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CAMPUS PROTESTS A religious picketer drew in large crowds last Thursday, prompting public outcry, student mockery and involvement.UPD STORY, PAGES 2-3
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“I’vestudents.beenpreaching all of my life,” Lee said. “But in terms of traveling, I just started in July.”
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Ahtef later grabbed Lee’s sign and ran toward the Student Union with it. Lee repeatedly yelled “call the police” to the crowd, but Ahtef was tackled seconds later by an SDSU freshman who asked to remain anonymous. The student who halted Ahtef returned the sign to Lee and UPD arrived shortly after to respond to the situation.
UPD used the overnight break in the preaching to plan for Friday.
Lee has received a mixed-reaction on campuses. Earlier in the week, Lee had spent two days at
Lee started in Indiana, then went to Illinois, Iowa, South Dakota, and most recently, North Dakota. His next stop is Montana.
Lee calls himself a traveling preacher from Juno, Alaska, and identifies as an Evangelist Messianic Jew, which is a modern movement of Protestant Christianity. Equipped with a bull horn, Lee read from the Bible and engaged in heated debate with students. It wasn’t long before a crowd gathered, but not everybody was amused.“Ithink he’s just here to get attention and yell at people,” one SDSU student in the crowd said.
The University Police Department was busy Thursday and Friday last week when students gathered to protest a traveling preacher with a fire and brimstone message.
“We knew he was going to be there Friday and we had two officers there,” Heaton said. “If we know something like this is going to happen, we can prepare for what’s going on. If we don’t know, we can’t prepare, and sometimes it can be too late.”
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“If he wants to preach, that’s fine. He can say follow Christianity, follow Jesus, but he can’t speak about other religions and homosexuals,” Ahtef said.
“I used to do a lot of these sins, but I repented,” Lee told the crowd.
“He has a right to free speech,” Lipinski told members of the crowd who gathered around him. “But at what time does something need to be shut down because it’s a danger?”
Lee also drew the ire of the crowd when he told some students to “go back to” their assumed home countries.
was holding after Lee called Allah, the Muslim diety, “the devil.”
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“I think everyone has freedom of speech,” the student who returned the sign said. “As long as he had registered to be here and has permission to be out here, he should.”
UPD Officer Lipinski responded to the scene.
Lee was encouraged to leave campus for his and the crowd’s safety and to return Friday with a permit.
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The demonstration remained mostly calm until Sarker Ahtef, an international student from Bangladesh, splashed his drink on the sign Lee
The preacher, Daniel John Lee, arrived on campus Thursday morning carrying a picket sign listing sins that he said sends many people, even followers of Christ, to Hell. The list included: Sodomites, homosexuals, lesbians, porno freaks, drunkards, pot heads, fornicators, liars, thieves, hypocrites, idolaters, masturbators, Muslims, gossips, athiests and baby murderers.
Ahtef has a different view.
Throughout Lee’s time at SDSU, he stood in front of a crowd of mostly-silent supporters and more outspoken protestors. Students improvised humorous signs to mock Lee, but he mostly ignored the hecklers.
“I’m not against Christianity at all,” Ahtef said. “He’s against homosexuals, he’s against lesbians and he’s against idolaters. He even said my religion’s god, Allah, is evil. I’m not fighting just for my religion only, I’m fighting for Hindus whom he targeted as idolaters. Hindus, Buddhists and some other religions who believe in idols, those people come under the category of idolaters.”
No charges were filed by either party, according to UPD’s Chief of Safety and Security, Timothy Heaton.
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According to Murphy, while the Old Testament law codes contain strict teachings, not everything is tied to human sexuality; the Bible teaches one must extend mercy onto their neighbors.
Murphy said much of Lee’s list, especially those relating to sex, tend to echo the larger concerns among more conservative Christians today.
Arthur James Murphy is an associate professor of religion at SDSU specializing in Biblical Studies. He had concerns with the message Lee was preaching.
“Typically, when someone shows up to do that kind of sidewalk fire-and-brimstone kind of judgment, it is
The University’s Campus Communications sent an email to all students and staff Friday about its commitment to freedom of speech, even if the speech doesn’t represent the views of the university.
Collegian photos by JACOB BOYKO (He/HIm) (Above) A large crowd gathered outside the Union last Thursday to observe the picketer, Daniel John Lee. (Below) A screenshot from a video of Lee (right) chasing down his flag as an anonymous student tackles the flag-thief to the ground.
more about making themself feel good and making themself feel like they are doing a noble thing,” Murphy said. “It doesn’t really lead to changes in mind, and it only creates bad outcomes for both sides.”
SDSU students took to YikYak, an anonimous social media app, to add social justice commentary, dubb Lee “Preacher Bryan” and organized for Lee’s Friday return.
University of South Dakota in Vermillion, where he said he was dunked with a milkshake and threatened with assault. Still, he maintained he’s never experienced anything like what happened in Brookings.“Formost of the day, the crowd was civil and calm,” Lee said. “Everything was going well and I probably would have stayed out there until four or five o’clock. It wasn’t until the Muslim stole my sign and the police came that we had to shut everything down. That really surprised me.”
“If you’re talking about the mainstream or progressive branches of Christianity or Judaism today, they’ll often talk about loving your neighbor as yourself and to treat them as yourself,” Murphy said.
“I hope students will humble themselves and place their faith in Christ,” Lee said. “Even if not a single person turns to the truth, I still look at what I’ve done as successful because my responsibility is to go out and preach the biblical truth.”
However, Murphy disagrees with the way Lee went about his preaching and doubts it resonated with students the way Lee intended.
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Lee posts full-length bodycam videos of his campus visits, including his two days at SDSU, on his Rumble page, Dnajlion7, where he posts videos relating to his faith and criticizes the American government, including current President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. To his internet followers, he’s performing a divine service and facing persecution is only natural.
“Freedom of expression includes the right to discuss and present opinions and conclusions on all matters both in and outside the classroom without institutional discipline or restraint,” the email read.
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The next step is to finish renovations in the Volstorff Ballroom and to get the last shipments of updated furniture for around the Student Union, Novotny said.
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The most noticeable update is the new flooring on the main level called terrazzo.“It’sactually not a tile,” Novotny said. “It’s actually a completely different flooring than we’ve had in the building before.”One reason the university opted for terrazzo is because of the noise made when carts rolled on the floor.
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students, community members, faculty,” Bott-Knutson said, “and there was a lot of buzz afterwards, a lot of excitement aboutJensenthat.”added that alumni are also excited to be a part of the program and to share their experiences with the juniors and seniors involved.
“SDSU Students’ Association has been and will remain committed to confronting these issues, supporting our students and finding solutions to ensure that our campus and community continue to improve our overall mental health,” the resolution reads.
The SDSU Alumni Mentor Program was created by Travis Jensen, Alumni Association vice president of leadership initiatives, and through part nerships with different organi zations and offices on campus.
The Students’ Association unani mously approved club constitutions for three clubs Monday. Representatives of the Botanical Society Student Chapter, Pre-Dental Club and Fashion and Apparel Club addressed the Students’ Association and took questions per taining to the clubs’ missions and membership.
During the Sept. 12 Students’ Association meeting, senators were addressed by Jennifer Novotny, approved three club constitutions and passed an amendment and resolution.
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Starting this fall, South Da kota State University will begin a mentorship program partner ing upperclassmen students with SDSU alumni to help pre pare them for their professional careers after graduation.
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“I think many of us –across the university, and working with alumni and leadership– have recognized that the profession al landscape is ever changing, especially over the past three years,” Jensen said. “We feel strongly that our students de serve to have as much support
Novotny:
Michaela Willis, SDSU’s vice presi dent for student affairs and enrollment management, shared an anecdote about the refreshed look of the building.
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background and interest areas to come in through Honors,” Rebecca Bott-Knutson, dean of the honors college, said. “So, it’s a great place to begin if you’re trying to have that broad reach.”
The first cohort, which will begin matching mentor-mentee pairs around the end of Sep
“There’s a natural affinity for students from all different
According to Novotny, the summer renovation of the Student Union is almost complete. When students arrived
widely available mentoring pro gram at SDSU. There are other smaller mentoring programs on campus for peer mentoring or major-specific mentoring, as well.She also said she has already
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seen excitement about the pro gram and the opportunities it will“Webring.had Travis come and speak at the Honors Summer Summit, and at those events, we have current students, former
Other students eligible for the first cohort of mentees in clude LeadState graduates and Students’ Association mem bers.Alumni mentors will come from various backgrounds and will be matched with students based on four factors ranked in importance by the student: career, location, gender and major. Students will work on different skills with their men tors, identify industry trends in their chosen careers and begin developing professional net works. The goal is to have about 30-50 pairs once the program kicksBott-Knutsonoff. said this pro gram is the first formalized,
Applications for the SDSU Alumni Mentor Program are open until Sept. 23. A kickoff event for the program is sched uled Oct. 13, and the program will run through mid-April 2023.
Next week, the Senate will vote on Resolution 22-1-R to thank Dr. Scott Pedersen, who is credited with bringing the cadaver program to the univer sity and bettering anatomy courses. Pederson is retiring after 22 years at SDSU.
“SDSU alumni are always looking for ways to be able to give back, so I shouldn’t be su prised by the positive response that we have received from our alumni thus far, but it has been very incredible,” Jensen said.
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tember, will include students from the Van D. and Barbara B. Fishback Honors College, who will serve as a pilot group for the program.
“Right around move-in time this year, President Dunn was in some meet ings with architects for some facility on campus,” Willis said. “He was actually asked ‘Is this a new Student Union? Is
as we can possibly give them in helping and making that tran sition into working profession als.”
site by themself as well as operating the social media accounts as a business manager.TheSenate also passed Resolution 22-2-R recognizing September as Mental Health Awareness Month.
Novotny passed around a piece of wood from a much older University Student Union. The piece of flooring was used in a space called The Jungle where the cafeteria for students was in the 40s, 50s and 60s. The board was etched with signatures and doodles from students decades ago.
always enjoyed themselves. So, we just think this is another aspect for someone who does feel like their experience will be elevated by a cold beverage, they can do it.”There were three kiosks set up at Saturday’s game against UC Davis located in the east, west and south concourse of the stadium. Wristbands were given to people after showing their ID at tailgating locations before the game or at the kiosks. Alcohol was sold until the end of the third quarter.
Doug Wermedal, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs, worked at the south kiosk at Saturday’s game. He said that everything ran “quite well.”
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“Some changes we will try to get to before the next game are mostly signage related,” Wermedal said. “Things like indicating that payment is credit card only, that beer sales stop at the end of the third quarter and signs directing fans as to where the wrist-banding sta tion is located.”
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Some believe that allowing beer into football sta diums will cause a ruckus and have a bunch of drunk college students acting up. This should actually help the case, because students don’t necessarily have to down 10 beers and get drunk in a short amount of time before the game. Now, they can have a few before and have a few at the game.
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Beer and wine have been available for purchase since the stadium opened in 2016, but only for those in premium seating (luxury box, loge). It didn’t seem fair that people with potentially more money were exclu sively the only ones allowed to be served.
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ally go down,” Holm said, “and people have their theo ries for why that is. And that’s kind of what we found is that things were pretty smooth. And people, when they come to a game and if someone enjoys a cold beverage, they don’t necessarily want to have 10, just one or two and have a good time.”
The Board of Regents unanimously approved a bill that would allow all six universities in the BOR to sell alcohol at sporting events this past June. Ten out of the 11 schools in the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) offer alcohol sales in some capacity, whether it be to all fans or just those in premium seating. North Dakota State is the lone school that does not allow any sales at home football games.
This past Saturday, alcohol was served to the general public at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium for the first time in its history, and it couldn’t have come soon enough.
Hopefully, if all goes smoothly with football, sales will be extended to Frost Arena for other sporting events that will be taking place there in the future. It will draw in fans and students.
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“I continue to be humbled by the support that the band and other activi ties of the School of the Performing Arts has received from alumni and friends,” Reynolds said. “This trip represents an opportunity for students to garner memories that will last their lifetime.”
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“As a student in my twenties, financ es can make it difficult for me to fully enjoy costly experiences,” said Lindsey Sisco, a junior mellophone player. “But now that the Foundation has helped cover so much with the Macy’s trip, I can really take in this rare opportunity and put all my focus into the reason I am there. I can focus on showing New York and the world what the Pride of the Dakotas is made of.”
“I am super excited and thankful that the foundation is paying for most of the trip,” Ady said. “It means a lot that they are willing to help us get to New York City. I know for me personally if they hadn’t, I probably wouldn’t have been able to go, so it’s special that they are.”
Kessler said he appreciates his team of other faculty professors and the stu dent leaders for helping prepare the band for the high-profile event. He thanked Aaron Ragsdale, professor of percussion; Jacob Wallace, director of bands; Andrea Kieckhefer, Dakota Blue Flag Corps; Ashley Ragsdale, pit en semble coordinator; and Kathy Larsen, uniform and equipment manager.
In addition to the Foundation’s work in raising money, the Bookstore is selling Pride of the Dakotas T-shirt’s with Jack the Jackrabbit holding a Ma cy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade sign for $29.99. All money raised goes to the Pride.Kevin Kessler, director of the athletic bands, said he is looking forward to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Kes sler said he is most excited to see the student’s reactions to seeing the city of New York for the first time.
“I will enjoy seeing New York again through the eyes of someone who has never seen it before,” Kessler said.
The Foundation reaches out to do nors who they think would have an in terest in donating. SDSU’s alumni and donors with a strong love of music have been key in donating.
Kessler said New York provides stu dents with a good experience so mem bers continue to come back, and the Pride will grow.
When asked what she thinks the big gest challenge will be, Ady said it will be “staying focused in a crowd that mas sive.”David Reynolds, director of the School of Performing Arts, said he is thankful to the Foundation and donors.
When asked what he thinks about having a band with over 345 members, Kessler responded, “It’s very exciting to see and hear that many people on the
Sisco said the reality of the trip hasn’t quite hit her yet.
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The South Dakota State University Foundation is in the process of raising $700,000 for the Pride of the Dakotas Marching Band to travel to New York and march in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day
“I’m excited to see if I can get into any live shows with my peers in our down time,” she said. “I am also really excited to perform for most of the world with some of my favorite people. Being a fashion guru, I can’t leave out the fact that I will be saving some room in my suitcase for what New York has to offer myShewardrobe.”alsohas gained many friends through the Pride, saying they are like “a family.”BeccaAdy, a junior saxophone play er, said she is nervous about the trip but is glad many of her friends will be there.
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“I am first and foremost blessed to work with such great people, faculty and staff,” he said.
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TheParade.costper band member is $2,500, and the Foundation will cover $2,000 for each student. The student has to pay the other Donations$500.have ranged from a few dollars to just over $100,000, according to Steve Erpenbach, president and CEO of the Foundation. He said the One Day for STATE event last week and the band performing at football games will lead to more traction in donations.
The University Police Department was also pleased with how well everything went. No arrests were reported during the game, and UPD saw no alcohol-related issues throughout the game.
“I thought it was pretty easy,” Jackson Wild, a junior from St. Paul, Minnesota, said. “You just go up, get a wristband and show your ID. If you’re above 21, they give you the wristband, then you hop in line, and the lines were pretty quick. Not really a lot of trouble to go with it.”
Fans were required to present a valid ID at a wristband station, where they received a wristband and stamp (to prevent the transfer of wristbands). Fans were also expected to have their ID on them and be prepared to show it at any time throughout the game.
The students and fans that were interviewed were all glad to see alcohol sales at Dykhouse Stadium and said it’s something that could enhance the student experience and get more people to come to games.
Three beer stations, one on the west side, one on the east and one on the south, sold various beers and seltzer drinks during the beginning one hour before kickoff and again until the end of the third quarter. Each station had multiple points of sale, and SDSU’s new food service provider, Sodexo, served the alcohol.
compared to football games in the past.
SDSU’s home-opener Saturday drew 15,182 fans in attendance, the ninth largest in Dana J. Dykhouse stadium history, as the Jackrabbits defeated UC Davis 24-22.
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Holm said, the alcohol sales caused nothing unusual to happen
Changes that could be made for this Saturday’s game against Butler could include moving beer and food kiosks to different locations to try and utilize different spots in the sta dium and ease up conces sion lines.
When the South Dakota Board of Regents approved the bill allowing alcohol sales into general admission areas in June, it was up to SDSU on how they wanted to implement it.
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“The east tended to not be as busy so we may change some things around as with every game,” Holm said. “We’ll adjust and see what is better and what will give a better experience.”
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“A lot of times, individuals will go to sports bars because they want to drink during football games,” Sam Marchiando, a junior from Rapid City, said. “So if you add that element to football games, it really brings stu dents together, and it gets you fired up.”
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South Dakota State University sold alcohol at last Saturday’s foot ball game for the first time ever. Both officials and fans said everything went smoothly.
“All in all, we felt really good about it,” Assistant Athletic Director Jeff Holm, said. “And the folks at Sodexo did a really nice job with handling lines, and people get ting through wrist banding went smooth.”
Holm said that SDSU’s decision to set up beer stations at the stadium was made with safety being the big gest concern.
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“I’ve talked with UPD, and they felt really pretty good about how things went,” Holm said. “Nothing out of the ordinary from a football game that we’ve had in years past.”
“With pretty much anything, it’s the safety of the people who are there, making sure we’re following what our policies and procedures are,” Holm said. “And we felt pretty good about where we set those up and what the lines were. If we can work on the concession lines and how to get those faster, I think we’ll be in a good spot.”
Students were also pleased with the process of getting the wristbands and purchasing alcohol. Many of them praised how easy and quick the process was for them.
“Everybody seemed to be fol lowing all the rules of getting the wristbands and showing their IDs to get the alcohol,” Timothy Heaton, chief of safety and security, said. “Nobody got too out of control where we had to intervene, so it went well.”
SDSU has long been a proponent of beer sales at games and has even sold alcohol in premium seating areas at Dykhouse Stadium for years.
Holm said that while Saturday’s game was a success, the university is always open to making adjustments.
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The endowment money won’t be of use until fall 2023, but Diddle already has some plans for how she’s going to spend the money. She hopes to bring in inter nationally known guest conductors and commission an original piece of music in honor of the Moriarty’s.
Blue’s campaign has four pillars: people, places, traditions and innovations. Erpenbach said all four areas have seen interaction, but people and places have garnered the most response.Thisis due in part to $53 million in private gifts raised for the First Bank & Trust remodel that began construction this summer, Erpenbach said.
During a donor event put on by the Foundation in April last year, Laura Diddle was awarded the first endowed position in the School of Performing Arts.“It was a big surprise when they made the announcement,” she said. “This is such a team effort over here in the
“If there’s still enthusiasm and momentum for people to want to sup port the campaign when we hit $500 million, whenever that is, we won’t stop the campaign at that point in time. We will continue if there continues to be interest,” Erpenbach said.
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School of the Performing Arts … so when one person is singled out for an award it feels like ‘woah, wait a minute, this belongs to everybody.’ I want people to realize that this is a real gift to the entire school because it doesn’t just elevate the choral area, it elevates the whole school when you have an endowed position.”
On Sept. 29, the Foundation will be honoring Diddle and 12 other newly endowed faculty members at the new annual University Leadership Honors reception at 3:30 p.m. in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center.
The South Dakota State University Foundation has reached 85 percent of its $500 million goal, just 10 months into the public phase of the Bold and Blue fundraiser.Sincethe campaign launched pub licly in October 2021, almost $80 million has been raised, increasing the total to $429,839,946.“We’rereally ahead of where we thought we might be,” Steve Erpenbach, SDSU Foundation president said. “The response has been tremendous and we think there’s a lot of momentum and a genuine excitement about what these gifts are going to mean to the university, not just immediately, but long term.”
Notably is the $5 million endowment for the new dean of the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, Sanjeev Kumar and the retention of Joseph Santos, the new endowed director of the NESS School of Management and Economics.
The $1 million Paul and Doris Moriarty Endowment will grant Diddle, and whoever steps into the position after her retirement, about $40,000 a year for the next 25 years to go toward new devel opment for the school.
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end of the campaign. Now, there are 47 created or granted endowed positions.
The other high response area is endowed faculty positions. An endow ment for a professor, director or dean includes a fixed amount of money each year that the faculty member can spend on improvements or educational experi ences for the department. Last October, SDSU had 13 endowed positions and set a goal to raise that number to 50 by the
allows me to think a little bigger.”
Erpenbach said almost every aca demic college is benefiting from an endowed position. The College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences has at least three new endowed positions occupied by Joseph Cassady, SD corn endowed dean of CAFES; David Wright, department head of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science and soil professor David Clay.
About 90 percent of the donations received have been from individuals and families, with 10 percent coming from companies and other foundations. Of the individual donors, Erpenbach said it’s split evenly between SDSU alumni andThenon-alumnus.Boldand
With the contributions for First Bank and Trust Arena, endowed faculty posi tions and One Day for STATE, the Bold and Blue fundraiser is one step closer to its half-a-billion-dollar goal. Erpenbach expects the fundraiser to run another year and a half and into 2024, but they won’t cut off the fundraiser right when they reach their goal.
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One Day for STATE breaks records
The donations are spread throughout athletics and academic areas, as well as other organizations like Jacks Cupboard. Donors can make a specific donation to areas or just donate to the school.
One Day for STATE was the first giving day in South Dakota, and in the first year there were 500 donors. The second year the fundraiser was held the donor number doubled to over 1,000 and has been growing in numbers since then. Within the six years this campaign has been held, the donation amount grew from just $300,000 to raising over $2 million.
EachFoundation.areaisgiven a goal to reach with challenges to unlock gifts along the way.
One Day for STATE also raises money for clubs and activities across campus. Sarah Aman, a junior who is a member of the Pride, said the funding is covering a majority of the band’s trip to the Macy’s Day Parade this year.
On Sept. 7, Jack’s Journey, the kickoff to One Day for STATE, took place. Student and faculty tour around Brookings with foundation members and President Dunn to get people excited for the following day’s fundraiser. On the fundraiser day, late morning to early
The South Dakota State University Foundation held the 6th annual One Day for STATE fundraiser Sept. 8 where 5,362 donors raised an estimated total of $2,131,110.The24-hour campaign invites students, faculty and community members to come together and celebrate SDSU. The goal for this year’s fundraiser was to get over 5,000 donors, which was passed hours before the fundraiser ended.
“The campaign is a great way to get people to donate to the school,” Hobbie said.The campaign has changed throughout the years to make it easier and more accessible for younger generations to donate. The campaign now takes donations through PayPal, Apple Pay and Venmo, as well as the traditional giving site and mail in donations.
“One Day for STATE raises money for our clubs and labs. A lot of our interactive homework comes from this fundraiser,” Olivia Petrik, an ambassador for the College of Natural Sciences said.
Social media is a big contributor to get people to donate to the campaign. All day, students and faculty post about One Day for STATE on their socials, encouraging people to visit the link and donate. Social ambassadors, which include students, faculty members and community members, sign up to advocate for their program on why they need the funding. These advocates help spread the word of fundraiser across social media networks.
“We didn’t want the way to pay to be a bearer for anyone,” Glidden said.
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“The fundraiser covers three quarters of the cost for the students,” Aman said.
afternoon, staff went outside the Union to interact and give out prizes to the students. The end to the event was the Yellow and Blue Block Party, where students, faculty and community members come together to celebrate.
The Yellow and Blue Block Party takes place on Sylvan Green where food trucks, games, club and organization information and many more activities set up shop for the evening. Pride of the Dakotas, dance and cheer teams performed during the event and student-athletes volunteer at the activity stations.“Itlets people see us perform which will get them to donate,” Aman said. “It just gets people excited.”
Over 3,000 people attend the block party and more than 500 students come to the Union to learn more about One Day for STATE, according to Glidden.
“It’s a way for all areas of campus to feel connected,” said Erin Glidden, Director of Pipeline Strategy for the SDSU
Throughout the day, there are over $700,000 in challenges set out to unlock gifts for the school. The challenges that unlock gifts range from getting donations from all 50 states to getting 1881 donors for the year the school was founded, with many other number goals the campaign hopes to reach.
“It’s a day that when you’re scrolling on social media it’s hard to get rid of the yellow and blue,” Glidden said, “which is a good problem to have.”
Awareness of the campaign is also sent to community members through the mail and on Facebook to make sure everyone knows about it. Gary Hobbie, a resident of Brookings, said he heard about One Day for STATE through flyers in the mail and posts made on Facebook.
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Reed said they hope to inspire people by “showing other bands that it is possible to make your music because we started from the ground up and now we are doing it, you can always express yourself creatively.”Inafew years, Mike wants to see the band doing more live shows and recording new music. You can find the band’s first album “The Wake Singers” on Bandcamp.
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school, who are no longer in the band. They came up with the name and have been “The Wake Singers” ever“Thesince.feeling of creating some thing and having people like it and you like is the best feeling,” Mike said.That feeling is what inspires them most when writing their music.Their songwriting process usually looks like a “collaborative effort” with all the members of the band. Doug comes up with a medley and brings it to Mike. From there they just keep adding to the
The members of the band include Reed Two Bulls (lead singer/ keyboard), Mike Two Fe,ofattendingwithsaid.throughverytheirCollegianstudent,Walkingtowhichordelightingthewascousinscover“Theoriginalguitarist).bass/keys)Douglas(drummer/guitarist/bass/keys),BullsTwoBulls(guitarist/andDanCarroll(bass/Thebandperformedmusicfromtheiralbum,WakeSingers”alongwithsongs.Whilethesefourperformed,theaudienceeithersittingaroundenjoyingmusic,playingcornhole,infreeSDSUicecreamhavingapicnic.“Theybroughttonsofenergy,madeitfunandenjoyablewatchthemperform,”AlexisEagle,afreshmannursingsaid.MikeTwoBullspokewiththeabouthowthebandgotstartwithmusic.“Wegotturnedontomusicyoung,welearnedtogetherfamilysupport,”MikeMikestartedthebandalonghiscousinswhentheywereartschoolattheInstituteAmericanIndianArtsinSantaNewMexico.ReedTwoBullshadalittlebit
Collegian photo by TAYLOR ROEMELING Reed Two Bulls performs at Anderson Plaza
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Reed joined the band in 2014 when he was only 15. They came up with the name, The Wake Singers, when they were in college. At the time it was just Mike, Doug and two other bandmates from
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of a different start when growing up in“MyMinneapolis.dadwas an episcopal priest, so I grew up singing music within the church,” Reed said. “When I was a kid I was also in plays like Annie and Rent.”
song with instruments and then they add lyrics. When the song is something they are all happy with, they then record a demo and get the song from there.
The Wake Singers held a per formance Sept. 6 at the Anderson Plaza. The band is Rapid Citybased and is an Oglala Lakota alternative rock band.
The South Dakota State cross country teams competed in their lone home meet of the season last Friday at the Edgebrook Golf Course, with both men’s and women’s teams taking home firstAfterplace.both teams finished first at the Augustana Twilight meet in Sioux Falls a week ago, both teams were once again in top form this week.
“Every meet is completely different since we are usually on some sort of grass terrain,” DeHaven said.
The Jackrabbits’ next competition will come in two weeks at the Roy Griak Invitational starting at 10 a.m. in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, Sept. 23.
For the women’s team, Leah Hansen ran a great race with a time of 18:03, win ning the women’s three-mile race.
“It affects the training obviously and, in some cases, breathing as well, so not everyone was up to their strength,” DeHaven said.
Overall, seven Jackrabbits finished in the top ten, and the women’s team ran away with the team title, finishing with 21 points. Sioux Falls followed with 45 points, and Dordt finished third with 86 points.
The team walked away with the team title, finishing with 28 points. Sioux Falls finished second with 57 points, and Dordt grabbed third with 62 points.
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Entering the meet, multiple ath letes from the men’s team were battling COVID-related illnesses, but the team still managed to finish first in the meet. Head coach Rod DeHaven was pleased with how the team responded.
DeHaven said that training for every meet is different because it depends on the conditions of every course.
Mya Kizer came in second in 18:22, and Kayla Christopherson finished fifth in 18:56 to round out the top five. Others who finished in the top ten were Caitlin Bright in sixth place (19:02), Emma Ecker in seventh (19:06), Grace Waage in ninth (19:11) and Malorie Schmoll, who finished tenth in 19:13.
“I guess, for me personally, just trying to live up to that,” Hansen said. “Proving that we can do what people think we can do and even better.”
Even after dealing with six missing runners from sickness, and a tumble during the race, the men’s team obtained six runners in the top 12. Tom Breukman finished the five-mile run in 25:07, coming in at second. His teammate Ben Olson finished right behind him in 25:13. Two other Jacks finished in the top ten, as Max Selbach finished fifth in 25:23 and Mason McDonald was seventh in 25:27.
Collegian photo by JOCLYN HAVEN (She/Her) Freshman Tessa Nelson made her debut at the SDSU Classic at Edgebrook Golf Course Friday, Sept. 9. The Brookings native finished in 16th place overall in 19:28.94
me in the first two miles,” Hansen said.
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“This race was more of a workout for
Both DeHaven and Hansen said that their next meet in Minnesota is known for the hills on the course and how they have to be mentally prepared for that task.Both teams have high expectations this season, and Hansen has individually had a lot of expectations after claiming Summit League Athlete of the Year last year.
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“I wanted to go home and be with family and people who were close to me that
“We’ve just got to be better at executing all across the board,” Gronowski said after the game. “We had some ups and downs but we finished well. That’s the biggest thing. We can easily take that into our next game.”
The first couple of months, Gronowski stayed in his hometown of Naperville, Illinois, and received surgery at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
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In the 2021 spring season, Gronowski suffered a torn ACL during the Football
After a devastating knee injury and a season spent on the sideline, SDSU quarter back Mark Gronowski is back and ready for his comeback season.
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Championship Subdivision championship game. During his rehab, he took on an unconventional leadership role on the sidelines. On the field, he was able to take control of the team to make sure the job got done. But off the field, he was forced to become a motivator, working to keep everyone positive.
The Jackrabbits earned their first win of the season Saturday with a score of 24-22 after playing the UC Davis Aggies. The win was Gronowski’s first time playing back at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium since May 8, 2021. Gronowski contributed to three touch downs during the game, two of which he ran and the third being an improvised throw to wide receiver Tyler Feldkamp after a high snap that busted the original play.
Gronowski was, “very positive, and he didn’t feel sorry for himself,” coach John Stiegelmeier said.
South Dakota State quarterback Mark Gronowski running with the ball in a football game against the Iowa Hawkeyes Saturday Sept. 3. Prior to this season, Gronowski had not played a game since he suffered a torn ACL in the Football Championship Subdivision Championship Game May 8, 2021. Now, nearly 500 days later, Gronowski is back on the field.
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Gronowski ready for his comeback season
“The rehab process was really, really long. It lasted about 12 months,” Gronowski said.
Gronowski isn’t the only one excited about his return this season. His team mates are also happy to see him back on the field in pads.
Since Gronowski had never had a long-term injury before, he had to accept the fact he was not going to be able to play for a year. He was forced to over come the negative thoughts in his head during the beginning of his recovery.
“We would start walking the first day, and that was a big deal, or we would do more reps with heavier weight, and running in the pool,” Gronowski said. “Little achievements like that were really helpful.”TheJackrabbits played their opening game of the 2022 season against the Iowa Hawkeyes.. Iowa won with a 7-3 score, and neither team was able to score a touchdown, but Gronowski says it was a great experience.
“Being recognized by your teammates by being one of the top leaders on the team is a big honor,” Gronowski said.
Ryan Gronowski loves sports and competed in the Special Olympics USA Games this past year.
winning the national championship, but the only way we will do that is by accom plishing everything else first.”
SDSU quarterback Mark Gronowski throws a pass in a game against Iowa Saturday Sept. 3. Gronowski has played two games so far this season and led the Jacks to a 24-22 win against UC Davis Sept. 10.
Chris Oladokun, a transfer quar terback from Samford, started for the Jackrabbits during Gronowski’s time off theAfterfield. watching film with Oladokun, Gronowski learned how to better ana lyze himself, an important development forced on him by the injury.
But those thoughts were soon replaced with a drive to be better than before.Gronowski said Miller did a great job at celebrating his rehab achievements, not only by showing him the progress but also by helping him feel accomplished when he completed different tasks.
The Jackrabbits No.1 goal this season is going 1-0 each week. They plan to take it day by day.
could support me,” Gronowski said.
“We took everything slow because we had so much time and it was long, but it was a good process ,and it taught me to never give up and always be positive,” Gronowski said.
Family means a lot to Gronowski. His brother Ryan was born with special needs, including cognitive epilepsy and ADHD. He played a big role in the quar terback’s football journey and how he views the world.
Gronowksi has tried to be a leader since his freshman year. Being the quar terback, he felt he already had a pretty big voice.
“I know how much he loves sports and how much he’d love to play foot ball. He isn’t able to get that chance, so I treat every single play like it’s my last,” Gronowski said.
“If you go too far in the future, you’re not going to be present in the moment,” Gronowski said. “Our biggest goal is
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Steigelmeier was told his first year as a head coach that the most important player you want coming back is your returning quarterback, and 26 years later, that still seems true.
Upon returning to SDSU last year, Gronowski worked with physical ther apist Charlie Miller throughout the fall season.
“I never really knew how to watch film on my own. I always had a coach with me to explain what I was watching,” Gronowski said.
“I feel really good about Gronowski’s return, and it means a lot to the team because they know what Mark can do,” Stiegelmeier said.
Gronowski also took the time he had off the field to mentally invest in himself by watching film.
“He has his own strengths. He always tries to see the best in every single person he meets, and I try to live that way too by never judging a book by its cover.” Gronowski said. “I try to understand others, and that’s what Ryan does.”
The hardest part for him was sitting on the sidelines when he wanted to play, but Gronowski learned a lot from his coaches by watching how their minds processed different situations that hap pened on the field and thinking about how he could help his teammates off the field.
“That was a whole different animal,” Steigelmeier said. “After our mediocre offensive performance, in the lock er-room, Mark came over to the defen sive side and said ‘great job man, we’ll get it done. Thanks for what you did.’”
“Mark keeps the huddle calm and col lected and keeps everyone in line,” offen sive lineman Mason Mccormick said. “It means everything to have him back this season.”
“I kept thinking to myself, ‘I’m not going to be the same player, and I might not ever be as good as I was before,’” Gronowski said.
season and has 22 saves.
The South Dakota State soccer team is set for two more home games this week, against Air Force Sept. 15 and Kansas State Sept. 18 at Fishback Soccer Park.
Undefeated Jacks face last two games before conference slate
SDSU’s first game this week will be against the Air Force Falcons. It will be the second-ever matchup between the two teams; their first was last season, a game the Jackrabbits won 1-0.
The Falcons, led by first-year head coach Laura Busby, are 2-2-1 this season. After a scoreless tie and a 5-0 loss to Washington, the Falcons have won two of their last three games, including a dra matic 2-1 win Sunday against Northern Arizona on a game-winning goal in the final seconds.
The Jackrabbits are led by Maya Hansen, who leads the team in goals (4) and assists (5). The Jacks are also led by their two veteran goalkeepers Hailee Fischer is back after missing all last season and has started four games with only three goals allowed. Jocelyn Tanner has started the other three games for SDSU this season and has allowed two goals.“We’re really excited and we’re ready to go,” junior forward Kayla Anderson said. “We’re ready to tune up to get ready for Summit League play, which we’re super excited for.”
For the first 45 minutes of the game, there was a back-and-forth defensive battle, with the Jackrabbits having a 5-1 advantage on shots in the first half.
Their leading scorer is Kyler Goins with three goals. She also leads the team in shots with 22. Goalkeeper Alaina Werremeyer has allowed six goals this
After Friday’s game against Air Force, the Jackrabbits will face Kansas State for the second-ever matchup Sunday, Sept. 18. The first matchup came in 2019 when K-State won 2-0.
Fifty-one minutes into the game, Anderson scored a goal for the first point of the match. Her teammate Lauren Eckerle gave her the assist to put the Jackrabbits up 1-0.
The Jackrabbits open their confer ence schedule against in-state rival USD at home Sept. 24.
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The Jackrabbits (4-0-3) are coming off a hard-fought game that each ended in a 1-1 draw as they look ahead to this week.
The score did not change for the remainder of the game. While the Jackrabbits did finish the game with a 7-1 advantage in corner kicks, the Bluejays’ led in shot attempts 15-7.
In SDSU’s last game, they gave enough energy not to lose but still strug gled to find enough energy to win. After a full battle, the score resulted in a 1-1 draw Sunday against Creighton.
“I thought we were quite good from the opening whistle until we scored,” Thompson said. “And then I felt we had the mindset to hang on a little bit, and that’s a learning moment for us.”
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“I think with Air Force we’re going to find we’re going to play a team that’s very disciplined,” coach Brock Thompson said. “When we played at Air Force last year, it was a heck of a game, and I wouldn’t expect it to be any different.”
The Wildcats are 3-3-1 on the season and are led by seventh-year head coach Mike Dibbini. Their latest game was a home win against Yale and they will play at home against Colorado State before their matchup with the Jackrabbits.
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The Bluejays then responded 19 min utes later, as Lara Kazandjian found her
striker Hailey Rothwell in a crowded penalty area, but the shot was good enough to tie the game 1-1.
For the Falcons, Audrey Colter, Raine Komata, Andrea Mosher and Jenna Rubidoux have all scored a goal this season, while goalkeeper Cammy Bych has allowed eight goals and has 17 saves.
South Dakota State forward Cece Limongi moving the ball alongside Creighton midfielder Olivia Manning. The Jacks and the Bluejays ended the game with a 1-1 tie. It’s the second straight tie the Jackrabbits have had, following their 1-1 tie with Drake Sunday Sept. 4.
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Northern Iowa is coming
3-2.The Jacks will then take on North Florida to round out non-conference play this season. The Ospreys went 0-3
The South Dakota State Volleyball team is on the road again this weekend as they participate in the Hawkeye Invitational in Iowa City Friday and TheSaturday.Jackrabbits (6-3) are continuing to get reps as they gear up for their conference schedule starting next week. They will play three games in 24 hours. They will first take on Iowa (3-5) and Northern Iowa (4-5) Friday afternoon at 12:30 and 4:30 p.m. respectively before facing North Florida (1-7) at 11 a.m. Saturday morning.
14 kills and six blocks, both team highs, as she helped lead the Jacks to a 3-2 win over the Samford
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“Not very many people in this region know about that program, but very successful and undefeated still this season,” Georgalas said of Jacksonville State. “We wanted to elevate our schedule and Jacksonville State is a very high-quality midmajor program. We thought it was a really good road game for us.”
at the UAB Invitational last weekend winning only one set. They lost to Troy 1-3 after tying it at one set all in the second set. They then went on to drop eight straight sets to Troy, UAB and SouthAuburn. Dakota State went 2-1 this past weekend at the Gamecock Classic in Jacksonville, Alabama. Sydney Andrews totaled a career high
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Crystal Burk winds up to spike the ball during the Eastern Washington game on Sept. 3. Picuted from left to right: Akeela Jefferson (10), Crystal Burke, Raegen Reilly (1) and Sydney Andrews (15).
Iowa is coming off a 1-2 performance at the Cardinal & Gold Challenge in Ames, Iowa, last weekend. The Hawkeyes beat Wright State 3-2 in the first game on Friday before dropping the subsequent matches 1-3 against Iowa State and Drake.“These non-conference tournaments are always fun,” coach Dan Georgalas said. “We’re really excited, not for one, or two, but three really quality opponents this weekend and I know our team is going to look forward to the challenge.”
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“ThisBulldogs.teamis special. Out of all the years I’ve seen, this might be the closest we’ve ever been,” senior outside hitter, Akeela Jefferson, said. “We have our six seniors, so we have a lot of leadership. And we brought in these incoming freshmen
and the sohphomores and made them family and we love eachInother.”thesecond game of the day, the Jackrabbits played Jacksonville State in which Crystal Burk led both teams in kills, with 12, and digs, with seven. Her efforts were not enough, however, as the Jacks dropped game two in three sets.
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Coming back on Saturday to finish things out, the Jackrabbits looked to bounce back against Nicholls State. Raegen Reilly led both teams with 37 assists and coupled with Faith Saewert’s 14 digs and Burk’s 13 Kills led them past the Colonels three sets to one. Burk now has at least 10 kills in all nine matches this year as well as seven double-doubles.
You can catch the Jackrabbits taking on Iowa Friday at 12:30 p.m. on Big Ten Plus.
fresh off three straight wins at its own UNI Tournament. They bested Western Michigan three sets to one on Friday before going on to sweep Southeast Missouri State 3-0 and outlasting Grand Canyon in five sets
In their latest game against Taylor, Butler quarterback Brett Bushka completed 14-of-20 passes for 117 yards and a touch down. He added 80 yards on the ground on 12 carries and a touchdown. Bushka’s perfor mance last week earned him Pioneer Football League (PFL) player of the week.
Butler will present a new challenge with a dual-threat quarterback Saturday night in Brookings.
The offensive line is a strength for this Butler offense with a lot of experience, only allowing two sacks this season. They have three players that have earned All-PFL awards in Bryan Bystol, Colton Ruhland and Skyler Spetter.
Butler averages 38 points per game with 216.5 rushing yards and 220.5 passing yards.
receptions for 182 yards and two touchdowns.
respectively in their first two
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This year’s Bulldogs are led by Bushka, a redshirt junior. He leads the team in rushing with 140 yards on the ground and one touchdown. He also leads in passing with 426 passing yards with five touchdowns on a 71% completion percentage.
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Mike Uremovich in his first season at Butler has his team 2-0 with wins over St. Thomas (FLA.) and Taylor University, 31-26 and 45-10 respectively.
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“They are a much better team than when we played them last,” coach John Stiegelmeier said. “They do a really good job on defense, and their quarter back is a SDSU’splaymaker.”lastand only prior
“It was good to finally get some touchdowns,” quarter back Mark Gronowski said. “We’ve just got to be better exe
Despite some offensive struggles, the Jackrabbit defense has been good through the first two weeks of the season.
cuting across the board. We fin ished well, and we can take that into our next game.”
Collegian photo by ZOEY SCHENTZEL Linebacker Daeton Mcaughy returns the ball after intercepting Aggies thetheMilesquarterbackHastingsinJacks’two-pointvictorySaturday.McGaughyreturnedball31yardsaftertheinterception.Itwashisthirdcareerinterception.
“Getting the ball to our play makers and seeing what they can do,” Stiegelmeier said when talking about how the SDSU offense can get back on track.
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Safety Matthew Durance tackles UC Davis player Trent Tompkins after a reception in Saturday’s 24-22 win over the Aggies at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium.
have averaged 134.5 yards on the ground and only 176 yards through the air against the Bulldogs. Their defense has forced two interceptions and two sacks so far this season.
The South Dakota State football team welcomes Pioneer League member Butler in its final non-conference matchup of the season as the Jacks will take on the Bulldogs this Saturday at 6 p.m. at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium.
Their defense has improved from previous seasons though. Last season they gave up 34 points per game, while this year only allowed 26 and 10 points
Last week’s game against UC Davis was an improvement from the Jackrabbits’ week one loss against Iowa. SDSU scored 24 points while gaining 250 yards of total offense.
Another area of concern for SDSU’s offense is that their all-American tight end Tucker Kraft, who left last week’s game against Iowa early, is injured and could be out for a while.
matchup with Butler was in 2013 in Brookings, a game the Jackrabbits won 55-14.
Linebacker Adam Bock, is leading in tackles with 22 to lead his defense this year. Colby Huerter is second in tackles with 12. Daeton Mcgaughy and Caleb Francl each have an inter ception this season.
Other weapons for the Bulldog offense are running back AJ Delnhart, who has 127 rushing yards on the season with a touchdown. Wide receiver Tyler Adams is their leading pass catcher with 16
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