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‘Be part of the solution’

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Students, faculty and community members gathered in the Muenster University Center pit lounge on Feb. 1 to launch ICARE.

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The marketing launch for ICARE, a $300,000 grant to prevent and respond to sexual assault on campus through programming and advocacy, was held in the Muenster University Center Pit Lounge at noon on Thursday.

Lamont Sellers, associate vice president for diversity and a member of the programming subcommittee for ICARE, said the event was intended to showcase ICARE to students and to introduce the events planned for the semester.

“It sends the message that we actually do care about our students and not only reducing and eliminating the instances of sexual assault on campus and in our community, but also that we want to provide students with safe and

helpful alternatives,” he said. “We as a campus community want to be able to be part of the solution for our students, faculty and staff.”

William Kayser, a junior criminal justice major and president of Spectrum, said he’s gotten involved with the inclusive part of ICARE and that Spectrum is a safe place for students to feel heard.

“This message says there are a bunch of people out here who care to try and bring awareness to stop sexual assaults on campus, that they aren’t alone and it can happen to anyone,” he said.

“We are known for being there as someone you can talk to. We don’t discriminate.”

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Students received T-shirts, listened to speakers and posed for photos

during the Feb. 1 launch.

Marisa Cummings, ICARE project coordinator, all spoke at the event.

Diamond-Welch said ICARE has been a “real labor of love.”

“It took so much time and energy to bring us where we are today,”

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Flu season is ‘one of the more potent strains’ Kelli Susemihl

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With 1,427 confirmed cases, 238 hospitalizations and 15 deaths so far in 2018, this flu season has been a growing and widespread issue in South Dakota.

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the 20172018 flu season started early, in November. In late December and

early January, influenza broke out almost everywhere in the United States at the same time, making this year’s epidemic particularly powerful.

Amanda Duxbury, M.D., a family medicine physician at Sanford Vermillion Medical Center, said this year’s influenza A strain, H3N2, was difficult to predict.

“I think the flu has been more difficult because this particular

strain of influenza is typically one of the more potent strains,” Duxbury said. “It can morph and change very quickly. The virus is changing so rapidly that (the vaccine) isn’t quite as effective as the CDC hoped it would be.”

Although the unpredictability of the virus has made the vaccine less effective, Duxbury said she still advocates for her patients to See FLU, Page A6

she said to the event attendees.

“So many people on this campus care about you on this campus.

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USD students intern, testify in legislature Rachel Newville

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While the state legislature works from January to March to pass bills that will impact South Dakota, USD students are also working hard to make their voices heard by driving to Pierre to testify, writing their representatives or interning in Pierre.

McNary testifies in opposition of HB 1073

House Bill 1073’s purpose was to add protections to free speech on college campuses in South Dakota. It was killed in committee on Friday.

USD’s and SDSU’s student governments have both passed resolutions in opposition to the bill. Last week SGA President Teagan McNary and SDSU’s student association president, Taylin Albrecht, went to Pierre

to testify before the house committee.

McNary said after speaking with Albrecht and USD administrators, both schools decided to pass the same resolution so they could testify together.

“It ended up working out really well,” McNary said. “Taylin and I went and spoke together and it ended up being very well received.”

While testifying for the first time was intimidating, McNary said she thinks legislators do appreciate hearing students’ opinions. “(Representative Lust) came up to us at the end (and) was like we’ve had a lot of experts come and testify but the testimony that really hit home for me was the SDSU and USD president and that’s why I’ll be voting the See STATE, Page A3

Vermillion community sees changes, challenges and expansions Sam Fosness

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The city of Vermillion has been welcoming new businesses, saying good bye to some and celebrating the expansion of others.

While Maurices is now a vacant retail space, the community recently welcomed Hartford Steakhouse Company Tavern in downtown Vermillion, along with Starbucks in Hy-Vee, and now The Bean is looking forward to plans for expansion.

Hartford Steak Company Tavern

It all started in the late 1970s when Hartford Steak Co. Tavern co-owner, Diane Friese’s father, opened up the Prime Time Tavern in Huron, South Dakota. Friese’s father opened the tavern with a simple concept. She wanted to create a place where people can enjoy a beer after work and grab a bite to eat.

Although the Prime Time Tav-

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Hartford Steak Company Tavern is one of the newer businesses in Vermillion, along with Starbucks. ern is enjoying nearly 40 years of success, Diane Friese said it didn’t come easy.

“He started his price at $3.95 for a steak dinner and nobody

came, so he lowered it to $2.95 and the place just filled up, it never ended,” Friese said.

Diane Friese’s father eventually sold the tavern to her brother, who started another tavern-style

steakhouse, Hartford Steak Co. Tavern in Hartford, SD that Friese and her husband Tom bought 14 years ago.

“We own the steakhouse in Hartford, SD along with our

recently opened restaurant here in town, and we keep the same business concept that we inherited from my father for both of them,” Diane Friese said.

Opening a steakhouse in Vermillion was attractive for several reasons to the Frieses, considering they are both USD graduates.

“There has always been an interest getting into a town that had a university with a large pool of people to draw from,” Tom Friese said. “Some of our best customers are college kids.”

Finding the right building was a huge factor for the Frieses.

“The real estate had to be workable for the entire plan, but when we found this building, there were a lot of attractive things to us that came with it,” Tom Friese said. “The plan was workable with this building and our vision was able to come together.”

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Members of Pi Kappa Alpha, Dom Mcclendon (left), Jackson Armstrong (middle) and Austin Sokolowski (right), educate students about their fraternity as part of Meet the Greeks.

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Jan. 28 Officers responded to a non-injury accident.

One driver was cited for a traffic violation.

Jan. 28 Officers responded to a report of a man tampering with a video lottery machine.

He was charged and arrested.

Jan. 29 Officers checked on

a vehicle stopped illegally on the side of a road. Officers saw drug related items in the car.

The driver was arrested for possession of illegal substances.

Jan. 30 Officers responded to a report of a possible drug overdose.

An officer provided medical care until first responders took over.

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Jan. 30 Officers responded to a report of a possible domestic dispute.

A man was arrested for two counts of simple assault against an ex-girlfriend.

Jan. 31 Officers responded to a report of a hit and run collision.

The incident is under investigation.

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Tune into KAOR for basketball game coverage.

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A sex survey Teaching assistants in the athletic department conducted on filed complaints that they campus revealed were being terminated that 27 percent of USD students were because of their long virgins. length of hair.

Jan. 31 Officers responded to a dispute between a mother and her teenage son.

The officer mediated the dispute and helped get the son to school.

Jan. 31 Officers responded to a local medical facility and assisted with a patient who was on a mental health evaluation hold.

The patient refused to cooperate and was taken into custody until transport could be arranged to the mental health evaluation.

Jan. 31 Officers responded to a local business regarding a man who was trespassing. The man had been previously advised not to return to the business.

He was charged with trespassing.

Feb. 1 Officers investigated a two-vehicle non-injury motor vehicle accident.

One driver was cited

possession of methamphetamine

for failing to yield when entering from a driveway and for not having any insurance.

Feb. 2 While on patrol, an officer recognized a man who had an active Clay County Warrant for his arrest.

The officer arrested him on the warrant.

Feb. 2 Officers assisted a man who had become stranded in Vermillion after a disagreement with a friend.

Officers found the resources to get the man back to his family in another town.

Feb. 3 Officers responded to a medical call where a patient had thrown up, fallen to the ground and was unresponsive.

Officers provided care until first responders took over treatment of the patient.

Feb. 3 An officer stopped a vehicle for erratic driving. The driver was

intoxicated and under 21 years of age.

The driver was arrested for DWI and charged with minor possession/ consumption of alcohol.

Feb. 3 An officer stopped a vehicle for doing 36 in a 25 mph zone. The driver was cited.

Feb. 3 Officers responded to a non-injury accident.

Investigation revealed one driver had backed into another.

The driver was cited.

Feb. 3 Officers responded to a report of a woman screaming about being assaulted. Investigation resulted in the arrest of a man and woman for assaulting another woman.

The man and woman were also in possession of a controlled substance, believed to be methamphetamine and related paraphernalia.

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need to get involved.”

ICARE, Coyote Athletics and PAVE, a student-led organization to promote awareness and victim empowerment, partnered up at the women’s basketball game Thursday night against Western Illinois to help raise awareness and education about sexual assault.

Upcoming events

After ICARE’s official launch, students and USD community members can look forward to a variety of events.

Cummings said ICARE is meant to be intersectional.

“We need a lot of student engagement and input,” she said. “We want the marketing plan to be engaging for everybody so it doesn’t isolate people, or make them feel like they don’t want to participate in it, or feel like they’re being targeted.”

The ICARE strategic plan calls for culturally specific programming, and Cummings said she has a lot of face-to-face meetings with student

groups like PAVE and Spectrum to hear their needs for programming.

One group coming to campus is “Native Love,” which Cummings said hosts programming for sexual assault in Native communities.

“So when we went through this branding process, we have to have a logo that is seen as something that everyone can engage in and feel included, and in making sure it’s intersectional, we need the people to do the work to be everybody, not just certain people,” she said.

An event called “Native Love Is...” will be held in the MUC pit lounge Feb. 9, and a Native Love Craft Activity and Sexual Assault Talking Circle will be held on that same day from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Native American Cultural Center.

Upcoming film screenings and panel discussions for ICARE include “Wind River” on Feb. 9, “The Hook Up” on March 20 and “The Mask You Live In” on April 11.

A rally known as the “Stomp Out Sexual Violence Rally” will be held in the MUC pit lounge April 3.

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Feb. 8 declared ‘Love Vermillion Day’ Kelli Susemihl

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At the bimonthly Vermillion City Council meeting, a proclamation declared Feb. 8, 2018 as ‘Love Vermillion Day’ along with allocating money to purchase new vehicles for the city and for the police department.

Love Vermillion Day will be celebrated at the men’s basketball game against Fort Wayne Thursday evening.

The proclamation praised Vermillion for its business opportunities, its access to culture and its education. It also encouraged all citizens to proclaim their love for the city.

In addition, the proclamation also read that Vermillion is home to a community that knows how to care, cooperate and celebrate.

“Vermillion is home to spirited, progressive, friendly, generous, diverse, active citizens who take pride in their community and make it an amazing place to live,” the proclamation read.

The proclamation also praised Vermillion for its

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The Vermillion City Council declared Feb. 8 as ‘Love Vermillion Day.’ ‘Love Vermillion

Day’ will be celebrated at the Coyote men’s basketball game on Thursday. relationship with the university.

“Vermillion is home to our state’s flagship university and the harmonious and mutually beneficial relationship between our city and the University of South Dakota continues to flourish as our institutions grow together,” the proclamation read.

Mayor Jack Powell said he agrees that a cooperative relationship with USD is necessary for Vermillion to thrive.

“I think either alone couldn’t make it,” Powell

said. “Without the university, I don’t know why people would stop through Vermillion, and by the same token, I think Vermillion offers a lot to the students.”

Tom Sorensen, a representative for the Northeastward of Vermillion, said an event like Love Vermillion Day can help decrease the division of “town and gown.”

“It’s all one community,” Sorensen said. “We need to do things together; we need to support each other.”

Nate Welch, president and CEO of the Vermillion

Chamber and Development Company, said he is grateful for Love Vermillion Day because it will celebrate what’s great about Vermillion.

“We hope we can be able to spread that message, and this kind of proclamation helps us to that,” Welch said.

In addition to the Love Vermillion Day proclamation, city council allocated money to purchase new vehicles for the city and for the police department.

SGA proposes bills to change double major representation Kelli Susemihl

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On Tuesday evening, the Student Government Association proposed a bill that would change the way students are represented in SGA. Senate Bills 85, 86 and 87 would clarify the process of how double majors are counted for representation. They would also change how many petition signatures a Senate candidate needs and would begin to count part-time students as a part of a college’s constituency, respectively. Senate Bill 85 also clarifies when the number of constituents for each college is to be collected in the fall semester.

SGA senator Malachi Petersen, a former editorin-chief of The Volante, sponsored the bills. He said they would clarify procedures for the future.

“As the election steering committee chair, it’s my job to reapportion the Senate seats and figure out how many petition signatures are needed by each candidate to get on the ballot,” Petersen said. “When I was doing that process last week, I found a number of issues with our current bylaws.”

Under the current bylaws, the number of students is taken from the Registrar’s enrollment numbers. If passed, these bills would clarify how SGA would count student popu-

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Malachi Petersen, SGA senator and former editor-in-chief of The Volante, sponsored bills that would change who double major students can vote for.

lation in order to determine the number of Senate seats needed for each college.

Under a system using

duplicates, for example, if a student has a double major in two separate colleges, they are counted as

two separate individuals.

Currently, using duplicates would add 462 more students to the student body.

However, these bills would only count the student once, under the college of their primary major.

SGA senator and SGA presidential candidate Josh Sorbe said he opposed a non-duplicate counting system because doublemajor students deserve representation in both of their respective colleges.

“Students who are part of two different colleges should be able to have a voice in their representation in both colleges,” Sorbe said. “The distinction between a first major and a second major isn’t distinct enough to warrant

not having representation in the second one.”

Senate bill 86 would also change how many petition signatures a candidate for SGA Senate would need to get on the ballot. Currently, a petition must contain 2.5 percent of a college’s students’ signatures. The bill proposed an increase to five percent.

Senate Bill 87 proposed counting part-time students as part of a college’s constituency. High school students taking online classes would still not be included.

Also at the meeting, the bill to allocate $4,500 of SGA funding to purchase ear plugs for musicians was passed 17-8.

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way I vote today,” McNary said.

President Abbott also testified for the opposition.

McNary said the opposition just doesn’t see the bill as necessary.

“I don’t think we have a free speech issue on campus,” she said. “It puts a huge burden on the universities because it allows for lawsuit on the basis of this piece of legislation, whether that be the university as a whole or against any individual person acting on behalf of the university.”

Interning with state legislatures

Mary Merxbauer, a sophomore English major, has been interning with the South Dakota state senate this legislative session.

She’s been working with the Republican senators.

She said her work load varies depending on the bills that are heard and voted on, but things have heated up as more controversial bills have been debated.

“I know sometimes I don’t feel like I’m very involved or I know a lot,” Merxbauer said. “Coming here as an intern, I’m able to learn so much more about our state and I get to know the people that are actually making those decisions.”

She said it’s crucial for students to get involved in state politics by voting in local elections.

“I’d say it’s really important to stay involved because a lot of times I feel like people our age think that our vote doesn’t matter, but a lot of the times it comes down to local voting for your senators,” she said.

Merxbauer listed multiple ways for students to get involved in state politics, including attending local cracker barrels, writing legislators or attending legislative sessions in Pierre.

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Amber Hulse, a first-year political science major and

an intern in the South Dakota Secretary of State’s Office, poses with Charlie Coyote at USD in Pierre day. when you are actually concerned about something,” she said. “There’s lots of ways to make bills and get legislators on your side, they are not here to make poor bills for us. They are here to do what the people want for our state.”

Examining state checks and balances

Amber Hulse is a firstyear political science major interning at the South Dakota Secretary of State’s Office this legislative session. She said the work she’s doing has let her understand checks and balances up close. “(I do) a little bit of everything and it’s really interesting to see a different side of government and see what they do upstairs (in the legislature),” Hulse said.

Hulse has also seen representatives work through their decision-making processes.

“It’s cool to have all these discussions and have the representatives come down and talk about their

bill, and their idea is a good idea, but then what it’s going to really do? And the changes that it’s going to make? And the money that it’s going to cost the state?” she said. “They begin to realize that their great idea isn’t really such a great idea in the long run.”

The diversity of backgrounds of the state interns has amazed Hulse, she said.

“I’m a freshman and I’m fairing just fine in the capitol, so you don’t have to wait until you’re a junior or senior to do an internship like this,” Hulse said.

Student inclusion in the system is important to future political success, Hulse said.

“I think (it’s) really important is for young people to feel like we have a voice and actually be a part of the process so we don’t feel like we’re voiceless, because a lot of the interns that I’m working with have learned so much about political ethics,” she said.

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JOE VITO MOUBRY is a sophomore majoring in studio art.

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Marisa Cummings, ICARE program coordinator, speaks at the ICARE marketing launch in the MUC Pit Lounge on Thursday.

Editorial: ICARE team tactful, listening to student concerns ICARE, the $300,000 grant to prevent and respond to sexual assault on campus, was introduced to students and staff last Thursday. Though long awaited, ICARE has done well in its implementation.

In October of 2016, USD was awarded the grant by the Department of Justice’s Office of Violence Against Women to address sexual assault on campus.

While USD was slowly working on implementing the grant, reports of a sexual assault involving four USD students sparked a campus wide discussion about sexual assault. This event sparked an outcry for action surrounding sexual assault, including several letters to the editor.

After news of that sexual assault had broken, the university took a reactive approach to addressing sexual assault on campus by hosting a town hall instead of taking a proactive approach to furthering education about awareness and good bystander behavior.

Marisa Cummings, ICARE project coordinator, said in a previous interview with The Volante that the strategic planning process took time and that it felt like she was “sitting on her hands” while she had to wait for the strategic plan’s approval.

“It appears that we’re now doing something in reaction to the incident when in reality it was all already planned out, so I hope it doesn’t deter anyone from their feelings

about participating in the grant or make anyone have a bad taste in their mouth,” she said. “This isn’t a reaction to the incident that happened, it’s a reaction to all the incidents that have happened and that could potentially happen.”

A panel was held at the beginning of the semester to address questions people had about the ICARE program.

This panel demonstrates that the people who are involved in ICARE, and the administration in general, see the need to prevent sexual assault and educate students on consent.

After seeing how ICARE has adapted to student concerns, it’s clear that the university is serious about the issue and including students as part of the solution, and people like Cummings are taking student input to heart.

“I’m meeting one-on-one with students, and that’s a way that we can make sure we are intersectional, that we’re hitting all of those areas as well as different student organizations that are diverse student organizations and making sure that we have someone from everywhere engaged in this process,” Cummings said.

With the reveal last Thursday, there is evident momentum and enthusiasm behind ICARE. Candidates for SGA president and vice president, Marcus Ireland and Caleb Munce, as well as Josh Sorbe and Madison Green, posted on their campaign

Facebook pages expressing their enthusiasm and support for ICARE. However this upcoming SGA election turns out, there will be an administration supporting the program.

What started out in doubt has come back in full confidence and vigor. ICARE and its team ought to be commended and applauded for the work they’ve done, especially because so many of the subcommittee members are volunteering their time to make sure the programs and trainings are executed with tact and with a victimcentered approach.

But for ICARE to make an effort to reach out to students and seriously consider student input is particularly noteworthy.

Especially since the project was already underway, making adjustments just months before the release was great to see. It’s imperative for students to have to a voice.

The ICARE team recognized the need, and made the necessary changes.

Not to suggest the work is done. This is only phase two of the plan. But, with the input of student voices, phase three is looking to be a sustainable success. Credit ought to be given to the ICARE team for taking student concerns seriously and hosting a successful launch.

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As a gay book nerd, I grew up only being exposed to heteronormative romance stories. This is why Andre Aciman’s gay romance novel “Call Me By Your Name” has become my favorite romance novel.

Growing up in the 1990s and 2000s, the representation of same-sex couples in media – whether in books, TV shows or movies – practically required gay couples to identify their sexual orientation before dating.

During high school, I wanted to read the gay equivalent of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.”

I craved a piece of literature that centered around a same-sex couple, but a piece of literature that isn’t congested with the inclusion of a coming out story.

Although coming out of the closet is a part of any LGBTQ+ person’s journey, I’ve personally seen this particular story done enough times.

This is a part of the power of “Call Me By Your Name.” Neither of the main characters had to declare their sexual orientation.

Another reason why coming out doesn’t need to be a part of LGBTQ+ media is because of how in some cases, an LGBTQ+ couple could carry out their whole relationship in secret.

While it doesn’t have to be the only story told, coming out of the closet is just as important. Although several TV series have tackled this story line, one of the most powerful LGBTQ+ story lines came from the series “The Fosters.”

“The Fosters” introduced a young coming out story and possibly aired the youngest same-sex couple kiss in TV history.

As more LGBTQ+ stories are shared in literature and in film, these aren’t the only areas in which LGBTQ+ stories are being shared.

During the Macklemore concert held on campus this past Halloween, Macklemore performed his song “Same Love,” which is viewed as the anthem for same-sex marriage.

Despite same-sex marriage being legal since 2015, there’s still controversy over wedding permits and refusal to make cakes for gay weddings.

Greg Holden’s song “Boys in the Street” represents the struggles that LGBTQ+ people face when it comes to parents accepting their sexual orientation. I know of fellow LGBTQ+ people who haven’t come out to their parents or present themselves in a straight manner on social media.

It’s great to see more gay and lesbian characters portrayed in books and movies, especially since these portrayals are slowly becoming more than secondary characters or just token characters. Now, I’m just waiting to see more LGBTQ+ characters that are of different ethnicities.

It’s easy for me to relate to an LGBTQ+ character that is white, yet there are LGBTQ+ people of different minorities. It’s important to remember intersectionality.

Along with growing up only seeing heterosexual couples in TV shows and movies, I rarely saw interracial couples in the media until recent years.

The importance of seeing more LGBTQ+ representation in the media, which should naturally include interracial couples, would provide more realistic story lines.

Especially for people who may be LGBTQ+ or in an interracial relationship.

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Growing up in the 1990s and 2000s, the representation of same-sex couples in media - whether in books, TV shows or movies - practically required gay couples to identify their sexual orientation before dating.

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Wednesday, February 7, 2018 A5 Opinion Letter to the Editor: Learning is better done on paper than on a laptop Invitation for engagement

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SARAH JONES is a senior majoring in English.

As I sit in a classroom full of students, all I can hear is the tapping of laptop keys, not the clicking of pens or the rustling of pages being turned.

What’s truly sad is that technology, including laptops and cell phones, take dominance over printed or hard copied books in the classroom.

Often students will use note-taking as an excuse to have their phones or laptops out and, once the instructor isn’t paying attention, students will resume the latest Netflix show or shopping binge on Amazon.

What students need to realize is that ultimately, these advantages in technology will interfere with their studies when it comes to remembering class material.

When students write, instead of typing what they need to remember, it becomes significantly easier to recall information that they’ve learned in class.

I bought a stack of colorful flash cards so I

could write reminders for myself. I found that the act of writing something down helped me to retain necessary information.

The great part about buying colorful flash cards is that the color also helped to bring my eyes towards the card so that I wouldn’t inadvertently glance over it.

Sometimes when I would write something down as a note on my laptop, I found that more often than not, I would barely glance at it.

With textbooks or even notebooks, the layout helps you remember what’s on the page. It also helps that a textbook doesn’t need to be recharged every few hours, so one doesn’t have to worry about an uncharged battery or poor connectivity with the university’s touchy Wi-Fi system.

A closer relationship with the material forms when students use hard copies. With hard copies, students can write in the margins, highlight certain key words or phrases and put sticky note tabs on pages they want to flip back to.

For me, simply feeling the pages allows for a much more enriched

learning experience.

However, when trying to study material off of a computer or laptop, studying becomes a chore for me and it takes ten times longer than absolutely necessary.

Reading a textbook online can make learning and absorbing information tricky, since the motion of a hand taking notes on paper aids in a student’s recall of information because of muscxle memory.

Distractions and procrastination can be the downfall of students who use technology when they’re trying to read material in class or remember scientific equations for an upcoming exam.

I’ll turn off my laptop and hide my phone from myself and ignore it until after I’ve read material for a class and taken sufficient notes.

I know for a fact that if I don’t ignore the technology in front of me, I’ll end up watching “The Mentalist” or listening to music in between doing homework or studying for a class.

Students should consider ways that they can learn what will aid in minimizing their use of technology.

The President’s Council on Diversity and Inclusiveness has selected “privilege” as the theme for the spring semester and invites everyone on campus to plan events around that concept.

“Privilege” can be defined as “a special advantage or benefit not enjoyed by all.” This sort of right, advantage or immunity often is not sought out – but is present and privileges some groups over others, nonetheless.

We invite any and all academic or service units, organizations, interest groups or members of the campus community (students, staff, faculty) to join our effort to understand how privilege can affect our lives. We encourage you to sponsor an event, or a dialogue, or a panel, or a service learning activity or an educational session that gives people an opportunity to share perspectives, learn new information or engage in respectful dialogue about the many issues involved with privilege.

There is no right or wrong view to have – the goal will be for us to hear new perspectives, learn about the issues

from a variety of viewpoints, share our thoughts and reactions with each other in a respectful manner, and ultimately come to an understanding of how these issues affect all of us.

The President’s Council on Diversity and Inclusiveness recognizes that a variety of world issues affect our community in many ways. While many of these issues appear to affect targeted groups of people, they do, in fact, affect us all. By starting the conversation we all can learn how these issues affect us and the world around us. As a university that aspires to help our students become global citizens, we are in a wonderful position to encourage those conversations and provide experiences in leadership and civic responsibility, social justice, protection of natural resources, and communication among many others.

For this year’s topic, privilege, we could imagine a number of issues being addressed, from different disciplinary perspectives, and we realize there are likely many other perspectives

to bring to this as well. The following list of examples is just a beginning and we look forward to the many other creative ideas that may be generated: • Privilege of race, ethnicity, culture, language, religion, ability, gender, sexual orientation, education • Leadership and civic responsibility • Social justice and advocacy • Responsible activism • Communication and civil discourse • Protest art You might plan a new event to address privilege, or groups could bring the topic to existing events.

We here at USD have the opportunity to demonstrate our commitment and solidify our identity as a community that fully values all of our members, engages in civil discourse, advocates for social justice and responsible activism. This situation gives us a chance to identify the voices that need to be heard, the ways we can support each other and the skills we need to develop.

Mental illness should be taken as seriously as physical illness XAVIER PINEX is a first-year majoring in kinesiology and computer science.

What if every fifth person in the room was visibly ill? Would one be worried about them?

Would one want to try to help them? This is actually a reality, with a catch; you can’t see that people are ill.

One in five people in the US has some sort of mental illness. To let that sink in, there are 323.1 million people in America today, meaning that roughly 64 million people struggle with a mental illness daily. These 64 million people are more than the number of people

that live in California, Illinois and Pennsylvania combined.

Just think about that, if 64 million people in the U.S. were struck with the flu instantaneously, we would have medical labs looking for a cure, we would be studying it and teaching about it everywhere. Yet, we have 64 million people with illnesses, very real illnesses, and little is done about it.

In the United States alone, one in five youth aged 13-18 experience a mental illness, and yet, they receive little to no education on the subject. This is partly because it’s not programmed into any curriculum, but also because more than 80 percent of teachers don’t know all of the

strategies or resources necessary to educate students on mental health. Some adults like to say that children shouldn’t be burdened with something as troublesome as mental illness, but when one out of every five of them has a mental illness (an “adult problem”), is it really the best not to educate them?

Before children hit puberty, they are given extensive sexual/health education, but little to no education on mental health. Why can’t mental health education simply be included and taught alongside the health education already being provided?

When half of all chronic mental illness begins by age 14, and three-quarters of it by

age 24, why do we not explain it in the same way that we explain puberty, that we explain how drugs affect the body and mind? To me, mental health is as important, if not more important than learning about puberty. It can be a life or death situation.

We live in a world full of stigma, a world where 59 percent of adults with a mental illness did not receive treatment in the last year. One of the easiest ways to quell stigma is simply to talk. This can be done through educating the youth and making them feel comfortable talking about it, and gradually allowing it to spread throughout the masses.

Another way to make it easier is just to talk about it with someone

you can trust, whether that is a counselor, a family member, or even just a friend.

Recently there have been some attempts to make mental illness a more widespread topic, most notably after the release of Logic’s song “1-800-273-8255.”

The song itself is a conversation between a suicidal man (sung by Logic) and the phone operator for the suicide hot line. This song has been performed at multiple award shows and after the MTV music awards last year led to over 5,000 calls to the hot line in one day. This is one way that, while it’s not being provided in school, information on resources to help people with mental illnesses is getting out, especially to

younger Americans. This song, and songs similar to it, are important pieces of the attempt to remove the stigma from mental illness, but there is still work to do.

To ignore the facts and the problems is to leave millions of people in the dark. To not educate people on the reality of mental illness is truly to make it worse, something that we cannot afford to do.

Mental health is just as important as physical health. Mental illness is just as real as physical illness, and we need to start acting like it. We need to start educating people, to start accepting the reality that it exists, and it affects so many people in this world.

HB-1073 if passed, would have protected free speech SETH GERBERDING is a sophomore majoring in math and philosophy.

A bill introduced in Pierre, House Bill 1073, which aimed to protect free speech on college campuses in South Dakota, has failed in committee. I am deeply disappointed in the South Dakota State Legislature, as well as our own SGA, and their vote to oppose House Bill 1073. While I understand their concerns, I find them largely unwarranted.

This bill, if passed, would have eliminated free speech zones on all public campuses. Now, any demonstration or expression would still have been limited. The bill allowed prohibition of activities that disrupt the normal functioning

of the institution. For example, a protest could not go barging into a classroom or meeting.

Some critics, including SGA president Teagan McNary, say this bill was redundant, and that the South Dakota Board of Regents do a good job protecting free speech. That may be true. But then what’s the concern?

There is no such thing as “too” much protection for free speech. Of course, we have the first amendment, but that does not mean attempts will be made to restrict speech. We make laws protecting voting rights, even though voting for all groups is already enshrined in the Constitution. So why not free speech?

Some have expressed concerns about abuse, like students protesting LGBTQ+ groups or individuals. I find

these concerns largely unwarranted. Last year when students protested President Donald Trump’s election, was there retaliation? No. Are there protests on campus in general? No. Even if there were protesters, they wouldn’t have been able to threaten or abuse students. The bill would still have prohibited such threats. If anything, this bill would have allow activist groups, including LGBTQ+ groups, to better express their concerns and worries.

President McNary and SGA might find this law concerning, but not all feel this way. Former chair of the political science department, Dr. William Richardson, testified in Pierre in support of the bill.

In a Washington Free Beacon article, Richardson said,

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I would much rather this have law, and not need it, than need it and not have it.

“the free and open discussion of ideas— however disagreeable or disruptive we might find some of them to be—is at the very essence” of any educational institution.

It may be true that USD has improved its policies and updated them. If so, fantastic - it’s indeed a step in the right direction.

Yet, even if the policy is updated, the bill was still a good one, in intention at least. While I may have had some concerns about the bill regarding legal action against the university, I find those concerns to be minimal and inconsequential. The

bill would have allowed students or others who believe their rights to free speech have been violated to sue in state court. But we can already sue in federal court, so expanding it to the state level would not have open up new doors of attack, so to speak.

To those who say there isn’t a problem and this law is redundant, I say, let’s keep it that waylet’s make sure that free speech isn’t suppressed.

I would much rather have this law, and not need it, than need it and not have it. I can recall visiting a campus in Ohio where the word “victim” was outright banned.

Students and faculty who used it would face repercussions. We are never more than a few bad policies away from outright suppression.

I will be the first to confess that, as an empirical matter, there have very few if any instances of free speech suppression here at USD. Hopefully the policies have changed for the better. Either way, House Bill 1073 should have passed, with some small changes perhaps, but passed nonetheless. It is better to be sure, and make sure free speech is thoroughly protected, than wait for an incident to occur, and be sorry. about it.

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James Abbott has been the USD President since 1997. The presidential search committee is currently in the process of finding his replacement.

This committee is comprised of individuals with different backgrounds, education and skills.

REGENT KEVIN SCHIEFFER

TAYLOR GUBBRUD

SIOUX FALLS, SD COMMITTEE CHAIR

Schieffer retired as a chief business consultant after 12 years as chief executive officer of Cedar American Rail Holdings Inc. In 1991, he was appointed as U.S. attorney for South Dakota. He has practiced private law and served as chief of staff to former U.S. Sen. Larry Pressler for nine years.

JEWEL GOODMAN SHEPHERD

BELLE FOURCHE, SD SENIOR, POLITICAL SCIENCE & ECONOMICS MAJOR & SPANISH MINOR

Shepherd serves as the Practicum Experience Coordinator for the Health Services Administration Department of the Beacom School of Business and she is a certified health education specialist by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing. Dr. Shepherd’s collegiate level teaching experience sums 10 plus years.

Gubbrud has been involved with various organizations on campus, including Kappa Alpha Theta, Political Science League, Student Government Association, Mortar Board, Order of Omega, and Adopt-AGrandparent. She has accepted a position with the South Dakota Investment Council in Sioux Falls, where she will begin as a research analyst after graduation.

VERMILLION, SD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE VERMILLION AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (VCDC)

Welch has been the executive director of the VCDC for almost four years. Welch has experience in the entertainment industry and works with community members and students throughout Vermillion.

Boyd is a member of the Seneca Nation of Indians and a professor in the Clinical Psychology doctoral program.

She directs the USD Clinical Psychology Program. Boyd was the president for the American Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race and the Society for the Clinical Psychology of Ethnic Minorities.

ABERDEEN, SD JUNIOR, POLITICAL SCIENCE & BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MAJOR & LEGAL STUDIES IN BUSINESS MINOR & SGA VP

Anderson serves as the VP of USD’s Student Government Association, the Internal VP of the Interfraternity Council and the president of Tau Kappa Epsilon. Anderson was also a Resident Assistant and is a Student Ambassador for the Admissions Department and a Sorority & Fraternity Life Ambassador.

Doyle served as the Partner-in-Charge of the Sioux Falls office for 11 years. He also served on the Eide Bailly LLP Board of Directors for 12 years.

He is a member of the SDCPA Society, the AICPA and is the South Dakota council representative to the AICPA.

VERMILLION, SD ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW

Madison advised The Dow Chemical Company on legal issues. He was also the primary advisor to a Federal Judge at the U.S. Tax Court. He also was an attorney at Fenwick & West and was involved in numerous personnel decisions.

Gerrish and Prendergast hope to have the expansion complete by mid-summer, they said.

Maurices

In early January, Maurices officially closed their doors.

Emily Schultz, former assistant store manager, said online shopping and lack of customer traffic are the two main reasons that pushed Maurices out of business.

Trina Whitehead, Maurices former store manager, said competition in surrounding areas is another challenge that greatly effects business.

“When the weather is nice, everybody wants to shop the bigger cities because they have much more options in terms of shopping,” Whitehead said.

Vermillion’s Maurices was in business nearly ten years in the strip mall south of Walmart. Schultz said the lack of customer traffic ultimately led to costing the company money.

“Keeping our store open was costing the company more than we were making them,” Schultz said.

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We’ve felt very welcomed by the university and locals on a personal level.

Leslie Gerrish, The Bean co-owner

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“I know that there’s a lot of talk that the flu shot is only 10 percent or 20 percent effective, but I still advocate for it because it still does typically decrease the intensity of symptoms,” Duxbury said. “There’s good evidence that it decreases death from the flu and decreases the length a hospital stay if you

Wink retired as a professor at California State University, Stanislaus. Since her retirement in 2007, she has been an adjunct professor at Black Hills State University, SDSU and in the Global Education Master’s Program of The College of New Jersey in Mallorca, Spain. She retired from these positions in Spring 2017 and began a six-year term to the South Dakota Board of Regents in April 2017.

JUDITH MEIERHENRY

VERMILLION, SD RETIRED SOUTH DAKOTA SUPREME COURT JUSTICE

Meierhenry was an associate justice and the first woman to serve on the South Dakota Supreme Court.

In 1979, she was appointed to the State Economic Opportunity Office by Governor Bill Janklow. In November 2002 Governor Janklow appointed her to the South Dakota Supreme Court, and she served until her retirement in June 2011.

SCOTT POHLSON

VERMILLION, SD VP FOR ENROLLMENT, MARKETING AND UNIVERSITY RELATIONS

ALLEN MADISON

SIOUX FALLS, SD CPA, RETIRED PARTNER, EIDE BAILLY LLP

The Bean coffee shop has enjoyed nearly two years of success since its official opening day during Dakota Days 2016. Coowners Martin Prendergast and Leslie Gerrish have felt a strong local support in Vermillion, they said.

“When we first opened in October of 2016, so many area businesses gave us welcome cards and even made things for us to welcome our coffee shop in Vermillion,” Gerrish said.

“We’ve felt very welcomed by the university and locals on a personal level.”

The Bean is planning to expand into Charlie’s, which is next door to The Bean in downtown Vermillion. Prendergast bought Charlie’s from the owner of Red’s steakhouse in order to expand The Bean.

“We didn’t want to add too much too quickly, but part of that reasoning is lack of space,” Predergarst said. “I felt like Charlie’s is a great place for us to do our expansion.”

REGENT JOAN WINK

JOSH ANDERSON

KEVIN DOYLE

The Bean

Griffiths has been the current president of Dakota State University for nearly three years. She also worked for 16 federal agencies, more than a dozen Forbes 100 companies, multiple international organizations and over 10 statewide studies on networking.

do become that sick.”

Mary Merrigan, director of public relations at Sanford, said vaccines are not only available in the fall, and a vaccine can last up to 12 months.

“We still have vaccines here at the clinic,” Merrigan said. “It’s not too late for anyone to get immunized.”

In addition to Sanford, students can also get free influenza vaccinations from the Vermillion Walmart.

Dawn Warren, director

BINNIE GOODWIN

SIOUX CITY, IA CIVIL SERVICE ADVISORY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND REGENTAL CIVIL SERVICE ADVISORY COUNCIL

Goodwin is a Program Assistant in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.

She does the Grant and Contract reporting sent to the VP for Research, USD President, College Deans and Board of Regents. She has been involved in hiring students, staff and administration.

Pohlson is the university’s VP of Enrollment, Marketing and University Relations since 2014 and was the Dean of Enrollment for three years. Scott has worked with student recruiting, financial aid leveraging and retention as a consultant for Noel-Levitz.

He serves as the USD United Way Chair, as a board member of the United Church of Christ in Vermillion, as well as a board member for the Vermillion Junior Achievement.

RYAN TAYLOR

SIOUX FALLS, SD PARTNER, CUTLER LAW FIRM, LLP

Taylor graduated from the USD School of Law in 1999 and was admitted into the South Dakota Bar Association in 1999. He then practiced law in Rapid City, South Dakota and joined Cutler Law Firm, LLP.

TORREY SUNDALL

SIOUX FALLS, SD SENIOR DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE CONTRACTING, SANFORD HEALTH

CHERYL TIAHRT

HOWES, SD

VERMILLION, SD DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

NATE WELCH

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MADISON, SD PRESIDENT OF DAKOTE STATE UNIVERSITY

BETH BOYD

NORTH SIOUX CITY,SD AST. PROFESSOR OF HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

TOWN

JOSÉ-MARIE GRIFFITHS

VERMILLION, SD VP FOR ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF TECHNOLOGY/ DEPUTY CIO

Tiahrt has worked at USD in various technology-related capacities for the last 18 years. Cheryl currently chairs both the USD Research Computing Advisory Committee and the USD Information Technology Advisory Committee.

Sundall is the newly elected chair of the USD Alumni Association Board of Directors. He has served as the voice of over 70,000 members of the USD alumni community. Torrey has served as a member and past president of the Howling Pack Board of Directors.

REGENT’S PRESIDENT BOB SUTTON

SIOUX FALLS, SD

Sutton is currently the Executive VP and Chief Human Resources Officer for Avera Health. Prior to this he served as president of the South Dakota Community Foundation, president of the South Dakota Bankers Association, executive director of the South Dakota Association of County Officials, chairman of the South Dakota Housing Development Authority, South Dakotans for the Arts, and as a board member of Junior Achievement of South Dakota.

REGENT PAM ROBERTS

PIERRE, SD

Roberts retired in 2013 after numerous careers such as Secretary of Labor, Commissioner of Personnel and Chief of Operations. Her positions took place in the administrations of Governors Janklow, Mickelson, Miller, Rounds and Daugaard.

Roberts and her husband, Clay, operate their family’s ranch in Stanley and Lyman counties.

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Discussion groups target privilege Kelli Susemihl

Kelli.Susemihl@coyotes.usd.edu

The Office for Diversity is hosting a series of discussion groups called “Talking Change, Making Change,” allowing students to explore the topic of privilege.

“Talking Change, Making Change” is the second generation of Voices of Discovery, and will contain the same elements of discussion about diversity.

However, this new pilot program will conclude with community action and engagement.

Each discussion group has the freedom to choose which privilege they would like to focus on, such as white privilege, heterosexual privilege or able-bodied privilege.

Lamont Sellers, associate vice president for diversity and director of this second year’s installment of “Talking Change, Making Change,” said the topic will help students learn more about themselves.

“They’re talking about things that we don’t usually have conversations about. Privilege isn’t a usual dinner conversation,” Sellers said. “It really is learning about yourself and learning about the privilege that we all have.”

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“Talking Change, Making Change” will consist of five discussion groups,

of USD’s Rapid City nursing program, said she strongly encourages receiving a flu shot.

“To anyone who hasn’t had the vaccine yet, get it,” Warren said.

On the USD Rapid City campus, all School of Health Science students and faculty are required to receive a flu vaccination.

Warren also said there have been zero cases of the flu at the Rapid City campus.“I attribute that totally to the fact that they have had the shot, and because as nurs-

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We have to make sure when our students leave USD, they leave with a more broad perspective of what life really is.

Layani Makwinja, Office of Diversity graduate assistant

each with a maximum of 10 undergraduate students and two graduate assistant facilitators. The groups will meet once a week for six weeks; the first four weeks will be discussion, and the last two weeks will be planning an action the group can take in the community. At the end of the program, the five groups will gather together to present their ideas and thoughts.

Layani Makwinja, a discussion group facilitator and the graduate assistant for the Office of Diversity, is also an international student from Botswana.

She said she’s excited to see if USD is heading in the right direction regarding diversity.

“I have come into a world that is completely different from my world,” Makwinja said.

“The American platform allows us to have these conversations, and it opens the door to get educated and to bring in other perspectives and to es, they are extremely diligent about handwashing,” Warren said.

In Vermillion, nursing students participate in flu shot clinics where they help administer the vaccine. Sanford Vermillion Hospital sponsored a clinic in the fall.

Duxbury said the flu can be spread easily in a residence hall setting, and students should take extra precaution.

“It can be more common in areas where people are living closer together,”

understand people.”

Discussion group facilitators were chosen by Sellers and completed training in conflict resolution and conflict management.

The facilitators’ purpose is to help students engage in conversation.

Makwinja said USD students can be scared to talk about diversity because they are scared of offending others.

“It’s hard to get that conversation out,” Makwinja said. “As a facilitator, it will be my job to pull them out and to get them to talk and to be as expressive as possible.”

Makwinja said she hopes her group can make an impact not only at USD and Vermillion, but also in the real world.

“We have to make sure when our students leave USD, they leave with a more broad perspective of what life really is,” Makwinja said. “If you’re going to leave here still thinking in a non-diverse way, then we have a couDuxbury said. “Places like dorm rooms or shopping centers, places where there’s lots of people, is where you’re more likely to get it.”

Duxbury also said students who are experiencing flu symptoms such as a high fever, headaches, body aches and coughing should be seen right away.

She also said it’s important to prevent the virus from spreading.

“If you do have symptoms of the flu, make sure that you’re covering your

ple of problems in society.

We are just breathing the same product over and over again without actually creating any change.”

Because the “Talking Change, Making Change” program helps students develop group dialogue and critical thinking skills, some professors have chosen to integrate it into their coursework or offer it as an extra credit opportunity.

Richard Braunstein, a political science professor and the coordinator for “Talking Change, Making Change,” said he’s offering extra credit to students who participate in the program.

“Faculty are the bridge between university programming and student engagement,” Braunstein said.

Braunstein said the discussion group component is a way to educate the students before they develop their action ideas.

“The more we know, the more we can do,” Braunstein said.

Although “Talking Change, Making Change” is a pilot program in its first year, Sellers said the Office for Diversity hopes to expand the program in coming years, hopefully growing to twelve to fifteen discussion groups.

Meetings for “Talking Change, Making Change” began on Monday. mouth when you sneeze or cough and make sure that you wash your hands” Duxbury said. “Try to quarantine yourself.”

Although regions in the United States have been experiencing a shortage of Tamiflu, the medicine used to treat influenza within the first 48 hours, Duxbury said none of her patients have had difficulty filling their prescriptions.

“We have all the things that we need,” Duxbury said.

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Students kick off Black History Month with a celebration in the MUC Pit lounge on Feb. 1 (above).

The event featured music by African-American artists (right).

USD students embrace Black History Month Sara Cappiello

Sara.Cappiello@coyotes.usd.edu

February is Black History Month, and the Union of African American Students are celebrating their culture while getting USD students involved.

The theme for USD’s Black History Month is “Who am I? I am Black History” and one main goal is to discuss the significance of appropriation versus appreciation. For each event this month, members of UAAS will educate the university about major figures in black history.

Santina Lokonobei, UAAS co-president and senior biology major, said she’s excited to get students involved in Black History Month.

“It shows how perseverance of an underrepresented group leads to barriers being broken, ceilings being shattered and how over time, steps are being taken forward,” Lokonobei said.

“In my personal life, it shows me that I can continue to take those steps forward, even if they’re small steps. It’s all about celebrating the perseverance of African Americans and how we’ve pushed the envelope over time.”

The UAAS has organized several events to hit on all the bases of black history and culture. These events include a

Dynamics of Black Love Panel on Feb. 13 which will focus on an interactive discussion on the nature of relationships in the black community and how couples deal with day-today issues in society. They will also be hosting a free showing of “Black Panther” on Feb. 19, Marvel’s first black superhero film.

Throughout the month, Lokonobei said she encourages all students to come to the events and be part of history.

“Overall, I really want to give the students of USD a window to a viewpoint they don’t see on a regular basis,” Lokonobei said. “I also want them to be entertained and to have fun and immerse themselves in black history. That way, it’s not being on the outside looking in. I want students to be able to come to our events and feel welcome.”

The African Student Association (ASA) also organizes events to educate students about African culture. Although ASA hasn’t planned any events for Black History Month, ASA president and junior sociology major Diamond Hall said the events organized by UAAS are a great opportunity for all USD students to get involved and learn.

“No matter what culture or background you’re from, definitely take advantage of com-

ing to these different cultural events because you’ll be surprised what you learn and the people you meet,” Hall said.

“It’s an amazing opportunity because you don’t know if you’ll ever get that opportunity again once you graduate. This is also a great space to talk about uncomfortable issues or questions and discuss it in a safe environment.”

Witnessing history

Marcus Destin, UAAS copresident and sophomore communications major, said he’s looking forward to sharing the importance of Black History Month with the USD community.

“It highlights a lot of important people,” Destin said. “We are currently living through history, we are witnessing history right now. To me it’s important, because how can we learn if we never go back and appreciate what we’ve been through as a culture? We can learn from it and try not to repeat the mistakes.”

Hall said her favorite part of ASA is learning about the social issues in Africa and organizing events to teach students about them. When it comes to dealing with ignorance, Hall said her best defense is to have an open conversation.

“I focus more on educating someone instead of attacking them for their views,” Hall said. “I truly believe that having effective communication will hopefully address those issues but I understand sometimes it doesn’t work that way.”

Lokonobei said one of the main goals of Black History Month is starting the conversation and allowing people to ask questions.

“I think dealing with any type of ignorance, I will take a step back and try to understand where the person is coming from,” Lokonobei said. “If they’re not saying anything that’s attacking me, maybe they do want to learn, they just

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F E B . 13 DYNAMICS OF BLACK LOVE F A R B E R H A L L , 5 - 6 P. M .

F E B . 15 UAAS HOSTS MUC BINGO M U C E A S T W I N G , 7 - 8 P. M .

don’t know how to ask. Here in South Dakota, we’re super nice to each other and you always have the chance to give people the benefit of the doubt. People change when they learn something new.”

Destin said black history keeps going as they continue to make history everyday, “We can learn from each other,” Destin said. “Our organization is for everybody, we have a pretty diverse membership. When it comes down to the events, I think the people that attend the events are willing to listen to what we have to say and are having fun while they’re learning.”

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D’Angelo McCoy visits his older brother Nicholas for Little Siblings weekend. The events began with tie-dying in the Muenster University Center Friday and siblings got free basketball tickets.

Little siblings event reunites families, showcases campus Lexi Kerzman

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Little siblings weekend is an annual event put together by student services. This event gives little siblings the ability to spend time at their siblings college while enjoying university activities.

Doug Wagner, director of the Muenster University Center and student programming, has organized little siblings weekend for the last three years. Wagner said an average of 50 families participate every year.

“The purpose of the weekend is to give siblings a taste of what it’s like to be a college student for a weekend,” he said. “We want students to show their siblings what they are up to once they have left home.”

The event began Friday night when siblings had the

opportunity to tie-dye shirts in the MUC. The families were also able to attend the basketball game on Saturday for free.

“We do also allow some free time so students can show off Vermillion and the rest of campus.” Wagner said.

Junior musical arts major, Katie Zimmerman’s two younger sisters, Jenna and Emily Zimmerman, have come to little siblings weekend for the last two years.

Jenna, 12, said she liked tiedying, but misses the laser tag they had last year.

“We did the tie dye this year which they really liked,” Katie said. “(They) don’t come up that often, just for concerts so it’s fun (that they are here).”

Nicholas McCoy, a business administration and vocal performance double major, said he wanted his younger brother, D’Angelo, to have an experience he didn’t have before

choosing a college.

“I thought it would be cool to have him experience (a college campus),” Nicholas said.

“I am the oldest, so I never got to do anything like this. I just thought it would be cool if he got to experience it.”

The McCoy brothers said they haven’t missed each other since Nicholas left for college, but they are enjoying the weekend together so far.

“No (it hasn’t been weird since he left),” D’Angelo said.

“It’s quieter for the both of us, so it’s different.”

Wagner said little siblings weekend allows families to be together, while also recruiting future Coyotes.

“The event is beneficial because we are making USD seem more like home for our students, while simultaneously potentially recruiting other students to come here when they get older,” Wagner said.

Greek chapters prepared for spring recruitment by hosting a ‘Meet the Greeks’ kickoff event on Monday. Students who attended the event could talk to a member of each Greek house to find out more about their chapter and philanthropy projects.

However, not all sororities participated in spring recruitment. Alpha Phi and Alpha Xi Delta are recruiting five and 16 more sisters, respectively, but Kappa Alpha Theta and Pi Beta Phi won’t be admitting any new members this semester.

Madisyn Waage, junior medical biology major and president of the Kappa Alpha Theta, said certain houses can’t participate in spring recruitment because they’ve already met their quorum, or minimum number of members.

“If you are above quorum, then you can’t participate in spring recruitment,” she said.

Emily Badura, junior elementary and special education major, is the president of Alpha

Xi Delta. She said they’re hoping to fill their house by recruiting around 16 girls.

“We have quite a few open spots we are looking to fill and we just really want to get a full house, so we can be ready to jump into next year for recruitment,” Badura said.

Every house is required to have a table, even if they aren’t taking new members in. Bailey Moravec, junior history major and Alpha Phi president, said she prefers spring recruitment because it’s less formal and more laid back than fall recruitment.

“Spring recruitment is actually my favorite because it is a lot more casual, and we just bring the girls in, give them a tour and let them meet other members,” she said. “We hope to get girls who line up with our virtues and our pillars and who are all about the sisterhood and just embody what Alpha Phi stands for.”

Badura said she agrees that spring recruitment is a lot more laid back than fall recruitment.

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Full-time student, part-time Miss SD USA Lexi Kerzman

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From the biology lab to the stage, junior biology major and Miss South Dakota USA 2018, Madison Nipe, is balancing being a full time student with her role as Miss South Dakota USA 2018.

Prior to competing in the Miss South Dakota USA 2018 pageant in October, Madison Nipe had not been involved in the pageant world. She said she decided to compete in the Miss South Dakota USA 2018 pageant one month before the competition.

“A lot of people spend a lot more time, but now that I am going to Miss USA I’ve been spending the last couple of months and the months until the pageant preparing,” she said.

Madison said her family and friends were surprised when she told them she wanted to compete in the pageant, as it was completely different from the other activities she has been involved in.

“I’ve obviously never done anything like this before,” she said. “I’ve always been in sports. They were surprised, but they were so supportive of me.”

Lexi Morrison, a junior marketing major, met Madison Nipe when they were freshmen going through sorority recruitment. Their friendship grew when they both joined Alpha Phi, they said.

Morrison said she was surprised Madison Nipe won the pageant, but was extremely excited to see her friend crowned.

“We had never really expected her to win because this was her first one,” Morrison said. “We were really excited her name was the last one called and she won.”

Morrison said she thinks Madison Nipe’s personality made her successful at her first pageant.

“She is so approachable and easy to get along with, she is really personable with anybody,” she said. “(That’s why) she is a good representation of not

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Madison Nipe, junior biology major, was crowned Miss South Dakota USA 2018 in October. only South Dakota, but also USD.” Besides being a student and Miss South Dakota USA 2018, Madison Nipe is also active in many extracurricular clubs at USD including Alpha Phi, biology club, pre-dental club.

Although Miss USA members do not need a specific platform to promote, Madison said she works close with women’s

USD faculty member hosts dinner for students Austin Lammers

Austin.Lammers@coyotes.usd.edu

In the corner of the Belbas Center’s top floor, students can find Joni Freidel in her office, ready to offer a smile and guidance to anyone who knocks on her door.

As USD’s director of scholarship administration for the last eight years, Freidel said she spends her day making education more affordable for students.

“I’m a warehouse,” Freidel said. “Scholarships come to me, and then I help disperse them to the colleges and schools. I work behind the scenes, behind the professors and admission staff and those who talk to students. I’m not necessarily on the front end like them, but I am the support person.”

Throughout the school week, Freidel’s focus is on helping students, but when her office doors lock on Friday evening, her benevolent focus remains. She returns to her home on the outskirts of Vermillion, sits down with her dogs and begins planning her Sunday dinner.

For the past 11 years, Freidel has hosted dinners for college students every Sunday night dur-

heart health associations through Alpha Phi, along with women equality.

“I also want to promote women breaking that glass ceiling and perception that they can’t hold certain jobs,” Madison said.

“Women should be able to receive equal pay for equal work and feel safe in their work environment.”

Carrie Nipe, Madison’s mother, said she has al-

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“It’s a little less formal and scary, it’s more conversation based,” she said. “If someone is hesitant about Greek Life, spring is a lot more informal and not so intimidating.”

Badura said spring recruitment gives firstyear students a chance to get adjusted to USD

ways been a role model to younger girls, starting long before she was crowned Miss South Dakota USA 2018. This is exemplified through her involvement with the Big Pal, Little Pal and the Backpack program in Vermillion.

“She has made it a point to be a role model for young girls,” Carrie Nipe said. “We always put little signs on her mirror when she was growing up, and one of them said ‘you are some little girl’s inspiration.’ We just wanted her to know that she needs to be an example for others. So she keeps that in mind in every part of her life.”

Because of her hectic schedule, Madison Nipe said she’s incredibly grateful for the support USD faculty has given her.

“Doing these different appearances and still taking classes has been a little bit more challenging, but the USD staff has been amazing,” she said. “They have helped me so much and I can’t say enough good things about them.”

Carrie Nipe said she and the rest of their family are incredibly proud of Madison.

“I think if you ask anyone Maddie is the most humble and kind person anyone has ever met,” Carrie Nipe said. “She is incredibly beautiful, but she is so beautiful inside and out. I think that the fact that she is confident but so incredibly kind is just a beautiful quality in her and it showed.”

Madison will compete at the Miss USA pageant in the near future; the date of the pageant has not yet been determined. When the pageant does take place it will be broadcasted on Fox. Meantime, Madison said she is enjoying her time as Miss South Dakota USA 2018.

“To me being Miss South Dakota has been a great experience,” Madison said.

“I am so grateful to be able to experience this. I am so proud to be a Coyote and be Miss South Dakota at the same time.”

before jumping into Greek life.

“It’s nice because freshmen have a chance to get acclimated during first semester to get used to school and your classes,” she said. “So, when everything is not so new, you can walk into joining a new club without being overwhelmed.”

Every Greek chapter had a table showcasing events they host, their philanthropy efforts and what their organization

stands for.

Social work major Kiarra Harden is a firstyear who said she’s looking forward to spring recruitment.

“I want to join to get more involved on campus, meet more people and have more opportunities,” Harden said.

“I am looking into A Xi because I have so many friends in that chapter, so I know a lot of the girls.”

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Joni Freidel, USD’s director of scholarship administration, and her youngest daughter Hailey. ing the school year. A group of 10-30 students usually attend to enjoy a home-cooked meal prepared by Freidel and her youngest of five children, Hailey Freidel, a senior international studies major at USD. “My husband and I thought Sunday nights were family time, so we put a priority on that when our kids were young.” Joni Freidel said.

“When we moved here 12 years ago, a few of our oldest daughter’s friends started coming over (for Sunday dinner), and the same happened when all three of our sons were here. From there, it took off.”

All five of Joni Freidel’s

kids and eight of their first cousins have graduated from or are currently attending USD. Michaela Goldammer, a junior marketing major, said Hailey first invited her over three years ago, and the refreshing congregations bring her back every week.

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ALEX GERIG SENIOR COMPUTER SCIENCE VENEZUELA

Molly Sperlich: Have you attended USD all four years?

Alex Gerig: At USD, I have been here for two and a half years.

MS: Do you like it so far?

AG: It’s not bad, the people here are nice, and most of my professors are not bad.

MS: What do you miss most about home?

AG: I think my family most of all, and the weather.

MS: What is your favorite thing about the USD campus?

AG: There are small things that I like, I like the ambient environment here even though there’s not too many places to eat. It’s not a big campus so you can just walk around from building to building.

MS: Do you watch any football, like American football?

AG: I do. But I follow soccer, which we call real football, way more than I follow American football.

MS: If you could have one superpower what would it be?

AG: I wish I could teletransport.

MS: If you could eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?

AG: Probably pizza.

MS: Where is your favorite pizza place in Vermillion?

AG: Probably Dominos, I have eaten at Pizza Hut once, but I think I like Dominos better.

Review: “The Boss Baby” is strangely exhausting and should be demoted Parker Oleson

Parker.Oleson@coyotes.usd.edu

“The Boss Baby,” produced by Dreamworks and directed by Tom McGrath of “Madagascar” and “Megamind,” starring Alec Baldwin, Tobey Maguire and Steve Buscemi, is not worth seeing.

Nominated for Best Animated Feature this year at the Academy Awards, “The Boss Baby” came out last year in March.

It’s centered around an only child, Tim (voiced by Miles Backshi), who is mortified to discover that a new baby brother has arrived to upheave his entire life.

He soon learns the welldressed infant (voiced

by Alec Baldwin) has the ability to talk, has a secretary and writes memos.

The two are forced to put aside their differences in order to help Boss Baby (his only given name) stop a plot to take love away from babies.

“Boss Baby” is exhaustingly strange. The premise rests upon the macabre idea that there is a finite amount of love in the world, an amount that can be charted as a pie graph and measured by mysterious, unknown forces that are never completely explained.

Babies are created in an assembly line, where they are sorted into two categories: either they are sent to live with families or are determined

humorless enough to join upper-management.

Management babies then live out their days at Baby Corp., a giant company that oversees and manages how much love babies receive. Sometimes, these management babies are sent on secret missions into families to determine what is causing all the love to be taken away from the babies. These babies arrive in a suit and tie in a taxi, and use their pacifiers to project their consciousness back to Baby Corp. and drink magical formulas to retain their infantile youth.

All of this is quite bizarre. The movie suffers from its blind attempts to cram all of this worldbuilding into a 90 minute runtime along with a main plot that involves an evil puppy-manufacturing corporation and its attempts to steal all the love in the world from babies.

The film is unfocused and spread thin, never quite choosing where to place its drive. At points, it centers on the wonders of imagination, even hinting at the possibility that the entire movie was imagined by the protagonist. At other times, it’s a sentimental lesson about brotherhood and learning to appreciate your family (even if your family is a hired corporate investigator). At its worst, it’s a bland, uninspired critique of corporate

America and its emotionless, dull nature.

None of the characters in this film are likable. Tim is selfish and spoiled, Boss Baby fluctuates between coldhearted and warm with little to no reasoning and the villain (played by Steve Buscemi) is bland and forgettable. None of these characters seem to grow until the end of the film, when predictability wins out and they make the choices every viewer saw coming from the beginning.

Appearing on the soundtrack is the one licensed song they paid for, “Blackbird” by the Beatles. Sung by every main character at one point or another, the first stanza of the song is repeated nearly ten times in the film. The song punctuates every “sentimental” family moment of the movie, and by the end, the audience is left wondering how much one movie can wear out a classic song.

The only aspect of the movie this reviewer enjoyed was the animation style, which is vibrant and beautiful. Perhaps the film is better enjoyed on mute, with something better played overtop it.

“The Boss Baby” is unfocused, poorly directed and disappointingly written. Steer clear, and root for something else this award season.

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Women from USD athletic teams work with children on exercises in the Dakota Dome Feb. 3. Several student-athletes volunteered for the second annual women’s sports clinic in honor

of the 32nd annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day.

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Nikolas.Wilson@coyotes.usd.edu

USD hosted its second annual women’s sports clinic in honor of the 32nd annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day on Saturday.

Athletes from USD’s golf, soccer, softball, volleyball and track and field programs set up various stations for young women of all ages to participate in throughout the day. Over 100 participants attended the event.

Senior softball infielder Taylor Steinfeldt said this event gave USD a chance to help the Vermillion community.

“I think this is a great event for the community in general,” Steinfeldt said. “It shows that we support the community and that the com-

munity supports us as well.”

Even though this event is only in its second year, Steinfeldt said she noticed increased interest after last year’s clinic.

“It’s good news that they all came back, so it shows that they enjoyed what they had last year,” she said.

The women at the event managed the stations, ranging from running hurdles to practicing golf swings and setting volleyballs.

Senior distance runner Nicole Schmidt said she enjoyed the event because it gave girls an opportunity to try out with different sports.

“I think this event is important because it gives all the girls a chance to focus on a lot of different events throughout the day and get to see

what a lot of different sports are about,” Schmidt said. “The engagement with the older girls is really important as role models, and as leaders, and just to ask questions and have fun.”

Anne Rasmussen, sophomore defensive specialist for the volleyball team, said sports have taught her important life lessons.

“Sports have taught me a lot about teamwork, and how to work with others, but also a lot about myself and how I can stretch my limits and see what I am able to do,” Rasmussen said.

Junior midfielder Kellee Willer said many of the lessons she learned have come from participating in sports.

“Commitment, hard work, perseverance, honestly every virtue

that I’ve learned has come from sports,” Willer said. “It helps you get over adversity, mental hardships and leaning on other people to accomplish great things.”

In the world of professional sports, women have lots of role models like Serena Williams, Katie Ledecky and Sylvia Fowles, she said.

“I think that’s so cool because I think, we grow up wanting to be princesses and all that, and now we have these figures that we can be like,” Willer said. “Just like the men, I can be a professional athlete.”

Senior setter Brittany Jessen said the success of professional female athletes will help increase the public’s overall enthusiasm for women’s sports.

“The successes that women

have had in sports has been really really great to see progressing, more people watching, more people interested and excited about it,” Jessen said. “I think it can only go up from here, and it’s a great platform that we have here at USD to be able to affect these girls.”

Schmidt said the growth of women’s sports might be connected to people’s acknowledgement that women are as talented as men.

“We’re really starting to eliminate the taboo of ‘boys can do more, boys can lift more, boys are faster, boys are stronger,’” she said.

“We’re really starting to approach sports on an equal playing field, which is really fun to see.”

Coyote track and field team dominates in Dakota Dome Heidi Schneider

Heidi.Schneider@coyotes.usd.edu

USD athletes came away with 19 individual titles on Saturday at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet.

South Dakota State and Omaha competed alongside USD in addition to several alumni athletes.

Sophomore pole vaulter Ethan Bray cleared 17 feet 11.25 inches on his last jump to take the event.

He went on to jump at 18 feet 4.5 inches but was not able to clear it.

According to goyotes.com, his winning jump puts him at 11th in the NCAA Division I indoor standings and second in the Summit League.

“It was fun to see (Bray’s jump),” Lucky Huber, director of track and field and cross country said. “He’s worked really hard.”

Danielle Waldner, a USD graduate and volunteer assistant throwing coach at USD, competed as an alumna. She defended her title in the women’s shot put with a throw of 49 feet 2.25 inches. Last season, she became the first Coyote to advance to the NCAA outdoor shot put championships. Coyote freshmen Olivia Dagel and Callie Henrich placed fourth and fifth, respectively.

USD alumnus Brant Haase also grabbed a title. He won the men’s 3000m run with a time of 8:54.35.

Junior Hunter Paulson ran as a redshirt and grabbed second place.

Jeff Mettler, another USD alumnus, took third. Senior Brice Cowman and freshman Isaac Benz rounded out the top five respectively.

USD nearly swept the top five spots in the men’s and women’s mile run. The women took all top five spots and the men took the top four. Junior Madeline Huglen won the women’s mile with 4:59.82. Junior Megan Billington,

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Junior middle distance runner Alyssa Brown catches up to an Omaha runner during the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet Feb. 3. senior Erin Wetzstein, freshmen Kelsi Kearney and Laura Nelson all placed in the rest of the top five respectively.

Junior Nate Wendt took the men’s mile with a time of 4:32.85.

Freshman Cole Streich, Benz and Cowman finished in the top four respectively. Evan Fick of SDSU rounded out the top five.

Senior Brooke Ireland took first in the women’s 400m dash with a time of 58.25. She was also on the fifth placing team in the women’s 4x400 relay. Freshman Danielle Thompson, senior Cami Brenner and freshman Alli Wroblewski filled out the top five with second, fourth and fifth places respectively. Lauren Houston of Omaha took third.

Senior Ashley Thompson captured first place in the long and triple jumps. She was the only Coyote of the day to do so. She won long jump with a leap of 19 feet even and triple with a jump of 39 feet 3.75 inches.

Huber was satisfied with his team.

“The meet went good,” he said.

“And it’s nice to have a home meet.”

The Coyotes are back in action on Friday and Saturday. Part of the squad will travel to Arkansas to the Tyson Invitational. The rest of the team will jog up to Brookings to compete in the SDSU Indoor Classic. Both meets will span over Friday and Saturday.

Tennis team starts 2018 season strong Rachel Newville

Rachel.Newville@coyotes.usd.edu

The USD women’s tennis team is starting their 2018 season with hopes of improving after placing second to Denver in the Summit League Championship last year.

The team was picked in a preseason poll to come in second in the Summit League behind fourtime champion, Denver.

Head coach Brett Barnett said although he expected the team to be placed where they are, the team is working towards their goal of first place.

“That’s where I figured where we’d be,” Barnett said. “We’ve taken second the last two years and lost in the tournament final last year. It’s nice to be voted sec-

ond, but we have bigger goals than that. We’re definitely not playing for second; we’re looking to beat Denver and win the league this year.”

Junior Anastasiia Bondarenko said she thinks losing to Denver in the finals last year gives the team a leg up for taking home the title this year.

“Obviously we wanted to win the conference, but it was a really tough match,” she said. “We played against Denver and we knew that we could beat them, but that day didn’t go very well. I think we know what they can do and we know what we can do to beat them.”

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Coyotes triumph twice at home court Cheyenne Alexis

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The Coyote women earned two wins at home last Thursday and Saturday and remain in first place for the Summit League.

The Coyote women (10-0) took on Western Illinois and North Dakota State University in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center, beating them 92-81 and 80-54, respectively.

Western Illinois

USD pulled through to defeat Western Illinois 92-81 after back and forth turnovers by both the Coyotes and Leathernecks Thursday night in the SCSC. The first quarter saw the Coyotes with a strong defense and offense, and put them up 19-14. The second quarter, the Coyotes were up almost 20 points.

The Leathernecks drove back in the second half, even closing the gap at one point by three points in the fourth quarter. The Coyotes had a turnover and outscored the Leathernecks by 11 points to end with 92-81.

Highest scorer for the Coyotes was junior Jaycee Bradley with 21 points, followed by redshirt senior Jasmine Trimboli with 17 and senior Kate Liveringhouse with 15.

Junior Allison Arens said at a press conference the Coyotes had a lot of ups and downs during the game.

“I thought we started off the game playing some solid defense, and toward the end I think they got a little hot on us and we needed to adjust quicker to what they were doing and we didn’t quite do that right away,” Arens said.

Head coach Dawn Plitzuweit said the key point of

transition was during the three-point gap.

“It took us some time to get things in rhythm, and when we did, we felt a lot more comfortable,” Plitzuweit said.

Trimboli said the Leathernecks were a challenge because of their multiple three-pointers and fast defense.

“It was hard to play against a team like that — they’re really quick in transition,” she said. “We practiced quite a lot of defense and transition, making sure that when we run back, we know where their shooters are at and try to not make them shoot.”

Overall, Plitzuweit said the Coyotes came out strong against the Leatherneck’s tough defense.

“They (Leathernecks) have lineups where it’s really tough to guard them,” she said. “It was a great college basketball game to be a part of.”

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With a slow start and a few critical back and forth turnovers, the Coyotes held on against the North Dakota State University Bison on Saturday afternoon in the SCSC, winning 80-54.

Freshman Chloe Lamb had a career-high run, tying with sophomore Ciara Duffy to score 20 points and three assists. Duffy led the team with five assists. McKeever added 15 points to the score and four assists.

Lamb said she wanted to provide the team with a spark of energy during her 31-minute run.

“I wanted to make the most of it, just help my team in any way I could,” Lamb

said at a press conference.

The first quarter ended 12-9, Coyotes. The end of the first half saw the Coyotes in the lead 32-29.

The second half saw the Coyotes picking up speed, including several backto-back three-pointers by sophomore Madison McKeever, Bradley and Duffy. The third quarter went to the Coyotes 59-46.

During the fourth quarter, South Dakota took the lead in shots, which the Bison couldn’t keep up with. The final score was 80-54.

Arens was absent from the game due to an injury, a crucial point the Coyotes missed when dealing with offense, Duffy said.

“Our offense didn’t have a lot of energy,” Duffy said. “(Arens is) a great player and obviously taking her out of the equation throws off our flow a little bit.”

McKeever said the team’s offense had to step it up in the second half.

“We were taking great shots, just didn’t follow right away,” she said. “We knew they were going to come out with a lot of fire, and we had to match that.”

Plitzuweit said the team wasn’t able to overstep NDSU’s offense, though they pulled through in the second half.

“I thought they played so hard that it took us some time to figure out how to move, how to space, how to attack,” Plitzuweit said.

“We got into a stretch where I thought we were doing a really nice job defensively and that allowed us to get out, transition.”

The undefeated Coyote women travel to Fort Wayne Wednesday to take on the Mastodons at 5 p.m.

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(Top) Sophomore Madison McKeever dribbles past a Western Illinois player Feb. 1 in

the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. (Bottom) Redshirt senior Jasmine Trimboli drives past a North Dakota State University player Feb. 10 in the SCSC.

USD women’s teams deserve more recognition, respect ALI BOYSEN is a sophomore majoring in media & journalism.

Throughout history, women’s sports have never been respected as much as men’s sports. Research has found that men’s athletics gets more coverage and status, and according to an article from BBC, their salaries are higher.

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for a great season and thinks the best way for them to reach their goals is to go into each practice with a hard work ethic.

“We just need to practice really well and try hard every practice and I think it’s the key to success,” she said.

Barnett said he sets up the team’s schedule to teach them different lessons

issue with a gender bias in athletics. According to GoYotes, the men’s basketball team on average draws around 400 more people to their games than the women’s games. Why is this?

I’ve been to almost every home basketball game this spring semester, and the amount of students who show up to men’s games versus the women’s games is disproportionate. The latest games have nearly closed the gap on attendance, but before the men and women were at the top of the league, it was a different story.

On Jan. 13 the Coyote women battled Fort Wayne at home and a crowd of 2,016 watched. Only a couple of days later, the men’s team played the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles in the Sanford Coyotes Sports Center and brought in 2,351 viewers.

That’s a difference of over 300 people.

The women’s team has a Summit League record of 10-0 and has had a 13-game winning streak. They also are no. 1 in the conference, and have many talented players who work very hard to compete against other skilled

throughout the season.

“We’re looking to play different levels... we go anywhere from top 40 team in the country to some really good mid-major teams and then maybe a couple that don’t bring us as much pace and show us a couple different things,” he said. “So we’re ready for pretty much anything come conference play.”

Short term goals to strengthen doubles will help the team reach their goal of taking home the Summit

League title, Barnett said.

“We need to get our doubles better and stronger, we don’t want to be dropping doubles points regularly, it’s going to be tough to win four singles matches against a lot of good teams,” he said. “I mean, our singles players were super sharp last weekend but we can do a better job of closing out sets and playing our subtle tennis and not getting tight at moments.”

teams.

The men’s team is also having a successful season — just not as successful ­­ as the women. The men’s record is 8-2 in the Summit League and they are second in the conference, right behind SDSU. Women’s basketball isn’t the only place where this gender bias happens of course. Women’s soccer in the U.S. has been controversial for its large gender pay gap, and this particular situation has brought light to the obstacles that women’s sports have.

Events like National Girls & Women in Sports Day help raise awareness to this disproportion, but it’s eventually up to the consumers to change their habits and make a difference. It’s not like students have to pay a fee; they get in for free for all the sporting events. I encourage more students to attend women’s sports here at USD, especially since they put so much hard work into their craft.

More headway is being made as society continues to grow and recognize biases, and I can’t wait until

women’s sports are given the same spotlight that men’s are.

Senior Taylor Steinfeldt participated in USD’s clinic, and also has hope for the future of women’s sports.

“I think we’re going to see it grow even more than what it has,” Steinfeldt said.

“I think a lot of the women in professional sports aren’t documented or aren’t marketed enough. I think if that comes out more, then you’re gonna see a lot more females wanting to be those professional athletes.”

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Molly Schiermeyer: Why did you choose basketball at USD (over volleyball or another school)?

Taylor Frederick: I loved the people and the small town feel. It just felt right the moment I stepped on campus.

MS: What is your favorite part about playing in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center?

Junior Anastasiia Bondarenko practices hitting the ball during practice in the Dakota

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TF: I love how close the fans are to us — you can just feel the energy when you are playing.

MS: What is the most rewarding part about being a student-athlete?

TF: The most rewarding part of being a student-athlete is the people I have been able to meet. I am so fortunate to have the teammates that I do.

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FEBRUARY 1

MBB@ Macomb, IL Coyotes win 80-54

Junior Tyler Hagedorn was the highest scorer with 19 points followed by junior Matt Mooney, who scored in double figures for the 15th straight game.

FEBRUARY 2 Tennis @ Lincoln, NE Coyotes lose 3-4 against Eastern Michigan Four out of six singles matches were played to a third set.

FEBRUARY 2

Swimming and Diving @ Sioux Falls - Coyote Invitational Coyotes win four events

Freshman Mark Vanderzee won the 500-yard freestyle in 4 minutes, 40.79 seconds.

FEBRUARY 3

Swimming and Diving @ Sioux Falls - Coyote Invitational Coyotes win 82-60

Four individual events were won by freshmen Mark Vanderzee, Ben Kopp, Elbert Chuang and James Ryan.

FEBRUARY 3

MBB @ NDSU Coyotes win 76-72 The final point made by the Coyotes was a three-point basket by sophomore Tyler Petersen with an assist from junior Matt Mooney.