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SDSU student Reed Rombough balances himself with help from Taylor Lais during his highlining attempt at Palisades State Park - Submitted Photo by Sarah Diede

SDSU climbers make daring attempt to highline across Big Sioux River

If you’ve ever been in the Wellness Center, you may have seen people in the rockwall area walking on what looks like a tightrope.  However, it’s not a tightrope. Actually, the name says it’s the exact opposite; it’s called a slackline. Climbers started slacklining in the pioneer age of rock climbing.  They would tie their [...]

Members of Equip, an SDSU college ministry, sing Nov. 30. Each week, Equip members eat a meal, discuss Bible passages and form discussion groups. A survey shows students’ religious habits change once beginning college, with the percentage of weekly church attendance dropping nearly in half. -Collegian Photo by Kathy Kroether

Keeping the faith

Chronicling changes in our religious beliefs Most of the congregation filtered in over the last 10 minutes, and a majority of them brought their children in winter coats, avoiding them from the chill frosting the grass on their front lawns and windshields. Soft, acoustic guitar music plays through the sanctuary’s speakers, and at 10:25 a.m. [...]

Students are feeling the heat of finals while enduring the cold weather and, like the snow, the two can pile up. Many students have trouble dealing with the stress, but there are a variety of activities on campus to help students get through. (Photo by ReAnn Arcand)

Stress levels skyrocket during winter months

Students and health professionals alike recognize a certain correlation: college increases stress. While there are many causes of stress, studies have shown college adds to the already fast-paced lives people live. In its National College Health Assessment, the American College Health Association surveyed 129 institutions and more than 100,000 students — of those students, 1,165 [...]

Displaced when Nebraska-Omaha cut their football program, Jason Schlautman fit in at SDSU. - Collegian Photo by Aaron Stoneberger

The one kick wonder

Displaced by a cut program, the senior punter turned into a valuable asset for SDSU. By: Shane Koob Assistant Sports Editor He had no idea it was going to happen. Then again, not many people saw the University of Nebraska-Omaha eliminating its football program with the move to Division I athletics coming. “At first, you’re [...]

Dr. Robert Berdahl spoke about many of the issues facing higher education on Nov. 30.  (Collegian photo by Nick Lowrey)

Noted academic talks about big picture

The process for developing SDSU’s next strategic plan is in its beginning stages. SDSU has begun to think about where it will be in the next five years. The first phase of creating SDSU’s next strategic plan began Nov. 30 with a visit from Dr. Robert Berdahl, president emeritus of the Association of American Universities. [...]

Chasing mule deer proves harder than it looks

On the opening day of the South Dakota West River firearms deer season of 2010, I found myself making the familiar drive from Hill City to the Angostora reservoir. I had drawn one of my favorite South Dakota big game tags in one of my favorite hunting units: the northern piece of Fall River County. [...]

Editors’ Note: Sports columnist Travis Kriens hosts a TV show, The Sports Lounge on SDSU channel 2, which airs numerous times during the week. He also co-hosts a radio show on KSDJ on Tuesdays from 6-9 p.m.

It’s all about Tim Tebow

People don’t like what they don’t understand. Look at the things in your life that you like to do and you don’t like to do and you will have a correlation between being good at the things you like and not being very good at the things that you don’t like. The most polarizing figure [...]

Katie Rusch will spend up to five months fulfilling a lifelong dream by working as an intern at CMT radio in Nashville, Tennessee. (Collegian photo by Emma Dierks)

SDSU student heads to Nashville for dream internship

An SDSU country music enthusiast will be interning with CMT next semester. When Katie Rusch saw she had a missed call on her cell phone from an unknown number on Nov. 28, her heart jumped. Rusch, a senior journalism major from Hutchinson, Minn., did a phone interview with CMT radio about a week prior and [...]

Hurry up or hope: USD student seats are limited

Early tickets are available but only if you join “The Rabbit Den” and for a cost. By Shane Koob Assistant Sports Editor The SDSU student I.D. card is a ticket to many events on campus thanks to the activities fee paid by every student each semester. However, if a student wants to attend either the [...]

State employees one step closer to raise

Rising tax collections mean the state can afford to boost spending on schools and health care while giving state employees a long overdue pay raise next year, Gov. Dennis Daugaard said Tuesday as he proposed a $4 billion state budget to the South Dakota Legislature. Daugaard, a Republican, and the GOP-controlled Legislature last winter made [...]