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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

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

BHSU Media

Jacket Journal

BHSU photography selected to exhibit in Dahl Mountain

Holly Burley, Student Contributor March 4, 2020

Spearfish, S.D – The Dahl Mountain Culture Competition is an annual event hosted by the Dahl Arts Center that accepts photographs from hundreds of photographers in the Black Hills area every year. This...

Men’s basketball falls short in first round of RMAC tournament

Molly McIntyre, Sports Editor March 3, 2020

The second seed Yellow Jackets hosted the seventh seed Hard Rockers from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Tuesday night, losing 80-71. After scoring the first basket of the game, Black Hills...

Competing teams gather onstage at the Lip Sync Battle. Each team performed its own choreographed lip syncing routine.

CAB holds Lip Sync Battle to benefit Kenadi Jean Weis Foundation

Jacob Fitzgerald December 8, 2019

SPEARFISH, S.D. (Jacket Journal) - The Black Hills State University Campus Activities Board hosted a Lip Sync Battle in the Jacket Legacy Room on Nov. 20 to raise money for the Kenadi Jean Weis Foundation....

Efforts to make campus pollinator-friendly highlighted at presentation

Samuel Bockover, Assistant Online Editor November 20, 2019

Black Hills State University’s sustainability coordinator Eva Chase and ground crew leader Eric Hanson gave a public presentation about the university’s recent Bee Campus USA designation on Oct. 9...

Professor spearheads unique tree project

Lillian Denief, Contributor November 20, 2019

Growing up, she could be found playing outside in her Minnesota hometown—probably somewhere getting muddy or climbing a tree. Today, instead of climbing them, she’s studying and monitoring the trees...

Memoir: On Healing

Tiffany Light, Photojournalist November 20, 2019

There were tree branches everywhere. Some were snapped into little pieces, some were whole but exhausted. Puddles of water snuggled up to the curbs. Droplets of rain still cried on car windows. Something...

Poppies

Isabel Litzen, Proofreader November 20, 2019

Everyone says not to stare at the sun. I’ve never listened. And guess what? I can still see. But, I’ve always wondered why my eyes always felt a connection to the things that lie above me. Of late,...

Basketball teams off to hot start on the season

Claire Scarborough, Editor-in-Chief November 19, 2019

Black Hills State University’s men’s and women’s basketball tipped off the season on the weekend of Veterans Day, finishing the double headers 1-1 and 2-0, respectively. The men traveled south...

Fantasy sports leagues engage students in friendly competition

Chance Siess, Contributor November 19, 2019

Many students at Black Hills State University participate in fantasy sports leagues. Thomas Hall Resident Assistant Ryan Beck has even based two of his hall events around fantasy leagues, getting his residents...

Avenues available for students seeking registration assistance

Claire Scarborough, Editor-in-Chief November 19, 2019

Class registration is something that every college student has experienced during their post-secondary education careers. With a variety of decisions involved, such as picking classes and figuring out...

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