Columnist: Romney presents strong qualifications for job
Barring an unforeseen meltdown, the Republican Party’s nominee for president will be Mitt Romney. His candidacy is now all but inevitable with other candidates dropping out of the race and throwing their support behind the former Massachusetts Governor. He also appears to be the best-suited candidate the Republican Party has at the moment. His experience [...]
Alum’s life cemented in printed word
By Kevin Woster, Reporter for the Rapid City Journal and Collegian alum Rarely do I pass Frost Arena without thinking about the sidewalk. Part of it is mine. Or partly mine. In my mind, at least. I helped lay it in September of 1972, back when I was working construction with a crew building Frost [...]
Campus ‘living room’ needs time to rest
Issue: After a month-long trial to keep The Union open until 2 a.m., staff decided to return to the midnight closing time, effective in two weeks Sometimes you just have to try things. That’s what the Student Union Activity Council chose to do, and we fully support their actions. By implementing a month-long trial, [...]
Agriculture degrees still worthwhile
I came to SDSU to get an education and pursue my love for agriculture. I came to SDSU because it’s the only school in South Dakota that offers majors like animal science, horticulture, agronomy, dairy science, or range science. A recent article by Terence Loose, “College Majors That Are Useless,” which most everyone in agriculture [...]
Ill-considered law solves nothing
Last week saw something unique and beautiful in the history of our nation. In an unprecedented show of solidarity, millions of Internet users came to together in protest of the Stop On-line Piracy Act and Protect IP Act, two pieces of proposed legislation aimed at stopping online piracy. On the surface, this sounds like a [...]
Sabbath Encouraged During College Years
“Everything can be something different.” So said Alfred Adler, colleague of Sigmund Freud and founder of the Adlerian school of psychology. This insight into the paradoxical nature of human behavior rings true in our own lives as well as in the lives of others. Students know it best from hours staring at a blinking cursor [...]
Becoming a Rival: Slow and Steady Transition
There is red, everywhere. That thought that kept running through my mind in my first few weeks at the University of South Dakota. The harsh and uninviting color was everywhere, but I was going to have to adjust. After graduating from South Dakota State University, I decided to go to graduate school at USD. Yes, [...]
Buy a Shovel to Keep you Sidewalks clean and your Pockets Full
Issue: The Brookings City Council passed an ordinance on Jan. 10 requiring homeowners and renters clear their sidewalks within 48 hours of a snowfall and if they do not, they will be fined $60. This isn’t a new ordinance, mostly it’s an upgrade from the previous version that gets rid of the warning process and [...]
Disappointment in Terminals Creates ‘Terminal Illness’
This is my official surrender to the system, my white flag to man’s pursuit of air born mass transit. From now on, I will be a zombie in the TSA security line as much as the next person, I will pay $5 for that bottled water, and I will dress as though I have been [...]
Obama a Success Under Circumstances
The question many voters will have on their mind in the next 10 months is “Does President Obama deserve a second term?” The answer to that question, I’m sure, will be one voiced at many kitchen tables across this country. To really answer that question, the American people will have to give the president an [...]
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