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Use it or lose it First-year Lexy Pillatzki pays with her flex Monday night in Muenster University Center at the newly opened Einstein Bros. Bagels.
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University officials look to restructure meal plan options Trent Opstedahl The Volante
Monday’s grand opening of Einstein Bros. Bagels at the Muenster University Center marked the first of two transition phases into the newly expanded student union building. With the second phase set to go in effect at the beginning of the spring semester when the MUC expansion is completed, University of South Dakota officials are looking to evaluate the need
to restructure meal plans for the 2014-2015 school year. According to Jeff Baylor, USD vice president of Marketing, Enrollment and Student Services, a university-comprised committee will assess how students respond to the centralization of dining services in the MUC throughout the spring semester. “We already know that we’re going to need to evaluate how our meal plans are serving our students as the
changes come,” he said. Changes include the relocation of the Commons into the MUC and the addition of two more national food franchises, Chick-fil-A and Qdoba. Unsure of how students’ spending habits will adjust with the new dining facilities, Baylor said student surveys and meal plan, flex dollar usage will have a crucial role in the restructuring process. “We really don’t want to do
anything right now because we want to respond to the students and their needs,” Baylor said. Before any price changes to existing or future meal plan options could go into effect, the university would need to submit their proposal to the South Dakota Board of Regents during their annual budget meeting in April, said Monte Kramer, SDBOR system vice president of finance and administration. As part of the tuition and
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80 meals | $700.00 flex | $81.99 facility fee | Cost: $1,454.50
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fees budget, Kramer said meal plan prices are regulated by the SDBOR using the “Meals Away From Home” consumer price index. Kramer said while meal plan prices are set by the SDBOR, individual institutions determine meal plan options. “If they want to add a new meal plan or adjustment we usually let them,” Kramer said.
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APPEALS UNIVERSITY APPEALS BOARD MEMBERS Adam Chicoine, director of food services Phil Covington, associate dean of students Erik Muckey, Student Government Association president Student Accounts representative Residence Hall Government Association student representative Two community advisers — appointed by Phil Covington
Provost Chuck Staben will depart from Vermillion Feb. 15 as he transitions to his newlyappointed position as president of the University of Idaho, said STABEN University of South Dakota President James Abbott Monday. “Losing an important member of USD’s executive community is always bittersweet, but I can’t help but be happy for him,” Abbott said. In his absence, Kurt Hackemer, associate vice president for academic affairs, will serve as interim Please see PROVOST, Page A6
No citations issued for texting ban Levi Gutz The Volante
No citations and only two warnings have been issued for texting while driving nearly five months after Vermillion’s City Council enacted a citywide ban, said John Prescott, city manager. Vermillion Police Chief Matt Betzen said while the law is hard to enforce, the threat of a citation is deterring crime. “People could be doing something on their phones that is legal, but once you make the statement something is illegal, most people will just obey the law,” Betzen said. Betzen said the law would be enforced against individuals who are putting themselves and others in harms way. “This law gives us the tools to deal with the most flagrant abusers, those who are totally not paying attention at all while driving,” Betzen said. Vermillion became the fifth city in South Dakota to implement a law against texting and driving, and while no one has been given an actual citation, Prescott said the law was a good decision.
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Counseling center treats sexual harassment daily Trent Opstedahl The Volante
In part three of this fourweek series about women's issues, The Volante focuses on what it means to be sexually harassed on campus and how to handle it. It could happen anywhere — walking through the Muenster University Center, arriving to a morning class, working an
eight-hour shift or conversing at a house party. No matter the time or place, the number of college students who have or who are experiencing sexual harassment and/or abuse is on the rise, according to a 2012 study. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports in their study, "Sexual Violence Facts at a Glance 2012," that about 13 percent of women and 6 percent of men have admitted
to having experienced sexual coercion at some point in their lives. Reflecting this study's findings, Lauren Schuur, coordinator of prevention services for the Student Counseling Center at the University of South Dakota, said between the eight counselors on staff, at least one of them sees a patient on a daily basis who has experienced some form of sexual harassment or
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assault. "The perception here in Vermillion is people think they don't have anything to worry about and it's really safe, and the reality is things like sexual harassment do happen," Schuur said. In an effort to change Vermillion's general "perception" of sexual harassment and abuse, Schuur has focused her efforts on an awareness group known as the "Sexual Assault
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vent and confront sexuallybased incidents. Currently in the process of being revitalized, Schuur said the group's main efforts consist primarily of education. "We're looking at what we can do as community members of Vermillion to get the perception out there that stuff happens," Schurr said. Please see HARASSMENT, Page A7
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THIS WEEK IN COYOTE HISTORY
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1984 An I.D. Weeks Library task force formed to examine a space problem concluded that a new addition to the library was the best way to help solve the lack of space. Submitted to then University of South Dakota President Joseph McFadden, $5,000 was set aside to have an architect design the addition. Weeding — a process that involves getting rid of books, — relocating certain collections and compact shelving were other options recommended by the task force.
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Loud noise complaints Recovered item citations Domestic dispute calls
Nov. 14 2005 Four University of South Dakota students faced jail time after being caught using counterfeit parking passes on campus. One person was charged with forgery, another with possession of a forged instrument and the other two individuals faced charges of theft services. The forged permits were identified after student ticket writers noticed the permits were missing the B hologram pattern.
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1. Officers responded to a neighborhood in the 200 block of South Yale Street with smoke reports. A search of the area traced the smoke to a yard control burn. No further action was taken.
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2. A caller reported damage from a piece of wood thrown through her front window. Police investigated the neighborhood in the 1000 block of West Clark Street Police have no suspects. 3. A tenant of an apart-
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ment complex in the 10 block of Washington Street reported harassment by the complex landlord. Police visited both parties and made no criminal charges. 4. Officers assisted court services with arresting and detaining a detainee in the 10 block of Prospect Street A 27-year-old male was arrested for probation related charges.
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5. The owner of Campbell's Supply reported a shoplifter at his business in the 110 block of West Cherry
Street. The shoplifter was arrested and advised not to return to the business. A 32-year-old male was cited for shoplifting. 6. Officers witnessed a vehicle back into another vehicle and drive away in the 10 block Center Street Officers stopped the vehicle and found the driver to be intoxicated. A 49-year-old male was arrested for DWI. *For a complete list of all police log activity, please see VermillionPD.org.
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SGA senators bring forward campus proposals VOLANTE STAFF REPORTS Senators for the University of South Dakota Student Government Association evaluated and discussed the use of space on campus at their Nov. 19 meeting. The University Libraries Committee is also looking
into efficient space usage for university centers, said senator Sami Zoss. The university will look to move all the centers — Math Emporium, testing center, Writing Center — around campus into the library. Included in the movement of the centers will be
an expansion of the studentathlete service center to both first and second floor. To accommodate space for the general student population, the university is also looking at opening spots such as The North Complex Commons as large study areas, but the project
will not be finalized for at least two years, Zoss said. The USD Honors Program Committee met Monday to discuss and finalize Honors seminars for the summer 2014, fall 2014 and spring 2015 terms, SGA senator Lexy Schuman said. Schuman said students can
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The final film of the University of South Dakota’s International Film Series concludes Wednesday, which will feature the Chilean film “No.” The fourth movie showing during the fall semester, “No” will begin showing at Farber Hall at 8 p.m. and is free and open to the public. The film is in Spanish but will be accompanied with English subtitles. Among five finalists in the Best Foreign Language Film at the 2012 Academy Awards, “No” tells the story of ad executive who constructs an ad campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile’s 1988 referendum. The film won the Art Cinema Award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and also took top prize in the Directors’ Fortnight section.
The University of South Dakota’s Campus Activities Board is offering USD students a discounted ticket price for the Friday midnight release of the movie “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.” With a valid student ID, USD students can purchase $3 tickets for the exclusive showing of the second installment of the trilogy at the Coyote Twin Theaters in downtown Vermillion. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Woody Harrelson, “Catching Fire” is expected to gross $950 million worldwide at the box office during its opening weekend. In comparison, the original “Hunger Games” grossed $691 worldwide its opening weekend, according to the Huffington Post.
Composer, trio guests at Brown Bag Lunch The National Music Museum will host American composer, conductor and music commentator Rob Kapilow Friday at noon as part of its Brown Bag Lunch programs. Free and open to the public, Kapilow will be teaming up with USD’s own Rawlins Trio to present an abbreviated version of his “What Makes It Great?” series being featured on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today.” The program is set to explore one movement of Beethoven’s “Archduke Trio.” The Brown Bag Lunch Program continues through early December, which is set to be holiday-themed, with performances by the South
USD raises more than 16,000 pounds of food The South Dakota Showdown Series Food Drive raised more than 17 tons of food for the state's largest hunger-relief organization, with South Dakota State University donating 18,747 pounds of food and University of South Dakota supporters donating 16,613 pounds, according to KSFY. The food will provide approximately 29,467 meals. Throughout the week, fans deposited food in barrels at nine Hy-Vee grocery stores in Sioux Falls, Brookings and Vermillion. Cash donations
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were also accepted during Saturday's Showdown Series football game, the report stated. Food will be distributed local through food banks and pantries. Items that were collected at Brookings and Vermillion Hy-Vees will be given out through food pantries operated by local churches in those communities.
State SD Geological Survey center provides images A U.S. Geological Survey center in South Dakota is
providing satellite images in the aftermath of the devastating typhoon in the Philippines, according to a release from the Associated Press. The Earth Resources Observation and Science Center north of Sioux Falls collects, archives and makes available for download more than 400 data-filled images of Earth each day. KELO-TV reported the center is providing information to the United Nations, the Red Cross and other agencies responding to the Philippines disaster. Typhoon Haiyan killed thousands of people last week in the Philippines and displaced a 500,000 more.
Nation Joan Jett Thanksgiving concert causes upset The Associated Press reported Nov. 13 that some South Dakota farmers and ranchers are upset by the selection of singer-guitarist Joan Jett, a vegetarian and animal rights advocate, to perform on the state's float in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts are scheduled to appear at the annual event in New York City, riding on the float that promotes South Dakota tourism and the
Mount Rushmore National Memorial located in the Black Hills. The report had South Dakota Cattlemen's Association President Cory Eich, who farms and ranches near Canova in eastern South Dakota, saying it was a mistake to select Jett because she is a supporter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which promotes a vegetarian diet and criticizes livestock production practices. "Her stances don't mesh with South Dakota, a state where the cattle industry makes up a huge part of the economy," he said. The Rapid City Journal first reported some South Dakota residents were upset with the pick.
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Building awareness Campus pushes for cultural embrace
Sensitivity and awareness to diverse cultures is not only vital, but necessary on a college campus like the University of South Dakota. While it is still common to see hesitation to accept the unknown, the university is pushing for students to spend their time at USD learning to not only be aware of the variety of cultures and ways of life surrounding them, but to also be considerate of them. In order to enhance this acceptance and understanding in the student population, the university has taken action to make diverse cultures a more prominent priority on campus. Events ranging from International Education Week to a variety of speakers are held on campus in an effort to engage students in the idea of learning and
eventually embracing other cultures they may not be familiar with. Among their number of guests this semester, the Campus Activities Board is sponsoring the appearance of speaker Timothy Kurek to tell his story of living for one year under the label of being gay and the experiences he was forced to handle with his family and friends. This type of interaction opens the eyes of students to lifestyles they have never encountered. The student group also brings in guests to speak on relatable issues on college campuses and comedians as way to bring students together. In continuance of the education on cultures, the university holds an entire week dedicated to international education. The week consists of lectures,
films and events that attempt to bring students of different cultures together to be able to understand just how diverse of a campus USD is becoming. At a liberal arts college, it is becoming more and more common that student backgrounds, heritages and cultures range from one end of the spectrum to another. Especially with athletic recruits from all over the country and the international program, the diversity of students is only going in upward direction. If the university continues to reinforce the basic principle of cultural awareness on campus, students as a whole will start to embrace the idea and its importance, but an establishment of cultural acceptance will become the norm rather than a future goal.
International Education Week Highlights Wednesday, Nov. 20: International Fishbowl to discuss how international individuals on campus are integrated; international film “No” about an underground plot to oust Pinochet, an army general and dictator of Chile. Thursday, Nov. 21: Global palate dinner to try free sampling of international cuisine prior to the premier of “Les Miserables” Friday, Nov. 22: Caribbean Coyotes event to listen to Caribbean music with mocktails and snacks SAMSON PTACEK/ THE VOLANTE
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New, improved lunch hour finally within reach NATHAN ELLENBECKER is a first-year majoring in contemporary media and journalism. Chick-fil-A. Einstein Bros. Bagels. Qdoba. The names of these three franchises have been tossed around as the newest additions to the University of South Dakota since I arrived on campus. Their labels represent the growth, care and progression of the university. Their soon-to-be central location in the Muenster University Center will begin fulfilling the promise of fantastic food options we never expected to have.
I’ve only been on campus since Aug. 20, and I certainly can’t provide the perspective of the average USD student when the university announced they would be bringing in the chains. I don’t know if the average business major felt the mix of a watery mouth and elation or was more filled with curiosity and skepticism. But the project is on its final stretch, and I can’t help but daydream about the wonderful lunch hours I will spend clutching Chickfil-A’s classic spicy chicken sandwich before I head to class. That black fence surrounding the MUC expansion used to be an eye sore, but I’m starting to see its potential. The empty spaces inside the large window panes between I.D. Weeks
Library and the usable area of the MUC will soon fill with students on the grind between classes, exams and in pursuance of the freshman 15. We can expect copious amounts of flex dollars being spent trying to conquer Qdoba burritos while a spike in bagel popularity sweeps across campus. I expect less snickering toward the Commons will be the norm and the feeling of a community-type atmosphere will see a jump with one central location to grab grub. This is something I can’t wait for. Not only will happier lunch hours arrive, but the expansion will be a staple of campus. On top of Old Main, the Beacom School of Business, the Al Neuharth Media Center and the medical school,
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student ambassadors could sell the MUC as one of USD’s jewels to high school students dreaming of the best college experience. Administration could highlight the potential of the university and take pride in the environment they created in the middle of campus. Seems like everyone has something to gain from the project, and it has been great to see everything come together. Few students are going to miss the “unique variety” of the Commons. And I know I’ll be glad not having to avoid construction vehicles on my way across campus. It’s been a long time coming, but the dream is slowing forming into reality.
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overheard Here you’ll find the weirdest, funniest and stupidest things we’ve heard during the week. Context is for suckers.
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“Thirty seconds is a long time to not take a drink of alcohol.” — Dakota Street
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With only one month left in the semester it’s important to stay focused. Keep going to every class, paying attention and putting in the effort because it will pay off come finals week.
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Don’t choose the last few weeks until break to mentally check out. It won’t do you or your grade any good to start skipping classes and slacking off this far into the semester.
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Start studying early: “Nobody even likes pickles. They should just be taken off the menu.” — McDonalds
“It’s all so sad and funny at the same time.” — Muenster University Center
“I’m a turkey testicle driver.” — Al Neuharth Media Center
“I just felt like eating my food in the hallway last night.” — University Street
“I’m a hot mess, but I’m not even hot so I’m just a mess.” — Dakota Street
“Can we just tell everyone that I punched you in the face? ” — Plum Street
IN THE KNOW: It’s less than one week until Thanksgiving Break which means no classes for five days and lots of holiday food. IN THE DARK: It’s also only a matter of weeks until it comes time to cram for finals. IN THE KNOW: The Campus Activities Board is bringing in guest speaker Timothy Kurek to speak about the experience he had when he pretended to be gay for one year. IN THE DARK: Kurek spent a year living as someone he wasn’t for this event to be possible. IN THE KNOW: University of South Dakota Provost Chuck Staben accepted the presidency at the University of Idaho. IN THE DARK: USD will now have to start looking for a new provost to replace Staben by July. IN THE KNOW: The weather has been reasonably warm in South Dakota for it being close to the end of November. IN THE DARK: The National Weather Service reported at least 16 tornadoes hit Illinois and Northern Indiana Sunday. IN THE KNOW: USD was unable to defeat SDSU in the rivalry game Saturday. IN THE DARK: USD lost to its biggest and longest rival. SUBMIT OVERHEARDS AND IN-THE-KNOWS AND IN-THEDARKS ON TWITTER @VolanteOpinion
There’s a reason the final is usually worth a good percentage of your grade. Take the time to start studying now and gathering all of the material from semester so there are no surprises come exam day.
Get organized:
With this much time left before finals, there is plenty of time to start getting organized now. Putting together study guides, combining notes and reviewing the necessary material now rather than later will help you feel prepared.
Procrastinate:
Procrastinating on your studying won’t get you anywhere good at the end of the semester. Don’t wait until the night before your first final to actually take a crack at studying.
Get overwhelmed:
If you take the time to prepare for each test in advance, the chance of becoming overwhelming and suffering from some sort of anxiety attack during finals week.
Sony, Microsoft game consoles face off charlie dalldorf is a junior majoring in contemporary media and journalism. Nov. 22, 2005, Microsoft launched the Xbox 360 and eight years later, Sony and Microsoft are butting heads again in the next generation of video games. It’s going to be an explosive winter season for the gaming industry. The Xbox One is Microsoft’s newest console. The marketing idea is to have an “all-in one” media hub in the living room. Users can access Netflix, the NFL and TwitchTV with ease. The Xbox One will also have the Kinect 2.0 shipped with every console. The idea is that the Kinect will spice up the user experience. Microsoft is trying to win over the family audience this time around. The Xbox One’s price is sitting at $500. Keep in mind Microsoft has been on damage control since this last summer. The Xbox One originally had a lot of anti-consumer policies such as 24-hour check-ups on Internet connection, the Kinect always being on and lending games to friends being next to impossible. Since then, Microsoft did a complete 180 on their policies and it actually looks rea-
sonable for consumers. Only time will tell if they decide to go back on some of their ideas during the summer. Sony’s Playstation 4 brings different toys to the table. Sony is focusing on game developers specifically in this generation. This should sharpen the developer’s intent and tools available to make the games that they want. This is especially helpful for the indie developer crowd, who get no support from publishers. Also, the PS4 has superior tech specifications compared to the Xbox One. Sony is pitching their console to game developers and seasoned gamers. Lastly, the PS4 is sitting at a competitive $400. The hype for the Playstation 4 was ridiculous. Sony was raised to the status of a deity over the summer. They made a lot of mistakes with their PS3 launch, such as developers having trouble making games, overconfidence during their press releases and costing $600 at launch. Sony is looking at this next generation of gaming with fresh eyes. The launch and future titles for both of these consoles are a factor for early adopters. Some of the exclusive titles for the Xbox One include “Ryse: Son of Rome” and “Dead Rising 3,” and “TitanFall” will be coming out later in 2014. “TitanFall” is a first-person shooter developed by ex-Infinity
Ward members. For those who don’t know, Infinity Ward is the company that created the “Call of Duty” franchise. “TitanFall” is gearing up to be a smash hit in the next generation of games. The Playstation 4’s exclusive lineup includes “Knack” and “Killzone: Shadow Fall.” Notably, some of Sony’s star developers such as Naughty Dog don’t have anything right away for the PS4. They are the masterminds behind the “Uncharted” franchise and “The Last of Us.” Sony also has a deep list of Japanese developers they could pull from in the future. The game missing from both lists is Ubisoft’s “Watch Dogs.” “Watch Dogs” was supposed to be the definition of the “next-gen” game. It is an open-world stealth game that centers on hacking technology to complete objectives. Ubisoft decided the need to the delay the game until spring of 2014. Critics felt that the overwhelming success of “Grand Theft Auto V” is one of the reasons why Ubisoft delayed. This is the first time Microsoft and Sony are releasing consoles back to back. We can really see who is pulling ahead once the winter season starts. It is the perfect time for this to be happening because this is the cold console war. Reach columnist Charlie Dalldorf at Charlie.Dalldorf@coyotes.usd.edu
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It’s crunch time. With just a few weeks to the end of the semester, that means we have just a little over five months until we have to face the real world. And quite frankly, I’m not ready for it. Sure, I’ve already started searching for jobs, but it’s not like I can apply yet because I still have to finish a whole semester of school. But I’m also barely paying attention to my classes. Yes, I get all the homework
I’m doing the bare get A’s and B’s. It’s like I’m stuck in this weird spot of not being able to plan my future while not actually really wanting to plan my future. With only one or two of my good friends graduating, I feel like I’m the only one heading out into the real world, when truthfully, I’d really rather stay in my little college bubble that is Vermillion for at least one more year. Sincerely, Kayla Prasek
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Inadequate questions leave statistics ‘flawed, incomplete’ Sam sharpe is a junior majoring in English.
This is my rebuttal to a letter to the editor published in last week’s Volante and written by Professor Emeritus of Economics Dennis A. Johnson, in which he attempts to tackle the “myth” of the gender wage gap. I believe that not only does his letter contain some pretty suspicious thinking, but worse, that it near-deliberately obfuscates an already tricky topic. I will admit it is incredibly presumptuous of me, a junioryear English major, to be calling into question the economic acumen of a professor emeritus. But the tone of certainty in Johnson’s letter is the first place that I believe he went wrong. Johnson did provide some numbers in his argument, however, they come from one source: The CONSAD Research Group. I have nothing bad to say about CONSAD; I read through the report and it’s not like there’s any explicit bias in there. However, Johnson’s reliance on the statistics of one group raises two questions: “How much research went into
this letter?” and “How much do statistics really prove?” The first question has a simple answer: If you are only looking at one source on a subject as complex and personal as a gender wage gap, you are not doing enough research. ‘But Sam,’ you ask, ‘The report has a foreword by the U.S. Department of Labor. Why would we have to look at anything else?’ The same Department of Labor also clearly states, and backs up with its own research, on its official blog: “Decades of research shows a gender gap in pay even after factors like the kind of work performed and qualifications (education and experience) are taken into account.” I am in no way assuming the superiority of one source over the other. What I’m saying here is for a subject as humanly intricate as the wage gap, less is not more. My next concern is much more difficult to parse: How much do statistics really prove? We can get into epistemological arguments regarding statistics all day long but the problem here is not the numbers, it is the people interpreting them. Unlike Science, with a capital-S, which involves the creation and testing of hypotheses, the use of statistics instead looks at data that has already been measured. That means the only way to get a useful answer is to ask a good question. Statistics
surrounding gender wages do not ask these questions. The answers and, thus, questions that lead CONSAD and others to their conclusions are flawed, or at least, incomplete. It’s true, even a liberal estimate, like “The Gender Pay Gap: Have Women Gone as Far as They Can?” by Francine Blau and Lawrence Kahn, places things like “Occupation,” “Industry” and “Labor Force Experience” to blame for about 59.8 percent of the $0.23 difference in the raw data of the gender wage gap. However, it is important to not just stop at these statistics and let them justify the gap. Like “Inception,” we must go another level deeper. We must ask “Why do women seem to gravitate towards jobs that pay less?” This question would also do well to explain Johnson’s analogies of African-Americans in basketball and Jewish people in the garment industry. The answer one will find on any site that claims to “debunk” the “gender wage gap myth” is women “naturally enjoy” childrearing and staying at home and flexibility in work hours and most importantly letting men be the breadwinners. At the same time, men “naturally enjoy” dangerous jobs and being aggressive and competitive and protecting “their women.” An idea which comes up often is women consider their interest first and
income second when looking for a job, while men do the opposite. Perhaps I have a little too much faith in my readers, but I don’t think I have to explain why this sort of biological determinism is wrongheaded. Nor should I have to tell you allowing this sort of backwards thinking to influence economic and government policy is what got us into a mess like this in the first place. Most importantly, even if one finds it totally cool to point to some sort of inherent preference for so-called “pink collar” jobs in women, there’s the fact that women in the United States still aren’t paid as much as men in the same field. According to the “Highlights of Women’s Earnings in 2011,” a report issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, out of 534
occupations surveyed, women only made as much as or more than men in seven fields. Seven. The percentages go lower and lower after that. At the lowest reported, “Property, real estate and community association managers,” women earned 60.6 percent of what men made in median weekly earnings. There is a real chance I’m wrong in all of this, that I have been bowing to my confirmation bias and not doing enough research on the other side just to make sure. But if I am to be wrong, I’d rather be wrong on the side that doesn’t implicitly encourage hostility towards legitimate problems of inequality. Maybe that’s just me.
Reach columnist Sam Sharpe at Samuel.Sharpe@coyotes.usd.edu
Highlights of Women’s earnings In 2011 Out of 534 occupations surveyed, women only made as much or as or more than men in seven fields. At the lowest reported, “Property, real estate and community association managers, ”women earned 60.6 percent of what men made in median weekly earnings.” Source: U.S. Department of Labor
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Spectrum: Gender and Sexuality Alliance wants students to know what it’s about. Spectrum, formerly the 10% Society, changed its name in the beginning of November to lessen the confusion the old name brought.
“People didn’t know what 10% meant,” said Gretchen Stanley, president of Spectrum. First-year Seth Wiederhold, Spectrum’s secretary, said the new name tells people what the group is about by using both a name and an explanation. “10% wasn’t recognizable,” Wiederhold said. “It didn’t really mean anything.” The name change follows
a shift in the dynamic of the group, which Stanley said is younger than previous years. The group has also seen recent successes, like this semester’s drag show which more than 250 students attended. Wiederhold said the group provides support such as finding churches that have accepting attitudes toward the LGBT community. The group also
works to create awareness about LGBT issues. Spectrum currently has 20-30 consistent members from multiple sexual orientations and has a closed members list, including allies, community members who support the group. Reach reporter Braley Dodson at Braley.Dodson@coyotes.usd.edu
Spectrum increases communication with other campus diversity groups Braley Dodson The Volante
The University of South Dakota community is not hostile toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, queer, questioning intersex and asexual community, but students could work harder to improve relations, members of USD’s Spectrum: Gender and Sexuality Alliance group said. When it comes to USD’s openness toward the LGBTQ community, junior Gretchen Stanley, president of Spectrum, said there are good days and bad days. “I feel like we have days where we take strides forward,” Stanley said. “Then, you have days when something happens.” Stanley said by working with other diversity groups, it has been easier to increase awareness of issues facing the LGBTQ community. “Issues with diversity don’t just face the diversity community,” Stanley said. “You don’t have to be an activist, but being aware can benefit you.” As Spectrum increases communication with other diversity groups, Stanley said the community benefits. First-year Seth Wiederhold, Spectrum’s secretary who came out as gay six months ago, said changes could be made by addressing behaviors others might not even know they’re doing. “If you’re not in that situation you don’t know that situation exists or even know about it. If you’re unaware of the issues, it’s hard to know about it,” Wiederhold said. Although Wiederhold said he has not had struggles with being gay at USD, he has noticed discriminatory actions others
probably don’t even consciously do on campus. These have included students avoiding Spectrum’s table in the Muenster University Center when the group is tabling, or when students use phrases as "that’s so gay." “For me, it’s not a big deal,” Wiederhold said. “But for others, it’s very uncomfortable and demeaning.” Stanley said many students use words such as "gay" without fully knowing their meaning. “There’s a correct way to use these words in context,” Stanley said. Another word she said people often use is "faggot," which she said many believe to mean a pile of sticks, a variation of what she said the word means to the LGBTQ community. “Faggot originates from lighting gay men on fire,” Stanley said. Last year, Stanley served on a committee for a gender-neutral housing initiative, and both she and Wiederhold said they’d hope to see gender-neutral housing at USD. “(Students) could live as whoever they want,” Stanley said. Spectrum is also working with the Campus Activities Board for the upcoming speaker Timothy Kurek, a straight man raised as a conservative Christian who pretended to be gay for a year. Kurek will speak Nov 20. Lacey Walters, spotlight coordinator for CAB, said Kurek was chosen after CAB researched speakers within its price range. “I researched all of them, watched their YouTube videos and Timothy's story stood out the most,” Walters said. “It is unique to him and his situation, but we can all learn from his experiences of coming out.”
students what the university can do to better embrace diversity groups. Shelby Beer Junior
"I don't feel like people always know about their events." Taylor Moore Senior
"They need to have different classes on different cultures." Jillian Bryan Junior
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Seth Wiederhold, secretary for Spectrum, came out six months ago, and said he has not personally struggled with discrimination, but has noticed discriminatory actions at USD.
Provost: Hackemer to serve as interim in Staben's departure CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 provost. Hackemer also serves as the permanent chair of the history department and the interim chair of the Native Studies program. To balance and delegate his responsibilities, Hackemer said he will need to sit down with Dean of the Arts and Sciences Matt Moen to figure how his other positions would be managed with his new role. The process to replace Staben is already in motion, Abbott said, as the university is working with hiring consultant Lucy Leske from the firm Witt-Kieffer to begin a nationwide search. Abbott said he expects to be able to name Staben’s replacement by mid-March or April, and at the very least, have someone in place to take over by July 1. “Strong leadership, strong economic leadership (is what we are looking for in candidates), because it is one of the most important jobs on campus — maybe the toughest to fill in some ways,” he said. As for Staben, his
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"The university needs to do more when announcing diversity club events." Seth Rombough Sophomore
Enrollment: 12,493 Mascot: Joe Vandal Acceptance rate: 61
presidency at U-Idaho will officially begin March 1. The presidency is held in threeyear terms with a yearly salary of $350,000. The University of Idaho — which boasts an enrollment just under 12,500 — announced Staben as one of five presidential finalists in October, along with South Dakota State University Provost Laurie StenbergNichols. Staben's selection and acceptance was announced Monday during a special meeting with members from Idaho's Board of Regents and the State Board of Education. “(Staben’s) background in the university of research, industry and higher education administration will position the U of I to grow, to build on a long reputation of excellence,” said Don Soltman, president
of Idaho’s State Board of Education. Transitioning to university president, Staben will serve as the 18th president for U-Idaho. A long-time supporter of land-grant universities, Staben said he and his wife Mary Beth are excited to move out the state in March and experience the “beautiful” wilderness of Idaho. "For me, personally, it has been a dream come true," Staben said during the meeting on the university’s campus in Moscow, Idaho. Staben joined USD in August 2008 as provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. Prior to Vermillion, he served as the associate vice president for research at the University of Kentucky. Reach reporter Megan Card at Megan.Card@coyotes.usd.edu
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"I don't see it as an issue. I've never seen any problems here." Molly Ladwig Junior
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Harassment: 'There is still much that needs to be done' to address issues of sexual violence CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 "(We're also looking at) how we can respond to others as a community so people are aware that we do care." Schuur said the Sexual Assault Response Team is comprised of Sanford Vermillion Medical Center staff, Vermillion police officers, USD Counseling Center staff and Vermillion community members. Aside from educating the public, the team provides services, such as escorts, to victims in need. As a student at USD, firstyear Nicole Schlueter said sexual harassment is an issue both men and women can experience and the harassment occurs more often than people think. "I don't think people realize that they need to tell people
about it when it happens," Schlueter said. Although efforts are underway to combat sexual harassment and abuse, William Schweinle, assistant professor of physician assistant studies, said there is still much that needs to be done to address the issue. "One of the frustrating things for me as a researcher is I don't think we have effective means yet," said Schweinle, who received his doctorate in experimental psychology. Schweinle has focused much of his research on the psychology of men who mistreat women, including wife abusers and sexual harassers. According to Schweinle, sexual harassment has become somewhat of a norm in today's society — a cultural normality that has driven his research endeavors.
TOP SEXUAL HARASSMENT BEHAVIORS 1. Told sexual stories or jokes in mixed company at work. 2. Made sexual remarks in the presence of women other than your wife. 3. Displayed sexy or nude photos of women at work. 4. Made negative comments about women at work, condescended to women at work, or told jokes about women in general. 5. Attempted to discuss sex with a female co-worker. Source: Men's Empathic Bias, Empathic Inaccuracy, and Sexual Harassment
"I would argue sexual harassment is pretty much anything of a sexual nature or gender-based nature that is going to hurt somebody," he said. And while defining sexual harassment may seem fairly straightforward, Schweinle said there is a lot of gray area on the subject. "One of the problems with writing a good law is defining what's normal," Schweinle said. "If we write a law that says anytime someone feels harassed then they are, some people are much more sensitive than others and it gets iffy." All legalities aside, Schweinle said it is easy to know if one is being sexually harassed. "If you feel like you're being sexually harassed, then there's a good chance you are," he said. "…listen to your gut." Schweinle added that the
first step in solving the problem is to confront the harasser and let them know their behavior is unwanted. If the harassing persists, Schweinle suggests reporting the perpetrator to the authorities. Additionally, Schurr said the Student Services Center provides intensive therapy services to students who are experiencing sexual harassment. The center also coordinates with the University Police Department to provide escorts to students who choose to seek out the service. "We can definitely take walkins," she said. "Otherwise you can call and set up a meeting." Despite the services available to students, fewer than 10 percent of sexual harassment victims will attempt to report their experiences to a university official, an American
Association University of Women study reports. First-year Kelsey Ruden said in general, most people tend to perceive sexual harassment as "uncomfortable commentary." "People need to stand up for themselves if they are being treated that way," she said. "It gets overlooked and people brush it off." No matter the difficulty or uncomfortableness of the circumstance, Schweinle said people should not be afraid to take action against the ones causing them harassment. "You have dignity. You're a human-being. You deserve your humanity and you deserve not to be abused," Schweinle said. "When you feel abused, ask people to stop." Reach reporter Trent Opstedahl at Trent.Opstedahl@coyotes.usd.edu
October brings City proposes to modernize park 770 paychecks Michael Geheren The Volante
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UPD employee Dean Tomkins said the department employs one student as a security guard and 16 as ticket writers. The average salary is $8.50 an hour, and every year the paycheck is raised by 25 cents. The general salary for food service workers is $7.25 an hour, the South Dakota's minimum wage. Most students work 15 hours a week for campus dining, and Wicks said she plans to do the same. While on campus employment is popular with students, some search for work elsewhere. David Saldana-Rico, a first-year transfer student, has worked at the Vermillion Hy-Vee since the beginning of the year. He said Hy-Vee was a good fit for him because he wanted to adjust to the new campus slowly and wait to search for an on-campus job. “I could walk or bike to Hy-Vee, it paid well and the food was pretty good if you chose to ate there,” he said.
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As students begin their seasonal winter shopping, 714 of them received paychecks from the University of South Dakota in September, and 770 in October from university jobs, said Tena Haraldson, director of Communications and Media Relations. The Office of Institutional Research states that these numbers include graduate students, work-studies and hourly student labor. One student preparing for this new on-campus employment next semester is first-year Allison Wicks. “I'm excited to start working at Chick-Fil-A,” she said. “I've always loved it for the food, but their service is always so polite. It’s a good fit for me.” She said convenience is one reason to work on campus. “You can save on gas money that way, and working for food service is good," Wicks said. Another institution which also employs students on campus is the University Reach reporter Rebecca Froehlich at Rebecca.Froehlich@coyotes.usd.edu Police Department.
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David Saldana-Rico is a first-year transfer student who found work off campus at the Vermillion Hy-Vee. Saldana said Hy-Vee was a good fit for him so he could adjust to campus.
The city of Vermillion is proposing a plan to modernize Prentis Park with new recreational facilities. Among the biggest of the changes are a new aquatic facility, parking within the park and new recreational courts. The proposed plans will cost the city approximately $6.5 million with roughly $500,000 budgeted for contingency due to the unknowns. The pool in the plans that will be presented Monday is scaled down from original plans presented by a pool committee. Paul Boerboom of the Sioux Falls-based architectural design firm TSP said the plans were just a concept and the final design will most likely change. Boerboom presented two concept plans of how to efficiently use the space in Prentis Park. “We just want to use the
space more efficiently,” said Jim Goblirsch, Vermillion Parks and Recreation director. Concept A and B contained two bodies of water for the aquatic facilities including a lap pool, zero depth area, water slides and a lazy river. It did not have a diving well or diving boards, as included in the previous pool concepts. The plan in the concepts presented Monday would have a capacity for the pool of approximately 500 people, while the previous pool concept’s capacity was approximately 900. Both plans also propose parking on the east side of the park and in one of the plans some spots on the west side. Currently, there is no parking inside Prentis Park. “The big move is to bring in parking off Prentis Avenue and into the park,” Boerboom said. City Council President Kent Osborne said in the meeting he was concerned about the plan’s lack of parking on the west side of the park along
Plum Street. Both plans include adding new basketball courts and a sand volleyball court and to rebuild the existing horseshoe pits. “We want to provide recreation to the university students in the neighborhood,” Boerboom said. The disk golf course would remain in the park, but would be realigned, Goblirsch said. Both plans include relocating the community garden to the existing log cabin to provide storage space, a new maintenance building, a restoration of the amphitheater and sidewalks throughout the park. “It is important to keep the community garden, but we propose moving it to the log cabin,” Boerboom said. The main difference in concepts A and B is the parking lot configuration and playground. In concept A, there would be 63 parking stalls and the playground structure would be relocated. In concept B,
there would be 106 parking stalls, including 10 on the west side of the park, and the playground would remain in its original location. Prentis Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places Nov. 8, 2001. Contributing factors including the caretaker’s house and two of the basketball courts will be demolished with the plan. It is unclear if the National Park Service will remove Prentis Park from the National Register of Historic Places if the plan goes forward. Boerboom said they are looking into it. The horseshoe pits and amphitheater are also listed as contributing features, but will be restored. The city council did not take any action on the presentation. Residents are encouraged to attend the public meeting at City Hall Nov. 25 to voice their opinions on the plans.
Reach reporter Michael Geheren at Michael.Geheren@coyotes.usd.edu
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fund the MUC expansion. Explaining how the agreement works between Aramark and USD, Covington said 100 percent of the revenue generated by meal plan purchases is given to Aramark, allowing Aramark to develop an operating budget for the year. “It is part of the contractual relationship we have with them as our campus-dining partner,” he said. “It’s part of their payment, and it’s shifted over to them each semester.” With seven varying meal plan options set up on a semester-to-semester basis available to students, unused meals and flex dollars carry over from the fall to spring semester, but
are forfeited at the end of the spring semester. Covington said it is up to individual students to ensure they are getting their money’s worth by spending meals and flex dollars before it is forfeited. “That money has already been given to them, so it’s just a matter of whether or not you, as the student, take full advantage of the money that has been given to them,” he said. However, sophomore Lindsay Thompson sees the situation differently. "I don't think it's fair that the balances are forfeited," Thompson said. "We paid for it, so we should get reimbursed
or have it transfer over." Aramark began taking note of the high percentage of unused meals and flex dollars several years ago, Covington said, so the university began sending notifications to students with high unused meals and flex dollars so students would not be wasting their money. However, first-year law student Megan Reed said the university should send out more updates than they already do. "They don't really tell you how much you have left unless you're not using it and have a high amount or getting low," she said. While meal plans are usu-
ally non-refundable, a university appeals board is in place to grant students with special circumstances refunds of up to 50 percent of their unused balance amount. Covington described a special circumstance as some sort of “hardship situation,” such as an unexpected illness, and said Aramark allowing a 50 percent refund is a generous offer. “We don’t have meal plans in place, so we can turn money over to our food service partner Aramark and at the end of the semester, after they’ve built a budget say, ‘We’ve got people who didn’t spend their flex and want a refund,'” he
said. “They’ve got a business to run, and we need to be a good business partner.” Since arriving at USD three years ago, Covington said he has heard no more than five meal plan appeals. Referencing the Coyote Card website, Covington said students have the ability to check their meal and flex dollar balances at any time, allowing students to “be better informed.” Along with the opening of the expanded MUC, Covington said the university is preparing to launch a mobile app that will allow students to check and add balances to their meal and flex dollar plans this spring.
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Bringing the world to you Students present their cultures during International Education Week Michael Geheren The Volante
International students are showcasing their home countries to students at the University of South Dakota for International Education Week. One of many events scheduled during the week of Nov. 18 through Nov. 22 is Global Palate. The event will feature a free sampling of international cuisine from Asia, the Mediterranean, the Americas and France. “We are almost bringing the world to you,” said Ling Zhang, director of the Center for International Programs and Events. The first 50 students participating in Thursday’s Global Palate dinner will receive a free ticket to the opening night performance of “Les Miserables” Thursday. The event will also feature students talking about the musical and a Chinese music performance. Tickets can be picked up for free in the Muenster University Center before Thursday. The university is also putting on an International Fishbowl Discussion Wednesday in the MUC Ballroom to discuss how minorities on campus are integrated socially and academically. Friday during lunch in the MUC pit lounge there will be Caribbean steel drum music, snacks and mocktails. At 6 p.m., students can participate in international games at the USD Wellness Center. The MUC is decorated with flags from countries around the world. Earlier this week, international students participated in a cultural fair to showcase different countries represented at USD. The booths featured international students in traditional clothing, music and food. Claudia Biswas, a graduate student from Bangladesh, presented with other international students from her country. “We are trying to show our culture, what kind of dress we wear, our currency and some history,” Biswas said. “It was a new experience for them.” There was also a showing of the movie “Crossing Borders." The documentary focuses on four American and four Moroccan students traveling together through Morocco. “The goal for the week is twofold," Eric Leise, assistant director for global learning at the Center for Academic Engagement said. “It is both to encourage them to study abroad and for students to learn about the diversity on campus and the opportunities diversity allows for,” Leise said. Lufei Zhang, a first-year from China, was one of many students showing their coun-
tries to the domestic students. China’s booth helped people learn their Chinese name and gave them a chance to learn a little of the language. “Nowadays, a lot of Chinese students study in America,” Lufei Zhang said. She hopes students can learn about opportunities to do the study abroad program and consider her country. “Americans should go to China,” Lufei Zhang said. The week is sponsored by the Center for Academic Engagement, the office of the provost, the Center for Continuing Education, the graduate school and a new addition to USD, the Center for International Programs and Events. The new division of the university is meant to enhance the experience for international students, Ling Zhang said. “I always call my division a home away from home,” Ling Zhang said. “My office is a home away from home. If (international students) have a problem or situation or a question, they come to my office.” Ling Zhang said they provide trips to the international students to areas such as the Black Hills and Minnesota. The division also will drive students to the airport and make regular trips to Walmart. She said the department works on other aspects of adjusting to not just American life, but also South Dakota life. “We have some students who have never seen snow,” Ling Zhang said. The department will also host international Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners for the students. For some students, the transition to the United States brings about major changes. “America is more free,” Lufei Zhang said. International Education Week is a national, joint initiative between the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Education. It is designed to promote universities’ programs to prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study in the United States. Leise recommends students spend a few minutes stopping by the events to learn more about different cultures. He said students could also learn about USD’s study abroad programs. At the Global Palate, domestic students will be able to interact with international students to learn about their countries if they are interested in traveling abroad. Students who have previously traveled abroad may also be able to meet student from the counties they traveled in. “We deliver this culture, this diversity to you. Take advantage of that and participate,” Ling Zhang said.
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Students from Bangladesh present their culture to students, faculty and the community at the cultural fair Monday in the Muenster University Center Pit Lounge. The cultural fair is one of the events for International Education Week at University of South Dakota.
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Students from Latin American countries present their culture in the Muenster University Center Pit Lounge Monday. Students showed significant aspects of their culture and answered questions for domestic students looking to study abroad. Reach reporter Michael Geheren at Michael.Geheren@coyotes.usd.edu
Schedule for International education week Wednesday: International Fishbowl — Dialogue to discuss how minorities are integrated on campus socially and
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Thursday: Global Palate — Free sampling of international food; 8-10 p.m. Friday: Caribbean Coyotes — Caribbean steel drum music with mocktails; 6-9 p.m.
Check out The Volante's editorial to read about the university's efforts to breech the cultural divides.
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“Since we have a law on the books it should make the roads safer,” Prescott said. University of South Dakota student responses have been mixed over the ban. First-year Rachel Blanchard said the law is a good idea, but could prove difficult to enforce. “What if I was dialing a number to call, but it looks like I’m texting, or if I’m trying to operate my GPS?” Blanchard said. “There’s a bunch of excuses you
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school, middle school, public safety employees, city and county employees and even to the university,” Betzen said. “It shows what happens when you receive a text message and take your eyes off the road.”
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Members of the rebel movement unite to make a stand at the end of the first act of “Les Miserables.” The USD Department of Theatre will present the musical Nov. 21-25 in the Wayne S. Knutson Theatre in the Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts.
Department of Theatre brings ‘Les Mis’ to USD Katie McGuire The Volante
A classic tale of passion and destruction will make its debut on the University of South Dakota stage this week. The Department of Theatre’s production of “Les Miserables” will start Nov. 21 and continue through Nov. 25 in the Wayne S. Knutson Theatre in the Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts. The show will start at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21-23 and Nov. 25, with a 2 p.m. performance Nov. 24. “(Les Miserables) is a story told in epic content,” director Matt Nesmith said. “It is one man’s search for hope. Essentially, everyone (in the play) is flawed, but everyone is redeemable.” Set in France, “Les Miserables,” or “Les Mis” as it is usually referred as, is told through the eyes of Jean Valjean, a man who escapes imprisonment and vows to help others during difficult times in the June Revolution. His whole life is a quest for redemption of the life that was robbed from him. Jean Valjean also adopts Cosette, another major character and raises her has her father. Junior Steve Schaeffer is playing Valjean in USD’s production. ‘Les Mis’ is about God, love, human spirit, redemption and what people will do for love,” Schaeffer said. Schaeffer said he is excited to perform in one of his personal favorite musicals. “It’s extremely accessible. It
has a lot of memorable songs, and it has everything. (A main theme is) fighting for what you believe in. I believe it is one of the best musicals there is,” Schaeffer said. Nesmith said even though not everyone has seen the play or even the movie, the music is recognizable for all ages. “Students and their parents could have heard a song from it,” he said. Students can relate to the story because it has a little bit of everything,” first-year Ebrin Stanley, who plays Javert, Valjean’s enemy, said. Although cast members know that not all students know the story line of the play, they will be able to relate to the themes that occur in the story. “You can relate to ‘Les Mis’ because it is all about the fight,” Stanley said. Stanley said that students will be able to relate to the play in more ways than one. “As young adults, we are all fighting for something,” Stanley said. A unique aspect to this play is the stage will be the turntable. The turntable will rotate with the scenes, and members of both the cast and backstage crew will remove the props of the last scene and add on new props for the following scene. “(The turntable) is wellknown in productions of ‘Les Mis,’ ” sophomore Kelsey Mitteness, an ensemble member of the cast, said. “It will move with set changes.” Stanley said even if stu-
Character Analysis Fantine Fantine is a woman living in Paris who falls in love with a young man who later leaves her when she is pregnant. Stopping at nothing to feed her child, Fantine turns to the life of prostitution and refuses to stop loving and caring for her daughter.
Cosette Fantine’s daughter, later becomes Jean Valjean’s adopted daughter after Fantine passes away, grows up as a servent for most of her life. She is viewed as a beautiful, intelligent woman and falls in love with Marius, another character in the play.
Javert A police officer who believes in law and order, Javert will stop at nothing to enforce France’s penal codes. He is viewed as being incapable of compassion and pity and spends his life trying to re-capture Valjean, who esaped his imprisonment many years earlier.
dents have seen the movie, the play is a whole other experience. “Students should see it outside of the movie and support your peers. And, tickets are $5, so why not?” Stanley said. “Even if you aren’t into musicals you probably have heard some music. Plus we
have been working really hard,” Mitteness said. The production is “visually and musically stunning. People will be moved,” said Nesmith.
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Ebrin Stanley (left), Steve Schaeffer (center) and Emily Vortherms (right) rehearse a dispute scene during Monday’s dress rehearsal of “Les Miserables.”
“End the R-Word” campaigners at the University of South Dakota are attempting to collect more than 1,000 signatures by next March to pledge an end to the use of the word. Last February, a small start-up team led the national campaign preparation just two weeks before the official national day, March 5. Booths were set up in both the Muenster University Center and near the entrance to the North Complex commons. The objective was to get people to realize how offensive the “R-word” can be. Carole South-Winter, assistant professor in the school of health sciences, said she considers herself and the others involved with the campaign advocates for ending the R-word. “The magic really happened, I think, the day of; we expected to be there a couple hours and we couldn’t leave,” South-Winter said. “(People) would grab the pledge sheets, run to their classes, and bring them back filled.” The campaign made a goal to have 300 students or faculty sign a pledge to end the “R-word” last March. To their surprise, they received more than double what they expected. This year, South-Winter said the team plans to organize well in advance, to get buttons ordered and signs and pamphlets made.
ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN The campaign asks people to pledge to stop saying words like “retard” as a starting point toward creating more accepting attitudes. Pledge today to use respectful, people-first language.
She said although the health sciences classes were introduced to the campaign last year, if someone is interested in being involved, they are welcome to talk to her. South-Winter said she had wanted to get a campaign started at USD since her daughter participated in the inaugural year, and said she sees it as a diversity issue. “It’s easy to tease somebody or put somebody else down if they’re the other, but as soon as you put yourself in their shoes, like going, for instance, to Africa, now you’re the only white person; now you’re the other,” South-Winter said. Senior Mariah Anderson started the campaign as part of her service-learning hours. South-Winter said while a minimum of 20 hours is required, she estimates 80 to 90 hours were spent on the campaign. “I am going to go into occupational therapy, Please see PLEDGE, Page B3
Hendry takes steps to healthy lifestyle JACKIE HENDRY is a junior majoring in journalism and Native Studies. A close friend of mine has been on a pretty strict diet for several months now. A while back, his typically remarkable resolve was shaken by an unbearable desire for Culver’s cheese curds, and he called me for moral support. It was the worst possible decision he could have made. I have a general dislike of most people and things, and I think that’s because my heart isn’t big enough to love food and everything else to the same degree. If I have a bad day, I tend to console myself with food. If I have a good day, I tend to celebrate with food. Food can be a pure unadulterated joy until I try to put last year’s pants on. When my friend called to hear someone tell him to stay strong and resist the chewy cheesy goodness he so craved, what he heard instead was, “Actually, you’ve been doing so well and working so hard that what’s one order of cheese curds really gonna do?” “You’re useless,” he
replied. But to be fair, they were the best and only cheese curds he’d had in months. As much as I cherish delicious food, I’ve decided to try to take a page out of my friend’s book, just not the one that includes my terrible advice. Since my plans to visit the Wellness Center with any sort of regularity have yet to leave the realm of doomed New Year’s resolutions, I suppose any hope I have of being healthy rests with what I eat. It’s no secret that eating well is a challenge in college, so I started with a baby step: giving up soda. I quit cold-turkey a week ago. My dreams have been rife with visions of those 32-ounce fountain drinks from Road Ranger. I keep trying to think of ways to weasel out of this without shame: maybe a small cup of Coke at dinner, or as much as I want but only on Saturdays. It’s me versus me now, a challenge to see just how long I can go. I want to be healthier, but not enough to rule out the occasional pizza here and there. So it’s a small step for me, and maybe later there will be one more. Who knows! Maybe soon I’ll be fitting in last year’s pants and jogging at the Wellness Center. Until then, I’ll keep sipping water and wishing it was caffeinated and maybe wishing there was a Culvers nearby while I’m at it.
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CampusEvents Nov. 20 8 - 9 p.m. USD percussion and steel band ensembles Location: Colton Recital Hall 8 - 9 p.m. Timothy Kurek: Living with the label of “gay” Location: Aalfs Auditorium, Slagle Hall
Nov. 21 5:30 - 7 p.m. Global palate Location: Muenster University Center Ballroom 7 - 9 p.m. Vermillion Literary Project reading and poetry slam Location: Raziel’s 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Les Miserables Location: Wayne S. Knutson Theatre 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. What Makes It Great? Location: National Music Museum
Nov. 22 Noon - 1 p.m. Caribbean Coyotes Location: MUC Pit Lounge 12:05 - 12:55 p.m. Rob Kapilow and the Rawlins Trio Location: National Music Museum 6 - 9 p.m. International game night Location: Wellness Center 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Les Miserables Location: Wayne S. Knutson Theatre
MediaSketch Blog about it @ volanteonline.com Rambling Anna: A whole new kind of Thanksgiving ANNA BURLESON is a senior majoring in contemporary media and journalism.
This is going to get personal; I’m bringing my boyfriend home for Thanksgiving and I’m terrified. Here’s what you need to know — we’ve been dating for about six months, we had a couples Halloween costume and we’ve met each other’s parents, but no other family members. I’m more than a little scared my boyfriend might be weirded out by my family’s incessant Pictionary playing,
the way we all sound like a bunch of chickens when we laugh at the same time and the way we’re obsessed with food. We’re not Italian, but we all cook like a stereotypical Italian family; with as much garlic, cheese, wine, flavor and love as possible. That’s what Thanksgiving is all about, right? But what if that terrifies him? It would make sense that many of my peers have experienced this and it’s a common occurrence for any 20-something college student, but I still feel alone. Most of my friends who I’ve talked to about this have just given me a look that says, “Yeah, it’s all probably going to go horrible.” I’ve even gone so far as to Google, “Bringing boyfriend home for Thanksgiving” but
only found poorly written Yahoo! Answers responses from people with topless photos for profile pictures, so I don’t trust any of their advice. They all read something like, “Win u bring yo boyfriend home 4 Thanksgiving, tell ur parents ur bringing him.” Duh. His family is also a lot more well-structured than mine. He has siblings and their respective wives and husbands with their children who attend holiday functions. My family on Thanksgiving will probably consist of my single mother, her boyfriend of about eight years, her boyfriend’s son and his fiancee, my grandma, her brother and his wife. There could possibly be a family friend or two thrown in there as well. Your head is spinning, right? I know, I’m overreacting —
my family is great. We rarely argue, love to laugh and usually spend the holiday playing lots of pool, board games and shooting guns because there isn’t any Internet, the cell phone service is mediocre and the cable probably won’t be connected. Also, we spend Black Friday drinking hot cocoa and putting up Christmas decorations by the crackling fireplace while my grandma complains about how hot the house is. My favorite part of the long weekend is going out to the abandoned college, aptly named Plainview Academy, on the outskirts of town and checking it for any new ghosts or raccoons. Oh no. He’s going to dump me, isn’t he? Reach blogger Anna Burleson at Anna.M.Burleson@coyotes.usd.edu
>> Are you an athlete, musician or veteran? To capture as many voices on campus, The Volante is looking for bloggers from all over USD to contribute online. Contact Volante Editor-in-Chief Megan Card at Megan.Card@coyotes.usd.edu or by phone at 605-677-5494 if interested.
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8 - 10 p.m. Jamnesty Location: Raziel’s
Nov. 23 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Les Miserables Location: Wayne S. Knutson Theatre
Nov. 24 2 - 4 p.m. Les Miserables Location: Wayne S. Knutson Theatre 7 - 8 p.m. USD Chamber Orchestra Location: Colton Recital Hall
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‘Blue Chips 2’ doesn’t live up to duo Party Supplies’ debut album Sam Sharpe The Volante
Last year, producer Party Supplies and New York rapper Action Bronson teamed up for a spectacular mix tape inexplicably named after a 1994 Nick Nolte film called “Blue Chips.” That mixtape was my introduction to the world of Bronson and it was a doozy. A few weeks ago, the duo — termed as Action Supplies — returned with a sequel to the gritty masterpiece, “Blue Chips 2.” Despite being recorded in “the same spot in Williamsburg,” as Party Supplies claimed in an interview with Nahright. com, they are not entirely able to capture the same off-thecuff brilliance of the first mix. Bronson himself continues to be an interesting character. His rhymes lend themselves to grandiose storytelling, complete with “drug deals in a rental rented from AVIS,” in the slick-riding track “Prac-
tice,” and a “Russian mistress and Parisian wife,” in track “Midget Cough.” To say the least, Bronson raises rap arrogance to a ridiculous level. What gives Bronson’s horntooting interesting nuance is the strange culinary sophistication he injects into his rhymes. Fun fact — Bronson was an acclaimed professional chef before he started his rap career. On “9-24-13,” presumably a sequel to the magical “9-24-12” on the first “Blue Chips,” Bronson sneakily slips in references to desserts like baklava and cinnamon ginger cake. In insta-classic track “Contemporary Man,” he shares with us of his fondness for “soup with the cow feet,” and “(ordering) up a feast for four.” Of course, you might not recognize many of the rhymes in “Contemporary Man,” because it is a track that Party Supplies more or less owns with his back and forth production. Within the four
minutes, eight seconds of the song, Party Supplies changes up the beat six times, each time looping a sample from a popular 80’s song, including “Sledgehammer” and “Sussudio.” It’s an amazing song, and Bronson keeps up with the changes beautifully. Party Supplies more or less keeps up rather well over the rest of the album. “Pepe Lopez” drags The Champs’ “Tequila” out of the grave for a breezy, upbeat track that Bronson skates over masterfully. “The Don’s Cheek” slows it down with an Easter-tinged vibe that is a little reminiscent of early Wu-Tang Clan. Aforementioned “Midget Cough” is one of the smoothest songs on the album. “Rolling Thunder” tries but is never able to match the introspective, vocal beat of “9-24-12” from the original mix, but it sure does try. Much of the production on the album follows the same throughline: samples that are a bit too obvious and loops that aren’t as entirely urgent as they could have been. In addition, several of the tracks have odd commercial interludes that drain whatever momentum the album does manage to build. Overall, “Blue Chips 2” is a fun album, especially when it comes to Bronson’s lyricism, but the duo is still never quite able to make a proper return to the masterful form of their first outing.
‘Thor: The Dark World’ lives up to superhero hype, expectations John Dailey The Volante
The moment I watched the first “Thor” movie, he became my favorite superhero in the Marvel universe. Now, after seeing amazing films this semester regarding a butler in the White House and a youthful genius in space, after seeing bad films regarding an ecosystem run by food and Justin Timberlake as a gambler, the moment of truth has come — “Thor: The Dark World.” Following up where we left off in “The Avengers,” we find a wiser, more strategic Thor, a far cry from the hit-first-ask-later hellion from the first film. After finding his girlfriend, scientist Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), who is possessed by an ancient force called “the Aether,” tensions between father and son flare until Thor decides to take matters into his own hands once again. As usual, Chris Hemsworth brings out the best in Thor, the selfless, daring prince who knows the risks and takes them.
That being said, while I do not deny Anthony Hopkins is one of those legendary actors, his role as Odin was not the best I have seen. In battle, he is rigid and arrogant, believing he can win every battle. But even worse than Odin was Foster’s colleague, Darcy (Kat Dennings). She is rude, inconsiderate and neurotic, and it seems as though the actress was trying her hardest to be funny, but as I have discovered, the harder you try to be funny, the less you actually are. I was surprised to find Zachary Levi and Alice Krige in this film, as their roles require very close looks. And I enjoy Idris Elba as the guardian Heimdall — he plays a bigger, far more active role than in the first movie. And let us not forget the Marvel charm — the cameo by its creator, Stan Lee. Lately, a lot of movies have used the word “Dark” in their titles, but this one is the first to use that word in a literal context. The Dark Elves, ruled by the sinister Malekith, are not the generic villains that I associate
Marvel with, but rather ruthless and obsessed with plunging the whole universe into darkness. “Thor: The Dark World” is truly a hero film to behold.
COYOTE TWIN & VERMILLION THEATRE Captain Phillips Coyote I Sunday: 1, 3:30 & 7 p.m. Monday: 7 p.m. Tuesday: 7 & 9:30 p.m. Wednesday: 7 p.m. Thursday: 7 p.m. Friday: 7 & 9:30 p.m. Saturday: 1, 3:30, 7 & 9:30 p.m.
Last Vegas Coyote II Sunday: 1, 3:20 & 7 p.m. Monday: 7 p.m. Tuesday: 7 & 9:20 p.m. Wednesday: 7 p.m. Thursday: 7 p.m. Friday: 7 & 9:20 p.m. Saturday: 1, 3:20, 7 & 9:20 p.m.
Thor: The Dark World Vermillion Theatre Sunday: 1, 3:20 & 7 p.m. Monday: 7 p.m. Tuesday: 7 & 9:20 p.m. Wednesday: 7 p.m. Thursday: 7 p.m. Friday: 7 & 9:20 p.m.
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Schulte sets aspirations high Blogging gives Nursing major plans to graduate in three years instead of four students edge in real world Braley Dodson The Volante
On a stormy night in Sioux Falls a few years ago, Molly Schulte was in the garage, cuddling with her dog, Woodstock, who was afraid of thunderstorms. Schulte, a junior, has a passion for helping others. This passion has led Schulte to pursue a career in nursing, and will lead her to graduate a year early from the program. “It’s better if I get done sooner,” Schulte said. “It gives me the opportunity to go out and work before I get my graduate degree.” Schulte said as a child, she was tender hearted and knew she would either eventually work with animals or people. That trait, along with an abundance of nurses in her family, led her to nursing. “Even though it’s emotionally challenging, helping people get better is what I want to do,” Schulte said. She is preparing to graduate early by studying three to six hours a day, along with spending 10 hours in clinicals. In addition to her nursing classes, Schulte takes online classes. Growing up in Sioux Falls, Schulte said she always expected to attend South Dakota State University, the university her high school friends planned to attend. Later her parents persuaded her to take a campus visit of the University of South Dakota, she chose a different path than her friends. “It’s good to have a little distance,” Schulte said. Schulte’s brother, Zack, is a sophomore at USD. He said his sister’s decision to attend USD helped push him to the university. “We have the occasional lunch or bump into each
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Junior Molly Schulte applied for the nursing program at the end of her first year and was accepted. Because it’s a two-year program, Schulte will graduate from USD in three years.
other,” he said. “Last year, she helped me meet new people.” Schulte said she keeps herself grounded by returning home often to visit her family and boyfriend. “They keep me calm,” Schulte said. Schulte said she also leans on her sorority sisters in Alpha Xi Delta, where she serves as the New Member Orientation Chair, to help her when she is in Vermillion. “Sometimes, I want to do fun things with friends, but I have to focus on my studies,” Schulte said. Sophomore Jenna Johnson is Schulte’s roommate, and said she has seen Schulte’s caring personality firsthand. “There are times when I’m
frustrated, and she’ll sit there and let me vent,” Johnson said. “She will do anything for those she loves and cares about.” Despite the strain her studies takes on her social life, Schulte said she still finds time to spend with her friends and de-stresses by going to the Wellness Center to do Pilates, play volleyball or take a Zumba class. Schulte said she is drawn to nursing because she is able to be the patient’s advocate. After working with new mothers and newborns last semester, she said she is drawn to that side of the profession. “It has a lot more positive attitude,” Schulte said. “People are going in for a baby, not because they’re sick or hurt. It’s
really exciting for me.” Even though she said it’s difficult, Schulte said nursing is worth it. “Even though nursing is a lot of work, it’s a great program and place,” Schulte said. Zack Schulte said his sister has taught him the value of hard work. During the summer, she took online classes, along with working at a nursing home and at Hy-Vee. “Overall, she has taught me to have a positive attitude and optimism in everything you do,” Zack Schulte said. “She knows her stuff and she’s worked hard at it. She’s passionate.”
Reach reporter Braley Dodson at Braley.Dodson@coyotes.usd.edu
Pledge: Campaign urges others to be aware of language usage
Blogging has become increasingly popular over the last decade as a way to self-publish ideas and interact with an audience online. Sites like Blogger, Weebly and Wordpress make it easy for the average Joe to create professional-looking blogs comparable to the ones written by larger corporations like the Huffington Post. According to a Hubspot report based on responses from about 1,000 professionals who were familiar with their company’s marketing strategy, 25 percent rated their company’s blog as critical to their business, while 56 percent considered them either important or useful. Janet Davison, a contemporary media and journalism professor who is teaching an introduction to multiplatform storytelling course this semester, said that for her students, it is definitely worth it. “The value of blogging is to take a topic, idea or story and dig into it a lot more deeply than you could even do with a Facebook post, Twitter post or even with a link to the story,” Davison said. “It allows people to go outside the limits of social media and the traditional news story.” Davison said many media outlets tend to have blogs adjunct to the rest of what they do. For instance, newspapers tend to use them on their websites to complement news stories and allow reporters to write about them from a different angle. “It’s important for our students as they move into the media field in this century that it would be valuable to have that skill,” Davison said. Senior Laine Greblunas blogs about everything related to being a girl in college. Through her profile on Blogger.com, she connects her Spotify playlists to her blog and creates interactive music reviews for her readers, along with other topics like baking and crafting. “It’s definitely benefited me in the sense of going into a workplace,” Greblunas said. “I’m a mass communication major and when I’ve gone to internship fairs, I actually have my blog on my resume and point it out to possible employers.” Senior Nadia Tronick is majoring in public relations and minoring in political science and speech communications and has done sev-
eral blogging campaigns, her most recent being about her volunteer work. “It shows I can video tape and promotes me because it gets my work out there,” Tronick said. “It keeps me on the edge of social media and understanding it.” Tronick said blogging is a valuable tool for her because she hopes to one day be a public relations specialist for a politician. “I think I’ll always have some tie to blogging,” she said. “Once I hit the workforce I’ll always have a blog, but the next big one I’ll continue to do are political reports and articles and my opinion of them.” Senior Tobaria Ruffin is majoring in mass communication and started blogging in Davison’s class. “I tried to set up my own blog before the class started but I didn’t, but once I was forced to, I think I’ll continue to do it,” Ruffin said. Ruffin currently writes about quotes he finds intriguing, but hopes to one day work with a sports team somewhere either filming or in some sort of social media aspect. “I think that in the long run, me continuing to write will help when it comes time to look for a job because they want to know if you can write,” he said. Davison said it gets tricky for students not in the mass communication field to blog because a person wouldn’t want their nurse or psychologist blogging about their personal problems, but blogging can still show a level of intelligence and complement any skill set for plenty of professions. “Certainly if a person has skills in Twitter and Facebook, that demonstrates your ability to condense information and load them into a social media format, but blogging provides the writer and the reader with the opportunity to develop ideas more fully,” she said. Greblunas said her blog has taught her to watch what she writes and posts on all social media sites. “Through my blog I want to be perceived as me, and if for any reason I posted a rant that wasn’t professional and was just about what I was feeling at a specific moment, I would lose all credibility,” she said.
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Graduate student Musheera Anis is involved with the “End the R-Word” campaign because of her 14-month-old daughter, who has Down Syndrome. Anis said the campaign hits home for her.
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“The old saying ‘sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you’ doesn’t make sense.” — Musheera Anis, USD graduate student
Nadia Tronick http://nadiaannatronick.weebly.com/ Tronick blogs about baking, cooking, traveling, beauty, fitness, books and her life.
first set up. “When you sign the pledge, you’re not signing a legal document or something,” Rueb said. “You’re just consciously being aware you are not going to say it.” Musheera Anis, a graduate student, got involved in 2012 when she stopped at the booth while walking through the MUC. She said she has a
14-month-old who has Down Syndrome, so the campaign hits home for her. She said the campaign made her read up on why the term is offensive to people, especially people with disabilities. “The old saying, ‘sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you’ doesn’t make sense,” Anis said. “It does hurt, especially to families
who have someone with any kind of disability.” Anis said she would love to see the action now happening on campus move to the middle school and high school as she has seen the term go from a specific label to something being said between friends or said to hurt someone. Reach reporter Josie Flatgard at Josie.Flatgard@coyotes.usd.edu
Tobaria Ruffin http://mcom325newstoday.blogspot.com/ Ruffin blogs about current events, events happening around USD and other things that inspire him.
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Ignore the score, Glenn says team is on right track Josh Jorgensen The Volante
In 2012, the University of South Dakota football team was 1-10 and were winless in the Missouri Valley Conference. Fast-forward to 2013, and the Coyotes have already won four games with one remaining, including three in the MVC. The biggest measuring stick for the Coyotes this year was how they did against conference rival South Dakota State University. Last year, the Coyotes lost 31-8 in Brookings. This year while still suffering a loss,
the Coyotes played a much closer game, going down 27-12. USD Athletic Director David Herbster said the improvements of the team and the strives made over the year. “We took strides this year, and I knew this year was still going to be about growth,” Herbster said. “It was about instilling Joe Glenn’s philosophy on this team. What I saw this year was improvements statistically on both sides of the ball.” Last year, in their first year in the Missouri Valley, the Coyotes finished in the bottom half
in virtually all statistical areas. This year, however, the defense made large strides, including leading the conference with 35 sacks and in opponent fourth down stops, stopping eight out of 11. While the defense made major improvements, Herbster did comment that the offensive side of the ball struggled this year. This is most evident in the Coyotes standing last in total offensive scoring, with just 209 points. The Coyotes scored just 25 offensive touchdowns on the Please see PROGRESS, Page B6
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Senior safety Devin Taverna recovers a fumble that was forced by linebacker Keyen Lage during USD’s 27-12 loss to South Dakota State. Taverna leads the team with 73 tackles on the season.
Volleyball’s real test begins Summit League Conference Tournament starts up Friday Austin Ashlock The Volante
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Redshirt first-year player Melissa Brown looks to set up a Kendall Kritenbrink spike. The Coyotes started conference play 7-0 but only finshed 9-5.
It’s been 17 days since the University of South Dakota volleyball team has won a game after starting their Summit League schedule 8-0, but players and coaches said confidence is unwavering heading into the Summit League Tournament. “I think we are still very confident, we had some down falls but that just makes us aware that we can be beaten and we need to keep working together as a team and keep fighting to get that first place spot,” senior Tori Kroll said. The No. 3 seed Coyotes (18-12) begin the first-round of play Friday against No. 6 seed Western Illinois (12-17) at The Jungle on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. The winner of Friday’s game will move on to play No. 2 seed Denver (16-11). Head coach Matt Houk said despite the recent slide, players’ spirits are high. “They have all been doing this long enough in the their lives that they understand the grind,” Houk said. “We haven’t played bad volleyball, but we haven’t gotten some of the wins we want but everyone goes into the conference tournament 0-0.” Kroll said just because the team has had a rough end to the season that the team is in a bad place. “It is not that everything went down hill when we lost,” Kroll said. “I think in certain times we just need to come together more. I feel at times if we have errors, some girls go off and don’t come with the team. But, we need to stick together and fix those things.”
The image of Western Illinois is fresh in the minds of USD players; the Coyotes lost their final game of the regular season to the Leathernecks in Macomb, Ill. Nov. 17. “We need to keep focusing on what we need to do against Western Illinois,” Junior Kendall Kritenbrink said. “They are pretty fresh in our minds, so we have to keep working on defense and sticking to our guns on offense.” Offense is one facet of the game Kritenbrink has had no problem with in 2013; the junior outside hitter leads the Summit League with 521 kills. The team has also been the pacemaker for offense in the conference, ranking first in points per set with 17.3. “Our players are very confident, they know they are very good. It’s going to be grind, every team in the tournament has had good conference season.,” Houk said. Other teams in the tournament include Summit League regular season champions IUPUI (17-13), who hold home court advantage throughout the tournament. “IUPUI has been playing the best volleyball down the stretch here, it’s their home court and they have to be the scary one here,” Houk said. “If we saw them it won’t be until the championship match.” However, Kritenbrink said the tournament is anyone’s game. “At this point anyone can beat anyone,” she said. “Some people are coming in with the past few weekends finishing strong and I think anyone can beat anyone so everyone needs to bring their best game.” Reach reporter Austin Ashlock at Austin.Ashlock@coyotes.usd.edu
Young Coyote squad off to rocky start Nathan Ellenbecker
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0-2. That’s the record of the University of South Dakota men’s basketball team heading into its next game Friday at Wyoming. Two losses – the first a 68-46 blowout at the hands of St. Bonaventure University Nov. 9, the other a 71-66 slip up to Canisius College Nov. 11 – were not an ideal start for a team with a new coach. “Obviously no one wants that or expects that. But we saw a lot of improvement from St. Bonaventure to Canisius, and we all think an 0-2 weekend like that one had a lot to do with some lack of experience from some guys,”
senior Trevor Gruis said. “The more reps we can all get right now, because we have so many new faces, the better.” The season is just getting started for the Coyotes, who will have to regroup Friday when they travel to Laramie, Wyo. to face Wyoming University. The 11 days between games will be the longest stretch the team will see for the rest of the year. First-year coach Joey James said the team’s excited to start the grind of the season but hasn’t been a fan of the extended break. “We need a game,” James said. “This is a long stretch for us. It’s a little too long. It’s not quite what we want, but we’ll be ready for Friday night.”
The Coyotes trip west will pose a few interesting challenges. including facing a solid perimeter team in Wyoming, who is already off to a 3-1 start. James said he reminded his team after practice Monday they have a job. The job is to win out in Wyoming for the first time since he’s been with the program, which dates back to 1997. “It’s a place we’ve been through before. They’ve got a nice team. They’ve got a couple nice kids on the perimeter in Josh Adams and Riley Grabau,” James said. “Then they have a tough post in Larry Nance, Jr., whose father Please see MEN’S, Page B6
Musa picks up award from USD Josh Jorgensen is a sophomore majoring in contemporary media and journalism. Football team fails to get run game established against SDSU For one of the first times this year, the Coyotes were forced to rely on the passing game against South Dakota State. Watching the Coyotes’ running game this weekend was painful. It was evident all week that both the Coyote running backs, Jordan Roberts and Trevor Bouma, were hurt, but no one knew what to expect. Well if you thought it was going to be rough, you were right. The duo only gained 46 yards combined, leaving the Coyotes’ passing game to cover the slack. The biggest problem the Coyotes faced last weekend was no versatility on the offensive side of the ball, and there was no one to blame but the injury bug. With no ability to run between the tackles, the Coyotes were only able to rush for one first down all afternoon. The lack of running the ball left the Coyotes out to dry in terms of time of possession. The Jacks held the ball for nearly 11 minutes more than the Coyotes, partly because they were able to out rush USD 140 yards to just 59 for the Coyotes. Sophomore runner Mubarik Musa wins Coyote Athlete of the Week Musa has really led the Coyote cross-country team all year, and nothing changed this weekend at the NCAA Midwest Regional Meet. Musa finished 21st out of 205 runners in Ames, Iowa, over the weekend. Musa has been the frontrunner all year for the Coyotes, and this weekend he helped the team finish 12th. The Coyotes have finished 12th now two years in a row, and with the way Musa has been running this year, if he keeps it up, that number could easily skyrocket. It will be interesting to see how he matures. His times have improved all year, and I don’t see that slowing down in the off-season. Volleyball loses four straight heading into Summit League Conference Tournament The Coyotes were poised to dominate the Summit League all fall, and then something happened. Since Oct. 25, the Coyotes are 2-6 and have gone from first to third in the standings. What happened? I wish we Please see COYOTES, Page B6
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Football Recap: Senior Day at the DakotaDome didn’t fall in the Coyotes’ favor as No. 19 South Dakota State defeated USD 27-12 Saturday. The Coyotes played from behind the entire game, getting to within 13-12 late in the third quarter before SDSU took control in the fourth. With USD driving at the end of the game 20-12, SDSU defensive back Winston Wright intercepted a Kevin Earl pass and returned it for a touchdown to ice the victory for the Jackrabbits. Key players: Sophomore linebacker Keyen Lage stepped up for the Coyotes defense early and often, intercepting Jackrabbit quarterback Austin Sumner on the first drive. Lage finished the day with five tackles, a forced fumble and one interception. Lage now has 60 tackles on the season, fourth on the team, as well as two forced fumbles and two interceptions. Junior wide receiver Terrance Terry had a big day for the Coyotes; catching nine passes for 115 yards and a touchdown. Terry now has a team high 51 receptions on the year for 480 yards and three touchdowns. Player to Watch: Senior linebacker Tyler Starr will start his last game as a Coyote Saturday against North Dakota State. Starr has 65 tackles on the year, which is third on the team, and a team high nine sacks. Starr is tied for the USD career sack record and has one last chance to break the record against the Bison. Record: 4-7 (3-4, MVC) Up Next: USD heads to Fargo, N.D. to face No. 1 North Dakota State. Kickoff is at 2:30 p.m.
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The Coyote Crazies show their school spirit during the game versus South Dakota State Nov. 16. The Coyotes lost 27-12, but the crowd was as loud as it has been all season.
Athlete of the Week Sophomore Tia Hemiller led the Coyotes women’s basketball team in scoring Sunday night against the University of North Dakota. Hemiller’s 16 points were a USD career high. Her efforts earned her the Volante Athlete of the Week.
Women’s Basketball Recap: USD faced off against the University of North Dakota Sunday night in Grand Forks, N.D., falling 65-61. The Coyotes and UND remained close the whole second half, with the Coyotes getting to within 63-61 with :41 seconds left after two Lisa Loeffler free throws. However, UND was able to ice the game with a shot falling with :15 seconds left, leaving the Coyotes with their third consecutive loss. Key Player: Sophomore center Margaret McCloud recorded a double-double for the Coyotes scoring 10 points and recording 10 rebounds. This was her fourth career double-double as a Coyote and first this season. Players to Watch: Junior guard Nicole Seekamp had a rough night against UND scoring just two points and going 0-10 from the field. However, Seekamp led the Coyotes in scoring the first three games, and is averaging a team high 15.3 points per game on the season. Seekamp is also averaging 4.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.
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Record: 1-3 Up Next: The Coyotes host Drake University Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls.
Volleyball Recap: The Coyotes finished the year on a four match losing streak, falling to both Nebraska-Omaha and Western Illinois 3-2 this weekend. With the losses, the Coyotes fell to the third seed and lost the first round bye in the conference tournament. Key Player: Junior Kendall Kritenbrink will have a major impact in the Coyotes’ attempt to win the Summit League Championship. Kritenbrink is first on the team with 521 kills this year, 4.65 kills per set. Record: 18-12 (9-5, Summit League) Up Next: USD competes as the third seed against Western Illinois Friday at 4:30 p.m. in Indianapolis, Ind.
Lots of talented arms set to take their talents to the NFL next April Grant Bosiacki is a junior majoring in contemporary media and journalism. The 2013-14 NFL season has shown something that a lot of us already know: a good quarterback usually means good team. Throughout the season there’s been plenty of injuries, head-scratching coaching decisions and, most of all, inconsistent quarterback play. Teams like the Minnesota Vikings, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Houston Texans all have two wins or less, and that’s largely due to the poor play they’ve had at the quarterback position. Luckily for them and fans of the NFL, we are in good hands. The 2014 NFL Draft looks like it may
be one of the best and deepest classes for quarterbacks in quite some time. A.J. McCarron of Alabama, Derek Carr of Fresno State, Tajh Boyd of Clemson and Zach Mettenberger of LSU represent the senior class, and let’s not forget the SEC’s all-time leader in passing yards and touchdowns: Aaron Murray of Georgia. But what makes this position group stick out is the number of potential impact players that could declare for the draft as underclassmen. Just to rattle off a few: Teddy Bridgewater of Louisville, Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M, Marcus Mariota of Oregon and Brett Hundley of UCLA. All look like potential first-round picks come April. That’s eight total names that have all been mentioned as probable starters in the NFL, potentially all in one single draft class. Quarterback needy teams, you have been saved. But are these guys really going to live up to their calling card?
How college quarterbacks transition to NFL success is one of the most inexact sciences I can think of. Remember this time last year when Geno Smith was the sure-fire Heisman? He slipped to the second round of the draft and has had so-so success in his first 10 starts with the New York Jets. He’s definitely had his moments, but he’s also had some, may I say, Mark Sanchezlike moments early in his career. Bridgewater and McCarron are on the top of my list at the moment. Both could step on an NFL field tomorrow and put up better numbers than most bottom feeders are currently receiving from their quarterbacks. Bridgewater is only a junior, so he technically could stay at Louisville for one more year, but that seems highly unlikely. He is leading a Louisville Cardinal team to a 9-1 record, won the Sugar Bowl last year and has a 24:3 touchdown to interception ratio this season. That sounds like a top-five pick to me. On
the other hand, McCarron is finally starting to receive some buzz around the NFL. All the guy does is win. Let’s face it, he’s 34-2 in his career. I feel like people want to use the talent he plays with to downgrade him, but to me those are the people that haven’t watched enough of what McCarron does. He just has that Tom Brady feel to him. Mark my words: the guy will have a long and successful NFL career. Guys like Mettenberger and Carr have the size and arm strength that make NFL scouts drool, where as Boyd and Murray have the proven track record but could be a tad bit small. But as I said earlier, the underclassmen are what’s making words like “special” thrown into discussion. Bridgewater is the top dog, but Mariota, Hundley and Manziel aren’t far behind. The last three I mentioned are all redshirt sophomores, meaning all three will have the mandated three years removed from high school to be eligible for the
NFL. I’ll start off by saying I don’t think Hundley will declare for the draft. I’m saying he returns to the Bruins for another season, so throw him out. So back to Mariota and Manziel. Mariota has some jaw-dropping numbers for Oregon this year. The man under center for the Ducks this season has 25 touchdowns and zero interceptions. He’s also run for 477 yards and nine touchdowns. Listed at 6’4”, he is the perfect size for a NFL QB. He also has all the necessities: speed, arm strength, accuracy, pocket awareness and good leadership. The knock on him is his age, 20, and his system. Oregon quarterbacks seemingly always put up big numbers. Are we sure Mariota isn’t just a beneficiary of his surroundings? If I was Mariota, I would stay in college for another season. Then he could work on refining his game and aim for being the No. 1 pick in the 2015 NFL Draft. But I’m not in his position and deciding on passing up multi-millions of dol-
lars. If he does indeed declare, I’d write him down as a top 15 pick, battling McCarron as the second best QB in the draft, with the understanding that he may need a little bit of extra time to learn his new system and get acclimated to the NFL. There’s not much I can say about “Johnny Football” that hasn’t already been said. Yes, he is small, and yes, he is highly emotional. But I also know he’s a winner and an absolute playmaker. I jumped on the Manziel train early last season, and I’m not about to jump off. I stand by my belief that he’s a first-roundcaliber player. This class is not nearly as star-studded as the 2012 NFL Draft, when Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III went one-two. But it has the potential to make a handful of NFL fan bases more than happy, that alone gets me excited.
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Glenn’s second set to end against NDSU Seniors look to end their season by ‘shocking the world’ and knock off 10-0 Bison Grant Bosiacki The Volante
Despite losing four straight games and falling to 4-6 on the season, the University of South Dakota Coyotes football team is in high spirits. The 15 seniors on the team will be playing their final career game for the Coyotes, and would like nothing more than ending it with a win. The problem with that is the team’s season finale is against No. 1 ranked and 10-0 North Dakota State Bison. But according to senior safety Devin Taverna, NDSU is just the opponent he wants to face. “Upsets happen all around the world all the time,” Taverna said. “As a senior would you want to go out against the best team or someone that is just mediocre? It’s going to be a good challenge.” Taverna also said knowing this week will be his final as a Coyote is strange to think about, but he’ll
cherish the final moments. “I’m going to enjoy this week. I have two practices left and one game,” Taverna said. “It’s going to be fun but at the same time be very serious because we can knock off a great football team.” The Bison have won the past two FCS championships and beat the Coyotes 54-0 when they faced last year. The Coyotes had 76 yards of offense and went 0-for-12 on third down conversions. Despite what history says, sophomore defensive end Drew Iddings said the team isn’t going into the game scared. “Knowing how badly we lost last year adds a little fuel to the fire. We all know we’re a better team than we were last year,” Iddings said. “We have nothing to lose. We’re going to play our hearts out and hopefully shock the world.” Iddings said the defense knows what they’ll be going up against and an upset would all start up front. NDSU is averaging 231.3 yards per
year with just 19.0 points per game, but finished sixth in total yards with 3,861. Statistically, the Coyotes made improvements on nearly every level. The biggest improvement came in the win column. Sophomore linebacker Keyen Lage attributed the success to improved team chemistry. “As a team we got a lot closer than we were last year,” Lage said. “It’s because the core of our team came back from last year. We were able to become more of a family.” Lage said the defensive success can be attributed to more time in the relatively new 3-4 Defense. Lage said the extra time allowed this year’s defense to know how to execute. When it comes to matching up with SDSU, the Coyotes are eight years behind. Head coach Joe Glenn said that while the team isn’t where it wants to be, it’s close. “(SDSU) has had 10 years
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Senior defensive backs Dyllon Knox (bottom) and Aaron Swift (left) tackle Jackrabbit running back Zach Zenner. Zenner ran for 137 yards and one touchdown in the game.
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game on the ground and is only giving up 88.5 rushing yards per game. “Being on the defensive line, I know it all starts with stopping their running game. The like to run a lot of Power O’s, so we’ll have to slow that down,” Iddings said. “We want to make them pass a lot and hopefully our defensive backs can shut them down.” Head coach Joe Glenn said he recognizes the season is dwindling down, but said the coaches go right into a heavy recruiting process, meaning he’s busy year-round. Despite that, he said coaching these final few practices isn’t anything unordinary to him “I’ve done this long enough to have many seasons end,” Glenn said. “But this team has made a vast improvement this year.”
CONTINUED FROM PAGE B4 played in the NBA. We’ll have our hands full with those guys, but these kids are no different. We’ve got to come out and compete.” Junior guard Brandon Bos said the team is excited to arrive in Wyoming and make strides in a number of places. He said the team played well, even with new guys playing big roles but they saw some holes on offense and in rebounding. “We just have to push forward right now. The coaches are pushing us. We’re pushing each other. We haven’t seen film on them or worked on our exact scouting attack on them, but we’ll be ready to play Friday, especially if our shooters start to get going,” Bos said. In the Coyotes’ first two contests, very little went right. The team gave up a huge 43-28 rebounding advantage, and only six players scored against St. Bonaventure. Two days later, Nov. 11, the Coyotes found a little bit more offensive rhythm against Canisius. Three players ended up in double digits, led by Gruis’ 18 points. “Our biggest thing right now is we have to rebound. That comes a lot from my position, but that’s are biggest need,”
now to recruit to a D-I school, and we’re in it just two years now,” Glenn said. “Certainly the clubs that have been in the league since its inception have a definite advantage on the new teams coming in. If you ask any coach we played this season, we’re an improved team, and our record shows that.” Last year, the Coyotes were outgained by the Jackrabbits 428 yards to 266 in a game that was seemingly over after the first quarter where the Coyotes trailed 21-0. This year, however, the Coyotes were able to actually outgain the Jacks in a losing effort 384-315. While the Jacks ended up winning the game by double digits, the game was much closer than the final score. SDSU head coach John Stiegelmeier acknowledged the changed Coyote team in a postgame interview. “They play differently,” Stiegelmeier said. “They’re going to win a lot of football games in his tenure here.”
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Gruis said. “Against Canisius, they hit a few shots, and we missed and didn’t come down with boards. We just need to clean some of this stuff up on offense and defence.” Canisius’ Billy Baron turned out also to be a big problem for the Coyotes. The MidAmerican Athletic Conference Preseason Player of the Year dropped 27 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 57 seconds left. James said he doesn’t feel the team is physically capable, attributing the team’s youth. The Coyotes played a majority of juniors and sophomores in its first two years, and James said it might take them a bit longer to gear up for game speed. He said he still expects them to climb the hill of improvement soon. “I think you’re going to improve in practice, but the more game reps these guys have, the more comfortable these guys will get,” James said. “We want a home game. We can’t wait to get home, get in front of our crowd, our fans and our students. All the kids are excited. We just want to continue to get better as the season progresses.” Reach reporter Nathan Ellenbecker at Nathan.Ellenbecker@coyotes.usd.edu
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Senior Karim Rowson drives in another basket for last year, Jan. 12, against the University of Kansas City Kangaroos.
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After spending its first four games on the road, the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team will finally be playing in South Dakota, just not in Vermillion. The Coyotes will be heading north to Sioux Falls to play in the new Sanford Penta-
gon against the Drake University Bulldogs Thursday night. The Coyotes are currently 1-3 following a string of games in California, Iowa and North Dakota. Out of those losses, two of them were by four points against UC Irvine and North Dakota. Head coach Amy Williams said a lack of experience may be partly to blame for those losses,
but they will use them as learning lessons and work to get better. “We lost two very tight, tough road games that easily could have gone the other way,” Williams said. “But, right now we have to respond. We have to come together as a team and improve because otherwise we let it make us crumble.”
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While the team is disappointed with its season so far, junior Lisa Loeffler said the team will benefit from playing at home for the first time this season. “It will be nice to just be at home. We don’t have to pack up our bags and stay in a hotel,” Loeffler said. “We get to have our friends and family there too, so I definitely think that it will help
the team.” The Coyotes have spent their time in practice working on defense as well as ball handling, which are two problem areas for the team so far. The team has had 86 turnovers this season and have allowed approximately 70 points a game. Junior Nicole Seekamp said that she thinks as the team plays more together its
performance will improve. “We’re a young team,” Seekamp said. “We’re all getting used to each other, so I think by the end of the season things will improve and we’ll be fine.” Tip-off will be at 7 p.m. in Sioux Falls. Reach reporter Sydney.Mook at Sydney.Mook@coyotes.usd.edu
Coyotes: Seekamp and rest of ‘Yotes offense needs to be more efficient CONTINUED FROM PAGE B4 knew, because the Coyotes started the conference schedule 7-0 and finished just 2-5 down the stretch. In doing this, the Coyotes have lost the treasured first-round bye and face a rematch from Sunday’s loss Friday against Western Illinois. There is no doubt in my mind the Coyotes are the best team in the Summit League talent wise, but right now, they just aren’t getting it done. The Coyotes have fallen apart, but junior Kendall Kritenbrink and company can pick up the pieces before it’s too late. Nicole Seekamp leading Coyotes in scoring, but team off to a shaky start Seekamp, a junior, is easily the best player in the Summit
League, but the Coyote team as a whole has struggled early on. Despite Seekamp averaging 15.3 points per game, the Coyotes are 1-3 heading into a tough matchup with Drake University Thursday. The Coyotes have the most lethal weapon in the conference, but it hasn’t translated to wins early on. It seems to be a lack of offensive efficiency from the surrounding team. Once the Coyotes can get their shots to fall more consistently, they will be a force to reckon with, especially if Seekamp can keep her scoring average up. Men’s basketball continues long road trip Oh the woes of not having a basketball arena. The Coyote men won’t play in front of a home crowd until Nov. 30.
However, I use “home crowd” loosely considering nearly every student will be in their hometowns enjoying their Thanksgiving break. The Coyotes have struggled out of the gate and won’t be able to regroup in front of a strong home crowd until they face Utah Valley Dec. 2. Playing in the Dome hurts the Coyote teams because they have to travel literally across the country before playing a home game. Hopefully, the Coyotes will be able to make use of the “home court” advantage over Thanksgiving break before they’re back on the road to play three consecutive strong Division-I programs: Air Force, Wyoming and Kansas State. Reach reporter Josh Jorgensen at Josh.Jorgensen@coyotes.usd.edu