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Geopolitics addressed for SDSU Common Read program

From a geographer’s point of view, the U.S. military’s current involvement in the border country of Pakistan and Afghanistan is not really new, it’s simply the latest round of geopolitics for a region that has always been a chessboard for great powers. That’s the message associate professor Robert Watrel in South Dakota State University’s Department [...]

State Theatre production puts ?fun? into funeral preparation

Four SDSU officials have literally landed a part to die for in State University Theatre’s opening production, “Dearly Departed.” The comedy tells the story of southerner Bud Turpin, who keels over at the breakfast table in the opening scene. A different actor plays Bud’s part at each performance, which runs Oct. 13-17 in Doner Auditorium [...]

?Nameless No More? contest launches, runs until Oct. 17

For the past 104 years, the beloved South Dakota State Jackrabbit mascot has been without a name. The SDSU Alumni Association would like to change that. Starting, Monday, Oct. 4, the “Nameless No More” contest begins, giving alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends of SDSU the opportunity to name a State icon that is frequently [...]

Production at SDSU portrays pioneer women in medicine

Linda Kelley, a professional actress from Boston, Mass., will portray Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first women doctor to graduate from medical school, in a one-woman show called “A Lady Alone,” presented at the South Dakota State University Volstroff Ballroom at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14. Also making an appearance in “A Lady Alone” is Dr. [...]

Greek Villiage

Hannah BakerNews Editor Like other universities, SDSU has Greek chapters that make up the Greek Life community on campus. However, one aspect of the Greek community that many universities have, though SDSU lacks, is a Greek Row or Greek Village. Since the late 1960s, land has been designated on 20th Avenue (next to Farmhouse and [...]