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NOW WHAT? As coach Scott Nagy leaves for Wright State, fans and players ponder the future AUSTIN HAMM Sports Editor South Dakota State men’s basketball coach Scott Nagy stepped down this week after a successful 21-year run in Brookings. He has left to take a job at Wright State, a Horizon League program in Ohio for, reportedly, almost double the salary he had at SDSU. Much can be said about the things Nagy did during his time here, from guiding the Jacks through the transition to Division I to turning them into a legitimate mid-major threat come March. But at what can be unequivocally referred to as the end of an era for Jackrabbit men’s basketball, most eyes will now turn to-

wards the future. Where do the Jacks go from here?

Two questions quickly come to mind: who will replace Nagy and will players transfer?

The first is probably the biggest question the casual fan will ask. Obviously, whoever comes in will have some big shoes to fill. With seniors like Deondre Parks, George Marshall and Jake Bittle leaving, as well as the transfer of Connor Devine, the roster will look a lot different from the 2016 incarnation that pushed Maryland to the limit in the NCAA tournament.

LEXIE PRIEST• The Collegian

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Scott Nagy led the SDSU men’s basketball team for 21 years. Now they look to make a change.

Completing the mission to protect the tradition MERCEDES LEMKE Ag Reporter Days after the 93rd Little International ended, Dalen Zuidema, 94th Little International General Manager, already has a countdown set to tell him the number of days he has to prepare for one of South Dakota State University’s biggest events, the 94th Little International. Only 360 days to go.

While this is a time of preparation for Zuidema, for others it is a time of reflection on the lasting impact of the 93rd Little International. The motto of the 93rd Little International was “On a Mission to Protect the Tradition,” which expressed the goals of the agricultural exhibition.

Each person who watched or participated in the events left their lasting impact on the SDSU tradition. For Rob Foiles, Little International was an opportunity to escape his comfort zone.

Foiles had never shown a sheep before, and he placed in both classes he competed in.

“I went from being OK for a novice to placing within the same weekend. The judge gave

us tips on how to improve—I took that to heart and worked hard,” Foiles said.

This was a big accomplishment since Foiles’ ewe actually became sick a few days before the contest. The Sheep Unit was able to nurse her back to health, and he won third in novice fitting and third in showmanship.

For more pictures and list of Little “I” livestock champions see A2 For Addie Rojas, executive committee member, the experience of Little “I’ had a different meaning this year. She saw the hard work of each of the committees pay off during the event. They are each assigned to their specific contests to put Little International together and make it run smoothly each year. Little International also gave students the opportunity to show their talents and passions.

For Kasey Schmidt, natural resources superintendent,

her hard work paid off once she was able to see and meet all of the FFA members.

“It was a great way to meet a bunch of people and see what people are passionate about.

I was in natural resources in high school, and I loved it. I wanted to provide that experience [of competing at Little ‘I’] to others. It is a great way to get to know everyone and be passionate about agriculture,” Schmidt said.

Another way to meet people was to compete in contests each year created by committees to bring students, faculty and alumni to the event.

The Dairy Products Competition was a new contest started this year. The contest was a complete success, Zuidema said. They even sold the products at the auctioneering contest on Saturday of Little “I.” One of the ice creams sold for around $200.

Zuidema has already been approached by department heads and faculty about adding new contests to the Little International next year. The contests will be precision agriculture and agribusiness contests for FFA students.

BECKY STARKENBURG• The Collegian

Students shows their goats at Little International on Saturday, April 2 at the Animal Science Arena.

Brookings pledges to be breastfeeding friendly community HANNAH KOELLER Reporter The South Dakota Department of Health chose Brookings as the pilot community for the Breastfeeding-Friendly Business Initiative on March 22.

The Breastfeeding-Friendly Business Pledge shows that a business is willing to provide an environment where mothers are able to breastfeed in public spaces and enjoy a welcoming attitude from staff, management and other patrons while breastfeeding.

This initiative supports the Department of Health’s goal to improve the health and well-being of mothers, infants, children and families. Part of this is increasing the number of women who breastfeed for at least six months after their baby is born.

According to the Nestle Nutrition Institute, breastfeeding is considered the nutritional gold standard for infant nutrition and feeding and benefits their health, growth, immunity and development.

Brookings Supports Breastfeeding, a group of local health professionals and educators, has been working to make breastfeeding in public and pumping at work a nonevent since 2012.

“By nonevent, we mean mothers should not feel as if they are being harassed or made to feel ashamed or looked down upon for doing what comes naturally,” said Julia Yoder, the marketing and public relations director at Brookings Health System. “They’re just trying to provide the optimum nutrition for their child.”

Some of the groundwork prior to this project includes a community discussion about breastfeeding, surveys and focus groups determining barriers in Brookings. The Brookings Health System also became a baby-friendly hospital, one of only three and the first non-Indian hospital in the state, which provides optimal care to breastfeeding and helping new mothers get started.

The initiative is important to Brookings and other communities so mothers don’t have to feel uncomfortable breastfeeding in public or have a difficult time pumping when they return to work, said Jennifer Anderson, assistant professor of communication studies and theatre.

“If it’s possible to breastfeed, that’s what we want all mothers to try to do,” Anderson said. “We want them to feel empowered to do that, and, if they have chosen to, we would like them to be able to do it for as long as they’d like to without any additional barriers or challenges.”

The three main entities involved with this project are South Dakota State University, Brookings Health System and the Brookings Area Chamber of Commerce.

Other businesses that have taken the Breastfeeding-Friendly Business Pledge include the city of Brookings, 3M, Hy-Vee, Brookings County and the Children’s Museum.

“Hopefully at some point all of the businesses will get touched, ” said Joni Frolek, membership director at the Brookings Area Chamber of Commerce. “And we’re hoping through the media coverage we’ve had that people see it and keep seeing it and then they take that initiative on their own.”

The classes of Anderson, Rebecca Kuehl, assistant professor of Communication Studies and Theatre, and Rebecca Britt, assistant professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, will go out into the community and promote media kits for the initiative, which include a ‘Breastfeeding Welcome Here’ window cling, information on the benefits of breastfeeding, model policy language and staff education tips, among other things.

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SDSU Daily Crime Log 3.20.16 • 12:22 a.m. @ Caldwell Hall. Underage Consumption.

• 2:08 a.m. @ Binnewies Hall. 5 Underage Consumptions and 1 Common Nuisance.

• 2:41 a.m. @ 1500 Block N Campus Dr. 2 Student Conduct Violations.

• 3:40 a.m. @ Caldwell Hall. Student Conduct Violation.

• 11:33 a.m. @ 1500 Block 8th. Underage Consumption and Drug Arrest.

3.21.16 • 12:08 p.m. @ Abbott Hall. Alarm Activation.

3.22.16 • 3:13 p.m. @ Young Hall.

Warrant Arrest.

3.23.16 • 10:16 p.m. @ Brown Hall. Alarm Activation.

3.25.16 • 6:31 a.m. @ Binnewies Hall. Underage Consumption and Disorderly Conduct.

• 1:09 p.m. @ Spencer

Hall. Alarm Activation.

• 10:00 p.m. @ Student Union. Petty Theft.

3.31.16 • 9:30 a.m. @ Abbott Hall.

Alarm Activation.

• 2:19 p.m. @ Meadows South. 2 Intentional Property Damage.

4.1.16 • 1:10 a.m. @ Sorenson Center. 2 Underage Consumptions, 1 Open Container, 1 Littering.

• 2:28 a.m. @ Hansen Hall. Intentional Property Damage.

• 10:04 p.m. @ South of Sexauer. Alarm Activation.

4.2.16 • 12:14 a.m. @ 3727 Medary Avenue.

Trespassing.

• 12:56 a.m. @ Hyde Hall.

Alarm Activation.

• 1:40 a.m. @ Hyde Hall.

Alarm Activation.

• 11:00 p.m. @ Thorne Hall. Poss. of Marijuana, Ingesting Substance, Poss. of Paraphernalia.

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PHU NGUYEN • The Collegian

Clara Moeller, junior Ag business kisses a calf on SDSU Ag Day. Ag Day featured students with animals and agricultural equipment Tuesday, Apr. 4.

Educating community and letting go of the rope SELENA YAKABE News Editor Ag Day at South Dakota State University’s campus is more than just a free meal and T-shirt.

This year, the Ag and Bio Prexy Council coordinated animal and equipment displays around campus, booths in The Union during the day and a free meal and speaker in the evening.

The event drew a crowd of about 500 people, which was more than what they had expected, said Taylor Leonhardt, the prexy council vice president.

“We’re kind of between [the College of ] Ag and Bio and the ag and bio students,” Leonhardt said. “So, we do a lot of events and stuff to make that communication between the college and the students better.”

In the past, Prexy Council has had booths in The Union and other inside locations, but this year they wanted to do something a little different with animals around campus, said Andrea Rief, president of the prexy council.

However, Annie Tomschin, the Ag Day chair, said they were not just focusing on the livestock side of agriculture but were also focusing on the crop production side. To promote this, they had a combine on the west side of campus. A combine is a mechanical grain harvester that reaps and threshes the crop.

The day also served to advertise for the agricultural clubs on campus and recruit new members, Leonhardt said. Ag and Bio clubs were given freedom to decide how they wanted to represent their clubs around campus, so the animals or equipment related back to their clubs.

Animals such as dairy and beef calves, lambs, ducks and chickens were around campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

“I think Ag Day was created with the design of narrowing that gap between the producer and the consumer,” Leonhardt said. “It just reminds people on campus that might not really know about agriculture why people are so passionate about it and what the importance of it all is.”

Ag Day is about getting the

conversation started about the importance of agriculture with those who don’t have any ties to agriculture, Rief said.

“I have a passion for agriculture and I think Ag Day does a great job of spreading the word to those who aren’t connected to agriculture,” Tomschin said. “A lot of people in the College of Ag and Bio would be amazed with how many people don’t know about agriculture or even Ag Day in general.”

Though Ag Day is meant as a day of education, non-agricultural students were mostly drawn to the fact that there were animals on campus, including MiKayla Malsam, a sophomore exercise major.

“I took a picture of a cow and put it on snapchat. I saw a pig on campus, too,” Malsam said. “I was so happy—I love pigs.”

Jen Sutton, a senior history major, said she had no idea Ag Day was going on today.

“I don’t live on campus, though, so it makes it harder to see things,” Sutton said. “But I did see a cow on snapchat.”

Rief said even if people didn’t talk to the people at the displays, she hopes at least seeing the animals invoked some reaction, and starts some sort of conversation.

The addition of livestock and equipment displays provided more opportunities for interaction, Tomschin said.

“I think one of the things that our exec team is very excited for bringing the animals on campus is that we’re going to have more people interacting with a baby calf than they maybe would with just a basic booth,” Tomschin said.

College students were not the only ones who were able to interact with the livestock. Preschoolers from the preschool on campus had the opportunity to interact with the animals as well.

Maggie Stiles, an Ag Bio advocate, helped coordinate the speaker at the Ag Day event, Jolene Brown. The topic was “Let Go of the Rope,” and discussed getting into the real world.

“I think it’s perfect for anyone in college or anyone really,” Stiles said. “It’s really geared toward the agriculture communi-

ty, but I think she can really hit home with anyone she speaks with.”

The reason Jolene Brown was the speaker chosen for Ag Day festivities was partly due to her enthusiasm.

“We wanted someone that does more than preaching to the crowd,” Rief said.

Stiles said she was a very engaging speaker to listen to.

“I think it’s her personality, she’s this really upbeat lady,” Stiles said.

Austin Effling, a sophomore agricultural business major, said Brown did an excellent job.

“I liked her theme of ‘Let Go of the Rope,’” Effling said. “I agree with her 110 percent that ag producers and farmers have a hard time of letting go of the rope and are very stuck in their ways. They don’t change in this ever-changing world, and we need to change if we want to stay in business.”

Though the Prexy Council does not have an estimate on how much this year’s Ag Day cost, the event has been around $11,000 to put on in the past, Rief said. This is all paid for through sponsorships from the community and clubs on campus.

“We’re lucky enough to have a lot of great sponsors coming back every year and supporting us,” Tomschin said.

Austin T. Carlson, an agricultural systems and technology major, helped run the Collegiate Farm Bureau booth in the Union and said he enjoys how Ag Day is an opportunity to educate.

“My favorite part is having the chance to tell people about agriculture and how it’s so fundamentally important to everyone, even if you’re not directly related to it,” Carlson said.

Wyatt Johnson, an agricultural leadership major, said the day is a unifying factor for the Ag and Bio clubs around campus.

“It’s an exhibition for all of the Ag clubs on campus,” Johnson said. “There are a lot of different clubs with different interests, and they’re all in it as a whole, all coming together in one place.”

93rd Little “I” Champs Champion Swine Showman: McKenna Cech Champion Novice Swine Showman: Bernice Vander Wal Champion Dairy Showman: Tyler Jensen Champion Novice Dairy Showman: Beth Mayrose Champion Goat Showman: Madeline Schultz Champion Horse Showman: Erin Gubbels Champion Sheep Showman: Kaley Nolz Champion Novice Sheep Showman: Tony Munsterteiger Champion Beef Showman: Brandon Weidert Champion Novice Beef Showman: Amy-Jo Vander Wal Champion Goat Fitting: Dan Larson Champion Horse Fitting: Kristine Brown Champion Aged Horse

Fitting: Danica Weber Champion Sheep Fitting: Brady Miller Champion Novice Sheep Fitting: Devon Baum Champion Beef Fitting: Abby Repenning Champion Novice Beef Fitting: Katie Berndt Champion Dairy Fitting: Kelsey Hokanson Champion Novice Dairy Fitting: Angel Kasper Dairy Hardest Worker: Cameron Trudeau Goat Hardest Worker: Colin Lyndorff Swine Hardest Worker: Kirsten Anderson Beef Hardest Worker: Nicole Morgan Horse Hardest Worker: Kara Schelske Sheep Hardest Worker: Elen Skaar

BECKY STARKENBURG• The Collegian

A student prepares her cow for the final show of Little International on Saturday night.

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Mold brings Scobey Hall to its knees PAT BOWDEN Reporter

When common mold struck Scobey Hall more than two years ago, the 76-year-old hall became perceived as even more outdated and obsolete.

This aged building has since been refurbished with new airflow systems to prevent mold growth, new windows to prevent leaks and dehumidifiers to cleanse and check the air quality. The plan, however, is to ditch Scobey Hall and move a number of the economics, sociology and psychology departments into a renovated Harding Hall soon.

For the time being, all of these efforts have paid off as Scobey Hall now has some of the highest quality of air, according to director of campus maintenance Jim Weiss.

“Some of the rooms were so cold the water would just condense right away [if the air conditioner was left on and the door was closed], so we ordered better water control systems,” Weiss said. “We always have it cleaned right away and they clean the space right away if [mold] shows up … the tests are sometimes coming back better than the air outside now.”

The authorization to re-

design the interior of Harding Hall, which has a durable enough outside structure to keep, will be sent to the South Dakota Legislature to be approved, at which point the school can begin making real redesign plans, said Leslie Olive, director of campus planning.

“Once we get some of those final decisions made we will be making those floor plans with the architects for the project, including exterior improvements and continue planning the full design stages and construction hopefully within a year,” Olive said. “[Harding] is still durable on the exterior, it is a brick building with a structural concrete frame that has shown little if any deterioration. It needs new windows but that is not a huge component to get rid of the building … the building has intrinsic value that makes the building worth keeping.”

While no actual planning has been done for the Harding Hall renovation, some ideas have been thrown around about potential features, including an elevator and an outdoor hall linking it to Daktronics Hall.

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The Departments of Economics, Sociology and Psychology are planning to move out of Scobey Hall to Harding Hall.

SDSU to disaffiliate from Student Federation MAKENZIE HUBER News Editor South Dakota State University student government leaders announced the institution would be disaffiliating from the Student Federation because of a disagreement on the organization’s budget and bylaws on March 31.

The University of South Dakota also announced it would leave the Student Federation.

The Student Federation is an umbrella organization for the six South Dakota Board of Regents institutions.

It is a voting body that lobbies on behalf of the voice of the students at each of the universities. Universities include SDSU, USD, Black Hills State University, Northern University, Dakota State University and South Dakota School of Mines & Technology.

With the two institutions choosing to disaffiliate, members of the Student Federation are worried the organization will be dissolved without the two schools’ representation.

The organizations are not technically disaffiliated until each university’s student body government reaches a two-thirds vote to leave the Student Federation.

The SDSU Students’ Association will debate and vote on this in its April 11 meeting.

Representatives from SDSU announced they were leaving the Federation because of a “dual-fronted disagreement,” said Matt Dahle, SA vice president and Student Federation representative.

The disagreement focused on how SDSU pays more than other institutions. They believe they aren’t getting the same value out of it as other institutions and because of an ideological disagreement.

But Dahle doesn’t plan to stay out of the Federation for long.

“It doesn’t benefit us in the long run to stay out and have two groups fighting against each other all the time,” he said. “We want to work forward and have a mutually beneficial resolution.”

SDSU paid $1,975 to be represented on the Student Federation this year. This was 34 percent of the budget and represents the number of students attending SDSU compared to the total number of students in the SDBOR system.

Since SDSU has the largest number of students, SDSU paid the most. USD came in second, paying $1,627. The school paying the smallest amount was SDSMT with $465 and 8 percent of representation.

Recommendations, made by Dahle and a committee looking into Student Federation budget changes, were to create a flat rate of $250 to pay for Students for Higher Education Days (SHED), eliminate a budget for travel expenses, establish chair positions from representatives to take the place of an executive board and stipends of the position. This plan would cost $1,500.

A change to the bylaws was also recommended so

that representatives of each university were responsible to reflect the wishes of each person’s school.

Every school except for SDSU and USD vetoed these changes.

Olivia Siglin, former legislative director for the Student Federation, said these proposed changes didn’t take into effect the necessity of travel for smaller schools or the worries smaller schools had about the changes.

“I think a lot of them [smaller schools] are open to changes in general and how to make the organization better, but it’s going to make it hard for SDSU or USD to make it better if they aren’t part of those conversations,” Siglin said.

Even though SDSU and USD aren’t seeing the value of being part of Student Federation currently, Siglin said, “they’re getting a lot of benefits that they don’t necessarily see.”

Travel costs were about $1,300 for the schools, not including SDSU, which paid for travel on its own. The other costs of the Student Federation’s budget were for stipends for an executive board, at $3,000, and for SHED, which was $1,480.

Siglin said the main thing SDSU was forgetting was the value they received in this situation during SHED. SDSU and USD brought more students to the event than other schools, which took up more of the SHED budget.

The Student Federation voted to make changes in an effort to compromise with a smaller budget that SDSU and USD supported. This included setting a flat rate of $300 from each university and then adjusting the rest of the budget to pay per student. The responsibilities of the executive board were also consolidated to two positions so $1,000 could be cut from the budget.

This change would have SDSU paying about $1,340 next year, cutting its last payment by more than $600.

“That lowers the financial burden, sure, but it doesn’t fix the ideological issues of it,” Dahle said in regards to the changes.

Dahle still felt that changes in the bylaws should be made to reflect individual institutions instead of saying that representatives had to represent all students of South Dakota.

He also said since SDSU would still be paying more, there should be a change in voting representation since the university also has more students to represent. Giving the university an extra vote could solve this, he said.

To relate to how Student Federation needs to change how it represents each school, Dahle cited a disagreement earlier this year between the Student Federation and USD in regards to a tuition freeze. Although every other school supported the tuition freeze, the USD student body voted for a General Activity Fee increase last year which wouldn’t be accomplished if

there were a tuition freeze.

USD representatives didn’t feel comfortable lobbying against the Student Federation’s decision and so did not voice the opinion of the university, Dahle said.

This cost USD $750,000.

“We shouldn’t force ourselves to have a consensus if there is no consensus,” Dahle said.

Robert McLean, SA senator and newly elected executive director of Student Federation, said he would not want a university to step back or to silence a university as in the situation with USD. McLean’s solution for SDSU and USD leaving the Student Federation is to take steps throughout this summer and the next year to fix the situation. McLean plans to start communication between all representatives to find a compromise.

“With this organization, or any organization really, I think it’s key to take steps throughout a period of a year instead of trying to change it all at once at the end of the year,” McLean said. “I don’t think that’s a necessary step to take when you’re considering changing the way an organization works.”

Using conference calls as a medium for communication, McLean thinks this method will allow the organization to work toward a solution faster and not have to catch up the next semester.

McLean said he is in support of a flat rate being implemented for all schools; he still thinks it’s important for SDSU to stay with the Student Federation.

Although Dahle thinks it’s more beneficial for SDSU to be part of the Student Federation, he said SDSU’s “voice doesn’t diminish by not being part of the Student Federation.”

SDSU can still team up with other institutions to lobby for or against certain issues. The university will still have a strong voice, “just in a different form,” he said.

But it doesn’t make sense to Siglin if SDSU and USD aren’t part of the Student Federation. The organization is meant to be the voice of the more than 36,000 students in South Dakota, but both institutions make up more than 60 percent of those students.

“If we are lobbying on behalf of the students of South Dakota, we won’t be able to know what the perspective is of 60 percent of the students are if we don’t have representatives from the big schools,” Siglin said about how the disaffiliation of both schools would hurt the organization’s credibility.

The Student Federation operates as a “unified force,” according to McLean. Without SDSU and USD it wouldn’t be a unified voice of South Dakota, but of four out of the six SDBOR universities.

“Truly, I can see this organization falling apart,” McLean said, “and that would be because of the two institutions leaving.”

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Editorial Issue:

The student forums for the vice president of student affairs were held this week and there was limited attendance by students.

Poor communication demonstrates students’ attitude The University is filling important administrative positions such as the vice president of student affairs, the president, the chief diversity officer and the provost.

Forums for the three finalists for the vice president of student affairs position were held during the last few weeks. One forum for each candidate is dedicated to students. Here they can ask questions, state their concerns and meet the potential candidate.

However, there is one problem at these student forums -very few students are attending.

It’s not that nobody cares about forums, because the faculty forums are well attended, but a lack of student attendance is disconcerting.

Common responses to lack of student attendance at these forums? Well, who cares? Why does it matter? What is this for?

Must students don’t know what the vice president of student’s af-

fairs or any of the other higher up, administrative positions do on a typical day.

A common response to those statements: if you don’t go, then you can’t complain when your needs are not met.

But, there is a bigger issue surrounding students not attending these forums and their apathy toward the importance of these positions -- and it’s communication.

We, at The Collegian, believe the solution is to provide students with more information about these types of events through multiple avenues.

Most students read their email, but if their interest isn’t captured in the beginning of the email or the information doesn’t pertain to them, they immediately delete it.

They shouldn’t delete it right away, but unfortunately they do.

One way to solve this is to give students multiple ways to access this information. One way The

Collegian staff thinks this could be accomplished is putting an announcement banner on D2L. All students use D2L for classes; thus, they will have to look at this announcement.

Times are changing and with that the forms of communication between the university and the students should change as well. One way might be through social media.

The student forums this week are only the beginning.

Eventually, the other positions will need to be filled and those administering the searches will want student feedback. These forums and voicing your opinion is one way to directly impact some university decisions.

The people who are chosen for these administrative positions will affect your time on campus, but it will also impact the future. It will change the direction and future of South Dakota State University, as well as future Jackrabbits.

Stance:

The University needs to find alternative methods to reach out to students, especially with important administration decisions.

The Collegian staff meets weekly and agrees on the issue of the editorial.

The editorial represents the opinion of The Collegian.

Do you know who the vice president of student affairs is and their duties?

Jacks React!

How would you prefer to be reached regarding administration issues?

“No, I don’t. I think starting with The Collegian is good.

I read it every week. Social media may also work, but it does not necessarily mean people will look at it.”

“No, I am not quite sure. I think having open forums would help as well as advertising them around campus. And they should be consistent, like the same time every month.”

Joshua Hartelt Speech Communications Senior

“I don’t. I would prefer getting a call or text. A text or call is something that I would see sooner. It would be more efficient.”

Liz Laurent

“Not really. I think they should come speak to freshman classes and advertise that they will be there.”

Allie Reid

Speech Communications

Sarah Reiner

Sociology

Speech Communications

Freshman

Senior

Senior

My brain as graduation looms on the horizon SARA BERTSCH Editor-In-Chief Me: Good morning, everyone.

As you know, I’ve called this meeting to order because there’s exactly 30 days remaining until graduation. We’ve got a lot to do yet, and so, today’s meeting we’re going to check in and see how everyone is feeling about the impending adulthood. Coffee, why don’t you start?

Coffee: Yep. So, as you know we’ve been pretty active all year, but in the last few weeks, we’ve really been going all out. Our regular one-cup each morning wasn’t showing the results we wanted. Plus, with the sleep schedule being a little funky lately --(Sleep rolls eyes) Coffee (clears throat): --- we may need to bump it up to two cups each day, especially with fi-

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nals week. We’re calling this plan “Operation: The Second Cup.” I think this could really see some results, especially if we can see some improvement in the sleep schedule...

Sleep: Can I jump in?

Me: Go ahead.

Sleep: I know what you all say about my department behind my back. I’ve heard the words “lazy” and “unmotivated” tossed around. That’s untrue. We are working our butts off. With midterms not long ago, we were pushing six hours each night.

That doesn’t work. We need at least seven hours. Plus all of her friends have announced their plans after graduation, but she hasn’t a clue yet. You know how stressful that is. She’s losing sleep over it. We need more sleep. I’m talking a good nine or 10 hours.

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(Coffee snorts.)

Sleep (ignores Coffee): Frankly, we need a nap.

(Assorted grumbles heard around the room) Sugar: We don’t need a nap. I can fix this. We need doughnuts.

Vitamin: No, no, no. You tried that last week for breakfast. We need something healthier.

Me: Stop, I can’t let you argue like this again before lunch. We don’t have all afternoon. Let’s return to “Operation: The Second Cup.” Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?

Water: I’m going to have to disagree. Sorry, Coffee, but if that one cup isn’t showing the results, what will two cups do? I don’t think we should be throwing our resources toward a second cup. More coffee is going to

counter our goals in the water department.

Coffee: Seriously?

Water: She’s tired because she’s dehydrated. How many times do her friends have to tell her to drink more water before she actually does it?

Exercise: I’m with Water. We’ve been busting our butt at Zumba class, but without more water, it isn’t doing anything. She was feeling light-headed after the third song. If that’s not dehydration, then I don’t know what is.

Sugar: What about low blood sugar?

Exercise: No, definitely not.

Me: OKw, blaming one another is not going to get us anywhere.

Does anyone have any other ideas?

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Alcohol: My department is dying to contribute more consistently.

Me: Thanks. I appreciate that.

Water: Don’t tell me you’re considering any of his ideas?

Me: Well… maybe it wouldn’t be so bad. If we would just hear him out…

(The door bursts open.)

P.M.S.: Sorry, sorry! Am I late?

Me (sighs): Screw it. Sleep, you’re in charge.

A similar article written by Hallie Cantor in the New Yorker inspired this column.

Sara Bertsch in the Editor-In-Chief for The Collegian and can be reached at sbertsch@sdsucollegian.com.

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Is it so bad to find love through online dating?

LAUREN KREMER Columnist Oh, the joy of online dating. The wonderful world of the internet and all its secret entertainment outlets.

Whether one has caught themselves making a Tinder profile or even attempting to find “the one” via farmersonly.com, it’s OK. In fact, it’s completely acceptable nowadays!

Some get caught up in the idea about their parents finding out that they met their significant other on Tinder. They might not want others to judge them for finding love online. Another thing is that many people, especially college students, use dating apps purely as a confidence booster and have no intent of finding a lasting relationship.

The way Tinder works is

that it sets up a profile linked to one’s Facebook account and a person of one’s specified gender can either “x” (dislike) or “heart” (like) other people on the app.

Naturally, if someone is liked by someone whether online or not, they are going to feel at least a little bit better about themselves.

So, if one is looking for a notification to wake up to like, “Congratulations! You have a new match,” to replace the lack of good morning text messages they are receiving--they should join Tinder.

Although, some students do have the same perception of online dating that one’s mom may have.

First year student Sam Deutsch believes, “Online dating is for people that are older, like in their 30’s, not for college students.”

Unlike the typical college

student being on a dating app, most 30 year olds are using online dating to find a potential spouse.

Vicki Folkerts, a mother in the Brookings community said, “For people to meet other people with similar likes, dislikes and goals, social media offers a more direct path to this type of information in others.”

This is living proof that not every mother assumes online dating to be negative and provides a wealth of insight. A relationship usually begins by common interests and since most online dating sites do ask a user to include a biography, one is more likely to want to talk to someone who appreciates the same things they do.

Maybe one has found their perfect match, the person that is their other half and makes them whole. They could meet

The impacts of PAC Phase II BRENNA RAMSDEN Columnist

The residents of Brookings and students of South Dakota State University are invited to vote on Tuesday, April 12 regarding the “Community Re-Investment Plan.” The plan will bring an indoor facility to the Brookings community as well as the much anticipated PAC Phase II. Some students think that both of these items are awesome--more room in the wellness center and more theatre space in the PAC. But, students may be getting blinded by the “wow” factor.

I think the expansions on the PAC are much needed and highly anticipated. I am a student who enjoys attending musicals, theatre and Capers each year. I have been at SDSU for five years thinking that sometime soon they will host theater in the PAC. Doner auditorium has served its purpose well, and it is time for an upgrade. For the students, the performers and the attendees, the PAC would serve the purpose better.

When students are voting for the PAC Phase II they are also voting for many other amenities and upgrades in Brookings.

The city of Brookings is currently proposing funding for the Community Re-Investment Plan, which includes the PAC. This plan would consist of upgrades to the Swiftel Center, improvements to roads and an indoor recreation facility.

It turns out that the city of Brookings would need property taxes from residents to pay for the indoor rec center. This would increase property taxes by 45 percent in the city of Brookings.

Property tax doesn’t mean anything to college students…think again. If you are a student, like me, who lives in an actual house, you can expect your to-

tal rent to raise about $400 a year (depending on what your house is appraised at).

That money I would spend on higher rent could be spent on textbooks, and for what? The indoor rec center would be reserved for the full-time residents of Brookings for a small fee if it is not being used by clubs and rec teams in the community. It sounds like there wouldn’t be many people using the facility on a whim, but rather they would make reservations in advance. This means that Brookings residents would still be using the SDSU Wellness Center rather than taking the traffic away.

If the vote is “yes” on April 12 the facility will be located on top of the Fishback Soccer Complex. The location that holds SDSU soccer games would compromise two fields for the complex, which would only be replaced by one indoor field after the facility is finished.

I am a strong believer that people should not vote for things that would not directly impact them. At first, I saw this situation as something that students should not vote on. Now that I have done further investigating I realized that this is absolutely something that students should vote on.

Students should vote “no” on April 12. Increased property taxes, no change in the business in the Wellness center and the location of this facility are all reasons that students should vote “no.”

If students feel inclined to vote on the measure, I hope they are educated in the pros and cons of the Community Re-Investment Plan. All of this information, and more is available on the city of Brookings website.

Brenna Ramsden is an agriculture communications major at SDSU and can be reached a brenna.ramsden@jacks.sdstate. edu.

someone they cannot fathom life without, but they are insecure about the fact that they did not meet them in the traditional way. They may not want to lie to their parents and admit that it was not as romantic as the first time they met. Everyone wants

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Online dating is for people that are older, like in their 30’s, not for college students.

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to have a cute love story that they can tell their grandchildren one day, but instead, all they will have is, “I thought their profile

picture was cute.”

I’m no expert, but I think if this person makes one’s heart skip a beat and gives them sweaty palms like they’re at the middle school dance again, then who really cares how they met?

Those who care about their family and friends won’t judge them or the situation because they’ll see that same glow on their loved one’s face that they also once had.

If anyone is feeling a little apprehensive about making that online profile, I say go for it.

Whether it’s serious or not, make someone else’s day by sending a “like” their way, and who knows, it could lead to something more.

Lauren Kremer is an HDFS major at SDSU and can be reached at lauren.kremer@jacks.sdstate.edu.

Pollinators: Here to keep the environment sustainable DR. PAUL J. JOHNSON Guest Columnist Pollinator conservation is a major environmental issue in much of the world in recent years, and with good reason.

The ecological importance of pollinators is widely recognized, ranging from ensuring production of our most important and desired foods to providing primal aesthetic pleasures across campus.

Environmental sustainability is premised on one goal: the maintaining of the biological and physical conditions of our existence in a familiar and positive manner. This includes many matters and issues, but one of the least recognized in our daily lives is the role of insect pollinators.

Pollinators are organisms that come in a bewildering diversity of sizes, forms, colors and behaviors. When asked to name a pollinator, most people would give the exotic honeybee as an example.

Though true, the honeybee is only one of thousands of species of bees, flies, moths, beetles and other little critters involved with pollination. In most areas, wild bees remain the most

important pollinators.

The food issue is vital with more than one-third of the world supply of veggies, fruits and seeds/nuts largely dependent on pollinators on decent crops, and the pollinator insects being mostly bees. The northern Great Plains veggie, fruit and seed/nut crops from small farms and gardens, and many of the more nutritious plants grazed by livestock, are dependent upon pollinator presence. So, there is value of pollinators to the production of seed to grow those veggies, fruits and seeds/nuts.

Thanks to years of undergraduate and graduate student studies based at the Severin-McDaniel Insect Research Collection, we now know of more than 400 species of bees in South Dakota alone. In the Brookings area and South Dakota State University campus, there may be upwards of 30 species visiting the flowers of trees and herbs, our front yard flowers and backyard vegetables and fruits.

These pollinators include the large bumblebees and metallic green sweat bees, to the tiny and shiny carpenter bees and the cute yellow and

black hover flies. These are among the more common pollinators seen visiting flowers in McCrory Gardens and the community gardens.

So, how do we make the main campus pollinator friendly and help in environmental sustainability? That is actually quite easy: we make the campus more pleasing to ourselves – plant flowers. There is a wide variety of native herbs, shrubs and trees that can beautify campus and build its pollinator friendliness.

Making the main campus pollinator friendly can be easily and quickly accomplished with little effort by having more flowers blooming through the breadth of the growing season. By including pollinator friendly native wildflowers in our decorative gardens and expanding the floral landscape of campus, we can be pollinator friendly, have a more attractive campus, reduce costs of turf maintenance and stretch our contributions to true sustainability.

Dr. Paul J. Johnson is a professor of entomology at SDSU and can be reached at paul.johnson@sdstate.edu.

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Pharmacy students excel at practice license test for 15th time SCOTT MILLARD Reporter South Dakota State University pharmacy students are among the best in the nation when it comes to taking a key national test required for them to get a license to practice.

SDSU was one of two schools in the nation to have 100 percent of their students pass the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) in 2015, according to recently released results. The other school with a flawless pass rate was the University of Pittsburgh.

Other pharmacy schools in the region FILE PHOTO • The Collegian generally scored between 90 and 95 perTwo members of FarmHouse shave their heads at the 2015 Totally Baldacious event. The event raised more cent. North Dakota State University had than $11,000 to support Elli Loehr, a young girl in Brookings with cancer. a pass rate of 95.18 percent, University of Minnesota had 94.22 percent and the University of Iowa had 94.55 percent.

The 2015 test results mark the 15th time SDSU students have scored a 100 percent pass rate on the NAPLEX. Pharmacy students have been taking the test since 1998. In that time, 1,041 SELENA YAKABE who was diagnosed with Ewing’s SarcoSDSU students have taken the test -News Editor ma, a form of bone cancer.

Sitter said FarmHouse first got the FarmHouse will be hosting their second idea to have the Totally Baldacious event annual Totally Baldacious event Thursfrom other FarmHouse chapters around day at 7 p.m in the Market Stage of The the nation. This allowed them to work Union. more closely with individual families inTotally Baldacious is an event where stead of going solely through the Leukethe audience watches 20 members of mia Lymphoma Society.

FarmHouse shave their heads. Members FarmHouse will be accepting donaof the community and others from camtions before and during the event. Sitter pus will also be auctioned off to have their said he hopes that the auction is a small heads shaved. part of the proceeds and that they will be Though the event’s name is able to raise even more money through light-hearted, it is a charity for a realdonations. ly good cause, according to Paul Sitter, Sitter said they hope to continue this FarmHouse philanthropy chair. as an annual event and continue contribThis year, proceeds will go to 10-yearuting to the community. old Ben Sahr from Volga, South Dakota

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1,035 have passed.

The exam is administered by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. Students must score at least 75 percent to pass.

“The test is comprised of 185 questions,” said Dennis Hedge, dean of the School of Pharmacy and recently named interim provost. “It takes roughly four hours to complete.”

Stephanie Peterson is a pharmacist at Brother’s Pharmacy. She took the NAPLEX four years ago.

“It was really tough, but I feel the university did a good job preparing us for it,” she said. “The practice exams helped a lot.”

According to the current statistics, SDSU ranks at the top of the nation for pharmacy schools out of 132 schools.

The success of SDSU’s pharmacy students lies here on campus.

“We have an excellent applicant pool of students in our program that come in with great backgrounds,” Jane Mort said, associate dean of the College of Pharmacy. “We also have an extremely dedicated faculty.”

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(Left to right) Matthew Buenger, freshman, and Ben Meyer, sophomore, majoring in civil engineering give blood Monday, April 4. Both signed up to support the American Society of Civil Engineering and “to save lives.” Working with the students donating blood were Viola Deming, center, and Bill Haak, both Blood Bank Phlebotomists.

April 6, 2016 >> BREASTFEEDING Continued from A1 The professors said responses from their classes have been positive, with the students wanting to know more and become educated on the subject. The professors were contacted by the Students’ Association to support breastfeeding on campus by passing a resolution on the matter.

“I think it’s cool that students are seeing that they can do something about this. It’s an issue they care about and are willing to be trailblazers for,” Anderson said.

Prior to the Breastfeeding-Friendly Business Initiative coming to Brookings, The University Student Union had been accommodating mothering requests and working with the need for at least 10 years, according to Jennifer Novotny, executive director of The Union.

Novotny said this year The Union has received 10 to 15 re-

The Collegian • News quests for mothering rooms in the building, but with excellent signage and dedicated space, the number would grow.

“This is not a grand amenity, but rather, a basic need for public space,” Novotny said. “Making space available for women to be successful in managing the care and feeding of their children should be a standard practice in public spaces.”

Though there have been hurdles in unexpected places and easy access where they didn’t expect, the Brookings Supports Breastfeeding group is determined to defeat the stigma around breastfeeding.

Despite being family-oriented and wanting healthy children, people in the Midwest seem to feel talking about breastfeeding is taboo, Anderson said.

“To want to do a normal biological function that’s going to feed your child, I want that to be as much of a nonevent as taking a

lunch break,” Anderson said.

In 2015, a state law was passed in South Dakota that protects women breastfeeding in public.

All they are trying to do, Frolek said, is ask the businesses to follow the law already in place and be welcoming to breastfeeding mothers, whether employees or customers.

“Each business needs to do exactly what they can to make that a good experience,” Frolek said.

“That’s why the big message we want to send to people is whatever you have as long as you’re trying, that’s great.”

Following the pilot project, the Department of Health will assess the outcomes and discuss the opportunity to expand the Breastfeeding-Friendly Business Initiative to other communities throughout the state.

Even though the pilot will end, Frolek said she can’t imagine that Brookings Supports Breastfeeding will die down any time soon.

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Brookings Supports Breastfeeding members: • Joni Frolek

Membership Director, Brookings Area Chamber of Commerce

• Julia Yoder Marketing & Public Relations Director, Brookings Health System

• Mary Schwaegerl

Obstetrics Director, Brookings Health System

• Charlotte Bachman

Lactation Consultant, RN, helps in the New Beginnings Baby Cafe

• Rebecca Britt

Assistant professor, Journalism & Mass Communication, SDSU

• Rebecca Kuehl

Assistant professor, Communication Studies & Theatre, SDSU

• Jennifer Anderson

Assistant professor, Communication Studies & Theatre, SDSU

ROTC program provides leadership experience

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On March 29, ROTC students gathered in the morning for their physical training. The cadets meet three times a week to go through their physical training.

PHU NGUYEN Photo Chief When Andrew Talley was a junior in high school, he was unsure what he would like to do next. A thought sparked in his mind, and it changed his life.

Talley thought the best option was to serve the country, so he enlisted in the National Guard and completed his basic training. After returning from Afghanistan in 2011, he decided to come to college and continue to fulfill his goal.

Talley is currently the battalion commander of the SDSU Army ROTC, president of the University Program Council and also a member of the National Guard.

It could sound intense for a person to have two leadership positions as well as be military personnel, but to Talley, “It’s all about time management,” he said.

As a Simultaneous Membership Program (SMP) member, Talley is both a student in SDSU’s ROTC program and National Guard. As an engineer, his job is mostly building bridges in the summer. During the school year, in addition to his regular classwork, he does physical training at 5:45 a.m. three times a week, attends military science class on Tuesday and Thursday and military drill at a National Guard station once a month.

Talley does not let his busy schedule take all of his time. He is still able

to hang out with friends when he likes.

“Once you get a handle on time management, you will learn how to factor in those things. You do more work here to have more time here,” Talley said.

After completing the ROTC program, Talley will serve as a lieutenant in the army and start leading troops, which he’s always loved to do.

Elizabeth Kolar, a military graduate, said the ROTC program’s goal is to develop students to become leaders in both their military and civilian lives.

ROTC stands for Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.

“What kind of sets students apart a little bit is the intensity of the leadership training they get through the program,” Kolar said.

The students involved are required to take military science classes, which range from one-credit hour in the freshman year to four-credit hours in their senior year.

Cadets also need to do physical training three times a week in the morning from 5:45 a.m. to 7 a.m..

Some of the activities include pushups, sit-ups, long runs and rucksack marches. At the end of the month, there is a Physical Fitness Test (PFT) to asset the cadets’ physical abilities. It requires them to complete certain exercises in an allotted amount of time.

There are different standards regarding their genders, Kolar said. For

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female cadets in the age of 17 to 24, the maximum score for push-ups is 42 in two minutes. But this is just a passing score for their male counterparts.

Cadets also go on a field training exercise once per semester, where they are provided M16 rifle trainings and attend a leadership lab once a month in order to learn how to prepare new cadets in the next semester.

Besides regular trainings, cadets are also involved in volunteer activities, Kolar said. They provide security aid at Swiftel Center events, color guard at SDSU football and basketball games and also fire the Culver’s Cannon at football games.

Chelsey Cahoon, an ROTC cadet and nursing major, said the ROTC program gives her many benefits.

“It gives you lifelong relationships, helps you with college assistance, paying for books and other expenses,” Cahoon said. “It also secures your job for the future and your life after college.”

There is no major selection when a student decides to join ROTC, Cahoon said. There are a variety of majors including nursing, agricultural business, physical training, sociology and engineering.

When students make the decision to join ROTC, they are doing more than just serving their country.

“It means they’re interested in serving the country, bettering themselves and get leadership skills,” she said, “They are also making a commitment with our program.”

>> SCOBEY HALL Continued from A3 “We would like to link the building to Daktronics Hall so students can go to and from the buildings while staying inside … it would be at ground level,” Olive said. “It is a tertiary goal of the project that we really want to achieve, but it’s of course dependent on the funding and final layout of all the plans.”

All of these changes and future plans for Scobey Hall and Harding Hall were not in the original Impact 2018 campus plan, according to Olive, and has since been added on as edit-ins.

While faculty are looking forward to a moldfree environment, some are still uneasy about moving into a building that could have even more potential issues in the future.

“They always say be careful what you ask for.

It depends where we’re moving and other factors.

In the meantime we need to make Scobey as good as it can be,” said Cindee Stedman, budget and administration coordinator, who is also a threeyear Scobey Hall resident. “I think people fear the unknown and if they don’t have the information about it they think it’s concerning … once we got dehumidifiers in here it improved the situation.”

While the growth was identified as only a common mold, which is not dangerous, some people are affected differently by it and are more sensitive to it, according to Weiss.

Some faculty were still unhappy when they found out about the common mold and believe the building still does not have sufficient airflow or quality.

“Last summer was really bad. The rates were significantly higher, the air quality was not good.

One comment was it’s the same outside right now, but the wind blows outside and the sun shines, and in here it sits,” said Mary Emery, head of sociology. “There were two [dehumidifiers] on this floor, they were noisy and some faculty had to close their doors and chose to work at home more.”

Harding Hall, which is smaller than Scobey Hall, will not be able to house the same amount of faculty, which leads to the problem of relocating the departments accordingly.

This issue has yet to be resolved, but Olive said more than one full department should be able to fit in Harding Hall.

Another concern with disbanding Scobey Hall departments is the concern of breaking up whole departments into multiple buildings, Emery said.

“The alternative could be something like the Annex, which is old dorm rooms and it’s so far from campus students can’t find you, or breaking the department up and that would be really bad for us,” Emery said. “[But] we’re all looking for the day when we don’t have to be in the building anymore.”

Another potential issue with Scobey Hall is its impact on prospective students and how it would poorly represent the campus as a whole.

“I think mold can have an affect when bringing prospective students in there with their parents,” Emery said. “I think when you walk in a building and it smells old and musty you don’t want to come back into the building.”

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SA calls for increase in UPD officers Dean Dennis MAKENZIE HUBER News Editor

The Students’ Association passed Resolution 15-24-R in support of an increase in University Police Department officers at its April 4 meeting.

The resolution was postponed from last week so Don Challis, assistant vice president of safety and security, could speak to the Senate about the importance of increasing UPD numbers on campus.

Challis spoke during the Open Forum portion of the meeting about increased numbers, bystander intervention, safety walking across campus and sexual assaults.

He said South Dakota State hasn’t addressed staffing of UPD in 10 years and a new increase will cost more than $58,000.

The Senate also passed Amendment 15-08-A, which established a code of ethics for senators in the organization’s bylaws, and Resolution 15-25-R, which recognizes the outstanding service of Betty Nel-

son, a long-time secretary and program assistant in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications. The resolution would make April 6, 2016 “Betty Nelson Day.” In the New Business portion of the meeting SA approved a constitution for C’est la Veg, an organization educating students about vegetarianism and veganism. The Senate also discussed the Fiscal Year 2017 Students’ Association budget and had first readings for eight bills.

The budget was cut by $63,000 from last year’s budget, resulting in a 14 percent cut.

The eight bills introduced were: Resolution 15-26-R: SDSU Students’ Association asks that ARAMARK offer more, less expensive meal plans.

Resolution 15-27-R: SDSU Students’ Association support for replacing the bathroom faucets in Rotunda.

Resolution 15-28-R: SDSU Students’ Association support for

adding breastfeeding-designated rooms at SDSU. Resolution 15-29-R: In solidarity with the marginalized students, staff and faculty at South Dakota State University.

Resolution 15-30-R: Repainting the road and parking markings at South Dakota State University.

Resolution 15-31-R: SDSU SA support for enhanced maintenance and removal of low hanging tree branches over sidewalks on campus.

Ordinance 15-05-O: Students’ Association Withdrawal from the South Dakota Student Federation.

Sens. Robert McLean, Michael Schulte, Wyatt Johnson, Lane Speirs, Jakob Etrheim, Nick Lorang and Semehar Ghebrekidan were nominated for the Senator of the Year award.

The next SA meeting will be Monday, April 11 at 7 p.m. in the Lewis and Clark room in The Union. Incoming senators will be sworn in, and it will be the final meeting of the session.

Hedge named interim provost SARA BERTSCH Editor-in-Chief Dennis Hedge, the dean of the College of Pharmacy, will serve as the interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs of South Dakota State University.

This announcement was made by President David Chicoine on Friday morning. Hedge will succeed Provost Laurie Nichols, who will serve until May 13. Nichols accepted the presidency at the University of Wyoming at the end of Fall 2015 semester.

In Chicoine’s campus-wide email, he writes that Hedge will “continue the momentum and strategic direction established under Provost Nichols’ leadership of improving academic and scholarly excellence for the university.”

Hedge will serve as the interim until a new president is hired and assumes office. Then a national search can be conducted. Jane Mort, the associate dean for pharmacy, will be the acting dean of the College of Pharmacy.

Exploring the dialects of English: Same thing, different names PHU NGUYEN Photo Chief Students on our campus come from different parts of the country and the world. With them, they bring along different dialects of the English language.

According to John Taylor, professor of applied linguistics in the Department of English, the general term for this phenomenon is “dialect geography.” The source of it comes from social culture, ethnicity and also other aspects, he said.

While other people don’t really think about it, dialect geography is not a new thing to linguists, Taylor said. The American Dialect Society has been working on this topic for more than 100 years, and they published the Dictionary of Regional American English in six volumes.

The last one was published in 2013.

A possible way that leads to the formation of a dialect could be people trying to imitate some fa-

mous figure. Taylor gave an example of the “vocal fry,” or “glottalization,” which is a trend of making a vibrating sound at the end of a sentence that surfaced among U.S. women. It was deemed unfavorable in the U.S. culture, but in fact, it originated as a prestigious trend from the royal British family, he said.

Due to the relationship with culture, there is not a right or wrong dialect because a cultural norm can emerge at anytime.

“Hollywood stars may become so prestigious that everyone wants to imitate them,” Taylor said.

International students: It is somewhat difficult at first Sofiya Zybaylova, a sophomore broadcast journalism major from Russia, experienced some difficulties understanding the lectures when she came to high school in the U.S. Although her English has improved, she still struggles to understand sometimes.

“When I was back

home in Russia, I learned more of a British version of English,” she said.

“Sometimes I would read over and over to understand the material. I would spend more time and read a chapter twice for example and translate some words.”

In addition, the words such as “wassup,” “lol,” “chillin” and “swag” were new to her.

Nazia Azim, an economics graduate student from Bangladesh, said people in America talk faster and shorten some words, which confused her. She also could not understand the phrase “say what” the first time.

Sayan Sahu, a computer science graduate student from India, experienced some difficulties at first with his British accent. Sometimes he needs to write what he wants to say on a piece of paper because people cannot understand what he says.

Local students: There are definitely some differences, but they are not a big deal

Dialects also create “regional standards,” which means people in different areas call certain items different things, Taylor said.

Pre-pharmacy freshman Morgan Johnson was confused when she was asked “staying or going” when she ordered food at restaurants. In Minnesota, the question is often “Is this for here or to go?”

Minnesotans often call a casserole a “hotdish” or “goulash,” Johnson said.

She also noticed differences in pronunciation of certain words such as “Reeseh-s” and “Ree-see-s” for the peanut butter cups.

Amanda Pipes, a triple major in microbiology, biology and biotechnology, experienced the major difference with the slang “fixin’ to,” which is uncommon in South Dakota. In Louisiana, it means “about to.”

Louisianans often call all kinds of soda “Coke” as compared to “pop” in South Dakota, Pipes said.

Kristine Brown, an animal science junior, uses “truck” and “semi” for things South Dakotans call

“pickup” and “truck” respectively.

Julia Andrus, a sophomore nursing major, said the bars with chocolate on top are called “Special K” in Minnesota, the assignment notebooks are called “planners”as compared to “agenda” in South Dakota and “highways” are “interstates.”

Another example is the dish called “Sloppy Joe.” Brown said she had some disagreements with her South Dakotan roommate.

“In South Dakota, the common name is taverns where back in Minnesota we have multiple names for them based on how we make them,” she said.

Taylor said the name Sloppy Joe is from Massachusetts but people in Southern states call it a barbeque, while Iowans call it a loose meat sandwich without the tomato sauce, and the people of Sioux City call it the tavern.

“I heard arguments about people saying ‘that’s not a barbeque, that’s not a Sloppy Joe, that’s a tav-

ern,’” he said.

However, the difference in language does not seem to obstruct the communication as it does to the international students.

Pipes picked up her mother’s South Dakotan accent growing up and is currently having a mix of southern and northern accents.

“I will say my southern accent comes out more when I go home, talk to family, am sleep deprived or slightly intoxicated,” she said. “Most people I have come across accepted my southern humor as pretty entertaining.”

Brown said despite how people call things differently, it is not a big deal at all.

“It really didn’t matter who was right because it’s how we grew up,” Brown said.

The Collegian photographer Lexie Priest contributed to this article.

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Christian Postma, brain cancer survivor, runs down Main Street in The Union as students clap in support for the opening ceremony for State-A-Thon April 2. Kyle Schiltz, State-A-Thon morale co-chair, runs behind him.

State-A-Thon proves not all heroes wear capes HAILEY KLINE Lifestyles Editor A day of laughter, dancing and pies to the face. State-A-Thon provided hours of fun for 16 families who have benefited from the Children’s Miracle Network.

This year, SAT raised $103,229.44 April 2 on National State-A-Thon Day at South Dakota State University.

Thisis an incrase from last year of more than $15,000.

Everything from group games to small group activities filled the day with entertainment for everyone involved.

This year’s theme of “Be a Hero” was prevalent throughout the day. A dance, called The Morale Dance, was executed every hour to contribute to the Dance-A-Thon.

Fundraising directly on site in the Volstorff Ballroom, as well as through online donations, took place throughout the day, but each team participating had a goal to reach prior to April 2.

Kelly Beneke, a junior pharmacy major, was astonished at the total of donations made at SAT. “When the final total was revealed, I jumped up and down and broke out crying,” Beneke said. “My heart was so overwhelmed from the thought of how many miracle fami-

lies would benefit from $100,000.”

Beneke was also amazed by the support she saw at SAT. “It is crazy to think that one campus, one community and one organization can make a difference in the lives of many,” she said.

Taylor Donnelly, a junior spanish and pre-occupational therapy major, talked about the impact SAT has made on her life.

“SAT is one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve had at SDSU,” she said.

Donnelly was mostly impressed with the children and families at the event.

“They were the true miracles and true heroes of the day,” she said.

A colorful goal shared by five dreamers HAILEY KLINE Lifestyles Editor Five graphic design majors hosted their senior art show in Ritz Gallery March 31.

Lauren DeBates, Chelsea Rosenau, Jordan Hanson, Kelsey Thornton and Akasha Winker presented their artwork to a room full of family, friends and students. The show was titled “Hitlist.”

Their perceptions are unique to South Dakota State in terms of design, but the group collectively displayed a similar theme of professionally chic and modernly creative design.

These artists have a sense of direction when it comes to their futures. However, a few did not realize graphic design was their calling when their college journeys began.

“Before I got into school, I wanted to be a tattoo artist,” Hanson said.

Hanson changed her major from art education to graphic design halfway through her first semester. Winker also had a similar experience.

“I actually started at SDSU as a bio/pre-med student and soon realized chemistry wasn’t for me,” Winker said.

Winker said she hasn’t looked back since her switch to graphic design.

Now that Winker is not questioning her major, she said she wonders where the correct place for her artistry is.

“I am not sure where my future will lead me,” Winker mentioned. “I hope to end up on the West Coast in northern California working for an interactive design company, designing webpages and apps.”

While some seniors are still skeptical about what the future holds, Hanson has specific goals in mind.

“I want to start my own clothing brand, and I hope it will be successful, and I can design for that for a long time,” Hanson said. “I hope my future follows a path that is completely fueled by passion.”

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First Bangladesh Night proves successful in diversifying campus, community HAILEY KLINE Lifestyles Editor Md Riaz Ahmed Kahn showed his respect and love for his home country by performing a flute solo to a traditional Bangladeshi song.

The audience watched in awe and admired his talent in the Volstorff Ballroom, which did not hold any open seats.

His performance, along with many others, contributed to a night of cultural appreciation and historical celebration.

South Dakota State University’s first-ever Bangladesh Night was hosted on campus by the Bangladeshi Students’ Association (BDSA) April 3.

This 60 member group, which includes students as well as dependents, has been working toward this night since September 2015.

Bangladesh just celebrated its 45th year of independence from India March 26, according to the host, Shihan Shaheed, and hostess, Nujhat “Prianka”

Azad. Throughout the night, Shaheed and Azad shared facts and trivia about Bangladesh with the audience.

The event celebrated historical traditions of the Bangladeshi people including traditional food, song and dance.

Performances, such as tribal dances and a fashion show of traditional Bangladeshi clothing, were also displayed.

One of the many performances included the men of BDSA showing off their dance moves to modern American and Bangladeshi music. BDSA members also created paintings displaying the beauty of Bangladesh that hung high on the walls of the VBR. Adam Goetz, a junior pharmacy major, said he was amazed by the amount of support on campus for the Bangladeshi community.

“The entire ballroom was filled with students,” Goetz said.

“It was incredible to see how important it really is to our community to see how diverse

campus is becoming.”

Goetz liked that the number of cultures on campus is growing.

He said it’s important to celebrate every culture at SDSU. “Without that, we’d never be able to appreciate our own history,” he said.

Abby Vogel, a freshman nursing major, agreed.

“I think it’s truly beautiful to see diversity being celebrated on campus,” Vogel said.

“Along with that, I believe every culture we have on campus deserves to be recognized.”

A year ago, Vogel’s experiences with diversity were few.

She went to a small high school, where almost every student was white.

“Since coming to SDSU, I’ve really learned to appreciate everyone’s different cultures and backgrounds. It’s inspiring,” Vogel said.

The audience was primarily made up of students. However, faculty, staff and small children were also in attendance. BDSA

members included a solo dance performed by a young girl, Shayonti Megha. She performed a traditional dance of Bangladeshi culture, wearing a traditional sahri and detailed makeup.

Kahn, a senior electrical engineering major, explained that even though there are several Indian cultures expressed on campus, Bangladeshi is different.

“We tried to showcase our originality and innovation, both in cultural events and food, to give the people an essence of a unique tradition,” he said.

Along with Kahn, many other students from BDSA shared their talents and expressed their culture through music and dance.

BDSA will continue showcasing their culture even though Bangladesh Night is over.

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>> BANGLADESH NIGHT Continued from A9 “As soon as we are done editing our videos, our plan is to post them to social media to reach more students,” he said.

Kahn was satisfied with the number of people who attended Bangladesh Night.

“We are very happy to have large attendance, both natives and international people,” he said. “I believe they will be our agents themselves for advertising our tradition to the student body.”

He said a sense of unity will wash over campus after students are immersed in the Bangladeshi culture.

“I believe this event definitely made them more and more interested about Bangladeshi culture and tradition,” Kahn said.

“It will help to promote understanding, friendship, integrity and cooperation among the people.”

>> HITLIST Continued from A9 Along with Hanson’s sure-fire feelings are Rosenau’s predictions.

“For me, I enjoy interactivity and understanding how users complete different tasks,” Rosenau said. “This is a very apparent in web design, so that is where I see myself in the future.”

Thornton’s said her first graphic design class has prepared her the most for life after college, along with her professor.

“Tony Carton pushed us to work our absolute hardest to see what we could create,” she said. “It opened my senses to create my own inspiration and search for it in my daily life.”

DeBates also agreed that many instructors on campus have helped formulate her decision into her future plans.

“I think that all of the professors have been a huge influence in preparing for life after college,” DeBates claimed.

DeBates mentioned specific professors who have helped her to become the artist she is today.

“Mariam Melkumyan has taught me that there is al-

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Left: Avijit Das and his wife perfoms during the fashion show at the Bangladesh Night on Sunday, Apr. 3. Right: The Independence Day outfit is displayed during the fashion show by Rifat Sultana and her daughter, Meghla Sultana.

ways room to grow, never stop learning and you can always make something better,” DeBates said.

DeBates said Diana Behl and Peter Reichardt have been major influences on her artistry as well.

In the midst of all the struggle and hard work, the seniors offer advice to those just beginning the process of attaining a graphic design major. Winker said self-expression is important.

“My advice for younger graphic design majors is to not be afraid of trying new things or going beyond what the professor wants,” Winker said.

DeBates said everything will pay off in the end, but there are also rules.

“To break the rules and be different, you must learn the rules first,” she said.

Thornton said that the most important factor to keep in mind while transitioning to life after college is gratitude.

“Never forget to thank your professors for all the hard work they’ve put into you,” she said.

She also explained that keeping a constant passion is vital.

“Don’t give up on the stuff that makes your head throb.”

Horoscopes

The Real Group displays talent to hundreds HAILEY KLINE Lifestyles Editor Seats filled the Performing Arts Center to hear the dynamic harmonies of a world famous a cappella group traveling from Sweden to the Midwest.

The a cappella group, The Real Group, performed at the PAC April 4.

This group, along with other group performances, was brought to campus through the Woodbine Productions.

“Woodbine productions is the brainchild of an anonymous donor,” said David Reynolds, head of the music department.

“Every dollar of every ticket that we sell goes into a scholarship pool for music students.

Reynolds said the music department will give around $60,000 worth of scholarships because of ticket sales at The Real Group, Guitars on Fire: The Alex Fox Band and The Peking Acrobats.

He said he was especially excited The Real Group performed on campus.

“They really are phenomenal,” he said. “They performed for the birthday of the Queen of Sweden, they’ve performed with original members of Abba and opening ceremonies for the

You may push others harder than is necessary today, and your eager jackrabbit spirit might annoy others. Be a team player. Shine your light without overshadowing the group.

Pisces

Your jackrabbit lover might be instrumental this week when it comes to a much-needed boost in self-assurance. Love will definitely lift you up this week, but remember to strut your paws on your own time too.

Aries

You’re excited to share your ideas today, expecting other jackrabbits to wholeheartedly agree, but it might turn them away. Don’t take yourself so seriously and the others will follow your lead.

Taurus

Your laziness may stir up more negativity than doing what’s expected of you. But don’t be too self-critical if it’s a struggle to be a motivated jackrabbit today. Satisfaction will be yours for a job well done.

Gemini

You may strike a sensitive topic that pushes other people’s buttons, but don’t be that jackrabbit. Keep your thoughts to yourself today. It will benefit you in the end.

Cancer

Your closest jackrabbit friends might not fully understand your perspective. It might be best to listen to your instincts today.

Walk your own rabbit trail and discover your true intentions.

FIFA World Cup.” Even though the donor of Woodbine Productions is anonymous, Reynolds said the person has a lot to do with who performs through their organization.

“The donor has a lot to say as to who we bring in,” he said.

Reynolds said people are seeing the growing list of performers and wanting to be on the list to come to Brookings as well.

“The word is out that it’s a great place to play,” he mentioned, referring to the PAC. Freshman Connor Holm admired the amount of support and appreciation from the Brookings community.

“The PAC was filled with people of all ages,” Holm said.

“It’s interesting to see how music can bring everyone together, no matter what kind.”

However, Holm said the majority of people in attendance were not college students.

“It definitely was aimed at an older crowd,” he said. “But that’s to be expected. They sang a lot of folk and jazz, which isn’t the norm for students nowadays.”

Kaci Johnson, a freshman nursing major, was amazed by the vocal talent of The Real Group.

“I was blown away by their

voices,” she said. “It’s so obvious to see that they love what they do, and it’s amazing to witness such an incredible group of performers living their dream and doing what they love.”

The Real Group performed a series of a cappella performances in Swedish, English and other foreign languages. The group sang Scandinavian folk music, traditional Swedish melodies and ended the night with a cover of “Freedom” by Eddie James.

Kara Wagner, a freshman student, said the concert was inspiring.

“The fact that they can sing in a different language proves that they can touch anyone with music,” she said. “It only goes to show that music is an evolved language of its own.”

Wagner also said it is important to pay attention to the changing American culture, especially in music.

“It is always changing, and I think it’s awesome that we’re getting so many different performances to campus,” she said. “The history of music has shaped our understanding of culture by showing that not all music sounds the same, and that’s what makes our world beautifully diverse.”

Virgo

You may grow annoyed with a situation today, provoking you to break out in a jackrabbit rampage. The Great Jack urges you to control your emotions and relax. Life will go on.

Libra

You thrive supporting your friends and coworkers, but you must learn to stand up for yourself. Say whatever is required to make your wishes known. Own your jackrabbit confidence and know what you deserve.

Scorpio

It’s not always possible to avoid your current commitments. Other jackrabbits are counting on you, so wait another day before pursuing your own ambitions. Fulfilling your duties leads to freedom.

Sagittarius

Jackrabbits do not like to relive the past, so experience the present. A past accusation might do more harm than good. Be persistent in the pursuit of your goals and flexible in your methods.

Capricorn

You’ll be preoccupied with a personal problem today, but the actual situation isn’t as critical as you think. Relax your paws, take a deep breath and trust The Great Jack will grant you peace.

Aquarius

Consider ditching your previous plans and starting from scratch today, but don’t be concerned with other opinions on your rebellious behavior. Be free, little jackrabbit. Live your life.

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Nagy by the Numbers

410 Career wins

244-60 Record at Frost Arena

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Years as SDSU Head Coach

NCAA Tournament appearances (2012, 2013 and 2016)

12 20-Win seasons

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Summit League regular season championships (2012 to 2013, 2014 to 2015 and 2015 to 2016)

All that being said, SDSU is still a fairly attractive mid-major job. In recent days, a couple of candidates have risen to the top of the pile, at least among the discussions of writers and fans around the program.

They are, in no particular order, SDSU assistant Rob Klinkefus, Augustana head coach Tom Billeter and UNLV assistant Ryan Miller.

“Klink” has been an assistant under Nagy for the last 10 years and is currently in charge of all team activities until a new head is hired. He would provide major continuity for the program and players. The biggest appeal here is clearly comfort. But the one big downside is he has never been a head coach. That can be a big knock against a candidate in searches like this, and I think it will ultimately put Klink behind other candidates.

Billeter has had exceptional success at Augie, culminating in a Division II National Championship this season. His track record is excellent, and

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there is a fairly widespread belief that he can do his thing at the D-I level, as reflected by the reports that he is also in the running for the head coaching job at Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Miller is the brother of NBA journeyman sharpshooter Mike Miller and was a standout at Northern State. He also has no head coaching experience, but as a younger coach that’s less of a knock on him, whether that’s fair or not. He is definitely a hire that would excite fans and was apparently in the running for the University of South Dakota job two years ago, so his desire to return to SoDak and get a head gig is definitely a factor here.

So regardless of whom they hire, you have to wonder what players will think and if any of them want to leave. And first and foremost in the discussions of potential transfers is breakout star Mike Daum.

And according to all reports and tweets that one can track down, the “Dauminator” is staying in Brookings. Daum is what can be considered the foundation piece of this roster, mostly because he still has three years of eligibility and

looks primed to dominate the Summit League for those three years.

So Daum is (probably) staying, which turns the attention to the rest of the roster, which now sits with a few more question marks. The backcourt losses of Parks, Marshall and Bittle plus the end of eligibility for key reserve Keaton Moffit leaves the Jacks with a severe lack of guards. Young bucks Tevin King and Cole Gentry showed some promise, but whoever takes over will likely be in the recruiting market for a guard, possibly from a junior college so he comes in with a little more experience.

The Jackrabbit basketball team may currently be without a permanent leader, but athletic director Justin Sell has made several hires in other sports in his time here. His selections in wrestling, baseball, softball and volleyball have all been smart, effective hires and there should be no doubt that this hire will be the same. They have targets in mind, but they will likely hear out any qualified applicants. No specific timetable has been given, so for now we just wait and see.

Coaching Overhaul: Klinkefus last remaining from Nagy’s staff NATHAN GIESE Asst. Sports Editor

Changes are on the horizon for the SDSU men’s basketball program and the Brookings community.

ESPN’s Jeff Goodman reported Sunday afternoon that Scott Nagy was on the verge of accepting the head coach position at Wright State University.

On Monday, both Wright State and South Dakota State University made it official in separate press releases.

Nagy, who spent the last 21 years leading the Jackrabbits, was officially introduced as the Raiders head coach in a press conference Tuesday, April 5.

“Every step of the way, in terms of the phone interview, the interview on campus,” said Nagy during his introductory press conference at Wright State, “I knew that this was the right place for me.”

The now-former SDSU coach had been courted for other head coaching positions in the past, namely by Northern Illinois University after the program’s 2012 NCAA Tournament appearance and Ball State University after its 2013 appearance, but returned to the Jacks each time.

Some former players had mixed feelings upon hearing the news of Nagy’s departure, many spending Sunday night on the phone talking to each other about the situation.

“I was a little surprised,” Zach Horstman said, “but when

you think about it, it was coming at some point. You wouldn’t fathom you’d see an overhaul from a program (of this caliber).”

A native of Winner, South Dakota, Horstman played for SDSU from 2011 to 2015 and was part of two Summit League regular season championship teams and on the roster for each of the Jacks’ first two NCAA Tournament appearances.

A new head coach is not the only thing SDSU will need to find for the men’s basketball team. Along with Nagy, assistant coach Brian Cooley, director of basketball operations Clint Sargent and director of player development Nick Goff will also join the Wright State staff.

On top of that, assistant coach Joe Krabbenhoft will be joining the University of Wisconsin staff under new head coach Greg Gard, announced Monday.

Though the loss of Nagy was expected by many to come at some point, losing mostly the rest of the coaching staff was a difficult pill to swallow for some.

“That’s one thing I’m really surprised about,” Horstman said of the losses of the four assistants. “From a player standpoint, it feels like your connection [to the program] is gone.”

With these departures, only one coach from the 2015-16 staff remains: assistant coach Rob Klinkefus.

Klinkefus, who has been with the Jackrabbits coaching staff and Nagy’s top assistant for the past 10 years, will now apply to become the new head coach.

A number of other names have surfaced as potential candidates for the job, many of which have ties to the state of South Dakota. Three names other than Klinkefus continue to pop up in speculation of SDSU’s new head coach: Ryan Miller, Tom Billeter and Matt Margenthaler.

Miller is currently an assistant coach at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and the younger brother of twotime NBA All-Star and Mitchell, South Dakota native Mike Miller. The Miller family name

pulls significant weight in the state due to Mike’s NBA success. Macy Miller, Mike and Ryan’s cousin, plays for the SDSU women’s basketball team.

The disadvantage for Miller is his lack of experience as a head coach, which could make his resume appear weaker to other potential candidates.

“SDSU’s going to get some tremendous candidates,” said Carlson, “so it might be hard (for Miller) to top those guys.”

Billeter is currently the head coach at Augustana University, who just captured the program’s first Division II national championship.

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Nick Goff, Clint Sargent, Joe Krabbenhoft, Brian Cooley, Scott Nagy, Rob Klinkefus pictured above. Goff, Sargent and Cooley followed Nagy to Wright State.

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After struggling through the beginning of the season, SDSU baseball has captured fourstraight wins, three of them coming by five runs or more.

The Jacks improved their record to 8-18 on the season after sweeping the two-game series at IPFW, winning the first game by an 18-5 final score and second in a 9-3 decision. This came off the heels of SDSU winning their first and, so far, only home game, topping Dakota Wesleyan 7-4 March 29.

Cody Sharrow scored two

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runs against Dakota Wesleyan to lead the Jacks. Third baseman Newt Johnson went 2-for4, drove in three runs and scored four against the Mastodons in SDSU’s blowout victory. Andrew Clemen earned the win in that game, going five innings, giving up four runs and striking out five.

SDSU will spend this weekend at home as they have five games scheduled, two against the University of North Dakota and three against the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

NEXT UP: April 6 double header vs. UND

Softball

Three wins in seven games highlights the SDSU softball team’s recent stretch.

The Jacks went 1-1 against the Western Illinois University Leathernecks, winning their first game 9-8 behind Christian McKone’s 2-for-4, two-RBI day.

WIU won the second game 7-8 while the Jacks followed that loss with another one-run defeat, falling to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln 3-2.

SDSU went on to split two two-game series’ with Creighton

University and the University of North Dakota. In the two games against Creighton, the Jacks outscored the Blue Jays 10-4, but all 10 runs came in a 10-0 victory in the second game. Against the Fighting Hawks, Danielle Steffo hit two home runs for the Jacks, one in each game of the series.

The Jacks improved to 13-22 on the season and continue their road trip with a three-game series at the University of Nebraska-Omaha this weekend.

NEXT UP: April 9 @ Omaha

>> OVERHAUL Continued from B1 His head coaching experience dates back 1992 when he became the head coach for North Dakota State University where he stayed until 1997. Prior to that, Billeter spent two years servicing as an assistant to legendary head coach Lute Olson at the University of Arizona.

Margenthaler has direct ties to SDSU as he spent six years (19962001) as an assistant coach under Nagy before becoming the head coach at Minnesota State University-Mankato. During his time with the Mavericks, Margenthaler’s teams have finished with 20 wins or more in 11 of the past 12 years and appeared in the Division II NCAA Tournament 11 times as well.

“Hopefully it will be a short timeline,” SDSU athletic director Justin Sell said, “but we want to make sure we follow all of the steps we need to and a lot of that just comes down to timing. We’re going to make sure we follow all the steps that we want to and do all the homework we need to, to get it right.”

Though some people outside of the program have called for an outside hire, current and former players prefer to keep it in house by giving the job to Klinkefus, citing his familiarity with the athletic department and giving the returning players some sort of stability moving forward.

“My hope is that Klink gets a shot as the head coach,” Brayden Carlson said. “He’s the guy for the job. Why ruin a good thing? He’s as ingrained in that program as anybody besides Nagy.”

Carlson, a Brookings native, spent five years with the Jackrabbit basketball program, playing under Nagy, Klinkefus and Cooley throughout the duration of his career and was part of the program’s first two NCAA appearances.

“If I’m a high school player being recruited, knowing what I know now, I’d play for Klink in a heartbeat,” Horstman said.

Sell also said that the players will meet with prospective candidates, but their input won’t ultimately decide who gets the job.

Should the head coach position go to somebody other than Klinkefus, the number of losses from the 2015-16 roster and staff will rise to 13, with possibly more to follow.

In addition to the five coaches, the Jacks will look to fill the void left by five graduating seniors -- George Marshall, Deondre Parks, Jake Bittle, Cory Jacobsen and Keaton Moffitt -- as well as two transfers in Logan Doyle and Connor Devine. Hiring someone other than Klinkefus could result in the few players left to look into transferring into other programs.

Rumors had surfaced about the possibility of other players transferring prior to the coaching shakeup. Those rumors will likely intensify within the coming weeks, as is customary in college basketball with coaching changes.

Nagy spent the past 21 years with SDSU, so the situation is new for everybody involved, but it is not lost on former Jackrabbit players about the current ones possibly looking to play elsewhere.

“This is a very unique situation,” Carlson said. “Some guys are best friends with one of the coaches and the coaches [could be] a lot of the reason to pick the school. They have to consider what’s best for them.”

Carlson said each player should look at their individual situation and make a decision, open themselves up to the recruitment process all over again and go from there. Horstman says the players should consider the community and fan support they receive in Brookings and on the road from Jackrabbit fans and alumni.

Because the situation is foreign to those at SDSU and in Brookings, news of the coaching changes shook up the community, some likening it to a family member passing away. Carlson said that’s a bit much for this situation, but understands how some can take it harder than others.

“At the end of the day it’s just a coaching change,” Carlson said.

“It’s strange because he’s been here for 20 years and Brookings is a small town, so it’s a bigger deal.”

Sports reporter Andrew Holtan also contributed to this article.

Women’s Golf

In their final regular-season event, the South Dakota State women’s golf team finished fourth at the Kansas City Shootout Tuesday at Shoal Creek Golf Club.

The Jackrabbits shot a final round 311 to finish with a 935 and a tournament-high 31 birdies and an eagle.

ULAR won the 13-team tournament, shooting a 918.

Junior Megan Mingo tied for 12th for her ninth top-20 finish of the year. She fired a 229 (7876-75) on the par-72, 6,124-yard course. She also had seven birdies and an eagle on the par-4, 321yard 12th hole.

The Jackrabbits return to action April 18-20 when they compete in the 2016 Summit League Championship in Nebraska City, Nebraska.

NEXT UP: April 18-20 @ Nebraska City

Men’s Golf The South Dakota State men’s golf team finished 12th at the 44th annual Arizona State University Thunderbird Invitational at the Karsten Golf Course Sunday afternoon.

The Jackrabbits shot an 891 with 38 birdies and a pair of eagles. Iowa State won the 13-team event with a 20-under par 832 (274-276-282) on the par-71, 7,013-yard course.

Junior Grant Smith tied for 51st, shooting a 223 (76-71-76).

The Jackrabbits return to action April 16 when they play in the Hawkeye Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa.

NEXT UP: April 16 @ Iowa City

Athlete of the Week

JAZZELENA BLACK Black surges to top of rankings in triple jump AUSTIN HAMM Sports Editor For her world-class performance in the triple jump this weekend, Jazzelena Black is this week’s Collegian Sports Athlete of the Week.

A senior from Oxnard, California, she earned her second career Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Women’s Athlete of the Week. Black competed at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational in the long jump and triple jump events.

In the triple jump, af-

ter marking 43 feet 9.75 inches, Black is ranked No. 1 both collegiately and in The Summit League. The mark is also currently ranked No. 20 in the world in the event.

Black also placed second in the long jump with a distance of 18 feet 11.75 inches, ranking her first in The Summit League by more than two and a half feet.

Black and the Jackrabbits will be at the Nebraska Invitational this weekend before heading to California for the Mt. Sac Relays next week.

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Home away from home: Tennis hosts duals in Sioux Falls LOGAN MEYER Sports Reporter The South Dakota State University men’s tennis team did something on Friday it hasn’t done since the 2007-08 season: host Summit League competition. For the sixth time this season, the Jacks shut out their opponent by a score of 7-0.

The Jackrabbits took down the Leathernecks of Western Illinois University at the new Huether Family Match Pointe Tennis Center in Sioux Falls, and they did it handily.

Winning their 12th doubles point on the season, the Jacks made quick work of WIU. Each doubles team notched their respective win losing only a minimal amount of games, and sixthyear head coach Michael Engdahl took notice.

“The focus was great tonight and we got the job done. The team did a great job playing their tennis and taking things one point at a time,” said Engdahl.

With the victory, the Jackrabbit men moved to 11-8 overall and 1-1 within the Summit League.

On Sunday, the Jackrabbit men were back in action—this time against nationally ranked (47) University of Denver. Denver came into the dual with SDSU leading the Summit League, and they sure looked the part against the Jacks.

Denver began the day winning both flights [1 and 3 doubles], securing the doubles point.

SDSU’s lone win of the day came from sophomore Marco Paulo Castro at No. 6 singles. Castro, who won in straight sets, defeated Wyatt Lovera by a final of 6-3, 6-4. Castro, who is now 9-1 in duals, moved his overall record to a steady 15-4 after the victory.

Additionally, Castro is the only player in the Summit League to notch a win against this year’s Pioneer squad—a feat that head coach Michael Engdahl didn’t take lightly. “I thought on every single court that we had our chances,” Engdahl said. “You could see with Denver that they played every single point with confidence, and I think that we kind of went in and out of our focus—and you can’t go in and out—especially with confidence and focus.”

Engdahl made it clear what he liked out of his team’s performance. “I think the fight was there,” Coach Engdahl said. “I know their (SDSU) expectations were really high coming into the match, and I know they were really looking forward to it—and I think we got off to some slow starts and that sort of affected our confidence.”

Engdahl also was not shy to add “the fight is something we’ve had all season long, and if we keep the fight going when we hit IUPUI on Friday, we’ll catch some people in the last couple weeks of the season.”

The 1-6 loss to Denver drops the Jackrabbits to 11-9 overall, and 1-2 in Summit League play.

The Jackrabbit men will again be back in action on Friday at Huether Family Match Pointe in Sioux Falls where they will take on IUPUI.

Marco Paulo Castro has been a consitent performer for the Jacks, even in losses. He was won five straight singles matches.

Photo courtesy of GoJacks.com

Photo courtesy of GoJacks.com

The Jacks Tennis team is relishing the chance to play games close to home. They have one more match in Sioux Falls this Friday against IUPUI.

April 6, 2016

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Jackrabbits topping the leaderboard Black, Reichow post nationally ranked marks JALEN WILSON Sports Reporter It was an exceptional week for the Jacks track and field team as Joel Reichow of the men’s team and Jazzelena Black of the women’s team were both named Summit League Track and Field Athlete of the Week.

For Black, a senior from Oxnard, California, holds the school record for triple jump with a jump of 41 feet, 9.25 inches, which happened in the Summit League Championships last season. After this past week, she recorded her second Athlete of the Week honors for her performance in the Texas State Bobcat invitational.

Black competed in the triple jump, where she finished first with a jump of 43 feet, 9.75 inches, topping her school record. She also competed in the long jump, as she finished second with a distance of 18 feet, 11.75 inches.

She currently ranks first in both the triple jump and the long jump in the Summit League and first in the nation in the triple jump.

“It’s exciting for her and it shows how good she really is,” said Rod DeHaven, SDSU head coach.

DeHaven attested her training this past offseason to her success in the indoor season which has carried over nicely to the outdoor season.

“She got much stronger since last year, she learned how to handle the leg speed she has,” DeHaven said.

According to DeHaven, Black currently ranks No. 20 in the world and is looking to compete in the Olympic trials.

“It’s something we talked about at the beginning of the year. For her to get there, would be a phenomenal feat,” DeHaven said.

For Reichow, this was his first ever Outdoor Athlete of the Week nomination. Reichow finished second in his heat at the Stanford Invitational this past weekend in the 10,000 meter run with a time of 28:55.84.

Reichow broke a 32-year-old school record for the time he ran in Palo Alto.

“It was good, he ran a really smart race,” DeHaven said regarding Reichow race this past weekend.

“He really established himself as a guy who can make a national meet.”

The White Bear Lake, Minnesota native currently ranks first in the Summit League conference and second on the NCAA’s list.

As some athletes could get caught up in rankings and personal goals accomplished throughout the season, DeHaven said that his athletes aren’t worried about things like this at this time in the season, but, does believe that this should help them in future meets.

“Joel should have a huge advantage mentally, just by the way he ran that race,” DeHaven said.

The men’s and women’s teams will have their next competition April 14 through 16 at the Jim Duncan Invitational in Des Moines, Iowa, as well as the Bryan Clay Invite, the Mt. Sac Relays and the Long Beach State Invitational, all of which are in California.

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Jazzelena Black jumps at SJAC in Brookings during the indoor season. Her PR in Texas this weekend put her on the top of the NCAA in triple jump.

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Joel Reichow last competed for the Jacks during cross country season, but looked strong in his outdoor track debut at Stanford.

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