Columnist finds self, friends in college

  Adios! See ya later! Peace out, girl scout. Bye-bye. All sayings that I will be saying to you, SDSU! While the last five years of my life have been great, it’s time to pack up and get the heck out of dodge, but not until you take a few more of my precious dollars [...]

Ag events bring students to campus

  I will admit, eight years ago I was one of those kids running around campus with my blue jacket on. My sister was a freshman here and she took me to Medary to eat lunch. Good thing it was near the end of the semester and she still had a lot of money because [...]

Family farm lessons prove worthy in real life

Looking back on my five years at SDSU, I’ve come to realize that what I’ve learned growing up on a farm has heavily influenced me as a person, a student, and a worker. The lessons learned from growing up on a small farm have been outstanding and life changing. When I was eight, I begged [...]

Lessons learned from a vegetarian debate

For some reason I am becoming the king of controversy. My first opinion topic was horse slaughter, which generated comments like reproducing rabbits (which, well, I think you get the picture). Then just the other day I was checking out Facebook and I saw a someecard (you know, they have a colored background, a picture, [...]

Agriculture degrees still worthwhile

I came to SDSU to get an education and pursue my love for agriculture. I came to SDSU because it’s the only school in South Dakota that offers majors like animal science, horticulture, agronomy, dairy science, or range science. A recent article by Terence Loose, “College Majors That Are Useless,” which most everyone in agriculture [...]

Columnist: Horse Slaughter Reasonable

On a rather nice November day I was looking over my Facebook page where several of my “Ag” friends had posted links. No, not to YouTube, or about some boots they may want to purchase, or what ring they just got from their boyfriend, but about the re-opening of horse slaughter. My eyes got bright, [...]