The votes are in, next year’s Senate announced
The 2012 Students’ Association election results are in and the victors have been announced. Several senate candidates gathered in and around the SA office April 4 anxiously awaiting the SA election results. When the numbers were posted at around 7:50 p.m. elated shouts of victory were accompanied by the somber looks of defeat. The presidential [...]
Two SA senators exceed unexcused absence limit
Two senators have violated the attendance policies outlined by Students’ Association bylaws, making them eligible for impeachment. SA bylaws state that for a senator, “more than three unexcused absences shall be grounds for removal,” and Sens. Cole Breuer and Jared Ellefson have both exceeded the limit. There are five acceptable reasons for an absence listed: [...]
SA, City Council discuss merging communities
The SDSU Students’ Association is working with the Brookings City Council to create a “campus town” on the south side of the university. Jeff Weldon, Brookings City Manager, said the City Council is planning to eventually examine a 12-block area located south of SDSU extending to Highway 14 and possibly convert it into a retail [...]
Little I returns to SDSU despite fire
One of the longest-standing traditions on campus is approaching: the student-run Little International (Little I). SDSU will be hosting the 89th livestock exposition March 30-31 in the Animal Science Arena. This year’s theme is “Cultivating Our Future.” According to Little I president Colton Buus, Little I presents the opportunity for high school and college students [...]
2012 NCAA TOURNAMENT • Jackrabbits’ dance cut short in losses to Baylor, Purdue
Close can’t cut it. On two occasions, the Jackrabbits played with the nation’s top basketball teams before ultimately succumbing to their more talented foe at the NCAA Tournament. The men’s team took to The Pit in Albuquerque, and both the SDSU faithful who headed to New Mexico and the casual onlookers got behind the tournament [...]
Boilers bounce Jackrabbits at NCAAs
The Jackrabbits missed out on their chance to turn their dancing shoes into Cinderella slippers. In a game that saw an effort from SDSU that head coach Aaron Johnston called “pretty good, but not great,” the 14th-seeded Jacks fell to third-seeded Purdue 83-68 in West Lafayette, Ind., in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. [...]
Baylor edges Jackrabbits in tourney debut
For their first time in the NCAA Tournament, the Jackrabbits were in it right to the end. That’s all most mid-majors will ever ask for when in that situation. However, the Jackrabbits played far from their best and that aspect will likely haunt them for at least the considerable future as the third-seed Baylor Bears [...]
Group’s teaching sparks protest
For several hours today a noticeable crowd was outside The Union using freedom of speech to the fullest. Three men from Milbank Christian Fellowship in Milbank, S.D., came to SDSU to preach the message of “eternal life and forgiveness,” said Alvin Esh, one of the men. They brought resources to distribute and signs to display. [...]
Missing formula increases tuition
Tuition has been on the rise for more than a decade, due in part to the South Dakota Board of Regents not having an established funding formula. In 1998 the BOR made the decision to drop its enrollment-based funding formula. At the time high school graduation rates were falling and so was college enrollment. [...]
Fire destroys middle section of SDSU Cow/Calf Unit
An early morning fire burned the entire middle section of the SDSU Cow/Calf Unit on March 2. Shawna Reuer, a junior animal science major, was the student on duty when the fire began. At the time she was monitoring the cows for new calves. “It was about a quarter after 4 a.m., and I [...]
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