At next week's meeting on the School of Mines campus, South Dakota's Regents will discuss allowing our six public universities to fund scholarships with tuition remission and late-payment fees. The information sheet accompanying that agenda item itemizes the current sources…
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In this guest column for the Madville Times, actual live Native American Tasiyagnunpa Livermont weighs in on Watertown's cultural misappropriation, football, war, and racism: Nobody likes to be told they are wrong. Let alone racist. I get it. You feel…
And another thing: Rep. Rev. Steve Hickey's poopy-sex tirade veers around the corner to attack the South Dakota High School Activities Association for establishing policies on transgender student participation: The South Dakota High School Activities Association is presently considering changing…
Also on the agenda for today's state Board of Education meeting in Sioux Falls is the first public hearing for new state physical education standards. A team of 26 South Dakota PE teachers and other experts have written up proposals…
The Rapid City Journal finds it newsworthy to post a list of historic Rapid City Central High School figures who were really good at playing games. Among the honorees is Cobbler basketball coach Dave Strain. From 1963 to 1986, Strain…
Maybe we should put Wayne Carney in charge of the EB-5 visa program. Mitchell Christian High School finds itself embroiled in a minor visa controversy. A group called A-HOPE (African Hoop Opportunities Providing an Education) brought Sudanese exchange student Majok…
According to Governor Dennis Daugaard's FY 2015 Budget Book, the 32nd-highest paying state job is the head coach of men's basketball at South Dakota State University. That vital job pays $200,000, just $314 less than SDSU's VP Academic. The only…
The Board of Regents meets this week in Rapid City to discuss, among other things, approving a $65-million football stadium for South Dakota State University. According to the Regents' agenda packet, two thirds of the construction costs are for enclosed…