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As students become familiar with new classes, meal plans and roommates, President Gestring is continuing to familiarize herself with her new role as the President of the University.

Gestring started as the university’s 18th president June 22 and is set to have an inauguration next semester. She said the most exciting part of onboarding has been preparing for students to return.

Student Government Association president Josh Sorbe said he is part of Gestring’s transition team. He said the purpose of the transition team is to help introduce the USD community and the

President and make sure everyone feels welcomed.

“She had me send her 10 student organizations to go meet with so she’ll be reaching out to those,” Sorbe said. “She’s going to do a forum in the CDC. She’s coming to SGA on September 4th.”

Sorbe said all of these stops are part of Gestring’s listening campaign. He said he picked 10 of the largest organizations on campus for her to start with.

Kim Grieve, DOS said Gestring is attentive to the details of student life.

“She is very very interested in student success, student retention, student recruitment and she is also really concerned about the price of college and

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Following his trial early Tuesday afternoon, former USD football player Dale Williamson was found not guilty of attempted second-degree rape charges from an incident that occurred in October 2017.

The trial took place Monday and Tuesday this week.

In late November 2017, Williamson was charged with one WILLIAMSON count of attempted second-degree rape at the same time his former teammate, Danny Rambo was charged with one count of second-degree rape.

Since then, Rambo has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to serve 180 days in jail. He is scheduled to serve 10 days starting Nov. 1 and have the remaining 170 suspended if he meets multiple requirements and pays a $2,000 fine.

The jury was selected Monday and Williamson will appear in front of the Clay County jury later this week, the Argus Leader reported.

In December, Williamson was charged with second-degree rape for an incident that occurred on March 3, 2017. A trial will be set for that case after the current trial is completed regarding the Oct. 2017 case.

Last October, Williamson, and Rambo were held on bond after they turned themselves in when a warrant was released for their arrest. They were later suspended indefinitely from the Coyote football team.

Also suspended from the team was senior Adam Harris. Harris and the victim left a house party the night of the sexual assault.

While the two were having consensual sex, Williamson and Rambo entered the room and tried to get the victim to perform sexual acts.

There were no charges against Harris, but he was suspended from the football team.

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Unused North Complex dining hall undergoes construction Kelli Susemihl

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Renovations at North Complex have been underway since May 2018. New offices and common places are being added to the building.

Construction that began in the spring of 2018 to turn the unused North Complex dining hall space into new offices and a new student programming center is now in full swing.

The construction, which has blocked off the hallway between the Richardson/ Olson dorms and the Beede/Mickelson dorms, will create the office spaces for student services.

University Housing, TRIO, Veterans’ Services, the IT department, the JumpStart program, mail operations and the copy center will all have offices in the new location. Currently, these offices are located in the Center for Continuing Education or the Center for Diversity and Community.

Kim Grieve, the vice president of student services and dean of students, said the additions were necessary as the university continues to grow.

“We just keep getting bigger and better and need more space,” Grieve said. “For several years it wasn’t anything... so we were looking at things that might really be helpful for students to have at their fingertips, especially first-time, full-time students.”

Ashley Hartnett, the director for University Housing, said the new location of these offices will be beneficial for students.

“Being able to be more centrally located for the majority of our students that live on campus will be huge, for them to be able to have access to ask questions, get processes clarified and get assistance,” Hartnett said. “ The other offices that will be over there also work a lot with student support.”

Hartnett said a student programming space will be another feature of the new addition.

“We also have a programming space, which will be a community evening space,” she said. “We don’t really have that right now over in North Complex, where students can gather, study, watch movies, do events and hold large-scale meetings.”

She said the space will be similar to a lounge, but larger.

Hartnett also said one inconvenience of the construction has been the closing of the breezeway, although she said it is planned to be reopened later this semester.

“The breezeway wasn’t open on movein day and that usually is really convenient for students when they’re unpacking and moving into the halls,” she said.

“But I think we communicated that out in advance and were able to communicate that to our volunteers and anyone who was helping with that process, so it didn’t really cause any hiccups on move-in day.”

Frank Fitzgibbons, a sophomore who also lived in North Complex during his first year at USD, said the construction will create a hassle for him when going to class and the P.O.D. marketplace.

“Now that it’s a complete inconvenience to go, it would be like going to the MUC, you’d have to make a plan,” he said.

Fitzgibbons said he wishes the empty space would have been made into something else.

“I wish they had made it a cafeteria,” he said. “I thought they were going to do something like that, so offices are a huge bummer.”

The North Complex construction is planned to be completed by Jan. 2019.

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making sure that students have scholarships and all so they can afford to come to USD,” Grieve said. “She has a great vision and is on her listening tour currently trying to get as much information from different areas.”

A twist on tradition Scott Pohlson, the Vice President of Enrollment, Marketing and University Relations was on the Presidental hiring committee. He said Gestring has stayed consistent.

“She’s not any different than what she was in those interviews,” he said. “I think her core values are rooted in who we are as a state... she’s a hard decision maker. She knows she can’t just be the next Jim Abbott. She has to be the next Sheila Gestring and that makes me proud to work for her.”

Gestring said she is excited to continue participating in all the USD events and traditions she has attended for the last decade.

“I’m accustomed to going to the tailgates and going to the games and attending all the events on campus so I wouldn’t want to change that since I’ve been doing that for about a decade,” she said.

In addition to continuing open office hours and attending USD events, Gestring has also started a twitter account to communicate with the USD community.

Plans for change Along with her listening tour with departments and student organizations,

Students and faculty are excited for a fresh start in the Center for Diversity and Community after a year of Gestring is hoping to use multiple methods to receive feedback from faculty and students.

“I’m also contemplating having just a listening session perhaps scheduled once a week over in the MUC or something central to campus where anyone can just stop by or grab a cup of coffee and just chat,” Gestring said.

Since Gestring has been working at the university for the last 10 years and has some ideas of areas that could use improvement right away, one of those areas being funding for the fine arts department.

“It’s difficult to raise that money. Public support is difficult. Revenues are perhaps not where we would like them to be as a state,” she said.

Gestring also said enrollment makes a difference for finding funding for new supplies and resources for the Fine Arts.

“The hardest part I think for Dean Skow is getting those enrollment numbers up so that he has the resources to be able to support those purchases as well, and obviously we are working very diligently on that,” she said.

Another area Gestring hopes to improve is retention of students.

“I think its incumbent on us that as a university when we recruit students we work diligently to keep them and get them to graduation,” Gestring. “That is definitely something I plan to spend a lot of time working on this semester.”

Pohlson said he is excited to see what new ideas will be brought to the table.

“What she brings is a perspective that our institution can be better than what we are,” he said. “Even though we’ve had a really good run with President Abbott, it’s time to think differently about USD.”

leadership struggles.

After a semester of having no director or programming coordinator, Laura Chandler was hired as the CDC director last April, and James Cooper was hired as the program coordinator earlier this month. They are both excited to be starting their first semesters in the CDC. Chandler said although she hopes to work on more social justice outreach and education, she is dedicated to keeping the CDC comfortable for students.

“It will continue to be a home away from home for students. That is the way I see the center. It is a student space,” Chandler said. “It is a space for them to relax, to socialize, to study, to stop in and have lunch, to catch up with their friends, so my commitment is to keeping it that kind of space for students.”

Cooper said one of his goals is to make the CDC a place for everyone on campus.

“This is a space for all students, not just those from marginalized communities,” Cooper said. “Our goal really is to create an innovative and productive space for everybody on campus. We can’t be diverse if we’re just up here hiding.”

Marcus Destin, a transfer junior communications studies major and a student leader in the CDC, said administration really listened to student concerns during the hiring process.

“We were having issues with administrative-student transparency,” he said.

“The things that administration did this year was they really made sure the students’ voice was heard when it came to hiring Dr. Chandler.

Destin said adding students into the hiring process helped the administration make the right decisions.

“I know they made the right decision because Dr. Chandler comes in and she just flows like water...she is easy to work with,” Destin said.

Saeed Debor, senior business marketing major and a student leader in the CDC, said he has been very impressed with how much Chandler and Cooper ask for feedback and listen to the students.

“Listening to students is the most important thing,” he said. “The university is all based on students, so when you work for the university you basically work for the students.”

Beran appointed as SDBOR new CEO Morgan Matzen

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Paul Beran was appointed in July to serve as executive director and CEO of the South Dakota Board of Regents beginning Sept. 4.

Beran succeeds Michael G. Rush, who left the South Dakota public higher education system in May after three years of service as its executive director and CEO. Beran has served in higher education previously in various capacities as a faculty member, administrator and a university CEO in Arkansas and Oklahoma public university systems. Beran also previously served as president of Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

SDBOR President Kevin Schieffer said the board was “impressed” with Beran’s previous service in higher education, and will present him with a full agenda in advancing South Dakota higher education initiatives.

Schieffer said in Beran’s previous positions, he’s built programs similar to the SDBOR’s University Centers in Sioux Falls and Rapid City.

“He’s had a very distinguished career there,” Schieffer said. “He’s got a lot of experience across the spectrum of higher education, community colleges and university settings. He’s willing to make some tough decisions and move things forward in a constructive way.”

Some of Beran’s responsibilities include outreach to higher education partners to develop South Dakota’s workforce, keeping tuition costs down, improve system facility planning, strengthening outreach with administration and legislature, among other duties.

Matt Yetter, a junior political science, criminal justice and history major, represents the regental universities as executive director of Student Federation, which brings together the student governing bodies of each of the six four-year regental universities under the SDBOR. Yetter said his responsibilities include directing and setting agenda for the Student Federation, as well as presenting reports at every SDBOR meeting.

“The role of the SDBOR executive director is that (the) leader of the regental system as its highest advocate at all levels of state, local and federal government,” Yetter said. “He’s entrusted as the overseer of the system and works to grow and strengthen the regental system as a whole.”

USD Student Government Association president Josh Sorbe said the CEO of the SDBOR is an important position in higher education.

“A lot of the policies that we have at

USD aren’t our policies, they are Board of Regents policies that we adopt,” Sorbe said. “I think it’s really important to know who is making the decisions that are impacting your day-to-day lives.”

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minority, immigrant and other underrepresented populations into higher education; fund research and work with the University Centers to “find a better mission for them to plug into our regental system,” Schieffer said.

Beran said in a press release he’s looking forward to working with the SDBOR, and anticipates great experiences and success working with the universities in the SDBOR system.

“South Dakota has strong institutions and excellent leadership in those institutions,” Beran said in a release. “I anticipate great experiences and success working with all the universities and the special schools to connect higher education in the best way possible to career and workforce opportunities for the students in South Dakota.”

Beran said an important part of the SDBOR’s work is to partner with the business community to connect education and careers for students.

“Looking for and acting on system efficiencies will help keep tuition affordable for traditional students as well as those non-traditional students who seek to advance their lives and help their families,” he said.

One goal of the regental universities is to increase the number of college graduates within the system, and to help each graduate “create a positive life trajectory that will continue into many future generations,” Beran said.

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Coyote Crazies, a student engagement organization, table at the student organization fair on Saturday (left). Bridget Fenger and Lindsey Seier, two members of Kappa Alpha Theta, inform students about their philanthropy at the fair (top right). The student organization fair was held at the student tailgate area on Saturday (bottom right).

Student organizations recruit new members Sara Cappiello

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The air was buzzing with excitement and music Saturday afternoon at the Student Organization Fair.

With the new academic year beginning, USD student organizations are recruiting members and planning fresh activities and events.

From Math Club to Campus Activities Board, the fair offered a wide variety of organizations for students to look into.

For students interested in special education or volunteer work, the Council for Exceptional Children combines the two to promote special education at USD and around the community.

Katy Mertens, sophomore elementary and special education major, is the president for the Council for Exceptional Children and said she is looking forward to taking on her new role and organizing events.

“We do a lot in the community to promote special education,” Mertens said.

“We partner with Special Olympics on campus and do other things around the community.”

The Council for Exceptional Children is part of the School of Education at USD but they welcome all majors.

Mertens said she is ready to recruit new members.

“We want to find more volunteer opportunities to get our name out in the

community,” Mertens said.

“We want to get the word out to people that are not only education majors because anyone can join.”

Avery DelGrosso, senior medical biology major, is president of the USD Habitat for Humanity organization. Founded in 1976, Habitat for Humanity has just recently been revamped in the last few years after the former faculty adviser retired and the senior officers graduated.

“We’re a nationwide service organization that provides affordable and decent housing for lowincome families,” DelGrosso said. “We also do other programs around the community.”

After years of fundraising, Habitat for Humanity

is beginning its first home build in Vermillion on Aug. 26. Volunteers will help build a home for a single mother and her four children.

DelGrosso said he is excited to take on this new project.

“We do anything from shingling, siding, painting and putting up drywall,” DelGrosso said. “All the labor is supplied by volunteers.”

Habitat for Humanity has about 150 members and volunteers signing up whenever they can.

With the groundbreaking for the home build fast approaching, DelGrosso said he is hoping to increase volunteer hours and get more people to meetings.

“I feel like it’s important for people to have a recap of what we’ve done and accomplished,” DelGrosso said. “Because I think if you can look back and say ‘I made a difference,’ it will make you want to volunteer more.”

The Latino-Hispanic Student Organization also tabled at the organization fair and is looking to involve new members after revamping the club in the last few years.

Sophomore medical biology major Camila Ordonz is the president of the Latino-Hispanic Student Organization and their mission is to teach students about the Hispanic community at USD. “This semester we have so much planned,” Ordonz

said. “We have open mic nights and movie nights.

Our biggest event is Day of the Dead. We want to do so much with that.”

Ordonz said bringing awareness to the Latino and Hispanic communities is a crucial part of what their organization does.

“Especially in South Dakota, it is such a small community but is still such an important part of any community,” Ordonz said. “Latino and Hispanic communities have such a beautiful culture and we just want more people to be aware of it and show how beautiful our culture really is.”

Summer internships provide unique learning experiences Devin Martin

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Carrie Wintle, a USD graduate of business administration and mathematics, was crowned Miss South Dakota June 16, 2018.

Miss SD moves on to Miss America pageant Devin Martin

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Several USD students competed in the Miss South Dakota pageant in June in Hot Springs, South Dakota. USD students were named Miss South Dakota, first-runner up and second runner-up.

Miss South Dakota

Carrie Wintle, a USD graduate of business administration and mathematics, was crowned Miss South Dakota.

As Wintle prepares for the Miss America pageant on Sept. 9, she is taking time to focus on her 501(c)3 non-profit organization, Money Sheep, and being an active member of the South Dakota community.

Wintle said that she started her non-profit organization two years ago, and her goal is to help the youth build a financial foundation.

“I specifically draw upon my education from the University of South

Dakota and Vanderbilt in accounting and finance to help kids learn about different financial principles and then be able to apply those in their own lives,” Wintle said.

Wintle said from her experience raising lambs taught her numerous financial topics when she was younger. She tries to tap into each child’s unique experience and how they can apply a financial topic.

One way she does that is by having a book published called Mr. Money $heep and recently another book was published called Mr. Money $heep and the Financial Foes.

As Wintle continues to work for her fundraiser, Wintle has also been active all around South Dakota. She had an event recently called a “Miss America Trunk Show.”

Before those events took place, Wintle had to compete in the Miss South Dakota competition in Hot Springs. This was her fifth year competing.

Wintle said she is grateful for all that the organization has given her since she started competing when she was 13 years old in the teen division where she was crowned Miss South Dakota Outstanding Teen in 2008.

“It’s kind-of like I’ve grown up in the system and it taught me so much about myself and about different skills that I have made along the way,” Wintle said. “But going in this year I really wanted to just be me. Last year I came in first runner-up.

There may have been a certain amount of pressure that came along with that but ultimately I wanted to represent the best version of myself.”

Wintle said with the Miss America competition approaching, she will go into the competition with an open heart.

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USD is known to have different majors for students to immerse themselves in for their studies.

As students complete their studies they also have the opportunity to complete summer internships to set them on a path toward figuring out what they want to do with their life.

The Volante interviewed five students who have completed internships around the nation.

Sustainability

Tanner Hall, senior sustainability major, completed his internship with the Sustainable River REU. Hall learned about this internship opportunity from working directly as a lab tech with Meghann Jarchow, chair of the sustainability and environment department.

From that experience, Hall met with one of Jarchow’s Ph.D. students, Morgan Carnes who was completing research for the Sustainable River REU. Hall helped com-

plete a sociological survey based on initial interviews Carnes had done in the upper Missouri River Basin.

They were looking for what individuals valued about the landscape and where they have those values. Then they completed a survey, went door to door in towns of the upper Missouri River Basin.

Hall said his biggest take away was seeing the lack of diversity in Eastern South Dakota and Southern North Dakota.

“My big takeaways were there is not a whole lot of diversity in the upper Missouri River Basin. There’s a lot of Caucasian older people,” Hall said. “They don’t all have the same worldview and set of values.”

father who works in youth development for the team.

Broadley’s main responsibilities consisted of talking to the other operations managers from the other teams and connecting to make sure that hotel, practices, and game-day management goals were all set and ready to go.

Broadley said making connections during his internship was something that was the most memorable to him.

“We (played) the Pittsburgh Riverhounds at our place and the assistant coach is Christian Pulisic’s dad and he’s like America’s top soccer player young star. So just kind-of honestly talking and connecting with him,” Broadley said.

Sports Management Musical Theatre Lochlan Broadley, junior sports management major, worked as an operations intern for the soccer team Charleston Battery. Broadley was able to achieve this internship after hearing about the opportunity from his

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SUMMER 2018 INTERNSHIPS Christian Skunk

senior, political science worked with the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Yankton, SD

Tanner Hall

senior, sustainability worked with the Sustainable River REU, mainly in the upper Missouri River Basin South Dakota and North Dakota

Lochlan Broadley junior, sports management worked with the Charlston Battery Charlston, SC

Alyssa Collett

junior, musical theater participated in Open Jar Institute New York City, NY

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through the Kennedy Center American Collegiate Theatre Festival where she auditioned and received an email that said she was accepted into the program.

During the week-long program, selected students from around the country could take workshops with Broadway stars, directors, choreographers and more.

After the workshops would conclude for the day the students would see a Broadway production and reflect on what they learned from the day’s activities.

Collett said something she found that was interesting was how auditions take place in New York.

“A lot of things that I was taking away that I haven’t heard from USD was about the audio style,” Collett said. “At USD before you go to an audition room and before you start singing or doing your monologue you have

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to slate... whereas in New York you don’t have to slate at all. You walk in the room, you talk to your accompanist and you go in the middle of the room and you start singing.”

department and what they did, but working there and actually seeing what it takes to run the office and what it takes to get enrolled (was interesting),” Skunk said.

Political Science

Exercise Science

Christian Skunk, senior political science major, spent his summer working for the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe as their economic development and enrollment department coordinator.

Skunk worked with the director of enrollment and the assistant director of economic development to find job opportunities for community members of the tribe or providing tribal members with resources to find a job. In the enrollment department, Skunk worked to get more people enrolled in the tribe.

Skunk said what he enjoyed about the experience was seeing how the office operated.

“It (made me) open my eyes and see how things actually operated because I had a basic understanding of the enrollment

Sean Langer, recent graduate as an exercise science major, interned this summer at the Yale University Sports Performance Center as their strength and conditioning intern.

Langer worked on the fourth floor where there was an athlete gym and a non-athlete gym. He worked with all different types of athletes, especially on the football team and the lacrosse team where Langer worked with the athletes one-onone. He also gained skills in data analytics and data auditing.

Langer said during his time at Yale University, he enjoyed working with athletes of diverse backgrounds.

“It’s such a diverse group,” he said.

Dental hygiene receives grant Devin Martin

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The department of dental hygiene received a grant in mid-June that would allow for students to perform oral health services for low-income children, veterans and seniors.

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Rural Health Outreach grant will allow students to be supervised by licensed faculty and they will travel to serve nine communities in eight rural counties in Southeast South Dakota, according to a news release.

Tasha Wendel, a clinical instructor of the dental hygiene department, said that this grant allows students to learn from an alternate setting and working with numerous patients.

“This is where they’re going to see a lot of children, they’ll see senior populations even here at

(the) campus clinic but it’s not necessarily even in the same regards,” Wendel said.

The 2014 Oral Health of Survey of South Dakota Children stated that, “Oral health programs for the state are working, however, more than half of children in South Dakota have tooth decay and more than 40 percent of children in SD do not have dental sealants.”

Wendel said she believes in order to improve rural health outcomes, you have to be willing to see every client.

“I guess my biggest goal is just the public health outreach. I think there’s a lot to be learned for what we should be doing and where dentistry should be moving forward,” Wendel said. “One of the drawbacks that I saw working in private practice was just I feel like we’re only seeing those that have insurance

or that have an income.”

Through the HRSA grant, the department of dental hygiene will be able to bring portable dental equipment into schools, nursing homes and senior centers, according to a news release.

Students will also be able to provide services such as x-rays, cleanings, dental screenings, fluoride varnish and oral health education to numerous patients in southeastern South Dakota.

Students can also visit the on-campus clinic and get various services such as getting their teeth cleaned, dental x-rays, flouride treatment, oral cancer screenings, sealents, ect. Most of these are offered in the $45 fee. The mouthguard and bleaching trays are offered at a separate fee.

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Newly crowned Miss South Dakota waves to the crowd after receiving her crown on June 16, 2018.

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ration that I’ve done going into Miss South Dakota and now for the chance to really lean on that preparation and lean on the 10 years of experience in this organization to represent the state of South Dakota and represent all the good things that we’re doing here in South Dakota,” Wintle said.

Wintle said those entering competitions for the Miss South Dakota organization should be themselves and nothing else.

“Don’t be afraid to be exactly who you are. I think that’s one thing I’ve learned most from this organization and from competing that especially in my earlier years I think I tried to be what I thought the organization wanted,” Wintle said. “It was really exhausting to be someone who I wasn’t. These past two years, in particular, I have fully embraced exactly who I am and who I want to be.”

Miss Christmas in the Hills

Amber Hulse, sophomore political science major and the first runnerup for Miss South Dakota, said that the competition for her was emotional because she is originally from Hot Springs, South Dakota.

“The whole thing kind-of just became a way for me to give back to the community and my hometown and so it was a really emotional week anyway because of that,” Hulse said. “But then all of the sudden you’re standing there holding one of your idols hands and you’re looking at her and she’s looking at you and one of you is going

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I’m really happy for her, she’s going to kill it in Miss America.

Heather Egbert, Miss University of South Dakota and USD alumna

to go to Miss America… that’s just a really surreal moment.”

Hulse said that when her and Wintle were together in the final moment of the competition, she was hoping that Wintle’s name would be called.

“To me I was hoping I would hear my name called as first runner-up so that she could win because she definitely deserves it and you know they always say oh are the girls catty? Are they mean?

It’s totally not like that,” Hulse said.

The Miss South Dakota organization has four pillars for women to follow.

They are style, service, scholarship and success.

Hulse said the organization prepares women for what is to come in their life.

“A lot of people think of beauty pageants or pageants in general as the stereotypical show that you see on Miss Congeniality on TV and those four pillars are what the organization truly stands for. It’s about preparing young women for the workforce and trying to make them professional community leaders whatever they want to do with their lives.”

Miss USD

Heather Egbert, recent graduate of the media and journalism department at USD, is most well known for holding the title of Miss USD and becoming the second runner-up in the Miss South Dakota competition.

Egbert placed in the top eight in last year’s competition for Miss South Dakota and felt more comfortable this time around.

“Last year I was super nervous you know the entire week, this year I kind-of went into it like whatever’s going to happen (is going) to happen,” Egbert said. “I was super relaxed and truly enjoyed the week. I think that’s what made the difference.”

Egbert said that having Wintle move onto the Miss America competition will be a good experience for her.

“I am super proud of her. She was my roommate last year for Miss South Dakota and she’s just a genuine person,” Egbert said. “I’m really happy for her, she’s going to kill it in Miss America. There’s a little bit of changes with Miss America right now and I know she’ll handle that with grace.”

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Sara Cappiello: How has your first week at USD been?

Ashley Sanchez: Everything has been really exciting so far. I moved in a week early to do recruitment for the sororities and I got into Pi Beta Phi so I’m super excited. It’s overall a great experience and opportunity.

SC: How was move-in day for you?

AS: Moving in was so stressful. It was very overwhelming and overall I think it went smoothly after a while after you get to know the people on your floor and become friends with them.

SC: What are you looking forward to about this school year?

AS: I’m definitely looking forward to academically getting started. I’m really excited to start my nursing major. I have a passion for the medical field. I’m so excited to get working on that knowledge and to be moving forward.

SC: Where did you grow up?

AS: I was born and raised in Sioux Falls so I’m used to the big city.

SC: Why did you choose USD? AS: I chose USD because of the atmosphere. I went to medical camp here, which was super fun. I love

FRESHMAN NURSING SIOUX FALLS the campus and all the people. I have amazing opportunities and everyone is really welcoming and very open. They also have a great medical program and the whole school is amazing.

SC: What classes are you nervous or excited for?

AS: I’m most excited for my nursing classes to get started. I think one class I’m nervous for is psychology. But I’m a science person so I love it all.

SC: What are you planning to be involved in here on campus?

AS: I am involved in Pi Beta Phi and I’m also going to join the speech and debate team. I’m most excited for speech and debate because I did it for four years in high school and I was a national qualifier.

SC: What is your favorite part about USD so far?

AS: My favorite part is the people. I’ve met a lot of people through recruitment, on my floor. And it’s nice you’re never alone, you always have someone to hang out with and support you through the journey in college because they’re going through it too.

SC: What did you do this summer in preparation for coming to USD? AS: I did a lot of shopping. I love going to Target.

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Coyote defensive linemen work on staying low off the snap and footwork during first week of practice in prepartion for the game against Kansas State on Sept. 1.

The Perfect Game.

That’s what USD junior Linebacker/Defensive End Darin Greenfield said the Coyote football team strives for this training camp.

“We’re working for that one game where 11 guys do their jobs every play for the whole game,” Greenfield said. “As soon as we get that perfect game, it’s gonna be huge for us.”

USD comes off an 8-5 (4-4 CONF) 2017 season, reaching the second round of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoffs in a 42-54 shootout loss to Sam Houston State, a vast improvement from a 4-7 season in 2016.

Entering his third season as head coach, Bob Nielson said last year’s success has driven players to chase a championship.

“Building on last year has been the goal since day one of training camp,” Nielson said.

“We have a lot of guys now that understand what it takes to get to the national playoffs and how to progress our program.”

Notching their first winning season since

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2011 and peaking at #4 in FCS rankings Week 6 of 2017, USD football is morphing into a Missouri Valley Conference (MVFC) powerhouse, shifting the team’s objectives.

“One of the things we focused on the last few years was changing our culture,” Greenfield said. “Now that we’re where we need to be, coaches say we can’t be complacent. [This training camp] we focused on fundamentals more than anything, breaking down our movements: hands, eyes, feet, all moving at once.

Get those right and everything starts coming together.”

Leading the Coyote defense with nine sacks and 19.5 Tackles for Loss (first in MVFC), Greenfield enters the 2018 season as a member of the MVFC preseason all-defensive team.

On Football Media Day earlier this month, Nielson said this year’s team is “about as young a team as I’ve ever worked with”, noting only 25 of 107 players are upperclassmen.

“Fortunately, within that young group, we

“We’re working for that one game where eleven guys do their jobs every play for the whole game.”

Darin Greenfield, junior linebacker/defensive end

have some guys that have played and have experience,” Nielson said. “From a coaching standpoint, that’s what preseason camp is all about: developing younger guys into those depth positions.”

Senior cornerback Isaac Armstead said that development is crucial when preparing young players for real minutes on the field.

“Usually you don’t see freshman on the field too early, and it’s interesting to see them react to ‘Hey, come September first, you’ll be playing’,” Armstead said. “Seeing them play and getting them up to speed has been one of our biggest emphases for sure.”

Aug. 14, Nielson announced last year’s lead runningback Michael Frederick, now a senior, moved to cornerback, joining Armstead and sophomore Mark Collins Jr. on wideout patrol.

Frederick’s move will bolster the defensive backfield and allow young running backs such as sophomores Kai Henry, Ethan Falaniko, and Ben Klett more touches throughout the season, Greenfield said.

“Mike [Frederick] is an unbelievable athlete and just three practices in he’s been doing really well,” Greenfield said. “Give him another week to figure out defensive schemes and stuff like that, and he’s going to be really good for us defensively.”

The most surveilled change, however, is junior Austin Simmons’ takeover at quarterback, after Chris Streveler led an offense ranked first in total yards in the MVFC before his departure.

“Strev and I do a lot of similar things, but there’s differences also,” Simmons said. “Strev was a great runner, so he incorporated that into his style of play. I’ll run the ball a little bit too, but maybe not as much as him.”

Simmons ended the 2017 season with 410 passing yards and four touchdowns, throwing 38 times and completing 17 of them, according to GoYotes. Two of those touchdowns came week nine in a 42-0 win against Southern Illinois, where Streveler left the field with a leg injury in the first series of the game.

“Austin [Simmons] is highly skilled, and it’s just a matter of him gaining in-game experience,” Nielson said during Media Day. “He’s the only undefeated quarterback in the MVFC -He basically started three games and he’s 3-0.”

“His strength is his ability to throw the football,” Nielson said. “He can throw as well as anyone that I’ve worked within 25 years. Our guys have a lot of confidence in him.”

The Coyotes commence their search for the Perfect Game against Kansas State in Manhattan, Kansas, and return to Vermillion Sept.

8 for their home opener against Northern Colorado.

Volleyball team looks forward to new players

By Austin Lammers

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USD volleyball head coach Leanne Williamson stands behind the west baseline of the court inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center, arms crossed and eyes concentrated on her team exchanging attacks a few feet in front of her.

Since 2016, Williamson and her teams have posted a 42-18 (23-7 CONF) record, reaching the Summit League Tournament semifinals both seasons, but failing to go beyond.

Williamson returns this season with a group hungry for a conference title, armed with veteran talent and supported by young potential.

“We’re very new and very young,” Williamson said. “We have very old players and very young players, so it’s about meshing the two groups together and focusing on the process.”

Among the ‘very young players’-- the seven freshmen reinforcing the Coyote squad-- is redshirt Madison Jergens, who is filling the setter role after shadowing the now-graduated Brittany Jessen since the Spring of 2017.

“Brittany was always fearless and never doubted herself, which is something a setter needs to have,” Jergens said. “I think I’ve grown into that role as I’ve learned from her. I’m excited to finally play and see how the work that I’ve put in over the past years contributes to real games.”

Williamson said she’s been “pleasantly surprised” by Jergens and her capabilities.

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

The Coyotes have four seniors mentoring the rest of the squad this year: middle blocker Taylor Wilson and outside hitters Hayley Dotseth, Kristina Susak, and Rachel Schmidt.

Dotseth, whose 359 kills last season led the Coyotes and ranked third in the Summit League, said developing young players is vital to victory.

“We have a pretty young team, so bringing their success at a lower level into the success us

older players have had will be really important,” Dotseth said. “Our youth is spread out through all positions, so we’re doing breakdowns at every position. Different coaches are focusing on different skills.”

The Coyotes begin tournament play August 24th, and Dotseth said until then, the main focus in practice is defense.

“We pride ourselves on our defense,” Dotseth said. “Again, we have a lot of players who haven’t stepped foot on a collegiate court, so we’re making sure we flow through defense correctly.”

Junior defensive specialist Anne Rasmussen drove the Coyotes’ backcourt last season, whose 569 digs ranked second in the Summit League. In December, Coach Williamson called Rasmussen ‘one of the best liberos in the league’, but Rasmussen said she’s fixated on the season ahead of her.

“There’s a little pressure [from last season], but every year is a fresh start,” Rasmussen said. “I’m not focused on what happened last season. I’m focusing ahead: How can I help my team get better? How can I help our offense by digging multiple balls and giving them more opportunities? I’m focused on getting better day by day.”

Apart from the daily grind, Rasmussen said the team creates chemistry outside the walls of the SCSC. “A lot of it stems from what we do off the court. We’re really good friends and hang out all the time, and it really does transfer to the court.” Rasmussen said. “We work every day by communicating and getting into a good flow.”

Friday, USD traveled to Ames, Iowa to test that flow against #21 Iowa State in an exhibition game.

“Playing Iowa State is a great thing for us to do early in the season,” Williamson said. “We want to get players opportunities, so we’ll find time to get them in the match and allow them to work through things to figure out what they can do against a high-level team.”

Though the Coyotes lost to the Cyclones 1-3, Williamson’s attention was not on the score.

“We’re expecting to take care of our side of the floor,” Williamson said. “We’re not worrying about what Iowa State’s doing on the other

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“We have very old players and very

young players, so it’s about meshing the two groups together and focusing on the process.

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side; we want to make sure we’re playing clean volleyball and making changes along the way.”

Coyotes compete in their red/white scrimmage Saturday western and the University of Wiscownsin-Milwaukee in the first day of the Panther Invitational.

“I’m looking forward to seeing how they compete, and how they show their confidence on the floor,” Williamson said.

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Freshman outside hitter Jenna Wagemester dives for the ball during the Red /White scrimmage on Saturday.

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By Austin Lammers austin.lammers@coyotes.usd.edu The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) awarded the USD volleyball team a Team Academic Award for the 2017-2018 season.

According to the AVCA, the award honors “collegiate and high school volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom during the school year by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale.”

In addition to being one of 164 Division I schools awarded, USD also earned Academic Honor Roll recognition for a top-25 Grade Point Average, the only Summit League school to do so, according to GoYotes.

Head coach Leanne Williamson said the balance of time between the classroom and the court is a focus of the program.

“We obviously strive to do well on the floor, but academics is our first priority,” Williamson said. “You’re here to get an education. Volleyball is a bonus; it’s something we get to do

because we go to school. Being top-25 in GPA in the country the last two years definitely shows they’re doing it the right way.”

Though the upperclassmen “set the standard right away,” Williamson said the team’s academic achievement begins in the recruiting process.

“We recruit kids that want to do well at both [volleyball and school], and that have a passion for pushing themselves regardless of what they’re doing.”

What everything boils down to, Williamson said, is time management.

“With our first road trip coming up next weekend in Milwaukee, I’ll assume you’ll see some of our players with their textbooks on the bus or reading through chapters,” Williamson said. “It’s finding the time you have to take advantage of studies.”

“At this point in time, it’s not so much the coaches, but the team. It’s the culture we have and an expectation for us that we do really well.”

USD faces Northwestern in their first of three tournament games of the Panther Invitational in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, starting

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Coyote soccer falls to Wyoming 4-2

By Austin Lammers

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The USD women’s soccer team dropped their season opener to Wyoming 2-4 at the USD Soccer Complex Tuesday Evening.

The Coyotes struck first 12:47 into the match, when USD senior defender Tayler Karas delivered a long pass onto Wyoming’s side of the field, setting up an uncontested shot from junior midfielder Amanda Carpio, who caught up and bent the ball above the goalie and into the left corner of the net. This goal marked the first of the Coyote’s season and of Summit League play.

After a strong defensive showing, USD led 1-0 at halftime.

The Coyote’s momentum continued less than six minutes into the second half when freshman forward Tiannah Moore touched left and connected with the upper-right corner of the net after freshman Joana Zanin blocked two clear attempts in front of Wyoming’s goal.

33 seconds later, Wyoming freshman forward Amber Vokoun scored their first goal of the season on a rebounded shot from junior Summer Taube, making the score 2-1.

From there, Wyoming’s offense took control.

Cowboy senior midfielder Annika Clayton tied the game in the 63rd minute with a strike assisted by freshman Savannah Warner. Two minutes later, Wyoming took the lead when senior forward Brittany Stark poked in a goal with help from sophomore Elle Webber.

Clayton scored her second goal on a free kick with 17 minutes remaining, bumping the score to 2-4, where it would stay for the

remainder of the game.

USD shot seven times, five of them landing on goal, while Wyoming shot 15 times, with ten of them landing on goal.

Carpio landed all three of her shots on goal, Karas and junior forward Kellee Willer each notched an assist, and on the defensive side, senior goalkeeper Parker Rytz recorded six saves, according to GoYotes.

Prior to his first game as head coach of USD women’s soccer, Michael Thomas said he’s optimistic about the state of his team.

“The returners are fit and ready to go and the freshman are all bringing something to the table,” Thomas said. “More than anything, I’m really pleased with the mentality of the players at this point.”

Five days before the opener, USD played their first of two exhibition games at the University of North Dakota, losing 1-2, then beating the College of Saint Mary 13-0 at their second exhibition match in Vermillion.

“We went on a tough trip to North Dakota and generated a lot of offense,” Thomas said.

“We spent a lot of time on pure finishing and just putting the ball in the back of the net.

We’ve got a lot of moving pieces as players are in different roles than they’ve played in the past, and we’ll get more comfortable with that in every minute of every game.”

Tayler Karas said she believes the team is built differently this year compared to last.

“We’ve made a lot of improvements,” Karas said. “We have a game plan and we’re set to it.

Our chemistry is probably the best it has ever been.”

In 2017, Karas started 16 of 17 games for the Coyotes, including three shutout victories, according to GoYotes.

Joining Karas in the backfield is junior

Courtney Stodola, who said the team is engineering a new offense up front.

“Like Tayler [Karas] said, we have a new gameplan. Right now we’re focusing on getting the ball wide and crossing it in,” Stodola said. “It’s about the simple things and executing them.”

Above all, Stodola said the Coyotes are concentrated on a Summit League title.

“We’re focused on what our goals are,” Stodola said. “We’re going in hard to everything. We all know what we want.”

Karas and Stodola said Coach Thomas reminds his players to “do the ‘all-the-time’ things all the time”, something Thomas said

is ingrained into the mindsets of all USD athletes.

“We talked about this when I first came here. One of the things that defines USD athletics, when you look at all the sports that have had so much success, is the competitive mentality,” Thomas said. “What we’re starting with right now is the simple goal of competing during every minute of every game, knowing some of our larger goals will follow if we can first accomplish that minor goal.”

USD visits Cedar Falls, Iowa to play Northern Iowa at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday.

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Freshman forward Tiannah Moore splits Wyoming defenders during home opener.

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