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SA to debate eight pieces of legislation in ﬁnal meeting GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS J. MICHAEL BERTSCH Managing Editor (He/Him) The Student’s Association Senate wraps up its term, tackling eight pieces of legislation and presenting two awards to student members. At the April 12 meeting, the Senate will discuss one resolution, two ordinances and five amendments to the Students’ Association’s bylaws. Resolution 20-27-R, sponsored by members of the Senate’s diversity committee, would voice SA’s support in adding Introduction to Global Citizenship and Diversity

(AHSS 111) as a System General Education Requirement (SGR). According to the resolution, “it would [be] very beneficial if this course was added to SGR #4 or #3 so that any student in any major can access this course and learn about these historical facts while fulﬁlling SGR requirements.” The Senate will also vote for two ordinances: Ordinance 20-01-O would change the “Advisor of the Year Award” to become the “Campus Partner of the Year Award,” and 20-02-O would create a group of all student organization presidents called the Presidents’ Council.

The SA president would then meet with the council twice a year. The five amendments make changes to the SA Bylaws, including a definition for “good conduct standing” for determining officer eligibility, SA election finance rules and spending limits, rules for use of election QR codes and revising election grievance procedures. The text of any of these resolutions can be found at https://www. sdstate.edu/students-association/students-association-senate-documents. The April 12 SA meeting will also be the last of the current Senate body, as the 2021-22 sena-

tors are sworn in and take their seats on the Senate ﬂoor. The new Senate body includes 20 new senators from the academic colleges, as well as an incoming president, Andrew Rasmussen, and vice president Rachel Schöön. “I’m very excited about my transition from the role of chief of staff to vice-president of the Students’ Association,” Schöön said. “We were able to get a lot of work done last year, and Andrew and I —really our entire Senate— are excited for what we can do in the upcoming year.”

President and Vice President: Andrew Rasmussen and Rachel Schöön College of Agriculture Food and Environmental Science: Cara Tegium, Shelby Ruland, Lindsay Muller, and Blake Pulse College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences: Anna Shane, Rachel Goldsmith, Hannah Nelson, and Michael Garofalo Natural Sciences: Alexis Elfstrand, Harley Fischer and Hunter Eide Nursing: Brielle Cords and Adam Ziebarth Pharmacy and Allied Health Professionals: Kyle Shapcott and Morgan Eick Graduate: Amanda Husted and Sumit Kumar Ghosh Engineering: Caleb Huizenga, Kordell Feldhaus and Asledi Castillo Zuniga

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Project Albatross: Students take to the skies for future of transportation J. MICHAEL BERTSCH Managing Editor (He/Him) Five students publicly showcased their prototype for an autonomous, human-carrying drone, an engineering senior design project currently two years in the making. “The goal of this project was to be one of the ﬁrst researchers into autonomous, aerial and affordable transportation,” senior mechanical engineering major Evan Steers said. “When cars were ﬁrst invented, it took decades for them to outnumber the transportation that was already on the road - horses ... It’ll still be a few years before [human-carrying drones] are widely available to people of all classes, but when we get to that day, we hope to look back and have had a positive impact on the journey that takes us to the skies.” The full-scale drone, named “Albatross,” is the product of two years of student work in the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering’s senior design program. The 2019-20 senior design group, made up of Isaac Smithee, Wade Olson, Ryan Twedt and Nick Runge, began the project

with a submission to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Un ive r s i t y S t u d e n t Research Challenge, ultimately rewarding the team with an initial $79,995 budget. The 2020-21 team, Cody Blocker, Andrew Hanshaw, Joshua Gross, Nathan Sydow and Evan Steers, continued the work. “They were able to give us this frame, which we repainted and added a few things to, and we were also given the small hummingbird prototype for our electronics,” Nate Sydow, senior electrical engineering major, said. “From that, we have been able to make everything from motor mounts to battery mounts, we integrated a new seat and landing gear and we’ve done testing for every single subsystem to verify safety and to verify that everything should work properly on the ﬁrst try.” But the team didn’t start by simply building a large-scale drone. Two s m a l l - s c a l e drone prototypes, “Hummingbird,” the 2019-20 team’s proofof-concept drone, and “Sparrow,” the team’s prototype for the second-generation frame design, are being used for the design

process and initial testing. “We’ve done autonomous testing and manual testing on Hummingbird recently,” Sydow said. “So, since that is a success, we transplanted all the electronics from that and put it on Albatross, and we will work towards getting all the electronics hooked up and work towards manual flight testing soon.” For flight control, Albatross uses a joystick in manual flight mode or a tablet for autonomous flight. According to the group, an app called QGroundControl will allow users to set their desired landing sight. Though most of the drone is nearly complete, it will be a few more months before Albatross can take off. “We’re waiting on a few more batteries, and then once that’s done we’ll have all the power needed to take this off,” he said. “From there, we’ll do some spinning up the motors to verify that everything spins the correct orientation, nothing starts on fire, those sorts of things ... From there, hopefully do some manual flight tests once we are able to get through with the Federal Aviation Administration to allow us to fly.”

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Take-oﬀ weight: 660 lbs Empty weight: 440 lbs Payload: 220 lbs Flight time (Hover): 18-19 minutes Flight time (Cruise): 14-15 minutes Flight time (Max Velocity): 7-8 minutes

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Cruise velocity: 30-40 mph Max velocity: approx. 65 mph Range: 8-9 miles Flight Modes: Manual and Autonomous Total project funding: $ 149,688 Parts cost: $ 20,424

Collegian photo by HOLLIE LEGGETT(She/Her) Nate Sydow, electrical engineering senior, highlighting features of Albatross outside Jerome J Lohr College of Engineering.

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“Queer Eye’s” Antoni Porowski to host virtual cooking event at SDSU GRACIE TERRALL News Editor (She/Her)

Wikipedia Antoni Porowski will be hosting an interactive virtual cooking demonstration at SDSU April 6.

“Queer Eye’s” Antoni Porowski is coming to SDSU on the big screen for a virtual cooking demonstration and Q&A session at 7 p.m., April 6, hosted by University Program Council (UPC). According to Kalli Mueller, arts coordinator for UPC, Porowski will be answering questions about college students and cooking. “He’ll answer questions that are more tailored to college students,” Mueller said. “For instance, ‘If I’m in a rut for cooking, what could I make easily and what are some staple ingredients to keep in a college student’s kitchen?’” A majority of the Q&A will be monitored by Mueller, but Porowski will take open questions from the audience at the end of the event. Po rows k i s t a r te d a cooking series on YouTube at the start of quarantine to help people learn to cook from home. While Tuesday’s event is not part of the chef ’s series, this opened up the opportunity for Porowski to do other forms of cooking shows. In the past year, he has done virtual demonstrations for other universities as well. In August 2020, Porowski hosted a similar event at Penn State University and made a French-style vinaigrette salad while answering questions from the audi-

ence about cooking, sexuality and general life advice. It has not been revealed yet what Porowski will be cooking for SDSU. Porowski is a New York Times bestselling author and Emmy Awardwinning star of Netflix’s “Queer Eye,” a show where Porowski and four other LGBTQ people, known as the Fab Five, transform every aspect of a person’s life like their fashion, mental health, home and cooking habits. Typically, Porowski will help orient people in their own kitchens and teach them healthy cooking methods. “It’s not a cooking show. It’s not about my skill set,” Porowski said in a 2018 GQ interview. “ It’s about figuring out how we can contribute to the lives of these people in a very short amount of time. … If you just have these people start thinking differently about the food, I think then I’m happy with that. I feel like my job is done if that curiosity [for food] is there.” Christian Heilman, a senior sociology major at SDSU, has been an avid fan of Porowski and “Queer Eye” since the show aired in 2018. “I was introduced to it by a friend and I instantly fell in love with it,” Heilman said. “I was really drawn to (Porowski) because of his sincerity and love for cooking. On the show, he genuinely seems happy to be there and I can tell he doesn’t see it as a job, but as a way to help others.”

Heilman said he plans on attending the event and if given the chance, would ask Porowski about where his favorite place to work in the restaurant industry was before he was on “Queer Eye.” “I am curious to see how he rose in the industry,” Heilman said. “Everyone has to start somewhere.” Tickets for the event are $5 for SDSU students, $10 for the general public and $7 for neighboring South Dakota Board of Regent schools. This includes Dakota State University, University of South Dakota, Northern State University, Black Hills State and the School of Mines. Registration for the event is open until April 6. Mueller hopes to see a large audience for the event, as SDSU has not hosted a big name like Porowski in a long time. She also said that this is an opportunity to showcase diversity and inclusion to SDSU students. “This event is important not only for a professional chef to inspire students to pursue culinary, but also for the LGBTQ community to be recognized, included and inspired in the same way,” Heilman said. Tickets for the event can be purchased on the UPC’s sdstate page.

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UPC to provide variety of events to ﬁnish out semester

promote events on social “create an understanding media more this semester, of actions people can take and have begun tabling in to counteract negative race associations that lead the Union again. “It’s kind of different to negative consequences With only six weeks left of the spring 2021 semester, too, now that we’re get- for people of color.” The i nte ra c t ive students looking for a way ting back into warmer to spend their free time weather, so it’s exciting to presentation will feacan turn to the calendar of know we can do things ture different activities, videos and discussions to talks, demonstrations and outside,” she said. Here’s a look at the demonstrate how implicit other fun activities that the University Program upcoming events UPC is biases form and what stuCouncil has planned up sponsoring throughout dents can do to combat the rest of the semester. them. until ﬁnals week. The program has Zoom links for most An Evening with Antoni Porowski already hosted a handful events can be found on Porowski, one of the of events this semester, UPC’s page on Jacks Club including Grocery Bingo Hub and social media stars of Netflix’s “Queer Eye,” will be hosting a in January and a movie platforms. Understanding and cooking demonstration showing of “17 Again” in Undoing Implicit Bias over Zoom at 7 p.m., April February. The most recent At 2 p.m., March 31 6, followed by a moderevent, a concert with acapella R&B band Kazual, in Jack’s Place and over ated Q&A session. Tickets Zoom, Hugh Vasquez, a for the event cost $5 for took place last Saturday. Abby Mikel, president speaker on diversity and SDSU students and $10 of UPC, said she and the equity, will be educating for the public. Tickets can McKibben Ad (9.75 x5) BR.qxp_Layout 1 3/30/21 4:04mechaPM Page 1be purchased online, with students on the other event coordinators have been busy working to nisms that produce bias to a link on Jacks Club Hub. JORDAN RUSCHE Lifestyles Editor (She/Her)

Guests will also have to register for the webinar to receive the Zoom link and password. Information on how to do so will be included in the ticket conﬁrmation email. Ethan Zohn Lecture Ethan Zohn, a cancer survivor, CBS “Survivor” winner and motivational speaker, will be giving a lecture titled “Isolation Survival Guide” at 7 p.m., April 8 in the Volstorff Ballroom and over Zoom. This presentation is meant to help students deal with the effects of isolation and how to overcome anxiety, be productive and more during quarantine. There will also be a scavenger hunt held via UPC’s social media platforms that students can take part in for a chance to win a gift card

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aged or canned food item to the event to be donated. Those who wish to participate in the fashion show can sign up by April 5 either individually or as a couple. Participation prizes will be given out, as well. Laser Tag Outdoor laser tag will be held from 4-7 p.m., April 15 on the college green. This event is put on with help from Laser Trooper, a company based out of Topeka, Kansas. Students are asked to sign up for the event on Jacks Club Hub ahead of time. Refreshments will also be provided.

prior to this event. “Having someone like Ethan come to speak to our campus will be something really special and hopefully motivate people to ﬁnish out these last few months of the [schoo] year,” said Michaela Neyers, the graphics coordinator for UPC who oversees this event. BSA/UPC Fashion Show: Culture with a Cause The Black Student Alliance’s annual fashion show is at 7 p.m., April 9 at Jack’s Place. This event oﬀers students an opportunity to show off their culture through fashion, with this year’s theme being “90s Era.” Students can buy presale tickets for $5 at the Multicultural Center or at the door for $7. Students can also attend by bringing a pack-

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Man on the street: Students’ thoughts on “more normal” fall 2021 semester GRIFFIN TONSAGER Copy Editor (He/Him) The South Dakota Board of Regents announced March 15 that South Dakota universities are planning to return to a more normal semester for Fall 2021. South Dakota State University students gave their opinions on returning to normal and how likely they think that will be come fall.

Grace Nelson, Freshman, Political Science and Economics Major What are your thoughts on campus returning to normal for the fall 2021 semester? I’ll believe it when I see it. I hope it’s true, I can see it being possible, but in reality I don’t know. It depends on how the new COVID-19 variant progresses over the summer I think. How have things been going for you personally during the COVID-19 pandemic at SDSU? It’s been kind of difficult with campus being closed, and a lot of the amenities traditionally associated with freshman year in college have been very different than I had expected. But we’ve made the best of a tough situation even though it’s not what I expected.

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John Braswell, Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering Major What are your thoughts on campus returning to normal for the fall 2021 semester? I hope so. By the time we get to the fall semester, most people will end up building up a tolerance to coronavirus or getting the vaccine, now that it’s getting distributed more. We’ve already had a somewhat easy time here, with more face-to-face classes, so I feel like there’s really no problem. How likely do you think returning to campus next semester will be? Gosh, 99.9% How have things been going for you personally during the COVID-19 pandemic at SDSU? I’d say it hasn’t been too bad, but my academics really took a hit having to go to online classes. It’s widely known that being in person is more helpful too, it’s more beneficial for learning. But otherwise, wearing a mask in the Union and other campus buildings really isn’t a big deal, and just generally washing my hands more and being more cautious of it is beneficial to my own personal life as it is to other people, so I really don’t see any huge drawbacks from the coronavirus pandemic as of last fall into the spring.

Kailee Schultz: Sophomore, Nursing Major What are your thoughts on campus returning to normal for the fall 2021 semester? I think it would be nice, but it’s going to be a hard transition back to what we thought normal was. I think that, with the vaccine, it’ll be highly likely that we return to a more normal campus next semester. How have things been going for you personally during the COVID-19 pandemic at SDSU? Well, I moved to school on a Monday and I got COVID-19 on that Friday. So that beginning wasn’t great, but it was fine after I got over that.

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98th Little International a success after being delayed a year ADRIENNE LIPINSKI Reporter (She/Her) From the green chips to the red barn, Little International has been carrying on traditions at South Dakota State University for nearly 100 years and that tradition continued this past weekend with this year’s theme, “The Show Must Go On.” Little I is one of the largest student-run events on campus that takes place over a two-day period. This year’s event was held March 26-27 at the Animal Science Arena. Seating was limited but the event was broadcast online and to businesses in downtown Brookings through Walton Webcasting. The event featured over 135 exhibitors showing in seven diﬀerent categories: swine, beef cattle, dairy cattle, goats, sheep, horse and lamb lead, an event where representatives of different clubs and organizations are charged with caring for and showing a sheep, among other activities. In addition, students also could compete in Career Development Events (CDEs) like nursery and landscape, livestock judging, floriculture and more. There were also ﬁtting competitions, where competitors are judged on their ability to groom an animal to highlight its physical strengths, for dairy, beef, horse, goats and sheep Exhibitors who wished to do more than show an animal also competed in the Round

Collegian photo by CHRISTINE MOENING (She/Her) Left to right, Grady Gullickson (98th Little I assistant manager), Adam Bierstedt, and Jacob Rausch (98th Little I manager). Bierstedt won Round Robin reserve champion and High Point Upperclassman.

Robin competition or for either High Point Freshman or High Point Upperclassman. To participate in Round Robin, exhibitors were required to win either champion or reserve overall showmanship in their species. This year’s Round Robin champion was Ryan Franz, with Adam Bierstedt receiving reserve. Bierstedt also received High Point Upperclassman. High Point Freshman went to Emily Nold. “I was shocked when I found out I won high point upperclassman. I was focused on Round Robin, so it wasn’t even on my mind,” Bierstedt said. Bierstedt, a senior

a g r i c u l t u re s c i e n c e major from Pipestone, Minnesota, has participated in Little I since he was a freshman. He is the youngest of ﬁve siblings, so he continued with the family tradition. On average, he spent one to two hours every day preparing for his show. He advises students to never give up and to just keep working with their animals. In past years, Little I welcomed 1,500 to 2,000 FFA and 4-H members to compete in non-showing events like CDEs, but with COVID-19 restrictions, they were not allowed to bring so many students from different states to campus safely.

That forced the contests to move online. Little I’s staﬀ is made up of 130 students divided into 44 committees and is chosen in the fall. Despite these early preparations, Jacob Rausch, this year’s manager of Little I, didn’t receive approval to hold the event until Jan. 27. “It felt like we were in limbo. We didn’t know what to expect,” Rausch said. Rausch, along with Assistant Manager Grady Gullickson and the executive team, had to come up with multiple contingency plans not knowing what was going to happen. But when they received the go-ahead from the university, they got to work

in earnest to create a successful event. Every year, the staff comes up with a theme for the year’s show. Gullickson described “The Show Must Go On” theme as a perfect fit for this year and all the uncertainty the present staﬀ, and last year’s staﬀ, had to go through. “It’s just the adversity from that statement and what we’ve had to accomplish this year,” Gullickson said. “It’s been a wild year and we were finally able to put this event on after two years, so it’s just being able to continue what we do on a yearly basis.” Gullickson, a junior animal and agricul-

tural science major from Flandreau, will be taking over next year as the 99th Little I manager. He served as the sheep superintendent his sophomore year. Rausch was on the equipment committee his sophomore year, helped out his freshman year although he wasn’t a part of the staﬀ and competed in the high school competitions prior to college. Jacob grew up hearing stories and wanted to surround himself with the quality of people who participated in Little I. Despite COVID-19 restrictions, attendance was good both Friday and Saturday night, organizers said, and exhibitors commented about how smoothly the show went. Entertainment activities were also planned in between the shows. The first event was the pig farmer scramble, where two teams of two staff members each had to run across the show ring to retrieve a straw bale while dodging pig panels held by the equipment committee. The second event was a roping event with a member of the rodeo team and Rausch as the target, dressed up in a T-rex costume. After being chased around the ring, he then had his feet tied up by his brother, Peter. Read full story online at sdsucollegian.com

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EDITORIAL Issue: First MegaKota, now this? Rep. Jeremy Munson (MN-R) recently suggested a proposal to allow counties of Minnesota to leave the state and join South Dakota. The proposal, largely promoted on Twitter, has almost no chance of becoming a reality, so why would anyone pay any attention? Though we won’t be seeing a horde of Minnesota counties joining the state, let’s take a minute to examine what this would mean. The reasoning behind this move is largely to highlight the political divide, especially between rural and urban areas. The more rural portions of Minnesota, which lean Republican, joining a conservative stronghold state such as South Dakota further demonstrates the political turmoil the country

is facing. Rather than looking for issues to collaborate on, state representatives are looking to just leave a state in which the opposition party holds a majority. Aside from state politics, a merger like this would have major implications nation-wide. Congressional representation would be a ﬁrst issue. Minnesota currently has 10 electoral votes in the Electoral College. South Dakota has three. If Minnesota seceded the 64 counties, which have around 1.6 million people, how many electoral votes would each state now have? How many House of Representative or Senate seats would Minnesota lose and South Dakota gain? If the reason is purely political, as Munson has stated, why doesn’t Minnesota just split their electoral votes like Nebraska and Maine? That way, conservatives in Minnesota would feel

more represented and less out-numbered in their government and not have to redraw state lines, phase in diﬀerent state policies and rework both state legislatures. Politics aside, 1.6 million people who would be seceding to South Dakota would have countless small logistical adjustments to make once they become part of South Dakota. The ex-Minnesotans would no longer need to pay for state taxes, but South Dakota has a retail tax they would need to adhere to. This could seriously hurt businesses who have been operating under Minnesota law. First it was a 2019 petition to combine North and South Dakota to make MegaKota, and now lawmakers want South Dakota to absorb over half of Minnesota. Just leave South Dakota

borders alone so we can focus on ﬁxing the ﬂaws in our own government before adding over a million people to the state. Plus, the shape of the new states look completely absurd. The Collegian Editorial Board meets weekly and agrees on the issue of the editorial. The editorial represents the opinion of The Collegian.

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How SDSU handles sustainability on campus JENNIFER MCLAUGHLIN Sustainability Specialist (She/Her) Although we cannot see it, it plays a vital role in our lives. Whether heating buildings in the winter, refrigerating vaccines or simply powering our Keurig machine in the morning, energy is essential. We do not go a day without using it. According to the US Energy Information Administration, roughly 60% of our nation’s electricity consumption is from fossil fuels, primarily natural gas. Fossil fuels are efficient and cost-effective, but have enormous negative environmental impacts contributing to air pollution and climate change. And even though 40% of our nation’s energy comes from non-

fossil fuel sources, energy conservation is still important. Nuclear and renewable energy do not pollute while generating electricity, but production emission, land use and proper disposal are all sustainability issues that need to be addressed when using them. For decades, South Dakota State University Facilities and Services has diligently implemented energy conservation practices and more recently has started to source a fraction of campus energy from renewable resources. LED lights make up most of the outdoor lighting, and occupancy sensors are standard for remodels and new buildings. Furthermore, all new buildings must meet LEED Silver standards. LEED is an energy

efficient green building standard oﬀered through the U.S Green Building Council. However, most of the energy conservation practices cannot be seen when walking around campus. Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) plays an enormous role in energy conservation. Pipes transferring steam and chilled water to buildings are wrapped in thick insulation to limit the loss of energy. Mechanical equipment is kept in good condition. Not only does this extend the equipment’s life span, but it also helps the equipment work eﬃciently. Energy sources have changed on campus, too. Prior to 2012, coal was a campus energy source for heating. Now, natural gas is the primary heating

source. While still a fossil fuel, natural gas is considered a cleaner source of fuel than coal. In addition, Facilities and Services has installed solar arrays on three buildings. It is estimated that together, these arrays will produce nearly 90,000 kilowatt-hours each year, which is enough to power nine homes. Through campus energy conservation eﬀorts, SDSU has reduced their total building energy consumption per unit of floor area by 11%, all while maintaining high energy needs on campus. Facilities and Services plans to continue energy conservation practices and are excited to be installing two new solar arrays in the coming year.

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Managing your ﬁnances when you’re unemployed LORNA SABOEWOUNDED HEAD Family Resource Management Field Specialist, SDSU Extension (She/Her) The degree you have earned by attending South Dakota State University is going to do wonderful things for you, but might not happen right away. Not everyone has a job

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on graduation day and might experience some unemployment before securing a job. Here are tips on how to deal with unemployment. Other income First and foremost, you need an income to pay expenses and to live. While you are focused on applying to career-focused, full-time jobs, you may need to secure employment that will

cover your expenses until you have landed the professional job. This will depend on how much family helps, how many expenses you have, etc. While it isn’t permanent, a job at the local gas station is still a paycheck, and taking care of yourself when things get rough is something to be proud of, not ashamed of. A reason to leave the house looking well dressed can also stop

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a lot of bad habits in their tracks. Minimize Expenses If you don’t have money rolling in to fund your weekly night out on the town, you need to cut back. Don’t jump straight to only using one-ply toilet paper until things start looking very bad, but your spending should reﬂect your income level. Emergency Fund Ideally, if you ever

have a time without income, you should be able to draw from your emergency fund, a fund used solely for emergencies with at least three months expenses worth saved. Build one when times are good to get you through the times that aren’t so good. Government Aid There are certain kinds of government aid that open up to you when

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you are no longer a student. While enrolled in college, you might be able to use student loans for your grocery bill, when out of college you might have to use SNAP (food stamps). You can get assistance in buying food, paying for winter heating and more depending on your circumstances.

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Dakota Marker game postponed to April 17 SKYLER JACKSON Sports Reporter (He/Him) This Saturday’s Dakota Marker football game between South Dakota State and North Dakota State in Fargo, North Dakota, has been postponed due to ongoing COVID-19 issues within the Bison program. The game is now set to take place April 17, a date designated as a make-up week for postponed Missouri Valley games. This is now the second consecutive game both programs have had to cancel or postpone due to COVID-19. SDSU’s game scheduled for March 27 against Illinois State got canceled when ISU decided to call off the rest of its

football season. NDSU had to cancel its game last week against South Dakota because of positive COVID-19 cases. Before the announcement was made, coach John Stiegelmeier mentioned in his weekly press conference that he had no indication that the game would be moved. But his team has embraced every challenge thrown at them this season and is continuing to stay positive. “ E ve r y t h i n g h a s changed weekly almost,” Stiegelmeier said. “Our guys have been able to accept it and come out of things in a positive way.” Both teams are scheduled to play Saturday, April 10, with the Jackrabbits hosting USD and the Bison traveling to UNI.

Dakota Marker History The Dakota Marker trophy was ﬁrst introduced in 2004, a 75-pound model replica of the original quartzite monuments that used to mark the North Dakota-South Dakota border. The Dakota Marker series currently stands in favor of NDSU 10-6, not including playoﬀ games where the trophy was not at stake. Here are the winners of the previous matchups, along with the scores.

Collegian photo by BECCA YMKER (She/Her) Saturday’s Dakota Marker football game has been postponed due to COVID-19 issues with North Dakota State University.

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2004: South Dakota State, 24-21 2005: North Dakota State, 41-17 2006: North Dakota State, 41-28 2007: South Dakota State, 29-24 2008: South Dakota State, 25-24 2009: South Dakota State, 28-13 2010: North Dakota State, 31-24 2011: North Dakota State, 38-14

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2012: North Dakota State, 20-17 2013: North Dakota State, 20-0 2014: North Dakota State, 37-17 2015: North Dakota State, 28-7 2016: South Dakota State, 19-17 2017: South Dakota State, 33-21 2018: North Dakota State, 21-17 2019: North Dakota State, 23-16

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Jacks wrestling rounds out season with national competitors ISAAC HANSON Sports Reporter (He/HIm) The South Dakota State Wrestling Team spent the majority of March preparing and competing in their postseason championships - and the Jackrabbits did not leave empty-handed. T h e Ja c k r a b b i t s t rave l e d t o Tu l s a , Oklahoma March 6 and 7 to compete at the BIG 12 Championship. The Jacks finished 8th in the team standings with 67.5 points and brought all ten wrestlers to compete, with eight of them having been ranked. Six of those eight received a first-round bye. “I think our guys were extremely focused on the task at hand, not looking ahead, because you didn’t know if there was going to be ahead,” coach Damion Hahn said when asked how the staff keeps their wrestlers from looking past to the national tournament. The surprise of the tournament came with No. 1 seeded Tanner Sloan finishing in 6th place after being upset in the 3rd round by No. 4 seeded AJ Ferrari of Oklahoma State. He then had his tournament come to a sudden close with an injury withdrawal, as he has been fighting a shoulder injury throughout the season. Hahn was not worried about Sloan grabbing one of the at-large bids, as he had met the criteria throughout most of the season to be eligible. Sloan would end up being seeded No. 13. “It was huge. He has

been here for two years, he’s been a starter in the last two years,” Hahn said about fellow teammate senior Danny Vega. “Going into the BIG 12 and nationals, I think (Vega) was wrestling the best we’ve seen him.”

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Danny Vega, 125 lbs4th place Zach Price 133-lbs 5th place Clay Carlson, 141-lbs 5th place Cade DeVos, 157-lbs 4th place Cade King, 174-lbs 8th place Jacob Schoon, 184lbs 8th place Tanner Sloan, 197-lbs 6th place

Along with finishing 4th at the BIG 12 Championships, Vega also secured the No. 22 seed at nationals. Vega had gotten the alternate spot at nationals last year, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he was not able to wrestle. Vega opened up the tournament with an opening round loss to No. 11 seeded Dylan Ragusin of Michigan, but bounced back with a 21-4 tech fall win over Gage Curry of American University. Vega would see his tournament run come to an end with an 8-6 loss to Michael DeAugustino of Northwestern. Vega finished the season with a 15-8 overall record. At 133 lbs, No. 14 seeded Zach Price won a

close opening match, 4-2, over Chance Rich of CSU Bakersfield before dropping a close match to No. 3 Korbin Myers of Virginia Tech in the second round. Price locked up the next two matches with wins over No. 29 Paul Bianchi of Little Rock and No. 21 Jared Van Vleet of Air Force. Price would end his season with a loss to No. 8 Chris Cannon of Northwestern, ending with a 17-6 record. Clay Carlson found his way to the tournament with the No. 15 seed and found success in his first trip to the National Tournament. He opened with a win over No. 18 Parker Filius of Purdue with a score of 7-6. Facing a tough matchup in the second round, he lost 14-3 to Nick Lee of Penn State. Carlson rattled off three straight wins, first defeating No. 32 Cayden Rooks of Indiana by pinfall. He next wrestled with a 9-0 major decision over Colin Valdiviez of Northwestern, as well as an 11-4 win over No. 21 Real Woods of Stanford. C a r l s o n’s s e a s o n would come to end with back-to-back losses from No. 14 Dylan Duncan of Illinois and No. 10 Zachary Sherman of North Carolina. Carlson ﬁnished the season with a 20-9 record along with attaining All-American honors. Read full story online at sdsucollegian.com

South Dakota State’s Danny Vega placed 4th at the BIG 12 Chamiopnship. The Jackrabbits took 8th place overall during the March 6 and 7 tournament. Collegian photo by BECCA YMKER (She/Her)

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