October 18, 2023

October 18, 2023

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ALL RAILS LEAD HOME HOBOTIODANY JACKS CELEBRATE HOMECOMING Collegian photos by JOCLYN HAVEN and ZOEY SHENTZEL(SHE/HER)

Hunter Dustman prepares to kick a field goal at Saturday’s game.

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Grand Pooba Regen Wiederrich drives the Bummobile at Saturday’s parade.

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October 18, 2023

STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION BRIEF Campus planners address the senate, Senators approve three new clubs KENNETH REBELLO Assistant News Editor Campus Planning CO-OP Architecture for campus planning and design addressed Students’ Association on Monday to focus on a master plan for South Dakota State University based on physical environment, long-term needs and future campus development.

Architect Adam Post said, “One of the things that’s come out of the campus strategic plan is, you know, the pathway to R1 research institution, and so that’s part of our strategy to see how the facility needs to be changed in order to support that.”

R1 universities primary focus extends beyond teaching to conducting groundbreaking research, often backed by substantial funding from both public and private entities. South Dakota State University classifies under the R2 universities that are designated as ‘Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity.’

Post described that the master plan would help create a guide for development and a vision for future that aligns with strategic direction for the university.

Strengthening relationships within campus and with the Brookings community are some of the goals that include within the master plan.

Resource optimization, community dynamics, economic impact, strategic plan alignment, flexible implementation and student engagement and well-being as some of the main key elements that master plan would look forward to fulfilling.

The proposed schedule spans across a time period with the aim of completion by December 2024. This schedule oversees four phases namely analysis and assessment, big ideas and concepts, phasing and implementation, and lastly, documentation and approval. Currently, the plan is under phase one with gathering information, mapping physical campus analysis, determining issues and having focus groups.

Collegian photo by Kenneth Rebello Brittany McKinght, faculty adviser for the Women in Business Club addresses the Senate on Monday, Oct. 16. McKnight hopes to have students within the club participate in conferences this year.

Post opened discussion to the senate about things they would like to see more and less of on-campus. Government Affairs Chair, Michael Garofalo added that the campus would like to see more parking spaces, while the suggestion of having more green space on-campus was raised. Getting rid of a few crosswalks on Medary Avenue and the addition of more streetlights and call boxes were some suggestions brought forward by the senators.

New Clubs on-campus Students’ Association Senators approved three new clubs on-campus namely the Hacky Sack Jacks, Women in Business Club under the Ness School of Management and Economics and the Spike Club.

President of the Hacky Sack Jacks, Mason Pulse, a physics and math major informed the senate about at least 20 people who have shown interest in joining the club.

“Hacky sack is a little ball filled with beans, and you hit it with your foot,” Pulse said. “You’re not allowed to hit it with your hands, and you just try to keep it going for as long as possible.”

Brittany McKnight, assistant professor of business law and adviser for the Women in Business Club along with Mia Andrejeski, a business economics major

and founder of the club discussed goals of having students participate in conferences and gain knowledge via joining the club.

“My hope is to bring students this year to the conference and to have breakout discussions, lectures and to continue down this journey,” McKnight said.

Kyle Maher, data science major and president of the Spike Club discussed goals of gathering individuals who wish to improve as roundnet players and spoke about holding regular practice sessions.

“I got here [SDSU], I wanted to join and found out that we didn’t have one yet [Spike Club],” Maher said. “Right now, there’s a group of about 60 of us and we play around three times a week.”

Committee and Staff reports Chief of Staff Benjamin Connor discussed the grand success of Hobo Day. Connor remarked that his ‘morals had been lifted’ after witnessing the enthusiasm during Hobo Day celebrations.

Senator Grant Sternhagen of Jerome.

J. Lohr College of Engineering discussed Parking and Traffic Committee’s plan to better facilitate parking for facility workers responding to emergency situations on-campus, specifically during peak traffic hours.

Senator Grace Petersen of College of

Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES) provided working hours update on the Union Coffee. The coffee shop would stay open on Saturdays and also be made available for Starship and mobile orders too.

“If you see, there’s a new smoothie station downstairs, right by the market doors,” Petersen said. “That should be up and running hopefully in the next week or so.”

Petersen also discussed alcohol sales for the first three football home games with Busch light having more than 5,400 sales, Coors light with over 5,000 sales, Ears Up with around close to 4,000 and Ultra with just under 4,000.

A Farmers’ market is scheduled to be held on Thursday, Oct. 26 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. north of the pay lot and would be mostly cash vendors.

Unfinished Business Senators voted on Commemoration 23-3-C. The commemoration was to recognize October of 2023 as LGBTQ+ History month and encourage students to engage with events for the same.

The commemoration was taken to a roll call vote and was approved with majority votes while three senators voted against it and two abstained.

Future Discussion Vice President Hayden Bentz spoke about the possibility of having a one-day election instead of two-day elections.

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Student leaders think SDSU should be more transparent with crimes on campus GRETA GOEDE Editor-In-Chief Student leaders at SDSU want university officials to release more information about possible threats and at least one leader wants to change the policy to make it more transparent.

All postsecondary institutions that participate in federal aid programs must send timely warnings in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Act. According to the Clery Act Center, the clery act is a protection law that aims to provide transparency around campus crime policy and statistics. Among the items in the clery act, universities have to issue annual security reports by Oct. 1 and timely warnings for incidents. These timely warnings can be for things such as sexual assaults, burglaries and simple assaults.

For example, USD has sent out seven timely warnings this semester, five for sexual assaults, two for burglaries and theft. In contrast, SDSU has sent out no timely warnings this semester and six timely warnings since 2018.

SDSU has had four reported sexual assaults this semster, two of which were incidents that happened in 2022.

“I think the numbers are pretty telling,” Grant Sternhagen, Students’ Assocation senator and chair of the Safety and Security Committee said. “USD is a little bit smaller than SDSU and so logically, we should have the same amount, if not more warnings than they do. And I think that it’s quite telling that we don’t.”

Currently, SDSU’s University Police Department sends out timely warnings in accordance with the clery act on behalf of the university. A situation is analyzed and if it meets the criteria for timely warning, the warning is immediately. The analysis includes things like nature of the crime, continuing danger to campus and the possible risk of compromising law enforcement efforts, according to Tracy Greene, general counsel for SDSU.

Timothy Heaton, UPD police chief said they send out timely warnings when there is an imminent threat to the university or an unknown situation that could be a threat to the university.

Each University has different policies for what should be considered a threat and what students should be notified about.

Bryant Jackson, USD University Police Department chief of police thinks sharing information like sexual assaults to students and faculty is what’s best for the community and could potentially keep them safer.

“So, ultimately based off some Department of Education, historical program reviews and some of that other type of guidance we just believe it’s in the best interest of our campus community that we share that information with our staff, students and faculty,” Jackson said. “And allow them to be aware so they can also then take actions to try and help keep themselves safe moving forward if they were to find themselves potentially in a similar type of situation.”

If an incident is reported within 15 days of the crime occurring USD will evaluate the incident and determine if a timely warning needs to be sent out, Jackson said.

SA senators and leaders want to see more transparency with the reporting of crimes on campus. Hannah Dayaget, communication chair of SA said most students would rather know what’s going on than be blind to the incidents happening on campus. Dayaget thinks just having access to the information would be good for students even if it’s not a timely warning.

“I think, regardless of what they might consider is an imminent threat or not that would pertain to a timely warning, I still very much think that we should prioritize our student safety at the end of the day,” she said. “So, I do agree that there should be more acknowledgement and more transparency between students and the administration because there have been a

Grant Sternhagen, SA Senator for Jerome J. Lohr Colloge of Engineering and Chair of Safety and Secuirty Commitee

lot compared to announced situations and instances.”

Dayaget said most students would rather know what’s going on than be blind to the incidents happening on campus.

She would like to see the university have some system of informing students that doesn’t have to be as formal as a timely warning.

Sternhagen thinks it is the university’s duty to let students know what the potential dangers are on campus and more should be done.

“I firmly believe that transparency is going to make students feel more secure because I do know that when people don’t know what’s going on, they tend to just in general don’t feel as secure.” Sternhagen said. “So, when there is certainty, then people feel much better about themselves.

And if students can trust the university will let them know when there’s an issue.

I believe that people won’t need to worry about this as much as they do.”

Government Affairs Chair Michael Garofalo gave a statement to the Collegian saying he personally thinks more should be done to publicly disclose things like sexual assaults on campus, but he also understands the process that the Title IX Office and university administrators

follow in cooperation’s with law enforcement for these types of things.

The Collegian analyzed the UPD crime logs and fire and safety reports that have been sent out since 2018. Here are the findings: UPD Crime Log Data Sexual Assaults: 21 Harassment/stalking: 9 Burglaries/theft: 375 Fondling (sexual contact without consent): 5 Simple Assaults: 5 Aggravated Assaults: 2 Fire and Safety Report Data Rapes: 25 Stalking: 38 Burglaries: 17* Fondling: 40* Simple Assaults: 0 Aggravated Assaults: 1 Items in the crime logs may be categorized differently in the annual security reports based on facts from the case. Some cases in the crime logs may be excluded from the report if they are found to be “unfounded” and this may be a reason for the differing number, according to Greene.

Trinity Peterson SA president said the topic has come up in informal conversations, but the university has stuck with their imminent threat policy. Sternhagen said he has also discussed the current policy with a higher up and as of right now the university is only going to announce imminent threats, but he thinks there will be a change to that this year or at the latest next year.

The Senate is very aware of this issue,” Sternhagen said. “I’m not the only member that’s been having conversations about this. There are members of exec as well that I think that this is an issue that needs to be resolved and I definitely believe that we will see action on this this year.”

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Q&A: Sen. Rounds discusses farm bills, student loan debt GRETA GOEDE Editor-in-Chief Sen. Mike Rounds visited SDSU last Friday for a ribbon cutting at 3M. The Collegian was invited to sit down with Rounds in the Student Union Friday morning for a Q&A. Can you talk about the upcoming farm bills and what your priorities are?

It looks like the Farm Bill has been pushed into 2024.

Primarily because the House and the Senate have not had a chance to get together and agree on what it looks like. The house is kind of in disarray right now. And so, they’re worried that they’re probably not going to have enough time to put everything together. And on the Senate side, it sounds like a lot of this stuff is coming together, we’re focusing specifically on what we call the safety net portion of it, which is the insurance, the crop insurance programs, some of the commodity programs in terms of making sure that if a market goes south on us that there is a protection for farmers to get a minimum on their crops, even if the price starts going down. The Conservation Reserve is another area that we’ve got a real interest in expanding. It’s one more way in which a farmer can get cash and at the same time can take some land out of production and put it into reserves. It’s worked in the past, it’s really good for wildlife. And we think with the price of the rental costs of farmland going up, a lot of farmers rather than putting it into grass have basically kept it in a row crops. And we’d like to see more in the reserve or the Conservation Reserve Program. So, the emphasis is on the safety nets for farmers, and also on the Conservation Reserve Program and the expansion of that if at all possible. The unfortunate part of the farm bill is that about 86% of the money will be spent on nutrition, which is on SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), which is basically the old food stamp program. And so, while they call it the Farm Bill, it’s really a nutrition bill. And farmers need a safety net. But to get their programs established, a significant amount, like I say 86% of what’s in the Farm Bill really goes towards school lunch and the SNAP program.

So, if we want to get anything done, we’ve got to have the support of members of the Senate members of the House that come from urban areas, the part that gets the urban members to be involved in the Farm Program, or

Official U.S. Senate Photo Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, right, shakes hands with Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, X and SpaceX, on Sept. 13, 2023, in Washington, D.C., during a discussion about artificial intelligence.

the Farm Bill, or the nutrition programs that are included the 86%. So, 14% of what you will see in the Farm Bill will go to farming and ranching communities. But we don’t expect it to be completed until 2024 now just because of the slowdown in getting things out of the house.

Can you talk about your position on student debt?

We’ve looked at trying to find a path forward on student debt. There wasn’t a program prior to the initiation of Obamacare, in which students could get a loan from their local bank, the local bank would then have a subsidized loan, which was paid by the federal government, that the student wouldn’t have to pay anything on while they were in college. And for about six months after they had completed college, then the bank would sell that loan to a third party who would hold it and bill a student at the current interest rates, which were fairly low at the time when they were looking for ways to fund Obamacare in 2007 and 2008. Rather than having the banks participate in President Obama’s administration changed it over to a federal program only cut the banks

out of it. And in doing so, the interest on those student loans then went to offset the cost of Obamacare in his program. So, it was a paper item where the government was now taking the interest in and then they were having an offset putting the subsidies into Obamacare. Those interest costs have continued to climb and with the cost of college going up, it’s a bit of a double whammy for students.

The other piece of this is a lot of families out there that are middle class, they don’t qualify for subsidization or for Pell grants and so forth. For those students, I still think they need to be able to have access to that student loan money. It’s a national security issue, in my opinion, to get these young people through. And that money should be available for a four-year degree or for a two-year technical degree as well, if they want to go to a technical school, and we should subsidize the cost of the interest on the debt during that time. That should be a just in terms of national security, I think it’s very important that young people get to a college or to a two-year degree, get a trade establish and not end up with a huge cost

sdsucollegian.com up with a huge cost of interest included on the debt during that time in which they’re at school. It’s an incentive to continue to go to school.

Could you talk about like with everything going on in Israel right now? Why should South Dakotans be aware of this and care about what’s going on?

Our responsibility in this case is what any civilized country should have, which is to not put up with that type of a terrorist attack. And if, if they can do it in Israel, they can do it in the United States. Right now, what we have with Israel, who is an ally of the United States, our strongest ally in the Middle East, what they’re going to need is a resupply of ammunition, or their army and their air force. And they’re going to need the public support, to be able to go back in find these perpetrators and bring them to justice or kill them. The unfortunate part of this is that Hamas hides behind civilians, and the civilians that are in the Gaza Strip. They’re going to they’re going to go through a terrible number of months ahead, where Hamas is going to hide there. And they’re going to use civilians in the Gaza Strip as human shields. Hamas

NEWS also took a whole bunch of prisoners. hostages, they’re holding them, we don’t know where they’re holding them, but some of them are Americans. That brings the American military into [it] and while I don’t know whether we have any Americans on the ground right now, but because there are Americans that are being put at risk, we have the right to go after Hamas as well if it is deemed to be in our country’s best interest. And so, who what I worry about not only the civilians in Israel that have been killed or wounded or attacked, but I care about the Palestinian civilians who are innocent, who are going to be caught in this crossfire. And it is absolutely an only the fault of the terrorist group Hamas. We should not conflate Israel’s right, to protect their nation with what Hamas did. Hamas is the problem in this case.

USD just had their drag show and ours is coming up within the next month. Can you just speak about your position kind of on the drag shows on the campuses?

We’ve got lots of things in this world to worry about.

And whether or not you’ve got people that want to play and act and audition, and participate in different and

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risky activities, is something that will never change. And those particular drag shows well, very inappropriate for kids are something that have been a part of the perhaps an outlier of traditional society but seen as more amusement than anything else. And I think there are lots of other things that we should be concerned about, as opposed to whether or not a kid wants to dress up in costume.

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October 18, 2023

Students in Dorms Seek Answers from Residential Life

KENNETH REBELLO Assistant News Editior

Since the start of the fall semester, students living on-campus in different dorms have faced multiple difficulties with issues such as power outage, flooding, cold water and more. This has been disrupting basic, required amenities.

Director of Housing and Residential Life, Rebecca Peterson, spoke on how busy it gets into managing 18 resident halls and seven apartment buildings with over 4,500 bed spaces throughout the semester.

Bats flying around in dorm hallways became a prevalent issue at the beginning of the semester.

“To speak of the bats issue, we’ve had an instance of three or four bats in Binnewies Hall, but that has been it for the entire year,” Peterson said. “...and so, if there are more, it would be helpful to hear from our residents.”

Peterson explained about conditions under which bats enter dorm building such as windows left open in a day room or common spaces and potentially enter through other small places. With temperatures decreasing, bats may eventually find their way in.

Schultz, Hyde, Ben Reifel and Honors Hall were faced with issues with ice cold water running through showers for multiple weeks.

Maven Moore, a sophomore aviation major residing in Schultz Hall, recalls issues she had faced with hot water.

Moore said that she received emails from Residential Life saying, ‘it would be fixed quickly’ and notified community assistants about placing work orders for the same.

“It seems like they [residential life] try to find a quick solution rather than a long-term solution,” Moore said. “With our hot water, we’ve received several issues in the past month making it very difficult to assume a normal living condition.”

Matea Gordon, a sophomore business economics major, also residing in Schultz Hall shared instances of inconsistency in functioning of washer and dryers on all four floors, causing almost 72 students having to share two washers and dryers.

Gordon elaborated on the difficulties of alternative suggestions provided by residential life of avoiding the use of shower stalls during peak hours, which caused major inconveniences. Gordon also acknowledged the hard work put in by the residential life to figure out a problem, but also believes that a small issue too could be taken seriously.

“Multiple students had to get their parents involved for them to finally listen to us,” Gordon said. “While we may be students, we were trying to advocate for ourselves and the issue wasn’t getting resolved, unless it takes dozens of kids to reach out three or four more times till the issue needs to be looked at.”

Peterson clarified the timeline of the cold-water issues with these halls and spoke on what steps were taken to eradicate these issues.

“We attempted to resolve it over a course of several weeks,” Peterson said.

“We worked with campus facilities and services and what was happening was that it was an intermittent water issue and so cold water was flowing back into the system, making the showers cold and we couldn’t figure out where this was coming from.”

Peterson further elaborated on various solutions to eradicate the cold-water issue such as replacing the failed pump, working on re-circulation lines and changing shower valves. However, none of these solutions worked as Peterson clarified that the main issue was the check valves and eventually ended up taking several weeks to identify the issue.

Over the course of this duration, residential life sent out e-mails to students suggesting temporary solutions.

“We tried to keep them updated about

the hot water issue with regular communications, especially with the outages and when we attempted to check certain showers and shut off hot water to see what was occurring,” Peterson said.

Hansen Hall faced water outages during the semester too. Peterson spelled out that the outage was planned as the water main was being replaced due to facility staff’s initial assessment of finding issues with pipes that needed extensive repairs.

“The hard part about working in housing right, like you dig into a pipe, and it could be something small and you can fix it, and everything is resolved,” Peterson said. “…but you could also dig in and see that it’s a much bigger issue and we want to resolve things as quickly as possible.”

Peterson alluded that Mathews Hall faced heat issues as the building electricity went off balance and electricians re-balanced that load to ensure that residents had power.

Although issues arise in different dorms on-campus, at times, these issues get resolved later than expected due to staffing issues.

“I’ll be candid, we do not have enough, and we need more staff,” Peterson said. “We’re down to less senior building maintenance workers here in housing, we continue to be down on facility workers, and we have contracted with Intek, so we work really hard to recruit and retain our staff, both student staff and full-time employees.”

Peterson further elaborated that budgeting issues do not affect the timeline of repairs in residential halls on-campus.

“Housing is funded through student room fees,” Peterson said. “We address maintenance and repair issues as they come up and it may take us longer to get to something because we are short staffed, but our team works incredibly hard to resolve the priority issues first and so we focus on that life safety piece.”

Issues raised on dorm living conditions this year brought out questions on how often complaints are received, and if they have increased gradually over the years.

“No, I think it’s just different like Pierson Hall was behind schedule so that impacted it, I think us being short, staffed impacts it and then the pervasive hot water issues took us a lot of time to figure out where the issue was and how to resolve it,” Peterson said. “When you’re focusing on a major crisis like that, it takes away all the staff resources and then you’re not able to get the other work that needs to be done.”

Peterson assured that issues would get resolved as soon as possible and also wishes for residents to have a better living lifestyle experience.

“We try and make things right for our residents,” Peterson said. “We want our residents to have a really good experience and I know that we’ve had a rocky start, and we’re committed to improving things and we’re committed to making things better.”

photo by Sdstate.edu A photo of Shultz Hall, one of the many halls which faced issues with hot water this year

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New Sodexo food truck offers alternative options for food on campus ELLE PLOEGER Reporter The Yum Mobile, a spin on the Bum Mobile, is being implemented as a food truck on campus by Sodexo, offering all of campus’ favorite meals to more accessible locations for students.

Steve Wilkins, concession manager for Sodexo, explained the main purpose of the Yum Mobile is to help students who don’t have time for lunch between classes.

The Yum Mobile rotates between outside of Raven Precision Agriculture, Avera, and Crothers on Mondays and Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Though the schedule is constantly changing based on availability.

Customers can find all their favorite campus foods such as Chick-fil-A sandwiches, Erbert and Gerberts subs, individual pieces of Slices pizza, sushi from Mein Bowl and SDSU ice cream.

Damian Lewis, the resident district manager of Sodexo, says the main purposes of the Yum Mobile are to bring food to students who are in ‘food desserts’ and to mitigate lines in other food spots on campus.

“The student union is very centralized and the academic and resident halls are kind of far away. We want to try to bring the food to them,” Lewis said. “And if we could get 50 or so people out to the food truck knowing that there is Chick-fil-A, we could take care of those customers there rather than them creating a longer line at Chick-fil-A.” Casey Nordaard, field marketing specialist for Sodexo, is trying to make the Yum Mobile more consistent and accessible for students.

“I want students to sign up for a text subscription,” He said. “You type NoseyNews to 82257. Then I can send out a text message saying the Yum Mobile will be at this location from here to here.”

This text subscriptions through Jacks’

Dining, sends out updates such as deals, events and more.

This way everyone will get the same message and keep up to it within real time. Students can also keep up with ‘SDStateDining’ on Instagram for any updates.

Sodexo is also working on putting up flags out the day before so students or staff can know beforehand.

Currently, the food truck is drawing attention from students because it is something new, however the attention doesn’t necessarily mean Yum Mobile has had lots of customers.

“There aren’t too many sales,” Lewis said. “But as more and more students see it, we are seeing more sales which is great.”

Lewis explains that the Yum Mobile was a concept proposed as part of the food services bid with the Board of Regents for all state schools in South Dakota.

“We put together our plan for food

on campus,” Lewis said.“So along with bringing in Qdoba, the food truck was also part of this plan.”

Though the Yum Mobile is taking a spin off the Hobo classic, Bum Mobile, Sodexo is also utilizing food trucks at other universities like University of South Dakota.

The Yum Mobile also has another use on campus. On game day it is used for concessions where it serves as an ice cream truck.

The food truck will be out as weather allows. It is a battery powered machine so as it gets colder it does not function as well, so make sure to get your food before the South Dakota winter hits.

South Dakota hemp processing facility experiences growth ISABELLE STEINBRONN Reporter The Complete Hemp Processing Facility in Winfred, South Dakota opened its doors on Aug. 4, 2023, and since then they have been experiencing great success and growth.

In February, they made a goal to reach 10,000 acres of hemp in South Dakota. Although they did not make that goal on paper, they met it in a different way.

Ken Meyer, vice president of Complete Hemp Processing said, “Even though we only went up 500 acres as far as our hemp fiber facilities in the state, we had a 200% increase in amount of product available to process.”

The acre count in South Dakota is currently 3,000, and according to Meyer, the future of the industry is full of poten-

tial. Material from the hemp plant can be used in many different supply chains that most people don’t even realize is possible.

Hempcrete is one of those products.

This product is a mixture of hemp hurd and lime. Although it sounds like it’s a concrete product, it is actually used as a type of insulation for buildings and homes.

Meyer explains that you still frame a home the same way, but then the hempcrete becomes the inside and the outside of the house. This product helps with humidity, reduces hot and cold spots, helps with outside noises, and is vapor permeable.

“Your only limitation is your imagination with this product,” Meyer said.

Kevin Barlow, the plant manager at the facility, talks about how easy it is for them to change the consistency of the fiber with their machines to use it for

products like animal bedding or ingredients used in plastics.

“Everything that you can make out of a tree you can make out of hemp, but it’s going to take you 15 to 30 years to grow,” Meyer said. “We can grow the hemp plant in 100 days, and we do it yearly.”

The facility in Winfred, South Dakota is currently producing 9,000 pounds of material per day while running on a 24/7 shift. Farmers plant, grow, harvest and bale the hemp and then deliver it to the facility by the ton to be processed.

Farmers can get anywhere from three to five tons per acre depending on weed control, mother nature and the care of the crop. The farmer must deliver at least two tons to break even on their cost, which is $600.

Meyer says that hemp farmers must go through a learning curve, but there are a few major problems that they must

face. Currently, the biggest issue is weed control. This results in the farmer having to get the seed in the ground in early May to beat the weed invasions.

However, according to Meyer, the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. Farmers are always looking to find a rotational cash crop and hemp is the perfect crop for it. All that is needed is the machinery that farmers already have sitting in their sheds.

“All they need is a bean head and they can harvest their own crop,” Meyer said.

The future of hemp is not only bright for the economy and the facility in Winfred, but also for the surrounding farmers. With a new processing facility, the possibilities are endless.

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SDSU Police Department Daily Crime Log (Oct.8 to Oct. 14)

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Sunday, Oct. 8 Intentional damage/vandalism at 1:41 a.m. at Lot 147 by Hyde

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Monday, Oct. 9 Drug/narcotics violations at 11:02 p.m. at Abbott Hall

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Wednesday, Oct. 11 Intentional damage/vandalism at 12:14 a.m. at Binnewies Hall

Thursday, Oct. 12 • Theft at 11:25 a.m. at Ben Reifel Hall • Curfew/loitering/Vagrancy at 1:13 p.m. at Pugsley Continuing Education Center • Fictitious/false ID at 2:33 p.m. at Binnewies Hall • Liquor/possession/consumption at 11:43 p.m. at Schultz Hall Friday, Oct. 13 Intentional damage/vandalism at 3:07 a.m. at Young Hall • Miscellaneous incident at 12:42 p.m. at Meadows South • DUI at 10:38 p.m. at 1700 8th St. • Drug/narcotics violations at 11:18 p.m. at McCrory Gardens Education & Visitor Center • Fictitious/False ID at 11:31 p.m. at 900 8th St. • Intentional damage/vandalism at 11:54 p.m. at Binnewies Hall •

Saturday, Oct. 14 Intentional damage/vandalism at 12:20 a.m. at Young Hall • Liquor/possession/consumption at 12:47 a.m. at Medary Avenue/8th Street • Liquor/possession/consumption at 1:15 a.m. at Ben Reifel Hall • Liquor/possession/consumption at 2:25 a.m. at 44.320205, -96.792425 • Intentional damage/vandalism at 2:58 a.m. at Young Hall • Intentional damage/vandalism at 3:19 a.m. at Young Hall • Liquor/possession/consumption at 10:55 a.m. at Ben Reifel Hall •

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Liquor/possession/consumption at 11:35 a.m. at Hyde Hall Liquor/possession/consumption at 11:50 a.m. at Horticulture & Forestry Fictitious/false ID at 1:03 p.m. at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Liquor/possession/consumption at 1:26 at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Liquor/possession/consumption at 2:25 p.m. at the tailgate area • Liquor/possession/ consumption at 3:02 p.m. at the tailgate area • Liquor/possession/ consumption at 3:23 p.m. at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Liquor/possession/ consumption at 3:26 at p.m. Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Liquor/possession/consumption at 3:5 p.m. 1 at the Campanile/8th Street Intentional damage/vandalism at 3:53 p.m. at Young Hall Liquor/open container at 4:10 p.m. at Schultz Hall Miscellaneous incident at 4:40 p.m. at 947 Jackrabbit Ave. DUI at 6:50 p.m. at 1100 8th St. Liquor/possession/consumption at 7:10 p.m. at 800 8th St. Tobacco violation at 8:25 p.m. at Pierson Hall Liquor/open container at 9:08 p.m. at Binnewies Hall Liquor/possession/consumption at 7:39 p.m. at Meadows South Liquor/possession/consumption at 11:06 p.m. at Garden Square Village Liquor/possession/consumption at 11:07 p.m. at Young Hall Liquor/possession/consumption at 11:15 p.m. at Young Hall Fictitious/false ID at 11:50 p.m. in Lot 145 at Ben Reifel Liquor/possession/consumption at 11:52 p.m. at Hansen Hall

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Frank Kurtenbach honored by Foundation with Lohr Award

Frank Kurtenbach was honored with the Jerome J. Lohr Award for Volunteer Leadership in recognition of his involvement and support of the South Dakota State University Foundation.

The award was announced Oct. 13 in conjunction with the SDSU Foundation’s fall Council of Trustees meeting. The announcement was made by Jerry Lohr, one of SDSU’s largest benefactors and a member of the foundation board since 1988.

The SDSU Foundation created the Lohr Award in 1999 to honor an individual “who demonstrates exemplary volunteer leadership on behalf of the foundation and outstanding philanthropic support of SDSU.” The award speaks to not only financial contributions, but also to significant contributions of time and expertise to advance the mission and priorities of the university.

Lohr personally selects the winner of the award each year, in conjunction with SDSU Foundation staff and leadership.

He acknowledged Kurtenbach’s leadership with campus projects, most recently his pivotal role in funding and championing one of the nation’s best collegiate wrestling facilities, the Frank J. Kurtenbach Family Wrestling Center.

Jerome J. Lohr, left, recognized Frank Kurtenbach with the Jerome J. Lohr Award for Volunteer Leadership on Oct. 13 in conjunction with the SDSU Foundation’s fall Council of Trustees meeting. The award is in recognition of Kurtenbach’s involvement and support of the South Dakota State University Foundation.

A 1961 health sciences graduate, Kurtenbach grew up in Dimock, where he was a two-sport athlete who lettered three years in football and wrestling.

Kurtenbach spent two years as a commissioned officer in the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

He coached and taught for 16 years. He returned to SDSU to earn his master’s in health sciences in 1969 while serving as State’s head coach of the wrestling team.

Kurtenbach joined Daktronics in 1979, at a time when the company had just 100 employees. During his tenure at the company, he was known for creating student opportunities and expanding Daktronics’ internship program. He was on the Daktronics board of directors for 29 years and served as vice president of sales for 20 years. In 2004, Kurtenbach was honored as a distinguished alumnus at SDSU. A member of the South Dakota Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame, Kurtenbach has consistently championed the wrestling program at SDSU with his unfailing Jackrabbits pride.

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AISA HOLDS WALK IN HONOR OF MISSING MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN

SERENA DAVIS Reporter

Tuesday, Oct.17 marked the second annual MMIW (Missing Murdered Indigenous Women) walk sponsored by American Indian Students Association (AISA).

The walk began with an opening song from Flandreau drum group from Wakpa Ipaksan ,and circled around campus past the student union, the library, and the campanile. The members of Wakpa Ipaksan played along the way as students and community members alike joined in for the movement.

“It means we’re educating campus,” said AISA President Dallas Kelso. “we’re heard, we’re seen and we’re a voice for these women who cannot speak because they’re missing and murdered.”

After the walk everyone was invited back to the American Indian Student Center for a presentation by Lily Mendoza, a member of the Cheyanne River Sioux Tribe and a co- founder of the Red Ribbon Skirt Society (RRSS).

The society aims to bring light and help familieswho have lost loved ones.

Mendoza began her research on MMIW in 2013 and founded her society in 2016 and is completely funded by donations of money and time. She checks on families as they go through the struggle and donates money to those who need it for funeral, wake, and memorial costs.

The RRSS goes to schools spreading awareness and has red dresses that are blessed by tribal leaders. They have organized a healing room in Ft. Perrie, SD and have a tree on the sacred monument of Bear Butte reserved for Prayer as well as trees in various other locations.

One of the unique things RRSS does is represent more than MMIW they have dresses in different colors to represent other ways Indigenous communities lose people.

Yellow- those lost to suicide Blue- those lost to human trafficking

Collegian photos by SERENA DAVIS The second annual walk honoring murdered Indigenous women was held Tuesday night by the American Indian Students Association

Orange- for boarding school children Stars- children murdered in foster care Red- Missing Murdered Indigenous Women “Red is the color that spirits can see and that’s a big part of the movement,” Mendoza said.

MMIW has deep meaning beginning in Canada before coming into the US and has begun to grow as a movement and more people begin to speak out every day as more women get murdered.

Murder is the third highest leading cause of death for Native American women in the United States.

Kelso said because October is domestic abuse awareness month, they planned the walk for October. According to the U.S Bureau of Indian Affairs four out of five Native American women had experienced violence in their lifetime and Kelso said that was also an issue they wanted to address.

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October 18, 2023

The Bum Band performs at Bum-a-Meal during Hobo week. Over 600 students participated Monday.

Collegian photos by ZOEY SCHENTZEL

HOBO DAY RECAP

JORDAN ROEMELING Asst. Entertainment Editor

Tens of thousands of people attended Hobo Day and its festivities last week in Brookings, but the scene remained “a tame weekend,” according to Brookings Police.

Hobo Day ranks as one of the most anticipated events at SDSU each year and the big crowds that flock to the parade and the football game on Saturday, mixed with alcohol, puts law enforcement on alert.

However, compared to last year, Hobo Day 2023 had 42 fewer arrests than the previous year, according to the Brookings County Detention Center.

This year’s Hobo Week marked the 111th annual celebration and ran from Oct. 9-14.

The week started with Bum-A-Meal on Monday, Oct. 9, where students dressed up in their hobo attire for a

free meal by host families in the Brookings community.

According to Matilyn Kerr, the adviser for Hobo Day and other university events, the turnout was like last year’s Bum-A-Meal. This year, though, Bum-A-Meal was on the same day as the Native American holiday.

“It’s always kind of interesting when we have like a Monday holiday to see where things are at,” said Kerr.

“So, I can with some certainty say that there were over 620 students that participated in Bum-A-Meal.”

Bum Over and the Mulligan Stew Cookoff took place on Tuesday. Bum Over was held in the Volstorff Ballroom in the Student Union and students built shanties out of cardboard. The Mulligan Stew Cookoff happened right after Bum Over.

On Wednesday, Rally at the Rails was in downtown Brookings where games, food trucks and a live band called Maiden Dixie performed. President Barry Dunn was seen at the event as well.

“We were able to bring in a bigger band from Minneapolis, Maiden Dixie, and they knew how to put on a show, which was good,” said Marissa Vogt, this year’s Grand Pooba. “I want to say we had over 1,000 people go to that as well.”

Thursday’s event brought back BumFire, where students gathered near the Sanford Jackrabbit Athletic Complex to watch a fire and drink hot chocolate.

Because of rainy weather, the event was moved to the Volstroff Ballroom. Instead of a fire, games and activities were held. Another band that was student-led, The Smokin’ Jacks, performed at BumFire as well.

“Obviously, it wasn’t the turnout that we were expecting just because of the weather, but I think for the most part it turned out pretty well,” said Vogt. “We were able to adapt well and to get the word out as fast as possible, and hopefully people got the message.”

Friday night brought Jacks Got Talent; an event

sdsucollegian.com hosted by the University Program Council at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center. The event showcased a contest of students who performed their talents for gift cards and cash prizes.

Hobo Day on Saturday began at 9:30 a.m. with the mile-long parade. The Pride of the Dakotas Marching Band performed, and the celebration included 50 floats that were student entries, one less float than last Hobo Day. Victoria Hansen, the security coordinator in the Hobo Day Committee for the parade, said that the parade went well security-wise.

“I don’t think security was breached,” said Hansen. “The volunteers held their own, they were pretty good.”

Vogt has said that the parade is her favorite event.

“Being able to see all the community’s hard work pay off and to see them at the end of the parade walking down Medary [Avenue], Sixth Street and Main Street and just enjoying that moment for them too,” said Vogt. “That was super heartwarming especially.”

Hansen said it was her first year being on the committee and would like to be in a leadership position again if she was given the opportunity.

On Saturday afternoon, the Jackrabbit football team won 41-6 against Northern Iowa. The game was sold out and the Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium held over 19,000 people.

Although Hobo Week has come to a close for 2023, it isn’t the end for the Hobo Day Committee. There is a countdown inside the Hobo Day Office for Hobo Day 2024 due to all the planning that takes place for putting on the events.

“For Hobo Day 2023, I was announced as Grand Pooba right before Thanksgiving,” Vogt said. “After Thanksgiving break, I started all the planning and then slowly started adding in my assistants, and in early February the entire committee was selected. So, we’ve been planning this for a full year.

A lot of people don’t think of it like that, they just think that it’s just a fall commitment, but no, it’s a full, one-year commitment.”

Next year, Hobo Day will be held on October 12, 2024.

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Collegian photos by ZOEY SCHENTZEL Members of the Hobo Day committee at the Rally at the Rails event downtown Wednesday.

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Shipping up to Brookings: The Dropkick Murphys Rock the Dacotah Bank Center

JACK MCCARTY Entertainment Editor

The Dropkick Murphys, along with opening acts Jesse Ahern and The Interrupters, brought their famous brand of Celtic Punk right here to Brookings on Oct. 13.

The night was led with Boston based folk rocker, Jesse Ahern, taking the stage sometime around 7 p.m.

Wielding nothing but a guitar and a harmonica, Ahern is a one-man band, primarily relying on foot stomps and audience participation for percussion.

He started his set off with a song talking about how it makes no sense how one of the richest countries on the planet can have so many poor people working for “less than minimum wage,” in his own words. He then moved on to a song about his family and then a song about aging. Finally, he rounded out his set with a cover of a Clash song, “Bankrobber.”

His performance was fine. There’s only so much hype one guy with a guitar and a harmonica can muster, so for what it was it was ok. Personally, this kind of politically charged “one man and a guitar” type of folk music really isn’t my cup of tea, but I know for a lot of people it is. If he sounds like your jam give him a listen, he has a new album out right now called “Roots, Rock, Rebel.” To me though, he just kind of sounds like if Bob Dylan smoked as much cigarettes as the Marlboro man.

After Ahern, Los Angeles based ska punk band, The Interrupters, took the stage, and this is where the real party began. They came right out of the gate full of raw energy and intensity that just stuck around for their full set.

They were beyond captivating, and this is mostly due to the lead singer, Aimee Interrupter. She was dancing up and down the stage for about the entire time, often reaching down to the pit to shake people’s hands, giving a stellar vo-

cal performance the entire time.

The instrumentals were also killer, if not a little overbearing. One of the most notable performers was Kevin Bivona, who plays lead guitar and is also the older brother of the bass player and drummer who also happen to be twins. Bivona was able to rock some sick guitar riffs, at one point even playing a part of Eddie Van Halen’s legendary “Eruption” solo.

Organ and trombone player, Billy Kottage, also got some time to shine during the set and was able to lay down a rocking trombone solo, which doesn’t sound like it should work, but it totally does.

Finally, the night ended with an incredible performance from the headlining act, The Dropkick Murphys, and I will be honest, I went to this concert not expecting to say that.

I was expecting to show up andwatch a bunch of middle-aged men fruitlessly attempt to hold on to their youth while reminiscing about the good-old-days through half-baked lyrics and meandering instrumentals. Another thing that made me nervous was the fact that their studio albums aren’t the greatest. A lot of it feels derivative, and after a while the songs just began to sound the same. Thankfully, none of this was true of their live performance.

The first thing that I noticed was how lively lead singer Ken Casey was.

Even though he’s 54 years old, I think he had way more energy and passion than the relatively younger members of The Interrupters. He was just such a commanding presence that it was almost impossible to look away from him.

My musical expectations were also

Collegian photo by Jack McCarty The Interrupters take the stage as one of the opening acts for The Dropkick Murphys.

blown completely out of the water.

The Dropkick Murphys are a band that needs to be seen live to fully appreciate.

Sure, their standout track “Shipping up to Boston” is a powerful song in its own right, but seeing Casey belt the lyrics out at the top of his lungs, all the while people are singing along and moshing in the circle pit, it is a completely different experience that can’t be replicated by listening to it on your car radio on your drive home from work. And songs like “Rose Tattoo” go from being a mediocre sounding punk style love song, to a heart gripping power ballad of sheer passion and intensity.

The Dropkick Murphys also use a variety of instruments that are unusual for a punk band to have like a banjo, accordion, and my favorite, the bagpipes.

These instruments, combined with their heavy punk roots, create a style of music that you rarely get to see anymore, which just makes the experience of

seeing them live even more impactful.

I do also have to mention that The Dropkick Murphys are, to an extent, a political band. After their first song, lead singer Casey openly called Donald Trump a “loser” and a “rapist”, then the band proceeded to play a song called “First Class Loser”. I could see how this could feel forced and unnecessarily isolate large portion of their audience, especially in a red state like South Dakota, but I don’t think it was that big of a deal. It was only brought up once during the set, and the band has always been open about their politics, so this shouldn’t be a shock to anyone remotely familiar with the band.

Oct. 13 was a night full of energy and raw talent. From Jesse Aherns salt of the earth persona to The Dropkick Murphys face melting intensity, the entire night was an experience that I will never forget.

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October 18, 2023

Movie Review: “Saw X”

JACK MCCARTY Entertainment Editor

“Saw X” was released Sept. 29 to both commercial and, more unusual for the franchise, critical acclaim, reaching a critic score of 82% and an audience score of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. It also sits at 7.1/10 on IMDB, making it the second highest rated film in the franchise, just behind the original that sits at a 7.6/10.

I absolutely loved the movie and think that it is by far the best film in the entire series, but the film does have its fair share of shortcomings that hold it back from its full potential.

The first glaring issue is the pacing. The film is a bit of a slow burn which helps add suspense, but there are still unnecessary moments that sometimes kill the momentum.

Additionally, there’s an unusually long time in between trap scenes at some points. After the opening trap, we don’t really see any other action until the second act, and I found this to be a bit frustrating.

On the other hand, the ending feels somewhat rushed and mildly unsatisfying. It fails to give the audience a clear feeling of closure because it leaves one very important loose end untied.

The script could have used some tweaks. There are moments in the film that just make the actors feel stinted and awkward. The writing could also be predictable and that ruined a couple tense moments.

Despite having a relatively low budget, most of the practical effects were good, outside of one or two notable exceptions.

The real issue was the CGI effects. They are used sparingly throughout the film, but when they are used, they were extremely obvious and didn’t look great.

There is an issue that isn’t really anyone’s fault but is still annoying. This movie falls somewhere between “Saw II” and “Saw III” on the timeline, which means that we already know who is going to survive because we see both characters later in the series.

Despite all this, I still think the movie is

incredible. It especially stands out compared to the meandering and pointless mess that was the nineth entry, “Spiral.”

In fact, “Saw X” goes out of its way to distance itself from that movie as much as possible.

One positive change is that Tobin Bell is back to reprise his role as the iconic Ji-

was trying to do. It just so happened that the step forward that “Spiral” took was off a cliff and into a pit of irrelevancy.

That doesn’t mean “Spiral” didn’t have any good ideas, they were just executed poorly. It even left on a cliffhanger which means that they have a place to jump off from in the future, but due to its poor

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saw. Bell being left out of “Spiral” wasn’t the sole reason that movie was terrible, but it certainly didn’t help the already dull experience.

“Saw X” doesn’t reference “Spiral” in any real way. This makes sense, but it does show just how much they are trying to course correct after their previous critical flop. While I did enjoy these changes, it does make me nervous for the franchise’s future.

Tobin Bell is 81 years old, so eventually they are going to need to take a step forward without him, which is what “Spiral”

reception who knows what they’ll do.

Disregarding that, “Saw X” just works on so many levels. One major thing I liked about it was just how accessible it is. If you have never seen a “Saw” film before, this is a good place to start. While it would help you to know a little bit about the lore before watching it, I think most people won’t find it too hard to figure out what’s going on.

Besides just bringing back Tobin Bell, they also brought back another important feature that was almost entirely missing in “Spiral”: suspense! This is without

a doubt one of the best thrillers I’ve seen in a while. Though I wouldn’t say that it’s a particularly scary movie, I was tensing up in all sorts of ways during some of the scenes. This is mostly due to the simple yet clever traps that had me on the edge of my seat.

There were some outstanding performances, most notably Amanda Young’s character, played by Shawnee Smith. Her snarky and playful attitude in some of the scenes contrasted with her determined and strong demeanor in other scenes which added a significant amount depth to her performance.

The movie also worked to make Jigsaw a sympathetic anti-hero again. They made him the main protagonist for the first time which helped add nuance and complexity to his character. Moreover, it reaffirmed his philosophy of “I don’t kill people; I give them a choice” which “rehabilitates” people in a sort of baptism by fire.

After “Saw III,” the series devolved into a collection of extremely violent hypothetical scenarios, haphazardly tied together with a goofy crime thriller plot.

Theoretically, every person that plays Jigsaws “game” is supposed to have a chance to live, but then they started introducing traps like the “shotgun merry-go-round” where people are used as pawns and are forced to die for the game to function properly. This completely misses the point of the previous movies. Thankfully, there really isn’t anything like that in “Saw X” which makes the outcomes even more interesting and harrowing.

“Saw X” was everything I was hoping it would be, and more. It was a breath of fresh air as well as a pleasant blast from the past. It had a captivating story, some of the best traps in the franchise, and had moments so tense I was practically twisting myself into knots, but It’s not perfect by any means. The script could have used another look over and it could have been paced out a bit better. Plus, the ending should have been more fleshed out. If you hate gory movies, this goes without saying, this probably isn’t the movie for you. With that being said, I give “Saw X” a 7.8/10.

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October 18, 2023

They are people not numbers How to talk about the war in Gaza

JACK MCCARTY Entertainment Editor 1300 Israeli civilians were murdered in an attack on Oct. 7 conducted by the violent organization that has attempted to govern the Gaza strip known as Hamas.

We are approaching a time full of ferocious blood thirst and sheer paranoia that has not been seen since the post 9/11 Bush era, and much like that era, people are once again using pointless violence to justify further pointless violence.

This is not something any one of us is responsible for, and it’s not something we can stop, but one thing we can do is educate ourselves. This will help our fellow Israeli and Palestinian peers feel safe on campus, and it will also help to limit bigoted and hateful attacks against our fellow Americans, which are already beginning to happen.

I cannot, and will not, attempt to come up with a simple definitive solution for the issue, and anyone who claims that they have one is either ignorant, lying, or both. What I want to do is help clear up some misconceptions and some talking points that I have heard, because this is a topic that I have seen numerous people be racist and antisemitic, even when they don’t mean to be.

This conflict is so complicated and has lasted so long that I can’t give an accurate summary here. Any summary I could give would just feel reductive, so after you finish reading this, I implore you to try your best to educate yourself as best you can on the background of the conflict because you are going to be hearing about this for a while. Vox put out a ten-minute video recently which could be a good place to start.

The first point that I want to emphasize is that criticism of the Israeli government is not antisemitic, but it can easily become antisemitic very quickly. Saying that the Israeli government is responsible for the routine ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people is not an antisemitic statement; however, substituting “Israeli government” for “jews” is. In fact, any time someone uses those two terms synonymously, that is antisemitic because it assumes that all jews owe their allegiance to Israel.

Also saying the Israeli government is entirely under the thumb of the United States, or that Israel is somehow involved in a larger conspiracy to control the middle east and take over the entire region is also antiemetic. This is because it feeds into the “Jewish puppet master” stereotype. You can also criticize the status quo and not

be anti-Israel as a concept. You can think that Jewish people should have a country where they can feel safe from genocide and other religious persecution, while still thinking that the actions of the current administration are horrific and inhumane.

I have heard people refer to some Jewish people as “self-hating Jews” because they don’t fully support the Israeli government. This is extremely gross and absurd.

Criticism of Joe Biden and the American government is not considered an attack on the American people, so it doesn’t make sense for that sentiment to be applied to any other country.

Criticism of the Israeli government does not excuse the any of the violent atrocities that Hamas have carried out and criticizing Hamas does not justify the disproportionate damage that has been done to Palestinian civilians. Hamas only came to power due to the chaos and instability caused by the Israeli government in the region.

Just looking at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian affairs (OCHA), the number of fatalities from 2008 to 2023 in the Gaza strip alone are more than triple the number of Israeli fatalities in total at the time of me writing this.

While the numbers have absolutely changed since, it still highlights the fact that Israel has been punching down to displace Palestinians.

Gaza has also been described as “an open-air prison” according to organizations such as Human Rights Watch. This is important because I have seen people victim blame Palestinian civilians for not leaving. People don’t leave the region because they support Hamas, they don’t leave because they physically can’t.

Instead of calling for a violent response for this needless terror attack, it would be in everyone’s best interest if we looked at why people felt like they needed to do this in the first place to prevent further death and turmoil. I am not saying that the people who carried out this attack shouldn’t be held responsible for it, but I will say that

innocent Palestinian civilians should not be the ones to pay the price.

It will also be important for people to be vigilant in the news that they consume, because even the most reliable sources have not been great at covering the intense complexity and severity of the issue. It’s going to be extremely important to not take anything at face value, do your own research, and in some cases, wait a few days for all the information to come out before repeating it to your friends or online followers to help curb the spread of misinformation.

We are on a path towards a lot of unavoidable death and destruction. We need to remember that when we see death tolls on T.V. or our social media feed that those aren’t just numbers, but real people. People who didn’t ask for any of this. They have families and people who love them just like you and I, and they are about to be needlessly gunned down or blown up over a war they had no say in starting. Israeli or Palestinian, a lot of people are going to die for nothing, and we should remember that before calling for any more violence.

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October 18, 2023

Jacks hit the road for two matches after Tommie takedown BOSTEN MOREHART Assistant Sports Editor The women’s soccer team secured a 3-0 win over St. Thomas on Senior Day at Fishback Soccer Park, improving their overall record to 11-3.

It was Senior Day for seven seniors on Sunday, Oct. 15 at Fishback Soccer Park. The seniors on the team are Kayla Anderson, Jadenn Carrillo, Maya Hansen, Reagan Anderson, Katherine Jones, Jenna Hallen, Delaney Grant, Kaycee Manding, Hayley Lindaman and Jocelyn Tanner.

Senior day was an eye opener for many as the seniors realized they are nearing the end and those below them are next up. Taryn Hettick, a freshman, realizes the roles that need to be filled and the impact the seniors have made on the team.

“They make a big impact on everyone on the team, and I think that as us freshmen we know the big shoes, the foot print they are leaving behind,” Hettick said. “I think we are all willing to grow and step into those, so it’s exciting.”

The St. Thomas Tommies, led early in the game leading shots 5-2 in the first 29 minutes of the game before the Jacks were able to catch a groove.

Head coach Brock Thompson thought that the Tommies gave them some trouble but once again he is proud of how they responded.

“They made things really difficult for us,” Thompson said “I’m proud of the way that we were able to get a little bit of footing in the game and start to play how we want to play. I thought everybody contributed at a high level.”

A series of SDSU passes from Ellie Gusman to Kaycee Manding, ending with the ball in Katelyn Beulke’s possession led to the Jacks’ first score of the game.

The rest of the first half was even between the two teams with the exception of the Jacks’ goal. At the end of the first half, the Tommies led the Jacks’ 6-4 on shots with multiple corner kicks from both teams.

Sprinting past the defense and taking a left-footed shot past the goalie, Avery Murdzek added to the Jacks’ lead in the 68th minute of the match. This would be Mudzek’s first goal of the game scoring again later on.

In the 75th minute of the game, Murdzek scored once again off of a pass from Gusman who received a pass from Taryn Hettick. This goal would allow for the Jacks to clear the bench and allow for reserves to have some playing time.

Photo by Evan Patzwald Kayla Anderson shakes off a Tommie defender for the ball in their match against St. Thomas on Oct. 15 which ended in a SDSU victory.

Jacks point leaders Avery Murdzek- 14 points Maya Hansen- 11 points Katelyn Beulke- 10 points

The Jacks would defeat the Tommies 3-0 which would improve their record to 11-3 overall and 4-1-0 in Summit League play.

SDSU is on the road for their next two matches as they head to face Oral Robert Thursday, Oct. 19, in Tulsa. They also will face Kansas City, closing out the regular season on Sunday, Oct. 22, before starting Summit League Tournament play.

The top two teams get to host the first two parts of the Summit League tournament and Jacks’ opponent ORU has a chance to be one of those teams. SDSU is hoping to secure one of those spots in these final two games.

Thompson gave a run down on what he believes needs to happen to finish the regular season strong and make a

good run into the Summit League Tournament.

“Here’s kind of what it boils down to, there are so many things swirling around and I think the biggest thing we have to be able to do is just to be able to stay focused,” Thompson said.

He said the next step for the team is “training today” the team wants to take it one day at a time to reach their goals.

ORU currently has an overall record of 6-6-3 with a record of 3-3 in the conference. Both SDSU and Oral Roberts beat NDSU 1-0, but SDSU beat UND 3-1 while Oral Roberts lost to them 3-2.

That game will be one to win for the Jacks while finishing out the season right before their final regular season game against Kansas City.

Kansas City is sitting with an overall record of 2-6-7 and a conference record of 1-3-2. While SDSU beat both UND and NDSU, Kansas City had tied games against those two opponents.

These two games will be important in a strong regular season ending before beginning tournament play.

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October 18, 2023

Jacks lose to Yotes in 5, look towards St. Thomas and Kansas BRAYDEN BYERS Managing Editor The Jackrabbit volleyball team lost to in-state rival USD in reverse sweep fashion Tuesday night and at the Sanford Coyote Sports in Vermillion in front of South Dakota State (4-16) got off to a hot start in the match jumping out to a 2-0 lead in sets beating the Yotes (11-8) 25-19 and 26-24 in the first two frames.

South Dakota, who sits at fourth in the Summit League standings, powered back in the last three sets to claim the victory in five.

The two teams rolled out significantly younger teams than in year past which was highlighted by Head Coach Dan Georgalas before the match Tuesday.

“We’ve got a lot of freshmen in our starting lineup and so do they, so just, the makeup of our two teams kind of feels different for the first time” Georgalas said, “we’ve we’ve both kind of had some senior laden teams on the last couple years so we’re excited to play them and then to home games.”

Freshman Sylvie Zgonc led both squads with a total of 26 kills. She averages 3.46 per set which is third in the conference. USD’s Madison Harms followed her up with 16.

Libero Stella Winterfeld paced SDSU with 11 digs while Raegen Reilly had 25 assists. SDSU rankes fourth and third in those categories respecivly.

Now with half their conference schedule over with, the Jacks look to refocus on their next two opponents with games taking place Thursday and Saturday in Brookings.

“Three matches in five days coming off the road trip is certainly tough.”

Georgalas said. “It’s kind of fun to have three matches in five days a little bit less training this week and we just kind of get to focus on playing free and having fun.”

Both of the Jackrabbits opponents this week played each other Tuesday night with Kansas City sweeping St. Thomas in straight sets.

The Tommies will come into Frost Arena with a 5-14 record sitting in the basement of the Summit. Kansas City is the best team in the conference having only lost 4 matches all season long.

Photo by Evan Patzwald Sylvie Zgonc (#10), Elyse Winter (#18) and Katie Van Egdom (#16) celebrite a point scored in their home match against NDSU.

SDSU has played both of these schools once already this season sweeping St. Thomas and losing in 5 sets to the Roos.

“It’s certainly different, a caveat of the schedule.” said Georgalas. “We’ll play St. Thomas and Kansas City twice even before we played North Dakota once so we’re excited.”

St. Thomas’ junior hitter Libby Mattila totaled a career high 11.5 points against the Roos Tuesday recording 9 kills, an ace, a solo block and a block assist.

The Roos kills leader Odyssey Warren totaled 9 kills as well. Kansas City is second in the Summit averaging 12.79 of them per set.

The Tommies will be in Brookings Thursday before heading down I-29 to take on Omaha in Nebraska.

Kansas City will have Thursday off before they

matchup with the Jacks Saturday in Frost Arena.

Both of the matchups will be streamed live on The Summit League Network with Thursdays match beginning at 7 p.m. and Saturdays at 1 p.m.

TEAM STATS LEADERS Points per Set: Sylvie Zgonc (275) Kills per Set: Katie Van Egdom (3.48) Assists per Set: Raegen Reilly (6.44) Service Aces: Raegen Reilly (17) Digs per Set: Stella Winterfeld (3.93) Blocks per Set: Brogan Beck (1.13)

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NO. 1 SDSU TRAVELS FOR RANKED PLAY AGAINST NO. 12 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

Collegian photos by EVAN PATZWALD Running Back Amar Johnson carries the ball during the Jack’s 41-6 Hobo Day win over the University of Northern Iowa Oct. 14, 2023.

MARSHALL MINIHAN Sports Editor After an impressive 41-6 homecoming victory against Northern Iowa, South Dakota State will travel to Carbondale, Illinois to take on the Southern Illinois Salukis for their own homecoming.

The last time these two MVFC powerhouses faced off was in 2021 where SIU overcame a 20-point deficit to beat the Jackrabbits in 42-41 overtime victory at the Dykhouse.

Though head coach Jimmy Rogers

isn’t bothered by their last meeting with SIU. “I don’t really talk about the past. I just try to stay present with the guys and push them to be at their best at practice and get them to compete.”

Currently, the 6-0 Jacks are one of two teams in the FCS that are undefeated in the FCS (Harvard 5-0).

The Salukis are 5-1 this season with their only loss coming earlier this month against Youngstown State where they

were manhandled 31-3.

SIU did find success in week two against FBS opponent Northern Illinois where they escaped with a 14-11 victory.

Southern Illinois was one of four FCS teams to beat an FBS opponent this season.

The game is set for 2 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 21 and can be watched on ESPN+ and listened to on the Jackrabbits Sports Network.

For SIU, senior Nic Baker has looked

solid this season for the Salukis, passing for 1,341 yards (223.5 per game) with 7 touchdowns and 3 interceptions on 66.12% completion percentage.

Baker has gotten two receivers over the 300 mark this season, Izaiah Hartrup and sophomore wide-out Vinson Davis III. Hartrup leads the team in receiving yards this season with 340 on 28 catches and three scores while Davis III follows closely on his tail with 329 yards on 29 receptions and a touchdown.

sdsucollegian.com Tight end Aidan Quinn has been putting in the work in this powerful offense as well. The junior from Tennessee currently has 194 yards this season with one touchdown on just 16 receptions.

Southern Illinois backs, Elliott Ro and Justin Strong, has seen most carries for the team this season. In just four games, Ro has racked up 270 yards and five touchdowns on 42 carries while Strong has 192 yards and three touchdowns on 37 rushing attempts.

Defensively for the Salukis, safety PJ Jules currently leads the team in total tackles (55), assisted tackles (27), solo tackles (28) and tackles for loss (8.5).

Linebacker Colin Bohanek has the second-most tackles, but not close to Jules with 36 total along with Banson Combs with 35. Ubayd Steed and Davis III each of two interceptions on the year with a team total of ten on the season.

“They’ve always had great talent,” said Rogers. “I think they are really good in the back end and they are physical up front.”

The Jackrabbits have been on fire all season and with stars at almost every position, they look to expand their already dominant year of football.

South Dakota State currently has the No. 3 scoring offense in the nation averaging 43 points per game as well as the No. 2 scoring defense in the nation allowing 13 points per game, one of two teams to be in both categories (Montana State: No. 1 in scoring offense and No. 10 in scoring defense).

Star tailback Isaiah Davis has been plowing through defenses for the whole season, racking up 594 rushing yards and seven touchdowns on 77 carries. Those 594 yards put Davis at 13th for the most rushing yards in the FCS. Though the Senior is not the only back putting in the work. Amar Johnson ran the ball 58 times this season while putting up 377 yards and a touchdown on the ground along with Angel Johnson who has 232 yards and three scores.

Quarterback Mark Gronowski has been spectacular in the sky this season, passing for 1,160 yards. The Illinois native has also thrown for 15 touchdowns and one interception on 122 attempts.

It isn’t a surprise with the amount of talent SDSU has in the passing attack

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Running back Isaiah Davis runs the ball during Hobo Day game against the University of Northern Iowa.

that Gronowski has been so successful.

Jaxon Janke leads the team in yards currently with 349 along with receptions with 24. After coming back from injury, Jadon Janke has racked up 131 yards in just four games. Both Janke brothers and freshman receiver Griffin Wilde have 3 touchdowns each this season.

Wilde, a true freshman from Sioux Falls, SD, has been an impressive addition to the offense, with 206 receiving yards on the year. Tight end Zach Heins leads the team in receiving touchdowns with four on the year along with 200 receiving yards on his own.

South Dakota State’s defense has been unstoppable this season thanks to their impressive group of linebackers. Saiveon Williamson has stepped up in a big way for the Rabbits this season, leading the team with 43 total tackles. Jason Freeman and Isaiah Stalbird sit at 2nd and 3rd this season in total tackles with 31 and 29 respectively.

South Dakota State has six interceptions so far this season with all of them coming from different players.

SDSU will be on the road again for their next matchup against the University of South Dakota at the Dakota Dome in Vermillion, SD.

Collegian photos by EVAN PATZWALD Wide reciever Jaxon Janke and tight end Zach Heins celebrate a Jackrabbit touchdown.

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PANTHERS DECLAWED

JACKS STAY UNDEFEATED WITH HOBO DAY WIN OVER NORTHERN IOWA

Photo by JOCLYN HAVEN