Oil Changes: Pick Your Bonus

If the odometer in your vehicle is reaching that next 3,000 miles, it’s time for an oil change. After checking into several of the auto service retailers in Brookings, the results are in. Best Price That special someone in your life who loves you enough to do it for free is the best price I’ve found! If that isn’t an option, the prices vary quite a bit.

Atkins Abounds

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard about the Atkins diet. Advertisements for foods, low in carbohydrates, have popped up everywhere from restaurants to grocery stores, but over the past year the Atkins diet has yielded results and raised concerns at the same time.

Groups Give Back to Needy in Brookings

Serving others through organized service projects ranks as a priority among some Christian groups. Among others, the Nurses Christian Fellowship and the University Lutheran Center both strive to volunteer their service for the community. This fall the NCF served at the Harvest Table, which offers a free meal provided for those in need, and went caroling at a couple of assisted living places.

Slice of Life

I spent Valentine’s weekend working in a floral shop and observed some interesting behaviors as I was selling roses and arrangements to various consumers. First I noticed that some guys acted as if they were either too cool or embarrassed to be buying flowers.

How to…Tone Your Triceps

With tank top weather only a few more months away, here is a quick exercise you can do in your dorm room to tone your triceps.

SDSU students dance the night away

Lynn Klavetter Collegian Students filed into limousines this past Friday night on their way to the annual Winter Formal held at the Old Sanctuary. Once there, they conversed with each other, ate a three course meal, and then had hours to dance the night away.

From point A to snowy South Dakota

Snow, ice, below zero temperatures and bitter wind chills make up the colder parts of South Dakota winters. Although most native South Dakotans don’t appreciate scraping their car windows or putting on an extra layer of clothing, they expect it. For students from different climates the cold weather causes a new change of pace.

Demand for education past a bachelor’s degree and state of current economy

Offering seven doctoral degrees and 19 masters degrees, SDSU has a variety of options for students who are considering graduate school. The demand for education past a bachelors degree has been growing over the past years. “Potential employers often times expect a bachelor’s degree.

Model United Nations students prep for competition

Ask around and you will soon find that several students do not know a great deal about our government’s policies, but even less students are aware of policies in other countries. Each spring, Model United Nations gears up participants to learn more about the policies of other countries.

Personal Finance, EMT and ROTC classes teach lessons that will work beyond the classroom

Tired of spending hours studying for required classes that you think you will never use? Although several classes may seem that way, there are certain classes that will benefit everyone no matter what career they enter. Personal Finance, Business Administration 380, covers a multitude of lifelong skills in managing money.