Symmone Gauer, Lifestyles Editor (She/her)
• October 19, 2021
For senior Marie Robbins, carrying on the Hobo Day tradition as Grand Pooba means celebrating all the opportunities South Dakota State has to offer.
And just what is the Grand Pooba’s role in all...
Skyler Jackson, Sports Reporter (He/him)
• November 10, 2020
BROOKINGS - The Jackrabbit football team played its first football game in almost a year Oct. 31, a Hobo Day scrimmage that usually takes place in the spring.
South Dakota State University’s annual...
Jordan Rusche, Lifestyles Editor (She/Her)
• October 28, 2020
The spirit of Hobo Day has not faded this year despite the challenges of COVID-19. Some events, like the annual Bum-A-Meal, have transitioned into a way to more closely help the community instead.
Give-A-Meal,...
Megan Bertsch, Copy Editor (She/Her)
• October 21, 2020
After a year of continuous planning and re-planning, the Hobo Day Committee has taken COVID-19 challenges head on and is excited to bring South Dakota State University a Hobo Day celebration unlike any...
Downtown Brookings is alive with Jackrabbit pride after South Dakota State University students completed the annual Paint the Town event for Hobo Day this past Sunday.
The Paint the Town event allows...
For the first time in over 75 years, the South Dakota State University Hobo Day Parade- one of the largest events in the Dakotas- has been canceled. There will be no vintage cars on the road, no people...
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...
South Carolina Representative Ralph Norman (R-SC) proposed House Resolution 6338: “No Federal funds may be used by the National Endowment for the Arts to award a grant for South Dakota State University’s...
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...
So much time, effort and planning goes into the event-filled week leading up to Hobo Day. This year, Jeanette Klein, a fifth-year agricultural leadership student, is taking charge as Grand Pooba, the leader...
A little bit of snow on Wednesday and Thursday didn’t dampen the spirits for a unique Hobo Day tradition.
Despite the 27-degree temperature, more than 300 students gathered on Sylvan Green at 10 p.m....
