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Little Big Town performs greatest hits at Swiftel Center

IAN LACK Reporter October 28, 2015

 After the festivities of Hobo Day last Saturday, the Swiftel Center hosted a concert that evening from Little Big Town, a Grammy Award-winning country group.Formed in 1998, the group consists of four...

McCrory Gardens turns haunted

KATHERINE CLAYTON Lifestyles Editor October 28, 2015

 The curtain opens and standing in the middle of the stage is a gardener, but not just any gardener - a mysterious one. This gardener has been killing students and people. However, the people aren’t...

Costumes: For mature audiences

SELENA YAKABE Columnist October 28, 2015

 By now, most people already know what they are going to be for Halloween, whether itIAe a princess, a skeleton or Batman. Unfortunately, it sometimes seems like there is little creativity left when it...

Wearing comfy clothes will not help when it comes to careers

SHANELL PETERSON Reporter October 28, 2015

Dress codes are a big part of career life. Unfortunately for a number of college students, none of these dress codes involve baggy sweat pants, Ugg boots or shorts."I think there is a really big issue...

Design student creates award winning poster

UMAIMA KOCH Reporter October 28, 2015

 It is letters printed black on a background of white. Brushstroke by brushstroke, it blurs more and more until it fades into oblivion.This is senior graphic design major Levi James’s favorite project....

One can at a time

KATHERINE CLAYTON Lifestyles Editor October 28, 2015

Organizations come together to gather donations. It happened in various ways. Some built structures out of canned goods and food items, others were motivated by root beer floats and traveling trophies,...

Community support connects Brookings with campus

SELENA YAKABE Columnist October 21, 2015

Hobo Day is just around the corner, and people from all over will be coming to Brookings to celebrate. I think that every town, especially every college town, should have an annual celebration like this. Hobo...

Artists Babby, Mallory express their art using non-traditional materials

SIERRA CLOSE Reporter October 21, 2015

Traditionally, when people think of art, they expect to see paint on canvas or possibly a stone sculpture. The South Dakota Art Museum has two exhibits on display that have art pieces made from some less...

Local comedian mixes it up in Jack’s Place

IAN LACK Reporter October 21, 2015

“Okay, my name is Timmy, and I’m a fat, single dad who talks about his wiener on stage. Ladies... ,” said Timmy WIlliams in the opening for his comedy stand-up show, Oct. 15.As a comedian, Williams...

Peanut butter, art, literature

KATHERINE CLAYTON Lifestyles Editor October 7, 2015

Appreciation is a word that can mean many things to different people. For example, I appreciate cookies. I appreciate life. I appreciate you. All of these sentences carry a variety of meanings and sentiments,...

Steps to help relieve stress

KYLEE WHITEHILL Reporter October 7, 2015

Stress—a word that is by no means foreign to college students. College students deal with high levels of stress due to academic pressures, relationships, new environments and plans for the future.“I...

A work of art

KATHERINE CLAYTON Lifestyles Editor October 7, 2015

Artist-in-residence focuses on trauma in her workA doorstopper is all the artist-in-residence needs to maintain an open-door policy for Paige Mostowy’s duration on campus at the Ritz Gallery in Grove...

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