Change grading system to rubric or do not change it
The argument raging around plus-minus grading is continuing much longer than it needs to. Students spoke out against it, while faculty fights for it. The true issue is getting lost in the arguments. Why are we wasting time talking about grading when no real change is going to happen regardless? The professors that are [...]
Punk Goes Pop Vol. 4 offers solid line-up
Every year, Fearless Records puts out a compilation CD called Punk Goes…. and in past years there have been Punk Goes Acoustic, Punk Goes Crunk, Punk Goes 90s and most recently, Punk Goes Pop Volume 4. For months, fans eagerly await the chosen bands and the songs the bands decided to cover. The album, mostly [...]
Column: Eads response to gameday experience claims
Editor’s Note: Tom Eads paid for an advertisement in the Nov. 2 issue of The Collegian. Loyal SDSU follower Keith Jensen wrote a response to Eads in The Brookings Register in the following days and Eads sent in his own response to The Collegian about Jensen’s claims. The following runs as a guest column. Attention [...]
Jazz ensemble to go to Switzerland
Switzerland’s famed Montreux Jazz Festival has invited South Dakota State University student jazz musicians to perform in 2012. “It is the most prestigious jazz festival in all of Europe,” said Nathan Jorgensen, assistant professor of woodwinds and jazz at SDSU. “There are about half a dozen jazz festivals that people would recognize. Montreux is at [...]
Coach’s Candor — 11.30.11
Editor’s note: Phil McDaniel led the Jacks to a 14-18 record, including a 7-11 mark in Summit League play in his first season at the helm of the SDSU volleyball program. The 2011 season was a disappointment considering the Jacks returned most of the talent from a top-four team in the league in 2010. We [...]
A haven for the Colorado Kid
For those of you lucky enough to see the television show Haven on the SyFy channel, you may have noticed that the series is actually based on a Stephen King novel called The Colorado Kid. Like most of his works, King chooses the Northeast, specifically Maine, to set this story of mystery and intrigue. Fair [...]
Merging cultures
Students of modern languages and global affairs at SDSU will “WALC” together to increase their presence and impact on campus. The Global Studies Club is merging with the Spanish, German and French clubs to boost numbers and participation. In a recent move by SDSU administration, the Global Studies program moved into the [...]
Husked
Callahan’s career day wasn’t enough to get the Jacks a win in Lincoln. As many SDSU students learned this Thanksgiving weekend, it’s nice to be home. The Jackrabbits men’s basketball team learned that too, in a much more difficult manner. In the sixth game of their eight-game road trip, the Jacks (4-3) ran out of [...]
Program aims to help new faculty
New faculty members now have their own orientation program at SDSU. This new program known as New Faculty Orientation, focuses on building relationships, forming solidarity and briefing new faculty members on SDSU’s history. The program is intended to help faculty who would otherwise have few outlets or opportunities to get informed. “And we have sessions [...]
Coaching carousel doesn’t always make sense
Very few jobs are as unstable as that of a college football coach. When a coach is hired, there are hands to shake, boosters to meet and players to recruit in your down time. As soon as you lose your first game, those same boosters seem to want to run you out of town so [...]
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