Vignettes of campaign absurdity
The only way to make it out of election season sane is to laugh.
Are there no objectors out there to the commonality of war?
Jon WeilerColumnist I hear her voice starting to crack, “I wake up each day and I have to find reasons to get out of bed. It’s getting harder and harder to do.” My feeble response of, “It will eventually be ok,” was met with her very sad, “I don’t think it will be.” I am [...]
Recycling Summit promotes practice
The campus community is invited to attend a Recycling Summit meeting organized through the work of the SDSU Environmental Stewardship & Sustainability Committee (ESSC). The summit will review current recycling efforts on campus and also draw on the audience to share comments. This is an opportunity to communicate what you want from campus recycling policies. [...]
Figure drawing workshop held by Art Museum
The South Dakota Art Museum is coordinating a two-day figure drawing workshop called “Portraits by Fatih.” The workshop is led by South Dakota State University associate professor of visual arts Fatih Benzer and takes place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, and from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, at [...]
There was no transcendental experience, just an anthill
Keith BrumleyColumnist I was hitchhiking to the West Coast and back during the last month of summer vacation. I’d been given lifts by a treasure hunter, an economics professor, a vacationing couple from South Dakota and a police officer who’d been kind enough to shuttle me from the east to the west side of Battle [...]
Letter to the Editor: Math Department made poor choice with new computer program, says reader
Dear Math Department staff and The Collegian editor-in-chief, I am writing today out of disappointment with the new system of Computer-based Mastery Program courses that the Math department has chosen to implement for Math 021 and Math 101 this semester, and apparently will continue with Math 102 next semester. While I believe that the fine [...]
Focus more on ?bare necessities?, less on luxuries, columnist says
Hannah McdermetDeviant Ink Slinger “Look for the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities; forget about your worries and your strife.” The words of the lovable bear, Baloo, from Disney’s The Jungle Book have echoed in the ears of millions of people since the movie’s release in 1967. However, how many of them actually listen to [...]
07:32 It gives a whole new name to fast food.
Zach ReynoldsReporter On your mark, get set, eat! These words were bellowed at the campus intramural fields, giving community runners the go-ahead to stuff their faces with an enormous bean-filled, cheese-oozing, meat-stuffed Qdoba burrito. After swallowing over a pound of food, contestants had to run a mile as fast as possible. Participants paid a $10 [...]
D2L needs to be utilized by all instructors at SDSU
Issue: Some of the instructors at SDSU do not use the Desire2Learn program; a service that the university and students pay for. D2L is a program that is supposed to make classrooms more interactive and keep students and teachers in communication. Currently, a wide percentage of courses do not use the program at all. The [...]
In the face of death, have faith in God?s promises to guide and sustain
Pastor Bob ChellColumnist It is paradoxical that we are most alive in our encounters with death. Our entire campus grieved, and continues to grieve the death of student Aaron Hohwieler just ten days ago and professor Wayne Ellingson three days later. For those closest to Aaron and Wayne, grief is a consuming fire. It is [...]
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