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Vermillion sees purchase increase in Bliss Pointe housing development Devin Martin

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Vermillion is seeing significant growth in one of its new housing developments, Bliss Pointe.

Located by the Bluffs, the development includes a total of 72 residential lots and three commercial lots.

Process of buying a home

Bliss Pointe has 31 lots sold and about 45 left to sell. The development’s lots are selling nearly twice as fast as originally anticipated, according to a recent Bliss Pointe flyer.

As a result, this marks Bliss Pointe as the fourth fastest-growing area in the metro-micropolitan area.

Jami Baedke, broker/owner at Premier Real Estate, LTD, said the homes in Bliss Pointe range from $15,000 to $65,000.

Baedke said homeowners have “12 months of closing on the lot and then they have 18 months from the time they are closed to complete the project.”

This allows time for possible homeowners to plan what they want to do with their home, although standards set by the city regulate what they’ll look like for the most part.

Baedke said she doesn’t know when Bliss Pointe will be finished.

“That’s hard because I think the bluff lots, of course, went fast because they’re the prime lots with the best view. These other areas, I guess I’m not sure,” Baedke said.

“There will be, once we get to a

certain point, there will be a second phase to it, too. There will be more lots built further to the east. Hopefully it goes fast, hopefully the town is growing quick enough that we can keep rolling on them.”

Baedke said Vermillion and USD will benefit from the additional housing options.

“Hopefully to retain a lot of our professors especially. We have a large amount that live out of town,” Baedke said. “So hopefully to provide other housing options to keep them here instead of leaving town.”

First in the development

Thomas Geu, dean and professor of the law school, was the first to purchase a home in Bliss Pointe.

“The initial reason we were interested in Bliss Pointe was because we were trying for a couple years to find a house to move back into from north Sioux City,” Geu said. “We have moved down to north Sioux City while my son attended Catholic high school and we were looking to move back and we just couldn’t find anything that could work for us.”

Geu said he’s been back in Vermillion for two years.

“Bliss Pointe is a great place.

We live before the turnabout and yet we still have a nice view to the southwest,” Geu said. “I grew up on a farm and ranch in western Nebraska, and both my spouse and I enjoy that view.”

Those who live in the newer housing developments share a sense of community, Geu said.

“We’ve very much enjoyed our

neighbors. It has grown and the houses have sprang up much faster than we thought they would,” Geu said. “(It has) developed a real sense of community. For example, since the last summer there was a community potluck and the fact that there’s a small park and children’s playground is attractive because it means that there will be folks of all ages in the development.”

Bliss Pointe has a total of about 45 lots left to be purchased, according to a Bliss Pointe flyer.

“New developments are necessary for the university and the faculty that it wants and needs,” Geu said. “If people can’t find housing, take my word for it as dean, they won’t come.”

Economic impact

The Vermillion City Council and other development companies worked together to bring these newer developments to Vermillion.

John Prescott, city manager of Vermillion, said developments such as Bliss Pointe are possible because of the Vermillion Chamber of Commerce.

“A lot of these (developments) are brought on by private individuals looking to develop their property,” Prescott said. “So as Vermillion Chamber of Commerce worked with the development company and the Bliss Family to bring this land about so we could get to where we are at today.”

John Powell, Vermillion’s mayor, said there’s a process of purchasing a development and having it See HOME, Page A6

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SGA resolutions look to improve campus Lauren Soulek

Lauren.Soulek@coyotes.usd.edu

So far this year, the Student Government Association has passed five resolutions and one bill.

Parenting resources

Malachi Petersen, an SGA senator, graduate student and former editor-in-chief of The Volante, sponsored two bills that dealt with new parents on campus.

The first was a resolution that supported the installation of baby changing stations in the men’s and women’s restrooms of the Muenster University Center.

“The only place where there’s currently a baby changing station here in the MUC is in the gender neutral restroom, and nobody really knows about it, either,” Petersen said.

Petersen said he got the idea for the resolution after hearing a comment from a woman at his church.

She said she was disappointed that there wasn’t anywhere on campus, especially in the MUC, for her to change her child.

“She said that it was a little bit embarrassing because when she went to change this child, she would either have to go change the child on the sink in the bathroom or on a couch out here in the link and everyone would be looking at her,” he said.

While writing that resolution, Petersen said he looked more into resources on campus for new parents. He said another issue he had been hearing about was the lack of a lactation space for mothers to pump or breastfeed their children.

“I knew that there was at least one lactation space over on either the second or third floor of the Lee Medical building, but I didn’t know of any lactation spaces that were closer to central campus, specifically in the MUC,” Petersen said.

“So I started looking and doing some research, and I couldn’t find anywhere on USD’s website that talked about any of these resources for parents either.”

Both resolutions were passed

unanimously – the changing station resolution on Sept. 19 and the lactation space resolution on Sept.

5. Petersen said Teagan McNary, SGA’s president, and Kim Grieve, dean of students and vice president of student services, worked together and have already designated a lactation space upstairs in the MUC. “In order to utilize that room, you just have to get it approved down here at the campus information center,” Petersen said. “You just go and ask them for the key and you can just go up there, unlock it, utilize the room for its purpose and then bring the key back down.”

As for the baby changing stations, Petersen said USD facilities management is still looking into how much they would cost and where they would be put. Petersen said Bob Oehler, assistant vice president of facilities managment, told him that process could take a week or two more.

Petersen said Grieve is working with other USD administrators to set up a page on USD’s website that will be a resource page for parents, so they’ll how to designate a lactation space, where lactation spaces are and where baby changing stations are.

Josh Anderson, vice president of SGA, said these resolutions are beneficial.

“We learned at our Student Federation meeting this past week that it’s something that other universities are doing as well, like the lactation spaces and changing stations, so I feel really good about those,” Anderson said.

Gaps in pay, scholarships

Josh Sorbe, a sophomore SGA senator, also sponsored two resolutions this year so far. The first one dealt with supporting equal pay for referees in the Summit League.

“In a nutshell, right now in the Summit League, men’s and women’s referees are paid a significantly different amount,” Sorbe said. “Men get, I think, about time and a half more than women even See SGA, Page A3

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President James Abbott and Kim Grieve, dean of students and vice president of student of student services, crown Dakota Days royalty Saturday afternoon at halftime at the Dakota Days game.

South Dakota Board of Regents searches for new USD president Dustin VanHunnik

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Following the recent retirement announcement of USD President James Abbott, the university now faces a long process ahead to fill his position before next year.

Abbott previously stated in an interview he wanted to retire early enough to give the South Dakota Board of Regents plenty of time to conduct a thorough search that would likely be nationwide.

Mike Rush, the executive director and CEO of the Board of Regents, said they’ll begin their search on Oct. 13 by soliciting nominations from the search committee.

“The search committee contains USD staff, faculty, students and alumni, and they all help in recruiting candidates,” he said.

“We hope to have someone picked by May of next year so we can transition them in before the next school year begins.”

He added that Abbott wouldn’t be retired until June, and there would be no official transition between the former and new

president.

Rush said he thinks it’s important to remember that interviewing isn’t a one-sided affair.

“You just have to be aware and remember it’s not just you interviewing them; they are interviewing you as well,” he said. “You have to be true and accurate of what you represent.”

He added that many of the qualities that Abbott showed, such as being intelligent, having a good sense of humor and incredible passion for students were things that he appreciated about him and were some qualities he could include in finding the replacement.

Kim Grieve, dean of students and vice president of student services, said Abbott provided a lot for USD. “He will be really hard to replace,” she said. “He provided great vision for USD and made that vision a real thing. It will be tough to find someone, but it will be a great opportunity for us to move forward and continue to be successful when we find someone that fits the job.”

Jim Moran, Provost and vice

president of academic affairs, said Abbott has been critical to the university.

“He truly embodied the institution. As an institution, we transform lives and we see that in our alum,” he said. “Abbott has always been a critical part of that. He always made each individual feel important and did a good job of keeping his eyes on the needs of students. Now, we need to look forward in our search and find someone that shares his care for students and his passion for education and students.”

Moran said it’s hard to replace someone who has served as long as Abbott.

“It’s always difficult to replace someone that was in a long-serving position,” he said. “However we can also use him (Abbott) as an example of what to look for in the search. We don’t necessarily have to find someone to replace him, but rather find someone to help us move forward.”

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The Vermillion High School Marching Band marches in the Dakota Days parade Saturday.

City of Vermillion Police Blotter Highlights >> Oct. 1-7

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Oct. 1 While conducting routine bar checks, officers discovered an individual under the age of 21 consuming alcohol in a bar.

The person was cited and released.

Oct. 3 Officers responded to a report of two suspects smashing pumpkins. Officers located and arrested the suspects.

Charges are pending.

Oct. 4 Officers responded to a local restaurant after an employee called claiming an intoxicated person struck the building. The vehicle was identified and the driver was found to be intoxicated. The driver was arrested for DWI. Oct. 5 An officer stopped a vehicle for having an out headlight. The driver and one of the occupants had

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underage consumptions been drinking. The driver was underage and was arrested for DWI and minor in possession/consumption. The passenger lied about his identity and was arrested for false impersonation and minor in possession/consumption of alcohol.

Oct. 5 A bicycle officer found a man urinating in an alley.

He was cited.

Oct. 6 A bicycle officer contacted a man drinking outside a local tavern. The man was cited for open container.

Oct. 6 Officers contacted two highly intoxicated men who were unable to care for themselves. Portable breath tests on the two men showed one was more than four times the legal limit and the other was three times the legal limit.

An ambulance came and took over treatment for the men who were transported to the hospital.

Oct. 6 An investigative team had a confidential informant enter a house party where he was given a beer despite being under 21 years of age. The house was investigated and multiple underage persons were found drinking in the house. The three renters were cited for maintaining a disorderly house. The man who had provided the beer was cited for furnishing alcohol to a minor.

Oct. 6 An officer stopped a vehicle for an out headlight. The passenger was intoxicated and under 21 years of age. The passenger was cited for underage consumption/possession of alcohol.

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Oct. 7 contacted Officers a woman urinating on the side of the road. The woman lied about her age and identity. She was arrested for false impersonation, minor possession/consumption of alcohol and urinating in public.

Oct. 7 An officer saw a man walking down the sidewalk drinking from an open can of beer. He was cited.

Oct. 7 An officer saw a woman standing on the sidewalk drinking from an open can of beer. She was cited.

Oct. 7 An officer saw a man walking down the sidewalk drinking from an open can of beer. He was cited under City Ordinance. While he was being cited several full cans of beer were thrown

from a nearby crowd and additional officers were called to secure the scene. An additional person was also found drinking in public and cited.

Oct. 7 officer stopped An a vehicle for running a stop light. The driver was intoxicated and did not have a valid license. He was arrested.

Oct. 7 An officer saw a man drinking from a beer.

When the officer approached the man, he had threw the can of beer under a nearby car. The officer had the man throw the can in a wastebasket and cited him for open container.

Oct. 7 A bicycle officer contacted a man walking down the sidewalk drinking from a beer. He was underage.

house parties He was cited for underage consumption/possession of alcohol.

Oct. 7 An investigative team had a confidential informant who found a house party that was allowing minors into the house and providing alcohol for them.

The responsible parties for the house were found and cited for disorderly house and furnishing alcohol to minors. The house party was shut down.

Oct. 7 An officer saw a man drink from a can of beer and then throw the can into a yard as the officer approached. The man lied about his age and provided an ID that was not his. He was arrested for minor possession/consumption of alcohol and false impersonation.

Colloquium Series encourages campus discussions Lauren Soulek

Lauren.Soulek@coyotes.usd.edu

For the fourth year in a row, the English department is hosting a series of lectures called the Colloquium Series.

A lecture is given every Monday night from 4 to 5 p.m. in Farber Hall this semester.

Darlene Farabee, chair of the English department, said the lectures are pointed to a general audience.

“There is not an assumption that someone has in fact read a particular set of materials,” Farabee said. “We sort of frame them as being for people who are interested in literature or literary topics, but who maybe haven’t done the particular reading that someone else is talking about. So even if it’s not in an area that someone already knows something about, they can feel like they can come and listen to them.”

Farabee said one of the

reasons the department started this series was so everyone could become familiar with the faculty.

“One (reason) was to provide an opportunity for undergraduates and our students to become acquainted with our faculty so that they would have a better chance to make decisions about who they are going to take classes with, for example,” Farabee said. “Then also for our graduate students to know about the faculty’s research areas. Often times graduate students end up working on dissertation or thesis committees with faculty who they haven’t actually had a course with.”

The lectures are attended by students, faculty and community members, Farabee said. Around 30 to 35 people attend the lectures each week.

The series switches topics every year, Farabee said.

This year the topics focus

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It’s really interesting to see what professors and experts in their field are working on...

Chelsea Campbell, graduate student

on themes, genres and approaches to literary study.

Last week’s lecture was given by Prentiss Clark, an assistant English professor.

Her topic was “Thoreau’s ‘Wildness’ and James William’s ‘Joy’: Aesthetic Experience and the Possibility of Ethics.”

Clark said the first time she spoke at the series was in 2014. About 30 people attended her lecture this year.

“I love the two writers Thoreau and William

Correction: An article that appeared on page A1 of last week’s issue stated that President Abbott is USD’s longest-serving president, not the second longest-serving president.

The Volante regrets the error.

James — they have interesting and relevant perspectives for society,” Clark said.

“They’re part of a project that I’m just beginning to work on, so it’s really nice to present something that’s informal that’s just beginning to think about something and sort of exploratory, asking questions. I think the way that James and Thoreau think about human life and human experiences and living deliberately, it’s something that’s really relevant for people to think about today.”

The Colloquium Series is a chance for English department faculty to present a lecture based on their area of interest and expertise, Clark said.

“I work primarily on 18th century writers,” she said. “Some of the lectures are works in progress, like mine. Some of them are more focused on a genre, like drama or poetry, and some of them are focused on approaches to literature.”

Chelsea Campbell, a graduate student studying English, said it’s important for students, particularly in the field of English, to attend so they can become “generalists” in their field and be able to draw on different resources.

“It’s really interesting to see what professors and experts in their field are working on and getting a sense of the concerns they are trying to address, whether in the field or even how

they are relating it to issues going on today,” Campbell said.

Farabee said she likes the camaraderie the series encourages between faculty and students.

“It is something that we all sort of go to and see each other at and have these kind of in-common discussions,” she said.

Farabee said she appreciates how friendly the faculty in the English department is as a whole.

“I really like my colleagues,” Farabee said. “I’m very lucky, and I know this because I have friends of mine who teach at other universities who are not in as collegiate of a department, and I definitely appreciate that. It’s also nice to just be around so many people who are just smart and quick and genuinely interested in helping their students to do the best work that they can.”

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COYOTEHistory 1992 1961 Two students and a university alumnus were hospitalized due to injuries from a fire in the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity house.

The USD student senate voted on whether or not to stay in the South Dakota Student Federation. The student senate questioned the effectiveness of the federation because their dues were more than $3,000 and they wanted to make sure everyone was getting their money’s worth.

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The food purchasing app, Tapingo, was first brought to the USD campus in March 2017.

The app, which available for iPhones and Android phones, is free and can be synced to students’ meal plans or set up with a credit card.

Tapingo’s main purpose is convenience. Adam Chicoine, USD’s director of campus dining, said he thinks students and faculty are taking full advantage of the app.

“Tapingo is an online ordering application that allows customers to order from certain retail locations on campus,” Chicoine said.

“A large number of the student body currently have the app, but not everyone.

(However) most of the locations have very good participation with orders.”

Ashleigh Pedersen, a sophomore elementary education major, has been using Tapingo since the beginning of this semester. She said she likes being able to jump to the front of the crowd.

“I downloaded it because I didn’t want to wait in line,”

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though attendance is nearly the same, rules and regulations are nearly just as complex. USD just saw this and our athletic director and everyone else in athletics administration really sought to kind of raise the red flag, just because in the world that we live in now we really pride ourselves on shrinking the wage gap and making sure that there’s equitable employment for all demographics.”

That resolution was passed on Sept. 26 and will now go to the Athletic Board of Controls, which is the governing body of the athletics department, Sorbe said.

The board is made up of athletic administration, two SGA representatives and five faculty members.

“There’s just a lot of different people at the table with the same interest in mind to promote our athletics department, and this resolution kind of help builds the case that,” Sorbe said.

Pederson said. “The app is efficient because it puts your order in front of everybody’s order that’s in line. So I use the app whenever the lines are long and if I’m on a time crunch, so quite often.”

Tapingo allows users to pre-order their food and skip the lines at places on campus such as Qdoba, Chick-Fil-A, Einstein’s, University Brew, Papa John’s and the WOK. Delivery isn’t yet available in Vermillion, but is offered at other universities.

Chicoine didn’t respond to requests for comment regarding the possibility of a delivery service on USD’s campus.

Chicoine said just because an order is placed doesn’t mean the food will be ready instantly.

“A customer places their order on the app, and they are given a wait time for their order to be made,” Chicoine said. “Then they can pick up their order at the designated pick up spot at the store.

However, most don’t realize that if they order, their food isn’t just instantly ready as soon as they place the order.”

Tapingo informs customers what stage their order is

in from prep to ready to be picked up. Customers are also sent an e-receipt via email.

When an order is placed, Tapingo informs the user how many other orders are before them.

Kaitlyn Danielson, a sophomore elementary education major, said this feature allows her to decide if she has time to wait for her food or if she should skip it.

“It is really nice to use the app when the lines are long and I don’t have much time,” Danielson said. “If I’m on a time crunch and depending on how many people are in front of me, it could determine if I’m going to order or wait.”

Chicoine said the success of the app has been greatly affected by marketing and emphasis on convenience.

“All of Tapingo’s marketing materials stress the convenience of the app,” Chicoine said. “The app will always have users due to the student’s want for convenience.”

“Not only does the athletics department see this as discrepancy, but because this resolution passed, the student body sees it as a discrepancy, too.”

The other resolution Sorbe introduced was related to South Dakota’s needbased scholarship program, which passed on Sept. 12.

“It’s nonexistent right now,” Sorbe said. “So definitely specifically to South Dakota, there’s a very large gap between what students need and what students have to attend four-year institutions. Right now Governor Daugaard is looking at creating Dakota Promise, which is a state, need-based financial aid program that has never been instituted in South Dakota before.”

Sorbe said the resolution is in support of the Board of Regents recommendation to Gov. Dennis Daugaard to put in his 2019 fiscal budget, which won’t come out until early 2019.

“With a need-based program, it really helps students who have great potential and are really able to strive at campus and at USD reach

the potential that they can get without the interference of having to have two to three jobs to help fund their education,” Sorbe said.

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Food at the Qdoba Tapingo station waits to be picked up in the Muenster University Center.

Representation for all

McNary said these types of resolutions show the variety of students SGA represents.

“The fact that the senate has already passed a resolution in support of a comprehensive needs-based scholarship for the state of South Dakota just really shows that we have all students’ best interest in mind and we really want to make sure that we’re adequately representing all of our students,” McNary said.

McNary said the semester has been going well for SGA so far.

“We’re just kind of getting to the point of the year where we’re really starting to pick up and senators are bringing forth different ideas or pieces of legislation and we’re really kind of seeing the conversations kind of get started,” McNary said.

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TORI HARWELL is a sophomore majoring in English.

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The Law School Task Force recommended a dual-location law school last Friday.

Editorial: Task force should seek more student input Tough times have fallen on USD School of Law. Decreased national enrollment and low bar passage rates put the law school at risk of losing its accreditation, according to a South Dakota Board of Regents report. Some have offered moving the law school to Sioux Falls as a potential solution.

To say the least, this has caused some division. On one hand, Sioux Falls holds far more opportunities for law students. Clerkships are easily accessible and internships are more plentiful. Life in Sioux Falls often lures students more than in Vermillion.

On the other hand, we must consider what the purpose of the law school is. Plainly put, USD law is meant to supply South Dakota with attorneys.

If the law school were to move, the impacts would be wide-ranging. It’s not as simple as pack up the bags and take a drive up I-29.

Everyone will be affected.

The Law School Task Force has spent many hours mulling over the options. Multiple people have been brought in to present information,

including Don Burnett, the University of Idaho College of Law’s former dean.

There is, however, an important element that’s been missing from this process: student input.

As it stands now, only two students sit on the task force.

Only one is a law student.

Morgan Nelson, a third-year law student, has been the only voice for law school students on the task force.

While it’s fantastic to see that some student input is being considered, the gravity of the decision warrants more.

No one will be impacted more severely than the law students themselves. Since the decision directly impacts the lives of not just the law students, but also their families, special attention should’ve been made to ensure that those affected get a large say in what happens to their future.

Unfortunately, the task force seems to have relegated student input to the bottom of the list. Thus far there’s only been one scheduled time for student input in the task force’s agenda.

While it’s true that Nelson

does represent the student body, and “has done a good job of trying to get a sense of what all students feel,” said third-year law student Alayna Holmstrom in a previous Volante article, Nelson is only person. Representing an entire school of people with wide ranging opinions simply can’t be done by a single person.

As expressed by Holmstrom said, “If the task force was serious about students’ perspectives, they would’ve suggested also maybe having a representative from each class.”

Perhaps putting more seats on the task force for students or devoting more meeting time for student input, like a public forum, would help.

Either way, law students should have a large say in what happens. As it stands, it’s not nearly large enough.

Now that the task force made the decision to keep the law school in Vermillion but open up facilities in Sioux Falls, greater effort should be made to ensure that student voices are heard.

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On Sept. 26, Senate Republicans decided to ditch the latest plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act, a major promise President Trump made during his campaign.

The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, aims to make health insurance more affordable to people who must pay for their own insurance. The ACA stops companies from denying people coverage or charging more based on health status.

Additionally, the ACA requires large businesses to provide insurance to employees, and ensures that all insurance companies cover people with preexisting conditions. The ACA also requires individuals to have health care, making sure every person is protected.

Because of the ACA, Americans have access to free preventive services to help reduce the occurrence of preventable health issues and conditions.

Senate Republicans voted against the latest version of TrumpCare. In summary, the Republicans’ latest health care bill leaves the designing of healthcare to the individual states.

While some people may have found this healthcare plan appealing because the cost of its implementation is lower than the cost of the ACA, the United States has greatly benefitted from the vote against it.

While the plan may have cost less, it would have left a total of about 49 million

people uninsured.

Under this version of TrumpCare, large businesses wouldn’t be required to provide health insurance to their full-time employees, and individuals wouldn’t be required to have health insurance at all.

TrumpCare also would’ve offered less cost assistance. Pre-existing conditions would’ve been covered, but waivers could’ve been used to exclude certain conditions from lifetime and annual limits, and could’ve been used to charge sick people more than healthy people.

Many people find themselves unable to pay the high costs of health insurance; this cost assistance cut would be devastating to many people.

Not only would millions of people be left uninsured, but more people would have to go without the free preventive services that the ACA provides. By not having these free preventive services, there’s room for more and more sick people, sicknesses that could’ve been prevented in the first place.

The latest version of TrumpCare cut a lot in its plan in comparison to the ACA, which is why it costs less than the ACA, but many people would’ve been left on their own in terms of health care.

While some may think the vote against TrumpCare was a loss, the vote against is a big win for the people who benefit from the ACA.

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While the plan may have cost less, it would have left a total of about 49 million people uninsured.

Under this version of TrumpCare, large businesses wouldn’t be required to provide health insurance to their full-time employees, and individuals wouldn’t be required to have health insurance at all.

OVERHEARDS

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

“With enough creativity, you can grind to anything.”

— Dakota Street

“Sometimes, I look outside and the trees and the Dome and it looks like an alien invasion.”

— Coyote Village

“I wish I pooped glitter.”

— Vermillion High School

“Every girl that pees behind a tree needs a good spotter.”

— Dakota Street

“I’m not that thot enough.”

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JOE VITO MOUBRY is a sophomore majoring in studio art.

On Oct. 4, the Center for Diversity and Community kicked off LGBTQ+ History Month.

On Oct. 11, Spectrum is hosting an event for National Coming Out Day. Why are these events important?

That’s easy. The Stonewall Riots weren’t covered in any history courses I took, nor were Harvey Milk or Allan Spear, both openly gay politicians.

Discussions on Annie Proulx’s “Brokeback Mountain” in English and singing a song like

Greg Holden’s “Boys in the Street” in my high school choir would’ve been unthinkable.

There’s also the fastpaced changes that have happened in recent years. The Supreme Court determined in 2015 that the Constitution guarantees same-sex couples the right to marry.

The usage of gender neutral pronouns – they, them, their – for people whose genders don’t fit the binary has become acceptable.

And universities, such as USD, have created videos like “You Can Play.” Videos like this showcase how universities are actively trying to improve the environment for the LGBTQ+ community.

An important aspect

of LGBTQ+ History month is National Coming Out Day. National Coming Out Day allows members of the LGBTQ+ communityto share their stories of coming out of the closet.

In my case, coming out of the closet back in high school resulted in depression. I knew at the age of 12 that I was attracted to guys.

At the time, I knew the importance of staying in the closet.

Three years prior to me coming out, Matthew Shepard was murdered for being gay.

After Shepard’s murder, I remember hearing how people in my hometown discussed it – some were disgusted by the fact that Shepard was gay.

By the summer prior to my junior year of high school, I came out. The constant lying about my orientation got old and exhausting.

Since then, I’ve shared my coming out on panels with other members of the LGBTQ+ community. The GayStraight Alliance I was a part of at the time felt it was important to share our coming out stories.

If, for no other reason, to help people who might have been exposed to LGBTQ+ community.

USD’s gay-straight alliance, Spectrum, has planned on sharing member’s coming out stories on National Coming Out Day in the Muenster University Center.

National Coming Out Day also allows the

LGBTQ+ community to showcases the differences within the community. One such difference is the abbreviation for the LGBTQ+ community – often referred to as the alphabet soup – has changed.

I know people who add a “q” to it for queer.

Some add the letter “a” for asexual while others use “a” for ally. And others add the letter “i” for intersex.

More differences within the LGBTQ+ community include what minorities face when coming out. The Human Rights Campaign provides resources for African Americans, Asian Pacific Americans and Latinos and Latinas.

These differences are what help to make the

LGBTQ+ community great.

And as I have spent time with members of Spectrum, I’ve gotten to know members of the LGBTQ+ community that have 10 years on me in the community.

I’ve also gotten to know more on non-gender binaries and gender preferred ronouns. This has happened because members of Spectrum are open to sharing their stories to each other.

This is why LGBTQ+ History Month is important. Although there are plenty of changes still happening, there’s still plenty to look back on.

Let’s bring creativity back to mathematical education SETH GERBERDING is a sophomore majoring in math and philosophy.

As a tutor of mathematics here at USD, it breaks my heart when a student says, “I can do math, I just don’t like it.”

I can’t necessarily blame them — I too felt that way once upon a time. The way our education system teaches math is sad. a country such as the United States leading the world, yet performing so poorly in a crucial skill like math requires pause.

The US ranks 41st in the world in math. That’s behind Vietnam, Latvia and the Slovak Republic.

Why is this?

Well, I don’t hold all the answers, but I think I have a hunch.

I’m a math major in college, but I wasn’t always a math lover. In high school, my lowest grade was in algebra two. I dragged my feet through trigonometry, probability, geometry and algebra applications for the next four years. It wasn’t until pre-calculus and calculus that my heart found room for math.

Normally, it’s the other way around: precalculus or calculus usually ends any love between a student and math.

I must give credit to my calculus professor. I tell people that she was an angel sent to purge our souls of poor math

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There’s creativity in math, something students rarely see.

The beauty of math is that it’s all connected.

skills. And that she did.

I don’t know exactly what she did, but all of a sudden all these concepts from previous years were clicking, and calculus became my favorite class (and still is), not to mention my highest math grade.

My situation is unique, which is a sad state of affairs.

I don’t think it’s the teachers: their jobs are difficult enough as it is.

Part of reason, I believe, is that we teach math

as a bunch of rules to memorize.

The rules are there, but not arbitrarily. I don’t have “rules” in my head during a test. I think about the strings that connect one theorem to another. There’s logic, explanations behind the rules that, I’m sorry to say, we neglect in our education.

Of course, young students are going to prefer languages to math: those things are fun! Students can be

creative in their words and express their unique thoughts. But that’s the problem: math isn’t just a bunch of rules made up by the algebra gods at random.

There’s creativity in math, something students rarely see. The beauty of math is that it’s all connected, and in more than one way. Most students cringe at the thought of a proof, but that’s what makes math so incredible. And it’s in the realm of proofs that creativity thrives.

The great mathematician G.H. Hardy emphasized that good mathematicians need to be creative in order to prove the most complex ideas in math.

There’s a unique art to proving a theorem. The “rules” are just proofs,

and proofs are tools that mathematicians apply to find new discoveries.

A biologist uses a microscope; an astronomer uses a telescope; a mathematician uses proofs. As I said, I don’t have all the answers.

Bringing creativity back to mathematics would be a good start.

Explaining how the rules come into being would be another one.

I hope the day will come when I hear “I like math, I just need some more help understanding it.”

Students should know the dangers of alcohol usage SARAH JONES is a senior majoring in English.

The legal drinking age is not a factor. Students will still figure out a way to access alcohol.

I was shocked when I moved to Vermillion because of the many bars available to students. Some of them are only a few short blocks from dorms.

Drinking shouldn’t dominate a student’s academic career.

Studies, graduating and getting a job should be the ultimate goals of college life, not chugging three to four beers in one sitting.

Coming to class while having a hangover shouldn’t be considered acceptable or cool amongst students, and yet Dakota Days seems to be one time where it is.

Personally, I hid in my room during that time, as I’m terrified of coming across someone who’s intoxicated.

I don’t drink alcohol for various reasons, one of which being that I know it would ruin my health.

Alcohol doesn’t give students the freedom they crave: it takes it away. There’s no way anyone can make any kind of a rational contentious decision

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College is meant to be a place of education, and alcohol gets in the way of it.

when they’re under the influence of alcohol.

Once alcohol enters the system, all rational thought is taken out since being under the influence literally clogs the sense. This is exactly why it’s against the law to operate any kind of vehicle when someone’s had too much to drink.

Loosening up, having a good time and forgetting about the stress of school are some of the reasons why students veer toward alcohol.

Alcohol isn’t a magic wand that will make those problems disappear. If anything, it will only make those problems worse.

Some possible outcomes of alcohol use include: being vulnerable to assault, hangovers or blackouts, just to name a few.

There’s no possible way to have complete control over the human body once alcohol has entered its system. There’s no way to fight back against an attacker once under the influence.

Having no control over the human

body due to alcohol consumption shouldn’t be considered a good time.

With alcohol comes the realistic possibility of addiction, making it almost impossible to stop drinking.

Shrugging off the facts of what alcohol can do to the human body won’t make anyone less vulnerable to the consequences of consumption.

College is meant to be a place of education, and alcohol gets in the way of it. Completing assignments, passing quizzes and tests become increasingly difficult the second alcohol becomes a factor in a student’s lifestyle.

The human body is like a machine, and in order for it to work well, there should be some thought behind what goes into it.

Students should consider different coping mechanisms when it comes to dealing with stressful life situations in college and in the future in order to maintain healthy lifestyles.

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Local businesses, like Bru2, are great places to shop in Vermillion.

Think local this holiday season MARIA BRADY is a junior majoring in political science.

Students should think small this upcoming holiday season. That’s not to say that we shouldn’t pursue elaborate gifts and decorations which may or may not be influenced by Pinterest, but we should look beyond the norm for choices that support local businesses.

Shopping local is truly a mutually beneficial relationship – it strengthens the business, the community and fulfills our needs as consumers.

The competition provided from smaller businesses improves the variety, quality and price of products we buy. The overall product diversity will only increase as small business sales increase.

Choosing a local coffee shop over a chain

can result in a higher quality of coffee beans and some surprising flavor combinations, while increasing the competition that local coffee shops bring for a chain shop.

You’d be surprised at what local businesses already have to offer.

Whether it’s organic honey, a hand-woven blanket or a piece from a local artist, what’s available locally provides special gifts that will be remembered.

Vermillion offers a great opportunity to find local business.

While you may be familiar with some of the more well-known local businesses such as coffee shops like The Bean and Latté Da, there are other, lesserknown businesses that provide great gift opportunities.

One such business is Sharing the Dream.

Located on Main Street, Sharing the Dream has a unique partnership with Guatemala to provide hand-made

protects, such as jewelry and scarves, with the goal to reduce poverty in the country.

What if you’re from a larger city? A great place to find and support these businesses comes in the form of farmer markets. Also look for your local list of the “Best of” in the area.

There you’ll find better directions for local specialties you may not have been aware of.

Small Business Saturday, on Nov. 25, 2017, is a day dedicated to small business shopping that showcases their ability to fulfill their respective communities’ needs and wants.

So while you’re shopping for spooky decorations or attempting to buy gifts before the rush of Black Friday, remember to think small.

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Law School Task Force comes to decision in final meeting Dustin VanHunnik

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In the third and final meeting of the USD Law School Task Force, members came to a conclusion recommending the USD law school stay in Vermillion, but seek space to offer classes in Sioux Falls, too.

The university first created the task force in the spring to explore if moving the law school to Sioux Falls would boost its enrollment.

After holding two meetings in previous months, the 13-member task force will now take their recommendation to USD President James Abbott.

If Abbott decides to proceed with the recommendation, he will take it to the South Dakota Board of Regents. The BOR would make requests the to the governor, who would include it in the budget proposal for the next legislative session.

Under the current recommendation, the law school will remain on the Vermillion campus and a space will be

leased in Sioux Falls. Classes and programming will continue in Vermillion, with additional specialized classes and additional certificate programs in Sioux Falls.

According to the Argus Leader, law school dean Thomas Geu said he supports the task force recommendations for the future of the school, and sees it as a starting point to resolve issues facing the university.

“A recommendation like this is likely to make everybody mostly happy, but a little unhappy,” he said.

However, before the meeting, the option to split the law school and make it dual-location was an unpopular idea to most students.

Morgan Nelson, a third-year law student and president of the Student Bar Association, was a task force member and voted for the law school to be moved to Sioux Falls.

“When I was beginning to understand where we fit in the regulatory scheme, I started to see we had to do something,” she said. “At that point, we have the chance

to stay here and tread water and slowly sink, or we can make a calculated risk at at least getting more money, more teachers, et cetera.”

Meanwhile, while some voted to support the move, some others pulled the opposite direction and spoke about keeping the law school in Vermillion.

Consultant Mike Spivey said during the meeting he didn’t think constructing a new building would attract more students to the program.

“I see no evidence that building a shiny, sparkling palace in Sioux Falls will increase the applicant pool relative to the cost of the building,” he said.

During the meeting, the task force also recommended requesting $600,000 in new state funding for the law school, as well as creating a plan to generate more scholarships for both South Dakota and out-of-state students.

The Volante will continue to report on this story in the coming weeks.

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Mark Mickelson, state senator for district 13 and chair of the task force, leads the law school task force’s third and final meeting Friday afternoon in the law school.

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go through a committee to approve the buyer’s plan.

“There is a committee that approves the plan so that your housing is somewhat consistent. You don’t

want to put an $100,000 house in an area where everyone else is $250,000,” Powell said. “So there’s a committee on the Vermillion Chamber Development Company that approves the plans.”

Those plans were developed due to a need for

affordable housing and realtors expressed interested for newer development lots.

“We felt there was a need for housing and in particular more affordable housing. Because we have a lot of university people that commute,” Powell said. “I know that there are several that are

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Members of the law school meet to discuss whether to keep the law school in Vermillion or Sioux Falls.

out here now.”

Conversations with the Bliss family surrounding the development have been happening for the past five years, Powell said.

Powell said Vermillion will benefit from this growth.

“A simplistic one in my mind is that 40 acres there

would have $1,000 taxes a year. Now you have 30 homes that have property taxes on those homes, I would put on the range of $3,000 a year for taxes. Those (taxes) help the city, the school district and the county,” Powell said. “The county collects the real estate taxes.

Economically it’s important that we have good housing.

Also, if we get people to commute to decide to live here, hopefully they’ll be spending their monies here rather than Yankton or Sioux Falls.”

Lauren Soulek contributed to this article.

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Art students passionate about creative works Cheyenne Alexis

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In the Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts, students create and express themselves through creating art. Though it takes time and effort to produce, students say it’s a rewarding experience.

Here are three students dedicated to their majors and artwork.

Printmaking for equality

Senior printmaking major Emma Johnson said she’s always been interested in art, but it wasn’t until high school that she found she wanted to do it for the rest of her life. ”In high school I was pretty involved in art,” she said. “I was always going to school early so I could work on stuff in the art room, so I knew I wanted to go to school for art.”

Johnson said she didn’t get into printmaking until college.

“I started as a ceramics major, but I think I was drawn more toward the imagery as opposed to form, so I ended up switching,” she said. “I also thought printmaking was more practical, because you can make a lot of one thing.”

Johnson said art plays an important role in society.

“There’s a lot of different ways to look at art,” she said. “It’s a person’s expressions and ideas becoming something visual. Art is always reflective of the times and what’s going on. It involves everything.”

A lot of Johnson’s pieces reflect inequalities of gender.

“I talk a lot about it in my art because I am female,” she said.

“It’s interesting being a female artist because there is a lot of inequality. In almost every museum you go to, you’re not going to see a lot of female artists. Every art history class I’ve taken, there’s no female artists in the history books.”

A project she recently completed, called “Ornament,” focuses on that theme of gender inequality.

“My focus this year talks about inequality in health care,” Johnson said. “I’m trying to talk about how young women are often not educated about their bodies growing up, and how the physical experience of being a female is often defined in media and social pressure.”

Johnson said some of her projects can take days and even months to install, which means she spends a lot of time in the FA. “I’m here 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at least every day,” she said.

“You kind of lose track of time.

It’s something you get used to, though.”

Johnson said she wants to go to graduate school for art history and possibly studio art.

“Art is an overlooked major,” she said. “You really do learn a lot in this degree.”

Embracing culture

Junior ceramics major Elizabeth Skye said the art department’s Oscar Howe Summer Institute inspired her to attend

USD. “Being indigenous, it was really important to me and helped me to realize that I do for sure want to go to school for art,” Skye said. “It’s a good program for ceramics — the program is really thorough and you learn a lot.”

Skye said she’s been into art since she was a child, and has always been attracted to visual arts. “(I liked) the process and how it helped me understand myself as a person,” Skye said. “When you create something in the way you envision it, and it turns out better than you expected, it feels really good. I don’t see myself stopping.”

Skye said she creates in a number of mediums: printmaking, painting, portraits and even poetry.

Her daily schedule consists of three-hour classes and studio time.

“It’s a lot of coming in on my own time and being dedicated to what I’m doing,” she said.

A lot of Skye’s pieces are inspired by Native American art, being Ogalala Lakota.

“It’s not stereotypical art that you find,” she said. “The Great Plains tribes don’t have ceramics, it’s not in our history. It’s kind of difficult being in my medium in the Native art world.”

Skye said everything she does is “Native art.”

“A lot of art majors and artists in general have difficulty understanding who they are and where they come from, and I think that creates a lot of discrepancies in their work,” Skye said. “Drawing from my culture, although I’m not exactly completely surrounded by it, I feel it gives me a sense of belonging. All of the things I come up with on my own are inherently influences by my culture.”

Connecting with nature

Art has always been a form of expression for senior ceramics major Courtney LaVallie.

LaVallie said she went through a “rollercoaster” deciding what to major in during her first years of college.

“For a while, I thought that I would be a sculptor,” she said.

“For the most part, I enjoyed it, but I wasn’t really feeling a connection to the work that I was making.” Since then, LaVallie has found her niche in ceramics.

“I was taking a ceramics class on the side, just for the heck of it, and I found that I was feeling a lot more connected to this material with myself and my work and the work I wanted to create,” LaVallie said. “I think it’s a better way to get your viewers more interactive and up close and personal with these pieces.”

LaVallie said her ceramics pieces are explorative and focus a lot on one of her biggest loves: protecting and preserving nature.

“I feel like when you pick something like this up and it looks so earthy and natural and something you would see in nature, that’s what you’re going

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(Top) Senior ceramics major Courtney LaVallie works on pottery in the Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts Oct. 9. (Middle) Senior printmaking major Emma Johnson works on her project “Ornament” in the FA Sept. 27. (Bottom) Junior ceramics major Elizabeth Skye unloads a kiln at the FA Oct. 6. to be thinking about as you use it,” she said. “I grew up a very nature-y, outdoors-y girl.”

As an art student, LaVallie said time management is important.

“Definitely most of my time is (in the ceramics room),” she said. “I spend every day in here

for sure anywhere between four to 12 hours a day. Balancing time and being sure that everything gets the time that it should (is important).”

In the future, LaVallie said she hopes to continue producing art that reflects her passion for

nature.

“I’ve got (art pieces) broadly narrowed down to a reflection of myself and what I think is important, which is nature and preserving nature and being connected to it,” she said.

USD professor Ioana Galu performs at NMM Live!

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The Center for Diversity and Community and Spectrum hosts a LGBTQ+ history month kick-off event

on Oct. 4 in the Muenster University Center pit lounge.

Students celebrate LGBTQ+ history Lexi Kerzman

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LGBTQ+ History Month is a chance for students to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and its history.

Senior Olivia Mann has been involved in the Center for Diversity and Community and Spectrum: Gender and Sexuality Alliance since last year. She said she’s excited for the opportunity to celebrate this month by educating others.

“There are so many people here at USD, within and without of the queer community, who just

don’t know a whole lot,” Mann said. “So we are mostly just celebrating by trying to educate people.”

LGBTQ+ History Month is a nationally-recognized celebration in the United States and the United Kingdom. In the U.S., the celebration takes place during the month of October to correlate with National Coming-Out Day on Oct. 11.

The CDC and Spectrum have different events planned on campus to celebrate the month.

The CDC was responsible for putting together the LGBTQ+

kick-off event, which took place on Oct. 4 in the Muenster University Center pit lounge and had a turnout of more than 100 students. The event focused on differences in pronoun use.

Lynae Tucker, a graduate assistant for the CDC, was responsible for putting together a Powerpoint on pronouns.

“The event is a pronoun party, so we are talking about how do you use proper gender pronouns,” Tucker said. “How do you ask about them? How do you choose what pronoun you use for See LGBTQ+ Page B2

More than 50 students and community members attended a performance at the National Music Museum Friday for a night of music.

USD music education professor Ioana Galu performed at the NMM as part of the fall 2017 NMM Live!, a series of various performances throughout the year.

Hannah Grantham, a graduate assistant working towards a master’s in music with a specialization in history, said she enjoyed the performance.

“It’s always great to hear the museum’s instruments being played, and I love to hear the romantic literature Galu played,” Grantham said.

Galu started playing the violin when she was eight years old at the Sigismund Todutá music school in Bistríta, Romania. She moved to the United States in 2001 and received her doctorate in contemporary music.

“We had to do regular academics in the morning, and then music on top of that,” Galu said. “I practiced four to eight hours a day. It was very intensive, and many people didn’t make it through the

program.”

Galu said her grandmother got her involved with the violin.

“When I was four or five, we were at the opera Don Pasquale.

I wanted to contribute and conduct at the opera and was standing on the chair conducting during the performance and my family was petrified,” she said. “My grandmother said I should get involved in music, since I was so enthusiastic.”

Galu said her start with the violin had a “rocky beginning.”

“Other instruments would be more rewarding at the beginning. The violin took a long time to learn, so I fell in love with it a little later,” she said. “For two weeks of spring break, I finally started practicing and I advanced very quickly. I fell in love with it and I owe so much to my violin teacher.”

This is Galu’s second year as a professor at USD. She teaches 11 students in violin and viola and teaches a strings methods course in the fall. She’s also the co-coordinator of the chamber orchestra.

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Q&A with alumna Faith Spotted Eagle Lexi Kerzman

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Ioana Galu performs at the National Music Museum on Friday, Oct 6.

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dents I have ever encountered,” she said. “I have not had a single bad experience here.”

Galu also performs in the Rawlins Trio. She said that performing in the trio is what first got her interested in teaching at USD. “I wake up excited to make music with them,” Galu said. “It got my attention because it was a combination of teaching and performing. It is a

dream job. I was ecstatic to be offered the position. The faculty is very warm and down to earth, and the administration is always truly helpful.”

A unique part of this performance was the Ceruti violin Galu played on from the NMM’s private collection.

Arian Sheets, the curator of string instruments for the NMM, said it’s rare to play on a historic violin.

“Most historic instruments are not playable,” Sheets said. “It is a sustainable amount of work and money to be able

to make them playable again. This instrument has been in great condition and has been modernized to be played.”

Ioana Galu, accompanied by Susan Gray, played a variety of music from Bach, Beethoven, Elgar, Kriesler, Schumann and more.

Galu said she’s extremely grateful to be working at USD. “I start every day here feeling blessed, Galu said.

“I work with amazing people and I feel like a mother hen to my students. I learn from them every day.”

Review: ‘Kingsman’ holds its throne Parker Oleson

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An adventurous sequel to a 2014 spy action thriller, “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” is a witty, thoroughly enjoyable film that never leaves the audience without something to marvel at.

Matthew Vaughn returns to direct this most recent installment of the “Kingsman” franchise, masterfully blending action and comedy.

“The Golden Circle” was a stellar addition, pitting old characters against new in a fantastic spin on the previous film’s formula.

With a colorful cast chock-full of Oscar nominated actors and actresses, “The Golden Circle” will leave your head spinning with appearance after appearance. Taron Egerton returns as Eggsy, accompanied by Mark Strong as Merlin. Joining them are newcomers Channing Tatum and Pedro Pascal as Statesmen agents.

Also appearing are five Oscar winners, including Julianne Moore as the new villain Poppy, Halle Berry as the Statesmen’s support agent, Jeff Bridges as Champ, the charismatic leader of the Statesmen, and two other actors, for the sake of spoilers and

fun surprises, won’t be named in this review.

The film is brimming with action from start to finish. Within the first 30 seconds of the movie, the audience is treated to an outstanding car chase with incredible choreography. The fight scenes in this movie are so entertaining to watch that one stops caring about who will win.

With very few cuts or edits, “The Golden Circle” instead uses special effects and masterful shots to keep the audience enthralled. While some scenes may be light or absurd at points, “Kingsman” never loses sight of the real, bloody stakes in its action, and the heroes struggle and fight as much as the villains.

Music in this movie is never wasted or abused, and even carries weight and plot significance at points. Visually, the film is complex and stunning, with camera shots and angles that will pleasantly surprise the viewer at every turn.

If the film has any weaknesses, it’s the tragic underutilization of Channing Tatum and Sophie Cookson, who played Agent Tequila and Roxy, respectively. Both actors have lesser amounts of screen time. This is surprising for Tatum espe-

cially, considering his top billing on the project.

In performances, the actors deliver at every turn. The standout performance of the film is Moore’s villainous portrayal of Poppy, a drug tycoon who wishes to legalize marijuana. At the center of her performance is a sharp, biting commentary on the stage of the war on drugs and the incarceration system, and at points the audience will begin to wonder which side is more to blame.

This leads up to a decision made by the American president that lampoons much of American culture. If that dampens the excitement, be aware that “Kingsman” is a British film series, and is based from that point of view.

This will, however, give the audience the opportunity to laugh loudly at the American stereotypes that permeate the film. Personal favorites are the use of baseball bats and lassoes as weapons and the fact that Statesman agents are named for alcohols.

“The Golden Circle” is a roller-coaster of action and adventure. Charming spies and rough cowboys frolic through the plot and action with ease and comfort. Any fan of the first film should grab tickets to see “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” in theaters.

USD alumna Faith Spotted Eagle has been an active voice for Native Americans since she was young.

She graduated from USD in 1974 with a master’s in guidance and counseling. Since then, she’s had various roles ranging from teacher, basketball coach and community activist for movements like the antiDakota Access Pipeline.

In the 2016 presidential election, Spotted Eagle was the first Native American and the second woman to receive an electoral vote for President of the United States.

Spotted Eagle is a mother of two and a grandmother, and said the most important thing in her life is her family.

Lexi Kerzman: Can you tell me about your early life?

Faith Spotted Eagle: I was born on the Yankton reservation in 1948. I grew up speaking (Dakota) language. I didn’t have a command for English until I was five years old. I was raised by my grandmother and my father. We grew up very much self-sufficient and depended on our land out at White Swan. My grandmother said it was very important to learn as much as I could in all worlds. She said, “I don’t care if they put you down in a white world, you learn everything they have so you can do better than them.”

LK: While attending USD were you involved in any organizations on campus?

FSE: I was one of the officers for what was called the Wapata Club. We didn’t like (that name), because it sounded like some little thing. So we renamed it to the (Tiospaye Native American Student Council) which is in existence now.

LK: How would you describe your experience at USD? FSE: I have mixed memories. In 1974 when I was getting my master’s degree, I did an internship at Red Cloud Indian school and I would go back to the university for the seminar. I went back to Vermillion to do the course work, and it was right after the period of Wounded Knee. Racial

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My grandmother said it was very important to learn as much as I could in all worlds...

Faith Spotted Eagle, USD alumna

tension was high. Everybody was told to be careful of going out of native territories by yourself. I was actually involved in an incident where three of my friends and I were accosted by five non-native people.

They attacked us and my leg was broken. It was in front of Leo’s Lounge. It was the spring of my graduation from USD. LK: What are some of the different jobs you have held?

FSE: I was a school counselor, a teacher and a principal in Fort Collins, Idaho. Before, I worked as a community college instructor at Seneca. We (then) moved to Washington, and that really was the turning point for my career.

I had the great opportunity to work on Children’s Hospital Alternative project, which worked on 30 youth.

(It was focused on children) who were so severely abused and hurt (and) were on the last stage of institutionalization. I learned so much from those kids. I began to understand what Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is, and I understood that my father had it. He was able to heal himself through the Dakota culture and the land. From there I went and I was the director of social services for the Kootenai tribe in Idaho. I realized I knew so much and (decided) I would be better as a helper. For the last 25 years I worked independently and contracted with organizations, schools and tribes. Currently I am a PTSD therapist and I work for the Veterans Affairs center as a contractor.

LK: What has been the most rewarding role you have held in your career?

FSE: I think my most rewarding role has been the revival of a traditional society, Brave Heart Society. There is a lady in our culture who was the Native anthropologist, and she wrote a book called “Water

Lilly” that told of how we lived in the 1800s. I actually knew her growing up. She said that if you were not a part of a traditional society in those days, you were nobody. My grandmother told me about the traditional societies that we had, she was actually a member of one. Twenty-three years ago, we revived Brave Heart Society in Yankton and we are still in existence.

LK: What was your role in the anti-Dakota Access Pipeline protests?

FSE: I was (in North Dakota) off and on for the whole congregation. I was asked to come in as an elder to provide some advice by Chairman Archambault.

Every main stem was created on a native community. Every single one wiped out a native community. So when I was 12 years old, my dad told me, “My girl, you are going to have to do something about this.”

I remember sitting on the river with him. I was born into the fight for the protection of water.

LK: What was your reaction when you found out you were the first Native American to receive an electoral vote for president?

FSE: I was taking my daughter to the airport and I thought it must be fake news or something. I thought, this can’t be true.

For me it was like a bouquet of roses for all the stuff I have done for my entire life. I am so thankful. Twenty-three years ago I had breast cancer, and I had a mastectomy, so I am just thankful for every day. For whatever reason, the Creator allowed me to come back, and here I am.

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The Center for Diversity and Community kicks-off LGBTQ+ history month with a “pronoun party” on Oct. 8.

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Devin Martin: What are you involved with on campus?

Katie Jenkins: I’m involved with Alpha Phi. I’m in Special Olympics Club (and) I do intramural soccer.

DM: What career are you hoping to have in the future?

KJ: I’m really torn between advertising and public relations because I like PR writ-

“I said, ‘Why not?’ It’s in Chicago, and a lot of my family lives there, so it seems right.” ing and I like making advertisements... I don’t know yet. I will be doing an advertising internship over the summer in Chicago.

DM: Tell me more about the internship and why you wanted to apply.

KJ: My grandpa’s friend from college is in charge of getting interns. He asked me if I wanted to do it and I said, “Why not?” It’s in Chicago, and a lot of my family lives there so it seems right.

yourself? We want students to feel comfortable asking each other what their pronouns are and I want students to feel comfortable saying my pronouns are she, her, hers, he, his, him and etc.”

Lena Tran, CDC’s intercultural program coordinator, said the inclusion of pronouns in introductions is becoming more common across the nation. “(Although) I may be a minority, I also possess the type of privilege where I identify as a heterosexual woman and cis gender,” Tran said. “I can be an ally to the LGBTQ community, by saying, ‘My name is Lena Tran and my pronouns are she, her and hers.’ There are people in the room that constantly have to tell people, that they physically look one way, but they identify a different way, so when you start that conversation as an ally, it makes it normal when they introduce their pronouns.”

Pride Month, which is celebrated in June, is different from LGBTQ+ History Month. Pride Month was originally celebrated as Pride Day, but over time grew into a month-long celebration.

“Pride is just a celebration,” Tucker said. “LGBTQ+ History Month is a federally recognized month, because a lot of really great things have happened in October or are recognized in October. That is why we recognize October as history month, but pride also falls on special days in our community. So why not celebrate twice?”

The purpose of this month is to celebrate the untold history of the LGBTQ+ community. For Mann, this month is an opportunity to educate LGBTQ+ youth.

“LGBTQ+ History Month is a really exciting opportunity to start talking about LGBTQ+ history,” Mann said. “Because like so many other disadvantaged communities, LGBTQ+ members have been left out of the history books.

Which is super unfortu-

nate, because there is a lot to learn there. It’s also unfortunate because kids who are growing up LGBTQ don’t open up the history book and see someone like them.”

Tran said she’s excited to see other departments participate in LGBTQ+ History Month. In particular, Campus Activities Board organizing Macklemore’s concert on the last day of LGBTQ+ History Month.

“Macklemore’s song ‘Same Love’ is so amazing,” Tran said. “It just shows that everybody has the ability to contribute to our student populations.

Everybody has the ability to be creative in their department and organizations on how they can bring support and celebration to our community. Macklemore is inclusive to the LGBTQ community, that just shows that when we have the collaborations between departments it makes a huge difference and it makes our celebration and inclusion even more. It is great to have the beginning of the month and topping it off on a positive note.”

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Column: Martial arts has a lot to offer NIKOLAS WILSON is a sophomore majoring in English.

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Alonge Brooks celebrates after the Dakota Days game against Youngstown State Saturday afternoon in the DakotaDome. Brooks transferred to USD in 2016 from Riverside Community College in California.

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Football has been a source of happiness and expression for senior wide receiver Alonge Brooks.

Brooks, originally from Compton, Cali., transferred to USD from Riverside City College in California in 2016.

“We rarely lost, so it was a really good team,” Brooks said. “We had a lot of good kids who went on to big schools. It was a good experience as far as me getting better.”

Brooks started playing football when he was about five years old.

“It was my source of happiness,” he said.

Adjusting to a new team

After RCC, Brooks was accepted to USD on scholarship.

“I had a lot of offers, but I wanted to come here because I thought it would be one of the best opportunities I had,” Brooks said.

Head coach Bob Nielson came in the same time Brooks did, and said he’s grown as a player since 2016.

“When you come in as a transfer, there’s

always an adjustment,” Nielson said. “I think over the course of the year, he’s gotten himself ingrained more as part of the team and also has improved as a player.”

Brooks said he’s looking to play harder than he ever has.

“This year is starting off slow, but I think that by the end of the year, I’ll be pretty close to where I want to be,” he said.

Brooks said he has a close relationship with his team.

“My relationship with my teammates is more like brotherhood,” he said. “We stick together on and off the field.”

Brooks said he wants to “go out with a bang” before graduating this spring.

“I think I’m embarking on my experience and turning over to being a lot better,” he said. “I want to walk away and do something USD has never done.”

Achieving greatness

Brooks said he’s had some good achievements so far in his football career.

“I would say taking my junior college team to the playoffs, here scoring two touchdowns here and over 100 yards, catching a ball between my legs and reaching the top 10 (have been my greatest achieve-

ments),” he said.

During Brooks’ Coyote career, he has 489 receiving yards and has scored eight touchdowns. Through five games this season, he’s on track to have more yards and touchdowns than last season as well.

Nielson said Brooks’ greatest strength is his build.

“He has good size for that position and has really good straight line speed,” Nielson said. “His strengths are in his physical attributes.”

Some goals Brooks has for his USD football career are to run 1,000 yards and make 14 touchdowns.

“And to make sure I do everything I can do to contribute to us going to the championship,” he said.

After beating Youngstown State last Saturday, the Coyotes are now 5-0.

“So far as a team I feel like we’ve been doing a pretty good job with team effort,” he said.

“As far as individual, these last few games I didn’t really produce much, so I’m planning to take it to another level and put more into it statistically. Now games are going to get a little tougher and it’s going to be a lot See BROOKS, Page B4

Martial arts might not always be as popular as other sports, but it offers plenty of benefits to those who practice it.

I practiced martial arts for seven years. I learned valuable life lessons, such as the importance of respect and hard work.

Martial arts has also enhanced the lives of other students.

Freshman Alex Rhine said martial arts gave him an opportunity to fit in.

“When I was younger, I was really shy,” Rhine said. “I just wasn’t like fitting into places, so my mom wanted me to experience new things and she thought that martial arts would be a good fit, so we were going around to different schools and one day my instructor actually came into my school and he was talking about all these things like discipline and other life skills... And so, we went in and she loved it, loved him and that’s how we got started.”

Senior Austin Roemeling said martial arts helped him build confidence.

“My father got me into Tae Kwon Do because he wanted to build my confidence and we went over a lot of discipline, and a lot of courage, respect, honor, just things that were drilled into me from Tae Kwon Do,” Roemeling said. “I would have to say goal-setting, things like that really stuck with me, even when I get older and I can’t kick as high, punch as hard, I’ll still have those skills embedded in me.”

Rhine said martial arts has taught him important life skills.

“Discipline, and not giving up, perseverance,” he said. “We have a different word of the month, and so throughout the month, we’ll kind of give different examples on how to live that life skill and how to apply it to our lives.”

One of the great benefits of martial arts is the ability to defend yourself when necessary.

Rhine said this is an important skill.

“I think it probably is something that everybody should at least try to experience or have some knowledge in, so if they are in a situation where they need to defend themselves, they have the knowledge to do so,” Rhine said.

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Social media plays pivotal role in recruiting are directed towards. Recruits, parents of recruits and alumni.

About 10 percent of (social media posts) are directed at the team,” said Lucky Huber, head of men and women’s track and field program.

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USD’s athletic teams all utilize social media as a means of recruitment and building a personal brand.

“We instruct our players in August with a presentation done by Northwest Mutual called ‘Build Your Brand,’” said Kayla Tetschlag, assistant women’s basketball coach. “It’s about how your presence on social media actually produces your own personal brand, and you want to make sure that future employers will see what they want to see.”

Teams on Twitter

Behind the brand

“We tell the girls that they need to focus on how they want to convey themselves,” said Michael Runde, volleyball associate head coach.

“You represent your team and our university. Don’t do stuff to negatively impact yourself now, or in the future.”

Because USD isn’t as large as other schools such as University of Iowa or Iowa State University, Felts said it’s even more important to put an emphasis on USD’s brand.

“We want to spread the

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South Dakota brand,” said Colby Felts, the offensive quality control position on the football staff. “We want our name out there for recruits to see the brand.”

Along with building their brand, each team at USD uses different techniques to create effective social media usage for its specific audience.

“We have three main groups that our social media pages

The volleyball team puts the highest emphasis on generating media for recruits, Runde said.

“When something good happens, I get it out there,” Runde said. “I want to highlight good things, and give recruits a chance to see the outside stuff on the team through player takeovers on Snapchat or Instagram. We want to show the interaction between players and behind the scenes stuff.”

Coaches also generate excitement about the daily work put in by student-athletes.

“We like to tweet about fun workouts, even about the Friday morning grind when we are up early and working out hard,” said Jason Mahowald, head coach of men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams.

Not only do coaches want to build a brand, but they want to get the brand out to as many

people as possible.

“It is a way for us to stay in front of recruits without being overdone,” said Rick Karius, director of operations for men’s basketball. “They are going through their normal day and we pop into it without being overbearing. It adds another level to recruitment.”

Role in recruitment

Coaches want to get their information in front of recruits, and vice versa.

“We look at recruits’ social media,” Karius said. “We like to figure out what their favorite NBA player is and who else they follow. You can learn a lot about a kid’s favorite things just by looking at their social media.”

Not all social media usage builds good branding or relationships with potential recruits.

“We vent their social media accounts,” Mahowald said. “Some stuff has popped up and we have decided not to offer that sport to the person. It usually just solidifies red flags already spotted in a kid. It’s usually just confirmation.”

This process of building a relationship over phone calls,

social media and in-person communication doesn’t stop once the recruit walks on campus, Felts said.

“We follow all of our recruits on social media,” Felts said.

“We are constantly evaluating them, from the second we start thinking about recruiting them to the time that they graduate.”

Coaches try to cultivate an atmosphere of positive tweets sent out by all athletes. Many coaches don’t have hard and fast rules, but guidelines to help student-athletes stop and think, Huber said.

“We use the ‘grandma rule’ — if you wouldn’t want your grandma to see it, then don’t tweet it,” Huber said.

Dufoe is on the track and field team. Lucky Huber, head of men and women’s track and field program, was interviewed by another reporter.

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Volleyball team continues to improve

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After a slow start to the season, USD volleyball continues to show signs of improvement and consistency in Summit League play.

“I think this has been a season of growth,” said head coach Leanne Williamson.

“At the start of the year, I don’t think the players weren’t as refined as what we saw last year.”

After starting off 1-4, the Coyotes have won nine out of their last 11 games and are currently on a three-game win streak after defeating Fort Wayne 3-0, Oral Roberts 3-1 and University of NebraskaOmaha 3-1 last Saturday.

“Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve seen consistency offensively and defensively,” Williamson said. “We’re starting to put everything together and hope to continue the success over the next few games.”

The Coyotes are 10-7 overall, and 4-1 in Summit League play following the victory over University of NebraskaOmaha this past weekend.

“I think we’re doing really well,” said senior Meagan Kerns. “We’ve played a lot of tough teams and ranked opponents and it’s been a good

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different since we’re in a conference now.”

Overcoming adversity

Brooks said one thing that contributed to him continuing football was his experiences at RCC and “basically being homeless.”

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be used for good – very rarely are people willing to spend time and money to learn martial arts just to bully others. Most people who learn martial arts have good intentions, in my experience.

Roemeling said the mindset of a martial artist is different than any other athlete.

“If they have better technique, or if they have better endurance, their goal is to knock me out, their goal is to render me unconscious or

learning experience for us.”

On Aug. 31, USD lost in straight sets to then 22ndranked Utah, and have continued to play well-known universities such as Hawaii, Wyoming, Rutgers, University of Northern Iowa and the Air Force Academy.

Kerns said the team has been consistent in their games.

“So far in conference play, we’ve shown how gritty we can be,” Kerns said. “We’ve shown that we can compete with the top teams in the conference.”

Junior outside hitter Hayley Dotseth leads the team in kills with 203, and averages 3.27 kills per set. Sophomore Anne Rasmussen leads in digs with 339, and Kerns leads the team in blocks with 35.

On Sept. 18, senior Kelly Law was named Summit League offensive player of week for her performance that weekend against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Defense has played a big role in the team’s success.

Rasmussen was named Summit League Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 2 and led the Coyote defense with 27 digs in the straight sets victory over Fort Wayne.

“Winning Conference is

everyone’s top goal,” Kerns said. “We’re starting to find our rhythm and who we are as a team, so hopefully we can accomplish this goal.”

Next for USD in Summit League play is against arch rival South Dakota State. The team hopes to bring the defense against the Jackrabbits in this week’s contest.

“We’re going to treat the game the same as any other,” Williamson said. “Same preparation, energy and excitement.”

In both meetings last year, the Coyotes topped SDSU in straight sets 25-19, 25-19, 25-15 and 25-11, 25-15 and 25-23.

“Having the in-state rivalry is great,” Williamson said. “It gets everyone excited and the players rise to the occasion.”

SDSU currently holds a subpar 2-16 record, with their lone wins coming against Milwaukee and UMKC. “We’re looking to play our game, not let them control us and come away with the victory,” Kerns said.

The game will start Friday at 7 p.m. in Sanford Coyote Sports Center before hitting the road for another Summit League matchup Sunday afternoon at Denver.

Senior middle blocker Kelly Law spikes the ball during a game against Oral Roberts on Oct. 3 in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. The team has shown signs of improvement and consistency in Summit League play.

“Out of high school, I didn’t have any scholarships, then I went to junior college and I was playing auto position, and then I started playing wide receiver again and then I made a big change in junior college,” he said. “I kind of became homeless and had to live house to house and couch to couch in order to make it to practice every day.”

Despite this, Brooks said football got him

through this difficult time.

“Until I got those offers, it was really basically football practice and finding a way to survive,” he said.

“The reason I did it was because the ultimate goal was being here right now.”

Brooks said USD gave him opportunities to continue his career. “(USD allowed me to) have an opportunity to go to the NFL and to take my game to the next level and playing in a good confer-

ence,” he said. “Coming to USD helped a lot within my life.”

After college, Brooks said he wants to join the NFL, specifically the Rams, and serve as a mentor for others in the same position he was in.

“I want to be a coach and also I want to be a businessman and basically help those from the same hood I’m from just make it out — be an inspiration,” he said.

unable to fight, and you train so that you can prevent that and do that to them and I think that’s just an amazing mindset and an amazing drive that you don’t see in other sports,” he said. “I just find that martial arts and combat sports are just so pure when it comes to competition.”

Martial arts offers people a unique experience in which people sometimes fight against their friends.

“Everybody just becomes really close when we compete with each other,” Rhine said. “I think it’s really weird that, especially in Tae

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Nielson said seeing Brooks graduate will be an adjustment.

“Obviously, one of the things we want to make sure is that all of our guys graduate and Alonge is a guy that is on track to do that,” Nielson said. “We have three seniors in that position group who will all finish their eligibility this year, and it’ll be a difficult group to replace.”

Brooks said football has helped him in many

aspects of his life.

“Football means happiness, football means everything. Football is my life,” he said. “When I had nothing, it was all I had.

When I was homeless, when my brother died, football was all I had. At first, I didn’t have a dollar to my name, but getting a scholarship is what got me out of the situation I was from before I got here.

Football means hope, it means change for my life.”

Kwon Do, that you’re really great friends outside, but once you’re in the ring, it’s a fight to the death sort of thing.”

Through martial arts, I’ve fought against a variety of people, even my own brother. I learned the importance of respect when fighting against people in the ring.

I didn’t care if I was fighting someone who I didn’t like, or wasn’t friendly to me. None of that mattered once we were in the ring. We showed respect to each other before and after the fight, regardless of the result.

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Karina Dufoe: What is your favorite part of the game?

Mehana Fonseca: My favorite part of the game is defense.

While my strong suit is serve receive, I love defense and having the grit to not let the ball touch the floor. I also love how volleyball is the ultimate team sport.

Everyone needs to be bought in and fir-

“we have a lot of potential this season to do great things.” ing on all cylinders in order to be successful.

KD: Why is it so important for fans to come cheer you on?

MH: It is important to come out and support because we really feed off of the energy the

crowd gives us. We have a lot of potential this season to do great things and we would love for you all to be a part of it!

It’s a special experience to play in the SCSC and it’s even better with a packed house!

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The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles beat the Coyote women’s soccer team Sunday in the DakotaDome. Anna Gornell, an ORU sophomore midfielder, won the game for ORU when she slipped the ball past the Coyotes defense.

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USD women’s soccer team was back in action Sunday after just a day break from their Friday game. They played Oral Roberts University at home on the First Bank and Trust field.

Throughout the game, the Coyote defense held strong, giving up few opportunities to ORU. At the half, USD and ORU had both recorded three shots and two shots on goal.

However, towards the end of the game, the weariness of playing two games in three days began to show for the Coyotes, as they gave up more opportunities to ORU. By the end of regulation, USD added just one shot, while ORU added four shots and one shot

on goal.

With the score still 0-0 at the end of the second half, the game went into overtime. With only just 1:52 into overtime, Anna Gornell, an ORU sophomore midfielder, slipped the ball past the Coyote defense to give the Golden Eagles the game.

Sydney Hardin, senior goalkeeper, was proud of her defense throughout the game, only allowing ORU the single overtime goal.

“I think our communication throughout the whole game really helped,” she said, “They (ORU) really had to work for that final goal.”

Hardin made three saves during the game and played the full match.

Sophomore forward Taryn

LaBree tallied two shots and one shot on goal.

“We had some great build ups,” she said, “We got in little slip through balls from our midfield.”

The Coyotes fall to 2-11-0 on the season and 0-3-0 in the Summit League. They travel to Indiana next, to play another Summit League game against Fort Wayne, 1-11-0 overall, 0-2 Summit, on Oct. 13.

Head coach Mandy Green is looking to the next game for a change in luck, but not a change in game plans.

“We’re doing a lot of really good things,” she said, “We’re going to see where we can tweak some things, but for the most part we’ll keep things the same and keep at it.”