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South Dakota State University's Independent Student-Run Newspaper Since 1885

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Reed Two Bulls performs at Anderson Plaza Sept 6.

Indigenous band rocks SDSU

Brooke Burnette, Reporter September 13, 2022

The Wake Singers held a performance Sept. 6 at the Anderson Plaza. The band is Rapid City-based and is an Oglala Lakota alternative rock band.  The members of the band include Reed Two Bulls (lead...

First non-sober game goes smoothly, changes to come

First non-sober game goes smoothly, changes to come

Skyler Jackson, Sports Editor (He/Him) September 13, 2022

South Dakota State University sold alcohol at last Saturday’s football game for the first time ever. Both officials and fans said everything went smoothly. Three beer stations, one on the west side,...

Jack the jackrabbit sits in the bummobile

$2 Million Raised: One Day for STATE breaks records

Greta Goede, Reporter September 13, 2022

  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. The 24-hour campaign invites...

Religious protester sparks student outrage, UPD called

Religious protester sparks student outrage, UPD called

Jacob Boyko, News Editor September 13, 2022

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. The preacher, Daniel John Lee, arrived...

Bold & Blue fundraising campaign brings in big numbers

Bold & Blue fundraising campaign brings in big numbers

Gracie Terrall, Co-Editor-in-Chief September 13, 2022

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. Since the campaign launched publicly...

SA: Barry Dunn, One Day for STATE and student tailgating

SA: Barry Dunn, One Day for STATE and student tailgating

Mara Wheaton, Assistant News Editor August 30, 2022

During the Aug. 29 South Dakota State University Students’ Association meeting, senators were addressed by SDSU President Barry Dunn, Steve Erpenbach and Erin Glidden from the SDSU Foundation. They approved...

Students can sign up for notifications regarding new loan forgiveness program

Students can sign up for notifications regarding new loan forgiveness program

Gracie Terrall, Co-Editor-in-Chief (She/Her) August 30, 2022

Last Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced a plan to forgive $10,000 of federal student loan debt for low to middle income borrowers. Biden’s plan is a one-time debt forgiveness program that extends...

Four new faces join the Office of Multicultural Affairs

Andrea Huete, Copy Editor August 30, 2022

South Dakota State University welcomed four new staff members within the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA). Some were hired last spring, while others began this semester.  With a lot of new faces...

SDSU reopens overflow housing

SDSU reopens overflow housing

Rylin Yerdon, Reporter August 30, 2022

With an increase in the number of students living on campus, coupled with the closing of Pierson Hall this year for a renovation project, South Dakota State University officials scramble to make sure that...

A rendering of the Frank J. Kurtenbach Family Wrestling Center. It is scheduled to open fall 2022.

Campus conversion: new buildings, new updates, new green space

Mara Wheaton, Assistant News Editor (She/Her) August 23, 2022

Since the end of the 2021-2022 school year, several construction projects on South Dakota State University’s campus have gone underway. Whether it’s to update existing features in the building, construct...

Alcohol at games

Alcohol at games

Gracie Terrall, Co-Editor-in-Chief (She/Her) August 23, 2022

Football game days are about to get a little more interesting this fall with the arrival of the long-anticipated alcohol sales at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium. After the Board of Regents unanimously approved...

Students line up at the new Qdoba location in the Student Union.

New food provider, other dining changes to come next fall

Jordan Rusche, Co-Editor-in-Chief (She/Her) August 23, 2022

As another new year at South Dakota State University begins, new freshmen who have visited campus before might notice a few changes happening to SDSU’s dining options. The university announced the...

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