Students must rise up against the elderly
“Studies show old people are just as good as drivers as sleep deprived apes.” -Lisa Simpson Nothing in the world is more irritating to a young, on-the-go college student than having to deal with the old and feeble people on the highway. We must wait behind them as they crawl along down the road going (of all the God-forsaken speeds) the speed limit.
The Third B Tax:
I’m working on a new venture: I want to take a minimum of $35,000 from 3,000 different people – because I can spend it more wisely than them. The English Major is open for suggestions on how best to do this. Lacking any properly original ideas, Plan A is to follow the Brooking City Council – implement Yet Another Tax on prepared foods.
Disability Service Seeks to Make Life Easier for Students
March is National Developmental Disabilities Month, and the theme this year is, “Every face in our community belongs.” “We want to increase sensitivity and awareness, first for the students we have attending SDSU that are students with developmental disabilities and for just how successful they’re being as a result of what we’re doing here at SDSU,” said Nancy Schade, coordinator of disability services on campus.
Little International still going strong after 79 years
The 79th Little International will take place at the Animal Science Complex on the SDSU campus March 22 and 23 High school students from South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska will visit SDSU for the judging contests during the day and SDSU students will participate in livestock fitting and showmanship contests in the evenings, said Adam Wirt, 2002 Little I student manager.
Easter and its symbols offer time for reflection and hope
With Easter approaching, stuffed bunnies, eggs and bags of candy fill the shelves at the stores. These symbols of Easter, which to some may appear as a secular holiday tradition, have meaning related to the Easter celebration of Christ’s resurrection. One of the most common symbols of Easter, the Easter bunny, represents fertility.
EXPO fashion show to present trends
The EXPO, a professional fashion show put on once a year by the fashion promotion and visual merchandising class, will hit the stage Friday, March 22 at 2 p.m. in the Volstorff Ballroom. “We have high school girls absolutely screaming at the show,” Nancy Lyons, assistant professor in Apparel Merchandising, said.
Anthropologist speaks about discoveries of human origin
Distinguished paleoanthropologist Meave Leakey spoke to a crowd in Doner Auditorium about her discoveries relating to the origins of mankind in the Griffith Honors Forum Lecture Monday night. Director of Paleontology at the Kenya Museum, author of 50 articles in scientific magazines and one of the most visible scientists in her competitive and male-dominated field, Leakey has has been uncovering fossils in Kenya since 1965.
Up in smoke
Going out to eat means making a lot of decisions: where to go, which friend to go with and what to eat. But starting this summer, “Smoking or non?” won’t be one of those choices. After July 1, state law will prohibit smoking in restaurants that don’t have a liquor license.
Hansen, Solomon inducted
The votes are in, and Dan Hansen has been elected Student Association president, with running mate Ben Solomon as vice president. Hansen, a junior pharmacy major, was excited about winning the election. “Obviously, [we were] very pleased, very happy. We were excited because it was a lot of hard work.
Just because we can, does that mean we should?
Just because we can do something, ought we? I’m speaking about a new medical procedure called preimplantation genetic diagnosis. PGD enables one to screen for specific genetic diseases like early-onset Alzheimer’s, Tay-Sachs, sickle-cell anemia and others in the preimplantation embryo prior to the actual implantation process when the embryo becomes embedded in the mother’s uterus.
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