Big Bad Voodoo Daddy debuts on campus
Kelsey Werpy, Reporter
October 8, 2019
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy will swing onto campus next Tuesday to entertain students as part of the Woodbine Production Series. The Woodbine Production Series is a collaboration between SDSU School of Performing Arts and the SDSU Foundation that brings famous performers to campus. An anonymous benefactor...
A Hobo Day love story
Sammi Schrag, Agriculture Reporter
October 1, 2019
Before their wedding at First Lutheran Church, commonly known as Touchdown Jesus, two kids and 33 happy years of marriage, Doug and Donna Wermedal were just two students on the Hobo Day Committee falling in love. “Back then when you were first on committee, they kidnapped you and all the new committee...
SDSU ‘Bum Band’ marches on for Hobo Day
Adam Foss, Reporter
October 1, 2019
Many people may be familiar with the SDSU Bum Band, but the history of the group is not as well known. The Bum Band actually formed at the inception of Hobo Day. The traditional homecoming celebration was preceded by the Nightshirt Parade, in which a parade of students and faculty members dressed i...
Yeager provides learning opportunities
Brianna Schreurs, Editor-in-Chief
April 16, 2019
This story was sponsored by Yeager Media Center. When Luke Cardona started working with Lowell Haag and Brian Stemwedel, he expected to gain knowledge on television production. And he did, but he also gained mentorship. Cardona was a 2011 SDSU alumnus in journalism and mass communications who st...
South Dakota filmmaker catches critics attention with movie “Tater Tot and Patton”
Jacob Ford, Movie Critic
February 28, 2019
South Dakota Native Andrew Kightlinger wrote and directed "Tater Tot and Patton," a South Dakota-set drama from the producer of Napoleon Dynamite, starring Jessica Rothe and Bates Wilder. It's about how a wayward millennial escapes to her uncle's South Dakota ranch, unhinging his placid boozer life. "...
Students debate concealed carry on campus
Lauren Franken, Managing Editor
February 27, 2019
Thirty-five percent of South Dakota citizens own guns, according to CBS News. Effective July 1, 2019, South Dakotans will no longer need a permit to carry their concealed weapons, which means they can carry anywhere in the state except in a few particular places. SDSU, and any university campus under...
English professor receives Whirling Award for poetry book
University Marketing and Communications
February 19, 2019
South Dakota State University English Professor Christine Stewart received the 2018 Whirling Prize in Poetry from Etchings Press for her book, “Bluewords Greening.” The theme for 2018 was disabilities. In her book, Stewart, who writes as Stewart-Nunez, describes her experiences as a woman coping...
Speaker to examine ways to improve streetscapes
University Marketing and Communications
February 19, 2019
Getting there is half the fun. That might be an oversimplification of a project undertaken by third-year architectural students at South Dakota State University, but it catches the project’s concept. The students in the building arts capstone class studied ways to make pedestrian travel in downtown...
Student survey shows high satisfaction among fall graduates
University Marketing and Communications
February 19, 2019
Ninety-six percent of South Dakota State University’s December 2018 candidates for graduation stated they achieved their educational goals in an exit survey conducted by the university’s Office of Institutional Research and Assessment. The survey also revealed that 96 percent said they received...
Dancing Spider Film Festival looks for student submissions
Marissa Carff, Sponsored Content Manager
February 13, 2019
This story was sponsored by the Fourth Annual Dancing Spider Film Festival. Get your creative juices flowing, storytellers. Filmmakers and storytellers have the chance to show their skills on the big screen under the stars at the Fourth Annual Dancing Spider Film Festival in the historic Verne Dri...
Chess Club members learn strategy, compete
Stephanie Nelson, Reporter
February 12, 2019
When stepping into the Pasque Room in the Student Union on any given Thursday night, one might think there’s just a handful of people playing board games. But at a closer look, there’s a lot more going on. Pairs of students peer over a board covered with 64 black and white squares. Their faces ...
Dropping charges: Alcohol diversion program minimizes consequences
Andrew Rasmussen, Reporter
February 12, 2019
In 2017, Brookings County recorded 348 underage consumption convictions, according to Dan Nelson, the State’s Attorney for Brookings County. In an effort to minimize this number, Brookings County is implementing an alcohol diversion program. Nelson has been working with Lutheran Social Services on...
Multicultural Center relocates to top level in Student Union
October 18, 2019
Brief: Soccer tears through early Summit League schedule
October 18, 2019
City accepting applications for downtown parking permits
October 18, 2019
Volleyball aims to turn corner in Summit play
October 17, 2019
Jacks look to remain perfect in conference play
October 17, 2019