Students’ Association passes Equip constitution
The Students’ Association approved the constitution to establish an Equip organization at its meeting Monday night. According to the mission statement of Equip, the organization exists to provide the information necessary for Christians to strengthen and defend their faith in the areas of Christian history, apologetics and theology.
Alex and Kat win by large margin
South Dakota State University students elected Alex Halbach and Kat Brandtjen as their next Student s’Association President and vice president, March 1 and 2. Halbach and Brandtjen celebrated a landslide victory over Brad Blaha and Katie Jo McGuire, obtaining 63 percent of the votes.
Money being ill spent at SDSU
The South Dakota Board of Regents recently approved an increase in student activity fees for the expanding SDSU Equestrian team. SDSU hopes to boost numbers of the team from its current 26 members to 60 members at a cost of nearly $14,000 for each rider. With the help of the SDSU Foundation, SDSU plans on building a $3.
Bracketology 101 with Brian
March Madness has descended upon us and the greatest sporting event of the year has arrived, the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. For the next three weeks, everybody is a college basketball expert. Accountants, engineers and teachers all believe they know which teams will triumph and which teams will falter in the Big Dance.
Baseball team begins season slowly while traveling on the road
The SDSU Baseball Team started off their season on Feb. 28 with a trip to Kansas State University. The Jacks lost the two games they played against the Wildcats by a total of three runs. The Jacks put up five runs in their first competitive game of the season.
Mission of Muck
This spring break, I received an assignment. I asked for it, and it was one I was happy to receive. I couldn’t be more honored. Last week, I traveled to New Orleans for a mission trip along with a group of more than 50 people from SDSU, Northern State University, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and the University of South Dakota.
Brookings Sears forced to close its doors
The Brookings Sears store will open its doors for the last time on March 24. While vacationing in Hawaii, Larry Fjeldos, managing director, received an e-mail notice about the store’s impending closure from the corporate headquarters. “I had not signed the three-year contract for an additional three-year commitment because of not knowing what to do,” Fjeldos said.
12-hour days common on game days
Rarely, when entering the confines of Frost Arena, Coughlin-Alumni Stadium or any of the other fields, courts or arenas that comprise SDSU’s athletic facilities, does one stop to think of the amount of effort spent staging a successful event. Watching a game, fans can witness and appreciate the hard work and talent of the athletes, but what of those behind the scenes? To stage a single athletic event at Frost Arena requires weeks of preparation by the SDSU Athletic Department, specifically the promotions department.
Clarifying the Brookings city living ordinance
A Brookings city living ordinance allows up to three unrelated adults to live in a single dwelling. So, a student living with more than two friends is living illegally, right? That’s probably not the case. The ordinance states that a single dwelling can legally house up to three unrelated tenants.
Upcoming changes in cable TV could provide more choices and flexibility for consumers
$45 a month is what you pay per month for Mediacom’s family pack bundle. That may soon change, though, because there are many changes ahead on the cable television front. The Brookings City Council passed an ordinance last month to allow the Brookings Municipal Utilities (BMU) to enter the cable television business.
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