Kristine Young
Becoming a Rival: Slow and Steady Transition
There is red, everywhere. That thought that kept running through my mind in my first few weeks at the University of South Dakota. The harsh and uninviting color was everywhere, but I was going to have to adjust. After graduating from South Dakota State University, I decided to go to graduate school at USD. Yes, [...]
Faculty raises not likely for third year
Kristine YoungNews Editor With budget cuts in the future, faculty express their concerns. Students aren’t the only ones who could be affected by Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s proposed 10 percent budget cut in state expenditures, and $4.7 million in cuts to SDSU. The proposed budget could mean faculty won’t see raises for the third year in [...]
Christman and Skogland for SA president and vice president
Kristine YoungNews Editor Christman and Skogland aim to expand the involvement of students across campus. Shad Christman and Maria Skogland followed in the footsteps of the current Students’ Association president and vice president as state FFA officers and hope to do the same in SA. Like Brett Monson and Erin Kennedy, Christman, a junior speech [...]
York and Sutton for SA president and vice president
Kristine YoungNews Editor Mark York and Anthony Sutton plan to address meal plan prices and SA unity. Mark York and Anthony Sutton hope to use their previous experiences on the Students’ Association to start the year strong as president and vice president. York is a junior agronomy and math major and Sutton is a junior [...]
What is the Students? Association?
Kristine Young News Editor Students across SDSU’s campus often find themselves wondering what the Students’ Association is and what the group does. Brett Monson, SA president, said SA is made up of three advisers, an executive board and 28 senators. The advisers to SA are Marysz Rames, vice president for student a_ airs, Dan Hansen, [...]
Tuition on the rise
Kristine Young News Editor With the unveiling of Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s proposed budget cuts, students can expect tuition rates to rise. State support for higher education has dropped from 58 percent to 45 percent in the last decade, said Jack Warner, executive director of the South Dakota Board of Regents. If Daugaard’s proposed budget is [...]
University to see cuts as result of 2012 proposal
Kristine YoungNews Editor Only one day after Gov. Dennis Daugaard announced his budget proposal, SDSU President David Chicoine addressed how a possible loss of nearly $4.7 million would affect the university. “What will happen this year, we don’t know,” Chicoine said, speaking at the Jan. 20 town hall event in SDSU’s Agriculture Engineering building. Daugaard’s [...]
Canada, South Dakota benefit from close relationship, trade
A close relationship lies between Canada and The United States on both economic and political fronts and South Dakota has a hand in there as well.
NFA Renamed in Honor of Past President
Kristine Young Every year students come back to SDSU to see a land of blue and yellow, familiar faces and new changes. Along with the ever-familiar construction projects and the buzz of the first football game, students are coming back to find a new name for a familiar building. The Board of Regents approved the [...]
Brookings = Summer fun bonanza
The hot days of summer are just around the corner and while some already have great holiday or work plans for the long-awaited academic break outside Brookings, others may be staying put and wondering what the town
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