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USD-SDSU RIVALRY EDITION

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AN EVOLVING RIVALRY

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY TRENT OPSTEDAHL, MALACHI PETERSEN AND JOSIE FLATGARD

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2000 Last Coyote win vs. SDSU

With the series dead even, two fanbases attempt to save a 125-year-old rivalry from fading into history Nathan Ellenbecker

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When Dean Norberg attended the University of South Dakota in the 1970s, his friends would celebrate the rivalry between USD and South Dakota State University much differently than students do today.

“We could get by with more things,” Norberg said.

“There’s a lot more restrictions now than there used to be.”

Norberg attended USD from 1972-76 and earned a degree in history. He is now a farmer in Burke, S.D., and has two children attending USD. He said the rivalry between SDSU and USD has always been a friendly one, but he and his friends had what he called “provocative fun.”

“At the State-U basketball game, it wasn’t uncommon for a few (dead) rabbits to come flying out on court,” he said. “We had a good friend that played in the band, and we had a friend that came up with the idea that a rabbit fit nicely in his trombone case.”

Norberg said there was security for football and basketball games to help keep order, but nobody suspected a band member carrying a trombone in one hand and its case in the other.

SDSU head football coach John Stiegelmeier said he did not enjoy that form of rivalry between SDSU and USD. He has been on the SDSU coaching staff since 1988 and has served as head coach since 1997.

He said the schools not playing football against one another between 2003 and 2012 actually changed the rivalry.

“We took some years off that were beneficial to the rivalry,” Stiegelmeier said.

Stiegelmeier saw a number of antics performed for the rivalry before 2012 — ketchup and mustard on jerseys, goldfish in water, coaches profanity toward players. He said those didn’t contribute positively to the rivalry.

“The rivalry is in a good place right now,” Stiegelmeier said. “People haven’t done anything out of wack or stuff that I used to see years ago.”

Junior Cole Brende attended SDSU for one year before transferring to USD his sophomore year. He grew up in Sioux Falls, where many of his high school classmates parted ways after graduation by attending one of the two schools.

Brende said the rivalry is not taken as seriously for current students. Instead, it’s more about the fun after the game and bragging rights.

“SDSU fans are a little more into the game,” he said. “For people I went to school with, it’s not so much about the football game as much as it is about getting together with your friends again.”

It might have been “wack” during Norberg’s years, but he said nothing brought students closer than the rivalry games. He said those rivalry weekends were important for social reasons, too.

“Waiting for the State-U football games and the State-U basketball games, that’s what you really live for in the fall and the winter times,” Norberg said.

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VERVE SPORTS Rival Couples

Game Preview

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Commentary

Take a glimpse into the relationships of three USD-SDSU couples and see what the rivalry means to them.

The USD marching band prepares to bring its season to a close with a “Year-End Spectacular”.

Oh, Romeo

USD Theatre Department is nearly ready to unveil its year-end performance of “Romeo & Juliet.”

AWOL

Get a better idea of what AWOL does and how it fosters active citizenship among students.

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Hear from coaches and players, and get pumped up for Saturday’s game in Brookings.

Volante sports columnist Phil Millar weighs in on what is really at stake during Saturday’s game.

Roster Breakdown

Check out the starting rosters and stats for both USD and SDSU before the rivalry match-up this Saturday.

Women’s Cross Country

USD women’s cross country runner Amber Eichkorn qualified for NCCA National Champsionship.

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The annual Sophomore— First-Year Football Game was played. Each year, the rival classes had a duel to determine which is the better class. The “Sophs” ended up with the lead in the beginning. After the first half, the first-years came ahead. The sophomores ended up winning the game and claiming their seniority status.

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1939 There was a short convocation ceremony presented by the Radio Workshop. The space was equipped similar to a set of studios, and the entire event was like a broadcast. The content was planned to be entertaining, but there was also a learning component involved. This was the first program to be presented by a campus radio group.

1. City asks for dismissal of Oct. 1 complaint filed by local landlords

2. Eagle Creek lawsuit will not affect USD partnership

3. Recycling at USD USD joins nationwide effort to scale up reading The University of South Dakota is partnering with Ohio State University, along with 19 other universities, to scale up Reading Recovery by offering graduate level credit to train 3,690 additional teachers in Reading Recovery, according to a USD news release.

Although all U.S. schools are eligible for professional development funding provided by an i3 grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund, particular priority was given to low-performing schools, schools in rural areas and schools with high populations of English Language learners.

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Alpha Phi to host holiday food drop-off event for Vermillion Food Pantry Alpha Phi is hosting an event Nov. 21 and 22 called Thanksgiving Donations. Members of the sorority will be tabling in the Muenster University Center, collecting cans and non-perishable food items.

The items will be taken to the Vermillion Food Pantry next week in time for Thanksgiving.

STATE SD woman sentenced Nov. 17 for being drug ‘mule’

MALACHI PETERSEN I THE VOLANTE This week University of South Dakota international students and study abroad returnees joined together to host an “International Education Week.”

On Nov. 17 students had the chance to learn more about various countries at the cultural fair, left, and Tuesday students were able to try tea from other countries at a tea tasting event, above.

Tonight, a Global Pallet will take place in the Muenster University Center Ballroom.

Anthony Mandela, the global learning adviser and coordinator for the national foreign exchange program at USD, said the week is an event which is taking place across the United States.

Theresa Rasmussen, 56, was sentenced to three months in a residential re-entry program and three months in home confinement, followed by federal probation on Nov. 17, according to Keloland News.

Rasmussen admitted to traveling to California to pick up marijuana for her daughter, Faith Rasmussen, who sold the drug in South Dakota.

Faith Rasmussen was the girlfriend of 20-year-old Jordan LeBeau, who was shot to death in a robbery-gone-wrong, last December.

Faith Rasmussen will be sentenced next week.

Gay marriage battle continues in SD U.S. District Court Judge Karen Schreier rejected South Dakota’s request on Nov. 14 to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the ban on gay marriage, Argus Leader Media reported.

Last May, the lawsuit was filed

by Minneapolis attorney Josh Newville on behalf of six samesex couples in South Dakota to challenge the gay marriage ban and fight for individual rights.

Because of the ruling, the case is able to proceed to be ruled on.

An argument regarding the plaintiffs’ claim that South Dakota’s ban on same-sex marriage violates the constitutional right to travel was dismissed by Judge Schreier, but the claim for equal protection will still be ruled on.

In a statement, Attorney General Marty Jackley said the state’s view is not changed by the ruling.

“It remains the state’s position that the institution of marriage should be defined by the voters of South Dakota, and not by the federal courts,” Jackley stated.

Despite the dismissal of the travel claim, Newville said the ruling was fantastic and the “core (of) this case was really

about equal protection and due process.”

After the state files the cross motion, the judge may decide to hear more arguments or give a final decision.

If the U.S. Supreme Court decides to take up another case for gay marriage, both the people for and against gay marriage believe it could influence the future decisions of judges.

U.S. Missouri governor activates Missouri National Guard in advance of decision Gov. Jay Nixon activates Missouri National Guard in advance of Ferguson grand jury decision Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon activated the National Guard Nov. 17 to assist law enforcement in the event that any violence occurs following the grand jury’s decision in the shooting of Michael Brown in August, according to the Washington Post.

After the teenager’s death, police and protestors clashed in the streets of Ferguson, Misso. for weeks. There were hundreds of people arrested, the beginning of the school year was delayed and many stores were looted.

Protesters have spent weeks planning acts of civil disobedience that will take place if Wilson is not indicted.

Fliers from the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan warn “lethal forces” will be used against violent protesters.

The protesters are also warned they have “awakened a sleeping giant.”

A grand jury decision is expected this month.

Seventy-one percent of world’s slave reside in ten countries, index reports There are nearly 36 million people today living as slaves, reports The Daily Star.

Mauritania, Uzbekistan, Haiti, Qatar and India are noted as the nations where modern-day slavery is most prevalent.

The Walk Free Foundation index, an Australian-based human rights group, defines slavery as, “the control or possession of people in such a way as to deprive them of their freedom with the intention of exploiting them for profit or sex, usually through violence, coercion or deception.”

The index reported that 71 percent of the world’s slaves live in just 10 countries.

Every country in the world apart from North Korea has laws criminalizing slavery, but most governments could do more to assist victims and root out slavery from supply chains, Walk Free Foundation’s head of global research said.

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USD-SDSU rivalry goes beyond game

Decision to attend college not the right choice for all CHEYENNE ALEXIS is a first-year majoring in English and media & journalism.

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Then-sophomore Terrance Terry runs the ball into the end zone against the South Dakota State University defense Nov. 16, 2013 in the DakotaDome. The Coyotes will take on the Jackrabbits Saturday in Brookings.

As students, our vision can sometimes get clouded, because the only glimpse we see of our college is the four years we attend, traditionally.

Throughout this issue you can see various aspects of the University of South DakotaSouth Dakota State University rivalry. It covers much more than athletics, perhaps most importantly the social atmosphere surrounding the hype.

Whether it’s a sports game or a building addition on campus, it’s important to keep in mind that we may not always understand the decisions being made that will have a greater impact further down the road — like a transition to Division I. While Coyote athletics is still making its mark, it’s no secret that athletics has had its ups and downs.

But there is a certain aura

that comes along with having a D-I football team.

Students travel either north or south to enjoy the game, and together we should embrace our mutual South Dakota citizenship, because we can help each other boost school spirit.

Events that pit the universities against each other branch from Dakota Days to Hobo Days and beyond, whether it be football, volleyball, band or

other competitions.

USD has found itself playing catch-up with SDSU, particularly in football. But we’re on our way there. It may take a few more years, but if we take some time to look past our four-year window, we may find a more hopeful horizon ahead.

Having a rival can help increase the morale, but it is also important to recognize the status of our university to continue a steady growth of spirit.

Thanksgiving often overlooked because of Christmas KATIE MCGUIRE is a junior majoring in media & journalism.

It’s no secret Halloween is a popular holiday around most college campuses, especially this year, as it happened to be on a Friday, turning it into a weekend-long celebration.

Not being a particular fan of the holiday, I was one of the few who sat at home handing out candy and watching scary movies, which I was perfectly fine with.

What I wasn’t fine with was

what came Nov. 1. The very first song I heard the day after Halloween was a familiar tune, one that comes every year.

“Jingle Bells” could be heard ringing throughout the store, and as I perused the aisles I began noticing the unusual amount of red and green scattered everywhere.

I could only conclude one thing — our society has completely forgotten about Thanksgiving and has focused directly on the major moneydriven Christmas holiday.

Don’t get me wrong, Christmas is absolutely, handsdown, my favorite time of year. But I pride myself on being patient and willing to wait for its arrival, especially with those pesky finals standing in the way.

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However, I do not like where our society seems to be heading, forgetting a holiday that celebrates a historical event in America.

I, for one, really enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday. The food is delicious, I’m surrounded by my family and I’m entertained by the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Maybe it’s just me, but after an almost full semester of stress, I love gathering with my family enjoying delicious food and drinks.

Another thing I’ve noticed is that everyone is working harder to get the perfect Christmas gift for that special someone. So much so, many retail stores around the country are opening on Thanksgiving Day to generate more

revenue.

Just recently, I was asked to take a Thanksgiving Day shift at an old mall job in Sioux Falls because management anticipates a busy day.

While I understand the pressure to get a great gift, I’m not sure it really trumps spending time with family.

Ultimately, you will spend time with them for Christmas, and if your family is anything like mine the presents won’t matter.

We need to take a step back and realize how great Thanksgiving really is. It may not have sparked any hit movies or been featured in a catchy musical tune, but it is no less important to celebrate our history with family, food and fun.

Choosing the University of South Dakota as my primary college was a great decision for me, because I really like this school. Ever since I was a child, I knew I wanted to go to college for my own personal reasons, and because I actually enjoy school. On the other hand, I know people who decided not to attend school simply because the thought was not pleasing to them.

That is OK, as I am a firm believer that college is not for everyone, and just because someone attends college does not make them better than other people who did not. There are plenty of people who are able to succeed without a college degree.

People have too high of expectations of teenagers as they decide whether to go to college or not.

Pursuing higher education is most definitely not designed for everyone, and people should accept this.

I never thought going to college would make me rich, famous and successful — quite the opposite, actually, considering I’ll be in a huge debt once I graduate. Simply going here for the experience is all I am after.

My sister, who is the same age as me, chose to wait a year before attending college, and from my perspective she could not have made a better decision, as she is happier just working and saving up some money for the future.

There are a number of commercials that depict college as something everyone has to attend, because if they don’t they will be losers working at a fast food joint.

This is an unfair judgment, because who is to say that a person who attended college will not go on and decide to be the manager at the same fast food joint, or in another instance, what about a person who didn’t go to college but went on to be a famous actor or actress? There is nothing wrong with either scenario here.

I enjoy the thought of learning so much more and focusing on what I like doing best — writing. For me, the only way I can continue to learn more about journalism and writing is through school, but others may not feel that way.

Everyone is different, everyone learns at their own pace and everyone has different opinions about college.

If people choose to not immediately attend college or not go at all, no one should ridicule them for that.

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

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Commentary Pinterest fitness ideas perfect as winter weather settles in JACKIE HENDRY is a senior majoring in Native studies media and journalism.

Before I started this blog, just about anything was a good enough excuse not to workout.

“I’m too out of shape to go to Zumba,” I would think. Or, “I

haven’t eaten anything yet today, I’ll go to the gym after lunch,” which would then be followed by, “I’m too full. I should let this food settle before I go exercise.”

Now, with a weekly deadline hanging over my head to keep me accountable, I have to be a bit more creative when winter weather hits and motivation is lacking.

As many do when in need of some creative inspiration, I took to Pinterest. I’ve had a fitness board on Pinterest for a couple years now, and it’s usually where

good ideas go to die.

This is where I pin smoothie recipes for the day I get a blender, bedtime yoga routines for the day I have a bigger-than-twin-sized bed and various 30-day challenges for the day I can coincide such a commitment with an appropriate month.

“But not today,” I thought to myself as I logged on. “Today, I’ll pick an idea and actually try it.”

I searched things like “cold weather workout,” “living room workout” and “dorm room workout.” After about 20 minutes

of being distracted by the latest exercise clothing and earmuffs that are also headphones, I started finding 15-minute-or-less routines that used little to no space or equipment.

Eureka! One link lead to another, which lead to a YouTube channel, which led to a 10-minute standing ab workout. This led to high knee chops in the living room and hoping none of my roommates would happen to walk in on me.

It was no barre blast, but it was just enough of a workout to

get my heart pumping and to feel a bit of a burn.

Considering I managed it in the comfort of my own apartment and in such a short amount of time, I have a feeling Pinterest will play a big role in my fitness journey now that temperatures have tanked.

Thanks to the Internet, there are all sorts of workout options.

As long as I don’t get distracted by cute yoga pants and fancy weight-loss apps, my days of weaseling out of workouts are over.

YOUR SAY Letter to the Editor Like the saying goes, “If you have nothing nice to say, then say nothing at all.” I will violate this but compromise, and keep it short.

The Student Tailgate section has such a wide variety of music playing. One fraternity plays music that has everything for visitors to hear. It has the “B” word for women, varied descriptions of

both male and female reproductive organs, and words that folks can abbreviate to “Mf’er.”

Luckily the “N” word is the hip form with non-rhotic “r.” If this is not enough, the music will wow you with vivid descriptions of how to have sex with a “B” for your pleasure.

Oh, don’t worry, all is not lost: visiting teams can hear the words,

Letter to the Editor too. Better yet, visiting prospective students who are getting to know the campus that they will…probably not be attending.

The saving grace of the music, if any, was that it is akin to reggae and had a good beat. I just want to thank that fraternity for all of its help and good judgment.

— Mark J. Galpin

Letter to the Editor “Sober Indian | Dangerous Indian: A Story of Empowerment through Sobriety” (SIDI) is a powerful film. Heartbreaking and gut-wrenching at times, but undeniably powerful. SIDI provides a harshly accurate portrayal of alcoholism and predatory economic practices centered in the “town” of Whiteclay, Neb., population 10 (United States Census, 2010).

Whiteclay’s economy is based on alcohol sales to residents of Pine Ridge Reservation, just two miles north across the South Dakota state line, home to the Oglala Lakota (Western Sioux) people. In 2010, an estimated 4.9 million cans of beer were sold at Whiteclay’s four liquor stores, grossing $3 million (Abourezk 2012). In SIDI, we witness the struggle to overcome alcohol addiction and achieve empowerment through sobriety through the eyes of four brave Oglala men and their families.

The issues addressed in this film are both important and timely.

The predatory economic practices at Whiteclay, beginning with nonnative whiskey peddlers in the mid-to-late 19th century, have continued unabated since the establishment of Pine Ridge in its current location in 1878 (Olson 1965:132–263). SIDI accurately portrays these practices as morally reprehensible, profiting from human suffering and despair.

Alcohol abuse among the Oglalas is a complex problem: it is both a symptom and a cause of deeper, underlying

issues, such as domestic and sexual abuse, teen suicide, fetal alcohol syndrome and high infant mortality rates. SIDI calls for a collective intervention to put an end to the demoralization and devastation fueled by the alcohol trade at Whiteclay. The argument is, above all, a moral one: The Whiteclay alcohol proprietors and their supporters (Anheuser-Busch, et al.) should do the right thing.

Although the picture painted

by SIDI is grim, we cannot let the undeniable ugliness that is Whiteclay overshadow the beauty of Pine Ridge and the many positive things happening there. The Oglalas are an uncommonly generous and brave people, all too often fighting against unspeakable odds arising from a troubling colonial past for which they are not to blame.

Despite the inescapable shadows of (neo)colonialism and historical trauma, there are many positive developments on the reservation: cultural continuity; language revitalization efforts; children receiving quality educations and going on to future successes both on and off the reservation; a strong and persistent spirituality connecting the Oglalas to their ancestors, collective past, traditions, and land; the list goes on and on.

Pine Ridge, the home of the people of Red Cloud, Crazy Horse and Black Elk, has long served as ground zero for ongoing battles against (neo) colonial forces and practices.

From the political assassination of Crazy Horse at neigh-

boring Fort Robinson, Neb., in 1877, to the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee, to the 1973 siege of Wounded Knee, and now the battle for Whiteclay in 2014, Pine Ridge symbolizes the front lines where issues of native sovereignty are contested, negotiated and decided.

How the fight for Whiteclay plays out could serve as a model for similar exploitative situations on and near Indian reservations throughout the country, having a domino liberating and empowering effect.

SIDI brings the harsh realities of Whiteclay to a broader audience, putting a human face on the complex problem of alcoholism among Native peoples in the United States and revealing the predatory economic practices consciously exploiting it. SIDI reminds us that we have an opportunity to fight for the just cause and to assert the moral imperative.

As Neil Young recently proclaimed in his anthem against the Keystone XL Pipeline: “Who’s gonna stand up?” SIDI asks the same question. What will we do about this travesty at Whiteclay? This could be a watershed moment, and we can make a positive difference by taking a stand and turning the tides in Whiteclay. As the spirit of the west told Oglala holy man Nicholas Black Elk in his great vision: “Behold this day, for it is yours to make” (Black Elk in DeMallie 1984:133).

— David C. Posthumus, USD assistant professor

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The Nov. 5 editorial on the South Dakota bar exam may be misleading or at least confusing to prospective law students and others interested in the subject. As a former USD Law School dean (1993-2011), regular participant in American Bar Association accreditation inspections of other law schools, and longtime instructor of the Law School’s Legal Profession course, I am writing to provide clarification.

The editorial seems to suggest, based on a ranking of how easy respective states’ bar exams are, that the South Dakota bar exam has been made easier to compensate for the allegedly inferior legal education that USD Law students receive. If that is what the editorial is saying, it is erroneous.

First, one might infer VICKREY from the article that the Law School controls the South Dakota bar exam. It does not. The South Dakota bar exam and bar admission generally are administered by the South Dakota Board of Bar Examiners, an agency of the South Dakota Supreme Court, which has constitutional, statutory and inherent authority to license and regulate lawyers. While the justices of the Supreme Court contribute in various ways to the educational program of the Law School, the Court’s sole purpose in regulating lawyers is to protect the public.

Making the Law School look good by covering up an inferior legal education would be antithetical to the fundamental purpose of the Supreme Court and Board of Bar Examiners in the administration of the bar exam.

Second, the editorial is based on a ranking of how hard respective states’ bar exams are. This ranking, which was done by a Pepperdine law professor, is flawed. In defense of the Pepperdine professor, doing flawed rankings related to legal education is a lucrative industry, as demonstrated by U.S. News & World Report, so it seems to be a temptation too hard to resist. The ranking is based on a comparison of each state’s bar exam pass rate with LSAT scores (and, in another iteration, LSAT scores and undergraduate GPAs). One flaw is that the use of LSAT scores for this purpose is inconsistent with the most basic advice of the Law School Admissions Council about the use of its test, which is that it is valid only for the purpose of predicting the likelihood of success in the first year of law school.

An even more egregious flaw is that the ranking compares the bar pass rate for persons who took the bar in a particular state with the aggregate median LSAT scores of the students in that state’s law schools.

These are two different sets of people, since the students from any state’s law schools take the bar exam in various states. The only thing this comparison proves is that the person

doing it can’t tell kiwis from pomegranates.

Third, the ranking fails to consider all the factors that go into a particular state’s bar exam pass rate.

While there is some uniformity among states because of the use of exam components developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE), there is still considerable diversity from one state to another.

For example, all states do not use all the exam components developed by the NCBE. One component, the Multistate Essay Exam, is graded locally and may be graded according to law of general application or the law of the particular state.

Each state determines the weight to be given to each part of the bar exam and the overall minimum passing score.

In addition to the divergent factors related to the exam itself, there is considerable diversity among the persons who take the exam. Some states permit graduates of foreign law schools to take the exam, while others do not. And, as mentioned previously, the test takers in any state come from law schools all across the nation. For example, 52 students from the last four USD Law graduating classes took the bar exam in 19 states other than South Dakota, and their first-time pass rate was 81%.

In addition to its reliance on this flawed ranking of bar exams, the editorial seems to rely on a faulty premise that the South Dakota bar exam must be easy because the pass rate is so high. Anyone who has taken a bar exam will attest that no bar exam is easy.

In every state, it is a highstakes exam intended to keep out the unprepared for the protection of the public.

It has its critics, including me, but I would never criticize it as being too easy.

In trying to assess how hard a particular state’s bar exam is, there are many relevant factors. Obviously, one is the passing score set by each state’s supreme court and bar admission authority. Another may be the quality of the legal education received by those taking the test. A third is the time and effort each test taker puts into specific preparation for the exam, usually in a commercial bar prep course.

Prospective students and others interested in legal education do not need to rely on flawed rankings or editorials. There is extensive data on bar exams at ncbex. org, the NCBE website.

Data about legal education, including school-specific data, is available at lsac. org, the website of the Law School Admission Council.

Lawyers like analogies, so I will end with one. Assume that LeBron James has more dunks this year while playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers than he did last year with the Miami Heat. There might be many reasons that would explain this.

One would not be that the baskets are lower in Cleveland than they are in Miami.

If you read an editorial that suggests this is the reason, dig a little deeper.

— Barry R. Vickrey, former USD Law School dean and professor emeritus

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Poverty affects one third of Vermillion residents Ally Krupinsky

Ally.Krupinsky@coyotes.usd.edu

The University of South Dakota is getting involved in an initiative to assess why Vermillion’s poverty rate is not being addressed as much as it should.

Kelsey Collier-Wise, executive director for United Way of Vermillion, said Clay County has a poverty rate of 24 percent, with Vermillion’s poverty rate reaching nearly 33 percent in 2010.

To better understand what some of the underlying issues may be, the city, the South Dakota Department of Social Services, churches, the school district, the Department of Labor and local charities have joined the United Way of Vermillion to create a task force in an effort to reduce poverty in the area.

USD’s Department of Social Work and the South Dakota KIDS COUNT project are also involved, helping the task force conduct research.

Peter Kindle, associate professor of social work, said his role will primarily be trying to answer what questions the task force has through gathering information.

“We’re still planning, so what the poverty task (force) ends up doing could change pretty substantially,” Kindle said. “We’re still trying to figure out exactly which direction we should go.”

With only two meetings completed, Kindle said it’s too early to tell what the specific goals of the task force will be.

Once the task force determines some of the causes of poverty in Vermillion, its members will decide the best course of action to take.

Steps in the right direction Research is still being conducted about the trends of poverty in Vermillion, but the increase occurred between 2000 and 2010, Collier-Wise said.

“Many people are surprised by the fact that the student population doesn’t have much of an impact on our poverty rate,” Collier-Wise said.

“We were also surprised to learn that in families in poverty, most of them

have someone working, and over onethird of them have some college education.”

According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Profile, 17 percent of children in South Dakota are in poverty. Of the 16 different categories included in the the study — economic well-being, education, health and family and community, for example — South Dakota scored 17th overall in the nation.

Carole Cochran, director for the South Dakota KIDS COUNT project, said there’s a lot that goes into addressing poverty and homelessness.

“I think we can do better, and we certainly have made a lot of progress.

If you look at those 16 indicators, we improved on 11 of them (gradually since 2005),” Cochran said. “I’m hoping we can continue on and do that and get better.”

As project director, Cochran is responsible for compiling data from all legislative districts and presenting it in a way that people are able to understand. Although KIDS COUNT does not lobby, Cochran said other groups take the information to advocate for their causes.

Cochran said the high poverty levels in Clay County reflect state-wide and national trends.

“There are a lot of single parents — the people who are most in poverty are single parent families and younger children. That’s two groups that I think are big here in Clay County,” Cochran said.

Thirty-four percent of South Dakota children were in single-parent families as of 2012, according to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Profile.

Feeding the community Along with a 24 percent poverty rate, Clay County has about a 16 percent food insecurity rate as of 2012, according to Feeding America.

Pat Flanigan, Vermillion Food Pantry and Salvation Army volunteer, agreed with Cochran.

“We’re wondering how many more are out there that we just not aware of,” Flanigan said.

Flanigan said through her volunteer work, she has seen the need for services “exploding.”

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Volunteers go through an assembly line to fill bags for the Vermillion Weekend Backpack Program. The program supplies about 200 bags of food to children every Friday.

Last summer, Flanigan loaned her tent to a woman who stayed in a campground.

Because Vermillion doesn’t have a homeless shelter, the Vermillion Salvation Army refers people to ones in Yankton, Sioux Falls and Sioux City.

“We are lacking longer term shelter or crisis housing. There are more gaps, and that’s one of the things our Poverty Task Force is looking at,” CollierWise said.

Collier-Wise said Vermillion’s poverty and homelessness issues are often ones that surprise the local community, as well as volunteers.

“Until I started doing this, I had no idea,” Flanigan said.

Flanigan and Cochran are waiting to see what Measure 18, which will raise South Dakota’s minimum wage

to $8.50 in January, will do for Vermillion residents.

“I certainly think that will give people some breathing room, but we’ll see,” Cochran said.

As Welcome Table, Inc. executive director, John Lushbough is focusing on the county’s food insecurity rate.

Lushbough is also heavily involved with the Vermillion Weekend Backpack Program, which supplies about 200 bags of food for children every Friday.

Thad Vavrek, a graduate student, is another volunteer in the community, at USD. Vavrek and two undergraduate students put together a menu selection for the backpack program.

Lushbough is testing the new menu system this week on 15 high

school students receiving food from the backpack program.

Vavrek said volunteering puts local poverty in perspective for many students, but he was aware of them prior to working with Lushbough.

As a former New Jersey resident, Vavrek said it’s not difficult to get used to seeing poverty and homelessness everyday. So although a lack of visibility may result in a lack of awareness, it’s not always a solution, he said.

Lushbough said as services like Welcome Table and the backpack program are able to accommodate more people, volunteers struggle between celebrating growth and knowing that the need is increasing right along with it.

“Humans are very good at ignoring what’s in their face,” Vavrek said.

Panhellenic Council USD’s Lambda Chi Alpha chapter votes against adding to rekindle SDSU rivalry tradition new sorority to campus Braley Dodson

Braley.Dodson@coyotes.usd.edu

Plans to bring a fifth sorority to the University of South Dakota have been axed for another year.

USD’s Panhellenic Council voted against adding a new sorority Nov. 10. After consulting with their national organizations, there was a unanimous “no” vote, ending the conversation on an extension for this year, with each sorority receiving a single vote.

Laura Roof, coordinator of Sorority and Fraternity Life and Leadership, said this conversation is not new to campus.

“This is the farthest it has gone, but this is a discussion that has continued year after year after year,” Roof said.

To assess if an additional sorority is necessary, the university took statistics from the past seven years that showed a boom in sorority membership from 80 people to more than 120 in a chapter.

Two weeks ago, an exploratory committee — made up of current and alumni members of sororities — looked over the statistics and discussed whether the existing chapters are at a manageable size and if the community would benefit from the addition of a sorority.

“At the end of that entire conversation, that group of people in that room decided that they think our campus is ready for extension,” Roof said.

That recommendation was then taken to the Panhellenic Council, and the sororities spoke to their national organizations.

The vote was taken the following week.

Carly Heard, an academic adviser for the Beacom School of Business, served as the chair of the exploratory committee and would have been the head of the extension committee had the vote been given the go-ahead for the addition of another sorority.

The committee met once to go over a set of questions regarding adding a new sorority, and after the discussion, Heard said there was an unanimous vote toward an extension.

For now, Heard said she’s awaiting feedback from nationals.

“The active women at the livedin level are feeling 100 percent there is room for another chapter,”

Heard said.

She said the next step is understanding what nationals sees in the numbers the university provided and bridging the gap between a local and national perception of the numbers.

“They must be seeing something up there they are worried about,” Heard said.

Roof said the national organizations gave responses revolving around recruitment.

“They’d like to see larger numbers in the number of women going through recruitment,” Roof said.

While sororities are larger than they have been in past years, recruitment attendance has decreased from 300 to 250 women seeking placement. Two years ago, a fee was incorporated into recruitment.

This year, recruitment was moved to a week before school, a change Roof said will also be embodied into next year’s recruitment.

“It was a lot more fun for them — it wasn’t as stressful,” Roof said.

“They could just focus on recruiting and bringing in new, wonderful women to their organization.”

If the vote would had swung the other way, then an extension committee would have been formed.

That committee would put together an informational packet on why the university is seeking an extension of the Greek community.

Leaders of all four of USD’s sororities declined to respond to requests for comment.

First-year Shawna Rezac said she didn’t participate in recruitment. The transfer student said she was gone for the week, but has seen the number of Greek students on campus and their events.

“I get asked to go to things a lot,” Rezac said.

Rezac said from her perspective, the Greek community is large enough for a new sorority house.

“I think it’s big enough,” Rezac said. “It’s getting bigger, so it should be expanded.”

Roof said the conversation about adding a new sorority could begin again as soon as next year.

“The statistics are looking more favorable,” Roof said.

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Junior Derek McBride, chair of philanthropy for the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, runs in the Wellness Center Monday afternoon.

Braley Dodson

Braley.Dodson@coyotes.usd.edu

A University of South Dakota fraternity plans to go the extra mile, plus quite a few more, for a longstanding rivalry in the name of charity.

Men from Lambda Chi Alpha will collectively run more than 130 miles Friday and Saturday as they relay a football from the DakotaDome to the Coughlin-Alumni Stadium in Brookings. The run will end during tailgating outside the stadium Saturday before USD takes on South Dakota State University.

Junior Derek McBride, Lambda’s chair of philanthropy, said the run is an old tradition of the fraternity, but many members were unaware of the fraternity’s long history with the run.

“They thought I was joking,” McBride said. “They thought it was pretty funny. Then they remembered that we used to do that and it would be cool to bring back the tradition.”

Senior Tre Gillaspie, the chapter’s president, had the same reaction to the revitalization of the tradition as the other fraternity members.

“It’s crazy because it honestly started as a joke, and we ran with it and this is where we’re at,” said

“It’s crazy because it honestly started as a joke, and we ran with it and this is where we are at.”

-Tre Gillaspie, Lambda Chi Alpha president Gillaspie, who plans to run 10 miles — the maximum the members are allowed to run.

The tradition ended after SDSU transitioned to NCAA Division I in 2009.

Lambda hopes to raise more than $2,500 for Feeding South Dakota with the run, and so far, the fraternity has raised about half of its goal.

The fraternity will run to Brookings whether or not the entire goal is met.

For a $10 donation, one of the members will run a mile, with a max of each member running 10 miles.

For senior Jim Gulbranson, vice president of the fraternity, the tradition hits home. His father was not only in USD’s chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha, but participated in the run as well.

“It allows me to walk in his shoes,” Gulbranson said. “I was really excited to help out as much as I could.”

After hearing his father’s stories of

the run, Gulbranson said he realized how similar the two runs will be.

“He just keeps saying, ‘keep doing everything that you’re doing, because it’s what we did back in the day,’” Gulbranson said.

He plans to run four to five miles.

Around 30 men from the USD chapter and a few men from Brookings will participate.

In case of bad weather, McBride said they might place a treadmill outside and track how many miles members run. Other contingency plans include running between bad weather or delaying the run.

For now, they’re trying to gain donations and working with the run’s sponsor, South Dakota Corn.

The fraternity is tabling in the Muenster University Center until Friday to raise awareness for the run and to gather donations. Members of Lambda Chi Alpha are also carrying donation cards.

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The Nov. 16 City Council may have adjourned in a matter of 11 minutes, but many recent developments in the city include increased funding for a program targeting lowincome residents in the area and a multi-million dollar renovation in Vermillion’s Prentis Park.

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Junior tight end Kayl Barkley runs with ball toward the endzone Nov. 15.

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Division I transition USD head football coach Joe Glenn has a plaque in his office stating he beat SDSU five times in a row as a football player for the Coyotes.

Now, SDSU has a six-game winning streak against USD, including a win in Vermillion last year.

The all-time series is deadlocked 50-50-7.

The Jackrabbit wins over USD started just before SDSU jumped to Division I football in 2003. USD has been playing catch-up ever since, and finished its transition to a D-I school in 2012.

“They are ahead of where we are today,” Glenn said. “But we’ll keep coming.”

Glenn has experience in rebuilding programs and said it’s a process. For him, it’s hard to convince outsiders the university is not behind because of football scores.

Mike Lockrem, director of SDSU marketing and communications, said some people might perceive athletic success toward SDSU because the school made the first transition to D-I. “People of South Dakota like that the two institutions are back on the athletic field competing against each other,” Lockrem said.

“It’s healthy for the state. There’s a lot of respect between the two.”

Both schools have opportunities to showcase themselves at higher levels today because of the switch to D-I. Steigelmeier said true fans of both schools were scared about losing the rivalry game when SDSU jumped up. Now, it has a new buzz that both schools are growing after USD’s move up a division.

“Excitement is that much greater because we didn’t have the game for awhile,” Steigelmeier said.

Rivalry as recruitment The longtime rivalry does not end on the football field or basketball court.

Coaches, alumni and fans know wins extend pride into other areas of the universities.

“You talk about (winning) in

BY THE NUMBERS USD-SDSU Final Scores

2001

South Dakota - 3 South Dakota State - 20

2002

South Dakota - 20 South Dakota State - 27

2003

South Dakota - 11 South Dakota State - 22

2012

South Dakota - 8 South Dakota State -31 recruiting, public relations and I’m guessing professors talk about it,” Stiegelmeier said.

For the SDSU marketing department, Lockrem said the university does not factor in the rivalry.

“From a marketing perspective, absolutely not,” Lockrem said.

However, USD has a billboard advertising for its campus on Interstate 29 that includes the phrase “Have an old friend for dinner,” and features a coyote holding a rabbit in its mouth.

Rachel Mihulka, Student Ambassadors president at USD, said rivalries are huge for students.

USD tour guides poke fun at SDSU and USD, highlighting the heights of rock climbing walls or cable television in dorm rooms, but Mihulka said all universities have their good and bad aspects.

“Obviously,all the ambassadors chose USD for a reason,” she said.

“But we try to pride ourselves on never talking down other schools.

Our goal is to promote USD, not put down other universities.”

For Glenn, winning creates a vibe around the state he always enjoyed.

“It’s State-U,” he said. “The biggest fans will brave the cold Saturday, and it’ll bring everyone together.”

Follow reporter Nathan Ellenbecker on Twitter @NJE13

Funding for food pantry With the harvest season coming to a close, produce donations to the Vermillion Food Pantry are taking a drastic downturn. An approved $2,500 funding request by City Council may make all the difference, though, said the pantry’s director.

“We want our clients to have the most fresh and healthy options possible, so keeping our pantry stocked with produce is important to me.

The city’s funding will allow us to do just that,” said Jessica McKenzie, who took over the director position in October.

This is the first time the Vermillion Food Pantry board of directors requested money from the city, City Manager John Prescott said. But the request does not come unwarranted.

In the last five years, the use of the food pantry’s services has increased by 330 percent.

An initial funding request of $5,000 was received the day the City Council was considering to adopt the 2015 budget. Prescott said these requests are typically made in July, so extended discussion was needed to review the amount. The final amount, half of what was initially requested, was approved at the Nov. 3 Council meeting.

Next year’s funding will go toward the purchase of frozen and canned fruits and vegetables, McKenzie said.

With a third of Vermillion living below the poverty line, McKenzie said this food assistance helps “bridge the gap” between the income they make and what they need to provide for their families that might be a stretch from their income, such as fruits and vegetables.

“The Vermillion Food Pantry wants to ensure that our clients have what they want and what they need, so we are making it a priority to carry frozen fruits and vegetables starting in January and especially throughout the winter months thereafter,” McKenzie said.

McKenzie said the funding request was not a push by the food pantry to get the community more invested. She said Vermillion has been “wonderfully supportive” for the past 30 years.

“We are simply reaching out to additional sources of funding to help us get through this period of growth,” McKenzie said.

Prentis Park construction Vermillion voters overwhelmingly approved a $3.1 million bond issue earlier this month for Prentis Park improvements by a 3-to-1 margin. The bond is a main part to the $5.25 million project, which includes an estimated $4 million for a new swimming pool.

Mayor Jack Powell said he was “proud” of the number of residents who voted in favor of the park’s improvements at the first regular City Council meeting since election day.

The proposal calls for paying for the renovation with $2 million in city funds, $3 million borrowed by issuing bonds and $250,000 from fundraisers. The bonds would be repaid over 20 years from the general fund and revenue from the city’s second penny of sales tax.

South Dakota allows cities to levy up to 2 percent sales tax on top of the 4 percent that is statewide.

In Vermillion, the first penny goes to the general fund and the second penny is set aside for debt service, capital projects and major improvements.

Park renovations are expected to be finished by May or June of 2016, Prescott said. The next two or three months will focus on getting a final design produced, he said.

The current Prentis Park pool will re-open next summer, while

BY THE NUMBERS Poverty in Vermillion

33 percent

of Vermillion residents live below the poverty line.

330 percent

Increase in use of services at the food pantry in the past five years.

15.6 percent

Food insecurity rate in Vermillion, meaning 15.6 percent of residents don’t have enough money to buy

BY THE NUMBERS Prentis Park Renovation

$5.25 million Total cost of project

$2 million

In city funds to pay for project

$3 million

Borrowed by issuing bond

$250,000

From fundraisers to pay for project

1,748 to 576

Votes for/against bond approval work on the new pool will not likely begin until August. Other noticeable improvements, such as construction on the asphalt courts, will begin earlier in the year.

“In the next few months, you’ll see more procedural-type items coming through about the renovation in City Council. We’re just moving forward one step at a time,” Prescott said.

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OUTANDABOUT The Volante asked USD students what they think about the Coyotes-Jacks rivalry.

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It’s fun to hate on them. My boyfriend goes there, so it’s fun to tease them about being hicks and stuff, but we’re happy the exact same.

I don’t think it’s a real serious thing.

Lauryn Eggen Junior I think it’s a good way to get school spirit going for both schools.

Alexa Rupp Senior

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USD School of Law professor Roger Baron and second-year law student Kristian Ellendorf are advocating for legislation that would no longer require proof of cruelty or adultery for South Dakota couples with only one cooperative party to get divorced.

I think it’s unimportant and not necessary. I think both schools offer certain things. I don’t really follow collegiate athletics because they aren’t important to me.

Adam Slyter Junior I don’t really care. I’ve worked at SDSU, and I think that they have good facilities, but I don’t think that their education in general is as well rounded as ours...but I don’t think there’s any need for a rivalry.

Brianna Adams Junior I think it’s bigger than Duke-UNC in basketball.

Taylor Chapman Graduate Student

‘Tie One On’ campaign targets drunk driving

EMILY NIEBRUGGE I THE VOLANTE Emily Niebrugge

Emily.K.Niebrugge@coyotes.usd.edu

Kevin O’Kelley believes people are precious. They are so precious, they should never lose their life in a drunk driving accident.

But, he realizes that sometimes people don’t always think ahead to designate a sober driver when they head downtown. To bring awareness and encourage people not to drive drunk, O’Kelley contacted Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) in Rapid City to bring the “Tie One On For Safety” campaign to the University of South Dakota.

As of Nov. 13, students can pick up red MADD ribbons from the information board in the Muenster University Center or at the information desk to tie around the outside mirror of their car in the hopes

of reminding them not to drive if they’ve had anything to drink.

“When you’re heading out, that’s too late to think about getting a sober ride,” said O’Kelley, assistant vice president for research compliance at USD. “It needs to be thought of all the time — before people go out.”

O’Kelly writes a monthly safety article for the AVISO monthly newsletter for faculty and staff, and said he usually writes a letter about driving safety for the month of November, because winter weather conditions start to become a concern for drivers. This month, he decided to take a different approach and tackle drunk driving.

“Drunk driving is more dangerous than driving on ice, and drunk driving on ice is even worse,” he said.

Ally Krupinsky

Ally.Krupinsky@coyotes.usd.edu

Tania Aesoph was 50 years old and a mother of five when she was murdered in 1999.

She separated from her husband-turned-murderer, David Aesoph, twice — once in 1994 and again in 1999. Both times, she was told because her husband did not want a divorce she would have to prove he had committed extreme cruelty or adultery for a divorce to be granted.

David Aesoph was found guilty of first degree murder in Oct. 2000 and is serving a life sentence in the South Dakota Penitentiary.

More details of the case can be found here.

Roger Baron, a University of South Dakota School of Law professor, is advocating for legislation that would no longer require proof of extreme cruelty or adultery for South Dakota couples with only one cooperative partner BARON needed to get divorced.

With permission from her family, Baron is calling the no-fault divorce legislation “Tania’s Law.” “I followed (the case) closely,” Baron said. “It was just your classic situation where there’s this lady who was a domestic abuse victim and had actually gone to see an attorney twice about what she could do, and the second time she never did file for divorce, (as) she was discouraged because she’d have to testify against her husband and she was fearful of doing that.”

If passed by state legislators during its upcoming session next year, the law would also entitle each partner in the marriage who have been separated for one year the right to a divorce without having to prove adultery or extreme cruelty.

Deb Morris, president of the University of South Dakota Law School’s Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, and Stalking Project, is part of the group of law students helping Baron with research and gaining support for the bill.

“We need to be able to provide some kind of protection device or mechanism or advocate for those people that can’t or won’t speak for themselves because they’ve been beat down or isolated long enough that they have no power on their own,” Morris said. “What Professor Baron is trying to do is simply give them that hope.”

South Dakota and Mississippi are the only two states in the United States that do not have a no-fault divorce law.

Although Baron has shared his opinion on the need for a no-fault divorce law before, his lobby for change only began after writing a guest editorial for the Argus Leader this October.

Once Baron’s editorial was published, second-year law student Kristian Ellendorf — whose family has various ties to the Aesoph family through community interactions such as church and school — asked some of her family members for Tania Aesoph’s maiden name.

Ellendorf then researched which members of Tania Aesoph’s

“We need to be able to provide some kind of protection device or mechanism or advocate for those people that can’t or won’t speak for themselves because they’ve been beat down or isolated long enough.”

-Deb Morris, USD Law School’s Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, and Stalking Project president family were still living in South Dakota. The only immediate relative fitting that description was Roger Buechler, Tania Aesoph’s brother, who lives in Dell Rapids.

“I reached out to him, and I wrote him a letter and told him why I thought about pushing for change in the law,” Baron said. “I thought it’d be nice if we name it Tania’s Law, but I wouldn’t do that without some kind of endorsement from her family.”

Buechler and his wife, Faith, came to USD Oct. 28 to visit Baron, Morris, Ellendorf and Baron’s research assistant, Austin Cutright, a third-year law student, about a course of action.

“They were kind of questioning what our motivations all were being here,” Cutright said. “Then they just kind of opened up and told us about Tania and how the situation unfolded from their perspective, and kind of just left a really powerful impression on I think all of us, just listening to them talk.”

The Buechler’s do not wish to speak with the media.

Baron said he has reached out to the Aesoph’s five children to let them know what he’s doing, but declined to further disclose the nature of their conversations.

“Nobody knew how they were looking at this either — nobody knew their feelings,” Ellendorf said. “So when we spoke with Roger and Faith, we were able to kind of tell where each of the kids were.”

Push toward the Capitol So far, Baron has been contacting legislators and state officials to gain support in the hopes that a bill will be introduced at the 2015 Legislative Session in Pierre.

“We’re kind of generally mustering up political support for how to best proceed when the Legislature convenes,” Baron said.

“Obviously there’s opposition. It’s an uphill battle. So, I’m trying to persuade those who are at least a little bit neutral, hopefully.”

State Representative Ray Ring (S.D.-D) is one politician Baron has been speaking with.

Ring said at this point, he “doesn’t really have a firm stance,” because although he recognizes the problem regarding domestic abuse victims, he is also concerned about protecting marriage.

“From the little bit I’ve looked at, it appears to me there’s some pretty good evidence that adopting the kind of change in our divorce laws that he’s advocating does in fact reduce the amount of abuse, and not a lot of evidence that it has that much of an effect on the number of divorces or on alimony awards,” Ring said.

“But I want to look at the research myself, and kind of convince myself before I commit myself.”

Ring said he’s leaning in Baron’s direction, but isn’t entirely decided.

“If I decide that it would definitely be beneficial then sure, I’ll carry the bill,” Ring said.

The South Dakota Network Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault is one group supporting the advancement of a no-fault divorce law in South Dakota.

Executive Director Krista Heeren-Graber said the most dangerous time for domestic abuse victims is when they try to leave their abusive partners.

“We’re all for making it easier,” she said.

RING HeerenG r a b e r expressed some concerns about having enough time to educate the public and Legislature about a no-fault law, especially those who oppose it.

State Representative Steve Hickey (SD-R) is one of those in opposition. Hickey said there are other protections for abuse victims in place and has spoken with several divorce attorneys who said divorce hasn’t been an issue that contributes to domestic violence.

“I would oppose efforts to make divorce easier,” Hickey said.

“I think divorce is very consequential, especially for kids.”

A no-fault divorce bill may have the opposite effect, Hickey said, as such reasons for divorce would have to be more specific than “irreconcilable differences.”

“I think it has slim chances of passing,” Hickey said.

Hickey plans on doing more research, and is looking forward to possibly debating it.

Ring isn’t as sure about an outcome one way or the other, but said he does know some people who will “fight this to the nail.”

“What we have to do is weigh the balance, as with most things in life. When you get down to the reality, there are tradeoffs here,” Ring said. “One is protecting people from abuse and perhaps even death. On the other side is protecting marriage, which I do think is an important thing.”

Baron said the strong opposition to the law largely has to do with religion. He’s hoping to overcome that with strong research.

“Divorce is not easy. I’ve practiced (law) in a state that had no-fault — I don’t care how easy someone thinks a divorce is, it’s never easy,” Baron said. “The simplest, uncontested divorce is never easy. It’s not something you go to the grocery store and buy, and walk away with.”

Although Baron said advocates for Tania’s Law are facing an “uphill battle,” he’s still hopeful.

“We’ve got lots of hurdles to go through, but if we get enough people on board, it’ll work,” Baron said.

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Rivalry wins split even, Saturday game to determine leader Grant Bosiacki

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South Dakota will end its season against its biggest rival, South Dakota State, Saturday, and while the Coyotes are sitting 2-9 (0-7 Missouri Valley) on the season, the team isn’t short of motivation.

Junior linebacker Keyen Lage said his team, because of who they’re playing, will play with a lot of pride.

“It just brings out the best of everybody’s school spirit.

Everybody is rooting for whatever

school they are for. Even the quiet fans come out at this time of the year,” Lage said. “It really brings out the best of both schools and it’s a super intense rivalry, so it should be a crazy game.”

To prepare for the outdoor climate at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium in Brookings, the Coyotes are practicing outdoors this week.

Lage said practices will be a little different leading up to the game.

“They’ll be a little more intense and a little more personal, because that’s what this game is,” Lage said. “It’s definitely personal for both teams.”

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Junior Eric Shufford has not played in the last two rivalry’s games. The Coyotes lost 31-8 in 2012 and 27-12 last year. Despite the double-digit losses, Shufford said his team won’t show any signs of being the underdog in this matchup.

“We want to show that we run South Dakota. That’s our mindset,” Shufford said. “We want to win this game for USD, all of our students, all of our alums and all of our fans.”

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Aug. 30 at Oregon (L, 62-13) Sept. 6 William Penn (W, 41-16) Sept. 13 at Montana (L, 28-20) Sept. 20 Northern Arizona (W, 28-21) Oct. 4 at Southern Illinois (L, 41-10) Oct. 11 Northern Iowa (L, 27-16) Oct. 18 at Missouri State (L, 31-12) Oct. 25 North Dakota State (L, 47-7) Nov. 1 at Youngstown State (L, 28-17) Nov. 8 Western Illinois (L, 44-29) Nov. 15 Illinois State (L, 45-26) Nov. 22 at South Dakota State

COYOTES (2-9) SCORING USD Opponents

TEAM STATS 19.9 pts/game 35.5 pts/game

TOTAL YARDS USD Opponents

346.1 yards/game 459.4 yards/game

PASSING YARDS USD Opponents

182.9 yards/game 214.5 yards/game

RUSHING YARDS USD Opponents

163.2 yards/game 244.9 yards/game

FIRST DOWNS USD Opponents

199 249

THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS USD 36% Opponents 44%

INDIVIDUAL STATS PASSING Earl

Comp. Att. 122 225

Yds. TD 1362 7

RUSHING Roberts Kilgore RECEIVING Shufford Donovan Vander Maten

Att. 41 29 Rec. 47 32 19

Yds. Avg. 245 6 110 3.8 Yds. Avg. 632 13.4 396 12.4 146 7.7

TD 0 0 TD 4 1 0

DEFENSE Graham Wessel Lage Warner Iddings

Tkl 90 81 63 58 36

TFL 0.5 2.5 5.5 4 8.5

Sk. 0 1.5 0 0 3

INT 1 1 0 1 0

KICKING Bergner

FGM 16

FGA XP 16 17

Lg. 50

PUNTING Bergner

No. 62

Yds. Avg. 2,565 41.4

Lg. 69

KICK RETURN Shufford

No. 19

Yds. 347

Avg. TD 18.3 0

PUNT RETURN No. Shufford 3

Yds. 23

Avg. 7.7

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2014 SCHEDULE Aug. 30 at Missouri (L, 38-18) Sept. 6 Cal Poly (W, 44-18) Sept. 13 at Southern Utah (W, 26-6) Sept. 20 UW-Oshkosh (W, 41-3) Oct. 4 at Illinois State (L, 45-10) Oct. 11 Missouri State (W, 32-28) Oct. 18 at Northern Iowa (W, 31-28) Oct. 25 Youngstown State (L, 30-27) Nov. 1 at North Dakota State (L, 37-17) Nov. 8 at Indiana State (W, 32-17) Nov. 15 Western Illinois (W, 59-24) Nov. 22 South Dakota

JACKRABBITS (7-4) SCORING SDSU Opponents

TEAM STATS 30.6 pts/game 24.9 pts/game

TOTAL YARDS SDSU Opponents

431.3 yards/game 356 yards/game

PASSING YARDS SDSU Opponents

254.9 yards/game 173.4 yards/game

RUSHING YARDS SDSU Opponents

176.4 yards/game 182.6 yards/game

FIRST DOWNS SDSU Opponents

237 194

THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS SDSU 42% Opponents 35%

INDIVIDUAL STATS PASSING Sumner

Comp. Att. 58 104

Yds. 858

RUSHING Zenner Mengarelli RECEIVING Wieneke Schneider Wesley

Att. 264 48 Rec. 60 49 24

Yds. 1,558 259 Yds. 1,141 679 342

Avg. TD 5.9 15 5.4 1 Avg. TD 19 14 13.9 5 14.2 1

DEFENSE Lally Mears Bobbit Taveras Forsythe

Tkl 91 75 63 47 43

TFL 7.5 3.5 3.5 0.5 1

Sk. 1 0 0 0 0

INT 0 1 0 3 1

KICKING Syrovatka

FGM 13

FGA XP 14 38

Lg. 46

PUNTING Sawyer

No. 44

Yds. Avg. 1,701 38.7

Lg. 56

KICK RETURN Wesley

No. 9

Yds. 177

Avg. 19.7

TD 0

Yds. Avg. 234 10.6

TD 0

PUNT RETURN No. Butler 22

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TD 9

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University of South Dakota junior wide receiver Eric Shufford, Jr., breaks through the Illinois State defense Saturday in the DakotaDome. The Coyotes lost 45-26.

Key matchups

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Sophomore Miles Bergner punts the ball during the Coyotes’ Nov. 15 game against Illinois State in the DakotaDome.

Bergner’s growth leads to perfect field-goal attempts

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Both teams suffered injuries to their quarterbacks this season. With both players healthy, Earl will have to get the ball out fast, and Sumner will have to rely on his specialty players.

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In a season with low scoring matches and a 2-9 record heading into its final game, one distinct bright spot has emerged in the University of South Dakota football team — kicker Miles Bergner.

Sophomore Bergner is currently perfect (16-16) on field goal attempts this year and 17-19 on extra point tries. He suffered a concussion in the Nov. 15 home game, but he expects to be available for rival South Dakota State Saturday in Brookings.

These numbers are what kickers strive for, but Bergner is not satisfied.

“I’m the type of person who’s never satisfied with my performance,” Bergner said. “I am always looking at ways to get better and improve.”

In his first season with the Coyotes, Bergner was 12-21 on field goals and 21-23 on extra points.

Bergner said the reason for his improvement was his confidence.

“At first I didn’t believe I truly belonged on the field with these guys, but as the season progressed my confidence kept growing until I reached the point where I knew I belonged out here,” he said. “The fear that resided in me left, and ever since that point, I have seen the results on the field.”

The difference in Bergner from year one to year two is clear, his coaches said.

“He’s worked incredibly hard to get where he is at now,” said head

QB Kilgore vs. Zenner

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The Coyotes have only produced eight sacks for the season, but the team’s leader in sacks, Drew Iddings, 60 has caused havoc in backfields. If the Bryce SDSU offensive line holds back the Siverling pass rush, it will lead to big plays.

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Three keys to showdown victory For USD to beat SDSU

For SDSU to beat USD

1. Force turnovers The Coyotes saw glimpses of hope against Illinois State because they forced three fumbles. Giving the offense good field position should pay with scores. Turnovers have a way of equalizing teams in big games.

2. Get off the field on third down SDSU is filled with big playmakers at the wide receiver and running back positions. When the Coyotes have an opportunity to get off the field, they must take advantage. Getting to third down will be tricky because running back Zach Zenner averages five yards a carry.

3. Keep Kevin Earl upright This is the biggest key for the Coyote offense. The team has given quarterback Kevin Earl very little time in the pocket during the losing streak.

1. Look down the field With running back Zach Zenner and wide receivers Jake Wieneke and Jason Schneider, SDSU has the opportunity to seize momentum on its home field. The Coyotes have given up a number of big plays, including long drives at the end of halves against North Dakota State and Illinois State.

2. Pressure Kevin Earl The pressure on Earl is important for both schools. The Coyote offense has not been able to put up big numbers on the scoreboard, and Coyote quarterback Kevin Earl has struggled when he has little time to think.

3. Zach Zenner SDSU has the best player on the field. He has the ability to control possession and get first downs. More importantly, bad weather caters to runners.

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the Jackrabbits was in 2000. Since then, the Jackrabbits have won the last five matchups. Head coach Joe Glenn is looking for his first coaching victory over South Dakota State in his third try.

“The last two years the Jackrabbits have been all over us,” Glenn said. “But we closed the gap a little bit last year in the Dome and we hope this Saturday in Brookings every Coyote supporter, fan and student can make the trip to help cheer us on to victory.”

To beat SDSU, the Coyotes will have to slow down senior running

“I’m the type of person who’s never satisfied with my performance. I am always looking at ways to get better and improve.”

- Miles Bergner, sophomore coach Joe Glenn. “As a freshman he struggled, which wasn’t entirely his fault. Our snapping last year wasn’t great and it impacted Miles’ performance. This year we have a great long snapper and a great field goal snapper, as well as a great kicker.”

Glenn said Bergner’s performance this year is not surprising to him — there’s reason for Bergner’s impressive numbers.

“He is one of the hardest workers on the team,” Glenn said. “He is at the Dome early and leaves late. He is always lifting in the gym and is always aiming to becoming a better football player. He is a theater major, so I think when the lights come on he knows it’s showtime.”

Bringing showtime to the Coyotes program was not easy, Glenn said. Bergner was considering other routes in life before deciding to come to USD. “South Dakota and the Air Force Academy were my two biggest recruiters,” Bergner said. “I didn’t want to serve in the armed forces, so I came here. Coach Glenn has a way of convincing you when he is recruiting you.

Plus, being able to play indoors is always nice as a kicker.”

Glenn laughed as he remembered enticing Bergner to choose South Dakota.

“He was a good get for us,” he said. “He played in one of the high school All-American games as a punter. Plus, having no wind played a huge role for him.”

While all of his accomplishments on the field are becoming known, Bergner said he is quite different off the field. He said he plays with some zen, but he enjoys off-the-field antics.

“I play with little emotion — at least now I do. Off the field, I would guess my teammates would describe me as being weird,” Bergner said. “I like to crack jokes and mess with people even at practice, but as soon as the helmet and pad get put on, I put on a so called ‘death glare’ as my teammates would describe it.”

His teammates are behind him and his antics — as long as the field goals keep scoring.

“It’s good to see this from Miles,”said junior Keyen Lage before the Illinois State game.

“He’s a good guy to have in our locker room.”

back and all-American Zach Zenner.

Zenner is second in the conference in rushing yards, only trailing Illinois State running back Marshaun Coprich, who ran for 221 yards against the Coyotes last week.

As a sophomore, Zenner faced the Coyotes in Brookings and ran for 164 yards and two scores. Last year, the Coyotes bottled him up pretty well, yet he still ran for 137 yards and a score.

“Zenner is a great running back and probably the best we’ve ever seen,” said junior defensive end Drew Iddings. “We’ll have to find a way to stop him or control him, and if that happens, the outcome will turn out our way.”

Iddings said ending the year with a win, not only being the team’s first in the conference of the year, but against SDSU, would be a special end to an otherwise down season.

“We have the opportunity to go into the off-season with a win and a pretty good taste in our mouths,” Iddings said. “We could hang our heads pretty high in the state of South Dakota and not get asked what happened in the SDSU game, but instead say, ‘Yeah, we beat them.’”

Kickoff is Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Coughlin-Alumni Stadium in Brookings.

Reach reporter Sean Bower by email at Sean.Bower@coyotes.usd.edu

Follow reporter Grant Bosiacki on Twitter @GBos2

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No easy road to Indianapolis Following five-set loss Sunday, USD volleyball turns toward conference

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Knowing they had a shot at a shared Summit League title, nerves and emotions hit the University of South Dakota women’s volleyball players Sunday.

Instead, the team’s home conference winning streak was snapped in five games 25-18, 25-23, 23-25, 20-25, 15-11, and the seniors ended their careers at the DakotaDome with a loss.

Now, their attentions must shift to the conference tournament.

“Our season’s not over,” said head coach Leanne Williamson. “Obviously we all really wanted (a regular season title). It’s something we worked hard for all year, and we put ourselves in a good position. It just didn’t go our way.”

Williamson said in games one and two her team did not really play as a team to begin down 0-2 to Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).

That’s what the players felt on court as well.

“We weren’t playing like a team,” said junior Sydney Dimke. “We were more playing like six individuals out there. We’ve got to come together and play as one.”

Whether it was nerves or emotions affecting the Coyotes depended on each player. Senior day at the DakotaDome meant the Coyotes’ three seniors — Melissa Firtko, Riley Haug and Kendall Kritenbrink — no longer have games to play in Vermillion.

Williamson said the loss hurt, but winning next weekend is bigger.

“The nerves hit us a little bit today,” she said. “They came out and hit with a high percentage to start with. It threw us off a bit. The big positive for us today is each set their attack percentage went down.”

The players are staying optimistic, especially leading into the Summit League tournament, which is hosted in Indianapolis.

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Junior Kelsey Biltoft bumps the ball over the net during the last home volleyball game of the season in the DakotaDome. The Coyotes lost to IUPUI 3-2.

“We’re glad we didn’t just roll over and let them take us in three,” Dimke said. “We have to move on. Starting now, we are going to put this behind us, learn from it. We’ll see them again.”

The Coyotes will begin their conference tournament experience with Fort Wayne Friday at 6 p.m. USD has won a combined 6-1 against the Mastodons this season.

“We’re not going to change too much at this point,” Williamson said.

“IPFW is going to challenge. I think we’re pretty motivated to play again.”

When considering the keys to the matchup, USD brings a plethora of hitters to attack Fort Wayne. Four Coyotes had double digit kills against IUPUI. Putting defenses on their heels will be the Coyotes’ goal.

“When we spread the ball around we’re unpredictable,” Firtko said.

“That’s what make us unique. Other teams rely on their outside, and we can get angles everywhere.”

Fort Wayne led both contests

against USD with hitter Emily Spencer, who the Coyotes will target. But maybe a bigger factor in the match for both teams is the mental game.

Last year USD led 2-0 in the semifinals before losing to Denver. Those memories still exist.

“It’s going to be a battle. No one’s going to roll over now. It’s the conference tournament,” Dimke said. “We are all fighting for the same thing, so we have to fight at all costs.”

The Coyotes feel they are in a better position this year. Williamson credited her team’s position heading into the conference tournament to her seniors.

She said those women have nothing to feel bad about losing the regular season title. Now, it’s all about one tournament.

“We put the message across that we’re not done,” Williamson said. “This might actually get us a little pissed for the tournament and motivate us to come out and really make a statement when we get there.”

University of South Dakota junior cross country runner Amber Eichkorn has become the first USD women’s cross country runner to qualify for the Division I National Championships.

By finishing 10th at the Midwest Regionals Nov. 14, Eichkorn qualified for the Cross Country National Championships Nov. 22 in Terre Haute, Ind., by receiving an at-large bid.

The at-large bids help fill the 31 team requirement for the national championship, according to the NCAA’s selections for runners.

When cross-country head coach Dan Fitzsimmons called Eichkorn to deliver the news, she didn’t know how to respond.

“I was in shock when Coach Fitz called,” Eichkorn said. “I don’t think it truly set in until Monday morning and I realized I was going to compete in Nationals next weekend.”

It wasn’t just Eichkorn in shock. Fitzsimmons felt Eichkorn’s shock as well.

“We knew it was a long shot,” Fitzsimmons said. “She had to be the sixth individual not on a qualifying team to qualify, and the odds were not in her favor.

But she has a knack for being the last qualifier into events. Last year she was the last qualifier into Nationals for the 10K.” Eichkorn still doesn’t have all the words for becoming the first USD runner to qualify. She keeps her emotions simple.

“It feels pretty amazing,” she said.

But words can’t describe the magnitude of this moment, her coach said.

“When you’re first to do something, you will always be the first,” Fitzsimmons said. “She wasn’t just the first at USD but also the first in the entire state.

It’s a historical accomplishment, and she’s basically a pioneer in the sport for South Dakota.”

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Junior Amber Eichkorn, center, runs with the women’s cross-country team during practice Nov. 17.

Both Eichkorn and Fitzsimmons agreed this accomplishment was monumental for the university. They both reiterated that USD has had a great tradition of being a distance running school and this furthers that tradition.

Eichkorn wants this success to continue carrying the program.

“This year really established the true tradition of long distance running at USD. With our team winning the conference meet and finishing well at regionals, along with my individual accomplishments, it has been a huge year for us,” she said. “Hopefully this will allow more girls to come here and want to continue and further the tradition here.”

Fitzsimmons sees the accomplishment as one that can help propel his program and USD athletics.

“This just made our tradition stronger,” Fitzsimmons said.

“Hopefully next year we can keep adding to the legacy of USD cross country running by having the team qualify for nationals.”

Athlete spotlight: cross-country runner Katie Wetzstein Alanna Schmeichel

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Junior Katie Wetzstein placed third at the Summit League Championship to help the University of South Dakota women’s cross-country team capture its first conference title. Her younger sister, Erin, is a first-year runner for the Coyotes.

Alanna Schmeichel: Why did you come to South Dakota?

Katie Wetzstein: I came from Hudson, Wisc., but USD was a good fit both academically and athletically. USD had the major I was looking for and what I wanted academically. Then I liked the head coach and his coaching style.

A.S.: Do you like having your sister on the team?

K.W.: It is really helpful having someone that knows me so well. We are really close, and in high school we trained and ran together. We

didn’t run a lot together this year, but it was nice having someone on the same training program during the summer.

conference and we did that. Because we often run the same courses, my goal is to run each course faster than the year before.

A.S.: What is your favorite part about cross-country?

K.W.: My favorite part is the team aspect. Compared to track, we are a lot closer. The scoring is so much different, and the only way to win is if every girl on the team does her job. It is also not as boring because of all the hills and different terrain.

A.S.: Did you accomplish that?

K.W.: I think I accomplished that at every meet. The season was an overall success.

A.S.: How did you get interested in cross-country?

K.W.: It started back in sixth-grade because it was the only sport you could do at that age. I wasn’t really good at it, and it bothered me. So then I actually started training and running on my own and I discovered that I really liked the sport.

A.S.: What were your goals for the season?

K.W.: The team’s (goal was) to win

A.S.: What is your role on the team?

K.W.: Amber (Eichkorn) and myself have been leaders since we came in as freshmen. Our coach wanted us to come in and create the program we have now. I specifically lead by example.

A.S.: How do you balance running and school?

K.W.: Sometimes it can be challenging because certain weeks are heavy with homework and we miss a lot of school. Planning ahead and time management are most important. Sometimes I have to realize school comes first and I am here to get a degree.

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Junior Katie Wetzstein, left, and first-year Bethany Kozak warm up in the DakotaDome Nov. 17 before the women’s cross-country practice.

SDSU-USD rivalry weekend not all about hate, time for pride PHIL MILLAR is a first-year majoring in media & journalism.

The University of South Dakota has a chance Saturday to end a dismal football season on a high note with what could be a program-changing upset against South Dakota State.

With a win, the Coyotes could push SDSU out of the FCS football playoff, which would be an unbelievable change of events for the USD football team and student body who has not had much opportunity to cheer this season.

Even though this is my first year at USD, I have been a fan of the Coyotes for as long as I can remember. Both my father and brother graduated from USD

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SDSU running back Zach Zenner is tackled during last year’s South Dakota Showdown.

and hold the university in the highest regards.

My grandfather was a kicker for the USD football team, playing with future Baltimore

Colt Ordell Braase.

My grandmother is also a graduate of USD. I was named after former Coyote football player Phillip

Meehan — he’s from my mom’s hometown and my mom was impressed by his character.

I have a basketball program in my room at home autographed by former Coyote basketball player Josh Mueller, and I remember dead rabbits and coyotes being thrown on the court at basketball games. I was born to be a Coyote and bred to take the SDSU-USD rivalry seriously.

My dad holds a dislike for SDSU, telling stories of wild rivalry games. He and his fellow students responded to particular vulgar chants from enemy fans with, “What’s your mother do?”

He watched on — and maybe participated — as an SDSU basketball player accused of stealing shoes was bombarded with sneakers as he came onto the floor.

Now I have friends and family at SDSU, and it is those connections that make the rivalry fun. It feels great to win, but it feels better to win against

people you know.

It is these connections I have with SDSU that makes me want USD to pull through this Saturday. If this was just another team, I probably would not tune into the game.

If USD wins this Saturday, I will be the first one sending out texts to SDSU folk.

I would not watch 2-9 USD take on 4-7 Missouri State, but I will watch this intensely. I have family pride riding on this one.

I want USD to win so I can tell uncle Bob to shut his mouth with a big grin at Thanksgiving.

A win would destroy SDSU’s season. A win would mean the entire 2-9 USD season was irrelevant because we won this rivalry game.

Saturday is South Dakota’s college version of a state championship.

The rivalry should not be about hate, but rather about pride.

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Love and rivalry College romances blossom amidst divide

MALACHI PETERSEN I THE VOLANTE South Dakota State University sophomore Carson Eisenbeisz, left, and University of South Dakota senior Jami Faddoul, right, have been dating for two and a half years.

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University of South Dakota junior Brian Juran and South Dakota State University sophomore Shannon Duxbury have dealt with the USD-SDSU rivalry much more than most college students.

Juran, a kinesiology major from Burke, S.D., and Duxbury, who is from Wessington, S.D., have been dating for a little more than four months.

Their relationship started out in a “pretty random” way, Juran said.

Duxbury went to USD last fall for the first semester of her first year of college, but then she transferred to SDSU to major in animal science and biotechnology.

“She’s got a big link to SDSU,” Juran said. “Her grandpa was a professor there for quite a few years, and both of her brothers went there, so she’s got a big past there.”

His sister and both of his brother-in-laws attended SDSU, he said, but he ultimately decided on USD, his father’s alma mater, with the influence of his sisters attending medical and graduate school in mind.

Juran said he is usually busy on the weekdays and Duxbury is usually busy on the weekends, but they find ways to make the relationship work.

“Pretty much any open weekend that we get, we try to meet up somewhere at least,” Juran said.

Juran went to see Duxbury during Hobo Days and they will make spontaneous trips throughout the week, working around each other’s class schedules.

For Thanksgiving, Juran will make the trip to her house for a couple days before he spends time at home with his family, and winter break plans are yet to be decided, but are something to look forward to.

Juran and Duxbury are able

Visiting alumnus shares kiln skills AMY FILL is a first-year graduate student at the College of Fine Arts.

“Baby, it’s cold outside,” but not too cold for the University of South Dakota ceramics students and visiting alumnus artist Johnne Law McMahan.

With guidance from Law McMahan, students fired up a recently-completed, wood-fired ceramics kiln they designed and constructed outside of the Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts. It has been a year-long research project led by Chase Lilliholm, a ceramics Bachelor of Fine Arts graduate, and Nick Sperry, a Bachelor of Arts German graduate.

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to joke about the rivalry, and their families can, too.

“She gives me crap a lot and I try to dish it back,” he said.

USD first-year Conrad Adam and SDSU first-year Kaitlyn Severyn, both from Pierre, have been dating for almost three and a half years.

Severyn committed to playing basketball at SDSU early on in high school and before Adam decided where he wanted to attend college. Adam said USD would ultimately be the best fit for him as a business major.

Having to factor distance in is not new to the couple.

In the summers, both were on traveling basketball teams, and for cancer treatment, Adam had to move to Houston, Texas for about three months his junior year of high school.

Life has helped them get used to not constantly being in the same place at the same time, Adam said.

“We’re used to being away from each other,” Adam said.

“We just know how to make it work.”

They were able to make it work in their schedules to take part in both the Hobo Days and Dakota Days festivities together, he said, and they see each other any weekend they can.

“Now that her basketball season’s starting, I’ll be heading up to Brookings more to watch her play a little bit,” Adam said. “So, yeah, we figure it out — find ways to see each other.”

Adam said the two “easygoing kids” can joke about the rivalry between the schools, especially since both families are full of school spirit.

“We joke about it a lot, and I guess we kind of always have,” Adam said. “Her family’s a big SDSU family, and my family’s a big USD family.”

USD senior Jami Faddoul and SDSU sophomore Carson Eisenbeisz, both from Pierre, started dating when one was still in their hometown and the other was already in Vermillion.

When Eisenbeisz chose to attend SDSU, it was the next best thing to USD, as it still brought the two closer in distance than they were before.

They’ve been together for almost three years now.

“It’s really not bad at all, actually,” Eisenbeisz said. “I think it works out well because we don’t take away from each other with classes.”

During the week, he said, they can focus on school, and they can visit each other on the weekends since they are only an hour and a half drive away.

Faddoul, who is an accounting major, works 15 hours per week in the Math Emporium, and she said she also stays busy for a couple of hours per week as vice president of Beta Alpha Psi, the accounting organization on campus.

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Sound of USD rehearses past shows for ‘Spectacular’ year-end performance Natalie Keller

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Senior Garret Olson smiled as he reminisced over his five years playing trombone and marching with the Sound of USD, the marching band at the University of South Dakota.

“My freshman year, we did the ‘Thriller’ dance,” Olson said. “It was our Halloween show. That was probably the highlight of my five years.”

Olson said the Sound of USD will offer more thrills at the Sound’s Year-End Spectacular Nov. 23 in Aalfs Auditorium at 2:30 p.m.

The audience can expect to hear songs from the band’s “Viral Show,” which features songs such as Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball” and Pitbull’s “Timber.” The band also has a “One-Hit Wonders” show,

which includes an audience favorite, “Cotton Eye Joe,” Olson said.

While the band performs many popular tunes, it will also play some classical music, which Olson said is challenging.

Director Jonathan Alvis said the indoor concert allows the band to highlight the musical side of things and feature what they have been working on throughout the year.

“It’s a good way for us to showcase what we do,” Alvis said.

Along with enticing the audience with its pregame music, fight songs and halftime shows, the Year-End Spectacular will also take the time to recognize seniors who will be graduating this year SEE SOUND, PAGE B6

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The Sound of USD performs at the halftime show of the last USD home football game Nov. 15 in the DakotaDome.

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Romeo, played by first-year Nick Akins, bends over a dying Paris, played by senior Steve Schaeffer, during rehearsals for Romeo and Juliet Nov. 13 in the Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts.

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The lights in the Wayne S. Knutson Theatre dimmed and the curtain opened as students began rehearsing for a production that hasn’t been performed at the University of South Dakota since 1990.

Faculty of the Theatre Department said choosing “Romeo and Juliet” for its final production of the fall semester was a simple decision, as the classic tale is one most can appreciate.

“It was a logical choice,” said director and assistant professor Chaya Gordon-Bland. “It’s a gem of a play — a classic. Everyone has studied it in school, and we haven’t done ‘Romeo and Juliet’ for many years.”

Gordon-Bland said the decision was based on a number of factors, including the educational value of the play, its popularity and the practical use of a fine arts degree students involved with the production would get.

After months of auditions and rehearsals, students are ready to show their hard work and share their love for William Shakespeare, with the opening show set for Friday night.

Senior Ceci Quintero, who plays Juliet, said she is excited to perform the part of a passionate character.

“I haven’t done Shakespeare for a long time,” Quintero said.

“(Juliet) is logical and understanding.”

She said the most challenging part of her role is trying to remember how it felt to never have been in love and never have been kissed.

First-year Nick Akins plays Romeo and said he was both honored and surprised by his role.

“I thought it would be good to introduce myself into Shakespeare not expecting to get a part, but then I got the part of Romeo,” he said.

The play, which usually runs for three hours, was cut down to about two and a half hours, eliminating some characters. GordonBland said the play will still have the essential parts, including Friar Lawrence, whose scenes are sometimes cut.

Played by senior Casey Coates, Friar Lawrence serves as an essential part to mending the hate between the Capulet and Montague families. Overall, Coates is excited to be in the play.

“There are so many elements to the show — depth and complexity,” Coates said. “The love-hate theme is universal and has made it as famous as it seems.”

Gordon-Bland said the play will reach a wide range of people.

“Thematically, I believe the play has something to say to today’s audiences,” she said.

With themes like love, hate and conflict between societies, the

timeless play is still considered relevant, she said.

“These (themes) are pertinent, and Shakespeare is speaking to that,” Gordon-Bland said. “’Romeo and Juliet’ is about reconciliation, and although it is the youth that dies, it makes the adult audiences understand (how it lead to it).”

She said the innocence of the young love has a stronger message about what a hateful society can do to young minds.

“Ultimately, love prevails, in a broader way,” Gordon-Bland said.

“The society boxed (Romeo and Juliet) in and they were forced to make bad choices.”

Although Romeo and Juliet die, it is the love the parents have for their children that ends in a reconciliation, she said.

Akins said although most students have likely read the story, seeing it performed is more rewarding and easier to understand.

“I would urge anybody to see it, to see the true beauty of Shakespeare,” he said.

The play will open Friday and continue Saturday night, picking up again Dec. 3-6 at 7:30 p.m., with matinee shows Nov. 23 and Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. Student tickets are $5 with a student ID, $15 for adults, $12 for senior citizens and $10 for youth and non-USD students.

AWOL fosters active citizenship among students Britney Thorns

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For some University of South Dakota students, their weekend was spent working to grow as citizens through service.

A group of 12 students volunteered at the Teddy Bear Den and with Volunteers of America Nov. 15 in Sioux Falls through the Alternative Week of OffCampus Learning program.

Students helped sort donations and move cribs from storage to the Teddy Bear Den site to be ready for distribution to economically disadvantaged pregnant women. They moved on to the VOA building at about noon Saturday to help with the Spirit Tree, which collects gifts for children, and help organize coat drives.

One of the key components of the AWOL program is the active citizen continuum, which consists of varying stages, said thirdyear law student Sara Hento.

She said each stage shows how a person grows from simply being a community member to a person who participates in charities but doesn’t really know

about the social issues to finally becoming an active citizen in the last stage.

“On the far side of the continuum is the active citizen, and that is someone who not only knows the social issue and understands its impact but also goes out into the community to try to solve it,” Hento said.

“Our goal is basically to move students from being a community member to being an active citizen.”

Hento, who is doing her graduate work with the Center for Academic and Global Engagement, said students are generally involved in the AWOL program for one main reason.

“I would say the majority of the students do it because they’re interested in the community partner we’re working with or the social issue,” Hento said.

Sophomore Sidney Heisler, one of the trip’s site leaders over the weekend, said her passion is helping others.

“I love helping people and being involved,” she said.

Heisler said volunteering and being a part of an organization

like AWOL helps get students out of their comfort zones.

“It just shows them what the real world is actually like, and they get to know one another and other communities outside their own,” she said.

Sophomore Shane Hansen said AWOL is a program that humanizes world issues and is a way to make friends.

“I want to help out other families and everything like that, but one reason is because I do need the volunteer hours,” Hansen said.

He said he doesn’t like to single out one cause and would rather work with a variety of organizations to expand his volunteering experience.

Being involved in the AWOL program not only allows students to acquire volunteer hours but also to be involved in communities surrounding USD. “I think you take both from (the AWOL experiences),” Heisler said. “You take the hours from it and the experience.”

Hento said AWOL is a learning tool for students as well as a portal to getting involved with the social issues of the visited

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Members of the University of South Dakota Alternative Week of Off-Campus Learning program traveled to Sioux Falls Nov. 15 to help sort donations and move cribs for the Teddy Bear Den charity organization. The Teddy Bear Den helps disadvantaged pregnant women in the Sioux Falls area seek early and regular prenatal care.

communities.

“AWOL isn’t just a volunteer program,” Hento said. “We also teach students about these social

issues and who they can have an impact on — not only the people in our community, but in the country and the world.”

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Coffee and connections

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Jean Severson takes an order from a customer at the C-Store in the Muenster University Center. Severson has been actively present at the University of South Dakota since 1976. She earned her undergraduate degree in 1981 and then worked at the old USD Book and Supply store until it was replaced by Barnes & Noble in 2002.

Alumna and longtime university employee thrives among student colleagues, customers Katia Duszenko

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The petite woman with the soft brown bob and infectious smile taking coffee orders each day in the Muenster University Center is Jean Severson, who takes pride in remembering customer’s names — and sometimes even their repeat orders.

“Sometimes I get to be really good friends with some customers,” she said. “I love it when I start remembering people’s names and they come and they talk to me. It makes me really happy. It’s one of my little hobbies.”

Severson has worked at the University Brew and C-Store — where she describes her position as “C-Store lady” — for about four years, but her presence at USD dates back much further — 39 years, to be exact.

She first came to Vermillion from her hometown of Huron, S.D., in 1971, as a young wife and stay-at-home mother. Soon enough, she enrolled as a student at USD. “I was waiting for my son to be old enough to start school,” Severson said. “So when he turned six, which was in 1976, he started first grade and I started college. I was 24, and I’ve been here ever since.”

Severson earned her undergraduate degree in 1981 with a major in philosophy and minors in anthropology, French and political science. She then found work at the old USD Book and Supply bookstore that was replaced by Barnes & Noble in 2002.

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and thank graduate students who have dedicated their time to the band.

Saying good-bye to the seniors gets harder each year, said junior saxophone player Lexy Tuttle.

“My last day of class, I walked into the bookstore and asked if they were hiring,” Severson said. “And they said yes, and I worked there for 22 years. I absolutely loved it.”

Severson served as head cashier, training and overseeing student cashiers. When Barnes & Noble took over, she took her talents “down the hall” to Aramark: Food, Facility, and Uniform Services.

She began working in a small coffee shop in the old student center. Gradually, with the construction of a new student center, Severson made her way to the other side of campus, working first at North Complex dining services and then in the newly completed MUC. In her current position at the MUC, Severson takes care of everything that needs to be done, except making coffee. Her main responsibility is stocking products, and she tries to help in the coffee shop as much as she can. She cites her co-workers as the most rewarding part of her job.

“I love working with students.

That’s why I’m still here,” Severson said. “It’s really hard when they go, but I know more are coming, and I’ve had so many of them that I’m still in touch with. The very first people who were here when I started working I still am on Facebook with, and (I) go to their weddings, and (I) get pictures with their babies.”

USD senior and U-Brew barista Garret Olson, who has been working with Severson

for more than three years, said her enthusiasm for students and customers is consistently apparent.

“It’s fun watching her interact with all the students and taking a legitimate interest in what they’re doing day to day,” Olson said. “She’ll remember if a student had a test that day or if someone went home that weekend. She remembers all that stuff about so many people.”

Olson said Severson has an uncanny knack for remembering students’ names.

“She usually greets people by name before I even get a chance to ask them what it is to write it on their cup,” he said.

One such student is senior Karli Siemonsma.

“She keeps me coming back because’s she’s so personable and so friendly,” Siemonsma said. “She makes coming here fun because she knows you. She remembers my name by now, and she always remembers that I don’t want my receipt back.”

When she’s not working at the C-Store, Severson said she enjoys spending time with family members and indulging in what she calls her “cheap hobbies” of reading and walking.

She doesn’t plan to leave Vermillion, even upon retirement, because it suits her lifestyle. “(Retirement) sounds better every year, especially when you have a job where you’re on your feet all day long,” she said.

“But I’m still having too much fun working. It’s so much fun to come to work every day.”

“Since we spend so much time together as a band, everybody gets pretty close-knit,” Tuttle said. “Being able to send them off on such a good note is really fun.”

Tuttle said some of her favorite music from this year was the Beatles halftime show the band performed.

“I really like the Beatles, so that was really fun for me,” Tut-

tle said.

Both Olson and Tuttle said they enjoy participating in the Sound’s Year-End Spectacular because the band is able to focus on performing as a musical ensemble.

“It’s a better way of actually listening to the music because you don’t necessarily have the visual stimulus there,” said senior Josh Etherington, who plays trombone with the marching band.

He said the audience can expect lots of energy and experience a better way of listening to the music if they attend the show.

Alvis said the show will offer free entertainment to the audience, and people should be aware the Spectacular show is not a formal concert.

“The more people give to the band, the more the band will give back,” Alvis said. “We have a good time when we get the place on their feet and everybody is dancing and clapping and singing along.”

Wrapping up 2014, the YearEnd Spectacular is a way to see the progress the Sound of USD has made.

“I know it’s a show for everyone else, but it’s also a show for ourselves,” Etherington said.

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The Sound of USD clarinet section plays at the Nov. 15 football game. The band will host its Year-End show Nov. 23 in Aalfs Auditorium where it will play songs from its “Viral Show.”

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Community is a big part of a ceramics artist’s life, and the wood-firing process is labor intensive — starting with designing the kiln, gathering the brick and steel materials for building the kiln and finding resources for the wood needed to fire the kiln.

The firing process requires a team of people to split the wood, load the kiln with the artwork and stoke the fire in the kiln for three to five days.

During his presentation Nov. 12, Law McMahan said he missed the intensive, collaborative, energy-generating process involved with wood-fired ceramics. He has enjoyed returning as a visiting artist to share his recent experiences, to work with students and to participate in the ceramics department’s continuing research.

Law McMahan exemplifies one of the many paths an artist can take after earning their degree. Some artists choose graduate school, and others choose to be working artists, making and promoting their work in galleries or art fairs, while some complete artist residencies. Others, like Law McMahan, seek out appren-

ticeships with professional artists.

This commitment to practice and spirit led Law McMahan to central Minnesota for a 15-month apprenticeship with a studio ceramicist.

The experience opened up unexpected opportunities, leading him to an emerging artist career, development grant and the opportunity to present his research in Denmark at the second European Woodfire Conference.

This semester, the Art Department’s Visiting Artist Program has been rich with inspiring presentations and workshops, ranging from working artists to art historians. It has given us opportunities to meet professional artists from all over the country.

The artists have generously shared their knowledge and research, their diverse working styles and processes and their backgrounds and lifestyles, giving us a glimpse of the possibilities available for careers in our field.

Thank you to all of the artists who travel to USD — we value your time. And thank you to the Art Department faculty for providing the Visiting Artist Program. I look forward to learning more from visiting artists next semester.

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Visiting alumnus artist Johnne Law McMahan helped fire and load artwork into the kiln outside of the Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts Nov. 12.

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biology with his eyes on medical school, tutors chemistry students for about five hours per week, is a photographer for The Collegian and is involved with a preprofessional club and the American Medical Student Association.

Both are involved with CRU, and together they are able to continue a hobby Eisenbeisz introduced Faddoul to from campus to campus — climbing the rock wall.

“There’s not a day that I don’t wish that we were at the same school, but then at the same time, I think it’s good because we can concentrate on school,” Faddoul said.

They’ve been able to take turns traveling back and forth from school to school this semester, going only two weekends without seeing each other.

Saying goodbye gets harder after spending a lot of time together over breaks from

school, Faddoul said.

“It usually spoils us,” she said. “Those are probably the harder times, when we see each other for a long period of time and then we have to go back to school.”

The two see the distance as a good test of their relationship.

“If anything, it makes us have to trust each other more,” Eisenbeisz said.

With much still up in the air pertaining to college relationships and time to contemplate, Eisenbeisz is considering USD as an option for medical school. Faddoul is planning to attend graduate school at USD for a year once she graduates in the spring, and the couple said they are sure they will figure it all out somehow, through what they consider perhaps the hardest time in their relationship.

“I think we’ve found that being together is so much more important,” Faddoul said. “We’ve really made it work, and I think we were both worried, but either of us will go anywhere, basically, to be with the other person.”

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Kaitlyn Severyn, a first-year at South Dakota State University, talks with her boyfriend Conrad Adam, a first-year at USD. Severyn committed to playing basketball at SDSU before Adam decided where he wanted to go to college.