Faith Moldan
Summer changes begin once students leave campus
While students are off campus earning money for their return in the fall, or enjoying the summer, Physical Plant will be hard at work repairing, building and designing new features at SDSU. A steam line running from Frost Arena to the Barn will be replaced.
Savor time at SDSU
I’m graduating Saturday, or at least that’s my hope, and although I may just be going back home to work after graduation, I still believe in SDSU and love the time I’ve spent here. To those people who can’t wait to get out of here, who maybe even can’t stand it here, I have one question to ask: have you put anything into it, any effort or commitment? The only way you will get something in return is to give of yourself and invest your time, energy and, as most college students have found out, money.
Women’s hockey club growing at SDSU
Women’s hockey may not have the big hits that men’s hockey does, but that has not taken away the appeal of playing for many female students on campus. In its third year, the Women’s Hockey Club has 19 players. The team has seen numbers jump from 10 the first year, and 12 last year.
SDSU student dies in Iraq, school mourns
One gold star stands out from the blue ones on the service flag that hangs above the main entrance of SDSU’s Administration Building. “The SDSU family grieves for the loss of one of our sons,” South Dakota State University President Peggy Miller said. “Let us all pray that we will never have to replace another star in this way.
Tuition rates cut for some
Tuition rates are being cut, but not for all SDSU students. Starting next year, out-of-state students who are incoming freshmen, and transfer students will see the change. The 200 percent out-of-state rate will be cut to the Western Undergraduate Exchange rate of 150 percent of what in-state students pay.
Recycling program ready for residents
While students are cleaning their clothes in Hansen and Caldwell Halls, they can help clean the environment, too. Students’ Association’s recycling program will kick off in the two residence halls because the halls each have recycling on individual floors.
SDSU receives bid for regional conference
All of the hard work SDSU’s Residence Hall Association put into its bid to host MACURH, a regional student leadership conference organized and run by students, next fall paid off. RHA was awarded the conference at this year’s MACURH in Lincoln, Neb. Katie Jo McGuire, the chair, leader and face of MACURH 2006, as one member of the RHA executive board described her, was happy with the results.
Wellness Center plan ready to go to BOR
Students’ Association’s proposed $1.35 per credit hour increase in General Activity Fees has been amended and raised to $2.75. SA approved and passed two resolutions at its last meeting, Nov. 21. The first established a committee similar to the one used in the Union.
State schools on path to paperless
The days of waiting in line to pay tuition are coming to a close for SDSU students. A year and a half ago in August 2004, the South Dakota Board of Regents endorsed the plan for the e-commerce program and approved the new third-party vendor, Infinite, in June 2005.
Governor Rounds declares National Nurse Practitioner Week
Students visiting Student Health and Counseling Services on the SDSU campus may not realize how fortunate they are to be cared for by the facility’s staff of nurse practitioners. Gov. Mike Rounds wants South Dakota to know how lucky the state is, as he has declared November 6 through 12 National Nurse Practitioner Week.
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