Justin R. Lessman
Sports facilities among summer improvements
Though throngs of students will soon take part in SDSU’s mass summer exodus, campus will be anything but deserted this summer as construction teams gear up for major building and improvement projects, especially athletic facilities. Coughlin-Alumni Stadium on the corner of campus will be the site of extensive renovation.
DI transition committees will use summer to strategize in six areas
Last year at this time, talk of SDSU reclassifying its athletic program to NCAA Division I was just a whisper in the South Dakota breeze. Students mentioned it in passing. The public talked about it at area coffee shops. Faculty and administration scanned information about the concept.
FarmHouse frat dominates Greek Chapter awards
FarmHouse Fraternity was named SDSU’s 2003 Outstanding Greek Chapter at last Tuesday’s annual Volstorff-Walder Awards Program. The VW Awards Program, which took place in the Volstorff Ballroom, is an annual event that has recognized outstanding Greek chapters and members within the SDSU Greek system since 1978.
Miller preps SDSU with war-related precautions
Response procedures are in place should a campus emergency occurs, President Peggy Miller told campus staff in an e-mail after the war broke last month. The e-mail included hyperlinks to a 34-page SDSU Emergency Operating Plan, which gives specific instructions on how to handle emergency or disaster situations, and to the SDSU Respirator Safety Program.
SDSU to create new DI sports alliance?
SDSU and NDSU are in the early stages of discussing the formation of a new Division I-AA football conference. Interested schools could start talking as early as the end of this month, said Gene Taylor, NDSU athletic director. The schools would want to start playing at the start of the 2004-05 season.
Oien admits Big Sky could be out of reach for SDSU
The recent formation of a Division I transition team has taken SDSU one step closer to athletic reclassification. Now all that is needed is a suitable conference. Officials thought the most suitable candidate was the Big Sky Conference, just to the west. However, in a recent meeting of conference officials, it was decided that, although expansion was an issue of interest, the Dakotas were an unlikely target.
Union will grow, tuition will rise
Plans for an $8.6 million renovation of the University Student Union building received the stamp of approval from the South Dakota Board of Regents when it met in Vermillion last week. Students will pay $3 more in student fees per credit hour. “Obviously, we are very happy,” said Eric Erickson, Students’ Association president.
Whose business is bar transportation?
Each year, the city of Brookings invests countless hours and millions of dollars into its liquor business, through both the retail municipal liquor store and the various city-authorized liquor licenses granted to bars and pubs. A lot of work and money foster an environment where Brookings residents and SDSU students can get drunk on a yearly basis.
Is the Big Sky open to SDSU?
While last week’s Big Sky Conference meeting did not yield the most positive feedback for SDSU, university officials say it is not over between them and the conference to the west. “This is not a huge setback,” Dan Hansen, Student Association president, said.
Does Aramark overcharge?
Cody Klein, a sophomore landscape design major from Winner, says on-campus food is overpriced. “It seems to me that the price we pay for food is too high for what we get,” Klein said. He is not alone. For first and second-year students, a sizable chunk of final fees goes to the university-required meal plan.
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