Kara Gutormson
Women in Afghanistan face many obstacles
On Feb. 28, Nasrine Gross delivered a lecture entitled “Afghan Women after the Taliban: Liberated or Terrified?” The event was part of the Harding Distinguished Lecture Series. Gross’s lecture featured three main topics: the history of women in Afghanistan, the current situation of the Taliban and the persistent and re-emerging problems facing Afghan society.
Lack of space will no longer be issue for engineering majors
Reporter By next year, the electrical engineering and computer science departments will have a new building to call their own. The new facility, called Harding Hall South, will encompass three departments: electrical engineering, software engineering and computer science.
Macziewski crowned Mr. SDSU
On Feb. 23, the annual Mr. SDSU competition was held in Doner Auditorium. This year’s winner was Mathew Macziewski, and his charity was the Children’s Miracle Network. Macziewski is a senior in the pharmacy program at SDSU and president of the Gamma Kappa Chapter of Kappa Psi, a pharmacy fraternity.
SDSU, School of Mines to work on NASA-funded study with EROS, GIScCE
Instead of harvesting fields of corn for ethanol, farmers may be harvesting switchgrass in years to come; but will a shift from corn to switchgrass affect regional weather patterns? To answer that question, SDSU researchers are working on a three-year project with the U.
Professors want people to visit home country
Engineering professors Alfred and Madeleine Andrawis will lead an upcoming tour of “Modern and Historic Egypt” May 12- 30. Along with the SDSU community, this year’s tour offers a great opportunity to another audience: the public. Interested SDSU students, faculty and Brookings community members are encouraged to participate.
Attention gamers: day set aside to play
SDSU students warm up their dice and gather their Magic and Dragons to head to the Dungeons in preparation for game day. To bring in the new semester, the South Dakota State University Games Club will be having a game day Feb. 9 in the Black Hills Room of the Student Union.
Women dominate SUU T-Birds 76-35
According to SDSU’s freshman Kristin Rotert, the game plan for the women’s basketball team against Southern Utah on Jan. 19 was to “play hard, have confidence on offense and make the play when the opportunity’s there.” The Jacks did that and much more as the more experienced Jackrabbits beat the Thunderbirds 76-35 in Summit League play.
BEDC looking to keep graduates in brookings
In the last couple of years, a higher number of graduates are taking first-time jobs in South Dakota. In fact, the South Dakota Labor Market found that in 2005, 68 percent of the 1,385 SDSU graduates seeking employment accepted positions here in the state.
Wal-Mart venture disappointing in Korea, fails to adapt to Asian market
SDSU professors, students and Brookings community members gathered on Dec. 3 to hear Korean exchange professor Dr. Kye-Chung Song speak on the Asian perspective of the globalization of American firms. Song specifically discussed the failure of Wal-Mart in Korea and contrasted it to the success and economic growth experienced by the Korean division of GM.
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Among the various student clubs at SDSU, one club caters to those interested in the extreme: the SDSU Skydiving Club. This club is for those who want the thrill of jumping out of an airplane, freefalling and surfing the clouds while parachuting. The club’s adviser is SDSU faculty member Warren Hovland, who has made 1,750 jumps.
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