2008 Woodie Awards
"He is a passionate man," said the Students' Association vice president and junior political science major Eric Hanson. "He cares about his students, and it comes across." That passionate man is Dr. Robert Burns, head of the Political Science and History Department and the dean of the Honors College, who will retire at the end of the academic year.
As it has been said before, when it rains it pours. Soaring gas prices make it more expensive for many students to get to school, and elevated food prices greatly increase the general cost of living. Many students feel a tight squeeze on their pocket books as they look ahead to paying another year's school cost.
SDSU is currently looking at possible locations and designs for new student residences. For the last eight years, SDSU's student enrollment has climbed, stretching the already strained student housing facilities further. SDSU is rapidly approaching 12,000 enrolled students, further pressuring the housing environments.
President Chicoine has a strategic plan to improve SDSU and expand it in various areas. Part of his strategic planning framework includes a list of peer institutions. These schools were selected based on various criteria for SDSU to model itself after. Colorado State University, Kansas State University, Montana State University-Bozeman, New Mexico State University, North Dakota State University, Oklahoma State University, Southern Illinois University, University of Idaho, University of Montana-Missoula, University of North Dakota, University of Wyoming and Utah State University are the 12 chosen institutions.
Over 800 amateur mixed martial arts fans flooded the Swiftel Center April 5 to watch 13 card fights, a championship match and a card girl contest during FURY Ultimate Cage Fighting's fourth appearance in Brookings. The main event featured Chuck Parmelee defending his welterweight title as he defeated Adam Borgen.
Students see Proficiency Exams as a waste of their time and a pain in the behind, but a purpose behind them does exist. SDSU's Proficiency Exams include five areas of testing. The exam includes testing in Writing Skills, Mathematics, Reading and Science Reasoning.
Africa is not just a country in need of American assistance, but a country that America needs, said Lapologang C. Lekoa, the Botswana ambassador to the United States, in a speech on April 3. "For a better understanding of the political, economic and institutional transformation taking place in the continent, an important question for me, and even more important for my people, is why Africa is important to the United States," he said.
The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has been a part of SDSU since 1939 and continues to grow each year. "One thing I really like about the major is all the different characters you get to meet along the way," said Eric Boyda, a senior wildlife and fisheries major.
Amongst the tightly grouped herd of swine and under the watchful eye of the judge, Torrey Sharkey prodded his red Duroc swine around the ring. The Duroc had other ideas. "He wouldn't stay moving; he wanted to stand," said Sharkey, a sophomore agronomy major.
Brothers juggling flaming brands while standing on one another's shoulders, Scandinavian dancers and a fashion show for people to view the native dress of several foreign countries were all part of the annual Festival of Cultures, held in Frost Arena on April 4 from 9 a.