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DAKOTA DAYS ROYALTY REVEALED

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Fourteen finalists were announced as Dakota Days royalty candidates. Top row from left to right: Ezra Voigt, Jacob Meyer, Marcus Ireland, Sawyer Stevens, Noah Thompson, Josh Anderson, and Riley Ackerman. Bottom row from left to right: Taylor Gustafson, Miranda Ebach, Hailey Freidel, Madison Nipe, Madisyn Waage, and Erica Carrels. Not pictured: Michaela Goldammer.

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The 14 finalists for Dakota Days royalty were announced at the Yotes Got Talent event on Sunday evening. Also at the event, six student acts performed their musical talents to kick off the week of Dakota Days celebrations.

Riley Ackerman, Josh Anderson, Marcus Ireland, Jacob Meyer, Ezra Voigt, Sawyer Stevens and Noah Thompson were announced as the final seven candidates for Mr. Dakota. Erica Carrels, Madisyn Waage, Hailey Freidel, Taylor Gustafson, Madison Nipe, Miranda Ebach and Michaela Goldammer were named the final seven Ms. Dakota candidates.

These candidates will now go through the second round of voting, which will take place on the MyUSD portal from Monday

at noon until Friday at 5 p.m. The Mr. and Ms. Dakota winners will be announced at halftime at the Dakota Days football game on Saturday.

Kim Grieve, vice president of student services and dean of students, who spoke at the event, said these finalist candidates now represent USD. “For the honorees this evening, USD has shaped who you are today,” Grieve said. “You are all remarkable, charitable and very favorable candidates.”

In addition, Eldon Warner was announced as the winner of the Yotes Got Talent competition, making this his third consecutive victory at the event. The High Howlers were awarded second place, and Savannah Kirsch won third.

Olivia Edoff, senior criminal justice and psychology major, said she enjoyed being able to watch her fellow students perform.

“I think it’s kind of cool that we all get to come out and see how talented our fellow Yotes are,” Edoff said. “Just to kind of start off D-Days together and have that kind of hype that gets going when we all get to come together and have an event.”

Katelyn Ryan, the coronation coordinator for the Dakota Days Executive Board, said the combination of the two events has helped increase participation.

“We see a lot more participation and a lot more support throughout the USD community… it is just kind of a nice way to combine two events into one and put the stress away from having two separate events,” Ryan said. “I think there was a really good turnout… it’s always kind of exciting to see everyone show up and support one another.”

As first-time, full-time first-year enrollment made university history with a class of 1,427 students, campus leaders look towards the future of a growing USD community.

This record first-year enrollment is a 6.4 percent increase over the 2017 incoming freshman class.

Specifically, this year’s freshman enrollment saw an increase in South Dakota students of 7.2 percent, an 8.4 percent increase of first-year Iowa students and a 25 percent increase of first-year Nebraska students.

The record prior to this year was 1,250 first-year students in 2010, said Scott Pohlson, the vice president of enrollment, marketing and University relations.

Pohlson said he believes USD has the largest first-year class among the other Board of Regents (BOR) schools.

“I’d like to think we had the largest freshman or first time enrollment of anyone in the BOR, but I don’t know that for sure… it certainly appears as though we had the best year for first-time enrollment of any BOR institution, from what I can see in the numbers,” he said.

Successful recruitment

Pohlson said the increase could be attributed to the “We are South Dakota” campaign, in-state tuition for Nebraska and Iowa students, campus improvements and See STUDENTS, Page A1

RISING FIRST-YEAR ENROLLMENT by geographic location since the 2017-2018 school year 7.2% increase from South Dakota 8.4% increase from Iowa 25% increase from Nebraska

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PAVE members chalked sidewalks around campus in support of sexual assault survivors as a response to the Kavanaugh hearing.

Kavanaugh hearing sparks student reaction Rachel Newville

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Students gathered in the Munster University Center (MUC) pit lounge on Thursday to watch the BlaseyKavanaugh Hearing.

The political science department reserved the space for students to watch the hearing throughout the day. Faculty stopped by to add insight, answer questions and lead a discussion.

Marcus Ireland, a senior criminal justice, political science and philosophy triple major said he thought the guidance from faculty was beneficial to the student body.

“I think it was beneficial for the campus at large, especially since we had strong faculty members who attended and spoke on the issues,” he said. “They just gave their ideas and like theories and the implications of certain things to help us think more critically about what we were hearing and what we were witnessing.”

Alyssa Fothergill, president of PAVE, said PAVE collaborated

with Bridget Diamond-Welch, an assistant professor of political science, to organize a campus event where students could chalk #whyIdidn’treport messages on campus sidewalks. Fothergill said it was important for PAVE to do something to support students.

“With everything going on in the news there are so many hurtful messages being shared that can bring up old memories and feelings for survivors of sexual assault,” Fothergill said in an email interview with The Volante. “It could make them feel like their story doesn’t matter if Dr. Fords doesn’t. It was important to us so that we could share our message to survivors saying they are important, they do matter and their stories matter.

We stand with them 100 percent.”

Members of PAVE were also in the PIT lounge on Thursday with resources available for survivors of sexual assault.

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Due to nationwide threats to students’ financial aid returns, the MyUSD portal has undergone changes with security updates. The new Desire2Learn (D2L) interface also launched last May. The single-sign-on functionality on the MyUSD portal was abandoned as a preemptive security measure after the U.S. Education Department’s Office of Federal Student Aid issued a warning, Joe Reynoldson, IT security officer, said.

“It’s called direct deposit fraud,” Reynoldson said. “The idea is that you steal a student’s credentials, you log into the student portal, you change the direct deposit number associated with your refunds to the financial aid and then when money is refunded to the student it actually goes to the attacker instead.”

The warning stated attackers were taking advantage of single-factor authentication for access to institution systems, a common practice of universities.

“Single-factor authentication is the simplest method of authentication where a person uses only one credential to verify him or herself online; usually the one credential is a password matched to a username,” the Financial Student Aid warning stated.

Before the update, with the single sign-on channel students could access applications

like D2L and WebAdvisor directly from the MyUSD portal without having to log in with a different credential.

Cheryl Tiahrt, Assistant Vice President of Technology, said the University decided to replace this process with links to the separate applications where an additional login is required.

“So the single sign-on channel is now just a quick links channel,” Tiahrt said. “That’s the basic difference.”

Reynoldson said the reason for the additional login is “the credential that gets you into the portal is not the credential that gets you into WebAdvisor and D2L.” “So what we decided was that you wouldn’t be able to get into their system just by compromising the USD credential right so now you would have to compromise two different credentials to get into that portal,” Reynoldson said. “The credentials that you use for the university are much more public because they’re associated with your email address.”

Some students use their university email addresses for social media accounts and a security breach for those sites often leads to leaked passwords.

“Attackers then go and take those passwords, correlate them to people’s email addresses and because people tend to reuse See PORTAL, Page A6

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS MYUSD CHANGES Was there a security breach in the myUSD Portal?

No, the changes made to the Portal were preventative and brought to USD’s attention by the Federal Student Aid (FSA) Office of the Department of Education. FSA warned of reports from other institutions outside of South Dakota that attackers were changing student’s direct deposit destination to the attacker’s bank account.

Will the single sign-on function make a return ot the Portal?

Bringing this function back is a current discussion at the statewide level. No further details are available now.

What are the benefits to the new D2L interface?

The new interface allows better mobile access to D2L. The interface also allows for ease of use for the visually impared.

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Comedian Chloe Hilliard was brought to campus by CAB for Dakota Days on Monday, Oct. 1.

City of Vermillion Police Blotter Highlights >> Sept. 23 - 27

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Sept. 23 Officers responded to a suspicious activity call.

Officers were unable to locate any criminal activity.

Sept. 23 Officers responded to a report of an unwanted guest. Officers located the suspect with a friend who told officers the suspect was lost.

Sept. 23 Officers received a request to check welfare.

Case was forwarded to social services.

Sept. 24 Officers responded to a suspicious activity call. The case is under investigation.

Sept. 24 An officer stopped a vehicle for expired registration. The driver was cited and released.

Sept. 25 An officer stopped a vehicle for an equipment violation.

Officer discovered the driver and all passengers to be unlicensed.

The driver was cited and released.

Sept. 25 Officers responded to a reported gas line breakage. Officers remained on scene until fire units took control of the scene.

Sept. 25 Officers received

information of an unlicensed driver driving a vehicle.

Officers responded and stopped the driver.

The subject’s driver’s license was found to be canceled. The vehicle was impounded and the driver was cited and released.

Sept. 25 Officers responded to a report of suspicious activity. Officers located a vehicle that had been reported stolen. Officers towed the vehicle. Case is under investigation.

Sept. 25 Vermillion Officers assisted University Officers on a suspicious

SAB Biotheraputics, Inc. discovers Ebola treatment Devin Martin

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A 100 percent protection treatment against the Ebola virus has been found

by SAB Biotherapeutics, Inc, a USD Discovery District anchor tenant.

The clinical biopharmaceutical company was recognized in a study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Rich Naser, Jr., USD Discovery District president said that SAB Biotherapeutics is “cutting edge” in a news release from the university.

“SAB Biotherapeutics is on the cutting edge of biotherapeutics with their novel immunotherapy platform,” Naser said, “This is the kind of

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broken gas line activity call.

Sept. 26 Vermillion Officers assisted County Deputies and County Jailers at the Jail for an unruly inmate.

Sept. 26 Officers received a report of juvenile delinquency. Case is under investigation.

Sept. 26 Officers found a deceased man in his house after a friend reported the man had not been heard from in a couple days. No foul play is suspected, case is under investigation.

Sept. 26 Officers received a

report of a bicycle theft.

Case is under investigation.

Sept. 26 Officers found a man deceased in his home after a relative reported not being able to contact the man. No foul play is suspected, under investigation.

Sept. 26 Officers responded to two neighbors disputing.

Officer’s investigation determined no crime had been committed.

Sept. 26 Officers responded to a 911 hang up call. Officers arrived on scene, spoke with

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the caller and found everything in order.

Sept. 27 Officers responded to a report of damaged property.

Officers investigation found two subjects had damaged other property in the area and where caught on video. Charges are pending.

Sept. 27 An officer stopped a vehicle for speeding in a school zone. The driver was cited and released.

Sept. 27 Officers are investigating a report of a sex crime.

TUNE IN THIS MONTH Tune into KAOR today at noon to hear more about the Dakota Days planning.

Watch Channel 21 today for a story on the think why die signs in South Dakota.

groundbreaking science we aim to foster in the Discovery District to provide opportunities for students, researchers and faculty.”

In June, the company announced that it will have it will have its corporate headquarters, research laboratories and CGMP biomanufacturing suite in the USD Discovery District, the news release said.

“We’re excited to provide the physical assets for these innovative emerging companies; we’re more excited to provide the workforce they need to keep growing,” Naser said. “The university is responding with new programs and certifications.

In areas such as biomedical engineering, regulatory affairs and CGMP manufacturing, these companies need to bring new innovations and make a greater impact.”

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UPD doubled their force for Dakota Days weekend in hopes increase safety at the festivities.

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Aramark has special serving stations, as well as using sanitary gloves, to prepare food for students with food allergies.

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Aramark works to provide students with allergies with safe, allergen-free options for their daily needs.

Previous workers at Aramark dining stations at USD have said the staff is extremely careful when preparing food, as they are aware of student allergies being a concern on campus.

Megan Bartels, a senior international studies major, and a former employee of Einstein’s Bagel Brothers, said the restaurant has a special station for preparing allergen-free orders.

“I used to work at Einstein’s, and when you’re preparing stuff that people could be allergic to, like nut products or fish, they have a separate station where you have to take off your gloves and switch them with new ones, prepare that, wash it, sanitize it… so there’s no risk of cross-contami-

nation and someone having a reaction,” Bartels said.

Bartels also said they can serve foods that may cause concern separate from the rest.

“But also, if you order a bagel with Nutella or peanut butter, we have to cup it separately, so if someone orders it, you give them the cup rather than smearing it on their bagel, so they have to do it themselves in a separate area that isn’t Einstein’s.”

In an email interview with The Volante, Hana Russell, senior secretary of student services at the Coyote Card office, said students may be exempt from the USD meal plan if they feel like Aramark dining options are not compatible with their dietary restrictions.

“Students who withdraw from USD, or those with an approved housing exemption or contract release, are automatically

Art incubator, increased gallery space proposed to fix Fine Arts space issues Morgan Matzen

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As students and faculty continue to see issues with the outdated Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts (FA), several solutions to the FA’s cramped space issues and other problem areas have arisen.

Solutions include a $30 million plan for the expansion of gallery space and an idea of an arts incubator located downtown said College of Fine Arts dean Larry Schou.

Schou said his vision for the FA includes expanding the gallery space towards the southern parking lot to add a student art gallery, and relocating the Oscar Howe gallery and Northern Plains Indian Art gallery to the space.

Schou said he also wants to add climate controlled storage, a wood shop and a processing and framing room.

In addition to increased gallery space, President Sheila Gestring proposed the idea of an arts incubator at the Sept.

4 Student Government Association meeting.

“What we would like to do is have the graduate art program downtown,” she said. “We need to do some fundraising to get that done, but we have a vision and we’re going to get after it.”

Gestring said the arts incubator could be more than just visual arts, perhaps incorporating a music studio and theatre.

“It would be really unique and fabulous to do this downtown,” she said at the SGA meeting. “I realize that I need to raise money to get that done, and I am working on that, I assure you. Dean Schou is as well. We’ve got a plan put together now, a proposal to put in front of donors. It takes time, but it is a priority and we are working on that.”

SGA fine arts senator Kevin Huizenga, a senior musical arts major, said the arts incubator could help alleviate some of the space issues the FA has experienced in recent years.

“It does help alleviate some of the spacing issues that we’re having,” he said. “It could potentially relieve some of the stresses of our bursting at the seams.”

Cory Knedler, chair of art, said an arts incubator could potentially solve the issue of graduate studio spaces for visual arts. Currently, graduate art students have their studio spaces in Julian Hall.

“Having a gallery downstairs, graduate studio spaces upstairs and other studio spaces for visiting artists would be very unique for this part of the country and would bring a lot more visiting artists into this area,” he said. “It could also double as a sales gallery, which could help graduate students raise money and pay for their living expenses.”

Knedler said the project, if completed, could help revitalize part of downtown Vermillion, taking over a couple of

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...we are busting out at the seams. With all the add-ons we would be putting on the building, we might as well just get a new building.

Raimondo Genna, chair of theater

buildings in the area.

“It would be very exciting for Vermillion, for the university, and really put us on the map,” he said. “Whether we expand on (the FA) or expand to an arts incubator downtown, it’s time to do something.”

For theater, Raimondo Genna said adding onto the existing FA building wouldn’t exactly solve all of the problems within the college, and ideally, USD would just build a new building in its place.

“I think in an ideal world, we would get a brand new building, one that is built for a larger student body,” he said.

“Enrollment has grown in the last 50 years, so we are busting out at the seams.

With all the add-ons we would be putting on the building, we might as well just get a new building.”

Despite those ideals, Genna said he still believes additions to the existing building would work for the FA. “I would never say it’s all or nothing because that would be silly,” he said.

He looks up to the National Music Museum’s upcoming expansion as an example of an older building that would benefit from adding space, which the FA could model in its expansion.

“It’s a wonderful example of a building that desperately needed funding for the longest time,” he said. “If we’re thinking about renovating the existing space, I think the approach they had to the music museum would be a good starting point.”

At the Sept. 28 State of the University Address, Gestring said USD has “accomplished a lot over the last decade,” but it’s time to revisit the facilities master plan for the campus.

“With fine arts being part of that ‘more to do’ category, we do need to begin to develop a plan,” she said. “Part of that plan will be how to best utilize the state’s maintenance and repair dollars, and some of that is going to involve fundraising and going out and seeking private dollars to help us with that as well.”

qualified for a meal plan exemption or reduction,” Russell said.

Russell also said students who wish to have an exemption must have documentation for their medical excuse.

“Meal plan appeals granted for medical need require documentation, such as a doctor’s note from their primary care physician or from the Vermillion Sanford Clinic,” she said. “Students applying for a medical appeal are encouraged to speak with Adam Chicoine at Aramark Dining Services before filling out the form to see how dining can help them utilize their meal plan.”

Morgan Kistler, a junior communication studies major, said she has taken extra precautions around campus due to her severe food allergies and anaphylactic reactions.

“I’ve ended up having an allergic reaction once because someone peeled

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successful academic, athletic and fine arts programs.

“We saw success in our in-state rate for Iowans, and that was a major focus of ours three years ago… since our distance isn’t very far, it’s worked tremendously well. This is the third year of more than 4 percent growth in our first-time Iowa students,” Pohlson said. “The one we just implemented last year was the in-state rate for Nebraska, and that started in December, and that grew and it grew significantly.

USD’s record first-year enrollment is also attributed to marketing strategies and goals over the past decade, Pohlson said.

“I also think there’s just something about USD that is sort of having a resurgence, I mean we’ve put almost $400 million into this institution over the past ten years,” he said. “The students that are coming now what the USD used to look like before them, they only see this new product… all of those people are seeing a different type of USD that was a strategy ten years ago, and that’s now come to fruition.”

The successful first-year recruitment is thanks to the student ambassadors, faculty, administration and the maintenance and grounds crew, Pohlson said.

“The first thing that it does is it allows us to feel that we’re doing the right things.

It’s really nice to know in life that when you’re working hard, that you’re seeing the results of that,” he said.

Looking to the future

Pohlson also said because of the success in Iowa and Nebraska, the university hopes to expand its reach to other regions of the country in the future.

“We’re only in the beginning phases of this… We need to look more instead of just contiguous states, more the regional component of locations we need to expand to, and we are going to do that,” Pohlson said. “So that’s probably the biggest thing that will change is how will USD’s footprint expand... We want to expand that as we go forward.”

Josh Sorbe, president of USD’s Student Government Association said the university will need to focus on retention in the future.

“We have to shift the focus from not only recruiting and bringing in first-years but to maintaining them as sophomores, juniors and seniors,” Sorbe said. “As well as continuing to not let this become a peak for freshmen enrollment, and continuing to grow going into the future.”

Sorbe also said the increase suggests that USD is a successful institution.

“I think it shows that we want to be a part of something that’s successful. We’ve had a lot of successes lately, with athletics, with facility renovations, with programs having substantial award recognitions and students going on to be in Hamilton in Chicago, for example,” he said.

“People want to be a part of something that’s successful, and I think that that’s what our freshman enrollment is starting

an orange in the booth next to me,” Kiestler said. “I’m always very aware of my surroundings while I’m in the dining hall.

If I see someone with an orange, I usually get up and move somewhere that is safe for me or I ask them to wait a few minutes to peel it so I can leave.”

Melyssa Nikole Manecke, a junior nursing student, is lactose-intolerant and said she has suffered severe reactions while on campus.

“I did have issues with UBrew; I’d tell them to put soy in my coffee, and one time they didn’t even though they wrote it down as soy, so I couldn’t drink it,” she said. “It happened another time too, I believe, and I didn’t notice because I didn’t watch them make it like I normally do, but I could tell because about 30 to 45 minutes after drinking my coffee I got extremely sick in the library.” to reflect.”

A larger student body

Sorbe said the increased first-year enrollment will allow for more student resources.

“We don’t have the final numbers from the university budget committee yet, but with this record enrollment, that means that there’ll be more General Activity Fee dollars available for allocation, although we’re not necessarily sure if that will come to SGA,” Sorbe said.

The increased funding will allow the university to make improvements to accommodate with the enrollment increase, Pohlson said.

“It should mean over time significantly more funding, in terms of our ability to maintain the facilities that we have and expand programs for academic units,” Pohlson said. “It should also mean a sense of pride and a kind of a new USD, which is a bigger institution, which I think actually helps in terms of our reputation regionally.”

Pohlson also said the increased number of first-year students brings more excitement to campus.

“It also fills classrooms, I think there’s an energy that comes with that, from a sports standpoint, from fine arts events, campus activities grow,” he said. “For the community, it means more students here buying and shopping and making us more of a vibrant community as well, so that’s an advantage both ways.”

Konrad Schmidt-Grimminger, a first-year biology and German major, said although he has not noticed that the freshman class is larger, he understands that the increase is important to the university.

“Potentially, (there will be) brighter minds coming, more people you have to educate,” Schmidt-Grimminger said. “And then (there are) more people to graduate, who could potentially help out USD in the future, like with alumni and stuff.”

Accommodations

The increase in first-year students has created a need for housing accommodations, Pohlson said.

“Housing is a problem. If this keeps going, which is obviously that’s obviously the plans President Gestring has for this area, we’re going to need more housing,” Pohlson said.

Pohlson also said campus will need to gain more understanding of diversity and inclusion.

“So we also saw a growth in diversity in this year’s class, but that also means new focuses on services on campus, and understanding how our culture will change in the future,” he said. “I think the growth is going to come more from a different population base than USD has served in the past.”

In a university press release, university president Sheila Gestring said she excited to see the increase first-year enrollment.

“Now, more than ever is a great time to be a Coyote,” she said. “As we move forward, we have (a) tremendous reason for optimism.”

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“Legacy” stands proudly in the middle of campus reminding us to be proud of being Coyotes.

Editorial: USD is innovating for a brighter future today The best time to be a Coyote is right now.

No, there isn’t ever really a bad time to be a Coyote, but this year is an exciting year to say the very least. With a new president and a slew of new ideas to match as well as an ever-innovative medical program – there’s really no telling just how great it is to be a part of USD. President Gestring recently delivered her State of the University address and touched on the importance of receiving a liberal arts education, driving home the fact that USD is South Dakota’s only public liberal arts university – which is why being a Coyote right now is so important.

Gestring is also a president who understands that the art programs USD offers are just as important and valid as any of the other programs at the university.

She prioritizes the necessity for a new Fine Arts building as well as improving things within the health sciences building in Julian Hall.

We are the future and with a president that believes in the importance of future generations receiving the brand of education that USD is delivering helps extend a

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As President Gestring prompted us to ask ourselves in her address: how can we use our gifts to make a positive contribution to our families and our communities?

feeling of pride in not only our educations but ourselves.

And with Coyote Pride like this, is it any wonder that so many educational strides are being made?

The USD Law school had been making great strides in terms of LSAT scores recently, resulting in the average score being raised to their highest since 2010.

The clinical biopharmaceutical company and one of the USD Discovery District anchor tenants were recognized in a study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, which discusses the 100 percent protection treatment against Ebola.

The theme for this years’ Dakota Days is “Innovating for tomorrow” and it couldn’t

be more appropriate. USD is growing, creating and discovering new things together - making the community stronger than ever.

USD is in an innovative state right now. There are more reasons now to be proud to be a Coyote than there ever have been before.

As President Gestring prompted us to ask ourselves in her address: how can we use our gifts to make a positive contribution to our families and our communities?

Only time can tell, but with the skills we are learning here both professionally and personally, it seems like the possibilities for greatness are endless.

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College is by far one of the hardest things I have ever done. If I had a dollar for every time I asked myself, “is this worth it?,” I would probably be able to pay off my student loans.

From middle school to high school, teachers, parents and basically every other adult on the planet drilled into our brains that spending tens of thousands of dollars on a college degree was essential to being successful in the future.

I think that majority of us can agree that college is a worthwhile investment.

Ultimately, though, a college degree doesn’t guarantee you a job at the end of the day, because it’s not just about the degree.

While many believe that a college degree will lead them directly to their dream job, the truth is that, in most cases, it won’t, because many people have no experience in the field that they are interested in.

Not one of the adults who preached about the importance of a college degree to me mentioned arguably the most important aspect of college: internships.

An internship provides real-life experience and exposure.

College students who complete an internship have a great advantage over those who don’t. An internship allows students to use things that they have learned in the classroom and apply them to the outside world and real-life situations.

According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), 60 percent of college graduates who participated in an internship received at least one job offer.

NACE also says that 95 percent of employers are looking for college graduates with experience.

You can acquire incredible amounts of education in your life, however, that knowledge doesn’t always translate to the working life.

Internships can better teach young adults about the companies, fields that they are interested in, and gives students with little experience some time in the professional world.

Getting connected and developing your professional network.

Partaking in an internship allows you to establish deeper relationships than you normally would talking to a stranger one-on-one.

Completing an internship is also really important when it comes to networking.

According to Timothy Butler, a professor at Harvard Business School, “The biggest mistake that people make networking is that people don’t do it.”

Internships often give you the opportunity to attend meetings and events where you can talk to other professionals in the field.

Networking can help to acquire references and can even help when it comes down to searching for a job after graduation.

Give your career path a test drive.

You might discover through interning in your planned career field that it’s not exactly what you thought it would be like. On the other hand, you might discover that one area of your chosen field is better than another.

The truth is, in the classroom, something may seem like the perfect fit for you, but actually working in the field could be a completely different experience.

Completing an internship can help make sure that you don’t waste your time in a career you thought you would love, but ended up hating. But finding the right internship can ultimately result in you realizing just how passionate you are for your field and can add to the excitement of what the future may hold.

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An internship provides real-life expereince and exposure.

OVERHEARDS

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

“That was a bad day. That’s the day I was drinking gin.”

— Muenster University Center

“Did you just wipe off the tip of that Juul? I’m offended.”

— The Varsity Pub

“If Kanye was president that would confirm The Illuminati in my opinion.”

— Al Neyharth Media Center

“Can I bum a kombucha off you?”

— Cherry Street

“If baby Jesus were here he’d be participating.”

— Patterson Hall

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Stars show that late-Millenials and GenZ will shift society MIKI KENNERLY is a senior double majoring in strategic communications and Spanish Millennials ruined the domestic beer industry, prefer experiences over material items, and value honesty. Generation Z can be quite sensitive, are large advocates for structural change, and seek job stability over risk-taking.

But Millennials and Gen Z aren’t really ruining anything. They’re just innovating and redefining our current culture and society with the previous generation’s influence, which these younger Americans have been shown to do.

These young Americans are spearheading mass movements and technological advancements at an incredible pace while facing intense scrutiny from previous generations.

Though they do things much differently and are more independent in their daily lives, the impact that late-Millennials and Gen Z will have could be substantial. But what exactly could be the cause of this dramatic rift between generations? The stars may have the answer.

Astrology is comprised of a birth chart system in which you can determine your own personalized natal chart by entering in your birth date, time and place into an online generator.

With this information, a representation of where

the planets and stars were at your exact moment of birth is created, and all of your most innate ways of thinking, methods of communication, and possibly even deepest insecurities are revealed.

According to author Yasmin Boland, aside from a few people who were born around the same place and specific time as you, no one will have your exact chart for another 26,000 years.

In astrology, the planets represent areas of your character, like ego and overarching personality (Sun), love (Venus), emotions (Moon), aggression and desire (Mars), and communication (Mercury), to name a few.

The signs, from Aries to Pisces, represent how this part of your character is expressed. Each sign rules one planet, and some planets have two sign rulers. The planets and their sign rulers share many distinct qualities.

Some planets, like your sun sign stay in the same sign for as little as a month. Other planets like Neptune and Pluto represent generations, as they stay in the same sign for about 14 and 21 years, respectively. That’s why signs like Pluto have such a transformative impact on such large groups.

Pluto is generally the planet of transformation, death, and rebirth, among many other profound and inexplicable qualities.

Pluto rules Scorpio, a deep, intense and emotional zodiac sign, and is the planet that guides our

most regenerative forces.

On Nov. 10, 1995, Pluto entered Sagittarius, where it stayed until Jan. 27, 2008, when it entered into Capricorn. It will remain in Capricorn until Jan. 2024. Because of this shift in the late nineties and the lack of specific numerical definitions for the terms Millennial and Gen Z, Pluto in Sagittarius often refers to Gen Z, and the current Pluto in Capricorn represents the generation to follow. Late Millennials and Gen Z combined make up the Pluto in Sagittarius generation.

It is to be assumed that “baby boomers” (primarily the Pluto in Leo generation) are Pluto in Sagittarius’ harshest critics.

This may come from Leo’s fixed quality, making the generation traditional, confident in their works and resistant to change.

Part of this rift may also stem from Sagittarius’ sometimes blind optimism in play with its mutable quality, making the Pluto in Sagittarius generation’s relaxed and flexible energy seem dismissive or aloof to their elders.

Capricorn’s hardworking, stable, and business-oriented nature coupled with Sagittarius’ wanderlust, adaptability and optimism may seem counterproductive.

The last time Pluto was in Capricorn, the American Revolution occurred.

With the initiators of the Capricorn generation and the adaptability of the Sagittarius generation, late Millennials and Gen Z will accomplish anything they set their minds to.

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The Kardashian kids are the future NICKOLAS ZEIMET is a senior majoring in media & journalism

It’s an interesting world to live in – one where cameras follow people around in their day-to-day lives and record everything they do for millions of people to see. Their trials and triumphs all displayed for the world to judge.

But that’s entertainment, isn’t it?

“Keeping Up with the Kardashians” is one of TV’s highest watched programs. A show about people notoriously without talent is, for whatever reason, one of television’s biggest hits. While yes, it seems painfully easy to pick at every little thing that the Kardashians do there is a draw to them that is undeniable.

A picture of Kylie Jenner posted on Instagram garners hundreds of thousands of likes in mere minutes.

Talk of the reality star’s pregnancy was plastered all over social media because what happens to them means everything to us.

So, when we think about the Kardashians and their international fame, one can’t help but wonder: what about the kids?

Something that has plagued my thoughts a lot is the question of what does it mean to grow up in front of

cameras?

Now yes, stars like Lindsay Lohan or Leonardo DiCaprio grew up in front of cameras, but the brand of celebrity that the KardashianJenner children are is unlike any brand of child-fame that the world has seen before.

When North West, Kim and Kanye’s first child, was in-utero she was a national phenomenon. The birth of Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson’s daughter, True, was a tabloid editor’s dream come true as the child was born in the midst of a cheating scandal.

Before the kids were able to even take their first breath they were famous… so, how is that going to impact them?

Growing up a child actor is one thing, it is your character that is struggling with puberty and the horrors of growing up – these children are growing up as themselves on television. There isn’t any distance they can put between themselves and what is being broadcast on television, it’s just them on camera growing up.

When photos of Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick’s son were posted and the 8-year-old appeared to have a unibrow internet trolls went wild – mom-shaming Kourtney for not taking on the responsibilities of motherhood by tweezing her child’s eyebrows.

Are we supposed to

think that this is normal?

We live in a time where cyber-bullying is on the top of every parent’s concern list… so how does anyone think that pointing out a little boy’s features and shaming him and his mother for them is justifiable?

These children are the future faces of Hollywood. North West is already regarded as a fashionista and diva, and she’s only five, in another ten years who can guess where her social capital and money will take her.

The fact of the matter is that these children are likely to only grow in notoriety, be it good or bad. We’ve seen countless child stars travel down dark paths, we’ve also seen those same child stars make a claim for redemption.

Hate their parents as you may, but keep in mind that these kids are just that – kids. Kim and Khloe may be problematic, Kourtney and Scott may be the definition of dysfunctional, but these children are not responsible for the error of their parents.

These children have the platform to create change and are growing up in a generation hilted on the concept of change.

However naïve it may seem, until proven otherwise, we should believe that these KarJenner kids are destined for greatness.

LA 2028 is the future of the Olympic Games MICCI ABBOTT is a senior majoring in sports media & marketing.

The Olympic Games are supposed to be considered an honor for the host country, but the negative aspects of being host to the Olympic Games have been an increasingly prominent display since Rio 2016.

Crumbling venues and bankrupt countries have cast the Games and the Olympic Movement into darkness. Support for what is supposed to be the biggest sporting event in the world has reached new lows in both attendance and remote viewing.

Volunteers were used to fill

stands at the 2018 Winter Games and they broadcast as the least watched Games on record.

Despite the increasingly negative public image of the Olympic Games, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has been expressing unanimous interest in hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics since 2013.

The Los Angeles bid originally began as a movement called LA 2024.

When Rome and Budapest withdrew from the process due to cost and uncertain political climates, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was left with only two cities in the running: Paris and LA. Both cities had the support and experience needed to be successful

hosts, so the IOC made the unprecedented decision to award both the 2024 and 2028 Games simultaneously.

Los Angeles emerged as the host city of the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad, more commonly referred to as LA 2028.

In contrast to the disrepair and disarray we’ve seen in previous host cities, LA 2028 promises to be a completely reimagined Olympic Games. Los Angeles is no amateur when it comes to large entertainment events and that experience is reflected in the unique and forward-thinking LA 2028 proposal.

While other cities make changes for the Olympics, Los Angeles is incorporating the

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Olympics into changes being made for the city.

Citizens of Los Angeles have recently voted to approve a measure to increase sales tax to fund a massive expansion of the public transportation system. In 2028, this will prove invaluable when hundreds of thousands of athletes and spectators descend upon the city.

The LA Stadium at Hollywood Park is a facility planned to open in 2020 to be the new home of the LA Rams and Chargers. In 2028, it will be home to Olympic soccer matches.

UCLA and USC’s campuses are scheduled to receive small renovations.

This will then provide an easy transition in 2028 when they are utilized as the Olympic Village and

Host cities have attempted to use the Olympics for revitalization.

Media Village.

These developments are only three of the many that have been made for the betterment of Los Angeles but will also contribute to a successful Olympic Games. The 2028 Olympics have always been discussed as a beneficiary of the changes coming to Los Angeles, not as the reason for them occurring. This tenet of extreme reuse is what will make the Olympics a worthwhile investment to host cities again. Instead of crumbling buildings, LA will have Olympic-

level facilities for use both before and after the Games.

The Olympic Movement is dedicated to supporting the societal connection between culture, sport, and education. The destitution that is too often left behind in host cities has quickly overshadowed this mission. Los Angeles has an approach that declares itself prepared to break this cycle. Previous host cities have attempted to use the Olympics for revitalization. LA 2028 is poised to instead revitalize the Olympics.

Getting creative this fall is easier than ever JOE VITO MOUBRY is a junior majoring in studio art.

When it comes to choosing a favorite season, fall wins hands downs for me. It’s sweatshirt weather and hot chocolate drinking time.

Yet, the biggest and best part of fall is the fun creative outlets that come in the form of Inktober and NaNoWriMo. Both Inktober and NaNoWriMo provide creative people white a fun challenge to create either drawings or to write.

And they both indirectly provide a way to help relieve some stress.

Inktober During the month of October, people who enjoy drawing or sketching have the opportunity to participate in Inktober.

Inktober focuses on providing a prompt each day for inspiration.

As a studio art major, the appeal of participating in Inktober is a way to continue building my experience as an artist.

Especially since it’s hard sometimes to keep on coming up with new inspiration for pieces.

The other benefit is drawing, or doing anything creative can help to reduce stress.

A column on Very Well Mind, states creating art for even 20 minutes can help to reduce stress.

Elizabeth Scott, the author

of the column, wrote about how this was discovered by conducting research in which the participants were divided into a group that would create artwork or a group that would stack art prints for 20 minutes.

Inktober provides a way fun break from the assignments that I and other students have to do for classes.

NaNoWriMo The other fun challenge is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) during the month of November.

How NaNoWriMo works is anyone that wishes to participate signs up, announces what their novel is about and then spends the month of November writing their

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novel.

How NaNoWriMo defines a novel is 50,000 words. Despite coming up with a 50,000 body of work in just 30 days seems intimidating, the actual goal of NaNoWriMo is a simple one: to get writers writing.

Participating in a creative writing challenge like NaNoWriMo can just be as healthy as drawing during Inktober.

According to an article on the American Psychological Association’s website, creative writing can have benefits for anyone including people with terminal diseases.

The article talks about a study done with 107 patients who wrote for 20 minutes a day three times

With midterms upon us, and the remainder of a busy semester, it’s the perfect time to find a creative outlet.

a week. After four months, 70 of these patients saw improvement with their stress levels.

As college students, we may not necessarily have terminal diseases, yet stress does impact us. According to Foster EDU, students who have reported being stressed have also reported having lower grades.

With midterms upon us, and the remainder

of a busy semester, it’s the perfect time to find a creative outlet.

Inktober and NaNoWriMo can possibly provide just one outlet for us as students to enjoy to relieve some of our stress.

Even if you don’t participate in either month-long activity, grab a piece of paper, a writing utensil and allow yourself to do something creative with it for a study break.

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USD President Sheila Gestring delivered her State of the University address in Aalfs Auditorium on Thursday evening.

President Gestring delivers her first State of the University address Austin Lammers

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Sheila Gestring reviewed her first months as USD’s president and announced plans for the school’s future in her inaugural State of the University Address at Aalfs Auditorium Thursday afternoon.

Gestring opened by endorsing the importance of liberal arts education, reiterating that USD is “the state’s flagship and only public liberal arts university.”

“The most fundamental principle in education,” Gestring said, “is learning how to learn. The question is not ‘how much money will I make?’, but ‘how can I use my gifts make a positive contribution to my family and my community?’”

Increasing scholarships in the School of Law was a primary need for the University, Gestring said, noting that 13 full scholarships were awarded to law students, last year’s average LSAT score rose to its highest since 2010, and the law school’s class size rose 22 percent this year.

Gestring said the South Dakota Board of Regents’ (SDBOR) top priority is an initiative called Dakota’s Promise, “a needs-based financial aid program that will help 6,000 South Dakotans every year.”

“These are South Dakotans who have earned, academically, the privilege to attend a public university, but do not have the financial means to do so,” Gestring said.

As of now, South Dakota is the only state in the country without a needs-based scholarship program, but Gestring said university presidents have agreed to raise

private funds to match each dollar the State is able to contribute.

USD’s 1,427 new undergraduate students is the largest enrollment class in school history. Gestring said this was due in large part to USD’s new reciprocity with Iowa students, whom increased 7.2 percent this year, and Nebraska students, whom increased 25 percent.

In addition, enrollment of domestic students of color rose 13.7 percent this year, Gestring said.

“Once we recruit students,” Gestring said, “we must retain them.”

Gestring said retention rates rose to 77.3 percent for the 2017-18, compared to 72 percent in 2016-2017.

“Part of this success can be attributed to Coyote connections,” she said, “a student retention tool that helps faculty and advisors identify students that may be struggling with the transition to university life.”

Next, Gestring said it’s critical the university offer competitive salaries to faculty and staff, and that SDBOR is requesting $3 million from the state legislature for salaries at public universities.

Along with the bonus, Gestring said it will offer 50 percent Wellness Center membership discounts and two free “Day-of” event tickets to faculty beginning January 2019.

Gestring said the university has raised over $270 million in fundraising for the Facilities Master Plan, a source to fund facility improvement, scholarships, research and travel opportunities for faculty and students, and new

campus programs.

“It takes each one of us to succeed collectively,” Gestring closed.

“I think she gave a good glimpse of what the university is looking at right now and going forward,” said Student Government Association (SGA) president Josh Sorbe. “I’ve said it since school started and I’ll keep saying it: I think it’s a great time to be a Coyote.”

“I think it was a good first address,” said Marcus Destin, a second-year communications student. “She did very well addressing all the issues as well as past concerns, along with future tasks and solutions.”

Destin said he believes Gestring’s vision for the university is “refreshing”.

“It’s in revamp,” he said. “After twenty-odd years, it’s good to have a new vision and new perspective moving forward.”

Part of that vision includes utilizing the fundraising dollars in the Facilities Master Plan, which Sorbe said will be used in various projects around campus and the town of Vermillion.

“She’s told me that the three priorities right now are (1) the Fine Arts building and an Art Incubator downtown. Second one would be the health sciences building in Julian Hall, and then the third one being the law school,” Sorbe said.

Sorbe said Gestring took full advantage of the 45 minutes she was allotted on the podium.

“There’s a lot going at USD right now, and there’s no way to cover it all,” Sorbe said. “I think she gave a very good overview of what we’re looking at right now.”

and faculty did pick them up,” Fothergill said.

David Earnest, chair of the political science department said the idea to host a viewing in the MUC started by department faculty wanting to make the hearing available for students to watch in Dakota Hall. After discussing options, the department decided to find a place that could hold a larger audience. Unsure if the hearings would happen, the department waited until Wednesday afternoon to announce they would be playing them in the MUC. “We thought that Thursday was going to be (a) truly historic day,” he said. “Not only were these historic events, but we were the department possessed the expertise to talk about both of these events and help students and the community understand them.”

Even though no speakers were planned, faculty from many departments stopped by and used the breaks between questioning to speak with students, Earnest said.

“I think that’s USD at its best,” he said. “That’s our faculty taking leadership and

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their password they’ll go try it to see if they can log in so that’s one of the ways that attackers get into your account is if you’re reusing the same password for multiple accounts,” Reynoldson said.

In addition to the new security measures USD has enforced, Reynoldson recommends students use a password vault.

“In order to make sure that you have a different password that is strong for every online identity you want to use a vault so that you only have the one very strong password to remember to get into the vault and then the vault is what actually puts the password into the system,” Reynoldson said.

Returning students and faculty may have also noticed changes in the D2L system.

A new user interface, Daylight, was put in place

our students being engaged, and it was a much greater success than I dared hope it would be.”

President Gestring even stopped by the event to see students before she gave her first State of the University address.

Ireland said the last time he saw this much student interest in national politics on campus was the 2016 election.

Earnest said the political science department is planning on hosting another viewing for the midterm elections on Nov. 6. Ireland said he thinks events like Thursday’s are beneficial to the community.

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think

beneficial

it

was

for

the

department in the sense that it brought us together, but I also think it’s better for the community

because

it

helped to provide a more insightful just

a

viewing,

political

versus

viewing,”

Ireland said.

last May to make D2L more accessible on mobile devices, said Tiarht.

“The My Courses widget and the layout of the course home and My Homepages were changed and it was necessary to do that in order to make it friendly for these other devices,” Tiahrt said.

Tiahrt

doesn’t

expect

another major change to D2L besides the continuous improvement cycle, which updates D2L with monthly, incremental changes.

She also urges students to contact the IT help desk if they experience any issues with the recent changes.

“It’s good for us to know what kind of issues and questions exist. If we don’t see those, then we don’t know

where

we

should

concentrate,” Tiahrt said.

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Discount Textbooks closed, will open in December for students to return rental books.

Discount bookstore closes Lexi Kerzman

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Discount Textbooks will be closing its doors, after the owner posted a note on the store’s door earlier this school year announcing the closing.

According to the sign, the store would be closed until further notice. No explanation was provided.

Discount Textbooks was located on Cherry Street next to Mexico Viejo, right across from campus. Kade Rexwinkel, former Discount Textbooks employee and USD graduate, said he doesn’t feel like enough students took advantage of the discount store.

“Honestly I just don’t think everybody knew about it,” Rexwinkel said. “I also just think every brick and mortar bookstore has probably been affected by online textbook sales.”

Cody Senn, senior political science major and former discount textbook employee, agreed with Rexwinkel and said that the store saw competition with new one book ordering options such as Chegg and Amazon. However, he said the store often offered huge sales on

textbooks and said not enough students took advantage.

“There was sometimes discounts up to $50 or more dollars difference,” Senn said. “On top of the price discrepancy, the discount bookstore was more honest about what was needed for the class and what was recommended based on the staff’s personal experience, since most of us were students.”

Senn said he is sad to see the textbook store close and said he believes USD is losing a valuable resource.

“The textbook store was run like a well-oiled machine by the manager, I’m sad to see it go,” Senn said. “Besides working there I’ve also gotten my textbooks there since my sophomore year and I saved a lot of money while doing so.”

According to the sign the store will open temporarily in December to allow students to return their rental books, however no dates were given.

Discount Textbooks was also contacted for this story and did not respond in time for publication.

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Emma Lavin, a first-year business major, poses with her horse. Lavin is a competitive dressage rider.

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First-year, senior students reflect on time at USD Sara Cappiello and Ali Boysen volante@coyotes.usd.edu

First-year students go into their college career uncertain of what their future will look like. As time passes, they find professions that support their passions in life.

Emma Lavin, first-year business major, adjusting to life as a fulltime college student has been an adventure.

“I really like it,” Lavin said. “It’s a good community and there’s a lot of good people here. The teachers are really helpful and the facilities are nice. It’s a good place.”

Sarah Wittmuss, professional advisor helps new USD students make the transition to college easier by providing guidance and resources.

Wittmuss has worked with Lavin this semester but said she knew her before she even came to school at USD. “I went to college with Emma’s parents and have known her whole life, yet it’s been a treat to get to know her in a professional capacity

this year,” Wittmuss said. “She’s amazing.”

Outside of class, Lavin is involved in Equip campus ministries and has looked into joining a few other student organizations. But being a student at USD is not her only priority.

“In my free time, I like to ride horses,” Lavin said. “I’m a dressage rider, so I go to the barn pretty much every day and ride. I rode for quite a few years, just for fun. I decided that I really wanted to get serious about it and get my own horse about that.”

Lavin participates in competitions, beginning in early May. Before coming to USD, she spent the summer in Colorado, riding her horse and preparing for her first year of college.

Since beginning her first semester at USD, Lavin has been going back and forth between school and Colorado, where her horse is currently. Lavin said she has gotten used to this change.

“The balancing is hard because I always make the barn a priority,”

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It’s a good community, and there’s a lot of good people here. The teachers are really helpful and the facilities are nice. It’s a good place.

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Lavin said. “If that means I have to stay up later or get up earlier, it’s totally worth it so I can have time for that. It’s a lot of fun and I really love it.”

Looking forward, Lavin plans on finishing her education at USD and possibly going to graduate school.

Although Lavin said she is unsure exactly what she’ll be doing, she knows riding horses will still be the main part of her life.

“My plan is to probably go to graduate school if I keep a business major,” Lavin said. “I want to move to Colorado, get a job, and ride a lot.

I want to have a job that allows me to balance work and horses. I’m not sure what I really like right now but I just want to keep getting involved in stuff and moving forward.”

Wittmuss said she is thrilled to work with this new class of freshmen and is excited to see what their futures look like.

“We encourage students to think broadly about what their degree can do for them, so many of the jobs they will hold in five or ten years from now truly do not yet exist,” Wittmuss said. “Moving to college can be both an exciting and

stressful time but we are committed to helping as much as possible. It’s an exciting development to know we are bringing in more bright, excited students ready to take on the world.”

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Professor makes his mark at USD teaching tattoo class Lauren Soulek

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David Lane, assistant professor of sociology, teaches “Marks of Civilization,” a class unique to USD on the cultural production of tattooing.

“Marks of Civilization” is a unique class that USD offers, and the only course of its kind in the United States.

David Lane, assistant professor in sociology, teaches the course.

Lane teaches the literature of cultural production in tattooing.

He said teaching a class that’s not offered anywhere else is odd.

“It’s an entire creation from me,” Lane said. “It’s really difficult to do something new in this sense that nobody’s done it on tattooing.

The good part is I know all that literature.”

One of the assignments for the class is that the students have to spend time around tattooers in a tattoo shop.

“I think with inductive scholarship, if you’re going to gather data, you ought to be where the data are,” Lane said.

Joshua Fox, a senior psychology major, took “Marks of Civilization” in fall of 2017. He said he enjoyed doing his field project for the class.

“We had to do some sort of presentation that had to do with the tattooing process and one of the theories,” Fox said. “With my group, I did Goffman’s Stigma (a theory of social stigma) and if tattooing is still considered a stigma in today’s society. So what we ended up doing is we got fake tattoo sleeves for our arms and we walked around like a mall and saw if there (were) results.”

Lane said he senses there’s a shift happening in the world when it comes to the stigma of tattooing.

“In the last 20 years or so, we’ve seen a lot more people becoming

aware of the body,” Lane said. “Now that’s not just tattooing, but the body and what it means to exist in these things that we’re not just bags of bones and guts. That there’s something more to this physical experience of existence.”

While there (have) been studies of tattooing done in the past, Lane said it’s just resonating more now in our culture.

“Historically we’ve lived in a really repressed society about the body,” Lane said. “Religion and what not tells us our bodies shouldn’t be fun and people are finding out bodies are a lot of fun.”

Lane said tattooing has always existed in every society, but there has been a rise in tattooing in the Western world.

“We’re at a point historically, though, where our lives, our identities, the worlds we live in, increasingly become similar,” Lane said. “I think part of the demand for tattooing stems from us living in this world where our spaces are increasingly the same so we can’t claim a distinct identity from these spaces that we inhabit. Instead, we can mark our bodies and reclaim control over it in an individualized sense.”

Jessica Allen, a first-year law student, took “Marks of Civilization” in the fall of 2017. She said she doesn’t think many people think of tattooing as a subject to be studying. “(That is) something we saw with how limited reading we had with different authors,” Allen said.

“Also the stigma of having a tattoo hasn’t really become (accepted) in the United States. I think there needs to be an understanding in America of what exactly the subject

is and it’s not just getting a tattoo.”

Lane said when it comes to his research for tattooing, he doesn’t do what everyone else does. While most researchers focus on the meanings of tattoos, Lane said he focuses on the tattoo artists themselves.

“Everyone else studies what tattoos mean and I study what tattoo workers themselves do,” Lane said. “They’re asking the same kinds of questions and I’m trying to ask an entirely different question.”

He also has a book under contract he hopes to have out in a year. He said the book is about the time he spent in Baltimore around tattooers trying to understand their way of life.

“The short story is I’m exploring the world of tattooing as a kind of art world,” Lane said. “There are hierarchies, there are methods of socialization, there are typical careers people pass through. Then I’m also exploring how the physical layout of the city itself affects the aesthetics that tattooers produce and often it ends up reproducing classed or raced bodies.”

One thing Lane said he wants people to understand about tattooing is simply that he wants to see awesome tattoos.

“I think to do that, we need to have an educated consumer that’s going to demand more from tattooers,” Lane said. “This isn’t to demean tattooers, but there are a lot of them that have gone into the occupation that could pan out to be highly skilled one day but (are not) producing highly skilled things now. The aesthetics of tattooing are not going to improve unless people push the tattooers to be better.”

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the community.

Stevens said no other university made the impression on him the way USD had during his visit.

“I just had a good feel for the campus, I really liked the location and the people,” Stevens said. “I toured other schools and I didn’t get that same feeling.”

Figuring out what to major in was not a difficult choice for Stevens, as he already knew he wanted to head to medical school after his undergraduate years. He entered the medical biology program to continue his childhood dream to become a doctor.

Stevens said he wanted to become a doctor because of his experiences as a child injured in a vehicular collision. He had over twenty surgeries and spent years of his life in therapy and in and outpatient care.

Those experiences changed his life and influenced him to go into the medical field.

“The positive experiences I had with doctors and the motivation they’re able to give you, and just kind of interact with you on a personal level was something that I always found really interesting,” Stevens said.

“As I kind of transitioned into what I wanted to do with my life I thought about how I could give back and in a similar way. Medicine just seemed to fit.”

Wittmuss was also an adviser to Stevens who helped him throughout his undergraduate years.

In an email interview with The Volante, Wittmuss said she enjoyed watching him develop into the student he is now.

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It’s been a real privilege to be... one of the voices for the student body...

Sawyer Stevens, senior medical biology major

“I’ve had the privilege of seeing Sawyer grow from being a curious firstyear student interested in nearly every academic area and campus activity to a senior with a clear plan and excellent set of experiences to help him reach his postgraduate goals,” Wittmuss said.

Although busy with preparing for medical school Stevens has found time to also be involved in many organizations. He’s held positions in Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE), Coyote Crazies, Dakotathon, Biology Club and Special Olympics Club.

Stevens is the president of Coyote Crazies, an organization that encourages students to be involved at USD athletic events.

“It’s been a real privilege to be... one of the voices for the student body about what they want out of USD athletics,” Stevens said.

For PIKE he was able to work within the chapter to contribute to the Sanford Health Foundation for the Cure Kids’ Cancer and Ava’s House.

By being involved in many organizations Stevens was able to broaden his horizons and that is a prominent fixture in his life.

“I’ve definitely experienced a lot of things that would never had been part of my life before, and they’re a huge part of my life now,” Stevens said.

Although Stevens has many goals and plans for his future, he doesn’t have a rigid schedule of how he wants to accomplish them.

“I think that’s really important no matter how focused you are on your goals to always leave that room for variability because variety is the spice of life,” Stevens said.

Stevens contributes the ability to balance his studies, organizations and applying for medical school to hard work. He also said that focusing on your own work and not worrying about other people.

When he finishes his undergraduate studies in the spring, Stevens said something he’ll miss about the past four years at USD is the people on campus.

“You could point in any given direction and somebody at the end of your finger is somebody you’ve known and know by name and that’s crazy,” Stevens said. “That’s something I’ll definitely miss.”

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Sawyer Stevens, a senior medical biology major, reflects on his time at USD as a member of Pi Kappa Alpha, Coyote Crazies, Dakotathon, Biology Club and Special Olympics Club.

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Michelle Cwach looking to elevate the USD brand Devin Martin

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The new director of marketing communications and university relations is looking to make an impact at on campus.

Michelle Cwach, director of marketing communications and university relations and former editor-in-chief of The Volante, was hired for her new position at USD in July and is looking to elevate USD’s brand.

Dream job

Cwach is an alumna of USD and a Vermillion native. She attended USD from 2005 to 2009 where she obtained degrees in journalism and English with an emphasis in print journalism.

Cwach said that she was heavily involved on campus.

“I had a really fantastic USD experience,” Cwach said. “I was editor-in-chief of The Volante, I was one of the founding members of Cross Media Council, I was a Kappa Alpha Theta, I was in Dance Marathon... The Dakota Days committee so (I) was really active as a Coyote on campus.”

She then attended graduate school soon after graduating at USD where she obtained her degree in communications at Iowa State University. She later got married and her husband, who is a native of Yankton and a sixthgeneration farmer, moved back to Yankton to take over the family farm.

During that time, Cwach held jobs as a marketing associate for an international heavy equipment manufacturer and then as a media relations manager.

Five years later she was at USD working as a web editor where she managed the USD website and the social media accounts. It was two years later Tena Haraldson retired and Cwach applied for the job.

“It’s been a really fun, crazy ride. I manage a staff of (15) so that’s been a new experience for me (and) we just have an amazing marketing team,” Cwach said.

Cwach said that trying to incorporate video in order to reach prospective students, engage alumni and retaining current students is important.

“I think one thing that we’re really trying to do is increase our storytelling abilities,” Cwach said.

“I think that’s really important in marketing and communications. One

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Michelle Cwach is USD’s new director communications for university marketing. thing that we’re trying to do is increase our storytelling through video.”

Cwach said that the marketing department is also working “in-house” and not relying on an outside agency.

Watching USD’s brand is something that Cwach said she enjoys.

“It’s been really fun to see the brand take off,” she said.

“For me being an alum and seeing the excitement and the passion growing from the brand from when I was in school 10 years ago it’s just a whole different university.”

Cwach said the story of USD is really the students’ stories.

“I think we have so many talented students. We are a smaller university but we do have the resources of a bigtime university,” Cwach said.

“Some of the things that we’re doing with research, things with the discovery district I think are really cutting edge... we are building students to be successful with the foundation of a liberal arts education.”

Cwach said that when she graduated from USD this was the job that she hoped to have.

“USD has always felt like home to me and even when I came back to South Dakota I was a very engaged alum and it meant a lot to me to be able to attend USD events, and now to be a part of leading that charge in growing the brand not only just in South Dakota but in the surrounding states and across the nation,” Cwach said. “It’s been a dream job for me.”

Student perspective

Josh Sorbe, junior political science and economics double major and SGA president said that he works with Cwach from time to time.

“I would say we have a

of

relationship with Michelle like we have with some other administrators outside of student services, more advisory,” Sorbe said. “Whereas if we have recommendations on communications strategy that we think the communications department should undergo, we can make recommendations.”

Sorbe said he has worked with Cwach and said she is doing well.

“So far she’s done a really good job,” Sorbe said. “I sit on the inauguration committee with her for President Gestring’s inauguration in February and we’ve talked informally and formally about just the plans that she has for the inauguration I’m really excited to see. She’s very innovative.”

Sorbe said that he has noticed USD taking on more video elements on campus.

“In the past year, I’ve noticed USD doing a lot more live streaming of university events. We live streamed the announcement of President Gestring as our 18th president, we live streamed the state of the university address,” Sorbe said. “I definitely see that as a way for people that aren’t on campus or don’t have access to campus easily to still be able to engage in the USD community.”

Zbynek Surovec, junior media and journalism major and a student intern for USD marketing, said he has known Cwach for awhile.

“Michelle has been around since I came to USD. She actually was overlooking the video production and photos for USD so that was pretty easy because I was working with her the whole time,” Surovec said.

PEOPLE OF THE PACK

ALLYSON OSTERLOO SOPHOMORE ACCOUNTING HURLEY, SD Sara Cappiello I The Volante

Sara Cappiello: What is your favorite part about D-Days? Why? Allyson Osterloo: My favorite part is the football game and tailgate because it’s just a really fun atmosphere and I get to hang out with friends.

SC: What is the best part about fall?

AO: I get to finally wear sweatshirts and not die of a heat stroke. And the leaves are falling so it’s super pretty.

SC: What do you think is the most challenging part of this year, with midterms coming up?

AO: I’m really bad at procrastinating but I’ve been trying to study more. I’m trying to be a little organized and prepare for the tests coming up, I’ve had five in the past two weeks.

SC: How do you deal with stress?

AO: I drink a lot of coffee. Last week I had three large coffees within about half a day, which is not very healthy.

SC: With last year being your first D-Days, what is different about this year?

AO: This year, I know more about what stuff is going on compared to being a little, lost freshman.

I remembered to get a football ticket this year. Last year, I forgot and I had to go to a soccer game to get my ticket.

SC: What are your goals for the semester?

AO: I want to try to become more organized and be better prepared for my classes. I’m also going to try not to forget when my tests are. My classes are a lot harder.

SC: What new activities have you tried this year?

AO: I started an intramural volleyball team. We’ve lost every game but it’s really fun. I get to play with my friends and relive the glory days.

Sports

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Tiannah Moore, Madison Jurgens and Reggie Crawford are freshmen already making an impact on USD’s athletic program.

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New seasons. Fresh rosters. Old leaders have moved on, and now the future of Coyote athletics relies on the next wave of standout athletes.

Experience is a coveted trait among stars, but a handful of first-and-second-year athletes are already standing out in their individual sports, paving the way for the future of USD athletics.

This handful includes redshirt freshman setter Madison Jurgens, redshirt freshman wide receiver Reggie Crawford, and true freshman forward Tiannah Moore.

Madison Jurgens

Madison Jurgens is a redshirt freshman setter on the USD volleyball team from Odell, Nebraska.

Jurgens earned the starting setter spot this season, after the team lost three-time Summit League Setter of the Year, Brittany Jessen to graduation last May. Before the season began, Jurgens said she was ready for the role after shadowing Jessen for a year.

“I’ve learned from her,” she said.

“I’m excited to finally play and see how the work that I’ve put in over the past years contributes to real games.”

Head coach Leanne Williamson said she noticed Jurgens’ quick development before the season.

“She’s stronger and able to make sets that she couldn’t at the end of the spring,” Williamson said, “She’s a lot more confident than I was expecting, so that’s a good thing.”

Just past the season’s midpoint, Jurgens is 606 assists and 10.10 assists per set rank fourth in the Summit League. Equipped with precise serving skill, Jurgens’ team-leading 22 aces also rank second in the Summit League.

Jurgens’ began playing volleyall at five-years-old, with encouragement from her mother, who was a high school volleyball coach.

Around age ten, Jurgens realized volleyball was going to become a large commitment, one she enjoyed.

“I started playing on a club team and realized the time commitment it was going to take and I had to quit a couple of things to do that,” Jurgens said. “When I started having to choose between other things I realized volleyball was going to be my number one priority.”

Four hours north of her hometown, Jurgens said USD was a pleasant fit.

“When I visited I came into it with a very open mind. Vermillion is very similar to where I grew up and I think the community aspect of it seemed very inviting to me,” she said. “The coaches were great, it just felt like a perfect fit for me.”

Jurgens said her goal as a member of the volleyball team is to keep improving every day.

“I obviously want to help the team

win a conference championship,” Jurgens said. “Personally, I just work on improving every day. I don’t focus on one thing specifically, but just improving every aspect of my game.”

Reggie Crawford

Reggie Crawford is a redshirt freshman wide receiver on the football team from St. Louis, Missouri.

Crawford has started the first four games of his career, catching 5 passes for 54 yards thus far. One of those catches was a four-yard touchdown catch against Northern Colorado Sept. 8, the first touchdown of his career.

The six-foot-two-inch receiver opted to redshirt last season, a decision Crawford said helped him understand responsibilities as a student-athlete.

“I took my redshirt year as a learning experience. I saw a lot of things up close and personal. I’m loving being able to get out there and play,” he said.

He’s developed that love since age 10 when Crawford began playing football, he said.

“I started out playing basketball and baseball and my coach had a football team. I was a pretty big kid growing up, so he asked me to come out,” Crawford said. “It came naturally to me and I could see myself playing through high school.”

A two-time all-state player from Chaminade High School, Crawford said he chose USD because of the genuine coaching staff.

“They were consistent in checking up with me every day and that made me feel like they really cared about me on-and-off the field,” he said.

Crawford said his favorite thing about being a USD football player is gameday at the Dakota Dome.

“Running out onto the field and seeing all the fans and hearing the sounds echo all around is definitely an experience,” he said.

Crawford hopes to instill in his team the importance of always giving 100 percent.

“I want our team to take advantage of the skills we have and what we can accomplish. Of course, everyone wants to win a national championship, but just take it step by step,” Crawford said. “I want to help my team any way I can, being a vocal leader and just performing to the best of my abilities.”

Tiannah Moore

Tiannah Moore is a freshman forward on the soccer team from Lincoln, Nebraska.

An all-state forward scoring a school-record 24 goals for Northeast High School last year, Moore is already adding electricity to a powerful USD offense.

Moore leads the team with 10 shots on goal, just 11 games into her Coyote career. Four of those shots have found the back of the net, tied for fourth-most in the Summit League.

Head coach Michael Thomas said Moore is a significant presence when

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she enters play.

“Tiannah’s done a great job of bringing some immediate energy onto the field,” he said. “Like any freshman, she’s had a learning curve, but she has a really high ceiling.”

A student of the game since age five, Moore said she had always been interested in playing at the collegiate level, and chose USD because of the environment.

“I chose USD because of the people,” she said. “Everyone here is so welcoming, caring, and always supporting not only the community itself, but the athletes.”

Moore said the team shares that same sense of community.

“This team has shown me love, accountability and priorities, all while enjoying the sport that I love,” Moore said.

Like any freshman, Moore said she’s learning to manage her time.

“I still find balance very difficult at times, and sometimes it becomes overwhelming. I often catch myself having troubles with connecting with people and building friendships because of how busy I usually am,” she said.

Moore hopes to win as many games as possible and hopefully break some school records.

“In the future I hope to create more goal scoring opportunities and eventually win our conference,” Moore said.

The future of Coyote athletics is in good hands.

Coyotes begin Summit League play 4-0

Liz Wewel | The Volante Left: Junior Libero Anne Rasmussen totaled 41 digs over two games.

Right: Senior outside hitter Hayley Dotseth sends a spike against Purdue- Fort Wayne.

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USD Volleyball continued their Summit League success with two wins over the weekend. They defended home court with wins over Purdue-Fort Wayne on Friday and Western Illinois Sunday to improve to 4-0 in the conference.

USD vs. Purdue-Fort Wayne

USD volleyball rallied late to beat Purdue-Fort Wayne in five sets at the Sanford Coyote Sports Center (SCSC) on Friday night.

After falling behind two sets to one, Senior hitters Taylor Wilson and Hayley Dotseth took over on the attack and led the Coyotes to a 3-2 victory.

It took five sets for the Coyotes to top the Mastodons, recording set scores of 25-20, 19-25, 24-26, 25-22 and 15-9.

They improved to 9-6 overall and 3-0 in the Summit League. The Mastodons record fell to 11-6 overall, 2-1 in the Summit.

“We faced a very strong team tonight

who is very good defensively which makes for great volleyball,” Coach Leanne Williamson said. “Obviously, we are very happy with the outcome and we gained confidence with the victory.”

The Coyotes appeared strong in the first set, but the next two sets proved to be more of a challenge.

“I think we started out strong but struggled a little bit through sets two and three,” Wilson said. “In the fourth (set) Purdue-Fort Wayne started to take control and we knew we had to take over and win this set.”

Take control is what the Coyotes did.

After slipping behind 14-11 in the fourth set, Wilson registered back-to-back kills, an assisted block and another kill to give the Coyotes a lead. Dotseth then served an ace to make the score 16-14 Coyotes.

The rest of the set was close, but the Coyotes didn’t surrender the lead.

USD’s momentum carried into the fifth set, where the Coyotes would not trail the entire set, and Dotseth smashed home her 16th kill of the game to seal the victory.

“We had a few five-set matches earlier in the year and we took a tough loss against Montana in five,” Wilson said. “We didn’t want to have to experience that again and knew we had to take care of business.”

Wilson and Dotseth lead the offensive charge for the Coyotes with 16 kills each, and junior Elizabeth Loschen added 14 kills. Junior Mehana Fonseca tallied four aces to lead the match.

Junior Anne Rasmussen lead the Coyotes with 26 digs, followed by Dotseth (18) and redshirt-freshman Madison Jurgens (16). Jurgens contributed 51 assists on the night.

Nicole Rightnowar had game highs in kills (23) and digs (27) to lead the Mastodons. Katie Crowe added 17 kills and 20 digs.

USD vs. Western Illinois

Coyote Volleyball won game two of three straight at the SCSC in three sets over Western Illinois Sunday afternoon.

The Coyotes won with set scores of 25-12, 25-17 and 25-16. USD trailed in

the first set after opening an 8-2 lead but regained momentum. The second set started slow for USD, but after taking a 12-11 lead on a Freshman Lolo Weideman kill, they would not look back. The three set sweep was a relief after Friday night’s five-set thriller.

“Friday gave us a lot of confidence because things didn’t necessarily go really well for us during parts of that match,” said Hayley Dotseth. “We talked about that and we didn’t really dwell on the things we did poorly. We really worked hard to fix them on practice Saturday.”

Dotseth entered Sunday with 222 kills on the season, third in the Summit League with 222 kills, and added 12 more against WIU. Loschen and Taylor Wilson finished with eight kills each and Weideman added seven.

“It’s really important for us to defend our home court so we knew we had to come out strong,” Loschen said. “Western always pushes us really hard so we knew we had to not play to their level and stay on our level the whole time.”

Anne Rasmussen finished with 15

digs, bumping her total to 318, second in the Summit League. Madison Jurgens continued the great start to her Coyote career with 37 assists. Her 10.10 assists per set are fourth in the Summit League.

The Coyotes host Denver at the SCSC on Friday, Oct. 5. Denver has won twelve matches in a row and is undefeated in conference play. The focus for the Coyotes is simple: consistency.

“Denver is always a fun match for us because they are one of the best teams in the Summit,” Dotseth said. “What happens Friday will be really important to finish the season off. We’re really excited to get that game at the beginning of the season because we played them at home later in the season the past couple (of) years.”

Following the match against Denver, USD treks north to Brookings, where the in-state rivalry with South Dakota State (record) is renewed for the first time this season. That match is set for Sunday, Oct. 7 at 2 p.m.

Sports USD dominates second half to earn first conference win

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USD football head coach Bob Nielson earned his 200th win in a 31-24 victory against Southern Illinois Saturday night, becoming one of 17 active head coaches to do so.

Nielson and the Coyotes traveled to Carbondale, Ill. Saturday to face the Salukis in the opening week of Missouri Valley Football Conference play.

In the first half, SIU quarterback Sam Straub twice connected with junior Nigel Kilby in the end zone, but a rushing touchdown from USD sophomore running back Kai Henry and a field goal from sophomore kicker Mason Lorber kept the Coyotes within seven at halftime.

Down 17-10 entering the second half, the arm of junior

quarterback Austin Simmons scored 21 unanswered points in the third quarter. Simmons found junior receiver Randy Baker with nine-yard and 45-yard touchdowns, and then a wide-open senior Dakarai Allen with an 89-yard touchdown pass, the longest of completion of his career, putting the Coyotes up 31-17.

With a minute remaining in the game, SIU scored a touchdown, but they couldn’t find another opportunity before time expired, and USD left Illinois with a 2-2 record and their first conference win of the season.

Simmons threw for 333 yards and 3 touchdowns on 18/35 passing. Allen racked 183 yards and a touchdown on six receptions. Baker also caught six passes for 80 yards and two touchdowns.

After rushing for only 28

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yards against Weber State on Sept. 15, the Coyotes totaled 111 rushing yards, 67 of that courtesy of sophomore running back Ben Klett on 11 attempts.

Senior linebacker Alex Gray led the Coyote defense with 14 tackles and an interception, and his twin Andrew Gray followed with nine tackles. Sophomore cornerback Mark Collins Jr. also intercepted his first pass of the season.

“It wasn’t pretty, but it got the job done,” Simmons said after the game.

USD hosts Missouri State Saturday, Oct. 6 at 2 p.m. for the annual Dakota Days homecoming game. The Bears are 3-1 on the season, fresh off a 24-21 upset win over No. 9 Illinois State.

Molly Schiermeyer I The Volante Coach Bob Nielson earned his 200th win as a NCAA head coach against Southern Illinois. He’s the 91st coach in the history of college football to do so.

Runners break school records at Roy Griak Invitational Temiloluwa Adeyemi

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Sophomore forward Maddison Sullivan moves the ball upfield. The Coyotes return from Denver with a 5-4-2 record.

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USD women’s soccer fell to Denver 2-0 in their opening conference match of the season on Friday.

The defending Summit League champion Pioneers scored first in the 22nd minute when freshman Samantha Feller received a pass from freshman Natalie Beckman.

Freshman midfielder Hannah Hiatt added to the scoring in the 35th minute with a free kick.

Denver (6-4-2) had the advantage over USD in shots (12-7), and shots on goal (3-1).

USD’s three shots on goal were their fewest since Sept. 2. The loss to Denver was also only the second time the Coyotes were held scoreless in a game this season.

USD junior midfielder Amanda Carpio led the team with two shots against Denver.

Carpio also leads all USD midfielders with 10 shots so far in the season, according to GoYotes.

Sophomore midfielder Alexis

Mitchell said that the Coyotes spent most of the match defending their side of the field.

“Their offense was just so good that we never ever had much chance,” Mitchell said.

“We spent a lot of time defending.”

Sophomore defender Abby Ostrem said that the Pioneers moved the ball well.

“They stretched out so much, they were able to find options quickly and then they did a really good job moving off the ball after they played it,” Ostrem said.

Junior defender Courtney Stodola felt that Denver’s offense pressured South Dakota’s defensive line.

“I think because Denver was so strong offensively, that we were kind of holding back more and playing more defense and what we should have done was press our defensive line up,” Stodola said.

Stodola said that the team learned from the first half and made defensive adjustments accordingly.

“We definitely learned a lot.

... Our lines were pretty spread out. Second half, we fixed that and I think we were pounding on them,” Stodola said.

USD also committed 11 fouls in the match, compared to only eight fouls from Denver. This is a trend that has persisted throughout USD’s season.

According to GoYotes, The Coyotes have 134 fouls and six yellow cards through 13 games this season, an average of 10.3 fouls per game. They have committed double-digit fouls seven times this year and hold a 3-3-1 record in those games.

Mitchell sees the fouls as an inevitable outcome of playing with maximum effort.

“You always want to play hard and sometimes it is harder to control your body when you’re going 110 percent but there’s not that many yellow cards, which is a plus,” Mitchell said.

The Coyotes return home to play Oral Roberts (6-8) on Thursday, Sept. 28 at 8 p.m.

The cross country team broke program records at the 33rd annual Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Saturday.

Senior Megan Billington placed 10th at 21:43:80 followed by senior Madeline Huglen at 11th place with 21:44.20, both exceeding the program’s Division-I record of 21:56:00.

Overall, the women’s team finished third with 106 points. Minnesota, the competition’s host, totaled 52 points to win the race while Cal. Baptist totaled 82 points for runner-up.

The Coyotes competed against 15 schools on the men’s side and 13 on the women’s side, including five other Summit League schools.

The women’s team is now ranked fifth in the NCAA’s Midwest region.

Senior Eldon Warner led the men’s team, clocking a time of 25:01.5 in the 8,000-meter race for an individual finish of 15th place. Warner broke the six-year standing record of 25:03.7 “All the hard work is paying off,” Warner said.

“Distance running is a sport of constant grind, so you learn to love the grind and live for the grind and I could not do that without my coach and my team,” Warner said.

The men’s team finished in 12th place with 338 points. Duke took the win with 74 points, followed

by Minnesota with 77 points.

Billington said a summer read motivated her to make the most of her last season as a Coyote runner.

“I read a book this summer called “Everybody Always” and one of the chapters was called ‘last one, best one’. I decided that would be a good motto to go by for my senior season,” Billington said.

Huglen said the team had seen continuous improvement throughout the year as every runner, from bottom to top became faster at each race.

“I attribute the success to lots of hard work, good coaching, great teammates, and a whole lotta Jesus,” Huglen said. “The course is always challenging but it was for sure the best Griak meet experience I have had in college.”

With conference championships in sight, Warner said setting a record is a stepping stone towards the ultimate goal of winning a team conference and national championship.

“I run for the name on my jersey and for my teammates wearing the same name. This means that I have to keep pushing myself and keep moving forward,” he said.

The Coyotes complete their regular season with Bradley “Pink” Classic at Peoria Illinois on Friday, Oct. 12.

Molly Schiermeyer I The Volante Senior Madeline Huglen placed 11th place with a time of 21:44.20 at the Roy Griak Invitational.

PLAYER OF THE PACK

HALEY DOTSETH SENIOR VOLLEYBALL KINESIOLOGY & SPORT SCIENCE JOHNSTON, IOWA Molly Schiermeyer I The Volante

Austin Lammers: What’s the seen that I jumped almost 24 coolest venue you’ve played inches one time. volleyball in?

AL: Do you think you could Hayley Dotseth: I would dunk? definitely say the University of Hawaii’s arena. Their fans just HD: Do I think I could dunk? really love volleyball and even Absolutely not. Nowhere near. when our team made good plays they’d cheer for us. It was AL: If you could hypothetically pretty epic. dunk, who on the team would you most want to dunk on?

AL: Do you know exactly what your vertical is?

HD: I’d probably dunk over Emily (Grathoff) because that’d HD: We’ve been wearing belts be pretty sick. She’s pretty tall that measure how hard we’re so that would make me feel landing and stuff like that. I’ve good about myself.

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AL: What motivated you to create an Instagram page for your cat, Oliver?

HD: I kept taking these really cute pictures of him and I was sending them to my parents and all my friends anyway, so I thought ‘these people are probably getting annoyed with me, I’ll just start an Instagram for him and they can see him on their own time’.