Local family gets new house, life makeover

More than 3,000 friends and neighbors welcomed the Thibodeau family of Toronto, into their new home, Wednesday, Sept. 13, after the family was chosen to be part of the popular ABC television program “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” ABC placed an ad in a newspaper, stating the show was coming to South Dakota.

Students celebrate the Constitution

This Friday, SDSU students will celebrate something that happened more than 200 years ago. SDSU will take part in Constitution Day, which marks the signing of the constitution on Sept. 17, 1787. “Congress has approved a law that requires all public and private higher educational institutions that receive federal funding, including student grants and loans, to participate in this annual observance,” said Bob Burns, professor and head of the Political Science Department.

Harder to believe than

People do stupid things. People do outrageous things. People do outstanding things. We are humans, and by default, we have faults. One of our many faults is that we do things without thinking it through. First, we drink bottled water. To be clear, I am not challenging the age-old tradition of drinking water.