Jordan Smith
Lockdown policy changes up for discussion
Before this school year, residence halls’ main doors were open to students, passers-through and anyone else who needed or wanted to get in and out of the buildings. This year that changed and residence halls are now locked during all hours of the day and night. Even residents only have access to their own [...]
2012 event to celebrate 100 years of Hobo Day
While many students are focusing on finals, the Hobo Day Committee has been planning for Hobo Day 2012 since before January. There is no theme for Hobo Day 2012, said Nick Wendell, Hobo Day committee adviser and assistant director of Student Activities. In the past there was no theme, so in an attempt to bring [...]
SA, City Council discuss merging communities
The SDSU Students’ Association is working with the Brookings City Council to create a “campus town” on the south side of the university. Jeff Weldon, Brookings City Manager, said the City Council is planning to eventually examine a 12-block area located south of SDSU extending to Highway 14 and possibly convert it into a retail [...]
New social trend is smokin’
A trend beginning centuries ago in Persia and India has college students blowing smoke. It’s called “smoking hookah,” or flavored tobacco, and it’s the new “in” trend for casual smoking. A hookah is an oriental tobacco pipe with a long, flexible tube that draws the smoke through water contained in a bowl. Recently, hookah cafés [...]
New frozen yogurt shop opening in time for summer
A new treat is coming to town in the form of frozen yogurt chain: Cherry Berry. Cherry Berry will be located in the Calla Center next to Qdoba. Cherry Berry’s real estate broker, Scott Blount of Lloyd Companies in Sioux Falls, says the people of Brookings can expect to taste the new frozen yogurt by [...]
Professor exposes Hoover, FBI through book
Matthew Cecil, associate professor for the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications, is writing a scholarly book to expose J. Edgar Hoover’s corrupt interactions with the press. Cecil has been actually writing the book, “Molders of Public Opinion: The Press, Public Relations and J. Edgar Hoover’s War on Crime and Dissent,” for six months. In [...]
Double majoring may hinder students in the long term
Students might believe double majoring will give them an advantage in the business world; however, this is not always the case. “If it takes an extra year to get a double major, that is a year and money spent that could be instead spent in grad school,” said South Dakota Board of Regents Executive Director, [...]
One man, one car, one special bond
Fixing a 99-year-old Model T is not easy. It takes a person certain skills and talents to do it. Ed Bain was just the man for that job, and he happened upon it almost by accident. Bain worked at SDSU for just shy of 37 years. He began working for SDSU in 1974, and in [...]
Centers give non-traditional students more options for school
University Centers offer the same courses as university main campuses. The South Dakota University Centers provide non-traditional students a smooth transition into college career. University Centers allow non-traditional students to get an education in a setting less like a college campus, but still allow students to mingle with other students working to obtain a [...]
SDBOR President brings experience, education to job
Becoming the South Dakota Board of Regents President was not always something on Kathryn Johnson’s mind. In fact, she says that she was never interested in becoming the president at all. She is simply filling the need because it was her turn to step up. Johnson is well-qualified for the job, though, as a graduate [...]
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