Nick Lowrey
Campus group pushes for sexual assault training
National statistics say that one out of every three women in college has been sexually assaulted. Studies have also shown that as many as 60 percent of sexual assaults go unreported and as many as two out of every three sexual assaults is committed by someone the victim knows. The first six weeks of [...]
Research aids Wellness Center expansion
The SDSU Wellness Center is looking to expand as the student body grows. The Wellness Center Advisory Committee created a subcommittee last fall to do research on what an expansion to the facility should include. The subcommittee conducted a survey of SDSU students and held a series of focus groups. The members of the [...]
Dawson speaks for ‘Week to End Violence’
The Campus Women’s Coalition brought speaker Mark Dawson to campus as part of the week to end violence on April 18. Dawson was brought in as the keynote speaker for the The Week to End Violence now taking place at SDSU. The presentation entitled “Hookin’ Up and Gettin’ Some”, was not exactly about what the [...]
Anatomy interns work with living, dead
On April 11 in Berg Agriculture Hall’s room 369, 15 students crowded around two tables each bearing a human cadaver. The room was filled with the smell of preservative, and all 15 of them were listening and watching intently as a pair of black T-shirt clad anatomy interns explained the inner workings of the human [...]
South Dakota gas prices see steady rise
South Dakota gas prices are projected to rise as oil consumption continues to grow both domestically and abroad. Spring is typically the time of year when prices see an uptick of around 10 to 20 cents as oil refineries switch to a cleaner burning summer gasoline. According to Patrick DeHaan, a petroleum specialist with Gasbuddy.com, [...]
New found support for creating ‘College Towns’ like other universities
The SDSU Students Association passed a resolution Monday to support the creation of a campus town neighborhood south of campus. The idea is similar to communities that already exist around schools like the University of Minnesota, Kansas State University and the University of Iowa. SA hopes for the community to develop a ‘downtown’ atmosphere and [...]
Physical plant cleans up with natural gas
SDSU is taking advantage of low natural gas prices and making the switch to a cleaner fuel. The SDSU physical plant that heats campus should finish burning its coal pile and start burning gas in the coming months, allowing the physical plant to burn the lower carbon emission fuel: natural gas. SDSU will buy [...]
Kristi Noem starts own tour before congressional session
Kristi Noem, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, is running for re-election this year. She came to campus Jan. 26 as part of a tour of South Dakota before the official start of the congressional session. She has spent the last two years in Congress making a name for herself as one of the [...]
A safe ride home: student manages late-night mayhem
10 p.m. She arrives at the Brookings Area Transit Authority depot just before 10 p.m. on a Saturday night. The sky is overcast, masking the moon and stars behind a layer of clouds glowing orange in the reflected light from the city. The wind picked up on the drive from her house to the [...]
Cold weather coyote hunting holds memories
It was an extremely cold February afternoon, I was 10 years old and fascinated by all things hunting. I wasn’t quite old enough to actually shoot anything yet and still I was enamored. Cold as it was, I was determined to drink in all the sights and sounds of an entirely new experience. Having accompanied [...]
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