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GREENING VERMILLION PARTNERS WITH LOCAL ARTISTS TO PAINT STORM DRAINS
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Submitted photo| The Volante Three featured artists of the project include student Dakota Wilson, Jennifer Maggio and Thea Jarchow. USD graduate student,
Campus Recycling Coordinator and Greening Vermillion board member Anna Moore is one of the project leaders. Maddi Kallsen
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Greening Vermillion, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making Vermillion more sustainable, is adding to its drain painting initiative, Adopt-a-Drain, featuring three new artists. The featured artists include USD student Dakota Wilson, Jennifer Maggio and Thea Jarchow. USD graduate student, Campus Recycling Coordinator and Greening Vermillion board member Anna Moore is one of the project leaders working toward community sustainability. The initiative brings attention to storm water drains, sewer systems and water pollution, Moore said. “This year, we put out the call for artists and asked members of the community to draw or sketch their idea and send it to us. We chose the designs that we liked best, and we’re now going to have three brand new drain murals,” Moore said. Greening Vermillion started the Adopta-Drain initiative back in 2016. The board members of the nonprofit organization assess which drains need to be repainted and find new drains to paint, Moore said. She said storm drains and the water pollution associated with them are not always thought of. “Everything is connected and we have these blind spots where we don’t see the connections, or aren’t even aware of what’s happening in our material worlds,” Moore said. “When we ignore these blind spots, we all suffer in some way.” The Adopt-a-Drain initiative gives artists a chance to promote sustainability and healthy living along with their art, Moore said. The initiative gives artists a chance to display their art for something they’re passionate about. “They wouldn’t have the opportunity to display their art in a public location in Vermillion, and then we’re connecting them,” Moore said. “The city benefits from this because the storm water drains stay clear, and the city looks more beautiful thanks to the art. And so we’re connecting the financial resources of the city, with the passion and skills of these artists all for the same cause.” Wilson is the president of the Student
Submitted photo | The Volante Greening Vermillion started the Adopt-a-Drain initiative back in 2016. The initiative brings attention to stormwater drains, sewer systems and water pollution. Art Alliance. She said she’s a prominent part of USD’s art community and loves the community surrounding Vermillion. “I’ve always been someone to love community art and Vermillion has such an amazing community of artists. All of the murals around town are so impactful for the community, not just with the messages they send to viewers, but also bringing awareness to the many ways artists serve their community,” Wilson said. Wilson has been an artist for a long time and was specifically asked by Greening Vermillion leaders to design a drain mural. “As a kid, I always felt like art had a secret language that only artists knew, and I want to invite people of all backgrounds to find someone to relate to in anything I make. I really love the Vermillion community and it’s support for artists,” Wilson said. Just as Wilson has been an artist for a long time, Moore has been working for sustainable living even before her time at USD. “I’ve been aware of how the environment has affected my life, and been worried about how changes in the environment affect my future life, my family and all the people I care
about. I think one of my values is human wellbeing,” Moore said. “I want to have an enjoyable, meaningful (and) healthy life. And I see that it is connected to our water and our air, land, and also our communities. And so, the kinds of work that I really get most passionate about are the projects that give people meaningful relationships and meaningful work. At the same time, they give people a healthy environment, healthy life.” USD is involved in the Green Initiative Fund and is promoting ways for students to get involved. “If you have an idea for improving campus sustainability efforts, please consider applying for USD’s Green Initiative Fund. Selected projects will receive funding and support to help implement their idea. Project Proposals are due Oct. 8,” Elizabeth Leibe, Programming and Sustainability Graduate Assistant, said. Along with the Green Initiative, USD participates in Greening Vermillion’s Earth Days, a week-long celebration of Earth Day. The organization has already begun preparation and planning for the events.
As of July 1, USD athletes have been eligible to benefit from their name, image and likeness (NIL) after an NCAA ruling passed legislation allowing student athletes to do so. The new NCAA rules allow athletes to make money from their NIL through sponsorships and other media. For states that have legislation around NIL, schools will follow those rules, but for states without NIL rules like South Dakota, USD will create its own rules in accordance with the NCAA guidelines. The first athlete in South Dakota to receive a NIL deal was Brooklyn Bollweg. Bollweg, a junior defensive specialist on the USD volleyball team, has a sponsorship deal with Silverstar Car Wash in Sioux Falls. Silverstar reached out to Bollweg on July 3, and within an hour they had a contract drafted and sent to both Bollweg and senior associate athletic director Jamie Oyen, who handles the NIL deals. In being the first in the state to get a NIL deal, Bollweg had to be careful in making sure she would be in compliance with the NIL rules USD put in place. “There were no processes in place for me to submit paperwork, so I actually ended up having to call (Oyen) and send her the contract over email so she could kind of check everything and make sure I wasn’t going to be violating any rules that were in place,” Bollweg said. To keep track of the deals that athletes receive, USD has started using Compass NIL for all NIL disclosures, education and monitoring, Oyen said. Oyen said the NIL deals are not a recruiting incentive and that NCAA Extra Benefit Rules still apply to the student athletes with NIL deals. Bollweg said she’s seen many opportunities offered to student athletes at both USD and across the country due to the NCAA’s ruling. “I think there are a lot more opportunities for athletes who are in the media a lot, in Power Five conferences, the kind of people that you see in the news everyday,” Bollweg said. “I also think that there are a lot of opportunities for student athletes, like athletes at the University of South Dakota.” Bollweg is happy to have her own sponsorship and get her own name out there. “It’s a really cool opportunity to get your name out there, and use your position as a student athlete to kind of advocate for yourself and create your own business,” Bollweg said. Although Bollweg enjoys her sponsorship, she also exercises caution in who she chooses to work with. “I think that you just need to be very careful about who you associate with and who you pick to do sponsorship deals with, because their brand becomes part of your own personal brand,” Bollweg said. “So I could see if someone wasn’t careful in reading their contracts, doing research on who they’re partnering with, it definitely could be detrimental.” In Bollweg’s case, an outside company reached out to her for a sponsorship, but she also believes athletes should reach out to possible sponsors on their own. “I think that from experiences with our teammates, and hearing stories from them, I think the best way is to reach out to brands you’re interested in and see if they’re open to some sort of deal,” Bollweg said. “Just put yourself out there because the worst they can do is say no.”
Richardson renovations first step in North Complex remodel Michael Hammond
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Over the past year, Richardson Hall has undergone renovations. All four floors of the hall now have remodeled bathrooms, kitchens and lounges. The old bathrooms were taken down to the bare studs and upgraded with new floors and wall tiles, as well as all-new toilets, showers, sinks and lighting. Over the summer, the interiors of the rooms on the fourth floor were completely remodeled. The rooms feature new drywall on one wall, new floor finishing, new desks and new doors, as well as a new built-in closet. The fourth floor of Richardson Hall is the only fully renovated floor that is occupied in all of North Complex. “I like that everything is new and that no one else has lived in it yet because that kind of grosses me out,”
first-year student Chloe Bent said. The layout of the rooms also differ from the traditional North Complex rooms. The beds, desks and closets are on opposite sides of the room. “I prefer this type of layout, especially for the TV and futon situation. I feel like when you have two beds right next to each other you couldn’t sit under the other one and watch TV,” Bent said. Another feature the rooms have is a new bed frame. Residents of the fourth floor had their room come with a loft with three different height settings. There is also a ladder on the side of the frame to make getting up to the bed easy. “The beds were so hard to get up on in the older rooms. It was awful,” Bent said. While the fourth floor is completed, other floors will continue to
have work done. “The third floor will be completed for next year. And then, the first and second floor will be offline next year and be ready for the spring semester of 2023,” Director of University Housing Kate Fitzgerald said. These renovations are the beginning of a plan to renovate all the rooms in North Complex. A renovation fund that is generated by a portion of a fee students pay to live on campus is funding the upgrades made to North Complex. Another project happening on campus next summer is the demolition of Julian Hall. Currently, Julian Hall houses faculty offices for health programs. The offices will move to the new addition of the medical school. A parking lot for the medical Michael Hammond | The Volante school will take the place of Julian These renovations are the beginning of a plan to renovate all the Hall. rooms in North Complex.