VOLUME 108 No. 8 February 8, 2008SPEARFISH, SOUTH DAKOTA

School newspaper undergoes major renovationLynae BabcockStaff Writer

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It is the start of a new se-mester at Black Hills State University and what better way to celebrate the new year than with a new and improved campus newspaper.

The biggest change read-ers will notice is the transfor-mation of design elements in the newspaper. Last se-mester, the newspaper staff and practicum class voted to change the name of the Today newspaper to Jacket Journal. Wes Pridgeon, the illustrator for Jacket Journal, has de-signed a new flag for the new name.

Along with new design changes, the paper also sup-ports a new staff. With the exception of Leah Cleland, Jacket Journal web editor, and Kelsey Snyder, Jacket Journal advertising manager, the Journal has an entirely new crew.

New staff might be Jacket Journal’s biggest challenge this semester. Jill Broecher, the Jacket Journal editor, said, “It’s going to be a chal-lenge because all of us are brand new, and no one has worked on this paper before. I’m excited to have the oppor-

tunity to be part of this and get to work with new people.”

Although it may take some adjusting, the new staff is ex-cited for the upcoming year. Jodi Oliver, Jacket Journal staff writer, said, “I’m so ex-cited to learn and improve my page design skills.”

In previous years, the BHSU campus newspaper contained, on average, 16 pages per issue. Now, it will support 20 pages every is-sue. With nearly double the

amount of staff writers, the campus paper should have plenty of articles. In fact, Ol-iver said, “One challenge the paper might have this semes-ter is condensing since we will have so much material.”The Jacket Journal staff is very excited about all the new improvements to the campus newspaper. They are ready to take on the challenge of producing the Jacket Journal for the spring 2008 semester at BHSU.

Spring 2008 Jacket Journal Staff:

Jill Broecher- EditorBree Anderson- Assistant EditorLogan Carroll- Photo EditorJen Murray- Assistant Photo EditorJesse Hansen- Production ManagerLeah Cleland- Web DesignWes Pridgeon- IllustratorKelsey Snyder- Advertising ManagerJana Nettleton- Copy Editor

photo by Dr. Mary Caton-RosserThe staff of the new Jacket Journal poses in the newspaper office. From Left, Back Row: Leah Cleland, Kelsey Snyder, Jesse Hanson, Wes Pridgeon, Bree Anderson. Front Row: Jill Broecher, Jen Murray, Logan Carroll.

Winter sports in the Black Hills

photo by Joshua Cooke

The Terry Peak Slope Style Compe-tition Jan. 26.

Looking for fun things to do in the Black Hills this win-ter season? Find out on page 4

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Happenings

LauaThe UP Team is hosting the first campus laua from 8 - 1 a.m. in the Donald E. Young Sports and Fitness Center.Fe

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Women’s BasketballThe BHSU Women’s Basketball team will play Mayville at 5:30 p.m. at the Donald E. Young Sports and Fitness Center.Fe

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Women’s BasketballThe BHSU Women’s Basketball team will play Dakota State University at 4 p.m. in the Donald E. Young Sports and Fitness Center.Fe

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Men’s BasketballThe BHSU Men’s Basketball team will play Dakota State University at 6 p.m. in the Donald E. Young Sports and Fitness Center.Fe

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Voice RecitalMeier Recital Hall will hold a voice recital featuring BHSU senior Amy Daiss with accompanist Sandra Asheim. Recital will start at 2:30 p.m.Fe

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Men’s BasketballThe BHSU Men’s Basketball team will play Mayville at 6 p.m. in the Donald E. Young Sports and Fitness Center.Fe

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Dakota VoicesDakota Voices will be in concert from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Enjoy this event in the Clare and Josef Meier Recital Hall.Fe

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The Jacket Journal is a student orga-nization and all students are welcome to participate. The Jacket Journal also supports courses in Mass Communication under the College of Arts and Science. BHSU Jacket Journal is a College Press Service (CPS) subscriber and member. BHSU Jacket Journal, Copyright 2008. All rights reserved.

Editor: Jill BroecherAssistant Editor: Bree AndersonPhoto Editor: Logan CarrollCopy Editor: Jana NettletonProofreader: Cara Bandalos

Front Editor: Kelly CollinsHappenings Editor: Kelly CollinsNews Editor: Zack Davidson Dan MaherCampus Editor: Lynae Babcock Jodi OliverFocus Editor: Lynae Babcock Jodi OliverPolitical Editor: Jesse Hanson Hayley EllisBusiness Editor: Rocky StevensMind & Body Editor: Carly GerhartA&E Editor: Brad LemmelSports Editor: Corinne Leir Elise KlimaOpinion Editor: Brianne BussellExtra Editor: Brianne Bussell

Advertising: Kelsey SnyderProduction Manager: Jesse HansonIllustrator: Wes PridgeonWebsite Designer: Leah Cleland Business Manager: Kay KerneyAdvisor: Dr. Mary Caton-Rosser

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Published Fridays during the 2007-2008 academic year. Publication dates for the Spring 2008 Semester are: Feb. 8, Feb. 29, March 7, March 14, April 4, April 18, and May 2.

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JACKET JOURNALNews

Black Hills State University hosted its second annual 1883 Rec-ognition Dinner on Feb. 1, in honor of those who have made crucial im-pacts on the University and its stu-dents. The 1883 Club currently has 65 members who have contributed $1,883 or more during 2007, and over 30 members who have given $50,000 or more in their lifetime.

The evening started off with the Vice President of University Ad-vancement, Steve Meeker (Class of ‘84), welcoming and thanking the donors for their attendance. This was followed by entertainment provided by BHSU Chamber Singers during the dinner. Also, Kelly Kirk, Presi-dent of Student Senate, expressed appreciation for the donors’ generos-ity in true BHSU style.

After dinner, President Schal-

1883 Recognition Dinner thanks contributorsElise KlimaStaff Writer

photo by Logan CarrollDuring the 1883 Recognition Dinner, Wells Fargo Bank recieved a special recognition for donations made to Black Hills State University during the 2007 calendar year.

lenkamp emphasized the important role these members hold in giving back to the University. She ex-plained that BHSU only receives 21

percent of state funds and the rest of the money comes from the Donors and the students. Following that, Steve Meeker, President Schallen-

kamp and John Kietzmann gave out plaques or plates for plaques for Do-nor Recognition.

The evening ended with a very special award - The Difference Mak-er Award. This award, an engraved glass plate, is given to one of the top donors in the calendar year.

The award went to Betty Richey, who is an alumni of BHSU. When she started giving money to the uni-versity, she had a goal of donating $20,000.

After seeing the difference her donation had made in the lives of students, she decided to increase her goal. Unfortunately, Richey is no longer with us. At the time of her death, her endowment stood at over $100,000. Members of her family accepted the award in her place.

Overall, this formal dinner was to show appreciation to the many sup-porters who make a difference in the lives of BHSU and its students.

Work is in progress to create art gallery space in the E.Y. Berry Library. There will be three separate venues: the coffee shop, the stairwell to the basement, and the space above the filing cabinets on the north wall of the building near the Media Center. Display rails are already installed, and hang-ing rods are on order; so, this transformation will be complete soon.

Do we really need more galleries on campus? We already have very re-spectable display space in The Photographers Gallery - in the basement and stairwell of Jonas, The Ruddell Gallery - on the second floor of the Student Union, and The President’s Gallery - on the second floor of Woodburn. Stu-dent works are also regularly exhibited in the less formal Woodburn Hall Gallery. Located on the third floor of Woodburn, it features a wide array of creations from classes currently being taught. All of these areas are well worth visiting. With the exception of the Ruddell Gallery, however, they are all at a disadvantage because they are off the beaten path. If you aren’t an art or photography student or staff, you probably didn’t even know you were missing out on the chance to view these great works.

The new Library Gallery will be unique because it is in a high traffic area, and it will incorporate various media suitable for hanging including photographs, paintings, and mixed media pieces.

“The Library space is so accessible and visible to a large number of BHSU Students,” said Steve Babbitt, a mass communication and photography profes-sor from the department of fine and applied arts. “It creates an exceptional op-portunity for both art and mass communication students to exhibit their work and have it seen in a public place. It’s also a plus for the library to have a rotat-ing supply of good quality artwork to hang on the walls.”

“This new gallery provides a way to encourage dialog vital to the cam-pus community and young artists. This is an excellent venue for sharing ideas,” said Ann Porter, an assistant professor in the department of fine and applied arts.

Special thanks are in order for Dean Myers, vice president for academic affairs, Rajeev Bukralia, library director and chair of Library Media Program and Warren Wilson, chief information technology officer. This endeavor was made possible by their generous support and encouragement.

If you are a student who’s interested in having your work showcased in the new Library Gallery, feel free to contact Ann Porter or Steve Babbitt for more information.

photo by Jen MurraySecond year mass communications major, Rob Stenson of Thief River Falls Minn. takes a little break in the library.

Georgeanne CordesStaff Writer

The E.Y. Berry Library brings the arts together

Are you sick of summer jobs that are boring and don’t pay well? If this is the case, then head to Mon-tana and become a whitewater raft guide!

Montana Whitewater is hiring for the 2008 summer season and is looking for outgoing, enthusiastic people that want a summer on the water. There is a four day guide school and two day Rescue 3 Certifi-cation Course in late May to become a guide.

After completing the courses, you are assigned to a river and the dream begins. Montana Whitewa-ter has offices located just outside of Big Sky, Montana, and in Gardiner, Montana. They run the Gallatin, Madison and Yellowstone Rivers.

Not only do you have the best job in the world, but you could live blocks away from Yellowstone Na-tional Park or in the heart of Mon-tana’s backcountry.

To apply or if you have any questions, feel free to call 1-800-799-4465 or visit the website at www.montanawhitewater.com

Live the dream: Be a whitewater guide in Montana

Scott SchaeferContributing Writer

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JACKET JOURNALNews

While the snow seems to come and go rather quickly at times in the Spearfish area, winter enthusiasts who travel a few miles further into the Black Hills will have no trouble finding snow to enjoy. With a near 3,500 foot elevation gain from Spearfish to the heart of the Black Hills, it’s not surprising that one finds ski slopes with a snow base of over two feet.

Terry Peak and Deer Moun-tain, both located near Lead, SD, offer a variety of activities for those wishing to spend some time in the outdoors enjoying the fresh snow.

Deer Mountain has 44 trails available for skiers and snow-boarders Wednesday through Sunday. It also features the only snow skate park in the state, as well as the Roughrider Tubing Park.

A snow skate resembles a skateboard but has a grooved base that helps guide it on a straight path. The snow skate park is lo-cated at the base of the moun-tain and features boxes, rails and tracks.

While the snow skate park is designed for the more advanced skier/snowboarder, the RoughRid-er Tubing Park is for anyone who wants to enjoy the snow. Tubers are towed to the top of the hill in their tube where they then have the choice between two hills.

For those who find themselves with free time during the week, Deer Moun-tain offers some great deals. On Wednesdays and Thursdays, a winter outdoor enthusiast can rent skis and get a lift ticket for only $14. Fridays feature $7 tub-

ing. For the more adventurous individual, night skiing and snowboarding are available Friday through Sunday from 4 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Terry Peak also offers 44 trails to skiers and snowboarders. Prices at this lo-cation are more expensive than at Deer Mountain. However, Terry Peak is open seven days a week as well as during most holidays. A full day lift ticket costs $39, ski rental is $21 and a snowboard rental is $23.

Terry Peak offers Area ’76 Freestyle Terrain Park for the more advanced and thrill-seeking skier or snowboarder.

Ski slopes aren’t the only places to find fun in the winter. Cross country skiing and snowshoeing provide a great way to ex-plore deeper into the Black Hills. There are over 70 miles of trails designed for these activities, some of which are groomed. Both of these options are slower-paced and harder work than downhill skiing or snowboarding but they are a great way to take in some of the scenery.

There are over 350 miles of groomed snow-mobile trails and most of the Black Hills National Forest is open for off-road snowmobiling for those with a true desire for thrill

and speed. Half day snowmobile rentals begin at $75.A drive through Spearfish Canyon after a recent snowfall can always be

enjoyable and full of photo opportunities. With an annual snowfall of about 150 inches the Black Hills are sure to offer

something for every snow-lover.

Change in season: Change in activities

photo by Joshua CookeA snowboarder performs a boardslide on the C-rail at the Terry Peak Slope Style Competition which took place Jan. 26.

After the last snowstorm, I decid-ed to go to the Donald Young Center to swim. I exited the campus apart-ments and found that there were no sidewalks. The snow had drifted over onto the sidewalks, to the point of covering them, making the walk dif-

Carly GerhartStaff Writer

ficult. I felt like I should have been wearing snowshoes.

Have you ever tried walking on sidewalks from one side of campus to another in the evening after a snow, especially from the campus apart-ments? Did you find there were no sidewalks, just snowdrifts? Or even had difficulty getting out of a parking lot because of a build-up of slushy

snow? Wonder what the priority is on snow removal on campus? I do and I feel like it is insufficient.

I talked to Randy Culver, who works at the Physical Plant on campus, and he explained that snow removal starts at 3:30 a.m. The sidewalks and parking lot of the Donald Young Cen-ter get the attention first, then the Jo-nas parking lot, which are the largest areas on campus. The campus side-walks between the buildings are com-pleted next. Finally, between 6:30 and 7 a.m., the snow removal team gets to the dormitories and apartments, fo-cusing on the sidewalks between the dorms and Pangburn cafeteria first. This is so there is no complaint from students about the noise so early in the morning.

After all those areas are done the snow removal crew – of only six – meet with their supervisor on where they are and what is left to do. This meeting happens around 8 a.m.

After the meeting, the crew sands sidewalks if needed and starts shovel-ing in out-of-the-way places. Then if it is still snowing they start all over

again with the Young Center, but only if it is before 11:30 a.m. At 11:30 a.m. they go home because with the state, overtime is a very big concern.

State overtime concerns don’t help the people on campus if it con-tinues to snow throughout the day, or the wind picks up and blows the snow around into big drifts across sidewalks or even driveways. This means, by the afternoon into evening the sidewalks are just like they were never plowed. This hampers the travel for those with evening classes or even those who work or study late on campus.

I am well aware of budget con-cerns. That is probably why there are only six on the snow removal crew. I feel that the crew should work in shifts or maybe even hire a skeleton crew to be on call for afternoons and nights when more snow removal is needed. Or even hire work-study students for the skeleton crew. This may be an inexpensive option for the state. Instead, the sidewalks wait until the next morning when the crew – of only six – comes in again and start all over.

Opinion: Snow removal on campus inadequate?Deborah VickContributing Writer

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JACKET JOURNALNewsLender cuts back loans

(U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas - The eighth-largest lender of federally guaranteed student loans announced last week that it would stop giving federal loans to students, joining oth-er lenders that have restricted or cut back on student loans. The College Loan Corporation will stop making federally backed loans on March 1.

The decision to leave the federal program was in part based on recent legislation passed by Congress that cut the subsidies the government pays on student loans, lowering the profit-ability of federal loans for lenders. Chief Communications Officer Jo-anna Acocella said in a statement that they would continue to manage their existing loan portfolio and provide private student loans. Around 400 UT students use the College Loan Cor-poration as their lender, said Henry Urick, assistant director of student fi-nancial services.

“We’ve seen several lenders re-evaluate whether or not they can cov-er the statutory allowed fees,” Urick said.

Stephen Burd, a senior research fellow at the New America Founda-tion, said Congress was right in cut-ting the subsidies but that loan companies may become more dependent on pushing private loans.

Acocella’s state-ment said that the cor-poration “will advise families to exhaust less expensive fund-ing options such as grants, scholarships, work study and fed-eral financing options before using private loan products.”

“Practices have been kind of shady in regards to private loans,” Burd said. “They just don’t have the same kind of protections as federal loans.”

Economic trends, market changes and a student loan scandal are other factors that have affected the student loan market place. Burd referred to last year’s investigation of the $85-billion-per-year student loan industry that led to several consequences, one of which was the firing of the Uni-versity’s financial aid director last spring.

Federal loans such as the Stafford and Plus loans are backed by the fed-eral government and do not require a credit check. The interest rate is fixed at 6.8 percent, while private loan rates vary.

“The big thing is that people just don’t understand private loans when they get them as freshmen,” Burd said. “You may get a good rate in the

beginning, but eventually, according to market conditions, they could go much higher.”

Undeclared sophomore Jacquelyn Andrews uses grants and federal stu-dent loans to help fund her education. She said she saw the difficulty in ob-taining private loans while interning at Education Finance Partners, a pri-vate loan company.

“It’s actually hard for a lot of stu-dents to get private loans,” Andrews said. “Most of the applications were denied because of credit history.”

Earlier this year, Sallie Mae an-nounced that it would no longer make loans to students with poor credit scores. Many student aid experts and consumer advocates argue that lend-ers had made costly private loans to students who should not have re-ceived them. They argue that students cannot handle the high interest rates and resulting degree of debt.

“Many of the students who go into those are low-income minority, more on the edge,” Burd said. “You can’t get out of the loans as easily, and you can’t discharge them in bankruptcy.”

According to the College Board, undergraduates borrowed around

$16 billion in private loans last year. Pri-vate loans make up 29 percent of all loans taken out by under-graduates. Urick said there are

1,500 to 2,000 students at UT with private loans and that the applica-tions for private student loans have increased.

“The appropriations out of Wash-ington nor out of the Capitol have been robust enough to permit univer-sities to cover financial needs,” Urick said. “The increase in tuition has caused more students and parents to think about other financing options.”

He advised students to stay with the same lender throughout their col-lege career to simplify return pay-ments.

“All the eggs in one basket is a good approach,” Urick said.

Andrews said she worried more about the aftermath of borrowing stu-dent loans, in which debt and despair seem to increase at the same rate as interest.

“I don’t want to be in that much debt when I graduate,” she said. “Try to use the least amount of loan mon-ey. It seems like free money now, but you’re going to have to pay it back.”

“All the eggs in one basket is a good approach.”

Henry Urick

(U-WIRE) MILWAUKEE - Brett Roth of West Allis, Wis., used to be a two-pack-a-day smoker. Doral Menthol Light 100s was his brand of choice.

He decided to quit after 20 years of smoking. That was the hard part.

After trying nicotine gum and a nicotine vapor inhaler with little suc-cess, Roth invented a new cigarette of his own-a “liquid cigarette”-to suppress his addiction to nicotine.

“I wanted something smokers could look forward to,” said Roth, whose Smoke-Break invention will be undergoing clinical trials starting in February. “Smoking for the smok-er is fun, so I wanted something that could compete with cigarettes.”

The cigarette-shaped tube filled with a cherry-flavored nicotine so-lution is meant to give the effect of smoking, without inhaling-only sip-ping. Roth describes it as a “melted cherry popsicle with a kick.”

“It felt more like I switched brands,” Roth said.

Each Smoke-Break has 1.5 mil-ligrams of nicotine in it, about the same amount in a regular light ciga-rette, Roth said. Nicotine gum con-tains between 2 milligrams and 4 milligrams of nicotine, and nicotine patches have around 7 milligrams, 14 milligrams and 21 milligrams, he said.

When Roth started sipping his Smoke-Break tubes in the spring of 2004, he consumed around 50 per day. Eventually, he decreased that amount by half, and said he had his last regular cigarette in October that year.

Roth said he decided to quit smoking at the beginning of 2004, but it wasn’t until March that he thought of creating a “liquid cigarette.” Roth posted a flier at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee requesting someone to develop his liquid solu-

Wisconsin inventor creates smokeless cigarette

tion. Chemistry graduate student Ter-ry Clayton responded.

“Brett gave me a very detailed de-scription of what he wanted,” Clayton said. “The fact that he had in his head exactly what a liquid cigarette would look like, made my job very easy.”

Using food grade chemicals, a high shear mixing device, an analyti-cal balance and other lab materials, Clayton developed the solution. And Clayton said he was sure to develop the solution’s cherry flavoring-Roth’s favorite.

There have been adjustments since the early versions of Roth’s in-vention, which amounted to a syringe with red-flavored liquid. The Food and Drug Administration approved the continuation of his study in April 2007 after the red coloring was re-moved, Roth said.

Roth said he still uses Smoke-Break for fun on occasion, or when a new batch is ready to be tested.

Now Roth is looking for heavy smokers who want to quit to par-ticipate in the Smoke-Break clinical trial. He’s working with Carl Olson, chairman of the radiation oncology department at Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital in Milwaukee, to test its ef-ficacy and safety.

“We’ll see how it turns out,” Ol-son said. “I quite honestly think that people will embrace it because it will have a lot of the same replicated man-nerisms that you do with smoking. We want to be very careful and explain that we’re not doing this because we know it’s going to be successful, but because we think it’s going to be suc-cessful.”

The three-month clinical trial will include about 100 volunteers. If the product is proven safe, another study could be conducted to prove Smoke-Break’s effectiveness versus other nicotine suppressant methods like the patch, gum and lozenges, Roth said.

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JACKET JOURNALCampus

On Saturday, Feb. 9, the BHSU Career Center will be hosting a ca-reer conference called “Beyond Your Resume” to provide interested students with the information and ideas needed to move ahead in their careers.

Jeff Beals, author of “Self Mar-keting Power”, will be the keynote speaker at this conference. Self Marketing Power is a business and career success book. Beal’s website describes the book as a book about business, career, and life success. It’s perfect for anyone who wants to boost revenue, start a business, close more deals, or move up the corpo-rate ladder. The website also says, “Jeff Beals’ diverse background makes him the ideal person to re-veal and explain the secrets of self-marketing. As a commercial real es-tate executive, radio talk show host, newspaper columnist and part-time college professor, Beals understands how to synthesize wide-ranging ex-periences into one very successful career.

Brad LemmelStaff Writer

Jackie SchumacherStaff Writer

Speed dating 101: BH students find true love for Valentine’s Day

Go “Beyond your resume”: Career Center to hold Career Conference:

The conference will also include speakers on the subjects of the job search process, transferable skills, setting career goals, interviewing and communication.

The “Beyond Your Re-sume” conference will begin at 10:00 a.m. in the Jacket Legacy Room of the BHSU Student Union. Lunch and an afternoon snack will be served, and business casual attire is appropriate. The day is free for BHSU students with a Buzz Card. The event is also open to the public for an admission fee of $25 or $10 with a student ID other than BHSU or with an attendance coupon, avail-able from the Northern Hills Career Center in Spearfish or the Career Learning Center of the Black Hills in Rapid City. The registration fee is payable by cash or check, at the door, the day of the conference.

For more information about Jeff Beals and his book, visit www.self-marketingpower.com. If you have any questions about this conference, you can contact Career Counselor Arlene Holmes at arleneholmes@bhsu.edu or 605-642-6219.

BHSU’s UP Team hosts campus events:Twist, hula, & shout at first ever luau

Corrine LeirStaff Writer

Black Hills State University’s UP Team is throwing a Hawaiian-themed Luau on Feb. 8, 2008 in the Donald E. Young Center. The luau will start around 8 p.m. and the fun and festivities will last un-til 1 a.m. BHSU’s Up Team has planned many fun activities for the Luau night including: hula les-sons, for those who don’t know; how, a giant game of Twister to get all tangled up on; Hawaiian themed drinks; and beach volley-ball. There will also be an oxygen bar to keep your energy going.

An oxygen bar is exactly what it sounds like. Students can take a

breath of flavored oxygen to give them an extra energy boost.

DJ Marek, the same DJ that was at the Halloween and New Student Days dance, is back for the Black Hills State Luau. BHSU’s UP Team is hoping to make this luau an annual event that will continue throughout the years. So grab your lei and your hula skirt and come down for the fun.

Black Hills State Univer-sity’s UP Team is also looking for volunteers to help run the event and help with decorations. If any one is interested in volun-teering, contact UP Team Presi-dent Mary Fleming at maryaf-leming@st.bhsu.edu.

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It’s February, and far too many of us will be without a sweetheart this Valentine’s Day. It’s not too late to find one, however. The Black Hills State University UP Team is hosting a speed dating night in the Market Place of the Student Union Feb. 13, which is the day before Valentine’s Day.

Speed dating is a quick, painless, and fun way to find other singles who are looking to date. The concept is fairly simple. A group of men or women will be assigned numbers and sat at a table. Then, one at a time, other poten-tial daters will have three minutes to converse one-on-one with those sitting at the table. The sound of a gong lets the speed daters know when time is up, and the potential daters will move on to converse with the next candidate at the table. This process continues until everyone that wants to, has had a chance to chat. When speed dating is finished, everyone confidentially sub-mits whom they would like to exchange contact information with. With the consent of both parties, the contact information will be exchanged by those heading the event.

The fun will begin at 7 p.m. when name tags and personal codes will be distributed. Expect the Market Place to take on a different ambiance the evening of the thirteenth. A fusion of candlelight and jazz music will set the mood for this special event. There will also be a bar serving cappuccino, soda, and fruit juices.

Again, it’s not too late to find your valentine. Freshen up, pop a breath mint, and try something fresh and new on Feb. 13: speed dating. That special someone is waiting.

For further information on speed dating and other exciting events at BHSU, check out the UP Team on Facebook and MySpace. Simply add them as a friend, and have University Programming information at your finger-tips.

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JACKET JOURNALFocusGetting through another winter safely: Tips for a safer & healthier winter

With the region’s snowy season upon us, it is important to take all the proper steps to keep safe this winter. Most BHSU students commute, re-side on campus, or live in town. With the short deadlines, due dates, and all the other responsibilities we all have as students, it is easy to forget about the dangers of winter.

Most people who reside in this region are accustomed to the snowy weather and poor traveling conditions, and sadly, this can also make them complacent about taking the proper precautions. The simplest precaution a person can take is to make sure their driveway, sidewalk, or any other area they walk or park on is clear of snow

Wes PridgeonStaff Writer

The Black Hills Passion Play of Spearfish has been a popular tour-ist attraction for years. The play was first brought Germany to Spearfish by Josef Meier, from Germany, in 1932. He chose the Black Hills over several alternatives such as the Blue Ridge

played the parts of Jesus Christ and his mother, Mary. The Meier’s were very experienced actors. Josef played the part of Christ more than nine thousand times, and Clare Meier per-formed as Mary as many as seven thousand times. The Meier’s didn’t waste time including their child in the business either. Their daughter, Johanna, was a mere five months old in her first stage appearance. She never played the part of baby Jesus, but she did play the part of another baby in the show. As Johanna aged, she progressed through various parts in the play until her big break in 1991. In 1991, Josef and Clare decid-ed their time playing the parts of Je-sus and Mary were to ready to come to an end. Soon thereafter, the family business was sold to their daughter,

Spearfish Passion Play nearing its 69th year of productionWill MaldeContributing Writer

photo by Logan Carroll

On Monday, February 4th, a student walks across the commuter parking lot into Jo-nas while a van waits to leave.

and ice. Most residents of apartment buildings and the dorms have the ben-efit of having such things taken care of already, but it is important that stu-dents be aware as they walk to class, around the campus, in town, or even near their home. A fall on the ice can be very dangerous, and in rare cases, it can be lethal.

The second most important mea-sure a person can take is to prepare a winter safety or survival kit that is left in their car. This is important in the event that the driver becomes strand-ed due to bad weather, car malfunc-tion, or anything else that might cause you to be stuck somewhere that you cannot get the aid or help you need.

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has a list of the most impor-tant items you should carry in your

vehicle. Keep your vehicle in good, working condition by having it tuned up and making sure all your flu-ids are full. It is also a good idea to carry an ice scraper, extra mittens, a bag of sand or kitty litter, a flash-light, a candle and matches, a coat or other additional heavy clothing to “layer”, a fluorescent distress flag, and an emergency flare. It is also a good idea to carry a cell phone with you. While driving, it is important to remember that winter conditions can-not be avoided, so you should always use your common sense when decid-ing whether or not to travel. Checking road conditions and weather forecasts will help you make an educated de-cision in those regards. Remember not to tailgate other drivers, and turn your headlights on in low light or low

visibility conditions. Also, use lower gears to get better traction while driv-ing on slick surfaces.

The most essential thing to always keep in mind during the winter season is to use your head. Do not travel dur-ing bad weather if it’s not absolutely necessary. If you must travel, be sure to give yourself plenty of time to get to where you’re going, and focus on your driving. This means avoid using your cell phone while driving, keep both hands on the wheel, and use your headlights when appropriate. If you take your time, use your head, and be careful, you can easily make it through another winter with no prob-lems. If you do happen to get stranded in your car, your car kit could very well save your life. Winter saftey is nothing to “put-off.”

Johanna, and her husband, Guido Della Vecchia. Johanna stepped into the role of Mary, following her mom, and has carried on the production to this day.

But sadly, the productions of Pas-sion Play may be coming to an end, unless Johanna can find someone willing to carry on the tradition. She hopes to keep it up and running under her and her husband’s management for as long as possible but believes after the 70th season, it will be time to pass the business on. Her wish is for the new owner to keep the Passion Play in production, but she would at least like the new owner to use it for theatrical purposes. The Passion Play is one of Spearfish’s most popular and historic summer attractions and is worth seeing this summer.

Mountains of North Carolina and Malibu, Calif. Meier quickly put his thoughts into action by searching the Hills for the paramount place for his production. In 1939, the theater was finished, and the first Passion Play was performed. After being estab-lished in Spearfish, the Passion Play grew, and the group went on tour. Still, Meier recommended viewers

go to the birthplace of the play. The tours took place until the mid-1960s when the performances were permanently produced in Spearfish. Meier and his wife stole the show - so to speak.

Over the years, Meier and his wife

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PoliticalVoting is an opportunity and a responsibilityZach DavidsonStaff Writer

Most are aware that the impend-ing election will be one of the most hotly contested in recent decades. Leading up to the election are months of primaries, debates, and endless ar-guing. However, it is the responsibility of American citizens to keep somewhat up-to-date on what is taking place.

Watching televised debates and other coverage tends to throw most people into a downward spiral of bore-dom, frustration, and irritation. It is more than just a chore. It can be a ter-rible hassle to those who actually make the effort to watch. For many, it’s less complicated to just let it all go by, and this is unfortunate.

Voting for someone you know little about is worse than not voting at all. Some students will make the argu-ment that, as a whole, their lives have not been affected all that much by the presidents who have taken office in the last 20 years, and it’s all just not worth their effort.

First, all of our lives have been af-fected greatly by our nation’s leaders.

Foreign students follow U.S. electionsKathleen FallonThe GW Hatchet

PHILADELPHIA - Engineering junior Joan Jose Martinez, a native of the Domini-can Republic, can’t vote in a presidential primary this spring. But that doesn’t mean he’s not paying atten-tion to the election campaigns.

“Of course I’m concerned with the outcome,” he said. “Who becomes the president of the Unit-ed States affects ev-eryone in the world, whether they care for politics or not.”

The primaries have been the focus of media attention around the world in recent weeks -- and have grabbed the at-tention of internation-

Government vows to put economic stimulus package into effectJesse HansonStaff Writer

Economic stimulus package may bring hope for rebuilding a stronger economy by putting more spending money in the hands of Americans. Many United States citizens fear that the country’s economy is entering a recession. In re-sponse, the government is attempting to balance the economy. As a result of the economy showing signs of weakness both on both a national and internation-al level, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke slashed interest rates by 0.75 percent. This rather drastic cut came immediately after many markets around the world dropped nearly ten percent. The Federal Reserve is expected to announce

if additional interest rate cuts will be made in the near future. President Bush proposed an economic stimu-lus package, which will cost $146 billion, to Con-gress. With bipartisan support, the package has already passed in the House 385-35. It is current-ly awaiting approval from the Senate. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is a strong sup-porter of this package. Pelosi has been working together with both Republicans and Democrats to get this bill passed in a timely manner. She said, “I would hope that the timely aspect of this is rec-ognized by my colleagues in the Senate.” Not everyone supports the idea of a rebate, Rep. John Linder of Duluth said, “To truly achieve the goal of stabilizing our economy, the House could have adopted a bill that makes the Bush tax cuts and the business depreciation schedule perma-

nent…Instead, they give Americans a temporary fix to a critical problem.” This package has many perks contained within it. For example, individuals that earn at least $3,000 are to receive a rebate check of $300. Those indi-viduals who have a higher income would receive a $600 rebate. Couples are to receive $1200 plus $300 per child. These rebates would be limited to those individuals who earn less than $75,000 per year and couples that earn less than $150,000 per year. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said, “I think we’re going to be able to move quickly and get the money out into the economy by May.” The last time the government sent out rebate checks was during the 2001 recession. Individu-als received checks for $300, and married couples received a check for $600 between July and Sep-tember of that year.

Those who disagree are content to just “roll with it” and will typically fall for anything. Most have heard parents and grandparents say, “Man, when we were your age…” Ask them what has changed, and pay attention to what they have to say. The older one gets, the more complicated life becomes, and the number of aspects influenced by government increases.

Use these next few months to figure out what your political stance is, and more importantly, why. Why do you believe the things you do? Think for yourself and stand for something. Use your common sense and vote for the candidate you feel will support your stance.

Freedom isn’t free. Voting and paying attention to political is-sues is one of the fees required to live in a free nation. Failing to do so, at the very least, forfeits one’s right to complain.

Grab a paper once in a while, watch the news occasionally, and educate yourself. Don’t do what ev-eryone else is doing. You’re smart enough on your own.

al students at Penn as well.

International inter-est in the primaries has been sparked by a num-ber of reasons, includ-ing the historic nature of Democratic candidates Barack Obama and Hil-lary Clinton, interna-tional students said.

“The Democrats, es-pecially Obama and Hil-lary, make it extremely exciting because they both are minorities,” Nandita Mittal, a Col-lege freshman from In-dia, said.

Other students cited technology and voter participation as reasons they find U.S. elections intriguing and different.

“The effect of tech-nology on the elections, like the CNN YouTube debate, is impressive,” Dhinakaran Chinappen,

an Engineering se-nior from the African island of Mauritius, said. “It’s interesting to realize how fast the technological era has changed how the candidates share in-formation.”

Martinez added that the public’s role in the primaries pro-vides a contrast to elections outside U.S. borders.

“I think it’s great how involved the general public is with picking the candi-dates, especially giv-en the turnout the pri-maries have received thus far,” he said. “In many places, candi-dates are still chosen by party heads, often over brokered deals that never really come to light.”

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(U-WIRE) HOUSTON - Alternative fuels and bio-fuel engines are still being investigat-ed to help steer the U.S. economy from its de-pendence on foreign oil, scientists said Friday.

Chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Michael Economides said alterna-tive fuels have flaws and will not lessen the amount of oil consumed in the U.S.

“There are no alternatives to hydrocarbon energy in the foreseeable future,” Economides said.

If Americans used all the soybeans in the country, it would only account for 4 percent of to-tal diesel fuel used; other forms of energy will also not make a big impact in the total consump-tion nationwide, he said.

“Solar and wind electricity is never going to account for more than half a percent, so just get it out of your mind.” Economides said.

The U.S. currently uses 99.6 percent of oil-based fuels in all forms of transportation.

“If trends continue, by the year 2010, the U.S. will import more oil that it uses for trans-portation,” Economides said.

Economides said the price tag has desen-sitized the market, in that the shock of higher prices will not affect the market and that peak oil will not be reached soon.

“Three years ago I predicted that the price of oil would go to $100 (a barrel) this year,” he said.

Peak oil is attained when the world is producing oil at the maxi-mum rate, which will then usher in a sharp decline, he said. If global con-sumption does not decrease before

the peak, oil will drop and prices will climb at a rapid rate.

Economides has predict-ed that peak oil will prob-ably happen in 2050. Many economists fear peak oil be-ing reached sooner, but little action has been taken by the Organization of the Petro-

leum Exporting Countries, he said.“Make no mistake, OPEC loves $100 oil,”

Economides said. “Countries like Argentina have expanded their economies to depend on oil revenues.”

Another benefactor is Russia. The Russian economy is 85 percent dependent on oil reve-

nue. “In the future, Russia is going to be a gar-gantuan presence in the oil industry,” Econo-mides said.

He also said that energy would be the choke point in the rapidly growing Chinese economy with its de-pendency on oil. After a certain point, the country will suffer a shortage of energy resources.

“There has never been a country in the history of the world to increase its oil con-

sumption by 20 percent in a single year until China,” Economides said.

Haren Gandhi, a technical fellow with the Ford Motor Company, said that a variety of al-ternative fuels could be in the future of Ford vehicles with a goal to reduce dependency on fossil fuels in all types of vehicles from com-pact to sport-utility.

“We don’t want to deprive ranchers of own-ing an F-150,” Gandhi said, “but we want to increase the fuel efficiency of that vehicle.”

Gandhi said that vehicles of all sizes would soon be able to use alternative fuel, and that airports are now using hybrid shuttles.

“Diesel will be clean,” Gandhi said. “Whether diesel will be accepted, I don’t know.”

Alternative fuel debated Jonh-Michael HainesThe daily Cougar (U. Houston)

“I predicted that the price of oil would be $100 (a barrel).”

- Michael Economides

“We don’t want to deprive ranch-ers of owning an F-150.”

-Haren Gandhi

On the morning of Jan. 22, 2008, the stock market took a major plunge and fell more than 464 points. By 11 a.m. it plunged another 180 points. Although a huge plunge, the Federal Reserve anticipated this and made a surprise cut in interest rates, in an effort to help, right before the stock market opened in the morning. Their cut to 3.5 percent saved the day from being an atrocity and kept it on the level of just a nail biter.

Later that afternoon, the market was back to only 26 points under

what it had closed at on the previous Friday. Many were worried about the next few days to come. The next day, it was an up and down rollercoaster. The market opened Wednesday morn-ing dropping nearly 250 points in the first few minutes. The whole day was a mad rollercoaster, but in the end, it finished out high, closing with a gain of nearly 300 points.

In stock market land, many stock market watchers have many different opinions of what this day will render. Some believe that this is a sign of what is to come, and we should ex-pect more of this to affect us. Others believe that just one day like this will

not cause a trend but is just a little econom-ic glitch. For about a week now, nothing has happened. However, many still have their full attention to what is going on in the U.S. stock market and will for weeks to come.

The stock market rollercoasterRachel AdamContributing Writer

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BusinessShawn Darling is an exceptional example of a

former Black Hills State University student that is now succeeding in the real world.

Darling currently owns and operates Recreation Station in Spearfish. Recreation Station is primarily a boat dealership, but they also sell used mo-torcycles, ATV’s and snowmobiles.

Darling gradu-ated from BHSU in December 2004 with a business administration de-gree specializing in entrepreneurial studies. The transi-tion from being a student to operat-ing a business went smoothly for him. Darling credits success to his edu-cation and his pre-vious experience of running a small home based busi-ness.

“I was a repre-sentative for an Ital-

Dan MaherStaff Writer

ian motorcycle company, I used to sell [kid sized] motorcycles and ATV’s from my dorm room,” he said.

The College of Business and Technology sup-ported Darling’s plan to start a motor sports deal-ership in Spearfish. They gave him a scholarship

to work on his business idea independently, while attending school.

Darling is very pleased with the education he received at BHSU. He also liked the fact that go-ing to school gave him time to think about what he wanted to do in life. The most important les-

son Darling learned in the classroom was “to think in-dependently,” he said.

Darling has been work-ing on some other business plans for the future, but for now, he really enjoys work-ing for himself. And there is one specific reason for this: he is an idea person.

“The freedom to take an idea and go wherever you want with it, not hav-ing anyone to limit your ideas,” is what Darling en-joys most about his work, but he also enjoys working with people.

Darling’s business is doing well, but as an en-trepreneur, he feels there is always room for improve-ment.

According to Darling, he has big plans for Recre-ation Station in the future but he declined to reveal exactly what those plans are.

photo by Dan MaherShawn Darling sits in one of his new boats that is for sale at Recreation Station in Spearfish.

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Finding hope through Al-Anon

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Mind&BodyJodi OliverStaff Writer

Hope is an elusive concept. It is even more elusive when seen through the eyes of alcoholism. The fact is, alcoholism affects family members from gen-eration to generation unless the pattern is interrupted. Al-Anon is a world-wide fellowship focused on helping people, whose lives have been affected by alco-holism, find hope.

Al-Anon was co-founded by Lois W., the wife of Bill W., who co-founded Al-coholics Anonymous. Lois realized that it wasn’t only the alcoholic who needed recovery, but the family as well. This thought is rooted in the idea that alcoholism is a family disease, and everyone affected needs a program for recovery.

Al-Anon and Alcoholics Anonymous are two separate, but cooperative or-ganizations. Al-Anon has but one purpose: to help families of alcoholics. They do this by practicing the Twelve Steps of AA, by welcoming and giving com-fort to families of alcoholics, and by giving understanding and encouragement to the alcoholic.

Al-Anon is not affiliated with any church, political entity, or institution. The individual group meetings are held in a community setting. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of Al-Anon. Everything that is said in meetings and from member to member must remain confidential to protect the members. It is a fellowship where the family and friends of alcoholics share their experiences, strengths, and hopes in order to solve the problems that have affected their lives through alcoholism. Al-Anon is a lifelong program, and the twelfth step of the program is to continue to share their message and their stories with others. The twelve steps and traditions, slogans, sponsors, and service work help members in the lifelong journey of recovery.

If any person feels their life has been affected by alcoholism, they are encouraged to attend a meeting. There are no dues or membership fees. One will receive a warm welcome and comfort from the members. Many Al-Anon meetings can be found in the Black Hills area, including two meetings on Monday evenings in Spearfish. Both are at 7:30 p.m., with one located at the United Methodist Church at 845 N. 5th St., and the other at Moun-tain View Baptist Church at Jackson Boulevard and Exit 12. There is also a Wednesday noon meeting at Hudson Hall. More information can also be found at www.sdal-anon.org or by calling the Al-Anon information line at 1-888-425-2666.

Introducing Kettlebells:A new way to workoutHayley EllisStaff Writer

Do you ever get sick of the same mundane workout of running for cardio and lifting dumbbells for strength? Well, have no fear, a new work-out routine is here! Kettlebells is the newest form of a workout that is “all the craze”.

Kettlebells was first introduced to the US in the year 2000 and has been sweeping the nation since. In 2002, “Rolling Stone” magazine called Kettlebells the “Hot Weight of the Year” and is said to be the newest ex-ercise for the stars.

This ancient Russian lifting technique was initially used for entertain-ment to see which Russian villager was the strongest of the bunch. Today, it is being used for strength training, building endurance, and flexibil-ity while giving you a great cardio workout. Unlike regular dumbbells, where your hands are placed evenly in between the weights, Kettlebell weights look like a cannonball with one handle attached to them. This structure makes it easier to lift, swing, and handle the weights with one hand or two.

This particular kind of training is supposed to mimic natural human body movements and which results in making everyday activities easier, along with less risk of injury. These exercises work well for your body because, whether you’re doing a lift, a swing, or a press, they force your body to work as a single unit instead of separately.

Not only does this workout maintain your body, but it also increases your mental focus. In order to effectively accomplish these exercises, fo-cus is very important. Kettlebell workouts are very complex and demand precise body movements that must be done sequentially which makes you improve your physical coordination and mental focus.

So, whether you want to lose fat fast, get ready for a spring break body, train for your favorite sport, try to tone up what you’ve got, or just want to work on your coordination and mental focus, Kettlebells are the way to do it.

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Mind&BodyEat HealthierKelly CollinsStaff Writer

Pizza, macaroni and cheese and instant noodles. This is a typical diet for most college students. Most packed college schedules include class, homework, sports, and a part-time job. Students have little time to plan out meals, and therefore, eat what is eas-ily accessible. However, there are ways to have good meals and eat on-the-go without sacrificing a healthy diet. An easy way to approach this is to know what to avoid.

Try to eat foods that are baked, steamed, or grilled, rather than fried. Chicken is one of the bet-ter foods to eat, however, you must pay attention to one word: fried. One fried chicken breast contains 15 grams of fat. One grilled chicken breast contains only 1.5 grams of fat. Do not eat $5 pizza, which has nine grams of fat per slice and is one-tenth of the whole pizza. Instead, eat a six inch turkey sub that has 4.5 grams of fat.

An easy way to cut back on calorie intake is to drink diet soda. One can of cola contains 140 calo-ries, whereas diet cola has zero calories. While on the subject of beverages, alcohol plays a role in your diet as well. Watch how much beer you drink, and try to stick to light beer.

In a search to find the healthiest foods available, the Mayo Clinic offers a great top 10 list. This list includes broccoli, red beans, salmon, spinach, sweet potatoes, and wheat germ. From this list, four foods seem manageable for most college students.

Apples are a good source of vitamin C. They are easy to keep on hand and are a great on-the-go breakfast or snack. Blueberries are a low-calorie source of fiber. Regular intake of blueberries may

improve short-term memory, perfect for a late-night snack while cramming for an exam.

Almonds are packed with fiber, calcium and vitamin E and are good for your heart. Keep a bag of these in your backpack for munching dur-ing class.

Vegetable juice is an easy way to include the three to five daily servings of vegetables recom-mended on the food pyramid. There is also a new option of fruit-flavored vegetable and fruit juices. These drinks offer a better tasting alternative to to-

photo by Jen MurrayShane Ziegenbein, first year M.S. student in Integrative Genomics, serves himself a salad.

Make it through winter without catching a coldJessica SchroederContributing Writer

Across the pathways and throughout the lawns, snow blows in s-curve shapes and appears as white, frosty waves. The wind bites at my nose and ears making them a bitter red as I scurry across the cam-pus on my walk from Jonas Hall to the Young Cen-ter. Fellow students walk with their heads down, hiding their bare flesh from the freezing air, and trying to stay bundled up from the below-freezing weather. The once blue sky quickly turned, and the fog flooded the land with whirlwinds flowing at my feet. With the frigid, blustery weather the Black Hills has been faced with, we all need to learn to take precautions to stay healthy during the winter season. The following tips will help keep you well during this winter season:

1. Wash hands as often as possible.Run hands under hot water while lathering

with anti-bacterial soap for a minimum of 30 sec-onds, making sure to get under fingernails and backsides of hands. Dry with clean towels.

2. Take vitamins daily.Vitamin C, zinc and echinacea are some di-

etary supplements that can help fight the common cold. There are many more vitamins that will de-fend your immune system as well.

3. Use hand sanitizer vigorously. These products can kill up to 99 percent of

germs on your hands. These products are easily

found and are a useful way to fight germs.4. Disinfect the house.Using products like bleach, boiling water, or

antibacterial spray to disinfect the surfaces in your house helps cut down on the spread of germs from all members of the house. Also, wash dishes in the dishwasher or in the hottest water possible.

5. Get plenty of exercise.Exercise is an easy way to keep your immune

system working strong. It helps stabilize your me-tabolism to create a centered health balance.

6. Cover your mouth.If everyone covered their mouth - with their

elbows not their hand - when they coughed and sneezed, the spread of germs would be cut down drastically.

7. Get lots of rest.Keeping up on rest will allow your physical

state to stay alert and fight off colds and flu’s. 8. Drink lots of water.Consuming more than eight glasses of water

a day is an easy way to keep your immune sys-tem healthy. Drinking plenty of fluids is also a good way to flush out your system.

9. Avoid use of public surfaces.Touching public surfaces like hand rails,

door knobs, and water fountains is an easy way to catch the common cold. Also, touching your face, mouth, and eyes is a sure fire way of fuel-ing the winter blues.

10. Consume fruits and vegetables.Fruits and vegetables contain many vitamins

and nutrients that help keep your heart rate healthy and your immune system up-to-par.

Many students from campus have gotten sick since our Christmas break. Kaylee Tschetter, a student at BHSU stated, “I had the sickness first, but soon after, all my friends started to get the same thing. Unfortunately, I had to get pneumo-nia. Jenna only got the bloody lung.”

Jenna Storbeck, another student at BHSU replied, “The cold weather made everyone’s ill-nesses pass on a lot faster than usual, but Kaylee only got pneumonia because she fell down her icy stairs.”

Not all students have been directly affected by the flu season and the blistering cold weather. Fol-lowing these simple 10 rules will help keep you healthy until sunshine returns to the Black Hills.

mato and vegetable juices. They provide a full serv-ing of both vegetables and fruits in one drink.

So, the next time you are tempted to boil some water for the classic college cuisine of macaroni and cheese, try to think of a healthy substitute. Rice with grilled chicken breast is just as simple, much healthier, and more filling.

Becoming more aware of your eating habits and improving them will make you feel better. You may not only see an inch or two fall off your waist, but you may just find you’re a happier, healthier student.

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With a fresh take on teen pregnancy, “Juno” is quickly becoming number one on the list of films to see. It has been nominated for the Independent Spirit Award and received ac-colades from the Pro-ducers Guild of Ameri-ca. The Broadcast Film Critics Association has nominated “Juno” for best picture, best comedy, and best act-ing ensemble, among others. The screenplay was written by new-comer Diablo Cody

“Pink poodles, limousines, Fer-raris, dresses that look like they were put together by a colorblind princess of lah-lah-land, and a guest list that

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“Juno”: A sacred vessel

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only the terminally ill or seriously unpopular are absent from, all come together to form this most American of pastimes – “showing off.” This is how the MTV show “My Super Sweet 16” is pitched to viewers in the UK on their official MTV site.

It suggests, “Hey everybody, check out these spoiled brats! Aren’t they awful? How American!” while the MTV site in the states pitches the show in a different way, “‘My Super Sweet 16’ takes you on a wild ride behind the scenes for all the drama, surprises, and over-the-top fun as teens prepare for their most impor-tant coming-of-age celebrations.”

For those enlightened souls who have given up TV, allow me to pitch the show how I see it. “‘My Super Sweet Sixteen’ is a show which documents the plan-ning and execution of wildly extrava-gant birthday parties for ultra-rich teens. These parties rival the cost of society weddings, the kids are vacuous, pam-pered little Veruca Salt monsters. Run away.”

But it is very popular with im-pressionable young minds. If the message is “look how awful it is to be materialistic,” it is not clear enough. The show glorifies materialism, and sends the message to the average kid that rich is the standard and that nor-mal is inferior.

Samantha Meyer, an English edu-cation major, commented on the show, “This one girl cried at the dinner table and slammed her fork down because she wasn’t getting an Escalade.”

There is hope for the kids of “My Super Sweet Sixteen.” They could still grow into thoughtful, grateful, humble adults. Or they could grow

and directed by Jason Reitman, most recently known for “Thank You for Smoking.”

Ellen Page, as Juno MacGuff, paints a delightfully sarcas-tic picture of teenage pregnancy that is both heartfelt and unconven-tional. Michael Cera plays Paulie Bleeker, Juno’s high school comrade and the fa-ther of her child. After learning that her baby may already have fin-gernails, Juno decides to carry it to term and give the baby up for adoption. She meets Mark (Jason Bateman)

and Vanessa(Jennifer Garner) through an ad in the local PennySaver, and soon after, the film takes off into a quirky comedy.

The jargon in “Juno” is one of its most appeal-ing aspects - replacing popular lingo such as “cool” and “awesome” with the much more coinable “wizard.” An-other example of teen-speak humor is when Juno tells her friend Leah (Olivia Thirlby) that she is pregnant, to which Leah replies: “What? Honest to Blog? Are you sure it’s not a food baby? Did you eat

a big lunch?” There is an abundance of one-liners that are sure to pop up in conversation as “Juno” continues to snowball into notoriety.

Amidst the occa-sional awkwardness and oddball characters, “Juno” is raking it in at the box office with over $100 million under its belt. Cody and Reitman came together in this production with mas-sive success. Not only will viewers leave the theater anticipating its DVD release, but they just might go back to the big screen one more time.

into “The Real Housewives of Orange County” seen on the Bravo network. “Real Housewives” offers another opportunity for the average viewer to feel poor and uninteresting. But do they really represent the Ameri-can Dream? These women shop, get Botox, shop some more, argue with their kids, have drinks, and scramble to meet the beauty standard put in place by Playboy Magazine. They are not bad people, but the show is a little on the shallow side. So, what does all this television mean for real

Americans? Sure, these shows are entertaining, a guilty pleasure for most. But some Americans view them with a certain amount of criticism.

Nora Leinen, an English major, said, “These shows are promoting materialism on such an influential level that it’s duping Americans into believing that if you don’t have mon-ey and cars and houses that you’re nothing.”

Tasha Swanson, a psychology major, refuses to watch these “real-ity” shows, “…they in no way repre-sent reality as it pertains to my life.”

No, there is not much reality in these shows for the average person. If we can learn anything from them at all, it should be to remember what’s really valuable in life. Things like education, relationships, and being a good citizen are worth more than a new Escalade.

Reality TV: Entertainment or red flag?Samantha ChmelikContributing Writer

“Look how awful it is to be materialistic.”

-Samantha Chmelik

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Whoever said apples and oranges have nothing in com-mon must never have had the sweet taste of fruit punch. The arrogant billionaire, Edward, and the simple and serious Carter have nothing in common except the cancer diagno-sis on their medical charts. Despite this, they go on to give movie goers the sweet and slightly bitter tastes of life’s joys in this heart-touching comedy, “The Bucket List.”

After being placed in the same hospital room, Jack Nich-olson’s character, Edward, convinces Morgan Freeman’s character, Carter, to escape with him in order to fulfill their list of to-do’s before they “kick the bucket.” With Edward’s funds they embark upon an adventure around the world that begins with a jump from 15,000 feet above the earth.

One of their stops on the list includes hunting lions in Africa. As Edward attempts to fire a high powered rifle, the gun has other ideas and leaves Edward flat on his back side. Seeing Nicholson fall on his behind was, in itself, enough humor to last the whole movie.

Throughout their adventure combo of climbing the pyra-mids of Egypt, motorcycling across the Great Wall of China, strolling about the Taj Mahal, and speed racing in a Shelby Mustang, Edward and Carter learn something about them-selves that brings a greater joy and meaning to life than any list ever could.

Director Rob Reiner does a marvelous job of not making just another movie that overemphasizes how sad and miser-ably depressing it is that eventually we will all be six feet under. Reiner uses the duo of Nicholson and Freeman paired with the wise and politically correct to create a stomach-clenching, box office must-see movie of 2008.

Rachel HendricksContributing Writer

The Bucket List: See what i s on

Desperately searching for a cure while battling for his life

work and searching for a cure, Neville conducts various tests on animals and humans. As the “dark seekers” rule the night, Neville finds new ways to keep himself and his canine companion safe while still hoping to cure the virus known as K.V.

Overall, “I Am Legend” was great. Will Smith is a terrific actor, really pushing his potential in this film. The plot was captivating. We all hope that someone finds a cure for cancer, and we do know that nothing great comes without sacrifice. “I Am Legend” is a great film for adults who enjoy a good, fluid storyline and on-the-edge-of-your-seat entertainment. Although the film didn’t show much for music or a soundtrack, the silence was more than enough voice for this action film. I would recommend it to anyone who likes Will Smith movies such as “I, Ro-bot” and “Men in Black.” Still in the-aters, “I Am Legend” certainly makes a statement in all movies alike.

“I Am Legend,” starring Will Smith was released December 2007. If you haven’t seen this action, Sci-fi thriller, it is guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat.

The film begins with radio and television interviews with scientists in New York who have found a cure for cancer. Unfortunately, the cure also spreads a virus that kills and possibly makes the host a zombie-like person known as a “dark seeker.” Will Smith stars as Robert Neville, a scientist who stays behind to help at ground zero. After the interviews, we flash for-ward, three years later, to a deserted New York City. Neville accompanied by his dog, Sam, ventures through the city searching for survivors and sup-plies. Neville finds himself talking to Sam as well as mannequins trying to keep sane. Staying committed to his

Christopher LarsonContributing Writer

Dr. Neville’s Legend:

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Sports

Both of the men’s and women’s basketball teams had a great showing on the court at the Donald E. Young Center Jan. 25 and 26. The women’s team won both games by an aver-age of 11 points. The men also won both games with the closest margin of victory being five points. The two victories moved the men’s hoopsters to 11-10 on the year. The women improved to 17-4 and moved into a first place tie with Minot and Dakota State in the Dako-ta Athletic Confer-ence.

The BH wom-en lead the con-ference in three categories: offen-sive 3-point field goal percentage, shooting 41 per-cent; defensive 3-point field goal percentage, allow-ing 31.2 percent of opponent shots to drop from be-hind the arc; and total rebounding defense snatch-ing up 32.81 re-bounds per game.

The men are leading the con-ference in free throw percentage - shooting 76.2 per-cent from the line - and are also at the

Giants win Super Bowl XLIIRocky StevensStaff Writer

Super Bowl XLII ended with a 13-yard touchdown pass from Giants quarterback Eli Manning to wide re-ceiver Plaxico Burress making the New York Giants NFL champions over the New England Patriots. The Giants scored a field goal in the first quarter followed closely by a Patriot touchdown. Neither team scored again until the fourth quarter, when the Giants scored a touch down fol-lowed again by a Patriot touchdown.

Logan CarrollStaff Writer

With 2:39 left to play, and with all three time-outs remaining, the Giants’offense took field and easily scored their second touchdown of the game with only thirty-five sec-onds left. The Giants’ defense held the Patriots back from scoring until the clock ran down, leaving a vic-tory for the Giants of 17-14. Until their loss on Super Bowl Sunday, the Patriots had been undefeated. They are the first team to go unde-feated since 1978 when the NFL ex-panded the regular season to include 16 games.

Since its release on Dec. 13, 2007, The Mitchell Report has linked many of the biggest names in baseball to steroids and other forms of Human Growth Hormones or HGH. The unrelenting nature of the report has forever tarnished baseball, leaving even its truest fans hurt and disappointed.

But honestly, is this really a surprise? Why should we respect baseball? Almost every hero and big name from the 90s has been linked to steroids, including Barry Bonds, Mark McGuire, and Sammy Sosa. These are arguably three of the best home run hitters of all time. The names of the accused don’t stop there. Pitching greats Andy Pettitte, Roger

Have steriods tarnished baseball forever?Talon TuckerContributing Writer

Clemens, and Eric Gagne have all been mentioned by the report. Blows don’t stop with players. Entire organizations have taken hits from the report as well. It may be said that no organization has taken more blows than baseball’s dynasty team, the New York Yankees. Other teams associated with the report include the Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants, New York Mets, and at least one other player from every team within the league. That’s a whole lot of heart break for many fans in the baseball world.

The loss of love for the game of baseball can’t only be blamed on The Mitchell Report. Be honest, aside the Colorado Rockie’s miraculous playoff run, when is the last time you watched baseball? More than likely, it was when Sosa and McGuire were

slugging it out for the home run record. Don’t get me wrong, it was a great moment, but after finding out that both Sosa and McGuire may have used steroids, fans were disappointed. It’s obvious that when a person is disappointed too many times, they find themselves getting colder and more withdrawn from the disappointment. They become afraid to love and trust what they once did because the fear of once again getting hurt becomes too muchto handle. In a way, The Mitchell Report was like the cheating spouse. Fans knew it was going on but they just had a nagging suspicion with nothing to back it up. Now that the truth is out, what is the future of Major League Baseball?

Baseball has many players that have recently come within their

own. These players could help save baseball. As long as allegations of steroids use from this younger generation remain allegations, I think baseball will be able to recover. I can’t say what should be done to try to repair the past, but I do feel strongly that records held by users should have an asterisk placed beside them. I feel, since we now know about the steroid and HGH usage within the league, we need to look at what we can learn from it. The individuals in charge are not going to be able to fix what has been done, but we can do our best to improve testing standards to prevent future using. Baseball is bigger than one group of people and that’s why, in time, baseball will return, outshining all sports once again. But underneath that gleaming surface, it will be forever tarnished.

BHSU’s basketball team is a slam dunk top of the 3-point field goals made category, totaling 191 and averaging 9.1 a game.

Much of the Yellow Jackets suc-cess this year can be attributed to Cain Atkinson and Lacey Haughian who are the leading scorers on the men’s and women’s teams. The Jack-ets’ next home games will be on Feb. 8 and 9 against Mayville and Dakota State with the women’s game start-ing at 5:30 p.m. and the men’s game starting at 7:30 p.m.

photo by Tara ArsagaIn this Oct. 14 file photo, BHSU senior guard Corey Doolan drives to the basket in a scrimmage against the Casper College Thunderbirds.

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Opinion

As a child the joke used to be, “Whatever you do, don’t vomit in front of Bree; or she won’t be your friend anymore.”

This statement was altogether too true, with the exception of my fourth grade best friend who proceeded to puke all over me, and half the bowling alley, on a field trip.

When I was a child and still to this day, having the stomach flu or being around any-one who feels nauseated causes me severe anxiety. I can handle sinus infection, ear in-fection, inner ear infection, and eye infection combinations; but I certainly cannot handle a little bit of nausea, dizziness, or vomiting.

Last year around this time, I was suffer-ing debilitating dizzy spells. After numerous temper tantrums, doctor appointments, EEGs, EKGs, crawling out of MRI tubes, and some other test where they put a mask on you and

blow air in your ears, it was determined that I had a combination of vestibular neuritis and migrainous vertigo. I had damaged my inner ear by letting an in-fection go too long, and I had inherited the migraine gene from my mother’s side. A year later the room is not spinning and my balance is returning.

Last fall marked my first year away from home at Black Hills State, and homesickness was the least of my problems. A month into school, I woke up at 2 a.m. with severe nausea. I proceeded to take some anti-nausea medicine, pace around my apartment, text my boyfriend, call my mother four times, and have a two hour long panic attack. A day later, it went away, and I assumed it was a light case of food poisoning or flu bug.

But it kept returning in various degrees. A visit to Sara Gottlob, the school nurse, determined I could have something wrong with my gallbladder, or some other aliment. But Gottlob gave me some antacids and told me to come back and see her. Again, a few weeks later, I woke up in the early morning with severe nausea and a migraine. I panicked again, cried, and called my mother every 10 minutes until my boyfriend came to take me to the doctor. They gave me a shot in my backside for nausea and determined it was “stress.” A day

Past health problems stem new fear

“I’m never coming back to South Dakota in the winter time again!”

That’s the vow I pro-claimed to my mom in the winter of 2004-2005. I had come home to visit her over New Year’s and a week into January. It was going to be a belated Christmas celebra-tion and lots of fun time spent home with family. It turned

Winter blizzard leaves South Dakotan’s rattled

Jill BroecherEditor

into five days snowed into her house.

When my visit was through, I happily boarded a plane en route to Virginia, where it snows maybe once a year, and the cold winter tem-peratures are in the 60s. I kept my promise and didn’t return to South Dakota for another Christmas or New Year’s for the next three years.

However, last summer I decided it was time to go back to college. I had remained a resident of South Dakota dur-ing my time spent away, so I thought it would be good to come back for college – in-state tuition and all. Also, my brother and his family had re-cently moved to Rapid City, and I was interested in living near them.

I made the plunge and moved my entire life back to South Dakota. Surpris-ingly, my entire life fit into my Honda Accord with a roof bag and bike rack. The sum-mer was nice. The fall was

beautiful. The winter… well, let me tell you about my trip from Spearfish to the east side of the state for Christmas.

My mom and step-dad live in Armour, S.D., which is over on the east side of the state, so I don’t go visit all that often. When I do go, I make sure it’s on a weekend that my brother, his wife, and their two kids are going. This way, I can get a ride and avoid paying gas money.

Well, Christmas was an important time to travel over there, and I left Spearfish mid-morning the Friday be-fore Christmas. I was going to drive to Rapid City, get in my brother and his fam-ily’s car, and ride the rest of the way to Armour. But my drive from Spearfish to Stur-gis was horrible. There was snow everywhere, and it was nearly impossible to see. I had to drive 35 mph the entire way. When I got to Sturgis, I noticed a big billboard stat-ing, “No Travel Advisory.” I

was pretty nervous, but the roads got progressively bet-ter as I continued, and by the time I arrived in Rapid City, it seemed like all was clear.

I transferred my stuff to my brother’s vehicle, and we were off. Ten miles out of town, we ran into the same storm. We weren’t sure how far it went though, so we fig-ured we should keep going, and we might drive out of it. We were so wrong.

The wind and snow were so blinding that we couldn’t make out the flashers on the car in front of us until we were within 10 feet. There was no possible way to stop because the roads were so slippery. We had to drive 5-20 mph the entire way from Rapid City to Wall. At the times we could actually see enough to go 20 mph, we could barely make out the ditches. Unfortunate-ly, seeing that far wasn’t real-ly a good thing. The ditches were covered in cars, rescue vehicles, ambulances, cop

cars, and tipped-over semi-trucks. There were at least 50 vehicles in the ditches, and that’s only what we saw in those few minutes of 20 foot visibility.

At one moment, we saw an accident in front of us, but there was no way to stop. Three cars were obstructing the lanes of traffic, and we had to strategically weave in-between them to avoid an-other accident.

It took more than four hours to get from Rapid City to Wall. I had to pee for three of those hours. It was, by far, the worst road trip I’ve ever been on.

Eight-and-a-half hours after leaving Rapid City, and more rattled than ever, we ar-rived at my mom’s house; and I proclaimed my new vow, “I am never coming to visit dur-ing a blizzard again!”

Living in South Dakota, I’m thinking it may be April before I make the trip again.

Bree AndresonAssistant Editor

later, my roommate ended up taking me back to the doctor and holding my hand while I got another shot in my backside for nausea and the migraine. That evening my parents decided to drive from Cheyenne to escort me to another appointment the following day. Later that night, I proceeded to wake up both my roommates and have them call my mother, the doctor, and the ER. They were good to me – better than I would have been about taking care of some-one who was ill. The next day; my parents took me to another doctor, who ran tests. It was determined that I was extremely dehydrated, my body was food deprived, and I was still “stressed.” They ran two IVs and nausea medicine into me, and sent me home to Cheyenne for the weekend.

I was still not feeling 100 percent upon returning to Spearfish. I was still not eating and was severely nauseated. The doctor scheduled me for an ultrasound of my gallbladder. The ultrasound determined my gallbladder walls were thick-ened. Sara was able to get me a last minute appointment with a gastrointestinal doctor here in Spearfish. My parents again came to Spearfish to escort me to this appointment along with my boyfriend.

As the doctor entered the examination room that all of us had managed to squeeze into, with the misgivings of the nurse, he announced, “I looked at your ultrasound and you need your gallbladder taken out.” My father replied, “Okay then, aren’t you going on vacation tomorrow?” The reply… “The day is still young; meet you over at the surgery center.” All at once my boyfriend’s leg twitched, my father swallowed his mustache, and my mother’s eye brows dis-appeared into her hairline while I sat in shock at the idea of surgery so soon.

An hour later I was being wheeled into the operating room wearing that cute little gown with no backside, a hair net, an IV in my arm, and a hope that I would finally be healthy.

The recovery has had its ups and downs, but two months later I’m the healthiest I’ve been in a very long time. Deep down I’m still afraid of getting that ill again. I have to pay attention to what I eat. If what I eat doesn’t agree with me, again, I’m nauseated and in panic mode that I’m relapsing.

Even though all of these illnesses haven’t cured me of the anxiety I feel when I’m nauseated or if someone else is, I’ve learned to take care of myself better. I’m eating healthier than I ever have, I go to bed with the chickens to ensure that I get a good nights sleep, I take vitamins, and I’m taking the exer-cising thing to a new level by training for the running leg of a triathlon. I may never get over being sick, but now I’m prepared to meet it when I am.

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OpinionVoices Crowdin the Political

Matt StormsHistory EducationFreshman

Q. What are your feelings about the politics of the nation?A. There’s a lot of stuff said that should happen, but usually never does. Like people talking about getting the troops out of Iraq. Is that really going to happen? I don’t think so, as long as there isn’t a permanent government, a solid government, go-ing on there.Q. So, for you, politically, Iraq is one of the top issues?A. I guess. I mean, it’s a really big deal, and I’ve got friends in the military; so I support them and what they’re doing.Q. Do you plan on voting in either the primary or the general election this year?A. Probably not.

Samantha SharpePre-Med/Biology MajorSenior

Q. What are your ideas are about this upcoming election?A. Well, my opinion is kind of biased. My husband is in the military so we like to see candidates who come into office who support the military. And that’s kind of hard, because usually the Republicans are for the military and for pay increases, but then they’re more likely to send us to war. So, I think actually, I would like to see a democrat come into office.Q. Have you been following the primaries?A. Yes, I have. Not as much as I would like to because of time and classes, but I did see that a couple of candidates are about to drop out. John Edwards and Giuliani. My family is kind of rooting for Barack Obama.

Dustin BrinkPsychology MajorJunior

Q. What political issues are impor-tant to you?A. Lowering oil prices.Q. As a psychology major, what are your thoughts about the upcoming presidential election?A. I guess the psychology of it is to know what you’re going to be able to say to get people to respond and get people influenced by what you have to say. Then you’d probably have more pull, as far as getting people to believe you, if you’re telling them truthful things.Q. Lastly, what would you like to see in the president?A. Just tell the truth and not be just a face that represents the country. Be someone who actually does some-thing to change things. Change for the better.

Mariah BartlettTheater/ArtJunior

Q. The big thing on everybody’s mind, since it’s an election year, seems to be a lot of politics. What sort of issues do you find yourself concerned with?A. I’m not very big into politics, I’m afraid. I don’t vote. I stay away from it altogether, pretty much.Q. Would you mind elaborating on what you mean a little bit?A. What I mean is that politics don’t really matter in the long run for me. It’s more about the here and now. I’m looking beyond the next eight years. In the next eight years, whoever we vote in - not ‘we’ because I don’t vote - whoever is voted in, is going to affect everything in the long run, and I just hope we vote someone in who doesn’t bring the world to an end.

Stop the smoke in public areas for South DakotaKyle HollingsworthContributing Writer

Like many college students who are 21 years old, I sometimes go to the local bars on a Friday or Saturday night to enjoy a few drinks and maybe even experience a local band playing that night. Many bars smell of alcohol and cigarette smoke. I do not smoke, but every night that I go to the bars, I end up smelling like I smoked an entire pack of cigarettes. I do not have a problem with people who smoke. It is their choice and right. I do wish I could go to the bars and enjoy myself and not have to worry about the harm and scent of secondhand smoke.

I think that all public places in South Dakota, including bars, should be smoke free. The right to ban smoking is up to the establishment, but most bars have allowed smoking for so long that they are not going to change unless they are forced. Current-ly in South Dakota, laws regarding the use of to-bacco are decided by state government. Some states across the country – California, Minnesota and Ten-nessee – have passed laws banning smoking in all public establishments, including bars. I think South Dakota should follow these states and implement a similar law. By banning smoking in all public estab-

lishments, the number of health problems related to secondhand smoke would decrease. This ban would decrease the amount of government money spent on tobacco-related health problems.

South Dakota does not currently have any bills in the state Legislature that would ban smoking in all public places. However, there is one proposed bill that takes a step in the right direction: House Bill 1273. According to the South Dakota Depart-ment of Health, House Bill 1273 would allow local units of govern-ment (cities) to regulate the sales, distribution, marketing, promotion, and use of tobacco products. This would allow city governments to ban smoking in just their city. The proposed bill would make it much easier for smoking ban laws to be locally dis-cussed and possibly even passed. The cur-rent law acts as a barrier to local governments

who want to enact stronger smoke-free laws which protect the health of their citizens.

The banning of smoking in all public places in South Dakota may take some time, but in the end, the advantages will be numerous. I’m sure many people who do not smoke dislike smelling like an ashtray after a night at a local bar. That is why South Dakota should follow the actions taken by other states and ban smoking in all public establishments.

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ExtraBLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY RELEASES DEAN’S LIST FOR FALL 2007 SEMESTER

SPEARFISH, S.D.-- Black Hills State University releases the dean’s list for fall 2007. Students must maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or above while taking at least 12 credit hours to be included.

Rachel Adam, Jaime Adams, Trisha Alder, Justin Allen, Casey Allington, LeAnn Ammon, Cherise Anderson, Amanda Armstrong, Niles Armstrong, Ashley Arp, Tara Ar-saga, Clint Augustson, Billie Babcock, Joseph Back, Bran-dy Baer, Melissa Bailey, Dacia Ball, Joseph Barnes, Tyler Bartell, Jessica Bartels, Samantha Bartels, Mariah Bartlett, Kelli Bartscher, Nathan Batteen, Michael Baum, Lauren Beckett, Jessica Bender, Nicholas Bennett, Kara Benson, Brandon Bentley, Jessica Berens, Kristina Bergeron, Allison Bietz, Justin Billingsley, Amanda Blake, Alyssa Blasczyk, Jennifer Boese, Jacob Bohlmann, Christopher Bosma, Tam-mera Bourne, Kristine Bowers, Ashley Bradsky, Dylan Bran-denburg, Taren Branscom, Philip Braun, Dorla Brink, Amber Brodersen, Jill Broecher, Jill Brotherton, Katie Brotherton, Eric Broussard, Emily Brown, Jesse Brown-Nelson, Roy Buchanan, Callie Buechler, Justine Burggraff, Sarah Burtt, Luke Bushor, Bernadine Butcher, Lindsey Buthe, Krista Calkins, Jesse Ca-ron, Neil Carpenter, Logan Carroll, Alanna Case, Eryn Cau-dill, Erin Chalberg, Audra Chord, Melinda Christiansen, Kristi Coates, Rose Coles, Kelli Collins, Christopher Conaway, Brie Covert, Robert Cowan, Russell Crago, Marie Craig, Christina Cranston, Savannah Cromwell, Leonard Crosby, Courtney Crosswait, Jonathan Crosswait, Byron Crowe, Jamie Crowe, Andrew Curry, Amy Daiss, Jesse Darling, Laura Daugherty, Cameron Dean, Teri Decker, Jenna Deutscher, Jane Devries, Kendra Dietz, Richard Dower, Angela Drown, Heidi Dubej, Lori DuBry, Karissa Dunn, Melissa Dusek, Jamin Eben, Pe-ter Eckrich, Jenna Eddy, Shannon Eliason, Amber Elliott, Annette England, Kristin Engle, Maria Even, Michael Even-son, Schuyler Falkena, Brittany Fanning, Jessica Fasel, Ma-rie Fast Horse, Kathryn Fauss, Max Federle, Kyle Ferguson, Megan Fiala, Danielle Finn, Andrea Fisher, Kimberly Fla-man, Robyn Floyd, Danya Foote, Chelsea Foster, Lindsey Foster, Lindsey Foster, Lynnae Fox, Jonathan Free, Johna-than Fuerstenau, Brittany Fuhrman, Amy Fulton, William Fundis, Emily Geier, Carly Gerhart, Gabriel Gibson, Lauren Glazier, Lydia Golden, Sarah Gonsioroski, Michael Goo-drich, Christopher Grady, Lyndi Graves, Robyn Gray, Jes-sica Greff, Gail Gregor, Amber Grenz, Annalisa Grim, Me-lissa Grimm, April Gross, Dustin Guericke, Pamela Gunkel,

Joel Hagan, Kayla Haines, Robin Haislett, Reece Hall, Brandi Hamlin, Jesse Hanson, Lindsey Hanson, Birch Haraden, Am-ity Harlan, Henry Harmon, Laci Hart, James Hartwell, Dan-iel Haughian, Lacey Haughian, Emily Heath, Makaela Heeb, Marvin Heesacker, Courtney Helmer, Kira Heltibridle, Rachel Hendricks, Jamie Hermanson, Megan Herrick, Nicole Hesse, Amy Heuston, Elizabeth Highland, Amber Hill, Taylor Hilton, Leah Hinker, Nikole Hoard, Michael Hollinger, Sara Holste, Lindsay Holum, Jodi Holzer, Nathan Hoogshagen, Melinda Horst, Michele Hoscheid, Christopher Hoy, Matthew Hoyer, Ashley Huber, Callie Huber, Meloney Humphrey-Gill, Cait-lin Hurtig, Debra Iverson, Randal Iverson, Jeremiah Jacobi, Jay Jacobs, Susan James, Brandi Jangula, Nita Jardee, Beth-any Jarrett, Kevin Jasper, Lucas Jastorff, Nicolas Jastorff, Alycia Jensen, Sarah Johnson, Tamara Johnson, Jessica Juhrend, Ashley Jurovich, Tyson Karn, Joseph Kavanaugh, Jenny Keiderling, Kathrina Keller, Kayla Kennedy, Terra Ketchum, Jacob Kiley, Joseph Kiley, Elke King, Beth Kirchoff, Kelly Kirk, Michelle Kline, Courtney Kling, Ashley Klinkhammer, Brittney Klipfel, Stephen Klopfenstein, Tara Knowlton, Tra-cy Kobbermann, Alyson Kopp, Stacy Kopp, Leeann Kostur, Paul Kragt, Laura Kramer, Lindsey Kreun, Tessa Krog, Tyrel Kuenzel, Wendy Kummer, John Kurle, Katelynn Lamb, Anne Langdell, Travis Larsen, Jared Larson, Jenna Lavender, Aaron Lemke, Peter Lemke, Tara Lesselyoung, Tambi Lewis, Kristie Lindskov, Diana Lo Presti, Stephana Logue, Neil Long, Shane Long, Daphne Loup, Clinton Lurz, Jacqueline Luze, Bryan Macey, Gabriel MacMurchy, Katherine Maher, Ashley March-ant, Jessica Marshall, Judy Martens, Jessica Mathern, Eliza-beth Maude, Mindi Mayer, Mark Mazza, Amanda McDaniels, Joel McKillop, Kayla McNabb, Teri McTighe, Brendyn Me-dina, Erin Melling, Noel Melton, Morgan Merwin-Picard, Sa-mantha Meyer, Erin Miller, Jacob Miller, David Mills, Shel-ley Mitchell, Kelcey Mittelstedter, Jerrica Mittleider, Shayna Monnens, Erica Morris, Chelsey Mort, Tonya Morton, Jess Moser, Lindsey Mundorf, Jennifer Murray, Erin Murtha, Sa-mantha Mushitz, Tabitha Myers, Jenna Nagel, Kelly Nance, Michael Nekuda, Derek Nelson, Katie Ness, Jana Nettleton, Nicole Neubert, Joshua Niehaus, Jason Nies, Danielle Nigh-bert Sichterman, Elizabeth Nisley, Carrie Noble, Laura Nord, Heather Noziska, DeShayne Nye, Shauna O’Connor, Fiorina Oddo, Chantelle O’Dell, Sarah O’Donnell, Amber Oerlline, April Oesterling, Ashley Oldenkamp, Jodi Oliver, Sarah Olm-stead, Mindie Olson, Raylene Olson, Lance Palmlund, Aman-

da Parry, Kayla Parsons, Ross Pedersen, Bill Pelowski, Sean Pence, Corbin Peterson, Whitney Peterson, Christina Pfeil, Krista Phifer, Mary Pitlick, Talia Ploog, Jennifer Pochop, An-gel Pope, Susan Powers, Elaine Prellwitz, Nathaniel Prentice, Janell Pringle, Dena Puetz, Jolene Puthoff, Tyler Raad, Renee Radke, Alicia Ramsdell, Cortney Ramseier, Michelle Ramsey, Cassandra Rausch, Lee Rausch, Kristen Ray, Buddy Red Bow, Megan Reder, Russell Reed, Wendy Regynski, Benjamin Re-iter, Dirk Remily, Brandy Renville, Jerry Rhodes, Lexie Rho-des, Katherine Riggs, Beshka Ringstad, Amanda Ripple, Ash-ley Rives, Megan Roadifer, Erin Rogers, Adam Roosa, Robyn Rosechandler, Kyle Roth, Danielle Sabo, Amanda Samuelson, DeeAndra Sandgren, Nicole Sanford, Joshua Satterlee, Laura Saucerman, Ava Sauter, Nicole Schartz, Michelle Scheffler, Stacy Schelldorf, Janie Schmeltzer, Ryan Schrader, Janna Schriber, Megan Schriever, Ravonna Schryvers, Dana Schu-bauer, Kassi Schuetzle, Anastacia Schulhoff, Jessica Schulte, Megan Schulte, Brent Schultz, Blake Schumacher, Jacqueline Schumacher, Kayla Schuring, Christie Schwendeman, Melanie Schwietert, Patricia Selig, Kathryn Severns, Carl Sharkey, Jes-sica Shave, Brandy Sheffield, Ryan Shippy, Megan Siebenaller, Lindsay Sievert, James Simpson, Nichole Simque, Kayla Sisk, James Skinner, Cassondra Skvicalo, Mark Slocum, Danna Smith, Sean Smith, Kelsey Snyder, Matthew Soriano, Michael Soriano, Lindsay Sparks, Kristen Spiel, Albin Spreizer, Nicole Stasch, Jenny Stevens, Kayln Sticher, Emily Storms, Devon Strain, Jennifer Strong, Brett Suiter, Jon Swan, Lynn Switzer, Jonathan Tait, Kristy Teachout, William Telsrow, Tyler Tetrault, Terry Thaler, Jenny Thomas, Tiffany Thomas, Jared Thomp-son, Justin Thorpe, Nicole Thorson, Athena Threatt, BreAnna Tiensvold, Kandis Tonsager, Wayne Tonsager, Craig Triplett, Kimberly Ulmen, Katy Van Daele, Georgeann Van Delist, Stacy Van Ekeren, Stacy Van Loan, Jerri Van Sickle, Ashton Vandenhoek, Joanna Vandever, Danielle VanSickle, Alicia Ver-hulst, Laci Volk, Daniel Voss, Michelle Voth, Jesse Vrooman, Ian Vytlacil, Trent Waage, Charlotte Walling, Reggie Walters, Joseph Wardle, Lane Warner, Rodney Wasche, Kerry Wash-burn, Jenna Watkins, Billie Wattier, Mellissa Wegner, Randall Weiss, Emily Weissenfluh, Kaleigh Wells, Janci Wenner, Dar-cy Werdel, Aaron Whartman, Katie White, Elizabeth Wiley, Debra Wilkowski, Candice Will, Savhannah Williams, An-gela Williamson, Joshua Wilson, Laurel Winchester, Hillary Wittenhagen, Ruth Wittmuss, Alexander Wolff, Donald Wolk-enhauer, Melissa Woodall, Eric Zimmer.

Black Hills State Univer-sity art students learned the process of “etching” last se-mester. These selections are among several that will

Marc Slocum Jessica Graff

Marc Slocum

be on display at the Spearfish Art Gallery begining in mid February.Illustration by Logan Carroll.

Alex Wolff

Cody Smith

Victoria Connor