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Student-run media of Black Hills State University.  The Jacket Journal / Ponder Magazine / The Buzz FM

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Student-run media of Black Hills State University.  The Jacket Journal / Ponder Magazine / The Buzz FM

BHSU Media

Student-run media of Black Hills State University.  The Jacket Journal / Ponder Magazine / The Buzz FM

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BHSU Earth Day Festival

BHSU Earth Day Festival

Taylor SanFilippo, Managing Editor May 2, 2025

The second Annual Earth Day Festival took place on April 26, 2025. This event was hosted to build connections within the Spearfish community and promote environmental awareness. After Eva Chase’s...

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Spearfish School District Administration Office located 525 E. Illinois St.

Spearfish Educators Impacted by ED Changes

Imogen Sechler, Staff Writer May 2, 2025

This is not the first Trump Administration that the United States has lived through. Eight years ago, he held the same position he does today: the President of the United States of America. His Cabinet...

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Photo courtesy Spearfish Chamber of Commerce

Leadership Spearfish

Imogen Sechler March 7, 2025

The Spearfish Chamber of Commerce helps the local community in many unseen ways. From helping new businesses establish themselves and build name exposure to assisting already rooted businesses network...

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Wild Magnolia located on 710 State St. in Belle Fourche, S.D.

Good Eats at Wild Magnolia

Taylor SanFilippo, Managing Editor February 7, 2025

Returning back to the roots of my food reviews (cafes and coffee shops), we find ourselves in Belle Fourche, SD to examine the cafe, Wild Magnolia; a small building nestled on State street, covered in...

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Madison Maschino, a student at BHSU, reherses for “Human” aerial performance debuting Feb. 7 at the Mathews Opera House.

“Human” Aerial Performance Debuts at Mathews Opera House

Alec Butterfield, Chief Photographer February 7, 2025

When Madison Maschino was young, her parents would take her to see the Shriner Circus in Rapid City every year. She fell in love with the extreme performances like tightrope walking and flying trapeze....

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Drew Hanson stocks the BHSU food pantry.
Photo by Jacob Jones

Spearfish offers help to food-insecure college students

Jacob Jones, Reporter May 4, 2022

Thirty-four percent of all college students in the US face food insecurity at some point during their college careers according to a 2020 study by the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice out...

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Masala Mart in Rapid City, Photo by Jacob Jones

Local grocery store gives residents knowledge of world food

Jacob Jones, Reporter April 19, 2022

A local grocery store has taken it upon themselves to share the flavors of other countries with the people of the Black Hills. Al Rodriguez opened Masala Mart in 2018 when he realized there was nowhere...

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Hassan Williams(left),  Tayari Venable (middle), Xavier Bonham (right) Photo by Mike Smith

African-American BHSU student athletes host a B.L.A.C.K. Culture Night

Chance Eben, Reporter March 3, 2022

Several Black Hills State University African-American student athletes held a B.LA.C.K. Culture Night on Feb. 25 at the Donald E. Young Sports and Fitness Center in celebration of Black History Month.  The...

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“Men on Boats” Photo by Russell Jensen, Sage Photography

‘Men on Boats’ paddle through Rapid City, bring new perspective on old history

Karissa Ellis, Contributor March 3, 2022

Black Hills Community Theatre performed their second showing of “Men on Boats” in the Performing Arts Center on Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m. as a part of their 2021-2022 stage season to an audience of around...

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Photo courtesy of Unsplash

Commercial fishing brings problems from world’s oceans to dry land

Ryder Blair, Reporter March 3, 2022

The International Marine Mammal Project and Marine Stewardship Council coined the Dolphin Safe Label act in 1990 thus producing a label of guaranteed cooperation and oversight of the world’s commercial...

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