Will Oliver

The South Dakota Board of Regents recently approved an increase in student activity fees for the expanding SDSU Equestrian team. SDSU hopes to boost numbers of the team from its current 26 members to 60 members at a cost of nearly $14,000 for each rider. With the help of the SDSU Foundation, SDSU plans on building a $3.

From ever-changing locations in the HPER building to the basement of the Barn, the SDSU boxing team has idled as a university club for longer than team members can remember. But it remains an all-but-forgotten sport at SDSU. With no funding from the university (contrasting the support many Jackrabbit Club teams receive), the boxing club has not only lingered as a student organization, but has developed a core of dedicated athletes.

Fighting the holiday weight fluctuation that often accompanies the turkeys and pies, the SDSU Wellness Center is introducing a variety of fitness programs for students and faculty to get in shape. Aside from the featured programs, the HPER also offers fitness evaluations, personal programming and group training programs, ranging from pilates to spinning and kickboxing.

The SDSU wrestling team enters the season in uncharted waters as a member of no conference-yet. In his twelfth season at State, Head Coach Jason Liles said a coaches’ agreement exists between SDSU, University of Wyoming, North Dakota State University, Air Force, University of Northern Colorado, Utah Valley State, Northern Iowa, Fresno State and Eastern Illinois.

The women’s intramural flag-football championship game played out Thursday, featuring two of the best State has to offer: Psych Ward and the Puntin’ Pussy Cats. The game turned out to be a second half blowout. The Puntin’ Pussy Cats were crowned the victor with a 28-6 win, but the first half remained competitive.