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The CDC was full of USD students concerned about the results of the presidential election during a group discussion Monday night. “Yotes Against Hate” facilitated

the discussion.

‘I had never felt more unsafe’ USD students, faculty concerned for minorities after presidential election

By Malachi Petersen

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After attending the “Yotes Against Hate” event, a USD student looks upon a Native American headdress in the MUC.

With four words crudely scrawled on a piece of paper and shoved under her door last Thursday, firstyear Valerie Sunderland’s fears about what a future Donald Trump presidency might entail for her as a black student became a reality.

“At that moment, you know, I had never felt more unsafe being who I am in my life,” Sunderland said.

“I’ve lived in South Dakota for over half my life and out of everything I’ve endured in my life in that moment I knew that I could not be safe being the person that I am.”

Sunderland immediately took the note, which read “Nigger, nigger, nigger, Trump,” to USD Housing officials and also filed a report with the University Police Department. She also posted a photo of the note on social media, where it’s been shared hundreds of times.

“I posted it to Facebook, I posted it to Twitter, I posted it to Instagram because I know that there are other students on campus who are going through the same situations, just like me, who are scared to come forward,” she said.

Kim Grieve, the dean of students at USD, said an investigation is underway into who might have slipped the note under the door.

Sunderland blames the note on the election of Trump last week. She said she doesn’t believe all those who supported the President-elect are racists, sexists, xenophobes or homophobes, but that the rhetoric Trump used during his campaign has emboldened racists and white supremacists to act on their biases.

“The things that he said to get to where he is now put people in the position that they feel empowered to be racists, be sexists, just express that freely like it’s not going to have any affect on people and like Trump is going to give them some gold star or something like, ‘good for you, you were racist today,’” she said.

Senior Shamly Mackey, president of the Muslim Student Association, watched the election results roll in last Tuesday night with his roommate. They went to bed shortly after midnight, just in time to see that Trump was winning. When Mackey woke up and Googled the final results, he thought he was dreaming.

Shortly afterward, he got calls from his sister, father and grandfather who live in Sri Lanka, where Mackey is from, to make sure he was okay.

“Since I came to the U.S., maybe the first time I came, I was a little bit scared, skeptical, not very sure how people would look at me. But everyone was very welcoming, open arms. And I guess that morning (afSee TRUMP, Page A6

Student veterans advocate for new flagpole, reflect on Veterans Day

By Rachel Newville

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While many students appreciated the three-day weekend for Veterans Day, veterans on campus reflected on what the day means to them.

“I think that it’s taking time to reflect on those who serve and have served. In my opinion it’s trying to say, ‘Hey, we view this as important and the U.S. military is a critical asset to our country.’

And it’s taking the time to honor those people because we are an all-volunteer force everybody has volunteered nobody is forced into the military these days,” Eric Roberts, the veterans compliance officer and president of the veterans club, said. “So I think it’s just taking the time to say thank you to those people.”

Krisztian Fasi, a student veteran and second year psychology student said he thinks it’s important for people to realize the difference between Veterans Day and Memorial Day. “I think people need to realize there is a difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day. It’s a pretty clear distinction that kind of gets merged together,” Fasi said. “Veterans Day is to be thankful for those that do serve in the military where memorial day is to remember those that have died in the service.”

The Veteran Student Resource Center had may events planned for the week of Veterans Day, including handing out green lights in the Muenster University Center, a thoughts with vets discussion in the MUC and a community dinner.

Fasi said the SVRC is a great resource year-round, not just around Veterans Day. “Just the space in general is an

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I think that it’s taking the time to reflect on those who serve and have served...

We view this as important and the U.S. military is a critical asset to our country.

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instant connection to others,” he said. “It’s just kind of a space where all of us can come in, hang out, vent if we want, which tends to happen at times. Outside of that it’s a good way to be social it allows us to kind of escape.”

Roberts said the SVRC is a great resource for veterans and the Veterans Club.

“Our meetings are here every other Thursday at 3:30,” Roberts said. “The Veterans Club exists to provide a place for like-minded people to come together that support veterans, military connected families and all the issues that we want to promote in those groups.

It’s open to all students, you don’t have to be a veteran or military affiliated student to join. If you have an interest in those causes you are absolutely welcome to come join.”

Roberts also said the SVRC provides a place for veterans to connect.

“The benefit of having the SVRC is that it gives us a location for people to meet up. I know that when you’re out in the

university system you can’t really identify who’s a veteran,” he said. “So it gives people a place to meet up and actually meet those people and have that awareness that there is other people out there who have gone through similar things as you or have similar interests.”

Roberts and Fasi said that the SVRC has really only been around for about a year and while they appreciate the services there is more USD can do to support veterans.

“I personally feel we’re almost hidden away and we are literally in the building that every student despises because of the Math Emporium,” Fasi said.

The group is also in the process of getting a flagpole on campus.

“Right now we have an initiative started where we are trying to establish a flagpole in a more prominent location,” Roberts said. “I’ve never even seen the flagpole here, I have no idea where it is.”

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Scott Stallmann addresses concerns of the Association for the

Advancement of Women’s Rights during a forum sponsored by the Yotes Against Hate student group.

‘Yotes Against Hate’ talk options following election

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The election of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States has elicited a response of fear and anger from some USD students, leading to the creation of a group called “Yotes Against Hate” The group met in the Center for Diversity & Community Monday night to discuss ways to educate other students on campus about discrimination. They also talked about ways they could benefit Vermillion and the resources available to students who might be discriminated against.

This discrimination discussion stemmed from the Facebook group “Yotes Against Trump” that was created on Nov. 10 to get the word out about protesting President-elect Donald Trump. Posters were made for the event and a poll was created to see if students would rather protest or gather for a discussion.

Joshua Arens, a senior and Student Government Association senator, orchestrated the event and said students decided against an initial protest.

“When I originally formed (the group) I was upset about the election. That is why (the event) started out as ‘Yotes Against Trump.’

I was in the anger stage of grief,” Arens said. “We have to accept that Trump is our president and it doesn’t make any sense to be against him 24/7. We need to find ways to work with him and promoting tolerance on campus.”

Arens said that tolerance on campus can be seen through the “Safety Pin Brigade.” Safety pins have been worn by people since Trump was announced President-elect as a sign of someone safe to talk to for people dealing with discrimination and harassment. Arens also said the Safety Pin Brigade has received See PROTEST, Page A3

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Nov. 6 Officers were called to a verbal domestic incident between a boyfriend and girlfriend.

The girlfriend was upset because she had lent her boyfriend her car and he had allegedly gone out with another woman in it. They were arguing at a local restaurant.

The woman recovered her vehicle. No violence occurred.

Nov. 6 While on patrol an officer saw a man standing on Main St. urinating in a flower plot that bordered the road. He was

cited for public urination.

Nov. 6 Officers responded to a report of a possible gunshot somewhere on campus. Vermillion and university officers checked the area but were unable to locate the source of the noise.

Nov. 6 A hit and run accident was reported to officers.

Investigation led to the suspect, whose driver’s license was revoked. The suspect received multiple charges.

Nov. 6 Officers responded to a fire in a resident’s yard.

The fire was extinguished by the Fire Department.

The resident was informed that City Ordinance prohibited the burning of yard waste.

Nov. 7 A caller reported a man in a black hooded sweatshirt knocking on her front door and looking in the front window.

She didn’t know the man and was concerned for her safety.

Officers responded and checked the area but were unable to locate

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welfare check the man.

Nov. 7 A complainant requested assistance with lodging for the night to avoid a domestic situation.

Officers were able to obtain a hotel room for the complainant for the night.

Nov. 7 A caller reported a theft in which two individuals removed funds from his bank accounts.

The incident is under investigation.

Nov. 8 A Vermillion officer assisted the Clay County Sheriff’s Office by responding to a car accident, as no deputy was available.

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The officer euthanized the badly injured deer, which was the cause of the accident. The officer also arranged for the disabled vehicle be removed.

Nov. 8 Officers conducted a welfare check.

When contacted by officers, the subject clarified that he had no plans to hurt himself, was upset about the election and was thinking of moving out of the country.

Officers ensured the man had a plan to meet with his counselor in the morning.

Nov. 10 Officers responded to a dispute reportedly involving a knife. Investigation revealed that one man had pulled out

a knife and threatened another man after a verbal dispute became heated.

The man with the knife was arrested for aggravated assault.

Nov. 11 A loud party was reported to officers. Several underage people were found in possession of and/or consuming alcohol at the party.

Nine people were cited for underage consumption.

Nov. 11 An officer conducted a traffic stop for a stop sign violation. He discovered the driver to be unlicensed and in possession of marijuana. The driver was arrested and taken into custody.

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After a few months of being vacant, antiques and vintage home decor are once again being sold at one downtown storefront.

The Treasure Trove recently opened its doors to shoppers after the Infinite Variety secondhand shop that once occupied the same space closed this past summer.

Like Infinite Variety, The Treasure Trove specializes in vintage and antique home decor, collectibles and furniture. In addition to furnishings, the store also sells vintage-style candies and a small assortment of locally produced beauty products.

Leslie Kronaizl, the owner of the store, described The Treasure Trove as “a thrift and gift store” that sells quality secondhand merchandise at a reasonable cost.

The store opened on Nov. 8, which coincided with Election Day. That fact didn’t hurt business one bit, she said.

“We’ve had a lot of outof-town traffic, the football playoffs brought a lot in, voting day brought in a tremendous number of peo-

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flagpole on campus in front of the Al Neuharth Building.

He said he talked to President Abbott about the issue.

“In compassion to the university I went to the university and said, ‘Hey can we put up a new flagpole?’ And I actually asked President Abbott if we could relocate the one in front of the Neuharth Center and he said that was actually put up for that building with personal funding and said we could put up a new flagpole,” he said “I told him I would like to see it between (the Legacy Statue) and Old Main.”

But a year later Roberts said the project has “basi-

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some criticism.

“Some people are afraid that (the safety pins) are a symbol for white people to make themselves feel better. I think that could be a problem but as long as these folks stay involved and do come to the upcoming protest training and the protest next week, then I think the safety pin can mean something else,” he said. “It can mean action and not just you come to me, but we go to you. We will be there for you whenever you need it.”

“Yotes Against Hate” is planning a protest training event tonight at 9 p.m. in the CDC. The actual protest will be planned at the protest training. Arens said the protest will feature signs that say, “Love trumps hate.” There won’t be signs demeaning the President-elect.

College Democrat President Chelsea Gilbertson said getting involved to raise awareness for discrimination is important.

“I think from a political perspective, it should be we are not going to tolerate violence, we are not going to tolerate discrimination and

ple,” she said.

Not everything in the store is actually secondhand, Kronaizl said, as the store has been able to acquire some new pieces.

“We have had new, modern furniture, from sofas to love seats, recliners,” she said. “Because I would like to be able to offer the person who wants something newer but maybe just doesn’t want to spend new prices.”

The Treasure Trove, Kronaizl said, intends to cater to all tastes in the community.

“We just had children come in for the second time, two days in a row, that wanted candy… I’ve had the older person looking for antiques, the college-age that just needs an end table for $20. I would like to be able to have something to offer everyone,” she said.

From what Kronaizl has seen so far, college-age students have a greater affinity for vintage and antique items than she would have assumed.

“The younger generation seems to be appreciating them (antiques) more than I remember appreciating antiques at that time,”

she said.

Business has been swift so far — on Friday morning alone, 15 pieces of furniture were sold.

Kronaizl said she was inspired to open the store by her experiences in her parents’ Gambles hardware store as a child.

“I was brought up with my parents in retail business, so I was exposed at a very young age,” she said.

Before opening The Treasure Trove, she ran a quilt shop in the countryside outside of Vermillion, until she sold it to a customer that offered to buy it. She has been buying and selling vintage items at flea markets and online for the past several years.

The store hasn’t had it’s “grand opening” yet, though she there will be one eventually. For the time being, she said she expects upcoming events in downtown Vermillion will draw crowds to the store.

Kronaizl isn’t alone in running the shop — her son, Kelly, works alongside her.

Kelly, a senior at Vermillion High School who plans to study business administration at USD in the fall, works alongside his moth-

er in the shop and owns some of the inventory.

Working in the shop has been an extension of something the pair already enjoyed doing — attending rummage sales and flea markets, and selling their finds.

“It’s a hobby that we’ve turned into a job,” he said. “It’s already proved to be great extra spending money.”

After pondering the idea of opening a used-goods shop for a time, they decided to open a store.

Their first hurdle was finding suitable digs for their establishment.

“We’d talked about it for over a year,” Leslie said.

“But we could not find a location that I felt was homey — I wanted that fit, and I wanted to be downtown, in this stretch of downtown.”

Many of the downtown storefronts she found available to rent were set up as restaurants, which she said wouldn’t suit her needs.

Eventually, she found the former Infinite Variety space was available and pounced on it. Coincidentally, she said the building was once a Gambles hardware store, just like the one her parents ran when she

cally been at a standstill.”

So the group has started a petition.

“Obviously everything the university does is a movement of the people being interested in it,” Roberts said.

“We know the university supports this, but there’s just a lot of paperwork and so we’re just trying to light the fire to get it done,” Fasi added.

Due to the standstill Fasi has started carrying around his own two-and-a-half by four foot American flag in his backpack.

“I don’t think anyone on campus would argue with a new flagpole,” Fasi said. “So I decided that I am going to start carrying around an American flagpole until the university gets a new one.

You get a couple of looks and a couple of cheers I’ve had a couple of students ask me about it and I tell them about the petition.”

Fasi and Roberts said that efforts like this will make USD more military friendly.

“I don’t think anybody is against military or veterans here but it’s more of a neutral standpoint in comparison to our sister schools in the state we tend to not rank as high for military friendliness,” Roberts said.

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downtown secondhand shop, The Treasure Trove. was a child.

“Maybe that’s why it felt like home to me,” she said.

At the time that they decided to set up shop, however, the interior was not quite move-in ready — the pair spent two and a half months rehabbing the shop interior before opening.

“We did a lot of work to the building,” she said.

“New furnace and central air, and I took down wallpaper and painting.”

So far, the Kronaizls said that the Vermillion community has been supportive of their efforts in opening the shop.

“We’ve only been open four days and I can’t believe how the reaction has just been unbelievably positive,” Kelly said. “Which is unbelievable but it’s not really that surprising because Vermillion has always been a community that’s so supportive of one another.”

think the School of Mines is ranked eighth or ninth right now nationally and SDSU is ranked like 12th. We’re ranked down in the 100’s. We would like to close that gap.”

Both veterans said students should go to the SVRC

to sign their petition.

“Some of the stuff can be changed at the university level but some of the other things are a board of regents thing, which moves South Dakota as a state to more military friendly,” Fasi said.

USD student veterans speak at the “Meet the Other 1%” panel discussion Nov. 9.

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I think from a political perspective, it should be we are not going to tolerate violence, we are not going to tolerate discrimination.

Chelsea Gilbertson, College Democrats president

(this has to be a) non-partisan kind of situation,” Gilbertson said.

Lamont Sellers, associate vice president for diversity at USD, said students who are experiencing discrimination have resources available to them.

“We have UPD, student rights and responsibilities office, and the Dean of Students’ Office,” Sellers said.

“Those are our formal places to contact if there are incidences of any type of anything that happens with students, faculty and staff.”

According to students in at the meeting, ideas to bring awareness to discrimination include bath-

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Leslie and Kelly Kronaizl stand in front of their new

room posters, encouraging professors & SGA to get involved, and possibly having Greek Life have a mandatory presentation on discrimination similar to the one they have each year on underage drinking.

Junior Logan Thomas said students shouldn’t be afraid to voice their concerns about the election.

“Reach out and find resources that you can use,” Thomas said. “Ask your friends, professors — you are not alone. I think it is very important to get involved with something so important in life.”

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Find optimism, unity after election results RYNE MYERS is a first-year majoring in media & journalism.

It’s no surprise that there are strong emotions after the election.

Many people are scared, upset and all around enraged.

Others are joyous and happy with the outcome. No matter how everybody feels about the election, there’s always something positive to see in the end.

Logging onto social media, the all-too common homepage to see is many friends and acquaintances hurting and sad. People are forgetting, however, that they have a few things in common: love and hope.

America can overcome its very polarized differences by loving one another and showing that love truly does trump hate. Together, much to personal chagrin, America has to hope that Trump will be a good president. Wanting him to fail is an unbelievably bad attitude to have.

I didn’t vote for either major candidate, but I know I have to have faith in them.

By throwing out hate and fear to one another, America is doing harm, and harm helps no one. An important rule to remember during this time is, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.”

If the nation can come together, its citizens who hold so many commonalities can make America great. It’s not appropriate to say “make America great again” because, well, America was never great.

America is good, but I have no shame in saying that it wasn’t great.

As the great granddaughter of immigrants, I know they had more opportunities here than they did in Poland.

Besides the strong Native American population in the state, most other students have the commonality of being descendants of immigrants, too. This country was built by immigrants, by hard-working families, and that’s such a proud point for not only myself but for many others. If the nation could grow 100 years ago into what it is now, there’s no reason it can’t grow into something even better in the next 100 years.

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People are forgetting they have a few things in common: love and hope.

If the country can work together to erase the fear, sadness and anger, then together it can accomplish any obstacle thrown in its path.

As college students, the young millennials leading the charge toward the future, just one person can have the greatest impact on campus, the surrounding community and beyond.

By erasing hate and putting others’ concerns ahead of personal quarrels, America can create an environment that is inclusive for all. America is a place for everyone and not a place for hate. In fact, there’s no place for hate on this campus or anywhere else.

As humans, everybody needs to be more understanding of one another, but especially now more than ever. If a person is worried about this election, we should take it as an opportunity to talk with them. Even if the conversation is one against personal beliefs, it’s important to listen to them and make sure everybody hears the concerns of others.

Despite all of the violence and protesting making news headlines, choosing to be polite and peaceful is best.

Rather than expressing anger, the country needs to show its appreciation for its diverse minorities. The sign of a safety pin has become a symbol for security and acceptance.

Personally, that’s the most powerful statement to make in the midst of panic.

Every single student is important. Every single concern matters. Not just to me, but to so many other USD students and professors. No one can provide a definitive answer for what these next four years will bring, but it’ll be a wave everybody will ride together as a united country.

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Sex, STI education important for students Sex. How appalling it is that such a short word can provoke such a wide range of reactions.

Although none of us would be here without it, and its influence permeates throughout mass media, openly discussing sex often feels taboo.

This uneasiness, however, leads to spreading sexually transmitted infections and misinformation. College hookup culture lends itself to making mistakes and spreading disease quickly. Whether students personally like the idea of having sex or not, everyone still deserves information that can keep them healthy.

For those of us from small towns in the Midwest, there’s limited sex education. Having no standard curricula for sexeducation programs means huge variations in how they’re taught and what impact they have on students.

Advocates for Youth delves into the dangers of teaching abstinence-only sex education.

Their research shows that students enrolled in the programs were not as likely as those not in the programs to delay sexual initiation and to have fewer sexual partners or to abstain entirely from sex. The debate is similar to teaching evolution versus creationism, except can have a direct and serious impact on students’ daily lives.

Especially when it comes to STIs, those who contract them

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

“Being promoted in the government right now is pretty much like being promoted on the Death Star before it blows up.”

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Everyone still deserves information that can keep them healthy.

getting tested is the only way to know for sure. Those infected with an STI need to inform any sexual partners before consenting to anything. Also, students should rely on accurate information and knowledgeable resources for any questions and concerns.

No glove, no love. It’s that simple.

The tests students face in their college years far exceed the classroom setting. Sex scenes online and in movies certainly don’t show the potential negative consequences. Having sex is usually less intimidating than talking about it.

The more often we can start healthy conversations about sex, the more often we can protect ourselves and others. If we preach about staying healthy and safe in every other aspect of life, our sex lives shouldn’t be an exception.

In The Know & In The Dark IN THE KNOW: Donald Trump was elected president.

IN THE DARK: The similarities to Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” are uncanny, and now I’m comfortably numb.

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may feel shameful to talk about them. This stigma only leads to further complications. The more shame we place on STIs, the more often we’ll ignore them altogether and allow the number of diagnosed cases to rise.

Prevention starts with education and discussion.

The Center of Disease Control lists some startling facts regarding STIs in young people.

Nearly half of the 20 million new STIs diagnosed each year in the United States are among high school and college-aged students. Each gender faces many negative side effects from STIs. Women can have long term effects of these diseases, including pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, tubal scarring, ectopic pregnancy and chronic pelvic pain. About 1 in 4 of all new HIV infections is among youth ages 13 to 24 years, with 4 in 5 of these infections occurring in men.

The most logical option to prevent spreading STIs? Condoms. Of course abstinence is also a reasonable choice, but it’s not always the the most for some people. Many forms of contraception are available for women to prevent pregnancy, but condoms are still crucial for STI prevention.

Unfortunately, Vermillion’s Planned Parenthood facility is closed, but Sanford’s student services offer STI testing. Most young people with STIs don’t even know they have them, and

“In case you were wondering, I’m planning to go to Canada and not coming back.”

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IN THE KNOW: The Yotes lost to SDSU by a single touchdown this past weekend.

IN THE DARK: If the game were based on the amount of alcohol in a homecoming video, USD would have won by a landslide.

IN THE K NOW: Many people are donating to Planned Parenthood under the name “Mike Pence.”

IN THE DARK: I guess for Pence, this update is very “unplanned.”

IN THE K NOW: Nike has designed $720 dollar tennis shoes that automatically tighten and loosen the laces.

IN THE DARK: “Back to the Future” predicted the Cubs’ World Series win and self-tying shoes.

I’m surprised they didn’t predict a Trump presidency.

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Thrift shopping saves money, the environment ALLIE KNOFCZYNSKI is a junior majoring in media & journalism.

To clear the air, no, I’ve never listened to Macklemore. That doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate his ideas about equality and, in this case, shopping.

Personally, I am no thrift shopping expert.

Only going once and feeling overwhelmed by the selection, the practice isn’t always for the faint of heart. With time and patience, thrift shopping for clothing is a valuable and often overlooked way to benefit the environment.

Data from Huffington Post shows that 16 to 18 percent of Americans go to thrift stores for clothing every year. Beyond just the cheaper prices, always a great bonus for college student budgets, they can also result in some unique finds.

With worldwide efforts to lessen countries’ carbon footprints, all efforts begin at the individual level. Acting as a place for humanity’s hand-me-downs, thrift stores are eco-friendly in lessening potential waste going to landfills.

While many natural fabrics like cotton break down easily, manufactured synthetic textiles include polyester, spandex, nylon and rayon. Though these fabrics eventually break down, it may take between 20 to 200 years to fully biodegrade them.

Along the same thread, pun fully intended,, when every new item of clothing is manufactured, there are a certain amount of emissions produced in not only the creation of that product but also in the shipping required to get it out to local retailers.

One clothing industry magnate made the claim that fashion is the second largest polluter in the world, second only to oil. The exact numbers for making this claim are unknown, the fashion carbon footprint is tremendous.

Determining that footprint is an overwhelming challenge due to the immense variety from one garment to the next, taking into account the extreme amount of natural resources used in extraction, farming, harvesting, processing, manufacturing and shipping.

Even for natural fabrics, the large amount of water intake required to supply the constant demand for new clothing. According to The Guardian, a single T-shirt and a pair of jeans takes about 20,000 liters of water to make.

When weather conditions also come into play, the quality and quantity of products can be severely affected.

Also, the pesticides used in cotton farming and the toxic dyes used in manufacturing create more obvious problems, damaging water sources in countries such as Indonesia and Uzbekistan for the neighboring ecosystem and population.

Millennial desires for the latest fashion at cheap prices isn’t helping this

problem. Stores such as Forever 21 and H&M have fueled the recent trend of “fast fashion,” clothing is designed to be moved as quickly as possible from catwalk to store, leading the way in actual disposable clothing.

As someone who has purchased many clothes from these stores, it’s particularly worrisome because the trend creates demand for and then constantly churns out massive amounts of cheap clothes, ultimately accelerating carbon emissions and global warming.

Any area of the textile industry has a role in its carbon emissions, but an easy place for consumers to start is with their clothing. Whether that’s buying from thrift stores or even decluttering their wardrobe and donating clothes back, every effort counts.

Until the industry decides to look toward eco-friendlier practices, maybe people should hunt for their next favorite piece of clothing in the second-hand rack.

The threat of threads

• While only 2.4 percent of the world’s cropland is cotton, it consumes 10 percent of all agricultural chemicals and 25 percent of insecticides.

• The Citarum River in Indonesia is one of the most polluted rivers in the world due to textile factories, subjecting 5 million people to adverse health effects.

• A single cargo ship can produce as

much cancer and asthma-causing pollutants as 50 million cars in one year.

Courtesy of EcoWatch

Thanksgiving, Black Friday traditions vary across campus MYRIAM MEDINA is a junior majoring in media & journalism.

Thanksgiving has been a classic American holiday my family participates in for as long as I can remember.

Every year my mom’s family and ours gather together for a family dinner. Whether that’s at my family’s, my aunt’s or my grandma’s house, we always celebrate the holiday together. The women in my family prepare a delicious dinner while the men run errands or watch a rerun of a soccer game.

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Despite Black Friday contradicting the whole premise of Thanksgiving, it’s ironically situated the day after.

Many families have various traditions around the holiday season, including going Christmas shopping.

Virtual assistants have subtle sexism, need an update JORDAN SMITH is a sophomore majoring in political science.

Students aren’t strangers to setting reminders for themselves to stop procrastinating

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examine why everybody chooses to talk to these

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ter the election) was the first morning while I was going to class … (that’s the) first time in my life I really felt that scared,” he said. “For me, it was just scary that, not exactly that Trump won, but that people endorse his ideas and are okay with those ideas. I guess that’s what surprised me the most.”

Though Mackey hasn’t experienced any discrimination since the election results were announced, he’s heard of several instances occurring around campus.

In addition to the note Sunderland received, he’s heard of an international student being yelled at and an incident in which a Muslim student’s hijab was pulled by other students on campus.

The Volante wasn’t able to confirm these stories with university officials.

“It’s very unfortunate, these kind of things happening,” Mackey said. “I guess the most scary thing is that it’s happening on USD.” Violence or harassment from anyone is uncalled for, said Jordan Hansen, a member of the USD College Republicans who voted for Trump.

“I’m really disappointed in the Trump supporters that are being violent, just because I think it’s the wrong way to support your candidate and I think it’s just a justification of being hateful,” she said.

Hansen said she’s been called names on social media for supporting Trump and said she believes blanket statements shouldn’t be made about any group of people.

“I wouldn’t claim myself to be a bigot, racist or supremacist like any of the names I’ve been called on social media and I think it really just comes down to I’m a Trump supporter,” she said. “The people who claim to be Trump supporters and act that way don’t get a clean slate just because they’re Trump supporters.”

Thursday afternoon, a little less than an hour before Sunderland would find the note in her room, USD students across campus received an email from Grieve and Lamont Sellers, the associate vice president for diversity at USD, addressing the election and the “many emotions across our nation and here in our community.”

“We remain committed to the work of social justice education, cultural competence, and awareness at USD,” they said. “We understand that change can be difficult. However, as a community we remain com-

mitted to ensuring the safety and well-being of all.”

Grieve said the email was meant to remind everyone who attends USD or works on campus about the university’s values. She also said she heard of another incident that happened on campus, but didn’t go into further details on it.

“There’s been things that are happening around the country on university campuses and we just wanted to make sure that everybody at USD — we have freedom of speech, but we always hope to be inclusively excellent,” she said.

Since the election of Trump last Tuesday, thousands of people have taken to the streets in cities across the country to protest him and his rhetoric. Some of the protests have turned violent, with one person tackling an anti-Trump speaker at Ohio State University yesterday.

On the day after the election, USD President James Abbott called for unity and said the nation needs to come together to respect the electoral process.

“Hopefully we won’t see some of the behavior that I think he, upon occasion, encouraged during the campaign. So I think we’ll just have to wait and see,” he said.

The differences between Trump the president and Trump the candidate might be surprising, Hansen said. She also said she didn’t want to discredit the fears that students on campus might have of his impending presidency.

“There’s no way I could ever tell someone else how they’re allowed to feel or how someone else’s words made them feel,” she said. “I think a lot of what will happen in the future will determine whether or not they should still feel that way and even I am waiting to see how this is going to all play out. I think we’re going to have to start looking to how his actions are now as president rather than how he was a candidate.”

In an interview with CBS’ Lesley Stahl on “60 Minutes” Sunday night, Trump called for the nation to unify and said he didn’t know about the numerous incidents of racism that had taken place in his name since election night.

“I am so saddened to hear that and I say ‘stop it’ if it helps. I will say this and I will say it right to the cameras: ‘Stop it,’” he said.

Sellers the election has made him resolute in what he’s doing.

“Honestly it just strengthens my resolve that the work that I do is even more needed. I think a lot of that type of rhetoric — a lot of that noise

News — comes from a place of ignorance,” he said. “I look at that, I hear that and I realize there’s a lot more knowledge that needs to happen and that people need to get so I won’t stop talking, I won’t stop educating.”

Sellers said the Center for Diversity & Community held meetings last Wednesday for students to come and speak about their feelings about the results of the election.

He said some minority students hadn’t left their dorm rooms that day and others were frightened at what might happen to them.

“It really struck me listening to the students last night at the fear that many of them have,” he said. “Some of our students fear for their parents that might be deported, for our international students that really don’t understand what is going on and what has happened and really almost they’re questioning whether they want to still be in this place that they thought was the America they wanted to learn and grow and be a part of for their educational experience.”

On Tuesday afternoon, professors from the USD Criminal Justice Program handed out safety pins to students. The safety pin, in the past week, has become a symbol that a person wearing it is a “safe space” or “ally.”

“We’re passing out safety pins as a show of unity across campus to show there’s room for everyone’s ideas and everyone’s opinions and that we should be united as Yotes regardless of what your personal beliefs or political beliefs are,” said Bridget Diamond-Welch, an assistant professor of criminal justice. “We should support everyone and be a community as a whole.”

Welch said the group had heard of instances of negative things happening to students across campus and they want people to stand up for those students, regardless of who they voted for.

A bystander intervention training session will also be held Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. in MUC 211/211A. Sunderland said that even though she feels scared to be on campus for the first time since starting college, she knows there’s students and professors who are supportive of her.

“Although I feel threatened by some of the students here on campus I know that there are a lot of USD community members that are there to like have my back and give me support and I’m not alone in this,” she said.

News presentation editor Ally Krupinsky contributed to this report.

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First-year Valerie Sunderland, a black student, received this note from someone

outside her dorm room in North Complex last Thursday.

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The flags hanging in the MUC showcase the many parts of the world international students come from during International Education Week.

International Education Week showcases different cultures

By Cheyenne Alexis

Cheyenne.Alexis@coyotes.usd.edu

Traveling the world can cost thousands of dollars and take a lot of time, but students at USD this week are getting a taste of other cultures without setting foot off campus.

International Education Week is a collaborative effort with the Center for Diversity & Community, the Center for Academic & Global Engagement and the International Office.

Lamont Sellers, the associate vice president for diversity, said the CDC became involved with planning for International Education Week last year.

The events for this week included the Gilman Scholarship panel on Monday, Expressions of Identity: Religion workshop on Tuesday, Cultural Fair on Wednesday and a passport workshop and International Tea Time on Thursday.

The Cultural Fair is being organized by graduate students Sudarshan Paul and Prakriti Rajbhandari.

The fair will have students and different organizations on campus from different countries showcasing things such as clothes or other objects that represent their cultures.

Rajbhandari said she is excited to organize the event because she enjoys seeing the different cultures come together.

“The whole purpose of the Cultural Fair is letting people know of different communities on campus that (are) diverse and that there are students from around the world willing to share their culture and traditions,” Rajbhandari said. “Each time I feel like I already know enough people… whenever there are these events happening, I learn even more and then I meet new people and then I realize there are other communities in USD that I didn’t know about until they come out and participate in this kind of Cultural Fair.”

Paul said he is excited for the Cultural Fair and seeing student interactions.

“Through the fair, we

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These kind of events are adding more diversity and inclusiveness, and that’s the core of the university.

Prakriti Rajbhandari, graduate student

want to highlight the diversity on campus and also educate students about various cultures around the world,” Paul said.

Sellers said his favorite thing about International Education Week is representing the diverse backgrounds of international students and also allowing other students to show interest in traveling abroad.

“Our international student population is steadily growing,” Sellers said.

“It’s always great for them to be able to have that pride of where they have come from and being able to showcase that. And also for our domestic students here to be able to look for the opportunities that they have to be able to study abroad, to be able to travel and to be able to get those experiences outside of the United States.”

Rajbhandari said International Education Week is important in helping students learn about other cultures.

“We believe that culture shock is something that happens only to international students, but we realize it also happens to students who come from smaller places even smaller than Vermillion,” Rajbhandari said. “I think hosting these kinds of events where they actually get to meet people and share their experiences make them feel more welcome.

These kind of events are adding more diversity and inclusiveness, and that’s the core of the university.”

Paul said he enjoys International Education Week for the “real world

experience” being offered.

“As an international student, I really see how important it is to an individual, not just growing up in their own town… the world is big and everyone has to experience something different in their life,” Paul said. “As an international student, I can give them the experience, but I cannot tell them what exact opportunities are available from my standpoint.”

Events for the week are chosen by CAGE, the CDC and the International Student Club, and “really comes down to what we can fit in,” Sellers said. Since the week is busy, being that it’s before Thanksgiving, Sellers said the groups have to plan so they’re not competing with other activities going on the same day.

“It’s really a balancing act and trying to make sure that we’re not pulling students away from something else that they could be involved in,” Sellers said.

Sellers said he is looking forward to learning about other cultures from other students. “(I like seeing) that pride that students have for sharing,” Sellers said.

“We have so many students that come from so many different places. To be able to literally jump from Bangladesh to Nepal to China to Sri Lanka to Sub-Saharan Africa back to Mexico, and go to all these different places from the confines of our institution is just a wonderful opportunity to get that type of knowledge.”

SGA discusses bylaws, writes phrases on construction paper

By Siannah Martius

Siannah.Martius@coyotes.usd.edu

At the most recent Student Government Association meeting, a senate bill to amend the constitution and bylaws of SGA to make the governing body more inclusive and the concern of students smoking on campus was discussed.

The senate bill to amend the constitution and bylaws to make SGA more inclusive was very rapidly discussed.

Senators were concerned with changing pronouns in their official documents from “his” or “hers” to “their.” It was brought to the senators attention by at-large senator John Slunecka that the use of the

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SGA senators write inspirational phrases on construction paper at their meeting Tuesday night. word “their” might not be grammatically correct, and

the Internal Review will be spending the next few weeks

to correct their grammar while making their docu-

ments more inclusive.

At-large Senator Teagan

McNary said that she had received a complaint about someone smoking behind the MUC. The senators then discussed the importance of the “no smoking” signs around campus, and ultimately decided that putting up more signs would not stop students from smoking across campus. President Nathaniel Steinlicht said that the Student Government Association could reach out to the University Police Department to better enforce no smoking regulations during the day.

Senators finished off their meeting by writing inspirational phrases on construction paper to decorate their office windows with.

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Volleyball wins share of Summit League title

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Senior forward Tyler Flack attempts a layup against a Bowling Green defender during the opening men’s game in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center.

Fast Break

Coyote men’s basketball opens season 2-0

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By Max Tushla

Max.Tushla@coyotes.usd.edu

fter the Coyote women christened the Sanford Coyote Sports Center with a win over Stephen F. Austin, the Coyote men followed suit defeating Bowling Green 78-72.

For USD, to get a win in their new home felt like it was a long time coming.

“The guys have been talking about it since they’ve been here and since they’ve committed, like we’ve got to get this done right and build a tremendous home court advantage at the SCSC,” said Coyote head coach Craig Smith.

The new building is a point of pride for the

Coyotes and they wanted to start off strong in the SCSC. “People have been talking about it a long time. You know we just wanted to start everything off on a right note and everything like that by getting a win,” said junior guard Carlton Hurst. “New year, we just wanted to come out with a bang and get our season going in the right direction.”

Two days after they opened their season with a 79-74 win over Drake, the Coyotes returned home to open the SCSC. The first half was back and forth before the Coyotes found some slight separation thanks to five straight points from junior guard Trey Dickerson. USD entered halftime with a 33-27

lead over the Falcons.

“I thought the first 12 minutes they were the aggressor. I thought we played soft, I thought we played tentative, we weren’t aggressive defensively I thought they got every loose ball. Felt like we settled for a lot of jumpers instead of getting to the rim,” Smith said. “We had a little come to me Jesus meeting at about the eight minute timeout or just before and got after them and the guys really responded and we start playing aggressive and got downhill and started playing with physicality.”

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The Coyote volleyball team swept rival South Dakota State University in three straight games to give them a share of the Summit League title. USD shares the title with the Denver Pioneers who defeated North Dakota State University to help clinch their share.

USD welcomed the Jackrabbits to the Sanford Coyote Sports Center for senior day last Saturday.

SDSU gave them little problems in the first set as USD cruised to a 25-11 victory. The second set saw the Jackrabbits’ struggles continue as the Coyotes won again this time 25-15. In the third set SDSU had life and fought back, but to no avail. USD took the third set and the match with a 25-23 win.

Junior Brittany Jessen led the match in assists with 38. She also tallied 12 digs. Freshman Elizabeth Loschen led the Coyotes in kills with 14. Senior Audrey Reeg also had a strong match with 1o kills and 11 digs to her name.

The win was the Coyotes’ second of the year over SDSU. They swept the Jackrabbits in Brookings earlier in the season. USD finished the regular season with a record of 24-6 overall, 13-3 in conference play. This is a vast improvement over last year’s 15-16 overall and 8-8 Summit League records.

Along with the Summit League recognition, sophomore Lauren Mattison earned individual honors as she was awarded Summit League Defensive Player of the Week. This is Mattison’s first Summit League honor. The award comes after Mattison notched a career high 27 digs against Denver and 17 against SDSU. USD’s strong regular season performance not only gives them a share of the Summit League title, it also gives them a first round bye in the Summit League Tournament.

The Coyotes will face the winner of third seed NDSU and sixth seed Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis on Saturday. USD swept IUPUI in both matches they played this year, while they split their season series with NDSU. USD swept the Bison in Vermillion, but fell 1-3 (25-19, 16-25, 22-25, 27-29) on the road in Fargo.

The other first round match sees fourth seed Fort Wayne and fifth seed Oral Roberts face off. The winner of the match advances to play the top seeded Denver Pioneers, who are also hosting the tournament, on Saturday. The winner of that match will face the winner of USD and IUPUI/NDSU. The Summit League Tournament runs from Friday, Nov. 18 to Sunday, Nov. 20.

USD prepares for faceoff with NDSU following rivalry loss

By Max Tushla

Max.Tushla@coyotes.usd.edu

The Coyotes hung with rival South Dakota State University throughout this past weekend’s game, but a missed opportunity to take the lead and a late interception would seal the game for the Jackrabbits. Despite the Coyotes’ best efforts, they fell 2128.

“Our goal was to win the football game and credit our guys for taking the game to the end and battling like crazy, but you know obviously falling short of the ultimate goal is very disappointing,” said Coyote head coach Bob Nielson.

SDSU struck first with a three-yard rushing touchdown to put the Jackrabbits up 7-0 early in the first quarter. The Coyotes responded with a 65-yard drive capped off with a 16-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Chris Streveler to junior wide out Brandt Van Roekel. SDSU kicker Chase Vinatieri would miss a 43-yard and a 52-yard field goal in the second quarter, which helped keep the Coyotes within one score. The game would go into halftime tied at seven.

The game was back and forth throughout the second half, as SDSU would take the lead again on a 47-yard rush to put them up 14-7 in the third quarter. USD would equalize on an eight-yard touchdown pass from Streveler to freshman wide receiver Dakarai Allen. The Jackrabbits would enter the fourth quarter with a lead, as they scored late in the third on a 86-yard drive finished off with a 20yard rush from quarterback Taryn Christion.

USD was on the board first in the fourth quarter, when they tied the game at 21 on a three-yard rush from Streveler. The Coyotes would get a chance to take the lead midway through the fourth after an interception from sophomore Alex Gray, but senior Miles Bergner was unable to convert on a 32-yard field goal attempt. On the ensuing drive, SDSU marched down the field and scored on a seven-yard

rush from Christion to take the lead. USD would go three and out on the following drive, but managed to get the ball back with 56 seconds left to play. The Coyotes would go 28 yards before giving up possession with 11 seconds remaining on an interception from Streveler. The Jackrabbits would take a knee and escape with a 28-21 lead.

Streveler led both teams in passing with 217 yards and two touchdowns, along with an interception. He also was USD’s leading rusher with 66-yards and a touchdown. While the two teams were nearly equal in passing yards, 217 to 215, the difference in the game was in rushing.

The Jackrabbits totaled 415-yards on the ground to the Coyotes 136. USD struggled to stop the SDSU ground attack as two Jackrabbits would rush for more than 100 yards.

Brady Mengarelli and Isaac Wallace would go for 161 yards and 102 yards respectively, while Christion and Kyle Paris would run for 79 yards and 74 yards.

The Coyotes now switch gears as they prepare to take on North Dakota State. The Bison are currently ranked third in the FCS Top 25 and are coming off of five consecutive national titles. Despite NDSU’s impressive resume, the Coyotes are quick to recall last year’s trip to Fargo in which they defeated the Bison on a last second kick from now senior kicker Miles Bergner.

“It’s just like any other game for us in terms of it’s a conference opponent, a really good opponent,” said senior running back Trevor Bouma. “They’ve had a heck of a season so far, but we’re right there in many of our games so we’re just going to take it like it’s any other opponent on our schedule and hopefully come out with the W.” USD is looking to play NDSU like they’ve played every team they’ve faced this year, but the Bison’s talent isn’t lost on them.

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Freshman wide receiver Dakarai Allen pulls down a pass while under heavy pressure from fellow freshman, defensive back, Marchalo Judge Jr. during Tuesday’s practice in the DakotaDome.

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Coyote women open season with a win

By Max Tushla

Max.Tushla@coyotes.usd.edu

The Coyote women’s basketball team took care of business in their first game in the new Sanford Coyote Sports Center, defeating the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 80-74.

“Certainly an exciting opportunity to open up at home, the new Sanford Coyote Sports Center, what a great atmosphere to play a game in,” said first-year Coyote head coach Dawn Plitzuweit.

The new arena was a point of pride for the entire team.

For senior center Abigail Fogg, the SCSC is a dream come to life.

“It was totally awesome. I even think before the game I remember coming out of the tunnel when it was under construction and we all had goosebumps looking at it and I think, ‘This is ours, this is going to be it,’” Fogg said. “So then to actually come out and see that in real life was just awesome.”

Despite the fanfare surrounding the new arena and the new look team, the distractions of the day did little to faze the Coyotes.

“I don’t think it was a distraction at all, it’s just something we’ve been working for since we came here in June really together when we all got together for the first time,” said sophomore guard Jaycee Bradley. “Little by little, getting to move into the locker room in July and then starting to work out in the weight room, it’s been a long time coming we’re really excited for today and I don’t think it was a distrac-

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Freshman guard Madison McKeever brings the ball down the court against a Stephen F. Austin defender in the opening game of the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. tion I think it was all positive today.”

After falling behind in the first quarter and entering the second quarter down 1924, the Coyotes found their rhythm and took a 38-31 lead into halftime. USD had trouble stopping the Lumberjacks from behind the arc in the first half. Stephen

F. Austin shot a blistering 70-percent from deep.

“We had to find a way to slow them down and for us we’ve got to look at ways that we can get ball pressure and still guard one-on-one in our man defense,” Plitzuweit said. “We just haven’t gotten to that point obviously. They felt very, very comfortable

looking at the rim, seeing good opportunities and just shot the ball on us.”

In the third quarter, USD continued their attack, as they took a 61-47 lead into the final quarter of play.

In the fourth quarter Stephen F. Austin surged, as they outscored the Coyotes 27-19. Despite a late push,

the comeback wouldn’t be enough, as the Coyotes went on to win 80-74.

Sophomore guard Allison Arens lead the Coyotes on offense. She scored 21 points and dished out six assists. Abigail Fogg also came up big for USD on offense, scoring 18 points on 8-10 shooting.

Early this season Arens has been big for the Coyotes on offense. She scored 28 in the team’s exhibition win over Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville and kept it rolling against the Lumberjacks. Despite her strong recent performances, Arens said she knows the high scoring every time out is no guarantee.

“It’s only been two games so who knows what the next games are going to hold.

I mean lucky for us these teams didn’t have any scouting reports so they didn’t know what to expect on us, they haven’t seen us play so next game could be totally different,” Arens said. “Honestly, I think we all have a big role in what’s going to happen here and, yeah, maybe I have scored the last two games, but that’s not promising for the next ones even. It’s anybody’s chance to score.”

After last year’s Coyote team lucked out with having go-to offensive players in Nicole Seekamp, Tia Hemiller and Kelly Stewart, this year’s team is still figuring out exactly who will be taking the shots.

“We’re a really young team right now and it is a completely different team from last year, but even game-togame I think you saw today

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half, jumping out to a 42-29 lead. From there Bowling Green gained ground, as the Falcons found their rhythm and took the lead with around eight minutes to play.

“They were hitting shots.

We came down and we ran our sets and we ran them really well and everything like that, they just came back, they weren’t going anywhere,” Hurst said. “We knew we were in for a hard fought game.”

Bowling Green would maintain the lead until two tough shots from sophomore guard Matt Mooney put the Coyotes back in control with two minutes remaining. From there clutch free throws from freshman guard Triston Simpson and good rebounding would seal the game for the Coyotes as they went on to win 78-72.

“Well I think I’m going to need to check what my life insurance policy’s like with this team and I mean that affectionately,” Smith said. “We could have a lot of games like this is what I’m saying.”

The Coyotes struggled down the stretch and nearly let the game slip away, but they showed poise to battle back and secure the win.

“We were teetering, there’s no doubt,” Smith said. “If you look at a 15-round fight we were in

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“We talked about it on Sunday and early in this week, there’s still a lot to play for. This is a huge game. These guys are the defending national champions, if that doesn’t get your blood boiling a little bit to play really nothing will. We’ve got a lot of guys who are young, we need to use every practice every game to its potential and get better every single play every day,” Streveler said. “This is a huge game for us. Definitely a game where we can build momentum going into next season and we’re really excited to play.”

For the Coyote seniors, this game marks the end of their journey at USD. “It hasn’t really hit me yet that it’s the last football game of my career, a sport I’ve been playing for a long time,” said senior linebacker Jet Moreland. “I’m going to leave it all on the line for these guys that I care about so much and all the coaches and everybody. Just

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One thing that helped the Coyotes down the stretch was the presence of a strong home crowd.

“To me one thing I really noticed, especially just being able to just go through give it my all and not have any regrets when that final whistle blows.”

Even though the seniors may be moving on, they have helped lead the Coyotes in a transition from a team that failed to win a single conference game in 2014, to a team that is knocking on the door of their first playoff berth.

“It’s unfortunate that I couldn’t be here for another year and experience that playoff birth for this team, but at the same time building a winning culture is important and I’m excited to see what these guys do next year, because I know everybody on this team will give 150-percent even throughout practices for each other,” Moreland said. “It’s awesome to see the progression and actually something come out of all the hard work.”

For Bouma the four years have flown by and he is grateful for his time at USD. “I feel like it’s gone by fast.

Everybody says that, everybody warns you of how fast it’s going to go but you don’t think about that until you’re going into the

the arena and look at everything, every seat you feel like you’re there,” said sophomore forward Trey BurchManning. “Some arenas you feel like, ‘Man I’m in the nose-bleeds, like I can barley see these guys.’ Everyone has a good seat and you can really feel the energy on the court, everyone yelling and there’s just no place like it.”

Burch-Manning was the Coyotes’ leading scorer, rebounder and assist man with 14 points, 11 boards and three assists. Senior forward Tyler Flack scored 12 and was big for USD on the defensive end with six blocks. Hurst notched 13 points and pulled down five rebounds, he was a factor for USD late coming

up with a key block and rebound to help lock up a Coyote win.

“It was a great victory against a good MAC team.

Lot of ebbs and flows and we’re going to have that I think a lot this year,” Smith said. “Every time you look to the left done the bench it’s like, OK, what freshman do we put in, what sopho-

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Junior wide receiver Alonge Brooks looks in a pass during Tuesday’s practice in the DakotaDome. In his first season with the Coyotes, Brooks is currently fourth on the team in receiving yards with 365. He also has four touchdowns. last prep week in your final season,” Bouma said. “But I’ve had a lot of fun here, I wouldn’t trade it for the world. I’ve made a lot of friends, made great relationships and I’m happy with

what I’ve accomplished here.”

As a senior, Bergner has watched the team grow into something more over his time in Vermillion.

“It’s a big group of goofballs

that love each other and that’s special. That’s something that’s going to be memorable for all of us old guys,” Bergner said. “We went from kind of nothing to having an awesome team for a

our personnel on the court can be a lot different from game-to-game,” Bradley said. “Learning the motion offense, learning to play with each other, learning each others strengths and stuff like that and just more games and reps in practice will help us improve in that area.”

This plays into the Coyotes’ new motion offense and how Plitzuweit wants her team to run this season.

“I thought Abby played well, but this is what I told our kids after the game is that the way we want to play is really and equal opportunity offensive style,” Plitzuweit said. “One game Abby might have six, the next game she may have 18, next game Maddy McKeever may be the kid, next game maybe Jaycee’s (Bradley) opportunity or Bridget’s opportunity. I thought the kids that came in the game the first half, Megan Bonar, Kaitlyn Severyn and Kate Liveringhouse really gave us a boost and I thought that was very necessary.”

With the win, the Coyotes improve to 1-0 on the season. They will embark on a four game road trip across the country, visiting Arkansas, Tulsa, UC Riverside and CSU Bakersfield before returning to the SCSC on November 30 to take on Concordia University, St. Paul.

“For us, it’s a matter of learning where our kids are really comfortable and that’s going to take us some time,” Plitzuweit said. more do we put in and ups and downs.”

That bench is sure to be a go to for the Coyotes this season. With 10 new players suiting up for USD, there will definitely be some experimenting with the lineup.

“I think we’re really talented, but I think honestly the sky’s the limit for us. We’re still all new, 10 new guys, I think we’re still developing as we go,” Burch-Manning said. “We kind of know what our identity is, but it’s unraveling more. We’re just developing and trying to get better every day.”

The Coyotes are now 2-0 on the season and will play again on Wednesday night when they take on Presentation College in the SCSC at 7 p.m. USD follows up Presentation with another game in the SCSC on Thursday against Doane University at 7 p.m. That is the opening game of the Gulf Coast Showcase, the following games take place in Estero, Florida.

“We have a really balanced team, a pretty deep bench as well,” Hurst said.

“Everybody comes in and contributes to winning, so you’ll just see a lot of that throughout the year.” couple years and guys that can really do stuff and produce on the field. I feel like we’re a lot closer than a lot of teams you look at who have won over four years.”

For guys who will be back next year like Streveler, the impending end to this season just marks the beginning of the next.

“I’m going to be hungry after the season ends to get right back after it and keep working because I know how good we can be and I know how close we were this season to potentially getting in the playoffs, a couple games here and there but sometimes it doesn’t work out and I’m excited to get back after it,” Streveler said.

With the loss to SDSU the Coyotes dropped to 3-4 in Missouri Valley play and 4-6 on the season. Kickoff time for this Saturday’s game is set for 2 p.m.

“I’m feeling pretty confident.

I’m confident in us. I think that we’re a good team,” Bergner said. “I know they’re a great team, they are there’s no doubt about it. I think it’s going to be a fight, I really do.”

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Students gather in the Center for Diversity & Community for International Tea Time. The purpose of the weekly event is to bring together international and non-international students.

CDC hosts tea time

By Morgan Matzen

Morgan.Matzen@coyotes.usd.edu

Every week this fall a group of international students has gathered at the Center for Diversity & Community to talk about their cultures over tea with other USD students.

The purpose of these informal gatherings is to welcome international students to USD and to introduce them to life in America.

Sophomore health sciences major Brandi German is a member of the International Club. She sees the benefit of these meetings as a community experience of sharing a cup of tea together.

“Tea is a sign of friendship and companionship,” German said.

“It gives you a chance to take a break from the day and relax for a little bit. For a lot of international students, tea is a big part of their culture all around the world. It just gives them a chance to come do something that’s very normal for them. There was one student that came a couple weeks ago and he said that this was the first tea he had since he came to the US.” German said the tea times are open to any student, international or domestic, and doesn’t require too much of a commitment to attend.

“If you want to come, you can, and if you’re busy, don’t worry about it,” German said. “We encourage people to bring their friends. You can bring students that aren’t international students to come hang out.”

International Tea Time was started by international student advisors Patrick Morrison and Kasie Heiden last fall to get a sense of how international students were adjusting to life at USD and to get some input from the students on what sort of programs they wanted to see implemented.

“Sometimes we’ll talk about various topics going on like for Dakota Days, we talked about some of the events that happened and explained those to international students,” Heiden said. “Maybe they’re not from a country where they have a homecoming parade and that type of stuff. So we have these opportunities that if they have any questions, we can kind of get a sense for what they are feeling and if we need to provide any additional programming in some form.”

This particular tea time fell on the Thursday after the election. Students met in the library to discuss how American democracy works. The information provided by Morrison from the International Department was knowledge vital to both domestic and international students.

“Every election is different, and sometimes the nuances are a little difficult to understand,” Heiden said. “With this particular election, there are concerns that are brought up nationwide.

We just want to give students the opportunity to hear any of their concerns and let them know if there’s anything we can do.”

According to some students, there have been several reported cases of harassment on campus since election night and the CDC and CAGE offices have been working to make students feel welcome.

“There are issues of harassment because the nation right now is just so polarized,” Heiden said. “I think right now some of the international students are a little concerned with the rhetoric that occurred with Donald Trump’s campaign. We wanted to make sure we were providing a space and an opportunity for those types of conversations.”

Despite concerns of harassment, international students mostly feel welcomed to campus.

“I’ve talked to some students about the election and generally I think that they are savvy,” Morrison said. “These students are going to another country to study. They are smart, bright students who are well-adapted socially and culturally competent.

I think that they are uncertain about the election, but they have trust enough in our political system and understand that it will be challenging, but we will all get through it.”

Lena Tran, intercultural program coordinator for student services and Lamont Sellers, associate vice president for diversity, held a session with students for almost three hours on the Wednesday after the election as well.

“Lena and Lamont do an awesome job,” said Saeed Dabbour, a first-year business major from Saudi Arabia. “It’s just about seeing others’ perspectives so that you understand them.”

Other opportunities for cultural enrichment for students have also included trips to ethnic markets in Sioux City and other cultural trips, Morrison said.

“It makes Vermillion feel even a little bit more like home,” said German.

Although the CDC and CAGE may seem like small organizations, Morrison said it’s important to at least let students know that support is always there for them.

“A lot of times when we offer (these events), I think that students knowing the support is there is half the battle,” Morrison said. “If they’re feeling isolated, they have a place to come. We never know when a student is going to want to talk. Maybe it’s a tough day of class, they’re having issues with their roommate, whatever, they know that they have a space to come to.”

Students should prepare for flu season MASON DOCKTER is a Junior majoring in media & journalism.

Outside your warm window, the leaves are falling and the temperature is dropping. Brace yourself, campus: cold and flu season is upon us.

I have had a mild cold around the same time of year for each of the last three years — right at the beginning of fall. My cold-fighting regimen has become fairly standardized as I’ve learned what works and what doesn’t. My number one go-to is black, hot coffee to fight the incredible physical exhaustion of having to do things while stricken with a cold.

On any given day I take in a good quantity of caffeine regardless of how I feel — but the warm, energizing black liquid becomes altogether indispensable during the exhausting days of an illness.

My number two go-to is highmenthol content cough drops — I take these liberally, in ignorance of what the box says. Well-known brands include Fisherman’s Friend or Sucrets. Fight the temptation to buy those Hall’s products which taste like strawberry candy — they’ll do you no good, as there isn’t enough of a menthol kick.

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The Makin Bacon cooking system proved to be useful in its intended purpose. Cooking times, however, should be observed with caution.

Bacon making device saves time EMILY SCHRAD is first year student majoring in media & journalism.

Bacon goes with pretty much everything. Eat it by itself, put it on a burger, chop it up and put it on a salad — the options are endless.

Everybody loves a little bacon and most everybody has some sort of memory associated with bacon. For me, it was waking up to my grandpa cooking bacon in the backyard fire pit after all the grandkids camped out in the backyard for our family reunion every summer.

As I’ve gotten older, however, the closest thing I’ve gotten for real bacon is pre-cooked microwave bacon. Although the pre-cooked stuff is good, it’s just not the same.

Then, I stumbled upon “Makin Bacon.” This product allows you to cook bacon in the microwave and supposedly makes the bacon healthier. Healthy bacon? Sounds gross and preposterous. But I decided to give it a try.

Makin Bacon was invented by eight-year-old Abbey Fleck in 1993, and she received a patent for the device three years later in 1996. The Makin Bacon device is a simple, quick, easy way to cook bacon, and it claims to make bacon healthier by draining the fat into the bin below where the bacon cooks.

To use Makin Bacon, you first attach the T-shaped drip bars in the slots of the Makin Bacon dish.

One bar holds up to six strips of bacon, and the entire contraption can cook up to 18 strips of bacon at a time. The instructions say to place a paper towel over the bacon strips to cover the inevitable grease splatter, and to cook the bacon for 1-1 ½ minutes per strip of bacon. Then when the bacon is finished, you can just pour the fat away.

So, I went to work on making my bacon. I set up the Makin Bacon dish and placed the drip bar into the slots. I placed six strips of bacon onto the bar, placed a paper towel over the bacon. I put the contraption into my microwave, and set the timer for seven minutes and 30 seconds.

Boy, was that a mistake. By the time the timer had 30 seconds left, I could smell the bacon burning.

I quickly stopped the microwave, and sure enough I was right. Burnt to the crisp, you could use the bacon as a hammer — it was just that burnt. I had to leave the bacon in my microwave for a good 10 minutes to let the smoke clear so I didn’t set off the fire alarms.

Because my first attempt was an absolute failure, I decided to try it again. I cleaned up the burnt mess, and this time I only used four strips of bacon. I had to use my floor’s microwave this time, because the smell of burnt bacon was so bad in my room I had to let it air out for a while before reentering.

I placed the four pieces of bacon with a paper towel to cover in the microwave and this time I set it for three minutes and 30 seconds. This time when the timer went off, it actually smelt like bacon and not a pathetic attempt at it. I took the dish out and let it cool for about a minute, and tried it out, and it was some good bacon.

Now, I’m one of those people who doesn’t like their bacon really crispy, and this bacon was exactly how I liked it. Just the perfect amount of crisp. However, I did still get a lot of the grease that was on the bacon, even though most of it had dripped down into the bin. I wanted a second opinion, so I went down the hall to a friend’s room and asked her to try some. She was really skeptical at first and thought I had done something to it, but eventually she tasted a piece. She too thought the bacon was good, and still had the amount of grease that regular bacon did.

After it was all said and done, I genuinely loved this product.

Although there was a hiccup with the first trial, which was mainly a user error, I would absolutely use it again, and even recommend it to someone. The bacon took me back to when I was a kid getting it right off the fire from Grandpa.

Although it does advertise that it drains the fat from the bacon, it was still there after cooking, however this is a minor detail and to be honest I didn’t mind it all because bacon without grease is like a s’more without graham crackers — it’s just not the same.

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A flu shot is the best way to avoid serious illness during cold and flu season. edies of dubious effectiveness. I take plenty of these as well — my favorite is Sambucol, a mixture of several homeopathic substances that sound like they do a lot of good. Whether they actually do anything or not, the placebo effect must be helpful in some way.

Like a lot of people, when I come down with a cold, I instinctively blame myself for not dress-

ing myself in appropriately warm garb to keep the cold out. This, however, is a fallacy, said Anthony Burbach, a certified physicians assistant at Sanford Vermillion — the cold air temperatures of cold and flu season have little direct impact on people becoming ill.

Rather, he said the fact that people huddle indoors when the temSee FLU, Page B4

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A new Dakota Days video produced by USD graduate Byron Banasiak has garnered more than 23,000 views on YouTube and 500 retweets since it was posted last Thursday. The video has also landed USD on multiple college life websites for its portrayal of the university as a party school.

New Dakota Days video released

By Clay Conover

Clay.Conover@coyotes.usd.edu

The 2015 Dakota Days video spread across the country like wildfire, garnering immense popularity. This year’s Dakota Days video, however, has been even more popular according to its creator, reaching 500 retweets in less than 24 hours.

The sequel video, produced

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“I don’t think it has anything to do with the fact that it’s cold outside — the chilliness outside, I don’t know that it would really bother your immune system to the point where you’d be necessarily more susceptible to pick it up,” Burbach said.

“I think you’re just coming into contact with more of that stuff because you’re kept in closer quarters.”

Influenza (flu) is a much more serious condition than a cold, Burbach said.

“They’re both viruses, and the cold is, you know, runny nose, headaches, sore throat, cough, pretty general body aches,” Burbach said. “Influenza... is pretty much a cold that’s much worse — high fevers, shortness of breath, coughing, body aches.”

Because the flu can be so much worse than a cold, Burbach recommends a visit to the doctor to anyone whose illness is causing shortness of breath

by USD graduate Byron Banasiak, was filmed over the course of the week of Dakota Days. The 2015 video was filmed with the help of Mason Horacek, but this year’s video was done entirely by Banasiak.

“I think it looks way better,” Banasiak said. “Everyone who has come up to me has said that it looks better. They didn’t think it could get any

or a fever. And a fever, he cautioned, can only be diagnosed by a thermometer — not by a hand to the forehead.

Other than going to the doctor, Burbach said the only real way to fight a cold or flu is to do so symptomatically, because there’s no medicine that can actually eliminate the viruses. Thus I do with my caffeine and high menthol cough drops.

Getting enough sleep and eating a diet rich in vitamins and nutrients is also essential to keeping your immune system in fighting condition.

And there is, of course, the small matter of prevention. We’ve all heard it before, but it bears repeating.

“With the cold prevention is good hand hygiene, washing your hands, if you do cough in your hands washing your hands, carrying waterless hand sanitizer with you,” Burbach said.

“But then the next important part is not touching your face,” because the only way a virus can make its way from your hand to your insides is through contact with a facial orifice.

better, and luckily, I proved them wrong.”

Horacek, who made the first Dakota Days video in 2013 along with helping on last year’s video, said this video was better than last year’s, also.

“Byron absolutely killed it,” Horacek said. “It beats last year’s video by a long shot.”

Horacek said the new video represents Banasiak’s progress

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You really need to be getting a flu shot Anthony Burbach, physicians assistant

Burbach lamented the fact that some students (and people in general) are lethargic about getting a flu shot.

“You really need to be getting a flu shot,” Burbach said — sooner rather than later. “It takes between two and three weeks for that flu shot to kick in, so waiting until flu season is here is too late.”

Finally, bare in mind that you aren’t just defending yourself from the cold and flu, you’re defending other people. Some people have weakened immune systems, caused by HIV/ AIDS, cancer, diabetes or a variety of other health conditions. For those individuals, a cold or flu could be “potentially life-threatening,” Burbach said.

as a story teller.

“Byron has always looked at the newest ways and techniques to further his craft,” Horacek said. “This video is definitely a good representation of how far he has come.”

The new video incorporated more controversial shots than the previous ones, which were already known for their images of women kissing, ex-

cessive drinking and vomiting.

“It’s a lot more dirty,” Banasiak said. “Especially with that Old Main shot of the two girls making out, or the girl chugging a beer, or Jim Abbott’s face having wine poured down it.”

Some students praise the video for showing a different side of USD. “I thought it showed the

other side of USD, like the side that the university doesn’t show,” said Jaekob Olson, a junior criminal justice major.

“I guess the side that they are not the most proud of. It was a very well-edited video. It obviously took a long time to make.”

As of Tuesday night the video had more than 23,000 views.

Argentine pianist performs at USD

By Lauren Soulek

Lauren.Soulek@coyotes.usd.edu

On Monday, the Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts hosted international pianist Ingrid Fliter for a concert in the Colton Recital Hall.

Fliter was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She began her piano studies in her native Argentina with a teacher named Elizabeth Westerkamp, and by the time she was 11-years-old, Fliter began playing public recitals. Fliter made her professional orchestra debut at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires when she was 16. In 2006, Fliter joined only a handful of pianists and became the only woman to receive the Gilmore Artist Award.

For the first half of her USD concert, Fliter played two pieces by Ludwig van Beethoven. She played Sonata No. 17 in D minor “The Tempest” and Sonata No. 18, Op. 31 No. 3 “The Hunt,” which are both multi-movement pieces.

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Pianist Ingrid Fliter plays piano at recitle in Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts on Oct.14. concert, Fliter played Frederic Chopins 24 Preludes, Op. 28. This piece consisted of 24 movements that were each a couple minutes long and included all major and minor scales.

Emily Gillespie, a firstyear business major, said she attended the concert because she likes music. She said she enjoyed watching Fliter play.

“She was just a really good piano player and put a lot of soul into it,” Gillespie said.

Austin Herrboldt, a sophomore music education major, said liked how

Fliter “seemed so assertive and confident in herself” and said he was surprised by how much she had memorized. Herrboldt said his favorite part of the concert was the Chopin section. Fliter won second place in 2000 at the Frederic Chopin Competition in Warsaw.

“We are very, very proud of being able to bring such a strong artist to our program,” said assistant professor of piano Alessandra Feris.

Fliter also held a piano masterclass Tuesday morning.

Informational event designed to educate students about the variety of internship opportunities that are available. Employers seeking interns will be on campus looking for candidates from all majors. Each employer will be giving a short presentation about their company and internship program. Following the presentations, students will be able to visit further with the organizations that interest them most.

This is a great way to talk to professionals, find out more about their organizations, and what it takes to become an intern.

ACADEMIC & CAREER PLANNING CENTER Academic Commons • 1st floor I.D. Weeks Library 605-677-5381 • advising@usd.edu If you are a person with a disability and need a special accommodation to fully participate, please contact Disability Services 48 hours before the event at 605-677-6389.