But I decided not to listen to her and just read it – and I was completely floored at the beautiful writing and characters. The book is one of the most perfect pieces of literature I have ever read. The way Rowell writes is done in such a natural and flawless way, which I envy as an aspiring writer myself. “Eleanor and Park” is set during the year of 1986 in Omaha, Neb. The main characters are Eleanor Douglas, who is a redhead with body image issues, and Park, who is half-Korean, half-white, and seems to always have an issue relating to his race and his height. They come together through their adversities, and they become one of the best couples I have ever
Career Wednesdays aims Addiction Studies to inform students of job club devotes itself opportunities in state to student education By Tatum Dean
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The USD Academic and Career Planning Center, located in the library, offers students many resources, including mock interview scenarios, resume workshops and a long contact list with multiple employers. This past Wednesday, the
South Dakota Department of Labor along with the Academic and Career Planning Center tabled in the Muenster University Center to inform students about full-time and part-time jobs and internships available in South Dakota. Jerica Johnson, who was tabling for the USD Academic and Career Planning Center, said
that being out in the MUC allows the program to better interact with students on campus. “We want to have more student interaction,” Johnson said. “If you come to any of the events and get some critiques, you can come to the career fair, dress professionally, hand out your resume See CAREER, Page B6
Spanish Table allows practice in grade-free environment By Cheyenne Alexis
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Students in a Spanish course, or simply for fun, can improve their speaking skills through the Spanish Table. Held every Tuesday in the Muenster University Center, students can meet with a Spanish professor, and they answer questions and simply speak in Spanish conversely. Students can receive extra credit by going, but also develop better skills in their studying of Spanish. It is offered to students of any level – from the 100 level classes to the upperlevel, 400 classes. “The Spanish Table is very important because it provides
not only students, but also staff, faculty and the public an opportunity to speak Spanish in an open environment,” said Laura Vidler, head of the department of modern languages & linguistics. “So there’s no grades, we talk about whatever we want to.” Sophomore and Spanish major Emily Vidler filled in for the instructors Oct. 13 to help lead the conversation among students. “It’s really important to keep up with my Spanish,” Emily Vidler said. Because of the bigger group – there were nine students in attendance last week – Emily Vidler went around one-by-one
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and asked them questions, and also had them ask her questions. Laura Vidler said the Spanish Table is strictly to allow students to be immersed in Spanish and converse in a more authentic manner. “The point is that it’s not a class,” Laura Vidler said. “I try to keep it as organic as possible because we want it to be an authentic, conversational environment and not sort of a contrived classroom.” Junior Bailey Quanbeck is currently in Spanish 202, and goes to the table to keep up with her Spanish so that she will not See SPANISH, Page B6
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Students from the CASPPA group attended the South Dakota Association Addiction and Prevention Professionals, SDAAPP, in Mitchell, S.D. By Eden Hemmingson
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The USD Coalition of Addiction Students and Professionals Pursuing Advocacy (CASPPA) chapter is a student organization devoted to educating others about addiction treatment, and is celebrating its 10-year anniversary of inception this year. CASPPA is open to members from all different majors and currently has 20 members. This year, their goal has been to raise awareness about the club as well as spread education of addiction prevention and treatment.
Members of the student organization have worked at the Vermtown Bash and traveled to addiction awareness conferences to achieve this goal. At the Vermtown Bash during Dakota Days, CASPPA had a booth where they made cotton candy and handed out flyers with information about the organization to get their name and goal out to the community. “I had fun – the cotton candy machine made my arms really tired – but it was fun,” junior addiction studies major Kelsey Hennig said. See CASPPA, Page B6
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Toastmasters International Club Location: Muenster University Center, Conference Room 211
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Chris Robinson, senior bass trombone recital Location: Colton Recital Hall
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Kelsey Weber is a sophomore at the University of South Dakota majoring in nursing.
National Music Museum at the Movies: “Some Kind of Spark” Location: Coyote Twin Theatre
CA: What are your plans after college? KW: Right now I’m not too sure, just hopefully get a job. I’m not really sure which type of nursing aspect I want to go into, so I kind of want to just try them all and figure out where I want to go from there. CA: What is your hardest class this semester and why? KW: Anatomy/Physics, because I have to study quite a bit to get A’s
on those tests. CA: What is your and why? KW: “A Tale of because it’s a great one of the greatest all time.
favorite book Two Cities,” romance. It’s romances of
CA: Who is your favorite music artist and why? KW: Probably Twenty One Pilots because I just like their music and lyrics.
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USD history professor to present lecture on Greece
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to roast its own beans about once a week. The owners are presenting their style of brewing by offering a Harvest Latte with a unique recipe. Patrons can also purchase coffee beans at the shop, and students with ID can receive a discount at the shop.
Soccer vs. Western Illinois Location: DakotaDome soccer field Sarah Schmidt, senior voice recital Location: Colton Recital Hall
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Cheyenne Alexis: Why did you choose your major? Kelsey Weber: I interned my senior year of high school at a local clinic down in Mitchell, and I just really enjoyed it and I knew that was what I really wanted to do.
Benjamin Hagen presents “Difficulty, Depth and Deformation: British Modernism and the Novel” Location: Old Main, Room 106
Professor Clayton Lehmann will present “Imagining Greece” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at Old Main’s Farber Hall for the 63rd Annual Harrington Lecture. The lecture will discuss how people view Greece, and will touch on topics such as the poet Homer and the perspectives of Greeks.
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‘Yote Floats Location: Muenster University Center
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MAC 101 Location: McKusick Technology Center
USD Theatre to begin ‘Venus in Fur’ on Thursday The University of South Dakota Department of Theatre will have its first performance of the Tony Award winning play “Venus in Fur” by David Ives on Thursday. The performances will go from Oct. 22-26
STATE Powerball ticket in West River worth $150,000 A powerball ticket in Black Hawk, S.D., matched four of five white ball numbers in this past Saturday’s drawing. The winning numbers are 48, 49, 57, 62 and 69, and the Powerball is 19. The winner has about six month to claim the winnings.
STATE Sioux Falls coffee shop brings unique offerings Black Sheep Coffee in Sioux Falls is the first coffee shop in the city
WORLD Ahmed Mohamed to attend astronomy event Fourteen-year-old Ahmed Mohamed will be a special guest at the White House for the second annual Astronomy Night, hosted by President Obama. Mohamed was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to class that was suspected to be a bomb. President Obama invited Mohamed via Twitter after his arrest.
Halloween Whopper starts comical buzz on social media SHELBEY CARLSON is a senior majoring in media and journalism.
By now you have probably seen the advertisements for Burger King’s “Halloween Whopper” – or maybe you have even tried it yourself. And if you have no idea what I’m talking about, open up any social media platform and search #HalloweenWhopper – it is sure to
give you quite the scare. Now through Nov. 1, customers can order the “deliciously dark” Halloween Whopper. It’s the same burger, just served on an A.1 Steak Sauce black bun in light of the Halloween season. The company issued a statement about their Halloween Whopper to ABC News saying that the flavorings and dye “are commonly used in the industry and within the safe and Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA).” I wasn’t sure that I wanted to try this Halloween Whopper for myself, so I found someone that had tried it.
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Senior Andrew Kost enjoyed the Halloween Whopper. “It looks a little unsettling, but honestly, tastes about the same as the regular Whopper. If you eat it, be prepared because it does have a weird side effect,” he said. After I got feedback from someone about the Whopper, I went to Twitter and searched #HalloweenWhopper and had quite the laugh as I scrolled through tweets. What I found out about this Halloween sandwich was quite interesting. @KyleSerba tweeted: “Maybe Burger King should bring the Black Whopper back for St. Patrick’s Day? #GreenPoop” @TesstifyBarker tweeted: “The
black whopper turned peoples’ poop green and now I think I am done with food forever.” The tweets go on and on. Some customers were actually looking forward to trying the Halloween Whopper just to see if this #GreenPoop phenomenon was true. I’m not sure which is trending more, the #HalloweenWhopper or the #GreenPoop hashtag. Just a side note, I would not suggest searching #GreenPoop on Twitter. That’s all I will say about that. @MarieHorselamp tweeted: “don’t rly care how it tastes, I just want that Halloween burger from @ burgerking for the rad green poop.” I had a very hard time finding
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tweets about the Whopper that did not mention #GreenPoop. After much time scrolling through Twitter, I found a few tweets. They aren’t quite as exciting as the #GreenPoop tweets, though. @CP_MFlowers tweeted: “#beforeidie I want to try the new #HalloweenWhopper from @ BurgerKing. Hope it is scary good!” @katenel tweeted: “I had my first #HalloweenWhopper and I thought it was delicious. Can we get pink buns for Valentines @ BurgerKing?” Burger King’s Halloween Whopper is a big hit this Halloween season and is certainly receiving a lot of publicity.
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Alumna continues her time at USD beyond graduation By Kaitlyn Brown
Kaitlyn.Brown@coyotes.usd.edu
Sydney Mook I The Volante
USD alumna Kendra Howard works as a recruiter and adviser for the university. Among
her responsibilities, she enjoys the most talking with potential students and telling them why she loved her time at USD.
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only do better in school, but eventually become fluent enough to speak with her grandmother. “I’m hoping to come here consistently,” Quanbeck said. “My grandma speaks Spanish fluently.” Quanbeck said she likes how the Spanish Table is able to help her work on her conversation skills and be more engrossed in the language. “It’s a great way to study outside of class,” Quanbeck said. “I enjoy it. It’s a unique experience and the only place to be immersed in Spanish considering our location in the Midwest.” Emily Vidler usually attends the conversation table, and enjoys how students can go there to learn and speak without feeling judged. “It’s a fun, supportive environment to practice
Spanish,” Emily Vidler said. Quanbeck said that she would like to enhance her Spanish speaking skills and eventually be fluent enough to help with the table in the future. “I would like to speak Spanish well to help in my possible careers,” she said. “(It would) open more opportunities for the future.” The Spanish Table was designed so that students don’t have to worry about their grades, which Laura Vidler said is the essential and most imperative part about learning a new language. “It’s not designed for tutoring,” Laura Vidler said. Laura Vidler said the most rewarding part about students attending the table is easily seeing that they have learned to converse better, and have developed in their skills. “The more time on task you have and the more practice you put in, the
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Everyone is welcome and it doesn’t matter your level of proficiency.
When selecting a college to attend, some students can become overwhelmed with which school to choose. For Kendra Howard, USD recruiter and academic adviser, the University of South Dakota was not only the institution she selected for higher education, but also where she chose to begin her career. “I chose to start my career at USD because of the people on this campus,” Howard said. While at USD, Howard majored in secondary education with a specialization in history and earth science. Howard said she originally considered nearly 20 different schools, but USD became her ultimate choice because she was able to meet with faculty in the School of Education – which she said was a warm and welcoming experience. While Howard enjoyed her time in the School of Education, she said her favorite part
of her time as an undergrad was working as a student tour guide. “I loved meeting with families and potential students,” Howard said. “During that time I was able to do a lot of networking.” Howard is still able to meet and network with others, including potential new students, with whom she shares her experiences at USD. Howard said this is her favorite part of her job. Howard said she was interested in convincing others to come to a college that she loved, which is why she chose to stay at USD after graduation. “The experiences that Kendra had as a student and as an admissions counselor give her the background and connections to use to let other students have similar experiences,” said Sherrie Bosse, a senior lecturer in the School of Education and one of Howard’s colleagues. Howard not only meets with students on campus,
but also attends college fairs as a USD representative. As an adviser, Howard sets up schedules for current students. While Howard enjoys her position now as a recruiter and adviser, she said that she one day would love to work as a director in athletic advising. Howard has also received praise from her colleagues on campus regarding her work at USD. Patsy Sullivan, office supervisor in the Admissions Office, is one of these people. “Kendra is like what I would say the epitome of USD,” Sullivan said. “She’s knowledgeable, welcoming, friendly, approachable. I think USD is lucky to have her on our campus.” Howard had equally kind things to say about her colleagues on campus. “Frankly, the knowledge and support from others on campus has truly helped and continues to help me develop as both a professional and human being.”
A Mile in Her Shoes event raises awareness for domestic violence
Laura Vidler, head of the department of modern languages and linguistics more effort you put in, the better,” Laura Vidler said. “I strongly encourage everyone to continue to learn and study as much as you can. Everyone is welcome and it doesn’t matter your level of proficiency ... learning a language is a courageous act.” Sydney Mook I The Volante
Students walk around Vermillion on Oct. 14 in high heels as a part of the A Mile in her
Shoes 5k. Proceeds from the event benefited the Domestic Violence Safe Options Services of Vermillion, which helps victims of sexual assault in the area. By Sydney Mook
Sydney.Mook@coyotes.usd.edu
Cheyenne Alexis I The Volante
Students at the Spanish Table converse with each other. The table meets every Tuesday
in the MUC, led by an instructor.
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read about. I love the way that Rowell includes realistic people in this novel. She includes a minority and a girl who has a bigger body. Typically, a person of bigger body proportions is rarely the main character, or especially someone’s love interest. Rowell completely tears down the notion that bigger people are ugly, or unlovable, by including Eleanor in the story. Park always talks about how much he loves her and
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“I think it was really good for us to represent there.” CASPPA stays involved in community events to raise awareness, but they also attend national conferences like NAADAC, to learn from others and expand USD’s program and club. “The NAADAC Conference is a national conference for addiction professionals,” senior addiction studies and psychology double major Olivia Hughs said. “The conference was a wonderful way to meet professionals in the field, learn more about issues in the profession and speak with
how beautiful she is, and that, to me, is wonderful because it’s not usually a common topic in stories. The only time a bigger person is in a story nowadays, it seems, is when they lose a tremendous amount of weight and then they find love. Body acceptance is very prominent in the story, and though it is the biggest concern of Eleanor, Park finds it one of the things he really loves about her. Park, on the other hand, is a biracial male. His mother is from Korea and his dad is white, and the two cultures intertwine and he sometimes feels stuck try-
ing to relate to both. He’s in the teenage stage where he’s trying to figure out who he is and who he likes and is sometimes unable to do so because of his ethnicity. The characters definitely related to me both with body acceptance and biracial acceptance – both with their internal problems and their physical experiences and learning to find themselves. “Eleanor and Park” teaches about more realistic problems that any reader can correlate to. It’s a beautiful story that will leave anyone smiling all the way through.
our South Dakota legislators about important issues in the field.” Both Hughs, president of CASPPA, and Hennig, CASPPA vice president, attended the conference from Oct. 9 to Oct. 13, and was able to attend educational sessions as well as represent USD’s addiction studies programs by tabling. “I felt like we had a lot of people come through that were interested in USD’s online masters program,” Hennig said. “Like, professionals already in the field wanting to get their masters because this study is always changing.” Now that they’re back on campus, Hughs, Hennig and the other CASPPA members are preparing to
have former NBA Denver Nuggets point guard Chris Herren speak at USD about his past drug use and rehabilitation experiences. “He talks about his recovery, so it’ll be excellent for people to hear him present,” CASPPA adviser Diane Sevening said. Sevening added that the presentation will be held on Nov. 2nd at 7p.m. at Aalfs Auditorium. CASPPA continues to advocate for the education of addiction treatment and prevention through presentations, conferences and other community events. “I think in the coming years, the treatment and prevention of addiction will become more prevalent in education programs everywhere,” Hennig said.
Men from the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and other USD students strutted around Vermillion in heels this past week to raise awareness about domestic violence and sexual assault. In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the fraternity held its first Walk a Mile in her Shoes 5k event. Around 10 to 15 fraternity members participated in the event, which cost $10 per person. According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, it is estimated that one in five women and one out of every 71 men will be raped at some point in their lives. Robert McCauley, a member of PIKE who helped organize the event, said it is important to get involved with causes like Walk a Mile in her Shoes because it raises awareness about sexual assault among fraternity members and other students. “It stands for a lot of different things,” McCauley said. “It’s kind of important that fraternity men understand the importance of being involved in domestic violence awareness and how it affects other people.”
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and you could potentially get a job that day.” Likewise, the Department of Labor also offers tools such as mock interviews and helpful tweaks to resumes that make them stand out. It also has an assortment of specialized programs to help students find a career best suited for them. “We have the work force training opportunities along with temporary assistance for needy families,” representative Lee Klarman said. “I probably have half a dozen young women who are a student and single and have children and need help so that program is available.”
Junior Logan Anderson also participated in the event because he believes it is important to raise awareness about sexual assault. “I wanted to participate because it’s important to talk about these things,” Anderson said. “I think domestic violence happens a lot more than people think and it’s important to raise awareness about that. And I thought it would be really cool to walk a mile in heels to help with that cause.” All of the money raised from the event stays local with the Domestic Violence Safe Options Services of Vermillion, which provides victims with temporary emergency shelter, clothing and a safe place to talk about the things they have gone through among other services. Sandie Sullivan, executive director for the DVSOS of Vermillion, said she is a survivor of sexual assault and that it is important to help victims in whatever way possible. “As a survivor myself,” Sullivan said, “domestic violence is an issue that I’ve always felt was really important in terms of helping victims get what they need in terms of support, comfort, and safety.” McCauley said that while They plan on tabling twice a month in the MUC along with participating in the career fair in order to inform students about the work opportunities here in South Dakota and surrounding states. “We are not located close by, so we feel like this way we can offer students access to our website and all the full- and part-time positions that are available throughout this corner of the state,” Klarman said. “If students haven’t been able to find us, this is a way for students to find us here.” Klarman said she wants to inform students about the job positions that are offered in South Dakota. “It’s very cost effective to live and work here,” Klarman said. “There are a lot of good jobs offered in
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I wanted to participate because it’s important to talk about these things. Logan Anderson, junior
walking through Vermillion in high heels may have been “painful,” he enjoys the chance to help out in the community in whatever way he and his fraternity can. “I think it’s important to give back to the community and be involved in different organizations in the community,” McCauley said. “So any time a community organization approaches us like the Domestic Violence Safe Options Services we like to do as much as we can.” South Dakota. I don’t know if students are aware of all the opportunities they can have here. We want to always present that to individuals.” The Department of Labor office can be located on 1024 W. Cherry St. and is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. No appointment is needed. They also have an office in North Sioux City. Career Week runs this week through Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. The various events will consist of an internship quest, a resume/cover letter workshop, a job search/ career fair, an interview 101/employer panel, a fall career and graduate school fair and an overseas job opportunities informational meeting.