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I Choose You, SDSU Pokémon club flourishes

LET’S DANCE LEXIE PRIEST • The Collegian

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What started as a post on the social media app Yik Yak — calling for a meeting of Pokémon lovers — has evolved into a full-fledged Pokémon club, recognized by South Dakota State University.

Started by Emma Baier, a freshman mathematics major, president of the club and longtime Pokémon fan, the club became official when its constitution was approved at a Students’ Association meeting in fall 2015.

Baier, along with Abby Vaz and Sarah Determan, are trying “to create a place where people can come and talk about their love of Pokémon and just be themselves without fear of judgement,” Baier said.

Vaz and Baier have been fans of the game and TV show since middle school. Determan is the self proclaimed Pokémon aficionado of the group, having played since elementary school.

“My brother first taught me how to play in third grade. It was kind of a bonding experience. On rainy days we would play Pokémon games,” Determan said, a sophomore environmental science major.

Depending on the week, the club will either watch a Pokémon movie, discuss one of the many theories about Pokémon origins or have a tournament on the multiplayer online game called “Pokémon Showdown.” Winner of the tournament takes home the coveted gold Pikachu for the week.

MAKENZIE HUBER News Editor The fear of a minor should no longer stop an intoxicated person from calling 911 to help a friend in need if the Good Samaritan Alcohol Policy Bill becomes law.

House Bill 1078, commonly referred to as the Good Samaritan Alcohol Policy Bill, would grant limited immunity to underage drinkers who help another person in need seek medical attention. The bill was passed through the South Dakota Legislature March 7 and waits to be signed by Governor Dennis Daugaard.

The GSAP bill was strongly lobbied for and brought to the Legislature by the South Dakota State Medical Association. The bill also grants limited immunity to people who seek medical attention themselves.

Dean Krogman, the chief lobbyist for the organization, supported the bill because it protects people in dangerous situations.

“It might be lifesaving and they might need help, and that’s the essence of what the term Good Samaritan means,” Krogman said.

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ELECTION

Let the race begin

Voting for Students’ Association elections will be open on March 22 and 23.

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Helms, Speirs use their passion

PHU NGUYEN• The Collegian

Condelli, McLean aspire to create change

KATHERINE CLAYTON Managing Editor

SARA BERTSCH Editor-in-Chief

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he driving force behind Ally Helms’ run ith a fairly new group of senators stepfor the Students’ Association presidential ping up in next year’s Students’ Assorace is her passion for the SA and the stuciation, Nathaniel Condelli looks to dents she represents. take advantage of the fresh faces.

Helms, a junior pharmacy major, currently Condelli, who is running for SA president, serves on the SA executive board as the admincurrently serves as a representative for the Colistrative assistant. She is partnering with Lane lege of Education and Human Sciences. He Speirs, a sophomore agricultural comteamed up with Robert McLean, curmunications major and at-large senrent at-large senator, for this year’s The president and vice president race. ator.

One of their goals is to create a Condelli and McLean have three nominees will debate at noon main points they have set for themconnection between the students and the incoming administration and help selves. The first is campus safety and Monday, March 21 on the the administrators understand the security. They want to make campus campus climate. even safer, but not just security-wise, market stage in The Union.

“We want to make sure they unthey want to look at the mental and derstand what the climate is at physical well-being of students.

SDSU,” Speirs said.

“That is something that always ...

The duo also wants to improve the needs improving,” McLean, sophorelationship between senators and more agricultural education major, The candidates running for their constituents. said.

“It’s really important that senators Their second point is looking at the College of Agriculture & have the opportunity to openly and the student body experience. Confreely represent their constituents,” Biological Sciences will debate delli has worked with SDSU athletics Helms said. for the majority of his time on camWith new senators being electpus and wants to create a better atan hour earlier at 11 a.m. ed, Helms and Speirs want to encourmosphere and athletic experience for age them to build strong relationships students. with the students they represent.

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>> CONDELLI Continued from A1 They want to create a better relationships between advisers and advisees as they step into their department-specific advisers.

Finally, Condelli and McLean want to create a better communication level between SA and the student body.

This may include going to first-year seminar classes or having a table on main street in The Union.

“We want to create an informed student body…and to assist the student body in anything they need,” Condelli, a fourth-year sports management major, said.

Although neither Condelli or McLean have experience on the SA executive board, they both agree that it doesn’t hinder them as candidates.

“We both have such a passion for it. We care about the students. We care about the changes we see on campus and not everybody does,” McLean said.

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cording to McLean. They also continue to have close relationships with past executive members.

When deciding to run, one thing that inspired Condelli was the students. On a campus with more than 12,000 students, he looks at each of them individually.

“We have individual students with individual needs,” Condelli said.

Another area that Condelli and McLean want to change is the space for student organizations. SA will be voting on a General Activity Fee increase, which Condelli and McLean are “pretty positive about.”

The increase will allow for an expanded Volstorff Ballroom. They also want to bring the Multicultural center to the main floor of The Union. It is currently housed in the lower level of the Union.

Overall, Condelli and McLean just want to see change.

“We want this because we want to see change on campus especially positive change” McLean said. “Forget our names, forget our titles, we’re here for the students.”

In 2007, a blizzard closed down campus and shut down voting.

In 2014, there had to be extended voting because none of the tickets reached a 30 percent majority to win the election.

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They will stress the importance of that relationship to the senators.

Together, the pair want to use their diverse backgrounds to reach a diverse population on campus. Helms has connections through her major and also in the clubs and organizations she has been a part of.

Speirs represents the agricultural community.

A priority for Helms is to continue the dialogue between different groups and organizations on campus. One way she has done this is to help Addie Borah, assistant director for student engagement, go through a list of groups and figure out the status of the organization.

Helms was motivated to run because SA is her passion and stress relief.

“This is what I want to invest my senior year into,” she said.

Speirs started his career on Senate as a freshman and by the start of his junior year he will have spent a year and a

half on SA. Speirs does not want to be the “middle man” between students and administrative officials. He wants for students to partner with their senator so they can have conversations directly with administrators.

An area Speirs wants to improve is campus safety. His passion to increase safety is for the future generations of jackrabbits. For him, thinking about the future students gives him “incredible drive to make that campus better.”

Over the past year, SA has discussed issues that may be controversial. Speirs wants to “make sure [senators] don’t feel oppressed or judged for what they believe.”

Speirs said people began to ask him if he was going to run for the election. He wanted to run to fill the empty spots on SA with someone who is interested in the needs of the students. He feels that he is that person.

“I want to be the representation for the people. I want to be the voice for the people,” Speirs said. “I want to be there because the people want me there.”

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Voting Records MAKENZIE HUBER News Editor Getting 21 percent of the student population to vote in the 2015 Students’ Association election was a good turnout, according to SA Vice President Matt Dahle. At least, it was good compared to the average turnout of 15 percent in the 10 years prior to the 2015 elections.

“I think that a lot of students don’t understand what SA does, but the students who do understand get out there and they’re the 20 percent voting,” Dahle said.

Dahle and other SA senators are using social media, posters and polling locations to encourage students to vote in this year’s election.

Although Dahle said he’s pushing for more people to

vote, he thinks there will be a lower turnout than last year.

There are only elections for candidates in the College of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and elections for the president and vice president this year.

The other seven colleges either had just the right amount of candidates or were short on candidates. At-large senators will be selected after the elections in place of seats not represented by college senators.

Even with low turnouts or a shortage in candidates, senators still represent the needs of students well, Dahle said.

The SA elections will be March 22 and 23 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Students can vote at six polling locations across campus and online at sa.sdstate.edu.

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Alumni Green project will ‘revitalize’ west side of Medary

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The expansion of the Alumni Association Center will have a holding capacity of 250 people and will be used to hold events such as the Distinguished Alumni Banquet. Funding for the center will come through money raised by the Alumni Association and the South Dakota State University Foundation

HANNAH KOELLER Reporter A $10-million project will fund an Alumni Association expansion onto the South Dakota State University Foundation building as well as a new university house for the next president and his family.

About 75 percent of the funding will be related to the Alumni Center while the remaining 25 percent will be put toward the new university house.

“We decided it was important to have a partnership to give [the Alumni Association] some additional space,” Steve Erpenbach, president and CEO of the SDSU Foundation, said. “At the same time, we need a new university house...Both were just to the point where there were limitations in those facilities.”

The current alumni center is used and in demand for dinners and receptions but has limited space, Erpenbach said.

This project, called the Alumni Green project, will revitalize the west side of Medary Avenue, said Andi Fouberg, president and CEO of the Alumni Association.

“Tompkins Alumni Center was constructed 40 years ago when SDSU was much smaller,” Fouberg said. “The growth of campus spurred the need to consider a larger space for the kinds of activities that could happen if the space was available.”

One event hosted by the

Alumni Association is the Distinguished Alumni Banquet, which honors six outstanding SDSU alumni each year. The event, held on Friday of Hobo Week, has taken place off campus due to these limitations.

“Right now we have that event at the Swiftel Center, the farthest point from campus in Brookings,” Fouberg said. “We lose out on some of our ability to reconnect them to campus when we are nowhere near campus.”

Space is one of the most important things to consider when talking about the ability to host alumni and friends and to build those relationships, she said.

“It seems kind of unfortunate that we recognize people as distinguished alumni but we don’t have a campus facility for that,” Erpenbach said. “With the number of alumni we have, there’s just a need for the Alumni Association to have a more modern and larger facility to be able to continue to work with alumni.”

The expansion will have sitdown space for up to 250 people. Erpenbach said there’s also a lot to be gained in having the Foundation and Alumni Association under the same roof.

Woodbine Cottage, the current home of SDSU’s president, would have difficulties if the next president has older parents or younger children due to lack of space and functional ability.

“We want to provide environment that allows a president to have an appropriate place to live and enough room to work with

in there,” Erpenbach said.

The new university house will include a space for public gatherings and dinners and an area for the president and his family to live a normal life.

Funding for the Alumni Green project is being raised privately through a joint effort by Alumni Center and the Foundation. Fundraising is ongoing.

Some students, including senior graphic design major Brent Chester, agree that fostering relationships while at SDSU will ensure their loyalty to the university in the future.

“I imagine it’s important to feel loyalty and connected to your school,” Chester said. “If you have a family, you will want your kids to feel like they’re a part of the SDSU community, too.”

Since the Foundation and Alumni Association will raise the funds privately, he said it’s comforting that student fees won’t be raised.

“I think it makes sense that the alumni and donors are investing in something that will benefit them more directly,” Chester said.

According to Erpenbach, people will see the area start to change in the middle of May and construction on the project will begin in June.

He said they hope to have the Alumni Association addition and the new university house completed by fall of 2017.

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The goal of the new president’s house is to provide a practical space to live and work while allowing space for a family.

SA president announces plans to run for legislature SARA BERTSCH Editor-in-Chief Students’ Association President Caleb Finck announced his plans for after graduation—to run for State Senate in South Dakota’s 19th District earlier this week.

Finck took out petitions for his senate campaign on Monday, March 14.

One of his priorities is the maintenance of a strong education system in South Dakota.

“I want our state’s education system to be vibrant and competitive,” Finck said in a press release. “The taxpayers of District 19 and the state at large will know that, if they send me to Pierre, they will have an advocate for an educa-

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Finck will soon finish up a two-year term as the SA president. He also served as a legislative intern with the South Dakota House of Representatives.

In May, Finck will graduate with a degree in agricultural leadership. He plans to further his education with an online master’s degree in community development.

Finck is originally from Tripp, South Dakota and will return there in May. “When I was a kid I heard the phrase ‘We are only as strong as our smallest community,’” Finck said. “We need to do everything we can to keep our small towns strong and continue to make them stronger.”

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Issue:

A small percent of the student body are voting for their Students’ Association president, vice president and representatives.

Vote: It’s that simple

Every spring semester, there is a solid week-and-a-half of students campaigning and asking for your vote. It’s around this time every year that students become very aware of the Students’ Association.

While some don’t know who they are or what they do, they are encouraged to vote.

We, at The Collegian, believe that it’s time students finally learn what this group is, what the senators are doing and why they are asking for your vote.

The Students’ Association is a governmental body on our campus consisting of students.

They vote on issues that affect us all, including organization funding, smoking bans and much more.

We are approaching that time of year again where students are asking for our vote

and wanting to hear our needs.

We encourage all of you to vote, because why not?

The students who are running for Senate are students just like all of us, they represent the student body. Their role is to be the voice for the students of the college they represent. They actually try to influence change to improve the student experience.

Senators interact directly with administrators on campus so they are able to bring students’ problems to someone who can make a change, but if students don’t vote or care, their concerns cannot be addressed.

By not voting, students are allowing individuals who have differing opinions than themselves to become senators.

In our opinion, students

are indifferent to SA, thus less people are running for Senate.

This causes a less competitive race and decreases the amount of individuals in the election.

SA has improved the ease and accessibility of voting.

Students are able to vote at polling stations and they can also vote online. It’s easy and students should not have any excuses.

This is our university and the choices SA makes influences our college experience and we all should care about what they do.

So, this year, you should make the effort to vote. It is easy to do. If someone does not vote, they are leaving their future university experience in the hands of someone else.

It’s simple: vote in this year’s SA elections on March 22 and 23.

Stance: Students should vote in order to have their opinion and voices heard by their senators and administrators.

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

The editorial represents the opinion of The Collegian.

How to tackle the Zika virus, tips to your safety LAUREN KREMER Columnist Have you been feeling symptoms of a fever, rash, joint pains, red eye and have recently traveled to a foreign country?

This is not WebMD assuming your symptoms are signs of cancer, but there is a chance you could be affected by the Zika virus.

The Zika virus, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is “a disease caused by the spread from person to person primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito.” In other words, you should not worry unless you could have potentially been bitten by that specific mosquito.

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This virus was first discovered in 1947 in the Zika Forest in Uganda and eventually spread to Africa, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. The World Health Organization announced the severity of the Zika virus on Feb. 1, 2016, and established a public health concern.

You may think just because you have not traveled to the affected areas, you are safe from the virus. Wrong. Zika disease does not make itself evident instantly and that is why the disease scares people. The idea of not having complete reassurance of being safe from the disease until made absolutely certain is incredibly scary. Other than by mosquito bite, the virus can be spread sexually and by the transmission of blood from one in-

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fected person to a healthy person. Women who are affected by this while pregnant are at a high risk for birth defects in their children such as an abnormally small head at birth.

Unfortunately, there are no existing vaccines that prevent the Zika virus, but there are enough precautions to take while traveling. For instance, wearing clothes that cover the majority of your skin, staying in air conditioned places and wearing appropriate insect repellent are all good precautions to take.

This may not seem as serious as previous worldwide disease breakouts, but something does need to be done to prevent more complications from occurring. The Zika virus will continue to be spread by spring

breakers from around the nation heading down south if the urgency of this disease is not picked up on.

I would suggest that to ensure more lives are not affected, greater precautions should be made. This means travel needs to be more strictly regulated and only the most necessary trips to severely affected areas should be made. According to fitfortravel.com, it is highly recommended that travelers should, “seek travel advice from a health care provider at least 6-8 weeks in advance of travel.” As this disease continues to be featured on worldwide news, more people are being made aware and are decreasing their chances of being affected and are not traveling to areas of outbreak.

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As for those of you who decided to travel to the southern states for spring break, especially those such as Texas with a reported 19 cases or Florida with 49 travel-associated cases reported, and have experienced some of the symptoms, it would be in your best interest to get tested. Although, fortunately, so far there have been no locally acquired cases.

Next time you plan on traveling to severely affected areas, think otherwise and save yourself from the harmful dangers associated with the Zika virus.

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

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“I cannot think of anything new. I just want to see them to continue to accurately represent the student body.”

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What changes would you like to see with the next Students’ Association?

“I feel that contact with the students could improve.

There should be a place where students are able to be heard.”

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“I think there should be different 20 minute parking rules, especially during the night-time hours.”

Adam Halverson

Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

“I think safety should be addressed, especially in the Southeast Lot and while crossing Jackrabbit Avenue. I also think having picnic areas across campus would be nice, as well as making campus more sustainable.”

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Leadership among current presidential candidates is bleak BRENNA RAMSDEN Columnist I’m going to be honest, I wake up each day and hope that someone new has announced his or her candidacy for president. I am actually terrified what might happen to our nation if any one of the current candidates become president of the United States.

I want to talk about Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. I realize that Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and John Kasich are still in the running, but the media does not follow them like they do Sanders, Clinton and Trump (and they don’t make such fools of themselves.)

I am a college student with a ton of loans and I don’t like

Sanders.

Sanders calls himself a “Democratic Socialist.” I’m not sure that my peers realize what socialism is.

Socialism basically means what’s mine is yours, but the government controls how much is shared. The easiest way I can break it down is this: you make $300 in two weeks. When you get the check you share it evenly with 300 people who didn’t work at all. You made one dollar in two weeks. Fun, right?

Sanders also runs on this platform that advocates for free education.

What will happen when everyone has a degree? A four-year degree won’t matter anymore.

Jobs will become more sparse

and students will perform at a much lower expectation. There is no such thing as a free lunch, people.

I am a woman and I don’t like Clinton.

Clinton has been in far too many poor situations for me to believe she can run our country whole-heartedly.

I’m not even going to get into Benghazi: I just can’t stand liars. In my personal opinion, I think she campaigns too closely to everything Obama has in place already. The United States is in need of change, and Clinton won’t bring it to us.

I also have a problem with Clinton because she is a woman. I fear that uneducated voters want to see a woman presi-

dent and they don’t take into account what she really stands for and what that would mean for our country.

I can identify with the Republican Party, and I really don’t like Trump.

Trump is a bully. He has no care for anyone’s values, freedom of speech or ideas.

The only thing I find attractive about Trump is that he has enough money to run on his own, meaning he isn’t a puppet of someone with money.

Trump continually reminds me of a certain German dictator, and that is terrifying.

Trump says nothing of merit, but rather uses blanket statements that get a rise out of his followers. He is the man that

says absurd things, makes people laugh and finds power in the number of followers he has. Read about Hitler circa 1929 and tell me what you think.

In the end, I don’t think that there is a strong leader in the group. When these grown adults continue to roll in the mud at every debate, stray their focus from important topics and fight like toddlers, I find it hard to see a leader in any one of them.

I’m not sure who will be the President of the United States, but I can only hope for a true leader.

suming that means manure.

Though the plane only used 30 percent biofuel, this is still a huge step in the right direction.

Growing up, I’ve always heard a lot about the harmful effects of emissions from vehicles and airplanes and other ways that the human species seems to be destroying the planet. It seems to be the crisis of our generation, but there is a lot of talk and not a lot of action. I actually find it pretty disturbing how apathetic our generation seems to be on global and environmental issues.

People only seem to be concerned with the here and now and pay little attention to the consequences of our actions.

This is the planet we live on and where our children (if you want

to have them) will grow up on.

Because of this, I am a firm believer that we need to start taking better care of the environment.

Though there has been slight progress in renewable energy, it seems to be slow and minimal progress. So, to me, this is a sign that we are finally getting somewhere, and companies are starting to care more about the environment. Even though 30 percent does not seem like a lot, considering how much fuel one airplane goes through, it is actually a pretty significant start on trying to cut down on emissions.

According to my father, Chris Yakabe, who is a United Airlines pilot, the Boeing 737 airplane burns about 5,500 pounds of fuel per hour on average and

holds between 4,800 and 6,875 gallons of fuel total. With one gallon of fuel being approximately 6.78 pounds, this means that approximately 811 gallons of fuel are burned in an hour by one of the smaller commercial airplanes.

Even though, according to Boeing’s website, the Boeing 737 now uses 20 percent less fuel per seat than it did in 1995, that is still a lot of fuel. If 30 percent of the fuel used is biofuel, approximately 243 gallons of fuel are being replaced by biofuel in an hour in a Boeing 737. That seems pretty significant to me.

United claim they will be purchasing up to 15 million gallons over a three year period of biofuel, which will equal out to 12,500 flights from Los Angeles

to San Francisco. Also, the AltAir biofuel they are using will reduce more than 60 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions when compared to traditional jet fuel.

Again, it is only one flight out of the thousands of flights each day, but that is still pretty incredible. The steps United has taken toward sustainability puts them far ahead all the other airlines in my book. Personally, I can’t wait until all United flights start using this alternative energy source, and maybe, other airlines will follow suit.

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

United Airlines paves way for sustainability through biofuel

SELENA YAKABE News Editor Airplanes burn thousands of gallons of fuel during flight, which is a huge contributor to the harmful emissions in Earth’s atmosphere. However, exciting sustainability progress was made in the airline industry March 11

by United Airlines. They used biofuel in a commercial flight.

This was the first time biofuel has ever been used during a commercial flight. The flight was on an Eco-Skies Boeing 737 airplane from Los Angeles International Airport to San Francisco International Airport.

According to United, the biofuel used was made from “non-edible natural oils and agricultural wastes.” So, I’m as-

Selena Yakabe is a News Editor for The Collegian and can be reached at syakabe@sdsucollegian.com.

March 16, 2016 >> GSAP Continued from A1 Students might be too scared of consequences if they call 911 for help and that’s where the dangerous situation is, Doug Wermedal said, interim vice president of student affairs.

“It’s all in that prepick-up-the-phone time period. Sometimes those can be where the judgment of that student, which could potentially be impaired, is where safety hangs on,” Wermedal said. “This law is trying to eliminate those types of things, and I think that’s worth reaching for.”

Students could risk getting a minor for drinking underage, and although law enforcement officers typically use their own discretion when in situations like this, students may not feel comfortable calling and sticking around to help out another person in need.

Rebecca Peick, a freshman hospitality major, said she would still call law enforcement if she was in a situation like this, but thinks such a law would be beneficial for students at SDSU. “I think it would definitely be a good thing because it would allow people to not worry about helping a friend if they were seriously in trouble,” Peick said. “I know alcohol poisoning is a big thing, and it would allow people the ability to help so more people don’t die.”

Thirty-two states and the District of Columbia have implemented similar laws granting limited immunity to intoxicated minors. Kansas was the most recent to pass a medical amnesty law in February 2016.

Researchers estimate 1,825 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die from alcohol-related injuries each year, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

Caleb Finck, president of the Students’ Association, lobbied in Pierre in support of HB 1078 because he believes such a law would help to prevent dangerous situations.

“It’s a safety issue is really what it is. We’re trying to save lives,” Finck said. “We’re not trying to get people out of trouble.

Just because they made one poor decision doesn’t mean they need to make another poor decision not to help somebody.”

Gordon Dekkenga, the Brookings Hospital ambulance director, said the primary concern of the hospital is for the patient. He said people should call if another person is in trouble, and a law helping others feel more comfortable to make that call would be beneficial.

Arguments made against the bill include taking away an officer’s authority and discretion in situations and that the bill may be abused by people.

Don Challis, assistant vice president of safety and security, rarely supports things that take away autonomy from law enforcement, but said he hopes such a law would lead to more people getting the help they need.

Because the law would only grant limited immunity, officers can still use their discretion, Wermedal said.

Finck said he couldn’t see a situation in which the law would be abused because of the consequences already associated with a medical emergency, such as hospital bills and the risk of harm to the people.

“Any time someone ends up in the emergency room … those are going to be life changing experiences and you are going to learn from those mistakes—that’s the bottom line,” Finck said. “I can’t imagine that they wouldn’t learn from those mistakes.”

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Each candidate has set three goals they wish to accomplish during their term as a Students’ Association senator.

President & Vice President tickets Ally Helms & Lane Speirs

Cade Opheim

Agricultural Science 1. Get on finance committee and help with the allocations of the General Activity Fee. 2. Work on getting more resolutions brought forward that are going to initiate change, not just say it might.

3. Keep SDSU growing and moving forward with all aspects of the University.

Dennisen Nelson Dairy Production & Animal Science

1. To improve on-campus wifi since it currently has a strong negative effect on students.

2. To expand food options on campus.

3. To make the parking area between Pierson and Schultz 30-minute parking, too, so students are no longer hit with heavy fines when they park temporarily.

Nursing

Iris Le

Nursing

Nathaniel Condelli & Robert McLean

1. Propose the smoking cessation resolution and get it passed.

2. Continue to represent students to the best of my ability.

3. Continue working on the ESSC and improve sustainability on campus.

Bevin Clapper Nursing

1. Sexual assault prevention.

2. Increase campus smoking legislation.

3. Expand the campus mental health clinic and counseling.

Mary Lack

Nursing & Political Science 1. To foster an interactive environment that allows students to feel prideful and generate ideas.

2. To bridge any communication gap on our campus and help solve any problems by simple discussion and relaying of information to the necessary parties.

3. To better understand the different needs of different organizations and individuals and to cultivate a closer knit community.

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Agriculture & Biological Sciences

Conner Bushman

Logan Zeisler

1. To provide more counselors on campus for students and make it easier for students to find out and arrange appointments if they may be dealing with problems in life.

2. Improve the looks of campus.

3. To start a program at SDSU called the Underage Alcohol Diversion which gives students the potential to remove a minor from their record.

Agronomy

Agricultural Leadership

1. Move our university into becoming more environmentally friendly and self-sufficient regarding renewable resources.

2. Promote the safety of our students, specifically between the southeast lot and campus where it is poorly lit.

3. Be placed on the planning and design committee where I can specifically allocate benches around campus where there seems to be a shortage.

1. See that the General Activity Fund dollars are being used wisely and appropriately to benefit students.

2. Continue to improve upon changes already made to implement healthier food options in campus dining.

3. Improve transparency between faculty and students so students are more aware of how decisions are being made for them on campus.

Biology & Pre-Dental

Graduate

Semehar Ghebrekidan

Shala Larson

Engineering

Benjamin Sesso Math

1. Increase lighting and security 1. Be the best representative for around campus.

2. Allowing university outreach the Graduate School.

2. Continue efforts on the Diver- for engineering students with sity and Inclusion committee to regard to construction, design, etc. on campus. keep improving the climate of 3. Continue to improve campus our campus. sustainability.

3. To increase the amount of counselors we have on our campus.

Student Affairs

Cole Hinz

1. I would like to standardize internship credits throughout majors and colleges.

2. I want to continue my work with the Student Security and Safety committee, already started by SA and implement more ideas brought forth from students to create a safer campus.

3. I would like to continue the process of making SDSU more welcoming and accessible by constructing gender neutral bathrooms across campus

1. Bring awareness to the College of Education and Human Sciences in order to ensure we are accounted for.

2. Changes are taking place on SDSU’s campus with the search for a new university president and provost. I want to guarantee that students are being represented during this transition process and keep them up to date on further changes.

3. I want to bring awareness to sexual assault on college campuses and change the culture around this topic.

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Agriculture Communications 1. Allow 20 minute parking by the dumpsters outside of Pierson Hall.

2. Allow Schultz Hall to return to an Ag and Bio LLC. 3. Provide tutoring and SI for courses in Ag and Biosystems, Engineering, Animal Science, Plant Science and other courses in the College of Ag & Bio.

Dalton Kampsen Agriculture Science

1. Close the gap between SA and all of the students at SDSU. 2. Become a member of the finance committee and develop a stronger understanding of where all of the funds are allocated and why.

3. Develop relationships with students and faculty from all colleges.

Pharmacy

Spencer Harwood

Michael Miller

Amanda Dickinson

1. Increase accessibility to shop and testing facilities for engineering clubs and organizations.

2. Improve study areas in the engineering square to offer students new resources from which to foster learning.

3. Reevaluate food and drink accessibility in engineering squares.

1. Provide improved access to student health and services on campus.

2. Collaborate with Aramark and other food providers to serve more nutritious food options.

3. Push for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions produced by the coal-fired central heating plant on campus.

1. Have benches and/or picnic tables placed around campus so students can study or eat outside during nice weather.

2. Prioritize student privacy, both physical and data-based, which issues arise.

3. Be a conservative representative of my constituents.

Mechanical Engineering

Education & Human Sciences

Brianna Doran

Kiera Leddy

Pre-Pharmacy

Pharmacy

Arts & Sciences

AnnaLee Christensen

Speech Communications 1. Advocate successfully for anyone in my college who wants a change.

2. Make it easier for students to throw away and recycle items in the bins in The Union.

3. More lighting on the paths coming from the southeast lot to the residential halls.

Viraj Patel

Speech Communications 1. Connect SDSU to the Brookings community.

2. International representation on the Senate.

3. Major versatility.

Scott Simons

Business Economics 1. Provide more volunteer opportunities and different ways to get involved on campus and in the Brookings community.

2. Increase the amount of lighting between the southeast parking lot and the east side of campus and residence halls.

3. To improve and advance my current leadership skills and become a well-rounded student here at SDSU.

March 16, 2016 >> POKEMON Continued from A1 The club is centered around Pokémon, but the members plan events ranging from playing board games to celebrating holidays. Sometimes members will play Taboo or Apples to Apples.

The club also celebrated Pi Day March 14.

Members don’t have to be Pokémon masters or even know what Pokémon is to join.

“We try to go the extra mile with bringing people in and not exclude them,” said Vaz, a freshman interior design major.

Despite the inclusiveness of the club, members have drawn negative attention on the social media app Yik Yak, most notably from a user named “redboot.”

The Collegian • News The user called them childish, told them to grow up and told them to drop out of the university.

“I think it comes from a social stigma,” Vaz said. “People feel like they need to shame people who enjoy things that they ‘shouldn’t’ be.”

Whether or not the club faces more ridicule in the future, all three members are passionate about Pokémon and the club.

“The reason I’ve stuck with this club so long, through all the hoops and paperwork, is because you automatically get to know everyone and bond over something most of us have played since we were children,” Baier said.

The club meets every Monday at 7 p.m. in the Honors Hall basement.

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Members of the Pokemon Club are shown here during their weekly gathering. All of the members of the group bond over their mutual love and appreciation of Pokemon.

No vacancy: teaching program left without a room MAKENZIE HUBER News Editor Student teachers at South Dakota State are required to sit through a two-week boot camp program at the beginning of each semester.

This boot camp is meant to prepare students before they start student-teaching in a classroom. But these students don’t even get a classroom for themselves.

Students and faculty shifted between different rooms and facilities around Brookings during the program earlier this semester because a university-controlled room was not made available. This situation left students wondering if SDSU valued its students and the program.

Noelle Vainikka, a student teacher in Arlington, didn’t understand why students were required to take a course when there was no physical space set aside for them, which in itself is somewhat inefficient, she said.

“It just seems like it [the teaching, learning and planning program] is not an important enough program at the university. I just get that feeling,” Vainikka said.

Jennifer Weber, an instructor in the boot camp program since 2004, said there’s never been consistency in reserving a room for the program.

The course has moved to different sites across campus from

the Jerome J. Lohr (SDSU Foundation) building, Hansen Hall, Wecota and Wenona halls, the Student Union and the Brookings Public Library. The program had to pay for space reserved in The Union this year.

With between 35 and 40 students in the two-week program, there isn’t a space controlled by SDSU that would fit their needs and the university’s policy, according to Kay Trooien, senior secretary in the Registrar’s office.

Trooien tries to maximize the use of each room controlled by the university every semester. Having classes run in those rooms for an hour each day for an entire semester is more efficient than reserving the same room for two weeks to accommodate a class that runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Trooien’s job is to schedule more than 2,000 courses in the 95 rooms controlled by the university. This task takes about four months to work out details and arrange the room schedules for a semester.

Provost Laurie Nichols said although the current situation the boot camp program has to work with in reserving rooms is not ideal, it is the “most workable solution right now.”

“I’m sorry they [the students] don’t feel valued, but if they thought about the use of space, they would understand that we can’t keep a class-

room open for them all semester so that they can meet for two weeks,” Nichols said.

“That would be really bad use of space.”

Although Weber understands the university “has its hands tied” with trying to maximize its space and efficiency, she is frustrated with not having consistency in scheduling the program. Because students and faculty in the program “value this experience so much, we’d like to see the university as a whole value [this experience] as well,” she said.

Seeing this value come to action would be in providing a room for the program or waiving fees in reserving rooms in The Union, Weber said.

“One big thing I’d like to suggest is that we treat this like a professional program,” Weber said. “People leave here with certification they’re prepared to be a professional. I’d like to see society valuing the professionals and see everybody value their work—from legislators … to the university and people in that setting as well.”

Allison Ross, a student teacher at Flandreau High School, thought not having a specific room reserved for the entirety of the program was ridiculous.

Ross commuted from Flandreau to attend the class. Since this was the only time she would be on campus this semester, she

didn’t have a commuter parking pass and had to either park in The Union pay lot and pay $8 to $10 a day or park off campus.

Ross didn’t think either option was fair for her situation She also wondered where her six credits-worth of payment was going if it wasn’t going toward reserving a room.

Eighty percent of the fees paid by the students in the program go toward faculty salaries and a stipend to cooperating teachers at the schools the students teach at, Nichols said. Students don’t pay more or less for the cost of reserving rooms.

Teaching, Learning and Leadership Department Head Andrew Stremmel said students “need to understand their fees pay for instruction—facilities that go beyond the classroom.”

“Ideally, we have a location that meets everyone’s needs, but that’s out of our control,” Stremmel said. “We try to provide an experience that will be good for everyone.”

One way Stremmel hopes to remedy the program is through yearlong residencies.

Student teachers in the secondary education program will be out in the field earlier and won’t have to be in the classroom everyday, which allows them to take methods courses during this time.

In this situation the school becomes the classroom, Stremmel said. Such a plan would al-

low for immediate application of what student teachers learn during their residencies.

The yearlong residency for a student in the secondary education program is set to take effect in 2018. The department is conducting pilot programs with small groups of English Education students currently, which will help the department work through any kinks.

In the meantime, boot camp is what most students have to work with. Vainikka suggested restructuring the program with online classes or with hybrid classes.

“Something has to be adjusted,” Vainikka said.

Jill Thorngren, dean of the College of Education and Human Sciences, said the college is committed to finding classrooms that are comfortable and conducive to learning. She said she is open to talking to students about the program.

“Our students are our greatest asset and why we exist. Our teacher education students are fulfilling such an important need in our state, so by no means do we want them to feel devalued,” she said. “We appreciate them being flexible because we know it’s hard to not have the dedicated space and it’s hard for the faculty, too, as they move around.”

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Book Review: Yes Please HAILEY KLINE Lifestyles Editor Yes, famous people can in fact write intellectual novels that are both stimulating and interesting. Most importantly, they can openly support several different social justice issues, just as Amy Poehler has in her autobiographical novel “Yes Please.”

The book is geared toward a female audience, perhaps trying to find where they belong in the world.

Poehler speaks about her struggles being a mother, looking past the stigma of females not being able to be comedians in the Hollywood scene and being brave enough to conquer the obstacles that no one believes are possible to overcome.

There are several stories of rejection in the novel in which she was denied roles she auditioned for and other job opportunities strictly because of her gender. Despite the accusations and assumptions, Poehler proved them wrong and continued on her path to a successful career in entertainment.

What I found intriguing is how she knew that making people laugh was what she wanted to do for the rest of her life at such a young age. In middle school, she realized that her life goal was to make people laugh at and with her, whatever made the audience interested. As one could imagine, her novel is nothing short of hilarious and enticing. It’s amazing to believe people like her could be anything but confident, but this book proves the depth and authenticity of Poehler herself. She is not always the glitz and glam we see on television.

I would recommend this novel for anyone who is looking for a fresh start. Poehler gives incredible tips that can apply to anyone at any time in their lives.

She reminds us to embrace our flaws rather than covering them up and to never let the opinions of others interfere with our perception of ourselves.

Behind the Brand: Rebekah Scott Designs SHANELL PETERSON Reporter Rebekah Scott calls herself a “mom-preneur.” This is because she manages a successful line of purses and accessories while taking care of her family.

“I thought if I can do something at home and make money, then I can raise our children at home and not take them to a daycare,” Scott said.

She has been running Rebekah Scott Designs for 12 years. She started in 2004 when she decided to make Christmas presents for her family and friends.

“I didn’t have any money for gifts, but I had fabric for my sewing machine,” Scott said. “Then I started getting orders on my answering machine.”

Family has always been a priority for Scott. Family members like Peggy Eggers and Sarah Jensen, both of whom live in Volga, are part of her business. Eggers, Scott’s mom, is a seamstress and Jensen, Scott’s twin sister, travels with Scott to art shows.

Scott has a love of sewing and exhibited a goal-oriented nature since a young age.

Jensen and Eggers recalled Scott making clothes for her Barbies and an icy-mint colored suit for 4-H. “At 8 years old, she was selling stocking caps off the playground until they told her she couldn’t sell them,” Jensen said. “She’s always had an entrepreneurial spirit.”

As Scott’s popularity grew, her nights became longer and longer. She sometimes found herself pulling all-nighters to manage the demand for her products.

“I employ around 20 women now to help me keep up,” Scott said.

These women do tasks from accounting to social media management. By employing women with strengths in these areas, Scott said she is able to focus on her strengths.

“You need to hire someone who is smarter than you to help you realize your vision,” Scott said.

Scott sells her products in 22 places around South Dakota.

“The products are well made, and people just love them because you can design them,” said Erin Hegg, a sales representative for the Brookings area.

Customers pick the model of bag they want, which are all named after people who have positively affected Scott in some way.

Then, they pick a fabric, the leather used on the bag and the inside lining colors.

“My favorite part is the insides because of all the pockets,” Hegg said. “The other thing about them is they’re washable. You can’t beat that.”

Scott is not simply a businesswoman

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Rebekah Scott took on the challenge of not only being a mom, but also running a successful business. Scott looks to start selling an even wider variety of products in the future.

and mom. In addition to her purses and accessories, Scott manages a podcast on her website called The Encourager and offers one-on-one coaching.

“I’ll help you feel successful at both work and mommy-hood,” Scott wrote on her website. “Together we will create a vision for where you want to be in business and in life.

Then we will develop specific action plans and goals to get you there and develop your

business skills along the way.”

This is a new venture, but Scott thinks it is a piece of the future for Rebekah Scott Designs. She wants to open a line of home products like pillows and window treatments. But no matter where her business takes her, she wants to make sure she maintains the consistent quality Rebekah Scott Design customers have come to expect.

“Rebekah stands behind her product,” Hegg said. “She believes in what she makes.”

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

South Dakota Art Museum displays creative mind of Jason Lanka IAN LACK Lifestyles Reporter

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Far off in the distance of a barren field, a man struggles walking under the enormous load of an intricately-constructed, wing-like sculpture spanning over twenty feet across.

This image is created for viewers by photographs, sounds and sculptures in an exhibit on display in the South Dakota Art Museum.

Jason Lanka, the artist, is a professor running the sculpture program at Sheridan College in Wyoming.

The exhibit was introduced March 1 and includes steel sculptures of deer, photos of an active sculpture in the Midwestern landscape, videography and sculptures created by the artist. Lanka said these mediums have allowed him the opportunity to be able to explore subjects and themes in various ways.

“Each piece I create is almost the product of a question,” Lanka said. “My work is based on really finding these points of intersection where I find my place within the environment, the environment in the broad sense, the place where I live. So, the work is an exploration of how I work through the question of awareness.”

Lanka said the environment is just one theme among others he explored in the work that is now on display.

Among the pieces on display, four have never been seen before. Lanka says his work takes anywhere from three months to one year to create.

Two of the pieces on display were designed to be worn and include visual and sound elements to enhance viewing ex-

perience. Lanka says he takes inspiration for his work from artists Matthew Barney, Robert Smithson, Richard Serra and the written work of Barry Lopez.

“I think they’re all artists that also focus on the conceptual question, so the output, their art, is simply a reflection of how they’re trying to communicate that question to the viewer,” Lanka said. “They’re focusing on the dialogue, not just an object.”

Lanka said he did research on the South Dakota Art Museum and admired the space where his art would be displayed. One of his creations on display takes up the majority of the space given to him. Lanka said he also enjoyed previous exhibitions shown there.

His work has been on display at multiple universities across the country including those in Minnesota, Virginia, Georgia, Hawaii and within the President’s Collection at the College of William and Mary.

Lanka said he remains interested in selling his work but is focused on pursuing a dialogue with viewers about the issues he presents through them.

“I hope that the viewer will look at the work there and it allows them to apply it their own lives, the questions that I’m asking in the work,” Lanka said. “I hope viewers ask questions of themselves, and if I can ask them those questions through it and impact them in that way, then I think that’s a success.”

Full details on Lanka’s work can be found on his website, jasonlanka.com. His work is set to be on display at the museum until July 10.

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Shown above are a few pieces created by Jason Lanka. Top Left: This sculpture is titled “Untitled 4,” and is in a series of other deer heads. Top right: This piece is titled “My Digital Landscape.” Bottom: The final piece is titled “Manifest Series.”

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What you’ll need: • Old T-shirt • Scissors

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Jack’s Weekly Horoscopes Leo

You might feel yourself holding back from your jackrabbit lover.

Ask yourself why you’re suddenly feeling so vulnerable. It’s likely that your mate will trigger one of your more sensitive spots that connect to where you’ve been hurt in the past. Be cautious, but “hop” full with your emotions.

Pisces

Once you start explaining your perspective to a fellow jackrabbit, you might not know when to step off your soapbox. Try and remember that your current thinking is anything but objective. Don’t be afraid to keep your involvement in a project to a minimum or, if possible, just say no.

Aries

Your enthusiasm might jump to extreme levels today, encouraging you to aim for the stars. However, practicing a little sensitivity serves you well now, preventing you from unconsciously making a mountain out of a bunny hill. When your excitement rises, take a few deep breaths and tone down your attitude.

Taurus

You might fight with a jackrabbit friend this week about secrets they have not mentioned. You’ll feel especially aggravated if they threaten to withhold the secrets for any reason. If you appeal to their sentimental side and explain how much trust means to you and the relationship, he or she is likely to soften up.

Gemini

It can be demoralizing if you think your dreams are slipping through your paws this week. Unfortunately, your discomfort deepens if you are confronted with the realization that something is amiss with your current strategy. Adaptability is an essential key to your happiness.

Cancer

Other jackrabbits often confide in you because they can count on your willingness to listen, but your responsiveness may be overshadowed now by your eagerness to talk about your feelings for a change. Sometimes, it’s better to raise your ears instead of your voice. Discretion is your friend.

FINISH

1. Lay the T-shirt on a flat surface.

2. Cut out the collar of the T-shirt. The top distance between the scissors and the collar should be one-inch, while the bottom should be five inches from the collar.

3. Cut the sleeves off the T-shirt completely. The seam stitching the sleeves to the base of the shirt should be cut off. The T-shirt should look like a tank top. Turn the T-shirt inside out.

4. Cut one-inch strips along the bottom of the shirt. They should be about three inches deep. Make sure to cut through both sides of the T-shirt. Each strip should have a pair directly behind it.

5. Tie the paired strips together in a knot twice.

6. After this, tie the neighboring knots together once.

7. Turn the T-shirt right side out. Enjoy!

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Virgo

You might consider adventuring beyond the beaten path to expand your horizons. Unfortunately, you could fall short of your own jackrabbit standards now, no matter how hard you work on the behalf of others. Find something to do that will create a positive impact without turning your entire rabbit hole upside down.

Libra

You sincerely want to explain your position to your rabbit friends now, but everything you say seems to be taken out of context. Your motives for sharing might not be apparent to others, prompting them to pull back in uncertainty. If jackrabbits withdraw today, graciously let them go. Tell your “tail” another day.

Scorpio

Expecting so much from the other rabbits could be hazardous.

Unrealistic demands won’t make anyone feel better today. No one else can decide what’s right for you. Follow your intuition and proceed with confidence, or ask The Great Jack for guidance.

Sagittarius

You and your jackrabbit lover might have a major blow up early in the week connected to a former problem. Fortunately, by the end of the week you’ll have it all figured out. In fact, you’ll realize that you were actually fighting over something that really didn’t matter. Compromise makes for happy jackrabbits!

Capricorn

You may be surprised by how quickly jackrabbits are giving up today, especially when they see an easier path to follow. But even as alternative routes appear, keep your eyes and ears focused singularly on your destination and don’t deviate from your chosen course. Wake up with determination; go to bed with success.

Aquarius

If you recently decided to become romantically involved with another jackrabbit, you might experience a bit of frustration. Do what you can to diffuse a major argument before either one of you do or say something regrettable. Your partner will soon continue to boost your overall confidence and self-worth.

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SUMMIT SWEEP Men take on Maryland Women to face Miami ANDREW HOLTAN Sports Reporter

NATHAN GIESE Assitant Sports Editor

In Aesop’s famous fable The Tortoise and the Hare, the hare was overly confident when the tortoise challenges him to a race. So confident that he takes a nap halfway through. The tortoise ends up winning the race and embarrasses the hare.

SDSU fans will see a different version of this fable when the SDSU Jackrabbit men’s basketball team takes on the Maryland Terrapins on Friday afternoon in Spokane, Washington. This version will be flip-flopped, though, at least from an outsider’s perspective.

Maryland (25-8) comes into the game as a five seed from the mighty Big Ten while SDSU (26-7) is a 12 seed and the only team out of the Summit League. The Terps came into the season as the third-ranked team in the country. They started out the season 15-1 but have gone just 10-7 since and have lost five of their last eight. They finished the season third in the Big Ten and reached the Big Ten Tournament semifinal but fell to eventual champion Michigan State.

Maryland is led by a couple of five-star recruits in sophomore point guard Melo Trimble and freshman center Diamond Stone. Trimble comes into the game averaging a team high 14.4 points and 5.1 assists. Stone comes into the game averaging 12.9 points a game on 56 percent shooting and 5.5 rebounds a game.

The Jacks went 14-3 in the non-conference and 12-4 in the Summit League which earned them a share of the regular season conference title. They then won back-toback games by three and one in the first two games of the Summit League Tournament. They then defeated NDSU 67-59 in the Summit League Championship game to earn the auto-bid to the NCAA Tournament for the third time ever.

SDSU is led by redshirt freshman Mike Daum, who no one thought would be this good this early in his career. Daum averages a team high 15.2 points a game while shooting 56 percent and averages a team high 6.1 rebounds a game. He is one of the most efficient players in the country as he is fourth in efficiency rating. They are also led by a senior backcourt in George Marshall and Deondre Parks. Marshall comes into the game averaging 14.9 points a game while Parks is averaging 14.7 points a game. Marshall is coming off a poor shooting performance in the Summit League Tournament where he went just 4-26 from the field and scored just 17 points in the three games.

The Jacks will definitely need him to get out of that slump if they want a chance to win.

The Jacks are outsized as Maryland has two players that are 6’11 and over 250 pounds in Diamond Stone and back up junior center Damonte Dodd. SDSU will need to find their touch from beyond the arc because the Jacks only have one guy that’s 6’10 in Connor Devine and he only weighs 235 pounds.

For the seventh time in the past eight years, the South Dakota State women’s basketball team is being fitted for dancing shoes.

SDSU earned another Summit League Tournament championship last week by taking down IPFW, the University of Nebraska-Omaha and the University of South Dakota in a span of four days; improving its record for 21-1 in tournament play.

The Jackrabbits (26-6) advance to the NCAA Tournament, their second consecutive appearance in the Big Dance and the program’s seventh overall appearance.

Awaiting the 120-seed Jacks is the University of Miami, representing the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hurricanes enter NCAA Tournament as a five seed with a 24-8 record, finishing fifth in the ACC regular season standings.

One thing these two teams have in common is Notre Dame. Both teams played the Fighting Irish with the Hurricanes falling by 21 at Notre Dame and by 11 in the ACC Tournament semifinals. Meanwhile, SDSU took on the Fighting Irish at home in November, ultimately falling 7564 at Frost Arena.

This will mark the first meeting between the two programs. The Hurricanes hold a 5-10 all-time record in NCAA Tournament plays while the Jacks are 1-6 in this setting.

SDSU relies on underclassmen to lead them, highlighted by sophomore Macy Miller and and freshman Madison Guebert.

Miller, who earned Summit League Tournament Most Valuable Player honors, leads the Jacks in scoring (15.3 points per game) and assists (88 total assists). After ending the season hitting just three of her last 22 three-point attempts, Miller connected on seven of her 11 attempts from three in the conference tournament.

Guebert, who joined Miller on the all-tournament team, totaled 43 points in the three tournament games, connecting on 12 of her 19 attempts from the three-point line. The Summit League’s Freshman of the Year ranks third on the team in scoring (10.4 points per game) and leads the team in three-point shooting, hitting 39.8 percent for the season.

Miami is led by junior guard Adrienne Motley, who averages 15.6 points per game while shooting 37 percent from three. Junior guard Jessica Thomas ranks second in scoring for the Hurricanes, averaging 11.9 points per game, while also dishing out nearly four assists per game.

Travel time could come into play for this game. With the contest being held in Palo Alto, California, the Jackrabbits have a total distance of 1,810 miles to get to the game while the Hurricanes have a total distance of 3,086 miles to get to Stanford. Though both teams will fly to the game, jet lag could play a factor in Friday’s game.

Both teams have played several nationally ranked opponents this season.

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George Marshall attacks the basket in the championship game against North Dakota State. The Jacks won 67-59.

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Chole Cornemann looks for a pass against USD’s Nicole Seekamp during the championship game. The Jacks won 61-55.

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Sports

in brief

Women’s Tennis

Men’s Golf

Men’s Tennis

The South Dakota State women’s tennis team went 5-1 over Spring Break, notching wins over Hampton University, Florida A&M, University of St. Francis (Illinois) and Norfolk State in Orlando, Florida.

The Jacks were led by Senior Ffion Davies who went undefeated this past week and earned the Summit League Women’s Tennis Player of the Week. Davies went 5-0 in singles and doubles en route to her third career player of the week honor. The Pontarddulais, Wales native won four of five matches in straight sets and scored the match-winning point twice.

NEXT UP: @ Oral Roberts, Friday March 18, Tulsa, Oklahoma

The South Dakota State Men’s golf team took first place in the Jackrabbit Invitational in Primm, Nevada. It was their first win in eight years and eighth overall.

The Jackrabbits shot a three-over par 867 (286-287294) on the par-72, 7,131-yard desert course.

Creighton’s Kade Brown won the individual title. Freshman Felipe Strobach earned men’s golfer of the week after finishing second at the Jackrabbit Invitational on March 8.

He shot a 215 (69-72-74) with 14 birdies for his best collegiate performance so far.

The previous weekend, Strobach (Lima, Peru) fired a 225 (69-78-78) to tie for No. 39 at the 54-hole Desert Mountain Intercollegiate against six ranked teams.

NEXT UP: @ Thunderbird Invitational, April 2-3 Tempe, Arizona

The South Dakota State men’s tennis team went 5-2 on their trip south that spanned over Spring Break. After wins at North Carolina A&T and North Carolina Central, they went to Orlando, Florida.

In five matches there, they topped Hampton University, University of St. Francis (Illinois) and Tennessee State but fell to Youngstown State and Norfolk State. The Youngstown loss snapped an eight-match winning streak, but the Jacks still sit at 9-6 on the season as they prep for conference play.

NEXT UP: @ Oral Roberts, Friday March 18, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Women’s Golf The South Dakota State women’s golf team is in the midst of a three-tournament winning streak, which most recently culminated in a win at the Thunderbird Invitational at Southern Utah. The women also won the Jackrabbit Invitational.

The Jackrabbits shot a tworound 578 (287-291) and won by 18 strokes on the par-72, 6,092-yard layout at the Pointe and Black Rock nines.

This was the women’s second tournament win of the season and second win in a row. SDSU has now won seven regular-season Division I titles.

Junior Megan Mingo earned golfer of the week honor after picking up the October Golfer of the Month award.

The junior won the seventh annual Jackrabbit Invitational Tuesday with a 54-hole 214 (71-72-71) with six birdies. She is the first Jackrabbit to win an individual title in Division I. NEXT UP: @ Kansas City Shootout, UMKC, April 4-5

Softball

The South Dakota State softball team went 6-4 at the Rebel Spring Games in Kissimmee, Florida over Spring Break.

Highlights included senior Devan Larsen blasting her 26th career home run, setting the school record in a loss to Creighton and Head Coach Krista Wood reaching 300 career wins while the Jacks set a Division I era school record with 18 hits in a win over Holy Cross. Larsen broke the previous record of 25, which had stood since 2007.

Two freshmen, Ali Herdliska and Abbey Murphy, delivered walk-off wins for SDSU. Herdliska had a game winning home run against Florida A&M and Murphy had a game winning base hit against Creighton.

NEXT UP: @ Drake, Tuesday March 22, Des Moines, Iowa

Baseball

The South Dakota State baseball team finally found the win column in their weekend series at Northern Colorado at the end of Spring Break. The Jacks took two of their three games in Greeley, Colorado. Prior to those wins, SDSU had opened the season with a 13-game losing streak.

Catcher Luke Ringhofer was honored on March 14 as co-Summit League Player of the Week in helping lead the Jackrabbits to a pair of victories last week. A sophomore from Cottage Grove, Minnesota, Ringhofer hit safely in four of the five games in which he had an official at-bat, including a pair of multi-hit games against Northern Colorado as the Jackrabbits claimed the three-game series.

For the week, he batted .412 (7-for-17) with a home run, four runs batted in and six runs scored. He also walked six times and remains one of the toughest players in the nation to strike out as he fanned only two times in 65 plate appearances.

NEXT UP: @ Oral Roberts, March 18, 19, 20

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Freshman Madison Guebert hit several big shots in the championship against USD. Guebert was the Summit League Freshman of the Year.

>> Women’s basketball Continued from B1 Miami went 1-6 in those games with the lone win coming against No. 14 Florida State in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals.

SDSU went 1-2 against nationally ranked opponents with the win coming against No. 16 DePaul University at home in December.

Neither team has home court advantage with the game being played out in California, making it a neutral court game for both teams. Miami is 8-3 in neutral court games this season while the Jackrabbits are 5-1, the one loss

>> Men’s Basketball Continued from B1 One thing the Jacks will have an advantage in is distance traveled. Brookings is 1,243.3 miles from Spokane, while College Park, where Maryland is located is 2,488.3 miles. It will probably be neutral as far as fan sup-

coming against Maryland, who is ranked fifth in the nation and a two seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Getting hot at the right time can carry a team in this setting.

The Jackrabbits appear to have hit their stride at the right time with three decisive wins in the Summit League Tournament while the Hurricanes have lost three of their last five and four of their last seven games.

The game will be played Saturday, March 19 in Palo Alto, home of the Stanford Cardinal, and will air on ESPN2 at 5:40 p.m. port for both teams so that helps SDSU. The game is scheduled to tip at 3:30 p.m. on Friday March 18, at the Spokane Memorial Arena and will be televised TBS. Jackrabbit Nation is hoping that this time the hare beats the tortoise to give SDSU it’s first ever tournament victory.

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Spokane Games Numbers to Watch • Maryland point guard Melo Trimble ranks fifth in the Big Ten in assists, averaging 5.1 per game. Meanwhile, freshman center Diamond Stone ranks fourth in the Big Ten in blocks, swatting 1.6 shots per game.

• Oregon, the top seed in the West Region, plays in the night cap of the Spokane games on Friday. The Ducks rank No. 46 in the nation in scoring, averaging 78.8 points per game.

• Four-seed California takes on 13 seed Hawaii prior to the Jacks’ game against the Terrapins. The Golden Bears have two freshmen, Ivan Rabb (12.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game) and Jaylen Brown, (15.0 points and 5.5 rebounds) who are expected to be taken in the top 10 of the 2016 NBA Draft.

• Cincinnati ranks 24th in the country in steals, averaging 7.9 per game. The eight seed Bearcats take on nine seed Saint Joseph’s with the winner likely to play Oregon in the second round.

• Hawaii ranks in the top 50 nationally in scoring defense, allowing just 66.5 points per game while forcing 14.75 turnovers per game.

• Maryland turns the ball over 19 percent of their offensive possessions, one of the worst rates in the country. A 12 seed has beaten a five seed 44 times in NCAA Tournament, the highest upset rate in the tournament by a lower seed.

Palto Alto Games Numbers to Watch • Miami’s Adrienne Motley averages 15.7 points per game, which ranks fifth among all ACC players.

• Stanford’s Lilli Thompson (14.4 points per game) and Erica McCall (14.3 points per game) rank 10th and 11th in the Pac-12 conference in scoring, respectively.

• Stanford’s opponent San Francisco has made 487 free throws this season, the ninth-most made foul shots in the country.

• The Hurricanes are 32nd in the nation in steals, totaling 307 takeaways on the season. Miami also forces 18.81 turnovers per game, which ranks 42nd in the nation.

• SDSU’s average margin of victory is 10.6 points per game, which ranks 40th in the nation.

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Athletes of the Week AUSTIN HAMM Sports Editor The Collegian Athlete of the Week was meant to single out an athlete who excelled on the playing field. Sometimes at South Dakota State, though, it’s hard to pick just one, so this time we have seven.

FirstisMikeDaum,theredshirtfreshmanforward on the men’s basketball team who earned Summit League Tournament MVP after leading the Jacks to the tournament title and an NCAA berth. Daum was also named to the All-Tournament team, as well as being named to the Summit League regular season first team All-Conference, Sixth Man of the Year and Freshman of the Year.

Sophomore guard Macy Miller also garnered Tournament MVP for the women’s basketball team as she led them to an upset of top-seeded South Dakota and their second straight NCAA tournament bid. Miller leads the Jacks in scoring this year and will look to continue her strong season against Miami in the NCAA tournament.

In golf, the Jacks swept the men’s and women’s Conference Player of the Week awards last week with Felipe Strobach and Megan Mingo after both helped lead the Jacks to wins at the Jackrabbit Invitational.

Mingo won the seventh annual Jackrabbit Invitational Tuesday with a 54-hole 214 that included six birdies. She is the first Jackrabbit to win an individual title at the Division I level.

Strobach finished second at the Jackrabbit Invitational. He shot a 215 with 14 birdies for his best collegiate performance so far.

In women’s tennis, Ffion Davies used a 5-0 record on the week, including a couple of match-winning victories, to earn Summit League Player of the week for the third time in her career.

She won four of five matches in straight sets and scored the match-winning point twice.

Sophomore catcher Luke Ringhofer had a pair of multi-hit games in the Jackrabbit baseball team’s first wins of the season at Northern Colorado. For the week, he batted .412 (7-for-17) with a home run, four runs batted in and six runs scored.

He also walked six times and remains one of the toughest players in the nation to strike out as he fanned only two times in 65 plate appearances.

Finally, senior Devan Larsen set the SDSU school record for career home runs with her 26th in a loss against Creighton. Larsen, who also owns the SDSU single-season record with 16 home runs last year, broke Steph Kuhl’s record of 25, which was set from 2004-07.

Wrestling sends 5 to NCAA Championship JALEN WILSON Sports Reporter With most Jackrabbit students heading back to their hometowns for the long awaited spring break, there was no time off for the Jacks wrestling team as they competed in their first ever Big 12 Conference Championship.

The Jacks finished the weekend with the most national qualifiers in the history of SDSU as they will be sending five Jackrabbits to the National Championships held in Madison Square Garden starting this Thursday on ESPN. The Jacks finished fourth place at the Big 12 Conference Championships in Kansas City, Missouri with some nice performances individually from Seth Gross, Cody Pack and Nate Rotert.

Gross, a redshirt freshman out of Apple Valley, Minnesota, placed second in the 141 weight class in surprising fashion. Gross won his first two matches, helping him advance to the championship round where he was eventually defeated by Dean

Heil of Oklahoma State who was the top ranked wrestler in the class. Gross was elected a national invite because of his Big 12 conference performance.

“He beat a kid he shouldn’t beat, and he was the kid who exceeded his seed, so I would say that his performance was the highlight of the day,” head coach Chris Bono said on GoJacks. com.

Senior Cody Pack couldn’t quite live up to the number one seed that he received in the conference tournament coming into the weekend as he finished second losing to the No. 2 wrestler in the 157 weight class, Joe Smith, also from Oklahoma State. The Quincy, California, native received his fourth invitation to the national tournament this upcoming week.

Coach Bono made strong remarks on Pack’s final match at nationals on GoJacks.com.

“I think he understands how this is his last crack at it. He’s a little banged up, but you still got to put it aside and let it fly at the national tournament, because this it, there are no more chances,” Bono said.

Redshirt sophomore Nate Rotert was the third Jackrabbit to take home a second place finish in the conference championships. Rotert, a Spearfish, South Dakota native, will be making his second national appearance in as many years in the 197 weight class.

“Nate Rotert was really close to being a Big 12 Champion. He wrestled in the tough bracket, which was the toughest there,” Bono said on GoJacks.com.

The Jacks also got national qualifier invitations for Alex and David Kocer. Alex, a junior, finished in fifth place in the 141 weight class improving his record to 24-10 on the season. David, a sophomore, was awarded fourth place in the 174 weight class. This is both Alex’s second national invite and David’s first.

Heading into nationals, Cody Pack and Nate Rotert will be the only Jackrabbits ranked in the tournament. Pack will enter the match as the seventh best wrestler in the 157 weight class and Rotert ranked No. 15 in the 197 weight class.

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Jackrabbit Wrestling NCAA Championship Breakdown No. 7 Cody Pack - 157 pounds

• First Opponent: Neal Richards,

Virginia Military Institute

• Season Record: 27-3

• NCAA Championship Appearance: Fourth

No. 15 Nate Rotert - 197 pounds

• First Opponent: Scottie Boykin, Chattanooga

• Season Record: 26-9

• NCAA Championship Appearance: Second

Unseeded Seth Gross - 141 pounds

• First Opponent: No. 13 Steve

Bleise, Northern Illinois

• Season Record: 23-12

• NCAA Championship Appearance: First

Unseeded Alex Kocer - 141 pounds

• First Opponent: Jason Tsirtsis, Northwestern

• Season Record: 24-10

• NCAA Championship Appearance: Second

Unseeded David Kocer - 174 pounds

• First Opponent: Cody Walters, Ohio

• Season Record: 26-4

• NCAA Championship Appearance: First

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