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Rare moose spotting on campus leaves locals puzzled JOSIAH TINKLENBERG Reporter A young bull moose stepped out of bounds just before scoring a touchdown last Friday at Dana J. Stadium.

Well, sort of.

The moose, which was spotted Nov. 5, wandered onto campus before eventually ending up in the stadium. Jonathan Shaeffer, director of football operations, said the moose entered the stadium because the north gate was open for the North Dakota State University football team to set up their locker room.

The animal sprinted down the middle of the field from north to south before stepping out of bounds. He seemed to become confused for a short time before gathering himself and running out the south entrance toward the Wellness Center.

Evan Traxler, a student coach for the football team, was also at the scene. He said he and a few other people were standing on the field when they heard some rattling coming from the stands.

“All of the sudden, like an 8-foot moose just dropped onto the field, landing on his neck,” Traxler said.

The incident had many people asking just how did a moose get to Brookings anyway?

Josh Delger, a regional wildlife supervisor for the Game, Fish and Parks Department in Sioux Falls, said moose showing up in the eastern part of South Dakota was a rare occurrence and usually reported only about once or twice a year.

The moose that was spotted in Brookings was about 800 pounds, Delger said. In other places like Canada, a mature bull moose can get up to 1,500 pounds and run between 20-30 mph. Since moose are so big and fast, Delger said people should never approach them because they can be aggressive.

“Moose can certainly be cool to see, but you should contact the Game, Fish and Parks Department so they can locate it right away,” Delger said.

It is unknown how long the moose was on campus, but Sergeant Jonathan Anderson of the University Police Department said it was at least 12 hours.

UPD officers encountered the animal in the morning on campus moving south into town. Personnel from UPD, the Brookings Police Department, Game, Fish and Parks and the Brookings County Sheriff’s Department managed to herd it north, where it bedded down north of the baseball field and south of the Highway 14 Bypass, Anderson said.

Authorities gathered later in the afternoon to try and herd the animal north out of town, but the moose

SUBMITTED The young moose was spotted running out of the Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium toward the Wellness Center on Friday.

chose a southerly route into the football stadium. He later headed out of town toward the west, Anderson said. As of Tuesday, he had not heard of any other sightings.

“I believe a moose is a first for most of the officers involved,” Anderson said.

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BRINA STURM Assist. Lifestyles Editor (She/They) Starship delivery services have officially been rolled out for South Dakota State University students, and they have been discovering all of the features (and lack thereof ) that the robots have (or don’t).

At Monday night’s Student Association meeting, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Doug Wermedal and SDSU’s Aramark general manager Heidi Haro answered several questions that students, staff and the Senate had about the new bots.

SDSU is in negotiations with Aramark and other competitors for a contract to run campus dining. Because the robots are contracted through Aramark, any new provider would have to contract with Starship to continue the service.

Aramark and SDSU have contracted with Starship to use the robots until the end of this academic year, according to Wermedal. If the reception is positive among faculty and students, the robots will likely stay on campus for the next academic year as well.

The robots patiently wait at crosswalks for cars to pass, slowly stroll behind students as they walk to class and are consistently tracked on the Starship mobile app. It’s a lot of politeness from the previously bullied bots.

The initial rollout is an expectedly slow process. With only three restaurant options (Papa John’s, Starbucks and Grille Works) in the Starship app, students anxiously await updates and improvements. It was confirmed at the SA meeting that in the coming months, the robots will operate out of all sites except Chick-Fil-A. “We hope to double the number

of bots we currently have. We recently rolled out 16, and we will have more bots before we have more delivery sites,” Wermedal said.

The delivery robots spend nights in the Agricultural Engineering building.

“We tuck them in at night and tell them little bedtime stories,” Wermedal joked. “They don’t snore.”

The robots may not snore, but they sure do sing. With your order, you can request from a small variety of three songs that can play while you grab your order from the robot; but be warned, this music plays very loud. As much as students would love to hear “Meet Me At Our Spot” by THE ANXIETY, Tyler Cole and Willow at full blast as they grab their crab rangoons from the trunk of a tiny robot, not all students passing by signed up for the Starship’s serenade.

In addition to the unnecessarily loud music, the Starship mobile app has

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yet to allow students to connect their Flex meal plans. Upon opening the app, a service update states that “Flex and meal plans [are] coming soon!”

The novelty of robots that sing and carry around food is amazing on its own, but the purpose of the robots has a higher meaning.

Haro stated that the goal of the rollout is to divert people away from dining lines, which have become more challenging with Aramark’s staffing shortage.

As food staff and students navigate through robotic trials and tribulations, the food delivery service will improve with greater menu options, restaurant options and, maybe someday, song volume options.

SA in brief: Warrior Week, financial transparency JACOB BOYKO News Editor (He/Him) During the South Dakota State University Students’ Association meeting Nov. 8, senators were addressed

by Connie Johnson, coordinator for Veterans Services, about upcoming events for Warrior Week. Other speakers included Doug Wermedal and Heidi Haro talking about the rollout of the Starship Food Delivery Robots. The Senate also unanimously passed a new

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Connie Johnson: Nov. 15- 20 is Warrior Week. Johnson described some of the events Veterans Services is putting on. On Monday, taps will be played on the half-hour mark 22 times throughout the day starting at 8:30 a.m. in the Student Union. The number represents the number of veterans lost each day to suicide. Military members should render a salute from the beginning to the end of the song, while civilians should place their right hand over their hearts. Other events include the Iron Warrior competition

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Nov. 18. Registration starts at 2 p.m. in the Miller Wellness Center. There will be first and second place winners in male and female categories. The Lanes bowling alley and Team Red White & Blue will host a social open to veterans and the community Nov. 19 at 5:30 p.m.

The week will finish off with a military appreciation football game at 2 p.m. in the Dana J. Dykhouse Nov. 20. Veterans will receive two free tickets.

“The biggest challenge [for veterans] is the transition and fitting in,” Johnson said. “Some are 23 and some are 32.”

The goal of Warrior Week is to increase involvement among veterans on campus and promote physical health and wellness. The events are open to both military and community members.

Bills: The Senate passed a bill and an amendment Monday. Resolution 21-10-R recognized November as Veteran and Military Family Month. Amendment 21-2-A will increase financial transparency in the Student Association following spending concerns.

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Barracks from back in the day

SYMMONE GAUER Lifestyles Editor (She/Her)

After World War II, South Dakota State College was flush with veterans— and those veterans were in desperate need of a home.

Like many colleges across the country at the time, SDSC (now SDSU) faced a severe housing crisis, and the solution was to temporarily bring in converted Quonset huts and military style barracks—SDSC went with the latter.

“Before the war, the married men on Photo from “A History of South Dakota State University 1884-1975,” book by J. Howard Kramer the campus (were) the exception rather Converted barracks were used as housing for married students—primarily World War II veterans—and their families between the years 1946 and 1974. than the rule,” read the 1948 Jack Rabbit their families.

A 1961 graduate who commented were gone from campus. yearbook.

Records from the Hilton M. Briggs on the Campus Evolution Map said the So while the barracks of College In fact, enrollment records show there were only 396 students during the Library make it hard to determine exactly area was commonly called “fertile acres” Grove weren’t an exclusive residence for veterans during their time on campus, 1944-45 academic year, and by 1948, that how many units and how many families because there were so many children.

Yearbooks from the late 1940s paint they certainly started out as a way to number had grown to 2,426. Veterans lived in these wood-frame barracks.

An initial order for government a “slice of life” of the veterans who lived accommodate the heroes of South made up 1,343 of those students.

This wasn’t the first time State had to surplus housing in 1946 requested 21 with their families. Many wives worked Dakota State. accommodate the influx of students after converted barracks and 32 “Pickstown” on campus or a war. East Men’s Hall was a dormitory houses. One record mentioned there took the “Bunny built in 1921, where the alumni center is were 148 families housed in them. Bus” into town for now. Its purpose was to house ex-G.I.’s Another record said there were 38 build- work to supplewho were disabled while in World ings, some with metal roofs. Each unit ment the monthly War I and wanted to either start or con- had two to four apartments, and in total allotment from the G.I. Bill. tinue their educaPhotos show the tion here. families playing By the end games, eating of World War II, dinner or even there were only washing dishes four dormitories together in their on campus: East little homes.

Men’s Hall, Scobey The barracks Hall, Wecota and of College Grove Wenona.

Jack Rabbit Yearbook 1949 were slowly M a ny sol“Looks like Carl and Mrs. Little are getting ready for breakfast.” taken down in diers who came groups between 1961 and 1975, even to campus after though they were only meant to last five World War II were years from their construction. The first Special thanks to Michele Christian married and were handful were removed to make space for and Crystal J. Gamradt with the SDSU starting families— Mathews Hall.

Archives & Special Collections. Other thus the need for A section of units came out in 1970 information obtained from “South Dakota the married stuJack Rabbit Yearbook 1948 dents’ housing, “The young son of Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Frost wasn’t born with a silver spoon in for the Stanley J. Marshall Center, which STate University: A Pictorial History 1881his mouth--but it certainly wound’t have bothered him anyway.” was completed in 1973, the same year 2006” by John E. Miller, “A History of South specifically.

College Grove housing, situated in they were said to house 108 students and another large section was removed for Dakota State University 1884-1975” by J. the new Student Union (1974). Then Howard Kramer, “The College on the Hill” the area that stretches from the pres- their families.

SDSU’s Campus Evolution Map, there were only 11 barracks left, located by Amy Dunkle and the 1946-1949 editions ent-day Student Union to the present-day Stanley J. Marshall Center, became the however, shows 75 structures in College just south of where the Student Health of the “Jack Rabbit” yearbook.

Clinic would go, and by 1975, they too

new neighborhood for SDSC heroes and Grove during that time frame.

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Pride of the Dakotas to perform annual indoor concert KARMEN SPERR Reporter

The Pride of the Dakotas will be performing an indoor concert on Thursday featuring songs they have been performing throughout the football season.

The Pride has performed an indoor concert every year since the late 1980s, according to the band’s director, Kevin Kessler. This concert serves as a year in review for the band as it combines many of its performances into one concert that anyone can attend.

Kessler has been the band’s director for seven years. He was a member of the Pride when he was a student at South Dakota State University, and he performed a concert like this during his time on campus as well.

The concert will be in the Sanford Jackrabbit Athletic Complex Photo by: ZOEY SCHENTZEL (She/Her) (SJAC) on the practice field, which Pride member Hannah LeMair perfroms at will allow the band to perform Saturday’s half-time show. the pieces the same way it per-

forms them during football games.

“The nice thing about it being in the SJAC is that we have a football field in there, so we perform our pregame show just like you would see it at a home football game,” Kessler said.

Since the band has been performing these songs for the entire season, there isn’t any extra practice that goes along with the concert. This is a chance for band members to just have fun while performing.

The band will be performing its MTV 40th Anniversary show and its Disney show, which were big hits this year, along with other songs that they play during tailgating and during the game, according to drum major Matthew Dulas.

“The MTV one is quite fun. That’s the one we’re doing right now during games, and I get to be on the center podium during Thriller,” Dulas said. “I get to see it all right there when we put down our instruments and all the band starts dancing, so that’s awesome.”

The concert also coincides with Veteran’s Day. According to Kessler, this date was chosen coincidentally, but the band also will perform their military appreciation show to honor our veterans.

“It’s a show that commemorates veterans. We have a lot of patriotic songs that we put into a medley, and the color guard gets these nice American flag silks,” color guard captain Valeska Momotic said. “It just means a lot to a lot of people.”

This concert also will serve as an opportunity for the Pride to give back to SDSU. This performance is free, but there will be free will donations before and after the concert. Half of the proceeds will go to the band, and the other half will be donated to Jack’s Cupboard.

“We did the same thing last year,” Kessler said. “We just thought that this is an important cause on campus that we would like to support.”

BCT’s “Steel Magnolias” coming to SDSU this week LILLI MOORE Reporter (She/Her) The Brookings Community Theatre will perform “Steel Magnolias” at the Fishback Studio Theatre Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center starting Thursday.

The play takes place in a beauty salon in Louisiana where all ladies who are “anybody” go to get their hair done.

There are only six actresses in this play, and their characters are: eager; wisecracking; crazy; an eccentric millionaire; and the prettiest girl in town.

“We are not doing the movie version, so we may not say the same things the movie did,” director Sylvia Newell said.

“This is the Brookings Community Theater’s version of this script. We are our own version.”

Carrie McClanahan, a graduate of the SDSU theater program, is playing

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the lead role of Truvy, and said she is excited for this production. McClanahan has been a part of about 20 other productions in various roles.

“She’s very upbeat and caring; she’s the mom of the shop,” McClanahan said about her character.

Truvy is a character who will be loved by “anyone who is optimistic or likes to make little jokes. Anyone who is almost like a caretaker of family or friends,” McClanahan said.

“Just a person who loves their people and loves to be there for them.”

Photo by: STU MELBY The cast of Steel Magnolias: (from left) Sheila Shore, Janie Isham, Carrie McClanahan, Ellie Koerner, Michelle Mack and Alex Arnold.

Alex Arnold is the youngest actress on the set at only 20, and she plays the character Annelle. Arnold has been in six other theater productions.

“I love ‘Steel Magnolias.’ I figure the part I would play would be easy but a challenge for me to do,” Arnold said.

Putting this production together had its challenges as well. For McClanahan, the tough part was finding time, and for Arnold it was being the character and not herself. Newell said the biggest challenge was getting the southern accents right.

“The accents have to be real,” New-

ell said. “They have to give them the emotion the show is asking you to do.”

Although there are only six actresses on the stage, it takes 30 people to make this production happen, Newell said.

This production has a lot of heart, emotion and closeness. According to Newell, it will make the audience want to “go home and hug your momma, your child or even the old nag down the street.”

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Pandemic slump has blood supply dangerously low Every two seconds, someone in the United States is in need of blood. In the time it takes you to read this article, approximately 140 people will need to recieve a blood donation.

KAITLYN LORANG Reporter (She/Her) Every two seconds someone in the United States needs blood.

The problem is that less than 38% of the population is eligible to give blood, and of that number, only 3% donate, according to the American Red Cross.

Currently, the U.S. blood supply is dangerously low, which is uncommon for this time of year because fall is generally when the supply is stable, according to the Red Cross. Southeast South Dakota has not escaped the shortage squeeze.

The significant increase in the call for blood has been caused by low donor turnout and high hospital use.

And a troubling trend is that young people – like college students – are not donating in large enough numbers. As people age, they often begin to go on medications and thus become ineligible to donate. This is concerning because health care officials count on younger donors to take their places.

Ken Versteeg is the executive director at Community Blood Bank and works as a facilitator between the Avera and Sanford hospital systems.

“We have individuals that have been donating blood for over 40 years. They have donated 25-30 gallons of blood,” Versteeg said.

There are two upcoming opportunities where South Dakota State University students can help with the problem: - Dec. 2: Community Blood Bank will be on the SDSU campus in the Bloodmobile from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with the School of Engineering.

- Feb. 17: The Red Cross will be

on campus again for the SDSU vs USD donation challenge. SDSU and USD will compete to see which university can donate the most blood.

A critical blood shortage is called when there is less than a 48-hour blood supply left for communities, according to the Community Blood Bank in Sioux Falls.

“When we put those critical blood shortage messages out there, we are at a point that we have to collect that blood or reach out to our partners (blood banks in other communities not directly affiliated with Sioux Falls Community Blood Bank),” Versteeg said.

The problem with reaching out to other blood banks during the pandemic is that there are not many available units, as others are in a similar position.

“Community Blood Bank supplies blood to 36 local area hospitals, including Brookings Health System,” Versteeg said.

“Our goal is to be self-sufficient. When we go to Brookings, our goal is to collect what the needs are there.”

In a similar way the American Red Cross is working toward the same goal.

The organization supplies about 40% of the nation’s blood supply.

“Now with decreased blood donor turnout, our Red Cross blood supply has dropped to the lowest it has been at this time of year since 2015,” Chris Hrouda, president of Red Cross Biomedical Services, said in a press release.

Both of these organizations recognize that this is a trying time for the country because we are still navigating the pandemic.

The hospitals are starting to see more severe cases of cancer and illness. Many of these patients have waited to go get

checked since the pandemic started in early 2020, Versteeg said.

The severity of these cancers and other illnesses are causing more transfusions and a need for more blood.

“Hospital usage has skyrocketed because of the elective surgeries that have been put off.,” Kim Jensen, account manager of donor recruitment with the American Red Cross, said.

About 36,000 units of red blood cells are needed every day in the United States, according to the American Red Cross.

The Community Blood Bank’s goal is to collect 550 units of blood each week, Versteeg said.

The increase in elective surgeries and severe illnesses recently has created a bump in use from 550 units to nearly 700 units of blood a week for the Sioux Falls Community Blood Bank area.

Both organizations say group O blood is in the highest demand right now because 45% of the population has this type of blood.

O negative is known as the universal blood donor, which means it can be used for transfusions by any type. O negative is what they use in the helicopters when airlifting patients.

O positive is also in high demand because 37% of the population has O positive blood, so the supply needs to be larger since more people would potentially need this type of blood.

Blood drive oppurtunities

x Dec. 2: Community Blood Bank 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. x Feb. 17: The Red Cross Competition between SDSU and USD

By giving blood you are helping cancer patients, sickle cell patients, trauma patients, burn victims and those who suffer from chronic illnesses, officials say.

Red blood cells have a shelf life of 42 days, according to the Red Cross. The blood banks have not had any issues with shelf life lately because of the undersupply of blood that has fallen even lower since the pandemic started and brought new challenges.

When the pandemic first started, there were many canceled blood donation events. This caused a significant decrease of blood throughout our nation, including at the local level.

“Little by little, we are making some ground and seeing people come out after the pandemic,” Versteeg said.

Typically, 45-65 units of blood are donated at the average college blood drive.

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What’s the difference between Community Blood Bank and American Red Cross?

Community Blood Bank - - - - - - - - -

Community Blood Bank stays local 3 Bloodmobiles that you donate in 2 donor rooms (1 in Sanford in Sioux Falls and 1 in Avera in Sioux Falls) Brand new 44ft bus Provide education materials on the bus Visits SDSU about ten times a year SDSU students can help with spreading the word Partner with a club or organization on campus Issues local area shortage messages/alert

American Red Cross - - - - - - - -

Leah Irlbeck, a sophomore early childhood education major from Redwood Falls, Minnesota, gives blood at a recent blood drive in Brookings.

Most recently, the Student Nursing Association hosted a blood drive at SDSU with the Red Cross that was successful, receiving nearly 100 donations during the two-day event.

According to Versteeg, the drive that took place in late September was one of the best in the last two years.

“Most of the time, we have a really great turnout of students at blood drives,” said Rob Knapp, a phlebotomist with the Red Cross.

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The Red Cross and Community Blood Bank offer different incentives to giving blood such as T-shirts and fast-food gift cards. Those who are eligible to donate are urged to do so now to help overcome this current shortage, says the American Red Cross.

“We really need to find those donors that are healthy and can donate, but just never have,” Jensen said.

While you’ve been reading this article, about 140 people have needed blood.

Red Cross is national and supply’s 40% of the nation’s blood Inside blood drives Visit’s SDSU twice a year Has buses, too, but they travel in more metro areas Blood is delivered all throughout the country Partners with a club or organization on campus for the blood drives Issues national shortage messages Scholarship program

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How soon is too soon to put up Christmas decorations?

The yearly debate emerges once again AVERY STARR Reporter It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

But not because there’s snow on the ground. Instead, it’s because of all the decorations and lights that are showing up in the stores around town, and the Christmas songs being played on the radio.

Just as fast as the decorations go up, so do the grumbles start about how it’s too early for the holiday décor and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”

I don’t understand this kind of thinking, and I don’t get why being cheerful early on is so wrong. Christmas is my favorite holiday. The day itself is fun, but the festivities weeks before are just as fun, so what if we start celebrating before Thanksgiving?

I start consistently listening to my favorite Christmas carols after the first snowfall of the year, but if I heard Mariah Carey or Michael Bublé at some other time of the year, I wouldn’t complain. In my opinion, a safe rule for everyone looks like this: You’re good to play Christmas music after Halloween.

The biggest reason I hear people cite for not enjoying all this is that it ruins Thanksgiving. I don’t understand how preparing for Christmas early hurts Thanksgiving. Families are still able to meet and share a turkey and say what they are thankful for even if Walmart has an inflatable snowman up and you hear a song or two about Santa Claus in the weeks before.

If you can create some traditions and

Thanksgiving songs, like what we have for Christmas, then maybe we’ll get to a longer celebration of Thanksgiving. But, since Thanksgiving doesn’t have this rich tradition Christmas does, we can expect to see that spillover of Christmas celebrations to continue to take over November.

Another thing people whine about is that this all just demonstrates the intensity of consumerism we have that destroys the culture and meaning of Christmas. They say this ruins the holiday for them. The truth is, our culture has always been materialistic and that is super sad. This materialism is even more apparent during the holidays, and that’s the case only because of our overattachment to buying products to give to others as gifts. I think that this time of the year makes beautiful what most of the time is quite ugly.

People also complain for religious reasons. They say that all these secular celebrations distract us from the true meaning, the birth of Jesus Christ in the Christian faith.

In his book “Signs of Life,” Christian theologian Scott Hahn says, “Let the Grinches and the Scrooges mutter darkly about the commercialization of Christmas. I’ll take it (though not uncritically) as a tribute to Christ that society’s great season of giving is the feast of his birth, even if that giving must be preceded by a season of buying.”

If Hahn can see beauty in all the noise of the Christmas season, then that’s good enough for me.

As a Christian, I love the religious celebration of Christmas – the packed churches, attending services with my

family, hearing the religious Christmas songs.

I see that these secular traditions are separate from religious celebrations, and I love celebrating both things as just that, their own things.

I often wonder why so many people get so upset about other people enjoying something like the Christmas season.

I think part of the reason why everyone gets upset is because it’s something that everyone complains about, and people just tend to follow the crowd into hating on people who just love a plain-awesome

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holiday. I think there are plenty of people who don’t have legitimate reasons for being mad about the occasion, but they just know it is “normal” to be upset. They want to fit in.

Whenever you think the Christmas season should start, I think with all the actual disagreements we have in our world, I suggest we all stop judging others for something so harmless.

Remember, if certain songs in November upset you so much, you can always just change the station.

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Issue: Travis Scott should be held responsible for Astroworld deaths A tragedy unfolded Nov. 5 at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival in Houston where eight people died and over 300 were injured.

The concert, which was meant to hold over 50,000 people, quickly became overcrowded, and audience members were trampling over each other, trying to get closer to the stage.

Footage taken by the audience shows multiple people chanting “stop the show,” and Scott staring as people received CPR and ambulance lights flashed among the crowd.

The concert went on for 37 minutes after Houston police declared the incident a “mass casualty” and event staff attempted to get Scott to stop the show.

This wasn’t the first time Scott has incited violence amongst his fans. In 2015, Scott was arrested during his Lollapalooza set for encouraging the crowd to storm the stage. He was arrested again in 2017 and charged with inciting a riot, disorderly conduct and endangering the welfare of a minor after encouraging the crowd to rush the stage.

Clearly this man has a history of violence, and apparently it takes eight people between the ages of 14 and 27 to literally die before this man catches any heat for his violent actions.

Many of his fans have taken to the internet to defend him, saying it’s not Scott’s fault for the security response and that his only duty was to perform.

As if there aren’t videos of Scott staring directly at crowd-surfing dead bodies and rushing security staff off the stage after they tried to warn him. Those things very much fall on Mr. Scott’s shoulders.

Being a Travis Scott fan was already a red flag before, as his lyrics encouraged male rage and aggression and the artist has a history of violence, but it’s even more so now.

How can people defend someone who so clearly doesn’t care about his fans safely? How can Travis Scott have a career after this incident?

Videos of other musicians like Adele, Linkin Park and My Chemical Romance have resurfaced where they have stopped their show due to complications in

the crowd. The posters of these videos have noted how easy it is to stop a show and make sure the audience is safe– something Travis Scott did not do.

Travis Scott should have stopped his show and made sure his fans were safe, but because he failed to do that, he should be held responsible for every injury and lost life– whatever that may mean in the eyes of the law.

The Collegian Editorial Board meets weekly and agrees on the issue of the editorial. The editorial represents the opinion of The Collegian.

Audiences praise South Korean Netflix series “Squid Game” Emma Smith Reporter The new series “Squid Game” has quickly become the topic of conversation around the world, and Brookings is no exception.

The show aired on Netflix Sept. 17, and since then it has become the No. 1 show in about 90 countries. It also has become popular on social media platforms, including Instagram and Twitter. The series is nine episodes, each one about an hour long.

The show is based in South Korea and is considered a “survival drama” where 456 citizens who are all in extreme debt get invited to participate in games to win money. The games they play are South Korean children’s games with a deadly penalty if they lose or fail to finish the challenge.

“My initial thoughts after watching the first episode were that this was an interesting concept for a TV show. It definitely wasn’t what I was expecting,” second-year business economics student Connor Powers said. “Overall, I thought the show was pretty good.”

Professor Graham Wrightson, who teaches global citizenship and diversity

at SDSU, said Korean shows are popular right now because of the way the films show characters dealing with real life problems but in an entertaining way.

“Squid Game” has an interesting take on societal pressures.

“I was surprised at how socially aware it is and representative of society rather than just some corny TV show presenting a concept to gain viewers,” Wrightson said. “It is a serious drama making serious points about society. I don’t know if everybody gets that when they watch it, but that’s what I find I like it for.”

The show highlights, in an extreme and more violent way, what’s happening in South Korea regarding a mass number of citizens being in debt, according to a report in NBC News. It offers life lessons about trust, friendship and loyalty.

The series is disturbing for many viewers, yet it leaves them wanting to keep watching to find out what happens next.

The show is not in English; in the U.S., it’s presented with voice-overs. The voices don’t match the actors or the subtitles, which can be annoying.

“I know that the dubbing and the words don’t match the Korean, and I’ve

been told that the English version is quite far from the intent of the original,” Wrightson said. “It makes me want to learn Korean so I can get the original, because I think it would add even more to what is already a great show.”

Although he loved the show, he wishes it would have incorporated more background information on the other characters. He also disliked the dehumanization of the characters throughout the show.

The NBC News report said people had become so engrossed in the series that many have tried calling the phone number that is shown on the business card in the first episode. The owner of the actual phone number has received so many calls that Netflix has been working with the production company to edit that scene out.

“Squid Game” involves a lot of violent and disturbing scenes and parental supervision is advised. If you enjoy horror and drama, this might be a show for you.

The show cost only $21.4 million to produce, and Netflix estimates that it will create almost $900 million in value for its company, according to a report from Bloomberg.

“About 132 million people have watched at least two minutes of ‘Squid Game’ in the show’s first 23 days, smashing the Netflix record set by ‘Bridgerton,’” the Bloomberg article said. The two-minute figure is the one that Netflix releases to the public for some shows.

Based on earlier data, the company said three million people had started the show earlier last month. People have spent more than 1.4 billion hours watching the show.

Powers said, “I would definitely watch season two if it were to come out.”

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Photo from GoJacks.com The South Dakota State soccer team celebrates after they defeated Denver 4-2 in the Summit League Tournament championship game. The Jacks are set for a matchup with No. 4 Pepperdine in the NCAA Tournament in Malibu, Calif. Nov. 13. This is the Jacks’ sixth postseason birth and their first since 2019.

Soccer wins Summit title

JAKE WEBER Sports Reporter The South Dakota State Jackrabbit soccer team is heading to the NCAA tournament after defeating Denver and Omaha in the Summit League tournament to win the conference title.

SDSU clinched its sixth Summit league tournament this past weekend in Denver, Colorado.

The Jackrabbits first defeated Omaha in a narrow contest. The game went all the way to overtime without a goal until Kayla Anderson had her first career game-winner.

The win gave the Jacks a program record 16 wins on the season. Jocelyn Tanner also recorded another shutout in the game, which gave her and the Jackrabbits their 11th shutout of the season.

The game was slow-going and hotly contested throughout. While the Jacks did record 18 shots to their opponents nine, neither team managed to grab a distinct advantage until SDSU’s late goal.

With the win, the Jacks clinched their seventh appearance in the Summit League title game. They would go on to face top seed and defending Summit League champion Denver.

While Denver got the better of SDSU in their regular season matchup, the Jacks had beaten Denver in both Summit League title games the teams played each other in. Both of those contests were

decided with penalty kicks as well.

The Jackrabbits would go on to defeat Denver for a third time in title games and clinch their sixth Summit League title.

After falling to Denver 2-0 six days earlier, SDSU seemed to be facing a similar outcome after their opponent scored within the first 30 seconds of the game.

The Jacks fought back and managed to take the lead in the first half with goals from Maya Hansen and Laney Murdzek.

SDSU continued to put on the pressure as Rachel Preston scored an early second half goal. Cecilia Limongi would put the Jacks up 4-1 in the 84th minute.

Denver managed to bag a goal one minute later, but SDSU held on to win their 12th overall Summit league title.

While the score line would suggest an easy SDSU victory, the stats tell a different story, as both teams managed 15 shots and possession narrowly went to SDSU with 56%.

The Jacks new program record for wins in a single season now sits at 17.

Four SDSU players were named to the all-tournament team: Kaitlin Zabel, Karlee Manding, Katherine Jones and Rachel Preston. Preston would also take home tournament MVP. With their title win, the Jacks earned their sixth NCAA tournament appearance and will face fourth-seeded Pepperdine in Malibu, California Nov. 13 in the first round.

Photo from GoJacks.com Chloe Stitt jumps to hit the ball to the opposing team in a game earlier this season. Stitt is currently second on the team in kills with 252. With their win over St. Thomas, the Jacks secured their first winning season since 2012 and need one more win to clinch a spot in the Summit League Tournament.

Volleyball impresses on the road CHLOE RISSE Sports Reporter The Jackrabbit volleyball team will return home this week after winning two games on the road this past week – their first wins of the season as the visiting team.

The Jacks beat St. Thomas Friday in St. Paul in four sets (21-25, 25-15, 27-25, 25-15). Two days later, the Jacks traveled to Macomb, Illinois, and defeated Western Illinois’ Leathernecks in five sets (25-18, 31-29, 24-26, 22-25, 15-10).

The pair of wins improved SDSU’s record to 16-9 overall, 8-6 in the Summit League.

Against St. Thomas, the Jacks lost the first set but got enough momentum to win the next three, and ultimately the match. Seniors Crystal Burk and Sydney Andrews had big performances for the Jacks with 15 and 11 kills, respectively. Graduate student Chloe Stitt added 11 kills and led the team in service aces.

The Jacks had a difficult time stopping the St. Thomas rallies at the beginning of the first set but turned it around in set two. With control of the momentum, the Jacks led throughout the set, as the team distributed the ball well with kills from multiple players.

Set three was the closest. SDSU took an early lead, but St. Thomas whittled away at the lead throughout, and a late rally brought the Tommies

back to a tie at 25-all. But a kill by Elyse Winter and an attack error by St. Thomas allowed for the Jacks to finish on top.

The final set came easier to the Jacks. Consecutive kills from Winter and Burk tied the score early at 4-4.

Junior Anna Nerad had consecutive ace serves midway through the set, followed by kills from Burk and Andrews. That staked the Jacks at a three-point lead of 15-12. Three consecutive kills from SDSU allowed for the Jacks to win the set with a final score of 25-15.

Against Western Illinois, Burk, Stitt and Winter led the team with 22, 21 and 12 kills, respectively. Stitt and Tatum Pickar led the team with two service aces each, followed by junior Jadyn Makovicka with one. Carly Wedel had a big game with 66 assists.

Set one went to the Jacks rather easily after a late six-point rally. Pickar concluded with a service ace.

Set two featured 11 lead changes and 14 ties as the Jacks ended up on top 31-29.

The Leathernecks won sets three and four. Both sets were close with final scores of 23-25 and 22-25.

But SDSU did not let those setbacks control the rest of the game. The final set concluded with consecutive kills by junior Akeela Jefferson. This helped the Jacks win 15-10.

The Jacks return to Frost Arena for their final two home games of the season. They host Omaha on Thursday and Denver on Saturday.

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South Dakota State University’s Jackrabbits led from the outset of Saturday’s game and held on to beat their rival from the north in a Missouri Valley Football Conference game at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium.

The Jacks, who entered the game ranked No. 9 beat the No. 2 ranked NDSU 27-19. SDSU has won three of the last five games against NDSU. For a complete game story, visit sdsucollegian.com Collegian photos by: ZOEY SCHENTZEL and JOCLYN HAVEN Coach John Stiegelmeier barks orders to his team.

Offensive lineman Wes Genant hoists the Dakota Marker trophy after the SDSU victory.

The student section cheers on the Jacks during Saturday’s rivarly game against NDSU. More than 18,000 people packed into rhe Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium.

A pair of young fans cheer on the Jacks.

Isaiah Stalbird (2) and a host of SDSU tacklers take down a Bison runner.

Junior safety Chase Norblade celebrates afer a play.

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Who: South Dakota State vs. South Dakota When/Where: 1 p.m. Nov. 13 at the DakotaDome, Vermillion, SD TV: Midco Sports / ESPN+ Radio: Jackrabbit Sports Network All-time Series: SDSU leads 55-53-7 Last Meeting: Nov. 23, 2019. USD won 24-21

Collegian file photo The Jackrabbits and Coyotes last played at Dana J. Dykhouse stadium in 2018, because the 2020 game was canceled by the pandemic. On Saturday. the teams renew their rivalry in the DakotaDome

Ranked Jacks, Coyotes to face off MARSHALL MINIHAN Sports Reporter

The South Dakota Showdown Series returns for the first time in nearly two years, as the No. 4 Jackrabbits will head to Vermillion to take on the No. 19 South Dakota Coyotes Nov. 13 in the DakotaDome.

This will be the 116th matchup between these two rivals, and the Jacks are looking to win for the ninth time in the last ten games. The Jacks hold the narrow lead in the all-time series 55-53-7.

The last time these two teams met was in 2019, when USD inched out in a close 24-21 win against the Jackrabbits.

This matchup is the oldest rivalry in college football between two public Universities hailing from the same state.

About South Dakota State After losing their last two home games this season, the Jackrabbits (7-2, 4-2 Missouri Valley Football Conference) got their first conference win at home, beating North Dakota State 27-19.

Against the Bison, the Jackrabbits put up 349 yards of total offense, including 181 on the ground against the top-ranked Bison defense.

The Jacks have the fourth best scoring offense in the country, outscoring their opposites by an average of 40.7 points per game.

SDSU’s defense has been having a

great season, giving up 157 points to opposing teams and allowing only around 17 points scored on them per game.

SDSU has a total of 4,136 yards with 2,251 coming from passing and the other 1,885 yards on the ground.

The Jacks defense held their own against NDSU’s offense. Chase Norblade got the sole interception of the game, which he ran back for 15 yards. Adam Bock and Isaiah Stalbird racked up a combined total of 22 tackles in the win as well.

“We know we have to go in there and play our best football,” said SDSU coach John Stiegelmeier. “We’re looking forward to the type of environment that we expect, which really is exciting for a rivalry game.”

About South Dakota South Dakota, led by coach Bob Nielson, has an overall record of 6-3 and a conference record of 4-2 this season.

Their two MVFC losses are to Illinois State and Missouri State earlier this season, while heir only non-conference loss was to FBS opponent Kansas, in a 17-14 game back in week 1.

In week 2, the coyotes stormed over Northern Arizona in an easy 34-7 win.

This season, the USD offense has averaged 29.7 points per game, and they’ve outscored their opponents by 113 total points.

The coyotes have found success this

season in their run defense which has given up an average of 94 yards per game.

In their last performance, USD doubled the score of opponent Western Illinois 42-21, on the road.

After this week, the Coyotes are set to play NDSU for their last regular-season game of the season.

“University of South Dakota’s an excellent football team,” Stiegelmeier said.

“Coach Nielson is doing a great job and he’s done a great job.”

Key players for SDSU Leading the surge of passing yards for the Jackrabbit offense this season is quarterback Chris Oladokun, who is throwing a solid 61.1% on 1,991 yards with 16 touchdowns.

Rushing leader Pierre Strong Jr. has been on fire this season rushing for a total of 1,142 yards and a career-high 14 touchdowns. Strong leads the FCS in rushing yards and he has already run for the most yards in a season in his career with two games still remaining.

In SDSU’s last outing against NDSU, wide receiver Jaxon Janke caught six receptions for 118 yards, which was a season-high for the South Dakota native.

Jaxon is their leading receiver in receiving yards with 668. Standout tight end Tucker Kraft is the team’s second-leading receiver. He has had 543 yards and five touchdowns so far this season.

For the Jacks defense, Adam Bock has a total of 74 tackles on the season with two forced fumbles and an interception.

He has been one of the many highlights of SDSU’s defense.

Also on defense, all-American cornerback Don Gardner made his return last week after missing his last five games due to an arm injury.

Key players for USD Carter Bell has been the Coyotes best receiver this season. Last week, he racked up 182 yards and two scores, including a 91-yard breakaway touchdown against Western Illinois.

Running back Travis Theis has had a successful season as well, rushing for 607 yards with seven touchdowns, averaging a solid 4.8 yards per carry.

Nate Thomas has also been doing his part for the Coyotes rushing attack this season. Thomas has 505 rushing yards on 74 attempts this season along with four scores.

Quarterback Carson Camp should also be on SDSU’s radar after coming off a season-high 246 passing yards and two passing touchdowns last week. Camp has 1,566 passing yards on the season with 13 touchdowns.

On the other side of the ball, senior linebacker Jack Cochrane has been having a really good season where he currently leads the USD defense in tackles with 74, and interceptions with three.