A White House task force on sexual assault recommended actions Tuesday that colleges and universities should take to protect victims and inform the public about the magnitude of the problem, such as identify-ing confi dential victim's advo-cates and conducting surveys to better gauge the frequency of sexual assault on their cam-puses.

"This con-versation can only help e v e r y b o d y move for-ward in mak-ing campuses safer,” said Kim Grieve, vice president of student services at the Uni-versity of South Dakota.

The recommendations stem from a 90-day review by the task force that President Barack Obama created after his admin-istration heard complaints about the improper treatment of cam-pus rape victims and the hidden nature of such crimes.

The task force also promis-es greater transparency. A new website, notalone.gov, will post enforcement actions and offers information to victims about how to seek local help and infor-mation about fi ling a complaint.

Grieve said she was happy multiple organizations and gov-ernment entities are working together on this intuitive.

“It is not just one entity that is trying to move this whole agenda forward, but everyone is working together,” Grieve said.

Sophomore Aubrey Wagner said she believes the university should be held accountable to transparency.

"If it is an issue and they are so afraid about it being pub-lished, then they should fi x the problems," Wagner said.

She also said the university needs to work on adding more blue light phones to campus for added security.

Grieve said she has a confer-ence call Friday with other South Dakota Board of Regents univer-sities to discuss how they can work together.

“We have policies and pro-cedures that are excellent and already in place,” Grieve said. “What we can do better is con-tinue more of the training and the education.”

On the same day, the Educa-tion Department issued "ques-tions and answers" that spelled out to colleges and universities and K-12 schools how to handle circumstances under Title IX, which prohibits gender discrim-ination at schools that receive federal funds.

In its report, the task force said the Justice Department will help develop training programs in trauma care for college offi -cers and assess different models for schools to use to adjudicate such cases, since some sexual assault survivors are wary of a legal process that can expose them to potentially painful or embarrassing questions by stu-dents or staff.

While one in fi ve female stu-dents is assaulted, the White House said the review was also about protecting male victims and engaging men in discussions about preventing such assaults.

The new website does not list any information yet about USD. At the time of print the only school listed in the South Dako-ta Board of Regents system was South Dakota State University’s Jeanne Clery Report.

Four candidates have been selected by the Provost Search Committee as contenders for the position of Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at the University of South Dakota.

The fi nalists include Jea-nette Altarriba, associate dean for academic affairs at the Uni-versity of Albany - SUNY; Chris Cirmo, dean of the College of Letters and Science at the Uni-versity of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; Lee B. Kats, vice provost for Research and Initiatives at Pepperdine University and James D. Moran III, vice chan-cellor for Academic and Stu-dent Affairs for the Offi ce of the Chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Educa-tion.

Mary Nettleman, dean of the Medical School and chair of the Provost Search Committee, said the on-campus interviews have been a good chance for people to interact with candidates.

"They've been going well," Nettleman said. "The candi-dates seem to be having a posi-tive experience."

The next candidate forum will take place May 6 at 2:15 p.m. in room 216 of the Muen-ster University Center for Altar-riba. The forums are free and open to the public. The other three candidates were involved in forums in held last week.

University of South Dakota junior Erica Kuharski is spear-heading discussion in an effort to create a more sustainable area in the southeast lawn of the new Muenster Univer-sity Center expansion, and her efforts have led her to the offi ce of President James Abbott.

"I was walking from class, and I just saw all the dirt and I'm like, 'Oh crap, they're going to put grass there, aren't they?'" Kuharski said.

Abbott said he did not know if a landscape contract had been signed for the space.

“There's no sense in me asking them to alter their plans or to change them or to do something different until I know what she wants, and then I can see what we've con-tracted for. That was the idea — that she would let me know what she thought as soon as possible,” Abbott said.

He said he is willing to hear ideas to share with the con-tractor as he has had more than one individual talk to him about the issue.

Along with Kuharski, Stu-dent Government Association President Tyler Tordsen joined the conversation to discuss the area's future.

Tordsen said no matter what ideas are put forward, Abbott has been realistic in considering other options.

Abbott said just because there may be something

planned, it would not be off limits to talk about different possibilities.

"It doesn't mean that it can't be altered, but I'm not going to worry about that until I know what the group wants," he said.

Abbott has allowed Kuhar-ski to submit her ideas in writ-

ing for the space up until June 15.

To gain public attention, Kuharski organized a sit-in on the unfi nished area outside the MUC at the beginning of April.

Kuharski led a core group of fi ve students in a sit-in for four days and said she was out

there for an average of three hours each day. The sit-ins involved green ribbons tied around the area and led to her wearing a bikini to prove the point that this is an important issue.

Her goal was to make stu-

Student enrollment in online summer courses offered by the University of South Dakota has more than doubled in the last fi ve years and more growth is expected for summer 2014 courses said Michael Card, associate provost for graduate and distance education.

From the summer 2009 semester to the summer 2013 semester, the total enrollment in summer online courses has gone from 2,201 students to 4,645, according to Off-Campus & Distance-Learning data.

This increase is because a revolution in the last 10 years where students are picking up credits in the summer to keep on their academic tracks Card said, however, students do not necessarily go through USD for their courses because the

market is more saturated than it used to be.

“We’re still seeing more growth,” Card said. “It’s just not as fast as it has been the past 10 years, and that’s because more and more universities are getting into the business of online courses.”

Card said USD used to view online offerings as a cash cow, but since colleges and universities across the world are offering more, USD views its distance education as an add-on to the educational experience.

Alongside the growth of enrollment, the number of online summer class offerings more than doubled from 111 to 247 courses from 2009-2013, and the university is offering over 300 courses in summer

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dents pause in an effort to have something else be plant-ed, besides the Kentucky blue grass she assumed would be the addition.

Majoring in anthropology with a double minor in con-servation and biodiversity and women and gender stud-ies, Kuharski said she became interested in the space after taking a sustainability class, and she planned the event to get the attention of students.

"I don't care what happens to me in my personal reputa-tion," Kuharski said. "I can throw it all away if it means tomorrow everybody has their set in life of what they want to do, because I know what I want to do."

The ideas she plans to submit to Abbott come with the assistance of faculty and knowledgeable sources. Kuhar-ski said her ideas are simple, require less man work and can be easily maintained.

A butterfl y garden, a court-yard with tables or adding buf-falo grass are a few of the ideas she has thought of and heard from other students.

If one of her landscaping ideas is approved, Kuharski said she plans to propose the idea of a student group, called The Huffl epuff Club, to main-tain the area all throughout the year.

Meghann Jarchow, coordi-nator of the sustainability pro-gram and assistant professor of biology, said the protests were not affi liated with the sustain-ability program or sustain-ability club. Jarchow also said Kuharski is looking to collabo-rating with Jarchow to get ideas together into a packet to pres-ent to Abbott on what the space could become.

As a prairie ecologist, Jar-chow said she would like to see the university act as a model for sustainable landscapes and move toward incorporating more benefi cial and diverse prairie plant features.

“Native plants use less water, you don't have to fer-

tilize them and they take less maintenance,” Jarchow said.

Putting more native land-scaping into the bare area near the MUC, she said, would be different from what people expect to see as they are walk-ing around campus.

Jarchow said the public would need to be reeducated on what a beautiful, “desir-able” landscape would be and that it does not have to be the Kentucky blue grass commonly seen around campus.

“Prairies are the native land-scape for this area and are real-ly beautiful and have fl owers associated with them, but are different from what we think we should expect for open spaces in this area,” Jarchow said.

Signs could be placed near the various types of plants as an educational feature, Jarchow said.

There may be an expense

issue, Jarchow said, as the native plants can cost more to purchase than others.

She said for the prairie plants’ fi rst year, it would cost $1,100, including the expensive prairie seed cost, and would amount to $25 per acre per year after, with the plants paying for themselves after a few years with the low-maintenance prices.

Kuharski said she obtained 40 signatures on a petition to create a different space than simply grass in an hour one day, and would like to see some of the same support from the stu-dents in the future since they have a lot of power, by simply reading or joining a sustainable club or just get interested.

"I've done my part, it's your turn," Kuharski said. "I'm hop-ing people will do something. They should do their own small steps."

The fi rst round of interviews for the provost position, called airport interviews, occurred the week of April 14 in Sioux Falls. Diane Zak, director of Human Resources for USD, said 10 airport interviews were conducted by the Provost Search Committee.

Zak said the public is encouraged to attend the forum and provide input about each candidate.

"Anyone who is here is wel-come," she said.

After Altarriba's forum, Net-tleman said the Provost Search Committee will compile a list of qualifi cations for each candidate, which will then be passed along to President James Abbott — who ultimate-ly hires the new administrators.

"We're in the fi nal stages now," Abbott said. "The busi-ness school dean candidates have been cycling in this week and provost candidates as well, so we're awfully busy trying to see all those candidates plus a couple others, but we have

great candidates."Additionally, the selection

of the new School of Business dean is nearing completion, with on-campus interviews taking place this week.

Tom Geu, dean of the uni-versity's School of Law and chair of the School of Business search committee, said he and his committee have been care-fully considering all candidates since receiving resumes from the contracted search consult-ing fi rm, Witt/Keiffer. Based out of Illinois, the consulting fi rm also conducted the pre-liminary search for a new pro-vost.

"We are just now bringing in fi nal candidates before faculty and students leave campus," Geu said.

Zak said between 10-12 can-didates were brought in for air-port interviews. Geu declined to disclose the number of can-didates included in on-campus interviews throughout the week.

"We are being very careful, but talking to as many people as possible in the early stage of the process," he said.

Also on the university's top hiring priorities list is a

replacement for the vice presi-dent of Marketing, Enrollment and Student Services position. The position, previously held by Jeff Baylor, became available after Baylor submitted a letter of resignation Jan. 21.

Hired by the university in February, Williams and Com-pany is conducting the candi-date search to replace Baylor. Zak, a member of the Vice Pres-ident of Marketing, Enrollment and Student Services Search Committee, said Williams and Company will present the committee with the fi rst batch of resumes May 4.

Based on contracts between the university and the two con-sulting search fi rms — Witt/Kieffer and Williams and Com-pany — more than $184,000 was exchanged for their ser-vices.

Although there is no formal deadline, Zak said the universi-ty hopes to fi ll all three admin-istrator positions within the

next two months. And while all three university administrator searches near their end, Zak also said it has been a lengthy process.

"It's a lot of (searches) to be working on at one time," she said. "It's a lot of direc-tions, but yes, we hope to have it under control by the time school starts."

2014, depending on enrollment demand.

Susan Hackemer, associate director of the USD Honors Program and academic adviser, said the summer class experience has quickly changed.

“What feels like the blink of an eye, the way students approach their summer classes has fl ipped,” Hackemer said.

Hackemer said when advising in the past, her students either ignored the summer semester or stayed in Vermillion to take a full course load. Now, it’s easier to take a class or two from anywhere, and she said on-campus classes in the summer mostly cater to locals or students doing research.

Sarah Heinrich, a fi rst-year pursuing a health science degree, is taking 13 credits over the summer 2014 semester. Six of her credits will be online and the other seven will be taken at the University Center in Sioux Falls.

Heinrich said it would not be possible for her to fi nish her degree and receive an associate degree through Southeast Technical Institute without the

summer and online offerings.“I’m really thankful USD

offers resources like the university centers because it is allowing me to attend lectures while I am in Sioux Falls this summer,” Heinrich said. “USD also offers almost all health science courses online, which is really accommodating for students in my similar situation.”

Offering most disciplinary courses online, however, isn’t always the case, Hackemer said.

With the honors students she advises, Hackemer said she has faced problems with students trying to fi nd upper-level offerings. Most advanced language, biology or calculus courses are not provided.

“Students I see that come in for advising have a hard time trying to get what they need, because some classes just aren’t offered online or in the summer,” Hackemer said.

However, Card said he still expects a continued increase in the use of summer and online resources.

“What we’re trying to do at USD is improve the online learning experience,” he said. “For most people, face-to-face is more desirable, but sometimes that online experience is necessary.”

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The University of South Dakota has seen about 150 applications for summer h o u s i n g , said inter-im hous-ing director Todd Tuck-er.

"We're at the end of the process of making sure every-body has an assign-ment," he said.

The application pro-cess is exactly the same as applying for regular hous-ing, Tucker said, it's just a different contract students have to go through.

"Basically, if they're cur-rently living on campus they just hang tight so we can get the room they'll be living in clean for summer,

and then we'll transition them over to Coyote Village or Brookman," he said.

The Brookman and Coy-ote Village dormitories are the only residence halls available to students for summer housing, as the rest of the buildings on cam-pus have summer camps and conferences going on, Tucker said.

Tucker said housing does prefer that students have a true reason to be on campus during the summer, such as an athlete here for summer workouts, someone staying for an internship or some-one staying for summer classes, but that his office does not discriminate.

"If someone needs a place to stay for the sum-mer we're able to accom-modate," he said. "Some people live on campus for the convenience factor of staying on campus and being close to things they

need to be close to, but the summer rates are relatively inexpensive."

The summer rates that were approved to live in Brookman for the entirety of the summer contract is $1,204. To live in Coyote Vil-lage for the entirety of the summer contract in a two-bedroom suite is $683, a four-bedroom suite is $569 per person. A two-bedroom apartment is $727, and a four-bedroom apartment is $602. Daily and weekly rates are also available.

"The prices are set to provide students a break during the summer, know-ing there are not a whole lot of housing options available in Vermillion, especially if someone just needs a place for a month or needs it for six weeks for an internship or something like that," Tucker said. "It's really hard to find housing outside of campus that can

accommodate that."Looking ahead to the

fall semester, Tucker said the university is expecting close to the same number of students living on cam-pus as last fall.

"We're right around the same number of applica-tions of students return-ing as well as new students coming," he said. "Things could change drastically one way or another over the course of the next couple months, but we're working under the assumption that we'll be in the same boat we were last year — having stu-dents in overflow spaces for the first part of the semes-ter and then moving them out shortly thereafter when rooms open up."

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1968A University of South Dakota service truck got a makeover by art students. The vehicle was taken from its usual spot, locked away in an isolated quonset hut on the north side of campus. Colored paint was used to brighten up the 1931 Ford Model "T" and was con� scated from the location it was left by the students. The truck was on the College of Fine Arts inventory, according to the Dean, but the act was still illegal as the truck was state property. He said if the students had asked in advance, there would have been no objection.

1984Nutritionists and health faculty expressed the extreme amount of sugar students consume. On average, each person consumed about 128 pounds of sugar every year, they found. The faculty warned if students started their day with a bowl of Sugar Smacks, their breakfast was over 61 percent sugar. Students were told to beware of any ingredient that ends with -ose, including glucose and sucrose.

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would be the focus of the day-long conference.

Elizabeth Townsend is scheduled to present a keynote address at 9 a.m. The Canadian professor emerita at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia and an adjunct professor in the faculty of education at the University of Prince Edward Island.

General and poster dis-cussions will be available for participants to network with researchers and experts work-ing in the fi eld.

Townsend is set to lead a workshop at 10:15 a.m. regard-ing client-centered, occupa-tion-based interventions and occupational justice.

Other sessions include Incorporating Exercise in Daily Life with Diabetes, Addressing Global Issues through Occu-pational Behavior Change and The SOS Approach to Feeding: A Case Report.

For more information or to register, contact the USD Occupational Therapy department at 677-5000 or email ot@usd.edu. Cost of the symposium is $75 per person and $25 for students.

The South Dakota Wing of the U.S. Air Force under-went a week-long Air Force operations evaluation start-

ing April 21. At that time, the South

Dakota Wing of the Civil Air Patrol was placed on alert to commence a major, week-long emergency services exercise.

Every two years, the U.S. Air Force evaluates the capability and effectiveness of each wing. They analyze equipment, vehicles and aircraft to successfully carry out assigned missions such as air and ground search and rescue and homeland security operations.

The Sioux Falls command post held scenarios and evaluated aspects of the planning and execution of assigned missions in an exercise called "Operations Evaluation."

Various types of missions in East and West River took place throughout the week.

Major ground and air mission activity took place April 26 in both areas.

The South Dakota Squad-ron's personnel, vehicles and aircraft of all six squadrons were active.

Last year, Elinor Scott, 51, ran the Boston Marathon but got stopped a mile short when the bombs went off.

This year, however, the Sioux Falls native made it across the finish line.

Scott is a mother of four and lives in St. Louis Park,

Minnesota, a Twin Cities suburb.

During her first Boston Marathon in 2013, once she passed the 25 mile marker Scott received a text from her daughter explaining what happened, since the runners did not know what had hap-pened.

In January, Scott received more news as she was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer after being in declining health several months.

She had myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune neuromuscluar disorder that causes muscle fatigue prior.

Scott underwent one round of chemotherapy which failed, and started a second round. If it fails, Scott said she will try a new drug developed at the University of Minnesota called Millenide.

Scott still wanted to go to the Boston Marathon again to finish.

After a blessing of race officials and the Boston police, Scott returned to mile marker 25 to finish the race this year.

Because of fatigue, Scott walked most of the remainder of the marathon.

Scott began running five years ago and qualified for the Boston Marathon by her finishes in other marathons.

Last year was the first time she attended. She re-qualified for the Boston Marathon at another marathon last year and ran another in October, even with her failing health.

'I NEED FEMINISM'

Angela Helmer, an assis-tant professor in the Depart-ment of Languages, Linguis-tics and Philosophy at the University of South Dakota received an award presented by the College of Arts & Sci-ences.

Helmer is the 2014 recipient of the Monsignor James Doyle Humanities Teaching Award. The award was presented at the 2014 Phi Beta Kappa initiation/Lifto Amundson Lecture March 31.

Helmer was born and raised in Peru, earned her doctorate in Hispanic languages from the University of California, Los Angeles and joined the

department at USD in 2008.Teaching interests of

Helmer’s include advanced Spanish language classes, Spanish Linguistics, Civilization, Culture and Literature of the Americas, Spanish for Business and the Medical Field and Latin American Film.

Research interests include coexistence of Latin and Spanish in Colonial Peru, historical linguistics, socio-linguistics and phonetics.

She also received mas-ter's degree in Archeology from UCLA and a bachelor's degree in Archaeology and Classical Studies from Occi-dental College.

The award is given annually to an outstanding teacher in the Humanities Division of the College of Arts & Sciences.

The Alpha Chapter of South Dakota, Phi Beta Kappa, at USD initiated 31

new members and hosted a celebratory banquet along with the presentation of the award. The only chapter in South Dakota is also the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society.

The fi fth annual Occupa-tional Therapy Research Sym-posium is set for May 8 at the Andrew E. Lee Memorial Med-icine and Science Building.

The symposium, hosted by the University of South Dakota Department of Occupational Therapy, as part of the School of Health Sciences, will have a theme of “Aging, Occupational Justice and Human Rights.”

Issues of occupational injustice and human rights, with aging to be valued and not viewed as a social burden,

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The University of South Dakota has come a long way in the past 17 years since President Jim Abbott arrived in 1997. It’s facilities have improved, it’s quality of edu-cation has made leaps and bounds through a infinitely evolving academic catalog and it’s status as a Division I institution has elevated the school on a national plat-form.

However, the nature and duty of a university such as USD is to not bask in it’s improvements, but to stay on course, continue to self-eval-uate and adjust to the needs of it’s body.

As classes come to an end and students pack up for the summer, the university will do just that.

With the vast array of advances made by USD in the new millennium, admin-istrators and faculty will no doubt have their fair share of work to do over the summer.

The biggest and cer-tainly one of the most widely discussed needs the univer-sity has on its checklist is its housing. With the recent spike in first-year class sizes, the university has had its fair share of struggles finding room to house incoming and returning undergrads.

While a short term fix is

not on the table and the issue can only be partially rem-edied by alternative housing and converted lounge space, summer can be a time the university works out the final kinks before students return from break.

Summer will also allow time for the university to fill some necessary staff posi-tions. From the provost posi-tion to the dean of the busi-ness school, there are crucial positions, and a summer break should give the univer-sity time to get these filled.

What the school should not do is throw money at pointless additions. News of a Papa John’s franchise set-ting up shop in the emptied shell of the Beede Bump has sparked debate on the neces-sity of some of the school’s flashier add-ons. However, most of the upgrades that we have reported on, such as the improvements to park-ing lots and the installation of energy-efficient windows, seem essential.

By the time the school year begins, a new academic catalog will be in place, and hopefully the specifics are worked out to prevent and future problems students may have in selecting their classes for semesters to come.

Volante editorialSummertime improvements are necessary

Division I athletes finally have access to unlimited meals and snacks.

They will be able to eat as much as they want, whereas before they were limited with their number of meals.

Tyler Conway, a colum-nist for Bleacher Report said “Whereas previously student-

athletes were afforded only three meals per day, they will now have unlimited access to meals provided by on-cam-pus facilities. The privilege will extend to walk-on ath-letes as well”.

It’s 2014. Why did the NCAA all of a sudden come out and make this big announcement?

I believe it’s because of Shabazz Napier, the senior point guard at Connecticut. He made some comments after a game about going hungry.

“I feel like a student athlete,” Napier said. “Some-times, there’s hungry nights where I’m not able to eat, but I still gotta play up to my

capabilities.”If an athlete is expected

to compete in a basketball or football game, shouldn’t they be entitled to as much food as they want?

I believe Napier was refer-ring to the limited hours the dining areas are open for him to eat.

Just like at USD, the eating areas are only open at certain times. If he has to play a game at night, he isn’t able to eat afterward.

The NCAA decided to allow athlete’s unlimited meals and snacks so it would look good on their part. They knew if they didn’t do something after Napier made those comments they

wouldn’t hear the end of it.If student athletes could

get paid, the NCAA wouldn’t have to worry about provid-ing them with food.

Athletes would be able to eat wherever and whatever they wanted to.

Mark Emmert, president of the NCAA, was recently on Mike and Mike, a sports television program and discussed what they consid-ered the difference between a meal and a snack.

“It was literally the case that a bagel was defined as a snack — unless you put cream cheese on it. Now it becomes a meal. That’s absurd.”

It is absurd, but so is actu-

ally doing something about once an athlete brings it up.

It’s interesting how Emmert discussed that maybe schools should start competing on who can pro-vide the best food.

“So let’s compete over who can provide the best nutri-tion for a student-athlete.

We compete over who can give them the best locker room.”

Is it really too much to ask for from the NCAA to allow athletes to have access to unlimited meals and snacks as well as proper nutrition?

It’s about time: Athletes get unlimited meals

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

“It was just one of those days where you’re just laying in bed marinating in your nastiness.”“Marinating? I’m not a teriyaki steak.”

— Al Neuharth Media Center

“Holy back sweat it’s hot out there.”

— Dakota Street

“She’s skipping class? The lecture is on STDs. She of all people should be there.”— Muenster University Center

“What if I get on the wall and I can’t twerk?”— Plum Street

“When I was tripping on acid, a stray pube turned into flightless birds.”“That would actually happen.”

— Madison Street

“On Tuesdays, we do not sit in front of trees.”— The Volante Newsroom

“I like to think I’m a homeless-person magnet.”— Muenster University Center

“Apparently Afghanistan is just like South Dakota.”— Al Neuharth Media Center

As the spring semester comes to a close, I wanted to provide you all with an update on what your Student Govern-ment Association has been up to. We have continued to stay busy all semester long, and have accomplished much already.

For our external approach, we created the External Com-munications Manager position. This position is an executive level position on SGA and will focus directly on student outreach and media interac-tion. We started live-tweeting our meetings, creating monthly newsletters and press releases, and working toward broaden-ing our reach of all students on USD’s campus.

Internally, we restructured our standing committees, mak-ing sure that our Senators have a balanced workload, are work-ing on projects for the students and USD and so they may have more free time to reach out even further.

This semester also marked the first all-SGA retreat. As members and advisers to SGA, we spent a Friday evening reflecting on our new five-year strategic plan, outlining our goals for the upcoming year and participating in Inclusive Excellence training. All of this will help us become a more effective organization, and will continue to make sure that SGA is representing all stu-dents from here on out. We can already see the benefits of the retreat in our Senate.

Also, we revamped our budget process for student organizations this year by host-ing an optional second round of hearings. We were very impressed with all of our stu-dent organizations. I am proud to say this year that not only did SGA restore their cut from last year’s GAF allocation, but we were also able to increase funding to nearly all funding eligible student organizations.

Finally, as you are wrapping up those last papers and final exams, make sure to pat your-self on the back for all of your accomplishments this past year too, big or small. Whether you are finishing up your first year at USD, or maybe finish-ing up your last, know that your presence on campus means something and that we can’t wait to have you back.

Until then, have a great summer and as always, Go ‘Yotes!

Tyler TordsenPresident, Student

Government Association

Dylan hugginsis a sophomore majoring in contemporary media and journalism.

Follow Dylan Huggins on Twitter @dhugg23

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SGA ‘stays busy all semester’

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WILLIAMSON

Familiar face, new direction

With just two regular season meets left before the men’s and women’s track and field teams head into post-season competition, men’s head coach Dave Gottsleben and women’s head coach Lucky Huber are focused on injured athletes rehabbing in time for the Summit League tournament while making sure the rest of their teams are ready to go.

The teams will compete May 2-3 at the Howard Wood Relays in Sioux Falls. Gottsleben and Huber both said it is the biggest South Dakota meet, as it is a combined high school-college meet.

“It’s a fun meet for our kids, because all of our South Dakota athletes competed in it in high school,” Huber said. “It’s a hard meet since it’s right before finals so we try to balance pushing the kids to be ready and making sure they get everything done for school this week. But it’s a nice meet to see their high school friends and coaches.”

First-year jumper Ashley Thompson said the Howard Wood Relays are serving a dual purpose for her.

“In triple jump, I hope to have a meet that was as good as or better than last Tuesday’s (at the Mount Marty Twilight Meet),” Thompson said. “I’ll also use it to get ready for conference.”

At the Mount Marty meet, Thompson’s high jump was the second-best in school history, along with the current second-best in the Summit League and 20th in the NCAA West.

On the men’s side, Gottsleben said his main focus at Howard Wood is on the relay teams.

“Right now, we lead the conference in the relays, but we can improve those times this week,” he said.

In the field events, Gottsleben said he expects the men to do well even though they’ll be lacking in depth.

First-year thrower Dustin Valind, who was named the Summit League’s Outdoor Track and Field Men’s Athlete of the Week for the week of April 22, has his goals set high for Howard Wood.

“Hopefully I can beat everyone except (senior thrower) Cody (Snyder),” Valind said.

The teams will then head to Lincoln, Nebraska, for the Nebraska Invite May 10 for one last meet before the conference tournament.

“It’s a meet for anyone who wants one last chance to compete or move up in conference standings,” Huber said. “We aren’t making anyone go, so our

graduating athletes won’t have to miss graduation for it.”

Post-season competition officially starts May 15-17 with the Summit League Championships. On the women’s side, the team is looking to place in the top two.

“We just want to get in and compete,” Huber said. “This is what the whole season builds toward. It’s in Fargo, so North Dakota State is the favorite, but we’re in a good spot. We’ve had some injuries, so we’ve had some younger kids step in and prove themselves.”

Thompson said the team was a bit fresher for the indoor Summit League Championship.

“The competition was really there for indoor,” she said. “We have a lot of injuries so the competition might not be there. All you can do is continue to train. If we continue to do what we’ve been doing, we’ll do well.”

Right now, senior pole vaulter Bethany Firsick is out with a broken hand, and sophomore pole vaulter Emily Grove and senior jumper Megan Glisar

redshirted for the spring season, so Huber said the team dynamics are a little different from the indoor season.

On the men’s side, Gottsleben said his team also has its fair share of injuries right now, but he’s still optimistic for the Summit League Championship.

“The rest of my coaches might think I’m crazy, but we can be really good. We can push North Dakota State,” he said. “It will be a lot to ask of my athletes, but if we put people in multiple events, we can score the points we need to win.”

Gottsleben said his job is to find a way to balance his team’s quality with its lack of depth.

“We’ve got great quality on the men’s team but very little depth,” he said. “We have to do what’s beneficial for the team but also make sure we’re not setting any athletes up for injuries.”

Valind said the team is doing what it can to be ready for the Summit League.

“The injured guys are rehabbing and the rest of us keep lifting and training so hopefully we can come out

with a title,” Valind said.While the Summit League

meet is just the team’s first post-season competition, Gottsleben said it’s still the most important.

“National meets are cool, but conference meets are the epitome of college track and field,” he said. “This is the part of the season athletes love.”

Once conference is wrapped up, the top-ranked athletes in the nation will head to the NCAA West Preliminary Round, which is essentially the first round of the NCAA tournament. Athletes ranked in the top 48 in the western region in each event qualify for this meet.

Huber said USD will likely have 12-15 athletes competing in the preliminary round between the men’s and women’s teams.

The NCAA Outdoor Championships are June 11-15. Athletes who place in the top 12 of the preliminary round qualify for the NCAA meet, which wraps up the collegiate season.

Athletic department hires former assistant coach to head position

Track teams battle through injuries in preparation for post-season meets

Kelsey KrogerKelsey.Kroger@coyotes.usd.edu

T h e University of South D a k o t a w o m e n ’ s v o l l e y b a l l head coach is a familiar face among players and fans.

L e a n n e Williamson

helped coach the Coyotes to a Great West Conference

championship in 2010 and to a Summit League tournament semifinal finish this past season.

Williamson said she takes over with the advantage of already knowing her team.

“I know the girls are ready. I know their strengths and weaknesses, and I do not have to go and spend two weeks trying to get to know them,” Williamson said.

Junior Kendall Kritenbrink said she is excited to have Williamson as a coach going into her senior year knowing she has a connection with

her coach already.“She has been with the

program and school awhile and has good relationships with all the girls and is knowledgable about the game,” Kritenbrink said. “She knows each player as an individual, what their strengths and weaknesses are and how to approach them when they are struggling.”

Williamson said she plans to use the same coaching style the team is used to, with some minor adjustments.

“My coaching philosophy

is to compete, play as a team, continue to strive to the next level and never be satisfied,” Williamson said.

USD named Williamson to the Coyote volleyball head coach position April 9. Williamson was previously named interim head coach March 13 after former head coach Matt Houk announced his resignation.

Associate athletic director Jamie Oyen said after a nationwide search, Williamson was the best fit for the program.

“We were looking for

someone who was the right fit for the program and (Williamson) is the one,” Oyen said. “She has proven she is a good leader and coach, and she is extremely knowledgable about the game of volleyball.”

Williamson is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she played volleyball from 2004-07, and joined the Coyotes in 2009. Williamson served as Houk’s assistant coach for the past five seasons.

Williamson said she is ready to take over and build

more onto the program.“I am extremely excited

about the opportunity to continue the program and the direction I helped get it started in,” Williamson said.

The past six seasons the Coyotes have a 97-85 record including a 19-13 record this past fall, winning every home game.

malachi petersen I the volantesenior Kevin sarekhani runs on the football field during track practice in the DakotaDome april 28.

Kayla prasekKayla.m.prasek@coyotes.usd.edu

I didn’t think much about my first experience with Coy-ote athletics.

I was lucky enough to be given tickets to a Coyote football game during the Fall Open House admissions event my senior year of high school.

“Cool, but whatever” defined my thought process in the game.

It was my first college foot-ball game, and unfortunately, the school I was visiting lost to Illinois State 34-31. After the game, I did my first in-depth reading of USD athlet-ics.

Most stories sounded like a ticking time bomb was planted somewhere in the DakotaDome. The only ques-tion seemed to be, “What would ignite the bomb?”

Well, after stepping on campus for a year, attend-ing at least one event of each sport and following more, I can say the ticking time bomb doesn’t exist.

USD athletics, Coyote Cra-zies and ‘Yotes are all on the rise.

So much has happened to the programs in one academ-ic year. Progress has been made, and our teams are on the cusp of new movements.

There’s not a better time to have more optimism than today. There’s almost an endless list of good things that happened to USD ath-letics.

Women’s basketball punched their ticket to the NCAA tournament. Men’s track claimed the indoor Summit League champion-ships. Football improved

dramatically. Tyler Starr is expected to be drafted. South Dakota State didn’t have a team in the basketball con-ference championships. Soft-ball was a top 100 team in the country. Kendall Kritenbrink was named Summit League Volleyball Player of the Year.

Could there be any better time to come into USD and grow with Coyote sports? The answer is no.

On top of all those great things, there are remodels beginning across the board.

New men’s basketball coach Craig Smith and new volleyball coach Leanne Wil-liamson are beginning their careers at USD. Behind new quarterback Kevin Earl, foot-ball has an ever-growing expectation. Young tennis, soccer and golf teams are making visible growth.

Oh yeah, the women’s basketball team brings back all but one player from the tournament run, and there’s a new arena, track and soccer field being built.

Could there be even bigger things happening soon? The answer is yes.

It was certainly a success-ful first year following Coyote sports. It should be a solid three more years and beyond.

USD athletics looking toward positive future

NATHAN ELLENBECKERis a first-year majoring in contemporary media and journalism.

Follow reporter Kayla Prasek on Twitter @kprasek

Follow reporter Kelsey Kroger on Twitter @kkroger34

reBecca KrOeGer I the volanteUniversity of south Dakota quarterback Kevin earl makes a pass during

the red versus White scrimmage in the DakotaDome april 26.

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File photo i the volanteActors at the 2013 summer South Dakota Shakespeare Festival perform the play “As You like it.”

Jobs, classes keep students in Vermillion for summer

While thousands of stu-dents will pack up their belonging and return to their hometowns beginning next week, there are a select few who will stay put for the sum-mer months.

Whether it be for off or on-campus jobs or summer class-es, Vermillion will continue to play host for students at the University of South Dakota during the summer break.

First-year Jasmine Blue will intern this summer in the social work camp she found through her USD adviser. Meanwhile, Blue will work at her family’s restaurant, Little Italy’s.

Blue said she will not be paid to work at the camp, because it is based on volun-teer hours. To apply to the pro-gram, students have to have certain numbers of volunteer hours, class credits and a cer-tain GPA.

“These volunteer hours will help me further myself in the program,” she said.

This summer, Blue said she is looking forward to her job.

“Vermillion is larger than my hometown, so it will be fun,” she said. “I have been working there for over a year. It is a blast and a half.”

Blue is planning to have an apartment and plans to take a road trip. This is her second summer staying in Vermillion working at a camp. She worked at an Ambassador’s Camp last summer as a counselor for the community service hours and for fun.

“I will work with a lot of kids that are troubled youths,” Blue said. “We will do crafts in a day-camp setting while get-ting volunteer hours.”

Senior Jordan Catlett has previously interned in Vermil-lion. Last summer she had an internship with Sanford Research’s Summer Under-graduate Research Experience studying biology. Catlett said

her internship was a great learning experience.

“It really opened up a lot of doors and set up a shadowing opportunity to see the genet-ics lab at Sanford,” Catlett said. “I learned a lot about my focus with looking at a specific gene and limb development.”

This summer she is intern-ing in the Sioux Falls area with the same program. Catlett’s said her experiences in the summertime in Vermilion were quiet, except for weekly speakers who talked about health and research.

“Usually you would travel or go to the river in your spare time,” Catlett said.

Catlett said the key was to know others who are staying for the summer.

“If you’re here by your-self, it’s not fun,” Catlett said. “Try and stay with a friend or roommate.”

She said she is not looking forward to the lack of people.

“All the students go home, so there is a lack of other

things to do because the clubs are not going on with meet-ings and events,” Catlett said.

Catlett said knowing locals is a plus because not a lot of the students know about Shakespeare in the park, the river or other events hap-pening downtown during the summer months.

First-year Benjamin Hawkins, who will return home for summer, said he dis-courages students to stay in Vermillion.

He pushes to have more global and cultural experi-ences that aren’t necessarily educational. However, he said he is not opposed to an intern-ship over the summer if the intern will enjoy themselves.

“For me, it is not about how much money, it is the quality and experience that I meet,” Hawkins said. “If you hate your job or internship, it will not be worth the money.”

leah Saizleah.Saiz@coyotes.usd.edu

As we wrap up the school year, I have over-heard many students try-ing to decide what their summer plans entail. One question has been if those plans include living at home or staying in Vermil-lion.

Many of my friends have said that Vermillion holds nothing for them to do, but I disagree. Adven-ture can be found wherev-er one wills it — the prob-lem is sometimes finding that will.

If one is looking to stay in Vermillion and is on the edge due to the fact that there is “nothing to do,” let me help you with the final decision.

One thing to keep a stu-dent busy in Vermillion is to work. Those summer hours will come in handy for paying off student loans.

There are other activi-ties to do while you stay in Vermillion over the sum-mer, too.

University of South Dakota sophomore Paden Hunt said the most impor-tant thing about a Sum-mer Vermillion is trying to find a handful of people that you get along with to spend time with..

“You can walk in town, go to a movie at night, go out to Burbank beach and spend the whole day out there,” he said. “What’s nice in the summer is that the beach isn’t very crowded. You can lay out and go swimming or go to the park.

I am lucky because I am part of Coyote Crew, through which I meet new people and discover who to hang out with over the

summer. The group cre-ates their own adventures and that is what makes summer in Vermillion fun.”

According to an article published by the Vermil-lion Chamber of Com-merce, you can devote some time to visiting his-torical sites, such as the National Music Muse-um, Austin-Whittemore House or the W.H. Over Museum. Hike around the river bend on Mulberry Bend Overlook or walk up Spirit Mound, following in the footsteps of the great adventurers Lewis and Clark.

Take a breath and relax with a glass of wine in your hand at the Valiant Vineyards (only 21 years of age and up, of course) or stroll down the streets of downtown Vermillion on a nice day, perhaps go see a movie along your way as Paden Hunt men-tioned (Godzilla or The Amazing Spiderman 2 are coming out this summer, take your pick).

Have a nice picnic at Prentis Park and bring along a baseball glove, Frisbee and basketball. Check out the new disc golf course, head on over to Barstow Park and per-haps bring along a skate-board. If you want to bring a dog along for a walk, go fishing, play some soccer or go to Cotton Park.

If one likes camping with friends, book a time and day at Lions Park.

Also, if anyone wants to join a golfing league, go forth to the Bluffs Golf Course (remember to yell fore).

Anyone can keep them-selves occupied in little ol’ Vermillion — just be will-ing to grasp the adventure when it is offered.

Summer Verm is a new experience and creates an amazing opportunity of a new life.

MAlAchi peterSen i the volanteSenior Jordan catlett interned at the churchill-haines laboratories where she worked on biology research. catlett will stay in Vermillion again this summer.

Vermillion summer provides activities, sense of adventure

HannaH nagyis a sophomore majoring in English.

Actors prepare for Shakespeare FestivalBraley Dodson

Braley.Dodson@coyotes.usd.edu

A sprinkle of theater culture is coming to Vermillion this summer as part of the third annual South Dakota Shake-speare Festival.

The comedy ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ will be performed outdoors in Prentis Park June 13-15.

The production includes nationwide talent, includ-ing eight students from the University of South Dakota. Rehearsals for the comedy will begin after the end of the semester.

Professor of theater and founding artistic director of the festival Chaya Gordon-Bland said performing out-doors is worth the risk.

“We take on these chal-lenges because the payoff is so grand,” she said. “It’s kind of its own art form.”

Outdoor performances bring out challenges of pro-ducing strong sound qual-ity in case of wind, Gordon-Bland said, and in case of rain or extreme winds, the comedy will be moved to Vermillion High School.

“Ideally, the show goes on,” she said.

Sophomore Kelsey Mitte-ness will play Widow in the production. Mitteness said

performing outside pushes a production to be adaptable.

“With anything, you have to prepare yourself for what might happen,” Mitteness said.

Gordon-Bland said the comedy was chosen because it is a recognizable Shakespear-ean work.

Junior William Mix will por-tray Vincentio in ‘The Taming of the Shrew.” Mix said the festival provides a gateway to Shakespeare for the commu-nity.

“It’s a great opportunity to get into classical work,” he said. “It’s a period style that’s unusual for people to see.”

Mix, who auditioned against actors from all over the country, including New York City, said he’s excited to work with cast.

“It gives a better sense of diversity,” he said.

His character, Vincentio, is the father of Petruchio, a part that brings its own challenges.

“I’ve never played a matur-esque character before,” Mix said. “It’s exciting to play.”

Gordon-Bland said plan-ning for the festival is a year-long endeavor. Planning began in the fall, and Gordon-Bland said the majority of the fund-raising for the event has been completed.

The festival’s first year drew about 1,200 patrons, a goal

Gordon-Bland said the festival hopes to surpass this year.

Gordon-Bland got involved in the initiative to bring a Shakespeare Festival to South Dakota after learning the state did not have one.

“The question was why we didn’t have one,” Gordon-Bland said. “I really saw it as an opportunity to bring his work to this community.”

This year’s production includes a collaboration between the festival and the National Music Museum. The museum will include a special exhibit on instruments used in Shakespeare’s productions. Other community members will be involved in teaching workshops.

“This community is abso-lutely in the fabric of this event,” Gordon-Bland said.

Other workshops will focus on topics such as playwriting, dancing and stage combat.

Mix said although Shake-speare plays are not contem-porary, they still connect with audiences.

“Shakespeare resonates in our daily lives,” he said. “It’s a good origin point to connect us back with history.”

Mitteness said Shake-speare’s works are timeless and relatable.

“Even though the language is heightened, the storyline

and humor are so modern,” Mitteness said.

The Shakespeare Festival will take place in the Warren

M. Lee Center for Fine Arts and the National Music Museum. ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ will be performed at 7 p.m. nightly

in Prentis Park.The festival is coproduced

by the student group Coyoteo-poly.

Follow Hannah Nagy Twitter @aqua_nagy

Follow Leah Saiz on Twitter @LeahSaizVolante

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