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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

BHSU Media

Jacket Journal

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...

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...

Laci Peskey, a sophomore starting pitcher on the BHSU softball team, steps into the circle during the UCCS game April 11.

Sports: BHSU Softball Program Makes History

Nathan Feller, Editor in Chief May 2, 2025

The Black Hills State University women’s softball team made history during their 2025 campaign, becoming the first squad in the history of the program to clinch a postseason berth in the Rocky Mountain...

Television Review: “Severance” Season Two

Alec Butterfield, Chief Photographer May 2, 2025

For those who watched “Severance” season one back in 2022, it has been a long, tedious wait for the release of season two in January of this year. Season one ended with one of the most brutal cliffhangers...

BHSU People of the Past: Ethelburt C. Woodburn

BHSU People of the Past: Ethelburt C. Woodburn

Alec Butterfield, Chief Photographer May 2, 2025

After the end of BHSU’s first president, Fayette L. Cook’s tenure in 1918, Ethelburt C. Woodburn took his position as the president. Woodburn was the perfect candidate for the role due to his experience...

Dr. Mary Bordeaux Faculty Spotlight Q/A

Dr. Mary Bordeaux Faculty Spotlight Q/A

Nathan Feller, Editor in Chief May 2, 2025

Nathan Feller: “How long have you been teaching?” Dr. Mary Bordeaux: “I have been teaching in higher education for about 10 years, mostly as an adjunct. I’ve been teaching full-time for two...

Dough Trader Pizza located on 543 W. Jackson Blvd.

Good Eats at Dough Trader

Taylor SanFilippo, Managing Editor May 2, 2025

Hidden up on the college hill near the roundabout on W. Jackson Blvd, Dough Trader Pizza is tucked away among several other restaurants. Though the building is a remodeled Tastee Freeze from the 1960s,...

“Me” Politics

Imogen Sechler, Staff Writer May 2, 2025

“That’s what’s important to you, and that’s great!” The above sentence was said to me in response while talking about why I’m opposed to using AI. It’s a popular sentiment. We all have...

Dr. Kay Schallenkamp

BHSU People of the Past: Dr. Kay Schallenkamp

Nathan Feller, Editor-in-Chief March 7, 2025

   Welcome back to the second edition of BHSU’s People of the Past. In honor of National Women’s History Month, this issue’s person of the past is the ninth president of BHSU, Dr. Kay Schallenkamp.  ...

Opinion: Can I Rip Your Vape?

Alec Butterfield, Chief Photographer March 7, 2025

   Vaping is not a new invention, it's been around for years, marketed as a healthy alternative to smoking and eventually finding itself into the bathrooms and backrooms of high schools and colleges...

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