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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

Board of Regents approves flat rate for BHSU tuition, extends alcohol discussion

Jacket Journal Staff February 3, 2016

Last December, the South Dakota Board of Regents visited Black Hills State University for their December meeting. The agenda included a proposal to implement the sale of alcohol at South Dakota university...

Matthews Opera House art gallery holds annual Winter Art Show in Spearfish

Becky Kindvall February 3, 2016

    The Matthews Opera House art gallery held its annual Winter Art Show Jan. 20-28 at their location on Main Street in Spearfish. The event draws a large crowd every year. The show was open...

Dave Cowley strikes a pose as Ross Edison laughs during the Snowshoe and Cross-country Ski event Jan. 7at Big Hill Trails in Spearfish.

COLP Cures Cabin Fever with Winter Hike Up Big Hill

Veena Chintaginjala, Contributing Writer January 8, 2016

Collegiate Outdoor Leadership Program members and COLP faculty advisor Chris McCart, participated in the annual Snowshoe and Cross-Country Ski event Jan. 7 at Big Hill Trails outside of Spearfish to bring...

Board of Regents to Address Key Issues at BHSU This Week

Jacket Journal Staff, Contributing Writer November 30, 2015

The South Dakota Board of Regents will meet at Black Hills State University this week, where they will address their December agenda. Among other items, the agenda includes a proposal to allow for the...

Cosplay Characters

Student Brings Comic Convention to South Dakota

Chynna Lockett, Staff Writer November 30, 2015

The second floor of the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center buzzed with excitement as a crowd of nearly 100 lined up outside the doors. Participants were dressed in floor length gowns, decorated suits and elaborate...

Smartphones Can Be a Pain in the Neck

Misty Bunnell, Mutimedia Manager/Distribution November 30, 2015

Our smartphones could be making us sick. We spend so much time looking down at our phones that "text neck" has become an issue worldwide. "It is an epidemic or, at least, it's very common,"Dr. Kenneth...

Spearfish Local Receives $100,000 Grant to Create Local Food Hub

Spearfish Local Receives $100,000 Grant to Create Local Food Hub

Robyn Hyne, Science Editor November 29, 2015

Spearfish Local — a student-run program that works to unify local food-lovers and provide Spearfish residents with food that is produced in the region — recently received a $100,000 grant from the...

Trails To Tales A Multimedia Community-Building Event in Lead

Trails To Tales A Multimedia Community-Building Event in Lead

November 29, 2015

By Lanna Rois Black Hills State University multimedia students hosted the Trail to Tales a multimedia community-building event series in Lead, S.D. The event was sponsored by the Jacket Journal, Lead...

Graphic Credit: National Snow and Ice Data Center

Mark Serreze Brings “A Breath of Fresh Air” to Global Warming Debate

Robyn Hynes, Science Editor November 15, 2015

On Wednesday, October 28, Dr. Mark Serreze, a research scientist at the University of Colorado National Snow and Ice Data Center — part of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences...

Suicide Awareness Needed All Year Long

Suicide Awareness Needed All Year Long

Anne Orban, Managing Editor October 17, 2015

The month of September was suicide awareness month. During the month, Facebook and other forms of social media were flooded with all kinds of positive posts about suicide awareness. For one month, the...

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