by Noah FranklinOut of the six possible candidates in a

campus-wide vote to name theStudentCen-ter, April 24, 25, David B. Miller StudentUnion won by a narrow margin, with theYellow Jacket Student union twelve votesbehind. A dedication ceremonywill be heldoutside the Union, May 9 at 1 p.m..

President Thomas Flickema decidedthe final title for the student union would be

the David B. Miller Yellow Jacket StudentUnion.

The vote came after the Student SenateandPresidentRobertDoucettepushedadmin-istration to allow students to name the build-ing.

Six nominations came in--Marc H. Boesen, Walter Higbee,Charles M. Schad, Tony P.Schavone, David B.Miller and theYellow Jacket Student Union.

10,631 alumni ballots weresent out for the naming of the Stu-dent Center. After the votes werecounted, 2,700 alumni and 300 stu-dent votes had been cast for thenaming. With an on campus returnof approximately 17 percent.

The nomination for David B.Miller came from six differentsources.

Dr. David B. Miller was anoutstanding presence in the historydepartment, said Dean Tom Hills,College of Business and PublicAffairs.

“First of all he was an out-standing class room teacher,” saidHills. “He brought credit to the uni-versity with his research and arti-cles on Black Hill’s history.”

Miller was also well respectedand admired by his peers and stu-dents.

“DavidMillerwas an excellenthistory professor, he was wellknown in the state of South Dako-ta,” said Steve Meeker, Director ofInstitutional Advancement, “If youwere to rate faculty on a one to tenscale, he was a minimum of nine.

Just about any one that had him would tellyou that, hewas an excellent facultymember.A lot of students lovedhim.”

One of the studentswhonominatedMiller,Senior Sociologymajor, Mark Proctor, said he

was always impressed by his ability to inspire.“Dr. Miller made a difference to

many generations of students at BHSU bybringing history to life through his carica-tures of historical figures,” he said.

by MaxWetzThe Board of

Regents approved rec-ommendations byExecutive Director Dr.Robert Tad Perry thatincreases the tuitionrate schedule for fiscalyear 1999 by four per-cent and some studentfees by varyingamounts.

The total costincrease of the recom-mendations that wereapproved by the Boardof Regents, whichincludes tuition,required fees, and roomandboard,for an undergraduate student tak-ing 32 credit hours per year atBlack Hills State University is 5.7percent or $313.12 over the cur-rent year’s prices. The averageincrease across the state is 5.5 per-cent.

The Governor’s salary pack-age and the salary competitivenessprogram created a budget shortfall

of$1.96 million for next year’sbudget, leaving the Regents withthe problemofmaking up the loss.

Three percent of the tuitionincrease for FY99, the Board said,was already set at the Oct. 1997meeting, but in order to cover theGovernor’s salary package, pre-sented in early December, a pro-jected increase of four percent wasneeded.

The Governor outlined hisplan during his budget address toincrease the salaries of stateemployees by three percent. Thesalary competitiveness program isan increase of 10.7 percent overthree years.

The approved tuition rateincreases the cost for residentundergraduates, currently at $54per credit hour, by $2.15 per cred-

it hour, bringing the total for FY99to $56.15. For a student registeredfor 32 credit hours per year, this isan increase of about $69 per year.For a non-resident undergraduate,it is an increase of $6.90 per credithour which adds up to a $220.80increase for a student signed up for32 hours.

Graduate students will alsobeing paying more with residents

spending $3.25 moreand non-residents pay-ing $9.70 more percredit hour.

H i s t o r i c a l l y ,tuition rates for law andmedical school wereset according to theaverage cost in theregional states, howev-er these rates were alsoheld to the same fourpercent increase.

The Board alsoadopted a recommen-dation to increase theself-support tuitionrates by six percent in

order to fund the salary competi-tiveness plan and keep these pro-grams self-operating. Self-sup-port programs do not receive anysubsidy from the state. Theincrease brings the undergraduatetuition rate for the Ellsworth AirForce Base BHSU campus to

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Regents approve increase in tuition/fees5.7 percent jump will cost full-time students hundreds more a year

Reality sets in for senior Akiko Kondo (left) and junior Karin Miller(right) as they realize they are the recipients of the Outstanding StudentLeadership Award at the 6th Annual Student Volunteer Awards Ban-quet April 4, 1998. This was the first time the award was shared by twoindividuals. See related story page 3.

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FY’98 rate Percent FY’99 rate $ increase $ increaseper cr. hr. increase rounded per cr. hr. per year

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Increase: Continued onpage 2

Building christened David B. Miller Yellow Jacket Student UnionStudents/Alumni recognize professor and mascot in tight vote

$102.75 per credit hour. The increase in tuition takes effect at

all six state institutions at the end ofthe spring 1998 semester except forthe tuition in the BHSU Ellsworthprogram, which increases at the startof the fall 1998 semester.

Board President David Genapsaid, “We worry about increases intuition and fees but, even with theincrease, this (education) is an invest-ment that is better than the stock mar-ket.”

Student Regent Jason Glodt dis-agreed and outlined the inflation of tuitionthrough the years. “Enrollment has beendown in recent years, yet tuition has con-tinued to increase. It has increased 17.4percent in four years, 20 percent since1995, 56 percent since 1992, and since Iwas born in 1973, it has increased by 350percent,” said Glodt.

“I understand the Board has theirhands tied, but if students can’t afford it, itwon’t be good for the universities,” Glodtsaid. “It’s critical we maintain an afford-able and quality education,” he said.

Regents expressed concern over theincreases but asserted the need to ensurethe drawing of quality educators to thestate.

“Six hundred staff will not get a raiseif we don’t support this increase. Like-wise health insurance for those 600 willnot be covered if we don’t do this,” saidRegent James Hanson.

Regent CurtJones said, “We needto look at cost con-tainment for tuition

but right now we don’t have an alterna-tive.”

The Board also discussed increases instudent fees during the meeting. BHSUrequested a $0.12 increase above theHigher Education Price Index (HEPI) forthe general activity fee (GAF) in order tocover the student union bond/constructioncommitment of $291,754 in FY99. Thisis an increase of $41,199 or 16.4 percentover the current payment.The HEPI portion of the GAF will gener-ate approximately $24,150, an additional$9,000 will be funded from budget reduc-tions in the GAF, and the final $8,049 wasrequested from the above HEPI increase.The increase was supported by the GAFReview Committee, five of which are stu-dents.

BHSU also requested a new rate fora one semester vehicleregistration fee of $25.The current vehicle regis-tration is assessed on aper year basis at a rate of$ 3 5 . 4 4 .

This rate is especially for thoseplanning to graduate in Decem-ber or for those who will be stu-dent teachers for a semester. Therate is higher than one-half of theannual rate to cover the fixed

costs associated with thepermit.

The increases in feeswere reluctantly acceptedby the Board with Regentsexpressing concerns overthe rising costs.

“I cannot supportincreases in HEPI; Iunderstand that the bond-

ing issues cannot be helped.Our only other choice is toreduce staff,” said Hanson

Glodt said, “As strongly asI oppose increases in GAF, Iwould fight for control of thisby students, we (Regents)don’t need to be micro manag-ing the colleges.”

“Regents don’t take theseincreases lightly,” said RegentPat LeBrun, “I would ratherhave students pay a little moreto ensure quality. It is neces-sary to maintain quality.”

Regent Jack Rentschlersaid he would propose a mora-torium on increases through-

Congratulations to all the recipients of the VolunteerAwards, April 4. I was impressed by the turnout, the food,the decorations. All very classy. Steve Meeker gave a trulyinspirational Keynote speech. A special YAHOOOO!!!! for the Today’s very own SteveBabbitt who took the Most Outstanding Advisor honors. He definitely earned it! Thankyou Steve for all that you’ve done. You have been an inspiration to the Today staff.

I wish everybody could have received an award. I am glad these people could be rec-ognized for volunteering their time and efforts. Volunteering is what makes Americagreat. Thanks for your efforts everyone. This school is really coming together.

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‘I understand the Board has theirhands tied, but if students can’t afford

it, it won’t be good for the universities.’

~Student Regent Jason Glodt

Increase: Continued from page 1

by Max Wetz The State Student Federation

selected Black Hills State Universityalum Lance Russell as executivedirector at their meeting March 26 inAberdeen. Russell, a 1992 graduateof BHSU, is seeking a law and mas-ter’s degree in political science at theUniversity of South Dakota.

As executive director, Russellwill act as an official representativeand lobbyist of the over 26,000 publichigher education students of SouthDakota

Russell is not a new face in stu-dent government at BHSU or in thestate. He served as BHSU StudentAssociation president and vice-presi-dent from 1989–1991. His positionin student government gave him aseat on the Student Federation boardwhere he served as secretary. He saidthat through his involvement with theFederation, he worked to achieve theprimary goal of “mobilizing the stu-dents of the six state universities tomaximize their collective voicebefore the Board of Regents and theSouth Dakota Legislature.”

While at BHSU, Russell wasvery active in partisan politics aswell, participating in the campuschapter of the College Republicans.He also served as State CollegeRepublican Federation vice chairmanin 1991-92. His career in politicsbegan in 1990 when he was an internin U.S. Senator Larry Pressler’sWashington office. Russell alsoserved as in intern in the State Legis-lature and as the West River Coordi-nator for the “Timmer for U.S. Con-gress” Campaign in 1992.

Receiving his bachelor of sci-ence degree in political science fromBHSU in 1992, Russell was selectedas the executive director of the Pen-nington County Republican Party in1993. He worked in this positionuntil he was hired as the executivedirector of the State RepublicanParty in 1995.

“As you can imagine, this tasktook an enormous amount of workand patience; however, the experi-ence was one of the most rewardingof my life,” said Russell.

Russell attended law school atThomas M. Cooley Law School in1995-96 and the Detroit College ofLaw at Michigan State University in

1997 before moving back to SouthDakota.

“I know my way around the capi-tol and feel I made great contacts inPierre; these will be very beneficialto help protect what we, the students,already have,” said Russell.

The expense of education was amajor impetus for Russell’s candida-cy. “Increasing cost is a big issue inhigher education in this state. Werank number two in our region in costand if we are going to continue in thispattern, we are going to have to jus-tify the expense,” Russell said.

Russell is also concerned withthe effectiveness of the Rising JuniorProficiency Exam. He expressed hiswillingness to help broker the bestdeal for the students between theBoard of Regents and the StudentFederation. The issue arose fromBHSU SA President Corey Chris-tians’ plan to eliminate the test.

He also is looking forward tosetting up an Internet web page forthe Federation. “The web page is avery exciting thing and I am reallylooking forward to getting it up. Theprofessors at Dakota State Universi-ty are already hard at work on theproject,” said Russell. He said thesite would be updated and run fromthe Madison campus.

Russell competed against threeother candidates, Jamie Beisch ofUSD, Danielle Baxa of SouthDakota State University, and TravisDahle of Northern State University,for the executive director position.Russell takes the reigns over fromAndie Fouberg, a junior at SDSU.

“It’s an honor for me to repre-sent the students of higher educa-tion across South Dakota,” saidRussell. “I’m looking forward toworking with the individual colle-giate leadership delegates to devisea strategy that will ensure our col-lective voices on higher educationissues are heard.”

The next meeting of the stu-dent federation is scheduled forMay 7, 1998, at SDSU in Brook-ings. Russell encourages opencommunication between studentsand their elected leadership, andwelcomes comments and sugges-tions by calling (605) 624-5601, ore–mailing srus-sell@sundance.usd.edu.

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NEWSby Justin Wickersham

Students and faculty from Black HillsState University, who spend countlesshours helping others, were honored onApril 4 during the 6th Annual Student Vol-unteer Awards Banquet held at the StudentUnion Multi-Purpose Room.

Following the dinner, provided by theBHSU Food Service, Steve Meeker was thekeynote speaker. Meeker, Director of Insti-tutional Advancement at BHSU, spokeabout how important volunteers are for BH.

In his speech, Meeker said, “Volunteersare the heart and soul of BHSU. Volunteersare special to BHSU and the organizationsthey represent.”

Assistant Director of the Student Unionand Activities, Jane Klug, announced thefirst winner of the evening. United Min-istries won Outstanding Community Ser-vice Project for the Shoebox Service Pro-ject.

Other group awards went to the StudentAmbassadors for Outstanding Program fortheir work with Faculty Appreciation Day,Outstanding New Student Organization wentto the Astronomy Club, and Swarm DaysCommittee won Outstanding Student Orga-nization.

Achievement Awards for Student Orga-nizations were awarded to the BHSU MathClub, Newman Club, Peer Assistants, PhiBeta Lambda, Student Ambassadors,Thomas Hall, Travel and Tourism Club, andthe UP Team.

Every student organization also had theopportunity to give an outstanding memberaward.

“I was moved about winning, but celebratingwith all the volunteers was also very important,” saidone of two recipients of the student leader, AkikoKondo.

“I feel I make a difference by volun-teering.”

Outstanding Residence Life Involve-ment, Fred JacksonOutstanding Freshman, Crystal MugliaOutstanding Advisor, Steve Babbitt Outstanding Volunteer, Jay Beyer Outstanding Student Leader, AkikoKondo and Karin MillerYoung Alumni Achievement Award,Gena Largson “Spirit of BH” Award, Tiffany Mei-dinger Excellence in Leadership Awards,Tommi Jo Casteel, Dawn Glanc, JosephMaycock, Kevin Porter, Mark Proctor,and Tanya Tolman

BHSU shows grat i tudeto campus vo lun tee rs

by Rose JagimThe total number of crime incidents on campus has

gone down from the previous school year. However,there have been seven more incidents of theft so far thisyear compared to all of last year. Tony St. James, theSecurity Supervisor on campus, said the crime rate is

comparable to other South Dakota Universities. “It’s just like a small community here. Because we have about 2500 students,

there are all kinds of people on campus,” St. James said.Crimes reported on campus this year include four assaults, sixteen cases of theft,

nine liquor violations (under age drinking) and one vehicle burglary. Of these crimes, only one case resulted in the suspect’s apprehension. It consist-

ed of a computer theft out of the drafting room in Woodburn. The student was caught,and now awaits trial.

“Unfortunately we see few criminal acts in progress. Most of what we do isobservation, reporting and investigating,” said St. James.

Last year there was one attempted rape, one robbery, twenty-eight liquor viola-tions and three assault cases.

“It’s quieted down from last year,” St. James said. He attributed the decrease tochanges made in the campus lighting since last year. The school went from whitelights to orange sodium vapor lights.These new lights are much better at illuminating the campus at night.

“The lighting on campus is continually being enhanced,” St. James said. Black Hills State University has security on duty seven days a week, during the

day and also from 7p.m. to 3a.m.“We do our best to keep the crime on campus down,” St. James said.

Campus theft up for ’97-’98 year

BHSU alumnus selected asFederation executive director

photo by Alan CarrollSteve Meeker, director of Insti-tutional Advancement, gives thekeynote address at this year’sStudent Volunteer Awards Ban-quet.

by Kathy MrazMastermind behind the many faces

of "stump," Patty Nills, has been decorat-ing the rubble-turned-art since the treewas destroyed in a snow storm at the endof 1996. Nills found removal estimatesto beunjusti-f i e da n ddressedt h es t umpas a snowman in an effort to avoid aneyesore in her yard. This resulted in thebirth of a local tourist attraction on thecorner of Woodburn and Jonas streets.

Nills, however, cannot take credit forthe entire apparel of the first snowman--amember of the Dorsett Retirement Homeknit a hat to fit the 58 inch circumferenceof the stump's head. This communityinvolvement initiated the stump's popu-larity when a group of DorsettRetirement Home residents tooka field trip to view the snowmanand its newly knitted hat.

Inspired by the holidayseason, Nills decided tocontinue decorating, and tocelebrate, the stump shareda glass of champagne withSpearfish for 1997's NewYear's Eve.

Since then, the stump hasbeen dressed in many differentcostumes to represent seasons,events, and holidays, includingthe 57th annual Sturgis Rallyand Races.The black-leather-and-chainsstump worked hard to supportthe rally while slurping foam(insulation) from a giant mugof beer.

The biker stump succeed-ed in attracting the attentionof some rally participants.

"The bikers stopped by tosee the bikerstump. Theywere a littleintoxicatedand tried tosit on itsl a p , "

r e c o u n t sNills. "The legs on thebiker stump were made out of rollsof chicken wire, so when they tried to siton it, the legs were flattened."

This, however, was not thestump's first encounter withvandals. Last spring, Nillsdressed the stump as theEaster Bunny. Duringthe stump's time as the

E a s t e rBun ny,s o m e -b o d y

stolea nEasteregg from its basket.

"Usually I tie all ofthe items down with fishing line, but I

must have missed the bunny's egg," Nillssaid. "Anyway, it had to go without hav-ing an Easter egg the rest of the holidayseason."

Another instance of theft occurredwhile the stump was dressed as an "oldmaid school teacher."

"I made a straw hat that looked likeMinnie Pearl's (Grand Ol' Opry enter-tainer) hat. It even had a daisy on it toadd to the outfit. However, somebodystole the hat so I placed a sign on top ofthe teacher stump's head asking 'Have

you seen my hat? Somebodytook it.'"

Nills also receives neg-ative reactions from herthree sons. They havevoiced the opinion ofeither wanting it cut downor blown up and even

threatened to cut itdown with a chainsaw last Christmas.

“He (heryoungest son)told me that Iw o u l d n ’ tbelieve all ofthe ribbing hehad to takebecause of myd e c o r a t e dstump,” Nillssaid.

Despite themultiple occur-rences of vandalismand lack of supportfrom her children,Nills continues to dec-orate the stump. Shetruly realized thestump’s positive impactwhen a man volun-teered to plow her gar-den for free if shepromised to continuebringing smiles to thefaces of Spearfish withher stump.

"There are quite afew people that drive byand take a look at thestump," said Nills. "Itis really neat to see

them dri-ving by,e v e ntour is ts .Many ofthem stop

and take a picture, however, the mostimportant thing is that I can see themsmile."

Other stumps include a graduationstump from last year’s Spearfish HighSchool commencement and a Father’sday stump.

The graduation stump sported amaroon shower curtain gown and mor-tarboard cap with gold tassels.

“I was disappointed that I didn’t getthe colors changed to represent the Uni-versity, but the graduations were tooclose together,” Nills said.

The Father’s Day stump depicted aman fishing.

“I did Father’s Day because there isalways so much done for Mother’s Day,”Nills explained.

The stump, neither male nor female,black nor white, old nor young, is risingas the Spearfish community's commonthread of inspiration in a place wherehope and community are on the verge ofbeing lost.

BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY

STYLESSTYLESIFE

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photo by Brandon CeglianSnowman stump for winter 1998.

photo by Brandon CeglianStump celebrates the Irish way.

photo by Brandon CeglianNills with 1998 Easter stump. Lastyear’s bunny lost an egg to a thief.

‘. . . the most important thing isthat I can see them smile.’

~Patty Nills

LStory of the stumpSurrounding community stops to smile at Nills’ yard art

by Robert HindsBlack Hills State students exercised their funny bones March 25 during the annual Mr.

Cinderfella. The event is an all male pageant showing BHSU’s best male talents. It is spon-sored by the University Programming Team’s Kaleidoscope Committee.

Kevin Porter, chairman of the Kaleidoscope said it went spectacular.“These guys had a lot of talent, each one has an incredible stage presence,” said

Porter. This year’s theme,“Super Hero,” included seven BHSU contestants: Brandon Huth

(Sophomore), Ben Aaker (Soph), Ellery Grey (Freshman), Gabe Sechrist (Fresh), MattKreutz (Soph), Josh Stearns (Fresh), and Calvin Kusper (Senior).

The show included a talent and evening wear segment (sorry ladies, no swimmingsuits). Hosting the event was Kevin Porter and Clint Baird (Mr Cinderfella 1997) with their Men in Black interpretation .

The event’s female escorts included Casey Kelly, Crystal Muglia, Val Mudelein, andBrandi Homec. They kept the event rolling while wearing gorgeous evening dresses. Youcan stop drooling guys. The escorts generously displayed their phone numbers for all thosedesperate non-participating guys in the audience.

The talent segment drew the most laughs where contestant wowed the audience withtheir off-the-wall ingenuity. The talent performances included: Brandon Huth performing“Oh Suzanna” with a harmonica, Ben Aaker and Ellery Grey in a five minute rendering ofAustin Powers, a cross-dressing dance by Gabe Sechrist, an Al Yanchovich lip-synch byMatt Kreutz, a Saturday Night Live cheer-leading slapstick by Josh Stearns, and a rendi-tion of “Cats in a Cradle” sung by Calvin Kusper.

The night continued with whistles and “oh- yeahs” as the guys strutted their stuff onthe cat walk in the evening wear portion. It also included a question and answer session foreach contestant. Questions ranged from “What’s your best pick-up line” to “What are thethree best things about mold?”

During the Q &A, contestant Ben Aaker’s question was, “If you could date anyprofessor on campus who would it be, and why?” He answered, “Hmmm...CherylAnagnopoulos, of course.” (Of course, Anagnopoulos was one of the faculty judgesfor the event. Ben, you sly dog!) Consequently, Judge John Glover stood up in for-mal protest over Aaker’s answer.

Last, but not least, was the crowning of the new Mr. Cinderfella. Sadly, the awards cer-emony left many teary-eyed contestants. The winners were: Gabe Sechrist - 4th runner-up,Ellery Grey - 3rd runner-up, Brandon Huth - 2nd runner-up, and (drum roll, please) Calvin

Cusper as Mr. Cinderfella 1998!Cusper had a emotional response to being crowned the next Mr. Cinderfella. “It

was great being part of the program, (sniff) I guess I’m still speechless,” said Cus-per.

Overall the audience seemed to enjoy the night’s event. BHSU Junior, DeleightKelly, had this to say about Mr. Cinderfella, “Calvin is such a stud!”

by Frannie WagnerThis week’s featured DJ for

KBHU is Shae Tyler. Ms. Tylercontrols the board at KBHU everyWednesday and Friday from 1-2pmwith her lovely co-host HannahBlair. “Djing wouldn’t be as fun with out Han-nah Blair,” said Tyler. (Boy, that Hannah mustbe some great gal!)

Shae is originally from Rapid City andgraduated from Rapid City Stevens HighSchool in 1995. At BHSU, she studies MassCommunication and Psychology. She is ajunior and after graduation Tyler wants to go tofilm school hopefully at UCLA to be a directorof movies.

Shae likes being a DJ. “I like hearingwhat my listeners have to say, and I like to

play the music I like. Getting requests is the best,” said Tyler. (642-6737Call her on the air!)

Ms. Tyler also serves as the manager of BHTV. “When I’m not down atBHTV or KBHU, I like to spend a lot of time outside hiking and skiing,” saidTyler. Other of her favs include the movie “Seven”, the band “Save Ferris”,and her favorite TV show... BHTV, of course.

In closing Shae offers her advice for a happy life: “You can only get outof life what you put into it.”

Remember in our last issue, how I wished for a movieto trash?Well, I can now cross that one off of my Christmas wishlist. How can I put this nicely? Hey, how ‘bout this; “Ifyou love textiles, you’ll love this movie. The clothing waswell acted” Well, I don’t want to be nice, so I won’t eventry. This version of the Three Musketeers stories,allegedly directed by Randall Wallace, must have beenbased upon the candy bar, not the literary efforts ofAlexander Dumas. Dumas must be SPINNING in hisgrave.

Looking at Leonardo DiCaprio’s pouty-baby face innot one, but two roles, (King Louis XlV, and twin broPhillipe) in one movie was more than I could take. Toparaphrase a movie critic of old: His acting ability runsthe gamut from “A” to “B.” The only saving grace wasbeing able to look at Jeremy Irons, (as Aramis) he’s sodecorative, even when he’s acting in a vacuum. GabrielByrne, as D’Artagnan wasn’t too hard on the eyes, either.

Gerard Depardieu, as the hard drinking, perpetuallywenching, reprobate Porthos, was actually the highlight ofthis flick, you get to see his butt, now yours doesn’t lookso bad, does it? His perpetual, bodily-function-relateddialog was the best thing this film had to offer. As for

John Malkovich, always believable as an arch villain, he is horribly mis-castas Athos. When attempting to emote, I thought that he was trying to hack up

As swashbucklers go The Man in the Iron Mask is enter-taining enough. Based on an 1846 novel by French authorAlexander Dumas, the film is directed by Braveheart screen-writer Randall Wallace. It attempts to achieve the epic brava-do of Braveheart, but falls short. As a sequel to the earlierDumas novel “The Three Musketeers,” The Man in the IronMask depicts the musketeers (the king’s bodyguards), afterthey have retired from service. Aramis (Jeremy Irons) is nowa priest, Athos (John Malkovich) is living vicariously throughhis son, and Porthos (Gerard Depardieu) is still drinking andwomanizing, while D’Artagnan, the younger protege of thelegendary three, is now captain of the musketeers.

Set in France in 1662, the film centers on how wicked KingLouis XIV (Leonardo DiCaprio) exploits his subjects for hisown gain. Louis becomes infatuated with Christine (JudithGodreche)who happens to be the fiancee of a Raoul (PeterSarsgaard), son of the Athos. So, Louis sends Raoul off to war,where he is killed, then Louis moves in on Christine. Aramisreveals to his comrades the existence of a mysterious man in aniron mask, “Philippe (also played by DiCaprio), who is thesecret twin brother of the king. He had been imprisoned sixyears ago, after his brother discovered his existence.

The Man in the Iron Mask covers old territory fairly well.Although all of the characters are French, the international castspeaks with with a multitude of accents, which is disconcerting.The film is nothing special, but it’s an okay action-swashbuckler.

He said/She said: The Man in the Iron Mask

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by Tom SchafferThe harsh cords of guitars reverberated

throughout the Student Union Saturday night.Local bands assembled for the first annualBuzzfest. Students and friends from the BlackHills gathered to dance away the night asbands rocked the house.

“Five bucks, five bands” originated fromthe organizers Frank Robbins and RossLillebo last year and became reality Satur-day, March 28. Unfortunately, inclementweather hampered the music event.

“I was expecting over 250 people to showup,” said Lillebo. “It was snowing in Leadand Deadwood preventing concert goersfrom showing up.” The Craze had to canceltheir gig because of snow and Fantastic Samreplaced them, Lillebo added.

The weather did not impede the hun-dred plus diehards who turned out for theBuzzfest , and were glad they made theshow.

“This was a good thing,” said ShaunaSpain, a junior at Central High in Rapid City. “Ilike coming to these music events because it isa place where my friends can gather and thisgives us a chance to meet other kids.”

Hardcore rocker, Brandon Bakerberg,said, “It is pretty boring in Rapid City and Ilike coming to these shows and I wish therewere more shows, like monthly.”

It would be great if I could do a show month-ly, but it takes much time and effort to put on amusic event, Lillebo said. In September, Lillebowill start planning for the 2nd annual Buzzfest,which will happen in the Spring of 1999.

The Buzzfest started the evening off withLOE (Laboratory of Evil). Fantastic Sam, Spaz-zo Funck Monkeys and Deadbolt followed. Thenight ended with Pandrix Napier.

The first annual Buzzfest was a successbecause it brought bands and people togetherso, they could enjoy an evening of music anddancing. Not bad, five bucks for five bands!

Bands rock Student Union at f irst annual Buzzfest

photo by Alan CarrollStudents mosh to the sounds of Spazzo Funck Monkeys atthe 1st Annual KBHU Buzzfest on March 28, 1998.

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Dear Editor:Since coming to

Congress in 1987,many BHSU studentshave participated ininternship programs Ihave made availablethrough my office. Iwould like to advisestudent of the avail-ability of internshipopenings in both mySouth Dakota officesfor this summer.

Internship posi-tions are availablein my Aberdeen,Sioux Falls andRapid City offices.Interning in thestate offices willprovide studentswith in-depthknowledge of thestate and the oppor-tunity to workdirectly with SouthDakotans.

College creditsor a stipend is avail-able for interns. Formore informationabout this program,please call toll-free1 - 8 00 - 5 37 - 0 025 .Interested studentsshould submit acover letter, resume,references and a writ-ing sample.

Tim JohnsonUnited State Senate

In the March 26 issue of theToday newspaper, Burke Binningwas incorrectly referred to as BurkeBillings. Corey Christians’ namewas also misspelled. We apologizefor any inconvenience or confusion.

Dear Editor:One important thing in publishing a newspaper is

the correct spelling of a person’s name. In the March26 issue of the Today paper, Mr. Burke Billings’name was spelled differently, twice. In the front

page article entitled, “Christians/Burke selected...”by Mr. Max Wetz, it was spelled “Binning.” And inMr. Brandon Ceglian’s editorial on page 2 it wasspelled “Billings.” And in the cutline under the frontpage photo of him and Mr. Christians, it was againspelled “Billings.”

Now I am under the impression that the correctspelling is “Billings.” Andalso realize that mistakescan and do happen. I don’tpersonally know Mr.Billings, but am sure thathe would appreciate it if

the Today paper spell his last name correctly.The Today paper staff needs to remember that

computers are not very good at checking spelling ofa person’s name. That is something that needs to bedone by a person, or perhaps even two.

In the future, I would suggest that the paper staffdouble check the spelling of people’s names. This stepwould help to ensure that people’s names are spelledcorrectly in each issue of the paper.

If the reporter is unsure of the correct spelling of aperson’s name he/she should contact that person and getthe correct spelling from them.

Doug Kasten

The tragic deaths of the stu-dents killed in the massacre afew days ago in Jonesboro, Ark.should be a lesson to us all inhypocrisy and exploitation.Whenever some nut casedecides to go on a killing spreeand happens to use a gun for hismurderous rampage, the anti-gunners try to exploit the deathsof those involved by calling formore gun control.

Sen. Dianne Fienstein (D-CA) was on the newsyesterday calling for more control on guns. Sheshould be ashamed of herself. Using the tragic deathsa few children in one isolated incident for the purpos-es of advancing a flawed political agenda is shameful.Sen. Fienstein is totally unconcerned with the almostone and a half million children murdered each year inthe genocidal practice of abortion, yet suddenly she isextremely concerned about the deaths of five. This isthe ultimate in hypocrisy. She shouldn’t be foolinganyone. She is so overzealous in her desire for guncontrol, lying and exploiting are fair game for her.

The anti-gun crowd says by banning guns we willget rid of crime. They choose to ignore mountains ofevidence which say guns do not cause crime.The anti-gunners in this country have to be the mostoverzealous, lying, exploiters of tragedy this countryhas ever produced.

Even if you grant the premise that gun controlcauses crime it still does not provide a basis for gun

control. The Second Amendment to the Constitutionsays our right to keep and bear arms SHALL NOT BEINFRINGED!! Can you read Sen. Fienstien and com-pany?

If all crime could be eliminated by banning guns itstill could not possibly justify gun control of any kind.Our Constitutional guarantee’s are not negotiable. Our

founding fathers were so concerned with making surethis country forever had guns, they plainly put a guaran-tee of gun ownership in the Bill of Rights. We should beable to own whatever guns we want regardless of thecrime rate.

While there is no excuse for shooting someone out-side of self-defense, you cannot blame the gun. WhenTimothy Mcviegh blew up the Federal building inOklahoma City we did not say it was the bomb’s fault.When the kids in Jonesboro shot their fellow students,though, we chose to blame the gun instead of the crim-inals. No gun has ever, without a human firing, killedsomeone. We need to take care of the criminal insteadof copping out by blaming the instrument they use tocommit their crimes.

If you think giving up your constitutionally protectedliberties is worth the cost of gun-control, I would suggestyou move to a new country where tyranny is the order of theday instead of liberty being our guiding principle.

Don’t let all the blood shed in protecting our greatnations liberty go to waste by giving the freedom haterstheir way by supporting gun control.

Please feel free to comment by email atmsl2174@mystic.bhsu.edu.

Those freedom haters are at it again

Mark Lobbestael

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control of any kind.’~Mark Lobbestael

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PIERRE— According to theSouth Dakota Board of Regents,Americans view college educa-tion as very important for thefuture of individuals and for stateeconomies. This comes from aFebruary survey by Public Agen-da found that 86 percent of theAmericans polled felt high schoolgraduates should go to collegebecause in the long run they’llhave better job prospects.

The survey also found that alarge majority of Americans feelgetting a college education ismore important than it was tenyears ago and that the price ofcollege education should not beallowed to prevent qualified stu-dents from attending college.

In 1997 the state’s BusinessResearch Bureau surveyed 762South Dakotans about higher edu-cation the Board of Regentsreported. Eighty-one percent ofthose surveyed think South Dako-

ta public universities prepare stu-dents for the workplace as effec-tively as neighboring universities.However, only 46 percent feel thatstudents in the state pay about theright amount for their education.

These figures are verypromising for students attendingcollege and preparing for gradua-tion in May.The U.S. Department of Laborprojects that the rate of jobgrowth in the next decade willdepend on level of education andskill training.

South Dakotans, like mostAmericans, view higher educa-tion as more significant thanever. Job growth projectionsconfirm what the public alreadybelieves: more jobs will requirecollege education. SouthDakotans want their universi-ties to prepare people for theworkplace and to retrain themthroughout their lives.

Dear Editor,I wish to respond to Mark Lobbestael’s article in

the March 26 Today paper. The article attackedRepublican leadership and the Democrats for variousreasons that I believe were untrue or misrepresented.He wrote that “When our taxes are reaching upwardsof half our income, five hundred dollars per year ischump change.” I wish to point out that our tax bur-den is spread out between federal, state and localgovernment entities. They all take part of ourincomes and are all responsible for our tax burden.

More appropriately, we the people are all responsiblefor our tax burdens. When we demand services,whatever they may be; plowed roads, safe streets,better schools, food for the poor or elderly, etc., thisincreases our share of taxes that we are responsiblefor. I don’t know about Mr. Lobbestael, but five hun-dred dollars is not chump change to me.

The real insults flew at the end of the articlewhen Mr. Lobbestael called Jesse Jackson a “worth-less windbag” and declared that “Republicans needto remember that Democrats are not friends... TheDemocrats and liberals are the enemy. You don’tappease the enemy. Your goal should be to destroyhim.” Powerful words; however, very untrue andvery hateful.

I hope that Mr. Lobbestael was just being over-ly partisan and not describing his trueintentions. We feel that Jesse Jacksondeserves considerable respect for hisactions and being called a “worthlesswindbag” is not appropriate or con-structive criticism.

Additionally, I believe that hav-ing diverse issues represented in ourpolitical system is a cornerstone ofour country and we should have nointentions of destroying the otherpolitical parties. Mark, don’t let yourfrustration over political issues pre-vent you from being friends withDemocrats or people of any otherpolitical persuasion. Life is too shortto exclude anyone, even your politi-cal foes.

Mark ProctorCampus Democrat President

Through the kindand generous invitationof the Black Hills StateUniversity Student Sen-ate, I was given theopportunity to attend myfirst Board of Regentsmeeting March 26-27.While I thought I was

rather keen on who the Board is and what theydo, I found that I had a lot to learn.

The Board consists of nine individuals fromacross the state, although most of them are fromEast River. David Genap of Madison, Jim Hartof Miller, James Hanson of Pierre, Pat LeBrun ofRapid City, Curt Jones of Britton, JackRentschler of Sioux Falls, Dan Croninn of Get-tysburg, Harvey Jewitt of Aberdeen, and JasonGlodt of Vermillion are the members of theboard that supervises the affairs of South Dako-ta’s state-funded institutions of higher educa-tion. Each Regent comes from a different back-ground which adds an important mix to thisboard. Each is charged with the responsibility ofprotecting the interests of the students in thisstate and each has a different view of how thisshould be done.

The Board of Regents is a very powerfulpolitical force in South Dakota, effecting everystudent. To my surprise there were, at maximum,20 students attending their last meeting. At thismeeting the Board approved an increase in col-lege costs of 5.5 percent. This lack of interest isnot what we should be showing this body. Howare the Regents going to know that we are vehe-mently opposed to increases if we don’t speak up

for ourselves? The Regents are in a tough position, trying to

balance the good of education in the state andkeeping that system in the black, but we can nolonger sit back and trust that these men andwomen are in tune with what we think. The Stu-dent Federation is responsible for working in ourinterest with the Board, but we shouldn’t just con-sign this job to a few. We are all responsible forour education and we should make a real effort tohelp the Student Federation by lobbying theRegents and the legislature. If we come togetherand make our voice one, we will be a force to bereckoned with.

Five BHSU Student Senate members, JodyWalk, Ryan Maher, Michelle Stensaas, CoreyChristians and Robert Doucette, represented ourschool very well and impressed a lot of peoplethere. Our group was the largest student delega-tion there with more students than even NorthernState whose campus was across the street fromwhere the meetings were held. The BHSU teamworked very effectively at talking with theRegents and administrators and expressing ourviews about the direction of higher education inSouth Dakota. However, six people is notenough. Just think what may have happened ifthey had to look 50, 100 or even 500 students inthe eye when they raised our tuition.

It is my sincere hope that every student willinvolve themselves with the Board of Regents byattending their next meeting in Brookings onMay 7 and 8 or just simply calling them up andexpressing your views. It doesn’t matter how youget involved just do it. You can call the Board ofRegents at (605)773-3455.

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BHSU: What do you think?Do you think the Student Senate should have

more power?

Crystal SwiftFreshmanBusiness Administration

“I think they should havemore power because theywould work with the studentsone on one, whereas theadministration is just there tooversee the students.”

Andrea HutchisonSophomoreMass Communications

“Yes, I feel that the StudentSenate would be more rep-resentative of the studentbody.”

Jase MaygrenSophomoreBusiness

“No, I feel the Senate onpast occasions has shownthey are incompetent inholding office that is thevoice of the student body... Ibelieve they have beenspoiled by power.”

Vicky HammondSeniorTourism/Hospitality

“Yes, I think the adminis-tration should work withthe Student Senate and tryto incorporate more of thestudents recommendationsand ideas.”

OPINIONS EXPRESSEDON THE OPINION ANDVIEWPOINT PAGESARE NOT NECESSARI-LY THE OPINION OFBLACK HILLS STATEUNIVERSITY OR THETODAY NEWSPAPER

Max Wetz

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photo by Alan CarrollYellow Jacket John Ainsworth fights a strong head-wind during discus competition at Saturday’s TechInvitational.

Here she comes- photo by Tom SchaferLady J’ Alisha Swanson vaults her way to a triplejump of 31’ to take 3rd place at the BHSU Early Bird.

Reynolds, Mundt big winners for BHSU trackby Jennie Morris

What was supposed to be thefirst outdoor meet of the seasonturned into another indoor meetat the Donald E. Young Centersimply because South Dakotaweather prevailed.

Although no team scoreswere kept, the Black Hills StateUniversity women’s track andfield team started the season offstrong with dual first place fin-ishes by conference favoritesLisa Reynolds and HeatherMundt.

Reynolds captured firsts inthe 1500 meter clocking 5:16.31and in the 3000 meter pacing an11:32.7.

Teammate, Mundt brought infirsts in the 55 meter dash run-ning a 7.75 and in the 200 meterdash with a 27.76.

Other first place finishes forthe women’s team were Mary

Kate Guilfoyle in the high jumpwith a 5’4” vault, Becca Dillon inthe 800 meter run at 2:31.83, andthe 4 X 400 meter relay team rac-ing to a 4:23.87 finish.

Second place finishes for theJackets were Laura Dye with a15’11/2” long jump; Burke Bin-ning running a 2:04.05 in the 800meter; and Brian Oliver in the3000 meter with a time of 9:10.9.

Bringing in third place fin-ishes for BHSU were AlishaSwanson in the triple jump at31’; Melinda Oster throwing121’1” in the discus; Erik Myershigh jumping 5’10; JohnAinsworth throwing 136’6” inthe discus; Micki Odell in thejavelin with a 99’11” toss; andMonica Headlee in the 1500meter pacing a 5:27.02.

Other third place finishesincluded Natasha Cushman inthe 400 meter with a time of

1:03.39; and the women’s 4 X200, the men’s 4 X 400, and themen’s 4 X 200 with times of1:54.72, 3:31.54, and 3:31.54respectively.

Placing fourth for the Jacketsin the long jump with a 13’91/2”was Alisha Swanson, and ScottHorgen in the 400 meter dashwith a time of 51.68.

Fifth place finishes includedStacy Trezona in the 1500 meterrunning a 5:30.33; Mary KateGuilfoyle in the 55 hurdlessprinting a 10.05; and Mary AnnMalson in the 200 meter with a29.44 dash.

Finishing sixth for the Jack-ets were Josh Feely in the shotput with a throw of 38’11/4”;Jesse Willard in the triple jumpvaulting 38’7”; Darin Kellum inthe javelin with a toss of 141’7”;and Jim Westling in the 55 meterhurdles running a 8.95.

by Jennie MorrisThe Black Hills State Uni-

versity track teams traveled toRapid City last weekend to takeon Chadron State, DickinsonState, and South Dakota Tech atthe Tech Invitational. While themen placed fourth, the womencame home with a big 62 pointwin over NCAA foes; Chadron.

Huge first place perfor-mances by the women helped theJackets to overcome. SophomoreMary Kate Guilfoyle led off theday with a first place in the highjump at 5’02” , and teammateMelinda Oster offered her sup-port by placing first in the discuswith a throw of 132’10”.

Junior Becca Dillon finishedfirst in the 1500 meter with atime of 5:22.6. Heather Mundttook dual firsts in the 100 and200 meter dashes with times of12.83 and 26.74 respectively.

Monica Headlee placed firstin the 800 meter dash, running a2:33.47; Lisa Reynolds ran for afirst in the 3000 meter with an11:38.40, and the women’s 4 X

400 relay team placed first in4:23.10.

Although the men tookfourth as a team, they placed firstin a few events. Clint DeBoer ledthe way with a first in the longjump with 21’05”.

Freshman, Rowdy Andersonplaced first in the 800 meter runin 2:03.40, and Senior Scott Hor-gen placed first in the 400 meterhurdles with a sprint of 57.03.

Other places for the Jacketswere:High Jump: Alisha Swanson, 2nd; Tre-vis Olson, 3rd. Triple Jump: AlishaSwanson, 2nd; Clint DeBoer, 2nd; JesseWillard, 5th. Javelin: Micki Odell, 2nd;Jamie Robinson, 5th; Clint DeBoer, 3rd;Darin Kellum, 4th. Long Jump: AlishaSwanson, 4th. Shot Put: Cindy Sim-mons, 4th; Missy Reuer, 5th. 400Meter: Mitch Boysen, 4th; Mary KateGuilfoyle, 2nd; Natasha Cushman, 5th.200 Meter: Doug Hayden, 4th; ChristianJac, 5th; Mary Ann Malson, 6th. 100Meter: Mary Ann Malson, 4th. 100Meter Hurdles: Jim Westling, 4th. 5000Meter: Brian Oliver, 2nd. 3000 Meter:Stacy Trezona, 2nd.

Women blow teams away

Dear Zelda,

Spring Break was a realeye opener affair this year. My significant “other” went

in search of greener pasturesand there is where my prob-lems began. If the other hasborrowed all the text booksrequired for their classes from

you, and their pants unexpectedly fall down in town, areyou obligated by the milk of human kindness, to insurethat their assignments are presented to their instructors?If not, why do the instructors seem to have a less-than-cordial attitude towards my end? Is this quite possiblybecause some untruths were told about the circum-stances regarding the timely execution of the assign-ments?Don’t know how to handle the misinformed stares

from the faculty.......Signed Robin Hood -Winked

Dear Winked,

It sounds like you have been taken for a schmuck.You left out some details like has this happened before?Does the pasture to which they reside really in badshape? You sound like you are just a little bit paranoid tothink that the faculty are staring at you for somethingthat they heard from your significant “other”. You asked ifyou are responsible for their assignments and I believethat you are not....If they are stupid enough to stray out of a perfectly

good pasture then they should find their way back ontheir own. But if I was you I would change the gates andpost a no trespassing sign on the gate post! From whatis sounds like they have been fabricating fantasies and itwas easier to place the blame on you than to do thehomework and turn it in on time.....Some teachers willbelieve a sob story while the majority consider thesource. I don't think you have anything to worry aboutWinked, what goes around comes around!

Zelda

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Always drink upstream of the herd.

by Kathy MrazSocial security may not be around when we

are ready to retire. Many people are not going tobe able to stop working when they hit retirementage, if they are planning on social security asbeing their only source of income. One way tosolve this problem is to participate in or set up aretirement plan.

Social Security was developed as a supple-mental source of income for retiree’s, accordingto Ted Norman, Certified Financial Plan-ner/Investment Broker at Rapid City’s A. G.Edwards & Sons, Inc. Congress never intendedthat social securitywould be used as themain source of incomefor retirement.

“It is a supple-mental income and theyounger we are, themore we have to ques-tion whether it is evengoing to be aroundwhen we are ready toretire,” said Norman. “Hopefully there will beretirement dollars for us but the main thing is thatwe have got to take advantage of any type ofretirement planning that we come across along the

way.”Norman emphasizes that if students want

to retire in comfort, it is imperative to start aretirement plan right away, the younger theb e t t e r .When one takes advantage of retirementplans it not only saves tax dollars, but alsoallows the dollars in the account to grow taxdeferred. It is amazing the dollars that maybe put away over the years. These dollars willbe needed upon retirement. Inflation pricesof products and goods are going to continueto rise every year. It is going to cost more

down the road to buya loaf of bread and atank of gas. Thesetypes of products arestill going to beneeded, even uponretirement.

Larry Kennison,Investment Execu-tive at Rapid City’sPiper Jaffray also

advises students to set up retirement plans.“I don’t care what else students do, if theylearn nothing about investing, at least partic-ipate in their company’s retirement plan as

soon as they can,” said Kennison.“Don’t wait until they turn 40 yearso l d .The sooner they start participatingthe better. I advise students whenthey get their first job, which meansthey will receive their first check, tomax out their contribution to theirretirement plan because they willnot miss the dollars, since it is theirfirst check.”

According to Kennison, studentsshould put the maximum amount ofdollars into their retirement becausethe early years are when the realgrowth is going to take place. Stu-dents should be looking at the realpossibility that they will work 30years and retire for 40. They willactually be retired longer than theyhave worked.

“Students need to have retirementdollars available to provide them withan income stream for that length oftime,” said Kennison. “So the soonerthey can get started than the moreconsistent they can invest and the bet-ter chance they have of being able toretire and live in the same lifestylethey have become accustomed.”

Since there will probably be verylittle income from social securityupon our retirement. It is going to be

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by Julia KnickerbockerSexual assaults are being committed across the

US. with the aid of Ropypnol, a tasteless, odorlessand colorless sedative that can easily be added to abeverage such as beer. This ‘date rape’ drug oftencauses the victim to have no memory of the rape,makes it difficult to prosecute the offender, stated inthe book ‘Roofies’: horror date rape drug of the 90’s.Rohypnol is a sedative usually prescribed to treatinsomnia. It is used illegally as a ‘date rape’ drug andadded to a drink without any evidence that it is in thedrink. The blackout usually lasts 3-8 hours and manytimes there is profuse vomiting.

A local doctor has seen three recent date rapedrug incidents in Spearfish, in his practice alone.He said that victims should not hesitate to reportthe incident and by not reporting it, the victimmay feel some psychological damage and maynever know why they lost hours of their evening.The drug can be detected through tests within 60

hours of ingestion.“I didn’t even know what this drug was. I found out

about it the hard way when I realized what had hap-pened. I was embarrassed and frightened and didn’t wantto tell anyone. I lost six hours of the night and I had norecollection of anything. My friends thought I wasextremely drunk. I was falling down, and throwing-upall night long. Throwing up probably saved me from therape,” said an anonymous victim.

The date rape drug is circulating the bars and partiesand students must be aware when they attend theseplaces.

“I want to let everyone know that this rape drug isout there, and I never imagined it could happen to me.Be very careful with your drink, and don’t let anyonebuy you a drink without watching the making and, tobe safe, pick it up yourself,” said an anonymous vic-tim, “Always have eagle eyes with your drink,because it is your body, and you must protect your-self. This could happen to anyone.”

The date rape drug claimsmore victims in Spearfish

‘Hopefully there will be retirement dollarsfor us, but the main thing is that we havegot to take advantage of any type of retire-ment planning that we come across along

the way.’ ~Ted Norman

photo by Brandon CeglianJonathan Jarolimek and Kelly Gaddis, of AssistantProfessor Steve Babbitt’s Advanced Black andWhite Photography class, helped hang photos thatare on display at the Ruddell Gallery. The photodisplay runs from April 6 to April 17.

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By Kathy MrazInvesting in the stock mar-

ket can be very rewarding ifyou take time to obtain knowl-edge before investing. Whenlooking for investments thereare several resources availablefor your use, such as Valueline,Moodys, Newsweek, Businessweek or calling the company toget their annual report . Mostresources can be found at thelibrary. Investing can be donethrough full service firms, noservice firms or the Internet.The most important thing toremember when investing is tobecome knowledgeable aboutthe market and be involvedwith your investment process.

Investing in the stock mar-ket has been around for a longtime according to Ted Norman,Certified Financial Plan-

ner/Investment Broker atRapid City's A. G. Edwards &Sons, Inc. Years ago therewere just a few people trading,however, in 1792 in Manhattanthe organized market was start-e d .At that time mostly bankingand insurance stocks were trad-ed because of their ability toabsorb a reasonable amount ofbuying or selling at reasonableprices. Later it evolved to lotsof companies trading shares oftheir company so they couldraise capital for their business.People wanted to own shares ofdifferent companies becausewith ownership rights they areable to participate in thegrowth of the company overtime.

"This is the reason peoplebuy stocks to begin with and

they have been rewarded quitewell for it over time. There aremany different types of compa-nies, the newer companies maybe considered as an aggressivestart up stock. As the companybegins to mature it becomesmore of a conservative type ofstock and may pay dividends,"Norman said.

Larry Kennison, Invest-ment Executive at Rapid City'sPiper Jaffray Inc. said, "Thestock market is obviouslygoing to be a rewarding placeto invest if you give it time andspend time learning about themarket. If you look at invest-ment charts from 1925 until1995 you are not likely to seeany 15 or 20 year periodswhere we ever lost money. Inother words there were dips inbetween there, but if you left

your investment in longenough it was usually reward-ing for you. Stocks are alwaysoutperforming every otherinvestment type, such as cer-tificates of deposit, savings,treasury bonds [governmentinvestments], corporate bonds[investments from corpora-tions] etc."

"It [variable annuities]grow on a tax deferred basis,the taxes on the growth aredeferred until such time asyou take money out of theplan. Within the annuity theonly thing that can be put inare mutual funds, whichkeeps it more controlled andcould also help towards estateplanning," said Kennison.

Some of the differenttypes of bonds are municipalbonds which are obligationsof the issuer to pay interestand principal at maturity.The income paid from thesebonds is tax free, you neverpay income tax. Below themunic i -p a lb o n d sare cor-p o r a t eb o n d s ,w h i c ha r ei s s u e dby cor-p o r a -t i o n s .T h e s e

corporations issue bonds as away to help finance their busi-ness.

"A person that is interest-ed in investing should setgoals and needs," said Kenni-son. "One of the safest meth-ods to determine this is to setup an investment pyramid, thebottom of the pyramid will bethings like bonds, CDs, sav-ings accounts, cash value lifeinsurance - safe money. Nextis the intermediate portion ofthe pyramid which could con-sist of common stocks,growth mutual funds, thingslike that. At the very top ofthe pyramid is going to beyour very speculative, aggres-sive investments such as goldhedges, sector funds, interna-tional funds, things of thisnature. As you go up thepyramid you are increasingyour risk, but you could alsobe increasing your rewards.You have to find out wherethat happy medium is for

Helpful Hints:• Avoid caffeine, alcoholic beverages and tobacco.• Take your prenatal vitamins daily. If they upset your stomach, let your doctor know.

• Frequent Visits to the clinic are necessary to monitor blood pressure, diet , weight gain and normal growth of the baby.

• Vaginal bleeding, fluid, or discharge should always be discussed with your doctor.

• Iron tablets, if prescribed by the doctor, are to help your body adjust to the increased need for blood and nutrients of the pregnancy.

• Diabetes is sometimes a complication during pregnancy. Adherence to your doctors’ recommendation will avoid problems for you and the baby.

• Your doctor needs to know about all of your previous medical problems and drugs that you take, wether they are prescribed or not

• Intercourse after 32 weeks of pregnancy is not recommended and could threaten a pre-term delivery, which could cause serious harm to the baby.

• If you normally exercise, don’t stop while you are pregnant, but let your doctor know and follow his or her recommendation for how much exercise is healthy to the pregnancy.

• If you have any questions, it never hurts to call your doctor.

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A:Is this your first pregnancy?

Dr. Rolf Norlin is a resident physician atRapid City Regional Hospital in the Fami-ly Practice Residence program

Investments in the stock market can be extremely financially rewarding

If so, Early health care and guidance is essential. Evenif this is not your first pregnancy and there were complica-tions with previous pregnancies, steps can be taken to avoidor minimize their effects.

by Brandon CeglianThe Outing Center staff are fervently con-

tinuing in their eternal quest to cure attacks ofboredom and the disease of sloth. They can beseen bustling around the Student Union base-ment in preparation for the busy spring sea-son.

Located in the Recreation Center they areresponsible for the Game Room's mainte-nance(pool tables, dart board, foosball, bil-liards, ping-pong, and video games), recre-ation equipment rental and, of course, theysponsor many "outings."

They launched an exiting voyage to Har-ney Peak March 21 led by Student Manager,Chilly Rollison. When the group reached thetop they were greeted by over 100 LakotaSioux Native Americans participating in adrum and pipe ceremony to celebrate theSpring Equinox.

"It was incredible," Rollison said. Thegroup was in "awe of the landscape" as well, hesaid. Though the day started out quite chilly(pun intended), and the ice covered steps of thelookout tower were "deadly," the group made ithome safe and in better physical shape.

"I lost a couple of pounds," Rollison said."It was cold enough that we really had to work.The day turned out to be fairly nice though."

Black Hills spring trips are for the adven-turous, Rollison said.

"Doing trips in the spring can be crazybecause the weather is so unpredictable. Butwe welcome anyone," he said.

The Outing Center still has several moreSpring events, but due to their popularitythere is only room for a few more participantsin each. April 18, 19—the Center issponsoring a trip to Fort Robinson State Park,Crawford Nebraska; April 26—field rip to

Ludlow Cave; and May 2— redwater canoe trip. The Center willhave three new canoes availablefor this excursion.

The Outing Center will alsobe hosting their annual Expo andBBQ, April 22, on the northside of the Student Union.Rental equipment will be ondisplay and staff will be thereto visit with.There is a widevariety of Spring equipmentavailable for a minimal costthrough the Center. For theoutdoor types, check out theircamping and fishing equip-ment, bicycles, sports rac-quets and balls, volleyballand badminton sets, andwater accessories including,inner-tubes, boats, canoes,and even a windsurfer. Theyalso have free use of an airtank for flat balls, tires, orinflatable water toys.

Courtesy photo: Outing CenterChilly Rollison ganders from atop Harney Peak ona recent Outing Center excursion.

Outing Center having a busy spring

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