Tag Archives for South Dakota
South Dakota Road Conditions Not Surprising
The South Dakota road conditions right now (Monday, Feb 21, 9.30am/c) are nothing but normal to me. Alright, a winter storm warning was issued yesterday and the roads are currently covered with thick snow, but what else is surprising about South Dakota? It has always been like this, as far as I can recall in all the years I have lived in this central State.
Brookings, South Dakota
Kidnap, Smuggle SDSU Students: Abby Duling Says
A friendly competition between rival universities is common and healthy. Sports, for instance, foster and engage friendly competition and cheers between group groups. While each team may want to become the more popular and stronger squad, it is the boosting of comradeship and interactions that must come first.
Abby Duling on The Volante
Whatever that begins as a friendly competition must end as it is. Human as we are, we are all competitive in nature. However, we should not allow this human nature to fuel hate in us. Abby Duling, a columnist of The Volante, the student publication of The University of South Dakota, may not know what friendly competition is all about. In her column “Home of the Coyotes, not the bunnies“, she encouraged violence against specific innocent parties, in this case the students of USD who wear SDSU gears. The “incitement to violence” is clearly described by Ms. Duling’s statement, “All of the people walking around campus with SDSU gear need to be kidnapped, smuggled into the dome and then hurled onto the floor at halftime. Then all of their SDSU backpacks, binders, pencils and SDSU lanyards need to be thrown in after them.”
Capers 2010 in SDSU – Wanna watch the production?
I just realized today after seeing the poster at the coffee shop that two of my friends are part of Capers 2010 in SDSU. Maria and Ben will be joining the Capers 2010 cast. Nice.
Argus Leader Tour de Kota 2010
Rolling prairie and beautiful lakes will be the backdrop for the 6th Annual Argus Leader Tour de Kota. The tour will cover about 478 miles over six days.
The Tour de Kota travels the back roads and byways of the beautiful state of South Dakota, on what has become one of the best cycling tours in the Midwest. Riders experience all that South Dakota has to offer, particularly the hospitality and refreshment of our small towns and cities.
Police visibility keeps Brookings, SD safe
Literally, Brookings, South Dakota has a zero crime rate. When you watch the early evening newscast, you hardly hear anything about Brookings. If there is something to broadcast, it will most likely be about road mishaps, or the state of the cold winter weather, or the state of the economy. None of such nature like men in motorcycles firing guns to a politician’s house, or men robbing a bank located just across the police station, or a truck driver intentionally running over a person twice — you know, the type of crimes that some countries consider ok-fine, or ordinary. If you want to see something tragic in Brookings, you would get frustrated.
I think the most catastrophic crime that can be committed in this small city is bike stealing. Funny, but I am quite certain it is. In as much as I would want to believe that there should be a single major crime somewhere, there is just none. Because Brookings knows nothing but peace (should not be translated as boring).
South Dakota Unemployment Rate Map
ESRI released a beta version of its “Make a Map” application that website folks/bloggers can play around and embed on their sites/blogs.
The ESRI prototype application intended to highlight the ArcGIS API for Flex, the great demographic data available from ArcGIS Online, as well as the “Map Sandwich” web map layering technique proposed by the ESRI Mapping Center Team.
Giant Vision Awards 2009 for Business-Minded Students
Join the South Dakota Giant Vision Awards 2009! This is a good opportunity for those students who have great business plans but don’t have the finances to start the business off. According to Hon. Mike Rounds, the Governor of South Dakota:
