Students? Association repeals controversial smoking resolution
Emma DejongManaging Editor The Students’ Association voted to survey students about a campus wide smoking ban, rather than put the issue to a student vote. Getting the needed two-thirds majority exactly, SA voted to rescind the Nov. 29 resolution in order to specify that the poll’s results will not be a deciding factor. “The new [...]
SA?s alcohol policy goes to committee
Tony GorderEditor-in-Chief South Dakota may soon see a new law that originated from a push within student government. The South Dakota Senate Judiciary Committee will hear testimony and vote Feb. 17 on whether to bring S.B. 141 to the Senate floor. S.B. 141 is what’s commonly referred to as a Good Samaritan alcohol law. The [...]
Tuition on the rise
Kristine Young News Editor With the unveiling of Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s proposed budget cuts, students can expect tuition rates to rise. State support for higher education has dropped from 58 percent to 45 percent in the last decade, said Jack Warner, executive director of the South Dakota Board of Regents. If Daugaard’s proposed budget is [...]
A Walk Through Campus…
Laura CoxVisual Editor Former SDSU presidents each have campus buildings named after them. This is the first article of a Collegian series running the rest of the semester. With Wagner’s recent passing and all the new buildings on campus being named or in need of names, this series is bringing the people behind the names [...]
Create your own gaming experience
John Schmidt Juice Gamer In 2008 a puzzle platformer called Little Big Planet made my childhood dreams come true by allowing me to rekindle levels from old ideas I had when I was a young gamer. It’s sequel Little Big Planet 2, copies the first, and overfills it with many more features that add to [...]
Cutting for a cause
Ben Lippert Juice Editor Jackrabbits cut their hair for a cause at the Locks of Love event Feb. 3 in The Union. This marks the third consecutive year that the University Program Council has sponsored the event. The locks of hair from each student will be donated to children from the Locks of Love foundation. [...]
Poster of the Week
Ben Lippert Juice Editor You may recognize the man in this photograph. His name is Hunter S. Thompson, the drug-loving reporter famous for his unique style of journalism known as “Gonzo journalism.” Thompson wrote the famous book, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas which eventually turned into a popular cult film. Thompson was incredibly gifted [...]
Smoking issue far from over
The Editorial Board Issue: SA repealed its original, controversial resolution concerning a campus-wide smoking ban and has replaced it with a new one. We truly appreciate the work of Senators Shad Christman and Kate Wegehaupt, who sponsored the new resolution titled “Smoking Policy Student Survey.” They recognized the flaws with the original resolution and took [...]
Punishing Wikileaks founder Assange constricts First Amendment rights
Jon WeilerColumnist What are Wikileaks? The first time I heard about Wikileaks was when Pfc. Bradley Manning was taken into custody for leaking classified documents of operations in Afghanistan. What I saw on all major news networks was how these classified documents exposed personnel working in Afghanistan and put our sources lives at risk. The [...]
Whether you?re single or taken, ?be cool?
Valentine’s Day is upon us again. Like many other bachelors and bachelorettes, this holiday can rub me the wrong way. Pink hearts and enormous stuffed bears line store aisles ensuring that I will not forget my soul-crushing loneliness. I kid; of course, I don’t think I could find time right now for a relationship. Between [...]
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