Mildew update: A breath of fresh air for Scobey Hall

Mildew update: A breath of fresh air for Scobey Hall

Construction on Scobey Hall is scheduled to begin within three to six weeks with an expected fall completion date. The aging hall, recently afflicted with mildew, received a clean bill of health following an air quality inspection, said Dean Kattelmann, Assistant Vice President of Facilities and Services. He said construction is now cleared to begin. [...]

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An interview away from calling the U.S. home

An interview away from calling the U.S. home

For many Americans, citizenship is abstract. For immigrants who become Americans, it is both a privilege and a process. Hassan Ali, a junior political science and international relations major, is in the process of becoming a United States citizen. Ali was born in Djibouti Oct. 23 1990, about a year before the Djiboutian Civil War [...]

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Construction underway for women’s fraternity

In 2010, the women of Alpha Xi Delta had the rug pulled out from under them. That year they learned their house was going to be torn down to make room for the completion of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science building. “They told us when they were taking it down and where we would [...]

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Union cuts back on burning the midnight oil

Union cuts back on burning the midnight oil

After a less than compelling trial run that kept The Union open an extra two hours, The Union is planning to phase out its extended hours in the next two weeks. Toward the end of last semester, the closing hours for The Union were extended from midnight to 2 a.m. for a one-month trial. The [...]

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The Jackrabbits' Griffan Callahan drives to the basket during the first half of SDSU's 91-88 overtime win over NDSU on Jan. 21 / Collegian Photo by Nick Lowrey

Jacks finish Bison in overtime thriller

After six years, the Jackrabbits have thrown the proverbial monkey off their back. NDSU rallied from 11 points down to force overtime, but the Jacks hit 12 free throws in those extra five minutes and held on for a 91-88 win at the Bison Sports Arena in front of 5,011 fans on Saturday night. It [...]

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S.D. senator seeks to rid state of reporting deadline for rape victims

SIOUX FALLS — It has taken Jolene Loetscher more than 15 years to come to terms with a rape she says she endured as a teenager in Nebraska, but according to state law at the time, she waited too long to seek punishment for the man she accuses of stealing her childhood in the back [...]

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Not too baa’d

Friday the thirteenth: a day of bad luck, or, in this case, one of the best days ever, a thought that surely crossed the mind of the SDSU Wool Judging Team members. On Jan. 13 the Wool Judging Team competed in the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colo. and carried away the title of [...]

Governor proposes to improve workforce, teacher performance

Governor proposes to improve workforce, teacher performance

On Friday Jan. 20, S.D. Gov. Dennis Daugaard held a town hall meeting on the SDSU campus in the The Union’s Volstorff Ballroom. The governor used the town hall setting to outline new plans that affect education and workforce development in South Dakota. He and his administration spoke to approximately 100 businesses across the state [...]

SA seeks to make good samaritan bill into law

It’s Saturday night and like any other weekend evening students are being students. One of them has a little too much fun and winds up convulsing on the floor, eventually every one else stops laughing and starts to realize there’s a serious problem. That’s when they leave, and the roommate is left with two options: [...]

Live Blog: SDSU men at NDSU

Live Blog: SDSU men at NDSU

Join Marcus Traxler from the Bison Sports Arena tonight at 6:30 p.m. as he provides live coverage from tonights’s SDSU-NDSU men’s basketball game. Live Blog: SDSU men at NDSU

Photo Gallery: Student Senate “Pied” for Charity

Photo Gallery: Student Senate “Pied” for Charity

  Senators Jared Ellefson, Dan Roberts, and Brady Duxbury raise money for charity during the Student Association’s Communication Week.

Fines Increased, Standardized for Snow-Covered Sidewalks

Fines Increased, Standardized for Snow-Covered Sidewalks

Students living off campus should start layering up this winter and grabbing hold of their shovels and prepare to face the cold, because if they don’t, it’s going to cost them. The Brookings City Council passed a revision to Ordinance 26-11 on Jan. 10 increasing fines previously ranging from $20 to $50 to a flat [...]

Live Blog: SDSU women at NDSU

Live Blog: SDSU women at NDSU

Join Marcus Traxler as he reports live from the Bison Sports Arena in Fargo. The Jackrabbits take on the Bison in women’s basketball and our live blog will start at 6:30 p.m. Live Blog: SDSU women at NDSU