Another holiday season has come and gone. As we pull ourselves through another winter, we are reminded yet again that we live in the northern Midwest, where this season tends to bring us cold, snow, more...
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...
Spending money is arguably the most fun thing about having it. After setting a budget, that I urge you to stick to, spending wisely is the next step.
It is not saving if you would not have bought it...
Since 1996, SDSU has offered recycling services to its students. What started as a small system has grown to encompass individual recycling bins in offices and dorm rooms. The convenience of recycling...
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...
Toby Uecker, Associate Director for Living-Learning & Outreach
• January 29, 2020
Let’s start with a confession: I’m writing these words on deadline.
That fact, as I think about it, is probably appropriate for a column addressing my time at The Collegian. After all, I did more...
The most defining aspect of a human-being is introspection.
Our ability to evaluate our societies, analyze our behavior and look inside ourselves sets us apart from the animal kingdom in a powerful...
Anyone else humming Sheryl Crow when they think about getting away for spring break? Just me? Aside from creating your Spotify playlists and googling party spots, we have to talk about money.
Job...
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem proposed a $4.94 billion state budget for fiscal year 2021 and highlighted the anti-meth campaign, special education and disaster relief.
During Noem’s campaign, a key...
Mackenzie Smith, Family Resource Management AmeriCorps VISTA for SDSU Extension
• December 4, 2019
You are about to read a cautionary tale that will have you rethinking your detour through Hy-Vee’s bakery for more reasons than just its delicious lack of nutritional value.
It was a cold and hectic...
Excitement abounds, wrapping paper flies and gifts are received. Christmas is a time for giving and sharing. However, from all this generosity and joy comes an excess of trash.
According to the EPA,...
Mike Bredeson, Research Agroecologist Ecdysis Foundation
• December 4, 2019
The world is getting hot. But what does soil have to do with it? Quite a lot, in fact. In the years to come, one of the most important jobs of soil will be to help us recapture the very thing making our...
