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

The Collegian

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

The Collegian

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

The Collegian

Editorial

Issue: No breaks during the semester is draining for students

Editorial Board October 6, 2020

We’re tired. After 35 days of online, in-person or hybrid classes and 35 more days to go, we’re sure you are too. In a “normal” semester, there would have been a long weekend for Labor Day, a...

Issue: The importance of voting in local elections

Issue: The importance of voting in local elections

Editorial Board September 30, 2020

This is a very crucial time in politics. No matter what party you belong to or where you are from, it is so important now more than ever to have your voice heard, starting with your state and local elections....

Issue: Consistency is key, let the people choose

Issue: Consistency is key, let the people choose

Editorial Board September 23, 2020

By now, we all know that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. During this already hectic time in politics, this is a major loss, not just for the Democratic Party, but for the country. Ginsburg...

Issue: White savior complex can jeopardize true progress of missionaries

Issue: White savior complex can jeopardize true progress of missionaries

Editorial Board September 16, 2020

Mission trips are largely a dutiful endeavor. They provide aid for developing nations suffering from poverty and environmental devastation, spread faith and can even be an enlightening experience for the...

Editorial

Why are SDSU COVID rates falling?

Collegian Editorial Board September 9, 2020

When South Dakota State University released the campus COVID-19 Dashboard Aug. 26, students and staff presumed they could now somewhat measure the amount of cases on campus, to decipher the risks and the...

Death is not our business; do not make it so

Death is not our business; do not make it so

Editorial Board August 26, 2020

Dear Student Body, We are student journalists. Our business is news; we give voice to the students and inform the Brookings community at large. We are not undertakers. As other student news outlets such...

Editorial: Relax responsibly this spring break

Editorial: Relax responsibly this spring break

Collegian Editorial Board March 4, 2020

Spring break: an annual academic recess during which millions of America’s brightest descend upon vacation hotspots far and wide to engage in a week of copious substance-abuse, littering, unsafe sex...

Editorial: Broken bones shouldn’t break your bank

Editorial: Broken bones shouldn’t break your bank

Collegian Editorial Board February 26, 2020

Medical expenses in the United States are infamous in the Western World. The high-stakes gamble that uninsured Americans take invites a range of attention from other first world nations, from morbid curiosity...

Editorial: Unpaid internships are medieval

Editorial: Unpaid internships are medieval

Collegian Editorial Board February 11, 2020

Apprenticeships are one of the longest practiced methods of education in human history. During the Middle Ages, European apprenticeships usually entailed a young student committing a certain amount of...

Editorial: Criminalization will push teens towards illicit products

Editorial: Criminalization will push teens towards illicit products

Collegian Editorial Board February 4, 2020

Throughout the summer of 2019, the United States endured a sudden outbreak of what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now calls e-cigarette or vaping associated lung injury (EVALI). The mysterious...

Editorial: South Dakota Legislature aim to criminalize transgender healthcare

Collegian Editorial Board January 29, 2020

HB 1057, a bill criminalizing medical professionals in South Dakota who administer transition therapy to individuals under 16, was introduced to the House of Representatives on Jan. 15. The bill would...

Editorial: As fires engulf Australia, what disasters await the Midwest?

Collegian Editorial Board January 15, 2020

The hundreds of fires raging across Australia in the past month have put Dante Alighieri’s “Inferno” to shame. As destruction sweeps the nation, the fires have killed 28 people and incinerated more...

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