[8:49 p.m.] Meeting dismissed.
[8:45 p.m.] After much discussion on allocation of funds and possible co-sponsoring, SA has decided to give $2,000.
[8:10 p.m.] Gay Straight Alliance also requesting funds. Many different events planned, including a 5k, a drag show, and a dance.
[8 p.m.] New Venture Groups: Anime/Japanese Club, asking for more funding for their group to do various Japanese events and to go to Bloomington, MN to authentic Japanese stores/art/convention. SA approves $1000 for the club's trip.
[7:54 p.m.] Adviser warns about student complaints next year as Pierson is surrounded by construction.
[7:48 p.m.] Student Honor code in discussion. Want a more universal code. Committee decided it won't work unless students create it themselves.
[7:48 p.m.] C-Stores being renamed, votes taken online at MyState.
[7:45 p.m.] Armed Force Food drive VERY successful. GSA also in attendance. Dance on 1st, theme undecided.
[7:44 p.m.] PAC representative discusses upcoming events. Pow Wow moved to a weekend in April, Easter weekend Friday one session, Saturday two.
[7:42 p.m.] Bum-A-Bike program over for the season, SA has collected the bikes. Discussed the message board, also they're looking for more room to store the bikes.
[7:39 p.m.] Senator Jameson Berreth discusses "Good Samaritan Alcohol Program." Also, discusses letter from a disgruntled student, telling Senators to watch what they are doing, students are watching.
[7:38 p.m.] Will not be looking at budgets for next year are going to be discussed tonight, only possible minor changes.
[7:35 p.m.] Back to business. Senator Anthony Sutton discuses state salary policy and explains it in more easily understandable terms. Also talks about tuition increase possible for next year.
[7:30 p.m.] Student apathy: 17% of students voting. Olson believes using social networking does not trump face-to-face contact. If you want something done, you need to go face-to-face. He says we rely too much on electronic media.
[7:28 p.m.] Audience member asked about teacher salaries. Olson says as a teacher, when you don't receive a salary increase, it's a disgrace and it's demoralizing.
[7:25 p.m.] Olson encouraging students to maintain contacts after students leave the Senate. He says the biggest mistake SA can make is trying to do too many things at once. They need to continue to show the public the value they give to the university.
[7:21 p.m.] Former President who pushed for Wellness center in audience today, Olson giving him praise for what he did in order for SDSU to have the facility. "He got-er-done," Olson said.
[7:18 p.m.] April 13, 1972 (?) all students walked out of class and met in the Barn. 10,000 signatures to BOR to keep all different majors. "Drove down to USD and told the Regents to shove it," Olson said.
[7:12 p.m.] David Pierson, 1971, Olson says he should have a building with his name on it. 1970, all females were required to live on campus, if girls wanted to visit a boy off campus, they needed written permission. Students rallied. In 1972, visitation allowed in Binnewies Hall, only about 4-5 hours, doors needed to be kept open, signed in and out of the building, everyone had to have a foot on the ground.
[7:07 p.m.] Olson reminiscing about his times as a member of SA. Starting 1892, he talks about the history of "The College on the Hill." Bedlam in Brookings, 1893 100 students asked to leave after discharging cannon. "Radical college," according to parents of the time.
[7:06 p.m.] Professor Olson is in attendance as guest speaker.
[7:05 p.m.] Pledge and roll complete. Making amendments to tonight's agenda. New business before old.
[7 p.m.] Everyone is finally here. Guess it's time to get down to business.
[6:57 p.m.] The name plates are very difficult to read. The room is definitely not set up in way that's easy for the audience to see what's happening or hear for that matter.
[6:55 p.m.] One of the members is wearing a silly, large purple fake bow tie.
[6:53 p.m.] From what I've overheard, budget is on the agenda for this meeting.
[6:50 p.m.] People still filing in, looks like it might be a full house tonight, but I have never been to one of these meetings, so I'm not quite sure how the room is supposed to be set up.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Hobo Weekend Police Report
Saturday, November 5th marked South Dakota State University’s 99th annual largest one-day celebration in the Dakotas.
While SDSU students were preparing for homecoming week with activities such as Miss Homelycoming, Cavorts, the Hobo Day Parade, and a Zombie VS Hobos game of capture the flag, culminating with a win over the Southern Illinois Salukis Saturday afternoon.
Hobo Day Weekend generally brings in troves and troves of people to Brookings.
This year was no different. What was different was the fact that not very many arrests were made, compared to previous years. Assistant Sheriff Scott Sebring said the past two years haven’t been as bad as what they have expected.
ARRESTS MADE
The Brookings Police Department, the University Police Department, the Brookings County Sheriff’s Office and the Highway Patrol all worked together this weekend.
Brookings Police Chief Jeff Miller said, “It was an average year. We gave out lots of warnings, lots of warnings. More than the actual number of arrests. We did this to try to concentrate on more critical offenses.”
The Brookings Police Department only had five DUI arrests for the weekend, while the Sheriff’s Office had 22 DUI arrests.
“STUDYING HARD”
Chief Miller joked, “I’ve never seen students study so hard than on Hobo Weekend. They’re all walking around with their backpacks.” He said with a laugh, he bets the average GPA increases by at least four points that weekend.
STOLEN CARS
One oddity of Hobo Weekend was five cars being stolen. As of 2:30 p.m. Monday, four of the five cars had been returned. The police even found one of the vehicles flipped onto it’s top at 20th Street South and Medary Avenue. The police hadn’t found the driver as of then, but were still looking for them, assuming they had some injuries from accident.
Chief Miller said, “We think the cars were probably unlocked and were taken in order for someone to get somewhere from the downtown area.”
ALL HANDS ON DECK
Chief Miller said all police officers were working Hobo Weekend, including himself. He said there were even two officers who were on light duty were scheduled over the weekend. They stayed at the office, dealing with walk-in traffic, allowing the other officers on patrol to more directly take care of issues downtown. The police department even called upon their reserve department to help patrol the town.
The Highway Patrol had eight troopers out, compared to the average two per night in Brookings County.
VANDALS
As of Monday afternoon, the Brookings Police Department was still receiving calls about intentional damage done to property. The Police Department gave out 15 tickets for intentional damage over Hobo Weekend while the Sheriff’s Office had only given out one such citation.
Overall, both Chief Miller and Assistant Sheriff Sebring said it was a pretty busy weekend, but nothing too major happened.
While SDSU students were preparing for homecoming week with activities such as Miss Homelycoming, Cavorts, the Hobo Day Parade, and a Zombie VS Hobos game of capture the flag, culminating with a win over the Southern Illinois Salukis Saturday afternoon.
Hobo Day Weekend generally brings in troves and troves of people to Brookings.
This year was no different. What was different was the fact that not very many arrests were made, compared to previous years. Assistant Sheriff Scott Sebring said the past two years haven’t been as bad as what they have expected.
ARRESTS MADE
The Brookings Police Department, the University Police Department, the Brookings County Sheriff’s Office and the Highway Patrol all worked together this weekend.
Brookings Police Chief Jeff Miller said, “It was an average year. We gave out lots of warnings, lots of warnings. More than the actual number of arrests. We did this to try to concentrate on more critical offenses.”
The Brookings Police Department only had five DUI arrests for the weekend, while the Sheriff’s Office had 22 DUI arrests.
“STUDYING HARD”
Chief Miller joked, “I’ve never seen students study so hard than on Hobo Weekend. They’re all walking around with their backpacks.” He said with a laugh, he bets the average GPA increases by at least four points that weekend.
STOLEN CARS
One oddity of Hobo Weekend was five cars being stolen. As of 2:30 p.m. Monday, four of the five cars had been returned. The police even found one of the vehicles flipped onto it’s top at 20th Street South and Medary Avenue. The police hadn’t found the driver as of then, but were still looking for them, assuming they had some injuries from accident.
Chief Miller said, “We think the cars were probably unlocked and were taken in order for someone to get somewhere from the downtown area.”
ALL HANDS ON DECK
Chief Miller said all police officers were working Hobo Weekend, including himself. He said there were even two officers who were on light duty were scheduled over the weekend. They stayed at the office, dealing with walk-in traffic, allowing the other officers on patrol to more directly take care of issues downtown. The police department even called upon their reserve department to help patrol the town.
The Highway Patrol had eight troopers out, compared to the average two per night in Brookings County.
VANDALS
As of Monday afternoon, the Brookings Police Department was still receiving calls about intentional damage done to property. The Police Department gave out 15 tickets for intentional damage over Hobo Weekend while the Sheriff’s Office had only given out one such citation.
Overall, both Chief Miller and Assistant Sheriff Sebring said it was a pretty busy weekend, but nothing too major happened.
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