Emily DeCock
The former print lab in the bottom floor of Yeager Hall. The print lab closed in November of last year.
Simple Servings will be one of the food options in the food service coming to Yeager Hall in fall 2025, and it will get its own kitchen to keep food from being contaminated with allergens.
Simple servings is a food service by Sodexo that aims to provide food options without common allergens, according to the SDSU website. Simple Servings caters first to those with allergies, but also features real, wholesome entrees and sides that are appealing to all health-conscious eaters.
There is currently a Simple Servings in Larson Commons and in The Market in the Student Union. In the Larsons’ renovations and in the new Yeager Hall food service, Simple Servings will get its own kitchen to keep allergens and cross-contamination to a minimum, according to SA Sen. Mason Pulse.
“In the remodel they are adding a separate area for the allergy free kitchen, so that there is absolutely no cross contamination, because right now it’s in a separate area, but it’s still the same room,” Pulse said. “They’re trying to make it as safe as they can, so they’re having a whole separate kitchen and that’s the way it’s going to be, both in Yeager and the new remodeled Larsons.”
In addition, Shorty’s Hot Box will be replaced by Weary Wills next academic year, according to Pulse. Weary Wills formerly occupied the space on the northwest side of the Student Union, before being replaced by Shorty’s Hot Box in 2020.
The SDSU Students’ Association voted to oppose South Dakota House Bill 1193, which if passed, will prohibit the Board of Regents from requiring second year students to live on-campus and purchase meal plans.
SA voted 23-1 at Monday night’s meeting to approve the resolution that opposed the state bill. Government Affairs chair Claire Koenecke was a sponsor of the resolution.
“Living on campus has multiple benefits, from increasing graduation rates, retention rates, all things like that. Students who live on campus typically have higher GPAs,” Koenecke said.
Sen. Blake Gibney voted no to opposing the bill.
“The community can’t support the mass of students that would be there, so regardless, if this passes or fails, it’ll just be an extra administrative burden slash additional freedom for students to have,” Gibney said.
Koenecke not only cited student benefits, but also Brookings’ limited infrastructure as reasons why she opposes the bill.
“Brookings is in a floodplain, which prevents some places from getting insurance on what they build. You can’t really build out of Brookings, it’s pretty much hitting capacity at what we are in square footage, which means we need to build up,” Koenecke said. “There’s definitely momentum coming from the city and business partners on that, but we are not there yet.”
In other news, two new club constitutions were approved at Monday’s meeting.
The waterski club aims to teach members how to ski, bring people who enjoy the activity together and in the future get into the competitive water skiing scene, according to club president James Bruns, a freshman construction management major.
Ashley Hollingsworth, a sophomore criminal justice major, is the president of the newly-approved criminal justice club. Hollingsworth hopes that establishing the club will strengthen the criminology and criminal justice programs and minors usually associated with those majors.