Enrollment figures slide
SDSU’s student enrollment dipped for the first time in more than a decade, a fact with a variety of explanations including a sizable enrollment spike in recent years and a slight reduction in transfer students. South Dakota’s largest university dropped 91 students from last year’s headcount to 12,725 students. Statewide, enrollment fell 337 students, just [...]
No luck in Normal
A quarterback change wasn’t enough to get the Jacks back in the win column. Illinois State was better than SDSU on Saturday. By how much is up in the air. The scoreboard above Hancock Stadium read 20-13 in favor of the Redbirds and that will ultimately be the score that stands the test of time, [...]
If it’s outside, Ekeren does it
Remember playing outside as a young whipper-snapper? Whatever happened to those days? It seems like modern day youngsters spend more time indoors playing video games or watching TV. The days of the question “Can Timmy come out and play?!” are long gone. Now, even 75 percent of our student body stays inside and plays video [...]
Finding Nemo: The lure of being lost
It is easy to understand why the Lakota consider the Black Hills sacred. It’s in the granite outcroppings, modest to monolithic, which so embody the island of mountains in a sea of prairie. It’s in the Ponderosa pines, some the United States Forest Service reports as ancient as 700 years, which dominate the landscape in [...]
Adrenaline fuels waterfowl opener
It’s 4 a.m. and my alarm just shattered a rather nice dream I was having. My head lifts from the pillow and my arm shoots out to slam the snooze button. For a second I’m kind of pissed off as I lay my head back down to get back to my dream. Suddenly my eyes [...]
Jacks swept twice on road
SDSU dropped a pair of road matches, coming back to earth after a fast start. The Jackrabbits, riding high after claiming wins in their first three conference games of the season, were brought back down to Earth with an abrupt crash as SDSU was unceremoniously swept by a pair of Summit League foes on Friday [...]
SDSU ready to run at home
A tough test at the Griak Invite has SDSU ready for home meet Saturday. Members of South Dakota State University’s men’s and women’s cross-country teams gave solid efforts against some of their stiffest competition of the season Sept. 24 at the Roy Griak Invitational in St. Paul, Minn. Under normal circumstances, the men finishing in [...]
Namath, Swann among overrated
One of the reasons that I like sports is that it is pretty black and white. After the game there is a winner and loser, soccer notwithstanding. But sometimes teams and players get overrated for whatever reason. Maybe because of the media market they are in or people put too much stock in just a [...]
Coach’s Candor — 09.28.11
Editor’s note: Megan Rossiter enters her first season as SDSU equestrian head coach. Her team opens the season Friday at Waco, Texas. Q. What brought you to SDSU to become the head equestrian coach? A. I was training horses in Colorado and my plan was to get back into coaching at some point, [after being [...]
Intramurals — 09.28.11
Intramurals are in full swing at SDSU. The new online sign up makes registering and checking schedules fast and convenient. With over 2,380 students participating already this year, the intramural staff is hoping for a record-breaking year in participation. Intramurals offer students an opportunity to stay in shape while having fun. The added bonus is [...]
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