Brayden Byers

2 weeks ago | sdsucollegian.com | Brayden Byers

The cost of an education at some South Dakota schools will be going up next year. The Board of Regents approved a 2.9% system-wide increase for five of its university’s undergraduate tuition along with a $1 per credit hour increase in the general activity fee at its most recent meeting last week. According to data from the Board, the total undergraduate cost annually for South Dakota State University students will increase by 2.6%, or $443, bringing the average to $17,773.50.

3 weeks ago | sdsucollegian.com | Brayden Byers

Last Friday and Saturday, one of SDSU’s biggest traditions took place – the Little International Competition. Little “I” provides students from various majors, locations, and backgrounds the opportunity to gather together to celebrate their passion for agriculture, and to compete against one another in agricultural events. A few of many highlights include:Wyatt Glessing won High Point Freshman. High Point Upperclassman was Mitchell VanderWal. Brayden Lindeman won High Point Alumni.

3 weeks ago | sdsucollegian.com | Brayden Byers |Danielle Nowell

Construction began 100 years ago on the horse barn at the Horse Unit in 1925. The building was completed between January and March of 1926. The Equine Teaching Faculty Manager, Jennifer Forney-Eide, recorded many historical elements about the horse barn on The Animal Science Equine page on SDSU’s website. Eide says that the barn was built to house draft horses that were needed to do farm work on the college’s first experiment station.

3 weeks ago | sdsucollegian.com | Brayden Byers |Jacob Brende

The Jackrabbits were busy this past week, competing in a trio of track and field events across the nation, marking their first outside competition of the year. Over March 27-29, both men’s and women’s track and field teams participated in Washington University’s Distance Carnival, the Texas Relays hosted by the University of Texas and the Bobcat Invitational held by Texas State University. Distance CarnivalThe Jack’s picked up a gold medal thanks to senior Claire Beckman.

3 weeks ago | sdsucollegian.com | Brayden Byers |Jordan Raddatz

SDSU opened Summit League play with a sweep over Kansas City last Friday and Saturday. Game One (SDSU15, KC0)A shutout of the Roos set the tone for the three-game series. Abby Gentry opened the scoring in the top of the first with an RBI single. An Alli Boyle RBI and Emma Vike’s two RBI double quickly made it a 4-0 game. SDSU added four more runs in the fourth inning, then capped it off with an eight-run effort in the sixth, ending the game on the run-ahead rule.