State government should be open and accessible to the people of South Dakota. Throughout my time in office, I have made government transparency a priority. The Governor’s Office has released invitation...

 Social media…What do you think about it? It is so great that we are more connected than ever. We can see what our friends are doing 24/7. I have never felt so updated and informed about what is going...

Christmas is like eating chocolate. Whoa I know you’re thinking this sounds crazy, but stay with me. The colorful wrapper represents all of the decorating that takes place. The unwrapping of the packaging...

“I am grateful to have been loved and to be loved now and to be able to love,” said Dr. Maya Angelou. Love is the most powerful force on the planet.  It has the ability to make even the strongest...

“A new play is like a living organism – after its birth it continues to grow and adapt, or evolve, if you will.” That is what James Wood, a professor of theatre at SDSU, had to say about “Chameleon...

“Well, hopefully your other classes are not all keeping you too busy to do the paper.” Is this a joke? So I think that it is probably safe to assume that we have all heard this or some version of it....

It’s 5 a.m. and you are tossing and turning, not able to shut off your brain thinking about all the stuff you have to get done before the semester’s end. The next day hits and suddenly you are slumped...

“Kelli Garry, tell me what you know about ‘Food, Inc,’” Alysse said to me as I walked into the conference room to have lunch.“Oh, great,” I thought to myself, “Here we go again.”This was...

Issue: The first major snowfall appeared to have caught many, including snow removal teams, off guard.Winter is now officially upon us in Brookings. For students this can cause major headaches. Snow often...

I am truly disappointed in today’s society. I have been in recent conversations about social equality. We especially talked about “white privilege” and how they are just given things. Another thing...

Thanksgiving, in my own words, is where friends and families celebrate thankfulness by getting together and eating a lot of food. We eat until it hurts, then we take a short break and have dessert, because...

As we headed into the weekend in college football we had six top 25 matchups.The game that probably impacted the playoffs the most was in East Lansing, Mich., where No. 8 Michigan State squared off against...