Logo firm goes on a field trip
SDSU is one step closer to finding a new face to the Jackrabbit. And it took a trip to a field north of campus for representatives of New York City-based design firm to get an accurate view of a jackrabbit. “I think their version of a jackrabbit is what they could get online,” said Alex Halbach, Students’ Association president and member of the logo committee.
Tuition rates up again, higher than US average
The increase in tuition and fees at public universities in South Dakota was slightly higher than the increase nationwide. Tuition and fees at four-year public colleges nationally rose $344, or 6.3 percent, to an average of $5,836, according to the College Board’s annual Trends in College Pricing report.
Cheerleaders boost school spirit
Sophomore Allison Ehrman is a true supporter of the SDSU Jacks. She is right there along the sidelines, in the action, cheering loud and proud for the yellow and blue. Ehrman, an early childhood education major, is one of the 22 SDSU students that make up the Jackrabbit Cheer Team.
Fans paint themselves with pride
They are half naked, half crazy and all SDSU pride. Anyone who has attended a Jacks football game has seen them. Standing by the railing in front of the student section is a row of fanatics that lack shirts, but not spirit. Though different groups have painted their bodies for football games, one group in particular has made it a ritual.
Drunks are like apples . . .
A drunk is like an apple in two ways: everyone can identify one with ease and they come in a variety of styles. I took my time this last weekend to study the common drunk because of the ample amount of test subjects. I found four main categories of drunks: happy, philosophical, angry and bitter.
In the Middle: Immigration
Immigration is a bold, beautiful thing. The strength and courage it takes to uproot yourself from your homeland and seek something new, something different, is amazing and precious to me. Our country was built on immigration, and it will only grow stronger with the vast influx of brains, brawn and sheer guts that naturally comes with those brave enough to seek our shores.
Letter to the Editor: Syllabus Statement
In response to Kevin Hoekman’s Oct. 25 Letter to the Editor, and subsequent smearing of Dr. Brady Phelps: The faculty members quoted in the 10/11/06 Collegian article are not the only ones angered regarding the BOR’s mandated syllabus inclusion. Faculty do not deny students should have the right to express themselves in the classroom.
Hearing rescheduled for suspect in intern’s death
A Pennsylvania man charged in the death of Daktronics sales Intern Jason Shephard had his preliminary hearing rescheduled to Nov. 16. Charges filed in Pennsylvania against William Smithson include murder in the Sept. 18 strangulation of Shephard, 23, a student at Northern State University in Aberdeen, and intern for Brookings.
Initiatives, referendums fill big ballot
South Dakota voters will have to decide 11 ballot issues Nov. 7 dealing with everything from taxes to gay marriage and whether abortion should be legal. The last time that many issues filled the state’s ballot was 1970 when voters dealt with residency requirements, retired judges, games of chance, four-year terms, the voting age, presidential election, income tax, constitutional revision and school lands.
They’ve done it again
With another thrilling comeback victory, the Jackrabbits spend another week atop the Great West Football Conference. For the second time in as many weeks, the Jacks used a fourth-quarter comeback to defeat a ranked opponent. This week’s victim was No. 16 ranked University of California Davis.
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