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Women’s championship game leaves no doubt about winner

The women’s intramural flag-football championship game played out Thursday, featuring two of the best State has to offer: Psych Ward and the Puntin’ Pussy Cats. The game turned out to be a second half blowout. The Puntin’ Pussy Cats were crowned the victor with a 28-6 win, but the first half remained competitive.

Intramural flag football season finishes with a bang

If many more games play out in the upcoming years like the men’s intramural flag football championship did on Thursday night, another Daktronics scoreboard will be needed. In a game decided by the refs after regulation due to score uncertainties, the sideline was riddled with enthusiastic fans eager to discover how the game would unfold.

Wrestling team starts season while new conference waits

The SDSU wrestling team enters the season in uncharted waters as a member of no conference-yet. In his twelfth season at State, Head Coach Jason Liles said a coaches’ agreement exists between SDSU, University of Wyoming, North Dakota State University, Air Force, University of Northern Colorado, Utah Valley State, Northern Iowa, Fresno State and Eastern Illinois.

Still affected far from home

Katrina, Stan, Wilma, these are all names we’ve heard in the news during the past month. These names conjure images of destruction, loss and sadness for many; myself included. I do not have family or friends in New Orleans or other affected areas in the South.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

For most women, pink isa life- saving color. October is breast cancer awareness month. The main purpose of this month is to educate women about breast cancer, by emphasizing the importance of early detection through mammogram screening. For more than 20 years the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM) has educated women about early detection.

Construction begins at Brookings airport

An old car wash sign reaches above the roadside trees and stands as a stranger in the midst of a growing 16,000-square-foot office building. The building stretches between the Barrel Drive-In and Sound Sensations along Eighth Street South’s downward slope as it darts eastward from Main Street.

Hy-Vee boasts new features

Changes have become the note at the Brookings Hy- Veelately. A gas station, Starbucks, health food market and a Chinese restaurant. A 10- pump gas station will soon open in the Hy-Vee parking lot. The exact day the station will open is unknown. Tentatively the station’s hours will be 6 a.

Try love instead of toleration

When we hear the word tolerance, what sort of a thought does it bring to mind? When someone tells you that you need to tolerate something, does it usually evoke a positive or negative thought? Probably the latter. Uh-oh, I am going to have to go along with something that might be weird! Oh man, I hope this is something I can halfway stomach.

Google yourself; it may be worth it

During my sophomore year of high school, my debate partner and I wrote a case study that told of a young woman being murdered by her stalker. She had gone to school with the man, but had no idea he was stalking her. If she had typed her name into any search engine, it would have brought up a Web site he made about her, including the final decision to kill her.

SDSU participates in Cyber Security Awareness Month

How safe is your computer? Many people are unaware of just how vunerable they are when using their computer. Cyber Security Awareness Month is a national collaborative effort by the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Trade Commission, state governments, major universites, and the Internet industry.