Officials at Black Hills State University say the school may have the ability to do elec-tronic funds tranfer as early as next year if all goes according to plan.

EFT is a program that allows financial aid checks to be distributed electronically toenhance speed and reliability.With this program students could get their checks in less timethan they could by using conventional methods.

Lynn Kallus of the EducationAssistance Corporation said, “Universities that are set upfor EFT usually have the checks deposited in their accounts the next day.” Kallus also stat-ed that most schools in neighboring states, are using EFT.

This is not the first time BHSU has tried to get EFT. According to Cody McMichael,assistant financial aid director, there have beenmany delays but the scool hopes to have EFTby next year.

“It’s the goal of the university,” saidMcMichael. “Wewant to do that for our students.”Almost all students who get financial aid can relate to the long lines and hassles they

have to deal with. Then they sign the check and stand in yet another line just to sign it away.With EFT all this is done electronically for the student.

“I have better things to do with my time than stand in a line waiting for a check thatcould be transferred electronically,” said Mark Lobbestael, a financial aid recipient.

Most lenders are set up for EFT, but to date, the State is not. If and when the State isready for EFT, you can say “goodbye” to checks you have to wait for an sign, and “hello”to fast, hassle-free, electronic funds.

Black Hills State University nightclasses at the Ellsworth Air Force Basebranch campus offer students whowork all day many of the same educa-tional opportunities as the main cam-pus.

The EAFB branch offers all gener-al studies and majors in BusinessAdministration, Accounting, PoliticalScience, Human Services, History andSociology.

Tom Lefler, Ellsworth branch cam-pus director, said, “It’s basically theonly program in the Rapid City areathat you can get a degree by going toschool in the evening. I think that’s the

most important function the Ellsworthbranch performs.”

Lefler said all military bases lookfor a college that’s close by to set upan educational program because edu-cation is a prime recruiting tool for themilitary. Scheduling all of the EAFBclasses during evening hours allowsmilitary and nontraditional studentsthe option of going to school at night.

Kathy Bobo, a military dependent,and her husband take classes at theEAFB branch. “It’s really convenientfor the military to have the facilityhere due to work hours. It’s hard formilitary to attend school during the

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“I don’tknow the key tosuccess, but thekey to failure istrying to pleaseeverybody.”

Rising Junior Exam results determine BH funding

The Board of Regents recentlyapproved a new university funding for-mula in which Black Hills StateUniversity receives 95% of its basefunding and the five percent is set in apool where it’s up to the students toearn it back.

The pool is broken into five cate-gories: access for South Dakota resi-dents; majors in economic develop-ment; outside funding for the universi-ty; academic growth; and collabora-tion

Academic growth is the categoryin which it is up to the students to earnback one percent, roughly $90,000 ofthe budget. In order for the students to

gain the money, they must take theRising Junior Exam, also known as theCollegiate Assesment of AcademicProficiency test.

The CAAP test is broken into fourone-hour tests in the areas of reading,writing, math, and science reasoning,and is required of all students whohave earned between 48 and 64 credithours.

Dr. Judith Haislett, Vice Presidentof Student Life, said, “I think our stu-dents will do very well. BH is in agrowth mode right now. We should befine in all criteria.”

The scores of this test are thencompared with the scores from theACT. If a student’s CAAP test scoresare higher than their ACT scores, that

student has shown academic growth.A student can do well on the CAAPtest but the scores all depend on whatthe student received on the ACT.

Last year 1,884 students took theCAAP test and all but 187 passed.Most of those who failed only failedone section of the test.

The Board of Regents adopted thisnew system because the previous sys-tem gave certain universitiesfavoritism over others. It seemed thebigger universities were getting morefunding than the smaller universities.

“The new funding system haspotential to put BH on an equal foot-ing with other regent’s institutions,”said Dr. Lyle Cook, Vice President ofAcademic Affairs.

The new system raises a question,

Is it fair? Some students said theBoard of Regents shouldn’t base$90,000 on a certain population of thestudents. There may be some studentswho really don’t care and Christmastree the whole test.

On the other hand, the new systemgives BH the same chance as otheruniversities. Haislett thinks the uni-versity “has to pull a sample” of stu-dents academic growth “and it’s a rea-sonable sample.”

BH students have a lot of moneyriding on their test scores. Someschool official’s say they aren’t wor-ried at all about how well students willdo on the exam.

The new system, says Haislett,“gives students a direct role to playrather than just writing a check.”

Rachel BachmannStaff Writer

Yellow Jacket Stampede

photo by Alan CarrollBlack Hills State University student Matt Clair is helped byemergency services personnel after getting thrown into a fenceduring the bareback competition. (see related story page 12)

Ellsworth offers studentsalternative hours of studyMary Jo BurrittStaff Writer

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Electronic funds transfer a BH possibilityMikeWebbStaff Writer

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BHSU stuns #5 Wesleyan after accidentThe Black Hills State University football team survived a frightening bus

ride on Friday, October, 8, and capped the one-day delay in the game beingplayed by stunning the Dakota Wesleyan Tigers 27-7 on Sunday, October 11.

The weekend got off to its wild start on Friday when the BHSU bus, char-tered from Dakota Bus Service of Spearfish, had to slow as a vehicle enteredInterstate 90 at the LaCrosse Street interchange. After coming in contact withthe pick-up, the bus began to fishtail. The bus tipped onto its side when awheel came in contact with the ditch. Fortunately, the bus had slowed enoughthat when the tip-over accurred, that the injuries were “only bumps and bruis-es.”

The accident seemed to add focus to the BHSU attack as they downed theNAIA’s fifth-ranked team by a resounding 27-7 score.

day, and dependents as well, becausemost military dependents work a fulltime job also,” Bobo said.

The base campus has open enroll-ment, so anyone can attend whetherthey are military or not. In fact,according to Lefler, 60 percent of theEAFB branch students have no con-nection to the military. The majority ofstudents are nontraditional, but tradi-tional students may also attend classesthere.

Dr. John Glover, associate profes-sor of the College of Arts andSciences, teaches one class eachsemester at the EAFB branch. “I’d saycertainly some of the best classes I’vehad teaching at Black Hills StateUniversity in the last seven years havebeen at Ellsworth... I do think you get

a very diverse class down there; mili-tary, traditional, along with nontradi-tional. I think you get people from allover the country. As compared to cam-pus, it’s more diverse, and that’s a pos-itive thing,” Glover said.

Lefler said some inconveniencesof the EAFB branch include the late-ness of the hour, winter driving, andsome of the amenities that a campusmight be missing. “This is a no frillscampus,” Lefler said.

Even though it’s a basic campus, itoffers many of the same courses as themain campus. Lefler said, “It really isconvenient. We bring the teachers tothe Rapid City area rather than the stu-dents having to drive to Spearfish.”

The EAFB branch also offers somenoon hour classes.

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5 years ago

25 years agoCampus FM station is possible

Application for construction of an FM stereo radio station on campus isbeing made to the Federal Communication Commission.

Al Thomas, audio-visual director, is in the process of compiling the mas-sive amount of paper work involved in the application. If approved when sub-mitted, construction work can begin on the FM station.

The new station will be operated by students as a training media forannouncers. The station will broadcast material of interest to school and com-munity in addition to the regular scheduled musical programs.

15 years ago

Frosh end reign of terrorEverywhere on th BH campus, freshmen are sighing with relief at the

conclusion of this semester’s initition hazing.While freshman initiation began at registration, hazing accelerated great-

ly before and during Swarm Week. Beanies handed out during registration weren’t worn for the most part,

until a special squad of Swarm Police began enforcing mandatory beanie-wearing.

Those frosh caught without their beanies had their faces marked with thegreen letters BH, or were thrown into dormitory showers fully-clothed.

If you’re looking to get involvedwith others and want to help out andgive support to the community, BigBrothers Big Sisters of the Black Hillsmay be the organization for you.

Big Brothers Big Sister is the old-est mentoring organization serving ouryouth in the country. Big Brothers BigSisters date back to the beginning ofthe 1900’s. Big Brothers Big Sisters ofAmerica have over 500organizations nation-wide. All are a little dif-ferent, but they all havethe basic core program.Some of the programsBig Brothers Big Sistersof the Black Hills has tooffer are the basic core program, theSchool Mentoring, Big Couple andBig Mother programs.

With the Big Brothers Big Sisterscore program, after meeting all of therequirements volunteers will be amentor to a child, volunteers share twoto four hours a week or every otherweek with their child. Student volun-teers are required to a nine-monthterm. Other volunteers are required toa one-year term. Mentors and childrenare gender matched.

Being a mentor to a child providesthem with many opportunities. Beinga mentor provides children the oppor-tunity to have someone that they canconfide in, relax with, and learn from.

Being a mentor not only helps achild, but it also gives the volunteerthe satisfaction that they are helpingmake a difference in the lives of othersand their community. The child is notthe only one to be helped by this pro-gram; it also provides the mentor witha friend and helps them learn thingsalong the way. In past experiences

many of the mentors have gained asmuch, if not more, than the kids have.Mentors have learned to be commit-ted, to plan activities, and to be afriend.

Rob Timm, Executive Director ofBig Brothers Big Sisters of the BlackHills, said, “Being a mentor is verybeneficial to both sides.”

The school mentoring program isdesigned to provide children with pos-itive opportunities to grow and devel-o p .

The program matchesan elementary studentwith a mentor, whowill help them withtheir academics. Ifyou become a mentor,you will meet withyour buddy one hour aweek while school is

in session at the child’s school. Youwill help your buddy with homework,provide support, and other activitiesalso.

The goals of the school mentoringprogram are: to improve academicperformance among elementary agechildren especially in the area of read-ing; to show improvement in the stu-dents self esteem, and to decreaseabsenteeism rates among enrolledchildren.

“I would like to see the program inall schools. I haven’t come across aprincipal who didn’t think the programwould help their students,” said PatBilek Case Manager/Project Managerfor the School Mentoring program.

Other ways to volunteer are byhelping with newsletters, fundraising,calling prospective volunteers, andhelping promote the program. Bileksaid they are looking for people whoare committed. Some of the best peopleare those with busy schedules becausethey are committed to juggling things

Mentoring benefits kids,community & volunteers

The Amy Foundation of Lansing,Mich. is launching one of the firstnewspaper column syndicates avail-able on the Internet. Downloadingwill take place at www.amyfound.orgbeginning Oct. 1.

Mary Spagnuolo, executive secre-tary for The Amy Foundation, says,“The purpose of the foundation is topromote biblical truth in the secularmedia.”

Foundation President Jim Russellsaid they also try to provide provenbiblical solutions to problems inher-ent in today’s society.

“Our nation is in a deepening spir-itual and moral crisis. The AmyInternet columns will provide clearlydefined spiritual and moral direction,”said Russell. “These valuable princi-ples have proven to be historicallyeffective in restoring a character offaith, obedience, and love.We anticipate a national interest inthese columns.”

Russell Pulliam, editor of theIndianapolis News and Amy WritingAward Winner, encourages people touse the Bible in commentary writing.

“There is a lot of wisdom in theBible. When I went to college Imissed out on the deeper things in

l i f e .The Bible gave me what I needed,”said Pulliam.

Don Lindman, pastor and current“Crossroads” columnist for The AmyFoundation said the foundation itselfsponsors different writing contestssuch as the Carl F.H. Henry scholar-ship which awards $5,000 for firstprize to any Christian college or stu-dent.

To enter the contest you have towrite an article or an opinion piecethat appears in secular media and pre-sents a biblical approach to issues inlife or society which quotes the Biblein the story.

A writing staff dominated by pre-vious Amy Award Winners will fur-nish two or three new columns week-ly.

“Columns will be furnished forfree and easily downloaded, a boon tounderstaffed community newspapers,”Russell said. “Additionally, increasedreader interest in issues of spiritualand moral significance will be met byexperienced authors who understandthese dimensions of cultural need.”

Gallup studies show two powerfulundercurrents at work in the Americanculture: an intensified search formeaning in life and for meaningfulrelationships in a fragmented society.

“The Amy Internet Syndicate will

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Biff Malibu’s isoffering a scholarship tohigh school seniors pri-marily of the Black Hillsregion to help attend thecollege of their choice.

The scholarship is aninstrument to help boththe community and BiffMalibu’s. ShawnMcGrath, manager andhead chef, said, “It is away to advertise for thecafe,” as well as, “a good

way to give back to thecommunity.”

Biff Malibu’s has noteven hit one year in itslife, yet is already help-ing the community. Anyperson who eats willreceive a ballot to votefor any high schoolsenior they wish. A tallywill be taken and thesenior with the mostvotes will receive thescholarship. A freshmanat BHSU, said, “It is agood way to let the localpeople get involved with

the scholarship.”The winning senior

will gain $1,500 towardtheir college education.McGrath said the totalamount could be raised,depending on the successin the first few years. Theonly criteria the studentmust meet is that theyreceive an A in the lastmarking period. JoshErion, a student atBHSU, said, “This givesstudents without straightA’s a chance to receive ascholarship.”

Biff Malibu’s offers scholarshipCody OdellStaff Writer

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The use of property taxes for schoolpurposes is being questioned this fall inNovember’s elections. Proponents forthe amendment, Amendment A, want toinitiate tax reform and feel this is the firststep in relieving the increasing burden ofproperty tax.

Opponents to the measure say that itwould cripple the education system andsend local school districts into chaos.Because there is no effective date on the

amendment, it would go into effectimmediately and could possibly affectcontract rights according to AttorneyGeneral Mark Barnett’s ballot explana-tion.

Property taxes, which are assessedand collected at the county level, wouldnot be eliminated with the amendmentbut would simply restrict the taxes frombeing used to fund education.

Proponents feel that it is time for taxreform and this is the best means.

Amendment A is up for considera-tion in the Nov. 3 election.

Education funding on November ballotMax WetzNews Editor

“Being a mentoris very beneficial toboth sides.”

~Rob Timm

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What do you think?

Security issues and crime are com-mon in any large environment. Here atBlack Hills State University, administra-tion and security specialists are workinghard year round to ensure the safety of allBH students, and to protect their belong-ings.

In accordance to the “Right toKnow Act,” which states that all uni-versities must publish yearly crimestatistics, the University is constantlytaking all measures necessary to betterthe school’s awareness and educationconcerning crime related issues andsecurity measures.

Vice President of Student Life, Dr.Judith Haislett said, “the students feelvery good about safety and security.”

“Unreported crime is our biggestproblem here on campus,” Haislett said.“I’m sure there are more date rapes thanthe administration knows about, and wewish this was not the case. We want tohelp, but if the student does not come for-ward we can’t.”

“We are in the process of rethinkingor investigating some possible changes incampus security. We’re expecting somesecurity officer turnover. We want to pro-vide a higher level of security and a moreprofessional appearance,” said Art Jones,director of the University Physical Plant.

In the past, lighting has been a prob-

lem on campus. To better accommodatestudents walking at night, the school hasreplaced and added lighting in poorly litareas. “Last year lights were added in thecampus apartment parking lots to makethe residents feel more secure,” saidHaislett.

However, there are still problems. Inthe last three years larceny and theft sta-tistics have risen. There are annualCampus Safety and Security pamphletsavailable for anyone interested located inthe student union, which also have what todo advice for theft or assault victims.

“Campus crime is really low consid-ering all the opportunities there are forpossible thefts. By leaving doorsunlocked and belongings out, students not

only bring possible harm to themselvesbut to their roommates as well,” saidResident Assitant, Brandon Huth.

Director of Resident Life, MikeIsaacson felt, “our best deterrent to crimeis having students involved, takingresponsibility for their own safety bylocking doors and reporting crimes. Ifsomething doesn’t look or seem rightreport it to administrators.”

Administration also works hand inhand with local law enforcement. “We’renot afraid to call in local police if the needarises,” Haislett explains.

Overall students feel secure. “I feelsafe in the community of Spearfish, whichmakes me feel safe here on campus.” saidBH senior, Allison Tormohlen.

Black Hills State University working to cut crime on campus

Entrepreneurial Studies and Health ServicesAdministration were approved as majors for Black HillsState University students by the South Dakota Board ofRegents last year, but the professional core courses did-n’t begin until this semester.

Being top dog at work is the ultimate goal of somebusiness majors at BHSU. One of the new compositemajors allows students to learn how to be their ownboss. Entrepreneurial Studies is a major for studentswho plan to establish and operate their own business, orwork for an entrepreneur.

Interim Dean of the College of Business andTechnology, Fred Heidrich, said “the enrollmentfigures make Entrepreneurial Studies a viablemajor.”

I felt in small business management students

expressed a concern that they wanted additional work inthis area. One out of every 25 adult Americans say theyare in the process of starting a company.”

Dr. Priscilla Romkema was hired as an assistantprofessor to head up the Entrepreneurial Studies major.She said, “I would like to help students understand theskills and abilities needed by an entrepreneur.”

Health Services Administration is a major designedto train individuals to manage health care facilities.Some of the facilities include hospitals, nursing homes,clinics, or other out patient services.

Heidrich said there’s also a demand from businessmen and women in the community for the HealthServices Administration major.

“Already beset by employment shortages the healthservices industry will employ nearly ten percent of allU.S. workers by the year 2005, accounting for 17 per-cent of total employment growth. By the end of the cen-tury approximately 75 thousand more jobs will open up

because of the growth of the health care industry,”Heidrich said.

Heidrich feels the reason for the demand in thehealth services industry is due to the fact that all babyboomers are reaching the age were they need assistancein health and assisted living.

Dr. Lyle Cook, vice president of academicaffairs, had this to say about the two new majors,“I’m excited about them or we wouldn’t have putthem in.”

Students with questions about either of the twonew majors can contact Fred Heidrich.

Along with these two new majors are some thathave been offered in previous semesters, but studentsmay not know about them. Tourism and Hospitalitywas redesigned over the past few years and reactivat-ed this year. American Indian Studies started lastyear as a joint degree with the University of SouthDakota.

New majors mean big business

Thad HicksStaff Writer

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On Thursday, Oct. 8, the Board of Regents will host Governor Bill Janklowat the Faculty Awards for Teaching with Technology Demonstration from 12:30to 5 p.m.

The Awards follow the regular meeting of the Board which will be held in theSurbeck Center on the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology campus inRapid City. The meeting and the demonstrations are open to the public.

Janklow is expected to speak beginning at 2 p.m. A panel discussion of theaward winning teachers will follow.

If you have any questions about the board meeting or agenda, please callCarol Stonefield or Tracy Mercer at 605-773-3455.

The next regular business meeting of Regents will be held on Dec. 10-11 inAberdeen at Northern State University.

Mary Jo BurrittStaff Writer

The Residence Life search for illegalstudents is on. The students are classifiedas illegal because, “they could be break-ing the Board of Regents policy,” saidMichael Isaacson, Director of ResidenceLife.

The policy set by the board at BlackHills State University states that allfreshman and sophomore students underthe age of twenty-one are required tohave an on-campus address. Accordingto Isaacson, Black Hills is not the onlyschool that follows this policy.

“Part of the deal with going to a stateinstitution is following this policy. Itapplies to all state schools,” he said.

Along with following the policy, stu-dents will receive many more benefitsthan those who live off campus.

“Studies prove that students who liveon campus their first two years do betterpersonally and academically,” saidIsaacson.

Freshman Jessie Leneaugh feels thesame way about the policy and also feelsshe is receiving more advantages by liv-ing on campus.

“There is more socializing here and I

met a lot more people than I would’ve ifI’d lived off campus by myself,” saidLeneaugh.

However, one illegal student, whoasked not to be named, doesn’t believe inthe policy. He feels that the dorms havetoo many rules and regulations.

“Living in the dorms is the worstpart of going to college,” he said.

Although the unauthorized studentsbelieve they can move off campusbecause they don’t believe in the policy,they will eventually be caught.

“Once caught they will be contactedand dealt with on a case by case basis,”said Isaacson.

While it is a requirement that all newstudents live on campus, the universityalso has some standards set for thosewho can’t live on campus. For example;there must be a financial hardship in thefamily or the student must be living withparents within five miles of the campus.There are also exceptions for studentshaving medical reasons approved by ahealth care professional.

In spite of the fact that all studentscan’t live on campus, Isaacson believesthat all students that can, should live oncampus their first two years because it’spart of the educational experience.

Residence Life searches forillegal students at BHSULeona White HatStaff Writer

Student Senate NotesThe Black Hills State University Student Senate is currently seeking senators. There

are seven seats available: two Arts and Sciences, two Education, two Business andTechnology and one ROTC. Contact the Senate office for more information.

Representation from the Student Senate will be attending the South Dakota StudentFederation meeting in Rapid City Oct. 8. Students are encouraged to attend.

The Senate is now accepting student organization’s funding applications. The dead-line is Oct. 18.

Student Senate meetings are held every Monday at 5 p.m. All are invited to attend.

Janklow to attend BOR Faculty Awards

Send Tom Daschle Back to Washington for Another Term

Why voteD e m o c r a t ?Why wouldn’ty o u ?Democrats arethe people who

brought you the 40 hour work week andpaid vacations. Democrats have consis-tently fought to raise the minimum wageand for tax relief for the middle class.

Both South Dakota Senators areDemocrats, with Tom Daschle serving asSenate Minority Leader. Having TomDaschle in such a powerful position hashelped South Dakota time and timeagain. For instance, this summer when atornado wiped out the entire town ofSpencer, South Dakota, FEMA was onthe scene in a matter of hours. The rateat which FEMA responded, no doubt,had to do with the position of power thatTom Daschle holds. Senator Daschle hasalso been responsible for securing feder-al funds for South Dakota’s K-12 educa-tion, in order to wire the schools to theInternet.

Of course by now, you are aware thatTom Daschle is up for reelection thisyear. (If you watch TV, you have seenthe Reelect Senator Tom Daschle com-mercials and many others. After all, weare in the height of the election season.)Senator Daschle’s opponent is RonSchmidt. Ron who? Exactly, no oneknows seems to know much about him.

Now, if South Dakotans do notknow who Ron Schmidt is. Doyou think anyone in WashingtonD.C. does? Point made. Whywould we want to jeopardizeSouth Dakota’s voice of power inCongress? Electing RonSchmidt to Senate would suc-

ceed in doing just that.Senator Daschle played an instru-

mental role in passing The HigherEducation Act recently. The HigherEducation Act passed the Senate 96-0 onSeptember 29, 1998 and is expected tobe signed into law sometime next week.The Higher Education Act reduces theinterest rate on student loans from 8.25%to 7.46%, a savings of approximately$11 billion. (Good news for college stu-dents!) This act makes colleges moreaffordable for South Dakota students andmillions of others across the nation.

“The importance of the HigherEducation Act can not be understated.In our increasingly sophisticated econ-omy, the access to higher educationcan be the key to a brighter future formany young people. Our Federal stu-dent aid programs, including Pellgrants, student loans, campus basedaid, and other programs have helpedmillions of students afford a collegeeducation. Through these programs weprovide $38 billion in financial assis-tance to more than 19.4 million stu-dents in post secondary institutions.”said Senator Daschle.

Daschle’s record proves that heserves the interests of South Dakota.Tom works hard for South Dakota.South Dakota needs Tom Daschle inWashington D.C.

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BHSU TODAY NEWSPAPERPOLITICALAs an

i n d i v i d u a lwho usuallyleans to theright on mostissues, it pains

me to say this. The Republican Partyin South Dakota has followed thenational party trends of the last elec-tion. The trend to nominate the leastelectable person to run for office. TheRepublicans election of Ron Schmidtto run against Tom Daschle this yearis laughable.

It pains me to say is this: Vote forTom Daschle this November.Although he is a liberal Democrat, heis the most senior Democrat in theSenate. Freshmen would not be able toproduce the pork Senator Daschlemanages to send back to South Dakotaeach year.

One reason to vote for Daschlewould be to send the brain-dead lead-ers of the South Dakota RepublicanParty a message. That message beingthis: quit electing your golfing bud-dies and country-club friends to runfor office. We need a person whostands for something besides golf andmartinis. If the Republican leaders inSouth Dakota are too spineless to telltheir friends they would not be aneffective candidate, then they shouldresign.

Ron Schmidt will be aTrent Lott and Newt Gingrichclone. He will give lip serviceto some good ideas and thenstab us in the back to pleaseLott and Gingrich. If you readMr. Schmidt’s campaign litera-

ture, you can see he does nothing butparrot the Republican Party line. Howmany times have we fallen for this. Itis not a great accomplishment to beyet another state who sends a personto Washington who cannot think. Aperson who acts like a robot. LetSouth Dakota break free and send athinking man to Washington.

Mr. Schmidt will not stand up forSouth Dakota. He will stand up forthe big corporations and Republicanleadership. If you read his campaignliterature you will see he calls formore free trade. Even before he iselected he is betraying SouthDakota’s precious agricultural indus-try. Free trade agreements have donenothing but harm South Dakota, butMr. Schmidt is such a blindRepublican he refuses to say no to bigbusiness and save South Dakota farm-ers.

Another reason to vote forDaschle instead of Schmidt is due tothe pitifully poor campaign of Mr.Schimdt. Ron Schmidt’s campaignhas to be one of the most unremark-able in South Dakota history. Whatcan we expect from a parrot though?

Tom Daschle is not everything Iwould hope for in a Senator, but he isbetter than a country-club Republicanrobot. Bite your tounge and vote forDaschle this November.

MARK LOBBESTAEL

On the Right NICOLE NACHTIGAL

On the left

Meet the Democratic candidate for Governer Bernie Hunhoff on Thursday, October 8,1998 at 1:30pm in the multi-pupose room of the Student Union.

The campus Democrats will be holding a voter registration drive on Thursday, October 8,1998 from noon until 4:00pm in the Student Union lobby.

Campus Democrats Announcements:Campus Democrats Announcements:

Opinionsexpressedon thepoliticalpage arenot neces-sarily theopinions ofBlack HillsStateUniversityor theTodaypaper.

margarita party!-Janel Lyngstad, senior

The game, partying, freefood at the parade, thehypnotist, or the “big”dance...Seniors tell underclassmenwhat they can look forwardto during Swarm Days.

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(NAPS)—This Halloween, encouragechildren to see beyond the sweets in trick ortreat by focusing on the creative part of thehaunted holiday.

These simple tips fromexperts at Velcro® USAInc. may help stir yourtricksters imagination.

• Let kids help createtheir own costumes. A sim-ple sweat suit can be trans-formed with brightly col-ored fabric, using Velcro®sew-on or iron-on tape.

A black sweat suitbecomes a tiger with stripescut from orange felt. Attach felt ears to ablack headband with Velcro® Sticky Coins.

• Make safety a fun lesson. Attach lightreflector strips to costumes with iron-ontape. Hide costumes in a darkened room and

let your child find them with aflashlight to illustrate how driverssee costumes at night.

• Design a spooky entrancefor your child’s Halloween party.Purchase inexpensive black fab-ric to fit in the doorway and cutinto strips lengthwise so childrencan pass through. Attach theentrance to the door frame withVelcro® Sticky Back tape.

For a free booklet of cos-tumes and tips, write to Velcro

Booklet, Dept. H, P.O. Box 6441, Riverton,NJ 08077-6441.

Hauntingly creative newhints for Halloween fun

A word about presentations(NAPS)—In a recent

survey, more than half ofall the adults polled (56percent) said they wereafraid of public speaking.The reason? MostAmericans dread the pos-sibility of looking foolish.When you consider thateach day in the UnitedStates, more than 1.4 mil-lion presentations aregiven, a word about deliv-ering information effec-tively may be in order.

Here, from theexperts, are some helpfultips on how to communi-cate your message, with-out fear:

• Be prepared. Havinga clear beginning, middleand end outlined before-hand is a good start, buthaving the right visual aidsis crucial.

• Begin with an atten-

tion grabber. First impres-sions may not always beaccurate, but they tend tolast until more compellingevidence has been present-ed. So, a lot is riding onthe opening of a presenta-tion.

• Use today’s technol-ogy. It goes a long way intaking the fear out of com-municating your messageeffectively.

The convergence ofmobile computing,advanced presentationdevelopment software,and multimedia hasbecome a reality thanks tofour of the most innovativevisionary leaders in theindustry. The In Focus,Compaq, Microsoft, andIomega presentation solu-tion unleashes the poten-tial of digital presentationswith style, sophistication,

and maximum effect. Immediately set your-

self apart from the users ofclumsy transparencies andoverhead projectors byshowcasing your visualswith the latest in cutting-edge technology.Download your PocketPower Point presentationto the Compaq C-Serieshand held PC, connect theIn Focus LP425 data videoprojector for your presen-tation, and store up to40MB on the IomegaClik! drive.

Because the entiresystem weighs less thaneight pounds, it can betransported and set up eas-ily. Those who have usedit say that its reliable, all-purpose design providesthe necessary tools to graban audience and boost aspeaker’s confidence.

Upside DownThe

VIEWPOINT

Mincer’s views on absolutely nothing

This is my introductory column onnothing. I suppose I should explain therules. There are none.

Several things have been on my mindlately. So I figured I’d let you know whatmy mind thinks when it’s out of the gutter.

First of all, I would like to thank theconstruction crews for completing most oftheir summer work. The new Nash Bridge,St. Joe street, and the intersection ofCollege Lane and Oliver are great. As apizza delivery boy, I appreciate being ableto use these streets again. But why start onWest Grant now? It makes more sense towait until spring so that Canyon Street, theone through the park, will get finished.

Changes on campus deserve somerecognition also. Marking areas where stu-dents cannot park with yellow paint is anovel idea. Some students feel that signsare also needed in these areas, but if you aredumb enough to park in a yellow area, youdeserve a ticket.

Who thinks we have a parking prob-lem? Yes, it can seem annoying to drivearound the Jonas lot looking for a spot, butthink of those less fortunate. Freshman atlarge universities cannot have cars. Sonext time you are walking across the park-ing lot think of those less fortunate thanyourself.

If you have an opinion on nothing – Imean something – feel free to write to usand we will try to print it.

Jason MincerWebsite Editor

The candy at the parade!-Frannie Wagner, senior

To get hypnotized AGAIN!-Jade Temple, senior

?

The football game.-Josh McNames, senior

The freshmen chicks at the dance!-Travis Traphagen, senior

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A diverse body of artwork has beenassembled in the Ruddell Gallery includingsculpture, embossed paper, and paintings.The Visual Arts Alumni Show is a collec-tion of art by 38 graduates of Black HillsState University.

Val Mundlein a BHSU art studentsaid, “It’s cool that the year that theartist graduated is shown with the art-work.” Look for the Order by DickTermes ‘64 is somewhat reminiscentof the drawings by M. C. Escher, asthe globe rotates the symmetry andflow of the pattern also changes.Another interesting work is What PotLatch by Tod Stebner ‘98. It is aNative-American Tlingit blanketdesign embossed on handmade paper,you can almost feel the texture andridges of the design.

This is the second year for the annualVisual Arts Alumni Show. James Knutson,BHSU’s Art Director, said, “The show has10 more pieces than the show last year, andnext year’s show should be even bigger.”

There will be a reception for the VisualArts Alumni Show on Friday, Oct. 16 from4:00 to 6:00pm in the Ruddell Gallery onthe second floor of the Student Union.

Al Sandau will direct eighteen talentedactors and actresses in the theater produc-tion, “A Prelude to a Kiss”, in theWoodburn Auditorium on October 8th,9th,and 10th.

Cast and crew members are workinghard to prepare for the opening act of “APrelude to a Kiss”; a dramatic love storyand the first play of the season. The storyrevolves around Peter and Rita, two typicalpeople who fall in love and get married.The story’s turning point is when Rita’ssoul gets caught in the body of an old manwho is dying of cancer.

Sandau has been directing the play andhad several things to offer: “The show isunusually early, but rehearsals are goingquite well. We are making good progress.The kids are working hard. It looks to be agreat performance.”

The two lead parts are being played byClint Baird (Peter) and Rose Jagim (Rita).They have each been in the theater at BlackHills State University for at least threeyears. Baird, who is also the sound design-er for the play, said, “I am very nervous. It’smy first lead part, and I was surprised to getit. We’ve had the script for under twoweeks, and we have a lot left to do.”

Sandau was extremely impressed withthe turnout for play auditions. He said,“There is a great deal of student interest.Forty-five people auditioned. Choosingeighteen was not easy. There are a lot ofnew faces, and I personally enjoy workingwith them.”

The theater department hopes for agood turnout after all the work they havedone. The performances start on October8th and runs through the 10th. Jaqimsaid, “There are a lot of new people thisyear, and I hope more will try-out forfuture plays.”

Noted comedian Spanky graced theDavid B. Miller Yellow Jacket StudentUnion, Wednesday Sept. 23 with his “Menare Sluts,” world tour.

Spanky, who has appeared in numerousmovies, commercials and television shows,brought forth a wide array of subject matteron stage, but would not make jokes aboutcertain areas. “I do not do jokes aboutPMS, Viagra, or Monica Lewinsky,” saidSpanky, “the hair club for men, women thathave fallen, and can’t get up and what partof the chicken is the McNugget.” Evenwithout those topics Spanky still had thecrowd rolling in the aisles.

For those wondering why he goes by thename Spanky, it surprisingly isn’t the firstreason that comes to mind. “I got it in aboutthe third grade, because my last name isMcFarlen, the same as the little rascal guy,”said Spanky, “everybody thinks it is somekinky S & M thing.”

For those who think they have the giftof comedy and want to make it their profes-sion, here are Spanky’s words of wisdom.“Perceive, the entry level is very tough. It isso hard to get started. Once you get past therewards are just great.” Spanky’s philoso-phy is find your comedy and share it, makepeople find their comedy.

Noah FranklinStaff Writer

Lory PolenskyStaff Writer

Alumni visual arts show nowunderway at the Ruddell Gallery

BHSU gets spankedPrelude to a Kiss to be performed

photo by Noah FranklinSpanky entertained a maximum capacity crowd at BHSU.

photo by Tom SchaferSophomore Kellie Gavle views the art at the Visual Art Alumni show,which is currently being displayed in the Ruddell Gallery.

Men are slutscomedian

Second annualevent alreadyconsidered ahuge successTimothy GreearStaff Writer

BHSU TODAY NEWSPAPERARTS ENTERTAINMENT

Noted comedian Spanky graced theDavid B. Miller Yellow Jacket StudentUnion, Wednesday Sept. 23 with his “Menare Sluts,” world tour.

Spanky, who has appeared in numerousmovies, commercials and television shows,brought forth a wide array of subject matteron stage, but would not make jokes aboutcertain areas. “I do not do jokes aboutPMS, Viagra, or Monica Lewinsky,” saidSpanky, “the hair club for men, women thathave fallen, and can’t get up and what partof the chicken is the McNugget.” Evenwithout those topics Spanky still had thecrowd rolling in the aisles.

For those wondering why he goes by thename Spanky, it surprisingly isn’t the firstreason that comes to mind. “I got it in aboutthe third grade, because my last name isMcFarlen, the same as the little rascal guy,”said Spanky, “everybody thinks it is somekinky S & M thing.”

For those who think they have the giftof comedy and want to make it their profes-sion, here are Spanky’s words of wisdom.“Perceive, the entry level is very tough. It isso hard to get started. Once you get past therewards are just great.” Spanky’s philoso-phy is find your comedy and share it, makepeople find their comedy.

Noah FranklinStaff Writer

Alumni visual arts show nowunderway at the Ruddell Gallery

BHSU gets spanked

photo by Tom SchaferSophomore Kellie Gavle views the art at the Visual Art Alumni show,which is currently being displayed in the Ruddell Gallery.

Men are slutscomedian

ARTS ENTERTAINMENTWhat would be a perfect evening? Violin

music by candlelight? Lasagna, Parmesan,and green beans served on a red-and-white-checkered tablecloth? Or actor and BHSUalumnus, John Stelljes, for entertainment?One could’ve had these and more at theBRAVO! Dinner Theater production ofBright Lights & Ravioli.

The show was seen Monday andTuesday, the 28th and 29th of September. Itstarred Heather Child of Northwestern StateUniversity, Ben Kramer of Southern IllinoisUniversity, Lina Sarrapochiello of FloridaState University, and, of course, BHSUalumnus, John Stelljes. The four were select-ed from 950 college and graduate studentsnationwide during the South Eastern TheaterConference.

The premise of the show is the struggleof every actor and actress trying to make it inshow business. Between many auditions,these particular actors work in diners aswaitresses and cooks.

John Stelljes comments, “I’ve done myshare of food service work. It’s a stereotype,but it’s a stereotype that is so true.”

After salad and a large helping oflasagna, the show begins. Two waitresses[Heather Child and Lina Sarrapochiello]with round metal serving trays dancethrough the crowd, asking everyone if theyenjoyed their meal. They then, they leap ontothe stage where Stelljes enters, dressed in awhite coat and chef’s hat. They sing anddance to tunes that express the show’s senti-ments such as “There’s No Business LikeShow Business” and “All You Need isHeart.” Throughout the show the actorschange into different costumes: Child andSarrapocheillo donned 50’s poodle skirts,and Stelljes relcutantly wearing countrywestern garb. Ben Kramer does little singingand dancing as the show’s sound and lighttechnician, who actually wants to be a wait-er. However, he gets his wish at the end, asdo the frustrated actors who finally get to goon tour.

There’s one delightful twist about BrightLights& Ravioli: the audience becomes partof the cast. the actors are not confined totheir stage, and the audience is not confinedto the seats. It’s not unusual for an audiencemember to be on stage getting laughs like the

actors, or for theactresses to sit onsome audiencemembers’ laps.Though there is awritten script formonologues andsongs, much of theshow is improvised.Stelljes used to beuncomfortable withimprov, until he didthis show. Now, he’sperfectly comfort-able with it.

Of course, play-ing in front of hisold BHSU friendshelped Stelljes. “Itwas a blast. It wasjust a rush. This[show] is totally dif-ferent than anythingI ever did in college.And to come back,after graduating andgoing through manyauditions to get thisjob, is so worth it. Iwas very excited,because I knew itwould go overwell,because myfriends are sogoofy.” Many ofStelljes’ friends intheater came to theshow to support him,and he gave them agreat show.

Stelljes was bornin New Ulm, Minnesota, and is now 23 yearsold. He came to the Hills to work at Mt.Rushmore and fell in love with the beauty ofSouth Dakota. He decided to attend BHSU,where he became interested in theater. Hewas involved in several plays: he playedGeorg in She Loves Me, Jake in Jake’sWomen, CS Lewis in Shadowlands, Alan inBaby, and Barnette Lloyd in Crimes of theHeart. He also directed Claptrap his Senioryear. After graduating in ‘May of 1998, heauditioned at the SETC, where he was cast inBright Lights & Ravioli. There, he metChild, Sarrapochiello, and Kramer, and theybecame instant friends.

Stelljes is now at the beginning of awell-deserved career. But, he worked hardfor it. His advice to young actors and thosewho love the theater is “put your heart intoit, or you won’t get anything out of it. If yougo at it half-heartedly...that’s all you’ll get.And try everything. If you’re in theater andyou think you want to be an actor, that’sgreat. But try scene’s work, try building sets,try running the lights and the sound, andstage managing,etc.. because theater is so[fulfilling] in every aspect. So, don’t limityourself.”

As the song says, all you need is heart.Stelljes is certainly an inspiration to every-

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On what radio station can you hear clas-sic music from the 80’s, a good dose of punkrock, and music you just can’t find any-where else? Only on your local collegeradio station 89.1 KBHU.

Dubbed “America’s Hottest” collegeradio station, KBHU the Buzz is giving DJsand listeners a chance to slightly stray fromthe format of Alternative/Rock. Specialtyshows such as “Kissin’ in the 80’s,” the“Variety Show,” and the “Punk Show,” allowDJs to bring their own music and thus createtheir own format.

Fans of Punk Rock will love to listen tothe “Punk Show” hosted by Ross Lillebo

(Chuck) and Carly Divan (Lucy). Ska, EmoHardcore, and Pop Pink are all included inthis collage of music.

“There are a lot of different styles ofPunk music and we like to play them all,”said Lillebo.

Even with its sometimes questionablecontent, it is sure to entertain. The PunkShow is on every Tuesday from 9-11 p.m.

Thursday nights from 9-11 p.m., BarryHein and Brett Theeler host the “VarietyShow.” The “Variety Show” plays musicthat is off the mainstream; music that is notusually played on radio stations. However,Hein is quick to point out that it is a com-pletely normal show.

“It is a regular show. We do nothing outof the ordinary except that we’re nude,” said

Hein.The “Variety Show” was known last

year as “Off the Mainstream.”Tori Thorpe and Krista Irvin team up as

the Kiss Sisters for “Kissin’ in the 80’s.”Monday nights from 7-8 p.m. As Amandaand Anita Kiss, Thorpe and Irvin play tophits from the 80’s.

“We have so much fun. I really enjoydoing the show,” said Thorpe.

Thorpe and Irvin have been hosting“Kissin’ in the 80’s” for two and a halfyears. However, both are graduating thisMay. They hope to turn the show over tonew hosts.

Students with bright ideas for specialtyshows should contact Frannie Wagner at642-6265.

Carly DivanStaff Writer

BHSU alumnus, John Stelljes, returnsin professional theater production

photo by Noah Franklin“Serve it up,” sings the cast of Bright Lights and Ravioli.

Thomas GorderStaff Writer

Specialty shows add variety to KBHU

Junior and Senior formal for Black Hills State University stu-dents. It was here before and now its back, but this time notsponsored by the university. Join in recreating old tradition.Wear the prom gear from your high school days. Saturday, April

17, 1999, City Park Pavillion, Live DJ. Must be a BHSU junioror senior, but your date can be anyone. Watch this page for moreinformation on tickets and pricing. If interested in helping dec-orate for this event, contact Terresah Hall at 642-9124.

Dig out the old prom gear for the junior/senior spring formal

Desi Keller, oldest of five children,was raised in a role of responsibility.

“My whole life I’ve had little kidslooking up to me, and it’s something I’mreal comfortable with.”

Keller is now putting this quality touse in the classroom. He is presently stu-dent teaching with the fifth grade class atEast Elementary School under CarolDahl.

“They look at me as a real teacher,but more as the Disney teacher; the funguy,” Keller said.

Keller is excited about entering hisown classroom after he graduates. He hasaccepted the position as a role model,possibly a child’s only role model, andtreats it seriously.

“I want to be able to show childrenthat they can come to my classroom, andthey can be safe; they can be secure. Iwant them to know that I’m there if theyneed to talk if they need a friend. If I canjust give one kid something to look for-ward to each day, if coming to schooland seeing me makes their day better,

then that makes me feel good.”Keller understands, however, that

there are some problems with the publicschool system; mainly stemming from alack of community involvement.

“No concept is ever going to be per-fect and people just need to realize thisand quit jumping on this bandwagon of‘the school system is going downhill.’It’s the community’s problem,” Kellersaid. “If they want it to get better, theyhave to work as a community to make itbetter—it’s not just up to the teachers.”

Keller plans to do his best in improv-ing what he can. Something he wouldlike to increase in the classroom is posi-tive attention and involving the studentsin the education process as a whole.

“I think that on the first day of schoolthe children need to be, not told the rules,but involved in making the rules; also thediscipline that goes with it. That waythey can take responsibility for their ownactions.”

Elementary school is where Kellerplans to remain. He enjoys the attitudesof young children.

“Children that age seem moreimpressionable, and more innocent. It

seems to me that you can reach peoplebetter when they’re at that stage in theirlife.”

The most important skill he wants to

teach them is the ability to think critical-ly so they can put it to use in their lives.

“If [teaching] is something I enjoy,I’ll never have to work a day in my life.”

Keller acts as Disney teacher

photo by Nicole HollermanDesi Keller plays Cribbage as a math exercise with a fifth grade stu-dent. This is his sixth week student teaching under Carol Dahl at EastElementary School in Spearfish.

All students planning to stuAll students planning to stu--dent teach this spring shoulddent teach this spring shouldhave attended a registrationhave attended a registrationmeeting in the Multi Purposemeeting in the Multi Purposeroom on October 5th 6th or 7th.room on October 5th 6th or 7th.

When Jonathan Jerolimek chose toenter the teaching field after his profes-sional baseball career, he had self-satis-faction and children's interests in mind.

“[I chose teaching] to be able to putsomething in and see some sort of out-come,” Jerolimek said.

Jerolimek is present-ly student teaching inSturgis at WilliamsMiddle School underPaula Manley.

“I’ve learned more inthe last five weeks than Ilearned in four years ofcollege. There should bean internship for every-thing; not just teaching.”

Jerolimek under-stands the importance ofthe student teaching role,especially in relation topreparation for a full timeposition.

“If I would have got-ten a job and not have hadto do my student teach-ing, I would not havebeen prepared to teach aclass. I could’ve gottenthrough it, but I wouldn’thave been anywhere nearthe teacher I will be aftermy student teaching.”

Working in the classroom hasallowed him to observe students’ reac-tions to his teaching and communica-tion methods; helping him to relay hismessages more efficiently.

“When [the students] walk intoyour classroom, you’re not there just toteach them art or math or social studies,or whatever. You’re supposed to prepare

them for, basically, life itself,”Jerolimek said. “As a teacher, you don’treally want to solve problems, you wantto show somebody how to solve prob-lems.”

Jerolimek remains balanced in hisideals and understands that though it ispart of his job to be available as a rolemodel, it is impossible to fix everything.

“I don’t think youshould go in with the atti-tude that you’re going tochange all these kids’ livesbecause it’s just not goingto happen.”

Overall, Jerolimek isexcited about becoming apublic school teacher. Hesees the public school sys-tem as a positive establish-ment for today’s childrenin that there is so muchdiversity between studentsand teachers.

Ideally, he would liketo teach high school art.

“With high schoolers,especially with art, usuallythey want to be there. Soyou know the kids are inthere wanting to learnstuff.”

His only fear is havinghis uniqueness as a teachertaken away, causing him tolose interest in his job.

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photo by Nicole HollermanStudent teacher, Jonathan Jerolimek helps a student fromPaula Manley’s sixth grade art class smooth the walls ofhis clay mug.

Student teaching prepares Jerolimek for futureNicole HollermanLifestyles Editor

Nicole HollermanLifestyles Editor

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Black Hills State English assistant professor, KentMeyers, has recently published two books. During aninterview he discussed his new books and how hebecame a writer.

One book, The Witness of Combines, is a collec-tion of essays published by the University ofMinnesota Press. It revolves around Meyers’ life as ateenager when his father died.

The second book, The River Warren, is a novelpublished by Hungry Mind Press. The story centersaround two teenage friends who try to untangle a fam-ily’s past.

In his interview Meyers talked about how hebecame a writer and gave advice on how students canstart.

How did you become a writer?Well, I went to a writing to a wrting conference in

Brookings, SD — the Great Plains Writers Conference.They had people get up and read their stuff. After theconference, we (Meyers and a friend) got together atlunch and looked at each other across the table andalmost in unison said ‘Jees, we can write that well.’

I put off writing because I thought I wasn’t goodenough. I grew to admire great writers that was a watershed for me. I was comparing myself to the greats.When I compared myself to the people I believed coulddo it I relized I was several steps ahead of them.

On the way home, we planned this writing groupand shared writing. Every thursday night we meet in

a bar or restaraunt. Then one of us would beassigned to have something ready. We’d get it to theother two a couple days before. We ordered some-thing to drink and just begin to talk about a piece ofwriting. This would go on until midnight or

one o’clock. We talked about everything —

ideas, characters; should there be acomma? From the minute little thingsto the largest.

Where was your favorite placeto meet?

Mr. Toads — a coffee housewhere Hondo Auto Parts is now.

Any advice for future studentwriters?

Just do it. I am a great believer inthe Nike commercial. No whinners. Alot of people who are artistic oftenthink the world is against them, thatthe world should respect what they doand should love their art or writing.

I don’t believe in that. Just do it.Don’t complain. If you get rejecteddon’t complain. Write two hours aday or two pages. I don’t want tosound obsessive, I’m not. It’s a visionI have.

How do you keep going?You have a long range view

and don’t worry about work you didtoday or the total affect. A year fromnow, two year form now, or 10 years

from now.Don’t worry about whether or not people are loving

you or prasing you. Set that time aside. Walk out of thatoffice. Go back to your family. It builds into a critical mass.

As the year 2000 rapidly approach-es it brings new problems for peopleworld-wide as well as for people hereat Black Hills State. One problem thatcarries weight is the Y2K bug or theMillennium bug.

As many know, the MillenniumBug is a computer flaw that dates allthe way back to the 1960’s, or the startof the Computer Age. To save valuablestorage space and data entry time, pro-grammers designated the calendar yearwith two numerical digits instead offour (i.e. 69=1969).

This poses a problem becausewhen the year 2000 hits all of the com-puters using the two digit numericalcodes will think that the year is 1900not 2000 (00=2000).When this happens the computers willstart to malfunction.

Joe Guttierez, a B.H. Alumni,said, “I’m not too worried about thebug right now, but as the date gets clos-er and closer and the problem is notsolved then I might start to worry.”

This is the view of many peo-ple, which is not good because theproblem is not going to be completlyremedied no matter no how hard sci-entists work to remedy the problemthey are not going to be able to fix theflawed computers. According to theconsulting firm Gartner Group, $600billion with be spent world wide torewrite 250 million lines of codes.

Certain things that will beaffected by the Y2K bug are home com-puters (including lab tops), credit cardterminals, ATM’s, mainframes forbanks, colleges and other businessesalong with any thing else that uses atwo-digit code.

For those of you who pay yourtuition by credit card, you might not beable to because the credit card terminalreads the 2000 expiration date as the

year 1900. So basically, your cardcomes up expired.

Several of you who have bankaccounts could get 100 years worth ofaccrued interest credited to youraccount, which wouldn’t be a badthing. The banks computer could alsocome out saying that you are 100 yearslate on a loan with 100 years worth ofinterest attached to it..

“I’m not to worried about thebanking aspect of the bug because bothmy banks said that they have fixed theproblem,” said Sonja Guttierez asophomore here at B.H. However, she went on to say, “I reallycan’t wait ‘til the bug hits becausemaybe my loans will get lost or maybethe computers will show that I havealready paid them off.” Probably oneof the things that could affect the stu-dents directly is that their financial aidcould show up late.

“The Millennium Bug worriesme still even though they say it shouldbe fixed before the 2000 deadline. Ifeel no matter how hard the peoplework on it they are not going to fix thewhole problem on time. There are justtoo many computers and too manycodes out there that they have to fix,”said Mande Robinson a junior attend-ing B.H.

The bottom line is that theMillennium Bug should worry people,but not to the point of developing a ner-vous breakdown. Most, if not all, ofthe flawed systems should be fixed bythe year 2000. For those that are not,they shouldn’t create a huge problembut they will mess things up for awhile.

Some things that people cando to stop worrying is contact their-bank, credit card company, loanagency or any other agency and findout what they are doing to fix theproblem where they are at. Peopleshouldn’t worry themselves to death,because it won’t bring the end of theworld; just a little confusion and frus-tration.

Millenium Bug is coming;438 days and counting down

photo by Robert HindsKent Meyers signs an autograph for Anne Bodman at T&MStudios in Sturgis during his bookreading Sept. 29.

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photo by Media RelationsPatty Miller, wife of David B.Miller, recollected with fondness anecdotes of his life.

Student Union named September 25Tom SchaferStaff Writer

The David B. Miller Yellow JacketStudent Union naming ceremony washeld Friday, September 25 in theMultipurpose Room of the StudentUnion. Miller was a professor of histo-ry at Black Hills State University from1968 until his death in the spring of1997.

During his tenure Miller was afour time winner of the OutstandingFaculty Award from the Student Senateand in 1997 the Distinguished FacultyAward. The Student Union buildinghas been reconstructed for expansionseveral times since being built in 1963.Once in 1968 and again in 1997.

The ceremony was emceed byBHSU President Thomas O. Flickemawho spoke highly of his friend DavidMiller.

Over the past several months Black Hills State University has been wiring thecampus dorms for internet and cable hook-ups. All dorms, except Pangburn Hall,have the hook-ups.

Although contractors were at Pangburn on Sept. 24, the actual date for thisdorm is not yet set. “Pangburn is a tough, old building and doesn’t adapt to changewell. We knew it wouldbe the hard one to get,”says Dr. Haislett, VicePresident of ResidentLife.

Pangburn Hall hook-up work was delayed inAugust. The workersusually stay in the guestrooms of the dorms whiledoing the hook-ups, butbecause of over-crowd-ing, the workers have notbeen able to stay there.

There are two internethook-ups in every dormroom, which allows eachstudent in the rooms tohave access to the inter-net. Haislett said that theinternet hook-up is a greatopportunity for the stu-dents. “It is really a plusfor the college. It assiststhe students in research and library functions via the computer.”

Money made over the summer months is used to refurbish the dorm rooms, butsince the internet gives everyone access, it was decided to use the money raisedthis summer and the previous one to make internet and cable an option to studentsin the dorms.

The idea to hook-up internet and cable has been around for a couple of years.It was planned to have the hook-ups in place more than a year ago, but there was aproblem with the previous contractor and the process had to be halted until a newcontractor was hired.

The cable is available through South Dakota Cable, so there is a fee for the con-nection of the cable. If a computer already has a modem there is no fee for inter-net hook-up, but there is an additional fee to install the Ethernet card. “The max-imum price for a student to get hooked up to the internet is fifty-five dollars andthere is unlimited use after that,” said Mike Isaacson, Residence Life Director. Itis twenty-five dollars per student to get connected to the internet and an additionalthirty dollars for the Ethernet card installed.

Haislett said, “The Ethernet card can’t be beat.” The money made on the cableand internet hook-ups is non-profitable to the school. The two internet outlets ineach room is a plus because it doesn’t tie up the telephone lines.

A resident of Pangburn Hall, Jessica Kerner says, “I’m really looking forwardto getting the internet hook-up in our room. It will really help with assignments,instead of having to always make an extra trip over to a computer lab, we can justdo it in our room on our own computer.”

If any student living in a dorm room would like to get connected to the inter-net or have cable access, just stop by the Residence Life office, in Woodburn 102.

Christine WilmotStaff Writer

photo by Tom SchaferBrandon Huth, of Heidi Hall, takes advantageof having the internet hooked up directly tohis room.

Internet and cable hook-upsa plus for campus residents

Black HillsState Universityhosted the 37thannual YellowJacket StampedeRodeo Sept. 25-27 atthe Black HillsRoundup Grounds inBelle Fourche.

This year’s event consisted of 15 to20 colleges and universities from through-out the Great Plains Region of theNational Intercollegiate RodeoAssociation. Each school was competingfor team points as well as individualpoints.

The Yellow Jackets were unable tocollect team points due to the fact theyonly had three contestants. BHSU alsohad one of the youngest teams going intothe three-day event.

“All three of our members are fresh-

man,” said BHSU rodeo club advisor, LilOdell. “So we’re essentially starting overin our program.”

In the first go-around for the YellowJackets, Jennifer Konechne of Pukwana(S.D.) had a time of 18.90 seconds in thebarrel racing and 12.4 seconds in goattying. Gillette’s Josh Slattery wrestled hissteer in a time of 11 seconds flat.

The only Jacket to move into theshort-go on Sunday was bareback riderMatt Clair of Pierre. He scored a 59 on hisfirst ride and managed a 65 on his secondride, even with the horse riding him intothe fence. Clair was badly bruised on hisleft arm and will miss the rodeo in Ames,Iowa, but should be healthy for the rodeoin Fargo on Oct. 17. Clair finished with atotal of 124 points on two head which wasgood enough for seventh.

Overall, Dickinson State Universitywon the men’s team title with SouthDakota State University winning thewomen’s team title. (See related photoson Chasing the Light, back cover.)

Justin WickershamStaff Writer

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The alarm rings. It’s 6:00 am and youneed to get up for your workout that youpromised yourself you would stick withso you will fit into the clothes for thewedding. You step outside and beginyour run.

Ten minutes later, you feel a pain inthe back of your thigh. The followingday, although you finished your 30minute run, normal knee motion is out ofthe question due to the pain.

So, what is it-sprain or strain? Does itmatter? Everyday, hundreds of peopleseek medical help for sprains and strains.Some are certainly in need of medicalattention but many of them, with propercare, could have avoided a physiciansvisit.

In the first example, the person hasprobably strained a hamstring. A strain isan injury to a muscle or a tendon. Thetendon is a distinct structure that attachesa muscle to a bone. Strains can be debil-itating and frustrating. Many people willtake a few days off and, as their bodybegins to feel better, they will resumewhere they left off only to experience thepainful sensation over again.

It’s intramural championship timeand the score is tied late in the contest.As the ball approaches you, you sprint toyour left and your right foot falls into ahole causing extreme pain on the outsideof your ankle.

In the second scenario, the personhas probably injured one or more of theligaments on the outside of the ankle;injuries to ligaments are sprains. This

person will also begin to feel better in afew days, but the swelling that may bepresent willprevent thisperson fromp a r t i c i p a -tion. Sprainsn o r m a l l yoccur arounda joint,whereas astrain canoccur at orb e t w e e njoints.

So whatis happeningin the body?In bothcases, thebody willreact in thesame man-ner, a reac-tion calledthe inflam-m a t o r yprocess. Theinflammato-ry process isthe body’sd e f e n s emechanismagainst fur-ther injury. Itbegins byswelling fromthe injuredblood vessels and the other cells the bodysends to an injured area. This swellingwill put pressure on nerve endings caus-

ing the pain. In either case, ice is recom-mended to slow down this inflammatory

process. Icewill helpc o n s t r i c tblood ves-sels causingl e s sswelling inthe area-lessswelling =less pain.After theinflammato-ry processhas ended,the bodywill begin torepair itself.The torn lig-ament, mus-cle or ten-don isreplaced byscar tissue.The bodylays it downin a randomf a s h i o nw i t h o u trespect towhat tissueis injured.

T h i smay bewhere somepeople maketheir mis-

take. Muscle and tendon tissues producemotion and must be able to lengthen andshorten with the movements of the body.

Wouldn't it then make sense that as theyare healing, they should be stretched? Ifyou don’t use early active motion while astrain is healing, you risk a scar that isinflexible and more prone to re-strain.The stretching will break the cross fibersof the scar and allow the scar tissue toline up along the lines of the muscleenhancing your post injury flexibility anddecreasing your chance for re-injury.

When should you start stretching?That will be up to you. I normally havethem doing gentle stretches 24 hoursafter injury. If you try to force the bodywhen it is injured, it will react by repeat-ing the inflammatory process prolongingyour recovery time.

A ligament attaches one bone toanother bone and prevents unwantedmotion at a joint (as in your ankle rollingto the outside). To prevent unwantedmotion, it would make sense that youwould want the scar to have a randompattern making it stronger and less proneto re-injury. Many people with “weakjoints” have probably sprained that jointnumerous times or re-sprained that joint2-3 times in a short period of time. Scartissue may take up to one year to matureso as you return after a sprain, some typeof brace may be advised to help protectthe healing ligament.

For those people engaged in a “seri-ous” training program, injuries can bepsychologically devastating. The key isto find alternative activities while injuredto maintain what you have worked hardto get. We call it active rest. When thebody is ready, you may not have lostmuch of what you have gained throughyour hard work.

Black Hills State University HealthServices will be offering a free fluimmunization clinic again this year onOctober 27 and 28. “We are only beinggiven 200 doses this year,” said PenneyWilliams senior secretary at HealthServices, “so student flu shots will begiven by appointment only on thesedates.”

Normally, when classes are in ses-sion services are provided on a walk inbasis, but due to the large demand andthe limited supply appointments arerequired. “I have gotten flu shots forthe past seven or eight years and theyreally seem to help a lot,” said DeborahTurner secretary at Career Services.

Student Health Services is the

place to go when you need medicaladvice or are feeling a bit under theweather. Nurse practitioners are avail-able 40 hours a week to address med-ical concerns. The University offersthe best care at the most reasonablecost through your fees.

“Student should take advantage ofservices offered to them,” said seniorBrian Lyons, “after all, we’re payingfor them.” Services are available toenrolled students. Remember to bringyour Ace Card for student verification.

Health Services is not intended toreplace students’ need for health insur-ance or to treat chronic or serioushealth problems. It is recommendedthat students secure individual healthinsurance through the State of SouthDakota student plan, through a parent’spolicy, or by contacting an insuranceagent.

The Health Services office is locat-ed in the Donald E. Young Center,room 222 and is open 7:00 a.m. - 12:00noon and from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.Monday through Friday. For any ques-

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Psychology Clubnext meeting is Thursday

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ed in receiving a FREE flu shot, StudentHealth Services is holding a Flu ShotClinic for students on Tuesday October27, 1998 and Wednesday October 28,l998 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. bothdays, in room 222 of the Donald E.Young Center. Please call Student HealthServices at 642-6520, for an appoint-ment. Only those students with appoint-ments will receive the flu shots. It willtake about 10 minutes of your time forthe paperwork. Remember to call earlyand reserve a time slot which is conve-nient for you. The shot is FREE. Don’tdelay!

photo by Alan CarrollStudent trainer Tonya Tolman assesses widereceiver Tyrone Thomas, after he received ahard hit during the Jamestown game.

Regaining full strength after a sprain

Health servicesoffering students flu shots

Tony SilvaHead Athletic Trainer

Brandy PattersonYEAR: JuniorMAJOR: Psychology REASON FOR COMING

TO BHSU: I was up here for myfreshmen year, decided I wouldlike to go to school here and playvolleyball.

HOW DID YOU GETINVOLVED WITH VOLLEY-BALL: I started as a fourthgrader and liked it, so I keptplaying from there on.

HOW DO YOU BAL-ANCE SCHOOL AND VOL-LEYBALL: I use all my freetime when I can, and go homeonce practice is over to study.

HOW HAS SPORTSHELPED YOU IN LIFE: Itgives you big responsibilities,being involved with school andsports. It also makes you a morerounded person having theseduties.

WHAT ARE YOURGOALS FOR THE SEASON:We want to be ranked first in theSDIC Conference, first in dig-ging stats, and in the top fivewith the rest.

WHAT ARE YOUR POST GRADUATE PLANS: I want to go to GraduateSchool or perhaps become a teacher.

WHAT IS YOU FAVORITE PASTIME: I like reading, camping, hangingout with friends, and being with my family.

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CROOKSTON, Minn. — Universityof Minnesota-Crookston linebackerMark Nordby’s 90-yard interceptionreturn for a touchdown in the finalminute of play helped the Golden Eagleshold off Black Hills State University 24-10 in non-conference football actionSaturday, Sept. 26.

With Black Hills State driving in forthe tying score with less than a minute toplay, Nordby picked off a pass by YellowJackets’ quarterback Lance Portlock atthe UMC 10-yard line and rumbled 90yards to paydirt to seal the game for20th-ranked Minnesota-Crookston.

“We fought back hard at the end,”Head Coach Russ Martin stated. “TonyGulley pinned them back with a greatpunt, and the defense got a stop when weneeded it.”

BHSU took possession of the ball atthe UMC 40-yard line with 1:05 remain-ing after forcing the Golden Eagles topunt from deep in their own territory.Portlock completed back-to-back passesto wide receiver Danny Elmore to movethe Yellow Jackets to the Golden Eagles’15 before Nordby’s heroics.

“On third-and-one, they came with ablitz that we’d seen earlier in the day, andLance read it right,” said Martin ofBHSU’s last possession. “On that one, hewent to the other receiver and their line-backer was there.”

Minnesota-Crookston opened scor-ing midway through the first quarterwhen two-time NAIA All-AmericanMark Olsonawski broke loose for a 92-yard touchdown run with 7:53 left in theopening stanza. Black Hills State coun-tered with a 40-yard field goal by BeauVinatieri and Will Pearman’s 3-yard

touchdown run to take a 10-7 lead intothe half-time intermission.

The Golden Eagles, who had theball inside the BHSU 40-yard line threetimes in the third quarter, notched theironly points of the quarter on a 28-yardfield goal by Louie Sylvester to dead-lock the game at 10-10. Minnesota-Crookston assumed the lead early in thefourth quarter when quarterback T.J.Tiesler hit wide receiver Carl Aho with a7-yard touchdown strike at the 12:58mark.

Black Hills State took apart one ofthe better defenses in NAIA football forthe second consecutive week. TheYellow Jackets finished with 372 yardsof total offense against a defense thatgave up only an average of 208.0 yardsper game to opponents enteringSaturday’s contest.

“We played hard and very well,” saidMartin. “We ran the football well and wethrew the football pretty well, but we hada couple turnovers. We out-played themin a lot of situations and the defense roseto the occasion so they really didn’t hurtus.”

Portlock completed 19 of 26 passattempts for 262 yards. Pearman fin-ished with 76 yards rushing on 9attempts, and he helped BHSU net over100 yards rushing for the first time thisseason. Wide receiver Tyrone Thomasmade 5 catches for 106 yards to finishas the top Yellow Jacket receiver.

Olsonawski finished with 278 yardsrushing on 31 carries for Minnesota-Crookston (3-1). Tiesler completed 11of 22 pass attempts for 95 yards, whileadding another 26 rushing yards on 12carries. Aho totaled 4 receptions for 30yards for the Golden Eagles, who endedthe day with 404 yards of total offense.

UM-Crookston slipspast Black Hills StateJeff EastonBHSU Sports Information Director

BHSU drops SDIC opener

MADISON — Dakota State run-ning back Dameon Kazee ran fortwo touchdowns as the YellowJackets suffered a tough loss to theTrojans of Madison 26-0 onSaturday, Oct. 3.

The Trojans stout defense heldthe Yellow Jackets to only 227 yardsthroughout Saturdays battle, withonly 72 of those yards coming on theground.

“They played as hard as any-body we played. We kind of hurtourselves at times. We are makingway too many mistakes,” repliedBHSU Head Coach Russ Martin. “Itwas disappointing.” The YellowJackets ended the day with 70 yardsworth of penalties.

Both teams had expensive mis-takes. Dakota State fumbled on theBHSU 13-yard line. Even with themistakes from the Yellow Jackets theTrojans were unable to capitalizeand went into half with only a 12-0lead.

Near the end of the third quarter,

Trojan tackle Malcom Spauldingpounced on a Yellow Jacket fumblewell into Black Hills State territory,but the Yellow Jacket defense stiff-ened and along with the help ofpenalties were able to hold of theTrojan attack.

However, just as the YellowJackets began to get a drive started,Dakota State cornerback DanAltenburg intercepted a poorlythrown pass by quarterback LancePortlock, giving the Trojans the ballon the BHSU 23-yard line.Capitalizing on the excellent fieldposition, Kazee then rushed twicefor 23 yards ending the two-playdrive with a two-yard scamper intothe end zone with 12:42 left in thegame.

With only 7:58 left in the game,the Trojans added their fourth andfinal touchdown on a pass fromJustin Thielke to wide receiver JaredPattereins.

“Our kids played so hard that wejust overcame any mistakes wemade,” said Dakota State coachScott Hoffman.

Moral appeared low for theYellow Jackets who have now beendefeated five times in as manygames. The coaches for BHSU doseem optimistic however for thisweekend’s upcoming game withlocal rivals South Dakota Tech. Thegame is scheduled to start at 1:30p.m. at Lyle Hare Stadium.

Yellow Jacket Athlete of the Week

Justin VarlandStaff Writer

Dakota State holdsYellow Jackets offscoreboard in rainyconditions at Madison

photo by Alan Carroll

Brandy Patterson completes a passduring conference action against Tech.

SPORTS

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•Volleyball: BHSU at Jamestown Invite, Oct. 9-10

•Cross Country: BHSU at No. Colorado, Oct. 10

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MITCHELL — Black Hills StateUniversity posted a 1-3 won-lostrecord at the Dakota WesleyanUniversity Invitational volleyballtournament played Friday andSaturday, Oct. 2-3.

The Yellow Jackets (9-9, 2-0SDIC) dropped their opening threematches of the tournament beforeclosing with a win.

“Our back row play really hurt uson Friday and Saturday,” said HeadCoach Naomi Hatfield. “We justweren’t as consistent as we’ve beenearlier in the year.”

On Friday, Valley City State(N.D.) University defeated BHSU 15-2, 15-8, 10-15, 15-6 in the openingmatch of the tournament for bothteams. Black Hills State then droppeda 12-15, 15-9, 15-12, 15-9 decision toSouth Dakota-Iowa Conference rivalDakota State University. The YellowJackets ended the opening day of playwith a 15-8, 13-15, 15-10, 15-10 lossto National American University.

Black Hills State rebounded witha hard-fought 17-15, 13-15, 15-7, 11-15, 15-12 victory over Dana (Neb.)College on Saturday.

Hatfield felt the weekend’s resultsmay prove to be a motivating factorfor her team as the season approachesits midpoint.

“The players showed some disgustwith themselves, which is actuallygood because they expect more fromthemselves,” she stated. “They havethe right attitude about coming backfrom a less-than-average perfor-mance; they understand that they

might need to practice and play a littleharder.”

The Yellow Jackets were slated toplay National American in a non-con-ference dual match Tuesday, Oct. 6.Results from that match were notavailable before press time.

Tournament action at theJamestown (N.D.) CollegeInvitational follows on Oct. 9-10.

Dakota Wesleyan InvitationalBHSU STATISTICS

Valley City State def. BHSU, 15-2, 15-8, 10-15,15-6

ATTACKS — 45 kills, 115-149 (Memmer 11kills, 22-31; Patterson 9 kills, 25-36). SETTING —38 assists-116 att. (McFadden 9-40, Mundt 16-62).BLOCKS — 4 solo, 3 assisted (Patterson 2 solo, 0assisted; Usera 0 solo, 2 assisted). SERVES — 2aces, 67-70 (Cisneros 1 ace, 15-15; Berry 0 aces,11-11). SERVE RECEIVE — 70-83 (Cisneros 10-10, Dye 12-13). DIGS — 69-80 (Cisneros 11-13,Williams 10-10).Dakota State def. BHSU, 12-15, 15-9, 15-12, 15-

9ATTACKS — 49 kills, 163-190 (Memmer 16

kills, 41-46; Dye 9 kills, 30-36). SETTING — 37-149(McFadden 32-120, Mundt 5-29). BLOCKS — 0solo, 3 assisted (Memmer 0 solo, 3 assisted;Knecht 0 solo, 1 assisted; Dye 0 solo, 1 assisted).SERVES — 7 aces, 92-102 (Williams 2 aces, 10-10; Cisneros 2 aces, 16-17). SERVE RECEIVE —91-101 (Alcorn 15-15, Williams 13-13). DIGS —(Sigman 25-29, Dye 21-27).National American def. BHSU, 15-8, 13-15, 15-

10, 15-6(No team totals available)

ATTACKS — (Dye 13 kills, 32-38; Usera 13 kills,23-27). SERVING — (15-15, 3 aces; Alcorn 1 ace,20-20). BLOCKING — (McFadden 5 assisted, 1solo; Memmer 4 assisted, 0 solo; Usera 4 assisted,0 solo). DIGS — (Cisneros 18, Alcorn 14, Dye 14).SERVE RECEIVE — (Cisneros 18-18, Alcorn 19-20). ASSISTS — (McFadden 41-135).Black Hills State def. Dana, 17-15, 13-15, 15-7,

11-15, 15-12ATTACKS — 75 kills, 173-208 (Memmer 23

kills, 39-47; Knecht 14 kills, 42-47). SETTING —55-172 (McFadden 50-152). BLOCKING — 1 solo,8 assisted (Memmer 0 solo, 6 assisted; McFadden0 solo, 4 assisted). SERVES — 15 aces, 99-109(Cisneros 5 aces, 27-27; Williams 5 aces, 14-15).SERVE RECEIVE — 95-106 (Cisneros 31-32,Alcorn 26-27). DIGS — 94 (Cisneros 17,McFadden 16).

Jackets go 1-3 at DWU Invitational

BHSU has strong day at DSU Invite

SPEARFISH — Black Hills StateUniversity runners Lisa Reynolds andBrian Oliver continued to set the pace forthe Yellow Jackets during the squad’s mostrecent action at the Dakota StateInvitational.

After a week off following cancella-tion of the Black Hills State Invitational,Reynolds paced BHSU’s women’s teamwith a third-place finish among 49 runnersat the DSU Invitational, which was held inrainy conditions Saturday, Oct. 3.Reynolds finished with a time of 18 min-utes, 49 seconds over 5,000 meters.

Oliver ran to a fourth-place finishamong 51 competitors in the men’s race.Oliver covered the 8,000-meter men’scourse in 25:15.

The duo led the way, but were not theonly Yellow Jackets to post fine perfor-mances at Dakota State.

Monica Headlee, Charlene Chargerand Mary Kate Guilfoyle all cracked thetop 20 at Madison. Headlee finished 12thoverall in 19:40, while Charger placed14th in 19:42. Guilfoyle ended the day in19th place with a time of 20:10.

Stephen Hayes was the only other run-ner competing in the men’s division forBlack Hills State. Hayes placed 14th witha time of 25:56.

Dakota State, with All-AmericanMarie Parker-Sample leading the way,won the women’s team competition with

38 points. The Lady T’s finished 18 pointsbetter than second-place University ofSioux Falls.

Parker-Sample was the women’s racewinner. She crossed the finish line in17:32.30 to capture first place by justunder 70 seconds.

Sioux Falls finished with the men’steam championship. The Cougars totaled37 points for first place. Dakota State fol-lowed in second at 56.

DSU alumnus Robert Blase was win-ner of the men’s race. Blase covered 8,000meters in 24:32.70. He was 8.30 secondsfaster than USF’s Clint Wagner, who fin-ished second with a time of 24:41.00.

Next on the schedule for Black HillsState is the Northern Colorado Invitationalon Saturday, Oct. 10.

Dakota State University InvitationalWOMEN’S DIVISION

Team Scores — Dakota State University 38, University ofSioux Falls 56, Martin Luther College 71, NorthwesternCollege 74, Midland Lutheran College 109.Individual Top 5 — (49 runners) 1, Marie Parker-Sample,

DSU, 17:32.30 (5,000 meters); 2, Katherine Fisk, DSU,18:42.00; 3, Lisa Reynolds, BHSU, 18:49.00; 4, Laura Carrow,DSU, 18:52.00; 5, Tanya Speyacek, MLC, 19:08.00.BHSU Results — 3, Lisa Reynolds, 18:49; 12, Monica

Headlee, 19:40; 14, Charlene Charger, 19:42; 19, Mary KateGuilfoyle, 20:10.

MEN’S DIVISIONTeam Scores —University of Sioux Falls 37, Dakota State

University 56, Midland Lutheran College 98, Mount MartyCollege 99, DSU Alumni 131, Martin Luther College 133,Northwestern College 159.Individual Top 5 — (51 runners) 1, Robert Blase, DSU

Alumni, 24:32.70 (8,000 meters); 2, Clint Wagner, USF,24:41.00; 3, Torry Zeller, USF, 24:54.00; 4, Brian Oliver,BHSU, 25:15.00; 5, John Ecklein, DSU, 25:30.00.BHSU Results — 4, Brian Oliver, 25:15; 14, Stephen

Hayes, 25:56.

Black Hills State Universityopened defense of its regular seasonSouth Dakota-Iowa Conference titlewith dual match victories over SouthDakota Tech andDakota WesleyanUniversity.

The YellowJackets (2-0 SDIC, 9-9) swept theHardrockers 15-2,15-9, 15-2 to openconference play onTuesday, Sept. 29.BHSU followed witha 15-4, 15-11, 15-6defeat of the Tigerson Thursday, Oct. 1.

“I think our kidswere pretty focused,knowing that it was aconference dual,”said Hatfield of herteam’s effort againstDWU. “We weren’tquite as in synch aswe were when weplayed Tech, but wehung in there and fin-ished the match off inthree sets.”

Despite playingwithout starting out-side hitter BlakeleeBinning, the Yellow Jackets continuedto show a strong attack against DakotaWesleyan. Junior Natalie Memmer ledBHSU with 10 kills in 21 attacks.Senior Laura Dye and sophomore EricaWilliams closed the match with sixkills each.

Stacie McFadden totaled 17 assistsin 48 attempts against the Tigers.Freshman defensive specialist RichelleCisneros was BHSU’s leading digger.She finished with nine digs in 11 tries.

On Tuesday, Sept. 29, Black HillsState had its finest all-around effort of

the season in itsthree-set sweep ofSouth Dakota Tech.Hatfield waspleased with herteam’s all-court playagainst theHardrockers.

“We played avery aggressivematch on offense,”Hatfield noted.“This was one ofour best hittingmatches. At times,Tech’s serving tookus out of our solidpassing game, butwe made up for thatwith good blockingand digging.”

B r a n d yPatterson joinedMemmer in leadingthe Yellow Jackets’attack. Both playersfinished with 10 killson the night.McFadden totaled 28assists and she dug14 of 15 attempts.

Williams’ 9-for-9 effort led a servereceive that went 37 of 42 on the night.

Black Hills State’s next conferencematch falls on Thursday, Oct. 22,against Dordt College. The match isslated for a 7 p.m. MDT start at theDonald E. Young Center.

Yellow Jacket netters offto 2-0 start in SDIC playJeff EastonBHSU Sports Information Director

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Stacie McFadden (left), SDICsetter of the week three timesthis season, goes for anassist during BHSU’s matchwith South Dakota Tech.

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SPEARFISH -- Black Hills StateUniversity’s football team must readyitself for a stiff non-conference testwhen Minot State (N.D.) Universityvisits Spearfish for aSwarm Day face-offwith the YellowJackets on Saturday,Oct. 17.

The Beavers willbe the fifth NorthDakota CollegiateAthletic Conferenceopponent that BlackHills State has faced tothis point in the sea-son. The NDCAC tra-ditionally plays run-oriented football, andBHSU Head CoachRuss Martin expectsnothing different fromMinot State.

“We don’t know awhole lot about them,” said Martin.“They rely on junior college transfers,and they tend to be a big and physicalteam.

“Offensively, they play a come-right-at-you style running the foot-ball, but they will throw at times. Ondefense, they flat get after you with alot of blitzing and stunting. They willslant their linemen and hope to make

big things happen.”After Jamestown

College and Black HillsState played earlier inthe season, Jimmie HeadCoach Bud Etzold feltthat the Beavers proba-bly have the most talent-ed line-up in theNDCAC, but their physi-cal abilities didn’talways translate intowins.

Minot State droppedits match-up with theUniversity of Mary. TheMarauders handed MSUa 34-13 defeat onSaturday, Oct. 3. U-Mary, by comparison,defeated BHSU 41-14

on Saturday, Sept. 12.The Minot State-BHSU game is

scheduled for a 2 p.m. MDT kick-offat Lyle Hare Stadium.

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Media Relations photoThe Black Hills State University Yellow Jacket Football team, coaches, and staff prepare to take on the Minot State Beavers during Swarm Days.

photo by Alan CarrollYellow Jacket wide reciever, Doug Hayden (83) breaks away from aUniversity of Mary defender in the first home game of the season.

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Although they rest at the 500 mark forthe season, the Black Hills State UinversityYellow Jacket women’s volleyball team stillhas high hopes where conference is con-cerned.

Starting setter,Stacie McFaddenhas not only beennamed SDIC setterof the week forthree weeks thisseason, she has alsoaccumulated 1,629good sets, averag-ing 7.9 per game.McFadden alsoleads the team indigs with 204 com-pleted.

Hitters, Blakelee Binning, HeatherUsera and Brandy Patterson have attained226, 244 and 230 attacks respectively, whilenewcommer, N--------- Memmer hasreached the 400 mark.

Leading the team in serving efficiencyare McFadden and R--------- Cisneros with281 and 284 completed serves. McFaddenhas 22 ace serves, Cisneros has 24, andsenior Deb Sigman has 28 ace serves.

Sophomore, Erica Williams leads theteam in pasing with 52 good passes.Teammates Cisneros and Binning followwith 37 and 30 passes respectively.

Cisneros also leads the team in servereceptions with 269 total.

With such strong numbers, the teamshould have a good shot at the SDIC crown.

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Having just a mere handful of athletes on the team, theBlack Hills State cross-country team still represents powerwithin their respected conference. Counting only two maleand five female athletes theYellow Jackets are concentrat-ing on improving personalachievements.

Even though the number ofathletes is low, first year headcoach Scott Walkinshaw stilllooks for the Jackets to make agallant push in the conferencerace.

“With only two men, bothshould have good personalgoals and with five women wewill try to finish has high aspossible in the conference.”

Walkinshaw is excited abouthis returning National quali-fiers, Lisa Reynolds and BrianOliver,

“Lisa and Brian show greatleadership for our team, they both know what it takes to reachthe highest leve,”, said Walkinshaw.

“Coach has brought us together, making our team unitystrong,” Reynolds said. “He sparks our interests and makes itfun, and that should help put us on top.”

Oliver has is eyes set on achieving a goal from last yearand perhaps even more.

“I’m hoping to get back to Nationals and become an All-American.”

The Jackets acquired one recruit, Charlene Charger ofCheyenne Eagle Butte.

“She is a very good addition to our team,” said coachWalkinshaw.

Walkinshaw is extremely confident and excited about histeam. “These athletes have tremendous attitudes, are lots offun, and make it easy for me to coach.”

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photo by Tom Schafer(Left to Right) Charlene Charger, Coach Scott Walkinshaw, Stacey Trezona, BrianOliver, Monica Headlee, Rowdy Anderson, Mary Kate Guilfoyle, and Lisa Reynolds.

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Yellow Jacket Volleyball team 9-9 and looking towards ’98 SDIC crown

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THEY’VE GOT SKILLSBHSU Yellow Jacket Volleyball team: (Bottom, Left to Right) Alisha Swanson, Cindy Simmons—Knecht, DebSigman, Jodi Alcorn, Laura Dye, Stacie McFadden, Heather Mundt, (Top, Left to Right) Shana Moffet, CourtneyBerry, Heather Usera, Andrea Davis, Brandy Patterson, Natalie Memmer, Blakelee Binning, Erica Williams, LeighRoose, Richelle Cisneros. The team is coached by Naomi Hatfield, and although they are currently running at the500 mark for the season, the strong individual performances should make for interesting Conference play.

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