By Patrick MorrisonThe VolanTe

The city of Vermillion is less than a month away from taking possession of the nearly com-pleted Vermillion City Hall.

Construction began on the structure following the demoli-

tion of the old City Hall in Sep-tember of 2007, City Manager John Prescott said. He said the contractor has until March 2 to complete construction, but the city hopes to take possession before the end of February.

The new building is 31,000 square feet and should cost about $4.5 million. The soft costs, such as architectural and furnish-ing costs, should cost about $1 million. He added that much of the community supported the construction of the new city hall because of the state of the preex-

isting structure.“The old City Hall was built in

1915, so the building had a num-ber of issues with it,” Prescott said. “It wasn’t designed as a City Hall, so it wasn’t the most effi-cient or inviting space. We were maxed out on space.”

Mary Edelen, vice president of the Vermillion City Council, said the need for a new facility was necessary due to the lack of handicap accessibility to most of the building.

“ADA requirements were really dominate in our minds,”

she said. “Our current building is totally handicapped accessible and we designed it with that in mind.”

In addition to meeting fire code and ADA requirements, the new facility will house three bays for the Vermillion Volunteer Fire Department, city offices, meet-ing space, and the city council’s chambers, Prescott said.

“There are a lot of different things that will create a nice

By angela McclurgThe VolanTe

Freshman Justin Ebsen recalls many good times he and his friends spent at the bowling alley just relax-ing and smoking cigarettes. Now Ebsen and his bowling buddies may have to make a trip outdoors to light up.

Senate Majority Leader Dave Knudson introduced Senate Bill 83 at a press conference last Thursday. The bill would prohibit smoking inside any businesses including restaurants, bars, bowling alleys and casinos.

Knudsen, District 14 senator, said the bill should pass fairly eas-ily and would rather see it pass now then make people go through the ballot.

The bill passed the Health and Human Services committee with a unanimous vote Monday, but failed the senate by a vote of 18 to 17 Tuesday.

“Other places when they’ve seen a ban like this, they’ve seen that business is probably not impacted too much,” said Ben Nesselhuf, District 17 senator.

Ebsen said he hates the idea of having to go outside to smoke, especially since he and his friends like to smoke while they bowl.

Some local bar and casino man-agers do not agree with the gov-ernment putting more restrictions on the public and believe that it should be up to the managers to

decide if they want their business to be smoke-free or not.

“The government shouldn’t be able to control what everyone does,” said Jane Waiter, manager of Phinney’s Pub and Casino in Yankton. “I think everyone has the right to smoke or not smoke, and if they don’t want to smoke, then they can go to an establishment where there’s no smoking.”

Tammy Carpenter, manager of Robbie’s Little Casino in Yankton, said nearly 75 percent of her cus-

tomers smoke and that people who gamble seem to smoke a lot more.

Because Carpenter runs a casino with a lot of gamblers, she hopes the bill doesn’t pass, but said she wouldn’t be surprised if it does because there are a lot of people who are starting to quit smoking.

Michelle Maloney, owner of Car-ey’s Bar in Vermillion, is also wary of how this new ban will impact her business and whether or not it will prevent customers from leav-ing home where they can smoke

indoors, instead of driving to a bar where they would have to con-stantly step outside.

Nesselhuf doesn’t think the ban will prevent people from going to the bars and says people don’t go out to just smoke.

“People generally go to bars for the social aspect and that will still exist. I don’t believe they’d see a large negative impact,” Nesselhuf said.

Nearly 25 percent of the peo-ple that come into the bar smoke, Maloney said.

There was a ban on smoking inside Carey’s at one point, but this just made it an inconvenience for smokers, Maloney said.

Maloney recalled an incident where a man came to the bar to play darts but ended up leaving because he couldn’t smoke.

Maloney said that the older gen-eration will have a harder time with this bill compared to the younger generation since older people grew up where smoking was allowed almost everywhere.

Freshman Brook Heintzeman has never smoked a cigarette and attributes part of the reason to the deaths of her grandma and uncle who died from cancer. She is also from Minnesota where smoking indoors is already illegal and said that it has made eating in restau-rants a lot more pleasant.

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By Deanna JohnsonThe VolanTe

Despite the lack of perfor-mance space due to the renova-tions in Slagle Auditorium, the Strollers entertainment group and cast members have start-ed rehearsing for their show in April.

Senior Steve Cotton, Strollers president, said the group has been searching for an available building for the annual show since last semester. The show is currently in production, Cotton said, but the uncertain location has pushed the performance date back later than usual. Cot-ton is hoping for a performance date around April 17 and 18.

“We’ve been looking into quite a few possibilities,” Cot-ton said. “We have hit a few bumps in the road, but right

By JenniFer MuhMelThe VolanTe

Last October, the plan for Skitch and Chae Donald was to close their Italian restaurant Mona Lisi in January and open a new restaurant – Silk Road.

But, their oldest son Jon, 24, offered to run the kitchen in order to keep Mona Lisi open.

“A lot of people were kind of disappointed that we were going to be closing (Mona Lisi) any-way,” Skitch said. “So it worked out for everybody it seems.”

The Donalds plan to open Silk Road in March after spring break. The name refers to a network of

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Brian BroekeMeier / the volanteBartender Chris Breicke smokes a cigarette at Carey’s Monday night. The proposed smoking ban would prohibit smoking in bars, casinos, hotel rooms and restaurants. Breicke said he thinks everyone should have the right to smoke in a bar.

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• Supporters of the bill will reintroduce it Wednesday.

• the bill would ban smoking in restaurants, bars, casinos and hotel rooms.

• SB83 was introduced by Senate Majority leader Dave knudson (r-Sioux Falls).

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Jan. 261. Police assisted the fire department in ensuring safety in a residential fire at the 1000 block of Kim lane. It was determined to be a small electrical fire and no injuries or structural damage were reported.

Jan. 272. officers arrested a 28-year-old male at the 1200 block of east Cherry Street wanted on outstanding warrant from Minnehaha County.

Jan. 293. Police arrested a 20-year-old female at the 800 block of Jefferson Street and charged her with simple assault. a 21-year-old female was identified as a victim.

Jan. 304. Police responded to a harassment report at the 1000 block of elm Street. They identified and spoke with a suspect. no arrests were made.5. attempted fraud was reported at the 200 block of west Kidder Street. no losses were suffered and no further action was taken.

6. a juvenile was taken into custody for charges related to marijuana pos-session and use at the 1000 block of east Main Street.7. a streetlight was knocked into the road in a hit-and-run case at the 300 block of elm Street. no suspects have been identified. The investigation is ongoing.

Jan. 318. an officer witnessed a fight at the 10 block of Center Street. Subjects fled the scene when the officer stopped. no one involved filed a wish to pursue charges.9. Vehicle burglary was reported at the 300 block of Franklin Street. Various items were discovered to be missing from the vehicle. no suspects have been identified. The investigation is ongoing.10. officers assisted USD Public Safety with a combative subject at the 800 block of Ratigen Strasse. no charges were filed through the Vermillion Police Department.11. a verbal domestic disturbance was reported at the 400 block of Franklin Street. officers interviewed residents

at the location but could not locate a disturbance.12. Police responded to a report of a fight at the 800 block of east Duke Street but could not locate the report when they arrived at the scene.

Feb. 113. a 34-year-old male was arrested and charged with DWI at the 200 block of north University Street.14. Intentional damage to a fence was reported at the 200 block of north Dakota Street. Police arrested a 23-year-old male suspect.15. officers obtained a search warrant for a residence at the 100 block of north Dakota Street after respond-ing to a noise complaint. The search resulted in five underage consumption charges and two renters, a 22-year-old male and 21-year-old male, were cited for disorderly house. 16. Police assisted the fire department with a structure fire at the 900 block of east Duke Street.

*For a complete listing of all police log activity, please visit VermillionPD.org.

daschle bows outBy Dennis gale

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Former Gov. Bill Janklow, a longtime friend of former Sen. Tom Daschle, says it’s a shame that Daschle withdrew his name from consideration for the Cabinet post of secretary of health and human services.

“I like him. I’d love to live next door to him. I’d trust him with the key to my house. He’s just a good human being,” Janklow said.

“We were way apart politi-cally, but I could always do business with him.”

Daschle, who paid more than $140,000 in back taxes and interest last month after failing to fully pay his taxes from 2005 through 2007, said in a statement that he would be a distraction if he got the job.

Gov. Mike Rounds said he was disappointed to hear the news.

“I’d sent a letter congratu-lating him when he was nomi-nated and I was disappointed to see that he found it neces-sary to withdraw his nomina-tion,” Rounds said.

Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., said he respects Daschle’s deci-sion. In a release, he said the former three-term senator has a long, distinguished career of public service and that he would have been a powerful voice for rural America and rural health care in the Cabinet job.

“While I wish circumstanc-es were different, I respect his decision to withdraw from consideration for the post,” Johnson said. “I wish my dear friend well and know that he will continue to help those in need in whatever steps he takes next.”

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University and Vermillion city officials will meet in Old Main Saturday in an effort to bring governing bodies together, City Manager John Prescott said.

Forty members of vari-ous governing bodies will be on campus in a joint effort to develop a common under-standing within Vermillion, Prescott said. The groups include the Vermillion City Council, City Planning Com-mission, Chamber of Com-merce, school board, County Commission and USD faculty members.

“We haven’t done this before,” Prescott said. “I hope it is not something that you go to in the morning and noth-ing comes from it.”

The four hour session will include the use of clickers to help answer questions and surveys, Prescott said.

The City Council also approved a bid that will begin the downtown streetscape improvements as part of a federal grant.

According to the master plan for the overall improve-ment, the goal is to provide a safe and inviting experience for downtown businesses, city residents and visitors to the area. Reintroducing down-town Vermillion as an exciting and essential part of the city and building upon the time-lessness and historic char-acter of downtown are also aspects of the plan.

Becvar named dean of usD grad school

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Laurie Becvar has been named dean of the graduate school of USD.

USD’s Office of Academic Affairs announced that Bec-var, who is currently dean of the Division of Continu-ing and Distance Education, will be dean of the graduate school and Division of Con-tinuing and Distance Educa-tion effective Feb. 1.

Becvar has more than two decades of experience in higher education. She joined USD as dean of the Division of Continuing and Distance Education in 2004.

Becvar received a doctor-ate and a master’s degree in educational administration from USD and earned a bach-elor’s degree from Wichita State. She replaces Barbara Yutrzenka.

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John larson / the volanteSophomore Morgan Peck and Senior Rachel Miller were crowned Miss USD and Miss Vermillion, respectively, Saturday evening. A field of eight contestants competed for the crowns, with the winners advancing to the Miss South Dakota Pageant held June in Hot Springs, S.D.

usD students to present research

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Two undergraduate stu-dents from USD were select-ed by the faculty for their research accomplishments to be recognized at the South Dakota Capitol rotunda in Pierre on Tuesday, Feb. 17.

Seniors Andrea Gorden, a chemistry major from Mil-bank, S.D., and Keenan Thom-as, a physics and mathemat-ics major from Rapid City, S.D., are among 10 students from colleges and universi-ties in South Dakota invited to display their research in poster form.

The Pierre Poster Session is an opportunity for under-graduate students statewide to showcase their research and for universities to high-light the state’s investment into research and graduate education.

usD students to meet with billionaire

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Twenty-seven students from the Beacom School of Business at USD will have the opportunity to meet with Omaha, Neb., businessman Warren Buffett Friday.

Although the CEO of Berk-shire Hathaway limits his meetings with college stu-dents and faculty each year, this will be the third time in four years that Buffett has met with representatives from USD, including students from the university’s Finan-cial Management Association International chapter.

In addition to a 90-minute question and answer session with Buffett, the USD stu-dents will also dine with him at Piccolo Pete’s in Omaha.

Look for the students’ reactions in next week’s issue of The Volante.

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South Dakota reported 34 new cases of HIV or AIDS in 2008, including two cases in newborns.

The largest one-year num-ber of HIV/AIDS cases was 37 in 1989. The Health Depart-ment said the five-year medi-an for new cases is 25.

The Health Department said only five other infants in South Dakota have been found to have HIV since 1985.

“Timely HIV testing and treatment of pregnant women can prevent infant cases of HIV,” said Lon Kightlinger, epidemiologist in the Depart-ment of Health.

The department’s 2007 Per-inatal Health Risk Assessment Report found that 46 percent of new mothers in South Dakota said they were given information about HIV/AIDS while they were pregnant.

Kightlinger said the depart-ment will continue working to make health care providers aware of the recommenda-tions for routine HIV screen-ing of all pregnant women.

An estimated 365 South Dakota residents are living with HIV or AIDS; 70 percent of them are males and 66 per-cent are ages 25-44.

The department said blacks have a disproportion-ately high percentage of the cases. Blacks account for 22 percent of the cases but less than 1 percent of the state’s population.

lawmakers debate casino amendment

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Two state senators from Sioux Falls, Democrat Scott Heidepriem and Republican Gene Abdallah, are proposing SJR1, a constitutional amend-ment allowing the Legislature to authorize new casinos to counter operations in states that border South Dakota.

“If we can change the Con-stitution, can you imagine anyone investing in the one in Iowa?” Abdallah said.

Their proposal would require an amendment to the state Constitution and a state-wide vote before gaming could be expanded to Sioux Falls.

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Pressbox granted 60 days to renovate buildingBy tJ Jerke

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The Vermillion City Council granted The Pressbox Bar and Grill 60 days to receive a build-ing permit and begin construc-tion on the current structure at the Jan 19. City Council meet-ing. Owner Chad Grunewaldt now has the option to demolish or repair and rehabilitate the structure.

“I think the City Council’s decision was based on the idea that they haven’t gotten an architect to develop with con-crete costs,” Vermillion City Building Official Farrel Chris-tiansen said. “The simple solu-tion was to allow both options for the owner to choose.”

After appealing the city’s order to demolish the dam-aged building, Grunewaldt and his representative, Mike Ste-vens, were given until Jan. 12 to supply the City Council with stamped drawings and docu-

mentation from a South Dakota registered design professional.

Christiansen said if Grunewaldt does choose to repair the Pressbox, it will be difficult because it has to be almost completely rebuilt. The major concerns were the sprin-kler system, exits and second floor load carrying capacity, Christiansen said.

“I hope it is repaired for the health and safety of the occu-pants,” Christiansen said. “The only complication is they have to deal with the existing struc-ture along with the reconstruc-tion of it.”

Stevens said his client appre-ciated the concerns and that his intentions are to comply with the law in every aspect. He said a few bids have been placed for each element of the reconstruc-tion.

Reconstruction of the exist-ing structure or construction of a new building would be accept-able as long as they build it up to code, Christiansen said.

“I think the amount of dam-age the insurance company assessed makes it difficult to see that it is worth the effort,” Christiansen said. “Because we didn’t receive a financial report that was the only information I went by.”

Christiansen also said city ordinance entitles the city to step in and demolish the struc-ture, placing the cost onto the owner, if he does not begin con-struction of the structure in the time allowed. Grunewaldt has the option to file for an exten-sion if it does not look like he will make the 60 day deadline.

Since the City Council voted to change zoning districts last year, causing the ordinance standards to be updated, the Pressbox will now have to be rebuilt to meet the current zon-ing standards along with the building requirements, Chris-tiansen said.

Reach reporter TJ Jerkeat Tyler.Jerke@usd.edu.

tJ Jerke / the volanteThe Pressbox Bar and Grill has stood empty since a September fire destroyed much of the interior. Owner Chad Grunewaldt now has the option to demolish or repair and rehabilitate the structure.

City: hall to include meeting space, drive-thru bill payment

impression for the commu-nity of their city government,” Prescott said. “We tried to set up the building with a distinc-tion between public and pri-vate spaces, so it makes it eas-ier for the public to find where to go.”

Edelen said she served on the committee that decided what was going to be in the city hall, and that appropriate space and usage played a large role in their decision-making.

Seventeen to 18 city employ-ees are going to be based in the new structure. The Vermillion Housing Authority, which has its office on Main Street, moved out of the former City Hall to due to a shortage of space, Prescott said.

“The inclusion of the

Vermillion Housing Author-ity in City Hall is just another example of our desire to make city government more user-friendly,” Prescott said.

The new city hall includes a drive-thru bill drop-off box and three bill-paying stations, Edelen said.

“We wanted to make sure that bill paying was very accessible for the public and for those that need handicap accessibility,” she said.

Mayor Dan Christopherson said the structure was designed with the public in mind.

“Our initial planning on the project was to include meet-ing space for our citizens as well as the USD community,” Christopherson said. “It took some design work to figure it out, but we wanted to make it convenient and accessible for

the entire community.”Edelen agreed, adding that

she hopes the meeting spaces will bring the city and USD closer together.

“With the good communi-cation we have with the uni-versity and the students, we are looking forward to having a lot of meetings with that new chamber,” Edelen said. “It is user-friendly and I can just see a lot of usage by university fac-ulty, staff and students.”

The city tentatively plans to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremo-ny April 30 at 1:30 p.m.

“This city hall is truly a state-of-the-art facility, and it should serve the commu-nity for many, many years to come,” Prescott said.

Reach reporter Patrick Morrisonat Patrick.Morrison@usd.edu.

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Deanna shalon / the volanteUSD students and Vermillion residents dine at the Dance Marathon pancake feed. The event was held in an effort to fundraise for the group’s philanthropic activities.

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south Dakota only state to lack americorps officeBy sarah Paulus

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For Tina Shantz, college graduation came with a bache-lor’s degree, no particular plans, and a desire to go somewhere very different from Syracuse, NY.

That desire led her to USD, as an AmeriCorps VISTA Rep-resentative at the Center for Academic Engagement. Her boyfriend, a graduate student at USD, was friends with Jac-quie Lonning, coordinator of academic engagement, and through him she learned that the position was open this year.

“It’s like taking a year off without taking a year off,” Shantz said.

According to the Ame-riCorps Web site, AmeriCorps was created in 1992 as a federal umbrella agency to unite differ-ent public service organizations within the United States. It also linked together two national programs, Volunteers in Ser-vice to America (VISTA) and the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC).

South Dakota is the only state to lack a central Ameri-Corps office. Programs are still run from the federal level, but to receive the central commission would require governor approv-al, which Lonning and others have been trying to earn.

As an AmeriCorps officer at USD, Shantz helps with service learning projects at the CAE, such as AWOL trips and the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.

Shantz said her time in Ame-

riCorps has led her to consider more options and service-ori-ented work, beyond her degree in theatre. She hasn’t decided what she is going to do after this year.

Shantz said people who join AmeriCorps have diverse back-grounds, from those who have just graduated from college to older retirees looking for ways to give back.

Volunteers spend one year giving back to the community. Afterward, they receive $4,725 for their education, either to pay off student loans or put toward continuing with a high-er degree, Shantz said.

While working for Ameri-Corps, some are also paid a liv-ing expense equal to the pov-erty line of their area so they can connect more with those whom they are serving, includ-ing Shantz. That makes her eli-gible for food stamps and other government services, she said.

“It’s up to the governor for commissioned service, but that costs money, so this may not be the best year to push it,” Lonning said. “I hope (we get the office). We’re the only state without one.”

Without a central office, South Dakota loses out on about $740,000 in program support from the federal level, which could be put toward adminis-trative costs, funding projects and training.

In addition to the financial support, Lonning said, the state misses out on offering service learning opportunities before the college level, which in turn costs local communities the support that AmeriCorps

brings.“We have three of the poor-

est counties, with low literacy rates, so there are tons of places it could help,” Lonning said.

Since President Barack Obama took office, he has pledged to increase support for AmeriCorps as part of a broader plan to increase service learn-ing and volunteer work among Americans. According to his Service Learning Initiative, the current limit of 75,000 slots per year will be raised to 250,000 and five new Corps will be created to bring science to the classroom, increase access to health care,

promote clean energy, help vet-erans and mobilize for natural disasters.

“There’s so many benefits,” Lonning said. “It keeps kids in

South Dakota, in school … (and it) keeps people who are service minded in the state.”

Some years there are two VISTA AmeriCorps officers in the CAE, but since the second position went unfilled this year, those duties are being done by a graduate assistant.

Of the three major programs currently under AmeriCorps, only the NCCC has an age cut-off, with an age range from 18-24, according to the NCCC Web site. The other two main programs, VISTA and State and Nation, are less selective, although VISTA does require a

bachelor’s degree.Carrie Henrichsen is also an

AmeriCorps volunteer at USD, through Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps’ partnership with South Dakota’s Access to Justice. She works at the USD School of Law to connect law students with potential clients in need of pro-bono work.

“Lawyers have the ethi-cal obligation to do pro-bono work,” Henrichsen said. “If we foster that, if they do it in law school, they are more likely to do it in practice. And we don’t want people to be disadvan-taged without a lawyer.”

There are 35 legal fellows who work for AmeriCorps, Hen-richsen said, although Ameri-Corps is looking to expand that number. Two work in South Dakota through Access to Jus-tice, herself and another lawyer in Rapid City. Henrichsen is the first Equal Justice Works Ameri-Corps legal fellow at USD, and she will be here through June, when another person will fill the position.

While in college, Lonning also did AmeriCorps, mentor-ing young children at a trailor park in Iowa.

“It gave me such a great learning experience,” Lonning said. “Later, one of the students came to USD. It was great to see him go on to college. I’d always wanted to do community ser-vice, and afterward I wanted to run a non-profit, and now I am here.”

Reach reporter Sarah Paulusat Sarah.Paulus@usd.edu.

Brian BroekeMeier / the volanteTina Shantz, an AmeriCorps VISTA representative at USD, works in the Center for Academic Engagement. Shantz came to South Dakota from New York after volunteering with AmeriCorps.

Strollers: Pairings begin practice amidst uncertainty of location

now things are looking up.” Cotton said the Strollers

have had to do a lot of work and some extensive searching to find a suitable facility for the performance. The group went to the Vermillion School Board to request use of the Vermillion High School auditorium, Cot-ton said. After Cotton and senior Chris Healy met with Vermillion Superintendent Mark Froke, they were allowed to give their proposal to the Vermillion School Board.

Cotton said before their meeting with the school board the Strollers drew up a peti-tion stating that the signees, whether in the show or in the audience, would follow certain guidelines for behavior, includ-ing abstaining from alcohol before and during the perfor-mance, keeping noise to a min-imum and cleaning up after themselves.

“I took petitions around to the Greek community and to businesses in town along with my fellow Strollers,” Cotton said. “So, we had 432 signatures, mostly Greek, and the indepen-dent cast filled one out. We also had several businesses and the mayor of Vermillion sign off on it. We proposed that to the high school and that wasn’t quite good enough.”

Mayor Dan Christopher-son said he signed the petition because the Strollers show is an important part of Vermillion.

“I think (the petition) was a tool to keep the show in Vermillion. My interest was whether or not we should try and keep the show in Vermillion, which I definitely support,” Christopherson said.

The Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls and USD’s Perform-ing Arts Center were also some possible options that did not work out for the Strollers due to high cost and the unavailability

of the buildings. Freshman Alexis Loewen-

berg, a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, is involved in the Stroller’s show this year. She said she’s excited for the per-formance and hopes the group doesn’t lose revenue if it has to move to a smaller performance space.

“Just talking about other buildings, we brought up U. Theatre and they said that in order to have the same num-ber of people come that we did in previous years, we’d have to perform on five different nights, which is unrealistic. So, that might just make it so we have a smaller crowd, which is never what we want,” Loewen-berg said.

Senior McKenzy Harrington is the director of the indepen-dent cast this year and she said a smaller crowd in a different building concerns her.

“The turnout is one reason that I love Strollers so much,”

Harrington said. “It’s awesome to see on stage that many peo-ple. But it’s just one different year, hopefully it will go back to normal next year.”

Cotton said revenue and audience size isn’t the most important issue surrounding the show and his main concern is what is best for the cast.

“The cast puts more work into this whole Strollers thing than anybody else. My main concern is not revenue or any-thing, it’s making sure that these cast members have a place to put on a show so they can showcase their talents to their friends and family,” Cot-ton said.

Healy is the emcee of this year’s Stroller show. He said the group can’t be sure if a differ-ent building will affect the size of the crowd or not, since they haven’t found a new space yet.

“I think all it means is that everyone that wants to see the show, won’t be able to. I can’t

say that there’s going to be fewer people at the show, because we don’t know where it’s going to be yet,” Healy said.

Four years ago, after com-plaints about vulgar content, the Strollers were put on pro-bation. While under the proba-tion, the Strollers have imple-mented stricter ratings on their content, but it still isn’t a show for kids, Healy said.

“The show has a PG-13 rat-ing and we use the same rat-ing system as a PG-13 movie,” Healy said. “I wouldn’t say that it’s a family-oriented show, it’s still categorized as ‘adult humor.’ At the same time, more parents have felt comfortable coming to the show under the new rules.”

Freshman Logan Brekke joined Strollers with Lambda Chi Alpha and said he’s sure the cleaner PG-13 rating won’t keep the show from being as funny and as popular as it has been in the past.

“I think they’ll do a good job because I know a lot of peo-ple like in my fraternity, who aren’t on the cast and they’re all excited to see it and want to go and everything,” Brekke said. “I don’t think it will have a nega-tive effect on the college stu-dents who will want to come.”

Cotton said he hopes the audience will stick with Strollers through their changing times because it is not only impor-tant for students involved, but also a legacy at USD.

“I just really want the show to happen because of the unity it promotes between the Greek houses and the independent cast,” Cotton said. “It just gives people a lot of chances to net-work and get to know other people. And it’s an 85-year-long tradition that I don’t want to see end.”

Reach reporter Deanna Johnsonat Deanna.Johnson@usd.edu.

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As part of his job as a com-munity adviser in Redwood Courts last year, senior Derick Rehurek camped out overnight in the Al Neuharth Media Cen-ter the night before “free-for-all” day. More than 240 stu-dents hoping to get one of the coveted apartment-style dorm rooms on campus joined him.

“We divided it into differ-ent shifts,” Rehurek said. “We stayed there and helped watch everyone. If you can imagine all of the downstairs of Neu-harth filled with people, that’s what it was like.”

This scene will become a thing of the past with the implementation of the new lottery system being used in the process of issuing housing assignments.

The “free-for-all” is the day on which students planning to live on campus the following year are allowed to register for any open room for which they are eligible.

Elizabeth Harder, acting director of university hous-ing, hopes the new system will eliminate much of the confu-

sion associated with the “free-for-all.”

“The tradition of the ‘free-for-all’ has been to stay over-night in the building where we’re doing it,” she said. “It was actually a very big social event.”

Students will enter their names into a drawing and will be assigned a number, which will determine the order in which they are issued a hous-ing assignment. Students will be issued a housing assign-ment in order based on this number.

This process used to be run on a first come, first served basis, but this year, students who wish to live in Redwood Courts, Cyprus Courts, McFad-den Hall and in the single-per-son rooms in Brookman Hall and Julian Hall will be entered into the lottery system.

The housing assignment process will begin Feb. 5 at 10 p.m. with the opening of the registration for the lottery sys-tem. Students will complete an entry form found on their stu-dent portal.

Students will rank their housing options in the order of their preference and will also

be asked to specify if they have a roommate preference.

The deadline for entry form submission is Feb. 8 at 10 p.m.

The results of the lottery drawing will be announced via e-mail Feb. 11. Students will be given a number corresponding to the order in which they will be assigned a room.

Students will need to claim their housing assignment Feb. 12 by a certain time which will be specified in the e-mail they receive. If they do not claim their room in time it will be reassigned to another resi-dent.

Harder said residents will be informed of the details of the new process during a series of meetings with their community advisers.

“We’re hoping that by doing the lottery system, we can ful-fill most everybody’s needs,” Harder said. “We can’t please everybody; it’s just not possi-ble. But it will allow us to have a little more control over how things get done.”

When freshman Brandy Bruining heard from her com-munity adviser that more apartment-style housing would be open to sophomores

to live in next semester than there were this year, she was very interested.

“The dorms pretty much suck,” Bruining said. “It’s just too expensive and the meal plan is just a joke.”

Bruining is optimistic about the prospect of the lot-tery system as opposed to the old “free-for-all” system. She said she would not have been very excited to wait in line all night just to get a good hous-ing assignment.

When the university first implemented “free-for-all” day, the apartment-style hous-ing was not yet an option.

“Most of the time back then it was people who wanted to get into the North Complex for a specific reason,” Harder said. “It was more of jockeying for what hall they wanted to be in due to the locations of their classes.”

Rehurek said he is pleased with the new system and is looking forward to a good night’s sleep the night before the “free-for-all.”

Reach reporter Nick Woltmanat Nick.Woltman@usd.edu.

Restaurant: silk road set to open in march gun bill reintroduced monday in state house

By nick woltManThe VolanTe

The South Dakota House of Representatives is considering a bill to allow firearms on the campuses of the state’s public universities.

If passed, HB 1257 will prevent university admin-istrations from prohibiting possessing firearms on their campuses.

This bill, reintroduced Mon-day, comes less than a week after an identical bill, SB82, was defeated on the senate floor by a vote of 25 to 10.

Sen. Larry Rhoden, R-Union Center, a supporter of SB82, said he believed its passage would have gone largely unno-ticed by most South Dakotans.

“It’s currently legal to carry guns in 99 percent of places in the state,” Rhoden said. “You don’t see 18 year olds and col-lege student walking around carrying around automatic weapons”

Rhoden commented during the debate on the senate floor that he would support the bill even if “100 percent of stu-dents” were opposed to it.

“It’s not really relevant whether or not they want it,” Rhoden said in an interview following the debate. “To me it’s about establishing and maintaining those rights for that group of students, regard-less of what their opinion is on it.”

Rhoden added that, based on the testimony of students and faculty of South Dakota’s public university system, he estimated that the majority of them were opposed to it.

Sen. Ben Nesselhuf, D-Vermillion, said Rhoden’s

comments demonstrated a “detachment from reality.”

“I think that totally runs counter to the role we are sup-posed to play as legislators,” he said. “We are in fact sup-posed to consider the desires of the people we are impacting with our legislation.”

Nesselhuf argued it would be a mistake to limit the auton-omy of university adminis-trations, adding that the best place for such decisions to be made was on each individual university campus.

Nesselhuf said the fact that his constituency includes USD, he was particularly interested in the fate of the bill.

“I would say we have a big-ger stake in this than any other community in South Dakota simply given the size of our university compared to the size of our town,” Nesselhuf said. “I took this bill very per-sonally.”

Nesselhuf voted against SB82 and said he wasn’t sur-prised to see it reintroduced in the House.

He said he still isn’t worried about the bill becoming law.

“I don’t know what will happen on the House side, but given the votes we’ve seen in the Senate, I don’t know what could happen to sway enough votes to get it through,” Nes-selhuf said.

A similar bill was put forth during last year’s legislative session in the House of Rep-resentatives but ultimately failed.

Several other states have seen similar legislation this session.

Reach reporter Nick Woltmanat Nick.Woltman@usd.edu.

trade routes across Asia. Skitch said Chae and Jon

thought of the name at the same time and found it fitting for the variety of Asian foods that will be offered, including Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese, Korean, Indonesian and Malaysian.

“We’re just going to be bringing a lot more flavors in, and I think that’ll be an asset,” Skitch said. “It’ll give people a new place to go eat and try dif-ferent things.”

Debi Pearson, manager of the Civic Council Thrift Shop, said she will “absolutely” pay a visit to the new restaurant.

“I get tired of the same old thing, and I like to try different things,” she said. “Hopefully that’s how people are too.”

She added that Silk Road could attract new people who will stay downtown and shop.

Sophomore Julie Anderson also said she will stop by the new restaurant.

“I think it sounds like a good sit-down restaurant with a dif-ferent atmosphere,” she said.

If Mona Lisi had closed, the Donalds were planning to incorporate some of the favor-ite Italian dishes into the new restaurant’s menu. Skitch said the absence of Italian dishes will strengthen the Asian image of the restaurant.

“It would be a real fusion restaurant if it was Italian and southeast Asian food,” he said.

Skitch said there will be no dishes on the menu from the oriental restaurant Chae’s, which was owned by the Don-alds from 1992 to 2006, when it was sold to Jessi and Ted Wil-harm.

“The Korean dishes that we had over at Chae’s we kind of Americanized a little bit just to

adapt to the tastes of people who really are not familiar with (those foods),” Skitch said.

The dishes at Silk Road will be more authentic – a combi-nation of the cultures’ more popular dishes, along with the traditional dinnerware in which they come.

Going through the process of opening the new restaurant, which will be located on Main Street where the Doo Wop Shake Shop once operated, has not been simple. Skitch said the biggest obstacle he has faced is historically preserving the building.

“That takes a lot of time because you have to pay a lot of attention to detail,” he said.

The building where Silk Road will be located has already been approved by the state as a his-torical place, and the Donalds will apply for federal recogni-tion once they complete the

project. The recognition would allow them to apply for some federal tax credits.

In order to historically pre-serve the building, the Donalds have had to pay close attention to the building’s ceiling, main floor, front door entry and the face of the building. Skitch is in the process of sanding the front door and refinishing it. Originally, the door swung in, but had to be fixed to swing out for safety reasons.

Most of the electrical work in the building is complete. The Donalds still have to insulate and sheetrock the building, along with putting in cook-ing equipment and flooring. They will have to wait until late spring or summer to paint the front and add an outdoor patio.

“After the total renovation of the front, painting and repair, hopefully it’ll look as it did

when it was brand new,” Skitch said.

Silk Road was scheduled to open in mid-January, but the Donalds “switched gears” and decided to first complete the two apartments above the res-taurant so that they could be rented for the spring semester, Skitch said.

Once completed, the new restaurant will be open for both lunch and dinner Mondays through Saturdays, while only dinner will be served at Mona Lisi after 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays.

Freshman Tessa Aiken said she is happy that Mona Lisi is staying open because of the good food options it offers.

“Every town needs a nice restaurant where you can go,” she said.

Reach reporter Jennifer Muhmelat Jenny.Muhmel@usd.edu.

sarah aBBe / the volanteSkitch Donald, co-owner of Mona Lisi, sits outside the future site of he and his wife Chae’s new restaurant, Silk Road, which is set to open in March.

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Brian BroekeMeier / the volanteVermillion police officer Bryan Beringer issues a parking ticket last week. The cost of city parking tickets increased Jan. 1.

By nolan PetersonThe VolanTe

Illegal parking in Vermillion just got more expensive.

As of Jan. 1, 2009, the Vermillion Police Department has made some changes both in the price of parking tickets and to whom they are issued.

Vermillion Police Captain Chad Passick said a ticket used to be $10 for 72 hours, then it bumped up to $15. Now if paid within 10 days it’s $15, after 10 days it’s $30, and after 30 days it’s $45.

Senior Bryan Supik received a parking ticket in December 2008 for parking in the Burger King parking lot adjacent to campus.

“Its ridiculous that I can’t park in an empty parking lot for 50 minutes,” Supik said.

Pasick said the issuing of tickets to vehicles parked on private property has also change in the new year.

That practice has been dis-continued as of Jan. 1, Passick said, and now business own-ers can simply have vehicles towed away.

For those business own-ers who do not want to tow all vehicles not belonging to patrons they can use other methods to deter anyone other

than patrons from parking in their lots. These methods include: placing stickers on windows that are very hard to remove, or issuing their own warnings that vehicles parked in their lots are subject to tow-ing.

Passick said their is no restriction on which vehicles the VPD can have towed.

“City ordinance gives the police department the authori-ty to remove any vehicle parked in violation,” Passick said.

While it is not feasible to tow away every car parked in viola-tion of city ordinances, there is a guideline which helps offi-cers determine when a vehicle should be towed.

“We, as our department, have an unwritten proce-dure where we will essentially let somebody stack up three (unpaid) parking tickets, and then once we issue one (ticket) beyond that, we tow the vehi-cle,” Passick said.

There are certain condi-tions in which the VPD will tow a vehicle without first issu-ing a ticket. A vehicle will be towed if it blocks a fire hydrant, blocks a driveway or otherwise impedes traffic, or if a vehicle is parked in violation of a sign and there is a significant snow-fall.

The ways one can accumu-

late parking tickets vary from parking in a restaurant lot and going to class, being caught unaware of the seasonal odd-even parking, parking in viola-tion of posted signs, to parking within 25 feet of an intersec-tion.

Sarah Schuldt got a ticket in October 2008, when she decided to park on the street because there were no spaces left in the parking lot.

“I paid it because I’m a good citizen,” Schuldt said. “I didn’t want to get in trouble.”

Passick said he thinks most tickets are written because people fail to take the time to read the sign.

Junior Amy Cantral received a ticket when she parked her vehicle on Plum Street in front of Redwood Courts.

“There’s a sign that I failed to read that (said) you can’t park there from 2-6 a.m. and I ended up getting a parking ticket,” Cantral said.

While Cantral has paid cam-pus-parking tickets, she didn’t seem as concerned about the ticket issued by the VPD.

“I got it in October (2008) and I still haven’t paid it, and nothing has happened,” Can-tral said.

Reach reporter Nolan Petersonat Nolan.H.Peterson@usd.edu.nolan Peterson / the volante

usd may add master’s programBy tJ Jerke

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Legislation to create South Dakota’s first master of social work degree at USD will be dis-cussed in Pierre within the next month.

Speaker Tim Rave, R-Sioux Falls, is one of the prime spon-sors of House Bill 1091 which would appropriate $474,500 to develop the master’s degree. Rave said he and Sen. Bob Gray, R-Pierre, introduced the bill in both the House and Senate after they knew it wasn’t going to be in the budget.

“We strategically dropped it on both sides so the issue would get a good hearing,” Rave said. “After seeing Gov. Rounds’ first budget, it was the only option to try and create this program.”

Rave said his position as Speaker of the House and his

interest through his job as Oper-ations Manager of the Rural Metro Ambulance in Sioux Falls led him to sponsor the bill.

The USD Department of Social Work proposed the pro-gram to the South Dakota Board of Regents who approved it in December, Program Director Charles Schwartz said. The leg-islation was sponsored because the National Association of Social Workers lobbied the BOR and the legislature, he said.

“We have a lot of services that need to be provided in this state at that level,” Schwartz said. “We just don’t have and are not able to attract the work force.”

USD has a bachelor’s degree in social work through the Health Sciences School. Debra Norris, co-adviser to the Social Work Club, said depending on the year, 45-55 percent of social work undergraduates consider a

master’s degree in social work. “A majority of students will

consider going for their mas-ter’s,” Norris said. “They may not be able to do it, but will consider it within five years of graduation.”

Megan Zweber, president of the Social Work Club, said with a master’s degree, students are able to establish their own inde-pendent practices and are able to work in a clinical setting.

“I think it will be beneficial to USD and South Dakota,” Zwe-ber said. “It will keep me in the area if it is passed. We are losing so many people that don’t come back to South Dakota because we don’t have the program.”

The Senate Appropriations Committee will hear the bill Thurs. at 8 AM.

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Biomedical sciences offer research experienceBy ngoc thach

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In the basement of the Lee Medical Building, animals raised in pristine conditions for the specific purpose of research reside in cages as test subjects.

Director of Animal Research Melanee Clark has been at USD for nine years and over-sees the development of ani-mal research for the biomedi-cal sciences. The animals used for research are treated with respect for the contribution they make to society.

A committee oversees the treatment of the animals and ensures that animals have vet-erinary care, pain medications, and entertainment. The cages are designed with their comfort in mind and the animals are taken care of by highly skilled and certified technicians, Clark said.

“I think that some of the animal rights groups think that we’re torturing or mistreating animals,” Clark said. “It’s not like that. The public probably doesn’t know that there’s a lot of regulations in animal.

Clark said the laboratory only uses animals for biomedi-

cal research and the advance-ment of medicine and treat-ments for both people and animals.

“Everything we do in this laboratory is all for biomedical research to enhance the welfare of humans through medicine,” Clark said. “We don’t do any cosmetic testing and we don’t have different soaps or make-up. This is all strictly medical.”

Clark said 90 percent of animals used in research are mice and rats while monkeys make up less than 1 percent of research. Livestock, hamsters, rabbits and sheep are also used in research.

The researchers and stu-dents who work with the ani-mals have an appreciation for the subjects and take all mea-sures necessary to prevent wasting animal life. Students are also able to interact with top rated research investigators who are often their professors, Clark said.

“I think it gives students a place to train for their futures,” Clark said. “It gives them more of an appreciation for the dif-ficulties that we are facing to make a new medicine or to fig-ure out the complexity of the

human body.”Kelly Larson, a second year

medical student, said she did three years of research in a tis-sue bonding lab as an under-graduate at Augustana College in Sioux Falls. Although she has no plans to continue research, she was drawn to the USD medical school because of the small class size, affordability of the school and the availability of the professors.

“The professors are really interested in making sure that the students succeed,” Larson said. “They’re available all of the time, they do a great job teaching, and you can tell that they care. You get the sense that they’re going to help you in any way that they can.”

Robin Miskimins professor of basic biomedical sciences researches the development of cells that make white matter in the brain, which is partly funded by the National Multiple Scle-rosis Society. Many researchers use cell culture models for their research without having to use organisms. The research done at USD covers a wide range of topics including infectious dis-eases, drug resistant bacteria, drug addiction, stress related

disorders and cancer research, Miskimins said.

Miskimins said the division of basic biomedical sciences is very research-oriented and most of the faculty members in the division do research as a part of their job. Half of their time is spent directing gradu-ate students, writing grants and papers and doing research in the lab. The experience in research helps the professor’s ability to teach students, Mis-kimins said.

Director of Research Devel-opment Brian Mathers works to promote research across the campus by interacting with the different departments within USD to oversee their research projects and grants. USD’s research development is part of a broad initiative in the state to move toward a new economy, one that will no longer be exclu-sively driven by agriculture and

tourism, but based on knowl-edge and technology. Research is a large part of the move to a new economy because it results in innovation that will make South Dakota more competi-tive, Mathers said.

“Participation in research for graduates and undergraduates is an important part of devel-oping the state’s work force.” Mathers said. “People will be trained and ready to enter the work force in the new economy that we hope to build here in state.”

Mathers said gaining a national profile for USD and educational opportunities through research not only attract top students and faculty, but makes USD more attractive for donors to invest in research and development at the uni-versity.

“We have some high profile researchers and work that is

getting a lot of recognition,” Mathers said. “Part of the uni-versity’s broader mission is to reach out and improve the lives of the citizens of South Dakota. They’re finding cures, working on new treatments and finding ways to improve the lives of others.”

Mathers said students of many disciplines have oppor-tunities available to them for exposure to information, exper-tise and ideas even beyond experts on campus. Research-ers at USD meet with their collaborators from all around the world who come to cam-pus. Many times students are able to sit in on their lectures, Mathers said.

“I can see the connections happening a lot. Undergrads are able to participate in labs and many of them are working independently as significant contributors to the research teams,” Mathers said. “It’s a new way to learn rather than just learning about what’s already been discovered and written about in a textbook.”

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“I think (smoking inside) makes the food taste like smoke,” she said. “Plus I’m allergic to smoke.”

Freshman Jenna Roth-schadl, thinks that smoking should be banned from all public places where there is many people around.

Rothschadl remembers walking to class while a man smoked a cigarette in front of her the entire way.

“I think it (smoking) should be banned in populated out-door areas as well,” Rothschadl said.

Secondhand smoke has been proven to have danger-ous impacts on health, said June Larson, dean for health sciences. Some people who smoke may not realize the health risks; smoking and sec-ondhand smoke is linked to many cancers, not just cancer of the lungs, she said.

Consequences of smoking are also very unpredictable, she said. Sometimes people will develop problems when they have only been smoking for a few years while others can smoke until they are 90 and not develop anything, Lar-son said.

Freshman Lexi McGuire, has been smoking for a few years and says she understands why people wouldn’t like there to be smoking inside restau-rants, but believes it should be allowed in bars.

“People like to smoke when they drink, whether they smoke a lot or not,” she said.

Senior Mason Griffith drinks at the bars in Vermillion every weekend and says the smoke intensifies his headaches in the morning.

“The smoke makes hang-overs worse because it affects the air quality inside the bar,” Griffith said.

Maloney understands where non-smokers are coming from when they say they don’t like eating in a smoke-filled room.

“I know from a custom-er standpoint (who doesn’t smoke), I would enjoy it a lot more,” Maloney said.

One local restaurant that has been smoke-free since it opened in November of 2007, is Raziel’s on Main Street.

Jessica Johnson, a server at Raziel’s for more than four months, said she is glad the restaurant is smoke-free and says it’s more comfortable working in a smoke-free envi-ronment.

“The smoke irritates my eyes and makes them water,” Johnson said.

Nesselhuf said the ban might even attract more peo-

ple to eat out, and says busi-nesses like the Roadhouse, who already prohibit smoking, have figured this out.

“I believe the Roadhouse in Vermillion is non-smoking and they view that as a competitive advantage and I think they’re probably right.”

Reach reporter Angela McClurgat Angela.McClurg@usd.edu.

By nolan PetersonThe VolanTe

The South Dakota state senate has seen more activ-ity it its effort to pass legisla-tion which would ban lighted tobacco from public buildings including all bars, restau-rants, casinos, and video lot-tery establishments in South Dakota.

Senate Bill 83 was voted on by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee Monday.

The bill passed the com-mittee by a vote of 7-0, its next step was to move to the full senate for consideration.

While the bill was narrowly defeated through a vote of 18-17 by the full Senate on Tuesday, there are plans to reintroduce the bill.

“There’s a motion to recon-sider so we’ll see it again tomorrow,” District 17’s Sena-tor Ben Nesselhuf said.

Senate majority leader Dave Knudson, R-Sioux Falls, is the primary sponsor of the bill, a bill which has vast bi-partisan support.

“I don’t know that this is a partisan issue,” Knudson said. “One way or the other, most people see (that) smok-ing intrudes on the comfort of others.’

House Majority Leader Bob Faehn, R-Watertown, agrees with Knudson.

“I think it’s the govern-ment’s responsibility no mat-ter which party you’re in to protect the public from harm,” Faehn said.

Both of Faehn’s parents died of cancer, his father when he was only 14-years old.

“My father was a heavy smoker, he died and my mother died from second hand smoke that the doctors attribute to his smoking,” Faehn said.

Faehn attributes his sup-port for anti-smoking legisla-tion to his parents’ deaths.

“Long before I was in the legislature I was an anti-smoking crusader, so I imag-ine that is where it comes from,” Faehn said.

A m o n g the leader-ship, there is a feeling that this time the ban will pass.

In the 2008 ses-sion there were only 35 legisla-tive days. H o u s e Bill 1237, a n o t h e r version of a smoking ban, failed to pass when the

House Human Services Com-mittee voted to defer the bill to the 36th legislative day, which effectively killed the bill.

Faehn pointed out the dif-ference between that bill, and the current incarnation mak-ing its way through the sen-ate.

“They weren’t the same bill,” said Faehn. “The one we had last year basically advocated the authority to each city to make their own decision; it wasn’t a statewide ban.”

What prompted Faehn to help kill last session’s smoking ban bill was a fear that leaving it up to the individual cities to decide for themselves would create a statewide checker-board of smoking and non-smoking municipalities.

“And my concern is, for example, what would have happened if Sioux Falls had banned smoking and Bran-don did not? That could have done serious damage to bar and restaurant owners,” Faehn said. “I don’t want to see them lose business, but I’m convinced that if every-one is on a level playing field they won’t.”

“Both majority leaders and both minority leaders are on the bill, the speaker of the house, both chairs of appro-priations are on the bill. They all agree that its only a matter of time before this happens

and this is as good a year as any,” said Faehn.

“You never know for cer-tain, but I’m optimistic,” said Knudson.

While the smoking bill’s unanimous passage through the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, the overwhelming bi-partisan support, and the support of the congressional leadership may give the bill the feeling of inevitability, it was made evident in there are also those who are opposed to the mea-sure.

Some legislators are weigh-ing the possible short-term revenue loss with long-term health benefits and finding their choice influenced by a contracting economy.

Boomgarden, representing Clay and Turner Counties, is opposed to the smoking ban at this time, citing the tough economy as the primary rea-son.

“Right now if we slam a bill in like that with the state in its economic status the way it is it might cause us to have a little greater pain imme-diately here in the next year when it comes to sales taxes, revenue and the tobacco tax,” said Boomgarden.

While he said the health-care argument is a good one, the healthcare benefits could be years down the road.

“The problem is, our bud-get crisis is now,” Boomgar-den said.

Nesselhuf, who voted in favor of the bill, did so because he found the potential health-care benefits of a smoke free South Dakota outweighed the arguments of the bill’s detrac-tors.

“I voted in favor of it,” Nes-selhuf said. “I felt that health care costs in this state are so high that we have an obliga-tion to try and reduce that as much as possible. To me that trumped the argument on the other side.”

Reach reporter Nolan Petersonat Nolan.H.Peterson@usd.edu.

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OPINION “I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

— attributed to Voltaire

The VolanTeThe sTudenTs’ VoICe sInCe 1887

EDITORIAL BOARD

Sarah Reinecke, editor in ChiefHeather Fluit, Managing editorJessica Kokesh, Verve editor

Matt Hittle, opinion editorJustin Rust, asst. Sports editorDavid Whitesock, online director

Money is for students, not prospectives

M any USD upper-classmen rely upon

scholarships to help with tuition, rent and even food. Next year, though, they may lose this safety net. University admin-istration is planning a reorganization that will reroute funds from upperclassmen schol-arships into the pock-ets of incoming fresh-men. It began with the administration’s desire to increase the qual-ity and quantity of recruits. That desire sparked a drive to greatly increase the size and scope of the USD Promise Scholar-ship, resulting in the Promise Plus Scholar-ship. The Promise Plus ensures students scholarship money all four years at USD. This isn’t necessarily a bad idea. We’d also like the bar raised. But we’re uncomfortable that the primary source for this expansion will be upperclassmen schol-arships. The current scholar-ship system is decen-tralized. Each depart-ment has its own particular scholarships and department fac-ulty determines who receives them. We like this because those who work with students can judge the most deserv-ing. But this system isn’t much help to recruit-ment efforts, making it worthless to a USD administration that has come to prize recruitment above all else. So, beginning next year, most scholar-ships will be central-ized. That is, taken out of departmental hands and put under admin-istration control with more limited input from faculty. Teddi Joyce, USD Chief Public Relations Officer,said this move will maximize scholar-ship dollars and avoid waste. That may be its intent, but in reality it’s a complicated scheme to fund a poorly planned recruitment tool at the expense of current upperclass-men. Confused? So were we. It seems departmen-tal scholarships can be separated into two

types — general and specific — according to their requirements. For example, a general scholarship might be intended for any Politi-cal Science student, while a specific schol-arship might go to a sophomore Biology major. We don’t yet know which scholarships will be comman-deered. But we do know that most spe-cific scholarships will remain under depart-ment control, where they can be distributed most effectively. Most general scholarships, however, will be seized to fund Promise Plus. Any leftover funds are to be returned to the departments, but the growing Promise Plus makes us doubt there’ll be much left but pennies and pock-et lint. This should dis-hearten students who weren’t eligible for the Promise as fresh-men but are now good students as upperclas-men. The scholarships they now deserve will be subsidizing unproven prospective students instead of rewarding improve-ment. We see the con-tinuation of a disturb-ing trend that shifts emphasis from recruit-ment and retention to purely recruitment. But more important-ly, we see a gross lack of planning regarding Promise Plus expan-sion funding. So far, we’ve not been advised of the specifics. But we’re curious: How big will the bill for Promise Plus be? Will depart-mental scholarships be permanently seized to fund Promise Plus? What other sources will be used for Prom-ise Plus if departmen-tal scholarships aren’t permanently used? A timely response from the administra-tion regarding these sorts of questions is vital, especially for upperclassmen who previously relied upon scholarships. We applaud all reasonable efforts to improve the size and quality of future fresh-man classes. But this is unreasonable. Make improvements, but not at the expense of current upperclass-men.

cONtact uSThe Volante welcomes contributions to the let-ters column in regards to campus, local, state and national issues. Letters will be edited for clarity and length and will be printed as space allows. The Volante reserves the right to hold letters for publication in a later issue.Submissions must include the author’s name, address, telephone num-ber and year in school and major or job title. Letters must be exclu-sively for The Volante.We will not publish anonymous letters.

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tHey SaID It

“Not being able to run that whole first semester

was really hard on me, and did a lot to my

self-esteem. Just the way I felt about myself every

single day changed.”

– Sophomore Rachel Wilson, on not being able to work out first semester

freshman year due to an injury.

“It’s not really relevant whether or not they

want it. To me it’s about establishing and main-taining those rights for that group of students,

regardless of what their opinion is on it.”

– State Senator Larry Rhoden, (r-union Center),

on why he voted for a bill to allow guns on

South dakota university campuses although he

believed the majority of students were opposed

to it.

“I voted for it. I felt that health care costs in this

state are so high that we have an obligation to try and reduce that as much

as possible. To me that trumped the argument on

the other side.”

– State Senator Ben Nesselhuf, (d-Vermillion),

on the possible benefits of the proposed smoking ban being debated in the state

legislature.

“The first couple of meets were really kind of train-

ing. We’re kind of past that point now that we

have some experience.”

– uSd Women’s track Coach Lucky Huber,

on the the team’s season thus far. the team won

four individual titles at the Jack Gennett invitational

at the univeristy of North-ern iowa last weekend.

cONtact uSReach Opinion Editor Matt Hittle at mhittle@usd.edu or at 677-6890.

eDItORIaL

Dear american Media,

I recently had the pleasure of witnessing truly breaking news. after supper, a gem of a news story presented itself to the american media in the form of a deranged woman caught in the grips of a high speed chase. I know what you’re thinking. Female motorist: dangerous, right? But it was even better. Deciding to steal a u-haul truck, the woman supplied america with tantalizing, real news of the most O.J. Simpsonesque behavior. Narrowly weaving through intersections, waving her crazed arms out of her driver-side window and swerving around a road block, the woman tore across television screens as a modern day life or death competition in front of american evening news viewers. Delighted by the change from the regular overreporting of Lindsay Lohan’s latest herpes-induced mood swing or the constant Olberman v. O’Reilly blather, friends and family gathered around tV sets across america. It was like an impromptu Super Bowl. But alas, the media let america down once again. the feed was cut midchase and Lou Dobbs’ leathery face reappeared. Our bets were placed and butts were at the edge of our seats, but the chase was gone from our lives as quickly as it had appeared. a friend suggested the Internet. the night had been saved. From the view of various laptops streaming video via KcaL 9 live in Los angeles, the electrifying story ended as expected. the woman ran out of gas just outside of Malibu, ran from her battered u-haul and was arrested after an amazing tackle from an officer who I believe is a distant relative of the urlacher family. though my friend won the pool, I couldn’t help but wonder why the media let us down. Boasting to cover “breaking news”, they chose scheduled programming over a story bursting from the screen with harrowing danger, criminal madness and police heroism. News outlets, please cut the politics and just report ... well … the news.

Sincerely, Frank DePaula

The RanTDesperate times call for desperate words.

Sometimes therapeutic, sometimes reactionary, but always lively.

acROSS tHe caMPuS

What will you do on the first warm day?

“Make some kind of giant slip and slide and get a bunch of people to use it. ”

Logan HolterFreShMaNPlatte, S.d.

“Skip classes and be outside all day. Doing what? I don’t know. ”

RacHeL PReHeIMFreShMaNFreeMaN, S.d.

“Go for a run or roller blade, in shorts.”

KayLa HeeMStRaFreShMaNSioux CeNter, ioWa

“Go to the river.”

taylor adrianFreShMaNMouNtaiN lake, MiNN.

WeB cOMMeNtSThese are some comments from The Volante’s most popular online articles. Visit

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editorial: smoking ban

Point-Counterpoint

I am all for a smoke-free place to eat and have a beverage, but the thought of the government forcing this upon people annoys the crap out of me! At what point did our govern-ment start thinking they know whats best for us? Why not leave it up to the businesses? It’s just another way for government to force its way into our lives when they need to be worrying about much bigger issues. Its not gonna stop with the smoking ban. What’s next? Telling us what we can and can’t eat? If you don’t like smokey places don’t go to them. Enough said.

I respect and understand the views of bar owners and do believe that there will be an economic impact caused by a smoking ban. But in the long run, it will be a positive move for the majority of the people! It seems unreal today that 50 years ago doctors were spokespeople for various brands of cigarettes, and in 50 years from now it will seem unreal that in 2009 smoking was still allowed in public places!

DaVID WHIteSOcKSen. Tom Daschle was about to enter one

of the highest appointed posts in government, but an issue such as over-looking $140,000 in taxes is not something to get all hot and both-ered over; he could’ve done worse (President Bush). There are more than 5,000 pages of tax code; everyone is vulnerable to oversights. Obviously, if this were a chronic issue, he cer-tainly should not be permitted to hold a high office.

Mr. Daschle has proved himself as an ardent public servant. Mr. Daschle has made things right. That’s what counts. What this proves is that our tax code is flawed, for both the poor and the prosperous. Let’s eliminate a few thousand pages and start over!

Yes. Sen. Tom Daschle broke the law and there’s no

excuse. I know the tax code is complicated, but that’s what personal accountants are for.

It’s funny, when he was in the Senate, he led the charge against legal tax shelters, ruining lives and reputations in the process. And now he expects a reprieve? Puh-leeze.

But the best part: Daschle’s exucse for not pay-ing his taxes? According to the Wall Street Journal, “he had grown used to having a car and driver as majority leader and did not think to report the perk on his taxes, according to staff members.”

Daschle is capable, and you can bet he’s still on Obama’s speed dial. But he was a liability for the already scandal-ridden Obama Administration.

Matt HIttLe

Should former Senate Majority Leader tom Daschle have with-drawn his name as nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services?

-Voice of Reason -KevinBeijing

The VolAnTe n WednesdAy, FebruAry 4, 2009 n A5

Commentary“has

beens” are often the

best

Most people will agree the Super Bowl is one of the greatest spectacles in sports. Even those known to absolutely hate football drop everything to watch the parade of well-crafted com-mercials that have been a staple of the game for years. But no Super Bowl is com-plete without its halftime show. It is a show that has featured everything from big name classics such as Aero-smith, U2 and the Rolling Stones, to more contempo-rary artists such as N’sync and the infamous Janet Jack-son. Ever since Jackson’s inci-dent, the NFL has opted to have more established artists perform. This year was no different. Entertaining the viewers of Super Bowl XLIII was none other than Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. They have been a staple of rock radio for years, but ever since the announcement they would be the half time act, they’ve also been a source of controversy. In the Super Bowl’s section on the NFL’s website, there is a place where people had the option to vote on what they think the show’s set list was going to be. Many proposals were made, from a new playlist to why one particular playlist wouldn’t work over another. Others have debated whether Bruce should sing “Born in the U.S.A.” But nothing could be more insulting to such an accom-plished artist as the posts asking why he was even invit-ed to perform. One poster suggested Lil’ Wayne. Another doled out what is seen as blasphemy in the world of classic rock: they accused him of being a “has been” and suggested Usher and Beyonce as pos-sible replacements. And as odd as it may sound, I think Bruce is abso-lutely a “has been.” Let’s take a quick look at Bruce’s career. He is one of the few rock musicians that “has been” featured on the cover of Time Magazine mul-tiple times. I don’t believe Lil’ Wayne can claim that honor. Bruce is one of the few art-ists that “has been” able to successfully delve into other styles of music. I don’t think you’d see N’SYNC have the same type of luck. Bruce “has been” a small part of the movement toward freedom for an oppressed group of people. Bruce was one of the few Western artists to play beyond the Iron Curtain. At a concert in East Ber-lin attended by up to 500,000 East Germans, Springsteen added his name to the hand-ful of musicians that helped inspired younger generations of East Germans to rise up and demand a better govern-ment. I don’t believe Usher is on that list. And he lived up to the expectations and hype sur-rounding his performance. The 59 year old singer, writ-ten-off as “irrelevant” blog-gers and others bitter about the show, performed a spir-ited show. The halftime abso-lutely complemented an amazing game. If Bruce Springsteen is a has been, I sure hope we have a few more has beens in the coming years.

Reach columnist Rob Nielsen at Rob.Nielsen@usd.edu.

I was at Hy-Vee the other day shopping for snacks that cannot be found at The Bump when I remembered that I was out of nasal decongestants (allergies, the South Dakota prairie, and dry winter air are a bad combi-nation). I made my way to the phar-macy area and hunted for the little red and white boxes of Sudafed when I had an epiph-any: it takes a Ph.D. and a tour guide to navigate the labyrinth of over-the-counter medicines available to the public at these stores. My confusion led to close inspection of the boxes in an amateur attempt to decipher the correct product to buy, but to no avail. I eventually had to ask a pharmacist to assist me, as I simply could not find the decon-gestant I use. The pharmacist explained to me that, because pseudoephed-rine, the active ingredient in my decongestant, is used in the manufacture of methamphet-amine, I had to supply him with my drivers’ license in order to purchase the now behind-the-counter medicine. This stimulated research on my part. After Google search concerning common medicines (both OTC and prescription-only) I began to realize just how gargantuan America’s pharma-ceutical industry has become. Companies are pumping out pills like Zoloft and Prozac to adjust chemicals in the brain in order to “cure” depression. Commercials on television advertise drugs to take the edge off anxiety — what happened to kicking back with a smoothie in your favorite pair of sweat pants when you needed to chill out? Additionally, when doctors prescribe medicine, they make

a cut of the profit from the patient’s prescription. This fact shows a frightening potential for abuse on the medical profes-sional’s part. As if telling perfectly sane adults they need to take a pill in order to feel normal isn’t enough, the same pharmaceuti-cal companies and doctors have convinced tens of thousands of parents that their children need to take their product to combat abnormally high energy levels known as ADHD, or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. One of the most popular ADHD medicines given to our country’s children is called Adderall, containing the active ingredients amphetamine and dextroamphetamine. Coincidentally, these are the same substances that Hitler gave his soldiers for them to perform the famous “blitzkrieg” attacks that required energy and focus. Amphetamine is also the addictive drug Johnny Cash bat-tled for years. Another danger facing patients is generic versions of common name brand pharma-ceuticals. The risk of adverse reaction to the inactive ingre-dients, such as dyes, fillers and preservatives. Although the FDA regulates inactive ingredients in the name brand forms of drugs, it does not regulate the generic versions’ inactive ingredients. These additives can be harm-

ful to a patient if the pharmacist or doctor overlooks a patient’s allergy to a certain inactive ingredient. This problem does not imply that inactive ingredi-ents are the only causes for con-cern: ever watch an advertise-ment for a pharmaceutical drug during the commercial breaks on television? I usually have time to get up and make a sandwich before they are finished listing side effects. Thankfully, with the help of a good doctor with positive intentions, these risks can be avoided, for the most part. Prescription medicines aside, all pharmacies stock OTC drugs like sleep aids, cough syrup, and certain nasal inhalers that all have abuse potential, making it easy for drug users to catch a cheap high. Although adults have the right to use these drugs as they wish, problems arise when these same substances are readily available to children and addiction-prone teens. Many people tell tales of friends addicted to caffeine pills, dextromethorphan (the main ingredient in most cough syr-ups), and diphenhydramine (the main ingredient in Benadryl). It seems these “miracle medi-cines” are a sign of human advancement and success in combating illnesses, which they may be. It’s important, however, to look at what these drugs are doing to patients. Americans need to do their own research before bringing the doctor’s script to the phar-macy and popping their pills. With a little education and com-mon sense, America can solve its prescription drug problem.

Reach columnist Tucker Knutson at Tucker.Knutson@usd.edu.

America’s pill-popping problem

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tucKeR KNutSON

USD students get around 28 days of winter break per year. Unfortunately, only three of them aren’t spent stranded in airports. I’m exaggerating, of course, but by the time students finish exams and travel home, whether it is as close as Yankton, or as far as Anchorage, Akaska, there’s not much time left before Christmas. Rather than having students miss-ing out on the holidays and risking travel while the rest of the country is traveling, it’s time to lengthen the semester break and relax.

Our break starts a week before Christmas, whereas most univer-sities start their breaks two weeks before Christmas. USD also starts the fall semester a week later than most schools. By starting fall semester week earlier, we could add a week to the break without affecting spring semester. It would mean a shorter summer vacation, but it would reduce the hassles of traveling during the holidays.

The busiest travel day for the Chicago O’Hare hub was Dec. 23, a day some students may still be traveling. Even if they aren’t, that doesn’t mean that Dec. 19, 20 or 21 will be that much less busy. Shortening the vacation by a week will mean that students won’t fly at the same time as the majority of other holiday travelers. Students who live in state won’t have to drive during a week when other

South Dakotans might be driv-ing to other parts of the state, or neighboring states.

Weather was a major problem this holiday travel season as two major storms shut down airport hubs all over the country. For student drivers, it was slow going depending on where they were. For students flyers, it was almost impossible to get anywhere on time. My trip home was supposed to take about 10 hours, leaving Saturday. I arrived home on Tues-day. It took four days and two expensive hotels stays to get home thanks to the storm. Pushing the vacation date up doesn’t protect us from the weather, but even if travelers are delayed at least they have more time with their fami-lies.

The luckiest students got to go home on the 15th, for those of us who aren’t lucky jerks; we had maybe a week to be home before Christmas started. An earlier

vacation means that even if have exams all week and we are delayed for days, we’ll still get back with about a week or so before Christ-mas, rather than three days.

South Dakota has some weird idiosyncrasies about how it schedules its school breaks. Not only does the summer break end a week later than most other uni-versities the spring break begins a week earlier than other states. If this plan changes the break length, students will have to decide if it’s worth it or not. It probably won’t affect spring break, as taking time from the first week of winter break and the last week of summer break will mean that second semester is completely unaffected.

For those interested in an ear-lier, longer winter break, a peti-tion will be posted on The Vol-ante blog and a resolution sent the SGA. Students will no longer have to worry about coming home a few days before Christmas, even after weather and exams, we won’t travel during the peak season, and Jewish students will be slightly more likely to be home during the holidays. This is only the begin-ning of a long process to change the holiday break, but with any luck, soon our vacations what they’re supposed to be, relaxing.

Reach columnist Taylor Poro at Taylor.Poro@usd.edu.

Make breaks easier on students

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IN THE KNOW: Christian Bale. Your loud, crass, profanity-laden chewing out of an underling on the set of “Terminator Salvation” will probably be the best thing to come out of that movie.

IN THE DARK: Tom Daschle. Come on, Tom, you had a chance to put a South Dakotan in President Obama’s cabinet and you screwed it up over taxes?!

IN THE KNOW: Punxsutawney Phil. He saw his shadow and the next day was minus 4 degrees. Sigh.

IN THE DARK: Michael Phelps smoking weed. (For “non-smokers”) You should be ashamed of yourself. You’re adored by many, especially children. You’ve got a duty to be a positive role model for them. Plus, if you keep making stupid decisions, you can forget about more golds in 2012.

IN THE KNOW: Michael Phelps smoking weed. (For “smok-ers”) Hey, man, everyone needs to unwind a bit after 12 hours of strenuous swimming practice. Just tell those squares to back off. They’re so uptight. They need a puff. Hey, I’m hungry...

IN THE DARK: London. The same city that was bombed to smithereens during World War II — and survived to tell the tale — nearly crumbled after eight inches of snow on Monday. You limeys would never make it in West River.

IN THE KNOW: The MUC. It’s nearly finished and we never thought we would care this much. The glorious, well-stocked Barnes and Noble was a teaser. Now we want the full monty!

IN THE DARK: The Republican Party. You elected your first black chairman last week. Enough said.

Here you will find the weirdest, funniest and stupidest things that we’ve heard during the week. Context is for suckers.

OVERheard“No, you can’t make sexual advances during the interview” - old MaiN

“You’re wrong. I was in North Dakota for four months and I never saw any female midgets.” - Pro’S

“Bitch kitty, Bitch kitty, meow, meow, meow.” - CorreCtioNVille, ioWa

“There’s crap on the back of this.” “I’m sorry, you pulled it away.” - North CoMPlex

“That’s a muffin top to the extreme.” - MiSter SMith’S

“She insulted me, so I sat in the corner, chocolate smeared on my face and a muffin tin at my feet. Cupcakes are my only friend.” - MitChell, S.d.

“We can do it in your room, but the lighting might be kind of bad because we’ll be taping.” - Neuharth Media CeNter

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Only Democrats can win wars - Joe Kippley Only Democrats can win America’s wars. Sadly, this statement may be true. There are enough good people in each party that either should be more than capable of winning wars. Our military can accomplish almost any task a commander-in-chief can order...

OPINIONcont.

America the nanny - Frank DePaula

Let’s say that a business produces sprockets. These sprockets are grown in America by Americans. Not only that, these homegrown American sprockets are processed, packaged, and sold in America by Americans to Americans. Seems ideal when everything is produced overseas. Well, such a business does exist. It is the business of tobacco...

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caption for each week’s cartoon. The best entries make the paper along with a new illustration.

Last week’s winning caption:

“Dave gave a whole new definition to the term ‘chickenhead’.”

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SPORTSWednesday, february 4, 2009 the students’ voice since 1887 the university of south dakota

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Last week I spent some time trying to track down a rumor I heard on the USD Coyote mes-sage boards.

The rumor dealt with a legis-lator who was looking for sup-port on a bill which would man-date USD and South Dakota State University to annually play each other in football and bas-ketball in Sioux Falls.

After touching base with more than a few people, I couldn’t find out if this was a rumor or if the bill was just pushed aside because it didn’t get any sup-port.

This seemed oddly familiar to what just happened in North Dakota. About two weeks ago, legislators in North Dakota, primarily from Grand Forks where the University of North Dakota is located, put together a bill that would force UND and North Dakota State to play each other in football and basketball as well. The bill has since been dropped in North Dakota.

After hearing about both bills, my thought was, “Do sena-tors really have nothing better to do than get universities to play each other? Shouldn’t they be working on issues like, oh I don’t know, this economic recession the country has found itself in?”

Granted, threat of legislation is nothing new to “renewing a rivalry,” just ask our neighbor to the east, Iowa. Iowa State and Iowa didn’t play each other for 43 years after ISU pulled off a huge upset over Iowa in 1934. The two teams didn’t play again until 1977 after Iowa legislators put both schools on notice to either play the game or they would force both schools to play each other.

Even though that situation has worked out, it shouldn’t be a precedent for legislators to force schools to play each other. In both USD-SDSU and UND-NDSU’s cases, the schools will play each other, it will just take some time.

In USD-SDSU’s case, it may be because USD will get into the Summit League, the same conference SDSU is in and both schools will have to face each other in every sport except foot-ball.

SDSU is in the Missouri Val-ley Conference for football. Football will probably happen as well, except it won’t be until at least 2013 because SDSU’s schedule is full until then.

USD and SDSU have com-peted in other sports as well. The cross country teams and men’s swimming and diving teams have gone against each other, the soccer teams will play each other in a spring match-up and the volleyball teams have played each other for the past two spring seasons.

Both schools are mak-ing progress on playing each other and legislation could tear down any bridges between the two schools. If the progress is already being made, then why would the government force the schools to play each other?

Luckily, North Dakota’s bill was dropped and no such bill was started in South Dakota. With the way both state govern-ments work, these bills could’ve been argued for years when other more important bills could’ve been voted on to help improve the conditions of both states.

If the legislators would’ve debated this topic during ses-sion, they are saying its more important than things like the struggling economy.

Reach reporter Justin Rust at Justin.Rust@usd.edu.

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Deanna ShalOn / The vOlanTeA USD swimmer competes in the breast stroke during the team’s meet against Nebraska-Omaha Saturday.

The USD swimming and div-ing teams had a busy weekend to wrap up the season’s dual sched-ule.

On Friday, the Coyotes trav-eled to the University of North Dakota, but ended up falling to UND 162-132 on the women’s side and 156-121 on the men’s side.

Less than 24 hours later, the Coyotes hosted their last home meets of the year at the Dako-taDome. The women went up against the University of Nebras-ka-Omaha and the men took on Morningside College.

The men rebounded from the previous night’s loss, crushing the Mustangs 153-64. Two USD athletes won in grand style, as individual records were broken by freshman Thad Stoddard and senior Pat Albertson.

“There hasn’t been a record broken on the men’s side since my first season here,” head coach Jason Mahowald said. “The two victories we’ve had this year (SDSU and Morningside) are

This basketball season has been nothing short of painful for senior Steve Smith, but it’s nothing new to him.

Before the team’s first game this season against Cor-nell, Steve dislocated his right shoulder, his shooting shoul-der, during practice. The dislo-cation was so bad that it took two people to hold Steve down as they popped his shoulder back into place.

Despite the injury, Steve still started in the USD game against Cornell. In fact, he has started all 23 games the Coy-otes have played this season even though he said he will probably need to have surgery on his shoulder after the sea-son.

The hardest game Steve started this year was the Coy-otes 94-58 win over Dana Col-lege back on Dec. 16. Two days before the game, Steve’s father Tim, passed away.

Tim Smith was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when Steve was in first grade, but his death was unexpected.

The night before Tim Smith passed away, Steve, his fiancé, his brother and his brother’s wife were back home in Sioux Falls and had dinner with his parents.

Steve said his dad was feel-ing well that night.

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Replacing a coaching legend can be a difficult task for all parties involved.

The exiting coach has to deal with leaving a pro-gram he has dedicated his life to for many years. The athletic administration has to find a replacement that can gel with the players and please the fan base. And the incoming coach must handle expectations and begin the process of building a new legacy.

The latter is the case for women’s basketball head coach Ryun Williams.

When USD’s all-time wins leader Chad Lavin retired following the 2007-08 season, USD athletic director Joel Nielsen had the job of finding the right leader for a women’s team that had reached the Division II cham-pionship game the previous season.

With Lavin announcing his intentions to retire before his final season, Nielsen said he already had a strong candidate in mind.

“Ryun was someone we’d had our eye on for quite some time,” Nielsen said. “What we do in our business is identify people in case we go through a situation where we need to hire someone. For all the obvious reasons, he was on our radar screen for a number of years and we were excited that he and his family were interested in us and that he made the decision to come back to USD.”

After a near-perfect final season for Lavin, Williams seemed like the perfect successor. He played for USD men’s head coach Dave Boots for two seasons in the early 1990s. He and his wife, Lyndy, are both graduates of USD. Williams was also a young coach on the rise, becoming Wayne State College’s all-time winningest

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Dakota soccer team will start its spring training on Monday, Feb. 9, during which, USD students who are interested in joining the team may tryout.

Students who are inter-ested in trying out should contact head coach Mar-cia Oliveira to set up a try-out date.

The soccer team’s spring schedule has also been set. The team will open its spring action on April 18 in the annual “Kick for a Cure” tournament at Creighton University with six other schools.

The spring season will then conclude with a game against South Dakota State University in Brookings on April 25.

The USD soccer team finished its first year in Division I with a record of 5-11.

Men’s basketball: uSD at Siu-Edwardsville

Men’s basketball: Memphis at gonzaga

Women’s basketball: Wisc.-Eau claire at uSD

Women’s basketball: northern iowa at uSD

nba: lakers at celtics

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nfl Pro bowl: nfc vs. afc

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Standings Overall

South Dakota 13-6utah valley 10-8north Dakota 12-10chicago State 11-10texas-Pan am 12-11houston baptist 7-15nj institute of tech. 5-14

Results, Wed., jan. 28bryant 66, nj institute of tech. 62texas a&M-c.c. 54, texas-Pan am 35

Results, Thurs., jan. 29utah valley 79, chicago State 50Siu-Edwardsville 78, houston baptist 64

Results, Sat., jan. 31north Dakota 68, South Dakota 55texas-Pan am 55, chicago State 49

Results, Sun., Feb. 1South Dakota 79, Mt. Mercy 51north Dakota 96, Minot State 42

upcoming Games, Sat., Feb. 7chicago State at nj institute of tech., 3 p.m.johnson & Wales at utah valley, 4 p.m.houston baptist at cal State-bakersfield, 5 p.m.north Dakota at Seattle university, 7:30 p.m.

upcoming Games, Sun., Feb. 1Wisconsin-eau Claire at South Dakota, 3 p.m.

Standings Overall

South Dakota 18-5 north Dakota 11-8utah valley 10-9chicago State 12-11texas-Pan am 5-14houston baptist 2-20nj institute of tech. 1-21

Results, Wed., jan. 28fresno State 81, houston baptist 63MD Eastern Shore 73, njit 67

Results, Thurs., jan. 29utah valley 123, chicago State 121

Results, Sat., jan. 31cal State-bakersfield 69, utah valley 60South Dakota 86, north Dakota 75chicago State 85, nj institute of tech. 69

Results, Sun., Feb. 1boise State 85, houston baptist 64

Results, Mon., Feb. 2South Dakota 85, lake erie 52

upcoming Games, Wed., Feb. 4chicago State at northwestern, 7 p.m.texas a&M-international at texas-Pan am, 7 p.m.

upcoming Games, Thurs., Feb. 5academy of art university at utah valley, 8 p.m.

upcoming Games, Sat., Feb. 7chicago State at texas-Pan am, 7 p.m.Middle tennessee at houston baptist, 7:05 p.m.South Dakota at Siu-edwardsville, 7:30 p.m.north Dakota at Seattle, 9 p.m.

upcoming Games, Mon., Feb. 9chicago State at houston baptist, 7:05 p.m.lamar at utah valley, 8 p.m.

Campus RecReportIntramural Rankings through Feb. 15 on 5 Basketball

Men’s a1. 8 Mile 2. Varsity3. leo’s lounge4. Cream Pies 4 all5. Brue Crue

Men’s B1. Casey’s Mixture Tour2. Get Yo’ Popcorn Ready3. Jefferson airplane4. Don’t Guard the White Guys5. artic Kings

Women’s a1. avian Bird Flu2. Shock Callas

how They Fared (jan. 26-29)1. 8 Mile 48, electrify 382. The Virus 33, Brue Crue 383. Varsity 51, Top Gun 314. leo’s lounge 50, lambertz Crew 455. Cream Pies 4 all 60, Pike 29

Men’s B1. Casey’s Mixture Tour 65, Sticky Bandits 432. Get Yo’ Popcorn Ready 52, Peterson 223. Jefferson airplane 53, Drama Kings 384. The Mullets 38, Don’t Guard the White Guys 595. Don’t Guard the White Guys 59, The Mullets 38

Women’s a1. avian Bird Flu 59, northern lights 152. Shock Callas 43, hard Candy 25

Free Throw Contest ResultsIndividual (50 shot attempts)Joey James 46Justin Siemonsma 42Steve Kelsey 38Marcus alley 38Matt Zeman 37

By juSTin RuSTThe VolanTe

EDITOR’S NOTE: Each week The Vol-ante sports staff will interview a member of the USD athletic community and ask them off-the-wall questions. Enjoy the hilarity.

Pat Albertson is a senior on the USD swimming and diving team. Albertson is from Bozeman, Mont., and is the school record holder in the 100-meter butterfly. He won two individual events and was a part of two winning relay teams Satur-day against Morningside.

Justin Rust: You are a senior and majoring in criminal justice, so what do you plan to go into after school?

Pat Albertson: I plan on going into law enforcement, but I would really like to be a ranger or game warden.

JR: Last year you were in a story about slack-lining. Are you as good at slack-

lining as you are at swimming?

PA: No, I am better at swimming, but I am pretty good at slack-lining.

JR: Are you the best slack-liner on the team?

PA: Yes, I am. Bridger Miller would be the next best. It’s probably pretty close, but I think I top him though.

JR: Is slack-lin-ing the best thing to do in Vermillion?

PA: Probably not, but it’s a fun thing to do.

JR: You are from Montana. What’s the number one thing you miss about Mon-tana?

PA: Just basically Montana itself.

JR: The residents of Bozeman are called Bozemanites. Do they like being called that?

PA: Kind of, we like to consider our-selves that. We always consider ourselves Montanans though.

JR: Montana has the largest grizzly population in the lower 48 states. How often did you see a grizzly?

PA: Once in a blue moon, but there are other types of bears that we see more often. There’s a bunch of black bears around Bozeman. The grizzles are around Yellowstone National Park or Glacier National Park area.

JR: Do you have any bear stories?

PA: I do.Two years ago, my best friend and

I were black bear hunting and we were at the creek along the mountain. We ditched the trail and went into the woods. We were halfway up the moun-

tain and we didn’t have our guns ready. We came across a big rock and out of the corner of my eye I saw a big black bear by the rock and whispered to my friend that there was a bear there.

We both took shots at the bear, but I am a horrible aim and his scope was broke, so we both missed. We saw it run off to the other side of the rock and we chased after it.

When we got there, we noticed there were actually four bears, three cubs and the bear we shot at was the mommy bear. We were 20 feet away from the momma bear, so it was a good thing we missed.

JR: Montana is known for having a lot of gold, so did you ever pan for gold as a kid?

PA: Yes, I did. I have been to gold mines and used to pan for gold. It’s rare to find a gold nugget, that’s pretty much an urban legend to discover one. It’s mostly just flakes of gold basically. So far, I’ve found $15 worth of gold.

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The Great West Confer-ence meet at the DakotaDome looms in the distance for the USD track and field teams. One could say it’s the finish line of the season that the Coyotes are striving for. However, to get to the finish March 1-2, they have to continue to improve in the present.

The Coyotes took a step in the right direction in the Jack Jennett Invitational at the Uni-versity of Northern Iowa cam-pus last weekend. In all, the Coyotes claimed three indi-vidual titles in a meet that fea-tured many Division I teams,

including UNI, Western Illinois and Drake University, among others.

On the men’s side, junior Dominic Artis captured the title in the 60-meter dash, blazing to the win in a time of 6.88 seconds. Artis also fin-ished fifth in a competitive 200-meter dash. The sprinter from Brooklyn Park, Minn., currently has the best times in the GWC in both the 60- and 200-meter dashes.

USD men’s head coach Dave Gottsleben said Artis had a strong meet for the Coyotes.

“Obviously, Dominic Artis winning a meet like that, win-ning a D-I meet, that’s pretty impressive,” Gottsleben said.

“His fifth place in the (200-meter dash), he probably could have won it, but they stuck him in kind of a challenging lane where they put their kids in outside lanes, not that I’m complaining.”

Gottsleben added that the Coyote sprinters are running well. In addition, the field ath-letes (jumps and throws) are starting to come around, Gott-sleben said. By the time of the conference meet, Gottsleben said they’ll be clicking on all cylinders.

“We start out kind of con-servative when it comes to (events), especially our jumps,” Gottsleben said. “We don’t know our approach back (in the jumps) as quickly as some people, but we’re just getting used to a longer approach. I think this weekend was a good experiment for us.”

On the women’s side, senior Jenessa Filler and junior Ram-sey Fitzsimmons led the Coy-otes. Filler, from Crooks, S.D., won the 200-meter dash and tacked on a second-place fin-ish in the 60-meters. Fitzsim-mons was the champion in the 3000-meter run and added a third-place finish in the mile.

“I had really good block starts, and that helped a lot,” Filler said. “In the 200, that was a personal best for me, so that was exciting.”

As the conference meet inches ever closer, USD wom-en’s head coach Lucky Huber said it’s time for the Coyotes to start to turn the corner.

“The first couple meets we’re really kind of training through them and we’re kind of past that point now that we’ve had some experience,” Huber said. “The next step is to start performing a little bet-ter and we think our kids are ready for that.”

Huber said although improvements can be made, the team is primed to make a run at the conference meet because of its balance.

“We’re really, really well rounded,” Huber said. “I don’t know if we’re going to score in every event at the conference meet because we have some limitations on how many peo-ple we can put on the team, but I do feel like it’s a team that we can be pretty competitive in a lot of events.”

Gottsleben said he has a similar confidence in the men’s team.

“I feel about as good about this team (as far as) the indi-viduals on it as any team I’ve had in a long time,” Gottsleben said. “It seems like they really, really care about each other.”

Filler said as the season dwindles, the team is getting better and better.

“Everyone seems to be improving the more meets we get,” Filler said. “Everyone’s times are going down.”

Both Gottsleben and Huber said they recognize the signifi-cance of hosting the first D-I championship in South Dako-ta history.

“It probably parallels the excitement that the University of South Dakota has in our D-I move,” Gottsleben said. “Five days (after the indoor confer-ence meet), they’re going to have a basketball tournament up in Sioux Falls for the Sum-mit League. But we’re beating them to it.”

Huber said the prepara-tion for hosting the conference meet is a meticulous process.

“It’s kind of like you have company coming over for the first time,” Huber said. “You want to make sure you put your best foot forward and that’s really what our goal is, to be able to put on this meet and I think our kids are excited about that, too.”

The Coyote track and field teams will host the Bill Hillen-brand meet at the Dakota-Dome Friday and Saturday.

Reach reporter Ryan Moore at Ryan.Moore@usd.edu.

Teams on track for strong finishBy Ryan MOORe

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jOhn laRSOn / The vOlanTeSenior Allie Smith rounds the corner during the 4x400-meter relay in last week’s Graphic Edge Open in the DakotaDome.

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coach and leading the Wildcats to their first NCAA D-II Tourna-ment victory last year.

Since the time Williams was a Coyote, he said coaching at USD had been an intriguing prospect for him.

“I’ve just always been inter-ested in this job,” Williams said. “It’s obviously my alma mater, but it’s also a great place and has a great winning tradition.”

USD wasn’t always Williams’s first choice. Growing up in Gil-lette, Wyo., he had dreamed of playing basketball for the Uni-versity of Wyoming Cowboys.

Named the first-ever Mr. Basketball for the state of Wyo-ming following his senior sea-son of high school, Williams began considering his options for college. He soon realized he wouldn’t receive much playing time at UW, which had recently made it to the NCAA Tourna-ment’s Sweet Sixteen.

Williams decided to stay in his home state and play for Sheridan College. After two seasons of being named an All-Wyoming Conference perform-er, Williams took another look at UW.

The Cowboy coaches were up front with Williams and let him know that he could have a jersey, but wouldn’t see much playing time. One of the coach-es gave a call to USD coach Dave Boots and both Williams and Boots thought USD would be a nice fit.

Boots, who was in his first few years as coach at USD, said Williams was a good find for his team.

“Ryun was a great, great play-er,” Boots said. “He could really shoot it. It was early in our pro-gram here, and to land a player of his ability was really key for us in getting our program off to a good start.”

Williams had two successful seasons at USD, being named

academic all-conference both years and named All-North Cen-tral Conference after leading the nation in free throw shooting percentage.

After graduating, Williams stayed at USD for two seasons as a graduate assistant under Boots. He then went back to Sheridan to be the men’s assis-tant coach. After arriving at Sheridan, Williams said the ath-letic department had a big sur-prise in store for him.

“When I got there they said, ‘By the way, you need to be the volleyball coach too,’” Wil-liams said. “I didn’t know a thing about volleyball.”

As volleyball coach, Williams learned how to recruit, how to manage personalities and how to win. In 1995 he coached Sheridan to a 42-8 record and a fifth-place finish at the junior college national tournament.

Williams also became the head coach of Sheridan’s wom-en’s basketball team, and was named Wyoming Conference Coach of the Year twice.

In 1998, Williams moved on to Wayne State, where the Wild-cats had only won 13 games in the previous two seasons com-bined. During the span of his 10 seasons at Wayne, he compiled a record of 182-106.

When Nielsen offered Wil-liams the USD job after Lavin retired, Williams said it was far from an easy decision to make.

“As a coach, you put so much of yourself into your program and your community, and that’s what we did at Wayne,” Williams said. “It was a really good job for a young coach to learn against really good coaches, because I went up against great coaches. It was a great place for us and it’ll always be a part of us.”

Williams and Lyndy decid-ed to make the move back to their alma mater, along with his daughters Natalie and Emily.

Not only was it Williams’ first year as coach of USD, but he also had the challenge of lead-ing the women’s basketball program through its first tran-sitional year at the Division I level.

Williams was also replacing four of five starters from last season’s squad. With the deci-sion to redshirt Amber Hegge, one of the team’s top players, as well as three other players, Wil-liams said he knew his first year wouldn’t be easy.

The team lost its season

opener at home to D-II North-west Missouri State University 69-60. Williams said he takes every loss hard, but this one was particularly difficult.

“It was just that we pressed a lot because we wanted that game,” Williams said. “The kids were coming off of that great season that they had and it was the first game at Division I with a new coach. There were just so many things that were maybe somewhat distracting, but the bottom line is we just didn’t play very good.”

The Coyotes rebounded and won their next nine games. The team is currently sitting at 13-6 on the season and all but one of USD’s remaining games are against D-I opponents.

Through the ups and downs of coaching, Lyndy said her hus-band has handled things very well.

“One thing that I think he’s great at is that he’s always a dad first,” Lyndy said. “That’s what I love about him is that he coach-es intensely, but when he walks in the door it’s all about family.”

Williams has also been given the thumbs up from his play-ers.

Junior Jasmine Mosley, who was recruited by Williams when he was coaching at Wayne State, said everyone on the team has great respect for their new coach.

“I knew he was already a good coach, so I was really excited about the thought of him coming and coaching us here,” Mosley said. “He’s a very logical coach and knows what he’s talking about, but he also knows how to get us pumped up and ready to go for games.”

With the very real possibil-ity of USD joining the Summit League, Williams’ recruiting ability and the players who are redshirting this season, Williams said he has a positive outlook about the future of the women’s program.

“Redshirting four good play-ers with (Alicia) Brown, (Jackie) Hiebert, Teresa Case and Hegge, you smile when you talk about that because they’re going to help us establish some momen-tum and I think you’ll see us win games and play really good bas-ketball,” Williams said. “There will be some bumps, but I antic-ipate a bright future.”

Reach reporter Matt Dahlseid at Matt.Dahlseid@usd.edu.

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COuRTeSy PhOTOUSD women’s basketball coach Ryun Williams shoots a free throw in the DakotaDome during his playing days at USD in the early 1990s.

more than just wins for the team, they have been good team boosters.”

Albertson set a new record in the 100-meter butterfly with a time of 56.59. Albert-son also won the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 2:05.92 and was part of two winning relays. The 200-meter medley relay team consisting of Alb-ertson, Stoddard, sophomore Bridger Miller and freshman Dane VanArkel came in first with a time of 1:48.68. The 200-meter freestyle relay team of Albertson, Miller, Stoddard and freshman Terry Rolfe also came first with a time of 1:38.47.

“I haven’t had the picture perfect career, but this season has been one of the greatest seasons ever for me – even from high school,” Albertson said.

F o r Stoddard, the record was in the 100-m e t e r b a c k -s t r o k e with a time of 58.91.

“At the beginning of the year, my goal was to get that record,” Stoddard said. “I knew this was my last chance and it felt so good to final-ly get it. It was rough with the two meets, but I pushed through it. It all falls back on training and how much heart you have.”

Other first-place victo-ries on the men’s team came from Rolfe in the 1,500-meter freestyle with a time of 18:02, sophomore Ray Wieser in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:09.82, junior Jody Lutz in the 200-meter butter-fly finishing 2:22.62, VanArkel winning the 50-meter free-style with a finishing time of 25.16, freshman Chris Hause won both diving events and freshman Joseph Dolan cap-turing his first collegiate win in the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 4:32.27.

“It felt so good to get my first win, especially at the last home meet,” Dolan said. “But I was just trying to help out the team and get more points for us.”

On the women’s side, UNO edged out USD with a final score of 161-131.

Despite the loss, there were some positives for the women’s team. Freshman

Liz Hoffman earned a new individual record in the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 4:33.00 and also a relay record in the 800-meter freestyle relay with teammates senior Mary Klima, sophomore Rita Bushbacher and senior Sara Holman.

“I was beginning to worry coming into this last meet,” Hoffman said. “I was starting off very strong and then aver-aging out. But this last meet and breaking the record has really fired me up knowing I still can come out strong.”

Along with Hoffman, senior Stacy Bjorlie won the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 28.13, senior Erin Wagoner captured the title in the 100-meter butterfly (1:06.21), and sophomore Hannah Roetzel was victorious in the 3-meter dive with a score of 213.17.

“Despite the loss, we have improved so much this year,” Hoffman said. “I know I couldn’t have had the suc-cess this year without the team and I went out there to get the points for them. I am very proud of the progress we have made as a team.”

When the season began, many were skeptical on how the teams would do this sea-son for having many fresh-men. But Mahowald feels, as do the rest of the athletes, that the freshmen have helped tremendously this year in making two great teams.

“These kids have exceeded my expectations,” Mahow-ald said. “They say you can’t ride a team on the backs of freshmen, but this year has been an exception. Also, the credit for this year’s success needs to go to the captains this year. They have shown great leadership to the fresh-men and have helped them work hard.”

And for the athletes, just being apart of the team this year has been a reward in itself.

“I talked to Joe (Dolan) in the locker room and told him I was sad this was my last meet,” Albertson said. “But this has been a great team. The best we’ve had in years. I’ve done all that I’ve wanted to do and have no regrets.”

USD’s diving teams will resume action in the USD Diving Invite at the Dako-taDome this weekend. The event starts at 5 p.m. Friday and the competition will carry over into Saturday.

Reach reporter Mike Dailey at Michael.Dailey@usd.edu.

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Williams: team 13-6 under new coach

club hockey team cuts season short

The USD club hockey team spent much of its season short-handed, taking the ice with fewer players than its opponents.

Academic and physical con-cerns frequently kept Coyote skaters off the ice, giving USD fewer than 10 active players against teams possessing four full lines of 20 skaters and mul-tiple goaltenders.

In a home-and-home series against Dordt two weekends ago, Coyote goaltender Brett Bennett faced a staggering 145 shots in just two games.

Now, the team cancelled their final two games of the sea-son against Iowa State Univer-sity and will not schedule any more contests until the next academic year.

“We had less than two lines,” head coach Bob Noonan said. “To go down there and with the potential of getting someone injured, it was not healthy for us to think about.”

The team began to lose play-ers over academic concerns, suspensions, and players quit-ting the team. Faculty advisor Greg Huckabee, an associ-ate professor at the School of Business, said five players were unable to play following the holiday break due to academic problems alone. Those losses were the “fundamental reason” for cancelling the season, Huck-abee said.

“My primary concern is the safety of the student,” Huckabee said. “From a safety issue, play-ing tired players and exposing our goalie to twice the competi-tion increases the risk. When we can’t field a level team the way our competitors can, then it’s time to pack it in.”

The Coyotes were attempting

to reschedule a cancelled Dec. 11 contest against South Dakota State University, who are likely preparing for postseason play as the 10th ranked team in the Pacific Division, but will no lon-ger pursue the match-up. Huck-abee said previously called-off contests against Minnesota State University-Mankato and now Iowa State caused the club to end the season early, with pressure from the ACHA.

“It’s more with staying in the spirit of ACHA rules,” Noonan said. “If we can’t field a team to play and we can’t decide to play Iowa State and MSU-Mankato, it pretty much ends the season. We can’t pick and choose to play the games that we want to try.”

The Coyotes will end their season at 8-15-1 overall. USD won only four games against Pacific Division foes and lost 11, including three against heated

rival SDSU.Now, the club is looking to

regroup and reorganize. Hucka-bee will meet with club presi-dent Anthony Hegstrom within the next few days to determine what steps need to be taken for the club to improve overall.

“The institutional problem with the team is we didn’t have a regular coach until we got Noonan,” Huckabee said. “That didn’t happen until Janurary. It was too late for us to make the changes for the program this season, but Bob has said he will stay on to mold the team for next season.”

One step Noonan said the program should make is to improve player recruitment.

“We’re competing against SDSU for players,” Noonan said. “Nebraska has a few clubs and so does Iowa. Since we have a lower number of high school

teams, there’s a lot less to draw from, especially with the aca-demic standards that we have.”

Other long term goals Noo-nan mentioned were finding full-time head and assistant coaches, players improving their study habits and the proposed student wellness center adding an ice rink in Vermillion.

However, Noonan said step one is sitting down and talking with all of the players.

“We can’t have 20 players in the fall semester and loose half of them,” Noonan said. “They need to address those aca-demic problems coming into the spring semester. I think we want to have a clean slate and ask them what is it going to take to make this is a competitive sport.”

Reach reporter Drew Quandt at Drew.Quandt@usd.edu.

By DReW QuanDTThe VolanTe

vOlanTe File PhOTOiSenior goaltender Brett Bennett saves a shot on goal during a Coyote home game at Alcoa Ice Arena in Yankton earlier this season. The Coyotes finished this season with a record of 8-15-1 overall.

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jOhn laRSOn / The vOlanTeUSD senior Steve Smith shoots over a North Dakota defender in Saturday’s 86-75 victory over UND in the DakotaDome.

From cold to hot, the USD women’s basketball team expe-rienced both ends of the shoot-ing spectrum in two games last weekend.

The Coyotes fell to North Dakota Saturday afternoon after a poor shooting performance, but turned things around as they picked up a win against Mount Mercy College Sunday.

On Saturday, UND came in to the DakotaDome and beat the Coyotes 68-55, UND’s second win over the Coyotes in a week.

Despite the loss, USD senior Maggie Youngberg said the play-ers felt they performed much better the second time around, but just couldn’t seem to get their shots to go in.

“When we played UND at their place we weren’t expect-ing the zone defense,” Young-berg said. “We prepared for it all week this time and they came out in man and we had success against them right away, which caused them to switch to a back to zone. We played much better against them, but our shots just did not fall for us.”

Shooting was the biggest problem for the Coyotes, as they

shot just 2-of-13 in the first half from the 3-point line. The team also struggled from the free throw line, converting on 4-of-10 from the line.

USD head coach Ryun Wil-liams said his team usually per-forms well against the type of defense UND was playing, but something was off for Coyotes.

“The game just came down to that we couldn’t make shots,” Williams said. “When they were in their man defense they couldn’t guard us, and that’s something we’ve been doing very well all year, is being dif-ficult to guard. We’re usually a tough team in a zone too because we can shoot the ball, but on this particular day, they just weren’t falling for us.”

The Coyotes were able to put together a few runs in the sec-ond half cutting the deficit to six points twice before UND had a 7-0 run to end the game.

“That loss was tough because UND is a big game and obvious-ly everybody wanted to make their shots,” Williams said. “We competed well, but we needed to make baskets. The crowd was great and I thought it was a great energy game for our kids. It was a fun game of women’s basket-ball.”

On Sunday, the Coyotes picked up a 28-point victory over 23rd-ranked Mount Mercy College of the NAIA. The win improved USD’s record to 13-6 on the season. Senior Ash-ley Wiemann led the Coyotes in scoring, putting up 24 points and tying a career-high by hit-ting seven 3-pointers. Senior Bridget Yoerger also had a strong performance, tallying 16 points and 11 rebounds.

Yoerger said her team needed the win over Mount Mercy to help everyone’s confidence.

“I think the win really helped us pick our heads up a bit, after losing three in a row,” Yoerger said. “I think we were on a pla-teau and now we can start going back up. We’re really looking for-ward to the rest of the season, and will play some great com-petition.”

USD will take on Division III opponent Wisconsin-Eau Claire Sunday in the DakotaDome and

then compete against D-I teams the rest of the season. The Coy-otes will also be able to see how they stack up against other tran-sitioning schools, as they take on Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Seattle University and Houston Baptist University.

Williams said his team can do well against these upcoming opponents as long as they keep up their intensity and start hit-ting open shots.

“Our execution has been really solid, it’s just a matter of if we’re finishing our shots or not,” Williams said. “We’re get-ting good shots, and we’ve got to finish them.”

If the Coyotes are able to come out of this final stretch of games with some wins, Williams said it will be very beneficial for the players’ confidence heading into the future.

“We’ve got an opportunity to get some big wins and to con-tinue to get better down the

stretch, and we’re going to have to get better,” Williams said. “The meat of our schedule is the end of our schedule. That’s when we need to be playing our

best, and hopefully that will be the case.”

Reach reporter Erica Robish at Erica.Robish@usd.edu.

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jOhn laRSOn / The vOlanTeUSD freshman Annie Roche pushes the ball up the court ahead of the North Dakota defense in Saturday’s 68-55 loss.

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“That was kind of normal and we thought he just wasn’t feeling well,” Smith said. “My mom said the next morning he said he was feeling better, but when he has getting out of bed he lost his breath and stopped breathing. It was just so unex-pected.”

Steve said the doctors weren’t sure what the exact cause of death was and the family decid-ed not to do an autopsy.

“We just wanted to leave it and didn’t want him to be cut up, but they think it was a pret-ty massive heart attack,” Steve said.

Two days later, Steve weighed the decision of playing in the game against Dana, but after talking with his family, he knew his dad would’ve wanted him to play in the game.

“He wouldn’t have wanted me to miss a game because of him,” Steve said. “So I went out there and played my hardest.”

Before the game, Steve wrote on his shoes “Love You Dad.” Warm-up’s were the toughest

part of the night for Steve.“When I saw my family walk

in and my dad wasn’t with them, it was just, tough,” Steve said.

Tim’s death was also hard on senior Mitch Begeman and his family. Both families were close, as they they were neighbors and Mitch’s dad, Mike, coached both players at O’Gorman High School in Sioux Falls.

Mike Begeman said the best decision Steve made was to play in the game against Dana.

“I knew Tim well enough and he would’ve been disappoint-ed if Steve didn’t play,” Mike said. “I know he had a heavy heart and his teammates really picked him up. Nobody is ever prepared for what happened and Steve and his family are working through it.”

Mitch Begeman said Tim was like a second father to him.

“It was hard on me because I would talk to him every day and he would be at all of our games since eighth grade,” Begeman said. “He was always there for Steve and he was a great guy.”

Steve has done a good job dealing with the loss, Mitch

Begeman said.“It’s tough to do and I don’t

know if I could’ve done it if I were him,” Mitch said. “Steve played well and that’s what his dad would’ve wanted him to do.”

Head coach Dave Boots made sure Steve knows the team supports him as he deals with his loss.

“The whole team jumped behind him and he needed to know that we were there for him,” Boots said. “He handled it well and his family is getting through it. Time will help a little bit as well.”

This season is just another example of what Steve has had to go through while in college. He started his career at Creigh-ton University in 2004, but only played in seven games in two years because of an injury before transferring to USD in 2006.

Mike Begeman said USD has been a good fit for Steve.

“Just the connection he has made down here with some of the kids here has been a great match for Steve and the team,”

Mike Begeman said.Transferring to USD was

great decision, Steve said.“Boots recruited me out of

high school and even when I choose Creighton, Boots said USD would always have a place for me if anything ever hap-pened,” Steve said. “That was in the back of my mind when I was making my decision where to go and I haven’t regretted it at all. I have loved every minute of my time here.”

He received a medical red-shirt his freshman year and is seeking another medical red-shirt for his sophomore year, which would give him another year of eligibility.

Boots said Steve’s case to get a sixth-year of eligibility from the NCAA is very strong.

“He lost two years strictly because of injury to start off his college career,” Boots said. “He’s got as good of a case as probably anyone has presented to get that sixth year, so we have high hopes for it.”

Reach reporter Justin Rust at Justin.Rust@usd.edu.

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what are you looking for? The perfect girl for me is one that would get my sense of humor, that I could talk to easily.

Bruns is a pre-med bio major and looking for someone with a sense of humor and confidence.

what’s your favorite color?: Any shade of green. I like green.

Rust says he’s open-minded and looking for a good sense of humor. His favorite foot-ball team is the Vikings.

what is the last book you read outside of class?: The “Last Juror.”

Block likes spending time outdoors and has been involved with Dance Marathon. She’s looking for someone with confidence.

what is the last book you read? “Brave New World.”

Klatt is a freshman in sec-ondary English education, emphasizing in speech com-munication. He likes to golf.

what is your ideal date?: Going out to eat and maybe a movie.

Shinagle is a psychology and Spanish major. She likes to read and watch movies. She is drawn to confidence and aggression.

what is your ideal date? Going out to dinner, or maybe a comedy club.

Johnston was CEO of Coyo-teopoly last semester and is looking for a smart, talkative girl.

what are your turn ons?: Nice eyes, nice smile. Those are two of the big things.

Hrdlicka’s ideal date for this season would be a hockey game and dinner.

what are you looking for in a guy? I want someone who’s not too clingy and likes to go out with their own friends.

Haiar is a biology major looking for someone who can make him laugh and is easy to talk to. His favorite color is green.

what is your ideal date? Floating down the Missouri River.

Blaha is a pre-med bio major who likes to play basketball and have fun with friends. She’s looking for someone goofy and outgoing.

what are you attracted to? Guys’ backs and teeth. Not loud breathing.

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I recently found out that yet another one of my friends is getting married this sum-mer. That makes five new engagements in six months. I really don’t like these odds, so in the name of matrimo-ny-induced panic, I plunge ahead into the topic of the week: commitment phobia.

Commitment phobia is usually attributed to men. The popularly believed cause of this behavior comes down to evolution: Men want to spread their genes as far and wide as possible. This primal urge supposedly drives men to search out as many part-ners as possible.

Women, according to the same theory, search for the man that is likely to be the best provider for their child. They wait for the best man and then latch on with a boa constrictor-like grip.

To be honest, it all seems rather “Man the Hunter; Woman the House-wife.” Obviously not all men are mindless breed-ing machines. There are a few monogamous men out there, and they all seem to be finding my friends. Similarly, not all women are waiting to find a man to marry.

Personally, the whole

“until death do you part” bit freaks me out. I have difficul-ty committing to an outfit for an entire day, and that puts me in no position to be mak-ing decisions that will deter-mine the rest of my life.

I know I’m not alone in these thoughts, so I beg the forgiveness of all the newly engaged and married. I’m sorry if my commitment-phobic comrades and I fall victim to minor panic attacks when you announce your life-changing decision.

I say to my fellow fright-ened females, we are not alone.

According to the U.S. Cen-sus Bureau, single women are the fastest growing group in the U.S. The numbers of unwed women living alone is going up throughout the world.

What is the difference between us and the genera-

tions that came before us? Women now have many

more choices available to them than they did in the past. A woman’s necessity for marriage no longer exists. There are very few options closed to women these days. We can get married or not, live with a man or even a woman. Our careers can range from housewife to Sec-retary of State. Many women would rather focus on their career before committing themselves to a lifelong ven-ture, such as marriage.

Gone are the days of needing marriage to survive. For the commitment phobic, it’s going to take something a little more impressive than a boy with a big paycheck or a nice smile to wrangle a lifetime pledge of loyalty and obedience.

Men will have to give up their monopoly on commit-ment phobia and start shar-ing with the ladies. Good luck to those who are seeking or have found their lifemates. As for the rest of us, may we find what we are searching for, whatever that might be.

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The Boss is back again just a little over a year since 2007’s “Magic” was released. While releasing back-to-back albums can sometimes prove to be disastrous artistically, the Boss is the exact opposite.

Springsteen and the E Street Band have created a record full of musical surprises and rich vocals.

“Working on a Dream,” which was released Jan. 27, picks up where “Magic” left off and takes

it to another level. Springsteen has developed his voice through-out the years and it has aged to perfection, which is appar-ent on “Working on a Dream” and “Magic” as well.

“Outlaw Pete” is an eight-minute opus that kicks off the album and is a rousing track that incorporates a mash of harmon-ica, strings and a closing guitar

solo that blows you away. Even though “Outlaw Pete” is lengthy, it is a standout on this album and presents great instrumen-tal work by the phenomenal E Street Band.

“Good Eye” and “Life Itself” are classic Springsteen, and every time you hear Spring-steen’s voice you don’t have to wonder why they call him The Boss. “Good Eye” is a great track for its bluesy feel and incorpo-rating that into the band’s nor-mally rock or folk sound.

“Life Itself” has a guitar solo in the middle that makes Ste-ven Van Zandt awesome in my book.

“Surprise, Surprise” is going to be my new “Happy Birthday” song with lyrics like, “Well today is your birthday/ We’ve traveled so far we two/ So let’s blow out the candles on your cake/ And we’ll raise a glass or two/ And when the sun comes out tomor-row/ It’ll be the start of a brand new day/ And all that you have wished for/ I know will come your way.”

“The Wrestler” was written for Mickey Rourke’s new film

“The Wrestler” and is a symbol of the lost and then renewed friendship between Rourke and Springsteen. Springsteen has already won a Golden Globe for the song, but sadly, he was snubbed as the Academy failed to nominate “The Wrestler” for an Oscar.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have had plenty of promotion, from pre-inau-guration concerts to the Super Bowl halftime performance. It’s too bad Springsteen won’t be able to clinch his publicity with an appearance at the Academy Awards.

“Working on a Dream” is a great album and definitely the best of the three the Boss has released in the last decade. While in my opinion, “Dark-ness on the Edge of Town” is Springsteen’s best work, “Work-ing on a Dream” definitely has a spot in his top five.

Springsteen fans, give this one a listen: You’re missing out if you don’t.

Reach reviewer Stephanie Simonsat Stephanie.Simons@usd.edu.

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The set of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” is an unlikely place for miracles to happen, but the much-raved and nomi-nated “Slumdog Millionaire” is all about the unlikely.

Nominated for Best Picture, “Slumdog Millionaire” is a bril-liant, modern day fairytale about poor Mumbai teen Jamel Malik (Dev Patel) struggling to reunite with his childhood love, Latika (Freida Pinto), against all odds.

Jamel tries out for the Indian version of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” because he knows Latika will be watching. As he keeps winning, he is arrested on suspicion of cheating. Through the subsequent investigation, Jamel’s background as a “slum dog” and the reason he knows all the answers is revealed.

Told through stop-and-start cuts to and from Jamal’s past and present, “Slumdog” weaves a vibrant and heartbreaking story of poverty, life in the Indi-an slums and the ties that keep them together.

“Slumdog” is a well put together film and deserves all the awards and nominations

that have been heaped upon it in the last few months. It’s hard to find something not to like.

The story is interesting right from the start, though it gets a little slow during transition scenes between the past and present. The delicate balance between humor and the seri-ous issues Jamal faces in the film keep it from getting too dark.

Some of the plot requires a healthy suspension of belief, especially in regard to Jamal’s winning streak on the game show, but it’s nothing too unbe-lievable.

Jamal and Latika’s story is the romance Hollywood has been trying to get right for ages and usually fails at miserably. What

could have easily been made into an overreaching, eye-roll-inducing love story was instead crafted into something subtle, simple and real.

The acting in “Slumdog” is superb, right down to the child actors. Patel and Pinto, both relative unknowns before this film, shine in their roles. Unfor-tunately, neither of them were nominated for Golden Globes or an Oscar, but the true strength of “Slumdog” lies not just with the two leads, but the rest of the ensemble.

Other actors like Anil Kapoor, Madhur Mittal and Irrfan Khan owned the screen and added depth.

Boyle’s cinematography is absolutely gorgeous, from his sweeping overhead shots of the Mumbai slums to the colorful glimpses of Indian life. Boyle has won a Golden Globe and Direc-tor’s Guild of America for Best Director, and “Slumdog” is nom-inated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Director, Cinema-tography and Film Editing.

“Slumdog Millionaire” is not a movie to be missed. If you want

to enjoy an all-around fantastic film and understand the hype surrounding it, check out this one as soon as you can.

It’s a serious contender for this year’s Best Picture Oscar.

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Hell is living next to your landlord

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It’s only February and my friends are already anxious about where we will live next year.

While most are concerned with rent costs and roommates, I’m worried about one thing: the landlord. Having moved more than a dozen times, I’ve already had my fair share of lunatic land owners.

I was in sixth grade when my family moved to our cur-rent home. Our new surround-ings, a two-story faded green duplex, were quite the upgrade from the stinky, old apartment we inhabited just down the street. But probably the great-est change from apartment life to duplex living was the differ-ence in landlords.

The 50-year-old wahoos who ran our apartment com-plex violated more privacy laws and safety regulations than a mall parking lot carnival.

More than once, we wit-nessed the landlady’s husband dumpster diving through ten-ants’ trash. We would come home from routine activities to find our door unlocked or our mail on a different counter.

There were also several instances when the fire alarms would go off at 4 a.m. and the maintenance man, who lived in our building, would stum-ble, drunk, downstairs, mum-bling something about “burnt pizza rolls” and “beer.”

It was like a ticket to heav-en when we moved into the duplex. Both in their golden years, the couple who owned our home used the rent for various retirement costs.

They told my mom that we could do whatever we wanted to the house to make it a home. From painting to landscaping, we had free reign.

Perhaps the greatest perk, we now realize we took for granted, was that our landlords lived in a small town half an hour away and our adjoined neighbor was never home. This gave my family space and privacy.

After several serious medi-cal problems, the elderly cou-ple sold the duplex. Much to our relief, an elderly woman purchased both duplex units and wanted to keep us as ten-ants. However, she moved in next door. We kept our fingers crossed that the new owner would be as relaxed as the last.

If you want to live in hell, live next door to your land-lord. We learned this quickly, as the old hag next door raised our rent, tried to charge park-ing fees for the street space in front of our half of the house and attempted to get rid of our cat.

Figuring the demands would stop once the lease was finished, my mom encouraged us to be “friendly” and “hang in there.”

Just days after she moved in, we came home to find the crazy old bat on her belly, clip-ping weeds with a scissor in our front yard. My mom had an eerie vibe that our lives would never be the same.

And they haven’t been.When water from the

upstairs bathroom began spouting through the base-ment ceiling one Saturday morning, we were told to, “wait until Monday” to have it looked at because the landlady didn’t want to foot the bill or additional fee for a weekend plumber.

We’ve had our cars reported to the police as “abandoned vehicles,” we are no longer allowed to have flowers in our yard because she will dig them up to throw them out and we are frequently questioned about the company we keep.

There have been times that she has stood with her face pressed against the panes of our windows, peering into our bedrooms during the early hours of the morning.

She has taken it upon her-self to frequently inform us that our way of life isn’t very “Godly.”

And while it might sound like I’m exaggerating, I’m not. I just keep praying that we move again soon.

Reach columnist Erica Knigge at Erica.Knigge@usd.edu

‘emaciated Gophers’ protest student fees

art students submit pieces for 22nd annual stilwell Exhibition

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About 60 University of Min-nesota graduate students took to campus Monday to protest “exorbitant” student fees.

The group, who call them-selves “Emaciated Gophers,” convened at the Social Scienc-es Building around noon and marched across the Washington Avenue Bridge to Fraser Hall, where they delivered about 100 fee waiver requests.

Students protesting were upset about student services fees, which they claim can eat up to 10 percent of the salary graduate students get for work-ing as teaching and research assistants. They say when that 10 percent is taken out, they make less than a living wage.

“This is a group of grad stu-dents that feel exploited by the U,” said Nicholas Hengen, a graduate student in English.

Noah Ebner, a history gradu-ate student, said the march was a way to raise awareness about the fee issue around campus.

Ebner said at many other colleges across the country, stu-dent fees are waived as part of the assistantship’s compensa-tion package, and the students feel that the university should

adopt a similar model. “We don’t necessarily feel it’s fair we still have the onus of these fees,” Ebner said.

University spokesman Dan Wolter said the protest was the first the University’s adminis-tration had heard about the graduate students’ concerns. As part of their current compen-sation package, assistants have most, if not all, of their tuition covered, receive a stipend and many are eligible for the uni-versity’s health care coverage, Wolter said.

Student services fees, the fees in question, are not typi-cally covered in the package.

According to university statistics, there are more than 14,000 graduate students enrolled at the University.

Graduate School spokes-woman Gayla Marty said somewhere between 6,000 and 7,000 receive some sort of assistantship from the univer-sity, although the value of each assistantship varies.

Marty said the university’s compensation is “competi-tive with other Big Ten institu-tions.”

Graduate and Professional Student Assembly President Kristi Kremers said the fees issue is one that has come

up before. Currently, gradu-ate assistants receive tuition waivers but not fee waivers, something Kremers said many graduate students would like to see changed. Workloads for graduate assistants have increased while compensation has remained the same, Krem-ers said.

The issue is a concern for Assembly, but with the current economic situation, Kremers said they’re more focused on maintaining the current num-ber of assistantships offered by the university.

The protest was not associ-ated with the Assembly, Ebner said, because they didn’t feel it would be the most efficient way to make their voices heard.

Wolter said the compen-sation package for graduate assistants was most recently examined in 2005 and that pay increases were implemented as a result.

Since many assistants are attending classes as well as teaching them, the university still considers them students first, Wolter said.

“This is part of their aca-demic career; nobody’s going to be a TA or RA for 20 years,” Wolter said. “It’s all a step in their education.”

By ConoR sHInEu. WIRE

Preparations are underway in the USD Art Department for the biggest art show of the school year, the 22nd annual Stilwell Student Awards Exhi-bition.

The show’s content is made up of art created by undergraduate and graduate students during the past year. More than 300 works are sub-mitted for consideration each year, but only 70 are chosen for a spot in the Main Art Gal-lery for the final exhibit.

Art Department Chair Cory Knedler said the Stilwell exhibit is a chance for stu-dents to present their art to the public and “gain notori-ety” for their work.

“The arts are often under-represented in the media and (Stilwell) brings it right to the front page,” Knedler said.

Works from all six of the art department studios will be chosen and displayed, as well as “mixed media” pieces. Kne-dler described “mixed media” art as artists taking “unique aspects of one art form into another.”

Knelder has worked at USD for 13 years and is also USD alumnus. He said as the exhibit draws closer, excite-ment begins to build among the student artists.

“I went to school here, so I know exactly what the stu-dents are feeling,” he said. “It’s always this sense of anticipa-tion, asking each other, ‘Did you get an award?’ It’s always good to celebrate your work.”

Junior Cameron Stalheim entered sculpture pieces into previous Stilwell exhibitions

and was selected each year to be in the Main Gallery. He said Stilwell is the show “everyone tries to get into.”

“You have the whole year to get ready, and you can submit five pieces to get judged,” Stal-heim said. “The week before-hand is just crazy, trying to get everything together.”

Aside from showcasing stu-dent art, the Stilwell exhibition also gives students a chance to have their work judged by a member of the art commu-nity. A juror is brought in to decide which pieces should go in the Main Gallery. Ken-

neth Grizzell, a professional artist from Kansas and a USD professor emeritus of art, is this year’s juror.

Grizzell will look at pieces Feb. 9 and will decide which piece wins the Best of Show award. A reception will be held Feb. 13 for the award-winners.

USD Art Galleries Direc-tor Eddie Welch said there are various awards given out during the Stilwell exhibition, but the Best of Show and Art Faculty Award are considered the most prestigious. Other awards reach out into the

community and include the President’s Purchase Award, the Art Department Chair Award and the Student Union Award.

This year’s recipient of the Student Union Award will be the first piece of student art-work to go into the Muenster University Center.

Stalheim won the Gallery Director Award last year and said the process is nerve-racking.

“What’s really nerve-rack-ing is the night of the recep-tion when they’re calling out awards and seeing who’s won,” he said.

Cash prizes are award-ed through an endowment established in memory of art

professor Wilber Stilwell and his wife, Gladys.

Welch and Knedler both said the impact of the Stilwell exhibit reaches beyond just the students who enter.

“(The reception) is essen-tially the largest attended show of the year,” Welch said. “A lot of alumni throughout the area come down that eve-ning.”

Knedler said Stilwell also helps the art department fac-ulty evaluate themselves.

“It’s an opportunity to look at student art and stand back as faculty to see how we’re doing,” he said. “We can see what’s being turned out, what we need to teach more of or refocus on.”

The Stilwell exhibit will be on display in the Main Gallery of the Warren M. Lee Fine Arts Center from Feb. 13 to Mar. 5.

Reach reporter Jessica Kokeshat Jessica.L.Kokesh@usd.edu

“it’s an opportunity to look at student

art and stand back as faculty to see how

we’re doing. We can see what’s being

turned out, what we need to teach more

of or refocus on. ” aRt DEPaRtMENt chaiR coRy KNEDLER

on the benefits of the Stilwell Student awards Exhibition.

By JEssICa KoKEsHTHE VOLANTE

a reception and awards ceremony for the artists will be held Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. in the Main gallery of the warren M. Lee center for the Fine arts.

the Stilwell exhibition is on display from Feb. 13 to Mar. 5

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More Yale professors banning laptops

Facebook stalking in class is no longer an option for a growing number of Yale stu-dents.

In an attempt to encourage students to pay attention to lectures and to facilitate class discussions, at least two dozen professors and teaching assis-tants have banned, or at least discouraged, laptop use since classrooms were outfitted with wireless in 2006.

Five professors said lap-tops put up a literal barrier between students and the professor, hampering discus-sions and a sense of commu-nity within the classroom.

“I want to interact with the students. I want them to be paying attention,” said politi-cal science and religious stud-ies professor Andrew March, who banned laptops from his Spring 2008 seminar. “It is impossible, even with the best intentions, to stay off e-mail, the Internet, Solitaire.”

Other professors who expressed similar desires to connect with their students said their no-laptop policy was for students’ benefit.

English and political sci-ence lecturer Mark Oppen-heimer said his policy against laptops is no different from any other classroom regula-tion a professor might have — such as no swearing and timeliness.

Taking notes by hand not only eliminates the noise of typing — often distracting

in a small seminar — but also forces students to filter information, instead of pas-sively taking notes verbatim, Oppenheimer added.

Since enacting the policy, professors said they have seen levels of classroom interaction and grades improve.

“I have seen marvelous results,” March said. “I was ambivalent at the beginning, but I would never go back to allowing laptops.”

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b8 n Wednesday, february 4, 2009 n the volante

Prevent workout injuries by understanding limitsWe all hear about the impor-

tance of stretching and pacing ourselves when exercising, but the consequences of our actions never really hit home until something bad happens.

Sophomore Rachel Wilson knows this all too well as she spent a good chunk of her first semester on the sideline due to a workout injury.

“I was running around Ver-million when all of the sudden there was this horrible pain in my Achilles that kept me from going any further,” she said. “It was the absolute worst pain I’ve ever felt running.”

This injury kept her out of excercising for an entire semes-ter. Wilson’s suffering, however, is an increasingly common story.

During the New Year resolu-tion season, both athletes and beginners find themselves nurs-ing strained muscles, pulled ten-dons and achy joints that don’t seem to get any better. Some-times, these problems might be linked to some fundamental problems in their workout rou-tine.

Tyler Kielman, a resident per-sonal trainer at Heart & Soul Fit-ness, recommends consulting a physical trainer before getting back into the swing of things – mentally and physically.

He said there are several common mistakes that may ruin your fitness plans.

“The biggest mistake begin-ners make is putting on too much weight to start, or hav-ing incorrect form. It is impor-tant to never lock the elbows or knees. That’s usually a big problem that can cause injuries in joints,” he said.

Freshman Jordan Boke used to run track in high school and developed her daily workout routine while on the team. Boke

runs on the treadmill five days a week and alternates arm and leg workouts every other day at the DakotaDome. She determines how far she goes and how hard she works by listening to her limits.

When she was younger she would get shin splits from the treadmill, she said, but no lon-ger has this problem.

Free weights can also create problems for lifters. Machines will distribute some of the load, but free weights require the lift-er to have good form and the strength to handle the amount they’re lifting safely, Kielman

said.“In the bench press, people

try to lower the bar too much – to get a better workout. I’ve done it before and it really causes a strain on your shoul-ders,” he said.

Kielmen said the leg press and squats are two other exer-cises that cause strain. The big-gest source of injury, however, is more in the preparation than the execution of a workout regime. Wilson admits that was prob-ably part of her problem.

Boke attributes her mentality for weight training and running to her high school track work-

outs.Kielman also agrees that

stretching and warming-up are the biggest prevention methods in avoiding work-out injuries.

“Usually when people hurt themselves, it’s not because they’re new to the whole thing, just too lazy to bother with stretching and properly prepar-ing before-hand,” he said.

“I didn’t really stretch that morning. Especially since I had done a very hard workout the day before, it was probably a big mistake to just skip warming-up,” Wilson said.

Heart & Soul offers a lesson

on “pre-session” training, which helps master all the important techniques in avoiding such injuries before exercisers start their routines.

Overexertion is another cause of injury. In the season of reso-lutions, it is easy to think more about the positive consequenc-es of working too hard than the negative ones. Sometimes, however, the cost of pushing yourself too much is the exact opposite of the objective.

“Not being able to run that whole first semester was really hard on me, and did a lot to my self-esteem,” Wilson said. “Just

the way I felt about myself every single day changed.”

Luckily, she has learned from her mistakes. This year, Wilson plans on running a marathon in June, and said she’s learned from her past experiences.

“I’m going to be smarter and listen to my body. I’m more in tune with my aches and pains and realize that it’s OK to take a day off,” she said.

Reach reporter Iseley Marshall at iseley.marshall@usd.edu

Reporter Josie Kerk contributed to this report.

BRIan BRoEKEmIER / tHE VoLantEResident personal trainer Tyler Kielman helps Vermillion High School senior David Rosacker while he’s working out at Heart & Soul Fitness. For workout beginners, Kielman rec-ommends not too much weight on the machines at the start and to make sure to have the correct form.

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5 Common Workout Injuries: Causes and symptoms

ankle Sprain•Caused when the ankle rolls outward and puts stress on the ligaments.•Symptoms include swelling and bruising.

Shoulder Pain•Caused by incorrect form or use of weight machines and bad posture.•Common among swimmers and weightlifters.•Symptoms include inflammation and pain.

Elbow injury•Caused by poor technique or inadequate rest between workouts.•Treatment includes rest, strengthening and stretching exercises.

Back Pain•Caused by genetic or congenital issues, poor lifting and bad posture.•To avoid back pain, be sure to have a firm base when exercising and include back strengthening in your workout.

Shin Splints•Caused by excessive training, poor foot mechanics and poor footwear.•Symptoms include pain after exercise, during and after exercise or con-tinuous pain before during and after exercise.

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